Podcast appearances and mentions of brian o'connor

Aquatics Director at The YMCA. We talked about the YMCA (I was surprised at what it stands for), the power of a spiritual father encouraging and holding you accountable, how it's important to have a contagious spirit, his journey of trying what the world had to offer and how it left him empty and unfulfilled, and the simplicity of seeking HIS kingdom first! Verse of the Day: Matthew 6:33 To get connected to our community, visit www.ycbguy.com and get signed up.

On episode #55, Jed welcomes on the longtime Head Baseball Coach of the Univeristy of Virginia, Brian O'Connor. They talk about Brian's tenure at Virginia, his approach to player development, and how the game has evolved through the years.

Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor joins "The Jerry Ratcliffe Show" to share stories from the six-week road trip that took the 'Hoos to the College World Series.

We Spend a couple of minutes recapping UVA's win yesterday and the special moment for the Michaels family and Virginia Baseball Coach Brian O'Connor joins us from Omaha fresh off their emotional 6-0 win against Tennessee in the College World Series. Plus Joe Giglio from WRALSportsFan.Com updates us on the NC State baseball team in the CWS and a look inside the Wolfpack football team as we continue with our Two-A-Days. 

Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor discusses his team going into the regional.

Ödül Bozkurt, Brian O’Connor, and Judy Wajcman ask whether we work too much, and if it's making us bad citizens and unhappy humans

Hi Skrulls, Trailer Fast and The Furious 9 akhirnya keluar nih di jeda event superbowl 2021 dan udah ngasih kita detail-detail baru tentang filmnya. Terutama tentang petunjuk kembalinya Brian O'Connor di film ini, so buat kamu yang penasaran bagaimana Brian bisa hadir dan breaksi di film Fast and The Furious 9 kamu bisa dengerin breakdown kita tentang trailer Fast and The Furious 9 Superbowl 2021 kita kali ini yah!!

Temujin, também conhecido como Genghis Khan, foi o cruel líder do Império Mongol, responsável por aproximadamente 40 milhões de mortes na Europa e na Ásia, entre os séculos XI e XII. Por conta dos feitos impiedosos de seu exército, sua importância na história e sua pequena (mas existente) ligação com a Cannabis Sativa, decidimos falar sobre aquele que deixou milhões de descendentes na terra... e você pode ser um deles!

Today I’m joined by songwriting duo and hosts of the brilliant Sodajerker on Songwriting podcast, Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor, to talk about Paul Simon’s classic middle-aged divorcee record Still Crazy After All These Years. We talk about how the album reflects an ‘adult’ approach in subject matter and composition, how aspects of it reveal more as the listener ages, the balance between specificity in Simon’s lyrics but still leaving a place for the listener to find themselves in the song, whether drummer Steve Gadd deserves a writing credit on 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, whether the Simon and Garfunkel reunion song My Little Town fits in the flow of the record and Simon and Brian reflect on their experience interviewing Paul Simon for their podcast.

008 - Career Selection: What Are You Meant to Do, Anyway?!You already know it’s important to pick a career path that aligns with who you are. Of course you’ll do your best work (and be a lot happier) if your job reflects your strengths, abilities, interests, and values. But, HOW do you decide what specific career is best for you? And how do you ensure your success once you’ve selected your track? It’s not so easy to figure out... but, take heart! You can absolutely find your way into a career that will bring lifelong fulfillment – if you put in the work. Take it from Brian O’Connor, a 40 year veteran of the horse industry who is living proof that career alignment is entirely possible. From a young age, Brian managed to combine his two passions –horses and the performing arts– to create a niche role for himself that has brought tremendous success. Brian has traveled the world (quite literally) helping run equestrian competitions as an announcer and communications specialist. He has earned an impeccable reputation and boasts career highlights including 3 World Championships, 2 World Cups, an Olympic Games, and more. He joins us today to discuss career alignment, how he found it, and -most importantly- how you can find it for yourself! Guest Info:Brian O'ConnorSpeakeasy LTDhttps://www.facebook.com/brian.oconnor.5473

On this episode of the Baseball America College Podcast, presented by MyBookie and Rapsodo, Virginia coach Brian O'Connor discusses how his team is off and running toward the 2021 season, one in which the Cavaliers will be among the favorites to win the national title. The Baseball America Podcast is presented by MyBookie, where you can bet NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, Major League Baseball, UFC and then some! New customers now can double their deposit simply by entering the promo code BASEBALLAMERICA when signing up. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/baseball-america/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Born and raised in San Diego, Greg Hix currently serves as the Artist Liaison for the San Francisco Symphony. Prior to that, he was the Manager of Artistic Operations for the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, WY. He was a full-time member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony, where he was able to sub on several occasions. He has an MM in horn performance from Northwestern University, where he studied with Gail Williams, Bill Barnewitz, and Jon Boen. Greg also holds a BA in horn performance from UCLA where he studied with Brian O’Connor, Christopher Cooper, and Patrick Sheridan.Support the show (https://thatsnotspit.com/support/)

We pick up in Fast Five part 2 where Dominic Toretto and Brian O’Connor just flew off of a 1000ft cliff and survived!?! This is the 5th movie in the Fast Saga but the 4th movie we are watching and reviewing because we are watching them in chronological order and Tokyo Drift jumped the fun and came out too soon. In this episode we are introduced to the main bad guy of the movie, to Luke Hobbs and a lot more craziness. Enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockbuster-braddahs/message

Revenews is produced by the Office of Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot to bring you the latest tax and financial news, as well as a closer look at the people, places and organizations that make Maryland special. In the opening episode we discuss how COVID-19 has had an affect on tax season and local businesses. We talk with our first guest, none other than the Comptroller of Maryland Peter Franchot, and we talk with Biermi co-founders Brian O’Connor and Brendan O'Leary.

Brian O'Connor, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Virginia joins us on this week's podcast. Brian shares the story that propelled the 2015 team to the national championship, attributes of good leaders, his strengths, and much more.

If you’re at home more now -- and doing less -- does that actually feel better? We’ll talk about what the pandemic is teaching us about the endless urge to be busy. Omid Safi and Brian O'Connor join Meghna Chakrabarti.

UVA's head baseball coach

With many baseball games and seasons interrupted, we decided to release this ABCA podcast episode with University of Virginia head Coach Brian O'Connor early. The episode was recorded prior to the 2020 season. We discuss learning from mistakes as a young coach, developing a relationship with your recruits before they show up on campus, why it is a great time to be a baseball coach, why youth players should play multiple sports, what was great about coaching Team USA, learning from other coaches and players and why he likes instant replay.

With many baseball games and seasons interrupted, we decided to release this ABCA podcast episode with University of Virginia head Coach Brian O'Connor early. The episode was recorded prior to the 2020 season. We discuss learning from mistakes as a young coach, developing a relationship with your recruits before they show up on campus, why it is a great time to be a baseball coach, why youth players should play multiple sports, what was great about coaching Team USA, learning from other coaches and players and why he likes instant replay.

With many baseball games and seasons interrupted, we decided to release this ABCA podcast episode with University of Virginia head Coach Brian O'Connor early. The episode was recorded prior to the 2020 season. We discuss learning from mistakes as a young coach, developing a relationship with your recruits before they show up on campus, why it is a great time to be a baseball coach, why youth players should play multiple sports, what was great about coaching Team USA, learning from other coaches and players and why he likes instant replay.

Fast and Furious 4! Pappy hosts his family (Josh, Stevie, Korey, $Mikey, and Brett)spoiling 2009's Fast & Furious! Dominic Toretto is forced to come out of hiding when a loved one is brutally murdered. Heading to LA to track down the culprit, he crosses paths with Brian O'Connor, the FBI agent whose undercover infiltration of Toretto's gang led to the motorised miscreant's exile across the border. The two men temporarily put their differences aside as they investigate the killing. Release date: March 12, 2009 (USA) Director: Justin Lin Box office: 363.2 million USD Featured song: Virtual Diva Budget: 85 million USD

I talk with Brian O'Connor -philosopher of idleness and Adorno scholar - about why we shouldn't feel bad about being leisurely, lazy comrades and about why self-improvement is a capitalist trap. 

Live @ PrivSec Dublin - Brian O'Connor - "Practical Implications Of Data Protection" by PrivSec Podcasts

It sure seems to me like more and more writers and thinkers these days are praising the value and virtues of idleness. In our current era defined by such problems as the hollowing of social welfare programs and digital technology's seeming uncompromising power over people's everyday activities and work habits, more writers and thinkers are calling for a renewed, nuanced discussion of idleness as a healthy, humanist, virtuous endeavor. Though idleness probably seems like a strange topic choice for a podcast dedicated to sport, physical activities and the "active body". Yet, it is time to re-think our assumptions of inactivity as they undergird our assumptions activity, work, and productivity. We should consider the possibility that idleness may constitute not only an important element of a future ecologically sustainable society, but an important, neglected form of human freedom. This episode is about idleness and its relation to sport and play. We interviewed Dr. Brian O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin, and discuss his recent book Idleness: A Philosophical Essay, in which he examines notions of idleness as they were articulated in the texts of famous Western philosophers like Kant, Hegel, and Schopenhauer. The episode centers on our interview with Prof. O'Connor, and highlights his understanding of idleness and its potentially relation to physical activities like play and sport.

Episode 3 of the Curious Kiwi Capitalist Podcast 15th August 2019 My guest for this show is Alexander Simmons. Alex is the founder of Voyager Equity a search fund. Search funds are completely new to New Zealand with no fund yet launched but with some interest from Kiwi searchers overseas. In Australia they have gained traction in the last couple of years with at least two funds succesfully acquiring businesses. Alex is the first Australian search fund to get investment for "search capital", the traditional first tranche of investment in a fund. The other two funds self-funded their search and then got "acquisition capital" the second tranche of investment. I have to admit I am very intrigued with this type of investment fund and have been involved with encouraging prospective Kiwi searchers in 2019. My hope for young searchers and retiring mid-market business owners is that this investment type takes off over the coming decade. In this show we'll discuss search funds in New Zealand and Australia including: what is a search fund? search and acquisition capital the search capital step-up and "Stanford terms" search fund investors research on search fund returns searcher vesting search funds vs private equity investment parameters what prospective searchers ask Alex the most search fund accelerators and business schools Show Notes About Alexander Alexander Simmons founded Voyager Equity earlier in the year, and it is the first search fund that has raised "search capital" in Australasia. Others have raised acquisition capital, an achievement in its own right, but no one till Alex had raised the first part of a traditional search fund. This makes Alex a real trail blazer in Australasian search funds. Alex is English, who started his career at Bestport Ventures LLP a UK private equity firm that invests in growth capital and small buyout opportunities in the UK. He moved to Australia where he worked for Partners in Performance to get hands-on operational experience including in New Zealand. He started up his search fund Voyager Equity in 2019. He has an MBA from INSEAD and a BA from Oxford. INSEAD has one of only a few search fund courses in the world. Links Voyager Equity Alex's search fund website. “Search Fund Primer 2016”, Stanford Graduate School of Business. "International Search Funds – 2016 Selected Observations", IESE, June 2016 in IESE Search Funds Search Funds in New Zealand: what are they and a way forward (my views in a previous article) Relay Investments Harvard Business School Jim Sharpe in this case who I know is a supporter of Kiwi Harvard grads doing search funds. Search Fund Accelerator (Timothy Bovard, Boston) Second Squared Australian Search Fund Accelerator "Perspectives on Search Funds". A podcast series featuring all things related to search funds and entrepreneurship through acquisition. Hosted by Brian O’Connor, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Managing Partner of NextGen Growth Partners. "Search Funds in Australasia with Alexander Simmons" show notes. Transcript: Search Funds with Alex Simmons Bruce: What's a search fund? Alex: Morning Bruce, quite simply it's a vehicle a company, whereby an individual such as myself raises some money from investors, that money essentially pays a modest salary to me and provide some some headroom for expenses while I go for a period of time typically two two and a half years to look for a company to buy. So it's really something to facilitate the acquisition of a company which would be an existing company that's had a long operational history. And the seller is looking to retire or transition out of the business and then I would I would come along and buy Bruce: We're sitting here in your offices in George Street in Sydney. You are the first person who's raised search capital, as we call it, in Australasia. Congratulations on that and that search capital as you say pays for your the sal...

Amanda Litherland and Caroline Crampton are in Liverpool sampling some of the city's best podcasts. They speak to Neil Atkinson from The Anfield Wrap, a podcast that tells the story of supporting Liverpool FC from the heart of the city. Non-football fans worry not - Amanda and Caroline don't know anything about the sport either! But the story of this podcast's success is one we can all learn from. They produce up to 14 podcasts per week as well as video and written content, some of which is for their paid subscribers. While football is the main focus, the shows are rooted in the life and culture of the city. They discuss how this inclusive and authentic approach has made the podcast a resounding hit. Also featured are Beatles City and Sodajerker On Songwriting. Beatles City is the podcast that brings you the story of the band that shook the world from the place where it all began. Listen to memories of The Beatles’ early days told in the voices of the people who were there, from members of the Quarrymen to the band’s school friends, and other guests who have a unique insight into the band. Sodajerker is a songwriting team from Liverpool, founded by co-writers Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor. Their podcast Sodajerker On Songwriting features in depth interviews with some of the world’s most successful songwriters, such as Alicia Keys, Nile Rodgers and Paul Simon. We'll hear from their episode with Sir Paul McCartney, and chat to Simon and Brian about how they have managed to book such incredible guests.

Season 2 kicks off with Good Dye Young co founder, Brian O' Connor, as our special guest. We talk through building a timeless brand and how it should evolve with your company's growth. What's Good Dye Young? "Good Dye Young was created by Hayley Williams, lead singer of the Grammy Award winning band Paramore, and her longtime stylist and makeup artist, Brian O’Connor. The two became best friends through years of creative collaboration and developed GDY as a hair color brand with a vision to create a community around self-expression, color and happiness about being who you are. GDY is an extension of their shared passion to provide a brand that breaks down that wall of just being a company, and creating a community you can be a part of, empowered by tools that encourage your freedom of self-expression."

In this episode, our host Brian O'Connor is joined by Dan Kessler, partner at Cyprium Partners, and Ken Sander, former chairman and CEO of Kellermeyer Building Services. The pair work through the mechanics of a management buyout (MBO) and discuss how Cyprium Partners worked with Ken's team to facilitate the MBO of Kellermeyer Building Services.

This episode is brought to you by baseballcloud. iTunes  Stitcher   Google Play   Spotify   Summary: In this episode, I of speak with the University of Virginia Head Coach, Brian O’ Connor. In short, Coach O’Connor and I discuss what championship culture vs regular culture looks like from every aspect of the program. Website and Social Media sites for the show  www.aotcpodcast.com Twitter @aotc_podcast Facebook Ahead of the Curve Coaches Facebook group Instagram aotc_podcast    

Virginia's head baseball coach

Interview on Awareness Explorers podcast, with Richard Lang, interviewed by Brian O'Connor and Jonathan Robinson.

Virginia Head Coach Brian O'Connor on his Team USA experience, the '18 season & the '19 Wahoo squad by College Baseball 365

For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have worked hard to develop new reasons to denigrate idleness. In Idleness (https://www.amazon.com/Idleness-Philosophical-Essay-Brian-OConnor/dp/0691167524), the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom. O'Connor throws doubt on all these arguments, presenting a sympathetic vision of the inactive and unserious that draws on more productive ideas about idleness, from ancient Greece through Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Schiller and Marcuse's thoughts about the importance of play, and recent critiques of the cult of work. A thought-provoking reconsideration of productivity for the twenty-first century, Idleness shows that, from now on, no theory of what it means to have a free mind can exclude idleness from the conversation. Special Guest: Brian O'Connor.

Culturally, idleness is widely derided as laziness, uselessness, and sloth.  Even within philosophy, the idle are criticized for being wasteful, selfish, and free-loading. Indeed, throughout the history of moral and political philosophy, it is frequently asserted (though not often argued) that humans must be perpetually active, busy, and, in a...

Culturally, idleness is widely derided as laziness, uselessness, and sloth.  Even within philosophy, the idle are criticized for being wasteful, selfish, and free-loading. Indeed, throughout the history of moral and political philosophy, it is frequently asserted (though not often argued) that humans must be perpetually active, busy, and, in a word, productive?  But why?  Is there really nothing to be said for idling?  In Idleness: A Philosophical Essay (Princeton University Press, 2018), Brian O’Connor examines a range of anti-idleness views, and finds them lacking.  He then proposes an alternative according to which idleness is a component of human freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Culturally, idleness is widely derided as laziness, uselessness, and sloth.  Even within philosophy, the idle are criticized for being wasteful, selfish, and free-loading. Indeed, throughout the history of moral and political philosophy, it is frequently asserted (though not often argued) that humans must be perpetually active, busy, and, in a word, productive?  But why?  Is there really nothing to be said for idling? In Idleness: A Philosophical Essay (Princeton University Press, 2018), Brian O’Connor examines a range of anti-idleness views, and finds them lacking.  He then proposes an alternative according to which idleness is a component of human freedom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we connect with University of Virginia head coach Brian O'Connor, a perfect choice as Rawlings Sporting Goods begins its support of our Dugout Chatter episodes. We walk back through his ultra-successful career in the dugout and his experience coming off a summer coaching for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, sharing the dugout with two of his most impactful mentors on his career in the game. O'Connor takes us back to his early days playing at Creighton in the shadows of the College World Series in Omaha to getting his start in coaching and learning some of his most precious lessons. Walking into his 16th season as the skipper of the Cavaliers, O'Connor has turned Virginia into a national powerhouse and he takes us back to the early days of turning the tides in the community, on campus and in his athletic department. O'Connor details the dynamics around keeping the longest-tenured coaching staff in college baseball together, plus his take on the changes in baseball and how they have challenged him, as well as improving daily and connecting with his players.

This week we connect with University of Virginia head coach Brian O'Connor, a perfect choice as Rawlings Sporting Goods begins its support of our Dugout Chatter episodes. We walk back through his ultra-successful career in the dugout and his experience coming off a summer coaching for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, sharing the dugout with two of his most impactful mentors on his career in the game. O'Connor takes us back to his early days playing at Creighton in the shadows of the College World Series in Omaha to getting his start in coaching and learning some of his most precious lessons. Walking into his 16th season as the skipper of the Cavaliers, O'Connor has turned Virginia into a national powerhouse and he takes us back to the early days of turning the tides in the community, on campus and in his athletic department. O'Connor details the dynamics around keeping the longest-tenured coaching staff in college baseball together, plus his take on the changes in baseball and how they have challenged him, as well as improving daily and connecting with his players.

This week we connect with University of Virginia head coach Brian O’Connor, a perfect choice as Rawlings Sporting Goods begins its support of our Dugout Chatter episodes. We walk back through his ultra-successful career in the dugout and his experience coming off a summer coaching for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, sharing the dugout with two of his most impactful mentors on his career in the game. O’Connor takes us back to his early days playing at Creighton in the shadows of the College World Series in Omaha to getting his start in coaching and learning some of his most precious lessons. Walking into his 16th season as the skipper of the Cavaliers, O’Connor has turned Virginia into a national powerhouse and he takes us back to the early days of turning the tides in the community, on campus and in his athletic department. O’Connor details the dynamics around keeping the longest-tenured coaching staff in college baseball together, plus his take on the changes in baseball and how they have challenged him, as well as improving daily and connecting with his players.

Jon Hickman interviews Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor of the popular songwriting podcast *Sodajerker*.

We are back for the second helping of Flaming Pie. Chris and Ryan are joined by special guests Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor from the Sodajerker podcast on this two part mega-episode on 1997's Flaming Pie. Because of The Beatles Anthology, Paul McCartney refreshed his record making approach on this album. We close out the second half of Flaming Pie and dig deep into the extras. We always came back to the songs we were ... talking about. Yes, we always came back.Click here for the Episode 24 song list.Email us: takeitawaypodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This one is so big we turned it into two episodes. Chris and Ryan are joined by special guests Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor from the massive hit podcast Sodajerker on this two part mega-episode on 1997's Flaming Pie. Because of The Beatles Anthology, Paul McCartney refreshed his record making approach on this album. We touch on "Free as a Bird," "Real Love," "Now and Then," and dive head first into Flaming Pie and all of its extras. Go ahead. Have a vision. This is the one on Flaming Pie.Click here for the Episode 23 song list.Email us: takeitawaypodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UVA's head baseball coach

Brian O'Connor, Chair, European Connected Health Alliance

Devin and Jim sit down with NextGen Growth Partners founder Brian O'Connor to discuss search funds, pledge funds, traditional funds and all the similarities and differences among them. They go deep into backing entrepreneurs to create an investment thesis that leads to buying a company. NextGen has a unique model that we think the FunCast army will find interesting.

My guest today is Brian O’Connor. Brian is chair of the European Connected Health Alliance, or ‘ECH Alliance’, which is a not-for-profit membership organization that, despite it’s name, works with stakeholders around the world to facilitate collaborative working and to bring about meaningful change in health and social care. Brian was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and has spent his career as a consultant, manager and investor in both private and public companies. As head of the ECH Alliance he is creating a platform for change and disruption across Europe, China, and most recently, they’ve started work in North America working in both the US and Canada, in the interview, he sheds more light about that. Brian O’Connor lived and worked in Hong Kong for twelve years first as a corporate consultant – then he went on to create the largest private healthcare company in Hong Kong with over 700 GP practices and 3 million patient consultations a year covering everything from general practitioners and dentistry to traditional Chinese medicine and surgery. He understands that overcoming cultural and other barriers within healthcare is a key component of solving the problems faced around the world. He’s got a great way to deliver news that can otherwise be difficult and frustrating to hear, but he does it in a way that encourages and excites the change that is so badly needed in health care systems around the world. I’m very pleased to announce that ECH Alliance and Digital Health Today have teamed up and are working together to facilitate and promote the work being done globally to improve health and social care. There’s so much to be done, and ECH Alliance members are a core part of the Digital Health Today Community, so we are working together for the greater good to amplify the work each of our teams are doing. Before I sign off, I just want to give a shout out to Aline Noizet and Nick Adkins of the #pinksocks tribe. Nick Adkins out in Portland, Oregon sent me a few pairs of his famous pinksocks, and it was Aline Noizet who suggested that I receive some, so thanks to you both. I love them, I’m wearing them and sharing the pinksocks tribe far and wide. If you are not familiar with pinksocks and the GSD movement, click on the link to visit his site, and check out his Twitter feed. Let’s go #Pinksocks and #GSD (Get Stuff Done)! Check out all the shownotes on the website at DigitalHealthToday.com/24 and don't forget to subscribe to join the Digital Health Community!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is Munch Fast week! The time of the year where we sit down and watch all of the previous Fast and Furious Franchise films in preparation for the newest release. This time it is ...

Well, it is the 100th episode of our podcast, which started out as NYCollegeChat and then rapidly became USACollegeChat when we realized that everything we had to say was useful to families all over the USA and not just in our home state of New York. In the television business, having 100 episodes is a big deal because it means that the show lasted long enough and with sufficient quality to be syndicated (actually, it’s really only 88 episodes, or what used to be four full 22-episode seasons--not that anyone can figure out how many episodes are in television seasons anymore or even when the seasons begin and end). In our case, 100 episodes is about two years at our weekly pace. It’s as though we are now Law & Order--rest in peace, song-and-dance man extraordinare Jerry Orbach. And while we won’t be reaping the financial benefits of all those residuals that Law & Order stars get, we are still happy about the work we have done on these first 100 episodes. Today also brings to mind one of my own favorite podcasts: Sodajerker On Songwriting, brought to you by the U.K. songwriting team of Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor, who do fascinating interviews with great songwriters. They are fond of saying that they have the #1 songwriting podcast in the world. Even though they have no credible evidence to back up that claim, they thought that, if they said it enough, it would be true. In the spirit of Simon and Brian, let me say that Marie and I are proud to have the #1 podcast on college issues and college access in the world. Evidence to come. In light of our recent presidential election and the understandable response to it by many, many Americans, including many Americans of color, we thought we would use today’s episode to pay tribute to our nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This is something we do relatively often, I think, and for good reason. It’s no secret to our regular listeners that I think Fisk University (an HBCU in Nashville, TN) is one of our national treasures, and I won’t bore you here with all of the reasons I think that. Just trust me that it is (or go back and listen to Episode 32, among others). As recently as Episode 90, we spotlighted HBCUs. We said then that there are just over 100 HBCUs, and that they are public and private, large and small (even very small), faith-based and not, two-year and four-year colleges and universities; some also have graduate schools.  As our regular listeners know by now, HBCUs were founded to serve students who had been excluded from many other higher education institutions because of their race. The three earliest HBCUs were founded in Pennsylvania and Ohio before the Civil War, but many were founded in the South shortly after the Civil War. Those Southern HBCUs share a proud tradition of becoming the first colleges to provide higher education to the family members of freed slaves. Over the years, HBCUs have produced extraordinary leaders in every field of endeavor and thousands and thousands of well-educated American citizens. 1. Enrollment Is Up Today, HBCUs enroll students who are not black--just as predominantly white institutions (PWIs) now enroll students who are not white. Some observers have said that it had become harder for HBCUs to recruit African-American students now that they are welcome at all kinds of colleges all across the U.S. Well, perhaps we are seeing a change in that trend. According to a late September article by Timothy Pratt in The Hechinger Report (“Why more black students are enrolling in historically black colleges”), Spelman College, an excellent women’s HBCU in Atlanta, had a record number of applications for spots in this fall’s freshman class. Pratt explains in his article that many other HBCUs have also enjoyed enrollment increases: Although many schools are still crunching the numbers, about a third of all HBCUs have seen spikes in freshmen enrollment this year, said Marybeth Gasman, higher education professor at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Some are reversing declines that date to the economic downturn of 2008. (quoted from the article) Some of the freshman enrollment statistics that Pratt provides in his article are rather amazing: Virginia State University--up 30 percent Central State University in Ohio--up 21 percent Shaw University in North Carolina--up 49 percent (albeit from 402 to 600 freshmen) Dillard University in Louisiana—up 17 percent 2. Why Is Enrollment Up? So, why the increase? Pratt offers some explanations in his article: Several observers, including Gasman, primarily attribute the surge in interest to racial tensions on and off college campuses. . . . But others say the schools themselves deserve at least some of the credit, for making changes in everything from recruiting practices to out-of-state tuition prices. . . . Gasman said she is hearing more than ever before from parents who ‘don’t want [their children] to deal with what they’re seeing in other places.’ Black students, she said, ‘are feeling they need a place to go that has them in mind.’ Such calls and emails from parents usually increase after police shootings, she said. (quoted from the article) And we have to wonder whether calls and emails from parents will increase in light of the results of our presidential election--an event that has clearly worried many black families. Perhaps the subtitle of Pratt’s article says it all: In the era of Black Lives Matter, some students feel safer on majority-black campuses But the results of our presidential election also understandably worried many Latino families. Interestingly, there was an article a year ago in The Atlantic that focused on an increase of Latino students at HBCUs. Here is one quotation from that article: Deborah Santiago, chief operating officer and vice president for policy at Excelencia in Education, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group that promotes the interests of Latinos in higher education, says that HBCUs generally tend to be more student focused and have faculty who are culturally competent, making them attractive to emerging populations such as Latinos. (quoted from the article) Gasman was also quoted in The Atlantic article, saying that Latino students often felt more comfortable in the family-like environment of many HBCUs and that low tuition rates at HBCUs were an added plus. Will the election results drive even more Latino students to HBCUs, where they, too, will perhaps feel safer and more valued? Or will the election results drive up enrollment numbers at Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), which we have also talked about at USACollegeChat in several episodes? That’s just a thought. But let’s look further at both the favorable tuition rates and the caring environment at many HBCUs. Pratt wrote about both in his article: Cost has long been seen as a plus for HBCUs. Penn’s Gasman estimates that HBCU tuition rates are 50 percent lower than those of their historically white counterparts; about a third of HBCUs have tuition and fees under $15,000. As more attention is drawn to rising tuition and student debt, these schools may become more appealing, said Melissa Wooten, sociology professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of ‘In the Face of Inequality: How Black Colleges Adapt.’ A Gallup poll released last year of black graduates of HBCUs and other colleges also sparked conversation, noted Robert Palmer, a professor in the department of educational leadership and policy studies at Howard University. The poll results showed that HBCU graduates were about twice as likely as graduates of other colleges to strongly agree with such statements as, ‘my professors … cared about me as a person.’ (quoted from the article) Now that we have given you all of these arguments, what might you do with them before college applications are due in just about six weeks? Well, we believe that you should think hard about putting an HBCU on your teenager’s list of colleges, especially if your family is black or Latino. It is not too late. HBCUs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are well known (like Fisk, Spelman, Morehouse, Howard, Tuskegee, Hampton, and Lincoln), and others are not--just like PWIs. Some are very selective, and others are not--just like PWIs. Is there an HBCU for you? There probably is. We hope you find it. 3. It’s Thanksgiving! So, in case you hadn’t heard, next Thursday is Thanksgiving. We are going to take the day off. Instead of listening to our podcast, why don’t you just listen to what your kids are saying about school these days? We have been seriously troubled--even enraged--by some of the stories we have heard about how kids have reacted to the results of our presidential election. One of the saddest of those stories comes from Queens, right here in New York City, where a group of white seventh grade students in a class built a wall out of textbooks to separate their Latino classmates from them. Now, Queens is the most diverse county in the U.S. Our kids here have classmates of every conceivable cultural, racial, and ethnic background from the time they are kindergartners--and now pre-kindergartners, given Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent push for pre-K public education. So, how did the seventh graders in my story end up like that? It is something I am going to ponder this Thanksgiving, and I hope you will, too. The Kindle ebook version of our book, How To Find the Right College, is on sale for $0.99 through 2016! Read it on your Kindle device or download the free Kindle app for any tablet or smartphone. The book is also available as a paperback workbook. Ask your questions or share your feedback by... Leaving a comment on the show notes for this episode at http://usacollegechat.org/episode100 Calling us at (516) 900-6922 to record a question on our USACollegeChat voicemail if you want us to answer your question live on our podcast Connect with us through... 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We sat down with Hayley Williams and Brian O’Connor, the masterminds behind Good Dye Young, at Warped Tour in Nashville.  Good Dye Young is a new hair dye line that features bold, customizable colors that are vegan and cruelty free.  I personally use GDY and can vouch that it is easy to use, the colors are so vibrant, and the dye smells amazing!  GDY is everything we wanted in a dye and more.  In the interview, Hayley and Brian discuss how they got started, their obstacles, and what to expect in the future.  Check it out! Visit https://www.gooddyeyoung.com/ for more info and to order some dye today! -Nicole Juliette (@nicolejuliette1)

Eco-System 8 Launching North West Coast Connected Health Cities Programme Introduction and overview of the Ecosystem and European Connected Health Alliance

Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor, two Liverpool musicians collectively known as Sodajerker, quiz musicians on everything from the instruments they use and where they write to whether they thrive under deadline pressure. Their stellar list of interviewees includes Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (who have written dozens of hits, including You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling); Jimmy Webb; Joan Armatrading; Adele’s songwriter Dan Wilson; Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows and many more.

Brian O’Connor, Chair ECHAlliance Catherine Chronaki, Secretary General at HL7 International Foundation George Crooks, Medical Director for NHS24 Alexander Berler, HL7 Chair for Greece A recent Imperial College of London study showed that a number of NHS approved apps, while sending out data to associated services, 33% of them were doing so without encrypting their data. This is a security threat invoking identity theft plus privacy issues. Does the EU need a medical software certification strategy and if so, who should implement & enforce it?

Brian O’Connor, Chair ECHAlliance Dimitra Liveri, Network and Information Security Expert at ENISA, eHealth projects Catherine Chronaki, Secretary General at HL7 International Foundation How does compliance with the European Interoperability Framework(EIF) help a National health system’s sustainability? At what percentage would you say your country’s NIF is aligned w/ the EIF when it comes to eHealth? What are the obstacles? Does your country have a published eHealth Strategy and what are its core objectives? In what percentage is it being implemented?

Brian O’Connor, Chair ECHAlliance Catherine Chronaki, Secretary General at HL7 International Foundation George Crooks, Medical Director for NHS24 European eHealth companies have a huge potential to grow, by approaching an ever growing market inside and outside EU borders. Apart from the obvious innovation potentials in a broad number of health & patient care sectors, markets like that of the US, Latin America and China have come ‘closer’ due to international agreements. What kind of impediments will European eHealth companies have to overcome, in order to reach these markets effectively?

Brian O’Connor, Chair ECHAlliance Catherine Chronaki, Secretary General at HL7 International Foundation The Digital Single Market strategy has raised questions about its impact on U.S.-EU trade and investment, especially with respect to cross-border data flows, data protection, standards development, and competition. These questions arise as both the United States and the EU strive to negotiate the new Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Considering the EU has limited powers regarding the organisation of member states’ health systems and can only recommend actions; what immediate actions should willing states and/or companies take in order to be competitive?

Furious Seven (2015) Furious Seven!  Insane Action, Comic Book Superheroes, and a Paul Walker Tribute. note: This is the same podcast as Episode 63 Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Brian O'Connor, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Deckard Shaw, Rock, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Hobbs, Furious 7  

Brian O’Connor picks up the thread from the eHealth Forum in Athens and the legacy that was created there leading to an expansion of new country members and stakeholders. They have created over 25 ecosystems that include governments and industry members with over 15000 organisations involved, and more than 100 meetings, yearly. He explains how ECHAlliance came about to helping in the creation of the China Connected Health Alliance upon the request of the Chinese Health Minister and what the Great Leap Forward is all about. He analyses what it takes to do business in health within China and where ECHAlliance is aiming for in the future. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

When The Fast and The Furious raced up the box office Universal Pictures thought they had a franchise on their hands and hit the NOS for a sequel--with or without Vin Diesel. So for 2 Fast 2 Furious Paul Walker returns as Brian O'Connor, once again going undercover to bring down a criminal mastermind. This time, though, Brian's trash-talking bald-headed partner isn't Dominic Turetto, but Roman Pierce played by R&B singer Tyrese Gibson. Helmed by Oscar nominated director John Singleton, is this sequel Carz in the Hood, or did this cash-grab get the Shaft? Race to NowPlayingPodcast.com to hear this review and find out!

Furious Seven - Fast and Furious Superheroes to the Rescue. A heart-warming and heart-breaking tribute to Paul Walker Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Brian O'Connor, Kurt Russell, Jason Statham, Deckard Shaw, Rock, Dwayne Johnson, Luke Hobbs, Furious 7 Note:  This is the Same Podcast Episode as the Fast and Furious: Furious Seven podcast released Saturday Apr 11, 2015 at 9:02 AM  

ATHLETES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND ARE WE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY?           We’ve all seen the headlines- Ray Rice gets two game suspension for knocking his fiancé unconscious and dragging her off a casino elevator. Joe Mixon under investigation for punching a woman in the face.  One of the Steubenville high school students convicted of rape is back on the football field.  The news reports go on and on with allegations and prosecutions of athletes at all levels for violence against women.  And what are we doing about it?  The NFL gives a slap on the hand to Rice (who could have been suspended for numerous games if he had smoked a joint).  Sports fans still line up for autographs, and the victims are disparaged for “ruining” the athlete’s life.  Have we really slipped down the rabbit hole when it comes to seriously dealing with violent athletes?           So let’s talk about it.  Brian O’Connor, Director of Public Education Campaigns and Programs for Futures Without Violence where he crafts national and international violence prevention campaigns for a variety of audiences.  He’s former marketer of global brands such as Gatorade and Kodak, and reporter for the Village Voice.  His work engaging men inspires them to model positive masculinity and teach boys that violence never equals strength. Brian holds a master's from Columbia University and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. He is the former president of the board of Root Division, an arts education non-profit based in San Francisco where he lives. Join us Saturday at 11 am Pacific Time to learn more about our responses to athletes who are also abusers. Call-in with your comments to (646) 378-0430.  

In this insightful interview Brian O’Connor, Chairman of the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) about the role of digital health as a contributor to reforming healthcare; examples of innovative healthcare solutions; and what the future of digital health holds. Interviewed by TTC’s Tina Miteko.

5:00pm Mass - first mass for newly ordained Deacon Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor had a mission: to see if he could cut $1000 a month from his family's spending without sacrificing the essentials. But it wasn't enough to just save: he gave himself 10 weeks to accomplish his goal, and documented his attempts in his very popular column in the Detroit News. He turned his experiences into one of the funniest personal finance books I've read. Hear what he did and how he did it in this interview that aired live October 28, 2013.

In the first episode of Sodajerker On Songwriting, co-hosts Simon Barber and Brian O'Connor introduce the podcast and talk to Grammy winning songwriter Billy Steinberg about the many pop classics he has written including 'Like A Virgin' (Madonna), 'True Colors' (Cyndi Lauper), 'Eternal Flame' (The Bangles) and 'I Drove All Night' (Roy Orbison).