Podcast appearances and mentions of bill beck

If you haven't been to Reading Terminal Market in a while, there are lots of new developments, including two new food stands and an expansion. KYW Newsradio's Hadas Kuznits chats with the market's newest tenants, Jacob and Alexandra Cohen of Kismet Bialys. They answer the question: What is a bialy and from where did it originate? Also, Andrew Rutter talks about the new General's Jerky, and Bill Beck describes the new buildout of Beck's Cajun Cafe that has increased the restaurant's footprint to 24 counter seats.

Listen to ASCO's Journal of Clinical Oncology essay, “Preparing for the End Game,” by Dr. William Beck, a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Genetics at The University of Illinois at Chicago. The essay is followed by an interview with Beck and host Dr. Lidia Schapira. Beck reflects on his own mortality and what it means to live, following his good friend's illness and death from lung cancer.   TRANSCRIPT  Narrator: Preparing for the End Game, by William T. Beck, PhD (10.1200/JCO.22.01758) Recently, Jordan, a dear friend who had stage 4 lung cancer, died of his disease, a year and a half from his diagnosis. His tumor had activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor, making him a candidate for treatment with osimertinib, a targeted therapy, one of the recent rewards of the remarkable advances in precision medicine. Jordan was my age, late 70s when he died. He was a lifetime nonsmoker, had several outstanding lung cancer oncologists, and was determined to fight his disease. That said, 3-year and 5-year survival rates for people with his disease are not high, but living beyond those years is statistically and biologically possible. That was not so in Jordan's case. Jordan's illness was distressing to me because he was my good friend. We went back decades and began our academic careers together, and we bonded through our shared academic experiences and our love of good wines, food, books, humor, and politics. Over the course of his illness, I tried to think of how I could be there for Jordan and his wife, also a good friend, as he went forward on this very difficult journey. Jordan was very fortunate to have state-of-the-art medical care, a loving wife and adult children, and many close and caring friends who wanted to walk with him on this journey to the extent that he wanted us with him. Because I was in the cancer field, I was able to help him and his wife better frame the questions to ask his oncologists, understand the tests ordered and drugs he was taking, identify other oncologists for second opinions, and search the literature to help them find the best treatments to hold the tumor at bay.   Jordan's illness, however, was distressing to me for another reason. It made me think about my own mortality and how, if it were me, would I want to spend my last months and years, knowing that the end is now a reality. Jordan was a retired academic, scientist, and long-term and consequential university administrator. Like my friend, I have been retired for a few years, having run a productive academic cancer research laboratory and having held a number of administrative positions as well. My distress was compounded by external events over these past few years. We have seen the deaths of so many people from COVID-19 in this country and the world, all so painful and many unnecessary. We have also seen the continued violent deaths due to guns and drugs. These, however, were largely deaths in the abstract; they did not have a face for me. That began to change with the extraordinary culmination of the epidemic of Black deaths at the hands of the police, especially the murder of George Floyd. These deaths brought home to me the face and randomness of death and fragility of life, writ large. The past year brought more faces of death to me: many prominent artists and baseball players, whose careers I had followed; internationally impactful cancer scientists and physicians, many of whom I knew personally; and the untimely death of the famous architect, Helmut Jahn, at age 81 years, in a bicycle accident. All these passings have given me pause in a way that I had not expected and starkly reminded me that there is absolutely no guarantee of a tomorrow. Indeed, I will no longer live by the brilliant conceit offered by William Saroyan: “Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. Now what?”1 Now what, indeed. One frequently hears about people who have survived near-death experiences or those who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, having an epiphany and wanting to live each day to the fullest extent possible. One also hears about realists who exhort us to live every day as if it were our last. Certainly sound advice. But do we normals really adhere to these dictums? Many people probably do, but my experience, both personal and from talking with friends, is that most of us still go about our lives doing the quotidian things that we have always done. There is always tomorrow, but Jordan's illness has caused me to rethink that. Indeed, it has become increasingly clear to me, finally, that I should not put off doing things for another tomorrow, a tomorrow that is not guaranteed. Despite knowing—in the abstract—that much more of my life is behind me than in front, my good health and full days have led me to think that this can go on for some time, with the inevitability of death still relatively far in the future. Jordan's situation, however, has changed that perception and has got me thinking about how I would like to spend my remaining days, hopefully many, and thinking about how to really prepare for this end game, taking these final laps. Paul Kalanithi, a young surgeon, wrote so tenderly in When Breath Becomes Air2 about his struggles while suffering the ravages of lung cancer and his hopes for his wife and young children. Even at my advanced age, I too have similar hopes for my wife, children, and grandchildren. And Christopher Hitchens chronicled, in Mortality,3 his last year with esophageal cancer as fiercely as he had always done in his critical atheist's view of the world. But it was not until Jordan's sickness and death that I have taken Hitchens's clear view of life's limitations to heart. In his book, Being Mortal,4 Atul Gawande, the physician-writer, has chronicled both the advances and limitations that modern medicine has brought us as we face the end, including the complications that limit our autonomy in this passage. Gawande notes that as we age and become infirm, either as a normal process or because of disease, we become more dependent on medical and social networks that may, unfortunately, effect on our independence. Gawande suggests that a good death may be difficult to achieve but a good life less so. I saw this good life in Jordan's terminal illness. Indeed, another physician-writer, Oliver Sacks, emphasized in a short collection of four essays entitled Gratitude,5 the utility of a good and fulfilling life in helping us cope as we approach the end. Near the end of his life, as his body was being consumed by cancer, Sacks continued to do what he always did, for as long as he could: His days were always full, and he wrote beautifully of his clinical and social observations. Importantly, Sacks expressed enormous gratitude for his life as a sentient and thinking person, who loved and was loved, and whose life was consequential. What more can one want? My friend Jordan was such an individual: sentient, smart, and funny; a man who lived a consequential and impactful life, who loved and was loved. His illness, however, was not one of going softly into the good night, as was depicted in the movie Love Story.6 Toward the end, my friend suffered with pain, balance problems, fractures from falls, shortness of breath, insomnia, and the like. But through it all, he presented, at least to me, an admirable grace and equanimity that gave us all hope that despite his suffering, there would be one more day, one more week, one more month. My wife and I went out to northern California last winter to visit Jordan and his wife, and although unsaid, to say good-bye. But now, more than a half year later, he died, just days short of their 50th wedding anniversary. We have stayed in close contact with Jordan's wife since his death. The funeral was private, but my wife and I attended a subsequent memorial service for Jordan at which family, friends, and colleagues remembered him and his consequential life and bid him a proper farewell. So, here we are. My good friend is gone, and his struggles have been hard to watch, even from a distance, but he has helped me see more clearly that this all does come to an end at some point. So how do I want to pursue this end game? Certainly, I want to stay engaged in my science-related activities. But I also want to use what time I have left while I am healthy to spend as much time as I can with my wife and family, to be with good friends as much as they will tolerate me, to continue to read, to go to theater and concerts, to travel, finding humor in life, and enjoying good wines and food—all the typical things that people do and say they want to do as they approach the end game. Indeed, I want to do as many of these things as possible, but with a renewed sense of wonderment and gratitude, gratitude in the way Oliver Sacks expressed it. My friend, Jordan, the academic, still has some lessons to offer, so I will try to follow his example to live as good a life as possible, and if I become infirm, I will try to remember how he approached the end: with grace, courage, and equanimity and reflect on all the good things I have had in this life, with a great sense of gratitude. Dr. Lidia Schapira: Hello, and welcome to JCO's Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology, brought to you by ASCO podcasts, which covers a range of educational and scientific content, and offers enriching insight into the world of cancer care. You can find all ASCO shows, including this one at: podcasts.asco.org. I'm your host, Lidia Schapira, Associate Editor for Art of Oncology and Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. Today, we are joined by Dr. William Beck, a university distinguished Professor Emeritus, and Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Illinois, at Chicago. In this episode, we will be discussing his Art of Oncology article, 'Preparing for the End Game.' At the time of this recording, our guest has no disclosures. Bill, welcome to our podcast. Thank you for joining us. Dr. William Beck: Thank you, Lidia. I appreciate the opportunity. I think this is a unique and valuable feature of JCO, and I hope I can do it justice. Dr. Lidia Schapira: It's terrific to have you. Tell our listeners a little bit about the motivation for writing about Jordan, and the effect that his illness and passing had on you. Dr. William Beck: Yes. Well, his illness and death made me think of my own mortality, and how if it were me, would I want to spend whatever remaining days I have, hopefully, many. But hopefully, in a way that would allow me to honor his life, and also do justice to my own situation. So, that was the nexus of the issue. I spoke to a writer friend, Eric Lax, he's written a number of books; one is, The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. It's about commercialization issues during World War II, and he's written some other books as well, a book with the hematologist Robert Peter Gale on radiation. And I asked him what he thought about this, and he was very positive. As you, I'm not accustomed to opening myself up in the scientific literature. I write scientific papers, and they're not emotional. One might get emotional about the reviewer's comments, but that's another story. And so, this was a difficult thing for me to write, but I felt if done correctly, it might be useful not only to help me articulate my own feelings, but it might be useful for others, especially oncologists with whom I've been around in my entire professional life, and who deal with these matters daily, as you do. But most likely, and of necessity, keep their thoughts and their own mortality locked away. And I sort of thought that this might be a way to help others think about ‘Preparing for the End Game'. Dr. Lidia Schapira: You bring up some interesting points because in order to write a piece that will resonate with others, you have to allow yourself to be vulnerable, and that is not something that we are taught to do in our academic and professional lives. Was that hard for you? Dr. William Beck: Very, yes. Dr. Lidia Schapira: And how did you work through that period of deciding to make yourself vulnerable and then share that with colleagues whom you may never know or meet? Dr. William Beck: Thank you for that question. I wanted to write somewhat of an homage for my friend, Jordan, and that made it a little easier to open myself up. And I might add, I shared this, after it was accepted, with Jordan's family - his wife, who is a friend, and his two adult children. And they all very, very much appreciated what I had done. So, I felt I was on the right path with that. So, it was in part for an homage to Jordan, and I had walked with him and his wife during his illness, and then with his death, and I wanted to mark the event in a way that I felt more than just giving money to a memorial fund. I felt I wanted to make it very personal, he was a good. I don't know if that answers your question, but that's why I started it. Dr. Lidia Schapira: In thinking about your essay and the way you chose to honor your friend and his memory, what do you think is the message for some of our young readers? Dr. William Beck: That's a good question. I put myself in the 40-year-old Bill Beck mindset, and back in those days, as I said in my essay, you know, everyone has to die, but in my case, I thought an exception would be made. Jordan's death, and those of others around my age have led me to understand that an exception will not be made, and I want to make the best of it, and if our young readers who know that this is an abstract that's very far away, but it becomes more and more of a reality as you approach the end, and I'm guessing that our younger readers who are oncologists can wall that off with difficulty, but can wall it off to a certain extent. But it's there. It's inescapable, and so, maybe preparing early, if it even makes you think about enjoying a little bit more time with your kids, enjoying a vacation for another day, or even putting a little bit more money away for your IRA for your retirement, that could be very useful for them. Dr. Lidia Schapira: On the flip side of that, Bill, you write in your essay that you have continued to remain involved in your science, and I imagine that's because you love your science. So, tell us a little bit more about how you're thinking now, as you are mature-- I won't use the word senior, or old, about continuing to remain involved in a career that is not just work, but something that you love. Dr. William Beck: I could not imagine retiring. What I enjoy about my retirement is that I basically do everything that I did before, except the administrative part - the running a department for so long. And I do it on my schedule, not somebody else's schedule, and that is liberating. I just came back from a two-hour lecture that I gave yesterday; I mentor young people, I review grant applications and manuscripts, I read the literature. So, I stay involved. I can't imagine not being involved. And as Oliver Sacks, whom I've cited in the essay, he went at it all the ways best he could all the way to the end, and I hope that I will have that opportunity to do so as well. Dr. Lidia Schapira: What advice would you have for some of our listeners who are themselves accompanying a friend who is ill, or perhaps a relative who is facing a chronic or terminal illness? Dr. William Beck: I'm loath to give advice, but I would suggest that they might want to be there as much as their friend wants them to be there for them. To be there, and for them to know that they're there. I was in a unique position because I knew a little bit about the cancer field, and I could help Jordan and his wife navigate the shoals of interacting with physicians, and understanding their drugs, and getting second opinions, actually, for them. So, I was in a fairly unique position, but I think that the key thing is to be there to the extent that the individual wants you to be there with them is important. That's what I've learned from my deep emotional involvement with Jordan, but with others as well. Dr. Lidia Schapira: As you know from reading the essays we've published in Art of Oncology, Grief is a common theme, and I ask many of our authors to recommend, perhaps, some books they've read, or works of art that have helped them in processing their own grief. So, let me ask you if you can recommend any books, or poems to our listeners. Dr. William Beck: I'm not much into poetry, but I did happen to see an amazing interpretation of Psalm 23 on the Jewish Broadcasting Network recently that was eye-opening to me as a non-religious person. That was very interesting. In terms of books, I think a good start is the beautiful essays of Gratitude by Oliver Sacks. I've started to peel into, and peer into a book on Morality, by Jonathan Sacks-- no relation, I don't think. He was the Chief Rabbi of the UK. And in terms of art, I can think of music - the ‘Pastoral', by Beethoven, and the ‘9th', by Beethoven, are the ones that just are so uplifting to me, that I think would be very important to calm one's soul. Also, if I might add, The Stones are pretty good too, for that. Dr. Lidia Schapira: So, let me conclude our interview by asking you a little bit more about the role of storytelling, and essays, and narrative, in helping us come together as a community of professionals who are actually dedicated to looking after patients who are seriously ill. How have you used stories in your approach to Medicine and Academia, and what do you see as the role of these narratives in the future education of oncologists and hematologists? Dr. William Beck: So, I think young people, especially, need to hear stories of how these things begin. They need to hear origin stories, and middle stories, and end stories. Joseph Campbell, is one who's delved into where we came from, and about storytelling, as being very important in development of societies and traditions. So, I've tried in my work, even though it's scientific work, and maybe some of my reviewer critics would say, "Well, it's all stories and fables," but I've tried to develop several lines of science storytelling for our colleagues. And I think in general, whether it's in science or this kind of essay, yes, it's very important that the young people get outside of the, "What do I need to know for the exam?" mentality, to look at the bigger picture; and I'm afraid that's getting lost in modern education. The guy who introduces me, when I give the general lecture to all the students who are first time, first day in the room, never to be in the room again, always says, "And Dr. Beck won't answer any questions about what's on the exam." Dr. Lidia Schapira: Well, I thank you for sharing some of your humanity with the readers of JCO, through the essay. I know, as you told us, during the review, that you're not used to writing these kinds of essays, and you're much more comfortable with scientific work. But I think we need to show the human side of our scientists. I think that Jordan's family is right in thanking you for the tribute you paid to him through this essay, and I'm very glad that you did write it, and decided to share it with us. Dr. William Beck: Thank you. Well, I'm really glad that you have this venue, and I'm honored to have my essay published in it. I thank you, and your colleagues. Dr. Lidia Schapira: Thank you, Bill. Until next time, thank you for listening to JCO's Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology. Don't forget to give us a rating or review, wherever you listen. Be sure to subscribe, so you never miss an episode. JCO's Cancer Stories: The Art of Oncology is just one of ASCO's many podcasts. You can find all of the shows at: podcasts.asco.org. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy, should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. Show Notes: Like, share and subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a rating or review.   Bio: Dr. William Beck is a university distinguished Professor Emeritus, and Professor of Pharmacology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Illinois, at Chicago.  

Springfield Ward 1 Ald. Chuck Redpath stops in to talk city business, including the future of the Wyndham City Centre, and Bill Beck calls in to promote an upcoming fundraiser involving a trip to the ball park. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our host, Bill Beck, sweet-talks his producer/wife Angie to get behind the mic. You get to hear their personal story, as well as what Bill and Angie felt were some of the key highlights from Season 1.   Will there be a Season 2? You bet!! There's a great line-up of guests, so keep listening!

Our host, Bill Beck, introduces himself and talks about the creation and purpose of The CAN Report podcast.

The Dark Lords of Podcasting Tee Greene, Michael Pappas, Bill Beck, & Josh Roach break down The Book of Boba Fett chapter 3 the Streets of Mos Espa with Chad Campbell of The Star Wars Lunch Special Podcast. #BookofBobaFett #TalkingSithPodcast #StarWars --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Many Tribes of Sith, Scumbags, and Villainy: Dark Lords of Podcasting Josh Roach, Michael Pappas, Tee Greene, and Bill Beck breakdown The Book of Boba Fett episode 2 and where the greater storyline of the Mandoverse could be headed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, Waterloo Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Bill Beck talks with Becky about fire prevention, his career, and books.  Recommended reads: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury    Firefighters by Norma Simon   Report from Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith  

Today's special episode remembering Elkhart High/Elkhart Central High Football and Track Coach Tom Kurth. 85. Interviews with.Shafer Suggs and Bill Beck.

Key Insights: “This time, for sure!…” Are the Democrats Bullwinkle Moose or Rocket J. Squirrel “that trick never works!” in hoping that they can get a high-investment high-productivity growth full-employment high-wage growth economy, and then the political life for true equality of opportunity will be doable?…Milton Friedman is of powerful historical importance as one of the principal creators of our still-neoliberal world, but his ideas now—whether monetarism, or his assumption that all political organizations and policies everywhere and always are inescably rent-seeking grifters—are now of historical interests only…There will be many future missteps in our search for the road to utopia…The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born, so now is a time of monsters…Noah should really listen to and read Jeet Heer…It would be silly not to recognize the political peril of this moment, but also not to recognize its democratic potential: pessimism of the intellect, yes; but also optimism with the internet…We are coquetting with the modes of expression of Antonio Gramsci today, aren’t we?Hexapodia!ReferencesDavid Beckworth (2010): Case Closed: Milton Friedman Would Have Supported QE2 Zach Carter:The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, & the Life of John Maynard Keynes Zach Carter:The End of Friedmanomics Brad DeLong (1999): The Triumph? of Monetarism Brad DeLong (2001): The Monetarist Counterrevolution Brad DeLong (2015): The Monetarist Mistake Brad DeLong (2019): “Passing the Baton”: The Twitter Rant Brad DeLong & Zack Beauchamp (2019): “Passing the Baton”: The Interview Brad DeLong (2019): “Passing the Baton”: The Interview: CommentBrad DeLong (2007): Right from the Start?: What Milton Friedman Can Teach Progressives Brad DeLong (2017): Helicopter Money: When Zero Just Isn’t Low Enough Milton Friedman (2000): Canada & Flexible Exchange Rates Milton Friedman & Rose Director Friedman: Free to Choose: A Personal StatementJohn Maynard Keynes (1919): The Economic Consequences of the PeaceJohn Maynard Keynes (1926): The End of Laissez-FaireJohn Maynard Keynes (1926): A Short View of RussiaJohn Maynard Keynes (1936): The General Theory of Employment, Interest & MoneyJohn Maynard Keynes (1931): An Economic Analysis of Unemployment Jay Ward & co.: The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show &, of course:Vernor Vinge: A Fire Upon the Deep Zach Carter:The End of Friedmanomics :When he arrived in South Africa on March 20, 1976, Milton Friedman was a bona fide celebrity…. Friedman was a bestselling author and no stranger to fine living. But he was astonished by both “the extraordinary affluence of the White community” and the “extraordinary inequality of wealth” in South Africa. Friedman was not a man to scold opulence, and yet he found the tension permeating apartheid South Africa palpable in both taxicabs and hotel ballrooms. The “hardboiled attitudes” of Mobil chairman Bill Beck and his friends were difficult for him to endure….All of which makes a contemporary reading of Friedman’s Cape Town lectures… harrowing.… His first speech was an unremitting diatribe against political democracy.… Voting, Friedman declared, was inescapably corrupt, a distorted “market” in which “special interests” inevitably dictated the course of public life. Most voters were “ill-informed.” Voting was a “highly weighted” process that created the illusion of social cooperation that whitewashed a reality of “coercion and force.” True democracy, Friedman insisted, was to be found not through the franchise, but the free market, where consumers could express their preferences with their unencumbered wallets. South Africa, he warned, should avoid the example of the United States, which since 1929 had allowed political democracy to steadily encroach on the domain of the “economic market,” resulting in “a drastic restriction in economic, personal, and political freedom.”…Friedman did not subscribe to biological theories of racial inferiority.… The program Friedman prescribed for apartheid South Africa in 1976 was essentially the same agenda he called for in America over his entire career as a public intellectual—unrestrained commerce as a cure-all for inequality and unrest.That this prescription found political purchase with the American right in the 1960s is not a surprise. Friedman’s opposition to state power during an era of liberal reform offered conservatives an intellectual justification to defend the old order. What remains remarkable is the extent to which the Democratic Party—Friedman’s lifelong political adversary—came to embrace core tenets of Friedmanism. When Friedman passed away in 2006, Larry Summers, who had advised Bill Clinton and would soon do the same for Barack Obama, acknowledged the success of Friedman’s attack on the very legitimacy of public power within his own party. “Any honest Democrat will admit that we are now all Friedmanites,” he declared in The New York Times.No longer. In the early months of his presidency, Joe Biden has pursued policy ambitions unseen from American leaders since the 1960s. If implemented, the agenda he described in an April 28 address to Congress would transform the country—slashing poverty, assuaging inequality, reviving the infrastructure that supports daily economic life, and relieving the financial strains that childcare and medical care put on families everywhere. It will cost a lot of money, and so far at least, Biden isn’t letting the price tag intimidate him. “I want to change the paradigm,” he repeated three times at a press conference in March…Zach Carter:The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, & the Life of John Maynard Keynes :The school of thought that has come to be associated with the name of Keynes no longer has much to do with the moral and political ideals Keynes himself prized. Keynesianism in this broader sense was for a time synonymous with liberal internationalism—the idea that shrewd, humane economic management could protect democracies from the siren songs of authoritarian demagogues and spread peace and prosperity around the globe….The key to realizing that international vision was domestic economic policy making. International political stability would be achieved—or at least encouraged—by alleviating domestic economic inequality. State spending on public works and public health could be combined with redistributive taxation to boost consumer demand, while establishing an environment in which great art could thrive. In his maturity, Keynes offered radicals a deal: They could realize the cultural and moral aims of liberationist revolution—a more equal society and a democratically accountable political leadership—while avoiding the risks and tragedies inherent to violent conflict. He claimed that the social order established by nineteenth-century imperialism and nineteenth-century capitalism was not so rigid that it could not be reformed rather than overthrown.After nearly a century on trial, this Keynesianism has not embarrassed itself, but neither has it been vindicated. The New Deal, the Beveridge Plan, and the Great Society fundamentally reordered British and American life, making both societies more equal, more democratic, and more prosperous. In the 1930s, black poverty in the United States was so high that nobody bothered to measure it. By the 1950s, it was over 50 percent. Today it is about 20 percent. This is progress. But it is decidedly not the world promised by the Communist Party in the 1930s, when it denounced Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a tool of the business elite. It cannot compete with the dreams of liberation presented by Black Power revolutionaries of the 1960s….Keynesians can persuasively argue that today’s tragedies are the product of a failure to fully implement Keynesian ideas rather than a failure of Keynesian policies…. For the past thirty-five years, the United States and Great Britain have mixed Keynesian disaster management—bailouts and stimulus programs—with the aristocratic deregulatory agenda of Hayekian neoliberalism.It is appropriate for neoliberalism to take most of the blame for the political upheavals of the twenty-first century. The neoliberal faith in the power of financial markets bequeathed us the financial crisis of 2008, and the fallout from that disaster has fueled dozens of hateful movements around the world. While the American commitment to Keynesian stimulus after the crash was inconstant, Keynesian ideas were simply abandoned throughout most of Europe…. The economic ruin… has energized neofascist political parties, which now threaten the political establishment…. But pointing the finger at neoliberalism raises uncomfortable questions for Keynes and his defenders. Why has Keynesianism proven to be so politically weak, even among ostensibly liberal political parties and nations? The Keynesian bargain of peace, equality, and prosperity ought to be irresistible in a democracy. It has instead been fleeting and fragile. Keynes believed that democracies slipped into tyranny when they were denied economic sustenance. Why, then, have so many democracies elected to deny themselves economic sustenance?…This is a dark time for democracy—a statement that would have been unthinkable to U.S. and European leaders only a few short years ago. It took decades of mismanagement and unlearning to manufacture this global crisis, and it cannot be undone with a few new laws or elections.Mainstream economists now speak openly of moving “beyond neoliberalism”…. Keynesianism in this purest, simplest form is not so much a school of economic thought as a spirit of radical optimism, unjustified by most of human history and extremely difficult to conjure up precisely when it is most needed: during the depths of a depression or amid the fevers of war. Yet such optimism is a vital and necessary element of everyday life…. A better future was not beyond our control if the different peoples of the world worked together.… “Were the Seven Wonders of the world built by Thrift?” he asked readers of A Treatise on Money. “I deem it doubtful.”… In the long run, almost anything is possible.(Remember: You can subscribe to this… weblog-like newsletter… here: There’s a free email list. There’s a paid-subscription list with (at the moment, only a few) extras too.) Get full access to Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality at braddelong.substack.com/subscribe

In this week's fancy episode we talk with Patti Patrone Miller who is the Executive Producer, Co-Owner, Creater/Developer of Thumbs Up a upcoming book and animated series. An animated series for television about a boy with Autism and his dog with opposable thumbs! THUMBS UP! is an animated series created by Andrew and Patti Miller for television not only for children, but families with voice actors, Susan Ruttan, Jimmy Hanks, David Sobolov, Debi Derry Berry, Daniel Ross, Paulette McWilliams, Robert Catrini, Scott Kyle, Carey Means, Max Albert Vivino, Bill Beck and Tony Todd. They amazing team of Exodo Animation Studios is responsible for the shows animation. It's got some great names in the entertainment industry attached to it! We can't wait to see this continue to develop and are so proud of Patti and Andrew for helping bring light to subjects like this! The more awareness and education we get. The more the world will understand! Check out more here! https://www.facebook.com/elliotandjosephthumbsup?view_public_for=241545493455589 https://www.facebook.com/pattipetronemiller/ Thank you so much for your support! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram @ Positively Midwest Podcast Online @ www.positivelymidwest.com Contact Us: positivelymidwest@gmail.com #staypositive --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/steve-jurrens/support

Halloween festivities in 1918 were canceled in Indianapolis and other Hoosier cities because of the devastating influenza epidemic. That's been noted during previous Hoosier History Live shows about the infamous epidemic - which is more accurately called a pandemic because the often fatal strain of influenza in 1918 and 1919 spread around the world.  Also during our previous shows on the topic - including a program that broadly explored Epidemics in Indiana history and an earlier show focused on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic in Indiana - medical historians discussed how the label "Spanish flu" mischaracterizes the 1918 health crisis. Our guests explained that contemporary experts point to sources other than Spain for the deadly influenza that caused havoc around the globe more than 100 years ago. During our previous shows, we focused on the origins and the initial outbreaks in Indiana, leaving an unexpected and devastating "second wave" in 1918-19 mostly unexplored. So our distinguished medical historians, Dr. William McNiece and Bill Beck, will return for this show to share insights about additional aspects of the epidemic - which even included a "third wave" - as well as the eventual recovery. Dr. McNiece, president of the Marion County Historical Society, is an anesthesiologist at an Indianapolis hospital. Bill Beck, founder of Lakeside Writers' Group, is an author who has written dozens of institutional history books, including histories of Indiana hospitals. According to Bill Beck's research, factors that are thought to have contributed to subsequent waves of the historic epidemic include, in November 1918, the gatherings of thousands of Hoosiers cheering the end of World War I on Armistice Day (now known as Veterans Day). The second wave, which began in September 1918, was far more deadly in the United States than the initial wave that occurred earlier in the year. The third wave ensued from November 1918 and persisted through February 1919. Even in March 1919, 70 residents of Muncie died of influenza, Bill Beck notes. Our guests credit Dr. Herman Morgan, Marion County's top public health official for more than 30 years beginning in 1911, with saving lives by taking steps initially regarded as controversial. They included periodic mask orders, lockdowns and closing schools. Throughout much of 1918, influenza was especially virulent in Army training facilities, including Fort Harrison in Indianapolis. Because the soldiers were living together in barracks, the spread of the flu was quick. According to Bill Beck, Camp Sherman in central Ohio - where many Hoosiers drafted during World War I were trained - registered the most deaths from influenza of any Army facility.  According to information from Dr. McNiece, 21 emergency hospitals were established across Indiana during the 1918-1919 epidemic.

Mishawaka seeks its first win of 2020 against Plymouth. Brian Miller and Bill Beck have the call.

In this week’s episode of the Garlic Marketing Show, Pat Williams, co-founder of the Orlando Magic, joins us to discuss what has brought him success as a business owner, marketer, and team leader.Pat Williams is no stranger to success. In his lifetime he has managed numerous successful professional sports teams, authored 100 books, and established himself as an influential motivational speaker. In his personal life, he has climbed mountains, run marathons, survived cancer, and even has wrestled a bear. Today he discusses the art of storytelling in communicating and how selling the experience in marketing while emulating an admirable persona will lead to success in business and in building a brand from the ground up. What You'll Learn:The best communicators are storytellers, we’re hard-wired to retain stories.Study your mentors, leaders, and heroes to discover and adopt admirable, intelligent qualities to apply to business (and life). People flock to great wisdom.In leadership positions, study your people. Know and encourage their talents. In one way or another, everyone is a leader. What it takes to build and market a brand from the ground up.If you don’t market, nothing happens, sell the experience (Bill Beck’s influence).The most offensive thing you can do is bore people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dallas is joined by Bill Beck to discuss some Homeric etymologies. We take a look at English words which have their origin in character or creature names from the Ancient Greek poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, and explore how and why some minor characters have rich etymological afterlives.Word List: hector, siren, mentor, pander, stentorian, python, odysseyFor more information or to write in, please visit our website at www.wordjourneyspodcast.com or follow us on twitter at @WordJourneysPod. If you would like to contribute, you can visit our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/wordjourneyspodcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tweet Pete Genovese and Bill Beck joined us, Author and food writer Pete Genovese talked about great NJ pizza www.nj.com/genovese to read his articles, then 50 minutes into the podcast we played a live interview from the Reading Terminal Market with Bill Beck, owner of Beck's Cajun Cafe at the Reading Terminal Market and 30th St Station www.beckscajuncafe.com, tons of tips about where to find delicious NJ pizza on this show. The post Dining on a Dime – Episode 32 “Pete Genovese and Becks Cajun Cafe” appeared first on Wildfire Radio.

Tweet D and L Coffee Service Inc. presents the #1 listed “Food Radio show Philadelphia”, Small Bites with Donato Marino and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio as we return on Sunday, January 6th at 635pm EST for our first show of 2019 and welcome new co-host Donato Marino. The Small Bites crew was thrilled to be a part of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back Studio Ramsay production that will air on Wednesday, January 9th at 8pm EST on FOX 29 and you will be able to see us and our thoughts during the episode. We welcome this Sunday on Small Bites, Melanie Tatasciore the owner of Shanty on 19th near the The Great Allentown Fair to talk about the experience as Gordon Ramsay's ‘Hell On Wheels' traveled to the Shanty on 19th, an iconic restaurant living in the heart Allentown, Pennsylvania Civic Theatre of Allentown district for over forty years. After intense investigation and surveillance, Chef Ramsay and his team discover that feuds between the restaurant's owner and staff have taken a toll not only on the restaurant's business, but on the personal lives of everyone involved. Ramsay will try to bring this failing restaurant back from the brink of disaster – all in just 24 hours. As the clock ticks down and Ramsay and his team transform this restaurant with a spectacular renovation, a fresh new menu and hope for the future in the all-new “Shanty on 19th” episode of GORDON RAMSAY'S 24 HOURS TO HELL AND BACK airing Wednesday, Jan. 9 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX 29 Closer to home we welcome Chef William Beck the owner of Beck's Cajun Cafe at Reading Terminal Market famous for their cheesesteak and Cajun mashup sandwich called the Train Wreck. Beck's Cajun Café brings A Taste of N'Awlins in PHILLY. Nowhere else in Philadelphia will you find the exotic, flavorful and spicy Cajun/Creole favorites you love, passionately prepared by Chef Bill Beck with authentic ingredients shipped direct from The Big Easy. Chef Beck was twice showcased as a guest chef at Manhattan's world-famous James Beard Foundation House. He has also participated in numerous TV shows. Whether you're craving crawfish or po boys, beignets or cornbread, Beck's Cajun Cafe has all the traditional foods you love, plus creative menu items inspired by the rich culture, people, and history of New Orleans. Get ready to “Let the Good Times Roll” - or as they say in N'awlins, “Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler” - with Beck's Cajun Café at Reading Terminal Market or at Amtrak 30th Street Station. Escape the ordinary at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. To talk more about this amazing vacation destination we will talk to Rachel Dinbokowitz the Public Relations Manager Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Standing on the shores of the Potomac River, their stylish resort offers convenient access to many of Maryland's most beloved attractions, including the National Harbor area, Air Force One Experience, The Capital Wheel and MGM National Harbor. There also are plenty of things to explore right under the roof of their hotel. From the 19-story glass atrium overlooking the river and full-service spa to their seven distinct restaurants, you can experience it all. Their signature attraction ICE! comes to life during the winter season. Cap off your night at Pose Lounge & Nightclub, their rooftop bar with stunning views of National Harbor. Afterwards, unwind in their spacious rooms and suites furnished with comfortable beds, flat-panel Smart TVs and mini-refrigerators. They house 94 event rooms for conferences, business meetings and wedding receptions. Whatever the reason for your trip to Visit Washington DC area, allow Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center to make it one you won't soon forget. Last but certainly not least, to start 2019 off with a few laughs and put a smile on your face, we figured who better to join us then Johnny Brennanwho is an actor, film writer, voice actor well known for multiple characters in the Emmys / Television Academy-nominated animated series Family Guy, and the creator of the wildly hilarious and iconic comedy series The Jerky Boys. After a an extremely successful live show in December, Johnny will be doing more live shows and the best news of all is that after 25 years of waiting, a BRAND NEW Jerky Boys album will be available for purchase soon. In the meantime be sure to get all your Jerky Boys merchandise such as t-shirts, hats, coffee mugs, autographed copies of movies, and you can even get a personal roast or audio message sent to you or a friend which is the perfect gift from The Jerky Boys at www.thejerkyboys.com Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world and our resident Vegan Chef Christina Martin will both be back in studio for some fun and food talk with us and our guests. You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don't forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John's book “A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc” from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is available, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Season 10 finalist, appeared on Season 17 of FOXHell's Kitchen #AllStars, named Pennsylvania's most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and his autobiography “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” from Post Hill Press is available for purchase on Amazon.com. D & L Coffee Services Inc. and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated LIVE Sundays on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, distributed by satellite through the Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world! Also repeats of our shows are available to be listened to daily on the above platforms 5:30pm-6:30pm as well as on PhillyBite Magazine Indie Philly Radio beginning this Monday and on Mondays at 10am on Wildfire Radio, and as usual the newest episodes are available the following day on iTunes and Player FM. https://wildfireradio.com/small-bites/ D & L Coffee Services has an expert staff of highly qualified, certified, and experienced office, technical, and sales personnel. D & L Coffee Services are able to provide your business, home, or special event the absolute best from the beans they sell, vendors they work with, Italian delicacies available for delivery, catering on-site for any sized affair, hands-on barista training, equipment available for purchase, and maintenance/repair services for your espresso and coffee machines. You can stop by their warehouse at 7000 HOLSTEIN AVE, SUITE 3, Philadelphia, PA 19153 during business hours or call the office at 215-365-5521 for an appointment, consultation, or any questions. The post Small Bites – Episode 102 appeared first on Wildfire Radio.

What would it look like in your life to be fully led by God’s Spirit in every moment of every day? Join us as guest speaker Bill Beck shares how his life has been shaped by the Holy Spirit in unexpected ways. John 16:13-15 Guest Speaker: Pastor Bill Beck (Spring City Fellowship Church)

As part of an ongoing series of conversations with 2017 Effie-winning marketers, Alan Hart talks with Bill Beck, vice president of brand marketing at Whirlpool. In this podcast, they discuss the “Care Counts” campaign. In his conversation with Hart, Beck touches on the factors that combined to create Whirlpool’s successful “Care Counts” campaign, but he also talked about the thrill of working on the well-known brands of the Whirlpool family: “These are iconic brands, and you get to work with them and do really, really neat things…whether it’s product innovations or new ways to talk about it in-market, it’s a lot of fun.” Beck also analyzed both sides of the coin in talking about what he views as one of the biggest challenges and opportunities for marketers today: big data. “Big data is one of the coolest and scariest things out there,” says Beck. “As our world becomes more connected, there’s just a ton of data out there. And we as marketers really have a responsibility to understand how we use that in a way that doesn’t turn off the consumer but also helps us become effective, and at the same time build brands.” Highlights from this week’s “Marketing Today” podcast include: Beck talks about the genesis of Whirlpool’s “Care Counts” campaign. (0:53) Whirlpool’s campaign partners made the idea even bigger. (5:27)  “You gotta feel it in your gut.” (7:10) Beck’s career has been defined by great mentors. (9:25) Beck always keeps an eye on Disney — “They’ve evolved while staying true to who they are.” (11:30) Beck’s take on big data. (12:52) Support the show.

Divorce happends - even to Christians; so what can you do to make this transition as smoothly as possible? Join us as we interview Atty. Bill Beck author of Florida Divorce Guide: Your Guide to Successfully Navigating Florida Divorce. This FLORIDA DIVORCE GUIDE is your Step by Step Guide to Successfully Navigate Florida Divorce.  Attorney and Author Bill Beck provides real answers to some of the most difficult legal questions challenging today’s families struggling with divorce, including: • Uncontested Divorces • Child Custody • Alimony • Calculation of Child Support • Property Division BILL BECK, ESQ., is a successful divorce attorney in Pinellas County, Florida. Frustrated with the lack of skill and empathy in the legal community, Mr. Beck started his own firm almost 10 years ago where he guides individuals and families through tough legal issues.  COMMERCIAL BREAKS: FontDaddy.com (www.fontdaddy.com)Wismiii app - A New GLOBAL 'Lost & Found' Service (https://www.where-s-my.com/)

In this 59th Puckin Hostile Shoutcast, the Rob Klinkhammer episode, the team is once again joined by our, now slightly less, favorite St. Louis native, Bill Beck (http://twitter.com/Sporils7) just a couple of days shy of Puckin Hostile's 6th anniversary. This time around, Mr. Froster has the evening off, while Derek rejoins the cast, following the consummation of his marriage, scaring a nice young woman for the rest of her life. The group discuss the following: -The unfortunate tragedies in Orlando. -Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe passes away. -We have a new cup champion in Pittsburgh, and Phil Kessel was robbed all around. -Calder Cup champs have been decided. -Coaching conundrums in St. Louis and Anaheim. -Some early crazy signings, and stupid trades. -Vegas expansion talk. -New Florida logo and uniforms to the way of the footie kit. -Carolina is in trouble. -The trading of Teuvo Teravainen, wait, he's still a Blackhawk? -Hopefully the Brian Campbell saga has died. -NHL Buyout period opens. -The new GusBus. -A new segment, "Top 5 Obscure Blackhawks". -More listener questions. -And of course, as always, an abundance of inappropriate references and jokes in incredibly bad taste.

In this 58th Puckin Hostile Shoutcast is joined by our favorite St. Louis native, Bill Beck for an epic [rump] roast(http://twitter.com/Sporils7), while Derek has the episode off. The group discuss the following: -Fatrick says goodbye to his 20s and skips right to his 40s. -Derek is off getting his lobotomy. -The Stanley Cup final starts between the #SHORKS and Penguins, and game two is live as we record. -Expansion looks like a done deal. -Cap outlook doesn't seem to favor Stan Bowman. -More Hitch in St. Louis makes Fatrick happy. -No one knows what the Florida Panthers are doing. -Lots of minor signings. -#KHLLegendCamBarker -World Cup roster shitshow / No Olympics for NHL. -Former Blackhawk Tom Lysiak passes away. -Blackhawks make 3 signings. -Nick Schmaltz chronicles. -A cameo by Tazer, and a fuzzy David Backes. -More listener questions. -And of course, as always, an abundance of inappropriate references and jokes in incredibly bad taste.

In this Puckin Hostile Shoutcast number 36, the "David Bolland" episode, the Hostile crew are joined by friend of the site and Leprechaun mascot http://twitter.com/Sporils7, Bill Beck. Just when we all thought August was going to be a boring, possibly Shoutcast free, month some major news hit. Kris Versteeg was caught on video in a very disturbing dance situation. Seriously, though.... The team of bumbling idiots talk about the extremely touchy, uncomfortable and increasingly more weird Patrick Kane situation (Possible Trigger Warning), the new Blackhawks practice facility, the outdoor game alumni rosters, some low level organizational signings, a few notable league wide signings, and a wrap up segment involving stupid "The Hockey Writers" articles.