Podcast appearances and mentions of ben blake

Not every investment goes according to plan!Yes, every worthy investment comes with a certain level of risk. Not every investment will be a home run. Not every investment will hit projections.We've sung the praises of real estate syndications time and again, but they aren't as foolproof as we thought! It didn't help that the COVID cascade - excessive "printing" of currency leading to excessive rates of inflation - caused the adjustable-rate mortgages (which are very common in commercial/multifamily financing) on many of our syndications to shoot through the roof. The absurd rise in rates wasn't predicted by anyone, and it bit us in the ass. Although property values and our associated capital has appreciated, cash flow distributions have not hit the mark.Now, we still believe the syndication model is a solid path to financial freedom. But with anything, proceed with caution and always do your due diligence. Tune in to hear our lessons learned!

Back by popular demand! Well, sort of.We've heard you, PoFU fans! It has been a while. Nearly a year since our last publication, we are back to let you know that we are alive and well. A very sincere apology to the fans we forced to wait that long. We have plenty of excuses, and none of them are any good. Bottom line, we prioritized different things over the past year but are back in the studio with renewed energy.We use episode 54 to recap many of the highlights in the financial world over the past 12 months. Its good to be back and we hope you're glad we're back! Enjoy!

Joe McCartin, Ben Blake and Julie Greene remember the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, when police opened fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing ten and wounding more than 160. Patrick Dixon interviews Tom Sito on the 1941 strike by animators against Walt Disney. Sito, a well-known American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lion King, Shrek and many more), animation historian and teacher, is the author of “Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.” And in this week's Labor History Object of the Week we take a look at a United Farm Worker banner commemorating the 1965 strike against grape growers in California. The banner is part of the exhibit “For Liberty, Justice, And Equality: Unions Making History In America” at the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park campus. Plus we've got music by Joe Glazer, the Eureka's, Willie Sordill and Joan Baez. Originally released May 27, 2018 Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  

Positive change happens when you leave something or someone to be happier. That's tough, that's hard to do and it breaks your heart. But it's worth it! And that's how, in 2016, my guest's story began. After a sudden layoff, he decided to do something that would make him happier. Something that will allow him to achieve the independence and freedom he was looking for. Something that will make him one of the best french storytellers in the motorcycle field. Behind the handlebars, there is always a story. And our story today is that of an inspiring biker: Ben Blake. - About Ben: - Website: https://www.equipeesauvage.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/equipeesauvage/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ben.blake.79827 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-blake-5254b414b/ - About me: - Website: ⁠https://copywritingangels.com/⁠ - LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaume-bilcke-copywriting-motorcycles/⁠ - Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/guillaume.bilcke/⁠ - Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010824859263

If you could go back in time, how would you advise your 20 year old self? Grant Cardone says don't drink, don't do drugs, don't chase women, and learn learn learn. Fantastic advice, but we at the PoFU Podcast sing a slightly different tune. 

PoFU fans...it's been a while! Summer hiatus is no excuse, but that's what we are going with for now. It felt good to be back in the studio!Don't let the episode title fool you, we didn't dive deep into the financial benefits of marriage. Why? To be frank, we couldn't find any! Of course there are benefits of bill and resource consolidation, but from a tax perspective we aren't aware of any major benefits when it comes to marriage. Is there a CPA or financial planner out there that would like to shed some light on this subject? If so, please email us at pofupodcast@gmail.com. 

Filmmaker Yale Strom ("American Socialist: The Life and Times of Eugene Victor Debs") remembers WEVD, the Chicago radio station named for labor leader Eugene Victor Debs; Dan Duncan celebrates the founding of the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Department; Saul Schniderman marks the anniversary of the publication of the IWW's "Little Red Song Book," and Ben Blake's labor history Object of the Week. This show was originally released August 12, 2018. Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Labor Heritage Foundation and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory

History standards in Virginia are updated every seven years. The new proposed standards put forth by Governor Glenn Youngkin and his Virginia Department of Education would remove the American labor movement; the state's labor movement is fighting back, and last week on the Your Rights At Work radio show, we talked with the Virginia Education Association's Shane Riddle and Brian Peyton from Teamsters 322. In our second segment, Labor History Today producers Mel Smith and Patrick Dixon get a hands-on feel for labor history when they visit the George Meany Memorial Archives at the University of Maryland College Park, where Ben Blake and Alan Wierdak showed off a collection of construction hardhats and talk about how such physical artifacts provide an entry point -- as well as a key to understanding -- labor history. On this week's Labor History in Two: Gompers embraces anti-immigrant legislation. Be sure to stick around at the end of the show for a special bonus; a song by the R.J. Phillips Band which recalls the events of the Columbia Eagle incident in 1970, when two merchant seamen staged a strike – at sea it's called a mutiny -- against the war in Vietnam.   Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  @riddle_shane of @VEA4Kids @IBTLocal322 @Virginia_AFLCIO @VirginiaUnified @Teamsters

The Dave Ramsey's of the world will tell you that credit cards are evil and debit cards are the only way to go. We could not disagree more! Like everything, there are pros and cons to each. We break it all down for you in episode 48.

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Patrick Dixon talks with James Benton about the emergence of sharecropping as a compromise between former slaves – freedmen – and landowners, and sharecroppers subsequent struggles for rights and power. Benton is the Director of the Race and Economic Empowerment Project at the The Kalmanovitz Initiative at Georgetown University.  For our Labor History Object of the week, Ben Blake at the Meany Labor Archives pulls out a collection of buttons from the Solidarnosc union movement in Poland. NOTE: This podcast originally aired on October 7, 2018. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, by David Prosten. This week's music: Sharecropper's Blues, featuring Charlie Barnet with Kay Starr on vocals.

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Today's episode originally ran on August 12, 2018. This week's labor history: Yale Strom remembers WEVD, the Chicago radio station named for labor leader Eugene Victor Debs; Dan Duncan celebrates the founding of the AFL-CIO's Maritime Trades Department; Saul Schniderman marks the anniversary of the publication of the IWW's "Little Red Song Book," which is where all our music this week comes from; and Ben Blake's labor history Object of the Week is a collection of posters, including one from the height of the Cold War showing an AFL-CIO map of forced labor gulags in the Soviet Union. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services. This week's music: Hold The Fort-Pete Seeger; Dump The Bosses Off Your Back-Anne Feeney; We Will Sing One Song - John Paul Wright; One Big Industrial Union-May Day Chorus of Asheville, performing at Firestorm Cafe on April 30th, 2011; The Preacher And The Slave-Mischief Brew. 

Addressing 2 listener questions in Episode 38:Should I use a HELOC for a home improvement project? While every situation is different, the basis for our answer is to determine whether your home improvement project is a NEED or a WANT? If you have a repair that needs immediate attention (roof leak, failed mechanicals, foundation issue, etc) and you don't have the cash handy, then YES you should use your HELOC to address that issue. Or if you have a dire NEED for extra space to accommodate children, roommates, family then go for it. However, if you simply WANT and updated kitchen or WANT to update your landscaping, then we would not advise using a HELOC.Should I refi my mortgage at a higher interest rate if it eliminates my PMI? Quick refresher, most situations a homeowner needs to have 20% equity (house value minus mortgage balance = equity) to eliminate PMI. Many homeowners that bought houses even a year ago with more than 80%+ LTV have seen their home values increase and in many cases their equity has increased due to higher home sales in their neighborhood. A year ago interest rates were in the 3% range but today we are in the 5% range. The answer to this question boils down to the math and your old payment to new and also consider the total interest cost by refinancing at a higher interest rate. That said, you might not need to refi at all. Call your bank, explain your situation, and a simple appraisal might be all you need. Keep the questions coming and thanks for listening!

This week we find labor history at the recent AFL-CIO convention and the Labor Notes conference. LHT host Chris Garlock and producer Patrick Dixon were at both events and were thrilled to meet so many Labor History Today listeners; please be sure to share Labor History Today with someone you think would enjoy it; that's how we keep this history alive and how we build the audience for the show. Thank you! At the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia last week, producers Patrick Dixon and Mel Smith caught up with the Meany Archives' Ben Blake and Alan Wierdak who were there with a special exhibit about Philadelphia's labor history. Then, at the Labor Notes conference in Chicago last weekend, host Chris Garlock talked to Julia Berkowitz, from the Illinois Labor History Society, a name many of you will have heard in the credits for Rick Smith's Labor History in 2:00 segments, here on Labor History Today. On Labor History in 2:00: Juneteenth (1865) and The Women's Day Massacre (1937). Got a questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Hosted and produced by Chris Garlock.  #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory #AFLCIOConv

1 -> Vidéo de Ben Blake en Espagne !  Lien de l'article  2 -> Les Morzines Harley Days !  Lien de l'article 3 -> Le doublé français au GP d'Allemagne !  Lien de l'article Bonjour et bienvenue sur Speed ! L'essentiel de votre actualité deux-roues en moins de 2, sur Motorlive. Au menu du jour : Un tour en Espagne avec Ben Blake pour guide, on va prévoir nos sorties de l'été avec les Morzines Harley Days et pour finir avec l'extraordinaire doublé français sur la ligne d'arrivée au GP D'allemagne du week-end dernier, c'est parti !  

(Originally released May 27, 2018) Labor historians Joe McCartin, Ben Blake and Julie Greene remember the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre, when police opened fire on striking steelworkers at Republic Steel in South Chicago, killing ten and wounding more than 160. Patrick Dixon interviews Tom Sito on the 1941 strike by animators against Walt Disney. Sito, a well-known American animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Lion King, Shrek and many more), animation historian and teacher, is the author of “Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson.” And in this week's Labor History Object of the Week we take a look at a United Farm Worker banner commemorating the 1965 strike against grape growers in California. The banner is part of the exhibit “For Liberty, Justice, And Equality: Unions Making History In America” at the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park campus. Plus we've got music by Joe Glazer, the Eureka's, Willie Sordill and Joan Baez. Union City Radio's Chris Garlock hosts. Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Julie Greene is a historian of United States labor, immigration, and empire; she teaches at the University of Maryland. She is the author of The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal (Penguin Press, 2009). Benjamin Blake works at the University of Maryland, where he's a labor archivist at the George Meany Labor Archives. Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services unionist.com/ This week's music: Memorial Day Massacre - Joe Glazer 2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1975 Collector Records Union Thru and Thru -- the Eureka's Rob Mitchell and Ken Walther (c) Walther Music Talking U.F.W. · Willie Sordill What Now People?, Vol. 2 ℗ 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings / 1977 Paredon Records No nos moveran - JOAN BAEZ

The last in our 3-part series with special guest Brendan O'Driscoll from Treadstone. Brendan talks about the cost of waiting to buy a house relative to the recent rate hikes, we share some unfiltered feelings about Zillow and Rocket Mortgage, and we do our worst Jack Nickolson impressions from A Few Good Men. Enjoy!

The 2nd installment of our 3-part series with special guest, Brendan O'Driscoll. The co-founder of Treadstone Mortgage, Brendan talks about the power of giving and how success should not be defined by the amount of money you have, rather the amount of money you give. A tremendous lesson along this PoFU journey...happiness and self-fulfillment is the key. While money can buy you freedom and time, money has no value if you are miserable. Brendan and his amazing wife, Christine, have chosen to do great things with their money including support for Guiding Light Mission (www.guidinglightworks.org), Family Promise of Grand Rapids (www.familypromise.org), and substantial investments in The New Growth Project (www.newgrowthproject.org). Please consider supporting these causes or find something within your own community and contribute!

Special thanks to Jeremy at @personalfinanceclub for providing the inspiration for episode 28, The 7 Sins of Investing. This episode focuses on what not to do in the world of stock market investing. Be sure to follow @personalfinanceclub on IG. Thanks for listening!

Lisa chats with Milford Mayor Ben Blake about affordable housing, light pollution and more! Photo: KevinAlexanderGeorge

2/17/22 - Affordable Housing And Milford Mayor Ben Blake by The Lisa Wexler Show

Every year should start with a goal-setting exercise. Our areas of focus are personal, professional, and financial goals for 2022. Looking forward to a great year and tackling these goals!

Special guest David Williams joins Ben and Jeremiah at Studio 1164 for episode 25. A former collegiate national champion and professional cyclist, David shares with us the successes, struggles, and mental fortitude it takes to make it on the pro tour. This conversation deviates from our normal financial subjects but offers tips that can be useful in any endeavor. Whether it be athletics, career, or financial planning, mental toughness is a key with any great challenge.  Big thank you to David @d_rwill for a great contribution to the podcast!

Celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the PoFU Podcast, Ben & Jeremiah put a bow on 2021 and review their wins and losses from the year, financial and otherwise. Thanks to all the listeners for a great first year!

Ben talks mill rates, mask mandates and projects around town!

In this episode we share some good news stemming from episode 20, we dive a little deeper into some short term rental feedback from loyal listener Bryan Kuyper, and we share details on our recent business + pleasure trip to San Diego where we rode our bikes like all over SoCal and also spent some quality time with our business partners and real estate gurus, Equity Street Capital.

C'est souvent quand on s'y attend le moins que la vie nous réserve de belles surprises. L'histoire de Ben Blake, c'est un peu les montagnes russes. Elle débute avec une guitare entre les doits et c'est aujourd'hui à moto et avec une caméra à la main qu'il voyage. C'est ce dont j'ai discuté avec lui, dans ce nouvel épisode passionnant.    

After settling a bet made in a previous episode, we jump right into the bread and butter of our real estate investing journey: evaluating and purchasing rental properties.  The discussion gets granular into each data point that must be considered when vetting rentals and how to apply a formula to your decision making process.

(Originally released 10/7/2018) Patrick Dixon talks with James Benton about the emergence of sharecropping as a compromise between former slaves – freedmen – and landowners, and sharecroppers subsequent struggles for rights and power. For our Labor History Object of the week, Ben Blake at the Meany Labor Archives pulls out a collection of buttons from the Solidarnosc union movement in Poland. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. This week's music: Sharecropper's Blues, featuring Charlie Barnet with Kay Starr on vocals. #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA #unions #sharecroppers #jamesBenton #solidarnosc #poland

You're. Gonna. Die. The 3 most motivating words anyone will ever hear. Inspiration from one of my favorite personalities @garyvee (video link below). If those words aren't enough to motivate you to get you financial affairs in order, we can't help you. This episode is a staunch reminder that tomorrow is not guaranteed for any of us, so now is the time to get your plan together and take action. Accelerate your financial timeline so you can spend the rest of your life doing what YOU want to do!You're Gonna Die - Gary Vee

In this episode we revisit an old topic of leverage but put more focus on accountability and eliminating excuses. Look in the mirror...and realize you are the only one holding you back!

Pay your self first! We've all heard people make excuses that they don't have money to invest, yet we frequently see these same people out to dinner, with a Starbucks in their hand, wearing the newest clothes, etc. In episode 18 we delve into the concept of reversing typical spending habits. Most people get their paycheck, pay their bills, and spend on expenses. Whatever might be left over at the end of the month - if anything - is what's used for investment. The "pay yourself first" mentality (inspired by Robert Kiyosaki in his book Rich Dad Poor Dad) means you first allocate $$ toward investing and whatever is left over is what you have to budget for bills and expenses. This ensures consistent investment over time and capitalizes on the 8th wonder of the world - compound interest!This episode also treats our listeners to the origin story of Ben and Jeremy's friendship and a bike ride that got everything started. Enjoy!

In this episode we revisit our foundational PoFU credo and and discuss the most common question from many financial planners, "What's your number?" We debate the pros and cons of a cash flow retirement model vs a stock portfolio model (and the 4% rule). 

NOTE: This show was originally released on June 28, 2020 “The origin of the word strike goes back to the port of London in 1768, when dock workers and sailors struck. When sailors stop work, they take down the sails of their ship and that's called, nautically, striking your sail. And that term becomes the de facto word for all work stoppages.” Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University and author of two books on dockworkers, Wobblies on the Waterfront and Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area, talks with Ben Blake and Alan Wierdak about the historic Juneteenth strike by dockworkers this year, and the long history of dockworker activism. Plus, Arlo Guthrie sings “The Ballad of Harry Bridges” and Elise Bryant reads “Ready To Kill,” Carl Sandburg's poem about who should be memorialized in our statues. Produced by Chris Garlock. Alan Wierdak (George Meany Archives) produced the Peter Cole interview. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council's Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Links: The Most Radical Union in the U.S. Is Shutting Down the Ports on Juneteenth (In These Times, June 16, 2020) Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM) Labor Heritage Foundation Arlo Guthrie: The Ballad of Harry Bridges #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA

NOTE: This show was originally released on June 10, 2018. Union City's Chris Garlock hosts, with Joe McCartin, Julie Greene and Ben Blake. This week's labor history: Joe, Ben and Julie discuss Eugene Debs, railroad union leader and socialist. He founded the American Railway Union on June 13, 1893, and on June 16, 1918, Debs spoke out on the relationship between capitalism and war; 10 days later he was arrested and eventually sentenced to 10 years in jail. PLUS: Patrick Dixon interviews Mark Dudzic on the founding of the Labor Party in the U.S. and this week's Labor History Object of the Week is an AFL-CIO letter boycotting Nazi Germany, part of the exhibit “For Liberty, Justice, And Equality: Unions Making History In America” at the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland College Park campus. This week's labor music is “Uncle Sam Goddamn” by Brother Ali. Check out his video here: youtu.be/46l236O7Iv8 Joe McCartin is professor of history at Georgetown University and Executive Director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Julie Greene is a historian of United States labor, immigration, and empire; she teaches at the University of Maryland. She is the author of The Canal Builders: Making America's Empire at the Panama Canal (Penguin Press, 2009). Ben Blake works at the University of Maryland, where he's a labor archivist at the George Meany Labor Archives. Chris Garlock, Union Cities Coordinator for the Metro Washington AFL-CIO, hosts Union City Radio on WPFW 89.3FM. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. Labor history sources include Today in Labor History, from Union Communication Services unionist.com/ #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA

Dans ce numéro 18, je discute avec Ben Blake @equipeesauvage et Gilles @rilless2fast de voyages en moto en plein hiver. Routes eneigées, bivouacs par 0 degres et équipements nécéssaires... A écouter devant un bon feu de cheminée  

In this episode of the PoFU Podcast, we learn about the life and times of both hosts, specifically the inspirations and motivations that have propelled them on their PoFU journeys.Special shout out in this episode to the boys at @fortunebuilders for their world class real estate education and launchpad of syndication investing.

On this episode of Eclipse On Tap, we were grateful to have Ben Blake & Jeremy Schumann of The POFU Podcast join us. We discuss the recent SpaceX SN8 test launch in Boca Chica, TX and enjoy various space beers including one from our good friends at Broad Leaf Local Beer. In the second half, we get deep into conversation about aliens and extraterrestrial life. Be sure to give us a follow on our social media pages at @eclipseontap and check out our website at www.eclipseontap.space

(Image showing leaders of the Central Trades and Labor Union preparing for their 50th anniversary "Golden Jubilee" celebration in 1937. Unfortunately, the elder Kassel did not live long enough to join his Business Manager, David Kreyling. The caption reads:  This committee of the Central Trades and Labor Union is laying plans for the organization’s golden anniversary this month. The St. Louis central labor body was chartered fifty years ago. Left to right, William M. Bryant, secretary of the Central Trades and Labor Union; Martin a Dillmon, Teamsters’ union: Della Cox, Bindery Women’s Union; David Kreyling, Cigarmakers’ Union and Joseph J. Hauser, Brewery Workers Union. Murphy and Hauser are former presidents of the Central Trades body.) To commemorate the 129th Anniversary of the IBEW we profile Charles Kassel, Chairman of the Organizing Committee and sometime President of the St. Louis Central Trades and Labor Union, the man who facilitated the first AFL Federal Local Union charter of the IBEW. Listeners can learn more about Kassel, his powerful Cigarmakers' Union, and the St. Louis Central Trades and Labor Union from Golden Jubilee Recollections (https://www.dropbox.com/s/zdyftp208oy0c14/Golden_Jubilee_Recollections_Sept%2011%201937.pdf?dl=0) , a historical summary penned in 1937 by CMIU Local 44 Business Manager and Central Trades President David Kreyling to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the coalition. Today that coalition is the St. Louis Labor Council, AFLCIO. Supplemental information: The Birmingham News, December 20, 1891 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/82isopbtwi8n9wy/The%20Birmingham%20News%20December%2020%201891.pdf?dl=0) , carries news of the Committee on Credentials unfavorable report on Delegate Henry Miller. 9th AFL Convention roster (https://www.dropbox.com/s/2wsx6t2085ktk7w/Kassel%20Convention%20Roster%201889.png?dl=0) - Charles Kassel Read more (https://nbew-ibewmuseum.org/index.php/2015-10-02-12-24-26/henry-miller/1st-afl-convention) about Henry's first AFL Convention. Charles Kassel's address (https://www.dropbox.com/s/qxytpx3k3z00ndi/Workingmens%20Day%20-%20Kassel%20-%20McGuire.docx?dl=0) on Workingman's Day in 1879. Kassel's Obituary (https://www.dropbox.com/s/mna0j3hzrwqii9u/Kassel%20Obit.png?dl=0) A special thanks to Ben Blake from the George Meany Labor Archives at the University of Maryland. This episode is dedicated to late IBEW organizer Duane Moore, and all the devoted men and women of the Trade Union Movement who work to, elevate the moral, intellectual and social conditions of workers, their families and dependents, in the interest of a higher standard of citizenship. Happy 129th Anniversary IBEW! Thank you!

Ben Blake is the Sales & Marketing Manager at Systeem Medical Information Systems. They help medical practices find secure, reliable, and scalable Managed IT Services, Helpdesk, and EHR Support. In today’s episode, Ben explains the importance of having an IT provider specializing in medical IT and the role IT solutions play for your marketing and physician referral development. Ben also shares his experiences as a physician liaison and leaves us with actionable advice on how to improve your network and connection with other physician liaisons. [00:01 – 08:39] Opening Segment I introduce the guest, Benjamin Blake Ben gives a bit of background about himself Sales and marketing manager for an IT company for Medical Practices Ben shares his journey into the healthcare industry How he got into healthcare marketing Became a physician liaison Pillars of marketing Online marketing Internal marketing External marketing Referral or shoe leather marketing [08:40 – 20:32] Technology & IT Infrastructures How Ben’s experience as a physician liaison has guided his career in healthcare The technology side in medical practices are often being overlooked Ben talks about the history of Systeem Medical Shortcomings in healthcare’s IT space Systeem Medical’s role in the Healthcare Industry Underutilized parts of the Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) Reporting Patient Portal Telemedicine [20:33 – 27:58] Security Measures Medical Practices should focus on the following: IT Providers – must specialize in medical IT Phishing emails Publishing too much information online HIPAA SRA KnowBe4 [27:59 – 33:41] Improving Patient Experience Healthcare marketing combined with IT solutions Physician referrals [33:42 – 40:51] Closing Segment Ben gives physician liaisons excellent advice on how they can better connect with other liaisons on the field. Don’t be afraid to say hello. Show how you can provide value. Every practice needs a HIPAA SRA done at least annually. Here’s a free offer from Ben for your medical IT assessment! See below on how you can avail.   Tweetable Quotes: “As a physician liaison, the tactics and once you get it can be applied to really any specialty in any medical practice and any location at any size.” – Ben Blake “Making actions based on data is crucial but can really lead to long-term success.” – Ben Blake “With LinkedIn and social media and how easy it is to find people. You need to not be afraid to go out there and reach out to them and say hello and then provide value to them.” – Ben Blake   Resources Mentioned: Top Practices HIPAA SRA KnowBe4   To get the free medical IT assessment offer from Ben and Systeem Medical, visit their website https://systeem-medical.com/ or you can call Ben on his mobile 469 573 4810. Subscribed Yet? Now you can! Subscribe to the Patient Convert Podcast and never miss a new episode! Subscribe for emails or using your favorite podcast app via Email, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher or visit my website https://kelleyknott.com/    Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram     What We Do Check out our Healthcare Marketing Agency – Intrepy Healthcare Marketing Check out our physician liaison training platform – Physician Liaison University Leave a Rating & Review for Other Listeners! I hope that you have found this episode and any others you have listened to to be helpful in your growth as a healthcare marketer or practice owner. Please consider leaving a review on one of the channels above. The best way to do that is to rate the podcast on Apple Podcasts and leave us a brief review! You can do the same on Stitcher as well. Your ratings and reviews help get the podcast in front of new listeners. Your feedback also lets me know how I can better serve you. Thanks for listening. Kelley Knott

As Black Lives Matter protests continue to spread across the country this summer, we delve into the Labor History Today archives for stories of mass uprisings from our past. In this show, originally released on July 15, 2018, labor historian Joe McCartin discusses the 1934 San Francisco Longshoremen's strike -- which spread into a four-day general strike -- and the Great Steel Strike of 1959.   Then, Donna Haverty-Stacke tells us about the 1934 Minneapolis truckers strike. And union convention badges are the Labor History Object of the Week, as Ben Blake takes another deep dive into the George Meany Labor Archives. Produced by Chris Garlock; edited by Patrick Dixon. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.comLabor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University.

“The origins of the word strike goes back to the port of London in 1768, when dock workers and sailors struck. When sailors stop work, they take down the sails of their ship and that's called, nautically, striking your sail. And that term becomes the de facto word for all work stoppages.” Peter Cole, professor of history at Western Illinois University and author of two books on dockworkers, Wobblies on the Waterfront and Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area, talks with Ben Blake and Alan Wierdak about the historic Juneteenth strike by dockworkers this year, and the long history of dockworker activism.Plus, Arlo Guthrie sings “The Ballad of Harry Bridges” and Elise Bryant reads “Ready To Kill,” Carl Sandburg’s poem about who should be memorialized in our statues.Produced by Chris Garlock. Alan Wierdak (George Meany Archives) produced the Peter Cole interview. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.comLabor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Links:The Most Radical Union in the U.S. Is Shutting Down the Ports on Juneteenth (In These Times, June 16, 2020)Your Rights At Work radio show (WPFW 89.3FM)Labor Heritage FoundationArlo Guthrie: The Ballad of Harry Bridges

“The first thing that (AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka) let me know was nobody was hurt, no protesters or no AFL-CIO people were hurt, which to me showed his priority of taking care of people first and the building secondary. And he later made public statements to that effect. You know, we can clean up the building, but what's important is to support the movement for racial justice and equality.” Just a block from The White House, AFL-CIO headquarters have been right in the middle of the DC protests against the murder of George Floyd and police brutality. Ben Blake of the Meany Labor Archives reports from the scene.      “102 years ago this June Debs stepped onto a stage in Canton, Ohio and gave a soul-stirring speech against American intervention in world war one. Even though he knew he would be arrested for speaking out against the war.”On this week’s show, we preview 'Debs In Canton,' an original radioplay that airs later this week at the HEAR Now Festival…“On July six, 1892, about 300 Pinkertons landed right over there. They killed seven strikers here that day. You're standing on sacred ground here for the labor movement in Western PA. We were founded through these very bloody struggles and the Battle of Homestead is something that has always had a big impact on me.”What’s the connection between the 1892 Battle of Homestead memorial, the Henry K. Frick Car Museum, and Carnegie Mellon University? Labor reporter Mike Elk takes us on a very unauthorized tour this week. “There was no considerable working class movement until 1967 because of the existence of the dictatorship and its suppression. But after 1967 despite the coercion, the workers struggle took a new turn.” Jessica Pauzek has been thinking a lot about what it means to be part of a global community and how our actions in one part of the world are impacted by and impact others far away. This week she brings us the voices of exiled Iranian workers. That’s all coming up in this week’s Labor History Today, plus, on Labor History in 2, we remember the strike at Loray Mills…“The year was 1929. That was the day that police chief Orville Aderholt  was shot and killed at a camp of striking textile workers in Gastonia, North Carolina.” Produced by Chris Garlock. Evan Papp of the Empathy Media Lab produced the Homestead Strike piece; find out more about their great work at empathymedialab.com. Alan Wierdak produces Cool Things from the Meany Archives. To contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Links:NATF Playhouse: Debs In CantonLearn from the Homestead Strike with labor reporter Mike Elk of Paydayreport.comFWWCP Digital CollectionLabor History in 2

“On Tuesday, May 22nd the picketers took the offensive and succeeded in driving both the police and the deputies from the market and the area around the union's headquarters.”Political scientist and historian Michael Munk connects what’s going on in Minneapolis today as workers and the community react to the killing of Michael Floyd with the general strike that took place there in 1934…“It's one of the great mysteries of human history, about when people rise up and why they don't rise up much more frequently than they do given the kinds of indignities and abuses and exploitation that have been the lot of most working people in American history.”Steve Fraser, author of the new book “Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property: Capitalism and Class Conflict in American History”…“Vast impregnable and immovable barricades of automobiles were set up, blocking all the main arteries into the Ford fortress.”With the AFL-CIO planning car caravans around the country this Wednesday to demand swift action on the pending Heroes bill in Congress to help American workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Meany Archives' Ben Blake reveals that the labor movement has used this technique effectively in the past.“I worked in this quarry 21 years. I was head derrick man. See that shack on the other side? I operated from there awhile. I worked all through here. It's one of the biggest quarries on the hill. There’s still a lot of good stone left in there. All kinds of good stone…”  The latest episode of the “En Masse” podcast takes us inside the New England quarries nearly a century ago, when workers blasted, dug and pried out the stone that built many of the buildings that still stand today in our towns and cities.   Plus we celebrate the life of Rosie the Riveter on Labor History in 2.  Produced by Chris Garlock with editing by Patrick Dixon; to contribute a labor history item, email laborhistorytoday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by the Metro Washington Council’s Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University. Links:Minneapolis general strike of 1934Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property: Capitalism and Class Conflict in American HistorySteve Fraser on "Your Rights At Work" on WPFW 89.3FMAFL-CIO // Workers First Caravan (DC)En Masse Episode 6: "Poor Devil"Labor History in 2

Back in the pre-covid-19 days when people could actually sit together in the same room, a group of rental property owners met to answer one simple question:  "When is it time to sell your rental property?"  Even though the world has changed considerably since then, the answers they came up with still hold true today. Let’s say you’ve acquired a decent sized portfolio of rental properties, they’re cash flowing, well-managed, and achieve your goals of long-term wealth.  But maybe the cash flow you’re receiving isn’t enough to allow you to quit your job, or retire early, or pay for that cruise ship vacation.  However, there is enough equity in your portfolio to sell for a substantial profit. Is it time to sell and take your chips off the table?  Or are you better served to stay on the ‘buy & hold’ path that you set out on so long ago? Many investors are faced with this very question, and I have two of them in the studio with me today.  Plus, I have a very special guest who’s going to help us talk through this very important decision-making process. My first guest is Ben Blake, and when he was last on the show, episode #149, he discussed his 12-unit Grand Rapids portfolio, and why he decided to take over the management himself.  Ben recently sold his entire portfolio, and today we’re going to learn why.  Also in the studio is Jeremy Schumann, who owns a 13-unit portfolio here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Jeremy is currently trying to decide whether he should hold or sell, and we’ll be talking through that decision with him. And friend of the show, Justin Workman, is joining us as well. Justin always lends a mathematical and informed perspective on these types of decisions, and I’m sure he’ll balance out any opinions I might have as the four of us go through the different thought processes and cashflow and appreciation calculations a rental owner must consider before selling their investment property. And visit our show on Facebook to leave comments and ask questions by going to "RPOA Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast"

Maybe class-conscious films like 2020 Academy Award winners "American Factory" and "Parasite" are actually the rule and not the exception. So argues Kathy Newman this week. Plus, Saul Schniderman on how sales clerk Leura Collins’ decision to buy some chicken led to the Weingarten Rights. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Check out the Working Class Studies blog at https://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/ Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Writer, actor, and filmmaker John Sayles talks about his latest novel, “Yellow Earth,” and about his classic labor films Matewan and Eight Men Out. Plus, a reading from “Yellow Earth.” Also this week, Saul Schniderman on the arrest of “Mother” Jones while leading a protest of conditions in West Virginia mines, and Jacob Feinspan remembers the 1926 general strike by New York furriers. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

On today’s show, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall discusses her new book, Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of the South in an excerpt from the Working History podcast. Also this week, Karen Nussbaum on Iris Rivera’s historic refusal to serve coffee, Jessica Pauszek reads poetry by a striking British miner’s wife and Tom Zaniello remembers Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

On today’s show, auto worker Dorothy Stevens on her pioneering career at the Fisher Body plant in Lansing, MI. Also this week, Karen Nussbaum on Dolly Parton’s hit song, Bill Fletcher on the wildcat strike by the Eldon Avenue Axle Plant Revolutionary Union Movement, and the Cool Things from the Meany Archives team digs into the AFL’s cornerstone. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

On today’s show, historian Michael Honey on “Wisconsin to Memphis: King's gospel of labor rights on the rebound,” from the Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations’ "Our Daily Work/Our Daily Lives" Brown Bag series: https://hrlr.msu.edu/laborEd Also this week, Linda Donahue on the strike by 10,000 clothing workers in Rochester, NY. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

This week's labor history: On today’s show, the Cool Things from the Meany Archives crew features The Punch Press, an auto worker strike publication. Also this week, Saul Schniderman remembers contributions to labor history by both Johnny Paycheck and Bruce Springsteen. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

This week's labor history: On today’s show, originally released January 6, 2019, we talk with historian Erik Loomis about frustrated workers in a very unusual place who decided to strike in a very unusual way. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com

Historians Eileen Boris and Jill Jensen on the complicated legacy of the International Labour Organization, ranging from its early challenge to the Bolshevik revolution to its role in the Cold War and as a countervailing force to the World Bank's model for international development. Plus, remembering Adolph Strasser, co-founder of the AFL. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

On today’s special holiday show, professor Kathy Newman argues that it was the working class that invented Christmas and many of the traditions that are associated with the holiday season. A year ago, nearly a million government workers were locked out or working without pay; we talk to Gregory Guthrie, president of National Federation of Federal Employees Local 1627, about last year’s historic government shutdown. And Saul Schneiderman – with some help from Woody Guthrie – remembers the 1913 Massacre. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez on Invisible Agricultural Child Labor in the American Southwest and the Limits of Citizenship, from the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast. Plus Lane Windham on the Willmar 8, who organized the first strike against a bank in U.S. history. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Working-class heroes organize Pecket Well College in England, and Fannie Lou Hamer’s Freedom Farms Cooperative in the Mississippi Delta. Plus this week’s labor history highlights! Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Eileen Boris on “Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards” from the Working History podcast. Plus this week’s labor history highlights! Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Jessica Pauszek on the Federation of Worker Writers And Community Publishers; Mark Anner and Tula Connell on the International Labor Organization, and Cool Things at the Meany Archives team dig into their files on the Lattimer Massacre of 1897 and discover, not only the names of those killed, but perhaps a personal connection as well. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, Jessica Pauszek and Alan Wierdak.

Paul Shackel, author of “Remembering Lattimer,” on one of the largest labor massacres in U.S. history. Lewis Maltby on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, the major workplace protection measure celebrating its’ 10th anniversary. Plus a sneak preview of “Newsies,” now at Arena Stage in DC. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, and Alan Wierdak.

Leon Fink talks with Patrick Dixon about Eugene Debs, Bernie Sanders, American socialism and the 2020 race for president of the United States. On this week’s Cool Things from the Meany Archive, Alan Wierdak and Chloe Danyo explore a document from two decades ago that links the newly-formed Pride@Work with a push to include alternative medicine in Medicare for All legislation. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, and Alan Wierdak. This week's music: Bernie Sanders Brand New Campaign Theme Song (2016 Official Anthem) https://youtu.be/YNS6qaXVwzw Our Revolution: Bernie Sanders 2020 Theme Song by Tony Tig https://youtu.be/BX216znrtP0

Tom Zaniello talks with Sherry Linkon about his next book, an exploration of media accounts of precarious work, ranging from Edward R. Murrow's famous 1960 documentary Harvest of Shame to the storytelling of modern video games. Kalmanovitz Associate Director Lane Windham on “The Uprising of the 20,000” in 1909. October was LGBTQ History Month, and for this week’s Cool Things from the Meany Archive, Chloe Danyo digs into the archive’s Pride At Work collection and comes up with a historic pamphlet on organizing for lesbian and gay rights in unions. Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Engineered by Chris Garlock. The Labor History Today team includes Ben Blake, Chloe Danyo, Patrick Dixon, Leon Fink, Sherry Linkon, Joe McCartin, and Alan Wierdak.

Ben Blake, the Mayor of Milford, Connecticut, joins Broesder and Kleinhans to discuss a wide variety of topics including his time as an alderman and as mayor, favorite craft beer, time at the University of Richmond and Quinnipiac University, favorite movie, and much more.

On this week’s show: With the looming possibility of yet another government shutdown on Friday, labor archivist Ben Blake talks about efforts to “document the now” during the recent shutdown, and political science professor Marissa Martino Golden reveals that even with a president attempting to turn agency policy 180 degrees, most career civil servants are focused on doing their jobs. Interviews by Alan Wierdak and Patrick Dixon. Jonathan Mann: Government Shutdown Sitcom Theme Song https://youtu.be/EPCBS1FSoZo schmoyoho: Yeah Bitch/Nah Bitch (Cardi B vs. The Shutdown) https://youtu.be/3Orcj1i7tWk Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Produced & engineered by Chris Garlock.

Quite often real estate investors start out by managing their own properties and once they acquire a certain number of units they decide to hire a Third-Party Professional Property Management Company to looks after their portfolio.  My guest today decided to go in the opposite direction. After working with several property management companies, Ben Blake figured that he could save himself money and headaches by taking control of the property management on his 12-unit portfolio in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Today we talk about how he went about doing that and the improvement in his cashflow as a result. Ben also shares how one of his celebrity teammates from his College Football days helped him get started in real estate investing, and the influence he had on his early career.  Ben also shares some of the early mistakes he made in screening tenants and the problems he encountered because of those mistakes. If you're going to manage your own properties you need to make sure you have the right team and technology in place.  Ben shares how he uses Buildium, Rently, and Quickbooks to keep his business running smoothly.  He also shares how he works with his tenants and handles maintenance to control expenses. I know you're going to enjoy this episode.  Ben has a lot of great wisdom and experience to share, as well as tools that can save you time and money.  You can contact Ben through email at:  ben@ivygr.com Enjoy!

Ben Blake and Gavan Casey look ahead to Ireland's Nations League campaign, in which they were drawn in a group with old World Cup foes Denmark and Wales earlier today.

Join The42's Gavan Casey, Paul Dollery and Ben Blake to preview the Republic of Ireland's decisive second leg playoff game against Denmark in the Aviva tonight. Try to keep the nerves under control!

The Independent's chief football writer, Miguel Delaney, joined Gavan Casey and Ben Blake ahead of Liverpool and Manchester United's huge game this weekend. The lads look at the key match-ups in the game, as well as casting a quick eye back to Ireland's win in Cardiff on Monday. We also have some input from Colm 'Gooch' Cooper, an avid Liverpool fan, on how he thinks the game will go. With thanks to EirSport.

Dundee player and Irish international Darren O'Dea joins Niall Kelly and Ben Blake to look ahead to Ireland's must-win games against Moldova and Wales this weekend, while also discussing Martin O'Neill's new deal, the new players called up to the squad and the fire that will push the Irish team against Wales on Monday night. With thanks to EirSport.

Of The People is a podcast which aims to learn the stories behind the politicians and how those stories inform our elected official's decisions while in office. On the first episode, we interview Mayor Ben Blake of Milford, Connecticut.

Got an objectivist theist on! Ben Blake and I talked about ethics, especially with drawing the line with skepticism. We found we agreed on a lot. Mother Teresa was mentioned. You can find Ben’s work on his old blog. Objective means … Continue reading →