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Club goers, screaming Swifties, and city dwellers are all embracing a life with less noise. About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI's vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+Learn more at AMI.caConnect with Accessible Media Inc. online:X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca

Shop Loop's Earplugs & save 15% off with code LOOPX-EMMAKAPOTES: https://www.loopearplugs.com/.Planning your first trip to Coachella or looking to level up your experience? In this episode, I'm joined by content creator and local Coachella legend Angel Chavez to break down everything you need to know about the iconic festival. .What we cover:

Aussie coffee is $10 Millenial Update Top 6: Other Claims that Trump made 2025 Office Slang SLP Where do you see worse behaviour - Hens or Stag do? Stolen cookie at Moustache What's ya jobby? St John chat paramedic Gilly Gates Why did your parents send you to outward bound Weirdest Ad complaints Earplugs at concerts What did you do for a discount?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season 8 of Rave Culture Cast! We're kicking things off with a bang by diving into our "Ins" and "Outs" list for raves and festivals in 2025. From the trends we're loving to the ones we're leaving behind, here's what's shaping the future of the festival scene! *Also quick editor's note - I f*cked up and put "holding festival organizers accountable" IN THE WRONG CATEGORY. That should've been in my in's list. My apologies

On this week's episode, Kenna and Stephanie learn to play an ancient Aztec "death whistle" and freak everyone out. They then go to battle some giant "Red Monsters" discovered by astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope. They then shake down a new electrical technology that uses motion to power everyday devices.   Every Tuesday, join hosts Stephanie Gerk, Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, and MJ Banias as they round up the latest science and tech stories from the pages of The Debrief. From far-future technology to space travel to strange physics that alters our perception of the universe, The Debrief Weekly Report is meant for the dreamers who love the science and technology of the future. Follow the Debrief on X: https://twitter.com/Debriefmedia Follow Stephanie Gerk on X: https://twitter.com/stephgerk Follow Kenna Hughes-Castleberry on X: https://twitter.com/kennaculture Have something to tell us? Email the show at weeklyreport@thedebrief.org

Dawn Flinn with Ear Everything joins us to discuss her line of work and the importance of wearing hearing protection. Plus, learn all about the human ear and how it works! http://www.eareverything.com/aboutus.html Video By: More Than Media - www.morethan.media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morethan.media/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morethan.media YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@morethanmedia_ The S.O.U.N.D. Project Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sound-project/id1680525959 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dkk1s642VFjZGsdYGyxBP Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kZTBiZGNlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLghfvh2wd7A9MnVKr44jtPEg0qcZ1esTF Keep up with us on our Socials: - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@haverstickdesigns - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haverstickdesigns/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HaverstickDesigns - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@haverstickdesigns - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/haverstick-designs/ - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/haverstickdesigns - Website: https://www.haverstickdesigns.com/

Treble Health audiologists Dr. Ben, Dr. Breanne, Dr. Ali, and Dr. Ramsay answer 20 tinnitus questions, and discuss personal experiences with tinnitus, share effective treatment options, and explain the benefits of sound therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.Get started with Treble Health:Schedule a complimentary telehealth consultation: treble.health/free-telehealth-consultation Take the tinnitus quiz: https://treble.health/tinnitus-quiz-1Download the Ultimate Tinnitus Guide: 2024 Edition: https://treble.health/tinnitus-guide-2024

Thanks to our Partner, NAPA Auto Care Sara Fraser and Tracy Capriotto discuss their travel experiences and offer practical advice for making work trips more manageable and enjoyable. They cover essential packing items, health and comfort strategies, and the importance of preparation. Their conversation is filled with light-hearted banter and useful insights, aimed at helping listeners navigate the challenges of conference travel, particularly for women in the industry. This episode is a must-listen for anyone gearing up for a busy conference season in the automotive industry. Sara Fraser, Haas Performance Consulting, Sara's previous episodes HERE. Show Notes Watch Full Video Episode Travel Planning for Conferences (00:00:40) Discussion on the importance of planning for travel during conference season. Packing for Comfort (00:02:52) The importance of packing for comfort during long conference days. Health Tips for Travelers (00:05:32) Sara talks about using immune support while traveling. Pain Relief Solutions (00:07:22) Discussion on using heat patches and biofreeze for back pain relief during travel. Steaming Clothes vs. Ironing (00:09:02) Tracy and Sara compare using steamers to traditional ironing for wrinkle-free clothes. Makeup Bag Innovations (00:10:54) Tracy reveals her new makeup bag that improves organization and accessibility. Stain Removal Tips (00:12:46) Sara introduces a stain remover for makeup spills during travel. DIY Nail Care Tips (00:15:17) Advice on performing DIY nail care, including the use of gel polish and mini lamps for travel. Importance of Band-Aids (00:17:03) Discussion on the necessity of carrying band-aids to prevent blisters during travel. Traveling with Allergy Medications (00:19:58) Tracy emphasizes the importance of bringing allergy medications when traveling to unfamiliar places. Lip Care Essentials (00:20:11) The hosts discuss the need for lip balm in dry climates, especially during travel. Sewing Kit Necessity (00:20:30) Tracy advises bringing a mini sewing kit to handle wardrobe malfunctions on the go. Makeup Removal Tips (00:21:36) Sara introduces the reusable makeup eraser as an eco-friendly travel essential. Charger Essentials (00:22:40) Tracy shares a travel tip about always bringing the complete phone charger, not just the cord. Noise-Canceling Headphones (00:23:48) Discussion on the benefits of noise-canceling headphones for a better flying experience. Traveling with Earplugs (00:24:25) Sara talks about the benefits of using earplugs to manage ear pressure during flights. Luggage Tips: Importance of Wheels (00:25:23) Tracy stresses the importance of having four-wheeled luggage for easier maneuverability. Choosing the Right Luggage (00:26:38) The benefits of double wheels on luggage for improved travel experience. Water Bottle Hack (00:29:22) A recommendation for a spill-proof water bottle that keeps drinks cold. Precheck Benefits (00:30:21) Importance of TSA Precheck for easier travel and security experience. Jewelry Travel Tips (00:31:47) Discussion on organizing jewelry while...

Britney Spears will keep paying child support for her son Jayden James, despite him turning 18. Music producer Jack Antonoff is facing backlash after he was spotted putting in earplugs during Katy Perry's performance at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. Travis Kelce showed his support for girlfriend Taylor Swift after she publicly thanked him during her 2024 MTV Video Music Awards speech. Instinct magazine's Corey Andrew joins Rob with all the dish! Don't forget to vote in today's poll on Twitter at @naughtynicerob or in our Facebook group.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textSimon and Lee discuss how Lee's relationship with his parents is changing (or not) and Simon going through his Mother's writing.Things they discuss: Jefrey is inbetween breakfasts, Lee's breakfast, brushing your teeth when you wake up, not talking about the science of brushing your teeth before or after breakfast, bacteria replicating at night in your mouth, water squirters, mouthguards at bedtime, sleep apnea, Lee not making breakfast because he's dead, Weekend at Bernie's, how the age of Lee's parents is manifesting itself, Jonathan Silverman, Andrew McCarthy, Brighton Beach Memoirs, the documentary Brats, Rob Lowe making sense, Molly Ringwald not appearing on the documentary, repeating stories as we age and how long between the stories (days, minutes), Lee's Dad's pool is leaking, the man dug or the man Doug, a cubic meter, ladling out water of a pool, elderly people exercising, how Lee's relationship with his parents is changing, being more anxious about them (and expressing it), dying of emptying a swimming pool out, the challenge of doing all of Netflix (Lee's Mum rising to it), South Korean dramas on Netflix, Atal Gwande's "Being Mortal" (the medicalisation of death), Simon going through his Mother's writing (by posthumous request of his Mother) and putting it off, journalling instead of diarying, "What will I tell the children?" (G.A. Ellis), talking about midlife-ing, the beauty of your lives being ahead of you and the flip side of that, thinking about life ending.Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net. ---The Midlifing logo is adapted from an original image by H.L.I.T: https://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/8571921679 (CC BY 2.0)

Ben Maller talks about Russell Wilson saying he's not worried about his critics or what other people think, Raiders Maxx Crosby on teaming up with Christian Wilkins, Lame Jokes of the Week, and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on the show, Newstalk's Technology Correspondent Jess Kelly reviews the Loop Quiet 2 earplugs and also answers listens tech queries.All with thanks to Viatel Technology Group.

Riza's account of the secret trystBy NavyRigger - Listen to the Podcast at Steamy Stories.“Wanted? Appreciated? Beautiful? Loved? Desired,” Kurt asked, "Take your pick and any of those will describe my feelings for you.”My heart fluttered and I couldn't help but smile at him as a mix of emotions welled in my chest. I love this man. I want this man. He is everything Ronny isn't and everything I've been craving.“Kurt, I,” I started to say.His lips pressed into mine, shushing me before I could finish, “I love you too, Riza.”His lips kissed me vigorously, and I instinctively squeezed my thighs around his hips. Tingling electricity rippled through me as his soft lips found my neck and kissed slowly and sensually down to my collar bone. My pussy ached and tingled from his erogenous touch, and I could feel him starting to stiffen in his shorts. I reached behind me and tugged at my top, pulling it off and freeing my breasts for his pleasure. He wasted no time kissing down my collar bone, the top of my breasts until his mouth found my sensitive nipples. I moaned softly as my nipple disappeared into his mouth and I felt his tongue swirling around my nipple, making my pussy tingle and gush with excitement. I took my top, reaching into his shorts and freeing his hard cock. The heat of his cock pressed against the cold fabric covering my vulva almost made me cum then and there. I wrapped my top around his shaft and slowly stroked him, utterly consumed by how rock hard he was as my fingers and the fabric danced up and down his length.“Kurt, touch me, please,” I whispered into his ear, my voice quivering slightly with desperation.I felt a tug on my bottoms and the fabric was replaced with the cool rush of the water. A warm, strong hand slid across my abdomen, fingers tracing up and down my inner thigh and driving my pussy wild for attention. Kurt put me out of my misery as I felt his thumb split my vulva and feel around for my clit. Unintentionally I screamed out with pleasure as his thumb found my clit. My legs were already trembling from his touch, and I was already on the verge of orgasm. Much to my surprise, two of his fingers slipped inside of me while his thumb never stopped rubbing my clit. As soon as his fingers touched my G-spot, my body erupted in orgasm as an intense fire consumed every inch of me. I covered my mouth to muffle my screams of pleasure as his fingers played with my pussy throughout my whole orgasm. I could feel my walls gripping his fingers, as every touch of his fingers to my G-spot shot jolts of electricity up my spine. My legs continued to tremble wildly as Kurt's fingers attacked my pussy with renewed fervor. As my second orgasm neared, I took my hand from my mouth and grabbed onto the edge of the pool, my screams of pleasure were freed for the whole neighborhood to hear. Kurt's lips pressed against mine, muffling my screams, as his tongue slipped into my mouth and I pushed my lips against his and lost myself in ecstasy and slipped into another orgasm.Kurt softly rubbed my clit as I came down from another orgasm. I took a moment to catch my breath and felt the heat of the tip of his cock split my vulva apart and press against my opening before stopping. I looked up at Kurt and wondered why he stopped. He was patiently waiting outside my opening, his face and body language asking for reassurance to proceed. I bit my lip and nodded my head up and down vigorously, pushing my feet into his back and shoving him into me. The feeling of his cock slipping inside of me drove me wild. I could feel my walls getting stretched and hugging his cock, and the heat and firmness of his shaft filled my insides. My body melted away and relaxed as he finally filled me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and clung to him as tightly as I could, my pussy feeling completely blissful as I felt his cock pushing into my cervix. At around seven inches and almost two inches in girth, Kurt stretched and filled my pussy like no man ever had, and I wanted more and more.Softly, slowly, Kurt slid in and out of me. I could feel my labia stretch and tug as he slipped in and out of me. Every time he entered me, his tip would press into my G-spot and paralyze me with pleasure as pulses of electricity shot through my spine. Water splashed around us as he started to fuck me faster and deeper. As he sped up, I kissed him and moaned fearlessly into his mouth as his cock sent me into another orgasm. I clung to him tightly, my nails digging into the back of his neck as my body burned with passion and lust. Every muscle in my body tensed up, and I couldn't breathe for several seconds as the orgasm gripped me.“Fuck, so tight!” Kurt moaned softly as my pussy pulsed around him during my orgasm.I listened as Kurt's breathing picked up, and his grip on my waist tightened. My tight little pussy was squeezing his cock into submission, hungry for his cum.“Riza,” he whispered deeply into my ear.“Do it, Kurt, you know where I want it. My womb is yours,” I told him as I tightened my legs around him, wanting his release as deep inside me as he could get, “Fuck, yes baby! Fill me with that big thick load!”Dirty talk always did the trick. In moments after whispering in his ear, I felt his cock swell, his hips pressed against mine as he sank inside me and let go. There was a grunt, and then the first pulse of his seed shot into me with such intensity and speed that I jumped with surprise. It felt as if someone had flicked my cervix, only to have the feeling replaced with a growing rush of hot, sticky wetness inside of me. I trembled in his grip as his cock twitched and pulsed rapidly inside of me, filling me deeply with his seed. I wanted all of it. I didn't want to lose a single drop. I wanted my womb full of Kurt's cum, craved it in fact. I wasn't ovulating, but I craved Kurt's cum on a daily basis. Something about being full of his cum made me feel, comforted and fulfilled. Baby or no baby, I wanted to be filled by him every day if I could.Kurt's climax subsided, and he blew water away from his mouth as he kept himself buried deep inside of me.“I love you, Riza,” he whispered to me softly before he kissed me slowly and sensually.“I love you too, Kurt.”He rested his head on my shoulder and held me for several minutes, and I felt him grow soft inside of me again, but he was already getting stiff again and starting to fill and stretch me again. I felt his cock twitch inside of me and I moaned out.“Twice in one day,” I said with excitement, "To what do I owe the honor?”Kurt laughed, “The honor is all mine, my lady. If you want a second round, I am all too happy to oblige you. I live to serve my lady in any manner of things that will make her feel good.”I giggled like I haven't giggled in years, “That was so cheesy it's adorable. Yes, you lady would happily accept a second round.”He pressed himself deep into me again and started to pick up speed. I could feel our juices gushing around inside of me, and my pussy tingled with excitement at the feeling of his hard cock and cum inside of me.Our moment of passion and bliss was interrupted by the squeak of the screen door. I looked up and froze. Kurt's eyes locked to mine and we both experienced a moment of dread and paralyzing panic. Both of us were completely naked in the pool, my clothes floating nearby and his trunks at the bottom.“Fuck it's hot out here,” I heard Ronny say, and my heart stopped.Ronny was going to walk around the corner and see his best friend seven inches deep in his wife who is full of his best friend's cum, and he was going to snap. I was terrified.“When's dinner? I'm starving!” I heard him yell from around the corner.“Let me dry off and I'll come to start it now, Dear,” I yelled out.Kurt and I stared at each other and shared several breathless moments as we listened to Ronny's flip-flops scrape across the concrete. Then, the screen door whined and slammed shut. Together we released a breath we didn't realize we'd been holding as the panic and fear dissipated.Kurt looked at me with sad puppy dog eyes, like his best friend had to go home after a long day of great fun, “I guess you have to go now?”I kissed him one last time that day, “Yes, I do. But I love you, and we will figure this out. Stay strong.”I pushed off the wall and gathered my bikini pieces, quickly dressing under the water. As I stepped out of the pool, I smiled and was comforted by the irony that as Kurt returned home, I would be around my husband for the rest of the night, and in his ignorance and neglectful ways, he would never know that another man's cum filled a womb that no longer belonged to him, and that my heart was no longer his.Things and between Riza and I started to heat up at a pace that even I didn't anticipate. Ronny was off for the whole week before he had to return to work, but that didn't dissuade her one bit. Periodically throughout the day while I was at work and home, I would get texts from Riza. At first, it was innocent enough, her texting me asking me how my day was going, me asking her what her plans were for today, and so on. Then she told me how much she missed me, and couldn't wait for us to be together again. I told her that,  truthfully, my heart ached knowing she was so close yet so far away. We wanted to do more, we wanted to be together, but it was too risky of Ronny to find out if we attempted much more. Then, one night as I was getting settled for bed for the night, things went from innocent and sentimental on the phone to risky in the blink of an eye.I woke up to my phone ringing and I glanced at the alarm clock, 1:00 am. Through blurry, groggy eyes I looked at the phone and realized Riza was calling me. Immediately a hundred different scenarios of why she would call so early in the morning ran through my head, none of them good. I snatched the phone off my bed stand and put it to my ear."Riza! It's one in the morning, are you ok? Something wrong?" I quickly asked before she could get a word out."I'm fine love, relax. I just miss you so much it hurts," she said softly over the phone, soft enough I thought she was on the verge of tears, "I'm sorry, I know it's early, I just can't sleep.""For you, there is never a bad time to wake me up as long as I get to hear your voice," I told her as I smiled and laid back into my pillows, and let out a long exhale as I attempted to stop the pounding of my heart in my chest."Aww, babe. That's so sweet," I heard her say, almost hearing the smile on her face, "Do you mind if we FaceTime?""Not at all!" I exclaimed with a little more excitement than I anticipated, "I will never pass up an opportunity to look upon your gorgeous face and mesmerizing green eyes."The distinct sounds of a FaceTime call came through the speakers of my phone and as I hit accept, the image of the woman I loved filled the screen and I was grinning from ear to ear to see her again. She was laying in her bed on her side, the sheet up to her chin as dim yellow light bathed the room. Earplugs dangled from her ears, as her face lit up with a warm and elated smile as my face filled her screen."There you are. Oh how I've missed those brown eyes of yours," she gushed.I saw something stir behind her. It was a pale and hairy figure behind her."Riza, is Ronny in the bed with you right now?" I blurted as the panic set in.A naughty look and a predatory look in her eyes filled my screen, "Yes, is that going to be a problem?""Oh yeah, if he wakes up it will be a big fucking problem for both of us!""Relax, he took an Ambien two hours ago. A tornado in the bedroom wouldn't wake him up," she reassured me.I took Riza's advice and tried to relax as I settled back into my pillows and the bed. I don't know why, but I looked over at the space in the bed next to me. I had many dreams of waking up next to Riza as she slept peacefully, only to lean over and wake her with a kiss. Running my hand across the flat, empty area next to me, I'd never felt more lonely than I did at that moment."I wish you were here, with me, in my bed right now. I wish that when I opened my eyes tomorrow, that you will be the first thing that I see," I told her with a depressed sigh."Aww! Stop before you make me cry," she blushed, "You know, I really wish you were here right now.""Yeah? Why is that?"Riza adjusted the pillow as her small and round face sank back into the pillow, "I'd tell you, but I think it's easier to show you."I watched as she slowly peeled back the white bedsheet she had tucked to her chin. Slowly, the bedsheet slipped away, revealing more and more of her seductive curves. First her shoulders and collar bones, then the top of her breasts. She paused for a moment to tease me before revealing her beautiful brown nipples, the skin around them pink and swollen from her pinching and squeezing them. As the bedsheet continued down, her soft and flat stomach appeared, then her petite belly button with a green gemstone piercing dangling from it. The seductive curve of her petite hips appeared from under the blanket and she stopped just short of her vulva appearing. The camera moved back up to her face and showed a playful and teasing grin on her face."Aww, why did you stop?" I pouted.She giggled, "Nuh-uh if you wanna see mine, you gotta show me yours first.""You're so naughty and I fucking I love it!" I told her as I switched cameras on my phone, revealing my hard cock, already in my hand and at attention for her."Oh my, look at all that precum!" she giggled as she watched a drop of precum slide down my shaft before stopping at my fingers wrapped around my cock."I can't help it if the woman I love is a huge tease and gets me worked up with next to no effort," I joked sarcastically."Can you stroke it for me? I want to watch you stroke it for me," she asked breathlessly.All too happy to oblige her, I started to slowly stroke myself. She watched me do it and bit her bottom lip as she moaned softly into her pillow. As I continued to stroke myself, my precum leaked out and mixed with that already on my hand, coating the top half of my cock in a sticky mess, making sticky, messy noises that Riza seemed to be enjoying. She was clearly enjoying this. I watched as she turned her head into her pillows and moaned, muffling the sound of her pleasure. Her body squirmed and moved as she moaned."Kurt, I'm so close!" she moaned and shuddered."Cum for me Riza. Imagine my cock deep inside you as I fill you with another... hot... thick... deep load inside of you," I said in my best seductive voice."Kurt," she moaned louder as she buried her face screamed, as her body shuddered and convulsed.After a few moments, she relaxed again, and looked back at me, and smiled, "Well, it's not your cock, but it's the closest thing I could find."The camera panned down to her hips again, and she pulled the bedsheet down, finally revealing her tiny pink pussy to me. I watched as a thick, clear silicone dildo slipped in and out of her, her juices slowly dripping down the shaft of the toy and puddling on her thigh. Her pink folds looked stretched like a rubber band around the shaft as her fingers slowly worked it in and out of her."Fuck," I moaned loudly as I immediately came at the sight of her stretched-out pussy and her thighs slick and soaked with her juices."Wow, you really were worked up babe," she giggled as she brought the dildo to her mouth and started to lick her juices off of it, "And all that cum, damn I miss that too."I took a moment to collect myself and come down from my climax. Cum coated my hand and shaft and was splattered across my stomach. I reached for a couple of tissues and used them to clean myself up. Then I was hit with a crazy idea out of the blue."Let's do it," I blurted before my thoughts could formulate into a proper sentence."Do what?" Riza asked, her eyebrows and face twisted into a confused look."You and me, my place," I said vaguely, still gathering my ideas into a collective, conscious thought.

 Amanda Prowse and Penny Dommett nattering around the kitchen table, chatting about all things random from Penny's unfortunate earplug mishap, the benefit of yoga, retiring to the sunshine, instant gratification, Mary Poppins! Penny's fake Brownie troop and much, much more! So, pull up a chair and join us for a delightfully irreverent chit chat about life and all its random tangents - bring a cuppa. Cake optional...

Have you experienced trouble sleeping at some point in your life? Well, it is common among many people, especially adults. This is mainly triggered by the many factors that interfere with a good night's sleep, like work stress, illnesses, and family responsibilities. But when insomnia persists day after day, it can become a real problem. Consistent lack of quality sleep can make one tired and moody and have severe effects on one's health, like increasing the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease. Most people who have had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep tend to turn to sleep medications to help them have restful sleep. However, these drugs can have side effects like headaches, drowsiness, strange dreams, dizziness, appetite changes, and abdominal discomfort. But the good news is that you can adopt habits that help you fall asleep quickly, stay asleep longer, and be more energetic and productive during the day. Have a look at some of the simple tips! ·         Set and stick to a sleep schedule The body's circadian rhythm functions on a set loop that aligns itself with sunrise and sunset. Therefore, it is essential to have a consistent sleep and wake time to help achieve long-term sleep quality. Studies show that people who have irregular sleep patterns alter their circadian rhythm and levels of melatonin, which signal the brain to sleep. The recommended amount of sleep for healthy adults is at least seven hours. Set at least seven to eight hours of sleep and ensure you go to bed at the same time every day, including weekends. Consistency will help the body adapt to a sleep-wake cycle that gets you well-rested. ·         Be smart about what you eat and drink What you eat and drink during the day significantly impacts your sleep. Some of the essential things to pay attention to include; v  Focus on a healthy diet: Your eating pattern has a significant impact on your sleep pattern. For instance, a Mediterranean-type diet that is rich in vegetables, fruits, and healthy fats, with a limited amount of carbs and red meat, may help you fall asleep faster and stay asleep longer. v  Don't go to bed hungry or stuffed: Going to bed hungry or immediately after eating a heavy meal within a couple of hours of bedtime may cause discomfort, making it difficult to fall asleep. v  Limit caffeine and nicotine: Caffeine and nicotine have a stimulating effect that takes hours to wear off and can interfere with sleep. v  Avoid alcohol before bed: Although alcohol may make you feel sleepy at first, it affects your long-term sleep cycle, especially when you have not taken any alcohol. v  Avoid drinking too many liquids in the evening: Although fluids are healthy for your body, drinking lots of fluids at night may result in frequent bathroom trips, affecting your sleep pattern. ·         Improve your sleep environment A peaceful bedroom environment sends a powerful signal to your brain that it's time to wind down and let go of the day's stresses. Keep your room calm, dark, and quiet. Some of the tips you can adopt include; v  Keep noise down: Avoid music in your bedroom. To eliminate noise from other people in your household, neighbors, and traffic, try masking it with a fan or sound machine. Earplugs can also help. v  Keep your room cool: You can sleep better in a slightly cool room that has adequate ventilation. A bedroom that is too hot or too cold can interfere with quality sleep. v  Ensure that your bed is comfortable: Your bed should allow you to stretch and turn comfortably without becoming tangled. If you wake up complaining of a sore back or an aching neck, consider different levels of mattress firmness, foam toppers, and pillows that provide more or less support. A comfortable bed will help improve your sleep position. v  Reserve your bed for sleeping and sex: Avoid working, watching TV, or using your computer, phone, or tablet in bed. This helps your brain to associate the bedroom with just sleep and sex, which makes it easier to wind down at night. ·         Exercise Exercise increases the effect of natural sleep hormones like melatonin. Consider a daily brisk walk and enjoy better sleep at night. However, it is important to watch the timing of your workout. Exercising too close to bedtime can be stimulating. Instead, consider morning workouts that expose you to bright daylight. ·         De-stress Piled bills and a long to-do list can easily stimulate your stress levels, activating the fight-or-flight hormones that work against sleep. Learn to resolve your worries or concerns before bedtime by jotting down what's on your mind and then setting it aside for tomorrow. Basic stress management tips like getting organized, setting priorities, and delegating tasks might also help. To relax, try meditating and deep breathing exercises. Know when to seek help from a professional! If you often have trouble sleeping, talking to a professional can help identify and treat any underlying causes. Contact Dr. Jason Jones at our Chiropractic office in Elizabeth City, NC, for assistance!  

Breaking into the music industry isn't just about talent...⁠ ⁠ It takes grit, dedication, and a strong mindset to persevere. Just ask Nik Cherwink - an artist & life coach who's worked with some of the most well-known artists & brands in the music industry

Today's guest is one of the most electrifying artists in the electronic music scene, amassing a loyal fan base through his masked project REAPER. His unique take on drum n bass has unified dance music fans from a variety of subgenres & cemented his presence in both the US scene as well as aboard. We're excited to dive into how his project has developed, his focus on storytelling through his music and the renaissance of the drum n bass scene in the US. Connect with REAPER: https://open.spotify.com/artist/24kY0bUku58QhWv5WFFXaf https://www.instagram.com/reapernoises/ https://www.tiktok.com/@reapernoises Connect with Rave Culture Cast: https://beacons.ai/raveculturecast Connect with Alex Amaro: https://www.instagram.com/alex_amaro_music/

MY FIRST SOCAL FESTIVAL IS IN THE BOOKS! I've been waiting for years to finally attend an event at the NOS center and have a ton of thoughts to share with y'all about my experience at Beyond Wonderland. In this episode, I'll be going over my accommodations, travel, thoughts on the theme and stage designs, favorite sets, overcrowding, the Cali crowd and my pros & cons list! Hope you guys enjoy

Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Colin talks to Brooke about how to asses damage to structures after disasters, what you can do when you're stuck in a building after a disaster, and ways to make your situation easier and safer. Guest Info Colin (he/him) is a carpenter, industrial electrician, and backpacker. Host Info Brooke can be found on Twitter or Mastodon @ogemakweBrooke. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript Live Like the World is Dying: Colin on Structural Triage After a Disaster **Brooke ** 00:15 Hello and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for it feels like the end times. I'm Brooke Jackson, your host for this episode. Today I'll be talking with Colin, an experienced construction and trade worker, about how to prepare for and perform structural triage after disasters. But first we'd like to celebrate being a member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchist podcasts by playing a little jingle from one of the other podcasts on the network. Doo doo doo, doo doo. **Brooke ** 00:48 And we're back. Colin, thank you for joining us today to talk about structural triage after disasters. Would you introduce yourself? Let us know your pronouns, where you're from if you want, maybe some of your background in the construction industry. **Colin ** 01:19 Yeah, I'm Colin, he/him. Lived in around Western Pennsylvania pretty much my entire life—mostly in the Pittsburgh area. I picked up carpentry right after college just as a way to earn some money. Been in and out that for a while. I worked as an industrial electrician in the power industry for about seven years, and then decided I'd had enough of that and went back to doing carpentry. **Brooke ** 02:10 Okay, so is your—is your background in those trades the reason that you're interested in this topic, or was there something else that sparked you or made you kind of get into learning about it? **Colin ** 02:23 Actually, the impetus for this was a little over—actually, seems like ages ago, but actually less than a year ago, a friend had an apartment fire right after Christmas last year. And it's still that big cold snap. And fortunately, we managed to get them recovered from that, but it was only due to the fairly heroic efforts of a lot of friends. And after that I started thinking about, you know, like, what are the ways that, you know, if you don't have people looking out for you and willing to come bail you out, what can you do if you're stuck in a damaged building for a few days while you're waiting for utilities to come back online, first responders to work through a backlog? Just, how can you make things easier in the immediate few days after disaster? **Brooke ** 03:14 Nice. So is this something that you then have you had to put into practice, or other people around you have put into practice? Or are we mostly theoretical at this point and haven't tested all these things—not that we don't trust your experience here. **Colin ** 03:31 Yeah, no, I have done some of these things more in the context of camping and backpacking, just like, there are things you can do that will make the situation easier and safer. Also, a lot of my background in working in power plants involved constant safety trainings about how do you do things safely? What do you have to look out for? What are, you know, things that you just need to be aware of when you're in dangerous situations? And I'm continually surprised at how many of those applied to everyday life, and how much of that stuff we just don't have to think about when we're living in a house that has already been designed to be safe. But when you have a disaster, obviously things break. And suddenly, things that are—things that normally have the engineering and safety built into them no longer work the way they're supposed to, and suddenly, you have to take care of all of that on your own. It's not that hard to do, or even that expensive. You just have to do the planning and preparation before it happens. Because once you find yourself in that situation, it's too late. **Brooke ** 04:46 Yeah, that makes sense. And we're gonna get into those details in a second. But for the listener, I just wanted to share that Colin had reached out to us with this really great list of different things we could explore on this topic. And as I said to him, the the part that stood out most to me was he was talking about how to shelter in place in a compromised building and how to do structural triage and first aid that can make the eventual recovery easier. So we may get into a lot more than that today, we may have a second episode at some point to talk about other things because Colin has a lot of great info to share. But that was the part that really struck me and the areas that I wanted to focus on. And so right before we get into the details, another question I wanted to ask you was, how broadly is this applicable? Like, you know, there's all kinds of different disaster situations, right? We've got floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, unnatural disasters. Do you have different tips for different scenarios that we're going to talk about, or is a lot of this like works across multiple possibilities? **Colin ** 05:50 It's some of both. A lot of the things you need to be concerned with sheltering in place, or just being aware of what are the things that change when systems go offline. So when you don't have power anymore and you're relying on batteries or a generator, or you lose your gas, now, suddenly, you're relying on kerosene heaters or lamps. All of these things change how you have to think about your safety in a house. Obviously, people have been living with fireplaces and wood stoves and oil lamps for a very, very long time. It's not that hard to do. But if you're used to being able to flip a switch and have the lights come on, you're going to have to make some changes. And if you don't do those things, you can cause yourself serious problems. **Brooke ** 06:38 Okay, so let's talk about the first part of that where work. Let's say we're in a situation where we've just had a disaster, we're in a compromised building—whether it be like—I guess mostly we're talking about homes, or maybe your apartment complex too, not necessarily, like, work structures. So let's say we're in that in that situation, we're in this compromised building right after a disaster, what's one of the first things that we need to do? **Colin ** 07:01 So the very first thing is always keep yourself safe, because there's no disaster that you can't make worse by getting injured. And this is especially true— **Brooke ** 07:12 [Laughing] That's a good line, yeah! **Colin ** 07:12 That's especially true when you have, you know, something like the ERCOT disaster down in Texas and 2021, and you have an entire city that is struggling, and your first responders are overwhelmed. **Brooke ** 07:28 Was that when they lost power? **Colin ** 07:30 Yeah, they lost power for I want to say a week or two? I don't think it was continuous. I think it went off, and then it came back on, and then it went off again. The estimated death toll from that was like somewhere between 250 and 700 people, which is—that's like 10 times the number of people that die from an average hurricane season. And most of it was due to things like hyperthermia and carbon monoxide poisoning. Just because people were trying to stay warm and making bad decisions either because they didn't know any better, or they didn't have the tools they needed. Most of it could have been avoided. But obviously that was a terrible situation, and Texas is still recovering from that. So yeah, you've got to keep yourself safe. Couple parts of that. The easiest thing is the personal protective equipment side. Because that's just a matter of throwing a little bit of money at the problem, and it doesn't even take very much money. This is stuff like have worked gloves around so that you can protect your hands. Keep safety glasses around, because getting an eye injury will make life real bad and real tough right now. Earplugs. Disasters are often loud, and even if they're not, things are going to sound different. So having earplugs can help you sleep better. These are, like, not—things that do not cost a whole lot of money. But the most important thing is just to look at the situation and take a beat and figure out what has changed and what you need to do to stop the problem from getting worse. So the first part of this is anything that is broken or not working the way it is supposed to needs to be shut down. So like, do you need to get the power turned off? Do you need to get the gas turned off? Do you need to get the water turned off so your pipes don't freeze and burst? These are things that the average homeowner can do: turning off the power, as long as you have access to the circuit breaker, it's a matter of flipping a switch. Water should just be a matter of closing a valve. The problem is a lot of times the shutoff valves for water don't work the way they're supposed to because they haven't been maintained. I have run into that a few times. And— **Brooke ** 09:42 I know I know at my own house, shutting off the water is a much bigger deal than it should be. **Colin ** 09:48 Right and most of the time that's fine, until you have pipes that are actively spraying water, and suddenly it's not fine. Getting the gas shut off. Usually, again, just matter of going outside with a wrench and turning the valve at the meter. But you have to have the right size wrench and you have to know where that valve is. **Brooke ** 10:09 Okay, so here's a neat—sorry to interrupt you. But I've had—for a long time I've had—I don't know if this is good, so you tell me. I got a wrench that's like specifically for shutting off your gas, it's this bright red one, and you zip tie it next to your gas main. And then if there's a disaster, you should have to go cut the zip tie and use that wrench. **Colin ** 10:32 Yeah, that is a fantastic idea. **Brooke ** 10:34 Okay. **Colin ** 10:35 I would suggest maybe string or something that you can just yank to break it loose, because having zip tie on there that you have to cut, that's one more tool you have to find before you can get to the wrench. Zipties are fantastic because they are very secure. Sometimes so secure that you can't get them off. **Brooke ** 10:50 So I might have to replace the string once in a while, but string would be better. **Colin ** 10:53 Or, the meters normally magnetic, you can put it on a magnet, you can just have it— **Brooke ** 10:58 Oh, yeah! **Colin ** 10:59 —duct taped to the side of it. Something you can get off without tools. And it's always there. And then periodically, every six months, just check and make sure it's there. And, you know, a raccoon hasn't stolen it. But no, that's a fantastic idea. **Brooke ** 11:13 Okay, so that's a good planning ahead. But if you haven't planned ahead, then, you know trying to find a wrench is generally the tool you're going to need, right, to shut that off if you have gas? **Colin ** 11:22 Yeah yeah. Then if you live in an apartment building, usually you will have access to your electrical panel, but not always. You may not have access to the main water shut offs for your apartment. You can probably find out where in the building those are. You're not going to be able to tell if they're working the way they're supposed to before something happens. But have a plan for how to get into whatever room the shut offs are in. If you have to go through a door, this may mean keeping a sledge hammer or pry bar around so that you can get through to the shut offs in the case of an emergency. And yeah, your landlord is probably going to be unhappy and you may lose your security deposit, but it's better than having your apartment burn down. **Brooke ** 12:12 Yeah, seems like it. **Colin ** 12:13 Yeah. **Brooke ** 12:14 Okay, so step one is, like right after the disaster, donning some protective gear and then going around to shut off compromised utilities. **Colin ** 12:24 Right, anything's not working, get it turned off so that the situation stops getting worse. Once everything's shut down, then you can take your time and figure out how to make things livable until systems start to come back online. The other thing to do with preparation is make sure all your smoke alarms are working, and make sure you have fire extinguishers. Because, again, fire when you don't have first responders available is very, very bad. So hopefully everyone has these things to begin with. But if you don't, I highly recommend going out and getting some as soon as possible. **Brooke ** 13:01 Okay. **Colin ** 13:02 So you now have everything turned off, you have your fire extinguishers, you've dealt with the immediate problem. Now you're faced with, how do I make the structure minimally safe for the next few days? If you have broken windows, damaged roof from storms, things like that. **Brooke ** 13:25 Okay, so it's assuming your residence is still some amount of livable and/or you just don't have anywhere else to go and you kind of have to stay. **Colin ** 13:35 Yeah, as long as you have a roof and three walls, you're gonna be fine most of the time. **Brooke ** 13:44 What about—what about the fourth wall? Why don't we get a fourth wall here, Collin? **Colin ** 13:48 I mean, four walls is great. Three walls is enough to keep the roof up. **Brooke ** 13:55 That's a really good point though, no, genuinely. **Colin ** 13:58 If a tree comes through the front of your house, you can still deal with that. It's gonna suck, but it's not the end of the world. And the things that you need to make the situation better than it would be? Not that complicated. It basically boils down a lot of times to having some plastic sheeting or tarps and a staple gun. If you can get something over your openings to keep the wind and the water from entering the house, that's going to buy you a lot of time. If you've ever been driving through, you know, the back roads and rural counties and you see the houses that have the plastic tarps over their roofs that have obviously been there for many years, those houses are still functional. They're still standing. A lot of times people are still living quite comfortably inside those houses. Doesn't look very good, but it's gonna work for a while. And oftentimes, that's all you need. **Brooke ** 14:50 Yeah, that's one of the reasons you see tarps up there for so long is that they're doing what they need to do and they don't need to do more than that. For folks that don't have that kind of stuff sitting around, I imagined that maybe grabbing some sheets or blankets or something and throwing those over the opening would still be better than just leaving it open? **Colin ** 15:10 Yeah, even the bed sheet over the window is going to stop rain from blowing in and my dogs barking in the background. I apologize. **Brooke ** 15:19 That's okay. We are a puppy-friendly podcast. **Colin ** 15:25 A staple gun is something that you should definitely own if you don't, because that's the easiest and fastest way of getting any kind of sheet, whether it's cloth, or a tarp, or trash bags with plastic sheeting attached to walls really fast. A staple gun will set you back maybe $20 tops, and makes life a whole lot easier when it comes to covering openings. If you don't, if you don't have that, duct tape will also work. However, it doesn't work as well as you would expect, especially when the weather is cold or if surfaces are wet. **Brooke ** 16:01 Sure. Yeah. Thumb tacks if you have those sitting around. **Colin ** 16:06 Thumb tacks. Hammer and nails. **Brooke ** 16:08 Yeah. **Colin ** 16:09 Anything to do to secure a sheet. At that point, you're not really worried about damaging the house because the damage has already been done, and fixing a few nail holes is peanuts compared to trying to fix, you know, several hundred gallons of water that have been blown in by high winds. **Brooke ** 16:25 Okay, so we close our openings to protect from water, from cold temperatures, probably from other elements too, right, if—blocking the sun? **Colin ** 16:36 Yeah, sun. If you're in a hot area—this is a totally different topic on its own. But trying to keep the sun out of your house, if you're in a hot situation is just as important as trying to keep the heat inside the house if you're in a cold situation. If you lose power and you're relying on air conditioning to keep your house livable, the best thing you can do is get all of your windows covered as soon as you possibly can. Because solar gain through glass will drive up the interior temperature really quickly. Doesn't matter what you have. Again, plastic bags will work. Anything, just block the amount of light that's coming through the glass. Cardboard, sheets, blinds, you name it? **Brooke ** 17:24 All right. So we've covered up our holes. What do we need to do next? **Colin ** 17:30 Covered up the holes. Things are shut down, turned off. Now you have to start worrying about how am I going to actually get back to living inside this damaged structure for as long as I need to until help can arrive and start doing major repairs that need to happen? And a couple of things you want to look at, the—obviously we're coming up on winter. So the first thing to talk about is how do you stay warm? Hopefully you have blankets and sleeping bags and things that will keep you warm overnight. But you can also look at how you can take a single room and the house and make that one room more pleasant for the duration. So like, if you are struggling to keep your house warm because either you've totally lost power or your furnace can't keep up with the temperatures, shut everything down except for one room—preferably a room that has water and power in it. So you have all of your basic necessities in one spot. If you have a bathroom basement—or a bathroom in the basement is ideal because it's usually going to be interior walls, you've got water, you've got power, and if you throw, you know, a pad down the floor you can even sleep in there. You've got all your necessities in one spot. **Brooke ** 18:56 Now are basements fairly safe places in the face of most natural disasters? Are there times when you wouldn't want to hang out in the basement? **Colin ** 19:03 It depends on the disaster. **Brooke ** 19:04 Okay. **Colin ** 19:06 Obviously if you're dealing with a flood, the basements not where you want to be. **Brooke ** 19:10 [Laughs] Sure. What about if there's been fire damage to like the upstairs of your house? **Colin ** 19:20 That depends on how stable the structure is. If there's fire damage, usually you don't want to be directly over or directly under the damaged section. **Brooke ** 19:31 Hm. Okay. **Colin ** 19:32 So that if it collapses, it doesn't land on you and you don't go through the floor. **Brooke ** 19:37 Okay. Makes sense. **Colin ** 19:38 So fire—like talking about a fire damaged structure is probably beyond the scope of what I'm qualified to do, and beyond the scope of most of the people listening to the podcast because it requires you to be able to look at the damaged structural members and evaluate, you know, how compromised are these? Is this floor burned but otherwise stable, or is this going to collapse in the next five minutes? And that's a skill set entirely on its own. **Brooke ** 20:11 That's a good point. **Colin ** 20:12 If something looks burned and unsafe, just don't go near it. **Brooke ** 20:18 Yeah, and of course, you know, burned structures and objects can be very carcinogenic too. **Colin ** 20:26 That's also true. **Brooke ** 20:27 They can really impact your health. So that's a really good point that a lot of this maybe is really not applicable to the situation of having been in a fire. **Colin ** 20:35 Now, that said, if you've lost half of your house to fire, and you have a few rooms that are still relatively untouched on one side of the house, and you can seal off the burned section of the house, again, using plastic, just so you don't have the smell of the burned material getting into the living area as much as possible, you're still better off inside the house in that situation overall, if you don't have anywhere else to go, then you are trying to, say, camp out in the backyard. Because solid walls and a solid roof offer you more protection and better insulation, even when they're damaged. **Brooke ** 21:16 Okay, yeah, that makes a lot of sense. If you have a really bad kitchen fire and lose your kitchen, that doesn't mean you have to move out of the whole house necessarily. Okay. **Colin ** 21:24 Correct. Yeah. And obviously, the best thing to do is leave and go someplace else if you can. But this is: your stocking place because the roads are impassable, or you literally have nowhere else to go. **Brooke ** 21:37 Yeah. Okay. All right. So moving into the basement, a good idea if you can, but in general is secluding yourself in part of the house. And to throw in a personal anecdote, we had this ice storm here in Kalapuya territory in Oregon—it was almost three years ago now. And most of the town lost power. And it was one, two, three days, a week, seven days, ten days for some folks—long time. And, I kind of without knowing any of this, just sort of instinctively moved us into the living room where a fireplace was because we had lost power and we lost it for a week. And we all just camped out, you know, slept, ate, played in the living room, because the only source of heat was the fireplace. So that's what we gravitated to. Anyway. **Colin ** 22:27 Yeah. And if you have a fireplace, if you have a room that's already set up for that kind of thing, like a living room, that's fantastic. I mean, there's no reason to hide out in the bathroom, if you have a place with a working fireplace. Yeah, good, go for the fireplace room. **Brooke ** 22:42 Yeah. On the downside, we had to pass into the, you know, 40 degree, 30 degree weather in the rest of the house to get to the bathroom. One in the back of the house. But, you know, for everything else, we were cozied up and warm in our one little room. Which, you know, we drove each other crazy. I will say that too being trapped in the one room together. But it was the only place that we be worn for that week. **Colin ** 23:06 Yeah, like having just a contained place that you can keep as warm and comfortable or as cool and comfortable as possible is your best option. Don't worry about trying to keep your entire house up to temperature, whether that be warm or cold. Because that takes a lot of energy to do and it's just probably not gonna be possible in most situations. **Brooke ** 23:28 Okay, here's a scenario question for you: Let's say same set of circumstances, like, that I went through, but something crashed through my big living room window, and we have to tarp over it. Is it? Is it? Is it better? Like, if I have to stay in my house at that point, is it better to still be in the living room with the fire in the tarped up window, or should I try and move to a different room and figure out some other heating source? **Colin ** 23:54 I would probably still stay in the living room. If your concern is keeping yourself warm and you have a fireplace, that's going to be your best option. **Brooke ** 24:06 Okay. **Colin ** 24:06 The issue of the window being broken and the tarp—the one problem with tarps is in high winds, they tend to flap a lot and they're just kind of annoying. The easy solution to that is back it up with cardboard. Cardboard does not like to get wet, but as long as it stays dry, it's a fairly good insulator and it's solid. And it's cheap. You can—everybody has a pile of cardboard boxes and their front hall from Amazon waiting to go out in the recycling. So take some of those boxes— **Brooke ** 24:37 I'm just gonna close this door behind me... **Colin ** 24:41 Take some of these boxes, break them down, put a few layers of cardboard on the inside just as a backup to the tarp so that your plastic is keeping the water out, but your cardboard is blocking more of the wind and keeping the plastic from flapping quite so much. **Brooke ** 24:57 Okay got it. So staying close to that the best heat source is still the way to go. **Colin ** 25:03 Yeah, it's always gonna be a judgment call as to what that is. But if you have a fire, and you are comfortable using it, and you have a good wood supply, that's almost always going to be your best bet. **Brooke ** 25:16 Okay? Makes sense. All right, so let's see, where are we even at not in our to do list here? **Colin ** 25:24 Okay, so we have a warm place to stay. And, assuming you have a fireplace, we've got that taken care of. The trickier situation is when you lose power and suddenly you'd have no heat at all. And even if you're relying—if you use natural gas for your heat, pretty much every furnace these days has an electric blower unless you have one of the, like, direct vent wall mounted furnace units that are basically just a gas flame that's passively heating. But if you're using forced air, it's using gas for the heat source, but you need electricity to move that warm air through the house. So if you lose your electricity, you lose your heat, even though you still have a fuel source. And that's something that a lot of people don't think about, especially in winter, they're like, oh, it's not a problem. If you lose electricity, big deal, I have gas. Well, that's not going to help you. **Brooke ** 26:25 That was my circumstance. Gas furnace, but needed the electricity and we didn't have that. **Colin ** 26:30 Yeah. So if you can get yourself down to a fairly small room, a bathroom, a small bedroom, even a large walk-,in closet, it doesn't take a whole lot of energy to keep one of those spaces warm. You can get the small, portable, like, propane heaters, little buddy heaters. They don't cost a whole lot, but then you have the issue of combustion in a confined space, which is a good way to end up with carbon monoxide poisoning or asphyxiation or, yeah. It can be a very bad scene. So if you're going to do that, be sure you have a portable carbon dioxide alarm. Just go to Home Depot or wherever, pick up another one of the nine volt battery powered smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and keep that in whatever space you're running that portable heater. It doesn't matter if you have smoke alarms and carbon monoxide heaters or detectors throughout the house. Those aren't going to help you if you have sealed yourself off from those alarms so that you can try to keep the space warm. **Brooke ** 26:41 Makes sense. **Colin ** 27:22 And actually, my recommendation, even more than one of the small portable heaters, is a kerosene lamp or propane lamp of some kind. A lot of the old ice fishers for heating their ice fishing huts in the winter just used Coleman lanterns. One of the propane Coleman lanterns will put out almost the same amount of heat as a 1500 watt electric space heater. **Brooke ** 28:11 Oh wow! **Colin ** 28:12 They are very, very warm. Now also, it's still combustion. So you have to be aware of that. And they do get very hot. So you need to have a place to hang it to keep it away from fabric and other things that can catch on fire. But they will make a room surprisingly warm on their own. And then that also gives you light source, which is another thing that you're going to need if your power is off. **Brooke ** 28:39 Now, what if—what if it's a reverse circumstance. You've lost power and it's very warm climate. You're in, you know, hot temperatures. Are you still trying to stay in one room? What tools do you have to get cold? **Colin ** 28:55 That is a much more difficult situation. There are some things you can do, but it's going to require more tools and more planning. If you've ever seen the giant black tubes coming out of pit toilets, usually like a national parks, what those are doing is pulling a draft on the underground part of the toilet by using a thermal chimney. That black tube gets hot in the sun and hot air rises, you're pulling the hot stinky air up from out of your bathroom, and pulling fresh air in. So you can do the exact same thing with a house by having some kind of large black chimney. You can do this out of pipe or even black cardboard if you live in a very dry area. But this is something you're going to have to know how to build and plan for in advance. It can be done, but it's probably going to be on—be beyond the scope of what most people can do in an emergency. So really, in the situation where hat is issue, the best thing you can do is stay out of the sun and try to move as little as possible. Outside if you can, like wherever you can get fresh air, any kind of breeze, air movement, is going to keep you cooler than sitting inside. **Brooke ** 30:24 Yeah. If you know how to make like a swamp cooler kind of thing—let's say your water, you can still get coolish water coming out and you've got—well I guess you need electricity for the fan. Damn. **Colin ** 30:36 You can use the swamp cooler, you can build a passive swamp cooler. Again, it relies on that thermal chimney to create the draft. But those do work, assuming that you're in an area that is dry enough that you have evaporation. I live in western Pennsylvania, and usually in the summer if it's hot enough to need air conditioning, it's also about 95% humidity and swamp coolers do not work. **Brooke ** 31:02 And I think they can even be dangerous, right? Making it—because they can make it too humid—unsafely humid? **Colin ** 31:09 Yes. **Brooke ** 31:12 Sorry, you're getting outside your realm. **Colin ** 31:17 No, no. So the swamp cooler, you know, for listeners who are not aware of what this is, it's a—basically the same thing as a wet rag that the moisture on the—in the cooler evaporates and evaporation requires energy. So you're pulling heat out of the air and using that to evaporate water. And what you end up with is air that is cooler than it was before, but also more humid. So obviously, before that can work, you need to have air that is dry enough that it can absorb some amount of moisture. If you already have close to as much moisture in the air as it can possibly handle, you're not going to change the temperature significantly by evaporation. **Brooke ** 32:03 Okay. Make sense. All right, so we we've gotten ourselves down to one room, we figured out a way to heat ourselves, and we're hunkered in and it's gonna be a few days that we're in this situation. So what now and what next? **Colin ** 32:22 So now you have to think about, you know, the basics of survival. You need food and water. Food, hopefully you have some stores around. If not, you know, at least in the United States, getting food is not that difficult most of the time, it may not be good. But you're probably not going to starve if you're in your house. **Brooke ** 32:52 Even if you're iced in and can't—can't literally get out of your house, you probably have something in your pantry, it might not be what you want to eat, but there is calories available. **Colin ** 33:02 Yeah. You have calories. They're maybe not the best calories, but their calories. Water is trickier. Hopefully, you have at least a little bit of a stockpile, but not always. And if you have lost your water supply, or if there is damage to the mains—like again, using Texas as an example. Once your water mains freeze and the pressure in those pipes drop, you start having issues with groundwater making its way into the water mains, and that results in a boil order. So it's entirely possible to be in a situation where your taps still work, water comes out, but you can't drink it. And now you're faced with a problem of, like, how do you make this water supply drinkable again? And if you have a small water filter like the Sawyer Mini, it's popular with a lot of backpackers, a LifeStraw, anything like that, those are great. If you don't have one of those, the reason it's called a boil order is because you can always boil the water. Again, assuming that you have a heat source with which you can get the water hot. If you have a gas stove, most of the time natural gas is not disrupted by natural disasters with the exception of earthquakes. But if you're relying on electricity, if you're cooking like a lot of people do and you lose electricity, now you're kind of out of luck. So you need to have some kind of way of boiling water. If you have that Coleman lantern or a kerosene lantern, a lot of those get hot enough that you actually can boil water in a small container over one of those lanterns. It's not ideal. My recommendation is actually just one of the old school Coleman propane two burner backpacking stoves. They are absolute workhorses, indestructible. My brother just inherited the one of my parents, which I think is pushing 50 years old and still works just fine. You cannot kill those things, and you can pick one up off eBay for somewhere between $20 and $50, depending on what kind of condition it's in. And the other great thing about propane is that it has an indefinite shelf life. So if you have one of those stoves sitting around and you have one of the green one pound cylinders of propane, that you inherited from your grandparents, plug that in. It doesn't matter if it is twice as old as you are, it's still going to work just fine. Same is not true of gasoline and a lot of the other fuels. They're hard to store, they smell, they have other issues. But propane is fantastic. So you can buy it, you can stash in your basement, you can forget about it, and it'll be there when you need it. **Brooke ** 36:01 Now a complicating factor to be aware of ahead of time, of course, is that you can have a big propane tank like you might use for your barbecue, and then you can have those little green ones. And they're not—they don't necessarily all hook up into the same canisters, you know, the camp stoves versus barbecues, right, so you might not have the right size of—like if you're—if you have a camp stove and you're like, I can hook my barbecue propane tank up to it, that's not going to work with what you normally have, right? **Colin ** 36:31 With what you normally have. There are adaptor hoses that are designed to do exactly that. And a lot of times if you have outdoor events, they will use those two burner stoves but they will hook them up to the barbecue tanks because the little one pound cylinders get expensive if you're relying on those for a large amount of propane. You also can't refill them like you can with a barbecue tanks. **Brooke ** 36:54 Right. So it's so frustrating. **Colin ** 36:55 Yeah. So if you have a bar—if you have a barbecue grill already, then, you know, there's your heat source. You have to go outside to use it, but you can put a pot of water on your barbeque grill and bring it to a boil, it'll work just fine. Or if you have one of the little two burner backpacking/camping stoves, they make the hoses to go from the barbecue tank to that kind of stove. And now you can bring your propane tank inside as you need. Again, under normal circumstances don't do this. But in a disaster you can. And run the propane inside. **Brooke ** 37:35 Check your venting, check your C02 levels... **Colin ** 37:38 Again, there's a very good reason that they tell you not to do this. And if you're cooking inside with a stove that has not been designed to do this, you need to have your fire extinguisher, you need to have your carbon monoxide alarm, and as soon as you're done with it, get that fuel back out of the house, because obviously propane is flammable. **Brooke ** 38:00 Alright, so we've got a way to get some water, hopefully, and to warm up some food or cook some food if we need to. So we've got those basic elements that we can survive and subsist for however long we're gonna be stuck in this compromised building in this disaster. **Colin ** 38:18 Yeah, so the next part is, don't get sick. This means how to have a way to keep yourself clean. [Everyone dissolves into a fit of giggles] Hot tip! Don't get sick. Life is better when you're not sick. **Brooke ** 38:21 [Laughing] Yes. **Colin ** 38:40 Keeping up with sanitation when you don't have running water, especially when you don't have hot running water, is hard. If you don't have water, you also probably don't have a functioning toilet anymore. And that's going to be a problem sooner than—real quick. Takes about 24 hours, possibly less, and suddenly it's unpleasant. So have a way of dealing with all that when you don't have running water. The easiest solution is a five gallon bucket and something for urine. You want to try to keep those things separate because you're in, you know, you can take it outside, you can dump it in the grass, it'll be fine. The same is not true of feces. You need to at the very least compost that. You can get fancy composting toilets that will set you back several thousand dollars. **Brooke ** 39:41 Yeah **Colin ** 39:42 They worked really well. They have fans and tumblers and everything else. But for the van that I use for camping, my solution is a five gallon bucket with a gasketed lid and plastic bag full of chopped straw, and it works just fine. It doesn't smell that great when you open it. But honestly, it's not terrible. As long as you keep the feces covered with a layer of either chopped straw or peat moss or something else that will absorb all the excess nitrogen is really what you're after. You're fine. **Brooke ** 40:21 A brief segue as we talk to Colin's husband/wife/romantic partner. How do they feel about the shit bucket? **Colin ** 40:30 Not a fan. On the other hand, given a choice between the shit bucket, and going outside, when it's pouring down rain in the middle of the winter, and we're camping? [Laughing] The bucket is better. It's not ideal, but when you need it, you're really glad that you have it. And it's something that you can keep around, it'll set—it'll cost you maybe $10, and throw it in the basement. Hopefully you never need it. But if you do, it's there, and it will get you out of a bad situation. And it doesn't require you to put a whole lot of thought or effort into dealing with it. And then once everything is back online, and you have trash collection, again, if nothing else, seal the bucket up, put it in the trash can, and let the whole thing go to the landfill. Composting it is great, that's what I do. But if you just don't want to deal with it, put the entire bucket in the trash. **Brooke ** 41:28 Or an even poor man's version of this, you can put a plastic bag in a trash can and put your business in there and then tie up your plastic bag, set it outside. And repeat, if you forgot to get a bucket ahead of time. **Colin ** 41:43 Yes, that also works just fine. The nice thing about the bucket is then you have a sealed lid so it keeps the odor inside, and you can keep it in the house where it's warm and dry. Because there's nothing worse than having to poop in the middle of the night when it is sleeping and five degrees outside. **Brooke ** 42:03 Yeah, that's pretty awful. **Colin ** 42:05 Food waste and trash are two other big things. Trash collection, we take for granted. But if you've ever had a couple bags of trash sitting in your garage for a week because you forgot to put them out on trash day, they get real unpleasant real fast. So again, if you're in a situation where you know you're going to have to be living with this stuff for an extended period of time, try to keep your food waste separate from your trash that doesn't stink. So plastic bags, solid stuff that will be dry and relatively odorless in one bag. Food waste, again, can go in a sealed bucket, or in a smaller bag, you can keep further away from the house. If you're familiar with Bokashi, I think that came up on one of the episodes about composting. It's not, it's not composting in and of itself, it's a bit more like fermenting—kind of like making sauerkraut, but with food scraps—and basically does the same thing. You just get a bucket with a sealed lid, put your food in there, let it sit and it will slowly ferment on its own. And it can take pretty much anything. Even things that normal compost can't. So it can handle small amounts of meat and protein, cooked food, things like that. We have a bucket of that just under our sink that all the food scraps go into. And it probably gets emptied maybe once every two weeks, so that we don't have to have any food going into the trash. And yeah, it's—it's funny, like I will occasionally go to people's houses now that are just using trash cans the way people do where everything goes in the trash can. And I walk into the kitchen. I'm like, why am I smelling, like, food waste? Like I smell rotten food. What's wrong? It's like oh, right, it's because you're putting in the trash can where it sits and rots. So if you can just keep those two things separate. It will make the situation a lot more pleasant. That's a great tip. And yeah, just, you know, as much as you can, wash your hands and do all the things you are supposed to do. Brush your teeth, floss, things like that nature. Just take care of yourself and try to keep yourself together for as long as you possibly can. The situation will improve if you can just avoid making it worse. Human body is amazingly tough. All you have to do is sit and wait and most situations disaster-wise will improve on their own because the pressure on first response yours and utilities will ease up and things will start to come back online, as long as you can make it through that first critical period. **Brooke ** 45:08 Okay, do you mind now if we shift to talking about structural triage and things that we do to our actual residences, dwellings, things to look out for and know in disasters, and sort of that aspect of it? **Colin ** 45:28 Yeah, definitely. Did you have anything in mind in particular, where you wanted to start, or? **Brooke ** 45:32 Well, we talked about, you know, turning things off, of course. And then closing up holes. There's lots of other things in the house that can get damaged, in, you know, different scenarios, earthquakes and tornadoes and floods. So I'm curious, like, if there are other structural indicators or things to look for, you know, that, you know, from sort of your construction perspective that, like, oh, that's a sign of this thing is unstable, that you might not know just as a normal person. **Colin ** 46:09 Yes, generally when you get into questions of structural stability, like is this house going to fall down? If you have any doubt, the best thing to do is vacate the structure. Because actually looking at structures from an engineering standpoint, and determining when something is safe and when it's not, is beyond the scope of most people, myself included. I know what structures are supposed to look like and I can tell you when something is damaged, but I can't necessarily tell you how close it is to falling down. But the big things to look for are just like, do you see cracks in the foundation that weren't there yesterday? **Brooke ** 46:54 Okay, **Colin ** 46:55 You're probably familiar with, with how your house looks. If you see something that looks unfamiliar. investigate further, as much as you possibly can. This is kind of the best advice that I can give. **Brooke ** 47:08 Okay, what about things like crack new cracks in the wall? Like, is that is the wall crack itself a sign? Or was that—would that be like, okay, now and go look at the foundation and see. **Colin ** 47:18 If you're talking about cracks in interior plaster walls, those are not necessarily an issue by themselves. Because buildings can have a fair amount of flex to them before they fall down. Like you look at the number of houses that have an alarming lean to them and have been standing for two hundred years. Like, structures are remarkably resilient until they're not. **Brooke ** 47:45 Okay. **Colin ** 47:45 But if you have any doubt, the best thing is, get yourself out of the structure. **Brooke ** 47:50 Okay. I guess I'm also thinking about it from, like, the opposite perspective of something you might see and worry about and think you need to leave, but then actually it's okay and you could stay. So that's, you know, like the wall cracks, that might not actually be a big issue if you've suddenly had a crack on the wall. **Colin ** 48:10 Yeah, so the best thing you can do is try to get yourself into part of the house where you have as little as possible above you and as little as possible below you. So if you have a three story house, you don't necessarily want to be on that second floor for any reason. Because that's kind of the worst of both worlds, because you could go through the floor or the roof could come down on you. The best thing you can do, again, is get yourself into a small space where the only thing above you is the roof and maybe some insulation, and the only thing below you is concrete slab. Still not a guarantee that you're safe. **Brooke ** 48:54 Sure, yeah. **Colin ** 48:55 But you're gonna be better off there than in a multistory structure. **Brooke ** 48:59 Right. Yeah. We talked about how, you know, things might come through the windows or the walls, but as long as you've got your three walls in your roof, you're okay. What if you have four walls and a hole in the roof? Like things come through the roof. **Colin ** 49:13 Yeah, if you have a damaged roof, the best thing to do is get up on the roof and patch it from the outside. But that's not always possible. Especially if you have a multistory house and you don't have an extension ladder that can get you up to the roof, which is true for a lot of people. So then you're stuck with, how do I deal with this hole in my roof from the inside? Sometimes, assuming you have access to the attic, you can get into the attic and if you have, you know, a gaping hole where say a meteor came through your roof and punched a big hole in it. [Laughing] You can feed things in from the outside and then pull them back down against the roof. So you can build your patch and feed it through and pieces. Reach up from the inside, lay it down on the outside. And it's not gonna be a perfect seal, but it will keep at least some of the water and weather from getting into the house. Usually when you have that big of a hole, if you can't patch it from the outside, things are going to end up leaking and you're gonna be faced with situation where you have to try to catch the water once it comes into the house and get it back outside the house where it belongs. Again, the key for this is a staple gun, and some plastic sheet. So just, if you can hang plastic underneath the area that is leaking, or tarp to catch the drips, and then divert that water to a collection point, whether that is a bucket if it's a very slow leak, or a improvised funnel if it's a faster leak. It's not hard to make a funnel, if you have a garden hose and a two liter bottle, the garden hose thread is close enough to the spread on two liter bottles, that you can literally just screw the bottle onto the garden hose. And if you cut at an angle, cut the bottle at an angle, you can make something that is big enough that you can make a channel in your tarp, they will direct that into your two liter bottle funnel into your garden hose which you can then, you know, run down out of your attic and out of window. **Brooke ** 51:35 That's really cool, I might need to do something like that—not for disaster reasons, but just for gardening stuff this summer. **Colin ** 51:44 The two liter bottle to the hose connection will probably leak a little bit. **Brooke ** 51:49 Shhhhhh, kill my dreams. **Colin ** 51:51 Duct tape will fix that. Or if you have any of that self-fusing silicone tape they sell for emergency plumbing repairs, that works too. But honestly, as long as the water that's flowing through the bottle and into the hose is not under any pressure, the leak is probably going to be slow enough that it's not gonna be an issue. **Brooke ** 52:14 So roof damage is not necessarily something to run away from. **Colin ** 52:19 Roof damage is not the end of the world. It's bad, especially if you can't get up on the roof to fix it. But there are things you can do to keep it from totally destroying the house, the first thing to do is just figure out how you're going to keep the water from getting in. And if you can't do that, figure out how you're gonna get the water that's inside the house, back outside the house. **Brooke ** 52:44 And is that one of the biggest risks in the in any kind of natural disasters is water damage? **Colin ** 52:49 Water Damage is the hardest and the most insidious, because once water gets into the house and things get wet, now you have issues of mold to deal with. Once you have mold that can render a structure uninhabitable in a matter of days. As long as things are dry, they can last a very, very long time. But once they get wet, you're in trouble. **Brooke ** 53:15 Okay, what about the opposite side? Fire damage. We talked about that a little bit. But you know, let's say you had a kitchen fire destroyed the kitchen. Is there anything you can do in the aftermath of a fire that's going to do anything to help you save structures or objects and make the recovery easier? **Colin ** 53:36 Assuming that the fire was put out with water, you've got the same issue. **Brooke ** 53:41 That's a really good point! [Laughing] No, I didn't think about that. That's a really good point. **Colin ** 53:45 Dried back out. If you put the fire out yourself, you probably use a dry chemical fire extinguisher. So you have a giant mess to clean up, but it's not soaking wet. If the Fire Company had to come and put it out with hoses, not only do you have the fire damage, everything you own in that immediate area is now soaking wet and covered with soot and just generally filthy. That was the situation that we had with the friend that I talked about earlier with having the apartment fire, that it was kind of a blessing that it happened in the middle of winter because we were able to just go over there and get everything out of the apartment and throw it in our backyard and it just stayed frozen for a week until we were ready to deal with it. **Brooke ** 54:32 Ah, right. Because your winters are snowy and icy, not rainy, like here. **Colin ** 54:35 Yeah, it is generally rainy her. But it just happened to be in the middle of cold snap. So it was in the 20s for the most part, dropping down to single digits for about that entire week. So we just had bags and bags of wet clothing, wet furniture, sitting in the backyard under plastic so they stayed frozen and didn't grow mold. Because once things are wet, you're in trouble. So if it's not frozen, the best thing you can do is get fans on it, keep that air moving, and try to get it dried back out as soon as you can. **Brooke ** 55:11 That makes sense. I guess I've never thought about this, but it makes sense. The fire department, if they come in and they take a host of things, they don't come back and dry it out for you. Right, you're left to handle that part on your own. **Colin ** 55:24 You'll have to handle that part. And usually, they have broken windows in the process, because that's how they get the hoses in and that's how they control the flow of the smoke and the fire through the structure, is making holes in walls. Generally, once you have a fire, you also have other structural damage to deal with. **Brooke ** 55:43 Yeah. Okay. We're kind of get down to our last few minutes. I know there's a lot more that we could talk about and go over with all of this. But I want to make some space here for any other sort of critical things that you really want to talk about, teach and share with this episode. **Colin ** 56:01 I think we've covered most of the critical things. Again, the biggest one is just keep yourself safe and don't make the situation worse. No matter how bad it seems, take a minute, breathe, look at it, and think. I know, again, other episodes of the podcast, they've talked about the, like the threat onion from the military, which is the same basic idea as the layers of safety that they talk about in industrial design. And all these things say step one is your design and your engineering controls that make it safe. So the good analogy for that is things like antilock brakes in the car. You don't have to do anything for those to work. They're just there. They don't require any thought. Seatbelts and airbags are also great. Seatbelts, you have to remember to use them, and they only help—they only help after the accident has already occurred. **Brooke ** 57:06 Right. **Colin ** 57:07 A seatbelt does not prevent an accident. So when you're in a bad situation, look at what you're about to do, think about the situation, figure out which of those engineering safety controls have gone out the window as a result of the disaster. So you had a fire in the kitchen, you've lost your stove, you're gonna have to rely on your little tiny Coleman backpacking stove. That's great, it'll work. But you no longer have that automatic ignition, you're going to have to use lighter to light the stove. You don't have the combustion controls to make sure that the flame has a pilot light, that the pilot light turns off when the gas goes out. So you can have the gas from one of their stoves leaking if you fail to turn the valve off all the way when you're done with it. All these things that are part of normal everyday life that you just don't think about, no longer work the way they're supposed to in a disaster. So just look at what you're doing, and see what you've lost, and figure out how you can get that safety back on your own. **Brooke ** 58:22 Okay, that is really great. And I am wishing we had more time because I just feel like there's so much more that we could say and get into. But I think this has been a really, really great, you know, just kind of primer and information that would help people get through, you know, the first two or three days after a disaster for sure. So, I really appreciate that you joined us today on the podcast and share this info with us. Is there anything else that you want to plug or promote or share? **Colin ** 58:56 No, I think that was pretty much it. **Brooke ** 58:58 Okay, well, thanks again for being here. **Colin ** 59:00 Thank you very much. **Brooke ** 59:05 To our listeners. Thanks so much for listening. 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On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Zak Rosen, and Jamilah Lemieux talk about cutting through the noise. A member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group recently posted asking about earplugs — but there are lots of strategies for tuning out, and dealing with, the noise and energy of kids in your house. We'll also share a round of recommendations — and then, if you're in the Slate Plus club, we discuss a program in Philadelphia that pays parents to handle school dropoff and pickup… and what other tasks we wish we were getting paid for. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends: The End Of Love, and keeping a book of your kid's quips Zak recommends: Father of the Bride Elizabeth recommends: Rainbow Making Window Clings  Join us on Facebook and email us at careandfeedingpod@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today's show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie, with special thanks to Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Zak Rosen, and Jamilah Lemieux talk about cutting through the noise. A member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group recently posted asking about earplugs — but there are lots of strategies for tuning out, and dealing with, the noise and energy of kids in your house. We'll also share a round of recommendations — and then, if you're in the Slate Plus club, we discuss a program in Philadelphia that pays parents to handle school dropoff and pickup… and what other tasks we wish we were getting paid for. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends: The End Of Love, and keeping a book of your kid's quips Zak recommends: Father of the Bride Elizabeth recommends: Rainbow Making Window Clings  Join us on Facebook and email us at careandfeedingpod@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today's show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie, with special thanks to Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Zak Rosen, and Jamilah Lemieux talk about cutting through the noise. A member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group recently posted asking about earplugs — but there are lots of strategies for tuning out, and dealing with, the noise and energy of kids in your house. We'll also share a round of recommendations — and then, if you're in the Slate Plus club, we discuss a program in Philadelphia that pays parents to handle school dropoff and pickup… and what other tasks we wish we were getting paid for. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends: The End Of Love, and keeping a book of your kid's quips Zak recommends: Father of the Bride Elizabeth recommends: Rainbow Making Window Clings  Join us on Facebook and email us at careandfeedingpod@slate.com to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today's show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie, with special thanks to Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this show, our specialty is sequels, sequels, and more sequels.  From the good ones, to the bad ones, to the really ugly ones, we'll be covering them all!  We've got homicidal maniacs that won't stay in the grave, sci-fi epics whose stories cannot be told in a single tale, and much much more.  For our 26th episode, we'll be taking on one of the most infamously bad sequels in horror history with "HOWLING 2: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF" from 1986, from director Philippe Mora.  This lycanthropic follow to Joe Dante's original "The Howling" stars Reb Brown, Sybil Danning, Judd Omen, Annie McEnroe, and the incomparable Sir Christopher Lee.  It's a vampire movie that is cleverly disguised as a werewolf flick that is BARELY linked to the original source material. In this story a man aides in hunting down a group of werewolves from America to Europe after discovering his sister was one herself! There's werewolf hunters, creepy kids, Sir Christopher Lee as an occult historian, an ear worm of a theme song that plays multiple times, a 10,000 year old witch/werewolf, and tons of werewolf orgies to boot! Sound a little too wild to believe? That's because it is. Join our hosts Cameron Scott and Eric Phillips  as they dissect and take a deep dive into a world of misaligned vampires/werewolves in one of the weirdest sequels and troubled film shoots the likes of which you have ever seen before or likely will see again.   "I lost my Earplugs!"

Wat zit er in De 7 vandaag?Nog nooit betaalden beleggers zo veel taksen als vorig jaar. Het gaat om een stijging van 8 procent tegenover het jaar ervoor.Als je vandaag niet pér se in Brussel moet zijn, kan je de stad beter mijden, vanwege het boerenprotest. Maar wie gaat er nu eigenlijk met de centen lopen die de boeren niet krijgen? De voedingsbedrijven, de supermarkten of nog iemand anders?En de Belgische oordopjesmakers van Loop Earplugs zijn vorig jaar zo maar even drie keer zo groot geworden. We praten met de twee oprichters. Host: Bert RymenProductie: Roan Van Eyck Wil je nog meer weten over de financiële strop rond de nek van de boeren?Luister dan naar deze De 7 Extra.Host Lara Droessaert praat met experten Pieter Lambrecht en Daan Bleus van onze redactie over de problemen en de mogelijke oplossingen voor de boeren.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  On this episode of BUZZ, we delve into the significance of fostering support for your practice among your patients, reaping substantial benefits through positive word-of-mouth; we draw insights from Loop Earplugs for marketing inspiration; and scrutinize the latest trends and advancements in Dental Marketing that have the potential to enhance your Campaign Strategy.     Show Produced by Dentainment https://dentainment.com/ Dentainment is a Digital Creative Marketing Agency, providing services to the Dental Community such as: Logo Design Brand Identity Dental Websites Search Engine Optimization Video Production Social Media Management Google AdWords Management Voice Search Optimization and more   Discover the power of AI, video, social media, and more in ‘Best Dental Marketing,' the ultimate guide for Dental professionals looking to transform their marketing efforts and drive new patient growth. Learn more about Best Dental Marketing Here: https://bestdentalmarketing.com/   Sponsored by Waymark We're making it radically simple for your Dental Practice to make your own commercials. Our premium video templates and easy-to-use editing tools mean that TV-quality videos are now accessible to anyone with an internet connection. To learn more, please visit: https://www.waymark.com/dental  

Lotion! Books! Earplugs! Dried-up contact lenses! This week, we're talking about our nightstand essentials from the things that improve our nighttime routine to the things that are just weird.    Olivia's Nightstand: Weleda Skin Food, Aquaphor stick, books (currently: Rooms of Our Own by Louise Pennington, Talking at Night by Claire Daverley, The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue), Necessaire Body Serum, a pile of dried contacts, glasses, claw clip graveyard, water bottle graveyard.     Becca's Nightstand: Gold Bond Crepe Corrector, Ring Dish from West Elm, Retainers, Tatcha Lip Mask, Laneige Lip Mask, Goop Night Cream (discontinued), Ear Plugs, Diptyque Rose Candle, Ahava baby eczema cream, Amazon Alarm Clock, Amazon sleep mask, Globe bedside sconce (old/unavailable), Princess flashlight.   Listener Nightstand essentials include reading lights, mouth tape, micellar water, Stanley water bottle, Lush Sleepy Lotion,  Eye Bra Eye Masks, Tempur-Pedic Sleep Masks,  Amazon Smart Plugs & Echo, Dr. Teals Foot Cream   Obsessions Becca - @famouspplreading, Iron Flame TikTok Olivia - Escaping Twin Flames Docuseries   What we read this week! Becca - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Olivia - All Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby, My Murder by Katie Wiliams   This Month's Book Club Pick - The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)   Sponsors Prose - Get 50% off your first subscription order today plus 15% off and free shipping for every subscription order after that at Prose.com/bop Better Help -  Visit BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER today to get 10% off your first month   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Preorder Becca's Book!  Like and subscribe to RomComPods and Bone Marry Bury! Available wherever you listen to podcasts.  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

Recently I purchased some special earplugs, those aren't normal earplugs but special ones that filter out the background noise, so you can still have a conversation. A life safer! Listen to hear which one I have, how I experience them, and why they are a lifesaver for me. >> Go to Loop Earplugs website

Earplugs are not optional for this one. The double headliner at Mohawk tomorrow night, Tuesday Oct. 3, is over the top sick. Tokyo heavy sludge masters Boris share an explosive bill with one of the most influential bands in several things heavy, from sludge to grunge, noise to doom, Melvins. Like, what the hell?! Both […] The post It Might Get Loud appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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We're kicking off the one week countdown to the end of August as the one and only Glenn Lundy joins the show to talk about the potential effect of a strike on auto parts manufacturers. We also talk about a very unique problem with some F150s as well as asking the question, ‘When is it too early for pumpkin spice?'Show Notes with links:There is one group we mentioned on this show who may end up being the most affected by a potential UAW strike: U.S. auto parts manufacturers. Already grappling with pandemic-related strains and semiconductor shortages, these manufacturers face potential cash shortages and daunting production challenges in the wake of looming labor disruptions.Many smaller parts manufacturers might face a cash crunch or difficulties in restarting production due to tightened credits by regional banks. The auto parts manufacturing industry, which employs 4.8 million people, is pivotal to the supply chain and any disruption could halt assembly lines.Some suppliers like Twin City Die Castings Co anticipate revenue hits ranging from 10 to 20%. Many companies may be further at risk as production volumes remain below pre-pandemic levels and costs rise. About 30% out of 400 companies studied by Harbour Results are considered "unbankable" due to high debt levels and unprofitability.Here's a unique issue for F150 owners: numerous reports have detailed an ear-piercing static sound emanating from their truck's audio system.Last fall, while driving his 2022-model-year F-150 pickup, Phil Floraday experienced a jarring noise from his truck's audio system, akin to glass breaking, followed by intense static. Days later, his ears still rang.Ford has since identified the issue as linked to the amplifier in the sound system and released a technical service bulletin for vehicles from the 2021-23 model years.They have issued a service bulletin for a software update that either has to be done at a dealership or downloaded over the air if applicable. Pumpkin Spice is a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and sometimes allspice. However, its meteoric rise in popularity began in the early 2000s with Starbucks introducing the Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003. This drink tapped into nostalgic sentiments and soon ignited a nationwide craze, transforming pumpkin spice from a seasonal baking blend to a cultural phenomenon. As Starbucks marks two decades of its iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte, a nod to America's longstanding culinary love affair with the blend, they're unveiling a third pumpkin-themed drink this fall: the iced pumpkin cream chai latte.Reflecting changing tastes, especially among younger Gen Z consumers, cold beverages now dominate Starbucks' sales, with cold options constituting over 75% of last fall's beverage sales.Hosts: Paul J Daly and Kyle MountsierGet the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/ Read our most recent email at: https://www.asotu.com/media/push-back-email ASOTU Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/automotivestateoftheunion

Season 03 : The American Southwest Minisode : Yarnell Hill Fire : Yarnell, AZ Safety equipment is designed to save lives, obviously. Even a simple pair of safety glasses can keep you from permanent loss of sight. Earplugs keep you from losing your hearing and many people use these devices on a regular basis. If you work in a dangerous field, you have even more safety equipment such as gas masks, eye wash stations, or even whole hazmat suits that keep you from suffering from injury or worse. Sometimes though, all the safety equipment in the world can't block the grip of death.Check us out on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/c/SomewhereSinisterFollow us on social media:https://twitter.com/SomewhereSinhttps://www.instagram.com/somewheresinister/You can support us by donating a few bucks here:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/somewheresin

DARK ARCHIVE CASE 02: A SONG OF MAKING & UNMAKINGT. Bleydre and Harrow-Reaver reconvene a week after their investigation into the cryptid case of the Beast of Birchfrost. Now, they have a second case to break wide open, and secrets to spill. A monastery is under siege by a strange music note... one that damns all those that hear it. What happens to the victims of this song? What are its sinister origins? And will the investigator and the thaumaturge overcome the horrors they themselves are exposed to? The Dark Archive mini-campaign continues as our heroes go further than they've ever gone before... and confront an ancient evil threatening the nation of Xopatl.Listeners beware! You're in for a scare!Toads get held. Earplugs get worn. Caves get spelunked.All this and more in this episode of Dice Will Roll, where we ask the Hard Questions like... can giant undead beetles use white canes?CONTENT WARNINGS: Horror, body horror, mutation, immolation, unnerving and uncomfortable sustained notes of singing, insects, zombies, demons, references to teenage pregnancy, eye horror, wrist horror, bone trauma, domestic life--Sound by Syrinscape: Because Your Games Deserve Epic SoundArt by Derry LuttrellMusic by Kevin MacLeod Get extra loot on our Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CashFlow Hunter runs Catalyst Hedge Investing and is bearish on 3M (MMM). Brett Ashcroft Green is bullish on the stock. Today they discuss their investment thesis. Sign-up for free 14 day trial with Catalyst Hedge InvestingInvesting Experts episodes with transcripts on Seeking Alpha3M: Positive Lawsuit Developments For This Cheap Dividend King3M: Catalysts For A Potential BankruptcyCashFlow Hunter On Coinbase, 3M, Schwab, UBS And Catalyst Hedge InvestingTake full advantage of Seeking Alpha's features with a Premium subscription

3M had a big run-up at the end of the week due to some news regarding a first settlement of at least 10 billion. Is now the time to buy? We do a bit of a deeper dive into those litigations to really understand if the path is clear for 3M's recovery. What's more in this episode: our thoughts about Target and their #GoWokeGoBroke failure. Does this provide an attractive buying opportunity? Last but not least, many listeners questions ranging from our thoughts about stocks like $LOTB, $JNJ, $ABBV, $ROG to our opinion about whether beating the market should be a dividend growth investors goal. Having said that, it's a jam-packed show, and as always, C U on the inside!

Earplugs, blindfolds, or milk before bed time-if these can't help you get a good night's rest, you might turn to for help. But is this really the best way to solve your sleeping issues? That said, you might want to understand the mechanism behind melatonin before jumping into any impulsive decisions. Tune into this week's Five Minutes Friday to discover the secrets behind melatonin on the market!

In this episode, we're talking about something that all music lovers should be aware of: protecting your hearing. Our guest is Ryan Parry, founder of Eargasm earplugs. He shares the importance of using earplugs during concerts and how they not only protect your hearing but actually make the concert sound better. New episodes of Yesterday's Concert drop every Monday. Check out our previous episodes here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. In addition, you can contact our show at info@yesterdaysconcert.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for the latest news and content. More: yesterdaysconcert.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we're talking about something that all music lovers should be aware of: protecting your hearing. Our guest is Ryan Parry, founder of Eargasm earplugs. He shares the importance of using earplugs during concerts and how they not only protect your hearing but actually make the concert sound better. New episodes of Yesterday's Concert drop every Monday. Check out our previous episodes here and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. In addition, you can contact our show at info@yesterdaysconcert.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for the latest news and content. More: yesterdaysconcert.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can earplugs help to reduce tinnitus spikes? Jay Clark, founder and CEO of the earplug company EarPeace, talks about the benefits of using earplugs in loud environments, and how to make sure you always have them handy!

Maarten Bodewes and Dimitri O founded the world's number-one-rated earplug company, Loop Earplugs. They reduce noise in style, and dedicate themselves to educating their customers and encouraging everyone to live life at their own volume.For more on Loop Earplugs and show notes: https://www.shopify.com/blog/loop-earplugs-top-rated-manufacturing-partners%20?utm_campaign=shopifymasters&utm_medium=youtube&utm_source=podcast

If you have tinnitus, there has likely been a time where you tried to avoid going to a certain place because of the noise. Earplugs can be a lifesaver for those with tinnitus, so watch this video to learn about the four best kinds of earplugs for tinnitus, and which one is right for you. 

So much clickbait! Time for some more myths of #vanlife. We'll also have a (too) close encounter with a deer, find a way for better sleep, insist that you get this step stool, explain what PD USB is, and visit the City Museum again.  For information on the Panama Canal cruise, please follow this link!  FIND US: We're on Facebook (Built to Go Group), Instagram (@collegeofcuriosity), Twitter (@colofcuriosity), and we have a Discord server (invite at top of main page at builttogo.com.) Ouch, sorry Trailslippah!  Product Review: Folding Step You'll find many uses for this. Just get it.  https://amzn.to/3SCj5Xd A Place to Visit: City Museum An absolutely crazy museum filled with things you've never imagined.  http://www.citymuseum.org Resource Recommendation: Wax Ear Plugs Can't sleep? These earplugs might make it easier https://amzn.to/3TZhhc1 Some links are affiliate links. If you purchase anything from these links, the show will receive a small fee. This will not impact your price in any way. 

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