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A request for an encore podcast of our conversation with the Late Honorable Representative John Lewis, Prince and Billie Holiday, moderated by Luana Anders on the flipside, and Jennifer Shaffer (.com) on this side... from the liner notes: Another mind bending session. Apologies for the wifi interruptions on audio... there's a moment in here where I ask Representative Lewis about three names - James, Andrew and Michael.  Prior to the session - I knew who they were. All freedom riders (like John) and two of them he knew well.  When he reported through Jennifer being reconnected with them... and then I asked him to show Jennifer who they were... and she correctly says on camera that they were murdered by the KKK... it doesn't get any more proof of concept than that. The "Emmett" I refer to is the one and only Emmett Till - the 14 year old boy murdered in the South whose death effected John Lewis immensely.  Apologies for becoming emotional - but sometimes this information is overwhelming.  I can only imagine what he describes to Jennifer - the standing ovation from millions of people who had been hurt, whose lives he honored with his life. Last week - we asked him to come forward but I didn't name him - this week Prince returned to introduce him to the class.  He was the one who mentions Billie Holiday and I took the opportunity to ask her some simple questions. It was John who I researched this morning when I realized that he might show up in class today. Apologies to anyone this interview might offend - but in terms of his life, and his journey, I am here to state unequivocally, I film these, I report these for the same reasons that John walked into a wall of billy clubs in order to speak the truth.  The part about Jesus is in the transcripts of both "Hacking the Afterlife" the book and "Architecture of the Afterlife."   The interviews with Dr. King, James Brown, Ray Charles and others is in "Backstage Pass to the Flipside 3."  We're just reporting.

We're joined this week with Tanner Smith (Netflix's "Love On the Spectrum") and his sister Midge to discuss the importance of choosing joy. Join Get Your Teach On's Hope and Wade King on the couch for this powerful conversation with Tanner and his sister Midge. -- The Flip Side Podcast Hosted by Get Your Teach On's Hope and Wade King, The Flip Side Podcast releases new episodes each week on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform. Each week, we'll breakdown share flipped perspectives and insights on different perspectives on hot topics in education. Learn more: getyourteachon.com/theflipside. Subscribe to GYTO and The Flip Side on YouTube! About Get Your Teach On: Led by educators and authors Hope and Wade King, Get Your Teach On specializes in professional development and encouragement for educators and administrators in the form of conferences, workshops and events. GYTO conferences are known for their passionate celebration of teachers and their ability to inspire life-long learners. Founded in 2016, GYTO now hosts National and Regional Conferences, Virtual Conferences, school and district trainings, and additional events for a wide variety of educators and school administrators each year. GYTO also provides free resources, teacher-focused merchandise, and is the parent organization for the worldwide Rock Your School initiative which encourages out of the box teaching. Credits: The Flip Side is a Get Your Teach On Podcast. Executive Producers Hope King, Wade King Producers Dominique Castellanos, Chase Mayo Technical Director Chase Mayo Editors Chase Mayo, Seth Foster Copyright 2025 Hope King Teaching Resources Inc.

NASA's Dream Chaser Space Plane Is Finally Complete! Authorities issue shelter-in-place advisory after large animal is caught on home security camera: 'Remain vigilant' Secret Mountain Base Obliterated by Israeli Forces Scientists discovered a distant black hole 300 million times the size of the sun. It's a portal back in time. Why the Navy's Next-Gen Stealth Fighter Is a Technological Lifeline And a Lightning Rod DOJ opens investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, a top Trump foe James Webb Telescope Makes History With Potential New Exoplanet Found Near Alpha Centauri A Declassified After 70 Years - NASA's Forgotten Moon Base Exposed The Mysterious Jet Aircraft on U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier in Mediterranean Sea The $5,000 Jet That Crushed China's Air Force in 4 Days The US Navy Just Tested a Laser Weapon That Could Change Warfare Forever Authorities issue shelter-in-place advisory after large animal is caught on home security camera: 'Remain vigilant' Fastest comet ever recorded comes from beyond our solar system No Way Back: This Spaceship Will Carry 1,000 Humans to Leave Earth Forever 2w F-117 Nighthawk - The Radical Stealth Jet That Changed Air Combat UFOs in Orbit: The Unheard Testimonies from Astronauts | On Se l'Demande

After years of promising, Jay Wade Edwards has finally come on the show, and with a double feature at that! Flipside (2024), and Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018), two films that are ostensibly about record collecting, but reveal themselves to be about much more.You can follow Jay's baseball substack here, where just the other day he wrote about more baseball music: https://tinkertaylorsolerspiezio.substack.com/

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We're back for Season 3 of The Flip Side Podcast! Join Get Your Teach On's Hope King, Wade King, and Chris Pombonyo for our Season 3 Premiere: When Seasons Change. -- The Flip Side Podcast Hosted by Get Your Teach On's Hope King, Wade King, and Chris Pombonyo, The Flip Side Podcast releases new episodes each week on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform. Each week, we'll breakdown share flipped perspectives and insights on different perspectives on hot topics in education. Learn more: getyourteachon.com/theflipside. Subscribe to GYTO and The Flip Side on YouTube! About Get Your Teach On: Led by educators and authors Hope and Wade King, Get Your Teach On specializes in professional development and encouragement for educators and administrators in the form of conferences, workshops and events. GYTO conferences are known for their passionate celebration of teachers and their ability to inspire life-long learners. Founded in 2016, GYTO now hosts National and Regional Conferences, Virtual Conferences, school and district trainings, and additional events for a wide variety of educators and school administrators each year. GYTO also provides free resources, teacher-focused merchandise, and is the parent organization for the worldwide Rock Your School initiative which encourages out of the box teaching. Credits: The Flip Side is a Get Your Teach On Podcast. Executive Producers Hope King, Wade King Producers Dominique Castellanos, Chase Mayo Technical Director Chase Mayo Editors Chase Mayo, Seth Foster Copyright 2025 Hope King Teaching Resources Inc.

News On The Flipside Eapstin democrats four years no list no Trump wars going on all over comets coming to get us some returning to get us north Korea Pakistan siding with Iran Uk France Canada siding with Palestine Russia still blowing up the Ukraine yellow stone caldera may blow volcano's earth quakes all over is it the end of the world Trump wants give everyone 2400 dollars stimulus checks btc being brought under control stock markets setting record highs and where or you in all of this mess lets us know Trump bring in 15 trillion dollars bring deficit down by half what do you think ?

In this episode, we're diving into the world of pinball leaks, do you love 'em, hate 'em, or do they totally ruin the surprise and excitement for you? I'll be sharing my take, and yeah… probably going off on a few tangents along the way. After working on the Harry Potter project with Jersey Jack Pinball, I've got a new perspective on leaks that I'll open up about too. Do leaks actually hurt anyone, or is it just harmless fun? We'll get into all of that and more, right here on this episode of The Flipside Podcast!

While Jennifer is on a much needed two week vacation, I'll be sharing some of our more unusual podcasts. This was from a year ago.... For those not familiar with this podcast; Jennifer Shaffer is an intuitive medium who works with law enforcement nationwide on missing person cases. She does pro bono work daily for them, and once a week we get together and see what we can learn from the flipside.  We've been doing this weekly for 8 years, the last two on our podcast. I'm a filmmaker, have written and/or directed 8 theatrical feature films, a couple of documentaries.  Some years ago, my best friend died in my arms and started coming to visit me. Instead of being freaked out by it (and her showing up to friends and family members) I started to dig into how that might be. That's resulted in 10 books (Flipside, etc) and four with Jennifer Shaffer. In this edition, a number of people show up that we've spoken with before. We interviewed Kobe just after his passing, it's the last chapter in the book "Backstage Pass to the Flipside 3" - where he talks about his journey, and I ask him questions in Italian. Eventually members of his family have met with Jennifer - so it's not unusual for us that he might stop by.  The construct is this; my friend who passed away is on the flipside, and has organized a "group meeting" or a class as we call it, not to teach folks on the planet, but to teach people on the flipside how to communicate using frequency, images, visualizations on the flipside. Jennifer may get an image, let's say of a character from a TV show, and it may be their way of giving her a thought so that I could say, "Do you mean someone who shares the same name of that character in the TV show wants to speak to us?" That happens often. As noted, Jennifer is doing her best to translate what is coming to her. Like a translator at the UN, the people on the flipside are downloading a lot of information, and she does her best to catch the meaning, syntax and general idea of what someone wants to impart. A number of people stop by who've been interviewed before; Prince ("I was addicted to jumping off pianos, which caused me to use pain killers"), Robin Williams ("Love Love"). Marilyn stops by - refers to something I was writing at MartiniZone.com the other day - and when I asked if she wanted to talk about the manner of her passing, she said she wanted to talk about how she had two children waiting for her on the flipside. Both whom had not come to term.   That concept has been repeated in the research - consistently. A number of people in our podcast have mentioned it, the idea of "those we don't have are waiting for us on the flipside."  Harry Dean Stanton said the same thing - and I was able to verify it (but don't mention it in the podcast.) It's in "Backstage Pass to the Flipside."  Harry came through after he passed and before his memorial. I asked him what he wanted me to impart to his friends (as noted.) He also said that when he passed, "He was in a room with five women" and when he got to the flipside, he was met by a "baby that he didn't have in life."  In other words, a child was there to greet him with this profound unconditional love. At his memorial that I went to a week later, I asked someone who was with him at his deathbed to describe the scene. She said "There were five of us with him, all women."  I asked if he had said anything unusual while she was in the room. She said "Yes, he asked me to hand him the baby. But there was no baby in the room." I had heard THE SAME THING from Harry on the Flipside via Jennifer a week earlier. At some point, the Alpha and Omega stops by - and mentions the one thing he wishes people would not do, that is "get freaked out by his name." (Jesus). I've had a number of interviews with him via various mediums, different hypnotherapy sessions, and multiple guided meditation sessions. As noted in the podcast, I've finished that book and am doing the audible as we speak. Apparently, they wanted to know "when I was going to finish it." Soon.   So thanks to all the folks who showed up, Jennifer's dad Jim, all those people that demonstrate they aren't gone, they just aren't here.  If one has an issue with this podcast, I recommend doing some research into the concept that consciousness is not confined by the brain, I recommend the research from UVA Medical School DOPS, with Dr. Greyson's AFTER, Dr. Tucker's BEFORE, Dr. Kelly's CONSCIOUSNESS UNBOUND.  In terms of the hypnotherapy research, I recommend the thousands of case studies from Dr. Helen Wambach (RELIVING PAST LIVES) Dr. Weiss (MANY LIVES, MANY MASTERS) Michael Newton (JOURNEY OF SOULS.)  My latest book is DivineCouncils.com - where I invited 50 people, half whom had never heard of councils, who visited them, met their guides, teachers, etc.

Maxwell's lawyer says DOJ asked her about roughly "100 different people" more China's Struggling Economy: What Happened to the Dream? News On he Flipside We been played the whole Epstein is a lie we going prove it tonight also a lot of other news to cover .NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth's Magnetic Field China's Groundbreaking Flying Car Could Change Transportation Forever US-Chinese Citizen Caught Stealing Top-Secret American Missile Technology for China Why China's Stolen Stealth Fighter is Problematic Donald Trump and Elon Musk's bizarre bromance just took another unexpected turn A science journal pulled a controversial study about a bizarre life form against the authors' wishes Trump Wins 6-3 Supreme Court Ruling — Sotomayor Leads Dissent How the Air Force Debuts a New Jet in Just 3 Minutes Beloved Mexican Chain Faces FDA Ban on Multiple Menu Items House ethics panel tells Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to pay more for Met Gala attendance The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does? Trump administration moves to release billions in federal education cash Dream Chaser: NASA's Next-Generation Space Shuttle—Will It Ever Launch? Here's How The Sixth-Gen F-47 Fighter Jet Got Its Name Elon Musk Killed Starlink Over Ukraine, Hurting a Counteroffensive Against Russia: Reuters

John Maytham talks to Anna-Mart vd Merwe about her role in Tennessee William's The Glass Menagerie, which opens at the Baxter Theatre on Thursday Presenter John Maytham is an actor and author-turned-talk radio veteran and seasoned journalist. His show serves a round-up of local and international news coupled with the latest in business, sport, traffic and weather. The host’s eclectic interests mean the program often surprises the audience with intriguing book reviews and inspiring interviews profiling artists. A daily highlight is Rapid Fire, just after 5:30pm. CapeTalk fans call in, to stump the presenter with their general knowledge questions. Another firm favourite is the humorous Thursday crossing with award-winning journalist Rebecca Davis, called “Plan B”. Thank you for listening to a podcast from Afternoon Drive with John Maytham Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 15:00 and 18:00 (SA Time) to Afternoon Drive with John Maytham broadcast on CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/BSFy4Cn or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/n8nWt4x Subscribe to the CapeTalk Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/sbvVZD5 Follow us on social media: CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome back to The Film Library, a Kanopy podcast where we dig into eye-opening documentaries, unforgettable characters, and stories so strange they have to be true—no film degree required.  This week, hosts Kristy Puchko (Entertainment Editor at Mashable) and Jeff Rauseo (film lover, documentary junkie, and proud champion of VHS oddities) dive into the wild, weird, and deeply personal world of documentaries.  From baseball pitchers on LSD and DIY Spielberg tributes to miniature war towns and midlife creative crises, Kristy and Jeff spotlight some of their favorite nonfiction stories currently streaming on Kanopy. These aren't your typical history homework assignments. These are films that surprise, inspire, and occasionally blow your mind wide open.  Whether you're into true crime, lost media, pop-punk nostalgia, or The Shining fan theories gone off the rails, this episode is packed with rabbit holes worth falling into.  So, settle in and let these stories surprise you, move you, and maybe even change how you see the world.    Follow Kristy on Instagram @thekristypuchko and Letterboxd @kristypuchko.       Follow Jeff on Instagram, TikTok, and Letterboxd @jeffrauseo.       Follow Kanopy on Letterboxd to see the full episode list.   Stream the films we mention for free at kanopy.com with a library card or university ID from a participating institution. Episode Highlights    00:45 — King of Kong (2007) & Freakonomics (2010)  Kristy and Jeff kick things off by sharing the first documentaries that truly blew their minds—from retro arcade rivalries to statistical conspiracy theories.    03:30 — Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)  Jeff recounts a lifelong obsession with this joyful doc about childhood friends who spent seven years recreating Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-for-shot.    07:00 — Marwencol (2010)  Kristy dives into this hauntingly beautiful portrait of artist Mark Hogancamp, who built a miniature World War II town as a form of healing and storytelling.    11:50 — Three Identical Strangers (2018)  Jeff tries not to spoil the shocking turns in this gripping true story of triplets separated at birth—and the disturbing secrets behind their reunion.    16:15 — Flipside (2023)  Kristy breaks down this genre-bending, self-reflective doc about unfinished projects, creative ambition, and the quiet heartbreak of growing older.    21:15 — No No: A Dockumentary (2014)  Jeff pitches the psychedelic, political, and deeply personal life story of Doc Ellis—the MLB pitcher who famously threw a no-hitter on LSD.    25:30 — Green Day: 20 Years of American Idiot (2024)  Kristy celebrates the legacy of a punk rock milestone with this energetic, nostalgic look at Green Day's landmark album and the tour that changed everything.    30:00 — Room 237 (2012)  Jeff and Kristy fall down the fan theory rabbit hole with this hypnotic collage film about The Shining, moon landing conspiracies, and the art of interpretation.    34:45 — Final Thoughts  Kristy and Jeff reflect on what makes a documentary unforgettable—and why the best ones often leave us with more questions than answers.   

Quaranteam-Northwest: Part 2 The Start of Something New Based on a post by Break The Bar. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. Grierson finally sat forward, meeting me energy-to-energy as he kept my gaze locked in. "And yet, here we are, Mr. Black. We can either come up with a deal, or I swear to Christ and all the Saints that the government will seize this land for eminent domain under the emergency provisions of the pandemic and you won't be able to do a fucking thing about it." "Sell, or die," I said. "So you can build a 'resettlement camp?' Jesus Christ, yourself. If you know so much about my family history, you know building a fucking 'camp' of any sort on this land would be the absolute last thing I would bend over for." "I didn't say 'camp.'" Grierson said. "No matter what your Native, and Japanese, forebears had to go through, listen to me; this is the farthest thing from that." I was 1/32nd native from my father's side and 1/16th Japanese from my mother's side. Again, not the hardest thing to dig up, but while I had the black hair of both those ancestries, I mostly just looked like a tall white guy with a pretty generic last name. No one ever assumed I was anything else in passing. "What does that even mean?" Erica asked. "It means we aren't building concentration camps," Grierson said, glancing over at her. "We aren't building a reservation, or an internment camp, or any of the other shitty things our and other governments have done to people." He looked back at me again. "We're going to develop this land into a neighborhood. The God damned fanciest kind of gated community you can think of. Big houses, big properties, for people who do or did important work to settle in safety and stability as we try to survive this shit show virus." "None of this answers why," I said. "Why should I agree to this? Why shouldn't I make it so fucking annoying that you go find a different patch of land and leave me alone?" Grierson frowned, though I had the feeling he'd been planning this from the start. He wanted me to work to peel back the layers of information, to earn the answers because that would make me believe them more. It would tick off boxes in my psychology and experience. The fucking problem was even though I knew he was doing it, it was also working. "Because you'd be saving lives," Grierson answered. "Our pilot development down in California is called New Eden; the place is only two-thirds built to starting specs, and we're already out of room on the next five phases of development once it's opened. Now it's my job to set up the next locations and get them rolling because our current projections are that within the next six months, the death toll is only going to skyrocket. We can't even get a grasp on what the numbers might reasonably be because the range is so fucking staggering. Millions is the easy number, Mr. Black." It was my turn to say it. "Fuck." "Now, you're not going to hear that on the TV," Walters said. "You won't hear it from the CDC, or the other health agencies. The only reason we are cleared to tell you this is because folks in our circles have developed the preference to work with reasonable people when they are useful. And also, who would fucking believe you?" "Here's our offer," Grierson said, pulling out a slip of folded paper from inside his suit jacket and putting it on the coffee table. "That's the hard cash number we've designated for this deal. No taxes. Straight transfer from us to you. There will also be other perks, including homes inside the settlement for you and Mr. Lacoste. Things are about to get really weird in the world. Have you heard anything about the Tier system?" "Nothing," I said, but Leo spoke up. "I saw some rumors. It's supposed to be some kind of a terrifying triage, right?" he asked. "Who's the most worthy kind of shit. People started protesting, but I thought it got debunked." Grierson nodded. "Oh, we stopped the protests, but it's all too real. I won't hide it; I find the entire thing absolutely un-American. It's the kind of shit the Chinese government operates, but it is what it is." Walters drained the last of his coffee and set the mug onto the coaster on the coffee table politely. "Suffice it to say, it's a sort of social karma system. The more important you are to society, the more protections and comforts you're afforded as we roll out our limited resources on quarantine defenses. There's 5 tiers, one being the lowest and five the highest. Most of society will land in the 1's and 2's, including all three of you. This development we'll be building is mostly going to house 3's and 4's. As part of the deal, we'll place Leo at tier 3 for resettlement purposes, and you Harrison would be placed at tier 4 despite your lack of qualification in the matter." This entire conversation felt like I was running downhill trying to keep up with an avalanche. "That sounds an awful lot like a really great way to set up for corruption," I said. "A fucking caste society? Really?" "It's already done," Grierson said. "Believe me, there were a lot of in-the-know people against the idea. But it's the only idea that works in this situation. We've gamed it out to the Nth degree. Leo, your description is pretty much the best that we were able to make internally. We're triaging society to make sure it stays together and can weather this hurricane." "What would we tier at without this?" Leo asked. "Leo Lacoste," Grierson said, talking as if he were reading directly off of a portfolio even though he rattled it off without referencing anything. "Positives: Early thirties age bracket, relatively fit and healthy. Low-to-Mid career path; carpentry skills of moderate qualification. No criminal record. Negatives: No community investment. Likely rating: Tier 1." "Harrison Black," he continued. "Positives: Early thirties age bracket, relatively fit and healthy. Former military service including Military Police service, honorable discharge at the rank of MP Investigations Special Agent, no known psychological impacts. No criminal record. Negatives: No community investment, null-rank career; freelance artist. Likely rating: Tier 1." "To be fair, there is a big question mark on your file that we couldn't fill," Walters said. "Your honorable discharge happened mid-tour, without any reported incidents or injuries. It's surprising you haven't been called back into at least reserve service with the Emergencies Acts. A decent answer would probably bump you up to tier two." "I can't talk about it," I said. Erica snorted and rolled her eyes, and both men looked at her. "Erica," I warned her. "What?" she demanded. "They just called you 'low tier,' Harri. If you're not going to tell them then I will." "I can't talk about it," I said again. "Harrison knocked out an Air Force bigwig when he was an MP and stationed in Germany," Leo cut in. "The guy was abusing and trying to blackmail a female subordinate into sex. The only reason we know is because she tracked Harri down a few years ago and we met her in a bar in Portland." "The bigwig was politically protected and nothing happened in the end," Erica said. "At least, that's what she said. He got shuffled around, and Harrison got the boot." "I got an honorable discharge instead of a court martial for striking a very superior officer of a different branch," I said. "And part of that deal was that I not talk about it." "Well that explains some things," Grierson said. "It wouldn't change anything though. If you were doing something more useful with your life than painting little pictures, you might have made tier two or three without this offer." "Says you," Erica scoffed. "Art is useful. And important!" Grierson pursed his lips slightly. "Erica Lacoste. Not an official resident of the property, but I know enough. Positives: Early thirties age bracket, relatively fit and healthy. Negatives: Criminal record, including battery, two counts of public drunkenness, and public urination. No community investment. Null rank career; tattoo artist. Likely rating: Tier 1." "Hey, fuck you too," Erica said, and pointed her middle finger at Grierson, along with a scowl to go with it. Honestly, none of that was surprising news about Erica for me except for the Battery charge, I definitely needed to get that story out of her. "Okay, we get it," I said, interrupting what I had a feeling was about to become a degenerating path of conversation. "You know about us. You do realize this is all a little much, right? It comes across as insane." "Of course it does," Grierson sighed. "But a year ago, only bored analysts tripping on LSD were asked to think about these kinds of situations. Now we're in it, right in the damned middle of the clusterfuck." "You should really look at the offer," Walters said, gesturing to the folded paper I hadn't looked into yet. It sat on the coffee table like an accusing finger pointed at me by my father, and his father before him. How dare I even consider this? "So it's a butt load of cash," I said, still not opening the paper. "And we get treated like what, royalty? And in exchange, I lose my family legacy." "Royalty is a stretch; you're selling us land, not curing cancer. We'll take care of you like valued members of society. You'll also get early access to the vaccine," Grierson said. "There's a vaccine?" Leo immediately asked. "Social media has been wild with rumors but,” "It's still experimental," Walters said. "And undergoing trials. But it's functioning, with some unconventional side effects. They're still doing long-term tests down in California, but we're going to start rolling it out down there any day now once the doctors are happy with the plan. That's how bad we need it, FDA bullshit be damned." I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "Flipside, stick. If I don't cut a deal, you'll use the might of the US government to bend me over and rip my family legacy right out of my ass." "You got it. But like I said, we prefer working with people. There's always a silver lining to making friends," Walters said. "Fuck," I said again. Then I flipped one half of the paper open and looked at the number written on the inside. There were a damn lot of zeros. "I need to call my sister," I said. "But pending her approval, I'll lease it to you. All 560 acres, for a hundred years less a day; that's what people do, right? And Leo and I get to pick where our houses are built." "That's not how this works," Walters said. "It's my counter offer," I said. "Hold on," Grierson said, raising a hand to his partner. He narrowed his eyes as he looked me over again. He was a man who made judgment calls on the fly, despite his ability to reel off memorized facts like he'd been living with them for years. I could practically see the rusty old gears turning behind his grizzled facade. "Fuck it," he finally said. "We need to survive the next six months, year, five years and decade before anyone will be worrying about next century. Make your call." "You're really doing this?" Leo asked me as I stood up and fished in my pocket for my cell. "My family has had to defend this land from everything and everyone except the federal government," I said. "Up until now, they might be the only people who haven't thought they had some claim to it. Obviously, this will all need to be in writing before I make a final agreement, but look at the news; everything they're saying makes some sort of terrible sense. And I'd rather get the carrot than a stick so far up my ass it's tickling my brain stem." I went outside to the porch to make the call to Valerie, my older sister. It was quicker than I thought it would be; Val and her husband Brad were hearing horror stories from their nursing friends in the local hospitals, and she immediately understood the position we were in. We hadn't always gotten along the best growing up, but if Val had one thing it was a practical head on her shoulders. When I came back inside, I nodded to Grierson. "Add in another house for my sister and her family, and we've got a deal." "In exchange for the Lease, and the extra house," Walters said, "We're going to need your help in identifying the landscape. I assume you know it fairly well; we'll want you to walk our surveyors through to show any odd landscape elements, seasonal issues like flood areas, that sort of thing." "Done, as long as I can point out the shit they shouldn't fuck with and they actually listen," I said. "There are some pretty big old growth trees out there that would be a fucking shame to cut down." "I understand your concerns, son," Grierson said, as he stood and offered his hand. "But believe me when I say this; we aren't looking to build any high rises or pave over the place. These developments are for people important to society for one reason or another, and that means we're making sure to give them the best we can. Landscape included." One last deep breath and I reached out and hovered my own hand near his. "In writing before it's official." "The contract will be done by this afternoon and we'll email it over. Our lawyers work on our timeline, not their own," he said and grasped my hand in his. We both had larger hands than most, but I could immediately tell he had the grip of a man made from the iron bones of a hard life. I'd like to think he felt the same in my grip, but I had a feeling he'd shaken hands with much harder and scarier people than me. "When can we get vaccinated?" Leo asked. "If we're going to be working with surveyors and shit, shouldn't we all be as safe as we can?" "We have a testing site opening up in Portland as we speak, so it can get done as soon as possible," Walters said. "Though, as I mentioned, things are a little bit unorthodox right now. Harrison and Leo, you'll need these codes. Get online this afternoon, go to the website and fill out the questionnaire. It's extremely important you are entirely truthful. Your answers will affect how your tier ranking will play out for you as we roll it out over the next few months across the west coast." He pulled out two business cards from a pocket, each with their names, an URL and a twenty-five-digit passcode, and handed them to Leo and me. "What about me?" Erica asked. "Vaccination side effects and implementation are different between men and women," Grierson said. "Just like the virus is overly affecting men, the vaccine has different effects. If you want your vaccine immediately, Miss Lacoste, you're going to need to fly with us back up to Portland and attend the information session this afternoon that some of our volunteer human guinea pigs are doing. Then, if you agree to the risks and side effects, we can have you immunized as soon as tomorrow morning." Things moved quickly after that. Erica went to pack an overnight bag and put on her 'going out into the world' gear that she usually wore for grocery trips into town; she'd be put up in a quarantine hotel while in Portland for the night before she returned the next day. Within ten minutes she was ready to go and Walters was escorting her out, and the helicopter was warming up its rotors with a whining hum in the front yard. "I'm glad you agreed to the deal," Grierson said, offering his hand to me again, which I shook. "You may not fully understand what you've agreed to yet, but when you do I expect a more enthusiastic thank you. I get that the cash wasn't the important factor with you, son. I grew up on a ranch in North Dakota, I know what family land means. This place is going to do a lot of good for people." "Are you managing the development?" I asked, raising my voice to be heard over the rising thrum of the helicopter. "Not a chance," he said. "It'll be managed by the Air Force, they've been spearheading with the CDC on all these efforts. I'm just the pre-show, but I'll be around to check in on the progress every once in a while, and do the problem solving other people can't handle." "What does that look like?" I asked. "Any way it needs to," he grinned, and I saw the look that all veteran soldiers had. An acceptance that violence could come easily into the life of a person, and that they knew how to handle it when it came. "And don't be alarmed, but we've already had a crew starting to widen your driveway down at the highway. They'll work through the night and probably make it up here by tomorrow morning." "What's the rush?" I asked. Grierson barked a laugh as he started backing away from me towards the open helicopter door. Sour-puss lady was leaning out, holding onto the door and looking like she was about to try and scold Grierson for keeping them waiting. "Kid, in two weeks' time there's going to be well over a thousand lumberjacks, construction workers, surveyors and architects up here. Government moves slow, but OGA were designed to do the opposite. Your life is about to get a little crazy, I'd strap in." I had too many questions to even start one as Grierson hopped into the dark interior of the helicopter. The door slammed, the motor whined at a higher pitch, and it leapt into the sky and started heading north. "Hey, does this questionnaire strike you as way too fucking personal?" "Hmm?" I asked. I was sitting on the front porch with my laptop open, but I hadn't even keyed in the website URL. Instead, I'd been sitting there for over an hour just looking out at the trees, wondering if I'd just betrayed six generations of my family in under thirty minutes. "These questions," Leo said, holding up his own laptop. He'd stepped out the front door and had a look of confusion plastered on his face. "It's like... sex stuff. Shit I wouldn't talk to you about, let alone the government." "What?" I asked. "Are you sure you're on the right site? It's supposed to be about the tier thing." "Yeah, I'm sure. Dot-Gov link and everything." "Fucking OGA," I grimaced. "You and that Agent dude kept saying that. What does it mean?" I sighed. "Other Government Agency. It's kind of a military meme for when someone from the CIA doesn't want to say they are from the CIA. Or, if you're into conspiracies, it's completely separate from the CIA but they're so secretive they don't even have a name." Leo just shook his head and sighed before sitting down in the other deck chair. He joined me in looking out at the forested hills that had surrounded us for the last five years. "Did I fuck everything up?" I asked him. "What? No," he said. "Well, I mean, it's hard to know. But no, I don't think so." "This is all going to go away," I said, gesturing out to the wilds that had been my childhood, and our shared backyard. "My family has been on this land for over a hundred and fifty years, and I just agreed to let the government wipe it out." "It's not like you had much of a choice, Harrison. Carrot and stick, like you said. And whether those guys were CIA or something else, they definitely seemed to have a really big fucking stick. They flew in on a damn helicopter." "Still," I said. "I feel like I'm selling out my childhood." We talked for a while, reminiscing. Leo let me tell some old family stories he'd already heard a half dozen times before. We joked about the shit we'd gotten up to, living out in our backwoods paradise. "Maybe it's time for a change," I sighed. "This was never going to last forever." "Felt like it though, didn't it?" Leo asked. "Yeah, it did." Poing! Leo's laptop, sitting forgotten, made a horrible noise. He glanced at it, "Ah, shit. I timed out. Now I gotta start all over again." He started typing away, and I finally opened my own laptop. The first thing I did was open my emails, and sitting right at the top, already marked with an 'important' star, was the email with the contract. Everything is as discussed. Print and sign, someone will be by tomorrow to collect. Make sure you fill out the questionnaire!; Walters. "Jesus," I muttered. "They really are putting a lot of emphasis on this thing." I opened up the website, starting by filling out all the basic information. Then, just like Leo said, it started to get weird. It was like filling out the most invasive and specific dating app ever. "I feel like they're going to try and 3D Print me a girlfriend," Leo laughed at one point. "Maybe it's cloning," I snickered. "That's fair. I wonder if they can clone me an Angelina Jolie?" "Gone in 60 Seconds Jolie, or Wanted Jolie?" I asked. He snorted. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith Jolie will always be my peak. Or Tomb Raider." "Ugh," I scoffed. We went back and forth like that, laughing at the ridiculousness of the questions and suggestions. The list of kinks we were attracted to, or turned off by was immense. We had to help each other even figure out what some of them were. I found myself ticking off some that surprised me because I'd never considered them before but they sounded hot. Other stuff I down voted hard, and I couldn't believe someone would ever admit to the government that they were into them. Hell, one of the suggested kinks was the government. Who the fuck got hot under the collar about bureaucracy and paperwork? I mean, I guess someone would, somewhere, or it wouldn't have been on the list. "What did you put for that last one?" Leo asked me as I was closing my laptop. "The relationship style scale?" I asked. "Yeah. I put a full 10, polyamory all the way. How hot would it be to be some sheikh with a harem of ladies?" "I went for a 6," I said. "I'm not going to turn down a threesome or anything if that's what my girl wants, but I'm also not into the idea of sharing with another boner." Leo shrugged, closing his eyes and leaning back in his chair. "I don't know, my dude. The Agents did say the world is changing. Maybe the norm will be great big orgies next year, and we'll all be smashing like it's our jobs." I snorted and smirked. "Yeah, sure. Society threatens to collapse and we all devolve into Eyes Wide Shut perverts." "One can dream," Leo laughed. We spent the evening starting to pack. It was tough, since we weren't really sure what the actual plan was. The contract fully outlined that we'd be getting new residences in the development, which was being called 'Valhalla,' but it wasn't exactly clear what the timeline was. I pushed for Leo to get packing sooner than later. My days in the military had me trained to expect 'hurry up and wait' to never mean waiting on the little guy, and right now we were definitely the little guy. We were woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of machinery, and we got dressed and rode the ATVs down the driveway. The gravel trail stretched about a half mile from the highway up to the house, but we only made it around a couple of bends before we came to the lights and action. "Stop right there," someone with a megaphone called to us, and we pulled our rides to a halt and cut the engines. "Who the fuck are you?" the voice asked. "Harrison Black. You're on my,” I had to stop myself. As of that evening, I'd signed the contract. It wasn't mine anymore. "We live here," I corrected. "Oh, it's you," said the voice. One of the workers stepped forward. He had on a big, bright orange reflective vest, and had a clipboard in one hand and the megaphone in the other. "Keep working, boys!" he shouted, and the machinery ground into action again. He approached us and stopped about ten feet away, despite needing to shout to be heard over the machinery. "Sorry about the noise. We've got orders to get this road done up to your house by tomorrow." "We heard," Leo said. "How does this all work?" I asked. "Shouldn't you guys be in quarantine gear or something?" "We got tested twice over the last two days in preparation for the job," the guy said. "Everyone on the crew is clean, and we all damn well needed the work. Fastest turnaround and the highest pay I've ever seen. Still, we're supposed to keep our distance from anyone other than the team. You guys get tested?" "No," I shouted back. "But the Government guys who set this up didn't seem to care." "Yeah, they did that with us, too. Acted like they were immune. Hell, maybe they are," the worker said. "You hear about what that idiot in the White House said yesterday?" We traded some stories we'd heard. It was strange, usually Leo and I were pretty private with strangers, but after so long in isolation with just each other and Erica, and the fucking weird encounter with the Agents, it was nice to just shoot the shit with someone new and normal. Even if it was shouting over the sound of machinery. Williams was the foreman of the operation that was clearing the trees to either side of the road. Another crew was working behind them, and trucks were already dumping off heavy set gravel at the entrance to widen it into a three-lane road. By morning they expected to have all of the trees, stumps and all, ripped out and stacked up for processing, and the driveway would be graded and levelled by lunch. The speed at which the crew worked was almost frightening. They were all experienced hands and did everything safely, but it was clear that they were motivated. While we were talking, Leo and I had to back up our ATVs twice to clear space for the crew to move ahead. Eventually, we said good night to Williams and headed back up to the house. I went back to bed, wondering if I'd made a terrible mistake. True to their words, by the time Leo and I woke up in the early morning, the clanging and crashing was just fifty yards from the front door. We made a couple big pots of coffee and brought it out to the guys, and one at a time they all walked over to the stump we used as a table and poured it into their thermoses while we stayed back. I had to make two more trips with more fresh coffee to cover everyone; in the dark it had been hard to tell how many people were working stretched out along the driveway. The clearing crew itself had to be thirty people, and a tired but thankful Williams said the gravel grading and levelling crew was probably just as big. "I'm sure we'll see you around," Williams called as the workers started packing up their equipment and prepping their heavier machinery for transport. "Supposed to be lots more work to do up here, yeah?" "Guess so," I called back. "Where are you guys headed now?" "They set us up in a motel about 20 minutes south. We've got guys on the crew from all over; they recruited all of us to fly out for this work, all expenses paid. Gotta tell you, it felt like hitting the lottery after sitting around in quarantine with my savings siphoning away." They left behind stacks of logs and stumps along the side of the now widened driveway area, and soon Leo and I were prepping a whole new serving of coffee as the morning wore on and the grading crew made its way up my old driveway. The guys on that crew were a little more hesitant to chat since they felt like they were running behind schedule, but they were happy enough to take the hot coffee after a whole night of work. It was around noon when one of the grading crew came up and knocked on the front door of the house. I'd been busy cleaning out the attic; one of those jobs I'd always had on my list of things to do around the property but never got around to. If there was anything up there worth saving, I hadn't found it yet, but it was worth the look. I came down to the front door covered in dust. The guy took one look at me from where he'd backed to 'social distance' and started laughing. I took one look at him, covered in gravel dust with rings of sweat from where he'd taken off his hard hat, and laughed right back. "Sir," he finally said after a minute, "We just thought you should know that the crew down at the far end of the road said someone in a green pickup truck drove by real slow a few times. The third time they pulled over and asked what was going on, but the boys down there followed orders and didn't tell him anything, so he peeled out. Just figured we'd let you know." "I appreciate that," I said, and sighed in the way that only old family history could make me sigh. Deep, long and aggravated. "And I think I know who it probably was. Thanks for letting me know." He nodded and went back to work. I didn't even think to ask what all was going on down at the end of the new road they had installed until he was already at the other end of the yard. "What's up?" Leo asked when I went to join him in the barn. "One of the crew guys said they saw a green pickup doing drive-buys." "Hah! Well, I guess that's not going to be your problem anymore, is it?" Leo laughed. I smirked. "Not legally. I'm sure I'm still going to be on Kara's shit-list and get a fucking earful though." I ended up spending the early afternoon helping Leo pack up a bunch of his woodworking equipment. The smaller stuff was fairly easy, but he needed the extra body for some of the larger presses and table-mounted saws. It felt like we'd barely made a dent when the double-honk of a car broke our concentration. We both headed around the side of the barn to find Erica getting out of the passenger seat of a black town car that had eaten a whole lot of the fresh gravel dust and now looked like someone had dusted it with flour. Sour-puss Agent Maggie was getting out of the driver's seat. "Hey, sis, how was it?" Leo asked. "Umm-Hmm," Erica said, shaking her head and holding up a finger to keep him from hugging her. "I need to talk to both of you inside." She had nervous energy going on, bouncing her weight on one leg and chewing on the corner of her lower lip. "Give me twenty; no, give me thirty minutes." "Is everything alright?" I asked. Erica was already moving quickly into the house. She'd had a look on her face like she was sick, and flushed with a fever or something. I turned to Agent Maggie. "Did something happen? She didn't catch the virus, did she?" "No," sour-puss said, that permanent sneer never breaking. "She knows everything she needs to, and needs to talk. Just do what she says." "What are you talking about?" I asked. Leo had followed Erica inside to make sure she was Okay. "Look, prick. Your little 'send her to the car' thing yesterday made me look bad, and now I'm stuck as a glorified cab driver while my boss and my partner are off to another shitty corner of the country like this one to bribe someone else into handing over their property to the government. Just fuck off inside and enjoy your new fucking world, you Mamoa-wannabe jerk." She got back in her car and slammed the door closed, then started to peel away and spin the car around before slamming the breaks and rolling down the window. "I'll be back again in a few hours with Lacosta's partner. He needs to be here waiting." "What?" I asked. She just flashed me her middle finger as she drove away. God damn woman, I sighed, watching her kick up dust and loose stones as she drove way too fast down the brand new gravel road. I shook my head and went inside. Erica was already upstairs and I could hear the shower running. Leo just shook his head and shrugged, "She wouldn't say anything. Just muttered about needing to get ready for something." "This is weird," I said. "I'm really fucking hoping this whole thing isn't going to blow up in our faces." "If it is, we might as well take it head on. Too late to do anything else," Leo said. "That's too fucking true, my friend," I said. Thirty-five minutes later Erica, dressed in a pair of her tight jeans with all the holes 'stylishly' cut into them down the legs and a black Metallica hoodie, strutted down the stairs and immediately began pacing and fidgeting with the strings of her sweater hood. She had done her full makeup, and seeing her like that was almost as shocking as the first time she'd gone without it; it had been a month since she had bothered with makeup at all, since even when she went out on grocery runs she was entirely covered up. "Sit," she demanded when we joined her in the living room, pointing me to my usual chair and Leo to the couch. He furrowed his brow as he watched his sister's nervous energy, but I wasn't sure it was because he was worried or didn't like her ordering him around. Their whole twin thing had always been more bouncing off each other than working in parallel. "Alright, alright," I said, hands up as I went to sit. "What's going on, E?" She stopped pacing and looked at both of us, transferring her energy into tapping her foot. I'd only ever seen her like this once before, right before we'd had our big group conversation about her staying indefinitely through the quarantine. Later, she'd elaborated to me a little bit more as to why she'd been so nervous; beyond the pandemic dangers, and feeling alone if she left, Erica had been chipping in for groceries with us, but that was it; the woman couldn't work during the pandemic, and tattooing hadn't exactly fueled her savings accounts. Everything all piling on at once had turned her into a nervous wreck, the opposite of her usual self. So what was doing this to her now? "Erica," Leo said, snapping her out of the train of thought she'd lost herself in staring at me. Her gaze was intense, only added to by her sexy post-punk look. It was like she'd erected a wall of armor around herself, or was taking on a persona that she'd let drop. "Right, sorry, I'm just really fucking distracted," she said. "Look, there's no way to say this easily without sounding sort of crazy at first, Okay? So I'm just going to say it, and you both need to listen cause I'm only explaining it once, alright?" Leo and I both nodded. "Alright, so the vaccine isn't just like, a shot. Well, it is for women. I got it this morning, and I'm something like 97% immune to the virus. But for men it isn't a shot. I did that information session and they showed us a bunch of research I only half-understood thanks to my AP bio classes back in high school, but I definitely got the video. The vaccine is pretty much lethal for men, and it has some weird side effects for women. They couldn't remove those aspects, so they modified it in other ways to try and adjust." "So how are we supposed to get vaccinated?" Leo asked. Erica licked her lips, and I realized she was sweating slightly. She glared at her brother, then looked at me and her eyes softened, then hardened, and I couldn't tell if she was angry at me or what. Then she glared back at her brother again. "They basically turned the vaccine into an STD, and it's the only way for men to get vaccinated. It's not permanent and needs frequent upkeep in both men and women, and it turns women fucking horny as hell if they go without for too long." "I'm sorry, what!?" Leo burst out. "And you took the shot?" "Just shut up, Leo!" Erica tried to shout him down. "I heard all the evidence, I weighed my options, and I decided this was the best thing to do. The whole tier system thing? I did the same questionnaire as you guys did, and they gave me a list of good matches. People I could go become a partner of. Like, sexually, and maybe romantically. We'd live together in quarantine, screw each other into immunity, and be that way for the foreseeable future until they fix this vaccine." "That's so fucked up," I said. "They wanted you to just shack up with someone you didn't know?" "Yeah, except someone I did know was on my list," she said. "Who?" Leo asked. "Are you moving back to Portland?" Erica turned from her brother and looked right at me. "Oh, no," Leo said. "No, no, no. You two are not becoming fuck buddies. We discussed this, Erica!" "Wait, what?" I said. "You discussed,” "Not important!" Leo shouted. "It's not important. It's not happening." "It's too late, Leo," Erica said. Then she turned to me. "At least, it is if you're into it. Look, Harrison, you can say no. I can't make you do this. What's-her-name will come back and get me, and I'll pick someone else on that list they gave me, and I'll go stay with them wherever they are. No hard feelings, you've done so much for me already that I can't even start to say thank you properly. But fuck I really want to fuck you. I've been getting off thinking about you almost exclusively for weeks, and the only reason I never asked you out in all these years is because I promised Leo back in high school I wouldn't ever date his friends." "And this is better?!" Leo squawked. "Shut up, Leo!" Erica shouted back at him. "You're not seriously considering this, are you?" Leo asked me. "You can't; Why; Come on, dude. She's my twin sister, it would be like... ugh!" He threw his hands up in the air in frustration. I rubbed my face with both hands and took in a deep breath before looking back at the siblings. "Alright," I said slowly. "First off, Erica, is this the vaccine talking? Just try and focus, cause this sounds an awful lot like some crazy date-rape drug and not a vaccine." "God, fuck. Why do men have to make things so hard?" she said. "I've wanted to fuck you for ages, Harrison. You being on my compatibility list at the vaccine center just made the decision fucking convenient instead of a fantasy." I turned to Leo. "Would you rather it be me, or some freak you know nothing about?" "I'd rather it be no one!" Leo said. "That's not an option anymore," Erica growled. "I've already got the shot. I'm just going to get hornier and hornier until I fucking snap, Leo. Then I'll fuck anything that fucking moves, that's the way it works. I need to bond with someone or I'll lose my goddamn mind. There are still a few days before I apparently go full-on bitch-in-heat feral, but I'm already feeling an itch all over and the only thing that I know, I know, is going to relieve that itch is cock." "Jaysus," I muttered, sitting back. Erica turned back to me, hugging herself. "Please, Harrison? Just; just tell me yes or no. Standing here without an answer is killing me, cause I don't know if I need to fight the feeling or I can give in." "I; Erica, you are absolutely gorgeous. I always assumed you weren't interested in me, or just wanted a friend. Honestly, I sort of thought you were gay with the comments you make about the women you work on in your shop. You're always talking about perky tits and firm asses and stuff like that," I said. "I'm Bi," she clarified. "And I work with people's bodies all day. I know what's hot and what's not for me, and Harri, you've fucking revved my engine since that first weekend Leo introduced us. I just want to rub my body all over,” "Erica!" Leo interrupted her. "Sorry, sorry, too much," she said. "I told you, this fucking vaccine is damn distracting right now. I need some relief here." "I'll do it," I said. "I just; this feels like the drug or whatever talking, Erica. Are you absolutely sure?" She was on me, straddling my lap and pressing her mouth to mine. Erica grabbed my head in her hands as she started forcefully making out with me, muttering 'Thank you' over and over into my lips. Her tongue pushed against mine, and then she grabbed my hands with hers and pulled them around to grab her ass. It was wonderfully firm, with a good amount of muscle that kept it looking full even if it wasn't particularly plump. "At least go get a room," Leo growled loudly. I pushed Erica back far enough that we could look each other in the eyes. Hers were bright, lucid, and silently pleading with me in a way that made her seem smaller and more vulnerable than the tough chick I'd come to know. "Let's go upstairs," I said to her. "I didn't mean literally get a room, right now," Leo said. "We need to talk this over! You made me a promise, Erica." "Shut up, Leo," Erica said. "I'll make it up to you, this isn't the end of the world. Probably. I think." She grabbed my hand, scrambled out of my lap and started pulling me up out of my chair. "What the fuck am I supposed to do?" Leo asked. "How am I getting vaccinated?" "Whenever they find someone who actually wants to fuck you, dorkus," Erica told her brother. "That lady agent said she'd be back in a few hours with your 'partner,'" I told him as I passed by, still getting pulled by Erica towards the stairs. "I didn't know what she meant at the time, but I guess;?" "Is she hot?" Leo asked me. I was already getting pulled up the stairs. "How am I supposed to know?" I yelled down to him. It's funny how energy can rise and fall at the drop of a hat. Erica pulled me into the guest bedroom she'd been using as her bedroom, slammed the door shut and turned to me; and stopped. She bit her lip, one leg bouncing at the knee as she shifted her weight. "Second thoughts?" I asked. "No, no," Erica said, shaking her head. "Definitely not. God, fuck, no. I didn't want to get into it in front of Leo like that, but you're also just being so you that I feel like I need to explain myself more." "So tell me," I said, sitting down on the bed. Erica started pacing again but stopped after one back-and-forth. "Okay, look. What I said down there is true. I would have asked you out years ago, after that first time we met at Burleson's when Leo brought you around." "The pub around the corner from your shop? That wasn't the first time we met," I said. "I know," she replied. "That was when you were moving into Leo's apartment. We passed each other in the building lobby and I saw you glance at my tits. I thought you were just another fuckboy asshole." "Wait, I don't remember that," I said. "Why didn't you ever tell me that happened? I thought the first time was when you gave Leo the fish tattoo on his side." "That's the first time we actually spoke," Erica said. "And you had an uphill fucking battle to try and change my mind about my first impression of you. You only made it far enough that I didn't bitch about Leo bringing you to the pub a couple nights later. That was when I got to actually focus on talking to you instead of chatting while I was at work. I also remember being super fucking pissed at Leo that night, because I asked him if I could go back on our deal from high school and hook up with you, and he said no." "Okay, whoa; we could have been having sex for seven years and you held to an agreement you made in high school? What was this fucking thing, a treaty ratified by the Pope?" Erica snorted a laugh and ran her fingers through her hair in frustration. "No, it was stupid. And honestly, looking back, we probably would have had a lot better of a time if he and I had agreed on the opposite. But Leo was a jock, and I was a scene girl, and we made an agreement that we didn't want each other messing with our friend groups. So no dating, no crushing, no nothing if the other twin claimed them first. We wanted to guard what we had, instead of helping each other out." I huffed a soft laugh. "Sounds like teenage bullshit to me." "Yeah, well, I'll just claim twin loyalty, Okay?" Erica said. "But that's not the really fucked up thing about this. When you invited me down from the city to stay with you guys, Leo and I had a separate talk. Harrison, my brother fucking loves you. Not like in a sexual way, but you're the best friend he's ever had. Period. No doubt about it. And he may not have ever said it to you but he was really worried that I would screw up the dynamic you guys have; and now here I am doing it." Erica squeezed her eyes shut and tilted her face to the ceiling. "Shit, maybe this was a bad idea after all. Fuck, he's never going to forgive me, I,” "Hey, hey," I said, standing and pulling her into a hug. Erica was a tall woman, easily 5'9 or a bit more, but I still towered over her with my 6'6". She clung to the sides of my shirt instead of hugging back, but buried her face into my chest. "I didn't know any of this, E. But we're all adults, we can handle this better than making promises we don't want to keep." "I know," she mumbled into my shirt, and slowly let go of my sides and slid her arms around until she was hugging me back. "You should know that I would have asked you out in a second if I thought you were interested," I said. "I'm still not exactly comfortable with the big picture on all of this, but this right here? I will definitely take this silver lining." "God, you make me so hot, Harrison," Erica said, and she looked up into my eyes. I kissed her as we held each other. Her considerable chest was pressing against my sternum, and as she shifted her arms up to wrap them around my neck and pull me closer to her, I lowered mine until I hooked my fingers into the belt loops of her jeans. We held that for a while, eyes closed and enjoying the feeling like we were teenagers again. God, we're both over thirty, I laughed in my head. We should be a lot bet

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Are toxic behaviors holding your organization back? In this impactful episode of the Leadership Sandbox, Tammy J. Bond reveals the crucial link between addressing workplace toxicity and cultivating a thriving, healthy culture. She highlights the astounding financial and productivity benefits of actively eliminating negativity – showing that eliminating toxic behaviors can save two to four times more than hiring a superstar! Tammy champions the power of a "call-out culture" (in the best sense!) where leaders proactively address issues, establish clear ground rules, and reclaim valuable time lost to managing unproductive conflict. Learn how this direct approach not only boosts employee retention and team morale, but also leads to significant returns on investment, including improved organizational health and performance improvement. It's time for leaders to measure the cost of inaction as carefully as sales targets, ensuring a truly engaged and productive workplace. Key Takeaways for Leaders: Massive Cost Savings: Discover that eliminating toxic behaviors can yield financial returns 2-4 times greater than hiring a top performer. Productivity & Retention Boost: Understand the direct correlation between a healthy workplace culture and significantly improved productivity and employee retention. Strategic Ground Rules: Learn the importance of establishing clear ground rules as a proactive measure to foster a positive work environment. Reclaim Time: See how actively addressing toxic behaviors allows managers to reclaim valuable time previously lost to unproductive issues. Morale Multiplies: Recognize that high morale is directly linked to increased productivity and employee engagement. The Power of "Call-Out" Culture: Embrace a constructive call-out culture that promotes accountability and drives performance improvement. Measure Inaction: Challenge yourself to measure the cost of inaction regarding toxicity with the same rigor as you track sales targets. In This Episode, You'll Learn: The tangible financial impact of toxic behaviors on your organization's bottom line. Why leaders must actively engage in improving workplace culture to boost employee retention and morale. Strategies for establishing clear expectations and ground rules to address and prevent workplace toxicity. The connection between a healthy culture and overall organizational health and productivity. How a proactive call-out culture can transform workplace dynamics and drive positive change. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Negative Behaviors in the Workplace: Tammy sets the stage, highlighting the pervasive nature and cost of toxic behaviors. 04:16 The Cost of Inaction and Call-Out Culture: Diving into the financial implications of ignoring toxicity and the transformative power of a direct call-out culture. Ready to stop the drain of toxicity and unlock your organization's full potential? Tune into this vital episode of the Leadership Sandbox with Tammy J. Bond! Listen or Watch Now: https://www.bondgroupenterprises.com/podcast

On this last episode of the CobraCast Podcast... My brothers Tony Park, Danny Garcia, Rob Hinton and Joe Wilson from "Three:33" joined me for a 3 hour goodbye episode... We had a great chat, over more than a few drinks of Iron Wolf, about the last 9 years of the CobraCast... It's been on hell of a ride but as the story says, "All Good Things Must Come To And End".... You never know what the future holds, so instead of saying Goodbye, I'm going to say "Take Care of Yourself, Take Care of Each Other and I'll see you on the Flip Side" ;)... Much Love, Peace and Positivity....  Recorded on July 14th, 2025 Sponsored by Iron Wolf Ranch and Distillery https://ironwolfranch.com/  

Trump ends whirlwind week with billions in new tariff revenue and a more complicated trade war The secret double life of Thomas Crooks, Trump's would-be assassin Webb space telescope makes stunning discovery on 3-year anniversary $290k flying racecar has been launched Chinese Naval Vessel Spotted Off Hawaiian Coast Air India crash report shows pilot confusion over engine switch movement 2.34 Billion Ton Discovery in Wyoming Could Unlock AI Wealth Elon Musk's Bold Plan for Interstellar Travel Why Are Russian Warplanes Suddenly Covered in Tires? US Tests $1 Billion X-47B: The Next-Gen Advanced Drone in Action

Every now and then Luana suggests an unusual topic rather than bringing someone forward to speak with us.  In this case, she wanted to talk about the process of communication with people offstage. Jennifer speaks about her process, working with law enforcement, and how she gets information from people offstage and passes it along to a particular person who works with an agency - and then they take those visuals, impressions, and dig through the known aspects of a particular case. The law enforcement person is in charge of what information should be followed up on, what aspects of what Jennifer says that should be followed up.  Sometimes it's like working on a procedural television series - each week it's more information, more clues... sometimes it's given to her in a download,  as much information as possible. Sometimes it's bits and pieces as the person who is offstage is learning how to communicate.  Needless to say, the law enforcement cases are also driven by emotions and a time element, especially when someone is missing. Jennifer speaks of how she tries to not judge whatever comes in - and report objectively what she's hearing, sensing or seeing. In our work together, when someone comes in that is known to our "class" or group of individuals we've spoken to on the flipside, they are assisted by friends (and Luana) in how to translate their thoughts into visuals so that Jennifer can pick up what they're imparting and translate that into a sentence. As she notes, she can misinterpret a visual... or later, it becomes clear what that visual was meant to impart. Almost the way a translator takes language and turns it into sign language for the hard of hearing, or those without sound. Each gestures carries meaning, and we string together that is being said or passed along. We never plan what we're going to talk about prior to the session... unless something happens to me (Like sensing someone in the room, and hearing them say something like Brian Wilson did when I felt I heard him say "I'd be honored to be on your podcast." Odd way of saying "I'd like to pass messages along to my loved ones" but Brian was someone who spoke with a different vocabulary as everyone knows.  But for those who are curious why we "talk often to celebrities" - that's not always the case. Other than Luana, who is a pretty cool example of someone who is a celebrity on the flipside for her ability to help people communicate with loved ones onstage. To book a session with JenniferShaffer.com or to book a guided meditation with RichardMartini.com - we're both available for private conversations.

Podcast guest 1452 is Richard Martini author and award winning filmmaker that uses guided meditation, hypnotherapy and mediumship to access the both humans and ETs in the afterlife.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FLIPSIDE KIND: HOW TO PHONE HOMEhttps://amzn.to/4jrGVmERichard's YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@HackingTheAfterlifeRichard's Websitehttps://richmartini.blogspot.com/Contact In The Desert Eventhttps://contactinthedesert.com/CONTACT:Email: jeff@jeffmarapodcast.comTo donate crypto:Bitcoin - bc1qk30j4n8xuusfcchyut5nef4wj3c263j4nw5wydDigibyte - DMsrBPRJqMaVG8CdKWZtSnqRzCU7t92khEShiba - 0x0ffE1bdA5B6E3e6e5DA6490eaafB7a6E97DF7dEeDoge - D8ZgwmXgCBs9MX9DAxshzNDXPzkUmxEfAVEth. - 0x0ffE1bdA5B6E3e6e5DA6490eaafB7a6E97DF7dEeXRP - rM6dp31r9HuCBDtjR4xB79U5KgnavCuwenWEBSITEwww.jeffmarapodcast.comSOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmarapodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffmarapodcast/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jeffmaraP/The opinions of the guests may or may not reflect the opinions of the host.

Judge denies bail for Sean 'Diddy' Combs. When will he be sentenced? NASA Uncovers Hidden Nuclear Facility Beneath Arctic Ice The U.S. Air Force's Newest Threat: Meet the F-36 China's Population Crisis: A Growing Concern for Leaders US allies plan to flex aircraft carrier muscles near China The F-47 NGAD Fighter Program is Back with a Vengeance China's first mass-produced flying car debuts Iran's Fattah Hypersonic Missile: A Strategic Weapon to Strike the US in 40 Seconds Astronomers race to learn more about third interstellar visitor Inside America's 6th-gen arsenal: B-21, F-47, and the future of air dominance 300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Found in China—Were They Made by Humans? Scientists Say We May Have Been Wrong About the Origin of Life The Navy's 4 Iowa-Class Battleships Fired Their Guns at North Korea New FDA Ban Wipes Out Burger Chain Menus Nationwide Testing US New System to Launch Aircraft at Crazy Speed on Aircraft Carrier US Tests the World's Largest $200 Million Drone: Meet the RQ-4 Global Hawk Why Trust Is Breaking Down Across China Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere Flying Car With 620-Mile Range Nears Official Launch How Trump's big spending bill will overhaul repayment for millions of student-loan borrowers Scientists May Have Found the Blueprint of the Human Body at the Bottom of the Ocean

Tonight! On News On The Flip Side.... Senate rejects resolution to curb Trump's use of military in Iran Supreme Court limits powers of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions The US Unveils Its 6th Generation Fighter Jet: What's Next for Air Superiority New propulsion systems could enable a mission to Sedna SpaceX's Starbase city officials silent on crane collapse The Engine With No Moving Parts: Could This Kill EVs and Fuel Cells? Top 5 Advantages of Owning Physical Gold & Silver 7 US States With the Best Odds of Surviving Nuclear Fallout and the Science Behind Their Safety Massive Spacecraft Falls to Earth — US Navy Leads Recovery Mission New satellite imagery shows Iran expanding work at Fordow nuclear site Elon Musk Says First Tesla Drove Itself From Factory to Customer Alarming Chinese Moves Trigger Swift U.S. Military Action

News On He Flipside Tonight Israel Iran Still at it Russia Ukraine Still At It Is This Www III And Much More ? F-35s Devastate Iranian Army With 330 Missiles in a Single Attack SpaceX Starship Flight 5 Splashdown And Explosion Captured By Buoy Camera US ally issues update on China's double aircraft carrier moves in Pacific Japan's Flying Cars Could Change Cities Forever Gordon Chang sounds alarm on suspicious Chinese cargo flights reported near Iranian airspace 11 Italian Chain Restaurants, Ranked Worst To Best The F-15EX Is Making U.S. Enemies Extremely Nervous Honda Launches And Lands Experimental Reusable Rocket In Test Disc-shaped UAP caught on camera by the military in 2020 Supreme Court hands Donald Trump a legal win over tariffs The size of a football pitch: biggest aircraft in the world set to take off in 2030 F-47 Fighter Jet Analysis – The Future of U.S. Air Power 2 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, and multiple fighter wings gather in the Middle East Japan's Mitsubishi F-X: A Sixth-Generation Stealth Fighter to Rival the U.S. and China Sunbirds Nuclear Fusion Rocket Aims to Revolutionize Space Travel

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The countdown to GYTO Fest 2025 is on! Tune into this special episode of The Flip Side Podcast as Hope, Wade, and Chris share all about our upcoming 2025 Get Your Teach On National Conference kicking off next week in Dallas, TX! Learn more about our GYTO Fest 2025 at getyourteachon.com and be sure to follow along at @getyourteachon.

The sound of jet engines was deafening - then it was chaos Are You Kidding': CNN Poll Reveals GOP Approval Rating New Hypersonic Fighter By Elon Musk Shatters Speed Limits And Redefines Aviation Technology Israeli Air Force intercepts an Iranian UAV Air India crash reignites Boeing concerns: Here's what global documentaries reveal SpaceX adds 23 satellites to Starlink megaconstellation after launch from Florida 3,900 Rounds a Minute - Watch the A-10 Shred Soviet Helicopters SpaceX Unveils Upgraded HLS Starship for Artemis Lunar Missions Voyager 1 Springs Back to Life After 20 Years in Deep Space China could 'strike us' amid Israel-Iran conflict, Gordon Chang warns

Send us a textMACE shares her amazing story of being part the USAF Thunderbirds and becoming the lead solo for the elite team!We hear everything from training, flying at shows, interacting with the public all with some great stories through out.We also talk about her books and her upcoming release, "The Flipside" which you can pre-order here - https://macecurran.com/flipside/Watch part 1 - https://www.aircrewinterview.tv/#/f-16-mace-pt1/https://macecurran.com/https://www.instagram.com/mace_curranhttps://amzn.to/3FOiWzE* Pick up some AI merch - https://www.teepublic.com/user/aircrew-interview Help keep the channel going:      PATREON - https://www.patreon.com/aircrewinterviewDONATE - http://www.aircrewinterview.tv/donate/Purchase our Aviation Art Book, Volume One - https://amzn.to/3sehpaP Follow us:https://www.aircrewinterview.tv/https://www.instagram.com/aircrew_interviewhttps://www.facebook.com/aircrewinterviewhttps://www.twitter.com/aircrewtvSupport the show

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John continues his conversation with Michelle “MACE” Curran. In Part 1, Michelle shared her journey from joining the military on an ROTC scholarship to becoming one of the few female F-16 fighter pilots, the struggles she faced, and what it was like flying combat missions. In this episode, they talk about her life after the military — becoming a keynote speaker, writing books, and setting work-life boundaries. Michelle also discusses her upcoming book, The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Intro [01:26] - Reasons for leaving the military [05:01] - Michelle's speaking career [08:26] - What The Flipside is all about and why she wrote it [12:12] - Release date of Michelle's book [12:58] - Keeping boundaries between work and family [15:44] - Life as a “bonus mom” [18:44] - Michelle's definition of success [23:25] - Best way to connect with Michelle [24:46] - Podcasts that help Michelle in her growth [28:38] - Closing remarks NOTABLE QUOTES: “Fear is a normal thing we experience, and it's actually a great signal to tell you to look further into the (that's causing the fear) thing.” “Boldness is something that is required if you want to play big at your full potential.” “It's not the easiest lifestyle. You'd think having control of your schedule and working remotely a good portion of time would just be like, ‘Oh, you have so much time with your family.' But I think that creep into all parts of your life is very easy to let happen.” “You have to make it a priority to not get stagnant, to not get comfortable, and to celebrate your small wins—but also to keep moving the goalpost for yourself. You always want to be learning something new, you always want to be getting better.” “When you get to a pretty successful level—you fly for those 100 birds, or you have a business that's doing well—it can be very easy to settle in and become complacent. And that's like a surefire way to kind of lose that fulfillment around it.” “Learning new things, pushing yourself, continuing to develop as a person, that's the whole human experience. That's why we're here.” “Success looks like building the life I want, that manages the time and the way I want it, and has the priorities that I want.” “The strongest teams are the ones where people feel like they can show up as their whole selves.” USEFUL RESOURCES: https://macecurran.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/macecurran/ https://www.instagram.com/mace_curran/ https://www.facebook.com/macecurran/ https://x.com/mace_curran https://www.youtube.com/@mace_curran5 "The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower" (https://a.co/d/6zgzEbT) "Upside Down Dreams" (https://a.co/d/5HlDvhl) "What's Your Callsign?" (https://a.co/d/ilF0djX) CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen    X - https://x.com/johnhulen    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA    EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/ 

Another one of those mind bending podcasts.  We begin by reviewing our visit to Contact In the Desert over the weekend, where we did a lecture and a workshop. (Both are available at the ContactInTheDesert.com website) In our lecture members of the audience asked questions from Jennifer and in the workshop, our moderator on the Flipside brought someone who is from another planet. In that case, Jennifer could see this "green glowing light" that turned into a humanoid looking being when I asked for it to "manifests as someone that Jennifer could see."  He self identified as "Nojah" - someone who is from the "Pleiadian group of planets."   He shows up again in our podcast, after a visit from Prince... when asked what he wanted to speak about, Prince said "well you invited the class to come to Contact in the Desert, so I was there."  Jennifer talked about the "crowds of people" that were there - not only the folks walking around to visit the events, but those folks on the flipside "accompanying them." Then our new friend Nojah showed up - spoke about the idea that humans experience things in a tactile way, and how we can share that information, experience with our higher selves, which shares it with people who are curious about it. He spoke about the idea of the multiverse - which I took to mean that there are many dimensions in any given space at any given time, so there's a lot of different people who can access events simultaneously.  Jennifer took it to mean the idea the multiverse represents us in different time frames, different profiles.  I've heard the proviso "Well, we only get one life at a time, otherwise we wouldn't learn anything." (Which may or may not be accurate, I'm just reporting). We then had a visit from two folks who've visited the podcast before; "Ma Durga" - the 8 armed teacher of astrophysics and other classes, and "5" the self identified "head librarian."  I tossed a couple of questions in their direction, and 5 said in order to communicate with him "Pray, but not in the religious sense" - which I assume means a version of "meditate with purpose" - and when asked to clarify, said "I already answered this" and then said "Yes, it helps to have a mediator" (which could be a hypnotherapist, medium or someone doing a guided meditation.) All of it mind bending. Hope this helps!

News On The Flipside world war 3 is it on its way Germany and the EU sending new missiles to the Ukraine with no range limit ow will Putin react to a attack on Moscow ? Trumps Pole number up every where . Trump's Tariffs Working as Advertised as Trade Deficit Plummets Record Amount in April China's Hypersonic Missiles Summed Up in 4 Words Trump Wins Supreme Court Ruling in 6-3 Decision The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump's removal of two Democratic appointees from federal boards, affirming the administration's authority to dismiss agency officials NASA May Have Found Earth 2.0 - And That's Just the Beginning Quadcopter Rocket Launcher Flight Test Footage Trump appears to be building an unprecedented spy machine that could track Americans FAA investigating close call between 2 commercial jets at San Francisco Airport Boeing's F-47 Top Speed: How Fast Will This Fighter Jet Be? James Webb Space Telescope: 4K Mind-Boggling View Of 'Exploded Star' China Unveils the Largest Drone Carrier Ever Built — and This Giant Is About to Take Off Supreme Court Clears Trump to Strip 500,000 of Legal Status The Nuclear Missile Russia Claims Can Strike From Anywhere Earth Has A 1-In-100,000 Chance Of Being Ejected From The Solar System Due To A Passing Star F-35 vertical take off is incredible Musk deploys old playbook to clean up Tesla brand

John talks with Michelle “MACE” Curran — former combat pilot & F-16 fighter pilot, former Thunderbirds demonstration team pilot & lead pilot (2019–2022), author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Upside Down Dreams. Michelle shares her journey of becoming one of the few female combat pilots in the U.S., the story of how she got her call sign “MACE,” finding her true purpose beyond the cockpit and much more! Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Intro [01:16] - Michelle's bio [02:00] - Thunderbirds and Blue Angels [03:42] - Children's books written by Michelle [06:02] - Discovering her purpose by accident [09:48] - What drew Michelle to become a fighter pilot? [11:44] - Transitioning from college to the military [12:55] - The process of becoming a fighter pilot  [15:08] - Deployments and military assignments [19:42] - How Michelle received her Callsign “MACE”  [23:21] - How our pain shapes our purpose [25:06] - Sharing the tough parts, not just the cool fighter pilot stuff [26:33] - Majority of professional speakers are introverts [28:53] - What it was like to join the Thunderbirds [31:13] - Outro NOTABLE QUOTES: “There is power in seeing someone that you can personally relate to doing something that feels big and scary. And I know there are all these women, and all these little girls, watching those shows who rarely saw themselves represented.” “I was willing to overcome another fear, of being a public speaker, and the fear of the judgment of others that comes with really putting yourself out there in the public eye, because I knew I could truly change lives in a positive way.” “I'm going to start showing up more as just me and stop being hyper-vigilant about everything… how I react to jokes people make, and all the things. I'm just going to show up and be me.” “I'm just going to show up and be me, because this is not sustainable, playing dress-up.” “If I didn't talk about the painful parts, it (speeches) would not have the impact that it does, not even a fraction.” “You have to push through the uncomfortable, the anxiety, the scary part, because the rewards are massive.” USEFUL RESOURCES: https://macecurran.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/macecurran/ https://www.instagram.com/mace_curran/ https://www.facebook.com/macecurran/ https://x.com/mace_curran https://www.youtube.com/@mace_curran5 "The Flipside: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower" (https://a.co/d/6zgzEbT) "Upside Down Dreams" (https://a.co/d/5HlDvhl) "What's Your Callsign?" (https://a.co/d/ilF0djX) CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com    Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen    X - https://x.com/johnhulen    LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA    EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/ 

A Memorial Day weekend podcast.  Michael Hutchence, who passed in 1997 stopped by to say hello.  He said that he wanted to "talk about death" but it wasn't until I was uploading this I realized he was referring to "a day where we remember people who have passed away." I mentioned that we had spoken to him briefly before, that transcript is in one of our Backstage Pass to the Flipside conversations - if memory serves me it was a brief conversation about his crossing over unexpectedly. In today's podcast he talks about who greeted him on the other side, and what that was like - as well as the perspective he has now after this amount time has gone by.  He mentioned how in the interim he's realized that he had planned to "leave early" - not that the events is chosen in advance, but that there's the aspect of "returning home." When asked about that, he talked about already being back on the planet in there different individuals. While this may sound unusual - it's not unheard of.  We bring only a percentage of our conscious energy to a lifetime - the average is between 20 and 40% (based on interviews) - but that leaves behind 60 to 80% of our conscious energy - so in essence, we can do multiple journeys at the same time. It's rare, I've only spoken to a few individuals who are aware of participating in that sort of journey - but it has been reported.  The point is that those individuals won't meet each other, but they will experience things to learn or teach lessons.  In this case, Michael said he was back as a "homeless person" as well as a saxophonist living in London named Louis. (Or Luis).   Anyways, we had a lively discussion about that aspect of how consciousness functions or incarnations works. Then Elvis stopped by - and also wanted to discuss his journey.  I reminded him how he had returned to visit us a few years after our first conversation to talk about the unborn child that greeted him on the other side, and how he felt such overwhelming unconditional love during that experience. I asked him some questions about that - and then Jennifer's father in law stopped by and had some observations for her - and her father told her that he had told this gentleman that the only time Jennifer "believes she's talking to us" was on our podcast. Another mind bending adventure.  Happy Memorial day and thanks for tuning in!  And a reminder, we're appearing at Contact in the Desert this weekend, a lecture on Friday at 11 am (May 30th) and a workshop demonstration on Saturday at 11 am (May 31st, 2025).  Enjoy!

It's our Season Finale! We're back with Part 2 of The Battle of the Minutes! Hope, Wade, and Chris are once again joined on the couch with Bri and Christi (@twotampacoaches). This is the second half of our conversation about maximizing instructional time in education.  If you missed Part 1, check out last week's episode and let us know what you think.  We'll be back with more conversions on hot topics in education after the summer! -- The Flip Side Podcast Hosted by Get Your Teach On's Hope King, Wade King, and Chris Pombonyo, The Flip Side Podcast releases new episodes each week on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform. Each week, we'll breakdown share flipped perspectives and insights on different perspectives on hot topics in education. Learn more: getyourteachon.com/theflipside. Subscribe to GYTO and The Flip Side on YouTube! About Get Your Teach On: Led by educators and authors Hope and Wade King, Get Your Teach On specializes in professional development and encouragement for educators and administrators in the form of conferences, workshops and events. GYTO conferences are known for their passionate celebration of teachers and their ability to inspire life-long learners. Founded in 2016, GYTO now hosts National and Regional Conferences, Virtual Conferences, school and district trainings, and additional events for a wide variety of educators and school administrators each year. GYTO also provides free resources, teacher-focused merchandise, and is the parent organization for the worldwide Rock Your School initiative which encourages out of the box teaching. Credits: The Flip Side is a Get Your Teach On Podcast. Executive Producers Hope King, Wade King Producers Dominique Castellanos, Chase Mayo, Chris Pombonyo Technical Director Chase Mayo Editors Chase Mayo, Seth Foster Copyright 2025 Hope King Teaching Resources Inc.

News on the Flipside South African President talks with Trump about murdering white people and white farmer for there land and money. new air force one why r the dm so pissed Russia amasses strategic bombers at Belaya base, sparks concern Extraordinary giant structures discovered beneath the surface of Mars Donald Trump scores major legal win on blocked order ‘Moscow Under Attack': Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Strike Deep into Russia

Episode 435: I will discuss the flip side, record stores in Chicago, and memories of The Zenith Stereo Consoles.

Episode 435: I will discuss the flip side, record stores in Chicago, and memories of The Zenith Stereo Consoles.

Our battle continues! This week, Hope, Wade, and Chris are once again joined on the couch with Bri and Christi (@twotampacoaches). This week, it's the Battle of the Minutes, and strategies for maximizing instructional time in education. The conversation covers practical tips for using planning periods wisely, engaging students from the start of the day, and integrating technology meaningfully, all aimed at improving time management in educational settings. This is Part 1 of a two part episode discussing instructional time. Part 2 launches next week on May 26th.  -- The Flip Side Podcast Hosted by Get Your Teach On's Hope King, Wade King, and Chris Pombonyo, The Flip Side Podcast releases new episodes each week on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform. Each week, we'll breakdown share flipped perspectives and insights on different perspectives on hot topics in education. Learn more: getyourteachon.com/theflipside. Subscribe to GYTO and The Flip Side on YouTube! About Get Your Teach On: Led by educators and authors Hope and Wade King, Get Your Teach On specializes in professional development and encouragement for educators and administrators in the form of conferences, workshops and events. GYTO conferences are known for their passionate celebration of teachers and their ability to inspire life-long learners. Founded in 2016, GYTO now hosts National and Regional Conferences, Virtual Conferences, school and district trainings, and additional events for a wide variety of educators and school administrators each year. GYTO also provides free resources, teacher-focused merchandise, and is the parent organization for the worldwide Rock Your School initiative which encourages out of the box teaching. Credits: The Flip Side is a Get Your Teach On Podcast. Executive Producers Hope King, Wade King Producers Dominique Castellanos, Chase Mayo, Chris Pombonyo Technical Director Chase Mayo Editors Chase Mayo, Seth Foster Copyright 2025 Hope King Teaching Resources Inc.

 We talk with Saxophonist Dave Monsch about all things music. We visit about the instrumentalist's point of view, and how he will sometimes Frankenstein-songs together if he gets stuck. We also talked about how sailing is like improvising music, and so much more!      Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in a musical household, Monsch was introduced to music early in life, with both of his parents being musicians and educators. His formal training began with saxophone lessons under the guidance of local legend Cy Hays. As he honed his craft, Monsch's love for jazz flourished, and he eventually moved to Texas to attendthe prestigious University of North Texas (UNT) where he immersed himself in adiverse range of musical genres, including big band, small group jazz, funk, world music, and avant-garde styles. His experiences at UNT, alongside a rich career of touring and performing, helped shape his unique sound, which blends technical prowess with deep emotional expression.After earning his Bachelor's degree in Music/Jazz Performance, Monsch's career took him from cruise ships to New York City, before eventually landing in Dallas, where he became a prominent figure in the city's vibrant jazz scene. His time playing with the group Flipside proved to be apivotal chapter in his musical journey, influencing both his compositions and his approach to live performance. Over the years, Monsch has also worked as a sought-after studio musician, collaborating with a wide range of exceptional artists.   Struttin' at the Winedale, the highly anticipated debut album from Dallas-based saxophonist and flautist Dave Monsch, is now available on Lucky Buck Records. This dynamic release marks a significant milestone in Monsch's musical career, showcasing his mastery of both the saxophone and flute while drawing from a diverse range of jazz influences. A collection of original compositions and exciting ensemble performances, Struttin' at the Winedale is a testament to Monsch's rich musical background and his passion for pushing the boundaries of modern jazz.  Check Dave out here:  Website: davemonsch.com  Flipside Website: flipsidetheband.com  

The Battle of the Teachers continues! This is Part 2 of Hope and Chris' conversation with Montana (@teachinganduplifting) and Bri and Christi (@twotampacoaches). We're continuing our discussion on the pros and cons of departmentalized versus self-contained teaching models. The conversation also covers the importance of team support, evaluating student needs, and the challenges of managing multiple classes. The episode concludes with strategies for success and the importance of collaboration among educators. This is Part 2 of a two part episode. If you missed Part 1, check out last week's episode and let us know what you think! -- The Flip Side Podcast Hosted by Get Your Teach On's Hope King, Wade King, and Chris Pombonyo, The Flip Side Podcast releases new episodes each week on YouTube and your favorite podcast platform. Each week, we'll breakdown share flipped perspectives and insights on different perspectives on hot topics in education. Learn more: getyourteachon.com/theflipside. Subscribe to GYTO and The Flip Side on YouTube! About Get Your Teach On: Led by educators and authors Hope and Wade King, Get Your Teach On specializes in professional development and encouragement for educators and administrators in the form of conferences, workshops and events. GYTO conferences are known for their passionate celebration of teachers and their ability to inspire life-long learners. Founded in 2016, GYTO now hosts National and Regional Conferences, Virtual Conferences, school and district trainings, and additional events for a wide variety of educators and school administrators each year. GYTO also provides free resources, teacher-focused merchandise, and is the parent organization for the worldwide Rock Your School initiative which encourages out of the box teaching. Credits: The Flip Side is a Get Your Teach On Podcast. Executive Producers Hope King, Wade King Producers Dominique Castellanos, Chase Mayo, Chris Pombonyo Technical Director Chase Mayo Editors Chase Mayo, Seth Foster Copyright 2025 Hope King Teaching Resources Inc.

He was the a huge child star as Urkel on "Family Matters" and now has a hit game show called "Flip Side." Jaleel White thinks the 90's were an awesome time to grow up in. Jay asks him about young stardom in an astute way, and follows it up with a statement that the room strongly disagrees with. Black Lou read Jaleel's book and has questions about the time he met Magic Johnson in the L.A. Laker locker room. Bobby and Jay bet on whether or not Bert Kreischer would take his shirt off in Jennifer Hudson's spirit tunnel. Bob lost and now has to dress up as a woman for a day. Jaleel White's comedy game show "Flip Side" can be found on The Game Show Network. *To hear the full show to go www.siriusxm.com/bonfire to learn more FOLLOW THE CREW ON SOCIAL MEDIA: @thebonfiresxm @louisjohnson @christinemevans @bigjayoakerson @robertkellylive @louwitzkee @jjbwolfSubscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Bonfire ad-free and a whole week early.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.

Reaction to the Morgantown City Council meeting and camping ban Marion County Schools Superintendent Donna Heston on the closure of the Flipside after school program 

What if both punishments and rewards were doing more harm than good? In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Justin and Kylie Coulson preview a powerful interview with renowned author and social critic Alfie Kohn, whose work challenges everything we thought we knew about behavior, discipline, and motivation. Discover why traditional approaches to parenting might be undermining your child’s moral development—and what to do instead. QUOTE OF THE EPISODE:"Punishment teaches power. It undermines the possibility of moral growth in children." — Alfie Kohn KEY INSIGHTS FOR PARENTS: Punishments Breed Self-Interest: When children are punished, they focus inward on avoiding pain, not outward on the consequences of their actions for others. Rewards Are the Flip Side of Punishments: Offering incentives fosters compliance, not character—and undermines intrinsic motivation. Consequences ≠ Learning: Just because something causes suffering doesn’t mean it leads to meaningful growth or moral insight. Transactional Parenting Limits Growth: Using "if-then" tactics (do this, get that) stifles empathy and moral reasoning. What We Really Want: Kids who do the right thing because it’s right, not because of fear or bribery. RESOURCES MENTIONED: Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Full interview with Alfie Kohn (airing Saturday on the Happy Families Podcast) Website: happyfamilies.com.au ACTION STEPS FOR PARENTS: Reflect on Your Approach: Ask yourself—am I raising a rule follower or a morally grounded child? Minimise External Motivators: Reduce the use of punishments and rewards in everyday parenting. Focus on Conversations: Engage your child in discussions about values, empathy, and the impact of their actions. Model Moral Reasoning: Let your children see you making decisions based on principles, not payoffs. Tune in Saturday: Don’t miss the full conversation with Alfie Kohn for more transformative ideas. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

James Flippin steps in to fill in for the third hour as he talks about Katy Perry's Blue Origin space flight, uncovering the surprising prevalence of autism across the country and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we are continuing our every other week crossover to our sister podcast Stories RPG where we play a story telling game developed by Daniel Hinds and Michael Low to help people of all ages tell stories together. In today's episode Firefly and the rest of the Guardians try to reunite with Animus deep under the city. Flipside holds many secrets and surprises for our Heroes in this dramatic episode, follow along to find out what happens next! Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.

Today we are continuing our every other week crossover to our sister podcast Stories RPG where we play a story telling game developed by Daniel Hinds and Michael Low to help people of all ages tell stories together. In today's episode our heroes grapple with the aftermath of the tussle at Tusk Tower. Animus, cut off from communication with the rest of the Guardians, is led to a strange world underneath the city by her new fungus friend, and the rest of the Guardians rally to try to find and rescue her. Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play games like Starsworn with all your Max Goodname friends, and Gigacity Guardians featuring the brilliant firefly! https://link.chtbl.com/gigacity Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.