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Beyond the Resume Podcast with Sheri Thompson (Stumbling into Real Estate Executive)

Send us a textChris is a renowned automotive artist.In this episode we talk about: -Things he enjoys.-His favorite drives.-Best advice.-Hardest things he has done.artofchrisdunlop.comInstagram @pinstripe_chrisSend questions and suggestions to porschepatterpod@gmail.com https://www.circuitsixfour.com/https://www.instagram.com/circuit6four/https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

Pastor David Dunlop from Windsor Baptist shares a message from Colossians on the fauthful servant and minister of the gospel, Epaphras. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a textChris is a renowned automotive artist.In this episode we talk about: -How he paints.-His intro to Porsche.-His favorite cars. -Porsches he prefers.artofchrisdunlop.comInstagram @pinstripe_chrisSend questions and suggestions to porschepatterpod@gmail.com https://www.circuitsixfour.com/https://www.instagram.com/circuit6four/https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

Welcome to Season 14 Episode 21 of the ParentingAces Podcast! In this week's episode, Lisa chats with Italian talent identifier and coach, Luca Appino who is with his 14-year-old player competing in the Italian Open Junior event.Luca started his career in Italy and for over 10 years was dedicated to the development of tennis schools in various clubs. He became experienced in management, marketing and product testing while working for industry leaders such as Dunlop, Babolat, and Fila.Luca has dedicated a significant part of his work and research to talent scouting. For Babolat, he selected various young and, at that time, almost unknown, players from 11 to 15 years old; four of them reached the #1 position in the ATP and WTA: Andy Roddick, Rafael Nadal, Kim Clijsters, and Dinara Safina. In 2008 Luca founded Tennis-Talents and implemented the TT Method. Between 2010 and 2011, he was the Executive Tennis Director of the Tunisian Tennis Federation and coach of Ons Jabeur, the Roland Garros Junior 2011 girls champion.​Luca is also instrumental in supporting the Smrikva Bowl, a prestigious junior tournament set in Croatia for junior players age 10 and under from around the world. The goal of the tournament is to promote global awareness and understanding through the sport of tennis. If you are interested in getting in touch with Luca for online or in person coaching or consulting , his email is luca@tennistalents.net. You can also contact him through the Tennis Talents website at https://www.tennistalents.net/contact.As always, I am available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at ⁠⁠https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/⁠⁠.If you're so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo'd merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone

Greg's Garage Pod with Co-Host Jason Pridmore P/B Bike911.com - A motorcycle racing Pod about MotoGP, MotoAmerica, World Superbike, Pro Motocross, American Flat Track, Supercross, and more. MotoAmerica - Updates about how the MotoAmerica series is going so far. The boys review the points for each class and discuss what has been happening and what is upcoming. MotoGP - It's the Marc Marquez show, but the boys discuss who has been a surprise this season and share some test notes from Monday, following the Aragon race over the weekend.   MotoGP Fantasy - The Greg's Garage Pod w/Jason Pridmore MotoGP Fantasy is open. We are giving away an ARAI Helmet and Dunlop tires! Listen for details. Check out fantasy.motogp.com and search Greg's Garage for more info, or use this code in the Leagues search box: 6WW5972U. Don't forget, if you are joining us late, use the dropdown to select beginning from "ALL." Search: Greg's Garage Pod w/Jason Pridmore WorldSBK - A bit about the season and Toprak's future.  Bye, Bye  Social Media Links: Jason's Instagram - @pridmore43 Greg's Instagram - Gregwhitetv Jason's Twitter - @jp43 Greg's Twitter - Gregwhite Greg's Youtube - GregsGarageTV

Send us a textChris is a renowned automotive artist.In this episode we talk about: -Owning a body shop.-Steps he takes to keep the passion alive.-What he thinks is his most exciting project. -How he views his artistic and creative ability.-Sacrifices he has made to make it as an artist.artofchrisdunlop.comInstagram @pinstripe_chrisSend questions and suggestions to porschepatterpod@gmail.com https://www.circuitsixfour.com/https://www.instagram.com/circuit6four/https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

Ben, Alex, and Dunlop are back on NFP for the second time this week, breaking down everything surrounding the Canadian men's national team ahead of major friendlies against Ukraine and the Ivory Coast, and how Jesse Marsch has gotten his group to buy in, unlike other Concacaf nations. After taking a look at each Canadian Shield opponent, they also dissect the final roster for the Concacaf Gold Cup and if Canada should be considered the favourites to win the tournament. The show wraps with listener questions, discussions on where CanMNT players should go next at the club level, and a breakdown of the Canadian women's national team's wins over Haiti. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dendrochronology is a niche field of study, used to work out the age of trees, forests and wooden objects. However, it is not only useful for looking at the past, but also for considering how to manage wooded areas in the future. Mark met with expert dendrochronologist Dr Coralie Mills, and Borders Forest Trust Project Officer, Catriona Patience, to find out more about more about these scientific methods, and how they have informed forest management.Drones can have a lot of potential for wildlife researchers, and one person who has found them incredibly useful is Claire Stainfield, a PhD student at Scotland's Rural College. She is using drones to monitor the numbers and behaviour of seal colonies on Newburgh Seal Beach, and Rachel met with her to find out what her research is all about.In the week that The Salt Path film is released, we dig into our archive to hear an interview with Raynor Winn, who shares her incredible story which the film is based on.Climate change and environmental pollution has a significant impact all over the globe, something that Professor Alice Ma, an Environmental Studies lecturer at the University of Glasgow, knows very acutely. When visiting her ancestral village in China in 2018, she was struck not only by the issues of pollution, but also the ways in which regional traditions and folklore interact and are disrupted by the climate crisis. Rachel met her in Glasgow to here more about these revelations, and the book they have since inspired her to write.Tucked away along the River Ness is the UK's most northerly botanic gardens, in Inverness. As well as caring for colourful tropical plants in their glasshouses, the garden is also taking part in a project to distribute thousands of hanging baskets to various towns and villages across the Highlands. Phil Sime met with garden manager Ewan Mackintosh to find out moreAmy Dakin Harris is a professional dancer turned flower and herb farmer. She combines her two passions on her hilltop farm near Dunlop in East Ayrshire, offering specialist movement classes, alongside her flower arranging and foraging courses. Rachel joined her on site to hear more about her background, and how natural it feels for her to unite dance and nature.The government have announced this week that they have rejected the proposal to establish a national park in Galloway. Kevin Keane joins us live on the programme to tell us more about where this decision has come from, and what it means for the future of Scotland's national parks.

Send us a textChris is a renowned automotive artist.In this episode we talk about: -His start in autobody and paint.-How that moved to auto and design rendering.-Almost going to auto design school. -The role social media played in where he is now.-How he stays efficient as an artist.artofchrisdunlop.comInstagram @pinstripe_chrisSend questions and suggestions to porschepatterpod@gmail.com https://www.circuitsixfour.com/https://www.instagram.com/circuit6four/https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox

Sarah Travers is joined by Gareth Dunlop, board member of .IE. With over 25 years experience, Gareth has led, grown, and sold successful digital agencies. He's well known for his work in digital strategy and experience design, and is a regular speaker and writer on innovation, leadership, and the ever-changing digital landscape.

It's a busy time in Canadian soccer, and Ben, Alex and Dunlop take a look at it all.SHOW TOPICS:What does the CanWNT need to do vs. Haiti?How challenging of an opponent is Haiti for Casey Stoney's #CanWNT?What's next for Promise David after he wins the Belgian league for RUSG?Does Mathieu Choiniére need a move?Whitecaps head to Mexico to face Cruz Azul in the Champions Cup!Do the Whitecaps have any pressure on them?How does #VWFC in the final differ from the recent MLS runs in Concacaf?Outdoor viewing parties for the Whitecaps in Vancouver.How important is the #CanPL's new leadership?What does success look like for the CPL on Tour in Québec City? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Good Sunday morning to you,I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I've had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall.But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I'll just stroll through Glasgow city centre on a Friday or Saturday night with a camera to get all the B roll. It was like walking through a Hieronymus Bosch painting only with a Scottish accent. Little seems to have changed since I wrote that infamous chapter about Glasgow in Life After the State all those years ago. The only difference is that now it's more multi-ethnic. So many people are so off their heads. I lost count of the number of randoms wandering about just howling at the stars. The long days - it was still light at 10 o'clock - make the insanity all the more visible. Part of me finds it funny, but another part of me finds it so very sad that so many people let themselves get into this condition. It prompted me to revisit said chapter, and I offer it today as your Sunday thought piece.Just a couple of little notes, before we begin. This caught my eye on Friday. Our favourite uranium tech company, Lightbridge Fuels (NASDAQ:LTBR), has taken off again with Donald Trump's statement that he is going to quadruple US nuclear capacity. The stock was up 45% in a day. We first looked at it in October at $3. It hit $15 on Friday. It's one to sell on the spikes and buy on the dips, as this incredible chart shows.(In other news I have now listened twice to the Comstock Lode AGM, and I'll report back on that shortly too). ICYMI here is my mid-week commentary, which attracted a lot of attentionRight - Glasgow.(NB I haven't included references here. Needless to say, they are all there in the book. And sorry I don't have access to the audio of me reading this from my laptop, but, if you like, you can get the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. The book itself available at Amazon, Apple Books et al).How the Most Entrepreneurial City in Europe Became Its SickestThe cause of waves of unemployment is not capitalism, but governments …Friedrich Hayek, economist and philosopherIn the 18th and 19th centuries, the city of Glasgow in Scotland became enormously, stupendously rich. It happened quite organically, without planning. An entrepreneurial people reacted to their circumstances and, over time, turned Glasgow into an industrial and economic centre of such might that, by the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was producing half the tonnage of Britain's ships and a quarter of all locomotives in the world. (Not unlike China's industrial dominance today). It was regarded as the best-governed city in Europe and popular histories compared it to the great imperial cities of Venice and Rome. It became known as the ‘Second City of the British Empire'.Barely 100 years later, it is the heroin capital of the UK, the murder capital of the UK and its East End, once home to Europe's largest steelworks, has been dubbed ‘the benefits capital of the UK'. Glasgow is Britain's fattest city: its men have Britain's lowest life expectancy – on a par with Palestine and Albania – and its unemployment rate is 50% higher than the rest of the UK.How did Glasgow manage all that?The growth in Glasgow's economic fortunes began in the latter part of the 17th century and the early 18th century. First, the city's location in the west of Scotland at the mouth of the river Clyde meant that it lay in the path of the trade winds and at least 100 nautical miles closer to America's east coast than other British ports – 200 miles closer than London. In the days before fossil fuels (which only found widespread use in shipping in the second half of the 19th century) the journey to Virginia was some two weeks shorter than the same journey from London or many of the other ports in Britain and Europe. Even modern sailors describe how easy the port of Glasgow is to navigate. Second, when England was at war with France – as it was repeatedly between 1688 and 1815 – ships travelling to Glasgow were less vulnerable than those travelling to ports further south. Glasgow's merchants took advantage and, by the early 18th century, the city had begun to assert itself as a trading hub. Manufactured goods were carried from Britain and Europe to North America and the Caribbean, where they were traded for increasingly popular commodities such as tobacco, cotton and sugar.Through the 18th century, the Glasgow merchants' business networks spread, and they took steps to further accelerate trade. New ships were introduced, bigger than those of rival ports, with fore and aft sails that enabled them to sail closer to the wind and reduce journey times. Trading posts were built to ensure that cargo was gathered and stored for collection, so that ships wouldn't swing idly at anchor. By the 1760s Glasgow had a 50% share of the tobacco trade – as much as the rest of Britain's ports combined. While the English merchants simply sold American tobacco in Europe at a profit, the Glaswegians actually extended credit to American farmers against future production (a bit like a crop future today, where a crop to be grown at a later date is sold now). The Virginia farmers could then use this credit to buy European goods, which the Glaswegians were only too happy to supply. This brought about the rise of financial institutions such as the Glasgow Ship Bank and the Glasgow Thistle Bank, which would later become part of the now-bailed-out, taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).Their practices paid rewards. Glasgow's merchants earned a great deal of money. They built glamorous homes and large churches and, it seems, took on aristocratic airs – hence they became known as the ‘Tobacco Lords'. Numbering among them were Buchanan, Dunlop, Ingram, Wilson, Oswald, Cochrane and Glassford, all of whom had streets in the Merchant City district of Glasgow named after them (other streets, such as Virginia Street and Jamaica Street, refer to their trade destinations). In 1771, over 47 million pounds of tobacco were imported.However, the credit the Glaswegians extended to American tobacco farmers would backfire. The debts incurred by the tobacco farmers – which included future presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (who almost lost his farm as a result) – grew, and were among the grievances when the American War of Independence came in 1775. That war destroyed the tobacco trade for the Glaswegians. Much of the money that was owed to them was never repaid. Many of their plantations were lost. But the Glaswegians were entrepreneurial and they adapted. They moved on to other businesses, particularly cotton.By the 19th century, all sorts of local industry had emerged around the goods traded in the city. It was producing and exporting textiles, chemicals, engineered goods and steel. River engineering projects to dredge and deepen the Clyde (with a view to forming a deep- water port) had begun in 1768 and they would enable shipbuilding to become a major industry on the upper reaches of the river, pioneered by industrialists such as Robert Napier and John Elder. The final stretch of the Monkland Canal, linking the Forth and Clyde Canal at Port Dundas, was opened in 1795, facilitating access to the iron-ore and coal mines of Lanarkshire.The move to fossil-fuelled shipping in the latter 19th century destroyed the advantages that the trade winds had given Glasgow. But it didn't matter. Again, the people adapted. By the turn of the 20th century the Second City of the British Empire had become a world centre of industry and heavy engineering. It has been estimated that, between 1870 and 1914, it produced as much as one-fifth of the world's ships, and half of Britain's tonnage. Among the 25,000 ships it produced were some of the greatest ever built: the Cutty Sark, the Queen Mary, HMS Hood, the Lusitania, the Glenlee tall ship and even the iconic Mississippi paddle steamer, the Delta Queen. It had also become a centre for locomotive manufacture and, shortly after the turn of the 20th century, could boast the largest concentration of locomotive building works in Europe.It was not just Glasgow's industry and wealth that was so gargantuan. The city's contribution to mankind – made possible by the innovation and progress that comes with booming economies – would also have an international impact. Many great inventors either hailed from Glasgow or moved there to study or work. There's James Watt, for example, whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the Industrial Revolution. One of Watt's employees, William Murdoch, has been dubbed ‘the Scot who lit the world' – he invented gas lighting, a new kind of steam cannon and waterproof paint. Charles MacIntosh gave us the raincoat. James Young, the chemist dubbed as ‘the father of the oil industry', gave us paraffin. William Thomson, known as Lord Kelvin, developed the science of thermodynamics, formulating the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature; he also managed the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.The turning point in the economic fortunes of Glasgow – indeed, of industrial Britain – was WWI. Both have been in decline ever since. By the end of the war, the British were drained, both emotionally and in terms of capital and manpower; the workers, the entrepreneurs, the ideas men, too many of them were dead or incapacitated. There was insufficient money and no appetite to invest. The post-war recession, and later the Great Depression, did little to help. The trend of the city was now one of inexorable economic decline.If Glasgow was the home of shipping and industry in 19th-century Britain, it became the home of socialism in the 20th century. Known by some as the ‘Red Clydeside' movement, the socialist tide in Scotland actually pre-dated the First World War. In 1906 came the city's first Labour Member of Parliament (MP), George Barnes – prior to that its seven MPs were all Conservatives or Liberal Unionists. In the spring of 1911, 11,000 workers at the Singer sewing-machine factory (run by an American corporation in Clydebank) went on strike to support 12 women who were protesting about new work practices. Singer sacked 400 workers, but the movement was growing – as was labour unrest. In the four years between 1910 and 1914 Clydebank workers spent four times as many days on strike than in the whole of the previous decade. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and its affiliations saw membership rise from 129,000 in 1909 to 230,000 in 1914.20The rise in discontent had much to do with Glasgow's housing. Conditions were bad, there was overcrowding, bad sanitation, housing was close to dirty, noxious and deafening industry. Unions grew quite organically to protect the interests of their members.Then came WWI, and inflation, as Britain all but abandoned gold. In 1915 many landlords responded by attempting to increase rent, but with their young men on the Western front, those left behind didn't have the means to pay these higher costs. If they couldn't, eviction soon followed. In Govan, an area of Glasgow where shipbuilding was the main occupation, women – now in the majority with so many men gone – organized opposition to the rent increases. There are photographs showing women blocking the entrance to tenements; officers who did get inside to evict tenants are said to have had their trousers pulled down.The landlords were attacked for being unpatriotic. Placards read: ‘While our men are fighting on the front line,the landlord is attacking us at home.' The strikes spread to other cities throughout the UK, and on 27 November 1915 the government introduced legislation to restrict rents to the pre-war level. The strikers were placated. They had won. The government was happy; it had dealt with the problem. The landlords lost out.In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917, more frequent strikes crippled the city. In 1919 the ‘Bloody Friday' uprising prompted the prime minister, David Lloyd George, to deploy 10,000 troops and tanks onto the city's streets. By the 1930s Glasgow had become the main base of the Independent Labour Party, so when Labour finally came to power alone after WWII, its influence was strong. Glasgow has always remained a socialist stronghold. Labour dominates the city council, and the city has not had a Conservative MP for 30 years.By the late 1950s, Glasgow was losing out to the more competitive industries of Japan, Germany and elsewhere. There was a lack of investment. Union demands for workers, enforced by government legislation, made costs uneconomic and entrepreneurial activity arduous. With lack of investment came lack of innovation.Rapid de-industrialization followed, and by the 1960s and 70s most employment lay not in manufacturing, but in the service industries.Which brings us to today. On the plus side, Glasgow is still ranked as one of Europe's top 20 financial centres and is home to some leading Scottish businesses. But there is considerable downside.Recent studies have suggested that nearly 30% of Glasgow's working age population is unemployed. That's 50% higher than that of the rest of Scotland or the UK. Eighteen per cent of 16- to 19-year-olds are neither in school nor employed. More than one in five working-age Glaswegians have no sort of education that might qualify them for a job.In the city centre, the Merchant City, 50% of children are growing up in homes where nobody works. In the poorer neighbourhoods, such as Ruchill, Possilpark, or Dalmarnock, about 65% of children live in homes where nobody works – more than three times the national average. Figures from the Department of Work and Pensions show that 85% of working age adults from the district of Bridgeton claim some kind of welfare payment.Across the city, almost a third of the population regularly receives sickness or incapacity benefit, the highest rate of all UK cities. A 2008 World Health Organization report noted that in Glasgow's Calton, Bridgeton and Queenslie neighbourhoods, the average life expectancy for males is only 54. In contrast, residents of Glasgow's more affluent West End live to be 80 and virtually none of them are on the dole.Glasgow has the highest crime rate in Scotland. A recent report by the Centre for Social Justice noted that there are 170 teenage gangs in Glasgow. That's the same number as in London, which has over six times the population of Glasgow.It also has the dubious record of being Britain's murder capital. In fact, Glasgow had the highest homicide rate in Western Europe until it was overtaken in 2012 by Amsterdam, with more violent crime per head of population than even New York. What's more, its suicide rate is the highest in the UK.Then there are the drug and alcohol problems. The residents of the poorer neighbourhoods are an astounding six times more likely to die of a drugs overdose than the national average. Drug-related mortality has increased by 95% since 1997. There are 20,000 registered drug users – that's just registered – and the situation is not going to get any better: children who grow up in households where family members use drugs are seven times more likely to end up using drugs themselves than children who live in drug-free families.Glasgow has the highest incidence of liver diseases from alcohol abuse in all of Scotland. In the East End district of Dennistoun, these illnesses kill more people than heart attacks and lung cancer combined. Men and women are more likely to die of alcohol-related deaths in Glasgow than anywhere else in the UK. Time and time again Glasgow is proud winner of the title ‘Fattest City in Britain'. Around 40% of the population are obese – 5% morbidly so – and it also boasts the most smokers per capita.I have taken these statistics from an array of different sources. It might be in some cases that they're overstated. I know that I've accentuated both the 18th- and 19th-century positives, as well as the 20th- and 21st-century negatives to make my point. Of course, there are lots of healthy, happy people in Glasgow – I've done many gigs there and I loved it. Despite the stories you hear about intimidating Glasgow audiences, the ones I encountered were as good as any I've ever performed in front of. But none of this changes the broad-brush strokes: Glasgow was a once mighty city that now has grave social problems. It is a city that is not fulfilling its potential in the way that it once did. All in all, it's quite a transformation. How has it happened?Every few years a report comes out that highlights Glasgow's various problems. Comments are then sought from across the political spectrum. Usually, those asked to comment agree that the city has grave, ‘long-standing and deep-rooted social problems' (the words of Stephen Purcell, former leader of Glasgow City Council); they agree that something needs to be done, though they don't always agree on what that something is.There's the view from the right: Bill Aitken of the Scottish Conservatives, quoted in The Sunday Times in 2008, said, ‘We simply don't have the jobs for people who are not academically inclined. Another factor is that some people are simply disinclined to work. We have got to find something for these people to do, to give them a reason to get up in the morning and give them some self-respect.' There's the supposedly apolitical view of anti-poverty groups: Peter Kelly, director of the Glasgow-based Poverty Alliance, responded, ‘We need real, intensive support for people if we are going to tackle poverty. It's not about a lack of aspiration, often people who are unemployed or on low incomes are stymied by a lack of money and support from local and central government.' And there's the view from the left. In the same article, Patricia Ferguson, the Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Maryhill, also declared a belief in government regeneration of the area. ‘It's about better housing, more jobs, better education and these things take years to make an impact. I believe that the huge regeneration in the area is fostering a lot more community involvement and cohesion. My real hope is that these figures will take a knock in the next five or ten years.' At the time of writing in 2013, five years later, the figures have worsened.All three points of view agree on one thing: the government must do something.In 2008 the £435 million Fairer Scotland Fund – established to tackle poverty – was unveiled, aiming to allocate cash to the country's most deprived communities. Its targets included increasing average income among lower wage-earners and narrowing the poverty gap between Scotland's best- and worst-performing regions by 2017. So far, it hasn't met those targets.In 2008 a report entitled ‘Power for The Public' examined the provision of health, education and justice in Scotland. It said the budgets for these three areas had grown by 55%, 87% and 44% respectively over the last decade, but added that this had produced ‘mixed results'. ‘Mixed results' means it didn't work. More money was spent and the figures got worse.After the Centre for Social Justice report on Glasgow in 2008, Iain Duncan Smith (who set up this think tank, and is now the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions) said, ‘Policy must deal with the pathways to breakdown – high levels of family breakdown, high levels of failed education, debt and unemployment.'So what are ‘pathways to breakdown'? If you were to look at a chart of Glasgow's prosperity relative to the rest of the world, its peak would have come somewhere around 1910. With the onset of WWI in 1914 its decline accelerated, and since then the falls have been relentless and inexorable. It's not just Glasgow that would have this chart pattern, but the whole of industrial Britain. What changed the trend? Yes, empires rise and fall, but was British decline all a consequence of WWI? Or was there something else?A seismic shift came with that war – a change which is very rarely spoken or written about. Actually, the change was gradual and it pre-dated 1914. It was a change that was sweeping through the West: that of government or state involvement in our lives. In the UK it began with the reforms of the Liberal government of 1906–14, championed by David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill, known as the ‘terrible twins' by contemporaries. The Pensions Act of 1908, the People's Budget of 1909–10 (to ‘wage implacable warfare against poverty', declared Lloyd George) and the National Insurance Act of 1911 saw the Liberal government moving away from its tradition of laissez-faire systems – from classical liberalism and Gladstonian principles of self-help and self-reliance – towards larger, more active government by which taxes were collected from the wealthy and the proceeds redistributed. Afraid of losing votes to the emerging Labour party and the increasingly popular ideology of socialism, modern liberals betrayed their classical principles. In his War Memoirs, Lloyd George said ‘the partisan warfare that raged around these topics was so fierce that by 1913, this country was brought to the verge of civil war'. But these were small steps. The Pensions Act, for example, meant that men aged 70 and above could claim between two and five shillings per week from the government. But average male life- expectancy then was 47. Today it's 77. Using the same ratio, and, yes, I'm manipulating statistics here, that's akin to only awarding pensions to people above the age 117 today. Back then it was workable.To go back to my analogy of the prologue, this period was when the ‘train' was set in motion across the West. In 1914 it went up a gear. Here are the opening paragraphs of historian A. J. P. Taylor's most celebrated book, English History 1914–1945, published in 1965.I quote this long passage in full, because it is so telling.Until August 1914 a sensible, law-abiding Englishman could pass through life and hardly notice the existence of the state, beyond the post office and the policeman. He could live where he liked and as he liked. He had no official number or identity card. He could travel abroad or leave his country forever without a passport or any sort of official permission. He could exchange his money for any other currency without restriction or limit. He could buy goods from any country in the world on the same terms as he bought goods at home. For that matter, a foreigner could spend his life in this country without permit and without informing the police. Unlike the countries of the European continent, the state did not require its citizens to perform military service. An Englishman could enlist, if he chose, in the regular army, the navy, or the territorials. He could also ignore, if he chose, the demands of national defence. Substantial householders were occasionally called on for jury service. Otherwise, only those helped the state, who wished to do so. The Englishman paid taxes on a modest scale: nearly £200 million in 1913–14, or rather less than 8% of the national income.The state intervened to prevent the citizen from eating adulterated food or contracting certain infectious diseases. It imposed safety rules in factories, and prevented women, and adult males in some industries,from working excessive hours.The state saw to it that children received education up to the age of 13. Since 1 January 1909, it provided a meagre pension for the needy over the age of 70. Since 1911, it helped to insure certain classes of workers against sickness and unemployment. This tendency towards more state action was increasing. Expenditure on the social services had roughly doubled since the Liberals took office in 1905. Still, broadly speaking, the state acted only to help those who could not help themselves. It left the adult citizen alone.All this was changed by the impact of the Great War. The mass of the people became, for the first time, active citizens. Their lives were shaped by orders from above; they were required to serve the state instead of pursuing exclusively their own affairs. Five million men entered the armed forces, many of them (though a minority) under compulsion. The Englishman's food was limited, and its quality changed, by government order. His freedom of movement was restricted; his conditions of work prescribed. Some industries were reduced or closed, others artificially fostered. The publication of news was fettered. Street lights were dimmed. The sacred freedom of drinking was tampered with: licensed hours were cut down, and the beer watered by order. The very time on the clocks was changed. From 1916 onwards, every Englishman got up an hour earlier in summer than he would otherwise have done, thanks to an act of parliament. The state established a hold over its citizens which, though relaxed in peacetime, was never to be removed and which the Second World war was again to increase. The history of the English state and of the English people merged for the first time.Since the beginning of WWI , the role that the state has played in our lives has not stopped growing. This has been especially so in the case of Glasgow. The state has spent more and more, provided more and more services, more subsidy, more education, more health care, more infrastructure, more accommodation, more benefits, more regulations, more laws, more protection. The more it has provided, the worse Glasgow has fared. Is this correlation a coincidence? I don't think so.The story of the rise and fall of Glasgow is a distilled version of the story of the rise and fall of industrial Britain – indeed the entire industrial West. In the next chapter I'm going to show you a simple mistake that goes on being made; a dynamic by which the state, whose very aim was to help Glasgow, has actually been its ‘pathway to breakdown' . . .Life After the State is available at Amazon, Apple Books and all good bookshops, with the audiobook at Audible, Apple Books and all good audiobookshops. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

Craig Bryant talks with Reverend Alyson Dunlop Shaynes about her new book Mystic Vision.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/paranormal-uk-radio-network--4541473/support.

Your Place and Mine visits Ballymoney to hear about local motorcycling legend Joey Dunlop

This week on Northern Fútbol, the show is fully focused on the Canadian national team, as Ben, Alex, and Dunlop break down the CanMNT and CanWNT rosters for the upcoming friendlies. The show starts with 30 minutes of Canadian men's national team talk, looking at positional battles, how the backline will adapt and which of the in-form strikers finds themselves with the best chance to have a great summer for Les Rouges? They dive into dual nationals, Tristan Blackmon's potential with the CanMNT and whether Jacob Shaffelburg can find form. They wrap the show with CanWNT chat ahead of the friendlies against Haiti, focusing on the new faces in Casey Stoney's squad and the end of the 2012 era with Desiree Scott's testimonial match in Winnipeg. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I'm lining up my slide collection (or some of it) and giving you a straight side-by-side tone comparison.I talk about different slide materials, makes and sizes, featuring handmade slides like the Diamond Bottle Neck hand-blown glass slide and the Delta Lizard - Delta Howler slide as well as Dunlop slides and the Magslide. Let me know which one you like best ben@thebluesguitarshow.comSupport the showTo become a MEMBER and get access to over 2 Years of guitar lessons for just $5/Month head to https://www.buzzsprout.com/950998/subscribe

This week on the  Moms on Call podcast, Jennifer and Laura welcome Katie Dunlop, a mom and certified personal trainer, who shares her journey of motherhood and her passion for fitness through her platform, Love Sweat Fitness. Katie discusses the importance of routines, the impact of social media on parenting, and the significance of community support. She emphasizes the value of exercise for mental and physical health and offers practical tips for meal prepping and maintaining a balanced lifestyle. Katie also introduces the Move app, designed to provide accessible workouts for women. The episode highlights the importance of self-care, community, and finding joy in the chaos of parenting. Listeners can access exclusive discounts on Love Sweat Fitness products using the code MOC20 at lovesweatfitness.com 

Ben, Alex and Dunlop are back on Northern Futbol to break down the latest in a dramatic week of Canadian soccer, which saw Toronto FC fans protest the club at BMO Field, Canada's women qualify for the Futsal World Cup in their debut, and several key players pick up injuries across Europe. After breaking down the latest in Canada's MLS clubs, they dive into the CPL and NSL, and chat about the rest some Canadian men's national team players may need, considering the amount they have played since 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Dunlop preaches Esther 1–10 at River City Baptist Church, a new congregation in Richmond, Virginia. For more information or to get in touch, visit https://rivercityrichmond.org.

Fresh off their trip to Florida, Ben, Dunlop and Alex are back on Northern Futbol to break down their sunburns and the Whitecaps' semifinal victory over Lionel Messi's Inter Miami CF, which puts Vancouver into their first-ever continental final. From the vibe of Chase Stadium and the Inter Miami fans, to the travelling Whitecaps support and full tactical breakdowns of Vancouver and Miami, they break down everything there was to talk about from the second leg and the series. They wrap up the show with some talk on Inter Miami's project and the sustainability of superstar power in MLS, especially as Messi's time in the league looks to be coming to an end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben, Dunlop and Alex are back together on this week's episode of the Northern Futbol Podcast, diving into a formative week of Canadian soccer. They break down everything from the first night of Northern Super League action from off the pitch observations to tactical breakdowns, before diving into Canucks Abroad and whether the Vancouver Whitecaps can upset Lionel Messi's Inter Miami CF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TitlePsychic Warfare, UFO Contact & Paranormal Research | Alyson Dunlop Shayne - TSP #1917IntroIn Episode #1917 of the Typical Skeptic Podcast, I welcome Scottish psychic, paranormal researcher, and host of the ADX Files, Alyson Dunlop Shayne. With a background in psychology and deep roots in the esoteric, Alyson has spent years uncovering the truth behind UFO contact, psychic phenomena, and the interdimensional realms. In this conversation, we dive into the supernatural undercurrents of Scotland, spiritual warfare, alien intelligence, and her personal experiences with the unseen. If you're into deep dives on consciousness, psi abilities, and UFO disclosure—this is a can't-miss show.BioAlyson Dunlop Shayne is a renowned psychic medium, paranormal researcher, and host of The ADX Files podcast. Based in Scotland, Alyson blends academic rigor with intuitive insight to explore the edges of reality, covering UFOs, ancient mysteries, shadow entities, and spiritual warfare. She is a member of Scottish Paranormal and has made multiple media appearances to share her firsthand experiences and research. Her work seeks to bridge science and spirit, offering insight into the nature of consciousness and humanity's hidden potential.Hashtags#AlysonDunlop #ADXFiles #TypicalSkepticPodcast #UFOs #PsychicAbilities #Paranormal #SpiritualWarfare #Consciousness #Aliens #ScotlandUFO #Mysticism #PsychicMedium #UFODisclosure #EsotericKnowledge #ParanormalScotland #ETContact #OccultTruths #Multidimensional #ThirdEyeAwakening #PsychicWarfare #SpiritualAwakening #UFOResearch #FringePodcast #StayFringeTags (for YouTube)Alyson Dunlop, ADX Files, Typical Skeptic Podcast, UFOs, psychic warfare, spiritual warfare, Scottish Paranormal, aliens, UFO contact, paranormal, psychic medium, Robert Kalil, interdimensional beings, spiritual awakening, fringe research, esoteric, shadow beings, occult, UFO Scotland, abductions, parapsychology, consciousness, podcastDisclaimerThe views expressed by the guest are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Typical Skeptic Podcast. This content is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as medical or psychological advice.

Are you intrigued by the growing interest in weight loss drugs and wondering if there's a more natural way to boost your metabolism? Let's talk about GLP-1, the hormone that can help you feel fuller, manage blood sugar, and support weight loss. If you can foster natural GLP- production, there's a chance you might not need medications like Ozempic. Furthermore, managing your stress can also play a crucial role in managing your weight. Understanding healthy ways to manage your weight can be confusing and overwhelming.That's why we're so glad to welcome Dr. Stephanie Dunlop, Founder + Instructor of Club MVMNT, back to our IG Live. Dr. Dunlop offers online coaching and is Founder of the Elite Mom Movement. She joined us back in February to discuss weight gain and hormones. Be sure to check out our Reels feed for part 1 of our chat with Dr. Dunlop. Today, we're focusing on natural GLP-1 production, and we're going to talk about how hormones impact weight, ways to manage your weight without pharmaceuticals, the role of stress in weight maintenance, and so much more. Learn more about Dr. Dunlop's services: https://www.clubmvmnt.com/Get tested for BPA, phthalates, parabens, and other hormone-disrupting chemicals with Million Marker's Detect & Detox Test Kit: https://www.millionmarker.com/

SLAP SHOT In the gritty steel town of Charlestown, things look grim: the local mill is about to lay off 10,000 workers, and the minor league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs, faces its final season after years of failure. To try and save the team, frustrated player-coach Reggie Dunlop unleashes the Hanson Brothers—three bruisers known more for fists than finesse—whose violent style electrifies the fans. Dunlop capitalizes, turning the struggling team into a rough-and-tumble spectacle that packs the arena. Craig and Elisabeth talk about hocky fights, the grimy 70s, the end of Bradley Cooper and the movie “Slap Shot” on this week's Matinee Heroes! Show Notes 1:08 Craig and Elisabeth talk about her beloved Mini Cooper, Bradley" being totaled by an elk. 13:39 Craig and Elisabeth discuss "Slap Shot" 44:32 Recasting 58:54 Double Feature 1:02:00 Final Thoughts 1:04:55 A preview of next week's episode "The Natural" Baseball season has started so we're talking "The Natural" on our next episode. https://youtu.be/rgzypQRl6Lc?si=xd8RVLbiK--FC2Qj

Jay Clark is a long time industry personality who has made a living and changed the sport through his love of dirt bikes and his gritty work ethic. Now, as the Dunlop media contact and owner of Dirt Bike TV, Jay is living his best life...

On this episode of the Walker Webcast, Willy sat down with Walker & Dunlop experts Aaron Appel, Kris Mikkelsen, and Ivy Zelman to break down key market trends, attention-worthy asset classes, and what's shaping the industry's future. Tune in for expert perspectives on everything you need to know, from the impact of tariffs on the single- and multifamily markets and if you're better off renting or owning to the most investable markets, key deregulatory moves, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weight management can be a frustrating journey, even for those who lead active lifestyles. Many people find themselves struggling with unexplained weight gain or difficulty losing weight despite their best efforts.This challenge often leaves individuals feeling discouraged and questioning their approach to health and fitness. What many don't realize is that hormones play a significant role in weight regulation. These powerful chemical messengers in our body can greatly influence metabolism, appetite, and fat storage. When hormones are out of balance, they can create obstacles in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.Understanding the connection between hormones and weight is crucial for developing effective strategies for weight management. That's why we're so glad to chat on IG Live with Dr. Stephanie Dunlop, Founder + Instructor of Club MVMNT.She offers online coaching and is Founder of the Elite Mom Movement. During this Live, we're going to discuss the connection between hormones and weight maintenance, ways hormonal imbalances can impact diet and exercise, things you and your doctor should consider while managing your weight, and so much more.Learn more about Dr. Dunlop's services: https://www.clubmvmnt.com/Get tested for BPA, phthalates, parabens, and other hormone-disrupting chemicals with Million Marker's Detect & Detox Test Kit: https://www.millionmarker.com/

Given pricing corrections over the past couple years, some of the best mid-market multifamily deals in the last decade are now being acquired at well below replacement cost. There are more buyers that need to sell and there's less competition for these assets than higher priced deals that attract larger institutions.  Cameron Croy, Director at Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, helps deploy both debt and equity capital across Multifamily and smaller bay Industrial, two juggernauts in the commercial real estate category. * This presentation is for informational purposes only. Nothing herein is an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security and may not be relied upon in connection therewith. Private real estate investments involve risk of loss; past performance is not indicative of future results. WDIP investment strategies are available only to sophisticated accredited investors. Any opinions and forward-looking statements are that of the presenters are subject to change. Neither Walker & Dunlop nor WDIP are market-makers in securities.

This week, our Andrea is joined by Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal and There and Gone: South Street. Gunning speaks on her transition from television to podcasting. They both discuss the ethical consideration of the real-world consequences of sharing true crime stories, as well as the emotional weight of telling these stories with care. Gunning and Dunlop reflect on the healing power of storytelling and the importance of humanizing these narratives. They also touch on the challenges faced by women in the podcasting industry.  *** Listen to Betrayal: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-betrayal-weekly-95632727/ Listen to There and Gone: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-there-and-gone-south-stre-185036762/ Order Andrea's new book The Mother Next Door: Medicine, Deception, and Munchausen by Proxy https://read.macmillan.com/lp/the-mother-next-door-9781250284273/ View our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you're listening and helps us keep making the show! https://www.nobodyshouldbelieveme.com/sponsors/ Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: https://www.instagram.com/andreadunlop/ Buy Andrea's books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Andrea-Dunlop/author/B005VFWJPI To support the show, go to http://Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe or subscribe on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobody-should-believe-me/id1615637188?ign-itscg=30200S&ign-itsct=larjmedia_podcasts) where you can get all episodes early and ad-free and access exclusive ethical true crime bonus content. For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit http://MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children's MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here: https://apsac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Munchausen-by-Proxy-Clinical-and-Case-Management-Guidance-.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dunlop is back from his foray into LA for Canada's third place finish at the Concacaf Nations League at 2-1 win over the USMNT. He, Alex and Ben dive into what we learned from the third place match and the tournament, including Jonathan David's use in attack, Jesse Marsch's passion, the Canadian fullback situation and more. And most importantly - Is this team ready for the FIFA World Cup on home soil next summer? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's dive into the extraordinary world of the paranormal with Rev. Alyson Dunlop Shanes in Mystic Visions. We'll journey alongside Alyson as she recounts her own shocking encounters with demons, angels, and even UFOs, offering a unique perspective on the supernatural. Discover practical advice on psychic defense and exorcism drawn from her personal experiences and research into a wide range of esoteric subjects. Alyson is the founder of SPI Scotland, and she'll weave together personal narratives and insightful explorations into the mysteries that test our understanding of reality. You know we'll discuss Gnostic ideas. Get the book: https://amzn.to/42cVKn2 More on Alyson: https://revalysondunlopshanes.com/ Stream All Astro Gnosis Conferences for the price of one: https://thegodabovegod.com/replay-sophia/ The Gnostic Tarot: https://www.makeplayingcards.com/sell/synkrasis Homepage: https://thegodabovegod.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte AB Prime: https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/ Virtual Alexandria Academy: https://thegodabovegod.com/virtual-alexandria-academy/ Voice Over services: https://thegodabovegod.com/voice-talent/ Support with donation: https://buy.stripe.com/00g16Q8RK8D93mw288

We pitch a "western" post apocalypse movie involving retired footballer and long-time A Question of Sport team captain Ally McCoist and discuss just how much of a fantasy the popular history of the wild west is.

Ep. 222: Europe's top badminton player turned founder and CEO of the AI-powered platform revolutionizing contract management joins the show! You'll learn how to: - Use customer feedback wisely – Stay true to your vision without trying to please everyone. - Prioritize progress over perfection – Keep moving forward instead of getting stuck on minor setbacks. - Stay competitive – Track ideas, obstacles, and strategies to anticipate challenges before they happen. Our BONUS RESOURCE for this episode includes Don's favorite quotes from today's episode and a reflection question so you can apply today's insights.  Do you want to write a book? In my new role as Publisher at Forbes Books and with the incredible resources and expertise of their team, we're making it easier than ever to help YOU to tell your story. Send us a message here to get started: https://books.forbes.com/don/  Looking for a speaker for your next event? From more than 30 years of interviewing and studying the greatest winners of all time Don offers these live and virtual presentations built to inspire your team towards personal and professional greatness.  Special thanks to Alissa Pupich and Dave Calder for making this episode possible.    

In a class that's sure to be full of surprises in its debut season, Chase Black threw the first Parts Unlimited Talent Cup By Motul curveball when he came out on top of the timesheets in the two-day Dunlop preseason test at Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, Texas, this week. Black and his Chase Black Racing Krämer APX-350 MA led the way on both days and was the only rider to crack the 1:21 barrier. We caught up with the 18-year-old just hours after the test concluded to chat about the test, his new Krämer, the series opening round at Circuit of The Americas, and his life away from racing (which is mostly just more racing) on this week's episode of Off Track With Carruthers And Bice.Support the show

Greg's Garage Pod with Co-Host Jason Pridmore P/B Bike911.com - A motorcycle racing Pod about MotoGP, MotoAmerica, World Superbike, Pro Motocross, American Flat Track, Supercross, and more. ARAI News— Gilbert will race the 24 hours of LeMans?  Rumor Mill has Honda returning to the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship? Ai Ogura got DQ'd after Sunday's MotoGP Race, but why? MotoAmerica/Daytona 200 - The Daytona 200 happened with Josh Herring making history, but how did he do it? The boys talk about his third in a row. They also discuss MotoAmerica's first round of 2025 for Twins Cup, Baggers, and Hooligans.   MotoAmerica - The brand new Parts Unlimited Talent Cup by Motul debuts at COTA with MotoGP. The boys talk more about the class and some of the riders that will be racing this season.  MotoGP - The first two rounds of the 2025 championship are done and dusted. But what have the boys learned? They discuss the possibility of Marc Marquez sweeping the season. Also, who looks good, and who is in trouble so far?   MotoGP Fantasy - WE GIVE AWAY MOTOAMERICA LIVE+ Codes to two lucky players! The Greg's Garage Pod w/Jason Pridmore MotoGP Fantasy is open. We are giving away an ARAI Helmet and Dunlop tires! Listen for details. Check out fantasy.motogp.com and search Greg's Garage for more info, or use this code in the Leagues search box: 6WW5972U. Don't forget, if you are joining us late, use the dropdown to select beginning from "ALL." Search: Greg's Garage Pod w/Jason Pridmore WorldSBK - The 2025 World Superbike season began with a Hat Trick at Phillip Island! Does this mean the season is over, and we should award the trophy? Here is what the boys have to say about the race from down under Bye, Bye  Social Media Links: Jason's Instagram - @pridmore43 Greg's Instagram - Gregwhitetv Jason's Twitter - @jp43 Greg's Twitter - Gregwhite Greg's Youtube - GregsGarageTV

It's been months in the making and the time is finally here as Canada takes on the Concacaf Nations League Finals against Mexico on Thursday, before a hopeful championship match against the United States or Panama on Sunday. Ben, Alex and Dunlop dive into what this means for Canadian soccer, and how Jesse Marsch may set up the CanMNT to best perform against each opponent, and capture the soccer imagination of the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Stuart Dunlop joins us to pitch the most eldritch horror that a cowboy movie has ever been. Other movies pitched: I want to be a Cowboy even though I'm a chair Have Gum Will Bubble

(Part 2) There would be no little family vans, no love tanks, no casseroles and no WOOHOO's heard 'round the world without the one and only Scott Dunlop. March 21, 2006 marks 19 years since the first episode of 'RHOC' EVER aired, and we're celebrating with a series of bonus episodes by taking a trip down memory lane with those who were truly there in the midst of it all. MFMSMP is sponsored by Better Help. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/MFMSMP and get on your way to being your best self.  This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There would be no little family vans, no love tanks, no casseroles and no WOOHOO's heard 'round the world without the one and only Scott Dunlop. March 21, 2006 marks 19 years since the first episode of 'RHOC' EVER aired, and we're celebrating with a series of bonus episodes by taking a trip down memory lane with those who were truly there in the midst of it all. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week. Woohoo! MFMSMP is sponsored by Better Help. This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/MFMSMP and get on your way to being your best self.  This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Confessions of a B2B Entrepreneur, host Tom Hunt interviews Emily Dunlop, founder of The Good Marketing Club, about her journey from scaling a B2B brand from $2M to $45M ARR to launching her own venture. Emily shares valuable insights on brand building, the power of authenticity in business transitions, and how to stay true to your values while scaling.

Fvzz Popvli | Nightstalker | Datura | Godzillionaire | Versus Machine | 10,000 Years | Greenleaf | Naxatras | Temple of Discord | VOLUME | Black Elephant | Viscera Music On This Mixtape: Fvzz Popvli: "Kommando" taken from the album "Melting Pop" Nightstalker: "Uncut" taken from the album "Return From The Point Of No Return" Datura: "Reaching Out" taken from the album "Visions For The Celestial" Godzillionaire: "Astrogarden" taken from the album "Diminishing Returns" Versus Machine: "Red Queen" taken from the album "II" 10,000 Years: "Death Valley Ritual" taken from the album "All Quiet On The Final Frontier" Greenleaf: "Sold My Lady (Out the Back of An Oldsmobile)" taken from the album "Revolution Rock Deluxe" Naxatras: "Legion" taken from the album "V" Temple of Discord: "THE REAPER" taken from the album "In The Ashes" VOLUME: "Heavy Sunshine" taken from the album "Joy Of Navigation (a trip through the eternal unknown)" Black Elephant: "Vedova Nera" taken from the album "The Fall of the Gods" Viscera: "Celebrate Death" taken from the album "Subsound Split Series 10" I appreciate you for listening! I hope you enjoyed listening to this as much as I enjoyed making it! Interviews, reviews, and more at www.dreamsofconsciousness.com

Greg's Garage Pod with Co-Host Jason Pridmore P/B Bike911.com - A motorcycle racing Pod about MotoGP, MotoAmerica, World Superbike, Pro Motocross, American Flat Track, Supercross, and more. ARAI News— MotoGP Fantasy 2024 Winner! The boys talk info about what is on the horizon for this podcast.  MotoAmerica/Daytona 200 - The Daytona 200 is two weeks away. The boys talk about the big race and the MotoAmerica classes that will join the 200 weekend. There are some big surprises in this one!  MotoGP - Teams have wrapped up 2025 winter testing. In one week, the MotoGP season will begin! What do the boys have to say about testing, injuries, and potential 2025 season surprises? Have a listen.  MotoGP Fantasy - It's back!! The Greg's Garage Pod w/Jason Pridmore MotoGP Fantasy is open. We are giving away an ARAI Helmet and Dunlop tires! Listen for details. Check out fantasy.motogp.com and search Greg's Garage for more info, or use this code in the Leagues search box: 6WW5972U. Don't forget, if you are joining us late, use the dropdown to select beginning from "ALL." Search: Greg's Garage Pod w/Jason Pridmore WorldSBK - This weekend kicks off the 2025 World Superbike season! Here is what the boys have to say about what might happen. Bye, Bye  Social Media Links: Jason's Instagram - @pridmore43 Greg's Instagram - Gregwhitetv Jason's Twitter - @jp43 Greg's Twitter - Gregwhite Greg's Youtube - GregsGarageTV

Long time Dunlop man and former factory mechanic for Cooper, Swink and Rollerball amongst others talks about his time in the industry, why he left Suzuki, tires, Broc Glover makes an appearance and more.

Mastering Business Turnarounds: Strategies from the expertIn a recent podcast episode, host Josh engages in a compelling discussion with Mike Dunlop, a seasoned entrepreneur and turnaround expert. With a background that includes founding ten companies and consulting for 34 others, Mike shares his insights on business recovery and leadership, drawing from his extensive experience in the computer industry and his book, "The Art of the Turnaround." Mike's journey underscores the power of self-education and adaptability, having started his career in England without a high school diploma but with a strong aptitude for mathematics. His move to the United States and subsequent success at Litton Industries highlight the importance of seizing opportunities.Mike's transition to consulting was catalyzed by his initiative at Litton Industries, where he rewrote unusable software and became the top salesman. This proactive approach led to a 17-year consulting career, where he developed a systematic approach to turnarounds. In the podcast, Mike discusses key principles from his book, emphasizing effective leadership, forensic accounting, and team alignment as crucial components for improving struggling businesses. He advises leaders to inspire and align their teams, conduct honest financial assessments, and engage with employees to create pathways for mutual success.The conversation also touches on current challenges faced by companies like Boeing, highlighting the importance of maintaining a viable business model focused on operational health. As the episode concludes, Mike discusses his selective approach to consulting, focusing on projects with a viable chance of recovery. His insights provide valuable lessons for entrepreneurs and business leaders, offering practical advice for navigating the complexities of business recovery. Listeners are encouraged to explore Mike's book and apply these principles to improve their own business situations, emerging stronger and more resilient.About Mike Dunlop:MIKE DUNLOP has helped to restore 34 companies in various stages of financial demise back to profitability. He has worked in the aerospace sector for over four decades and has built a number of aerospace component manufacturing companies, both in Europe and the United States. The largest company he founded is QPM Aerospace, which grew to $30 million in sales in the first ten years. Dunlop designed and founded Net-Inspect, the most widely used aerospace quality-management system in the world. Dunlop has lived in Seattle, Washington, since he moved to the United States from the United Kingdom in 1973. He has been passionate about airplanes since his first flight on a Vickers Viscount in 1955 at the age of seven. Dunlop is an experienced public speaker, and he's offering his wisdom and stories on a weekly podcast, available on Spotify and YouTube.About the book "The Art of the Turnaround":In The Art of the Turnaround, Mike Dunlop shares his proven 10-step method for turning around companies in deep financial distress, which he has used to restore some 34 companies to financial health and profitability. Infused with Dunlop's down-to-earth humour and deep understanding of how the people in companies actually work, especially at a time of crisis, The Art of the Turnaround offers CEOs of troubled companies, and leaders who are buying distressed companies, a practical way to avoid financial ruin. Dunlop also offers hope that, after the challenging task of turning a money-losing company into a profitable one, life for the CEO as well as those who stay in the company will be enjoyable again.Apply to be a Guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur:

The week of January 22, 2025 on The Metallica Report… We continue our techs-behind-the-band series with Justin Crew, Kirk Hammett's right-hand guitar-man of 29 years. Justin recounts the genesis of his own career from Go West to AC/DC, how he landed the Metallica/Hammett gig, the terror of flatbed trucks, being on the Poor Touring Me tour, and what his work on M72 requires. Justin also discusses Greeny, the guitar famous in its own right, and his working relationship with last week's guest and guitar tech to James Hetfield, Chad Zaemisch. The Metallica Report – your official, weekly guide for all things Metallica, straight from the source. New episode every Wednesday. “Greeny” Les Paul Standard: https://www.gibson.com/en-US/kirk-hammett-greeny  Kirk Hammett ESP guitars: metallica.lnk.to/ESP-KirkHammett  Kirk Hammett Cry Baby® Wah: metallica.lnk.to/Dunlop-KH95  Kirk Hammett Jazz III Pick: metallica.lnk.to/Dunlop-47-KH3N  Music from The Metallica Report: https://metallica.lnk.to/TMR-music   Wanna be featured on a future episode? Submit your questions or comments: http://metallica.com/podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Willy was once again joined by one of the most respected voices in the housing industry, Walker & Dunlop's Hall of Fame housing market analyst and executive vice president and co-founder of Zelman & Associates, Ivy Zelman. They discussed Ivy's outlook on the housing market, tariffs and the upward price impacts on the industry, the public vs. private homebuilding markets, the lock-in effect's impact on existing inventory, home affordability issues she's seeing, the privatization of Fannie and Freddie, the broader implications of the fires in LA, and much more. Watch or listen to the replay.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on "Shat the Movies," we're hitting the rink with Slap Shot (1977), the ultimate hockey comedy! Join us as we dive into this rowdy, irreverent film about a struggling minor league hockey team and their eccentric players, led by the unforgettable Paul Newman. We'll break down the film's mix of humor, sports action, and its over-the-top characters. Whether you're a hockey fan or just in it for the laughs, get ready for a fun discussion about this cult classic that still scores today! Plot Summary: In the small New England town of Charlestown, the local mill is about to lay off 10,000 workers. The town's minor league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs, is doing no better. After years of failure, this will be the team's last season. Exasperated player and coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) lets the club's recent acquisitions, the Hanson Brothers, play. The brothers' actively violent and thuggish style of play excites the fans. Dunlop retools the team, using violence to draw big crowds. Commissioned by Jon W. Subscribe Now Android: https://www.shatpod.com/android Apple/iTunes: https://www.shatpod.com/apple Help Support the Podcast Contact Us: https://www.shatpod.com/contact Commission Movie: https://www.shatpod.com/support Support with Paypal: https://www.shatpod.com/paypal Support With Venmo: https://www.shatpod.com/venmo Shop Merchandise: https://www.shatpod.com/shop Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite

Today on PRETEND, we're featuring the season 5 premiere of Nobody Should Believe Me, a compelling podcast hosted by author Andrea Dunlop that explores Munchausen by proxy abuse. Dunlop's investigative storytelling sheds light on a complex and deeply troubling form of abuse, offering listeners both empathy and insight. Season 5 kicks off with an in-depth look at Sophie Hartman's 2016 memoir, Crowns of Beauty, where Hartman recounts her experiences in Zambia and her journey to becoming the adoptive mother of two Zambian girls. This episode unravels the layers of Hartman's narrative, revealing her evangelical Christian roots and the persona she crafted as both a martyr and savior. Andrea Dunlop is joined by Chad Goller-Sojourner, a performance artist and transracial adoption coach, who provides nuanced perspectives on the challenges and intricacies of transracial adoption. Together, they explore themes of identity, privilege, and the ways in which personal narratives can obscure uncomfortable truths. Whether you're a fan of Nobody Should Believe Me or new to the series, this episode promises a gripping and thought-provoking listen. Tune in to hear Andrea Dunlop and her team continue their important work of exposing the hidden dynamics of Munchausen by proxy abuse. Where to Listen: Nobody Should Believe Me is available wherever you get your podcasts. Don't miss the season 5 premiere, streaming now! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tU5rLsNkx7LeI2GhLlQ4X?si=1e02ca94e6ac4066 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nobody-should-believe-me/id1615637188 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices