Podcast appearances and mentions of Eric Oliver

Scott Frost, a veteran mesothelioma trial lawyer with over 100 trials under his belt, joins host Dan Ambrose to share insights from his distinguished career. From his early days in the Army JAG Corps to founding his own firm, Scott discusses his evolution as a trial lawyer and his specialized approach to toxic exposure cases. He'll teach this “speed trial” method – which he leverages to try complex causation cases in as little as four days – at TLU Beach (June 4-7). "The reality is jurors don't know as much about the case, and if you can make it concise and quick, they'll really enjoy the case, and you'll get the right result," Scott explains. Train and Connect with the Titans☑️ Scott Frost | LinkedIn☑️ Frost Law Firm on LinkedIn | X | Facebook☑️ TLU VEGAS☑️ Trial Lawyers University☑️ TLU On Demand Instant access to live lectures, case analysis, and skills training videos☑️ TLU on X | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeEpisode SnapshotScott's career began with the Army JAG Corps, where he tried 50 to 75 cases including a double federal capital murder case, before moving to civil practice.At Baron & Budd in Dallas, Scott developed his skills as a plaintiff's lawyer, trying mesothelioma and asbestos cases throughout Texas.Scott has tried approximately 30 mesothelioma cases to verdict and started another 60-plus trials over his career.In 2018, Scott founded Frost Law Firm to focus on fewer cases and do them better, while allowing more time with his family.At TLU Beach, Scott will teach the "speed trial method" in which complex cases are condensed into as few as four days.Also at TLU Beach, Scott and Eric Oliver will present a lecture on strategies for effective communication with "post-truth jurors.”Scott emphasizes that while making money is important, a true trial lawyer's priority is doing the best for each client on...

Welcome back to the Live Off Rents podcast by Spark Reynolds! In this episode, host Brian Davis dives into the world of cost segregation and its powerful benefits for real estate investors. Joined by Eric Oliver, Vice President of the Cost Segregation Authority, they explore how cost segregation studies can significantly lower your tax liabilities. Discover how accelerated depreciation can maximize your deductions and provide you with substantial tax savings that you can reinvest. Eric breaks down the process of segregating the costs associated with real estate investments, explaining how different asset classes allow you to front-load your depreciation for larger deductions in the early years. Key Topics Covered: What is cost segregation? How does it work? The benefits of accelerated depreciation Real-life examples of tax savings How to connect with the Cost Segregation Authority for personalized analysis If you're a real estate investor looking to enhance your financial strategy, this episode is packed with valuable insights and practical advice. Don't forget to rate and review the podcast to help us reach more listeners!

Today's episode features Tim Pebworth, United Church of God's Chairman of the Council of Elders and Director of French Speaking areas, who speaks on the subject of Conspiracies that so many, including devout Christians, can get caught up in. A recent USA Today article quotes University of Chicago political science professors Eric Oliver and Thomas Wood as saying that in any given year, roughly half of Americans believe in at least one conspiracy theory. Given the pervasive nature of conspiracy theories, Tim Pebworth examines what the Bible says about conspiracy theories. He challenges us to think critically about what we hear and see, asking hard questions about the motivations and intentions of those who promote these alternative theories. The sermon looks at what the ancient prophet Isaiah says about conspiracy theories, the interesting linkage to the ancient and modern philosophy of Gnosticism and how to evaluate these theories in light of Biblical teachings.

Welcome back to another episode of the Scaling Wellness podcast!  In today's episode, we delve into the inspiring journey of Eric Oliver, a visionary physical therapist and the founder of Beyond Exercise, a comprehensive physical therapy and fitness facility. Born in California to immigrant Filipino parents, Eric was instilled with values of hard work from an early age, a trait that would shape his entrepreneurial path in the medical field. Beyond Exercise is not your typical physical therapy center. Eric's vision was to create a practice free from the constraints of insurance limitations, focusing solely on what's best for the patient. With a team of 10 physical therapists, 5 fitness coaches, and various wellness experts including massage therapists, health coaches, and Pilates instructors, Beyond Exercise offers a holistic approach to wellness that prioritizes individualized care and results.   We delve into: Breaking Free from Insurance Constraints: Eric shares his journey of dissatisfaction within the traditional medical system and his decision to forge a new path focused on patient-centric care. Working with Complex Cases and Athletes: Beyond Exercise specializes in treating complex cases and working with athletes, providing insights into the challenges and rewards of such specialized care. Scaling a Wellness Practice: With a large team and a wide range of services, Eric discusses the challenges and triumphs of scaling Beyond Exercise, including implementing an entrepreneurial operating system inspired by the book "Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business." Balancing Roles: As both owner and practitioner, Eric navigates the delicate balance of managing the business while ensuring team and patient satisfaction. Whether you're a solo practitioner or aspiring to scale your wellness practice, this episode offers valuable insights into building a successful business focused on patient care and community impact. Join us for an enlightening conversation with Eric Oliver of Beyond Exercise! Check out Eric's website: https://www.gobeyondexercise.com/   His social media pages: https://www.facebook.com/goBeyondExercise/ https://www.instagram.com/gobeyondexercise Want to build a wellness practice that gives you both TIME and MONEY? Learn how more at www.scalingwellness.com    Schedule Your No-Cost 1:1 Strategy Call: www.scalingwellness.com/chat    Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scalingwellness  

In this episode, April reveals that her husband is a rain god. Well, he's not, but he thinks he is. She discusses this uniquely human thing we do called magical thinking.Episode 36 Show Notes (oooh, so many sources!)Good basic explanation of magical thinking:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/magical-thinkingWait, here's another one:https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/magical-thinkingHow is magical thinking a cognitive distortion? https://www.goodrx.com/health-topic/mental-health/magical-thinking-effects-cognitive-distortionAmanda Montell's awesome book:https://www.amazon.com/Age-Magical-Overthinking-Modern-Irrationality/dp/1668007975Scientific American articles on the topic:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-come-some-people-believe-in-the-paranormal/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-can-you-fight-conspiracy-theories/Do dead people pinch us while we sleep? Probably not:https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-and-praxis/202310/the-benefits-and-consequences-of-magical-thinkingHealthline's article:https://www.healthline.com/health/magical-thinking#:~:text=Magical%20thinking%20involves%20the%20belief%20that%20you%20can,something%20that%20has%20no%20bearing%20on%20the%20circumstances.Matthew Hutson and the positive side of magical thinking:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12933497-the-7-laws-of-magical-thinkingHow magical thinking and OCD are connected:https://www.verywellhealth.com/magical-thinking-ocd-5220558Salon.com articles on the topic:https://www.salon.com/2018/09/10/a-neuroscientist-explains-how-religious-fundamentalism-hijacks-the-brain_partner/https://www.salon.com/2024/04/09/from-conspiracy-theories-to-manifesting-how-to-navigate-the-age-of-magical-overthinking/How to Talk to Conspiracy Theorists:https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-pseudoscience/zen-and-art-talking-conspiracy-theoristsInterview with Eric Oliver:https://news.uchicago.edu/podcasts/big-brains/science-conspiracy-theories-and-political-polarization-eric-oliverMick West is awesome. Links for his book and his webpage, Metabunk:https://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Rabbit-Hole-Conspiracy-Theories-ebook/dp/B077YS5G2N

I'm excited to introduce today's guest, Erik Oliver. Many of you may already be familiar with Erik from his knowledgeable presentations on cost segregation at industry events. As the head of Channel Partnerships at Cost Segregation Authority, Erik is passionate about educating both investors and tax professionals on utilizing this important strategy. We're lucky to have Erik's expertise on the show to provide some real-world examples of how cost segregation can make a big difference for real estate portfolios. This episode provides a deep dive into cost segregation strategies for real estate investors with Eric Oliver from Cost Segregation Authority. Eric shares his background and how he got involved in the industry, emphasizing the importance of educating investors on this tax-saving strategy. Eric explains the process of conducting engineering-based cost segregation studies and how it allows investors to accelerate depreciation deductions. He and Rory discuss how bonus depreciation makes this strategy applicable to smaller properties. Eric also highlights the "short term rental loophole" and how it can help passive investors. Throughout, Eric provides actionable insights while Jason shares his experience as a client. Whether you're an experienced investor or just learning, this episode is full of practical tax strategies you'll want to explore. Things we discussed in this episode: - Eric Oliver's background and how he got involved in cost segregation. - Jason learned about cost segregation from Eric at a conference. - How cost segregation studies work and accelerate depreciation deductions.  - Changes to bonus depreciation under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. - Impact of bonus depreciation on real estate investors. - Conducting virtual cost segregation studies during COVID-19. - Documentation requirements for cost segregation studies. - Jason and Rory's experience with a cost segregation study. - The "short-term rental loophole" tax strategy. - Finding one's passion and avoiding costly mistakes in real estate. Get in touch with Erik: Website - https://costsegauthority.com/ Email - erik@costsegauthority.com Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-oliver-b800657 Join Jason Muth of Straightforward Short-Term Rentals and Attorney / Broker Rory Gill of NextHome Titletown and UrbanVillage Legal in Boston, Massachusetts for another episode of The Real Estate Law Podcast! #realestatepodcast #nexthome #humansoverhouses #realestate #realestateinvesting #realestateinvestor #realestatelaw #CostSegregation #RealEstateTaxStrategies #DepreciationDeductions #BonusDepreciation #TaxSavings #VirtualTaxServices #IRSCompliance #ShortTermRentalInvesting #FindingYourPassion #LearningFromMistakes Follow us! Following and subscribing to The Real Estate Law Podcast not only ensures that you'll get instant updates whenever we release a new episode, but it also helps us reach more people who could benefit from the valuable content that we provide. The Real Estate Law Podcast on Instagram and YouTube NextHome Titletown Real Estate on Facebook and LinkedIn Straightforward Short-Term Rentals on Instagram Attorney Rory Gill on LinkedIn Jason Muth on LinkedIn Hospitality.FM The Real Estate Law Podcast is part of Hospitality.FM, a podcast network dedicated to bringing the best hospitality-focused podcasts to those in and around the industry, from Food + Beverage, Guest Experience, Diversity & Inclusion, Tech, Operations, Hotels, Vacation Rentals, Real Estate Law, and so much more!

Eric Oliver explores the universal impact of persuasive communication, highlighting its pivotal role in shaping perceptions and decisions in everyday interactions and legal contexts alike. Our ability to focus is now fleeting, fragile, and fragmented—characteristics that have been part of our collective attention span well before the advent of cell phones. This impairment in our attention makes it crucial to employ nonverbal and visual strategies to capture and maintain focus. For trial lawyers, this means crafting and presenting their cases more as engaging stories than mere collections of facts, ensuring these narratives resonate with the implicit biases and assumptions held by roughly half of today's jurors. This approach, along with sharing effective methods to combat attention deficits in the courtroom—or any setting—aims to improve focus and comprehension for everyone involved. Eric Oliver boasts an extensive career spanning 40 years in national trial consulting, where he has been instrumental in coaching and assisting trial attorneys. His profound knowledge and expertise have played critical roles in numerous cases, leading to unprecedented successes and advantages for clients from prestigious law firms to innovative individual practices. Specializing in the influence of persuasive communication on the interpretation of case facts and their effect on legal judgments, Eric underscores the necessity for attorneys to invest considerable effort into presenting a well-crafted case narrative through verbal, visual, and non-verbal means. Find Eric Oliver on LinkedIn

Eric Oliver is  Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.  He studies American politics, public opinion, political psychology, local politics, racial attitudes, the politics of science, and the self.Recent research papers examine why Americans believe in conspiracy theories, how credulous Americans are about misinformation, why 2016 was a populist election, and why liberals and conservatives name their children differently.His most recent book, Enchanted America argues that the major political divisions in this country are not simply defined by party, ideology, or race but by worldview.  The gap between “intuitionists” and “rationalists” can account for much of what is bizarre and troubling about American politics today.He is currently working on a new book called The Intelligible Self.Support the show

On Saturday, December 11th, at noon, hundreds and hundreds of motorcycles left the Rood Center to ride through Nevada City and Grass Valley before delivering toys to Nevada County families waiting at the fairgrounds. Cláudio Mendonça was there and spoke with event organizer, Eric Oliver.

What is cost segregation, and how can it help real estate investors maximize tax savings?   This episode digs into the powerful tax strategy of cost segregation. Eric Oliver from Cost Segregation Authority joins host Taylor Loht to explain what cost segregation is, how it works, and why every real estate investor should understand and utilize this tool.   They discuss the tax advantages of cost segregation for real estate investors. Eric provides an overview of cost segregation, explaining that it allows investors to accelerate depreciation deductions by segregating building costs into shorter asset lives. They discuss bonus depreciation, how it puts cost segregation “on steroids,” and how the percentage is reducing but still favorable for investors. Eric clarifies that cost segregation deductions are passive losses that typically can only offset passive income. Eric emphasizes the importance of working with a qualified tax strategist rather than just a preparer.   [00:01-4:30] Opening Segment Cost segregation accelerates depreciation by segregating assets into shorter tax lives Allows writing off deductions faster versus straight-line depreciation Identifies items like flooring and appliances that can depreciate faster   [4:31-9:00] The Power of Bonus Depreciation Bonus depreciation allows taking a larger deduction upfront Allows immediate 100% write-off on assets under 20 years life Phases down over the next few years but still beneficial   [9:01-15:30] Passive vs. Active Losses Cost segregation deductions are usually passive losses Can only offset passive income without special status Real estate professionals can deduct against active income   [15:31-23:00] Not All Studies Created Equal Online calculators don't follow IRS guidelines Conservative estimates leave tax savings on table Engineering-based studies with site visit better   [23:01-31:30] Tax Strategist vs. Preparer Tax preparers just file based on the given information Tax strategists proactively minimize your tax liability Meeting at least quarterly ensures maximizing deductions   Quotes: "Cost segregation really is just accelerated depreciation on your real estate assets." - Eric Oliver "Bonus depreciation puts cost segregation on steroids and creates a bigger deduction in the first year." - Eric Oliver   Connect with Eric: Website:  www.investwithtaylor.com   Track your wealth for free with Personal Capital, go to www.escapingwallstreet.com   Please leave a review and help others escape Wall Street and build wealth on Main Street!

Cost segregation is often overlooked but is a useful as a value-add proposition and can lead to significant tax savings. Today, we talk all about it.ResourceCheck Out Cost Segregation AuthorityReal Estate Marketing DudeThe Listing Advocate (Earn more listings!)REMD on YouTubeREMD on InstagramTranscript:00:02:38:11 - 00:03:09:09UnknownSo how do you attract new business? You constantly don't have to chase it. Hi, I'm Mike Webster, Real Estate Marketing Dave. And this podcast is all about building a strong personal brand. People have come to know like trust and most importantly, refer. But remember, it is not their job to remember what you do for a living. It's your job to remind them, Let's get started.00:03:09:16 - 00:03:35:03UnknownWhat's up? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the episode of the Real Estate Marketing Dude podcast. Folks, we've been walking around or walking around talking about and around the shift in this marketplace and what the hell you as a real estate agent are going to do to actually earn your split. There's a huge lawsuit going on. A class action settlement.00:03:28:02 - 00:03:50:14UnknownLooks like it's got some legs in the market. We're dealing with fucking 8% interest rates. And let's be honest, the transactions are down. We're at number 60,000 real estate agents have left the industry so far, and these times are times that you want to look forward to, believe it or not, because it's during the shifts that you actually gain market share and make moves.00:03:48:00 - 00:04:16:11UnknownThis is when people start making money, but not the ones that sit and do absolutely nothing and still doing the same shit you're doing 25 fucking years ago. So what we're going to be really chatting about today is how you sharpen your skill set as a real estate agent, a lender, anyone within this marketplace, because your broker ain't going to save you out of this shift.00:04:05:03 - 00:04:39:04UnknownWho's going to save you is your own skill set. And a lot of times, I mean, you're going to get off your butt and learn something new and start providing more value in a market with high inflation and costs. I mean, gas today, I just spent $140 filling up my truck in gas. I'm in San Diego. People want to learn how to save money, period.00:04:25:24 - 00:05:03:06UnknownThere's not a better time than to learn what we're going to talk about today because it has everything on how to save money for your already existing clients. Much of what you could be using for content right now in this day and age, because nobody one of the things that's resonated the most is how do you help people navigate the mess of the economy we're in and the save money?00:04:44:20 - 00:05:03:06UnknownSo without further ado, we're going to go ahead and introduce our guest, Mr. Eric Oliver, who's an expert on cost segregation. And I'm going to let him tell you what that is in a second. So why did you say hello to our guests? So a little bit about yourself and what we're going to talk about why the House is so important today.00:05:00:14 - 00:05:46:18UnknownBecause it is. Yeah, no thanks. My pleasure being here. My name is Eric all over. I'm with a company called Cost Segregation, and we work with investors, brokers, agents, CPAs across the country helping their clients or helping them save money, save tax dollars through their real estate that they currently hold. And so the way we do that is something called cost segregation, which really is just accelerated depreciation on your real estate holdings.00:05:28:19 - 00:06:05:03UnknownSo one of the benefits of owning real estate is you get to depreciate that or take an expense every year. However, that expense typically gets spread out over either 27 and a half or 39 years. And so what we like to tell clients is, listen, I may not even own the building in 27 and a half years, let alone be alive.00:05:47:19 - 00:06:22:13UnknownThe way my wife tells me I eat, I probably won't even be alive in 27 and a half years. So I want my deductions now versus letting the IRS hold on to these. And that's what we do through cost segregation is accelerate those deductions. Interesting. So in other words, you could people if you owned real estate and three realtors and everyone who's on this podcast, you're in the real estate space, you can save your clients money and shit.00:06:13:13 - 00:06:39:15UnknownThey didn't know you could save them money on before. And you're talking about creating a value add and trying to create buzz and trying to add value in today's market. Tell me more and who is your ideal client for This is just a homeowner living. There are these are these real estate investors that have investment properties and is there a difference?00:06:28:24 - 00:06:58:01UnknownSure. So kind of our our ideal customer would be somebody who owns real estate. So usually it's the investor themselves, not so much the tenants or the people living there. It's only the appreciation, only work. So you can only take advantage of it on revenue generating properties. So can't be your primary residence, but any investment property, the way it works is when you buy a property, you don't just buy the land and the building.00:06:54:21 - 00:07:28:19UnknownThink about like a single family residential unit, for example. So I buy that. Let's say I spend 500,000 on it. I'm buying the building in the land, but I'm also buying a bunch of carpet, I'm buying some appliances, I'm buying some cabinets, I'm buying a sprinkler system, my buying a driveway, all those things I mentioned, the IRS says should be depreciated at a faster rate than 27 and a half years.00:07:17:14 - 00:07:47:19UnknownNow, the problem, Mike, is when you give that closing statement to your tax preparer that says you bought this residential unit for 500,000, your CPA, your tax preparer, they don't know the value of the parking lot. They don't know the value of the driveway, they don't know the value of the appliances. What we do, that's what we do is we come in and we take that $500,000 purchase price and we segregate those costs, thus cost segregation.00:07:41:16 - 00:08:04:22UnknownWe segregate those cost into different buckets, which now allows your CPA to depreciate all the appliances over five years versus 27 and a half. And we put a value to those. So we say, okay, of that 500,000 you spend, you know, 40,000 of that was for appliances, you know, 80,000 of that was for a driveway, for the cement, for the sidewalk, all those different components.00:08:04:10 - 00:08:33:19UnknownAnd so that's what we're that's the service we provide as we work with investors and CPAs and brokers on accelerating the depreciation. And now why is it so important for real estate agents and brokers? And the reason for that is it just is one more one more tool that differentiates you from the next guy, right, or the next gal.00:08:25:03 - 00:08:54:16UnknownSo being able to tell your client, hey, I know you're looking at purchasing this property, but what if we can free up $80,000 of cash flow by doing cost segregation once you purchase this? Or better yet, not to get too far in the weeds, Mike, but you've got a client who comes to you and says, I want you to sell my property.00:08:43:13 - 00:09:17:02UnknownThere's an opportunity to save him tax dollars upon sale by doing cost segregation. And so they come to you and say, Hey, wait, I want to list my property with you. I've owned it for ten years. I bought it for a million. I'm selling it for 2 million. I want to list this with you. What if you go back and say, okay, I'll list it, but not only am I going to list it, but have you considered cost segregation?00:09:00:23 - 00:09:35:18UnknownBecause I think you can save 80,000 in taxes upon sale. And so there's a number of reasons why this is important, but those are kind of the main reasons accelerated depreciation and then decreasing the tax liability upon self for some of your clients. This is amazing. I've been in real estate for 20 years and I didn't know about this.00:09:18:00 - 00:09:55:13UnknownSo like, this is really cool because I don't know, I don't know about this and I'm going to assume like I'm pretty fucking advanced, like I know my shit. All right, So if I didn't know about this, I'm assuming the vast majority of people are listening. Don't know about this either. But you know what? I've got a great value add to having folks I'm really talking about here.00:09:36:11 - 00:09:55:13UnknownAnd if you go back to this, the last few upsells are really talk. You got to define your brand and your your value in this market. And one of the in any shift like this what always happens is going to be that the investor market is going to be the one that's going to feed you throughout the next couple of years.00:09:52:08 - 00:10:21:10UnknownThat's just the way it is, because people are deal with 8% interest rates and they're you know, you want to work with investors during times like these. I'm telling you, that's where they're still doing a lot of transactions. The interest rate doesn't affect the cash buyer as much as it does a finance buyer today. And that's why that's where the volume is going to be.00:10:07:04 - 00:10:43:14UnknownSo but the point being is like, all right, what's the difference between you and them? You know, me people, I ask this to Eric like what I would brand agents are different business and I know Kevin answers question like what's the difference between you and every other agent in your marketplace right now? And they're all like, Well, I'm going to do a good job.00:10:26:04 - 00:10:43:14UnknownI that by, you know, customer service. A customer service, yes. We know that you have to have customer service that's that's inferred. But this is the type of stuff that we're talking about. Is it the riches are in the niches. And the one that actually knows and is most knowledgeable is always the ones I in demand. That's why doctors get paid so much money.00:10:43:07 - 00:11:16:13UnknownThis is a my quote is Billie Jean said this once. This is like the doctors get paid a lot of money because there's only so many doctors. If they're cleaning houses, they wouldn't be paid the amount of money as they are. And that makes a lot of sense. This is a skill set and people who have skills get paid, folks.00:10:56:24 - 00:11:16:13UnknownSo I want to put this in a context, and I see you've got a couple of case studies on your site, so I just want to walk through and tell them in a story, I'm going to pick a case study from your site and just walk through how this would work. And you probably know the one I'm going to grab is going to be the residential rental one.00:11:12:04 - 00:11:36:07UnknownAnd let's just walk through in context how this actually works. All right. So I'm a real estate agent. I have a client. I bought a investment property, residential. It's under four units. And in this particular case study, walk me through I'm going to walk me through what I would do, my involvement on this case study and how I would literally one up like my competition store.00:11:33:01 - 00:12:02:12UnknownSo so, for example, you've got a client, they buy a four plex, for example. I don't know the exact numbers on the case study online, so I'm just going to use numbers that they're describing. So I don't have the calculator out. But let's say you buy a four plex, let's say you buy it for $1,000,000. Let's say it's a million X, let's call it 1,000,002, because one thing we do need to mention is land is not depreciable.00:11:55:12 - 00:12:24:09UnknownSo you always have to back out the land value. So you buy it for a million to let's say that land is worth 200,000. So you've got $1,000,000 of depreciable basis. That million dollars. If you don't do cost segregation, you're going to take that million dollars, You're going to divide it by 27 and a half years, and that's going to be your write off every year.00:12:14:03 - 00:12:45:23UnknownSo I'm just going to plug that in my calculator. 27.5 You're going to get a is that right? Yes. You're going to get a $36,000 write off every year for the next 27 and a half years, which is great. That's why a lot of people get into real estate this $37,000, $36,000 write off that acts as an expense.00:12:33:23 - 00:13:04:16UnknownSo let's say I make $136,000 a year instead of me being taxed on 136,000, I've got this $36,000 expense. So now I'm only taxed on 100,000. So again, if I'm in a 30 30% tax bracket by reducing my taxable income by 36,000, I just saved $10,000 in taxes. That's without cost segregation, just standard by 1/27 of a deduction.00:12:59:20 - 00:13:30:04UnknownWhat we do with segregation, what we propose is that again, when I buy that four plex, I also bought some dishwashers, some flooring, some window coverings, some ceiling fans, all those different components that the IRS says, hey, that stuff doesn't last 27 and a half years. And so we typically, when we do our cost segregation studies, we typically segregate around 30% of that.00:13:21:24 - 00:14:28:19UnknownSo on $1,000,000 asset, 30% of that is 300,000. So $300,000 of your million dollar asset, we're going to put it in shorter asset lives, five, seven and 15 year assets, the five and seven year as all your internal stuff washers, dryers, appliances, flooring, etc.. Then you've got a 15 year category, which is all your land improvements, curbs, gutters, asphalt, all the exterior stuff by moving or segregating those items and putting them in shorter life buckets, I'll say it allows us to take that depreciation at a much faster rate.00:13:54:23 - 00:14:28:19UnknownNow, before we go on, Mike, we probably should talk about bonus depreciation because that has a huge impact on cost segregation. Bonus depreciation has been around for a long time. The government uses bonus depreciation to stimulate the economy. So when the economy's not doing well, they say, Hey guys, we're going to give you a bigger write off if you go out and buy stuff.00:14:14:17 - 00:14:52:21UnknownAnd so again, bonus depreciation has been around for a long time. It's anywhere from 10% bonus up to 100%. Bonus Rewind a little bit to 2017, Donald Trump was our president. Donald Trump owns a boatload of real estate. Donald Trump revised the tax code and when he did so, he took bonus depreciation and made some changes that really amplified the amount of tax savings that a investor could have on their real estate.00:14:40:22 - 00:15:20:24UnknownSo two things changed. One is they changed it from 50% bonus at the time to 100% bonus. What that means, Mike, is that any asset that has a useful life of 20 years or less is eligible for 100% bonus. So if I go out and buy a truck today and it's a certain size truck, I can then write off that whole truck 100% of it in the first year.00:15:02:19 - 00:15:39:15UnknownI don't have to spread it out over the useful life of that truck. That's interesting. Yes. So that's the first thing. The second thing to remember, it has to have a useful life of 20 years or less. So real estate normally is 27 and a half or 39. So this is why a lot of tax preparers don't think bonus applies to real estate because they're like, Well, this is a 27 and a half year residential unit.00:15:24:08 - 00:15:56:02UnknownI can't apply bonus, but you can apply bonus if you break out the five, seven and 15 year parts of that asset because those all have useful lives of 20 years or less. That was the first thing. The second thing that changed with the tax cuts and jobs Act was bonus depreciation used to only apply to brand new property.00:15:43:01 - 00:16:18:01UnknownSo you'd have to build a brand new four plex. You couldn't buy an existing one. Well, that changed in 2017 and they added five words to the tax code. It says new to you, the taxpayer. So now you can go buy a building that was built in 1970. It's new to you, the taxpayer. You do a cost study, separate those five, seven and 15 year assets, and all of a sudden you can accelerate, take 100% of those.00:16:08:14 - 00:16:37:22UnknownSo it doesn't matter that length of time, because if you're going from 27.5 down, you pick what time you want based upon how long you're going to hold the asset. No. So that we pick it based, Actually not we. The IRS has picked it based on how long those assets last. So carpet only last five years according to the IRS, carpet last typically five years.00:16:31:03 - 00:17:15:19UnknownSo they allow you to depreciate it over five years, a driveway or a land improvement last 15 years. So typically that gets depreciated over 15 years. So cost segregation is going to segregate those items. Then we apply bonus, which means in that example we had with the four plex, if I segregate 30% of that or 300,000 and I take 100% bonus on that, I'm now getting a $300,000 write off in the first year versus if you remember when we first started the scenario, we were getting a $36,000 write off budget.00:17:07:04 - 00:17:34:20UnknownSo now if I make 130,000 in taxes or excuse me in income, in our first example, I remove 30,000 for my depreciate and I'd only be taxed on 100,000. Now, if I applied bonus depreciation, I'm now getting a $300,000 write off. I only make 130. So not only am I going to pay no taxes on my 130,000, I'm paying zero taxes, but now I've got 170,000.00:17:31:06 - 00:18:05:11UnknownThat carries forward as a deduction into next year's tax return, and I'm going to pay no taxes next year. So I just put myself 60, $70,000 in taxes by doing cost segregation and taking advantage of bonus depreciation. So that's kind of a high level. Mike, on how it works on buying an asset. Now let me just talk quickly to the agents, because I think this is probably the most important piece for them that's buying on the buying side.00:17:59:09 - 00:18:30:03UnknownWhen somebody comes to you and they're selling an asset, let's say they come to you, Mike, and they're like, Hey, I bought this. I bought this office building five years ago for $1,000,000, and now selling it five years later and it's worth 2 million. Can you help me out, Agent Of course. The agent's going to say I'm happy to help you out.00:18:18:00 - 00:18:54:18UnknownAnd not only can I help you out, I'm going to save you tax money by doing so. And the way you do that, Mike, is if I buy a building for $1,000,000 five years ago and I'm selling it for 2 million, I just when I go to settle up with the IRS, I'm telling them that everything is doubled in value, right?00:18:34:12 - 00:19:22:03UnknownI bought all this stuff for a million. I'm selling all this stuff five years later for 2 million. So everything's double today. So the IRS is going to charge you on that million dollars of gain. However, my land is doubled in value. My walls have doubled in value. But certainly my dirty, nasty carpet, that's five years old is not worth double what I paid for it.00:18:56:11 - 00:19:22:03UnknownWhen you don't do cost segregation, when you're selling an asset, you're telling the IRS that your dirty, nasty carpet is worth double what you paid for it. And they said, okay, great, it's worth double perfect. We're going to charge you tax on that. What is your carpet worth after owning it for five years? Mike, If carpet is a five year asset, so I've owned it for five years.00:19:16:07 - 00:19:40:00UnknownIt's a five year asset. It's fully depreciated. When I sell it, it's worth zero. It shouldn't be selling it for double what you bought it for. That's crazy. But the problem is, is your tax preparer doesn't know because they've just treated this asset as one lump sum. They know you bought it for a million. They don't know what the carpet's worth, so then they can't break it out.00:19:34:24 - 00:19:58:09UnknownAnd so doing cost segregation not only on the front end when you're buying assets, but also on the back end when you're selling ads. And that's where I think it's most valuable of anybody. If you guys take anything from this podcast, the realtors, when your client comes to you, they've owned a building for a couple of years and it's increased in value.00:19:54:04 - 00:20:26:17UnknownAlways suggest the cost. So they at least have the numbers run because in that example, that million dollar example, you could save your client 40, $50,000 in taxes and you're going to be a hero in their mind. And not every agent's going to tell them that, you know, agents Yeah, go ahead. I think anyone's going to tell them that.00:20:13:05 - 00:20:47:09UnknownNo, that's a tax preparer. Probably. Unfortunately, prior to 2017 and when the tax code was changed, is was it as what's the difference? So the difference was when we segregate that, we say, okay, in that million dollar building, there's, I don't know, $120,000 worth of five year assets instead of taking that 120,000 all in the year in the first year because of a 100% bonus, prior to that, you would have to take that 120,000 over five years because it's a five year asset.00:20:43:21 - 00:21:27:11UnknownSo you basically get a 20,000. Well, I don't know what is 12 divided by five five and some change. You're getting you're getting a fifth of that basically every year for the next five years. So it's still good. You're still taking it from 27 and a half and advancing it to a five year asset. But with bonus, we were taking it from a 27 and a half, advancing it to five, and then we were able to take 100% of that in the first year because of that 100% bonus.00:21:08:13 - 00:21:49:15UnknownSo now I should state that the 100% bonus did expire at the end of last year. So assets that you do this on for 2023, you're only going to get 80% bonus, which is still very, very favorable and then it phases out 20% every year. Mike Until 2027 when it's down to zero or until the Congress changes their mind and decides to extend it.00:21:33:03 - 00:22:09:23UnknownSo there was actually talks in Congress. There's already proposals on the table to extend the 100% bonus into 2025. So we'll have to wait and see. Interesting. Yeah. Wow. Very, very interesting. But folks, if you're sitting there just like listening to this and you're trying to and this is for your own good as well, like if you're buying a property, you know, we always say you guys should be investors yourself, not just selling, helping people acquire or sell the properties.00:22:00:13 - 00:22:26:02UnknownYou should be doing it yourself. This is really great knowledge to have. How much is this cost somebody you know, I'm sure it doesn't is a cheap is that expensive? Like what does it cost our clients? That's what they're going to ask us next. How much is it going to cost my client? Well, that doesn't matter if you're making them an extra 4050.00:22:18:10 - 00:22:54:14UnknownSure, but. But it's going to be a question to have. So like, how do you how does someone pay for this? Because it's not a CPA service, right? It's not. So it's kind of in our studies are engineering based. So it's quite an extensive process. We're basically reverse engineering that house or that investment property and trying to put the values to all the components.00:22:36:19 - 00:23:19:21UnknownSo studies typically range anywhere from 20 $700 for single family homes up to 10,000, $15,000 for large office complexes. We've got multiple buildings, that type of thing. So I know that's a wide range. Typically, we want clients to save anywhere from 7 to 10 x their investments. So if they're two for charging them three grand, we're hoping they're going to save at least 30 grand in taxes.00:23:05:02 - 00:23:42:02UnknownAnd now with bonus percent or with bonus 100% bonus, they can say it even. You know, I've seen cases where, you know, we charge a client 10,000 for a study and they're saving $1,000,000 in taxes. It's crazy. So yeah, that does have a cost to it, but the cost is going to the benefits going to far outweigh the cost.00:23:25:19 - 00:24:06:17UnknownYeah, I mean, it's just numbers. Hey, would you do this for that is when it comes down to it. Wow, dude, this is pretty, pretty cool. I get it. How about short term property owners like flippers, people who are flipping homes and then that give me that question first. And then I have another question about length of time for other type of investors.00:23:46:18 - 00:24:06:17UnknownSo typically flipping if you're flipping homes, it typically doesn't make sense because you're not holding the property. Well, a couple of reasons. One is when you're flipping it, it's never going into service and therefore it's treated as inventory versus as an investment property. So you don't even get to take depreciation on it to begin with. And so flipping typically doesn't.00:24:05:21 - 00:24:27:22UnknownWhat we'll see flippers do is maybe I flip five houses this year. The last house, I keep it as a rental because I made $200,000 on my flips. I'm going to keep the last house as my as a rental property, rent it out for a few years, take the 100% bonus, pay no tax on the 200,000 I made flipping and then sell it.00:24:28:00 - 00:24:56:24UnknownSo sometimes it does make sense if that's the case, because you can use those deductions that you get from your rental property to offset your flipping income in most cases. And so that's oftentimes what we'll see flippers do is you don't get to take depreciation on the ones you flip, but maybe keep one or two of them every year so that you can use those deductions and pay no tax on that flipping income.00:24:48:08 - 00:25:17:16UnknownAnd then how about someone who's holding property? Is there like a length of time that you see a window here? Like, is it like, am I better off, like holding this property for 15 years or is this like a five year thing? What what's the trend there? I don't even know how to ask that question, but I think, you know what I know then.00:25:04:12 - 00:25:38:20UnknownYeah. So the longer you hold the property, the bigger your benefit overall will be because there's a time value of money element, there's inflation, there's a number of reasons why. So the longer you hold it, the bigger savings you'll get on your cost sake study. However, on properties over about $500,000 basis, you still want to do it even if you're only holding it for a year because your tax savings will be significant enough to justify a study.00:25:32:24 - 00:26:01:19UnknownSo as long as it's held for one taxable year. So if I buy it in January and I sell it in July, that doesn't work. If I buy it in January and sell it the following January and it's over 500,000, it's probably going to pencil out. Now, the nice thing, Mike, is most car segregation companies out there will do a free benefit analysis, so they'll never engage you to do a study unless you're going to save significant tax dollars.00:25:58:06 - 00:26:23:02UnknownAnd so always get the analysis done if you're holding it over a taxable year and if the asset is at least 500,000, it always makes it typically always makes sense like it. Any closing thoughts you have for anybody else on the job? And then tell us about your site and where they can learn more about you. So kind of just closing thoughts.00:26:20:12 - 00:26:58:00UnknownOne thing I always like to add towards the end, I just think as you start to build out your real estate portfolio, this goes for anything. This goes for, you know, if you're an investor and you're buying in a certain market and you're an investor, make sure that your real estate agent understands that market, understands your objectives as an investor because your objectives as an investor are probably different than somebody who's looking for their primary home.00:26:45:02 - 00:27:18:10UnknownAnd so and that's your world, the real estate world in my world that I work in, typically with CPAs, tax preparers, as you build out your portfolio, there's a huge difference between tax preparers and tax strategists. A tax preparer, they work at Walmart in the lobby, H&R BLOCK. You give them your W-2 information, they run it through their system.00:27:06:10 - 00:27:34:21UnknownIt spits out how much you owe. You write them a check and you're done. That's a tax preparer. They just input output there. Not a lot of strategy. But as you're building your portfolio, it's very important to find a CPA or a tax preparer who specializes in real estate and understands real estate, because if they're not telling you about things like cost segregation, if you're having to ask your CPA about cost segregation, there's probably other things in the tax code you're not aware of, and you're probably leaving a lot of tax dollars on the table.00:27:35:09 - 00:27:55:18UnknownAnd so, yeah, a tax preparer excuse me, a tax strategist is a little bit more money to pay because they're giving you more of their time. They're meeting with you three or four times throughout the year asking you what you're buying, what you're selling, what your income looks like. But in this industry, whether it's a real estate agent or a tax preparer, you get what you pay for.00:27:56:01 - 00:28:17:05UnknownAnd so, yeah, somebody might be asking for a little bit more commission upfront, but if they have the knowledge and they're saving you, you know, $100,000 on the purchase price of a property because they have the knowledge of the industry, who cares if you're paying them an extra 2000 in commission, you just saved 98,000 net. Right? So the same thing goes with tax preparers.00:28:17:05 - 00:28:39:18UnknownAlways find yourself a tax preparer who understands real estate because no matter what they charge, if they're good, they're going to save you tenfold that taxes on the back end. Awesome. Much down where your website is going because you guys want to learn more. Yeah it's just WW w dot cost seg authority dot com that cosc TCG authority dot com.00:28:40:04 - 00:29:01:12UnknownMy contact information is up there information up there on how we'll run a free analysis if you're interested. If you think you have a property that might qualify, don't hesitate to reach out you guys we, we don't bill by the hour. We're not a CPA firm. We don't do tax returns here, but we're happy to answer questions and partner with you and facilitate answer any questions we can.00:29:01:12 - 00:29:17:16UnknownSo again, don't hesitate to reach out to any of us. We're happy to answer any questions you may have. Appreciate you. Thank you. Folks for this. Another up. So the Real Estate Marketing Dude podcast. But you know where to find us. If you like what you heard there today, go visit a site, check them out, see what he's up to.00:29:18:03 - 00:29:36:10UnknownBut thank you guys for listening to another episode. If you guys are stuck figuring out a way to stay in front of your database, how to market them, how to add more value to them, and how to stop being forgotten about and cheated on by other realtors because people don't remember who the hell you are. You got to visit referral suite WW dot referral suite dot com that is wect.00:29:36:10 - 00:29:56:14UnknownAnd yes, we will help build your brand and in for the people that matter most that are responsible for the vast majority of business. Thank you for this another episode we'll see you guys on next week's show appreciate it by boom. Thank you for watching another episode of the Real Estate Marketing Do podcast. If you need help with video or finding out what your brand is.00:29:56:20 - 00:30:16:16UnknownVisit our website at WW dot Real Estate Marketing dude dot com. We make branding and video content creation simple and do everything for you. 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Denton Welch lived the last years of his short life in Kent during the Second World War. His writing career took off in 1943 and in the same year he met his companion, Eric Oliver. His writing is mostly autobiographical and carries his readers from a childhood in Shanghai, boarding school in 1930s England, a near-fatal bicycle accident while he was in art college, a slow convalescence and, finally, to his years travelling about the Kent countryside, picnicking, exploring churches and observing rural life with an artist's eye. And a queer eye. His subtle and gently subversive descriptions of same-sex desire and sexual identity has thrilled and challenged his readers for eighty years. His preoccupations include art and beauty as well as pain and death. His great ability as a writer is to draw characters - often based entirely on himself and those closest to him - with tiny details which spring to life on the page. These can be very funny, cruel, poignant or erotic. He wrote novels, stories and journals as well as working with art and poetry. Regan Hutchins has always been a fan of Denton's writing and he travels to the village of Hadlow in Kent, where Denton lived during the Second World War. There he meets Denton's would-be neighbours who show him the landscape that inspired the writer. Biographers, academics, film-makers and writers help to build a picture of a writer who has, for too long, been out of sight. Producer Regan Hutchins Reader Rob Vesty With thanks to the Hadlow Historical Society. Sound supervision by Tinpot Productions. A New Normal Culture production for BBC Radio 3

Do you want to save money on your real estate investments?   Listen to our hosts, David and Patick, get the lowdown on Cost Segregation. Here the latest on this interesting topic from today's guest Eric Oliver, Vice President of Business Development for Cost Segregation Authority.   Really the name says it all.   Cost Segregation is an engineering-based analysis of a building's interior, exterior and land improvements in order to identify, measure and quantify assets that are considered personal property or land improvements under the federal tax code.   You will find most cost segregation firms are full-time CPA firms or offer a dozen other services to maintain their margins. At Cost Segregation Authority our focus is exactly as our name implies. Hence, if you are a CPA or other tax advisor, you don't have to worry about losing any tax return or other consulting revenue when introducing us to your clients. Our goal is to make you look good by performing the most accurate and tax-saving study possible. We are the good news in your practice and your partnership is paramount to our success.   Get in touch with Eric at https://costsegauthority.com/

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From 5G coronavirus beliefs to age old antisemitic tropes, it often feels like we are witnessing the rapid spread and dissemination of conspiracy theories online, with very real offline consequences. Putting out these digital wildfires before they take hold is both vital and necessary, especially in our social media dominated and hyper-connected world. Our final episode of this season attempts to do just that. Taking the experiences, thoughts and expertise of those who understand firsthand the dangers of misinformation, we explore how conspiracy theories are created and disseminated. This is a particular point of interest for our two guests today, Daniel Jolley and Eric Oliver. Daniel is a social psychologist at the University of Nottingham who has done extensive research into the social psychological consequences of conspiracy theories. Eric Oliver is a professor at the University of Chicago and host of the podcast, Nine Questions. His research covers a wide array of topics, including the predictors of belief in conspiracy theories.  Media Minded explores the bizarre world of misinformation and conspiracies. Following on from the success of the first season in 2019, each episode platforms a different subject who has previously been a victim of, or a willing participant in, a conspiracy theory… but these lines may be more blurred than you think. Ex-cultists, anti-vaxxers and more describe their slow descent into the untrue, and those who experience the brunt of the lies and hatred explain the effect that the proliferation of these ideas has. All the while, industry-leading academics and experts provide theoretical justifications for the actions taken by all parties. Presented by Matteo Bergamini Edited and recorded by Sabina Mckenzie Brown. This podcast is made possible thanks to the kind support and sponsorship of the US embassy in London.

Syndication Made Easy with Erik Oliver Erik Oliver holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Accounting from Westminster College. Prior to joining Cost Segregation Authority, Erik was an Operations Manager for a multi-million dollar landscaping and design firm in Long Island, NY. Since heading west and joining Cost Segregation Authority, Erik has been speaking at local, regional, and national events. He brings with him a passion for identifying cost savings and educating commercial real estate owners on the benefits of cost segregation. What Are You Going to Learn Here? Tax Implications for Real Estate Investors Cost Segregation and the Impacts of Tax Reform ------------------------------------------------ About Vinney (Smile) Chopra: Vinney is a real estate investor, syndicator, International best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2 children-Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California (near San Francisco) for 40+ years. Vinney came to this country with only $7 in his pocket and a dream. Vinney has now built a portfolio of over 6,500 units amounting to over $650 Million in the multifamily, senior assisted living and hospitality arenas. He is passionate about helping others achieve financial freedom and giving back to our seniors who have given us so much. Learn more about Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/ Learn more about investing with Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/investor/ Apply for Mentorship: https://vinneychopra.com/mentorship/ Vinney's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VinneyChopra/videos Vinney's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/ Vinney's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ Vinney's Free Book: https://vinneychopra.com/freebook/ ------------------------------------------------

Syndication Made Easy with Eric Oliver Erik Oliver holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Accounting from Westminster College. Prior to joining Cost Segregation Authority, Erik was an Operations Manager for a multi-million dollar landscaping and design firm in Long Island, NY. Since heading west and joining Cost Segregation Authority, Erik has been speaking at local, regional, and national events. He brings with him a passion for identifying cost savings and educating commercial real estate owners on the benefits of cost segregation. What Are You Going to Learn Here? Tax Implications for Real Estate Investors Cost Segregation and the Impacts of Tax Reform ------------------------------------------------ About Vinney (Smile) Chopra: Vinney is a real estate investor, syndicator, International best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2 children-Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California (near San Francisco) for 40+ years. Vinney came to this country with only $7 in his pocket and a dream. Vinney has now built a portfolio of over 6,500 units amounting to over $650 Million in the multifamily, senior assisted living and hospitality arenas. He is passionate about helping others achieve financial freedom and giving back to our seniors who have given us so much. Learn more about Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/ Learn more about investing with Vinney: https://vinneychopra.com/investor/ Apply for Mentorship: https://vinneychopra.com/mentorship/ Vinney's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VinneyChopra/videos Vinney's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/ Vinney's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ Vinney's Free Book: https://vinneychopra.com/freebook/ ------------------------------------------------

Curiosity theories abound. How might curiosity contribute to their growth and attractiveness -- or/and how might it be an antidote? What happens when genuine curiosity is applied to these theories? Political scientist and University of Chicago professor Eric Oliver joins me to explore what happens when curiosity goes down the rabbit hole. Theme music by Sean Balick. “Shadow Plan” by Dorica via Blue Dot Sessions.

If you're still confused about cost segregation, stop what you're doing right now and listen to this episode. Erik Oliver, Managing Director at Cost Segregation Authority, serves as a consultant for real estate investors who want to save tax dollars from their investments. He helps his clients increase their cash flow by applying cost segregation, the process of giving valuations to individual assets for federal tax deduction purposes. He also provided a quick deep-dive about bonus depreciation and tells us how investors can utilize it in their deals.    [00:01 - 02:40] Opening Segment Erik Oliver tells us why he is in the real estate business How he applies his accounting degree in real estate The exact role that he plays as a consultant [02:41 - 08:49] Crash Course on Cost Segregation Why would an investor do cost segregation? Erik explains Erik tells us how his team accelerates deductions in their properties How a depreciation recapture works according to Erik [08:50 - 18:16] What Investors Should Know About Bonus Depreciation He reveals the reason commercial real estate is a 39-year asset class …and why residential is only 27 years The simple explanation of depreciation Every asset has a unique depreciation life, and here's why The properties eligible for 100% bonus appreciation have this characteristic [18:17 - 19:57] Closing Segment Reach out to Erik See links below  Final words   Tweetable Quotes “Manage the allocation of your sales price and put that into the right buckets, which allows you to reduce your total tax bill upon sale.” - Erik Oliver  “...depending on the structure of the deal, your depreciation doesn't have to be divvied up equally amongst your investors..” - Erik Oliver  “We still have a couple of good years of quality bonus depreciation available to us. So, definitely keep that in mind as you're investing and looking at different properties.” - Erik Oliver    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------   Email erik@costsegauthority.com to connect with Erik or follow him on LinkedIn. Do you want to save millions of tax dollars? Visit Cost Segregation Authority to learn how.    Connect with me: I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns.   Facebook LinkedIn   Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on.  Thank you for tuning in!   Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: Erik Oliver  00:00 When you buy an asset, let's say you buy an apartment building, you're not just buying the land in the walls, you're also buying a bunch of appliances. You're buying a bunch of ceiling fans, you're buying a bunch of garbage disposals and a bunch of flooring and all these different assets, and according to the IRS, those assets can be depreciated at a much faster rate than 27 and a half years and that example. So carpet, for example, should be depreciated over five years, your appliances should be depreciated over five years. But when you pay 2.8 million for it, you don't know how much of that 2.8 million is for refrigerators or garbage disposals. And so that's what a cost segregation company does is we come in and we segregate those costs into different buckets.    Intro  00:37 Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we will teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big.   Sam Wilson  00:49 Eric Oliver is the managing director at cost segregation authority and his work with clients across the country saving significant tax dollars. Eric brings with him a passion for identifying cost savings and educating real estate investors. Eric, welcome to the show.   Erik Oliver  01:03 Hey, thanks for having me, Sam. Glad to be here.   Sam Wilson  01:05 Pleasure's all mine. same three questions I ask every guest who comes on the show. Can you tell me in 90 seconds or less, where did you start, where are you now, and how did you get there?   Erik Oliver  01:13 Yeah, sure. So I started my background is in accounting. So my major in accounting never really wanted to be a CPA, I was just numbers always came easy to me. And I'm horrible at English. And so I said, Hey, I'm going to go into a math degree. So I have an accounting degree. And my background is in sales. I've been in sales for the last 20 years. And so I was looking for a job, I lived in New York for a long period and wanted to move back out west and was looking for a job and came across this company. They've been in business for about 16 years now. And I thought it would be a good fit with my accounting degree and my business development background. And so I joined their team been here about six years now. And loving it, love helping investors. It's the, I gotta be honest with you, it's the easiest sales job I've ever had. It's a math equation either makes sense or it doesn't, right. So I love that aspect of it and glad to be here with this company.   Sam Wilson  02:04 That's fantastic. I love that. Yeah, your sales job, I would only imagine is pretty easy in the sense. It's like, “Hey, by the way, I can help you save a loads of money.” Yeah, a little bit upfront. Like…   Erik Oliver  02:15 Right? That's exactly what it is. It's, you know, you can give me 4,000, and I'll save you 40. Or you can pay the IRS 40. In April you decide and so, right, it's really more of a consultant position, which I love is just kind of walking people through how this works and exit strategies and you know, different investment strategies that we see with the investors we work with. And so that's the part that I really love. It's not like I'm trying to convince somebody they need to do it. It's more of a consulting and I love that aspect of the job.    Sam Wilson  02:41 Great. We've certainly had several different firms come on the show and talk about cost segregation, we've dived, I mean, like you said, English isn't isn't our strong suit, whatever we did, we got into those, you know, kind of some of the nuances of cost seg. And you know, that was a good time. But just in case, our listeners haven't listened to that episode, can you give us just a I mean, bite size, what is cost segregation?    Erik Oliver  03:03 Sure, Cost Segregation is just accelerated depreciation. So when you buy an investment property, you get to depreciate that over either 27 and a half or 39 years, depending on the asset. And so you're taking 1/27 or 1/39 of that the building price in terms of depreciation over those ports of years, and all we're doing is saying, well, instead of taking 1/39 of your storage units, what if you could take 30% of the deductions in the first year, and spread out the rest of the 70% over the course of the next 38 years. And so there's a number of reasons why you would want to front-load your deduction, you know, you've got time value of money, big one right now is inflation. You know, $1 today is worth more than $1, yesterday, or even an hour ago. So there's a number of reasons why you want to frontload those deductions, give me my deductions today, I'm not going to hold my storage unit for 39 years. So give me my deductions today. Let me put that money to work on my next storage unit or what-not. And so that's really what we're doing is front-loading depreciation deductions.   Sam Wilson  04:00 Gotcha. Yeah, that's really your point there that $1 today is worth more than $1 for tomorrow, not tomorrow's dollars worth less than today's dollar. That's one thing. And the other thing you pointed out there is that, you know, if you have a 39, say, 39-year or 30 and a half 39-year deductions, yeah, yeah, you have that. I mean, by the time 39 years from now, I don't really plan on I mean, minus passive income and assuming I'm still alive, like, it just it doesn't make any sense to pay taxes like I'm in the highest-earning tax bracket right now. Right? The more deductions I can as a person, either a passive investor get on my k-one or even an active investor, right? More deductions, I can bank today, the better off really I am in the long term. That's really fascinating, you know, but with that one of the topics that we haven't spent a lot of time digging into is one, most of us don't hold these properties for 39 and a half or 39 years or 27 and a half years even, it's just not the way it is. And there's a few people that say Oh, I'll hold is in perpetuity. Okay, good for you, but the normal business plan is five to seven-year hold on a lot of these larger commercial assets, because we all bring in investors, and then we got to make them their pile of money and give them their money back. So what happens then, like Orleans, we haven't dug into his depreciation recapture? I mean, it just seems like, are you just trading dollars at that point? And when you pay the tax? What's that look like?    Erik Oliver  05:18 Yeah, that's a great question we get that, get asked that quite often. And I'll kind of just back up a little bit just to shed a little bit of light for those listeners who aren't familiar with how we accelerate those deductions. What we're doing essentially, is we're just, when you buy an asset, let's say you buy an apartment building, you're not just buying the land in the walls, you're also buying a bunch of appliances, you're buying a bunch of ceiling fans, you're buying a bunch of garbage disposals and a bunch of flooring and all these different assets. And according to the IRS, those assets can be depreciated at a much faster rate than 27 and a half years in that example. So carpet, for example, should be depreciated over five years, your appliances should be depreciated over five years. But when you pay 2.8 million for it, you don't know how much of that 2.8 million is for refrigerators or garbage disposals. And so that's what a cost segregation company does is we come in and we segregate those costs into different buckets. And the reason that's important is think about it when you buy an asset. Let's go back to your question on recapture, I'll kind of back into this. But if you buy a building, let's say you buy an apartment building for $5 million, and you hold it for five years, and you sell it five years later, for 10, the markets great, you've doubled the value of the property's doubled. You sell it for 10. When you go to pay taxes on that, if you don't do a cost seg study, you're telling the IRS that everything doubled in value, my land is worth double, my walls are worth double. And guess what, so is my dirty old carpet that I've had for five years, it's now worth double what I bought it for five years ago, right? That's just not the case, carpet doesn't go up in value, carpet goes down in bed. But when you have everything lumped together as one big asset, that's all you can do is say, “Well, this asset I bought for five, this big asset I sold for 10. So everything doubles in value.” When you do cost segregation, you've got everything broken up into different buckets now. And because we have it broken up into different buckets, I can say what are my five-year assets worth after owning that building for five years, they're worth zero, they're fully depreciated, right? And so you're not selling your carpet for more than what you paid for it, you're selling it for zero, it has zero book value in that example, because I've owned it for five years. And so when you do cost segregation, it allows you to manage those recapture taxes. And essentially, what you're doing is you're taking your deduction at a high rate, taking it against that high 37% federal tax, federal income tax, you're taking your deduction of 37%, you're paying back a portion of it, and that portion is dependent upon how long you own it, you're paying back a portion of it at a lower rate at a future date and saving the spread. And so when you're paying that back, if you're paying it back at a capital gains rate of 20%, and taking the deduction at 37. Even if you're paying it all back, you're still saving that 17% spread. And like I said, in actuality, you're not paying it all back. Because in that example, your five-year assets are fully depreciated. So you're paying no recapture on your five-year assets. And so you're only paying parts of that recapture at a lower rate. And so that's one of the side benefits. I don't know if it's a side benefit. But it's one of the secondary benefits of having a cost segregation study done is give me my deductions now. But then when I sell the asset, I'm able to manage the allocation of my sales price. Again, that's important, manage the allocation of your sales price, and put that into the right buckets, which allows you to reduce your total tax bill upon sale. And so hopefully, that wasn't too far in the weeds. But I think, you know, the main point there is you're not selling your carpet for more than you bought it for. Right, take your deduction at a higher rate, pay back a portion of it at a lower rate at a future date and save the spread. And that's really what we're trying to accomplish.   Sam Wilson  08:50 Right. Yeah. And I think that's an interesting clarification that a lot of people don't have when, when they're being sold these investments when you're talking to passive investors, right? Like, hey, you know, 100% bonus depreciation 100%, this, like, blah, blah, blah, cost seg, they don't tell you that, hey, on the back end, you're gonna capture some of this again, it just might be at a much lower rate. So I mean, and again, you know, for a lot of passive investors, they care but they don't care in the sense of like, I'm coming to you to put a deal together to make me money. And you're getting really in the weeds there, Sam. So yeah, just send me my k-1and tell me what it is. Let's go.   Erik Oliver  09:29 Right. And that's something to that we talked to investors about or just something to keep in mind in terms of cost segregation, and when you're putting these deals together is depending on the structure of the deal, your depreciation doesn't have to be divvied up equally amongst your investors. I mean, you can put in your operating agreement that you know, you might have some investors who are high W2 earners, and they're not real estate professionals and they're just looking for a place to park their money and they don't necessarily need the tax deductions or can't utilize them versus some investors that are bringing money to the table. All they're looking for is a tax write-off. And so being able to kind of mix and match with your investors, what you're giving them in terms of tax write-offs by utilizing some of these cost segregation strategies is key to finding new investors and being able to provide for them, you know, what they're looking for whether it's, are they looking for equity long term? Are they looking for a tax write-off in the short term? And so that's one of the added benefits.   Sam Wilson  10:21 Right, now, that's a great point. Yeah. Because I think about, you know, separate self-directed IRAs, you know, Roth, IRAs, things like that, that I have. And I mean, the deals were in that I use myself, I don't need to, you can give me all the write-offs you want. I don't care. They don't care. Yeah, doesn't do me any good. I wonder if, you pose an interesting thought there, which is not part of our onboarding process right now. But I wonder if that's probably a good question to put in your investor questionnaire as they come on board. Do you need the appreciation benefits or the cost seg benefits as we like, is this something you can even use? Right? If not, we're going to have our accountants funnel this to other, you know, split it up evenly amongst the investors that do need it.   Erik Oliver  11:00 That, do need it. And maybe that those who don't need it, maybe they have more equity in the deal or whatever, however, you want to structure it. But yeah, give them what they're looking for. And it does help when you're raising money to be able to tailor your offering to what they're looking for and what their needs are.   Sam Wilson  11:14 What's a good way to explain cost segregation or depreciation to an investor? Because I mean, I've got a lot of people that this is such a, especially non-business owners, right? To me, it took me a while to wrap my head around like, Wait, so I'm gonna put money and I'm gonna make money, and then I'm gonna lose money.   Erik Oliver  11:31 Right?   Sam Wilson  11:32 How does this third-grade math tell me this doesn't work? Right? But yet it does. So what's a good way when talking to investors? Do you think that people should be saying, Hey, this is maybe someone's never heard of depreciation, or bonus depreciation, or short offset like,   Erik Oliver  11:47 You know, depreciation, it does take a little bit to get your head around. But it really is a non-cash expense. So when you think about business, we have income. And then we have our expenses, right? So whether you're manufacturing widgets, you got to buy the parts for the widgets, and those are your expenses. And then you sell those parts, that's your income. And your income minus your expenses is obviously your profit. And depreciation is just a non-cash expense. It's no different than, you know, people at the end of the year, they go out and buy a truck to try and get a write-off. Depreciation is the same effect, the same thing. It's just non-cash. And the other way to look at it is everything deteriorates over time. And so basically, if you think about, you know, sometimes people say, Well, why are commercial properties 39-year assets, and residential 27 and a half. And the thought process there is, is that when you've got somebody living in a building 24/7 or potentially there 24/7, where you've got a commercial building that's open nine to five, that commercial building is going to last longer. All the stuff in it is going to last longer than something that's being used 24/7. And so we've got these different depreciation lives. And there's court cases where all these depreciate, Oh, someone said, at one point, there was a court case that said, “you know, my carpet doesn't last 39 years, and so I shouldn't be depreciating it over 39 years.” And so then the court said, “Yeah, you're right, carpets, you know, only last five years. And so carpet now has a depreciable life of five years.” And so that's really all it is. It's just the depreciation, and how long does it take that asset on average, to basically become worthless. And so if you had a commercial building, let's say you had a storage unit, in theory, if you own that storage unit, you built it and owned it for 39 years and never maintained it. After that 39 years, it would be worth zero, right? And that's kind of the thought process behind it. So because of that, you get to take these write-offs, because every year it's worth a little bit less than a little bit less in terms of the structural value, not necessarily the market value. You know, obviously, things go up depending on the market, but the structural value goes down. That siding is now five years old. And so it's not worth as much as it was when you put it on their original. And so I don't know if that was an easy way to describe the depreciation.   Sam Wilson  13:55 No, I think that's really good talks about bonus depreciation. There's a lot of concerns coming down, you know, you see the chatter on the internet machine. And it's all, you know, hey, you're bonus depreciation go going away, blah, blah. Can you tell us quickly what is just for our listeners? What is bonus depreciation and talk to us about the sunsetting of it and kind of what's happening on that front?   Erik Oliver  14:16 Sure. No, that's a great question. So bonus depreciation has been around for a while, and it's kind of a way the government has used depreciation to stimulate the economy. And so they have, you know, depending on how they in the past, depending on how the economy was going, they would either increase the bonus or decrease the bonus on what they were trying to accomplish. And what bonus depreciation is, is that I think originally bonus depreciation was set up to not for real estate. So when you think about bonus depreciation, it was on assets that have a depreciable life of 20 years or less, right? So the idea was, hey, if you go buy a new truck, we're going to allow you to take 100% of the depreciation in the first year versus spreading that out over X amount of years. Whatever the depreciable life of a truck Is, or a bulldozer or a piece of machinery, right. However, when you think about cost segregation, when you buy a 27 and a half year asset and you do a cost seg study, now we're coming in, and we're segregating into five, seven, and 15-year buckets. Well, those five, seven and 15-year buckets are all under 20 years. And so now they're eligible for bonus, right? And Trump knew this, Trump being a real estate investor, and we won't go down that rabbit hole, whether you like him or not, that's up to you. But he is a real estate investor. And when he rewrote the tax laws or the tax codes, he was very favorable to real estate investors, and he understands how bonus depreciation works. And so he extended bonus depreciation to the end of next year, so any properties purchased between September 27 of 2017 and December 31 of this year 2022, are eligible for 100% bonus. And what that means is, is that when we do a cost seg study, all the five, seven and 15 year assets that we identify, instead of depreciating your five-year carpet over five years, you know, you get roughly 20%, every year for five years, you get to take 100% of that in the first year, right. And so this is big because when you buy a million, let's say you buy a million-dollar asset, we typically segregate somewhere around 30%. So all of a sudden, you're getting a $300,000 write-off in the first year with bonus depreciation.    Sam Wilson  16:21 That's nice. And even if you don't use the entirety of that write-off that year, that right off carries forward until you've used all of it.    Erik Oliver  16:26 Correct. Yeah, you don't ever lose it.   Sam Wilson  16:29 So what happens to the sunset? When is this going away? Because I know there's a phased out, they're phasing this out on this, what is that?   Erik Oliver  16:35 Yeah, and so, exactly. So they were talks about, you know, with the new administration coming in, were they going to keep this 100% bonus in place, or were they going to get rid of it, there was talks about them getting rid of it. So far, in the stuff that's been proposed, bonus depreciation has not even been mentioned, which is great. And so the current phase-out period is, it's 100% for anything through the end of this year. Now, that's any asset you buy through the end of this year. So let's say you don't do a cost seg study on the on an asset you bought this year, you don't do the cost seg study for two years, you're still eligible for that 100% bonus, a law applies to the time you purchased or put the building into service. So anything you buy between now and the end of the year is eligible for 100% bonus, and then starting anything purchased in 2023, it starts to phase out 20%. So now you get 80% bonus. So now if you've got $100,000 worth of carpet, for example, you get to take 80,000 of that in the first year, the 20,000 then gets played out over the next four years, right. And so same thing with your seven and your 15-year asset. So it starts at 100, next year goes to 80. The following year, it goes to 60 and 2027, it's down to zero and that's assuming nothing changes but you know, we still have a couple of good years of quality bonus depreciation available to us. So definitely keep that in mind as you're investing and looking at different properties.    Sam Wilson  17:53 Man, this is fantastic, Eric, thank you for taking so much time today to really break down even further and nuance into cost segregation this is I don't think we've quite gone this deep on some of these more nuanced parts of this especially the sunset provisions there on bonus depreciation that's something that I think our listeners will find very very helpful because there is again like you said a lot of chatter around it. So yeah, that's been absolutely fantastic. Last question for you, if our listeners want to get in touch with you do business with you learn more about you can you tell us the best way to do that?   Erik Oliver  18:24 Sure. Absolutely. So our website is just costsegauthority.com. That's C-O-S-T-S-E-G, authority dot com. From the website, my contact information is on there, please use me as a resource. If you have any depreciation questions, feel free to call me, if you've got child tax credit or earned business income questions, please don't call me because I can't answer those. But anything depreciation-related. We're kind of a niche accounting firm, we just do cost segregation. So trying to think the weirdest question I think I've been asked is how to depreciate mule deer for a breeding farm in Wisconsin, they were, breed these deer and believe it or not, deer have a depreciable life of X amount of years. And so we got that question. I didn't know the answer that right off the top, but I was able to find the answer. So if you have any depreciation-related questions, 100%, please feel free to call me my email is on there, my phone numbers on there. From our website. If you do have properties, we do a free benefit analysis on your property. And we'll give you an idea of what the fee would be to do the study as well as what your expected tax savings would be. So feel free to reach out to us that way. It's been great, Sam, I appreciate your time. Glad to be here.   Sam Wilson  19:29 Eric, thank you so much. Have a great rest of your day. All right, you too. Take care. Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Podcast. If you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen, if you can do that for us, that would be a fantastic help to the show. It helps us both attract new listeners, as well as rank higher on those directories. So I appreciate you listening. Thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode  

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The Nevada County Toy Run, a 29 year old tradition, will begin at the Rood Center on Saturday, December 11th, rain or shine. Felton Pruitt recently spoke with one of its new organizers, Eric Oliver.

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What makes us more likely to believe in conspiracy theories? Can our religious beliefs or political affiliations determine whether we're less likely to believe in scientific facts? Why are health conspiracy theories some of the most widely believed notions? We revisit a conversation with Eric Oliver who talks us through the factors that drive people towards conspiracy theories. Eric Oliver, PhD is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Although the majority of his work is squarely in the realm of how we view our political systems and make political decisions, some of his work echoes moral psychology and sociology, and we find it fascinating. And, frankly, some of it is just downright fun to talk about. Eric's observations come from more than 20 years of research, dozens of peer-reviewed papers, and he is the author of 5 books on political science. We specifically talked about how liberals and conservatives name their children, the rise of intuitionism, having dinner with a sports star rather than a rock star, and of course, he spoke in-depth about conspiracy theories. Most importantly, he walked us through some key aspects of how to have a conversation with someone who is on the opposite side of the conspiracy-theory belief system and, interestingly enough, it begins with empathy. Listen to the entire episode to hear all his insights and research anecdotes. They'll put a smile on your face as well as fresh ideas into your brain! We have been fans of his work for some time and are grateful that Eric shared his insights with us. We think you'll become a fan, too, if you're not already one. [NOTE: This episode is republished from our interview with Eric in episode #172 from Sept 2020.] © 2021 Behavioral Grooves Topics (3:17) Welcome and speed round. (10:17) What characteristics predict whether you will believe in conspiracy theories? (19:24) People rely on heuristics in times of uncertainty. (24:48) Have conspiracy theories increased since Covid? (27:03) What factors make us more likely to believe conspiracy theories? (32:36) Do religious people tend to believe more in conspiracy theories? (38:47) Why Donald Trump appeals to conspiracy theorists. (42:50) How to talk to your relatives about their conspiracy theories? (45:33) What music does Eric listen to? (53:19) Grooving session with Tim and Kurt discussing Eric's work. Links Eric Oliver, PhD: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/eric-oliver  Jonathan Haidt, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt  James Frazer, “The Golden Bough”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough  Katherine Surma on Credulity: https://www.jericoliver.com/uploads/1/1/8/9/118973414/surmaoliver3.5.18-final.pdf  Laurie Santos, PhD: The Joe Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimHHAID_P0  Steve Kerr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr  Colin Kaepernick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick Charles Manson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson  Andy Luttrell, Episode 175: Pro's and Con's of Persuasion When Issues are Moralized: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/andy-luttrell-pros-and-cons-of-persuasion-when-issues-are-moralized/ Kwame Christina, Episode 178: On Compassionate Curiosity, Social Justice Conversations, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/kwame-christian-on-compassionate-curiosity-social-justice-conversations-and-cinnamon-toast-crunch/ Musical Links LCD Sound System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq3BtGrpU8  Kurt Weil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill  Phillip Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73x3O7dhmg  Keith Richards and Chuck Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVLy-ltjHs 

Misinformation is like a virus, spreading quickly and propagating in a way that doesn't benefit its host. Andy Noman describes harmful ideas as acting like “mind parasites” that deploy clever tactics to infect our thinking by circumventing our mental immune systems. And we're even more susceptible to bad ideas than we realize.  So how do we immunize ourselves against mind parasites? Can we reach herd immunity? Can we critically think our way out of this epidemic of unreason? After 30 years of research on this topic, Andy has concluded that the traditional models of critical thinking are not up to the task in our hyper-connected world. We need a more comprehensive framework for inoculating our minds against viral nonsense.  Andy Norman is an award-winning author who teaches philosophy at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University. He has recently published his new book, “Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think”: https://amzn.to/3o6OjbU. We are thrilled to welcome Andy as part of our series on understanding more about Conspiracy Theories. Our conversation with Andy reveals details of his framework for strengthening our own mental immunity. We hope you enjoy listening! Subscribe to Behavioral Grooves on your podcast player so you are notified about our new episodes. Next week we will be hearing from Prof. Eric Oliver about how to talk to our friends and family about conspiracy theories. If you are a regular listener to Behavioral Grooves, please consider donating to our work through our Behavioral Grooves Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves. We also love reading your reviews on the podcast, which help others find our content. Topics (3:37) Welcome and speed round questions. (6:20) We are experiencing an epidemic of unreason.  (8:17) How can we immunize ourselves against disinformation?  (14:10) How our identity can affect our mental immunity. (17:54) A framework for mental immunity.  (21:11) Thinking in probabilities instead of in black & white. (26:08) Why acknowledging other people's truths can have a surprising effect.  (29:38) The objective difference between a good idea and a bad idea. (32:25) Arguing with someone who only cares about themselves. (38:54) Is there a chance we will reach mental herd immunity? (44:13) What music is on Andy's playlist? (47:11) Grooving Session with Kurt and Tim talking about how to apply Andy's work. © 2021 Behavioral Grooves Links “Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think” by Andy Norman: https://amzn.to/3o6OjbU  Ludwig Wittgenstein: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein  Socrates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates  Dan Kahan, “Identity Protective Cognition”: https://bit.ly/2YxM3Sk  Episode 176: Annie Duke on How to Decide: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/annie-duke-on-how-to-decide/ Musical Links Mark Knopfler “Piper to the End”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsrKWwx3x7o

Host of Hidden Brain podcast, Shankar Vedantam talks with us about the powers: both useful and harmful, of our delusional thinking. Nations are an example of useful delusions; they are an entirely human-made construct, yet they can present us with a unifying, shared identity.  There is a tipping point, however, at which our beliefs can become harmful to someone else. Shankar defines conspiracy theories as a particular type of self deception which can easily escalate into harmful behavior. Our conversation with Shankar touches on the Capitol Riots in Washington DC on January 6th 2021, and how conspiracy theories influenced the behavior of the rioters. “Conspiracy theories, I think are a sort of special case of self deception, which...can easily take over into things that are deeply harmful.” The challenge most of us face though, is how to talk to our friends and family who believe in conspiracy theories. And on that point, Shankar explains the Illusion Of Explanatory Depth and how conversations with our loved ones need to start with an air of empathy and compassion. You can listen to our full interview with Shankar Vedantam in Episode 222: How Delusions Can Actually Be Useful: Shankar Vedantam Reveals How: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/shankar-vedantam-useful-delusions/.  This bitesize episode is the introduction to our Conspiracy Theories Series, which will run through the month of November 2021. Over the next few weeks, you will hear from some of the brightest minds in the field of conspiracy theories and science denial. Here is our line up for the month: Nov 7th, 2021: Lee McIntyre discussing his new book, “How To Talk to A Science Denier.”  Nov 14th, 2021: Andy Norman talking about his new book “Mental Immunity”. Nov 21st, 2021: Eric Oliver, a political science professor at the University of Chicago who has studied conspiracy theorists for over 20 years.  Nov 28th, 2021: Howard Rankin, describing his new book “I Think Therefore I Am Wrong.”  Subscribe or follow Behavioral Grooves on your podcast player so you don't miss out on this fascinating series about conspiracy theories. © 2021 Behavioral Grooves Links Subscribe to the Behavioral Grooves Newsletter: https://behavioralgrooves.com/  Write a review of Behavioral Grooves podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/behavioral-grooves-podcast/id1303870112  Behavioral Grooves Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/behavioralgrooves  Shankar Vedantam, Episode 222. How Delusions Can Actually Be Useful: Shankar Vedantam Reveals How: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/shankar-vedantam-useful-delusions/ Shankar Vedantam of Hidden Brain: https://hiddenbrain.org/  Shankar Vedantam, “Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain”: https://amzn.to/2PUkzlv

In this episode, Sadie & Naomi talk all about diet & health red flags….but not in the way you've probably heard that phrase before! Instead of the usual fearmongering about food, exercise, and body size, this episode is all about how diet culture & disordered eating or exercise behaviors can sneak up on us, and how we might be (inadvertently) contributing to some harmful social norms. Because sometimes the things we think are helpful, are actually….not so helpful. This episode covers: how health is super complicated, and not something we can judge by body size; how consent is important in all things, including conversations about health; how moralizing anything - food, exercise, bodies, health - does more harm than good; and so much more! Plus, Naomi gives us a whole lesson on Oreo flavors!You can stay up to date on all things Satisfaction Factor by following us on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!And be sure to check out Shame Free Fitness, Sadie's new training program for fitness professionals who strive to be the change within an industry that is centered around diet culture. You can get all the details & register at www.shamefreefitness.com!Here's where to find us:Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @thesadiesimpsonNaomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomiFor this episode's transcript, visit: www.satisfactionfactorpod.comThis episode references:"Should I Use The Word Fat" by Lindley AshlineMaintenance Phase Podcast: The Body Mass Index"The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI" by Aubrey GordonFat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic by J. Eric Oliver

Separating from Traditional Healthcare.Physical therapist and owner of Beyond Exercise uncovers his PT journey of separating from the traditional healthcare system, what it takes to be a good physical therapist, and how he operates his practiceFollow When Pigs Fly:Facebook, Instagram, TwitterFollow Beyond Exercise:Website 

Conspiracy theories, for the most part, have resided on the fringes of society. But in the past two years they have migrated front and center, making headlines and, for some, raising grave concerns. Alarmingly, Christians are caught up in all of this, many times not knowing exactly what to believe as truth. Christians have always understood that there is a reality beyond the present physical one we inhabit on a daily basis, but what happens when this kind of thinking is taken to places it was never meant to go? In an age when virtually limitless information is available at one’s fingertips, is the truth being overwhelmed by competing voices? What exactly is a conspiracy theory? Should conspiracy theories be discounted wholesale, or should they be considered plausible at some level? Are Christians particularly susceptible to conspiracy theories? If so, why? All that and more on this edition of Questions From The Pew.RESOURCES:Half of U.S. Protestant Pastors Hear Conspiracy Theories in Their Churches - Lifeway Research“Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of Mass Opinion” - J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. WoodWhat do we know about conspiracy theories? - American Psychological AssociationChristians, Conspiracy Theories, and Credibility: Why Our Words Today Matter for Eternity - Lifeway ResearchLeave us a short voice message or text message at (312) 725-2995.Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/questionsfromthepew

Eric Oliver is the co-founder of Worth Network, an app that incentivizes customers to promote themselves using food from restaurants. We talk with him about his company, the Lola Bunny news, NFT's, Papa John's, Burger King tweets, and Coming2America.

David Morgan joins us to discuss University of Chicago Political Science professor Eric Oliver's new book "Enchanted America: How Intuition & Reason Divide Our Politics".  Along the way David helps explain why many Americans are increasingly embracing bizarre conspiracy theories in an attempt to make sense of a complicated and changing world. Go Beyond the Pale with David Morgan! Episode Index: 1:25- Intro with Steve 7:07- Conversation with David begins 9:40- Why Americans are not divided by ideology but by thinking styles 17:00- Why the brain creates mental shortcuts to explain the world 28:28- Can you be a rationalist & believe in the Bible? 34:44- How people respond when they feel judged 47:30- Fragile masculinity leads to even more bizarre behaviour 57:28- Conspiracy theories are a reaction to fear    

February is Black History Month and we are celebrating by drawing your attention to just a few of the many Black and African American choral musicians in our city and the extraordinary art they create all year long. In this episode we are talking with William Henry Caldwell, Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Roots Community Choir, as well as Marcellene Winfrey and Eric Oliver- two musical leaders of the Classical Roots.

On episode 12 of Overthink, Ellie and David sit down with philosopher Brian Keeley to discuss conspiracy theories. The three examine both the appeal of conspiracy theories and the dire need for public trust in institutions to combat such beliefs. Following last week's far-right attack on the Capitol, Ellie and David consider the particularly American nature of conspiracy theories that has existed since the nation's founding.  Finally, they discuss the way conspiracy theories root within families and communities and pull people apart.  Works Discussed Brian Keeley, "Of Conspiracy Theories"Anne Applebaum, "Trump and His Heirs Dream of Endless Victory"Jared Millson, "Conspiracy Theories"Stephan Lewandowsky and John Cook, "The Conspiracy Theory Handbook"Charles Pigden, "Before Conspiracy Theories and the Conventional Wisdom"Mack Lamoureux, “People Tell Us How QAnon Destroyed Their Relationships” J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood, "Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style(s) of Mass Opinion"Website | overthinkpodcast.comInstagram & Twitter | @overthink_podEmail |  Dearoverthink@gmail.comYouTube | Overthink podcast

Today we are talking with William Henry Caldwell, Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's Classical Roots Community Choir, as well as Marcellene Winfrey and Eric Oliver- two of the Classical Roots musical leaders.

Guest: Anna MuddI met Anna Mudd via Instagram and forged a friendship before I realized she was grafting the very queens that end up in my hive. Eventually, I got to meet her in real life at the apiary where she works, from where I bought my hive. Anna Mudd is a queen bee grafter. The queen bee of a hive is essentially the mother. And there can only be one mother. If two queen bees hatch simultaneously, they will fight to the death until one remains. Every bee colony is as dependent on the queen as much as the queen is dependent on the colony. But if she fails, the colony becomes fragile. And sometimes, a beekeeper finds themselves needing a new queen. Or not able to wait until the colony raises a new one.And here is where people like Anna Mudd step in--people whose job it is to raise queen bees. Multiple queen bees. Hundreds of queen bees, in a process that manipulates the colony into raising more queen bees than they would otherwise make. Using special frames--and I’ll segue here. A frame is a reproduction of a natural bee colony structure where under natural circumstances they draw out honeycomb and beekeepers use this natural process and map it onto a structural element made out of wood or plastic that can can fit into a man-made hive box. This is called a frame and bees draw out honeycomb on it. The frame can then be removed for inspection or honey extraction. These special frames have multiple pre-manufactured cells that resemble the shape of a queen cell. When they are filled with young larvae and moved into a hive, the shape of the cells signal to the worker bees that the larvae within are meant to be queens. And the workers, in turn, will feed the larvae royal jelly throughout development so that they mature into queen bees instead of worker bees. And then they cap the cells with beeswax. About one week later, the queen bees will emerge. Raising queen bees requires not only a steady hand but an acute awareness of time, making sure to remove the frame of multiple queen cells before hatching so that they can then be nurtured separately for sale. Anna works for Golden West Bees, run by Eric Oliver. Their queen bees are sold all over California and beyond.Her work is, to say the least, detailed. She identifies and then moves tiny 3-day old larvae, smaller than a grain of rice by hand and, as you’ll learn, by mouth, into these manufactured queen cups. Her job too, is seasonal--queen bees are not raised year-round, they’re raised mostly during Spring due to the limits of what constitutes good mating weather: temperatures in the 70s and 80s. And we talk a little about what it means to be a seasonal worker and why Anna chooses to do what she calls “gig work.”You’ll also hear Anna mention Randy Oliver--Eric’s father, who founded the business and now does full-time bee research. Randy Oliver is a respected bee researcher who publishes monthly articles in American Bee Journaland is a popular speaker when it comes to bee biology and how to help bee colonies fight varroa mites. Read more show notes at christinehlee.com/frontyardpolitics. Bio:Anna Mudd (she/her) lives on unceded Nisenan land, known as Grass Valley, CA. She is pursuing licensure as an electrician and filling her pantry with local and foraged home-canned foods, herbs, and spices. Find her art and anti-capitalist living on Instagram @muddhands.

Eric Oliver, PhD is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Although the majority of his work is squarely in the realm of how we view our political systems and make political decisions, some of his work echoes moral psychology and sociology, and we find it fascinating. And, frankly, some of it is just downright fun to talk about. Eric’s observations come from more than 20 years of research, dozens of peer-reviewed papers, and he is the author of 5 books on political science. We specifically talked about how liberals and conservatives name their children, the rise of intuitionism, having dinner with a sports star rather than a rock star, and of course, he spoke in-depth about conspiracy theories. Most importantly, he walked us through some key aspects of how to have a conversation with someone who is on the opposite side of the conspiracy-theory belief system and, interestingly enough, it begins with empathy. Listen to the entire episode to hear all his insights and research anecdotes. They’ll put a smile on your face as well as fresh ideas into your brain! We have been fans of his work for some time and are grateful that Eric shared his insights with us. We think you’ll become a fan, too, if you’re not already one. © 2020 Behavioral Grooves   Links Eric Oliver, PhD: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/eric-oliver Jonathan Haidt, PhD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt James Frazer, “The Golden Bough”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough Katherine Surma on Credulity: https://www.jericoliver.com/uploads/1/1/8/9/118973414/surmaoliver3.5.18-final.pdf Laurie Santos, PhD: The Joe Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimHHAID_P0 Steve Kerr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Kerr Colin Kaepernick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick Charles Manson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson   Musical Links LCD Sound System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqq3BtGrpU8 Kurt Weil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill Phillip Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M73x3O7dhmg Keith Richards and Chuck Berry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERVLy-ltjHs

We interview Eric Oliver, an assistant director who has worked on Mixedish, Raising Dion, and Being Mary Jane. We talk with Eric about the importance of assistant directors, the role of the 1st, 2nd and 2nd 2nd AD, the benefits of being in the directors guild and much more. Follow Black Film Space: blackfilmspace.com Instagram.com/blackfilmspace Facebook.com/blackfilmspace Twitter.com/blackfilmspace

We interview Eric Oliver, an assistant director who has worked on Mixedish, Raising Dion, and Being Mary Jane. We talk with Eric about the importance of assistant directors, the role of the 1st, 2nd and 2nd 2nd AD, the benefits of being in the directors guild and much more. Follow Black Film Space: blackfilmspace.com Instagram.com/blackfilmspace Facebook.com/blackfilmspace Twitter.com/blackfilmspace

In this special edition, bestselling author and Forbes contributor, Rodd Wagner, organized a question-and-answer session with Kurt and Tim in front of a live audience to discuss whether behavioral sciences could be applied to corporate environments in ways that allow leaders to manipulate their employees. And, if so, where does that land on the ethical spectrum? Rodd has grown increasingly intrigued and sometimes concerned that behavioral science has reached a point of refinement and adoption that it could create an unprecedented and unfair imbalance in the social contract between companies and the people who work at them. For example, IBM claims it can predict with 95 percent accuracy whether someone is about to resign and some companies are experimenting with selection systems in which candidates interact first with robots. Rodd, Kurt, and Tim are joined by John Harris, currently the Lead UX Design Researcher in the Healthcare Business Group at 3M and was recently a Projects Director at ideas42, a premiere pro-social non-profit organization. John started his career at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and continues to maintain a very pro-social mindset. Some of the issues covered in our conversation included:  What if corporate leaders can keep their employee satisfaction scores the same by giving employees water bottles rather than raises? What if the “client” was the rank and file of the firm, rather than the leaders?  If nudges are aggregated, do they necessarily become manipulative? Is there a single ethical code that should be applied to every situation? We hope you join us for this non-traditional approach to our podcast.   Kurt Nelson, PhD: @WhatMotivates Tim Houlihan: @THoulihan   Sponsored by: Lantern Group: http://lanterngroup.com/ BehaviorAlchemy: https://www.behavioralchemy.com/ © 2020 Behavioral Grooves   Links Rodd Wagner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roddwagner/ John Harris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnharrisiv/ Kurt Nelson, PhD: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtwnelson/ Tim Houlihan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-houlihan-b-e/ Azul Seven: https://azulseven.com/ Rodd Wagner Episode: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/rodd-wagner-this-episode-could-save-your-life/ Steve Sisler Episode: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/steven-sisler-seeing-people-as-we-are/ Katie Milkman, PhD Episode: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/katy-milkman-behavior-change-for-good/ Cristina Bicchieri, PhD Episode: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/cristina-bicchieri-social-norms-are-bundles-of-expectations/ Victoria Shaffer, PhD Episode: https://behavioralgrooves.com/episode/victoria-schaffer-end-of-life-decision-tools/ Patricia Norberg, PhD: https://directory.qu.edu/Profile/27981 Magical Thinking, Eric Oliver, PhD: https://voices.uchicago.edu/religionsinamerica/2018/01/26/21-workshop-measuring-an-intuitionist-worldview-by-professor-eric-oliver/ Behavioural Insights Team: https://www.bi.team/ Doug Burgum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Burgum Great Plains Software (now Microsoft Dynamics): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Dynamics_GP Casuistry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casuistry

In this highlights episode, Eric Oliver explains exactly how he was able to finally start getting traction with the marketing for his fledgling physical therapy clinic. By targeting the niche of endurance athletes in the community, his fully cash-based practice was able to develop a direct connection with a highly motivated market. Eric shares details on what's worked in his niche, how he gets referrals, and some of the key tricks he's used to stand out from the competition.  This “highlight” is from a full episode on creating a niche, cash-based physical therapy practice.

Julian Lake (MPP '19) talks with Professor Eric Oliver about nationalism and populism. He teaches political science at the University of Chicago, and his research focuses include contemporary American politics, political psychology, and public support for conspiracy theories. This interview was originally recorded in early 2018 and edited for November 2019.Podcast Production Credit: Julian Lake, for producing, interviewing, and engineeringDavid Raban, for producing and editingDavid Raban is our Production ManagerMusic is “Knockout 2” by Da Tooby“Yes Yes Ya’ll” by Matt LargeCover art by Shirin Raban

Julian Lake (MPP '19) talks with Professor Eric Oliver about nationalism and populism. He teaches political science at the University of Chicago, and his research focuses include contemporary American politics, political psychology, and public support for conspiracy theories. This interview was originally recorded in early 2018 and edited for November 2019.Podcast Production Credit: Julian Lake, for producing, interviewing, and engineeringDavid Raban, for producing and editingDavid Raban is our Production ManagerMusic is “Knockout 2” by Da Tooby“Yes Yes Ya’ll” by Matt LargeCover art by Shirin Raban

In this episode, we interview Dr. Eric Oliver, an assistant professor and oceanographer here at Dalhousie. Dr. Oliver outlines how […] The post Sciographies – Episode 12 – Eric Oliver, Oceanographer appeared first on CKDU Podcasts.

Welcome to the Expand Audio Podcast! Christian young adults face many challenges today. Expand is designed to help empower these next generation leaders to be people of influence in their families, college campuses and in their places of employment. Now enjoy this podcast episode with Eric Oliver.

The “birthers”, “Pizzagate”, anti-vaxxers. Since the election of Donald Trump, it’s seemed that belief in conspiracy theories is on the rise. At the same time, our polarization is worse than ever. People can hardly even maintain a conversation across political or cultural lines. Could the underlying force driving conspiracy theories also be the same one that’s dividing our country? University of Chicago Political Science Professor Eric Oliver, who’s been studying conspiracy theories for over a decade, says his research shows how one basic tension explains both belief in conspiracy theories and our political divide. Deeper than red or blue, liberal or conservative, we’re actually divided by intuitionists and rationalists. Subscribe to Big Brains on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify.

Magical thinking lies at the heart of J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood’s new book, Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Oliver is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Wood is assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University. In the book, they argue that our intuitions and differences in whether you use intuition or reason to guide your life, strongly relate to our politics. The intuitionists, those who believe in magical thinking, are sharply divided from the rationalists, those who rely on reason and science. Not only do these two groups differ on what makes them anxious, Oliver and Wood find that these emotional responses to stress seem to relate to ideology and political belief. Though there are examples of each way of thinking in both parties, intuitionists were more likely to support Donald Trump and respond to the conspiratorial politics that the President has promoted.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magical thinking lies at the heart of J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood’s new book, Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Oliver is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Wood is assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University. In the book, they argue that our intuitions and differences in whether you use intuition or reason to guide your life, strongly relate to our politics. The intuitionists, those who believe in magical thinking, are sharply divided from the rationalists, those who rely on reason and science. Not only do these two groups differ on what makes them anxious, Oliver and Wood find that these emotional responses to stress seem to relate to ideology and political belief. Though there are examples of each way of thinking in both parties, intuitionists were more likely to support Donald Trump and respond to the conspiratorial politics that the President has promoted.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magical thinking lies at the heart of J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood's new book, Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Oliver is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Wood is assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University. In the book, they argue that our intuitions and differences in whether you use intuition or reason to guide your life, strongly relate to our politics. The intuitionists, those who believe in magical thinking, are sharply divided from the rationalists, those who rely on reason and science. Not only do these two groups differ on what makes them anxious, Oliver and Wood find that these emotional responses to stress seem to relate to ideology and political belief. Though there are examples of each way of thinking in both parties, intuitionists were more likely to support Donald Trump and respond to the conspiratorial politics that the President has promoted.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Air Date: 10/30/2018 Today we take a look at the phenomenon of conspiracy theories from several different angles including psychology, political necessity and some of the conspiracies de jour. Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991   Episode Sponsors: SwingLeft| Express VPN Amazon USA| Amazon CA| Amazon UK| Clean Choice Energy Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content: Support our show on Patreon!   SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Stephan Lewandowsky on the mind of a conspiracy theorist - Point of Inquiry - Air Date 6-3-13 Stephan Lewandowsky talks about his recent study: NASA Faked the Moon Landings, Therefore (Climate) Science is a Hoax: An Anatomy of the Motivated Rejection of Science. Ch. 2: Steven Novella from The Skeptics Guide to the Universe explains conspiracy theories - You are not so smart - Air Date 3-26-15 Neurologist and host of The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe Steven Novella discusses the psychology and neuroscience behind conspiracy theories and conspiracy theorists. Ch. 3: Eric Oliver on how intuition and reason divide our politics - Inquiring Minds - Air Date 8-27-18 We talk to political scientist Eric Oliver about the surprisingly high percentage of people who believe in conspiracy theories and the reasons behind those beliefs. His forthcoming book is Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics. Ch. 4: THE MIDTERMS MINUTE: 4 Things You Can Do Before Election Day & Toss Up Gubernatorial Races! - Best of the Left Activism Take action! Click the title and/or scroll down for quick links and resources from this segment. Ch. 5: Scott Crow on understanding conspiracy narratives required for fascist thinking - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 2-19-18 Scott Crow explains why the rise of progressive-left movements are always countered by a rise in right-wing conspiracy theories and why fascism downright requires conspiracies to survive. Ch. 6: Kevin Roose on the Strange Case of QAnon - The Daily - Air Date 8-2-18 How did an outlandish conspiracy theory born on the fringes of the internet end up in the spotlight at a rally for President Trump? Guest: Kevin Roose, who writes about technology for The New York Times.   VOICEMAILS Ch. 7: Sticking with the litmus test - Elizabeth from Virginia Ch. 8: Success story for political change - Jordan from Minneapolis, MN   Ch. 9: Final comments on strategy and theories of change   THE MIDTERMS MINUTE 4 THINGS YOU CAN DO BEFORE NOV. 6TH 1. Donate House: DCCC Red to Blue Program Senate: DSCC.org Toss ups/Battlegrounds: The Midterms Minute H.Q. 2. Virtual Phone Banking Indivisible Phone Banking(Sen/House/Gov) Swing Left Phone Banking(House) Resources for newbies / Hosting a Phone Bank Night 3. Volunteer  National Indivisible Chapters Events List DNC State Parties Candidates websites: Visit The Midterms Minute H.Q. 4. Talk to Friends & Family (and text people) Talk, invite them to volunteer with you, etc. Use OutVoteto text friends and encourage them to vote TOSS UP GUBERNATORIAL RACES! Connecticut (Open Seat (D)) Ned Lamont (D)(vs. Bob Stefanowski (R)) Georgia (Open Seat (R)) State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D)(vs. GA Sec of State Brian Kemp (R)) Iowa (R Incumbent) Fred Hubbell (D)(vs. Incumbent Gov. Kim Reynolds (R)) Maine (Open Seat (R)) State Attorney General Janet Mills (D)(vs. Shawn Moody (R)) Nevada (Open Seat (R)) Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak (D)(vs. NV Attorney General Adam Laxalt (R)) Ohio (Open Seat (R)) Former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray (D)(vs. OH Attorney General Mike DeWine (R)) Oregon (D incumbent) Incumbent Gov. Kate Brown (D)(vs. OR Rep. Knute Buehler (R)) South Dakota (Open Seat (R)) SD Sen. Billie Sutton (D)(vs. Rep. Kristi Noem (R)) Wisconsin (R incumbent) WI Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers (D)(vs. Incumbent Gov. Scott Walker (R)) Kansas (Open Seat (R)) KS Sen. Laura Kelly (D)(vs. KS Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R)) Written & Researched by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman    MUSIC: Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Tranceless - Caruthersville (Blue Dot Sessions) Vernouillet - The Sweet Hots (Blue Dot Sessions) Our Fingers Cold - K2 (Blue Dot Sessions) UpUpUp and Over - The Balloonist (Blue Dot Sessions) Gullwing Sailor - Migration (Blue Dot Sessions) Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on iTunesand Stitcher!

Magical thinking lies at the heart of J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood’s new book, Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Oliver is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Wood is assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University. In the book, they argue that our intuitions and differences in whether you use intuition or reason to guide your life, strongly relate to our politics. The intuitionists, those who believe in magical thinking, are sharply divided from the rationalists, those who rely on reason and science. Not only do these two groups differ on what makes them anxious, Oliver and Wood find that these emotional responses to stress seem to relate to ideology and political belief. Though there are examples of each way of thinking in both parties, intuitionists were more likely to support Donald Trump and respond to the conspiratorial politics that the President has promoted.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magical thinking lies at the heart of J. Eric Oliver and Thomas J. Wood’s new book, Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics (University of Chicago Press, 2018). Oliver is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and Wood is assistant professor of political science at... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk to political scientist Eric Oliver about the surprisingly high percentage of people who believe in conspiracy theories and the reasons behind those beliefs. His forthcoming book is Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics.

InScope Innovation is working with big data and the Internet of Things to gain insights from the interconnection of devices and systems with the mission of having a global impact on the built environment. Mike Petrusky talks with InScope Innovation's President & Co-Founder, Mike Bruce, and VP of Energy Services, Eric Oliver, about how facility managers can make use of unique data analysis and information to generate powerful outcomes for their organizations. These industry-leaders believe that technology can transform people, and by doing so, those people can transform the FM industry. By leveraging automation to bring about real change and innovation in their workplaces, facility professionals can be freed up to focus on strategic initiatives. Mike Bruce shares his experiences with conversations in the C-Suite and offers inspiration and insights about the essential role that FMs can have by focusing on the impact of human capital in their workplaces. Mike P. also asks "What is an ESCO?" and learns the real story of how energy savings can be measured and proven using new technologies…and he jokes about the one way that his alma mater, Virginia Tech, ranks higher than MIT! Connect with Mike Bruce on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikebruce/ Connect with Eric Oliver on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emoenergy/ Learn more about InScope Innovation: http://inscopeinnovation.com/ Register for IFMA's World Workplace 2017: http://worldworkplace.ifma.org/ Sign up to "Be an FM innovator!®" & get your FREE “Partnering for Excellence” E-book at http://kayrellconnections.com/ Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes: http://ow.ly/7oJF304EivM Google Play: https://t.co/4kSe3vzK77 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=131544&refid=stpr  

Has the political establishment failed America? Whether they voted for Trump or Sanders or none of the above, millions of Americans say the answer is yes – and that the system benefits the elites at the expense of everyone else. Others say that despite its flaws, the political establishment has been a force for unparalleled stability, prosperity and equality — and that it is now the only thing standing between America and the abyss. Is it time for the old guard to come to the rescue or to make way for a new political reality? Arguing in favour of the motion were Michael Eric Dyson of Georgetown University and William Howell of UChicago. Arguing against the motion were Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post and Eric Oliver of UChicago. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm so pumped to present this episode and interview with Eric Oliver, PT of Go Beyond Exercise, a fully cash-based practice in Cincinnati with 2 physical therapists and a sports nutritionist. Eric was one of the first visitors to this website and my eBook/Cash-Based System 3 ½ years ago (which I didn't know prior to the interview) so it was especially exciting to hear about all he's done in the years since. Aside from PT treatment services, he and his staff offer numerous cash-pay fitness and performance services in the endurance athlete niche, and we get into all the details of how he's had success in this business model. In this episode, you'll learn about: How he minimized risk as he started his practice All the things he did to develop a lucrative presence in the endurance athlete niche The logistics of free presentations he gave to generate patients and referral sources How he uses testimonials outside of his website to generate new patients and brand awareness How to use social media in a way that actually reaches more people's news feeds How he uses high tech equipment like an income-producing employee The mistake he made with how he created the pay structure for his first employee, and what he found works best in terms of employee compensation The variety of performance, fitness, and educational services he offers Some key advice he has for those considering the cash-based business model Resources and Links mentioned in this episode: My Cash Based Practice – Essential Knowledge for Creating a Successful Private-Pay Physical Therapy Practice Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook – How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World Alter G Mind Body Practice Management Software Fullslate Scheduling software Connect with Eric on Twitter Click Here to learn how to start your own Cash-Based Practice . Let us know if you enjoyed the show: [Click to Tweet] Thank you @BeyondExercise for being an awesome guest on the Cash-Based Practice Podcast w/ @DrJarodCarter

Welcome to The Batchelor Pad where we discuss topics and issues from a social, economical and racial standpoint.Guest:6:15pm-Wilmer J. Leon, III, PH.D. is a Political Scientist whose primary areas of expertise are Black Politics and Public Policy and Syndicated show entitled"Inside the Issues” is a three hour, call-in, talk radio program that airs live nationally on Saturday's from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM ET on XM Satellite Radio Channel 169  will discuss the decision by the Supreme Court's decision regarding the President's Health Care Reform Bill and other related topics.7pm-An Exclusive interview with Eric Oliver and his mom Denise Donald will join us to discuss the horrific and racial incident that led to his unjust incarceration in Brandon, Florida.  The show airs every Monday thru Friday from 6pm to 8pm Eastern time at www.thebatchelorpad.biz and www.blacktalkradionetwork.com. You can also listen at 646-929-0130. Follow us at facebook.com/padnation or at twitter @pad4truth. For Advertising opportunities, internships and employment opportunites, e-mail us at labatchelor40@gmail.com Enjoy the show!

Monday, September 19, 2011 Health At Every Size show on Radio Free Nashville This episode features PegE (a.k.a. Dr. Elam) & Pat (a.k.a. the Queen) discussing research finding that many fat bodies have healthy cardiovascular systems -- and many slimmer bodies don't. Recommended books include Big Fat Lies: The Truth about Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn Gaesser, Ph.D., Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight by Linda Bacon, Ph.D., Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic by J. Eric Oliver, Ph.D., The Obesity Myth (revised edition retitled The Diet Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health) by Paul Campos, & Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss -- and the Myths and Realities of Dieting by Gina Kolata. This episode's music: "Freedom" by Suchi Waters Benjamin, "Phenomenal Woman" by Ruthie Foster & "Fit, Fat & Fine" by Whole Lotta Love.

In this excerpt, Eric Oliver discusses and demonstrates with audience members cutting edge principles for how all legal decision makers reach judgments and what you can do to influence their decision making process.

When we heard of another recent $90 million tobacco verdict that Eric Oliver (author of Persuasive Communication: Twenty-five Years of Teaching Lawyers and Facts Can't Speak for Themselves) consulted on, we decided to talk to him and find out how he keeps helping attorneys win. We invite you to listen in on our conversation and take a few pointers home from this free exchange of ideas.

Eric Oliver talks about the main topics in his book.