Podcasts about blackberries

We're down to the swan song! Last beer of the week and we get to taste the terroir of El Cajon. Created in a naturally fermented vessel called a Cool Ship, In Praise of Blackberries is as wild as a beer gets!

In this episode, I sit down with Chad Cargill to dive deep into one of his favorite fruits to grow—blackberries! Whether you're a beginner or have been growing blackberries for years, this conversation is packed with insights. Chad shares his passion for blackberries, the best varieties to grow, tips for pruning and trellising, and how to get the sweetest harvest possible. We also discuss the importance of timing your picks, dealing with pests, and what to expect as your blackberry plants mature. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why blackberries are a great fruit for home gardeners The difference between primocane and floricane fruiting varieties Best trellising and pruning techniques for bigger harvests How to pick blackberries at peak ripeness for the best flavor What to expect from your blackberry plants over time Resources & Links: Visit Chad's farm at Smith Ferry Farm Recommended blackberry variety: Ponca (developed by the University of Arkansas) Learn more about blackberry care from the University of Arkansas Blackberry Breeding Program Thank You to Our Sponsors:

Are oxalates actually harming your health, or is this another nutrition myth? In this episode of Super Life, Darin Olien breaks down the real science behind oxalates, their connection to kidney stones, mineral absorption, and gut health, and whether you really need to avoid high-oxalate foods. There's a lot of fear-mongering around oxalates, but what does the latest research say? Should you stop eating spinach, beets, or almonds? What about meat's impact on kidney function? Darin pulls from peer-reviewed studies to cut through the noise and give you the facts so you can make the best choices for your health. If you've ever wondered whether oxalates are a real concern or just clickbait, this episode is a must-listen.     Segment 1: What Are Oxalates? Friend or Foe? Oxalates, or oxalic acid, are naturally occurring compounds found in many plant-based foods. They serve as a defense mechanism for plants but can sometimes bind with minerals like calcium and iron in the body, potentially forming kidney stones or reducing nutrient absorption.  Here's the key question: Are oxalates dangerous, or is this another health myth blown out of proportion?   Here's what the research says:  For most people, oxalates are NOT a problem. Your body naturally processes and eliminates excess oxalates through urine.  For those prone to kidney stones, particularly calcium oxalate stones (which make up about 80% of all kidney stones), consuming too many high-oxalate foods can increase the risk.  Oxalates can interfere with calcium and iron absorption, but this is only a concern for people with nutrient deficiencies.   Key takeaway: If your kidneys are healthy, your body handles oxalates just fine. But if you've had kidney stones before, you might want to pay closer attention to your oxalate intake.      Segment 2: What Does the Science Say About Oxalates?  To cut through the noise, I pulled up the latest research from 2024 and 2025. Here's what's new:    1. Gut Microbiota Can Help Protect Against Oxalates  A  2025 study in Frontiers in Nutrition found that certain gut bacteria (like Oxalobacter formigenes) actually digest oxalates, helping prevent kidney stones.  Takeaway: If you're worried about oxalates, supporting your gut microbiome with probiotics might be a natural way to reduce their impact.  Link: Read Study Here   "The presence of oxalate-degrading bacteria in the gut can significantly lower oxalate absorption and reduce kidney stone risk." – Dr. L. Wang, NHANES Study    2. Vitamin C Supplements & Oxalate Formation  Some people worry that high-dose vitamin C supplements convert into oxalates, increasing kidney stone risk.  A 2025 study in Nutrients found no significant increase in urinary oxalates from vitamin C intake.  Takeaway: If you take vitamin C in moderation, you don't have to worry about it increasing oxalates.  Link: Read Study Here "Contrary to popular belief, moderate vitamin C supplementation does not significantly raise oxalate levels in urine." – Dr. P.C. Calder, Nutrients Journal    3. Cooking & Fermentation Can Reduce Oxalates  A 2024 study on fermentation & nutrient bioavailability found that cooking reduces oxalate levels by up to 60%.  Best methods? Boiling, steaming, and fermentation lower oxalates significantly.  Takeaway: If you love spinach but worry about oxalates, just boil it first!  Link: Read Study Here      Segment 3: What About Meat? Does It Increase Kidney Stone Risk? Now, here's something you might not expect. We talk a lot about oxalates and plant-based foods, but what about meat? Could eating too much meat actually contribute to kidney stones? The research says YES—but not because of oxalates. Instead, the mechanism is uric acid and metabolic acidity. Let's break it down.   1. Red Meat & Uric Acid Stones  A 2024 study in Nature Reviews Urology found that high animal protein intake increases uric acid, which contributes to kidney stones.  Excess meat consumption makes urine more acidic, making it easier for stones to form.  Link: Read Study Here "High animal protein intake, while providing essential amino acids, also contributes to increased acid load and uric acid production, both of which are risk factors for kidney stone development." – Dr. S. Loeb, Nature Reviews Urology     2. Meat Increases Metabolic Acidity  A 2025 study from Frontiers in Endocrinology found that excessive meat consumption leads to increased acid load, calcium loss, and kidney dysfunction.  This makes it harder for the kidneys to filter out waste properly.  Link: Read Study Here "While meat consumption is essential for many, excessive intake can disrupt mineral ion homeostasis, increasing the risk of kidney stone disease." – Dr. R. Ahmad, Frontiers in Endocrinology     Segment 4: Foods High & Low in Oxalates Knowing which foods to eat or limit is key.   High-Oxalate Foods (If You're at Risk)  Spinach, Swiss chard, beet greens  Beets, rhubarb, sweet potatoes  Almonds, peanuts, cashews  Blackberries, kiwi, figs  Black tea, cocoa, coffee    Low-Oxalate Foods (Safer Choices)  Kale, mustard greens, cabbage  Cauliflower, cucumbers, zucchini  Apples, bananas, melons, grapes  Milk, yogurt (binds with oxalates)  Eggs, fish, chicken, beef (in moderation)     Segment 5: Actionable Steps to Manage Oxalate & Meat Intake If you're concerned about oxalates or meat-related kidney stones, here's what to do:   Balance Oxalates with Calcium  Eat calcium-rich foods with oxalates to prevent them from forming stones. Cook Your Vegetables  Boiling, steaming, and fermenting reduce oxalates by up to 60%!  Drink Plenty of Water  Staying hydrated flushes out excess oxalates & uric acid.  Don't Overdo Meat Consumption  Limit red meat intake and balance with alkaline foods like vegetables & fruit.  Probiotics for Gut Health  Consider probiotic-rich foods like yogurt and kimchi to help break down oxalates.     Final Thoughts So, should you avoid oxalates? Should you stop eating meat? Not necessarily. The real key is BALANCE. Most people don't need to avoid oxalates entirely, and meat is fine in moderation—as long as you balance it with hydration, alkaline foods, and a gut-friendly diet.     What You'll Learn in This Episode: (00:00:00) Introduction – What are oxalates, and why is everyone talking about them? (00:02:15) The Truth About Oxalates & Kidney Stones – Are they really the cause? (00:05:10) How Oxalates Interact With Calcium & Iron – What the science actually says (00:08:08) Who Should Be Concerned About Oxalates? – The key factors to consider (00:11:30) The Role of Gut Health in Oxalate Absorption – How your microbiome protects you (00:14:00) Cooking vs. Raw: Does Preparation Matter? – The best ways to reduce oxalates (00:16:45) The Link Between Meat, Uric Acid & Kidney Stress – What studies are showing (00:19:30) The Best Foods for Kidney Health & Detoxing Oxalates – Practical dietary advice (00:21:00) Final Thoughts – Why balance & variety in your diet is key     Don't Forget... I just launched my brand new program Superlife Supermind. Visit my website https://superlife.com/ to learn more about how you can get rid of stress, improve sleep and overall health today.     Thank You to Our Sponsor: Therasage: Go to www.therasage.com and use code DARIN at checkout for 15% off     Find More From Darin: Website: darinolien.com Instagram: @darinolien Book: Fatal Conveniences     Key Takeaway: "Oxalates aren't inherently dangerous—your gut health, kidney function, and overall diet determine how they impact your body."     Bibliography – Research on Oxalates, Meat Consumption & Kidney Stones   Oxalates & Kidney Stones: Wang, L., Wu, J., Jiang, Z., et al. (2025). Dietary index for gut microbiota and its protective role against kidney stones. Frontiers in Nutrition.  Read Study  Calder, P.C., Kreider, R.B., McKay, D.L. (2025). Enhanced Vitamin C Delivery & Oxalates. Nutrients.  Read Study  Zayed, A., Adly, G.M., Farag, M.A. (2025). Management of Dietary Oxalates in Foods: Metabolism & Processing. Food & Bioprocess Technology.  Read Study  Emmanuel, O.K., Aria, J., Jose, D. (2024). Fermentation & Nutrient Bioavailability: How Cooking Reduces Oxalates. ResearchGate.  Read Study  Siener, R. (2025). Tea and Kidney Stone Formation: Analyzing the Impact of Black Tea Consumption. Elsevier.  Read Study     Meat Consumption & Kidney Stones: Loeb, S., Borin, J.F., Venigalla, G., Narasimman, M. (2024). Plant-Based Diets and Urological Health: The Role of Animal Protein in Kidney Stone Risk. Nature Reviews Urology.  Read Study  Feyissa, G.D., Bidu, M.N. (2024). Dietary Determinants of Renal Stone Formation in High-Risk Populations. ResearchSquare.  Read Study  Ahmad, R., Sarraj, B., Razzaque, M.S. (2025). Vitamin D and Mineral Ion Homeostasis in Chronic Diseases: The Link Between Uric Acid, Meat & Kidney Function. Frontiers in Endocrinology.  Read Study  Sharma, S.K., Gautam, A., Bhattarai, U., Basyal, B. (2025). Environmental & Dietary Contributors to Kidney Disease: The Role of High Meat Consumption. Kidney International Reports.  Read Study  Sangolli, A., Nerli, R.B., Ghagane, S.C. (2024). Dietary Risk Factors & Trends in Kidney Stones: Analyzing Red Meat Intake Among Patients. Medical Science – ResearchGate.  Read Study  

In this episode, market gardener Dustin LaBat of Specklebelly Farms talks about the logistics and economics of starting a farm business centered around blackberries.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!   Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:  Instagram  Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:  Carrot Cashflow  Farm Small Farm Smart  Farm Small Farm Smart Daily  The Growing Microgreens Podcast  The Urban Farmer Podcast  The Rookie Farmer Podcast  In Search of Soil Podcast Check out Diego's books:  Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon   Ready Farmer One on Amazon **** Modern Grower and Diego Footer participate in the Amazon Services LLC. Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

In this conversation, Lori Taylor and John Johnston discuss the rising popularity of blackberries, particularly the premium offerings from Naturipe. They explore the commitment to quality and flavor in berry production, the innovative breeding processes that enhance fruit quality, and the consumer trends driving demand for sweeter, more flavorful berries.

This week we take the Houndsman XP faithful to the blackberry thickets of the Pacific Northwest hunting rabbits with beagles. Seth traveled to Oregon to experience a wide variety of hound hunting styles and techniques and on the last day came to hunt rabbits with those tiny troopers of the brush, Beagles. Seth experienced a day of great success with David Church's and Missy Fix's dogs bringing in 2 different species of rabbits caught by the beagles in those harsh thickets. Seth was very enthusiastic to sit down with David and hear his story with these wonderful little hounds to pick his brain about the unique aspects of hunting in the Pacific Northwest with these dogs and much more!You won't want to miss this one everyone! Sit back and listen to the roar of the beagles!Release Date: 02-21-22 ►Get Your Houndsman XP Info, Gear & More Here!www.HoundsmanXP.com►Become a Patron of Houndsman XP! Check out our Tailgate Talks.|

A couple driving through an intense storm sees a man on the road. What begins as a decision to help a stranger ends up changing their lives.Arpad Nagy is a proud Hungarian Canadian. After sustaining work injuries and being relegated to desk work, he dove into writing and has been doing so full-time since 2021. HIs passion is fiction writing, and his niche is romantic fiction, although I branch out into as many genres as I can. I also write personal essays, memoirs, pop culture, and anecdotal stories about being a father, husband, and former careers as a  chef, oil man, and civil construction. I am an editor for four publications, three for nonfiction and one for short fiction at Medium, where I have nearly 400 published pieces. You can read "The Ghosts of Blackrock River" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.Other stories on the Kaidankai podcast by Arpad Nagy:Through the Shadow GlassJosephine's CandleWebsite: kaidankaistories.comContact me through the website contact form.Follow us on: InstagramFacebook

Sally K. Norton⁠⁠ suffered for decades from chronic health problems including arthritis, brain fog, severe back pain and eventually had to quit her job because of the extreme fatigue and inability to read. She then discovered the culprit of her 'healthy diet' (spoiler alert: ⁠⁠oxalates⁠⁠!). Not listening on Spotify? Show notes at: https://www.ashleydeeley.com/w2w/sallyknorton Episode brought to you by Dry Farm Wines Episode brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Methylene Blue⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Code: ASHLEY15) Episode brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thyroid Fixxr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Code: WELCOMEWELLNESS) Episode brought to you by: ⁠⁠⁠VieLight⁠⁠⁠ (Code: DEELEY10) We also discuss her book: Toxic Superfoods: ⁠How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick and How to Get Better.⁠ Join us as we say Goodbye to back pain, brain fog, arthritis, infertility, UTIs, sinus infections, C. Diff, neck pain, headaches, anxiety and more! 6:36: Sally's horrible and debilitating arthritis 8:23: How she found relief within 10 days of cutting out oxalates and actually slept better 12:00: Beans and zits that lasted for two years 12:31: Her vegan diet 13:49: Age spots 14:09: Stabbing back pain 14:40: What are oxalates? 18:11: Getting up to pee at night? 21:33: Chronic sinus infections, UTIs, bladder infections, digestive function, headaches, anxiety, seizures, and neurotoxicity 21:33: ⁠⁠Clostridium Difficile⁠⁠ (C. Diff) 23:23: Neck pain 33:23: Where to start? 34:15: Top Oxalates Culprits: Cashews Almonds Spinach Chard Beet Greens Chocolate Sweet Potato Plantains Turmeric Quinoa Buckwheat Whole Grains Chia 36:04: Arrowroot, Almond + Almond Flour (thumbs down) 36:20: Kiwi, Blackberries, Raspberries (are these foods your favorite?? They are high in oxalates and not kind to your body) 36:26: Tea This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠my favorite fish oil⁠⁠! 48:40: ⁠⁠Michael Mathieu⁠⁠ Vibrant Health 49:09: Almond farm 51:24: PUFAs + Oxalates = Detrimental Outcomes (great way to destroy you health) Lemon juice benefits (citric acid is alkalizing / helps dissolve oxalate crystals) When I became a temporary vegan (⁠⁠The China Study⁠⁠)Struggling to get pregnant? Fertility issues? (quality of sperm as well as hormonal health for both men and women) Her Book: ⁠⁠Toxic Superfoods⁠⁠ HOW to remember what we CAN eat (cabbage family = thumbs up! Peeled and cooked, never eaten raw. Broccoli, Cauliflower, Radishes, Chinese cabbage, Rutabaga, Watercress. Cucumber family = thumbs up! Squash, yes! Watermelon, yes! Little red potatoes are OK) What are lectins? Should you go strict carnivore now? Supplements high in oxalates (turmeric, slippery elm, olive leaf, powdered greens, anything with 'bran' or 'rice bran') Baby food / 'kid friendly food' Avocado, sweet potato, quinoa ⁠⁠S⁠⁠⁠⁠ally's Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ Website: https://sallyknorton.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknorton/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sally.norton.311 Twitter: https://twitter.com/BetterLowOx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/SallyKNorton/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpmJtV19QCyjzaC5U691-A If you're vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian, you may find this episode offensive and extremely eye opening. If these topics offend you, you are not encouraged to listen. Follow Ashley Deeley on Instagram: ⁠@ashley_deeley

Dustin LaBat of Specklebelly Farms in Weimar, Texas shares their you-pick farming model that includes not only vegetables but also cut flowers and blackberries, which is the biggest draw. He talks about the labor, economics, and marketing strategies that go into running their farm, as well as how blackberries can be an incredibly profitable crop for market farmers. Lastly, he touches on plant sales, farm stand sales, and restaurant sales as complementary income that allows their farm to run all year round.  Check out Specklebelly Farms here! Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network: Farm Small, Farm Smart Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily The Growing Microgreens Podcast Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

Dustin LaBat of Specklebelly Farms in Weimar, Texas shares their you-pick farming model that includes not only vegetables but also cut flowers and blackberries, which is the biggest draw. He talks about the labor, economics, and marketing strategies that go into running their farm, as well as how blackberries can be an incredibly profitable crop for market farmers. Lastly, he touches on plant sales, farm stand sales, and restaurant sales as complementary income that allows their farm to run all year round.  Check out Specklebelly Farms here! Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network: Farm Small, Farm Smart Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily The Growing Microgreens Podcast Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

On this episode, we reviewed our top albums of 2024 with Dan from Laylow Brewery. Thanks for all the support. See you guys in 2025! Episode Beer(s) Deth By Bramble - Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels with Blackberries, Boysenberries, and Marionberries - 13% ABV - Revolution Brewery Ryeway to Heaven - Barrel-Aged Ryewine - 15% ABV - Revolution Brewery  Hot Knives - Hazy Double IPA - 8.3% ABV - Town Brewery Intro: 00:00 Beer:  04:20 2024 Music Recap: 10:29   Follow us everywhere @beerzandbarz   

Mike van de Elzen shares tips to make desserts go better, and be easier to serve on the big day (Christmas!), plus shares his favourite sweet in the world - cheesecake. Choose desserts that can be prepared and easily stored for the day These can include cheesecakes, panna cotta, classic pavlova. tiramisu, brandy christmas cake and brandy ice-cream or the old classic trifle. Dessert that you can freeze can be handy. These could include cookies, brownies or Christmas mince pies. Texture's are important when serving multiple desserts. Try not to have everything soft. Break it up with a crunchy crumble, broken biscuits and nuts. Lighten the heavy creams up with fresh fruit. Strawberries, blackberries and boysenberries are in season and are perfect fat cutters. Yoghurt Cheesecake with blackberries Prep time: 30 minutes Serves: 6 250gm cream cheese 200gm plain yoghurt 4 sheets gelatine 1 vanilla pod 2 Tbsp honey 1 packet plain Digestive biscuits, crushed 1 can blackberries 2 Tbsp brown sugar 2 Tbsp icing sugar 1 punnet fresh blackberries Place the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water to soften for 5 minutes. Drain the water then pour 1/2 cup boiling water over the sheets and stir. Put the cream cheese, yoghurt and honey in the bowl of a food processor. Scrape in the seeds from the vanilla pod and blitz until all combined. Add half of the gelatine mix and blitz again. Crush the biscuits until crumbly but not too fine. Divide between 6 jars (about 300ml capacity) to a depth of about 2cm. Spoon the cheesecake mix over the top of the biscuit base. Clean the processor bowl then put the tin of blackberries in with the brown sugar. Blitz until smooth, then pass through a sieve to remove the seeds. Combine with the rest of the gelatine mix. Spoon this over the top of the cheesecake and refrigerate for about an hour or until set. Top the cheesecakes with some fresh blackberries and dust with icing sugar to serve. Find Mike at goodfromscratch.co.nzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Text Cannabis Man!In this timely episode, Don Kleppin shares a personal tale from the life of a “puff puff parent” as his infant daughter Violet discovers her own vocal power, complete with a growl that took him by surprise—especially after an evening smoke. Then, in an exclusive interview, Bran Noonan, CEO of OGeez! brands, shares the unique family legacy behind the brand and his mother's journey as a cannabis pioneer back in the 1960s, including her time spent in prison. Bran also breaks down what makes OGeez! gummies special, from their oil distillate to the signature flavors that set them apart.The News Joint Wrap covers Illinois' latest medical cannabis leadership appointments. Plus Florida's ballot battle for cannabis legalization, and a case of destroyed cannabis crops in New Mexico that has sparked legal action. Don also reviews OGeez! Mellow Indica Creams, a delicious multi-pack of Orange & Cream, Blackberries & Cream, and Peaches & Cream flavors, and gives a special shoutout to his personal favorite. Finally, tune in for updates on cannabis partnerships in sports, including Trulieve Cannabis Corp.'s pioneering sponsorship of professional pickleball. Don't forget to rate & review the podcast, and subscribe to the Weekly Chronic for even more cannabis news, product reviews & bonus content!Support the showThanks for listening!Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram!Get points at dispos with High Rewards! Use Promo Code: CannManInterested in advertising? Email host@cannabismanpodcast.com!Thinking of starting a podcast? Host with Buzzsprout!

A journalist, statistician and sound engineer walk into a bar. Well, well, actually, to a studio to record a podcast. Comedians have been a source of great amusement and delight over generations. Popular comedians can earn a great deal from their live shows. In 2023 billboard reported that Kevin Hart earned 67, and a half 1 million dollars from 82 shows with 631,000 tickets sold. Comedies are also a popular genre for television and movies. One of the most successful shows, Seinfeld, created by Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David ran from 1989 to 1998. Have you ever noticed an echo of one of your favorite comedians from the past in the work of a comedian today that's the topic of this week's episode of Stats+Stories with guest Sachin Date. Sachin Date works for VitalEdge Technologies and has, over his career, worked in two research labs, three software companies including two product companies, and in a classroom. He has built and delivered all kinds of software including massively distributed discrete-time simulations, data science stacks, a new programming language, and dozens of mobile apps, including the world's first Napster app for Blackberries. Along the way, Sachin taught 100 liberal arts majors how to program in BASIC and built a mobile applications practice from scratch.

Blackberries and brambles, falling backwards, sewing machine, a mum's grace, foxes, beating cancer, album photography, autism, a world exclusive collaboration with Tiger Mendoza. Warren welcomes Helen Pearson into Sunnybrook Studio near the mighty River Thames, where the Red Kites soar on the thermals and gaze across Oxford's dreaming spires. The beautiful acoustic guitars and otherworldly voices wrap us up in a warm and peaceful loving embrace. Thank you for listening. You can find out more about Helen Pearson here: https://helenpearson.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2R4qJWKa0Oe3vpi6GSa5Xb?si=V8ILoJ5VSsCP0VzyrXw7Eg @helenpearsonmusic - Intsagram Recorded by Stefano - @il_maio0 on Instagram Mixed by Tiger Mendoza - @tigermendoza on Instagram; https://www.tigermendoza.co.uk/ Photos by @ianhanhamphotos (instagram) can be found on the @shedtreasurs Instagram page.

This week on the pod we discuss some of the weirder things that happen in Pretty Little Liars, both on and off screen. Tammin and Lindsey talk about the inappropriateness of the storylines in episode 22, specifically with the girls being photographed naked. They also share how awkward it is to on-screen kiss people that you have real chemistry with, and how you navigate that as actors and friends. Lindsey questions why the show ages itself by having the characters use Blackberries instead of iphones, and Tammin wonders if apps have ruined our lives. Finally, Joseph Scott Morgan finishes the episode by sharing the huge mistake killers make that can happen in seconds. Which character relationship did the PLL fans save? Why didn't Tammin have many friends on set?? And have Tammin and Lindsey ever had feelings for their scene partners??Follow Joseph @josephscottmorgan on Instagram and @JoScottForensics on X/Twitter.Follow Lindsey @ladymshawsters on Instagram and TikTok.Follow Tammin @tamminsursok on Instagram and TikTok.Follow Pretty Little Liars: True Crime on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Radical changes to food safety are being proposed. The Food Standards Agency is discussing removing responsibility from cash strapped councils and relying instead on data collected by food companies and supermarkets. Chris Elliott, professor of food safety at Queen's University Belfast and Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, says more work and more consultation is needed.As the Met Office predicts another autumn and winter of destructive floods, a number of flood defences in England damaged during last winter's storms are still yet to be fixed. And the National Farmers' Union has warned that many farms still in dire need of flood support.It's been 20 years since fox hunting was banned by Tony Blair's government. Since then trail or drag hunting are two different ways of hunting without doing anything illegal. In drag hunting the hounds follow a non-animal scent laid by a drag pulled on a string, in trail hunting they follow an animal scent. Critics say trail hunting can be used as a smokescreen for illegal hunting and in its election manifesto Labour said it would ban trail hunting.Picking blackberries from the hedgerows, along with the wild damson and sloes, is one of those end of summer outings, marking the seasonal shift. September is also the biggest month for selling commercially grown blackberries. Growers say new varieties mean they're bigger and better and while sales are up about 6% year on year, they're nowhere near as popular here in the UK as raspberries. Is it worth buying blackberries, at £2 or more a punnet, when you can pick them for free? Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

It is 20 years since fox hunting was banned by Tony Blair's Government. Since then, those who enjoyed the sport have adapted to trail hunting instead. That is where a trail is laid across countryside for hounds and horse riders to follow. There is no kill at the end. However animal rights campaigners say trail hunting is a smokescreen for real hunting and Labour said it would ban trail hunting in its manifesto. The public were invited to attend trail hunts around the country to see how it works. We hear from people on both sides of the debate. Autumn is the natural peak-time for blackberries and picking them from the hedgerows, is one of those end of summer family outings, marking a seasonal shift. Farmers are also growing blackberries now - they're very different from the wild variety - huge, tasty, but obviously, not free. So is it worth buying blackberries? We speak to one grower.A conservation and farming charity, the Countryside Regeneration Trust is calling on the government to re-assess its advice about providing habitat for endangered lapwings. At the moment farmers get paid to help lapwings nest by making clear squares in the middle of cereal crops, but the CRT believe that's not helping numbers increase, because the surrounding habitat doesn't provide enough food for the birds.Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

In this week's episode, I review the movies and streaming shows I saw in the second half of summer 2024. The episode concludes with a preview of the audiobook of HALF-ORC PALADIN, as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 218 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is September the 13th, 2024 and today we are discussing my Summer Movie Review Roundup, Part 2. Just to note to say that you may hear some odd background noises in this episode. My neighbor across the street is getting his roof replaced. I can't begrudge them that because no one likes a leaky roof, but it is slightly inconvenient because this is the only time today I have to record the podcast. So if you hear the occasional pop in the background, that is the sound of a nail gun driving shingles into a roof. Before we get to our main topics, let's have an update on my current writing projects and then we will do Question of the Week. First up, Shield of Conquest is very nearly done. I am about 2/3 of the way through the final round of editing and if all goes well, it should come out shortly after this episode is available, so be sure to check your favorite ebook retailer and see if it is out. Once that is done, I will be going full speed ahead on Ghost in the Tombs and I'm currently 48,000 words into that, so about halfway through the rough draft, give or take, depends on how long the rest of the book takes and how certain scenes in the final half of the book out. In audiobook news, Half-Orc Paladin is done, and it's now available on all the major audio stores: Audible, Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Chirp, Kobo, Payhip, Spotify, and a couple others, and you can get it there. We will close out this episode with a preview of Half-Orc Paladin (as excellently narrated by Leanne Woodward). 00:01:30 Question of the Week Now let's have a Question of the Week. Question of the Week is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is your favorite superhero movie? No wrong answers, of course (including “I don't like superhero movies”, but it turns out no one said that, so I guess superhero movies are quite popular). The inspiration for this question was that I was thinking about how superhero movies are such a major part of pop culture. Nowadays when people think of superhero movies, they usually think of Marvel and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but there were major superhero movies before the whole Marvel Cinematic approach really got going in the 2000s/2010s and they've been obviously part of pop culture for a very long time, and as you could expect, we had a wide range of responses from this. Our first response was from JD, who says: If I had to pick just one, it would probably be Guardians of the Galaxy. The first film had a near perfect mix of action, drama, and comedy. For me, the best Batman film was the 1966 one starring Adam West. Joaquim says: In the last millennium, when I was a child, we had DC Comics and Marvel Comics. I did like Batman in DC, Spider-man and The Avengers in Marvel. In the movies, I did not particularly like Batman, but I like the early Marvel movies, Avengers 1 and Captain America 2 the most. Mary says: X-Men. Todd says: 1978 Superman. Visually at 15, I believed a man could fly. Juana says: My superhero is actually a couple - The Vision and Scarlet Witch (before they turned Vision into an emotionless thing a while back). What's interesting is that the guy who was in charge of Picard Season 3, which I quite liked, is apparently going to be running a Vision show for Marvel sometime in 2026 (assuming Disney doesn't run out of money first), so it should be interesting to see how it turns out. Stephen says: I know this is random- Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings. I know it was not completely an original storyline, but I liked it a lot. I agree with Stephen. I thought Shang Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings was one of the stronger Marvel movies and it's too bad it hasn't had a sequel. Becca says: The Dark Knight trilogy. Those are the real Batman films for me. Ledger was certainly the best Joker. I do love the happier Batmans, too. I grew up on West's version of Batman. For me, V for Vendetta is my favorite superhero movie and one of my favorite movies ever. I usually watch it at least once a year. Michael says: Captain America: The First Avenger. Juliana says: Second Captain America. The spy aspect really married well with the superhero genre in this one. I agree with Juliana. I think Captain America: Winter Soldier is one of the better Marvel movies. Roger says: only because we're entering the season, The Christmas Chronicles with Kurt Russell. Andrew says: Deadpool and Wolverine, followed by The Dark Knight trilogy. James says: I know Fox's X-Men get a bad rap generally, but Days of Future Past was amazing. I'd have to go with that, with The Dark Knight, Thor: Ragnarok, and Wonder Woman as runner-ups. Cheryl says: don't really have favorites, but for eye candy, Thor. Catriona says: The original Christopher Reeve Superman. Jenny says: Mystery Men. Jeanne says: Megamind. Randy says: Christian Bale and Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight movies are definitely in the top three but Iron Man has always been my favorite. Good story, good pacing, and Robert Downey Junior just nailed playing Tony Stark, in my opinion. Not to mention it kicked off the longest, largest, story movie arc to this day. BV says: Superman 1978. Terry says: Fifth Element. Gary says: Hancock. For myself, I think my favorite superhero movies would be the Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale Dark Knight trilogy. Strong performances, great action, and they managed to do something very difficult, namely bring a satisfying end to a superhero story arc. It almost feels like The Dark Knight movies are the “real” events of Batman and all the other comics and cartoons and movies are legends and exaggerations after the fact, like how the whole glittering mythos of King Arthur and the Round Table developed around an obscure Roman British warlord in the 500s AD. Also, Heath Ledger's version of the Joker was amazing. That said, for Marvel movies, which have been kind of the dominant form of superhero movies for the last decade, I think the best one of those would be Captain America: Winter Soldier (in my opinion). 00:05:45 Main Topic: Summer 2024 Movie/TV Roundup, Part 2 And now on to our main topic of this episode, my Summer 2024 Movie Roundup, Part 2. And if this movie roundup has a theme, it's miscellaneous. The reason for that is I did not actually watch all that many movies in the second half of the summer. There was no nefarious reason for that. I was just busy with travel and busy with multiple instances of home repair and busy finishing Half-Orc Paladin and Shield of Conquest. So I mostly watched some older stuff that I found on streaming, especially on Tubi, which has the delightful attribute of being free with ads. As usual, the movies are listed from my least favorite to my most favorite and the grades are totally subjective and based upon my own thoughts and opinions and nothing more substantial than that. So with that in mind, let's start out. First up is The Burbs, which came out in 1989. It's a dark comedy/horror movie satire starring Tom Hanks as Ray, a suburban homeowner with a wife and a son. On vacation for the week, Ray becomes obsessed with the Klopeks, a new family that has moved on to his street. The Klopeks have no interest in maintaining their property and show signs of other odd activities: going out only at night, constant digging in the backyard, and strange noises and lights coming from their basement. Soon, Ray and his two neighbors become determined to find out just what the Klopeks are up to. It was darkly funny, though you could tell that the ending had been rewritten a few times. The movie couldn't decide if it wanted to be a satire of clannish homeowners or to totally validate their concerns, or both. I think it tried for both and couldn't quite get there. Though it does kind of show how much the United States has changed or possibly declined in the last 35 years. Ray and his friends are shown as kind of losers, but they live in enormous, well-maintained houses. It's like how Homer Simpson in the first couple seasons of The Simpsons was shown as a bumbling loser, but yet he could afford to live in a four bedroom house, his wife didn't work most of the time, they had two cars and three children, and all without Homer having a college degree. By the standards of 2024, Homer Simpson lived like a king. Amusing anecdote-one scene in The Burbs was clearly inspired by A Fistful of Dollars, which I talk about more below. Overall grade: C Next up is The Batman vs. Dracula, an animated movie which came out in 2005. In this movie, Batman goes up against Count Dracula. This was probably as dark and gory as something can be while still technically remaining targeted at children. When a robbery goes bad, the Penguin accidentally releases Count Dracula from his tomb and becomes the Vampire Lord's new chief servant. Dracula is fascinated by the modern world, but he's especially fascinated by Batman since for obvious reasons he admires Batman's bat-themed motif. Dracula offers Batman the chance to become his chief lieutenant, which Batman refuses and Dracula takes that personally. He'll get his revenge by turning Gotham City into a city of the undead and taking Bruce Wayne's girlfriend, Vicki Vale, as his new vampire bride. Unless, of course, Batman stops him. It was interesting how neatly Dracula slots into becoming a good enemy for Batman. After all, in the original Dracula novel, Dracula's nemesis Van Helsing was definitely a man of science who brought logic, reason, and scientific method to his fight against Dracula. Batman is also a man of science in the sense that he's a detective, so he does some detective work to unravel Dracula's weaknesses and to build weapons to use against him. Overall Grade: B Next up is Set It Up, which came out in 2018. This is a romantic comedy that reminded me a bit of the more cynical 1940s-era romcoms like The Shop Around the Corner. The female lead Harper works as a personal assistant for a workaholic female sports writer who terrorizes her employees. The male lead Charlie works for workaholic male venture capitalist who also terrorizes his employees. Both their bosses are miserable, demanding people who make everyone around them unhappy. One day, both Charlie and Harper are dispatched to get dinner for their bosses and end up fighting over the last available delivery man. However, in the wake of the encounter, Harper hatches a plan. Both she and Charlie know everything about their respective bosses, so why not manipulate their calendars and schedules so they fall in love? They might be more cheerful, or at the very least they'll be in the office less frequently. Charlie has his misgivings about this plan, but after one more unfortunate encounter with his boss, decides to embark upon Harper's plan. Of course, Charlie has a high maintenance girlfriend who wants him to make a lot more money, and Harper is trying to find a boyfriend, but as per the rules of romcoms, perhaps Charlie and Harper will have more in common than they might think. This had a bit more crude humor than I might prefer but was still enjoyable. It did remind me quite a bit of the more cynical ‘30s and ‘40s movies like My Man Godfrey or the Shop around the Corner. Overall Grade: B Next up is The Bank of Dave, which came out in 2023. This is basically the cynical British version of a Hallmark movie, but with better production values. It is very, very loosely based on the activities of Dave Fishwick, a successful van dealer in the north of England who decides to start a local bank for local people, feeling that the Big London banks have lost sight of that. To do that, he recruits a London lawyer named Hugh to help him navigate a labyrinth of regulation around financial institutions. Of course the big banks dislike this idea and come after Dave hard. Dave is definitely the local Big Man, and it's interesting that humanity's default mode of government seems to be Local Big Man. However, if one must have a Big Man, one could only hope he is as benevolent as Dave. The movie was pretty funny, though a lot of the humor comes from the UK's class and regional divides, which are rather more pronounced than in the United States. Here in the United States, you can drive for 300 miles and be in the same state the entire time, and the local culture won't change all that much. The cliche is that the US East Coast and the US West Coast look down upon flyover country, but you can drive something like 1,000 miles from New York before you even get to Flyover Country. If you drive 300 miles in the UK, you've probably gone through six or seven regional accents and local traditions. The Bank of Dave does kind of turn into a Hallmark movie since Hugh falls for David's doctor niece. So basically a romance with the backdrop of British class/regional struggle as comedy. Overall grade: B Next up is Cool Runnings, which came out in 1993. A sports comedy film very (and I mean very loosely) based on the debut of the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics. When sprinter Derice Bannock is unable to qualify for the Jamaican Olympic team due to an accident, he decides to instead to start a bobsled team to represent Jamaica in the Games. To do this, he recruits washed up former bobsledder Blitzer (played by John Candy) to act as the team's coach. What follows is a pretty good example of a sports movie. The team must come together and perform while overcoming their own personal challenges and inner conflicts, especially Coach Blitzer, who has to dig deep and overcome his past to effectively coach the team. It's interesting that sports movies tend to follow one of two trajectories. Either the team rallies and wins the championship, or they don't win the championship and nonetheless achieve moral victory by overcoming their internal difficulties in learning to work together. I won't spoil which path Cool Runnings follows. Overall Grade: B Next up is Uncle Buck, which came out in 1989. This is a coming-of-age comedy film about a 40 year old man, oddly enough. I did think this was pretty funny. Bob and Cindy are a married couple with three children living in the suburbs of Chicago, and when Cindy's father has a heart attack, they need to rush to his side. Due to the unexpected nature of the news, they have to find someone to watch the kids while they're gone. In desperation, they turned to Bob's brother Buck, who alternates between working for his girlfriend at her tire company and making money on rigged horse races. While Buck is kind of a loser, he's basically a decent guy, just averse to responsibility and settling down. He quickly steps up to take care of the children, though he conflicts with the oldest daughter Tia, who is in the grips of a full-blown adolescent rebellion. Buck soon realizes that he's come to a crossroads in his life, which is reinforced when Tia runs away to a party for the weekend. Slightly dark in places, but definitely more family friendly than many ‘80s comedies. Overall Grade: B+ Next up is the Adjustment Bureau, which came out in 2011. It is a science fiction romantic thriller based on the Philip K. Dick story, which is a very odd sentence to say, but it's true. Matt Damon plays David Norris, a congressman from New York who just lost the Senate race. Preparing for his concession speech. He meets Elise (played by Emily Blunt) and is immediately smitten with her. A month later, he runs into her by accident on a bus and receives her phone number. However, soon mysterious suited men with unusual powers arrive and burn the paper with the phone number. The men explain to David that they are The Adjustment Bureau, charged with making sure history unfolds according to the mysterious Plan. The Plan says that David can never see Elise again. David of course is not the sort of guy to take that lying down, so he soon finds himself trying to outwit the Time Cops and find Elise. It was interesting that The Adjustment Bureau was very similar to the Time Variance Authority from the Marvel Loki show, so I wonder if they drew on some of the same sources of inspiration. An interesting movie and worth watching. It actually wrestled with the oldest philosophical question in Western civilization: are all things predestined or do we have free will? Or is it somehow both? I have to admit that the scene where Elise dunked David's BlackBerry in coffee was very satisfying to me personally, since I had a lot of support headaches with Blackberries back in the 2000s. Overall Grade: B+ Now, finally the favorite thing I saw in the second half of the summer 2024: A Fistful of Dollars, which came out in 1964. This was the first Spaghetti Western I've seen, which means it's Italian director Sergio Leone's sort of stylized version of what the Old West was like. Of course, the movie actually ripped off the Akira Kurosawa samurai movie Yojimbo. In fact, it was so heavily ripped off Yojimbo that Kurosawa sued, settled out of court, and received 15% of A Fistful of Dollars' revenue. Apparently Kurosawa made more from the settlement than he did from Yojimbo. Legal troubles aside, it was quite good and I could see how it heavily influenced many subsequent movies. For example, the Star Wars character of Boba Fett was inspired by A Fistful of Dollars and Boba Fett in turn inspired the Mandalorian. Stephen King's rather disappointing Dark Tower series was inspired by Dollars as well. And there are many other examples, such as the scene in The Burbs I had mentioned above earlier. Anyway, Clint Eastwood plays The Stranger, a mercenary gunslinger who seems to be drifting from town to town without a purpose. He arrives at San Miguel, a US-Mexican border town that is dominated by two crime families at each other's throats, the Rojos and the Baxters. Both clans seek to hire The Stranger for their organizations and the gunslinger begins playing them off each other for personal profit. As mercenary and as ruthless as he is, The Stranger seems to have a core of honor to him. A couple of times he goes out of his way to help people because he can, which sometimes gets him into trouble. Definitely worth watching as a classic film. Overall Grade: A So that's it for this week. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts (note: transcripts are available from Episodes 140 onward). If you enjoy the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

With autumn in the air, Gardeners' Corner with David Maxwell is celebrating blackberries both wild and cultivated varieties. Mary Doris joins David in studio and shows him some of the ways she puts nature's bounty to good use. In Ballymena, Colin Agnew has created his own botanic gardens out the back of his suburban semi. It includes a Victorian style fernery and a very personal collection of trees. On Black Mountain above Belfast, sound and gardening are combined at the Black Mountain Shared Space and with BBC Northern Ireland celebrating 100 years of broadcasting, David dips into the archive to hear the first gardening presenter, Professor A E Muskett. He also chats to Prof Muskett's daughter, Doreen, about her memories of the BBC in a bygone age. Contact the programme on gardenerscorner@bbc.co.uk

Brown sugar toasted fruit loaf4 thick slices fruit loaf or barmbrack 75g soft butter 50g soft brown sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon mixed spiceSet oven to 180°c and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla and spice to a smooth paste. Spread over both sides of the loaf and place in oven for 20 minutes, turning over half way.Blackberry cream150g blackberries 75g castor sugar 200g mascarpone 250ml double cream Cook the blackberries with the sugar for 5 minutes then blend to a smooth puree and pass through a sieve to remove seeds. Cool.Whisk into the mascarpone and cream until thick. Poached apples 2 red eating apples 35g castor sugar 100ml water Juice 1 lemonPlace the sugar, water and lemon in a small pan and simmer until sugar has dissolved. Quarter, peel and core apples. Slice thinly and place in hot liquid. Cook for 5 minutes then cool.Spoon some of the blackberry cream onto hot toast and add some poached apples and a few blackberries to garnish.

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This week we're coming at you with snacky solutions to invasive species, bramble-based flu cures, and Satan's flair for ✨Drama✨. Sources: http://heritagegarden.uic.edu/blackberry#:~:text=Blackberry%20is%20a%20symbol%20for,divine%20love%20to%20the%20Hebrews. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/plants/wild-flowers/bramble/#:~:text=Ilene%20Sterns%20%2F%20WTML-,Mythology%20and%20symbolism,of%20keeping%20the%20dead%20in. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelmas https://www.dimensionsvariable.org/blackberry.html https://www.forager.org.uk/resources/wild-food-blog/21-ingredients/105-blackberry-folklore https://kingcounty.gov/en/legacy/services/environment/animals-and-plants/noxious-weeds/weed-identification/blackberry https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/shrub/rubspp/all.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4127818/ Looking for more Rooted Content? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check out our corner of the internet⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! You'll find our transcripts, show notes, and so much more. *Disclaimer- This content is for entertainment purposes only. I am just a lady who likes plants, which in no way qualifies me to give you advice on well...anything, really. As always, please consult with your medical care team before making any changes to your diet or medications. * --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rooted-podcast/support

oday we answer the question “Does fruit make you gain weight?” and “should you avoid it altogether?” In this week's episode, we talk about the composition of fruit, the process of fructose converting to fat, and the truth about juices and smoothies. This week's recipe is Peaches and Blackberries with Basil. Schedule a visit today at www.bodymetrixhealth.com.

In this episode of the Manly Deeds Podcast, the fellas start with going back to memory lane to when BlackBerries, Motorola Razrs, SideKicks, PalmPre's, and Nokia brick phones were the everything! Then the fellas get into the age old question of, can men and women be just friends? This isn't an episode you want to miss. Welcome to the Cave! It's the #ManlyDeedsPodcast!

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The highs are staggeringly high and the lows are catacomb-ically low in this episode where Meagan and Peter bring a total of 8 books to the table, discuss 4 in-depth, and briefly cover the other 4 because, eh, why not? What, you've got somewhere to be, you can't listen for another 10 minutes? Meagan's Books: The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1399082 On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2359835 Big by Vashti Harrison: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2327706 Alpha's Origins by Ilona Andrews: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1408097 Peter's Books (as a note, Peter managed to read NOTHING available from HPLD, but many of the books discussed ARE available on Prospector): Gooflumps: Stay out of the bathroom by R.U. Slime Overlord book one by Kugane Maruyama Top 10 Games You Can Play In Your Head by Bartholomew, J. Theophrastus and Sam Gorski Rabbitskin by Catturd

18th July, 2024 – Join Thomas and Bobby the dog on a walk through the Irish countryside, finding God's handiwork in the Irish countryside. In this episode, Thomas looks at the spiritual and natural beauty of the Irish countryside, this episode delves into the life of Blessed Hermann of Reichenau, the historical roots of the […] The post E12 | Irish Countryside – Blackberries, Blessed Herman, and Monastic Cats: Exploring the Irish Countryside appeared first on Radio Maria Ireland.

Join us for a discussion of gardening when also not there, ram logistics, canning season update and more. Featured Event: Self Reliance Voices Webinar Series Sponsor 1: AgoristTaxAdvice.com/Webinar Sponsor 2: TheWealthSteadingPodcast.com Pond area History Progress report   Forage Marking jerusalem artichokes Blackberries are ripe Usual summer forage: red clover, dandelion flower, day lily Mulberry leaves to the rabbits   Livestock Moving rams to my house Bruny's tick bite Discuss moving rabbits temporarily Ducks on strike Wasps in the chicken coop (Hanging a fake nest in there)   Grow Grass growing Harvested garlic - meh year likely because I planted late Peppers are doing well Gardening while away   Holler Neighbors/Community Hay help goes both ways   Infrastructure More grounding rods at the house to contain rams Camper repairs continue   Finances $1000 on fencing   Make it a great week!   GUYS! Don't forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce. It makes a great Christmas Gift!   Community Mewe Group: https://mewe.com/join/lftn Telegram Group: https://t.me/LFTNGroup Odysee: https://odysee.com/$/invite/@livingfree:b Advisory Board The Booze Whisperer The Tactical Redneck Chef Brett Samantha the Savings Ninja Resources Membership Sign Up Holler Roast Coffee Harvest Right Affiliate Link  

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Date: July 1st, 2024Name of podcast: The Fragile PodcastEpisode title and number: Religion - Episode #2Brief summary of episode:In this episode of The Fragile Podcast, we delve into the multifaceted topic of religion from a Western conservative Christian perspective. We reflect on our past experiences in independent fundamental Baptist churches and how personal growth and asking questions have influenced our understanding of spirituality. Through candid discussions, we explore the complexities of organized religion, personal spirituality, and the evolving nature of faith. We dissect the role of community within religion, navigate through shifts in perspective on beliefs, and emphasize the importance of individual spiritual exploration.Bullet points and chapter markers:Raspberries and Blackberries [0:00]Exploring Religion Through A Western Conservative Christian Lens [0:39]Religion as Scaffolding and the Essence of Faith [3:20]Defining Religion and Spirituality in Modern Christianity [6:38]Challenges and Transitions in Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches [11:20]Personal and Political Shifts in Church Culture [12:47]Bible Study and Shifting Religious Perspectives [16:29] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefragilepodcast.substack.com

S3, June 22nd, 2024 Summer time is here in the Carolina Outdoors.  That means that summer time produce.  Host of the Carolina Outdoors, Bill Bartee speaks with Bush N Vine Farm's, Sam Hall about corn, peaches, watermelon, & okra, & more.  Plus the conversation edges towards the popularity of pick-your-own & how to best tackle perishables during the heat of the summer..Show Highlights: Freestone Peaches fall away from the pit & are sweet eating Blackberries and Blueberries are now ripe & available for pick-your-own with the whole family Hall recommends freezing your picks to keep them ready to eat Cantelopes & Watermelons are also ready The Carolina Outdoors features an ideal environment for growing a wide variety of fresh produce during the summer. Here are some popular summer crops grown in the South & much of it is grown at the Bush N Vine Farm. Tomatoes: A staple in Southern gardens, tomatoes thrive in the heat and can be used in salads, sauces, and sandwiches. Peppers: Both sweet and hot peppers do well in the Southern summer heat. Okra: A classic Southern vegetable, okra grows well in hot, humid conditions. Squash: Both summer squash (like zucchini) and winter squash (like butternut) can be grown during the summer months. Cucumbers: These are great for fresh eating, pickling, and adding to salads. Eggplant: Another heat-loving plant, eggplants can produce abundantly in Southern gardens. Beans: Green beans, pole beans, and lima beans are all suitable for summer planting. Sweet Corn: This popular summer crop requires a bit of space but grows well in the warm Southern climate. Melons: Watermelons, cantaloupes, and honeydews thrive in the summer heat. Herbs: Basil, thyme, rosemary, and mint grow well during the summer and can add fresh flavors to dishes. Berries: Strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries can be harvested during the summer months in the South. These fruits and vegetables benefit from the long growing season and ample sunshine in the Southern states, making them fresh and flavorful additions to any summer meal. Things You'll Learn by Listening: -There is a desire for people to see where their food comes from & experience picking & harvesting their own.  However, don't wait too long because fresh makes it a tight window. -CSA is Community Supported Agriculture & BNV offers a subscription per season for produce from the farm. -Pests are always managed on keeping the produce protected -Different pick-up locations are available in York County, SC. We want to keep everyone safe when picking your own.  Remember to check out sun protective clothing that is available.  Thank you to the sponsor of the Carolina Outdoors, the local Charlotte outfitter, Jesse Brown's. If you plan on getting outdoors remember to take comfortable footwear & wear sun protective clothing.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of June 18, 2024.

In this episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Xochitl presents Jack with a conundrum:Would you rather have your daughter or wife encounter a strange bear or a strange man while alone in the woods?Transcript:00:00:00JackHey, A is the English podcast listeners. It's Jack here and we just want to announce that we are now on WeChat. Our WeChat ID is A-Z English podcast that is A-Z English podcast, one word all lowercase.00:00:17JackAnd if you.00:00:18JackJoin the group. You will be able to talk with me. You'll be able to.00:00:22JackTalk with social.00:00:23JackAnd we can answer your questions. We can read your comments on the podcast. So we'd love for you to join us and be active in our we chat group. Our WeChat ID is A-Z English podcast. Thanks. See you on the app.00:00:49JackWelcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I'm here with my co-host social. And today we have another topic talk for you and social you have kind of a I don't know what you would call like a situation or a conundrum. A conundrum is like a difficult decision or difficult situation.00:01:09JackSo what is your? What is the conundrum?00:01:12XochitlJack, this has become really popular in my medicines in the last, maybe even couple of months and it's very popular amongst American medicine. So I'm curious to hear what your answer is. So without any context, let's say that your wife and your daughter are in the woods.00:01:32XochitlLost and alone. And they have, you know, no Internet cell service. Whatever to call you or call anyone else.00:01:39XochitlWould you rather they come across a strange man that no like you? You don't know? They don't know. Nobody knows him or his intentions or anything. Or would you rather they come across a bear?00:01:50발표자Yeah.00:01:51JackNo. OK. So just to for our listeners there, in in, in case you didn't catch that you said social that my my wife and my daughter are in the woods just walking in the woods. They have no cell phone, no way to to contact anybody.00:02:12JackAnd the question is, would I rather they come across a bear or a strange man that they don't know?00:02:21XochitlYes, correct.00:02:23JackOK.00:02:25JackThis is, you know, this should be an easy question. I mean, if we lived in like a, like, a a reasonable world, you know, where we, you know. But I feel like I listen to a lot of, like, true crime podcasts. And so I just, I've listened to too much true crime to.00:02:44JackTo to answer this one easily, what kind of bear is it? Is it a grizzly bear?00:02:50XochitlDon't know. We don't know what kind.00:02:52XochitlOf bear it is. It's just.00:02:52JackYou don't know what kind of bear it is. It could be a brown bear. It could be a black bear. It could be a a grizzly bear.00:02:57XochitlCome here. Just sit there. It's just like you don't know what kind of man it is. You.00:03:03XochitlAlso don't know.00:03:04XochitlWhat kind?00:03:04XochitlOf bear it is. Yeah, have.00:03:06XochitlSome good choice there.00:03:09JackDo I know the gender of the bear?00:03:12XochitlUh, no.00:03:16JackAll right. Because, you know, if it if it were, uh, if it were a female bear, I would be, I would. I would choose the man because, you know, if if the if the if a if a female bear is protecting her Cubs. If her Cubs are in the area. That's a very dangerous situation. So I would.00:03:36JackI would just hope that the man is not a psychic, a psychotic killer. You know, a psycho.00:03:44JackRight.00:03:46JackIf the if the bear were male I uh, it's probably gonna just leave them alone, you know? Like it just it it they.00:03:54JackYou know, they don't really necessarily see humans as prey, necessarily, unless they're starving, you know, they'll they'll pretty much just. They might play around with you or whatever, which is terrifying. You know, that could still kill you or injure you. But generally speaking, they'll they'll leave you alone.00:04:16JackIf it's a if it's a male Baron, it's starving. It'll it'll eat you. So that in that case, I mean, there's just too many. I guess there are too many variables when it comes to the bear.00:04:25XochitlYou can't overcomplicate Jack. You don't know because also you could also think you know black bears like 100% of the time, pretty much like 99.9% of the time a black bear will run away if.00:04:38XochitlIt sees a human like it'll just take.00:04:39JackRight, right. Exactly, exactly. They're they're they're not interested in humans. Really. You know, they might be curious.00:04:44XochitlThey're scared. Blackberries are scared of humans. Actually a little bit like if they see one, I run into them. When I was camping in national parks, I we did like two week backpacking in national.00:04:53XochitlLike and they they like, run away, cause there's kind of scared of people, black bears, and they're pretty. They're kind of they're a lot smaller than grizzly bears, actually.00:04:59JackYeah, yeah.00:05:04XochitlThey're not that big.00:05:04JackThe problem is just the. The problem is that bears are just too unreliable right now for me to like if my wife and my daughter came across the bear. They're just too you just, you just never know what's going to happen.00:05:16JackLike it's just.00:05:16XochitlWell, what about men? So men are are men reliable to you?00:05:20JackWell, I think a bear is going to do what a bear is going to do, right? Like like they're they weigh 500 lbs. They're going.00:05:25XochitlOK.00:05:28JackThem.00:05:29JackYou know, if they decide that they want to, you know, bite you and mess you up, they'll do it. And it's really kind of like, it's very much like a a coin toss.00:05:42JackNow the man, on the other hand.00:05:45JackWhat percentage of of men are are psycho killers?00:05:52JackI mean like it's it's got to be.00:05:54JackIt's got to be minuscule, right? It's got to be like small, small percentage.00:05:57XochitlThat kind of bad Jack, because I was like, I realize that you're a good guy. And that's like, you don't think of this but like, think about it this way. How many men are psycho killers? Yeah. How many men are actually good people when they come across a woman alone in the woods?00:06:14JackI've been, I'm going to say still a large a majority.00:06:19JackA large majority are good, are good people, but there are there is a percentage of of of very bad people that are gonna that are going to be like a crime of we call this we we would call this a crime of opportunity right. It's like they're not necessarily they're not necessarily going to do.00:06:21XochitlOK, that's all.00:06:35XochitlYes.00:06:39JackAnything in society, but when when society is not looking?00:06:44JackYou know, and they feel like they can, you know, sneak their their hand into the cookie jar and get away with it. How many men, you know, what are they going to do?00:06:57JackThis is this is like the Darkest podcast we've ever done. When I think about it.00:07:01XochitlYeah, but I want to ask you something that might make it a little lighthearted and dark. Dark in a way. What would you have answered? How, what would you say if I said, would you rather that your wife and daughter come across a woman in the woods? A strange woman in the.00:07:07JackYeah.00:07:15XochitlWoods or a bear in the woods?00:07:17JackOhh woman yeah, 100 zero. Yeah, I wouldn't hesitate in.00:07:18XochitlYeah, it's.00:07:21JackA for a SEC.00:07:22JackIn.00:07:23XochitlAnd then like you see how bad it is that like we have to, we we've sat here having quite a long conversation debating whether a man or a bear is a is a worst threat. And when we think about a woman we're like, Oh yeah, that's fine because.00:07:36JackYeah, a woman is is not a threat, just like a.00:07:39XochitlNo, but also it just speaks about how poorly men behave in society and how many men are criminals and or just crappy people that.00:07:50JackYeah, I mean it is, it is really, uh it it is really.00:07:55JackIt it is, it is bad I-11. I remember a few months ago, my daughter was.00:08:02JackComing home and she got harassed by some guy.00:08:06JackYou know, she's 16 years old and yeah, I was. I was. I ran outside. I was like.00:08:09발표자Oh.00:08:13JackWhere? Where is he? I'm going to kill.00:08:14JackHim, you know.00:08:16XochitlWhat?00:08:17JackBut it's just like you know, it's what women have to deal with in society, you know, getting harassed and things like that is kind of related to this question where, you know.00:08:31JackIf if they were to come across a man in the woods.00:08:35JackIt would. That is also terrifying.00:08:39JackBut statistically, I would rather they come across a man than a bear because the bear is just too unreliable. I just don't know what the bear is going to do. I can't. I just can't trust the bear cause of the bear is just going to is going to do what's what's in its nature, you know, which is hunt or whatever, you know, like.00:08:59JackTo attack, defend whatever it feels is necessary at that moment.00:09:05JackA man if 95% of men are are are decent people, that's a pretty those are pretty good odds, right? That she's not going to come across that other 5% so.00:09:18XochitlWow, Jack, you have a really good you. You think 95% of men are decent people? I I'm not the only need a real audience or anything. I just think most men would, even. Most men would probably disagree with you on how many. What percentage of men are good people when a crime of opportunity arises.00:09:25JackThink so? Yeah.00:09:38XochitlAnd so I would have to say I'm closer to this 75 or 65% mark.00:09:44JackOhh no, I don't. I that's that's too high. I I don't think I. I really don't think that uh that there that that men are that bad. I just think that like the the the crimes we how can I say it like like it's like it's over amplified in some ways like.00:10:00JackTrue crime like because it's, you know, you only hear about the the bad stories.00:10:04발표자Like I think because.00:10:06XochitlYou're a man that you feel this way.00:10:08XochitlJack.00:10:08JackDo you think so?00:10:08XochitlI'm not trying to, you know. Yeah, you're you're biased because you haven't experienced everything that a woman experiences. Your daughter is only 16, and she's already been harassed on the street by a man.00:10:10JackGender bias?00:10:20JackYeah, yeah.00:10:22XochitlThink about that. That's kind of what women grow up with. I think the first time I was harassed by a man, I was nine years old.00:10:28발표자Ah.00:10:29JackYeah, that's awful. That's really. That's disgusting. And I mean, it's disgusting behavior. I guess he, I mean, you. I could be totally wrong here. You could be. You could be more on on on point than you know. 7525I I was. I guess I'm just I I 5% seemed like a high number to me.00:10:29XochitlSo.00:10:32XochitlYes, I have.00:10:35발표자And.00:10:49JackEven then, you know like cause that's a lot of people. That's a lot of people, you know, that's like in the United States that would be 15,000,000 people, you know.00:10:51XochitlSo funny.00:10:55XochitlAdd.00:10:59XochitlYou must surround yourself with really nice guys. Like really great.00:11:04JackYeah, I guess I just, my my, my, my friends and and you know colleagues that I work with are just just very decent people I guess I.00:11:05XochitlOther men that are really great.00:11:14JackI don't.00:11:15XochitlLike I don't know and.00:11:17XochitlThere's probably a part of it is also cultural.00:11:21XochitlBut it I'll tell you netizens in the US, even though the US is, is to me a fairly safe country for women compared to Mexico and even compared to Korea in some contexts because, well, I did. Well, I did feel safe walking around Korea late at night to the convenience store or whatever.00:11:41XochitlSituations you see horrible things come out in the news about women in clubs in Korea and all sorts of horrible trafficking rings and terrible, you know, things that happen.00:11:52JackMHM.00:11:52XochitlSo the US is a fairly safe.00:11:55XochitlCountry for women, I think in my opinion.00:11:59XochitlCompared to where am right now.00:11:59JackOh yeah, and I'm I was. I was thinking you might say, actually, I was just. I was kind of being like, UM, you know, but I but I. But I I I I think that like, you know, for the most part like.00:12:12XochitlI think it's like even though regardless of of the fact that that the USA is a safe country for women, most women medicines are choosing to be.00:12:12JackYou can.00:12:24발표자Here.00:12:25JackReally, they're going with the bear because the bear might just turn, cause they're thinking the bear is going to turn around and run away, and then they're they're then they're, it's done it. They're free. But the man is like you gotta, you gotta deal with this like.00:12:27XochitlAnd I have.00:12:38JackIf he's a good guy, OK, fine. He'll help you get out of the woods. But you know, if he's crazy, you know, sick or deranged to man a sick, deranged man. Yeah, I would much rather have the bear. You.00:12:56JackYeah, that's tough. It's a tough one. I'm still. I'm still gonna go with the man over the bear. I still think that the bear there are just too many variables with the bear. I just can't. I just can't trust the bear. And and and.00:12:56XochitlRight.00:13:09XochitlI'm gonna go with there. Sorry, go ahead.00:13:11JackNo, no, no. You're going to go. You. So you, you're going to go with the banner.00:13:14발표자I'd better go with.00:13:15XochitlThe better than the man because I've I've grown up as a woman and I've experienced too many things throughout my life to trust random man in the world.00:13:28XochitlAnd I have encountered random beads in the wood.00:13:32XochitlUmm, when I was camping and backpacking. I have that experience and bears especially black bears, usually run away and grizzly bears are not as vicious as a lot of people think they are. If they're not, like really in attack mode, they kind of just chill all the time like they're starving and like they might eat.00:13:52XochitlYou.00:13:52JackYeah, they will. Yeah, yeah.00:13:54XochitlWell, what they can do is like, maim or eat you. I know it.00:13:57XochitlSounds terrible like.00:13:58JackOur grizzly will mess you up, though that there those are terrifying. They're they're they're big, they're changing.00:14:04XochitlYeah, if it attacks you. Yeah, it will mess you up. But you know, there's that whole documentary, Grizzly man, where he lived in most grizzly bears for like, 20 years before he was eaten by 1.00:14:13JackYeah, but it's it's a bear.00:14:16JackI mean.00:14:16XochitlYeah, like it's a man, just.00:14:19JackHe's what if he's just, he's probably just.00:14:20JackProbably just a hunter. You know, he's probably out hunting. Just it's a nice guy, you know, trying to trying to shoot some shoot a deer.00:14:26XochitlA company I don't know if I've ever met a nice guy that like hunted animals. I mean, except for people who traditionally do like indigenous peoples. But, you know, I don't know most people who have hunting as like a hobby are kind of weird, too. It's like, I don't know, I I just wouldn't trust him, man. I just. I just don't know why there's too many variables.00:14:46XochitlThe man. And so I would rather I would rather be maimed and killed by a bear.00:14:51XochitlThen if it came down to it, then like tortured and killed by a.00:14:56XochitlMan, I know it's so dark.00:14:58JackThe more I think about this your answer, the more insane I think it is though, like a bear versus a man like a human.00:15:07JackI I don't know. I mean I I get, I get why you why? Why the medicines and why you you. Why you guys think like the bear is better.00:15:08발표자Sing.00:15:16발표자Here.00:15:17JackBut I just think statistically.00:15:20JackThe man would be a much safer bet.00:15:24XochitlStatistically, more than run away from you when they when they encounter you, like most of the time you're going.00:15:30XochitlTo encounter a black bear.00:15:32XochitlAnd it's going to run.00:15:34XochitlUh.00:15:36JackLike what percentage of the time do you think a bear would actually attack you though?00:15:41JackDo you think it's the same? Do you think it's like less than 5%?00:15:41XochitlThat's right.00:15:45XochitlBut I don't think that's less than 5% for men. Jack, I don't think that at all. I'm pretty.00:15:50JackSure, it can't be more than 5% of men and that you're talking about like hundreds of millions of people, I mean.00:15:53XochitlI'm gonna look, let's look up statistics. I I'm gonna look up statistics on this. I'm gonna look up statistics and.00:16:04XochitlSo one in.00:16:05XochitlThree women have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.00:16:09JackHmm.00:16:11XochitlAnd.00:16:13XochitlLet's see.00:16:14JackYeah, that that tracks. I would. I would believe that.00:16:20JackBut that's domestic violence a little different than in the woods, I think.00:16:21XochitlAnd.00:16:24XochitlIt says I came across one statistically demonstrated that roughly 1/3 of women experience assault of some kind.00:16:32XochitlIt's kind of a lack of reliable data here.00:16:35JackYeah, I don't think it's hard to hard to gauge because what what you're talking about in the woods, this is like a full on like a felony level like, you know, crime like, like the worst crime you can do, you know? So I don't know that this is there's no way for us to.00:16:48XochitlRight.00:16:53JackTo to really resolve it. I guess it's just kind of our feelings, you know?00:16:54XochitlLet's say 20.00:16:57JackLike I still.00:16:57발표자So.00:16:58XochitlI'm going to come back next week with stats because I want because I I want, I'm going to come back next to the stats cause I feel like you have your blinders on your man and I want to dismantle it. So I yeah, I'm gonna also, I want you to talk to your wife. I want you to ask your wife just if you think she'd be down to answer.00:17:10JackI got to get my my main blinders off.00:17:19JackYeah, yeah, sure, I'll. I'll ask her. I'll. I'll tell you what she says next week, for sure.00:17:25XochitlShe's telling me like, why?00:17:25XochitlYou're asking me this question.00:17:27JackMaybe that's a?00:17:27JackWeird. You know, I need to murder me. Yes.00:17:29XochitlVery, very good. Yeah. So I.00:17:33XochitlHave I been married to a serial serial killer? All.00:17:35XochitlThese years.00:17:35JackRight, right.00:17:37XochitlYeah, but you know, it is a weird question, but I think one thing that should give us pause is just thinking about how quickly would be to answer that if it were, if it were a woman in the world who would just automatically.00:17:49XochitlWho's a woman and what man we do? We do think, you know we're sitting here and thinking about it.00:17:50JackYeah, yeah, yeah.00:17:54JackNo, I think you I think you made you made the point and I think the point is very clear that there's a, there's a distinction.00:18:02JackAnd why is there there should not be one?00:18:05JackAnd it's it. It's sad. It's a sad commentary on our.00:18:12JackSociety or our world or whatever, that, that, that I couldn't answer that one as fast as the.00:18:19JackYou know that we that the answer is, you know when it's a woman, it's so quick to say the woman, but when it's a man, I'm hesitating, you know, right there it's it's already the point is already made. You know so.00:18:33XochitlRight.00:18:34XochitlYeah. All right. Well, listeners, this was was a bit of a dark episode, but an interesting episode nonetheless. Yeah. So I'm curious to know what your answers are. Please leave us a comment at easing with podcast.com. Shoot us an e-mail at AZ englishpodcast@gmail.com and please join the WeChat and WhatsApp groups to join the conversation. I'm really, really curious.00:18:54XochitlSee what the women think.00:18:57XochitlAnd yeah, I I gotta know. I gotta know, guys. So let let me know what you think and and we chat on subgroups and yeah. Also Jack and I have started an English corner and we do this Monday to today and it's really fun. We have a lot of fluent English speakers in there and we have a lot of people.00:19:16XochitlThat you get a lot of speaking time to get to practice your English and better your English with your other whole learners classmates almost on the.00:19:24XochitlJust and I think that it's really interesting. We have discussion questions and I've had a really good time doing it so far and it's 10 USD a month, which is about 20 or sorry $0.50 a uh, a class is being 20 classes total. So yeah, I hope that you guys can join us for that. And if you're so interested, make sure to.00:19:46XochitlSend us a message and we'll get back to you on how you can join and we'll see you guys next time. 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In this week's episode, we take a look at seven bad ways to open your novel and how to avoid their pitfalls. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 203 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is May the 31st, 2024 and today we are looking at seven bad ways to start your novel. Usually here we have Coupon of the Week. Unfortunately my Internet is currently down as I'm recording this, which means I can't get to my Payhip store and I can't create a Coupon of the Week. So we will resume with Coupon of the Week in June when I start recording new episodes. So now let's move directly to my current writing progress on my current writing projects. I am 38,000 words into Shield of Darkness, which currently puts the Chapter 7 of 24. I have 24 chapters in the rough draft outline, but that will probably increase because I'll have to split a few of the longer ones in editing. I had hoped to have that out in June. That doesn't look like it's going to happen because I have a lot of home repair to do in June and a couple of multi-day commitments where I won't be able to do any writing. So I think we are looking more likely for some time after the 4th of July in mid-July is when that book will come out. I am also 20,000 words into Half-Orc Paladin, which will come out after Shield of Darkness comes out. I am also 6,000 words into Ghost in the Tombs, which will come out sometime this fall, if all goes well. In audiobook news, we are done recording Tales of the Shield Knight, which will excellently be excellently narrated by Brian Wills and that will be a collection of the various short stories I wrote to accompany the Sevenfold Sword and Dragontiarna series. That is all done and should hopefully start appearing on various audiobook platforms before the end of June. 00:01:44 Question of the Week Now before we get into our main topic, let's go to Question of the Week. Question of the Week is designed to inspire interesting discussion of enjoyable topics, and this week's question: what was the first smartphone you ever used, and what was the first time you decided a smartphone was useful and not a waste of money? And we had one response for this one. Our first response is from Justin, who says: my work issued me a BlackBerry in 2004. Some folks considered them a first smartphone. I considered it a pain. They figured with that they owed me 24/7 and demanded an answer within 5 minutes to any email. I stopped that by asking how much they were paying me to reply outside of work hours. Then I was brought in for a work reprimand for not replying to an urgent e-mail sent during the day. My defense was that I was driving back from a remote site. When asked if I should be using the device while driving (already a no-no back then) or should I pull over and check every time I got a message, my boss decided that just maybe I wouldn't get in trouble that time, anyway. So far, I was not a fan. In 2011, we switched from Blackberries to Samsung with the first Galaxy S. I was unsure about the change, but the increased battery life and ability to put the phone in my shirt pocket won me over. What made it a true useful tool was when I installed the flashlight app on it. Working in a prison made it a pain to bring in a flashlight. You had to have paperwork and disassembled at every checkpoint to show that there's no contraband being smuggled in. The phone got a sticker and was blessed to pass security scrutiny thereafter. The flashlight was so handy. Now it's part of the OS, but then it needed a separate program to run. Yeah, smartphones have definitely contributed to the erosion of work/life balance, in my opinion. I used to do a lot of support for BlackBerry devices and they were a huge pain. I wasn't terribly upset to see the iPhone and Android displace BlackBerry and you know, sort of push it out of business because those phones, from a support perspective, let me tell you, were a big pain. For myself, it was in 2013 when I got my first smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy S3. I hadn't wanted to get a smartphone, but it was becoming increasingly difficult to find non-smartphones. So I finally bit the bullet and moved into the new technology. At the time, I usually resented it since I just wanted another flip phone. When did I find it useful for the first time? I remember that incident distinctly. I was working in IT support at the time, and the next day I had to go activate some network ports in another building. The building in question had been built in the ‘90s before Wi-Fi, and so every room had something like a billion Ethernet ports in it. But network switches are expensive, and even though the building has a little like 500 Ethernet ports, only 48 of them could be active at any one time, since that was how many ports the network switch had. So when anyone moved offices, an IT support minion (i.e. me) had to go over there and move the active network ports in the network closet. I used to take a notebook with me on those kinds of calls so I could write down the port numbers and then match them up to the appropriate ports in the switch closet. But as I was doing this, it occurred to me that I didn't have to write down the port numbers. I could just take a picture of them and then look at the picture on my phone. This was much more efficient than writing down a bunch of port numbers and that was the first time I saw a smartphone as a useful tool instead of just an expensive toy. The inspiration for this week's question was a recent email I got from a reader complaining how the characters in the Silent Order science fiction series still use phones even though it's far in the future. 00:05:03 Main Topic: 7 Potentially Bad Openings for Your Novel Now let's move on to our main topic this week, seven potentially bad beginnings or openings for your novel. It is important to try and have the opening of your novel be as interesting as possible, and sometimes writers overdo it a bit when they'll start the novel with a sentence like, “today, I will tell you about the time I died for the fifth time” or something like that where you can be try and be so interesting that it becomes overwrought and actually kind of annoying to read. The flip side of this is you definitely don't want your opening to be boring or do anything that would turn off the reader, because while the ending of your book is important, the opening is also important because that will be what draws the reader in and hopefully compels them to read more and then go on and purchase any sequels. So with that in mind, let's go through seven of the potentially worst openings for your novel. Number one: being vague or mysterious to the point of being confusing. Confusion is bad. It's easy to confuse or baffle readers if you are not careful. The setting, characters, and what's happening all can't be a mystery at the beginning or the reader will have nothing to orient them in terms of what's happening in them in the book, or even what genre it is. It would be best to establish a very strong setting and character first and then have them learn what's happening and feel disoriented alongside the reader, which can work for a vague or mysterious beginning, especially if it's part of some action. You don't want your reader to be confused, but it is sometimes a good idea to have your protagonist be confused, since that will hook the reader and pull them in. For example, let's say we have a convenience store clerk who's coming to work, and as she does, she sees her boss turn into a bat and fly away. This has never happened to her before, and she's immediately baffled and wondering whether she's has a brain tumor or she just saw something supernatural or science fictional happen, and that can and that kind of set out can be a good way to hook the reader and draw them further into the story. The second bad way to start your novel is with nothing. In other words, nothing is happening or things are happening too slowly. Philosophical musings and/or emotional reflections are not a good way to start a book because they're not connected to the plot or character yet and on their own in fiction, they don't mean anything. Your reader has picked up the book to read a fictional story, not your opinions on various philosophies or political platforms or whatever. They don't have any emotional significance or connect to the plot until they're connected to a character in some way, and so you need to establish your characters in your settings and something of the plot before you can have a more philosophical considerations showing up. Something needs to be happening in the beginning to draw in reader interest, like for example with the convenience store. This could also be a way to show, not tell about the characters and setting. With our convenience store clerk, we could have her wake up, look at her credit card bills trying to figure out ways to make more money. That lets us know that she might be in debt and might be having financial troubles and she could be worried about paying to fix her car or finding a better apartment. And so then she's worried about these things when out of the blue, her boss at the convenience store turns into a giant bat and flies away. That helps us establish proper context and character and then since she'll feel realistic and grounded after all that , it may be all the more shocking when she sees something outside of her everyday life. The third bad way to start a novel is what's called an info dump. That is, when in a fantasy or science fiction setting, the writer dumps all of his or her world building onto you right away or if you are writing like a thriller or a historical novel, the writer dumps all of his or her research on you right away. You don't need to give readers all your world building, historical research, or other such research before moving ahead with the plot. Parcel out your world building slowly throughout the book. This can be done in a way to build tension or mystery to keep interest. Remember, the reader generally doesn't need to know more than is necessary to move the plot forward. No matter how much research you do, no matter how much information you require or world building you do, only put enough into the book to move the plot forward. Anything else will just it bog down. The fourth bad way to start your novel is with a cliche, and by cliche we mean starting the novel with “it was a dark and stormy night.” I also strongly recommend not to start your novel with the description of the weather, since that's often lazy writing and sort of a crutch to, you know, sort of for the writer to warm himself up. Don't start with an intro that turns out to be just a dream or a prophecy or something that will be retconned later. Don't start with the character waking up and getting ready in the morning unless you make it interesting. This can work if you do it right, but sometimes it can be clumsy to sort of start where it's like a TV show where there's a record scratch, the screen pauses, and the character says “you might be wondering how I got here” and that can work. However, it's best to only do that if you can do it well and you can do it in a way that's interesting. The fifth bad way to start your book is with a line of dialogue. While this can be done well, it can be a hook to draw on readers, but it's hard to do and it's very easy to annoy or confuse the reader. It can be good for an in media res situation where the character is an intense situation, but you should only do it if it's very clear who is speaking and what is going on. The sixth bad way to start your book is in a way that is stylistically not representative of the rest of the book, such as starting with an omniscient narrator and then switching over to first person for the rest of the book or a book starts with an action scene and the book that is otherwise not very action oriented or starts with a long historical tangent in a book that is very action oriented. And finally, the seventh way to start your book in a bad way is the prologue. Or more to the point, an ineffective prologue. I used to write prologues from time to time, but I personally don't care for them and really have come to consider them extraneous. The kind of information that is included in prologue can usually be better parceled out throughout the book in a way that pulls in the reader and draws your interest. Prologues that don't match the first chapter or immediately tie into the first chapter's action can annoy and lose the reader. A prologue needs stakes to be interesting, and prologues need to be short and ideally some kind of cliffhanger that gives weight or tension to what you're about to introduce. The absolute worst kind of prologues (in my opinion) are those that introduce a character who disappears and does not reappear for like 200 or 300 pages into the book, by which time the reader has likely forgotten all about that character. So those are several ways to open your book that are less than effective and hopefully that will help you with your own writing to write introductions and openings to your book that are interesting and hold the reader's attention. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave your review on your podcasting platform of choice. 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Bio   David is known for his ability to deliver inspiring and thought-provoking presentations that challenge audiences to think differently about innovation and product development. His keynotes and workshops are engaging and interactive, with a focus on real-world examples and case studies. David's message is relevant for entrepreneurs, executives, and organizations of all sizes and industries, and he illustrates concepts live on stage to leave attendees with concrete tools and techniques they can use to drive innovation and growth in their own business.   Interview Highlights 02:00 Early Startups 02:45 Dealing with uncertainty 04:25 Testing Business Ideas 07:35 Shifting mindsets 11:00 Transformational leadership 13:00 Desirable, viable, feasible 14:50 Sustainability 17:00 AI 22:50 Jobs, pains and gains 26:30 Extracting your assumptions 27:30 Mapping and prioritisation 28:10 Running experiments   Social Media   LinkedIn:  David Bland on LinkedIn Website:  davidjbland.com Company Website: Precoil YouTube: David Bland on YouTube     Books & Resources   ·         Testing Business Ideas: A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation (The Strategyzer Series): David J. Bland, Alex Osterwalder ·         Assumptions Mapping Fundamentals Course: https://precoil.teachable.com/p/assumptions-mapping-fundamentals/ ·         The Invincible Company: How to Constantly Reinvent Your Organization with Inspiration From the World's Best Business Models (The Strategyzer Series): Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith, Frederic Etiemble ·         Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (The Strategyzer Series): Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Gregory Bernarda, Alan Smith, Trish Papadakos ·         The Lean Startup: How Constant Innovation Creates Radically Successful Businesses: Eric Ries ·         Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights- 2nd Edition, Steve Portigal ·         The Mom Test: How to Talk to Customers & Learn If Your Business Is a Good Idea When Everyone Is Lying to You, Rob Fitzpatrick ·         Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers (The Strategyzer Series): Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur ·         The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win: Steve Blank   Episode Transcript Intro: Hello and welcome to the Agile Innovation Leaders podcast. I'm Ula Ojiaku. On this podcast I speak with world-class leaders and doers about themselves and a variety of topics spanning Agile, Lean Innovation, Business, Leadership and much more – with actionable takeaways for you the listener. Ula Ojiaku   Hello everyone. I'm really honoured and pleased to introduce David Bland as my guest for this episode. He is the best-selling author of the book, Testing Business Ideas, and he's also the Founder of Precoil, an organisation that's focused on helping companies to find product market fits using Lean Start-up, Design Thinking and Business Model Innovation. He's not a newcomer to the world of Agile as well. So, David, it's an honour to have you on the Agile Innovation Leaders Podcast. Thank you so much for making the time. David Bland   Yeah, thanks for inviting me on, I'm excited to be here. Ula Ojiaku   Right. So, where I usually start with all my guests, because personally, I am interested in the story behind the person - are there any happenings or experiences that have shaped you into who you are today? David Bland   Yeah, I think through childhood, dealing with a lot of uncertainty and then ended up going to school for design. I thought I was going to go a different career path and then at the last moment I was like, I want to really dig into design and I think people were sort of shocked by that, with the people around me, and so I really dove into that and then I came out of school thinking, oh, I might join a startup and retire in my mid 20s, because this is a .com craze, everyone was making all this money. Obviously, that didn't happen, but I learned a lot at the startups and I was introduced to Agile really early on in my career at startups because we had to go really fast and we were in a heavily regulated industry so we couldn't break stuff and we had to have kind of processes and everything. I did that for a while and then I realised, wow, there were some people that could learn from my mistakes, and so we kind of switched coasts. So we were near Washington DC for a while, and then we moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and I started working with companies there, and I was like, well, let me see if I can just really dig in, help people learn how to apply stuff and coach them through it, and that was around 2010 or 2011 or so, and I've been doing it ever since, and I think why I love it so much is that it kind of helps people deal with uncertainty, gives them a process to deal with uncertainty, and at the same time, I have a hard time with uncertainty. So maybe it's kind of a little bit therapeutic for me to help others deal with uncertainty as well. So yeah, I just love what I do. Ula Ojiaku   And so you mentioned you don't like uncertainty, but helping other people deal with uncertainty helps you, that's interesting. Do you want to expand on that? David Bland   I mean, I very much like my routines and everything, and I feel like I come at it from a process point of view. So when I'm dealing with uncertainties, like, oh, what kind of process can I apply to that? So I feel a little better about things, even though there's a lot of stuff outside my control, at least I can have kind of a process. So I feel as if, when I'm dealing with people, I feel all of this anxiety, they're working on a new idea, they're not sure if it's going to be any good or not, giving them a process to work through it together, I don't really tell them if their idea is going to be good or not because who am I to judge their ideas most of the time? It's more about, well, here's a process you can apply to all that stuff you're working through and maybe you can come up to some sort of investment decision on whether or not you should go forward with that idea. So I feel as if my demeanour and everything comes off as someone that you're like, oh, I can talk to this guy and he's actually going to respect me, and so I feel like my style plus the uncertainty bit fits together really well. So I have a style where I come into orgs and say, you have a lot of uncertainty, here's a process, you're going to be fine, we're going to work through it together and it tends to work out pretty well. Ula Ojiaku   What comes across to me is that you give them tools or a process to help them hopefully come to an evidence-based conclusion without you having to share your opinion, or hopefully they don't have to have personal opinions imposing on whatever conclusion that is.   David Bland   Yeah, it's just a process.   Ula Ojiaku   And so what put you on the path to writing the book Testing Business Ideas, I was one of your students at the masterclass you and Alex Osterwalder ran during the covid lockdown, and you mentioned during that session, I don't know if you remember, that you probably went for a retreat somewhere, or you went on a hike as part of the writing process and that Alex gave you a hard time or something, so can you share your version of the story? David Bland   Oh yeah, I mean it was a joy writing with him. I think one of the difficult times for me writing that book…So first Alex approached me writing it and eventually, I mean initially it was just going to be me and then I mean he needed to be involved and so he played a big role strategically in helping me kind of think about the book writing process because I've never written a book like this and then also had it published and also did the whole four colour landscape style, very visual book. It's not that you just write an outline and then you start putting in words, it's a very different process. So yeah, he pushed me a little bit during that process, I would say, he would challenge some of my ideas and say like, are you explaining this in a way that where people can understand, you know? And so I feel as if it was a very productive process writing the book with him. It took about a year I would say. I think the way it came about was it was pretty much from my coaching, born out of my coaching, because I was helping companies with a lot of uncertainty, early stage ideas and they would say well we're now going to have interviews and we're going to do surveys and we're to build the whole thing. And it's like, well, there's other things you could do that are beyond interviews and surveys. And so he and I were continuously talking about this, and it's like, well, if people are only comfortable doing interviews and surveys they're not going to address all their risk, they're going to address a part of their risk, but not, you know, there's so much more they can do. And so, we started thinking about, well, is there a book that we could put that together and give people a resource guide? So, it's more like a textbook or almost something you would read in a university. My editor, I just spoke to him a couple weeks ago, he's like, this is required reading at Stanford now, and some other places in the university programs. And so it's very much like a textbook, you know, but the reason we wrote it was, you know, to help people find a path forward, to find a way to go and de-risk what they're working on. And so I felt it was very ambitious to put that all into a book, and of course, it has some flaws, but I think for the most part, it does the job, and that's why it's been really successful.   Ula Ojiaku   It is, in my experience, very well laid out. It takes a lot of work to distill these ideas into something that seems simple and easy to follow. So I do concur, it's been very helpful to me as well and the ideas. In your book, in the flap, it says, okay, the number one job as an innovator, entrepreneur, a corporation, is to test your business ideas to reduce the risk of failure. And I think you've alluded it, you've kind of touched on that in explaining how your career has gotten you where you are today. But what, in your experience, do you find leaders and organisations missing the most when it comes to testing ideas? David Bland   I think it's hard to unwind it all, because it goes back to how do you become a leader. And so, at least in Western, in the United States anyway, where I do some of my work, I feel as if it's very egocentric, it's very about what I can do and what I know. So there's a progression of becoming a leader where you grow up in an organisation because you have the answers, or at least you're able to convince people you know the answers, and then you're promoted and keep being promoted. And so when I'm coming in and saying, well, we might not know the answers, or we might need to test our way through and find the answers, it almost goes against that whole kind of almost like worldview you've built up or someone has built up over the years where it's about me. It has to be more than just about you as a person. It's like how do you enable leaders around you and how do you create more leaders around you and all that. And so I think where there's contradiction is this idea of, okay, I'm promoted to where I am because I have the answers, but now I want to enable people to test their way through things and find answers, and you almost need a feedback loop there of somebody that's willing to say, look, do you understand how you've unravelled some of this or how you've undermined things by saying, well, I know this is a good idea, so build it anyway. Or, that's not the test I would have ran, I would have done this other thing. You give people almost the benefit of your opinion, but they take it as marching orders, whether you realise it or not, and then it becomes this core of, why am I running tests at all because my leader is essentially going to tell me what to build. And so I think there's just some unpacking a bit of, well, I searched for the right answer in school and I was rewarded for that, and I went into business and I was rewarded for the right answer, and now we're telling you, there might not be a right answer, there are multiple right answers, and different paths and choices. And I think sometimes leaders have a hard time with that because it almost contradicts everything they've done in the past to be successful. Ula Ojiaku   So, what I'm hearing you say David is that in terms of, even before we get testing the ideas, please correct me if I'm wrong, it's that there needs to be a mindset shift, a paradigm shift of, you know, what leadership is all about, it's no longer going to be about the person who knows the way, who knows all the answers and tells people what to do, but moving from that to saying, hey, I recognise I have limits and I may not have all the answers and I empower you all for us to work together to test our way to find what the right path or direction would be. David Bland   Yeah, it's more about your leadership style and accountability. I think you severely limit what an organisation could do if everyone's relying on you for the answers. It's going to be really tough to scale that because if all answers have to come through you, then how do you scale? But also, it goes from transactional to transformational in a way. So transactional is, it's very much like, well, I want you to do something by this date on time, on budget, and on scope, and then basically hold you accountable to doing that, and then there's a very transactional level of leadership there. It's like, I asked you to do this thing, or told you to do this thing, you did this thing, so therefore I trust you. Where I'm trying get a bit deeper is, you know, well can you say, well, how do I empower a team to go find out what needs to be built, or if there's a real problem there, and then have them give me an account of, oh, we're making progress towards that, or you know what, we shouldn't go forward with this because this isn't worth pursuing, nobody has this problem, et cetera, and respecting their wishes or at least having a conversation about that. And so I think it does require a little bit of leadership. Looking at your style, looking at the words you use, looking at how you lead teams through uncertainty, which could be a little different than ‘I need this thing by this date and keep it under this cost and this scope' It's more about, well, we have an idea, we're not sure there's a market for it, can we go test that and see if there is and if it's viable for us and if we can actually do it? And it's a little different leadership style, and I think if you apply a transactional leadership style to trying to lead people through uncertainty, it just backfires, because it's very much like, run these experiments by this date, it doesn't empower the teams to be able to give an account of how they're addressing the risks. It's sort of a learning moment for leaders to say, oh, this leadership style that's worked really well for me in the past may not actually work really well for me here, it may work against me here in trying to drive out the uncertainty of this thing that we're trying to do. Ula Ojiaku   So if I may just build on your response to the question. What, in your experience, has helped, or could help, a leader who's used to, and has been in the past up until now rewarded for that transactional leadership, to make the switch to a transformational leadership? David Bland   I think asking them what they're worried about. I know people try to project confidence like they have the answers, but they don't, and so being able to be open, even if it's just a one-on-one, to say hey we have this thing where we think it might be a new business line or something that we're working on that's relatively new that we haven't done before, which is a lot of my clients, they're trying to do something that they haven't quite done before. It may not be too far away from what they're good at, but far enough away that they're worried, they're worried that it's not going to work. And so I try to get them and talk about what's keeping you up at night, what is worrying you about this, and then usually in the back of my head I'm saying, okay, what can I map that to? So I love the desirable, viable, feasible framing. I use it a lot from design thinking, user centre design. So if they're worried about the customer or there's not enough, you know, there's not really a job to be done there, I map that back to, okay, he's worried about desirability or she's worried about desirability. And if they're talking about, oh, we don't know if people will pay enough for this, or if we can keep costs low enough, you know, that's like I map it back to viability, right? And then if it's more about, I actually don't know if we're organised well enough as a company to do this and really execute on it and I map it back to feasibility. And then from there, it's more like, well how will we go test that since you're worried about it, rather than just build the whole thing and launch and see what happens. And so I try to kind of, I'd be really careful of the words I'm using and I'm trying to coach them into a moment where it's okay, just let's be open and transparent that it's not just about executing a bunch of things and then we're okay. It's more about, you know, what are we worried about and then how do we go address those worries sooner versus later. And so I try not to come at them with a bunch of canvases and a bunch of mapping tools and a bunch of stuff that would make them feel defensive because one, they probably have not had experience with those, and two, it's like, oh, this consultant's more interested in the tools than helping me, you know. So I try to use words that really kind of get at, what are you worried about and then how can we go test that and then kind of back away into the process from there? Ula Ojiaku   Well, it does seem like you apply quite some psychology to the whole approach, because it's really about meeting people where they're at. And I am, just back to your point about viability, desirability and feasibility. There is a school of knowledge, I mean, you are the expert here, so I'm deferring, but there's a school of knowledge that would add also like the sustainability parts to it. Or do you think it's separate from those attributes when you're looking at ideas? David Bland   Yeah. Well, I work on a lot of sustainable projects at the moment. Well, even over the last several years I've been working on companies trying to be more sustainable. So companies are manufacturing phones, they want their phones to be all recyclable materials, they want fully recyclable phones let's say. So I'm working on very cutting edge sustainability projects, but I still don't introduce it as another circle because I'm trying to keep it very simple. And so I know there are different flavours of it. I know some people add sustainability, some people add adaptability, some people add ethics, usability. Before I know it, it's just, you end up with seven circles and different themes, so I really try to keep it very simple. Even Alex and I talk about adaptability, because that was a theme that didn't quite make it into the book, but he talks about it in The Invincible Company, which is the book he wrote immediately after the one we wrote together. So I have ways of addressing those things, but I don't necessarily want to add a bunch of extra themes, because I feel like it's already challenging people with a bunch of ‘ility' words. I noticed they get confused even with the three. No matter how well I explain it, I'll see things like, things that are about building it, and reframed as desirability, and I'm like no, no, that isn't about the customer. I mean yes, of course we have to build what they need, but building it is more about feasibility. So even with the three I see people get confused so I just try to stick to the three as best I can, but basically we go into sustainability projects, still using those three, with sustainability top of mind. So I don't really call it out as a separate theme but I certainly take it into consideration when we're working on those projects.   Ula Ojiaku   Okay, just keeping it simple. Okay, thanks for that, David. So there are some instances where the people will consider probably are outliers to the known proven principles of design thinking, of product development, customer discovery. And I can't remember, I mean, I would have attributed it to the person, but I was just reading a tweet from someone who is known in the product development world and he was saying that if, he wouldn't have guessed that with the advent of or the popularity of Generative AI, that ChatGPT, according to his books, you know, broke all the rules of products, discovery products, development in the sense that there, and I wasn't aware that they were, Open AI was doing lots of market research to say, hey, what do you want from an AI assistant or Generative AI? But within months of releasing it to the public, they gained millions of users. So what's your thought on this? Would you say it was an outlier or is it that there were some principles working in the background that we are not aware of? David Bland   I imagine there's a lot going on we're not aware of. It reminds me of the older conversations about the iPhone. There was this air of, Steve Jobs had this single brilliant idea about the iPhone and then willed it into being and then everyone, it was wildly successful, right? But I look at, even like the first iPhone as, in a way it was kind of a minimum viable product. I mean, the hardware was pretty solid, but the software, the OS was not. I mean, it didn't have really basic stuff that we would expect that we had on other things like Blackberries at the time. You couldn't copy and paste, there were some things that were missing and people viewed it as a toy and they kind of laughed at it, you know, and then they iterated on it. I would say it was about iPhone three or four, by the time they really started to get market fit with it, and then you see, you know, people you wouldn't expect with iPhones with their iPhone. You're like, wait a second, that person has an iPhone. But that took a while, you know. And I think with Open AI, it's kind of a, we're still in the early stages of a lot of this, I feel, and I'm not really sure how it's going to shake out, but I imagine, you know, they seem to be very iterative about how they're going about it, you know. So I don't know how they went about the creation of it at first, but I feel as if at least now they're taking feedback. They're not just building stuff people are asking for, but they're looking at, well these people are asking for this, but why are they asking for it and what are they trying to achieve and how might we achieve that by releasing something that solves for that. And that's kind of your job, right? It's not just to build what people ask for. It's more about getting to the need behind what they're asking for, and there might be a more elegant way to solve for what they're asking for. But there's also some backlash with AI. So I see some things happening where a lot of my corporate clients have just banned it at the firewall, they don't want their employees even accessing it. They want to keep it within the company walls, so to speak, which is going to be kind of challenging to do, although there are some solutions they're employing to do that. I also see people taking it and, you know, interviewing fake users and saying, I can validate my idea because they asked OpenAI and it said it was a good idea, so I don't have to talk to customers. And it's like, okay, so they're taking some kind of persona from people and kind of building up a thing where you interact with it, and it seems very confident in it. It seems very confident in its statements. Like, that's the thing that I've noticed with OpenAI and a lot of this ChatGPT stuff is that it can be like really confidently wrong, but you find security in that confidence, right? And so I do see people saying, well I don't have to talk to customers, I just typed in ChatGPT and asked them. And I said, this is the kind of customer, what would that customer want? And it can literally generate personas that can generate canvases. It can do a lot that makes you seem like they are good answers. You could also just click regenerate and then it'll come up with really confident, completely different answers. So I think there's still a way where we can use it to augment what we do, I'm still a big believer in that, because I think it's really hard to scale research sometimes, especially if they have a small team, you're in a Startup. I think we can use AI to help scale it in some ways, but I think we just have to be careful about using it as the single source of truth for things because in the end it's still people and we're still, find all the tech problems, still people problems. And so I think we have to be careful of how we use AI in Agile and research and product development in general. Ula Ojiaku   Completely agree, and the thing about being careful, because the AI or the model is still trained at the end of the day by humans who have their blind spots and conscious or unconscious biases. So the output you're going to get is going to be as good as whatever information or data the person or persons who trained the model would have. So what I'm still hearing from you if I may use Steve Blank's words would be still get out of the building and speak to real customers. I mean, that could be a starting point or that could be something you augment with, but the real validation is in the conversation with the people who use or consume your products. David Bland   I think the conversations are still important. I think where it gets misconstrued a bit is that, well people don't know what they want, so we shouldn't talk to them. I think that's an excuse, you should still talk to them. The teams that I work with talk to customers every week quite often, and so we want that constant contact with customers and we want to understand their world, we want to find new insights, we want to find out what they're trying to do and trying to achieve, because sometimes that can unlock completely new ideas and new ways to make money and new ways to help them. I think this idea of, well, we can't talk to customers because we don't have a solution ready or we can't talk to customers because they don't know what they want, I feel as if those aren't really the reasons you should be talking to customers. With discovery, you're trying to figure out the jobs, pains and gains, test value prop with them, continue to understand them better. And if you pay attention to your customers, there's this great Bezos quote, right. If you pay attention to your customers and your competitors are paying attention to you, you're going to be fine because you are, they're getting lagging information, right? You're really deeply connected to your customers, and so I just think we've somehow built this culture over time where we can't bother customers, we can't confuse them, we can't come to them unless we have a polished solution and I think that's becoming less and less relevant as we go to co-creation. We go more to really deeply understanding them. I think we have to be careful of this culture of we can't bother them unless we have a polished solution to put in front of them, I don't think that's where we're headed with modern product management. Ula Ojiaku   And someone might be saying, listening to, whilst I've gone through your masterclass, I've read your book, but someone might say, well, do you mean by jobs, pains and gains with respect to customers? Could you just expand on those, please? David Bland   Yeah, if you look at the, so my co-author Alex Osterwalder, if you go back to the book before Testing Business Ideas, there's a Value Proposition Design book where we have the value prop canvas. If you look at the circle in that book, so the tool kind of has a square and a circle, and we usually start with a circle side, which is a customer profile. And with the profile, you're really trying to think of a role or even a person, you're not trying to do it at the org level, you're trying to think of an actual human being. And in that, we kind of break it down into three sections. One is customer jobs to be done. So you can think about, you know, one of the functional, usually functional jobs that tasks are trying to do, you could also weave in, you know, social jobs, emotional supporting, it can get really complicated, but I try to keep it simple. But one way to find out those jobs is by talking to customers, right? Then next are the pain points. So what are the pain points that customers are experiencing, usually related to the jobs they're trying to do. So if they're trying to do a task, here's all the stuff that's making it really hard to do that task. Some of it's directly related, some of it's tangential, it's there, it's like these impediments that are really, you know, these pains that they're experiencing. And then the third one is gains. So we're looking for what are the gains that can be created if they're able to either do this task really well, or we're able to remove these pains, like what are some things that they would get out of it. And it's not always a one to one to one kind of relationship. Sometimes it's, oh, I want peer recognition, or I want a promotion, or, you know, there are some things that are tangential that are related to gains, so I love that model because when we go and we start doing discovery with customers, we can start to understand, even in Agile right. If we're doing discovery on our stories, you know, we're trying to figure out what are they trying to achieve? And then is this thing we're about to build going to help them achieve that? You know, what are the pains we're experiencing? Can we have characteristics or features that address these big pain points they're experiencing? And then let's just not solely focus on the pains, let's also think about delighters and gains and things we could do that like kind of make them smile and make them have a good day, right? And so what are some things that we could do to help them with that? And so I love that framing because it kind of checks a lot of the boxes of can they do the task, but also, can we move the pains that they're experiencing trying to do it and then can we can we help create these aha moments, these gains for them? Ula Ojiaku   Thank you, and thanks for going into that and the definitions of those terms. Now, let's just look at designing experiments and of course for the listeners or people if you're watching on YouTube, please get the book, Testing Business Ideas, there's a wealth of information there. But at a high level, David, can you share with us what's the process you would advise for one to go through in designing, OK yes, we have an idea, it's going to change the world, but what's the process you would recommend at a high level for testing this out? David Bland   At a high level, it's really three steps. The first is extracting your assumptions. So that's why I like the desirable, viable, feasible framing. If you have other things you want to use, that's fine, but I use desirable, viable, feasible and I extract. So, what's your risk around the market, the customer, their jobs to be done, the value prop, all that. Viability is what's your risk around revenue, cost, can you keep cost low enough, can you make money with this in some way, make it sustained? And then feasibility is much more, can you do it, can you execute it, are there things that prevent you from just executing on it and delivering it? So that step one is just extracting those, because this stuff is usually inside your head, you're worried about it, some of them might be written down, some of them might not be. If you're in a team, it's good to have perspectives, get people that can talk to each theme together and compromise and come together. The second part of the process is mapping and prioritisation. So we want to map and focus on the assumptions that we've extracted that are the most important, where we have the least amount of evidence. So if we're going to focus experimentation, I want to focus on things that make a big difference and not necessarily play in a space that's kind of fun to play in and we can do a bunch of experiments, but it doesn't really pay down our risk. And so I like focusing on what would be called like a leap of faith assumption, which I know Eric Ries uses in Lean Startup, it also goes back to probably like Kierkegaard or something, and then Riskiest Assumption is another way you can frame it, like what are the Riskiest Assumptions, but basically you're trying to say what are the things that are most important, where we have least amount of evidence. So that's step two, prioritisation with mapping. And then step three is running experiments. And so we choose the top right, because we've extracted using the themes, we have desirable, viable, feasible. We can use that to help match experiments that will help us pay down the risk, and so I always look for mismatch things. Like you're not going to pay down your feasibility risk by running customer interviews, that doesn't help you whether or not you can deliver it. So making sure that you're matching your risk, and that's kind of where the book plays in mostly because we have 44 experiments that are all organised by desirable, viable, feasible, and then we have like cost, setup time, runtime, evidence, strength, capabilities. There's like a bunch of kind of information radiators on there to help you choose, and so we basically run experiments to then go and find out, you know, are these things that have to be true, that we don't have a lot of evidence to prove them out, are they true or not? And so we start then using this process to find out and then we come back and update our maps and update our artefacts, but that's kind of the three step process would be extract, map and then test.   Ula Ojiaku   Thank you. Would you say that there is a time when the testing stops? David Bland   I would say it never completely stops, or at least hopefully it doesn't completely stop. Even if you're using discovery and delivery, I find that usually in the beginning there's a lot of discovery and maybe a little bit of delivery or almost no delivery, and then as you de-risk you have kind of like more delivery and then a little bit less discovery. And then maybe if you're in a kind of repeatable mode where you're trying to scale something there's a lot of delivery and a little bit of discovery, but where I get really nervous are teams that kind of have a phase or a switch and they say, okay, we've done all the discovery now we're just going to build and deliver. I feel as if that constant contact with customers, being able to constantly understand them, their needs are going to change over time as you scale, it's going to change things, and so I get really nervous when teams want to just kind of act like it's a phase and we're done with our testing, right, we're done with our discovery. And I feel great organisations are always discovering to an extent. So it's just really finding the balance with your teams and with your orgs, like how much delivery do you have to do? How much discovery do you need to kind of inform that delivery? So ideally it doesn't stop, but the percentage of discovery you're doing in testing will most likely change over time. Ula Ojiaku   So in the world of Agile, Agile with a capital A in terms of the frameworks that originated from software development, the role of the Product Owner/Product Manager is typically associated with ensuring that this sort of continuous exploration and discovery is carried out throughout the product's lifecycle. Do you have any thoughts on this notion or idea? David Bland   I think there's always some level of risk and uncertainty in your backlog and in your roadmaps. So people in charge of product should be helping reduce that uncertainty. Now, it's usually not on their own, they'll pair with a researcher, maybe a designer. They might even be pairing with software developers to take notes during interviews and things like that to socialise how they're paying down the risk. But I think if you look at your backlog, you're kind of looking at middle to bottom and saying, oh, there's a lot of uncertainty here, I'm not really sure if you should even be working on these. So part of that process should be running discovery on it, and so I try to socialise it. So if you're in your Standups, talk about some of the discovery work you're doing, if you're in planning, plan out some of the discovery work you're doing, it's just going to help you build this overall cohesive idea of, well, I'm seeing something come in that I have to work on, but it's not the first time I've seen it, and I kind of understand the why, I understand that we did discovery on it to better understand and inform this thing and shape what I'm about to work on, and so I think it helps create those like touch points with your team. Ula Ojiaku   Thank you for that, David. So let's go on. There is, of course, your really, really helpful book,  personally I have used it and I've taken, I've not done all the experiments there, but definitely some of the experiments I have coached teams or leaders and organisations on how to use that. But apart from Testing Business Ideas, are there other books that you have found yourself recommending to people on this topic? David Bland   Yeah, I think there's some that go deeper, right, on a specific subject. So for example, interviews, that can be a tool book itself, right, and so there's some great books out there. Steve Portigal has some great books on understanding how to conduct interviews. I also like The Mom Test, well I don't like the title of the book, the content is pretty good, which is basically how to really do a customer interview well and not ask like, closed-ended leading bias questions that just get the answers you want so you can just jump to build, you know. So there are some books I keep coming back to as well. And then there's still some older books that, you know, we built on, foundationally as part of Testing Business Ideas, right? So if you look at Business Model Generation from Alex Osterwalder, Value Prop Design, the Testing Business Ideas book fits really well in that framework. And while I reference Business Model Canvas and Value Prop Canvas in Testing Business Ideas, I don't deep dive on it because there's literally two books that dive into that. A lot of the work we've built upon is Steve Blank's work from Four Steps to the Epiphany and I think people think that that book's dated for some reason now, but it's very applicable, especially B2B discovery. And so I constantly with my B2B startups and B2B corporations, I'm constantly referring them back to that book as a model for looking at how you go about this process from customer discovery to customer validation. So yeah, there are some ones I keep coming back to. Some of the newer ones, there are some books on scaling because I don't, I'm usually working up until product market fit, you know, and I don't have a lot of growth experiments in there. So there are some books now starting to come out about scaling, but I think if you're looking at Testing Business Ideas and saying, oh, there's something here and it kind of covers it, but I want to go a lot deeper, then it's finding complimentary books that help you go deeper on a specific thing, because Testing Business Ideas are more like a library and a reference guide and a process of how to go through it. It would have been like two or three times in length if we'd gone really, really deep on everything, so I think 200 pages of experiments was a pretty good quantity there. And so I'm often, I'm referring books that go deeper on a specific thing where people want to learn more.   Ula Ojiaku   Thank you for that. So if the audience, they've listened to what you have to say and they're like, I think I need to speak with David, how can they reach you? David Bland   Yeah, I mean, davidjbland.com is a great place to go, that's me, you can read about me, you can watch videos on me presenting. I have, you know, videos of me presenting at conferences, but also, there's a YouTube channel you can go to where I have some of my webinars that are free to watch as well, and just little coaching videos I make where I'm like, hey, I have a team that's really struggling with this concept and I just kind of make a quick YouTube video helping people out to say this is how I'm addressing this with, you know, with a team. Also Precoil, P-R-E-C-O-I-L, that's my company, and so there's a lot of great content there as well. And then just in general social media, although I have to say I'm pulling back on social media a little bit. So, I would say for the most part LinkedIn is a great place to find me, I'm usually posting memes about customer discovery and videos and things just trying to help people, like make you laugh and educate you, and so LinkedIn, surprisingly, I don't think I'd ever say like, oh, come check me out on LinkedIn, you know, five or ten years ago, but now that's where I spend a lot of my time, and I feel like that's where my customers are and that's where I can help them, so yeah, I end up spending a lot of time on LinkedIn too.   Ula Ojiaku   Yeah, some of your memes there like, I mean, how do I put it, just gets me up in stitches. Yeah, I don't know how you find them or do you commission actors to do some of them, but yeah, it's good. So yeah, so LinkedIn, social media is the main place, and your websites, those would be in the show notes. I also heard you do have a course, an online course. Can you tell us about that? David Bland   Yeah, this summer, I finally found some space to put together my thoughts into an Assumptions Mapping Course. So that is on Teachable. I'm going to be building it out with more courses, but I've just had enough people look at that two by two and read the book and say, I think I know how to facilitate this, but I'm not sure, and so I literally just went like step by step with a with a case study and it has some exercises as well where you can see how to set up the agenda, how to do the pre work for it, who you need in the room for it, how to facilitate it, what traps to look out for because sometimes, you know, you're trying to facilitate this priority sort of exercise and then things go wry. So I talked about some of the things I've learned over the years facilitating it and then what to do a little bit after. So yeah, it's a pretty just like bite-sized hands-on oh, I want to learn this and I want to go try with the team or do it myself. So yeah, I do have a new course that I launched that just walks people step by step like I would be coaching them. Ula Ojiaku OK, and do you mind mentioning out loud the website, is it precoil.teachable.com and they can find your Assumptions Mapping Fundamentals Course there?   David Bland   Correct. It's on precoil.teachable.com   Ula Ojiaku   OK, and search for Assumptions Mapping Fundamentals by David Bland. Right, so are there any final words of wisdom that you have for the audience, David. David Bland   Try to keen an open mind when you're going through a lot of this work. I feel as if the mindset is so important, you know. So if you're taking this checkbox mentality, you're not going to get the results out of following any of these processes, right. So, I think being able this idea of, oh, I'm opening myself to the idea that there's some assumptions here that may not be true, that I should probably test. It shouldn't be an exercise where you're just checking the box saying, yep, I wrote down my assumption and then, yeah, I ran an experiment that validated that and then move on, you know. It's more about the process of trying to, because your uncertainty and risk kind of move around. So, this idea of mindset, I can't stress enough that try and keep an open mind and then be willing to learn things that maybe you weren't expected to learn, and I think all these great businesses we look at over the years, they started off as something else, or some form of something else, and then they happened upon something that was an aha moment during the process, and I think that's, we have to be careful of rewriting history and saying it was somebody, it was a genius and he had a single brilliant idea, and then just built the thing and made millions. Very rarely does that ever occur. And so I think when you start really unwinding and it's about having an open mind, being willing to learn things that maybe you didn't anticipate, and I think just that mindset is so important. Ula Ojiaku   Thanks. I don't mean to detract from what you've said, but what I'm hearing from you as well is that it's not a linear process. So whilst you might have, in the book and the ideas you've shared, you know, kind of simplifying it, there are steps, but sometimes there might be loops to it too, so having an open mind to know that's something that worked today or something you got a positive result from, might not necessarily work tomorrow, it's, there's always more and it's an iterative journey.   David Bland   It's quite iterative.   Ula Ojiaku   Yeah. Well thank you so much David for this, making the time for this conversation. I really learned a lot and I enjoyed the conversation. Many thanks.   David Bland   Thanks for having me. Ula Ojiaku   My pleasure. That's all we have for now. Thanks for listening. If you liked this show, do subscribe at www.agileinnovationleaders.com or your favourite podcast provider. Also share with friends and do leave a review on iTunes. This would help others find this show. I'd also love to hear from you, so please drop me an email at ula@agileinnovationleaders.com Take care and God bless!   

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Steve & Izzy continue APE-RIL, a month-long celebration of the finest simians in cinema, as they are joined by author Heather Osoy & her husband Cesar to discuss 2010's "Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back" starring the voice talents of Tom Kenny, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Cheryl Hinds & more!!! Will it matter that we know nothing of the original movie? Where can you buy Heather's amazing books? How can we make a great sequel? What new podcast will Steve & Cesar start?!? Let's find out!!! So kick back, grab a few brews, remember Blackberries, and enjoy!!! This episode is proudly sponsored by Untidy Venus, your one-stop shop for incredible art & gift ideas at UntidyVenus.Etsy.com and be sure to follow her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & Patreon at @UntidyVenus for all of her awesomeness!!! Try it today!!! Twitter - www.twitter.com/eilfmovies Facebook - www.facebook.com/eilfmovies Etsy - www.untidyvenus.etsy.com TeePublic - www.teepublic.com/user/untidyvenus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we welcome back Dave and Nicky Schauder to The Good Dirt to reconnect and update our listeners on what's been happening with their business project, Permaculture Gardens. We talked to them almost four years ago now, in June of 2020, early in lockdown when the buzz about growing your own food was really getting ramped up. Nicky and Dave started Permaculture Gardens to make permaculture and growing food accessible to everyone - especially families! They specialize in education for backyard vegetable gardens, small-space permaculture and indoor gardening solutions. For several years, they grew hundreds of pounds of their own food for themselves and their six children on a small suburban townhouse lot. In this conversation we'll hear about their new location and the innovative new gardening app, Sage, designed to simplify and streamline sustainable gardening practices. Tune in to Dave and Nicky for inspiration on growing your own food, even with limited time and space. This Episode is Sponsored by Pinetree Garden Seeds! Order their seeds today from superseeds.com and use our promo code: GOODDIRT2024 for 20% off your entire order! Topics Discussed · A Peak Behind the Scenes: Google Drive Problems · Slow Living Challenge Takeaways · The Permaculture Principle of 'The Problem is the Solution' · Evolution of Permaculture Gardens. · The backstory of the Schauders' journey into permaculture f · Children's health challenges and their commitment to organic food. · The Launch & Impact of Afterschool Permaculture Programs · Starting a Personal garden · Their Approach to permaculture education. · Transition to a larger space for both their family and permaculture projects · The development and features of the new app SAGE · Community Engagement, Education, and their Observation of Climate Changes on Gardening Choices. · Balancing Raising Kids and Permaculture · The Kickstarter for their SAGE · Fences as a Living Basket · Harvesting Your Own Food · Native vs. Nonnative Plants · Favorite Things to Grow Including: Bananas, PawPaws, Blackberries, Perennials, and more · “Lazy Gardening” · The Gradual Evolution of Your Garden Episode Resources: · How to Grow More Vegetables book · SAGE: https://www.permaculturegardens.org/sage · GIY: https://www.permaculturegardens.org/giy · Listen to Nicky and Dave's First Episode “Grow Your Own Food in 15 Minutes” Connect with Nicky & Dave Schauder: · Website: **https://permaculturegardens.org/** · Instagram @permaculture_garden: https://www.instagram.com/permaculture_garden/ · YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PermacultureGardens · Links: https://linktr.ee/permaculturegardens ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Sally K. Norton⁠ suffered for decades from chronic health problems including arthritis, brain fog, severe back pain and eventually had to quit her job because of the extreme fatigue and inability to read. She then discovered the culprit of her 'healthy diet' (spoiler alert: ⁠oxalates⁠!). This episode is brought to you by my favorite fish oil! We also discuss her book: Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick and How to Get Better. Join us as we say Goodbye to back pain, brain fog, arthritis, infertility, UTIs, sinus infections, C. Diff, neck pain, headaches, anxiety and more! 6:36: Sally's horrible and debilitating arthritis 8:23: How she found relief within 10 days of cutting out oxalates and actually slept better 12:00: Beans and zits that lasted for two years 12:31: Her vegan diet 13:49: Age spots 14:09: Stabbing back pain 14:40: What are oxalates? 18:11: Getting up to pee at night? 21:33: Chronic sinus infections, UTIs, bladder infections, digestive function, headaches, anxiety, seizures, and neurotoxicity 21:33: ⁠Clostridium Difficile⁠ (C. Diff) 23:23: Neck pain 33:23: Where to start? 34:15: Top Oxalates Culprits: Cashews Almonds Spinach Chard Beet Greens Chocolate Sweet Potato Plantains Turmeric Quinoa Buckwheat Whole Grains Chia 36:04: Arrowroot, Almond + Almond Flour (thumbs down) 36:20: Kiwi, Blackberries, Raspberries (are these foods your favorite?? They are high in oxalates and not kind to your body) 36:26: Tea This episode is brought to you by ⁠my favorite fish oil⁠! 48:40: ⁠Michael Mathieu⁠ Vibrant Health 49:09: Almond farm 51:24: PUFAs + Oxalates = Detrimental Outcomes (great way to destroy you health) Lemon juice benefits (citric acid is alkalizing / helps dissolve oxalate crystals) When I became a temporary vegan (⁠The China Study⁠)Struggling to get pregnant? Fertility issues? (quality of sperm as well as hormonal health for both men and women) Her Book: ⁠Toxic Superfoods⁠ HOW to remember what we CAN eat (cabbage family = thumbs up! Peeled and cooked, never eaten raw. Broccoli, Cauliflower, Radishes, Chinese cabbage, Rutabaga, Watercress. Cucumber family = thumbs up! Squash, yes! Watermelon, yes! Little red potatoes are OK) What are lectins? Should you go strict carnivore now? Supplements high in oxalates (turmeric, slippery elm, olive leaf, powdered greens, anything with 'bran' or 'rice bran') Baby food / 'kid friendly food' Avocado, sweet potato, quinoa ⁠S⁠⁠ally's Website⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ ⁠Twitter⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ ⁠YouTube⁠ Website: https://sallyknorton.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sknorton/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sally.norton.311 Twitter: https://twitter.com/BetterLowOx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/SallyKNorton/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFpmJtV19QCyjzaC5U691-A If you're vegan, vegetarian, or pescatarian, you may find this episode offensive and extremely eye opening. If these topics offend you, you are not encouraged to listen. Follow Ashley Deeley on Instagram: @ashley_deeley

‘The Roz & Mocha Retro Show' – Roz & Mocha chat about the new Blackberry in 2013. What are the sexiest accents? Plus we re-visit Roz's thoughts on hotel room service!

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Today we're long, strong and invasive as we chat about highway berries and blackberries. We get into some complicated botany as we learn about prickles, druplets and the thornless erect before a roll in the hay and meeting some new squiggly, edible friends. Meditation at Lagunitas by Robert HassThe Argonauts by Maggie NeslonThe Homesteading Hippy blog postMolly's Blackberry CobblerEpisode 271: Summer Berries LIVE!Episode 502: SlumpsMatthew's Now but Wow! - Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer on NetflixThe Twilight Diners Support Spilled Milk Podcast!Molly's SubstackMatthew's MusicProducer Abby's WebsiteListen to our spinoff show Dire DesiresJoin our reddit

Our first ever golf live broadcast is upon us. We're live from Chicago for the NV5 Invitational presented by Old National Bank and we're joined by KFT players (Adrien Dumont De Chassart, Ben Kohles, Rafael Campos, and Tim Widing). We discuss the tension on tour as we enter the home stretch, playing for one's livelihood, and hear about the best shots from the year. Before the players join, the crew talks Oppenheimer, Blackberries, Golden Eye the video game, and The Word Of The Day.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/foreplaypod