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Lindsay is joined by author Samuel Marquis to discuss his book, “Captain Kidd: A True Story of Treasure and Betrayal,” which will be released on May 13, 2025, by Diversion Books. Captain Kidd has captivated imaginations for over 300 years and inspired many stories about pirates, but was he a criminal? Just how many ships did he plunder, how many men did he force to walk the plank, and how many throats did he slit? Or is the truth more inconvenient, that he was a buccaneer's worst nightmare, a revered pirate hunter turned fall guy for scheming politicians?  In “Captain Kidd,” Marquis reveals the real story. Kidd was an English-American privateer and a leading New York husband and father, dubbed “trusty and well-beloved” by the King of England himself and described by historians as a “worthy, honest-hearted, steadfast, much-enduring sailor” who was the “victim of a deliberate travesty of justice.” With honors far more esteemed than the menacing Blackbeard or any other sea rover at the turn of the 17th century, how can Kidd be considered both a gentleman and pirate, both hero and villain? The ninth-great-grandson of legendary privateer Captain William Kidd, Samuel Marquis, M.S., P.G., is a professional hydrogeologist, expert witness, and bestselling, award-winning author of 12 American nonfiction-history, historical fiction, and suspense books, covering primarily the period from colonial America through WWII. His American history and historical fiction books have been #1 Denver Post and Amazon bestsellers, and have received multiple national book awards in both fiction and nonfiction categories, including the Kirkus Reviews and Foreword Reviews Book of the Year, American Book Fest and USA Best Book, Readers' Favorite, and the Colorado Book Awards. His historical titles have also garnered glowing reviews from #1 bestseller James Patterson, maritime historians, U.S. military veterans, Kirkus Reviews, and Foreword Reviews (5 Stars). His pirate book, “Blackbeard: The Birth of America,” has been an Amazon #1 Bestseller in U.S. Colonial Period History. The Marquis lives with his wife in Louisville, Colorado, where they raised their three children. Become a member on Buy Me A Coffee for as little as $1/month to support the show.  You can write to us at: Ye Olde Crime Podcast, PO Box 341, Wyoming, MN 55092. Join the conversation over at the Cultiv8 Discord and join the Olde Crimers Cubby to chat with us and other listeners of the show. Leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, Spotify, Podcast Addict, Audible, or Goodpods! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

rWotD Episode 2890: Murder of Breck Bednar Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Wednesday, 2 April 2025 is Murder of Breck Bednar.Breck David LaFave Bednar (17 March 1999 – 17 February 2014) was an English-American teenager from Caterham, Surrey, who was murdered by 18-year-old Lewis Daynes on 17 February 2014, at Daynes' flat in Grays, Essex. Bednar knew Daynes only through online gaming, and had never met him in person until he visited Daynes' flat on the day of the murder. Daynes pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:12 UTC on Wednesday, 2 April 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Murder of Breck Bednar on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Emma.

Carrie Scott is an English American curator and arts commentator based in London. Over the past two decades, she has worked globally with galleries, artists, and collectors. She began her career as curator of the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, later becoming Director of the James Harris Gallery and Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery in New York. In 2009, she launched Carrie Scott & Partners, collaborating with artists like Nick Knight, John Pawson and Walter & Zoniel. She has curated exhibitions worldwide, including in South Korea, Japan, London, and New York. In 2024, she founded Seen, a platform promoting emerging artists and transparency. She and Zuckerman discuss art and entrepreneurship, embracing messiness, the impact of people saying yes, expanding the artworld, how art makes you feel better, how art is not rewarded in society, Seen.art and understanding ourselves!

In this episode, we revisit our conversation with English/American champion Barry Rigal. Barry talks to us about partnership compatibility, his thoughts on talking and not talking at the table, and the importance of good communication overall. Plus he shares his top tip for developing players. But first, we kibitz!SUPPORT THE SHOW!! -Join the Sorry, Partner Posse at PATREON. Get AD-FREE episodes and other perks.BE PART OF THE FUN ...-Join our MAILING LIST. We'll email you a link to every new episode and occasional other information.-Send your bridge stories and comments to sorrypartnerpodcast@gmail.com.These links are also available on our website at sorrypartner.comFind all our recommended books HERE. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/sorry-partner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

His intense faith led Thomas Gage to switch his religious allegiance during the tumultuous 17th century - he went on to have an enormous impact on Britain's colonial future. Read by Sebastian Brown. Engelsberg Ideas is funded by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation for Public Benefit. Image: Title Page from Thomas Gage's The English-American his travail by sea and land: or, A new survey of the West-India's (London 1648)

This blessedly short episode encapsulates the types of English colonial government in the 17th and 18th centuries, which were chartered corporations, proprietary "counties palatine," and royal colonies directly ruled by the Crown through a governor and advisors. Technically abstruse as these distinctions may have been, they would become increasingly important starting in the 1670s, and will be useful background for much of what comes next. X/Twitter: @TheHistoryOfTh2 Facebook: The History of the Americans Podcast Links to selected English-American charter documents Charter of Massachusetts Bay, March 4, 1629 Charter of the Colony of New Plymouth Granted to William Bradford and His Associates, 1629 Sir Robert Heath's Patent for Carolana, October 30, 1629 The Charter of Maryland, June 20, 1632 Charter of Carolina, March 24, 1663 Charter of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, July 15, 1663 Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania, February 20, 1681 Avalon Project 17th Century Documents

What if we could laugh at grief? Even though that grief is darkest part of our trauma? Wouldn't that lighten our emotional load? Listen in for a contrary take on grief and trauma that brings hope before diving deep to touch that part of us that's unwounded...Alison Larkin was adopted at birth in Washington, D.C., by British parents and raised in England and Africa. After graduation from the University of London and the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, she became a regular on the British stage with appearances on Broadway, a ubiquitous voice-over artist, and a successful stand-up comic. Her internationally acclaimed one-woman show, The English American, was a highlight of the London Comedy Festival. For more information, go to https://alisonlarkin.com/https://www.facebook.com/alison.larkin.944https://twitter.com/AlisonLarkinTEAhttps://www.instagram.com/alisonlarkinpresents/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1y7eVMYgrZfBGrHrF0gJXw Guests and the host are not (unless mentioned) licensed pscyho-therapists and speak from their own opinion only. Seek qualified advice if you need help.

282 | Alison Larkin Alison Larkin is here today, and we are so so honoured to have her with us. It's likely a lot of you already know Alison, but for those who are new to her, she is a stand-up comedian, voice artist, audiobook narrator, actress, producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author of The English American. Today we get to hear her story which includes reunions with both birth parents, seeking out a therapist after meeting Nancy Verrier, and how she finally came to truly fall in love in her fifties only to have her fiancé die suddenly during the pandemic. Alison recounts this in her brand new one-woman show, called Grief…A Comedy which is embarking on a world tour this summer.   Full Show Notes Here   Join our adoptee community on Patreon here   Check out our upcoming live events here! This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on it, either by its hosts or any guests, is to be construed as psychological, medical or legal advice. Please seek out professionals in those fields if you need those services. The views expressed by the hosts of Adoptees On or any guests are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization or other person unless otherwise stated.

David Givens is the Director of Archaeology at Jamestown Rediscovery [Historic Jamestowne] on the James River in the Tidewater region of Virginia. After a nightmarish reading of the trials of the early Jamestown colonists, we start at the beginning of an archaeological quest to find the lost 1607 fort; the first permanent English settlement in America, where the worlds of the English Empire & Powhatan Confederacy clashed, and the legends of John Smith & Pocahontas were born. After describing the rediscovery project, we head over land and water to Chief Powhatan's village, Werowocomoco, to hear of the indigenous preservation efforts underway. Then it's on to artifacts dug up over the decades: English pipes inspired by Native American design; foodways like iguanas and corn cobs found in middens & wells; glassworks; distilling & herbalism. For his story, David tells of his involvement in the disturbing discovery of colonial cannibalism dating back to a harrowing period called The Starving Time [1609-1610]. We end this epic episode on the first English-American wagon road and musings about reincarnation, the wheel of fortune, and Terrence Malick's film "The New World."Plan your trip to Historic JamestowneReading from The Jamestown Adventure: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605-1614 edited by Ed SouthernMusic:"Daphne"Performed by The Telemann Society, Richard Schulze "Mr. Beveridge's Maggot"Performed by The Telemann Society, Richard Schulze Support Our Numinous Nature on Patreon.Follow Our Numinous Nature & my naturalist illustrations on InstagramCheck out my shop of shirts, prints, and books featuring my artContact: herbaceoushuman@gmail.com

English-American music icon Billy Idol joins Everything Fab Four to discuss the exhilaration of being a Beatle fan “in real time” and how his voice was mistaken for Paul McCartney's. Billy Idol began his rock n roll career as the guitarist for Chelsea, subsequently achieving renown on the London punk rock scene in the 1970s, when he performed as the lead singer for Generation X. His career truly exploded in the 1980s when he moved to New York City to pursue a solo career working in collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens. His eponymous debut LP yielded monster hits in “White Wedding” and “Dancing with Myself,” while his 1983 sophomore album Rebel Yell achieved double-platinum success on the heels of “Eyes without a Face” and the sizzling title track “Rebel Yell.”  Over the years, he has continued to burnish his star on the shoulders of such albums as Whiplash Smile, Charmed Life, Cyberpunk, Devil's Playground, and, most recently, Kings and Queens of the Underground. In 2024, Rebel Yell was remastered in a deluxe new edition to celebrate Billy's incredible 40-year run as one of music's most beloved, and most notorious, artists. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/everythingfabfour/support

Dan and Paul are thrilled to chat live with the master of fantasy, Michael Moorcock. What are his current thoughts on the legacy of his writing Elric, the Eternal Champion, critiques of Tolkien, and so much more? Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939) is an English–American writer, particularly of science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction. He has worked as an editor and is also a successful musician. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, which were a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s. As editor of the British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirectly in the United States, leading to the advent of cyberpunk. His publication of Bug Jack Barron (1969) by Norman Spinrad as a serial novel was notorious; in Parliament, some British MPs condemned the Arts Council of Great Britain for funding the magazine. He is also a recording musician; he has contributed to the music acts Hawkwind, Blue Öyster Cult, Robert Calvert and Spirits Burning, and to his own project, Michael Moorcock & The Deep Fix. In 2008, The Times named Moorcock in its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". This description uses material from the Wikipedia article "Michael Moorcock", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

The episode will present the Sea Dogs, privateering, outposts, attacks on the Spanish gold fleet, Francis Drake, west country men, Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Humphrey Gilbert, Walter Raleigh, the lost colony of Roanoke, John White, the first English-American child Virginia Dare, the Virginia Company.Picture: 19th century illustration depicting the discovery of the lost colony of Roanoke. Wikipedia Subscribe: Don't miss any episodes, make sure you subscribe to the podcast!Social media: Facebook (www.facebook.com/oldglorypodcast), Twitter/X (@oldglorypodcast), Instagram (@oldgloryhistorypodcast)Rating: If you like the podcast, please give it a five-star rating in iTunes or Spotify!Contact: oldglorypodcast@gmail.comLiterature on the American Colonial Era:- American colonies: the settling of North America, Alan Taylor- Colonial America, Richard Middleton- The British in the Americas 1480-1815, Anthony McFarlane- The Americans: Colonial experience, Daniel Boorstin- The Barbarous years, Bernard Bailyn- The American Colonies, R.C. Simmons- Colonial America 1607-1763, Harry Ward- The Forty years that created America, Edward Lamont- Wilderness at dawn, Ted Morgan- A History of Colonial America, Max Savelle- The Brave new world, Peter Charles Hoffer- Founding of the American colonies 1583-1660, John Pomfret- The colonies in transition 1660-1713, Wesley Frank Craven Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ready for some English pronunciation practice with a useful American English speaking activity? In this episode, join Abbe and learn some of the most beautiful words in English while practicing how to pronounce the "schwa" sound, the American "T," American English reduced vowels, and much more!Free trial to start learning a language right now: www.mosalingua.com/podcast

In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her.The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl's estate, will be a better Earl than he was.A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow.The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by English-American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her.The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl's estate, will be a better Earl than he was.A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow.The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by English-American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her.The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl's estate, will be a better Earl than he was.A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow.The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by English-American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from Cedric's grandfather, Lord Dorincourt. Cedric is now Lord Fauntleroy and heir to the Earldom and a vast estate. The Earl wants Cedric to live with him and learn to be an English aristocrat. He offers Mrs Errol a house and income but refuses to meet or have anything to do with her.The crusty Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his young American grandson, and charmed by his innocent nature. He admits that Cedric, who has befriended and cared for the poor and needy on the Earl's estate, will be a better Earl than he was.A pretender to Cedric's inheritance appears, but the claim is investigated and disproved with the assistance of Cedric's loyal American friends. The Earl is reconciled to his son's American widow.The Earl had intended to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat; however, Cedric inadvertently teaches his grand-father that an aristocrat should practice compassion and social justice towards persons who are dependent on him. The Earl becomes the kind and good man Cedric always innocently believed him to be. Cedric is reunited with his mother, who comes to live in the ancestral castle with them. "Little Lord Fauntleroy" is the first children's novel written by English-American playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. (From Wikipedia.)Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Graham William Nash OBE (born 2 February 1942) is an English-American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010.He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours List for services to music and to charity. Nash holds four honorary doctorates, including one from the New York Institute of Technology, one in music from the University of Salford in 2011 and one in fine arts from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Joe Kelly is professor of literature and the director of Irish and Irish American Studies at the College of Charleston, and the author of Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin.  In addition to Marooned, in 2013 Joe published America's Longest Siege:  Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March Towards Civil War, which details the evolving ideology of slavery in America. He is also author of a study of the Irish novelist James Joyce, censorship, obscenity, and the Cold War (Our Joyce:  From Outcast to Icon). This conversation, which was great fun, covers a whole range of topics familiar to longstanding and attentive listeners, but with a new and provocative perspective.  We talk about John Smith, Sir Francis Drake – who literally takes up a chapter in Joe's book – the Sea Venture wreck, the role of the commoners in the struggle to survive on Bermuda, and the political philosophy of Stephen Hopkins, the one man to spend years in Virginia and then go on to sail on the Mayflower as a Stranger among the Pilgrim Fathers.  Was Hopkins the moving force for or even the author of the Mayflower Compact, and the true original English-American political theorist?  Finally, we have it out over the fraught question, as between Jamestown and Plymouth, which of our founding mythologies most clearly reflects the American we have become?  Joe brings a new and fascinating perspective to that timeless argument. Buy the book!: Marooned: Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin X (Twitter): @TheHistoryOfTh2 Facebook: The History of the Americans Podcast

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains conversations of murder and hate crimes.  This week we get into all things periods…from previously hiding our tampons as we got searched in the rave to now, walking down the road with it in our hands because ain't nobody paying 10p for a bag… We've  definitely been on a journey when in comes to our periods as masc presenting women and we know that can be the case in many different forms for many people with periods.  We also give an update on the Brianna Ghey murder trial as there has finally been a sentencing and justice has been served.  Plus we talk black queer representation in Netflix's ‘Love on the Spectrum', the English/American language barrier and of course Badderz UK! As always, make sure to use #TwoTwosPodcast across socials to continue the conversation and don't forget to rate and review us on Spotify and Apple Music! Until next week...peace! Looking for studio time? Use our promo code and get a discount at The London Podcast Studio: 22POD

I would like to introduce you to Alexandra, (Ali), Ingersoll whom I met through Josh and Sheldon at accessiBe. Ali is a C6 level quadriplegic who absolutely lives life to the fullest. Listen for yourself and see just how much Ali does in and for the world. As a child, Ali lived in various parts of the world living often quite a life of adventure including camping at Christmas for several years on uninhabited islands in the Bahamas with her family. After high school she spent time in China. Then she came back to the U.S. where again she had and will discuss some of her adventures. She received her college in entrepreneurship. She held a few jobs after college, but at the age of 26 while taking a shallow dive she broke her neck which is why she is an extremely active quadriplegic today. Ali's enthusiasm for life and her positive attitudes are invigorating. Today, among other things, she is an active advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities. As she says, if she is able to change the perceptions of one person concerning disabilities then she has done her job. Today, among other activities, she is a public speaker traveling the world to change attitudes and perceptions. I hope what Ali says to you will make a difference in your own life and world About the Guest: Ali Ingersoll is a corporate DEI disability strategy consultant, Ms. Wheelchair America 2023, keynote public speaker, writer, and financial assets trader. Ali's professional passion lies in coaching organizations on how to strategically create and implement disability inclusive policies and practices within organizations from C-suite leaders to employee resource groups. She accomplishes this through teaching how to minimize bias, increase advocacy, accountability, access, and inclusion internally. Ali started her healthcare advocacy career after being repeatedly denied medically necessary equipment by insurance companies over the last 12 years since becoming a C6 quadriplegic and full-time wheelchair user after a shallow water diving accident. She focuses much of her advocacy work on health equity through helping people with significant disabilities get the proper approvals for the medically necessary equipment they need to not only survive in life, but to thrive in order to achieve a higher quality of life. Disability Inclusion in our society is a priority Ali focuses on improving every day. Ali has a firm philosophy of paying it forward by giving back to the community when she is not working through collaborating with stakeholders in the government, the non-profit world, and partnering with organizations to create a more inclusive society and disability employment environment. She believes it's important to band together as one in order to affect the greatest change on the national stage and in local communities. Ways to connect with Ali: LinkedIn Quirky Quad Blog YouTube Channel _ Facebook - Personal Facebook - Public Instagram_ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes **Michael Hingson ** 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. **Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, and welcome once again to unstoppable mindset today, we get to interview Ali Ingersoll who is a corporate de dei strategies consultant, ms or ms. Wheelchair America. 2023. Wow. She's a keynote public speaker, writer, and even a financial assets trader trader that you are anyway Ali, welcome to unstoppable mindset. How are you, **Ali Ingersoll ** 01:49 Michael? Thank you. It's so great to be here. Happy to have a to have a chat. Long overdue. **Michael Hingson ** 01:55 You know, we've been working at it a while haven't we? Well, yeah, well, **Ali Ingersoll ** 01:58 the best thing my dad always said he likes a job that starts hard. So **Michael Hingson ** 02:01 there you go. So what is a financial assets trader? What the heck, we'll start with that. Oh, **Ali Ingersoll ** 02:07 well, I'm day trading. On 27th. After working in politics, I learned technical analysis day trading through a program called Drummond geometry and it's basically laying multiple timeframes over one another and you can use it for stocks, bonds, forex futures, yep, sky's the limit. It's that's the simplified version. **Michael Hingson ** 02:30 So you do that for for people or what? No, no, I've **Ali Ingersoll ** 02:34 just do that for myself. And then I did that part time now and I switched careers. And handful of years ago into the world of disability strategy consulting, working for a handful of beautiful organizations and disability inclusive hiring practices and helping coach employee resource groups and fighting for legislation and disability and so much more. I'm like the Energizer bunny on wheels. 2.0. **Michael Hingson ** 02:58 There you go. So what is your main day job today? **Ali Ingersoll ** 03:03 I have multiple day jobs, I work for a hand as a consultant, I work with open inclusion half of my week, which is a beautiful, inclusive research, design organization where we work with large corporate brands to help them make products, services and digital environments more accessible through high quality qualitative research. And so I run their global community of people around the world, which is a really beautiful organization in the pan disability community. I work for a handful of organizations where I help coach their employee resource groups, all kinds of disability resource groups. And then I do I travel around the country and I do keynote speaking on purpose and Life and Health Insurance and advocacy. And that's my professional and my advocacy life. I fight health insurance companies for health equity to get people the medically necessary equipment they need to not only survive in life, but to thrive, but I have a beautiful coalition of incredible people and networks and organizations. So nothing I do is alone. It's always a team effort with the ultimate mission of paying it forward human kindness empathy and really helping people understand that disabilities that one club that doesn't discriminate any one of us can join it for any reason. I hope you don't but if you do, it behooves all of us in society and corporations and just being a decent human being to pay attention to these issues for those that move think sense? differently. Can you get differently **Michael Hingson ** 04:32 she can't you find something to do in the free time. **Ali Ingersoll ** 04:35 I volunteer on a lot of nonprofit boards. **Michael Hingson ** 04:38 There you go. Well, it really is a pleasure to have you here and first we met through Josh and accessiBe which is kind of fun. Yes. And so I really enjoyed that. So tell me a little bit about ally growing up, you know, the early ally and all that kind of love. Got where you are. Might as well go back to the beginning as they say, Yeah, I **Ali Ingersoll ** 04:59 only get Do you an abbreviated version, home base and life was always a very out Island in the Bahamas. My parents started building a place there in the 70s before I was even a thought in their mind. And so I was grew up as a beach bum girl and I having two older brothers and every wanting us to be too girly, and I went to boarding school at a very young age at 10. With a lot of Catholic nuns, I grew up all around the world. My mom is German, my dad is English American. So had the beautiful opportunity to travel the world quite a lot. And I engage in a lot of wilderness survival programs. Basically what that means is I voluntarily kicked my own butt to sweat it out in the middle of the Australian Outback, hiking for hundreds of miles with an 80 pound pack. I don't know what I was thinking. But it taught me a lot of really great leadership skills and endurance and resilience and grit, essentially. And then at 1617, I graduated high school at a young age and I moved over to China for no good reason. Then I was stubborn, and I didn't want to go to university yet. And over there, I lived and I worked. I went to jail over there for a while I dated Italian kickboxing instructor who didn't speak English. I didn't speak Italian. So I learned Chinese very quickly. I was finally dragged back to the United States to go to college, where I majored in entrepreneurship. And I got a degree in business administration, from the University of Miami, where I started working with the Rockefeller family and I opened up a nonprofit organization that got young people and underrepresented and underserved communities active in the civic engagement process. So as a beautiful use of my entrepreneur, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship degree, I'd like to say I knew what I was doing. But I was 23. So I had no idea I made it up as I went along. It seemed to work quite well at the time. And then I got slightly jaded by politics, and that's when I moved back home to the Bahamas. When I was 2520 26, and started to learn day trading. And then August 2010, and 27, I took a shallow water dive and broke my neck, leaving me a C six quadriplegic and basically spent the next seven years six and a half, seven years, in and out of hospitals with every medical complication, you could probably think of the names might might are a little daunting. And so I was still working full time, but very lonely existence, no disability community and moved back to China for spinal surgery and spent a couple of years over there, which is that story would take a few hours. And I moved back to Raleigh in 2015 16, and spent a whole year in bed with the stage four pressure sore on my backside, which is how I really got into disability advocacy, really fighting health insurance for medically necessary equipment, took that work nationally and worked with a lot of beautiful organizations. And that one mean the title of Miss wheelchair America 2023, which I'm about to pass off the title this week, to the new title holder, the competition is going on at the moment. And about three, four years ago, I dove into the corporate world of diversity, equity and inclusion and absolutely love it. I get to meet cool people with the same shared mission and purpose and passion. That's what keeps me going, despite all the secondary complications that are mostly unseen. Actually. being paralyzed is easy. You know, I get to drive a wheelchair. There's so much behind the scenes and under the hood that actually affects your daily quality of life. Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 08:33 yeah. And driving a wheelchair with this C six. Issue is a whole lot different than being a parent and being able to push wheels. And yeah, **Ali Ingersoll ** 08:45 I couldn't drive my wheelchair for the first couple of months, I broke my toe, I ran over people and I cried to my mom, I said, Well, how am I going to be paralyzed if I can't drive a wheelchair? **Michael Hingson ** 08:55 Well, I remember. So my wife was T three para. And so she did well with a manual chair until like 2002 When shoulder started to give out and as her die as a physical medicine doctor said, you know, the shoulders don't come with a lifetime warranty. And so she graduated to a power chair. And I remember her starting to get used to driving a power chair and had some some challenges. Remember the old song she'll have fun fun fun till her daddy takes the teebird away. Oh, great. So my, my wife's best friend Linda and I created the song. She'll have fun fun fun till we all take the joystick away. She Oh yes. She was a little dangerous for a while we were in. She was in a restaurant. First day driving the chair and actually hit a table and almost knocked it over among other things. So, but she got better at it. Well, I still have **Ali Ingersoll ** 09:59 plastic rail I was on the sides of my walls even now 13 years later, because there's just that moment when I'm zipping around the corner. I'm like, oh, gosh, I'm the one that has to pay for it as a homeowner, so let me be careful. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 10:09 Yeah. Well, we we haven't we've never did do that. And Karen passed away this last November. I'm sorry to hear that. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. Well, we were married for two years. So as I tell people, no matter what anyone says, She's up there monitoring. And if I misbehave, I'm going to hear about it. So Oh, absolutely. Gotta be a good kid. But you know, it, it is, in a lot of ways, and it is appropriate to not necessarily think that we're in a negative situation, but I think it's was awesome. And I think that she did well with it. She liked the person she was she was good in her own skin. And that's as much as anybody can ask her. **Ali Ingersoll ** 10:51 I couldn't agree more. It's a beautiful, it's a beautiful sentiment. **Michael Hingson ** 10:55 So she, she she did well, but I think she she had a pretty bad sore last July, July of 2022. **Ali Ingersoll ** 11:06 So sores are no joke. Oh, my gosh. And **Michael Hingson ** 11:08 it. She mentioned he had to go to the hospital and was in for a month. And I think that kind of started the eventual slide, if you will, because she also had rheumatoid arthritis. And she couldn't take the normal infusion for RA. While she was getting rid of the the sore because the infection would have been coming back. So yes, it was a problem. So it's just one of those things and gotten accepted. So we did this life. Yes. Such as life absolutely **Ali Ingersoll ** 11:38 adapt, you overcome and you adjust, you have to match it, you have to adapt to the unknown every day. Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 11:45 I wish more people really understood that, you know, we all hear about how change is all around us and all that. But the reality is, the other side that people say is I hate change. I don't want to change. I don't want things to be doing well, it doesn't work that way, folks. **Ali Ingersoll ** 11:58 Know that that is just life. But sometimes you hear one, even when I'm on stage I, if I can affect one person's changing perspective or purpose, just one, that is a huge win. For me. It's never about me, when I get up on stage. It's just giving. Sometimes I'll listen to an audible book and I will they say myself, Wow, that one sentence. And then it just takes me on this incredible tangent. And I'm like, yes. So you know, it only takes one person whether you're reading a line of a book, or you hear them on stage, or you listen to them on audiobook, whatever it may be. Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 12:32 I mean, that's what I've always felt if I can change one person's perceptions, I've done my job. Yeah, great. That's, that's as good as it gets. And when you've got a whole bunch of people who, who really changed and you know that they've changed because of the way they behave and acts going forward, then you know, you've really accomplished something which is so cool. I agree. Well, what is your favorite childhood memory, you must have some good memories growing up, you remember that? **Ali Ingersoll ** 13:02 One of my favorite childhood memories is growing up on a very high on the Bahamas, and we were all over the place around the globe. We will come together at Christmas. And we had a power bowl and 33 foot Powerbot and there's six of us in my immediate family at the time. And we would go on these Robinson Caruso camping trips, we would pick a letter 700 Islands to the Bahamas, most of them are unpopulated, and we would pick a location and we would set up campsite during Christmas and my mom would get battery operated lights around a little like a little Katarina like palm tree and bring these wrap presents. We would go spearfishing for our food and build sandcastles and get bitten by scorpions by building fires and read jokes around the fire and nighttime. And it was just the most incredible family time and it's so unusual. And I just attribute all of that to just having I feel blessed to have such incredible parents. **Michael Hingson ** 13:56 Yeah, being bitten by a scorpion is no fun. **Ali Ingersoll ** 14:00 Well fortunately in the Bahamas, most things are not poisonous, they hurt you swell up, you're not gonna die. Right? You may you may swear a little bit but **Michael Hingson ** 14:09 yeah, I have not been even though I live on the desert and lived on the desert, most good part of my life, but I just assume not. That's okay. I've been close to black widows and my brother in law, when he was growing up actually caught a Black Widow and just held it in his hand and took it in and showed his parents and said, see what I got. And everybody was well, we could get rid of that property you're gonna get bit. Here's an amazing guy and he still is he's a very adventurous sort of person. Yeah. I've been close to them, but I've I've not been bitten and would rather not be as I say it's okay. Yes. I think there are always experiences to have and I don't need to have that one to understand that. That's okay. Well, so you lived in China. And what did He learned from living in China. **Ali Ingersoll ** 15:03 Wow. So many lessons that actually taught me this incredible lesson in humility and diversity and culture in that. I saw such atrocities in China at a very young age that by the time I went to university I didn't I couldn't connect with anyone my age anymore. fraternity parties and sororities and that college life because I saw children whose hands had been cut off on purpose when there were children when they were babies to be better beggars. I saw people someone that was shot in the street. I went to jail in a northern Mongolian city called Harbin, right, right on the border of China as an ice city. I didn't do anything illegal. I just forgot my passport. I couldn't pay the hotel bill. But it was really the Italian boyfriends fault, not mine. But I was in jail with these women. And I called my mom with two minutes left on my phone call my phone card mom, remember, this was in 2000. So right there phone cards right in the old Nokia cell phone. And I said, Mom, I love you. I'm going to jail if you don't hear from me in a week, call the State Department but give me a chance to get out. And I was in jail with these women and freezing temperatures. And I was like, I understood China. I you know, I speak Chinese. And I listen to their stories. And there's no due process and China in a communist country. And many of them had been in jail for years. So I had such a drastic perspective and the change in the way I saw people, and it profoundly impacted me to this day. **Michael Hingson ** 16:32 I think it's interesting. I've talked to a number of people who've had the opportunity to travel to a number of different countries. And I have as well, I haven't seen the atrocities that that you have. But it is so wonderful to travel to different countries and see how they live, how they behave, listen to their broadcasts and listen to their attitudes. Did you know even in this country, it is so different going from, say the West Coast to the East Coast. **Ali Ingersoll ** 17:03 There's atrocities right here in our backyard as well. There are there are. And **Michael Hingson ** 17:08 we don't deal for example, with disabilities very well, which is so unfortunate. Yeah, **Ali Ingersoll ** 17:13 I was on a world. I was on a global world forum for disabilities. It was a webinar. And there's some folks in Africa some paraplegics and I was explaining Medicare, Medicare, Medicare and Medicaid and the systems and how you have to fight for the number of catheters you get as an example, as someone who uses full time catheters. And they said, That's really interesting. I didn't know that perspective. I thought America was a man of the land of milk and honey, for health insurance. I'm like, Ah, it's probably better than Africa where you are, but it's different perspectives. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 17:46 and of course, we still face overall as people with some disabilities. And I'll explain that in a second. But an unemployment rate among employable people still have in the 65 to 70% range, and there's no reason for that to do I agree. But here's what they do. And I say some disabilities, because and I've said it on this podcast a number of times, I believe everyone has a disability and the disability that most people have is their light dependent. Why isn't that something that we consider disability because ever since the electric light bulb was invented, the fact is, we've spent a lot of money a lot of time and a lot of thought, to make lights available on demand. So mostly sighted people's disability is covered up. But the reality is, as soon as the power goes out, the disability rears its head again. So the fact is, everyone has a disability, whether we like I couldn't, I couldn't agree more. Right? Yep. Yeah. And so it is an issue, **Ali Ingersoll ** 18:46 seasonal depression, even seasonal anxiety. That's a disability temporary or not? Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 18:51 I know. It didn't bother me so much. But it did. Karen, when we were in New Jersey, we had some times that was really cloudy in the spring and so on. And she she got depressed by it and acknowledged it and work through it. But still, it's one of the things that you got to understand it's different, different things for different people, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't understand them and deal with them. **Ali Ingersoll ** 19:14 Couldn't agree more. Well, well said. So, **Michael Hingson ** 19:16 you have so you went to university. Where did you go? **Ali Ingersoll ** 19:21 I spent two years in Los Angeles in occidental small liberal arts college majoring economics. i Well, I'm not sure if I should say this on a podcast, but I'm going to anyway, I have gotten way too much trouble and looked at the Playboy Mansion for a while. I realized this is probably not the best way to go in life. So I transferred to South Beach because that's so much better to the University of Miami but I did take I was taking life seriously. And the University of Miami has this incredible entrepreneurship program with this amazing business plan competition. It was my dream to win it and I transfer Are their full force and just really focused on school **Michael Hingson ** 20:05 and every opportunity. So what was your degree in sign of **Ali Ingersoll ** 20:09 entrepreneurship actually how to start and run a business? **Michael Hingson ** 20:14 So did you out of college and go do that? Or what did you do? **Ali Ingersoll ** 20:18 Um, yes. So after winning, I did win the business plan competition with my partner. So that was exciting. But we didn't think I thought I was on top of the world. I thought a job was just gonna come to me and I was an amazing rock star. Yeah, not a 22. Nobody's a rock star. And so I didn't know I was kind of living. I know, I was living off the money I'd won. And my first job out of college was a last 24 hours. It was for a pyramid scheme, selling office supplies. And I really got hung it i and after the first day, I was like, Oh, God, what happened? So I floundered around for a bit. And then my name got passed around through some friends in the political fundraising world to Justin Rockefeller of the Rockefeller family, who's a lovely human being. And he was with his partner was starting a civic engagement nonprofit called Generation engage. And they're opening up multiple locations around the country. And they asked me if they I would like to open up the Florida chapter. And I said, Yes, that would be amazing. I got to put my fundraising skills, political skills, networking, community building skills, no idea what I was doing made it up every single day, but it seemed to work well. **Michael Hingson ** 21:33 So what did you do after that? Or how long did you do that? **Ali Ingersoll ** 21:36 I did that a handful of years up until I was 26. And then I just got jaded by politicians a little bit in the political process to be completely honest. And I wanted to find a profession that I could be independent and figure out how to help other people. And my dad suggested, be a day trader, put yourself through a 12,000 page course, I will help you with macroeconomic discussions. But you got to do the work, kid. And I said, I can do that. And so I moved back to the Bahamas, I helped take care of the property there in exchange for, you know, room and board. And I really, I mean, it was wonderful life was perfect. I couldn't I remember saying to my mom on the day broke my neck that I wouldn't change one thing about my life, Mom, it's so perfect. And then 10 minutes later, to that dive. **Michael Hingson ** 22:22 And so do you still think you wouldn't trade anything? **Ali Ingersoll ** 22:28 You know, it's, you know, **Ali Ingersoll ** 22:29 it's a really good question. It's one of those what if questions, yeah, I can't change it. I don't think like that. I don't think well, if I could trade this, you know, if I could have my hands or what I rather have, where my feet. I mean, it is what it is, it was an accident. I never harbored anger or resentment. This is a life I've been given. I've always had a quirky dark humor, sense of attitude with loving to build people up and loving to help people, I just took me a long time to figure out how to do that, because I quite literally was a medical survival mode for seven straight years. So I didn't have the ability to do that. So I have a very analytical strategic mind when I was living from crisis to crisis to crises. And I, I feel like I make the most of what I can. And you know, the most the biggest thing that gets me as a chronic pain, it's like burning pins and needles from the chest down on my arms. And I combat that with probably overworking by helping people mentoring people and meditating. **Michael Hingson ** 23:32 And meditating and taking that person on time is always a very useful thing to do. **Ali Ingersoll ** 23:36 I'm trying to draw more boundaries in my life and figure out how to do that. I'm not brilliant at it. But I work very hard at **Michael Hingson ** 23:44 what you're you're accomplishing a lot. And you You sound very comfortable in what you do. And I agree with you, you can deal with what if all day long, but the bottom line is, you don't have any control over that. Well, you do have control over. **Ali Ingersoll ** 23:55 You do. Here's the thing, many of us have died multiple times with significant disabilities. At the end of the day, whenever my wife comes, and I'm very comfortable with death. I want to not only think about necessarily how hard I worked, but whose lives I've affected how I've affected their lives. And if I could be so blessed and lucky to when I'm gone that one person takes something I said and it changes their life or impacts them in some way. Or they spread that message to their child or their friend or someone in the future. That's a legacy I'm comfortable with even if I'm gone tomorrow. Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 24:31 I know exactly what you're saying. I was blown away earlier this year. I did a speech in 2014 in Washoe County, Nevada, was a safety and emergency preparedness. Oh, yeah. And earlier this year, one of the audience attendees wrote an article about my speech and what I said **Ali Ingersoll ** 24:56 oh my god years later, Miko wow **Michael Hingson ** 24:59 and and He didn't, he said all what I would think are the right things and so on. But that's incredible. And as I said, if I can influence one person, I've done my job. And I'm, I'm very happy with that. So, and I know there have been other times that, that at least I've had the blessing of learning that that people did discover something from what I said. So that's pretty cool. So I understand exactly what you're saying. And, you know, whatever is gonna happen is gonna happen. **Ali Ingersoll ** 25:28 I couldn't agree more I you know, I used to fake it till I made it, right. And then I turn that into fake it till you become it. And I really did become the Corky quad dark humor enthusiast. And then I've since changed in the last year to face it till you ace it. And I truly, authentically know that and believe that about myself. **Michael Hingson ** 25:51 And you can't do better than that. I mean, that makes Hmm, that's really cool. Well, even through all that. What's what's probably the biggest failure biggest thing that you've ever had to face in real life? **Ali Ingersoll ** 26:05 Oh, my gosh, I feel 80% of the time, people. People think I succeed. They're like, wow, you're doing so much. It's because I throw a lot at the wall, and maybe 20 plastic rails I know, or maybe 10% works out. But I literally I do I feel all the time from professional and personal things I go through. But because I have so many things in the works that when one thing doesn't work out, I don't know if I'm genetically wired this way. But I'm like, Okay, that didn't work out. Bummer. I'm gonna move on to the next thing. But I think that might just be me. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 26:44 Well, well, you're you're wired is you're wired and and then as long as you can deal with it and learn from it. I mean, **Ali Ingersoll ** 26:49 we could spend an hour listing off my failures. But I mean, those are the lessons I've taken from the failures. Well, **Michael Hingson ** 26:55 and I still am a firm believer in failure is such a horrible word to use, because it's really a learning opportunity. And **Ali Ingersoll ** 27:02 well, I learned, I live by the Winston Churchill quote, I repeat it every morning to myself, that success consists of moving from failure to failure, without lack of enthusiasm. Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 27:13 Yeah. What are the failures? They're just learning opportunities. And so it didn't work out like you wanted? What do you do about it? What do you learn from it? And that's really what it should be? Exactly. So you learn, you go forward, and you go from there? Well, so given everything that's happened in your life, if you had a chance to go back and talk to your younger self, what would you teach her? God, or at least advise her whether she wants to learn it or not, but what would you advise her? Um, **Ali Ingersoll ** 27:42 what would I advise? You know, what? It's a really profound question. There's only one piece of advice I would give myself, I have this philosophy, and whether one agrees with it or not, is different. I work hard, and I play hard. So I do things oftentimes, for the story. It's not always a great idea. So sometimes, I just came back from Costa Rica, and I did some fun, wild, wacky adventures that may not have been the safest. But I said, you know, what I'm safe is to that I've planned for whatever is gonna happen, it's gonna happen. The only piece of advice I would give myself is, I would say, after college, I would have taken and during the last semester, taking more opportunities to network and build a network of great human beings to have helped me earlier on in life because I meant to go and help a lot of new people. And I think it's really important to have a professional mentor, and I did not have that I did not build that. I didn't put that effort forward. And so after college for a good six or seven months, I floundered. And I had no purpose and I didn't know where I was going. And people think well of America, there's so many opportunities, and I think that sometimes is a really big problem and challenge for young people. Because there are so many choices and you don't know where to go. And that that's probably the only thing I would change. Honestly, not even my experiences that I will keep private from the Playboy Mansion, not even though I would change. **Michael Hingson ** 29:13 Well, that's all part of what your life was, right? **Ali Ingersoll ** 29:16 It was exactly. And **Michael Hingson ** 29:18 so, you know, if you could change them, then you wouldn't be the same you that you are. **Ali Ingersoll ** 29:23 Precisely I couldn't agree more. **Michael Hingson ** 29:26 So that that's okay. So, you know, what you do a lot. You are a quadriplegic, and so on. So, how do you how do you do what you do during the day? What, like, what is your morning routine? Like, how do you I am **Ali Ingersoll ** 29:44 I'm a military, like, I'm like, I'm a regimented military Sergeant in my own life, but when I do have play time, even if it's only for eight hours or five hours, whatever happens in those five hours, I will go to the moon and back. It doesn't matter. But when I'm in my serious work Work Mode, I wake up every morning at 5am caregivers come in as a quadriplegic, they helped me with bowel and bladder and getting dressed. And then I exercise 60 to 90 minutes every morning, five days a week, no matter what at a home gym, I have. And then I get up to my screens at about seven or 730. In the morning, I work all day, unless I have a doctor's appointment or I'm traveling, whatever that may be. And around 330 or four every single day, due to so much cervical neck pain and other pains I have from surgeries, I actually work with my caregivers, again, do more exercise or take a shower or whatever it might be. And then I work in my bed, which is a total hospital electrical bed and a queen size is very cool. One just looks like a normal bed. And I work from a laptop and my bed because that my body needs that for my pain perspective. And then I'll work until late, I just have to switch position. So Monday through Friday, I'm pretty regimented about that. And I don't change that. And I don't know if people are gonna like me or not after they hear this. But I have the opposite problem of ADD, where I have this intense focus. And I think I'm genetically wired like that, where when I get in front of the screen, or I'm writing an article, I'm working on a project or working for a client, I can just sit there and I just won't move until it's done. **Michael Hingson ** 31:18 Yeah, you know, I had a job for several years in San Diego County when in Vista, California. Well, Ashley was in Carlsbad. And what I loved about the job was I was first into the company, every day, I was in by sixth selling to the East Coast. And I loved the fact that I had the building to myself. And even after people started arriving, I ignored people wasn't very sociable until at least after nine. Because I was busy doing what I needed to do. And even then, I work to staying very focused, I understand exactly what you're saying, when you got a job to do, you got to do the job. **Ali Ingersoll ** 31:55 Well, that's it too. I've actually listened to this book right now called the one thing, I'm trying to strategically design my life a little bit in a more streamlined way for 2024. And they were just talking this morning on this chapter about like cutting out four hours of your day uninterrupted no matter what to focus on whatever it is that one thing that you really want to focus on, and I was listening to, and I'm like, wow, I do that. I've done that forever. I already do that. And it really does help. And that creates a habit. And through the habit that creates a routine and it just becomes part of you. **Michael Hingson ** 32:31 Well, and you you spend time thinking, and I'm sure that there is time during every day that you spend time analyzing what you do or how the day went. And then what do you do different tomorrow? Or how could you improve whatever you were doing? Absolutely. **Ali Ingersoll ** 32:47 Yeah, well, you're a car. It's a constant iterative process of life. Right? Absolutely. And that's why people with disabilities are some of the most creative problem solvers on the planet, because we literally sometimes have no idea what's gonna hit us in the morning when we wake up or in the middle of the night for that matter. Right. **Michael Hingson ** 33:05 And so you again, you also learn to accept a lot. Oh, I heard somebody who did a survey, and did a study of blind people using the internet as opposed to sighted people who said that blind people tended to be more patient with internet websites, because a lot of the times they're mostly not accessible. So we kind of learn how to muddle through, but we all can take advantage of some of those things and become better and stronger. But we look for everything to be handed to us. And that doesn't help. **Ali Ingersoll ** 33:38 No, but I mean, I've learned you just through my disability, infinite patience. So, you know, it's it's like, I have a friend that just broke their arm. And it's been a few weeks and she's in a cast, and she's so impatient. What is it gonna get better? I'm like, well, everything that's medical generally is measured in three months, time periods, right by the time we're done with rehab. And that's the same with disability with spinal surgeries. Everything is measured in many, many months or sometimes a year. You know, and so that that has taught me infinite patience, which is helpful. **Michael Hingson ** 34:09 Yeah, it's very helpful. People challenging people. Yeah. Who are typically very impatient. Yes. What technologies do you use to do your job during the day? **Ali Ingersoll ** 34:23 I'm from a tech from a program perspective. i My heart soul is Dragon speaking naturally. dictation software without a doubt, and I have. I do my hands are paralyzed, but I have wrist extension, but I can't. So I grip I can raise my wrist up but I can't raise them. I can't pick them up wrist flexors, so I can type upside down with my knuckles. But I have a giant Chester Creek easier. It's called like easy eyes keyboard. So like this big yellow with big yellow keys that older folks use. So So are they need enlargement, so I can type it there. And I have a Kensington mouse, which is a giant trackball, and I have a both my little paws. That's what I call my paralyzed hands. And it has two buttons on each side with a big trackball in the middle. And I'm pretty self sufficient. And I can use most other programs like most other able bodied folks, I don't have I've tried to eye gaze tracking software, I didn't work for me, I don't really need it. I've tried using Dragon as a function of like as using it as a mouse and going across the screen. That took too long for me. So you know, there are some programs I have problems with, like, for example, with Dragon, Microsoft 365 does not play well. They do not play net well together. So I have to purchase all standalone software programs, which can be expensive, which is expensive and can be very challenging. I **Michael Hingson ** 35:55 understand that there is a sale going on through at least Thursday, and it's a Liberty sale from Microsoft, you can get Microsoft Office 2021, the full software package, not 365, but actually the software and have it for 35 bucks, which is interesting. Yeah, **Ali Ingersoll ** 36:12 I have Office 2019. I have a philosophy that's not broken. Don't fix it yet. So **Michael Hingson ** 36:18 yeah, unless there are enough new features in the upgrade that makes it worthwhile. I'm the same way with iPhone. Yeah, I don't go off and buy a new iPhone just because there's a new one coming out. Now, not only new features, but new features that I can use that make it worthwhile upgrading unless something really feels in the heart. **Ali Ingersoll ** 36:38 Exactly. **Michael Hingson ** 36:41 But it is it is a challenge. So you. So you use though all of that pretty well. I know Josh uses one bluffing SIP stick, as opposed to being able to do a keyboard. **Ali Ingersoll ** 36:54 Exactly, yeah, he has a whole mouse set as well. And what I do as well is I have a laptop, and I get a small it's like $80 It's called pluggable, it's a docking station. So I'll plug all my periphery devices into pluggable, I have multiple video cables, I have three screens, I have a keyboard, but then I can just unplug everything very quickly. And I can take my laptop and travel, it's I can use my laptop fine. But it's hard one screen because I have to click click clicking with a lot of my shoulder challenges, it's a lot of clicking it really hurts. So for me, the biggest thing in a day, from a digital accessibility perspective is how can I reduce the number of keystrokes and the number of clicking I have to do on a website or any document for that matter? Yeah. **Michael Hingson ** 37:42 And they're still not doing a great job of making websites overall, least from the outset. Accessible, which is why companies like excessive beer making such a big difference. **Ali Ingersoll ** 37:54 Yep, there are a lot of companies out there I mean digital, except that we have a long way to go, just progress over perfection. And you're never gonna make everyone happy, and that not one solution is going to fit all. And we also have to be mindful of that as consumers, I think and also applaud companies that are making an effort and are willing to learn when they get it wrong, because no one's gonna get it right. We're gonna get it wrong all the time. But it's about iterating and improving it through AI and very smart individuals. And AI **Michael Hingson ** 38:24 is going to make an and is already making a significant difference. It's like anything can be negative, or it can be positive, depending on how we deal with it and how we use it. **Ali Ingersoll ** 38:34 Absolutely. **Michael Hingson ** 38:36 How do we convince people, though, ultimately, that be inclusive, like with internet websites with providing products and all the other things to make a company and jobs accessible? How do we get people to understand that that really should be an is part of the cost of doing business? **Ali Ingersoll ** 38:57 I mean, simple education. Well, three words education, advocacy and awareness. And it's, it's podcasts and webinars like this, and showing people in real time because, you know, the thing about human nature is just like you have a belief systems are a value system, it's very hard to change. And there are a lot of folks I run into all the time like, no, that's not a good work. Did you read what happened years ago, and that what that company did? Okay, yes. Have you seen the improvements said you said company have made has made and it's showing slowly and being finding people that are open minded to kind of pave the way through that. And you're only going to do that through collaboration and through partnerships, specifically with a lot of community organizations, especially national ones. Yeah. But you have sometimes you know, sometimes national, I'm part of them. Sometimes the answer organizations are set in their ways as well. So you'd have to start at the local chapters, and work your way up there. **Michael Hingson ** 39:56 Yeah, it's **Ali Ingersoll ** 39:57 and usability testing. In an inclusive surveys, and working with, you know, an inclusive design and having diary studies and actually doing the research and including people with all disabilities and part of the process. **Michael Hingson ** 40:17 Yeah. And there's something that we all need to remember that is national organizations, like everything else is really something that's composed of people, and people will be the way they are. **Ali Ingersoll ** 40:29 And it's about being pleasantly persistent. You keep following up until someone answers you, but you do it with a smile. **Michael Hingson ** 40:34 Yeah, you got to do it with the patient. **Ali Ingersoll ** 40:37 And it's no different than working with politicians. Yeah, **Michael Hingson ** 40:41 except that I think they take a dumb pill to become politicians. I haven't figured out when that happens. But they must, you know, **Ali Ingersoll ** 40:48 I plead the fifth on that one. **Michael Hingson ** 40:49 I'm still with Mark Twain Congress. Crandall, benevolent asylum for them. So So yeah, I know what you're saying. I have met. However, over the years, some really good not only well meaning, but intelligent politicians who really had principles, but they're, they're not as common as one middle life. And that's, that's unfortunate, but it's the way the world is. And that's what we got to deal with a grade. So we cope. Well, I know you've got things you've got to go do. So I'm not going to prolong this and then make your boss come in. **Ali Ingersoll ** 41:26 And I go, we could chat. **Michael Hingson ** 41:28 I know we could. Well, we'll have to, we should do another one. I **Ali Ingersoll ** 41:31 would love to do a follow up. Yes, of course, count me in. **Michael Hingson ** 41:35 Well, I will, I will definitely do that. But I want to thank you for being here with us today and taking your time and giving us a lot of good insights. So thank you for that. And I want to thank you all for listening out there. We'd love to hear from you feel free to Well, let me ask you, Ali, how can people reach out to you and maybe contact you if they want to? **Ali Ingersoll ** 41:54 You know, I think I have my cell phone all over the internet. So you could find me even if I didn't want to be found. But I have a website called the quirky quad quirky quad.com And it's a q u i r k y quad.com You can find me on LinkedIn ally Ingersoll, Ali Ingersoll, and I'm on Instagram Ali, Ingersoll, Facebook, so pretty much just type it in and I'll pop up somewhere. So you can hunt down, you can hunt me down, although I do fight on Google with. There's another ally Ingersoll in Raleigh, North Carolina, who's an investigative reporter and I know her so we always joke around fighting on on articles together on Google. **Michael Hingson ** 42:32 That sounds like a lot of fun. Yeah, she's great spread rumors. **Ali Ingersoll ** 42:37 People are like Ali, wait, you switched careers? Again? You're an investigative reporter. I'm like, no, no, I want to not me. **Michael Hingson ** 42:43 Or you could just say well, yeah, didn't you know, **Ali Ingersoll ** 42:46 I know. As a Canadian, so I would say, there **Michael Hingson ** 42:49 you go. Well, thank you all for listening. I hope you'll give us a five star rating wherever you're listening to us. And if you'd like to reach out to me, I'd love to hear from you. You can reach me at Michaelhi at accessibe A c c e s s i b e.com Or go to our podcast page www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast and hingson is h i n g s o n . So love to hear from you. But Ali one last time, I want to thank you for being here and we will do another one of these. We'll schedule it and do it. **Ali Ingersoll ** 43:18 I would love that Michael. It's a pleasure. Thank you for having me. I hope everyone listen listening to one change in perspective, whether it's Michael myself or both of us. **Michael Hingson ** 43:33 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. If you know of any one or any organization needing a speaker for an event, please email me at speaker at Michael hingson.com. I appreciate it very much. To learn more about the concept of blinded by fear, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com forward slash blinded by fear and while you're there, feel free to pick up a copy of my free eBook entitled blinded by fear. The unstoppable mindset podcast is provided by access cast an initiative of accessiBe and is sponsored by accessiBe. Please visit www.accessibe.com . AccessiBe is spelled a c c e s s i b e. There you can learn all about how you can make your website inclusive for all persons with disabilities and how you can help make the internet fully inclusive by 2025. Thanks again for Listening. Please come back and visit us again next week.

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The Kills is an English/American alternative rock duo comprised of guitarist Jamie Hince and vocalist Alison Mosshart. The band has been releasing albums since the early 2000s, the latest being God Games (2023) We caught up with Jamie and Alison to talk about the album, experimenting with a new sonic palette, Beck, choirs, the themes on the album, and a lot more! Interview by: Robin Hignell Support the showThank you for listening! For more interviews with your favorite artists visit the FaceCulture YouTube channel.

Former deputy cabinet secretary Helen McNamara gave evidence at the Covid Inquiry yesterday, saying that she thought that the culture in Number 10 was toxic and sexist. She was particularly critical of the explicit and misogynistic language the former chief advisor Dominic Cummings used to describe her. Krupa Padhy is joined by Lucy Fisher, Whitehall Editor for The Financial Times, and Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government, to discuss what this says about the treatment of women at the heart of government. Journalist Rebecca Reid talks to Krupa about child-free friends and how she thinks they don't understand that she needs to be selfish now that she has a young child. Pakistan has ordered all unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers to leave the country. Pakistan is home to over four million Afghan migrants and refugees, about 1.7 million of whom are undocumented, according to the authorities. As Afghanistan's neighbour, Pakistan, has seen people travel across the border for safety for four decades, from the 1979 Soviet invasion through to the more recent return of the Taliban in 2021, Krupa talks to Zarghuna Kargar, an Afghan Journalist at BBC News, about the impact of this decision on women. The noughties was an incredibly hostile decade in which to be female, according to the writer Sarah Ditum.  It was the time when the traditional media of television, film and newspapers was joined by the internet; and the fame that resulted for nine iconic women: Britney, Paris, Lindsay, Aaliyah, Janet, Amy, Kim, Chyna and Jen came at a price. Sarah examines how each of these women changed the concept of ‘celebrity' forever, often falling victim to it, in her new book Toxic. The writer and comedian Alison Larkin is the author of The English American, an autobiographical novel about an adopted English woman who finds her birth mother and Jane-Austen-like romance in the US. Alison had avoided love for most of her adult life. However, in her 50s she found true love with an Indian climate scientist who had also immigrated to the US. Then he died. After 30 years living in America, Alison is in the UK to perform her one woman show Grief... a Comedy which opens at the Soho Theatre in London on Monday. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Emma Harth

Alison Larkin is a comedienne, audiobook narrator/producer and the founder of the Berkshire based audiobook company Alison Larkin Presents. She is also the bestselling author of The English American, an autobiographical novel about an adopted young English woman who finds her birth parents – and true love – in the United States, which sprang from her first one woman comedy on the subject. Her new autobiographical one woman show, Grief, the Musical..a Comedy will premiere at the Soho Theatre in London the Fall of 2023 and will be filmed as a TV Comedy Special in 2024. Alison has narrated over 200 audiobooks including The Complete Novels of Jane Austen.https://AlisonLarkinPresents.comAudiobook narrator Karen Commins owns NarratorsRoadmap.com and hosts Pit Stop. She's joined by fellow audiobook narrator Anne Flosnik as co-host. We hope you'll enjoy the ride!Transcript available here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren Raham returns to the podcast with a copy of the self-titled debut from English-American rock band the Pretenders. We forgo popular tracks like "Brass in Pocket" and "Stop Your Sobbing" in favor of focusing on the reckless punk abandon of the record, which may surprise listeners only familiar with their hits.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content (episodes on 45s!), or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

He has written historical novels primarily based on English history, in five series, and one series of contemporary thriller novels. A feature of his historical novels is an end note on how they match or differ from history, and what one might see at the modern sites of the events described. He wrote a nonfiction book on the battle of Waterloo, in addition to the fictional story of the famous battle in the Sharpe series --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-lucas66/message

In this episode, The Yank tells the story of Aleister Crowley the English occultist, philosopher, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. An eccentric no doubt, a madman or a lout? you decide.

Art is Magic. The host for this show is Chang Wang. The guest is Marianne Malone. 12th-generation English American, 5th-generation Irish American, and 4th-generation German American, Marianne Malone is the author of The Sixty-Eight Rooms, Stealing Magic, The Pirate's Coin, and The Secret of the Key, a four-book series from Random House. The books follow the adventures of Ruthie Stewart and Jack Tucker, two sixth-graders in Chicago, as they discover a magic key that allows them to shrink small enough to sneak inside the magical Thorne Miniature Rooms, and travel in time to the periods each room represents. Marianne Malone is the mother of three, a former art teacher, and co-founder of the Campus School Middle School for Girls in Urbana, Illinois. The Sixty-Eight Rooms was an E.B. White Read Aloud Finalist, A Junior Library Guild Selection, a Kids Indie Next List Recommended Book, an Indie Heartland Bestseller, as well as a 2010 Parents Choice Recommended Book. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6m0sDYgbpbsi65EHVp8ynG8 Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com.

The 20th century English/American philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once famously said “All of philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato.” Though a highly contested claim, no matter where you land on it, the quote does at least cause one to consider the inescapable presence of Plato. Who was this follower of Socrates who founded a school after which schools across the globe are still named today - the academy? And why is it that he is considered amongst the trinity of foundational philosophers in the western world? Did he simply ride the coattails of his great teacher Socrates, pulling from him most of the theories he is well known for today? Or is Plato truly a giant among philosophers? Unquestionably, Plato's influence lives on today. His great work The Republic is a master class in philosophical thinking and methodology, and one of the most widely read works of philosophy. His account of the death of Socrates preserved for us the story of the man who would be ultimately seen as the founder of western philosophy. Yet despite the acknowledgement of his influence on philosophy, some dismiss his theories as antiquated and out of touch for what our current context calls for. Join us today as we explore the question, who was Plato?Open Door Philosophy on Twitter @d_parsonage or @opendoorphilOpen Door Philosophy on Instagram @opendoorphilosophyOpen Door Philosophy website at opendoorphilosophy.comContact us via email at contact@opendoorphilosophy.com

Just in time for averting awkward conversations around the Thanksgiving table comes an all-new edition of Rachel's Trivia Challenge, in which Rachel quizzes the Ladies on a veritable trove of Thanksgiving trivia tidbits. What's the connection between Thanksgiving and the English Reformation? Where was the first day of Thanksgiving in the English American colonies actually celebrated? What's America's favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Why—and by whom—is the day after Thanksgiving known as “Brown Friday”? Which beloved Thanksgiving hymn was originally published as a table prayer?  Listen and laugh along as you nibble on a few new Turkey Day fun facts—and gain a new appreciation for what it means to give thanks on a national scale. Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), Erin (@erinaltered), and Bri (@grrrzevske) on Instagram! Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at lutheranladies@kfuo.org.

"Welcome, Englishmen!" The Pilgrims had had been building houses and establishing defenses for Plymouth for three months before Samoset, an Abenaki sagamore representing the Wampanoag chief Massasoit, marched boldly into town. Until that moment, they had seen a few Indians watching them, but had made no contact. Now, Massasoit had to decide whether to seek a treaty with the Englishmen, or to fight them. Along the way we reconnect with Tisquantum, and tell one of the most famous stories in early English-American history with, of course, a couple of twists. Twitter: @TheHistoryOfTh2 Facebook: The History of the Americans Podcast Errata: Oops, at one point I said "ancestors" once when I meant "descendants." You'll figure it out... Selected references for this episode Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: Voyage, Community, War John G. Turner, They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty William Bradford and Edmund Winslow (presumed), Mourt's Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Jonathan Mack, A Stranger Among Saints: Stephen Hopkins, The Man Who Survived Jamestown And Saved Plymouth Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her Passengers Lynn Ceci, "Fish Fertilizer: A Native North American Practice?", Science, April 4, 1975. The Charter of New England The Three Sisters (agriculture)

It's a music discussion episode! How does canonization work in popular music? Is Rolling Stone's 500 Best Albums of All Time list just a modest record of the favorite albums of people associated with Rolling Stone? Is it a statement of what “experts” in popular music enjoy? Does it reflect English-American popularity, and what responsibility to list-makers have to experience and include world music, indie music, and other music by those not powerful enough to have promotional backing? Mark is joined by  journalist Noah Berlatsky (who wrote The Best Greatest Albums of All Time Ever), musical artist Mobley, and The Hustle podcast host Jon Lamoreaux to discuss the album as a format, music curation, the subjectivity of taste, and our childhood love affairs with particular albums. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon. Sponsor: Upgrade your showering at nebia.com/nem (code NEM).

It's a music discussion episode! How does canonization work in popular music? Is Rolling Stone's 500 Best Albums of All Time list just a modest record of the favorite albums of people associated with Rolling Stone? Is it a statement of what “experts” in popular music enjoy? Does it reflect English-American popularity, and what responsibility to list-makers have to experience and include world music, indie music, and other music by those not powerful enough to have promotional backing? Mark is joined by  journalist Noah Berlatsky (who wrote The Best Greatest Albums of All Time Ever), musical artist Mobley, and The Hustle podcast host Jon Lamoreaux to discuss the album as a format, music curation, the subjectivity of taste, and our childhood love affairs with particular albums. Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us on Patreon. Sponsor: Upgrade your showering at nebia.com/nem (code NEM).

Bob is a 32 year public school teacher, who taught English/ American history & Bruce Springsteen. His novel ‘Meetings at the Metaphor Cafe' introduces four teens to the fictional version of Pacilio who is teaching literature and the events that shape those stories along with various Springsteen songs. https://www.robertpacilio.net/

Bob is a 32 year public school teacher, who taught English/ American history & Bruce Springsteen. His novel ‘Meetings at the Metaphor Cafe' introduces four teens to the fictional version of Pacilio who is teaching literature and the events that shape those stories along with various Springsteen songs. https://www.robertpacilio.net/

In this episode of Lade Out, Connor & BWP are joined by Red Bulls defender Tom Edwards. The group discusses about the best English & American foods, the road success the team has had, and about the gender reveal Tom had at Red Bull Arena. As always, the group ends in a funny edition of Trivia!

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee   Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1661 Birth of Georg Joseph Kamel ("CAH-mel"), Czech pharmacist, naturalist, and Jesuit missionary. Georg was born in Brno (pronounced "burr-no"), the city where Gregor Mendel lived in a monastery and experimented with peas. In 1688, after graduating from a mission school in Vienna, he was sent to the Philippines, which was then a Spanish colony, and he ended up spending the rest of his life helping the people as a doctor and botanizing in his free time. Early on, he once confided in a friend. There is no physician here but four brorthers who know little more than my pair of trousers. Georg also worked as a pharmacist and a botanist at the College in Manila. He set up the first pharmacy in the Philipines, and he ran it according to Austrian standards. Georg Joseph Kamel was a true naturalist. He enjoyed learning everything he could about the natural world. His work as an herbalist led him to explore the medicinal potential of the plants he encountered, and he valued the way locals treated ailments. For instance, he believed that low doses of the Saint Ignatius bean - the source of strychnine - had medicinal value since Filipinos used it to treat cholera. But modern research has proved otherwise, and even trace amounts of strychnine damage the liver and the kidneys. Thanks to his work treating the sick, Georg was well known. He treated the poor for free, and he happily received many plants from grateful locals to plant in his medicinal garden. Between his own collecting efforts and the plants received from locals, Georg completed the first flora of the Philippines. Georg sent a copy of his flora to his peer and friend, John Ray, who, in turn, included the Philippine flora in the appendix of the third volume of his great work-  the Historia Plantarum - the history of plants. Georg also named several plants. He called the ubiquitous ornamental houseplant the kalanchoe ("kal-an-KOH-ee"), which was based on the Philipino name for the plant. Georg also was the first person to describe the tea plant or the Camellia, which is why Carl Linneaus named the Camellia in honor of Georg Joseph Kamel. He used Georg's Latinized last name, Camellus, for the genus name Camellia, which translates to "helper to the priest." Sadly, Georg Joseph Kamel died young at 45 from an intestinal infection.   1748 Death of William Kent (books about this person), English landscape gardener, artist, and designer. Before William's picturesque approach to landscapes, gardens were formal, following Dutch or French design principles that used a geometric and orderly layout. But William started out as a painter and not a landscape architect, and when he worked on landscapes, he approached them as a living canvas. He once wrote, All gardening is landscape painting. For William to make art out of the earth, he needed scenery, and he went to great lengths to accomplish his visions. He moved soil to create rolling hills; he used swaths of land for lush lawns, groves of trees for interest and contrast, and paths with benches for the characters/visitors that he envisioned arriving on the scene. William planned for people to walk or ride through his landscapes in the same way that people might dot the landscape of one of his paintings. William often placed elements in the garden against a green backdrop, a hillside, or a group of evergreens, to accent the piece's beauty. Much of what William Kent attempted to do has become mainstream. As gardeners, we often must contend with unattractive areas in the landscape: fences, sheds, or utility areas. Well, William Kent faced these same concerns for his beautiful landscapes. At Rousham, William employed a haha or wall sunken into a ditch instead of fencing to keep the gardens separate from grazing land. He also improved the exterior of an eyesore - an old mill - by adding gothic elements. He also added a folly to look like a ruin with three arches that William called the eye-catcher. William wanted visitors at Rousham to look off in the distance toward the eye-catcher and feel the expansiveness of the property. It was William Kent who said, Garden as though you will live forever.   1899 Birth of Gladys Taber, American author, columnist, and animal lover. Gladys wrote over fifty books that ran from fiction to cookbooks, children's books to poetry. She once wrote, Nothing decorates a room like books.  There they are, waiting to decorate the mind, too! She's best remembered for her series about life at Stillmeadow, her farm in rural Connecticut. She also wrote about her smaller Cape Cod home called Still Cove. Stillmeadow and Still Cove were the most common topics of her columns for Ladies Home Journal (1937 - 1957) and Family Circle (1959 - 1967).  Gladys was a gardener, and she once wrote, A garden is evidence of faith.  It links us with all the misty figures of the past who also planted and were nourished by the fruits of their planting.   Two other quotes offer a glimpse into Gladys's humble spirit. She wrote, As long as you have a window, life is exciting. and Traveling is all very well if you can get home at night. I would be willing to go around the world if I came back in time to light the candles and set the table for supper.   National Licorice Day The botanical name for licorice (books about this topic) means "sweet root," In Dutch, the word for licorice means "sweet wood." The secret to the flavor (which is 50 times sweeter than sugar) is hidden in the plant's very long roots and rhizomes. In Holland and elsewhere, children who grew up chewing on licorice root would suck out the sweet sugars and spit out the pulp. The licorice plant is a perennial shrub in the legume or pea family - don't confuse it with the annual trailing dusky licorice plant that gets popped in summer containers. In addition to its culinary uses, licorice has been used medicinally. The glycyrrhetinic acid in licorice causes the body to hold salt and water. Armies gave licorice to soldiers and horses when water was in short supply. In ancient times, Hippocrates used licorice to treat cough. Licorice is also used for digestion. It helps regulate the activity in your stomach. in fact, Napoleon used licorice to treat his tummy troubles. So there you go. Happy National Licorice Day — whether you enjoy it as a sweet treat or a natural aid to help you feel better.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Five Minute Garden by Laetitia Maklouf  This book came out in 2020, and the subtitle is How to Garden in Next to No Time. Laetitia is a garden writer, a garden communicator, and a content creator, and she's a very busy mom. Laetitia's active lifestyle was the impetus for her to develop ways to maximize short bursts of time in the garden. Now before you dismiss her book out of hand and say, "Five Minutes? That can't be done," Laetitia's book may surprise you. I think what Laetitia's done here is ingenious because this book is packed with five-minute ideas - tasks to do in the garden for big impact. So readers can pick and choose at random what they have time to do or what they're interested in doing.  Don't forget that we're using discretionary effort when we garden, which means we are making a choice. And while some of us may not be able to get enough time in the garden (as in, we would love to spend every spare minute in the garden), that's just not the case for everyone. I know, I know. But that's just the truth of it. Now, of course, not everything in Laetitia's book will apply to your garden. We all have different gardens but never fear — there are plenty of ideas in Laetitia's book. Laetitia's to-dos may spark even more ideas that pertain just to you, which is the whole idea. If you are at a loss for where to begin in the garden, this book is your mix and match idea generator. The bottom line here is that you can tackle your garden with little bursts of energy every day. And, that's way better than just throwing up your hands and saying, forget about it - because we all know what happens then - then you're not in the garden at all. Next, the garden grows out of control, and a doom spiral of plants and weeds commences, which becomes a problem for you and your garden and your neighbors. So I like this five minutes strategy. It's not overwhelming, and it's very, very simple. The other thing that I enjoy is how Laetitia organized the book. She's used those headings to group tasks together. So you'll see headings like Spruce Up or Chop or Nurture or even Project. Laetitia herself says that she tends to do one activity from each of those heading areas over the course of a week.  But Laetitia reminds us that the important thing here is just to begin - pick one thing at random from the relevant month in the book - and then go out and start on that because at some point, your future self will thank you, and you'll look back, and realize how far you've come in your garden. Come to think about it, that's exactly what I do in the summer with my student gardeners — just on a bit bigger scale. Instead of five minutes, I'm out there for two hours, with between six and eight student gardeners. It's actually not even two hours because we spend about fifteen minutes talking about the state of the garden and the day's tasks. Then we always spend the last fifteen minutes taking pictures of the garden and downloading what we just accomplished. Essentially, what I'm doing is taking Laetitia's book and then enlisting the aid of helpers. This is how I get things done in my garden despite my arthritis. To me, it is all about short bursts of time and helpers.  And, you know, taking it slow and working in short bursts is essential this time of year (in spring). Then when you are finished and come back into the house, you still have the energy to do all the other things that need to get done in your life. And you don't resent your garden - that's the last thing you want to do. Just this week, I was reading posts on Twitter from gardeners I know in England who are out gardening because spring has sprung there, and the flowers and the spring bulbs are blooming. Plants are popping up, and the garden accelerates very quickly. Of course, people are out in force in their gardens, satisfying their pent-up desire. But these Twitter posts are loaded with gardeners who also say, "Oh my gosh, I went out there, and I totally overdid it. Now I can't walk. I can't move."  And so now they have to pay the price for that, and they have to take it easy for the next couple of days. So, this is where Laetitia's approach is not only smart but effective, and it can spare you from potential injury. And, if you're someone who struggles with garden overwhelm and you don't know where to start or what to do, then Laetitia's book just might be the ticket for you. This is a lovely little book with an adorably illustrated cover. It's got all these cute little flowers in a garland, and then there are garden tools, like a shovel and a watering can. It's very, very sweet. So I also think that this book would be a great little gift book. For instance, if you have a garden club, this book would be perfect for giving to a new member; something to keep in mind... This book is 232 pages of garden to-dos month-by-month so that you, too, can enjoy a five-minute garden.  You can get a copy of The Five Minute Garden by Laetitia Maklouf and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $10.  Great deal. Helpful book.   Botanic Spark 1898 Birth of Clare Ellaine Hope Leighton, English American artist and writer. Although Clare was an excellent writer (and both of her parents were writers), she is remembered for her wood engravings of rural life. In 1935, she wrote and illustrated Four Hedges, A Gardener's Chronicle.  Clare's book is chock-full of beautiful images and her experiences creating a garden in the English countryside. Clare's book is full of little nuggets like,   It is better to have a few weeds and untidy edges to our flower beds, and to enjoy our garden, than to allow ourselves to be dominated by it.   She also wrote, It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree.   Finally, Clare shared a little story about a friend who had just lost her father in a moving passage about the therapeutic powers of nature. The massacre of dandelions is a peculiarly satisfying occupation, a harmless and comforting outlet for the destructive element in our natures. It should be available as a safety valve for everybody. Last May, when the dandelions were at their height, we were visited by a friend whose father had just died; she was discordant and hurt, and life to her was unrhythmic. With visible release she dashed into the orchard to slash at the dandelions; as she destroyed them her discords were resolved. After two days of weed slaughtering her face was calm. The garden had healed her.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

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Moses Gbenga Makinde is an English-American professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Maryland Bobcats FC in the National Independent Soccer Association which is known as NISA. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The recent discoveries of unmarked graves at the sites of four former residential schools in western Canada have shocked and horrified Canadians and the world. This has spurred an interest here in the United States to understand the history of our Native American boarding schools in the 19th and 20th centuries. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a comprehensive review of the troubled legacy of federal boarding school policies. Since many of these schools were run by religious orders, the National Museum of American Religion felt that it would would be helpful if we convened a panel of experts to discuss religion's role in our Native American boarding school history. We'll answer questions at about the fifty minute mark, so submit them in the chat window. We have with us today the following experts: Ashley Dreff is the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church. Previously she was an Assistant Professor of Religion and Director of Women's and Gender Studies at High Point University.  Dr. Bradley Hauff is Episcopal Church Missioner for Indigenous Ministries and a member of the Presiding Bishop's staff. As Missioner for Indigenous Ministries, Rev. Hauff is responsible for enabling and empowering Indigenous peoples and their respective communities within the Episcopal Church. He holds a Master of Divinity from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary & a Doctor of Clinical Psychology from Minnesota School of Professional Psychology of Argosy University. Farina King, is of English-American descent, born for Kinyaa'anii, or the Towering House Clan, of Dine' (Navajo). She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. & Associate Professor of History at Northeastern State University in Talequah, homelands of the Cherokee Nation and United Keetowah Band of Cherokees Brenda J. Child is Northrop Professor of American Studies and former chair of the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940. Dr. Child served as a member of the board of trustees of the National Museumof the American Indian-Smithsonian. She was born on the Red Lake Ojibwe Reservation in northern Minnesota Christine Diindiisi McCleave is an Indigenous consultant, and a doctoral student in Indigenous Studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a focus on healing historical trauma through the use of traditional plant medicines. She is the former CEO of the National Native American Boarding Schooling Healing Coalition

Any other Latinos in the house, make some noiseeeee! Growing up in a Hispanic household in South America, we were always exposed to English/American influences, which at the time we were praised for and it was definitely the cool thing to do. Now that we're into KPop, though, our families and friends aren't as into it. "But you don't understand the language!" - we didn't either when we first started listening to music in English "Those are men? They look like women!" - yes. South Korea has different beauty standards, and male idols wear as much makeup as female idols do (which we're not mad to see some level of equality there) "You're fan-girling over boy bands and girl groups... in your 30s?!" - first of all, rude. Second of all, yes. Hell yes. We found a segment of music and entertainment that was new to us, is always exciting, and provides new content CONSTANTLY. What's not to love? In other words, our journey into KPop hasn't been something that is immediately understood or welcomed in our existing circles, but that's exactly why we started MIA2K. Also, we know we're not alone. There are TONS of South Florida and Latin American KPop fans, because people with good taste are everywhere, and that's just a fact. If you're feeling alone in your KPop journey, you're not! We're here for you, and whether your first language is Spanish, English, or Korean, good music is always going to be good music. As always, please forgive any mispronunciations, and enjoy our mix of Latin-based western observations. We hope you enjoyed this episode! If you did, please don't forget to subscribe and leave us 5-star reviews wherever possible. Spotify

Magic Mike is on cloud 9 as "his" England squad destroy Ukraine and have given him another semi.   Semifinal in a major tournament, that is.   Mike was joined by Magic Dan Potts and his mates, Magic Ola and Magic Fergus with a 4 minute cameo from the founder of the podcast, shirtless and spending his English/American holiday weekend in Mexico despite Mike Herz' specific instructions to stay out.   It's a fun hour of banter, goofiness, and glee - why not give it a peek!

Book Vs Movie: “To Sir, With Love” The 1959 E.R. Braithewaite Novel Vs the 1967 Sidney Poitier Movie To Sir, With Love was a smash hit movie in 1967 making over $40 million at the box office and making singer Lulu an international sensation who not only stars in the film but sings the theme song. The Margos take a deep dive into the original work and how it came to be the voice of a generation in London during the “mod” movement.  The 1959 novel is based on the true-life story of E. R. Braithwaite, a Guyanese-born English/American writer who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and then gained his education at the City College of New York and his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. Despite his exceptional skills and education--as a black man, he had a very difficult time finding a job in the work of his choosing. The racism of the time forced him to find work as a teacher in the East End of London.  Later he became a social worker and human rights advocate fighting racism and oppression. It is unclear how he felt about the 1967 adaptation which was written and directed by James Clavell who decided to jettison a subplot about interracial romance and focus more on the students.   The biggest reason for its film's success was the lead actor Sidney Poitier who was one of the most bankable stars of the 1960s and never really got his due for his box office appeal. He would go on the make millions from this film when the studio gave up on creating a more rough tale that included a sexual assault and/or a “big fight.” Poitier also appeared in the 1996 Sequel To Sir, With Love II.  So between the novel and the movie--which did we prefer? Have a listen and find out!  In this ep the Margos discuss: The biography of E.R. Braithwaite and his scholastic career  The author's experience in South Africa in the 1970s   The changes between the novel set in 1947 and the movie set in 1967  The cast: Sidney Poitier (Mr. Mark Thackery,) Judy Greeson (Pamela Dare,) Christian Roberts (Bert Denham,) Suzy Kendall (Miss Gillian Blanchard,) Lulu (Babs Pegg,) Geoffrey Bayldon (Mr. Theo Weston,) Patricia Routledge (Clinty Clintridge,) Edward Burnham (Mr. Florian,) and The Mindbenders (as themselves.)  Clips used: Behave like adults To Sir, With Love trailer Fight scene How ladies and men should behave Last scene with Lulu singing  It's Getting Harder All the Time  performed by The Mindbenders Book Vs Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie  Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/ Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.com Email us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Brought to you by Audible.com You can sign up for a FREE 30-day trial here http://www.audible.com/?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.com Margo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/  Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine 

Howdy! In this episode we discuss the Apple original Ted Lasso, whether it's English, American, or English/American. We learn about the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, try some Walker's Shortbread, and Sheldon learns the meaning of English phrase "On yer bike" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theanglofiles/support

Today we cover the strange story of Nelly Butler, the poltergeist that most paranormal scholars agree was the first English American haunting! We chat about her unfortunately short life, her mission to remarry her living husband, the community fervor that followed, and the powerful command she held over a small Maine town for the duration of her appearance. Find us on: Discord: https://discord.gg/P4Jw8zuzdE Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_lrh_pod/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/TheLRHpodcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theLRHpod Twitter - https://twitter.com/the_lrh_pod Support this podcast

Lucy Woodward is an English-American singer-songwriter. She has released four studio albums on Atlantic Records, GroundUP Music, and Verve Records. Her fourth album Til They Bang On The Door was released on Snarky Puppy bandleader Michael League's label, GroundUP Music/Verve/Universal. She has also contributed to a number of movie soundtracks and has performed backing vocals for Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Snarky Puppy, Celine Dion, Pink Martini, Gavin DeGraw, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan, Nikka Costa, and Randy Jackson. She co-wrote Stacie Orrico's Top 40 worldwide hit "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life," the same year her own Top 40 single "Dumb Girls" charted in 2003. Woodward also currently has a duo project with guitarist Charlie Hunter.http://www.lucywoodward.com/https://www.instagram.com/misslucywoodward/?hl=en@thecareermusician@nomadsplace