Podcasts about Chris Austin

How Can a Growth Mindset Fuel Your Marketing Success?In this episode of The Hard Corps Marketing Show, I sat down with Chris Austin, Fractional CMO at CAMO Marketing, to discuss the power of a growth mindset and lifelong learning. With over two decades of marketing experience, Chris has adapted to the ever-changing landscape, and he shares how curiosity and continuous learning have been the keys to his success.Chris explains how marketers can challenge traditional approaches, like the need for an agency, and achieve better results by leveraging automation, AI, and independent talent. He also delves into the importance of curiosity as a superpower that fuels innovation and keeps marketers ahead of the curve.In this episode, we cover:How a growth mindset can transform your marketing career and businessWhy you don't always need an agency to drive growthThe power of curiosity in marketing and staying on top of tech trendsScaling personalization with AI tools like video sales lettersThe need for deeper collaboration between marketing and sales teamsHow AI and automation tools can improve efficiency without losing the human touchIf you're ready to rethink your approach to marketing, enhance your team's collaboration, and use AI to supercharge your growth, this episode is packed with actionable insights!

Explora Journeys' Anna Nash, global president, and Chris Austin, president-North America, talk with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at Seatrade Global in Miami, about how their luxury lifestyle brand has evolved since it launched its first ship two years ago. With a second ship now sailing and a third on the way. Explora Journeys is poised to offer even more luxury in its spacious, stylish ships boasting creative cuisine and innovative entertainment. For more information, visit www.explorajourneys.com. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel  (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean,  iHeartRadio,  Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.  

Celebrity hairdresser Fabio Sementilli is brutally murdered in his backyard. A security camera helps investigators identify unlikely suspects and an illicit affair. Josh Mankiewicz reports.

Send us a textThis week on Off the Easel Podcast, Catherine and Skye sit down with the incredible Chris Austin, joining from his home studio in Canada. Known for his mesmerizing gouache paintings on hand-built wood panels and frames, Chris brings to life powerful creatures like sharks and bears in surreal natural settings—often observed by a mysterious figure in a yellow raincoat.In this inspiring conversation, Chris shares his artistic journey, his transition into sculpture, and the techniques behind his unique work. Along the way, the ladies uncover valuable artist insights and creative secrets. Tune in for an episode filled with inspiration, craft, and a deep appreciation for the natural world!Check out Skye's and Catherine's work at:Skye Becker-Yamakawa IG: https://www.instagram.com/skyesartshop/ Web: http://www.skyesart.com/ Catherine Moore IG: https://www.instagram.com/teaandcanvas/ Web: http://teaandcanvas.com/ Polka Dot Raven IG: https://www.instagram.com/polkadotraven/

Chris Austin, president-North America for Explora Journeys, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report about why this new luxury lifestyle brand is the ultimate hotel at sea as guests discover their Ocean State of Mind. For more information, visit explorajourneys.com/traveladvisors. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean, iHeartRadio, Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.

Soundman Jim and Mark are joined by Sandy Burch and Chris Austin to discuss our word of the week: “Democratic Socialism.” We will discuss what it is and answer what critics say about democratic socialism. We then discuss with Sandy and Chris about their work in Montana with the Democratic Socialists of America. Finally we begin to look at the Russian missile, Oreshnik, which many commentators regard as changing military history from here on out.

Send us a text In the latest episode of The Retirement Evolved Podcast, Adam and Lauren welcomed Chris Austin, a fiduciary, guardian, and advocate dedicated to managing estates for individuals without family or trusted connections. They discussed his unique role in protecting and honoring clients' legacies while ensuring their financial and personal needs are met. Tune in for an inspiring conversation about serving others and planning for the unexpected. Get your hands on a copy of Private Wealth Manager and Certified Financial Fiduciary Adam Bruno's book, "They Lied: The Real Cost of Your Retirement," by downloading it at https://taxfreefortmyers.com/. Discover the truth about the hidden costs of retirement and gain expert insights on how to live a Goal-Focused Retirement. Don't miss out on this essential read - download your copy today!

Chris Austin, president-North America for Explora Journeys, talks with Michaela Guzy about the vision behind Explorer Journeys' second ship, Explora II. Like its sister ship Explora I, Explora II delivers a boutique hotel-like experiences at sea. With plans to expand to six ships by 2028, Explora puts its focus on space, choice and exceptional dining. For more information, visit www.ExploraJourneys.com. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are available on our Youtube channel, and as podcasts with the same title on Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean, iHeartRadio, Google,Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.

Chris Austin, president-North America for Explora Journeys, talks with Michaela Guzy about the vision behind Explorer Journeys' second ship, Explora II. Like its sister ship Explora I, Explora II delivers a boutique hotel-like experiences at sea. With plans to expand to six ships by 2028, Explora puts its focus on space, choice and exceptional dining. For more information, visit www.ExploraJourneys.com. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are available on our Youtube channel, and as podcasts with the same title on Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean, iHeartRadio, Google,Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.

Eliot Bronson has released 6+ records over the past 12 years, both independently and via labels - with a handful produced by Dave Cobb - and he has also won numerous acclaimed songwriting competitions such as Kerrville and Chris Austin contest at Merlefest. Ditching the traditional label/publicist/manager route, Eliot has established a vibrant path that is 100% DIY, community-focused, and as he explains - more fulfilling than ever. We talk at length about that process and how he found himself there, debate the necessity of a whole label or publicity team, explore the idea of the artist in the center of the crowd versus up high and removed on stage, mindfulness practices, and more.Get more access and support this show by subscribing to our Patreon, right here.Links:Eliot Bronson30A FestivalEp 45 - Glen PhillipsEp 46 - Mary Chapin CarpenterCBS Saturday Morning'That Thing You Do'Sam Harris - Waking Up'Zen Mind Beginners Mind'Patty GriffinEmmylou HarrisChris Austin Song Contest (MerleFest)Gillian WelchTelluride Troubadour Songwriting ContestKerrvile Songwriting ContestMelody WalkerRocky Mountain Folks FestClick here to watch this conversation on YouTube.Social Media:The Other 22 Hours InstagramThe Other 22 Hours TikTokMichaela Anne InstagramAaron Shafer-Haiss InstagramAll music written, performed, and produced by Aaron Shafer-Haiss. Become a subscribing member on our Patreon to gain more inside access including exclusive content, workshops, the chance to have your questions answered by our upcoming guests, and more.

Chris Austin, president-North America for Explora Journeys, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report about the newest fleet arrival, EXPLORA II, how supporting Explora Journeys brings results for you, and how to power your business with Explora Journeys' easy co-branding opportunities. For more information, click on https://explorajourneys.com/int/en/travel-advisors. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.  

Welcome back to another metal album review. Today, we have an atmospheric/melodic black metal band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee called Oubliette and this is their third full-length studio album titled Eternity Whispers released through The Artisan Era. The album begins with the first single which had a music video two months ago. It is of course the song "Primordial Echo". It starts with some softly played guitar, calmly bringing you the short and sweet intro for 48 seconds before the rest of the band fires on all cylinders immediately kicking things into high gear. The whole song is a groovy cacophony of shred riffs, pinch harmonics, yelling and blast beats. At the 3:40 mark, there's a soothing middle riff that I quite enjoyed which mixes in a brief shred. All three guitarists: Mike Low, Andrew Wampler and Chris Austin have perfected the art of working together and sharing similar ideas when it comes to the overall tone of the genre. "With Death's Shadow" was the second single released for Eternity Whispers and it also happens to be the next track. How convenient. It's what I would consider to be that classic Oubliette style. Many things about the speed and pacing of this track remind me of the Apparitions debut. I'm proud of this band for not straying too far from what made me like them so much in the first place. On the other hand there's this ambient clean singing which can be heard after the halfway point during the track which is definitely a nice touch. It brought me back to the song "Elegy" from the previous album The Passage. Drummer Spencer Moore is a fucking machine gun on the kit. Especially throughout the song "Consumed By The Void". The entire track is an unrelenting orgy of blast beats. It all makes perfect sense because he's also the drummer for Inferi. Also, whoever mixed and mastered this album did some fantastic job by keeping the drums loud but not so much that it overpowers the other instrumentation. Oddly enough, there's this quiet little tune played at the end of the track which ties in with the beginning of the following track titled "Desolate Path". Now I'm not entirely sure which of the three guitarists is behind the acoustic sounding guitar but great work. Or maybe it could've simply been an electric just without the foot pedal. I'm not sure. Either way, I love that shit. That sweep picking moment at the 5:22 stamp really caught my attention but didn't last too long. A bonus credit for Spencer is that every beat of each drum has a resounding thud to it. Every whack of the snare packs a punch. This is proven once more in the next track "Dreams of Nevermore". But let's shift our focus for a moment to the vocalist Emily Low. She has so much power in her lungs to keep going on for long periods of time on the microphone. It truly sounds as though she's given all she's got into the recording of this record. But then the album slows down for a bit, we get a real treat for the ears. A lovely instrumental track called "Ember's Embrace". It's a beautiful track with keyboards, audible bass and drum cymbals. Of course the guitarists are a stand out and ... wait a minute, was that a violin I just heard or was that just a part of the synth work? Whatever that sound was, I want more. It is definitely my favorite track on the album due to the wonderful musicianship. "Vanish" serves as the perfect conclusionary track for the record. Everything you have heard throughout this album comes together in one masterfully crafted track with an impeccable structure. But what do I rate this? If I'm being real with my audience, I'd obviously recommend this album to anyone who is into this particular subgenre of metal. I will be as fair as I can by giving them a solid 8/10. So definitely don't sleep on this upcoming release. I can more than assure you it will be worth your while. All of their music and merch is available exclusively on Bandcamp.

Chris Austin, publisher of Maven's Notebook, walks us through her EXCELLENT website covering all things California water news. Maven's Notebook is brimming with timely and comprehensive information on a number of hot topics. Chris discusses collaboration as both the rising trend and best hope for implementing creative and impactful solutions to California water issues.

Chris Austin, chief sales officer of Explorer Journeys, talks with Alan Fine of Insider Travel Report about how his nine-month-old brand feels like a legacy cruise line that has been around for a lot longer. Austin attributes this success to hard work, a vision from the owners, the Aponte family, and listening to guest feedback to continuously improve. For more information and a booking suite for travel advisors, visit www.ExploraJourneys.com. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.

How can patients and their families become more integral in the clinical research process? How can patient-led research become more accepted in the scientific community? How are inspiring groups forging new, collaborative paths for science and medicine, and reshaping how medical research is conducted?  We will tackle those questions and much more in this episode with Amy Dockser Marcus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the recently published book, “We the Scientists: How a daring team of parents and doctors forged a new path for medicine.” Amy is a veteran reporter at the Wall Street Journal and won her Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting in 2005 for her series of stories about cancer survivors and the social, economic, and health challenges they faced living with the disease. She has covered science and health at the Journal for years, and she also earned a Masters of Bioethics from Harvard Medical School.  -------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript: 00;00;00;00 - 00;00;24;19  How can patients and their families become the centers of research? What is open science and who are citizen scientists? We'll explore those questions and more on this episode of Research and Action in the lead in. Hello and welcome back to Research and Action, brought to you by Oracle Life Sciences. I'm your host, Mike Stiles, and our guest is Amy.     00;00;24;19 - 00;00;48;22  Dr. Marcus That's right, that Amy Marcus, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, reporter at the Wall Street Journal, a Pulitzer Prize, was won for her series of stories in 2005 about cancer survivors and the social and financial challenges of living with cancer. Her beat, as you would imagine, has long been science and health. And she holds a master's of bioethics from Harvard Medical School, and she's an author.     00;00;48;22 - 00;01;04;26  Her book is We The Scientists How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine. So this should be interesting as we talk about collaborative, open science and the rise of citizen scientists and patient led research. So thanks for being with us, Amy.     00;01;05;01 - 00;01;06;22  I'm happy to speak with you today.     00;01;06;22 - 00;01;26;29  Great to have you. In your new book, you take readers through some really, frankly, heart wrenching experiences that patients and their families have gone through with a rare and devastating disease called Niemann-pick. Hopefully I'm pronouncing that correctly. Tell us about the book and that disease and what fascinated you about this story.     00;01;27;14 - 00;02;01;21  The origin of the book really is a personal story, which is my mother got diagnosed with a rare type of cancer. And when I tried to do research on her behalf, I started to learn how challenging it is to develop drugs for rare diseases. After she passed away, I took some time off from the Journal. I had a research grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and I started traveling around the country looking to see if there were new models that might accelerate drug discovery.     00;02;01;29 - 00;02;25;21  And during the course of that research, I was introduced to a group of parents whose children have this rare and fatal genetic disorder, NIEMANN-PICK type C disease. It's a cholesterol metabolism disorder, so the cholesterol doesn't get out of the lysosome and that compartment in the cell and it starts to build up and it causes all kinds of problems.     00;02;25;21 - 00;02;52;12  And the children eventually lose the ability to walk and to talk and to feed themselves. But the parents that I met wanted to do something novel. They had found a group of scientists and researchers and clinicians and even some policymakers in the government that wanted to work together as partners and to see if they could accelerate the search for a cure or an effective therapy for an epic disease.     00;02;52;19 - 00;02;58;11  And they let me follow along during the course of that partnership for over ten years.     00;02;58;24 - 00;03;05;24  That's amazing that you got that kind of insight. And what did you learn over the course of that ten years?     00;03;06;22 - 00;03;34;15  Well, I was really interested in how they saw the production of science in a different way. They all wanted to try to save or extend the children's lives The disagreements lay in. How do you go about prioritizing drugs? What amount of risk is a patient or a patient's family willing to take compared to the level of risk that a doctor or scientist wants the patients to take?     00;03;34;15 - 00;03;54;14  These sorts of tensions arose, I think, in part because they were modeling a new method of where the patients expertise was considered as valuable or even at the center of this of this project. And that's not usually how it is.     00;03;54;14 - 00;04;09;09  But that's rare, right? I mean, in our in the culture of our health care system, it's not really common that the patients input or the patients families input is invited at all.     00;04;09;19 - 00;04;34;11  Yeah, I think that that you're right about that. I mean, the traditional way of setting things up is that the scientists devise the hypotheses and they then construct trials in conjunction with clinicians and sometimes with pharmaceutical companies, of course. But in this particular collaboration that I was describing, the drug was not in the hands of a pharmaceutical company.     00;04;34;11 - 00;04;59;06  It was widely available. And so the partnership was truly about, you know, going to be conducted at the NIH. And therefore it gave the parent and the families, I think, more leeway to do this experimental idea. What if we all recognized each other's expertise? What if we all saw each other as equal partners? What if we got to weigh in?     00;04;59;13 - 00;05;20;24  Not in once. You've already set up the clinical trial, but at the very, very outset, when you're simply going through the scientific literature to come up with potential compounds, when you're thinking about what might work, when you're trying to prioritize what to do first, second and third, all of those things where patients don't always have a voice. But in this case they really did.     00;05;21;07 - 00;05;43;16  You know, we just had Hilary Hannah Ho on the show. She's secretary general of the Research Data Alliance, and we talked about open science and open data and how important all that is to getting the scientific breakthroughs that will actually help people and get to those breakthroughs faster. But open science can kind of be polarizing. There's some confusion around what exactly it means.     00;05;43;23 - 00;05;48;14  How would you define or describe open science and citizen scientists?     00;05;48;27 - 00;06;34;22  Yeah, I think that's a really good point, that there isn't one sort of accepted name and that there are many names and people use different phrases when they're thinking about different things. For me, I used the term patient LED research and I often use the term citizen science. And what I meant by that was, again, what we've been talking about from the outset, which is a recognition that the patient, the patient experience should be at the center of everything, a recognition that the patient and the families are experts, that they have the ability not only to be beneficiaries of scientific knowledge, but also creators of scientific knowledge.     00;06;34;27 - 00;06;46;15  And to me, that shift the idea that you can be a creator of scientific knowledge is the fundamental one that needs to happen if we're going to really reach the goals that I think we all want to reach.     00;06;46;29 - 00;07;11;10  So here's something we highlighted in your book. Quoting here Science is inherently a social enterprise. Yet too often scientists operate behind closed doors, removed from the very people they intend to help. That's struck me as kind of a mike drop statement with a lot of truth to it. But did the pandemic change anything? Was the work still removed from those patients on ventilators and ICU?     00;07;11;20 - 00;07;52;04  So I do make a point in the book to draw some parallels between the various patient led research movement experiences that I describe and the COVID 19 pandemic, and in particular the group of patients that call themselves long COVID patients, where they're suffering symptoms for many, many months. I argue that COVID allowed us in real time to to recognize that anyone can be an expert and that now that is something that it was easier to see during the pandemic because there was a novel virus, there weren't established experts yet.     00;07;52;14 - 00;08;25;28  And so while doctors and scientists and the government were scrambling to try to help patients, I think they also saw themselves for the first time as part of this effort to understand the disease. Together, there wasn't already an understanding of COVID 19. And so what I say in the book is that we can draw from from that experience and sort of take that part of it forward where we say patients should be at the center of things.     00;08;26;06 - 00;09;07;01  Patients are experts. Patients are able to identify things that many scientists or doctors didn't have time to recognize because they were they had to focus on trying to save lives and, you know, working in a vacuum at that point. So there also was a sense of urgency. Like one of the things that I was struck by during the pandemic as a as a science reporter was that scientists were able to put their papers online right away on these websites before it had gone through the full peer review process because it was recognized is so essential to get this information out there as quickly as possible.     00;09;07;09 - 00;09;29;16  And everyone understood that maybe there were going to be some mistakes. It wasn't fully vetted, but it was out there. Not only was it publicly available to the doctors and scientists who are also studying it, it was publicly available to patients and people who are simply interested. And long COVID patients organized themselves, did research on themselves, and they also published their papers on these websites.     00;09;29;16 - 00;09;43;22  I think those types of models where patient researchers can be contributors and can benefit from the information to fuel their own research, I think that should move forward and is it shouldn't be just a relic of the COVID 19 pandemic.     00;09;44;07 - 00;10;05;03  But what isn't there a risk of chaos a little bit? Because we're always told, hey, whatever condition you have, don't go Googling it on the Internet. You'll just go down a rabbit hole and, you know, worry about all these conditions that you may or may not have. So what is the risk of, like you said, mistakes and wrong information being published?     00;10;05;13 - 00;10;27;11  Well, even the traditional peer review process in science publishes papers that turn out to have mistakes in them. Papers are retracted all the time. And there is a well-known phenomenon that peer reviewed papers sometimes the results can't be replicated. I mean, that's the problem for science. I don't think that's a problem just for having patient researchers get involved.     00;10;27;28 - 00;10;54;27  I also think that the advice not to Google something is both old fashioned at this point and probably unrealistic given that almost all of us are connected in some way through the Internet. My sort of idea, rather, is that let's use the Internet and other methods to become better partners. Let's share good quality information online that people have access to.     00;10;55;06 - 00;11;20;20  Let's form partnerships where we can collaborate, where among experts, the people that I was talking to and interviewing and spending time with the parents, they weren't saying, Hey, we're trying to go it alone. We know everything. No, the opposite. What they were saying is we have very relevant and valuable information. We are experts because we live with this disease and we know what level of risk we're willing to tolerate.     00;11;20;20 - 00;11;43;28  And we do our own research. But we need partners who can also help us fill the gaps where we don't have knowledge. We want to collaborate with scientists, we want to collaborate with clinicians treating our children. We want to collaborate with government scientists who have access to data and and robots and things that we're not going to have in lab equipment that we don't have access to.     00;11;44;06 - 00;12;02;19  So no one's saying, go down a rabbit hole by yourself. What people are arguing is let's find ways to pool information, and by pooling everyone's information, we can sort through more quickly what's good, what we think is good, but might turn out not to be good later. And what can benefit all of us.     00;12;03;04 - 00;12;20;02  Yeah, and from a technology standpoint, gathering that data and organizing it and working with it is becoming more possible than ever. COVID should have scared our health system out of its mind. Did it? And is that leading to any systemic changes in science and health?     00;12;20;15 - 00;12;46;19  Well, I'd like to focus on what my book was focusing on, which is can a group of patient activists and scientists and clinicians and government policymakers working together make changes to the system? And I think the answer is yes. You can make changes to the system. The patient researchers that I was talking to and the families I was talking to, they built on activist patient work that had gone before.     00;12;46;19 - 00;13;10;06  And there have been responses in the past. HIV activists were able to influence the FDA to pass the accelerated approval rule that now allows drugs to be approved more quickly. And I think that, you know, compassionate use program that FDA has the patients in my family, the patients in my book and the families benefited from that as well.     00;13;10;17 - 00;13;48;01  So there have been changes along the way. But I think what my book is arguing for, and I think this message came out of the COVID 19 pandemic as well, is that even with all the changes that have been made in the past, the patient experience is still not at the heart of the system. And I think that's the message that all of these families are saying put the patient experience at the heart of things, and then you will see that the system, when you configure the system around the patient centric experience, you'll see that it will work in a different way and an I think, a better way.     00;13;48;02 - 00;13;50;02  But we need to run that experiment.     00;13;50;17 - 00;14;12;20  So we mentioned the concept of citizen scientists. That's what we've been talking about. These are people that pursue what they pursue, driven by mostly love and urgency for their kids, which is just a whole different level of motivation than most researchers have. I think you have a few stories about, you know, people like Chris and Hugh Hempel and and some others that went through this experience.     00;14;13;02 - 00;14;34;21  I want to make a point here that I think also is really important for people to understand who are listening to this. The parents in my book and you know, you cited Chris and Hugh, they were definitely among the pioneers who did this. And there was Phil and Andrea Morella, and there were also Darrel and Mark Poppea who are who are part of this, too.     00;14;34;21 - 00;14;57;29  And many, many other parents. I mean, the Parseghian Research Foundation and the National Niemann-pick Disease Foundation, all family driven. The people who are doing this. Yes, they are driven by their love of their children. They are driven by a sense of urgency. But they're not going to the FDA and saying, Hey, please pass and approve a drug because we love our children.     00;14;58;05 - 00;15;24;05  Please pass and approve a drug based on our emotion. No, not at all. They want to give effective drugs to their children. What they are saying is we are creating scientific knowledge and we think that that should be part of this approval process, that should be part of the drug development process. I just want to give some examples that I cite in the book where the parents were creators of scientific knowledge.     00;15;24;24 - 00;16;07;11  You had parents who read the scientific literature, published scientific literature, called up. The scientists interviewed the scientists came up with hypotheses themselves that they proposed to scientists, contributed to the two scientific experiments, coauthored papers that were published in the peer reviewed scientific literature. You know, went to the NIH regularly to have meetings where they helped contribute to assessing and prioritizing which compounds should go first in terms of advancing them into clinical trials, contributed their thoughts on the risk benefit analysis in devising the clinical trials.     00;16;07;22 - 00;16;34;28  One of the parents went to an FDA sponsored workshop for how to file an orphan drug designation, which is part of the approval process and the long process to getting approval for rare disease drugs. And went to the workshop, participated in the workshop, presented scientific data to the regulators, met with the regulators, and earned an orphan drug designation for one of the compound Cyclodextrin that got moved forward.     00;16;35;07 - 00;16;46;24  So yeah, they have a sense of urgency and yes, they love their children and want to save their lives, but they're producing real scientific knowledge and I really hope that that people take that message away from reading the book.     00;16;47;10 - 00;17;08;15  So those are great examples of exactly what citizen scientists do that sets them apart from just patients who are not doing that level of research, that depth of research. You talk about Chris Austin and the book, and I'm going to read another quick excerpt here, The Promise of Genetics to Deliver new interventions, new drugs and new treatments for patients is not going to happen.     00;17;08;15 - 00;17;27;28  Chris told his boss, unless there's some way to get through the valley of death. Francis gave Chris a green light to pursue his vision. So the boss in that excerpt is former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins. What is the Valley of Death and Chris's role in citizen led research?     00;17;28;06 - 00;17;54;21  Great. No, that's a great question. So Chris Austin is a Harvard Medical School trained neurologist, also with a background in genetics who worked at pharmaceutical companies as well, and then found his way to the niche where he worked for Dr. Collins and became also a director of one of the institutes at NIH called Ed Katz, the National Center for Advancing Translational Science.     00;17;55;06 - 00;18;23;29  And one of the sort of green lights he got from Dr. Collins was to set up a lab that would have robots that were sort of at the same type of robots that pharmaceutical companies have that would work around the clock and could rapidly screen drugs to try to find compounds that might work for diseases. And what Chris Austin's idea was is that let's screen these vast libraries.     00;18;24;04 - 00;18;50;06  Let's find some drugs that might be promising, and let's also find patient partners. Let's find scientist partners, and let's then try to take all this data and move it forward together. One of the hypotheses that Chris Austin said he had as a scientist was can drug development go faster if patients and families are part of that process from the very beginning?     00;18;50;18 - 00;19;17;02  And one of the things that Chris Austin was trying to get around is this valley of death, which is this, you know, where compounds kind of go to die. You have a great idea as a scientist. But how do you get that idea from the bench to the clinic and to a patient's bedside? And the Valley of Death is just all the various obstacles that end up making it hard to develop a drug.     00;19;17;13 - 00;19;39;21  Some of it can be scientific. You know, you test it in a in a mouse or an animal, you test it in the lab and it turns out to be toxic for the cells or the amount of drug that you need to give to a person is so high it's not realistic or a drug company decides they want they don't want to put any money into it anymore or it gets or a drug company gets bought and they don't want to pursue it anymore.     00;19;39;21 - 00;20;02;08  And there's a million things that happen in the Valley of Death. But Chris Austin's vision was if we can involve patients and families as partners, along with scientists and drug developers and government officials from the beginning, maybe we can get things out of the Valley of Death, or maybe we can fail faster and find the successful compounds more quickly.     00;20;02;25 - 00;20;22;23  Yeah, a big takeaway from your book is the need to build bridges between science and citizens. But and we talked touched on this a little bit. You can't sacrifice scientific rigor or safety. So what are the challenges to building these bridges? What's holding that process back, especially when it does come to drug discovery and clinical trials?     00;20;23;09 - 00;20;47;05  So I think that there is a variety of issues that make it challenging to build bridges. For one thing, there's often a tension between, you know, people who are sick or are advocating on behalf of people who are sick, who really want to focus on the here and now. They they really need something to help their loved one right now.     00;20;47;19 - 00;21;22;19  And often, you know, clinical trials are an experiment. And when you enroll in a clinical trial, you're told this is not designed for the benefit of you. This is designed to benefit future patients. And therefore, it's not a treatment and it's not the equivalent of clinical care. And that can be a source of frustration and tension. And often also when research crews are doing research, they weigh the risk benefit assessment of moving drugs forward differently than people who are trying to you know, solve a problem now.     00;21;23;00 - 00;21;48;14  So I think that and that came up in this partnership in my book. It came up in this partnership in my book a lot. And yet I think each side was able to get a sense of what the points were, what the what the tensions were. But again, in my opinion, one of the ways that they overcame this divide was by both sides saying patient centric medicine is the way to go.     00;21;48;15 - 00;22;16;29  Patient centric science is the way to go. There are ways to collect data in a rigorous manner that can both benefit patients now and also not stop you from insights that will lead to benefits in the future. There are ways to come to terms with that. Some people have a higher acceptance of risk than others. I mean, we see movement towards that already right now.     00;22;17;01 - 00;22;23;01  I think that one of the messages of my book is to try to accelerate that even further.     00;22;23;25 - 00;22;37;19  Well, to that point, you say in the book, government and agencies like the FDA and NIH have a vested interest in helping these science and citizen partnerships succeed. Do they understand that? And what role should government be playing to move this forward?     00;22;38;01 - 00;22;57;01  Well, government is not one person. You know, so but I think that the book shows that there are people in the government who were partners with the patients and the families and the scientists and the clinicians. I mean, this whole book is about a partnership. And Chris Austin, although he's no longer in the government, he left the government.     00;22;57;10 - 00;23;28;05  He was in the government at the time, and he was a partner with these people. So I think that the government has shown in the book that, you know, and outside of my book, obviously interest in investing in new ways to do science, interest in investing in new ways to accelerate science, the government is supposed to represent the interests of the people, and the people's interest is in being healthy and in and trying to find solutions for drugs.     00;23;28;14 - 00;23;56;15  So in the book, I do talk about how the patients and the families in my book were able to directly talk to FDA regulators. Some of the parents went to workshops that the FDA was sponsoring. They had conversations with FDA regulators. I think those types of workshops are really novel and they really are fruitful because they allow the families and the patients to really think like scientists and to produce science as they can and should do.     00;23;56;16 - 00;24;21;16  They want to produce science. And I think also one of the messages that Chris Austin gave at representing the NIH was that the NIH is here to be your partner, and we're open to coming up with novel ways of accelerating science. So I think that there's there's openness to doing this, but of course, always more can be done.     00;24;21;17 - 00;24;51;16  I mean, patients have a sense of urgency, and that's the message that they bring to the government all the time. I mean, in the book, I, I describe FDA advisory committee hearings that are held when the FDA isn't sure about the data and they want to have a public hearing about it. And many of the parents and families showed up and gave testimony not just about their thoughts and their opinions, but about the data that they had gathered, the science that they were generating, that they wanted to share with the FDA and be heard.     00;24;52;00 - 00;25;16;13  What role does Rules Framework's guidelines play and what we're talking about here? I think you even your former advisor, was part of a group of scientists that worked on this framework. And the platform for patient led research, I think was spearheaded by that advisor, former advisor and a group of scientists. What's the infrastructure that needs to be put in place for this to work?     00;25;17;08 - 00;25;46;03  So, yes, So the advisor that you were referring to, Effie Diana was my advisor in my bioethics program and she does a lot of pioneering research on patient led research movements. And she and a group of collaborators, scientists and, and social scientists and clinicians and, and policymakers got together and tried to devise what they called a new social contract.     00;25;46;13 - 00;26;14;17  What they argued is, is that patient led research is a novel form of research that doesn't fit into the traditional regulatory standards that have guided, you know, clinical trials and human subjects research up until now. And that's because the traditional methods of regulation are based on the idea that scientists are going to be leading the research and doctors are going to be leading the research.     00;26;14;26 - 00;26;42;04  And that still is the traditional model. And they usually are leading the research. And in those cases, they often have more information and more power than the traditional patient or human subject. So Effie and her collaborators weren't arguing. We're arguing that the traditional rules should be thrown out because obviously patients do need protection and human subject research does need regulatory guidance.     00;26;42;11 - 00;27;17;26  But what she and the others were saying is let's also think about these new ways of doing research and how we can get scientists and clinicians to accept the results. That patient led research arrives at. And one of the ways she and the others said is let's come up with ways that patient researchers can seek ethical guidance. Let's put tools online that they can use so that they can devise experiments in ways that approach the rigor that traditional scientific experience experiments do.     00;27;18;06 - 00;27;52;04  Let's generate research that's of benefit to the people now, but also can be useful in guiding treatments in the future. Let's make a path towards publishing their data in peer reviewed journals. Let's make them part of the peer review process. I mean, you do have journals now that have patient researchers participating in peer review of scientific papers. And you have groups like Pachauri that ask scientists and patients to collaborate together on experiments.     00;27;52;13 - 00;28;24;24  So I think I think what she and the others were getting at is the current contract that we have may still be fine in certain circumstances, but isn't set up to address this new kind of research that's being done. And if we want it to be generalizable, scientific knowledge, which is always the gold standard, then we need to work together to help all of the partners to do better research that meets the standards that we can all except.     00;28;25;09 - 00;28;40;27  When you kind of make the promise of patient led research obvious. But, you know, how many times do we see things with great promise get tied up in knots? Is a paradigm shift likely? And if so, how long of a runway is that going to need?     00;28;41;15 - 00;29;01;11  I mean, I don't know how long it's going to take, but if there is a message in my book, if there is a message from the people that I focused on in my book, I mean, they've been working together for more than ten years. They've made a lot of progress, but they're not where they want to be yet.     00;29;01;20 - 00;29;23;29  So that's a long time. And I think that they want to go faster. I think the message of long COVID patients is we need to go faster. I think the message of HIV activists and breast cancer activists and disability activists is we need to go faster. And I don't think that you need to change a paradigm in a day.     00;29;24;12 - 00;29;53;19  Paradigms, by definition, take time to change, and they involve a lot of debate and discussion, dissension. And that's what happens in a society. People have different, different views. But I think what we're getting at here as a society is that patients need to be at the center of any paradigm that exists and that if everyone works together towards that goal, they may not agree how to get to that.     00;29;53;24 - 00;30;14;21  They may have different ideas on how to ensure that the science is rigorous and works. But if they keep this notion always at the center that the purpose is, is patient centered science, then I do think that you can end up with a paradigm that works better for more people.     00;30;15;16 - 00;30;27;10  One of the chapters in your book is Cathedral of Science, and in it a professor at Harvard. Had you read the story Cathedral by Raymond Carver. Why did they have you read that? And how does that relate to what we've been talking about?     00;30;28;04 - 00;30;55;26  Yeah, I mean, I say in the book that when we were told to read Cathedral by Raymond Carver, I was really surprised because usually in in my bioethics classes when we talk about stories and narrative bioethics, many of them involve sort of cases drawn from real life and cathedrals, really a quiet story that involves a married couple that seems to be drifting apart.     00;30;56;06 - 00;31;16;24  And the wife invites a friend who happens to be a blind man to come and stay with her and her husband. And the husband's a little bit jealous of the relationship that this person has with his wife and he doesn't really know what to say to him. And the wife goes to sleep and leaves these two men alone watching TV together.     00;31;17;00 - 00;31;38;19  And they start to watch a program about the building of a cathedral. And the narrator says to the blind man, Have you ever seen a cathedral? Do you know how to build a cathedral? And the blind man says, Let's draw one together. And the two of them construct a cathedral together. The man places his hand on the husband's hand, and they draw that cathedral.     00;31;38;27 - 00;32;01;23  And at the end of creating this cathedral, it's the blind man who says, Let's put some people inside, inside the cathedral. What's a cathedral without people? And I thought about this story all the time as I was spending time with the families and the scientists, because so many of the scientists were products of the Cathy trial of science.     00;32;01;23 - 00;32;34;13  They were the products of the best medical schools. They worked at the NIH. They I mean, they they really were, you know, part of this edifice that's been constructed and that has benefited so many people. And one of the things I kept thinking about is how do we put more people in this cathedral? I mean, that's really one of the messages that came through in this partnership that the parents and families and scientists and doctors and government officials were constructing a cathedral without people isn't really what you're looking for.     00;32;34;20 - 00;32;52;05  You're you're looking to use the power of science and research to help people. That's should be the goal of everything. And that's really the message I took from this story, that it touched me in just such a fundamental way. And it wasn't even a story about science.     00;32;53;27 - 00;32;57;18  As literature often does. That inspires us in many different ways.     00;32;57;21 - 00;32;58;20  Absolutely.     00;32;58;27 - 00;33;20;02  What did I miss? I mean, what is it that our listeners should know that you cover in the book that's important for them to know or some way that they can help or participate in this kind of effort? Or is there something that a follow up book might cover, something that you think needs additional exploration?     00;33;20;11 - 00;33;53;25  Well, I mean, I think that the message of the book is that we can all be scientists, right? I mean, it's in the title. We, the scientists, and I chose a title that echoes We the People, because I wanted people to think about the fact that what works best is a partnership. What works best is when we all come together and try to bring our different visions forward and to come up with something that will benefit all of us.     00;33;54;07 - 00;34;15;25  I think, you know, one of the things that I was struck by during during the research, not only for this book, but also when I, you know, covering health and science as a reporter is that all of us really are patients. We're either patients now or we were in the past or we will be in the future, or we love people who are patients.     00;34;16;04 - 00;34;50;28  We're advocates for those people, even if we're a doctor or a scientist, we're often on the other side of the table either trying to advocate for people we love or because we're patients. And so I think we all have a vested interest in creating a system that works well for all of us that remembers that we need treatments and that we that we need science and that all of us are experts in our own lives and that we can do research in a way that can contribute to advancing health and wellness for us all.     00;34;50;29 - 00;34;56;00  So I feel like that's the message that I hope is the takeaway of the book.     00;34;56;12 - 00;35;03;10  Well, I'm pretty sure there are listeners who are interested in the book and getting it or getting in touch with you. How can they do that?     00;35;04;00 - 00;35;26;00  So there are a variety of ways to get in touch with me. My email is publicly available. It's Amy Marcus at WSJ dot com. I'm on Twitter at Amy D Marcus. You can go into the bookstore and get the book, you know, in person, or you can order it online. You can get it from bookshop. You can get it from Powells.     00;35;26;00 - 00;35;32;18  You can get it from Amazon, Barnes and Noble. I mean, they're, you know, any, any, any place online. You can order the book.     00;35;32;26 - 00;36;03;05  Great. We appreciate that. And we want to thank you for being faithful listeners to Oracle Life Sciences, Research and Action. As always, we invite you to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode. And also maybe tell your friends and colleagues about the show as well. And we'll be back next time with more research and action.

How does innovation show up at SXSW? Is it all carefully crafted, or the result of spontaneous interactions among artists, musicians, technologists, and more? That is the key question that we dive into with Monica Sack and Chris Valentine, key organizers of the festival. We break down specific programs like Pitch and the Innovation Awards, explore how the conference fosters serendipity, and discuss how the spirit of Austin is always present.   Episode HighlightsSXSW facilitates creative collisions by bringing together diverse industries and encouraging attendees to explore content outside their daily work.SXSW's Pitch Competitions and Innovation Awards highlight innovators from startups to established firms, showcasing groundbreaking ideas and helping create over $20B in company value.Austin's influence is reflected in the content, with health topics booming post-Dell Med School launch and transportation themes possibly paving the way for Tesla's arrival.What's Next Austin?Monica: A renaissance of the food space...Austin's going to be the place where it gets to redefine the food experience.Chris: Austin is a city that is continually changing and evolving, but in an exciting way. I feel like that we're one of the most, probably one of the best cities in the world to live, to work, to play in and I feel like we're kind of ahead of the curve. Monica Sack: LinkedInChris Valentine: LinkedIn, X/TwitterSXSW: Website, LinkedIn, X/Twitter -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn

Chris Austin, chief sales officer for Explora Journeys, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at last month's ILTM Cannes luxury travel show about where Explora is heading after the debut of its first ship last summer. The luxury line's second vessel is due out in May this year, followed by four more vessels that will sail to destinations around the world. The entire fleet focuses on delivering a luxury residential lifestyle experience with fine cuisine and sophisticated entertainment. For more information, visit www.explorajourneys.com. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.

Chris Austin, chief sales officer for Explora Journeys, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report on the first sailing of the brand new, ultra-luxury Explorer I about the ship's spacious public areas, beautiful décor, multiple pools, brilliant sun decks, exquisite dining options and more. For the past three years, Austin has been actively and successfully selling a ship that didn't exist—but now he has an exemplary vessel that truly lives up to all the advance hype. For more information, visit www.explorajourneys.com. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.

Chris Austin is the Site Coordinator at Lawrence Boys & Girls Club.I've often discussed the importance of an intergenerational community. If you have people in your life who are older than you and people who are younger than you, then you get to learn and teach. The greatest athletes have coaches and the greatest teachers have students. Its a timeless truth.Chris is a great example of someone who is great at making an intergenerational impact. For over 10 years he has been mentoring younger people. Everyday, he is part of the staff leadership on-site, managing other staff, building mentors, and providing a consistent presence in countless peoples' lives.There's a reason people choose to dedicate years of their lives to make a certain impact - and Chris has a great story. We get to explore that story, along with many other things.In this episode you'll hear about:one tip to remember your self-worththe power of meditation and it's impact on emotional regulationthe concept of ego death and how Chris responds to adversityhow to mentor someone who's a teenagerthe power of listeningwhy you should establish house rules before starting unowhen Chris fell so hard on his bike it changed his life trajectorywhat it's like to be 14 days away from fatherhoodhow to improve your recall why impactful conversations don't always feel like they're impactfulSubscribe to Social Fitness Lab Newsletter here: https://socialfitnesslab.beehiiv.com/subscribeBelow is a blurb that I had ChatGPT write. It contains a ton of keywords, so you can skip it! - it's just hanging out for the SEO machines:The Talk to People Podcast is a resource for personal development and building meaningful relationships. In a world grappling with the loneliness epidemic and friendship recession, we are here to guide you on a transformative journey towards overcoming isolation and cultivating a thriving social circle. With different guests, we explore the art of building relationships and mastering communication skills, providing you with actionable tips to become a better communicator. Through insightful conversations and fun solo episodes, we uncover the secrets to making friends and overcoming loneliness. Listen to feel better approaching conversations with confidence, even with strangers. Discover the power of asking better questions and gain valuable insights into how to navigate social interactions with ease. Through our storytelling episodes, we invite you to share your experiences and connect with our community. Together, we aim to overcome social isolation and create a supportive network of individuals seeking genuine connections. Tune in to "Talk to People" and embark on a journey of connection & community-building. An easy way to send me a message? Click the link here.Have you enjoyed the podcast? If so, follow it, rate it, and share it with three people: Follow on Apple Podcasts Follow on Spotify Follow on Instagram Subscribe on YouTube If you want to share feedback, have a great idea, or have a question then email me: talktopeoplepodcast@gmail.comProduced by Capture Connection Studios: captureconnectionstudios.com

James 5:7-12 “Meanwhile, brothers and sisters, we must be patient and filled with expectation as we wait for the appearing of the Lord. Think about the farmer who has to patiently wait for the earth's harvest as it ripens because of the early and latter rains. So you also, keep your hopes high and be patient, for the presence of the Lord is drawing closer.  Since each of you are part of God's family never complain or grumble about each other so that judgment will not come on you, for the true Judge is near and very ready to appear!  My brothers and sisters, take the prophets as your mentors. They have prophesied in the name of the Lord and it brought them great sufferings, yet they patiently endured. We honor them as our heroes  because they remained faithful even while enduring great sufferings. And you have heard of all that Job went through and we can now see that the Lord ultimately treated him with wonderful kindness, revealing how tenderhearted he really is! Above all we must be those who never need to verify our speech as truthful by swearing by the heavens or the earth or any other oath.  But instead, we must be so full of integrity that our “Yes” or “No” is convincing enough and we do not stumble into hypocrisy.”   In this episode, Chris Austin talks about walking with integrity, the strengthening of your heart, and the coming of the lord in the present moment as well as in the future.     Presented on January 22, 2023 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

The National Institutes of Health in November named Joni Rutter Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Rutter had served as acting director since April 2021. She succeeded Chris Austin, the first permanent director of NCATS, who stepped down after ten years on the job. NCATS is charged with developing technologies and approaches to accelerate the process of moving new treatments from the lab to the patient. As part of its work, it has several program and initiatives that are focused specifically on rare diseases. We spoke to Rutter about NCATS' priorities under her leadership, the challenges of translational science, and where she sees the biggest opportunities for accelerating the discovery and development of therapies for rare diseases.

James 5: 1-6 “Listen all you who are rich, for it's time to weep and howl over the misery that will overtake you! Your riches lie rotting, your fine clothing eaten by moths, and your gold and silver are corroded as a witness against you. You have hoarded up treasure for the last days but it will become a fire to burn your flesh. Listen! Can't you hear the cries of the laborers over the wages you fraudulently held back from those who worked for you?  The cries for justice of those you've cheated have reached the ears of the Lord of armies! You have indulged yourselves with every luxury and pleasure this world offers, but you're only stuffing your heart full for a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered good and innocent people who had no power to defend themselves.“   In this episode, Chris encourages us to see our finances as a way to find surrender and adventure with the Holy Spirit, as we embrace what a Kingdom Economy looks like.    Presented on January 15, 2023 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 13-17 “Listen, those of you who are boasting, “Today or tomorrow we'll go to another city and spend some time and go into business and make heaps of profit!” But you don't have a clue what tomorrow may bring. For your fleeting life is but a warm breath of air that is visible in the cold only for a moment and then vanishes! Instead you should say, “Our tomorrows are in the Lord's hands and if he is willing we will live life to its fullest and do this or that.” But here you are, boasting in your ignorance, for to be presumptuous about what you'll do tomorrow is evil! So if you know of an opportunity to do the right thing today, yet you refrain from doing it, you're guilty of sin”   In this episode, we learn from James about how to dream for our future and be intentional about living our lives to the fullest without being presumptuous about God's plans.    Presented on December 11, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 8- 11 “Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you.  But make sure you cleanse your life, you sinners, and keep your heart pure and stop doubting.  Feel the pain of your sin, be sorrowful and weep! Let your joking around be turned into mourning and your joy into deep humiliation. Be willing to be made low before the Lord and he will exalt you! Dear friends, as part of God's family, never speak against another family member, for when you slander a brother or sister you violate  God's law of love. And your duty is not to make yourself a judge of the law of love  by saying that it doesn't apply to you, but your duty is to obey it!”   In this episode, Chris dives into some deep waters from the book of James, in which we are called to form an emotional connection with our need for transformation.   Presented on November 27, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 5-8 “Does the Scripture mean nothing to you that says, “The Spirit that God breathed into our hearts is a jealous Lover who intensely desires to have more and more of us”? But he continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, “God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.”  So then, surrender to God. Stand up to the devil and resist him and he will flee in agony. Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you.”   In this episode, Chris brings a personal story that taught him how intimacy with God and intimate relationship with others is our greatest form of spiritual protection and warfare.    Presented on November 13, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 4-6 “You have become spiritual adulterers who are having an affair, an unholy relationship with the world. Don't you know that flirting with the world's values places you at odds with God? Whoever chooses to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy! Does the Scripture mean nothing to you that says, “The Spirit that God breathed into our hearts is a jealous Lover who intensely desires to have more and more of us”? But he continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, ‘God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.'”   Chris encourages us to examine our relationship with the world and blesses each of our journeys as we search for deeper intimacy with Jesus.   Presented on October 30, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4:1-3 “What is the cause of your conflicts and quarrels with each other? Doesn't the battle begin inside of you as you fight to have your own way and fulfill your own desires? You jealously want what others have so you begin to see yourself as better than others. You scheme with envy and harm  others to selfishly obtain what you crave—that's why you quarrel and fight. And all the time you don't obtain what you want because you won't ask God for it! And if you ask, you won't receive it for you're asking with corrupt motives, seeking only to fulfill your own selfish desires.”   In this episode, Chris talks about desire and the real role it plays in our lives. We are encouraged that we can be freed from our own personal hell through introspection and our relationship with God.    Presented on October 16, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4:1 “What is the cause of your conflicts and quarrels with each other? Doesn't the battle begin inside of you as you fight to have your own way and fulfill your own desires?”   In this episode, we talk about bringing all parts of your heart to Jesus and letting God inform your self-talk.    Presented on October 2, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 3:17-18 “...wisdom from above is always pure, filled with peace, considerate and teachable. It is filled with love and never displays prejudice or hypocrisy in any form and it always bears the beautiful harvest of righteousness! Good seeds of wisdom's fruit will be planted with peaceful acts by those who cherish making peace.”   In this episode, we discuss the manifestation of peace that comes through wisdom. May you have a revelation of what peace really means for you as you pursue wisdom from above.   Presented on September 25, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

“We all fail in many areas, but especially with our words. Yet if we're able to bridle the words we say we are powerful enough to control ourselves in every way, and that means our character is mature and fully developed. Horses have bits and bridles in their mouths so that we can control and guide their large body. And the same with mighty ships, though they are massive and driven by fierce winds, yet they are steered by a tiny rudder at the direction of the person at the helm. And so the tongue is a small part of the body yet it carries great power!  Just think of how a small flame can set a huge forest ablaze. And the tongue is a fire! It can be compared to the sum total of wickedness and is the most dangerous part of our human body. It corrupts the entire body and is a hellish flame!  It releases a fire that can burn throughout the course of human existence. For every wild animal on earth including birds, creeping reptiles, and creatures of the sea and land have all been overpowered and tamed by humans, but the tongue is not able to be tamed. It's a fickle, unrestrained evil that spews out words full of toxic poison! We use our tongue to praise God our Father and then turn around and curse a person who was made in his very image! Out of the same mouth, we pour out words of praise one minute and curses the next. My brothers and sisters, this should never be! Would you look for olives hanging on a fig tree or go to pick figs from a grapevine? Is it possible that fresh and bitter water can flow out of the same spring? So neither can a bitter spring produce fresh water.” James 3:2-12   In this episode, we are empowered to see our potential for good as well as evil. And we are encouraged to create congruency between our internal heart and what we speak to the world around us.   Presented on August 14, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

“You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that's wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they're unchanged—they remain demons. O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?” James 2:19-20   In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a bondservant and how we can rely on God the Father as our primary giver.   Presented on July 31, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 3:12-18 “Is it possible that fresh and bitter water can flow out of the same spring? So neither can a bitter spring produce fresh water. If you consider yourself to be wise and one who understands the ways of God, advertise it with a beautiful, fruitful life guided by wisdom's gentleness. Never brag or boast about what you've done and you'll prove that you're truly wise. But if there is bitter jealousy or competition hiding in your heart, then don't deny it and try to compensate for it by boasting and being phony. For that has nothing to do with God's heavenly wisdom but can best be described as the wisdom of this world, both selfish and devilish.  So wherever jealousy and selfishness are uncovered, you will also find many troubles and every kind of meanness. But the wisdom from above is always pure,  filled with peace, considerate and teachable.  It is filled with love and never displays prejudice or hypocrisy in any form and it always bears the beautiful harvest of righteousness! Good seeds of wisdom's fruit will be planted with peaceful acts by those who cherish making peace.”   In this episode, we are encouraged that there is wisdom from above and it is contrasted with the wisdom of the world. One brings life and one does not. That being what it is, we can walk in step with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and let gentleness rule our hearts.    Presented on September 11, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website. 

“Don't just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life! If you listen to the Word and don't live out the message you hear, you become like the person who looks in the mirror of the Word to discover the reflection of his face in the beginning. You perceive how God sees you in the mirror of the Word,  but then you go out and forget your divine origin. But those who set their gaze deeply into the perfecting law of liberty are fascinated by and respond to the truth they hear and are strengthened by it—they experience God's blessing in all that they do!” James 1:22-25 (TPT)    In this episode, we are encouraged to LIVE out the promises of God, as brothers and sisters together!   Presented on May 29, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

“My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?” James 2:14 (TPT)    In this episode, we talk about backing up our ideas and conversations about faith with actions of love. Not that we must prove our salvation through good works, but that we GET to show our faith through the way we love our community in practical ways.   Presented on July 24, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Your calling is to fulfill the royal law of love  as given to us in this Scripture: “You must love and value your neighbor as you love and value yourself!” For keeping this law is the noble way to live. But when you show prejudice you commit sin and you violate this royal law of love! For the one who attempts to keep all of the law of Moses but fails in just one point has become guilty of breaking the law in every respect! For the same One who tells us, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.”  Now if you don't commit adultery but do commit murder, you are still guilty as a law-breaker. So we must both speak and act in every respect like those who are destined to be tried by the perfect law of liberty," James 2:8-12 (TPT)   In this episode, we reflect on the perfect law of liberty. Presented on July 7, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.  

"Your calling is to fulfill the royal law of love as given to us in this Scripture: “You must love and value your neighbor as you love and value yourself!” For keeping this law is the noble way to live. But when you show prejudice you commit sin and you violate this royal law of love!" James 2:8-9   In this episode, we are challenged to identify the ways we use wrong standards of judgement against those who we would deem as "sinners" or "the others". And we are encouraged by James' teachings to show the priceless way of Jesus, which is to love and value others as we love and value ourselves.    Presented on June 26, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.  

“If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty. True spirituality that is pure in the eyes of our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans, and widows in their troubles, and to refuse to be corrupted by the world's values.” James 1:26-27 (TPT)    In this episode, we are encouraged to bask in the glory of God, remembering our identity and authority as children of God and to allow that to inform how we bring practical help to the lives of the people in our Community.    Presented on June 12, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Of his own will, he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God." James 1:18-20   Going deeper into what the New Covenant promises us, we look at verse 1:18 along with James 1:19-20 and are encouraged to remember God's heart for all and how we can relate to others around us with that promise in mind.   Presented May 15, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Of his own will, he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."- James 1:18   In this episode, we are encouraged by the daily renewal God offers us as a gift through the word of truth - Jesus Christ.   Presented on May 1, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change." James 1:17 In this episode, we explore the immutable nature of God, as seen in the gift of Jesus Christ. Happy Easter from our Community!  Presented on April 17, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"...Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him." - James 1:12 In this episode, we are reminded that our relationship with God is a love relationship, rather than one of transaction. We are encouraged to hear God's intent that He has promised us a crown of life - this is His blessing to us.  Presented on April 12, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

".. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do." James 1:5-8 In this episode, we are encouraged that God is our one and only abundant source of wisdom.  Presented on March 13, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

We learn what West Virgina Hollers are and Chris' scary night of hanging at a bar at a Holler in Logan, WV. Comedy horror stories, Ray has a beer thrown at him. Tom Brady's PSA graded underpants & how much would a authenticated steroid needle, fun times! follow Chris & Austin on twitter & IG at @chrisablesfool & @adrustin1

"Greetings! My name is Jacob (James), and I'm a "bond-servant", a love-slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm writing to all the twelve tribes of Israel who have been sown as seeds among the nations." James 1:1 In this introduction to our series on the Book of James, Chris helps us focus on what it means to be a "bond-servant" to Jesus Christ. Presented on February 13, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won't see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace." - James 1:5 (tpt) Chris helps us explore how wisdom from above is often is often considered foolishness in our eyes. Yet the fruit of God's wisdom is transformation and life! Presented on February 27, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"...when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind." - James 1:6 In this episode, Chris explores the relationship between the desires of your heart and the goodness of God. Presented on March 6, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin, chief sales officer for Explora Journeys, talks with Alan Fine of Insider Travel Report about Expora's "By Appointment" program, where hold times are a thing of the past when travel advisors can make phone appointments either for themselves, or "By Appointment Plus," where travel advisors can have their clients join them on the calls. Austin says the program was designed for travel advisors who have never sold cruises before. For more information, visit www.explorajourneys.com/traveladvisors. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel  or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube. 

Listen as Lucas Sherraden talks with the team leader of the Austin Home Team, Chris Austin. Chris has been assisting clients in the Kansas City real estate market since 2004. Chris talks about how his team nurtures their clients by building relationships with them that lead to referrals. Focussing on quality over quantity Chris and his team has grown a big business with a bright future. ---------- Visit www.builthow.com to sign up for our next live or virtual event.   Part of the Win Make Give Podcast Network

On today's episode of Manny Talks Shooting we sit down with The Trident Armory Shooting Team. The team is comprised with Zac Greenier, Mark Darrigo , and Chris Austin. The team is the main force behind helping Maine based veteran charities get help and run a top tier level 2 USPSA match. We sit down and talk about how they go into shooting, classes, nationals, and their match and the future plans Sign up for the match https://practiscore.com/trident-armory-standby-to-fly-benefit-match-and-maine-state-championship-1/register Check them out @ https://www.instagram.com/trident_armory_shooting_team/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2m2OCZQJQmT1ceRljHN4sA https://www.instagram.com/caustin1111/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/themarkymarkd/?hl=en Check out the podcast "Manny Talks Shooting". Wherever you listen to podcasts. Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manny-talks-shooting/id1552710518 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/alex-mansfield Manny Things Merch: Follow us on: https://linktr.ee/Mannythings Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannythings_/ Email: manny.things@yahoo.com Music courtesy of Ben Sound at https://www.bensound.com