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Sacrifice zones are areas where people have been left to live in conditions that threaten life itself, from toxic industrial pollution to the deadly, intensifying effects of man-made climate change. In a more just and less cruel society, the very concept of a “sacrifice zone” wouldn't exist. And yet, in America, after decades of deregulation and public disinvestment, more working-class communities are becoming sacrifice zones, and more of us are being set up for sacrifice at the altars of corporate greed and government abandonment. America's sacrifice zones are no longer extreme outliers; they are, in fact, a harrowing model of the future that lies in store for most of us if the corporate monsters, corporate politicians, and Wall Street vampires destroying our communities aren't stopped. And residents of different sacrifice zones across the country, fellow workers on the frontlines of all this reckless and preventable destruction, are connecting with each other, learning from one another, and working together to fight back. In this Working People liveshow, recorded on Oct. 19 at Red Emma's worker cooperative bookstore, cafe, and community events space in Baltimore, we speak with a special panel of residents from four different sacrifice zones in the US about how the situations they're facing in their own communities and their struggles for justice and accountability are connected. Panelists include: Hilary Flint, communications director of Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community and a former resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from the site of the Feb 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster in East Palestine, Ohio; Melanie Meade, a community organizer, educator, and life-long resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, the site of US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, which was named the most toxic air polluter in Allegheny County in a 2021 report by PennEnvironment; Elise Keaton Wade, a real estate attorney by trade, longtime environmental justice activist, and a native of Southern West Virginia; Angela “Angie” Shaneyfelt, a resident of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, who lives just blocks away from an open air coal terminal owned and operated by rail giant CSX Transportation, which has been polluting her community for generations. Special thanks to Dr. Nicole Fabricant and the South Baltimore Community Land Trust for organizing this live show. Additional links/info below… Coal-Free Curtis Bay Facebook page and Instagram South Baltimore Community Land Trust website, Twitter/X page, Facebook page, and Instagram Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community website, Facebook page, Instagram, and Twitter/X page Hilary's Instagram Nicole Fabricant's Instagram Melanie's Facebook page Angela's Facebook page Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "South Baltimore residents on the toxic reality of living in a 'sacrifice zone'" Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, "East Palestine residents demand fully-funded healthcare" Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “One year later, East Palestine residents want Norfolk-Southern held accountable” Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network, “‘Towns are gone': In Helene-devastated Asheville, NC, volunteers battle misinformation and ‘apocalyptic' wreckage” Maximillian Alvarez, In These Times / The Real News Network, "Scenes from a sacrifice zone: South Baltimore residents fight back against industrial pollution" Maximillian Alvarez & Molly Crabapple, In These Times, “Wasteland warriors” Laura Gottesdiener, The Nation, “You can wipe out coal, but you can't bring the mountains back” Nicole Fabricant, University of California Press, Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore Nicole Fabricant, The Real News Network, “Opinion | CSX explosion in Curtis Bay should alarm Baltimore City and accelerate real change” Adam Willis, The Baltimore Banner, "A state-backed report found coal dust across Curtis Bay. CSX isn't convinced" Melanie Meade, PublicSource, “Family history, loss and hopes for a bright future fuel my fight for clean air in Clairton” Daniel Shailer, PublicSource, “The Mon Valley holds its breath as the latest U.S. Steel settlement promises a fresh approach” Permanent links below… Leave us a voicemail and we might play it on the show! Labor Radio / Podcast Network website, Facebook page, and Twitter page In These Times website, Facebook page, and Twitter page The Real News Network website, YouTube channel, podcast feeds, Facebook page, and Twitter page Featured Music… Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme Song   Studio Production: Max Alvarez Post-Production: Jules Taylor

Sacrifice zones are areas where people have been left to live in conditions that threaten life itself, from toxic industrial pollution to the deadly, intensifying effects of man-made climate change. In a more just and less cruel society, the very concept of a “sacrifice zone” wouldn't exist. And yet, in America, after decades of deregulation and public disinvestment, more working-class communities are becoming sacrifice zones, and more of us are being set up for sacrifice at the altars of corporate greed and government abandonment.America's sacrifice zones are no longer extreme outliers; they are, in fact, a harrowing model of the future that lies in store for most of us if the corporate monsters, corporate politicians, and Wall Street vampires destroying our communities aren't stopped. And residents of different sacrifice zones across the country, fellow workers on the frontlines of all this reckless and preventable destruction, are connecting with each other, learning from one another, and working together to fight back. In this Working People liveshow, recorded on Oct. 19 at Red Emma's worker cooperative bookstore, cafe, and community events space in Baltimore, we speak with a special panel of residents from four different sacrifice zones in the US about how the situations they're facing in their own communities and their struggles for justice and accountability are connected.Panelists include: Hilary Flint, communications director of Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community and a former resident of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, a few miles from the site of the Feb 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment and chemical disaster in East Palestine, Ohio; Melanie Meade, a community organizer, educator, and life-long resident of Clairton, Pennsylvania, the site of US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, which was named the most toxic air polluter in Allegheny County in a 2021 report by PennEnvironment; Elise Keaton Wade, a real estate attorney by trade, longtime environmental justice activist, and a native of Southern West Virginia; Angela “Angie” Shaneyfelt, a resident of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, who lives just blocks away from an open air coal terminal owned and operated by rail giant CSX Transportation, which has been polluting her community for generations.Special thanks to Dr. Nicole Fabricant and the South Baltimore Community Land Trust for organizing this live show.For full show notes and transcript, click here. Featured Music: Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme SongStudio Production: Max AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorHelp us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast

In this episode of Steel Stories – Voices from the Valley, we hear from Mayor Chris Kelly of West Mifflin and Mayor Rich Lattanzi of Clairton, two Mon Valley communities that are home to U. S. Steel facilities. Hosted by David Kirkpatrick, the conversation delves into the mayors' perspectives on the proposed Nippon-U. S. Steel acquisition and what it means for their communities. The mayors discuss their firsthand experiences visiting Nippon Steel's steel facility in Follansbee, West Virginia, their hopes for investments in their regions, and their faith in Nippon's commitments to jobs, modernization, and community partnerships. This episode offers a powerful, localized look at the potential impacts of a new chapter for the Mon Valley.

Was there a second assassin at the Trump rally Butler, Pennsylvania? A new development in the background of Thomas Matthew Crooks reveals a person of interest. Records show that Crooks became a member of the Clairton Sportsmen's Club in August 2023. Since then and up to the day of the shooting, Crooks visited the range at least 43 times. His last visit was the day before his failed assassination attempt. Here's the hinky part: on at least four occasions, someone signed into the Clairton club at the exact same time and used the same gun ranges as Crooks. On one date in particular, November 10, 2023, both Crooks and this mystery visitor used the same rifle in the same range.***Thanks for listening to Overnight Opinions, a recurring news show on topics the mainstream media isn't telling you. Here you'll get current events blended with spicy commentary directed at our elected leaders.You can check out Ladies Love Politics website to read a transcript/references of this episode at www.ladieslovepolitics.com.Be sure to follow the Ladies Love Politics channel on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Truth Social, Brighteon Social, Threads, and Twitter. Content also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you stream podcasts.***REFERENCES: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/records-reveal-trump-shooter-visited-local-gun-range-dozens-times-and-may-have-had https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/351495-it-looks-like-obama-did-spy-on-trump-just-as-he-did-to-me/

Hour 3 - Marty discusses an issue with grocery stores in Clairton and a police memorial that was damaged.

Late last year, the Japanese company Nippon Steel announced plans to acquire an iconic Pittsburgh brand, U.S. Steel, for a staggering amount of money: nearly $15 billion. But since then, there's been a lot of criticism – from the local steelworkers union all the way up to the White House. So what's behind the pushback, and what's next for U.S. Steel?  Thanks to our guest, Chris Briem. Chris is a regional economist with the Urban & Regional Analysis program at the University of Pittsburgh's University Center for Social and Urban Research. Check out some of his recent work: Medium, on his hopes for a former steel town: Clairton is dead, long live Clairton Medium (this is the one Megan mentions at the end!): When Pittsburgh said no PublicSource: U.S. Steel's acquisition will end a difficult marriage that forged — and constrained — Pittsburgh's identity And read more about the latest on the deal and the federal review process via Bloomberg, plus the position of Pennsvlania's two U.S. Senators and commonwealth-native President Joe Biden in the Pittsburgh Business Times. Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm. Want more Pittsburgh news?  Sign up for our daily morning Hey Pittsburgh newsletter. We're on Instagram @CityCastPgh. Text or leave us a voicemail at 412-212-8893. Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his weekly YouTube appearance, Post-Gazette sports columnist Paul Zeise joins host Adam Bittner to react to Steelers owner Art Rooney II's openness to a QB trade despite Kenny Pickett's presence on the roster. Could the Bears' Justin Fields be a fit as that team eyes USC's Caleb Williams in April's NFL draft? Does Fields or Pickett fit new OC Arthur Smith's offense better? What about possible veteran free agent targets including Russell Wilson, Ryan Tannehill and Kirk Cousins? And how far could Kenny Pickett have helped the Super Bowl-bound 49ers advance had he switched places with their current signal caller, Brock Purdy?Our duo tackles those questions as well as the future at wide receiver. Does Hines Ward make sense as a potential position coach? Could former Pitt and Clairton standout Tyler Boyd be a fit in free agency? And what should GM Omar Khan be looking for in a draft WR? Plus, Adam and Paul get into the Pirates' reported interest in C Gary Sanchez and their options at starting pitcher.

In his weekly YouTube appearance, Post-Gazette sports columnist Paul Zeise joins host Adam Bittner to react to Steelers owner Art Rooney II's openness to a QB trade despite Kenny Pickett's presence on the roster. Could the Bears' Justin Fields be a fit as that team eyes USC's Caleb Williams in April's NFL draft? Does Fields or Pickett fit new OC Arthur Smith's offense better? What about possible veteran free agent targets including Russell Wilson, Ryan Tannehill and Kirk Cousins? And how far could Kenny Pickett have helped the Super Bowl-bound 49ers advance had he switched places with their current signal caller, Brock Purdy? Our duo tackles those questions as well as the future at wide receiver. Does Hines Ward make sense as a potential position coach? Could former Pitt and Clairton standout Tyler Boyd be a fit in free agency? And what should GM Omar Khan be looking for in a draft WR? Plus, Adam and Paul get into the Pirates' reported interest in C Gary Sanchez and their options at starting pitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his weekly YouTube appearance, Post-Gazette sports columnist Paul Zeise joins host Adam Bittner to react to Steelers owner Art Rooney II's openness to a QB trade despite Kenny Pickett's presence on the roster. Could the Bears' Justin Fields be a fit as that team eyes USC's Caleb Williams in April's NFL draft? Does Fields or Pickett fit new OC Arthur Smith's offense better? What about possible veteran free agent targets including Russell Wilson, Ryan Tannehill and Kirk Cousins? And how far could Kenny Pickett have helped the Super Bowl-bound 49ers advance had he switched places with their current signal caller, Brock Purdy?Our duo tackles those questions as well as the future at wide receiver. Does Hines Ward make sense as a potential position coach? Could former Pitt and Clairton standout Tyler Boyd be a fit in free agency? And what should GM Omar Khan be looking for in a draft WR? Plus, Adam and Paul get into the Pirates' reported interest in C Gary Sanchez and their options at starting pitcher.

In his weekly YouTube appearance, Post-Gazette sports columnist Paul Zeise joins host Adam Bittner to react to Steelers owner Art Rooney II's openness to a QB trade despite Kenny Pickett's presence on the roster. Could the Bears' Justin Fields be a fit as that team eyes USC's Caleb Williams in April's NFL draft? Does Fields or Pickett fit new OC Arthur Smith's offense better? What about possible veteran free agent targets including Russell Wilson, Ryan Tannehill and Kirk Cousins? And how far could Kenny Pickett have helped the Super Bowl-bound 49ers advance had he switched places with their current signal caller, Brock Purdy? Our duo tackles those questions as well as the future at wide receiver. Does Hines Ward make sense as a potential position coach? Could former Pitt and Clairton standout Tyler Boyd be a fit in free agency? And what should GM Omar Khan be looking for in a draft WR? Plus, Adam and Paul get into the Pirates' reported interest in C Gary Sanchez and their options at starting pitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Confluence:U.S. Steel has tentatively settled with two groups, PennEnvironment and the Clean Air Council, who sued over the impact of the December 2018 Clairton Coke Works fire. We hear more from Reid Frazier, energy reporter at the Allegheny Front. (0:00 - 5:30) A local group is fundraising to help build a center to raise and train service dogs for veterans impacted by traumatic brain injuries and PTSD. Bill Jeffcoat, president of Life Changing Service Dogs for Veterans, and Craig Hodgkins, a veteran with a service dog named Foxy, joins the show to talk about the canines' work. (5:35 - 14:18) It's been exactly two months since a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio released toxic chemicals. Many residents in the small, rural town are trying to get back to their ordinary lives, even as large trucks with toxic waste still drive the roads. 90.5 WESA's Oliver Morrison went to East Palestine to report on one effort to bring some normalcy back: The school musical. (14:23 - 22:30) The Confluence, where the news comes together, is 90.5 WESA's daily news program. Tune in Monday to Friday at 9 a.m. to hear newsmakers and innovators take an in-depth look at stories important to the Pittsburgh region. Find more episodes of The Confluence here for wherever you get your podcasts.

Reverend Dr. Sherri Arnold-Graham is the visionary founder and CEO of Dunamis Development Associates. She is the former pastor of the historic Oberlin Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she became the first female pastor of a mainline Baptist church in the history of Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Arnold-Graham served as the first Director of Development for a Lilly Grant at Shaw Divinity School and is the distinguished immediate past Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Woman's Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Convention of North Carolina, an Auxiliary to the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, Inc. As a Convention Officer, she used the culmination of her pastoral legacy, business acumen for corporate development and her innate love for executive servant leadership in, “Missions and Stewardship,” to successfully serve over 1700 Baptist churches (over 500,000 Baptists) of North Carolina. Dr. Arnold-Graham's record of record-breaking results in transforming ministries, communities, conferences and conventions to 21st Century Kingdom Building Missions and multi-generational evangelical gatherings is truly spirit-led and reliant upon the Dunamis power of God. Dr. Arnold-Graham earned a B.B.A. in Personnel and Enterprise Management from Emory University in 1984, and a Master of Divinity from Shaw University Divinity School in 2007. She is listed in Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities from both Emory and Shaw. She also served as a Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Gardner C. Taylor and ultimately Associate Professor at Shaw Divinity School for the class, “The Preaching of Gardner C. Taylor.” While at Emory she interned with corporate giants like Columbia Pictures and Coca-Cola: ultimately landing a job with Procter & Gamble. Her spectrum of work ranges from Legal Aid to Wall Street and includes seven years as a paralegal in the investment industry with Federated Investors and Rogers & Wells in New York City. She once was quoted as saying, “God promoted me from investing in commodities to investing in souls.” Dr. Arnold-Graham is the Founder & President of The Sherri Arnold Graham Foundation (A Ministry for Breast Cancer Awareness & Support) a non-profit providing Free Mammograms and awareness campaigns to uninsured and under-insured women in the United States, United Kingdom and the Caribbean Islands. Dr. Arnold-Graham earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary where her research chronicles the power of Christian preaching to transform people and communities. Dr. Arnold-Graham has devoted herself to the study of homiletics beyond U.S. borders to include Oxford University, Oxford, England and at the American University of Paris. Dr. Arnold-Graham is a dynamic international conference presenter who speaks on the Transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ, Community Empowerment Strategies, Health Disparities, Health & Spirituality, and Faith-based Health Care Mission Collaborations. She is known and has proven to be a gracious and graceful servant leader called to exemplify the power of humility in ministry. Dr. Arnold-Graham is a native of Clairton, Pennsylvania and is the daughter of the late Willie James Arnold and Elouise Combs Arnold. She is married to Dr. Ernesto Graham; they have two children: Faith Sheree (a Massage Therapist) and Ernesto, II (a Junior at Morehouse College). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High school football insiders Mike White, Brad Everett and Steve Rotstein break down their power rankings for the top five teams in the area, regardless of class. Plus, we discuss what is going on with perennial powers Central Catholic, Thomas Jefferson and Clairton and whether they have what it takes to turn their seasons around.

High school football insiders Mike White, Brad Everett and Steve Rotstein break down their power rankings for the top five teams in the area, regardless of class. Plus, we discuss what is going on with perennial powers Central Catholic, Thomas Jefferson and Clairton and whether they have what it takes to turn their seasons around.

Toni left her friend's house around 5:30pm on Thursday, November 5, 1981 to meet her date for the pep rally that night. When she was over 15 minutes late, her date thought she must have gone ahead without him. Nobody in Clairton, PA could have guessed that over 40 years later, we still wouldn't have evidence to determine what happened or where she went. Listen as Sarah presents the details and discusses theories with Grace. Sources, photos, and additional information available at kccpod.com. 

Pittsburgh is consistently rated among the nation's worst cities for air quality, but how does that affect our mental health -- especially in the hardest-hit lower income communities along the Mon Valley? Environmental Health News journalist Kristina Marusic explains how folks are coping with the continued effect of "climate anxiety," and what you can do to help.  The series is a collaboration between Environmental Health News and The Allegheny Front: https://www.ehn.org/mental-health-2655533166/what-we-found  PublicSource did some excellent reporting about one of the hardest-hit communities, Clairton. Check it out here: https://www.publicsource.org/clairton-city-of-prayer-portraits-illness-trauma-advocacy-resilience/ And please read these lists of local organizations helping to make change: https://www.ehn.org/mental-health-solutions-2655533540/take-care-of-your-mental-health https://www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-mental-health-organizations-filling-access-gaps/ Our newsletter is fresh daily at 6 a.m. Sign up here. We're also on Twitter @citycastpgh & Instagram @CityCastPgh!

O diretor-geral da Academia Estadual de Segurança Pública do Ceará (Aesp), coronel Clairton Abreu, é o convidado do sexto episódio do Podseg, o podcast da Secretaria da Segurança Pública e Defesa Social do Ceará (SSPDS/CE).

PennFuture started this new podcast in February 2022 for one simple reason: to lift up voices in communities across Pennsylvania that are fighting against pollution, environmental injustice, and for healthy communities and people.Our goal on Environmental Voices: The PennFuture Podcast will be to tell the critically important environmental stories facing Pennsylvanians throughout all regions of the state. Large swaths of the state still, on a daily basis, suffer disproportionate impacts of dirty air and polluted water and we want this podcast to be a venue for those on the frontlines to share their stories. We also hope it will be an avenue to connect you with the work we're doing here at PennFuture:  in the courtroom, at the State Capitol, and in your communities, to help protect our common environmental rights. Our guests for our first episode include:Melanie Meade, an environmental advocate from Clairton, Pa. who fights for clean air and a healthy environment in her community. Melanie is also involved in other important endeavors like the Black Appalachian Coalition, among others. We were thrilled to welcome Melanie as our first guest on our first podcast. State Rep. Donna Bullock, a representative from the 195th Legislative District in North and West Philadelphia, has served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly since 2015. In October, State Reps. Donna Bullock, Malcolm Kenyatta and Chris Rabb and Sen. Vincent Hughes introduced legislation that would codify the Office of Environmental Justice and Environmental Justice Advisory Board — making them permanent, regardless of who is in the executive branch. The legislation will also increase transparency and public input before polluting facilities are built or expanded in overburdened communities. We were very happy that Rep. Bullock took some time to discuss this very important legislation with us. Emily Gale, PennFuture's Director of Civic Engagement, who spoke about the organization's work on non-partisan voter registration, as well as the program's recent expansion into Allegheny County. 

Everything STEAM took a deep dive into what viruses are and how viruses spread while defining what viral epidemiology is. Following the basic introduction, PhD Jessica Kerr & Public Health Consultant David Wiles address some of the buzz words you may have encountered over the course of the COVID 19 pandemic, plus mask type efficiency, as well as address viral spread modeling and how that impacts policies! The last segment will be an outlook for the future. We will discuss the future trends suggested by experts that accounts for Climate Change and human population increase including urban & producer sprawl. To leave on a good note, our Guest Stars will enlighten us on MRNA vaccines and address how they will fight surfacing viruses to come! Guest Stars: David Wiles (Co-Host); David graduated from Slippery Rock University in 2020 with a Bachelors in Public Health, and now works as a Community Health Worker with Cornerstone Care in the Clairton, PA (United States) area. David is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and a Certified Community Health Worker. Jessica Kerr: Jessica Kerr is a part-time PhD student in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and full-time project coordinator for a global network of infectious disease modelers. She has been working in public health and data science research for over five years. Other main facets of her work include engaging students in infectious disease modeling research and increasing diversity in the field of infectious disease modeling.

New documents reveal the decrepit conditions at the Clairton Coke Works that led to a massive fire in 2018. A coach for activists says it's normal to have anxiety over environmental destruction. Aspiring Pennsylvania farmers are struggling to find land. Plus, a new vegan cookbook for regional comfort food.  

Nathan and Jeremiah take a deep dive into Round 2 of the playoffs and discuss some surprise victories, most notably the OLSH win over Clairton, and the Serra- Laurel Defensive showdown. In the preview section, the boys do a complete preview of the historic Thomas Jefferson-Belle Vernon matchup as well as Aliquippa and McKeesport's big showdown. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK! Follow Us on Twitter! Become a Supporter! Check out our Merch! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backyardpasports-podcast/support

The WPIAL football playoffs officially begin this week, and we discuss about what we think is going to happen in this year's playoffs. Mt. Lebanon, Moon, Belle Vernon, Central Valley, Steel Valley and Clairton all hold the #1 seeds in their respected classification. Will any of those teams end up as WPIAL champions? We shall see very soon. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coverthree-athletics/support

Nick gives a preview of what to expect in WPIAL 1A football before the start of Week 1. Some of the teams to watch out for are Clairton and Rochester while Greensburg Central Catholic and Bishop Canevin should definitely get more credit than they deserve. Xavier Nelson, Dion McIntosh, Denny Robinson Jr., and Joe Blahovec are just some of the players to watch out for in WPIAL 1A. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coverthree-athletics/support

This episode of Welcome To The Party Pal thoroughly explores the ins and outs of the 1978 American epic war drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter. This enthralling, critically-acclaimed film, follows a trio of Russian-American steelworkers whose lives are changed forever after fighting in the Vietnam War. The three soldiers are played by Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage, and co-starring John Cazale (in his final role) and Meryl Streep. The story takes place in Clairton, Pennsylvania, a working-class town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh, and in locations around Vietnam.In this episode, hosts Michael Shields and filmmaker Mitch Lucas meticulously explore the themes present in The Deer Hunter while contemplating how post traumatic stress disorder is presented in the film. They discuss the work of the talented director behind the film and his notable fall from grace, the myriad of controversies surrounding the film, the use of Russian Roulette as a central metaphor of the film, the anti-war sentiments of The Deer Hunter, and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amanda and Sarah go local and then go medieval with stories about Pittsburgh and Germany. Amanda heads to Clairton, Pa. to cover the ghost town of Lincoln Way, a neighborhood that many see as being mysteriously abandoned. Sarah talks about The Dancing Plague of 1518 in Strasbourg, during which hundreds of people danced for days, sometimes to their deaths. Other subjects covered include censoring dumb celebs and a slippy weather forecast.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends The Sinner.  Sources:  “Divine Punishment or Disease? Medieval and Early Modern Approaches to the 1518 Strasbourg Dancing Plague” by Lynneth J. Miller for Dance Research: The Journal of the Society for Dance Research Public Domain Review (The Dancing Plague of 1518) The Guardian (Keep on moving: the bizarre dance epidemic of summer 1518) PubMed.gov (Sydenham's chorea: physical and psychological symptoms of St Vitus dance Wikipedia/Vitus Wikipedia/Dancing mania Architectural Afterlife (The Eerie Abandoned Neighborhood of Lincoln Way) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Clairton fire decimates 'ghost town') Grounded (Residents remember Lincoln Way) Dark Matters & Mysteries in Western Pennsylvania, Ohio,  W.Virginia (A totally made up Urban Legend about a City of Clairton Pa neighborhood) Check out our Patreon.    For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Clairton football player and "Cover Three Athletics 2020 WPIAL 1A Football Player of the Year" Dontae Sanders Jr. joins the podcast. Topics such as the recruiting process, Clairton football, and Madden are discussed in this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coverthree-athletics/support

In this episode, we talk about Central Catholic's football teams repeating as WPIAL 6A football champions. Also, we discuss about Cobran Hondru's game-winning TD reception as Peters Township defeated Gateway by a score of 20-19 in dramatic fashion. Also, we talk about the wins from Pine-Richland, Thomas Jefferson, Aliquippa, Central Valley, Elizabeth Forward, Beaver Falls, Sto-Rox, Clairton, and Jeannette as those teams are also moving on to their respected WPIAL Championship games. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coverthree-athletics/support

In this episode, we preview the 2nd round of the WPIAL Football Playoffs and the 1st round of the City League Playoffs. Heavily, we talk about the WPIAL 6A football championship game as North Allegheny takes on Central Catholic at Martorelli Stadium in the North Hills. Also, Penn-Trafford takes on Pine-Richland while two of the most heavily recruited football players in Donovan McMillon and Derrick Davis Jr. face off against each other as Peters Township battles Gateway. Central Valley and Beaver Falls expect big wins while Reis Watkins and Dontae Sanders face off each other as Shenango plays Clairton. The Elizabeth Forward-North Catholic matchup, Serra Catholic-Sto-Rox, Plum-Thomas Jefferson, and Belle Vernon-Aliquippa game are too close to call. Rochester and Jeannette also play as both of them have young starting quarterbacks in Parker Lyons (Rochester) and Brad Birch (Jeannette). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coverthree-athletics/support

North Allegheny and Central Catholic got some big wins in the Semifinals round to advance to the WPIAL Championship game. The favorites, Pine-Richland, Peters Township, and Gateway won their quarterfinals game while Penn-Trafford defeated Upper St. Clair. Plum barely beat McKeesport while Belle Vernon, Aliquippa, and Thomas Jefferson took care of business in their quarterfinals games. Central Valley dominated East Allegheny while other teams such as Shenango, Clairton, Serra Catholic, Jeannette, Rochester, Apollo-Ridge, Beaver Falls, Keystone Oaks, Elizabeth Forward and North Catholic all move on as well. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coverthree-athletics/support

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Teresa Trich and Dave Moore of McKeesport Regional History & Heritage Center on their growing service area and the challenges of moving programming online during the COVID-19 pandemic

BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE. Eve Picker: [00:00:18] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing.   [00:00:24] My guest today is Lance Chimka. Lance is the relatively new and extremely energetic director of Allegheny County's Economic Development Department, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has a very contemporary take on what government ought to be doing, and that includes investing in real estate to advance the economy. Lance is building a collaborative team environment, working with developers throughout the county, lending where banks dare not go, always with his eye on economic development growth, and always with the thought of how our region can do better. Learn how Lance and his team are supporting development in a not-quite-market rate environment.   [00:01:11] Be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more about Lance on the show notes page for this episode. And be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.   Eve: [00:01:37] Hi, Lance. I'm really excited for the opportunity to talk to you today.   Lance Chimka: [00:01:41] Pleasure's all mine, Eve. Thank you. I'm honored that you would have me on.   Eve: [00:01:45] We're gonna have a great time.   Lance: [00:01:46] Absolutely. We usually do.   Eve: [00:01:48] In a not a lot of time, you've gone from being an intern at Allegheny County Economic Development to the organization's director. And then you did a few odd jobs in-between. And that's a pretty meteoric rise, wouldn't you say?   Lance: [00:02:06] Ah, yeah. I mean, I guess it has been pretty quick. It sometimes didn't feel that way. But I think the cool thing about that is that whole progression is absolutely vital to some of the stuff I want to get done, now. I wouldn't have changed that course, at all. Like, understanding kind of the daily struggles of interns in my office absolutely directly informs how I work on efficiency measures here, for example. It's been incredible and I've been really lucky to have incredible mentors along the way that have taught me a lot. That was one of my favorite things about public sector work, is it touches so much, that you're able to, you're able to learn.   Eve: [00:02:45] What led you to pursue a life in government service? Was it that first internship that you just liked so much?   Lance: [00:02:52] When I was pursuing an undergrad degree in finance, it was kind of in the boom times, the 2000s, and I didn't want to take that route. Kinda always been a volunteer at heart, and so I joined the Peace Corps, and that was kind of the start of my real public service. And I just kind of knew, I came back to go to CMU and get a policy degree and just kind of always knew, in my heart of hearts, I would always be in some kind of public servant role. Not necessarily in government work, but that's the path that I've chosen to this day, and it's been incredibly rewarding.   Eve: [00:03:27] So, that what drives you, yeah. So, for listeners who haven't connected the dots yet, Lance and I share a hometown, Pittsburgh, and a few decades ago, Pittsburgh was pretty well all but written off. You can listen to my podcast interview with Tom Murphy that I think just went live and you'll get to hear the turnaround mayor talk about where we were then and what it took to shake that image. And that brings me to a statement that I read, that you made, Lance, which was, "we're in economic expansion, but we're not seeing some of the other growth that other benchmark cities are seeing." And I'm just wondering what you meant by that?   Lance: [00:04:09] Not to, not to recap what you probably talked with Mayor Murphy about, but to get from the doldrums of 1983, which is really the trough of our local economy.   Eve: [00:04:19] It was the bottom, right? Yeah.   Lance: [00:04:21] Yeah. To where we're at now, has been an amazing transformation, right? It's been all about diversification and it's, of a regional economy. And then we, now we have these five primary industry sectors: in financial services, IT, energy, advanced manufacturing and healthcare. And that's really, really important because in recessionary periods, that diversified economy is very robust, and makes us the darling, and outperform benchmark cities in recessionary periods. However, the problem is that in expansionary economies we lack the kind of exponential growth that some of our other cities experience. It's just kind of the nature of our economy currently, is slow and steady wins the race, which is fine. I think my goal is on the macro economic end, is to not throw the baby out with the bathwater, keep the diversification, keep the slow, steady growth, but then really experience some of the upside of expansionary times, which we're in now. And I think the key to that is, and I'm really optimistic about the future of our economy, is across those five industry sectors. You have artificial intelligence, which we are an absolute worldwide hub of, cuts across all of those. And robotics, cuts across three of those, in advanced manufacturing, health care and energy. So, those eight intersection points that I think are the key to experiencing upside growth, and that's some of the stuff I'm excited to work on.   Eve: [00:05:56] How do you work on that? How do you improve that?   Lance: [00:05:59] Great question. Especially like, how does government do that? The risk profiles associated with investments in startups are probably too, you know, too risky of an investment for governments to be making. And not to mention, we don't have that skill set. But I think there are a lot of other ways we can invest in the city in a way to encourage that kind of growth. One of those ways is in real estate development, right? If you take something like biotech, right? A lot of times you've got companies that need wet lab space. You have extremely long periods to get through clinical trials. You have really expensive buildings that, you know, because of the nature of the beast, you have your non-credit tenants. So, I think when we're making investments in real estate, we need to incentivize those kind of assets in buildings that aren't going to happen in the open market. That's just one example. We lack high-bay space for robotics. Some other specialty real estate that I think the public sector can play a role in: mitigating the risks for developers who have non-credit tenants, and making sure that building stock is available. Speculative development is another thing we've classically underperformed on. And in the kind of pace of the current economy, like, people are not waiting around 18 months to build a building, they want turnkey space ready to go. So, we're working on a number of things to make sure that those types of building stock in speculative development is allowed for. And a lot of that is investment through tax abatements, and direct investment, and site assembly that I do here in this office. So, that's just one example in real estate. I think you can find other examples in public infrastructure, amenities, recreational space, and being really intentional about how we connect our tech hubs through infrastructure work. Whether that's public transit, or whether that's, you know, really compelling a multi-modal streetscape design. Things like that.   Eve: [00:08:03] Quite a lot to think about, isn't there?   Lance: [00:08:04] Yeah. Yeah. Keeps 'em busy.   Eve: [00:08:06] So, you also served as an advisor on Pittsburgh's Amazon HQ2 proposal. And I'm wondering in retrospect how you feel about making it to the top 20 list, but not as an Amazon final city pick.   Lance: [00:08:20] Yeah, I mean, I feel great about it, because I think we extracted all the marketing benefit from it without any of the really, really, really painful stuff that might have been associated with it. I am proud of our approach to that. I think it was, hey, here's a suite of stuff that we, as every Pittsburgher, there's wide agreement that we need to invest in. And we don't have a revenue stream to do that. So, let's take that suite of things we need to invest in and treat this gargantuan investment coming our way as the revenue stream. You know, and I think it helped kind of distill that suite of, that wish list, if you will, for us. And now, ok, we might not have the revenue stream, but at least it helped distill what we want to be as a city, forcing us to go through that process. And I think it was overwhelming positive experience.   Eve: [00:09:13] What's the top of the list that we should become?   Lance: [00:09:16] I think the two things that kind of rose to the top, given the time in our city and the way things are trending, are people want a really robust public transit network. I think that was clear. People want and are concerned about rapidly appreciating real estate values in some of our residential markets. And that would be exacerbated by a huge investment like that. And so I think it really rallied people around public transit, and around affordable housing. Which I think is a positive thing, you know?   Eve: [00:09:48] Yeah, no, I agree.   Lance: [00:09:50] It's great that affordable housing is suddenly cool again. You know?   Eve: [00:09:53] Yeah.   Lance: [00:09:54] This is fantastic. People working in this field are like, wow, this great sea change, like, in a really short period of time.   Eve: [00:10:01] Yeah, that's true. Affordable housing is a really hot button issue now, isn't it? Everywhere.   Lance: [00:10:06] Yeah, no doubt. And it's great. And I think ultimately, you know, we did not land that investment. I think predominately it was a numbers game, right? A population numbers game. You're talking about ...   Eve: [00:10:18] Yes.   Lance: [00:10:18] ... a gigantic pool of workers, and being a small middle market city was tough for us to absorb that, A., and, you know, the facts that matters are we have zero population growth and a two million metro area, and it went to a place with a 20 million metro area and five percent growth. And a, what a, maybe a 12 million metro area, and like 10 percent growth down in D.C., right?   Eve: [00:10:42] Right.   Lance: [00:10:42] At the end of the day it was all about ...   Eve: [00:10:45] The numbers.   Lance: [00:10:46] ... you know, the numbers, demographics, bodies, population. And that put a fine point that we need to work on that as well, right? That's a huge Achilles heel for us is a lack of population growth.   Eve: [00:10:56] It is and it isn't. I mean, that part of Pittsburgh's charm is its size. When you talk about what should Pittsburgh become, I think you should also think about what it shouldn't become, right?   Lance: [00:11:07] Sure.   Eve: [00:11:07] It's a pretty beautiful and rather unique city. And each city has its own strengths. I don't know. For me, cities go beyond numbers, but perhaps not for Amazon.   Lance: [00:11:17] Yeah, well, exactly. I think, despite what they would tell you, I think they had to take a very analytic approach to that.   Eve: [00:11:23] Yes.   Lance: [00:11:24] And it's something that like charm and culture and beauty were probably not heavily weighted ...   Eve: [00:11:31] No.   Lance: [00:11:31] ... on that algorithm scale, right? So. But I agree with you.   Eve: [00:11:35] Probably mobility and housing stock were right up there.   Lance: [00:11:38] Mm hmm. I imagine.   Eve: [00:11:39] You've barely started, but what would you like to accomplish at ACED?   Lance: [00:11:44] Oh, boy, I mean, a lot. So, our two-fold mission is this: one, is the work on the macro economic health of the city, which is really about building a diverse and growing regional economy that's opportunity rich for everyone to tap into, right? And we addressed some of that already. The other part of our mission is much more neighborhood-based. And that's, you know, we want to create healthy and vibrant communities. So, all of our investments, and we make those investments in the areas of housing, and industrial and commercial development, infrastructure development, parks and rec, things of that nature, all of our investments are done with that two-fold mission. So, there's certainly a lot of things I think we can do and be more creative with the tools we have. You know, I'm a big proponent of good government, too, and I think there's a lot we can do to make the public sector meet the needs of our citizens in a more efficient and customer-friendly way. So, that's the other kind of side of this that I will work on is, not only mission delivery, but just, you know, government efficiency is a twisted hobby of mine that I like, I like working on.   Eve: [00:12:55] Ha! That's a really great hobby.   Lance: [00:12:57] Yeah. I mean, everyone needs a hobby.   Eve: [00:12:59] Yeah.   Lance: [00:13:00] And to be more specific, again, I talked about the real estate assets that I think we need to incentivize. A big concern of mine is if you put communities, you can kind of classify them broadly in three buckets. And that's, there are tons of communities that are thriving, and we need to support them. There are a number of communities that are revitalizing that need special attention. There are a lot of communities, they need stabilization. We need triage. And a lot of that is direct fallout from the 1983 exodus of people with any sort of social mobility leaving the city.   Eve: [00:13:37] Yeah. Yeah.   Lance: [00:13:37] And we have certain areas that, they have zero market. Land value is negative, right? And that presents a whole slew of economic and social problems that go along with that. And we really need to support those communities. At the same time, kind of leaving the development breadcrumbs from areas of high opportunity to establish markets, and you kind of need to string those investments along. It's going to be a while until I can take the strength of the market that is the Strip District, for now, and pool it across the Allegheny Valley, right? And pool it down into the Mon Valley.   Eve: [00:14:14] Yeah.   Lance: [00:14:14] And in the process establish beachheads in Etna. And I need to establish that beachhead in Etna before I can really get to Tarentum and New Kensington, right? Same thing goes for the Mon Valley. I really need to establish a strong beachhead in Wilkinsburg and Braddock until I can really talk about strength of market in places like Clairton. In the meantime, we need to make sure that we are treating those communities with the respect that they deserve in addressing the blight and disinvestment they're struggling with, and doing that in a really smart and strategic way.   Eve: [00:14:46] Well, it must be really tough making decisions because you can't have endless resources, I'm sure. And then you have to decide where to direct those resources. And for people who don't know who are listening, Pittsburgh was around 700,000 people strong and really lost more than half of its population in the 1980s. And it's now still hovering just over 300,000. Although family units are smaller now.   Lance: [00:15:16] Yes.   Eve: [00:15:16] It's still a lot of vacancy, right?   Lance: [00:15:18] Yeah, absolutely. And so, you know, there's some opportunity there. You know, to some extent, affordable housing price per square foot is a supply demand calculation, right?   Eve: [00:15:27] Yes.   Lance: [00:15:28] The problem is the areas that are close to job centers, well-served by public transit, and have amenities like grocery stores. We're seeing rapid appreciation there, and obviously, because they're more desirable places to live. So, we need to make investments to ensure that those are mixed-income communities. And we also have the opportunity, though, that a lot of other cities don't, to make proactive preservation investments in areas that have naturally occurring affordable housing. And we're doing both of those things on the housing investment side.   Eve: [00:16:00] Real estate development is a major component of your work.   Lance: [00:16:04] Oh, yeah. I would say most of what we do has a real estate component to it. Now, one of the things we're trying to get more engaged in, that we traditionally have not, is the workforce development arena. You know, I think one of the big transitions we talked about, like the change in public opinion around affordable housing ... the innovation economy has forced site selection to go from a predominately site- and building-centric approach to predominately talent-based approach. And we, I think in the past, in the economic development community, have taken a very hands-off approach saying, hey, there are specialists in workforce development, we're going to let them do their thing, and we'll just, we'll build the stuff, invest in those tangible building products. I don't think that model works anymore. I think the workforce challenge and the future of work is such an acute need that we really need an all-hands-on-deck approach. And the more resources everyone can leverage, that and, the better. I'm just finalizing my budgets for next year and we're probably making close to a million dollars in investments in workforce development, which doesn't have a land and building component to it. And I'm proud of that. And I think that's something we'll continue to invest more heavily in. And that's everything from workforce readiness of teens, to adults with barriers to employment, getting re-educated and prepared for the workforce. You know, we need to attack this from all angles.   Eve: [00:17:33] I was going to ask, is there a rhyme or reason to the projects you become involved in. But I think I'm hearing that your organization, you really play the role as almost a pioneer investor early on when perhaps it's a little bit uncomfortable for private money to be involved?   Lance: [00:17:51] Oh, no doubt.   Eve: [00:17:52] Yeah.   Lance: [00:17:52] Yeah, absolutely. Our investments, I think, are predominately ... well, one, we take first mover investments in site assembly. Right? For example. So, one of my big hypotheses was that people say there is no market, no real estate market in Braddock, right?   Eve: [00:18:14] Mmm Hmm.   Lance: [00:18:14] And I challenge that. I think it's the fact that the available real estate is not the right kind of real estate. So, for example, we assembled 60 tax-delinquent, single-family structures, demolished them, consolidated them into one five-acre parcel, and worked with a very creative developer on a take-down period that worked for the finances of that kind of constrained market. And they built a 60,000 square foot high-bay light industrial building. It's probably the first new industrial development in Braddock in, I couldn't even tell you how long. This is a place that suffered 90 percent of population loss.   Eve: [00:18:52] Yes.   Lance: [00:18:52] Those are the type of things, in that case, we were a first mover and then worked on aggressive land conveyance strategy with the developer. And now the great thing is we have new tax base in Braddock, we new job base in Braddock, and almost more importantly, I have a comp now, I have established that land has value in Braddock.   Eve: [00:19:12] Oh yes, that's very important.   Lance: [00:19:14] And previously that didn't exist. So, that's something we did in 2019. They're going to take occupancy first quarter of 2020, and, yeah, we're really proud of that kind of work. So, sometimes our investments are in that realm. Other times were physical investments, either through tax leverage finance or direct investment, and yes, we assume a much higher risk profile than our private sector partners.   Eve: [00:19:35] And have you been able to convince some banks to come along on the ride with you?   Lance: [00:19:39] Yeah. And I think as long as you understand their underwriting criteria, and their approach, they're great partners. You just have to understand what their sweet spot is and work around it. We underwrite our investments in a very similar way that banks do, on the risk end. The difference being, one, we're willing to assume more risk. And two, on the return end we think much more broadly about returns. It's not just about debt coverage ratio. It's about tax base expansion. It isn't necessarily going to pay us, but is a return to the project because it's a mission-based return.   Eve: [00:20:16] It's a return to the region, right? As well.   Lance: [00:20:17] Exactly. We love working with banks and traditional funders. And we have the ability to be more flexible to allow them to meet their underwriting goals and and still participate in the project.   Eve: [00:20:28] What sort of projects do you hope to see more of? I mean, if things go really well and your investments pay off in the way you want them to. What sort of projects are you hoping to see arise independently in the next five years, let's say?   Lance: [00:20:42] Yeah, I think if we do a couple of projects like that, that light industrial building in Braddock then ... that's the goal, is that you would then establish a market and I can then start making similar investments in Duquesne and McKeesport. And like I said, you just pull that market down to maybe less centrally located areas. So, yeah, more spec buildings, more high-bay light industrial for robotics industry, more wet lab for biotech and life sciences. You know, hopefully, some of our development community starts to realize that you can stand in Lawrenceville in 40 dollar square foot space and look across the river at 15 dollar square foot space. And ...   Eve: [00:21:19] Yes.   Lance: [00:21:21] ... start to recognize that arbitrage opportunity. Because these communities, they're fantastic, unique, beautiful places. They are open to development. They are, you know, they're wonderful places to do work. And they're right adjacent to the urban core. So, you know, rethink your idea of proximity and let's do some great projects in some of these communities that are maybe overlooked in a lot of cases.   Eve: [00:21:47] And then most importantly, it's pretty fun to be at the leading edge, right?   Lance: [00:21:51] I think so! Sometimes, you know, that's when you don't have a comp and the bank starts to get real nervous ...   Eve: [00:21:58] I know, I know.   Lance: [00:21:58] ... that's when, you know, they don't find it as much fun as I do. But yeah. I mean, that's part of the fun, is there's additional challenge there, but it can be really, really rewarding if you pull something off.   Eve: [00:22:08] I agree. Totally agree. Yeah. We've also talked about how to empower people in these communities to be part of the change, the rapid change that's occurring in cities like Pittsburgh. And I am wondering why you think that's important?   Lance: [00:22:23] One of the big challenges we face as a society is disproportionate allocation of not only income, if you look at wealth, right? It becomes even more staggeringly problematic. So, we're not trying to establish markets for, just because, just for tax base, right? Hopefully, the idea is then, by establishing market you can assist in families building wealth, right? And we want people to be able to participate in the benefits of these hopefully catalytic investments we're making. How best to do that is a challenge. You know, obviously, it's easy when you have homeownership, high levels of homeownership, because that's, you know, your biggest asset that appreciates with change in real estate market.   Eve: [00:23:17] Yeah.   Lance: [00:23:17] If people have that asset and they want to cash out and participate in that upside return, well, great. You know, that's building equity, that's building wealth. And hopefully that's life changing for the family that chooses to do that. I think the problem, because when people are very culturally, emotionally and kind of societally invested, but don't have that asset to participate in the appreciation, how to plug those people in to our changing communities and make sure that they participate. And that's where, you know, lots of novel ideas that I think we've been talking about, about microlending, and, you know, equity returns back to neighborhoods, start to become really, really compelling for that kind of segment of society and something that I really want to learn more about, and try and institute some really progressive things on that front.   Eve: [00:24:10] I've been talking to some people over the last year who also believe that making a space for those people, like a physical space, is really important. And they do that in different ways. Like maybe a community space or ... there's a developer that I know who very purposefully will create retail space and then look for someone in the neighborhood to fill it and really help them build their business into that space. And that, I suppose that's another very concrete way to involve community and make them feel like they belong, right?   Lance: [00:24:47] Yeah. No, absolutely. Absolutely. And, you know, maybe that's a, you know, a silver lining on the challenges to retail real estate now is that mixed-use buildings are kind of hoping that's a break even spot? Right?   Eve: [00:25:01] Yeah.   Lance: [00:25:02] And so what you have is then, is a really affordable commercial ...   Eve: [00:25:05] Right.   Lance: [00:25:05] ... property for people to move into. You know, locally-owned, sole proprietorship businesses that provide a higher return back to the, to the owner.   Eve: [00:25:17] Yeah, yeah.   Lance: [00:25:17] Hopefully we can continue that.   Eve: [00:25:19] Yeah. And so, like, I have to ask, what's, you know, your background? You mentioned a little bit about it, but what did you study? What got you to this place?   Lance: [00:25:29] Yeah. I grew up in Pittsburgh, to a ... I was the youngest of four.   Eve: [00:25:35] You were the baby.   Lance: [00:25:36] I was the baby and I probably act like it too much. But, you know, my first education was growing up in incredibly hilarious and brilliant family. So, you know, my parents were really hardworking, great people. I went to a mix of public and Catholic schools when I was a kid. I studied finance in Washington, D.C., The Catholic University of America. Went overseas and lived in Turkmenistan for three years, which was arguably the most educative of all of my educational experience. And I came back to CMU to get a policy degree with the intention of going back to do more international development work, because I found it just fascinating. But really fell back in love with my hometown, recognized that there were parts of my city that were in as much need or possibly greater need than what we consider to be some of the, you know, the most poverty stricken places on earth. And that didn't sit great with me. Yeah, all of those different educational life experiences, it kind of like, let me down this path. And, you know, people, like I said I have had great work mentors that have given me chances to work on stuff. I've just been incredibly lucky.   Eve: [00:26:51] I have a feeling it's not just luck, but we can go with that.   Lance: [00:26:53] I think it's mostly luck. It's mostly luck. But yeah, like I say, it goes back to my parents. I do work hard at it because I love it. It never quite feels like work, you know. Some days it does.   Eve: [00:27:04] Yes.   Lance: [00:27:05] Most of the time it doesn't.   Eve: [00:27:06] That's great. And do you think on the whole, socially responsible real estate is necessary in today's development landscape. Outside of the work you do, like everyday developers? What do you think that should look like?   Lance: [00:27:20] There's crappy real estate development and there's good real estate development, right?   Eve: [00:27:23] Yes.   Lance: [00:27:24] I think good real estate development is about placemaking, and placemaking is about integration into the community. Not just, you know, from a contextual design standpoint, but from a 'community needs' standpoint. And I think enlightened developers get that. Enlightened developers know that incorporating that kind of philosophy in the development usually leads to higher returns, too. So, I think it can be done well and it can be done profitably, right?   Eve: [00:27:52] Right.   Lance: [00:27:52] It just requires a kind of a philosophy, a mindset, and the ability to listen to people a little bit more. But in the end, they have a much better project to show for it.   Eve: [00:28:03] Creating something that's responsible isn't really swallowing a bitter pill, right?   Lance: [00:28:09] No, definitely not. Especially when you have your friendly local government economic development person to help you along the way and hopefully chip in where necessary.   Eve: [00:28:20] And are there any current trends in real estate that you think are interesting or most important to the future of our cities?   Lance: [00:28:28] Well, I mean, I think it's interesting, you know, being the hub of technology that we are. I think the design considerations around places like parking garages, for example, I think are really interesting. Because the rate of technological change is forcing people to consider the fact that this structure could achieve obsolescence in five, 10 years.   Eve: [00:28:52] Yeah.   Lance: [00:28:52] Which, what previously was considered a 50 year asset. So, I find that inherently fascinating.   Eve: [00:28:58] It is fascinating, isn't it? I just start thinking about, well, what could you do with a parking garage?   Lance: [00:29:04] Yeah, right.   Eve: [00:29:04] How many housing units could you put into those little slots?   Lance: [00:29:08] Precisely. And are they going to be livable, you know?   Eve: [00:29:10] Yeah.   Lance: [00:29:10] And how do you remediate the oil afterward? You know?   Eve: [00:29:12] That's right.   Lance: [00:29:12] It's a ... it's a really interesting thing. So, you see people spec-ing in higher ceiling heights than they would have previously. Flat floor plates. All these different design considerations that I find fascinating. And even more fascinating because we're on the bleeding edge of all of the autonomous vehicle technology that is going to lead to obsolescence of those buildings. So, yeah, I mean, that's one that I find fascinating. What else?   Eve: [00:29:39] I'm watching zoning changes across the country, and across the world. I'm pretty fascinated to see how quickly that's going to move along. When you have cities, you know, basically outlawing single family homes. That's quite a statement.   Lance: [00:29:53] Yes. I think Pittsburgh in particular is being very progressive in some ways with, you know, allowing for accessory dwelling units, which I know you're probably an advocate for, and ...   Eve: [00:30:05] Yeah.   Lance: [00:30:06] ... and, you know, what they've done with the RIV district, for example, and ensuring access to the waterfront, I think is some really good things. However, in some city neighborhoods, and this gets even more acutely problematic when you move out to maybe smaller municipal governments that haven't updated their zoning and code in a while. The thing that I find problematic is if you ask the average 10 people on the street what the vision for new development their community would look like? And then you show them what current zoning allows for, they would be horrified, right?   Eve: [00:30:40] Yes, yeah, I think that's true in most places.   Lance: [00:30:43] It's a huge disconnect and it's worrisome to me.   Eve: [00:30:47] Yeah, I mean, how do, you know, it's really expensive updating a zoning code. I've been involved in that. It's a really big deal.   Lance: [00:30:53] It is. And when you multiply that by 130 municipalities with wide, varying levels of, kind of, capacity. It's ... yeah, it's really a daunting task.   Eve: [00:31:05] Yeah. And one sign-off question, then. Given all of the possibilities, what comes next for ACED, and for you?   Lance: [00:31:14] I am very project focused. And I believe that markets are built one great project at a time and I try not to let the enormity of the challenges, you know, get me down, right? It's just one good project at a time. We're focused on that every day, and we're focused on being innovative and creative every day. And there are a ton of innovative and creative people in Pittsburgh that we need to partner with and work with to solve these problems. Like I said, it's all hands on deck.   Eve: [00:31:48] Well, thank you very much. I really enjoyed that conversation. I can't wait to see what you do next.   Lance: [00:31:52] Awesome. Thank you so much, Eve.   Eve: [00:31:54] That was Lance Chimka. Lance is embracing his role as the head of an economic development department with energy. Our conversation reflects the way that Lance thinks. Broad and diverse ideas to get at very particular economic problems. Lance is focused on growth, first and foremost. Making sure that Pittsburgh's growth matches other cities. But at the same time, he wants to make sure that no one is left behind. So, he thinks a lot about how to empower communities in the path of rapid change, and how to change the disproportionate allocation of wealth. I'll be interested to see the impact that Lance's leadership will have.   Eve: [00:32:46] You can find out more about impact real estate investing and access the show notes for today's episode at my website, EvePicker.com. While you're there, sign up for my newsletter to find out more about how to make money in real estate while building better cities.   [00:33:12] Thank you so much for spending your time with me today. And thank you, Lance, for sharing your thoughts with me. We'll talk again soon. But for now, this is Eve Picker signing off to go make some change.

Mary Phan-Gruber of the Jefferson Regional Foundation on the importance of getting an accurate count of the Mon Valley and South Hills for the 2020 census.

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Bold Sports Episode 105 Check pics. All Time is Jumpin Joe DiMaggio 13 seasons with the Yanks, 13 time Allstar, 9 time WSC and 3 time AL MVP. Nicklas Liidstrom NHL, and Kevin Garnett NBA. WPIAL- Last Saturday the Heinz Filed WPIAL Championship was held with Central Catholic winning the 6A class, Thomas Jefferson winning the 4A, Central Valley winning the 3A, Clairton winning the 1A. This Saturday you have Avonworth taking on Washington in the 2A at Norwin HS at 12noon, and Peters taking on Gateway at Norwin at 6pm in 5A. This week in the PIAA Bracket Central Catholic takes on State Collage at NA in 6a, TJ takes on Cathedral Prep at NH in 4A, Central Valley awaits winner of Sharon/Bald eagle in 3A, Clairton awaits the winner of Coudersport/Farrell in 1A. PGA Tour- Brendon Todd won the OHL Classic last weekend at El Camaleon Golf Club in Mexico, this week the PGA heads to Sea Island Seaside Course in the RSM Classic in Georgia. Lots of the big names are not in this tournament , but are gearing up for the Hero World Challenge and the Bahama swing as well as the Presidents Cup in Australia coming up soon. Then they move into the Hawaii Swing. Penguins- played the Islanders tonight the Pens ?? In the last few games the Pens have bounced back n fourth with a few losses and a few wins. A big on over the Leafs Saturday the Power play is still shitty, (pens got one tonight) and we now know that Crosby is out 6 weeks after surgery for a sports hernias . The Pens find themselves in 4th spot in the division with Canes and Flyers right there in the points. Tonight game was big with the Islanders in second with 29 in points and the Caps lead the division with 36. Pirates- the team has introduced Ben Cherington as GM. Did you watch the Presser? Sounds like we are in for an entire over haul. From Bob Nutting, no one is out of the question on trades and signings. The Presser was good, but not reassuring . “The confines of what I have to deal with is what ill work with” from Cherington. Bell- Borras guy, trade bait, or play him out till 2022 or offer 200 mill plus and see what happens? Vasquez is up on 21 new charges in Westmorland County, and Pierogi Tryouts are going on, you must be able to run 215 yards in 60 seconds or less in costume. And also learn the Bucco Brigade stuff as well. Open for appearances an such as well and be available 57 out of 81 games. NCAA Fooitball- Pitt- had an OT win over UNC last Thursday Night 34-17 with Kenny Pickett being named ACC Offensive player of the week. He was 25/42 359yds, 1 TD 0 Int and running for 2 more himself. Pitt got their first win in Football over UNC since joining the ACC and have to travel to Blacksburgh to take on VT that is the #25 team in the country this Saturday at 3:30 . PSU- handled Indiana pretty well in Happy Valley last Saturday 34-27. The score doesn’t reflect the game here. Lots of field goals and Defensive scores in this game.. PSU has #2 OSU this week in the Horseshoe Shake Up Could Happen.
 WVU- the Mountaineers came away with a win in Kansas St last Saturday 24-20. The EER’s Dominate the game from the get go and knock them out of the top 25 this week. This week OK State is coming in to Morgantown Saturday at 12 noon. ND- the Irish handled the Midshipmen 52-20 in South Bend this past Saturday . Ian Book tossed 5 TD’s total with 284yds and 14/20. The Irish mad sure that their Rival didn’t sneak up on them. Next week the Irish have Boston College head into South Bend for the last home game of the season. Other Football, Michigan/State Iowa/Gophers. Trophies. NCAA Hoops- Pitt- the Panthers stumbled with WVU 68-53 loss at the Pete then rebounded with a win over Monmouth 63-50. The Program looks to be better with Jeff Caple at the head. Coach secured 3 recruits this week for next season all 6ft 8 and above. AR-Pine Bluff heads into the Pete this Thursday . Thats Arkansas . WVU- had their win in Pittsburgh , then followed it up with a win over Northern CO. Boston University heads into Morgantown friday. PSU- defeated Bucknell 98-70 tonight and have Yale headed into Happy Valley this weekend . ND- Defeted MArshall and Presbyterian this past week with Toledo headed in. ACC- tough Hoop Conference , not all teams have played a conference game yet. NFL- GRONK BEACH!! Suspensions, movers and shakers, and you got Mossed. Steelers- Shitty game in Cleveland with Head hunting, loss of players due to injury , bad play from the O line, the D didn’t show up, just flat over all. Cincy next week, and back home for Cleveland to a flexed game now at 1 pm from 415.

Bold Sports Episode 105 Check pics. All Time is Jumpin Joe DiMaggio 13 seasons with the Yanks, 13 time Allstar, 9 time WSC and 3 time AL MVP. Nicklas Liidstrom NHL, and Kevin Garnett NBA. WPIAL- Last Saturday the Heinz Filed WPIAL Championship was held with Central Catholic winning the 6A class, Thomas Jefferson winning the 4A, Central Valley winning the 3A, Clairton winning the 1A. This Saturday you have Avonworth taking on Washington in the 2A at Norwin HS at 12noon, and Peters taking on Gateway at Norwin at 6pm in 5A. This week in the PIAA Bracket Central Catholic takes on State Collage at NA in 6a, TJ takes on Cathedral Prep at NH in 4A, Central Valley awaits winner of Sharon/Bald eagle in 3A, Clairton awaits the winner of Coudersport/Farrell in 1A. PGA Tour- Brendon Todd won the OHL Classic last weekend at El Camaleon Golf Club in Mexico, this week the PGA heads to Sea Island Seaside Course in the RSM Classic in Georgia. Lots of the big names are not in this tournament , but are gearing up for the Hero World Challenge and the Bahama swing as well as the Presidents Cup in Australia coming up soon. Then they move into the Hawaii Swing. Penguins- played the Islanders tonight the Pens ?? In the last few games the Pens have bounced back n fourth with a few losses and a few wins. A big on over the Leafs Saturday the Power play is still shitty, (pens got one tonight) and we now know that Crosby is out 6 weeks after surgery for a sports hernias . The Pens find themselves in 4th spot in the division with Canes and Flyers right there in the points. Tonight game was big with the Islanders in second with 29 in points and the Caps lead the division with 36. Pirates- the team has introduced Ben Cherington as GM. Did you watch the Presser? Sounds like we are in for an entire over haul. From Bob Nutting, no one is out of the question on trades and signings. The Presser was good, but not reassuring . “The confines of what I have to deal with is what ill work with” from Cherington. Bell- Borras guy, trade bait, or play him out till 2022 or offer 200 mill plus and see what happens? Vasquez is up on 21 new charges in Westmorland County, and Pierogi Tryouts are going on, you must be able to run 215 yards in 60 seconds or less in costume. And also learn the Bucco Brigade stuff as well. Open for appearances an such as well and be available 57 out of 81 games. NCAA Fooitball- Pitt- had an OT win over UNC last Thursday Night 34-17 with Kenny Pickett being named ACC Offensive player of the week. He was 25/42 359yds, 1 TD 0 Int and running for 2 more himself. Pitt got their first win in Football over UNC since joining the ACC and have to travel to Blacksburgh to take on VT that is the #25 team in the country this Saturday at 3:30 . PSU- handled Indiana pretty well in Happy Valley last Saturday 34-27. The score doesn’t reflect the game here. Lots of field goals and Defensive scores in this game.. PSU has #2 OSU this week in the Horseshoe Shake Up Could Happen.
 WVU- the Mountaineers came away with a win in Kansas St last Saturday 24-20. The EER’s Dominate the game from the get go and knock them out of the top 25 this week. This week OK State is coming in to Morgantown Saturday at 12 noon. ND- the Irish handled the Midshipmen 52-20 in South Bend this past Saturday . Ian Book tossed 5 TD’s total with 284yds and 14/20. The Irish mad sure that their Rival didn’t sneak up on them. Next week the Irish have Boston College head into South Bend for the last home game of the season. Other Football, Michigan/State Iowa/Gophers. Trophies. NCAA Hoops- Pitt- the Panthers stumbled with WVU 68-53 loss at the Pete then rebounded with a win over Monmouth 63-50. The Program looks to be better with Jeff Caple at the head. Coach secured 3 recruits this week for next season all 6ft 8 and above. AR-Pine Bluff heads into the Pete this Thursday . Thats Arkansas . WVU- had their win in Pittsburgh , then followed it up with a win over Northern CO. Boston University heads into Morgantown friday. PSU- defeated Bucknell 98-70 tonight and have Yale headed into Happy Valley this weekend . ND- Defeted MArshall and Presbyterian this past week with Toledo headed in. ACC- tough Hoop Conference , not all teams have played a conference game yet. NFL- GRONK BEACH!! Suspensions, movers and shakers, and you got Mossed. Steelers- Shitty game in Cleveland with Head hunting, loss of players due to injury , bad play from the O line, the D didn’t show up, just flat over all. Cincy next week, and back home for Cleveland to a flexed game now at 1 pm from 415.

A broadcast of the Mon Yough Area Chamber of Commerce's National Manufacturing Day Luncheon, recorded live, on location

Whether it is Vickie Miller talking about Wealth Disparity and Reparations, or me and Dean talking about Climate Change, or two musicians talking about the music industry or a political candidate talking about his platform ideas and his background, this was another great episode full of great information......Catch the show in the replay...Orginally scheduled was  a talented Puppeteer... We will work on getting him rescheduled....    He has worked with Hip Hop artists as well as doing stories that look at social issues and we are looking forward to talk about how he blends arts and activism....Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto, was born in a small steel mill town called Clairton, PA located south of Pittsburgh, PA. He is a self taught artist and has been creating art from a very young age. As a teenager, he moved to the East Side of Pittsburgh and graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School. In the late 90’s Tarish joined the BridgeSpotters Collective and became known for his Live paintings and Poetry. He was also a Barber for over 20 years. He moved to North Carolina in 2005 where he launched his career in Puppetry. There, he fine tuned his skills by doing street performances with his puppets. In 2008 he started working with Paperhand Puppet Intervention. He has built puppets and performed in several Paperhand productions. Most recently, Jeghetto had the pleasure to work with national recording artist, Missy Elliott on her music video, WTF ( Where They From) controlling the Pharell puppet and doing some puppet building. He also worked on the Amazon Echo commercial featuring Missy Elliott and Alec Baldwin as puppets. Tarish is a former teacher at Just Right Academy, a private alternative school for children with special needs. Tarish is married and a proud father of five children. Jeghetto’s passion is promoting Oneness through the magic of Puppetry.

Whether it is Vickie Miller talking about Wealth Disparity and Reparations, or me and Dean talking about Climate Change, or two musicians talking about the music industry or a political candidate talking about his platform ideas and his background, this was another great episode full of great information......Catch the show in the replay...Orginally scheduled was  a talented Puppeteer... We will work on getting him rescheduled....    He has worked with Hip Hop artists as well as doing stories that look at social issues and we are looking forward to talk about how he blends arts and activism....Tarish Pipkins a.k.a. Jeghetto, was born in a small steel mill town called Clairton, PA located south of Pittsburgh, PA. He is a self taught artist and has been creating art from a very young age. As a teenager, he moved to the East Side of Pittsburgh and graduated from Taylor Allderdice High School. In the late 90’s Tarish joined the BridgeSpotters Collective and became known for his Live paintings and Poetry. He was also a Barber for over 20 years. He moved to North Carolina in 2005 where he launched his career in Puppetry. There, he fine tuned his skills by doing street performances with his puppets. In 2008 he started working with Paperhand Puppet Intervention. He has built puppets and performed in several Paperhand productions. Most recently, Jeghetto had the pleasure to work with national recording artist, Missy Elliott on her music video, WTF ( Where They From) controlling the Pharell puppet and doing some puppet building. He also worked on the Amazon Echo commercial featuring Missy Elliott and Alec Baldwin as puppets. Tarish is a former teacher at Just Right Academy, a private alternative school for children with special needs. Tarish is married and a proud father of five children. Jeghetto’s passion is promoting Oneness through the magic of Puppetry.

State Rep. Austin Davis on getting more young people interested in politics and tackling serious statewide issues such as education, transportation and gerrymandered districts.

"Well, what's it like over there? Will you tell us anything?", spørger Mike den grønne baret i baren. "Fuck it" er svaret."Deer Hunter" (1978) er instrueret af Michael Cimino. Det er den 38. film på Thomas og Mortens liste over de 100 bedste film.I slutningen af 1967 i den lille by Clairton i Pennsylvania forbereder tre unge mænd fra byens russiske mindretal, Mike Vronsky (Robert De Niro), Steven Pushkov (John Savage), and Nick Chevotarevich (Christopher Walken) sig på at blive sendt til Vietnamkrigen. Da byen holder afskedsfest for de tre, bliver festen slået sammen med Stevens bryllup. Inden afrejsen bliver der også tid til en tur på jagt i bjergene, hvor vennen Stan (John Cazale) ikke forstår jagtens æresbegreber. I Vietnam ender de tre i en fangelejer, hvor vagterne fra Viet Cong spiller russisk roulette med fangerne. Det lykkes dem at flygte, men i krigens kaos skilles deres veje. Hjemme venter Linda (Meryl Streep) hvis følelser er delt mellem Mike og Nick.Thomas og Morten tager en snak om Vietnamkrigen og russisk roulette, og skaber myten om hvordan John Cazale i virkeligheden kom af dage.

Rachel Filippini of Group Against Smog and Pollution and Myron Arnowitt of Clean Water Action on Pittsburgh's legacy of industrial air and water pollution

Sue Baumgart on how she helps people downsize and declutter by selling off estates

Clairton middle school students talk about gardening and fresh food, Sully, a sixth grade students, shares an original song on geothermal energy, and recent high school grads Micah, Dejah and Nicole explore solutions to improve financial literacy.

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We're back to the journals! This time, an abandoned road in Pennsylvania is harboring some very dark secrets. But at least Addison has contact with the outside world again. Sort of. Written, produced, and narrated by Lauren Nelson Featuring: Ashley Litsey as Jo Alisha Tungare as Valerie Cory Frievogel as Baxter

On this episode of Grapple, you’ll hear reflections from a steel town in the Pittsburgh region. Back in the 1950s, the city of Clairton was booming with about 20,000 residents. But today there are far fewer people living there and fewer job opportunities than before. You’ll hear from someone who used to work at the mill and also from someone who had to leave Clairton to find work elsewhere. Lastly, you’ll hear about the first settler of Clairton and how the family he was part of was woven into Clairton’s history. Check out the photo essay: http://bit.ly/2diQben

You don't get to be on Broadway for nearly eighteen years by pure luck. You could say singer and actress Rema Webb's journey to the Great White Way began at age twelve when she first started singing lessons in our shared hometown of Clairton, PA, a suburb of Pittsburgh. Along the way she participated in choirs and pageants, trained in piano and classical voice, studied her craft at the University of Pittsburgh and in Italy. Rema's consistent work ethic eventually led to a role in Ragtime, her Broadway debut. She's since added nine more musicals to her resumé including 16 1/2 years in the Lion King, the Book of Mormon and the current revival of the Color Purple. In February, Rema was featured on cast recording albums of the Color Purple and A New Brain. She is also the founder/executive director of On Broadway Performing Arts Training Program, a organization dedicated to the performing arts, mentoring and education of young aspiring artists. On April 25, Rema reprises Children Will Listen, her celebrated one woman show at New York's 42 West.    Visit Rema online:                                                                   http://www.remawebb.com   Subscribe to TMT on iTunes: http://bit.ly/TalkMusicTalk Or Stitcher Radio: http://bit.ly/TMTStitcher Or TuneIn Radio: http://bit.ly/TMTtunein If you enjoy the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review and/or rating.It Reviews and ratings help to improve TMT rankings and spread the word. Thanks!   "Liz (The Talk Music Talk Theme)"-FULL VERSION Written and Composed on an iPad by boice. https://soundcloud.com/thisisboice/liz-talk-music-talk-theme

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From start to finish this episode contains as many botches as Sabu vs. Sandman wrestling match. But honestly, it has a lot of heart as well...just as a Sabu vs. Sandman wrestling match would. This week the guys break new ground. They develop alternative back stories to your favorite Urban Legends. Speaking of breaking new ground : Todd breaks his chair and falls to the ground, live on air.. Todd also breaks skin in getting a new tattoo. Is That Your Ghost? (Haunted Towns) takes a look at Clairton, PA. The guys also talk "Richards", this week. One Richard is a psychopath with weird stuff bubbling from the corners of his mouth and another is band. This is certainly a strange one! Musical Guest : Rchrd Prkr (Indie from Pittsburgh, PA)

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Von Decarlo is a singer, actress, TV personality, author, mother. Von and I are both from Clairton, PA, a small town outside of Pittsburgh. We were also in the high school band together. I was the drum major and she played clarinet. Von is one of the Relationship Experts and Comedians on Centric TV’s new relationship series According To Him + Her as well as in her very own Centric spin-off digital Instagram series, Coach Von’s Playbook. You can also find her performing live at various New York City comedy and improv clubs with her Musical Improv group Good Catch Comedy. She's currently working on her one woman show Lasagna and will release her first book Speak Fluent Man – The Top Things Women Should Consider Before Blaming the Man in 2015. Von was engaged to comedian Patrice O'Neal and was planning to marry him a month before his untimely death in 2011. In the podcast introduction, I reference that they were married based on our discussion. Visit Von online: http://www.vondecarlo.com Speak Fluent Man Site: http://www.speakfluentman.com Good Catch Comedy Musical Improv on Facebook:          https://www.facebook.com/goodcatchimprov Patrice O'Neal Site: http://www.patriceoneal.com   TALK MUSIC TALK PLAYLIST: Two tracks from Von's self-realized blend of soul and electronica make the most perfect bookends. In between you'll find a bevy of complementary music, to quote Outkast, that's cooler than Freddie Jackson sipping a milkshake. New music from Mapei and Azealiza Banks sit comfortably next to some truly trippy sounds from the one and only Barbra Streisand---you have to hear it to believe it. Enjoy! Subscribe to my weekly TMT Spotify playlist and never miss out on the best weekly mixtapes spanning the genres. http://open.spotify.com/user/therattlecat/playlist/1w5E6sXtHWUgMinIgv2J80   For more info on TMT and boice, visit the show website and my personal website to listen to my music, read excerpts from my books or watch my music videos: http://www.talkmusictalk.com http://www.thisisboice.com                                                           My favorite social media is currently Instagram. I'd appreciate if you'd follow me: http://www.instagram.com/thisisboice  

It's the final weekend of the 2011 high school football season. On this episode of High School Football America, host Jeff Fisher closes-out the season with a chat with MaxPreps' Steve Spiewak about the national championship chase, plus he talks with three head coach going after state gold medals. Guests on the show are: Jim Benkert, head coach at Westlake HS (California); Tom Nola, head coach Clairton HS (Pennsylvania); and Hal Wasson, head coach at Southlake Carroll HS (Texas). Clairton is going after its third straight Pennsylvania Class A title; Westlake will played national power De La Salle for the California Open Division championship; and Southlake Carroll is going after a record-tying 8th Texas state football title.