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Episode 100 features an exclusive, deeply-intimate conversation with Derek Vincent Smith, co-founder & mastermind behind the kaleidoscopic multimedia sound-art collective/project Pretty Lights. Easily the most requested guest for the show all-time, this wide-ranging, beautiful breaux-down marks the first official DVS interview in over a dozen years. This milestone episode serves as the inaugural sesh of an ambitious, multi-part retrospective series with Derek: A Pod Thru Life Fantastic. 0:00 - ep.100 teaser/intro 3:15 - Hulaween hype sesh 4:45 - Fete du VOID blast 6:15 - Suwannee Amp Jams III 7:45 - Shoutout YAHN DAWN wknd! 9:45 - The Upful Update 11:45 - Introducing DEREK VINCENT SMITH  17:30 - CONVERSATION w/ DVS - vol.1 [133 min] 2:30:45 - Afterglow & PL Acknowledgements 2:34:00 - Celebrating 100 Episodes! 2:38:00 - A *deep bow* to my Beloved 2:42:05 - Thank You Mom 2:45:00 - ViBE Junkie JAMZ  After a half-decade of virtually-silent seclusion spent far away from the spotlight, music industry machine, and its cascade of temptation, DVS famously re-emerged in August 2023 to pilot a bombastic modular live band on the triumphant Soundship Spacesystem tours. Following years of real-time onstage improvisation, empowered research and development, plus a few personnel transitions, July 2026 saw the sudden arrival of A Trip Thru Time Fantastic.  The first three constellations (or EPs) reveal a quiver of 15 unicorn compositions, the initial drop towards a massive forty-five track studio document. The sensational record represents the first new (studio) statement from Smith & Co. since the shapeshifting avant garde of 2013's Grammy-nominated A Color Map of the Sun.  Upful LIFE host B.Getz first profiled the producer for JamBase during his meteoric underground rise in 2009. Sixteen years on down the number line, Episode 100 pulls back the curtain on one of the most enigmatic minds in modern music culture. Vol.1 of the mini-series traces the exhaustive realities and suffocating pressure of Pretty Lights' rocketship to EDM fame, splintered collaborative partnership & heart-filling reunion/rebirth with high-school bestie/PL co-founder Michal Menert, debilitating battles with substance abuse and then the rollercoaster of medicated-assisted treatment, onward to meeting his life partner Uma, the spiritual and healing journeys they embarked on together, a deliberate choice to literally disappear at the height of commercial success, and various impactful realizations uncovered whilst working towards rediscovering his creative purpose.  DVS is swiftly keen to discuss “To Stream or Not To Stream”, he loves on the Pretty Lights bandmembers: Menert, Borahm Lee, Alvin Ford Jr., new turntablist/longtime homie & behind-the-scenes PL contributor Dave Najarian aka '96', frequent special guest/ vibe curator Mikey Thunder, & numerous peeps offstage who stay steadily making things pop. We get into the nuts and bolts of “Swirl Science”, unspool the architecture of PL's cutting-edge live performance framework, get the 411 on Derek connecting with Rick Rubin and the seminal "Shangri La Sessions", then juxtapose the brilliance and modus operandi of two PL albums thirteen years apart. The convo digs into Derek's nascent pioneering of giving away music for free on the internet - and subsequent subversion of standard streaming ecosystems, & how/why it worked like gangbusters; later reprising such shrewd tactics in the 2026 landscape via PL-OS. To close out vol.1, the big man passionately explains his recent embracing of the next generation of electronic producers, many whom he clearly inspired; as they creatively reimagine the PL sonic blueprint and trademark sample-collage style. An unprecedented window into Derek Vincent Smith, from embryonic ambitions, wrong turns and shortcuts, to building a spiritual path and becoming a husband and father, to reuniting with soul brother Michal Menert and conceiving/manifesting a state-of-the-art audio-visual laboratory known as the Swirl Bridge..  As per 'The Upful Way', A Pod Thru Life Fantastic eschews standard Q&A interview formulas to deliver a fluid, soulful, and trusting conversation between DVS and B.Getz. For nearly 2.5 hours, enjoy the musical musings and raw reflections of an innovator who walked away from the limelight only to return an evolved version of self, and did it ALL entirely on his own terms.  SALUTE 100 EPS!!! yes indeedy, -bg -- Cover art by Trey Hebron    More Important Than Michael Jordan - BG on JamBase 2009 B.Getz 2023 L4LM feature on PL comeback tour/SF review BG profiles the 'Dual Fusion Unity' EP for L4LM [2025]   CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS HULAWEEN SUWANNEE AMP JAMS III FETE du VOID DOWN TO FUNK FEST High Sierra Music Festival  BISS LIST  AARON SCHWARTZ ART LAZYMOON DESIGN for promo/poster art needs Bub and Pop Podcast   Support the Upful LIFE PLEASE RATE/REVIEW on Apple Podcasts Send B.G. a coupla' dollas 4 makin U holla! Upful LIFE on SUBSTACK Upful LIFE Patreon EMAIL the SHOW Listen/Comment on Spotify Theme Song: "Mazel Tov"- CALVIN VALENTINE

Jordy Smith joins Sterling Spencer and Cousin Ryan on Pinch My Salt for an unreal conversation about professional surfing, the WSL Championship Tour, Kelly Slater, Dane Reynolds, Andy Irons, Billabong, Nike, O'Neill, Modern Collective, South African surfing, J-Bay, the North Shore of Hawaii, surf movies, sponsorship deals and one of the craziest untold stories in surf history. Jordy Smith is a World Junior Champion, X Games gold medalist, two-time World Title runner-up, Olympian and one of the longest-running surfers in modern Championship Tour history. In this episode, Jordy opens up about growing up in South Africa, becoming one of the most hyped young surfers in the world, being called “the next Kelly Slater,” traveling and surfing with Sterling Spencer as teenagers, competing against Kelly Slater, his legendary Modern Collective section, Dane Reynolds, the golden era of surf films and what professional surfing was really like behind the scenes. But the wildest story might be Jordy Smith's LOST SURF MOVIE. Jordy and Sterling spent months traveling through South Africa, the Maldives, Australia and beyond filming what was supposed to become Jordy's breakout surf movie. Then his relationship with Billabong fell apart, the hard drives disappeared, Jordy says he spent nearly 10 YEARS trying to track down the footage—and he still hasn't seen it. Then came the $500,000 lawsuit. Jordy talks about being a young rookie, coming from very little money in South Africa and suddenly facing a lawsuit so massive that his parents were considering selling their house and cars. It's an incredible look behind the curtain at the surf industry during one of its biggest eras. We also get into: Jordy Smith vs. Kelly Slater and whether Kelly was ever overscoredThe Jordy Smith vs. Dane Reynolds eraModern Collective and Jordy's insane surfing in 2010Why Jordy turned down Nike 6.0Flying to Nike headquarters on Phil Knight's private planeThe truth behind the Michael Jordan rumorsO'Neill, DVS and huge surf sponsorship dealsGrowing up surfing South Africa and Hawaii's North ShoreJ-Bay and Jordy's rise through professional surfingAndy Irons and the legendary Billabong surf teamMikey February and South African surf cultureWhy the surf industry changedCore surfing vs. mainstream surfingSurf shops, local shapers and the old surf industryJordy's plans after the Championship TourChasing undiscovered waves around the worldThe origin story of “YOU KNOW THE RULES”And why Jordy might be one of the funniest surfers alive. This is one of those episodes where surf history, surf culture and stories from professional surfing collide. If you grew up watching surf videos, following the ASP / WSL World Tour, watching Kelly Slater, Andy Irons, Dane Reynolds, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson, Jordy Smith and the generation that defined modern surfing, you're going to love this one. Leave Jordy some love in the comments and tell us: WHERE IS THE LOST JORDY SMITH FOOTAGE? Subscribe to PINCH MY SALT for more long-form surf interviews, surf history, surf culture, comedy, professional surfing stories and conversations with some of the biggest names in surfing. #JordySmith #Surfing #PinchMySalt #WSL #KellySlater #ProfessionalSurfing #SurfPodcast #SurfCulture #DaneReynolds #ModernCollective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After five episodes of Cyberpunk RED, we have finally reached the most dangerous part of Night City: giving each other constructive feedback. Randall begins with I mechanically didn't like this game, Tyler discovers he spent all his money on software that was permanently deleted, and Ash admits the five-page cheat sheet has ceased to meet any reasonable definition of cheat sheet. But somewhere between the action-economy arguments, cyberpsychosis, crushing rent payments, and the revelation that Tyler still wants to be a wizard even in a game without wizards, we arrive at an important conclusion: the vibes are immaculate, the rules are complicated, and apparently the real Cyberpunk experience is deciding whether to pay rent or install cooler robot parts. Show Notes We close out our Cyberpunk RED Quickstart with a full debrief of the system, the actual play, what worked, what didn't, and what we probably would have done differently if we had more time in Night City. Randall opens strong by saying he mechanically didn't like the game, but that position gets considerably more complicated as the discussion continues. The D10 itself wasn't the problem. In fact, the group generally liked the smaller die combined with large skill modifiers. When your character is good at something, they are really good at it, and that makes each role feel distinct. Combat also delivered the quick, dangerous feeling they expected, with armor degrading, damage piling up, and one bad decision potentially turning into a very short career. The biggest mechanical discussion is Netrunning. Everyone agrees that it is cool, but it creates an unusual action-economy problem. Dave could take three Net Actions plus a meat-space action while Marky might spend his entire turn doing something like hitting a guy with a chainsaw. That can make the Netrunner feel like they are playing an entire second game while everyone else waits for their turn. At the same time, the actual damage and effectiveness didn't necessarily feel unbalanced. Marky often accomplished more with his one physical action than Dave did with several Net Actions. The bigger issue was spotlight and pacing. The group thinks Netrunning would probably feel better when paired with simultaneous social challenges, physical objectives, security problems, and other jobs for the rest of the party instead of simply running two parallel combats. That leads into one of the biggest lessons from the actual play. Cyberpunk RED may work much better with a larger crew. A four-person team could have a Rockerboy distracting someone, a Solo handling security, a Tech solving a physical problem, and a Netrunner diving into the architecture at the same time. With only Marky and Dave, there were fewer opportunities to demonstrate that kind of coordinated job. They also acknowledge that years of D&D and Pathfinder trained everyone to solve problems by eventually rolling initiative. Cyberpunk seems to reward a different mindset. Talk first, manipulate the situation, use contacts, exploit skills, plan the job, and only start shooting when the plan inevitably catches fire. The skill system gets mixed reactions. The large modifiers make specialization feel meaningful, but there are a lot of skills, some of which feel extremely specific. Add difficulty values, environmental penalties, equipment penalties, conditions, combat rules, armor, range bands, critical injuries, and everything else, and Ash notes that the cheat sheet alone is five pages long. At that point, it is no longer a cheat sheet. It is another book. Cyberware is one of the systems everyone wishes they had more time to explore. Buying upgrades, improving your body, choosing programs, and slowly building a character over multiple jobs sounds like one of Cyberpunk RED's biggest rewards. The problem is that every improvement comes with pressure from Humanity and Empathy. The better the chrome gets, the more carefully you need to consider how much of yourself you are willing to sacrifice. That tension becomes even more interesting in a longer campaign. Cyberpunk RED has rent, lifestyle expenses, unexpected bills, jobs, downtime, gear upgrades, cyberware, and the constant temptation to spend tomorrow's survival money on something that might help you survive tonight. Do you pay rent, or buy the implant that might make the next job successful enough to solve the rent problem later? As Randall points out, that sounds suspiciously like real life. Ash clarifies that the fantasy is that sometimes you actually get to win. The group increasingly comes around to the idea that Cyberpunk RED is less a combat simulator and more a Night City life simulator. A long campaign built around episodic jobs, rival crews, personal contacts, planning between sessions, upgrading equipment, and roleplaying downtime could bring out parts of the system that a short Quickstart simply cannot. Randall especially likes the idea of extending that experience beyond game night. A campaign Discord could become part of Night City, with characters hearing about jobs, talking to contacts, gathering clues, competing with rival crews, and planning a heist during the week before everyone sits down to execute it. The conversation eventually moves from mechanics to the thing everyone seems to agree Cyberpunk absolutely nails: the world. Randall loves the gig-economy structure and the importance of personal networks. In a world where institutions have largely failed you, the people you know matter. Your friends, family, contacts, crew, and community become the thing keeping you alive. Ash takes that idea even further. Cyberpunk may look nihilistic from the outside, but the point isn't that nothing matters. The world is rigged, corporations control everything, society may never improve, and your story may end badly. Your friends still matter. Your community still matters. The time you have with them still matters. That, more than the chrome, guns, Black ICE, or chainsaw hands, becomes the group's real takeaway from Cyberpunk RED. The setting is bleak because caring about people in a world designed to grind them down makes those relationships matter even more. And naturally, the episode ends with chat comparing Cyberpunk and Shadowrun, Ash being accused of practicing trickle-down hero-point economics, and Tyler floating Shadowrun as a future Quickstart. Because apparently five episodes of dystopian corporate misery were not enough. Key Takeaways The vibes are immaculate. Even when the group disagreed with individual mechanics, everyone responded positively to Night City, the lore, cyberware, jobs, and overall Cyberpunk atmosphere. The D10 system worked better than expected. Large modifiers mean characters feel genuinely specialized, while the smaller die keeps results uncertain without making experts suddenly incompetent. Combat feels dangerous. Armor degradation and substantial damage support the fast, dirty, lethal tone the group expected from Cyberpunk RED. Netrunning is cool but creates spotlight problems. Three Net Actions plus a meat action can make the Netrunner appear to be playing considerably more game than everyone else. The action economy may be less unbalanced than it looks. Marky often accomplished more physical damage with one action than Dave accomplished with several Net Actions. The real issue was how much table time each character received. Netrunning probably works best as part of a larger encounter. Mixing hacking with social manipulation, physical objectives, security challenges, and combat would give the rest of the crew meaningful things to accomplish at the same time. A larger party might showcase the system better. Four characters with different roles could divide responsibilities during a job and make specialization feel more rewarding. D&D habits do not always translate. The group repeatedly drifted toward combat because that is how they are accustomed to solving encounters. Cyberpunk RED appears to reward planning, social interaction, contacts, infiltration, and avoiding unnecessary fights. There are a lot of rules to track. Skills, modifiers, range DVs, armor, conditions, cyberware, Netrunning, Humanity, and other subsystems create significant cognitive load, especially for a GM learning the game. Some skills feel overly specific. The huge skill list gives characters strong niches, but it can also make the system feel cluttered. Cyberware deserves a campaign, not a one-shot. Saving money, installing upgrades, changing your capabilities, and balancing improvements against Humanity looks like a major part of the long-term appeal. Humanity makes upgrades a meaningful choice. More chrome can make you more capable, but characters have limits, and traumatic experiences can create additional pressure. Downtime may be where Cyberpunk really shines. Rent, expenses, jobs, gear, cyberware, lifestyle choices, and trying to climb out of poverty reinforce the setting between missions. The game seems built for episodic campaigns. Take a job, prepare, execute it, survive the consequences, get paid, upgrade, pay your bills, and hope the next job goes better. A persistent roleplaying community could be fantastic. Contacts, rival crews, job offers, planning, and investigation could continue between sessions and make Night City feel alive. Community is one of the setting's strongest themes. When institutions cannot be trusted, your crew and the people you care about become your real support system. Cyberpunk is bleak without being completely nihilistic. The system may be rigged and the future may be awful, but relationships, loyalty, hope, and choosing what matters to you still have value. The Quickstart only showed part of the game. The group repeatedly stresses that they did not experience martial arts, car chases, much of the downtime system, long-term cyberware progression, or many other mechanics. Their opinion improved with familiarity. The second combat flowed better once everyone understood Netrunning and the basic mechanics, suggesting experience would smooth out some of the rough edges. The final verdict is complicated but positive. Cyberpunk RED has mechanics that frustrated them, but also enough depth, atmosphere, character specialization, campaign potential, and thematic weight that the group clearly sees why people love it. And perhaps the most Cyberpunk RED lesson of all: you can lose your money, your apartment, your Humanity, several expensive programs, and possibly your limbs, but at least your friends will be there to watch it happen. Welcome to the RPGBOT Podcast. If you love Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, and tabletop RPGs, this is the podcast for you. Support the show for free: Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any podcast app. It helps new listeners find the best RPG podcast for D&D and Pathfinder players. Level up your experience: Join us on Patreon to unlock ad-free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT Podcast, chat with us and the community on the RPGBOT Discord, and jump into live-streamed RPG podcast recordings. Support while you shop: Use our Amazon affiliate link at https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ and help us keep building tools and guides for the RPG community. Meet the Hosts Tyler Kamstra – Master of mechanics, seeing the Pathfinder action economy like Neo in the Matrix. 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Arkitekt Boris Brorman Jensen sagde sit job op som forsker og underviser på arkitektskolen og proklamerede, at han ville bruge resten af sit arbejdsliv på aktiv naturgenopretning. Sammen med sin kollega antropolog Peter Andreas Christensen, der bl.a. har lavet borgerdrevet vandløbsgenopretning i England, gik han i gang med et kæmpe projekt, at føre landskaberne og oplandet omkring Skjern Å tilbage til dets naturlige tilstand. Dvs give plads til vandet igen. Ikke dræne jordene, så der kan dyrkes korn, men lade det blive sump og våde enge, som det engang var, og som det med de stigende vandmasser på grund af klimaforandringerne kan blive igen. Vi skal stoppe med at tæmme vandet, siger de, og har opbygget en forening af lokale ildsjæle og aktører, der aktivt kæmper for en kæmpestor naturgenopretningsplan. Medvirkende: Boris Brorman Jensen, Peter Andreas Christensen Tilrettelæggelse og interview: Niels Bjørn og Maiken Vibe Bauer Klip, produktion og lyd: Maiken Vibe Bauer Visuelt arbejde: Dindy Systems Stor tak til Dj Fat Cheese for vandig musikkomposition til outro Tak til Statens Kunstfond, Realdania og Dreyers fond for støtte til serien.

Janset - Private WinsConnie Roses feat. Nicerec and Bossy - Addiction (Remix)El Gant & matciculous feat. DJ Jon Doe - PrecipiceTone Chop & Frost Gamble feat. The Bad Seed - Don't Need GimmicksThe Heretic feat. DVS & Bigg Theef - RhapsodyAshleigh Heart - Wining Up On MeKryptik X Pro Focus - Industrial StrengthSpitter - True StoriesKA3 - Either WayTemi Oni - ProblemB1 The Architect & Beat It Up Prod. - RIOT!!Natty Lambo - Bad BadRuste Juxx & Preed One feat. DJ TMB - DepressionDan Brown - X-IT StrategyFreestyle Session - Fonzse (Part 3)Omen44 - Land Of PlentyCraig G & Jake Palumbo - BrawndoChad Game feat. Daniel Son - Graveyard ShiftBimi - For LifeAjarni feat. Vivi & Nvision Music - MaMaObleak & Yotto Beatz feat. Illa Ghee & Tone Spliff - Boombox SoldiersBackburner - Run WildJezus Martinez - So BreatheH Dot Lectur - Rewind Heat 2JRoberts feat. Brother Tom Sos - Victory LapRas Ceylon x Cappadonna x TIMBO KING - Word Iz Bond22 SANTINO - No SacrificeLauren Eve - Everything and MoreJ P Rose - leave it loneG Fam Black, Sankofa & Tali Rodriguez - Scratch the SunDope Sasquatch feat. Ren Thomas, Halfcut, HexOne & Planet Asia - PackinamacIM'PERETIV feat. Ayoo Bigz, Che Uno, Sayzee, & Dystrakted - The WolvesRingRoze - All Year Round

Den här veckan möter vi Albin Tanke, präst och psykoterapeut i Malmö. Temat för veckan är Klarsynens tid. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Ur andakten:Hur kan jag odla ett gott omdöme? Ja, kanske på samma sätt som fred och godhet odlas? Dvs det inte så enkelt. Det finns nog inga snabba frön för detta, för då hade världen antagligen sett lite annorlunda ut?Att odla ett gott omdöme kan kräva sin tid, för ofta behövs, vid sidan av en etisk grund och en moralisk kompass, också erfarenhet av livets olika nyanser och sammanhang. Att utveckla förmågan att fatta kloka, balanserade och övervägda beslut, särskilt i komplexa situationer, är inte enkelt. Vi behöver varandra i detta mänskliga uppdrag. Jag tror det viktigt att ta in och kombinera olika sorts kunskaper och använda olika erfarenheter av liv, smärta, glädje, lycka, brister osv.I en värld fylld av brus och snabba beslut är förmågan till omdöme en av de mest värdefulla gåvor som vi människor kan utveckla genom livet. Det påverkar också hur jag klarar att bemöta andra, min vilja att tillgängliggöra och inkludera. Att odla omdöme är inte en engångsgrej utan en pågående process som får mig att mogna som människa.Text:1 Thess 5:13–15Musik:Månvalsen av och med Dan MalmquistProducent:Susanna Némethliv@sverigesradio.se

In this episode of John Solomon Reports, host John Solomon brings you a lively Sunday brunch edition packed with insightful discussions and engaging guests. Kicking off the show, Congressman Keith Self joins Solomon to analyze President Trump's recent revelations about election integrity. They explore critical questions surrounding the accountability of the intelligence community, potential actions against China, and the implications of nonprofits collaborating with foreign powers.In the second segment, Solomon welcomes Mike Davis, a prominent legal expert and founder of the Article 3 Project. Davis shares his insights on Joe diGenova's investigation in Fort Pierce and the significant implications of Trump's latest disclosures, reflecting on the judicial landscape shaped by the Supreme Court justices he helped vet.Finally, the episode features the talented artist DVS 7.0, who introduces his new patriotic song that's sure to get listeners moving. With a catchy beat and an infectious energy, DVS 7.0 adds a fun musical element to this Sunday edition, rounding out a compelling conversation with a touch of entertainment.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Your All-Access Pass to the Marching Arts.A Podcast for Marching Arts Enthusiasts — On the Field, In the Stands & Behind the Scenes.Marching band, color guard, DCI, WGI, BOA Summer Camp, drum corps, rehearsal planning, and Pride Bands are all on deck this week.This week on On A Water Break, Joey Montes III is joined by Dalton Stout and Haley Harrington for a Water Break Weekly episode about training with intention, building better rehearsal schedules, keeping performers safe, and remembering that the marching arts are built by people who show up, ask questions, and keep learning.The panel covers Adams 14 honoring Colorado fallen veterans at the National Memorial Day Parade, WGI event staff opportunities, Bands of America Summer Camp at Ball State, and the Pride Bands Alliance conference in Philadelphia. Then Dalton drops a 60 Second Tech Block on detailed rehearsal schedules before the group gets into trick toss safety, DCI show access, community advocacy, and appreciating how far you've come.Panel:Joey Montes III — @marchingbymontesDalton Stout — @SaltyDaltiHaley Harrington — @h_harrington14Episode Highlights:• Adams 14 honors Colorado fallen veterans• WGI event staff applications and why logistics matter• BOA Summer Camp, Leadership Weekend, and continued learning• Pride Bands Alliance and Philadelphia Freedom Band's 2026 conference concert• Dalton's 60 Second Tech Block on detailed rehearsal schedules• Technique in every rehearsal, training in character, and cleaning transitions• Trick toss safety and DCI show access• Gush & Go: summer reading, DVS beginner courses, and WGI advisory board proposalsRelated Episodes:DCI CEO Departure, $85K Drum Corps Scholarships, WGI Brother Duo & Marching Arts BurnoutBand Censorship, DCI Clinics & AI Uniform DesignDCI 2026 Tickets, WGI Graphic Designer Job + Band Censorship DebateFeatured Links:WGI Event Staff ApplicationBands of America Summer CampPride Bands Alliance 2026Dalton Stout / DVSCincinnati TraditionSponsored by:Guard Closet — @guardclosetPeak Group Travel — @peak.group.travelFind On A Water Break:WebsiteYouTubeListen EverywhereAll LinksBe a guestonawaterbreakpodcast@gmail.comFollow @onawaterbreak on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

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Episode #310! This week I sit down with Jennifer Roscoe and Shrishti Vaish, two of the key organizers behind Outlier 2026, the annual data visualization conference hosted by the Data Visualization Society. We talked about what it takes to pull off a fully virtual, global conference, and why going virtual this year was a strategic choice, not a compromise. Jennifer and Shrishti walked me through the conference dates (June 23–26), the brand-new pre-conference data challenge in partnership with the United Nations, and the exciting new feedback and career clinic designed to give attendees a safe space for honest critique and professional growth. We also get into the behind-the-scenes logistics: the 30-person volunteer committee, the technology stack (mostly Google Sheets, if you were wondering), and the delicate art of playing Tetris with 34 talks across a 12-hour global schedule. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime DVS community member, this episode is your guide to making the most of Outlier 2026.Keywords: data visualization, data viz, Outlier conference, Data Visualization Society, DVS, data viz conference, Jennifer Roscoe, Shrishti Vaish, virtual conference, data storytelling, dataviz community, conference planning, career clinic, information is beautiful, data challenge, United Nations data, PolicyViz podcastSubscribe to the PolicyViz Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.Check out the 2026 Outlier Conference.Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Substack, Twitter, Website, YouTubeEmail: jon@policyviz.com

Vi trodde vi skulle få snacka upp racing. För att snart är det racing. Men istället för att få snacka racing. Måste vi snacka regler som påverkar racing. Visst. Det hör väl till det också. För F1 har under apriluppehållet bjudit på en hel del ändringar som träder ikraft DIREKT. Dvs nu redan i Miami. Därför får vi reda på vad som ändrats och hur det påverkar förarna och körningen. Det, och så en del nyheter som är av intresse! Nu åker vi. Igen.

Den stemme du taler med; sådan som du lyder, når du taler med andre mennesker, har enorm betydning for, hvordan du bliver opfattet i livet. Dvs. betydning for hvem du er. Medvirkende: Merete Nørgaard, stemmetræner, skuespiller, forfatter og Ole Fogh Kirkeby, professor emeritus i filosofi, CBS. Tilrettelægger og vært: Carsten Ortmann.

Wenn Märkte schrumpfen oder sich neu ordnen, stellt sich schnell eine alte Frage: Was passiert mit dem Wettbewerb? Darüber sprechen Kartellrechtler Rupprecht Podszun und Wettbewerbsökonom Justus Haucap in dieser Folge von Bei Anruf Wettbewerb – anhand von drei aktuellen Entwicklungen. Zunächst geht es um die Reform des Presse-Grosso. Mit „Fit for Future“ soll der Vertrieb von Zeitungen und Zeitschriften künftig zentral organisiert werden. Das Bundeskartellamt hat die Pläne nach sehr ausführlicher Prüfung nun freigegeben. Doch wenn sich in einer ohnehin schrumpfenden Branche Strukturen bündeln, bleibt die Frage: Stabilisierung oder schleichende Konzentration zulasten kleinerer Grossisten?Von dort führt der Blick zum Briefmarkt. Nach der Insolvenz des größten privaten Konkurrenten DVS erhärtet sich die Dominanz der Deutschen Post auf dem Briefmarkt noch weiter. Wettbewerber kritisieren strukturelle Vorteile – insbesondere die Mehrwertsteuerbefreiung. Brisant ist die Rolle des Bundesfinanzministeriums, das Anträge anderer Zusteller auf Steuerbefreiung nicht weiterverfolgt hat. Abschließend weitet sich die Diskussion auf die Fusionskontrolle. Ein BRG-Bericht im Auftrag von GSMA hinterfragt Maßstäbe und Evidenz der Fusionskontrolle. Der Ökonom Tommaso Valletti widerspricht deutlich und Haucap und Podszun springen ihm bei. Zwischen Strukturwandel, Marktmacht – und am Ende sogar Schweinen im Weltall.Weiterführende InformationenBRG im Auftrag von GSMA - A Dynamic Framework for the Assessment of Horizontal Mergers Pressemeldung Bundeskartellamt - Bundeskartellamt billigt die Pläne der FFF-Gruppe zur Reform des PressevertriebsMonopolkommission, Offene Umsatzsteuerfragen gefährdenExistenz der alternativen Briefdienste!Valetti Tommasso, LinkedIn-Post, Innovations, Mergers and the Myth, that "anything goes"WirtschaftsWoche, Mit der DVS muss der größte Post-Konkurrent in die Insolvenz.Schweine im Weltall

75% of top-drafted pitchers never make it to the big leagues. If your son is a pitcher, this episode could change everything about how you approach his development. Subscribe for weekly baseball career insights. Former first-round pick Justin Orenduff had the GM of the Dodgers watching him pitch in Double-A. Then his shoulder gave out. That injury sent him on a decade-long quest to understand why some pitchers stay healthy and others break down. His answer is backed by data from 1,100 drafted pitchers and published with Duke University. ✅ Why 75% of top-drafted pitchers never reach the big leagues — and only 2–3% become everyday starters ✅ How college innings count against a pitcher's professional career before it even starts ✅ What the DVS score is and how it quantifies injury risk on a 0–24 scale ✅ The free training tool every youth pitcher already has access to that nobody talks about ✅ Why velocity and longevity don't have to be mutually exclusive Justin Orenduff was a first-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers who had his career derailed by a shoulder injury. After surgery, his surgeon told him something that changed his entire mindset: the way he threw the baseball caused the injury. That single phrase launched Justin into years of research, eventually partnering with Duke University to publish a formal study on pitching mechanics and injury risk. His study tracked the top three pitchers drafted and signed by every MLB organization since 2013 — over 1,100 pitchers total. The findings were staggering: nearly half arrived in professional baseball already carrying arm injuries from their amateur careers. College pitchers who needed surgery had accumulated only around 320 total innings, and that number includes their college workload. The professional runway before a major injury was shockingly short. From that research, Justin built DVS — the Delivery Value System — a biomechanics scoring model that rates a pitcher's delivery from 0 to 24 based on injury risk and mechanical efficiency. Pitchers like Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, and Mariano Rivera all scored above 16. Justin himself scored a 7 before his surgery and climbed to 17–20 after learning how to move differently — throwing harder at 35 years old than at any point in his professional career. The conversation also dives into the USPBL, a four-team developmental league where Justin runs pitcher development. Unlike traditional independent baseball, the USPBL prioritizes skill development days, individualized plans, and a culture where committing to growth matters more than winning that night's game. So far, 52 players have signed with MLB organizations and 7 have reached the big leagues. Matt and Justin also tackle the uncomfortable reality behind youth pitching culture: training programs that chase velocity to validate their own business models, not the pitcher's long-term career. And they explore a simple thought experiment that every baseball family should consider: if you had to choose between a coach who promises 100 mph and a coach who promises health, which would you pick? Scroll down to the timestamps to hear why that's the wrong question. If this episode changed how you think about pitcher development, share it with a baseball family who needs to hear it.  RESOURCES → DVS Baseball: https://dvsbaseball.com → Justin on X/Twitter: @JustinOrenduff Matt Hannaford is a Major League Baseball agent with 25+ years of experience advising families on baseball career decisions. Justin Orenduff is a former first-round MLB Draft pick, pitching biomechanics researcher, and head of pitcher development for the USPBL.

Du kan ikke føle Gud, men du kan mærke ham. Jeg taler om hvordan man ikke kan mærke Guds nærvær i det indre følelsesliv, men kun ved det ydre sanseapparat. Dvs., at sanse er at tage imod noget udefra. At føle emotionelt, er at reagerer på impulser.I videoen beskæftiger jeg mig specifikt med skyld og skam.Skriftemålet taler særligt ind i skyld-problematikken og velsignelsen særligt ind i skammen.

DVS creator Justin Orenduff does a mock big league interview with WIley, Will and Dave

Kajsa KavatAvslöja tävlingen staplat och stjälpt måttGul vädervarning underkylt regn och blixthalka Prata om hatet på sociala medierDärför skall du inte köpa saker som annonseras på FB och instahttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/1637TNarqp/Så därför, ser du något som annonseras på FB och IG där du inte känner till butiken är risken extremt hög att du blir lurad. Eller att det är drop shipping utan Svensk konsumentskydd.Så köp inte annonserade varor på FB och IG. Det är enda sättet att stoppa det!Europaparlamentet vill införa 16 års åldersgräns på sociala medierhttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/1At2o3dztx/Det här är jag extremt tveksam till. För det leder oundvikligen till massövervakning och registrering och statens förmynderi.För införs det åldersgräns måste ju alla ålderskontrolleras. Annars går det ju inte att avgöra vem som är under/över 16. För att göra det måsta allas ålder kontrolleras, då måste alla identifiera sig och alla måste registreras.Dvs allt du gör på sociala medier måste kopplas till dig som person och det måste loggas. För att det skall fungera måste alla appar samt webbläsare ha koppling till ett åldersregister/åldersverifiering.Dessutom skall staten agera överförmyndare  och stämpla olika tjänster som sociala medier eller inte. Vi vet all hur bra lagstiftningen hänger med snabbfotad tech-utveckling...Försten som drar rent mjöl i påsen eller inget att dölja får en gratis 10 min föreläsning i ämnetKoltickan - skogens petigaste svamp?https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Cs5FKzwxR/Under Forskningsresan i Korpilombolo i juli hittades vedsvampen kolticka för första gången norr om Umeå. Koltickan är rödlistad som starkt hotad (EN) och växer enbart på kolet på grova tallågor som överlevt brand.Strax efter att skogen inventerats inkom Sveaskog med en 10 hektars avverkningsanmälan i området där det även finns gott om andra rödlistade och fridlysta arter.  Sveaskog själva tyckte att koltickan skulle få ett tillräckligt skydd genom att avverkning inte skulle utföras på ett område av 10*10 meter kring växtplatsen. Det anser vi är alldeles för snålt. I skogen finns bland annat även lappranunkel, liten aspgelélav, smalfotad taggsvamp, tretåig hackspett, järpe och talltita. Skogsstyrelsen har inte på något sätt utrett hur dessa arters livsmiljö påverkas av avverkningen. Därför valde vi att överklaga Skogsstyrelsens beslut och nu har domstolen fattat beslut om tillfälligt avverkningsförbud!Bli lilltorpkompis på Patreon.com/lilltorpDu får påfyllning på karmakontot och du får reda påsaker först! Bli LilltorpKompis! Gillar du det vi gör? Då skall du bli Lilltorpkompis! För bara 19 kr i månaden kan du bli LilltorpKompis och stötta oss. Småbrukarpoddens snackgrupp är lanserad (på facebook). Du hittar den direkt på https://www.facebook.com/groups/724343842855485.Annars så uppskattar vi om du delar det här avsnittet i sociala medier. Eller om du tar en kompis telefon och subscribar oss i dennes podspelare :)

This week on the All Things BMX Show, we're hyped to welcome Joe Doherty — the voice behind the legendary BMX In Our Blood Podcast! Joe's been capturing the heart of BMX through real conversations with riders, builders, and legends of the sport. Now it's his turn to take the hot seat as we dive into his story, his passion for BMX, and the incredible impact he's had on the community. Lock in, hit that share button, and roll with us for another epic night of BMX talk!You can join us for the most part each and every week at 8:00 PM EST on the All Things BMX Show Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch pages. If you miss us live you can find us on all your favorite podcast sites and watch the replays on our YouTube Channel.The ATB Krew coming to you live from "The Ethan Clark" studios that are brought to you by the good people at Motor City Harley-Davidson in Farmington Hills Michigan. Chris and I are at the Get-O Wear News Desk. For the coolest lifestyle apparel out there check out Get-O Wear. Melissa is off tonight and DVS is back at her producer's perch that is brought that is brought to from the good people at Gatenine Custom Number Plateswww.gateninedesign.comDie Job Apparel brings you our guest this week.“Elevate Your Look. Empower Your Brand Die Job Apparel ”www.facebook.com/diejobapparelThe show's chat is sponsored by BMX-Rox Photographywww.roxandcoco.comTonight's Trivia is brought to you by Krupp & Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store Our show doesn't happen with the support of the following companies. So when you are shopping for your BMX wants and needs please shop the companies that support All Things BMX Show. Spark BMX Traininghttps://www.sparkbmxtraining.comKrupp and Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store/shopOn 2 Wheels BMXhttps://on2wheelsbmx.company.siteThe Hack Shackhttps://www.facebook.com/p/The-Hack-Shack-100057675570612/dB Sports Worldhttps://www.facebook.com/dbsportsworldWrenchman Wheel Builds www.wrenchmanwheelbuilds.comGuest Contact Infohttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bmx-in-our-blood/id1296495175Support the show

We're fired up to welcome Jake Stephenitch to the show! You know Jake — the man behind Spark BMX Coaching, always grinding to make the scene better, build the hype, and keep riders on the gate week after week. From running a gym to building bmx training community, Jake's all about pushing BMX forward and keeping it fun for everyone. Tune in as we talk about racing, tracks, the Midwest BMX vibe, and what's next for the sport we love!You don't wanna miss this one — Jake always brings the passion and the real talk. Let's go! Lock in, hit that share button, and roll with us for another epic night of BMX talk!You can join us for the most part each and every week at 8:00 PM EST on the All Things BMX Show Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch pages. If you miss us live you can find us on all your favorite podcast sites and watch the replays on our YouTube Channel.The ATB Krew coming to you live from "The Ethan Clark" studios that are brought to you by the good people at Motor City Harley-Davidson in Farmington Hills Michigan. Chris and I are at the Get-O Wear News Desk. For the coolest lifestyle apparel out there check out Get-O Wear. Melissa is off tonight and DVS is back at her producer's perch that is brought that is brought to from the good people at Gatenine Custom Number Plateswww.gateninedesign.comDie Job Apparel brings you our guest this week.“Elevate Your Look. Empower Your Brand Die Job Apparel ”www.facebook.com/diejobapparelThe show's chat is sponsored by BMX-Rox Photographywww.roxandcoco.comTonight's Trivia is brought to you by Krupp & Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store Our show doesn't happen with the support of the following companies. So when you are shopping for your BMX wants and needs please shop the companies that support All Things BMX Show. Spark BMX Traininghttps://www.sparkbmxtraining.comKrupp and Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store/shopOn 2 Wheels BMXhttps://on2wheelsbmx.company.siteThe Hack Shackhttps://www.facebook.com/p/The-Hack-Shack-100057675570612/dB Sports Worldhttps://www.facebook.com/dbsportsworldWrenchman Wheel Builds www.wrenchmanwheelbuilds.comGuest Contact Infohttps://www.sparkbmxtraining.comhttps://www.instagram.com/gatestartcoachhttps://www.facebook.com/sparkbmxtrainingSupport the show

This week on the All Things BMX Show, we're hanging out with none other than Bradley Otto tonight! Brad's been holding it down in the BMX world for years — rider, racer, and all-around legend who keeps the scene rolling strong. From track life to behind-the-scenes stories, you know this one's gonna be full of laughs, insight, and pure BMX energy. Grab your favorite beverage, hit the share button, and thank you for joining us live — it's gonna be a killer night with Brad Otto on the All Things BMX Show! Lock in, hit that share button, and roll with us for another epic night of BMX talk!You can join us for the most part each and every week at 8:00 PM EST on the All Things BMX Show Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch pages. If you miss us live you can find us on all your favorite podcast sites and watch the replays on our YouTube Channel.The ATB Krew coming to you live from "The Ethan Clark" studios that are brought to you by the good people at Motor City Harley-Davidson in Farmington Hills Michigan. Chris and I are at the Get-O Wear News Desk. For the coolest lifestyle apparel out there check out Get-O Wear. Melissa is off tonight and DVS is back at her producer's perch that is brought that is brought to from the good people at Gatenine Custom Number Plateswww.gateninedesign.comDie Job Apparel brings you our guest this week.“Elevate Your Look. Empower Your Brand Die Job Apparel ”www.facebook.com/diejobapparelThe show's chat is sponsored by BMX-Rox Photographywww.roxandcoco.comTonight's Trivia is brought to you by Krupp & Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store Our show doesn't happen with the support of the following companies. So when you are shopping for your BMX wants and needs please shop the companies that support All Things BMX Show. Krupp and Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store/shopOn 2 Wheels BMXhttps://on2wheelsbmx.company.siteThe Hack Shackhttps://www.facebook.com/p/The-Hack-Shack-100057675570612/dB Sports Worldhttps://www.facebook.com/dbsportsworldWrenchman Wheel Builds www.wrenchmanwheelbuilds.comNews LinksGuest Contact Infohttps://www.facebook.com/bradley.otto.7543https://www.facebook.com/johnbradleycustomsupport@johnbradleycustom.comhttps://johnbradleycustom.comSupport the show

All Things BMX Show With Robert LaneThis week on the All Things BMX Show, we're hanging out with none other than Rob Lane tonight! Rob's been deep in the BMX scene — racing, building, supporting, and pushing the culture forward every step of the way. From local track stories to national-level insight, Rob brings that pure BMX energy you can't fake. Tune in as we talk bikes, community, and what's next for the sport we all love.Lock in, hit that share button, and roll with us for another epic night of BMX talk!You can join us for the most part each and every week at 8:00 PM EST on the All Things BMX Show Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch pages. If you miss us live you can find us on all your favorite podcast sites and watch the replays on our YouTube Channel.The ATB Krew coming to you live from "The Ethan Clark" studios that are brought to you by the good people at Motor City Harley-Davidson in Farmington Hills Michigan. Chris and I are at the Get-O Wear News Desk. For the coolest lifestyle apparel out there check out Get-O Wear. Melissa is off tonight and DVS is back at her producer's perch that is brought that is brought to from the good people at Gatenine Custom Number Plates www.gateninedesign.comDie Job Apparel brings you our guest this week.“Elevate Your Look. Empower Your Brand Die Job Apparel ”www.facebook.com/diejobapparelThe show's chat is sponsored by BMX-Rox Photographywww.roxandcoco.comTonight's Trivia is brought to you by Krupp & Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store Our show doesn't happen with the support of the following companies. So when you are shopping for your BMX wants and needs please shop the companies that support All Things BMX Show. Krupp and Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store/shopOn 2 Wheels BMXhttps://on2wheelsbmx.company.siteThe Hack Shackhttps://www.facebook.com/p/The-Hack-Shack-100057675570612/dB Sports Worldhttps://www.facebook.com/dbsportsworldWrenchman Wheel Builds www.wrenchmanwheelbuilds.comMega Design Group https://www.megadesigngroup.comNews Linkshttps://open.spotify.com/show/1iiq3tEcQkqljpTp8ejqKp?si=b2748ae59aee4684Guest Contact Infohttps://www.facebook.com/robert.lane.5076Support the show

We're pumped on being stoked to have Brant Moore back on the show.If you know BMX, you know Brant — the creative mind behind some of the most dialed YouTube content in the game. From tech tricks to trail talk and everything in between, Brant brings knowledge, passion, and a love for BMX that's second to none. Tune in as we dive into his Stoke The Midwest Mini Ramp Jam last weekend at Stoke Run, the state of BMX media, and what keeps him inspired to keep the wheels spinning! Sit tight you don't want to miss this one — it's gonna be pure BMX gold!You can join us for the most part each and every week at 8:00 PM EST on the All Things BMX Show Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch pages. If you miss us live you can find us on all your favorite podcast sites and watch the replays on our YouTube Channel. The ATB Krew coming to you live from "The Ethan Clark" studios that are brought to you by the good people at Motor City Harley-Davidson in Farmington Hills Michigan. Chris and I are at the Get-O Wear News Desk. For the coolest lifestyle apparel out there check out Get-O Wear. Melissa is off tonight and DVS is back at her producer's perch that is brought that is brought to from the good people at Gatenine Custom Number Plateswww.gateninedesign.comDie Job Apparel brings you our guest this week.“Elevate Your Look. Empower Your Brand Die Job Apparel ”www.facebook.com/diejobapparelThe show's chat is sponsored by BMX-Rox Photographywww.roxandcoco.comTonight's Trivia is brought to you by Krupp & Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store Our show doesn't happen with the support of the following companies. So when you are shopping for your BMX wants and needs please shop the companies that support All Things BMX Show. Krupp and Carterhttps://www.kruppandcarterco.store/shopOn 2 Wheels BMXhttps://on2wheelsbmx.company.siteThe Hack Shackhttps://www.facebook.com/p/The-Hack-Shack-100057675570612/dB Sports Worldhttps://www.facebook.com/dbsportsworldWrenchman Wheel Builds www.wrenchmanwheelbuilds.comMega Design Group https://www.megadesigngroup.comNews Linkshttps://www.facebook.com/Springfield.IL.Riverside.Bmxhttps://open.spotify.com/show/1iiq3tEcQkqljpTp8ejqKp?si=b2748ae59aee4684Guest Contact Infohttps://www.instagram.com/brant_moore/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWGSupport the show

Poddprofilen, juristen och sportvetaren Jesper Ekstedt återvänder efter många års frånvaro till Bakom Ryggen för att sätta ena halvan av Aftonbladets starkaste power-couple på den beryktade pottan! Fotbollskrönikören Simon Bank har länge verkat som en nagel i ögat på både Sebastian och Jesper men en incident med en engelsk accent fick tillslut bägaren att rinna över. Hård ton, personliga påhopp och vilda spekulationer. Dvs allt man önskar av ett avsnitt Bakom Betalvägg PUNKT!Prenumerera på Bakom Betalvägg via Underproduktion.se för att höra hela avsnittet!

Hur fungerar trapptändare? DVS du kan släcka ljuset i trapphuset där nere, men sen tända igen där uppe? Mer om denna och många andra frågor som håller oss vakna om nätterna i detta välmatade avsnitt. Du får också en knivsudd Knivsta samt några ml Staffan Heimersson. Samt bordsskick och svensk alkoholpolitik. Stöttar oss gör du genom patreon.com/fyrameter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tracklist and more info: https://www.bestdrumandbass.com/podcast556MY FRIENDS! As you read this I am on a mission across our country to prepare for absolute bassline domination in the woods of North Carolina! DVS joins me this week and together we get this weekend started just right, so tune in and tune out, your weekend has begun! NO SOUNDCLOUD UPLOAD THIS WEEK, SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!LOST IN THE WOODS 2025 IS THIS WEEKEND!CLICK HERE to read more info and buy tickets!Subscribe to the podcast: bestdnb.com/podcast  ICHOR - The Pursuit / Running from Invasion [OUT NOW on Abducted LTD]Download / Stream: bestdrumandbass.com/altd126/Supported by: Ed Rush, Aphrodite, Bytecode, Future Signal, Scout 22, Stonx, Sindicate, Pish Posh, Diode, Jane Doe DNB, Metric, Bad Ace, The Smell of Males, MYGR, Direct Shift, Korax, Lee UHF, Nox and more!

In this episode, DJ reviewer extraordinaire Mojaxx (whose gear reviews have informed generations of DJs) joins us to chat about all the changes in DJ gear since vinyl was replaced by CDs, and to reminisce about long-forgotten kit that still has a place in our hearts, while also looking to the future.If you enjoy this podcast and you can, please do give us a five-star rating on Apple Podcasts. It really does make a difference.TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro00:14 Episode overview02:05 - Meet Mojaxx: From Hi-Fi systems to DJ gear obsession05:16 - The digital revolution: DVS, controllers & the last 15 years09:18 - The two parallel worlds of DJing converge12:09 - Simplicity vs complexity: Have we lost something important?15:10 - Gear Acquisition Syndrome (G.A.S): Want vs need20:56 - Stop chasing the perfect gear - it doesn't exist!25:07 - Pioneer DJ's secret: 25 years of consistency32:06 - Failed innovations: The Red Sound triple crossfader35:19 - When DJ technology gets too complex40:00 - The truth about using more than two decks42:53 - AI and DJing: Art vs craft46:40 - Preserving DJ culture in the tech age52:33 - The backwards DJ journey: From apps to vinyl56:16 - Closing thoughts + vinyl episode teaser Want to get your question answered on an episode of this podcast? Digital DJ Tips course owners get to ask questions in their student-only group. Your first step to getting involved is to buy a DJ course, so come and join our community at https://www.digitaldjtips.com.

En vanlig tankevurpa när man ska prissätta sin onlinekurs är att man börjar jämföra sin digitala utbildning med hur man säljer timmar eller projekttid "i vanliga fall". Dvs när man byter tid mot pengar. En digital utbildning har många fördelar som gör att du slipper byta tid mot pengar vilket innebär att du kan kan skala upp din försäljning utan att behöva tänka på tidsåtgången. Det innebär också att du kan ta både ett högre eller lägre pris för din utbildning jämfört med t ex en utbildningsdag på plats ute hos en kund. Men allt handlar inte om priset... Får du prissättningen rätt från start kan det vara skillnaden mellan "okej intäkter" och 10x försäljning

The 16:9 PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SCREENFEED – DIGITAL SIGNAGE CONTENT If you go to big outdoor sports events, concerts in parks or even political rallies, there's a reasonable chance that what's happening is going to be relayed on a portable LED display that was wheeled into place by   trailer. My local footy team uses one and it is old and looks terrible. But that's not the norm, and certainly not for a Des Moines, Iowa company that is very specifically in the business of making and selling great-looking and bulletproof on-the-go LED trailers. Insane Impact has been at it for eight years and now has almost 500 units operating, mostly but not only in the United States. The flagship product is 17 feet wide by 10 feet tall, using 4mm LED and pushing as much as 7,500 nits. It's been designed to roll into place and be up and running in 10 minutes or less - even if a doofus like me was told to get it lit up. I had a really good chat with Tod Puetz, who started the company after first being a user, when he was in the golf equipment business. In this podcast, we get into a lot of things - including how he had the foresight to get ahead of the tariffs turmoil and pre-ordered enough electronics and hardware to hopefully ride out these uncertain months. We also talk about use-cases and probably the most curious application to date - drive-in funerals when COVID was raging. Subscribe from wherever you pick up new podcasts. TRANSCRIPT Tod, thank you for joining me. Can you tell me what Insane Impact does, where you're based, those kinds of nuts and bolts questions?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, appreciate it Dave. Insane Impact, primarily focused on LED as a business, but we are an audio video integration company based out of Des Moines, Iowa.  Des Moines. So you're in flyover country? Tod Puetz: Absolutely.  It's actually very handy there because you're like two hours away from the East Coast and two hours away from the West coast, right?  Tod Puetz: It really is. Just in proximity here in the central part of the US, where our corporate office and warehouse location is about 65 seconds from the airport Des Moines International, so very easy to get in. All the major interstate throwaways between I-29 North and South and I-35 North and South, and then I-80 West. We're pretty much within minutes of getting anywhere we need to go east, west, north, or south.  Nice. How long has the company been around?  Tod Puetz: We started up in 2015, flipped the switch basically late December, 2015 and have been going rock and roll. So we're coming up on our 10 year anniversary here in December.  You are a founder?  Tod Puetz: I am, yeah. Founder and CEO.  So what compelled you to do this? What did you see in the marketplace that said, okay, this is what I should do?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, really the CliffNotes version, my former life was in the golf business. I was a manufacturer sales rep for TaylorMade Golf, and I was introduced to a gentleman here locally in Des Moines that had an older video truck and basically saw an opportunity to utilize that as a sales tool to help me sell more golf clubs.  So we took this video truck out on the driving range here locally in Des Moines, hooked it up to the launch monitor and, gosh, that was almost 18 years ago. Back then it was a big deal. Not a lot of people in your run of the mill average daily golfer really ever had an op opportunity to do that. They'd seen it on tour. But we brought the bigs out to the little team here in some of these country clubs, and again, larger than life. They were able to see their stats up on the screen and really fell in love with the technology back then, and were able to utilize that for a number of years after that initial introduction. What was it back then? What was the technology back then, early LED?  Tod Puetz: It was an SMD, It was an early 8x8 millimeter SMD back then. I refer to it as antiquated, but back then, it was pretty fresh and new. But yeah, just the idea of being able to drive this thing up to the driving range, the wings folded open on this thing and, within minutes we're plug and play and just really, fell in love with that concept. ,  Yeah. So did you buy the business from him or just get something going on your own? Tod Puetz: Did not. We utilized them. It was a kind of a one man show there. It was more of a hobby for individuals, and they used it for four or five years. But they weren't interested in scaling this thing. As my career with TaylorMade progressed more and more, I ended up working with other companies, just trying to understand the LED business. So I branched out and helped a few other smaller LED niche companies to try to generate some business in the sports space. We just had a lot of relationships with the golf business and yeah, really just took the concept and I knew there was a different mouse trap here with that type of opportunity to scale it, that's where we started things in late 2015. So the idea is just at its bare essentials, and I think most people understand this anyways, but just in case, is you've got a foldable all in one LED display that's on a trailer and your customers are rolling it out to different locations, whether they're entertainment events, sports events or something else, and finding power, plugging it in, open it, and driving a signal to it, and you've got a big display where it needs to be for three days or three weeks or whatever it is, right?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, absolutely. By no means, does Insane Impact claim to be the inventor of mobile LED. Obviously, that has been one man for a very long time. Our business, Insane Impact, started up on the rental side. We designed, fabricated and engineered a handful of units, just to service what we thought was gonna be a Midwest boutique rental business and very quickly became a national presence. And what we found was that the same people were renting products two, three and four times a year, and really, our thought process was, why don't we just own one of these things, and we can use it 365 days a year, if we want? And again, there were already customers out there, there were common trucks that were selling trailers, but it wasn't popular and we really started working back in 2016 to develop a plan where if you own the product, we can certainly start to feed your business as well, you can be part of our rental network and that's really what kind of, put the fuel on the fire. Each year, more and more units in the field, more and more customers from parks and municipalities, armed forces, college, university, all of the usual suspects out there that use these things on a regular basis, really became the traction for rapid growth in this endeavor.  So your company, it's an interesting kind of mashup of different competencies, so to speak, in that if you are manufacturing rolling stock with lots of heavy-duty metals and wheels and everything else, that's one thing. And then at the polar opposite, you've got fairly sensitive electronics. So you're doing both sides of that, right?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, absolutely. We take a fully engineered and manufactured trailer. These trailers weigh anywhere from 3,500 pounds on our smallest unit up to 18,000 pounds on a triple axle gooseneck. And they've got real high end LEDs permanently. We've approached it a little bit differently. We're putting a fixed product on it. So something that's used to and withstands the elements pretty much anywhere, including the road, and then obviously everything else on the unit is fully protected from shock, from absorption of weather. Everything's IP67 through the components side of things, and IP65 on the trailer, fully powder coated system.  So we've really built, tried, and tested a product that's gonna last and withstand the elements going up and down the road at 75 miles an hour in any extreme environment.  I'm guessing that you, in your early years, had some lessons, whether they were hard ones or whatever.  Tod Puetz: Yeah, absolutely. It wouldn't be any fun if we didn't. Our first major lesson that we learned, Dave and I think this is really what sets us apart is that we did the hang and bang modular cabinets on our product for the first, probably two and a half years and we learned the lesson real quick that those just aren't designed to withstand the long-lasting road and weather, wear and tear. At the time, that's what everybody was using it and that's kind of where we were at. It took a lot of headaches, blood and sweat, for those first two years to figure out what product really made sense. For the last four and a half years, we've really been rock and rolling on a specific product, chassis, and stuff that just really outperformed, in a big way. So that was a very painful lesson because you're a year into this thing, and you've got issues, and those are hard to come by as a startup, but we were able to weather the storm and find what really worked for us and I think that really separate us from most right now is we just, we're putting some of the best products out there on the market on these trailers. And you not only have to make it bulletproof, but I suspect you have to do it down like crazy, because this can not be something that takes 45 minutes and has a checklist, like launching a rocket or something. It's gotta roll into place and find power and open the hinges, lock them down, and get a signal in, right? Tod Puetz: Yeah, you nailed it. I think one of the things as we built this thing out, Dave, is that the single most important part was customer focus and customer friendly, and I will tell you that you yourself, or even my 18-year-old daughter, can get this thing up and running in less than 10 minutes. We pride ourselves on delivering a turnkey functional unit to our flagship product, which is our Max 1710. You can pull in, and it'll take you longer to unhook it than it will to turn it on and set it up in some respects. We offer a generator-powered option or a battery-powered option. We've got a fully self-sustained, lithium-ion pack that is performing at an incredible level right now, which we're really excited about.  So we worked with a major organization probably about 18 months ago, in the Armed Forces space, and we worked with them to design a fully self-sustainable battery pack solution and were really excited about that. We can talk about that a little bit more here, but at the end of the day, our electronics cabinet is an IP67 rated rack that basically opens it up, and as you know, with everything, we run Nova Star. So everything is just a straight playback video. So just hit the breakers, hit the power switch, and you're off and running. So we really did wanna make this thing turnkey. They come fully self-sustained with audio as well. We wanted to make sure that anybody and everybody could operate this thing very quickly.  Is there a media playout box in there, or do you use an external feed and then just plug it into an HDMI or whatever it may be? Tod Puetz: Plenty of different options. Most often our customers, like your Park and Rec municipality, the people that are using this thing to play movies and stuff, they're just streaming it off the laptop. But we got an IO box that they can drop in, SDI, fiber, anything else if you're running or whatever it might be. But yeah, anybody can bring us any signal within, within a minute, and we're up and running. So really trying to get in that turnkey facet of this thing to make sure that we're in a good spot.  Okay, so you're sourcing the trailer from a third-party manufacturer as opposed to bending metal and doing all that yourself and you're sourcing the electronics, and you're basically doing final assembly, right?  Tod Puetz: Correct. Yep.  Doing it the other way would be very complicated.  Tod Petz: We did that when we first started this little venture, we hired engineers, we bought the welders, we were buying cut parts and building them ourselves, and we realized very quickly that in a 4,000 square foot facility that when this thing takes up, it'd be impossible to keep up. So we were very fortunate to find a local vendor that was in the trailer business already but they took a liking to what we were doing, and it really has just been a wonderful partnership and relationship with them. They build a fantastic product, best-in-class warranty around it, and it's really the fit and the finish from premium laser cut, premium powder coat finishes, all the details that are there, and certainly, we work with some of the best engineers out there in the marketplace to create the best product so really exciting to have that partnership. On the LED side and the electronics side, we're taking the trailer and we're taking the electronics and we're putting the fit and finish on it and making it function and delivering a finished product.  I assume you have some sort of a contract manufacturer or a finished goods supplier in, whether it's China, Taiwan, or somewhere else you're sourcing from. Tod Puetz: On the electronic side, yeah, we do. So we actually just made an announcement here yesterday. We are partnered with DVS (Dynamic Visual Solutions). We've been working with them for almost six years now.  Obviously, Chinese based, but we got in touch with the owner and the CEO of the US business almost six years ago and kind of started to understand what it meant for us and what it meant for them to be a partner and really have our hands on the technology, help them with some of the design elements that we needed within the product to make sure that it was gonna pass the buck and make sure that it lasted and, almost six years later. But, yeah, we just had a nice press release announcing the partnership. We got a huge opportunity with them with the craziness that's going on out there in the space. But great company, wonderful products, best-in-class warranties, and we've had the ability to shape what that product needs to be on our trailers.  I suspect that was a bit of a journey too, finding the right supplier because we've all heard the stories about different companies who make a lot of promises, but what shows up isn't what you thought you were getting. Tod Puetz: Yeah, it was. So we had gone through probably three to five different manufacturers, three to four at least prior to getting with DVS and it's very painful on that side of it because you are dealing with somebody over in China, and sleepless nights and figuring stuff out and a startup and all of the fun things that happen around that. When we were able to locate, DVS was based out of Florida. They really just took a liking to what we were doing and threw all the chips on the table and said, we've got a great modular rental business going, but we're really intrigued about this mobile solution. How can we help? And we really started to dig cautiously optimistic out of the gate because there are thousands of people out there trying to get the business in some respects.  Could we go to one of the major five or six? Yeah, we certainly could have, but we felt like there was a little bit more of an intimate approach to this. We were a newer company. We took our time getting into what we really wanted, and we felt like we had a little more leverage working with a decent-sized company. And with somebody who's got an office in Florida as opposed to Shenzhen or Beijing. Tod Puetz: Correct.  I don't want to get too deep into what's going on right now, but how are you navigating the tariff situation right now?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, that's the million dollar question and in some cases, multi millions. When I started this company, Dave, I had two stances that I wanted to live by. One, I was gonna over-index on our employees and make sure that we had the right people in the right seats, and take very good care of them. The other one that came later on, probably after we had established and it was I'm never gonna run out of products. I just know that if we have products, we'll sell them.  So after those first three, four years, we put ourselves in a position where we've rubber stamped our products, we know who we're selling to, we know what our core markets are, and we've got the right people in the right seats and I just knew that if I would run out of product, then I just make sure that we are collectively chasing the business. That's a really hard thing to do. But fortunately, we've got the right vendors to do this with.  So back in November, after the current administration was elected or they won the nomination, knowing that this discussion of tariffs was on the horizon, we took a very calculated and risky approach, but we went out and bought a slew of equipment. So we bought basically upwards of almost a year of supply in LEDs out front. We went to our trailer manufacturer. They bought a year's worth of supply of our top three SKUs and hedged the bet with us. So we're in a little different position than most, again, there are a lot of people out there who probably did the same thing. I'm not the only one out there who took that risk, but we did take the risk, and it's certainly paying off. That kind of gets you an idea of where we're at and how we've run our business. We just don't wanna run out of products. So fast forward to today in reality, I think there's a blinking that's happening, there's a stance, and this isn't a political statement by any means. This is just our gut feeling on this is, I feel like it's gotta loosen up a little bit here. It can only go so hard and so fast. But we've been able to weather the tariff storm, internally at Insane, impacted by some of the stuff we did on the front end. We have not been significantly impacted by LEDs. If we're to place orders today on LEDs. Honestly, it's been fairly minimal in the impact. We're seeing some of the expensive shipping surcharges that are happening. But I think there's just buying power that's come with some of the things that we've done with our manufacturer to keep them rocking and rolling, that have helped us mitigate a little bit of this. But you're not like some of these companies where they're wringing their hands, okay, in order to get something out of a container in Long Beach, California, I need to write a check for an extra million dollars that I had not anticipated.  Tod Puetz: Yeah, we're not dealing with that. I think where this thing's really impacted, the hundreds of, I'm just gonna call them mom and pop manufacturers over there, whether they're manufacturers or just the days of them just shipping, 12x7s into the States by air is probably coming to an end or they're pricing themselves out of the market a little bit. Either that or they just don't care. But I think a lot of this is the consolidation in the short-term impact that we've seen in real life. The long-term impact, in my opinion, is gonna weed some of them out, and then obviously you've got all the Chinese entity companies, the larger players in the game that are having to come to market with distribution here in the US, where it impacts us the most. So they're adding additional layers of cost and it's really gonna open the door from what we're seeing, it's gonna open the door for us to other markets by virtue of that since we're already and established US distributor. When you first got in touch, I didn't know that much about you and thought, you're a rental company, but I was intrigued that, sure, you do rentals, but really, you're a manufacturer and you're selling to companies who are more regional rental companies. That's accurate, correct?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, it's interesting. So we've really got three business units, Dave. But we started off as a rental company with a primary focus on the mobile solution. We did have modular hanging bangs as well that we took care of some specific customers, but when we kinda uncovered the opportunity, evolved is a great word into the more offside of the business selling video trailers, that opened up a whole other segment of opportunity for us to then really start to take a look at the fixed install stuff.  Our three business units are really, primarily led by the mobile video solution on the trailers, and other new innovative products coming. Now, by the way, we do the marquees and the scoreboards and the highway signs, the airport conference room takeover stuff. We do all of that as well, and oh, by the way, customers that have video trailers, they become part of our cross-rental network. So this nucleus business unit feeds that we have, one feeds the other and that feeds another. It's really that we create a really cool situation here that allows us to have return business from our customers in all of those different facets. Because if you can't afford it, you can rent it. If you rent it too many times, then you can afford to buy it, and oh, by the way, we can replace your scoreboard or we can replace your, your, your classroom or your theater, modular wall, whatever it might be.  We do all three of them, and we do, we feel like we do them pretty well, and again, we're very lucky to have those three business units that fill the pipeline on a regular basis.  Is there a rule of thumb as to that point where, okay, we can rent this five times a year and that makes financial sense, but there's a certain break point where it makes more sense just to buy it? Tod Puetz: Yeah, that's a wonderful question because it really comes down to there's such a tremendous education process. Again, up until maybe, really when we started, at least here in the US, there was nobody else that was mass producing or really proactively selling to the end customer, and when we started doing that, we were very fortunate just to have some relationships where they actually saw the light. “Oh, this makes sense.”  Yeah, it's a high school or a college, and they're using it for their game day stuff. But what's been more fun for me in this company is to see just the evolution of the education that's had that's happened. Going to a city administrator and telling them, hey, it's not just the three movie nights a year, it's all of your chamber events. It's the community support events, it's the fundraiser stuff. So when they start to understand the use case of these items, these trailers, and that they can turn and burn and have these things up and running, whether it's just mass notification, you've got storms coming, or just any and all of those things.  Once they understand the full use case of applications that these products can offer, then the light comes on, and then it becomes a much easier conversation for them to take to the stakeholders and say, alright, we really need this. Here are all the reasons why. So our sales team is incredibly focused on the educational side of the business on how this can impact the community, campus, etc.  I realize you have a number of different sizes and everything else, but, for your primary selling unit, what would that cost?  And if I wanted to rent it for a weekend, if I'm in Ames, Iowa, what would that cost to rent it for a weekend?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, great question. So our flagship product is our Max 1710. So 17 wide, 10 foot tall, 3.9 millimeters on their turnkey generator operation, delivery, and tech. To rent that thing for a day, in this market, it does vary a little bit based on coast to coast. You get a three-day festival and you're spending $7,500 to 8,000 bucks for a screen that's operated that comes turnkey, that has power if needed. That's gonna turn the lights on and be reliable. So that's a pretty good snapshot of what we offer from a rate card on that specific product. If somebody wants to buy it, I'm gonna say turnkey trailer screen electronics, generator, audio. If you want the Mac Daddy package delivered to your doorstep, you're in that $150-160k range, which is gonna get you, 10-year parts, five-year labor on LED screen warranty, five-year parts, five-year labor on the trailer warranty, and then obviously an electronics warranty. So you're really protecting the investment there, Dave.  We're not the most expensive in the marketplace. We're definitely not the least. We feel like we're in a really good slot, and I think our adoption within the marketplace probably supports that. But that gives you a quick snapshot of where we're at from the pricing structure. So if you're a company that's on the rental side of it, you could see an ROI in a year if you're in a busy market.  Tod Puetz: Absolutely. Yeah. I think, 1710, and this doesn't factor in your cogs, your travel, your truck, your tech, etc. Sure. But if you get 20 to 25 really strong rental events within your market on a single day's use, you're right there certainly, being able to pay it back.  And it goes back to that education process. When we sell a customer a unit, we don't guarantee them any business, in terms of what we can bring to them from the cross-rental network. We're very forthright about that. But what does happen is if you're a proven, vetted, rental partner out there in the marketplace, you can bet, you're gonna get some help with monetizing this thing. That's the unique part about this business relationship with our customers on the trailer side is: we're gonna help you guys monetize the unit over time.  I have season tickets to the local Canadian Premier League soccer team that does very well here. They pull 6,500 people to games, but it's at a somewhat temporary stadium, and they have an LED display, it looks like maybe a 17x10 on a truck.  I severely doubt it's yours because it's a piece of crap. It's not very bright, it's not very crisp or anything, but it's something, so I gather that this can be all over the map in terms of what you rent. If you're an end user, you have to pay attention to the specs.  Tod Puetz: Absolutely. We prided ourselves on being the leader when it comes to what products are out there on mobile products, in and of itself. But it really comes down to the screen at the end of the day. I guess we will probably take it a step further. We do take a lot of pride in the physical trailer itself, the metal that this thing rides on, because that's as important to me as it's the LED.  But at the end of the day, having something that you can put up in direct sunlight and have the most quality, crisp image, is what we've over-indexed on that in a good way. So what we come to market with is a 7500 nit, 3.9 product, competitively in the marketplace. 3.9 from our core competitors are in that 4500-5500 nit and it just overpowers everything.  So again, if you're rolling up to the game for a little pre-game watch party, you're gonna get the best viewing experience possible, with some of the product. But we do pay a lot of attention to the spec, the physical components, the quality, and that's very close to our chest, so we don't take that for granted. So you're doing lots of sports and entertainment events, probably some corporate events. I'm curious, what's the most unusual one that you're aware of?  Tod Puetz: It was interesting. You look at Covid and the impact that it had on the industry, and all of these companies out there that have stages and rigging and modular and everything else, they took a little bit of a bath at the onset of Covid, and really, what allowed us to squeeze in and continue to, I would say, entertain, but take care of customers that had to continue to engage, whether it was employees or crowds or whatever.  So we did everything. But this leads up to your question, doing drive-in funerals was probably one of the most unique things that we've done. They couldn't get into the churches, so we were pulling up to large parking lots and they were streaming the funeral from inside the church out to the streets. It was really wild, but I bet we did anywhere from 50 to 60 funerals in late 2020 and in early 2021 until the restrictions relaxed a little bit. So we had funeral homes. We probably have three or four customers that actually own these, as a result of Covid, and they continue to use them for different settings in the church and funeral space. That would be the one that comes to mind, honestly, is that kind of the most bizarre one that you never really think about? Yeah.  How many units do you have out there, roughly?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, so we shipped the first unit in January of 2017 to a gasoline company in Texas. By the end of this month, the end of April, we delivered right around 495 units into the marketplace all around the US. We've got some army bases and navy bases over in Japan. We've got a handful of units over in Europe, a good chunk over in Hawaii, obviously I know that's US, but largely, 95 to 97% of what we've got is here in the lower 48. We do have a few up in your neck of the woods as well, but, yeah, we've been very to lead the charge there as it relates to the go to product in the marketplace. Super interesting. If people wanna know more, they just find you at insaneimpact.com?  Tod Puetz: Yeah, InsaneImpact.com. They can learn a little bit more about everything we do, but it's an exciting time for us. I know there's a little bit of uncertainty and doom and gloom, but we're just keeping our heads down. We've got customers that want the product. They may want it, but how do we get them to realize that they need the product to continue to advance their business, regardless of the sector, and I think if they get in touch with our folks, we're putting ourselves in a good spot to provide really good information and provide a great solid starting base for our conversation. I'm impressed with the advanced planning that you did. I don't have a lot of sympathy for people who were sitting around this week and saying, I didn't see that coming.  Tod Puetz: Head on a swivel constantly, there's no question.  Alright, Todd, thanks very much for taking the time.  Tod Puetz: Dave, I appreciate you. Take care now!

Times are changing in the pitching world ... a state of the union with DVS creator Justin Orenduff

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I spoke to Thomas Heremans, CEO of the Obol Association. Obol is an ecosystem for trust minimized Ethereum staking that enables distributed validators (DVs) across a cluster of nodes in order to improve resilience as compared to running a validator on a single node. Previously I spoke to Osín Kyne, the CTO of Obol Network and they had plenty of updates since last time.Thomas gave us a refresher on what DVs are and what they can enable, some success stories of how communities have funded themselves with Obol DVs and what the future looks like for Obol. They also announced the Obol Incentives Program where you can earn OBOL tokens for staking on distributed validators.If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month. It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter (@TBSocialist) or Mastodon (@theblockchainsocialist@social.coop) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion.Send me your questions or comments about the show and I'll read them out sometime. Support the showICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who's work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The book is officially published and you use this linktree to find where you can purchase the book based on your region / country.

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In this episode of The Concierge CPA Podcast, Dr. Jackie Meyer interviews Divakar Vijayasarathy, CEO and founder of DVS Advisory Group. Divakar shares his inspiring journey from humble beginnings to leading a global firm, offering insights into overcoming challenges in accounting, building scalable practices, and fostering innovation. Learn how to approach partnerships, embrace cultural alignment, and redefine success in the accounting industry. Perfect for accountants, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking actionable advice to scale their businesses and achieve growth!00:03:32 Tell us a little bit about your background and where you are today.00:06:41 How did you turn your life around after starting in challenging circumstances?00:10:03 How much personal responsibility does one take versus relying on fate in life?00:14:51 Who do you service with your company? Do you work only with high-net-worth clients or smaller firms as well?00:16:28 What are the chronic challenges accounting firms face that impact scalability?00:19:47 What makes DVS unique in its business approach compared to traditional accounting firms?00:24:20 What red flags do you watch out for when partnering with firms?00:26:12 What are the most important factors you consider in a partner's mindset?

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For certain diagnoses and patients who meet clinical criteria, neuromodulation can provide profound, long-lasting relief that significantly improves quality of life. In this episode, Aaron Berkowitz, MD, PhD, FAAN speaks with Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD, author of the article “Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Pain Syndromes,” in the Continuum® October 2024 Pain Management in Neurology issue. Dr. Berkowitz is a Continuum® Audio interviewer and a professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco in the Department of Neurology and a neurohospitalist, general neurologist, and clinician educator at the San Francisco VA Medical Center at the San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California. Dr. Shirvalkar is an associate professor in the Departments of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Neurological Surgery, and Neurology at Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, California. Additional Resources Read the article: Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Pain Syndromes Subscribe to Continuum: shop.lww.com/Continuum Earn CME (available only to AAN members): continpub.com/AudioCME Continuum® Aloud (verbatim audio-book style recordings of articles available only to Continuum® subscribers): continpub.com/Aloud More about the American Academy of Neurology: aan.com Social Media facebook.com/continuumcme @ContinuumAAN Host: @AaronLBerkowitz Guest: @PrasadShirvalka Full episode transcript available here Dr Jones: This is Dr Lyell Jones, Editor in Chief of Continuum, the premier topic-based neurology clinical review and CME journal from the American Academy of Neurology. Thank you for joining us on Continuum Audio, which features conversations with Continuum's guest editors and authors, who are the leading experts in their fields. Subscribers to the Continuum Journal can read the full article or listen to verbatim recordings of the article and have access to exclusive interviews not featured on the podcast. Please visit the link in the episode notes for more information on the article, subscribing to the journal, and how to get CME. Dr Berkowitz: This is Dr Aaron Berkowitz, and today I'm interviewing Dr Prasad Shirvalkar about his article on neuromodulation for painful neuropathic diseases, which appears in the October 2024 Continuum issue on pain management in neurology. Welcome to the podcast, and if you wouldn't mind, please introducing yourself to our listeners.  Dr Shirvalkar: Thanks, Aaron. Yes, of course. So, my name is Prasad Shirvalkar. I'm an associate professor in anesthesiology, neurology and neurological surgery at UCSF. I am one of those rare neurologists that's actually a pain physician.  Dr Berkowitz: Fantastic. And we're excited to have you here and talk to you more about being a neurologist in in the field of pain. So, you wrote a fascinating article here about current and emerging neuromodulation devices and techniques being used to treat chronic pain. And in our interview today, I'm hoping to learn and for our listeners to learn about these devices and techniques and how to determine which patients may benefit from them. But before we get into some of the clinical aspects here, can you first just give our listeners an overview of the basic principles of how neuromodulation of various regions of the nervous system is thought to reduce pain? Dr Shirvalkar: Yeah, I would love to try. But I will promise you that I will not succeed because I think to a large extent, we don't understand how neuromodulation works to treat pain, to describe or to define neuromodulation. Neuromodulation is often described as using electrical stimuli or a chemical stimuli to alter nervous system activity to really influence local activity, but also kind of distant network activity that might be producing pain. On one level, we don't fully understand how pain arises, specifically how chronic pain arises in the nervous system. It's a huge focus of study from the NIH Heal Initiative and many labs around the world. But acute pain, which is kind of when you stub your toe or you burn your finger, is thought to be quite different from the changes over time and the kind of plasticity that produces emotional, cognitive and sensory dimensions. Really what I think is its own disease, chronic pain, of which there are multiple syndromes when we use neuromodulation, either peripheral nerve stimulation or electrical spinal cord stimulation. One common or predominant theory actually comes from a paper in science from 1967 and people still use it, foundational theory and it's called the gate control theory. Two authors, Melzack and Wall, postulated that at the spinal level, there are, there's a local inhibitory circuit or, you know, there's a local circuit where if you provide input to either peripheral nerves or either spinal cord ascending fibers that to kind of summarize it, there's only so much bandwidth, you know, that nerves can carry. And so that if you literally pass through artificial signals electrically, that you will help gate out or block natural pathological but natural pain signals that might be arising from the periphery or spinal cord. So, you know, one idea is that you are kind of interfering with activity that's arising for chemical neuromodulation. The most common is something known as intrathecal drug infusion drug delivery ITTD for that we quite literally put a catheter in the spinal fluid, you know, at the level of the dorsal horn neurons that we think are responsible for perpetuating or creating the pain. Where's the pain generator? And you really, you can infuse local anesthetic, you can infuse opioids. And what's nice is you avoid a lot of systemic side effects and toxicity because it goes right to the spinal cord, you know, by infusing in the fluid. So there's a couple of modalities, but I will say just, like maybe all of our living experience, pain is in the brain. And so, we don't really understand, I would say, what neuromodulation is doing to the higher spinal or brain levels. Dr Berkowitz: Fascinating topic. And yeah, very interesting to hear both what our current understanding is that some of our current understanding is based on data that's 60 years old and that we're actually probably learning about pain by using these modulation techniques, even though we don't really understand how they might be working. So interesting feedback loop there as well as in as in the as in this land. So, your article very nicely organizes the neuromodulation techniques from peripheral to central. So, encourage our listeners to check out your article. And first before we get into some of the clinical applications, just to give the listeners the lay of the land, can you sort of lay out the devices and techniques available for treating pain at each level of the neuroaxis? We'll get into some of the indications in patient selection in a moment, but just sort of to lay out the landscape. What's available that you and your colleagues can use or implant at different levels when we're thinking of referring patients too? Dr Shirvalkar: Absolutely. So, starting from the least invasive or you know, over the counter patients can purchase themselves a TENS machine. Many folks listening to this have probably tried a TENS machine in the past. And the idea is that you put a couple of pads, at least two. So you have like a dipole or you have a positive and a negative lead and you basically inject some current. So, the pads are attached to a battery and you can put these pads over muscle. If you have areas where myofascial pain or sore muscles, you can put them, frankly, over nerves as well and stimulate nerves that are deeper. Most TENS machines kind of use electrical pulses that occur at different rates. You change the rates, you can change the amplitude and patient can kind of have control for what works best. Then getting slightly more invasive, we can often stimulate electrically peripheral nerves. To do this we implant through a needle, a small wire that consists of anywhere from one electrical contact to four or even eight electrical contact. What I think is particularly cool, like TENS, which is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation that goes through the skin. Peripheral nerve stimulation aims to stimulate nerves, but you don't have to be right up against the nerve. So, yeah. We typically do this under an ultrasound and you can visualize a nerve like the sciatic nerve, peroneal nerve, or you know, even if someone has an ulnar or a neuropathy, you know, that's the compression. There's a role obviously for surgery and release, but if they have predominantly pain, it's not related to a mechanical problem per se, you could prevent a wire from a peripheral nerve stimulator as far as one centimeter from a nerve and it'll actually stimulate that that modulated and then, you know, kind of progressing even more deeply. The spinal cord stimulation, SCS, it's probably the most ubiquitous or popular form of neuromodulation for pain. People use it for all kinds of diseases. But what it roughly involves is a trial period, which is a placement of either two cylindrical wires, not directly over the spinal cord, but actually in the epidural space, right? So, it's kind of like when you get an epidural injection or doing labor and delivery, when women get epidural catheters, placing spinal cord stimulator leads in that same potential space outside the dura, and you're stimulating through the dura to actually target the ascending dorsal column fibers. And so, you do a trial period or a test drive where the patients get these wires put in. They're coming out of the skin, they're connected to a battery, and they walk around at home for about a week, take careful notes, check in with them, and they keep a diary or a log about how much it helps. Separately. I will say it's hard to distinguish this, the placebo effect often, but you know, sometimes we want to use the placebo effect in clinical practice, but it is a concern, you know, with such invasive things. But you know, if the trial works well, right, you basically can either keep the leads where they are and place a battery internally. And it's for neurologists. You're familiar with deep brain stimulation. These devices are very similar to DVS devices, but they're specifically made for spinal cord stimulation. And there's now like seven companies that offer manufacturers that offer it, each with their own proprietary algorithm or workflow. But going yet more invasive, there is intrathecal drug delivery, which I mentioned, which involves placement of the spinal catheter and infusion of drug into spinal fluid. You could do a trial for that as well. Keep a patient in the hospital for a few days. You've all probably had experience with lumbar drains. It's something real similar. It just goes the other way. You know, you're infusing drugs, and it could also target peripheral nerves or nerve roots with catheters, and that's often done. And last but not least, there's brain stimulation. Right now, it's all experimental except for some forms of TMS or transcranial magnetic stimulation, which is FDA approved for migraine with aura. There are tens machine type devices, cutaneous like stimulators where you can wear on your head like a crown or with stickers for various sorts of migraines. I don't really talk about them too much in in the article, but if there's a fast field out there for adjunctive therapy as well,  Dr Berkowitz: Fantastic. That's a phenomenal overview. Just so we have the lay on the land of these devices. So, from peripheral essentially have peripheral nerve stimulators, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal drug delivery devices and then techniques we use in other areas of neurology emerging for pain DBS deep brain stimulation and TMS transcranial magnetic stimulation. OK let's get into some clinical applications now. Let's start with spinal cord stimulators, which - correct me if I'm wrong - seem to be probably the most commonly seen in practice. Which patients can benefit from spinal cord stimulators? When should we think about referring a patient to you and your colleagues for consideration of implantation of one of these spinal cord stimulator devices?  Dr Shirvalkar: So, you know, it's a great question. I would say it's interesting how to define which patients or diagnosis might be appropriate. Technically, spinal cord stimulators are approved for the treatment of most recently diabetic peripheral neuropathy. And so, I think that's a really great category if you have patients who have been failed by more conservative treatments, physical therapy, etcetera, but more commonly even going back, neuropathic low back pain and neuropathic leg pain. And so, you think about it and it's like, how do you define neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is kind of broadly defined as any pain that's caused by injury or some kind of lesion in the somatosensory nervous system. We now broaden that to be more than just somatosensory nervous system, but still, what if you can't find a lesion, but the pain still feels or seems neuropathic. Clinically, if something is neuropathic, we often use certain qualitative descriptors to describe that type of pain burning, stabbing, electric light, shooting radiates. There's often hyperpathia, like it lingers and spreads in space and time as opposed to, you know, arthritis, throbbing dull pain or as opposed to muscle pain might be myofascial pain, but sometimes it's hard to tell. So, there aren't great decision tools, I would say to help decide. One of the most common syndromes that we use spinal cord stimulation for is what used to be called failed back surgery syndrome. We never like to, we now try to shy away from explicitly saying something is someone has failed in their clinical treatment. So, the euphemism is now, you know, post-laminectomy syndrome. But in any case, if someone has had back surgery and they still have a nervy or neuropathic type pain, either shooting down their legs and often there's no evidence on MRI or even EMG that that something is wrong, they might be a good candidate, especially if they're relying on long term medications that have side effects or things like full agonist opioids, you know that that might have side effects or contraindication. So, I would say one, it's not a first line treatment. It's usually after you've gone through physical therapy for sure. So, you've gone through tried some medications. Basically, if chronic pain is still impacting your life and your function in a meaningful way that's restricting the things you want to do, then it it's totally appropriate, I think, to think about spinal cord stimulation. And importantly, I will add a huge predictor of final court stimulation success is psychological composition, you know, making sure the person doesn't have any untreated psychological illness and, and actually making sure their expectations going in are realistic. You're not going to cure anyone's pain. You may and that's, you know, a win, but it's very unlikely. And so, give folks the expectation that we hope to reduce your pain by 50% or we want you to list personally, I like functional goals where you say what is your pain preventing you from doing? We want to see if you can do X,Y, and Z during the trial period. Pharmacostimulation right now. Yeah. Biggest indication low back leg pain, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy. There is also an indication for CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome, a lesser, I'd say less common but also very debilitating pain condition. For better or worse. Tertiary quaternary care centers. You often will see spinal cord stem used off label for neuropathic type pain syndromes that are not explicitly better. That may be for example, like a nerve injury that's peripheral, you know, it's not responding. A lot of this off label use is highly variable and, you know, on the whole at a population level not very successful. And so, I think there's been a lot of mixed evidence. So, it's something to be aware about.  Dr Berkowitz: That's a very helpful framework. So, thinking about referring patients to who have most commonly probably the patients with chronic low back pain have undergone surgery, have undergone physical therapy, are on medications, have undergone treatment for any potential psychological psychiatric comorbidities, and yet remain disabled by this pain and have a reasonable expectation and goals that you think would make them a good candidate for the procedure. Are those similar principles to peripheral nerve stimulation I wasn't familiar with that technique, I'm reading your article, so are the principles similar and if so, which particular conditions would potentially benefit from referral for a trial peripheral nerve stimulation as opposed to spinal cord stimulation?  Dr Shirvalkar: Yeah, the principles are similar overall. The peripheral nerve stimulation, you know, neuropathic pain with all the characteristics you listed. Interestingly enough, just like spinal cord stim, most insurances require a psychological evaluation for peripheral nerve stim as well. And we want to make sure again that their expectations are reside, they have good social support and they understand the kind of risks of an invasive device. But also, for peripheral nerve stem, specifically, if someone has a traumatic injury of an individual peripheral nerve, often we will consider it seeing kind of super scapular stimulation. Often with folks who've had shoulder injuries or even sciatic nerve stimulation. I have done a few peroneal nerve stimulations as well as occipital nerve stimulation from migraine, so oxygen nerve stimulation has been studied a lot. So, it's still somewhat controversial, but in the right patient it can actually be really helpful. Dr Berkowitz: Very helpful. So, these are patients who have neuropathic pain, but limited to one peripheral nerve distribution as opposed to the more widespread back associated pains, spine associated pains. Dr Shirvalkar: Yeah, Yeah, that's right. And maybe there's one exception actually to this, which is brachial plexopathy. So, you know, folks who've had something like a brachial plexus avulsion or some kind of traumatic injury to their plexus, there is I think good Class 2 evidence that peripheral nerve stem can work. It falls under the indication. No one is as far as to my knowledge, No one's done an explicit trial, you know PNS randomized controlled trial. Yeah, that's, you know, another area one area where PNS or peripheral nerve stems emerging is actually, believe it or not in myofascial low back pain to actually provide muscle stimulation. There are some, there's a company or two out there that seeks to alter the physiology of the multifidus muscle, one of your spinal stabilizer muscles to really see if that can help low back pain. And they've had some interesting results.  Dr Berkowitz: Very interesting. You mentioned TENS units earlier, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation as something a patient could get over the counter. When would you encourage a patient to try TENS and when would you consider TENS inadequate and really be thinking about a peripheral nerve stimulator?  Dr Shirvalkar: Yeah, you know TENS we think of as really appropriate for myofascial pain. Folks who have muscular pain, have clear trigger points or taught muscle bands can often get relief from TENS If you turn a TENS machine up too high, you'll actually see muscle infection. So, there's an optimal level where you actually can turn it up to induce, like, a gentle vibration. And so folks will feel paresthesia and vibrations, and that's kind of the sweet spot. However, I would say if folks have pain that's limited or temporary in time or after a particular activity, TENS can be really helpful. The unfortunate reality is TENS often has very time-limited benefits - just while you're wearing it, you know? So, it's often not enduring. And so that's one of the limitations. Dr Berkowitz: That's helpful to understand. We've talked about the present landscape in your article, also talk a little bit about the future and you alluded to this earlier. Tell us a little bit about some off label emerging techniques that we may see in future use. Who, which types of patients, which conditions might we be referring to you and your colleagues for deep brain stimulation or transcranial magnetic stimulation or motor cortex stimulation? What's coming down the pipeline here?  Dr Shirvalkar: That's a great question. You know, one of my favorite topics is deep brain stimulation. I run the laboratory that studies intracranial signals trying to understand how pain is processed in the brain. But, believe it or not, chronic pain is probably the oldest indication for which DBS has been studied. the first paper came out in 1960, I believe, in France. And you know, the, the original pivotal trials occurred even before the Parkinson's trial and so fell out of favor because in my opinion, I think it was just too hard or too difficult or a problem or too heterogeneous. You know, many things, but there are many central pain syndromes, you know, poststroke pains, there's often pains associated with Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, or other brain disorders for which we just don't have good circuit understanding or good targets. So, I think what's coming down the pipeline is a better personalized target identification, understanding where can we stimulate to actually alleviate pain. The other big trend I think in neuromodulation is using closed loop stimulation which means in contrast to traditional electrical stimulation which is on all the time, you know it's 24/7, set it and forget it. Actually, having stimulation respond or adapt to ongoing physiological signals. So that's something that we're seeing in spinal cord stem, but also trying to develop in deep brain stimulation and noninvasive stimulation. TMS is interestingly approved for neuropathic pain in Europe, but not approved by the FDA in the US. And so I think we may see that coming out of pipeline broader indication. And finally, MR guided focused ultrasound is, is a kind of a brand new technique now. You know, focused ultrasound lesions are being used for essential tremor without even making an incision in the skull or drilling in skull. But there are ways to modulate the brain without lesioning. And, you know, I think a lot of research will be emerging on that in the next five years for, for pain and many other neuronal disorders. Dr Berkowitz: That's fascinating. I didn't know that history that DBS was first studied for pain and now we think of it mostly for Parkinson's and other movement disorders. And now the cycle is coming back around to look at it for pain again. What are some of the targets that are being studied that are thought to have benefit or are being shown by your work and that of others to have benefit as far as DBS targets for, for chronic pain? Dr Shirvalkar: You know, that's a great question. And so, the hard part is finding one target that works for all patients. So, it may actually require personalization and actually understanding what brain circuit phenotypes do you have with regards to your chronic pain and then based on that, what target might we use? But I will say the older targets. Classical targets were periaqueductal gray, which is kind of the opioid center in your brain. You know, it's thought to just release large amounts of endogenous opioids when you stimulate there and then the ventral pusher thalamus, right. So, the sensory ascending system may be through gait control theory interferes with pain, but newer targets the answer singlet there's some interest in in stimulating there again, it doesn't work for everybody. We found some interesting findings with the medial thalamus as well as aspects of the caudate and other basal ganglion nuclei that we hopefully will be publishing soon in a data science paper.  Dr Berkowitz: Fantastic. That's exciting to hear and encourage all of our listeners to check out your article. That goes into a lot more depth than we had time to do in this short interview, both about the science and about the clinical indications, pros and cons, risks and benefits of some of these techniques. So again, today I've been interviewing Dr Prasad Shirvalkar, whose article on neuromodulation for painful neuropathic diseases appears in the most recent issue of Continuum on pain management in neurology. Be sure to check out Continuum Audio episodes from this and other issues. And thank you again to our listeners for joining today.  Dr Shirvalkar: Thank you for having me. It was an honor. Dr Monteith: This is Dr Teshamae Monteith, associate editor of Continuum Audio. If you've enjoyed this episode, you'll love the journal, which is full of in depth and clinically relevant information important for neurology practitioners. Use this link in the episode notes to learn more and subscribe. 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All the Links: Access all our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/theaustinjadams ----more---- Full Transcription   All right, so if we go down to 3. 4e in this document, it talks about the use of deadly force. And it's essentially what you would expect. If there's an imminent danger, or if he or she is not for a moment pointing a weapon at a person, for example. So even if you're not pointing a weapon at them, he or she has a weapon within reach, or is running for cover carrying a weapon,  they can shoot you.  Civilians. So if you're, I don't know,  open carrying,  and they think that you pose any type of threat, they can just shoot you.  Civilians, the military,  during civil unrest, right?  DoD recognizes and respects paramount value of all human life if less than valuable or less than deadly force can be reasonably expected to accomplish the same result without reasonably increasing the danger to armed DoD personnel.  Deadly force is justified when there is a reasonable belief  that the person,  the subject of such force, poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm to a person Or under the circumstances described in the 3. 4e. So essentially what it's saying is  any and all circumstances, if you have a weapon, if you're open carrying, which you have the right to do,  or even if you're concealed carrying and somehow they know that you're holding that weapon or have that weapon in the vicinity of you, they could shoot you if they think that you pose any type of threat,  you know, the laws that were designed to  be weaponized against our enemies.  is now being weaponized against us. So if we go to the document that I'm talking about now, right? So we have those two DoD directives. We understand that. But this is also something I want to point and draw your attention to is, and this is the last thing of this document, then we'll move to the actual National Terrorist Advisory document,  which is the USD and I and S approval. So it says, so this is how they actually get the soldiers. This is the approval process. Um,  if the requested personnel exceeds 20 people,  then you have to But if it's less than 20 armed military soldiers authorized to use deadly force, you don't.  You don't.  Within the United States of America.  Or, if the duration of the requested  assistance exceeds 30 days, so you don't even need approval. If you get 20 soldiers for 29 days,  You don't even need a DOD approval. You don't need to have the Secretary of Defense  approve the request. You can just go right around them. Go to the military. They'll send you 20 soldiers for 29 days. And then you can request it again for another 29 days that are authorized to use lethal force on civilians.  Now let's see who they're concerned about, because that's what the DECCS document talks about, or Concerned about, but who, who they're going to start to say poses a risk, right? Now, this document isn't just about that. This talks about foreign foreign enemies as well, and some election interference from Russia and China and what these people are trying to, this isn't just about American citizens, but a large portion of it is  a large portion of it is.  All right,  let me go ahead and switch this here. So you guys can watch  what I'm looking at.  Not that.  All right. So  here we go. Here's your document.  Now, if you're on YouTube, you can follow along and actually look at this with us.  Uh, let's make that a little bit bigger for you.  Okay,  here we go.  Here is the document office of intelligence  and analysis,  Homeland threat assessment, Homeland security 2025. All right. So here is your table of contents talks about the border talks. There's the executive summary.  Um, but let's go down and look  at some of the stuff that I have outlined here. Um, now if you want this document, I'll send it to you. Uh, head over to my Instagram, I'll be posting some videos of this.  And there'll be a keyword that you can comment that I'll send you both of these.  You can also just look up the name of the document on Google and find it yourself, but yeah.  Alright, so it says public safety and security. Alright, this is page one.  It says over the next year, domestic and foreign violent extremists, the harmful effects of illegal drugs in adversarial states, seek to exacerbate our divisions, as well as silence criticism for diaspora communities, will pose a threat to public safety and security on the homeland. Specifically, we expect the threat of, threat environment in the United States over the next year will remain high due to a confluence of factors. These factors include violent extremist responses to domestic, socio political developments, and the 2024 election cycle.  Concurrently, adversarial states are Intent on sowing distrust in our institutions, as well as confusion and division in our communities through their maligned influence campaigns, with some actors seeking to boost these efforts during the 2024 election cycle.  These state actors will violate our rule of law and undermine freedom of speech in their efforts to suppress dissidents living in the United States.  So what, what it's, What the conversation is that they're having there is like, Oh, it's these violent extremists. It's these foreign adversaries. It's these terrorists out there. And over here,  terrorists that are sowing dis sowing, uh, distrust in our institutions. No.  No, you know, what's sowing distrust in our institutions, the lying  that's happened over the last four years, you know, what's sowing distrust in our institutions, the continued corruption, and the continued crossover between corporatism and politics, you know, you know, what's sowing distrust in our system, how almost every single one of the high level people in our our government right now are going to find themselves a high level executive position at the organizations that funded them, whether they're foreign or international. Or domestic to use their terms,  right? They're going to, their son's going to be on the Chinese energy board or Ukrainian oil board. Oh yeah. Look at Biden and Pelosi and all of these, these individuals who are powerful, powerful people in our government who have their children on the boards of foreign companies that are state run companies.  By our adversaries. Maybe that's what's destroying this, this, this sowing distrust in the institutions. Maybe it's your lack of response to the  terrible situations that it happened in Lahaina or in North Carolina or in Florida.  Maybe it's your lack of care surrounding the inflation that's happening. Maybe it's one of those things. Maybe that's what's sowing distrust is that you're distrustful.  Not the fact that foreign and domestic violent extremists have thoughts on political ideologies.  So  there's that summary. Let's move on.  Um, so it says that, uh, and actually we should probably go to the bottom here because what, one thing that I found to be unique in this document is that they, in the national advisory, the national terrorist advisory bulletins, they used to say the full words.  What you'll find in this document is they use all of these acronyms to try and make it so that you can't screenshot this and post it without context. So, So what you'll see is there's these DVE, the HVEs, the FTOs, the,  all of these specific  acronyms. So I'm going to show you first what those acronyms mean, and then we'll go back to the portion that I just had up there for you.  And here they are. Okay. Definitions and contextual notes. An FTO is a forest, uh, forest, is a foreign terrorist or terrorist organization. So FTO, foreign terrorists.  DVE.  Domestic violent extremist. Okay. So let's look at the definition of that, which it says is an individual. So a domestic violent extremist, a DVE is an individual based and operating primarily within the United States or its territories without direction or inspiration  from a foreign domestic or foreign terrorist group or other foreign power who seeks to further political or social goals wholly, or in part through unethical law or unethical acts, unlawful acts. Oh my gosh. I'm sorry. Early in the morning, unlawful acts of force or violence, the mere advocacy of political and social positions, political activism, or use of strong language and rhetoric or generalized philosophic embrace of violent tactics alone does not constitute violent extremism. It may be constitutionally productive, maybe. Oh, you don't you think that the advocacy of political and social positions or political activism or use of strong rhetoric.  Yeah, that is absolutely protected under the Constitution.  Maybe constitutionally protected. DVEs can fit within one or multiple categories of ideological motivation and can span a broad range of groups or movements.  INA.  Utilizes this term synonymously with domestic terrorist.  So your, the mere advocacy may be constitutionally protected, but we're still going to label you as a violent extremist, and they may still use the word domestic terrorist.  So, this is important when we go back and we look at the conversations that we're having. Now, when we look at HVE, HVE is homegrown violent extremist. It's a person with, of any citizenship who has lived or operated primarily in the United States or its territories who advocates, is engaged in, or is preparing to engage in ideologically motivated terrorist activities, including providing support to terrorism. In furtherance, Of political or social objectives promoted by a foreign terrorist organization. Um,  but is acting independently of direction by a foreign terrorist organization.  HVS are distinct from traditional domestic terrorists who engage in unlawful acts of violence to intimidate civilian populations or attempt to influence domestic policy without direction or influence from a foreign act.  Okay. So they're saying these people have opinions, right? They haven't the word violent violence. is not in any of these things. Like there's, um, who engage in unlawful acts of violence to intimidate civilian populations. Okay. So there's one mention of violence  throughout that entire definition. You do not have to be violent. You do not have to be extremist. You have to hold an ideology that they don't like, which may be constitutionally protected to fall into one of these two categories.  Now it also defines, it also defines conspiracy theorist.  Or a conspiracy theory.  So Homeland Security defines a conspiracy theory, which is defined as a subset of narratives in which the ultimate cause of an event is believed to be due to a malevolent plot by multiple actors working together or as an effort  to explain some event or practice by reference to the event. To the mechanizations of powerful people who attempt to conceal their role, or at least until their aims are accomplished as per the national counterterrorism innovation technology and education center, a DHS center of excellence. DHS does not hold a position on the veracity of the claims associated with these theories.  So what they're saying is if you believe. There's any number of group of people who is trying to conceal their identity  that has worked together to cause an event that is a conspiracy theory.  And we can write you off and we can put you into a document where we can now put you on a list.  Crazy. This is their definition of a conspiracy theory. So if you hold the belief that any number of people, three, four, five powerful people  did anything to cause an event  and then tried to conceal their position during that event, which has happened multiple  Always, forever, in history, in every event,  then you are now considered a citizen. A conspiracy theorist.  And now that becomes important, right? This isn't just conspiracy theory in your bio, right?  Uh, this is important because then they can utilize this document and say, here's how we're going to weaponize the department of justice against you.  So now that we have that background, let's go back up to the document.  All right. So.  Terrorism.  So it says that foreign, so there's some foreign stuff or some domestic stuff. I'm just going to walk you through line by line in the document. Um, some of the foreign stuff, it says foreign terrorist organization inspired homegrown violent extremists. So inspired by terrorists, but homegrown will remain high,  right? So homegrown violent extremists. The threat will continue to be characterized primarily by lone offenders or small cells motivated to violence by a combination of racial, religious, gender,  or anti government grievances, conspiracy theorists, and personalized factors. We are particularly concerned about the likelihood of violent motivation by developing domestic and global events,  including the 2024 election cycle and the ongoing Israel Hamas conflict. So what you have to notice there is when they say conspiracy theorists. And then they say the election cycle, right? If you say anything about the election, not being fair.  not being right, not being accurate,  you can now be a labeled a homegrown violent extremist, because that can be tied to some bigger plot, even if you have no violent actions,  because what you have to understand about the document and why this document is important is because what they're essentially establishing is the ground rules for their organization,  the ground rules for if you say this, right, if you say this thing,  if you say this,  We think you're going to this. So we're going to do this, right? If you do, if you think they're say this,  we think that you're going to do this. And so we can do all of this to stop you, even though you didn't do any of it yet,  preemptively or reasonable belief, right?  Words are important.  So when you understand that they're, they can use any, anything within their power, if they can  Label you as this DVE or HVE, the Domestic Violent Extremist, or Homegrown Violent Extremist. The second that you say anything about one of these things, right? Global events, like the election cycle, right? Talking about things like conspiracy theorists, where people plot to do bad things, like they always have.  gender ideology, racial,  political, right? I like how they include gender in there. Like, oh, okay, let's use the Department of Justice and lethal force to protect the trans people because their sexual kinks want them to dress up.  All right.  Moving on, a number of violent extremists embrace multiple, sometimes competing motivations, challenging our ability to identify their political, their potential targets in advance because their pre attack statements online are often unrelated or only loosely related to the targets they ultimately choose. So what they're saying there is  If you're say anything about anything that we don't like, we can then correlate it back to this entire list of things and say that, oh, because you say you don't agree with women in men's sports, you're now going to enact in a terrorist attack on Jewish populations,  right? So if this, then this, so we can this. Right? If you say something about gender ideology, we believe that you fall into this potential category to do some Jewish violent, or attack on, violent attack on Jewish groups. So we can then do all of this in between to surveil you.  It says, Between September 23 and September 24, or July 2024, DVEs driven by anti government, racial, or gender related motivations have conducted at least four attacks in the homeland, one of which resulted in a death. Like, do you know how much government overreach we're getting for one death here?  Between September and July  one death, and they're going to weaponize.  The Department of Defense,  U. S. law enforcement at least disrupted seven additional DVE plots, two HVE plots, and again, I'm not saying that this stuff doesn't happen, I'm not saying that they shouldn't exist, I'm not saying that they shouldn't be able to  maybe not even surveil people domestically, right, that wasn't what was supposed to be allowed until the Patriot Act, I'm not saying that they shouldn't  be able to do their job though, and their job is to figure out where is a terrorist attack going to come from, and there has been domestic terrorist attacks. I'm  Most of the domestic terrorist attacks have been against Donald Trump.  not against  literally any other government official.  So unless they're speaking about, Oh, if you know, I highly doubt they're using this to surveil liberals with blue hair at, you know, some furry event. No, it's, it's being weaponized against the right.  But again, they have to be able to do their job. I'm sure there are, you know, there's been like the Boston bombing and there's been other historical events that I would love for these people to stop and and nothing against these people if they're surveilling me right now for talking about furries,  but like I know you got to do your job. I know people who have been in positions in these organizations,  and I appreciate what you do,  but when it's weaponized against the American people  for nothing other than posing a political posting a political opinion online.  So that you can utilize these overreaching government tools  to then surveil their private life that is not constitutional,  right? The Patriot Act is not constitutional.  And now this type of document allows you to overreach beyond what should be allowed  for, for a complete Orwellian government. State of government.  So if you say anything about this category of things, a list of probably 100 words that they have in the Department of Defense and Homeland Security, if you say any word like this, it triggers AI to pick up your profile. And now they have you on a list somewhere. And now they can use the Patriot Act to listen into your phone microphone and use AI to scrape your conversations and search your conversations for any of the jokes that you make with your wife in private.  It shouldn't be a lot,  right? You should still be able to do your job. And I think you can still do your job by monitoring it. with a sniper rifle and not an RPG, right? Or a nuke, essentially, right? You don't need to monitor millions and millions and millions of Americans to find the one that's sitting there posting online talking about how they want to  enact some violent act on a school or shoot up some mosque, right? Like, You don't need all of that. You don't need that power to do that.  Now, let's look at some other portions here.  As we move down this document.  The next portion I'd like to point out is biological. So this is just interesting to me over the last year foreign and domestic extremists online expressed interest in using DNA modification. So okay, so so I've heard this one several times recently, this is a very recent event. And this is something that I've talked about before, when you've used 23 and me,  you are giving your DNA to a entity that will then sell that data to foreign and domestic.  Governments  or companies like BlackRock, right? Now what they can do with that DNA, the technology has been devised. Iran has tried this. China has tried this. There's evidence there. There's been, uh, I was listening to a Senator yesterday talk about on the Sean Ryan podcast, how China has been trying to develop a biological weapon that only attacks  childbearing age individuals.  So here's another example of that in this document where it says, We expect threat actors to continue to explore emerging and advanced technologies to aid their efforts in developing and carrying out chemical and biological attacks. Over the last year, this document says, Foreign and domestic extremists online expressed interest in using DNA modification to develop biological weapons to target specific individuals.  So if you want women between the age of this and this, if you want certain ethnic minorities, if you want certain or majorities, you want a certain gender, you want a certain age group, you want a certain background, whatever it is, you can splice DNA down and see, Hey, I want this new COVID quote unquote, but much more deadly to attack men who are fighting age between the ages of 18 and 45  decimate the men between 15 to 45.  They can do that. And that's what this document is outlining here. So when you're giving your DNA to these organizations, they can even target it down to the individual,  right? They could release some massive flu virus,  and they want to target 15 DNA strands  and have it be lethal against, A hundred people, 150 people, they can manipulate that  virus to do that.  It also says, we also remain concerned about the potential for threat actors to use unmanned aircraft systems in chemical and biological attacks due to the continued advancement of UAS technology and the growing availability of UAS. So saying that people are going to use drones to drop these types of things.  All right, now it moves into influence operations and transnational repression.  All right, so Russia will likely continue to use traditional state sponsored media. For example, over the past year, Russian influence actors have amplified stories regarding U. S. migration flows to stoke discord in the United States. Like no,  that wasn't Russia, that was you. Like maybe this should be talking about how the Harris and Biden campaign let in 22 million illegals.  Maybe we should be talking about that being the reason that these stories are amplified, not Russia.  We should be having that conversation. You shouldn't be mad at the messenger, right? Even if they're amplifying those conversations, be like, Hey, look at how  ridiculous the United States is for letting in all of these terrorists. We're not going to do that.  It's just funny that to me that they want to point out these foreign countries acting like, Oh, we didn't do anything wrong. It's because they, they said it. They're mad. They're just trying to make you mad at us. It's like playing the, the, you know, your parents are divorced, right? Your parents are divorced. And one parent's like, Hey,  you know, like mom, mom won't let me, you know, I don't know where I'm going with that, but you see the point  you get the idea. It's not Russia's fault that you let in 22 million illegals. It's your fault,  and they just pointed it out, so maybe, just don't do that.  This is over the last year, Iranian information operations have focused on weakening U. S. public support of Israel and Israel's response to Iranian information operations have focused on weakening U. S. public support of Israel and Israel's response to October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. These efforts have included leveraging ongoing protests regarding the conflict, posing as online protests.  And encouraging protests prior to the 2020 U. S. presidential election, Iran attempted to amplify divisive narratives to incite violence, influence the U. S. electorate and degrade trust in electoral processes. And like, yeah, for sure. They're probably doing that. And so is Israel,  right? Go check out AIPAC. Maybe we should be talking about AIPAC in here and their influence on, on domestic senators and congressmen and.  Presidents, dare I say.  Uh, another one that I found to be interesting here was that they talk about the People's Republic of China and their disinformation campaigns. Hmm. And it says that they seek to exploit U. S. disasters. So the U. S. Homeland Security is saying that China's the reason  China is exploiting U. S. disasters just as it did when it blamed Hawaii wildfires on U. S. military activity and may also reduce trust in the U. S. institutions and officials and dissuade survivors to pursue legal recovery or federal recovery response and support. Yeah. I don't think that it was  just China. China. Pointing out that direct energy weapons are real and could have been the result of, or could have resulted in Lahaina.  I don't think it's just China pointing out that we have weather modification, that there's literal patents on Google that you can search on all of this technology. Like,  again, stop trying to blame the foreign entity for something that isn't real.  is very real and a possibility.  It also says the Department of Justice indicted seven Chinese based Chinese nationals for their involvement in a PRC backed criminal hacking group targeting U. S. based critics, businesses, and political officials in malicious cyber operations intended to intimidate and silence dissidents and steal from their businesses.  All right, uh, moving on.  Okay, so this is probably the most interesting part of this here. And this talks about threat is likely to focus on the election cycle, right? This is all about the election.  Now, some of the most interesting parts of this, I'll read through for you that I highlighted. Again, if you want this document, as I highlighted it and all of my annotations, you can just head over to my Instagram. Once this is posted, you'll be able to request it from my comment section. All right. So one of the first things here is that, uh, let's just read it from the top so we can get into this better. Part of the paragraph, our electoral processes are an attractive target for threat actors, and we expect many will seek to influence the 2024 election cycle. While some others may seek to access or interfere with election systems, while law enforcement is still investigating their motives behind the apparent assassination attempts on a former US president. These incidents highlight the magnitude of the threat surrounding the election cycle.  Now, here we go. Some Domestic violence, some domestic violent extremists, particularly those voted motivated by anti government or partisan issues will likely view a wide range of targets  indirectly and directly associated with elections as viable targets for violence with the intent of instilling fear among voters, candidates, and election workers. What would be the means to that? Like what would be the end there? Why would they do that? Why, if you're an anti government or  if you're motivated by partisan issues. Well, that's the more important one, right? Anti government or partisan issues, right? If you're anti government, we can now  say that, Oh, you're probably going to attack polling areas, right? You're probably going to go to the local  polling area and, and bomb them or whatever, right? You're probably going to do that if you're anti government.  Like,  no.  No, I think you're just bad at your job, in that  federalism is generally not helpful, and all it's done is caused a bloated taxation system and leached from American citizens and given all of our money to foreign entities to fight wars that we shouldn't be in.  That's why I'm anti government, and I'm not going to attack anybody as a result. But just because I state that opinion, they can now put me on a list to then say that, oh, I'm going to go attack a polling area. Like,  so stupid. Uh, some DVEs, particularly those motivated by anti government or partisan issues, will likely view a wide, okay, we just said that, um,  instilling fear among voters, candidates, and election workers, as well as disrupting election processes leading up to or after the November election. So leading up to, And after like, we're not putting any end to this, right? There's no cycle here. We're like, maybe for the next three to four months, we should be highly focusing on people who say that the government's bad at their job,  or doesn't have the right motivations.  Nope,  door after  foreign state affiliated cyber to actors and cyber criminals, almost certainly. So this is this one I found really interesting too, because they point out the fact that people are going to try to, like state affiliated cyber actors and cyber criminals, and they're  are most likely going to try to change votes using technology, hack into the voting systems, and change votes. But then they say something which I find to be hilarious here too. So foreign state affiliated cyber actors and cyber criminals almost certainly will view network infrastructure that supports US elections as attractive targets. However,  there was no reporting to suggest that foreign adversary targets of such systems have ever prevented any eligible voter from casting a ballot.  Compromise the integrity of any ballots, cast or disrupted the ability to tabulate votes or transmit election results in a timely manner,  right? So they're definitely going to target.  These polling stations. They're definitely going to try to hack in and change votes, but there's no evidence ever that that's ever occurred ever to anyone ever. We promise,  right?  So what they're stating there is like, again, laying the groundwork. They're saying that  almost certainly,  almost certainly  will target  the network infrastructure that supports elections to try and change votes, but then they follow that up with There was no reporting, however, to suggest that foreign adversary targeting of such systems has ever prevented any eligible voter ever from casting a ballot, or compromise the integrity of the, because if they say, this has happened, we know what's happened, they've changed votes, we know they've changed votes,  then what? Right? Like, then what? Then we know the election system is compromised, and they can't say that, but what they can say is that we know for certain  They're going to target this and try to hack into it and try to change votes.  But there's no evidence ever that it's ever happened ever, right? But almost certainly they're going to try to do it.  Found that one to be interesting.  All right, moving on. It says, in particular, anti government, anti authority DVEs, many of whom likely will be inspired by partisan policy grievances or conspiracy theories will pose the most significant threat. So this is under the guise. So it says we expect the DVEs to post the most significant threat to government officials, voters, elections related personnel and infrastructure, including polling places. So ballot dropbox locations, voter registration sites, campaign events, political party offices, and vote counting sites in particular anti government. Like if you're anti government, you're not trying to stop people from voting. You're not trying to  blow up a,  a dropbox for voted, you know, like for votes.  You're not.  You're just not participating. I'm not playing this game. The game's stupid. It's, it's all rigged, right?  But again, they have to throw that in there. So if you believe that people conspire, right, conspiracy theories, or you believe that the government's not good at what they do, and this may be too large,  Any one of those things, you pose the most significant threat.  We have also recently observed a rise in disruptive tactics, targeting election officials, like those observed in past election cycles, including hoax, bomb threats, swatting, doxing, and mailing  white powder letters, intended to instill fear. Like I'm not saying that doesn't happen. I'm sure that does happen. I'm sure there's some pieces of shit that will try to, I don't know, intimidate voters not to vote,  whatever.  But the fact that they're calling out anybody who believes that a small or large group will conspire and conceal their identity. To do something that you wouldn't want them to do as the American public.  Now you're a conspiracy theorist. And if you believe the government is bad at what they do. If you've heard my bowling alley story when I was in the military, they are generally bad at what they do. Uh, you know, and I've heard this too, do you know who's not bad at what they do? The intelligence agencies. They're the ones who hire the Harvard graduates and Oxford alumni and MIT this and all those are, they come off as very stupid when they put out those secret service agents that looked like they did when Trump was there. But that was on purpose.  Right, the people that are actually in the Department of Defense, at the highest levels of these three letter agencies, they're not unintelligent. They're not ignorant. They're not stupid.  Right?  But,  most of the government is. Right. It's not all the DMV, but a lot of it's the DMV,  uh, online users and forms frequently frequented by some DVS have increasingly called for violence linked to the 2024 election cycle and seek to promote violence  in response to politically and socially disruptive topics like immigration, abortion rights, and LGBTQIA issues or significant current events.  Let's talk about that one.    

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Ryan Marcus is an award-winning director, filmmaker, and editor based out of the Orange County, CA. Originally with ambitions of becoming a professional skateboarder, Ryan eventually found his way behind the camera and a job at the iconic 411 Video Magazine. After his tenure at 411, Ryan moved onto DVS where he was responsible for one of the most progressive and forward-thinking motocross commercial ever done in the sport entitled, DVS Flux, with the GEICO Honda team. Eventually, Ryan spent 10+ at Fox as the head of their video department, producing, directing, shooting, and editing projects such as Alway5 with Ryan Dungey, RISE ABOVE with Ken Roczen, Deadman Walking with Justin Mulford, and much more. Now, Ryan is heading up a new studio project at Skullcandy where they are giving back to creatives with a very unique (and free) creative space called Skullcandy Studios in Costa Mesa, CA. For all my creatives out there, this is a must listen. Ryan Marcus shares so many wonderful stories about his experiences in the skate and moto industries, his strengths and weaknesses, and so much more. Ryan is a true creative through and through and I hope all enjoy this conversation. Also, visit us on Patreon for a bonus episode with Ryan where we breakdown his project with Ryan Dungey, Split Decision, where he made Ryan Dungey's KTM 450 disappear while going through set of Supercross whoops. Yes, I am serious. The Failed Experiment on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheFailedExperimentFollow Ryan Marcus on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanbmarcus/?hl=en Ryan Marcus' Portfolio: https://www.ryanmarcus.com/Follow The Failed Experiment on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thefailedexperiment/Follow Kyle Cowling on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kylecowling/Support the show

Garza sits down in-person with American metal band FEAR FACTORY. https://www.linktr.ee/fearfactory SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! FEAR FACTORY is: Dino Cazares - Guitar Milo Silvestro - Vocals Tony Campos - Bass Pete Webber - Drums CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Vocal Cord Maintenance 02:03 - Dino Introduces the Band 03:58 - 56 Shows, So Far, with Milo 07:30 - Finding the Right Members for Fear Factory Return 08:30 - Pete Webber is High Energy 11:30 - Dino Looking at 300 Vocal Auditions 13:52 - From Posting a Youtube Cover to Joining the Band 16:36 - Bizarre Festival ‘98 18:04 - Touring with Rob Zombie & Monster Magnet 20:56 - Opening for Slayer 22:48 - Dino Not Being Much of a Partaker 23:55 - Staying Driven, Focused Through the Ups & Downs 26:08 - First Time Reading a Contract 29:48 - Master Recordings & Monetization 32:56 - Dino Hosted Huge Industry Parties  35:36 - Shopping Around Early Demos to Labels 37:00 - How Much Did Ross Robinson Shape Fear Factory? 38:58 - Milo Living in Rome & Los Angeles 43:40 - Pete's Margaritas & Joining the Band 46:28 - Sick (and Tense) Tour w/ Fear Factory, System of a Down, Hed P.E., Static X & Spineshank 48:44 - Booking Great Tour Packages 49:30 - Having a Unique Sound, But Categorized Into Genres 52:53 - Deathcore Origins, Suffocation, NME/Ghetto Grind (Band) 57:53 - Los Angeles is Expensive 1:00:43 - Milo Doesn't Gain Weight 1:07:42 - Garza Podcast Coffee -  www.conceptcafes.com/product/garzapodcastcoffee 1:12:28 - Chippendale's 1:15:37 - 100th Episode, Dino's 3rd Appearance 1:17:37 - Garza's Custom Fender 7-String  1:23:00 - Nu Metal Clothing Companies (Adidas, Blackflys, Osiris Shoes, Dickies, DVS) 1:27:45 - ‘97 Ozzfest 1:29:30 - Drum Triggers Origins (Fear Factory, Pantera) 1:36:43 - Milo Got Stiffed by Burton After Fanboying

Getting in a car accident is terrifying. Especially if you end up injured. Hundreds of thoughts are running through your head. Is everyone okay? Will I be able to drive my car? Am I going to be out of work? But for the Minnesotans who are primary caregivers for someone else, they're not only worrying about themselves but also the person or people who rely on them for care. Well, now some of those worries can be lifted off the shoulders of caretakers thanks to the work of a 14-year-old Corcoran girl. Makena Prevost helped create a law that passed this session. In the event of a crash, when law enforcement runs a caretaker's license, officers will know that there is someone at home who is dependent on the caretaker. It's believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Prevost and Jody-Kay Peterson with DVS joined MPR News guest host Emily Bright. Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.Subscribe to the Minnesota Now podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.   We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast. When ready they will appear here.

How Psychology Proves They're Gaslighting Us About UFOs - SHAKED Ep. 47Subscribe for more psychology, behavior, influence, criminology, and body language podcasts, see you at the top.Subscribers on podcast YouTube channel at the time of upload: 4,681SHAKED Clipshttps://youtube.com/@shakedclipsHost: Derek Van Schaikhttps://youtube.com/@derekvanschaikhttps://www.tiktok.com/@derekvanschaikhttps://instagram.com/derekvanschaikhttps://twitter.com/derekvanschaikhttps://facebook.com/derekvanschaikAll the equipment we use:https://derekvanschaik.com/equipmentFollow us and send your podcast ideas:https://tiktok.com/@shakedshowhttps://instagram.com/shakedshowhttps://twitter.com/shakedshowhttps://facebook.com/shakedshowListen everywhere you get your podcasts!https://shakedshow.com

Walker Ryan is a New York City based professional skateboarder and author. Walker grew up in northern California skating from a young age. By the time he was in high school he was traveling from his small home town to San Francisco to skate the big city. Unlike most professional skateboarders he enrolled in college after graduating high school and that was when he career finally took off. His skateboarding career has lasted over a decade and had a ton of ups and downs, but no one can deny his impact on what people thought was possible. I mean, have you seen his switch backside flips?! Walker has travelled to countless countries and put out more than a dozen top notch video parts. He went pro for Organika skateboards, and has ridden for SOVRN, Circa, DVS, Spitfire, Thunder, and a bunch of others over the years. Walker has always been a creative mind and eventually published his first book titled "Top of Mason" in 2020. His most recent novel titled "Off Clark" came out at the end of 2020 and is available to ship worldwide. He also co founded his own company called "Old Friends" that began as a small brand selling hats and t shirts. Old Friends has now evolved into a brand that focuses on fitness and helping skaters stay in tip top shape with their physical therapy and exercise routines designed specifically for skaters by skaters. In this episode we discuss all of this and much more.

Colin Kennedy discusses getting into film making, filming and editing for 411 Video Magazine, working for The Berrics & his first project being “Aberrican Me” the Ross Capicchioni story, getting hired by DVS & making the “Skate More” video, the inspirations behind the animations and graphics for “Skate More”, filming the Miles Silvas “One Stop” video in downtown LA, Austyn Gillette in “Quik”, filming Torey Pudwill & Daewon Song for “HOA”, making the “LA Boys” documentary, the current state of skateboarding videos and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Colin Kennedy 00:02:03 The current state of skateboarding videos 00:05:06 DVS "Skate More" video 00:15:58 The animations and graphics for "Skate More" 00:29:24 The music in "Skate More" 00:32:48 Steve Berra editing is own part in "Skate More" 00:36:18 Steve Berra making spots for "Skate More" 00:52:19 Filming and editing for 411 Video Magazine 01:19:02 The music for 411's 01:30:31 Getting started at the Berrics and Aberrican me - Ross Capicchioni 01:43:11 The Miles Silvas "One Stop" video 02:06:23 The "HOA" Thank You Skateboards piece 02:18:44 Austyn Gillette in "Quik" 02:24:33 The "LA Boys" documentary 02:38:00 Filming the 411 intros with Lance Mountain 02:41:51 what's Colin up to now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven welcomes back renowned Shakespearean actor of stage and screen, Richard Clifford, to discuss the coming De Vere Society sponsored Moot Court Trial of William of Stratford. Richard, a DVS board member who has been the driving force behind organizing this seminal event, shares details about the counsels for the defense and prosecution, as well as key witnesses to be called for testimony. Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com and becoming a Patron at http://www.patreon.com/dontquillthemessenger  Made possible by Patrons: Alacrates, Annie Fields, Brent Evans & Patty Henson, David Neufer, David R Klausmeyer, Dean Bradley, Edward Henke, Ellen Swanson, Ethan Kaye, Frank Lawler, Heidi Jannsch, James Gutierrez, Jaymie, Jen S, Joan Bray, John Creider, John Eddings, Jon Foss, Jonathan Batailes, Mary Jo Noce, Medical History Tour, Michelle Maycock, Roger Stritmatter, Rosemary O'Loughlin, Sandi Boney, Sandi Paulus, Sara Gerard, Sheila Kethley, Tim Norman, Tim Price, Vanessa Lops Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com

Zack Wallin discusses growing up in San Jose & meeting the Tilt Mode Crew, getting flowed by Real Skateboards, his part in Tilt Mode Bonus Round, getting on Enjoi, working construction while being pro, nollie back 180 wallenberg, being on DVS and touring with Jeron, the Transworld kickflip cover, getting on New Balance, ruining his achilles in a hot dog suit, Thrasher's King Of The Road, leaving Enjoi and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices