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A newly gerrymandered Texas map is overturned — thanks to Gov. Abbott's own words. Dina Doll breaks down the Texas appeal to the Supreme Court and why the DOJ's case against CA Prop 50 is likely to fail. Lola Blankets: Get 40% off your entire order at https://lolablankets.com by using code MISSTRIAL at checkout. Experience the world's #1 blanket with Lola Blankets. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered
TODAY ON THE ROBERT SCOTT BELL SHOW: Jonathan Emord, Left's Hate Speech, Violence Justified?, Van Jones Alarmed, Mamdani's Character Shift, CA Prop 50, RFK Proposes Ban on Mercury, Chef James Barry, Pluck, Prunus Spinosa, and MORE! https://robertscottbell.com/lefts-hate-speech-violence-justified-van-jones-alarmed-mamdanis-radical-post-election-shift-ca-prop-50-rfk-proposes-ban-on-mercury-chef-james-barry-pluck-prunus-spinosa-and/https://boxcast.tv/view/jonathan-emord-lefts-hate-speech-violence-justified-van-jones-alarmed-mamdani-win-chef-james-barry-pluck---the-rsb-show-11-6-25-mcrggcunczs0a2dpfzt8 Purpose and Character The use of copyrighted material on the website is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public through information, critique, teaching, scholarship, or research. Nature of Copyrighted Material Weensure that the copyrighted material used is for supplementary and illustrative purposes and that it contributes significantly to the user's understanding of the content in a non-detrimental way to the commercial value of the original content. Amount and Substantiality Our website uses only the necessary amount of copyrighted material to achieve the intended purpose and does not substitute for the original market of the copyrighted works. Effect on Market Value The use of copyrighted material on our website does not in any way diminish or affect the market value of the original work. We believe that our use constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you believe that any content on the website violates your copyright, please contact us providing the necessary information, and we will take appropriate action to address your concern.
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Trump tries to solve racism with executive orders and whatnot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Politics, Elon Musk, SpaceX Golden Dome, CA Prop 50, Mayor Mamdani, Mamdani Relentless Improvement, President Trump, Trump's Strongest Stance Technique, DEI Bans, Likable MTG, Fearless People, Apple Rents Gemini AI, SF Vacant to Vibrant, Kosmos AI, democrat Government Shutdown, SCOTUS Tariffs, Biological Material Smugglers, Russia's Persuasion Expert, Sergey Lavrov, Megyn Kelly, GOP Losses, Scott Adams~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you would like to enjoy this same content plus bonus content from Scott Adams, including micro-lessons on lots of useful topics to build your talent stack, please see scottadams.locals.com for full access to that secret treasure.
00:00:00 – Cold open: AI-consciousness teaser, travel/schedule notes 00:04:32 – Alex Jones "clips of the week" (cutting-room chaos and impressions) 00:08:54 – More AJ riffing ("Mr. Pepperoni," maggot segment, broadcast zaniness) 00:13:25 – Caddyshack II parody project: song production chat & birthday viewing ritual 00:16:48 – Studio-cat hijinks; YouTube copyright strikes; segue to news 00:21:32 – Russia: worker keeps co-workers' salaries after transfer glitch; legal fallout 00:30:44 – Election roundup: NYC's ManDanny win and vibe check on results 00:35:22 – PBS-framed ManDanny vs. Trump quotes and reaction 00:40:25 – CA Prop 50 redistricting chat; broader election takeaways 00:44:45 – Utah Valley shooting claim: "12 Israeli phones" and what that could mean 00:49:46 – Enrollment stats follow-up; speculation; pivot to drone story 00:54:31 – Belgium nuclear base mystery drones; can jammers/anti-drone systems cope? 00:59:32 – DIY anti-drone startup video; cheap kinetic defenses vs. pricey jammers 01:04:20 – Russia→Venezuela hypersonic missiles headline; skepticism about capabilities 01:09:18 – Hypercolor tangent; then into "scientists disprove the simulation" debate 01:14:15 – Simulation paper segment wraps; move to Wacky News 01:19:04 – Dubai café's $980 coffee; tasting notes and sticker-shock 01:24:00 – Menu price spelunking; inflation/chat about "normal" dinner costs 01:28:46 – Germany: tourist mails back cathedral skull after ~60 years; absolution chat 01:32:57 – Catacomb details; packaging jokes; segue to next oddity 01:37:01 – Miami Publix "bathroom knife" incident; poop-knife memes and play-by-play 01:41:34 – Follow-ups, bond talk; tease of AI-Disney fake trailers segment 01:43:49 – Watching AI-generated Disney/Pixar trailers that don't exist; commentary 01:52:46 – Louvre jewel-heist/security tech tangent 01:57:43 – Sign-off & plugs; Saturday AI-consciousness teaser; "keep watching the skies" Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research ▀▄▀▄▀ CONTACT LINKS ▀▄▀▄▀ ► Website: http://obdmpod.com ► Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/obdmpod ► Full Videos at Odysee: https://odysee.com/@obdm:0 ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/obdmpod ► Instagram: obdmpod ► Email: ourbigdumbmouth at gmail ► RSS: http://ourbigdumbmouth.libsyn.com/rss ► iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/our-big-dumb-mouth/id261189509?mt=2
Election as expected. Dilbert 2026 Desk Calendar launches~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Politics, Voting Behavior Study, Nigeria Christian Massacring, President Trump, Nicki Minaj, Nord Stream Heating Cost, Anti-Cavity Gel, Election Results 2025, Young Female Voter Preferences, Bill Ackman, Mayor Mamdani, CA Prop 50, democrat Leadership Battle, Trump Ballroom Election Influence, Alex Karp, democrat Imaginary Problems, Filibuster Rule Debate, US Venezuela Tensions, Google Space-Based Data Centers, NASA Jared Isaacman, AI Washing, Judge Boasberg Impeachment, Fertilizer Shortage, Pluvicto Treatment Schedule, Scott Adams~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you would like to enjoy this same content plus bonus content from Scott Adams, including micro-lessons on lots of useful topics to build your talent stack, please see scottadams.locals.com for full access to that secret treasure.
(November 05, 2025) California Prop 50 passes. Old democrats won’t leave. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Trump wins Asia. More election fun. Lot of tech news today.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Politics, Self-Affirmations, Pluvicto, Grokipedia, Self-Driving Airport Teslas, Neuralink, Elon Musk, X For You Bug, AOC Offensive Salute, ChatGPT Suicidal Intent, Stephen King, Mamdani Eyes Smile Match, Taqiyya, ChatGPT Suicidal Intent, Stephen King, Lawrence O'Donnell, CA Prop 50, President Trump, Federal Workers Union, Speaker Johnson, GOP Healthcare Plan, Trump's Asian Trade Deals, Japanese Gift Giving, Scott Adams~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you would like to enjoy this same content plus bonus content from Scott Adams, including micro-lessons on lots of useful topics to build your talent stack, please see scottadams.locals.com for full access to that secret treasure.
(October 28,2025)Trump administration opposes early voting on Prop 50 in California. Los Angeles homeowners among the most ‘house poor' in the country. Who's first for democrats in 2028? States invited to apply. Vaccine skepticism comes to pet owners.
Today we've got a full show starting in hour one with Chris Story who's going to come on and discuss his idea of a CA Prop 13 Fair Tax for Alaska. We'll get the latest on the effort from him. Then in hour two we'll talk with David Ignell who writes for Must Read Alaska about the grand jury efforts in south east and questions that are being raised about it.
Fluent Fiction - Catalan: From Lost Hat to Laughter: Laia's Park Güell Adventure Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2025-02-01-23-34-01-ca Story Transcript:Ca: En un matí fred però assolellat d'hivern, Laia i Jordi passejaven pel Park Güell, a Barcelona.En: On a cold but sunny winter morning, Laia and Jordi were strolling through Park Güell in Barcelona.Ca: Les escales sinuoses i els colors vius de les rajoles de Gaudí brillaven sota el vent fresc.En: The winding stairs and the bright colors of Gaudí's tiles shone under the crisp wind.Ca: La Laia, amb el seu barret preferit, admirava els mosaics mentre el Jordi somiava despert, perdut en els seus pensaments alegres.En: Laia, with her favorite hat, admired the mosaics while Jordi daydreamed, lost in his joyful thoughts.Ca: Prop d'ells, Marta, la mima, entretinia una multitud amb els seus silencis màgics i gestos divertits.En: Nearby, Marta, the mime, entertained a crowd with her magical silences and amusing gestures.Ca: El vent juganer va fer volar el barret de la Laia, acabant als peus de la Marta.En: The playful wind made Laia's hat fly, landing at Marta's feet.Ca: Sense adonar-se'n, la mima va incorporar el barret a la seva actuació, imitant gala i elegància.En: Unaware, the mime incorporated the hat into her performance, imitating elegance and style.Ca: El públic aplaudia, i la Laia va entrar en pànic: el barret que tant li agradava estava en escena!En: The audience applauded, and Laia panicked: her beloved hat was on stage!Ca: Laia va contemplar les seves opcions, incòmoda amb la mirada de tanta gent.En: Laia contemplated her options, uneasy with the gaze of so many people.Ca: “Què faig?En: "What do I do?Ca: El recupero ara, o espero a que acabi la funció?En: Do I get it back now, or wait until the performance ends?"Ca: ”, va pensar.En: she thought.Ca: Jordi, sense perdre el somriure, li va fer un gest de suport: “Tranquil·la, Laia, ningú sap millor que Marta com fer riure!En: Jordi, still smiling, gave her a supportive gesture: "Don't worry, Laia, no one knows better than Marta how to make people laugh!"Ca: ”Amb els ànims del Jordi, la Laia va decidir actuar.En: With Jordi's encouragement, Laia decided to act.Ca: Es va apropar lentament, evitant la multitud, i va intentar agafar el barret discretament.En: She approached slowly, avoiding the crowd, and attempted to retrieve the hat discreetly.Ca: Però la Marta, astuta, va notar el moviment i va encaixar-lo en el seu joc.En: But Marta, astute, noticed the movement and included it in her act.Ca: Amb un somriure ampli, la mima va fer veure que entregava una rosa imaginària a la Laia, atraient encara més els curiosos.En: With a broad smile, the mime pretended to hand an imaginary rose to Laia, attracting more onlookers.Ca: Sense expectar-ho, la Laia va respondre amb els mateixos gestos teatrals.En: Unexpectedly, Laia responded with the same theatrical gestures.Ca: Va fer un “oh!En: She made a dramatic "oh!"Ca: ” dramàtic, com si acabés de rebre una sorpresa.En: as if she had just received a surprise.Ca: El públic esclatà a riure, aplaudint el diàleg mut entre les dues.En: The audience burst into laughter, applauding the silent dialogue between the two.Ca: Veient la diversió generada, la Marta va fer una reverència i, amb una flor invisible, va tornar el barret a la Laia amb gràcia.En: Seeing the fun generated, Marta took a bow and, with an invisible flower, gracefully returned the hat to Laia.Ca: La Laia, somrient i més segura de si mateixa que mai, es va posar el barret i va fer una salut repetint els gestos de la Marta.En: Laia, smiling and more confident than ever, put on her hat and made a bow repeating Marta's gestures.Ca: Jordi va esclatar de riure.En: Jordi burst into laughter.Ca: Aleshores, amb un gest agraït i un somriure càlid, la Marta va treure el seu propi barret, el va saludar i va continuar amb la funció.En: Then, with a grateful gesture and a warm smile, Marta took off her own hat, saluted, and continued with the show.Ca: La Laia, que havia guanyat confiança, es va adonar que la vida pot ser divertida i que, a vegades, cal deixar-se portar pel moment.En: Laia, having gained confidence, realized that life can be fun and that sometimes you have to go with the flow.Ca: Amb un cor lleuger i un amic fidel, va seguir descobrint els racons del parc.En: With a light heart and a faithful friend, she continued discovering the corners of the park.Ca: I així, aquell dia a Park Güell, entre rialles i abraçades, la Laia va aprendre a veure les situacions incòmodes com una oportunitat per riure i créixer.En: And so, that day at Park Güell, amid laughter and embraces, Laia learned to see awkward situations as opportunities to laugh and grow. Vocabulary Words:morning: el matíwinter: l'hiverntiles: les rajoleswind: el ventstairs: les escalesmosaics: els mosaicsstranger: l'estranycrowd: la multitudsilences: els silencisgesture: el gestwindy: ventósmime: la mimaperformance: la funcióthoughts: els pensamentshat: el barretaudience: el públicsupport: el suportoptions: les opcionsgaze: la miradasurprise: la sorpresadialogue: el diàlegflower: la florlaughter: les riallesconfidence: la confiançainvisible: invisibleelegance: l'elegànciaamusement: la diversiósupportive: de suportembarrassed: avergonyitembrace: l'abraçada
Alternate Current Radio presents: Boiler Room - Learn to protect yourself from predatory mass mediaOn this episode, Hesher is joined by Ruckus, Infidel Pharaoh, Mark Anderson and Santa Claus (aka Sumo of Mystical American Patriots Society.) Santa joins the Boiler Room to give some sage advice on finance, culture and the true nature of living at the north pole! The gang gathered to discuss the lingering question of the drone/UAP presence in the news cycle (talking to you New Jersey,) the intriguing case of OpenAI whistelblower, Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment Gavin Newsom declaring an 'emergency' in California over bird-flu, Australian biosecurity breach leading to deadly viruses going "missing," California also begins the roll out of prop 36 rolling back some of the "criminal reform which had become the norm under CA Prop 47, the connections of the Pelosi's to Luigi Mangione, the passing of the 2024 NDAA for a cool $895 tax payer dollars, the U.S. doubles troops in Syria as the Middle East Crisis continues, a possible end of Daylight Savings under the incoming Trump administration, the proposed 'digital bill of rights.' All this and... designer nipples!Reference Links:Ice Breaker: Women are getting ‘designer nipple' filler for perkier bosoms: ‘Not something to hide anymore'California declared an emergency. How serious is bird flu?More raw milk recalled in California after discovery of bird flu virus in farm tankOpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartmentProp 36 begins in California. Here's what to know – NBC Los AngelesArnold Schwarzenegger is shooting a movie as Santa, and it will put you in the jolliest holiday moodFilm: Subservience (2024)The Daily Ruckus: A Bunch of Drones in New JerseyVideo Game: Brütal LegendSupport:Alternate Current Radio WebpageSupport BOILER ROOM & ACRPatreon (Join and become a member)Shop BOILER ROOM Merch StoreMystical American Patriots Society – Support
Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Love in the Lights: A Catalan Christmas Proposal Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2024-12-05-08-38-19-ca Story Transcript:Ca: Barcelona brillava amb llums de Nadal aquella nit d'hivern.En: Barcelona shone with Christmas lights that winter night.Ca: Al Barri Gòtic, les llambordes reflectien petits punts lluminosos que ballaven al ritme de la música dels carrers.En: In the Barri Gòtic, the cobblestones reflected small luminous dots that danced to the rhythm of the street music.Ca: Oriol va inspirar profundament mentre caminava al costat de Mireia.En: Oriol took a deep breath as he walked alongside Mireia.Ca: El seu cor bategava fort.En: His heart was pounding.Ca: Avui era el dia.En: Today was the day.Ca: Volia demanar la seva mà.En: He wanted to ask for her hand.Ca: Oriol tenia un pla perfecte.En: Oriol had a perfect plan.Ca: Prop de la font del carrer Bisbe, coberta de llums i decoracions, hi havia el lloc ideal.En: Near the fountain on carrer Bisbe, covered in lights and decorations, was the ideal spot.Ca: Però, de sobte, un fred calfred va recórrer l'esquena d'Oriol.En: But suddenly, a cold shiver ran down Oriol's spine.Ca: Va tastar les butxaques del seu abric.En: He felt his coat pockets.Ca: L'anell.En: The ring... it wasn't there!Ca: no hi era!En: "Mireia, I think I've lost something," Oriol said, trying not to show his panic.Ca: —Mireia, crec que he perdut una cosa —va dir Oriol, intentant no demostrar el seu pànic.En: Mireia looked at him with curiosity, noticing his anxiety.Ca: Mireia el va mirar amb curiositat, notant la seva inquietud.En: "We're sure to find it," she responded, smiling, trying to encourage him.Ca: —Segur que el trobarem —va respondre ella, somrient, intentant animar-lo.En: Oriol decided to go back, retracing every step they had taken.Ca: Oriol va decidir tornar enrere, revisant cada pas que havien fet.En: The two walked quickly through the crowded streets.Ca: Els dos caminaven ràpidament pels carrers plens de gent.En: The aroma of roasted chestnuts filled the air, but Oriol could only think about the ring.Ca: L'aroma de castanyes rostides omplia l'aire, però Oriol només podia pensar en l'anell.En: Meanwhile, Mireia carried her own secret.Ca: Mentre ho feien, Mireia portava el seu propi secret.En: She had news she also wanted to share but felt that now wasn't the right time.Ca: Tenia una notícia que també volia compartir, però sentia que ara no era el moment.En: Finally, after a frantic search, Oriol stopped.Ca: Finalment, després d'una recerca frenètica, Oriol es va aturar.En: His eyes lit up when he saw a small box on the stone ledge, half-hidden near a Christmas stall.Ca: Els seus ulls van brillar al veure una petita caixeta al das de pedra, mig amagada prop d'una parada nadalenca.En: At that same moment, the bell tower began its melody, and the neighborhood filled with music and lights.Ca: Al mateix moment, el campanar va iniciar la seva melodia, i el barri es va omplir de música i llums.En: With the ring in hand, Oriol turned to Mireia, his heart full of joy and relief, and knelt down.Ca: Amb l'anell a la mà, Oriol es va girar cap a Mireia, el cor ple d'alegria i alleu, i es va agenollar.En: "Mireia, would you marry me?"Ca: —Mireia, em casaries amb mi?En: She laughed, her eyes shining with happiness.Ca: Ella va riure, els ulls brillants de felicitat.En: "Yes, Oriol!"Ca: —Sí, Oriol!En: she exclaimed, excited.Ca: —va exclamar, emocionada.En: After embracing, Mireia looked at Oriol with a playful gaze.Ca: Després d'abraçar-se, Mireia va mirar Oriol amb una mirada divertida.En: "I have some news for you too," she said.Ca: —Tinc una novetat per a tu també —va dir— Vaig rebre una oferta de feina.En: "I received a job offer.Ca: I és a prop de la teva família!En: And it's near your family!"Ca: Els dos es van riure, deixant anar les tensions del dia i compartint els seus somnis.En: The two laughed, releasing the day's tensions and sharing their dreams.Ca: Aquella nit, sota les llums del Barri Gòtic, Oriol va aprendre a acceptar les sorpreses que la vida li portava, mentre Mireia es va adonar de la importància de compartir els seus anhels.En: That night, under the lights of the Barri Gòtic, Oriol learned to embrace the surprises that life brought, while Mireia realized the importance of sharing her aspirations.Ca: Allà mateix, envoltats de l'esperit nadalenc de Barcelona, es van prometre una vida junts, plena d'aventures i amor.En: Right there, surrounded by the Christmas spirit of Barcelona, they promised each other a life together, full of adventures and love. Vocabulary Words:the cobblestones: les llambordesluminous: lluminososthe fountain: la fontthe decorations: les decoracionsthe shiver: el calfredthe spine: l'esquenathe pocket: la butxacathe anxiety: la inquietudthe aroma: l'aromathe roasted chestnuts: les castanyes rostidesthe relief: l'alleuthe stone ledge: el das de pedrathe bell tower: el campanarthe melody: la melodiathe gaze: la miradathe news: la notíciato encourage: animarto retrace: revisarto embrace: acceptarthe surprise: la sorpresathe aspirations: els anhelsthe adventure: l'aventurathe heart: el corthe secret: el secretfrantic: frenèticato share: compartirto kneel: agenollar-sethe Christmas stall: la parada nadalencathe job offer: l'oferta de feinato shine: brillar
Today on AirTalk, we're taking a look at why the liberal CA Prop 6, which would have banned mandatory work for prisoners, did not pass. The South Korean 4B movement, a feminist movement from the 2010s in which women collectively swore off men, has gained a small amount of traction in the U.S. since Trump's election. A new book titled Cowpuppy reveals the interior lives of cows. For the penultimate day of our series on how another Trump administration may impact climate change policy in California. A Georgia woman was arrested this week because her son was reported walking to the store alone. We want to hear from listeners on how they feel about this arrest and how parenting has changed since they were kids. For TV Talk we're discussing A Man on the Inside, Landman, Yellowstone and more. Today on AirTalk: Why didn't CA Prop 6 pass? (0:15) 4B Movement explained (20:13) Cowpuppy: a look inside the mind of a cow (33:59) How another Trump administration may impact California: climate change (51:14) Would you let your kid walk alone in public? (1:10:17) TV Talk: Yellowstone and more (1:26:16)
Today's show sponsored by: Goldco — 10% Instant Match in BONUS SILVER, for qualified JLP Show listeners Learn more at https://JesseLovesGold.com or 855-644-GOLD JLP Wed 11-13-24 Loving misery! Hr 1 Long Beach crime. Calls: Blame yourself! South Africa. Mama! // Hr 2 Grandparents disobey! Guilty mother. Supers // Hr 3 Manhood Hour: CA Prop 36! Speaking down on blacks? Calls, Supers // Biblical Question: Why do you pay attention to yourself? TIMESTAMPS (0:00:00) HOUR 1 (0:05:53) Gov't against us, wants to control us. (0:13:28) Long Beach crime: Loving misery (0:30:18) GoldCo … Choose life (0:33:30) SERG, TX: Men affecting women? Representing blacks? (0:38:23) LUKE, South Africa, 1st: whites, blame, govt, "BEE" (0:48:31) STEPHANIE, Canada, 1st, needs to pray! HOLD (0:55:00) NEWS Hr 1 (1:01:00) HOUR 2 (1:02:58) STEPHANIE: Evil parents defy "no TV" rules for my kids! Prayer (1:25:39) TASHEENA, NY: breaks down: guilt. BREAK (1:33:13) TASHEENA: Who are you? Son making me guilty! Feel the pain. (1:46:25) Supers: Punchie TV, job (1:53:06) HOLD ON JEREMIAH (1:55:00) NEWS Hr 2 … (2:02:18) HOUR 3… Manhood Hour (2:05:13) CA Prop 36; Newsom thinks (2:13:33) JEREMIAH, MO, 1st: Speaking down to blacks? Late, mess, history (2:31:18) JLP Network (2:33:33) Shooting gummy bears in a water bottle: Lethal Shooter (2:35:45) JOHNNY, CA, 1st: Quick question (2:36:24) CURT, TX: Bible thumpers, the Word of God, women, Jesus. He's white! (2:46:48) Supers: Better wife, Sister wedding, Sion, Trail of Tears (2:50:53) RICHARD, TX, 1st: How to get rid of anger? Marry girlfriend? (2:56:18) Closing
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Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Magic & Science: A Night of Discovery in El Montseny Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ca/episode/2024-10-31-22-34-02-ca Story Transcript:Ca: El Montseny era ple de colors de tardor.En: El Montseny was full of autumn colors.Ca: Els arbres tenien fulles de tons grocs i vermells.En: The trees had leaves in shades of yellow and red.Ca: El vent fred xiuxiuejava entre les branques, anunciant l'arribada d'un hivern proper.En: The cold wind whispered among the branches, announcing the arrival of a nearby winter.Ca: El bosc era místic, com sempre en All Hallows' Eve.En: The forest was mystical, as always on All Hallows' Eve.Ca: Eudald passejava pel camí ple de fulles seques.En: Eudald walked along the path filled with dry leaves.Ca: Els seus passos feien un soroll suau sota els seus peus.En: His steps made a soft noise beneath his feet.Ca: Era un entusiasta del folklore, sempre a la recerca de relats antics.En: He was an enthusiast of folklore, always searching for ancient tales.Ca: En aquesta època de l'any, el bosc semblava ple de secrets.En: At this time of year, the forest seemed full of secrets.Ca: Havia sentit rumors d'una llum misteriosa que apareixia només de nit.En: He had heard rumors of a mysterious light that appeared only at night.Ca: Prop del bosc, Elisenda estava plantant un petit banc d'estudi sota un roure gran.En: Near the forest, Elisenda was setting up a small study bench under a large oak tree.Ca: Com a botànica, estava interessada en la diversitat de la flora del Montseny.En: As a botanist, she was interested in the diversity of El Montseny's flora.Ca: Creia que el món natural podia explicar tots els fenòmens estranys que esmentaven les llegendes.En: She believed that the natural world could explain all the strange phenomena mentioned in legends.Ca: Paraules de fantasmes i esperits no l'interessaven en absolut.En: Words of ghosts and spirits did not interest her at all.Ca: —T'he vist entrar al bosc —va dir ella quan Eudald s'acostava—.En: "I saw you entering the forest," she said when Eudald approached.Ca: També busques la llum?En: "Are you looking for the light as well?"Ca: Eudald va assentir amb el cap.En: Eudald nodded.Ca: —Sí. Avui penso passar-hi tota la nit.En: "Yes. Tonight, I plan to stay here all night.Ca: Busco proves que hi ha quelcom més enllà d'aquest món.En: I'm looking for evidence that there is something beyond this world."Ca: Elisenda va sospirar.En: Elisenda sighed.Ca: —No et sembla una pèrdua de temps?En: "Don't you think it's a waste of time?Ca: Les coses sobrenaturals són només mites.En: Supernatural things are only myths."Ca: —Aleshores vine amb mi —va dir Eudald.En: "Then come with me," Eudald said.Ca: La curiositat la va guanyar, encara que ho feia amb recança.En: Curiosity got the better of her, even though she was reluctant.Ca: Quan la nit va caure, el bosc es va tornar més fosc.En: When night fell, the forest became darker.Ca: El cel cobert de fulles permetia poc més que una llum feble de les estrelles.En: The sky covered with leaves allowed little more than a faint glow from the stars.Ca: La llum misteriosa va aparèixer com estava previst.En: The mysterious light appeared as expected.Ca: Va ser un resplendor suau, movent-se entre els arbres.En: It was a soft glow, moving among the trees.Ca: —Allà! —va xiuxiuejar Eudald emocionat.En: "There!" Eudald whispered excitedly.Ca: Ellisme va avançar amb determinació.En: They advanced with determination.Ca: Mentre s'apropaven, van començar a veure el que semblava una dansa de llums.En: As they approached, they began to see what seemed to be a dance of lights.Ca: Eudald es va aturar, meravellat.En: Eudald stopped, amazed.Ca: —No ho veus? Això no és natural!En: "Don't you see? This isn't natural!"Ca: Elisenda va observar les llums atentament.En: Elisenda observed the lights attentively.Ca: Finalment, va veure el que les provocava.En: Finally, she saw what was causing them.Ca: Era una combinació de boira i la reflexió de la llum de la lluna en petits cristalls de gebre a les fulles.En: It was a combination of mist and the reflection of the moonlight on tiny frost crystals on the leaves.Ca: Un fenomen espectacular i poc habitual.En: A spectacular and rare phenomenon.Ca: —És la naturalesa, Eudald. Com em pensava.En: "It's nature, Eudald. Just as I thought."Ca: Eudald va sentir una barreja d'admiració i resignació.En: Eudald felt a mix of admiration and resignation.Ca: —He d'admetre, Elisenda, que és meravellós. Gràcies per ajudar-me a veure-ho.En: "I must admit, Elisenda, it is wonderful. Thank you for helping me see it."Ca: Elisenda somriure, assaborint el moment.En: Elisenda smiled, savoring the moment.Ca: —Potser les llegendes no tenen tant de veritat,En: "Maybe the legends don't have much truth,Ca: però és important estar obert a les meravelles i els misteris.En: but it's important to remain open to wonders and mysteries."Ca: Amb un nou respecte mutu, van tornar pel camí del bosc.En: With a new mutual respect, they returned along the path through the forest.Ca: Eudald ja no buscava la màgia només en el sobrenatural; ara la veia en la vida i les ciències.En: Eudald no longer sought magic only in the supernatural; now he saw it in life and the sciences.Ca: Elisenda va començar a veure que l'encant i la curiositat podien enriquir les seves investigacions.En: Elisenda began to see that enchantment and curiosity could enrich her research.Ca: Aquella nit, el bosc del Montseny havia unit dos punts de vista diferents, mostrant que hi ha espai per a la màgia i la ciència en el món.En: That night, the forest of El Montseny had united two different points of view, showing that there is room for both magic and science in the world.Ca: I mentre caminaven cap a casa, el bosc els va semblar menys misteriós, però no menys màgic.En: And as they walked home, the forest seemed less mysterious but no less magical. Vocabulary Words:autumn: tardorleaves: fulleswhispered: xiuxiuejavaarrival: arribadanearby: properpath: camírumors: rumorsmysterious: misteriosabench: bancbotanist: botànicaflora: floraphenomena: fenòmensghosts: fantasmesspirits: esperitsnodded: va assentirwaste: pèrduareluctant: recançadark: foscglow: resplendordance: dansaamazed: meravellatreflection: reflexiófrost: gebrespectacular: espectacularnatural: naturalesaresignation: resignaciówonders: meravellescuriosity: curiositatenchanted: encantscience: ciència
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Fluent Fiction - Catalan: Finding Serenity and Connection on Montserrat's Trails Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/finding-serenity-and-connection-on-montserrats-trails Story Transcript:Ca: L'estiu a Montserrat porta una llum especial.En: Summer at Montserrat brings a special light.Ca: La muntanya cau en silenci mentre el sol del matí travessa els arbres.En: The mountain falls silent as the morning sun pierces through the trees.Ca: ÉS perfecte per a una excursió.En: It's perfect for a hike.Ca: Jordi, un enginyer assetjat per la vida agitada de la ciutat, camina sol a la recerca de pau.En: Jordi, an engineer beleaguered by the hustle and bustle of city life, walks alone in search of peace.Ca: Ell sempre estima la muntanya i avui, especialment, vol trobar tranquil·litat.En: He always loves the mountain and today, especially, he wants to find tranquility.Ca: Prop del camí, una dona pinta un paisatge en el seu quadern.En: Near the path, a woman is painting a landscape in her notebook.Ca: Marta, una artista carregada de dolor recent, busca inspiració.En: Marta, an artist burdened with recent pain, is looking for inspiration.Ca: Necessita un nou començament.En: She needs a fresh start.Ca: Ells es troben en una cruïlla del sender.En: They meet at a crossroads on the trail.Ca: Jordi, acostumat a avançar ràpid, nota la Marta i la seva lentitud.En: Jordi, used to moving quickly, notices Marta and her slow pace.Ca: "Hola," diu Jordi.En: "Hello," says Jordi.Ca: "Què estàs pintant?En: "What are you painting?"Ca: ""El paisatge," respon Marta, sense aixecar-se els ulls del quadern.En: "The landscape," replies Marta, without lifting her eyes from the notebook.Ca: Jordi observa el seu art, ple de colors però també trist.En: Jordi observes her art, full of colors but also sadness.Ca: "Jo sóc Jordi," diu ell, intentant establir conversa.En: "I am Jordi," he says, trying to strike up a conversation.Ca: "Marta," respon ella breument i torna a la seva feina.En: "Marta," she responds briefly and returns to her work.Ca: "Llovors," diu Jordi.En: "Then," says Jordi.Ca: "T'agrada caminar?En: "Do you like hiking?"Ca: ""A vegades," diu Marta.En: "Sometimes," says Marta.Ca: "M'agrada pintar més.En: "I like painting more.Ca: Estic buscant inspiració.En: I'm looking for inspiration."Ca: "Comencen a caminar junts, però Marta és lenta.En: They start walking together, but Marta is slow.Ca: Jordi, impacient al principi, fa un esforç conscient per adaptar-se al seu ritme.En: Jordi, impatient at first, makes a conscious effort to match her pace.Ca: "Vols parlar mentre caminem?En: "Do you want to talk while we walk?"Ca: " pregunta ell.En: he asks.Ca: Marta, una mica sorpresa per la seva paciència, assent.En: Marta, a bit surprised by his patience, nods.Ca: "Vaig tenir un any molt dur," diu Marta, i comença a obrir-se.En: "I've had a very tough year," says Marta, beginning to open up.Ca: Jordi escolta atentament, descobrint la profunditat del seu dolor i també la seva fortalesa.En: Jordi listens attentively, discovering the depth of her pain and also her strength.Ca: A mesura que s'acosta el cim de Montserrat, es fa fosc.En: As they near the summit of Montserrat, it gets dark.Ca: Se senten bé junts, compartint històries i somriures tímids.En: They feel good together, sharing stories and shy smiles.Ca: Arriben al cim just a temps per veure els focs artificials de la Nit de Sant Joan.En: They reach the summit just in time to see the fireworks of Saint John's Eve.Ca: Els colors esclaten al cel, i Jordi i Marta se senten petits, però connectats en l'immensitat de la natura.En: Colors burst in the sky, and Jordi and Marta feel small but connected in the vastness of nature.Ca: Jordi, per primera vegada en molt de temps, no se sent sol.En: Jordi, for the first time in a long while, doesn't feel alone.Ca: Marta, envoltada per la màgia dels focs artificials, nota una espurna d'inspiració.En: Marta, surrounded by the magic of the fireworks, feels a spark of inspiration.Ca: "Gràcies per caminar a poc a poc amb mi," diu Marta.En: "Thank you for walking slowly with me," says Marta.Ca: "Va valdre la pena," respon Jordi amb un somriure sincer.En: "It was worth it," responds Jordi with a sincere smile.Ca: "Vols seure i gaudir del panorama?En: "Do you want to sit and enjoy the view?"Ca: ""Sí," diu Marta, i s'asseuen junts, mirant com els focs artificials il·luminen el cel.En: "Yes," says Marta, and they sit together, watching as the fireworks light up the sky.Ca: S'entrellacen les seves mans, una petita promesa de noves oportunitats.En: Their hands intertwine, a small promise of new opportunities.Ca: Aquella nit, Jordi deixa de pensar que només pot trobar pau en la solitud.En: That night, Jordi stops believing he can only find peace in solitude.Ca: Marta, amb el cor lleuger, comença a creure en el poder curatiu de la natura i les noves amistats.En: Marta, with a lighter heart, begins to believe in the healing power of nature and new friendships.Ca: Els focs artificials continuen brillant, i ells, plens d'esperança, decideixen donar-se una oportunitat mútuament.En: The fireworks keep shining, and they, full of hope, decide to give each other a chance.Ca: Sens dubte, el cel de Montserrat, aquella Nit de Sant Joan, va presenciar el començament d'una nova història entre Jordi i Marta.En: Without a doubt, the sky of Montserrat, on that Saint John's Eve, witnessed the beginning of a new story between Jordi and Marta. Vocabulary Words:the mountain: la muntanyathe light: la llumthe hike: l'excursióthe engineer: l'enginyerthe hustle: l'agitacióthe city: la ciutatthe peace: la pauthe path: el camíthe woman: la donathe landscape: el paisatgethe notebook: el quadernthe artist: l'artistathe crossroads: la cruïllathe trail: el senderthe pace: el ritmethe inspiration: la inspiracióslow: lentquickly: ràpidtough: durattentively: atentamentthe summit: el cimdark: foscthe fireworks: els focs artificialsthe sky: el celtogether: juntsthe view: el panoramathe solitude: la solitudto intertwine: entrellaçarthe opportunity: la oportunitatthe story: la història
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Fluent Fiction - Catalan: A Picnic Mix-Up in Ciutadella Park: Cultural Tastes Uncovered Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.org/a-picnic-mix-up-in-ciutadella-park-cultural-tastes-uncovered Story Transcript:Ca: Els rajos del sol passaven entre les fulles dels arbres del Parc de la Ciutadella, creant patrons de llum i ombra al terra.En: The rays of the sun filtered through the leaves of the trees in Ciutadella Park, creating patterns of light and shadow on the ground.Ca: Arnau i Montse estaven a punt de gaudir d'una tarda tranquil·la, plena de bon menjar i bona companyia.En: Arnau and Montse were about to enjoy a peaceful afternoon, filled with good food and good company.Ca: Havien portat una gran cistella de pícnic amb tot tipus de delícies típiques de la regió: pa amb tomàquet, formatge, fuet i vi.En: They had brought a large picnic basket with all kinds of typical regional delights: bread with tomato, cheese, sausage, and wine.Ca: Prop d'ells, hi havia un grup de turistes.En: Near them, there was a group of tourists.Ca: Eren alegres i sorollosos, amb curses per aconseguir la millor fotografia de l'estàtua del mamut.En: They were cheerful and noisy, racing to get the best photo of the mammoth statue.Ca: Tenien la seva pròpia cistella de pícnic, plena de plats exòtics segons els gustos dels seus països d'origen.En: They had their own picnic basket, filled with exotic dishes according to the tastes of their home countries.Ca: Arnau i Montse es van relaxar a la gespa, gaudint de la vista i somrient als turistes.En: Arnau and Montse relaxed on the grass, enjoying the view and smiling at the tourists.Ca: Sense adonar-se'n, van anar a buscar aigua a la font més propera i en tornar, van agafar la cistella de pícnic equivocada.En: Without realizing it, they went to fetch water from the nearest fountain and, upon returning, grabbed the wrong picnic basket.Ca: Només quan van obrir-la, es van adonar que els aliments eren completament diferents dels seus.En: Only when they opened it did they realize the food was completely different from theirs.Ca: A dins, hi havia coses estranyes com algues seques, patates fregides amb wasabi, peix deshidratat i sucs de fruites tropicals.En: Inside, there were strange items like dried seaweed, wasabi-flavored chips, dehydrated fish, and tropical fruit juices.Ca: Els nostres protagonistes van quedar perplexos.En: Our protagonists were perplexed.Ca: Es van mirar i van riure, però aviat la situació es va tornar frustrant.En: They looked at each other and laughed, but soon the situation became frustrating.Ca: Volien recuperar el seu menjar!En: They wanted their food back!Ca: Montse es va apropar als turistes, intentant comunicar-se amb gestos.En: Montse approached the tourists, trying to communicate with gestures.Ca: Els turistes semblaven intrigats i riallers, però cap d'ells parlava català o castellà.En: The tourists seemed intrigued and amused, but none of them spoke Catalan or Spanish.Ca: Arnau va tenir una idea.En: Arnau had an idea.Ca: Va començar a tastar les seves "noves" provisions amb expressió exageradament plaent, assenyalant la cistella, intentant que els turistes fessin el mateix.En: He started sampling the "new" provisions with an exaggeratedly pleased expression, pointing to the basket, trying to get the tourists to do the same.Ca: Després d'alguns intents maldestres i molta diversió, els turistes finalment van comprendre l'equívoc.En: After a few clumsy attempts and much laughter, the tourists finally understood the mix-up.Ca: Es van escurçar les mirades de comprensió.En: Understanding looks were exchanged.Ca: Un dels turistes va aixecar la seva cistella de pícnic i va senyalar la cistella d'Arnau.En: One of the tourists lifted their picnic basket and pointed to Arnau's basket.Ca: Aplaudiments i riures van seguir quan els dos grups van intercanviar les cistelles.En: Applause and laughs followed as the two groups swapped the baskets.Ca: Finalment, Arnau i Montse van poder gaudir del seu pícnic com estava previst.En: Finally, Arnau and Montse could enjoy their picnic as planned.Ca: Mentrestant, els turistes van decidir donar una oportunitat als aliments locals que havien permutat accidentalment.En: Meanwhile, the tourists decided to give a chance to the local foods they had accidentally received.Ca: Rialles, expressions de sorpresa i alguns gemecs de plaer es van escoltar mentre tastaven el fuet i el formatge.En: Laughter, surprised expressions, and some sounds of pleasure were heard as they tasted the sausage and cheese.Ca: Després de tot, l'error va portar una experiència nova i memorable per a tots.En: In the end, the mistake led to a new and memorable experience for everyone.Ca: Quan el sol es va començar a pondre, Arnau i Montse van agrair el dia i l'inesperat intercanvi cultural.En: As the sun began to set, Arnau and Montse felt grateful for the day and the unexpected cultural exchange.Ca: Amb la panxa plena i el cor content, van entendre que, de vegades, els malentesos poden portar a moments únics i inoblidables.En: With full bellies and happy hearts, they realized that sometimes misunderstandings can lead to unique and unforgettable moments.Ca: I amb això, es van acomiadar del Parc de la Ciutadella, sabent que aquesta era una història que explicarien una vegada i una altra, amb un somriure als llavis.En: And with that, they bid farewell to Ciutadella Park, knowing this was a story they would tell over and over again, with a smile on their faces. Vocabulary Words:rays: rajosfiltered: passavenleaves: fullespatterns: patronsshadow: ombrapeaceful: tranquil·lacheese: formatgesausage: fuetpicnic basket: cistella de pícniccheerful: alegresnoisy: sorollososgrass: gespafetch: buscarnearest: més properadried seaweed: algues sequesperplexed: perplexosfrustrating: frustrantgestures: gestosintrigued: intrigatssampling: tastarprovisions: provisionsmix-up: equívocunderstanding looks: mirades de comprensióexchanged: intercanviarunique: únicsmisunderstandings: malentesosunforgettable: inoblidablesstory: històriasurprised expressions: expressions de sorpresapleasure: plaer
Hour 4 of A&G features... Sheriff John McGinness joins the show to talk about the effort to reform CA Prop 47... Ukraine is running out of bullets Sharon Stone spills the tea, and Billy Baldwin responds... Final Thoughts. Stupid Should Hurt: https://www.armstrongandgetty.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Lead in Chocolate?, published by jefftk on December 22, 2022 on LessWrong. Consumer Reports recently tested a bunch of dark chocolate for lead and cadmium, and found that: For 23 of the bars, eating just an ounce a day would put an adult over a level that public health authorities and CR's experts say may be harmful for at least one of those heavy metals. Five of the bars were above those levels for both cadmium and lead. If you regularly eat chocolate, how worried about this should you be? Consumer Reports used the limits from California's Prop 65, which you may recall from the "this thing contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm" warnings that are all over everything in CA. For both lead and cadmium Consumer Reports used the reproductive harm "maximum allowable daily level" (MADL), which are 0.5 µg/d and 4.1µg/d respectively. CA calculates these limits by looking at studies that try to find the highest dose that has no observable effect (NOEL, "No Observable Effect Level") or the lowest dose that does have one (LOEL, "Lowest Observable Effect Level"), and estimating an effect threshold. Then they divide by 1,000 (as required by the original proposition text) to get the MADL limit. For example, here's the process they used for cadmium (pdf). A safety factor of 1,000 is huge, so it's not surprising that CA's limits are tighter than you see elsewhere. For example, the FDA's limits for lead are 3µg/d for kids and 12.5µg/d for women who might become pregnant (pdf), 6x and 25x the Prop 65 lead MADL. The FDA translates this into a limit of 0.1 ppm for candy likely to be consumed by small children, 5.7x the level Consumer Reports used. [1] Similarly, for cadmium the CDC reports that the EPA limit (which I can't find on epa.gov) is for food is 1µg/kg/d. CA used a pregnant adult weight of 58 kg in their cadmium calculation, so the equivalent from the EPA limit would be 58µg/d, 14x the CA Prop 65 level. Using 25kg for a child weight would give 25µg/d, 6.1x the Prop 65 cadmium MADL. Putting these all on the same footing, assuming you're eating 1oz of chocolate daily: µg/d ppm (µg/g) CA Prop 65 lead MADL 0.5 0.018 FDA kid lead limit 3 0.1 FDA pregnant adult lead limit 12.5 0.44 and: µg/d ppm (µg/g) CA Prop 65 cadmium MADL 4.1 0.15 EPA child cadmium limit 25 0.88 EPA adult cadmium limit 58 2.0 (sheet) My overall interpretation is that while it's better to eat chocolate with lower heavy metal content, all things being equal, these levels are basically fine and it's not worth avoiding chocolate over. The Consumer Reports findings seem alarming only because dividing by 1,000 in determining CA Prop 65 levels gives a super conservative safety factor. [1] Consumer Reports used a limit of 0.5µg/oz, which is 0.018µg/g (the same as ppm). Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.
Welcome to Barn Talk, Q&A edition. In today's episode we're answering your questions. We cover our thoughts on 9-11, hog barn cash flow, update on Prop 12 law, billionaire land investors & much, much more. Pay the fee! Barn Talk Merch!
It's Furry, Furbulous Friday. This is a difficult show, but we have to spread the word about animal abuse in factory farms. Today we are joined by AJ Albrecht, the managing director in US and Canada for Mercy for Animals, a leading international nonprofit working to end industrial animal agriculture by constructing a just and sustainable food system. Mercy for Animals conducted a secret investigation inside a factory pig farm showing pigs inside inhumane gestation crates used for breeding, among other atrocities. The cruelty in the video is shocking beyond belief. It will make any pork lover question their choice to eat meat. Visit animalsunderattack.com to see the video and find out how you can act to save these smart, beautiful animals from a life of despair.Thank you to our sponsors:enviromedica – The BEST probiotics on the planetAttend the Crazy Wellness Weekend, Nov. 4th-6th in Mineral Wells, TX!Wise Traditions Conference - October 21st - 23rd in Knoxville, TNIs your drinking water safe? Check by zip code at berkeyfilters.com Children's Health Defense - Listen every Monday for the Most Read News of the Week!sunwarrior - Use the code OLR for 20% off your purchase!Vegworld MagazineWell Being JournalThorne - Get 20% off your order and free shipping!
The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation presented oral arguments against California's Proposition 12 before the Supreme Court. The groups challenged the constitutionality of the proposition because it attempts to regulate commerce outside of California's borders.
The battle is joined over California's Proposition 30, which had itsformal campaign kickoff today in Oakland. This comes two days after Governor Newsom launched a TV adcampaign against the ballot measure, as first reported right here on KCBS Radio. That commercial made its debut on this program on Monday, when wespoke with one of the people leading the campaign to defeat Prop 30. Today, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising, Bret Burkhart, and Doug Sovern are joined by one of the people who helped write this initiative, which would raise income taxes on people making over two million dollars a year, to help California expand its fleet of electric vehicles, build more charging stations and other infrastructure, and supportwildfire prevention and suppression. Our guest is Bill Magavern, PolicyDirector at the Coalition for Clean Air.
California's Proposition 12 is going to the Supreme Court this fall to hear arguments on the new rules for different products such as swine, veal calves and eggs in California.
California's Proposition 12 is going to the Supreme Court this fall to hear arguments on the new rules for different products such as swine, veal calves and eggs in California.
Richard Sander is Jesse Dukeminier Professor at UCLA Law School. AB Harvard, JD, PhD (Economics) Northwestern.Sander has studied the structure and effects of law school admissions policies. He coined the term "Mismatch" to describe negative consequences resulting from large admissions preferences.Topics discussed: 1. Early life: educational background and experience with race andpolitics in America. 2. Mismatch Theory: basic observation and empirical evidence; Lawschools and Colleges; Duke and UC data; data access issues. 3. CA Prop 209 and Prop 16. 4. SCOTUS and Harvard / UNC admissions case 5. Intellectual climate on campus, freedom of speech Resources: Faculty web page, includes links to publications:https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/richard-h-sander A Conversation on the Nature, Effects, and Future of Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admissions (with Peter Arcidiacono, Thomas Espenshade, and Stacy Hawkins), University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 683 (2015) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625668 Fifteen Questions About Prop. 16 and Prop. 209, University of Chicago Law Review Online (2020)https://lawreviewblog.uchicago.edu/2020/10/30/aa-sander/ Panel at Stanford Intellectual Diversity Conference, April 8, 2016, Stanford Law Schoolhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RZbz-lHwVM--Music used with permission from Blade Runner Blues Livestream improvisation by State Azure.--Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation at MSU and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Science at the University of Oregon. Hsu is a startup founder (SafeWeb, Genomic Prediction, Othram) and advisor to venture capital and other investment firms. He was educated at Caltech and Berkeley, was a Harvard Junior Fellow, and has held faculty positions at Yale, the University of Oregon, and MSU.Please send any questions or suggestions to manifold1podcast@gmail.com or Steve on Twitter @hsu_steve.
The Hake Report, Tuesday, March 9, 2021: (Sorry, we dropped a couple of times! We lost about 10 minutes! ) "EX S" by Carter Ferris - from Lujo Records, early/mid 2000s unreleased. Obama-Biden dishonesty against Trump-America (Hake News, Hour 2). Wash. Post: Biden stimulus showers Sharply cutting poverty. Throwback story: Brendan Eich, 2014 Mozilla Firefox, 2008 CA Prop 8. Biden for women, forgets the blck guy's name, Lloyd Austin. Also check out Hake News from today. CALLERS Samuel from Sweden is a painter! Saturday 9 AM PT. Robert from Kansas is excited about based Biden bucks and socialism. Keith from Illinois says the movie “Coming 2 America” (2021 sequel) portrays a woman beating everyone! Cam from Georgia asks about James's T-shirt “Knowledge is poison.” Ian from California has a great call, thank you! Eli from Northern California cites Genesis 2: 29, but it's 1: 29, defending pot, and telling personal history. Jesse from California says he used to grow pot, and it's a bad world. Ian from Martinez, CA points out “Vikings” ends with women “witches” ruling Norway! TIME STAMPS (Audio Podcast) 0:00 Tue, Mar 9, 2021 0:16 EX S, Carter Ferris 5:48 Hey guys! 7:16 Joe Biden admin 18:10 Why I love Trump 22:09 Samuel in Sweden 29:57 Robert in KS 42:16 Super Chats 43:45 Keith in IL 48:36 Cam in GA 57:58 Save My World, Bright Lights 1:01:58 Ian in CA 1:05:54 Eli in Nor Cal 1:20:24 Jesse in CA (DROP!) 1:26:15 After Drop (Jesse in CA) 1:27:50 Brendan Eich, CA Prop 8 1:41:57 Ian, Martinez, CA 1:47:20 Biden so charming 1:48:33 Thanks, all! HAKE LINKS VIDEO ARCHIVE: Facebook Part 1 / Part 2 | Periscope Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 | Twitter Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 | YouTube Part 1 / Part 2 | Audio podcast links below LIVE VIDEO: Trovo | DLive | Periscope | Facebook | YouTube* | Twitch* PODCAST: Apple | Podcast Addict | Castbox | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon | PodBean | Google SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring | SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | Trovo Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show Also see Hake News from JLP's show today. *NOTE: YouTube and Twitch have both censored James's content on their platforms lately, over fake "Community Guidelines" violations. BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2021/3/9/030921-tue-biden-bucks-pro-woman-mess-ca-prop-8-throwback
The Hake Report, Tuesday, October 6, 2020 False cases of police brutality: Oscar Grant, Breonna Taylor, Jonathan Price (Hake News) Republicans are weak! Ronna McDaniel, Daniel Cameron, Pam Bondi President Trump says: Don't be afraid of the virus. Don't let it dominate your life. FLASHBACK: KY county clerk Kim Davis refuses “same-sex marriage” licenses Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are right. James is wearing a beautiful Confederate flag T-shirt CALLERS Samuel from Sweden talks about YouTube censorship and the anti-macho push Earl from Michigan bashes the USA and President Trump. Trikk from Montana has some insight on the shirt James is wearing. Ryan from Indiana has some stats on the coronavirus from “the Internet,” I think. Tony from California falsely accuses innocent people of crimes. Maze from Dayton, OH tries to challenge James about the Confederate Flag. Marty from Kansas City, MO addresses misconceptions about Proud Boys Rick from Hampton, VA corrects the record on police incidents. Tony from San Diego, CA asks about CA Prop 16* which would bring back Affirmative Action Dana from South Dakota tells why Gavin stepped down as head *Craig Huey has a Voter Guide Vote For, Not Against Your Values - https://www.craighuey.com/california-voter-recommendations/ TIME STAMPS 0:00 Streaming start 5:45 Oscar Grant 23:05 Samuel in Sweden 29:26 Earl in MI 43:35 Republicans so weak 50:58 Kevin de Leon 56:57 Trikk in MT 1:04:08 Ryan in IN 1:07:44 Kim Davis 1:27:08 Tony in CA 1:32:40 Maze in Dayton, OH 1:37:44 Marty in Kansas City, MO 1:40:50 Trump on masks 1:42:33 Rick in Hampton, VA 1:50:12 Trump vs Biden on shutdowns 1:52:50 Tony in San Diego, CA 1:56:24 Dana in SD 1:59:44 Thanks, all! HAKE LINKS LIVE VIDEO: DLive | Periscope | Facebook | Twitch | YouTube PODCAST: Apple | Podcast Addict | Castbox | Stitcher | Spotify | PodBean | Google … SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring | SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | DLive Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show Also see Hake News from JLP's show today. BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2020/10/6/100620-tue-trump-dont-be-afraid-kim-davis-flashback-anti-police-smears
The Hake Report, Tuesday, September 29, 2020 - TOPICS: Brad Parscale, his wife, and Fort Lauderdale cops (Hake News) Gen. Michael Flynn and Judge Emmet Sullivan Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court, Christians, and women Anti-Christian Biden staffer (BTW: Debate tonight!) 1994 CA Prop 187 and communists from 1996 Twitter “fact checks” Trump on vote-by-mail David Hogg on BIPOCs and political violence CALLERS George from Greece, 17, draws parallels between the lies told in America and those told in Greece by liberals and socialists. Art from Ohio remarks on the Brad Parscale situation. Greg from Arizona talks about the purposeful “Covid” crisis in America, and Trump's mistakes. Justin from Big Sandy, TX touches on the recent noise over Trump's taxes. Skip from Augusta, GA calls in about the mother of 7, Amy Coney Barrett. Conor from Atlanta, GA talks about JLP vs. David Pakman. Mary from San Antonio, TX thought Amy Coney Barrett would be a good pick until she did a little research. TIME STAMPS 0:00 Stream start 3:39 Brad Parscale 23:01 Samuel in Sweden 27:28 George in Greece 38:34 Gen. Michael Flynn 52:49 Art in Ohio 58:00 Greg in AZ 1:01:57 Break! 1:05:31 Capitalism, Dialectic 1:13:54 Prop 187 1:20:18 Justin in Big Sandy, TX 1:25:01 Problems with Republicans 1:34:01 Skip from Augusta, GA 1:41:35 Biden staffer against religion 1:46:39 Connor in Atlanta, GA 1:54:26 Mary in San Antonio, TX 1:58:22 David Hogg BIPOC tweets 2:02:28 Thanks, all! HAKE LINKS LIVE VIDEO: DLive | Periscope | Facebook | Twitch | YouTube PODCAST: Apple | Podcast Addict | Castbox | Stitcher | Spotify | PodBean | Google … SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring | SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | DLive Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show Also see Hake News from JLP's show today. BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2020/9/29/092920-tue-parscale-flynn-railroaded-mother-acb-1994-ca-prop-187
Product innovation, product creation, and product variance are the key lifelines to any Amazon e-commerce business. Unless you are very lucky, simply putting one product out there and hoping that pays off is not going to be sustainable to your business. Today's guest helps people working with overseas importers to navigate the realm of product development, sourcing, and all that any e-commerce business owner needs to achieve success and save some money in the process. Zack Leonard became interested in product design and importation after starting out as a consultant and working in operations and strategy. His interest was piqued when he started delving into what goes on in product manufacturing. Zack started to research and test what was missing in the market. What started as quality control team on the ground overseas has grown into a full-service product innovation platform that brings in experts all along the product creation, development, and delivery chain. Episode Highlights: How Zack got started in manufacturing and the story of Gembah. Zack walks us through a case study of a client Gembah has helped streamline product design and delivery. How Gembah is able to shave off thousands and create value for your business with his services. The design process their teams go through with clients. How relationship building is essential to the services Zack offers. How Gembah's consolidated shipping tactics help clients. The process is for new product manufacturing launch – goals for an awesome product. Mutual nondisclosure steps taken by Gembah and their clients. The importance of visiting the factories and making that culture stop overseas. Transcription: Mark: Joe as you and I both know product innovation product creation and variance on your product is one of the key lifelines to any Amazon business. You can't just launch a product or if you can you're very, very lucky. Most businesses don't just launch a product and live with that forever. You need to be able to come up with new products to feed your audience, to feed your; complete your customers in some way. Then I understand you have Zack Leonard on who his company helps with just that; product creation, sourcing, reducing COGS. Tell me a little bit about the conversation. Joe: Yeah. Zack is from a company called Gembah and he came to us through some people that have bought some sizable businesses with us. People that I would say are smarter than us and are in the e-commerce world working with Chinese manufacturers developing new products, sourcing new products, and just focused on all aspects of importing from I should say overseas. It's not always China. But it was a fascinating conversation because a lot of people that we talked to whether they're buyers or sellers want to expand their product line. A lot of conversation that you and I have with entrepreneurs we repeat over and over it's not just about the top line it's the bottom line and you shouldn't just drive revenue and not focus on reducing your cost of goods sold or repackaging or stop shipping things by air and do it by freight things of that nature. Zack's company focuses on all of that and it's right there in Austin, Texas and he just goes through all of it here in the podcast and it's fascinating. I think a lot of people are going to say where the hell was this guy when I started my business because you're going to want to use him and similar services like his. Mark: You know I was just talking to somebody right before you and I jumped on this call here where he had an idea. He's a consultant on a lot of different things and he was asking me about product packaging and Amazon businesses whether or not there would be a market out there from amazon sellers who want to save some money on their packaging and maybe getting better rates from Amazon in that regard. And I tried to explain to them that yes people are interested but in the Amazon eco-space, there is this element of there's so many opportunities to either cut costs or grow revenue. Most people are focusing on this; the 20% that's going to have the 80% effect, right? And so if you can hire somebody like Zack; if you can find a company like Zack's that can come in and take care of maybe the other 80% that you're ignoring because you're simply too dang busy with all the other stuff that's on your plate that can be a really key win for your company. Joe: Yeah I think it's an opportunity to at least listen to it have a conversation I think that; you know I asked him throughout this is not, by the way, a pitch for his services. I asked for golden nuggets all the way through. What are people doing right? What are they doing wrong? What would you advise them to do? How can they cut their own costs and things of that nature? So I think it's going to help people if they're in the e-commerce world now and it's an opportunity. You could talk to him at the end. We gave out his information. It's Gembah.com G-E-M-B-A-H but listen to it, it's fascinating. Some of the tidbits he gives throughout the entire podcast are really valuable. Joe: Hey folks it's Joe Valley from Quiet Light Brokerage and today I've got Zack Leonard on the line with me from Gembah. Zack welcome to the Quiet Light Podcast. Zack: Thanks, Joe. I'm really excited to be here; excited for the next 30, 30-ish minutes to talk more about what we do and a bit more of our background. Joe: Let's jump right into that. Tell us about what you do, what Gembah is, and who you serve. Zack: Yeah. So I am the founder and president of Gembah. We are a product innovation platform. So we help businesses both e-commerce Amazon and promotional products companies and retail brands create and manufacture products. So we have a team of engineers, designers that help more with the product innovation side of things. So helping bring ideas to life through sketches, design, whole renderings, CAD drawings. And then we have a team in China that focuses on the manufacturing once those collaterals for your projects are done; for those cool products that are you trying to make. We turn it over to our team to help put it out to our factory network which is over 500 now. And then once you're into production we do a bunch of quality control measures and really look at it as if you are physically there in the factory yourself to take photos and videos along the way to make sure that we're scrutinizing the way that you would not a third party necessarily. Really we see ourselves as a partner in crime in that sense and then once everything's ready to go we help with the logistics as well. So really a turnkey operation to make sure that you can get these cool products to the market in a very fast manner. So typically we can get them out in like three or six months. Joe: Where the hell were you when I was in the e-commerce world dang because I needed you? Zack: Actually during that, I keep hearing that but we're here now. Joe: Yeah, I actually; two different e-commerce worlds, first for me it was supplements; digestive health supplements that was US-based. But we had another; my wife had a different product that we manufactured in China or she manufactured in China but we had no idea what we're doing. So I love this subject and I think there's probably a lot of people that are listening going oh my God where has this guy been? So tell us that, where have you been? How did you get started doing what you do? What's your background prior to Gembah? Zack: Yeah, so it's actually unrelated completely. I started as a consultant many moons ago; my prior life. And really that helped me organized chaos and kept me that operational and financial way of thinking. And I moved into a role where I was running the Texas markets for a company called Instacart which is same-day delivery. And you get to see explosive growth and I was employee I think number 40 or something like that so moving a market from zero to doing seven-plus figures in a week in GMV which is hiring nonstop. Basically we have to hire 75 to 100 people a day. It is nuts. Joe: Wow. Zack: Yeah and then from there I moved into a strategy role at a company called Dropoff which was focused on more than just grocery delivery but more to same-day courier delivery. And while I was there I started to pick an interest into manufacturing side of things; it always, Show How It's Made always resonates with me. I like to watch that show. And then I met a couple of people that were into the manufacturing. One of them owns a pet products company. And he really opened my eyes to what really goes on into that. And the whole time I was thinking man there's really a problem that was on for a product company to try and find a good resource to really make products overseas especially. So I started doing a ton of research and then I started to really just test this theory out of what is missing in the market out there. And it started off as really just trying to be like a quality control company seeing like how we can help and we've just been like a team on the ground overseas. And as we continue to grow over the last couple of years we've started to say okay so just being a; there's tons of companies out there that do this already. What is the it-factor for Gembah? It is really offering that full-scale design plus manufacturing offering where we can take something from idea all the way through the entire process. And the reason for that is I've seen a couple of my friends go through that process and they work with a designer maybe and then it's kind of disjointed. You have that experience where you go in the designer and they don't know if they can actually get that product manufactured. They go to the manufacturer and they say okay well what do I have to change? You can make a mass scale production here. Then you have to go back to designer and designers are charging them and then the manufacturer says well that's wrong. This whole process is just kind of just not straightforward. And so what we're trying to do is bringing experts along the way at each different part of the cycle so start off with the product design part of it and have experts that have made products and manufacturing at full scale manufacturing before and then sync them up with the factory so that you don't have that lack of communication; that gap in communication. That's resonating really well especially in the Amazon space. We've started to even expand our offering beyond just the product design into more of a research-based company to help with; you know there's tools out there like Helium 10 and so but we have a team over there that can help really expedite that process and enhance the Helium 10 experience. Joe: So expand, you mean expand beyond their current set of SKUs to a wider product line; is that what you mean by expand? Zack: Yeah, so let's say that you have a search term that you find that is really hot right now. There's a lot of investment that could go on into making a product completely new from scratch or incrementally innovating and paying some high design fees if you don't know what you're doing. What we can do is actually say okay you find this hot search term let's go talk to our factory networks and find out what the latest and greatest technology is for that search term and find out a product that isn't on the market yet and then you just go sell it, right? And we've done that successfully now for a couple of our customers and they actually have a seven-figure product now because of our research. Joe: That's amazing. Let's talk real-life examples if we can without naming names or products or anything like that but can you walk us through a relationship that you have where they've come to you, met with you, sat down with you and your team and what you did for them in terms of helping them design and develop the product and expand and find those manufacturers and so on and so forth. Zack: Absolutely so there's a customer that we have that's an eight-figure seller now and they came to us with a couple of issues. One is they're one of those companies that acquires a bunch of other smaller sellers and tries to roll them up. And so a lot of those sellers when they sell they made it from their factories on Alibaba or they may have gone over and met the guy in a subway or something like that and they're taking those guys at face value. Well first thing that we do with them is help optimize their supply chain. So if they have a bunch of different companies we're helping them really understand are they getting the best pricing, are they scaling the correct way, or maybe if they have similar products are we able to condense them into one single factory or maybe two factories instead of three different factories that they have. And so when you talk about that you're talking about giving them buying power. You're talking about giving them scale at the factory. I mean able to shave off like 20 to 30% of their product cost so at their bottom line we're talking; you're adding a ton of revenue or saving a ton of cost to their bottom line so that's kind of the first thing we did for this company. The next thing we did is… Joe: Pause right there just so that people understand and I maybe I don't need to do this because the audience is incredibly smart and adept but if you're selling; simple math 1,000 units a month and you're saving a $10 product cost. And correct me if I'm not getting this right Zack but $10 product cost and you're shaving off 20% that's from manufacturer to FBA in this case $2 per unit or $2,000 per month what that does everyone is that adds 24,000 to the bottom line and if your business is worth 3, 4 times that's going to add $7,500,000 to the overall value of your business when you eventually do exit it as well. So we're always talking about it's not the top line that only matters but working with some of it Zack and improving that bottom line and the efficiencies and the profitability; that's what really drives value. It's not just the top line. I'm sorry to interrupt but keep going. Okay, so you're working with this particular client to reduce their cost of goods sold and streamline and go on. Zack: That's right. So that's kind of the first set of operations that we helped them do. The next set is they identified a bunch of SKUs that they want to add to their brand or add to their existing brands. The first step is if they want to just white label a product because they see how we've been able to give them better pricing they'll come to us and say hey I just want to go white label this, I found a hot product, let's go find it. They set a price target and the quantity and 9 times out of 10 hit that price starting in quantity and get them adding SKUs; adding value to their overall brand, diversifying their brand, giving that perpetual continuous flywheel of bringing out new products that are really reasonable clip in terms of time. Like I said it's like three to six months. Joe: And they're using a software like Helium 10 to see what kind of sales are already occurring. They know that that particular product is a hot seller. They're just going to jump on the bandwagon so to speak? Zack: Sometimes yes I think they also have their own proprietary software that they use. Joe: There's the Jungle Scout, there's the Helium 10, there's a lot of things out there that can help with it but that's what they're doing is to research goods; okay this is something that sells well? I'm going to go ahead. Okay, I got it. Zack: And if they want to differentiate from that then they'll come to us and say okay I want to make a new or incremental innovation on this product. I looked at maybe some of the reviews or I have some sort of test market that I go out and look at and say hey what do you think about this product and they give some feedback and then they say I need to make X Y Z enhancements on a certain product. Our team will design it really fast. Usually we get those designs back in about a week we. And then we go put it out to our factory network and then they're able to again get on that flywheel of creating new products in three to six months. So obviously it's just a straight sourcing white label gig that can take a lot less time. That can take like a month maybe to get a product out to market. And then if it's more of a design-focused project then it can take like three to six months. Joe: Okay, and the designers are industrial designers doing real 3D renderings, things of that nature? Zack: Exactly right. So our process really starts off with sketching. So we'll do two to three sketches of each concept based on a conversation or a full project kickoff we have for each one of the SKUs and from there we then focus in on getting to that final rendering and then we'll then prepare you and enable you to have the real blueprints of the product; so the CAD drawings, all the build materials, all that stuff you need to really look like a professional when you go and start sourcing overseas. One of the biggest problems I see with a lot of sellers is that they try and go talk to these factories on Alibaba and they go and say oh I want to make X Y Z changes to your product not really giving them that collateral and saying these are the exact changes I want to make. And so the factories know that you're a fish in that circumstance. They know that they can take advantage of you. You go to them with a design sheet; full build materials, a full CAD drawing to show them exactly what you want, they're going to take you a lot more serious. And so what we're really trying to do is prepare you for that conversation whether it's through us or whether it's on your own factory network but we want to make sure you look like a professional. You can start getting better pricing because of that. Joe: Okay. So if I was the person that had the e-commerce store or Amazon business or both I can choose. I can take your renderings and go direct to my own manufacturer or I could have you bid it out to your manufacturers as well. Zack: Yeah, if you want to. We prefer that you build it out with our factories obviously. We tend to have better pricing than the average Joe. But if you want to go off on your own we're more than happy to do that. Joe: Yeah, so let's say that I hired you, do the relationships with your manufacturers transfer to me? Do I get to work with them directly or are you always in the middle? Zack: Typically if you're going through us to manage it you're using us as your face in China or Vietnam or India or wherever we're doing business with you. And the reason for that is because the relationship building is so important as well as we provide the quality control. So it's something you just take off your plate. You don't have to worry about it. You don't have to fly over to China. We just handle that relation for you. We're going to show up at the factory, we're going to build the relationship, we're going to constantly go to bat for you, try to get better pricing, make sure that if your factory is getting behind or they're starting to lose scale you can start having a conversation about either bringing you to the next level factory; the higher level or starting to scrutinize the build materials that they give back if it's an assembly factory and say hey maybe this component that you're sourcing you're marking up too much let me go find a different factory for that individual component and get it cheaper for you. So we do that a lot of times with packaging for example; if you go to an assembly factory they're going to upcharge the packaging. But we have the packaging factory work it that. We can compare pricing to make sure that your assembly factory isn't up charging you. Joe: Yeah, every dollar counts again to that bottom line. I had someone on the podcast a few weeks ago; folks if you haven't heard it somebody bought a business from Quiet Light and within a few weeks they did what Zack is talking about which is exchange out one part and get another part. I think he saved something like $4 per unit and per SKU and they sell thousands on a monthly basis. It was just a tremendous instant equity to his business and overall a bump in bottom-line revenue as well or profit I should say. Do you also do consolidated shipping so that if you've got three or four different clients that are manufacturing from different facilities can; do you do partial container load with different folks and reduce their overall shipping costs as well? Zack: Absolutely if they have factories that are located in essentially the central part of China that goes to the same port we absolutely can handle that. We're doing that right now with one of our customers actually. They have three different factories after three different products and they're trying to fill up a 40-foot high container and they want to make sure that we can make it happen for them and that's something we do pretty easily. So yeah we definitely do that. Joe: Educate me. Make me sound smarter than I am. Is it LTL less than container load is that what the acronym is? Zack: LCL, less than container load. Joe: LCL. Okay, thank you. Thank you very much. Alright, I'll try to remember that. I'll get it wrong the next time we do this and people are going to go, God, Joe you just can't get that right. But I don't do what you do so it's okay. I don't need to know what you know that's why people. Alright, so the design aspect going back to that again, how does somebody approach you? What's the ideal situation; is it do you have a form on your website site, do they just come to you and they have a conversation with you, how does it start, how does it work? Zack: Yep. So we have a form on our website which kind of gives you just the basic Name, Email, Phone, What you're trying to make, and then we'll have a conversation with you about what you're trying to make and we'll start the conversation with understanding if there's patent issues or some like that so that we can have an understanding if there's any legal obstacles we have to overcome. After that, it's really just talking with our industrial designer to pull out every information from you that they need to do their job which is who's your inspiration, what's your end-user goal, all the stuff you want to have in terms of making an awesome product and then we go to work. I mean we try to make this process as simple and easy for anyone who wants to come interact with us. Joe: So when we do valuations at Quiet Light which I hope we're doing well in advance of somebody exiting their business so that they get more value. Oftentimes people say well I don't really want to share my information with you until we have a nondisclosure agreement on file. Will you send that to me? Do you start with a nondisclosure agreement on file because you've got an awful lot of information about somebody and you can decide to go into the e-commerce business yourself? Zack: Yeah. We won't have a conversation with you until you sign a nondisclosure because of that. It's mutual. We make sure that all the IP is protected; all the conversations are protected because our business is really secretive, right? So that we make sure that everything is completely sound in terms of legal and protection for the IP. Joe: So theoretically if I decided to work with you, do I really never have to go to China? Zack: Never. I mean we encourage you to because it's always great to meet the factory and our team. But in terms of like reality, no you don't have to. Because we have someone who's going on your behalf showing up at the factory doing pretty much everything that you would do and they understand the culture because they're locals. Joe: You know we had Dave Ryan on the podcast and he's from EcomCrew and a big part of his contribution to that is manufacturing in China and he's an expert at it and his wife is actually from China originally and he lived there for a long time. And he talked about the benefit of that relationship. I've heard people talk about it when they go over and they meet the manufacturers and they go out to dinner drinks and drinks and drinks and drinks as understand. It changes things. They're willing to give you perhaps better pricing, better terms, things of that nature. Do you fully replace that or should a business owner also; it's still your relationship with the manufacturer but should they get over there as well? I mean what do you; I mean you said you think that or you think that they should go over but truly they don't ever have to. What's the benefit of them going if it's your relationship with your manufacturer? Zack: Yeah there is a business culture called Guanxi in China which is exactly what that is. It's basically how they operate in terms of the business language and how they operate from the business culture. And what they enjoy is the face to face interaction. There's a lot more conversations that can be had. You can learn about their family. You can talk about what kind of food they like to have, all that kind of stuff. There's a lot of value that comes out of building the relationship and like you said they'll start to give more concessions. There's a ton of people going to them every single day on Alibaba or in person that wants to do business with them but they value the people who are there for the long term and the people who really make an effort. And that's because that's just how their culture is. So while you don't have to do that because we're taking care of that we definitely enjoy, recommend, whatever you want to call it, you personally as the business owner of your business going over there. Maybe it's not every year; maybe it's every other year, maybe if you want to go there every six months, whatever it is we help facilitate that. So if you show up we're going to take you with our team over there. So you get to meet both our team which is also a part of it as well going to the factory. So yeah we'll take you straight from the plane to the hotel you choose. If you want to stay in our place you can stay at our place. And then from there, it's going to the factories. Joe: I love that. That's great. Zack: So you get to meet our team, see our office, if you want stay in our apartment we're more than happy to but really we give that white coat service in terms of making sure that you again look like a professional and look great in terms of the culture aspect over there. So we're just bridging that gap. Joe: That's awesome. It's standard business stuff and that's why we do video in addition to the audio on these because it's; look we can't meet everybody face to face but it's great to be able to see the whites and odds and talk to them when we talk to people all over the world. Talk to us about what are the biggest mistakes; let's say somebody doesn't want to use Gembah but educate them, help them, what are the biggest mistakes that e-commerce product owners, and marketers, FBA owners, what are they doing wrong at a dramatic level? Zack: That's simple. I think the number one thing I would take away is going to Alibaba unprepared. And the reason I say that is because Alibaba did a great job at bringing the factories to mass market. But they don't do a great job of explaining how the process works. And so there's a lot of things that you can go straight to Alibaba and get wrong. So I'm sure you've experienced this or maybe people; your audience has experienced this. We go to Alibaba, you ask for a price quote or something, you get a sample and then they change the price. Or you ask for an iteration of something they give you a price and then they make the sample and it's completely wrong. Or you order a product and then it's completely defective before you come back. I mean again this is just a software platform into a process that has been going on for thousands of years, right? Software is not going to necessarily overcome the hurdles that exist continuously in manufacturing which is defective products, building that culture, and building a relationship. So those are the three things that Alibaba really doesn't fix. And so what I would recommend again is to hire someone locally to fix those problems because there is a culture gap. You do need to build a relationship and you need to make sure that your products are not coming back defective. So those are the three things I think that are the most important in terms of doing business overseas that most people overlook. Joe: And what is the simplest thing somebody can do to reduce their costs? Zack: It depends on which part of the process they are in. So if they're; if you're talking about building something from scratch it's going to the factories and getting multiple bids with an actual blueprint. Like I always use the analogy of building a house; you wouldn't build a house without an architect. You shouldn't build a product without a designer and an engineer. You're just going to cut corners. They're going to take their interpretation of what you're trying to make and their interpretation is let's make this the cheapest way possible and charge the most they possibly can. Joe: It seems logical when you put it that way. Zack: Right. I mean who wouldn't do that? It's the same thing when you're building a home. If you go straight to the builder and you say I want to build a 2,500 square foot house. Okay, I'm going to build my interpretation of that and I'm going to put it up as fast as I can and as cheap as possible. Why wouldn't they do that? That's the way that we approach it. Joe: Okay. Any tricks or tips or advice in terms of shipping which is a big cost to freight when people are shipping products from China to Amazon or to their own 3PL or whatever the case might be; any tips there? Zack: Yeah. I think again always get multiple bids for that and then always make sure that your compliance is in order especially if you're building a new product. These products have never been out in the market before. There's a ton of compliance measures that need to be taken to make sure that they're labeled correctly. Like for example if you're selling a children's product. They need to be tested. They need to have a CA Prop 65, ASDM testing, a bunch of other testing that needs to happen and be labeled a certain way. If it's intended for infants it need to be choke; make sure there's no small parts that can choke them. They need to be labeled on the packaging as well a certain way. So those are all things that if you don't do those correctly they can get flagged at customs and ultimately turned back. And the factory is not going to reimburse you for the mistake that you made in not going to your compliance in order. And so that is a business killer. So that is the number one tip I can give to someone in terms of logistics and compliance is make sure you have all that in order before you bring a new product into the market. Those are all things that we help do obviously. Joe: Good advice and you do that again but what the heck is Gembah? How did you come up with that name? What does it mean? Zack: In Japanese Kaizen manufacturing theory there's the word Gembah which means the place where value is created on the manufacturing floor. So that is where it's based off of. In Chinese gembah means let's do this. So it's kind of a dual meaning both from the Japanese manufacturing and then the fun side which is gembah. Joe: Very cool. I got it. You just mentioned manufacturing; I want to go back to something you said earlier which was your manufacturers in China or Thailand or wherever they may be you named a few countries. How difficult is it now in this economy and this environment with all the trade wars to find something that's being manufactured currently in China and get a quote on their factories in Thailand and the Philippines and so on that can do the same thing? Zack: Yeah that's a great question and we get that a lot now from our customers and I think there are some products that are more easily transferred to a different country. If you're talking cut and sew apparel for places like Vietnam, glassware you can get in India pretty well, if you're talking injection molded items it's starting to pop up in Vietnam. You just have to make sure that you understand they move a lot slower. Especially in places like Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, and the reason for that is because they don't have the raw materials that places like India and China do. So they're importing almost everything from places like China, South Korea, India to get into their factories. So that adds time to the lead time of you making a product. So most Amazon sellers for example don't have the luxury of waiting 60 to 90 days to get a product into their hands of their consumers whereas these big e-commerce brands who spend a lot more time and money on R and D and come up with new products maybe 12 months in advance they can take that luxury and move their production over to different countries. So that's what you're seeing like the Nike the Adidas of the world moving into Vietnam or moved a lot of the production into Vietnam because they can do that. They have the operational capacity to do that. Joe: So for the six, seven, eight-figure brands that we know and we talked to is it worth it time-wise and financially; are they saving costs in terms of cost of goods sold or are they just comfortable knowing that they're not going to have to deal with any trade war issues in the future? Zack: I think that's a true business decision. While I would say the prices that we've seen between India and China specifically are not competitive. China's way more cost-friendly in terms of like apples to apples comparison on the exact same products I've seen 5x in India. Vietnam is pretty competitive because everyone is starting to knock at their door. So I've seen garment and apparel prices go up by 4 to 7% just cost of good before you get to the shipping and logistics side of things. So they're smart. They know that everyone's trying to come to them and their production lines are moving at a high clip now. So I think it's really you have to understand the entire landscape of your true landed cost and lead time before you actually make that decision of moving production over to Vietnam because it's not as easy as it sounds operationally. Joe: Right. Makes sense. Are you renegotiating with any of your Chinese manufacturers to offset the tariffs? Zack: Of course. Joe: They're okay with that; what are they like? Zack: Yeah, I mean it's a geopolitical issue that's going on and they don't like it either. Whoever side they end up taking is on them and whoever side we as Americans take is on us but there's certain things you can do to help them share the tax burden. There's certain things you can do especially with molds that you can start recouping your mold costs if you want to create some injection molded item. That's the kind of stuff that we do and we're talking about making you look like a professional. These are the things that we are bringing to the table when we start the negotiation process. And so because of the geopolitical landscape that we have this is part of the conversation now. Joe: It sounds like a really, really important conversation to have. How do people find you, how do they get started, that kind of thing? Zack: Yeah. So the best approach would be to go on our website www.gembah.com G-E-M-B-A-H.com and fill out a form and we'll be in touch with you as soon as you fill that out. Joe: Geographically where are you located? Zack: So we are headquartered in Austin, Texas; the barbecue capital of the world. Joe: And all you have to do today is put it on your dashboard because it's; I've talked to people in August here right so it'll grow right there. Yeah, I love Austin; lots of folks down there that we work with. Zack: Yup, and then our office in China is in the southern part in a place called Dongguan which is close to the Guangzhou area; it's the manufacturing capital for the south. Joe: So you get the grilling capital and barbecue capital and the manufacturing capital. I think the folks here in North Carolina may argue with you about the barbecue capital but I'm for me. Zack: Yeah we all love your sauce; I've come to learn that it's a saucy type of barbecue. I prefer the sauceless more of a dry rub which fits me well in Texas but I still like the Carolina barbecue. It's great. Joe: I won't say I disagree. Alright man, it's been great having you on the podcast. I'm looking forward to hearing some great successes from some of your clients who I know. I know a few that are working with you; people that have bought businesses from Quiet Light and sold to Quiet Light working with you now too. So it's been great having you on the podcast. I look forward to having the audience reach out to you and work with you and learn and get better pricing and better products out in the future. Thanks for your time today. Zack: Thank you, Joe. I'm really, really glad I could be here. I appreciate it. Links and Resources: Gembah Instagram Facebook
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