Podcast appearances and mentions of charles ingalls

Dave and Coop dive into another spirited edition of Pick One, debating whether The Who's latest “farewell” tour is truly their last, and comparing iconic anthems "Enter Sandman" and "Country Roads." They imagine road-tripping with Alton Brown or Guy Fieri, make tough calls on Knicks-Celtics playoff predictions, and settle on their favorite Law & Order series. Plus, wild cards like receiving mystery seeds in the mail and a fantasy gladiator battle between Charles Ingalls and Highway to Heaven's Jonathan Smith round out the fun. It's classic Hotline mayhem!

Send us a textI remember Monday nights on NBC and later rushing home from school to watch Charles Ingalls and the folks of Walnut Grove on Little House on the Prairie.In this episode, we are visiting with the gal everyone just loved to hate on Little House - that notorious Nellie Oleson (aka actress ⁠Alison Arngrim⁠)!Listen in as Alison tells us about Willie (Jonathan Gilbert), Harriet (Katherine McGregor), Charles (Michael Landon), and more!Here's your opportunity to get to know the actress behind Walnut Grove's spoiled brat and step onto the set with her way back in the day!I hope you enjoy this interview!⁠CallingToTheGood.com

Emily Freitas joins the podcast while she’s about to give birth! We break down this amazing episode and I hope you enjoy it! Writer: B.W. Sandefur Director: Michael Landon In “Gold Country,” a two-part episode of Little House on the Prairie, relentless rain devastates the crops in Walnut Grove, prompting Charles Ingalls and Isaiah Edwards to seek fortune in a gold rush 400 miles away in Deadwood. Facing economic hardship, they convince their families to join the perilous journey. Upon arrival, they encounter inflated prices, scarce claims, and a rough town, eventually moving to Newton, 50 miles west. Initial optimism fades as they struggle to find gold, and tensions rise with dangerous prospectors. Tragedy strikes when Mr. Delano is killed over his gold, and Mr. Griffin desecrates a grave for riches, shaking the community. Disillusioned, Charles reflects in a heartfelt church speech, choosing family over wealth. The Ingalls and Edwards families abandon the gold chase, returning home with renewed values, passing hopeful newcomers on their way. 5 Best Quotes Charles: “There's nothing in the world that makes a man feel so bad as knowing there's just nothing he can do.” This captures Charles’ frustration and helplessness amid the rain-ruined crops, driving his decision to seek gold. Caroline: “Charles Ingalls, if you think I'm going to put up with having you underfoot around here for the next 6 months, you've got another thing coming.” A tender yet firm nudge from Caroline, showing her support for Charles' risky venture with love and humor. Isaiah: “I did this so we could get some flour or some bacon.” Isaiah's justification after gambling reflects his desperate intent to provide, despite Grace's skepticism. Charles: “I asked God to give me the strength to forget about it, to turn my back on it… and to let me take my family home.” In his church speech, Charles reveals his epiphany, prioritizing family over the fleeting promise of gold. Laura: “Ask him to please forgive me.” Laura's plea to Charles about Mr. Zachariah underscores her guilt and innocence after unintentionally causing harm. 5 Trivia Questions Question: What natural disaster forces Charles and Isaiah to consider leaving Walnut Grove? Answer: Relentless rain that destroys the crops. Question: How far is the gold rush location from Walnut Grove, as mentioned by Charles? Answer: 400 miles. Question: What item does Charles request at Nels' store that they are out of? Answer: Baking soda. Question: What tragic event involving Mr. Delano shifts the tone of the episode? Answer: He is killed by prospectors seeking his gold. Question: What does Charles ultimately decide to do after his church speech? Answer: Take his family back home to Walnut Grove. Gold Country originally aired on April 4, 1977 The opening song “Albert” is written and performed by the amazing Norwegian band, Project Brundlefly and is used with permission. Check them out at: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBrundlefly Become a Patron! The post Gold Country first appeared on The Little House on the Prairie Podcast: Walnut GroveCast.

 You will be guided through three historic structures, the Surveyor's House, the First School of De Smet and the Ingalls Home. Throughout your tour you will learn about the Ingalls arrival to Dakota Territory in 1879, The Long Winter of 1880-81, Pioneer Schooling and the lives of the family including Charles, Caroline, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Grace, and Laura's daughter Rose. Each historic structure offers a glimpse into living conditions during the late 1800s while also highlighting some original artifacts.You will Visit and touch the five original cottonwood trees that "Pa" planted for his wife, Caroline, and his four daughters on the first acre of the Ingalls Homestead. https://discoverlaura.org/http://www.yourlotandparcel.org

Chris Hasler returns to the podcast to discuss this always amusing origin story about how Caroline and Charles (allegedly) met! “Charles Ingalls has an accident when trying to get home for his wedding anniversary. Caroline, very worried indeed, tries to keep the children amused of how they first met.” I Remember, I Remember originally aired on January 23, 1978 The opening song “Albert” is written and performed by the amazing Norwegian band, Project Brundlefly and is used with permission. Check them out at: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBrundlefly Become a Patron! The post I Remember, I Remember first appeared on The Little House on the Prairie Podcast: Walnut GroveCast.

Little House on the Prairie takes us back to a time when modern distractions were stripped away and life was pared down to the values which define us: kindness, community, compassion and collaboration. Without the miracle of time travel, we do get to huddle together and gather ‘round the warmth of a streaming episode of Little House.  Dean Butler played the man who put the “Wilder” in Laura Ingalls Wilder. He was the Prairie heartthrob who lit up the heart of Half-Pint and Little House fans the world over. Dean joins us to celebrate the release of his new book, Prairie Man: My Little House Life & Beyond, as well as the 50th Anniversary of of Little House which will be heralded at events throughout the summer.Dean shares the joys and challenges of fulfilling Michael Landon's exacting vision of Almanzo. He talks about his controversial age gap with co-star Melissa Gilbert (adhering to Little House history) her mother's anguished cries over their first kiss, his close, co-star bonds and how they all work together to honor and sustain the Little House legacy.Dean tells us about his tremendous admiration for Michael Landon and for fellow cast-mates who served as mentors like Katherine MacGregor and Victor French.  He gives us some history on how Ed Friendly developed the books into the series but then diverged with Michael Landon over their TV adaptation. Dean also reveals some of the parallels he discovered in his relationships with both his father and with Michael Landon. And big news for Little House fans, the LHOTP reunion weekend at Big Sky Movie Ranch in Simi Valley was such a smash, tours of the sets will be continuing throughout the summer, some of which will be led by Dean! All that plus a round of LIttle House Trivia!In recommendations, Weezy enjoyed the Acorn series Kiri, and Fritz jumps into the Baby Reindeer conversation.Path Points of Interest:Dean ButlerPrairie Man: My Little House Life & BeyondDean Butler on WikiLittle House: 50 for Fifty PodcastDean Butler on InstagramDean Butler on TikTokDean Butler on FacebookLHOTP 50th Anniversary on Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce WebsiteGift of DemocracyKiri on AcornBaby Reindeer on Netflix

Idag reflekterar prästen och författaren Kent Wisti över olika mansbilder i Bibeln och i populärkulturen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Ur andakten:Alla dessa män i Bibeln. Och allt våld. All tvärsäkerhet och all attityd. Charles Ingalls i ett litet hus på prärien var något helt annat. Han var något jag skulle kunna bli. Han kunde laga vagnar, hade breda hängslen och en jättenära relation med sina barn. Text:Mika 4:3Musik:En vänlig grönskas rika dräkt av Waldemar Åhlén med Åsa JinderProducent:Susanna Némethliv@sverigesradio.se

Incroyable mais vrai, en Finlande, il faut avoir plus de 18 ans pour regarder Charles Ingalls couper du bois et Laura courir dans les champs… La série, Disponible en Finlande, notamment sous la forme de coffrets DVD, ceux-ci sont interdits aux moins de 18 ans, autocollants à l'appui, apposés sur la pochette.Mais pourquoi ? C'est juste qu'en Finlande une loi indique que pour déterminer à quel public un film ou une série s'adresse, il faut que le comité de censure ait visionné le programme en entier. Or, il s'agissait avec “La Petite Maison dans la prairie” de regarder 204 épisodes de 42 minutes. Et Pour que chaque contenu soit correctement évalué par l'organisme finlandais en charge des films et des séries, Universal Pictures aurait dû payer environ 3 dollars par minute, soit 25704$ !  Principe de précaution oblige, la... • La suite sur https://www.radiomelodie.com/podcasts/11992-le-point-q-il-faut-avoir-plus-de-18-ans-pour-regarder-la-petite-maison-dans-la-prairie-en-finlande.html

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Our notions as to how any particular tract of prairie came to be settled in the nineteenth century are important. We project our values onto the process. Some of us, farm folk perhaps, like to envision sturdy, wholesome plowmen who look like Charles Ingalls fanning out across the landscape to build little houses and raise little families on the prairie. Others of us, more industrialist by nature, point out that everything starts with the railroads, establishing a business ethos from the beginning.

This episode of Unstoppable Mindset has been a long time coming as when we tried to record it in June, tech issues got in the way and cut us off after ten minutes. Rick Franzo was kind enough to reschedule and now you get to hear the results. Rick never completed college and instead was drawn to a career in Radio. After five years he progressed to working in the grocery business as a buyer and also he worked in other positions.   Like other coaches, he discovered that he had an aptitude for listening and helping people to solve problems and dilemmas. Along the way, however, his life took an unexpected twist when he learned in 2009 that he had an enormous brain tumor. While the tumor was not cancerous it was so large that it applied significant pressure on his brain, and he was given only two or three weeks to live. After living through a ten-and-a-half-hour operation to remove the tumor and a third of his skull he underwent rehab where he was told he would never walk again. Six weeks after going into rehab he walked out of the center. Rick credits this experience with helping to make him more empathetic in working with clients. He since has been diagnosed with two additional noncancerous tumors one of which is small and still in his head.   Rick will tell us all about these experiences and he will discuss in his view what makes him a better result of what he has faced in life. I rarely have experienced such a refreshing and unstoppably positive attitude as what you will hear from Rick Franzo.     About the Guest:   Rick Franzo is an award-winning and nationally recognized business coach and the CEO of Hannah HDA Corp., a firm that serves small and medium businesses and larger corporations' level up, get unstuck and generate more revenue, and build smarter, more effective teams. Rick has over 30 years' experience in organizational performance, product acquisition, merchandising, leadership and people management, culture change and employee motivation. Rick is a 3-time brain tumor survivor (all non-malignant but invasive) and his book, “How Horseshoes Saved My Life”, chronicles the first 2 tumors.  Rick is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the brain tumor community for support, awareness, and fundraising for research.  His Facebook support group “Brain Tumor Talk” is the largest general brain tumor support group on social media in the world with over 15k members from over 50 counties worldwide.  Rick has lived in the Poconos his whole life and is married to his wife Debbie for 35 years, they have 3 adult kids, a grandson and 2 rescue mixed doxies, Rosie & Arlo.     Ways to connect with Rick:   Facebook Book Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064070316943 Facebook Business Page: https://www.facebook.com/gcpoconos/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-franzo-52948b26/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/growth_coach_poconos/ Book Website: https://braintumorbook.wordpress.com/order-book/ Growth Coach Website: https://www.thegrowthcoach.com/poconos/   About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below!   Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app.   Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts.     Transcription Notes Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:21 Well, Hi, and welcome to unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet and I have to tell you a story about the unexpected. Our guest today is Rick Franzo, and Rick and I were originally supposed to talk to each other on June 22. And about 10 minutes into our conversation suddenly everything disconnected. And I thought I was just telling Rick, what happened was that I had to for another purpose activate a VPN at the beginning of the day to do something. I forgot to deactivate it didn't think it would be an issue but it was an issue because 10 minutes into our conversation, the VPN cut us off go figure that anyway. So now we get to do it again, giving you the full scope of honesty in the world. So there we are. And Rick, welcome back. I gotta say to unstoppable mindset.   Rick Franzo ** 02:13 Thank you, Mike, pleasure to be here.   Michael Hingson ** 02:15 Well, we'll just have to start over and have fun again. So that's what we'll do. So tell me a little about you starting starting out the young Rick and all that sort of stuff.   Rick Franzo ** 02:27 You only Rick I don't know how much time do we have? So go ahead. I'll I'll make it brief. I'll give you the Reader's Digest condensed version of it. So originally from the Poconos, still in the Poconos all my life. I have a wonderful wife of over 35 years Debbie, and three wonderful grown children and we're just living life and everything is great here. So watching the Poconos transformed from a honeymoon area to a kind of a family staycation area that is close to New York City. Philadelphia, Baltimore, things like that so plenty to do here in the Poconos. It's beautiful here in the mountains.   Michael Hingson ** 03:12 Yeah, it is really nice to be in the Poconos. What What town are you actually closest to?   Rick Franzo ** 03:17 Alright, so I'm in Paradise Valley. I'm about four miles below south of Mount Pocono. So that's the heart of the Poconos.   Michael Hingson ** 03:29 We we spent time my wife and I when we lived in Westfield going through and being involved in the Poconos and and had a lot of fun, and stayed in places in New York, like the sag of Oregon and St. George and had a lot of fun there as well.   Rick Franzo ** 03:44 Nice. Excellent. Yeah, we're close to a lot of different places for sure. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 03:49 We've We've always enjoyed our time in the New York area, although my wife was a native of California, and I was born in Chicago and moved to California when I was five. So she would never let me call myself a native, that's okay. But still, she was a native and always wanted to be back in California. So after September 11, we ended up having an opportunity to come back to be with Guide Dogs for the Blind and took it because as I tell people, I was much more interested and excited in selling life and computer technology. And that's what we got to do. Rice. So it worked out. It worked out pretty well.   Rick Franzo ** 04:29 I have to say, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 04:34 Well, so you you are in the Poconos. Did you go to college or do any of those kinds of things?   Rick Franzo ** 04:42 Yeah, I went to East Stroudsburg University State University and I worked as a radio disc jockey so I was on the air on an am station it was a dawn to dusk station WPC N and I was on there for about five years and I have about 10 And years total of radio experience, my very first business was a mobile DJ business. And so I would do weddings and school dances. And one of the first gigs I had was at a local dairy farm for their Christmas party. And I didn't know what to expect. We were at a fire hall. So I hold all my equipment, and I went there. And I started to play music. And they started to serve dinner, it was about 536 o'clock and late afternoon, early evening in December. And all of the people there it was a lot of farmers that were there they ate, and I thought I was playing music until 11. And by 630, everybody had eaten, and they had maybe some presents, and they all left. And I was like, Is it me, but these are farmers, they're up at two, three o'clock in the morning, you know, milking the cows, or, you know, whatever it is farmers do. So I wrote back, I drove back and I was fairly dejected. I said, Oh, my goodness, this is never gonna work. But it was just the farmers. It wasn't me. And, you know, the whole dynamic of their lifestyle. So I had a very successful career as a mobile disc jockey as well. And that really translated into a lot of my public speaking that I do right now. So it's really interesting. Now, you know, some things from the past kind of blend in with things that are happening in the now. When   Michael Hingson ** 06:24 you did radio, did you make recordings ever of what you did and go back and listen to them to see how you could improve or make your your show better?   Rick Franzo ** 06:34 I did. And I don't have any of those recordings we did back in that day. Right? I sound like Charles Ingalls from Little House on the Prairie. So back in the old days, right? We did things on reel to reel. Yeah, we did things on cassette. So I would record myself on cassette, and then re listen and see where I had to improve. But I don't have any of those cassettes anymore. I don't know where they went. But maybe they oxidized I don't know. But it was really interesting. We used to do commercials and things and the jingles. And it was really a great time one of the best times in my life and so glad I had the opportunity to do that. It was really a cool thing. And I still see some people that were in radio with me at the time, and I see them on a regular basis. So it is pretty neat. I   Michael Hingson ** 07:25 did radio in college and did a little bit of professional radio on a radio station up where my parents lived in Palmdale, but mostly did radio in college every Sunday night. My first quarter of doing radio was the last quarter of my freshman year, we had our station in a small room at the Physical Sciences building. And then over the summer, I think it was someone broke in and stole the board and all of the technology including the tape deck, so I then decided to go get into and I had done a couple of them in my first quarter. But then I decided to start a show in the fall six to nine every Sunday called the Radio Hall of Fame when we played old radio shows, and I had to ride a bike over to the station with my Wallen sack, tape recorder. So we had a recorder to play the reel to reel tapes on because there was no longer any tape machine. And our engineer had built a temporary replacement board until we could afford to get new stuff. So isn't adventurer doing that and then the station moved over to the University Commons from the physical sciences also because they needed the space. But it was an adventure lugging a tape machine for most of the year over to the place where we had the station to be able to connect it and do the show. So you know a lot of adventures I think my favorite story still is that my guide dog at the time, Squire and I, after one of our shows were standing outside and a couple of our friends were with us people from the station and we were standing there and one of them said squire is staring at a cat that is slowly slinking across the the patio, the whole deck where we were, and the cat slowly came up. Touch squire on the nose turned and ran. And the squire didn't move. Oh my goodness, it was so funny. He just just sat there is a golden retriever and would not have done anything to that cat loved friends. So I'm sure he was going What was that all about? But I did that show for Well, five years plus, every Sunday and I'll actually say almost six years. It was a lot of fun. You Yeah, radio is fun. And I listened to myself. And actually, when I became program director insisted that everyone listened to their own shows. And I was of the feeling and of the mind that if they listened, they probably improved because some of them really needed it. And I was so very amazed at how much they improved. Some of the people ended up going into radio. Full time somebody went to work for NBC and some went into other kinds of endeavors where they did a lot of public speaking and so on. But listening to those recordings helped. I've got a few of mine. We got to interview one night, Daws Butler, who is the guy the voice of Huckleberry hound, and Yogi Bear and did a lot of stuff with Stan Freeburg. Wow. And he came down and spent three hours with us and that was a lot of fun. And I still have the reel with that on it. I have to take it out.   Rick Franzo ** 10:50 That's pretty neat. The people that you meet, right, yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 10:55 Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Definitely.   Rick Franzo ** 10:58 I don't think I interviewed anybody that was no nobody that was really famous. I met famous people here in the Poconos because they would come here, either on vacation, the boxers used to come here, before big fights and train at some of the resorts up here. So we had like Sugar Ray, Leonard Lewis, and I've met them and so it was pretty neat. I   Michael Hingson ** 11:20 met Sugar Ray Leonard at a speech he gave for a company I worked for he came in and did a motivational speech. And it was okay, as I think back on it, but I got to meet him and when they took pictures and all that stuff, so it was kind of fun. Yeah. Very cool. Yeah. So you went off to college? What'd you get a degree in? So   Rick Franzo ** 11:40 I went to college, I never got my degree, I got a fine job in radio. There you go. Vacations major. So I said, What do I need college for? Right, real smart. And so I left college, went and did a radio career, and did my, my mobile DJ business. And then I started a family and just started to work in the management and the grocery industry. And that's really where I made my, my living was being a buyer and a person that was in charge of people in the grocery industry. But I also changed a little bit, I did some work in corrections, I was a corrections officer in a prison. And I worked at that same university as a buyer in the bookstore for 11 years before I started my own business.   Michael Hingson ** 12:28 So being the big time radio personality that you were to Debbie fell in love with you after hearing you on the air and she decided to come meet you or what?   Rick Franzo ** 12:36 No, no, it was a   Michael Hingson ** 12:39 great story. That would have been, that   Rick Franzo ** 12:41 would be a great story. Now. You know, we met actually, through her sister, and so was a radio station. event. It was an air band contest at the college. And she was there and we had met and we started to date and the rest is history. That was 1985.   Michael Hingson ** 12:59 She didn't keep calling you up and say Play Misty for Me or anything like that.   Rick Franzo ** 13:03 Yeah, we weren't   Rick Franzo ** 13:09 like that. But it was we finally Karen   Michael Hingson ** 13:12 and I finally watched that movie with Clint Eastwood. It was pretty interesting. Nice.   Rick Franzo ** 13:18 Clint Eastwood movies. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 13:19 Well, that's pretty cool, though. You since 1985. We got married in 1982. Okay, unfortunately, lost her just last November. But, you know, she's around watching. And if I, if I screw up, I'm going to hear about it. I'm sure. You're gonna watch your P's and Q's. That's exactly right. 40 years of memories and marriage, of course. Yeah, for sure. Definitely.   Rick Franzo ** 13:40 But yeah, the DJ was fun and things like that. But, you know, we moved on and did different things. So when I worked at the college, it was time to, you know, do something for myself. So I decided to start my own business. So   Michael Hingson ** 13:54 you went into the grocery business and all that, and were there and so when did you go off on your own? So   Rick Franzo ** 13:59 I was a baker, and then I went into management. And then I was a seafood buyer. And then I was a trainer and a coach for new managers. And that was really a great evolution and then just went to do buying in the bookstore for the college and worked there for 11 years. So then I just decided that the time was right, to follow my passion and really monetize what I like to do, which was help people and so I bought a franchise and became a business coach. When did that start? 19 or I'm sorry, 2018. Alright,   Michael Hingson ** 14:38 so you've only actually been in your own business as such for for five years, but obviously a lot of a lot of coaching experience and all that before then. Right? Definitely. And what you didn't know Debbie taught you? No   Rick Franzo ** 14:52 doubt, no doubt, but I got really I cut my teeth so to speak, and the brain took or community, when I was kind of, really, after my surgery got involved with people that were in similar situations than I was, and started to really connect with them and kind of mentor them a little bit and, you know, got part of that community   Michael Hingson ** 15:19 will tell us a little bit about that, because you've actually had several bouts with brain tumors and so on over the years. Yeah,   Rick Franzo ** 15:25 and never cancer. I want to make that clear. But because of my experience in corrections, I did security at a ski mountain here in the Poconos. And at the end of the season, we had a barbecue at one of the people's houses, and I was playing horseshoes, and I lost all strength and coordination in the right side of my body out of nowhere, didn't know what was happening. So it scared me enough for me to go to my doctor, I went to my doctor, he did some physical tests and said, Yeah, you've got some weakness on your right side. You know, we'll send you for an MRI. So I went for the MRI, and they said you should know in about a week or so. And they call me the next day at work. And they said, Mr. Franza, we usually don't make this type of call. But you have an enormous brain tumor. And we have a neurosurgeon from a large hospital. In the area here today, you have a one o'clock appointment, we'll see you then. And I just the phone, I was like, Well, I'm dead. I don't know anything about brain tumors, I just thought they were all cancer. And so I was finished. So I made the drive home and told my wife, and we went to the doctor. And they said, the brain tumor that you have is enormous. We don't believe it's cancer, it would have killed you a long time before but you have about two weeks to live because we feel that the pressure is what's going to kill you. So they put me on medication and anti seizure medicine. And they said we're going to do surgery in three weeks or less. And in less than three weeks, I had 10 and a half hours of surgery, and a spoiler I lived, but   Michael Hingson ** 17:13 I was wondering if we were doing this sort of remotely? Yeah.   Rick Franzo ** 17:15 Okay, kinda surreal, right, the matrix, but they couldn't save my skull. So a third of my skull was all titanium. And I came up paralyzed from the waist down the collateral damage from my, you know, quote, unquote, benign brain tumor and the pressure. So I spent eight days in the hospital, and I went to rehab. And my goal was to walk out of there, and nobody believed it, because it looked impossible. But, you know, I became laser focused, and, you know, very, very humbled and lucky and blessed that things connected. And through the hard work of the therapists in six and a half weeks, I walked out of there with leg braces and a walker, but I walked out. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 18:04 Still, that's really the important thing. And it's interesting, we so often just underestimate the power of what our brain can do. And you were focused, and you were intent on doing it. I keep flashing back to Christopher Reeves, who always said, I'll walk again, someday, the only the only difference was, you had a specific plan, and he raised funds, and his journey wasn't able to be fulfilled. But you, you were so focused, that you obviously brought it about, and I'm sure that that had a lot to do with you walking again.   Rick Franzo ** 18:38 I think mindset had a lot to do with it. I think also, you know, just just things connecting, we know so little about the brain surgeon. So, you know, I appreciated that nobody could tell me if, you know, I was gonna walk again or not. There's people that have, you know, such traumatic injuries, no matter how much they try, you know, and how positive their mindset is. They're not going to walk again. But, you know, it's all about, you know, having that hope, right? Hope is is a real thing. It's tangible, you can wrap your arms around it, and hope doesn't always mean that you're going to survive, but hope actually gets you to that next level, and maybe it'll help somebody else that's in a similar situation. So hope is absolutely a real thing and not false hope or toxic hope, or, you know, over positive hope or anything else, just straight up hope. Well,   Michael Hingson ** 19:36 and clearly that working. So when did you have the initial brain tumor surgery?   Rick Franzo ** 19:42 I had the brain tumor surgery in June of 2009. Okay.   Michael Hingson ** 19:49 And you have had to deal with that since also, haven't you? Yes,   Rick Franzo ** 19:55 yeah. So I got diagnosed with a second brain tumor in In 2011, that still there. And then another type of brain tumor, and 2017. And the one that was in 2011, they marked as residual and it's been behaving itself, the newer one, still not cancer, but made me deaf in my right ear, took my balance away. So I was walking and following. And so I had radiation on that, and 2017. And then as I started my business, I was doing outpatient physical therapy, so that I couldn't, I didn't fall every time I was walking, so much of the time, I'll use a cane when I'm out, especially in somewhere where I'm not really familiar. But other than that I drive and live a fairly normal life.   Michael Hingson ** 20:43 Well, it's, it's interesting, do they have an explanation as to why you are getting so many tumors and no, I'm certainly grateful for it personally, why they're not cancerous.   Rick Franzo ** 20:54 There's, there's no explanation, they don't know if it's hereditary. Nobody else in my family has had it. There's no known cause for brain tumors, there's no effective screening for brain tumors and brain cancer, there is 130 different types of brain tumors and brain cancer. So making accurate diagnosis is our it's very, very difficult. So they call it an orphan disease. But almost 800,000 people in the United States live with just in the United States live with a primary brain tumor, that's a tumor that starts in your brain and stays they're not talking about other tumors that metastasized to the brain, which are, you know, the ones that are most common that do that are long in breast cancer, they, they have the most propensity to go to the brain.   Michael Hingson ** 21:45 Well, so, so my explanation is as good as any is it's just an attention getting device on your part, right? Well, it's   Rick Franzo ** 21:52 a kind of get out of jail free card, right?   Michael Hingson ** 21:54 Yeah.   Rick Franzo ** 21:55 You know, a little tumor humor never hurt, I get it, I'm one of the best things is being able to speak and, you know, bring awareness, and, you know, support people and, you know, just just be part of that, that community, it's a club that nobody wants to be a part of.   Michael Hingson ** 22:12 Yeah. Well, and it so greatly enhances you, because it helps you, since you clearly have chosen to do it, tell stories about it, and you use it to, to more make your life something that people can relate to, although we certainly don't want people to have brain tumors, but still, you dealt with it. And you have continued to not only live with it, which is kind of negative, but overcome it and move forward, which is really the important thing. So how are you involved in the whole issue of the world of people with brain tumors today? Because I know you're doing a lot more. You are part of a big Facebook group. And what else do you do with that? Yeah,   Rick Franzo ** 22:57 I found that a Facebook group called Brain Tumor talk. And it is now the largest general brain tumor support group on social media on the planet. There's over 15,000 people from about 50 countries, give or take, I wrote a book, I do public speaking, I had a radio show for four years from the college that I worked at, called Brain Tumor talk worldwide radio show, just really humbled that I'm able to be a mentor for the American brain tumor Association in Chicago, and mentor other people that have brain tumors. So, you know, recovery happened, because it just did. But you know, what I did with everything else was a choice. And, you know, being the CEO of my own corporation, and, you know, doing something that I love every day, that's a choice. And, you know, if somebody tells you, you can't do something, look at you, I'm speaking to the choir. But, you know, absolutely, that isn't true.   Michael Hingson ** 23:55 Yeah. And I think all of us face challenges. And it's always a question of how we decide to deal with the challenges. It's like anything, and you clearly have made it an extremely positive thing that is worth talking about, and clearly is worth talking about. And it helps you. I assume you go in regularly to get checkups to make sure that nothing else is happening with the tumors. Yeah,   Rick Franzo ** 24:23 I go every two years to make sure that everything up there is behaving itself. And so far, so   Michael Hingson ** 24:29 good. So they grow slowly. Yeah, they're   Rick Franzo ** 24:33 slow growers. So again, there's no reason why I get them. There's no reason why anybody gets the, you know, a brain tumor. We just don't know what the cause is.   Michael Hingson ** 24:47 So the one that you got in 2011, has it grown or does it grow at all? Or is it just a   Rick Franzo ** 24:51 table? It's just kind of sitting there? It's just kind of sitting there? Yeah. Which is, you know, that that unwanted neighbor in your head? You know what I mean? We can't evict it. So we do what we got to do with it. So it's not causing any kind of, you know, drama or trauma in my head. So they remove it. They I'm sure that they could, but that isn't really an option. It's not harming anything. So we're not adding value. No. And you know, as as we, we get older, these types of tumors tend to calcify. So maybe it'll just calcified and go away. It's not very large. So we'll see what happens.   Michael Hingson ** 25:31 Being blind my whole life, I have developed cataracts on my islands is in so on. And I asked a doctor once that just happens because of no use, right? And I asked an ophthalmologist once should we remove them? And he said, Well, we could not sure that there would be any value in doing it. Because it's not going to make you see which I didn't think that it would. But I didn't know whether there was any value in it. Actually, what brought the discussion up was because when I get eye exams, in order for them to look at the retina, for normal people, they can do it by dilating the lens and or the eye and so on, and they can see through the lens, but with cataracts, they can't. So they actually have to do an ultrasound of my eyes in order to see what's going on at the back. Interesting. And, and so they do, and it's fascinating. It's, it's different, certainly doesn't hurt, but it's, it's different. I'm glad they have the technology to be able to do those kinds of things.   Rick Franzo ** 26:29 Absolutely, you know, you don't realize what you have, and until you pretty much lose it. You know, again, you've been through so many things, but so many other people have. And a lot of times people will say, Well, I haven't had it as bad as you brick, but it's personal to them. So there's not any kind of levels, nobody has it any better or worse than I do or you do, or anybody else. It's personal to whoever it is that is dealing with it. And it just is, you know what you do with what you got?   Michael Hingson ** 26:59 That's right. And there's no reason not to do anything you want with what you got. Right?   Rick Franzo ** 27:04 Exactly. I don't lead off with a brain tumor card. But you know, it is part of my story. You know, it isn't, it doesn't define me. But it is part of, of what I do. And a lot of the coaching that I do the business coaching is almost like the therapy. So the therapist couldn't sit up there that, you know, helped me sit up, they couldn't walk for me, but they had to show me a strategy so that I was able to go and do it for myself. And that's very similar to what I do as a business coach, I see things from, you know, the outside looking in where the therapist did as well. And all we have to do is give the strategies, and so long as somebody is coachable, they'll move on it. And   Michael Hingson ** 27:49 that's really the key is that they need to be able to be coachable, which means they need to be willing to, to deal with it.   Rick Franzo ** 27:57 Yeah, and not have somebody solve their problems for them. Like I said, the therapist couldn't walk for me, I can't do the business for the people who I coach, they're the experts in their business, on the expert at seeing some maybe gaps or blind spots that they have, so that they can level up. And most of the time, it's just a slight adjustment, and maybe just a little bit of different mindset. And you know, some things maybe that they aren't aware of that. It's hard to see the forest through the trees, when you know, you're right in the middle of things. So they get through, you know, the chaos of a working day or a year and they don't know what to do. What would   Michael Hingson ** 28:41 what would you say the differences between a coach and a therapist because they are two different kinds of positions?   Rick Franzo ** 28:47 Well, if this was COVID, I would say nothing. Because there were so many people it was it was a rough time for everybody. I don't have the wherewithal to be a therapist, I'm a very good listener. But other than that, I think that I can't give strategies except on things that I know. Therapists are very good listeners. But they have that specialized training. So it's kind of same circus, different 10. But what I do is I craft strategies, therapists craft strategies, I went to a neuropsychologist because I was having panic attacks. And I didn't know how to deal with it. And it was really because of my brain injury. And he gave me strategy specific to people with brain injuries. And so I'm able to do that with people that are in business. And so it's kind of similar, but I'm not a therapist. I'm not a I'm not a mentor. You know, I'm simply a coach. And you know, that's enough.   Michael Hingson ** 29:49 Yeah, what I've been told by some is that what a coach does is not solve problems, but he helps the person actually seek out and identify The challenge is and helps them to move to discover what the solutions are for themselves. Exactly. Yeah,   Rick Franzo ** 30:08 we in a nutshell, that's exactly what I do. I can't solve their problems because, you know, if I, I'm, I'm there to go and help them identify the problems. But again, the therapists couldn't walk for me, I can't go and swing a hammer or tell them how to, to do something, I can suggest things. But really, I'm there to help them almost like a sports coach. Right. So Michael Jordan had a coach, the coach didn't go and shoot the baskets, but he would identify some things that maybe could help them to be more effective. And that's the same thing that we do.   Michael Hingson ** 30:44 Do you play horseshoes anymore?   Rick Franzo ** 30:45 I do. Wish you pets here. I'm not good. At. But I do play horseshoes. Yes. But   Michael Hingson ** 30:55 at least you're able to go out and have fun and do that some more. Yeah, it's been too hot.   Rick Franzo ** 31:00 So really played this year? So much, but because the heat really affects me.   Michael Hingson ** 31:06 Yeah, it's way too hot to be outside for any of us given? I think so I made 90s in high 90s. And then you got places like pour Phoenix, which is just done. Its 19th day over 110. I can't   Rick Franzo ** 31:18 even not for me, even though it's a dry heat.   Michael Hingson ** 31:22 Yeah, even though it is a dry, it's still it's really hot. That's just kind of crazy. Absolutely. How do you think the whole experience with brain tumors and also now with the Facebook page, and getting to interact with so many other people, how has all that affected you as a coach?   Rick Franzo ** 31:43 I think it, it caused me to have more empathy, I think that the whole experience did. So if I didn't go through what I went through, in 2009, I probably wouldn't be a coach. And if I was, I wouldn't be a very good coach. Because I feel that I, I really lacked empathy. And I, I feel that that's the greatest gift that this gave me was that sense of empathy. So I feel that it helps me to be more present more effective, and more real with people.   Michael Hingson ** 32:20 I know, for me, I tried to be empathetic. And if I get messages from people that I'm not, then I always need to go back and look at that, because I think it is very important to be empathetic. That doesn't mean that you necessarily agree, but you can certainly understand where people are coming from, and you can help and interact with them, and approach them where they are, as opposed to where you think they ought to be.   Rick Franzo ** 32:45 Exactly. I mean, and that's the whole, you know, basis of what I do is, it's not my plan, right? I'm not a consultant, I meet them where they are. And that's where we start to work. And there's no one size fits all, we kind of take it as it is and, you know, let it flow and let it go. And, you know, crash strategy based on because everybody's different, right? Everybody has different heredity background, they have different role models, different experiences, things like that. So we have to kind of dig in and find out where they are, and where they want to be. And just get their from point A to point B. And sometimes they're just stuck and we help them to get unstuck.   Michael Hingson ** 33:27 So you mentioned empathy, what are some other important traits or qualities that a good coach should have? Patience,   Rick Franzo ** 33:32 definitely patience. And be a good listener, not just to listen to respond, but again, listen to understand, and, you know, absolutely, don't go in with any kind of preconceived notions, or just just really listen to what it is that people are saying, and kind of take it from there. If we listen and give somebody an opportunity to speak, they're going to tell you everything that really you need to know to help them. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 34:06 And I have found that even in sales and I, as you may know, and listeners hear now, I've been in sales, most all of my adult life and both in terms of selling high tech, but even philosophy and so on. All we can do ultimately is really present things to people they need to learn to accept it or, or decide to, to think about accepting it. And I believe what my best sales guy ever said to me, which is the only thing I can sell is myself and my word. And all the rest is stuff so selling products and all that that stuff that's not really selling because the customer needs to want to buy it but it also has to be the right product and part of what I need to do, as he always put it is sell the right thing or tell them We can't do it, which is always a great way to establish a better relationship with your bosses, but it's still the best way to go.   Rick Franzo ** 35:06 It is right. You know, you have that, that that mantra that you're going to do the right thing for people, for sure. And, you know, it's like Simon Sinek says people are gonna buy from who they like and who they trust. And, you know, we're not just selling things, we're not selling services, or products or widgets or anything else. We're really selling the benefits of what it is and how it can help them. Specifically, we're selling a transformation, whatever that is, whether it's pasta, or whether it's, you know, some sort of sales process. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 35:42 And I think that, it's important to recognize that it's really all about trust, first and foremost. And whatever we do, and it's the same with you, as a coach, it's all about trust, people aren't going to listen to you, if they can't find that they can trust you, which gets back to the empathy thing, again, in part, and just you as a listener, establishing a relationship with them.   Rick Franzo ** 36:08 It's, it's really transformative, because I actually choose the people that I work with. So as much as they, you know, kind of screen me, I screen them to make sure that we're a good fit, if I'm going to be dealing with that company, or that person, or we're going to be interacting and building a relationship. For a year or more, I have to make sure that when I get up in the morning, I say, Well, you know what, this is going to be a great day, I'm meeting with Michael, not what I had today, Michael, eight o'clock, great. I don't know what I'm going to do, maybe I better have a little barbershop my coffee a little bit. So that, you know, I have that latitude that I can really be choosy on who I deal with. And they can as well. And every one of my clients and referral partners and people that I network with, and people that I surround myself with, are very fortunate to have all of them,   Michael Hingson ** 37:06 I think you hit it right on the head, though, it's all a matter of choice. And no matter who you're working with, you have the ability to choose how you deal with that situation, which is really the way it ought to be. And we should, we should choose to be more positive. And it's it's unfortunate that so often, too many people just look at only the negative side of things, which gets very frustrating after a while   Rick Franzo ** 37:31 does but you know, sometimes people can pick themselves up by their own bootstraps. And, you know, it is a choice. But sometimes circumstances kind of prevent that from happening. And I can be empathetic to that, too. And, you know, it's really, I'm very non judgmental about that, where before I was, you know, what are you doing, you can do this and everything else, maybe they can't?   Michael Hingson ** 37:59 Or maybe they haven't discovered something that they need to discover. And to be able to do it. And then of course, that's your job to help them see if there's something to discover.   Rick Franzo ** 38:08 Yeah, absolutely. And sometimes there isn't.   Michael Hingson ** 38:12 And sometimes there isn't, which is also okay. Or we need to understand that that should be okay to believe that and and recognize that. Yep, absolutely. What do you what do you do to help or to work with people who have a hard time achieving their goals, we all are here about setting goals and, and deciding what we're going to do and set a goal to do this. And so um, but a lot of people have a lot of challenges achieving goals. So how do you help people like that?   Rick Franzo ** 38:41 Right, really kind of dig in and find out, you know, what makes them them, right, to establish what their need is, and you know, how they actually learn. So I try to keep things again, it's it's almost cliche, like I'm explaining to a fifth grader, not to talk down to anybody, but to make sure that my message is being received clearly, and without so much collateral stuff that's going on. So I break it down. And I do it, I compartmentalize things and structure it so that almost in a SMART goal way. So it's specific, measurable, attainable, realistic time bound, so that we have really good strategy, not just throwing up things against the wall and seeing what sticks. And if we have a process, then that's half the battle right there. But it's a process that fits them not a cookie cutter one size fits all, because everybody has different businesses, they have different backgrounds. They have different structure for their business, different personalities, especially. So we really have to go and understand first and foremost, how to communicate with them, how to go and build that relationship and how to listen to what it is they really want and need and what the difference is between between those two, I'm   Michael Hingson ** 40:01 sorry. And the neat and exciting thing about that is that you get to learn as you go along because you meet these people who may have experiences that are different from you. And they help you grow every   Rick Franzo ** 40:15 day. Every day, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't learn something new.   Michael Hingson ** 40:21 I have always felt during this podcast that if I'm not learning at least as much as other people learn, then I'm not doing my job. And I don't know what I'm gonna learn. I don't know what happens on on every interview. And that's what makes it fun. It's all about they're not interviews, they're conversations, but it's so much fun. And I want to learn and get to learn so much. It's really a great blessing to me, as far as I'm concerned. But it's   Rick Franzo ** 40:44 all about building relationships. When we first spoke, we This isn't like the third time that we're speaking, the first time. You made a reference to Young Frankenstein. No, no,   Michael Hingson ** 40:55 no, no, no. Frankenstein. Frankenstein.   Rick Franzo ** 40:59 Right. Yeah. So and I got the reference immediately said, Okay, we're good.   Michael Hingson ** 41:09 That's Frederick Frankenstein.   Rick Franzo ** 41:14 One of the Great's so you know, it's always good to really kind of establish that relationship and relate. And it's so different in sales than it is from real life. Right? We relate, we establish the need. Sometimes we're helping people, we want to advance that solution that's custom for them. And then, you know, develop that commitment. It's almost like dating a little bit. But it's been 38 years since I went out on a first date. So I don't know what that's like anymore. But I imagine from what I hear that that's probably what it's like,   Michael Hingson ** 41:50 I know what it was like, when I went out on my first date with Karen, who I married. But I think again, that's my experience. And her experience she was in has always been in a wheelchair, I'm blind. And that's a different experience. And people who aren't blind or not in wheelchairs get exposed to and we all have different experiences. And that's okay. That's okay. Yeah. We, but we grow by really learning about other people's experiences where we can, and there's so much value in doing that. I was talking with someone earlier today, we were just discussing the whole topic of crisis management. And she was discussing the whole idea that, in fact, a lot of times, people become involved in crises with other people, because they just don't take the time to choose to understand or try to learn to understand true, which is a very fascinating and interesting and relevant way to put it.   Rick Franzo ** 42:54 During the pandemic, it was really interesting, because social media is an outlet where people feel that maybe other people don't see it, or that they can just kind of let their hair down, so to speak. But people in the community that I had considered to be pillars or strong leaders, they were losing it on social media. And it was really interesting. And a little bit unnerving to see some of the people that were, you know, supposed to be leaders or, you know, decision makers and things like that, that absolutely lost it during the pandemic. So, you know, even if you do, right, people are watching you. And so it was really important for that front facing to be calm, and, you know, make sure that you were steady because you're not going to be followed, or people aren't going to respond to you. If you seem like you're in chaos and a time of chaos. It   Michael Hingson ** 44:00 really does make life very difficult. When you start to see these people, as you say, who just kind of become unhinged. And you wonder, I really didn't know this person, what's the deal? What's going on here? And I agree, there are so many disappointing things that happened during the pandemic. And the reality is, of course, there's so many things that we don't have control over. And we don't learn how to deal with that, you know, we don't learn to deal with just what we have control over and just leave the rest alone. We think we should be able to control everything. And so one of the things I think about all those people on social media, not during the pandemic was they thought they had control over everything. And then suddenly it turns out, no, you didn't   Rick Franzo ** 44:48 know. Exactly. And, you know, it was a very, very humbling moment. Just to see some of these people that you know, were leaders in their industry or leaders in the community that they really didn't have the wherewithal to handle it. And so it was really important for everybody to really join together and, you know, trying to figure out strategies, so that we didn't, we didn't, you know, falter during that time. And the biggest thing that I did was make sure that I stay close to my network. And that was, that was very important, because we're not built as human beings to do any of this alone. We're very, you know, communal.   Michael Hingson ** 45:38 And unfortunately, so often, during the pandemic, people wouldn't come together, unless it was just within their network, but they wouldn't come together overall, I haven't seen that kind of behavior since September 11, when after September 11, we were so unified for a little while, then, things and cracks started to appear. But we were very unified for a while. And I really wish that that some of our leaders had taken more advantage of trying to keep that going. But they did, man.   Rick Franzo ** 46:10 Amen. Yeah, I, you know, it took something that devastating to bring us all together. And still, there was really no stickability to it. After a while you're right, it started to have cracks, and then it started to crumble. And,   Michael Hingson ** 46:26 and it should have been able to stay together. But people wouldn't do that, which is unfortunate. Now,   Rick Franzo ** 46:33 everybody has their agendas. And that's just, you know, the way that it goes.   Michael Hingson ** 46:39 So you deal with a lot of different kinds of things and a lot of challenges and so on, how do you stay motivated as a coach,   Rick Franzo ** 46:46 I remember where I came from. And I use that five, five rule where if it's not going to matter in five years, then don't give it to you in five minutes more thought, you know, I actually should be dead. So and, you know, again, singing to the choir, so every day is really a gift. And, you know, I try not to take anything for granted. And I do I slip and, you know, I find myself being involved in petty things or things that really don't matter. And again, that's just kind of how we're built. But I have to have the wherewithal to bring myself out of it. And remember that, you know, we are we can be bigger than that.   Michael Hingson ** 47:28 Yeah. And we do have the ability to be bigger than that, and, and should. And when we realize that, then we tend to be a little bit more motivated to move on.   Rick Franzo ** 47:39 Definitely, and to be humble. You know, it's tough for somebody in business to say they don't know something. And it's tough for anybody to say that they don't know something I'm not afraid to say, I'm kind of lost here help me. And before I had too much pride and ego to do that. But for me to recover. I had to take pride and ego and I had to kind of toss it there overrated. I had to be, I had to be coachable to be a coach. There you go.   Michael Hingson ** 48:13 It's again, a journey. It's a learning experience. And you had to be willing to learn and grow. Yep, it is. It is such a an awesome thing to you know, to hear you talk about these things and to see what what you're doing. You hold yourself accountable really well. And yeah, you do like any one, sometimes things happen. But when you're dealing with, with your clients, obviously there are a lot of times when you establish enough a relationship where you need to hold them accountable for something and how do you do that, while at the same time, being compassionate and supportive to them?   Rick Franzo ** 48:53 That's, that's kind of a fine line, right? So I don't tell them what to do. Right. But we'll look at things like what their goals are and what their key performance indicators are. And if they're not getting there, we have to kind of say, what is it that you want, right? It all comes down to the numbers in the end, but we don't even have to get there half of the time. We really part of the the whole dynamic of what I do is the accountability piece. And really, people want to be held accountable. They just aren't really able to hold themselves accountable. So I don't make it an attack. I don't make it like some sort of an intervention. It's absolutely, we're on the same team. I don't work for my clients. I work with my clients on a part of their team. And I'm just as invested in their business as they are.   Michael Hingson ** 49:44 And that's really the way it should be. I've always felt that when I have people who work for me, and that I work with. It's all a matter of having a team. And I always tell people my job is to help us figure out ways that I can add value to what You did make us successful. And I think that it goes beyond that. In terms of like what you're doing, because you want to make them successful, it helps make you successful. But everybody learns and grows. And it's the whole thing again, of there's no I in team, my favorite book, one of my favorite books about my favorite book, and the whole subject of team building and so on is The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. Have you ever read it? I have it. It's a great little book. It's a parable, mostly. And it talks about? Well, the whole premise is it's a company that's having a lot of problems, they bring in a new CEO. And she works to create the executive team into a real team because they weren't. And then it goes through a lot of the discussions about what makes a good team and the most basic thing that is talked about as the whole concept of accountability, and that everyone needs to buy into accountability, and needs to not only be willing to hold other people accountable, but be held accountable themselves. And it is important that we recognize that it's okay for others on our team to help hold us accountable. Because if they're doing it for the right reason, it's a very positive thing. Yep. Absolutely.   Rick Franzo ** 51:21 And it helps to create a better culture in that organization as well.   Michael Hingson ** 51:28 Yeah. But accountability can be such a wonderful thing. And you know, for me, and I joke about it with with the memory of my wife, and saying, If I do something wrong, I'm going to hear about it. If I don't hear about it from any other way, I'm going to hear about it from my own conscience. I've got 40 years of memories and 73 years of life that taught me how I really ought to be and how I really ought to behave. And if I can't do that, then there's something really wrong with me.   Rick Franzo ** 51:58 Mike drop right there. Amen. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 52:02 And, but I do know that she's up there, wherever she is. She's She's monitoring me. So, so far, I guess I've been doing okay. I guess. But, you know, we, we we do cope, and we we move on and do what we need to do? Absolutely. So you've got three grown children, any grandkids. One,   Rick Franzo ** 52:24 one grand run grandson, he's 14, who is very good at beating me and chess online. I haven't won against him yet. I think we've played about 25 times. I can't beat the kid. I don't know. It's a goal. It's a goal. And he's far more skilled. So every time he's like, you want to play it again. Yes. So you play for an hour. And I'm like, All right. I think that I've had my, my fill of defeat for today. Well, we'll catch you next week.   Michael Hingson ** 52:55 Have you asked him yet? What is secret is?   Rick Franzo ** 52:57 I haven't I don't want to know what a secret is. Well, no, you could win. Oh, I don't I want to get there on my own. I don't want to go there's no cheat codes here. No,   Michael Hingson ** 53:07 no, no, not cheat codes. Just secret of his skill. Oh,   Rick Franzo ** 53:10 he practices he plays all the time. He's he's definitely committed to, to what he does so incredible, young man.   Michael Hingson ** 53:20 Yeah. That's pretty cool. Yeah. And, and so does he live near you know, I'm probably not all my kids   Rick Franzo ** 53:29 live out west. I live here. They're their lives, took them out to the West Coast. And, you know, that part of the country, and that we always encourage them to do is they you don't want to do and they all, you know, drove across themselves to get to where they wanted to go. And they all lead very, very successful lives. And we're very, very proud of them. We talk to them all the time.   Michael Hingson ** 53:57 That's cool. So you have great relationships. And that's as good as it gets. We got to   Rick Franzo ** 54:02 visit each other. So it's all it's all good. It's very nice.   Michael Hingson ** 54:06 So you wrote a book, how horse you saved my life? Yeah. Are you looking and thinking about writing any other books,   Rick Franzo ** 54:13 I'm writing another book right now. And it's a little bit of, you know, part two of how he or she saved my life, because it was a tale of two brain tumors. And now there's three, and really blending in some of the business lessons that I've learned and some servant leadership aspects to it. So it's going to be I don't have a name for it yet. But it's going to be a good book. It'll be a short book, like the first one. It'll be an easy read, and very relatable for everybody. And you don't have to have a brain tumor or disability to understand what it is and so that's, that's going to be what it is. I don't have a date for it yet. It's TBD. All right. I've been kinda I've drawn another direction. So I haven't put the time into it that I wanted to. But maybe by the end of the summer, I'll be a little farther along than I am now.   Michael Hingson ** 55:08 Now your first book, did you self publish? Or did a publisher do it? I self published it. Okay. And the second one will probably be the same way.   Rick Franzo ** 55:16 It well. Cool. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 55:19 Well, that's, that's something you know, I think we all have stories in us and the self publishing has come along, that makes it so much easier to be able to write and publish a book if we get to the discipline of doing it, or maybe work with someone else to do it. But the fact is that I would love to see more people tell their stories. That's one of the things that we try to do on unstoppable mindset is at least talk about the stories.   Rick Franzo ** 55:44 Now, what an incredible platform that you have, right? Well,   Michael Hingson ** 55:48 it's it's a lot of fun. And it definitely keeps us busy. And at least in the air conditioning during the heat.   Rick Franzo ** 55:57 Yeah, absolutely. I mean, you seem to pump out a podcast a week, if not more, we're doing   Michael Hingson ** 56:02 two a week now, which is really pretty. Yeah. Which is really pretty cool. And definitely enjoying it. And I enjoy so much getting to meet so many people with diverse backgrounds and diverse stories to tell. And people always say, well, who's your audience and I just keep saying, the audience's anyone and everyone. It's a very diverse audience, we're not dealing with a specific agenda, we really want to give people the opportunity to tell stories. And that's what makes it so much fun to do.   Rick Franzo ** 56:34 Very cool.   Michael Hingson ** 56:36 So I love it. I can't complain a lot and five minutes, I want to work at it and nobody listens. So there you go. I'm glad that you're doing another book. And the coaching is going well do you coach people all over the world are all over the United States all over the   Rick Franzo ** 56:51 United States. And so not all over the world yet. But we have coaches that are in 1513 or 15 other countries. And so we have a pretty, pretty broad network, and what a bunch of, you know, really great coaches we have so definitely something to learn, we usually all get together once a year, we got together in Dallas last year. And it was it was a great experience. So   Michael Hingson ** 57:18 how many of you are there?   Rick Franzo ** 57:22 About 150? Give or take a coach or two? You know, domestically and internationally?   Michael Hingson ** 57:31 That's pretty cool.   Rick Franzo ** 57:32 Yeah, absolutely.   Michael Hingson ** 57:33 So you said it's a company, I guess that's everyone has their own franchise within the company. Right.   Rick Franzo ** 57:39 So I have my own corporation. And, you know, we all run our business, as we as we would kind of, you know, there are some things that we have to do that are universal, like our strategic mindset. But really, we have the latitude and the flexibility to, you know, kind of run our company the way that we want to, and use the materials and the coaching that we get, you know, how it serves our clients best?   Michael Hingson ** 58:04 Yeah, and again, that's the thing, you've got 150 or so people who have all these diverse backgrounds, that can help teach you and that you can help teach as well, which really is a wonderful opportunity and set of tools to take advantage of. Definitely,   Rick Franzo ** 58:23 definitely, no, it was very fortunate that I ran across the growth coach, and I encourage, you know, other people to, to really look into the franchise model because it's really a perfect model, you're in business for yourself, not by yourself. You don't have to make the mistakes or reinvent the wheel. They have everything really structured and figured out. You just have to commit to making it happen for you.   Michael Hingson ** 58:52 That's ultimately the real issue anyway, right?   Rick Franzo ** 58:55 It's sure it's   Michael Hingson ** 58:57 so if people want to reach out to you, how do they do that? They can go   59:01 and they can reach out my website is thegrowthcoachpoconos.com. And all my information is on there, my phone number, my email, and everything else. If you have a brain tumor, you can check it out on Facebook. It's called Brain Tumor Talk. And you just have to answer some screening questions. And you can find me on Facebook or LinkedIn.   Michael Hingson ** 59:23 Which are LinkedIn name. Saying Rick Franzo Oh, Rick Franzo? Yeah. F r a n, z o. You got it. There you go. And Rick is R i c k. I got that   Rick Franzo ** 59:34 part. Yeah, you got that part.   Michael Hingson ** 59:38 It's not Igor. It's Ichor. Hi, Glen. I go well, I really have enjoyed this and we got through it this time, which is great. That's   Rick Franzo ** 59:47 great. Yeah, absolutely. I was waiting for the next glitch but didn't happen. So   Michael Hingson ** 59:52 now I had faith this time. We don't have the VPN running. So I had full faith that we were going to do fine and that nothing was going to stop So your faith got us through war or something. I hope so I like to think so anyway, but I really appreciate you coming on. And I appreciate you listening out there. And I'd love to hear from you. I'm sure Rick would love to hear from you. If you need a coach or just want to chat in any way, feel free to reach out to Rick, I'd love to hear your thoughts about today. Please feel free to email me at Michael m i c h a e l h i at accessibe A C C E S S I B E.com. Or go to our podcast page, www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast. And it's m i c h a e l h i n g s o n.com/podcast. If you would please give us a five star rating. I would appreciate it. Rick would appreciate it. We love hearing your thoughts. So don't hesitate to give them. And if you know someone else who you think we ought to have as a guest on unstoppable mindset. Please reach out to me and provide introductions, Rick, same to you. We're always looking for more guests. So if you think any of the people from growth coach who want to come on are able to do that would love that as well. But I want to thank you once more for being here and for making this a delightful day for us.   Rick Franzo ** 1:01:15 Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure and an honor and I'm humbled to be here today. Thank you so much, Michael.   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:23 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. 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Mary is alone at the HIB with the students, Baby Adam and Laura to keep her company on a dark and stormy night. Actually the episode begins during the day when three criminals make their escape off of a train and find themselves heading towards Walnut Grove. These men make their way to the HIB and by the end of the night have to deal with Charles Ingalls who's undercover as Doc Baker. What are the Brandywine gang members incarcerated for? When did the HIB get a cat? How did Laura and Charles' clothes manage to stay dry but their hair was soaking wet? Spotify Playlist Episode Track List —————— Criminals - Fiona Apple Where R U Now - Skrillex, Diplo, Jack U and Justin Bieber  Sealed With a Kiss - Brian Rhyland Open doors - Jitwam Please Mr. Jailer - Wynona Carr Steam - Peter Gabriel  Bad reputation  - Joan Jett Two Out of Three Ain't Bad - Meatloaf Little Orphan Annie - Lazybirds Home on the Range - Burl Ives  NYC - Interpol The Boxer - Simon and Grafunkal

Yup. Tom and I create hypothetical stress situations, pretending we are gardeners on the prairie in the 1800s. Not sure if I want to be Charles Ingalls or Almonzo, but either way, we're nervous that we aren't going to survive for very long!

Tod Dortmunder is arriving in Walnut Grove to live with his Grandparents, Brewster and Virgina Davenport. And while we get a prologue and a disjointed time jump witnessing Tod's less than optimal up bringing....his grandparents have not. From assault and battery to theft, Tod is not making a good impression on anyone in Walnut Grove. However, this doesn't stop Charles Ingalls from dishing out some TLC...Tough Loving Charles and try to remedy Tod's pent up rage. What else happened to Tod in this ten year time jump that occurred? Is Laura not familiar with sarcasm? How in the prairieverse is it possible to travel to Mankato and back to Walnut Grove in a single day? Spotify Playlist Episode Track List —————— Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks Horseshoes - Taj Mahal  Mean - Taylor Swift You've Been Flirting Again - Bjork  Your Song - Elton John  Everlasting Gaze - Smashing Pumpkins  He's the D.J. I'm the rapper - D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince Wild - Poe  Hot to Trot - Alfredo de la fe November Rain - Guns N' Roses

This week, Little House goes to Hollywood. In the 1970s, the TV show Little House on the Prairie gave Laura's books a whole new life. Tens of millions of people tuned in every week to spend time with the Ingalls family. And then, a decade later, every Gen X latchkey kid came home to Laura and Nellie and Ma and Pa. Thanks to endless reruns and streaming platforms, Little House is still airing somewhere right now. Perhaps you, yourself are watching it while you read this. There are a lot of reasons Little House doesn't quit, but one of the main ones is Michael Landon, the show's producer, writer, director, and most importantly, Laura's Pa, Charles Ingalls. As Pa, Landon's charm and charisma (and hair, and abs, and bare, glowing chest) often eclipsed Laura as the star of the show. And also turned hardcore book fans off. To say the TV show deviated from Laura's books is an understatement. This was Landon's prairie. And yet, he still managed to tap into some essential Little House truths, and replicate some of its many problems. But how did this affect Laura Ingalls Wilder's legacy? What did it mean to put these characters in the hands of a man who would craft their stories into something dramatic and compelling enough to keep people tuning in a half century later? Come home to a simpler time. Come home to Michael Landon crying.  Go deeper:Alison Arngrim's Confessions of a Prairie BitchMelissa Gilbert's Prairie Tale and Back to the PrairieKaren Grassle's Bright Lights and Prairie Dust Charlotte Stewart's Little House in the Hollywood HillsMichael Landon on the Tonight Show promoting Little House's first seasonMichael Landon on the Tonight Show addressing cancer diagnosis  Follow us for behind the scenes content! @WilderPodcast on TikTok@Wilder_Podcast on Instagram We want to hear from you! If listening to Wilder has changed your thinking on Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Little House books, send a voice memo to wilderpodcast@gmail.com. You might be featured in our final episode ;) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Estimados radioescuchas, les presentamos un resumen detallado y formal de nuestro programa de hoy, que seguramente captará su atención y les brindará un vistazo de lo que nos espera en los próximos días. Acompáñennos en este recorrido lleno de conocimiento y entretenimiento, con un tono más sereno pero igualmente cautivador. Comenzamos nuestro lunes con una grata noticia, al dar la bienvenida a un nuevo auspiciante de sahumerios, La Catedral de los Sueños. Durante la emisión, compartimos con ustedes algunos consejos útiles sobre cómo utilizar estos productos y aprovechar al máximo su potencial. Además, realizamos una oración especial en honor a la Super Luna, que nos brindó un espectáculo celeste en nuestros cielos. Esta conexión con la espiritualidad nos invitó a reflexionar y a disfrutar de la magia que nos rodea. En el marco de la semana de la Independencia, hemos decidido sumergirnos en los acontecimientos históricos del 9 de julio. Para ello, nos adentraremos en el libro del reconocido historiador Daniel Balmaceda, quien ha plasmado de manera magistral los sucesos que llevaron a la independencia de nuestra amada nación. A lo largo de esta semana, leeremos fragmentos cautivadores de su obra, permitiéndonos comprender mejor el contexto y la importancia de aquellos momentos trascendentales en nuestra historia. Prepárense para un viaje en el tiempo lleno de descubrimientos y reflexiones. Además, en nuestro programa de hoy, dedicamos un espacio para analizar algunos acontecimientos destacados tanto en nuestro país como en el mundo del espectáculo. Mantendremos una mirada objetiva y analítica, brindándoles información precisa y actualizada sobre los temas más relevantes de la actualidad. Nuestro objetivo es mantenerlos informados y generar un espacio de reflexión. Por supuesto, la música también será parte de nuestro programa, acompañándonos de manera sutil y emotiva. Con melodías inspiradas en la majestuosidad de la luna, crearemos una atmósfera especial que nos permitirá disfrutar de momentos de calma y contemplación. Queridos radioescuchas, agradecemos su fidelidad y compañía en esta nueva emisión. Los invitamos a seguir sintonizando nuestra estación a lo largo de la semana, donde continuaremos explorando la historia, los acontecimientos actuales y compartiendo momentos musicales enriquecedores. ¡Prepárense para una experiencia radiofónica llena de conocimiento y deleite! ¡Nos encontraremos nuevamente para explorar los misterios y las maravillas de nuestro mundo en compañía del libro de Daniel Balmaceda! En nuestro programa de hoy, también realizamos un sentido tributo a Michael Landon, quien ha sido, es y será una persona extremadamente importante en mí vida desde mis 9 años. Nos sumergimos en la vida y obra de este destacado actor, recordando con cariño a sus inolvidables personajes como Joe Cartwright, Charles Ingalls y Jonathan Smith. Compartimos con emoción momentos destacados de su carrera, anécdotas y reflexiones sobre su legado artístico. Reconocimos su habilidad para transmitir valores a través de sus personajes, así como su profunda conexión con el público. Además, tuvimos el honor de presentar en estreno una canción dedicada a Michael, que evoca su influencia y la importancia que tiene en tu vida. Es admirable cómo una figura del entretenimiento puede tener un impacto tan profundo y perdurable en la vida de las personas. Agradecemos que hayas compartido esta conexión especial con nosotros y esperamos haber rendido un merecido homenaje a Michael Landon en nuestro programa. Queridos radioescuchas, continúen sintonizando nuestra emisora para disfrutar de momentos significativos, reflexiones y música inspiradora. ¡Gracias por ser parte de esta comunidad radiofónica llena de emociones y experiencias compartidas! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fmlandon1031/message

Bonjour à tous ! Aujourd'hui on traite d'un sujet bien compliqué : Est-ce que la virilité c'est sexy ? Charles Ingalls par exemple, c'est un modèle de virilité. Le gars porte sa famille à bout de bras tout en coupant du bois du matin au soir dans sa chemise parfaitement repassée. Mais en 2023, est-ce que ce serait pas légèrement dépassé de vouloir lui ressembler ? C'est la question à laquelle on tente de répondre avec notre super invité : Kemil ❤️ N'hésitez pas à le suivre sur instagram @kemil_le_comique et à aller le voir sur scène !!  Le principe est simple, Anissa et Elsa (humoristes) en chroniqueuses de choc et Lisa Margaux (au chômage) à l'animation ont pour mission de répondre à UNE grande question de société en 1h. Humour, débat, finesse, science approximative et statistiques à main levée font de ce podcast une source d'informations sures et vérifiées.

Michael Landon has decided not to share this episode with any regular cast members. Instead he has opted to have Charles Ingalls leave everyone behind in Walnut Grove to star in a solo adventure. Out on a purchasing errand for some random blacksmith company, Charles finds his way to the town of Columbia to purchase some horses from a Harper Family Horse Farm. And it takes less than a minute for him to get involved with the family's life. Broken Patriarch, Dismissed Matriarch, Neglected Offspring...it's almost as if they have been waiting for Charles to arrive. With his time spent with this family, Charles manages to find out what has happened and proceeds to spend the rest of the episode helping them reconnect. In the end Charles rides off into the sunset. Why do I feel as though I just watched a "dream episode"? Could this explain why Charles didn't recognize Alyshea Sanderson-Edwards-Snider and instead called her Samantha? Did A Horse REALLY only cost $25? Spotify Playlist Episode Track List  I Won't Be Long - Beck  Ooh I Like It  - Discochic  We Don't We Talk Anymore  - Charlie Puth, Selena Gomez Legs - ZZ Top Stranger - Presidents of the United States of America  Michael - Franz Ferdinand I Saw A Dragon  - Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney Dream a Little Dream - Mama Cass Elliot  Man! I Feel Like a Woman! - Shania Twain Don't Leave Me This Way  -  Thelma Houston  My Lovin' - En Vogue Alarm Call - Bjork 

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 675, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 2 Kinds Of "Esque" 1: A variety of bawdy stage show, or reminding one of Mr. Ives. burlesque. 2: Pertaining to an Italian Renaissance painter, or in a very different mood, to TV's Sally Jessy. Raphaelesque. 3: "Goddess" term meaning stately, or something a lot like that Ellen Page film. Junoesque. 4: Solid term suggesting massive, majestic beauty, or referring to Christ the Redemer. statuesque. 5: It refers specifically to an author who died in 1924, or broadly to senseless, menacing complexity. Kafkaesque. Round 2. Category: Dad Tv 1: Ricky Ricardo. I Love Lucy. 2: Howard Cunningham. Happy Days. 3: Charles Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie. 4: Ponderosa rancher Ben Cartwright. Bonanza. 5: Tim Taylor. Home Improvement. Round 3. Category: Fitness And Exercise 1: Drop and give me 2,220 of these, like world record holder Carlton Williams did in one hour in 2015. push-ups. 2: Keep your knees bent and your lower back on the floor while doing this exercise that isolates your abs, cap'n. a crunch. 3: NFL prospects run this dash, roughly the distance they'd have to run to cover an average punt. 40 yards. 4: This workout regimen that has trademarked "sport of fitness" calls its gyms "boxes". CrossFit. 5: Wood you like to hold this abdominal exercise position for 4 hours and 26 mins. like Mao Weidong did in 2014?. the plank. Round 4. Category: U.s News And World Report Best Of 2014 1: The best "elementary particles/fields/string theory" grad school? This New Jersey Ivy League school. Princeton. 2: For part-time law programs, think D.C.; George Washington U. was No. 2 and this university topped the list. Georgetown. 3: On 2014's hospital "Honor Roll", the Mayo Clinic was No. 3, Mass. General No. 2 and this Baltimore facility the leader. Johns Hopkins. 4: Let's get down to business--for undergrads, this City of Brotherly Love university was tops. the University of Pennsylvania. 5: When it comes to a computer science Ph.D. program, this university in Pittsburgh leads the field. Carnegie Mellon. Round 5. Category: Science Update 1: A single "leap" of this time unit was added to June 30, 2015; we hope you used it well. second. 2: A 2016 report says the world's food supply is in trouble with the decline of bees and others who do this important job. pollinators. 3: Boo! The 2012 Chem. Nobel Prize was awarded for the discovery of how cells respond to this "emergency hormone" and others. adrenalin. 4: in 2015 a team of Harvard scientists announced a breakthrough using anti-malarial drugs to treat this neuron disease. Parkinson's. 5: In 2015 the earliest known case of this blood cancer was identified in a 7,000-year-old skeleton from Germany. leukemia. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Young Peter Lundstrom has been silently calling for attention/help. After being expelled from his boarding school, Peter returns home to a father who chooses work over spending time with him and a grandmama who easily turns the other cheek. Feeling his son just needs a sense of values, Peter is sent to live with family out in the primitive world of Walnut Grove. The family being the Olesons. However, feeling rejected and out of place in the country, Peter unleashes his fury on the mercantile which not only gets Mr. Oleson's attention but also the attention of Charles Ingalls. Knowing he and his family are not the right ones to help Peter, Mr.Oleson has Peter live with the Ingalls to learn about values. However, it's not a merely values Peter learns while staying out at Plum Creek. From farming to swimming, driving, milking, communicating Peter learns what it is meant to be love and be loved in return. A valuable lesson Peter wants to share with his father when he arrives to pick up Peter at the end of summer. Where does Peter and his family actually live? Will Willie ever get to see an indoor outhouse? Should Charles rethink his approach to teaching someone how to swim?

I recently took a trip with my friend Kelly Pezel down to Chariton County, Missouri to visit the place where the Ingalls family bought land near the town of Rothville. I hadn't ever been there before so I was glad to get a chance at visiting one of the last places the Charles Ingalls family visited that I hadn't visited yet.  This is the brochure the Chariton County Historical Society puts out: rothville-brochure.pdf (keytesvillemo.com) For a more historical view: Little House on the Prairie – historical perspective (pioneergirl.com)

I recently took a trip with my friend Kelly Pezel down to Chariton County, Missouri to visit the place where the Ingalls family bought land near the town of Rothville. I hadn't ever been there before so I was glad to get a chance at visiting one of the last places the Charles Ingalls family visited that I hadn't visited yet.  This is the brochure the Chariton County Historical Society puts out: rothville-brochure.pdf (keytesvillemo.com) For a more historical view: Little House on the Prairie – historical perspective (pioneergirl.com)

durée : 00:05:05 - La Chronique de Benoit Lagane - par : Benoit LAGANE - Longtemps, dans les séries, un père était, c'est selon, un riche homme d'affaire ou un veuf à la tête d'un ranch, de Cartwright dans Bonanza à Carrington dans Dynastie, un père ça ne pleurait quasiment pas, bref, Charles Ingalls était une exception. Mais au fil des années 80, ça change !

durée : 00:05:05 - La Chronique de Benoit Lagane - par : Benoit LAGANE - Longtemps, dans les séries, un père était, c'est selon, un riche homme d'affaire ou un veuf à la tête d'un ranch, de Cartwright dans "Bonanza" à Carrington dans "Dynastie", un père ça ne pleurait quasiment pas, bref, Charles Ingalls était une exception. Mais au fil des années 1980, ça change !

In this episode, Emma & Beth are talking about learning outside of a textbook using unit studies, hands-on experiences, and out-of-the-box thinking. We're sharing ideas for a geology study and a country study, and some life skills ideas for all ages. We also talk about how Emma's kids started earning flight hours and started learning to fly a small plane, and Beth's opinion on Charles Ingalls. If you're finding our podcast encouraging or helpful, please leave us a review! We'd appreciate it so much! Please join the conversation by commenting on the show, or find us on Facebook or Instagram and chat with us there. The Young Eagles program was mentioned: https://www.eaa.org/eaaReciprocal Museum Program:https://findachildrensmuseum.org/reciprocal-network/Music Credit:Chasing Balloons, Yeti MusicMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/yeti-music/chasing-balloonsLicense code: L6L8V2WOPSEUBKFR

When I was a young girl, I read all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder "Little House" books. I was enchanted by the tales of young Laura whose family had great adventures while protecting and supporting each other. I felt a kinship with this girl since I grew up on a farm in the Canadian prairies. I knew from personal experience how physically hard farming could be, and I could only imagine how difficult it would be to grow up during those times. **Sponsor is Caraway Home https://carawayhome.com/crime Use Discount Code crime for 10% off your order. Subscribe to Horrifying History on iHeart - https://ihr.fm/3EmcKtrSubscribe on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3xwbDWJSubscribe Everywhere Else - https://bit.ly/3Eh1AGF I also saw my own father in the character of Charles Ingalls. He was a strong man, who loved his family. He would do anything to help protect those he loved. So imagine my surprise when I recently discovered that Pa Ingalls may have killed some people. Just a heads up here, today we will be talking about murder…a lot of murder. Lister discretion is advised.We got merch! Shop now: HorrifyingHist1.redbubble.comhttp://www.horrifyinghistory.podbean.comSupport our show at https://www.patreon.com/horrifyinghistoryHorrifying History is part of the Darkcast Network. You can find us and all of their amazing shows at http://www.darkcastnetwork.wixsite.com/Follow On Social Media - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrifyinghistoryInstagram: https://instagram.com/horrifying_historyTwitter: https://twitter.com/horrifyinghist1~~~~~~~~~~~Indie Drop-InAll content legally licensed from the original creator. Thank you to Horrifying History for the great episode. You can find Indie Drop-In at https://indiedropin.comHelp Indie Drop-In support indie creators by buying us a coffee!https://buymeacoffee.com/indiedropinBrands can advertise on Indie Drop-In using Patreonhttps://patreon.com/indiedropinTwitter: https://twitter.com/indiedropinInstagram: https://instagram.com/indiedropinFacebook: https://facebook.com/indiedropinAny advertising found in this episode is inserted by Indie Drop-In and not endorsed by the Creator.If you would like to have your show featured go to http://indiedropin.com/creators~~~~~~~~~~~

When I was a young girl, I read all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder “Little House” books. I was enchanted by the tales of young Laura whose family had great adventures while protecting and supporting each other. I felt a kinship with this girl since I grew up on a farm in the Canadian prairies. I knew from personal experience how physically hard farming could be, and I could only imagine how difficult it would be to grow up during those times. **Sponsor is Caraway Home https://carawayhome.com/crime Use Discount Code crime for 10% off your order. Subscribe to Horrifying History on iHeart - https://ihr.fm/3EmcKtrSubscribe on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3xwbDWJSubscribe Everywhere Else - https://bit.ly/3Eh1AGF I also saw my own father in the character of Charles Ingalls. He was a strong man, who loved his family. He would do anything to help protect those he loved. So imagine my surprise when I recently discovered that Pa Ingalls may have killed some people. Just a heads up here, today we will be talking about murder…a lot of murder. Lister discretion is advised.We got merch! Shop now: HorrifyingHist1.redbubble.comhttp://www.horrifyinghistory.podbean.comSupport our show at https://www.patreon.com/horrifyinghistoryHorrifying History is part of the Darkcast Network. You can find us and all of their amazing shows at http://www.darkcastnetwork.wixsite.com/Follow On Social Media - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrifyinghistoryInstagram: https://instagram.com/horrifying_historyTwitter: https://twitter.com/horrifyinghist1~~~~~~~~~~~Indie Drop-InAll content legally licensed from the original creator. Thank you to Horrifying History for the great episode. You can find Indie Drop-In at https://indiedropin.comHelp Indie Drop-In support indie creators by buying us a coffee!https://buymeacoffee.com/indiedropinBrands can advertise on Indie Drop-In using Patreonhttps://patreon.com/indiedropinTwitter: https://twitter.com/indiedropinInstagram: https://instagram.com/indiedropinFacebook: https://facebook.com/indiedropinAny advertising found in this episode is inserted by Indie Drop-In and not endorsed by the Creator.If you would like to have your show featured go to http://indiedropin.com/creators~~~~~~~~~~~

When I was a young girl, I read all of the Laura Ingalls Wilder “Little House” books.  I was enchanted by the tales of young Laura who's family had great adventures, while protecting and supporting each other.  I felt a kinship with this girl, since I grew up on a farm in the Canadian prairies.  I knew from personal experience how physically hard farming could be, and I could only imagine how difficult it would be to grow up during those times.   I also saw my own father in the character of Charles Ingalls.  He was a strong man, who loved his family.  He would do anything to help protect those he loved.  So imagine my surprise when I recently discovered that Pa Ingalls may have killed some people.     Just a heads up here, today we will be talking about murder…a lot of murder.  Lister discretion is advised.   Welcome to Episode 80 - The Bloody Benders We got merch!  Shop now: HorrifyingHist1.redbubble.com     www.horrifyinghistory.podbean.com Support our show at https://www.patreon.com/horrifyinghistory   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrifyinghistory Instagram: https://instagram.com/horrifying_history Twitter: https://twitter.com/horrifyinghist1   Horrifying History would like to thank the following sponsors for this episode: Beacon Navigation Sharing App - Beacon makes navigation sharing simple.  Go to www.beacon.site to learn more and download Beacon today!  You can also find it on either Google Play or the Apple App Store. Rob & Rich show: If you want to hear a comedic twist about everything from current world events, physics, and serial killers…you can find the Rob & Rich show wherever you listen to your favourite podcasts.  

Please visit us at http://www.patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork (www.Patreon.com/TheCharacterNetwork) to help support TCN and help us keep providing these unique and extremely effective research based Bully and Violence Prevention and Character Education Programs to schools around the world, and help more kids who desperately need special intervention. Go to http://www.thecharacternetwork.org/ (www.TheCharacterNetwork.org) to learn more and get involved. Thank you! Public use in schools requires a site license, please visit The Character Network to find out how your school can get these life changing program as a part of the TCN METHOD for school violence and bully prevention. Go HERE for a Free Copy of Jim Lord's Life Changing Breakthrough Novel, Mr. Delaney's Mirror, A Reflection of Your Futurehttps://characternetwork.krtra.com/t/E6KcJXqk8olF (https://bit.ly/GetDelaneysMirrorHere)************** A HERO is someone who does something special to HELP OTHERS. Every hero STARTS as a CHILD, and every Child can CHOOSE to become a Hero... Just like THIS one!Laura was a young pioneer girl in the late 1800s. She was born on February 7, 1867 and was the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ingalls. Life was very hard for the Ingalls family. Winters were especially harsh, and the Ingalls family had many sad times. But in spite of the hardships, Laura's family was very close, and they loved each other very much. When Laura grew up, she became a school teacher, and life began to be a little easier for her. Later, she moved to Missouri and went to work as a journalist for a newspaper in St. Louis. She also got married to a man named Almanzo Wilder, and she became Laura Ingalls Wilder. Laura had always loved writing, and soon she decided to write a book. It was called little House in the Big Woods followed by several more “Little House” books. They were all about her own family when she was a child. But she didn't just write about how hard life was. She wrote mostly about happy moments like taking a buggy ride into town, swimming in the creek, and listening to her father play his fiddle late at night. Even though she lived a long time ago, Laura Ingalls Wilder still brings joy into the hearts of everyone who reads her books, or watches the television show called “Little House on the Prairie” which is based on her books. Yes, Laura Ingalls Wilder, the little pioneer girl, grew up to become a HERO. That's what I know about the beginning of This Hero, and I know that YOU Can Be a Hero TOO! Dear Parents, After years of development, trial, and revision, we are so excited to now share with you the most effective version yet of our Proactive Bully Prevention Program that has proven to "change the culture" at hundreds of campuses across America in profound ways. Research has shown the TCN Method™ to be the single most effective school based Violence and Bully Prevention Intervention of its entire genre. We have hundreds of testimonials from educators describing the results they have gotten, and you can view many of these at http://www.thecharacternetwork.org/Testimonials (www.TheCharacterNetwork.org/Testimonials) This program, The Beginning of a Famous Hero™ is used in conjunction with a companion program called Bully Alert!™ in schools played over the intercom during morning announcements twice or more each school week, and backed up by a common culture which reinforces the principles taught, at every turn, and incorporates the phrases of the academic language during any teachable moment. These two sets of stories work together to convey a common academic language which says, “A bully is a person who hurts others on purpose (even if it's just hurting their feelings) but a HERO is a person who HELPS others. So CHOOSE to be a HERO by HELPING instead of a bully by hurting.” They also promote the concept of POSITIVE PERSONAL VISION, helping each student to realistically visualize his or her own "Future Self," and in doing so help... Support this podcast

Suzann Holland returns to the show to discuss this strange and uncomfortable episode about family and guilt. Charles is really laying the charm on thick in this episode but don't worry because Charles has the answers to fix everything! "While out of town to buy horses, Charles Ingalls boards with Brett Harper, a man who is emotionally withdrawn from his unhappy family and trying to lose himself in work and whiskey, blaming himself for the accidental death of his oldest son in a riding accident four years earlier." Someone Please Love Me originally aired on March 5, 1979 The opening song "Albert" is written and performed by the amazing Norwegian band, Project Brundlefly and is used with permission. Check them out at: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBrundlefly Become a Patron!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 171, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: I "Like" This Song 1: This Bob Seger song was used in ads for Chevy trucks. "Like A Rock". 2: Duran Duran made its Top 40 debut with this song. "Hungry Like The Wolf". 3: This 1965 song begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine". "Like A Rolling Stone". 4: The 2 Madonna No. 1 hits that fit the category. "Like A Virgin" and "Like A Prayer". 5: This entertainment industry anthem was written for the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun". "There's No Business Like Show Business". Round 2. Category: Ports 1: It's the only one of South Africa's 3 capitals that is also a seaport. Cape Town. 2: Much of Australia's foreign trade is handled by this city's Port Jackson or neighboring Botany Bay. Sydney. 3: This state has 5 of the top 15 U.S. ports, including Plaquemines and Lake Charles. Louisiana. 4: Until Haiti became independent, this "Port" served as the capital of the colony of Saint-Domingue from 1770 to 1804. Port-au-Prince. 5: This Egyptian port on the Mediterranean was founded in 1859 when the building of the Suez Canal began. Port Said. Round 3. Category: A "Little" Lit 1: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair". Little Women. 2: The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel. Little House on the Prairie. 3: This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall. Little John. 4: The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend. Stuart Little. 5: Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play. The Little Foxes. Round 4. Category: And Go To "Bed" 1: In math, it means raised to the third power. cubed. 2: Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope". barbed wire. 3: Kidded and teased (like Adam did to Eve, perhaps?). ribbed. 4: If you've been clubbed, you've been made unconscious; if you've been this, you've been made a knight. dubbed. 5: In the Bible she was mom to Moses and Aaron. Jochebed. Round 5. Category: Gates 1: The Nucerian Gate was one of several surrounding this city before it was buried by Vesuvius. Pompeii. 2: For centuries the Saviour's Gate has been the official entrance to this Moscow citadel. the Kremlin. 3: This 3-mile-long strait separates San Francisco from Marin county; perhaps you're familiar with the bridge?. the Golden Gate. 4: Traitors' Gate was a River Thames entrance to this through which criminals passed to be imprisoned. the Tower of London. 5: This capital's Puerta de Alcala was commissioned by King Carlos III to replace an earlier gate he thought inferior. Madrid. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 170, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tom Time 1: Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance speech included this man! "I love you, brother!". Tom Cruise. 2: He and his band were runnin' down a dream as the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl in 2008. Tom Petty. 3: In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfiction works as "Submarine" and "Fighter Wing". Tom Clancy. 4: In 2003 this Pennsylvanian became a presidential cabinet member. Tom Ridge. 5: "Ambushing the audience is what theater is all about", asserted this author of "The Real Thing". Tom Stoppard. Round 2. Category: Movie Roles 1: [Hi, I'm Earl Brown] Because we look so much alike, I was cast as Warren, this actress' brother in "There's Something About Mary". Cameron Diaz. 2: 2009: Zed, who lives in "Year One". Jack Black. 3: This actress spent "Six Days, Seven Nights" on an island with Harrison Ford. Anne Heche. 4: In a 2003 movie he played the bitter, foul-mouthed "Bad Santa". Billy Bob Thornton. 5: Robin Williams danced with a vacuum cleaner to the song "Dude Looks Like A Lady" in this 1993 comedy. Mrs. Doubtfire. Round 3. Category: Desert Life 1: These can carry 1,000-pound loads and go for 10 days without water. Camels. 2: The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert. Mojave Desert. 3: The people of Victorville, California and Boulder City, Nevada are part of the life of this desert. Mojave Desert. 4: The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird. hummingbird. 5: The California fuchsia, a trumpet-shaped flower found in the desert, is often pollinated by this tiny bird. hummingbird. Round 4. Category: A "Little" Lit 1: Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair". Little Women. 2: The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel. Little House on the Prairie. 3: This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall. Little John. 4: The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend. Stuart Little. 5: Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play. The Little Foxes. Round 5. Category: Art School 1: The most common one used by artists is probably the X-acto. a knife. 2: Turning tools are used to shape the clay on one of these. a potter's wheel. 3: A halftone screen breaks up a sold image into a pattern of these. dots. 4: Traditionally in drypoint, you use a steel needle to scratch your drawing into a plate of this metal. copper. 5: When a sculptor is doing this he isn't fishing, but using the lost wax method to make a mold. casting. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

In the Moment, June 7, 2021 Show 1063. Jim Petrick is a hog producer out of Gayville. He will discuss the recent meat packing cyberattack and the impact it may have in South Dakota. We explore the ongoing impact of the American Rescue Plan on South Dakota's small business. Jaime Wood with the U.S. Small Business Association joins us. We continue our crash course in economic theory as Joe Santos, a professor in the Department of Economics at SDSU, discusses cryptocurrency and what currencies such as Bitcoin and Dogecoin mean for the U.S. dollar. We take a moment to remember Charles Ingalls, the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder. He died this week in 1902. We meet artist, sculptor and musician James Van Nuys and hear the sounds from his resonator guitar on "Old Guitars and the Local Musicians Who Love Them." We look at what regional artists have been working on during the pandemic as we preview "Proof of Life II," a visual arts exhibit at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City. Denise Du Broy

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The Sanderson children lost their father years ago and now they are facing the loss of their mother Julia.   Julia makes Charles promise her that he will find a home for her children if she dies before she has a chance and of course Charles takes on the burden in true Charles Ingalls fashion.  

Jean-Pierre Pernaut fera ses adieux au JT de 13 heures ce vendredi. À cette occasion, il présentera sa remplaçante Marie-Sophie Lacarrau aux téléspectateurs de TF1, avant qu’elle ne prenne les rênes du journal. Ça sera le 4 janvier prochain. Anne-Claire Coudray présentera une édition spéciale dimanche, elle emmènera les téléspectateurs au Mali. Arthur envisage de saisir la justice parce qu’il s’estime victime d’une campagne de dénigrement organisée concernant sa nouvelle émission "District Z" qui a été très commentée et parfois violemment critiquée sur les réseaux sociaux. Près de 400 faux comptes Twitter, certains sans abonnés ou sans autres tweets, se seraient mis à publier des messages négatifs contre l’émission. Un remake de la série "La Petite maison dans la prairie" a été mis en route aux États-Unis par les studios Paramount. Charles Ingalls et la méchante Nellie Oleson pourraient donc revivre, si une chaîne ou une plateforme de streaming est séduite par le projet.

Jean-Pierre Pernaut fera ses adieux au JT de 13 heures ce vendredi. À cette occasion, il présentera sa remplaçante Marie-Sophie Lacarrau aux téléspectateurs de TF1, avant qu’elle ne prenne les rênes du journal. Ça sera le 4 janvier prochain. Anne-Claire Coudray présentera une édition spéciale dimanche, elle emmènera les téléspectateurs au Mali. Arthur envisage de saisir la justice parce qu’il s’estime victime d’une campagne de dénigrement organisée concernant sa nouvelle émission "District Z" qui a été très commentée et parfois violemment critiquée sur les réseaux sociaux. Près de 400 faux comptes Twitter, certains sans abonnés ou sans autres tweets, se seraient mis à publier des messages négatifs contre l’émission. Un remake de la série "La Petite maison dans la prairie" a été mis en route aux États-Unis par les studios Paramount. Charles Ingalls et la méchante Nellie Oleson pourraient donc revivre, si une chaîne ou une plateforme de streaming est séduite par le projet.

Porch Fiddler will highlight several old time fiddle tunes including Arkansas Traveler, Yankee Doodle, and Oh Suzanna. This episode features the story of Charles Ingalls and his fiddle music. He is the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, famed author of the “Little House on the Prairie” books. Check out our website at www.porchfiddler.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eric-wilson4/message

Hoy charlamos acerca de la vida del actor Michael Landon, quien se hiciera mundialmente conocio por sus papeles en Bonanza y La familia Ingalls. Clari nos dejo sus noticias de Cine, series, videojuegos y tecnologia. Migue inauguro su nueva ¿subseccion? "La aventura del Migue" y Eri busco todas las referencias literarias de los capitulos de Los Simpsons en Bibliomania --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hello all Kim Layer here! Join us as Leah Mitchell, Mark Jeacoma and I celebrate Founder’s Day just one day after Walnut Grove, Minnesota’s actual Founder’s Day! Founders Day originally aired on May 7, 1975 We declare that this week should be FOUNDER'S WEEK for Walnut Grove! Although Walnut Grove was founded in 1840, it wasn’t incorporated until March 18, 1879. The name came from the beautiful grove of walnut trees along the banks of Plum Creek. The first village officials were: Elias Bedal, president; T. Quartan, J. Leo and C. Clementson, trustees; and Charles Ingalls, justice of peace. “Walnut Grove’s Founder's Day festivities promise fun and friendly competition… for all except aging logger and "Bull of the Woods" Jim Tyler, who secretly fears losing the log chopping contest, and with it his self-respect, to a younger, stronger Charles Ingalls.” We had a blast recording this episode just a few hours ago and we look forward to many more reviews in the coming weeks. Kim Layer If you would like to hear more from Mark head over the http://www.vhsrewind.com The opening song "Albert" is written and performed by the amazing Norwegian band, Project Brundlefly and is used with permission. Check them out at: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBrundlefly Become a Patron!

Från en stimmig vrå på bokmässan kommer dagens avsnitt med vår första manliga gäst: Kent Wisti, präst satirtecknare och konstnär. Vi pratar om hans senaste bok "Svartgrundet", om fattiggubbarna i Österbotten, om synd, skuld och skam samt en önskan om att vara Charles Ingalls men verkligheten säger något annat.

Créée par Michael Landon en 1974, La petite maison dans la prairie est toujours régulièrement diffusée sur les chaînes du groupe M6 et reste un succès en France. Et saviez-vous que l'interprète de Charles Ingalls n'aurait pas dû jouer dans la série ? Pour l'occasion, Alain Carrazé nous emmène dans les prairies du Minnesota.

This week we meet Julia Sanderson, widowed mother of three, who learns she hasn’t much time left in life. With admirable courage and a smoky-smooth voice, she makes preparations for her children with Charles Ingalls help. Mary and Laura also rescue three puppies that look suspiciously like Jack. In the first several minutes of this episode, we learn the Jeff Scale origin story as well as meet who is arguably one of the worst residents of Walnut Grove. Amy and Marissa discuss whom they would leave their children with in the event of their death. (Hint: Julie might end up with a lot of children.) We also learn a lot about the early developments of cancer treatment and discuss how rainy funeral scenes are extremely cliché. (Trigger Warning: This episode deals with losing a parent to a terminal illness.) Special Thanks to our nurse researcher Courtney Schuman for answering our questions. For more articles, photos, and other resources on each episode, visit our weekly companion blog here. Special Thanks to David Rose Publishing for allowing us use of his iconic theme for the Little House on the Prairie show. (Composition Credit) © 1974 David Rose Publishing Co. | (Master Recording Credit) ℗ 2010 David Rose Publishing Co.

This episode of Country Squire Radio is brought to you by Missouri Meerschaum and the Tin Society. We thank them for supporting this show, and we thank you for supporting them. Episode 234: Pipe Culture - the Aristocrat and the Farmer Welcome & Housekeeping: Jon David continues to lament on the struggles of life and how much his pipe has been an asset. Beau talks about Best of Jackson 2018, for which CSR was nominated for best local podcast. It did not win, however Beau’s Podastery podcast ‘Let’s Talk Jackson’ did win. Raleigh Pipe Expo Reception Party coming up soon on April 6, from 5-9pm at the Ramada Inn on Blue Ridge Rd. in Raleigh, NC. The Pipe & Tobacco Expo is on Saturday April 7th, 9am-4:30pm in the Holshauser Building at the NC State Fairgrounds. Texas Pipe Show Oct. 6 2018, additional info to come. Brady Muckelroy (listener) missed the Custom Cob Competition auctions, but made a huge extra donation. Next Custom Cob Competition may be on a different holiday this year, stay tuned! Jon David congratulates Peter Massey on his 100th Loyal Squire’s punchcard, which amounts to 150lbs purchased tobacco from the Country Squire. New pipe club members announced (I won’t try to butcher their names in text as well.) Addendum note: NOLA Pipe Club will be taking a day trip to the Squire on Saturday 2/24. Topic: JD and Beau reopen the discussion on Pipe Culture, specifically looking at pipe smoking archetypes with community commentary provided by listeners, all detailed below. Additional thanks to www.reddit.com/r/pipetobacco for their contributions to this episode. /u/SupraMario – “I'm in between both, I've got money to blow on lbs of tobacco and pipes I want...but don't (ok ok, not on the TAD part on the PAD I restrain myself). I own a farm but am a pencil pusher by day...So not poor, not super rich, own a farm, but work in an office.” /u/LaphroaigianSlip – “The archetypes in my mind are this; one smokes a smooth red stain or black painted briar and the other smokes a humble cob. The briar has a brass or silver ash guard while the cob is unfinished and uneven at the top. The briar is either a Dublin or Billiard. The cob looks somewhere in between the style of Missouri Meerschaum's Mark Twain and The General. That is, the American farmer. The western European farmer would have a more local pipe made of briar, a small pipe with brown stain. Further east you might imagine someone farming in the hills of Greece with a simple bent Meerschaum, enjoying some Latakia with a bottle of ouzo. Further East still I in vision a Chinese farmer coming home in the evening. He sits down with his bamboo pipe. A durable piece that can last a lifetime, even be passed on generationally like a briar while having similar markings to the well worn corn cob pipe, familiar with being handled by dirty hands. It has the markings of earnest and frequent use. The central idea being that the farmer has his pipe from a more local and practical place while the aristocratic has the luxury of smoking something from another continent. The aristocrat has a clean smooth pipe, one in a rotation while the farmer's pipes each see daily use.” Dillon Shalinder (sp?) – “When I think about the aristocrats, the rich types, I’m reminded of a neat movie called ‘Evil Under the Sun”. The normalcy of seeing a well-to-do man with a pipe allowed the villain to hide a key piece of evidence, that in fact there was a diamond in his pipe the whole movie.” /r/Broskheim – “If we're talking straight stereotypes, the Farmer (blue collar) is the guy who has 1 pipe (probably a cob or a basket briar), and smokes one blend (probably an a drug store OTC) all day long. The Aristocrat is more the type we see on these kinds of forums. Smokes a multitude of blends from a multitude of pipes, probably once or, at most, twice a day. Probably pairs it with a beverage of some sort, and takes time out of his day to specifically enjoy the pipe.” Brad Hoctor (@hoctorthelovedr) – “To me a white collar, or aristocratic pipe smoker, is a bit more picky, typically having artisan-carved pipes and a wide variety of tinned blends in their cellar, whereas the blue collar pipe smoker or farmer is perfectly content with a good ol’ cob and a low-end factory pipe and a pouch of Captain Black.” Darren – “When I think of a Farmer who smokes a pipe I think of Charles Ingalls from ‘The Little House on the Prairie’. He would often enjoy his pipe in the evening after supper at the kitchen table, or outside leaning on the fence rail. Charles was a hard working farmer who enjoyed his pipe. Nothing better than a cool smoke to help wind down after a hard days work. Really enjoy the show.” Corey Grip – “I would like to contribute to the Farmer side. There are pictures of my grandfather who was born in 1927. There are two pictures of him as a kid, and one with my grandmother from 1953. And no we do not have the pipe still unfortunately. The pictures were taken at their 80-acre farm in Oklahoma.” (photos posted to FB) John Kirk Griffin – “Hey brothers, long time listener. I was so excited for this specific episode because, well, I’m a farmer! There’s something beautiful and primal about sitting on a tractor with a pipe packed with your favorite blend. It’s these hours of driving in slow circles that are prime moments for smoking a pipe. Farmers are very contemplative people, we spend many hours doing repetitive and sometimes monotonous work which gives us ample time to think. It’s during these times of deep contemplation that farmers turn to our pipes as our faithful companion. The farmer is a dying breed. We’ve gone from almost 90% farm workers to less than 1% in the US. We are frequently forgotten and sometimes marginalized folk, but we are a tough and resilient folk. And so next time you pack a pipe, remember the farmer who worked hard to grown and harvest those beautiful and tasty leaves. Love you guys, love the show. Keep up the great work.” /u/randallleemorgan – “When I think of the archetype of the farmer I'm reminded of my grandfather, a true Mississippian born and raised outside a small town no one would recognize. A man that worked as a millwright every day of his adult life because that's what he had (and I think loved) to do. Farming was something he didn't do for income but for survival; to make ends meet. Planting his own fruits and vegetables, raising chickens, and even hunting during the fall and winter all to provide for his family. This man is someone who loves a good pipe full of some tobacco, I’m guessing Cherry (Didn’t everyone in the 60’s smoke cherry tobacco). Later in life before I was born he had to lay down the pipe for the sake of my grandmother's heart condition but his the pipe wasn't his only source of vitamin-N. Maybe a nice big cheek-full of some Beechnut Chewing Tobacco while reading the paper or sitting on the tailgate of his old GMC secretly slipping is 4 year old grandson a strip of that chewing tobacco that may or may not have provided the aforementioned grandson his first case of nicotine sickness. The farmer archetype is that of someone who isn’t afraid to get his/her hands dirty. Someone who works hard every day to provide in time of plenty and time of lean. But the pipe is his one guilty pleasure, something just for him. Darren – “I recommend reading this article by Jonah Goldberg called ‘Democracy in the Tobacconist’s’ (http://www.nationalreview.com/article/367088/democracy-tobacconists-jonah-goldberg) and it’s really about cigars but I feel there are a lot of themes that will overlap. The G.K. Chesterton quote in particular addresses why it may be frowned upon and both social strata and why they should not care” G.K. Chesterton quote - "To have a horror of tobacco is not to have an abstract standard of right; but exactly the opposite. It is to have no standard of right whatever; and to make certain local likes and dislikes as a substitute. Nobody who has an abstract standard of right and wrong can possibly think it wrong to smoke a cigar. It is a vague sentimental notion that certain habits were not suitable to the old log cabin or the old hometown. It has a vague utilitarian notion that certain habits are not directly useful in the new amalgamated stores or the new financial gambling-hell. If his aged mother or his economic master dislikes to see a young man hanging about with a pipe in his mouth, the action becomes a sin; or the nearest that such a moral philosophy can come to the idea of a sin. A man does not chop wood for the log hut by smoking; and a man does not make dividends for the Big Boss by smoking; and therefore smoking has a smell as of something sinful." David Sirette – “I’m curious about the shift in preferential pipe shapes over time. I’ve always been told and read that in the 19th and early 20th centuries that bent pipes were preferred by lower-class smokers and manual laborers due to the hands free clench-ability and then straight pipes were preferred by those white-collared and upper class smokers. But then it seems that we began to see a shift mid-century with bent pipes becoming more expensive and artistic and straight billiards becoming a working man’s utility pipe. I’m curious to know what spurred this change. Could it have been that manufacturing techniques drove down the cost of straight pipes? Perhaps it was art and other fashion trends? Even today I would say that when you look at higher end pipes we see more swooping curves and bent stems and less expensive factory pipes in the form of straight billiards and apples. Is what we see a shift in aesthetics only? Or are our behaviors and smoking rituals changing?” Pipe Question of the Week: Ryan Smith in Louisiana asks “When people say a blend is burley-based I figure there are large variations in what the flavors can be. Some burley-based blends are cigarette-like, high in nicotine and a bit harsh smoke for me, but some are mild and nutty that have that awesome codger-like quality. I tend to prefer the latter. Is it a specific type of burley I should be looking for or are the condiment tobaccos more to blame for the large variations? PS. Looking forward to meeting you guys when the NOLA Pipe Club comes up to invade the Squire in February. Thanks for the show and keep up the great work.” Paraphrasing here, but Jon David comments that burleys are varied and not all are created equal. Air cured burley is softer, kind of nutty, more nicotine, and just all around smoother and then we have toasted and fire-cured burleys that are smokier because the leaves are infused with these particles. They’ll be a little more harsh, smoky, toasty. But burley is lurking everywhere. Unless the blend specifically says “no burley”, it’s probably in there somewhere. It’s so adaptable. It’s a chameleon. Takes on flavors of other tobaccos. Ages well. Adds body and nice mouthfeel. Thick clouds of smoke. They also kind of have a bad rap. Some people assume they just don’t like burley when they don’t realize there are many different kinds! Quick Fire with the Squire: Brought in by Mike Kinsey. #1 Transformers (JD and Beau) or G.I. Joe #2 Nirvana (JD and Beau) or Pearl Jam #3 Nightmare on Elm Street (JD and Beau) or Friday the 13th #4 Boodles (Beau?) or More Boodles (JD) Listener Feedback: Itunes review from ShadowMasterMan – “First and foremost, if you are a pipe smoker, you need this podcast in your life. Jon David is not only an encouragement as a person but a true master in the field of tobacco. I have learned an incredible amount from him, and truly developed a love of the pipe as a result. Beau is an incredible host, who puts out a high quality show time and time again. The sound quality is flawless, and the content equally so. You will not be disappointed subscribing to this show, I’ve binged every episode since discovering them in Afghanistan and will continue to be an avid listener. Jon David & Beau, thank y’all for the hard work y’all do for us, I think I can speak for the entire community when I say that you are truly appreciated. Thanks & Gig Em! @cdumo – “Granted as the grandson of French immigrants, my perspective may be different, but if you were going to smoke, it was briar whether you were a nobleman, farmer, or (as my family was) butcher. The briar pipe (invented in France, let’s not forget) was an equalizer. Alternatively, when you talk to old servicemen, they’ll talk about encountering meerschaum pipes (which many people consider fairly aristocratic) on their travels and seeing them as cheap, poor men’s pipes that could be picked up for pennies and not worth their time.” Ending & Wrap-up: Please check out the show sponsor websites to learn more about them. And please consider joining the Country Squire Radio Pipe Club. I’ve provided a link to Patreon below as well as show credits, twitter handles, websites, emails, and times. And for those missing their club cards, Beau promises they are coming this week! He swears it! He said it last week, but this week he means it. Pinkie promise covenant. Alright guys, great great show! One of our favorites because of the community involvement! Also, if you have any suggestions on new community-type series for CSR to do, please contact them! Anyway…let’s go have a night! Episode Credits: Host: Jon David Cole (@JonDavidCole) Host: Beau York (@TheRealBeauYork) Producer: Mike Woodard (@TheMikeWoodard) Executive Producer: Beau York (@Podastery) Show Notes: Mark Van Vrancken (@mgvsquared) Country Squire Radio Website: www.countrysquireradio.com Country Squire Radio E-mail: show@countrysquireradio.com Country Squire Radio Twitter: @squireradio Country Squire Radio Patreon: www.patreon.com/countrysquireradio The Country Squire Twitter: @_countrysquire The Country Squire Website: www.thecountrysquireonline.com Show Times: Live Monday nights 8:30pm CST, 6:30 Pacific, 9:30 EST Episode Sponsors: Missouri Meerschaum (www.corncobpipe.com) The Tin Society (https://tinsociety.com)

Have you ever wished for a podcast about Harriet Olseon AND Harry Potter? Look no further! This week there is trouble in paradise for Nels and Harriet. When their marriage and the town’s economy seem to be on the brink of destruction, Charles Ingalls is the only one capable of saving the day! Julie shares a shocking story from her waitressing days, we assign determine what animals represent various characters in Little House, and then we all gush over the details of the Oleson’s home and lifestyle. This episode is full of physical comedy, the townies we all love, the famous Michael Landon laugh, and pure perfection of Katherine McGregor’s (Harriet) craft. It has quickly risen to the top as our favorite episode so far. For more articles, photos, and other resources on each episode, visit our weekly companion blog here. Special Thanks to David Rose Publishing for allowing us use of his iconic theme for the Little House on the Prairie show. (Composition Credit) © 1974 David Rose Publishing Co. | (Master Recording Credit) ℗ 2010 David Rose Publishing Co.