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In this inspiring episode of the IDD Health Matters Podcast, Dr. Craig Escude is joined by three dedicated occupational therapists from UC Health at the University of Colorado. Kelly Corley, Brie Williams, and Margaret Reese share their journeys into the field of occupational therapy and their specific involvement with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). They delve into the details of the Sunflower Program, an initiative they've pioneered to enhance the hospital experience for patients with IDD. The therapists discuss innovative methods they employ, such as holistic evaluations and tailored environmental adjustments, to ensure comprehensive care. This conversation not only highlights the significance of inclusive health practices but also serves as a beacon for other institutions aiming to improve health equity. Tune in to learn how the Sunflower Program is making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients by integrating sensory considerations, behavioral plans, and a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.

In this inspiring episode of the IDD Health Matters Podcast, Dr. Craig Escude is joined by three dedicated occupational therapists from UC Health at the University of Colorado. Kelly Corley, Brie Williams, and Margaret Reese share their journeys into the field of occupational therapy and their specific involvement with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID). They delve into the details of the Sunflower Program, an initiative they've pioneered to enhance the hospital experience for patients with ID. The therapists discuss innovative methods they employ, such as holistic evaluations and tailored environmental adjustments, to ensure comprehensive care. This conversation not only highlights the significance of inclusive health practices but also serves as a beacon for other institutions aiming to improve health equity. Tune in to learn how the Sunflower Program is making a meaningful difference in the lives of patients by integrating sensory considerations, behavioral plans, and a multidisciplinary approach to patient care.

This episode originally broadcast on October 24, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/10/binary-system-podcast-430-wtnv-256-the-book-of-lost-things-and-the-mayor-of-kingstown-season-series-finale/ The head of Night Vale's new Unnamed Religion Seriously Nobody Ever Says What It Is They All Avoid Telling You The Name That's Not Suspicious At All is in Cecil's broadcast studio, discussing sheep, rudeness, and all the things you've lost in your life, tangible or intangible. It's a lovely selection of Weird Things (that's writer Brie Williams' specialty) and it'd be sweet if it wasn't for the human sacrifices. What definitely isn't sweet is the final episode of the final (...so far...) season of Mayor of Kingstown. Giant spoiler warnings, because we go through this episode in detail, discussing how dumb Ian is for getting buddy-buddy with a serial killer, how Evelyn is going to get herself killed, how Robert went from our favorite character to "holy cow he's going off the rails and it's ANNOYING," and how much the ending was a total bummer. Not a BAD ending you understand, just not one that's going to make you feel very good. This week's outro is a clip from Remember to Hope by Geb. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk. For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come follow us on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

From the creators of Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, and Within The Wires comes the return of Unlicensed, their critically acclaimed Audible Original.Save it to your Audible library today: https://www.audible.com/pd/Unlicensed... Out in the far reaches of Los Angeles County, where the glamor of Hollywood fades into the long empty of the desert, two unlicensed private detectives are about to face a case that is larger and more complicated then any they've faced before.A ghost-hunting influencer disappears in the middle of a live stream. A beekeeper is murdered after telling his friends that he has come across a dangerous secret.It is up to unlicensed PIs Lou Rosen and Molly Hatch to put together the pieces, as the powerful elite of California try to stop them. Even if they solve the case, can they come out the other side unscathed?From the dusty citrus groves of Redlands to the wealthy enclaves of Monterey, season two of Unlicensed is the kind of grand California noir they just don't make anymore.Written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor with Glen David Gold, Brie Williams, and Aliee Chan Starring: Lusia Strus, Molly Quinn, TL ThompsonFeaturing guest appearances by Brennan Lee Mulligan, Demi Adejuyigbe, Janet Varney, and more.

From the creators of Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn't Dead, and Within The Wires comes the return of Unlicensed, their critically acclaimed Audible Original.Save it to your Audible library today: https://www.audible.com/pd/Unlicensed... Out in the far reaches of Los Angeles County, where the glamor of Hollywood fades into the long empty of the desert, two unlicensed private detectives are about to face a case that is larger and more complicated then any they've faced before.A ghost-hunting influencer disappears in the middle of a live stream. A beekeeper is murdered after telling his friends that he has come across a dangerous secret.It is up to unlicensed PIs Lou Rosen and Molly Hatch to put together the pieces, as the powerful elite of California try to stop them. Even if they solve the case, can they come out the other side unscathed?From the dusty citrus groves of Redlands to the wealthy enclaves of Monterey, season two of Unlicensed is the kind of grand California noir they just don't make anymore.Written by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor with Glen David Gold, Brie Williams, and Aliee Chan Starring: Lusia Strus, Molly Quinn, TL ThompsonFeaturing guest appearances by Brennan Lee Mulligan, Demi Adejuyigbe, Janet Varney, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s Night Vale episode, we highly approve of Cecil devoting an entire broadcast to Lost and Found submissions, because writer Brie Williams is very good with lists of random weirdness, unexpected sweetness, and things with TEETH. From there we jump into three more Oscar nominated films we finally watched, namely Oppenheimer (brilliant but... The post Binary System Podcast #401 – WTNV #243 “Lost and Found” and more of the Oscar Nominations first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Originally broadcast on March 7, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/03/binary-system-podcast-401-wtnv-243-lost-and-found-and-more-of-the-oscar-nominations/ On this week's Night Vale episode, we highly approve of Cecil devoting an entire broadcast to Lost and Found submissions, because writer Brie Williams is very good with lists of random weirdness, unexpected sweetness, and things with TEETH. From there we jump into three more Oscar nominated films we finally watched, namely Oppenheimer (brilliant but a bit too long, with "the most unnecessary nude scene ever"), Elemental, and Nimona. While we think Pixar usually has the better shot at winning the Animated Feature award, we're really pulling for Nimona. Along the way we wander off into tangents like the Hot Ones show, Florence Pugh, Redbox, nerd underwear, and the REALLY STUPID ADS in Amazon Prime. This week's outro is a clip from Keepsake by Beat Mekanik. Clarification: Redbox is 2.25, but that's just for one night, once you double it it's about the same as most of the 2-night rentals from Prime. Correction: Elemental did have a theatrical release, but according to the New York Times it had "the worst opening in Pixar history." It's since become a lot more successful. Correction #2 - Annapurna Pictures is the production company that took over from Blue Sky Studios when Disney axed Nimona. Kathryn got her Soot Sprite undies from All Teh Smol Things. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.

Are you aware of how your biases—both conscious and unconscious—impact your investment decisions? Brie Williams of State Street Global Advisors joins me in this conversation to talk not only about the impact of biases on decision-making but how to cultivate an awareness of your biases to change your behavior, ultimately leading to better decisions.  You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... [1:33] Brie's role at State Street Global Advisors [3:33] The role of emotion in decision-making [7:00] How your mindset can influence behavior  [11:15] Common investor biases that influence decisions [19:05] Ways you can manage your biases [23:36] How to overcome anchoring bias [30:38] Embracing resilience as an investor  Common investor biases that influence decisions What are the most common biases that impact decision-making? Most can be grouped into cognitive and emotional biases. Hindsight bias, confirmation bias, and anchoring bias are typically the most impactful cognitive biases in the realm of finance. Hindsight bias occurs when an investor tends to believe that after an event occurred that they predicted it. So when the market crashes they claim they “knew” it was going to happen.  Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out information that confirms an existing belief, often accompanied by ignoring contradictory information.  Anchoring occurs when you rely too heavily on an initial piece of information and you anchor future decisions to that piece of information (i.e. you anchored to the price you bought a stock at). Emotional biases stem from impulses or intuitions, heavily influenced by feelings. Examples are loss aversion and overconfidence.  Loss aversion happens when an individual feels the pain of a loss far more intensely than the pleasure of gains. It might manifest by holding on to a stock too long hoping that it will rebound (but selling would be the rational choice). Overconfidence is a bias where an investor has an inflated belief in their ability to predict a market movement or winning investments. You're likely to lean on your research while ignoring the things you can't control, like changing market conditions. We need to recognize that we all have conscious and unconscious biases. We need to gain self-awareness to reflect on how we approached past decisions. Self-reflection allows us to uncover blind spots and recognize patterns in decision-making. Brie points out this is always easier to do with an objective advisor.  How to overcome anchoring bias Anchoring bias comes into play when you're failing to adjust to new information. Do you have a sunnier outlook or focus on the more negative side of the equation? You have to recognize that your life view will impact your definition of success. You need to focus on objectivity when you come across new information so you don't overweight the past.  Mindset is just one factor of many that will shape your decisions and perceptions as an investor. How do you respond? Anchoring exists as a bias but it can be disrupted with practice. Mindfulness and how you approach decision-making is worth working on for a healthier construct for decision-making.  How do you avoid analysis paralysis? How can we close our behavior gap to improve decision-making to achieve better outcomes? Learn more in this thought-provoking episode with Brie.  Resources Mentioned Listen To My Retirement Podcast Watch Me On YouTube Click Here To Schedule An Appointment Share Documents Securely With MWM Retirement Readiness Review Subscribe to the Retire with Ryan YouTube Channel Connect with Brie Williams on LinkedIn Episode #143: How Women can Build a Better Relationship with Money Connect With Morrissey Wealth Management  www.MorrisseyWealthManagement.com/contact Subscribe to Retire With Ryan

This episode originally broadcast on February 8, 2024. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2024/02/binary-system-podcast-397-wtnv-241-he-is-still-holding-a-knife/ When we last heard from Night Vale in December, Cecil was being held hostage by a strange boy with a large knife, and this week's episode picks up right where we left off. It's another Brie Williams story so you know there's going to be delightful lists of really weird things. Knives! Trapper Keepers! Field Trip Carnage! Blood Drive cleanup! Door Dash delivery delayed on account of tar and feathers! AND MORE KNIVES DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE KNIVES. After the recap Kathryn gives the thumbs up to Oppenheimer, which doesn't need an IMAX viewing because it's a great movie that's going to win a bunch of awards, but aside from the bit with the bomb (...spoilers?..) it is mostly Very Dramatic Scenes of People Talking, so regular screens are fine. This week's outro is a clip from Wayside by Hotham. Be sure to check out the Black Com!x Day photo gallery. The podcast Elizabeth mentioned is the 90-Minute Film Fest, celebrating movies under an hour and a half long. Regarding the little outtake clip at the end, Elizabeth was referring to a couple of Supernatural-related podcast episodes she found: we were never huge fans of Supernatural, so we thought the finale was more silly than anything else. But Elizabeth stumbled on an episode of The Fangirl Business: A Supernatural Podcast, and it really sheds light on how traumatized some of the long-time fans were by the finale. (And for some lighter listening, one of their more recent episodes is about how much they enjoyed the season 1 finale of The Winchesters, which seems to have taken some of the sting out of the Supernatural finale.) Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.

When we last heard from Night Vale in December, Cecil was being held hostage by a strange boy with a large knife, and this week’s episode picks up right where we left off. It’s another Brie Williams story so you know there’s going to be delightful lists of really weird things. Knives! Trapper Keepers! Field... The post Binary System Podcast #397 – WTNV #241 “He Is Still Holding a Knife” first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

Today, we're talking about Business Intelligence. As the world of finance, investing, and ETFs gets more complex and nuanced, we need more data-driven insights that can support business decisions. Today we are joined by Montanna Saltsman and Brie Williams. Montanna Saltsman is a Director, Investment Analysis, Active ETFs at Fidelity Investments where she supports all aspects of Fidelity's ETF business. She earned her BA in Finance from Auburn University and an MBA & MSF from Auburn University. She serves as the Co-Head of Marketing & Communications for Women in ETFs. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado and loves hiking, yoga and reading. Brie Williams is Vice President of State Street Global Advisors and Head of Practice Management for the GLobal SPDR Business. Brie received her MA degree from Emerson College and her bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University. She also is a Member of the Advisory Board for ThoughtLab and represents Women in ETFs on their Speaker Bureau. Brie lives with her husband in Massachusetts and enjoys running, helping friends with design projects, and is an avid reader.  Kristine Delano guides the conversation about resilience, intellectual curiosity, an eagerness to learn and the impact these all have on the role of Business Intelligence. Follow on Instagram kristine.delano.writer  Visit www.womeninetfs.com  to find additional support in the ETF industry.  Go to www.kristinedelano.com  for your Thrive Guide: a compilation of the most requested and insightful advice from our guests on Leadership and Advancement. In partnership with https://www.etfcentral.com  Other episodes referenced -  Intellectual Curiosity - https://wetalkcareers.podbean.com/e/intellectual-curiosity-with-emily-meyer/ Impact Mentoring - https://wetalkcareers.podbean.com/e/impact-mentoring-with-jill-mavro-and-kelly-mckenna/   Book recommendations:  Rise: My Story by Lindsey Vonn Lead to Win by Carla A. Harris When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, and How We Can Learn from Them  by Julia Boorstin The Only Woman by Immy Humes

What if a city… but also a giant monster? Special Guest Brie Williams  Approachability: 4/10 (Action-packed found-footage with scares and some gore) Content Warnings: Disturbing disaster footage; Shaky camera; Aggressive spiderlike creatures; Blood/Gore; Jump scares. Next Week's Film  RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Editing: Grant Stewart Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon YouTube, Twitter, Letterboxd, & Instagram: @RandomHorror9 We are part of Night Vale Presents    

Women have come a long way in terms of owning their financial power. That's not to say there aren't still challenges or wage discrepancies, but globally women are poised to take center stage as their earning potential grows. On this episode, I am joined by Brie Williams to discuss tips and strategies for women to build a better relationship with money, achieve their financial goals, and prepare for a successful retirement. You will want to hear this episode if you are interested in... Getting to know Brie Williams and unpacking our personal relationships with money [0:42] Developing positive and realistic money habits [8:26] Creating a budget, paying off debt, and saving for the future [13:16] Keeping track of your finances [18:29] Three financial tips every woman needs [23:20] Taking back your financial power In 1974, the US government passed the Fair Credit Opportunity Act, which made it illegal for financial institutions to discriminate based on religion, race, national origin, or gender. For the first time EVER, women could apply for and hold their own credit cards and exercise unprecedented financial independence. However, generations of gender-based discrimination left a financial literacy gap that is still felt today. That's why people like Brie Williams are committed to empowering women to own their finances and achieve their financial goals. Many of our ideas around money come from childhood. Our family's attitude towards money will impact our own whether we want it to or not. Thankfully, Brie's mother had a healthy outlook on money, and ensured she started gaining financial literacy at a young age. But many people grow up in households where money is the greatest source of stress. This could lead to all sorts of unhealthy relationships with money. Maybe you avoid it and thus avoid planning for the future of retirement. Or perhaps you spend excessively to feel safe. Whatever your financial hang-up is, it's time to put a plan in place to get control of your financial future. Practical steps for healthier finances One of the best ways to develop a better relationship with money is mindfulness. Simply being aware of how you're spending money can take that relationship in a positive direction. There are several safe apps out there to help you keep track of your finances, but a good ole fashioned pen and paper works too. Having financial conversations is another way to increase money mindfulness. Culturally, we are taught not to talk about money, and women are specifically targeted with this kind of rhetoric. We have to break out of stereotypes and normalize the money conversation for everyone. Discuss your financial goals with trusted family and friends or a financial advisor to make the most out of financial planning. Everyone is on a journey with their finances. You will make mistakes. But the journey is about gaining competence over time and celebrating the small wins. When we acknowledge our progress, however small, we motivate ourselves to achieve the next positive step. This makes the journey more rewarding because we're developing healthy financial habits and gaining experience as we go. Listen to this episode for more on building a better relationship with money! Connect With Morrissey Wealth Management  www.MorrisseyWealthManagement.com/contact

Bands today just don't hail satan quite like they used to. Special Guest Brie Williams https://twitter.com/briezillionaire Approachability: 7/10 (Silly and cheap with a bitchin' 80s hair metal soundtrack) Content Warnings: Murder; Mild blood; Monsters Next Week's Film  RandomHorror9 T-Shirts! Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of our work on Welcome to Night Vale) Editing: Grant Stewart Logo: David Baldwin Random Horror 9 Patreon Twitter, Letterboxd, & Instagram: @RandomHorror9 We are part of Night Vale Presents

Unlicensed, the new show by me, Joseph, and my Night Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor has been out for a week. Thank you to everyone who listened. We are presenting today the second episode “Lost Boy Found”, in its entirety. We didn't write this series alone, by the way, we brought in some of our best Night Vale guest writers, including Brie Williams and Glen David Gold. This episode was written by Brie and it introduces the case that will become the main story for this season. And you might notice, along with the voices of Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, and TL Thompson, the voice of Dana on Night Vale and Keisha on Alice Isn't Dead, Jasika Nicole. All twelve episodes of the first season are available right now only on Audible. There is a free trial, so please do use that to listen to it at audible.com/unlicensed.

Unlicensed, the new show by me, Joseph, and my Night Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor has been out for a week. Thank you to everyone who listened. We are presenting today the second episode “Lost Boy Found”, in its entirety. We didn't write this series alone, by the way, we brought in some of our best Night Vale guest writers, including Brie Williams and Glen David Gold. This episode was written by Brie and it introduces the case that will become the main story for this season. And you might notice, along with the voices of Molly Quinn, Lusia Strus, and TL Thompson, the voice of Dana on Night Vale and Keisha on Alice Isn't Dead, Jasika Nicole. All twelve episodes of the first season are available right now only on Audible. There is a free trial, so please do use that to listen to it at audible.com/unlicensed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are proud to present the first fiction podcast created by me, Joseph Fink, and my Night Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor since Welcome to Night Vale. It is called Unlicensed and we are about to play you the first episode. This is a project that is very close to my heart, and one that we have been working on for years. All twelve episodes of the first season are available right now only on Audible. There is a free trial, so feel free to use that to listen to it at audible.com/unlicensed. That said, I have spent the last two years listening to Audible Originals and here are a few personal recommendations if you want to keep exploring once you're there: Hot White Heist - A very queer, very funny heist story that's premise is too explicit for me to say here. Featuring more celebrity voices than I can list, it's the kind of show where Tony Kushner shows up as himself to give a 5 minute monologue on how he thinks the story is going so far. I Will Never Lie to You - A 70s road trip written by Brie Williams, frequent Night Vale writer and also writer on Unlicensed, along with James Urbaniak, of Venture Brothers and Night Vale, who also stars in it. A funny and sweet two hours of your time. Romance Road Test - Two real Brooklyn women and their real husbands try out real romantic advice in their relationships and record what happens. Everyone involved is candid and charming, and it's a lot of fun. I listened to this one in the car with my wife. Hear all episodes of Unlicensed and a bunch of other cool shows at audible.com/unlicensed.

Today we are proud to present the first fiction podcast created by me, Joseph Fink, and my Night Vale co-creator Jeffrey Cranor since Welcome to Night Vale. It is called Unlicensed and we are about to play you the first episode. This is a project that is very close to my heart, and one that we have been working on for years. All twelve episodes of the first season are available right now only on Audible. There is a free trial, so feel free to use that to listen to it at audible.com/unlicensed. That said, I have spent the last two years listening to Audible Originals and here are a few personal recommendations if you want to keep exploring once you're there: Hot White Heist - A very queer, very funny heist story that's premise is too explicit for me to say here. Featuring more celebrity voices than I can list, it's the kind of show where Tony Kushner shows up as himself to give a 5 minute monologue on how he thinks the story is going so far. I Will Never Lie to You - A 70s road trip written by Brie Williams, frequent Night Vale writer and also writer on Unlicensed, along with James Urbaniak, of Venture Brothers and Night Vale, who also stars in it. A funny and sweet two hours of your time. Romance Road Test - Two real Brooklyn women and their real husbands try out real romantic advice in their relationships and record what happens. Everyone involved is candid and charming, and it's a lot of fun. I listened to this one in the car with my wife. Hear all episodes of Unlicensed and a bunch of other cool shows at audible.com/unlicensed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The State Street Inflation Impact Survey indicated that optimism across the board has diminished as inflation and additional interest rate hikes are likely to continue posing strong headwinds. 49% of investors do not think inflation has peaked. 44% of investors are confident they will reach their financial goals. "Majority of people have changed behavior, cutting back on discretionary spending," says Brie Williams.

Barks Ennui, cartoon spokesdog for the Sheriff's Secret Police, has been committed. This episode was written with Brie Williams. The voice of Deb is Meg Bashwiner. Weather: “Park Bench” by Palmyra Episode transcripts 2022 EUROPE TOUR DATES for “The Haunting of Night Vale” Hot Night Vale merch! FACELESS OLD WOMAN and THE HALLOWEEN MOON novels now available in paperback! Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show. Music: Disparition Logo: Rob Wilson Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor Narrated by Cecil Baldwin Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show at https://welcometonightvale.com A production of Night Vale Presents. 

Barks Ennui, cartoon spokesdog for the Sheriff's Secret Police, has been committed. This episode was written with Brie Williams. The voice of Deb is Meg Bashwiner. Weather: “Park Bench” by Palmyra Original episode art by Jessica Hayworth Episode transcripts 2022 EUROPE TOUR DATES for “The Haunting of Night Vale” Hot Night Vale merch! FACELESS OLD WOMAN and THE HALLOWEEN MOON novels now available in paperback! Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show. Music: Disparition Logo: Rob Wilson Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor Narrated by Cecil Baldwin Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show at https://welcometonightvale.com A production of Night Vale Presents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meg, Symphony and Hal discuss episode 112 of Welcome to Night Vale: Citizen Spotlight.  In this food heavy episode they discuss yogurt, fish sticks and Flakey O's. They chat about who would be friends Sigrid and how Hal would have taken her to prom. They are joined by brilliant guest writer Brie Williams for a discussion about how Brie entered the Night Vale Universe. Leave us a voicemail at 929-277-2050 or e-mail us at info@goodmorningnightvale.com. Find out more about satan on our Patreon. www.patreon.com/goodmorningnightvale Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Good Morning Night Vale is a production of Night Vale Presents Hosted by Symphony Sanders, Hal Lublin, and Meg Bashwiner Produced by Meg Bashwiner Edited by Felicia Dominguez Mixed by Vincent Cacchione Theme Music by Disparition

CFA Society Chicago member Rich Excell, CFA and State Street Advisors Head of Practice Management, Brie Williams discuss biases and how they affect investing decisions. Connect with Rich on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/richexcellcfa/ and find his blog posts here - https://www.cmegroup.com/newsletters/excell-with-options-report-from-rich-excell/excell-with-options-report-from-rich-excell-2022-01-11.html & https://stayvigilant.substack.com/ Connect with Brie on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/briepwilliams/ For more episodes go to www.cfachicago.org/podcasts and email info@cfachicago.org This podcast is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. The views are those of the speakers and not those of CFA Society Chicago.

Original broadcast date December 9, 2021. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2021/12/binary-system-podcast-293-wtnv-199-guidelines-for-retrieval-and-lore-olympus/ The days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting longer, and soon winter will be upon us. Night Vale citizens will need to hoard everything they can to survive (yes, even that box of stale Flavoroos on the counter.) To help out, the Night Vale Sanitation Department is allowing everyone to comb through the junk they've previously disposed of and take one item back. Anything you want. Anything at all. Really? You're taking that back? Are you sure? After recapping this weeks episode (featuring the triumphant return of writer Brie Williams) we have a long discussion about the latest Lore Olympus episode, and try to parse out which secret Apollo is going to spill the beans about, who he's going to spill them to, and exactly how big of a clusterf**k this is going to cause. We also talk about the "Get Back" Beatles documentary, and Elizabeth wants everyone to watch the first episode of "Raised By Wolves" but she's not going to tell you why. The outro music this week is a clip from Voyageur by Monkey Warhol. Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan's castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk to get there, you can support this podcast too! If you want to follow along with Fanart Fridays, check us out on Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, and Instagram!

In today's episode, Rusty and Robyn talk with Brie Williams, Vice President and Head of Practice Management at SPDR Exchange Traded Funds. Women make up half of the population, but they are vastly underrepresented in the investment industry.  Traditionally, they have been economically disadvantaged relative to their male counterparts.  In recent years, however, there has been a changing role for women as financial decision-makers. How can financial advisors help women break through the barrier of navigating into the investing world? Rusty and Robyn talk with Brie about the SHEconomy, the changing role of women as financial decision-makers, and how to encourage women to be part of the investment industry. Key Takeaways [3:16] - What attracted Brie to the marketing field. [5:59] - How advertising contributed to her early success. [7:35] - Her role at SPDR Exchange Traded Funds. [10:33] - What the statue of the fearless girl represents. [13:13] - The impact of the fearless girl after four years. [16:06] - How the dynamic is shifting to make women the new face of wealth. [19:12] - Why women's overall experience in the investment industry is less than positive. [25:24] - The unique challenges women investors face. [27:26] - How financial advisors recognize and overcome gender bias. [29:33] - The things advisors should take into account when working with women investors. [33:37] - How traditional male-female partnerships work to make important financial decisions. [36:18] - The impact of the pandemic on women's financial and investment goals. [41:17] -  Strategies to attract more women to careers in investment and financial advice. Quotes [18:34] - "When you have an affluent woman taking over financial decisions in her household, she typically is going to be seeking out a new wealth management relationship to better suit her needs. We currently have a gap in advice when it comes to how we connect with women and we need to close that gap." - Brie Williams [35:34] - "When you can talk about money productively as a couple and truly work together as a team, then you can have a better handle on owning your own worth, owning your family's worth, and are in a much better position to tackle the curveball when life throws it to you." - Brie Williams Links  Brie Williams on LinkedIn Lizzo The Beatles Girl on Fire Southern Methodist University Emerson College Frito-Lay McDonald's Corporation SPDR Exchange Traded Funds State Street Corporation Arnold Worldwide Putnam Investments Money Smart Resources Women's Worth: Finding  Your Financial Confidence Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties The Business of Family: How to Stay Rich for Generations Practice Made (More) Perfect Connect with our hosts Rusty Vanneman Robyn Murray Subscribe and stay in touch Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts 3106-OPS-12/14/2021

You think your N95 mask is uncomfortable... Special Guest Brie Williams https://twitter.com/briezillionaire Approachability: 7/10 (Creepy more than anything, but also spikes in a face) Content Warnings: Grisly death/grisly corpse, General creepiness Up Next: Rift (2017) https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/rift-2017 Livestream, Dec 18 @ 3pm ET:  RandomHorror9 T-Shirts now available! https://topatoco.com/collections/no9 Hosts: Jeffrey Cranor & Cecil Baldwin (Find more of their work on Welcome to Night Vale http://welcometonightvale.com/) Logo: David Baldwin https://www.instagram.com/davidbaldwin55/ Patreon: http://patreon.com/randomhorror9 Twitter & Instagram: @RandomHorror9 We are part of Night Vale Presents http://nightvalepresents.com/

The Sanitation Department will now allow citizens to retrieve something they once disposed of but now wish maybe they hadn't been so hasty. Weather: “A Lonely Impulse of Delight” by Twin Beds https://twinbeds.bandcamp.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts 2022 EUROPE / UK TOUR ANNOUNCED! “The Haunting of Night Vale” Tickets on sale December 3! http://welcometonightvale.com/live New novel from Jeffrey Cranor & Janina Matthewson: YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS https://www.withinthewires.com/ Hot Night Vale merch! https://topatoco.com/wtnv Patreon is how we exist! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Brie Williams, with Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. https://twitter.com/briezillionaire Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original broadcast date May 21, 2020. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2020/05/binary-system-podcast-222-wtnv-168-secret-blotter-lore-olympus-and-devs/ First up this week is a recap of OUR FAVORITE KIND of Night Vale episode: a stand alone, gloriously strange list of weirdness. (Brie Williams is our favorite guest writer, since she also wrote “Guidelines For Disposal,” another wonderfully weird list episode.) After that we fangirl some more about Lore Olympus (the artwork is BEAUTIFUL the story is AMAZING and Apollo is a JERK) before doing a spoileriffic deep dive into Devs. Seriously, if you were confused about the ending to the series…well, this is probably not going to help much, but we do unpack a few of the concepts anyway. This week's outro is a clip from No Quarter by Tekno Axe. https://youtu.be/tnIX1mhvc_k

There are a surprisingly high number of investors who don't fully understand the total cost of an investment, from ETF fees to advice, according to a recent State Street survey. Brie Williams, head of practice management at the firm shares the findings.

Original broadcast date August 8, 2019. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/08/binary-system-podcast-187-welcome-to-night-vale-151-the-waterfall/ It's tough to be starting out in college sometimes. New setting, new routine, on the edge of adulthood, maybe trying to figure out how you feel about the cute boy who was flirting with you at a party. It's even tougher when you're a citizen of Night Vale who happens to be a teenage shape-shifter, and you turned into the most embarrassing, unwieldy shape you can imagine in your sleep. AND NOW YOU'RE STUCK. Join the twins on their recap of a surprisingly sweet short-story episode of Welcome To Night Vale that can be interpreted in several different ways. This week's podcast is also a spoiler-free study of endings, namely the ending of Neon Genesis Evangelion (seriously, Japan, what the hell?), the ending of Game of Thrones (okay, we can see where things went off track) and the ending of the last season of Dexter (ARE YOU KIDDING ME?) This week's outro music is a clip from Lightstream by Siddhartha http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Siddhartha/2019072480724742/Siddhartha_-_Constellations_-_05_Lightstream# Elizabeth's interview with Transformers writer John Bleszinski can be found here. https://pixelatedgeek.com/2019/08/sdcc-2019-interview-with-tyler-bleszinski-of-transformers-galaxies/ Correction: We probably should have looked up Brie Williams and her previous writing credits, because it turns out that in addition to this episode, she also wrote for several other Night Vale episodes, including one of our favorites, Episode 101 Guidelines for Disposal. https://pixelatedgeek.com/2017/02/binary-system-podcast-69-wtnv-101-guidelines-for-disposal/

Writing more with less. Guest: Brie Williams, https://twitter.com/briezillionaire CONSUME: Getting on with James Urbaniak (podcast), specifically episode 22 “Status” CREATE: Write a 200-400 word short story, It can be a monologue. Or it can be a dialogue. But every sentence must be short. Make them 6 words or fewer. Join the SWT Membership community to share your work, give feedback, and connect with other artists: https://www.patreon.com/startwiththis Help spread the word about our show by wearing our logo: https://topatoco.com/collections/startwiththisFollow us on Facebook and Twitter. Credits: Jeffrey Cranor (host) & Joseph Fink (host), Jeffrey Cranor (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo). Theme written and performed by Joseph Fink. If you'd like your own cover of the theme song featured on this show, email us at startwiththis@nightvalepresents.com or share it in our membership community. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://www.startwiththispodcast.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com

Mandatory Annual Spring Cleaning Day is coming. Here are the guidelines for the new municipal landfill facility. (This episode originally posted Feb 1, 2017) This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Letters" by Lera Lynn. leralynn.com 2022 US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED! March 27 - June 24, we'll be all over America with “The Haunting of Night Vale” Tickets on sale now! http://welcometonightvale.com/live Pre-order THE HALLOWEEN MOON by Joseph Fink https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Music: Disparition, https://disparition.bandcamp.com/ Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandatory Annual Spring Cleaning Day is coming. Here are the guidelines for the new municipal landfill facility. (This episode originally posted Feb 1, 2017) This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Letters" by Lera Lynn. leralynn.com 2022 US TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED! March 27 - June 24, we'll be all over America with “The Haunting of Night Vale” Tickets on sale now! http://welcometonightvale.com/live Pre-order THE HALLOWEEN MOON by Joseph Fink https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Music: Disparition, disparition.info. Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook.

Megan Wallaby is missing. This episode was written by Brie Williams. Weather: “Asenweg 16“ by Laura Theis, https://badasssnowwhite.bandcamp.com/ The voice of Michelle Nguyen is Kate Jones. The voice of Tamika Flynn is Symphony Sanders. The voice of Megan Wallaby is Janet Varney. Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Order personalized, signed copies of THE FIRST TEN YEARS: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME LOVE STORY by Meg Bashwiner & Joseph Fink https://www.oblongbooks.com/the-first-ten-years-signed Pre-order YOU FEEL IT JUST BELOW THE RIBS by Jeffrey Cranor & Janina Matthewson https://www.harpercollins.com/products/you-feel-it-just-below-the-ribs-jeffrey-cranorjanina-matthewson?variant=33105381490722 Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Our third novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, is out now: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Environmental, social and governance investing is quickly expanding in the ETF space, and so is the conversation about its value proposition. Brie Williams, head of practice management at SPDR Exchange Traded Funds, dives into the numbers, the trends and the advisor/client disconnect on this theme.

This episode is an audio version of a video interview conducted by the journal’s editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, with Dr Brie Williams. Dr Williams is a Professor of Medicine and the Director of Amend at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined us to talk about protecting those among us in and near correctional facilities during a public health emergency. To watch the full video interview, head to our site, JournalOfEthics.org, or visit our YouTube channel.

ESG is no longer a satellite investment. It can be at the core of your client's portfolio. Brie Williams, Head of Practice Management with State street Global Advisors and Bob Smith, President and CIO at Sage Advisory, discuss why ESG investing makes sense for investors. We thank State Street Global Advisors for sponsoring the LIVE ETF Think Tank Exchange and this Podcast. Visit etfthinktank.com, your source for ETF ideas, thought leadership, strategies, tools and growth tactics. 

On today's show, Michael and Ben talk with Brie Williams of State Street Global Advisors about the momentum behind ESG investing.    Find complete shownotes on our blogs... Ben Carlson’s A Wealth of Common Sense Michael Batnick’s The Irrelevant Investor Like us on Facebook And feel free to shoot us an email at animalspiritspod@gmail.com with any feedback, questions, recommendations, or ideas for future topics of conversation.

Rattlesnake Rest cemetery is full, and you know what that means. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Hands Like Helios“ by Crystal Eyes http://crystalofficial.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Rescheduled tour dates for 2020: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Our third novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, is out now: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rattlesnake Rest cemetery is full, and you know what that means. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Hands Like Helios“ by Crystal Eyes http://crystalofficial.com/ Transcript available at http://welcometonightvale.com/transcripts Patreon is how we exist in this plague year! If you can, please help us keep making this show: http://patreon.com/welcometonightvale/ Rescheduled tour dates for 2020: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Our third novel, The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home, is out now: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.bandcamp.com Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. Check out our books, live shows, store, membership program, and official recap show. Produced by Night Vale Presents. http://nightvalepresents.com

Brie is the Head of Practice Management at State Street Global Advisors for the Global SPDR Business. She visits the XY Podcast to talk about why ESG investing is rising to the top, and if it will stay there. Brie Williams LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briepwilliams/ SSGA Website: https://www.ssga.com/us/en/institutional This ethical podcast series is sponsored by SPDR ETFs. To find out more about their latest ESG ETF, the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund, visit https://www.ssga.com/e200 Join the XY platform: App Store: http://co.xyadviser.com/xyistore Google Play: http://co.xyadviser.com/xygplay Desktop: https://www.xyadviser.com/ General Disclaimer – https://www.xyadviser.com/disclaimer/

The financial industry isn't heralded for diversity, but things are changing, says Brie Williams, head of practice management at SPDR ETFs. We dive into the data and trends shaping the diversity conversation in our industry, and talk about the progress that's been made, and the progress that's still needed.

On the exact 6-month anniversary of San Francisco's shelter-in-place ordnance, UCSF infectious disease experts look back at what we've learned about the strengths and weaknesses of our public health systems and look forward to the next stage of the fight against COVID-19. Panelists will discuss how the pandemic has taken advantage of inequities in our society to continue spreading despite the region's early response—and the growing understanding that stemming the tide of COVID-19 will require much greater support for low-income essential workers, incarcerated populations, and others least able to protect themselves. They will explore how partnerships between community leaders, UCSF scientists, and public health officials are pointing the way forward to a more just, equitable and effective response to the pandemic. Meet the panelists: Joe DeRisi, Ph.D., is Tomkins Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at UCSF and co-director of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, an independent research institute dedicated to eradicating disease. DeRisi has a long history as a “virus detective” and inventor. During the severe testing backlog at the start of the pandemic, his team built a state-of-the-art COVID-19 testing center in 8 days, which soon became the hub for processing test kits from public health departments across the state. Diane Havlir, M.D., is chief of the UCSF Division of HIV, Infectious Disease and Global Medicine. At the start of the pandemic, Havlir—who is a veteran of the fight against AIDS—joined forces with Latinx community leaders such as Jon Jacobo of the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, to document inequalities in the pandemic's impact on low-income workers and their families, and to link those infected with the support they need to go into isolation. This “test-to-care” approach has become a model for similar efforts across the country. Jon Jacobo, of the Latino Task Force for COVID-19, helped spearhead the group's partnership with UCSF, called Unidos En Salud, and has worked for policy changes to support low-income essential workers during the pandemic, in partnership with the City and County of San Francisco Department of Public Health. Jacobo is director of engagement and policy for TODCO Group, a San Francisco affordable housing and advocacy nonprofit, and an appointed commissioner overseeing the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection. Brie Williams, M.D., M.S., is a professor in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and founding director of UCSF Amend, an initiative dedicated to transforming correctional culture to improve the health of people living and working in America's prisons. Her research has pushed for changes in how California's prisons have handled outbreaks during the pandemic, not only to protect prisoners and prison workers, but to prevent spill-over into the community at large. Moderator Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Ph.D., M.D., M.A.S., is vice dean for population health and health equity at the UCSF School of Medicine and director of the UCSF COVID-19 Community Public Health Initiative. She has written about how the pandemic has created “two Californias”—those with the privilege of sheltering in place, and the low-income workers who have been forced to choose between keeping food on the table and protecting their families from the virus In association with UCSF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First up this week is a recap of OUR FAVORITE KIND of Night Vale episode: a stand alone, gloriously strange list of weirdness. (Brie Williams is our favorite guest writer, since she also wrote “Guidelines For Disposal,” another wonderfully weird list episode.) After that we fangirl some more about Lore Olympus (the artwork is BEAUTIFUL... The post Binary System Podcast #222 - WTNV #168 "Secret Blotter", Lore Olympus, and Devs first appeared on Pixelated Geek.

First up this week is a recap of OUR FAVORITE KIND of Night Vale episode: a stand alone, gloriously strange list of weirdness. (Brie Williams is our favorite guest writer, since she also wrote “Guidelines For Disposal,” another wonderfully weird list episode.) After that we fangirl some more about Lore Olympus (the artwork is BEAUTIFUL [...]

Eight of the 10 largest outbreaks in the US have been in correctional facilities. Physical distancing is impossible in prisons and jails - they're not built for it. Walkways 3 feet wide. Bunk beds where you can feel your neighbor's breath. To compound the issue, prisoners are afraid that if they admit they're sick they will be "put in the hole" (solitary confinement). So they don't admit when they're sick. Many people think of prisons as disconnected from society. Like a cruise ship. "It's happening between those walls, behind the barbed wire, not out here." But for every two people in a correctional facility there's about 1 person who works in the correctional facility and lives in the community. The workers are bringing whatever they've been exposed to in prison out into the community, and bringing whatever they've been exposed to in the community into the prisons. This is a national problem, not a prison or a jail problem. We learned about these critical issues in our podcast with Brie Williams, Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and Director of Amend (https://amend.us/), a program to change correctional culture; Adnan Khan, Executive Director of Re:store Justice (https://restorecal.org/), a justice advocacy organization; and Eric Maserati-E Abercrombie, a singer/songwriter and filmmaker through First Watch (https://restorecal.org/firstwatch/), a media project of currently and formerly incarcerated filmmakers. Adnan and Eric Maserati-E are former inmates of San Quentin prison. What can we do about this? The major response should be decarceration. Reduce the crowding in our overcrowded correctional facilities. If prisoners have less than a year left, let them out. If they have a long sentence and are low risk to society, and a place to go, let them go home with an ankle bracelet and return later to complete their sentence. Brie reminds us that people in prison can make an advance care plan, they can sign an advance directive, they have the right to engage in goals of care decisions, and a right to elect someone to be their health care proxy. And everybody, including prisoners, has a right to say goodbye to their loved one, though it may be by phone or video. We learn about these and other critical steps we need to take as a society and as hospice and palliative care clinicians. Eric Maserati-E does the music for this one. He needs to be discovered! If you know someone in the music industry, make them listen to him. Check out and subscribe to Eric's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZN4YxjDR41RL_xIlDysU8Q). Also, listen to this terrific podcast, Ear Hustle (https://www.earhustlesq.com/), produced from inside San Quentin, the latest episode featuring Eric's music. -@AlexSmithMD

We were asked by Sean Morrison, Chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, to compose a brief GeriPal video of thanks, support, and gratitude for all of the hard work they are doing in New York. These videos are played every Friday during the Mt. Sinai's Town Hall. Prior guests include Tom Brokaw, Mandy Patinkin, Martha Stewart, and Liz Gilbert. August company indeed! Here is our video link: https://youtu.be/xQT6xK4QjRw - This one is probably better watched as a video than as a podcast, though either will work. At GeriPal, we are happy to do what we can to support, inform, and entertain those working hard on the front lines, whether it be in New York, Detroit, Seattle, New Orleans, Indiana, Chicago, or wherever you may be. Special guests from UCSF include: Rebecca Sudore, Steve Pantilat, Pei Chen, Natalie Young, Louise Walter, Brie Williams, Anne Fabiny, Ken Covinsky, and Sandra Moody. -@AlexSmithMD

Jails and prisons are ripe for rapid transmission of the coronavirus, putting residents, corrections staff, and the broader community at risk. In the latest in a series of podcast episodes on the pandemic, host Justin Milner talks to Brie Williams, physician and professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, Johnny Perez, director of the US Prisons Program for the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, and Urban Institute policy associate Bethany Young.    Related Links: How Should Prisons and Jails Prepare for COVID-19? Prison Research and Innovation Initiative Amend at the University of California, San Francisco National Religious Campaign Against Torture

My acceptance in this world is provisional. Call and leave us a message at (805) 366-3085, and we may include it in a future episode. This show currently does not have any income, and it takes money and a good amount of hours every week to produce. If you find this show helpful, and you have the means, we’d definitely appreciate your support. It will allow us to make this show more sustainable. Thank you. Donation link here. Written and produced by Joseph Fink Additional essays by Kate Jones and Brie Williams The song "This Too Shall Pass" by Danny Schmidt  All other music by Disparition Logo artwork by Jessica Hayworth A production of Night Vale Presents

Josh Crayton finds that he has lost a very important ability. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Always Right” by Anne Reburn http://youtube.com/AnneReburn New “Weird is Where the Heart Is” cross-stitch t-shirt now available on our store: https://topatoco.com/products/cpb-wtnv-weirdheart Don't miss A SPY IN THE DESERT live next month across the US and Canada: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Crayton finds that he has lost a very important ability. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Always Right” by Anne Reburn http://youtube.com/AnneReburn New “Weird is Where the Heart Is” cross-stitch t-shirt now available on our store: https://topatoco.com/products/cpb-wtnv-weirdheart Don’t miss A SPY IN THE DESERT live next month across the US and Canada: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

When many people build their financial plans, they only envision an ideal retirement where nothing goes wrong. They assume they're going to live long, happy, healthy lives, that nothing's ever going to get in their way, and that the future is going to go exactly to plan. Unfortunately, this rarely proves to be the case - and retirement plans built on this fantasy often don't address countless “what if” scenarios that could negatively impact retirement. Assisted healthcare and long-term care, beyond insurance, can cost well over $250,000 a year. Today, in the second part of a three-part series, we ask the toughest “what if” questions. We get into the threats that derail and destroy retirement plans, the tough conversations we need to have with family members and financial planners before anything happens, and how having a great financial plan in place can have a massively positive impact on everyone's quality of life.   Get Today's Show Notes To get a full recap of today's conversation, including the biggest takeaways, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit GuidedRetirementShow.com/4   Learn More about Retirement Planning Find out more about retirement planning and Barber Financial Group, by visiting BarberFinancialGroup.com

Why do we do what we do? What motivates us? These are big questions - and they apply just as much to financial services as they do everything else in our lives. Brie Williams, the Vice President of State Street Global Advisors, has dedicated her career to helping financial advisory firms facilitate efficiency and growth beyond asset management. She's passionate about helping people achieve better outcomes. Today, in the first part of a three-part series, she joins the podcast to talk about the psychology underneath behavioral finance, the effects of cognitive decisions as we age, what you should expect from an advisor relationship, when it's appropriate to discuss investments, and how to evaluate the value of an advisor and their fees.   Get Today's Show Notes To get a full recap of today's conversation, including the biggest takeaways, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit GuidedRetirementShow.com/3   Learn More about Retirement Planning Find out more about retirement planning and Barber Financial Group, by visiting BarberFinancialGroup.com

You don't have to read stories about people like Alan Stanford and Bernie Madoff or The Wolf of Wall Street to learn about scams and abuses in the financial services industry. In fact, fraud and abuse often hits much closer to home, and the growing senior population all over the world gets more likely to be taken advantage of with every passing year. Over $3 billion is reported as lost to scammers, fraud, and financial abuse each year, but the actual number is likely much, much higher. Today, in the third part of a three-part series, Brie and I talk through the 10 most common financial scams taking advantage of people over the age of 65. However, people all over the world well under retirement age often fall victim to these scams as well, which include medical fraud, credit fraud, and identity theft. If you want to stay protected, today's episode is a must-listen.   Get Today's Show Notes To get a full recap of today's conversation, including the biggest takeaways, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit GuidedRetirementShow.com/5   Learn More about Retirement Planning Find out more about retirement planning and Barber Financial Group, by visiting BarberFinancialGroup.com

Oregon prisons had one of the highest percentages of inmates older than 55 in 2016. Now, state officials are preparing to care for inmates as they age. We talk with UC San Francisco professor of medicine Brie Williams about the unique needs of older inmates, and what care prisons need to provide.

In the world of investing, many of us are concerned about protecting our portfolios from volatility, geopolitical events and regular market action. What is often overlooked however is protecting our investments from abuse and fraud, particularly within our aging population. Today, we'll discuss this issue, how we can protect ourselves and our loved ones and some methods of having those difficult conversations. Today's guest: Brie Williams, Vice President of State Street Global Advisors and the Head of Practice Management. Host: Anthony Pastore State Street Global Advisors and UBS Financial Services Inc. are not affiliated. Neither UBS Financial Services Inc. nor any of its employees provide tax or legal advice. You should consult with your personal tax or legal advisor regarding your personal circumstances. Insurance products are issued by unaffiliated third-party insurance companies and made available through insurance agency subsidiaries of UBS Financial Services Inc. Guarantees are based on the claims paying ability of the issuing insurance company. This presentation is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be relied upon as investment advice or the basis for making any investment decisions. The views and opinions expressed may not be those of UBS Financial Services Inc. UBS Financial Services Inc. does not verify and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information presented. In providing wealth management services to clients, we offer both investment advisory and brokerage services which are separate and distinct and differ in material ways. For information, including the different laws and contracts that govern, visit ubs.com/workingwithus. UBS Financial Services Inc. is a subsidiary of UBS AG. Member FINRA/SIPC.

How can financial advisors build an enduring business with sustainable value? Contrary to what we often hear and read, it's not all about tech. It's about being indispensable in your clients' lives. Today's guest, Brie Williams, says there are four areas we should focus on to create sustainable value. Be authentic to what you represent. Set, manage, and deliver on client expectations. Remember that perception is reality. Optimize to realize your long-term vision. These four areas can form the core of your client-centric approach to business. Brie is Vice President of State Street Global Advisors and Head of Practice Management for the Global SPDR Business. Before she entered financial services, Brie had a great career in advertising and research where she managed big brands like Frito-Lay, McDonald's, and Target. In our conversation, we explored some of the key drivers you need to put in place to build a sustainable business in our fast-paced world. In particular, Brie talked about the lessons she learned on Madison Ave. that have translated into helping advisors build better practices, and how you can use technology combined with human empathy and curiosity to help clients understand how to engage with you and your team when their money needs and life needs intersect.

As we celebrate Women's History Month, we take a deeper dive into some of the new research that has been done on women and their financial lives. We'll look into why some women are abdicating to their male partners, discuss the similarities and differences of women from all areas of the globe and give advice to women on how that can take control. Guests include: Carey Shuffman, Head of the Women's Segment at UBS and Brie Williams, Senior Vice President of Practice Management at State Street Global Advisors. Host: Anthony Pastore This presentation is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be relied upon as investment advice or the basis for making any investment decisions. The views and opinions expressed may not be those of UBS Financial Services Inc. UBS Financial Services Inc. does not verify and does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information presented. SSGA and UBS Financial Services Inc. are not affiliated. As a firm providing wealth management services to clients, UBS Financial Services Inc. offers both investment advisory services and brokerage services. Investment advisory services and brokerage services are separate and distinct, differ in material ways and are governed by different laws and separate arrangements. It is important that clients understand the ways in which we conduct business and that they carefully read the agreements and disclosures that we provide to them about the products or services we offer. For more information visit our website at ubs.com/workingwithus. UBS Financial Services Inc. is a subsidiary of UBS AG. Member FINRA/SIPC.

When it comes to your retirement, what you don’t know can destroy it. Join Dean Barber and JoAnn Huber, along with special guest Brie Williams, VP of State Street Global Advisors, as they talk about the biggest retirement mistakes they see and how to avoid them. You’re going to learn a lot this weekend on America’s Wealth Management Show. Find this week's show giveaways here: https://americaswealthmanagementshow.com/this-weeks-show/

Pioneer Days are upon us again. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Vines” by Super Boink https://superboink.bandcamp.com/ On April 27, the Faceless Old Woman gets a show of her own at the Largo in LA, along with new live shows from Alice Isn't Dead and Within the Wires! Tickets available now. Our latest live show, A Spy in the Desert, is out on the road right now! Come see us across the US: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Make your alma mater proud with a Night Vale Community College Sweatshirt: https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv/products/cpb-wtnv-nvcc-sweatshirt Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pioneer Days are upon us again. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Vines” by Super Boink https://superboink.bandcamp.com/ On April 27, the Faceless Old Woman gets a show of her own at the Largo in LA, along with new live shows from Alice Isn’t Dead and Within the Wires! Tickets available now. Our latest live show, A Spy in the Desert, is out on the road right now! Come see us across the US: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Make your alma mater proud with a Night Vale Community College Sweatshirt: https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv/products/cpb-wtnv-nvcc-sweatshirt Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

Dark Owl Records hosts a fundraiser to save their store. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. The voice of Michelle Nguyen was Kate Jones. The voice of Deb was Meg Bashwiner. The voice of Maureen was Maureen Johnson. Weather: "A Pale Sun Rises Over New York" by Scrawnyman https://scrawnyman.bandcamp.com Coming in May 2019: Volumes 3 and 4 of the Welcome to Night Vale Episode Collections! For more info and to pre-order: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Our tour of A Spy in the Desert continues this month across Europe and the US! Get your tickets here: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Night VALEntine's Day Cards and Stickers available now, for a limited time only: https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Want to hear your music in an episode of Night Vale? We're accepting submissions for the Weather until February 15: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/weather Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dark Owl Records hosts a fundraiser to save their store. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. The voice of Michelle Nguyen was Kate Jones. The voice of Deb was Meg Bashwiner. The voice of Maureen was Maureen Johnson. Weather: "A Pale Sun Rises Over New York" by Scrawnyman https://scrawnyman.bandcamp.com Coming in May 2019: Volumes 3 and 4 of the Welcome to Night Vale Episode Collections! For more info and to pre-order: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/ Our tour of A Spy in the Desert continues this month across Europe and the US! Get your tickets here: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live/ Night VALEntine’s Day Cards and Stickers available now, for a limited time only: https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Want to hear your music in an episode of Night Vale? We’re accepting submissions for the Weather until February 15: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/weather Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

It is a time of reaping, sowing, and rebirth. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Friend or Foe” by Low Power https://soundcloud.com/lowpowermusic Podcon 2 is coming back to Seattle next January! Don't miss this incredible weekend for podcast listeners, makers, and fans. (And if you're coming to Podcon, check out our live shows at the Neptune Theater that Friday!) https://www.podcon.com Need a gift for the Night Vale fan in your life, or for someone who appreciates cool and creepy stuff? Check out our store for super cool and creepy stuff by some super cool and not creepy artists! https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is a time of reaping, sowing, and rebirth. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Friend or Foe” by Low Power https://soundcloud.com/lowpowermusic Podcon 2 is coming back to Seattle next January! Don’t miss this incredible weekend for podcast listeners, makers, and fans. (And if you’re coming to Podcon, check out our live shows at the Neptune Theater that Friday!) https://www.podcon.com Need a gift for the Night Vale fan in your life, or for someone who appreciates cool and creepy stuff? Check out our store for super cool and creepy stuff by some super cool and not creepy artists! https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

Dean and Bud return with our continuing series, Lessons from Your Peers. This week they’ll be talking with Brie Williams who has authored a report called The Impact of Aging on Financial Decisions. Their discussion with Brie touches on financial scams, real financial advisors versus product salesmen, risk and fraud, and more!

Dean and Bud return with our continuing series, Lessons from Your Peers. This week they’ll talking with Brie Williams who has authored a report called The Impact of Aging on Financial Decisions. Their discussion with Brie touches on how aging can affect our decision making, what comprehensive financial management really means, working with the right type of financial professional, and more!

Dean and Bud return with our continuing series, Lessons from Your Peers. This week they’ll talking with Brie Williams who has authored a report called The Impact of Aging on Financial Decisions. Their discussion with Brie touches on how aging can affect our decision making, how financial decisions in couples need to be a partnership, money secrets, and more!

There's been an entire ocean in Old Town Night Vale. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Clockwork Family” by Dan Warren. soundcloud.com/danwarren Night Vale Presents Birthday Party, June 8th at the Bell House in New York City. Tickets on sale Friday, April 20. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Final “ALL HAIL” tour dates happening right now in the U.S. and Canada. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Brand new stickers, Night Vale Community College t-shirts, and more in our store. https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been an entire ocean in Old Town Night Vale. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Clockwork Family” by Dan Warren. soundcloud.com/danwarren Night Vale Presents Birthday Party, June 8th at the Bell House in New York City. Tickets on sale Friday, April 20. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Final “ALL HAIL” tour dates happening right now in the U.S. and Canada. http://www.welcometonightvale.com/live Brand new stickers, Night Vale Community College t-shirts, and more in our store. https://topatoco.com/collections/wtnv Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

There's been a shipwreck in the desert. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Source Decay” by Holy Sons. https://www.holysons.com FINAL US & CANADA TOUR DATES of "All Hail" (Apr 2018).  http://welcometonightvale.com, click on live shows Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been a shipwreck in the desert. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Source Decay” by Holy Sons. https://www.holysons.com FINAL US & CANADA TOUR DATES of "All Hail" (Apr 2018).  http://welcometonightvale.com, click on live shows Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

There's been a drowning at the Pancake House. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Lake Full of Regrets” by Devine Carama featuring River Greene and Devin Roberts from the album Kingtucky. https://devinecarama.bandcamp.com ADDED USA TOUR DATES of "All Hail" (Apr 2018).  http://welcometonightvale.com, click on live shows Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There's been a drowning at the Pancake House. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: “Lake Full of Regrets” by Devine Carama featuring River Greene and Devin Roberts from the album Kingtucky. https://devinecarama.bandcamp.com ADDED USA TOUR DATES of "All Hail" (Apr 2018).  http://welcometonightvale.com, click on live shows Music: Disparition http://disparition.info Logo: Rob Wilson http://robwilsonwork.com Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin.  http://welcometonightvale.com Follow us on Twitter @NightValeRadio or Facebook. Produced by Night Vale Presents.  http://nightvalepresents.com

On this episode we talk with Brie Williams and John C. Clark and their new genre subverting film A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE. This leads to a discussion on how genre guides an audience through the story and manages our expectations for characters based on the film world they reside in. That world is a bit different when your hosts make their own mash-up of this new scary but very funny indie film as we debate the horrific merits of Jim Carrey's overbearing THE CABLE GUY against American sweetheart Sandra Bullock's romantic white lies in WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING. ALSO: It should come as no surprise to our subscribers that one of of our hosts (Mr. Vanilla) really agrees with Matthew Broderick on a prostitute not being a cool gift to receive from a friend. Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: @projectingfilm Hosts: Chris @Following_Films Mike @warmachinehorse

Put your faith in fear as we welcome John C. Clark and Brie Williams, the filmmakers behind the homoerotic evangelical exorcist masterpiece A Closer Walk With Thee! Among other things, John and Brie discuss their experiences attending a real life exorcism, their favorite conspiracy theories, and the power of Paul Verhoeven.

Let's profile a randomly selected citizen. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Try Try Try" by Rachael Sage rachaelsage.com. Music: Disparition, disparition.info. Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's profile a randomly selected citizen. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Try Try Try" by Rachael Sage rachaelsage.com. Music: Disparition, disparition.info. Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook.

Mandatory Annual Spring Cleaning Day is coming. Here are the guidelines for the new municipal landfill facility. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Letters" by Lera Lynn. leralynn.com Music: Disparition, disparition.info. Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mandatory Annual Spring Cleaning Day is coming. Here are the guidelines for the new municipal landfill facility. This episode was co-written with Brie Williams. Weather: "Letters" by Lera Lynn. leralynn.com Music: Disparition, disparition.info. Logo: Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com. Produced by Night Vale Presents. Written by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor. Narrated by Cecil Baldwin. More Info: welcometonightvale.com, and follow @NightValeRadio on Twitter or Facebook.  

In this episode of Serendipity, Martin reveals some surprising Swedish news about G-punkten and James Urbaniak asks you to unfriend him. Featuring the piece "Status" written by Brie Williams and performed by James Urbaniak. The story was originally broadcast on the podcast "Getting on With James Urbaniak." Serendipity is the monthly podcast of The Sarah Awards, an initiative of Sarah Lawrence College and supported by KCRW's Independent Producer Project. The Sarah Awards celebrates radio drama for the 21st century. Check us out at thesarahwards.com. There, you can listen to inspiring works, learn how to make audio fiction of your own, and take part in the revolution. Follow us on Twitter

James asks that you unfriend him.

The number of older prisoners in prison populations is growing in many countries, in part due to ageing populations and often in part to punitive sentencing policies. However, older prisoners are more likely than their peers in the community to be disabled, to have multiple, costly chronic health conditions, and experience age-related cognitive impairment including dementia, presenting new and pressing challenges to the delivery of healthcare in prison systems. In the tenth expert blog in our anniversary series, Cyrus Ahalt and Brie Williams, Directors of the Community Ageing Health Project at the University of California, San Francisco, discuss the implications of the growing number of older prisoners for health-related policy and practice across criminal justice systems from arrest to reintegration, and argue that policy-oriented research is urgently needed to address the needs of this vulnerable group.

Tough times in Los Angeles. Janie Haddad Tompkins guest stars.

Trick or treating takes a turn in this very special Halloween episode.

James travels west to determine the reason for the delay in the building of the Trancontinental Railroad. Guest starring Mark Gagliardi and Jenny Wade.

A crisis. A new position. The future.

James flies back to L.A. from New Jersey. Questions of the self are provoked.

After being fired, James gets drunk and reflective.

James apologizes for an insensitive remark and waxes poetical about pie a la mode.