Podcasts about club congress

Wow Wow Wow Wow! The Club Congress 10 Year Anniversary was so beautiful, love was in the air. The sound, the art, the lighting, the singers, the music, the crowd… thank you sooo much everyone for coming out! It really was an accumulation of years of work to build something special. If you missed it you can relive Shang and I'd b2b set here. We played a lot of our party classics and favorites from over the years. https://clubbyboy.com

Hey unicorn friends welcome to the very first episode of the Laughing Unicorn. This is a whole new show, focusing on all kinds of comedy happening around Tucson and who knows maybe beyond. On March 5th I went to the Lady Haha (https://www.ladyhahacomedy.com/ ) Open Mic Night over at Club Congress. A couple of very kind comics talked to me to help me out with the show and to get this thing off the ground. Thank you so much Emily and Debbie MG (@isemilyfunny and @debbiemg59 on Instagram)!!! And just so you know, if you want to get in on the Lady Haha open mic action, there's another one happening this Tuesday at Club Congress, on March 26th at 7pm, sign ups start at 6pm.Hey, did you know I'm a fan of anyone who can make me laugh and did you also know that I have incredibly low standards?  Just hit me up on Instagram @robynserlin. If you can breathe and say a few words out loud, congratulations! You qualify to be on my show!WARNING:  This show is intended only for listeners over the age of 18. Underage listening may cause you to disappoint your parents by becoming a comedian.  Thank you and enjoy the show.

Dave and Phil describe their new monthly political comedy show, "Laughing Liberally" a mix of stand-up with desk pieces, sketches, news and improv. Phil recalls the history of the show which began in Tucson in 2011 at various locations from Sky Bar, Plush, FlyCatcher, and Club Congress. The newest version of the show will be hosted at the Tucson Improv Movement (TIM) and will feature the improv troupe "Ballot Babes" who provide a fresh and custom made style of lampooning. The opening show featured long time Arizona Star Editiorial cartoonist, Dave Fitzsimmons and Mo Urban, voted Best Comic in last year's Tucson Weekly poll. Dave and Phil host the show and provide political news with a twist of hilarity plus timely newsmaker interviews. Plus we look at the Tucson Comedy scene and review the new Adam Sandler Netflix film. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phil695/message

Back in June @celestegla_ came to Philly to play Club Congress & while they were here they did a set on @great-circles radio! Take a listen to the Glasgow boys two hour set. https://clubbyboy.com/

On this week's show, our guest is Daniel Buckley, who at one point in his life studied lunar and planetary geology at the University of Arizona. He was also the very first act to perform at Tucson's Downtown venerable Club Congress. He's a movie producer, he's a newspaper writer, he's got a wide background and today, we talk to him about another Tucson icon, Cele Peterson. Today is February 26th, my name is Tom Heath and you're listening to "Life Along the Streetcar". Each and every Sunday our focus is on Social, Cultural and Economic impacts in Tucson's Urban Core and we shed light on hidden gems everyone should know about. From A Mountain to UArizona and all stops in between. You get the inside track- right here on 99.1 FM, streaming on DowntownRadio.org- we're also available on your iPhone or Android using our very own Downtown Radio app. Reach us by email contact@lifealongthestreetcar.org -- interact with us on Facebook @Life Along the Streetcar and follow us on Twitter @StreetcarLife--- And check out our past episodes on www.lifeAlongTheStreetcar.org, Spotify, iTunes or asking your smart speaker to "Play Life Along The Streetcar Podcast." Our intro music is by Ryanhood and we exit with music from John Bennett, "Dressmaker."

I'm finally back with a 2 hour mix all by myself, take a listen.. I was definitely gettin' it on this one! This Friday I'm back at my monthly radio spot at Great Circles, this month it'll be moved up to 5-7pm cause after I'll be in the Lounge at the W Hotel, from 8-1. Saturday it's back to Club Congress with Shang and lil' opening set by Full Moon Fool. Looking forward to the weekend :) @great-circles www.clubbyboy.com www.greatcircles.net

Oh hey, it's been a few months since I've given ya'll a Wake Up Call, so here it is! This is the live recording from the last CLUB CONGRESS. I'm personally pretty siked on this one cause I got to play a bunch of trax that I've never played on the cast b4 as well as 4 og productions... remember CC is every 3 Saturday at The Dolphin Tavern, here in Philly. Hope you enjoy ;) 00-45 Shang 45-End @Matpat www.clubbyboy.com

How long has Sekhmet ruled over humanity? Five-thousand years! That's when She is first known to us, appearing in something like her current form, in Upper Egypt, 2,900-and-30 B.C., worshipped in her great temples until the coming of the Coptic Christians and then the followers of Allah, when her cult went underground. But it never went away, and now is Her Time. PLUS: Strange tales from the RV parks of the Southwest, as delivered to our friends at Club Congress in Tucson. New soundscapes by RedBlueBlackSilver. Desert Oracle Radio (c)(p) 2017-2022 • http://DesertOracle.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=26080998 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Damn the last CC was so fun, it really feels great to have the clubs back to normal. This is the first recording from a Club Congress post pandemic and lemme tell ya its a ripper. Joshua Lang came though and dropped some Soulful yet Pumping House Music, just the way I like it. Next Club Congress is 11/20 ;) @joshualang @bwcsounds www.clubbyboy.com

C4 talks some shit about Tom Nook. 

Kevin Axtell is now in his 21st year of juggling, flow, and fire arts. His past and present credits include: Board Member at the International Jugglers Association, partner at the Flow Arts Institute, general manager of the FireDrums Festival, founder and director of Club Congress, co-founder of Club Motion Juggling and Club Fest, and co-founder and director of The Firewalking Center. In addition to being an accomplished juggler and fire performer, Kevin also carries the title of “Master Firewalking Instructor” and is known around the world as a dynamic motivator and educator. Website and links below:   Websites: https://thefirewalkingcenter.com/ https://www.clubmotionjuggling.com/ https://flowartsinstitute.com/ https://www.kevinaxtell.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/propartistry Faceboook: https://www.facebook.com/ClubMotionJu... CLUBFEST - https://www.facebook.com/events/28787... https://www.facebook.com/Thefirewalki... Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaka... TikTok: @fireartistry   Like the show? With YOUR support I can keep the podcast going, and incorporate your feedback, suggestions, and questions, to make the show even better. Together, we can make a flow arts podcast not only happen but a continuing REALITY. Please consider sponsoring it here on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15511651   The Art of Flow is a free public resource for creators, teachers, and supporters of the arts who are interested in flow arts and fire-dancing. The Art of Flow is a creativity, flow arts, and fire dancing podcast that is available for mainstream distribution and provides inspiration for artists and conversations on the creative process. The podcast is available for download and listening via the following Platforms: iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud, Google Play, and at ArtOfFlowPodcast.com   Find more from creator, Morgan Dolginow, on how to diminish overwhelm and live a vibrant life at Ignite Vibrancy Coaching: www.ignitevibrancy.com

M2M performs live at Club Congress for Ladytowne Live Feb 2020. Recording courtesy of Maranda Schubert & Method to the Madness. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thorradio/message

CLUBBY BOY'S CLUBCAST 036 The Wake Up Call - DJ Matpat & Shang LIVE @ The Club Congress 5 Year Anniversary 1/31/19 I've been reminiscing more then ever about djing; hugging friends, sweating with strangers, and meet-ups in the bathroom. The anniversary party felt like a conquest of sorts. It is no easy feat keeping a underground house music party going for 5 years, especially in a city like Philadelphia... but what doesn't break us makes us stronger and I look forward to us coming together when the time is rite. This recording the first of myself and Shang, the newest resident for Club Congress. - Matpat www.CLUBBYBOY.com bit.ly/CBMATPATIG bit.ly/CBMATPATSC bit.ly/CBMATPATFB

CLUBBY BOY'S CLUBCAST 035 The Bedroom - Guest Mix By Lady Monix 4/4/20 Well, I hope everyone is staying safe, healthy, & quarantined, tonight Saturday 4/4, would have been CLUB CONGRESS with special guest Lady Monix. Since everyone is isolating, Shang and I thought it only right to have her do a guest mix for the CAST. The mix is filled with feel good vibes, so open up your windows, feel the sun & dance your heart out. Feel free to send vids :) *As you know alotta DJ's are missing their only form of income, so if you like to donate some $$ to Lady Monix links are below :) VENMO @LADYMONIX www.CLUBBYBOY.com bit.ly/MONIXPAYPAL bit.ly/CBMATPATIG bit.ly/CBMATPATSC bit.ly/CBMATPATFB

Dr's Brandi Karisch and Josh Maples talk all things beef and the benefits that 4-H beef projects can provide for youth today! Transcript: Announcer: This is 4-H-4-U-2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service, promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now are your hosts, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And welcome to another edition of 4-H-4-U-2 podcast. I'm your host John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie Rutherford. John Long: Cobie, how you doing today? Cobie Rutherford: Good for a Friday the 13th. John Long: And a full moon. Cobie Rutherford: That's right. John Long: It's going to be a wild night. Cobie Rutherford: Hoping that we'd get a good victory over Kansas State this weekend. John Long: Well, yeah. Let's get there. We got to get there first. Cobie Rutherford: That's right. John Long: Got any superstitions you're... Cobie Rutherford: You know, I'm not really superstitious about anything, to be honest with you. John Long: Really? That's interesting. Cobie Rutherford: No, not really. I mean, I do X out black cats, when they cross the road, on my windshield. John Long: I do too and reverse X white cats. Cobie Rutherford: I don't know why I do that. John Long: I don't know. It's just the way I was brought up, I guess. Cobie Rutherford: Maybe so. John Long: My folks were probably more superstitious, I guess. Well, we've got two special guests with us today, and Cobie, I'm going to let you introduce who we have with us. Cobie Rutherford: So this morning we have Dr. Brandi Karisch and Dr. Josh Maples with us, and we'll let them tell a little bit about themselves. Brandi Karisch: I'm Brandi Karisch. I am the state beef cattle extension specialist here at Mississippi State and I'm excited to be joining you all today. John Long: We're happy to have you. Josh Maples: And I'm Josh Maples. I'm a livestock economist and just commodity economist here at Mississippi State. And thanks for having me on the program this morning. John Long: Absolutely, glad to have you. Now, let me ask you all, do you all have any superstitions? Brandi, do you have any? Brandi Karisch: Oh, I'm sure there's lots of little quirks, but none of them directly related to Friday the 13th. You can't walk under a ladder. That's bad luck. John Long: Right, that's bad luck for sure. I never do that. I just don't think it's a smart thing to do in the first place, especially if somebody's on it. Cobie Rutherford: That's right. John Long: Josh, how about you? Do you got any superstitions? Josh Maples: Yeah, most of mine are sports related. So if my team is doing really bad and then I walk away and they start doing really good, I don't watch them. John Long: Really? Okay. Josh Maples: And so I think it's all in whether I'm watching or not is what's causing them to do better. John Long: Exactly. Exactly. Brandi Karisch: We have the same thing in our house, but sometimes you have to go change shirts also. Josh Maples: Yeah, that's true. Brandi Karisch: If your team is losing and you change shirts. Josh Maples: 2014, Daks, I guess, junior year when we were so good, I wore the same shirt for every single game. Brandi Karisch: Did you really? Josh Maples: And it worked out until the very end, you know, but ... John Long: Of course. Yeah. Well go ahead. Cobie Rutherford: Josh and Brandi. I used to work real close with them when I was over in the animal dairy science department, and they're actually thinking about starting their own podcast about the beef cattle industry. John Long: Well, don't let us run you off from doing one. Okay. Because we have a lot of fun with it. We really do enjoy it. So I encourage you, if you're interested in doing one, please let us, Hey, let us be special guests. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. Maybe this will be a launch board for them. John Long: That's right. That's right. I don't know what we're going to talk about. Brandi Karisch: We don't even have a name yet, so we're very starting stages here, so. John Long: I think you'll find it informative. But yeah. For your, what, clientele, I guess. Go ahead. Cobie Rutherford: So, Brandi grew up in 4-H in Louisiana, is that right? Brandi Karisch: That's correct. John Long: What Parish? Brandi Karisch: Ascension parish. John Long: Where is that located? Brandi Karisch: So, we're halfway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans on the ... I'm actually on the west side of the river in Ascension Parish. So the Mississippi river splits Ascension Parish, and my little hometown of Donaldsonville is the only one on the West bank. John Long: Oh, cool. We just got back from New Orleans and went to Chalmette. Brandi Karisch: Okay. John Long: Yeah, it was really cool. Brandi Karisch: I hope you ate good while you're there. John Long: Oh dude, we can do a whole episode on that. Cobie Rutherford: We talk about food a lot on this, sad to say. John Long: Yes, we do. Yeah. Especially when we got back from New Orleans, that's all we talked about. Cobie Rutherford: For about two weeks. John Long: Yeah, that's right. Cobie Rutherford: And Josh grew up in FFA program in Alabama. John Long: Okay. So tell me where, where in Alabama? Josh Maples: So, Limestone County, Alabama, not too far from where Cobie's from and yes, I grew up mostly in FFA. It was just a little bit bigger in the County that I was in, but did participate in 4-H as a younger high school student, middle school students. John Long: Now what did you do in 4-H? Josh Maples: So, in 4-H it was mostly just the middle school type stuff. So I didn't show or anything like that. But just kind of the leadership training at early stages. John Long: Yeah. That's cool. That's cool. I was not. I was never in 4-H until I came here, and I have no idea how I got here. Cobie Rutherford: And now John is a shooting sports guru. John Long: Yeah, well. 4-H SAFETY, not shooting. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, that's right. I always forget that. John Long: How dare you say that? Cobie Rutherford: I know. That's right. Well, we've got a lot of things going on in 4-H right now, and I know Brandi's got a lot coming up with the state fair activities and with youth livestock shows at the fair. Brandi, tell us a little bit about why you think that those type of activities are important to 4-H-ers, like showing cattle, and showmanship, and anything kind of involved with that. Brandi Karisch: Cobie, I'm a pretty proud product of the livestock program, the 4-H livestock program. You know, I tell people I do beef cattle for fun, and I do beef cattle for a living, and I grew up doing beef cattle. So I guess that's about all I know how to do. So I really hope nothing happens to take that away from me. But you know, not only are we growing cattle with these programs, we're growing kids, and I think that's something that's so important. Those kids that we see grow up through the livestock program. Not only is there research that shows that those kids that go out and play in the dirt have stronger immune systems and stay healthier, but those kids are the ones that are growing up to be leaders when they go on later in life, when they go into college and when they get into careers. And you know, we hear constantly from companies all over the place that they look for those type of experiences that prove those kids know how to work. Brandi Karisch: They wake up every morning and those cattle get fed or those livestock projects get fed before they do. They get brought in before daylight, before they get ready to go to school most days. And then when they get off the bus in the evenings, it's straight to the barn to take care of those animals and do those things. And then on top of that, learning that hard work, you get to go out and have fun and meet lots of friends that you might not be connected to because they might not live close by. Brandi Karisch: I have friends all across the country that I talk to on a regular basis that I grew up showing cattle with, and that I'm good friends with because of that program. So it's something that I can't speak highly of enough. John Long: Right. It's, it's so much, and we always say this too, but it just seems like what you're saying is that 4-H expands. It's not just about showing livestock, it's about developing that young person, and you can't emphasize that enough. And I think a lot of people miss that based on just the competitive side of it. And that's sad because you understand that we're making leaders for tomorrow and some people would just miss that. Cobie Rutherford: Another thing is whether it's showing cattle or competing in safety events or even athletics. John Long: Yes. Cobie Rutherford: The underlying goal of that is to make better people. John Long: Right. Brandi Karisch: When I was growing up, Louisiana 4-H has a program that when I was growing up, it was called 4-H for a course. And I'm not entirely ... It's called something different now, I think it's called 4-HU is what they call it. And one of the projects that I did every year was a soybean illustrated talk. I know nothing about- John Long: Sounds fantastic. Brandi Karisch: I know nothing about soybeans, but I'm competitive enough that by God I worked really hard, and I got up there and I did my soybean illustrated talk, and I got my medal, and I was really excited about that. Just goes to show you can expand your horizons doing things beyond your area of expertise in 4-H. John Long: And it's amazing the catalog of things that we have available for youth too. I think that's just awesome. Cobie Rutherford: Josh, I think you got roped in to helping with a 4-H contest this year at Club Congress, didn't you? The consumer judging? Did you help with that? Josh Maples: The consumer judge, that's right. That was our first time. I didn't even know that a contest existed. I should have, but after I started helping out with it a little bit this year, it was really cool. It helped, or I guess it kind of trained students or help students learn how to make decisions. It really wasn't Ag. related. It was a, it was more of just making choices and economic thinking. And I really enjoyed it and I thought it was great for the students and they were very active and involved. And yeah, I had a great experience with it. Cobie Rutherford: That's actually one of our largest contests at that we do all year, believe it or not. Josh Maples: I can believe it. There were a lot of students, it was impressive. Cobie Rutherford: And it's got kind of a wide range appeal that appeals to all 4-H-ers. Everyone's going to shop for groceries or consumer type products, clothing, and it's just got a big appeal to it. John Long: Are you okay? Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. I just banged my knee, did you hear that? Brandi Karisch: We heard that. John Long: I think I heard the bone break over here. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, we were talking about that earlier, how these mics pick up everything though. Jammed my knee. John Long: Cobie's the one making all the racket. Cobie Rutherford: That's right. John Long: Come on. Set the example. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. But I think that's a coll contest for sure. Josh Maples: Yeah. And I think, and Brandi kind of pointed to it earlier, but that's one of the best things about 4-H is just the breadth of things that you can do. And it's great for students to do stuff that they're not used to. Kind of like the soybean thing Brandi mentioned and this consumer judge. It may not be anything that anybody had ever thought about, but even if you're mostly have done cattle, you're raised on a cattle farm, being able to have the chance to step out and do some of this other stuff. It helps you going forward. You're going to be exposed to all these things in the future, and the earlier you can get exposed the better off you're going to be. John Long: You know, and a lot of people ... I'm sorry Brandi, were you going to say something? Brandi Karisch: Oh, I was going to say, we definitely see the difference in those kids when they get to college and they get involved in classes. And one of the things that most kids dread when they get to college is having to do that presentation up in front of a group. John Long: That was the worst. Brandi Karisch: And you can tell those kids that were involved in programs like 4-H not only did they have that experience getting to compete, but they're used to talking to people, and they're comfortable talking in front of people. Very respectful. Very respectful I think is probably the biggest thing that I take away from that. And you can really see the difference in those kids when they get up in front of a college classroom. Josh Maples: Yeah, I agree with that. And I would add to it that also, just dealing with challenges, you can sit in class, you might give students an assignment they've never seen anything like before, and it puts them out of their comfort zone a little bit. The students who have participated in 4-H and have some of these leadership skills from an early age, you can just, they just take it in stride. It's a lot easier for them to adjust. And it's not just a ... They're not just in a textbook minded, or textbook mindset. They can handle things that don't necessarily fit on a piece of paper. John Long: That's right. And I'll go back to kind of tag off what Brandi said too, is that I often had people ask me, "What should my child be involved in," or "which one would you think?" I'd say "Well, number one, ask the child what they would like to do" and then, "Try it." It's not, it's not set in stone that you have to do one thing. You tried, and that's the reason we have so many programs because it's about the hook that we use to get the child to be developed. And it's also a good point, a part or point to say that another thing is, is they're exposed to an activity with a caring adult, which they have as a mentor, I guess you could say. And I like that part too. I think it's important. Whether it be an agent or a volunteer. Cobie Rutherford: That's exactly right. I mean, I think our agents are super special to our 4-H-ers, but the volunteers that they have a chance to interact with are usually leaders in the community, people that they can certainly look up to from a career readiness standpoint. There's a lot of good things going on there. Brandi Karisch: Yeah. My husband and I both grew up in the 4-H livestock program, and that's something that we always try to do is volunteer to help give back. Not everybody grew up around livestock. Not everybody knows everything, but there's kids that really get excited about it and they want to get involved, and those are the kids that we really want to help. Be it, we've put on some showmanship clinics, or helped with the Cattleman's Association has put on where we go through everything about how to feed your animal, showmanship, how to train them to get ready for the show. And watching those kids as you go through and seeing that light bulb moment where, let's face it, I've got a four year old and an eight month old. Well, I guess he's nine months old now. John Long: Oh God bless you. Brandi Karisch: Gosh, he's nine months old earlier this week. John Long: Are you all sleeping through the night? Brandi Karisch: We sleep sometimes. John Long: Okay, yeah. Brandi Karisch: We sleep sometimes. John Long: That's what I figured. Brandi Karisch: But more often than not it's easier for them, especially the four-year-old, to listen to somebody other than mom or dad. So having those good leaders and those good volunteers that will be good role models for those kids growing up I think is invaluable. John Long: Yep, absolutely. Absolutely. One of the things, talking about kids, I tell mine, "Look, if you want to do livestock, that's fine, but you're going to have to find somebody else to teach you because I know nothing other than they make good hamburgers." That's it. Oh, when we get a good glass of milk. But that's pretty much it. But I'm willing to learn. I'll tell you that. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. You know, when I think about where I want Reason to be with 4-H, I sure hope he picks up the livestock skills. John Long: What are you going to do if he doesn't? Cobie Rutherford: I'll be okay with it, I guess. We'll just put him, make him go to the barn and do chores. John Long: I see the concern in your- Cobie Rutherford: I think that when he starts out with 4-H, which is six or seven years from now, I mean he's still two and a half, but I think that I'm going to have the same approach my parents did that if he wants to have a livestock project he can, but he's also going to have to do other things as well. He can't just show livestock. So my parents made me do everything from ... I say made. They did make me start off with like cookie cook-off and public speaking- John Long: Here we go, here's the food. Cobie Rutherford: ... and all that stuff. I got a big view approach to 4-H early on because they made me, but I was thankful for that. For sure. Josh Maples: Cobie, my first 4-H event was a cake baking contest. I remember that. I can't remember which grade I was in, but ... Cobie Rutherford: I think that was a big thing in Alabama. Josh Maples: It was. Cobie Rutherford: That's how they got you hooked into 4-H. Food. The teacher's wanted to eat, so they made their fifth graders bake something. Josh Maples: Everybody bring in cake today we'll ... Brandi Karisch: That's some very brave teachers to volunteer to eat cakes made by a whole class full of fifth graders. John Long: Oh yeah. Yes. I think we've got some pretty interesting stories on cook-offs don't we? Cobie Rutherford: Oh yeah. I'm sure. John Long: Yeah. But keep on trying. Get better. That's what we do. So. Cobie Rutherford: Brandi, Texas, one of their largest events now ... I mention Texas because that's where her husband's from, the kind of backstory on where Brandi went to school. But they've got a great American food challenge that they say is going to be their largest event for 4-H-ers soon. Brandi Karisch: Yeah. I mean, that's something that ties in I think so well to what they see. Food Network, all those cooking shows and everything like that. People eat those things up. John Long: They do. Brandi Karisch: They're not like me. I could sit there and watch home improvement shows and fantasize about how I want to remodel my house. But cooking shows, you just sit there and are hungry all day long. And I think that's something that's really important, especially when you tie in the nutrition aspect to it as well. So not only are they learning how to make things with those ingredients, they're learning how to make healthy dishes with those ingredients that they can take back home. And I think that's something that's really exciting to a lot of kids that might not necessarily have thought 4-H was for them. John Long: Right. For sure. Cobie Rutherford: You know, in Mississippi right now, only 6% of our 4-H-ers claim to live on farms or ranches. And to me in my programmatic approach to that I think, well we need to offer programs that those kids are interested in. But it's also very important for us to offer programs to the 94% to teach them about what's going on the farm’s ranches. So if we can tie a project area like food that they're interested in, tie back to agriculture, some somebody would say, "Hey, this is where that ground beef came from. This is the story behind that steer that produced that ground beef." I think that's going to be our ticket here in Mississippi. John Long: For sure. Cobie Rutherford: Whether it's with agriculture or with natural resources or whatever. It's an important part of all of our lives. John Long: So what have y'all got coming up? Y'all got anything throughout the year that y'all... basically programs and things like that. Have you've got anything coming up Brandi? Brandi Karisch: So we've got a fun program coming up that's called Beef 101. It actually started as I had a cattle producer that came up to me one day and said, "I know everything that I can know about how to process a deer in the field, but I know nothing about how to process this beef animal that I raise. How does he get from that animal that leaves my farm to that steak that ends up on somebody's table." So on November 2nd, and we're actually opening up our brand new meat and muscle biology laboratory here on campus, and we're going to invite producers in, and we're going to go through that process. Brandi Karisch: So we're going to take everything and walk through that facility and show producers. We're not going to have any live animals that we're going to harvest, but we're going to have them break down a carcass, so they get to play butcher for the day. John Long: Wow. Brandi Karisch: I don't think we don't have any meat for them to take home, but we're going to have a pretty cool branded knife that they can take home. So this is actually the second time that we've done that program and the feedback that we've gotten from it has been something that's been really good. So we're looking forward to having that program again. John Long: That sounds awesome. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, it does. Josh Maples: So we're, the fall after a farm bill comes out as a busy time. We're doing our farm bill rollout signup period starts. So producers are having to make decisions about how to enroll their acres and their crops into the new farm bill. And so that's a big thing. We're hitting most of the state over the next three months. John Long: Wow. Josh Maples: Yeah. It doesn't happen all the time. Every five years you can expect a fall to be pretty full, and so that just happens to be this fall. John Long: Sounds like you got to cover the state. That's going to be busy. Josh Maples: It probably will be. John Long: A lot of miles. Josh Maples: Not as many changes this time as last time. So it won't be as bad, hopefully. John Long: Yeah. We'll keep our fingers crossed. Brandi Karisch: Sounds like we've got a good topic to cover for our first podcast. John Long: Oh, yeah. Brandi Karisch: How to make the farm bill work for you? Josh Maples: Yeah, yeah. John Long: That's awesome. Well if they want to find more information about 4-H and 4-H in their area, adults and youth, Cobie where can we go to, can they get that information from? Cobie Rutherford: So the first place that you should go to find out information about 4-H or any of our extension related programs is our website, which is extension.msstate.edu Or you can contact any of our county offices, and we have a County office located in every single county in the state of Mississippi, and find out information from your county agent. John Long: The one thing I love about our website is the fact that if you don't know who's in your county, they have a dropdown menu and you can click on say if it was Oktibbeha County, it shows all of the staff, and it has all the contact information. And it's on the right side of that page. So that's always a helpful way. I think I use that more than anything. But y'all Brandi, Josh, we thank you so much for joining us today, and we wish you the best and all that y'all are doing. Thank you for what you do and keep up the good work. We'd love to have you come back, and good luck on your own podcast. Brandi Karisch: Thanks for letting us crash your party today. John Long: Oh, not crashing just amped it up. Josh Maples: No doubt. John Long: Yeah. I asked when they walked into the office a while ago and I said, Oh, they had donuts. I said, "When did the party start?" They said, "As soon as you walked in the door." Well, thank y'all so much for listening. If you would, if you're out there listening to us, please subscribe to our podcast and join us. Every Wednesday is when our podcast drops. That's 4-H-4-U-2 for this week. Thanks for listening. Announcer: Thanks for joining us for 4-H-4-U-2. For more information, please visit extension.msstate.edu and be sure to subscribe to our podcast. 4-H-4-U-2 is produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Office of Agricultural Communications.

Ellen Graves is back in the 4-H-4-U-2 studio to talk about the powerful positive impact that 4-H and Social Media has on the youth of today. Transcript: Announcer: This is 4-H-4-U-2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now, your hosts, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And welcome back to another podcast of 4-H-4-U-2. I'm your host, John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie Rutherford. John Long: Cobie, we have been sitting here talking for seemingly like an hour to our next guest as a precursor to our show. This is our second podcast with Ellen Graves. How you doing today, Ellen? Ellen Graves: Doing good. John Long: Same as you were about 10 minutes ago, I guess. Ellen Graves: That's right. John Long: We pretend like there's been some lack in time, anyway. So yeah. Cobie Rutherford: I wish we'd been recording the whole time. We had some- Ellen Graves: That's not for people to hear. John Long: It wasn't anything bad, but it was just like, so not on topic with what we're going to talk about today. Ellen Graves: Right. Cobie Rutherford: It wasn't research based... Ellen Graves: But y'all were helping make the guest comfortable, right? So that's part of it. John Long: That's right. Just setting up the whole thing. Cobie Rutherford: That's right. Celebrities, and favorite people, and movies. John Long: Movies, yeah. Ellen Graves: Movies, yeah. Cobie Rutherford: All good stuff for sure. Ellen Graves: Yeah, for sure. John Long: But you made mention of one thing I guess we could lead in with, is about your end course. In the South, we say daddy. So your daddy, go ahead and tell us today cause I thought that was really cool 4-H connection. Ellen Graves: Okay, yeah. Yeah. So I was telling y'all that in this job I figured out that 4-H is such a great organization to be a part of and I wish I had done it when I was growing up. I was not, unfortunately, in 4-H and I totally wish I had been. But when I got this job, my dad started to regale us of stories when he was in 4-H back in the 60s and early 70s, and because of 4-H he was able to get on his first plane ride ever and go to national 4-H convention in Chicago, maybe. And so, 4-H gave him that first opportunity in his life to get on a plane. And so he's always remembered that. And he won a lot of contests in forestry especially in 4-H and he just loved it so much. And so I think it's cool that I get to work with 4-H now. John Long: And I said the same thing on an earlier podcast. I was not in 4-H, I really wish I had been. Ellen Graves: Yeah, I mean I don't think people realize, and I know when I got this job, I think I thought like a lot of people did that, "Oh, it's for kids like showing pigs or cows, horses maybe, but I'm not really into that." John Long: Which we do, which we do. Ellen Graves: Right. And that's a very important part of 4-H. You can learn so much through that. But for 4-H has something literally for everybody. And I think one of the biggest things that I think of now is the leadership skills that it gives you, public speaking. Those are things I wish I had done when I was growing up and I wish I had been in 4-H for those things. John Long: Yeah, for sure. Cobie Rutherford: So we do a lot of promotional social media with 4-H contests with 4-H different events. Do you think that one day these 4-H’ers will use social media platforms as almost a resume builder to go back and say this is what all I've done? Ellen Graves: I think that's a cool idea. I've actually never even thought about it that way, but... John Long: See, here we go again. Ellen Graves: I know, look at y'all. But yeah... John Long: Write all this stuff down. Ellen Graves: I know, these are good ideas. A lot of 4-H’ers I think do use that because you can scroll back to two years ago if you'd been on there long enough and you can see all those posts you did, whether you were at Club Congress or at the state fair, Dixie National, and you really preserve those memories. And I think the cool part about social media is that you preserve the memories and that emotion that you were feeling at that time in your life. You know, looking back years later, you might feel different about it. But the cool thing is when you scroll back, you remember how you felt right in that moment. And I think that's a really cool thing. John Long: And a few things. If you think life doesn't move fast... Ellen Graves: Yeah, it does. John Long: Hey, scroll back... Ellen Graves: That's right. Preach it. Yeah. John Long: Yep, that's right. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. I think you was just talking about your dad when he was on the plane taking that trip to National 4-H Congress and yeah, I thought, "Well, what was going through his mind if he'd been able to capture that on social media?" Ellen Graves: Right. Cobie Rutherford: That'd have been huge to go back and look at. Ellen Graves: Oh, I know. John Long: We had a lady, I can't remember her name, I'm sorry. But anyway, she got to go to DC when she was just a young girl on a train. And that was a big deal for her. Ellen Graves: Yeah. John Long: So it's similar to, you know. Ellen Graves: Right. Well, and I think too, like we're talking about my dad back in the 60s but even nowadays I mean, kids in 4-H get so many opportunities to go out of the state, see other parts of the world, meet other kids their age from all over. And you're doing that through an organization that you know, and love, and trust. John Long: That's right. Ellen Graves: And so I think just the opportunities alone for travel is something that a lot of other organizations for youth cannot offer. John Long: That's exactly right, exactly right. Cobie Rutherford: And I think a lot of youth that are going to the national contest right now, all over the country, I think about what kind of experience they're getting. You know, they competed at our State Congress and horticulture judging or consumer judging or whatever it was. And now they're getting to go to a national trip that I mean even John, you mentioned shooting sports on an earlier podcast. John Long: Right. Cobie Rutherford: What else would take you to Grand Island, Nebraska and have a chance to see that part of the world. John Long: Exactly. Cobie Rutherford: Other than shooting sports or, you know maybe livestock. John Long: Livestock, yeah, for sure. Ellen Graves: Yeah, and I mean those 4-H'ers that get to go on those trips, it helps them understand there's a whole world out there. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: There's so many opportunities and possibilities for their lives that maybe they just hadn't thought of yet. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so, I mean, you can't put a price on that. 4-H does that for kids. So I think, I don't know, it's just awesome. John Long: And I think that's important too, to remember the actual experience because, and we'll go back to the podcast we had, part one of Ellen Graves, but when information is so readily available, I mean, look, you don't have to climb to the top of Everest. They got a 360 degree view of Everest, whatever you want to call it. Everything is right there. But if you're not there, if you don't sit there and are able to look at the Grand Canyon face to face, you can't really appreciate it from that standpoint. And I think that goes the same for these trips and everything, you know what I'm saying? Ellen Graves: Oh yeah, for sure. John Long: Social media takes us to certain places, but it will never- Ellen Graves: It can only take you so far. John Long: That's correct. Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: Ellen, I like how you mentioned a while ago that social media allows us to capture memory but also an emotion. Can you elaborate some more on that? John Long: Yeah, I wish she would, because I did this, which I'm combing through my beard right now. Go ahead. Ellen Graves: Yeah. So, I think I get the unique opportunity to see a lot of posts out there about 4-H from our 4-H'ers, from our volunteers, from their parents. And I think one post in particular really sticks out to me, is we have a 4-H'er named Savannah and her mother, we follow her mother, her mother posted a collage picture of Savannah when she was just a kiddo, going to Project Achievement Day. And then she posted a picture from years after that where Savannah was wearing a green jacket and was there as a State Council Officer. And so just look at that post visually and then see in the caption that mother described the transformation that her daughter had gone through and the confidence that she had gained. I mean, makes me look at 4-H and I appreciate my job through their eyes. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: You know, cause I look at a lot of stuff obviously from my angle, from a professional angle, from my work angle, but to see that emotion and that memory through a parent's eyes of her child growing and becoming a great young lady, that's something that I was able to think about because of social media. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so I think that's one example. Was that a good answer? John Long: That is very good. Cobie Rutherford: That was really good. John Long: I was going to say it's a virtual record book. Ellen Graves: Yeah, yeah. John Long: You know, like a 4-H record book. I mean, you see that progression. Ellen Graves: Right. And I mean I think 4-H has done a really good job of trying to meet our folks where they're at on social media. So like one of the new things that we've done lately is create a Facebook group for 4-H volunteers. And so they have a space underneath our Facebook page where they can discuss internally what their plans are, updates about different things. So it's a virtual gathering space because as y'all know, our volunteers are stretched throughout the state. So this is a place where we can use technology to help kind of fill in those gaps. John Long: Yeah. And we did that on the national team this year too. Ellen Graves: Oh, that's cool. John Long: There's a Facebook page that a parent had started just for a means of saying, "Hey, this is where we're at and this is what we're doing." Ellen Graves: Right. That's right. John Long: So yeah, that makes perfect sense for sure. Cobie Rutherford: And I like all the new components of social media, like on Facebook or Instagram where you can almost go live, well you can go live, at any place you're at and share your experiences of what you're doing in that moment. John Long: Yeah. Ellen Graves: Yes, yes. And Cobie, give a shout out to him, he is like a master at going Facebook live, Instagram live. He's like so confident about it. So shout out to you. Cobie Rutherford: Oh my gosh. The first time I did that, I was live at the livestock show going around and talking to the people before- Ellen Graves: It's that adrenaline rush, isn't it?. Cobie Rutherford: It is. It was before they walked into the ring for the championship drive at Dixie or State Fair one. And then all of a sudden this calf kicked this kid. John Long: Oh no. Ellen Graves: Oh no. Drama. John Long: No music track. Ellen Graves: Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: And then someone let out a descriptive word at that calf. John Long: Oh. Ellen Graves: Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: That was probably not social media... Ellen Graves: Right. Appropriate. Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: So I quickly deleted that. Ellen Graves: Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: And did not share and then started over again. Ellen Graves: Right. You got to have fast fingers, sometimes on social media. John Long: Yeah, for sure. Ellen Graves: But I do think Facebook live, Instagram live, just going live in general and gives us the opportunity to be authentic in a way that we've never been able to do before. John Long: Yeah, yeah. Ellen Graves: Because when you think about it, that's just the structure of media. People obviously place so much emphasis on television because they had the ability to go live. Cobie Rutherford: Right. Ellen Graves: Whereas now that power is also in the hands of everyday people. And we can argue whether that's good or bad, but I know in 4-H we're using it for good. John Long: Yeah. Ellen Graves: And so I think being able to open up that window to people, being really transparent with them, is a great tool for us. John Long: I've only been Facebook live one time. Ellen Graves: Yeah. John Long: And it was that... Ellen Graves: I worry about you sometimes, John. That's all we can do, one time. John Long: I'm just like, "Oh no, let me get my finger up here." Arthritis. But I was in a tree stand and I just said, "I'm going to try this." And it was like, "Okay well here I am, what do I do now?" Ellen Graves: Some people are more natural at it than others. John Long: Yeah, yeah. I guess I'd like it if I did it more but I don't. Ellen Graves: Practice makes perfect. Cobie Rutherford: I feel like I need to do a real enthusiastic voice when I do Facebook live. I'm like, "Hey y'all!" John Long: Trying to drum up some excitement. Cobie Rutherford: I know. John Long: "This is Cobie Rutherford." Ellen Graves: Well that's why I like being behind the camera because y'all know my philosophy with the accounts that I manage is like, I never want to make it about me, you know like ever, even though I'm the person behind it kind of operating it. John Long: Yeah. Ellen Graves: But that's the funny part, I think, about working with 4-H'ers is that these kids are so naturally inclined to be not nervous in front of the camera. Ellen Graves: Whereas people, even my age, y'all's age, have kind of a nerve nervous element to going live or getting on video. And so these 4-H'ers have really just embraced it because it's all they've ever known. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so that makes for great social media, so that's good for me. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. John Long: Yeah. And I think it helps them kind of watch their actions too. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. Ellen Graves: Right. John Long: Because now they know that if they do something down the line that anybody anywhere can flip up a camera and video them. Ellen Graves: That's right. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, and I think... John Long: And it is all over the place. Cobie Rutherford: Right. And that's, yeah. Like you said, because if something happens or, you know what I mean? John Long: Right. Cobie Rutherford: It's a different, I don't know, I don't want to say media, but it's a different... Ellen Graves: But it's a different world because people have the technology at their fingertips to record anything, so- John Long: Isn't that crazy? Ellen Graves: Yeah. John Long: And I remember wanting a video camera. Ellen Graves: Yeah. John Long: That thing was huge as, you know, and now it's in the palm of your hand. Ellen Graves: Your hand. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. John Long: And take just as good video. Ellen Graves: It does. Cobie Rutherford: What I see is like, and Ellen, please comment on this. Do you see a lot of youth when they're trying to create content, they're trying to put things out there to get likes or make impressions. How important are those to a lot of youth and do a lot of youth take them more serious than they should? Ellen Graves: So I think that's a great point to bring up. And honestly, when you think about it, we're still really young in the progression of social media. So I know there's a lot of research that has been done, that's going to continue to be done about the effect mentally that social media has on young people and even people our age. And I mean just from, this is Ellen's opinion, my viewpoint on it is that yeah, I think people do take stock in how many likes a picture gets. Because I always tell 4-H'ers in my workshops I do with them is that whether you know it or not, you are a social media strategist. Because like for example, on Instagram, you're thinking about, "Okay, what picture do I want to put up from my camera roll? What filter do I want to use? What kind of caption should it be? This kind of caption or should I make it funny? What hashtag should I put? What emoji should I put with it?" You know, so people are going through the same thought process because they want that post to succeed. Right? John Long: And if anybody heard the first one, it's called clout. Ellen Graves: Oh yeah. John Long: I don't even know what that means. Ellen Graves: You're becoming a social media strategist. John Long: I'm sorry, I'm sorry to interrupt you, I had to throw that in there. Ellen Graves: No, it's fine. No, it's fine. And so, I do think that whether young people admit it or not, they do think about that. And it's funny you should bring this up. I actually saw a headline the other day that Instagram is starting to test and roll out a feature where the likes are hidden from public view. So if you put up a picture of yourself, you can see, "Okay, I got 50 likes on it." But someone looking at it from the public's perspective would not know how many likes, and that's an interesting thought because they saying they're basically eliminating the peer pressure of like, "Oh, well 100 people have liked this, so I should too." Or, "Only 20 people liked it, so I'm not going to like it, that's lame." You know? And so I think that's going to be really interesting to see if that actually does come to pass or if it's just something they're testing. So, yeah. John Long: So it kind of gives them an idea of like making an informed decision instead of a snap decision based on what everybody else has done. Ellen Graves: Right. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. And it's kind of like you judge yourself against others. John Long: Yeah. Oh yeah. Cobie Rutherford: You know, I can put a picture of me and one of my cows or, I'm just being facetious here, but you know somebody else could. And I'm like, "Wow, they got more likes with their cow than I did with mine." Ellen Graves: Right, right. John Long: Right. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. John Long: And I think that happens more times than not. You know, you see that a lot. And it's almost like, I know I catch myself, and I don't know if y'all ever do, but I catch myself saying, "What is the purpose of this other than your glorification?" Ellen Graves: Yeah, yeah. John Long: You know what I'm saying? It's like, "Look what I can do." Ellen Graves: Well, and it's like a weird line for me because professionally I very much care about analytics and it tells me certain things about our audience and about how I can be changing our content to meet the needs of our audience by paying attention to analytics. But then on the personal side of things, I try to not take that with me. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: I try not to like over analyze my own personal presence on social media. Cobie Rutherford: Right. Ellen Graves: But for professional it is really important in my job to understand those things. John Long: Yeah, I bet it is. Cobie Rutherford: So how many accounts do you monitor? Ellen Graves: I told you I wasn't good at math, Cobie. Cobie Rutherford: I will give you a piece of paper. Ellen Graves: I know. I don't know. I would say like a rough estimate is that, like I have my hands on probably about 20 accounts. Managing day to day consistently, it's probably about 10. But I have my hands just in a lot of pots I guess would be the best way to describe it. I generally tell people, someone actually asked me this in Sunday school the other day like, "What do you do?" Because I think a lot of times in Extension our job titles can not be very... Some people just don't understand what that means. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so I told the person, I think about my role in Extension as I create content and then I also manage accounts and then I also train people in Extension about how to best use social media. So that's kind of the way I think about it. So, yeah, I'm looking at social media every day. John Long: So let me ask you this, it's a good lead into my next question. Does Ellen Graves ever unplug totally? Ellen Graves: Oh, there's some days where I wish I could just throw my phone in a river, but then I know I would just jump in right after it. John Long: Right, right. Ellen Graves: But it's hard for me to completely unplug. I do try on Sundays not to look at our work accounts and then the only time I can really unplug for an extended amount of time is during our Christmas break because that's the only time long enough where I'm physically not at work. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: That I don't have to worry about it as much. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: But you know, the thing I tell folks a lot of times, I feel like in this job in particular, but we all have aspects like this in our own jobs. I don't want to sound like I'm the only one like this. But you know, even when I go home, if someone sends us like a question on our 4-H Facebook page at 8:00 PM, I'm looking at it. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: You know I'm answering it. John Long: Right. Sure. Ellen Graves: And so it's kind of like with my job, you can take it with you wherever you go. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so I do have to try to step back at times. As we've said before, I did graduate from Ole Miss. There was one time during where we really lost an Egg Bowl real bad to State and I had to put my phone in a drawer. John Long: Oh wow, it was blowing up that bad? Ellen Graves: Yeah. John Long: Oh wow. Ellen Graves: It was bad. And so but I do try to unplug around the holidays. But I'm pretty much plugged in all the time. John Long: Well I think, and you said it is part of your job. What advice would you give to a young person in order to get a healthy balance? Because I just, I mean people are with their heads down. Ellen Graves: Yeah, yeah. John Long: I think they're just going to eventually just get a crick in their neck and never going to look up and look around at the world. Ellen Graves: Right, look at the sunshine. Right. John Long: Right, exactly. So how does the person do that when it's just so available. I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just saying that we need to- Ellen Graves: Have a good balance. John Long: Yeah, you're not going to see a sunrise if you're trying to Google one, you know? Ellen Graves: Right. Well, I think I've been really fortunate to have lived before there was social media, so I had a childhood that was free of a screen, that was free of social media, and I'm really thankful for that. But at the same time, nowadays that's just the world we live in, right? John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: That stuff is available to kids. And so I think having that balance of having times in your life during just your normal weekly routine of like, "Okay, the phone, it goes on the dresser drawer at 8:00 PM and I'm not going to look at it after that." You know? And I think honestly, when you're talking about teenagers and kids, you're talking about their parents, right? Because those are the folks who would be obviously setting the rules in the house. And so I think as a parent you have to say, "What are our digital guidelines as a family?" John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And you're setting an example for your children. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And I think adults have to think about that. But I did talk with our 4-H'ers at Co-op and we just kind of had just a time where we just kind of talked with each other about what social media is to them. And I told them, I said, "You know, a lot of adults think that y'all cannot communicate face to face. They think teenagers can't look another adult in the eyeballs and talk to them." John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And that they just, phones and social media have put up a barrier. And the kids really pushed back on that. They said, "We feel very confident about looking people in the eyes and talking to them." And that might be because they're 4-H'ers, right? John Long: Right, right. I was thinking that. Ellen Graves: They have the skill set to do that, right. But the other point too they brought up with me is, and I agree with this, is that teenagers and kids in their mind, when they're texting someone when they're Snapchatting someone, that is a friendship. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: That is relationship. It's just in a different way than their parents experienced friendship. John Long: Right, right. Ellen Graves: And so it's not that they're just in a world all by themselves. A lot of times they're communicating with their friends through those methods. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so. But to boil it down, I kind of had a rambling answer. John Long: No, I- Ellen Graves: You do have to have a balance. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And I think with anything in life, you have to have a balance. John Long: One thing that I'm seeing more and more of late is the ease, and I'm speaking for myself, the ease of parents. Did you just give a device to a child for a pacifier, for lack of a better words, you know? And then it just becomes such an addiction to where that child, and again moderation in all things, but it becomes just like this, "I got to have, I got to have it, I got to have it." And I think that is a danger for sure. Ellen Graves: And I think I'm not as well versed in that kind of stuff. I don't have kids myself. And so I haven't had to experience that. But I think the research that folks are doing out there from this generation that's grown up like this will tell us things eventually- John Long: Right, I agree. Ellen Graves: About how that's affected them and adulthood and all that. John Long: Sure. Ellen Graves: And we'll have to look at what that says. But what I do encourage, parents out there, especially 4-H parents, is that we will definitely want you to post about 4-H- John Long: Absolutely, absolutely. Ellen Graves: And about your kids having a great time in 4-H. John Long: That's right. Ellen Graves: Because it's always better. We can shout from the rooftops on our 4-H accounts that we have, but it's going to be way more authentic coming from y'all. John Long: Absolutely. Ellen Graves: For sure. John Long: The youth tell the story. Ellen Graves: That's right. Cobie Rutherford: And how important is it for them to use the hashtag so you can see what they're talking about? Ellen Graves: Yeah. Yes. Thank you, Cobie. John Long: Ellen always has to remind me during annual conference what the hashtag is. Ellen Graves: I know. It's all right. John Long: Go ahead, I'm sorry. Ellen Graves: That was part of my job. So #MS4H no dash, just all put together. And then for Extension it's #MSUEXT. And you might say, why is this important for me to use this hashtag? One of the reasons that I've seen is that a lot of 4-H'ers, or even volunteers and parents, will post something about an activity they've done through 4-H but not actually mentioned in the caption that it's 4-H. John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: And so there's this misconception that it's another youth organization out there. And so if you put up your caption and then at the very end just put #MS4H, you're getting that point across to your friends and family that this was done through 4-H. And so that helps our brand grow, just from doing that tiny thing. And then also just from my perspective professionally, it helps me be able to see the amount of posts out there about Mississippi 4-H because- John Long: ...going back to analytics again. Ellen Graves: That's right. It gives me a way to aggregate the content that's out there so I can understand what is our audience talking about, what concerns do they have? And I want to make sure that I interact with our 4-H audience through our Mississippi 4-H account. So when you put up a post describing a 4-H experience, I want to like that. I want to, from our 4-H account, I want to say, "Great job. Thank you so much." John Long: Right. Ellen Graves: So I want to continue those lines of communication with y'all and I can only see those posts unless we follow you. And unless you're using those hashtags. John Long: Yeah, that was a good and a plug for me. Cobie Rutherford: Yep, that's right. Ellen Graves: I practice it a couple of times. John Long: Just use the pound sign. Ellen Graves: You know, that tic-tac-toe, right? John Long: Yeah, that's right. You know, you got the square and then you got the X and the Os. Ellen Graves: Right. John Long: But yeah, thank you so much for that. And Ellen, we thank you for, again, for coming in and being with us today and like I did in the last podcast and we'll let you tell us where we can go to get our information on 4-H and Extension in your area. Ellen Graves: Thank you, John Long. So everyone please make sure to follow Mississippi 4-H on social media. You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. And then of course you can also follow MSU Extension Service, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Pinterest. And then we already talked about the hashtags. John Long: Yes. Ellen Graves: So use those. And then of course you can look at our website, extension.msstate.edu. John Long: We need to bring her in every- Cobie Rutherford: I know. John Long: Can we record that? Cobie Rutherford: We should record that. Ellen Graves: Yeah, just make a standard. John Long: No stipend or royalties... Ellen Graves: Right, right. John Long: Alright, well with that, that is another week of 4-H-4-U-2, and I'm your host, John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie. John Long: And we will be back next time with who knows what we're going to be talking about, but we're going to be talking about 4-H and 4-H youth development for sure. Y'all have a good one. Announcer: Thanks for joining us for 4-H-4-U-2. For more information, please visit extension.msstate.edu and be sure to subscribe to our podcast. 4-H-4-U-2 is produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Office of Agricultural Communications.

Cobie has a couple of 4-H Co-Op attendees visit the studio and talk about all the exciting visits and stops that they made during this years 4-H Co-Op tour! Transcript: Announcer: This is 4-H-4-U-2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service, promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now, your hosts, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. Cobie Rutherford: Well hello everybody, this is Cobie Rutherford with another podcast at 4-H-4-U-2. I'm certainly excited to be here today. It seems a little bit empty in the office without my cohort Dr. John Long, but we're thrilled to have two of our very best for 4-H'ers with us today, Miss Molly Whitehead and Mr. Chase Montgomery. So what brings you all to campus this week? Molly Whitehead: This week we've got co-op, and this is my first year at co-op and it's been really fun. And it's been a really good learning experience, and just to get to meet more of the 4-H'ers. And to just be more involved on that state level, and get to meet 4-H'ers across the state is really cool to me. So yeah. Cobie Rutherford: Chase, have you had a good week? Chase Montgomery: Yeah, it's been really interesting. I've been offered this trip pretty much every time for the past five years. I've just never been able to come. Cobie Rutherford: So you've had some fun and learned a few things, then. That's awesome. So, to give you a little bit background, I know we talked about the co-op on several podcasts previous to this week, but the co-op stands for the 4-H Cooperative Leadership Conference. And 4-H'ers can earn this trip by either placing first at a contest at Club Congress, or being a part of the leadership team. And Molly, I think you were actually a first place winner and the Southwest Regional Vice President. Is that right? Molly Whitehead: I was a second place winner, but yeah. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, so pretty close then. What contest did you participate in? Molly Whitehead: I did interior design, level two, which was like designing a living room, and that was really cool. Cobie Rutherford: And Chase, what was your project this year? Chase Montgomery: I did two. I did the citizenship bowl and entomology. Cobie Rutherford: Okay, good deal. So that's two wildly different topics, right? So, which one did you prefer best? Chase Montgomery: Entomology was probably the easiest of the two, mostly because I'm the only one competing in it. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, don't tell that. Chase Montgomery: But yeah, citizenship was interesting cause I got to learn a lot of historical facts about Mississippi that I never would've learned in school, because they don't usually teach the governmental history of Mississippi. It's mostly just the facts of how it's progressed over the years. Cobie Rutherford: I gotcha. So, do you remember anything, a fun fact? Chase Montgomery: Not much. It's been a few weeks. Cobie Rutherford: It has been, and this has been a busy week too. It's been some very late nights and some very early mornings. So co-op, pretty much. Molly, why don't you give us kind of a synopsis of the co-op schedule? What we've done so far. Molly Whitehead: Well, we've traveled to different cooperatives to learn about how they work and what they do to benefit the communities and to work to better our communities. And we've had leadership Olympics last night, which was helping us with our leadership skills and teamwork skills as a group. And yeah. Cobie Rutherford: So Chase, tell us a little bit about the stops that we went on, on the tour. Chase Montgomery: Okay. Well, you know, we went all the way to the Delta area in Greenville and Greenwood, and I've never been to that area before. So seeing how the land and the economy there is different than in my area of the Northeast district, because of how the weather is, and just being able to see how their businesses operate based on the placement of the rivers, and the ecosystem, is kind of interesting. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool, too. We went to the farmer's grain terminal, and it sits right on the Mississippi river, and the manager there said that it was the largest grain terminal between, I hope I don't quote him wrong, but between New Orleans and St. Louis, on the river. That's pretty cool that that's in Mississippi. And it baffled me. I mean I've always been around agriculture and farms, but seeing just the size of those silos and grain bins, it just blew me out of the water. So I thought that was certainly a fun trip. And then when we went to Staplcotn, that was awful cool, too. You know, seeing what they do for the cotton farmers around the Southeast, especially those in Mississippi, and making sure that they have a marketable product is certainly important. And then I'd be remiss if we didn't talk about the breakfast that we had at Four County electric co-op. What'd y'all think about that demonstration those guys gave us? Molly Whitehead: Oh, that was really cool. It really made me appreciate the lining a lot more, and how dangerous their job is every day. Like, we've had big old storms with all the rain coming, and it's really made me appreciate the linemen that go out and do such dangerous jobs, just to get our lights back on. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. And it made me think about, you know, when they're out there doing that stuff for us, how bad the weather can be. And they're right out in the middle of it. What'd you think about that hot dog demonstration, Chase? Chase Montgomery: It just made me realize exactly how terrifying electricity is. Cobie Rutherford: I know, right. So, one of the demonstrations guys did was they had a demonstration cart, or wagon, that had a power line simulation there, and one of the linemen got a hot dog and put up against the hot line. And we saw how much damage, basically the hot dogs split in half. And he kind of had a funny analogy about how the hot dog is very similar to our bodies, and basically it's water and flesh, and how bad electricity can harm us. So I thought that was really cool, and they fed us a great breakfast. So that was good. So then yesterday, we basically were in the classroom all day. So, we started off with a talk about the history of cooperatives and then had some leadership training. One thing that I tried to put together was, getting to know yourself, and we talked about how youth should look at themselves as a business, as something they can market, as something they should take pride in, and something that they can improve upon. Molly, what's something you learned from the talk yesterday? Molly Whitehead: Oh, I've learned a lot about myself. It really made me think about what my weaknesses are. Because we were doing the interview for the cooperative thing the other day, and it Peyton asked me, "Hey, what are some of your weaknesses?" I kind of stopped and I was like, "I don't know any of my weaknesses." And it kind of made me think about what, really, I'm not strong in but I can improve upon in that way. Cobie Rutherford: So chase, what about you? What'd you learn? Chase Montgomery: Learning and listening to the other people give their demonstrations of what they believed was their greatest weaknesses and strengths. It just let me think even further about myself as a person, because I've already had to do an interview where I had to give my weaknesses, and they are not very good. I have about a list about a mile long of those. But, just seeing other people whose weaknesses were fear, and stage and stuff, get up in front of everybody was kind of encouraging for me. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, I thought that was pretty cool. So, one thing I talked about in my talk was we talked about the strategic plan that 4-H'ers should have for themselves, and always have a plan B and a backup plan, but always, work hard to reach your goals. And we talked about developing a vision statement, a mission statement for yourself, and talked about some values and different things like that. But, one thing that I encouraged the 4-H'ers to do was just take back and do a personal assessment of themselves with a SWOT analysis. So, determine your strengths, your weaknesses, any opportunities, and threats that you might have to reach your goals, that you had outlined in your personal strategic plan. So, the strengths are pretty easy to come up with. And I think first and foremost, everybody in the room kind of had similar strengths, in terms of, well, I'm a leader, I like talking to people, I'm a good communicator. Cobie Rutherford: And then we start talking about weaknesses. And one thing that I mentioned, right off the bat, is that I hate being put into a vulnerable type situation. And I shared some of the weaknesses I've had, that I've had the opportunity to improve upon. And I hope that I got the point across for 4-H'ers that you shouldn't look at weaknesses as something that is concrete. It's something that you can always improve upon through different opportunities. But you need to be aware of them, and be aware of what you can change. And 4-H'ers got up there to the front of the room, and a lot of shared their own weaknesses, and things that they could improve on. And I think that others in the room gained strength from that. Knowing that some of their own insecurities that other people had. And I think that is pretty cool. Cobie Rutherford: So, we also looked at the opportunities and threats. We talked about the greatest opportunity was to capitalize on your strengths, right? And improve on your weaknesses. So, I think one thing I have done to improve on my weaknesses is put myself in a situation I don't feel comfortable in, and make myself feel that vulnerability. So we had a lot of good examples yesterday about that. Cobie Rutherford: Then, from there we went and did two really good workshops. Now I missed the workshop on social media. I'm sure that was excellent, what did y'all learn from that? Chase Montgomery:  Basically we were going through and talking about how people can not be who they say they are online. You never know who they are behind the screen. It could be anybody, because technology's just got to the point where you can fake pretty much anything. And the dangers of inviting people that you do not know, personally, into your life like that. Like the dangers of people you don't know privately messaging you and talking vulgar and such, and how you should block, and probably report them. Cobie Rutherford: That's pretty cool. And what'd you pick up on it, Molly? Molly Whitehead: Well, we talked a lot about guarding your accounts, and about how you shouldn't start drama on Instagram, and Facebook, and Snapchat, and things. And just to keep it to yourself, and just to handle that in a personal way and not to put it out there socially. And also, like Chase said, to guard your accounts in a way that there's people online that you don't know, and people that don't know you, but are online just to hurt others and to, almost stalk in a way, almost. So you have to kind of guard your account to those things. And also, how you have to guard your account to where if you have a future employer that wants to come to hire you, they check your accounts, and they figure out what's on your account, and they can form an impression of you through your accounts and things like that. So, just to be aware of what we post, and what we tweet, and things like that. Cobie Rutherford: I think that's really good advice. Sometimes we don't think about, you know, we share something that's funny and then, next thing we know, someone very important sees it that might not share the same sense of humor that we do. Or you know, just for safety for that matter. The other stop we did at the workshop was the state chem lab. What'd y'all think about that? Chase Montgomery: That was really cool. Molly Whitehead: It was cool. It was cool to see like how detailed it was, and how every little detail counted in that. And it's so important to pay attention to those little details. Even if it's something little like, I don't know, school work or something like that. How our actions right now go into our careers that we are going to start soon. And it's, yeah, just keeping those little details. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, that was a lot to keep up with, for sure. And then the last night we kind of ended on the leadership Olympics. What was the favorite activity in that? Molly Whitehead: Let's see. There was a lot of them. Cobie Rutherford: Which one was the most difficult? Chase Montgomery: The most difficult? That was probably stacking the pyramid. Molly Whitehead: Yes. Stacking the cups with the yarn and the rubber band. That was really difficult. Cobie Rutherford: So one thing that we did was we made them build a pyramid with six styrofoam cups. And you can imagine the pyramid, three on the bottom, two in the middle, one on top. And I had a rubber band that had six pieces of yarn around it, and each person on the team had to have a piece of yarn in their hand and control the rubber band, put it over the end of the cup and stack them up on the pyramid. So it took very good communication skills, and very good coordination within the team to make that work. I thought that was pretty cool. And then today, the last day of the conference, has just kind of been low key. Taking group pictures, saying goodbye, just kind of getting everything wrapped up. So, as y'all reflect back on co-op, what would be one thing you would tell someone in your county next year who is thinking about going? Chase Montgomery:  Basically it is a really good learning experience. Like learning the differences and the intricacies of the businesses in our rural community, and how something small can rise from just a few people, to something that big. It's a good demonstration of how hard work can develop into something major. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, that's good. What about you? Chase Montgomery:  Definitely, I've made a whole bunch of friends that I wouldn't normally make at Congress, and it's such a smaller group that everybody gets a little bit closer because there's not a lot of us. But yeah, it's such a learning experience. I've learned a whole bunch that I wouldn't have necessarily learned at school, or going into college, or just on the street one day. It's so really cool to learn things that I wouldn't normally learn on a regular day. Cobie Rutherford: Very good. Well, I know I've had a blast. I actually stayed in the dorms this year as a chaperone, so that was fun. Got to have some very late nights, very early mornings. But, I'm kind of ready for my own bed now. It's been a good four days, and thank y'all so much for coming in today. I hope y'all had fun on your first podcast. Chase Montgomery: Yeah, this is... Cobie Rutherford: This is kind of cool. Just wait till you hear yourself online. It sounds really good most of the time. Chase Montgomery: Oh, I'm going to hate it. Cobie Rutherford: Well I probably will too, because I feel like I've got a frog in my throat. Well, with that, I guess we'll wrap it up. Thank you again to Miss Molly Whitehead from Franklin County, and Mr. Chase Montgomery from Pontotoc County, for joining us today. I'm so glad y'all came to co-op. I'm glad I got to know you all better this week. And just remember that Mississippi State Extension is always here for you. Whatever you need throughout life, whether it's a question about your garden one day, or home economics or future 4-H plans. Volunteer. Maybe y'all can come back when you age out as volunteers. So, we thank you. And with that, if you'd like more information about the Mississippi State Extension 4-H program, you can find it on our website, extension.msstate.edu, or you can contact any of your local county extension offices. We are located in every county in the state of Mississippi. And with that, I'm Cobie Rutherford, and we'll visit next time. Announcer: Thanks for joining us for 4-H-4-U-2. For more information, please visit extension.msstate.edu, and be sure to subscribe to our podcast. 4-H-4-U-2 is produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Office of Agricultural Communications.  

Dr. Jousan talks to Cobie and John about the many opportunities that the 4-H Horse and Livestock Program has to offer the youth of Mississippi. Transcript: Announcer: This is 4H4U2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service, promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now, your host Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. John Long: All right, and welcome back to another 4H4U2 podcast. I'm your host, John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And Cobie, we have a special guest with us today, Dr. Dean Jousan and Dean, give us your title. Dean  Jousan: So my title is Extension 4-H Livestock Specialist. I'm an Associate Professor in the Department Of Animal And Dairy Sciences. John Long: That's a lot of credentials there, Dean. Dean  Jousan: It is a long title, yeah. John Long: When did you start? Dean  Jousan: I started in September, 2006 so I'm approaching finishing out my 13th year. John Long: Awesome. Yeah, you started in just a little bit before us because I remember me and you being new kids on the block, so to speak, I guess. So tell us a little bit about yourself, where you're from and how you got to where you are today I guess. Dean  Jousan: So you could probably tell by the tone of my voice, I'm from the South, I'm from East Texas, a little small town called Jouaquin, a population 800. John Long: Wow. Dean  Jousan: We're so large, we finally got a traffic light a couple of years ago. So now you got to watch out for traffic lights when you go home. John Long: Did they have this big christening for the- Dean  Jousan: I wasn't there so I'm not sure. John Long: Probably. Dean  Jousan: They probably did at Christmas time so we'd have more lights for the Christmas parade. John Long: That's great. They decorated. Dean  Jousan: Exactly. John Long: I'm sorry, go ahead. Dean  Jousan: No, no. So I grew up getting into 4-H and FFA as a young person and was involved with mainly show and breeding cattle all over the country. But we did a little bit of a poultry because that was big in our home county. Went to college at Texas A&M, got my undergraduate degree and went off to Virginia Tech for a master's degree and the University of Florida for a PhD. Literally graduated on a Saturday and interviewed here the next Monday for this opening, and I've been here ever since. John Long: Wow, wow. Cobie Rutherford: That's pretty exciting, a lot of traveling. John Long: Yes, yes, now family? Dean  Jousan: Yeah, I'm married just over 10 years to a pharmacist and we've got two kids, Keegan, a seven year old girl, and Web, a four year old boy. John Long: Awesome. And trivia, I was in Dean's wedding. Cobie Rutherford: Oh, how about that. John Long: Yes I was. I enjoyed that a lot. That was lot of fun. And I saw that come up on Facebook the other day and I thought, "Wow, 10 years just flies by." That's just insane, insane. Cobie Rutherford: That sounds like that could be a whole another podcast with the wedding stories. John Long: Well, no- Cobie Rutherford: Probably won't get into that. John Long: We're going to keep that under wraps. Cobie Rutherford: Dean, I guess I known you since I started at Mississippi State. Maybe you were on the search committee that hired me. So you were one of the first people I met in the department. Cobie Rutherford: But what intrigues me about you is that you are also a reproductive physiologist by trade. So kind of how did some cutting edge stuff with your PhD work in embryology. Is amazing how many talents this man has in terms of his education and then what his skillset is and his job. So how did those two kind of tie in together? Dean  Jousan: Yeah, so like I said, I was a 4-H'er growing up, I was interested in cattle. As I started competing in contests, educational contests, through 4-H, FFA and our state and national Simmental Association, I became interested in reproductive efficiency and the reproductive process of cattle development. So I was really interested in embryos and embryonic development. So that's what attracted me to Virginia Tech for a master's degree and the University of Florida for a PhD as I mentioned earlier. Dean  Jousan: And even though I was doing a lot of laptop research on embryos, I guess I still kind of had a heart for the producer, even though I was working more with dairy cattle at that time. I still wanted my research to be applicable to a producer because what was the point of doing research if you can't tie it back to benefiting someone's life and profession. So I try to do lots of things during both my graduate degrees to help producers and also even to help youth in some of the contests and things that I was able to help with. Cobie Rutherford: Cool. So you wear many hats and John and I know that. But let's talk about all the things you do with 4-H youth lifestyle. So what are some of the contents and activities and programs you do on an annual basis? John Long: This'll be part one. Cobie Rutherford: Yes, this'll be a two-parter for sure. John Long: Cobie and I both know how Dean is just constantly, constantly going. Go ahead Dean. Dean  Jousan: Yeah, sure. So I'll try to break it up. So livestock wise, I help to manage and oversee the Dixie National Junior Roundup. So that's the largest market show that we have in Mississippi that takes place in Jackson. So I oversee that entire show. And because my title is 4-H livestock specialist, I'll work with the [inaudible 00:05:28] champions committee that's really involved with raising a lot of funds to purchase champion animals and also really works to have developed a scholarship program over the years. Our other big livestock show, would be our Mississippi State Fair, which takes place for a couple of weeks in October. So I'm in charge of all the junior livestock shows that take place there. Dean  Jousan: I also work with our extension equine specialist, Dr. Clay Cavender. I'm heavily involved with our state 4-H horse championship. So those are the bigger animal type shows that I'm involved with in state. Cobie Rutherford: That's quite a few. So Dixie Nationals, I understand, is the largest show east of the Mississippi. Dean  Jousan: Yeah, it's a large event. We typically have probably 24, 2,500 head of livestock that we currently exhibit over about a six day period and probably 1,500 plus youth involved. So it's a large ordeal. John Long: Now, Dean, don't give me a canned answer to this, but of all those things you listed, what's your favorite today? We all have our favorites. Dean  Jousan: I guess probably what's been most rewarding to me and it probably took time, I guess, to realize it, the impact that you make through the sale of champions and through the awarding of scholarships. And when you see those kids on campus, since I've been here 13 years, your whole 4-H career starts as an eight year old and concludes as a 18 year old. So I've been here long enough to see kids that were beginning in 4-H, or not even 4-H age, develop all the way through their entire 4-H career. Dean  Jousan: So you've seen them change and and grow and gain knowledge and expertise. So really, that's been the most impactful probably. John Long: Yeah, I think that is. That, I know has to be because you see the effect of the whole... through the whole process for sure. Cobie Rutherford: So besides earning scholarships and premiums through the sale of champions, what kind of skills are these youth learning when it comes to you- John Long: You stole my question. You stole my question. Cobie Rutherford: It's almost like we've got this- John Long: I know. Cobie Rutherford: ... mind thing. John Long: Not even talking and we know what we're saying. Dean  Jousan: That's scary. John Long: Go ahead with his question Dean, or it could be our question. Dean  Jousan: There we go, we'll share it. John Long: Yeah, share it, please. Dean  Jousan: So the livestock shows are fun and that's a teaching moment. We're not directly in front of the youth teaching but the youth are still learning a lot about their development of their animals. So everything I do is educational and everything that the the youth learn is beneficial to them. We do have tons of educational contests. And I care about those a lot because, to me, that's where the youth separate themselves from other 4-H'ers. And I guess I'm biased. I mean, I do livestock and horses as well. To me, that's sort of the cream of the crop of our 4-H youth because it takes a lot of responsibility to wake up. Here we are in the middle of July and we're having mid 90 temperatures and heat index 105, 110. It's hard to get up in the morning and go out in the afternoon and get your show heifer out of the barn and take her to the wash rack and rinse her off and cool her off and work with her hair and go to some of these jackpot shows that are happening all around. Dean  Jousan: It takes a lot of responsibility, a lot of dedication, a lot of discipline to get up and do that. And we try to educate our youth with quality assurance practices to make sure that they know what they're doing to their animals, with safe and humane and they're treating them to the best way they can. So there's just a lot that really goes into the whole 4-H livestock project. John Long: I myself not owning livestock, my dad had some cows, but other than that, how does a young person own that early stage in 4-H? How do they get involved in the livestock program if their parents or whoever doesn't have the availability of an animal? How does that work? Or does it work? Dean  Jousan: Well, as far as showing an animal or just getting involved? John Long: Yeah, getting involved, getting started, I guess, from the base level since we talked about that. Dean  Jousan: Yeah, so if a family isn't able to own the animal for whatever reason, but they're still interested. We've got a whole variety of contests. A couple of weeks ago, we just had our 4-H beef cookout contest in the North and the South. So you're still learning about choosing your selection of beef to cook and how to prepare it. And that's educational in and of itself. And then we've got lots of other contests. We've got judging contests. We're either going out and learning about animal selection and what makes a good market animal versus a good breeding animal. And how to compare animals within a class and how to defend your reasons and how to come up with your decision making process. We've got Quiz bowl competitions and visual presentation contests. Dean  Jousan: If you were interested in showing beef cattle, it would be easy to go to a project achievement day for a younger 4-H'er or to Club Congress for an older 4-H'er and talk about breeds of cattle or whatever topic was of interest to you. So that way you're doing some homework and you're learning more about maybe livestock options that are available to you before you actually invest the money and get the animals and proper housing and things of that nature. John Long: And I guess that would dispel the myth that it's just not getting in the ring with an animal. There's just so much more than to do other than that. Dean  Jousan: Yeah, I would say everything that I do with livestock and horses, there's probably over 30 educational type contests that a youth could be involved in. And that could be from more of the arts and creative expression, type contests such as creating a dairy poster about the theme that year for Dairy Month in June that's turned in at Club Congress. To the horse side of things, we've got photography contests and horse art contest where you could be drawing a picture or drawing a cartoon to designing a piece of furniture that's horse related. Dean  Jousan: So there's all kinds of opportunities available. The opportunities are endless. It's just how much do you want to jump in and how much do you want to get involved with. John Long: Right, and sounds like there's a little something for everybody. Cobie Rutherford: And it seems like most of the kids or youth that participate in these showing animals and livestock, it seems like they do other things within 4-H. I've seen him here at Club Congress participating in public speaking contest or maybe did other things under the AG and natural resources umbrella, forestry judging, meats judging. It seems like they're really involved in a lot of different things. John Long: And Cobie was at the... you were at the cookout? Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. Man, that was phenomenal. I was very impressed with the beef cookout and pork cookout this year. Well even poultry too. So it was kind of neat to see those kids light up their grills Most of them pretty delicious, I think. John Long: All I ever get to do is hear about that. I never get to go because I'm in Nebraska at that time. So y'all have fun. Cobie Rutherford: What else I like about the youth program, it's something that a child can select as their project and either make it a short term project, like a getting a market hog or a pig project or even a chicken project that's even a shorter duration of time. Or they can get a long term project like a heifer and keep that heifer for an entire year and work that animal and do something with it from January to December. Cobie Rutherford: So it kind of, you can design how you want your project to work depending on what species you select, if you have that option, and even go on to different levels. I know you go chair several national contests and take 4-H'ers from the state. Where do y'all go? Dean  Jousan: Yeah, so I'll start at the regional level first. We do have a Southern regional 4-H horse championship that we host in Perry, Georgia. And this is the only regional 4-H horse show that's offered in the entire country. So youth in the 13 states that make up our region, are eligible to compete in if they qualify to go. I'm the chair of the equine specialist group, so it's a lot of work that goes into putting on that event. And we can send our top two senior teams or individuals in our horse contest to compete in that educational event and we can send up to 70 horses that qualifies as well. And we've had a good history of our youth, with our horses, being very successful at that show. Dean  Jousan: From an educational standpoint, there are a variety of state contests that I host throughout the year where we qualify youth to go to national competitions. So in November of every year at the North American International Livestock Expo in Louisville, Kentucky, we will send a dairy Quiz bowl team and a dairy judging team. And then I guess this is maybe the third year that we've sent a 4-H livestock skill-a-thon team. And that's sort of a unique team that that we develop, that's not a county based team. We kind of worked with some of the elite 4-H'ers in beef, sheep, Swan and meat goats and we kind of single out some of them and do some mock contests and really kind of select a cream of the crop to represent us on that team. Dean  Jousan: And then early January is where we send the majority of our youth out to the Western National Roundup in Denver, Colorado. We send up to six horse related teams, a meats judging team, a livestock judging team, a livestock Quiz bowl. And then we also take a couple of other competitions that I'm not directly involved with, but we take a consumer decisions team and a prepared public speaking individuals. All together, it's probably over 30 youth that can qualify to go out to that event. Cobie Rutherford: Now, do y'all usually take a plane or drive a bus or how do y'all get out there to Denver? Dean  Jousan: We used to take an MSU bus and that was about a 24 hour trip out there and back with very little stops. In recent years, we've taken the big airplanes and every county sort of coordinates their own travel to get out about the same day. People like taking a direct flight of about two hours versus a 24 hour bus ride with people not brushing their teeth and all that stuff, yeah. John Long: I got a funny memory of that. I've never been to it, but I got a funny memory of that. Hey Cobie, you've heard me talk about Clover Clues, when we had this little thing? Cobie Rutherford: Yeah. John Long: Dean, I had to get a report. Do you remember this? You probably don't, it's been a long time ago. Dean had to give me a report of how the teams had done out in Denver and they were on their way back. Poor Dean, he was talking on the cell phone to me and I could just tell he was tired. But we did really well that year, I remember, and I had to give his report for him. But I remember those bus trips and y'all talking about them. So yeah, that would be a long time. Cobie Rutherford: I'm sure there's a lot of good memories. Well Dean, another thing that I think is pretty neat with what you do, yesterday I had the chance to help out with that dairy products judging. And we think about livestock specialists helping with a bunch of different live animals species, but the products are just as important as the actual animals, right? Dean  Jousan: Sure, yeah. And I guess that's what's interesting about a lot of what I do. Dairy products is a little more unique than maybe some of the other judging contest. But the neat thing about all of those things is that, again, like John referred to earlier, you don't have to own the animal to be in dairy products judging. That's a simple contest where you're evaluating samples of Milk and cheddar cheese and ice cream for flavors and, and different ways those products are prepared. They're not prepared in unhealthy ways, but they're prepared differently. And that makes those products taste differently, just like if you season your steak. The way I season my steak versus the way you season yours, maybe a little bit different to the degree that you cook your steak, maybe different than the way I cook mine. It doesn't mean you're right or I'm right, it's just the way we do it, and then they're evaluated. Dean  Jousan: So a lot of the things I do, it's neat because the kids can form a basis of what the ideal product should be, what the ideal animal should be. And the neat thing is, a lot of the judging contests, all that stuff can go over to consumer decisions judging or another type of judging event. You know the structure of how to present your reasons and how to make your choices, you just have to learn about judging refrigerators versus judging a class a steers. John Long: So you're saying it can cross over into other areas. Dean  Jousan: Yeah, and that's where I think a lot of our livestock kids... To me, I see a lot of them crossing over into other aspects of 4-H just because they meet kids from around the state when they're at the state fair, when they're at Dixie National. They're interacting with youth all over the state and they hear about other contests and they say, "Hey, wow, if I win that, I can go on a trip." So they want to really invest and learn and engage in ways to learn to better themselves. John Long: Right, right. And it's just like any other areas in 4-H, if we offer those programs based on the areas of interest of young people and we get them in and we all teach them life skills. Regardless, it's youth development from day one. So that's always fascinating with me is how those areas all work together for the same common goal, and that's great. John Long: Well Dean, we certainly appreciate you coming in and sitting down with us today and whenever you can, catch your breath, please. We want you to stay around for a long time because you do such a great job and we appreciate all that you do for 4-H and for the youth of our state. So thank you for that. And if anybody wants more information on livestock and other areas of 4-H and what to do, go to the Extension webpage and check us out there. You've got information on there? Dean  Jousan: Yup. John Long: Anywhere else we need to go to. Dean  Jousan: I've got a Facebook page. If you're on Facebook, you can type in to search for Mississippi 4-H livestock and horse program. And as you alluded to, if you go to the MSU Extension website and search for 4-H livestock, there's plenty of information about our big major shows and education contests and all sorts of information. John Long: And not to mention, other publications that we have that you can read- Dean  Jousan: Lots of publications and newsletters and lots of information. John Long: Wonderful. Well thank you for that. And with that, we're going to wrap up this week's podcast. And Cobie, we'll be back next time with some more good stuff that 4-H is doing. Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, next time we'll have two attendees for the co-op leadership camp joining us. John Long: Yes, that'll be great. Cobie Rutherford: Looking forward to that. John Long: Be great. All right, well with that, I'm John. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie. John Long: And we'll talk to you next time. Announcer: Thanks for joining us for 4H4U2. 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Special guest, State 4-H staff member Ms. Debra Lloyd sits down with Cobie and John to talk about the 4-H State Ambassador Program. Transcript: Announcer: This is 4-H-4-U-2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now your host, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. John Long: All right. This is 4-H-4-U-2, and I'm your host, John Long, and who is that sitting over there? Cobie Rutherford: This is Cobie Rutherford. John Long: Yeah, always. Cobie Rutherford: I'm in a different seat today. John Long: Yes, you are. Cobie Rutherford: We've got a special guest. John Long: Like you're way over there. Cobie Rutherford: I know. Hey, John. John Long: Hey, Cobie. Yeah, we do have a special guest today and it is Ms. Debra Lloyd, and she is in the State 4-H office. And Debra, how are you doing today? Debra Lloyd: I'm doing great. John Long: Good. Debra Lloyd: Thank y'all for having me. John Long: Oh, we are so excited. It's like I'm kind of sandwiched between Debra and Cobie office-wise. We talked about office space. Well, I'm right in the middle of them so I can holler for one and then holler for the other one, so I feel very privileged to do so. And Debra, to me is... Debra, you started, you and Cobie started in the state office the same time, right? It was in the same- Debra Lloyd: Yeah, we started September of last year, September 5th as a matter of fact. John Long: Wow, almost a year. Debra Lloyd: Right. Cobie Rutherford: And I feel like we've worked together forever, Debra. I don't know about you but- Debra Lloyd: Right. So sitting here with this sandwiched in, it's just more like family just getting us all together. John Long: There you go. Debra Lloyd: Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: It's been fun. John Long: And, and Debra and I actually worked together, Debra when was it? We were talking about this the other day. When was it that you worked in the 4-H department before? Debra Lloyd: I came toward the end of 2006 through 2009. John Long: Okay. Okay. Debra Lloyd: And I left there, I left here, then and went to center for Continuing Ed. John Long: Okay. Debra Lloyd: And just feel good to be back here with 4-H, just great to get home. John Long: Yeah. So you and I worked together about two years and before you went to Continuing Ed, you said? Debra Lloyd: Right. Right. John Long: Yeah. And so I've got some, I don't know if they going to be funny, maybe funny to me, I guess. But Debra Lloyd stories, you want to hear them? Debra Lloyd: Yes. Please. John Long: Okay. Debra Lloyd: Let's hear them. John Long: So, now it's not funny. It's more of a Debra Lloyd memory. I'll say it that way. But anyway, it's probably, it isn't probably my first, I think it was my first state invitational that we had with 4-H safety. And she's laughing because she knows, I think she knows what she's doing. So she's coming down to the event. She had asked me, she said, is anything I can do? I said, sure. Yeah, we'll go on the archery range. So anyway, I realize once we get started that I don't have enough pencils, or wait a minute. No, I had plenty of pencils. I just had nothing to sharpen them with. And so Debra is on her way down and I just panicked and said, Debra, can you please stop and get some pencils? Sharpeners. John Long: But Debra did not spare any expense. She bought, she didn't buy it just those little screw types. She brought electric pencil sharpeners to the van. So we were sitting there and just, yeah, so and battery, she even bought extra batteries. Cobie Rutherford: That's awesome. John Long: Always prepared, always prepared. Debra Lloyd: That was that 4-H instinct. Always be prepared. John Long: Always be- Debra Lloyd: Have enough. John Long: Right. Even though I wasn't, yeah, I've found myself lacking on that. But, but yeah, I do remember that. And there was another time, it was right after, I guess in right after you had left 4-H the first time. Cobie, I went to the doctor's office and I was sitting there and I was sitting in the room, and all of a sudden Debra Lloyd walks and she's going to take my blood pressure. I was like, well, this is kind of a shock. I said well hey Debra. So, so yeah, you've had a quite extensive career in a lot of things, haven't you? Debra Lloyd: Oh, absolutely. Variety for me is just key. John Long: There you go. There you go. Well- Cobie Rutherford: Lot of skill sets. John Long: Yeah, absolutely. Well, tell us a little bit about yourself Debra. Where are you from and how did you come to be where you are now? Debra Lloyd: Okay, I'm Debra Lloyd, I'm from Indianola, Mississippi. Born and bred. I lived in Greenville for a number of years and then moved to Starkville. I have an undergrad in medical technology to talk about some of the skill sets. And I worked as a medical technologist for about nine years in the Mississippi Delta, starting at Delta Regional and King Daughters hospital. I left there, I travel some to Mount Bayou and worked there, got some training and took those skills back to Greenville. We opened up a satellite clinic. And so I kind of spearheaded that clinic in the layup. For me, when I just said variety is so key, after doing that for a number of years, I just kind of wanted to do something different. So one day I walked over to the courthouse and I saw all these cars out there and I was looking for a different role. And so the young lady told me I heard of extension service, but I didn't know exactly what all they did. Debra Lloyd: So the young lady at the courthouse, she said, I think they're hiring over at the extension center. So I went over and at that time they had a lady named Debbie Graham. She was working with a program called Bright Futures. So with Bright Futures program, they gave me an application. They had two positions, one as an educator and the other one was called early identification worker. So guess what I asked? John Long: What? Debra Lloyd: I said, "I would like to apply for the one with least paperwork." So she said, "That's the early identification work." So I applied for that job. John Long: Smart. That was very smart. Debra Lloyd: Right. John Long: Very smart. Debra Lloyd: So needless to say, I got the job, it was a grant funded position. It lasted for five years. John Long: Wow. Debra Lloyd: However, I went home and I told everybody, I said, "Oh y'all, I'm going to be working at the sheriff department." And for those of you who've gone over and nowhere, Washington County extension office is, is right next door to the sheriff department. John Long: Yes it is. Debra Lloyd: All the sheriff cars were there. So I thought I was working at sheriff department. Okay. So they'll- John Long: Well, close enough to it. Debra Lloyd: Right. So that was a great entry into learning what extension is and all about community around there. John Long: Do you know, that's one of my favorite extension offices in the state? Debra Lloyd: Oh really? John Long: I've been to a lot of them and I cannot, I don't know why, but I always loved going to that extension office. Debra Lloyd: Yeah. John Long: I've been there several times. Debra Lloyd: Great people there. John Long: It is. Debra Lloyd: Great work experience. John Long: Very good. Very good. Debra Lloyd: So well- John Long: Not that all of them aren't special. I'm just saying, I'm just throw that in there. Go ahead. I'm sorry. Debra Lloyd: So how did I get here with you guys? Okay. John Long: Yeah, that's a story. Debra Lloyd: That's another story, I was working with a program, a lot of grant funded program. So this one was Operation Military Keys. John Long: Oh I love this one. Debra Lloyd: Oh I love that program. John Long: I remember. Debra Lloyd: Because it was a giving opportunity, John Long: Very much so. Debra Lloyd: Give back and working with military youth. So because I was volunteering for that program, the director at that time said they needed a coordinator for the position. And with my kids being grown or nearly grown, my daughter, I said, "Okay, I'll take it." So I moved here. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: And coming here with the understanding that it was a grant program again and it was for three years, and they said contingent on the availability of funds. So when the funds run out, then the job would end. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: And so, but I'm so adventurous. I was just going to try it, and I did. And I moved to Starkville. So wow. Here I am. John Long: I love military kids because they make backpacks and stuff like that. I love that. Debra Lloyd: We did that. John Long: I love that. Debra Lloyd: I got to travel all over the state of Mississippi at each deployment, and so that was great. John Long: That's awesome. That's awesome. Cobie Rutherford: That is pretty cool. I hate that we don't have that program now. John Long: Is it still going anywhere? Debra Lloyd: It is. John Long: Okay. Debra Lloyd: Some States still have it. It's so needed. I wish we did have it here in Mississippi because just coming up from today, from a program where there were over 67 kids and to just see these young people, how they get excited about the little things that we do. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: And when you talk about Mississippi State, I did some encouraging words as well as passed out the certificates that had Mississippi State University. And so they are so proud to get that. So anything coming from Mississippi State University to young people into the community as a whole, it just set the stage. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: It does wonders. John Long: Yeah, that's awesome. Cobie Rutherford: That is awesome. John Long: So going from military kids, and then after that left and you went elsewhere and then coming back, what now is your, what capacity are you working as far as in the 4-H department now? Debra Lloyd: Okay. I just like to start by saying I'm excited that Mississippi State University 4-H youth development has a leadership program. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: And so I am working with the leadership team. The youth leaders are so vital and that they become adult leaders. John Long: Right. And if they don't know who the ambassadors are in these leadership positions in the specific areas, they use, those that are listening that are familiar with 4-H, those are the green jackets that you say. Debra Lloyd: Those are the green jackets, yeah. John Long: Yeah, they stick out. They stick out. But anyway, I'm sorry I interrupted you, but I wanted to throw that in there. Debra Lloyd: Yeah. So just talking about leadership as a whole, I'd say what better way to be influenced and develop these young people's skills and their styles and their practices is through 4-H. John Long: That's right. Debra Lloyd: And through the leadership team. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: Now you asked me about the ambassadors. Ambassadors fall under the leadership citizenship umbrella. John Long: Right. I guess I was getting ahead of myself a little bit, but go ahead. Yes. Debra Lloyd: Okay. So ambassadors, they are self motivated young people between the ages of 15 and 19. John Long: Senior quote unquote senior. Debra Lloyd: Right. John Long: Checking. Debra Lloyd: Absolutely. They're enthusiastic leaders who promote 4-H using the skills, using the knowledge, using the leadership abilities that they acquire through 4-H, and so being a 4-H, sure. I didn't grow up as a 4-H but these 4-H members, they have lots and lots of opportunities. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: Through the residents, through the community leaders, through elected officials and through non 4-H members. Another thing I say, 4-H ambassadors, they serve to strengthen, they serve to strengthen other youth. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: And they're mentors of other youth, they're the voice of 4-H members of Mississippi. Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: So I think that that's just a great program. And for me, looking from the outside in at the ambassadors and what all they bring to the table, they're all always just so willing to jump in and help out with things. It seems like Debra, when you ask them to, who would be willing to come and do this or that, it seems like that you always have a good positive response, and it just they're eager to help out. Debra Lloyd: Right. You're so correct in that Cobie, they are eager. Again, they're enthusiastic and I think that's one of the reasons I like working with these youth because they bring a certain amount of energy- John Long: They do. Debra Lloyd: To the table. John Long: Yeah. Cobie Rutherford: For sure. Debra Lloyd: And I definitely won't say my age here, sitting among all of you and because- John Long: You're so much younger than us, that's why. Debra Lloyd: Oh, thank you. I like that. But yeah, they bring that extra energy and help to make us feel vibrant and useful. And so that's so needed, too. John Long: I agree with you. Anytime I get to work with any of the leadership or say ambassadors, I still get that leadership team stuck in my brain. Debra Lloyd: Me too. John Long: But it's ambassadors, anytime I get to work with them, I just feel kind of energized around them because I don't know, it just, I love working with them. There's so much fun because of what Cobie said. They're very passionate about what they do and they give it their all. Debra Lloyd: And you know what else I think is cool is how they're peer role models for the younger children. Younger kids come to 4-H Congress, they see those green jackets, and they see the youth who are helping out with workshops and contest and yeah, I think they set a really good example for them younger ones. John Long: They sure do, that's for sure. And to see them judge the exhibits at project achievement day. I know they do a lot of that. Debra Lloyd: Yeah, this is going to be a new experience for me. Speaking of that tomorrow working with the project achievement day. John Long: Yes. Debra Lloyd: Yeah. John Long: Northeast project achievement day is going to be tomorrow. Turn in. Debra Lloyd: Well, another thing about the ambassadors and the green jackets that you mentioned, it's not just something they just hand you. They are requirements to become an ambassador. John Long: Why don't you tell us what those requirements are. Debra Lloyd: Okay. Some of the qualifications are you must be enrolled as a 4-H member. Okay. You must be at least 15 years of age and they say by January 1 of that current starting member year, they should be high school in that range that you mentioned earlier, John, sophomore, junior, or senior year. They must have completed at least a full year as an active 4-H member. And some other qualifications, they must have participated or demonstrated some leadership abilities through developmental activities. Then two, they should have a diverse knowledge of total what 4-H is all about and in that you have an application process. They fill out like a five or six page application talking about these experiences and they go through an interview process, and that's held during Club Congress. So some benefits, they get the opportunity to develop their leadership and communication skills. They get to travel, they get to interact with other 4-H'ers from all over the state Mississippi. John Long: They just do a lot of stuff. Debra Lloyd: They really do. Cobie Rutherford: They do a lot of stuff. John Long: I got to be, excuse me, I got to be a part of the helping you with the interviews, which was kind of year or two for me doing that and I just love it. I love to see them come in with their enthusiasm and even maybe sometimes a little nerves, but they go into that and you know that that's teaching them a very valuable experience about being in front of people like we'd spoken about earlier in another podcast. The fact of the matter is that that's life and that's what they're going to be faced with is for job interviews and from here on out, this is going to be some very good life skills that they're learning as an ambassador that they're going to take with them for the rest of their life for sure. Debra Lloyd: Oh absolutely. I agree with you. One other thing with the, you have officers too under the leadership, president, vice president, secretary and different roles and they are elected just like other elected officials. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: So they don't go through the interview process. They are elected among their peers. John Long: And right. And that's a very neat process to even see it during Congress too, we were talking about it in our State Congress. Well Debra, tell us now, if a young person is interested in becoming an ambassador team member, how exact, where do they need to go to find information on that? Debra Lloyd: Yeah, they should go to their local extension office. They are 82 counties and all counties have a office and the agent, be it a 4-H agent, ag agent, counter director. They could help those young people because the information we have here, it's sent to the county offices. John Long: Right. Debra Lloyd: And so they have direct contact with us. They can either call here or mainly go through their agent and volunteers in their perspective county. John Long: And we also have something on our website too, don't we? Debra Lloyd: Of course we do. John Long: Yeah, and that's extension.msstate.edu. Debra Lloyd: Correct. John Long: And you can go and we actually have a leadership tab. If you go into 4-H, don't we? Debra Lloyd: Oh yes, please go to 4-H, scroll down, go to leadership citizenship, click on that. Then it will show you 4-H ambassadors. John Long: That's one of them. Debra Lloyd: And once they do that, you have the application process. We have a manual. So the information is out there. If not, give us a call at the extension State's office or go to Debralloyddpl4@msstate.edu. John Long: Well I can guarantee you one thing, and I say this, and I feel so fortunate to be able to work with Debra because Debra, if you can't tell it, she is always smiling and I never see her down. So it's always good to come into an office where I can get a smile every day. Debra Lloyd: I don't know if you can- John Long: Thank you. Debra Lloyd: I don't know if you can detect that in my voice today because I have some nerves all down my spine. John Long: No, you've done fine. You've done fine. Cobie Rutherford: This was fun. John Long: But yeah, we appreciate you coming in so much, Debra and taking the time to talk to us about ambassadors. Young people are our future and they're our investment. And I think the ambassador program is just one of those examples of how 4-H can take a young person and transform them into a confident, caring adult for our future and we're giving the future to them. So I think you're doing a great job and keep up the good work. Debra Lloyd: Well, I appreciate you so much. Thank you for having me. And I just hope the word get out there to all these young people. John Long: Absolutely. Debra Lloyd: Keep up the good work. John Long: abs . Cobie Rutherford: Thanks a lot, Debra. John Long: Yeah. Debra Lloyd: You're welcome. John Long: Thank you so much. Debra Lloyd: Thank you. John Long: Well, thank you all for tuning in to 4-H4U2 this week. We hope you'll come back next episode and visit with us. And until then, I'm John Long. Debra Lloyd: And I'm Cobie. John Long: And we'll talk to you later. Announcer: This is 4-H4U2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University extension service promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now, your host, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford.

CLUBBY BOY'S CLUBCAST 031 The Wake Up Call - DJ Matpat LIVE 909 @ Club Congress 6/14/19 My b-day was about 2 weeks ago so I thought I'd do a little hybrid dj/live set at Club Congress, my monthly/bi-monthly dance party here in Philly. I dj'd all nite, while mixing in & improvising on my Roland TR-909 & MPC 2000XL. This is a 2 & 1/2 hour cut from the nite, below are a list of the songs I played live. LIVE TRAXXX 00:22:00 - RAW 909 00:50:00 - Dream It, Say It, Work It (Unreleased) 01:19:00 - Werk It (124 Recordings) 01:58:00 - I LOST it (Unreleased) 02:31:00 - BIH-SHHH BEATS (Clubby Boy) Thx 4 listening :) www.CLUBBYBOY.com bit.ly/CBMATPATIG bit.ly/CBMATPATSC bit.ly/CBMATPATFB

John and Cobie sit down with Dr. Mariah Morgan to discuss the 4-H Robotics Program. From creating robots to performing amazing feats, Dr. Morgan will explain the many activities that encompass this program. Transcript: Announcer: This is 4-H-4-U-2, a podcast from the Mississippi State University Extension Service promoting 4-H programs and positive youth development. Here now your host, Dr. John Long and Cobie Rutherford. John Long: All right and welcome to 4-H-4-U-2. I am John Long. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie Rutherford. John Long: And we want to welcome everybody back to the podcast, if you're out there. We hope somebody is listening to us anyway. I hope so. We're kind of getting a little bit, I guess, getting quite a few episodes under our belt, Cobie, and I guess things are getting a little smoother. What do you think? Cobie Rutherford: Yeah, I think we are. I think we're getting better at this, every podcast we go through, and maybe we'll be famous one day. John Long: I'm already famous. We'll work on you. Cobie Rutherford: That's right. John Long: Yeah, so, but anyway. Cobie Rutherford: Well. John Long: Well, we are so happy to have Dr. Mariah Morgan with us. Mariah, how are you today? Dr. Morgan: I am doing great, John. Thank you so much for having me. John Long: Great. I have known Mariah for a long time. We won't say how long, but I've known her for quite some time. Even before, well, we were both in our roles I think. Correct? Dr. Morgan: Yes. John Long: I think that's true. So Mariah, tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from and what's your favorite flavor of ice cream? Dr. Morgan: Okay. So I am from the metropolitan city of Artesia, Mississippi. John Long: Awesome. Dr. Morgan: Big town, big city, big happenings. John Long: It's still happening. Dr. Morgan: Yes, it is. Very much so. But it is unique in that it has informed a lot of my decisions and a lot of my outlook, particularly as it relates to 4-H. I've even had some fun going back and doing some training with the local after school club that's there. John Long: Oh that's good. Yeah. Dr. Morgan: So that was a lot of fun to go back and see that. But, I grew up in Artesia and then I actually pursued a degree in philosophy and foreign languages. John Long: Wonderful. Dr. Morgan: But ended up with 4-H and 4-H robotics working for the Extension Center for Technology Outreach here at MSU. So that's been a lot of fun and we've had some good time with that. Favorite flavor of ice cream, got to be cookies and cream. John Long: Oh, that's mine too. What's yours, Cobie? Cobie Rutherford: You know, I think any ice cream, but I guess if I had to pick a favorite, it would be from this little place in Clanton. They have cantaloupe ice cream. John Long: Really. Cobie Rutherford: It's fantastic. John Long: I have never had that before. Have to try that. What's the name of it? We'll do a shameless plug for them. Cobie Rutherford: Peach Park. John Long: Oh, okay, cool. Well, if it's MSU ice cream, which we highly suggest you try, it would be muscadine ripple for me. Cobie Rutherford: No doubt. John Long: Yeah, that's a good one. Just saying, since you're from Artesia, have you ever taken that road from Artesia back to the airport? You ever gone those back roads? Dr. Morgan: I sure have. Mm-hmm (affirmative). John Long: Yeah. That's kind of a little secret. I couldn't believe how quick I got there one day. I don't think I could do it again. But anyway, I guess that road's still open. Dr. Morgan: It is. John Long: Okay, good, good. Dr. Morgan: I know lots of secrets about Artesia. John Long: Oh. That's an whole nother podcast right there. Dr. Morgan: It is. It is. John Long: That would probably be an entirely different podcast- Dr. Morgan: Exactly. It would. Yes. John Long: Okay. Well, good, good deal. Well Mariah, you are over, or I don't want to say, I'm not going to put words in your mouth. Dr. Morgan: Okay. John Long: What exactly is 4-H Robotics, and just kind of introduce this to that and kind of tell us number one, what is it and really how did it get started? Dr. Morgan: Sure. So 4-H Robotics got started, gosh, it's probably been nine years now, maybe even a little bit longer, but it really grew out of a need that we saw for our 4-H youth to have a different experience than what we were currently offering in say in the computer project. And so we looked to see what was available and we realized that there were some things happening in the area of robotics and we really wanted to be a part of that. And so we began in Newton County with a group of youth that were there for a CYFAR, children and youth of family at risk program. And we were in a community church there in the summer and we had all these robots and all these children and it just went really well and they really got excited about robotics and what that might mean for their future. Dr. Morgan: And so from there, the program has just really grown. And so we have added different things as our knowledge of robotics and youth and how those two things go together. We've really started focusing on our younger youth because we know that most of our 4-H youth, and just youth in general, are going to decide quite early on whether or not they're even interested in STEM careers. We know some research suggests that girls decide by kindergarten whether or not they want to go into STEM, and we know that usually for our boys, it's around first or second grade when they decide whether or not they're going to pursue STEM. John Long: I wonder why that is? Dr. Morgan: A lot of it's what they're exposed to, what they've seen, different things like that. And so what we're really focusing on now is providing more opportunities for our young Clover Bud, that's our five to seven year old range in 4-H, to get excited and to get into STEM. And so rather sneakily, I might say, we have launched the 4-H Lego Club curriculum. John Long: Yes, yes. Dr. Morgan: And so we really are pretending like we're just playing with Legos, but at the same time we're teaching those engineering concepts and we're teaching those careers that you might could do if you pursue STEM, but we're really just having fun with Legos. We don't tell them that they're learning all of those extra things, it's just it's kind of part of that process we're doing, learning through playing, which is very important for young children. And so just getting them open and ready to do the next thing. John Long: Legos, the thing that you step on with your bare feet. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. John Long: Yes. That's what I call them. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. John Long: They're horrible. Have you had that yet, Cobie? Cobie Rutherford: We have not gotten to the Lego stage yet, but it's coming fast. John Long: Prepare yourselves is all I can say. Cobie Rutherford: I am. John Long: It's pretty bad. Dr. Morgan: We have about 50,000 Legos right now in the state of Mississippi with all the youth doing the Lego Clubs. John Long: 50,000. Dr. Morgan: So you think you've got problems at your house. You ought to be in my office. Cobie Rutherford: In office. John Long: You ought to be in mine is all I can say. Cobie Rutherford: Oh my gosh. John Long: You were going to say ... what were you going to say? Cobie Rutherford: That sounds pretty cool. I mean, it seems like with this new robotics program we are actually able to reach a new set of children and get them involved in 4-H through a non-traditional type program. I think that's really neat and something that we really need in this state. Dr. Morgan: One of the exciting things that I have seen is that we do attract youth who might not generally be interested in what most people consider typical 4-H programs. John Long: Quote unquote. Dr. Morgan: Quote unquote, right. But what's been so fun is to see them come in and maybe they don't like to talk to other people or in front of other people, or they maybe just have a difficult time relating to others. What's been so great for me to see, because again, not trying to age myself, but I've seen some of these 4-H'ers for awhile. They might have started- John Long: Do they have kids now? Dr. Morgan: They might have started when they were, you know, eight or nine and they may be in college now. John Long: Okay. Okay. Dr. Morgan: What's been so fun is yes, they kind of came in because they were interested in Legos or they were interested in robotics and along the way they found a love for public speaking or they found a love for community health or something like that. And so it's been really fun to see that growth. I actually had a group this past year that was just in absolute almost tears because they came to tell me that they were going to do the dairy judging contest this year and they did not want me to be upset with them. And I said, "It's really okay. We want you to get involved in other projects." Dr. Morgan: That's one of the great things about 4-H is that you can explore all these different opportunities and all these different careers in this one environment so that you have that experience before you get out of even elementary school, really. And so I said, "You go have fun with the dairy contest because one, you get to eat ice cream so-" John Long: That's ice cream again. Dr. Morgan: Exactly, exactly. But at the same time I know that most of our dairy farms are going to robotics to use for milking the cows and so much of our farming and our agriculture is robotics related, so I know at the end of the day they're still going to have to come back and see me for that robotics. John Long: Eventually. That works for the inclusiveness, not the exclusiveness that 4-H stands for so I think that's wonderful. Now, it seems like that technology, I don't know, some people say there's nothing new under the sun, but it sure seems like technology is just so quickly advancing that, I mean these, even if you look in homes, they have these personal assistants and things like that, which probably just a short time ago seemed like the biggest ... it was George Jetson type technology, right? I mean, it was just improbable and now it's becoming more, probably, or it is occurring and we have to be prepared for that and I think that's great that we have something that's actually getting youth at least exposed to it for sure. Dr. Morgan: Sure. And that's what we don't want, or I guess, let me say this, we want to use programs like the 4-H Robotics Program and things like that to help teach youth how to approach those challenges because the technology is changing so quickly. And so we can't just bring them in and say, "Oh, you've only got to be able to code or to program in this one specific language." That's not what we're trying to teach. We're trying to teach the how do you address the problem and how do you work through that problem, because whether you're coding, whether you're just trying to solve what to wear in the morning, life is always going to have a challenge and life is always going to have a problem that has to be solved. That might be homework that might be course work, whatever, but the big thing is how do you solve that challenge and persist in the face of a difficulty? Dr. Morgan: And that's what we want to do. We want to make sure we move past that to get to a resolution. And so really it's not so much about a particular program or a particular robot, it's about persisting. John Long: And a lot of times just like in any, like we've said before, Cobie, it's like with any 4-H activity or program we have, is that we're teaching life skills and we're using that particular area of interest, like you said Mariah, that piques that young person's interest and gets them into the program where we can teach them. So it's kind of a dual, a double edge sword, in a kind way, not in a bad way. Dr. Morgan: But, yes. Cobie Rutherford: And it is almost a domino effect too with the youth and they come into their extension offices and get involved with other projects like Mariah said, and then they bring their parents in to start utilizing extension as a resource. I think that's the coolest part about this whole project. John Long: I do too. I like it. I love it. Oh, I got to say this. A lot of you all probably don't know this, but the 4-H office adjoins a classroom and we walk across it to get to another hallway. I was walking through there one day and most of the time we have a sign that says there's a video conference going on because we've got some equipment in there, and so it was not ... I guess the sign was turned around, but I opened the door, Cobie, and there is Mariah sitting behind the desk with a green wig on and I did not know what in the world I had just stepped into it and she was just talking away. So Mariah, what was that I got exposed to rather abruptly? Dr. Morgan: Are you sure you want to know, John? John Long: Ah, well, I'm asking so I guess so. Dr. Morgan: Well, every- John Long: Maybe I don't want to know, but- Dr. Morgan: Every year we have a 4-H robotics kick off. It's usually in late January, early February, kind of depending on when Dixie National is because we don't want to, you know, we don't want to mess with that. John Long: No, no that's fine. Dr. Morgan: We have a big kickoff every year. And so typically beforehand we'll have counties register and we'll send out little kits for them to do and we'll all get online via interactive video, all the counties that join up, and we'll do that robotics activity together. I think that year that you came in, it was probably- John Long: See, you even remember it. Dr. Morgan: Well, I only have one green wig, so- John Long: And a feather boa. Dr. Morgan: Yeah, well, you know- John Long: If you're going to do it, do it right. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. Exactly. Go big or go home and so I think we were doing some type of sensory robotic fish that year if I remember correctly. This past year, my memory is getting a little difficult, you know, not so great as we get older, but this past year it was honeybees. And so I had a lot of fun sending, we made robotic bees, and I had a lot of fun sending different types of honey to the kids, or to the youth rather, to try out. But I didn't tell him which honey was which, they just had to try it and figure it out. And I had one poor youth about pass out because he tried the buckwheat honey first- John Long: Oh, and the allergies. He had an allergy? Dr. Morgan: No, no. Buckwheat honey is just a unique flavor. Anything buckwheat is always going to be a unique flavor. But then he had a really great time trying to convince the other youth to try to buckwheat first and then they all about had a [inaudible 00:14:03] as well. So it was a lot of fun. John Long: That's awesome. That's awesome. Cobie Rutherford: That is funny. What about the contest that you just conducted at State Congress? You had a computer contest, a robotics contest. What were they about? Dr. Morgan: Sure. The computer contest is really where they're making an app using the MIT App Inventor, and so much of our technology is going to be phone driven or smart device driven in the coming years. And we just want to expose youth to that concept that they can make their own apps. And so really it builds on just the programming that they've been learning in our younger programs. So for example, our Clover Buds, they start out with Lego, and then they moved to ScratchJr, and then they moved to Scratch, and then they move to probably the EV3 programming or Python programming, and then they move into Python in the MIT App Inventor. And so that's what they were doing in the computer contest. Dr. Morgan: And then in the robotics contest, they had used the Hummingbird robot to create, again, our theme this year was bees, we're kind of working off some of the work that MIT is doing in several different bigger groups like that, and so they had to make a robotic bee using the Hummingbird platform and they had to program it in Python. And so what you saw was what they had created using that robotic kit and the programming language. And I thought they did a really excellent job. This is the first year we had used the Hummingbird and the Python. Python is one of the first programming languages they learn when they come to college, and so we wanted- John Long: That's what I was going to ask you. It's not a snake. Dr. Morgan: No, no, it's not a snake. It's an actual just a programming language. And I think they really liked that. I think they liked being able to use the Python to program in. Cobie Rutherford: That fascinates that a child in Mississippi has an opportunity to go through the 4-H Robotics Program, learn all these tools that one day could help them develop an app that could be used nation or worldwide. John Long: Yeah. You don't think of it from that standpoint. I mean from the beginning, like a little child doing that, but that's the way it gets started. For some it sure has for sure. Cobie Rutherford: And the coolest thing about it, is 4-H is free. John Long: That's right. That's exactly right. A lot of people ask me, they say, "Well, how much does it cost?" I'll get that at state fair a lot. "Well, how much does it cost to join?" Nothing. You just come, show up at your extension office, and say, "Hey, I'm interested in 4-H." So Mariah, I remember, and since we're talking on honeybees, I heard that they were using in like the hiving mechanism or whatever, for micro robots. Have you ever heard that? Dr. Morgan: Mm-hmm (affirmative). John Long: Yeah, that's pretty out there too isn't it? I wonder how advanced that is right now, have you ever looked into that? Dr. Morgan: It's pretty advanced. It's pretty advanced. John Long: Probably more than we need to know. They're spying on us. Cobie Rutherford: It just amazes me, like, I think Mariah mentioned the dairy industry earlier today and how there's some researchers in the Animal Science department that are collaborating with folks in Ag Engineering about keeping up with cow steps and cow temperature, milking with robots, it's just fascinating. John Long: It's crazy. I've got friends in Pennsylvania and their dairy parlor blew me away when I went in there. It was just so far, I probably hadn't been in a parlor in so long, and it was so more advanced than I had seen before. And it's all because of these advancements in technology. They just keep, you know, not taking over, but they are, to a sense, they're taking, not necessarily jobs, but they're making things more efficient for sure. That's really good. That's really good. Well, Mariah, what do you have coming up for 4-H'ers? Dr. Morgan: Well, sure. Well, of course we have project achievement days coming up where our junior 4-H youth will be participating with their robots on a- John Long: We're excited about that. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. And they have a bee theme as well. Everything is bee theme this year. And we typically try to have a theme that reflects something that's going on in the industry or something that might be of interest to the youth. John Long: Will there be buckwheat honey there? Dr. Morgan: There might be. John Long: I hope so, might be- Dr. Morgan: There might be. John Long: [inaudible 00:18:33]. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. John Long: I want to taste some. Dr. Morgan: Yes. Yeah. I have some down in the office you can try. John Long: Oh, good. Dr. Morgan: But it's not for the faint of heart, but yes, it is- John Long: I'll get my coffee [inaudible 00:18:41]. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. Yes. But one thing that's exciting and I think it's going to come up and I've been asked by many extension agents over the past week while they were here for Club Congress, when our next Lego Club curriculum was coming out, and that is underway. We have begun that process so hopefully we'll have that out sooner rather than later. We have our ScratchJr curriculum that's out, which really just walks 4-H youth through how to code, how to begin coding, and also what it means to be a 4-H'er, takes them through the four Hs of the clover. Dr. Morgan: And then we have a new curriculum that's really I think going to be popular with libraries. It's called Programming Pals. Dr. Jamie Varner has worked with Lori Maxic to write that, and it's about reading but it's also about programming. It's joining two things together because we don't want to promote coding and not promote reading because those are very big things and we want those two to go ... It's a literacy skill. Basically what we're working on is digital literacy skills. That's going to be the emerging trend that we see coming ahead. And so we'll be working on that. We're hoping to have a training on the EV3 robotics in late July or August, probably August now, and then we'll keep working on our Hummingbird and Python options for our senior 4-H'ers as well. John Long: That sounds awesome. Now real quick, I should have asked this at the beginning, but how many 4-H'ers, do you have any idea how many 4-H'ers or how widespread robotic ... I know it's growing, it's continued to grow, especially at project achievement day. It's just, I don't want to say crazy, but crazy in a good way, right? Dr. Morgan: Right, right. John Long: And so it's very large. I would assume that you've seen it grow quite a bit over the time that you've been over it. Dr. Morgan: Sure we have, and what we're seeing a lot now, which really excites me, is that our extension agents are taking it and doing it for summer programs. And so we have a lot of counties that do summer camps and do programming in the schools and even after school, and so that's really exciting to see that growing on its own really because they're able to have teachers trained and they're able to work with volunteers to offer that program to far more youth than I could ever reach on my own. And so when you ask how many, it would be hard to say just because the ones we see at competition are not necessarily reflected in all the hundreds of youth that they have been working with locally in their community. John Long: Yeah. And that just means that just because you're exposed to it doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to compete in it. Dr. Morgan: That's right. You might be in dairy judging. John Long: That's right. That's right. That's right. And we're going to close ... no, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Cobie Rutherford: I mean, if they found out there's ice cream in dairy judging. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. I'm going to say buckwheat honey does not trump ice cream. John Long: Buckwheat honey. Oh, it does not. Dr. Morgan: It does not. John Long: Not even if you put it in ice cream? Dr. Morgan: I don't think so. John Long: Oh well, we're not going to try that. Dr. Morgan: Exactly. No. John Long: Don't bring it to project achievement day, okay? Dr. Morgan: Okay. John Long: No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Well Mariah, thank you so much for being with us today and just keep up the good work and we just look so forward to see where robotics is going, and where it's been to where it's going is the sky's the limit and I think that's for sure. Cobie Rutherford: No doubt about it. John Long: Well with that we're going to wrap up 4-H-4-U-2. If you want more information on 4-H Robotics, Mariah, tell them where they can go to find more information about that. The website for sure, right? Dr. Morgan: The website for sure, and we also have a Facebook page. John Long: Wonderful. Dr. Morgan: Mississippi 4-H Robotics, and then of course they can email me, Mariah, mariah.s.morgan@msstate.edu. John Long: Awesome. Dr. Morgan: And I can refer them to the right place. John Long: Great. Great. Well thank you so much and we look forward to, again, maybe even having you on at another time and you'll have to wear the green wig. Dr. Morgan: Oh, absolutely. John Long: All right. Very good. All right and with that, I'm John. Cobie Rutherford: And I'm Cobie. John Long: And we'll see you next time on 4-H-4-U-2. Announcer: Thanks for joining us for 4-H-4-U-2. For more information, please visit extension.msstate.edu and be sure to subscribe to our podcast. 4-H-4-U-2 is produced by the Mississippi State University Extension Service, Office of Agricultural Communications.

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CLUBBY BOY'S CLUBCAST 009 The Wake Up Call - Ryan Spencer LIVE @ Club Congress 12/9/17 @ryanspencer-3 set recorded live at The Dolphin Tavern in Philadelphia. Club Congress is the party, dancing is the reason. www.CLUBBYBOY.com http://bit.ly/CBMATPATIG http://bit.ly/CBMATPATSC http://bit.ly/CBMATPATFB

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