Podcast appearances and mentions of David Stanley

It's party time in Olympus. Heracles, the hero is now a god and about to be adopted by Hera. Before the rebirthing ceremony begins, he and the Queen of the gods must make peace in spite of all their suffering and loss. *Sensitive listeners be aware - some of this episode is gruesome* Written by Doug Rand and Bibi Jacob. Directed by Bibi Jacob. Sound and production by Geoff Chong. Featuring:  Doug Rand as Heracles, Sandy Bernard as Hera, Kester Lovelace as Apollo, Chris Mack as Hermes, Dario Costa as Zeus, Hephaestus and the groom, David Stanley as Diomedes, and Bibi Jacob as Hebe. Recorded at the SACD studios in Paris.  The quote comes from Diodorus Siculus' Library of History, Book 4, in a translation by CH Oldfather. Aristotle refers to Heracles in Book 3 of his Politics. For our other sources, check out our website!

The festival is on again this weekend with a condensed program sure to bring the magic of Banjo back to life across the region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether you're aiming to land a traditional publisher, attract a literary agent, or promote your self-published book, knowing how to effectively pitch yourself and your work can be the difference between obscurity and a thriving writing career. Today's guest, author and speaker David Stanley, shares invaluable insights on what makes a pitch stand out, from highlighting what's unique about your book to crafting hooks that capture attention and curiosity. But drafting the perfect pitch is only the beginning. David explains how authors need to maximize their personal networks and social media presence to truly get the word out. Most importantly, he encourages listeners not to fear the rejections that are part of the journey, as setbacks in this industry are essential stepping stones toward success. Whether you're pitching to the media, building connections with readers, or trying to stand out in a crowded market, this episode offers essential guidance to make your book shine.   David Stanley http://dstanley.substack.com/   Hidden Gems Need our help publishing or marketing your book? https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/author-services/ All episode details and links: https://www.hiddengemsbooks.com/podcast  

In the final episode of What Happened In Alabama, Lee considers the man his father became, despite the obstacles in his way. Later, Lee goes back to Alabama and reflects with his cousins on how far they've come as a family. Now that we know what happened, Lee pieces together what it all means and looks forward to the future. Over the last nine episodes, you've listened to me outline the impact of Jim Crow apartheid on my family, my ancestors and me. I've shared what I've learned through conversations with experts, creating connections to how the effects of Jim Crow manifested in my own family.In the process of this work I lost my father. But without him, this work couldn't have been accomplished.My name is Lee Hawkins and this is What Happened In Alabama: The Epilogue Rev. James Thomas: You may be seated. We come with humble hearts. We come, dear Jesus, with sorrow in our hearts. But dear Jesus, we know that whatever you do,dear God,it is for your will and purpose. And it is always good. We buried my father on March 9, 2019. His funeral was held at the church I grew up in. Mount Olivet Baptist Church in St. Paul Minnesota.Rev. James Thomas: Dear God, I pray that you would be with this family. Like you have been with so many that have lost loved ones and even one day we all know we are going to sleep one day.Thank you for preparing a better place for us.Mount Olivet's pastor, Rev. James Thomas, knew my parents well, especially since my father was part of the music ministry there for 30 years. It was a snowy day, but people came from all over Minnesota and from as far away as Prague to pay their last respects. I looked at the packed parking lot and all the cars lined up and down the street, and I felt a sense of gratitude in knowing that my dad had played such a strong role in so many people's lives, not just the lives of his own children and family.Rev. James Thomas: Brother Leroy is probably playing the guitar over there. We can hear him with that squeak voice “yeeeee.” Jalen Morrison: We could talk about Prince, we could talk about gospel music. He was even up on the hip hop music, too, which kind of shook me up. But I was like, okay, Grandpa [laughter] Naima Ferrar Bolden: He really just had me seeing far beyond where I could see. He had me seeing far past my circumstances. He really changed my perspective, and that was just life altering for me ever since I was a little girl. Herman Jones: He just had the heavy, heavy accent. He still had that booooy. But you know,he was always smiling, always happy all the time. You know, just full of life.As I sat and listened to all the speeches that came before my eulogy of my dad, I couldn't help but recognize both the beauty of their words and the extent to which my father had gone to shield so many of the people he loved from the hardest parts of his life—especially Alabama. It was as if he didn't want to burden them, or, for most of our lives, his children, with that complexity. Most people remembered and honored him as that big, smiling, gregarious man with the smooth, first tenor voice, who lit up any space he was in and lit up when his wife, children, grandchildren, family, or friends walked into a room. He loved deeply; and people loved him deeply in return. And though he was victimized under Jim Crow, he was never a victim. In fact, after he sat for those four years of interviews with me for this show, opening up the opportunity for so many secrets to be revealed, he emerged as even more of a victor.In our last conversation, he told me he wasn't feeling well and that he had been to the doctor three times that week, but was never tested for anything. And Dad,  after that third visit, he just accepted it. I do wonder if there was ever a time in those moments that he had a flashback to his mother being sent home in a similar way - 58 years prior - but from a segregated Jim Crow Alabama hospital. I don't know. I'll never know.Tony Ware: Yeah. Mine. You know, I would always ask my mom, you know, about Alabama. You know, she was one of the five that came up here. That's my cousin Tony Ware. His mom was my Aunt Betty. The “five” that he's talking about were my Dad's siblings who migrated to Minnesota from Alabama -  my aunts Helen, Toopie, Dorothy, Betty, and my Dad. Tony Ware: They kind of hung around together and they would always have sit downs where they would talk. Get a moon pie, a soda. Hmm. Some sardines.Lee Hawkins: Cigarettes. Tony Ware: Cigarettes, sardines. And they would start talking. And some white bread. And they would sit there and talk and we would hear some of it. I sat in my mom's lap, and you know, they're talking about this, and it's like they just went into a different world. When I was a kid in Minnesota, I loved when my dad's sisters and their kids would come over. Us cousins would play hide-and-seek and listen to our music while our parents sat around the dining room table, talking and laughing, and listening to their own music. Our soundtrack was always great – Prince, Michael Jackson, New Edition, Cameo – but theirs was, too, with Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Jerry Butler, Johnny Taylor, and Bobby Womack. The food was even better. They'd talk over one another, smoke clouding the air under the chandelier, and my allergy-sensitive nose could detect that smell from three rooms away. Sometimes, I'd sneak a quick sip from an unattended can of beer in the kitchen. Despite the bitter taste, getting away with it always gave me a thrill. But then, someone would mention the word “Alabama,” and that festive energy would suddenly vanish.Tony Ware: But I heard Alabama. I heard this. I heard names that I never, you know, heard, you know, because all I knew was my aunt Dorothy, Lee Roy, you know, all I knew was. But then I heard certain names, uncles such and such. And I'm like, Who? Who, what, what? To us as kids, "Alabama" was more than a place—it was a provocative word that brought a suffocating heaviness to our lives. My cousin Gina remembers, even as a child, that mysterious word and the weariness it triggered in her mother. It left her feeling utterly helpless.Gina Hunter: And I would just sit there and listen to them talk about home and all the things that bothered them. Oh, my God. And yeah, it would hurt my feelings because I would see my mom just break out and cry for nothing. They would be talking and a song would be playing and Betty would just kind of get, she'd well up. Lee Hawkins: Yeah. Gina Hunter: And I'm like, Why are they so sad? Why are they so depressed? They they're together. They've got their kids. We're visiting, we're having fun. But it wasn't fun for them.That veil of secrecy our parents kept around Alabama, prevented us from seeing it as anything other than ground zero for, in our family, dreadful despair. Even when they talked about the happy memories— the church revivals that they called “big meeting,”  and picking fresh strawberries right off the vine – it seemed like a thread of fear just wove through almost every story. Tony Ware:I knew something was going on more than what I knew here, you know, at a young age. So. I was always interested in finding out. But through my mom, you know, she she would talk about how nice it was down there, how beautiful it was down there. But she never wanted to go back there.And as Gina remembers– and I agreed– it  colored every facet of how they raised us. As she spoke, I just sat there, marveling at the fact that she could have replaced her mom's name with my dad's name, or any one of those siblings, and her observations would still be spot on. Gina Hunter:My mom was and Aunt Helen, they were super, super close. And there was always just a deep seeded paranoia of people in general, just like everything. And I would think, why are these people why are they so scared and nervous and afraid of life and people and experiencing things? It seemed like it led them to live a super sheltered life.The central question of this podcast is, "What happened in Alabama?"What happened was Jim Crow apartheid—a crime against humanity committed by the American government against five generations of Black families like mine. This apartheid lasted for nearly hundred years, officially ending in 1964, and created generations of people who perished and millions who survived. I refer to these individuals as Jim Crow apartheid survivors. However, America has yet to acknowledge that Jim Crow was apartheid, that it was a crime against humanity, and that the millions of people who lived through it should be formally recognized as survivors.In the prologue, I explained that so-called Jim Crow segregation was not merely about separate water fountains and back-of-the-bus seating. Through the accounts of family trauma I've shared, we now understand it was a caste system of domestic terrorism and apartheid, enforced by a government that imposed discrimination in every aspect of life through laws and practices designed to maintain white supremacy. The myth of "separate but equal" masked a reality far more sinister and pervasive than what most of us were taught in school.We often think of white supremacy as fringe hate groups, but we've overlooked its traditional and far more damaging form—a government-imposed system that oppressed Black people for a century after emancipation. This isn't a distant academic concept or an opinion or a loaded political statement; it's a fact. This is recent American history, and it deeply impacted our families, controlling every aspect of our lives physically, mentally, and emotionally for five generations after slavery.Since 1837, every generation of my family in America has had a member murdered, often with no consequences for the white perpetrator. The fear, caution, and grief were passed down by those who stood around the caskets, including my father. The daily indignities only compounded this grief, leading to accelerated aging and chronic stress that I believe ultimately killed my father. Yes, Jim Crow apartheid killed my father.Still, I'm encouraged because I have the platform to tell this aspect of the story. Sharing this story has been extremely difficult, but I've been lifted not just by my faith and ancestors but also by my family, their support, optimism, and determination. With this new information, we live with the awareness of the effects of slavery and Jim Crow, striving to break their negative cycles and be empowered by the accomplishments of our families who found ways to thrive despite the oppression caused by those crimes. Telling this story has fortified my resolve, reminding me that our past is not just a story of struggle, but of relentless triumph and dignity. For generations, we have managed to thrive together as a family. By infusing even more consciousness and evolution into our families with each generation, we can continue to thrive.That's why I'm grateful for my cousins, including my first cousin, David Stanley, the son of my dad's sister, Aunt Weenie, who articulated this sentiment powerfully during an interview with my cousins, my father's sisters' children.David Stanley: I think it's a new form of freedom, OK. And even though they faced the backwardness of Jim Crow and all those things that our ancestors went through, they still had their dreams and dignity. And no matter what happened, it's not about the environment around you, it's the environment inside of you. ‘You're not going to stop us. We're going to continue to grow. So by doing that, they said, ‘Okay, you know what? We are going to plant the seed, our offspring, okay?' You can do this in our generation during this time, but guess what? There's another generation coming up.' And that triggers all the way to us today. And then you got your nieces and your nephew, and then you got grandkids, et cetera. Lee: Yeah. And your kids have all master's degree and PhDs. And then your wife is a superintendent of a school district. David: That's right. Yep. So they left their seed, they left their vision. And my point is that I believe that they are all up in heaven smiling down on us and really proud of us.David: I have to go and take that trip to Alabama and bring my children with me and my grandkids with me, because it's vital. Because you put that out there, I really appreciate that. That's something that's definitely going to be done ,and I think that's something that we all need to do, to rekindle and reconnect and do those things. The past can't hurt you, but my point is that by being in the present right now, now we can solidify our future, you know what unapologetically. And do the things they were always yearning to do, in their lives. And they couldn't do them. But they can do them through us.Lee Hawkins: A lot of it is facing your parents' fears,that's what it id. for them as well. My dad really loved Alabama. He did. And my dad would talk about that in a very nostalgic way, but also the fear was still there. And so when I started going to Alabama, I was going for him as well. Not to mention, I have had a couple of people in the family say, ‘Oh be careful down there.' And Aunt Toopie even said, ‘You went in that field? You went to that cemetery?' That fear was on me when I first went to Alabama. The last trip that we went to, I did it with family.Walking through the cemeteries and the landscapes of Alabama alongside my family who live there transformed my mission, helping me to finally lay my father's fear to rest. Lee Hawkins: Mary Ruth's Southern Food for Southern People Made with Love. I love that. That slogan. Marvin Smith: Welcome to Mary Ruth's. Thank you for coming. Lee Hawkins: You got some grits on the griddle huh. Marvin Smith: Oh I got it all. Got me some grits, cheese grits, patty sausage, salmon croquettes, link sausage, bacon. Whatever you ask for we'll cook it. Pancakes, whatever. Hey, we aint Burger King but you can sure get it your way though. Group: [Laughter] There's so much energy in the cafe. I feel the family. My family. We spend a couple hours eating together. Mapping family connections. People come into the cafe, some grab their food and take a seat, some join us. A woman walks in the door and she recognizes me…. not because she knows who I am, but because of my resemblance to her husband, he's also a Pugh. Erica Page: Y'all got a line that will not just go away. It's strong genes. You'll have strong and strong. Yes, cause I have a daughter and a grandson. Oh, God. Looks just like him Her name is Erica Page. Lee Hawkins: You know, Uncle Ike Pugh? Erica Page: We went to the house several times.At one point, someone pulls out a family reunion book. It's a laminated, spiral bound scrapbook. Someone put a lot of work into making it. We're flipping through the pages together….Lee Hawkins: My grandma was Opie Pugh.Erica Page: I know the name. Lee Hawkins: She was. Well, she was Ike's sister. Erica Page: I know. I know the name.I means she's in the book. We find pictures of our Pugh ancestors, Uncle Ike and my dad's mom, Grandma Opie. I've seen these photos before through my research into the family tree.But suddenly, Alabama feels different from the times I visited before for research. I am not surprised that the shift in my relationship with Alabama was guided by my family members who chose to stay rather than migrate north. They stayed and evolved Alabama to the point where both Montgomery and Birmingham now have African American mayors. They, and the millions of Black people who stayed, led a movement that benefits all Americans today. In discussing the hardships my family endured there, it is important to recognize that the progress of our people and our nation is largely attributable to the activism of the courageous Black Americans who stayed and fought. These same Black Americans welcomed me back to Alabama with open arms and support, encouraging me to move forward with this project. They reminded me not to be resentful or afraid to come home, to give Alabama a chance, and to offer it the same benefit of the doubt and acknowledgment of complexity that I give my country.Understanding that it was our families, the Black descendants of American slavery, who led the movement that resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, ending Jim Crow apartheid and bringing America closer to liberty and justice for all, reinforces the reality that, despite significant trauma, we have remained a solutions-oriented people, some of the most effective activists this nation has ever known.Their legacy and courage have shaped Alabama and America and their spirit of irrepressibility continues to inspire me.In my forthcoming book, "I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family History Set Me Free," published by HarperCollins, I will strive to capture not just the stories of trauma but how we can continue to conquer it as a family, a Black American community, and a nation. Inspired by the spirit of my ancestors and my father, who transcended the limitations Alabama tried to impose on him, I will continue my journalism on several issues discussed in this series.  These include exposing and addressing the long-term effects of corporal punishment in homes and schools, the impact of childhood trauma on the health and well-being of children, encouraging school districts to implement policies of mandatory consequences for hate speech and harassment, and highlighting economic and health inequities along racial lines. I will also focus on the plight and power of Jim Crow apartheid survivors as they strive to quell the ripple effect of historical atrocities on their families.The question now is, what can we all do as a nation to recognize Jim Crow as a crime against humanity and to support the millions of Americans over 60 who lived in the South during this unfortunate period? How can we make our homes, schools, and society safer for the generations of children and grandchildren coming behind them?Together, we can acknowledge our past, honor the strength of those who came before us, and build a future filled with hope, determination, and joy. Let us rise with the resilience of our ancestors and create a world where every child can dream freely and every family can thrive. Lee Roy: You've run the game and you know the Lord and you're doing your thing, man. And that's the best you can do as far as I'm concerned. You have to keep your heart and your head up. I don't know this thing about being proud. I know the Lord and I know the Lord loves me. So if I'm proud, man, please forgive me and if I shouldn't be, but it is a poor dog that don't wag his own tail, son, when you're trying to reach your goals, I'll put it like that, you know. Lee Jr.: Right on. Well, okay buddy, I'm going to hit it, but I'll be in touch, okay? Lee Roy: Yeah, keep going, man, I'm loving it. I'm loving what we're doing, Lee. Lee Jr.: Okay, love you, Dad. Lee Roy: Okay man. Love you. Bye.CREDITS

In Episode 212, Greg and Pam discuss calendars, birthdays, and stash size. Many thanks to MartaSchmarta Marta for the episode introduction! You can find her designs here. We would love to have YOU record and introduction to the show! You can find details in the Ravelry Group Pages or on our website here. Check out our group on Facebook! We would love to have you join us there. GIVEAWAY: Check out our MONTHLY giveaway just because our listeners are AWESOME! You can enter the June giveaway using this Google Form. In this episode, we awarded the May prize–a gift certificate from Nordic Star Yarns. Tune in to see if you won! SUPPORT THE SHOW KnitPicks & Crochet.com We are KnitPicks and Crochet.com (owned by KnitPicks) Affiliates! This means if you are going to shop at KnitPicks or Crochet.com, and start by clicking their names, the Unraveling Podcast will get a small commission at no extra cost to you! It's an easy way to support the podcast passively. (Note: links to specific yarns or products will appear like https://shrsl.com/3xzh0. These are correct and are custom links to track our account. They are safe!) Knitpicks Coupon Page * WeCrochet Coupon Page (Pam hasn't been able to find a page on crochet.com!) Patreon You can financially support Unraveling…a knitting podcast on Patreon! Monthly membership levels are available at Swatch ($1), Shawl ($3), and Sweater ($6) and come with rewards like early access to book club episodes, access to a quarterly Zoom call, discounts on all Knitting Daddy patterns, and holiday cards. Everything available via Patreon is extra, the show remains unchanged and free. Financial support through Patreon helps us cover expenses like web hosting, prizes, prize shipping, and equipment upgrades. NOTES Greg's Projects Greg continues to not work on a new dice bag design for the Crits & Knits D&DEaster KAL. He doesn't have a project page for it yet. Greg finished a pair of socks using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel pattern by Sox Therapist Patty-Joy White. He's using yarn from String Theory Colorworks on the Ohm base in the “Luciferin” colorway. Check out his project page. Greg is working on a pair of socks using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel pattern by Sox Therapist Patty-Joy White. He's using yarn from String Theory Colorworks on the Volt base in the “Ceres” and “Hematite” colorways. Check out his project page. Greg continues to work on a new design project. Pam's Project Pam finished the Terrazzo Afghan by Tinna Thórudóttir. She is using using KnitPicks Chroma Worsted and Plymouth Yarn Encore Worsted. Tinna has good tutorials on her YouTube channel. Pam worked on a pair of Fish Lips Kiss Heel socks by Sox Therapist. She is using Patons Kroy. Pam cast on the V-Back Tee DK by Jamie Hoffman. She is using 4 yarns: JK Fibers (I don't think they are dyeing anymore), Magpie Fibers, PassionKnits Yarn, Fangirl Fibers. Pam is working on the Rock It Tee by Tanis Lavallee. She is using Queensland Collection Uluru Rainbow (discontinued). Pam mentioned a future cast on of Big Sister by Hinterm Stein. She will use Harrisville Designs Nightshades. She also mentioned Box Top Sweater Goes Square by Barbara Wanthal. She also mentioned the yarn Berroco Medina that she got at Oak City Fibers. Book Club We continue the next book club book! We will be reading The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair. Share how you are will enjoy the book on social media with #UnravelingBookClub. NPR's show Science Friday recently had an interview about the 4,000 year History of Humans and Silk. Miscellaneous Pam mentioned the movie The Fall Guy and saw it at Alamo Theaters. We shared a knitting haiku from David Stanley. You can find much more of David's work on his Substack. Pam mentioned the podcast Craft Cook Read Repeat and their Summer Bingo. Greg recommends Sugar on AppleTV+. We talked about NC State University Hero Abby Lampe who is the Cheese Rolling Champion. Greg can also be found talking about knitting and playing Dungeons & Dragons at Crits and Knits. Affiliate Link Disclousure We are a KnitPicks Affiliate! This means that if you click on a KnitPicks link or Crochet.com, or the banner ad and make a purchase, we will receive a commission at no extra cost to you. This post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click on a link to Amazon and subsequently make a purchase, we'll receive a small commission from the sale. You pay the same, and the commissions will help cover our podcasting expenses. Our opinions are always our own. Find us all over the Internet Patreon: Unraveling…a knitting podcast Subscribe in iTunes: The Unraveling Podcast Podcast RSS Feed: Unraveling Podcast Facebook: Unraveling Podcast Instagram: @UnravelingPodcast Ravelry Group: Unraveling Podcast Greg is KnittingDaddy on Ravelry, @KnittingDaddy on Instagram, and also writes the KnittingDaddy blog. Pam is pammaher on Ravelry  and @pammaher on Instagram

By just how much can Tadej Pogacar win the Giro d'Italia? This and other insightful ramblings in the latest meeting of your favourite cycling fans' self-help group. Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com Recommendations: Karcher WD5 Wet/Dry Vacuum - https://amzn.eu/d/11XkEur 'It Started With a Freckle' - David Stanley - https://amzn.eu/d/duXBCwG Slade - 'The Bangin' Man' - https://youtu.be/WblZGfaMNSo?si=9kxUeEDd8mae6i9g

Does Lance Armstrong need a big hug more than any white man in history? Perhaps. This and other deep thinking in the latest Feed Zone with Chris Sidwells, David Stanley and Gary Fairley. Nouvelles Cycling x Prendas - https://nouvellescycling.co.uk/ Drop us a line at cyclinglegendspodcast@gmail.com Recommendations: Massive Wagons - "Welcome to the World (2023)" https://www.massivewagons.com/welcometotheworld Tom Simpson Retro Cycling Festival, 16-18 August 2024 https://www.tomsimpsonmemorialfund.co.uk/ “Vas-y-Barry – My Cycling Life” by Barry Hoban - https://cyclinglegends.co.uk/index.php/buy/books/vas-y-barry-detail Serious Eats Spatchcock Chicken - https://www.seriouseats.com/butterflied-roasted-chicken-with-quick-jus-recipe Les Chevre des Amis de Paris-Roubaix (Cycling Weekly story) - https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-inside-story-of-paris-roubaixs-eco-grazing-goats

Join A Cure in Sight, an ocular melanoma foundation, to interview David Stanley, an author and melanoma survivor, on Thursday Feb 1, at 11AM EST LIVE on YouTube and our Facebook page.

Dr. David Gruder is a clinical and organizational psychologist, an eightaward-winning author, and a highly sought speaker, trainer, and trusted advisor. He is the founder and CEO of Integrity Revolution, which “helps ‘everyday people to world leaders' create sustainable happiness, health, love and success without sacrificing personal integrity or social responsibility,” through providing Essential Psychological Skills for Extraordinary Businesses, Leaders, and Wellbeing™. Their Integrity Stimulus Plan is a universal, transpartisan, nondenominationally spiritual framework for co-creating integrity-centered sustainable solutions to the vast challenges we face today as individuals, families, communities, businesses, societies and a planet.Well into his fourth decade as a “Merlin” of personal, relationship and leadership transformation, Dr. Gruder is internationally acclaimed as a foremost expert in how to reconnect integrity with sustainable happiness, health, and prosperity. A frequent guest on many radio talk shows throughout North America, “Radio & Television Interview Reports” has hailed Dr. Gruder as “America's Integrity Expert.” A trusted advisor to leaders and businesses, he is an Equanicity Resources faculty member and serves as Special Counsel to CEO Space International's Board & Chairman, in addition to teaching classes for members, providing behind-the-scenes training programs for faculty, club presidents and Forum staff, and serving on the Faculty Integrity Team.His speaking, training and consulting engagements have ranged from the Sanoviv Medical Institute in Mexico to the Transactional Analysis Institute in Switzerland, from family-run businesses to American Express work teams, from Leaders Causing Leaders to the World President's Organization, and from the San Diego County Department of Education's Management Academy to ambassadors to the World Trade Organization. He also served as the founding president of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology.A masterful wordsmith in addition to being a psychologist, Dr. Gruder also co-authors books with high profile individuals whose life story offers valuable lessons in personal or professional development, such as the just-released “Conversations With the King,” which he co-authored with Elvis Presley's stepbrother, David Stanley.Dr. Gruder's last book, “The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World,” won six awards for its solutions to today's massive deficits in personal, relationship, corporate, governmental, and leadership integrity. The IntegrityMakeover.com website converts this material into a step-by-step self-guided curriculum for integrating your happiness, health, prosperity, and ability to make a positive difference in your chosen spheres of influence. His next book is tentatively titled, The Hijacking of Happiness.Based in San Diego, CA, with his wife Laurie, Dr. Gruder is also an ordained interfaith clergy, and an Elder with the ManKind Project, an international nonprofit organization of men creating a safer world by stepping into mature masculinity and living in integrity with their life mission.

Katie chats with former Fox musical comedy-drama series “Glee” actress and singer, Jenna Ushkowitz. The two sound off about Jenna's journey into motherhood.   Jenna discusses how members of her “Glee” cas family met her daughter, and how crazy it is that everyone is now all having children now. She also goes into how she has been working out on her very own trampoline during and after pregnancy. Finally, the Grammy Award-nominated artiste explains how wild and life changing motherhood has been for her family, her dog, and herself.   Plus, did you know that Emma was not a palindrome? Tune in for THAT funny moment Katie and Jenna share, and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rising from ashes to wealth is not just a narrative. David Stanley and his partners moved from zero to currently $1.6 billion. That sounds like a fairy tale, right? Today we hear it from David himself, who shares how, together with his partners, they grew Full Sail Capital.  David earned business and finance degrees from the University of North Texas and is also a graduate of the Trust School at Northwestern University. He is a certified trust and financial advisor with a series 65 securities license. David is also a devoted husband and a proud dad and grandfather, and an accomplished fisherman and hunter. David shares how they have managed their partnership over the years, the secret sauce to their business, and dealing with the loss of a client, among other things.

Hey it's Arroe and this is Pod-fest 19 Three back to back conversations with real people we know either through entertainment, politics, science, medical or by helping us put our lives back in order. They're played back to back. I've learned that podcast listening isn't always about a four minute song. The lyrics we share in the everyday world make being a part of this new age of content incredibly special and these guests always bring their story. Pod-fest 19 features my 2021 conversation with actor Brian Muller from Bridge and Tunnel on EPIX. Then we'll jump into a very rare moment with David Stanley. His book My Brother Elvis. And we'll wrap things up with an empowering journey with music legend Desmond Child. The Unopened Curtain. This is Pod-fest

Hey it's Arroe and this is Pod-fest 19 Three back to back conversations with real people we know either through entertainment, politics, science, medical or by helping us put our lives back in order. They're played back to back. I've learned that podcast listening isn't always about a four minute song. The lyrics we share in the everyday world make being a part of this new age of content incredibly special and these guests always bring their story. Pod-fest 19 features my 2021 conversation with actor Brian Muller from Bridge and Tunnel on EPIX. Then we'll jump into a very rare moment with David Stanley. His book My Brother Elvis. And we'll wrap things up with an empowering journey with music legend Desmond Child. The Unopened Curtain. This is Pod-fest

As we turn the page to a new month, we wanted take a moment and celebrate Full Sail Capital's 5th anniversary. Tyler is joined by the three founding principles, Scott Cravens, Zac Reynolds, and David Stanley, as they discuss the growth, challenges, and stories from the first 5 years as...

My first guest is David Stanley and he is a friend Charles Pelkey, arguably one of the nicest guys to ever grace the pages of cycling journalism – along with ... Read moreOutspoken Cyclist – 1/15/2023

Happy New Year! Today, Tyler is joined by David Stanley and George Cohlmia, as they breakdown the various phases of an investors journey, such as age, wealth and life stages. There are many obstacles and events that can disrupt our plans, but the key is to focus on the things...

David Stanley, Ron Dufficy, Nathan Exelby and Glenn Munsie recap the weekend racing on Punters Post Mortem.

Dr. David Stanley is a pediatric dentist and partner at Wild About Smiles Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He joins us on the podcast to discuss his career, and how things have changed since being diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer. We talk about trying to find balance between working hard to build a practice and pay off loans, while at the same time finding enjoyment in life, spending time with family, and learning how to sleep well at night after a hard day at the office. We also talk about how beneficial talking to a therapist or counselor can be to keep your mental well-being in check. Dr. Stanley and I also have a brief discussion about how his office was recently embezzled from by a trusted employee, so he reflects on things he could have done differently and gives advice to young practice owners on preventing this from happening to them.

Given his background in aviation one might assume that Dave's, "drone work," has to do with the kind that fly around in the sky - but no, Dave's been hard at work perfecting both design and production methodology to bring solid, reliable, good-sounding 3D printed GHB drones to the masses! Dave was recently featured in Big Rab's episode #299, (also, congrats to Rab on 300 - holy moly!)  There's a link over to Rab's show down below.   Tune into this episode to hear David & James both do some terrible South Park voices!   APPLICABLE LINKS Dave's Big Rab Interview (episode 299): https://www.thebigrabshow.com/copy-2-of-guests Video of the sound sample played at the end of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K5ie4xaOZI And, of course, Dave's website: https://www.3dprintedbagpipes.com/   - We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast And Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/ - You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com - Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.com  -   -   -  And now, some keywords:  Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music, 3d print, printing, tinker, creator, maker

We're back with another squared away episode as we digest everything that transpired in Q3.  As always our goal is to provide some context and encourage everyone to remain disciplined and stick to their process. Joined by Zac Reynolds and David Stanley, today's episode is all about re-centering our focus...

Welcome to the Big Rab Show Podcast. In this our 299th Episode we bring you an interview with David Stanley, who is in the process of producing some top quality 3D printed Bagpipes.  Wait to you hear these ! That plus we officially launch the nominations for the 2022 Big Rab show awards. So much to cram into this weeks episode, we hope you enjoy.   Email – bigrabshow@gmail.com Support us  www.patreon.com/BigRabShow   We have lots of amazing backstage videos, and audio recordings, exclusive interviews, episodes of Big Rab Show Plus! and loads more to share with you on there, so click support and get your hands on all this extra stuff!! We are the show for the piping folk, reflecting everything to do with the bag piping world. Feel free to message us on Facebook and on Twitter and let us know what you would like to hear on the show, as well just to let us know that you're listening. Our live show continues to broadcast live every week on Fuse FM Ballymoney on Tuesday nights 7pm-9pm (uk time) be sure to check it out. Thank you to our very kind sponsors, G1 Reeds. If you would be interested in sponsoring the show, please do get in touch.  Or help support us via our Patreon page.   www.thebigrabshow.com www.facebook.com/TheBigRabShow www.twitter.com/bigrabshow bigrabshow@gmail.com

I loved this conversation with David Stanley because he breaks love down to the very simple idea of being good and decent. When you look at love in those simple forms you can apply it to business, friendships, life, science, and everything else. This is what David does and that makes for a great conversation. Bio David L. Stanley, B.Sc, M.A., is a teacher, poet and author, voice-over actor, and speaker. His work has appeared in national magazines on topics from professional bicycle racing to men, depression, and suicide. His first book, Melanoma, It Started with a Freckle was hailed by Prof. Tom Foster of How to Read Novels Like a Professor as “harrowing, insightful, technical, and hilarious.” Stanley's second book, co-authored with Willie Artis is From Jim Crow to CEO, the Willie Artis Story, available via AUX Media. His latest book is Rants & Mutters, an essay collection. In addition, you can read his poetry on his Medium page. Much of his prose is found on his personal blog, Rants & Mutters, and his Vocal.Media page. David Stanley has read his sonnets to audiences at the Dad 2.0 Summit; North America's largest gathering of dads and brands. His poetry has been featured in blogs and literary magazines. He is the narrator of 40 audiobooks on subjects ranging from Alzheimer's, bicycle racing, the NBA, to mountaineering.  Stanley travels to speak on melanoma awareness, fatherhood and life, and The Art of the Pitch. Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dstan_58/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelanomaBook/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DStan58Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-stanley-26809b3b/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QzyesToNnTvJ_JhcBE5NQPodcast: https://getpodcast.com/dk/podcast/cycling-legends-history-podcast-free-version-no-premium-access/the-feed-zone-episode-2_5b5bbdccd6TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dstan58

Today, we sit down with David Stanley, Full Sail CEO, and Stacy Murray, CPA and advisor, as we provide some context around Q4 tax moves and discuss a few highlights from our previous interviews. As mentioned throughout the episode, below are a couple of highly recommended resources that we found...

For June's edition of squared away, Zac Reynolds and David Stanley join the podcast to discuss everything that has transpired over these first six months of 2022.  We cover a lot of the market related topics, but we also take a look back at history and try to put this… Read More »

David Stanley & Luke Marlow looks at the afternoon meetings in thoroughbred, harness & greyhounds

David Stanley drops in to join Gary and John to look back on the Giro d'Italia 2022

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - While they have had a forestry license in Toba Inlet since 2009, Klahoose Forestry has been going through some significant changes. Bruno Pereira, Senior Manager of  Qathen Xwegus Management Corporation (QXMC) explained that when he arrived three years ago, operations were managed by a partner from Vancouver. “The last few years have been transition years going from thinking of transitioning, to acting on transitioning,” he explained. “With the help of two gentlemen, John Marlowe (from Quadra Island) and Josh Hiebert (formerly from Interfor), we are now able to say that we are basically running the entire operations on our own.” Klahoose Forestry is now the liaison between the various subcontractors, government and silviculture. This season started about two months ago. Pereira said there currently are not many Klahoose employed as fallers and they subcontract the heli-logging. “These are big trades that require a lot of training and experience,” he said. One area where Klahoose members are very active is the brushing team. “The brushing team basically clean up the roads, and the towers of the Run of the River Energex up in Toba,” explained Pereira. “We have had this contract for many years and every brushing season, we train people. We make sure that this team is up and running. They're special and very interesting characters. This is the masterpiece of Paul Muskie. We're super proud. We got them a brand new pickup last year, with their own logo.” Forestry is an important component of the Klahoose First Nation's economy. “We want to be successful at it, but in a sustainable way. It is of the utmost importance for us to reduce waste and to make sure that silviculture is done properly,” said Pereira. “It's a time of change, of transition. It's going quite smoothly, but it doesn't mean that there hasn't been a lot of work. There's a lot of moving parts in such a big operation. Again, super proud of the team, super grateful for gentlemen like John Marlow and for having Josh Hiebert on board with us, allowing us to really take on and get that experience.” “We have fallers, heli-loggers and drivers. We will have road building eventually. Why not take one of these operations, or train some employees and be able to place them in those different operations up in Toba. We are really excited for the future. So everything is looking positive, looking good.” Top photo credit: Toba Inlet by David Stanley via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

Here I chat with Alison Burell and David Stanley, who each lost the love of their life way too early.  Alison's husband Cory Burell, passed away from ALS at the age of 35 after a valiant fight with familial ALS.   David's wife Angela Stanley, died from ALS at a young  50 years old.   Through the ALS community, Alison and David met after they each lost their person.   Without even searching for love, their friendship grew and love found them.   Now they are building a new life together and sharing their journey through their new podcast,  "I Lost My Person."   Through the podcast, they chat about widowhood, juggling family responsibilities, a long distance relationship and how they are chasing  joy.   Their primary theme in their episodes illustrate how it's possible to find love after loss and keep the person you've lost in your life as well.   It's heartwarming to see how love is working through these two.  I hope you'll listen in and share with a friend.   Hugs, LorriFollow:  https://bit.ly/ImDyingToTellYouInstagram

David Stanely is a man of many talents. We were honored to have him visit the show and talk about his life adventures. Below are links to the books he has been a part of, and organizations he is involved in. Plus links to a couple of groups mentioned in our conversation. Enjoy the show. https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Crow-CEO-Willie-Artis/dp/1733089845 https://www.amazon.com/Melanoma-Started-David-L-Stanley/dp/0985963662/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649431382&sr=1-1 https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=David+L.+Stanley SAHD Cycling: My Other Bike's A Minivan https://www.facebook.com/groups/179708562549987 https://fatheringtogether.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/homedadchat/message

Today, Tyler is joined by Scott Cravens and David Stanley to have a discussion on what many families view as a topic to avoid at all costs. David and Scott bring their industry expertise and past experiences in the field of estate planning to highlight a few of the common...

John is joined by Pat Bulger and David Stanley for a freeform discussion on cycling, and much more.

Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - A Strathcona Regional District motion to remove the term ‘unceded' from acknowledgements of First Nations territory was defeated, in a 8 to 6 vote, at the Wednesday, Feb 9 Board meeting. The motion arose during a discussion of the SRD's First Nations territorial policy. Regional Director Gerald Whalley, who made the motion, explained, “Our provincial negotiators don't use the word ‘ceded' for a very specific reason. We shouldn't use it either. “ The seconder, Regional Director Jim Abram, added, “Traditional territory is very easily defined. It's what is defined by the First Nation and the province as the traditional territory of any First Nation. The ‘unceded' part gets mixed up with the treaty process, which we shouldn't really be commenting on.” Speaking as a former lawyer, Campbell River Director Claire Moglove described the word ‘unceded' as ‘a statement of the reality of the situation.' “Once treaties are finalized, the word ‘unceded' will come off the table. This word unceded is hugely important to this process and in my opinion, if it's not there, our policy will not be worth the paper it's written on,” she said. Mayor Julie Colborne of Zeballos agreed, adding that there are both ceded and unceded territories in the SRD. “Anything that is not acknowledged and finalized under treaty retains that unceded designation,” she said. Abram responded, “There is alleged and saying something is true. Unless you know it is true: then it's alleged, It is not true. This is the same situation.” The only First Nations Director on the SRD Board, Kevin Jules of the Kyuquot/Checlesaht First Nation, said, “It feels like we are beating a dead horse here. This has been talked about over and over and over again. It was brought to the First Nations relations committee. It was voted on and I don't see why it's why it's such a big problem.” Chair Brad Unger asked if anyone was opposed to the motion. Eight of the SRD's fourteen directors (Anderson, Baker, Colborne, Davis, Evans, Jules, Moglove and Unger) voted against the motion to remove the word ‘unceded' from territorial acknowledgements. The motion was defeated. Image credit: Looking across from Campbell River to Quadra Island in the unceded territory of the First Nations - Photo by David Stanley via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

The Costa Book Awards are in their 50th year. Tonight on Front Row, Chair of Judges Reeta Chakrabarti will join Samira Ahmed to announce each of this year's category winners for First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's. We'll also be hearing from the winner of the First Novel Award. French director Julia Ducournau discusses her film Titane, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival- the first film directed by a woman to win the prize in 28 years. At a time when access to performance for disabled artists and audiences looks increasingly imperilled due to the Omicron COVID variant, we talk to the government's Disability and Access Ambassador for Arts and Culture, David Stanley. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Sarah Johnson Photo: Agathe Rousselle as Alexia in Titane Photographer credit: Carole Bethuel

We sat down with JD to discuss his lifestyle choice of being a waterfowl hunting guide in Texas in the winter months and his migration to Alaska to be fishing guide in the summer months. JD grew up here in Nevada and has a wealth of knowledge on hunting tactics and finding fish.

Following in his father's footsteps, John David Stanley has made a name for himself as a fishing guide in the summer months in Alaska along the Kenai River and then migrating down to Texas to guide waterfowl in the winter.

Following in his father's footsteps, John David Stanley has made a name for himself as a fishing guide in the summer months in Alaska along the Kenai River and then migrating down to Texas to guide waterfowl in the winter.

Welcome to Episode #15 of FriendsBeer.Coffee: An Autobiographical Podcast for the Hell of It. I am your host, Joel Gratcyk. Today's guest is Lauren Yee, a Cultivator of Curiosity and constant encourager of play. Lauren Yee and I met at Dad 2.0 in San Francisco, CA and hung out for the first time the next year at Dad 2.0 in New Orleans, LA. We chat in this episode about Lauren's curiosity about life and culture. We also cover her multitude of projects and share stories from how we each approached play as children. You can find links to her various projects discussed in this podcast via the links below: http://CultivatorOfCuriosity.com http://ThisUsNow.com David Stanley and Lauren Yee on The Good Men Project

Racing, obviously, started very young for Will Freedman. He was born into the industry. However, it wasn't his first career path. David Stanley chats with Will as our Monday's expert.

Wrap the reins of your four-legged hay burner round the hitchin' post and set yourself down for the latest Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Join co-host Paul Bishop in the Six-Gun Justice blacksmith shop as he talks with restoration craftsman David Stanley about refurbishing TV cowboy gun and holster sets, as well as Stanley's skills at sculpting unique versions of Hartland-style figurines...Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=kRf2_NuEPxu37b9-4FZKmX0UAJ4ZdKVRhAgUrm-4gBj-CkNHowjeqW7Q4bYKdoyNoNgGhKTBK-OpQSh_)

Roy L Hales / Cortes Currents - COVID update fror While the rest of BC reels under reports of COVID's third wave, it still does not appear to more than touched North Vancouver Island. The number of active cases has risen slightly, to 37, as of late yesterday afternoon. Island Health does not report any school exposures north of Qualicum. According to statistics released yesterday,the number of active cases the Greater Campbell River are dropped to 4 during the epi-week ending on Saturday, April 10th. Quadra Island's whole island vaccination will begin on Monday, May 3, 2021. With the number of active cases across British Columbia getting close to 10,000, the province is discussing possible restrictions on businesses and social activities and travel. The current ban on indoor dining may be extended into May. Photo credit: The MV Aurora Explorer cruises toward the Seymour Narrows in Discovery Passage between Vancouver and Quadra islands by David Stanley via Flickr (CC BY SA, 2.0 License)

In Episode 6, Ray and Ben are joined by artist and video game designer David Stanley to discuss the unique challenges that accompany a long-term creative project. They explore the emotional impact of finishing an ambitious endeavor, and what it means to watch your artistic creation come to life in the outside world. 

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, talk to married couple Hermela and Morten Lamps about why it's important to make time to celebrate your relationship — and even more importantly, to do so in a way that feels unique to you. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, talk to interior designer Carmeon Hamilton about merging styles with your partner, from how to choose what stays and what goes when moving in together, to how to use your wedding registry to build your shared home. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, chat with licensed therapist Nedra Glover Tawwab about navigating the sometimes tricky in-law relationship, from how to make everyone feel included in the wedding planning process, to how to choose who you’re spending the holidays with next year. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, chat with Crate and Barrel CEO Janet Hayes about the best use of a wedding registry, how to build a registry that reflects who you are as a couple, and advice for compromising when choosing items. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

Dean Lester and Ron Dufficy join David Stanley to look back at the weekend of racing.

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, chat with engaged couple Mike Van Reekum and PK Creedon and event planner Shannon Gail about everything to when planning a wedding during COVID, from finding the perfect venue, to managing a constantly changing guest list, and how to deal if you have to postpone. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, chat with personal finance coach Stefanie O’Connell about how to compromise when you and your partner have different attitudes about money, the importance of scheduling regular “money dates,” and how to stay on budget when planning a wedding. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

In this episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, talk with married couple Chad and Gabrielle Rader about how to effectively communicate with your partner, the importance of date night (even in quarantine), and how to manage conflict within a relationship. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

Like life, love also looks different after the events of 2020. And for many newly engaged couples, so does their wedding. Introducing “Love These Days” a POPSUGAR podcast sponsored by Crate and Barrel Wedding Registry that’s dedicated to the new trials and tribulations that come with love and marriage right now. In this premiere episode of “Love These Days” by POPSUGAR, our hosts, actress Jenna Ushkowitz and her fiancé David Stanley, talk with matchmaker Paul Brunson about the best strategies for using dating apps, the two must-have qualities for romantic chemistry, and the biggest indicator that someone will make a good partner. Don’t forget to subscribe and share the love with friends, family and even your S.O.!

After he became a work-at-home dad in the early '90s, David Stanley began his career of pitching writing and voice-over projects that he synthesized into his brilliant Masterpitch Theatre workshop at Dad 2.0 Digital. He has great advice about how to catch someone's eye, how to be courteously persistent, and how to convert the inevitable rejections into greater motivation. He has also developed an abiding talent for sonnets since his father died, as anyone who saw him deliver the opening Dad Blogger Spotlight at Dad 2.019 will attest. We talk about how parenting never ends, his resemblance to Mike Mills, and his plans for Sonnetember 2021.

Strider has paraphrased the wise and true words of Winston Churchill many times and he will do it again, "there is something about the outside of a horse that is dank for the inside of man." Well what about when those who use their backs to drive herds use poetry to dive deep and be heard? Cowboys writing and reciting poetry! Dank.Sources:Wikipedia.org, ‘Places With the Largest Horse Populations’ by Dorothy Stephenson , ‘The Lesser-known History of African-American Cowboys’ by Kate Nojimbadem smithsonianmag.org, Nationalcowboypoetrygathering.org, ‘On the Trail of Cowboy Poetry’ by David Stanley, Westminster College

The Elvis Series continues on this episode of Life & Laughs Podcast as Diana Goodman McDaniel joins Johnny and Elias to let everyone know just what dating Elvis Presley was like! She tells us every detail... from the crazy way she met Elvis, to being flown away across the country to meet Elvis for a date. She tells us about Elvis' generosity and how he was the perfect gentleman in every way. Find out about the special gifts he gave her. You will also find out how Burt Reynolds played a role in her relationship with Elvis ending. Diana describes being a cast member on Hee Haw and how Burt Reynolds gave her a start in his movies. She also fills us in on dating other famous men such as Ricky Nelson, John Schneider, and Burt Reynolds. We also find out all about her life today and her loving family that she adores! Our very own show Psychologist, Dr. Bil(with one L) stops by as welll! Its a whole lot of laughs on this exciting episode of Life & Laughs Podcast with Johnny and Elias!

Message from David Stanley on June 10, 2020

Message from David Stanley on June 10, 2020

Part 2 of our Essentials of Duck Hunting we continue on the theme of Waterfowl Outfitters with guest John David Stanley. JD is a waterfowl guide at Ranger Creek Goose in Texas and travels up north to Alaska to guide fishing on the Kenai. JD has made a living being an outdoorsmen and has found success with his talents as a guide but also with his personality he is someone you'd want to share the duck blind with.

David Stanley brings us a message that gives us the biblical perspective on persecution. March 8th, 2020 6:30pm.

Jenna & Kevin test their compatibility with their boos DAVID & AUSTIN in a thorough round of THE NEWLYWED GAME!!! Love luxury footwear? Try TAMARA MELLON! Go to www.tamaramellon.com/showmance for $100 off your first pair through the end of December! Use code "SHOWMANCE" at checkout! Don't miss the new season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - RIGHT NOW - only on Amazon Prime Video! Be good to your heart! Learn how at www.heart.org - the official website of The American Heart Association!

Kevin & Jenna bring on their significant others AUSTIN & DAVID to talk about their first encounters - dating apps - meeting people on set - being friends with your exes - what it's like to date an actor - and when to tell someone that you're in an open relationship! Love the theater? Go to www.todaytix.com/showmance and use code "SHOWMANCE" to get $10 off your first TodayTix purchase! This holidy season - treat the man in your life with MANSCAPED! Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code "SHOWMANCE" at www.manscaped.com Download Jenna & Kevin's new favorite mobile game BEST FIENDS - free on the Apple App Store or Google Play!

Don sits down with Elvis' stepbrother David Stanley who tells of his life with Elvis, the personal memories and working security in a dramatic situation. and Don looks back on meeting The Rat Pack and Nancy Sinatra. Don gives his personal views on the "Baby, It's Cold Outside" controversy and shares a recording of Joey Bishop. J.D. Sumner weighs in on a practical joke that Elvis pulled on him (David Stanley also discusses it) listen for Joe Esposito, Lamar Fike, and Cliff Gleaves. Gennifer Flowers does a promo and Cissie Lowe Young invites you to her Elvis fan club. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/don-wilson5/message

One of our lay leaders, David Stanley, continues through the book of Galatians asking the question, 'are we bewitched by false gospels?' July 28th 2019 10:30am.

Every year for Earth Day, we talk about the earth with writer and photographerStephen Trimble, author of “Bargaining for Eden: The Fight for the Last Open Spaces in America,” and many other books. This time, we'll also be talking to retired Westminster professor David Stanley and former National Park Service naturalist and planner Greer Chesher. All are editors of books in the ongoingNational Park Reader Series published by University of Utah Press. We'll explore the literature surrounding the national parks and talk about overcrowding, crumbling infrastructure, national park policy and much more.

David Stanley, creator of Skelattack, is back and starting off our return to having guests on the show! David joins us for the topic of the show to talk about the modular console future we hope to see, and the updates on Skelattack! Also, we break down all the announcements and releases from February 13ths Nintendo Direct! Facebook Twitter Follow ya bois to keep up with our daily nonsense: Jamal Aljaafreh- Twitter Brent Bass- Twitter Links from the show: Get your free audio book download with your 30 day trial to audible here. Please help us grow by leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen to Game Speak Podcast!

We spoke with Skelattack's creator David Stanley and Ukuza Games CEO Shane de Lumeau about Skelattack, their upcoming platformer over two years in the making. David and Shane take us through the joys of development, why publishing indie games like Skelattack & Epic Loon are important to Ukuza Games, and how creativity & ideas always seem to arrive when a pen's not near by. It's a fantastic episode not to be missed and our longest interview yet!

We spoke with Skelattack's creator David Stanley and Ukuza Games CEO Shane de Lumeau about Skelattack, their upcoming platformer over two years in the making. David and Shane take us through the joys of development, why publishing indie games like Skelattack & Epic Loon are important to Ukuza Games, and how creativity & ideas always seem to arrive when a pen's not near by. It's a fantastic episode not to be missed and our longest interview yet!

John David Stanley is a waterfowl hunter and conservationist. He won the World Junior Goose Calling Championship in 2001 and has finished in the top 10 of the World Duck Calling Championship 7 times. He is a life long friend and we are glad to have him on the podcast.

Mark Hattas has, amongst other accomplishments, started, built and sold a $20M/yr tech company. He was later diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder and told there was no cure.  Mark didn't believe the prognosis and through study, faith, and practice, Mark lived into his faith that he could be well.  He is so thankful to all who have helped, and to God.  He is committed to help others and give them hope and paths to success as well.  This inspiration in 2012 led him to pursue and eventually co-found HSI and Journey's Dream.  The dream will be realized when all people can find hope and well-being. More information at http://journeysdream.org Transcript of the Interview   Hugh: Welcome to this edition of The Nonprofit Exchange. We always have special people, but these people are really special because they invited me to participate in the foundational strategy building for their vision for bringing amazing resources to others. I want to introduce these two people. Russell, say hello from Denver, Colorado. Russell: It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood and a beautiful day to be here with Mark and Mitzi. I look forward to a wonderful chat today. They are doing great work here. Hugh: Russell and I co-host this, and we have some fascinating conversations with people that are doing amazing things. This particular chain of interviews is about people who are doing real things in the real world. The ones we have done previously have been organizations that have been in existence for a while. This one is a young organization, but they are really making some traction. They are doing some really good stuff. I wanted to interview them about how they got started and what kind of traction they are making and what their plans are and how they impact lives. Mark, let's start with Mark Hattas. You tell us a little bit about your journey, who you are, and why you're doing this. Then throw it to Mitzi and let her introduce herself and her role in this. Welcome to The Nonprofit Exchange, Mark. Mark: Thank you so much. Great to be her with both of you, good friends, and Mitzi. *audio cut* My revenue stream, or one of them, one of the things that I had the pleasure of doing early in my career is I built and sold a tech company. About nine months after that, I had a very unique experience where I started experiencing the world much differently than I had previously. I went into what is commonly called mania. I was diagnosed bipolar I, and I was in and out of the hospital three times over a three-year period. I was told right away that I would not get well, and I would be on medication the rest of my life. Most of what we know about the brain we learned in the 1990s, and the world of psychology was still navigating what was really going on. The hospital with that kind of prognosis. It was inspired maybe two months after that, after I had an unusual experience where I was terrified that I was going to have to live my life with my brain in the mode that it was in. So I started to seek solutions, and thank God there were solutions out there. There are amazing practitioners, amazing resources, and I applied them, I practiced them, and I got well. For over three years, I have been off all medication and have been very healthy. Over that course of a period of time, I met Mitzi and her husband Rex and her daughter Brea and learned about what was happening in their lives. We joined together to start what's called Hattas Shay International Foundation, which its project is called Journey's Dream, to help those with mental health challenges find resources and get to a place where they could really believe again that they could get well and then have the strength and the tools to start to go out and navigate their health and well-being with the best support mechanisms that can serve them. We are a hub that creates that environment. We are still building, but we have had some great traction so far. Mitzi? Mitzi: My name is Mitzi Montague-Bauer. My son Journey is symptomatic in his senior year at University of Michigan. At first, we thought it was his quirky behavior or something. We didn't really understand the magnitude of what was happening until he graduated and came home. There were several diagnoses as they didn't present the same way each time. The first doctor thought he had schizophrenia. After that, he was diagnosed with bipolar and depression and manic disorder and a lot of them actually. He was told the same thing that Mark was told: that he would never get well. There was no cure. The best we could hope for was to manage the symptoms and that would be a lifetime of medication. I didn't want to believe that. I didn't believe it. It seemed that the more he heard it, the more he began to believe it. During that time, I spent countless hours looking for the solution that we now know is available, but they were difficult to find. I spent a lot of time searching for any solution that had a different prognosis. By the time I felt confident with the solutions and the collection of modalities that I had collected, Journey was no longer interested. In the beginning, he was open to help. By the time I felt like I had the answers, he had isolated himself, and didn't seem to trust anyone. It became apparent to me that if we had had these solutions in the beginning, perhaps there would have been a different outcome. Journey, after three and a half years of struggling with his mental health and being told he would not get well, he stepped off of a building and ended his life. Because of the lack of- Well, the solutions were there, but they were difficult to find, and there wasn't really one place to find them. The vision that we share is that there would be a place, if a family member or a loved one or someone who is struggling landed on our site, that they would have a whole collection of solutions, possibilities to meet them where they were. Those solutions could be medication. There is a place for medication. A whole slew of other opportunities. Hugh: Thank you for sharing that. That is an important message. Mark, to declare that SynerVision has been working with this project from the onset. We started putting together the pieces in Mitzi's basement with Mitzi, her husband, her daughter, you, and me. We worked really hard for a couple of days getting our heads around what this looks like. That was not really the starting point, but it was the launchpoint where you were able to then say we are doing this for real and we are moving ahead. Why did you decide to put this in the framework of a tax-exempt charity? Mark: I'd built the for-profit organization. When I started to learn about the power of the tax-exempt organizations, it allows for people to give to a cause that they believe in and the way that they can and have tax benefits. It gives an opportunity to donate funds, provide in-kind services—for example, there is an organization helping us with our technology for the practitioner network. They are donating all the framework and developing even. That would have cost us quite a lot of money otherwise. Because it is for the greater good of the broader population, we didn't really see a need for any one of us or any group to own it. We wanted it to be available for all, and we are the stewards of it. So we really looked from the beginning at this organization being something that is a gift to all of those people who were in a situation like Journey's situation, or my situation, and the many that exist out there. Tax-exempt has made a whole lot of sense. When we spoke with Sherita Herring, she helped us set that up and reeducated me, retooled my brain, along with you, on what the power of tax-exempt is and how much funding is actually out there and available, and support. We took advantage of your expertise and knowledge to set this up right from the beginning. Hugh: There is a lot of power in philanthropic giving, both in individual donors. We were on a call with Sherita last night. She is one of our partners in SynerVision. Actually, she helped me create my foundation years ago. She is a queen of nonprofit information. She knows the right stuff. We have been on a journey equipping the culture to then step up to where you need to be. I have been impressed with how systematic you have been. You have tried not to short-cycle everything. You have taken things in stride, in sequence, and really let the different stages of this play out and mature without cutting it short. I commend you for that. So many people starting organizations like this want to get there and want to get it done. They leave a lot of stuff in the garbage on the side of the road on the way. You have been very systematic in developing this. I commend you for that. Russell, I know a little more about this because I have been involved with him for a year and a half. We decided we worked together for 365 non-continuous days. It's been a pace that's been very logical. Mark, you've created some programs, and you have done some beta tests on the programs. Talk a little bit about who those programs are for and the impact that program has had and will have on people's lives. Mark: The intent long-term is to have a whole hub of many programs. We have a few through affiliate partners, but we also- One of the things that we co-created with Rookha Group is a program called the Optimal Being program. The Optimal Being program is absolutely by far the core of what I did to navigate the brain dynamics that were spinning around in me and get to a place where I could start to navigate the world in a more healthy way. There are three things that occur in the Optimal Beam program. One is the awakening of the inner guidance system. It's really incredible that every human being innately has an inner guidance system, but so many people have conflicts within it and their programming that has them doing things on automatic decision-making that is not really constructive for their lives. What this does is help to soften that, release those beliefs and ideas that aren't really serving us anymore, and get to a place where the inner guidance system is listened to and it comes alive in us and it really leaves us to what's optimal for us. Mitzi mentioned sometimes medication is the optimal thing for someone in the beginning stages, so go for it and do it. Listen to those doctors. Believe the diagnosis they give you, but don't believe the prognosis if they are not telling you you can get well. Allowing for that inner guidance system to come on gives people confidence. It gives them courage. It's a healthy courage. It realigns their personal code of decision-making from one that could be negative and destructive to one that is always constructive. That is a key thing with the Optimal Being program. Another thing that happens there is community. Here is people that come together who are also going through life's challenges. To learn these tools together and to come to a community where people are in a like situation or like-minded, they are seeking solutions, that accelerates everyone's health and wellbeing. Ideas are shared in there that the facilitators may have never thought of. One of the people who are participating is contributing as well. People are both giving to the group and receiving from the group. It's a combination of self-instructional programs as well as a weekly online part of the program. The other thing is there is metrics. At the beginning of the Optimal Being program, we allow someone to go into ten categories of their human behavior. These are things that are like self-love. How is that going for someone? If love of self is really low, maintaining love while thinking about themselves is really low. There are some tools that we teach to support increasing that. Maintaining love while thinking of others, maintaining love while actually approaching truth. There is ten of these categories. We measure them in the beginning, and at the end of the 13-week program online, we measure it again. It is fascinating to see how dramatically people change. These are core human development skills that could be taught to a fifth grader or even younger. When someone integrates them into their life, whenever they face something that is a challenge, instead of going to historical patterns of coping mechanisms, they start to have tools that are foundational human tools to start to realize what potential lies within them and have it start to come out in the world. The transformations we have seen in corporate leaders, people who thought they were actually doing fine but wanted to get to the next level, and people who have challenges is profound. Hugh: It's not just for people who are having—I forget how to title it—severe emotional issues. It's not just for people in that profile. Mark: No, it could be someone who is going through a breakup from a relationship and they are sad. It could be a loss of a loved one, and they are going through that grieving process. It could be any number of things that creates in someone the desire to seek something where they are going to feel better. When people feel better and they get to a joyous, and Mitzi knows well about this, place in life, one of the things that starts to occur is their life self-perpetuates in a positive direction. We want to help people navigate through that, so we teach the opposite of the way they were taught in the world when they were growing up. It's like a rewiring of some of the processes they had been using. Mitzi, I don't know if you want to ask anything to that part. Mitzi: I thought you did a beautiful job summarizing. Hugh: Mark, what is the name of that program? The Optimal Bean program? Mark: It's called the Optimal Being Program. Hugh: It's my age and mental condition. Mark: We have tools and technologies. There is an app online that is actually free. People can go download- If they do a search on their phone on “Rookha Group,” they will find the Optimal Being app. It is a powerful app that helps to heal relationships with the commitments tool and to practice maintaining love and the breathing properly as they face a challenging situation. That alone is healing. Hugh: Spell Rookha. Mark: R-o-o-k-h-a. Hugh: R-o-o-k-h-a. Mark: You might be able to type in Optimal Being and get it at this point, too. It's been up there long enough I think you could type in either one. Hugh: Optimal Being. O-p-t-i-m-a-l B-e-i-n-g. So Mark, this is not coaching. It's not counseling. It's not therapy. What is it? Mark: We're like a group of people who have been there and have navigated this. We are educated mentors. I am someone who has gone into it and out of it. When someone does that, they develop a certain set of skills and support others in getting to a place of hope. I don't think anybody in our organization—Mitzi, correct me if I'm wrong—but I think every single person in our organization sees the human beingness in a person. Never have we seen any kind of diagnosis or some kind of illness. It's not the way we look at it. We look at it more like- There is a great analogy of the caterpillar to butterfly. Imagine that the caterpillar goes in to the chrysalis, and then everyone starts to say how awful they are because they don't look like a caterpillar anymore and they are stupid and can't do this and can't do that. The caterpillar is transforming. If we suppress that transformation, we are going to have some funky-looking caterpillars. If they didn't allow the chrysalis process, they are going to be angry, frustrated, grumpy, and eventually fall into depression because they are denying that natural, innate, transformative state. When somebody actually goes into who it is they truly are and they do it with the tools that exist in many different forms, we happen to give them in the way that we learned them. It supports someone having the courage to do what they are innately guided to do. That is why when I was mentioning inner guidance systems it's like listening to yourself, but letting go of all the noise that was in the way, creating conflict within a person. Hugh: I love it. Mitzi, I have appreciated you on our team calls and live work together. You ask really good questions when everybody else is letting it fly by and wondering what that meant. You say, “Wait a minute.” Your attention to detail is very acute. But you always ask it in a very generous and kind way. Instead of putting anybody down, you say, “Would you explain that again? Is it this or that?” First off, talk about your son. This project is named Journey's Dream. Why did you step up to want to be in this core team of four people? I guess it's four people. This core team of champions that are really making it happen. Talk about yourself, and then talk about the other two that aren't here, Rex and Brea. Mitzi: That inner guidance system that Mark was just talking about was what led me to be one of the founders. I again saw a deficit when I looked at the mental health situation on the planet. The suicide attempts and the actual suicides and the message that people hear when they get a diagnosis is one that we wonder why is a stigma. When you get that diagnosis, if you get a diagnosis of schizophrenia and went home and Googled that, that would put you right in the depression, I think. You probably wouldn't want to talk about it. The prognosis is awful. I would love to see the core messaging changing around mental illness. What would have happened with Journey if he was told that he was in a transformational process or that he could get well? That is a different message. A lot of people who are experiencing these states of mania are brilliant. They are on a genius spectrum. They are navigating different things than we are. I think if they had these tools that are available, it would be a different outcome entirely. I was motivated by that, and this is what I was being guided by, too. The other two founders are Rex Montague-Bauer, my husband and Journey's father. Rex and I have been students of these principles that are a lot of the core principles of the Optimal Being. We have been students for a while of that and do our best to practice those in our lives. Our daughter Brea is the fourth founder, Journey's sister. She is a brilliant human being, compassionate. We are all inspired by the same thing: to see a different outcome for people who receive a mental health diagnosis or who are just challenged in general. Hugh: This is a high-functioning team. You all work really well together. That is not the case for every team. Russell, I met Mark at the very first ever SynerVision Leadership Empowerment Symposium. I think it was called Leadership Excellence then. It was in Chicago. Mark met me at a CEO Space gathering the week or two before, and he decided he'd sign up and come. We got connected there. We had conversations. He checked me out for about a year before he- He wanted to make sure I wasn't a flake and was there to stay. Then we started working together. We have had some very deep conversations over time. I am really a fan of Mark and Mitzi and the team as well as what they are doing. So we have been on a journey ourselves. Mark, thank you for inviting me on the journey. It has been a pleasure to be there with you. It has touched me in many ways I hadn't realized I could be touched. It has been an important journey for me just to watch and participate. Russell, what do you see and hear that you want to comment on? I'm sure you have found a couple questions you'd like to throw back at our guests. Russell: I'd like to thank you both for coming here and sharing your story. We have powerful why's, and that is critical to everything. The idea of paying it forward. What we are talking about is raising our level of consciousness. This is something that everybody can do. There is a lot of power in interacting with people who get it. There is a lot of fear and stigma around the idea of a mental diagnosis, but a diagnosis does not define you. Just looking at the alternative complementary types of solutions is critical because it's not all about poppin' a pill. It's about a mental and emotional and spiritual connection and going within and finding that thing that is inside you that can make all things better. To be fair, I think Hugh scared you off with- Mark is probably in earshot when you let loose one of the age and mental condition things. He does that every once in a while, but he is a brilliant man. I know that you had a long journey to figuring out that the idea of raising your consciousness and being around other people who experience the same thing, how did you come to the conclusion that this was the actual solution? Tell me about how that journey took place. Mark: First, I don't know that it would be fair to say that it was the actual solution meaning if you are referring- Are you referring to my own health or the creation of Journey's Dream? Russell: The creation of Journey's Dream as a way to move forward is really- That is my term for raising your level of consciousness, connecting with that is strong and valuable. Mark: I apologize. I misunderstood the question at first. With regard to- How did we discover that Journey's Dream was the solution? It goes back to trusting that inner guidance system and listening. One of the things that we discovered along the way is we want to be very collaborative with other organizations. We want to be inclusive. We believe that there is a place for medication, and there are many organizations who have gone through mental health recovery processes who are against the medication. If I didn't have the medication, I'm not sure I'd still be here. It served me well while it served me. It was more that there was more, and it stopped serving me at some point in a way that I felt like I could really achieve my heart's desire. We wanted to give people access to programs like the Optimal Being program, where they could tap in and tune in and get to that higher consciousness that is going to optimally serve them and give them other tools that could meet them where they are today. They may not be seeking that today; they might just be feeling really miserable and not want to get out of bed. They would like to wake up one day and feel a little better. They are not seeking some lofty thing, but to them, that is very lofty. To get back in touch with who is it that they really are and what is it they are really here to do? We had a belief that if we as a group take care of the stuff that was in our system that was not going to serve Journey's Dream, that we would always know the optimal next step and the optimal step we were in would have the proper attention and focus to be executed optimally. We just did an event in November at Soldier Field. Our first event ever was at Soldier Field in the Midway Room there. There were a couple hundred people there. More than that, it was the BDSA, the Bipolar Depression Support Alliance was there supporting this. Nami Metro were bringing in- They do stuff with the arts. I am not a big art kind of person, but to see what they are doing to give people who are struggling with mental health the opportunity to sing and play music and explore what it is that is going on inside them in a different way, that is extraordinary. There was a faith-based counseling organization that came and supported called Sumeric Care. I am not going to remember them all right now, but they all came together and collaborated to realize a vision. There is a VA organization in Illinois, Joining Forces, and the Illinois Department of Human Services was even there. That is unheard of in my world before that to see these groups come together and say, “You know what? We are going to stand for something, which is we believe that there is a path for all people to get well.” We may not know it today. There might not be a cookbook recipe that is on the shelf. But when we start to bring resources together and collaborate, that is when solutions can be found. That is when the optimal support can come out. We had a half dozen practitioners that committed to come. They spoke and changed people's lives, just by letting people know that these doctors who see patients every day were telling them something different than what they had heard in the hospital, which is you can get well. Just to hear that from another doctor, all of a sudden, all the belief systems around what their condition is collapsed. They had to walk out of there with a remodeled and reconfigured belief system. If they say I can get well, then I can. That is a huge thing. Then we had a few celebrities there who were extraordinary, too. David Stanley, who is Elvis Presley's brother, was there sharing his story and the story of Elvis and the opioids and that process and giving people hope that they can get to the other side of that, and his own depression and stuff he has been going through. The founder of Make-a-Wish Foundation talking about how he had PTSD early on in his career, and his partner who had taken his life. Because Frank Shankwitz dealt with it in a different way and found a solution for him, Make-a-Wish Foundation exists today, one of the most successful not-for-profits. That was another reason we wanted him there, to let people know that there is hope for people struggling, but also we wanted him to express that Journey's Dream might be at the beginning just like Make-a-Wish was after he was going through his recovery process and had the opportunity to do something pretty cool. These not-for-profit organizations can be run like real companies and provide real services, real value, create income streams that produce impact that is huge. Make-a-Wish is doing a few hundred million a year in their overall umbrella. That is the kind of organization we see building. A global organization that can have that impact. That is why we hired Hugh. If we are going to build a sustainable, real organization, we waned someone who has been there and done that. Hugh Ballou helps not-for-profits all over the planet to do and set up for success. If you have something that you really believe in and you have a passion behind it, trust yourself and hire the resources that are truly going to help you in your situation set up for success. Hugh: Thank you for that. I certainly have had enough rehearsal doing this. Mark and Mitzi, tell people where they can go to find out more information. Mitzi: You can go to our website, which is journeysdream.org. That would be the place to begin. Hugh: Journeysdream.org. What will people find there? Mitzi: They will find our website, which we are going through the process of making some changes to now as we have grown in the four months since we first launched the website. They will find a beginning of a practitioner's network. They will find the Optimal Being and other resources we are offering. There will also be a place for practitioners where we are inviting practitioners to join us if they see fit. There is a place for practitioners, and there is a place for family members or people who are struggling looking for solutions. They will see what solutions we have, and they will see the vision for what we have for our future. Hugh: Did you think when we were in your basement putting stickies on the boards that this would go here in this period of time? Mitzi: No, sir, I did not. Mark: One more thing. From a context standpoint, we have grown within a handful of weeks to over 600 followers on Facebook. If you go to the Journey's Dream page on Facebook and follow us, you will not only be getting things about Journey's Dream, but things about mental health and innovative approaches and solutions over time. Encourage people to do that as well. Hugh: What's next, Mark? What's next in your radar of accomplishments for 2018? Mark: In a week, December 4th, we are launching another Optimal Being program. Anyone who is interested in that, it's a 13-week program. You can go to the website under Educational Programs and click on Optimal Being. You can read more about it and sign up and register if you like. That's one thing. 2018 is going to be a year of automating that program so we can get it to a lower cost; forming additional partners and building out the practitioner network; and building a fund so that people who can't get the kinds of care that insurance doesn't cover that they can get some additional support in paying for those services. Some of those services that I have had the benefit of don't take insurance, so we want to educate people about those but also be good stewards of funds that come in so that part of those funds get allocated to address one of the biggest issues in mental health, which is it's really expensive to get the good care that is going to help someone navigate their own life to a healthy state of being. Hugh: Awesome. Journeysdream.org. There is resources now, and there is resources that are coming. The Facebook page is also called Journey's Dream? Mark: Yes. Hugh: Russell, what are you thinking? Russell: I am thinking I love what you're doing. It's wonderful. I'd like to say that I have looked at the website. There is something there for everyone who has been touched in some way with a diagnosis of a mental illness. Having to face that fear, there is a lot of fear, a lot of stigma around that. But it's important to connect with people who get it. Mark and Mitzi get it. If it's you, if it's a loved one, go to Journeysdream.org and get connected. Talk with somebody. Happy Giving Tuesday by the way. It is Giving Tuesday. Take a few minutes after this broadcast and go to that site and plug in. If you do nothing else, subscribe to the email list, get the information, and give it a listen because a lot of the things that can be seen as solutions here are not the conventional things. They are not the things people tell you, things like mindfulness. Some of this stuff might seem like it's touchy-feely, but it saves lives. Take a minute to consider something a little bit different than what you have been taught because your life's on the line. These are folks who have been there and they get it. It's facing that fear and knowing that yeah, there are some other solutions but they are only solutions if you take time to plug in and do it. Go to Facebook. Go to the web. Get plugged in. Make a donation. Sign up. This is a gift to give yourself and maybe a loved one for Giving Tuesday. That is my two cents. Again, thank you so much Mark and Mitzi for what you're doing here because you're saving lives. This is going to grow beyond anything you've ever imagined. Mark: Thank you, Russell. Thank you, Hugh. Mitzi: Thank you. Hugh: That is really good. I'd like to ask you to think about a closing thought. I'll ask Mitzi to go first, then Mark. As we wrap up here in this really good story that you guys have shared, Mitzi, what is your closing thought for our listeners? Mitzi: I guess I would like for everyone to challenge themselves when they see a homeless person or someone who looks different than them on the street or on the bus or in your community, don't make an assumption that you know anything about that person. They may have a Ph. D. My son had a degree in economics. Mark, who is brilliant. Extend compassion. Look them in the eyes as a fellow traveler who is sometimes on a challenging path. Offer some compassion. That would be my thought. It is something that has changed in me since Journey's experience, and I would love to see more of it. Hugh: Great. Thank you. Mark? Mark: If you could think of one person in your life who is struggling now or who has struggled in the past, I would say just reach out to them and give them the URL. Say this podcast, this Facebook live, it looked interesting. Let them know it exists. One of the things that I experienced early on is people don't know how to talk to people who are going through a challenge. We want to change that. We want to give them those tools. Whether it's a mother or a father or a son or a daughter or a friend or spouse, what is it we can do to support? One thing you can do is let them know you are thinking about them, whether it's saying Journeysdream.org website or Facebook page. That is not the point. The point is let them know you're thinking about them. Send them things that can be constructive, that could really help them. If they deny that they are able to be helped, they may not like it. But you know what? Someday they will remember it because all people can find a path to health and well-being. Allow yourself to be in the face of those experiences. Be the presence of love. We are all called to be. If someone does come at you and say, “Hey, you shouldn't have done this or that,” and they are triggered, recognize what is going on inside them, but do it from love, not because you want to heal them or get them better. Do it from love. As you think about them, think about what it is you could do to really be of service. Hugh: Awesome words. Awesome words. Russell, thanks for being here. It is such a consistent supporter. Mitzi, Mark, thank you for sharing your story. It has been powerful indeed. Mitzi: My pleasure. Mark: Thank you so much for having us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FLI's founders and core team -- Max Tegmark, Meia Chita-Tegmark, Anthony Aguirre, Victoria Krakovna, Richard Mallah, Lucas Perry, David Stanley, and Ariel Conn -- discuss the developments of 2016 they were most excited about, as well as why they're looking forward to 2017.

Interview with David Stanley Hugh: This is Hugh Ballou. Today, I am interviewing David Stanley. David, you and I have known each other about ten years. David: It has been a while. How are you doing today? Hugh: I’m doing great. I interviewed you years ago, in 2007, for my book Transforming Power about your leadership skills and putting a team together to do a movie. Your themes have been around your brother, Elvis. You are launching an initiative called “My Brother Elvis.” Give us a little background on who you are, your relationship with Elvis, and why this vision is so important to you and to others. David: Let me start off by saying I am excited about the new foundation called My Brother Elvis Foundation, which is a charity designed to educate and support and fight against the drug abuse problems that we have in America today. Some may ask why I would want to do that and what that has to do with Elvis. I spent seventeen years with Elvis Presley beginning in 1960 when my mother divorced my father and remarried Vernon Presley, Elvis’s father. I became Elvis’s stepbrother and moved into Graceland in 1960, and I lived there for seventeen years. This was a great experience. Elvis was a wonderful human being. He took me into his family. He really raised me. He was my father figure, my mentor, the person I looked up to. It was unusual to be driven to school in a pink Cadillac every day; I got a lot of attention for being Elvis’s brother. It was a very cool lifestyle. In 1972, I went to work for Elvis as his personal bodyguard. Working for Elvis meant being part of his entourage, traveling with him everywhere. I went on tours with him, to movie studios. Wherever he went, I went. When I toured with Elvis, I saw a chink in the armor. Elvis had a drug problem. He started off taking a couple pills to help him sleep. That number went from two to four, four to six, six to eight, and by the late ‘70s, Elvis had a very serious drug addiction problem. Unfortunately, we lost Elvis to a drug overdose on August 16, 1977. I was there. I walked into his bedroom to discover his lifeless body. While this is a very brief interview, it’s hard to discuss all of this in detail. That’s why I wrote a book called My Brother Elvis: The Final Years, which is about the final five years of my life with Elvis on the road and the things we are discussing right now. I wrote this book to tell this story about Elvis’s tragedy. Growing up with Elvis, he was such a giver. He was always giving to charities, giving his time and money. He kept writing checks to different charities throughout the world. That was his ultimate gift. I thought about my life. I was brought up this way. I saw the tragedies of what drugs can do firsthand, and now I am telling his story. Elvis’s death does not have to be in vain. Sure, it was a tragedy. Sure, he was a wonderful, loving person, a wonderful father, and a great big brother. He was the king of rock and roll. But the tragedies and realities of the human side of Elvis Presley cost him his life. I said to myself, “I can write this book and share this story. I’m not going to do a tell-all. But I want to communicate that if it can happen to Elvis, it can happen to anyone.” Therefore, I wrote the book. As a result of writing the book, I created the Elvis Foundation, naming the charity after Elvis in the spirit of Elvis’s giving because he was the ultimate giver. It also connects it to that if it can happen to the King of Rock and Roll, it can happen to anyone. I know that’s a mouthful early this morning. That’s what we’re doing, that’s who I am, and that’s what motivated me. Hugh: That’s a great story, that you’re motivated by that. What is the purpose of this foundation? Why do we need this foundation? David: I think that we’re living in a society of drug abuse at the highest level. 78 people die a day from prescription drug abuse. 15 million are affected by it every single year. 9% of the teen deaths in America are from prescription drug abuse. It’s not just teens, but it’s adults as well. I grew up in a rock and roll society; I’m from the entertainment world. My whole life was growing up with Elvis Presley in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, touring with him and being around rock and roll bands. We lost Elvis, which was a tragedy. We lost Michael Jackson, which was another tragedy. That was a carbon copy of Elvis’s death: prescription medication. Most recently, we lost Prince. I thought to myself, Two kings and a prince: What can we learn from these tragic deaths? Superstars, phenomenal individuals who went down the path of addiction that cost them their lives. What can we learn from this? Through the celebrity-type background that I have, I can draw attention to this epidemic issue of prescription drug abuse on America today. It’s not just America, but it’s throughout the world. The purpose of it is to draw attention to the issue, to raise awareness. The other thing is to support foundations that are existent that provide treatment for drug abuse. And sustaining the level of consciousness about it. This is a serious issue. This is a serious problem that is plaguing America today, and throughout the world. The U.S. is the biggest problem. The opiates that are out there and all the prescription drug medications kill people daily. It’s a way to draw people to the situation through the celebrity of Elvis Presley. Everybody knows who Elvis is. It’s important that people read this book and hear my message. I’m not putting Elvis Presley down. I’m not saying he was a gun-totin’ drug addict. Elvis had a very serious drug problem that cost him his life. People remember that. They remember the great Elvis and say, “Look at the great tragedies of the losses of Michael and Elvis and Whitney Houston and Prince and countless others.” People are affected by this every single day. I created the foundation as an awareness support for people to wake up and fight back so we can save a lot of lives. Hugh: Why you? Why are you called to this? David: I believe that God gives us all a gift. I am a believer; I am not ashamed of my faith. God gave me the gift of communication. I think God put me in the Graceland mansion for a reason, for a platform to be able to communicate my message. It’s one thing to be related to Elvis Presley and another to say what that was like. It’s one thing to tell them, but it’s another to talk about the tragedies that cost him and what it almost cost me. Addiction was taking control of my life. I overcame that, and I was blessed to overcome it. I think we’re all gifted. I think my gift of being related to Elvis Presley opened the door, and then God gave me the gift of communication to be able to share it with authority, with passion, with purpose, motivated by the fact that I could help save a life. When I cradled Elvis Presley in my arms on August 16, 1977, along with others on the day he died, I had a wake-up call. His death was my resurrection. His passing was my wake-up call, and I woke up from addiction. I had my faith and was able to overcome what killed him. But I will never forget the loss, the pain, the suffering of loss of a guy who had picked me up seventeen years ago and said, “Welcome to my family.” You’ve heard me speak. You have been in my functions, I have been in yours, we have worked together many times. I am always talking about how I don’t talk about Elvis Presley unless I can communicate a positive message. The positive message unfortunately lies in the tragedy of his death. I’m not taking away from the greatness of who he was by talking about the tragedy of his loss. God picked me. This is my ministry. This is who I am. Hugh: That’s a profound statement. You said it’s the My Brother Elvis Foundation. David: That’s correct. Hugh: If people wanted to support this vision that you have, if they wanted to join as a donor or a sponsor or provide grants for you, where could they find My Brother Elvis? David: Mybrotherelvisfoundation.org. We’re a new organization. We are building this from the very beginning, coming out with my book next month on the 16th of August, which will draw awareness to us. This foundation is in the process of being created. They can donate a tax-deductible donation at www.mybrotherelvisfoundation.org. They can also get a copy of my book if they give a certain amount of money. There is a limited edition of my book called The Founding Member Limited Edition. The bottom line is it takes money to get a message out there. We can all do something. We can help out a family in need. We can walk down the street and share our faith. We can always be there. Using the power of today’s media and the celebrity of one of the biggest rock and roll icons ever, we are going to be able to reach a lot of people. People can help us. We are challenging people. I am not ashamed to ask for money. This is a tax-deductible gift to help start this foundation and communicate our objectives to the world of prescription drug abuse. We need to help these people. Anything from $10 to $20 to $35 to $1,000 to $25,000. Companies, organizations, structures can contact us for major donations. People across the street can be a part of this. We can save lives. This is about saving lives. Somebody asked me the other day, “Are you honoring Elvis?” I’ll always honor Elvis. I’ll always love Elvis. At the end of the day, this is not about honoring anyone. This is about saving lives. This is about touching people’s lives and saving lives. Hugh: Speaking of Elvis, you know things about Elvis that nobody else knows. You’ve said to me a few times that Elvis was a giver. He wrote checks to support people. That’s an important part of this legacy, too, isn’t it? David: It goes back to what we discussed at the beginning. I was brought up with a giver. Elvis Presley was the king of rock and roll. He did 33 movies. He had countless records sold. He had platinum records, gold records. He is the undisputed king of rock and roll, and probably the most popular rock icon ever. But his thing was giving. That is what we were talking about. If you see somebody walking down the street, you might give him a buck, but Elvis would give him a job, buy him a car, put his kid in college. Elvis would go to St. Jude’s hospital and give out teddy bears and perform concerts for the kids. Writing checks to them all the time. God gives gifts to everyone. Elvis had the gift of music, of melody in his heart. His heart had music. But his main gift was giving. Elvis always said, “The main reason I have anything is to give it.” In the spirit of that giving, I was brought up to give. This is my way to honor him from that perspective of giving. What I have learned from him, I want to share with other people. He taught the importance of giving. When David Stanley is dead and gone, the news will talk about the youngest stepbrother of Elvis Presley. I’d rather say that the youngest stepbrother of Elvis Presley leaves the legacy of the My Brother Elvis Foundation to reach and help prescription drug abusers throughout the United States and the world. It’s a legacy to leave behind for my children, and long after my children’s children are gone, we are in the spirit of giving to people who can’t help themselves, to others who are lost in a needle or a bottle or a pill or the abuse of self-prescribed prescription medication. We have to reach. Hugh: As we are wrapping up here, I want to talk about David Stanley the leader. A lot of people have ideas. Only 3% of the population acts on those ideas, and 97% of those people are not successful. What I know about this project so far—let’s just declare that you and I are going to be working together on building it out. Part of your wisdom in leadership is identifying what your skills are and what your gaps are. Bringing in people who know how to fill those gaps is a strong leadership trait, as is transparency. You are very clear that you don’t know everything. You are also very clear that you are going to bring people in around you—with a board, with advisors, with staff—to run this organization with your vision very clearly articulated by you. I have heard you present a number of times. You are very gifted at articulating your vision. Speak about the work we are going to do in building this sustainable organization. We are going to do strategy. We are going to build the right board and the right team. Where do you fit, and what is your primary leadership focus in making sure this thing goes where your vision sees it to be? David: I believe every great thing is started by a vision. Once you get a vision given by God, it’s going to happen. I am the visionary, seeing what it can do and what it will do. I am also the spokesperson driven by passion and purpose to make sure it does happen. By delegating to Hugh Ballou, my strategic team, my board of directors, my lawyers, everybody involved has a part that makes this the reality. My part is I am the spokesperson. I am not an expert in addiction. Yesterday, I met with an individual who has been an addiction specialist for over 30 years. He is an attorney. He has written books on it and done thousands of interventions. He did one that you will be meeting and in conference with later this week, somebody that will be a part of what we are doing. He is very aware of your part, very aware of the part I want him to have. Within the structure of us communicating right now, we can already see that we are putting the pieces together. You are the expert in strategy, in taking this thing from the page to the stage, from the mind to the marketplace. My job as the communicator is to lay the groundwork so that people such as you and the attorneys I will be working with can build up. Delegation is key. Too many people that fail have such egos. Their ego suppresses their results. They need to have an ego for success instead of an ego of success. They need to embrace the reality that they have a part, which they then need to take and turn into that reality. They delegate the other portions of that to individuals. They are transparent. They are authentic. Nobody knows everything, but everybody knows something. If you don’t know it, somebody else probably does. I don’t know strategic planning like you do. That is why you are on board. I don’t know treatment specialists personally; that’s why I need them. That is why I have worked with attorneys and other individuals in this specific field in order to turn this vision into a reality to reach millions of people. Hugh: That was the essence of the story in Transforming Power. You put together a team of people to do the movie around your vision. As a concluding piece, when you speak on a stage, you have this very powerful story at the end around “Dream the impossible dream.” You stepped up to Elvis and said, “Elvis, I need your attention for this boy.” Give us a capsule about that story. You’re dreaming an impossible dream here, which you’re going to pull off. I have no doubt. For people who haven’t heard that story, give us a snapshot of that. David: I’m glad you asked that. I worked with Elvis for the last five years of his life; I was at over 1,000 concerts. We were at a concert in Boston, Massachusetts playing the Boston Garden. I walked out on stage before the concert. Everybody was getting seated, settling down. I walk out on the stage before all concerts to check the height of the stage, make sure security was in place. If Elvis did a concert, 500 young ladies would rush the stage, and then 500 old ladies would rush the stage. It was an event. Elvis was the historical event of the evening everywhere he went. I was checkin’ all of this out. When I came off stage that night, I noticed the challenged section on the left. Elvis always made sure that the left side was the physically or mentally challenged section, that there was always a section for them. That spoke volumes of Elvis right there, that that section was always provided. I saw a guy sitting in his wheelchair. He was quadriplegic, and his arms and legs were turned in. He was drooling, and his parents were behind him, obviously excited to see the show. The boy was holding a frame in his hand, one of those Office Depot frames. I looked closer and noticed it was the lyrics to a song called “Dream the Impossible Dream,” which is another phenomenal song. “Dream the impossible, To follow that star, This is my quest, No matter how hopeless, No matter how far, I will reach the unreachable star.” Phenomenal song. I thought how odd it was to have those lyrics. At the end of those lyrics was a handwritten signature that said, “My impossible dream is to meet Elvis Presley.” I can make dreams come true in this case. When you can make a dream come true, you do. I am Elvis’s brother. I had full access to the backstage area to meet Elvis. I said to him, “Son, you’re coming with me.” His parents asked, “Where are you going?” I said, “I’ll take care of him.” I rolled him backstage, took him to Elvis’s dressing room, and asked the police to keep an eye on him for a second. I walked into Elvis’s dressing room, and he was getting ready for the concert. He asked me, “What is it?” I said, “I want you to meet somebody.” He said, “David, this is not the time. I have a show in five minutes.” I said, “Take a minute.” He said, “Okay, this better be good.” I rolled the guy in. Elvis saw him, fell on his knees, dropped his head on his lap, and began to cry. He was so overwhelmed that this crippled, broken man wanted to meet him. Elvis was so overwhelmed by it. The guy took his broken hand and said, “Elvis, I love you.” He still had the frame in his hand, which Elvis did not see yet. Finally, after six or seven minutes, I said, “Boss, you have a show to do.” He stood up, still crying, and wiped the tears from his eyes. He said, “Take care of my boy. Make sure he has the best seat in the house.” I said, “You got it, boss.” I rolled the guy out and sat him next to the stage. Elvis came out on stage. 500 young ladies rushed the stage. Two minutes later, 500 old ladies rushed the stage. The historical event was doing what it did best: entertaining the people. The boy was overwhelmed with excitement. I said to the conductor, Joe, “Dream the impossible dream.” Mind you, Elvis had not seen the lyrics. He had not seen what the guy’s frame said. He was dealing with the guy. So they break into the song. Toward the end of the song, I looked at a buddy of mine and said, “Help me out.” We lifted the wheelchair onto the corner of the stage. Elvis saw him out of the corner of his eye and walked over, singing the lyrics to him. It was a phenomenal moment. The guy was lighting up, so excited. It was a beautiful thing to see. Suddenly, Elvis sang that last note, dropped on one knee, and the guy pushed the frame out at Elvis. Elvis took the frame from the guy. The song was over. All of the spotlights went to black except for one on the boy and one on Elvis. In a concert with Elvis Presley, there was never not a standing ovation after a song. That night, there was no standing ovation; the only thing you could hear was the teardrops dropping on the concrete floor of the Boston Gardens. That is the impossible dream. That was the most unbelievable thing I would ever see in my life. I tell people that today, that I saw Elvis make that boy’s dream come true. It was one of the most incredible moments. People say to me, “What is your dream, and what is keeping it from coming true?” With that story, in the spirit of giving, I created the My Brother Elvis Foundation to help people reach their impossible dreams, to reach their unreachable stars, and to turn their lives around and let them know that they are loved by God, by the people. There is much more to life than addiction and self-destruction. Hugh: David Stanley, amazing. Thank you for sharing your stories today. David: Thank you, Hugh. I am looking forward to working with you. For those who will read this article, thank you for reading it. Go to mybrotherelvisfoundation.org, and give, give, give. You can help us reach them.

David and Andrew talk with another David...David Stanley about his work at Help Scout, Andrew's new project Neckbeard, lego robotics, children learning to program, testing and more.

Mel sits down with two time melanoma survivor David Stanley. David talks about his book Melanoma: It Started With A Freckle, which was just published this past April. He also talks about easily preventable melanoma is, (we should all put on that sunscreen before we go outside, and definitely skip the tanning bed) how just 5 bad sunburns in your lifetime increases your melanoma risk, and shares his story about how his wife saw the spot on his face that would eventually be diagnosed as melanoma.

Can learning maths tables help build learning capacity? In this interview with David Stanley, former mathematics teacher and current director of Learning Ecosystems Growth at LearnFast Australia, talks us through the benefits of learning maths tables for building learning capacity.

Part 2 of a discussion with David Stanley on the benefits of learning maths tables and familiarity with mathematical concepts for learning success. This conversation takes a wide variety of paths, but eventually comes back to the concept of building learning capacity. David was a former mathematics teacher, and is now director of Learning Ecosystems Growth at LearnFast Australia.

This week Ben Edmunds is joined by new guest David Stanley and recurring guest Don Gilbert to discuss the latest Joomla! framework licensing drama. Phil was too busy having a real world life to join us this week, boo! Don does a great job of articulating why switching the Joomla! Framework to an LGPL license would be best for everyone and just might cure cancer. Ben tries to play devil’s advocate but eventually can’t even maintain the ruse. David talks now and then, mostly about his new found love of the AeroPress. Cool things of the week Don recommends you check out Gitter.IM and PageKit. David says you should start using AngularJS and Foundation if you want to be one of the cool kids. Ben promotes DivShot and hasn’t received any sponsorship money yet hint hint.

David chronicles the spiritual journey he took during his years with Elvis and addresses perhaps today's biggest spiritual challenge.

Join Jewels as she talks with Elvis' Stepbrother David Stanley and discovers some very interesting insights into the life and times of this magical star. The message is one that everyone needs to hear.   http://www.davidestanley.com

Join Berny and the man behind Elvis Presley and President of Impello Films, David Stanley. Listen to how David launched his company, films and gives never before heard insights of growing up and protecting his big brother and the world’s greatest Music Icon, Elvis Presley! … Read more about this episode...

Some of the best souvenirs from a trip overseas are making connections with people and cultures on local terms. Rick takes a closer look at how we can have a positive impact on the places we visit, and Jeff Greenwald of EthicalTraveler.org shares his tips for being a first-class ambassador to the third world. Plus, Moon Handbook South Pacific author David Stanley gives Rick an overview of "Oceania" and Rick compares notes with Lonely Planet author Andy Bender on some of his favorite "Back Door" sites in Amsterdam. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

We're looking high and low for adventures in the Southern Hemisphere on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. Adventure travel specialist Kurt Kutay (koo-TYE) fills us in on Peru's attractions, such as trekking to Machu Picchu in the Andes, and interacting with indigenous cultures and spotting wildlife in the Amazon. And, Rick calls travel writer David Stanley to learn how travelers can find a warm welcome in Fiji, and how it compares to its neighbors in the South Pacific. Join us for adventures in the Southern Hemisphere to Peru and Fiji, on the next Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Adventurous travelers know that Turkey is the welcoming entree to a secularized Muslim society. On this week's Travel with Rick Steves, tour guide Lale Surman Aran (LAH-lay SOOR-man ah-RAHN) joins Rick to help plan listeners' sight seeing itineraries to Turkey's significant ancient sites, by land and by sea... And, travel writer David Stanley reports on what he found on a recent visit to the Persian Gulf region, whose small nations are emerging as important centers for international business, and pleasure, in the middle of the Arab world. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

One place Americans can find European-style charm at bargain prices is by flying south -- to Argentina. On the next Travel with Rick Steves, Rick learns why tour guide Robert Wright found Buenos Aires so irresistible that he ended up moving there from Spain. We'll also get the inside story among travel writers as Rick chats with one of his favorites, David Stanley, on the business of writing guide books for a living. That, and advice on getting the most out of travel to Paris, Sicily and Tuscany are on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

The sea helps define two destinations Rick discusses with his guests on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. Netherlands is one of the real powerhouses of Europe, despite its small geography. You'll find industrial innovation, Spring flowers on a massive scale, and a role model for how to live together in a crowded modern society. Tour guide Rolinka Bloeming takes listener calls to discuss what an American can expect from a visit to the Netherlands. David Stanley has written the definitive guidebook to the islands of the South Pacific, collectively known as Oceania. He provides an overview to this often-overlooked part of the planet, including how they're anticipating the effects of global warming on their island nations. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

How can you travel for ten weeks with one suitcase? Rick says it is important to travel light, and to pack only one carry-on's worth of clothes and accessories. He shares packing tips for different climates, and learns about packing light for women from Joan Robinson, who leads frequent workshops on the topic. Also, Rick talks to one of his mentors in the field of travel writing, South Pacific guidebook author David Stanley. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

David Stanley of Skelattack is here to talk about what happens when you decide to make a cute little game about a skeleton and 5 years later you're near-death in a windowless room finishing one more piece of art as your guy who writes code holds the mob back at the door.