Podcasts about Bakker

In this episode of The Responsive Lab, Carly and Scott sit down with Derric Bakker, CEO of DickersonBakker. With more than three decades of experience as a practitioner, consultant, and business leader, he helps organizations move beyond legacy fundraising models toward relationship-centered approaches. You'll hear about:* Why fundraising feels harder now and how this represents a fundamental shift, not just a cyclical downturn* What "treat every donor like a major donor" actually means in practice * How younger donors are increasingly behaving like major donors in their selectivity and relationship expectations* Why 94% of nonprofit leaders agree change is needed, but 70% say it's not happening* Where AI fits into relationship-based fundraising without replacing human connection* Using data and technology to personalize donor experiences at scale* Simple changes you can make this week to start expressing genuine gratitude and listening to donorsLinks from the episode:* Connect with Derric on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derricbakker/* Visit Better Way Champions: https://betterwaychampions.org/* Get "A Better Way to Fundraise - Treat Every Donor Like a Major Donor": https://a.co/d/0cF5FgIr* Connect with DickersonBakker: https://dickersonbakker.com/Looking for technology that helps you build deeper donor relationships with less work from your team? Learn more at virtuous.org.

In de autovrije buurt Merwede in Utrecht ontwikkelt Lingotto samen met Blink en Nuvia Real Estate drie bouwblokken: de transformatie van het bestaande Depot en de nieuwe stadsblokken Cix Theatre en Cix City. Met elkaar vormen die drie blokken als het ware een doorsnede van de nieuwe buurt. Met een programma bestaande uit woningen, kantoorruimtes, commerciële ruimtes, een food court, een cultuurhuis, een theater, een culturele broedplaats en een maaklab belooft dit het levendigste deel van Merwede te worden. In gesprek met ontwikkelaar Martijn Bakker van Lingotto over de plannen.Het ontwerp voor het Depot Het ontwerp voor Cix City en Cix Theatre Hij heeft een liefde voor atypische gebouwen, vertelt Martijn in de podcast. Hij geniet van de uitdaging die dat soort gebouwen vormen… om het eigen karakter en ruimtelijkheid te behouden en tegelijkertijd het gebouw weer tot leven te brengen met een sluitende programmering ervan.Het Depot in Merwede is zeker een atypisch gebouw. Het is in de jaren '80 ontworpen door Aronsohn Raadgevend Ingenieursbureau als medicijnopslag voor samenwerkende apothekers. Het gebouw is ongeveer vijftig bij zeventig meter groot en bestaat uit twee hoge verdiepingen die Martijn omschrijft als een soort ‘kathedralen' dankzij het ‘bos van betonnen kolommen' dat erin te vinden is.Het Depot bestond oorspronkelijk uit twee lagen. Vanwege de enorme verdiepingshoogte van die lagen, krijgt iedere laag er nu een tussenverdieping bij. Om daglicht diep in het gebouw te brengen, krijgt het Depot ook een groot atrium. Interessant daarbij is dat de architect, Mei Architects & Planners, ervoor gekozen heeft om het ‘bos van betonnen kolommen' daarin te laten staan. Na verschillende opties voor de programmering van het Depot onderzocht te hebben, waaronder stadstuinbouw, krijgt het gebouw nu onderin over twee lagen een ‘cultureel canvas' met een food court en cultureel programma. Daarboven komt over twee lagen een ‘living lab' waarin allerhande makers een plek kunnen krijgen. Helemaal bovenin, in een nieuwe houten opbouw, komt ook weer over twee lagen kantoorruimte.In Merwede is het Depot straks het enige gebouw dat nog herinnert aan zijn geschiedenis als industrieterrein. Aan zijn oost- en zuidzijde grenst het Depot straks aan het nieuwe park langs het Merwedekanaal en krijgt het daaraan een zonnig terras. Op zonnige dagen gaat dat binnen Merwede een geweldige plek worden, voorspelt Martijn.Cix City en Cix TheatreAan zijn westzijde grenst Depot straks aan een wijkplein, waar ook de andere twee stadsblokken komen te liggen die Lingotto hier met Blink en Nuvia ontwikkelt: City City en Cix Theatre. Deze stadsblokken zijn ontworpen door Marc Koehler Associates en VenhoevenCS, en bevatten in totaal 295 woningen, van sociale huur tot vrije sector koop, van studio's en appartementen tot duplex- en triplexwoningen en penthouses. Daarbij bevat Cix City, dat aan zijn westzijde aan de Europalaan ligt, ook een van de gedeelde parkeergarages voor de buurt, net als ruimtes voor cafés/restaurants, plus een culturele broedplaats. Cix Theatre voegt daar een cultuurhuis en theater aan toe.In het stedenbouwkundig plan is ingezet op een stevige mix van programma en op de opdeling van de bouwblokken in kleinere panden. Martijn is hier enthousiast over. Dat gaat naar zijn idee een levendige buurt opleveren die dankzij al die panden toch een menselijke schaal zal hebben. In de podcast gaat hij ook in op verschillende andere aspecten van de plannen, zoals de inpassing van de parkeergarage.MerwedeLabAan de basis van de plannen van Merwede ligt een enorme hoeveelheid afspraken tussen de ontwikkelaars en gemeente Utrecht. In de podcast is Martijn daar kritisch op. Het maken van die afspraken kostte veel tijd en energie, en vervolgens worden ze door de tijd eigenlijk alweer ingehaald. Het levert wel een goede buurt op, moet hij toegeven, maar had dat niet anders gekund? Het wordt in Nederland regelmatig allemaal zo dicht geregeld dat er nog maar weinig ruimte overblijft om te ondernemen – wat hij juist zo graag doet.Als het over Merwede gaat, is hij het meest trots op het MerwedeLab en wat dat allemaal voor de buurt betekent. Martijn geeft aan dat hij te pas en te onpas een dergelijk lab ook op andere plekken voorstelt. Door middel van het MerwedeLab zijn namelijk in Merwede op allerlei vlakken, zoals social design, ecologie en duurzame materialisering, experts bij het gebied betrokken die er anders niet zo snel bij waren geweest. De stappen die vervolgens zijn gezet, zijn ook nog eens door alle ontwikkelaars gezet. De bedachte combinatie van entrees, fietsenstalling en gemeenschappelijke ruimtes komt straks overal in de buurt terug. Een succesfactor was daarbij dat via het MerwedeLab de ambitie gedurende het proces is opgeschroefd zonder de betrokken ontwikkelaars daarbij te dwingen dit toe te passen. Het was een stimulerend proces. Deze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door AGC. Halverwege deze podcast vertelt Anton Peters van AGC over hun team International Building Projects, dat ondersteuning biedt aan architectenbureaus die over de grens werken.Het beeld bij de podcast toont links Cix Theatre en rechts Cix City. Het beeld is gemaakt door VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism.

De versterking van de kades in de Urker haven bevindt zich nog steeds pas in de voorbereidende fase. Inmiddels begint duidelijk te worden dat deze enorme operatie ook onbedoelde neveneffecten heeft. Albert Brouwer en Jelle Bakker wandelen in de nieuwste aflevering van De Urkerland Podcast in gedachten over de Urker havens, want ook de boulevard en de Dormakade komen nog even langs. Waarom heet deze kade eigenlijk zo? En waarom stelt iedereen de laatste tijd ineens die vraag?

Hulpverleners in Nederland luiden de noodklok. Waar ambulancepersoneel, politieagenten, brandweerlieden en ziekenhuismedewerkers vroeger konden rekenen op onvoorwaardelijk respect, staan ze vandaag de dag steeds vaker bloot aan verbale agressie, fysieke dreiging en diep wantrouwen. Hoe heeft het zover kunnen komen? Wat is de impact op hun thuisfront? En hoe draaien we deze zorgwekkende maatschappelijke spiraal weer om?In deze aflevering gaan we in gesprek over de diepere oorzaken van de toenemende agressie tegen hulpverleners. Van de blijvende impact van de coronaperiode en politieke polarisatie tot de escalerende rol van alcohol en drugs in het uitgaansleven. Ook kijken we kritisch naar de rol van sociale media (zoals TikTok-challenges met geweldfilmpjes) en de verschuiving in onze opvoedcultuur: waarom gaan ouders tegenwoordig verhaal halen bij de leraar in plaats van hun eigen kind aan te spreken?We spreken Dr.Heilwine A.H.M. Bakker, Rob Zandbergen, Oud-Commissaris binnen de Politie en Irene Nollen, projectleider in het Ziekenhuis.--------Rescue Workers Foundation:https://balans-en-impuls.nl/over-ons/rescue-workers-foundation/Kom ook naar de VU en praat mee met Ad, Jelle, Govert en de bijzondere gasten (Mike Eman en Ernst Hirsch Ballin)

Twee beleggers slepen de exploitanten van hun hotels voor de rechter. Ze claimen miljoenen aan achterstallige huur. Volgens Dirk Bakker van Necron Hospitality Group staat nu niet ineens de hele markt op instorten. Deze aflevering in het kort:☑️ Miljoenenconflicten tussen grote hoteluitbaters en institutionele beleggers blootgelegd. ☑️ De houdbaarheid van traditionele, inflatie-geïndexeerde huurcontracten onder de loep. ☑️ De toekomst van het Nederlandse hotelaanbod en de impact van de Amsterdamse hotelstop.De hotelsector leek na de pandemie de wind weer volop in de zeilen te hebben. Toch voltrekt zicg achter de schermen een bittere strijd om keiharde miljoenen. Grote exploitanten kunnen de fors gestegen, aan inflatie gekoppelde huren niet meer opbrengen. Het gevolg? Gigantische betalingsachterstanden. Vastgoedbeleggers die rekenden op stabiele kasstromen voor hun participanten, worden nu geconfronteerd met rechtszaken en haperende rendementen. Dirk Bakker analyseert voor ons hoe deze exploitatiecrisis is ontstaan en wat dit betekent voor de dynamiek tussen verhuurder en uitbater.

Chaos in Europa en binnen de NAVO: is Europa wel voldoende voorbereid om het Europees Migratiepact uit te voeren? En hoe moet het verder met de NAVO nu de Verenigde Staten dreigen steeds meer troepen van ons continent terug te trekken? Zometeen te gast bij Sven Kockelmann: NAVO- en EU-correspondent voor de Telegraaf Alexander Bakker. Sven op 1 is een programma van Omroep WNL. Meer van WNL vind je op onze website en sociale media: ► Website: https://www.wnl.tv  ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omroepwnl  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omroepwnl ► Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wnlvandaag ► Steun WNL, word lid: https://www.steunwnl.tv ► Gratis Nieuwsbrief: https://www.wnl.tv/nieuwsbrief 

Western South Dakota Catholic Foundation - The growth of the Rapid City Diocese and its parishes. We also discuss upcoming events hosted by the WSDCF

Ligt het aan Albert Brouwer en Jelle Bakker, of zijn er nog nooit zoveel jonge ganzen en zwanen te zien geweest op Urk? Het is in elk geval een prachtig gezicht; al dringt langzaam het besef door dat donzige kuikens ook grote brutale beesten worden. Urkerdag en Urk 1 worden nog even besproken en ook de politiek komt aan bod. Over een opvallende bijdrage van een raadslid uit een geslacht van geheelonthouders. En over de verraderlijke wandelgangen, waarin onlangs een zeer opvallende naam van een kandidaat-wethouder klonk.

Alex Bakker is historicus, schrijver en onderzoeker. Hij is gespecialiseerd in de Tweede Wereldoorlog en transgendergeschiedenis en werkte mee aan televisieseries, documentaires en tentoonstellingen. Bakker brak door met zijn autobiografische boek ‘Mijn valse verleden'. Later volgden de boeken ‘Trangender in Nederland' en ‘Een halve eeuw transgenderzorg aan de VU'. Nu verschijnt ‘Transgender pioniers. Dora, Gerd en Dokter Hirschfeld in het roerige Berlijn, 1919-1933', over de eerste trans mensen in de geschiedenis die een medische transitie ondergingen. Bakker onderzoekt welk effect hun levens hebben gehad op de positie van transgender personen, vooral nu er in verschillende landen transrechten worden afgenomen en decennia aan emancipatie bij het grofvuil worden gezet. Ellen Deckwitz gaat met Alex Bakker in gesprek.

Sommige mensen lijken het te hebben, anderen niet. Als ze het hebben, dan voelen we ons daar tot aangetrokken, willen we luisteren en vinden we dat boeiend. Charisma is een best vaag concept. Je kunt je vinger er niet echt op leggen hoe het zit en hoe je dat eventueel zou kunnen ontwikkelen. Toch zijn we er wel veel mee bezig. In deze aflevering duiken psychologen Thijs Launspach en Lennard Toma in het concept wat charisma heet. Wat zegt de psychologie erover en kun je het ontwikkelen? En zit er ook een dark side aan? Laat ons vooral weten hoe jij kijkt naar charisma door te commenten in Spotify of via de Instagram: NormaleMensenBestaanNiet.Bronnen:Antonakis, J., Fenley, M., & Liechti, S. (2012). Learning Charisma. Harvard Business Review.Antonakis, J., Bastardoz, N., Jacquart, P., & Shamir, B. (2016). Charisma: An ill-defined and ill-measured gift. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology.Banks, G.C. et al. (2017). A meta-analytic review and future research agenda of charismatic leadership. The Leadership Quarterly. (76 studies, N=36.031)Tskhay, K.O., Zhu, R., Zou, C., & Rule, N.O. (2017). Charisma in everyday life: Conceptualization and validation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.Keating, C.F. et al. (2020). Charismatic nonverbal displays by leaders signal receptivity and formidability. Frontiers in Psychology.Katz-Navon, T., Delegach, M., & Haim, E. (2023). Contagious charisma. Frontiers in Psychology.Friedman, H.S., Riggio, R.E., & Casella, D.F. (1988). Nonverbal skill, personal charisma, and initial attraction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.Cabane, O.F. (2012). The Charisma Myth. Portfolio/Penguin.Carnegie, D. (1936). How to Win Friends and Influence People. Simon & Schuster.Weber, M. (1922). Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (oorspronkelijke conceptualisering van charisma als sociologisch begrip).Bakker, A. B., & Xanthopoulou, D. (2013). Creativity and charisma among female leaders: The role of resources and work engagement. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24(14), 2760-2779.

Gaan we straks allemaal onze baan verliezen aan kunstmatige intelligentie? Wordt AI je nieuwe collega, je concurrent of vooral een overijverige stagiair die soms briljant is en soms vol overtuiging onzin uitkraamt? In deze nieuwe aflevering van de Tijdwinst Podcast duiken Björn Deusings en David Bakker in de wereld van AI. Niet met paniekverhalen, niet met blinde tech-hype, maar met een nuchtere vraag: wat kun je er vandaag eigenlijk écht mee? En wat is er waar van wat je hoort?Wat komt aan bod?Waarom AI waarschijnlijk niet al je werk overneemt, maar je werk wél verandertWaarom nieuwe technologie vaak niet minder werk oplevert, maar hogere eisen en andere banenWat het verschil is tussen AI tools, zoals ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini en CopilotWaarom AI veel beter is geworden dan twee jaar geledenHoe je AI gebruiktWat een goede prompt nodig heeftHoe het PREPARE-model je helpt om AI slimmer aan te sturenWaarom je AI nooit klakkeloos moet vertrouwen (en waarom AI pas echt nuttig wordt als jij zelf kritisch blijft nadenken)Wat twee jaar geleden nog voelde alsof je een vraag in Google gooide en maar moest afwachten of je op een nuttig antwoord, een forum uit 2009 of een compleet verdwaalde blog terechtkwam, begint nu steeds meer te lijken op een slimme sparringpartner. Maar alleen als jij weet hoe je hem goed aanstuurt. Gooi je er een vage vraag in, dan krijg je vaak een vaag antwoord terug. 1 en 1 = 2, toch?Het is aan mij om een hele goede vraag te stellen en het is aan mij om een mening te vormen van datgene wat er uiteindelijk uit rolt."Ook bespreken Björn en David waarom AI niet zomaar een magische oplossing is voor alles wat je werkdag ingewikkeld maakt. Sterker nog: als je niet weet wat je wilt, weet AI dat meestal ook niet. Je moet dus nog steeds zelf nadenken, context geven, kaders stellen en controleren wat eruit komt. AI kan veel, maar gedachten lezen zit er voorlopig nog niet standaard bij.Deze aflevering is geen pleidooi om je werk volledig uit handen te geven. Integendeel. Het is een uitnodiging om slimmer te leren werken met de tools die er nu al zijn. Om AI niet te zien als bedreiging, maar ook niet als wondermiddel. Dus stel jezelf eens eerlijk de vraag: gebruik jij AI al bewust of ben je vooral maar wat aan het proberen in een leeg chatvenster? Je hoort het hier (of kijk de aflevering op Youtube)!MEER WETEN?Wil je meer lezen over dit onderwerp of aan de slag met de tips die we in deze video hebben besproken? Check dan eens deze handige artikelen. Daar vind je nog meer waardevolle informatie en praktische tips die je kunnen helpen bij het verbeteren van jouw persoonlijke effectiviteit en slimmer (samen)werken:15 onmisbare AI-tools (die je werk versnellen, vereenvoudigen en beter maken)Wat is ChatGPT nou écht? Je slimme assistent, zolang jij de leiding houdtGemini voor iedereen die geen AI-expert wil worden, maar wél slimmer wil werkenHoe je een goede AI-prompt schrijft (en waarom dat zó belangrijk is)Je productiviteit verdubbelen? Met Microsoft Copilot werk je slimmer (en dat is makkelijker dan je denkt)MEER TIJDWINSTWil je meer leren over time management en persoonlijke effectiviteit of ben je geïnteresseerd in het volgen van een training? Neem dan eens een kijkje op onze website https://tijdwinst.com voor meer informatie en mogelijkheden.Volg ons ook op onze social media kanalen om op de hoogte te blijven van onze nieuwste video's, artikelen en tips! Je kunt ons vinden op:YouTubeInstagramLinkedInSpotifyPinterestWIE IS TIJDWINST.COM?Wil jij slimmer (samen)werken en jouw persoonlijke effectiviteit verbeteren? Dan ben je bij Tijdwinst.com aan het juiste adres! Als dé expert op het gebied van modern time management bieden wij 1-daagse trainingen aan in onder andere feedback geven, gesprekstechnieken, assertiviteit, snellezen en leidinggeven.Onze trainingen worden gegeven in kleine groepen, zodat we persoonlijke aandacht en feedback op maat kunnen bieden. Zo krijg je een persoonlijk actieplan waarmee je direct aan de slag kunt. Wil je de cursus graag samen met jouw collega's volgen? Dan is een in-company training op maat mogelijk, waarbij onze échte experts bij jou op locatie komen.#timemanagement #productiviteit #effectiviteit #efficiëntie #tijdwinst #ai #aitools #aitoolsforbusiness #microsoftcopilot #gemini #chatgpt #prompts

[ENG follows NL] Wie is Sylvia Wynter, en waarom moet iedereen die geïnteresseerd is in dekolonialisme haar leren kennen? Sylvia Wynter is een vooraanstaande Caribische kunstenares en denker. In haar werk – zowel filosofische essays als romans en teksten voor theater en film – uit ze radicale kritiek op het westers humanisme. Ze stelt dat dit humanisme zwarte, inheemse en gekoloniseerde volken uitsluit van de definitie ‘mens'. Wynter ontwikkelt nieuwe kaders voor het bestaan buiten koloniale constructies om. Leer van religiewetenschapper Justine Bakker waarom Sylvia Wynter een grote denker is. Sylvia Wynter: Rethinking the Human | Grote denkers met religiewetenschapper Justine Bakker Denkwerk 2026 Zaterdag 7 maart 2026 | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen Radboud Reflects en de Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen Like deze podcast, abonneer je op dit kanaal en mis niks. Bekijk ook de agenda voor nog meer verdiepende lezingen: https://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects Wil je geen enkele verdiepende lezing missen? Schrijf je dan in voor de nieuwsbrief: https://www.ru.nl/rr/nieuwsbrief ENGLISH Who is Sylvia Wynter, and why should anyone interested in decolonialism get to know her? Sylvia Wynter is a prominent Caribbean artist and thinker. In her work which includes philosophical essays, novels, and texts for theatre and film she expresses radical criticism of Western humanism. She argues that this humanism excludes black, indigenous and colonised peoples from the definition of “human”. Wynter develops new frameworks for existence outside colonial constructs. Learn form scholar of relgion Justine Bakker why Sylvia Wynter is a Great Thinker. Denkwerk 2026 | Saturday 7 March 2026 | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen Radboud Reflects and Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Like this podcast and subscribe to this channel. See the agenda for more in depth lectures: https://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects Please subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.ru.nl/rr/newsletter

Hans Bakker (stichting Vrienden van de Houtvaart) kijkt vooruit naar het zwemseizoen by Haarlem105

Wat moet je doen om iets waardevols te bewaren? En kun je ook iets authentieks beschermen door juist niets te doen? Albert Brouwer en Jelle Bakker praten in de nieuwste aflevering van De Urkerland Podcast over de pogingen van een erfgoedstichting om de bouw van een nieuw woongebouw tegen te houden. Rondom de vorming van een nieuw college komt weinig nieuws naar buiten. In de wandelgangen wordt de naam genoemd van de man die in beeld zou zijn voor de tweede wethouderspost van de SGP. Maar: is hij wel de juiste man op de juiste plaats?

Today's guest is Carolina Bakker, Rat Race Release Coach. Carolina helps women entrepreneurs release the generational patterns and protective reflexes that keep their business stuck, through her Business Healing Bootcamp. She uses intuitive guidance, constellation work, and energy healing to release what's blocking business growth and create real transformation. If you've ever sensed that your business growth is limited by something older than you, something ancient even, you're going to want to hear this conversation.Visit Carolina Bakker's Website: coachingbycarolina.com

This week Coach Brendan Suhr is joined by DJ Bakker, head coach of the 2025-26 G-League Champion Greensboro Swarm.In this episode Bakker shares insights into managing constant roster turnover and creating alignment between the Swarm and the Charlotte Hornets to ensure consistent development, terminology, and expectations across both levels. The conversation dives deep into offensive philosophy, including how Greensboro became one of the highest-scoring teams in G League history by prioritizing elite spacing, early-clock decision making, paint touches, and unselfish play. Bakker also details his approach to defensive principles, pick-and-roll coverage, practice structure, and the importance of over-communication and adaptability in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Regardless of what level you are coaching, this episode includes concepts on building identity, maximizing personnel, and developing players in today's game.All that and more on Episode 329 of the Coaching U Podcast presented by Noah Basketball.Noah Basketball is trusted by 28 NBA teams, over 200 NCAA programs, and over 1,000 high school programs to capture and analyze key shooting metrics to help your players perfect their shot and reach their max potential.Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠noahbasketball.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MLVC speaks with writer Tiff Bakker about her recent article "Lesbians are reclaiming Madonna as we await her new album, Confessions 2." We have a fun chat about Madonna's queer allyship throughout the years, expectations for Confessions 2 and our hopes for a Madonna/Kylie Minogue duet! Read Tiff's article at The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... Follow MLVC on all social channels: @mlvcpodcast Subscribe to MLVC's YouTube channel Donate to the podcast on Venmo: mlvcpodcast Listen to more episodes on Spotify/Apple/Amazon/Google Play or here: https://mlvc.podbean.com/ #mlvcpodcast #madonnapodcast #madonna #confessions2

Vandaag komen de leiders van de Europese Unie bij elkaar op Cyprus. Daar gaan ze in gesprek over energiemaatregelen en de veiligheid van het continent. Alexander Bakker, correspondent Brussel bij de Telegraaf, is zelf ook aanwezig op het eiland. Sven op 1 is een programma van Omroep WNL. Meer van WNL vind je op onze website en sociale media: ► Website: https://www.wnl.tv  ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omroepwnl  ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omroepwnl ► Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wnlvandaag ► Steun WNL, word lid: https://www.steunwnl.tv ► Gratis Nieuwsbrief: https://www.wnl.tv/nieuwsbrief 

Urk heeft een vernieuwd gemeentewapen, inclusief de vertrouwde schelvis. Waar hebben we die vis eigenlijk aan te danken? In de nieuwste aflevering van De Urkerland Podcast belanden Albert Brouwer en Jelle Bakker via het wapen al snel in een complottheorie, die te maken heeft met de Noordoostpolder; toch al een rode draad dit keer. De aanzet tot het nieuwe Urker college kwam immers ook vanaf de bodem van de voormalige Zuiderzee. Sjaak Simonse (en z'n Ome Jan) hebben er subtiel hun stempel op gedrukt. En woon je nog wel op Urk als het kerkje van Tollebeek zowat op loopafstand ligt? Wat gebeurt er trouwens als de dominee van ons buurdorp zich op de fiets over Urk beweegt?

Ingrid Bakker is a Principal architect, a board director for Hassell and a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects.Craig Guthrie is a specialist in Landscape Architecture and Urban Design with over 25 years of experienceAs Hassell Studio Principals Ingrid Bakker and Craig Guthrie talk about the legacy for Melbourne and how the newly-built Metro Tunnel uses design to increase the city's liveability. 

Mieneke Bakker is actrice en regisseur en tot voor 2 jaar werkte ze ook in het kernteam van de toneelacademie van Maastricht. Ze regisseert een amateurgroep, met hen werkt ze van september tot ongeveer april. Daarnaast heeft ze, nu ze met pensioen is, de vrijheid om rollen te kiezen. Het moet niet, dat is een van de geneugten van de levensfase waar ze nu in zit. In deze podcast hoor je ervaringen van mensen die (gedeeltelijk) gestopt zijn met werken. Ik ben met deze gesprekken begonnen, omdat ik benieuwd ben hoe anderen deze nieuwe fase in hun leven vorm geven. Voor jou als luisteraar hoop ik dat je (h)erkenning en inspiratie vindt in deze verhalen.Mocht je jouw verhaal willen vertellen, stuur svp een bericht naar brulsht@gmail.com.

Na een druk paasweekend kijken Albert Brouwer en Jelle Bakker elkaar diep in de ogen. De vorige podcast leverde een vracht aan reacties op. Hoog tijd dus om alle feedback eens door te nemen. Het werpt de vraag op: waar zijn we eigenlijk precies mee bezig als Urker podcastmakers? En: wie denken we zelf eigenlijk dat wij zijn? De coalitievorming komt even ter sprake, net als de plannen van de visafslag. Daarnaast een diepgravende analyse van het opvallendste bericht van de afgelopen tijd. Want: heeft de politie nu écht geprobeerd om een blinde plaatsgenoot te bekeuren omdat hij niet óp maar vlak naast een zebrapad de weg overstak? Albert gaat er eens goed voor zitten.

Have you been hesitant to add roses to your garden? This week on the podcast, Joanne talks with Paul Zimmerman about Jackson & Perkins' expansion into Canada, what it means for rose lovers, and why these cold-hardy, Canadian-grown roses may be easier to grow than many gardeners think. In this episode: Roses are becoming more accessible for Canadian gardeners. Jackson & Perkins roses are now available in the Canadian market, with roses being grown, tested, and shipped within Canada through their partnership with Bakker. Modern roses are not as high-maintenance as many people think. Paul challenges the old idea that roses are fussy and chemical-dependent, explaining that many newer roses are bred for better disease resistance and can be grown sustainably with good soil, smart plant choice, and realistic expectations. Choosing the right rose for the right purpose is key. Roses should be selected based on their role in the garden, whether for height, spread, colour, season-long interest, or vertical growing, rather than just choosing one because the flower looks pretty in the pot. Learn more at jacksonandperkins.ca. Find them online on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube and Instagram. Find Paul Zimmerman online at paulzimmermanroses.com and watch his how-to videos on YouTube. Have a topic you'd like Joanne to discuss? Email your questions and comments to downthegardenpathpodcast@hotmail.com, or connect with Joanne on her website: down2earth.ca Find Down the Garden Path on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube: @downthegardenpathpodcast. Down the Garden Path Podcast On Down The Garden Path, professional landscape designer Joanne Shaw discusses down-to-earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As the owner of Down2Earth Landscape Design, Joanne Shaw has been designing beautiful gardens for homeowners east of Toronto for over a decade. She does her best to bring you interesting, relevant and useful topics to help you keep your garden as low-maintenance as possible.  In Down the Garden Path: A Step-By-Step Guide to Your Ontario Garden, Joanne and fellow landscape designer Matthew Dressing distill their horticultural and design expertise and their combined experiences in helping others create and maintain thriving gardens into one easy-to-read monthly reference guide. Get your copy today on Amazon. Don't forget to check out Down the Garden Path on your favourite podcast app and subscribe! You can now catch the podcast on YouTube.

Beschuldigd van fraude. Relatie van 20 jaar voorbij. Bedrijven failliet. En ondertussen moest hij op TV vrolijk over taarten praten. Robèrt van Beckhoven is de bekendste bakker van Nederland — maar dit verhaal ken je niet. Van €200.000 crowdfunding die hij niet kon gebruiken tot de beste beslissing van zijn leven: alles alleen doen. Dit is het verhaal van De Meesterbakker. Sponsors & Kortingen Deze aflevering wordt je aangeboden door Nobotel, McGregor en de Belastingdienst Intro Robèrt van Beckhoven (64) is de enige bakker in Nederland met drie meestertitels: Meester Patissier, Meester Boulanger en SVH Meester IJsbereider. Bij miljoenen bekend als jurylid van Heel Holland Bakt. Maar achter de schermen ging hij door de zwaarste periode van zijn leven: bedrijven failliet, beschuldigd van fraude, relatie van 20 jaar voorbij. In deze aflevering vertelt hij openhartig hoe hij alles verloor, €200.000 aan crowdfunders terugbetaalde, en op zijn 64e harder werkt dan ooit. In deze aflevering o.a. • De achterkant van TV-bekendheid: vrolijk op camera terwijl alles instort • €200.000 crowdfunding opgehaald en direct daarna corona • Beschuldigd van fraude: 'Ze roepen maar iets en je kunt je niet verdedigen' • Van 3 naar 100+ medewerkers door één beslissing • Relatie van 20 jaar voorbij: de prijs van ondernemen • De beste beslissing ooit: 'Ik ga het alleen doen' • Broodfilosofie: waarom 16 uur fermentatie je leven verandert • Droom: eigen brood in de supermarkt • 3 tips van Robèrt voor ondernemers Timestamps [00:00:00] Teaser: het moeilijkste moment van zijn carrière [00:01:22] Intro: welkom bij Doorzetters met Robèrt van Beckhoven [00:03:37] Het zwaarste jaar: zakelijk en privé alles mis [00:04:51] KVL-terrein: de bakkerij in de oude leerfabriek [00:07:02] De beslissing: stoppen met Efteling en grote klanten [00:10:03] Van 3 naar 100 medewerkers in anderhalf jaar [00:10:44] Crowdfunding: €200.000 in één week [00:11:40] Corona slaat toe: alles naar nul [00:15:24] Beschuldigd van fraude door tegenpartij [00:17:10] De grootste les: communiceer zelf [00:19:37] Relatie van 20 jaar voorbij [00:20:44] Media-crisismanager ingeschakeld [00:22:57] Beste beslissing: 'Ik ga het alleen doen' [00:25:46] Familiebakkerij: de zaak van vader overnemen in 1989 [00:28:32] Drie meestertitels: waarom hij zichzelf bleef uitdagen [00:33:03] Cas Spijkers: 'Het grootste talent van bakken in Nederland' [00:35:42] Theatershows: 450 man op het podium [00:39:01] Broodfilosofie: fermentatie, gezondheid en ambacht [00:41:26] AI en bakken: kan een robot proeven? [00:45:14] Droom: brood van Robèrt in de supermarkt [00:46:26] Documentaireserie BROOD: heel Europa door [00:48:50] Persoonlijk: single, gelukkig, het mooiste moment [00:51:32] Grafschrift: 'Het is heel moeilijk om simpel te bakken' [00:54:18] Tips: een dag is geen 8 uur, doe het niet alleen, geniet [00:57:45] Tips van de week: The Wine Table Utrecht, Crema ijs Amsterdam

In deze aflevering ontvangt Teddy Tops regisseur Loek de Bakker (https://www.toneelschuurproducties.nl/makers/loek-de-bakker). De nieuwe voorstelling van Loek Weirdo (https://www.hnt.nl/nl/voorstellingen/weirdo-12-nlsh) ging twee weken geleden in premiere.  De tips van Loek: Boek: Het leven zelf (https://www.hollandsdiep.nl/boek/186/roelof-ten-napel-het-leven-zelf.html) , Een zoon van (https://www.hollandsdiep.nl/boek/200/roelof-ten-napel-een-zoon-van.html) Podcast: De rolverdeling (https://npo.nl/luister/podcasts/1356-de-rolverdeling) Toneel: Monomaan (https://www.hnt.nl/nl/voorstellingen/monomaan-y6r7) Dans: Shake Shake Shake (https://www.dedansers.com/voorstelling/shake-shake-shake-2/) Tentoonstelling: Karel van Laere (https://www.museumvilla.com/nu-te-zien/karel-van-laere) Museum: Huis Marseille (https://huismarseille.nl/) Openbare kunst: Kunst in het Amsterdam UMC (https://www.amsterdamumc.org/nl/organisatie/kunst-1) Festival: Into The Great Wide Open (https://intothegreatwideopen.nl/en/) Nu in de bioscoop: Pillion (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32321317/) Film op streaming: All of Us Strangers (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21192142/) Serie: Lost Boys and Fairies (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21084712/) Docu: 11 Friese fonteinen, (https://www.npodoc.nl/artikelen/11-friese-fonteinen) Queerkamp (https://www.human.nl/documentaires/artikelen/2doc-queerkamp) Club/uitgaansavond: De Trut (https://www.trutfonds.nl/) Kindercultuur: Dag Poes (https://www.hnt.nl/nl/voorstellingen/dag-poes-4-x7tr) Andere culturele favoriet: A Biographical Wardrobe (https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/whats-on/a-biographical-wardrobe/1502300) Gratis: Het homomonument (https://www.homomonument.nl/nl) Heb je cultuurtips die we niet mogen missen? Mail de redactie: eenuurcultuur@vpro.nl

Welcome back to Blade Runner: Electric Dreams. Tracking down missing LAPD replicant, Leah, who appears to have shot and killed her colleague, Sandor, the rep detect unit is getting closer and interested parties have taken notice. With some new information from the Esper Wall database Percival and Fenna head out into the city in possession of a photo depicting a young Leah, an image that shouldn't exist. Meanwhile, after taking a brutal beating in the back of the Aurelian's butterfly shop, Bakker and Novak are roughly awoken, tied to chairs in a leaky pre-war apartment complex. Join: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5_xAWJ4yX6NZ5cZaccqPw/join Community Discord: https://discord.gg/z2NW53APFa Merch: https://mystery-quest-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp Members and Patrons get $7 off your order - that's like a free membership along with your stylish new adventuring attire! Check out Blade Runner RPG here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/ The scenario is 'Electric Dreams' and is included in the starter set: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/blade-runner-rpg/starter-set/ Podcast: https://www.pickaxe.uk/mystery-quest Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/MysteryQuest Follow the Cast: Tom: @AngoryTom Dan: @apocplayers⁩ Lydia: https://twitch.tv/squidgame Ravs: @Ravs_ Danann: ⁠@apocplayers ⁠ Editing & Sound Design: Oscar Henderson Thumbnail Art: Jack Bailey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In de hoogtijdagen van de coronacrisis sloegen talloze huishoudens aan het klussen. Ook in West-Friesland, waar Bakker dé Houthandel een begrip was. Het bedrijf in Hoogkarspel had alles in huis wat met hout te maken had voor de particuliere en professionele klusser. Ook deed de onderneming aan bijvoorbeeld traprenovatie. De kassa rinkelde, de omzet steeg en de eigenaren vonden het een mooi moment om hun onderneming van de hand te doen. Het management bleek in 2021 bereid om een flink bedrag neer te tellen. Ook sloten ze een huurcontract af met de oude eigenaren. Helaas voor de nieuwe eigenaren is de kluswoede in 2022 voorbij. Nederlanders gaan hun geld weer steken in activiteiten buitenshuis en de markt voor hout- en klusbedrijven zakt in. Als ING de financiering stop zet, is een bankroet niet meer te voorkomen. Op 18 april 2023 gaat Bakker de Houthandel failliet. Een doorstart heeft vooral kans van slagen als die snel plaatsvindt. Te gast is Kuno Cerutti, partner, advocaat en curator bij Van Diepen Van Der Kroef Onder curatoren Niet elk ondernemersavontuur eindigt met een notering in de Quote 500, niet elk bedrijf overleeft een flinke crisis, niet elke onderneming weet het financiële spel goed te spelen. En als alles misgaat, als de chaos regeert en schuldeisers aan de poort rammelen, dan breekt het tijdperk van de curator aan. In deze serie praten financieel journalisten Elisa Hermanides en Thomas van Zijl over onvergetelijke faillissementen met curatoren, de puinruimers van het bedrijfsleven. Abonneer je om elke twee weken op vrijdag een nieuwe aflevering te krijgen. Of luister vrijdag om 13.00 naar BNR. Redactie: Sam van Zuilen en Mick Fruytier / Vormgeving: Gijs Friesen en Connor Clerx / Eindredactie: Elisa Hermanides / Audiobewerking: Jeanne Heeremans / Artwork: FDMG | Milja Oortwijn / Met dank aan: Wendy Beenakker en Sharine de Rooij See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In de hoogtijdagen van de coronacrisis sloegen talloze huishoudens aan het klussen. Ook in West-Friesland, waar Bakker dé Houthandel een begrip was. Het bedrijf in Hoogkarspel had alles in huis wat met hout te maken had voor de particuliere en professionele klusser. Ook deed de onderneming aan bijvoorbeeld traprenovatie. De kassa rinkelde, de omzet steeg en de eigenaren vonden het een mooi moment om hun onderneming van de hand te doen. Het management bleek in 2021 bereid om een flink bedrag neer te tellen. Ook sloten ze een huurcontract af met de oude eigenaren.   Helaas voor de nieuwe eigenaren is de kluswoede in 2022 voorbij. Nederlanders gaan hun geld weer steken in activiteiten buitenshuis en de markt voor hout- en klusbedrijven zakt in. Als ING de financiering stop zet, is een bankroet niet meer te voorkomen. Op 18 april 2023 gaat Bakker de Houthandel failliet. Een doorstart heeft vooral kans van slagen als die snel plaatsvindt. Te gast is Kuno Cerutti, partner, advocaat en curator bij Van Diepen Van Der Kroef    Onder curatoren  Niet elk ondernemersavontuur eindigt met een notering in de Quote 500, niet elk bedrijf overleeft een flinke crisis, niet elke onderneming weet het financiële spel goed te spelen. En als alles misgaat, als de chaos regeert en schuldeisers aan de poort rammelen, dan breekt het tijdperk van de curator aan.   In deze serie praten financieel journalisten Elisa Hermanides en Thomas van Zijl over onvergetelijke faillissementen met curatoren, de puinruimers van het bedrijfsleven. Abonneer je om elke twee weken op vrijdag een nieuwe aflevering te krijgen. Of luister vrijdag om 13.00 naar BNR.    Redactie: Sam van Zuilen en Mick Fruytier / Vormgeving: Gijs Friesen en Connor Clerx / Eindredactie: Elisa Hermanides /  Audiobewerking: Jeanne Heeremans / Artwork: FDMG | Milja Oortwijn / Met dank aan: Wendy Beenakker en Sharine de Rooij   

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Na de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van woensdag 18 maart 2026 heeft het Centraal Stembureau op donderdag 26 maart 2026 de uitslag vastgesteld en de gekozen raadsleden benoemd, conform de wettelijke voorschriften zoals opgenomen in hoofdstuk V van Afdeling IV van de Kieswet (artikelen V1 tot en met V8).Afgelopen vrijdag 27 maart is de commissie geloofsbrieven (bestaande uit mevrouw Flinterman en de heren Groothuis en Lucas) op basis van artikel V4 van de Kieswet bijeengekomen om een geloofsbrievenonderzoek uit te voeren. Hun advies is:1.Vast te stellen dat er met betrekking tot de overlegde geloofsbrieven en het verloop van de verkiezingen geen geschillen rijzen als bedoeld in artikel V4 lid 1 Kieswet die tot hertelling of herstemming zouden moeten leiden.2. Toe te laten tot lid van de gemeenteraad van Soest (in alfabetische volgorde):W. Bakker, D. ter Beek, J. Boks, P.A. van den Brink, M. Bruil, F.C. Colthoff, M.E. Dieters, G. van Dorp, J.M.W. Feijen, K. Gündüz, M. Jagtenberg, M. Jongsma, M.J. Linnartz, J.A. Lobbes, M.R. van Nimwegen, M. Noorlander, J.A. Paauw, J. van Rooden, T.N. Schotman, G.H.E.J. Stormbroek, E.M. Suijkerbuijk, H.O. Suna, M.R.M. Verheul, J.J. Vrakking, M.M. Walraven-van Dam, A. Weith-Plomp, H.C.P. Welschen, G. Willems en A.H.T. Witlox

Welcome back to Blade Runner: Electric Dreams. Percival and Fenna investigate Leah's last known steps on the LAPD's Esper Wall a vast surveillance network of cameras spanning the entire city. Meanwhile detectives Novak and Bakker head out to Animoid Row seeking the craftsman behind Leah's synthetic butterflies. Join: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5_xAWJ4yX6NZ5cZaccqPw/join Community Discord: https://discord.gg/z2NW53APFa Merch: https://mystery-quest-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp Members and Patrons get $7 off your order - that's like a free membership along with your stylish new adventuring attire! Check out Blade Runner RPG here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/ The scenario is 'Electric Dreams' and is included in the starter set: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/blade-runner-rpg/starter-set/ Podcast: https://www.pickaxe.uk/mystery-quest Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/MysteryQuest Follow the Cast: Tom: @AngoryTom Dan: @apocplayers⁩ Lydia: https://twitch.tv/squidgame Ravs: @Ravs_ Danann: ⁠ @apocplayers ⁠ Editing & Sound Design: Oscar Henderson Thumbnail Art: Jack Bailey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leonard Evers in gesprek met filmregisseur Mark Bakker. Bakker regisseerde de documentaire The Road to Fenix. Daarin wordt de lange, soms kronkelige maar altijd interessante weg getoond van de historische Rotterdamse havenloods naar een sprankelende nieuwe museale aanwinst voor heel Nederland, waar inmiddels al meer dan 300.000 bezoekers van genoten hebben. Vijf jaar lang filmden de makers het proces van het kunstmuseum over migratie in wording achter de schermen, van de eerste schets tot de koninklijke opening, met alle strubbelingen, dilemma's en successen daartussen. De film over het nieuwste icoon van de Maasstad beleeft zijn wereldpremière op het International Film Festival Rotterdam. Mark Bakker maakte portretten van Karsu, Karin Bloemen, Paul van Vliet en Jan Rot. Ook verzorgde hij de camera bij de veelgeprezen documentaire over voetbalclub Ajax: Daar hoorden zij engelen zingen van regisseur Roel van Dalen.

In de eerste podcast na de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 2026 bespreken Albert Brouwer en Jelle Bakker eerst de resultaten. Daarna kijken ze vooruit naar de mogelijkheden voor de vorming van een nieuwe coalitie. De diverse verschuivingen worden besproken en geduid, waarbij diverse vragen opkomen: hoe gaan ChristenUnie en Gemeentebelangen het verlies verwerken? Welke rol zal de SGP spelen met een historisch aantal van zeven zetels? En wat kan wél en niet verwacht worden bij de vorming van een nieuwe coalitie en het bijbehorende college. De heren voelen echter ook feilloos aan dat de politieke perikelen van de afgelopen tijd tot de vorming van een bubbel leidden. Wat daarbuiten gebeurt is namelijk vele malen belangrijker. 

Começou por ser advogado, mas é hoje um dos mais reconhecidos produtores de televisão do país. Veio dos Países Baixos para Portugal para um projeto de três meses... Mas já cá está há 32 anos. Pai de quatro filhas, é apaixonado por cães e tem o sonho de vir a construir um hotel para eles.

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Trees are a major cause of power outages. They're also a wildfire risk—when branches hit a conductor, a small spark can become a big blaze. Lynn Petesch of Overstory joins thinkenergy to talk trees, exploring how AI, satellite imagery, and vegetation intelligence help utilities prevent outages and reduce wildfire threats. Including Hydro Ottawa, who saw a 44% drop in tree-related outages since partnering with Overstory. Listen in for how we work together to keep the grid safe in an era of extreme weather.   Related links  Overstory: https://www.overstory.com/ Lynn Petesch on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnpetesch/  Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-8b612114  Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en    To subscribe using Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405   To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl   To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/ --- Subscribe so you don't miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/user/hydroottawalimited Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydroottawa Stay in the know on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HydroOttawa Keep up with the posts on X: https://twitter.com/thinkenergypod ----- Transcript: Welcome to thinkenergy, a podcast that dives into the fast, changing world of energy through conversations with industry leaders, innovators and people on the front lines of the energy transition. Join me, Trevor Freeman, as I explore the traditional, unconventional and up and coming facets of the energy industry. If you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas for topics we should cover, please reach out to us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com, Hi everyone. Welcome back. Today on thinkenergy, we're going to be talking about trees. Yes, you heard that correctly. Trees. I know this is a show about energy, but there's actually a very real connection between our electricity grid and those slow growing, majestic givers of shade, lumber, fruit and so many more benefits. Honestly, who doesn't love trees? But I'm not just kicking this episode off in my capacity as a tree hugger. Let's take a look at this through a utility lens, and I will use Hydro Ottawa as an example. Hydro Ottawa service territory includes some very rural and very forested areas. Even our urban territory has a fairly extensive tree canopy. As a result, Hydro Ottawa trims about 60,000 trees each year. Why? Because trees contracting power infrastructure is a big problem. Tree interference remains a leading cause of power outages for us. Strong winds force them onto our wires. Heavy snow or freezing rain builds up and weighs down branches, breaks limbs, and increases the risk that part of a tree may touch a line, and in some extreme cases, heavy storms can even send trees or branches crashing into our poles, damaging the poles. The struggle between power lines and trees, which, again, don't get me wrong, we all love trees, has been going on for years. There is a constant struggle between trimming enough and getting the right trees trimmed and maintaining as much tree coverage as we can. In 2022 we identified a disruptor in this dance, the solution came through a partnership with Overstory, a company that uses satellite imagery, infrared technology and artificial intelligence to help utilities manage vegetation and trim trees more efficiently. And the timing could not have been better. Just days after we started working with Overstory in the spring of 2022 the derecho hit Ottawa. Our Ottawa based listeners will remember this storm well. It was monumental in the history of our city, and indeed for us as utility, winds reached 190 kilometers an hour. For our non-metric listeners, that's nearly 120 miles per hour. The storm ripped through poles houses and cause considerable damage to our city's urban forests. Overstory played a crucial role during the cleanup and in helping us level up our vegetation management strategies moving forward, we realized that the insights we got from Overstory would help improve our proactive approach to tree encroachment and hazard identification, and this is essential in this era of extreme weather events. We know that climate change is causing more frequent and more extreme weather events. According to Climate Central, the number of weather related power outages in the United States increased by 78% between 2011 and 2021 and severe weather accounted for over 1000 outages across Nova Scotia just in the year of 2024 we want to keep you connected during these heavy storms, and that's why we're looking to organizations like Overstory. So what does Overstory do to help us keep the lights on? Well, without giving away too much, because we're going to get into the details shortly, Overstory through a detailed analysis of the scans they do of our entire grid, identifies high risk areas, which we can then prioritize and better focus our resources when it comes to vegetation management, this level of monitoring and focus reduces the risk of trees from coming into contact with our poles and disrupting Your connection to the grid, the results speak for themselves. Since partnering with Overstory, we've reduced vegetation related outages by 44% and that's only part of the story, as we'll discuss further, Overstory also plays a crucial role in helping utilities prevent wildfires in high risk areas across North America, similar to extreme weather, wildfire frequency and intensity is also increasing, in part due to climate change expanding cities and many other factors. And when wildfires do happen, these stories are heartbreaking. What many people don't realize is that lots of wildfires are sparked by trees making contact with power lines, and that is why Overstory plays a key role in tagging areas where those fires are most likely to ignite and spread, making it easier for utilities to prioritize trimming work and vegetation management in those areas. To dive more into how Overstory is helping us here at Hydro Ottawa and. And other utilities helping us identify and act to mitigate risk associated with vegetation. I'm really excited to have Lynn Petesch on the show today. Lynn is Overstory's, Head of Customer Success, and has spent the past 10 years building customer facing teams with a specific focus on technologies that tackle the climate crisis. She began her career working for the United Nations and the diplomatic service of her home country, Luxembourg, before moving into the tech sector to really work in environments where she could drive impact more quickly and at greater scale. Lynn Petesch, welcome to the show.   Lynn Petesch  05:34 Thank you. Thanks for having me.   Trevor Freeman  05:36 Okay, so let's start at the very top with a high level look at what Overstory does and how the organization came to be.   Lynn Petesch  05:45 Yeah, let me tell you about Overstory. I mean, we are a vegetation intelligence platform. We use remote sensing and AI to give electric utilities, including Hydro Ottawa and others, a clear, system wide view of their risk. They always do it because they want to address three things, or sometimes more, but kind of, there's always a few goal posts, and it's either improving reliability, reducing wildfire risk, if that is if they're in an area where there is a concern, and or improving operational efficiencies. So Overstory very much becomes a decision-making tool for their programs were used mostly by the vegetation management people, operations people, wildfire mitigation teams, and they each time they want to either use a program that exists, prioritize it, reshape their work. They might be preparing for storm. They might be working on a wildfire mitigation risk so the company, more broadly, was founded in 2018 by Anniek Schouten and Indra den Bakker. This was back in the Netherlands, and they were leveraging, or getting really interested in satellite imagery, and were very initially using it for deforestation purposes. So, the climate resilience DNA has always been with us. But like any startup, we were looking at that kind of target audience that was most interested in what we had to offer. And pretty quickly, we landed on the electric utilities. They had the most pressing need to use remote sensing at scale to solve very big problems, honestly. And so we pivoted into that space of electric utilities, and then in 2020 Fiona Spruill, who's our CEO right now, she joined us. She shaped the company into what it is today, and that is really around building safer and more reliable operations.   Trevor Freeman  07:33 That's great, and I want to dive into some of the details. Our listeners will know that we talk a lot about grid modernization here and talk a lot about better intelligence of what's happening on the grid in all aspects, and something we haven't really talked about, and I'm excited to talk to you about today is the sort of vegetation management side of it. So really excited to get into the details. But before we do that, I'm always really curious to understand, you know, the people behind the conversations. How did you get into this area of, you know, high tech vegetation management? I touched a little bit on your bio in the intro, but give us a sense of, you know, how did Lynn come to be in the space that you're in right now?   Lynn Petesch  08:12 Yeah, I wouldn't say I grew up thinking I was going to work in this space, but I love working in it now. So actually, right out of college, I went to work for the United Nations, but then in the last 15 years, I started working at high growth tech companies, startups, and I've always been focused on leading and building CS operations, which is basically the customer success teams. They're the ones that are in front of the customers, implementing these software programs, kind of working very closely with customer solving problems. And about four years ago, I decided that I did want to focus the rest of my career on solving the climate crisis more broadly. And I remember very clearly that I came across Overstory. And there was two things that really resonated with me. One was hearing that utility caused wildfires could be as thing of the past, like they are preventable. And the other thing was learning about this world where vegetation is the biggest cause of outages, which is, you know, I did not know before. And so I think, you know, having these very clear goals is very compelling to kind of work on something where it's so easy to understand what the big problems are. So I joined Overstory, and for the last couple of years, I've been building a team that gets really deeply embedded in these utilities, specifically with the vegetation management and the WiFi mitigation teams. And we work on their programs. We understand their programs, we help them reshape their programs. We roll out, obviously, the software element that is Overstory. It's been very fun and rewarding work   Trevor Freeman  09:40 That's great. And I really love, you know, talking to people from a variety of areas that they touch on climate change and the climate crisis. And I think there's a bunch of us who share that passion of wanting to do something. I spoke with a group of you know, recent grads about what is a green. In career. What is it? What does a career in climate change look like? And really it looks like whatever you want it to look like. There are so many aspects that touch on this. So kind of neat to hear how that was your passion, and then you figured out where it made sense for you to enter into the climate sphere. So that's great.   Lynn Petesch  10:15 Yeah, I guess when I was young, I thought you had to be a scientist to work on time, yeah. And I think now anyone can find an angle on how to contribute to it. And I think it needs everyone to help contribute.   Trevor Freeman  10:24 Yeah, any job can be a green job if you care about it and if you make it that okay. So let's get back to Overstory. Tell us a little bit about the evolution of the company. You talked about it kind of founding about seven years ago. Tell us how it's evolved and progressed over those seven years.   Lynn Petesch  10:41 Yeah, so when we started working with utilities, I think at that point, everyone was kind of assessing whether satellites could be kind of good use case for analyzing vegetation. We're now talking about 30 centimeter imagery. So the resolution of satellites has become incredible. You can really see branches. You can detect species of trees. You can see if they're healthy or not. So initially, that was kind of our m-o we really were the leading provider to find out, where are the trees, how close are they, in terms of proximity to your network, so to the conductor, which is the risk. You know, we're looking at the terrain. If you're looking in the mountains and in Colorado, you have very different terrain than maybe in Ottawa. So detecting tree species has been really interesting, detecting the health of trees, how that decline is furthering. A lot of utilities are experiencing a lot of tree decline die off right now. So that was how we started. And then we started working with the really big utilities. And you had to think about this problem at scale. Now, we might be scanning with satellites, hundreds, 10s of 1000s of miles at a time, and some of these utilities, they might have 1000s, if not 10s of 1000s, of trees that could pose a risk to their network. They might have had a really big, large weather event, a storm that knocked over some of their system. So at that point, it all becomes about that decisioning tool. Everything starts becoming a prioritization, and I think that's now where we're really leaning into is making not just surfacing the data, but making it very actionable. Utilities have a lot to deal with. They deal with very tight budgets, they deal with crew constraints. They might have an aging workforce, their regulatory pressure, they're really vulnerable to storms. Increasingly, there's a lot of wildfire exposure. So everything becomes a decision of, where should I focus my intention? Where can I get the biggest bang for my buck? What should I do? What should I not focus on? And that decisioning is where we really want to be a key player in.   Trevor Freeman  12:44 Absolutely. And looking forward, I know I'm kind of we're jumping the gun here. We haven't gotten into the details of what you do. But looking forward, what is your vision for, kind of the future of this space and how it's going to continue to evolve? Are you mature as a company yet, or as a sector, or is it still a lot of growth to happen?   Lynn Petesch  13:01 Yeah, I think vast majority utilities are now leveraging remote sensing. It could be lighter, it could be drones, it could be satellites. So that has become a pretty established tooling within the sector. I think what our vision really is, is providing utilities that shared resilience, first picture of risk. So you know, we imagine a world where you can, kind of like, see the emerging risks, and you can start becoming proactive. Being proactive in the space of vegetation management has been really challenging. You never know where the next tree is going to fall. And over the last couple of years, customers suddenly have access to this risk across their territory so that they can start being proactive about it. As a matter of fact, that was a key use case, also with the team at Hydro Ottawa, is to start launching these proactive programs. And I think when we think about it, we get very excited about the world in which anyone from the field crews to the vegetation managers to the operation folks to the execs, to the regulators, the community partners who think about the safety of their communities, the regulators all have that kind of shared view of risk. Just imagine, they all understand the same risk. They operate off the same sheet, and they make the same data driven decisions that could solve a lot of problems, because now the data is often scrambled across different people. Certain people have access to it and certain people don't.   Trevor Freeman  14:25 Great. Okay, so let's get into the specifics here. I want to actually talk about specifically what you what Overstory does. How do you find we've kind of talked about vegetation management, obviously, you're supportingHydro Ottawa and other utilities in our vegetation management programs. How do you find and tag high risk vegetation? What is high risk like? What do you actually do on a day to day basis?   Lynn Petesch  14:47 Yeah, that's the part that I deal with the most often. So excited to get into specifics. Implementing with Overstory is actually pretty easy. I mean, when we start working with a customer, we need to know where is your grid. So we need to understand where your power lines are. Planning. We need to understand the main configurations of them. How tall are the poles, etc, so we can really compute that whole focus of where the trees in relation to your power lines, to your conductors. That's all ultimately that we're focusing on. Increasingly, we're all seeing focusing on the ground. I'll be talking about that as well. We then task these satellites over your territory. We do that during the leaf on season, so that will be the summer, essentially. And then we run all these models. So we are first needing to understand, where are the trees, what is their height, what is their health? An unhealthy tree is much more likely to fall and cause damage to your power lines. We're looking at the fuels on the ground. We can help you determine what type of equipment you might need to attack certain types of vegetation. And we always compute it to that risk to the conductor. And we look at your right of ways. Now, I think the interesting part about your question is the what is high risk? And that is, can be very different across different utilities, and I think that's the maybe the unique part with Overstory is that we can configure it to your standards. So every utility has very unique components. If you're on the West Coast and you're concerned about wildfires, your tolerance to risk will be very different. And if you're on the East Coast, where you're mostly concerned about not causing too many outages, including that you might have specific trimming specifications. The crews running around with chainsaws, they know exactly how far out they need to trim, how much they can trim, and there's a bit of a risk tolerance thing. So we built very configurable risk frameworks for all of our utility partners, so high means one thing to hydro Ottawa means something different to a customer in California that is facing a very different type of risk.   Trevor Freeman  16:49 So you're out there assessing, essentially, just for the context of our listeners, you know, we've got power lines that run overhead. They run through residential neighborhoods, commercial areas, but also forested areas, treed areas where there's lots of vegetation near our equipment, your company really gets an understanding of the the interaction between the vegetation and our lines, and says, these ones are too close, or this is a tree that's, you know, not healthy, and could come in contact with your lines based on your analysis. So help us, like, let's paint that picture a little bit more detailed. How do utility companies take the information that you are coming up with, that your analysis is coming up with, and use that to run a vegetation management program more effectively? What does the utility do with that information?   Lynn Petesch  17:37 Yeah, so we always center it around four main use cases. One is optimizing a program that already exists. It's creating a targeted program for you. It's quantifying your work and risk reporting. And I'll dive into each and every one of them a little bit to illustrate a bit more what that could mean. So when we think about program optimization, a lot of utilities, they have existing vegetation management cycle. They might have a regulatory obligation to visit their territory every four years, for example. Now, a lot of times they've been doing their program the same way for the last 10 maybe 20 years, but the conditions in their territory are different, right? I mean, the things we're seeing, the storms are heavier. There's more tree decline that we're seeing right now. So they know they need to adapt and they need to adjust it. But it's big programs with lots of budgets attached to it, a lot of crews running around. So starting to think about how you can start pulling a socket that you're meant to trim forward, or starting to tackle an area where you say, is more residential, there's fewer trees, focusing on your high risk areas. First re managing these programs is one key component that we work with a lot of companies on. And thinking about Oklahoma, Gas and Electric, for example, that they have a budget, and they can only do that much with the budget, and it was really about reinventing where they can get the biggest impact. The other one, the second use case, is this targeted program creation, and I'll use the Hydro Ottawa use case for that. You know, they had suddenly a view about where are all of their hazard trees? Hazard trees are these trees that are declining, they're dying, or they're dead, and they could have an impact on your system. Now, suddenly you know where they are, so you can start building a targeted program about dedicating some time and budget and crews to actually going and addressing those trees that has a big impact on your reliability and on reducing tree cost outages. And there's many others, sort of like hotspotting, is a very common term about starting to become proactive and doing something for a specific program. And the third one is work quantification. And I think there, when you think about it again, there's large contractors that are running around, managing your territory. And now we utilities, for the first time, often have that data to actually assess how much work there is. So that's really helpful in terms of negotiating your contracts, getting better bids. Some utilities say it's really hard to find contractors that want to work on their system, because it's very hard to estimate how much work there is, or they might have a budget to mow certain vegetation along a transmission corridor. Just knowing how much vegetation there is is a really helpful tool to address it and prioritize it in the right way. And then the fourth use case is the risk reporting, and that is about getting that baseline view about your risk and tracking it year over year. And this is really where we want utilities to have that data to report it out to their boards, insurers, regulators, and often it's used to defend your budgets, secure your budgets, or really have some data to kind of back you up on what the problems are that you're facing.   Trevor Freeman  21:05 Great. So you talk about data, and you know, each of those use cases that you mentioned, or strategies that you mentioned really are about getting the right information in the hands of the right people to make decisions and sort of more efficiently and effectively make decisions, but it's a lot of data. And so Hydro Ottawa has over 6000 kilometers of lines. You know, this, of course, as our partner, we have a big territory, and we have a fairly treed territory. That's a lot of data points. You're collecting a lot of data from your satellites. You're doing analysis on that. How are you doing that analysis? Is it, you know, AI is kind of a buzzword, and every sector right now, and the utility sector is no different. Are you using some form of AI or machine learning analytics? What are you doing in terms of, you know, crunching the numbers and coming up with the right actions?   Lynn Petesch  21:59 Totally, yeah, AI is a buzzword, but it's also very exciting. I think utilities have really embraced it already. They're using it for demand forecasting. They're using it for customer service. They're using it for asset planning. I mean, at the core, Overstory has been using AI to turn remote sensing data into operationally useful intelligent about their vegetation. So when you say yes, Hydro Ottawa has that many 1000s of kilometers of overhead lines, we need to a rank it to them. This is your worst circuit. This is your worst area. This is the area where you have the most hazard trees, for example. So we can really rank order on a span level, from the worst to the best, right? So that could be one thing, it's still an overwhelming amount of data. So where we started by using AI to kind of predict that whereas the trees How tall are, they were and they were relation to the conductors. Now what we're really excited about, or kind of leaning into, with AI, is how to intelligently, kind of assess and prioritize risk. So not every hazard tree has the same impact. If a hazard tree falls on a line where more houses are dependent on you will knock out the power of more people. So it's always a prioritization exercise, and leveraging AI for that is what is most exciting to us right now. And I think it's important to note that we also don't just want it to be a black box. All of the models we've built, they're always validated by certified arborists and kind of our utility partners. And I think at this stage, this is very important, because every tree that we find exists in the real world, and so validating this, AI in the with ground truthing, has been really important for us to also build that trust in the technology.   Trevor Freeman  23:42 That's great. And I do think it's helpful for our listeners to kind of understand the context before this, this work is sort of done, you know, in the absence of a tool like yours, it's, it's sort of done. You know, there's a degree of manual effort here. There's a degree of patrolling the lines. There's a cycle of vegetation management. So if you've done a line this year in three years or four years or five years, you want to be looking at it again. This takes a little bit of that, I don't want to call it guesswork, but it takes a little bit of that manual effort out of the equation, and really focuses efforts in the right way. And it's only with the tools that you know you folks are using that you're able to do that volume of analysis and get that pinpoint accuracy. So that's fantastic. Let's, let's get into kind of the success of it at all, like the big picture. We've obviously talked a couple times here that you're our partner here at Hydro Ottawa, so I know that the success that we're having with you, but you know, tell us some of the great success stories with other utility partners. Are you, you know, are you actually reducing weather related outages? Are you seeing the impact of using the overstory tools and methodology to support utility partners?   Lynn Petesch  24:58 Yeah, I mean weather related outages can mean many things. You have trees knocking over, like the pole might crack, etc, you know, those there's a lot of things that can happen during a storm. And I've heard a lot of stories about side of some of the storms that Ottawa has experienced in the past years, where, you know, you could have had anything, and they're just heavier, and that the consequences are really strong, but what we can impact is the tree cost outages, right? And that we've proven with Hydro Ottawa, where, within a year, by focusing that targeted program on going to an area where you had a massive amounts of these trees that were dying off and they at any point, was just a little bit too heavy wind could be toppled over and fall on the line, we had a 44% reduction in tree cost outages. That's a real, tangible number. You can see, I'm thinking about utility as well. In the on the East Coast, a co op that runs through very rural areas. In those areas, you have a trees outside of the right of way that are toppling over on two lines. So tree cost outages are a huge issue for them, and it's really impacting their safety and safety those key, key KPIs that utilities are always tracking and by us just giving them a rank order of which has a tree they had so many of them, which has a tree to even go to first, because if that has a tree were to fall on a line, a ton more people are going to be out of power than if the other one were to fall the line, you will have, like one rural cabin that will not have power. And that led to a reduction of something around 90% of tree cause outages is to 70% it's still a long way to go, but it was a really tangible number that you can see, and it shows that if you then do that proactive work, you have real impact on your tree cost outages. And it's if I think about our customer in California, Pacific Gas and Electric, for example, it's a lot around helping them understand where they don't need to go. So it's kind of doing something of a visual inspection and actually skipping certain spans, that can be itself a really big use case. Because right now, if you don't have an understanding about where your risks are, you might be spending trucks to roll for hours around areas where there is not really any tangible work to be done. So redirecting them to the right areas is where we've seen a lot of success there, and that obviously leads to budget wins, right? You'll be saving a lot of money by doing that. And those are kind of the use cases that we chase and that we kind of help prove the cases on.   Trevor Freeman  27:29 Absolutely, yeah, there's, there's only so many resources you can you can throw at this, and making sure that we prioritize and focus those resources in the right spot is absolutely critical. You were just talking about the West Coast, and you mentioned this earlier. I know wildfires is is an area that is obviously of great interest for your organization. We're fortunate here at Hydro Ottawa, and that we haven't really had to deal with that much. But anybody who's you know following the news knows this is a major problem for us. So how, what is your role in helping those utilities prevent wildfires? Maybe give us, like, a very quick primer on why utilities are a factor when it comes to wildfires first, and then how your organization is supporting that.   Lynn Petesch  28:13 So unfortunately, utility cost wildfires tend to be the most catastrophic wildfires because they're critical infrastructure, and we've obviously seen that happen across the world, in in the US recently, again and again. But utility cost wildfires, as I said at the beginning, are also the actual wildfires that are preventable. So that's really where we're lying to lying into a lot of the forests right now. They've become Tinder boxes. That is obviously because of fire suppression policies? That's because of forest management techniques that have been leveraged in the last couple of 100 years that are slowly changing at different paces? Canada's had some, unfortunately, some really bad fire seasons recently as well. And so where overstory wanted to place itself as a net prevention space to even not add to the point where you have a spark, because there's a lot of tools out there that focus on mitigation and what is, what do you do when you see that first plume of smoke coming up? And so we've landed in kind of really focusing on the prevention side, so that utilities are hopefully in the future, not the ones that spark any of those catastrophic wildfires we've already always been looking at that the vegetation that could touch your conductor, right? That's I've been speaking about that a lot, but now we're really excited for the first time, and we recently announced that we launched a fuel detection model. So that's us looking at the ground fuel conditions, and those are actually usually the key contributors to the spark that spreads the fire. We're now providing that to utilities as a much higher resolution than ever before. For me, it's interesting because I've spent a lot of time looking at trees, and now I'm going into the field and I'm looking at the ground, and it's a new perspective. But yet again, we could just, you know, we don't want to overwhelm our customers. A lot of maps and showing the fuel conditions, necessarily, we can really help them identify those spans where a single failure would have the greatest consequence. So yet again, it's about how to make that data that, you know, there's a lot of wildfire risk map out there, but make it a very actionable list of spans that if they were to tackle those they are very proactively reducing the risk of igniting a fire. And as a result of the protecting their communities.   Trevor Freeman  30:29 Got you so it's not just about the overhead trees, branches, etc, contacting the line. It's, you know, if a switch goes, if an insulator pops, if, if something happens that will cause sparks. What's happening on the ground below that line, and how do we make sure it is able to withstand sparks? That might happen.   Lynn Petesch  30:49 Exactly if you have dry grasses, if you have sagebrush, if you have certain types of fuels, they're just much more likely to spark a fire and then spread, spread out without there even be any any trees you have these prairies along Texas that can blow up in a fire very quickly, and the fires can spread to tremendous sizes. And so understanding the fuels on the ground is really important.   Trevor Freeman  31:15 Super interesting and fascinating work to get involved in. As you mentioned, this is obviously an area of, I don't even know if I call it growing concern anymore, great concern for for the utility industry and all of us. Yeah. So with the technology that's, you know, we talked about AI a little bit ago, it's literally growing before our eyes. It's really evolving fast. Do you see your technology evolving along with it. What's what's kind of next for your organization? You talked about getting into sort of the ground vegetation management. What comes next? How do you see it evolving as AI and tools evolve?   Lynn Petesch  31:52 Yeah, I mean, if we see that the future is where we want to support a grid that is much safer and reliable, as I mentioned, we also want to make it sure it's resilient to the climate and the economic pressures that there are. So our initial focus and our continued focus, and where we have a lot of our expertise has been with vegetation. Now we're starting to look at the ground fuels, then that naturally evolves into looking at the asset vulnerabilities. So you know, the actual polls, and if there's any failures potentially on those as well as further weather exposures, right? It becomes, then about the soil moisture. It comes about the wind speed. It becomes around the rain, precipitation, etc. So there's a myriad of things that we can start looking at and that we want to start looking at in order to get that more holistic view of risk, and go beyond just vegetation right now, where we're investing most heavily in is that wildfire risk. There's also the resolution that we see with satellites right now is at 30 centimeter that may drop down to 15 or 10 centimeters, so the resolution will get higher. There's other sources that we're exploring already flying, sometimes aerial imagery that is at that five to 15 centimeters, then you would really start seeing soon, you can start seeing a leaf on a on a tree. It gets really impressive. There's lighter there's lots of other kind of remote sensing technologies that we're looking to leverage in the future. And then, as a company as well, we're starting to, obviously expand internationally. We started working with utilities in New Zealand that have very similar problems and various regulatory changes. They also have a problem with wildfire risks. So that is, that is another angle that at Overstorey We're chasing right now.   Trevor Freeman  33:35 Yeah, I'm glad you brought up that. You know, understanding of other assets beyond just vegetation, has kind of been running through my head of we talk about, and I think we've talked about it here on the show. If we haven't, I should do an episode on that, like a digital twin, a digital twin of our grid, and really having a good understanding of not just, you know, a line drawn on a map of, Hey, your circuits run this way, but really physically, what's happening out there, and being able to sort of model that interact with it in a digital way, to understand, if we do X, Y and Z, what happens. So the technology that you guys are using to really get good imagery and understanding of what's out there, well, I think what I'm hearing from you is could potentially be leveraged in that next level to understand, what pulls do we have? What health are they in? What you know, what's happening with that conductor? Is it sagging too much? Is it in good health? Like there's, there's all this opportunity that's really fascinating to hear.   Lynn Petesch  34:31 Yeah, already. Now, when we look at transmission corridors, we look at the sag of these lines, and the terrains are also really challenging, something to look at. So there's a lot of factors that need to be taken into account. And that can only expand as we want to look at risk more beyond just the vegetation element.   Trevor Freeman  34:48 Very cool. Well, Lynn, very interesting to hear this. I'm really glad you came on the episode or the show today to talk to us. Fascinating to hear what Overstory have to I know that we're super excited to be. Working with you here at Hydro Ottawa and excited for what comes next. We always end our interviews with a series of questions, so I'm going to dive into those and here we go. What is a book that you've read that you think everyone should read?   Lynn Petesch  35:13 I was thinking about an author more than a book. My favorite author is Jonathan Franzen. If I would recommend one book, it'd probably be Corrections, his most famous one, I believe. But they're like, these chunky, 800-900 page books where you kind of get immersed in these families and you feel like you know them at the end, and they kind of, I think about them for like, months afterwards. They're really good reading, at least for the winter when it's cold and you spend a lot of time inside. So probably Jonathan Franzen books, yeah.   Trevor Freeman  35:41 Yeah, we're we're recording this just before the holidays, and I think we'll be releasing the episode after but winter is such a great time to curl up with a book, and it's awesome to have a good recommendation of a nice thing.   Lynn Petesch  35:53 It'll be called in January.   Trevor Freeman  35:56 Absolutely. So same question, but a movie or a show?   Lynn Petesch  36:00 Yeah, I'm not a big movie buff, but I recently rewatched What's Eating Gilbert Grape, seen it with Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio, and I always felt like Leonardo DiCaprio should have received an Oscar for that performance back when he was 14. But, yeah, it's a beautiful movie. awesome.   Trevor Freeman  36:20 Awesome yeah, that's a bit of a blast from the past, but you're right. That is a fantastic one. If someone offered you a free round trip flight anywhere in the world, where would go?   Lynn Petesch  36:27 French Polynesia, because it's so far I've never been a friend who went. I'm sure it's very expensive to go there, so it'd be great for someone too. Yeah, no, that's a place I'll go one day.   Trevor Freeman  36:41 So, yeah, fantastic. Who is someone that you admire?   Lynn Petesch  36:45 Yeah, that's a it's a tricky one, because I was thinking about, like, people, you know, in, I know, family, etc. But like, if I were to think about a, and it's a little left field, about a public persona, and also a bit of a blast from the past, I'll think about Tina Turner. She's been my icon since I'm a kid, I was always listening with my dad to Tina Turner. And I think the word that I've probably most used in today's episode was like resilience. And I always think about her as like possibly the most resilient woman in the world who reinvented herself and her career in her 40s and 50s, and is this complete power woman, you know, always done everything at her own terms. So get so much energy from not just her music. I've seen so many documentaries about her, and she's always been this kind of woman that I know, filthy with energy and kind of like drive. So I'm a big, big fan of Tina Turner.   Trevor Freeman  37:38 That's fantastic. I have to say, that's never come up on the show before, and now I need to go and dive down a rabbit hole of like, learning about Tina Turner listening to some music.   Lynn Petesch  37:47 Yeah, she's great woman.   Trevor Freeman  37:48 Yeah, good answer. Last question, what's something about the energy sector, or let's expand that to kind of the climate sector that you're really excited about?   Lynn Petesch  37:59 Yeah, I'm gonna take a very high level. But I think the thing I've always been following the most is, like, that broad topic of the energy transition, and I think the recent changes, or like, kind of the way we talk about it, has become a lot more interesting, because it used to be this kind of fluffy, big kind of vision, and now we're in that phase where it just has to be very practically implemented, and we're trudging along with it, no matter the political climate, etc, there is kind of a move forward. And I actually really liked the way that, I think, when I first started learning about it, or getting interested in it, it was always about renewables, and now it's around just sort of like needing to build a system that is both, like low carbon and climate resilient. And there's something in that, like way we talk about it now that I find really interesting. There's immense amounts of innovation in it. So yeah, I'm just enjoying following what's happening on that and how we are. We're moving that direction, no matter what's happening right now. So that's exciting.   Trevor Freeman  38:55 Yeah, okay, when I know my listeners are probably roll their eyes, because I say this all the time, but it's a very exciting time to be in this industry, and very exciting to kind of see the evolution of energy and how we're interacting with it, how it's impacting our society. And we really feels like we're at an inflection point. And very great to have you working on one aspect of it that people probably don't think about a lot. So thanks very much for what you're doing.   Lynn Petesch  39:19 Yeah, exactly. When you start working for Overstory, the one thing that happens is, wherever you go, you see trees and power lines. And I have very keen eye for, unfortunately, trees that are in poor health right now. So that's one of the professional things I've developed.   Trevor Freeman  39:35 Carry like a spool of red ribbon around you can, like, tie on the at risk trees and just so someone could come along. Lynn, thanks so much for coming on the show today. Really appreciate it. It's been great chatting with you.   Lynn Petesch  39:45 Thank you so much.   Trevor Freeman  39:46 Take care. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the thinkenergy podcast. Don't forget to subscribe. Wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear. From you, whether it's feedback comments or an idea for a show or a guest, you can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com..

Artificial intelligence is powerful, but what about natural intelligence? This hour, TED speakers explore the intrinsic genius in animal language, insect behavior, plant anatomy and our immune system. Guests include neuroscientist Greg Gage, computational neuroscientist Frances Chance, social psychoneuroimmunologist Keely Muscatell and environmental researcher Karen Bakker. We want to dedicate this episode to Bakker who passed away in August 2023, only a few months after giving her TED Talk. Her research and legacy continue to inspire. Original broadcast date: March 8, 2024TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Hoe maakte De Vries zijn foto's? Aflevering 2 van de podcast duikt in het ambacht: glasnegatieven, lichtval, verdwijnpunten en dierenportretten. Fotograaf Anneke Bloema vertelt waarom zijn techniek zo uitzonderlijk was.

Kun je als ouder geven wat je nooit hebt geleerd? Met Bram en Fimme Bakker | The Trueman Show #254   Deze week in The Trueman Show: ex-psychiater Bram Bakker en zijn zoon Fimme Bakker.    Bram werkte jarenlang als verslavingsdeskundige, maar zag niet dat zijn eigen zoon verslaafd was, tot ze eindelijk durfden te praten. Tijdens de honderd theatervoorstellingen die ze samen maakten, kwam oud zeer naar boven: trauma's, misverstanden en generatieslange patronen die jarenlang onder de oppervlakte hadden gelegen.    In deze aflevering voeren vader en zoon een open en rauw gesprek over trauma, verslaving, opvoeding, heling en de diepere waarheid achter mentale gezondheid.   Bram is een van de weinige psychiaters die het aandurft om publiekelijk te breken met de traditionele GGZ. Hij legt uit waarom hij gelooft dat veel van de psychiatrie rust op aannames, protocollen en machtsstructuren die mensen eerder vasthouden dan bevrijden.   Fimme, cabaretier en herstellend verslaafde, vertelt hoe zijn eigen worstelingen hem dwongen om diep in zijn familiegeschiedenis te kijken. Hij deelt wat het van hem vroeg om oude patronen los te laten en hoe de relatie met zijn vader veranderde toen ze elkaar eindelijk écht begonnen te zien.   In deze podcast: De grootste leugen in de psychiatrie De GGZ van binnenuit: protocollen, macht en “eenheidsworst” Waarom de zorg nieuwe inzichten tegenwerkt Hoe trauma generaties lang wordt doorgegeven De rol van angst, controle en het lichaam Fimme's reis door verslaving, herstel en bewustwording Bram over zijn jeugd, misbruikervaring en schaamte Ademwerk, lichaamstherapie en de weg naar heling   Word Member en bekijk Uncensored op That's the Spirit: https://thatsthespirit.nu/in   Volg ons op: Instagram: / thetruemanshowpodcast Facebook: / thetruemanshowpodcast Telegram: https://t.me/s/jornluka?before=217 X: / TruemanshowNL   Wekelijks op de hoogte blijven van alle afleveringen, updates, boekentips en de blogs van onze gasten? Schrijf je in voor de nieuwsbrief: https://thetruemanshow.com/nieuwsbrief/  Samenwerken met de Trueman Show? Stuur een mail naar partners@thetruemanshow.com   Deze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door de volgende sponsoren*:   PREMIÈRE: ONVOORWAARDELIJK? | Met Bram en Fimme Bakker  Op 14 januari 2026 organiseert That's the Spirit een exclusieve screening van de documentaire Onvoorwaardelijk?. Wil je daarbij zijn? Meld je dan aan voor de early access: https://events.thatsthespirit.nu/event/filmpremiere-onvoorwaardelijk   AMARAPURE Verminder de impact van blauw licht in de donkere dagen met de AmaraPure blauwlichtbrillen. Bestel via https://amarapure.com en ontvang 10% korting met code TMS.   MODERN NATIVE Geef je lijf wat het écht nodig heeft met de natuurlijke orgaansupplementen van Modern Native. Gebruik code TMS voor 10% korting: https://modernnative.nl/orgaanmix   NORD VPN Exclusieve NordVPN Deal: Probeer het nu zonder risico met een geld-terug-garantie van 30 dagen! https://nordvpn.com/truemanshow   PINE POLLEN Boost je testosteron en ervaar meer energie, focus en geluk. Gebruik code TMS en bestel Pine Pollen met 10% korting: https://pinepollenpoeder.nl   *Dit betreft een commerciële samenwerking, The Trueman Show ontvangt commissie bij aanmelding via de affiliate link

Iris Bakker (27) is actrice, theatermaker en zangeres. Ze studeerde af aan de opleiding Muziektheater aan Codarts Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. Tijdens haar opleiding liep ze stage bij OpusOne in de musical Fun Home, waarvoor ze een Musical Award-nominatie voor ‘Aanstormend Talent' ontving. Na haar studie was ze te zien in verschillende theaterproducties, series en films, zoals Pijnstillers en Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden. Momenteel vertolkt ze de rol van Mo in de nieuwe musical van Alex Klaasen: Stoornis of my Life. Presentator: Bo Fasseur

What if your hardest seasons were actually shaping something divine in your story? Join me for a heartfelt conversation with Mitch Bakker, founder of IDA Design and author of Drawn, as he shares how a crisis of faith led him to discover God’s fingerprints in everyday life. Through powerful storytelling, Mitch reminds us that even our detours and doubts can lead to deeper purpose. Together, we explore faith, resilience, and the beauty of human connection—like the moving story of a man who gave his kidney to a friend’s son. This episode invites you to see God’s grace in unexpected places and find hope through the power of your own story. And remember, I'd love to connect more on Instagram, where you'll find me at @donnaajones. And don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode! Xo, Donna Listen in to learn more : (00:19) - Seeking God Through Life's Challenges (09:44) - Life's Lessons Through Pain and Hope (20:10) - Healing and Redemption Through Forgiveness (28:22) - Drawing Strength Through Stories Donna’s Resources: Order a copy of my latest book - Healthy Conflict, Peaceful Life: A Biblical Guide to Communicating Thoughts, Feelings, and Opinions with Grace, Truth, and Zero Regret. It is available anywhere books are sold– here is the link on Amazon. If you need a helpful resource for someone exploring faith and Christianity or simply want to strengthen your own knowledge, you’ll want a copy of my book, Seek: A Woman’s Guide to Meeting God. It’s a must for seekers, new believers, and those who want to deepen their confidence in their faith. Connect with Mitch Bakker Website https://www.mitchbakker.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bakker.mitch Pick up a copy of his book, Drawn Connect with Donna Instagram: @donnaajones Website: www.donnajones.org Donna’s speaking schedule: https://donnajones.org/events/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In this STtalks, Micah Bakker and Joel Van Veldhuizen from Rock Bottom Dairy in Iowa, and Eric Zwiefelhofer with STgenetics join us to discuss their reproductive and genetic successes. They delve into the farm's reproductive programs, including their synchronization protocols, and discuss how STgenetics programs like Vision+75™ and Chromosomal Mating® aid in herd management and achieving the dairy's genetic goals. Discover how these practices have contributed to Rock Bottom Dairy's accolades.00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:38 Farm Overview and Management02:09 Reproductive Success and Awards02:53 Reproductive Program Details08:35 Genetic Program and Goals10:02 Genomic Testing and Its Benefits13:30 Chromosomal Mating® Program16:37 Future Goals and Conclusion

The Hornets have hit the backend of their preseason schedule, getting ready to face Memphis in Greensboro. Sam Farber and Rob Longo preview all the action, and Sam sits down with Greensboro Swarm head coach DJ Bakker to discuss what fans can expect from the Swarm this season.

I'm joined by Darla Bakker and her three daughters—Andrea Kolstad, Danielle Brandt, and Laura Feller. Darla and her husband, Jeff, live on a farm near Ruthton, Minnesota, where they raised their girls. Today, their daughters are raising families of their own in Minnesota and Nebraska—but one thing hasn't changed: their love of gathering around the table.This spring, Darla published her third cookbook—Darla Bakker's Family Favorites, 3rd Edition—and this one is truly a family project. Her daughters helped organize, edit, and contribute recipes of their own, making it a generational reflection of Midwestern cooks. Within 349 spiral bound pages, they share more than 830 recipes. What a treasure to be handed down to generations to come.From classic Midwest comfort foods to gluten and dairy free updates for a new generation, this episode celebrates the love and laughter that fill the Bakker family kitchen. And stay tuned for a surprise message from Darla's seven grandchildren that's sure to melt your heart.You'll find all of Darla's recipes in her cookbook, but here are a few we talked about in the episode that are on my website randomsweets.com:Turkey Pot Pie with Cream Cheese CrustGoulashOne-Pot Sausage & Penne Pasta DinnerAsian MeatballsDarla's Potato Salad Dressing (Cooked Dressing)Apple Cider Doughnut Loaf CakeThe Bakker family's story is a reminder that recipes aren't just about ingredients—they're about community and connection. Whether it's rhubarb slush on a summer day or hot dish in the dead of winter, food is how we remember, celebrate, and love one another.And if you ever wonder whether one of Darla's dishes made it into the book…well, just ask her: “Is this recipe in your book?”Order Your Copy of Darla Bakker's Family FavoritesCopies are available for $20 plus $5 shipping by emailing Darla at jdbakker@woodstocktel.net, or you can pick one up at Johnson Flower Box, 155 N. Tyler Street, Tyler, MN.Meet Your Host and Producer, Staci Mergenthal⁠RandomSweets.com⁠#ourSweetMidwestLifeWebsite ⁠randomsweets.com⁠Instagram ⁠@potatoesandmittens⁠Instagram ⁠@randomsweets⁠Facebook: ⁠Funeral Potatoes & Wool Mittens⁠Facebook ⁠Random Sweets⁠Pinterest ⁠@staciperry⁠Email: ⁠staci@randomsweets.com⁠Midwest Food Podcast

In this episode, the hosts delve into their favorite quotes from the Second Apocalypse series by R. Scott Baker, exploring themes of vengeance, morality, and the ambiguity of the text. They discuss the significance of hope and regret in history, the role of teachers in learning, and cultural interpretations of hell. The conversation highlights the complexity of ignorance and certainty, showcasing the depth of Baker's writing and its philosophical implications. In this conversation, the participants delve into the intricate themes of power, knowledge, and the human experience. They explore how power can be both a source of safety and a catalyst for danger, the nature of political power, and the complexities of human emotions and desires. The discussion also touches on the significance of doubt, the tragedy of knowledge, and the beauty of language and imagery in literature. Through various quotes and reflections, they highlight the importance of understanding the nuances of truth and the impact of our beliefs on our actions.Send us a messageSupport the showPage Chewing Blog Page Chewing Forum Film Chewing PodcastSpeculative Speculations Podcast Support the podcast via PayPal Join Riverside.fm Co-Hosts and friends: Jarrod Varsha Chris Jose Carl D. Albert (author) Holly Tinsley (author) Susana Imaginário (author) Tim Hardie (author) Thomas J. Devens (author) Michael R. Fletcher (author) Janny Wurts (author)

TAKEAWAYSThere is a lost and dying world around us that needs to hear the gospel of Jesus ChristDon't give up and never give in when it comes to standing for the truth of the Word of God and the salvation messageThe church is not called to entertain; the church is called to endurePursue the heart of the Father so that you will not be deceived by the Devil

In this week's basketball coaching conversation, Charlotte Hornets Assistant Coach DJ Bakker joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on offensive concepts vs. switching.DJ Bakker is the Head Coach of the Greensboro Swarm and an Assistant Coach with the Charlotte Hornets, bringing over a decade of NBA coaching experience and a proven track record in player development and team success. In the 2024–25 season, Bakker led the Swarm to their first playoff appearance in franchise history, finishing with a 31–19 record—best in team history and fourth overall in the G League. Under his leadership, the Swarm ranked third in Defensive Rating, top five in Net Rating, and first in both Clutch Net Rating and Offensive Rating. His dual role with the Hornets included overseeing the development of young NBA talent, including 2024 sixth overall draft pick Tidjane Salaun.Before joining the Hornets organization, Bakker served as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2023–24 season. He played a key role in shaping the team's offensive identity to maximize the strengths of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, while also working individually with Khris Middleton and Malik Beasley. That season, the Bucks finished fifth in Offensive Rating and Bakker was part of the coaching staff for both the 2024 NBA All-Star Game and the playoffs. His G League success began with the Motor City Cruise, where he led the team to a 31–15 record in its inaugural season and a playoff berth, while developing five future NBA players.Bakker's coaching journey includes player development roles with the Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, and Dallas Mavericks, where he worked with emerging stars like Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, and OG Anunoby. He also served as an advance scout for the Orlando Magic and began his NBA career with the Chicago Bulls. His foundation in skill development was shaped at ATTACK Athletics under Tim Grover, where he trained over 35 NBA players. Known for his adaptability, communication, and tactical clarity, Bakker continues to build competitive, development-focused environments at both the NBA and G League levels.