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On this episode we're joined by student journalists Poojasai Kona and Nico Fischer. They are wrapping up their time as this season's hosts for On Our Minds: Election 2024, a podcast run by the PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs. Poojasai is an 11th grader at Frisco High School in Texas. Nico is an 11th grader at Santa Clara High School in California.You'll also hear from Christine Zirneklis, the organization's director of communication and partnerships and Briget Ganske, youth media producer and lead podcast producer for Student Reporting Labs.The two students, who come from vastly different backgrounds, share insights into the skills they've gained from working on the podcast (particularly the importance of gaining self-confidence), the need for diverse youth perspectives in media, and stories of their triumphs and rejections. They also talk about balancing school and their outside activities and managing their mental health.Christine and Briget share some background on the program, what is so impressive about the students who work on it, and how other students can get involved. Both students saluted Student Reporting Labs, as well as ...Poojasai's salutes: Neha Madhira, New VoicesNico's salutes: Amanda Vigil, digital producer and youth specialist at KQED Public Radio and Washington Post reporter Arelis HernándezNotable LinksWhere to find On Our Minds Election 2024 (select your app of choice)https://studentreportinglabs.org/on-our-minds/Teen Vogue article referenced by Nico about conspiracy theories aimed at Latino menhttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/conspiracy-theories-young-latino-men-gaming-sports-sitesThank you as always for listening. Please send us feedback to journalismsalute@gmail.com Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org Mark's website (MarkSimonmedia.com)Tweet us at @journalismpod and Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.socialSubscribe to our newsletter– journalismsalute.substack.com

This episode is a part of a special series of interviews conducted at the INCH360 Cybersecurity Conference in Spokane, Washington. Visit their website to learn more about INCH360 and their mission. In this episode, Jethro Jones interviews Briget Duncan from the Washington Alliance for Better Schools. They discuss the organization's role in enhancing STEM education through partnerships with industry leaders and the impact of their STEM for Good after-school programs on students in Spokane Public Schools. We're thrilled to be sponsored by IXL. IXL's comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:Simplify and streamline technologySave teachers' timeReliably meet Tier 1 standardsImprove student performance on state assessments

In this episode, we dive deep into the transformative power of feminine energy with Briget Covill. Briget shares her expert insights and practical tips on how embracing your feminine energy can lead to profound personal growth and a more fulfilling life. Tune in to discover: The significance of feminine energy and how it differs from masculine energy. Practical techniques to harness and nurture your feminine energy. Real-life examples and success stories from Briget's journey. How tapping into your feminine energy can enhance your relationships, career, and overall well-being. Join us for a conversation that promises to empower and inspire you to live your most authentic and vibrant life. 03:00 Bridget's journey of sobriety and healing 05:30 Feminine versus masculine energy 16:00 Embracing the uncomfortable silence 21:00 How to know you are in feminine energy 30:20 How relationships change when you are connected with yourself 34:43 Self-forgiveness 43:03 How to connect with Bridget Briget is a trauma informed and feminine embodiment Coach. She helps strong and independent women learn to soften, open their hearts, connect to your desires, and finally FEEL GOOD! Sobriety was the key for her doing her work, but somatic and embodiment work helped her unlock the life and relationships she truly desired!! And now it's an honor to support women in doing the same through her podcast, online group programs, retreats, breathwork journeys, and live events! Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3usZjXUDMS8oyczAz4elcb?si=4SGSNzdrQty9k6ZmwNDoYw Website: www.findherwildcoaching.com Take my Free Quiz: Are you abandoning yourself? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6601c102113eab00155de14f⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with Kelly: ⁠⁠www.optimalyouhealthandwellness.com⁠⁠ Socials: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/drkellykessler ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drkellykessler ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkellykessler/⁠ Dr. Kelly Kessler is a licensed physical therapist, transformation coach, host of the globally ranked podcast Rewiring Health™, the owner of Optimal You Health and Wellness, LLC and a mom of two boys. Kelly helps high-achieving women recognize and heal from dysfunctional patterns of abandoning themselves and feeling unrelenting stress. Through nervous system regulation and subconscious mind reprogramming, Kelly guides her clients through a personal transformation to step into their own power, reclaim their worth and honor their health and inner peace. Inspired by her own journey of self-abandonment including perfectionist beliefs and people-pleasing tendencies, Kelly has healed from an eating disorder, chronic back pain, and panic attacks, Kelly helps high-achievers harness their profound ability to shift from survival mode to thriving. Kelly has been featured in Authority Magazine, DailyOM, The Everygirl, and Thrive Global. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rewiringhealth/support

This episode is for you if Your Heart Says to Leave a Legacy in this lifetime. Bridget Cook-Burch's clients call her “The Book Whisperer”. She is a New York Times & Wall Street Journal bestselling author, mentor, trainer and speaker known for riveting stories of transformation. Her powerful work has been showcased on Oprah, Dateline, CNN, GMA, The History Channel, and more. Lucy and Bridget engaged in a conversation about the power of storytelling Talked about in this episode: The importance of rising above limiting narratives and focusing on possibilities. The transformative potential of personal stories Overcame adversity to find purpose. Hero's Journey concept and the potential of personal stories to inspire and transform others.  and more... Connect with Lucy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mslucyliu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mslucyliu Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/mslucyliu LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mslucyliu TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mslucyliu YouTube: https://youtube.com/@mslucyliu Website: https://www.lucyliucoaching.com Podcast: https://www.lucyliucoaching.com/podcast   Wanna double your confidence in 30 seconds?  Get the ultimate secret here: http://www.confidentandepic.com   Connect With Briget Cook Burch Website: https://www.yourinspiredstory.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgetcookburch Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BridgetCookBurch LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbridgetcookburch  

As we read St. John Climacus, we begin to see discernment as rooted in our relationship with God; a relationship that is founded upon the revelation of God‘s love and the desire that it stirs within the human heart to respond in kind. If we love God, then it is not going to seem to be a burden to us to take every thought captive and bring it before God for his blessing or judgment. Nor is waiting upon the Lord going to be a point of frustration.  Rather, when we love God, we understand that he is going to desire what is best for us. This desire leads him to test our intentions so as to purify them. What God looks for is humility and a spirit of repentance. Faced with our own weakness, and the darkness that sin brings into our life and into the world, we must cling to God and allow him to guide us with his light.  Often only one step ahead is illuminated for us. We must be at peace with this if we have faith in him and trust in his love.  Part of what this requires from us is an honest heart; one that avoids distractions and holds fast to innocence. Often our sensibilities can become hardened through our experience of the world, and we lose the capacity not only to be vulnerable to others but to God himself. It has been said that “haste destroys the poet and the saint”.  In the face of the frenetic pace of the world, let us hold on to simplicity and silence in order that we might hear the Beloved when he speaks to us. ---   Text of chat during the group:   00:08:06 FrDavid Abernethy: page 206 number 114   00:16:33 Susanna Joy: It can be years and years...   00:16:56 Susanna Joy: ...one must have the patience of Job.   00:27:28 Susanna Joy: I have a friend who says, "Set all your thoughts, words, and actions as flowers at the feet of the Lord."  Then whatever the result, the intention is right.   00:28:10 Paul G.: Reacted to "I have a friend who …" with ❤️   00:30:37 Rebecca Thérèse: Therese thought of herself as a plaything of the infant Jesus so sometimes he would discard her in order to play with something else.   00:32:09 Genesius B.: Would it be imprudent to treat everything as beyond us, or perhaps prudent so we might never overreach?   00:33:35 Susanna Joy: Replying to "Would it be impruden..."     There is the riddle ...   00:34:50 Susanna Joy: Replying to "Would it be impruden..."     ...we must do our be...   00:42:31 sharonfisher: But how do we deal with the ‘warped souls' in life as we encounter them and recognize them as too familiar to our circumstances? It seems scary.   00:43:00 Kate : Father, Could you offer any guidance on finding the balance between overreaching in the spiritual life versus not pushing oneself enough?  I find it very hard to get the right balance.  It is a long, hard struggle.   00:46:23 Anthony: 1. Thanks for explaining the unforgivable sin.  2. No need to fall I to scrupulousity over this sin because concern about it indicates one has not confused good and evil. 3. I like a sentiment by St Paisios you shared on Facebook about keeping a calm soul so the devils can't cast their lines in our soul.   00:51:18 Susanna Joy: Replying to "1. Thanks for explai..."     That is such a great...   00:52:20 Susanna Joy: Replying to "1. Thanks for explai..."     Fish are tempted to ...   00:52:30 Susanna Joy: Reacted to 1. Thanks for explai... with "❤️"   00:53:10 Carolus B: Replying to "1. Thanks for explai..."   Should we avoid holding personal goals, instead endeavoring to only hold the single goal which is the desire of God, regardless of how we feel about the outcome?   00:53:52 Anthony: Hahaha. Yes he might   00:54:07 Paul G.: Reacted to "Hahaha. Yes he might" with

Brigit Esselmont is best known as the best-selling author of Everyday Tarot and founder of Biddy Tarot. An intuitive entrepreneur, Brigit has helped millions of people all around the world discover how to trust their intuition, access their inner power, and bring the Divine into their everyday life, using Tarot as a guide.On a mission to bring Tarot out of the closet and into the mainstream, Brigit believes that Tarot is a modern, intuitive tool for purpose-driven people who are ready to live life at their fullest potential – no crystal balls or crushed velvet required.Brigit has been featured in Huffington Post, Mind Body Green, Refinery29, Hello Giggles, Body+Soul, The Oprah Magazine, on numerous podcasts including Being Boss, Truth Telling, Hippie Witch, Mind Body Musing and the I AM Goddess Collective, and has appeared on stage in front of live audiences across the US and Australia.When she's not teaching, coaching or flipping Tarot cards, Brigit loves spending time with her two daughters and husband on the Sunshine Coast, Australia.Episode Highlights▶ Brigit Esselmont, bestselling author and founder of Biddy Tarot, introduces us to the captivating world of tarot ▶ Brigit's personal journey with tarot, from its beginnings in 1999 to transforming it into a thriving business in 2009▶ Using tarot as an empowerment tool, providing intention setting, guidance, and integration, including for altered states and meditation▶ Briget's exploration of tarot archetypes and their connection to psychedelic and mythopoetic experiences ▶ How tarot cards' layers of meaning and symbolism can help individuals understand and integrate their psychedelic experiences▶ Brigit's own transformative journey with tarot archetypes, such as the High Priestess▶ Shifting from an operational mindset to a more intuitive approach for success in business▶ The growing trend of embracing intuition in business practices, allowing individuals to tap into their inner wisdom and make purpose-aligned decisionsBrigit Esselmont's Links & Resources▶ Website: https://brigitesselmont.com/▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brigitesselmont/▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brigitesselmont▶ Free Gift: Discover what Tarot REALLY is and how to get started - even if you're completely new: https://www.biddytarot.com/learn-tarot/

What do you do when the church and your pastor fail you?  Pastors are supposed to be the shepherds of the church. One of their main jobs is to protect the flock and keep them focused and on the right path towards Christ.  Could you imagine if the pastor of your church had been sexually abusing the church's children?  The children that he is responsible for protecting.  Bridget Goodwin was just 13 years old when the pastor of her church began sexually abusing/assaulting her in his office at the church. The abusive control and complete mind manipulation lasted for fourteen long years.  She was consumed by guilt and shame and held the heavy burden of silence, afraid to come forward.  By the time she had gained the courage and gone to the church's elders, nothing had happened, and her hope and freedom from bondage were gone.  It wasn't until the pastor had passed that Briget was finally free from the man who caused so much psychological and sexual torment in her life. His death marked the end of captivity for her, and she felt set free for the first time in years.   Bridget went on to meet an amazing man and pastor, who she is still happily married to today.  The discovery of who God is, and what a pastor should be for God's church reshaped her beliefs and gave her immense peace and healing. The journey of recovery from the trauma led her into a passion for music. She knew God had given her a voice and a new song to sing.-a beautiful song of redemption and hope. She wants others to find their voice and refuse to be silenced by their abuse. Her and her husband founded the organization, I Have a Voice Ministries, to help set other victims free from the bondage of silence.  Connect with Bridget Goodwin E-mail:  bridget@hlionline.og www.HLI.online.org (701) 231-0698 Social Media Links: @ihaveavoice2023 Insta @harvestlabourers Insta/FB Harvest Laborer's International  

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.comThis show includes the following songs:Brittany Ann Tranbaugh - Can't Wait No Rush FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYAlexa. - I Hate The Space FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYAva Della Pietra - I've Been Thinking FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYLauren Rintoul - Lost Art FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYWalk On Mars - Love Yourself FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYSweetLife Music - And They're Walking FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYBriget Boyle - Heartbreak Residue FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYErika Sherger - I Might FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYIzzi Stone - Hypnotic Man FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYMarla Lewis - Enchantée (Radio Edit) FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYFor Music Biz Resources Visit www.FEMusician.com and www.ProfitableMusician.comVisit our Sponsor 39 Sources of Income at profitablemusician.com/incomeVisit our Sponsor Alan Ripa Orchestral Project at LiteRockJazz.comVisit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at: http://www.bandzoogle.comVisit www.wosradio.com for more details and to submit music to our review board for consideration.Visit our resources for Indie Artists: https://www.wosradio.com/resources

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit www.WOSPodcast.comThis show includes the following songs:Jessica Cotten - City On Fire FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYAva Della Pietra - Happy for You FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYIvory! - LIttle Wings FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYEmily Powell (writer Emily Nash) - River FOLLOW ON MUSIC XRAYJeannine Barr - Victory FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYBriget Boyle - Crimes & Misdemeanors FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYMarla Lewis - Claudette's Song FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYCarlene Thissen - On the Road Home FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYSofia Nunzia - Do Or Die FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYPam Messer - Got My Ticket Packed My Bag FOLLOW ON SPOTIFYFor Music Biz Resources Visit www.FEMusician.com and www.ProfitableMusician.comVisit our Sponsor Marla Lewis at marlalewis.comVisit our Sponsor Alan Ripa Orchestral Project at LiteRockJazz.comVisit our Sponsor Phamily Rootz Inspyred at chyld7productions.blogspot.comVisit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at: http://www.bandzoogle.comVisit www.wosradio.com for more details and to submit music to our review board for consideration.Visit our resources for Indie Artists: https://www.wosradio.com/resources

What do folk songs of the Balkans, traditional Irish music and a Metallica concert all have in common? Musician Briget Boyle can tell you. She understands and appreciates the importance of musical connections between people and how shared experiences create a culture of song. Through this lens, she has explored an incredible breadth of influences that she draws from in her solo work and expresses directly in her collaborations True Life Trio and Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble.On a musical journey from the start, she began writing songs at the age of 12 and received an invaluable education from her parents who were both music industry professionals. Briget has long felt the call to songwriting and to use her powerful and beautiful voice to express truth through music. Briget's album Heartbreak Residue is out April 2023.Connect with Briget & Find Her Music:Website Briget BoyleWebsite True Life TrioWebsite Kitka Women's Vocal EnsembleFacebook @brigetboylemusicInstagram @brigetsongsWebsite Waxsimilie ProductionsBriget's Early Musical Influences:Ani DiFrancoAlanis MorissetteSarah McLachlanBriget's Personal Soundtrack:“Blue Is the Eye” by Ye Vagabonds (from Nine Waves album, 2022)Madison CunninghamBrass music from Northern Greece & Southern MacedoniaChoral music from Bulgaria & Southern Albania References:Video “Salty Tears” by Briget Boyle (from The Next Line album, 2018)Movie Alive Inside: A Story of Music & MemorySongwriting Challenge FAWM (February Album Writing Month)

 Today we are going to talk about Bridget “Biddy” Mason, the grandmother of Los Angeles, one of the most influential Black women in California. She overcame unimaginable prejudice and inequity and was one of the first prominent landowning citizens of Los Angeles. Briget was born into slavery in Georgia on August 15 of 1818. Her parents were of mixed African American and Native American descent. She wasn't given a last name. Because of this common practice with slaves, many African Americans can only go back so far in their ancestry. Stolen. One of her several slaveholders in Georgia and South Carolina started calling her Biddy. Biddy spent much of her childhood enslaved on John Smithson's plantation in South Carolina, performing tasks in the cotton fields, the South's most important crop. Biddy was forbidden to learn to read or write but she learned about herbs and midwifery from the older enslaved women. Smithson gave her, two other female house servants, and a blacksmith as a wedding gift to his cousins, Robert and Rebecca Smith. The Smiths were successful landowners in Logtown, Mississippi. Biddy was 18. Smith was Mormon convert who cultivated cotton and traded slaves. Although, Mormons were better known as opponents of slavery.  For the Smith family, Biddy did domestic work, toiled hard in the cotton fields and performed farm labor. At other times, she worked as a midwife and house nurse — a job she liked. Biddy took care of Rebecca Smith, who was often ill and helped her during the birth of her six children.  During her years in Mississippi, Biddy gave birth to Ellen, Ann and Harriet, aged ten, four, and a newborn. It's likely that Smith himself fathered these children. Like countless other enslaved women, Biddy was almost certainly the victim of sexual violence. In 1848, Smith decided to follow the call of the church with his fellow Mississippi Saints in the great Mormon Exodus to Utah. He moved his family and his 14 slaves west to the Salt Lake Valley where Joseph Smith established a new Mormon community seventeen years prior. The area was still part of Mexico at the time but would soon become Utah.   Smith, his wife and children sat in the wagon on the journey while  Biddy, her daughters and the other slaves walked barefoot behind the 300 wagon caravan. Biddy was in charge of herding the animals for the 1,700 mile trek.   While they walked from Mississippi through Illinois and Colorado towards Salt Lake City, Biddy had a ton of responsibilities, including herding the cattle, preparing and serving the campfire meals and setting up and breaking down camp. All this while acting as the midwife and herbalist for the party, and still tending to her three young daughters. The trail must have been disturbing, frightening and strange. There were moments when surely there was a chance to escape, and for this reason, Biddy's value increased on the trail. With young children, she didn't have the option to leave. They lived in Utah for three years until Governor Brigham Young authorized another Mormon community, this time in San Bernardino. Brigham Young warned Smith that California, had been admitted to the Union as a free, non-slave state the year prior. Smith ignored his warnings and set out with his family and slaves and a 150-wagon caravan in 1851, to establish the Mormon settlement and extend the reach of his Church.  When Smith arrived in San Bernardino, he became one of the counselors to the bishop and owned a very large property. He was among the wealthiest settlers in San Bernardino. Held in bondage in the Mormon colony were dozens of African Americans as well as an untold number of local Native Americans, as well as an untold number of local Native Americans. San Bernardino was built, in part, by enslaved laborers like Biddy. Even though California was technically a free state, it was a land made up of unfree laborers of various kinds. Many indigenous people weer being forced to work in the Los Angeles "slave mart." This "slave mart" was the second most important source of municipal revenue in Los Angeles after the sale of licenses for saloons and gambling venues. On the weekends, local authorities would seek out and arrest intoxicated natives on dubious vagrancy charges. The Native Americans were thrown in a pen, and their labor for the coming week was auctioned off. If they were paid at the end of that week at all, they were usually paid in alcohol so they could get drunk, be arrested and continue the cycle.  In California, Biddy met two sets of couples who were free blacks. Charles and Elizabeth Flake Rowan and Robert and Minnie Owens. They urged her to legally contest her slave status in California. But she did not. Biddy remained enslaved in a “free” state for five more years as Smith maintained his southern way of life in California. He found himself increasingly at odds with fellow colonists and his own church who favorably disposed toward the practice of slavery. In 1855, the leaders of the Mormon colony in San Bernardino thought they were paying top dollar for 80,000 acres of land but had purchased only 35,000 acres. Fine print fuck up. When the colony sued the people who had sold them the land, they lost. The court allowed them to choose up to 35,000 acres anywhere in the larger area. The church chose Smith's ranch. It was turned over to them without any compensation and Smith was pissed. Without his property in California and in fear of losing his slaves, he sold off his cattle and conspired a plan to quietly leave the colony and move to Texas. Biddy and her fellow slaves did not trust Smith and they feared they were going to be sold and separated from their children. Smith lied to Biddy, promising her and her family's freedom in Texas. He needed her cooperation to get there and considered her valuable property. Without his land, he needed a place for them to all stay as he secured provisions for the ride east. He chose a camp of settlers originally from the American South in the Santa Monica Hills. Surely a more hospitable place for a slaveholder than Mormn san Bernardino.  One of Biddy's daughters was romantically involved with the Owens son. In December, Robert Owens and Elizabeth Rowan tipped off the local authorities. There was a group of Black Americans that were being illegally held in Santa Monica Canyon and they were about to be taken across state lines to the slave state of Texas. The sheriffs from San Bernardino and Los Angeles approached Judge Benjamin Hayes. Hayes issued a writ of habeas corpus, widely used against slaveholders in free states. Late on the night of New Year's Eve 1855, as Los Angeles residents celebrated the new year, sheriffs raided Smith's camp in the Santa Monica mountains.  Biddy's children were taken into protective custody at the city jail at the corner of Spring and Franklin Streets in downtown L.A. They let Biddy stay with the Owens family. Judge Hayes ordered Smith to bear all costs associated with the case and caring for those placed in guardianship of the sheriffs as they prepared for trial.  Los Angeles was then still a small town and the three day court hearing, starting on January 19, 1856 was a huge event.   Smith argued that Biddy and the rest of his slaves wished to go to Texas with him. Under state law, Black Americans could not testify against white Americans. Judge Hayes brought Biddy  and her eldest daughters into his chambers along with two trustworthy local gentlemen who acted as observers. Hayes asked Biddy if she was willingly leaving for Texas and Biddy told him, “I always do what I have been told, but I have always been afraid of this trip to Texas.”  Biddy also told the judge about the kind of treatment they had been subjected to over the years. Hannah, who was one of the women enslaved by Smith, gave an unbelievably damaging testimony in the courtroom. She reluctantly said that she wanted to go to Texas. There were long silences. Hannah had given birth to a baby boy only two weeks earlier and was terrified of what Smith would do to her if she refused to go with him to Texas. Hayes sent the San Bernardino sheriff up to talk with her and she said, I promised I would say in court that I wanted to go but I don't want to go. If you bring me back to court, I'll say I want to go but I don't want to go. The sheriff returned with an affidavit saying that, in fact, she did not want to go. Smith's behavior before and during the course of the hearing made it clear she had good reason to be afraid. It was awful. He threatened the Owens family, a neighborhood grocer and a doctor in the courtroom yelling “If this case isn't resolved on Southern principles, all people of color will pay the price.” A gang of Smith's sons and workers went to the jail and tried to intimidate the jailer and lure Biddy's daughters away from the jail with alcohol. Biddy's lawyer abruptly withdrew from the case after being  threatened and offered a bribe of $200.  Judge Hayes was furious with Smith, and clearly rattled by what he had heard. His family was behaving like thugs. Robert Smith was lying about trying to take them out of California and this disturbed Hayes. Smith, who was not being held, was a no-show on the last day of the trial, Monday, January 21. He ran off to Texas. He knew his reputation was ruined and was unwilling to pay court costs. Judge Hayes stated "all the said persons of color are entitled to their freedom and are free and cannot be held in slavery or involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State. It is therefore argued that they are entitled to their freedom and are free forever."    Amasa Mason Lyman was the mayor of San Bernardino and a Mormon Apostle. Biddy was a friend of Lyman and was fond of the Lyman family. Biddy took the surname Mason. It was her first last name.  With Smith gone, her daughters were released from protective custody and Mason moved her family into the Owens family home. They were now citizens in rough-and-tumble Los Angeles, where only around 80 of its 4,000 residents were Black. Her oldest daughter, Ellen, married the Owens' son, Charles. Owing to her experience and quality of work, she became one of the most popular midwives of that state, using the skills she learned as a slave.  Judge Hayes had a brother-in-law famous for being one of the first formally trained doctors in Southern California. Dr. John Strother Griffin, the “Father of East Los Angeles”. Griffin was impressed with her nursing skills and hired her as a nurse and midwife. She made $2.50 per day. That would be about $85 dollars in 2022. About 10 bucks a day for an 8 hour day. Griffin's office was on Main Street in the same county building as the jail in which she'd taken refuge with the 13 other enslaved people fighting for freedom. She offered her services to the prisoners free of charge. Biddy delivered hundreds of babies in Los Angeles and braved a smallpox epidemic, risking her life to tend to the sick. In her big black medicine bag, she carried the tools of her trade, and the papers Judge Hays had given her affirming that she was free. Biddy Mason worked as a midwife for ten years, saving her earnings carefully. When she was 48, she purchased her own property on the outskirts of Los Angeles where there were more gardens and vineyards than paved streets. She was the first African American woman to buy property in Los Angeles. It had a water ditch, and a willow fence running around the plot. Two lots for $250. Mason initially used the land for gardening and lived with the Owens. This purchase made her one of the first pioneers of Los Angeles. A remarkable feat for a woman who had spent the first 37 years of her life enslaved.  In her home, she established the city's first child care center for working parents. The First African Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest African American church in the city. It was established on her Spring Street property. The initial meetings were held in Mason's home in 1872. She paid taxes and all expenses on church property to hold it for her people. The permanent church was eventually erected on land she donated at Eighth and Towne. Mason was quickly beloved and “known by every citizen” as “Aunt Biddy.”   She was also well received in the Los Angeles Spanish-speaking community. She could not read or write, but had become a fluent Spanish-speaker. She befriended Pio Pico, Mexico's last governor in California. Pico, Owens and Griffin were involved in real estate and all encouraged her to invest her money wisely and purchase property. Biddy invested in real estate in what is now the heart of downtown L.A. Finally, in 1884 Mason finally moved to her own land at 311 Spring Street and what is now Broadway. On one of the two lots, she built a two-story brick building which she rented the first floor to commercial interests and lived in an apartment on the second. Los Angeles was booming, and rural Spring Street was becoming crowded with shops and boarding houses. She sold the north lot for $1,500. A gain of nearly $13,000 today. She sold a property she had purchased on Olive Street for $375 in 1868, for $2,800. $82,000 today. Basically, in 1884, Biddy had over a 100,000 year in today's numbers. There were dirt streets and unpaved sidewalks, with curbs and gutters. The drainage system was primitive. Water was still channeled through the city through open ditches and bricklaid channels. Only fifteen streets had sewers running below their surface via riveted iron pipes. Three hundred foot tall poles holding electric lights had recently been erected on the major streets, illuminating with 3,000 candle power. Early that year, storms in February of 1884 caused the Los Angeles River to swell and cut new channels and the city's streets began to flood. The Aliso Street Bridge broke in two, part of the bridge was pushed down the river with half a dozen homes and they all lodged against the First Street Bridge,  creating a dam. The water rose, the river overflowed its banks and flooded the streets. Finally, the pressure from the rising water and the piled up homes and portion of bridge was too much for the First Street Bridge.  The west bank eroded when the First Street Bridge collapsed and thirty-five more houses were carried away. Along the riverbed, people sifted through the debris. Cradles, baby wagons, doors, cupboards, fences, pigs. Looking for something. Someone. Brooms, chickens, orange trees, beds. It was a dreadful sight. People were killed. Obviously, city lighting could not slow fooding, but it would aid in the recovery from the storm that had put a third of the city under water for hours. After the flood, Biddy arranged a deal with a grocer on Fourth and Spring. All of the families who lost their home were able to sign off for all of their groceries. Biddy Mason would pay the tab. Biddy owned land on San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo and was renting to over twenty tenants on three large plots near the now Grand Central Market. For the next three decades, she continued her real estate venture,  participating in the frontier town's transformation into an emerging metropolis. She used her wealth, a fortune of $300,000, the equivalent to $9.5 million in 2022 to feed and shelter the poor. She would visit the jail to leave a token and a prayerful hope with every prisoner. She opened a foster home, an elementary school for black children and a traveler's aid center. She was charming, effective and was deeply appreciated. In so many ways, she became the backbone of society. She helped her family buy properties around the city. She deeded a portion of her remaining Spring Street property to her grandsons “for the sum of love and affection and ten dollars.” She signed the deed with her customary fancy “X.” Still, never learning to read or write. Too busy making that cash.  Her success enabled her to support her extended family for generations.  Los Angeles had become a bustling city with 50,000 residents in the late 1880's. She was so well-known, at dawn each morning, a line would form in front of Mason's gate. Swarming with people in need of assistance. Her neighborhood developed quickly around her homestead and by the early 1890s, the main financial district of Los Angeles was one block from Mason's property. As she grew old and became too ill to see visitors, her grandson Robert was forced to turn people away each morning.  On January 15, 1891 Bridget “Biddy” Mason died at her beloved homestead in Los Angeles. She was 73 years old, one of the wealthiest Black women in the country. When she was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery in Boyle Heights, her grave was left unmarked. The family held onto Mason's cherished “first homestead” until the Depression. Today the Broadway Spring Center Parking garage stands on the site.  Ninety-Seven years after her death, L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley, and members of the church she founded held a ceremony, during which her grave was finally marked with a tombstone. Biddy Mason Memorial Park in downtown Los Angeles was erected one year later in her honor. Behind the Bradbury Building near Third and Spring, a memorial on an 80-foot-long poured concrete wall shows the timeline of Biddy Mason's life. November 16 was declared “Biddy Mason Day” in Los Angeles. Jackie Broxton said this, "She showed people what could happen when they were free and could set their own destiny". Jackie Broxton is the CEO & President of the Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation. The Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation was established in 2013 and began as an outreach ministry of the church Biddy founded. The Foundation caters to current and former foster youth in the local community. It should also be noted that Biddy's success story was the exception and not the rule. I believe that she attained so much, because she gave so much. As she navigated multiple levels of oppression, Biddy advocated for her community. When it comes to movements advancing our communities, culture, and policies in more equitable directions, it seems that women have always been at the forefront. Biddy Mason once said, “If you hold your hand closed, nothing good can come in. The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance, even as it receives.” She is an inspiration that when given the support and opportunity, it is possible to overcome even the toughest of circumstances. Her story is one of resilience, compassion, and triumph. The fight continues today against the inherited systemic racism, sexism, and each and every intersection.  Sources: Los Angeles Almanac  Free Forever: The Contentious Hearing That Made Biddy Mason A Legend By  Hadley Meares The Life of Biddy Mason: From Slave to a Master by Fareeha Arshad Biddy Mason Collaborative National Park Service Biddy Mason: One of LA's first black real estate moguls By Hadley Meares Los Angeles Western Corral Honoring the legacy and 200th birthday of slave-turned-entrepreneur Biddy Mason by Michael Livingston Negro Trail-Blazers of California by Delilah Beasley  The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History by Dolores Hayden https://kentakepage.com/bridget-biddy-mason/ Bridget "Biddy" Mason: From Bondage to Wealth - Kentake Page Biddy Mason Charitable Foundation  

In this episode, our friend Jen Morris takes over the role of interviewer. She speaks with Briget Boyle, vocal coach and singer with Balkan Women's ensemble @kitka, bringing the west coast USA perspective to ‘Voices of the Ancestors'. They chat about:- working with powerful female teachers like Tamar Buadze, in Georgia and Svetlana Spajić in Serbia. How to sing ‘folk music' from a grounded, rooted place in your own landscape. Briget's insight into what ‘Voices of the Ancestors' means for her, describing three types of ancestors - genetic, spiritual and ‘humanity'. Briget shares experiences with Georgian songs in Temple of Light Choir directed by Kristine Barrett (a sort of Kitka community choir) and in True Life Trio. Jen shares experiences of her Georgian choir ‘onefourfive' and Seattle's balkan women's ensemble @Dunava Donate to help tell more women's stories:- https://ko-fi.com/voicesoftheancestors https://www.patreon.com/voicesoftheancestors Join our community facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/516207299354485 Sign up for our email updates and never miss an episode: eepurl.com/hhgoOf Searchable transcript, available here voicesoftheancestors.co.uk/transcripts. Music: Mother, Moon,/ It Will Never Again Be What it Was, / and Love from True Life Trio's album “Like Never, Like Always”. Shen Khar Venakhi, from Kitka's album “The Vine”, Mokle Mravalzhamier from Ensemble Zedashe's album “Our Earth and Water” Tamar Buadze and Teona Kutsia sing a mashup of a Spanish song and Laz song, simply titled Espanur-Laz, which is available on YouTube. Ukrainian folk song Vdova, sung by Ukrainian ensemble Drevo. Serbian Medley, from Dunava's album Behind the Veil. Bedinera from the CD: Teach Yourself Megrelian Songs, by Polikarpe in a trio. Žegar Polye, or Žegar Field Feeds My Lamb, from Svetlana Spajić.

EPISODE 22- Happy Thanksgiving!   Lets give a warming welcome to Bridget Mulcahy on the #LoadedBasesPodcast. Bridget is the founder of the “Cheap Little Swing” (link below). She came from a baseball family and grew up following that passion. How would someone simply want to express a way in their passions? Blog about it! Be Creative! Bridget is the prime example of a woman who is making her way up in the baseball industry. Excited to release this one!   Briget's social media handles. Instagram: @bridgersssxo Twitter: @bridgetmmulcahy CheapLittleSwing.wordpress.com   Make sure to subscribe and share! Patreon.com/Loadedbasespodcast Instagram: @loadedbasespodcast Twitter: @LoadedBasesPod Website: LoadedBasesPodcast.com

Can creativity be the driving force in your music career? What if I told you that it was possible to create a music business that put the performer in the driving seat? Find out what it is like to be part of a growing community of artists that instead of competing, collaborate, and support one another. Subscribe Rate & Review on iTunes http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1534168222 Show Notes https://www.elyssavulpes.com/episode-1-interview-with-briget-boyle/ Join the Community https://www.daretobeseencommunity.com

This week, the ladies of Sub Rosa Sound bring you Briget Boyle's "The Next Line" which came out September 21, 2018.Briget Boyle:https://www.brigetboyle.comhttps://brigetboyle.bandcamp.comhttps://www.facebook.com/brigetboylemusichttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7v6ZJ0IBfM7T39SoZ4fnQhttp://www.waxsimile.com/briget-boyleFor more about Sub Rosa Sound:https://subrosasound.orghttps://www.facebook.com/subrosasound

In our fourteenth episode, Ariel Wang talks to Briget Boyle about her projects in the Bay Area, how she's handling quarantine, growing the music scene, and how to make connections and improve the livelihood of musicians in the Bay. Make sure to keep an eye out for her livestreams, and check out her music online!You can find out more about her at:http://www.brigetboyle.comhttps://brigetboyle.bandcamp.comhttps://www.facebook.com/brigetboylemusicI Need Space Livestream - Queer Music Festival: https://www.facebook.com/ineedspacefestivalNext Livestream April 18: https://www.facebook.com/events/215286152897228/Intro music is "Moontide" by Ariel Wang. Outro music is "Heart Shaped Mirror" by Briget Boyle.This episode was engineered and edited by Ariel Wang. More about Sub Rosa Sound at https://subrosasound.org, or follow us on social media @subrosasound

What are some of the most significant challenges facing the African continent? What is the mission of the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University? How is it developing the next generation of international leaders? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions and more with Ambassador Reuben Brigety, Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at The George Washington University.

A woman faces a brutal assault, followed by three gunshots. A man with the worst luck on the planet. And another man bitten by a venous snake, laying conscious in the hospital as the unaware doctors prepare to take him off life support. Listen as we follow the stories of 3 truly amazing survivors. - National Sexual Assault Hotline - (800) 656-4673 online.rainn.org - Links Mentioned in this episode - Jonathan's Channel SJP Interview Channon's Video Take the quiz with us! Help support the show: http://Patreon.com/EsotericOddities - Connect With Us - Instagram - @ EsotericOddities Twitter - https://twitter.com/esotericodditie Facebook - https://facebook.com/esotericoddities Email - Odditiespodcast@gmail.com Spotify - http://spoti.fi/2DprpDl iTunes - http://apple.co/2vEZ7FZ Player.FM - https://player.fm/series/esoteric-oddities Stitcher - https://bit.ly/2O4iikNiHeart Radio - https://ihr.fm/2OOKyV1 - Sources - https://bit.ly/2EhpghM https://dailym.ai/2EfmZUv https://bit.ly/2RyT1he    

Beim ersten Mal Kuchenbacken das Mehl vergessen und sich wundern warum das nix wird, Zucker statt Salz, das Backblech landet auf dem Fußboden ... fast jeder von uns hat schon mal eine Back oder Koch-Panne hinter sich gebracht. Sie wissen schon, so ein klassisches "Bridget Jones-Erlebnis". Wie im Bridget Jones Film bei der Szene mit der BLAUEN Suppe, weil Briget einfach eine blaue Kordel als Küchengarn zweckentfremdet hatte und die Suppe dadurch blau gefärbt hat. Auch die beste Hobby-Köchin Deutschlands, Katrin Bunner aus Speyer, hat schon chaotisches in der Küche erlebt. Im Gespräch mit Radio Regenbogen Moderator Patrick Gruben und mit Tipps wie wieder alles gut wird.

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Aliza Hava - Rise Laura Bachynski (co-writer Jocelyn Burgener) - There's A Door Gloria Taylor - What Is Your Medicine Nicki Kris -Together We Stand Briget Boyle - Who Are We To Blame Katie  Martin - Our Choice Carol Lester - Questions Of the Ages Jeri Silverman - I Wonder Emma G - Superhero Laurie Miller - Fornicated Infinity Charleesa - Powerhouse For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor Shane Marie Devine at: Visit our Sponsor Laura Bachynski at: Visit our Sponsor A Loren at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Aliza Hava - Rise Laura Bachynski (co-writer Jocelyn Burgener) - There's A Door Gloria Taylor - What Is Your Medicine Nicki Kris -Together We Stand Briget Boyle - Who Are We To Blame Katie  Martin - Our Choice Carol Lester - Questions Of the Ages Jeri Silverman - I Wonder Emma G - Superhero Laurie Miller - Fornicated Infinity Charleesa - Powerhouse For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor Shane Marie Devine at: Visit our Sponsor Laura Bachynski at: Visit our Sponsor A Loren at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Aliza Hava - Rise Laura Bachynski (co-writer Jocelyn Burgener) - There's A Door Gloria Taylor - What Is Your Medicine Nicki Kris -Together We Stand Briget Boyle - Who Are We To Blame Katie  Martin - Our Choice Carol Lester - Questions Of the Ages Jeri Silverman - I Wonder Emma G - Superhero Laurie Miller - Fornicated Infinity Charleesa - Powerhouse For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor Shane Marie Devine at: Visit our Sponsor Laura Bachynski at: Visit our Sponsor A Loren at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

After 15 years of marriage, Briget and Ann Pack share their story of Ann transitioning from male to female and why they have stayed married over the past 5 years since that transition. They have helpful insights for us to better understand, support and love God’s transgender children. Briget is the Chair of the Board of North Star and Ann is involved in Affirmation. They introduce these organizations to help us understand how each organization helps our Latter-day Saint LGBTQ members.

  To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Kalina & Kiana - It Had To Be You Sandra Lyerly - Summer Evenings Luna Keller - Burning House Natalie Lucie - Checkmate Briget Boyle - Middle We Meet Wanda Gronhovd - Thanks Past Me A. Loren - Let It Turn Up (feat. Vacéa) Heather Laveaux - Mornin' Doreen Pinkerton - This Life Pablo Nouvelle - Harder Now feat. Sister For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor KiNNi at: Visit our Sponsor A. Loren at: Visit our Sponsor Far West Folk Alliance Conference at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

  To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Kalina & Kiana - It Had To Be You Sandra Lyerly - Summer Evenings Luna Keller - Burning House Natalie Lucie - Checkmate Briget Boyle - Middle We Meet Wanda Gronhovd - Thanks Past Me A. Loren - Let It Turn Up (feat. Vacéa) Heather Laveaux - Mornin' Doreen Pinkerton - This Life Pablo Nouvelle - Harder Now feat. Sister For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor KiNNi at: Visit our Sponsor A. Loren at: Visit our Sponsor Far West Folk Alliance Conference at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

  To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Kalina & Kiana - It Had To Be You Sandra Lyerly - Summer Evenings Luna Keller - Burning House Natalie Lucie - Checkmate Briget Boyle - Middle We Meet Wanda Gronhovd - Thanks Past Me A. Loren - Let It Turn Up (feat. Vacéa) Heather Laveaux - Mornin' Doreen Pinkerton - This Life Pablo Nouvelle - Harder Now feat. Sister For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor KiNNi at: Visit our Sponsor A. Loren at: Visit our Sponsor Far West Folk Alliance Conference at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Madison Malone - Shoreline Wanda Gronhovd - Could Not Speak Michelle Shafer - Dream World Sheila K Cameron - Don't Sigh Even Slightly Briget Boyle - Pick Up Christina Friis (writer Henning Olsen) - Open Luna May - Silly Boys Doreen Pinkerton - Chandelier Glaare - Isky KiNNi - How Does It Feel For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor KiNNi at: Visit our Sponsor Far West Folk Alliance Conference at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Madison Malone - Shoreline Wanda Gronhovd - Could Not Speak Michelle Shafer - Dream World Sheila K Cameron - Don't Sigh Even Slightly Briget Boyle - Pick Up Christina Friis (writer Henning Olsen) - Open Luna May - Silly Boys Doreen Pinkerton - Chandelier Glaare - Isky KiNNi - How Does It Feel For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor KiNNi at: Visit our Sponsor Far West Folk Alliance Conference at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

To get live links to the music we play and resources we offer, visit This show includes the following songs: Madison Malone - Shoreline Wanda Gronhovd - Could Not Speak Michelle Shafer - Dream World Sheila K Cameron - Don't Sigh Even Slightly Briget Boyle - Pick Up Christina Friis (writer Henning Olsen) - Open Luna May - Silly Boys Doreen Pinkerton - Chandelier Glaare - Isky KiNNi - How Does It Feel For Music Biz Resources Visit Visit our Sponsor KiNNi at: Visit our Sponsor Far West Folk Alliance Conference at: Visit our Sponsor Bandzoogle at:

Motorcycles, Rivets, Women Riders, Challenge, Tacos! Welcome to episode 118 of Creative Riding. Sit back and enjoy two buffoons as they wade through the murky waters of the motoswamp that is - The Motorcycle Industry!! There will be motorcycle news. There will be co-host updates. There will be nonsense. There will be women. And there will be much talk of tacos. It was good to be feeling 100 percent better and also to have Wiggins back in studio. Speaking of which, thanks to Kevin for setting up the internet in the new digs so that we can bring you this moto s-show. Thanks to Nerissa, Stephanie, Briget & Jennifer from the Milwaukee Rivets for hanging out and talking about MKW life. It's a fun interview, and it will make you want to visit the City of Beers. Chris and I wrap up the best Craigslist bike challenge, and it's amazing. I finally win a challenge!! Spoiler alert! And we answer some listener mail. Ask Wiggins anything : askwiggz@gmaill.com Ask Junk anything: creativeridingpodcast@gmail.com Send anything for the Solstice Slam: Slam@creative-riding.com We love you all, and we'll talk to you next week.

Leslie Seiler returns, joining Ryan and Tyler to discuss Renee Zellweger's heroic choice to refuse to gain weight in "Bridget Jones's Baby". The movie has no Hugh Grant whatsoever, Leslie convinces us that Colin Firth is almost TOO sexy, and we learn that having a baby can fix any relationship! Give us a listen and save yourself the cost of a ticket! Enjoying Garbage Town? Join our Patreon for exclusive behind-the-scenes content at patreon.com/dumbdumbdice!

LaF is previewing three new movies hitting the box office for the September 16th weekend. First, from director Oliver Stone, comes Snowden starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden, the man who leaked leaked thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks. Next, after 16 years, Blair Witch returns to screens with a third installment. The film's director Adam Wingard says the previous films were "about being lost in the woods, this film is about being chased". Lastly, Renee Zellweger stars for the third time as Bridget Jones in director Sharon Maguire's Bridget Jones' Diary. The adventures continues as Briget finds herself entering her 40's and with child. Also, our hosts, Ryan Bull and Richard Lusk, have their weekly streaming and Redbox picks for those staying home. Are you going to the movies this weekend? Let LaF know by sending in your review by emailing theLaFpodcast@gmail.com, tweeting @theLaFpodcast, or messaging us at Facebook.com/theLaFpodcast. The best comments will get read on a future show.