Podcasts about cuckoos

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Over the last several years, Kenneth Frost has made his mark in the Austin underground scene with his band the Cuckoos, a group that blends classic rock sentiments with neo-psych and club beat attitude and punctuation. Now Frost is stepping into a new project, a six-piece outfit called Blush Fantasy. Blush Fantasy is like a […] The post Blush Fantasy: “Dreamboat” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Episode 87 - Pelicans, Cassowaries, and Cuckoos Oh My! by Mx. Maxwell

Paradise Lost: Books VII-XII. Show notes Paradise Lost by John Milton Open Yale Courses ENGL 220: Milton with Professor John Rogers Justin Clemens George Mouratidis Men and their Boring Arguments by Wendy Cope Elijah Blumov An excerpt from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius Pajama Quotient by Linda Gregerson Jonathan Farmer Ep 288. Cuckoos, moons, sleeves, and silence … Continue reading "Ep 299. Strangers in Paradise Pt. 2"

The Gifted season two keeps on hitting home runs with "iMprint," an episode focused on the Cuckoos and their backstory. Unlike so many other X-Men adaptations, this one closely aligns with the characters' portrayal in the original comics by clarifying the girls are clones and introducing the other two of the five main Cuckoos. Their heartbreaking backstory of growing up in a lab and being tortured by their human captors clearly influences the way they act today, and it's what ends up driving a wedge (and eventually a renewed alliance) between Esme and Lorna in this episode. We've also learned what the Inner Circle has planned: stealing from Graydon Creed (or at least someone with his last name), who is an anti-mutant financial magnate in this universe. Meanwhile, the Strucker family is still falling apart, and Caitlin still can't let go of her denial about it, plus Jace Turner falls even further into the black hole of far-right radicalization with the Purifiers. Next episode: "no Mercy," The Gifted E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on social media at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the battle for the soul of the Colorado Republican Party is beginning. Who will be the unluckiest Coloradan to get the worst job in the state? Then, the Colorado Senate Republicans have plans! And a bunch of crinkly dollar bills! And, about half the seats in the State Senate they would need to do anything about it! Next, some men will  literally intimidate witnesses to get a drunken rapist put in charge of the pentagon instead of going to therapy and our 7th favorite member of Congress from Colorado kicks off his problem-solving independent-streaking district-voting career as a member of the US House of Representatives by falling straight in line with his party right away. But first, CHOO CHOO, WE'RE TALKING TRAINS and buses and other transit things in our interview today because we have Chris Nicholson on the pod; the newest member of the Regional Transportation District Board joins us to talk about how to win a down ticket race, what RTD is going to do with all the money the voters just gave them, and more!

David Lahti studies how weaver birds resist the efforts of egg mimicking cuckoos.

Pass the butter. Show notes Antonia! Princess Shikishi Emperor Go-Shirakawa The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse by Anthony Thwaite & Geoffrey Bownas String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi translated by Hiroaki Sato Japanese Death Poems edited by Yoel Hoffmann Tanka Basho The Tales of Genji    Email me: poetrysayspod[at]gmail.comSister show: SLEERICKETS

Episode: 2231 Of cuckoos, cuckoldry and brood parasitic cupidity.  Today, our guest, classicist Richard Armstrong goes cuckoo over brood parasites.

On today's newscast: Former President Donald Trump returned to Prescott Valley yesterday, dozens rallied in Flagstaff in support of Proposition 139, two yellow-billed Cuckoos were observed in Petrified Forest National Park for the first time in decades, APS opened a new substation near Grand Canyon Village to meet the rising electrical demands of the national park, and more...

The Gifted aired its finale in two parts, and this is the first half. Unfortunately it's also the more boring half; we'll get to the real action in the next episode. In "eXtraction," Thunderbird, Eclipse, Blink, Lorna and the Cuckoos work together to break into Humanity Today, an anti-mutant conference that Dr. Campbell (or as we always call him, Dr. Krieger) is attending alongside anti-mutant bigot Senator Montez. But that plotline doesn't come to a head until the last five minutes of the episode. Up until then, this is a meandering episode about the Strucker family trying to reconnect with Reed's mom to save her from getting waylaid by Sentinel Services. This plotline goes nowhere and this episode didn't need to exist. Dang it, The Gifted, why are you like this? Next episode: "X-Roads," The Gifted E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on social media at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

Send us a textJess is back to talk about what life is like having our first kid gone to college. We share a piece of his story and how we've adjusted to a now party of 4, instead of 5. Thanks for listening!

Jeremy got to Mars, all right, but nobody else came back. And so people would not believe he had actually been there at all. Never on Mars by John Wyndham, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast.John Wyndham appears for the first time on our podcast. Wyndham was born in 1903, the English science fiction writer is best known for his novels The Day of the Triffids, released on the big screen in 1963 and The Midwich Cuckoos, later filmed as Village of the Damned in 1960.He wrote about a dozen novels and more than 70 short stories.A British daily newspaper, The Financial Times, called Wyndham, "one of Great Britain's most serious and literate pioneers of intelligent science-fiction", and that "he always wrote well and imaginatively”. It took a great deal of imagination to write today's story which was published in Fantastic Universe in January 1954 on page 62, Never on Mars by John Wyndham…Next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, Want to join our secret organization? Well, first you have to pass the tests. Membership Drive by Murray F. Yaco.☕ Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/scottsVYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@VintageSciFiAudiobooksFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheLostSciFiPodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/lost_sci_fi=========================== ❤️ ❤️ Thanks to All Our Listeners Who Bought Us a Coffee$200 Someone$75 James Van Maanenberg$50 Anonymous Listener$25 Dave Wiseman, Bromite Thrip, Marwin de Haan, Future Space Engineer, Fressie, Kevin Eckert, Stephen Kagan, James Van Maanenberg, Irma Stolfo, Josh Jennings, Leber8tr, Conrad Chaffee, Anonymous Listener$15 Patrick McLendon, Curious Jon, Buz C., Fressie, Anonymous Listener$10 Anonymous Listener$5 Tif Love, Chrystene, Richard Hoffman, Anonymous Listener Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With a title like "3 X 1," you'd think this episode of The Gifted would be all about the Cuckoos, but mostly this episode is about the Struckers deciding to leave the Mutant Underground only to return once again by the time the episode ends. Why does Reed Strucker love to walk in circles? We do still get to see some fun moments with Esme and her sisters, and we get a little bit of new information about the Hellfire Club and its motivations, but overall this episode could stand to have quite a bit more plot in it. This is also the episode that introduces the plot point that Polaris has bipolar disorder, so Ryan and Maddy do some deep dives into their own diagnoses and the various diagnoses of the X-Men in discussing that. Next episode: "eXtraction," The Gifted E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on social media at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

Episode 9 is all about birds! Embark on a journey around the world to sample bird songs and birdsong. Along the way, listen to the mockingbird, help the blackbird find his missing pieces, and rumple up the cuckoo's nest. Note: This was recorded on the road (away from the studio) so please excuse any loss of audio quality! Host: Olivia Harding Join the Folk FIles Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FolkFilesPodcast Musical excerpts: ARTIST: Beatrice Harrison WORK: “Actually recorded in Beatrice Harrison's Garden, Oxted” SOURCE:  https://youtu.be/QPxT95WwIBM?si=wreVzzkJVYWt6kWt ARTIST: Recorded by the BBC WORK: “Nightingales Sing As RAF Bombers Fly” SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_MHqW5KVds&t=4s ARTIST: Sam Lee WORK: Blackbird SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDQMVFgRv10 ARTIST: Unknown WORK: Sarika Keo Euy SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-jcF5jr6Ic ARTIST: Cote Godoy WORK: En Un Lejano Bosque SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-buGB5jM_IE ARTIST: Savanna Tríóïð WORK: Sa ég spóa SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoiihIzaD5g ARTIST: Mohamed Fawzi WORK: Zahab al-leil SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdPNR47biiI ARTIST: The Brown Madrigal Singers WORK: Of All the Birds That I Do Know SOURCE: 2010 Holiday Concert ARTIST: Steeleye Span WORK: Drink Down the Moon SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGBhvJuNBw ARTIST: Oberkirchen Choir WORK: Kuckuck, Kuckuck SOURCE: https://youtu.be/s8J8aGe0Pe8?si=RM3Wrkz8fjCdbbK6 ARTIST: Rising Appalachia WORK: Cuckoo SOURCE: https://youtu.be/h6ow2Z5Jh9Y?si=0mi84w2KziN1hBtv ARTIST: Cosmo Sheldrake WORK: Cuckoo Song SOURCE: https://youtu.be/cbQyFZmuA58?si=UgLUJ7K6o9B5VHAF ARTIST: Tonton Dezirab WORK: Ti Zwazo SOURCE: https://youtu.be/b5zzeW6YuJc?si=NNm7daTxNo0LONaq ARTIST: Mitamaiyu Primary WORK: Kanyoni Kanja SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4nSfjchvg ARTIST: Dolly Parton and Stuart Duncan WORK: Listen to the Mockingbird SOURCE: https://youtu.be/vqYYkWwfYhs?si=PU0fHePemEcx4jko ARTIST: Music the Gathering WORK: Misirloucuckoo's Nest SOURCE: https://www.musicthegathering.com/store/lvl-3-digital-album-esexe

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Maddy and Ryan watch one of the best episodes of The Gifted in a long time, in which Esme Cuckoo continues to keep the plot moving along and gets the Mutant Underground on board with breaking in to Dr. Campbell's lab to rescue her family members (the other Cuckoos, not that any of the characters on the show know that). We also talk about Deadpool & Wolverine quite a bit, since Maddy had seen it by this point. There are various other goofy off-topic diversions along the way (idk why we were particularly distractible this week). Next episode: "eXploited," The Gifted E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on social media at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

The author of the classic The Selfish Gene is still changing the way we think about evolution. SOURCE:Richard Dawkins, professor emeritus of the public understanding of science at Oxford University. RESOURCES:The Genetic Book of the Dead, by Richard Dawkins (2024).Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution, by Richard Dawkins (2021)."About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated," by Gregory A. Smith (Pew Research Center, 2021).Cuckoo: Cheating by Nature, by Nick Davies (2015).The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins (2006)."Why the Universe Seems So Strange," by Richard Dawkins (TED Global, 2005)."Surprising Stats About Child Carseats," by Steve Levitt (TED Global, 2005)."Genes and Memes," by John Maynard Smith (London Review of Books, 1982).The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene, by Richard Dawkins (1982).The Selfish Gene, by Richard Dawkins (1976)."Child Endowments and the Quantity and Quality of Children," by Gary Becker and Nigel Tomes (Journal of Political Economy, 1976)."Selective Pecking in the Domestic Chick," by Richard Dawkins (University of Oxford Ph.D. thesis, 1966). EXTRAS:"The World's Most Controversial Ornithologist," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024)."Is Gynecology the Best Innovation Ever?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024).

We saw your responses to our recent Isekai debate, so we're reopening the discussion and sharing what YOU have to say. But first, Delicious in Dungeon, Naruto, and A Couple of Cuckoos have updates, and an anime character is coming to Guilty Gear -Strive-. Then, Nick, LeAlec, and Leah share their recs (and yours!) and discuss S-Tier anime versus emerging shows. Have a question for The Anime Effect? Ask it here. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Delicious in Dungeon Anime Prepares a Symphony of Flavor with Concert Event Shohei Ohtani Walks Up to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Song During LA Dodgers Game Naruto Teams Up with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Crossover Comic Guilty Gear -Strive- Season 4 Reveals Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners A Couple of Cuckoos Season 2 Anime Announced for 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sunil reveals his love for the television series Entourage, Producer James talks about deviant European toilets and Chris wishes his son well. The lads also consider what it takes to keep a museum open in this economy and discuss a letter from a man who smells. Heading to the Edinburgh Fringe? You can grab your tickets to see Chris' show and touch Greyfriars Bobby's cheeky little nose! You can now support Rural Concerns via Patreon. For less than the price of a pint, you'll get bonus episodes once a fortnight and access to The Creamery, our Discord hangout. Thank you for listening to Rural Concerns! Our music is by Sam O'Leary and our artwork is by Poppy Hillstead. Rural Concerns is edited by Joseph Burrows and produced by Egg Mountain for A Lovely Time Productions. Warning: if you don't like 3 old mates having a good laugh then this isn't the podcast for you!

This episode we discuss the 'Cuckoos Nest', where men unknowingly raise other mens children, and the women (Cuckoo Birds) who are behind the deception, trying to understand the motives behind it as well as the consequences of their actions. Join Taura Hako Experience on Patreon and enjoy additional bonus and exclusive content. Join us here: https://www.patreon.com/TauraHakoExperience

In this episode, J. Drew Lanham shares how his grandmother's personal names for  birds helped shape his own relationships with birds. Names such as “redbirds” for Northern Cardinals, “rain crows” for Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and “cat owls” for Great Horned Owls help him feel personally connected to these species. Through developing one's own ornithology and personal names for birds, he says, anyone can strengthen their bond with birds.More info and transcript at BirdNote.org. Want more BirdNote? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Sign up for BirdNote+ to get ad-free listening and other perks. BirdNote is a nonprofit. Your tax-deductible gift makes these shows possible. 

We're back, with an episode about the great British SF writer John Wyndham. On many occasions we've found ourselves talking about his books - such as The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos - but now we attempt to do them justice with a closer look. For the full show notes, visit our blog at 101sf.blogspot.com

If you mainly draw inspiration from older generations, after taking a lengthy break, you may find that the needle on your tastes has moved forward in time too. At least that’s what we’re seeing unfold with Austin project The Cuckoos. Ostensibly the one-man band (who also operates as a four-piece) of flock leader/multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/producer Ken Frost, […] The post The Cuckoos: “Dirty Pictures” appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week's session of, The Bird & The Bear … Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer, present part three of their deep dive on the CIA … In part three, our hosts will discuss the history of Project MK Ultra, it's greater effect on society, and some of the notable names who participated in the project … Content mentioned in this session: “Human Experiments, Torture, and Mind Control: The CIA's Project MK-Ultra” by Eleanor Neale (YouTube), and The Joe Rogan Experience #1459 - Tom O'Neil (Spotify) … Let's Sort Through It Together!   (0:00) - Introduction (Discussing updates on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef) - “It sounds French enough to be right.” (10:03) - The origins and evolution of Project MK Ultra - “That's patriotism with it's f**king boots up and buckles on.” (19:43) - The CIA's failed attempt to acquire LSD - “No, I didn't say I could get you ‘10 kilograms' … I said I could get you ‘10, killer grams!'” (23:01) - The utilization of prison inmates for Project MK Ultra - “They probably were like, ‘You've done enough acid to live in your head.'” (29:58) - The doctor who ran MK Ultra experiments on his mental health patients - “But, it also would've been the perfect group of people to test sleeper cells on.” (35:13) - How the CIA infiltrated the hippie movement - “One thing I've learned through my own clandestine operations … You don't do anything but get better at it.” (43:18) - Analyzing the justifications for Project MK Ultra - “We probably would've found a lot more at Guantanamo Bay if we dosed them with LSD and Molly.” (53:00) - How the CIA inadvertently created political movements during the 1960's - “What do you mean? They marched on the DNC in Chicago and people died!” (1:03:41) - Theorizing the real reason for Operation Midnight Climax - “Just enjoying a brewski themselves … Ya know, maybe a little half a tab.” (1:08:40) - Charles Manson and the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic - “As time goes on, I realize that what I was taught about them was bills**t.” (1:20:32) - The impact and legacy of Project MK Ultra - “Even if you can't draw a straight line; there's some squiggles.” (1:33:21) - Outro - “Do you think they knew about Ayahuasca?”   Please, remember to share, rate, and review this podcast … Follow us on Tik-Tok, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @dimesinthedozen … Thank you for listening!

Sam Bayley of NPWS last year, placed satellite tags on 4 adult male as part of the Irish Cuckoo Tracking Project. Sam discusses with Niall how these three Cuckoos got on.

Episode 795 This week's hosts - HidaOWin & SavageMickEditor - Warlord Scarr Tibicen Cave! - That is to say "Player Beware!", for not every game is what it proports to be!  Have you ever encountered a game that sells itself as one thing but turns out to be a bird of a very different feather? If so, this episode is for you. ----------------------------------------------------------------- We have a Discord Server and it rocks! Get in here! [ https://discord.gg/VW6NUJe ] Find us on Facebook here, leave a Thumbs Up and we can be internet friends! [ https://www.facebook.com/TheAdventuringParty/ ] Come ear-watch us on Youtube. Leave a comment! [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJN85ESPc0Wg3kuErxnV9wQ/videos ] We are on Spotify? Yup, you can listen to us over there too! [ https://open.spotify.com/show/0HmRd3Tqba9Jk0TIUwVz13?si=EQCChHitSVCC9DuDvYewBQ ] Twitter! Follow us on twitter  [ @adventuringpty ]. Will we follow you back? Maybe! The hosts can be contacted by good old email at party@theadventuringparty.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- The Adventuring Party is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike version 3 licence [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ie/ ]. Title Card - That's no Wyrd West Cowboy! (Chicken Boo from Animaniacs, Warner Bros.)

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In this week's episode, Emmanuel takes us OUTSIDE to experience nature with two special guests as experts - Candace Dantes ("Cowgirl Candace") and Edward Morrow ("Edward the Arborist"). Show notes below! Candace Dantes: https://candacedantes.com/ and email at info@candacedantes.com Edward Morrow: https://edwardthearborist.com/ and email at info@edwardthearborist.com Outdoor Afro: https://outdoorafro.org/ Ways to Spend More Time in nature https://extension.usu.edu/mentalhealth/articles/simple-ways-to-spend-more-time-in-nature The album "Call It Morning" (Manny Voices) is available on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple, Tidal, etc). Buy it on Bandcamp to get liner notes too: https://mannyvoices.bandcamp.com/ Increase Your Lexicon: Propitious Unsung Black Heroes: Alfred L Cralle (ice cream scoop) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_L._Cralle Weird and Wonderful World of Wildlife: Cuckoo Bird https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/facts/cuckoos#:~:text=Cuckoos%20are%20well%20known%20for,them%20in%20their%20own%20nests. Joyful Noise: Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs https://open.spotify.com/track/4XCGfHpGVq8xw800o5cwWs?si=gdHMiwoATganaEpKAWkvcg SUPPORT THE SHOW VIA: The No Wednesday Podcast Store: https://teespring.com/stores/the-no-wednesday-podcast-store Use code NW24 FOR A 10% DISCOUNT Cashapp: $itsdrlittle Inquire about voice-over work: https://emmanuellittle.com/thevoice/ More resources for nature: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/nature-and-mental-health/ideas-to-try-in-nature/ Hashtag #NoWednesday Sign up for the Mailing list: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVlwF4FCTzqXOxHit3_1zAHWJ-lLXp5ekLTyuiOfkzhB8ysw/viewform Personal website: https://emmanuellittle.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nowednesdaypod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nowednesdaypod/support

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 4 chapter 4, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Nurse is livid! The Night Aide in a cupboard, a Woman smuggled in, pills all over the floor, and the Nurse's files all over the floor. McMurphy looks like he is sick, and even when The Nurse leaves to call the main building, McMurphy claims that he is too sick and hungover to escape, so he just closes his eyes and feigns sleep. Harding however isn't going to accept this, and tries even harder to convince McMurphy to leave, but this is in vain. The Aides eventually take a roll call, and suddenly everyone remembers where Billy Bibbit is hiding. The nurse is angrier than ever and she and the aides go door to door on the ward looking for him. After going to nearly every room, only the seclusion room is left, with all of the patients following. The door is swung open, and Billy and the Girl are thrown into light. When the nurse reacts, it seems as though his stutter has fully disappeared; he gives very quick responses and talks like he has never stuttered in his life. Candy is looking for her clothes, but the nurse pays her very little attention; her eyes are fixed on Billy. He eventually stands up straight, and the Nurse launches into her attack. She tells Billy she is disappointed in him, but that his mother will be even more upset than she is. This breaks Billy, his stutter returning instantly with tears streaming down his face. After Billy's break down, she takes him to the Doctor's office where he can calm down, away from the people who tricked him.Police and all sorts of people turn up to write down what happened the previous night, and when the Doctor finally turns up, The Nurse talks him through the events of the evening, finally telling him about Billy. The Doctor goes right to there, and is greeted with horror, screaming out for the Nurse. Everyone on the Ward knows what has happened…When the Nurse come back, she lays into McMurphy, telling him exactly what Billy did, and how it is McMurphy's fault. “First Charles Cheswick, and now William Bibbit, I hope that you are finally satisfied.” She leaves him in the day room and heads to the Nurses station and McMurphy follows. Harding, the Chief, Sefelt, Martini, everyone knows that they cannot stop him, because they were the ones that had been forcing him to do it this whole time… He lunges for the Nurse through her glass window and makes his final attack, removing the Nurse, for a time, from the ward. When she comes back, she decides to stop McMurphy for good…Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.inSupport the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 4 chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Chief, for the first time ever is able to shake off the fog after his shock therapy in less than a day. McMurphy was given another 3 shocks because he still refuses to apologise to Nurse Ratched. He says to Chief that the shocks are doing nothing more than charging up his battery, but Chief Bromden sees through his tough-guy guise. Chief Bromden is lead away from disturbed ward back to his usual one, and everyone turns to greet him at the door, like he was a celebrity. There have been rumours that McMurphy has been shrugging off all of the EST's he has been given, and the patients are glued to every word that Chief Bromden is saying. The following day, Nurse Ratched brings up how McMurphy is reacting to EST, and suggests that more serious methods must be used. She also realises that while McMurphy is off the ward, he can become a heroic legend, that will never die. Some of the guys realise that as soon as he is back on the ward, Nurse Ratched will shock McMurphy every time he comes out of his stupor, so they plan for him to escape the ward; the plan is a no go however, because it is the day that Candy is supposed to sneak back on the ward to have a date with Billy Bibbit.There is another meeting in the day, and the Nurse suggests to the Doctor that McMurphy should be subject to a more serious treatment. McMurphy joins in on this and says that maybe they should increase the voltage so that he can become electric. The Big Nurse corrects McMurphy however, saying that she means to give him a lobotomy… After the meeting McMurphy goes with Billy Bibbit to plan out the evenings “Activities.” The Chief then goes on to explain Billy's situation. He is actually not a young kid, and is in his early 30's. He has been subjected to a overly protective and deluded mother, who believes it impossible for Billy to be as old as he claims. He would probably be fine if he could get away from his mother and just live as a normal adult… It's tragic.As the evening progresses, the men start to get the feeling that Candy isn't coming, but after turning all of the lights on to try and let Candy know where the men are, they hear a faint tapping on the day room window; it's Candy, and she has brought along Sandy, the girl who bailed on the fishing trip, along too. The Party Begins…Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentiSupport the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 4 chapter 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallMcMurphy and Chief Bromden have been sent up to the disturbed ward, the are crazed men all over the place, and there are mutterings and gnashing of teeth whispering all around. In the Day room on disturbed, McMurphy tries to establish himself as Top Dog, but it's different up there, and the straight jackets don't really help. McMurphy starts telling the men about the fight with the Aides, but as time goes on their wounds start to hurt more and more. They are eventually taken into the nurse's ward, and it feel strange for the two to be treated with respect and care. The nurse asks who attacked them, and after they answer, she tells them that she feels that War Nurses shouldn't be able to reign supreme over their wards; they want to run them like war hospitals. Then then goes on to say that both McMurphy and Chief Bromden won't be staying too long, Nurse Ratched will determine the length of their stay. There is a huge alarm that sounds in the morning to wake the patients, and McMurphy and Bromden are called to the nurse's station. When they get there, they are given 3 sedative pills. Both the men refuse their tablets. After a couple of minutes or so, the Big Nurse and the 2 Aides that were beaten up arrive, and Nurse Ratched tells McMurphy that she has decided that he should be Subject to Electro-Shock Therapy, unless he could apologise for what he did. McMurphy starts making jokes about what the nurse is asking him to do. Both McMurphy and Bromden are led over to the EST room, and there is a sound behind the door like a swarm of bees taking off. They are led into the room and McMurphy can see that Chief Bromden is afraid, so he offers to get shocked first, laying on the cross shaped table, and wearing a crown of silver thorns. SHOCK… Then it is the chief's turn…Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 4 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe nurse has planned her revenge of McMurphy, and she very slowly starts to spread the seed of doubt and mistrust amongst the patients. She wants them to start wondering “What is in it for him? Why does he do all of this stuff for me?” She starts by sticking the bank statements of all of the inmates onto the wall, and this gets all of the men wondering more and more why he does sorts of things. She then tries to bring up in the meeting everybody's opinions on McMurphy, but because he was present, her attack didn't get off to a start. So, she decides that the best way forward is to make sure that he isn't there for the next meeting. She starts probing at the men, asking them about him, and eventually the men come around to having doubting thoughts about their “hero;” the only person to try and defend McMurphy is Billy Bibbit. The Nuse goes on to list off all of the things that McMurphy has “given” to the group, pointing out that Mac hasn't put up any collateral for his bets, as opposed to everyone else. Later in the day, the patients go on to say that while they don't agree with what the big nurse was saying, it is hard to argue that McMurphy hasn't made a profit off of them. Harding then pipes up and asks what the problem is. Even if what the nurse said is correct, what is the problem with it. Billy however isn't in agreement with Harding until later in the day, when McMurphy tries to convince him to spend some money on him and Candy.Chief and McMurphy are taking the tables into the Tub Room for the meeting, and he manages to convince Chief to try and lift the huge panel, and though it seems almost impossible, the chief is able to lift it. Then after the meeting, McMurphy manages to make a bet with the men that the chief could lift the panel, so all of them gather around the panel and watch the chief lift it, losing all of their cash. The Chief feels like he has been used and runs away from McMurphy and the other guy.The patients that went on the fishing trip have been ordered to take disinfection showers, and they are forced to take degrading showers while the Aides spray them down with power hoses and soap. When the Aides get to George, they take it too far, spraying him all over as hard as they can. At this, McMurphy snaps, and launches into an attack on the Aides…Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.coSupport the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest Part by Ken Kesey 3 chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Men get to the dock, and they are all getting excited, there is a problem however. The girl Sandy, who didn't show up, was the one who had the waver, so the captain is refusing to let the men get onto the ship they rented. The other ship hands on the boat take a look at the group of patients, and eventually notice Candy and start jeering at her. McMurphy offers to call the proper authorities from the boat house to sort the situation out, and both he and the captain head in to make the call, leaving the patients, the doctor, and Candy out by themselves. The Boat Hands' heckling gets more aggressive towards Candy, but the men have lost their swagger now that McMurphy has gone away. All of the men feel a huge wave of guilt wash over them, and Candy walks as far away from the group as possible. McMurphy comes out of the boat house very quickly and tells the men to get into the boat while the captain finalises the details on the phone. He calls to George to stat the engine, while McMurphy starts to untie the ropes. As soon as the boat is ready to set off, the door of the bait shop slams open and the captain steams out towards the boat. McMurphy is stealing the boat…The men set out to sea, and McMurphy and Candy head inside the boat to “check for leaks.” After the men get past the jetty, a wave of calm passes over Chief Bromden, and after a mile or so, the men start to set out their fishing lines. George pushes the boat out to sea “where the real fish are,” and after an hour Sefelt's fishing pole starts to pull. The men weren't all planning on fishing, but after seeing Sefelt's line snap, all of the men want to have a go. The men have the most fun that they have had in years, and everyone but the Doctor has caught a fish, but he has been fighting with one for what seems like hours. It's a giant Flounder, and it's going to require all of the men to help bring it in.The men eventually start to head back to shore, and once in, they have a brief fight with the sea captain, but eventually the tension fades, and they all sit around drinking and telling stories until it is time to head back to the hospital… Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 3 chapter 2, narrated by Isaac BirchallWhen Bromden awakes, he runs out of bed to have a look at the signup sheet to see if McMurphy had really added his name to the list. In the dorm, McMurphy is trying to rouse everyone, telling them to take note of the chief, out of bed and getting everything ready. When they go to the mess hall, they still need another person for the trip and after a few minutes the last person comes forward. George, who the aides call “Rub-a-dub” comes to McMurphy and tries to give him some tips of deep-sea fishing, mentioning that he has spent a lot of time on ships and McMurphy suggests that he joins them, and because he has so much knowledge, even suggests that he be their captain. As the morning goes on, the “Aunts” show up, or only 1 does… a girl called Candy, and she tells McMurphy that the other girl “Sandy” isn't going to come because she has gotten married. This means that the trip is off; there is no way that 10 guys can fit into 1 car. McMurphy needs to find a solution, and as the Doctor comes into the day room, McMurphy has found his mark. Somehow, McMurphy manages to not only convince the Doctor that he should come on the trip but gets him excited about it. The men and Candy all head out into the car park, pile into their cars, and set off on their adventure, the first time many of the patients have been outside of the ward since they entered it. The men get started off and pull into a gas station to fill up before the journey. The Doctor handles all of the transaction, but slowly, McMurphy gets the idea that the attendants are trying to scam the cowardly Doctor, and he looks to intervene. McMurphy pulls down the roof of the convertible, and yells his head off at the attendant, warning him that all of the people in the car are lunatics who are ready to attack at the drop of a hat. This bolsters the confidence of the men, and as they set off they are confidently jesting and gibing at each other, and McMurphy starts to feel like the boys are starting to heal a little. Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopifSupport the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 3 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Nurse is planning her revenge after McMurphy broke the window, she knows that she has all the time in the world. McMurphy, following his victory, has come back into full swing. He managed to convince the doctor to allow the men to form a basketball team, and he makes sure to be as vocal as possible in all of the meetings. Since the breaking of the window, the aides added a sheet of cardboard to cover the hole but the nurse just sits there behind the cardboard like it wasn't there at all. McMurphy and the Nurse though are waiting to see who will crack first, they are speaking in the politest way to each other, and McMurphy has finally had enough time on the ward to request an accompanied absence on the ward. The new window has been installed, and the moment that the nurse tells McMurphy that his request has been denied, he breaks the new one, claiming that he never saw them put it in. The men organise a basketball game, and two of the Aides play for the other team and in a scramble for the ball, McMurphy cracks one of them as hard as he can in the nose with his elbow. After seeing McMurphy get more and more confident in his defiance of the Nurse, the other men start to get confident also, and they try and test their limit with the nurse as well. Eventually the basketball breaks, and McMurphy decides that it is time to go fishing instead, and for some reason, McMurphy's request to take the other patients on a fishing trip is approved. The Big Nurse tries to convince the other patients that the seas are going to be very rough but some of the patients sign up, nonetheless. The day before the trip, McMurphy still needs 2 more men to sign up. The Chief wants to sign up, but not only does he not have enough money to chip in for the boat, if he were to sign up, then everyone would know that he could hear, and has been hearing everything. The chief starts to think back to when he first realised that people treated him like he was deaf.Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 7, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe boys are walking back from Ward 1, and Chief Bromden wants to talk to McMurphy, he wants to tell him that he shouldn't worry about all the things on his mind but just before he opens his mouth, McMurphy runs up ahead to ask one of the Aides to stop by the Canteen. The chief starts to get a ringing in his ears, like everything is sharp and clear, but like something is going to happen. In the meeting that afternoon, the Big Nurse is testing Sefelt, and he is raging about the medications that he has to take. McMurphy is strangely sitting upright and attentive, watching everything that is going on in the room. This causes the chief's ringing to get louder, and he starts to grip down on his chair as hard as possible. At the end of the meeting, the nurse looks over at McMurphy, and putting on a sad face, she tells the men that she is going to take away their access to the Tub Room as punishment for the house duties being avoided so that they can watch baseball…Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark andprotect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers tostop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 6, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe men are leaded over to building 1 where they are going to all be x-rayed. Across from the men is the large metal riveted door where EST is performed. There is screaming coming from the inside, and Chief Bromden is gripping onto the bench harder than ever. McMurphy pipes up and asks Harding what is happening in that room, Harding tells him that they are being given a trip to the moon that is paid for with Brain Cells instead of Money. Harding tells McMurphy the history of EST and tells him that it isn't just used to scare and hurt patients, it is a real form of therapy that has been used to cure plenty of patients over the years. McMurphy isn't sure about this and likens it to the death penalty, and Harding half agrees with him, saying that EST changes you; no one is ever the same after EST, and no one ever wants another one. McMurphy then states that he doesn't really understand what is going on in the ward. He then asks Harding about Lobotomies, and Harding informs him that though the nurse legally cannot decide what happens to patients, she is the one who has the final say on all punishments. McMurphy then goes to say that he thinks that just getting rid of the nurse probably wouldn't change too much but he can't fully explain it. Chief wants to go and tell McMurphy that he is onto it, that he has understood what Chief put together long ago, but he cannot speak, not when everyone thinks him to be deaf and dumb. After some more back and forth between the guys, McMurphy finally tells the guys that he is fed up with them pushing him to bug the nurse, and Harding's only excuse is that he forgot that McMurphy was committed. McMurphy since decided that he is just going to play it safe to guarantee that he gets released in a timely manner. Harding agrees with McMurphy, but also tells him that McMurphy is risking far more than the other patients, he tells him that McMurphy is one of the very few patients that is committed; the rest are voluntary patients. This makes McMurphy lose his head!Subscribe to the show ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark and protect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers to stop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 5, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Men are taken to the library, and Chief Bromden is distracted by the mechanical engineering books on the shelves, reminding him of his years in college. After a few minutes however the door opens, and one of the Aides escorts in Harding's wife. Harding invites McMurphy over to meet her, introducing her as his “nemesis”. McMurphy swaggers over and Harding starts to tell his wife about how McMurphy had a victory over the nurse, but as he gets excited his hands start to dance in front of him. His wife makes a harsh comment about his laugh and Harding seems to shy away into himself. She then asks him for a smoke, and Harding refuses, claiming that the rationing of the boxes by the nurse has made chivalry impossible. Harding then starts to correct his wife on her grammar, and she gets very frustrated at this claiming, and starts talking about Harding's friends that keep dropping in to see if he is free. Harding retorts, asking if they are “really” there for him or if they are there for her. She gets up and leaves rather abruptly. Harding then asks McMurphy what he thought of her, and McMurphy blows up at Harding, claiming that everyone is trying to get his goat.Subscribe to the show ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark and protect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers to stop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 4, narrated by Isaac BirchallSefelt falls in the Mess Hall and starts to convulse with his seizure, and everyone jumps in to try and help him, but the Aides beat off all of the other patients. The Big Nurse eventually arrives and questions them as to who has fallen, and again asks if this is the patient that claims he doesn't need any more medication. The Big Nurse is surprisingly sympathetic, claiming that she warned Sefelt that if he didn't take his medication then his seizures would get worse and worse. Fredrickson comes forward and tries to tell the nurse the reason behind the Sefelt's refusal to take his medication, and she keeps her face so sympathetic and kind that it shuts Fredrickson down as quickly as he started. Subscribe to the show ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark and protect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers to stop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 3, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe guys are getting more confident since McMurphy's victory over the nurse. They are bringing up every gripe that they have ever felt in the ward. They start to question the stupidity of all of the rules and start to take them literally; if you cannot be alone by yourself, then supposedly you have to take 7 other guys with you to the bathroom as well. The men then bring up the confiscation of their smokes, and the Doctor and Big Nurse have a small spat over it. McMurphy is feeling at the top until they take a trip to the pool. McMurphy is relaxing on the side of the pool and talking with one of the patients who is acting as “Lifeguard” and is arguing about how McMurphy believes that the hospital is far better than the work camp. The lifeguard replies “well at least when you are convicted of a crime you have a release date.” McMurphy didn't know about this, he thought that if he was sentenced to 4 months in a work camp, then he would also spend 4 months in the hospital, but this isn't the case; it is the nurse who decides when he is released…Subscribe to the show ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark and protect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers to stop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

On September 9th, 1953, Stan Laurel and Oliver ‘Babe' Hardy arrived on a boat direct from the USA into the small harbour town of Cobh, Ireland, ahead of another tour of the theatres of Great Britain. The boys assumed that they would quietly disembark unnoticed by the townspeople - but that couldn't be further from what happened. In this special bonus episode of the podcast, Patrick welcomes filmmakers Andy Hollingworth and Matt Holt to discuss the genesis and production of their new documentary, The Last Dance of the Cuckoos, which charts this remarkable and emotive true story. In addition, Patrick invites his guests to share their earliest memories of Laurel and Hardy and also makes them face the Atoll Question. To access an extra 30 minutes of this episode, and many more besides, simply sign up to show your support for the podcast and become a Patron of the Podcast by clicking the link: ⁠https://patreon.com/user?u=88010194⁠ For more information concerning The Laurel & Hardy Podcast, The Laurel & Hardy Magazine and Patrick's forthcoming series of books, starting with Laurel & Hardy: Silents, visit the new website at ⁠www.laurelandhardyfilms.com⁠ More information about Andy Hollingworth can be found here: https://www.andyhollingworth.com/ More information about Matt Holt's Spoon Jar Films can be found here: https://www.spoonjarfilms.co.uk/ To contact Patrick, email ⁠theboys@laurelandhardyfilms.com⁠ If you'd like to make a point, ask a question, or generally join in the discussions about the podcast and all other things Laurel and Hardy-related, why not become an official Blog-Head by joining the Blog-Heads Facebook Group here:  ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2920310948018755⁠ To purchase CDs of the Beau Hunks Orchestra's music contained in these podcasts, click here: ⁠https://amzn.to/2CgeCbK⁠ To find the best Laurel and Hardy books and DVDs and Blu-Rays, visit The Laurel & Hardy Podcast's Amazon storefront, click here:  ⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/laurelandhardyblog⁠

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 2, Narrated by Isaac BirchallFollowing the staff meeting McMurphy goes full steam ahead continuing to annoy and anger the Aides and Staff, but the Big Nurse puts on a façade of calm and diplomacy. In all of his duties, he gives the bare minimum trying harder and harder to get the Big Nurse to crack again. The boys keep sitting in front of the TV in the day room and listen to McMurphy telling stories, showing that he can continue to be strong no matter what the nurse tries to pull on him. McMurphy's influence is starting to affect the other patients too, he is making them all feel a bit better, showing the men that you can't judge a book by its cover.The Fog Machine seems to be broken, and Chief Bromden is seeing clearly for the first time in years. He can actually look out of the windows on the ward at night. Looking out he saw a wild dog run around sniffing in squirrel holes and enjoying his life to the fullest. He then hears a group of geese flying towards him, and he notices the dog looking for the geese too. He dreams of being free like the dog, and just as the geese fly off one of the night aides and the nurses come and take him back to bed. Subscribe to theshow ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark and protect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers to stop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

Author and speaker Iain Provan joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Cuckoos in Our Nest: Truth and Lies about Being Human. Contemporary Western culture offers up various visions of what it means to be human, visions that many within the church have unknowingly adopted yet which contrast sharply with biblical revelation. Like the murderous offspring of the cuckoo bird, once these ideas take root, they drive out biblical assumptions of anthropology, even while masquerading as Christian. In this episode, Iain highlights three of these “cuckoos” and explains their effects on Christian thinking, addressing such questions as: What is the relationship between science and faith? What are the origins of current ideas about the self? Which sources should Christians consider authoritative? How does culture catechize the church? How can the church identify and dethrone the cuckoos that have already taken hold?

One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey Part 2 chapter 1, narrated by Isaac BirchallThe Chief is looking through the Nurse's station window with all of the other Acutes. For the first time, she is getting a feeling of what it is like to be constantly watched. She has been made to lose control, and she knows that even the aides and nurses are watching her. The Chief always cleans the meeting room when they have a staff meeting, but since raising his hand for McMurphy, won't they all know that he can hear, and has been able to hear all of this time. One of the Aides comes over to Chief Bromden and the Chief seems to think that the aide “Knows” that he can hear. The Chief tries to play deaf again, and the Aide seems to believe him. Bromden makes his way to the meeting room and starts to clean while everyone is making themselves coffee. The Big Nurse seems to have recomposed herself since McMurphy's win, but she is very suspicious of the Chief. The meeting starts with the Nurse not saying a word, but with the Doctor leading the discussion. He asks what the assistant nurses and doctors think about the new patient McMurphy and what should be done with him. They all go into their own theories about his psyche and what they think about his effect on the other patients.The Nurse finally steps in and tells the men that they are all wrong. The only person that McMurphy cares about is himself and since he has been committed, they can keep him locked up until they break him, and the moment he finds out that he is going to be in the ward until the Big Nurse decides he is ready to leave, he will calm down.Subscribe to the show ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-essential-reads/subscribe⁠Get SurfShark and protect yourself online today VPN: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=926&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Antivirus: ⁠⁠https://get.surfshark.net/aff_c?offer_id=934&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ Get data brokers to stop selling your information with: Incogni: ⁠⁠https://get.incogni.io/aff_c?offer_id=1219&aff_id=20389⁠⁠ *COMIC* By @Valenangelr ⁠https://www.instagram.com/valenangelr⁠ *SOCIAL*INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreads⁠ TWITTER: ⁠http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98⁠ KO-Fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads⁠ STORE: ⁠https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/⁠Support the showThank you so much for listening, if you want to support the me go to any of these links :)*Social*SHOPIFY: https://the-essential-reads.myshopify.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/theessentialreadsTWITTER: http://twitter.com/isaacbirchall98Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/theessentialreads

Dr. Drew and Mark Geragos are back for some more nuanced discussions, especially concerning how we deal with mental health in this country and drug addiction. Dr. Drew explains how trauma is rocket fuel for addiction, and there's so much more we can do for psychiatric patients that would benefit not just the individual, but all of humanity. They also contemplate paths young men can take to support healthy masculinity and their future livelihoods. Please Support Our Sponsor: Angi.com

In this episode of Building Texas Business, I sit down for a compelling conversation with Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass, the innovative founders of Agmenity and Meristem Communities. They share their inspiring journey of transitioning from agricultural services to conceptualizing master-planned communities. I learn about their groundbreaking project, Indigo, an organic farm-centric community in Richmond, Texas. Clayton and Scott reveal their entrepreneurial backstories and how their passion for farming and experience in real estate development converged in their work. I also come to understand the delicate balance of maintaining culture during growth. Clayton and Scott provide insights into the significance of soft skills, fiscal responsibility, and a culture of positivity. We explore the unique dynamics of their partnership and leverage diverse strengths. It is fascinating to see how these entrepreneurs have fused urban farming with real estate development through their trailblazing work. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS Agminity and Maristim Communities, founded by Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass, are pioneering the concept of integrating farming and real estate development to create unique, farm-centric communities. The duo has a rich entrepreneurial background in farming and real estate development, and their project Indigo, located in Richmond, Texas, is a testament to their innovative vision. The founders share their experiences in the hiring process, emphasizing the importance of recruiting the right team, setting timelines, and maintaining clear communication. They also delve into the challenges of preserving a strong company culture as the team expands and ensuring everyone remains aligned with the company's vision. Agminity's business model involves incorporating urban farms into master plan communities. The company has expanded its operations across different states, including Texas and Florida. Clayton and Scott highlight the critical role of soft skills and fiscal responsibility in their leadership approach, fostering a culture of positivity in the workplace to keep work enjoyable and engaging. The business partnership between Clayton and Scott has been instrumental in their success. They discuss the advantages of diverse personalities in leadership and the art of leveraging these differences to refine ideas. Maristim Communities transitioned from offering agricultural services to developers to developing their own master plan communities. The company's flagship project, Indigo, includes an organic farm within a master plan community. While managing their expansion, they realized the importance of keeping their team connected and maintaining a strong company culture despite geographical distance. They are considering implementing corporate retreats to foster team unity. Their hiring process has evolved from hiring out of desperation to a comprehensive process that includes multiple interviews, written components, and on-the-ground working days to ensure a good fit for the company's culture and values. LINKSShow Notes Previous Episodes About BoyarMiller GUESTS Clayton GarrettAbout Clayton Scott SnodgrassAbout Scott TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Chris Hanslik In this episode, you will meet Clayton Garrett and Scott Snodgrass, founding partners of Agminity and Maristim Communities. In this episode, you will learn how they have built an innovative company that brings urban farms to master plan communities, and done so by focusing on caring about people, being passionate for farming and delivering healthy food. Alright, clayton and Scott, I want to welcome you to the Building Texas business. Thanks for being here. Thanks for having us. Yeah, absolutely, let's get started. You've got some great stories to tell, but let's just talk about, I guess, what your company or companies do so they give the listeners a background on kind of the type of business you're in. I know you have Maristim Communities. You also have Agminity, so tell us about those companies and what you do for inside those companies. Scott Snodgrass What happened. You know we originally had Agminity. It was our first company together that we've been running for a number of years now and Agminity provides agricultural amenity services to developers. That's a big chunk of big words. So we usually break that down by saying that we put urban farms into master plan communities, into neighborhoods, and we do that in partnership with the developers that we work with there. So we had been around the real estate development world for a while providing those services, but really from a farmer's point of view and very much. Clayton and I had both been on the ground doing farming work there with Agminity and then that transitioned into Maristim Communities. Clayton Garrett And Maristim is a community developer. In our context in Houston we call those master plan developers, and so we're doing, in this instance, a master plan called Indigo in Richmond, texas, so southwest of Houston, and Maristim's goal is to connect people to amazing places. So, in fact, our tagline is places for people and we're focused on the design and the framework and how to connect interesting spaces. So, as you can imagine, we also put an organic farm in Indigo. Chris Hanslik You're very sure, Be odd if you didn't. Clayton Garrett Yeah it would be very strange. It's something we're incredibly passionate about and easy for us to do where it's a big challenge for other developers. So we've oriented a community around that and we're super proud to bring it to market in January 24. Chris Hanslik Great, so it sounds like a common evolution, with this Agminity being a service provider to developers and then transitioning now into a developer yourself of the full community. Clayton Garrett We had a property and we went to the development community and said, like, if this was your property, what would you do? We just asked questions, right, and we had known some things about what we're interested in prior to you by just being associated with it. So we're kind of the we're a consultant to a lot of other master plan developers and so we get to sit in the room when they're talking about where they're going to put a community center or how they're going to connect spaces, and so we were able to really engage on that front. And then when we had our own property, we didn't set out with a goal in mind, we were just other than like, hey, we have some, we've seen some things that didn't work in other places, like why do they make these decisions, and so we kind of framed our plans around what that was going to be. Scott Snodgrass But people look at us and they're like you're not developers, but you're doing development. And how did that happen? And then when they find out agriculture was in our history, they're like from farmer to developer, like that's a big shift, and so we have to explain that. You know, we had been sitting in those development meetings for years with a number of different developers and so we'd seen behind the scenes and we started to ask questions about why decisions, certain decisions, were made. I think we were also shocked that it may just be two or three people making the decisions for what's going to be a more than billion dollar community. When it's done like that was kind of shocking to us how small the actual employment side can be for those teams. And we said, okay, well, we have this property now and we heard some other people's opinions and it didn't really nothing resonated with us. We didn't find anyone we really wanted to partner with, and so we said, okay, well, you know, let's look at what we're going to do here. And we started going down the route of looking at, like maybe some light industrial, just ways that we could use some of the property, you know, return some income from it but also keep a farm there. We had a farm at that property as well, and then you know I don't know if you heard of it, but COVID hit. I did breach something about that recently. So what happened with COVID was, in the real estate development world, basically everything. There were only two parts of the market that were still active, so the like logistic side of industrial started to explode because everybody was ordering everything at home. All of a sudden, amazon needed a bunch of more distribution centers and fulfillment centers, and then also single family homes went through the roof as everybody was stuck at home and realized how unhappy with their home they were, and then the people who could afford to were looking to add a home with another office or zoom rooms became a thing at homes that people were starting to move into. So the single family market went kind of crazy in Houston, and still is, right now even. And so we said, okay, we've been walking alongside all these master playing communities. We really understand the human side of it and the connections between people and how important it is and was something that we were interested in fostering, and so we said, okay, I guess we looked at each other and we're like I guess we're going to be master playing community developers. Chris Hanslik I love how that just organically happened, and no pun intended with agriculture and organic. But let's go back to the beginning. What was the inspiration behind of your background in farming, if there was one? Tell us a little bit about how that just all came together and you two partnered up. Clayton Garrett Well, we're sitting in a lawyer's office, so my story I'm a licensed attorney, which is recovery. I like to say as well. So you know that wasn't a great ultimate fit for me. I was interested in building something. I've always been sort of more connected to small business side, but Scott and I joined forces in 2008 and at that time Scott had an edible landscaping company and I had seen a couple of models of large scale organic farms that were in the ecosystem, and I was really interested. I came from a food production background. I was managing an artist in Bakery in town that had about 70 employees. At that time, we had just finished purchasing Whole Foods as Bakery when they were kind of moving out of it, and so I wanted to be in the food space and I also want to be connected to agriculture, which I have, my family has a history of. So that was the genesis for me, and Scott was doing something really interesting in town, and so you know then after that, from my perspective, it's just been a series of opportunities coming our way, us looking at them in a unique light, I think, trying to be in a niche, qualitative business, not trying to have a discount model, which, you know, it's just not something that our personalities can wrap our heads around, and so, you know, agminity was an opportunity presented to us, a landscape architect in town brought us in and was like hey, we're trying to do this interesting thing with one of the great developers here in Houston, johnson Development and can you guys help? And so that you know a series of conversations later we're creating a farm with them, advising them on the plants that are going to be without throughout their community, and then that was the same sort of conversation around purchasing a farm here in town and kind of going after that vision. Chris Hanslik How about for you, Scott? What kind of got you started in this? What was that inspiration? Scott Snodgrass Yeah, so I was. Actually. I was managing a coffee shop and then shifted into actually buying coffee from Central American countries, primarily Nicaragua, and so I had been traveling in Nicaragua and really working on both sides of the relationship in the US trying to teach people about quality coffee. In 2006 and 2007 and even in almost 2008, when I was doing this work, the coffee scene in Houston was pretty lacking. There were, I think, three coffee shops. There were three of us like trying to actually do good coffee in Houston. That has now bloomed and now there's great coffee shops all over town. Chris Hanslik It's exploded, right. I mean they should open a new one down the street. I saw this week in Cuckoos. Yeah, yeah, of course we have slow pokes in the building. There you go. Yeah, yeah, and so we knew that was changing. Scott Snodgrass So trying to teach people here in the US that they should pay for quality coffee. So what is quality coffee? Enjoy it, learn to enjoy it and then pay a little bit more for it. And then cutting out the distributors who acted as the middlemen in the process and working directly with farmers or cooperatives of farmers in Nicaragua. So I was traveling down a couple of times a year talking to farmers, testing coffees, negotiating with them pricing and everything, and then importing it back into the US and, as a part of that, started getting asked all these agricultural questions and I was like no, I'm the sales and marketing guy. You know I'm your buyer and then I'm helping you with your marketing in the US. Basically, I don't know the ag stuff, but I realized their only access to information most of the small towns didn't even have an internet cafe in them at that time, so they had no access to the internet and the only access information they had on the ag side was the chemical salesman in their town who was in charge of selling all the chemicals. So of course every problem they went to him with he had a solution they could buy that fixed the problem. But it might also create another four or five problems for them. And so in seeing that, I was like, okay, well, I'm trying to help these farmers out anyway. On the sales side I have access to information. So I started to go start doing some research on my own and so started just like watching YouTube videos and reading things on the internet and checked out a few books at a library to learn about coffee production, and I think the bug kind of bit me and really got into agriculture then. And so I had started an urban farm and run it for three years here in Houston and then Clayton, and I joined up soon after that and also, you know, interestingly enough our lives had unbeknownst been intertwined In the past. We were both at UT at the same time, graduated a couple years apart, but there at the same time never knew each other. And then both of our families are from Lubbock, both involved in cotton farming in Lubbock, and my, my mom and my uncle both graduated just like in the class or a class away from Clayton's dad in Lubbock. So small world. Chris Hanslik You know, leading these intertwining paths to bring us back together, right, yeah, well, that's great. So then you hook up and you start working with these developers. Give us an idea, I guess. How did Agminity start to grow and what were, what were, some of the growing pains you experienced through that process? Clayton Garrett Yeah, you know, starting Agminity was really about sort of fulfilling one particular client's needs, right, and they were trying to do something. They were amazing in understanding that we were headed from a concept that had been sort of around in the US. I mean, there were probably at that time maybe 10 to 12 agri-hoods that were sort of known and they were trying to do it in a different way, sort of a more mass way, let's say, instead of a very curated, passionate project by a developer. So it was kind of walking alongside them and growing over time, really understanding what that individual project was. And then how could we start to apply it to other people and places and what is the market? Right, we felt like at one point we felt like we were doing something that was very specific and then over time we realized, oh, we, there's some ways in which we can use some of these lessons to apply them to different places. And so you know, I think that the market for Produce that's sort of connected to community and that in the, in the community, that farm can create within the broader context, I think that appetite is huge. I think people, from a development perspective, when we talk to developers, you know they're just like. Their questions are pretty rudimentary, like how does this work, like what is the structure involved, what is the compensation? And when you start to sort of go down the line, it's sort of a no-brainer for a lot of folks that are engaged and interested in it. So you know, it was just a matter of time. These development projects take a long time, as many of you know, and and so part of that process is just Having a timeline being available, having consistent communication around the people who are kind of the early adopters, and then broadening the appeal, saying that you know, this is available for lots of different people in different ways. Scott Snodgrass In each project is a big undertaking for us and we have full-time embedded staff at every farm. So harvest greener first project. We have four full-time staff members on the ground. Chris Hanslik They're farming and teaching classes every so Agminity that kind of goes to a question I was gonna ask. The Agminity actually runs the farm inside the community. So you employ people to do that right, just get paid by the developer, right by the homeowners association in other states we get, we may get paid through like quasi public financial Bodies. Scott Snodgrass On Florida's, cdd's tend to be the groups that are paying. So okay, so we employ and then get paid for doing that. So it's an amenity service that we're offering and then residents get to enjoy it, and so we were. You know you asked about some of the struggles there. Hiring has been, I'd say, the number one struggle at Agminity. We were first started just looking around in Houston because we were a new company, we were learning what we were doing. We didn't expect to like bring in top talent from around the country. You know to do this and we had already known this but struggled through it even more that there's not an urban farming scene in Houston. It's very small. Yeah we're already friends with all of the people who are in that scene and knew that none of them were, you know, interested in leaving what they were doing. They're all entrepreneurs themselves. None of them were gonna leave what they were doing to come join us at Agminity. And so it really was a struggle and you know, we went through a few rounds of employees of trying to figure out like who is the best fit, what sort of person is the best fit for that? And you know we have a CEO at Agminity now, justin Myers, who does a great job. He handles all the hiring now. Chris Hanslik Thankfully I didn't see, but he smiled. Yes, scott, big smile. He said that. Scott Snodgrass Thankfully, both to take it off of our plate and also because he does it better than we ever could have. Yeah, and I think we've really as a team kind of narrowed in on who is the right kind of person to come in and be one of these positions, because the reality is most farmers in big-scale agriculture they have that job because they like to be in their tractors alone, most of them they don't necessarily like being around people a lot. Yeah they tend to be more introverted, and so at our farms it's an amenity service, so our teams have to. They get interrupted constantly by residents who want to ask questions and see the farm and meet the goats and all those sorts of things, and so our team has that both sides. They have to be able to put their head down and do hard work in a hundred degree weather Outside in the afternoon, and they also have to be friendly and smile and talk to residents when they come out. Clayton Garrett I didn't have to be passionate about both of those things. Scott Snodgrass I mean, that's right, you know the people who we hire. Clayton Garrett This is all they want to do. This is a mission for them. So our company adminity reflects the mission drive that they have. Chris Hanslik So let's just to drill down a little deeper, because Hiring is the key to the kingdom, right? I think I don't care what business you're in, if it's an, especially the service side, yeah, hiring the right people that they had the passion for what your company's mission is critical. So what were some of the things that you learned, I guess, along the way mistakes in the hiring process, and what was the learning and the correction you made to kind of hone the process so that you could find the right fit? Scott Snodgrass Because I think there's a lot of learning for people in that yeah so Clayton mentioned passion. Passion is really important, but passion without grounding in experience is not great, and we went through a number of hires where there's these romantic ideals around agriculture and people are like, oh, I've been working this desk job for the man and it would be so great to get out in nature dance with the butterflies, and that's just not the reality of it. It's sweat and dirt and blood sometimes, and so it is very difficult work and so you need that deep internal passion that's realistic, that says this is going to suck a bunch of the time, but also the impact that I'm having on people having access to fresh produce. Learning about where their food comes, is so impactful to me that it'll keep me going, because it's difficult work and at the same time, we have to make the job better and continually find ways to. We can't change the weather in Houston Just the two of us and we're in other places. Clayton Garrett Just for a sense of scale, agminity is in the process of in various stages of development. We have seven agricultural farms within developments and it sounds like across different states. Yeah, across different states. So here there's four in Texas and then we've got three in Florida and one coming on. Our eighth one would be in Alabama. So it's across the Southeast and with different developers doing different sort of scales of development, which is really interesting, from sort of mixed use projects to larger master plans, traditional neighborhood design plans, so sort of more walkable. But I think the scale is relevant for what we're interested in, and so the competencies that people need to have. I mean our hiring process. It used to be sort of we needed somebody and we hired very quick At a desperation, yeah. And now I think there's a written component of our application process. There's probably, I think, over six interviews, hour-long interviews. There's a team, there's on the ground working days. There's sort of a filtering process where somebody gets kind of brought into our framework and they have to meet other people in the team and they get to hear it from them. So the goal is hey, you have to hear it To ground people in reality. Talk to Nathan on the farm and he'll tell you what his life is like right On a very real basis. And so and I think one of the other things I think we've learned is I want people to be as calm and as grounded as possible in interviews. So I really want them, I really want to get down to a non-stressed environment for them so I could see what they are in a non-stress environment, because there will be plenty of stress when they're on the farms or in any sort of engagement, and so those stress times are different than a normative time for most people. Chris Hanslik And that is a transition. Clayton Garrett I think a lot of people of our generation are looking at instead of the old ways of hiring where you're trying to put people on the spot or what it is. Chris Hanslik So what, if anything, do you do to kind of keep your team and immunity connected Throughout the state of Texas and across the state? Do you do anything to kind of build the culture for those? Scott Snodgrass employees. We're just talking about that today. Actually, right now we have Texas, that's kind of a hub, and then Florida is going to be a hub, so those two hubs are going to have their own connected kind of subcultures within the community. Alabama may get lumped in with Florida in that regard too, or here it's about halfway. But how we do it corporate-wide is a question we haven't answered yet. So we've talked about is that like a corporate retreat for all employees where we go somewhere, and so maybe it is going to one of these farm resorts? There's Flora Farms in Cabo. Chris Hanslik I was just there last week. Scott Snodgrass So Flora Farms is a good, something like that, or maybe it's Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, or maybe it's another location. Are we taking team members somewhere, letting someone else do the work, but still letting them enjoy the same kind of experience that they get to give other people, and then doing a series of workshops and team building and that sort of stuff? We've got to find some way to get everyone together. Right now. Our leadership on the ground in Florida. She was one of our leaders here in Texas, so we've been able to transfer the culture over there that way. But we recognize that it's like, the faster you grow, the more people you bring on, the quicker you dilute the culture that you have and the more influence aggregated that all those new employees have. And so we don't want to grow so fast that we just lose that dynamic culture that we have, because right now it's really healthy. So we're trying to find out kind of how to do that and you hire people who fit into your culture relatively well and who add to it and change it. That's one step, but also I think just making sure that those two groups stay connected so that they don't end up, you know, ending up diverging too far, will be really important. Clayton Garrett I mean we have a very strong leader at Agminity too. So common language, common framework, really caring about people and having other people care about fellow employees. I think everybody recognizes that there are easier ways to make money than to do this work, and so the people who are invested and engaged, they want to be recognized for the challenges that are there, but also the opportunities, and so most of the people are interested in food and plants, and so we speak to them in that vernacular often, and it's been incredibly rewarding. We don't really have a retention issue. People leave for great opportunities, which is something we're really proud of. Chris Hanslik Very good. So you started in Agminity and the farming game. We talked about this a minute ago. Let's go deeper. You transition into a Development company. What really was the calling there? That's not, like you said, a long time, long lead time projects and stuff. So what was the the bug or the catch for you to make that transition? Clayton Garrett Really to stubborn, very stubborn people Ha just incredibly obstinate about Accomplishing a vision. Yeah, I think having a company like amenity that has such a high mission and is is with truly lovely people as a Teams encourages, I think, a certain type of behavior from all of our other businesses from Maristome. So I mean, from my perspective it was, you know, we really looked at our property and our project and sort of what could happen in the ecosystem and we tested. We did a bunch of pressure testing with the market, let's say, and so we asked other developers, we asked consultants, you know, for feedback, and so we went to the market and got feedback and that feedback we liked some of it, we didn't like other of it, yeah, and so then we just decide, you know, like Scott mentioned earlier, we decided we need to own and control this, and so once we made that decision, then this is sort of there's a cascading effect, right and so if a sense of scale, where it's a Maristome is developing indigo and Richmond and indigos has will have 650 homes, residences, 120 multifamily units with a commons around a 42 acre farm. So when you think about master plans in Texas, you know relatively small, about 235 acres. When you think about, you know our California friends and our East Coast friends, you know that's a pretty big project, right, about 400 million dollars of assessed value from a taxable value standpoint. So that's a very different scale than Agminity is a consulting business, right, right. And so we had to have great partners and so through our years of working in Around real estate, we understood we needed to get some great consultants, and so we had seen some amazing people doing large-scale projects. So, for instance, one of our consultants is Terry Slavik Siyuki, who was the CMO of Newland communities, which is one of the largest master plans Companies in the US. So, like that level of talent we needed to bring on our team because we were first-time developers and so to be able to attract folks like that and to kind of help them, like, have them help us plan and conceptualize our project, was really impactful, both in raising capital and, you know, bringing on other team members as well. Chris Hanslik So sounds like you know, with Meristem you're managing consultants where at many, you were managing employees. What's that? One of the similarities? What have been the differences and the challenges in the stem construct of managing contractors? Scott Snodgrass There's been, yeah there's been so many similarities that have been surprising, I think you know, first, when you're out there trying to select consultants for a project, so say we're doing indigo, we need to have a land planner who helps us develop the land plan for the community. We don't have expertise in land planning on our own, so we need somebody's gonna help us do that. It's not unlike hiring someone, right? You start talking to people about how you're doing this thing, asking do they know anyone who does this work that they'd recommend, just in the same way that you would look for an employee through those sort of good relationships. And then you know. Then they come to you and they present their work and what they've done before and why they think they're a good fit for you. So the interview process Relatively the same in that regard, and then we've really found that like, like we said, you know you see these billion dollar projects only with two, three, four employees working at that firm or in that division of the firm, but there's a group of 10 to 15 consultants that are there doing a significant portion of the work. And I think that the difference is that it's very easy because those people work for another company with its own values and its own vision. It's very easy for your vision as a developer, to again be watered down through all of those steps. Like we don't have the expertise in land planning, civil engineering. Like I don't know. I don't know all of the nuances of getting sewage from someone's house to the wastewater treatment plant and getting it treated and I'm not interested in learning. Clayton Garrett Yeah. Scott Snodgrass But our civil engineers. Clayton Garrett It needs to work. Scott Snodgrass It really isn't very important, and so our civil engineers have to know how that works, but their value set isn't necessarily our value set at Maristown communities. And so how do we make sure those things align? And we're learning more and more that that being in the development chair, wearing the development hat, is really about crafting a vision and then, as much as you can, through all of the steps in the process, trying to hold on to that vision in every way that you can. Because inevitably you come up with some great utopian idea and it gets punched around by your consultants first, and then it gets, you know, severely drugged through the mud by the municipalities, your county and your city and other people, right. And then, once you actually go Out to the public, you're gonna get public commentary on it, it's gonna get beat up a little bit again, and so it's really about how do we craft a vision that's strong enough to make its way through all of that and then, through the whole process, be willing to take the hits and get back up and still keep that vision. And so not only do we have to hold that vision ourselves, but we have to convince each of our consultants in that process to hold a vision which is very similar to a company culture. Sure, in many ways. Chris Hanslik What you're gonna think it about on the financial side. What are some of the lessons that you've learned? Maybe wish you had known, but you learn the hard way that helped you maybe Manage growth and that you might tell a. You know a listener that's an aspiring entrepreneur. You know. Try to avoid this. You know, pothole if you can. We're serial entrepreneurs. Scott Snodgrass So we had another business we haven't talked about yet, which was a farm. It's the property we're now developing and at that farm we we took a really like go big swing on the farm, and I think that was the big financial lesson is like we made sure to have the capital we needed to go out and do everything. So on the financial side we had everything set up. But if you don't have the back end handled really well too, and then you're just gonna bleed all that money that you've arranged for, and so we really struggled on the staffing side of having the right staff to keep that like really grow that business and get it to the size it needed to be to support the financial Infrastructure that it demanded, and so I think that's one. It's just always I think most entrepreneurs go the opposite way and we have done that before where it's like you don't capitalize yourself well enough and you're just bootstrapping constantly. Right and that's a big struggle and it doesn't put anyone in the right mental place to do their best. But if you go the opposite way, you know you can have the same problems if you overcapitalize but you don't have the operation side handled right. Chris Hanslik I mean, since I might collect anything to add to that, you know. Clayton Garrett I mean so many lessons around financing. I mean, I think when we were financing this project, you know we did everything that every bank, institution, private lender asked us to do and still they were, you know, having trouble wrapping their heads around sort of us as a development entity, a new entity, right, and sort of. Our vision and you know, it's really fascinating to me is the things that people would comment on them being a fiscal challenge around is really which means risk Right, is the thing that we're getting the compliments and is creating the most value for us. So, for instance, indigo's a walkable neighborhood with traditional neighborhood designs, which means alley load. Houston, if you're familiar with it, does not have a lot of alley loaded home types and so. But when we looked at, we did some market research. When we looked at the market is massive for that, there's a huge appetite on a relative basis for that and you can see lots of reasons why I think, if people have ever lived in that sort of Framework, so that is the thing that is creating a tremendous amount of value for us and the sort of financing world Considered that to be risk right, and so to really try to understand what that is, I think is a critical lesson and how to overcome it. And I think you know people told us no, all over the place told us we're crazy. You know those lessons are very familiar for us at this point. But also we've been able to be stubborn, like I said earlier, and kind of craft our vision and hold our vision. And you know we're, you know we're set up for this project to be very successful and have an identity in the future as well. Chris Hanslik That's right, let's talk a little bit about leadership, and I asked both of you kind of how do you describe your leadership style? How has it evolved over time? How do you try to show up for your people? Scott Snodgrass So, this has been a big learning process for me, I think, since the first time I was an employer right, the first business I had, it was just me and a business partner. We didn't have any employees. That's. It was really just about learning that partnership relationship, and Clayton and I continue to evolve that and see all the benefits in being founding partners together and not just alone. Chris Hanslik Yeah. Scott Snodgrass There's tremendous value there. But on the leadership side, with employees, you know I very early on I don't have it's easy for me to perform highly in the work that the company does, and so I would place that same standard on every employee, expecting every employee to be able to accomplish the same amount of work per hour that I was, or at the same level of detail that I could. I have a high capacity for stepping into a new space, quickly figuring out the ecosystem and then understanding how things work and crafting a plan. And I'm very ideological, it's like a line for me, this step, and so I've had to learn to put a little more effort into the soft skills side of things and to recognize that, like, my role in the company needs to be different than anyone else's role in the company. And so then, therefore, I can't have the same expectations of anyone else, or even, you know, like Clayton and I, can't have the same expectations of each other, even though we're in the same role, because we're different people. And so just I think, recognizing the differences in people and then having some more of the soft skills, being able to slow down a little bit and say, okay, in this moment we need to make sure this person feels cared for. The work doesn't matter right now, let's just care for this person. And so shifting more and more to a focus, I think, on humans, which is what. Marisem does as a development company, so we have to do it from an employment standard as well. Clayton Garrett Right, clayton, and I think the job of leaders to be a servant to the company. I mean, we, you know, people think we we have this conversation occasionally with our kids or wives like, oh, you own the company, you can do whatever you want, you know right. And you're like, no, that's not how it works, right, we are serving, we are servants to the sort of overall framework of the community. Chris Hanslik So you know, I think there's a. Clayton Garrett One of the things I think is a job is to prioritize a number of different things. But from a leader standpoint, you really do have to prioritize various things. Like top of the list is payroll every two weeks for us, right, and so that's a high priority. I was talking to a leader of a company with a couple hundred employees and I asked her she's the president. I asked her, like do you still think about payroll, you know, and she's like yes, in fact, we're talking to our owners, our principals in our company about that every day, because they need to be on board about what needs to happen. And when we think about cash and we think about all those other things, and and I was just relieved to think that it never I mean it never goes away from the sense of like this is a priority that a leader needs to understand and they need to understand the cash position at all times and you understand sort of their fiscal responsibility. And then there's all the soft skills Right, are you being true and authentic? Are you showing up? And I think you know, I think that's relatively easy for us to do because we're passionate about what we do. I think, scott, I think we have the at times. I think we have the absence of when people complain about work or what they're doing or it doesn't matter. It's like we just have the absence of that. We don't. We feel like what we do matters, but it's less about. It's less about promoting a positive ideal than just not having the negative right Right which people experience, and so people in our organization are excited about typically what they do and how they're doing it and they can show up in authentic ways. So I think there's some other good lessons, like being playful around what we do, you know, trying to play as an organization and be curious, you know. Do you believe that's a big part of the lesson for leaders allowing that space to happen? Chris Hanslik That's great. So let's talk about this. Scott, you kind of mentioned it, but what has been the learning and the value for the two of you than being co-founders and partners, because that's not always an easy thing and, in fact, can be the downfall of an organization. If they're more than one at the top and they're, you know they get sideways. So talk us about that a little bit. Scott Snodgrass You know, I mean, it's no surprise we talk about it in marriage terms. Quite a bit you know, and you know both of our wives, I'm sure, are here plenty and are like, yeah, and you do the same thing. Clayton Garrett You come over here you know, and they're not wrong. Scott Snodgrass And so I think it's actually. I think it's really helpful because there are things that your employees, no matter what level that they're at, are going to struggle to share with you, to tell you about who you are, and it's a little bit easier when you have someone who's at the exact same level as you, has the exact same authority that you do, and so, like we're 50-50 in everything we do. You know, we anticipate doing all of our businesses together. If we open new businesses in the future, anticipate doing that together. It just keeps things simple and we're a good pair. I think we're very complimentary. So if you had two people who were the same personality, that might not be great, because you're bringing the same things and you're lacking the same things when you come to the relationship. And I don't know that when we became business partners, we knew that. I think we just lucked into it. Clayton Garrett And we had struggles. Scott Snodgrass And that's why it's lasted so far, but I do think there's a lot of value in that. And then also, I think having two partners it's also great for your employees in the regard that like if someone's having an issue with one partner, they have another partner they can go to and talk to them and say hey, you know, help me deal with this situation. And we're, you know, we have different employees who were, over the years, have been naturally drawn to one of us versus the other, just because of personality, fit being better, and so I think there's a lot of great benefits to it. No doubt it is a struggle at times, but I think that struggle is the kind of refining fire to a degree, and it's when Clayton and I can't agree on something. We're 50-50, so no decision can be made unless we can agree on it, and so we're kicking the idea back and forth, we're both beating up each other's arguments, and then you know, figuring out in the end like which one is coming out of this fire, and even stronger than it went into it. Chris Hanslik Right, that's great. That's a really good, healthy process. Clayton Garrett I was joking the other day with Scott that we're designing buildings and frameworks around buildings now, right and relatively large-scale master plan and I was like we were arguing about something and I was like how about we just each design our own buildings? Chris Hanslik Like, let's just do that. Clayton Garrett Let's just divide the line. But you know, sometimes you do want to put a piece of duct tape down the middle of the room and be like you stay over there and I stay over here. But I think the lesson I mean I think structurally I think one of the most important lessons that we've been very true to is Scott mentioned it but we've never changed the incentives. So there's been lots of different ways, lots of different times, lots of good reasons to change incentives around what we do. But from my perspective, what we're trying to accomplish is this macro vision, and so all of the minor sort of day-to-day stuff even capital calls and you know, various things like that is sort of secondary to what we're trying to accomplish, and so for me that's been a critical structural component. That's been really helpful and it just feels like we have a. I feel like I have a partner. I'm in this like if I want to go on vacation or if there's life happens, which it does right. We've been in this eight years now and we've both had numerous babies and like life and deaths in the family, right, and so you need somebody to help. In fact, I feel tremendously lucky to have a partner and I look at some of our business friends who own businesses, don't have a partner, and I'm like man, that is a challenge to not have somebody to rely on in lots of different ways. So you take the good with the bad not that there's a lot of good, but we also have fun. I mean, I think that's another part of it's. Like we celebrate wins. That's a big part of what we try to accomplish. Like we're on this, our spouses and families are on this journey, but like really, the two of us are on this very specific journey and so we have somebody to share and reflect like, can you? I mean, we talked about our story a little bit. It's like we started out of a landscaping company. We knew there was something there and we've come to the place where we're, you know, doing a $400 million community. Like that journey is shared and so we get to talk about that. Yeah, and which is amazing, that's really cool. Chris Hanslik All right, we're very dynamic story, so I appreciate you sharing it. I mean, it is very to me innovative and I can see why there's been so much success. But I can see where the interest is around that. Let's turn a little bit to the personal side. So both of you, I'm actually both Tex-Mex or barbecue Tex-Mex. Clayton Garrett Yeah, same. Scott Snodgrass Okay, this is why we're good partners, that's why you're good partners. We're gonna be very similar, you agree? We? Clayton Garrett would agree on all the best barbecue restaurants in town, though. Chris Hanslik So we would go down. All this to you Very good, all right, and then. So I'll go with you. First. Scott, if you could take a 30 day sabbatical, where would you go? What would you do? Scott Snodgrass Oh goodness, probably Central America and like take the kids and kick around in the cloud forest a little bit. Very cool yeah. Clayton Garrett Very cool, like I'd love to get a Japan and really experience like a very different culture than what I'm used to, so that would be something interesting. Very good. Chris Hanslik Well, guys, thanks so much for taking the time to come on the podcast. Love your story and best of luck to you With Indigo. I know it'll be a success, Thanks. Scott Snodgrass Chris, yeah, appreciate it no-transcript.

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