Podcast appearances and mentions of brad west

In this episode of the Production and Distribution stream of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, ALLi nonfiction adviser Anna Featherstone speaks with Brad Andalman, co-founder of Vellum, the popular book formatting software used by thousands of indie authors. They discuss Vellum's origins, its evolution, and how it fits into the book production process—especially for authors looking to maintain control, streamline workflow, and update files efficiently. Brad also shares insights on how authors use Vellum in unexpected ways, recent feature updates, and how the team prioritizes new tools based on author feedback and publishing trends. Find more author advice, tips, and tools at our Self-Publishing Author Advice Center, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven't already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. Sponsors This podcast is proudly sponsored by Bookvault. Sell high-quality, print-on-demand books directly to readers worldwide and earn maximum royalties selling directly. Automate fulfillment and create stunning special editions with BookvaultBespoke. Visit Bookvault.app today for an instant quote. This podcast is also sponsored by Gatekeeper Press, the all-inclusive Gold Standard in Publishing, offering authors 100% rights, royalties, satisfaction and worldwide distribution. Gatekeeper Press, Where Authors are Family. About the Host Anna Featherstone is ALLi's nonfiction adviser and an author advocate and mentor. A judge of The Australian Business Book Awards and Australian Society of Travel Writers awards, she's also the founder of Bold Authors and presents author marketing and self-publishing workshops for organizations, including Byron Writers Festival. Anna has authored books including how-to and memoirs and her book Look-It's Your Book! about writing, publishing, marketing, and leveraging nonfiction is on the Australian Society of Authors recommended reading list. When she's not being bookish, Anna's into bees, beings, and the big issues of our time. About the Guest Brad Andalman is the co-founder of 180g, the company behind Vellum—the Mac-based software that simplifies professional-grade book formatting for indie authors. He launched the company in 2012 alongside Brad West after more than a decade at Pixar Animation Studios, where he helped build next-generation animation and rendering tools.

Washington Roundup and Fireworks between Zelensky and Trump GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent Global News Brad West proposed Metro Vancouver board members cut their fees GUEST: Mike Hurley, Mayor of Burnaby Explosion and fire in Langley Township GUEST: Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad West Proposes sweeping changes to Metro Vancouver GUEST: Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says U.S. President Donald Trump will implement 25 per cent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico GUEST: Andrew Wynne Williams, Divisional Vice President, BC, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters  How to adapt your driving to the arrival of the first snow and cold weather GUEST: Carl Nadeau, Michelin expert and former professional racecar driver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Mayor of Port Coquitlam has some choice words on BC's influx of immigration. Guest: Brad West - Mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

He's one of the highest profile Mayors in the Province and he made an appearance on For the Record earlier this year. As part of our 'Best of the Best in 2024' series we bring you a replay of our sit-down interview with Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West. We talk about mental health, crime and property taxes and much more. Mayor West doesn't pull any punches and let's you know what he thinks during this interview which covered a wide range of topics. The interview took place at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in September. If you enjoy FTR and these podcasts, be sure to tell your family and friends. Also encourage them to follow the podcast as well. FTR is available on all major platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcast.

In this episode of Nonprofit Nation, we sit down with Brad West, attorney, nonprofit leader, and the visionary behind the Profit for Good Initiative. Brad shares his innovative approach to transforming the way businesses contribute to impactful causes—without adding any extra cost to consumers.We'll also dive into his newly launched initiative, Commissions for a Cause, which partners with a life insurance agent to donate 40% of commissions from every lead generated. This groundbreaking model allows people across North America to support nonprofits like The New Roots Institute and The Life You Can Save's Maximize Your Impact Fund simply by purchasing life insurance—at no additional cost.Brad opens up about the challenges of running a nonprofit while managing a full-time career, and his vision for a future where profits fund justice, sustainability, and vibrant communities. Whether you're a consumer, nonprofit, or business owner, this conversation will inspire you to rethink how everyday financial decisions can generate meaningful change.In This Episode, We Discuss:Why Brad created the Profit for Good modelHow businesses can create impact without extra cost to consumersThe Commissions for a Cause initiative and how it worksChallenges of running a nonprofit while working full-timeThe two songs Brad listens to when he needs inspirationAbout Brad WestBrad West is the visionary behind the Profit for Good Initiative. A University of Chicago grad and innovative attorney. Brad's TEDx talk on transforming consumer spending into impactful charitable contributions has inspired audiences worldwide. His mission? To create a world where our choices as consumers can save lives and better the planet. Join Brad on Nonprofit Nation to discover how his groundbreaking model can empower nonprofits, consumers, and philanthropists to foster vibrant, sustainable communities and make every dollar count. Did you miss this year's Nonprofit Social Media Summit? The recordings and all materials are now available! Designed for the small and mid-size nonprofit, my Summit offers actionable and practical insights on how to best use social media to raise awareness and funds, even during turbulent times.Walk away feeling empowered and supported, with strategies you can implement right away. Learn more and get instant access to the recordings at NonprofitSocialMediaSummit.com Take my free masterclass: 3 Must-Have Elements of Social Media Content that Converts

First, step up your beard game, https://luxuriousbastardco.com/ - Use promo code LEGENDARY for a discount and become a man. Max Pryce is a St. Louis-based comedian with much to say about his eventful 29 years of life.  Drawing from his unique experiences in his degenerative and crime-ridden past as well as the ongoing troubles of being a young, single father, he is widely praised for his ability to connect with crowds of all ages and backgrounds. Described as having “infectious, silly energy”, he delivers punchline-packed stories and anecdotes with keen observations that makes him a favorite everywhere he goes.  Winner of the Funniest Person in STL award in 2021 and 2-time finalist for Make Me Laugh USA, Max performs all over the country including tours with Preston Lacy of MTV's Jackass as well as social media sensation Casey Frey.  He is performing at the St. Charles Funny Bone Thursday November 14th - Sunday November 17th. Tickets here: https://www.stlouisfunnybone.com/post/max-pryce  Check out his new comedy special called Lost in the Sauce on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Max-Pryce-Lost-Sauce/dp/B0D473RN13  Khamandi is a comedian from Chicago, Illinois. Whitney Howland aka Couch Guy is a St. Louis comedian. Brad West is a musician working on a project called Artificial Ending, check it out on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4g1CRqml3WwGKs5KnXGf64  Anthony Rogers is a Stand up comic, Professional tourist, Entrepreneur, and Host of The Anthony Rogers Show podcast. Https://www.instagram.com/BetterThanTheBeatles Https://www.AnthonyRogers.US  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theanthonyrogersshow/support

BONUS PODCAST: This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir, Brad West, Kareem Allam, and Angelo Isidorou to unpack what happened in British Columbia's 2024 provincial election.Brad West is the Mayor of Port Coquitlam.Kareem Allam is a Partner of Fairview Strategy. He was the Campaign Manager for BC United (formerly BC Liberal Party) leader Kevin Falcon's successful BC Liberal leadership campaign.Angelo Isidorou is the Executive Director for the Conservative Party of British Columbia.RECORDED: October 21, 2024

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad Wets joins us to share his thoughts on the recent televised debate! Should plastic bags and straws come back to BC? Turkey season is here! What are prices and supplies looking like? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelowna RCMP are investigating an attack on a 13-year-old at a Kelowna park that was recorded and then widely circulated on social media. We speak to Jillian Roberts, University of Victoria professor of educational psychology, and ask viewers how they discuss incidents like this with their children. Then, B.C.'s political parties are making various pledges on public transit ahead of the provincial election. We hear from Brad West, Port Coquitlam mayor and chair of the TransLink Mayors' Council and ask viewers what they would like to see developed by the next government.

Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West makes an appearance on For the Record. In a special interview recorded in Vancouver at the Union of BC Municipalities, West talks about a number of key items of concern to him and other mayors in the Metro Vancouver region.Some of the topics host Daniel Fontaine and Mayor West touch upon include involuntary care, homelessness, transit funding and property taxes.Also making another appearance this week is New West Councillor Paul Minhas. In this week's Council Roundup, the topics of a 'mini' carbon tax, Cycling Sundays, Metro Vancouver wasted tax dollars, community block party fees and much, much more are on the table for discussion.The topic of "The Way I See It" editorial this week is Premier David Eby's turnabout on the issue of involuntary care. Why was a NWP motion calling for mental health supports in December 2022 shot down by Community First? Why are CF politicians not speaking out against NDP Premier David Eby's campaign promise to force some people with mental illness into involuntary care in modernized Riverview-like institutions throughout BC?This is a podcast you will want to listen through to the end! It's available on all major platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcast.

Later this week, For the Record will release the entire interview with high profile and outspoken Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West. During the Union of BC Municipalities Convention in Vancouver he sat down with host Daniel Fontaine to discuss a range of issues including public transit, homelessness, involuntary care and keeping property taxes in check. Listen to an excerpt of his interview which focuses on the recent BC Government decision to reverse course regarding involuntary care for some mentally ill people.

Wednesday's random attacks in downtown Vancouver are prompting a renewal of calls to reopen Riverview Hospital to treat people with mental illnesses. Our guests Brad West, Port Coquitlam mayor, and Guy Felicella, harm reduction and recovery advocate, join us to discuss the nuanced topic of institutionalisation. Then, Gwen Sjogren, author of the "O Canada Crosswords" series joins us to play our on-air puzzle game with our audience.

What's so bad about density? One on one with Poco Mayor Brad West! Minimum wage and benefits for gig workers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Battle of the bots: Are bots nabbing the best campsites in B.C? GUEST: Eric Karjaluoto, co-founder of Camp-nab Locals armed with water guns protest overtourism in Barcelona GUEST: Geri Mayer-Judson, Show Contributor Response to Brad West's call for dramatic change at the Metro Vancouver Board. GUEST: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City Councillor The best air conditioners to buy during a heat wave GUEST: Andy Baryer, Tech and Digital Lifestyle Expert at HandyAndyMedia.com Can Vancouver meet the August 7th deadline for the Kits Pool Opening? GUEST: Brennan Bastyovanszky , Vancouver Park Board Chair Pierre Poilievre talks bail reform, affordability,  GUEST: Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Daniel Fontaine, New Westminster City Councillor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vellum is the gold standard for editing your book ready for publication. Listen as James Blatch talks to Brad West about tips for preparing your book

Loblaws agrees to sign Canada's grocery code of conduct GUEST: Sylvain Charlebois, Director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University Surrey police soap opera - did Brenda Locke initially accept the province's $250 million offer? GUEST: Linda Annis, Surrey City Councillor Was Brad West going to lead the opposition party if B.C United and B.C Conservatives merged? GUEST: Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Why is SFU shutting down their interpretation and translation programs? GUEST: Kayla Hilstob, Chief Steward of the Teaching Support Staff Union Platinum selling artist Shawn Desman comes to Vancouver GUEST: Shawn Desman, Canadian singer Shoppers Drug Mart's job post for a “volunteer” employee GUEST: Geri Mayer-Judson, Show Contributor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUEST: Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC.Welcome to Hotel Pacifico. We're your 5-star podcast destination for B.C. politicos. Hosts Mike McDonald and Kate Hammer provide insights and interviews covering the latest in B.C. politics. Plus, our weekly segments #StrategySuite with Geoff Meggs + #MiniBar!Thank you for joining us on #HotelPacifico. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.Watch conversations from Hotel Pacifico via Air Quotes Media on YouTube.

Is immigration serving Canadian needs?This is VANCOLOUR host Mo Amir and the outspoken Mayor of Port Coquitlam discuss immigration and Canada's underinvestments in public education, healthcare, and housing. Plus, the President of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) Chris Gardner explains the depth of Canada's labour shortage in the trades and construction industry. Plus, Mo blasts one of Canada's work permit programs as a "disgrace".

Episode 454 - Brad West, Xul Beer Co. Happy New Year's, Thieves! We're celebrating with Brad West of Knoxville, Tennessee's Xul Beer Co. (pronounced, “zoool”). Tune in and let us know what you think!***As always, you can email your questions, complaints, whimpers, or whines to us at stealthisbeerpodcast@gmail.com. We read everything we get and we'll try to respond as quickly as we can. If not online, then on air. And THANKS! You can subscribe to STB on iTunes and PLEASE LEAVE US A REVIEW!!! Co-hosts: Augie Carton & John Holl Producer: Justin Kennedy Engineer: Brian Casse Music: "Abstract Concepts - What Up in the Streets" by Black Ant.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: HearMeOut - Networking While Funding Charities (Looking for a founder and beta users), published by Brad West on November 15, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Two extremely important things are our time and our connections to others who can help advance shared goals. Significant time is wasted on low value introductions and meetings. But at the same time, projects are delayed, don't succeed, or don't reach their full potential because critical connections are never made. We are looking to build HearMeOut, a solution that will save your valuable time while facilitating valuable connections, by asking people to donate to a charity for your time, and/or enabling you to connect with others by donating to a charity. HearMeOut is the platform where you can book time with someone by donating to the chosen charity of the person who you want to meet with. For example: you sell software that you're confident company X wants, and you're willing to donate 500 to The Against Malaria Foundation to pitch it to them for one hour. If you want to cut down on cold emails and meetings, you can tell anyone that you only meet with people willing to donate a certain amount to the charity you chose (e.g. I'm a founder and anyone who wants to sell me something can do that if they donate 100 USD to AMF). You pay for meetings where you're confident you bring something valuable, and you can be assured the meetings scheduled with you are with people who value your time correctly and don't intend to waste your time. We believe the net result to be meetings with a higher average value- eliminating intros with those who don't value your time, while enabling those who demonstrate that they do to get on your calendar- with charities benefiting from the signals. It's close to zero cost to build and test this platform with some initial users, and it could be very scalable. We are seeking someone to lead this project and initial users who want to get donations before they take a cold meeting. What HearMeOut Offers Ability for people ("Seekers") to obtain introductions to people that could be helpful to their projects or goals by donating to a charity. Ability for people ("Listeners") to help others that can credibly signal that they will benefit from their help because they are gated behind a cost. Charities can be the beneficiaries of these signaling costs. Unfortunately, between working my own full time job as a lawyer and running a nonprofit (website will be changed soon- renaming to "Profit for Good Initiative"), I do not currently have the bandwidth to run such a project. Vincent van der Holst, founder of BOAS, also believes in the potential of this project, but is similarly unable to run this project because he is running the business. Both can advise the business and help attract resources. Vin already has connections to a designer and developer who are willing to help build the first version at no/low cost. How Would HearMeOut Work? Thanks to Jeff Reasor for developing some mockups of what HearMeOut might look like. HearMeOut would provide a platform for Listeners: those who want to spend their time potentially helping others by providing advice, funding projects, connecting people together who could be helpful, using their influence to advance a shared goal, purchasing products or services that could be beneficial to the Listener, and/or otherwise helping people. Listeners would be able to choose the charity(s) that would benefit from the fee to connect with them, the time increments they could make available, as well as the donation associated with various increments. This donation cost would serve a dual-function: it not only serves as a way to raise money for a charitable cause the listener cares about, but also serves a screening function- the cost associated with the audience will lik...

This week we talk to Brad West (co-founder of Xul Beer Company) and Zac Porter (Director of Sales & Marketing at Schilling Beer Co.). First up Brad gave us the details on his Kill the Lights beer festival taking place on 10/28. He also gave us some exclusive news that you will just have to listen to find out about. Next Zac gave us a rundown of what is going on at Schilling. We finished off with a great discussion about lagers, mixed fermentation, and coolships.Go here for tickets to Kill the Lights --> https://xulbeer.com/event/kill-the-lights-2023-2023-10-28/Subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow Chris on Instagram Like us on Facebook! Presented by Idiom Brewing Co.And supported by Havoc Brew Supply and the Brewers Association of Maryland

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Compilation of Profit for Good Redteaming and Responses, published by Brad West on September 20, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TLDR: Document compiling redteaming on Profit for Good available, with public comments invited and appreciated. This thread further includes two argument headings against Profit for Good to be discussed in the comments. As one might suspect given that I have started a nonprofit to advance it, I believe Profit for Good, the philanthropic use of businesses with charities in vast majority shareholder position, is an immensely powerful tool. To get a sense of the scale of good that Profit for Good could do, see 14:22 of Cargill's TED Talk for what 3.5T could do, which would be about 3.5 years of 10% of global net profits. Here is a good place to start regarding why we think it is promising and here is a longer reading list. However, throughout time, many people have brought up criticisms and red-teaming. It is important to realize that Profit for Good, especially in initial stages, would likely require the use of philanthropic funds for launching, acquiring, and accelerating businesses that counterfactually could be used to directly fund extremely impactful charities that we know can do good. For this reason, it is critical that all of the potential reasons that Profit for Good might not succeed, not be the best use of funds, and/or have unintended negative consequences be considered. For this reason, I am in the process of aggregating red-teaming from wherever I can find it, organizing such redteaming, according to argument heading, verbatim where possible, and doing the same for the responses to such red-teaming. I am in the process of forming my own syntheses of the criticisms and responses. I am also continuing to compile new arguments and formulations/evidence regarding former arguments. If you are interested in supplying new arguments under existing headings, your own syntheses of existing materials, or new argument headings, you may feel free to add a comment on the existing document or email me at brad@consumerpowerinitiative.org and I will integrate it verbatim into the document (please indicate if you would like such argument to be anonymous for any reason, or I will credit you with the contribution. I will include in this piece the first two argument headings, and invite you to contribute to such arguments for or against in this thread (I will update the main document accordingly). I intend to do future posts evaluating later argument headings. These headings regard the criticism (1) that Profit for Good businesses will increase costs for consumers and (2) that Profit for Good businesses will be held to a higher standard than normal businesses in ways that critically impair their ability to compete. Entire Redteaming document also here. Criticism: Profit for Good businesses will increase costs for consumers Brad's Criticism Summary: A frequent version of this "criticism" is in fact a confusion of the Profit for Good model with "bundling." With "bundling", a normal firm with normal shareholders would build in a charitable donation into a purchase, increasing the product's price commensurately so as not to harm its shareholders. "Bundling" would increase consumer costs, however, it is not the Profit for Good model. The donation is not a "cost", but rather a function of the identity of the shareholder that is entitled to profit. It is not clear why a charity as shareholder would be a higher cost than a normal investor as a shareholder. There are versions of this criticism that are not products of confusion as to what Profit for Good is. One is that many businesses that are able to provide the lowest prices are multinational firms and those prices are possible due to billions of dollars of capital costs. Essentially, many kinds of ...

Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam discusses how keeping you lawn golden could win you a $100 gift card Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam and Chair of the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation discusses the impact of Canada's population boom on affordability and transit in the Lower Mainland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam on Port Coquitlam's three-day citywide cleaning blitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this series we set out to showcase up and coming amateur riders that are making their way through the ranks in hopes to make it at the professional level. In episode 11 our host Brent Bowser catches up with Brad West about growing up in Australia, making the move to the United States to chase his dream, dealing with recent health issues, and more!

Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam and Director of the Metro Vancouver Finance Committee discusses how to rework Metro Vancouver's budget to lower potential taxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Public safety on Surrey transit after the death of a 17-year old teen Anita Huberman, CEO for the Surrey Board of Trade discusses feelings public safety in Surrey after the fatal stabbing of a 17-year old teen that took place on a public transit bus. Mayor Brad West, Chair of the Mayors' Council comments on transit public safety Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam and Chair of the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation discusses public safety on transit. The spider is saved! Vancouver keeps ‘Phobia' artwork at Commercial Drive Peter Meiszner, Vancouver City Councillor provides an update on the 'Phobia' artwork at Commercial Drive. Making Property Density a Reality  Jake Fry, founder of Small Housing BC discusses making property density a reality in BC Introducing BC United - the impact of a party's name change Dr. Hamish Telford - Associate Professor of Political Science, University of the Fraser Valley discusses the potential impact of the BC Liberal party's name change to BC United. Public safety concerns on transit after the death of a Surrey teen Elenore Sturko, BC Liberal MLA for South Surrey discusses public safety concerns across the lower mainland after a Surrey teen was stabbed to death while riding public transit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam and Chair of the Mayors' Council on Regional Transportation discusses public safety on transit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fairy Tails Dog Rescue with Tiffany and Louise. "The Dog Rescue Startup List". End Song: Me and my dog - Brad West. Instagram: fairy_tails_dog_rescue Website: www.fairytailsdogrescue.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam describes how he's been able to manage the city's budget effectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grocery CEOs testify to the House of Commons Agriculture Committee Haruun Ali, community organizer based in Edmonton who started a petition calling for an investigation into Loblaws for greedflation discusses how much he believes Canadian grocery store CEOs testimony to the House of Commons Agriculture Committee over just how much profit the big grocers are making during a period of inflation. Why should Port Coquitlam's budget management be a template for other cities? Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam describes how he's been able to manage the city's budget effectively. International Women's Day - highlighting pilot Jessica James Guest: Jessica James, commercial pilot and co-star of The HISTORY Channel's Lost Car Rescue Video game loot boxes and Twitch gambling streams on the rise   Dr. Luke Clark, Director of the Centre for Gambling Research at UBC discusses the rise of video game loot boxes and Twitch gambling streams.  The Vancouver singer performing a viral TikTok in a hot air balloon  Emilee Moore, artist and songwriter from Vancouver discusses why and how she made a viral TikTok in a hot air balloon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam discusses the reasoning for high property taxes across Metro Vancouver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

B.C. budget overview and deficit spending Bridgitte Anderson, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade reacts to the provincial government's budget announcement B.C makes contraception available for free Sara Eftekhar, Access BC campaign member and nurse practitioner reacts to the province's announcement of free contraception available starting April 1st. Analyzing the 2023 B.C. Budget with Keith Baldrey  Keith Baldrey, Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief analyzes the 2023 BC Budget. Why are property taxes so high across Metro Vancouver?  Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam discusses the reasoning for high property taxes across Metro Vancouver. Reacting to the B.C budget announcement Peter Milobar, BC Liberal Finance Critic and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA examines the 2023 BC Budget. Suitcase murderer Leo Li resurfacing in New Zealand John Daly, Former Global News Investigative Journalist discusses the decades old Suitcase murderer case. Business Council of BC reacts to 2023 Budget  Ken Peacock, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at Business Council of BC reacts to the 2023 BC Budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the perfect meal, tacos and lagers on The Beer Hour this week! We'll hear from Knoxville's Xul Beer Co. about where the name comes from and their plans for the future. Cofounder Brad West takes us through the history of the brewery and what the Knoxville craft beer scene is like. Then Eduardo Lara of "The Wolf of Tacos" shares the story of his popup restaurant that's turning heads in Miami. What makes a perfect taco? And how does a popup restaurant survive during the pandemic? Grab a taco and listen in!

 Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam shares residents concerns over a new potential flight path for airplanes over Port Coquitlam on their way to YVR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we talk to Brad West, the co founder of Xul Beer Company. We learned about the history of the Knoxville, Tn based brewery and were the name Xul came from. We also talked about their Kill The Lights festival and briefly discussed their plans to open a second taproom.Subscribe to our YouTube ChannelFollow Chris on Instagram Like us on Facebook! Presented by Roasthouse Pub and Idiom Brewing Co.And supported by District East and McClintock Distilling.

Today we have amazing opportunities to create, publish, and distribute our self-published books. One of the greatest tools created for self-publishers in recent years is the Vellum app, which is software that helps you create ebooks and print books that look amazing. I've been a heavy Vellum user for years, so I was excited to chat with one of the co-creators, Brad West. Brad has been in the world of indie publishing for over ten years. Before that, he was a senior software developer at Pixar Animation Studios. In this conversation, Brad shares the fascinating story of how and why he and his co-creators developed Vellum. He also shares his thoughts on the future of self-publishing.

Today we have amazing opportunities to create, publish, and distribute our self-published books. One of the greatest tools created for self-publishers in recent years is the Vellum app, which is software that helps you create ebooks and print books that look amazing. I've been a heavy Vellum user for years, so I was excited to chat with one of the co-creators, Brad West. Brad has been in the world of indie publishing for over ten years. Before that, he was a senior software developer at Pixar Animation Studios. In this conversation, Brad shares the fascinating story of how and why he and his co-creators developed Vellum. He also shares his thoughts on the future of self-publishing.

Show 102, Trent, and Nic are back. The boys are joined in the studio by KTM Australia's Kirk Gibbs. This is 12 months in the making and it is finally here. Kirk opens up about his 2022 season, the 2012 crash that nearly cost him everything, the 2015 MX1 championship, and Brendan Harrison talk as well. Serco Yamaha's newest signing Brad West calls into the show to discuss his debut in Adelaide, life in Dingo, if he should be worried about Jason and Fortnite talk. Congratulations to Nick Lindenberg who won the States Mx Wheel Giveaway. motolimited.au go and get the new merch now. www.serco.com.au roosystems.com.au ktrapparel.com.au FLY Racing mpesuspension.com.au propowder.com.au linkint.com.au qb4.com.au @t.maher83 @iamstillyn99 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/motolimited/message

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Giving Store- 100% Profits to GiveDirectly, published by Ellie Leszczynski on October 26, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. TLDR: Here's a link to a store selling housewares, kids/babies supplies, pet products and out door products where 100% of the profits go to GiveDirectly. Now, shipping is 100% free on all items in the store! My name is Ellie Leszczynski and I am the Social Media Director for the Consumer Power Initiative (also known as CPI), founded by Brad West. I got interested in volunteering because once I heard about the idea and the mission, I knew I just had to be a part of it. After becoming familiar with the Effective Altruism community, I realized the EA principles really inspire me to think of how I can be better in my own life and give back to others. So I went on the EA website and ordered my free book - “Doing Good Better” by William MacAskill. I am now looking forward to reading his new book, “What We Owe the Future," as well. And I really am amazed by the community that has been developed around using our time, money, grit, and creativity to maximize our positive impact for everyone, including even insects raised in alternative farming or consciousness being generated by machine learning. This is a vast world with a lot of moving parts and ideas going on in it, and the Consumer Power Initiative is taking initiative to promote an altruistic mission that doesn't take much to share and spread. As example, I would like to introduce you to an online shop called the Consumer Giving Store. The Giving Store directs all of the profit that it generates to GiveDirectly, a highly-rated charity that does direct cash transfers to the global poor. The storefront was designed by Kagen Zethmayr, one of the members of the Consumer Power Initiative, and coded by Madhav Malhotra, an EA who was inspired by a discussion with Brad in the comments of one of his posts. You may already be familiar with it. At the Giving Store, you can buy products curated from a variety of sources at no-more-than-retail prices, whose sole purpose in being sold in this venue is to generate profits toward a worthy cause without added cost to the consumer. This fits into the broader idea of the Profit for Good model (also called “Guided Consumption”), which the Consumer Power Initiative is trying to promote and normalize. The Giving Store not only allows people to help GiveDirectly by buying goods, it also allows them to send a signal to the broader world that consumers care and want to help in what ways they can. We believe that the general public will choose to buy goods from Profit for Good Companies (“PFGs”) when they can do it without paying more or sacrificing quality. We are confident in the proposition that, however flawed and/or selfish members of the general public may be, they would rather the beneficiaries of effective charities, such as those that help the global poor, get the benefits of profit generated from their activity rather than the people who currently get said benefits: the very wealthy, especially if not even doing the work involved in this activity. The general public at large, however, cannot create this infrastructure or the initial steps for the community. This project will need EAs and others who put additional effort in trying to make the world a better place. Brad discusses the different players in the Profit for Good and their motivations here. Vincent van der Holst reviews some of the advantages Profit for Good firms have here. I gather that EA is all about how we can use our resources and our time to have the highest positive impact in the world. And using consumer sentiment and our economies to further effective charities could really transform the world with everyday choices! We would like to thank you in advance for any purchasing you might do on ...

How do we address community concerns about mass Indigenous development in Vancouver without creating division? Khelsilem, Squamish Nation Council Chair discusses the Sen̓áḵw Development on south side of the Burrard St Bridge. Reactions to David Eby's housing plan - can the province bigfoot municipalities on housing? Brad West, Mayor of Port Coquitlam reacts to NDP leadership candidate David Eby's housing plan. Richard Stewart, Mayor of Coquitlam reacts to David Eby's housing plan B.C. expanding the role of pharmacists and first responders to support ailing health-care system  Adrian Dix, Minister of Health on announcing an expansion of the role of pharmacists and first responders to support ailing health-care system  The Francesco Aquilini scandal - is it time for a new owner? Matthew Sekeres, Co-host of Vancouver-based sports talk podcast Sekeres And Price discusses why it may be time for the Vancouver Canucks to have a new owner.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Bring legal cases to me, I will donate 100% of my cut of the fee to a charity of your choice, published by Brad West on September 11, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I am a lawyer that practices near Chicago, Illinois and I also started a 501c3 charity called the Consumer Power Initiative. CPI is interested in using our economic power to benefit charities. To that end, I would like to donate 100% of my cut of any business I bring in to the charity of the choice to whoever brings in the business. I get a third of our firm's fee for business that I bring in. Thus, in a personal injury case, we would get a third of any money generated, so I would generate my cut (a ninth) to the charity of your choice. In an hourly case, I would get a third of the fees generated. Randall Wolff & Associates is the firm I work for and we do a great job for our clients; you can check out our high score on Google Reviews. We would love to take your personal injury, worker's compensation, bankruptcy, or divorce cases. We also would be interested in seeing if we can help you with commercial disputes. I would like EAs more generally to do stuff like this. Are you a professional where rainmaking could be valuable to your business and are interested in helping effective charities anyway? Make it explicitly known that you will direct your cut of the fees to a specific charity, or a charity of their choice. Earning to Give can be much more effective if you use the fact that you donate your earnings to generate business. If you would like to do this, please initiate any conversations about representation by either emailing brad@rwolfflaw.com or calling 847-222-9465 and speaking with Brad West first. It needs to be clear that I generated the business for me (and thus your charity) to get the fee. If you're interested in learning more about the Consumer Power Initiative, check out our newsletter. Also check out BOAS, a company in the EU that sells sustainable baby products and directs all profits to charities. CPI Newsletter:%40gmail.com&usp=drive_fs BOAS website: boas.co Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Episode 135 / Brad West, one of the creators of Vellum software, joins us to talk about how authors format their books, both ebook and print, what's changed in the publishing industry, and unique ways authors are using Vellum.  Intro links:  Troy Lambert WIKT interview - promotion idea: bookstore giveaway copies Free Little Library Show notes: Brad shares how he came to work with authors after working at Pixar Why authors don't need to know every small detail about the formatting software to have beautiful books A common mistake of new authors when it comes to publishing their first book How Vellum expanded from ebook formatting into print formatting How authors are using Vellum to create special editions What's changed in publishing and what's stayed the same  Come over and say hi to Jami and Sara in the WIKT Facebook group! You can find show notes and links at wishidknownforwriters.com. Links:  Vellum website The Big List of Craft and marketing books mentioned on WIKT podcast episodes  Jami's Launch Plan Sara's Book Release Timeline Checklist Jami's books Sara's books Resources from the Author and Reader Community to Help Ukrainans

Brad West will have to eat the same food, do the same exercise, contain and restrict his social circles, conduct similar experiments, tasks, and basically copy everything his twin brother Brent will do…while in space…for more than 500 days… simulating the same amount of time it will take for humans to get to Mars- and helping to prepare humans to explore Mars.  Why would Brad and Brent do this? It's all part of the proposed “Twin Orbit Study” that you're about to discover right here, on the Casual Space Podcast.   The commercialization of space (SpaceX, Axiom Space, Blue Origin) brings new opportunities to study astronauts, including identical twins, on industry‐led space stations with unprecedented detail.  Extremely long‐duration microgravity will be the new normal when we travel into deep space, starting with Mars, and our success will be a test of health endurance in several respects. First, given the great distances, there will be very limited support from Earth once the mission begins. Second, the space weather (and radiation) is an order of magnitude more challenging. Third, the behavioral and cognitive challenges for such long missions will place an unprecedented strain on the crew. Although NASA, ESA, JAXA, ROSCOSMOS, and others are building a large knowledge base to address these challenges through missions on the International Space Station, very few crew have been studied in weightlessness for durations over six months, and more data from longer missions is critically needed.   Which makes for a perfect opportunity for The Twin Orbit study team, who are proposing a brand new, long‐duration Twins Study (building from the NASA Twins Study), and will work to accomplish four main goals:  Conduct Scientific Research for Biomedical Discovery and Testing New Hypotheses  Develop and Deploy New Technologies for Crew Health and Mission Maintenance  Develop Crew Health Operating Procedures Applicable for Long‐duration and Deep Space Missions  Inspire the Next Generation of Explorers   Learn More About Twin Orbit here: https://www.twinorbit.com/   About Brent West, in his own words: “It was the Cosmos TV series that initially captured my interest...I saw the first episode in high school in the late 1980's, and since that time I have always been fascinated with all-things space.  I knew I wanted to be an astronaut after I saw the movie Apollo 13 in the summer of 1995. I focused on my purpose and what I wanted to do and be involved with. At the time, I was a young LTjg (Lieutenant Junior Grade) onboard my first submarine, USS PINTADO (SSN-672). Brent West, Commander, U.S. Navy, earned his master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan in 2001 and worked in the Space Physics Research Laboratory as a student research assistant to help design a small student-led satellite project.  Brent also worked as a flight controller at Johnson Space Center from 2001 – 2003 in ECLSS (Environmental Control and Life Support Systems and earned his PhD in Physics from George Mason University in 2012, studying X-ray pulsars.   About Brad West: Brad West graduated from Winnebago High School in Winnebago, Illinois in 1990. He attended Illinois State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in sociology in 1994 and a Master of Science degree in education administration in 1996. Soon after receiving his master's degree, Brad moved to Richmond, Virginia to work as a Career Systems Manager/Advisor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He moved to Orlando, Florida in the spring of 1998, at the behest of a best friend who was working at Disney, and took employment in information technology at the Universal Orlando Resort. He loved the atmosphere and the energy of Universal and Orlando and worked there until the spring of 2004.Brad was accepted into the Doctor of Philosophy program in Higher Education Administration at the University of Florida in 2004. Upon starting the program, he worked as a graduate assistant in the Graduate School under the supervision of Associate Dean of the Graduate School. There, he became enamored with the many fields of graduate and doctoral education. After finishing program coursework, he worked several years in information technology at the University of Florida. Doctoral candidacy followed, and ultimately obtained a PhD in Higher Education Administration in 2013 with a focus on factors that influence doctoral time-to-degree in graduate education. Today, Brad is living in Southern Florida and working in information technology for a large national health care system. He enjoys traveling, visiting friends in the Florida keys, music, sports, anything NASA, and meeting new people.    About Chris Mason Dr. Christopher E. Mason is a geneticist and computational biologist who has been a Principal Investigator and Co-investigator of many NASA missions and projects. He is a Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, with affiliate appointments at the Meyer Cancer Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School, and the Consortium for Space Genetics at Harvard Medical School.   Here's what to do next:    Check out Chris's new book; The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds  https://www.amazon.com/Next-500-Years-Engineering-Worlds/dp/0262543842/ref=asc_df_0262543842/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=533430521017&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10374932519418788990&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1028099&hvtargid=pla-1424157036884&psc=1    Reach out here with questions; info@twinorbit.com  

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Making Trillions for Effective Charities through the Consumer Economy, published by Brad West on June 30, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I write this paper in response to some feedback I have gotten from others in the EA community regarding the length of my prior post. So here's a shorter version. TLDR: Businesses that are either owned 100% by or direct 100% of their profits to charities would have a competitive advantage over traditional companies that benefit shareholders. This is because charities are more popular than normal investors and there is no additional cost to being a charity as opposed to a normal investor. Thus, these businesses working for charities, which I call Guiding Companies, could offer goods and services at the same price and of the same quality as ordinary businesses. Consequently, the project of creating and making the public aware of these companies-working-for- charities is potentially very high-impact, because these companies could tap into the profits in the broader economy and generate billions of dollars for effective charities. Charities as Profit Recipients of Businesses In most contexts today, consumers, or buyers of goods and services, are mostly unaware, and/or given little care to, who is on the other side of the transactions they engage. If you buy some laundry detergent or cables for your phone, usually some company's set of shareholders is gaining profit from your purchase. In any case, companies seldom advertise who is profiting on the seller side. Consequently, there is a dimension of difference in the global consumer economy on which almost no sellers compete:: the identity of the entities that benefit from your purchase, often, owners in some form. An attempt to compete on shareholder/owner identity could be very effective, given that there is no strong public sentiment in favor of company shareholders or the other existing stakeholders. This use of seller-identity to compete could be seen where a consumer has a friend that owns a business, such as a barbershop, and the consumer chooses her friend's barbershop out of a desire to help her friend. In that case, the consumer would be choosing on the basis of where the profit would go, without necessarily sacrificing quality of haircut or paying more. One set of entities that could potentially occupy that shareholder position would be various kinds of charities. This makes sense because people donate millions of dollars to Oxfam, for instance, but they do not donate any money to Amazon. Consequently, if a charity or charitable trust acquired a company (through a set of wealthy philanthropists funding the acquisition- perhaps through a leveraged buyout) and advertised this fact to the public- that they could advance popular causes by buying through the firm owned by a charity instead of its competitors- it should enjoy an advantage. This effect could also be achieved by a company that explicitly directs all of its profit to charities. I call this Guided Consumption because this situation would enable consumers to further their values by buying through specific firms that specifically communicate the identity of their owners. I call the companies that are either owned by charities or explicitly direct 100% of profit to charities Guiding Companies. A few conditions would be needed in addition to Guiding Companies, such as systems that ensure that Guiding Companies are doing what they say that they are doing. Another condition is effective marketing to tell the public about Guided Consumption, where they can channel their purchases to advance a charitable cause. If you are interested in reading my descriptions of these conditions, feel free to check out Section II of my longer paper. But the main concern, in my view, would be whether or not the networks boosting Guided Cons...

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