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Send us Fan MailCarnivore Coach Joe Dalle Vedove, known as #COACHCARNIVOREJOE is a health advocate and personal trainer who transformed his life through the Carnivore diet. Joe's remarkable journey has inspired many, and he's now a sought-after speaker and coach, sharing his expertise on the Carnivore diet and its benefits.He is highly-trained, experienced and passionate about helping others achieve optimal health, and has the following qualifications- Certified in Kinesiology, a Certified Nutritionist, a Certified Master Personal Trainer, Certified Carnivore Coach (CCI), BSc. Kinesiology & Exercise Science, 4 Personal Trainer Certifications, 4 Nutrition Certifications, and 41 Other Certification in Exercise, Nutrition, Supplementation, Fasting, and Bloodwork.As a personal trainer with 35 years of experience, Joe has worked with over 1,000 clients seeing incredible results with the Carnivore diet. He's a proud advocate for the carnivore lifestyle, citing improved energy, mental clarity, and overall well-being.He attended Florida State University, and is currently based in Toronto, Ontario in Canada.Find Joe at-IG at- carnivorecoachjoeEmail- coachcarnivorejoe@gmail.comFind Boundless Body at-myboundlessbody.comBook a session with us here!
On this On Air Artist Spotlight episode we welcome local actor, playwright, singer, and fight director, Sean Fletcher Griffin. As a child, Sean grew up in a family of Southern Pentecostal church musicians. He attended Florida State University where he double majored in Theatre and Creative Writing. He moved to New York City in 2011 where he started working with a small theatre company in Brooklyn called Phillstock, with whom he wrote, directed, and acted in several shows. As a member of UnkleDave's Fight-House, a company of fight directors founded by Dave Anzuelo, he has worked on numerous off-Broadway, regional and Broadway productions as a fight and intimacy director, including Appropriate, Merrily We Roll Along, Uncle Vanya, and The Great Society, and the upcoming Death of a Salesman and The Fear of 13.
What legal ripple effects will the recent Supreme Court ruling create across the logistics industry? Bryan Nelson is back to decode how this landmark decision fundamentally shifts the framework of carrier selection policies and liability for transportation professionals! Bryan breaks down why relying solely on standard operating procedures won't fully insulate your business in court and explains how the ruling changes the landscape for using conditional vs. unrated carriers. Whether you are a broker adapting to automation or a shipper auditing your supply chain, tune in to this episode! About Bryan Nelson Bryan J. Nelson is a transportation and logistics attorney assisting clients in the development and review of transportation agreements, the resolution and mitigation of cargo claims, and the establishment of corporate compliance strategies in accordance with state and federal regulations. Prior to joining Taylor Nelson, Bryan practiced as general counsel and served as a chief administrative officer in the transportation industry for over a decade, representing a family of companies that included a motor carrier, a third-party logistics corporation, and a transportation management system (TMS) provider. Bryan graduated from Stetson University earning his juris doctorate and his master's degree in business administration. He received his undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Finance from Florida State University. With his hands-on experience in the transportation industry, Bryan recognizes and understands the unique challenges and opportunities facing transportation companies throughout the supply chain. Connect with Bryan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-j-nelson-esq-mba-59876b1b/ Email: bnelson@taylorlawpl.com
The newest member of Florida State's Baseball program Jackson McKenzie joins Dylan Campione on today's episode. Hear all about Jackson's journey as a two-way player finding his way to FSU and offering advice on how to navigate the transfer portal. Plus get to know Jackson beyond the diamond including his connection to Tallahassee, setting Florida State University history with his sister and the mental side of being a pitcher and hitter. Thank you to Jackson for hopping on the show with us and peeling back the curtain and showing our audience what the transfer portal process is like. To let us know who you'd like to hear from next or nominate a guest, email us at SideRetiredPod@Gmail.com or DM us on social media @SideRetiredPod on Instagram / TikTok / X (Twitter).
Today on The Anchored Podcast, Soren speaks with James Shuls, Head of the Education Liberty Branch of the Institute for Governance and Civics at Florida State University. Dr. Shuls shares his journey from disengaged public school student in Missouri to a leading education policy expert. He discusses the history of school choice, its relationship to the civil rights movement, and the innovative work taking place at Florida State University to promote classical and civic education.References:Fighting for the Freedom to Learn: Examining America's Centuries-Old School Choice Movement by James Shuls and Neil P. McCluskeyEducation Myths by Jay P. Green“The Role of Government in Education” by Milton FriedmanSchool Choice Myths: Setting the Record Straight on Education Freedom by Neil P. McCloskey and Cory A. DeAngelisFreedom of Choice in Education by Virgil C. Blum, S.J.The Phoenix Principles: Toward a Rebirth of American Education by Jason Bedrick and James Shuls
In democracies, we typically assume that public opinion on issues like jobs, the economy, and inflation matter for shaping policy and politics. But opinions on foreign policy are often treated as the preserve of elites, especially in a country like India. Yet, it turns out that we know surprisingly little about what ordinary Indians think about foreign policy, how stable those views are, and whether they influence the choices that governments make. A new short book, Indian Public Opinion toward the Major Powers, tackles these questions by examining more than six decades of Indian attitudes toward the United States, China, and Russia. The book draws on a wide range of survey data to ask how Indians view the major powers, how those views have shifted over time, and what they reveal about democracy, accountability, and foreign policy in India. To discuss the book, co-authors Aidan Milliff and Paul Staniland join Milan on the podcast this week. Aidan is an assistant professor of political science at Florida State University. Many moons ago, he was a James C. Gaither Junior Fellow with the Carnegie South Asia Program. Paul is professor of political science at the University of Chicago and a non-resident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The trio discuss the treasure trove of data on Indian public opinion the authors stumbled upon, the characteristics of India's “foreign policy public,” and the variation in Indian attitudes toward the United States, China, and Russia/the Soviet Union. Plus, the discuss why a respondent's region emerges as a strong predictor of one's foreign policy views. Episode notes: Aidan Milliff and Paul Staniland, “Replication Archive: India Public Opinion Toward the Major Powers,” May 2026. Paul Staniland, “The Indian ‘foreign policy public,'” paulstaniland.com (Blog), May 6, 2026. Christine Huang, “Americans see India in positive light, but few have confidence in Modi,” Pew Research Center, June 21, 2023. Paul Staniland and Vipin Narang, “Democratic Accountability and Foreign Security Policy: Theory and Evidence from India,” Security Studies 27, no. 3 (2018): 410-447. Aidan Milliff and Paul Staniland, "Indian Public Opinion toward the Major Powers," in Elements in Indo-Pacific Security, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026). (The piece is publicly available until June 15, 2026)
In this episode Eric talks with Brewers left-handed pitcher Shane Drohan. Shane is Florida State University grad who made his major league debut in 2026. He's recorded 13 appearances in his rookie campaign to the tune of a a 3.11 ERA in 37.2 innings pitched. Shane has been training at Cressey Sports Performance since his junior year of high school. In the episode Eric and Shane discuss his development as a pitcher, the challenges of hypermobility, the difference between coming out of the bullpen vs as a starter in the majors, and more. Visit our sponsor - AG1
Looking for daily inspiration? Get a quote from the top leaders in the industry in your inbox every morning. Lauren Weaver is the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Sally Dark Rides. Raised in Jacksonville, Florida, Lauren grew up immersed in the attractions industry through her family's business and early exposure to IAAPA expos and theme parks around the world. After graduating from Florida State University with a degree in international affairs, she spent time working at Adventure Landing to gain operational experience before joining Sally Dark Rides and helping lead the company's marketing and promotional efforts. In this interview, Lauren talks about the impact of dark rides, reciprocal marketing, and growing up in the industry. The impact of dark rides “One of the best things about a dark ride is that it truly gives you a memory that you walk away with and that you hold onto.” Lauren explains that dark rides create a unique emotional connection for guests because they allow families to experience attractions together rather than splitting up due to height restrictions or thrill intensity. She shares how dark rides can become defining attractions for parks, helping create traditions that span generations. Unlike many attractions that cater to specific audiences, dark rides provide a shared storytelling experience where parents and children can enjoy the same adventure side by side. She also discusses how strong themed storytelling extends beyond the attraction itself. Using examples like Phantom Theater at Kings Island and Cupfusion at Hersheypark, Lauren highlights how dark ride characters and stories can influence food and beverage, merchandise, and other attractions throughout a park. She emphasizes that a successful dark ride delivers both short-term excitement and long-term return on investment through nostalgia, repeat visitation, and multi-generational appeal. Reciprocal marketing “If they're making our product look good, and I'm helping them make our product look good, we both shine.” Lauren shares how marketing a dark ride differs from promoting visible attractions like roller coasters. Since guests cannot immediately see what is inside the attraction building, the marketing must focus on story, mystery, characters, and anticipation. She describes how Sally Dark Rides collaborated with Kings Island to build excitement around Phantom Theater by teasing mysterious developments and releasing behind-the-scenes content that generated strong engagement on social media. She also explains the reciprocal nature of attraction marketing between manufacturers and parks. When a park promotes a new attraction, it elevates the visibility of the supplier that created it. At the same time, Sally Dark Rides actively supports its clients through content creation, trade show exposure, and production updates that help parks market their new attractions more effectively. Lauren notes that this partnership-driven approach allows both companies to benefit from each other's visibility and credibility within the industry. Growing up in the industry “As soon as you get a taste of this wonderful and incredibly fun attractions industry, you get addicted.” Lauren reflects on growing up around the attractions business and attending IAAPA expos from a young age with her father, Sally Dark Rides co-founder John Wood. She recalls how overwhelming and exciting the trade shows felt as a child, constantly meeting new people and learning about innovative attractions. Rather than simply observing, she was encouraged to actively participate by speaking with attendees and helping represent the company on the trade show floor. That early exposure helped shape her passion for the industry and ultimately influenced her career path. Lauren also credits her time working at Adventure Landing for giving her valuable operational perspective, from handling birthday parties to managing large group events and learning how multiple departments work together to create a seamless guest experience. She believes those experiences strengthened her understanding of what parks truly need from their attraction partners and helped prepare her for her current leadership role at Sally Dark Rides. Lauren can be reached on LinkedIn, as well as on Facebook. To learn more about Sally Dark Rides, visit www.sallydarkrides.com. This podcast wouldn't be possible without the incredible work of our faaaaaantastic team: Scheduling and correspondence by Kristen Karaliunas To connect with AttractionPros: AttractionPros.com AttractionPros@gmail.com AttractionPros on Facebook AttractionPros on LinkedIn AttractionPros on Instagram AttractionPros on Twitter (X)
David French — New York Times columnist, veteran constitutional attorney, and one of the sharpest legal thinkers writing today — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a riveting conversation about how the legal system is straining to handle a world being remade by AI, an out-of-control executive branch, and the slow erosion of America's basic constitutional architecture. French opens with the chilling case the Florida Attorney General has now brought against OpenAI in connection with the Florida State University shooter, who asked ChatGPT how to disengage his weapon's safety just three minutes before opening fire. French argues that if ChatGPT had been a human person, it would unquestionably have been charged as a co-conspirator — humans get prosecuted for encouraging suicide all the time — and that when ChatGPT is speaking, OpenAI is legally speaking, full stop. He walks through the murky liability questions the law is now scrambling to answer: Google Search has never been held to the same standard as ChatGPT, but ChatGPT actively generates new speech rather than just pointing users to existing content, and French argues that litigation needs to function as a meaningful deterrent rather than mere compensation — though ultimately Congress is going to have to actually legislate AI regulation rather than leave the entire field to civil lawsuits. The conversation turns to what French sees as a more immediate constitutional crisis: Trump's blanket immunity for tax violations and the "anti-weaponization" slush fund scheme, both of which French argues are flatly indefensible on legal grounds. He explains the deeper problem — Trump suing his own government creates a fiction of an adversarial proceeding when there isn't actually one, and Trump cares far more about the liability shield than the slush fund itself, because he's trying to remove himself from the operation of the law in essentially the same way a king would. The pardon power only covers federal crimes, not civil offenses, and Congress has clear authority to stop this if it had the will. French offers several concrete reforms: require congressional approval for legal settlements above a certain dollar threshold, force members of Congress to obtain a certification in the Constitution itself, and that political parties should perform comprehensive background checks for their candidates, On the question of whether the Founders intended a Christian nation, French is unequivocal: they didn't, and Madison rebuked Christian nationalism explicitly. The deeper structural problem behind the DOJ's loss of credibility is the unitary executive theory itself — Article II of the Constitution is dangerously vague, the executive was never meant to be a co-equal branch (Congress was supposed to be most powerful), and the only durable fix may require constitutional reform to formally remove the DOJ from executive control. French closes on a hopeful note: after every dark period in American history, the country has entered a major era of reform — and he believes one is coming again. Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 David French joins the Chuck ToddCast 01:30 Insurance companies & gambling companies have opposite incentives 04:00 States liberalized sports gambling and the public hasn’t liked it 05:45 Trying to regulate after the fact can be difficult 07:00 Common law concepts are starting to come into regulating AI 07:30 Florida AG has brought criminal case against OpenAI over FSU shooter 09:00 There has to always be human liability in AI cases 11:00 If ChatGPT was a human in FSU case, it would have be charged as co-conspirator 12:00 Shooter asked ChatGPT how to disengage the safety 3 mins before shooting 14:00 In Canadian school shooting, ChatGPT’s participation was overt 16:30 Determining liability is murky. Google search isn’t held to same standard as ChatGPT 18:00 Humans can be prosecuted for encouraging someone to commit suicide 19:15 There are circumstances where criminal liability could apply to AI 19:45 When ChatGPT is speaking, OpenAI is speaking 21:00 Litigation needs to be a deterrent, not just compensation for victims 23:30 We need to pass laws regulating AI, not just pressure via civil lawsuits 24:45 How is blanket immunity for Trump tax violations remotely legal? 25:45 Congress’s job to stop weaponization fund & Trump IRS immunity 26:45 Legal system rests on an adversarial relationship in court cases 27:45 There’s no adversarial proceeding when Trump sues his own government 28:30 Trump cares more about liability shield than the slush fund 29:30 Pardon power only applies to federal crimes, not civil offenses. Can be sued 30:15 Trump is trying to remove himself from the operation of the law like a king 31:00 How can congress stop Trump’s DOJ from issuing these settlements? 32:45 Congress should have to approve settlements above a certain amount of $ 34:30 Member of congress should have to get a certification in the constitution 35:45 Parties should force candidates to pass a comprehensive background check 37:00 Why aren’t state funded partisan primaries a violation of equal protection? 40:15 Partisan primaries are killing the political system 41:00 States can say that they’ll only fund open primaries 42:15 Campaign finance reforms and PACs have weakened party control 44:00 Did the founders intend for America to be a christian nation? 45:00 Founders were biblically literate, but not particularly devout 45:30 Founders intentionally did not create a christian nation 46:30 Madison argued against paying clergy with tax dollars 47:15 Madison rebuked christian nationalism and immigration restriction 49:45 DOJ has lost credibility, how can we separate the DOJ from the executive? 50:30 Problems with DOJ are downstream from the unitary executive theory 51:30 Article II of the constitution is vague and inexplicit 52:45 After dark period, America enters periods of reform, which we badly need 54:45 Never supposed to be co-equal branches. Congress should have most power 55:30 Have to remove executive’s ability to claw power to the top 56:30 Would likely need constitutional reform to pull DOJ out of executive branch 59:00 Past congressional leaders wouldn’t voluntarily cede power 1:00:45 In late 80’s - early 90’s, congress was incentivized to compromise 1:01:30 Changes to college basketball in one-and-done and NIL era 1:03:00 Transfer portal has created a new form of one-and-done 1:04:45 NBA can only improve regular season by reducing the 82 games 1:06:15 Regular season NBA games are more intense than 30 years agoSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chuck Todd opens with an uncomfortable truth Republicans are doing everything possible to avoid acknowledging: Trump turns 80 next week, his physical and mental decline is increasingly visible to anyone paying attention, and the GOP is now repeating exactly the same mistake Democrats made by ignoring Joe Biden's obvious deterioration. The cruelest irony: Trump literally built his entire 2024 campaign on the premise that his opponent was too old and too sleepy to do the job, but Biden's catastrophic debate finally broke the Democratic silence in a way the GOP shows no signs of replicating. Chuck argues Trump's behavior isn't unusual for an 80-year-old — it's deeply unusual for an American president. He warns that Senate Republicans made an enormous mistake by not killing the weaponization fund, that every GOP incumbent up for reelection is now vulnerable to extremely effective attack ads, and that acting DNI Bill Pulte is almost certainly holding that position illegally — the courts will probably step in to declare him ineligible. He previews Tuesday's primaries in Maine and South Carolina, where Lindsey Graham looks genuinely vulnerable, and notes that if Graham gets forced into a runoff, history says he's in real trouble. He's watching how much protest vote Janet Mills picks up in Maine, and on Graham Platner — who has been saying that the war "messed him up" — Chuck offers a pointed observation: just because behavior is explainable doesn't always make it excusable.He closes with a sharp analysis of the Scott Pelley firing at 60 Minutes, arguing the real story isn't Pelley at all — it's the Ellisons, who are using 60 Minutes as a bargaining chip with Trump to get their Paramount merger approved. He believes 60 Minutes is a symbol with massive brand equity, and Trump wants to bring it to heel or topple it altogether. Then, David French — New York Times columnist, veteran constitutional attorney, and one of the sharpest legal thinkers writing today — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a riveting conversation about how the legal system is straining to handle a world being remade by AI, an out-of-control executive branch, and the slow erosion of America's basic constitutional architecture. French opens with the chilling case the Florida Attorney General has now brought against OpenAI in connection with the Florida State University shooter, who asked ChatGPT how to disengage his weapon's safety just three minutes before opening fire. French argues that if ChatGPT had been a human person, it would unquestionably have been charged as a co-conspirator — humans get prosecuted for encouraging suicide all the time — and that when ChatGPT is speaking, OpenAI is legally speaking, full stop. He walks through the murky liability questions the law is now scrambling to answer: Google Search has never been held to the same standard as ChatGPT, but ChatGPT actively generates new speech rather than just pointing users to existing content, and French argues that litigation needs to function as a meaningful deterrent rather than mere compensation — though ultimately Congress is going to have to actually legislate AI regulation rather than leave the entire field to civil lawsuits. The conversation turns to what French sees as a more immediate constitutional crisis: Trump's blanket immunity for tax violations and the "anti-weaponization" slush fund scheme, both of which French argues are flatly indefensible on legal grounds. He explains the deeper problem — Trump suing his own government creates a fiction of an adversarial proceeding when there isn't actually one, and Trump cares far more about the liability shield than the slush fund itself, because he's trying to remove himself from the operation of the law in essentially the same way a king would. The pardon power only covers federal crimes, not civil offenses, and Congress has clear authority to stop this if it had the will. French offers several concrete reforms: require congressional approval for legal settlements above a certain dollar threshold, force members of Congress to obtain a certification in the Constitution itself, and that political parties should perform comprehensive background checks for their candidates, On the question of whether the Founders intended a Christian nation, French is unequivocal: they didn't, and Madison rebuked Christian nationalism explicitly. The deeper structural problem behind the DOJ's loss of credibility is the unitary executive theory itself — Article II of the Constitution is dangerously vague, the executive was never meant to be a co-equal branch (Congress was supposed to be most powerful), and the only durable fix may require constitutional reform to formally remove the DOJ from executive control. French closes on a hopeful note: after every dark period in American history, the country has entered a major era of reform — and he believes one is coming again. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit the infamous quote “Have you no sense of decency” from the Army/McCarthy hearings, why McCarthy was one of the first American politicians to master the attention economy, and why that famous quote precipitated the decline of McCarthy’s influence. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Predict the action all the way through the finals. Sign up now for your twenty-five dollar bonus on https://fanduel.com/predicts Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 05:30 Trump turns 80 in a week. Plans on celebrating himself with UFC fight 06:30 You can tell that Trump is not doing well physically/mentally 07:30 Republicans ignoring Trump’s decline like Dems did with Biden 10:00 Trump won’t do events where he has to stand, he sits now 11:30 Trump’s staff has been padding his schedule with private meetings 12:30 Trump built his campaign on premise his opponent was too old & sleepy 13:15 Biden’s debate broke the Dems silence, GOP hasn’t done same with Trump 14:30 Trump has influence and pull over his party that Biden didn’t 15:15 Trump’s behavior isn’t unusual for an 80 year, is unusual for a POTUS 16:00 Reinforces public perception that parties will say/defend anything for power 19:00 This will add to the credibility problems for the Republican party 19:30 Senate Republicans made huge mistake not killing the weaponization fund 20:15 Every Republican up for reelection is now vulnerable to easy attack ads 21:15 It’s probably illegal for Bill Pulte to hold the acting DNI position 23:00 Courts will likely step in to declare Pulte ineligible for position 25:30 Major primaries coming up on Tuesday including ME & SC 26:45 Lindsey Graham is vulnerable in South Carolina 27:45 Christian conservative right has always been skeptical of Graham 28:45 Outsiders have been ousting incumbents across the country 30:15 Since the Tea Party, GOP base has gone against the establishment 32:30 The anti-war vote will have qualms with Trump & Graham 33:15 Graham’s career is defined by being a political weathervane 35:00 If Graham is forced into a runoff, history says he’s in trouble 35:30 Will be interesting to see how much protest vote Janet Mills gets in ME 36:15 Platner says war messed him up… does he have the temperament for the job? 37:45 Just because behavior is explainable, doesn’t always make it excusable 38:15 Platner is in “save his campaign” mode 39:30 Bad actors will exploit California’s slow ballot counting process 40:30 Counting process requires people have faith in it, slowness hurts credibility 42:00 California has a duty to make citizens confident in the election 44:00 Thoughts on changes at 60 Minutes and Scott Pelley’s firing 44:30 Too much focus on Pelley and not enough on the Ellisons 45:00 Publicly traded media companies have all folded to & appeased Trump 47:30 Companies have a responsibility to shareholders, bad for news integrity 48:30 60 Minutes is a symbol, and Trump wants to bring it to heel/topple it 49:30 We don’t know the politics of the Ellisons, but they want their merger approved 50:30 Ellison’s know one 60 Minutes piece Trump dislikes could blow up merger 51:45 Bari Weiss is being used… is she comfortable being used? 53:00 Scott Pelley has the money to speak out and fight back 54:00 Journalists that stayed hoping to weather the storm & wait for new management 55:15 60 Minutes has incredible brand equity and is being gutted for the merger 56:45 The story is the Ellisons using 60 Minutes as a bargaining chip 1:04:00 David French joins the Chuck ToddCast 1:05:30 Insurance companies & gambling companies have opposite incentives 1:08:00 States liberalized sports gambling and the public hasn’t liked it 1:09:45 Trying to regulate after the fact can be difficult 1:11:00 Common law concepts are starting to come into regulating AI 1:11:30 Florida AG has brought criminal case against OpenAI over FSU shooter 1:13:00 There has to always be human liability in AI cases 1:15:00 If ChatGPT was a human in FSU case, it would have be charged as co-conspirator 1:16:00 Shooter asked ChatGPT how to disengage the safety 3 mins before shooting 1:18:00 In Canadian school shooting, ChatGPT’s participation was overt 1:20:30 Determining liability is murky. Google search isn’t held to same standard as ChatGPT 1:22:00 Humans can be prosecuted for encouraging someone to commit suicide 1:23:15 There are circumstances where criminal liability could apply to AI 1:23:45 When ChatGPT is speaking, OpenAI is speaking 1:25:00 Litigation needs to be a deterrent, not just compensation for victims 1:27:30 We need to pass laws regulating AI, not just pressure via civil lawsuits 1:28:45 How is blanket immunity for Trump tax violations remotely legal? 1:29:45 Congress’s job to stop weaponization fund & Trump IRS immunity 1:30:45 Legal system rests on an adversarial relationship in court cases 1:31:45 There’s no adversarial proceeding when Trump sues his own government 1:32:30 Trump cares more about liability shield than the slush fund 1:33:30 Pardon power only applies to federal crimes, not civil offenses. Can be sued 1:34:15 Trump is trying to remove himself from the operation of the law like a king 1:35:00 How can congress stop Trump’s DOJ from issuing these settlements? 1:36:45 Congress should have to approve settlements above a certain amount of $ 1:38:30 Member of congress should have to get a certification in the constitution 1:39:45 Parties should force candidates to pass a comprehensive background check 1:41:00 Why aren’t state funded partisan primaries a violation of equal protection? 1:44:15 Partisan primaries are killing the political system 1:45:00 States can say that they’ll only fund open primaries 1:46:15 Campaign finance reforms and PACs have weakened party control 1:48:00 Did the founders intend for America to be a christian nation? 1:49:00 Founders were biblically literate, but not particularly devout 1:49:30 Founders intentionally did not create a christian nation 1:50:30 Madison argued against paying clergy with tax dollars 1:51:15 Madison rebuked christian nationalism and immigration restriction 1:53:45 DOJ has lost credibility, how can we separate the DOJ from the executive? 1:54:30 Problems with DOJ are downstream from the unitary executive theory 1:55:30 Article II of the constitution is vague and inexplicit 1:56:45 After dark period, America enters periods of reform, which we badly need 1:58:45 Never supposed to be co-equal branches. Congress should have most power 1:59:30 Have to remove executive’s ability to claw power to the top 2:00:30 Would likely need constitutional reform to pull DOJ out of executive branch 2:03:00 Past congressional leaders wouldn’t voluntarily cede power 2:04:45 In late 80’s - early 90’s, congress was incentivized to compromise 2:05:30 Changes to college basketball in one-and-done and NIL era 2:07:00 Transfer portal has created a new form of one-and-done 2:08:45 NBA can only improve regular season by reducing the 82 games 2:10:15 Regular season NBA games are more intense than 30 years ago 2:13:45 ToddCast Time Machine - June 9th, 1954 2:14:15 “Have you no sense of decency?” quote becomes famous 2:15:00 Quote came during the Army/McCarthy hearings 2:15:30 The famous line didn’t end McCarthyism 2:16:15 The myth is that McCarthy created the Red Scare… he did not 2:17:00 The Cold War was not a distant abstraction, people were worried 2:17:30 McCarthy didn’t create the wave… he was surfing it 2:18:45 Mass media was growing in America and sped up the information wars 2:19:30 McCarthy understood media and how to create anticipation 2:21:00 McCarthy mastered the politics of attention, his and Trump’s mentor was Roy Cohn 2:23:00 The fear of communism still existed, but public confidence in McCarthy eroded 2:24:00 Television exposed McCarthy in a way quotes and newspapers couldn’t 2:25:30 Army/McCarthy hearings started as a personnel dispute for Roy Cohn ally 2:27:00 There were multiple institutions moving against McCarthy 2:28:00 Army chief counsel Joseph Welch spoke the infamous line 2:28:30 Welch gave words to a conclusion Americans were reaching on their own 2:31:15 Ask Chuck 2:31:30 When will congress actually hold cabinet members accountable? 2:38:15 Thoughts on DHS pulling CBP from sanctuary city airports? 2:42:15 Navigating the tension between voting for and against a candidate? 2:48:15 Thoughts on Democrats proposing a national gerrymandering ban?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dan Markel, a Florida State University law professor, was shot in his driveway in 2014. Investigators linked Katherine Magbanua, the girlfriend of suspected mastermind Charlie Adelson and ex-partner of hitman Sigfredo Garcia, to the Adelson family, ultimately convicting her of orchestrating the murder-for-hire killing. Get the full story on this episode of Female Criminals with Law&Crime's Elizabeth Millner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Tallahassee Police Department responded to the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University in the early hours of January 15, 1978. What they found inside — Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy killed, Kathy Kleiner and Karen Chandler severely injured — was unlike anything the department had investigated.Nita Neary, the only eyewitness, described a man in a stocking mask on the stairs carrying an oak log. The investigators photographed a bite mark on Lisa Levy's body. It was the only physical evidence the man left behind.Tallahassee did not know it was hunting Ted Bundy. Florida had no file on him. He had arrived in the state nine days earlier under an alias, after escaping from a Colorado jail on December 30, 1977.In the weeks that followed, he moved around Tallahassee under stolen identities. On February 8 in Jacksonville, he approached a fourteen-year-old girl outside a school. Her brother wrote the plate number on his hand and called police. The plate came back stolen. On February 9, twelve-year-old Kimberly Leach was seen walking toward a white van at Lake City Junior High. Her body was recovered fifty-seven days later.The investigation broke on February 15 when Pensacola Officer David Lee ran a stolen plate on an orange Volkswagen at 1:34 in the morning. The driver fought, ran, and was caught. He gave a stolen student ID. Two days later he identified himself as Ted Bundy, and three state investigations converged on one Florida holding cell.This is the fourth of five conversations in Ted Bundy: History's Hidden Killers. The investigation that started with a bite mark and ended with a stolen plate — and the three weeks in between that had names attached to every one of them.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#TedBundy #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ChiOmega #FSU #Tallahassee #Florida #KimberlyLeach #NitaNeary #TrueCrimePodcast
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Florida had no Ted Bundy file. Florida had no idea he was coming.He arrived in Tallahassee on January 8, 1978, under the name Chris Hagen, with stolen credit cards and a room at a boarding house six blocks from the Chi Omega sorority at Florida State University. He spent a week at the disco next door. Sorority sisters reportedly noticed a man staring at them from the bar. Nobody thought anything of it.January 15, 3:00 AM. Nita Neary, returning from a date, sees a masked man on the stairs carrying an oak log. He runs. She runs upstairs. Margaret Bowman, twenty-one. Lisa Levy, twenty. Both killed. Kathy Kleiner and Karen Chandler, both severely injured. Then four blocks to Dunwoody Street — Cheryl Thomas, twenty-one, attacked in her apartment, deafened for life. A neighbor heard the noise and called police.Tallahassee had a crime scene nobody had ever seen before. The investigators photographed the bite mark on Lisa Levy. They did not yet know whose teeth made it.Three weeks later, he approached a fourteen-year-old girl in Jacksonville. Her brother wrote his plate on his palm and called it in. The next morning, twelve-year-old Kimberly Leach walked across a school yard to get her purse and was seen speaking to a man near a white van. She was not seen alive again.February 15, 1:34 AM. Pensacola. Officer David Lee ran a stolen plate on an orange VW. The driver fought. Two warning shots. The most wanted man in America was in a Pensacola holding cell, and nobody knew it until he said his own name two days later.This is the fourth of five conversations in Ted Bundy: History's Hidden Killers. The three weeks he was anonymous again — and what they cost.Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/ Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#TedBundy #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #ChiOmega #FSU #Tallahassee #Florida #KimberlyLeach #NitaNeary #TrueCrimePodcast
St. John's baseball head coach Mike Hampton and catcher/Tallahassee Regional Most Outstanding Player Adam Agresti join the show! Coach Hampton details the emotions from the last few days, including a few high profile folks who sent congratulations his way. Plus, he delves into why his team is the toughest bunch there is, as well as how he set up his pitching staff for what might come in a Regional setting, and prepped his team for the raucous environment in Tallahassee. Agresti details his regional-clinching at-bat in Monday's finale against FSU, the trials and tribulations of the 2026 season, how tight-knit this Red Storm bunch is, and more!Dugouts, Dumbbells and Dingers is sponsored by Homefield Apparel. They provide quality, thoughtful apparel for more than 200 colleges and universities across the coutry, including the St. John's Red Storm. Be sure to visit homefieldapparel.com for the best college baseball team gear you can find! Also, be sure to check out their new Indy 500 collection, and enter into the Homefield 2026 College Football Sweepstakes!3D is also in partnership with Backyard Baseball Bros, the creators of the Borgoball. Check out backyardbaseballbros.com for the various editions of the Borgoball on sale now! They've also got softballs available for sale, and their newest products, the BORGOBAT and BorgoZONE!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On this episode of The NatioNole Show, Gainstaville and Magee discuss Jared Verse's trade to the Browns, Devin Vassell's Spurs playing in the NBA Finals, and more!
This Day in Legal History: The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924On this day in 1924, President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act, also called the Snyder Act, declaring that all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States were U.S. citizens. It is one of those laws that sounds, in retrospect, like it cannot possibly have been necessary — and yet it was. For most of the country's first 150 years, the federal government treated Native people as members of separate sovereign nations whose status under American law was, at best, ambiguous. Earlier vehicles for citizenship — the Fourteenth Amendment, the Dawes Act, military service in World War I — had reached only some Native people, and a string of Supreme Court decisions had taken the position that being born inside the United States to a member of a tribe did not, on its own, make a person a citizen.The Snyder Act fixed that with a single sentence.What it did not fix was voting: many states continued to bar Native citizens from the ballot for decades afterward, on a variety of pretexts that were eventually struck down one by one. The Act also did not affect tribal citizenship — Native people are dual citizens of their tribe and the United States, which is part of why federal Indian law continues to occupy a separate doctrinal universe. June 2 is a quietly important date on the calendar of American citizenship, and a reminder that the seemingly obvious questions of who counts as an American have, for long stretches of our history, not been obvious at all.Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Monday that his office has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, arguing that the company is misleading parents about the safety of ChatGPT and pointing to incidents in which young users were allegedly nudged toward violence by the chatbot. The complaint follows a criminal investigation Uthmeier's office opened in April, after a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University in 2025 that the AG says ChatGPT helped facilitate. Florida is asking for civil penalties and an order forcing OpenAI to redesign the product, including adding meaningful parental controls.The legal angle here is essentially a state consumer-protection theory: a state attorney general claiming that the company's marketing of a product as safe-for-kids is deceptive, and that the company is therefore on the hook under the state's unfair-trade laws. Whether that survives a motion to dismiss is going to depend a lot on whether the court treats ChatGPT as a “product” in the traditional sense — software has, for decades, gotten more leeway than physical products under product-liability law, and Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act has historically immunized platforms for what users post.The new wrinkle is that generative AI doesn't fit neatly into either bucket — ChatGPT produces its own output rather than hosting somebody else's — and several courts are now beginning to grapple with that distinction. Expect this case to be one of the early test cases for how AI companies get sued in the U.S.Florida AG Sues OpenAI, Says ChatGPT Spurs Violence | Law360The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from asbestos victims who had challenged a corporate bankruptcy tactic known as the “Texas Two-Step” — leaving in place a Fourth Circuit ruling that lets companies use the maneuver to corral mass-tort claims into bankruptcy court.The Two-Step works like this: a healthy company splits itself into two using a Texas state-law provision that allows divisional mergers, dumps its asbestos or talc or opioid liabilities into the newly created spinoff, and then puts only the spinoff into Chapter 11. The result is that injury claimants get herded into a bankruptcy proceeding where their leverage is sharply limited, even though the parent company that actually caused the harm is still solvent and operating.The case the Supreme Court turned away involved Bestwall, a spinoff of Georgia-Pacific that has been in Chapter 11 since 2017. The Third Circuit threw out a similar Johnson & Johnson talc-unit bankruptcy in 2023 on the ground that the spinoff wasn't actually in financial distress, but the Fourth Circuit went the other way in this case, and the Supreme Court's denial of review leaves that split standing for now. The bigger picture: a powerful settlement-shaping tool stays on the menu for corporate defendants facing waves of mass-tort litigation, and the next big talc, opioid, or asbestos defendant looking to manage a docket of claims now knows the Two-Step is at least available in the Fourth Circuit.Justices Won't Hear Challenge To ‘Texas Two-Step' Ch. 11 | Law360A group of IKEA customers filed a proposed class action against the Swedish retailer Monday in U.S. federal court, arguing that they overpaid for furniture during the period when President Trump's import tariffs were in effect — tariffs that the Supreme Court has since struck down — and that they are entitled to a share of the refunds the company will now collect from the federal government. It is one of the first big consumer-side cases to follow the Supreme Court's tariff ruling, and the legal theory is novel: importers paid the tariffs, then passed those costs through to consumers in the form of higher sticker prices, and now that the government is sending refunds back to importers, the customers who effectively bore the cost are asking for a piece of that money.Some major shippers like FedEx and UPS have already publicly committed to passing tariff refunds back to their customers; IKEA, the suit alleges, has not. Whether the claim survives depends largely on whether the court is willing to treat the relationship between retailer and customer as something like a constructive trust or unjust enrichment, rather than an arm's-length sale at a final price. If even one of these cases succeeds, expect copycat suits against every other large importer that quietly built tariff costs into retail prices over the last several years.IKEA customers sue for share of Trump tariff refunds | Reuters This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe
The lawsuit partially revolves around a shooting at Florida State University last year, and ChatGPT's alleged role in the incident. everal users on social media reported having their Instagram accounts hacked over the weekend. Meta's own support chatbot was blamed for allowing hackers to hijack accounts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Dan Markel prosecution has secured five convictions, yet two individuals the state has formally identified as unindicted co-conspirators — Wendi Adelson and Harvey Adelson — remain uncharged. We examine the legal and strategic posture with a defense attorney and former prosecutor.Markel, a Florida State University law professor, was killed in 2014 amid protracted post-dissolution litigation with Wendi Adelson concerning custody and relocation. Prosecutors have maintained that the conspiracy was motivated by the family's desire to move Wendi and the children to South Florida after a court denied relocation. Convictions have followed against the two gunmen, the intermediary, Charlie Adelson, and Donna Adelson, who was sentenced to life.Following Donna Adelson's conviction, the State Attorney indicated charging decisions would be made within weeks. No indictment, grand jury action, or public announcement has issued in the interval. We address the questions that follow: the evidentiary burden of pursuing a perjury theory against a witness who testified under limited immunity; whether the proof previously deemed insufficient as to Harvey Adelson has materially changed; and how the pending appellate proceedings — oral arguments in Charlie Adelson's appeal have been heard, with Donna Adelson's appeal also pending — bear on prosecutorial timing.Our guest offers a disciplined assessment of what the continued silence signals and at what point a decision not to charge becomes, in effect, a decision to decline.Links:Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePodDisclaimer:This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.Hashtags:#WendiAdelson #HarveyAdelson #DanMarkel #MarkelMurder #MurderForHire #TrueCrime #LegalAnalysis #FloridaCourts #DonnaAdelson #CourtNews
In this episode of the Journey of My Mother's Son podcast, I talk with Kyle and Brent Pease. The Pease brothers are a world-renowned push-assist duo, disability advocates, and co-founders of The Kyle Pease Foundation, a nonprofit that champions inclusivity in sports and the workforce for individuals with disabilities. Their inspiring journey has captivated audiences worldwide, especially after they made history as the first brother team to complete the grueling IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, as a push-assist duo. Born with cerebral palsy, Kyle has defied expectations, completing over 150 races alongside Brent and empowering individuals with disabilities through his personal journey. As a tireless advocate, Kyle inspires others to pursue their dreams, regardless of the barriers they face. Kyle is actively involved with The Kyle Pease Foundation, focusing on initiatives like adaptive sports equipment, inclusive employment, and scholarship programs. A graduate of Kennesaw State University with a degree in Sports Management, he also works part-time as a greeter at Publix and at Atlanta Braves games, where he spreads his message of inclusion and resilience. As the Executive Director of The Kyle Pease Foundation, Brent brings both passion and expertise to the cause. A seasoned endurance coach and multi-sport athlete, Brent has completed over 125 races, including 6 IRONMAN events with Kyle. His journey in sports began in 2007 and has since evolved into a career advocating for greater inclusivity in sports and employment for individuals with disabilities. Brent's leadership has fueled the Foundation's mission to break down barriers and promote inclusive employment through programs like the Inclusive Employment Program. He is a Florida State University alumnus and resides in Atlanta with his wife and two children. Together, Brent and Kyle continue to pave the way for inclusion in both sports and society. Through The Kyle Pease Foundation, they have championed 100's of athletes and raised over $10 million, providing adaptive equipment and opportunities that empower individuals with disabilities to realize their full potential. For more information on Kyle, Brent, and The Kyle Pease Foundation, visit www.kylepeasefoundation.org.
— In this episode, we delve into how mindfulness and meditation serve as vital tools in connecting with the present, and how therapy cultivates openness to new possibilities. We explore key topics such as defining mental health and human suffering, the role of mindfulness in therapy, and the art of rewriting personal narratives to alleviate anxiety and depression. Samantha shares her insights on nurturing our inner child, transforming language and perception, and utilizing art as a healing medium. Our conversation touches on the complexity of suffering, how simple changes in our environment help combat overstimulation, and the profound impact of finding fullness in stillness. We also discuss the concept of "glimmers" in nature, experiences to cherish before death, and how they aid in overcoming triggers. Throughout the discussion, Samantha shares how mindfulness, creativity, and a simplified life help us embrace authenticity and clarity. Valeria interviews Samantha Maederer — She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida, with over a decade of experience. With a background in Art Therapy from Florida State University, her unique path intersects art and mental health. Samantha began her career by co-creating a public art installation highlighting patient voices from the Florida State Psychiatric Hospital, and now encourages creativity in her clients to navigate challenges. She spent 12 years in community mental health, offering therapy to survivors of sexual trauma and postpartum clients. Samantha's approach is informed by her own mental health journey and a belief in art as a tool to process experiences. She integrates Zen Buddhism and Daoism principles, helping clients embrace non-judgment and reality awareness. Samantha specializes in working with women with complex trauma histories. She employs somatic work, mindfulness, and focuses on anxiety, panic, and OCD. Her therapeutic approach includes helping clients reconnect with their younger selves. Outside of therapy, Samantha enjoys gardening, kayaking, and promoting a holistic approach to mental health, emphasizing focus and the mind-body connection. Learn more about Samantha Maederer and her work.
Episode: 00320 Released on May 25, 2026 Description: This week on Analyst Talk, Jason sits down with Nick Barker, Criminal Intelligence Analyst Supervisor with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, to discuss his journey from band nerd and underwater crime scene investigations student at Florida State University to leading a cutting-edge Real Time Crime Center. Nick shares how a dropped phone helped unravel a multi-county commercial burglary ring tied to more than 150 burglaries, how cell site analysis became one of his specialties, and why critical thinking is one of the most important skills an analyst can develop. He also discusses the challenges of building a Real Time Crime Center from the ground up, balancing technology with community trust, and how analysts can become trusted partners by getting out from behind the desk. Plus, Nick shares an emotional analyst badge story involving a gang-related murder investigation that highlights the real-world impact analysts can have on victims' families and the pursuit of justice.
For Episode 130 of the Florida Trail Runners Podcast we've got Rylee Blade! Recently, she took the meet record in her debut for the 10,000 meters at the ACC Championships with a time of 32:35.72 and she also recently set the new program record in the women's 5,000-meters with a time of 15:29.45 for Florida State University.Before arriving at FSU, Rylee established herself as one of the most dominant high school distance runners in the country. A California state champion, national record holder, and one of the few American high school athletes ever to break 15:20 for 5K, she's been redefining what's possible at every level of the sport.
On this episode of the Samson Strength Coach Collective, we sit down with Johnny Fabrizius, Assistant Athletic Director for Strength and Conditioning at Florida State University. Johnny shares lessons learned while transitioning into a director role, including how leadership responsibilities evolve and why relationships remain the foundation of successful athletic departments.The conversation dives into emotional intelligence, delegation, staff management, and building trust with coaches and athletes. Johnny also reflects on the importance of staying connected with staff members beyond the weight room, identifying challenges early, and creating an environment where coaches feel supported and valued.Key TakeawaysTransitioning into a department leadership roleThe importance of emotional intelligence in leadershipBuilding trust with coaches, athletes, and staffLearning to delegate responsibilities effectivelyStaying connected with staff outside the weight roomLeveraging relationships within athletic departmentsNavigating challenges and resource limitations as a directorQuote“In this previous semester, trying to understand the difficulties of what some of my strength coaches were going through, I think I struggled to realize the fact that I needed to be just involved in their life.” — Johnny Fabrizius
A prominent law professor, a bitter custody battle, and a wealthy family who prosecutors say would stop at nothing to get what they wanted. In 2014, Florida State University criminal law professor Dan Markel was gunned down in his own garage. What followed was a decade-long investigation that peeled back the layers of a calculated murder-for-hire plot involving South Florida's prominent Adelson family. Today, legal analyst Lee Wallace joins us to break down how prosecutors secured a life sentence for the family matriarch, Donna Adelson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Women's basketball recruiting is evolving fast — and college coaches are adjusting in real time.In this episode of It's Just Different, Ashley Roberts sits down with Tennessee women's basketball assistant coach Bill Ferrara to discuss how NIL, social media, transfer rules, and roster changes are reshaping the recruiting landscape for athletes and families.Coach Ferrara shares insights from more than 20 years in Division I basketball, including what coaches actually look for in recruits, why highlight tapes matter more than ever, and how Tennessee rebuilt its roster and culture in just weeks.The conversation also dives into the realities of recruiting today, the importance of adaptability, and why finding the right fit matters more than chasing status or rankings.About Coach Bill FerraraCoach Bill Ferrara is an assistant coach for the University of Tennessee women's basketball program and brings more than two decades of Division I coaching experience. Throughout his career, Ferrara has coached at programs including St. John's University, University of New Mexico, Central Michigan University, University of Florida, and Florida State University.Known for his high-energy coaching style and recruiting expertise, Ferrara has helped develop winning programs and standout athletes across women's college basketball.Key Takeaways- NIL and new eligibility rules are changing the recruiting process for athletes and families- Highlight tapes and social media now play a major role in exposure- Coaches value fit, work ethic, and adaptability more than ever- Tennessee's fast-paced system requires toughness, urgency, and resilience- Parents and athletes should focus on long-term fit, development, and opportunity.Resources for Basketball ParentsJoin the Basketball Parent Community:https://www.ashleynroberts.com/communityDownload the FREE Guide (Save Time, Money & Stress):https://ashleyroberts.kit.com/subscribeGet the Basketball Parent Toolkit:https://www.ashleynroberts.com/product-page/basketball-parent-toolkitShop DIFFERENT merch (Use code Podcast for 15% off):https://itsjustdifferentapparel.comKeep in Touch Bill: https://www.instagram.com/coachferrara?igsh=MWIzd3JkcXB0ODAwOQ%3D%3DTennessee WBB: https://www.instagram.com/ladyvol_hoops?igsh=MTY1NmdxeHFjY2EzeQ%3D%3DAshley: https://www.instagram.com/_thisisashleyr?igsh=bXFrcTliMHBoajg5&utm_source=qr
Hour 2 opens with Omar Kelly and Hollywood reacting to the newly released Miami Dolphins schedule and debating realistic expectations for the season, including major concerns surrounding the team's edge rushers and ability to stop the run. The conversation also centers around Malik Willis being the complete opposite stylistically from Tua Tagovailoa, with debate over Tua's arm strength, injuries, and Omar revealing that Troy Aikman was already working with the Dolphins organization while publicly criticizing Tua last season. Bonnie Bernstein then joins the show to discuss the continued rise of women's sports, the impact of Caitlin Clark on the WNBA, and her new ABC project “Champions Edge,” while also sharing insight into why girls often drop out of sports at higher rates than boys. The hour wraps with Larry Blustein breaking down the current state of Florida high school and college football recruiting, including the rise of Carol City, continued dominance from St. Thomas, momentum at West Boca, and how programs like University of Miami, UCF, USF, FIU, FAU, University of Florida, and Florida State University are navigating the evolving NIL era.
Larry Blustein joins the show to break down the current landscape of high school and college football recruiting across Florida as spring football ramps up around the state. The conversation begins with Miami Carol City Chiefs becoming one of the hottest programs in South Florida, while St. Thomas continues its dominance with seven straight state championships and West Boca emerges as another program building serious momentum. Blustein also discusses how today's high school football environment now mirrors college football with NIL money, transfers, and recruiting battles shaping the sport earlier than ever before. The segment also features discussion surrounding the recruiting success at University of Miami, how programs like FIU, FAU, UCF, and USF are trying to build sustainable football programs, and why USF's future on-campus stadium could become a major boost for the program. Blustein also shares thoughts on the strong direction of University of Florida football, while acknowledging the challenges of competing in the SEC, and explains why Florida State University continues searching for answers after several disappointing seasons.
On episode 131 of Native Land Pod, hosts Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum, and Bakari Sellers field a listener question about whether it's worth voting when the ballot offers no candidate who actually represents her. It’s an especially potent question in light of redistricting, the recent Supreme Court gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and the chaos of states redrawing maps in the middle of an election cycle. FOR YOUR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans laughed and said "yes, yes to that" while a radio host told Hakeem Jeffries to "get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia." Kiggans later claimed she didn't hear the "cotton-picking" line. Jeffries is calling for her resignation. All six conservative Supreme Court justices attended Trump's state dinner honoring King Charles the night before the Louisiana voting rights decision dropped — a ruling that further guts the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A new study found that people who regularly engage with arts and culture — reading, listening to music, visiting museums — may biologically age slower. The effect may even equal regular exercise. A suit has been filed against OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged role in the Florida State University shooting that killed two people. Trump is calling Black women reporters names when asked questions he doesn’t like. First he called Rachel Scott of ABC a “b**ch” and then he called Akayla Gardner of MS NOW a “dumb person.” How does one even respond? Also, please join the All Roads Lead to the South event in Montgomery this Saturday! More information can be found here. MORE: Read the federal civil complaint for the above OpenAI lawsuit. If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: http://www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ and send to @nativelandpod. We are 173 days away from the midterm elections. Welcome home y’all! —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast. Instagram X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube. Native Land Pod is brought to you by Reasoned Choice Media. Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: Angela Rye as host, executive producer, and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Andrew Gillum as host and producer, Bakari Sellers as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; LoLo Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media. Theme music created by Daniel Laurent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ryan, Dana, and Chris Trenkmann discuss attorneys for a victim of a Florida State University shooting filing a lawsuit against OpenAI.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On this episode of The NatioNole Show, Gainstaville and Magee talk Pro Noles, NBA, Gainstaville's latest songs, and more!
Florida's attorney general James Uthmeier has opened a criminal investigation into ChatGPT and its parent company, OpenAI after a gunman confided in the AI before a Florida State University shooting last year. KCSB's Inesha Ranasinghe-Denish has the story.
In this episode, Brian Nelson is back to cut through the noise surrounding broker liability and the critical importance of a rock-solid carrier selection policy! We delve into the potential fallout of recent legal arguments, discussing how the Supreme Court's perspective on safety data—or the lack thereof from the FMCSA—could fundamentally shift the responsibility of vetting onto the shoulders of brokers and shippers. From the tactics of plaintiffs' attorneys to the logistical nightmare of requesting driver qualification files for every load, Brian gives it to us straight on why size doesn't always equal safety and how the industry might be heading toward a massive shift in capacity. Tune in because this is a frank wake-up call to tighten your SOPs, embrace transparency, and prepare for the ripple effect a single Supreme Court decision could have on your brokerage's liability and daily operations! About Bryan Nelson Bryan J. Nelson is a transportation and logistics attorney assisting clients in the development and review of transportation agreements, the resolution and mitigation of cargo claims, and the establishment of corporate compliance strategies in accordance with state and federal regulations. Prior to joining Taylor Nelson, Bryan practiced as general counsel and served as a chief administrative officer in the transportation industry for over a decade, representing a family of companies that included a motor carrier, a third-party logistics corporation, and a transportation management system (TMS) provider. Bryan graduated from Stetson University earning his juris doctorate and his master's degree in business administration. He received his undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Finance from Florida State University. With his hands-on experience in the transportation industry, Bryan recognizes and understands the unique challenges and opportunities facing transportation companies throughout the supply chain. Connect with Bryan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-j-nelson-esq-mba-59876b1b/ Email: bnelson@taylorlawpl.com
We warmly welcome Dr. Deanna Dow to the podcast. Dr. Dow is a licensed clinical psychologist with over two decades of experience supporting neurodivergent individuals and families. She is the founder and CEO of Spectrum Psych LA, a multidisciplinary clinic that provides assessment, therapy, occupational therapy, medication management, and community-based support, and she has trained and worked in autism clinics and research centers at major institutions including the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina, Florida State University, and UCLA where her research has focused on early autism identification, parent-led intervention models, and co-occurring mental health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. Dr. Dow also serves as President of the Spectrum Psych Foundation for Inclusion and Empowerment, promoting access, advocacy, and inclusive mental health care and continues to provide psychotherapy and assessment services using a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach. In this episode, Dr. Dow helps us unpack the far too often unseen work that neurodivergent individuals put into "blending in" via masking and camouflaging. We explore how strategies such as suppressing natural behaviors, imitating peers, and adhering to social expectations can quietly shape a child's and/or adult's life. We discuss the toll that this effort can take, from drained energy and heightened anxiety to delayed or missed diagnoses, and why it's especially prevalent among girls, high-achieving students, and those with strong cognitive or verbal abilities. Dr. Dow shares with us some concrete examples of how masking shows up in classrooms, recess, and everyday social situations, highlighting subtle behaviors that often go unnoticed but signal that a child or teen could be struggling on the inside. We talk about the impact of masking on emotional well-being, academic performance, and social connections, while also addressing additional conditions such as ADHD and how overlapping symptoms can further complicate diagnoses and support systems. We also explore the relief and empowerment that can come with later diagnoses and reframe neurodivergence as a difference rather than a deficit. This conversation is a close look at the hidden effort behind "fitting in" and what it takes to help neurodivergent individuals thrive on their own terms. Show Notes: [3:15] - Dr. Dow explains how masking helps allow neurodivergent individuals to fit in, but the effort can often cause exhaustion and anxiety. [6:02] - Hear how children with autism or ADHD may mask behaviors, causing hidden stress and internalized anxiety. [9:14] - Dr. Dow argues that social control can drain energy, creating crashes if breaks and regulation opportunities aren't provided. [12:30] - Many kids appear fine at school but release built-up tension at home from masking effort. [13:04] - For a lot of kids, home can provide a safe space where they can unload, even if external masking still persists. [15:45] - Early assessments can help prevent anxiety, build self-understanding, and teach when masking or authenticity is beneficial. [18:12] - Dr. Dow points out how social withdrawal may reflect beyond negative feedback, not lack of motivation, and that masking can often delay diagnosis. [21:08] - Many subtle autism signs go unnoticed, so early observation and education are incredibly important for support. [24:30] - Hear how parents often feel relief after evaluation, realizing that cognitive strengths previously masked signs of autism. [25:54] - Assessment has the potential to empower youth by explaining that struggles stem from brainwiring, not personal shortcomings. [26:41] - Hear Dr. Dow explain how neurodivergence openly helps children understand their strengths and challenges. [28:43] - Dr. Deanna Dow believes that reassuring parents too much can delay recognition of differences and necessary support for kids. [30:20] - Dr. Dow explains how validating diverse behaviors can help build safety and acceptance. [33:14] - Dr. Dow argues that educators who understand neurodivergence can help students regulate, feel authentic, and promote more inclusive classrooms. [35:32] - Hear how you can get in touch with Dr. Dow. Links and Related Resources: Episode 38: Understanding the Gifted and Twice Exceptional Child with Dr. Nicole Tetreault Episode 119: Autistic Girls – Overlooked and Underrecognized with Megan Beardmore, PhD, NCSP Episode 196: Gifted and/or Autistic with Megan Helmen, Psy.D., L.P. Episode 226: Is It Autism? Recognizing, Assessing & Supporting Children and Teens with Dr. Chandni Singh Episode 197: Five Best Practices for Math Instruction – Dr. Sarah Powell More Podcast Episodes Connect with Dr. Deanna Dow: Spectrum Psych Join Our Diverse Thinking Different Learning Community: Substack
In this episode, I am joined by Cole Patoine, MS, RD, and PhD candidate at Florida State University's Gut Biome Lab, to talk about all things gut health and what is currently emerging in the research. In this episode, we nerd out on:Cole's journey from clinical endocrinology into researchHow gut microbiome research is done behind the scenesWhat stool testing can tell us about gut healthThe difference between probiotics, prebiotics, and postbioticsWhy beans, lentils, chickpeas, and pulses are so powerful for gut health (and why they might make you bloated at first)How ultra-processed foods can impact the microbiomeWhat “leaky gut” actually means from a research perspectiveUnderstanding the gut-brain connection and neuroinflammation The biggest factors that shape your microbiome over timeThis episode is perfect for anyone who wants a research-backed understanding of gut health and the foundational habits that support a healthy microbiome.You can explore more of Cole's research here: https://thegutbiomelab.annescollege.fsu.edu/And if this conversation makes you curious about what might actually be driving your own symptoms, you can learn more about working with me inside Girls Fuel coaching here: https://xnpsiaf8538.typeform.com/Gfcoachingapp(00:00) Podcast Welcome Guest Intro(01:50) Cole's PhD Path and Introduction to Gut Health Research (3:58) What gut health research looks at(08:15) Pro Pre Post-biotics Explained(13:00) Choosing Probiotic Strains(14:18) Current Probiotic Research(16:58) Powerhouse Food for your Gut Health(22:54) Bean Tolerance Ramp Up(25:52) Processed Foods Dysbiosis(30:09) Artificial Sweeteners (31:24) Is ‘Leaky Gut' Recognized in Research? (32:43) Breaking Down The Layers of the Gut Lining (37:07) Intestinal Permeability and Disease Links(39:16) Testing Markers and Symptoms of Leaky Gut(43:44) Clinicians vs Influencers(45:24) Gut-Brain Connection and Neuroinflammation (50:37) Microbiome Changes Over Life(51:14) Variables that Biggest Impact on Your Gut Microbiome (1:00:32) What a PhD Really Takes(1:05:50) Future Gut Research Questions(01:09:50) Top Three Gut Health Tips(1:11:59) Final Wrap and Resources
The Cheat Sheet is The Murder Sheet's segment breaking down weekly news and updates in some of the murder cases we cover. In this episode, we'll talk about cases from Washington, D.C., Connecticut, and Florida.Tim Heidecker's statement on the purchase of InfoWars: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/tim-heidecker-releases-first-statement-181500352.htmlThe Texas Tribune's report on Alex Jones's sustained defamation of Sandy Hook victim families: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/12/alex-jones-sandy-hook-shooting/NPR's report on the lawsuits against Alex Jones: https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115414563/alex-jones-sandy-hook-caseBritannica's entry on the murders of students and educators at the Sandy Hook Elementary School: https://www.britannica.com/event/Sandy-Hook-Elementary-School-shootingThe Washington Post's report on ChatGPT's role in the mass shooting at Florida State University and the murders of Robert Morales and Tiru Chabba and the case against Phoenix Ikner: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/chatgpt-allegedly-advised-florida-state-shooter-when-and-where-to-strike-194338484.htmlRead about the jury that got time off in the Max Emerson murder case against Jaime Macedo at NBC: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/catholic-u-murder-trial-jury-deliberations-may/4094151/Read more about the Emerson murder case at NBC: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/defense-in-catholic-u-murder-trial-can-call-detective-pulled-from-case-judge-says/4080934/Tech Radar's article on former Federal Bureau of Investigation cyber division deputy Cynthia Kaiser's comments on ransomware attacks: https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/felony-murder-law-does-not-require-that-a-defendant-pull-the-trigger-ex-fbi-chief-calls-for-ransomware-attackers-to-face-homicide-charges-if-attacks-lead-to-deathsCheck out our upcoming book events and get links to buy tickets here: https://murdersheetpodcast.com/eventsPre-order our book on Delphi here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/shadow-of-the-bridge-the-delphi-murders-and-the-dark-side-of-the-american-heartland-aine-cain/21866881?ean=9781639369232Or here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Shadow-of-the-Bridge/Aine-Cain/9781639369232Or here: https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Bridge-Murders-American-Heartland/dp/1639369236Join our Patreon here! https://www.patreon.com/c/murdersheetSupport The Murder Sheet by buying a t-shirt here: https://www.murdersheetshop.com/Check out more inclusive sizing and t-shirt and merchandising options here: https://themurdersheet.dashery.com/Send tips to murdersheet@gmail.com.The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Iran seizes two ships and fires on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the EU approves a €90 billion loan for Ukraine, Trump blocks dollar shipments to Iraq to curb Iran-backed militias, RFK Jr faces questions in the US Senate, Meta reportedly plans to track employees' keystrokes to train AI, Indonesia passes a law protecting domestic workers, the Southern Poverty Law Center is indicted on federal fraud charges in Alabama, Florida probes OpenAI over a shooting at Florida State University, Uber is found liable in a driver assault case in North Carolina, and a study finds that cocaine entering waterways affects the behavior of salmon. Sources: Verity.News
A.M. Edition for April 22. Florida has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in a mass shooting that killed two people at Florida State University. Plus, future Iran peace talks may be in doubt, but nobody told investors. Ben Kumar from investment manager 7IM explains the trader enthusiasm fueling yet-more market records. And imagine charging your EV in six and a half minutes. Battery-maker CATL says that'll soon be a reality. Luke Vargas hosts. Explore our series on the financial realities of divorce. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apply to work with us: https://drjoeymunoz.com/vsl-page Download my FREE Nutrition for Fat Loss eBook: https://drjoeymunoz.com/blueprint In this episode, I sit down again with my postdoctoral mentor and longtime friend Dr. Mike Ormsby, full professor at Florida State University, for a conversation that goes way beyond the science. We talk about what balance actually looks like when you're a parent, a professional, and someone who refuses to let fitness fall off. Spoiler: it's not what most people think. Mike breaks down how he structures his training around a busy schedule, why consistency over perfection is the only approach that actually works long-term, and what the research says about exercise snacks for people who feel like they have zero time. We also get into something I don't talk about enough. Communication. Why so many experts with incredible knowledge completely fail at getting their message across, how Mike went from avoiding the camera to going all in on science communication, and why translating complex research into practical advice is one of the most important things we can do in this industry. If you've ever felt like you don't have enough time to train, struggle with all-or-nothing thinking, or you're sitting on knowledge or a skill you've been too afraid to share, this one's for you.
Florida’s attorney general opened a criminal investigation into OpenAI’s ChatGPT over whether the artificial intelligence app offered advice to a gunman who killed two people and wounded six others last year at Florida State University. Greg and Holly discuss.
A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age: Constellation of Insanity (Emerald, 2026) fosters a platform for information scientists to engage in reflection and contemplation regarding the profound questions of our era. By drawing insights from pioneers in the field whose contributions were once marginalized or, in some instances, overlooked within the realm of information science, chapter authors strive to re/center the field's focal point. Chapter authors draw from a diverse array of frameworks including critical theory, deconstruction, queer theory, borderlands, among others. What sets this book apart is its direct confrontation of the status quo and aggressively re/claims intellectual space for “others”. This is the only book to critique the entire discipline of Information Science from as many angles as possible in one volume and as far outside of the traditional organizations. Guest: Wade Bishop is a Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. His research foci include research data management, data discovery, geographic information science, as well as the study of data occupations, education, and training. He has published many works evaluating the services and resources of academic and public libraries. He earned an MLIS from the University of South Florida School of Information and a PhD from Florida State University's School of Information. Renate Chancellor is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Access, Ethics, & Belonging at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. She holds both a Master's degree and a Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is affiliated with the Syracuse University Lender Center for Social Justice. Dr. Chancellor's research is grounded in critical race theory and critical cultural information studies, with a focus on access, equity, ethics, belonging, and social justice in Library and Information Science (LIS). She is the author of seminal biographies of Black librarians, including E.J. Josey: Transformational Leader of the Modern Library Profession and Breaking Glass Ceilings: Clara Stanton Jones and the Detroit Public Librarypractices, which foreground Black leadership and institutional transformation in librarianship. Her current research explores information objects and fugitive epistemology, with particular attention to alternative knowledge systems and practices of resistance. Dr. Chancellor serves on the editorial boards of The Library Quarterly and Education for Information and is the recipient of numerous honors, including the ALISE Excellence in Teaching Award (2014) and the Norman Horrocks Leadership Award (2012). Joe Sánchez is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Information Studies at Queens College (CUNY). He studies the information worlds of BIPOC high school students, subcultures and information, and undergraduate research experiences for underrepresented students. He earned a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. He serves on the editorial board of Library Hi-Tech, the advisory board of the Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program, the American Library Association (ALA) Spectrum Doctoral Fellows Program, and ALA's Committee on Accreditation. He is a Mellon Fellow and a Google/ALA Fellow in the Libraries Ready to Code Program and a Founder of the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3). Host: Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Dillon Pruett, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. This is the second part of a two-part interview in which we discuss Dillon's turbulent faculty job search and transition to a faculty position. A higher income doesn't completely ameliorate all financial challenges, but the future is looking bright. Dillon's candor during this conversation is laudable, and his experiences are likely to be both relatable and a cautionary tale for prospective and new faculty members.
On tonight's program: The Florida Legislature originally planned to be back in Tallahassee around this time to work on a new state budget. But so far, NOTHING seems to be working; There still may be a chance that lawmakers may be back at the Capitol to redraw the state's congressional districts to favor the GOP; One year after the mass shooting at Florida State University, we check in with a student who was barricaded as the situation unfolded; The campus shooting tragedy also led to state lawmakers trying to increase security without impinging freedom; Memorials to the shooting victims remain on the FSU campus one year later; And during the Civil Rights battles of the 1950s and 60s, Jewish and Black people often found common cause in the oppression historically visited on them. Now an effort is underway to reforge those ties.
Current Tampa-based Percussion Freelancer and Educator and Retired Director of Percussion Studies at the University of South Florida Bob McCormick stops by to talk about his current life and how he stays healthy (03:40), growing up in Cleveland and Southern California, his early musical influences and his time in undergrad (10:55), his work with the Army band and getting his master's degree (27:30), his year of playing in Harry Partch's Ensemble (36:15), teaching briefly at Florida State University before heading to USF, building the program there, literature choices in the early years, and the importance of investing in recordings (45:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including his feelings on current percussion literature, the PASIC New Music/Research Day, the musical landscape during the first half of the 20th century, Tony Cirone's “Symphony Special”, and so much more! (01:19:20)Finishing with a Rave about Pete performing How to Train Your Dragon live in concert with the Missouri Symphony (01:39:05).Bob McCormick Links:McCormick Percussion Group HomepagePrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Lee Hinkle in 2026Kevin von Kampen in 2024Neil Grover in 2023Jeff Moore in 2023Andrea Venet in 2018Chrissie Souza in 2024Sarah Hasekamp in 2024Other Links:Harry PartchDanlee MitchellTony CironeGene KrupaBuddy RichForrest Clark“Zyklus” - Karlheinz StockhausenTom SiwePaul PriceNancy ZeltsmanLeigh Howard StevensEmil RichardsVic Firth“Canaries” - Elliott CarterEd ThigpenLarry AustinStuart Saunders SmithThad AndersonSvet Stoyanov“Synchronisms No. 5” - Mario Davidovsky“Marimbastuck” - Maki IshiiPayton MacDonaldBaljinder SekhonMichael Colgrass2001: A Space Odyssey trailerThe Sound of Music trailerArtful Noise - Tom SiweThe Rest is Noise - Alex RossPierrot lunaire - Arnold SchoenbergWozzeck - Alban BergRaves:How to Train Your Dragon in Concert
What happens when you've "made it" in big law but still feel stuck? Business law attorney Matthew Fornaro hit that wall. After years at two prestigious AmLaw 200 firms, he found himself facing another offer from a top-ten national firm with more money and more prestige. Instead, he walked away to build his own practice.Matt shares the real story of going solo: the defining moment he recognized he'd hit a "plateau" that more money wouldn't fix, the terrifying excitement of day one, and the culture shock of losing big-law infrastructure overnight.Matt is refreshingly honest about what firm ownership actually looks like. The freedom is real, but so is the weight of responsibility. Nobody deposits a paycheck when you don't work. There's no back office printing your documents or managing your calendar. You become the CEO, the marketing department, and the IT help desk all at once.But here's what changed for Matt: the work started to matter in ways it never had before. Inspired by watching his own father struggle to find competent legal counsel for his small business, Matt built a practice dedicated to serving entrepreneurs and startups. Now he watches businesses launch, employees get hired, and communities grow because of work he did with his own hands.We explore the challenges every solo practitioner faces: cash flow management, technology decisions, and the critical importance of choosing the right clients. Matt shares hard-won lessons about red flags he wished he'd heeded earlier and the business education law school never provided.Whether you're considering leaving big law, already running your own firm, or simply searching for a more aligned and fulfilling way to practice, this conversation delivers wisdom from someone who made the leap and built a practice that actually fits his life.Key Takeaways:Why hitting the "plateau" in big law was actually a giftThe culture shock of losing big-law resources overnightHow serving small businesses unlocked deeper fulfillment than Fortune 500 clients ever didThe business education law school never provided and how Matt filled the gapRed flags that signal a client will cost you more than they payBuilding a practice aligned with your values, not just your bank account[01:18] Matt's decade inside AmLaw 200 firms[01:40] The "plateau" that changed everything[06:21] Day one of firm ownership: excitement, fear, and chaos[08:15] What surprised him most about leaving big law[10:05] Freedom without a safety net[12:44] The work that actually feels worth doing[15:05] The parts nobody warns you about[16:10] Cash flow, clients, and constant decisions[17:43] How technology leveled the playing field for small firms[20:01] Why Matt teaches what he learned the hard way[22:06] The mentorship that filled the gaps[24:16] Practical advice for lawyers ready to go soloMatthew Fornaro spent over a decade at two AmLaw 200 law firms before walking away from an offer at a top-ten national firm to build something of his own. Today he serves small businesses, entrepreneurs, and startups from his Coral Springs, Florida office, bringing big-firm expertise to clients often underserved by traditional law firms. A member of the Florida Bar and District of Columbia Bar, Matthew practices commercial litigation, contract disputes, construction law, intellectual property, and business formation. He also teaches legal compliance as an instructor for the Kauffman Foundation's FastTrac NewVenture Program and Florida State University's Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, helping the next generation of business owners avoid the mistakes he learned to navigate the hard way.Contact me: gary@garymiles.nethttps://www.garymiles.net/You can find The Free Lawyer Assessment here- https://www.garymiles.net/the-free-lawyer-assessmentWould you like to schedule a complimentary discovery call? You can do so here: https://calendly.com/garymiles-successcoach/one-one-discovery-call
In this episode, we are joined by two professors from Boston University's Wheelock College of Education who specialize in the research and practice of sport and performance psychology - Dr. Edson Filho and Dr. Carly Block. We discuss a number of topics relative the mental side of performance; starting with the field of sport & performance psychology and it's practitioners, the idea of Flow, perfectionism in performance, the interconnection between different psychology processes like goal setting and motivation, confidence and coping with stress, mental skills training, team cohesion, self-awareness, the integration of sport psychology into performance systems and teams, and more! We hope that this episode provides a depth and breadth of understanding about how sport psychology principles and practitioners can be utilized in performance settings, not just in sports.SummaryWhat is Sport & Performance Psychology?Concepts and theories from the fieldMental performance skillsIntegrating sport psychology into systemsHow athletes and performers benefit from sessions w/sport psychology consultantsDr. Edson Filho is an associate professor of sport, exercise & performance psychology at Boston University, where he is the director of the Performance, Recovery & Optimization (PRO) Lab. His research centers on performance optimization in individual and team settings. He studies the individual and shared zones of optimal functioning as well as the relationship among team processes (e.g., cohesion, team mental models, and collective efficacy). He is also interested in developing applied interventions for performance optimization and mental health for athletes and performers across domains.Dr. Filho is the author of over 100 manuscripts and book chapters and has edited three books. He is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and an Established Supervisor and Established Practitioner registered with the International Society of Sport Psychology. DR. Filho is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist registered in the United Kingdom. He has worked as a consultant for professional, collegiate, and amateur athletes. His work on performance optimization has been funded by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and been featured in media outlets including BBC Latin America, the Boston Globe, Nature Lindau, and Scientific American.Dr. Carly Block is a Lecturer in Sport and Performance Psychology at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she teaches and supervises graduate students in the Counseling/Sport Psychology program. She earned her doctorate in Sport Psychology from Florida State University and her master's degree in Sport Psychology from Miami University. Carly's research aligns with her theory-to-practice approach, focusing on developing evidence-based psychological interventions for specific populations in sport, such as goalkeepers and perfectionistic athletes. She has coauthored manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented at national and international conferences in the field of sport psychology. Dr. Block is also a Certified Mental Performance Consultant® through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology and has spent over the past 10 years working with athletes and performers. She has extensive experience consulting with collegiate, competitive youth, and professional athletes and performers at both the individual and team level. Through her applied work and private practice, she is passionate about helping clients improve self-awareness, enhance enjoyment and performance, and build life skills that extend beyond sport and performance settings.
In this special bonus episode recorded at the recent Illumia Momentum conference, we spoke with Maydee Ehster from Florida State University about how her and her team have been navigating regulatory changes as well as continued challenges balancing security and convenience for students. Guest Name: Maydee Ehster - Associate Director of Financial Systems at Florida State University Guest Social: LinkedIn Guest Bio: Maydee Ehster is Associate Director of Financial Systems in the Controller's Office at Florida State University. She leads a team that is responsible for administering and supporting enterprise financial systems, including Transact, Concur, Jaggaer, Transcepta, and PaymentWorks. Maydee's responsibilities include oversight of systems integrations, compliance requirements, audit support, and process improvements. She works closely with campus stakeholders and external vendors to support and enhance efficiencies across our systems. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Dustin Ramsdellhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinramsdell/About The Enrollify Podcast Network:The Higher Ed Geek is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too!Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — The AI Workforce Platform for Higher Ed. Learn more at element451.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
In this episode, Emily interviews Dr. Dillon Pruett, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. This is the first part of a two-part interview in which we discuss Dillon's financial journey through his PhD and postdoc at Vanderbilt University. Dillon tried to keep his eyes on his own financial paper, but the pay disparity between himself and other graduate students and postdocs was repeatedly brought to his attention. Still, he managed to make it through without accumulating debt and even building modest assets, despite financial setbacks. Dillon's candor during this conversation is laudable, and his experiences are likely to be both relatable and a cautionary tale for prospective and early graduate students.
ParentingAces - The Junior Tennis and College Tennis Podcast
Welcome to Season 15 Episode 13 of the ParentingAces Podcast! This week, Tennis Parent Greg Gilbert shares his family's tennis journey from the early days through the college recruiting process.The Junior Tennis Journey is a long and winding road. Greg candidly shares the things his family did well as well as the mistakes they made along the way. Daughter Ariana will be playing college tennis beginning Fall 2026, but her path to college was definitely tricky as she dealt with injury and other challenges.Luckily for Ariana, her parents were committed to learning and growing with her as she pursued her dreams. Greg admits to being on information overload at points through the journey and feeling challenged to manage his expectations of what Ariana could achieve at each stage. Greg also shares details of Ariana's recruiting journey - leading to her full-ride offer at Florida State University - which should prove helpful to those of you with College Tennis in your future.You can reach out to Greg via email at gregsgilbert@yahoo.com - he is more than happy to answer any questions you have!As always, I am available for one-to-one consults to work with you as you find your way through junior tennis and the college recruiting process. You can purchase and book online through our website at https://parentingaces.com/shop/category/consult-with-lisa-stone/.If you're so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your fellow tennis players, parents, and coaches. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or via your favorite podcast app. Please be sure to check out our logo'd merch as well as our a la carte personal consultations in our online shop.CREDITSIntro & Outro Music: Morgan Stone aka STØNEAudio & Video Editing: Lisa Stone
This is one of my favorite interviews! Today I'm talking with my friend, Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks, author of Gaslighted by God, Holy Ghosted, and her brand-new book, To Rebehold the Stars: Reimagining Faith After Deconstruction.If you've walked through the painful process of deconstructing the toxic theology you inherited, this conversation is going to knock your socks off. Drawing from Dante's Inferno (I know, right?!), classical literature, and deep theological study, Tiffany shows you how to create a new spiritual lexicon that actually reflects the heart of God.(Listen to find out what that even is!)This isn't about burning it all down. It's about holding up each piece to the light and deciding: Does this stay or go?
Sarah Isgur and David French record live at Florida State University and further examine the Supreme Court's major tariff decision, examining Justice Kagan's consistency argument, debating the Major Questions Doctrine with Justice Gorsuch's concurrence, and analyzing Justice Kavanaugh's dissent on executive power in foreign affairs. The Agenda–Analyzing Kagan's argument–Deep dive into statutory interpretation approaches–Footnote battles (fun!) and methodological disagreements–Executive power and Kavanaugh's track record–Special deference in foreign policy context–Balance of payments vs. trade deficits–Should justices attend Trump's State of the Union address after his attacks? Show Notes:–Emergency AO following Tariffs decision–Fifth Circuit 10 Commandments Case–The Insignificance of Judicial Opinions Advisory Opinions is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch's offerings—including access to all of our articles, members-only newsletters, and bonus podcast episodes—click here. If you'd like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices