Podcasts about california chapter

In this episode, Mary and Shelley interview planner and artist: Miguel Vazquez! He is a FAICP planner who likes to mix the worlds of art and planning together. We discuss how to think like an artist to become a better planner and why that is important. We also discuss various projects he's been involved in where art was used to assist in planning activities.Miguel is also heavily involved in the Latinos in Planning Division of the American Planning Association (APA) and the California Chapter of the APA.In the episode, Miguel discusses an activity around dancing and movement as part of that year's annual conference for California APA. You can watch the outcome of that here: https://youtu.be/IogrB6cyGfc?si=yW0p-thoMY25PVPRWant to be a part of the podcast? Send in an email! The team behind the upcoming Better Planners podcast wants to hear from you about the real life issues you handle as a planner. What are the honest, gritty, wicked problems you find yourself managing? To share your experiences, email betterplannerspodcast@gmail.com Your message might end up in one of the upcoming podcast episodes. You can be as anonymous or as identifiable as you want. Where to find us:Website: https://oregon.planning.org/community/betterplannerspodcast/Instagram: @betterplanners

In this episode of the AgNet News Hour, hosts Sabrina Halvorson and Lorrie Boyer explore critical topics at the intersection of immigration, agriculture, and policy. As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration nears, they discuss the growing concerns around potential mass deportations, including the anxiety among Californians—both documented and undocumented. The conversation delves into the far-reaching implications for the agricultural sector, which depends heavily on immigrant labor, and the ripple effects of misinformation, community fears, and everyday profiling. The episode also features Lorrie's interview with Michael Ming, President of the California Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Ming sheds light on the organization's mission to support agricultural professionals through education, accreditations, and advocacy. Key topics include water supply challenges, commodity pricing, and the impact of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) on land values. The chapter's scholarship and internship programs aim to nurture the next generation of agriculture leaders. Additionally, Sabrina reports on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack's remarks on recent initiatives under the Biden administration. Topics include the reinforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act to protect producers, enhanced transparency in poultry tournaments, efforts to combat discrimination, and the introduction of a cattle contract library. While some measures remain incomplete, the USDA's progress marks a significant step toward ensuring fairness and stability for farmers, ranchers, and producers nationwide. Episode Highlights: The fear of mass deportations and its impact on California's agricultural workforce. Challenges posed by false social media rumors and profiling. Michael Ming's insights on water analysis, land value shifts under SGMA, and support for emerging ag professionals. USDA's strengthened regulations to enhance market competitiveness and fairness under the Biden administration. Links and Resources: American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers – California Chapter USDA Initiatives on the Packers and Stockyards Act: Learn More Information on SGMA and Land Value: Read More Stay informed on the latest agricultural news by subscribing to the AgNet News Hour.

In this episode of the AgNet News Hour, hosts Sabrina Halvorson and Lorrie Boyer discuss the proposed updates to the USDA Dietary Guidelines for 2025-2030. The guidelines, still in the proposal stage, recommend a shift towards more plant-based proteins like beans and lentils, while suggesting a reduction in red meat consumption. This has sparked controversy, particularly within the cattle industry. The episode also touches on the implications of these changes for consumer buying trends, school meal plans, and institutions, as well as the debate over the removal of flavored milk options from the dairy category. The discussion highlights the balance between scientific evidence and industry concerns, as well as the broader impact on national health and dietary habits. Lorrie Boyer talks with Bryan Little, chief operating officer with Farm Employers Labor Services, a California Farm Bureau Affiliated Company, about creating Bird Flu Management plans for agriculture operations. Sabrina Halvorson speaks with Mark Cady, Senior Environmental Scientist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and President of the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy. They discuss the upcoming 2025 California Plant and Soil Health Conference scheduled for early February in Visalia. The conference will focus on delivering agronomic agricultural science information to a diverse audience including professionals, academics, and students. Key topics include water quality and quantity, regenerative agriculture, soil health, data usage on farms, and sustainable pest management. The event also features educational sessions, student programs, and networking opportunities.

On today's episode, Mark Cady, president of the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy, discusses the upcoming 2025 California Plant and Soil Conference as a can't-miss opportunity for current and aspiring agronomists.   Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to this month's sponsors who makes it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their website. Dormex (Alzchem Group) - https://www.alzchem.com/en/brands/dormex/ California Walnut Conference - https://myaglife.com/california-walnut-conference/ North Valley Nut Conference - https://myaglife.com/north-valley-nut-conference/

Health & Longevity, Dr. John Westerdahl's featured guest is Barbara Gaughen-Muller, President of the United Nations Association of the USA for the Santa Barbara, California Chapter and Author of Revolutionary Conversations: The Tools You Need For The Success You Want. Barbara Gaughen-Muller discusses why communication is so important for good health, can contribute to a long, healthy life, and how to have productive, respectful and valuable conversations. Her easy to remember, step-by-step approach will help you express your thoughts and ideas, and make sure that what you want to say is heard in a way that opens up a true conversation with family, friends, and especially with your doctor.

Plastics are everywhere. And while we've known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren't a good mix, it's becoming apparent that they're massive climate polluters too. The production of plastics alone produces about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. After what is often a single use, the resulting waste continues releasing the greenhouse gasses ethylene and methane as it breaks apart.  Yet, as petrochemical companies pay lip service ending fuel production, they are pouring resources into plastics production. How do we wrap up our reliance on plastics? Guests:  Diane Wilson, Founder and Director, San Antonio Bay Waterkeeper Jane Patton, U.S. Fossil Economy Campaign Manager, Center for International Environmental Law  Susannah Scott, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara  Alexis Jackson, Ocean Policy and Plastics Lead, California Chapter, The Nature Conservancy  It's time for our annual spring appeal! At Climate One, we believe in the power of open conversations to drive positive change. Through our thought-provoking discussions and interviews, we strive not only to raise awareness of climate issues and solutions, but to also empower individuals — like each of our valued listeners — to take tangible steps toward a more sustainable future.  You can show your support for Climate One by contributing to our spring fundraising campaign. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plastics are everywhere. And while we've known for a long time that plastics and our environment aren't a good mix, it's becoming apparent that they're massive climate polluters too. The production of plastics alone produces about 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. After what is often a single use, the resulting waste continues releasing the greenhouse gasses ethylene and methane as it breaks apart.  Yet, as petrochemical companies pay lip service ending fuel production, they are pouring resources into plastics production. How do we wrap up our reliance on plastics? Guests:  Diane Wilson, Founder and Director, San Antonio Bay Waterkeeper Jane Patton, U.S. Fossil Economy Campaign Manager, Center for International Environmental Law  Susannah Scott, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara  Alexis Jackson, Ocean Policy and Plastics Lead, California Chapter, The Nature Conservancy  It's time for our annual spring appeal! At Climate One, we believe in the power of open conversations to drive positive change. Through our thought-provoking discussions and interviews, we strive not only to raise awareness of climate issues and solutions, but to also empower individuals — like each of our valued listeners — to take tangible steps toward a more sustainable future.  You can show your support for Climate One by contributing to our spring fundraising campaign. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discover why measles cases are making headlines. Should parents be concerned? Find out how to identify symptoms and safeguard your children from measles. Hear a firsthand experience from a patient with measles and get insights from doctors and public health officials on what you might not know about vaccines and how to handle an outbreak.     This episode is sponsored by AAP-CA3 – the American Academy of Pediatrics,  California Chapter 3 - San Diego and Imperial Counties in collaboration with Project Firstline.     For more information:  AAP Project Firstline  For Healthcare Professionals – Diagnosing and Treating Measles | CDC   Interim Measles Infection Prevention Recommendations in Healthcare Settings | CDC       Send your questions to hello@pediatriciannextdoorpodcast.com or submit at drwendyhunter.com  Find products from the show on the shop page.   *As an Amazon Associate, I earn commission from qualifying purchases.    More from The Pediatrician Next Door:    Website: drwendyhunter.com   Instagram: @the_pediatrician_next_door  Facebook: facebook.com/wendy.l.hunter.75  TikTok: @drwendyhunter  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drwendyhunter    This is a Redd Rock Music Podcast  IG: @reddrockmusic  www.reddrockmusic.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A former California State Senator, Melissa Melendez is currently Executive Director of the California Chapter of the America First Policy Institute.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hafsa Burt, LEED Fellow, previously worked at Frank Gehry & Associates and SOM before starting hb+a Architects. With an undergraduate, Masters Degree in Architecture & a minor in Electronic Design from SCAD she brings to her work an avant garde streak & a strong commitment to the triple bottom line.   An environmentalist, she adopted and actively advocates for the 2030 challenge and is a huge proponent of high performance buildings. Her focus includes “Eliminating Toxins”, with Indoor Air Quality as a specialty. She has actively spoken on the topic of Indoor air quality as it relates to the practice of Architecture since 2009 all over the west coast and is an industry expert on “Healthy Building Practices”. She has served on the Council of Experts at USGBC's California Chapter on Indoor Air Quality and has served as a liaison for the Green Schools' Committee for USGBC State, primarily focusing on legislative decisions affecting Environmental Sustainability in the past. At the moment she is involved in Federal Advocacy at USGBC.   She is also actively involved with the American Institute of Architects and is a member of the AIA California Climate Action Committee which looks at legislative decisions as they relate to the building environment, and has been involved in advocating for decarbonizing the built environment and is working with a group on policies that address Embodied Carbon and Life Cycle Analysis of projects.   In 2019 founded a development arm for the firm called Box Lab which is focused on the development of zero energy/zero carbon buildings.   She is involved in all projects, with a commitment to the practice of architecture as a collaborative and innovative enterprise and brings with her years of experience in Commercial, Institutional, Industrial and mixed-use realms in project size ranging from 2000 square feet to over 2 million square feet and project types ranging from tenant improvements to San Francisco airport.   She has been awarded the title of ENR's 20 under 40 construction professionals in California and American Institute of Architects' coveted Young Architects' Honor Award and Fast Company's Innovation in Design for Box Factory.   Show Highlights   Educating clients on electrification and lifecycle analysis before it becomes a policy decision. Make your projects efficient as possible with minimizing materials and functions. Box Lab develops projects and prototypes with the highest sustainability goals, a minimum footprint and zero energy. What we need to know about the built environment post pandemic for healthy buildings. The new umbrella of ESG for healthy buildings and air quality.  Hafsa's firm creates a universal design  from the angle of sustainability and social justice. Early phase lifecycle analysis comparison, cost and what can be done. Trends happening at the policy level decarbonization to reduce operational emissions. California has started a good precedent to codify embodied carbon and  help craft policies toward embodied carbon. “Challenge your thinking and also be as purpose-driven and as early as possible. You just cannot live in a vacuum. It's a global community and we have to be aware of what's happening and we need to make sure that every choice that we make, everything that we do is purpose-driven and you have a very strong reason why you're doing anything.” -Hafsa Burt     Show Resource and Information Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES   GBES is excited our membership community is growing. Consider joining our membership community as members are given access to some of the guests on the podcasts that you can ask project questions. If you are preparing for an exam, there will be more assurance that you will pass your next exam, you will be given cliff notes if you are a member, and so much more. Go to to learn more about the 4 different levels of access to this one-of-a-kind career-advancing green building community!   If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on .  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the !   Copyright © 2024 GBES

Today's discussion came from our archives and was recorded in June of 2023. Our talk is hosted by Ed Dodson, a long-time faculty member here at the Henry George School, who is joined by our returning guest Mr. Mark Mollineaux. Mark is an artist, radio host, and researcher who focuses on metropolitan resilience, urbanization, and housing affordability. Mr. Mollineaux is a lifelong Georgist and hosts a popular radio show, The Henry George Program, on Stanford's radio where he hosts discussions on Georgist ideas and concepts. He is also part of Common Ground USA's California Chapter. Common Ground USA promotes land and economic justice through land-value taxation, land trusts, and fair taxation of pollution or extraction. In the 19th century, Karl Marx published his seminal book, Das Kapital, where he critiques the political economy. In this work, Marx coined the term “vulgar economics” or “vulgar economy”, which was a dig at frameworks created by other economists. However, vulgar economics also criticizes assumptions made by pure observations. To Marx, economists had to conceptualize more than just what they saw. Today, this can be directly linked to the supply and demand analysis utilized by most major economists.   When analyzing factors such as labor or land, it helps to build a more complex understanding of how these factors of production synergize with the rest of the economy. Our guest today helps us do just that.   Together, we got into the weeds of the dynamics of housing markets, discussed why traditional policy tools won't help current unaffordability problems and why some alternatives may be better, and why property and land taxes can help entrench unaffordability. To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/smart-talk-hgsss/support

On today's show, Alix Mayer from Free Now Foundation describes how coerced vaccination is communism, how the public was manipulated to comply with Covid measures, even by the use of neuro-linguistic programming, how her Free Now Foundation works to protect freedom in California, and the WHO's dangerous desire to further curtail our freedom in the name of public health. GUEST OVERVIEW: Alix Mayer is Chairman and co-founder of Free Now Foundation, since April 2023. (Our Mission is to protect and preserve civil liberties and health rights for all, with a focus on children.) In the 1990s Alix ran a worldwide research group at Apple until the Hepatitis B vaccine physically disabled her and gave her brain damage (her "Runner-up Darwin Award," as she calls it, for failing to research vaccines before rolling up her sleeve). After gaining a substantial recovery, Alix worked as a health consultant for a decade, before retiring and volunteering 100% of her time to serve on the Board at children's Health Defense and co-found the California Chapter of CHD, where she served as Board Chairman. https://freenowfoundation.org/ 

For some reason, Frederick Douglass is one of those Americans who doesn't get a lot of time in history classes.  He lived an incredible life but left an even more astonishing legacy.  Join Jim and Dan as they talk to Kevin McGary, the Chairman of the California Chapter of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, and learn what the schools didn't teach you about Mr. Douglass.

Welcome to another episode of the #WiseNuts Podcast! Join us this Monday night at 7:30pm for an enlightening discussion as we host representatives Meg and Jen from California Chapter Gays Against Groomers. Gays Against Groomers, is dedicated to addressing and confronting the issue of grooming within the LGBTQ+ community. Grooming involves the manipulation and exploitation of individuals, particularly minors, for the gratification of the groomer. Representatives Meg and Jen from the California chapter bring their unwavering commitment to this crucial cause. They strive to raise awareness, facilitate open conversations, and extend support to those impacted by grooming. By fostering a platform for dialogue and education, California Gays Against Groomers empowers LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies to recognize the signs of grooming and take preventative measures. Their appearance on the #WiseNuts Podcast offers an opportunity to delve into the work of this chapter, highlighting their endeavors to create a safer environment for the LGBTQ+ community by addressing the issue of grooming head-on. Follow the WiseNuts on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/WiseNutsPodcast/ Follow the WiseNuts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wise_nuts Follow the WiseNuts on IG: https://www.instagram.com/wisenuts_podcast/?hl=en --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wisenuts/support

GUEST OVERVIEW: Alix Mayer is Chairman and co-founder of the Free Now Foundation. Alix deconstructs how the fake "Supra-emergency" was created and shows how a continuation of what was implemented during lockdowns will ultimately lead to a medical police state if we do not collectively refuse to participate. Alix ran a worldwide research group at Apple until the Hepatitis B vaccine physically disabled her and gave her brain damage. After a substantial recovery, she worked as a health consultant for a decade. For four years ending in early 2023, she served on the Board of Children's Health Defense (100% of her time) and co-founded and served as Board Chairman of the California Chapter of CHD. Separately from her non-profit work, she serves on the finance committee for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Presidential Campaign. freenowfoundation.org

Join Ben and Rahul for their discussion with legendary trial lawyer Brian Panish, founding partner of Los-Angeles-based trial firm, Panish Shea Boyle and Ravipudi (PSBR).  Brian discusses how the values he learned growing up and playing competitive sports through college shaped his work ethic and approach to the competition of trial practice.  Brian shares keys to success at trial and in building a world-class trial law firm.  Brian is the G.O.A.T. You don't want to miss this episode! About Brian PanishOne of the country's leading trial attorneys, Los Angeles personal injury lawyer Brian Panish has obtained some of the most significant jury verdicts in United States history on behalf of plaintiffs. His courtroom victories include a $4.9 billion record verdict in the landmark products liability case Anderson v. General Motors, over 100 verdicts and settlements in excess of $10 million, six verdicts in excess of $50 million, and more than 500 verdicts and settlements over one million dollars in personal injury, car accident, wrongful death and business litigation cases. Mr. Panish consistently serves in a leading role in the largest personal injury cases in California and the country. He currently serves as Plaintiffs Co-Lead Counsel in the Woolsey Fire litigation,  Plaintiffs Co-Lead Counsel in the Southern California Fire Cases litigation arising from the 2017 Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flows in Montecito, California, and serves on the Plaintiffs Executive Committee for the 2017 North Bay Fires in Northern California. Mr. Panish also serves as Lead Trial Counsel in the Southern California Gas Leak Cases where he led a team of lawyers in obtaining a $1.8 billion settlement from Southern California Gas Company and Sempra Energy. He previously served in leadership roles in the Asiana Airlines Crash Litigation, the Olympus Superbug CRE Litigation and DePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation, among others. Most recently, Mr. Panish has been retained to represent the husband and son of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer who was fatally shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on the movie set of ‘Rust' in October 2021. Since 2011, Mr. Panish has obtained more than $500 million in verdicts including, among others, a $23,720,996 bench trial award for a Southern California man and his wife after the man suffered a lower leg amputation as a result of being struck by a 28-foot utility truck while riding his motorcycle, a $21,503,420.48 verdict for a man who suffered catastrophic injuries after a vehicle illegally exiting the 405 Freeway HOV lane struck his motorcycle, a landmark $53,745,374 verdict for two Southern California brothers who were severely injured following a head-on collision with CRST big rig, a $41,864,102 jury verdict and subsequent $46,000,000 settlement for a United States Air Force Captain who suffered catastrophic injuries after being struck from behind while on his motorcycle and then dragged the length of a football field and a half by a Southern California Gas Company truck, a $36.5 million jury verdict against Schneider National for a big-rig crash that left a woman with severe spinal cord injuries, a $34.5 million verdict for a man who suffered a below the knee amputation after being hit by a tractor trailer, a $21,503,420.48 jury verdict for a Southern California man who suffered catastrophic injuries after a vehicle illegally exiting the 405 Freeway HOV lane struck his motorcycle and sent him careening across three lanes of traffic and into a passing flatbed trailer, a $17.4 million verdict for a Ph.D. student who suffered brain and jaw injuries during a rear end chain collision accident, a $17 million jury verdict against the Los Angeles MTA in the wrongful death of a visually impaired passenger, a $17.845 million award in a wrongful death case involving four family members killed when a Marine jet crashed into their home, a $20 million jury verdict for a woman who suffered a brain injury in a hit-and-run accident involving a J.B. Hunt tractor trailer, a $17 million jury verdict for a 84-year old man hit by a bus resulting in a leg amputation, a $15.3 million jury verdict for a woman and her daughter after the woman was severely injured on a negligently driven Alameda Contra-Costa Transit District bus, a $10.45 million jury verdict for the family of a security guard killed on the CBS studio lot and a $8.3 million jury verdict in the first DePuy ASR Hip Implant case to go to trial. Because of his expertise in personal injury, wrongful death, mass tort and product liability cases, Mr. Panish has been appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs' Steering and Executive committees in numerous high profile mass torts and major disaster cases, including litigation involving train crashes (co-lead counsel in the the Chatsworth Metrolink disaster, the Glendale Metrolink crash, and the Placentia Metrolink collision), airplane disasters (Alaska Airlines Flight 261 and Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes), pharmaceuticals (Vioxx and diet drugs), and defective product cases (Welding Rods, DePuy ASR Hip Implant Litigation, and Toyota Unintended Acceleration cases.)  He is currently handling numerous cases involving the Asiana Flight 261 plane crash as well as serving as Plaintiffs Co-lead Trial Counsel, representing over 7,000 clients in the Porter Ranch Gas Leak litigation. Mr. Panish has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations as being among the top trial lawyers in the country. Some of the honors he has received include the following:2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America2023 Leading Commercial Litigators – Daily Journal2022 Finalist for CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year2022 West Trailblazer – The American Lawyer2022 Top 100 Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2022 LA 500 – Los Angeles Business Journal2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America2022 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2022 Top 100 Lawyers – Los Angeles Business Journal2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers2022 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award in the area of Personal Injury2022 Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar – Law3602021 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys – Los Angeles Business Journal2021 Top 100 Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2021 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2021 LA 500 – Los Angeles Business Journal2021 Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America2020 Top 100 Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2021 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Action – Plaintiffs – Los Angeles2020 Lawdragon Leading Lawyers in America2020 Plaintiffs Lawyer Trailblazer – National Law Journal2020 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2020 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers2019 Top 100 Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2019 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2019 Plaintiffs Lawyer Trailblazer – National Law Journal2019 Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar – Law3602019 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award in the area of Personal Injury2019 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs – Los Angeles2018 Finalist for CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year2018 Top 100 Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2018 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2018 Daniel O'Connell Award – by Irish American Bar Association-Los Angeles2018 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Aviation Law – Los Angeles2017 Top 100 Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2017 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2017 Civil Advocate Award – by the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC)2017 Finalist (2) for CAOC Consumer Attorney of the Year2016 Outstanding Litigator – by Southwestern Law School2016 Top Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2016 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigation – Los Angeles2015 National Law Journal's Elite Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame2015 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Product Liability Litigation – Los Angeles2015 Top 25 Plaintiff Lawyers in California – Daily Journal2015 Robert E. Cartwright Sr. Award (given by the Consumer Attorneys of California in recognition of excellence in trial advocacy and dedication to teaching trial advocacy to fellow lawyers and to the public.)2014 Consumer Attorney of the Year – by the Consumer Attorneys of California2013 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award in the area of Personal InjuryThe National Law Journal's 100 Most Influential Lawyers In AmericaDaily Journal's Top 100 Most Influential Attorneys in California2012 Top 20 Lawyers in California by The Recorder2010 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the California Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)2010 Champions of Justice award from Loyola Law School2010 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Product Liability Litigation – Los Angeles2009 Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year – Personal Injury Litigation – Los Angeles1999 Trial Lawyer of the Year – by Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)Top 500 Attorneys and Litigators in the United States by LawdragonTop 10 Southern California Super Lawyers® (various years, including from 2009-2017)Listed in Best Lawyers® since 2001Listed in Southern California Super Lawyers® since 2004 In addition to his numerous honors, Mr. Panish currently serves as immediate past president of the prestigious Inner Circle of Advocates, comprised of 100 of the nation's top plaintiffs' lawyers.  He is also a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers (including serving on the State Selection Committee), the International Society of Barristers, the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and was the 2011 President of the Los Angeles Chapter of ABOTA.  He is a member of the American Bar Association (formerly a Litigation Section Board Member), the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (formerly on the Board of Governors), and the Consumer Attorneys of California (formerly on the Board of Governors).  He also serves on the Best Lawyers® Board of Advisors. Mr. Panish received his law degree, with honors, from Southwestern Law School, and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Southwestern in 2011. He received his B.S. from California State University Fresno, where he was named Scholar Athlete, was the recipient of the Athletic Directors Award and was named an outstanding alumnus at the school's Centennial Celebration in 2010. Mr. Panish is licensed to practice in California, Nevada, and Texas. Submit our online contact form to request legal assistance with your claim. Verdicts and Settlements:The following is a list of just some of the landmark cases that Brian Panish has been involved in:$4.9 Billion – Anderson v. General Motors Corp.$3.3 Billion – LA County v. Tobacco Industry$58 Million – Griggs v. Caterpillar, et al.$55.4 Million – Lampe v. Continental General Tire$53.745 Million – Lennig v. CRST$46 Million – Lo v. Southern California Gas Company$39.5 Million – Freeman v. Board of the Trustees of the California State University$36.5 Million – Sheth v. Schneider National$34.5 Million – Casillas v. Landstar Ranger, Inc.$32.5 Million – Johnson/Allen/Cascio v. City of Beverly Hills$32 Million __ J.G. v. Tulare County Child Welfare Services$27 Million – Dominguez v. San Francisco$25.5 Million – Sherman v. Courrege$23.7 Million– Rojas v.Hajoca Corporation$23.5 Million – Lee v. Pupil Transportation Cooperative$22 Million – Pogosyan v. SCRTD$21 Million – Nelsen v. Hillyard, Inc., et al.$17.845 Million – Yoon v. United States$17. 4 Million – Sheaffer v. NuCO2$17 Million – Cuthberton v. LACMTA$15.75 Million – Doe v. Alaska Airlines$15.3 Million – Francisco v. AC Transit$15 Million – Tilton v. Southern California Gas & Electric$15 Million – Wu v. Singapore Airlines$14.5 Million — Montanez v. Sunrise Farms, LLC$11 Million – Witham v. Avjet$10.45 – Villamariona v. CBS$10 Million – Doe v. Alaska Airlines$9.5 Million – Ledesma v. Patel$9.3 Million – Cedillo v. The Efim Sobol Trust$8.3 Million – Kransky v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.$8 Million – Rastello v. City of Torrance$7.5 Million – Rennie v. FedEx Brian Panish in the News: The following is a list of some of the articles in which Brian Panish is featured:What is the value of a poor man's life?Brian Panish addresses The Senate Judiciary CommitteeBrian Panish of Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi LLP Top Vote Getter Among Southern California's Personal Injury Super LawyersFormer Fresno State footballer (Panish) gives generously to Dan Brown Legacy Fund – MedWatch Today, 9/2/10Brian Panish and the Toyota Recall – Press Release, 6/7/10Judge Agrees to Expand Plaintiffs Committees in Toyota MDL – The National Law Journal, 5/17/10Brian Panish Receives #3 Ranking in 2010 List of Top 10 Southern California Super Lawyers – Press Release, 2/2/10Personal Injury Litigators of 2010 – The National Law Journal, 2010 View PDF of ArticleBrian Panish and Kevin Boyle Talk About Their Numerous Wins in Air Disaster Cases – The National Law Journal, 2010 View PDF of ArticleThe Los Angeles Area's Best Lawyers 2006 Survey Results – West – Los Angeles Times Magazine, 11/12/06The Top 100: California's Leading Lawyers – The Daily Journal, 9/21/06Profiles in Power: The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America – The National Law Journal, 6/19/06View PDF of ArticleLawyering Up Pellicano's Victims – Deadline Hollywood Daily, 3/9/06Does Brian Panish Ever Lose? – Super Lawyers Magazine, 2006The Plaintiffs' Hot List – The National Law Journal, 10/10/05View PDF of ArticleOne of America's Top Trial Lawyers Opens New Law Firm – Press Contact, 4/18/05Top 10 LA County Super Lawyers – Southern California Super Lawyers, 2/05A Report On The Lawsuit Industry In California 2005 – Trial Lawyers Inc., 2005Jury Trials in The US – Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong, 10/11/04The Top 100 – The Daily Journal, 10/27/03Brian Panish Interview – California Civil Jury Instructions, 2003The Top 100…Reasons Why It's Good That Lawyers Have Power – The Daily Journal, 9/30/02The Top 100 – The Daily Journal, 10/29/01WINNING – Successful Strategies from 10 of the Nation's Leading Litigators – The National Law Journal, 2001The Top 100: California Law Business Ranks the State's Most Influential Attorneys for 2000 – The Daily Journal, 10/30/00The Top 100: California Law Business Ranks the State's Most Influential Attorneys for 1999 – The Daily Journal, 9/13/99To Panish, Client's Most Important – Verdicts & Settlements, 2/16/96Brian Panish named TLPJ's Trial Lawyer of the Year – TLPJ Foundation Letter, 8/6/90ATLA Meeting This Week in San Diego – California Law Business, 7/23/90LA's Top Attorneys & Law Firms – Angeleno MagazinePanish Leaves Greene Broillet For Own Firm – The Daily JournalPanish Among 500 Leading Lawyers – LawdragonPanish Among 500 Leading Litigators – Lawdragon

We are excited to interview a brilliant educator and kindred spirit, Dr. Alison McKenzie, today on the show! Dr. McKenzie is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Chapman University She enjoys combining her extensive clinical, research, and teaching experience in her role as a faculty member and is committed to giving back to the community and profession through service. Over the years, Dr. McKenzie has served as a teacher/mentor to thousands of students, clinicians, and faculty members. She has received several awards over the years, including the California Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association's Royce D. Noland Award of Merit, the American Physical Therapy Association's Societal Impact Award,and she is Chapman's only 4-time winner of its top faculty award, the Valerie Scudder Award for Outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service. We first met her nearly a decade ago at a continuing education course that we still remember and use notes from! Dr. McKenzie developed a bootcamp for people post-stroke in 2010 that is interdisciplinary and has evolved and expanded in amazing ways since then. She shares information about the program and we discuss what it might look like to create this type of program for those listening and more. You can reach Alison here: amkenzie@chapman.edu Neuro clinicians: Join us for continuing education and mentorship this year! NeuroSpark is open for a limited time. Doors close February 7, 2023.   Join here, and if you missed it, learn more and sign up for the waitlist here: www.neurocollaborative.com/neurospark

George Christie was the longest-serving president of the Ventura, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. He was a leader in the organization for over three decades and was instrumental in helping to shape the club's public image. He left the organization in 2011 and has since become an advocate for motorcycle safety and an author. In the episode George talks with Jon about the war between the Hells Angels and the Mongols, hanging out with rock stars like Jerry Garcia, what it was like on the emotional day he quit the Hells Angels, and more. Learn more and get easy access to his books on his web site-- georgechristie.com Join Real Ones on Patreon OR FOLLOW US on YouTube + Instagram + Tik Tok @jonnybernthal on Instagram and Twitter Sunwarrior is a proud sponsor of Real Ones - visit www.sunwarrior.com/realones for 15% off the best plant-based protein and collagen on earth

Dr. Corinne Frugoni with the California Chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program discusses the privatization of the Medicare program.

Courtesy of California Chapter of NENAFor the past two years we have been working to promote the passage of workers compensation benefits to dispatchers for easier access to Post Traumatic Stress Injury treatment. We are pleased to report to you that the bill we have sponsored, SB 284 (Stern), has successfully been approved by the Legislature and is pending action from the Governor. He now has the option to either sign it into law, or veto it, before September 30th, 2022.SB  284 Letter of Support Template https://cpra.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6dfff033687abe636d5558df1&id=fce18b4ab6&e=fe2bf2e4f5

Mitch Jackson is the senior partner at Jackson Wilson, Inc. He is an award-winning 2013 California Litigation Lawyer of the Year and 2009 Orange County Trial Lawyer of the Year. He enjoys helping and adding value to consumers and clients who are doing the digital dance at the intersection of law, business, and technology relating to the Metaverse and Web3.  In addition to speaking several times at Tony Robbins Business Mastery events before audiences in the thousands, Mitch is also an early legal adopter of live video with keynotes and presentations at the New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Periscope Summits. He has appeared and shared expert commentary on shows with Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Seth Godin, Peter Diamandis, and Gary Vaynerchuk.  Mitch is a consulting expert to the book, "Shame Nation," written by Sue Scheff with the foreword by Monica Lewinsky and, a contributing author to the California Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) 's "Effective Introduction of Evidence in California- Chapter 54 Electronic and Social Media Evidence."   In this episode, we discuss: - Bringing what you learn in different stages to your life to practicing law to connect all of your skills to your career. - Giving yourself permission to show your human side and double down on passions and interests, especially outside of law.  - Embracing technology to stay up-to-date in your market. - Changes in legal marketing and creating space in a law firm for brand awareness. Please let me know your thoughts!  Connect with Mitch Jackson Website: https://legalminds.lawyer/recommendations/  Website: https://streaming.lawyer  Connect with Cindy Watson: Wesbite: https://watsonlabourlaw.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womenonpurposecommunity/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenOnPurpose1  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenonpurposecoaching/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCHOGOsk0bkijtwq8aRrtdA?view_as=subscriber  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of An Informed Life Radio, Alix mayer of the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense provides updates on educational and legal actions. And Danny Blitz, Director and Producer of the docuseries Superpower: Ignite your intuitive intelligence, discusses her life journey to making the series and why a return to trusting intuition is essential to a healthy and fulfilled life.

In this episode of An Informed Life Radio, Alix mayer of the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense provides updates on educational and legal actions. And Danny Blitz, Director and Producer of the docuseries Superpower: Ignite your intuitive intelligence, discusses her life journey to making the series and why a return to trusting intuition is essential to a healthy and fulfilled life.

Alix Mayer joins me for Part 2 of our dialogue to discuss the Santa Clara lawsuit that the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense is pursuing, motherhood, activism, and her brilliant and visionary mom. This is the link regarding the Santa Clara lawsuit that Alix referenced so that you can take action: https://ca.childrenshealthdefense.org/legislation/update-and-urgent-call-to-action-re-chd-ca-lawsuit-against-santa-clara-university/?itm_term=home Alix serves as Board Member of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s, Children's Health Defense and she helped co-found the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense. Here's more information about Alix: In the 1990s, at the age of 20, Alix ran a worldwide research group at Apple until six vaccines physically disabled her and gave her brain damage. While navigating her decades-long recovery, Alix became an award-winning journalist and worked as a health strategist. In 2018, she retired from health consulting to devote her time to the vaccine education movement. Alix grew up in the Oscar Mayer family. She is a graduate of Duke University (BA) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA) Connect with Alix Mayer: ca.childrenshealthdefense.org Connect with me: Receive a free meditation: https://www.wendysilvers.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendysilvers Facebook: The Awakened Mother Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theawakenedmothercommunity Rev. Wendy: https://www.facebook.com/revwendysilvers Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wendysilvers Rumble: https://rumble.com/vyb1s0-alix-mayer-part-2.html Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/nVhedCFShCo9/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wendysilvers/message

Anita Avedian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (License # LMFT 38403) and has been practicing psychotherapy since 1996. She is the Executive Director of Avedian Counseling Center and has offices in Sherman Oaks, Glendale, Woodland Hills, and Pasadena. Her specialties include working with relationships, anger, social anxiety, and general anxiety. She also has been certified as a Thought Field Therapist (TFT) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), both which she integrates into her practice. Outside of therapy, Anita offers a monthly anger management certification program to counselors. Anger Management Essentials is an approved National Anger Management Association (NAMA) model which is used for anger management certification.  Moreover, Anita is an Authorized NAMA Trainer and Anger Management Supervisor for certifying anger management specialists. She authored Anger Management Essentials, a workbook for aggression, which has been translated into Spanish, Armenian, and Hebrew, as well as the teen's workbook which has been translated into Spanish. Anita is the co-Founder of the California Chapter of the NAMA which is the California Chapter of Anger Management Providers, and the Founder of Toastmasters for Mental Health Professionals. We discuss topics including: Understanding anger management Teaching people how use their anger and communicate The “buy in” Tips to manage anger Grounding Techniques SHOW NOTES: www.angermangement818.com www.angermanagementessentials.com Anger Management Essentials: A Workbook for People to Manage Their Aggression: https://www.amazon.com/Anger-Management-Essentials-Workbook-Aggression/dp/0615964001 Anger Management Essentials: A Workbook for People to Manage Their Aggression Teen Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Anger-Management-Essentials-Aggression-Workbook/dp/0998733318 https://www.instagram.com/Anitaavedian ______________________________________________   If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”. Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Sandra is a Speech/Language Pathologist with almost 30 years of experience with specialty as an Auditory-Verbal Therapist helping families with deaf and hard-of-hearing children learn to listen and talk. She is currently Co-President of The California Chapter of Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and mentors other professionals to become certified Listening and Spoken Language AVTs.Here are some links to check out if you are interested in the field:​www.agbellacademy.org​www.agbell.orgThank you to those who have rated us!Please go ahead and follow us on the different social media platforms listed below!Vardians Connect!Facebook LinkedInInstagram Twitteremail: healthcareboulevard@gmail.comLife Boulevard... Tune in to the Lessons and Shenanigans

Hailey Cox was born and raised in Huntsville, AL, and is the third generation in her family to work in the Defense industry. She is currently a Capture & Proposal Senior Analyst at Aerojet Rocketdyne (AR), where she provides proposal leadership, training and hands-on process support in the development of competitive new business proposals for AR's Defense Business Unit. She provides both virtual and cross-site proposal guidance to proposal managers and teams on critical national defense programs, resulting in strategic wins for the company. She is experienced in delivering proposal management and process Just-in-Time (JIT) training. In just over two years at AR, Ms. Cox has received four Mission Success Awards for superior proposal leadership and support. She provides strong support in helping the Capture & Proposal group improve processes and performance, including maintaining data and analyzing proposal process health metrics , contributing to win/loss analyses, working process improvement initiatives, and developing useful proposal templates and worksheets. In addition to her regular job duties, Ms. Cox was selected by AR leadership to serve on three special projects/teams – (1) Ethics Liaison for the Ethics and Compliance Department, (2) Team Lead of the Strategy and Business Development Employee Engagement Team, and (3) AR Business Operating System (ARBOS), Huntsville Headquarters Leadership Council. She began her career as a Program Support Analyst at a small business and was then promoted to Business Development Manager. Ms. Cox earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science and Philosophy and a BA in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is certified at the Foundation level (CF APMP) through the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and is the Membership Director for the APMP California Chapter. She is starting her second year of being mentored by a proposal expert through APMP.  Hailey Loves to spend time with her animals and constantly engages herself with animal welfare. She is also into fitness through many means including lifting weights, Pilates and martial arts. Hailey busies herself by giving make-overs to old furnitures and also nurtures a hobby for shooting.  Hailey can be found volunteering for her church's kitchen ministry and is fully into American muscle cars, especially the one she owns. Support the show (https://pod.fan/scribble-talk)

Rev. Wendy dialogues with Alix Mayer, Board Member of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's organization, Children's Health Defense, and co-founder of the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense, regarding motherhood, the state of California, Emergency Use Authorization products, and Comirnaty. If you would like to receive the presentation Alix created regarding EUA products, email ca.chd@childrenshealthdefense.org and place her name, Alix Mayer, in the subject line. Here's more information about Alix: In the 1990s, at the age of 29, Alix ran a worldwide research group at Apple until six vaccines physically disabled her and gave her brain damage. While navigating her decades-long recovery, Alix became an award-winning medical journalist and worked as a health strategist. In 2018, she retired from health consulting to devote her time to the vaccine education movement. Alix grew up in the Oscar Mayer family. She is a graduate of Duke University (BA) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA) Connect with Alix: ca.childrenshealthdefense.org Connect with Rev. Wendy Silvers: Website: https://www.wendysilvers.com Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wendysilvers Facebook: The Awakened Mother Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theawakenedmothercommunity Rev. Wendy: https://www.facebook.com/revwendysilvers Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wendysilvers YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaMaWendy/videos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wendysilvers/message

Alix Mayer - Children's Health DefenseJoin me and my Guest Alix Mayer of the Children's Health Defense. The Children's Health Defense California Chapter (EIN #85-1140677) is devoted to the health of people and our planet. Our mission is to end the childhood health epidemics by working aggressively to eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, and establish safeguards so this never happens again.Alix Mayer serves as a Board Member of Robert F. Kennedy Jr's organization, Children's Health Defense. She also volunteers 60 hours a week as President of the new California Chapter of Children's Health Defense. In the 1990s, at the age of 29, she ran a worldwide research group at Apple until six vaccines physically disabled her and gave her brain-damage. While navigating her decades-long recovery, Alix became an award-winning medical journalist, and worked as a health strategist. In 2018, she retired from health consulting to devote her time to the vaccine movement. Alix grew up in the Oscar Mayer family. She is a graduate of Duke University (BA) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA.) Please join me in welcoming Alix Mayer!

CardioNerds (Amit Goyal and Daniel Ambinder) join CardioNerds Ambassadors Dr. Pablo Sanchez (FIT, Stanford University) and Dr. Christine Shen (FIT, Scripps Clinic) for a discussion with Dr. Bob Harrington (Interventional Cardiologist, Professor of Medicine, and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stanford University) about diversity and inclusion in the field of cardiology. This episode discusses Dr. Harrington's broader approach to mentorship, sponsorship, and allyship; and particularly how (and why) he used his position as the president of the American Heart Association to advocate against all-male panels, or “manels.” Listen to the episode to learn the background and motivations behind his evidence-based efforts to make Cardiology a more inclusive field. Special message by California ACC State Chapter President, Dr. Jamal Rana. The PA-ACC & CardioNerds Narratives in Cardiology is a multimedia educational series jointly developed by the Pennsylvania Chapter ACC, the ACC Fellows in Training Section, and the CardioNerds Platform with the goal to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in cardiology. In this series, we host inspiring faculty and fellows from various ACC chapters to discuss their areas of expertise and their individual narratives. Join us for these captivating conversations as we celebrate our differences and share our joy for practicing cardiovascular medicine. We thank our project mentors Dr. Katie Berlacher and Dr. Nosheen Reza. Video Version • Notes • References • Production Team Claim free CME just for enjoying this episode! There are no relevant disclosures for this episode. The PA-ACC & CardioNerds Narratives in Cardiology PageCardioNerds Episode PageCardioNerds AcademyCardionerds Healy Honor Roll CardioNerds Journal ClubSubscribe to The Heartbeat Newsletter!Check out CardioNerds SWAG!Become a CardioNerds Patron! Video version - Diversity and Inclusion https://youtu.be/SnUadVRhH70 Quotables - Diversity and Inclusion “If senior men don't change the field, it's not going to change. We have the senior positions. We have to change it.”“You're missing talent. You're missing talent of the women who have decided not to go into Cardiology. I say to a lot of my male colleagues...don't you care about the health of our specialty? Don't you want the very best people going into it?”“How great is that--to open up an artery in the middle of the night?... What could be better than that?...Why would you not want to be a cardiologist? Frankly, maybe the field is not so friendly to women...And that bothers me greatly because I love the specialty.”“To those who have been given much, much is expected. That's what people like me should do.”Dr. Bob Harrington Show notes - Diversity and Inclusion What are the gender disparities in the field of Cardiology? 45.8% of residents and fellows in ACGME-accredited programs are women. 14.9% of cardiologists are women. 8% of interventional cardiologists are women [1]. 30.6% of male faculty were full professors, while 15.9% of female faculty are full professors [2].Men are more likely to be influenced by positive attributes of a field, while women are more likely to be influenced by negative attributes [3].3% of percutaneous coronary interventions in the United States are performed by female operators [4]. What is mentorship, sponsorship, and allyship? A mentor provides advice and helps someone develop a skill.A sponsor is an advocate who helps someone secure career advancement opportunities.An ally partners with people, utilizing their power and influence to champion the rights of others [5].According to some studies, women report less sponsorship experiences than men. Additionally, in women it seems to translate less frequently into experiences that further their career (speaking engagements, serving on editorial boards, etc) [6].“I'm a mentor to a few people, I'm a sponsor to many, and I'm an ally to all.” - Dr.

Alix Mayer - Children's Health Defense Join me and my Guest Alix Mayer of the Children's Health Defense. The Children's Health Defense California Chapter (EIN #85-1140677) is devoted to the health of people and our planet. Our mission is to end the childhood health epidemics by working aggressively to eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, and establish safeguards so this never happens again. Alix Mayer serves as a Board Member of Robert F. Kennedy Jr's organization, Children's Health Defense. She also volunteers 60 hours a week as President of the new California Chapter of Children's Health Defense. In the 1990s, at the age of 29, she ran a worldwide research group at Apple until six vaccines physically disabled her and gave her brain-damage. While navigating her decades-long recovery, Alix became an award-winning medical journalist, and worked as a health strategist. In 2018, she retired from health consulting to devote her time to the vaccine movement. Alix grew up in the Oscar Mayer family. She is a graduate of Duke University (BA) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA.) Please join me in welcoming Alix Mayer!

Once considered a status symbol, gas stoves have become a popular choice for amateur and professional chefs alike. More than a third of U.S. households cook with gas and 50% of single-family homes now feature gas stoves. Yet, when it comes to climate stability, air quality, and our health, gas stoves have serious impacts. Gas stoves emit the same fumes found in car exhaust, and gas consumption in buildings is a significant contributor to climate change. But it is possible to cook dinner without cooking the planet: 60% of U.S. households are already using electricity to cook and newer induction technologies are gaining popularity. Still, market and policy changes are needed to make electricity the preferred choice. This episode features a pediatrician, a professional chef, and a real estate agent discussing the perils of gas stoves and the pioneering movement to clean up our kitchens.Guests:Dr. Lisa Patel is a pediatrician and an advocate for children's health priorities. She was the co-chair for the American Academy of Pediatrics Advocacy Committee, California Chapter, co-founder the Climate and Health task force, and Director for the pediatric resident's Community Pediatrics and Child Advocacy Rotation. Today she is the Co-Director for Stanford's Climate, Health, and Equity Task Force at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research. She holds degrees from Stanford, Yale, and John Hopkins University. Chef Rachelle Boucher is a national cooking appliance trainer, private chef, influencer and event expert with 20+ years of experience. She's worked as a private chef for celebrities and athletes, a corporate chef, and a home appliance expert and consultant with Monark Home, Sub-Zero & Wolf, and Miele. Today, Rachelle's new venture “Kitchens to Life”  focuses on kitchen electrification for performance, people and planet. Annie Trujillo is a real estate agent with Keller Williams Real Estate, based in Salt Lake City. In 2020 she was the third individual agent in her office and made the Top 500 Realtors in Utah list. Previously, Annie had an illustrious ten-year career working as a mountain guide, leading expeditions in remote areas from Greenland to Alaska. She holds a degree from San Francisco State University. Must-Read Resources:Kitchens to Life | Yale Appliance Induction Cooking Buying Guide & Yale Appliance Electric Cooking Buying GuideGas Stoves: Health and Air Quality Impacts and Solutions, RMI We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change, NPRHow the Fossil Fuel Industry Convinced Americans to Love Gas Stoves, Mother Jones

On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, Frank Gruber, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Established and Co-Founder of Established Ventures, introduces an interview that our team did with Mindfulness Expert, Ash Kumra, during our 2020 Summit. Ash is a wellness entrepreneur, national radio host, and top ranked career coach building Peak Mindful to improve employee wellness. His radio show, podcast and livestream segments have featured 500 influencers with media credits including Forbes, Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur magazine. Ash also helped launch the California Chapter for Startup America and he emceed the Wonder Women Diversity Tech Summit for several years. He was also listed as a top 100 impact entrepreneur by The Obama White House, focusing on diversity and inclusivity. We also hear the “VC Minute” segment from Rich Maloy of Established Ventures who talks again about “rewards.” The 2021 Startup of the Year Application is open! The top 100 startups will come together for additional opportunities to connect, showcase, and potentially take home the title of Startup of the Year at our annual Summit. You can see if your startup fits our criteria and apply today at: soty.link/apply We also once again talk about Finmark, which is financial planning software for startups for revenue forecasting, cash projections, and runway. It is one of those few products that we truly believe in and I think that it will help a lot of our community members, so please go check out Finmark and signing up for 30-day free trial at est.us/finmark Lastly, we invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: est.us/join Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at www.est.us Checkout Startup of the Year at www.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: www.podcast.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: soty.link/ESTYouTube *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource. Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year. The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment. Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year. Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals. Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us/.

Welcome to Off the Beaten Clef! After taking a week off, Kev and Dil are back to talk their favorite pop punk band, blink-182, and all the endeavors of Mark, Tom and Travis. We cover audience submissions, Kev and Dil's picks, and take a ride through the winding road of blink family tree discography. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the playlists, and stay tuned for next week when we shall do a draft of the audience submissions from the summer playlists! The blink-182 Family Tree Playlist Dil's Picks: Apple Shampoo - blink-182 (Dude Ranch) Cynical - blink-182 (California) Chapter 13 - +44 Secret Crowds - Angels & Airwaves (I-Empire) Forget Me Too (ft. Halsey) - Machine Gun Kelly (Tickets to My Downfall) Kev's Picks: Dammit - blink-182 (Dude Ranch) Stay Together for the Kids - blink-182 (TOYPAJ) I Feel So - Box Car Racer Euphoria - Angels & Airwaves (Losing My Mind EP) Heartbreak (ft. Travis Barker) - Jasiah Song of the Show: Kev - Drive ft. Wes Nelson by Clean Bandit Dil - Know It All - The Band Camino Song of The Show Playlist Our Social Media: Instagram - @offthebeatenclef Twitter - @offclef TikTok - @offthebeatenclefpod Email - offthebeatenclef@gmail.com Thanks for listening!

Hour 1: Jessica Barsotti, Attorney with the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense Hour 2: Jessica and Savannah Lay, relaying the details of Savannah's losing consciousness and stopping breathing after playing a sport wearing a mask.

Hour 1: Jessica Barsotti, Attorney with the California Chapter of Children's Health Defense Hour 2: Jessica and Savannah Lay, relaying the details of Savannah's losing consciousness and stopping breathing after playing a sport wearing a mask.

Tara Kowalke is the Manager of Global Sales Proposals for BlackLine, a publicly traded SaaS company, where she leads a team of proposal professionals to execute highly technical responses for ITQs, RFPs, RFIs, etc. The vast majority of their work falls in the B2B space but Tara lived in the SLED world for years in previous roles, so she is well-versed in the nuances of all different types of companies, industries and understanding the challenges that arise as technology advances. She prides herself on leading a team of individuals with a “can do” attitude, who ensure all deadlines are met, all internal clients around the world are happy, and that they are utilizing all resources at their disposal to get the job done.Tara has been in the proposal industry for 10+ years and is an active member of APMP's California Chapter where she sits on the board as Director of Events. Her term began just as COVID was sweeping the world, so in lieu gathering at in-person events, she has been hosting monthly “West Coast Coffee Roasts” on the 3rdThursday of every month on a range of topics, all are welcome to join! Prior to her time in California, she was a member of the Greater Midwest chapter and is looking forward to seeing her proposal friends at Bid and Proposal Con this fall in Denver, as well as helping to host the California Chapter's Annual “Training Day” also this fall at Disneyland. She obtained her Foundation Certification in 2017 and was a named as an APMP “40 Under 40” in 2018. Over the past several years she has enjoyed being an active participant in the California Chapter's mentorship program, both as a mentor and mentee and is currently studying for her Practitioner Exam that she hopes to pass later this summer.While in college Tara earned a B.A. in Political Science from St. Cloud State University and was a Legislative Intern at the Minnesota Senate during the same timeframe that Jesse “The Body” Ventura was Governor. Earlier in her career Tara was a paralegal for a number of years at some of the top firms in the country, where she was affectionately nicknamed “TaraLegal.”With roots in the Midwest (Minneapolis and Chicago), she has lived all over the country and has called Los Angeles home for the past 3 years with her son Jefferson who is 12 years old (12.5 if you ask him). Together they enjoy hiking, volunteering, yoga, traveling, crafting, board games, watching The Office, Survivor and all the cooking shows. She is also an avid runner, NPR junkie, sports fan, philanthropist, and writer working on her first book! Tara and her family enjoy time at her parent's lake house in Minnesota whenever they can get away and she and her son love exploring National Parks.

Marie Rounsavell began her career in proposals in 2007 as a technical writer and quickly moved on to positions in capture management and proposal leadership. At present, she is working as the assistant team leader at FCM Travel Solutions where, in addition to managing proposals, provides leadership to a team devoted to strategic sales support, content creation, and library management. As part of a global team, Marie gets to pretend to be an all-knowing oracle when it comes to selling from behind the screen. She has been active in the California Chapter's mentorship program since 2018 and at present, sits on the board of directors. Marie Rounsavell is a writer, proposal manager, and maker based in Los Angeles. Prior to pursuing career as a writer, Marie used to work in a museum where she glued dried plants to large sheets of beautiful thick paper and taught kids about primates in a zoo and answered questions like whether the cheetahs were married or when the animatronic dinosaurs were fed. She also sold gorgeous plants once. Marie used to work for an art publisher who sent her to China while her work in a staffing company sent her everywhere around the globe. After graduating with a degree in English and World Literature from Pitzer College, Marie worked in a fancy bookstore where people were surprised about the fact that she had read many of the books. In the travel company, where she currently works, Marie gets to travel to amazing places, although she does her best work at home. Marie has been always interested in what life has to do with work and what work has to do with how one lives. She says, if balance is a hobby, investigating that balance is her passion. Marie allows people to call her an artist based on what she read once that said art is a behaviour—a thing people do to make their worlds more interesting, rather than the thing that is made or talked about. Marie is also a natural dyer and knitter. Along with making clothes, she tries to be a compulsive writer and always paints to amuse herself.

Donald C Martin, aka Hollywood - esteemed President of the California Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation, Director of Hunting Operations for Ultima Thule and professional actor.  Winner of the Wild Sheep Foundation G. C. F. Dalziel Outstanding Guide of the Year Award, he is an award winning guide. Donald is just an all around great guy, humble, and a man that will make you laugh from the moment you see him until he bids you Adieu. Hollywood has several decades of mountain guiding experience and his resume is as good as it gets when it comes to the mountains and mountain game.  That aside, Donald is a passionate conservationist and one of the biggest supporters of wild sheep conservation out there.  During show season you will find him on an airplane flying around North America supporting Chapter and Affiliates in their fundraising initiatives. During this session Donald speaks about where his passion for the mountains comes from, his interest in wild sheep conservation and why he dedicates his time, treasure and talent.  He also talks about the state of wild sheep in California and the successes they are enjoying in the golden state.  This is a great listen with Donald C Martin - enjoy!

Donald C Martin, aka Hollywood - esteemed President of the California Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation, Director of Hunting Operations for Ultima Thule and professional actor.  Winner of the Wild Sheep Foundation G. C. F. Dalziel Outstanding Guide of the Year Award, he is an award winning guide. Donald is just an all around great guy, humble, and a man that will make you laugh from the moment you see him until he bids you Adieu. Hollywood has several decades of mountain guiding experience and his resume is as good as it gets when it comes to the mountains and mountain game.  That aside, Donald is a passionate conservationist and one of the biggest supporters of wild sheep conservation out there.  During show season you will find him on an airplane flying around North America supporting Chapter and Affiliates in their fundraising initiatives. During this session Donald speaks about where his passion for the mountains comes from, his interest in wild sheep conservation and why he dedicates his time, treasure and talent.  He also talks about the state of wild sheep in California and the successes they are enjoying in the golden state.  This is a great listen with Donald C Martin - enjoy!

This week on the Live to Walk Again Podcast we had the pleasure of visiting with Chelsee Fuerch who is the Dir. of Peer Mentoring/Counseling at United Spinal Association Central Coast of California. We spoke about the Nerve Transfer Surgery she just had done at Stanford University, the stem cell treatment she received at Rejuv Medical Center in Minnesota, and the work she's doing to help newly injured people cope with SCI. Check out Chelsee at her social media links below!! Please listen, rate, review, share, and like the podcast!! We're just trying to find a cure for paralysis!! Chelsee Fuerch: IG: @chelsee_fuerch FB: https://www.facebook.com/chelsee.fuerch Twitter: @fchelsee United Spinal Association Central Coast of California Chapter: https://www.unitedspinalccc.org/?fbclid=IwAR3cMpPv6_WvPgCHSgxlV12GXjHBcu5GLNDWK3mFcpzIqV74s2x2ACr_TIM FB: @UnitedSpinalCCC.org

For the listeners who know Bob and his involvement in the National Association of Real Estate Property Managers, NARPM, you will remember that he is currently the President of the California Chapter.  Last week was the CALNARPM annual conference and it was quite an event!  For those who were not able to attend, Bob is dedicating this week's FMF to a quick overview of the conference and provides his top takeaways.  Maybe this will convince you, even if you are not in the state of California, that it is a must attend next Spring, when the conference will next be held, hopefully in person as a live event in either Palm Springs or Napa Valley.1) Great education opportunities – The conference had nineteen speakers on various topics related to being a landlord or property manager in the state of California. 2) Accessibility and low cost of attendance - This year the conference was conducted virtually, first time ever, due to the pandemic.  Because of the virtual platform, the costs were a lot lower which allowed  the cost of registration and attendance to be  way less than in previous years. 3) Legal updates -One thing that is always challenging in California is keeping up with new landlord and tenant laws and legislative action … ESPECIALLY during the current time of Covid 19, tenant protections, and eviction moratoriums. 4) Expert panel sharing – In addition to the great speakers, an expert panel talked about the juicy information that they learned, key nuggets and their top takeaways. This was in a sort of pro sports half-time show format and was super fun to be a part of and watch as the property management analysts deciphered the content from the workshops.5) JP Pawlin-Fry - A big highlight of the conference was hearing our key note speaker, J. P. Pawliw-Fry. He is a psychologist and international performance coach to Olympic athletes and coaches, senior business leaders at Fortune 500 companies, and the CIA. Quite inspiring.6) State of California representation from CAR, the DRE Auditor and FTB - This year we heard from the Chief Economist of the California Association of Realtors with insights on what to expect in 2021 in our real estate market. We also heard from the California Department of Real Estate how you should prepare in the event of an audit.  Finally, we heard about all of the obligations property managers face as a tax withholding agent from the Franchise Tax Board.All in all a great event!  If you missed it, all the more reason to attend next year!Learn more about the California State Chapter of NARPMCALNARPMConnect with BobNorth County Property GroupThis episode is always available for listening, sharing, or download at Property Management Brainstorm. Subscribe to Property Management Brainstorm on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, TunedIn, iHeart Radio and

Alix Mayer serves Robert Kennedy Jr's Children’s Health Defense as a Board Member and authors science articles. She is President of the new California Chapter of Children’s Health Defense. In the 1990s, at the age of 29, she ran a worldwide research group at Apple until six vaccines physically disabled her and gave her brain-damage. Sequelae included: encephalopathy, encephalitis, nausea, chronic fatigue, arthritis, digestive issues, and insomnia. Twenty-plus years later, Alix manages a recovery of about 80%. An award-winning blogger since 2005, she has published almost 900 articles, most on the topic of health and medicine. From 2008 to 2018, Alix worked part-time as a health strategist with clients suffering complex illness. In 2018, she retired from health consulting to devote her time to the vaccine movement. Alix grew up in the Oscar Mayer family. She is a graduate of Duke University (BA) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University (MBA.). For more information visit the ChildrensHealthDefense.org 

California Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced Senate Bill 252, the Bear Protection Act. This legislation would institute an outright ban on black bear hunting in California. The bill was recently withdrawn after a large public outpouring from many conservation organizations and hunting communities all over the US. In this episode, we welcome Nick Zagaris who is the California Chapter and Event Committee Chair of BHA. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rnaoutdoors Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rodnarrowoutdoors YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/RnAOutdoors Website: www.rnaoutdoors.com

April Gallart is a former teacher and director of the California Chapter and Mission Relations for the United Families, International. She works with Alliance to Protect Children as well. April also serves as a lobbyist to the United Nations, working to include family friendly language in UN documents, and advocate against non-family friendly endeavors. This episode we discuss AB 329, the California Health Youth Act and its heavy handed application in local school districts. The activity taking place in the UN concerning abuse against national sovereignty and the pushing of the sexualization of our children is also brought to light. Philip Sharp discusses the war that is being waged to indoctrinate your children in the essay segment. Specific actions to be taken are again highlighted and a call to action is given for all parents concerned for their children to enter into the fray.

In December, the City of Minneapolis did the unthinkable: as part of its Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan, it eliminated single-unit zoning throughout the entire city. Now, any lot that currently includes a single home can be redeveloped as a duplex, triplex, or four-plex. While Minneapolis's housing crisis -- like its population -- is diminutive compared to that of California, the housing pressures are real, and planners and advocates believe that limiting the dominance of single-unit lots is an important step toward affordability and equity. One of the leading advocacy groups supporting Minneapolis 2040, and especially its loosening of zoning restrictions, was Neighbors for More Neighbors. Somewhat, though not entirely, affiliated with the YIMBY movement that has arisen in many housing-constrained cities, Neighbors for More Neighbors is a grassroots housing advocacy group that takes Minnesota's famed neighborliness seriously and literally. As California struggles with its housing crisis -- and considers many local and statewide efforts to loosen zoning -- the California Chapter of the American Planning Association invited Anna Nelson, one of MN4N's volunteer leaders, to speak at its virtual statewide conference, to be held Sept. 14-16 on the internet. CP&DR's Josh Stephens spoke with Nelson about what the planners in California can learn from Minnesota. Editor's Note: The recording erroneously says Nelson will speak Wednesday at the APA Conference. She will speak Tuesday, Sept. 15.

On this episode of the Healthy, Wealthy and Smart Podcast, Dr. Michael Weinper speaks with guest host Dr. Stephanie Weyrauch about the American Physical Therapy Association's Vision 2020. Passed by the House of Delegates in 2000, Vision 2020 was APTA's plan for the future of physical therapy. In his 2000 Dicus Award speech, Dr. Weinper discussed his predictions of where the profession would be in 2020. Dr. Weinper and Dr. Weyrauch revisit the elements of Vision 2020 and analyze whether our profession has accomplished a vision of the future set twenty years earlier. In this episode, we discuss: -How has the physical therapy profession evolved since the drafting of Vision 2020? -The student loan debt to income ratio -Advocacy efforts to achieve full direct access in all of the States -The importance of lifelong learning and evidence-based practice -And so much more! Resources: Stephanie Weyrauch Instagram Stephanie Weyrauch Twitter Stephanie Weyrauch Facebook Email: sweyrauchpt@gmail.com APTA Website A big thank you to Net Health for sponsoring this episode! Learn more about Four Ways That Outpatient Therapy Providers Can Increase Patient Engagement in 2020! For more information on Dr. Weinper: Michael Weinper, PT, DPT, MPH, cofounded the company in 1985 with his partner, Fred Rothenberg, a former executive at Blue Cross of California. A physical therapist with more than 40 years of experience in clinical practice, management consulting, administration, and program development, Weinper is also a principal in Progressive Physical Therapy, a private practice, with four locations in Southern California. Weinper received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial Psychology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science (physical therapy) from California State University, Northridge. He received a certificate in physical therapy from that institution in conjunction with UCLA Hospitals and Clinics. Weinper later received his Master of Public Health degree (M.P.H.) from UCLA in Health Services Administration and his Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the EIM Institute for Health Professions in Louisville, KY. Weinper has been active in the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). He has served as a member of the APTA's Task Force on Physician Ownership of Physical Therapy Services, as a member of its Committee on Physical Therapy Practice, as the association's chairperson on its Task Force on Reimbursement, on the Board of Directors for APTA's California Chapter and national Private Practice Section, and as trustee of the APTA Congressional Action Committee (now known as PT-PAC). Weinper received the prestigious Robert G. Dicus Award from the Private Practice Section of the APTA in 2000, and he received the Charles Harker Policy Maker Award from the APTA Health Policy and Administration Section in 2011. On behalf of the state of California, Weinper has served as a member of the Physical Therapy Subcommittee of the Division of Industrial Accidents, now known as the Division of Workers' Compensation. He also has served as an expert to the Medical Board of California, where among his activities he has appeared on behalf of the People in insurance fraud trials. He has provided expert witness testimony on behalf of more than 20 insurance companies. A former associate professor of health science at California State University, Northridge, Weinper is a frequent presenter for various professional associations including the National Managed Healthcare Conference, the American Medical Care and Review Association, and the APTA. He has authored many articles for both physical therapy and insurance industry publications. For more information on Stephanie: Dr. Stephanie Weyrauch is employed as a physical therapist at Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Centers in Orange, Connecticut. She received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy and Master of Science in Clinical Investigation from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Weyrauch has served as a consultant for a multi-billion dollar company to develop a workplace injury prevention program, which resulted in improved health outcomes, OSHA recordables, and decreased healthcare costs for the company's workforce. She has served on multiple national task forces for the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and actively lobbies for healthcare policy issues at the local, state, and national levels of government. Currently, she serves as Vice President of the American Physical Therapy Association Connecticut Chapter and is a member of the American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Weyrauch is also the co-host for The Healthcare Education Transformation Podcast, which focuses on innovations in healthcare education and delivery. Dr. Weyrauch has performed scientific research through grants from the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation at world-renowned institutions including Stanford University and Washington University in St. Louis. Her research examining movement patterns and outcomes in people with and without low back pain has led to numerous local, regional, and national presentations and a peer-reviewed publication in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, a top journal in rehabilitation. Read the full transcript below: Stephanie Weyrauch (00:00:01): Hello everyone. And welcome to the healthy, wealthy and smart podcast. I'm your guest host Stephanie Weyrauch and I am interviewing Mike Weinper who's the president and CEO of physical therapy provider network or PTPN as it's better known and also a private practice owner for progressive physical therapy in California. The reason that I wanted to talk to Mike today, as he won the Robert G Dicus award for the private practice section back in 2000, and he has been an instrumental person in practice, leadership, innovation, legislative, and political issues, healthcare reform, and a number of other areas where he's really had the opportunity to champion innovation and leadership. And one of the things that, you know, we know it's 2020, and obviously vision 2020 has something that has happened in the APTA was written back in 2000 and in Mike's Dicus award speech, he talked a little bit about where he thought the profession would be in 2020, in 2000. And so I'm really interested in kind of his take on where we are today. So Mike, welcome to the healthy, wealthy and smart podcast. And tell us a little bit about yourself. Michael Weinper (00:01:21): Well, thanks Stephanie, for the very nice introduction and it's a pleasure and an honor to be with you today. At some level, I'm considered by some, to be a dinosaur, having gotten my Dicus ward 20 years ago, and now long in my career, I'm just celebrating my 50th anniversary as a PT. So I hope that some people won't tune out just because of that. Maybe if nothing else, they can see me as a history lesson, any event, I can tell you that back in 1992 the California chapter of APTA now called California PT association created a long range planning task force that I was honored to serve on. And in that task force where a lot of leaders in the profession in California names that were household names, then probably names and most people would not know now, but our plan was to draft a long range vision. Michael Weinper (00:02:21): If you will, a crystal ball of what things would look like some 18 years later in 2010, kind of looking back, it's interesting to look at and we created, I believe 18 different points that would be goals if you will, of the association and the primary aspects of that working document, which was called PT 2010 by the California association. I'm sure if you were interested, you could look it up or get a copy of it. Then later became the working document for APTA called PT 2020. And since we are now in 2020, I wish we would have known then what we know now, because things have dramatically changed in many ways, but in other ways they have not. And so I guess I could give you some of the ideas we envisioned back in 1992, if you'd like, and then we can take it from there. Michael Weinper (00:03:23): So in that document, we said that PTs would be able to evaluate and diagnose conditions that's true today, perform specialized treatment procedures and work in teams with physical therapists and PT assistants. So all that did come true. Next, the PTs would be able to initiate services subsequent to their own evaluation diagnosis without referral from or diagnosis by another practitioner. And that in 2000 that had not yet been accomplished, but we, now we know we have independence and practice almost every state with regard to our licensure. In most therapists are, would be in independent press configurations with other therapists, maybe who would work in a hospital. In other words, there would be an opportunity to be clinically specialized in it with a board certification, which we now know has really grown quite a bit. Michael Weinper (00:04:25): And they would be sought out. These specialists would be sought out by consuming public and third party payers. Not as much. I don't think our profession has reached to the public well enough to get the public, to understand what a board certification really means and what it takes to become a board certified specialist in our profession, but I'm progressing for a moment. Anyway. So then we said that PTs would be able to be involved in the continuum of care from the hospital to the home, to the private practice. In other words, PTs would have hospital-based privileges and they would be able to go there. And then if the patient were home, many of them would be able to then go to the patient's home and treat them there and then follow them up in the office. And so that was another kind of idea we had way back then. Michael Weinper (00:05:21): So it would be basically following the patient through the episode of care from beginning to discharge and obviously getting them ambulatory and functional. We also said that this is a good one that PTs would become diagnosticians. And more importantly that we would be at the entry point in healthcare which wasn't the case in 2000, but in now in some places, it is that therapists are in fact these musculoskeletal specialists would be a cause we can do it musculoskeletal evaluation or diagnosis many states now recognize that. And some insurance companies have recognized that we can be an entry point into the system, which I believe going forward, it's going to become much more prominent because of the higher cost of care. And actually Stephanie, the difficulty we all experienced when we try to refer a patient to a specialist, state, an orthopedist or a neurologist to do an evaluation so we can follow the patient. Michael Weinper (00:06:18): We find that it can take several weeks for that patient to get in, to see the physician, whereas they can usually get in to see us in a few days. So I think that's something that we will see more of in the future, but back then we had it as a dream, but not a reality. We also said that at that time, that instead of 24 weeks of internship that were experienced by PT graduates back in those years, we thought internships would last one year. Now that I don't think there's a, but we have in fact seen fellowships and other levels of work where therapists are really going into specialization so that they in fact can do things over a year's period of time and then becoming sort of like specialists. So those were sort of the, kind of, I think the basic things that would be of importance today. Michael Weinper (00:07:15): We did also, this was a very important one. We identified that in the year 2010 PT would be a doctorate profession. That was what our key points of doctorate and profession. And lo and behold now our entry level is what a DPT, a doctorate. I'm very proud to say that I went back and got my DPT a little over 10 years ago. I talked back in 1982, and I certainly wanted to walk the walk before 2010. So cause that was our benchmark was 2010. So with that in mind I think it's important to realize that we have become doctoral people. In other words, we are now at a level of sophistication with our education and hopefully some research that gives the PT of today a much broader view of a patient, their wellness or their disability, and gives them better tools, which the function do the evaluation or assessment of the patient, and then follow up with treatment compared to how things were back when I graduated in 1969. Michael Weinper (00:08:31): So and I found that when I got my DPT that I learned quite a bit. I learned some of the things I learned actually were more on how to think differently than I had thought previously. And I will tell you that some of the things that I learned that were most valuable to me was how other people think so studying with other transitional DPT candidates gave me an opportunity for me because I was the oldest person in my class. Gave me an opportunity to hear people think and how they process, how they analyze and how they come to the decisions they do. And then how do they communicate it? I like to think I'm a good communicator, but oftentimes I get really wrapped up or wound up and, you know, I go off on a tangent and I probably go down the rabbit hole and maybe other people in today's world are much more succinct. Michael Weinper (00:09:31): And to the point also I can tell you that I was privileged back in 1975 to get my MPH at UCLA and the school of public health there. And I learned a lot about things that are important today, including epidemiology, which we now know is at the forefront of everybody's thinking and infection control and making for safe environments, which was only very basically touched in my DPT program. But one of the things that I really enjoyed was the differential diagnosis courses I took and the radiological courses I took that gave me a much broader sense for things that I'd studied back previously, or maybe taken some content courses, but went into much more depth and listening to other people discuss those kinds of things. So that's how things were back then. I can tell you also that insurance companies were perceived to be able to give PTs a lot more latitude. And it's only been in recent years that many insurance coverage industry to pay for PT. That's independent of physician referral. We're still working with Medicare on that. You and I know all the snow and I think the day will come that the feds will start to get a little wiser and realize the cost benefit of the PT being an entry point into the system. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:10:58): I think that that's a really great overview of kind of what you guys envisioned back in the early nineties and kind of correlating that with vision 2020. So the APTA vision 2020 and a couple elements that made that basically encompassed a lot of what you said. So autonomous physical therapist practice was one of them, direct access, evidence based practice, doctor physical therapy and lifelong education PPS as practitioners of choice and professionalism. So those were when the house of delegates discussed this, those were the main themes that they were looking for. So keeping those themes in mind, let's maybe start by talking about the doctorate of physical therapy. I mean, that was something that you were obviously very proud of. You will talk the talk, you walk the walk. So what do you think? Well, studies have been shown the DPT student debt now varies between 85,000 and 150,000. Okay. Do you think based off of what we're seeing today, as far as student debt, do you think that today's DPT is a good return on investment? And do you think that the salary for the physical therapist has kept up with the increases in training and inflation? Michael Weinper (00:12:14): Well, I'm very happy to hear you raised this question because it's a question that I not only think about a lot. I talked about a lot with my colleagues and I also talked with students who are becoming PTs and people have gone into residencies for a year post-doctoral now for purposes of gaining a better outlook on things. And I must tell you that when we gave thought to the idea of PT being a doctoral profession, never in our wildest dreams, did we think about the cost benefit aspects of it as it relates to educational costs back then costs were not inexpensive. You should teach part time at USC and Cal state university Northridge. And I remember students used to complain about the cost of education back then, but it was nothing as compared to today. So to get to your point, I am sad to say that we have not grown our income levels for PT to the level that they should be given the doctoral training that we received. Michael Weinper (00:13:29): And the depth that usually goes with that, unless you've got some kind of a rich uncle or a greatness scholarship, having said that most PTs coming out with a lot of debt, and then they find themselves in jobs that they don't want to do. Let me just elaborate a little bit on that. PTs in private practice is considered by many to be the desired venue in which to work because patients are coming to you. You have all kinds of equipment and resources and hopefully a nice facility to work in. And the patients for all intents and purposes are ambulatory or said differently. You're not going to be ambulating a patient in a hospital hallway and have something happen to your shoe. If you can get my drift in any event, it seems that most PTs that come out of school today are struggling with where they want to work versus where they have to work and where they have to often work or those places that pay more because they're less desirable. Michael Weinper (00:14:35): So as the desirability quotient increases, the unfortunately the salary decreases because of in part supply and demand. And also to a greater extent because insurance companies are not reimbursing PTs in private setting, like they are in the hospital, for example. So if I go to work in the hospital, I can make a lot more right out of school than if I go to work for an independent therapist in the same community. On the same side, I can go to work for a home health agency, not have this desirable of a work environment. Have you seen changes from patient to patient, but make better money, but then again, have other costs of doing business. And I think at the end of the day, those who do home health, and I don't mean to criticize those of you who do, but if you look at your cost of doing business and take that away from your income, you find that your true income is much less than you thought it was going to be. Michael Weinper (00:15:30): Whether it's wear and tear on your car, gasoline insurance, you have to carry on your own, whatever it may be, equipment you might have to buy and so on. So it seems to me that the desirability of where you'd like to work and the pay ratio is a universally, but proportionate with that in mind, it's a function of insurance companies, and this is where I really go down a rabbit hole. And that is why are PTs and private practice paid less? And the answer is because PTs in private practice accept less, they have an, I am very secure, experienced on this. Having started PTPN 35 years ago, a managed care company for PTs in private practice. And we have always advocated for higher reimbursement. And in fact, we Protestant have been successful in getting a higher reimbursement for PT and practices that are in our organization. Michael Weinper (00:16:30): Then PTs were in the community who are not in our organization. However, because PTs are willing to accept whatever insurance company pays. In other words, they don't want to lose business. They accept fees. They're much lower than they should. And that has driven down the value of PT in the mind of the insurer and that's led to lower salaries. And so to get to the end of this thought, PTs coming out of school, don't get proportion of the kind of income they should with a doctorate. And let's contrast that for just a moment to a PA, a PA has less training than we do. They will usually get a master's degree. They work in a physician's office, but the way that they can bill under the physician's license gives them much better reimbursement. It makes them more valuable to the physician and therefore their income is oftentimes much greater even out of school, you know, apples to apples. Then we get as a PT out of school. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:17:31): Yeah. I think you make a lot of really great points there. I mean, the doctor, the DPT was obviously great as far as, you know, gaining direct access, being more autonomous, but you know, the cost of education has obviously sky rocketing it. So based on, you know, your ideas, what do you think that the private practice section can do to help guide new graduates through the uncertainties of student debt? Michael Weinper (00:17:57): Wow. there's a lot of things that come to mind. First of all, we, as a profession have to be better educated to know when to say, no, that's a K N O W and N O in the same sentence. Know when to say no. In other words, if insurance companies are offering rates that are below what it costs us to business or below what we think we should be reimbursed, we need to learn to say no to them and walk away from that business. Maybe it's better to see fewer patients and make more money and be able to compensate our staff better than to take every insurance contract that comes down the road that pays less than it costs you to run your business. Those in private practice who might be listening to this podcast are shaking their heads affirmatively I'm sure because they get it. Michael Weinper (00:18:47): Those who are not in private practice probably don't understand what I just said. I don't need that it was criticism, but I think that at the educational level, during your basic education it's therapists need to learn more about socioeconomics as it relates to our profession. Supply demand economics certainly, and cost of doing business are key points. In years past for APTA taught courses on economics made easy for PTs because many of us come out of school even today without very much in the way of business knowledge or knowing much about economics. And once you learn more about that, things become much clearer and it makes it easier to make decisions that are in the best interest of our profession. So I think the PPS can, it does from time to time try its best to educate us on how to be better managers, if you will. Michael Weinper (00:19:51): And that includes things like the economics. But I think we, as a profession need to be top of mind with economics and learn how to advocate more as a group, as a profession, not just individuals because insurance companies will not look, listen to individuals. They will disappear to larger groups. To that point, larger groups get better reimbursement. So that point hospitals being really affiliated with one another or powerful entity as an association get better reimbursement. So I think that getting PTs together to understand I know APTA has advocated for many years better reimbursement. I worked with APTA in different retreats for payers. So there was a way to bring together a summit, a payer summit, they call it where they bring together many insurance companies. Actually I did one in Connecticut where you are cause that's a sort of a hodgepodge or location of many insurance companies. Michael Weinper (00:20:55): So we had several speakers who knew a lot about reimbursement, including Helene furan, a dear friend of mine and others who would speak to insurers about what is PT? What does a PT do? How do we evaluate patients? What does it cost to run a business to give these payers a better understanding, but remind you be reminded. These were not big association meetings. We brought peers together. So we might have 25 or 30 people in a room, some of whom which were larger decision makers than others, but when it came right down to it, we didn't have the ability to follow up with them and push them down the road to where they would be accepting of what we do. So we today, the cost benefit of coming to PT, I'm sad to say is very disappointing. It takes you a long time to work off your debt. Hopefully in the future, our government will see fit that people in professions like ours need to have better forgiveness of their debt in return for doing public service for the public we serve. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:22:06): Yeah. I think that you make a great point about the fact that we as private practitioners need to walk away from some of these more measly reimbursement contracts. And you know, one of the things that we hear a lot with incoming graduates is that there are a lot of private practices that have very high volume. And one of the reasons that they have low job satisfaction is because they're seeing so many patients. So I think that you make a really great point in saying that, you know, maybe it's better that we take fewer insurance companies, see fewer patients, but get paid more because now you're eliminating that burnout and that poor job satisfaction and allowing that new professional, or, you know, even if it's a veteran physical therapist, make the money that they actually deserve with the training that they have. Michael Weinper (00:22:58): Exactly right. And that's why we need to really advocate politically. And that's why the PT PAC is a very important thing to be involved with because we, as a profession can be heard through advocacy many, many years ago, I was one of the early trustees of what we used to call APTCAC American physical therapy, congressional action committee, which now PTPAC. And I always used to say, and I consider you to say today, if every PT would just give $25 to political action, how much more strength we could have because we live in a world where legislators listen to those who support them, support them with votes and support them financially so they can get folks important that we do get to legislators. Michael Weinper (00:23:54): We have a lot of people in Congress who are friends and have been our friends for many years, but we need more. And when things come up like budgetary cuts of Medicare, where they talk about an 8% reduction in Medicare reimbursement coming in next January, which I hope goes away. I think it will go away. I pray it would go away. But if it doesn't, I mean, think about that. You're getting a reduction in your reimbursement, which is not that great today. And they're going to reduce it even more. What's that gonna do to salaries? It's not going to help the PTs in private practice. And this is something that I think many people who are not in private practice, the students podcast may or may not, may not believe, but it has to be true. Michael Weinper (00:24:40): I've spoken to hundreds of PTs in private practice over the years. And I think many people would be appalled or shocked at least to realize that many people who own private practices do not make a lot of money. I spoke to a PT just last week here in Southern California, who was impacted by the rallies that were going on with black lives matter. And unfortunately, during that time, there was some looting and pillage went on by some bad actors, if you will, not people who were affiliated with the rallies themselves, but people who took advantage of that and broke into places and solving fuel and burn places. We all heard about that here in Southern California was one of those places in other parts of the country, the same thing that held true, that PT, when I talked to them and was trying to do what I could do to help them rebuild their practice. Cause your practice had been broken into and everything taken. Michael Weinper (00:25:42): I asked this individual if they would be willing to share with me how much they make per year. This person said to me, under $80,000 Michael Weinper (00:25:58): And I pause for a second. And since not only for the problems they were experiencing because of the looting and stuffed up to their office, but for the fact that even under good times, they weren't making a lot of money and they were working hard. They're working 10, 12 hours a day, sometimes on weekends. That is because they were in a situation where their cost of doing business is almost as high as what they would receive in payment. Michael Weinper (00:26:24): And we know that owners of businesses get what's ever left over after paying all the other bills, including salaries and benefits and rent and all the other things that come to mind. And it's not uncommon to find people who own their own practices, who do not make a lot of money and you have to take a lot of risks. So it's one of these things that we need Congress to better understand that it's important to support physical therapy as a profession, because we are a very valid and important aspect of the health care continuum that if we aren't there the cost of care will go up because rehabilitation, I believe, and I'm sure you believe decreases overall cost of care. So getting Congress to vote that in and to budget more money for us and Medicare, and then hopefully getting insurance companies to understand that not every therapist is going to do things on the low ball side of it, but really are going to hold out for a higher compensation that they're entitled to. Michael Weinper (00:27:36): They're going to be more inclined more and as a parent more it's my idea that therapists should be able to own practices to be able to pay their staff more. I've always said, Stephanie, that I wish I could pay every therapist that works in our practice, $150,000. I think they're easily worth it, but it's a function of what we get paid. And I can tell you that, you know, my own practice, progressive PT my income hasn't gone up in over 10 years and I don't make, you know, I don't make a lot of money in it, but it's because I get what's left over after we pay everybody. I feel that we've got to give our employees reasonable compensation for what they do. And we don't use a lot of extenders. We don't do a lot of things that are in the realm of I'm doing it on the cheap side as many people do. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:28:31): Yeah. I think that your points about advocacy are really important because I know APTA has been working on that 8% cut. You haven't written to your Congressman. I definitely encourage those of you listening to this podcast today to log onto APTA's website, whether you're a member or not and write a letter to your Congressman, it really only takes three seconds. Additionally, there has also been a legislation that has gone forward with trying to increase the loan forgiveness for DPT students. APTA is always trying to get us to have pay, be paid more so that advocacy piece is really important. So that kind of brings me into the next pillar or the next element of vision 2020 and that's full direct access. So we do have at the some form of direct access in all 50 States right now, however, there are three States where the direct access is extremely limited, where you basically can only do a wellness evaluation without a doctor's referral. And then there are about 27 States where you have direct access with basically limitations or rules attached to it. And a lot of those have to do with say diagnosis or with different interventions like dry needling or electrical stimulation. Those types of things. So kind of along that route, how can PPS ensure that we get full direct access in each state? What are some things that the association can do and that physical therapists can do? Michael Weinper (00:30:04): That's a wonderful question. And I think the answer is create stronger advocates in each state because what you're talking now is not about federal legislation, but state legislation. In other words, each licensing act is governed by the state legislature. So having a good group of PTs who can rally and lobby, if you will, or have a lobbyist, if there is a big enough state to meet with members of the state legislature to express how important it is in an effort to control costs in healthcare, to give therapists more clinical rights and abilities, that's where it starts. Once you get that, then you can get insurance companies to start to buy in because they realize that is legal in that given state. I have seen this happen throughout my career that has been slow to come. We've been shooting for direct access. And at the same time also trying to eliminate the need for there to be physician intervention in certain musculoskeletal situations where we now are trained as diagnosticians to be able to evaluate and treat these things. Michael Weinper (00:31:17): It's my hope in the future that we get the opportunity from a licensure standpoint to order x-rays, to order lab work and things like that, to where we can have more information at our fingertips, but then to have to refer out. But only where it's appropriate, where we're adequately trained to do that. You have to teach legislators what is PT and what is the benefits of PT and what are the cost savings that insurance companies, the public. And we all save by giving the opportunity for patients to be strong entry points into the healthcare field. It's certainly fond for us to evaluate patient. And in some States you can do, like you said, dry needling. I live in a state, California doesn't even allow dry needling. I have people in my practice who teach dry needling to therapists around the company because he used to do that where they worked in other States, very frustrating for them, extremely frustrating for me, but it takes legislation. Michael Weinper (00:32:25): It takes talks. It takes contributions to your local state PAC, and most of them have it now. And to be involved in APTA, I think is key that so many PTs I call nine to fivers. They come in and they do their nine to five and go home and they forget about their profession. People like you and others who are dedicated to making this a better profession for PTs of the future, not to mention the public that receives our care are the ones that make things happen. And so being more involved in our field through volunteerism obviously is key, I think, to change and too many of us look to the other guy to do it, whether it's writing a letter to your congressmen, or there's going to meeting with a state legislator, whether it's inviting your local state representatives into your practices, see who you are and what you do. Michael Weinper (00:33:27): All of the things bode well for growing our practice. And too few of us, unfortunately do that. We don't realize that it starts fortunately with regulations and what we can do and how we can do it. So the quest, if you will, or request, I should say would be that we as a profession, get more involved in our association because the association is the focal point for getting the information to legislators. It's our association that has the greatest credibility. And I can tell you that one of the reasons I went back and got my DPT was that I saw that when I would testify on a bill in Sacramento here, there would be people with a doctorate, not necessarily in our field, but just doctorates, so would speak against what we were doing it. And I would get up there and I would have 40 years of experience, and we have a master of public health degree then on my doctorate. Michael Weinper (00:34:26): And I were always, and I would like to think I had good presentation and good preparation and knew the facts. And yet it was those who had doctorates that were, or had the title doctor who were paid more attention to now, we as PTs have that title. And now we're sort of in a level playing field with other professions, from the term being entitled a doctor. And with that credibility, we need now to take more action, we need to spend more time trying to create change in my Dicus talk back in 2000, I said that people were afraid of change and it's true. And even today they're afraid of change and we all like the status quo, but the reality is we need as a profession to embrace change because with change comes progress and we need to progress as a field of profession. If you think about things it takes a village if say and certainly in our professional, it's no different, we have to be part of that village. We can't just be part of the tribe. We need to be active leaders of our village. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:35:43): Yeah. And I think, you know, if you look back at where we were with direct access 20 years ago, I mean, obviously we're in a much better state than where we were, but some of the resources that I know PPS has for people with their fighting, the direct access is they do offer grants to state associations if they're doing any type of lobbying. So if you haven't applied to one of those, it's a pretty hefty amount of money. It's like five or $10,000, which that goes a long way when you're paying the lobbyists to do the work for you. You know, they also have a key contacts program and they offer resources for practitioners that if you do invite a legislature in a legislator into your practice, or you are trying to advocate for a bill, like they provide all that information for you on their website and on the APTA action app. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:36:29): So, I mean, PPS does have resources out there that we can utilize to try to continue in our fight with direct access. And I mean, yes, we're in a much better place than where we were 20 years ago, but like you said, change takes time. And as a, you know, as a young professional, I definitely would love to see change happen even faster. So you know, the more people we can get together and build that village, the faster it's going to happen in your Dicus speech, you also talked about how you envisioned that physical therapist will be evaluating and diagnosing conditions, performing specialized treatment procedures and working with the PTA team. And then you also envision that there would be no referral needed by another practitioner. And I know you've kind of covered this a little bit, but give us an idea of where we are, where we're at with this prediction and what you think the future holds. Because as you know, a lot of these direct access bills that we have still restrict our ability to quote unquote diagnose conditions or even perform specific procedures. So kind of give us an idea of where we are compared to 2000 and where you see us going in the future. Michael Weinper (00:37:41): Well we are obviously light years ahead of where we were in 2000, just by hearing what you described to helping things in what I predicted. And I think from the standpoint of going forward, we need to be cognizant of the fact that we can change things if we put some effort to, and in other words, so many therapists don't do things because I think I hear people say, Oh, it doesn't make a difference, or they'll say somebody else will do it. And the truth is that we all need to be more involved. And I'm one of those key contacts and have been for many, many years. I can only tell you that how rewarding it is to invite a legislator or even somebody who works in their office, into your office, into your practice, to visit with you, see what you do, talk to you, the things that are your barriers to growth and barriers to doing for patients, what we should be doing and should have been doing for many years. Michael Weinper (00:38:46): And I think it's more important to understand what you can't do versus what you can do. And you only learn that by going to stage or talking to people in other States who have full privileges to do those things and have that true autonomy. So I think that by attending association meetings, for example, PPS is a great example or CSM when it comes back. And, and I say this, not just going to the meetings, but talking to people, not just your friends, but talking to people you don't know, but from other States where you might know there's a lot more progress, ask them what they did and how they did it, or talk to the leadership in those States, in those state associations and ask them, how did they accomplish what they accomplished? Because it takes a lot of work and there's a lot of resistance by other professions, physicians be it chiropractors, osteopaths, even dentists from time to time resist, having us grow to where we should grow. Michael Weinper (00:39:53): And the key again is educating the public, what we do. So when you're treating them, let them know what you can do, what you can't do all because of the laws, even though you might be trained to do these things. And sometimes the best advocacy doesn't come from ourselves. It comes from the people we serve our patients. So getting people to write letters to their members of the legislature is very important. But I think getting more people to stand up, write letters, attend hearings in your state Capitol become more involved, become more aware of the benefits you can create, not only for the professional, but certainly for yourselves as well. And that's one of the reasons that I've been very involved in APTA throughout my career was I felt that I had the ability to change things if I would only work at it. Michael Weinper (00:40:47): And I was very blessed. You haven't brought it up, but Bob Dicus for who the Dicus award is named obviously was one of my mentors. When I was a student, I got to meet Bob. He was already very deep in his ALS disease in Georgia. He was fully wheelchair bound and tied to a respirator, but that man had so much knowledge. He was one of the first private practitioners. And one should only go to the PPS website and learn more about Bob and what a great man he was and what a visionary he was for our profession. As a matter of fact, just to digress for a moment, he is the one who created the ALS society nationally. He was the inventor of that. He had a second professional. He was in, he was a motion picture producer in his later years when he couldn't be a PT, he went into motion pictures. Michael Weinper (00:41:48): A lot of them had to do with rehabilitation and things that we do. They weren't necessarily featured like Sims, but he got involved in that kind of communication. So it always goes to the fact that I think some of the best PTs are the ones who are best able to communicate with their patients, with the public, with our legislator. Sure. Those are the PTs who really do the best, because if you're good with your patients in communicating, you're able to motivate them to do the right thing. Right. And communication is something that we need to study more perhaps in school. I teach a lecture on communicating with different generations because as I become part of the older generation and looking at the younger people, I see how you and others in your generation and younger generations communicate with one another as much different than what my experience is. Michael Weinper (00:42:43): I grew up with our computers. I remember the very first calculators. We were not what I was going through school in high school. We used an Abacus and a slide rule. And then going forward, we used a Texas instruments brand calculator, which was very expensive and very elementary looking back at it. That's an idea of technology when technology and communication are, I think are very interwoven. In other words, as technology increases, communication becomes dependent on that technology. And we tend to communicate less with one another or said differently. I can see my son-in-law and daughter at our house, sit on the couch, waiting for dinner, remake, and what are they doing? They're texting. And I said, who are you texting to talk to them? Wait, what answer? Just speaking with one another. And that's just the world we live in. And then all the little acronyms, all these simple things that you know are, are part of the lexicon today. Michael Weinper (00:43:56): Today's younger people, older people don't necessarily know. And when treating an older patient, it's key that you speak to them in a communication form that they're going to understand. And don't assume they understand. I mean, you're saying just because you're saying it, and the same is true for older therapists like myself, talking to younger people, you have to motivate them in a different way. Young people want it. Now they want things quickly. They're used to getting information quickly. You go with something up on Google and get an instant answer on something. Whereas back in my day an encyclopedia sales person used to knock on our door, trying to sell my family a big set of 30 books of encyclopedia. We were tell much to us what we needed for today's knowledge. And I don't think those people around anymore. If at all. If you wanted an encyclopedia, you've got it. Michael Weinper (00:44:50): Just look up something in Google or another search engine, and you've got instant. You got too many answers. Sometimes you get different answers for the same question, but with all that in mind, communication is key to success. And we as service need to communicate better, not only with our patients with one another, with our legislators and with the public in general, and to that point, having better PR public wise. And I think APTA is trying to do that. Now that we're into our hundredth year, starting there as your celebration or Centennial celebration. I think you're going to see a lot more information going out to the public, through electronic media and social media, to where we gain a higher visibility with the public. Michael Weinper (00:45:38): I had the TV on the other night, I was watching a game show and one of the contestants was a PT. And he was a young PTA until that. And he didn't want a whole bunch of them. I think it was, I believe the show was a wheel of fortune actually, which I don't watch too often, but it was on. And I've heard the word physical therapist. It's just like you, whatever you heard that word somewhere. Even as sitting in a restaurant, you hear somebody talking about their PT, your ears perk up and you sort of start to eavesdrop a bit. And we as a profession don't hear that word in the public as much as we hear about doctors or other things. So I think the public needs a better awareness of who we are and feel comfortable talking to us. And we need to feel comfortable talking to them and educating more about who we are for. They haven't needed to see us. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:46:26): I think you make some really good points about the communication aspect and that kind of leads into the next element of vision 2020, which is us being practitioners of choice. So in kind of going off of that with communication, it's too bad Bob Dicus, isn't around anymore to make the next hit healthcare drama on physical therapists. I mean, how many physical therapists and healthcare dramas do you see walking patients or stretching patients? You know, it's never really, they're never main characters in, you know, like Chicago med or Grey's, you know. Michael Weinper (00:47:05): Anytime I see a PT portrayed in these situations. I cringe because first of all, they're wearing, and I hate to say this cause I'm going to probably, I'm going to take an issue with some of you they're wearing scrubs. I don't think I don't scrubs when I grew up were for people working in surgery. Now everybody wears scrubs. So you go to the grocery store. People were in scrubs. They, I think people not even in healthcare wear scrubs sometimes, but I think we should look more professional. We should be more professional and the public will respect us better if we act more professional. And so there are some times PTs who are brought in on dramas to be a technical advisor. I have been in that position before twice, and I have talked to directors and producers about what they need to show. Michael Weinper (00:48:05): And I can only tell you that what you tell them to do and what they end up doing sometimes is different because maybe they don't have the right equipment or the character. They thought they already lined up costumes for their characters. It becomes very frustrating, but getting in on the front end and getting the public to understand who we are, hopefully through drama and maybe through, you know, like I say, public service announcements or ads on TV where we're portrayed better or having the opportunity. Many of you are in smaller cities and towns, your local newspapers and television are hungry for local news. And you may be doing something you don't need to think second thought about, but it's newsworthy. Maybe you just purchased a very important piece of equipment to help with ambulation or suspension or something technical electronically to create new opportunities to treat patients your local TV stations would love to demonstrate, come to your clinic, film you doing that and have it as a segment on their TV show. Michael Weinper (00:49:21): And many of us don't even think about that. So and I, again, even in Los Angeles market, I've had the opportunity to do that a couple of times. And it can be a little bit overwhelming, a little bit scary, but you know, something at the end of the day, you feel really good about it and how you come across is much better than you perceived. You are going to come across when you're getting ready to do it. So don't be shy, but reach out to your local media and try to get them interested in what you do, because what you do, what I do is very newsworthy and very important for the public. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:49:52): Yeah. And you know, obviously people are following what the media says and listening to the media. So, I mean, the media is, has been a very powerful force that you can utilize to spread the gospel of physical therapy so that we can become the providers, the practitioners of choice, for the musculoskeletal system. And so the people actually know that PT means physical therapist and not like personal trainer or part time, people actually know what it means in your speech. You also stated that PTs would be recognized by payers as diagnosticians an entry point into the healthcare system. And I know you've talked, you you've touched on this a little bit, but how do payers recognize physical therapists and how do today's payers recognize us compared to back in 2000? Where are we at with that? Michael Weinper (00:50:43): Well, back in 2000, and even in day sense, payers felt we needed to be treating only under a physician's referral. If you looked at insurance policies that you might have, or if you spoke with payers, they would say that PT was a covered service when provided or the auspices of a physician referral or diagnosis today. Many of those policies from the same payers do not have that language. So because of the direct access laws and because of therapists and given States talking to their insurance companies, the payers they've educated them to where certain payers are starting to realize the benefits of PT first. And let's just take substance abuse and chronic pain. We know as musculoskeletal experts, there are lots of things that we can do for the patient to avoid surgery, to avoid downstream costs like expensive imaging that may be unnecessary. We can certainly get the patients treated properly and get them in a mindset to where pain is not top of their mind. I have a book sitting right behind me on my bookshelf. It's called explain pain. Are you familiar with this book? Stephanie Weyrauch (00:52:13): Oh yeah, that's a very familiar book. Michael Weinper (00:52:16): Okay. And this was a very good book for people to read. It's the authors are David Butler and Lorimer Moseley, and they're down in Australia, but they talk about dealing with the mental side of pain, the cognitive side of pain, if you will, and how to best creature patients in deemphasize of pain and emphasize wellness or health. And we need to do more of that as practitioners. And as we can educate our insurance companies, that by sending the patient to PT for four or five, six visits, we can avoid surgery, many cases, what is a cost benefit to the insurance company? Their insurance companies listen to money. And I know this from my experience for many years of working with many of them speak with probably too many insurance companies to not only remember, but to count. And they are driven by dollars and they do not put enough emphasis on times in their underwriting to allow PTs to do the things we do. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:53:26): Yeah. Michael Weinper (00:53:28): Shortsighted because they ended up then forcing patients to go to a physician first, wait, several days or weeks to see the physician where the patients only getting more deconditioned. And rather than just seeing us first, and we have the opportunity and the knowledge on doing things that get the patient out of the problem or fixing the problem, if you will, from a nonsurgical standpoint. So insurance companies in some cases have become much more enlightened and other cases are still in the dark ages. And those who allow us to treat without referral and pay us for what we're worth are the more enlightened ones, some insurance companies that I've dealt with now in recent years are paying for outcomes. There's concept of paper for pay for performance or P for P. I like to call P fro. It's really not what you do, the process of what you do, but really the outcome that you get. Michael Weinper (00:54:27): So if you can get a great outcome with fewer visits, then insurance company should be willing to pay you more because you reduce their costs. And, not only of what you did in terms of your crew cough, but in terms of what would otherwise cost them to treat the patient going forward. So I like to pay to pay for outcomes Peterborough, and that's why we, as a profession, need to do more in the way of outcome measurement, whatever tool we use and be able to communicate to the payment payer community, the benefits of what I do. So I'm going to go back now to the mid seventies again, when I got my master's degree we learned even back then that the definition of quality in healthcare was composed of three things. And the author of that was a fellow who's no longer with us. Michael Weinper (00:55:22): His name was Avitas Donabedin. He was a physician. He was very involved with the new England journal of medicine, D O N A B E D I N, if you want to look it up and Donabedinn even back then said that quality health healthcare was three things structure, which is where you do it and what you use in terms of equipment process, what you do okay. And outcome, or the results. So we all have been able to measure it structure, and we were able to mission measure the process where you, but not enough of us over my career have been able to truly prove that what they did was a benefit. And I think that that's one of those things that we have to focus more on proving the benefit of PT two outcomes or said differently because of what we do, patients get better quicker. Stephanie Weyrauch (00:56:16): And that leads us really nicely into the next element of vision 2020, and that's evidence based practice. So obviously APTA has done a lot over the years to try to improve how we're measuring outcomes. So you have the outcomes registry CoStar was created. If you look at how much the literature has been put out for, if you search, if you search up physical therapy, even in Google, it's, you know, an exponential growth since even 2000 and even the larger growth. If you think about it from even the 1970s, when outcomes were first described. So, I mean, this is something that, you know, we've been working on for a long time. I think that obviously it's come a long ways, but we still have confirmation bias in our literature. We still have group practice that people are practicing. We have treatment fads that really don't have a lot of evidence behind them. And we have practice variation that continues to affect our outcomes and affect our profession. How can PPS help offset this? How can we continue to go forward to mitigate some of these things that are occurring? Michael Weinper (00:57:24): Well, that's a $64 question, as we used to say my hero. I think it's important that we need to, you talked earlier about one of the goals of PT, 2020 is lifelong learning. And I see too many people in our profession who don't come to meetings of the profession, whether it's a local meeting in your area, whether it's a state conference whether it's CSM or PPS meetings, too many of our colleagues never go, or maybe they went as a student cause their school paid for them or somehow or another they're were to go. And they never ever go. If you think about people, you went to school with Stephanie, you never see them again. And you wonder, how are they getting their education? One of the things that has occurred a dream the last 15 years I would say is the requirement by States that each PT in order to continue, their licensure must have continuing education, a certain amount. Michael Weinper (00:58:35): And it varies state by state, as we know, and what things have to be parts of that, continuing education, again, vary by state by state, but at least we're being forced now as a profession to continue our learning. Having said that, and having taught in different venues in different ways. I can tell you, there are people who are serious learners, and there are people who we call lazy learners. The lazy learners are those who will buy the cheap level CEU kind of stuff, and do a quick read on something and take a test and not really spend the time to investigate what was being offered. And maybe some of the quality of that they're learning is really not up to date either. Versus those of us who will go to con ed meetings, we'll do things online. Now there's a lot of opportunity. PBS shows a lot of things out ABQ has a lot of things. Michael Weinper (00:59:35): I'm a member of the orthopedic session section and the oncology section. They have lots of stuff going on that, yeah, there's too much of it. There's just like there's like education overload. So you have to be selective, but do choose things that I think will be beneficial to you. And that are evidence-based. So it brings back to the evidence based part because too often I've heard people get up at meetings and start to talk about things. And then when challenged on what's the word, what's the basis of your comments? They sort of stammered. And they said they gave answers that weren't really appropriate. So we do need more focus on, on lifelong, which we're mandated to do, but some people take the easy way out. You know, people, we all have people we know who will take the high road and others who take the low road and the low road may be the easier road that may not be the get to the right end. Michael Weinper (01:00:29): So we want to challenge ourselves to learn more each day. And I can tell you that when I went back and got my DPT, I thought it would be fairly easy. And some of the things that I was exposed to, I'd already learned in my master's level, but I can tell you a lot of things that I learned were new concepts that I had never even thought about. And that goes to the idea of this lifelong learning and evidence based practice you learn, most of you learned in school all about evidence-based theory and practice, and some of you embraced it very well and other views sort of gone a different path. So I would say, take a step back and look at the research that's coming out. There's all kinds of journals. And that's another thing that I have to digress on a moment. Michael Weinper (01:01:17): And that is, here's a question for each of you, how many journals or publications that are healthcare oriented, do you read or subscribed to, if you say only PT, then I think you're making a big mistake because there's so much literature and so many things that are appropriate for what we do in our field. And to validate what we do in other journals and research is being done that we miss the boat by not looking at it at other professional journals or other modes of information, or even attending meetings for physicians and so on. I used to specialize in the treatment of hand injuries. And so I would go to the society for hand search and they actually had a PT sub, a PTO to see subset of that that my friend, dr. Susan Mike Clovis, was very involved in and she got me involved and I would listen to physicians. Michael Weinper (01:02:18): We collegial meetings where PTs and physicians would interact to try and come up with the best ideas. And many of us don't really have any contact with physicians, except when we're talking to them in the halls of the hospital or when we're going out to market them, or we're trying to take lunch to them. We don't talk really about concepts and about theory. And what do you base this upon? And what can we do to learn more about the benefits of what we do? And that gets us to the idea of each of us having the challenge to do some research, research is fascinating. It doesn't pay a lot, but you can still do research in your clinic. You can be parts of research projects. If you just look for them, is they're out there to take advantage of. And if you do that, it opens your eyes so much more. Stephanie Weyrauch (01:03:09): And I think a lot of the things that you've touched on kind of goes with the last element of vision 2020 and that's professionalism. So when the house of delegates originally defined what professionalism means in vision 2020, it's that we as physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are consistently demonstrating core values by aspiring to and wisely applying principles of altruism, excellence, caring, ethics, respect, communication, and accountability by working with other professionals to optimize health and wellness in individuals and in communities. So obviously one of the bigger focus is of APTA has been this optimizing society or optimizing movement to impact society. And we've been kind of taking more of a population health kind of perspective, trying to get out of the silo, physical therapy and move more into the interdisciplinary healthcare, healthcare, professional realm. Where would you say we are? As far as our professionalism goes in 2020, compared to where we were in 2000? Michael Weinper (01:04:15): Oh boy, I think many of us have because of our increased education, gotten more credibility with the medical profession. They tend to listen to us more rather than just seeing us as a technical entity or a technician versus a professional. Although I can tell you still today, physicians oftentimes don't see the benefit that we do even orthopedist. And we have come a long way in some with so many physicians, but we've missed the boat with others. I think it's critical than medical stuff, schools, especially if you're doing an orthopedic residency, that's a resident spend time with a PT. I was in a well known physician, internationally known physicians office recently with my wife who, when she had her shoulder surgery. And he has no to fellows at all times. And occasionally a PT will visit and come in and, and be there not to get paid, but just to talk and work with the physicians, educate the physicians and the younger ones, the fellows who are going to be out there real soon in their own practice. Michael Weinper (01:05:34): We need to do a better job of educating physicians. I said that a little bit earlier, but I really mean it. We can do it when they're in school, when they're doing their fellowships, we can invite them into our practices. We can go to doctor's offices and shadow them much more than we do. We can go into surgery with physicians and talk to them while they're there doing their procedure, learning why they're doing their procedure. And sometimes a light bulb will go on in your head say, Oh, I get that. And that's, I think there's something I could do a little bit differently with like, with your patients when I'm treating them by seeing what you're doing surgically and listening to what your concepts are. So I think there's a lot more collegial realism of that goes to being a professional. And to that point, if you don't see yourself as a professional others, aren't going to see you as fun and too many of us lose track of the fact that we are in it. Michael Weinper (01:06:27): When you say it's a profession, a profession requires one of the key points of any profession is that you learn, you keep current and you give back to society. And giving back to society means more than just treating people. It means educating the population, doing things from a wellness standpoint or avoidance of injury. I guess going back to my public health days where one of the key things is getting people not to have to see you clinically as a post op or whatever, but helping people to avoid surgery and do things the proper way. Ergonomics for example, is a good, good use of our skills and what we've learned as I sit up in my chair properly. And we doing things that people just don't think about. And when we break away from just being the PT, treating person and branch out to media with other professions, talking to them a

Alisa Sipes, the Chapter President of Fresno, California talks about her connection to SHP and how it got her involved with Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Cows, Cars and a heart warming story about a family they delivered beds to.

This episode discusses the Indian Boarding-School Era, Generation Red Road for Cultural Healing, the importance of education, and how to break the cycle by focusing on the youth for awareness and mental health. Please note this episode contains strong language, and parental supervision or consent is advised for individuals under the age of 18.

The CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, and Past State Commander, Mr. Daniel Contreras finally joins the family on this episode of #YearOfTheVet! …and what an honor it is to have someone so involved with our community of veterans to have set aside the time to share his story with us!An Army veteran turned health care guru, Dan found himself venturing away from a safe paycheck, into the trenches of veteran advocacy after having a highly respected mentor reach out and remind him that “sometimes it’s not about the paycheck.”Those words set Dan down a long path of creating a legacy that the DAV has found itself flourishing in; as one of the nations’ most prolific Non-Profit Veteran Service Organizations.When Dan and I first met, within the first five minutes, he influenced me to be a better veteran—asking me to come up with a way to bridge the gap between our generations of veterans. And although the #YearOfTheVet podcast isn’t directly a result of that conversation, the fire in my belly to continually find ways to bridge the gap is a result… and #YearOfTheVet is a result of that fire.And I’m not the only person that Dan has worked his magical voodoo on. In fact Dan shares ways to positively influence individuals to do better, and get quality work done over quantity. He shares his mantra of how success is created, and talks about the importance of relationships.Dan and I talk about opportunity and legacy... culture and family. Dan shares the benefit of having veterans involved in each other’s lives, as well as a call for the community to get involved. Some of those ways that we can get more involved is by volunteering… and there are many ways that you can give time to the DAV. Ways like becoming a volunteer driver for those service members who don’t have transportation to their medical appointments, or finding a local veteran assistance program available in your community (which you can find here). You can even help to battle issues at Capital Hill with the team of members who fight legislative battles concerning the veteran community, such as their most recent victory of making sure that the Caretaker benefits covered any and all veterans that served outside of the 9/11 era... he even welcomes those that can smoke a good brisket!Because… It Takes a Village.But it’s not all business with the DAV. The DAV also likes to host events and send veterans to go enjoy life with each other, as well as their families. Events like the Salmon Derby, hosted by the Monterey Bay Veterans Inc., Military Appreciation Monday at the Golden Corral, sending vets to learn winter sports via “Miracle on a Mountainside,” diving, driving, eating, camping, hunting, sending your kids away to summer camp at Camp Corral… the sky is the limit!There is a ton of great information packed into this conversation, and not to mention, Dan shares a lot of his story that you don’t normally hear from a leader at his level. I’m very honored to introduce to you, CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, Mr. Dan Contreras.----------Show Notes (5:52) It’s all about Dan… but he turns it on me… (8:02) What makes Dan… Dan? (9:00) The culture that created Dan (12:18) In his brother(s) footsteps… (13:27) What’s love got to do with it? (14:23) Finding his footing in the Army (15:00) The recipe to success. (16:24) Noticing opportunity (19:20) Generational learning (20:39) When opportunity knocks… (22:04) The mantra of a successful man… (24:16) Why relationships are important: An ode to being good at what you do. (27:01) When having enough pushes you to having more. (30:07) Why consistency is key.  (32:56) That moment when: Dan is speaking directly to my soul and doesn’t even know it… (37:14) Quality vs. Quantity (41:39) Motivating individuals to keep the wheels of the DAV rollin’! (44:56) TAKE THAT WEST VIRGINIA DAV! (48:38) The Next Generation (50:40) Breaking down what the DAV has to offer us… (55:19) Are you a Californian Veteran??? Listen up!!! (55:51) Who is going to continue the legacy? Is it you? (59:42) Expressing the vision of legacy. (1:14:05) My eyes are sweating.----------Shout Outs:Jesse Brown Scholarship Program - Youth VolunteersVolunteerVolunteer DriversLocal Veteran Assistance ProgramsVeteran Exploration GardenMiracle on a MountainsideCommander Access NetworkMilitary Appreciation MondayMobile Service OperationsAuxiliary Element - For The Family MembersCamp CorralFresno, Ca.Auberry, Ca.Bullard High SchoolSierra Joint Union High SchoolOperation GratitudeRecruitMilitary.comDAVcal.orgMonterey Bay Veterans IncGolden CorralThe Contreras Clan!

The CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, and Past State Commander, Mr. Daniel Contreras finally joins the family on this episode of #YearOfTheVet! …and what an honor it is to have someone so involved with our community of veterans to have set aside the time to share his story with us!An Army veteran turned health care guru, Dan found himself venturing away from a safe paycheck, into the trenches of veteran advocacy after having a highly respected mentor reach out and remind him that “sometimes it’s not about the paycheck.”Those words set Dan down a long path of creating a legacy that the DAV has found itself flourishing in; as one of the nations’ most prolific Non-Profit Veteran Service Organizations.When Dan and I first met, within the first five minutes, he influenced me to be a better veteran—asking me to come up with a way to bridge the gap between our generations of veterans. And although the #YearOfTheVet podcast isn’t directly a result of that conversation, the fire in my belly to continually find ways to bridge the gap is a result… and #YearOfTheVet is a result of that fire.And I’m not the only person that Dan has worked his magical voodoo on. In fact Dan shares ways to positively influence individuals to do better, and get quality work done over quantity. He shares his mantra of how success is created, and talks about the importance of relationships.Dan and I talk about opportunity and legacy... culture and family. Dan shares the benefit of having veterans involved in each other’s lives, as well as a call for the community to get involved. Some of those ways that we can get more involved is by volunteering… and there are many ways that you can give time to the DAV. Ways like becoming a volunteer driver for those service members who don’t have transportation to their medical appointments, or finding a local veteran assistance program available in your community (which you can find here). You can even help to battle issues at Capital Hill with the team of members who fight legislative battles concerning the veteran community, such as their most recent victory of making sure that the Caretaker benefits covered any and all veterans that served outside of the 9/11 era... he even welcomes those that can smoke a good brisket!Because… It Takes a Village.But it’s not all business with the DAV. The DAV also likes to host events and send veterans to go enjoy life with each other, as well as their families. Events like the Salmon Derby, hosted by the Monterey Bay Veterans Inc., Military Appreciation Monday at the Golden Corral, sending vets to learn winter sports via “Miracle on a Mountainside,” diving, driving, eating, camping, hunting, sending your kids away to summer camp at Camp Corral… the sky is the limit!There is a ton of great information packed into this conversation, and not to mention, Dan shares a lot of his story that you don’t normally hear from a leader at his level. I’m very honored to introduce to you, CEO-Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans – Department of California, Mr. Dan Contreras.----------Show Notes (5:52) It’s all about Dan… but he turns it on me… (8:02) What makes Dan… Dan? (9:00) The culture that created Dan (12:18) In his brother(s) footsteps… (13:27) What’s love got to do with it? (14:23) Finding his footing in the Army (15:00) The recipe to success. (16:24) Noticing opportunity (19:20) Generational learning (20:39) When opportunity knocks… (22:04) The mantra of a successful man… (24:16) Why relationships are important: An ode to being good at what you do. (27:01) When having enough pushes you to having more. (30:07) Why consistency is key.  (32:56) That moment when: Dan is speaking directly to my soul and doesn’t even know it… (37:14) Quality vs. Quantity (41:39) Motivating individuals to keep the wheels of the DAV rollin’! (44:56) TAKE THAT WEST VIRGINIA DAV! (48:38) The Next Generation (50:40) Breaking down what the DAV has to offer us… (55:19) Are you a Californian Veteran??? Listen up!!! (55:51) Who is going to continue the legacy? Is it you? (59:42) Expressing the vision of legacy. (1:14:05) My eyes are sweating.----------Shout Outs:Jesse Brown Scholarship Program - Youth VolunteersVolunteerVolunteer DriversLocal Veteran Assistance ProgramsVeteran Exploration GardenMiracle on a MountainsideCommander Access NetworkMilitary Appreciation MondayMobile Service OperationsAuxiliary Element - For The Family MembersCamp CorralFresno, Ca.Auberry, Ca.Bullard High SchoolSierra Joint Union High SchoolOperation GratitudeRecruitMilitary.comDAVcal.orgMonterey Bay Veterans IncGolden CorralThe Contreras Clan!

Josh Stephens speaks with California APA President Julia Lave Johnston about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the planning profession.

After several computer and hardware malfunctions Fitch and Tinkle are back reporting from the from the front lines of the quarantine (California Chapter). Tinkle has now reportedly watched everything on Netflix twice and Fitch receives an unofficial award for greatest Quarantine Dad. As the subject goes to MMA and sport franchise owners, Fitch has some pointed criticism about recent business decisions and thinks the fighters need to rally together.  If you dig the show please tell a friend.  Please RATE/REVIEW/SUBSCRIBE It does help.    

RSWC #062 Lara Smith National Spokesperson of the Liberal Gun Club I met Lara at GRPC in Chicago in 2018. When I was looking for interviewees this year, she jumped at the chance. Lara Smith grew up anti-gun. She grew up in a well educated, liberal household. But she makes sure that she isn’t labeled as a Democrat. She was nervous and scared about firearms. After being married to a former Marine who often told her she was wrong about the information she was using about firearms, he told her she needed to get educated on firearms. As a lawyer, it's hard to say you’re wrong. She had to break it to her husband about her new hobby. She joined a pro-gun organization, but didn’t quite fit in. So Lara searched for something that is more of her demographic. Googling things like “liberal gun owners”, “women gun owners”, and “unconventional gun owners”, she came across A Girl And A Gun. After talking with, Robyn Sandoval, one of the founders of AGAG and attending their conference, she fit right in! She went out and bought her own firearm to use, a Ruger Mark II, .22 caliber pistol. She found out that not only was she good at it, she had fun as well. She enjoys trap, skeet, and sporting clays. She likes the shotgunning. But she’s also got a blue AR. She also found The Liberal Gun Club. At one of their events, she volunteered her way up to becoming the Vice President of California Chapter of The Liberal Gun Club, then the President. While the President, she got a call from the LA Times when they were seeking to talk to gun owners. That lead to being interviewed on the BBC! We didn’t talk about it, but she is a member of The DC Project. We’ve talked to many of the woman in The DCP in previous episodes of RSWC. The one question I had for her was about being a Liberal and a gun owner because in my mind, those often don’t mix. Many times, we think that conservatives are the ones who are concerned about self defense and gun ownership. Lara makes it clear that her team is equally concerned about personal and family safety and that not everyone wants to own a firearm for defense. This year, Lara and a few other non-traditional gun owners gave a group presentation at AMMcon. AMMcon is the Alternative Multi Media Conference, which has been held the day before GPRC for the last 3 years. The others with her were Tiffany Johnson, Annette Evans. They talked about broadening the tent of gun ownership. None of them fit into the traditional gun owner stereotype. You can watch their presentation thanks to CloverTac to recorded the whole event. https://youtu.be/yeFH-ervVSA We do hit a drive thru Starbucks. Lara has a hot chai tea. I order a black coffee, three sugars, and of course the worker called it a Vente (?). I learned Lara is hardcore, she has a Trump Resister tattoo but I didn’t ask to see it. Here’s a couple of quotes from the show that I enjoyed. “Shooting is fun! Nobody said shooting was fun!” When talking to anti-gun folks, I “listen to what they’re saying and not the words they’re using”. Here are some links to their social media outlets. The Liberal Gun CLub https://www.facebook.com/LiberalGunClub/ The Liberal Gun Club Website https://theliberalgunclub.com/ Lara@theliberalgunclub.com is her email address. If you like Riding Shotgun WIth Charlie, please share it with others. That’s how we get the Stagecoach Across America. Check out RSWC Sponsors Keyhole Holsters Veteran Owned, American Made http://www.keyholeholsters.com/ Dennis McCurdy Author, Speaker, Firewalker http://www.find-away.com/ Or listen on: iTunes/Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riding-shotgun-with-charlie/id1275691565 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4EEPud0XzYz4wo0MYmA9uB

Today's guest is Dr. Rhea Boyd. Dr. Boyd is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California.In this episode, we discuss the following how her childhood experiences influenced her work to become an advocate for children and her community, the connection between racial inequality and health, Adverse police encounters in communities of color Mobile Justice CA app Bio:Rhea W. Boyd, MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California. She travels to teach students and trainees about the relationship between structural inequity and health and is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), serving on the board of her local chapter, California Chapter 1, and as a member of the AAP's national Executive Committee on Communications and Media.In addition to her clinical, policy, and teaching work, Dr. Boyd enjoys participating in community-based advocacy. Over the past 5 years, she helped organize a group of public health officials, clinicians community advocates, and funders to evaluate and address the impact of harmful police practices and policies on child and public health. She also worked with a San Francisco-based tech non-profit to increase access to social services across the Bay Area as a means to improving child and community health. Dr. Boyd is the author of the blog Rhea.MD (rheamd.wordpress.com), where she critically engages the intersections of health and justice. She is also active on twitter @RheaBoydMD.Dr. Boyd graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Africana Studies and Health from the University of Notre Dame. She earned a M.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at University of California, San Francisco, where she participated in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved Program. In 2017, Dr. Boyd graduated from the Commonwealth Fund Mongan Minority Health Policy Fellowship at Harvard Universitys School of Public Health where she received an M.P.H.Links to information shared during podcast: Privileded article by Kyle Korverhttps://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba Mobile Justice CA Apphttps://www.mobilejusticeca.org

Today's guest is Dr. Rhea Boyd. Dr. Boyd is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California. In this episode, we discuss the following how her childhood experiences influenced her work to become an advocate for children and her community, the connection between racial inequality and health, Adverse police encounters in communities of color Mobile Justice CA app Bio: Rhea W. Boyd, MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California. She travels to teach students and trainees about the relationship between structural inequity and health and is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), serving on the board of her local chapter, California Chapter 1, and as a member of the AAP's national Executive Committee on Communications and Media. In addition to her clinical, policy, and teaching work, Dr. Boyd enjoys participating in community-based advocacy. Over the past 5 years, she helped organize a group of public health officials, clinicians community advocates, and funders to evaluate and address the impact of harmful police practices and policies on child and public health. She also worked with a San Francisco-based tech non-profit to increase access to social services across the Bay Area as a means to improving child and community health. Dr. Boyd is the author of the blog Rhea.MD (rheamd.wordpress.com), where she critically engages the intersections of health and justice. She is also active on twitter @RheaBoydMD. Dr. Boyd graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Africana Studies and Health from the University of Notre Dame. She earned a M.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at University of California, San Francisco, where she participated in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved Program. In 2017, Dr. Boyd graduated from the Commonwealth Fund Mongan Minority Health Policy Fellowship at Harvard University’s School of Public Health where she received an M.P.H. Links to information shared during podcast: Privileded article by Kyle Korver https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/kyle-korver-utah-jazz-nba Mobile Justice CA App https://www.mobilejusticeca.org

Dr. Rhea Boyd has known ever since she was young that she wanted to be a pediatrician. Her grounding motivation? Making the world safer for children, especially Black kids and children who face various social and structural stressors and oppression. In this episode, we learn more about Rhea's journey into and through medicine, including how she carved her own pathway to explore the intersection of racial justice and health equity from the creation of her own college major to her multi-faceted career today.  This episode also highlights Rhea's recent advocacy efforts that challenge medical institutions to go beyond current "diversity and inclusion” paradigms and “underrepresentation” rhetoric to naming the consequences of racial inequity and racism. Rhea advocates that institutions acknowledge and urgently act upon the violent racist exclusion of Black folks from institutions and stark racial health disparities in order to truly achieve equity and justice. Bio: Rhea W. Boyd, MD, MPH, FAAP is a pediatrician and child and community health advocate who lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area. She works clinically at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and serves as the Chief Medical Officer of San Diego 211 and the Director of Equity and Justice for, The Children's Trust, a campaign to expand behavioral health access to every child in California. She travels to teach students and trainees about the relationship between structural inequity and health and is active in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), serving on the board of her local chapter, California Chapter 1, and as a member of the AAP's national Executive Committee on Communications and Media. In addition to her clinical, policy, and teaching work, Dr. Boyd enjoys participating in community-based advocacy. Over the past 5 years, she helped organize a group of public health officials, clinicians community advocates, and funders to evaluate and address the impact of harmful police practices and policies on child and public health. She also worked with a San Francisco-based tech non-profit to increase access to social services across the Bay Area as a means to improving child and community health. Dr. Boyd is the author of the blog Rhea.MD (rheamd.wordpress.com), where she critically engages the intersections of health and justice. She is also active on twitter @RheaBoydMD. Dr. Boyd graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Africana Studies and Health from the University of Notre Dame. She earned a M.D. at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at University of California, San Francisco, where she participated in the Pediatric Leadership for the Underserved Program. In 2017, Dr. Boyd graduated from the Commonwealth Fund Mongan Minority Health Policy Fellowship at Harvard University's School of Public Health where she received an M.P.H.

An interview with Anita Avedian, LMFT, CAMS-IV, about her ability to identify opportunities for entrepreneurship. Curt and Katie talk with her about how she has thrived as a therapist and a business owner, even though she doesn’t see herself as a “visionary” or “strategist.” It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. We are human beings who can now present ourselves as whole people, with authenticity, purpose, and connection. Especially now, when therapists must develop a personal brand to market their practices. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age. Interview with Anita Avedian, LMFT, CAMS-IV, Executive Director of Avedian Counseling Center, Executive Director of Anger Management Essentials Anita Avedian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has been practicing psychotherapy since 1996. She opened her practice in 2001 and continues to see clients in Sherman Oaks, Hollywood, Glendale, and Woodland Hills. Avedian Marriage and Family Therapy Corporation was formed in 2018, where Anita merged Anger Management 818 and her private practice into a group practice. Her specialties include working with relationships, anger, social anxiety, general anxiety, and addictions. Anita is the Executive Director of Avedian Counseling Center, with 8 locations, helping people work towards improving their daily lives and relationships. Anger Management Essentials is an approved National Anger Management Association (NAMA) model which is used for anger management certification. Moreover, Anita is an Authorized NAMA Trainer and Anger Management Supervisor for certifying anger management specialists. She is a Certified Anger Management Specialist IV and a Diplomat Member of NAMA. Anita offers a monthly training throughout the West Coast to certify counselors in anger management. She authored Anger Management Essentials, a workbook for aggression, which has been translated into Spanish, Armenian, and Hebrew. The Teen Version was published in 2017. Anita is very involved with the professional community. Anita is the co-Founder and President of the California Chapter of NAMA, and the Founder of Toastmasters for Mental Health Professionals. Anita is an active member of the Armenian American Medical Society (AAMS) and the Armenian American Mental Health Association (AAMHA). She also volunteers to help organize the mental health segment of the annual Glendale Health Festival. In this episode we talk about: How Anita started and succeeded at a number of different businesses Learning about business and entrepreneurship The importance of networking and building relationships Following the path in front of her, toward leadership, business, entrepreneurship The additional education she engaged in, so that she was able to learn what she needed to do The path toward all the offerings she has created: a book, creating a curriculum and certificate program, multi-location group practice, managing office space, speaking and presenting, new endeavors How collaboration and fun has led her into opportunities that she didn’t expect Anita claiming that she doesn’t have vision, but has made herself available to the possibilities How she now assesses opportunities for time, feasibility, etc. How she is able to let go of ideas or projects that are not working How she makes decisions and identifies needs in her communities The strategy she takes to expand offerings How and why she says no How her work naturally progresses Why some people miss out on opportunities The ability to trust opportunities to be there when they are needed Doing what she enjoys, building the relationships she wants, in order to live a good life (rather than just to get referrals) Why she only does stuff that she enjoys doing Trusting that if we do what we love, from that grows these wonderful connections and opportunities How networking took over her week – and how she cut down How helping others for free was taking away from her ability to do her own work and led to a lucrative little side business How when we don’t invest in our businesses that we don’t do what we need to do to grow and thrive in business The problem with operating your business out of fear How to step into what you’re becoming Looking at the concept of finding your own special sauce How to identify what is in front of you, seeing the opportunities for what they are See what you have happening in front of you, even if it isn’t therapy Don’t let your vision get in the way of what is in front of you Recognizing that these are experiments and you can let go of them   Our Generous Sponsor: Thanks again to our sponsor, Brighter Vision! Trusted by thousands of therapists around the world, Brighter Vision has proven time and time again that they are the world’s most trusted website solution for therapists. With a Brighter Vision website, you get paired with a professional web developer that understands you and your practice and will bring to life a beautiful, unique website paired with unbeatable SEO. They won’t leave you in the dust once your site is built, rather, you’ll have the option to change anything on your site with their unlimited customer support policy. Brighter Vision is having their biggest sale of the year right now! (January 2019) Save $120 on your first year by locking in your entire first year for just $49/month! Check them out here: https://www.brightervision.com/guide/ Relevant Resources: We’ve pulled together any resources mentioned in this episode and put together some handy-dandy links: Anita Avedian’s website Anger Management 818 Anger Management Essentials Shrink Sync Avedian Counseling Center Phone number: 818-426-2495   The Modern Therapists Group on Facebook Therapy Reimagined 2019   Who we are: Curt Widhalm is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in private practice in the Los Angeles area. He is a Board Member at Large for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, a Subject Matter Expert for the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Faculty at Pepperdine University, and a loving husband and father. He is 1/2 great person, 1/2 provocateur, and 1/2 geek, in that order. He dabbles in the dark art of making "dad jokes" and usually has a half-empty cup of coffee somewhere nearby. Learn more about Curt at www.curtwidhalm.com. Katie Vernoy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, coach, and consultant. As a helping professional for two decades, she’s navigated the ups and downs of our unique line of work. She’s run her own solo therapy practice, designed innovative clinical programs, built and managed large, thriving teams of service providers, and consulted hundreds of helping professionals on how to build meaningful AND sustainable practices. In her spare time, Katie is secretly siphoning off Curt's youthful energy, so that she can take over the world. Learn more about Katie at www.katievernoy.com. A Quick Note: Our opinions are our own. We are only speaking for ourselves – except when we speak for each other, or over each other. We’re working on it. Our guests are also only speaking for themselves and have their own opinions. We aren’t trying to take their voice, and no one speaks for us either. Mostly because they don’t want to, but hey. Stay in Touch: www.mtsgpodcast.com https://www.facebook.com/therapyreimagined/ https://twitter.com/therapymovement https://www.instagram.com/therapyreimagined/ Credits: Voice Over by DW McCann https://www.facebook.com/McCannDW/ Music by Crystal Grooms Mangano http://www.crystalmangano.com/  

Guest: Marlo Tucker, California Chapter of Concerned Women USATopic: The Encourage a Legislator Campaign Guest: Jill SavageTopic: Genuine ParentingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's podcast, Jason and Elizabeth have a great discussion with Ray Mirzabegian, husband to Arsinah and father to two girls, 14 year old Emily and 18-month old Ileana. Ray's daughter Emily was diagnosed as an infant with Dravet Syndrome, a rare and debilitating epilepsy marked by brutal seizures resistant to pharmaceuticals. On the podcast, Jason, Elizabeth and Ray discuss Ray's career change, his drive to help Emily and the countless other children like her. It's an amazing story of a man quite literally obsessed, who works tirelessly now, with his brothers, in charge of the California distribution of Charlotte's Web.™ He founded the California Chapter of the Realm of Caring™ Foundation and launched an organic THC products company called Canniatric™, which caters strictly to the medical cannabis pediatric patients suffering from neurological disorders and childhood cancers. Ray spoke about all of the challenges and obstacles that come in the industry, the "cat and mouse" game that it entails and, as always, the stories of the children and families that keep him going.

Mitch Jackson is a California trial lawyer who enjoys combining law, social media and technology to disrupt, hack, and improve his clients' companies, causes, and professional relationships. He's an award-winning 2009 Orange County Trial Lawyer of the Year and 2013 California Litigation Lawyer of the Year, who was recently profiled in Inc.com and who also appeared on stage to share social media marketing tips at the Tony Robbin's Business Mastery Event in Las Vegas to an audience of 2,000. Mitch is an early adopter of livestreaming and was named by Mashable as one of the top 50 influencers to follow on Snapchat. The ABA Journal included Mitch as one of the Top legal Twitter accounts to follow in 2017 and he was also recently named one of the top social media influencers to follow on social media in 2017. His cover profile in the Orange County Attorney Journal Magazine wrapped up the past year. In addition to sharing his thoughts on using AR, VR, MR and AI in trial from the stage at the September 2017 Clio Cloud Conference in New Orleans, Mitch has also spoken at the New York, San Francisco, Los Angles Periscope Summits (Summit.live), and Social Media Day San Diego. He has appeared on live video shows with Katie Couric, Anderson Cooper, Seth Godin, Peter Diamandis, and Gary Vaynerchuk and his weekly live video show, TheShow.live, is one of the longest running weekly live video shows on the Internet. His new podcast at MitchJacksonPodcast.com is also climbing the iTunes charts! Mitch is a consulting expert in the new book “Shame Nation” by Sue Scheff with the forward by Monica Lewinsky and also a consulting expert in the California State Bar's “Effective Introduction of Evidence in California- Chapter 54 Electronic and Social Media Evidence.” He's also been profiled and mentioned in about half a dozen social media marketing books including David Meerman Scott's best-selling marketing books, “The New Rules of Marketing & PR (5th Edition published in 18 different languages)” and “The New Rules of Sales and Service.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GUESTS Segment 1: Marlo Tucker, California Chapter of Concerned Women for AmericaTopic: Assembly Bills 329 and 2601 Segment 2: Ken WilliamsTopic: AB2943 Segment 3 - 4: Joyce Cordi, Host - Reimagine AmericaTopic: Headline Topics of Politics for the WeekSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

J.R. Young and Russell Kuhlman from the California Chapter of BHA discuss the often-uphill battle of sportsman within California, the lopsidedness of hunters and non-hunters, and some of the best kept secrets of the outdoors that California has to offer! We talk about watershed issues and current projects on the books for the chapter, as well as future issues that will be on the docket for 2018. Check out the California Chapter at https://www.backcountryhunters.org/california_bha and join today!

The San Diego Mountain Bike Association is strongly considering a split with IMBA over some contentious issues.  I break it down, then I cover a cool study describing a way to acclimate to hot weather, when training in cool weather! IMBA may lose California! Beat the heat article! Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play

TOPICEnhancing Resilience of Human and Natural Communities IN THIS EPISODE[01:27] Introduction of Louis Blumberg. [01:57] Louis describes the moment when he realized combating climate change would become the focus of his career. [03:29] Louis explains what ecosystem services are. [04:37] What are some of the other natural solutions to climate change? [05:26] Louis describes the comprehensive suite of natural climate-change solutions he’s working on. [06:28] How do these natural climate-change solutions impact low-income, people-of-color, and indigenous communities? [07:29] Does working with the people in other countries translate to low-income, people-of-color, indigenous communities in California and on the West Coast? [08:20] Are there any leading-edge innovators or implementers when it comes to natural climate-change tools? [09:52] Is there anybody in the private sector supporting your work? [11:21] Louis explains the three-prong approach of using nature to address climate change. [12:41] Are there any large-scale projects using nature to actually restore carbon? [14:10] Is the decrease in forest cover an international issue or a domestic issue? [15:01] Are urban forestation programs going to make a significant difference, or should we be focused on larger international projects to reforest large areas? [16:38] How can people learn more about your work and support it? [17:16] Louis shares one change that would lead to smarter, more sustainable, and more equitable communities. [18:22] Louis describes the action listeners can take to help build a more equitable and sustainable future. [18:48] Louis explains what California and the West Coast look like 30 years from now. GUESTLouis Blumberg, is the Director of the California Climate Change Program of the Nature Conservancy’s California Chapter where he leads a multidisciplinary team developing a comprehensive suite of natural climate solutions including strategies to reduce and avoid greenhouse gas emissions from forest and other natural lands, and to enhance resilience of human and natural communities from the escalating impacts of climate change. https://twitter.com/lblumberg (Follow Louis on Twitter) ORGANIZATIONThe Nature Conservancy – protecting nature, for people today and future generations. Founded in 1951, the Conservancy is the world’s leading conservation organization. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Our vision is a world where the diversity of life thrives, and people act to conserve nature for its own sake and its ability to fulfill our needs and enrich our lives. The Forests 4 Climate Network consists of several nonprofit organizations working together to fight one of the world’s worst climate change problems: deforestation. Through tropical forest credits, these organizations believe jurisdictions across the world can limit greenhouse gas emissions by saving and restoring forests. TAKEAWAY QUOTES“We see that nature is a very powerful tool to address climate change; and by using nature, you often are able to accomplish—make progress, at least—in all three key strategies; and those are (1) reducing or avoiding the emissions of greenhouse gas; (2) restoring carbon to the earth; and (3) reducing climate-magnified risk and enhancing resilience of both human and natural communities.” “In California, there are two Native American tribes. Both of those tribes have been able to produce forest carbon credits and sell them on the market, and…they’re using the revenue to buy back adjacent cutover timber land that was part of their ancestral land base. This is a great way to protect and restore their cultural heritage while protecting the environment and fighting climate change.” “Unfortunately, many of the other large environmental groups have not focused on the role of nature to address climate change; and while their work is very important at helping to transform the...

This is the last podcast of 2015 and I am so happy to end the year on such a high note with my interview with Dr. Chris Powers, PT, PhD, FAPTA.  He is Professor in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy and Co-Director of the Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Southern California. Dr. Powers' research and teaching interests relate to the biomechanical aspects of human movement. More specifically, his research focuses on how altered kinematics, kinetics, and muscular actions contribute to lower extremity injury. He is particularly interested in the pathomechanics underlying knee and patellofemoral joint dysfunction. Dr. Powers is an active researcher, and has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles. He frequently lectures both nationally and internationally on topics related to lower limb biomechanics and the pathomechanics of orthopaedic disorders.  Dr. Powers is the current President of the California Chapter of the APTA In this episode we talk about: * The definition of the human movement system. * Why physical therapists are uniquely qualified to lead the human movement system paradigm. * The identity crisis of the PT profession and how the human movement system should be the thread that binds our profession together. * What are the biggest barriers to adopting and implementing the human movement system? * What should the PT professions unifying message be? * In the words of Dr. Anthony Delitto "What is the hold up?" * And much more! What Dr. Powers and I would like for you to think about is: how would you describe what you do (as physical therapist) in only 5 words? Have a great holidays season and Happy New Year!  See you in 2016 and as always stay Healthy Wealthy & Smart! Karen

What is a watershed? Tune in to hear Watershed Activist Paul Jenkin talk about his new film Watershed Revolution. The film looks at the many challenges facing the Ventura River. Paul Jenkin is the Environmental Director of the Ventura County, California Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.