Podcasts about cabbies

Stepdads can really be jerks, right? This episode of SVU definitely agrees with you. Your stepdad might be a one-of-a-kind A-hole, but I'm guessing he didn't get you into an underground fight club run by the white cabbie cabal where their adolescent children or charges throw down instead of them. This being Season 12, the episode careens all over the place, but it ends up with Elliot case-blocking Hardwicke in a prime Fatherly Stabler moment.Music:Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business"Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Amy Z, Nikki B, Diana R, Tony B, Zak B, Barry W, Sara L, Drew D, Nicky R, Stuart, Jacqi B, Natalie T, Robyn S, Isabel P, Christine L, Amy A, Sean M, Jay S, Briley O, Asteria K, Suzanne B, Tim Y, Douglas P, John P, John W, Elia S, Rebecca B, Kevin, Lily, Lucy, Sarah L, Melsa A, Alyssa C, Johnathon M, Tiffany C, Brian B, Kate K, and Alison M - y'all are the best!Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybensonBe sure to check out our other podcast diving into long unseen films of our guests' youth: Unkind Rewind at our website or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcastsFollow us on: BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Reddit (Adam's Twitter/BlueSky and Josh's Twitter/BlueSky/Letterboxd/Substack)Join our Discord: Munch Casts ServerCheck out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at ZazzleCheck out our guest appearances:Both of us on: FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time), Storytellers from Ratchet Book Club, Chick-Lit at the Movies talking about The Thin Man, and last but not least on the seminal L&O podcast …These Are Their Stories (Adam and Josh).Josh debating the Greatest Detectives in TV History on The Great Pop Culture Debate Podcast and talking SVU/OC on Jacked Up Review Show.Visit Our Website: Munch My BensonEmail the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.comNext Week's Episode: Season 2, Episode 12 "Secrets"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/munch-my-benson-a-law-order-svu-podcast--5685940/support.

Bongo playing Cabbies, sexy ice pops and egg sandwiches and a catch up with old show favourite Niamh.

In this special episode of The Standard podcast, you'll hear an Evening Standard roundtable discussion focussing on the crunch issues in the 2024 mayoral election.Three cabbies debate the candidates and policies impacting the black taxi trade as the race for City Hall intensifies between Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan and his Conservative rival Susan Hall.There's plenty of lively opinion on the mayor's tenure, low-traffic neighbourhoods, road closures and cycle lanes - plus, could Ulez swing the vote?Hosted by Ross Lydall, the Evening Standard's City Hall editor and transport editor. You can watch the extended version of this roundtable video online at standard.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthony Wing, Point To Point Transport Commissioner, has joined Michael McLaren to discuss the hotline which allows customers to report price gouging taxis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick and the mono moto James Powell step into the New Year with visions of Bond girls, Catwoman origins and adventures of one mild mannered Space Cabbie! Also Comic Conzie requests and role play! Enjoy! Remember to email us comicconspodcast@gmail.com Follow us @comicconscast (X) or @comicconspodcast (instagram)

CAB is starting a new monthly feature we're calling "Off the Meter" where DJ, Nathan, & Deb discuss current events, theories, and areas of interest. This is intended to be a dynamic show with live participation from those in the community. We'll also have a guest from time to time so feel free to hop in and take a ride for free on us! #podcast #ufoキャッチャー #uap #bigfoot #paranormal This Month CAB is promoting Vinnie Adams and his show Disclosure Team!! IG = instagram.com/disclosure_team Twitter: twitter.com/disclosureteam_ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RealDisclosureTeam/featured All Music in the show from the YouTube Audio Library * Intro/Outro Music: Calling All Beings Theme Song from Charlotte @Thunder46216520 * Video assets for intro/outro designed in Canva DJ's Twitter: @Call_ALL_Beings - / call_all_beings Nathan's Twitter: @AWaifSoul - / awaifsoul Deb Twitter: @studyofUAPs - / studyofuaps Show Twitter: @CallingBeings - / callingbeings Guest Hosts: Frank (UFOThinker) Twitter: / ufothinker Davey (The Mechanism) Twitter: / daveyjohnston / / themechanismpod Leah Prime Twitter: / leahprime Other CAB Network shows found on soundcloud: / callingallbeings * Deb's Data Dojo * UFO Thinker * The Mechanism * Perturbations

Episode #183 This week, Daisy is back with one of her new fave podcasts - Nudge. You might remember an episode from way back when Terri shared some techniques to help with memorising things. Daisy mentioned The Knowledge which is a test London taxi drivers have to pass to drive a black cab. They have to memorise a whopping 25,000 streets plus thousands of landmarks. Tune in to learn about the memory tactics Tom the Taxi Driver used to pass The Knowledge. https://www.nudgepodcast.com/podcast/episode/2dcde715/how-black-cab-drivers-memorise-every-road-in-london Tom's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TomtheTaxiDriver Please consider helping us make more episodes by supporting Daisy on Patreon. https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetPatreon If you have enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave us a review on iTunes or whichever platform you listen on. It really helps new people hear about the podcast. Connect with and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube: https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetFB https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetIG https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetYT

This is the All Local morning update for Sunday, October 8th, 2023.

In an episode first, the CABBIES go around sharing a rant of their choice. How upset can they get...stay tuned!? #podcast #phenomenon #ufoキャッチャー #uap #bigfoot All Music in the show from the YouTube Audio Library * Intro/Outro Music: Calling All Beings Theme Song from Charlotte @Thunder46216520 * Video assets for intro/outro designed in Canva DJ's Twitter: @Call_ALL_Beings - https://twitter.com/Call_ALL_Beings Nathan's Twitter: @AWaifSoul - https://twitter.com/AWaifSoul Deb Twitter: @studyofUAPs - https://twitter.com/studyofUAPs Show Twitter: @CallingBeings - https://twitter.com/CallingBeings Guest Hosts: Frank (UFOThinker) Twitter: https://twitter.com/UFOthinker Leah Prime Twitter: https://twitter.com/leahprime Matt Twitter: @BFCrossroads - https://twitter.com/BFCrossroads Other CAB Network shows found on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/callingallbeings * Deb's Data Dojo * The Mechanism Pod

Cabbies will not be able to afford to drive if they must pay for congestion pricing.

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Sydneysiders are being encouraged to dob in cab drivers who refuse to turn on the meter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydneysiders are being encouraged to dob in cab drivers who refuse to turn on the meter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydneysiders can now dob in cab drivers who refuse to turn on the meter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydneysiders can now dob in cab drivers who refuse to turn on the meter.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Sydneysiders will soon be able to dob in cab drivers who refuse to turn on the meter around the clock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sydneysiders will soon be able to dob in cab drivers who refuse to turn on the meter around the clock.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

(Aired 19/11/22) - This week, we'll be kicking off the show by chatting with producer Sana Shaikh about why NSW laws have been passed this week to stop taxi drivers from negotiating the fare instead of using the meter.  We kick off our state election coverage this week as we speak to NSW Labor's shadow minister for the environment, Penny Sharpe. Backchat looks at the koala wars, natural disasters and what the opposition has in store for the environment if they win. Next, we'll be chatting to Sophie Li, a researcher for the ‘While We Wait' project from the Black Dog Institute about the extended wait lists and wait times for young people to access mental health services, and just how risky these wait times can be.  This episode was produced by Sana Shaikh, Holly Payne and Jostina Basta. A huge thank you to our guests for jumping on the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apologises for some of the background noise in this ep. its comes and goes. But! Cabbies, Cricket, what is a Langer? RWLC, Dwarf hate, Jake Paul hate, more hate! UFC!!!!00:00 - Cricket, rugby league, dwarfs41:45 - UFC

We are back baby! This week we chat Cabbies vs uber, capper goes on the worst date night, wine from the tap, Zip ties fix everything and all the yarns from our wild trip to Bendigo!

We cover episodes 34, 35 and 36 of Season 4 of TMNT (1987)

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UFO Twitter Spaces host extraordinaire, artist, film-maker, and ufologist Tupacabra sits down for a nice chat w/the CABBIES. We'll talk spaces, our favorite stories, and what makes a good community tick.

Leisel on Kyle Chalmers Ben Te'o – Round in Review What did you blow up? Triple Header Liam Adams Dobbo's Cab Blow Up Ankle Bracelet Ekka Cakes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 CAB CHAT IN ASSOCIATION WITH WEDDING TAXIS 020 8304 6645 weddingtaxis.co.uk ELECTRIC MEDIA electricweb.net (To listen to the full show including the music please use the Mixcloud player, for just the chat please use the player at the top of the page) In this show: Mac Travels Panorama program - Taken for a ride Cycle Ride Cabbies Row the Atlantic Cab Chat needs to  thank Electric Media, Part of the Electric Web Company for hosting our website and podcast files, if you need website or podcast hosting give them a try at electricweb.net Plus much more……………. Visit our YouTube channel  Please like and Subscribe Email: admin@cabchatshow.uk Tel: 07743 161656 Whatsapp: 07743 161656

Carrie's Accents Swim Good Spasm in groin  Elton John Prank  Phil Collins Son Nick   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's show we get a polling update, call Trevor, a cabbie in South Africa, and the one and only Amanda Chaudhary leads the Committee Orchestra! Thanks for tuning in to The Committee Program, we know you have many options when it comes to content consumption and we appreciate your attention to this new season with new episodes on Sundays at 4pm ET 10pm CET. We bring you the art and science of political storytelling worldwide, culture and criticism, and other facets of agitprop. SUPPORT the show by becoming a member on https://www.patreon.com/committeeprogram FOLLOW Committee on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CommitteePro YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9TGWHfyg03flJbeJkSYQ0Q Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecommitteeprogram Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecommitteeprogram Visit the Committee Program Company Store at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-committee-program-shop Special thanks to our team Xhevat Kastrati, Fiamma Meli, Jacopo Castelletti, Forrest Lovette and Committee's Deputy Director Julia Doubleday. We are powered by Riverside Recording Systems - https://cutt.ly/RiverSide and One Stream - https://cutt.ly/OneStream

Peter Psaltis is seeing red after a costly, hour-long journey home following the second day of Magic Round on Saturday night.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allyson & Shane, the Hosts of The Secret Knowledge TSKHeadquarters joined @AWaifsoul @Flarius_Kevin @StudyofUAPs & I to share their beautiful brand of belief and skepticism. These two academians are absolutely brilliant and wowed the Cabbies with their approach, treat yourself to their content :) Shane & Allyson are: @TSKHeadquaters TSK YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTkHGJk7n7W88q7B_ZIVA2g/videos They are available on Apple, Google, & Spotify. Calling All Beings are: D.J. @Call_All_Beings Nathan: @AWaifSoul Kevin: @Flarius_Kevin Deb: @StudyofUAPs aka @DebsDataDojo

This week on the Committee Program we get our news in three ways, in roundup in the Global News Rodeo, in pictures with the Committee Polling Channel, and at street level with our new segment Calls with Cabbies. Also will keep up with the Hapsburgs with Hawley Brett. Thanks for tuning in to The Committee Program, we know you have many options when it comes to content consumption and we appreciate your attention to this new season with new episodes on Sundays at 4pm ET 10pm CET. We bring you the art and science of political storytelling worldwide, culture and criticism, and other facets of agitprop. SUPPORT the show by becoming a member on https://www.patreon.com/committeeprogram FOLLOW Committee on: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CommitteePro YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9TG... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecommitte... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecommittee... Visit the Committee Program Company Store at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-co... Special thanks to our team Xhevat Kastrati, Fiamma Meli, Jacopo Castelletti, Forrest Lovette and Committee's Deputy Director Julia Doubleday. We are powered by Riverside Recording Systems - https://cutt.ly/RiverSide and One Stream - https://cutt.ly/OneStream

On this Tuesday edition of Bernie & Sid in the Morning, the guys declare that they stand with the cab drivers of New York City after Mayor Eric Adams raised wages for drivers for high-volume, for-hire vehicle services like Uber and Lyft. On top of this, other news of the day includes a preview of President Biden's State of the Union speech tonight, the CIA releasing another woke recruitment video, a "Dancing with the Stars" alum and Ukraine native attempts to flee the country, Ukrainian UFC fighter Maryn Moroz has a scathing message for Vladimir Putin, Adam Kinzinger wants a No-Fly Zone, Tom Cotton gets harassed by George Stephanopoulos for not condemning Trump's "praise" of Putin, former President Trump was a crowd favorite at CPAC, Joe Rogan takes aim at Bill Gates, and Mayor Eric Adams sets a date for the lifting of in-school masking mandates. All of this and more on today's installment of Bernie & Sid in the Morning. As always, make sure you don't miss out on Lidia Reports and The Peerless Boilers Beat Bernie Contest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"And the biggest and poshest shelter? I'll bet you can guess."

On this week's LIVE recording, Lee and Eleanor dig into the predictable failure of Dems in VA, and the power of labor organizing vis a vis cabbies in New York, and coal miners. PLUS the terrorist mindset of the prison industrial complex, mutual aid for a new future and MORE!   liberapay.com/leecamp

Cabbies are on the road for long hours and their stories are as different as the routes they take. Writer Marcello Di Cintio details some of them in his new book, "Driven: The Secret Lives of Taxi Drivers." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A college kid has his jaw wired shut, a man receives the best gift ever from the love of his life, a young Mormon tries to extinguish her doubts, a daughter consoles her grieving father, and a New York City cab driver has a very bad day. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Hosted by: Jay Allison Storytellers: Dan Souza, Gil Reyes, Karen Duffin, Sarah Bunger, and Sam Dingman.

This is the All Local from 1010 WINS for Midday, March 9th brought to you by Larry Kanter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Black History, COVID Vaccine, FanDuel, Uber Eats, Movie Theaters, Cabbies and Cobra Kai, Oh My! The D.A.Ds. reflect on those and so much more in this Season Finale episode.

Vanessa Schneider: Hello and welcome to the Government Digital Service podcast. My name is Vanessa Schneider and I am Senior Channels and Community Manager at GDS. Today we will be talking about the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service and we will be joined by several guests.   You'll be hearing from Sally Benson from the Department of Work and Pensions [DWP], Martin Woolhead from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [DEFRA], Kate Nicholls from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government [MHCLG], and Nick Tait from GDS. As you can tell by this long list of participants, the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service involved a lot of people working for a lot of departments - it was truly a cross-government effort.    But you might not be clear on what it is. In March 2020 as a critical response to the developing COVID-19 pandemic, GDS rapidly built the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service, also known as VPS, to provide support for clinically extremely vulnerable people in England, who had been advised to shield. The service was stood up over one weekend and then continuously iterated to support emerging policy and user needs.   The service enables clinically extremely vulnerable people to register their personal details and support needs, which are securely stored, validated against NHS shielded patient lists for eligibility and securely transferred to frontline service providers. During the period of national shielding from 23 March to 30 July, that is wave one of shielding, the Vulnerable People Service facilitated more than 4.2 million deliveries of essential supplies, support with basic health and care needs, as well as providing priority supermarket deliveries.   Joining me now are Kate Nicholls and Nick Tait. Thank you for being here. Would you mind introducing yourselves to the listeners? Let's start with Kate.   Kate Nicholls:  Sure. Hi, I'm Kate Nicholls. I've been working in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government as part of the shielding programme, particularly on the Data Policy Team. So we work really closely with GDS on the kind of ongoing development of the Vulnerable People Service.    Vanessa Schneider:  Amazing. Thanks for joining us Kate. Nick, would you mind introducing yourself?    Nick Tait:  Absolutely. Hello everybody. My name is Nick Tait. I'm the Service Owner for the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service here in GDS. And I've been with the programme since 5 May 2020.   Vanessa Schneider:  Thank you. So both of you work for parts of government that have been instrumental in the development of the service. I was wondering how you came to join the teams that were working on this?   Nick Tait:  It was pretty much born of necessity really and, and practicality. As you said in your introduction Vanessa, there were a, and there remain, a lot of interested parties, a lot of stakeholders, too much for any one department to do, given the, the nature of our response to the emergency that we found, we find ourselves in. And the 2, as far as GDS and MHCLG were concerned or are concerned, we're the 2 main players: we represent the policy and the delivery of said policy as far as the digital service goes. And furthermore, as the project has progressed, it's become expedient for us to get closer to both policy makers and, and people they know - so relationships with local authorities, for example, are best facilitated by colleagues at MHCLG.    Vanessa Schneider:  Kate, I know that you joined the MHCLG team working on this a little while into the VPS [Vulnerable People Service] being set up. How did you experience that?   Kate Nicholls:  It was actually a really great time to join because all of those kind of key relationships between GDS and MHCLG had already been established. And when I joined the team, it already really had that kind of “one team” feel. So I-I'd come from a completely different job elsewhere in government policy. And I came here and it was just, yeah, this kind of efficient machine [laughs] that was just like achieving things every single day. So, yeah, it was, it was a great kind of feeling joining in with that.   Vanessa Schneider:  Amazing. Both of you touch on relationships being established, being really valuable. Do you think you've experienced anything on this scale where you've had to tap in so many departments working on the same project before? Or do you reckon that this is, and I dare use the dreaded word, unprecedented?   Nick Tait:  M-my experience of a civil servant, there has been nothing quite like this. And for me, the fact--sure, I've worked on other programmes where there are perhaps as many stakeholders, but not at this pace. We have excellent governance practises in, processes in place. But they happen at 2 weekly cycles. But you know, at-at the working level of getting the job done then to really hone in on where those key relationships are, that's something that we have had to do in order to respond at scale. And, and I should add that because there are so many stakeholders, we have Engagement Leads on the project whose main job is to consult with local authorities or with DWP or with the food and medicine supplies and so on and so forth. So it-it multiplies out. But yeah, nothing quite like this before. I think it's fair to say.   Kate Nicholls:  Completely agree with Nick. So I've worked on teams in the Civil Service before where there's been, you know, a degree of close working with departments. But I don't think the kind of level that we've got to where, you know, you could just pick up the phone and speak to anyone on the GDS side if you're in MHCLG and, and vice versa. And it's just kind of, it's just right there at your fingertips. I think that's something I've never quite experienced before.    Vanessa Schneider:  I'm, I'm really glad to hear that went [laughs] well then.What was it like working with colleagues in departments like Department for Health and Social Care [DHSC] and external organisations like the NHS, who may be structured differently because of their work being so focused directly on the public?   Kate Nicholls:  Sure. Yeah, so we've, we've worked really closely with NHS Digital (NHS D) because they sort of provide the shielded patient list, the SPL, which is basically the kind of the heart of the whole project.    So while GDS have built this wonderful registration system, the people that that's targeted at are the people who are identified clinically by doctors and other clinicians to be extremely vulnerable. So we've had to kind of, similarly to how we've done with GDS, we had to build up really good working relationships with them, have sort of regular meetings, joint governance, and really kind of create that kind of “one team” feel to make sure that, that the right sort of data on those who are clinically extremely vulnerable is flowing through our system, is flowing to local authorities, you know, whilst also keeping patient records safe, secure and, and sort of operating legally. So that's kind of the challenge of what we've have to do with NHS D. And I think by building up really good working relationships with them that's how we've managed to kind of overcome that and, and use that data in a way that hasn't, you know, really happened with patient data ever before in the past.   Vanessa Schneider:  Nick, was there anything that you could add about either the working relationship with DHSC or NHS Digital?   Nick Tait:  So my, my experience around DHSC, the one that I'd sort of pinpoint is, is their involvement at the overall, overall programme steering board - where we have had regular contact with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer [DCMO]. And having, having senior stakeholders as, as embodied in DCMO to go, and there is all of this happening helps frame our work a little bit more, and then that comes down to, to working level, where it is the nuts and bolts of the all, all important shielded persons list, which, as Kate says, is, without which we'd be scrabbling about.    Vanessa Schneider:  So we actually talked to Martin Woolhead from DEFRA, which is the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, regarding the Vulnerable People Service. And he also shared with us a little bit about the working relationships between the departments.    [CLIP STARTS]   Martin Woolhead:  I'm Martin Woolhead. I'm Deputy Director for Food for the Vulnerable in DEFRA, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. My role essentially is overseeing policy and work on food for vulnerable people. So that ranges from work with food charities and local authorities to essentially get and look after food needs for vulnerable people.    One of the things I think constantly cropped up throughout the process was that, for example, on what we did on food supply, MHCLG could also have done that, you know MHCLG as programme owners, and working on this across government and leading it, could also have essentially contracted with food suppliers to deliver the, the packages of essential supplies that were delivered. The reason it wasn't done in that way was simply because of those relationships and the urgency that we had. So because we had the existing relationships, DEFRA was able to kind of work specifically on that bit and get it done quickly.   So, so where DEFRA worked on food supply because of its existing relationships, other departments had relationships with others. So in regard to the supply of medical supplies so medicines and things, DHSC led on that element because they had the relationships. And so with MHCLG convening, they were able to kind of use the relationships that other departments had and kind of, you know, outsource those bits. And for me that's part of the reason why it was done so quickly. So with all of the urgency, we used existing relationships to get things done.    From, I think, the first ask for, you know, essential supplies to help shielded people, to boxes of essential supplies starting to appear on doorsteps, took around 10 days. And from the announcement of shielding, so when shielding was first announced publicly, to people first receiving their essential supplies was 5 days. And you know, in the context of panic buying across the country, in the context of the global pandemic, the fact that we were able to organise direct doorstep, essential packages to any doorstep in England, and, and most services don't offer that. You know, most supermarkets won't offer doorstep delivery to every address in England, in just 5 days, I think was an incredible achievement.   [CLIP ENDS]   Kate Nicholls:  Yeah, we already had people that were experts in food supplies that knew the supermarkets. We already had a Government Digital Service with like expert content providers, people who are experts in, in data protection. We already had MHCLG, who have, like, links into councils and a really good understanding of what councils do on the ground and deliver. And also everybody in each of those departments already knew that we already have those people in the other departments. And you know I've missed people: DWP, who, you know, know everything about [laughs] how to set up an outbound call centre. So I guess it's kind of, it's a really positive story about the kind of existing connectivity between departments and different levels of quite, sort of deep expertise in different areas that we were able to draw upon pretty quickly.   Nick Tait:  Yeah, I think, I think I'd echo that. I mean no individual department needed to reinvent any wheels really. The, the programme trusted each department to, to focus on its, its domain area and to do that well. Which, which happened. The, the challenge wasn't sort of reinventing the wheel, it was to build the new one. And the new one was around the data sharing, was around actually gluing a, a relatively disparate bunch of people within, within government to work together. And once people sort of trusted that ‘Department X’ would take care of their stuff and ‘Department Y’ would do theirs, then it was just the governance and the working that needed to be worked out. Which sounds dismissive. It isn't at all. There was, there was hard work to do there. But we didn't sort of go, “'oh, well I've, I've done food policy' says non-food policy department, 'so I'll get involved with that.'” There was, there was no time for that sort of shenanigans, and people were focussed on what they knew best. And that was the, the real strength.    Vanessa Schneider:  I was going to say, in a very cheesy way, everybody brought their own wheels, and it turns out they were cogs that all worked together, and it made a very smooth machine. [laughs]   Nick Tait:  Indeed. Indeed. [laughs]    Vanessa Schneider:  So clearly relationships are a key part to this having worked so well, but are there, are there other drivers that you can think of that supported the development of the service?   Nick Tait:  I guess..so like the-the key driver, as in everything we do, is meeting the needs of our users. That's you know, primary directive: users first. And I think what we've learnt over the project is like, when everything was stood up in April, May 2020, the primary needs to be met were those of the clinically extremely vulnerable population. And, and as we became one team, we, we began to expand or, or more fully understand who our users were, how best are we serving service providers, whether it was wholesalers delivering food boxes, whether it was local authority, civil servants at the front line, who are in fact proxies, or can act as proxies, for CEV [clinically extremely vulnerable] users and use the system themselves and have their own requirements in their own local authorities.   And then sort of a, a third section of, of our users would be our stakeholders in terms of those who consume and then act upon the data that is presented via the dashboards that, that the Management, Information and Data Analytics teams provide. So I think, you know, the key driver has, has always been and will remain our users and that's sort of enshrined in how the service has been built. But what has changed, and, and continues to be iterated upon, is, is how we understand who our user population is and, and how best to serve that.    Vanessa Schneider:  Do you think that the service benefited from products such as GOV.UK Notify already being in place? But also, for instance, the data lists for the shielded people - because that data already existed, was that something that made your lives easier?   Nick Tait:  Notify, yes, I can't, I don't, I don't want to entertain thinking about how things might have been had we not had a readily accessible solution to communicate in as many channels as possible, whether it's a physical letter, whether it was an email or a text message, which would have happened via Notify. And, and don't forget that, either t-that DWP colleagues had o-outward bound call centres. We also had our interactive voice recognition system that was part of the initial wave one service that allowed people to, to register - that was inbound only, but, but nonetheless. So having, having access to tools and technology that, that we could trust because they've been tried and tested before us, made, made our lives easier.   Vanessa Schneider:  I was wondering as well: because the user was required to submit their details that were checked against that list provided by the NHS and DEFRA provided details to retailers under specific and secure conditions, I was wondering how the safety and security of user data was ensured and how was the data joined up to make sure the right people were giving the appropriate support?   Kate Nicholls:  That was something that again is kind of, to use the, the much used word, unprecedented. So that was an area where we had to get all of the right people with the right legal expertise and data protection expertise - so with you know, the data protection leads across DEFRA, DWP, MHCLG, GDS, the Data Protection Officers - all together. They formed a kind of data governance oversight board. Whilst we you know, we were kind of under a lot of pressure to work really quickly and get data to, to you know supermarkets, to councils, et cetera as quickly as we could, we had a really kind of rigorous group of experts holding us [laughs] to account to make sure that we had the right data sharing agreements in place, the right MoUs [Memorandum of Understanding] and, and all of that kind of information governance documentation. So that was really appreciated, and it sort of goes back to the running theme of that cross-government working - if we hadn't been able to get all of those people in place and we just couldn't have made it work.   Vanessa Schneider:  I believe there was a transfer tool as well. Could you tell me more about that perhaps? I believe it meant that you could select how people or which people could access what data if I got that right.    Nick Tait: So we-we use...for the cloud hosting service that we use for our data storage, ben-benefits from its own internal security reviews that they perform on the overall system. And then their secure storage solutions are compliant with our strict regulatory requirements. So in our case what this means, and this is where the, the data transfer tool comes in, is that all of our data is encrypted, both when we store it in the database and when we share it with whosoever we are sharing it with, whether it is a local authority or another government department.   And then at the same time, and talking of regulations, we've, we've established a sort of our own processes around the database. So if you think about GDPR and the principle of the 'right to be forgotten', that's, we have our own processes for this. And if, if our listener is interested, then they can, they can go to our service page and our, all of our privacy documentation is open and, and available there.   So like even for our teams or members of the engineering teams who have access to production, only those with security clearance can access them. It's not available to Tom, Dick or Harriet, so to speak. And we, we log and audit everything. So at any given time, who accessed which piece of data at one point, that information is always available to us. So, you know, we, we take personally identifiable information very, very seriously on this.    Vanessa Schneider:  It sounds like you're doing your due diligence, I hope the listeners are heartened by that.   Nick Tait:  Yeah. [laughs]   Vanessa Schneider:  So next I was wondering, obviously we hope that something like this never happens again. That's the whole point behind the unprecedented language of course. But I was wondering if at the very least, there are learnings that you can take away from this project and the collaboration that you've carried out as well as maybe what not to do?   Kate Nicholls:  I guess the main, the main thing I've learnt as somebody who's a-a policy official, who's never worked on a digital project before, I think I've learnt something very valuable from colleagues in GDS about, about that user base development and continuous improvement, particularly in an environment where you're setting something up very, very quickly as an emergency response.   And I think the more, as we've gone along, the more we've consulted our users - and I'm particularly, from an MHCLG perspective, thinking about councils - and ask them you know, what they think and take in their feedback and expose ourselves to kind of their, their comments and their perspectives, the better the system has become. And I think that's definitely, I guess, a general learning for me. But also if, if I, if, you know, we were ever in a position to be doing something like this again, doing that kind of immediate, constant almost consultation with users would be my main learning from kind of a policy person from the digital world, because I know user base, [laughs] user base development is already a kind of a thing that, that is common across the development of digital platforms.   Vanessa Schneider:  You're sounding like an ambassador for Agile and user-based research there. That's amazing. But I was also really keen on you identifying, sort of, users outside of the clinically extremely vulnerable people and the local authorities. Because obviously the, the service has now changed because it's a much more local approach to providing these services, isn't it?   Kate Nicholls:  Yeah, definitely. I think there are, so both in wave one and wave two, on the ground in councils, the picture is a lot more complex. You know, our service talks about kind of basic support needs, but the kind of detailed assessment of each individual is happening at that council level, and, and the delivery of that support is happening across all sorts of organisations, voluntary organisations, NHS volunteer responders, charities, et cetera. And I think a-another kind of key, I guess key groups that we've tried to listen to are you know, groups like Age UK, all those voluntary groups that are actually on the ground doing these things. They're not direct users of our service, but kind of by proxy of, of being connected to the council, they are linked to the eventual kind of frontline service that our platform leads to.   Nick Tait:  To echo Kate: having policy at a sort of a, a high level, have, having policy and delivery in the same room a-a-around the same virtual whiteboard makes for better service delivery. And I-I think that's the, you know, p-personally and then sort of to, to share more widely within GDS that that, for me, it feels like the only way that this can work. Because otherwise it, it will be a far more protracted process. So, I mean, we, we talk about closer working and collaboration and the tools that sort of facilitate all of this, but we, in my experience, we do that because it's true. And this, and this project is, is proof to me at least, and I, and I hope to our users that, that is the case.   So I think the other thing I, I'd reflect on over the time of the project was: at, at the very beginning, our, our, our overall governance was, was weighty. There was a lot of it. And over, over time as the working relationships have developed and the collaboration has developed and some of that governance has been more focussed on the bits that we're actually working on. So I think that's another reflection from me.    And I, yeah, again we say it very sort of readily now, and, and we took it quite lightly to start with, but the whole “hashtag one team”. Again, i-it's not a joke, it really is, it's the real deal for us and wi-without that, we, we wouldn't be, I think, having a happy conversation like this. And as you say, I hope we don't have to respond on this level before, but there is enough learning here to, well to make an, a really active and considered response quickly, rather than as fast as you can, which is kind of where we were to, to start with, back in 2020.   Vanessa Schneider:  Of course. At the time, you know it was just about getting it stood up, wasn't it?    So we did talk to a couple of your colleagues in other departments. And one of them was Sally Benson from the DWP, that’s the Department for Work and Pensions. So we’re just going to listen to something that Sally shared with us.    [CLIP STARTS]   Sally Benson:  My name is Sally Benson, and my day job before being involved on the National Shielding Helpline as part of the critically extremely vulnerable service is working for the Department for Work and Pensions. More specifically, I'm a Senior Operational Leader in the Child Maintenance Group.   I think when we actually bring it home, 2 people stick out in my mind in terms of people that we phoned. Samantha, a blind lady that had no, no friends or family, immediate support around her, wasn't on a, you know, a mobile telephone. But the National Shielding Helpline were able to get in contact with her and, and put her in touch with those people that were able to help her.   Another lady that we also spoke to was a lady called Carol. And it became apparent from the outset of the call that, that Carol was, was experiencing some, some health difficulties on the phone and was talking to us about how she was having trouble breathing. And actually, we had a process in place that enabled us to call the emergency services. Our call centre agents remained on the call talking to Carol, making sure that she was ok and staying with her until the emergency services actually arrived.   It turns out that Carol was actually suffering a heart attack whilst on the phone to us. And unfortunately, there were 1,400 people throughout the whole of the, of the shielding contact centre process that, that actually needed us to refer to the emergency services. And I think, you know, w-wherever you are and whatever part you played in the, in the national shielding service, whether it be, you know, the data side of it and, and enabling us to actually contact people like Carol in the first place, whether it be decision makers and policy makers that, that actually decided that people like Carol needed, needed our help and our attention, or whether or not you were part of the actual contact centre that, for Department of Work and Pensions.    Everybody played a part in, in making sure that we genuinely supported and protected those most vulnerable. And I think we've got to keep Samantha and Carol at the forefront of our mind when, when we are truly understanding the difference that, that we made. And, and it's those, those things that really give that sense of pride, real sense of purpose, and, and how together working across government, we, we really do look after those most vulnerable in our society. And the National Shielding Service was a perfect example of, of that.   [CLIP ENDS]   Nick Tait:  For the GDS teams, we are intimately connected on the user research level because our user research involves speaking directly with the clinically extremely vulnerable as well as our other user groups. And this is on one hand, very, very stressful for people; especially in the earlier days of the service when people were in dire straits for the need of basic care supplies. And that, that has an impact and an effect on, on the people who are conducting that research. And we have to take care to support and, and look after our own team members who are open to this.   It's a very present now-now validation of the work that you're doing. I think as civil servants we are all contributing to the enhancement, I hope, of the society within which we live, but to have that [finger snap] instant feedback or relatively instant feedback is very, very powerful indeed.   Kate Nicholls:  Yeah, I'd agree with Nick on that point. I think you always, you know, as a civil servant, working on, kind of, policies that you hope will have an impact on the public. But often you might be waiting months or years to actually see that manifest - just because of, you know, how long policy development in normal times takes. But yeah, to be able to, kind of, immediately see how what you're doing is actually helping people in, in some small or big way is, is a really great thing about working on this. Even though it definitely comes with some of it's, kind of, pressure and stresses.    Vanessa Schneider:  I was wondering if you had any achievements that you wanted to call out specifically, any milestones, any, maybe shoutouts to colleagues that you wanted to praise publicly?   Nick Tait:  So I think it's, it's...whilst I'm not a huge fan of milestones, there are certainly achievements that, that it serves us well to remember. So the service itself was stood up over a weekend, 4 days or thereabouts. And then for those registered users, essential supplies were arriving on doorsteps 10 days later. That's pretty amazing. And then over time in, in, in, from the March to the end of July 2020, just over 4 million deliveries of essential supplies were made. So you know this is real stuff happening. So I'm, I'm quietly proud of those things. And I think all of the teams genuinely have done the, the best they could with the tools they had at hand a-and with the information they had at the time, and we've taken time throughout the, the project, or the programme, to pause and to reflect and to ask ourselves: 'what can we do better?'    And some, and some of that has been sort of like recognised formally. So in terms of shout outs, then I-I guess we'd give a shout out to David Dilley from GDS, who was very surprised on a personal level and nonetheless very, very happy to receive an excellence and leadership award at the, the Cabbies last week. So, these things are all good to have. And, and to work on a service that, that impacts people's lives pretty quickly is often enough.   Kate Nicholls:  Yeah, again, I-I feel like specific milestones maybe aren't quite what the thing that makes me kind of the proudest of the, of working on the project. I think the kind of continuous professionalism and kind of, I guess thirst for improvement is what impresses me about working on this project. So obviously the beginning, you know there was a very clear emergency response and, and a lot of momentum [laughs] that kind of comes with that. But I think it's really impressive that even though that kind of initial phase is, you know, of emergency is, is past us now, there's still kind of that appetite to constantly, to constantly test [laughs] with the users, to constantly improve. We just, just last week, we kind of implemented some improvements to the data feeds based on local authority feedback. And I think it's really inspiring to see people who are so enthusiastic about, sort of, delivering not just something that's good enough and does the job, but something that is constantly getting better.    Nick Tait:  A-a really like serious achievement in terms of like the overall, sort of, easing of some of the pressure has been the overall relationship with, with local authorities. So we, we meet regularly, fortnightly at the moment. It used to be weekly with our, our local authority working group, which is made up of, unsurprisingly, members of local authorities from different parts of the country who have different experiences and, sort of, maturity of, of, of digital. And when we started there were a lot of, sort of, folded arms and like, 'what, what are we all doing here then?'   But that group of people has stayed relatively constant, has put the hours in, has, sort of, really risen to the challenge of collective working and collaborative working. And, and now, as Kate has just, sort of, evidenced, that group of people is co-designing the service. And, and that for me is an, is an achievement. But there's no, sort of, milestone because it's been continually being, being worked at and worked t-towards by, by everybody in that group. And, and again, like so many things, it, it hasn't been a particularly smooth ride, it's been a bit bumpy in places. And that's totally fine. But because, again as Kate said, everybody was kind and humble and professional about it and, and felt free to, to air any concerns that they had. And, and collectively that group is delivering, and that's just wonderful.   Kate Nicholls:  Yeah, I definitely think we owe a lot to the kind of openness and, and I guess willingness to give us their time of local authorities. Obviously I would say that being from MHCLG. But you know, in, in so many different fora we have across the shielding directorate, the stakeholder engagement forum, where we get lots of valid feedback, we run kind of weekly surgery sessions with councils where we get so much kind of valuable insight into what it's actually like to use our service on the ground to deliver real stuff [laughs] to people.    Yeah, as Nick said, we've got our invaluable local authority, working group. So, yeah, I think that's a really, really big part of any of the success that we can, we can claim to have had from the system comes from that, for sure.   Vanessa Schneider:  Amazing. Yeah, it's, it's not always easy for these external parties who might not have been there from the beginning to work on this in a way that they might not be familiar with. Obviously, it's a very Agile approach with GDS, and that's been something that's been spreading around government. But it's not necessarily something that local government has had to work with yet. So it's, it's great that they're signing on and that they're really engaged with it as well.   Well [laughs] on that positive note - thank you so much to all of our guests for coming on today. You can listen to all the episodes of the Government Digital Service podcast on Apple Music, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. And the transcripts are available on Podbean. Goodbye.    Nick Tait:  Goodbye.   Kate Nicholls:  Goodbye.

In this episode of Party Crashers, Corey (x2) & Bartlett discuss the latest news including the newest Nintendo Direct, skateboarding games, Halo Infinite and much more. Then they’ll talk about their most anticipated games for 2021, make predictions for what might happen this year and finish up with a list of all the biggest releases coming to consoles soon.

Corbie does a little investigation into the sword found at the Merryhall estate & the crew are approached about a personal & lucrative favor for the head of the Cabbies.Join us live on Twitch, Friday nights at 7pm EDT:http://twitch.tv/OccultistsAnonymousSupport the show by joining our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/OccultistsAnonymousGet your own Occultists Anonymous and Rookery Merch:http://occultanon.threadless.comFollow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/OccultistsAJoin us on Discord:http://YeetInto.SpaceGet the Book. Play the Game:https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170689/Blades-in-the-Dark?affiliate_id=723048Intro Music: LuIzA - Chrono Trigger "...And in Her Self-Loathing and Despair, She Found Wrath" https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01989

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The Sunshine Boys from Fight Stories sit down with two of Canada's funniest comedians Brian Aylward and Derek Seguin talking about fights with cab drivers, security guards, and outsmarting the man with the badge! SUBSCRIBE!

Jacqui Dunn is Secretary of Unite the Union Edinburgh Cab Section. Here she tells us about the difficulties they are currently facing.

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Guest, Alan Doud joins TMoe in the studio to talk about his new book Cops & Cabbies

The LTDA (Licensed Taxi Drivers Association) represents the finest fleet of drivers on the planet - Black Cabs.Hosted by Steve McNamara (the LTDA General Secretary), this episode looks at the potential future as we discuss the good - and the bad - of electric cabs.Follow us on Twitter - @TheLTDA

I just love improbable stories that make you sit up and think, wow how amazing—I wish I could do that. And that is precisely what this week’s guests are all about. Back in 2018, a group of middle-aged overweight, unfit, unhealthy London Black Cab drivers answered a tweet that ultimately would lead a few brave men to take a chance that would change their lives and help many more. After a year of a harsh military training regime, a change in diet and mindset, three intrepid cabbies set off on an adventure of lifetime – to climb Kilimanjaro. Not only did the ‘fat cabbies’ (their words not mine), reach the summit, but they shed a ton of weight and raised around £20,000 for the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. Oh, and by the way, they have been made Ambassadors for Tanzania. This then is the story of Daren Par and John Dillane aka Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro. This Is Your London Legacy.  “If you conjured up the classic silhouette for a cabbie—it would be a flat cap and a beer belly.”  7:15 Cabbies Do Kilimanjaro started out as a very simple twitter post. Most drivers stay connected on Twitter to stay alert to road closures, speed traps and the like—and this post sort of laughingly asked if any cabbies wanted to lose some weight and hike up to the top of one of the planet’s most iconic mountainscapes. As it turns out a few did. Darren himself had gone to Uganda and Venezuela to climb mountains before on a large adventure that took him across deserts and peaks alike. John felt instantly drawn as well, and before anyone could blink, ten drivers had all committed to getting in shape to take on the challenge.   “The reason why it’s good to go and do stuff like that is because there’s no hiding—when you got to walk up a steep hill, when it’s absolutely hammering down with rain and its windy, there’s no hiding.” 16:00 The challenge was set to inspire and motivate those with sedentary jobs that you can get up and accomplish seemingly impossible goals. So, about ten drivers started their training—in the gym and with free aid from Be Military Fit headed by Bear Grylls. They boys started taking to the peaks on the weekends to practice their hikes, and it was about this point that some started to fall off. The hikes and climbing are very strenuous in the peak district, and actually made it into the Yorkshire 3 Peak Club—a feat that must be accomplished in 12 hours and the group just was manage to join in their training.  “When we get to the top, I thought I’d be saying something poignant—that’s one small step for man, one giant leap for cabbies…all I could muster up was, I am battered. I am battered like I’ve never been battered before.” 31:00 Their trip is the stuff that makes memories for a lifetime and ripples out to affect the cultures visited and people back home. It’s an adventure that spans more than just a single harrowing climb, and John and Darren have no plans on stopping pursuing and pushing adventures on others. Next year Mount Meru is on the map in Tanzania, and they are hoping to not just take Black Cab drivers, but others too. For all you know, I may end up on the summit—no promises though. As ambassadors for Tanzania and adventure at large, John and Darren are continuing their work and training—all while driving our lovely citizens and visitors across our wonderful city.  Links CabbiesdoKilimanjaro.com Twitter  cabbies_do_kilimajaro   Support this podcast

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On today's episode of THE FOOD SEEN, Ahmed Abouelenein, CEO of The Halal Guys, and son of one of the co-founder, ushers in a new era of their Egyptian American entrepreneurial success story. The Halal Guys started selling chicken, beef gyros and falafels from a single street cart at 53rd & 6th Ave; now their famous white sauce is on combo platters around the world! With over 1000 employees, they're the second-highest grossing ethnic restaurant chain behind Chipotle, and the third most reviewed eatery on Yelp. All this because Muslim cab drivers in NYC were looking for a place to buy halal food in Manhattan.Photo Courtesy of The Halal GuysThe Food Seen is powered by Simplecast.

The province's taxi industry has a key ally in the mayor of Surrey as ridesharing begins to roll out across B.C. Doug McCallum was met with cheers as he took the stage to speak at a meeting of B.C. taxi drivers who had gathered to vent frustrations at what they say is not a level playing field. The mayor didn't disappoint, pledging to keep ridesharing services out of his city. “Every ridesharing company needs to have a business licence to operate in the City of Surrey,” said McCallum. “And I'm telling you today, we will not be issuing any business licences to ridesharing companies in Surrey.” But while McCallum's pledge might have been good politics, they're more bark than bite: B.C.'s rules for ridesharing doesn't give authority to municipalities. Guest: Linda Annis Surrey City Councillor

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Neil and Jason share some of the experiences they've had with Singaporean taxi drivers in our motoring madness segment, including singing cabbies, and over-inquisitive ones who questioned their virility. 

It’s no secret that ride sharing apps have left New York City cab drivers in the lurch. Cabbies have been left paying off debt for expensive medallions that aren’t worth much anymore. This morning a city hall committee for taxi-drivers and limousine drivers met to pass 6 new locals laws designed to help the ailing taxi-cab business. Sofia Jeremias reports.

Today, Episode 60! Autonomous taxis start replacing beloved London cabbies by 2021; Lyft pushes ahead with its Level 5 autonomous Fords; and, Apple submits another AV patent, this time, for a peloton -- autonomous platooning -- concept. Read, listen, and discuss this episode at MarcHoag.com Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/AutonomousHoag Subscribe to our new YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDAWTzwkA_MgmqoOKhHYzQ Support this podcast with easily monthly contributions at anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag ! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/autonomous-cars-with-marc-hoag/message

Victorian taxi and hire car drivers will sue ride-share giant Uber for lost earnings over its operation in the state without legal approval. Australian Turkish taxi driver Hüseyin Biçer talking about their legal action. - Uber’e 500 milyon dolarlık tazminat davası açacaklarını söyleyen Melbournelü taksici Hüseyin Biçer, davalarında haklı olduklarını, çünkü büyük zarara uğradıklarını anlatıyor.

Doug and Ben sit in for Sunny and talk about how the Left has continued down a zombie/hive mind path and the lack of actual philosophical debate in the country. Also, Burger King and cabbies may or may not be discussed as well. 

With autonomous vehicles on the rise, John Gauntt takes a look at some of the policy and practical challenges facing mass adoption and acceptance.

All the news to know for Thursday, June 14th, 2018!  Today, we're talking about an interest rate hike, the World Cup and a massive storm on Mars. Plus: Uber helping cabbies, Netflix shows where you decide the ending and the now viral raccoon rescued from the side of a building. All that and much more in less than 10 minutes! Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.   Then, hang out after the news for the bonus Three Question Thursday interview. This week we're talking tech, from Father's Day gift ideas to dealing with phone addiction. My guest today is Jessica Naziri. She was named one of Inc.com's top women in tech and works with brands like Intel, Dell and Samsung. She is the founder of TechSesh.co and helps bridge the gap between lifestyle and technology. For more info and links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

Sam Dingman (The Moth Radio Hour) shares the unusual career choice he made when he was a struggling actor in NYC. Vanessa Golenia (The Moth) reveals the unlikely gift her mom gave her for Christmas one year. Morgan talks about the highs and lows of her first trip to NYC. Plus, Robin and Alex share some of their favorite podcasts and more.

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We are back for another episode of tech-centric topics, with friend of the show Kyle Jones from Discussing Who. In this episode, we talk Surface price drops, HQ Trivia venture capital, Spotify-Discord group listening, Mario Kart Tour,

We are back for another episode of tech-centric topics, with friend of the show Kyle Jones from Discussing Who. In this episode, we talk Surface price drops, HQ Trivia venture capital, Spotify-Discord group listening, Mario Kart Tour, Microsoft’s acquisition of PlayFab, Strava heat-maps, crypto-currency regulation and price fluctuation, and Dragon Ball FighterZ.

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Cabbies hurling racial slurs and the infamous "Fuckboy LES" story in the Trifling in NYC segment! Then we do a deep dive on Michael Jordan's dad's murder in The Conspiracy Segment! It's hectic! visceralist@gmail.com /// @visceralist /// © Visceralist LLC

Guess who's off to SPAAACCE!!! That's right... it's us! We're joined by Dave Bulmer this weeks to pitch some amazing, out of this world Science Fiction Movies!! Dave also wrote a song for this weeks episode so be sure to stick around to listen to that!! Listen, Enjoy and don't forget to share the episode!! Find us at www.facebook.com/lifesapitchpodcast Or follow us on twitter @lifesapitchshow Find Dave here - https://www.youtube.com/user/DemonTomatoDave Subscribe on iTunes! - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lifes-a-pitch/id1003281026?mt=2 Or on Acast - www.acast.com/lifesapitchpodcast Or anywhere that uses an RSS feed - http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:140240683/sounds.rss Subscribe to our videos on Youtube! - www.youtube.com/channel/UCLC3Hl8GU4uFnGcDXxwcUdw

The United Taxi Workers Association of Toronto are meeting tonight to discuss job action over UBER. Cabbies say that UBER is not following the new by-law and the city is doing nothing to punish the ride-for-hire service. Paul Sekhon, president of the United Taxi Workers Association of Toronto joins Libby to talk about the options they are considering.

This week, we debate the decision to make Sulu in the upcoming Star Trek movie gay. Surprisingly, one of the biggest critics of the decision comes from George Takei himself—the actor who played the original character—which is surprising because he's gay in real life. Takei wants to see more gay characters, but without changing the existing ones. I disagree, it's 2016, so everyone in 2259 should be gay and Paul Feig should direct. I'm joined by Ryan Holiday and Robin Higgins this week. Ryan Holiday's new book is out where he talks about how ego is holding most of us back. It's the force that magnifies failures and makes recovery much more difficult. It's a fascinating read: https://www.amazon.com/Ego-Enemy-Ryan-Holiday/dp/1591847818/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&qid=1468237769&sr=8-1&keywords=ego+is+the+way&linkCode=li2&tag=bpitu-20&linkId=4142d8667e8061443a69080a583fb3f6 Comedian Robin Higgins also joins this week, with her Jane Bond fantasy and a new video she produced and animated herself, "5 Minute Time Machine:" https://youtu.be/Vmg1O2xACOY And finally, here's the full rambling interview with Lil Boosie, a rapper with rants that precede his music: https://youtu.be/E7L4V-CbdoQ Voicemail Number: 1-562-58-I-RULE (1-562-584-7853) madcastmedia.com Sources: Hollywood Reporter - George Takei reacts to news of the gay Sulu - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/george-takei-reacts-gay-sulu-909154 Time.com - Gene Roddenberry's son Rod says it's a cop-out - http://time.com/4396436/star-trek-lgbt-john-cho/ LA Times - Indiana man with cache of weapons caught headed to Pride festival - http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.html KTLA - Gay slurs shouted at man attacked in West Hollywood - http://ktla.com/2015/01/20/man-attacked-in-west-hollywood-by-men-shouting-racial-gay-slurs/ ABC News - Boston cabbie returns $187k in cash - http://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-cab-driver-returns-187k-cash-left-passenger/story?id=40360263 NY Daily News - Boston cabbie disappointed at $100 reward for returning $187k in cash - http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boston-cabbie-returned-lost-187g-disappointed-100-reward-article-1.2700307 Telegraph.co.uk - Husbands who fly first class while their wives travel in economy - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/husbands-who-always-fly-business-class-while-wives-travel-in-economy/ "Mining by Moonlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Music to Delight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We attempt to describe "Cabbies on Crack." Theme song by The French Goodbye @ramonespodcast

Rob & Matt are talking about how Toronto cabbies destroyed themselves, how a man put his job ahead of a young child's life & how Sweden has chosen to face the Syrian refugee crisis differently than Canada.

No one is safe from this man's tongue - Steve Allen takes to the airwaves on weekday mornings from 4 - 6.30am on LBC. Hear all of Steve's show with the news, travel and breaks taken out.

Cabbies find ways around no app rule By Ma Yue | March 2, 2014, Sunday | SHANGHAI taxi drivers are keeping “for hire” signs switched off and claiming that customers are their friends in order to get round a ban on third-party booking apps. Yesterday marked the first day of a ban on city cabbies taking fares through apps at rush hour, but as Saturday is not a working day, demand was lower in any case. A city traffic authority notice prohibits drivers from taking fares via booking apps between 7:30am and 9:30am and 4:30pm and 6:30pm every day. This is to ease difficulties hailing a cab in the street and address safety concerns about cabbies’ being distracted by cellphone apps while driving. However, some drivers were flouting the ban yesterday. A member of the public, surnamed Ye, said he first tried without success to book a cab through the Didi Taxi app at 8:40am in Yangpu District. But when he switched to the Kuaidi Taxi app and offered a 5 yuan tip, a driver with Shanghai Risheng Taxi Company accepted the fare. Ye saw that the car was showing its “not in service” sign when it arrived. The driver told Ye that his employer is not a major taxi company and supervision is not strict. Nonetheless, the driver said he switched his cab light to “not in service” in order to “avoid trouble.” Under the new regulations, cabbies who refuse to stop for passengers at legal hailing spots during rush hour while their lights show “for hire” will be seen as “rejecting fares.” For this they face a 200 yuan (US$32.66) fine and a 15-day suspension. In particularly serious cases, they could have their license revoked. Shanghai’s big four taxi companies — Qiangsheng, Dazhong, Haibo and Jinjiang — said they have sent notices and reminders to drivers. But a passenger surnamed Cai, trying to hail a taxi at 10am yesterday, said she was surprised when a cabbie stopped, even though his vehicle had its “not in service” sign illuminated. The Shanghai Haibo Taxi Company driver admitted he had been doing business with the “not in service” sign the whole morning, taking fares both via apps and from people hailing a cab. The driver suggested Cai make an advance booking through an app next time she wanted a ride during rush hour. Customers who make a booking outside peak times for a ride during rush hour do not violate the ban. It appeared that there were more taxis yesterday than usual driving on Shanghai’s roads with their “not in service” sign illuminated. The regulations also say that cabbies who refuse to wait in line for passengers at airports and railway and bus stations face a 200 yuan fine or suspension for up to 15 days in serious situations. However, the traffic management authority have encountered difficulties enforcing this. Yesterday, a number of taxis were spotted picking up passengers at the exit of the parking lot of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, instead of joining a designated taxi queue. But when approached by traffic law enforcement team, drivers and passengers claimed that they were friends. In such a situation no punishments can be administered.

Host Delen Goldberg speaks with reporter Rick Velotta about taxi long-hauling and a new tournament bowling center coming to the South Point. Also, reporter Ed Komenda weighs in on Station Casino's entrance into the legal online poker market.

Host Delen Goldberg speaks with reporter Rick Velotta about taxi long-hauling and a new tournament bowling center coming to the South Point. Also, reporter Ed Komenda weighs in on Station Casino's entrance into the legal online poker market.

Get out your skinny jeans and pass the PBR! Martha and Grant discuss the definition of the word hipster. Also, what happens when you pull a brodie? And why do we describe something cheap or poorly made as cheesy? Also, sawbucks, pulling a brodie, shoestring budgets, the origins of bootlegging, and cabbie lingo, including the slang word bingo.FULL DETAILSA former cabbie shares his favorite jargon, like green pea and making your nut. Someone waving down an occupied cab is known as a bingo, and the cabbie will usually tell the dispatcher to send another car.  A San Diego cabdriver has gathered much more taxi slang here. Is there any etymological connection between the dairy product and the adjective cheesy, meaning inferior, cheap, or otherwise sub-par? This descriptive term for something lowbrow or poorly made at one point had positive connotations in the 1800s, when something great could be said to be cheesy as a rare Stilton. Over time, though, cheesy took on the connotation of something unappealing, an apparent reference to a low quality, stinky cheese. A shoestring budget is a spending plan that's as thin and spindly as a shoestring. Not surprisingly, the term gained popularity during the Great Depression.A line from The Moor of Venice, that I would liefer bide, features an old word for rather that shares a root with the words love and leave, as in by your leave.Cabbies are sometimes known to stretch their hood, which means to fib to the dispatcher about their location. Sometimes they have to drive out of bounds to pick up a fare.Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a word puzzle based on so-called container clues, where the answer is divided into two words, one which is found inside the other. For this game, the answers are all Greek gods.A Word-Book of Virginia Folk Speak from 1912 includes this gem: Bachelors' wives and old maid's children are the best people in the world.What is a hipster? Is it an insult to call someone a hipster, even if they're, well, a hipster? Do hipsters identify themselves as hipsters? Grant traces the label from 1960s counterculture to today's skinny-jeaned Brooklyn paradox. The handy term omnishambles means all in shambles, and has found its way from the British TV comedy The Thick of It to the floor of the House of Commons.What is a cuculoris? This lighting grate, which also goes by such names as cookie, gobo, and dapple sheet, is used in photography to cast a dramatic shadow. There are lots of spellings of this word, including cucoloris, kookaloris, cookaloris, and cucalorus. The name may have to do with George Cukor, an early pioneer of the tool in old Hollywood. Add this to your list of paraprosdokians: Two guys walked into a bar. The third one ducked. Where does the term bootleg come from? Originally, smugglers tucked bottles of alcohol into their pants to sneak them onto Indian reservations to sell illegally. The term knockoff also refers to pants, and buttleg is a variant that can refer to contraband cigarettes.Why do we call a ten-dollar bill a sawbuck? The support for woodworking known as a sawbuck folds out into the shape of an X, the same shape as the Roman numeral for ten. Hence, the slang term for the currency worth ten bucks.Can you get away with calling a misspelled word a typo if you didn't know how to spell it in the first place? One variety of mistake is called a performance error, where the goof is somehow related to the machine or keyboard. A competence error occurs when someone doesn't know the difference between your and you're in the first place.To spin a brodie or pull a brodie is to spin a doughnut in a car. The term derives from the name of Steve Brodie, who allegedly jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886. To do a brodie, originally meaning to jump or fall, came to mean any kind of stunt.On the website A Poem From Us, people upload videos of themselves reading poetry from other writers. Here, David Jones reads "A Cradle Song" by William Butler Yeats.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words also comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.And from The Ken Blanchard Companies, whose purpose is to make a leadership difference among executives, managers, and individuals in organizations everywhere. More about Ken Blanchard's leadership training programs at kenblanchard.com/leadership.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! 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Get out your skinny jeans and pass the PBR! Martha and Grant discuss the definition of the word hipster. Also, what happens when you pull a brodie? And why do we describe something cheap or poorly made as cheesy? Also, sawbucks, pulling a brodie, shoestring budgets, the origins of bootlegging, and cabbie lingo, including the slang word bingo. FULL DETAILS A former cabbie shares his favorite jargon, like green pea and making your nut. Someone waving down an occupied cab is known as a bingo, and the cabbie will usually tell the dispatcher to send another car. A San Diego cabdriver has gathered much more taxi slang here. Is there any etymological connection between the dairy product and the adjective cheesy, meaning inferior, cheap, or otherwise sub-par? This descriptive term for something lowbrow or poorly made at one point had positive connotations in the 1800s, when something great could be said to be cheesy as a rare Stilton. Over time, though, cheesy took on the connotation of something unappealing, an apparent reference to a low quality, stinky cheese. A shoestring budget is a spending plan that's as thin and spindly as a shoestring. Not surprisingly, the term gained popularity during the Great Depression. A line from The Moor of Venice, that I would liefer bide, features an old word for rather that shares a root with the words love and leave, as in by your leave. Cabbies are sometimes known to stretch their hood, which means to fib to the dispatcher about their location. Sometimes they have to drive out of bounds to pick up a fare. Quiz Guy Greg Pliska has a word puzzle based on so-called container clues, where the answer is divided into two words, one which is found inside the other. For this game, the answers are all Greek gods. A Word-Book of Virginia Folk Speak from 1912 includes this gem: Bachelors' wives and old maid's children are the best people in the world. What is a hipster? Is it an insult to call someone a hipster, even if they're, well, a hipster? Do hipsters identify themselves as hipsters? Grant traces the label from 1960s counterculture to today's skinny-jeaned Brooklyn paradox. The handy term omnishambles means all in shambles, and has found its way from the British TV comedy The Thick of It to the floor of the House of Commons. What is a cuculoris? This lighting grate, which also goes by such names as cookie, gobo, and dapple sheet, is used in photography to cast a dramatic shadow. There are lots of spellings of this word, including cucoloris, kookaloris, cookaloris, and cucalorus. The name may have to do with George Cukor, an early pioneer of the tool in old Hollywood. Add this to your list of paraprosdokians: Two guys walked into a bar. The third one ducked. Where does the term bootleg come from? Originally, smugglers tucked bottles of alcohol into their pants to sneak them onto Indian reservations to sell illegally. The term knockoff also refers to pants, and buttleg is a variant that can refer to contraband cigarettes. Why do we call a ten-dollar bill a sawbuck? The support for woodworking known as a sawbuck folds out into the shape of an X, the same shape as the Roman numeral for ten. Hence, the slang term for the currency worth ten bucks. Can you get away with calling a misspelled word a typo if you didn't know how to spell it in the first place? One variety of mistake is called a performance error, where the goof is somehow related to the machine or keyboard. A competence error occurs when someone doesn't know the difference between your and you're in the first place. To spin a brodie or pull a brodie is to spin a doughnut in a car. The term derives from the name of Steve Brodie, who allegedly jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886. To do a brodie, originally meaning to jump or fall, came to mean any kind of stunt. On the website A Poem From Us, people upload videos of themselves reading poetry from other writers. Here, David Jones reads "A Cradle Song" by William Butler Yeats.

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This cab driver suffers a flatulence problem much to the horror of his polite passenger.

This foul mouthed cab driver Phyllis gives a whole new meaning to a 'hands free phone'.

Madison, the flighty, fast talking airhead treats her passenger to some interesting banter.

This unsuspecting passenger gets a lesson in Italian style cooking from Luigi, the stereotypical Italian cab driver!

Kenny, the hick cab driver, gives his passenger a rather interesting tour of his town and perhaps more than that.

Jackie, the cab driver, peddles his wares from his poo empire to his suffering passenger.

An unsuspecting passenger gets a life lesson from Ivan, the Russian cab driver, when they play 'Russian roulette'.

Cabbies are always there when you don't need them, honking at you on the street. Pat Tomasulo decides to give them a taste of their own medicine. Check out this week's Pat Down.

Cabbies are always there when you don't need them, honking at you on the street. Pat Tomasulo decides to give them a taste of their own medicine. Check out this week's Pat Down.

Genghis, the creepy cab driver makes some interesting conversation with his clean passenger.

This unsuspecting passenger is greeted by a cab driver with 'criminal intent'.

When two young professional men hail Cora's taxi they have no idea of the 'show' they are about to witness.

Lauren and Leon are todays guests / Cab horror stories / Leon and Lauren try to guess who made 56 million...forever / The return of Fun Sponge / Internet dating stories / much more. Subscribe on Itunes.

The episode starts with us being proud of a countryman who gave his life just a day after getting sena medal and then how Mumbai was ashmed over the actions of a Mumbai based political party lead by Raj Thackeray. Cabbies, bhelpuriwallas were brutally beaten up by MNS party worker for being norh Indian! Then to make matters worse for the reputation of gurgaon, a 100 cr Kidney scam has been unearthed. We thought these heavy topics were enough for this episodes and moved on to some lighter topics

The episode starts with us being proud of a countryman who gave his life just a day after getting sena medal and then how Mumbai was ashmed over the actions of a Mumbai based political party lead by Raj Thackeray. Cabbies, bhelpuriwallas were brutally beaten up by MNS party worker for being norh Indian! Then to make matters worse for the reputation of gurgaon, a 100 cr Kidney scam has been unearthed. We thought these heavy topics were enough for this episodes and moved on to some lighter topics

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