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Miért olvasunk még útikönyveket az internet korában, és milyen esélyei vannak a műfajnak a ChatGPT-vel szemben? És hogyan lehet útikönyvet írni 444 jó magyarországi helyről? Vagy mik azok a figyelmeztető jelek, amikre érdemes odafigyelni egy étlapon? Sok más mellett ezekre a kérdésekre is kerestük a választ a Nem rossz könyvek podcastban, ahol Bede Márton volt a vendégünk. A napokban jelenik meg és a 444.hu/jomagyar oldalon már meg is vásárolható új kiadványunk, a 444 jó hely Magyarországon, melyben 8 régióra osztva lehet megismerni az ország rejtett és kevésbé rejtett, de jó helyeit. Ahogy a fülszöveg ígéri, kulcsosházak és kastélyszállók, túraútvonalak és látnivalók, éttermek és kocsmák, eldugott települések, strandok, fürdők, hegyek, völgyek, szélmalmok és rétesezők mind sorra kerülnek.  A tartalomból: 00.00 Utazástémájú könyvek, amiket röviden megemlítünk: Cal Flyn - Az elhagyatottság szigetei, Christopher Brown - Natural History of Empty Lots, Narine Abgarjan regényei, Martyna Bunda - Ridegség, Christoph Ransmayr - Egy félénk férfi atlasza.  5.00 A vendégünk Bede Márton. És rögtön az első kérdés: miért kezd el valaki útikönyvet írni? Meg egyáltalán, mi a különbség az útikönyv és az utazós könyv között?  9.50 Az utazást alakító érdeklődési féreglyuk friss példája: miért van több palesztin zászló Baszkföldön, mint Marseille-ben? Aki ezt megfejti, kap egy 444 Jó hely Magyarországon könyvet!  14.10 Útikönyvhasználati szokások, és egy jó márka: a Bradt. Valamint az Offbeat Budapest az ideérkező külföldieknek. Mit tud az útikönyv még mindig az internettel szemben? Az AI miatt még értékesebbek lettek az útikönyvek. A szóba került cikk az utazásról az internet utáni világban, és a ChatGPT magyarországi ajánlata. 20.30 És akkor az új könyv: mi változott a 2019-es kiadás óta, hogyan alakította át a járvány a hazai vendéglátást? Vidéken sokkal nagyobb változások voltak, mint Budapesten. És hogyan lehet kiválasztani 444 jó helyet?  25.10 Mi a legrejtettebb kincs, ami szembejött? És mit jelent a kis odafigyeléssel szinte bárhol lehet egy jót enni? Például mire odafigyelni egy étterem étlapján? Uj Péter említett cikke.  29.30 Az ország leginkább alulértékelt régiója. A „fekete lyuk”, ahonnan nem került be semmi a könyvbe. És jó éttermek olyan helyeken, ahol az ember nem is gondolná. 34.20 Ami a Balatonra igaz, az egyben Budapestre is: borzasztóan drága Magyarország. Kastélyok és az említett cikk a kastélyprogramról. 36.55 Bedepuszta tényleg jó hely? 38.30 Melyik az a hely, aminek kedvéért bármikor autóba ülnél, hogy egyél vagy aludj egyet? 40.00 Három könyv Bede Márton ajánlásában: John Gimlette könyvei, pl. At the Tomb of the Inflatable Pig, Michael Smith - An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean, és Jaroslav Hašek - Svejk.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Hicks Counting Countries has traveled to 120 countries Hey now, I am your host, Ric Gazarian.  Today, we are speaking with Andy Hicks.  I have had the pleasure of meeting Andy at the first ETF in Armenia and the TCC meeting in May in the Azores.  Andy was raised in a non-travel environment, but a couple of pivotal trips propelled him into the 193 community and with his stated goal of every country by 50.   If you want to meet Andy Hicks and 206 other travelers join us in Bangkok. The Extraordinary Travel Festival will be held on November 15, 2024 in Bangkok.  Use discount code BANGKOK for $60, so please purchase your ticket today to lock in your savings at the . I'll give an ETF recap at the end of this episode. I would like to thank everyone for their support of Counting Countries, especially my Patrons: Bisa Myles, Ted Nims, Adam “one-away” Hickman, Steph “Phuket” Rowe, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Ed Hotchkiss, Barry Hoffner, Katelyn Jarvis, Philippe “JL” Izedian, Gin Liutkeviciute, Sunir Joshi, Carole Southam, Sonia Zimmermann, Justine, Per Flisberg, Jorge Serpa, Phil “Marmaduke” Marcus, Sam Williams, and Ani Chaturvedi for supporting this podcast.  You can support this podcast by going to .  My patrons will hear extra content with Andy that you will not hear.  I binge a ton of podcasts. I have just started listening to the Maverick Show podcast, hosted by Matt Bowles.  Maverick Show just celebrated his 300th episode.  Check out a most recent episode with Ashley Company.  She grew up as a military brat, living as a local in South Korea with her family.  Then she went on a multi-month epic trip visiting every country in South and Central America.  Check out Ashley.  Of course, Counting Countries is all about Chasing 193.  Matt is more focused on digital life and travel, but there are many interesting lessons and parallels within our community.  I was in Bangkok for this recording while Andy was in Denver. Please listen in and enjoy.    Thank you to my - you rock!!  ….  Bisa Myles, Ted Nims, Adam Hickman, Steph Rowe, Simen Flotvik Mathisen, Ed Hotchkiss, Barry Hoffner, Katelyn Jarvis, Philippe Izedian, Gin Liutkeviciute, Sunir Joshi, Carole Southam, Sonia Zimmermann, Justine, Per Flisberg, Jorge Serpa, Phil Marcus, Sam Williams, and Ani Chaturvedi.     And now you can listen to ! And Alexa!  And write a review!More About Andy Hicks Counting Countries Where were you born: Lexington, KY USA What passport (s) do you hold: USA (2) Favorite travel book: probably Around the World in 50 Years by Albert Podell; Bradt guides 100% for trip planning Favorite travel film: Raiders of the Lost Ark (no kidding) Favorite travel app or website: EPS, Adam Hickman's Top Tips, Geography Now! Must carry item when traveling (like flashlight, Kindle, deck of cards etc.): my sleep is extremely important – so eye shades, ear plugs, and Ambien; anything else I can buy locally Favorite food: probably sushi Favorite drink: good coffee and Coca Cola with real sugar when outside the US Favorite airline: Qatar Favorite hotel: not too focused on hotels but if I had to pick one, probably the Grovepark in Asheville, NC About Counting Countries Counting Countries is the only podcast to bring you the stories from the dedicated few who've spent their lives on the singular quest of traveling to every country in the world. Less people have traveled to every country in the world than have been to outer space. Theme music for this podcast is Demeter's Dance, written, performed, and provided by .  About GlobalGaz Ric Gazarian is the host of Counting Countries. He is the author of three books: , , and .  He is the producer of two travel documentaries: and .   Ric is also on his own quest to visit every country in the world. You can see where he has and keep up with his journey at How Many Countries Are There? Well… that depends on who you ask!  The United Nations states that there are . The British Foreign and Commonwealth office states that there are . The Traveler's Century Club states that there are . The Nomad Mania The Most Traveled Person states that there are 1500 . SISO says there are .     Me? My goal is the 193 countries that are recognized by the UN, but I am sure I will visit some other places along the way. Disclaimer: There are affiliates in this post. Andy Hicks Counting Countries   

It's time for a talk – a Shepherd's Talk, that is.  Every year, the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival has this popular segment available for shepherds, wannabe shepherds, ecologists, historians, and people who are just plain interested in fiber production from the ground up.  Today's talk is with Erin Bradt, of Helder Herdwyck Farm, where she talks about not just these fantastic little primitive sheep, but also about importation limitations, disease issues in livestock, and…well, more than we have time for in the intro. We'll be bringing you more of these fantastic seminars in the upcoming months.  If you'd like to see the visuals on this one (just like you're sitting on a hay bale in Rhinebeck), head over to the Backyard Green Films YouTube channel for this video, and much more.Links:https://helderherdwyck-farm.square.site/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-57015478www.sheepandwool.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLz9Oj_oVkg Support the Show.

10th March 2024 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 348: Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett of Komoot SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett LINKS:  https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.ternbicycles.com https://twitter.com/CarltonReid https://www.komoot.com/user/655260825794 https://jkbsbikeride.com TRANSCRIPT Carlton Reid  0:13   Welcome to Episode 348 of the Spokesmen cycling podcast. This show was engineered on Sunday 10th of MARCH 2024. David Bernstein  0:28   The Spokesmen cycling roundtable podcast is brought to you by Tern bicycles. The good people at Tern are committed to building bikes that are useful enough to ride every day and dependable enough to carry the people you love. In other words, they make the kind of bikes that they want to ride. Tern has e-bikes for every type of rider. Whether you're commuting, taking your kids to school or even carrying another adult, visit www.ternbicycles.com. That's t e r n bicycles.com to learn more. Carlton Reid  1:03   I'm Carlton Reid. And this is the fourth in a five part series digging into bike navigation apps. There have been shows with folks from Ride With GPS, Bikemap, Cycle.travel, and today it's the turn of Komoot. although as you'll soon hear, in this nearly 90 minute chat with Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett, we also talk a great deal about travelling the world by bike. And that's before, of course, there were smartphone apps to guide you. Jonathan, welcome to the show. And presumably you're you're in London, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  1:51   thank you very much for having me. It's a real pleasure. And yeah, I'm in London, South London to be precise on a very beautiful sunny February morning.  Carlton Reid  2:01   It's kind of nice in Newcastle as well. So we're blessed. Now the reason I said that was because a your name. So we can get looking we can discuss that in a second and you can show me how you're you can tell me how to pronounce your, the Danish part of your name correctly. But also because cuz because we're talking here about Komoot and Komoot is a German company. But first of all, how do i pronounce your name correctly?  Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  2:29   My name is pronounced Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett. And it's actually not a Danish surname. It's a Faroese surname from the Faroe Islands. So I am I a half British, my father's English my mother is Danish, but my mother is half Faroese, her grandma, my grandmother's from the Faroe Islands, and the Faroe Islands for anyone listening who isn't sure exactly where they are, is a bunch of islands about halfway between Scotland and Iceland. And on the southern most of those islands, called Suðuroyu. There's a kind of like a mountain ridge, behind the village where like my gran and her family are from called CamScanner. And that's where that name is from. So yeah, it's it's ferries surname via Denmark. Wow. Okay, good explanation. Carlton Reid  3:26   And because I didn't know any of that, I then didn't go back and check on your, your global world. Crossing cyclist. So I noticed that you went from Iceland? Did you go via the Faroe Islands at all? Yeah. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  3:45   So many, many years ago. Now, I spent three years cycling around the world, which was a whole kind of story in episode in itself. And at the very end of that, I wanted to go and seek because my great grandmother was still alive at the time, and she was alive and kicking the pharaohs. So towards the end of this, this, this free journey, I really wanted to go to Iceland cycle there wasn't particularly advisable in the depths of winter, but had a wonderful time nonetheless. And from there, you can take a ferry to the pharaohs. So I did go. I did after sort of not really seeing any family for about three years. I did go and see my great grandmother, which was amazing. It's an incredibly beautiful place. By that point, I had seen an awful lot of devote the world and the pharaohs. You know, just like truly spectacular. And it was really wonderful that I got to go and see my great grandma because she passed away a few months later. So it was all kind of perfect. A really nice kind of like final stop before I returned to the UK. So Carlton Reid  4:52   I will admit I haven't read every single one of your blog posts from back then but I'll go backwards and I'll go back and read that one because I'm sure that Under brilliant because I hadn't spotted the Faroese part. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  5:04   Yeah, it was a really lovely thing that I got to and then at the very beginning of my, the very beginning of this huge cycle, I left home said goodbye to my dad, my mum lives in Copenhagen. So I started that cycle around the world. I mean, at the time I had, I had no idea. It would be that big a cycle. I was just trying to see how far east I could get. But I wanted to go and visit my mum in Copenhagen. So that was kind of the beginning of the journey. So it was quite nice that I had like pitstop early on, you know, visiting family and it was quite nice that again, towards the very end, I also had a pit stop visiting fan for going home. Carlton Reid  5:42   That's your mum also came out and visited you like you as your beach bumming whether that was in somewhere in Indonesia or was in Thailand. Yeah, that's Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  5:50   right. She came and visited me in. I guess I was in in Thailand, often having seen her for probably a year and a half at that point. So we had a little, very nice, relaxing beach holiday, catching up, and most importantly, not doing any cycling at the time. Carlton Reid  6:07   And I'm sure she's treating you as well. It was, yeah, yeah. Know that for a fact, because we treated our son when he was doing stuff like that. Right. So let's get back to what we're meant to be talking about here, Jonathan, that is Komoot. So before we do that, I mean, give us the history of Komoot, because, you know, would you have used it on your? So yeah, this is 2015 to 2017. Yeah, yep. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  6:37   So I think I was unfortunately, I was a little bit too early. Cuz it's been around the apps been around for about a decade now. Set up by six, six friends from Germany and Austria. They have, I guess they will kind of united by a love of both tech. And also nature, they will come from the fringes of like, beautiful parts of Europe. But a very clever bunch. Yeah, excited about like the future of tech and where it intersects with, like, you know, all aspects of reality in our day to day lives. So Komoot is a German company. But going back to your your opening comment is a German company, but we consider ourselves very much a global or at least a European company, people, the people who work for Komoot are spread out across all of Europe. So we have quite an international outlook on the world, I would say. Carlton Reid  7:39   Was that right from beginning? Or was it very localised to begin with, and then only gradually did become international? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  7:45   Definitely, it was a gradual thing. I think Komoot I can't quite was before my time, the point because Komoot's fully remote. So one point switched and thought, Well, why not sort of recruit from across the entire continent instead of one country. And for a good number of years Komoot has been conscience consciously, international. So like had the app, the product translated to English a long time ago, we now have it available in half a dozen languages. So like, that obviously takes time and resources, but it's quite important for us to allow as many people as possible around the world to like, understand and interact with and interact with the app. So in terms of my own journey in cycling, I was kind of a bit too early on in the process is quite, it's quite funny actually, when I, when I first left, I really was not a cyclist. In 2015, when I left home, it all came together very quickly. And this was sort of the blogging, end of those blogging, glory years, I think around 2010 to the mid teens. So anyway, I found some resources online, and people were saying, Oh, you can buy a cycling computer and use that. I didn't really have much cash at the time. So I picked the cheapest cycling computer that looked like it might do the job. And it was this. This Garmin device, I can't quite recall what it was called. But you couldn't load base maps onto it, you could create a route somewhere and export a GPX file and then you could have this line to follow it. And I I was just following the North Sea coast coastline, on the way up to Scandinavia. And I spent a lot of time getting very lost. And after about three weeks on the road, I met someone who was was like, you know, you can just use your phone for this. And I didn't have mobile data across Europe. It was like before, it was quite so easy to connect to everywhere. But it hadn't even occurred to me that I could use my phone as a GPS device that it had this functionality, which feels a bit silly in hindsight, but why would I have I lived a sort of normal city life where I was always online at the time. And I hadn't realised that I could download load these map files from Open Street Map. And so I could kind of work out where I was at all times. So when I had that revelation, it was kind of blew my mind and things became a lot easier. And as we might discuss later, fast forward almost 10 years, it's now even easier than ever to have this these good quality maps offline and also to sync them with devices. But it's funny to look at where computers now, compared to my very rudimentary experiences, yeah, almost a decade ago. Carlton Reid  10:30   So the first time I came across, Komoot in certainly, you know, seared into my consciousness when my son was cycling back from China. Yeah. And I had all sorts of other ways of doing routes. But he was insistent that he was using Komoot. So all the way back from from China in some pretty hairy paid places, but parts of the world some of which I can see that you've cycled through as well. He was using Komoot and I need to ask him why he was he was using it but he did found it find it very valuable and certainly very valuable in those hairy parts of the world because it was drawing down some pretty ok maps. And it was giving him obviously really good information. So here's the pitch. Jonathan, why why use komoot? Why Why would world tourists use Komoot and why would that non well tourists want to use Komoot just you know, bumbling around the the Yorkshire lanes or the Norfolk coast towards why those two users might might wait. They want to use Komoot. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  11:41   It's really that's really cool to hear that just used Komoot for that. I've watched his like video of that long journey. It's so amazing. And they're very nice to Komoot was able to help that little bit. And I know that you've travelled a lot by bike as well, I think is funny. You know, especially with bikes, and especially with bike touring, it's been around, you know, it's been a thing for a very long time. It wasn't really that long ago that people were relying on paper maps. But that's in the same way that people used to, you know, drive around with British people with A to Z you know, in the car. And that already feels like such a such an outdated thing. I think a lot of very young people will this is probably a fact that a lot of young people don't know how to read maps in the same way that older generations do. So I would say for bike touring, it's, it's kind of like I sometimes why would you not embrace the technology that we have now, when I was cycling around the world, I did not really do any complex route planning on my phone. But now, we have commute and some similar apps and products. It's incredibly easy. The commute app is really intuitive, the algorithms are very sophisticated, it's very easy to find multiple options, but to find very suitable options, from A to B, even in parts of the world, where some of the map data is, is less comprehensive. And you can do all of this from your phone really easily. You don't have to drag paper maps around, you can very easily forecast how long it will take to get from A to B, you can very easily find out where might be a nice detour to take. There's just a lot less guesswork involved. So for the bike tour, it's a really powerful tool. But I would also say for the recreational user popping around the local lanes in the British countryside, for example, or a beginner, we have, we have a lot of tools that make it really easy to find a suitable route based on your ability. So while we have the route planner, which is great for finding ATV rides, whether that's like 100 miles, or whether that's 2000 miles across a continent, for the casual users who are doing like, you know, regular recreational loops. On our discover interface, we have, within just a few clicks, you can find routes that are based on your preferred sport type, whether you're gravel riding or road cycling, if you like hilly, hilly routes or flatter routes, or whether you're a hiker as well, because we accommodate for, you know, hiking as well. So you have these options that are tailor made for your needs within just a couple of clicks. And you can go and someone who's cycling across a continent probably understands how maps work probably enjoys looking at them, probably enjoys the process of, of stitching a route together. But for a lot of other users. That's not a priority for them. They just want to spend the time outside, having a good time without anything to worry about. Carlton Reid  14:55   There are a number of navigation apps some some of which seem to you know, be very popular in North America. Akka and some that are more popular in, in Europe. So that ecosystem seems to be very, very healthy. There are a number of apps going for the same kind of thing you know, from, you know, including one man bands like Cycle.travel. So, all of these different apps that are out there, how are people choosing? Do you think people are going through a list? And they're gonna go, Oh, I've tried that one, try that we're all like this one? Or do you think they just find one? And then they just keep on using that one come? What may? How do you think this ecosystem works? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  15:39   Gosh, that's a very good question. And a very big question. I think for a lot of people, it's probably a question of what they used first. And that's, that goes beyond just these, like app based kind of routing platforms, if someone is very used to using was successful, use paper maps for decades, or if someone in the UK is, you know, swears by Ordnance Survey. And they've always had, you know, good experience doing that, there'll be unlikely to change unless you give them a very compelling argument or a good example. So I think a lot of people, what they first start using, becomes the thing that they become familiar, familiarity is so important, same of a lot of like tech or products that we use day to day, we're quite hesitant to change our routines. I also think within that ecosystem, people's preferences probably change quite a lot based on if they have a bad experience as well. Same with all types of different, you know, products that we consume, you know, there's probably many things that you've used day to day for years, and suddenly when it breaks or something goes wrong, you decide I want to try something different. And then I would also say the local element probably plays a significant part in it. You mentioned in like other regions, or for example, North America, the market is in a different, like perhaps different status for us or you know, different other products that are available for people, I think a lot of it depends on the local side of it has to do with your peers. So like who you explore with you trusting your your recommendation of those you go out with, or the people who give you a great experience outdoors. But also whether or not the product is is localised and translated into your language that also makes a big difference people find rightly so it's reassuring when the product is as easy to understand gives a different level of trust. So I think those are a few of the factors, that that kind of changed the state of play. But overall, I would say that it's really, it's a good thing. There are a lot of incredible, incredibly bright minds and have great innovative companies in a kind of overlapping space, often with a slightly different objective. And, you know, that's, that's just great for the consumer, because it means that we're all kept on our toes, constantly looking for ways to improve those Carlton Reid  18:08   variety of companies out there, some are chosen by for instance, you know, cycle travel companies. So when you go on a on a cycle holiday, they will, they will choose to partner with a navigation app company, and then they will send you all the routes on that. So you're basically you're almost tied in on that particular holiday to that particular navigation app. Good thing, bad thing. So is that something that it's incredibly important to discover who are actually giving these links out and and calm them? Because you know, you go on a North American owned psychology company in say, Italy. And even though you're in Europe, you're using in effect and American app, because it's an American company that's leading those tours. So is that something that you are you as in Komoot? Or your your, your your colleagues and commute are actively trying to partner with these key companies? Yeah, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  19:15   there are. I mean, there are a lot of ways that we might sort of acquire new users. And by that, I mean, like reaching people and giving them their first experience on commute, those kinds of partnerships. I guess they probably represent like a smaller percentage of the ways to reach people. But that doesn't mean that they're not important. Particularly because if that partner whether it's a tour operator, or you know, a hotel or someone who's running a hotel, or even an event organiser, if they trust in Khumbu, and you know, I would say in Europe is you're far more likely to find that stuff that information presented to you via commitment than anyone else. That's great. because it's just reassures the, you know, the user that people look for that kind of reassurance from those those kind of places of authority. So those partnerships are really important to us. And we do work with a lot of tourism organisations, maybe even like hotels, tour operators, we do have quite a lot of active partnerships. And it's great for us because we reach that audience. But it's really good for us, we put a lot of effort into the people that do choose to work with us on educational tools, so that they understand it coming inside out, and can then give their users good experience. And that remains like super important for any of those types of partnerships Carlton Reid  20:39   can notice. If you get a bradt guidebook, a cycling guidebook, and it's you know, to the lanes of East Anglia, or whatever have you Yeah. Well, you're flicking through this, this book. And there's a little QR code. You open that up, I know, there's your route in Komoot via the Bradt guidebook. So what else have you got? Who else are you apart from Bradt, what else you out there in like a published terms? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  21:10   Well, it's just a good question off the top of my head. And when I struggle to think of them, but quite a lot of I mean, of course, is difficult because we are so you know, across the whole of the continent. There are some amazing publications and magazines that we've partnered with across Germany, France, Italy, Spain. And I think one thing that's really nice at the stage that commutes that is, particularly within certain segments, in Europe, we are, it would almost be strange for the user to have the route presented to them in a different way. Because they're so familiar with commute. That's what they use for their group rides. That's what they use for the events they sign up to. That's what they do for their day to day riding. And so a lot of those partners like they will present stuff on Komoot, regardless, like we'd always like to help them present the stuff in the best kind of best way possible. But they're still going to be reaching out and using Komoot, simply because it's a really nice, easy way to share and present routes with your kind of users or participants. Carlton Reid  22:16   And what do you do for Komoot? So what is the community part of your job title? What is what is? What does that involve? Yes, so Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  22:25   I'm the global community manager komoot. The global part is, well, global, but it's in particular, it's about the gaps between. So we have a team of community managers spread out. In some of the markets where we have more kind of community oriented stuff going on, we have more people. So there's, there's a couple of two or three people in Germany, we have a couple of community managers in the UK, I'm kind of filling in the gaps between a lot of the markets that are growing for us, but aren't quite at the same same kind of stage just yet. And then the community, part of it is kind of two things. One thing is our external partnerships. So that could be with events and event organisers that could be with the kind of inspiring individuals that we work with, because they have, you know, a great platform, or they have a very inspiring story to tell, or they're great at motivating people that that follow them. And then on the other side of that, I have a lot of focus, particularly these days on our core community. So Komoot is, while we're really lucky that we have such a huge audience, audience, we've got about 37 million users. So there's a lot of people. And not all of those people are, you know, active every day or using commute to connect with other people and share their stories within the community. But we have millions of people who are and I spend a lot of time, as do my colleagues on how do we give these people? Like how do we reward them for their contributions? How do we motivate them to share more? How do we make sure that people are getting fed the right inspirational content based on their preferences? So elevating our kind of, and looking after our core community is also a significant part of my role. Carlton Reid  24:22   So can you is it gonna kind of go slightly backwards into your background as well, if you if you are going to set out on a kind of track that you started in 2015? Are you going to do that now? For instance, could you open up Komoot and say, you know, do me a route from London all around the world back again? Or do you have to do it in stages? How would you use if you're going to be doing it again? How would you use commute? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  24:55   I think I think doing a route around the world probably possible but That's an awful lot of information for for one file. So I will probably break it down into smaller segments, which is to be fair, exactly what I did when I cycled around the world, and what most people probably would. And so when I when I left home, and sometimes thinking about cycling around the world is quite kind of overwhelmingly big kind of concept to navigate. But I would break it down into really small parts. So I knew that I wanted to cycle from London to Copenhagen. I knew that I wanted to visit a friend in Amsterdam, for example. So to begin with, I would focus on how do I get from London to Amsterdam, that's a kind of more sensible, you know, if you break it down to blocks, the whole thing becomes a lot more manageable, both in terms of logistics, but also mentally. So I will do the same on Komoot. One thing that sets you apart from some similar, some similar platforms is that we have a variety of different sport types you can choose from. So if you go on the route planner, you'll see that even for cycling, there's a few variations. There's like road cycling, gravel riding, bike touring, mountain biking. And that's really important because well, even even within bike tours, people have different preferences. If someone wants to get to Amsterdam, in you know, two or three days, on a road bike, credit card, touring, staying in hotels, they might want to be thinking, you know, they want to have the mindset of a road cyclists, they want to choose quick, efficient routes, they're on 25 mil tires, they don't really want to be going down toe puffs, no matter how they're graded. So these different algorithms think slightly differently, which I think is is really important. I would personally I would, for the way I was touring leisurely, I would be on the bike touring mode. But no, that's it's just important to point out there's different types based on your kind of bike and you're writing preferences. We have a tool called the multi day tour planner, so I could pick from London to Amsterdam. And then I could divide it up into let's say, I want to do it in four days, or I know that I want to do about six hours of cycling a day, I can divide it up and it takes into account the elevation on the way. So it has like a kind of consistent breakdown, which is really helpful when you're trying to forecast when you might get to a certain location. The other tool that I would definitely would be using on the route planner. One of our features is the sport specific overlays. And then you can overlay the long distance or National Cycle routes, which is super helpful. I do this and I'm always toggling between these wherever I'm out hiking or cycling, it just means at a cursory glance, I can see the long distance routes. So for example, I was at the time following loosely one of the EuroVelo. The common which number is the one that goes up along that coast. Well, I can see that overlaid on the map. And so I can compare that against the route that I'm plotting, I can make sure that I'm like loosely following it that that makes a real big difference. Both when I'm long distance touring, or if I'm even just kind of out exploring in the south of England. So those are a few of the main tools that I would use. The final thing I would add, I wouldn't have such a rudimentary cycling computer, I would still have, I'd still have one. The Garmin that I have now is far more modern and has base maps. And we actually have an app designed for Garmin specifically. And with that, I can create the date the routes on my phone. And I can just press one button send to device and I can load up the IQ app on my Garmin device. And the route will just go bing. And here it is. And if I want to change my route, halfway through the day, I can now just update it on commute on the app on my phone and press updates. And I'll get a little notification and my route will be updated. So if I wanted to cut my day short, we'll go to a different hotel or campsite an evening. And that feature is so cool. And I think if I'd had that all those years ago, there would have been a lot less faffing involved, which would have been wonderful. Carlton Reid  29:14   Yeah, I use that the other day, in fact. So I had a Garmin unit and I had I was navigating with Komoot hadn't actually changed the route because I just got on my bike after 70 miles because the wind was about 50 miles an hour ahead of me. But still, I was using it and it was neat that so I agree. So the map, I've got the app open here now and in other apps, you have a choice of quite a few maps. But here I don't I see the the Komoot map. I see a satellite map but then there's no like Ordnance Survey for the UK. So because your is that because you were an international brand and that's just what on market, yeah, there's no point just offering an OS just for one market. I mean, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  30:03   you could obviously you could argue for it. And in the UK, a lot of people aren't really familiar with and put a lot of trust into Ordnance Survey, commutes sort of core foundation revolves around OpenStreetMap, we are such committed believers of the Open Street Map Project. And it's really at the core of everything we do. And we are constantly looking for ways that, you know, we can help to enrich the data that's there or help to facilitate improvements to it. And you're right, I think, because we are active in so many different countries, we could protect, we could try and add all of these different national maps. But the the user experience would become quite convoluted. You know, if I travel a lot using commute, I quite like knowing that I can get my head around the commute render of OpenStreetMap, which is our like, primary map, and then we have satellite map. I like being familiar with it, I like knowing that the sort of routing algorithms will give me consistent results in different places. And that's quite important to ask that we still give people like a quite a not simple, but like, you know, familiar user experience that doesn't become overwhelming or confusing for them. But we really, we really, I should stress that we like, especially in the markets where we are most active in the quality of the OpenStreetMap data is is really amazing. And it's always improving. And it always is, yeah, enough for us to give people a really good experience. Carlton Reid  31:40   Maybe it's it's an age thing then because I mean, I grew up with OS maps, maybe people who are younger than me and not so hide bound, you know, as you could you have seen before, you know, people are no longer using paper maps, if I've grown up as a user of paper maps, and I no longer use paper maps, but I use the Ordnance Survey maps on my, my phone, it generally tends to be if I'm like trying to visualise an area, then me will as somebody who has grown up with that kind of Ordnance Survey mind map, I would I would default to Ordnance Survey as that's how I explain, you know, my, my where I am. So to me that's like, wow, I need I need, you know, I need iOS to know exactly where I am. It's great to have the Open Street Map. It's lovely. And the commute version of it. But still like, Yeah, but where am I? And I need that something's very familiar. But that might just be you know, people have an older generation. And that that is obvious to my son to Josh, that had zero relevance. And he probably wouldn't know his way around and OS map, but you don't know his way around, you know, the Komoot map really well. So do you think that's just telling me Jonathan, is this just me? Is it just me because I'm very, very old? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  33:00   If I frame my answer, as well, to be careful, I think your Ordnance Survey specifically as a very particular place in the British sort of, well, the psyche of how we spend how we map the country, is equivalent in other countries. I'll give you an example because I sometimes almost feel like as a outdoorsy person who likes Grim Adventures and is British and spends a lot of time exploring the British outside. I, you know, I should be more familiar with Ordnance Survey I confess, I have grown up in London. I didn't kind of do much outdoorsy stuff at school. Honestly, I've never really used Ordnance Survey I am, when when I started to explore, there was sort of these phone based solutions available for me right away sort of 10 years ago, revolving around OpenStreetMap. I do spend a lot of time hiking and walking for leisure. And I've just never found that I that I needed it. I'm super familiar with OpenStreetMap. I'm now an expert in how Komoot works. And so it's just funny, I think it's like different types of people, for sure, especially in the UK, but I would say also globally, is just very different, like different generations who have grown up, especially have the sort of, you know, even for example of Google Maps is sort of omnipresent in our exploring of the world and navigating I'm talking about everything now from public transport to driving. And even like the sort of sat nav, the satnavifacation, I'm sure that's not a word, but how we drive a car around the world has now had a massive influence on on people hiking and cycling. A lot of people would prefer to hike with turn by turn instructions on their phone and find that far more easy to get their head around than navigating from a paper map and pen The people could argue that that's, that's not as good. But I think if you embrace, you know, the quality of the map data and you embrace it, this actually helps a lot more people explore because there are less boundaries or sorry, less. Yeah, sort of less friction points. So less obstacles for them to to get over to outside. I'm not sure that's necessarily such a bad thing. Carlton Reid  35:23   And let's go slightly backwards in that. The name Komoot is a pun on commute. So when it was originally developed, was it as an internal city thing? Or was it always, you know, this is meant to explore the world with or was that explore the world with just something that came afterwards and is the name a bit of a misnomer, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  35:56   is actually a bit of a misnomer, partly because it's actually like a Komoot is derived from, I think it's called the Valsa dialect, which is the region that the founders are from and it's just like as far as I understand it, a casual greeting means something like simple and practical. And so it's a it's actually slightly misleading, because that's the origin of Komoot, obviously, was Carlton Reid  36:22   Nothing at all to do with commute. Well, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  36:25   I don't, I mean, it's not sure if it's a good or a bad thing that they're so similar, but that's the origin of the name Komoot. It doesn't, and the sort of the product and the philosophy doesn't come from commuting at all, it's about spending time outside. Of course, you could probably interpret that in many ways. Perhaps this is an alternative way of you know, commuting in nature. As it happens, many people use commute as part of their commute within town because they want to find a more scenic way of getting from A to B. But that's not the that was never the objective of the company and and still that isn't the case. Carlton Reid  37:05   Right? Interesting. So I got that wrong that Well, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  37:10   I also had one for a very long day if that makes you feel better. Carlton Reid  37:15   It does Thank you very much. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  37:17   I'm afraid now that you'll really struggle to pronounce Komoot without saying Komoot because it's only a matter of time before for that becomes a riddle itself. Carlton Reid  37:26   Well, of course Google isn't I think it's a mathematical term isn't it? So would have been familiar to some people but most people it's not it's not familiar terms. It's just these unusual term. So anything that's slightly unusual is better for a website you know name so the fact that you kind of spelling this and you people think it means there's but doesn't but they remember anyway so that's that's the trick just remembering it. So if it's if it helps some people doing all that must be Komoot Oh, yes, he spelt with a K. And other people's know it as a, you know, a greeting in a certain language. That's also okay. So it's however you get your name remembered? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  38:03   Yeah, very much so. Carlton Reid  38:06   So at this point, I'd like to actually cut away and let my colleague take over and we'll be back in a few minutes. So take it away, David. David Bernstein  38:16   This podcast is brought to you by Tern bicycles. The good people at Tern understand that while a large cargo bike can carry oodles of stuff, many of us prefer something a little more manageable. 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But Jonathan is he's the community Global Community Manager for Komoot and he's if anybody's going around the world on their bicycle or wandering around the world on the bicycle and they wanted to use commute then then clearly Jonathan would be a good guy to to learn from Andy certainly in a pretty good job for for the kind of company commute is because Jonathan, you went round the world well, we have touched on this but now let's let's explore this in in greater detail. So we've got the Komoot out of the way. Let's let's, let's talk about what where you've come from and why are you working for for Komoot? So we laughed before. Could you mention the fact that when you started, you were much of a cyclist? And I was kind of thinking, Yeah, that's right, because of what the amount of kit you took to begin with is the kind of the classic. And I made this exact same mistake when I started my cycle touring adventures many, many, many years ago, you take too much kit. So you had an enormous amount of kit. And you had a kind of an old school bike, you were you on steel, you're on a bicycle that I would have been familiar with in the 1980s, you know, a Dawes Super Galaxy,  classic touring bike of a while ago. And then you you you've, you've clearly learned a lot. In that time that you're away, but you started reading your blog, you basically picked this bike, you didn't seem to know much about cycling, and then like, a week later, you're, you're off touring the world. So describe it. Have I got that? completely correct, you were pretty much a novice, and then you went cycled around the world. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  41:18   That is, that is pretty much it. It's almost embarrassing to admit how little preparation or knowledge I had prior to leaving, but I think I was just blessed with youthful naivety time, and I didn't have high expectations at all, I just wanted an adventure. And there are very few simpler ways of finding one than grabbing a bike and kind of just heading off without a plan. Carlton Reid  41:44   Or when it's classic, absolutely classic, the way the way that kind of developed. But let's let's find out what were you doing at the time? How long were you expecting to do? You didn't have any plans at all. We literally tried to go around the world, we didn't know how long was going to take? Or were you just going to cycle and see where you got to and then just what you might give up at some point. What What were you doing? How old were you and what were you doing at the time. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  42:08   So if I rewind a little bit further, we touched upon it at the beginning of the call. I grew up I grew up in London, but my my Yeah, my father's British, my mother's Danish. We never cycled or I never cycled for fitness. I never cycled for leisure or for exploring. However, I did grow up riding bikes, it was just very much like a functional tool to get around. London is not bike friendly city. But it's a very practical city to get around and manoeuvre by bicycle. So I grew up cycling. I studied music at university. And when I returned to London, I wasn't entirely sure what to do next, like I'm sure plenty of young people. Now, early 20s have the same sort of existential crisis. I was quite fortunate that I'd been working the whole time I was studying and, and while I had an awful lot of debt, I had somehow ended up with, you know, a few grand in the bank accounts saved up so I kind of had this incredible, I was in this incredibly privileged position where I could kind of yeah, go and explore a little bit without having to take the next the next most serious steps in life. I had always travelled a lot that had been a high priority for me, I had done a bit of long distance walking, I was kind of prepared for another long hike. And then kind of had this this moment, this epiphany I suppose, where I thought well, what about cycling that could be I was really interested in human power, not human powered, rather, I was interested in overland travel. So I became kind of fixated by this idea of, of cycling and then bike touring. And, and these were, I think, a wonderful period on internet where you could find all these incredible blogs that were so relatable and so inspiring and so informative as well. And so the sort of recommendations I found online, people said, those galaxies a good bike, found one on on eBay bought it was a good pannier to take Balsam or leave panniers from Argos and got all of this around Christmas. And I left two weeks later and the plan at the time, I'd been sort of telling my peers and family I was gonna cycle to Australia, but it was it was a it was a pipe dream. But it was kind of a joke as well. It was a good way of like picking something so outlandish that people wouldn't take it seriously at all, which was fair enough given that I had never cycled further than about 10 miles. And so I I set off as I said to go and visit my mother, and I said if if this goes well, I will continue heading east and I had a fantastic first month and I continued writing to Turkey. I became very good at living, I would say extremely cheap on the road. I realised that I could probably get quite a long way. And, and yeah, I ended up going all the way to Australia, by which point I was completely broke. But I got a job and worked for a few months there. And then at that point, I, it became very clear to me that I wanted to continue and make it around the world cycle. And so I did that. And Nick got home, just under three years after having left probably having clocked around 50,000 kilometres, which is kind of a mind boggling number when I say out loud, Carlton Reid  45:32   huh? There's some people kind of do that in three weeks. I'm exaggerating a little bit, but they do it fast. And, you know, some Komoot users, Markus Stitz, for instance, did on a single speed, etc, etc. But you took three years. Now, it's not that you weren't doing some big mileages, you know, there was there was, you know, I read on your blog, you know, some days you're doing 145 kilometres. And then other days, clearly, you're, you're just doing nothing, because you're just enjoying the location. So you never had any plan to do it in a certain amount of time, you would just basically ebb and flow. It was just whatever the live through it you you kind of did that. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  46:17   Yep. And thank goodness, I personally like that. Because otherwise, I think it would be overwhelming to think about and those people who cycle around the world planning on it or trying to break records, I think it must just require so much. That's no fault and pressure, I really was just kind of going for a ride, there was never any pressure, no expectation. If I went home, whenever I was bored, that would have been fine. No one would have judged me. So I was really making up as I went along. And when I left, I had absolutely no plan to spend anywhere near that long on the road knows that I have any plans to cycle all the way around the world. I am a Tura. At heart cycling at that pace is and I've done a lot of more, sort of a dyno extreme bikepacking. I've done a lot of ultralight cycling, I've even tried a few ultra endurance races. But touring at that kind of pace, for me is just the most kind of beautiful ratio in life. Hmm. Carlton Reid  47:20   So notice, you've done the Transcontinental. So you have done these, these, these races, but your forte is basically just pootling along. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  47:30   Definitely. And if I if I continued to my cycling trajectory in between cycling around the world, and ending up doing what I'm doing currently at Komoot, when I returned home, having spent all of this time on the road, I actually worked as a bicycle courier in London for a short period, which was there's no better way to re calibrate and reintegrate into city living having spent so much time on the road and to get paid to cycle around delivering stuff and exploring, you know, a city even if it's your home city by bike. And I then started working at a company called Apidura. And I know that you're familiar of a producer, because I believe you interviewed the founder of Apidura in this past few years. And I was there for a few years. And that was really, I mean, obviously made sense. I had a lot of touring experience. But that was in 2018, which was really when this hugely significant kind of shift in interest from bike touring to bikepacking. Which you can interpret in many ways. But, but this this shift was really kind of about to explode, and then get even more exaggerated through the pandemic. So I, I had learned so much about travelling by bike and then I learned so much about the benefit of ultralight cycling and these new packing systems that were so different to taking for panniers on a loaded bike. And so I spent four years at the Jura did the roller coaster that was COVID 19. And and that was sort of the segue that led me to Komoot because Komoothas been so involved with bike packing bikepacking as an established but also an emerging sport in the last few years. Because Carlton Reid  49:19   you looking at your your bike setup. Back then with the with the Dawes Galaxy, and the bags you had on that was very much old school. And then I can completely identify with that because I'm clearly old school. And that's where I started. So you know, for panniers at least loads of stuff and caring too much, etc, etc. And you look at that now and you think no, you would have the upward Eurostyle you know you'd have the bike packing bags, you probably wouldn't be carrying quite as much Kip, although some of the place you went to. You know I'm thinking of you like your Australia video. and stuff where you're obviously having to pack. I mean, when you go across the desert, you having to pack you know, an enormous amount of water, you've got to have all of the bug kit, you know, you've got to have all of the stuff that's protecting you from the nasties. So you had some times you have gotten better how many it's not an old school versus new school thing. It's just you have to have a lot of kit in some places and and there's no two ways about that. You know? Even if you're doing a transcontinental style, you know, fast route across somewhere, you would still need a fair bit of of kit. But when you were when you started out, okay, actually good point. Did you finish on the same bike? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  50:43   I did, I finished on the same bike and I still ride that same Dawes Galaxy as my day to day pub, one around bike. Carlton Reid  50:51   Excellent. So it's but it's like Trigger's Broom, you've got you know, you've replaced tonnes of things, or it's still largely the same bike Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  50:58   is the same frame, the same fork. And that is nice. All That Remains of the original bike. Carlton Reid  51:05   So that's pretty good going well done Dawes Super Galaxy.  Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  51:09   Yeah, there's a lot to be said. Having modern bike so us so reliable in general. But yeah, I'm very much of the steel fan club. That bike has a lot of battle scars, from various sort of unfortunate collisions with other vehicles or just the road or ice. But it's still yet it's still going strong. And, and you're right, I've had the been very lucky to experience travelling by bike in very different forms from the kind of old school bike touring sense where you carry basically your entire house, to super ultra light, you know, bike travel, where you just have a bivy bag, and you sacrifice all levels of comfort. I've also done a lot of off road sort of mountain bike touring, I think the thing that I find so wonderful about bicycle travel in general, is that there's always a new way to do it. And there's absolutely no right or wrong way of doing it, I think it's very easy to get caught up in the the idea of I must be a lightweight bike packer, or I must do it in this particular way. But really, there's no right or wrong way of doing it. We're all very different, we all travel for very different reasons. And there's different ways of, of packing for it. And, and even if I refer back to commute and the way that we're set up, we give people the tools to, to pick, you know, they can pick the fast road route, if they want, or they can pick the meandering route, they can pick the most direct one, or they can pick the most leisurely one up over the mountains. I think this whole kind of space is really set up for the user to be able to customise you know, what they're doing, and how they're carrying it based on what their objectives is. And I think that's what's really kind of charming about the whole two wheeled travel thing. Carlton Reid  53:02   See, I'm a historian of many things, but including cycling, and Thomas Stevens, if you hadn't if you've come across that name in in the past, but he was basically a big wheel rider. So what would people would call Penny farthings. And this is 1880s. And the kit he had, the amount of kit he had and how it was packed is very much like bikepacking You know, it's the big pannier bags, that's pretty much the 70s and 80s thing, you know, really, really old and I was calling that old school, but genuinely old school. So 1880 stuff is you know, Apidura-style, incredibly lightweight, hard to carrying anything at all kind of touring. So that's that's kind of where cycle touring started. And we've kind of come full circle in many ways. And so people are going out there with incredibly minimal bits of of kit and somehow surviving. So when you did your your your your cirumnavigation, and you had all this enormous kit, where you jettison bits as you're going along. And just in case you didn't you don't really need this you pick it up basically you became an expert. Just cook you're having to carry this stuff. And because you haven't to carry it, you quickly learn I don't need that Chuck it Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  54:30   Yeah, and I did get rid of an awful lot of stuff. I had some some very questionable belongings with me. Like I had my my, I mean, I was on quite a budget when I left and and while I was going so it's sort of just what am I sacrificing a bit of weight for a cheaper option, but I had like my, my mother's old coat which was this like not anything resembling a down jacket, this monstrous thing that took up half a pannier. I had a pair of jeans with me to wear like when I was off the bike. So much unpractical. kind of clothing thing, I even had like a sort of smart casual shirt, I thought I would like to dress up like a non bike person when I was in town for a weekend, or things that I would never do now. And I did get rid of a lot of this stuff slowly. And as time went on out kind of improved things a bit as they broke. But then there was a lot of things that I wouldn't change, like I travelled with, I mean, I had like a cutting board with me so that I could chop vegetables up when I was camping, and had little film canisters, filmed of spices and a proper source bird. And so I could like, eat well, and, and I wouldn't, again, a lot of bikepackers could turn a nose up at that and think God's this person's just sort of like a moving kitchen. But I you know, for such a long period of the bike, I wouldn't, I wouldn't change that at all. And on and I know that the sort of, especially at the moment with the sort of influences bikepacking has had on on taking existing cyclists and making them realise what they can achieve on the bike. I still am a big believer in taking a bit more stuff if your legs can handle it. And if you're not in a hurry, you know, riding up a mountain with the extra weight on your bag, it's not going to do your fitness any any disservice. If you can get up it. I think a bit of both comfort is quite okay. And while in general, I'm a minimalist these days, I think there's plenty of space for carrying a few extra luxury items whenever you're travelling. Carlton Reid  56:30   But did you come back? Not you but did the bike and the kit come back a lot lighter. So by the time you'd finish, because I know you you'd have to badmouth the bags that you had. But you certainly changed your your your bags halfway around because of various reasons. And other notes on your blog, you do kind of, say a few choice words about the brand you had. But did you come back with? Did you come out with a lot more lightweight than you went? On much more lightweight? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  57:00   I would say I might have shaved off like a kilo. Like in general, I pretty much had the same amount of stuff with me. And yeah, it couldn't have bothered me that much. Because otherwise I would have gotten rid of an awful lot of stuff. So no, I actually, I actually think I returned with a fairly similar amount of weight on my bike. That's Carlton Reid  57:22   interesting, because that's totally opposite to the way I did it. So when I started out, I had so much kit, I had like a wooden hammer for hammering in the tent pegs I had, like, we just get a rock, you know, I had so many things that I just I was chucking stuff you know, from the very, very start and you've kind of quickly got used to you know, what was necessary and what wasn't. And you don't know that until you're actually on the road. So I was ended up with with a lot less kit. So I taught myself minimalism, just because, cuz, whereas you're saying you don't, it doesn't matter, you can just pedal up a hill, I was the opposite as like, No, I'm not the crane brothers. Famously, when they went up Kilimanjaro and their stuff, they they would, you know, drill holes in toothbrushes, I was never that extreme. But I would definitely want to be lightweight, as much as possible. And so I am kind of interested in taking a chopping board. So I wouldn't have done that. This is interesting about how different people approach these things. And like, I have come down to the minimalist and caring such a little like I wouldn't, personally I wouldn't, not even going on like a camping trip. Now. I won't take cooking equipment, for instance, I will generally buy what I need, and eat that and then have to then scrambled to get, you know, fresh supplies. And I know it's much more efficient to take rice and what have you and then be able to boil this up. But to me just carrying any amount of cooking equipment to me in my head, just that's too much weight, I can do this much lighter. And clearly you're you're not you're a different each to their own, isn't it? It's just different people want to do different things. And that's fine. Definitely. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  59:22   And we need to make sure that we always sort of accommodate that. Because people are so different. And and I think it's difficult, you know, in life, for example, in the cycling industry, it's a consumer driven industry, we need to convince people we brands need to convince people that they need to do things in a different way or a better way or an improved way. But really all of it comes down to like giving people options so they can do things in the way that they want to do it. And you know, there is absolutely no reason why one type of bike travelling is superior than another. They are yeah complete The different ways of doing things for different people. So ever people navigate in one particular way, if they choose one kind of route, it's not about that it's about giving people the options. And the same, like if someone wants to go on a road bike really fast with nothing on their bike, that's totally fine. And if someone wants to chuck for massive panniers on their bike, they'll probably be a bit slower. But that's, but that's totally okay. Carlton Reid  1:00:26   And so what are you doing now? During what what? How would you describe your riding, and your adventuring now, Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  1:00:33   my, I still try. And when I travel, I always want to be on a bike. If I'm not on a bike, I've fully compromised a little bit. But I also like spending time walking around being a normal person, especially if I'm on holiday with my with my girlfriend. But I do try and have one or two bike trips, big bike trips a year. Over the last few years, I've developed a sort of real love for exploring, I guess, capturing the essence of a big adventure closer to home. But in general, I'm sort of a casual cyclist I like to get out for provides every once a week if I can. I think working at QMU is quite is wonderful, but a bit dangerous for someone like me who enjoys spending time looking at maps, because the list of places to visit is evergrowing. But commute has this amazing interface. We have this route planner, which is wonderful gives people all these advanced tools to make informed decisions about where they're going and how they get there. But we also have this discovery interface where you can have these these created routes for you based on your sort of parameters, the smart, this kind of smart solutions, and does have a really big impact on me, since we launched it last year, I'm much more inclined to take a train out from London to a random station and say, load it up on commute and say, Hey, I'm in a new area. I've got three hours, give me something. So while I'm going on less epic adventures, and finding new kind of creative ways of exploring familiar places. I'm doing that a lot at the moment. And I'm extremely excited about doing more of that as the weather improves. Carlton Reid  1:02:19   And is that a curated thing? Or is that an algorithm thing. So Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  1:02:24   it's a kind of a combination of stuff. commute, we have so much user data, because we have millions and billions and billions of of users, the number of recorded tours is kind of such a big number. It's it's kind of hard to get your head around. So we're able to give people these. These like personalised suggestions so I can take the train out if I'm with a no fun with friends go out for a walk at the weekend, I can look at which train line takes me to a village that looks somewhere Scenic. I don't own a car. So I can just say I'm at this station, it will see where the people who use Komoot are heading when they record their tours. So it's very easy to get a feel for where people actually walk. Where do people go for their recreational weekend straws. And it will give me a clever or suitable solution to get kind of onto that, navigate the route and then return to the train station. And it's incredibly clever how it works. If I go on where I live now and say I want to go for a four hour cycle, starting for I live. I've lived in London for a long time and I've cycled in London for a long time. I know what all of the common roadie routes are that people take wherever they're going off to Windsor or Kent or sorry, Essex and, and if I let Komoot do this for me automatically. It's kind of amazing how it basically gives me the routes that people most commonly do. But it won't just give me three or four options, it will give me hundreds of options, which means I can go out for a new ride. And I can always find something that's slightly different to what I've done in the past. And I find that really inspiring for my, like motivation to explore. Carlton Reid  1:04:12   And then if you were in Iran, would it do the same? Or was it does it need that you know, lots and lots of people have done this before or kind of just glower three people who've done this, okay, that'll be the route we curate for this. This person has just ended up in Iran, for instance, such as yourself a few years ago. Yeah, you Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  1:04:28   need to have the use of data because it's based on what people actually do. So if we didn't have that it wouldn't we only want to do it when we're confident we give people a good experience. Otherwise, no one benefits from it. You can obviously still use the route panoramic, your own tool in Iran. The what I would say in certain regions where there is less user data, we have an editorial team that make it they're the the we create the content so we'll find what are the classic like walking routes based on like variety of sources, we have an extensive editorial team that will add this content. And they will add suitable highlights, which is what we call the contributions that the community creates to add on to the map. So that this is an amazing viewpoint, this is a great cafe to stop out if you're a cyclist, this is a really beautiful, rich line stroll. So we will help to populate the map so that the people who are used to kind of a circular thing, the better the map data is, the better that the attributions are on commute, the more local people will find, have a good user experience. And then the more they use it, the more they'll contributes. And that's how we kind of launch in in new places where there's less of an active community, if that makes sense. Carlton Reid  1:05:48   Yes, your heat mapping then, in effect, so you're you're working out where people are going, and you see you perhaps, you know, and your your fellow app. This this ecosystem we talked about before, you know, where people are cycling, you know, like the Strava, type heatmap. Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  1:06:06   Exactly. So we can I mean, it's all obviously, like, it's only when people choose to share stuff publicly. It's all like completely anonymized. But you know, we have so much data, we're just trying to harness it. And yes, we do know where people cycle we have that information that's great is quite hard to sort of digest. But if you can take that and turn it into something actionable, the end result for the user is that they can say, I'm a beginner, I've got two hours, I've got a new phone mount to go on my handlebars, I can select this tool, I can just press go. And I can head off and have an amazing bike ride for two hours. And we can be really confident that it's going to be suitable because that's what other people are doing when they, for example, select bike touring as a sport type. And the same for hiking, we won't have people won't be walking down the road, because we'll only be looking at data that's come from hikers. It's a very Yeah, it's an incredible solution is very clever. And I think it's just a great way of mobilising people, whether they're like really experienced cyclists who are just looking for something new and and bored of doing the same kind of loop over and over again, or newbies who need their handheld a little bit. And once I have a solution that they can just go off and do with five minutes of planning instead of an hour of planning for a two hour excursion. Carlton Reid  1:07:33   Now right now the bike and I don't know how much you know, this, but the bike industry, certainly in the UK, and in many other places in the world is is suffering just incredibly bad. It's just it is it is dire out there at retail. It's dire out there for suppliers, you know, post COVID, we basically just got a huge, huge, low a complete slump. You know, I did a story on Forbes of the day talking about how to 40 year low in the UK. You know, the last time we were as low as this in bike sales was in 1985. So 39 years. And that's that's that's pretty poor. Do. Do you recognise that? Is that something you can look at and say, oh, people aren't writing as much? Or is that just purely at retail and people still riding that is not buying? Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett  1:08:24   Is a good? It's a good question. I actually saw that Forbes article and is it's definitely bleak reading. But I've worked in the bike industry for a number of years. It's like, I know many people who share the same kind of anecdotal experiences that things are changing. It is a problem with retail and definitely like have these hangover kind of effects from the pandemic that still making it really hard for people to forecast well. And, and it's just been so unpredictable for a few years now. Komoot is lucky because we don't deal with a physical product. But we are subject to the same the same kind of you know, these kind of cultural shifts, whether people are collectively interested in exploring or cycling, we're not immune to that we might not have the same issues that a bike manufacturer has, but we still get impacted by the same changes. And it's hard for us to predict these major shifts in usage in the same way that it's hard for an

Good morning friends and neighbors. We have an amazing show for you this morning. We have your #auroraweather report and the news you love, in addition to a great interview. Our guests today are Steve McHugh & Meghan Bradt of the BeSMART Gun Safety Campaign. For more information on the BeSMART campaign, movement and volunteer opportunities you can visit their website here: https://besmartforkids.org/Today we will discuss gun safety and simple actions we can all take to help protect kids. Let's get ready to learn! Here's the news:- Friday, March 22nd from 6 to 8 pm come attend the Art & Mindfulness event at The Cotton Seed Creative Exchange! Special facilitator will be our friend Kim Peavler, RN and mindfulness coach. The cost is $25 and covers all materials. Come have some fun and enjoy this great exercise!- Join our friends of Fresh Start City Church for a special service and presentation for kids! Youth between the ages of 5-12 will learn the true meaning of Easter and they won't want to miss it! Our church is located at 10 S. Lancaster avenue on Aurora's west side (Galena & Lancaster). All children will also leave with a special gift. Come as you are and join us for worship!- Exciting internship opportunities are available for students, recent graduates and community-engaged youth in local Aurora news! As our programs continue to grow we are proud to announce several new internship positions for each of our programs, Good Morning Aurora, Buenos Dias Aurora & Good Night Aurora! This is a fantastic way to learn the basics of broadcast media, structure, technology and production. All internships will feature a mixture of in-studio and in-the-field (community) production with the chance to have your media featured on our platforms & the new ACTV! Internships are unpaid, see the flyer for more details or send your resume and cover letter to: goodmorningaurorail@gmail.comHave a great rest of the day! Good Morning Aurora will return with more news, weather and the very best of Aurora. Subscribe to the show on YouTube at this link: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodMorningAuroraPodcastThe second largest city's first daily news podcast is here. Tune in every Monday, Wednesday & Friday to our FB Live from 9 am to 10 am. Make sure to like and subscribe to stay updated on all things Aurora.Threads: https://www.threads.net/@goodmorningaurorailInstagram: goodmorningaurorailSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dVweK5Zc4uPVQQ0Fp1vEP...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../good-morning.../id1513229463Anchor: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningauroraACTV (Aurora Community Television): https://www.aurora-il.org/309/Aurora-Community-TV#positivevibes #positiveenergy #downtownaurora #kanecountyil #bataviail #genevail #stcharlesil #saintcharlesil #elginil #northaurorail #auroraillinois #cityofaurorail #auroramedia #auroranews #goodmorningaurora #news #dailynews #subscribe #youtube #podcast #spotify #morningnews #morningshow #friday #besmartgunsafety --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodmorningaurora/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodmorningaurora/support

Legendary travel guide writer Tim Burford, who's been writing for Bradt Guides for three decades, gives the inside track on his world – and where you should be going in 2024. We're talking at World Travel Market in London.This podcast is free, as is my weekly newsletter. Subscribe here for it to be delivered every Friday to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The parallels between diet culture and the “traditional ways” women are taught to engage with money are too plentiful. Over the years of working with women on intuitive eating and body image, it has become evident to me that working on a money mindset was the next step for my clients. I myself have had to do a lot of unlearning about finances and money from my years of training in the corporate world, and most recently, I have begun budgeting my personal finances. Diet-culture-free budgeting  Today on the podcast, I am interviewing an expert on this exact topic, Chelsea Hester-Bradt. She is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Certified YNAB Budget Coach with a masters degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She supports clients in moving away from shame and "shoulds" towards a more compassionate and flexible relationship with food, their body, and finances. What you'll learn listening to this episode: The surprising parallels between diet culture and traditional budgeting methods A new way to think and engage with money How to use YNAB to change your relationship to money Mentioned in the show: FREE YNAB Workshop from Chelsea Undiet Your Life Program Non-Diet Coaching Certification Connect with our guest: Website - Chelsea Hester-Bradt Instagram - Chelsea Hester-Bradt

Meet today's guest, Ahaise Bradt, a Ugandan American actor, model, and entrepreneur. He made his acting debut on Disney Channel's "Andi Mack.” He has since worked behind the scenes with Jordan Peele and Spike Lee and just wrapped on a new romcom with hit Netflix series “wednesday” stars Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White. The film is titled “Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall '' and is set to release sometime next year. Ahaise is very passionate about his people and is on a mission to tell their stories. He co-produced and starred in "My Stand;" a short film that tackles mental health issues of African men and the struggles they face in silence. Outside of acting Ahaise is building a startup called Skaut pro. The platform allows filmmakers and creatives to find and book film locations as well as give hosts a new avenue to make side income. Investors are calling the company the Airbnb of location scouting. Be inspired to say yes to what you want to transform your life to be, all while learning how to go with the ebb and flow of life. Although it can feel like we do not always have the answers, Ahaise reminds us that it's okay to not know, and to trust in your faith. Connect with Ahaise: Instagram Connect with Isabelle: Sign up for the weekly newsletter 25 Days of Mindful Movement Holistic Health Coaching Isabelle Wellman IG TikTok Website: Apple Podcast Spotify Podcast Shop, Read Blog, Connect ⁠Vibe Nutraceuticals 10% Off with code "isabelle10" at checkout!⁠ ⁠Onnit discount: 10% off with code “Isabelle” !⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isabellewellmanpodcast/support

Meet today's guest, Ahaise Bradt, a Ugandan American actor, model, and entrepreneur. He made his acting debut on Disney Channel's "Andi Mack.” He has since worked behind the scenes with Jordan Peele and Spike Lee and just wrapped on a new romcom with hit Netflix series “wednesday” stars Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White. The film is titled “Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall '' and is set to release sometime next year. Ahaise is very passionate about his people and is on a mission to tell their stories. He co-produced and starred in "My Stand;" a short film that tackles mental health issues of African men and the struggles they face in silence. Outside of acting Ahaise is building a startup called Skaut pro. The platform allows filmmakers and creatives to find and book film locations as well as give hosts a new avenue to make side income. Investors are calling the company the Airbnb of location scouting. Be inspired to say yes to what you want to transform your life to be, all while learning how to go with the ebb and flow of life. Although it can feel like we do not always have the answers, Ahaise reminds us that it's okay to not know, and to trust in your faith. Connect with Ahaise: Instagram Connect with Isabelle: Sign up for the weekly newsletter 25 Days of Mindful Movement Holistic Health Coaching Isabelle Wellman IG TikTok Website: Apple Podcast Spotify Podcast Shop, Read Blog, Connect ⁠Vibe Nutraceuticals 10% Off with code "isabelle10" at checkout!⁠ ⁠Onnit discount: 10% off with code “Isabelle” !⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isabellewellmanpodcast/support

Alex Bradt, owner of MousePack AR studio, talks about his journey from a motion designer to starting his own creative studio in NYC. We talked about his early days, working with big brands, AI and its future potential. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:45 Story of MousePack Studio 00:08:57 First few jobs 00:20:07 From motion design to augmented reality 00:23:31 Is it ok to Pivot? 00:29:43 Future of augmented reality 00:34:19 Alex's template on Lens Studio: Gravity Gun 00:40:55 Art style and creativity 00:44:00 How to use AI in your workflow? 00:55:12 AI eco-system - Adobe Firefly 00:56:55 Fortnite, Unreal Engine and Metaverse Learn more about Alex and MousePack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-bradt/ https://twitter.com/alexbradt https://mousepack.com/ Bad Decisions Daily Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIn-yd4vnXbgWK6FtXAAHsDpHpiMpEhyF If you wanna see us to do cool things follow us here too: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/badxstudio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/badxstudio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badxstudio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/badxstudio Website: https://baddecisions.studio/ Our personal handles: (if you wanna stalk us) https://twitter.com/Farhads__ https://twitter.com/farazshababi https://www.instagram.com/farhad_sh/ https://www.instagram.com/farazshababs/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazshababi/

Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, bring over 34 years of expertise in Federal business development and strategy to people who want to grow their Federal business. She's an award-winning author, speaker and consultant.Judy and her team are the right choice for a company that already knows how important relationships are to Federal contracting…and is ready to do what it takes to get in front of buyers and opportunities before their competition does.Podcast website:www.campfirecapitalism.comApple Podcast:https://apple.co/3IdEL7ASpotify Podcast:https://spoti.fi/3rlhkSYGoogle Podcast:https://bit.ly/3A8dlgyRSS:https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1904686.rssSOCIAL:Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamdesmonddixonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/campfire-capitalism/?viewAsMember=trueFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Campfire-Capitalism-103501098870849Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/campfirecapitalism/Support on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/campfirecapitalism

In today's podcast, Simon Calder talks with leading travel writer and author of Bradt guides to Budapest and Hungary, Adrian Phillips.Of course, this podcast is free, much like my weekly newsletter. Subscribe to get it each Friday here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show Notes: Bio: Claire Ghetti is Professor of Music Therapy at the Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (GAMUT), The Grieg Academy - Department of Music, University of Bergen, Norway. Claire's research centers on how music and the relationships that are enabled through musicking serve as resources for health in intensive medical contexts. Claire has published research and theoretical work in the area of music therapy as procedural support for invasive medical procedures, music therapy for hospitalized children at risk for traumatization and resource-oriented approaches to music therapy for parents of premature infants. Claire is co-editor-in-chief of the open access, social justice-oriented online journal, Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy.Experiences of Expats - ArticleClaire M. Ghetti (2012) Music therapy as procedural support for invasive medical procedures: toward the development of music therapy theory, Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 21:1, 3-35, DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2011.571278Claire M. Ghetti, PhD, LCAT, MT-BC, Effect of Music Therapy with Emotional-Approach Coping on Preprocedural Anxiety in Cardiac Catheterization: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Journal of Music Therapy, Volume 50, Issue 2, Summer 2013, Pages 93–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/50.2.93Ghetti, C. M., Vederhus, B. J., Gaden, T. S., Brenner, A. K., Bieleninik, Ł., Kvestad, I., ... & Gold, C. (2021). Longitudinal study of music therapy's effectiveness for premature infants and their caregivers (LongSTEP): Feasibility study with a Norwegian cohort. Journal of Music Therapy, 58(2), 201-240.Ghetti, C. M. (2011). Active music engagement with emotional-approach coping to improve well-being in liver and kidney transplant recipients. Journal of music therapy, 48(4), 463-485.Gaden, T. S., Ghetti, C., Kvestad, I., & Gold, C. (2022). The LongSTEP approach: Theoretical framework and intervention protocol for using parent-driven infant-directed singing as resource-oriented music therapy. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 31(2), 107-132.Potvin, N., Bradt, J., & Ghetti, C. (2018). A theoretical model of resource-oriented music therapy with informal hospice caregivers during pre-bereavement. Journal of music therapy, 55(1), 27-61.Ghetti, C. M. (2011). Clinical practice of dual-certified music therapists/child life specialists: A phenomenological study. Journal of music therapy, 48(3), 317-345.Ghetti, C. M. (2002). Comparison of the effectiveness of three music therapy conditions to modulate behavior states in students with profound disabilities: A pilot study. Music Therapy Perspectives, 20(1), 20-30.Epstein, S., Elefant, C., & Ghetti, C. (2022). Israeli Parents' Lived Experiences of Music Therapy With Their Preterm Infants Post-Hospitalization. Journal of Music Therapy.Ghetti, C. M. (2015). Phenomenological research in music therapy.

Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, brings over 34 years as an expert not just in Federal contracting but also in the biggest challenge so many GovCons face on their road to their goals: how to build the relationships that we need to succeed with Federal buyers. As consultant, speaker, and author, she's helped thousands of established businesses – small, mid-tier and large -- find their fast track to success in the Federal arena. Her proprietary Players and Layers Methodology to get in front of the right federal buyers...and to win over $200 million dollars in federal business. She works only with business teams who believe that relationships are the key to Federal contracting...and are committed to getting in front of their perfect Federal buyers and opportunities before their competition does. She's an award-winning author, speaker, and consultant. You can pick up her latest book, #1 Bestseller Government Contracts Made Easier (Second Edition) on Amazon along with her companion strategy workbook. When she's not doing GovCon, she's a scuba diver, pilot, and professional rock-climbing instructor. Far from being a daredevil, she loves to explore by learning from the best. Explore Summit Insight's private and on-demand programs when you're ready for a proven, practical, relationship-based approach to Federal business. Judy's unique mix of consulting, training, and coaching delivers results for people who want to grow their Federal business. Learn more about Summit Insight and the work they do: http://summitinsight.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/support

Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight, brings over 34 years as an expert not just in Federal contracting but also in the biggest challenge so many GovCons face on their road to their goals: how to build the relationships that we need to succeed with Federal buyers. As consultant, speaker, and author, she's helped thousands of established businesses – small, mid-tier and large -- find their fast track to success in the Federal arena. Her proprietary Players and Layers Methodology to get in front of the right federal buyers...and to win over $200 million dollars in federal business. She works only with business teams who believe that relationships are the key to Federal contracting...and are committed to getting in front of their perfect Federal buyers and opportunities before their competition does. She's an award-winning author, speaker, and consultant. You can pick up her latest book, #1 Bestseller Government Contracts Made Easier (Second Edition) on Amazon along with her companion strategy workbook. When she's not doing GovCon, she's a scuba diver, pilot, and professional rock-climbing instructor. Far from being a daredevil, she loves to explore by learning from the best. Explore Summit Insight's private and on-demand programs when you're ready for a proven, practical, relationship-based approach to Federal business. Judy's unique mix of consulting, training, and coaching delivers results for people who want to grow their Federal business. Learn more about Summit Insight and the work they do: http://summitinsight.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/governmentcoins/support

Your Heard Tell for Wednesday, August the 24th, 2022 is turning down the noise of the news cycle and getting to the information we need to discern the time we live in by getting past the headlines about US Senator and NRSC Chair Rick Scott yachting in Italy while questions swirl as to the GOP prospects in the midterms, and get to who is pushing the story and why positioning for who will take the blame for Republicans not winning back the Senate majority is driving this story. Our guest to is Charles Brandt joins to review a debate that raged for 18 months but suddenly went away when legislation started getting past; the filibuster. Charles walks us through the history of the filibuster, what it is and isn't, what it was intended to be, and what it has become over the years. We discuss why institutional rules are important, when they should be changed, and how both parties have used and abused rules like the filibuster in the past, and will continue to do so in the future. Charles also discusses the importance of safeguarding minorities in our representational system of government, and the need for the majority to have checks and balances. Also, second times the charm in Michigan as we now have a verdict in the trial of those accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and turn down the noise on the FBI entrapment allegations, hung juries, and the little matter of not getting caught up in a plot to kidnap a sitting governor and making homemade bombs. Plus, a program in West Virginia to educate college students on what to do about the opiod crisis and overdoses, from empathy to using naloxone. All that and more on this Wednesday edition of Heard Tell.--------------------Questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or epistles? Email us HeardTellShow@gmail.comPlease make sure to subscribe to @Heard Tell , like the program, comment with your thoughts, and share with others.Support Heard Tell here:Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/heard-tell/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode we have a fantastic conversation with Judy Bradt CEO of Summit Insight LLC. Judy has an amazing wealth of knowledge when it comes to federal contracting and we dive deep on GSA, when you need a GSA schedule and how to use it once you have it! You can reach Judy Bradt at growfedbiz.com If you need help starting, building, and growing a defense contracting business, check out all of the support and resources at https://www.dodcontract.com

Hey listeners! This week's episode dives into the historical contexts and influences behind how African Americans are portrayed in media, and explores how it affects today's population. Thanks for listening!

The Root Social Justice Center was founded in 2013 to serve as a hub for social justice organizing in Vermont. From food insecurity, to youth empowerment, they have been focused on racial justice organizing, community advocacy, and relationship building for nearly a decade. Several years ago, one of the programs they offered was series of workshops focused on parenting for social justice. Created by Angela Berkfield, the workshops focused on issues of racial justice, economic justice, disability justice, gender justice, and collective liberation. The workshops were a success and led Angela to write a book called Parenting 4 Social Justice. With co-authors for each chapter, Angela digs into the concepts covered in the workshops, providing parents and caregivers with tips, tools, and inspiration for conversations with kids. Tragically, in September of 2021, Angela died from breast cancer. While the community in Vermont, and across the country reeled from her loss, the Parenting 4 Social Justice team wanted to continue to share her message. Chrissy Colón Bradt is the co-author of the chapter on parenting for racial justice, and agreed to come on the podcast to share a bit of Angela's spirit with us. As an Afro-Latina and mother of two, she has thought long and hard about how to instill a positive racial identity in her own kids, and shared much of that ongoing journey in book. LINKS: Parenting 4 Social Justice from Bookshop.org The Parenting for Social Justice website The Root Social Justice Center Angela Berkfield Tributes JPB Gerald - Checklists and Merit Badges I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother - by Selina Alko Use these links or start at our Bookshop.org storefront to support local bookstores, and send a portion of the proceeds back to us.  Join our Patreon to support this work, and connect with us and other listeners to discuss these issues even further. Let us know what you think of this episode, suggest future topics, or share your story with us – @integratedschls on twitter, IntegratedSchools on Facebook, or email us hello@integratedschools.org. We are a proud member of The Connectd Podcast Network. The Integrated Schools Podcast was created by Courtney Mykytyn and Andrew Lefkowits. This episode was produced by Andrew Lefkowits and Val Brown. It was edited, and mixed by Andrew Lefkowits. Music by Kevin Casey.

Judy Bradt shares how she overcame a multimillion-dollar mistake and how she helps other business owners do the same. Also, she's a micro-engagement maven who discovered the key to joy in entrepreneurship is human connection. Furthermore, selling is one of the most poorly understood and loathed aspects of entrepreneurship. And Judy knows because she struggled with sales and did everything possible to avoid sales for over 25 years. Ultimately, Judy faced her greatest fears. Consequently, she discovered what she'd been missing. You don't have to let this happen to you.    Finally, listen as Judy shares what she learned and discover how you can change YOUR experience and outcomes with sales. Judy serves as strategic adviser on government business for established companies who want to win faster and spend less doing it. Furthermore, she's an expert author, speaker and consultant.   Resources Mentioned:  Connect with Judy on LinkedIn Judy's website Buy Judy's books Email: Judy.Bradt@GrowFedBiz.com BLOG: https://judybradt.blog Brene Brown: https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/ Judy's Positive Intelligence testimonial  Connect with Emily on LinkedIn  Emily Harman Positive Intelligence Coaching Program  Onward Accelerator Coaching Program Onward: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Onward Movement Facebook Group | YouTube Buy Emily's Best Selling Book Step Into the Spotlight Schedule a Complimentary Coaching Call with Emily Music by Soul Pajamas Enjoyed the show? Please remember to leave a rating and review in Apple Podcasts.

Episode 359 of the "Sports Illustrated Media Podcast" hosted by Jimmy Traina features an interview with the NFL Network's, Kyle Brandt. The "Good Morning Football" host talks about auditioning with Peyton and Eli Manning for the host role on their alternate "Monday Night Football" telecast, why he thinks it was best that he didn't get the gig and what makes the broadcast special. Brandt also talks about Nate Burleson leaving "Good Morning Football," his "10 Questions" podcast and pushing the envelope on air. In addition, Bradt pulls back the curtain on his "Wall Streeters" segment in which he and Peter Schrager transform into Jared and Trent. How many people write the sketch? How much is it rehearsed? What is it like to get up for and then come down from the sketch. Following Brandt is the weekly Traina Thoughts segment. This week, Jimmy and Sal Licata from WFAN and SNY talk about the Urban Meyer mess, ESPN naming Mike Greenberg the host of "NBA Countdown," the "Sopranos" prequel movie, "The Many Saints of Newark" and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

This Tuesday at “Movies 10” in Rochester, NY, Joe Bradt's documentary on the late, great Brodie Lee drops at 7pm! Brodie Lee, a professional wrestler and Rochester native, meant the world to the pro wrestling community, and most importantly, Rochester. Joe and Matt discuss Brodie's life, and discuss the process of putting together this documentary to celebrate Brodie's life.

Join Kyle as he discusses Influence and Impact with Bill Berman.  Bill discusses his recent book, Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs From You The Most (Wiley; https://bermanleadership.com) by Bill Berman and George Bradt, featured in Forbes, Leadership Now and the Deep Leadership podcast.Doing the right job the right way is critical to professional success. Influence and Impact provides an easy-to-follow, common-sense approach to building influence at any level of an organization. Accomplished leadership and executive coaches Berman and Bradt offer a fresh perspective on:• Evaluating what values, strengths and capabilities you bring to your role• How you can develop new skills to increase your influence• Determining if you are in the right place to have the greatest impactThrough a trifecta of clear frameworks, accessible anecdotes, and pragmatic solutions, Influence and Impact shows the reader how to apply well-tested coaching tools to becoming more influential and achieving impact at work. Perfect for executives, managers, leaders, and any professional who hopes to get a clearer picture of what their colleagues, superiors, and followers expect of them, Influence and Impact will allow to you refocus your efforts at work and obtain the results you've been looking for.Rebel HR is a podcast for HR professionals and leaders of people who are ready to make some disruption in the world of work.We'll be discussing topics that are disruptive to the world of work and talk about new and different ways to approach solving those problems.Follow Rebel HR Podcast at:www.rebelhumanresources.comhttps://twitter.com/rebelhrguyhttps://www.facebook.com/rebelhrpodcastwww.kyleroed.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-roed/Rebel ON, HR Rebels!  Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rebelhrpodcast)

In this episode, Meg is joined by Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight to discuss some actionable strategies of growth, success, and relationship building in the federal space.  Connect with Meg and Judy.  Find the Resources Judy Mentioned below.  Infographic: https://summitinsightoffer.s3.amazonaws.com/5+People+You+Need+to+Meet.pdf Gated Govcon Personas Guide link: https://growfedbiz.com/players-and-layers/   Youtube playlist | players and layers tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaIuiFqhARvq2PecgZ-zrh4ubPSy04OKe

So many people ask the question about needing past performance and how to start without certifications. Well, Micro purchase is one of the tools that are commonly used for small businesses to win contracts. People think that set aside is the key to winning but SAP also known as simplified acquisition can be an even more powerful tool. Learn how easily a Federal buyer can purchase up to $10,000 from you immediately (and up to $20,000 or even more in times of emergency response). Not just products, but services, too! You'll learn how to create new low-risk offerings that can get you ahead of the competition. What an advantage – not just at fiscal year-end, but all year long, even when other buying is slow! Imagine fast, easy, wins without expensive complicated proposals, opening the doors to bigger contracts. They can be closer than you ever imagined! With more than $24B spending using SAP it is a method that most people commonly overlook strategies in their toolbox. This is the final part of our 4 part series with Judy Bradt. If you missed the first three go back and watch episode 98, 95 and 96. She is the CEO of Summit Insight and a 32 year government contracting wiz. This episode was pre recorded on a YT live session that I hosted so you will hear us answer questions from the audience. Stay tuned and enjoy this power packed session with Judy Bradt.

"Ein Laden aus Leidenschaft" – so beschreibt sich der symapthische Herrenaustatter "Bube & König" aus Nürnberg. Als stationäres Bekleidungshaus ohne klassischen Online-Shop fand sich Betreiber Raimar Bradt während den Auflagen rund um die Corona-Pandemie in Herausforderungen wieder, die er so noch nicht kannte. Mit Podcast-Host Alban Imeri spricht er in dieser Folge des RUN Podcast u.a. darüber, wie er diese Zeit überbrückt hat, wie er den Kampf gegen große Online-Shops wie Asos und Zalando angeht und warum man Menschen nicht nach ihrer Kleidung beurteilen sollte.

Ulugh Beg was the Astronomer King of Samarkand, who in one of the richest cities of the Silk Road, built a madrassa and observatory to chart the stars. Wonderful astronomer. Not much of a king. His madrassa though stands on, one of the three grand buildings of the Registan square. Scott Chesworth of the Ancient World and Nadeem Ahmad of Eran ud Turan both visited Uzbekistan just before the pandemic, and they join us with tales of gorgeous tilework, empty museums, and more plov (Uzbek rice pilaf) than you can imagine. Bradley, Chris. The Silk RoadCarter, Jamie. “The Tragic Story Of The Man Who Unlocked The Universe” in ForbesIbbotson, Sophie. Uzbekistan : the Bradt travel guideKrisciunas, Kevin. "Ulugh Beg's Zij," in H. B. Paksoy, ed., Central Asian Monuments. Manz, Beatrice Forbes. Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid IranWaugh, Daniel C. “Ulugh Beg and His Observatory” in Silk Road Seattle Photograph by Euyasik, @Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

You got your meeting...now what? We're going to be talking about the hidden wins you need to create, from contact to contract. You'll discover the concept of micro-wins (not micro-PURCHASES; something that comes even before THAT!) learn about the two types of wins you need to create with your buyers, and get the three GovCon checklists you'll use to get you from takeoff to landing, so your business can soar. In today's interview with Judy Bradt we are discussing how to prepare for your call and get invited back. That's right! Not just call call call, you want someone to call you back on the other end. Well in today's 90 minute session Judy and I are going to discuss practical techniques and strategies for accomplishing just that. Stay tuned for today's episode with my colleague Judy Bradt. We have not covered 3 of the 4 part of my series with Judy and boy has it been a blast. If you missed the first parts, go back and look at episode 95 and 96. How to Win your Meeting and the 5 people you want to meet. If you love Judy's message, make sure to check her on her website summit insight, she is a regular on LI and puts on webinars, does coaching and a whole host of wonderful things for the Govcon community.

In episode 33 we are conquering a new continent: AFRICA! ❤️ We are travelling to a country that I only know through Leonardo DiCaprio's appearance in Blood Diamond. The name's Sierra Leone. Our guide for the day is called Ian who has visited Sierra Leone numerous times. Scroll down to read more about Ian and more information about Sierra Leone. Happy listening! ╼ ╍ ╾ About Ian: Ian is an award-winning freelance travel writer, adventurer and after-dinner speaker. The author of two travelogues, he has also contributed words to the likes of Africa Geographic, Adventure Travel, and TNT as well as two Bradt travel anthologies. Fascinated by off-beat destinations, he specialises in Africa and has spent more than two years travelling around the continent largely by locally-available transport, including a five-month stint on Sierra Leone's Banana Islands. Ian has spoken to a wide variety of schools and organisations, giving his motivational and enthusiastic account of life in adventure. ╼ ╍ ╾ Connect with Ian: Website: encircleafrica.org Twitter & Instagram: @ianMpackham ╼ ╍ ╾ Mentions in the podcast: There's something for everyone: history, beaches, wildlife and tropical island escapes, mostly easily accessible from the capital on the Freetown peninsula. Freetown: The capital & a fascinating insight into the country's origins as a colony for freed slaves. Don't miss the Cotton Tree and neighbouring National Museum; http://www.thetravelmagazine.net/travel-guide-freetown-sierra-leone.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=b2a832cc69-TTM_Newsletter_+20180123&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c0dd37f48f-b2a832cc69-180983929 Beaches: Everything from white to orange and black sands Banana Islands: Accessed via the village of Kent, for relaxing days and water-based adventures; https://encircleafrica.org/blog/the-top-small-islands-in-africa-to-visit/ Turtle Islands: Provide a look into one of West Africa's most isolated communities; https://africageographic.com/blog/sierra-leones-turtle-islands-ultimate-digital-detox/OK National Park: Hippos and elephants in the far north Food & drink: plenty of fresh fish, lobster, beef & chicken. Also, try crin crin (leaf stew) Visas: Easy to get, and can be arranged online before arriving. Safety: https://encircleafrica.org/blog/is-sierra-leone-safe/ ╼ ╍ ╾ Let's connect: http://www.curiouspavel.com/links

This is part of 2 of her 4 Part series that she filmed with me on our YouTube channel. For the month of July we are bringing back our resident superstar, Judy Bradt. For over 32 years, she's been an expert in federal contracting. We are so lucky to have Judy come on our show and share tidbits of the wisdom that she has accumulated over the last 3 decades. Today's session, How to get in front of your federal buyer and win your meeting. This was a live session that we taped earlier this year and so you will hear Judy and I go for about 90 minutes fielding live audience questions. This is part of 2 of her 4 Part series that she filmed with me on our YT channel. Last week we discussed who are the people that you want to meet. If you missed it go back and listen as it was excellent. Grab your paper and pen Judy is about to break it down into palatable pieces. If you have not had the chance to catch up to some of her earlier recordings on YT make sure to check them out as people raved about how great her message was.

In this episode of ReVive, hosts Kyle Naber and Jared Falkner are joined by Keith Bradt an experienced sales and business professional who will share a little bit about his new business venture “Kallan Sales Development” and how important having a proper sales & marketing alignment is for optimal business success. 

Today's guest I want everyone to meet Judy Bradt, CEO of Summit Insight. For over 32 years she's been an expert in federal contracting. We are so lucky to have Judy come on our show and share tidbits of the wisdom that she has accumulated over the last 3 decades. Today's session, 5 People you need to meet & the players and layers method we discuss getting in front of the right people sooner. This was a live session that we taped earlier this year and so you will hear Judy and I go for about 90 minutes fielding live audience questions. This is part of a 4 Part series that she filmed with me on our YT channel ▪How to get in front of your Federal Buyer and Win your meeting ▪How to prepare for your call and get invited back ▪5 People you need to meet & the players and layers method ▪5 Federal Lead Sources you Need to Know You don't want to miss this next podcast episode with the always sweet, Judy Bradt.

A podcast that steers conversation for current and aspiring executives in the construction industry on hot topics, overcoming adversity, challenges, and successes. www.ace-consulting.net/ Host: Dr. Scott Arias, CEO of ACE Consulting Guest Speaker: Judy Bradt CEO of Summit Insight LLC and Author of Government Contracts made Easier

Nick has a conversation with Michael Bradt, the owner of the soon to open Bit Theater. They discuss the challenges related to opening a brand new theater, and their history together as improvisers. Michael shares the vision for his theater and training center.To learn more about the Bit Theater, you can visit https://bitimprov.com/

Judy Bradt the CEO of Summit Insight shares how to win the Federal business you deserve. Get more info at https://growfedbiz.com/players-and-layers/?referrer=BoB

“Your Federal buyer really wants these three things, even if they're not telling you so.” In today's 1:27 episode of The Radio Free Enterprise Minute, Judy Bradt, bestselling author of Government Contracts Made Easier and CEO of Summit Insight, shares the three things every Federal buyer wants from the contractors they select. Watch, search, download, or listen to our entire conversation, “Government Contracts Made Easier with Judy Bradt” on Radio Free Enterprise: https://radiofreeenterprise.com/government-contracts-made-easier-with-judy-bradt/ Learn more about Judy: https://SummitInsight.com

“Federal buyers have everything on the line when they pick a vendor. It has huge implications for them personally, for their career, for their agency.” In today's 1:19 episode of The Radio Free Enterprise Minute, Judy Bradt, bestselling author of Government Contracts Made Easier and CEO of Summit Insight, talks about why Federal government buyers are so risk-averse. Watch, search, download, or listen to our entire conversation, “Government Contracts Made Easier with Judy Bradt” on Radio Free Enterprise: https://radiofreeenterprise.com/government-contracts-made-easier-with-judy-bradt/

“The decision to pursue Federal business is a big one. Data shows that companies invest between $30,000 and $233,000 over their first 12 months in pursuit of Federal business. The mean average value of a first Federal contract is about $370,000.” In today's 1:40 episode of The Radio Free Enterprise Minute, Judy Bradt, bestselling author of Government Contracts Made Easier and CEO of Summit Insight, talks about the decision to go into Federal contracting and what it takes to land that first contract. Watch, search, or listen to our entire conversation, “Government Contracts Made Easier with Judy Bradt” on Radio Free Enterprise: https://radiofreeenterprise.com/government-contracts-made-easier-with-judy-bradt/

Joining me on today’s episode is Kailey Bradt, founder of Susteau, previously known as OWA haircare. SUSTEAU is an innovative clean beauty brand delivering concentrated, effective formulas. These first-of-a-kind water-activated powders deliver everything you need and nothing you don’t.In this episode you'll hear how Kailey decided to reinvent the wheel with a powdered shampoo, got the money she needed to get started and why she decided to make a name change. LINKS WE MENTION: Susteau's WebsiteSusteau's InstagramKailey's InstagramFemale Startup Club's Instagram In partnership with Klaviyo, the best email marketing tool for ecommerce businesses.Female Startup Club’s Private Facebook GroupPROMO CODE: FSC15 - 15% off, expires 4/30/2021

Ellerslie is hosting the musical Pilgrim this week on the campus … and not only is it an AMAZING declaration of the Gospel, it is deeply profound and just plain fun (what could be more delightful than the Gospel powerfully presented in musical theatre form?!). In this special Daily Thunder episode, Eric Ludy talks with Adam Bradt, the actor who plays "Christian" in the musical, and gets his take on what it's like to play such an important character. This is one episode you don't want to miss. If you are near Windsor, Colorado – consider attending Pilgrim (February 18-27, 2021). Tickets are free but reservations are required. Learn more at https://www.arisecollectivetheatre.com/ (arisecollectivetheatre.com) Support this podcast

The United States Federal Government is the largest buyer of goods and services in the world. But does Uncle Sam buy what your company produces? And what does it take to succeed in selling to the government? My guest this week is Judy Bradt, a Federal contracting expert, CEO of Summit Insight and bestselling author of Government Contracts Made Easier. I ask Judy about the four things she believes are necessary for an existing company to begin a successful government contracting effort, why she says "there is no such thing as doing business with the Federal Government," and why she insists on using the word easier instead of easy when referring to Federal Contracting. Click this link to download a free copy of the Chapter 1 of Judy's bestselling book, Government Contracts Made Easier: https://growfedbiz.com/book/?referrer=RFE

Exploring Muslim heritage in the UK and around the WORLD. My guest this week is author and travel writer, Tharik Hussain. We hear about his family trip exploring European Muslim heritage and the importance of moving beyond a white-centred narrative, in the way and where we travel.  About Tharik Hussain  Tharik is an author, travel writer and journalist specialising in Muslim heritage and culture. His forthcoming book, 'Minarets in the Mountains; A Journey into Muslim Europe' (Bradt; June 2021), is about a road trip he took with his family a few summers back in search of Europe's indigenous Muslim cultures, communities and heritage. It is the first English travel book to explore this topic, and the first written by a Muslim travel writer. Tharik is also the author of several guides for Lonely Planet, including Saudi Arabia (shortlisted for the 2020 Travel Media Awards), Bahrain and Thailand, and his articles have been published across the globe. In July 2019 he created Britain's first Muslim heritage trails; in 2017 Tharik was named one of the UK's most inspiring British Bangladeshis and in 2016 his BBC World Service radio documentary, 'America's Mosques; a story of integration', was named 'World's Best Religious Program' at the New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs Awards. Tharik is a Fellow of the Centre of Religion and Heritage at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), has an MA in Islamic Studies, two decades of experience in media and education, and is a leading consultant on global Muslim culture and travel. Connect with Tharik on: Twitter - Instagram - Facebook

Behind the Story of Rockford Buzz Jake loves Rockford and he wanted to let others know there was good things in Rockford. What started off as hobby is now a full-time job. He shares some of the setbacks and opportunities during the journey of Rockford Buzz. And he shares that the commitment to giving back to your community natural sets up a relationship for the community to give back to you.

Judy Bradt needs no introduction in the government contracting world. For more than 32 years, she's been helping people in federal contracting as a consultant, speaker and author. She's helped thousands of businesses from solopreneurs to multi-million dollar corporations find their fast track success in the federal arena. Judy says there's no such thing as doing business with the federal government, instead of asking what can I bid, winners focus on the right question, Who's my buyer? That's because winners know you do business with people whose needs, fears and priorities aren't in those databases. Today, we go over her story and journey coming into the govcon world and how she led 5,000+ Canadian firms to win more than $250 million in US government contracts, publish guides on US federal solicitations, market for technology architect engineering services and her latest book. Please welcome our next Giant, Judy Bradt.

Tim wraps up his conversation with Judy Bradt, the author of “Government Contracts Made Easier”. In part two, Tim and Judy discuss how the pandemic has affected government contracting and how relationship building is the key to succeeding in the federal space.

Ernest White II is proof how when we let go of fear and resistance, doors open in ways we never imagined. Also by being in action even in his darkest days was sometimes the key to unlock the opportunities. Listen how at one point he had only $.15 in his account as he is still filming Fly Brother…But thanks to tenacity and also faith he pushed through when most would have crumbled and because he did, he now has his successful travel docu-series Fly Brother and Presidio Pictures Production Company! About the Guest: Ernest White II is a storyteller, explorer, executive producer and host of television travel docu-series FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II, currently airing in the United States on Public Television Stations and Create TV nationwide. He is also founder and CEO of Presidio Pictures, a new film, television, and digital media studio centering BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and senior/elder narratives. Ernest's writing includes fiction, literary essay, and travel narrative, having been featured in Time Out London, USA Today, Getaway, Ebony, The Manifest-Station, Sinking City, Lakeview Journal, Matador Network, National Geographic Traveler's Brazil and Bradt's Tajikistan guidebooks, and at TravelChannel.com. He is also senior editor at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel, former assistant editor at Time Out São Paulo, and founding editor of digital men's magazine Abernathy.Appearing on the Travel Channel television series Destination Showdown and Jamaica: Bared, as well as in the 2013 documentary film about the dangers of mass tourism, Gringo Trails, Ernest also works as an actor and voice over artist for radio, film and television, audiobooks, and educational materials, and speaks to youth and adult audiences about the incomparable magic of travel. He holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Florida A&M University, an MFA in creative writing from the American University in Washington, and is currently earning his Certificate in the Business and Management of Entertainment from the University of California, Los Angeles.A Florida native, Ernest's obsessions include South Africa, São Paulo, and Rita Hayworth. Media Links Host and Executive Producer | FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II Founder and CEO | Presidio Pictures LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook | YouTubeEmail: ernest@flybrother.netwww.flybrother.netwww.presidiopictures.comwww.linkedin.com/in/ernestwhite2www.instagram.com/flybrother

On this episode of Bootstrapped Millionaire, Tim is joined by Judy Bradt, the author of “Government Contracts Made Easier”. Tim and Judy talk about why entrepreneurs should look into getting involved in the federal contracting space and why working with the government is not as difficult as it appears.

Ernest White II is the founder and CEO of Presidio Pictures. He is also a great storyteller, explorer, executive producer, editor, actor, voice over artist, and host of "Fly Brother with Ernest White II". Today he brings us through his life with work, from home teachers to being a teacher to others, Ernest White II gives us a clear glimpse of how to treat one another and how to enjoy your own path and direction in life without regrets. Contact Info Ernest's Profile linkedin.com/in/ernestwhite2 Websites ernestwhite2.com (Personal Website) flybrother.net (Company Website) Email eewhite2@gmail.com Twitter ernestwhiteii About "Ernest White II is a storyteller, explorer, executive producer and host of television travel docu-series "FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II," currently airing in the United States on Public Television Stations and Create TV nationwide. He is also founder and CEO of Presidio Pictures, a new film, television, and digital media studio centering BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and senior/elder narratives. Ernest's writing includes fiction, literary essay, and travel narrative, having been featured in Time Out London, USA Today, Getaway, Ebony, The Manifest-Station, Sinking City, Lakeview Journal, Matador Network, National Geographic Traveler's Brazil and Bradt's Tajikistan guidebooks, and at TravelChannel.com. He is also senior editor at Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel, former assistant editor at Time Out São Paulo, and founding editor of digital men's magazine Abernathy. Appearing on the Travel Channel television series Destination Showdown and Jamaica: Bared, as well as in the 2013 documentary film about the dangers of mass tourism, Gringo Trails, Ernest also works as an actor and voice over artist for radio, film and television, audiobooks, and educational materials, and speaks to youth and adult audiences about the incomparable magic of travel. He holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Florida A&M University, an MFA in creative writing from the American University in Washington, and is currently earning his Certificate in the Business and Management of Entertainment from the University of California, Los Angeles. A Florida native, Ernest's obsessions include South Africa, São Paulo, and Rita Hayworth." (LinkedIn, 2020)

Clinical Psychologist, Author, and keynote speaker on Leadership and Change Austin talks with one of the world’s most in-demand speakers on the concept of change, Dr. Gary Bradt. Gary is a clinical psychologist who got his start as a speaker through a friendship with author Spencer Johnson who asked Gary to become the lead speaker on his now classic bestseller Who Moved My Cheese. He has gone on to author his own books on the subject of change and self-care and has given over 300 keynotes all over the globe for some of the world’s largest companies including Coca-Cola, IBM, FedEx, eBay, American Express, and NASA, to lead them through times of change. Listen to hear why your brain is always on the lookout for tigers, the importance of knowing your purpose, and the steps you can take to not only accept and welcome change, but to pursue it. Books by Dr. Gary Bradt: The Ring in the Rubble: Dig Through Change and Find Your Next Golden Opportunity: https://amzn.to/2QRyMwd Change: The Tools You Need for the Life You Want at Work and Home: https://amzn.to/3bimUgb Put Your Mask On First: The Caregiver's Guide to Self-Care: https://amzn.to/3gLlD2l Books by Dr. Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, MD: https://amzn.to/2GJoygl The New One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard, PhD and Spencer Johnson, MD: https://amzn.to/33PsTae Gary’s additions to the Right-Brained Realism Reading List: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey: https://amzn.to/3jCaxP0 The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner: https://amzn.to/3gMkGqN Why It’s So Hard To Get Mental Health Care | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj | Netflix: https://youtu.be/1tEuU_1ZGSY Head to https://www.garybradt.com/ to learn more about Gary or to book him for an event for your company. Find Video versions of the episodes on the Right-Brained Realism Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMGnuDQeeHUNA_9vqnTPcQ Instagram: www.instagram.com/rightbrainedrealism/

Gary Bradt the Founder of Bradt Leadership, Inc. tells you how to make it about your customer's needs, not yours. You can check him out at https://www.GaryBradt.com/

Today, I’m excited to be talking to Ryan Bradt, Assistant Training Director at Puget Sound Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (PSEJATC). Ryan has worked in apprenticeship since 2005 as an instructor and a program administrator, and he will be sharing his wealth of knowledge on the industry. Specifically, he will share how he got his team through COVID and what they are planning for the future as we pull out of this. You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3feGye9

Come on man... ALPACAS!!!   On today's episode of the Only in OK Show, we had a great discussion with JoDe and Jared, owners and operators of Bradt's Menagerie in Alva, Oklahoma.   Bradt's Menagerie is a family farm that creates an intimate experience with the animals. With over 30 acres to roam, you will see chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, goats, sheep, miniature donkeys, llamas, alpacas, fainting goats, camels, micro pigs, emus, and even a zebra.  This outdoor experience is one of a kind.  You can feed the animals, play in the most amazing playground, in the fall they have the largest round bale hay maze in the state, and other events throughout the year.   http://www.bradtsmenagerie.com/ https://www.facebook.com/bradtsmenagerie https://twitter.com/bradtsmenagerie https://www.instagram.com/bradtsmenagerie/ 580.430.1269   Alva, Oklahoma is the county seat of Woods County along the Salt Fork Arkansas River.  Alva was established in 1893 and is home to Northwestern Oklahoma State University & Northwest Technology Center.   Check out our sponsor for this episode - Holliday Tax Group   #TravelOK #onlyinokshow #Oklahoma #MadeinOklahoma #oklaproud #BetterTogether #SupportLocalEverything #positivenews #itunes #podcast  

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We talk with travel guidebook authors and editors about the future of the guidebook industry, what direction it might take over the coming years and ask if guidebooks are still relevant in the digital age?  Despite a rapidly changing technology landscape and global connectivity, increased competition from travel sites, bloggers and digital resources, guidebooks have still managed to hang on in there and are still considered to be a valuable resource for travellers. Get valuable insights into the industry and predictions from a range of guidebook authors from leading travel guidebook companies including Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Bradt and Moon Guides.  Travel Goals show notes: https://pipandthecity.com/travel-podcast/ Travel Goals Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelgoalspodcast/ Travel Goals Twitter: https://twitter.com/travelgoalspod  

In this episode I have the chance to speak with Dr. Kate Myers-Coffman, 2019 Recipient of the Arthur Flager Fultz research award and postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Creative Arts Therapies at Drexel University. She takes us through her journey from singer-songwriter to music therapy and researcher. Her clinical work and research focus on developing and evaluating strength-based music therapy interventions for youth who have experienced trauma and loss. Podcast References Baker, F. A. (2013b). The ongoing life of participant-composed songs within and beyond the clinical setting. Musicae Scientiae, 17(1), 40-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1029864912471674 Lacson, C., Myers-Coffman, K. Kesslick, A., Krater, C., & Bradt, J. (2020). Conducting clinical studies in community health settings: Challenges and opportunities for music therapists. Music Therapy Perspectives. (Advance online publication). https://doi.org/10.1093/mtp/miaa008 McFerran, K. (2010). Tipping the scales: A substantive theory on the value of group music therapy for supporting grieving teenagers. Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy (A Monograph Series), 5, 1–49. McFerran, K. S., Garrido, S., & Saarikallio, S. (2016). A critical interpretive synthesis of the literature linking music and adolescent mental health. Youth & Society, 48(4), 521-538. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X13501343 McFerran, K. S., & Saarikallio, S. (2014). Depending on music to feel better: Being conscious of responsibility when appropriating the power of music. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(1), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2013.11.007 Myers-Coffman, K., Daly, B. P., Baker, F. A., Palisano, B., & Bradt, J. (2019). The Resilience Songwriting Program for adolescent bereavement: A mixed methods exploratory study. Journal of Music Therapy, 56(4), 348-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2019.1642373 Myers-Coffman, K., Baker, F. A., & Bradt, J. (2019). The Resilience Songwriting Program: A working theoretical model and intervention protocol for adolescent bereavement. Nordic Journal of Music Therapy, 29(2), 132-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2019.1642373 Neimeyer, R. A. (2000). Searching for the meaning of meaning: Grief therapy and the process of reconstruction. Death Studies, 24(6), 541–558. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180050121480 Rolvsjord, R. (2010). Resource-oriented music therapy in mental health care. Dallas, TX: Barcelona Publishers. Sandler, I. N., Wolchik, S. A., & Ayers, T. S. (2007). Resilience rather than recovery: A contextual framework on adaptation following bereavement. Death Studies, 32(1), 59–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481180701741343 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caitlin-krater/support

#025 - From top expert to US government consulting business owner with Judy BradtJudy Bradt is a Canadian woman with a huge experience working with the US Government.She has been a top expert for Canadian companies doing business with the United States.In 2003, she decided to create her own consulting firm. In this episode, you will learn how:Judy transitioned from top expert to consultanthow her business model evolved over timewhat type of businesses can benefit of her services her vision of owning a consulting business versus being the doerJudy also launches a book: https://www.amazon.com/Government-Contracts-Made-Easier-Second/dp/0578621320and her website is: https://growfedbiz.com/

Here are some tips, borrowed heavily from “The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan” by Bradt, Check, and Pedraza. A SUCCESSFUL ON-BOARD REQUIRES DECIDING ON THE RIGHT APPROACH Determining the organization's culture (and/or the sub-culture of your specific department or business unit) is key to knowing how to approach your work from day one. A major component of organizational culture is readiness to change. You will likely see one of these four cultures: SMOOTH SAILING If the situation does not require urgent changes and the culture is ready to change, you can assimilate in and make minor changes over time. You have a great team that is willing and able to become even greater. Perhaps the biggest challenge in this situation is the shoes you're filling; often times, Smooth Sailing is occurring because the previous leader was outstanding. Also, depending on how that previous leader exited the team, there could be some resentment towards you as the new leader. Your task, then, is to not make waves right off the bat, and to not undo what their previous beloved leader did (at least not immediately). UNSTABLE CALM If the situation does not require urgent changes and the culture is not ready to change, converge and evolve slowly by becoming part of the organization and changing over time with a series of carefully thought-out minor “shocks.” “Pick your battles” is the anthem for Unstable Calm. You can clearly see areas for improvement—but pushing them through without finesse will most assuredly result in resentment and push back. Think WIIFM (What's In It For Me) as you shepherd your team through change and dangle a carrot or two as incentives for adapting to change. READY TO ACCELERATE If the situation does require urgent changes and the culture is ready to change, converge and evolve quickly as a catalyst for change. Many leaders find this their ideal situation, because they consider change management to be one of their greatest strengths. The biggest challenges in this situation are 1) deciding which changes must occur, and in what order; and 2) moving as quickly as the situation requires. This is a situation where doing something, although perhaps not perfect, is better than non-action. FACING DISASTER If the situation does require urgent changes and the culture is not ready to change, you must immediately shock the system for it to survive. The going will be tough! Many people won't knowingly walk into this type of situation. People who do relish this role often see themselves as what I like to call “Mary Poppins,” someone who enters a dysfunctional situation, makes widespread change, and exits quickly. This may very well be a short-term role. If you're okay with that, and are willing to make the tough decisions, then proceed with gusto! Strategies and tactics vary widely for those entering into Smooth Sailing, Unstable Calm, Ready to Accelerate, and Facing Disaster environments. Now let's talk about the people you are likely to encounter on your journey. ON-BOARD TO WIN HEARTS AND MINDS Inevitably, you will have some people who will support you, some who will resist you, and others who will hang out in the middle of the road. It is important to know who's who in your organization, with the goal of moving every team member one step in the right direction. CONTRIBUTORS These are the people who share your vision. They are often new to the organization and have more to gain by going forward than by holding on to the past. Your strategy with Contributors should be to make them your champions. Give them leadership roles, committee assignments, projects to manage that allow them to sing your praises and those of your department. Contributors can also be beneficial in giving you honest feedback about what they are hearing and seeing in the weeds…not as tattletales, but as extensions of your eyes and ears. DETRACTORS These people are comfortable with the status quo, change resistant, and may see you as a threat to their value and power. They have often been in their position for a long time and see a greater threat in change than in the current state. Your strategy with Detractors is to silence their whining, complaints, arguments…not in a spirit of “my way or the highway,” but rather to become better team players. Detractors will probably never become Contributors, but if you can find a common middle ground with them, they may keep their mouths shut. WATCHERS These people—often the silent majority—will sit on the fence and see which way the herd's moving. Your strategy with Watchers is to move them towards your side of the continuum. They'll probably never become Contributors, but at least they can feel positive about their work environment and you. I think of Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People…make small deposits in their emotional bank account, try not to make huge withdrawals, and eventually you'll have a respectable balance in that account. MOVE EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM FORWARD If the goal, as I stated earlier, is to move every person one step in the right direction, how do you do that? By changing the consequences, so that it is less risky and more rewarding to follow; more risky and less rewarding to resist. Simply put, increase the positive consequences of good behaviors and the negative consequences of bad behaviors; decrease the negative consequences of good behaviors and the positive consequences of bad behaviors. To visit my website: www.exclusivecareercoaching.com Follow My YouTube channel (Lesa Edwards); it's chocked full of valuable career management content in easily digestible bites.   Want to speak with an expert about your career/job search goals? Need help figuring out what's holding you back from achieving your dream career? Let's talk. Here's the link to schedule a 45-minute consult call with me:  https://my.timetrade.com/book/KRKLS. Hope to see you soon!   

With a slew of beauty brands being created constantly, it's difficult to stand out. To be unique is almost impossible but there is always that white space that can be conquered. Enter Kailey Bradt, founder of OWA Haircare. OWA Haircare is a first of a kind naturally-derived powder that is water-activated. Kailey guests on Hello Beauty and chats with host, Joyce Platon, to talk about the inspiration in creating her Out of this World Amazing (OWA) Haircare brand which contains only the ingredients that really matter that are cruelty-free, free of parabens, ethanol, fillers, and animal-derived ingredients.Kailey gets real about the experiences she went through in starting her business such as selling her car, going back to her day job twice, and other lessons she learned along the way. We learn that being an entrepreneur is no easy journey but we must be in love with the process to keep pushing even if we feel like there is nothing more to exhaust within ourselves. Tune in to this episode to also learn how to present yourself to an investor, what type of information they really care about for them to say Yes, and so much more.FOLLOW OWA HAIRCAREOWA Haircare's WebsiteOWA Haircare's InstagramOWA Haircare's FacebookFOLLOW HELLO BEAUTYHello Beauty's InstagramHello Beauty's FacebookHello Beauty's YouTubeFOLLOW JOYCE PLATONJoyce Platon's Instagram

ASCO: You’re listening to a podcast from Cancer.Net. This cancer information website is produced by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, known as ASCO, the world’s leading professional organization for doctors who care for people with cancer. The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity, or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement. Cancer research discussed in this podcast is ongoing, so the data described here may change as research progresses. In this podcast, we’ll discuss lymphedema, or swelling, in the legs after cancer treatment, including what can cause lymphedema, and how to prevent and manage it. This podcast will be led by Dr. Andrea Cheville, the Director of Cancer Rehabilitation and Lymphedema Services in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and Jenny Bradt, a LANA-Certified Lymphedema Therapist and Clinical Lead Physical Therapist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Mayo Clinic. ASCO would like to thank Dr. Cheville and Ms. Bradt for discussing this topic. Dr. Cheville: Hi, I am Dr. Andrea Cheville, the director of Cancer Rehabilitation and Lymphedema Services at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. And I am joined today by our lead lymphedema therapist, Jenny Bradt. Jenny, do you want to tell our listeners a little bit about your background? Jenny Bradt: My name is Jenny Bradt, and I am the Clinical Lead Physical Therapist at the Lymphedema Clinic here at Mayo Clinic. I am a LANA certified therapist. We'll be talking about that a little bit later, and what I do in and out, every day, are treat patients with lymphedema. Dr. Cheville: And I think it's worth noting that Jenny and I have been in this business for quite a while. I've been directing Lymphedema Services, largely for cancer patients, since 1999. I initially started my work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. And, Jenny, has it been 30 years yet for you? Jenny Bradt: Since 1995. That's a long time. Dr. Cheville: No, not so long. Okay. Well, to start out with, we thought it might be useful to talk about what is lymphedema? And how does lymphedema differ from other kinds of swelling? And why does it happen frequently among patients with cancer? And it really comes down to a matter of plumbing. The cells of your body need oxygen and nutrients in order to survive. In fact, they don't last very long without both of those. And so the body transports very large volumes of oxygenated blood throughout the body. But once the blood has reached the tissue, it has to get back to the heart, which is not a mean feat. And in addition, all of the debris, the garbage that cells make—just like we make garbage, our cells make garbage—that also has to get out of the tissue. And so, we have 2 sets of pipes to accomplish this task. We have our veins and the lymphatic vessels. And the veins principally carry fluid. Roughly 90 to 95 percent of the fluid that your heart pumps into any tissue is returned by the veins. And veins also will remove smaller molecules, and these proteins, fatty acids. But the big ones, and again, these are tiny by our perspective. Those are returned to the general circulation by the lymphatic system. So these are bits and pieces of dead cells, cells that die in our tissue, what we call long-chain fatty acids, large proteins, and bacteria. And all of that solid waste material can build up outside of our cells, and it's the tiny, little lymphatic, what we call capillaries, that absorb those, and then through larger and larger lymphatic vessels, they eventually transport those. And actually, the lymphatic system pumps. It has muscle in the walls of the vessel, and it's remarkably efficient at moving this proteinaceous and other debris out of our tissue and to the lymph nodes. And the lymph nodes do 3 things. They regulate the viscosity of lymph, how thick it is. They remove debris that the body doesn't feel a need to recycle. And they identify harmful pathogens, and those are principally bacteria, because our skin is not a perfect barrier and bacteria get in through our skin all the time. And at the level of the lymph node that the immune system learns, "Hey, there's a problem." And that's assuming that there aren't just a few bacteria, but when we really have an infection. And it's a lymph node that the body mounts a response, which is why you may have palpated enlarged, tender lymph nodes in your neck, or in your armpit because those lymph nodes are busy fighting off an infection. So for cancer, both for staging, to accurately stage our cancers, and to achieve local control, we remove or irradiate lymph nodes. There's also increasing evidence to suggest that some chemotherapeutic regimens can compromise our lymphatic system. But it's principally radiation and surgery have been implicated in causing lymphedema. Which brings us to, well, what kinds of cancer treatments are associated with lymphedema? And in truth, any cancer treatment that involves the removal or irradiation of lymph nodes can cause lymphedema. And one aspects of lymphedema that continues to puzzle us is why it's delayed. And so large data sets have accumulated over time that guide us in understanding when lymphedema starts. And what we've learned, for the most part, it starts by the third year out, the third year following treatment. With most patients presenting in the first 2 years. But not immediately, and we think this is because that solid debris, that the lymphatics are responsible for removing, that builds up slowly in the tissue. It's not an immediate phenomenon. Although, for some patients who have severe damage or compromise of the lymphatics in the course of their cancer treatment, they may have swelling immediately. But often, it's a more gradual onset, and the protein builds up, the other debris, it's irritating to the body. The body is doing its best to handle the problem, which it knows isn't normal. And eventually, it causes low-grade inflammation, which many times, is the first indicator that a patient is developing lymphedema. They may have heaviness in their arm, their leg, or the affected body part. Jenny, what are some other symptoms that patients often describe when they're—what we call Stage 0 or subclinical lymphedema—before we can appreciate swelling? Jenny Bradt: Sometimes, those changes are sort of subtle. Obviously, they might notice that their ankles are bigger are at the end of the day, but by morning, they're back to normal. But some patients, especially lower extremities, say, "Well, my jeans fit tighter on one leg, or in one buttock, more than the other side." Or they just don't feel the muscles underneath their skin as much, where the skin just doesn't wrinkle as easily as it does with a less affected leg. The skin might feel thicker. It doesn't necessarily have to make a thumbprint, it's just this overall thickness. They might have veins on the top of their foot that are kind of disappearing. They don't notice them as much as the other side, and those would be early signs of lymphedema. Dr. Cheville: So first, we have—not in everybody, but often—just the symptoms. Heaviness, maybe some aching, and a really important point is that this is a general diffuse feeling. Lymphedema, for the most part, does not cause focal pain. So cancer survivors who have pain in a knee or a wrist or a specific part of their affected limbs, that should not be blamed on lymphedema, and it should not delay a workup for an alternate explanation. But that heaviness, aching, particularly after activity, or if it's the leg standing for a long time, those can be the first signs followed by the subtle changes in volume that Jenny had described. But over time, the debris, the solid material builds up in the tissue, causes inflammation, and will cause scarring or what we call fibrosis. And it's simply collagen, loose disorganized connective tissue that over time, can accumulate and lead to an enlarged—sometimes, very enlarged—extremity. The arms and legs are most frequently affected. But because every tissue on our body, that's face, trunk, breast, genitals, create lymph, lymphedema can, essentially, affect any of our somatic tissues.  So, Jenny, could you share some strategies that patients can use to reduce their risk of lymphedema? Jenny Bradt: Yeah. I think it's important to emphasize that the most important thing to do is to observe your leg and if you note any swelling to treat it right away. Because it is easier to treat in early stages. And never feel that you have too little swelling to report. There's never going to be a time where there's too little swelling to report. An important symptom to watch for is infection of the skin. The risk of developing a skin infection in the leg or legs that are at risk for lymphedema is greater because there's a delayed lymphatic flow in that leg. A skin infection, also called cellulitis, is relatively easy to diagnose and treat. However, if an infection is not treated quickly it can lead to much more swelling in the limb and make it more difficult for the lymphatic system to work well after the infection has resolved. So any changes in color or temperature of the leg should be reported the same day you see them if they are there. So observe your leg. Become familiar with its normal color and appearance so that you can recognize changes if they occur. So for example, if your leg's usually a little pink when your feet are on the floor but not as much when they're elevated, and then you see that your feet stay red or pink when they're elevated, and they're red and warm, well, that's something that should be checked. Because it wasn't what's normal for your leg. There's usually an identifiable cause to most cases of cellulitis, like an open area that allows microorganisms to invade the normal barrier of the skin. And for this reason, it's important to avoid situations that can cause cuts or scrapes in the skin. So if you do have a cut or a scrape on the affected leg, watch and make sure it is healing without any increase in redness to the area. And if you have an open area in the skin, avoid situations where bacteria can invade the wound, such as swimming in a lake. Cellulitis in the leg can be related to fungal infections between the toes, and that's why it's absolutely important to treat and avoid athlete's foot. Athlete's foot causes cracks and web spaces between the toes. This allows microorganisms to invade the foot, so take care of your feet. Avoid walking with bare feet in public shower areas and locker rooms, and if you do have an athlete's foot infection, treat it with over-the-counter anti-fungal medications. There's powders and there's ointments, and if cracking of the skin is a problem, maybe an ointment might work better. But if you're always having sweaty, damp feet, well, a powder anti-fungal medication might work better. But the goal is to make your feet unwelcome for fungus. And it's important to keep your toes clean and dry. Most lymphedema prevention is aimed at preventing excess inflammation, in general, that can occur in the leg at risk. And there's obvious sources of increased inflammation or swelling. For example, a broken bone would cause more swelling. And, of course, everyone tries to avoid traumatic injury, but the other more subtle types of injuries are like the overuse type of injury. So if you want to do something new that you haven't done, start by doing it gradually. What we do know about exercise is that it's beneficial, and eventually, your exercise will make your body stronger and less likely to be injured. But the fact that injuries can cause a greater demand on your lymphatic system is the reason why it is important to be strong but to do that in a slow and measured way. So, for example, if there's an activity that you enjoyed doing before you had cancer treatment, it's very likely that you can continue to do that activity. But be mindful of the time off that you had to take for your cancer treatment and work slowly back to your prior level of fitness. Physical therapists can be very helpful in guiding you back to your fitness goals and can help you treat and avoid injury. If you're interested in starting a new strengthening program for your legs, it's important to start at a very low level and a manageable level increasing in intensity much slower than you normally would if your leg was not at risk for lymphedema. But I cannot emphasize enough it is important to stay active, lean, healthy, strong muscles, good joint motion. That all helps to circulate the blood and return the lymph fluid to your heart, and of course, if you smoke, you need to take active steps to stop smoking. So how do we treat lymphedema if it happens? We've talked about the different stages of lymphedema, and it is not inevitable that lymphedema will gradually become worse and worse. It getting worse can be avoided by treatment. And the goal of treatment is to reduce the swelling in the leg, but then to take steps constantly to keep that swelling from returning. So treatment of lymphedema is not a curative treatment. It is management. We have not found a cure for lymphedema yet. So it's important to understand that there are 2 parts to lymphedema treatment, and they can be referred to as phase 1 and phase 2. Phase 1 treatment involves reducing the limb, getting it smaller, while phase 2 involves maintaining it. In order to reduce the leg initially, it is necessary to apply compression, but you have to apply compression that can shrink with the leg. And that's the reason why we use compression bandages, or sometimes, I'll also call them compression wraps. Most people think of a compression wrap as an ace or elastic wrap when they think of a compression bandage. But in lymphedema treatment, we use something called a short stretch bandage, and it has no elastic in it. The short stretch wraps are used because they create a containment of a leg so that the bandage itself does not expand when the muscles contract and expand. So what happens is when the leg muscles contract, they push up against the bandages, which don't expand, and the muscle pump squeezes the vein's lymphatic vessels more effectively. What this does is it helps moves the excess fluid up and out of the leg, and as a therapist, I can customize a short stretch wrap by including foam pieces inside that short stretch wrap that helps to mold and contour out the leg if it's gotten very swollen and help soften the tissue that might've gotten more brawny or more hard. When we add foam under a wrap, it also gives something for the leg muscles to work against. And when you move in a leg where there's foam inside it, it also kind of massages and softens the skin. And so it does help improve the skin quality, and it improves skin mobility. Legs should move through a series of exercises after every wrap. And these exercises are called remedial. Their purpose is simple. They are done to encourage the muscles to contract against the bandage. And they're not difficult. They can be made up of simple range of motion exercises or muscle contractions. There are other tools we use to reduce swelling along with the compression bandaging. Sometimes, we'll do a massage, which is also called manual lymphatic drainage, or MLD, and that helps mobilize swelling and soften tissue. But MLD needs to be used in conjunction with compression to be effective.  Pneumatic pumps are used similarly in phase 1, but they also should involve compression between pumping. All phase 1 therapy should include education on how to take care of your skin, how to observe for those skin changes, keep the legs moisturized yet dry, keep the skin intact, and treat any wounds right away. Now, phase 2, which is the maintenance phase, is often more difficult than phase 1 because it involves a bit of trial and error. Compression socks or stockings are used in phase 2 to maintain the size of a limb, but they are not necessarily superior to bandages in terms of compression. They simply allow you to go about your life without bulky compression bandages on the leg. We think of compression socks, like compression stockings, as defense, where the bandages are offense. So the bandages work to actively reduce the leg, but the compression socks maintain the smaller size. A well-fitting compression sock should be tolerable all day long. It should keep your leg the same size from morning to evening. And that takes a bit of work to find the right sock for you. And so it's important to work with a knowledgeable fitter and therapist together to figure out what works best for you. So in less severe cases of lymphedema, when you're in that stage 1 where it still reduces at night, a compression stocking during the day might be all that is needed as part of the maintenance program to keep the legs the same size. But for more stubborn cases, additional means of maintaining the reduced size might be needed. And you would know this is necessary if, in your compression sock during the day, your leg swells up and kind of creeps up by the end of the day. Sometimes, we'll add compression wrapping again at night because that will reduce the limb while you sleep with the added benefit of softening a leg that has developed some of those skin changes and thickening. Some days are simply more demanding on a leg, and an occasional wrap at night for some people might be necessary. Wrapping at night is what we use simply because it doesn't interfere with your daytime movement. And for those patients who find that they need to wrap their leg at night fairly regularly, they do have compression devices on the market that mimic these compression bandages. It's important to work with a lymphedema therapist to help you decide what device might be best for you. And we don't wear compression socks at night simply because they are fit really tightly, and they have that more elastic compression that presses against the skin. And when your leg isn't moving, that can start to become uncomfortable. A well-wrapped leg—a good bandage should be more padded and more comfortable when somebody's asleep at night. And remember, every compression wrap is a custom fit to your leg, so it works to reduce the size of a leg better than a compression sock. And there are other tools that can be used in a phase 2 program, such as self-manual lymphatic drainage, maybe a pneumatic pump, but exercise is essential in all of your maintenance programs. So exercise is the key. Dr. Cheville, would you like to talk about how patients could find an appropriate provider to help them manage their lymphedema? Dr. Cheville: I was just going to ask that question [laughter] because it's hard. First, Jenny did a beautiful job of kind of giving a remarkably comprehensive overview of lymphedema, and I just wanted to call out a few things that I think are key take homes and, Jenny, correct me if you disagree. But one, as Jenny said the importance of exercise. And we want to create better pump, and to do that, we use resistive exercises. So both to help the venous blood get back to the heart but also the lymphatics. Having strong muscles, and not atrophied or not collapsed muscles in your leg is important. So that's one type of exercise we would prescribe. The other is the remedial exercises that Jenny mentioned, and that's just creating a pumping action. The idea of becoming intimately aware of your leg, and if you’re starting to change your activity profile either in intensity or type, just exactly as Jenny said, keeping an eye on your leg for changes, particularly after prolonged standing or activity. I really liked what you said about the garments being the defense and the wrapping the offense. I'm going to use that because I think that encapsulates the role of the different compression devices that we use very nicely. And I wanted to just touch, again, on cellulitis because this is a skin infection categorized by patchy redness. Usually, it's a very discreetly demarcated area of redness, also warmth. There can be associated pain and worsening swelling. Typically, it presents after a patient has developed lymphedema but not always. At times, it's the first indicator that a patient has lymphedema. It should trigger an immediate, as Jenny said, communication to your care team, your primary provider, going to an ER because the infections can be dangerous. But also, they can cause permanent worsening of the lymphedema that can be challenging for us to reverse as practitioners. So if you have established lymphedema, this is something that should be on your radar, and I would encourage you to talk to your care team about it. And even if you don't have athlete's foot, because even minuscule amounts of fungus on your toes can create a larger portal for bacteria that normally lives on your skin to enter. So these days, I tell all my patients to use an anti-fungal powder or spray on their feet, roughly 3 times a week. I like the sprays because they get in the little crevices, and they can be less cakey and chalky than the powder. Any other key take-homes Jenny? Do you agree with those? Jenny Bradt: I definitely do. And I think that it is important to have—if it's possible—for you to find a therapist who's a lymphedema specialist in your area, because over the course of the time when you will be managing your leg, if there is something that is a setback, it's important to get back in touch with a therapist. They'll know you. They know your leg, and they know what works well for you. There is a designation of CLT-LANA Certified Therapist. That's the Lymphatic Association of North America. If a therapist has received an additional 135 hours of training beyond their normal physical therapy or occupational therapy degree, they can sit for that exam and get a designation of CLT-LANA. They can be occupational or physical therapists, but they would-- Dr. Cheville: Massage therapists? Jenny Bradt: Massage therapists? I kind of prefer a medical model. We do very well having therapists who are LANA certified, but work carefully, closely, with the actual medical team of that person, so we can take care of the entire person. Dr. Cheville: Yeah, I would agree. I think a key feature though is connecting with a good therapist. And the LANA Lymphology Association of North America website has an interactive search function that will help you identify individuals in your area. And even if you don't find somebody who's in your immediate proximity, often reaching out and contacting that person—lymphedema, it's a small community. We tend to know each other, and they very likely will be able to direct you to appropriately trained individuals, that are convenient for you. And as a physician, hopefully, medical school has changed, but we received almost no training when I went through. This was longer ago than I'd like to think, but in lymphedema, or the lymphatic system, and what I have discovered amongst my patients over the years is they've had to become self-advocates and often educating their own care teams about their unique needs as lymphedema patients. There aren't a tremendous number of physicians specialized in lymphedema. But if you're really struggling with a condition, and feel that you're not getting appropriate local support, I would encourage you to reach out and identify a physician specialist. Which may require some travel, but it may be well worth the effort. So thank you for your attention. Jenny Bradt: Well, thank you very much for listening, and we hope that you have many healthy and enjoyable years of exercise with your legs. ASCO: Thank you, Dr. Cheville and Ms. Bradt. Learn more about how to prevent and manage leg lymphedema at www.cancer.net/lymphedema. And if this podcast was useful, please take a minute to subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts or Google Play. Cancer.Net is supported by Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, which funds breakthrough research for every type of cancer, helping patients everywhere. To help fund Cancer.Net and programs like it, donate at conquer.org/support.

Neil McDonnell interviews Judy Bradt about the personal side of federal contracting and how building relationships is the most critical – but overlooked – secret to success in federal contracting. Judy Bradt is CEO of Summit Insight and has helped over 7,000 clients win more than $300 million dollars over the past 30 years. Author | Government Contracts Made EasierHost Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. and founder of the HUBZone Chamber of Commerce interviews government and small business experts who generously offer useful tips and insights for HUBZone Chamber members. Discover how small businesses can research opportunities, build relationships, promote their capabilities, request small business set-aside (SBSA) opportunities and secure government business contracts.https://www.HUBZoneChamber.org/

Neil McDonnell interviews Judy Bradt about the personal side of federal contracting and how building relationships is the most critical – but overlooked – secret to success in federal contracting. Judy Bradt is CEO of Summit Insight and has helped over 7,000 clients win more than $300 million dollars over the past 30 years. Author | Government Contracts Made EasierHost Neil McDonnell of SV Mac Pack, Inc. and founder of the HUBZone Chamber of Commerce interviews government and small business experts who generously offer useful tips and insights for HUBZone Chamber members. Discover how small businesses can research opportunities, build relationships, promote their capabilities, request small business set-aside (SBSA) opportunities and secure government business contracts.https://www.HUBZoneChamber.org/

“There's no such thing as doing business with the federal government. There's only doing business with people.”  We all understand the concept of doing business with people you like and trust. But what if your aim is winning federal contracts? How do you get the government to like you? How do you build a relationship with a bureaucracy? Well, you can't. But you CAN build relationships with the contracting officers who award federal business! Judy Bradt is the founder of Summit Insights, a firm that helps businesses get in front of federal buyers and win more contracts. Judy has 30-plus years of experience in the field, helping 7,000 diverse clients earn $300M in federal business. She has been featured in Business Week, Entrepreneur Magazine and Fortune Small Business, among many other publications, and she is the award-winning author of Government Contracts Made Easier. Today, Judy joins us to share the ‘dirty secret' about her sales skills and how she finally learned to reframe sales as an opportunity to make friends. She discusses the four drivers of success in the federal market, what to research before you submit an RFP, and why past performance supersedes certifications. Listen in for Judy's insight around getting in front of a federal contracting officer and learn why relationships are crucial to winning federal business. Key Takeaways Judy's ‘dirty secret' around making sales calls How to reframe sales as making friends Why you should break big goals into small pieces Why relationships are crucial to winning federal business The 4 drivers of success in the federal market Commitment to market (part of growth strategy) Provide product/service government needs Established business with past performance Willing to invest in long-term commitment Judy's 7 steps to success in federal business Strategy Focus Process Competition Relationships Teaming Marketing What to research before you bid on a federal contract How to get in front of a federal contracting officer Why past performance supersedes certifications Connect with Judy Summit Insight Call (703) 627-1074 Connect with Lisa Lisa's Website Lisa on Twitter Lisa on Facebook Lisa on LinkedIn Subscribe on iTune Resources Government Contracts Made Easier by Judy Bradt Judy's Upcoming Live Webinars Building Blocks of a Winning Proposal Course The RFP Success Book by Lisa Rehurek

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When Hale Bradt ’52 began reading his late father’s letters from World War II, the words “just grabbed me, viscerally,” he says. After decades of research, including trips to the Pacific islands where his father served, Bradt wrote about how the war reshaped his family. (Season 4, Episode 2)

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Ralf Little. He first came to our attention as Antony in The Royle Family and has now produced the 'mockumentary' series Borderline. He reveals why he swapped medical school for acting and what it was like to play football with Zinedine Zidane. JP Devlin meets Fergus Anckorn, a former British soldier, he was the youngest member of the Magic Circle and now, at the age of 97, he is its oldest member. Joanna Cannon advises people to 'dare to fail'. Having left school with one O Level, she worked in various jobs from cleaning kennels to pizza delivery, but ended up studying medicine, becoming a psychiatrist and writing her first book 'The Trouble With Goats and Sheep'. Jonathan Scott grew up in Berkshire, but has spent the past 40 years living in Kenya. He started out as a novice safari guide in the Maasai Mara Reserve and went on to become a wildlife artist, photographer and author. He describes his fascination for leopards and filming for the popular BBC series 'Big Cat Diary'. RJ Mitte rose to fame as Walter White Jr in the US hit series Breaking Bad. Like his character, RJ has cerebral palsy. He is now one of the presenters for Channel 4's Paralympics coverage which begins on 7 September. Ade Edmondson shares his Inheritance Tracks - The Song of the Weather performed by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann; and Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Borderline is on Channel 5, Tuesday nights at 10pm. Jonathan Scott's memoir, The Big Cat Man - an Autobiography is published by Bradt travel guides. Ade Edmondson can be seen in the 4 part series One Of Us which continues on BBC 1 at 9pm on Tuesdays. Produced by Louise Corley and Annette Wells. Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Dr. Gary Bradt gained national attention in 2000 when Dr. Spencer Johnson, the renowned author of Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life chose him as the leading speaker on the message of that blockbuster bestselling book which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. "Cheese" gave thousands of people the chance to get acquainted with Gary’s extraordinary ability to cut through their frustration and fear and get to the heart of the matter; delivering powerful tools that help them adapt when going through change. Today, Gary shares his story of success through hard work with Business Buff Entrepreneurs. The post BUFF 85 | Gary Bradt Executive Coach, Author, Clinical Psychologist & Keynote Speaker | Business Buff Entrepreneurs appeared first on Business Buff Entrepreneurs.

Chatting With Champions Podcast Interview #97. Tyler Basu and Dr. Gary Bradt “How To Embrace Change & Find Opportunity In Uncertainty” Dr. Gary Bradt is an author, clinical psychologist, leadership The post Dr. Gary Bradt: How To Embrace Change & Find Opportunity In Uncertainty appeared first on Chatting With Champions.

Actor and songwriter Gary Kemp joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk about 'Soul Boys of the Western World', a film documenting the rise, fall and return of 80's band Spandau Ballet. Hilary Bradt is the founder of the Bradt travel guides. To mark 40 years in the business she shares some of her more irresponsible travel stories. Jimmy G is one of Russia's biggest pop stars but unheard of anywhere else. He talks about what it's like to switch between being mobbed and totally unrecognised. Virgin Boss Sir Richard Branson shares his inheritance tracks: 'Tubular Bells' by Mike Oldfield and 'Satisfaction' by the Rolling Stones. We also learn what it takes to be a double world champion stone skimmer with Lucy Wood. And the internationally renowned happiness expert Paul Dolan gives us tips for a better life. 'Soul Boys of the Western World' has a special premiere on Tuesday 30 September at the Albert Hall in London, beamed by satellite to cinemas across the UK and Eire. The film goes on general cinema release from 3 October. 'The Irresponsible Traveller' is edited by Hilary Bradt and published by Bradt. 'Happiness by design' by Professor Paul Dolan is published by Allen Lane. Produced by Alex Lewis.

Kom han fra Fredrikstad i Norge eller den hollandsk/danske byen Friedrichstadt i Scleswig-Holstein ? Han ble i alle falt kalt "nordmannen" da han reiste over til Den nye verden med nederlenderne i 1636. Han skulle dyrke tobakk i Ny Nederland, men reiste snart opp Hudson River til fortet i Bevervik, dagens Albany. Der startet han et sagbruk ved elven som den dag i dag kalles "Normanskill". - Han var en spesiell type, som ikke akkurat var sympatisk, sier Frans-Arne Stylegar, som i dette ekstraprogrammet forteller lit fra sin nye bok om de første, norske pionerene i kolonien Ny Nederland på 1600-tallet.

This week, we talk to James Proctor. He wrote the Bradt travel guide to the Faroe Islands, the only travel guide dedicated to the Faroe Islands. Proctor was recently in the Faroes to do research for the 3rd edition of the guide. He speaks to us about his long history with the Faroes, and the changes he's seen in the country after 20 years. After that, we'll visit a village where time stands still... or at least it seems to move a bit slower.

George Bradt is the founder and Managing Director of executive onboarding group PrimeGenesis. He has provided consulting assistance to Elizabeth Arden, Merrill Lynch, MTV, and Miller Brewing. Bradt received an AB from Harvard, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as an executive in sales, marketing, and general management around the world at ... Read More

Listen to this interview to learn: How to turn a love of working with people into a career What to listen for when your customer has critical feedback and important details to pick up Why your goals must be important enough to pursue, and to be aware of your motivations How telling the truth is a vital leadership practice Dr. Gary Bradt talks with Bill Ringle about leadership lessons learned while building a successful business as a well-known author, speaker, and advisor to senior management.

Libby Purves is joined by actor and comedian Omid Djalili, former girl gang member, Chyna, travel journalist and writer Brian Jackman and folk musician Tim Edey. Omid Djalili is an award-winning British-Iranian actor and comedian. He is currently starring in Joe Orton's play 'What the Butler Saw'. Omid has appeared in films including The Mummy, Gladiator, and The Infidel and on stage played the role of Fagin in Oliver! What the Butler Saw is at London's Vaudeville Theatre. Writing under the pseudonym 'Chyna', the author gives a graphic account of life in a girl gang which she joined at the age of 12. Her gang of ten members operated in the estates of south London fighting, stealing and dealing drugs. Now 24, Chyna has turned her life around and works for the community charity 'foundation4 life' which helps young people extricate themselves from the grip of local gangs. 'How I escaped a Girl Gang' is published by Coronet. Brian Jackman is a travel journalist and writer. He is the author, with Jonathan and Angie Scott, of 'The Marsh Lions,' which was originally published thirty years ago and has just been reissued. For five years the authors followed the Marsh pride of lions of the Masai Mara, painstakingly recording the daily drama of life and death on the African plains. The Marsh Lions - The Story of an African Pride is published by Bradt. Tim Edey is a folk musician who started playing Irish folk music at the age of four. At this year's Radio 2 Folk Awards Tim won Musician of the Year and Best Duo (with Brendon Power) and is touring with the Chieftains later this year. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Ernest White II is a storyteller, explorer, producer, and host of television travel docu-series FLY BROTHER with Ernest White II, currently airing in the United States on Public Television Stations and Create TV nationwide. He is also founder and CEO of Presidio Pictures, a new film, television, and digital media studio centering BIPOC, LGBTQ, and senior narratives. Ernest's writing includes fiction, literary essay, and travel narrative, having been featured in Time Out London, USA Today, Getaway, Ebony, The Manifest-Station, Sinking City, Lakeview Journal, Matador Network, National Geographic Traveler's Brazil and Bradt's Tajikistan guidebooks, and at TravelChannel.com. Appearing on the Travel Channel television series Destination Showdown and Jamaica: Bared, as well as in a documentary film about the dangers of mass tourism, Gringo Trails, Ernest is a Florida native now based in Canada. His obsessions include South Africa, São Paulo, and Rita Hayworth. Website: https://www.flybrother.net  If you love this show, please leave us a review. Go to:- https://ratethispodcast.com/rate and follow the simple instructions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-dave-pamah-show/donations