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Join me for a delightful conversation with Steve Kanji Ruhl about his book, Appalachian Zen: Journeys in Search of True Home, from the American Heartland to the Buddha Dharma, the 2023 Gold Prize winner for Memoir in the Nautilus Book Awards. Steve Kanji is a Zen Buddhist minister ordained in the Zen Peacemaker Order, now teaching independently and instructing Zen students through his Touch the Earth cyber-sangha. Reverend Kanji received his Master of Divinity degree from Harvard University and is a Buddhist chaplain at Deerfield Academy, a Buddhist Adviser at Yale University, and faculty member of the Shogaku Zen Institute. Kanji has been a guest speaker or workshop facilitator at Harvard's Center for World Religions, Yale Divinity School, the International Conference on Socially Engaged Buddhism, the Omega Institute, and elsewhere. In addition to Appalachian Zen, he is the author of Enlightened Contemporaries: Francis, Dogen & Rumi—Three Great Mystics of the Thirteenth Century and Why They Matter Today and has recently finished writing a new book about his personal experience of spirituality and wellness called The Whole Earth is Medicine: Science, Zen, and Healing Body and Mind in a Journey through Cancer. He has also published two volumes of poems, The Constant Yes of Things and Paintings of Rice Cakes Satisfy Hunger. In his book, Appalachian Zen, Kanji takes us on a 30-year journey through his search to find his "true home" in lilting and lyrical prose and poems that move the story from Appalachia through academia—constantly asking: What is home? What is this? What is life? Death? What is real? … The questions Buddhism never answer but continue to ask. In our conversation we talked about, among other things: -Childhood memories -The search for self and the search for losing the self -Being a foolish being and Shin Buddhism -The contrast between Western and Eastern philosophical and spiritual worldviews -Mystical Christianity and the similarity to the direct experience of the sacred in Buddhism -Buddhist lay ministers as compared to Buddhist monastics, priest, and the "guru model" -Kanji's teaching of "Be Clear, Be Kind, Be Present"   Buy the book (Amazon affiliate link): Appalachian Zen   Buy the book from the publisher: Appalachian Zen   Learn more about Steve Kanji Ruhl, his teaching, spiritual guidance, and special events: http://www.stevekanjiruhl.com       *Special Everyday Buddhism Substack / Words From My Teachers podcast subscription promo code: Redeem by 3/31/2024 for 20% subscription for 1 year!   Become a patron to support this podcast and get special member benefits, including a membership community and virtual sangha:https://www.patreon.com/EverydayBuddhism   Join the Everyday Sangha: Join the Everyday Sangha   Join the Membership Community: https://donorbox.org/membershipcommunity   If this podcast has helped you understand Buddhism or help in your everyday life, consider making a one-time donation here: https://donorbox.org/podcast-donations   Support the podcast through the affiliate link to buy the book, Everyday Buddhism: Real-Life Buddhist Teachings & Practices for Real Change: Buy the book, Everyday Buddhism

In an expansive discussion around Steve Kanji Ruhl's book, Appalachian Zen, Steve and Raghu explore finding equilibrium through zen practice.“In Buddhism, the true home is that place within each of us, it's an inner heartland. We can call it original Buddha Nature; it is accessible to all of us anytime and any place. It's really a matter of finding this inner equilibrium and being in this moment, in this place, and being fully alive.” – Steve Kanji RuhlIn this episode, Raghu Markus and Steve Kanji Ruhl discuss:Cultural Transformation in AppalachiaSteve Kanji's experience of violence and PTSDZen practice and finding our inner equilibriumEnduring a soul injury and the journey of healingThe teachers that shape us for better or worseMeeting Ram Dass and receiving sanctuaryThe concept of home and the path as the guruHolding self and other simultaneouslyZazen meditation practiceLiving deliberately and obstructions of the willBalancing intention with surrenderBreaking down the conditioning that prevents us from being clear, kind, and presentDirect identification and Tantric intimacyCommunity as the antidote of dysfunctional solitudeAbout Steve Kanji Ruhl:Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, M.Div., is an innovative Zen Buddhist minister ordained in the Zen Peacemaker Order by Roshi Bernie Glassman, and is also a lay Zen dharma holder and preceptor authorized by Roshi Eve Myonen Marko. Formerly affiliated with Green River Zen Center in western Massachusetts where he helped to teach and assisted Roshi Eve, he now operates independently, teaching Zen students in person and through his Touch the Earth cyber-sangha to “be clear, be kind, be present” through instruction in koans, ethical precepts, and shikantaza (“just sitting”) meditation. Also a multi-published author, Steve Kanji Ruhl was awarded the Gold Prize for Best Spiritual Memoir in the 2023 Nautilus Book Awards for his book, Appalachian Zen: Journeys in Search of True Home, from the American Heartland to the Buddha Dharma.Get your copy of Appalachian Zen or one of Steve Kanji Ruhl's other books HEREDiscover the transformative practice of teaching mindfulness in a new FREE 30-page ebook by Senior Buddhist teacher and Emmy award-winning musician, David Nichtern. With its blend of humor, wisdom, and accessible approach, The Art of Teaching Mindfulness ebook is a must-read for anyone interested in sharing the life-changing practices of mindfulness with others.Already downloaded by over 15k people, visit dharmamoon.com/ebook to get YOUR free copy of The Art of Teaching Mindfulness!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Jeremy Kagan, Acclaimed Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Author & Educator About Harvey's guest: Today's guest, Jeremy Kagan, is a highly acclaimed director, screenwriter, producer, author and educator, whose feature film credits include “Scott Joplin”, “Heroes”, “The Big Fix”, “The Chosen”, which won 3 Jury Prizes at prestigious international film festivals, “The Sting 2”, “The Journey of Natty Gann”, which was the first American film to win a Gold Prize at the Moscow Film Festival, “Golda's Balcony”, and the exceptionally powerful and compelling movie entitled “SHOT”, which is a must-see film about gun violence in America.   Some of my favourite of his TV movies are “Katherine”, “Courage”, “Descending Angel”, “Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8”, which won an ACE Award for Best Dramatic Special, “Roswell: The UFO Cover-Up”, which got a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best TV movie, “Color of Justice”, “Bobbie's Girl”, and “Crown Heights”, which earned him the Directors Guild of America Robert B. Aldrich Achievement Award, and a nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs, AND for which he won an NAACP Image Award AND the Humanitas Award for "affirming the dignity of every person".   He also produced and directed the internationally acclaimed 10 part TV series entitled, “The ACLU Freedom Files”, which won a Special Recognition Award at the Washington Independent Film Festival.   In addition, he's directed dozens of TV shows including “Columbo”, “Picket Fences”, “Chicago Hope”, for which he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing, “Ally McBeal”, “Family Law”, “The West Wing”, for which the Online Film and Television Association nominated him for Best Direction of a Drama Series,  AND he directed the pilot for “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”.  This man's contributions to the film industry have been monumental.   He created the Change Making Media Lab, which fosters positive social and environmental change by producing award-winning films dealing with pressing social issues.  He served as the Artistic Director of Robert Redford's Sundance Lab.  And he's been on the National Board of the Directors Guild, where he is Chairperson of its Special Projects, providing members with educational, cultural and technological information.  Our guest is also an accomplished author.  His books entitled, “Directors Close Up”, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 contain fascinating interviews with renowned film directors.  He also wrote a mesmerizing and inspirational book about his near-death experience, called “My Death: A Personal Guidebook”.   And he's written an interactive eTextbook called “Keys to Directing”. He's a Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, and he's taught master classes on filmmaking throughout the world.  He's a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Television Academy, The Writers Guild, and The Directors Guild.   For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/ To see more about Jeremy Kagan, go to:https://www.facebook.com/jeremypkagan/https://www.instagram.com/jeremypkagan/https://twitter.com/ainsof #JeremyKagan  #harveybrownstoneinterviews

We continue to celebrate the 20th anniversary of our sponsor, The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, with our guest Angela Bourassa. Angela won the Gold Prize in the Science Fiction category for her script EVERYTHING IS RIGHT UNTIL IT'S WRONG, and under its new title, TURN ME ON; the movie was filmed last year, produced by Truant Pictures and Blue Creek Pictures, directed by Michael Tyburski, and starring Bel Powley and Nick Robinson. It's now in post-production.   In addition, Angela's movies IF YOU WERE THE LAST and BLACK BAGS have also recently been produced, and IF YOU WERE THE LAST is premiering at SXSW next month. If you enjoy the show, please remember to follow us and leave a review where you listen to podcasts. 

With Noir Hamlet, John Minigan managed to turn Hamlet into a short, fun comedy, and he stopped by the show to tell us how he did it.  In this episode, we discuss:How Noir was the perfect genre to adapt Shakespeare's most famous play and why John has three versions of this scriptthe many Easter eggs hidden in the script of Noir Hamlet to what John attributes his Edinburgh Fringe successTONS of writing tipsAnd more!Resources MentionedNew Play ExchangePatrick Gabridge and Playwright Marketing BingeFor Fall 2022 only: Catch John's adaptation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Greater Boston Stage Company. Streaming options available!  About Our GuestJohn Minigan's Queen of Sad Mischance received the 2022 Judith Royer Award for Excellence in Playwriting from ATHE/The Kennedy Center, the 2022 Louise Wigglesworth Excellence in Playwriting Award from the Lab Theatre of Florida, and was a Gold Prize winner in the 2019 Clauder Competition for New England playwrights. He is a recent Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellow in Dramatic Writing and New Repertory Theatre Playwriting Fellow. His work has been included in the Best American Short Plays, Best Ten-Minute Short Plays, and multiple other anthologies. His full-length plays have been developed with Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Gloucester Stage Company, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Portland Stage Company, and the Great Plains Theatre Conference. His comedy Noir Hamlet was a Boston Globe Critics' Pick, an Elliot Norton Outstanding New Script nominee, and named an EDGE Media Best of Boston Theater for 2018. In his time as a public high school teacher, John worked with students to devise more than twenty original works, including commissions and two overall winners of the Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild's High School Drama Festival. John is currently on the faculty of Emerson College and serves as a Dramatists Guild Ambassador for Greater Boston. Connect with Our GuestConnect with host Melissa Schmitz***Sign up for the 101 Stage Adaptations Newsletter***101 Stage AdaptationsFollow the Podcast on Facebook & InstagramRead Melissa's plays on New Play ExchangeConnect with Melissa on LinkedInWays to support the show:- Buy Me a Coffee- Tell us your thoughts in our Listener Survey!- Give a 5-Star rating- Write a glowing review on Apple Podcasts - Send this episode to a friend- Share on social media (Tag us so we can thank you!)Creators: Host your podcast through Buzzsprout using my affiliate link & get a $20 credit on your paid account. Let your fans directly support you via Buy Me a Coffee (affiliate link).

David BrunFounder Gateway Navigation CCC Ltd. Specialist designing indoor and outdoor audio based navigation networks. Drawing on my past experience as a small business owner, twenty-years with TD Canada Trust in the Branch Network and Pacific Regional Office and my authentic experience as a blind person both as an advocate and not-for-profit board member, provided me with the perspective, passion and resources to work with a dynamic team of like-minded colleagues and partners to enhance mobility, employment and social independence for blind and disabled persons. Join us in creating real change for all Canadians.Jeremy R. Cooperstock is a professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a member of the Centre for Intelligent Machines, and a founding member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology at McGill University. He directs the Shared Reality Lab, which focuses on computer mediation to facilitate high-fidelity human communication and the synthesis of perceptually engaging, multimodal, immersive environments. He led the development of the Intelligent Classroom, the world's first Internet streaming demonstrations of Dolby Digital 5.1, multiple simultaneous streams of uncompressed high-definition video, a high-fidelity orchestra rehearsal simulator, a simulation environment that renders graphic, audio, and vibrotactile effects in response to footsteps, and a mobile game treatment for amblyopia. Cooperstock's work on the Ultra-Videoconferencing system was recognized by an award for Most Innovative Use of New Technology from ACM/IEEE Supercomputing and a Distinction Award from the Audio Engineering Society. The research he supervised on the Autour project earned the Hochhausen Research Award from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and an Impact Award from the Canadian Internet Registry Association, and his Real-Time Emergency Response project won the Gold Prize (brainstorm round) of the Mozilla Ignite Challenge.Cyan Kuo is a research professional with an eclectic background in education, information technology, and the arts. In the past, they have worked on projects such as a benchmarking paradigm for walking interfaces in virtual reality and using virtual reality for rehabilitating those with vestibular system sensory disorders. At McGill University's Shared Reality Lab, they manage user testing, participant and community outreach on the IMAGE project, as well as making sure day-to-day lab activities run smoothly. They have an interest in multisensory aspects of video games and interactive media, and are a strong believer in technology for social good and engineering for inclusivity. Cyan has an Honours B.A. in Dramatic Arts and Humanities, an Honours B.Sc in Cognitive Science and Computer Science and an MSc in Computer Engineering.Jeffrey R. Blum has worked in mobile software for over 25 years, starting as a Program Manager on Microsoft's Windows Mobile team, followed by his role as Director of Product Design at Mindsurf Networks, a startup building PDA software for use in schools. After developing several mobile products for professional photographers, Jeff joined McGill University's Shared Reality Lab, where he leads research projects ranging from medical and accessibility tools, to using mobile devices to improve information delivery and connect people through non-visual mechanisms such as haptics. Jeff holds a B.S.E. in Computer Science from Princeton University, and is completing a PhD in McGill University's Electrical and Computer Engineering department.

Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys are joined by  Mario Tanijaya, Student, NUS High School of Mathematics and Professor Konstantin Novoselov, Nobel Laureate, Physics 2010 to talk about his gold medal at National STEM Talent Search 2022 and further explanation of  his submission to the competition.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To learn more about Jane and her work, visithttps://www.janedunnewold.comhttps://www.instagram.com/jane.dunnewoldhttps://www.facebook.com/janedunnewoldartistJane Dunnewold teaches and lectures internationally, and has mounted numerous solo exhibitions, including Inspired by the Masters (National Quilt Museum (2020) & Texas Quilt Museum (2018). A second mixed media series featuring re-purposed quilt blocks and gold leaf was exhibited at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas (2017) and more recently at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Fl. Her archives were recently acquired by the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.Her work won Best of Show in the exhibition Timeless Meditations (Tubac Art Center/2013). She is a recipient of the Quilt Japan Prize, and Gold Prize at the Taegue (Korea) International Textile Exhibition. In 2019 she was named Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League.Dunnewold has authored numerous books, including the classic Complex Cloth (1996) and Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design on Fabric (2010.) In 2016 North Light Books published Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to Inspire Artistic Genius. Her recently self-published books, Best of Both Worlds: Enhanced Botanical Printing, and Improvisational Screen Printing are both available world-wide on amazon.com.She is a former President of the Surface Design Association and currently facilitates a ten month Creative Strength Training community online.

To learn more about Jane and her work, visithttps://www.janedunnewold.comhttps://www.instagram.com/jane.dunnewoldhttps://www.facebook.com/janedunnewoldartistJane Dunnewold teaches and lectures internationally, and has mounted numerous solo exhibitions, including Inspired by the Masters (National Quilt Museum (2020) & Texas Quilt Museum (2018). A second mixed media series featuring re-purposed quilt blocks and gold leaf was exhibited at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas (2017) and more recently at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Fl. Her archives were recently acquired by the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.Her work won Best of Show in the exhibition Timeless Meditations (Tubac Art Center/2013). She is a recipient of the Quilt Japan Prize, and Gold Prize at the Taegue (Korea) International Textile Exhibition. In 2019 she was named Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League.Dunnewold has authored numerous books, including the classic Complex Cloth (1996) and Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design on Fabric (2010.) In 2016 North Light Books published Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to Inspire Artistic Genius. Her recently self-published books, Best of Both Worlds: Enhanced Botanical Printing, and Improvisational Screen Printing are both available world-wide on amazon.com.She is a former President of the Surface Design Association and currently facilitates a ten month Creative Strength Training community online.

In our second episode featuring Jeremy Kagan, we discuss the matter of trust in social impact art-making, and in the community writ large, particularly these days. We also talk about these issues as they relate to Jeremy's film Crown Heights, which deals with the violence and hatred that erupted between the black and the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic communities in Brooklyn in 1991. BIOJeremy Kagan is a director/writer/producer of feature films and television. His credits include the box-office hits https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076138?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Heroes) (1977), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077233?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Big Fix) (1978) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Chosen) (1981). His https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089385?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Journey of Natty Gann) (1985) was the first US film to win a Gold Prize at the Moscow Film Festival. Other directing credits include https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092780?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8) (1987) (winning the ACE Award for Best Dramatic Special) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111021?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Roswell) (1994), which he produced and directed and which was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1996, his episode of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108724?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Chicago Hope) (1994) won him an Emmy for Outstanding Direction of a Dramatic Series. One of his segments of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103512?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Picket Fences) (1992) was listed by TV critics among the top 100 television episodes. His recent work includes en episode of https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Steven Spielberg)'s Emmy-winning anthology _"Taken" (2002/I) (mini)_ and numerous episodes of such hit series as https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The West Wing) (1999) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285370?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Guardian) (2001).  His https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317179?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Bobbie's Girl) (2002) was the highest rated film on Showtime 2003 and his movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387955?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Crown Heights) (2004), which he produced and directed, won the Humanitas Award for "affirming the dignity" of every person and was nominated for a Directors Guild Award in 2004. Mr. Kagan is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote his thesis on https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001178?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Sergei M. Eisenstein), has a Masters from NYU and was in the first group of Fellows at the American Film Institute. He is a tenured full professor at USC, where he is in charge of the directing track, and has served as the Artistic Director of https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Robert Redford)'s Sundance Institute. He is on the National Board of the Directors Guild and is Chairperson of its Special Projects Committee and author of the book "Directors Close Up" and was presented the 2004 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000736?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Robert Aldrich) Award for "extraordinary service to the guild.” Notable Mentions: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387955/ (Crown Heights, Movie):  (Story) After the Crown Heights riots, an orthodox Rabbi and a community activist help two youths--one a Hasidic Jew, the other African-American--form a hip-hop group to heal their neighborhood.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Heights_riot#Death_of_Gavin_Cato (Gavin Cato): Riots between Crown Heights' Jewish and black communities erupted on Aug. 19, 1991 after two black children were hit by a station wagon that was part of a motorcade for a Jewish rabbi. Gavin Cato, 7, died instantly, and his 7-year-old cousin, Angela Cato, was severely injured.  https://www.aaronzigman.com/ (Aaron Zigman): is an award-winning composer who has scored more than 60 major Hollywood films and influenced...

In this episode we visit with storied Hollywood director Jeremy Kagan, whose career has proved that yes, the power of story on the big screen, the small screen, and the community screen can be both entertaining and help change hearts and minds for the better. BIOJeremy Kagan is a director/writer/producer of feature films and television. His credits include the box-office hits https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076138?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Heroes) (1977), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077233?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Big Fix) (1978) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082175?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Chosen) (1981). His https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089385?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Journey of Natty Gann) (1985) was the first US film to win a Gold Prize at the Moscow Film Festival. Other directing credits include https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092780?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8) (1987) (winning the ACE Award for Best Dramatic Special) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111021?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Roswell) (1994), which he produced and directed and which was nominated for a Golden Globe. In 1996, his episode of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108724?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Chicago Hope) (1994) won him an Emmy for Outstanding Direction of a Dramatic Series. One of his segments of https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103512?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Picket Fences) (1992) was listed by TV critics among the top 100 television episodes. His recent work includes en episode of https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000229?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Steven Spielberg)'s Emmy-winning anthology _"Taken" (2002/I) (mini)_ and numerous episodes of such hit series as https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200276?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The West Wing) (1999) and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285370?ref_=nmbio_mbio (The Guardian) (2001).  His https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317179?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Bobbie's Girl) (2002) was the highest rated film on Showtime 2003 and his movie https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387955?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Crown Heights) (2004), which he produced and directed, won the Humanitas Award for "affirming the dignity" of every person and was nominated for a Directors Guild Award in 2004. Mr. Kagan is a graduate of Harvard University, where he wrote his thesis on https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001178?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Sergei M. Eisenstein), has a Masters from NYU and was in the first group of Fellows at the American Film Institute. He is a tenured full professor at USC, where he is in charge of the directing track, and has served as the Artistic Director of https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Robert Redford)'s Sundance Institute. He is on the National Board of the Directors Guild and is Chairperson of its Special Projects Committee and author of the book "Directors Close Up" and was presented the 2004 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000736?ref_=nmbio_mbio (Robert Aldrich) Award for "extraordinary service to the guild.” NOTABLE MENTIONShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code (The Hays Code): The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship (self-censorship) of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by major studios in the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States (United States) from 1934 to 1968. It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_H._Hays (Will H. Hays), president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945.  https://www.aclu.org/other/freedom-files (ACLU Freedom Files): The Freedom Files, Directed by Jeremy Kagan that premiered in 2005 with a 10-part television series featuring real clients and the attorneys who represent them, as well as well-known...

Jimmy Stewart is an award winning composer and performer in the Baltimore music scene. With a bachelor's in science and business administration he worked as a contractor for the government office of the Washington Navy Yard for 4 years and is now the program director for the float cyber security office for the U.S. Government. From his early days in Tampa Bay, FL he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age 17 and spent 21 years as a submariner. Though the Navy showed him the world, Jimmy has happily settled in Baltimore, MD where he now quietly crafts his music. He feels most at home in nature next to a warm campfire. His time in nature, creating music has helped form a trait in himself that is truly rare in our world, optimism.Jimmy and I talk about:His time growing up in Tampa Bay, FL and how he first got interested in music and playing guitarHis time in the U.S. Navy, particularly his experiences in and on the submarineThe energy between the performer and the audienceHow he ended up in the BaltimoreWhat inspired the song, Train to KamakuraHis song "Lemoyne" which won the GOLD Prize in the Instrumental Category for the 2020 37th Annual Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (MASC) 2ND YEAR IN A ROWHis first time winning the award with “Air of Autumn” from his album Just Left of Beautiful (2017) And much morehttps://jimmyplaysguitar.com/Subscribe to his YouTube ChannelLike him on FacebookAnd don't forget to go support Jimmy and get that hit album with two award winning songs!

In this highlight Michael discusses the first single he is releasing from his new album, "The Parting Glass." Be sure to check out the full episode! - Joe Grab your copy of The Parting Glass on your favorite music platform - Click HerePrefer to watch the video of this episode? Click HEREAbout Michael Raised in Evergreen, Colorado, Michael Gettel began pursuing his musical interests on piano and trumpet at an early age. He graduated with honors through the School of Music from The University of Northern Colorado, and later became a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University in New York City. Michael began his music teaching career in 1981 at The Kent Denver School, and then relocated to Seattle to continue teaching at The Bush School, and to launch his now celebrated recording career. ‘San Juan Suite', Michael's first recording, quickly received international acclaim, and is considered by many reviewers and ‘best-of lists', as one of the finest solo piano recordings of its genre. A Gold Record recipient, he has 12 international releases, most of them inspired by nature and specific regions, such as the Southwest (‘Skywatching'), the Pacific Northwest(‘San Juan Suite I and II'), and The United Kingdom(‘The Journey North'). Michael's work has been used extensively in network programming and film. His album and accompanying video, ‘The Art of Nature', won the Gold Prize for best long-form video in The Houston International Film Festival. For more on Michael or to contact him visit his website at http://sanluismusic.org Referenced in this episode - Robert Lang Studios https://www.robertlangstudios.com/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/titansot)

Michael Gettel returned to the studio after over 20 years. In this interview excerpt he shares how important it is to be a life long learner and not have a fixed mindset. Hear how he stretched himself in this project but doing something he has never done before. About Michael Raised in Evergreen, Colorado, Michael Gettel began pursuing his musical interests on piano and trumpet at an early age. He graduated with honors through the School of Music from The University of Northern Colorado, and later became a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University in New York City. Michael began his music teaching career in 1981 at The Kent Denver School, and then relocated to Seattle to continue teaching at The Bush School, and to launch his now celebrated recording career. ‘San Juan Suite', Michael's first recording, quickly received international acclaim, and is considered by many reviewers and ‘best-of lists', as one of the finest solo piano recordings of its genre. A Gold Record recipient, he has 12 international releases, most of them inspired by nature and specific regions, such as the Southwest (‘Skywatching'), the Pacific Northwest(‘San Juan Suite I and II'), and The United Kingdom(‘The Journey North'). Michael's work has been used extensively in network programming and film. His album and accompanying video, ‘The Art of Nature', won the Gold Prize for best long-form video in The Houston International Film Festival. Prefer Video? => https://youtu.be/_b3OZFq_s9EFor more on Michael or to contact him visit his website at  http://sanluismusic.orgReferenced in this episode - Robert Lang Studios =>  https://www.robertlangstudios.com/ Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/titansot)

Michael returns to the show to update Joe on his latest transition back to the studio to record his first album in more than 20 years. In this new work, “A View From Here”, he continues to combine his compositional and piano artistry to inform powerful scenes he has observed in nature. These Tableaus , as he calls them, can be viewed from the physical or spiritual perspectives. The later provides powerful life lessons and helps us to navigate our journey and transitions. One example of this is “Stepping Stones", that draws from his memories of trips to The Lake District in the United Kingdom with his students. In this beautiful area you can find many places where hand hewn stones have been placed in the bubbling rivers and streams to allow for a safe crossing. In some cases these stone crossing have been in place for hundreds of years. As in life, these stepping stones provide for safe passage but there are times following heavy rains where they are submerged well under water. Crossing during these times can be risky. This is a powerful metaphor for life's journey for most of us. At times our safe path is obstructed or caries great risk and we have to find another way around. About Michael Raised in Evergreen, Colorado, Michael Gettel began pursuing his musical interests on piano and trumpet at an early age. He graduated with honors through the School of Music from The University of Northern Colorado, and later became a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University in New York City. Michael began his music teaching career in 1981 at The Kent Denver School, and then relocated to Seattle to continue teaching at The Bush School, and to launch his now celebrated recording career. ‘San Juan Suite', Michael's first recording, quickly received international acclaim, and is considered by many reviewers and ‘best-of lists', as one of the finest solo piano recordings of its genre. A Gold Record recipient, he has 12 international releases, most of them inspired by nature and specific regions, such as the Southwest (‘Skywatching'), the Pacific Northwest(‘San Juan Suite I and II'), and The United Kingdom(‘The Journey North'). Michael's work has been used extensively in network programming and film. His album and accompanying video, ‘The Art of Nature', won the Gold Prize for best long-form video in The Houston International Film Festival. Prefer Video? => https://youtu.be/Bm1prcjUsHAFor more on Michael or to contact him visit his website at  http://sanluismusic.orgReferenced in this episode - Robert Lang Studios =>  https://www.robertlangstudios.com/ Kelsey Lee Cate =>  https://www.kelseyleemusic.com/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/titansot)

When you walk inside Cappelens Forslag, you are reminded that strong essences are kept in small bottles. This Oslo bookshop is dressed up in leather and wood and sells, in the words of its owners, interesting books; new, second hand or antiquarian titles, mainly in English and Norwegian. No bestsellers, chick lit, crime nor self-help make the cut, unless extremely well written, out there weird, contrarian or from a different epoch. Cappelens Forslag publishes its own book as well, the Conversational Lexicon, an exquisitely crafted encyclopedia ‘freed from factual accuracy' that won the Gold Prize in the annual competition The Year's Most Beautiful Books. Owners Pil Cappelen Smith and Andreas Cappelen have been friends since they were twelve and together, have created a space much beloved and championed by the local community. They travel the world with empty suitcases to get books for Cappelens Forslag and come back with film-worthy stories. The bookshop has seen both weddings and fistfights and runs a Death Café, where people gather once a month to talk about death. We are very thankful to have Pil with us today to tell us all about this magical place. Books recommended by Pil: Cappelens Forslags Conversational Lexicon We by Yevgeny Zamyatin Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog The Necrophiliac by Gabrielle Wittkop Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Woolgathering by Patti Smith The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gotbooks/message

Robert Castillo is a Storyboard Artist who has created the storyboards for movies, promo material, music videos, and commercials across the Marvel Universe and beyond. He began his career with receiving the Gold Prize at the Student Academy Awards and several other festival awards for his film S.P.I.C- The Storyboard of my Life.  Robert is a master storyteller in the visual form of drawing, but he also tells more stories of his life in this episode with an honesty, energy, humor, and perspective that is just as enlightening and entertaining. He describes how his Mom used glue to fix the haircut his brother gave himself right before a family wedding, how he dealt with racism as a Latino growing up in Boston during the 80s, how he jokingly asked Stan Lee for a job at a comic book signing, how he helped a kid threatening others with a knife to laugh, and more.  Robert also discusses how he balances his freelance storyboard work, his new job as an art professor, and everything else. Straight from the wisdom of comic books he reminds that in everything we can decide to be  a victim, a villain, or a hero in response to what life throws at us.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thestolenhourspodcast/message

Highlight quote: "Some of our greatest satisfactions lie not in counting the number of doors we have walked through but in understanding how we handle the keys." Prefer Video?https://titanspod.com/mgettel-vh2In this episode of Titans of a Transition, Joe interviews acoustic recording artist and composer Michael Gettel who shares his journey and notable career transitions. Raised in Evergreen, Colorado, Michael Gettel began pursuing his musical interests on piano and trumpet at an early age. He graduated with honors through the School of Music from The University of Northern Colorado, and later became a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University in New York City. Michael began his music teaching career in 1981 at The Kent Denver School, and then relocated to Seattle to continue teaching at The Bush School, and to launch his now celebrated recording career. ‘San Juan Suite’, Michael’s first recording, quickly received international acclaim, and is considered by many reviewers and ‘best-of lists’, as one of the finest solo piano recordings of its genre. A Gold Record recipient, he has 12 international releases, most of them inspired by nature and specific regions, such as the Southwest (‘Skywatching’), the Pacific Northwest(‘San Juan Suite I and II’), and The United Kingdom(‘The Journey North’). Michael’s work has been used extensively in network programming and film. His album and accompanying video, ‘The Art of Nature’, won the Gold Prize for best long-form video in The Houston International Film Festival. For more on Michael or to contact him visit his website at http://sanluismusic.orgSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/titansot)

In this episode of Titans of a Transition,  Joe interviews acoustic recording artist and composer Michael Gettel who shares his journey and notable career transitions. Raised in Evergreen, Colorado, Michael Gettel began pursuing his musical interests on piano and trumpet at an early age. He graduated with honors through the School of Music from The University of Northern Colorado, and later became a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University in New York City. Michael began his music teaching career in 1981 at The Kent Denver School, and then relocated to Seattle to continue teaching at The Bush School, and to launch his now celebrated recording career. ‘San Juan Suite’, Michael’s first recording, quickly received international acclaim, and is considered by many reviewers and ‘best-of lists’, as one of the finest solo piano recordings of its genre. A Gold Record recipient, he has 12 international releases, most of them inspired by nature and specific regions, such as the Southwest (‘Skywatching’), the Pacific Northwest(‘San Juan Suite I and II’), and The United Kingdom(‘The Journey North’). Michael’s work has been used extensively in network programming and film. His album and accompanying video, ‘The Art of Nature’, won the Gold Prize for best long-form video in The Houston International Film Festival. Prefer Video?https://youtu.be/L9GCxAzYgyAMichael's Website:  http://sanluismusic.orgSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/titansot)

Chris Mosdell is a poet, lyricist, author, and illustrator, who has collaborated with an extensive array of well-known musicians and composers. He has written lyrics for Eric Clapton, Sarah Brightman, Boy George, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and YMO, to name a few. He also wrote lyrics together with Michael Jackson. He has also produced music for feature films, opera, and anime soundtracks, including Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Texhnolyze, and Wolf's Rain. He has been awarded the The Yuki Hayashi-Newkirk Poetry Prize, Gold Prize for Lyrics (Tokyo Music Festival), and the Grand Prize for Poetry (Colorado Festival of Literature). Topics of Discussion with Chris Mosdell How microbiology influenced Chris’s art A serendipitous book finding in rural England Why he began writing books for children How Chris learned to draw Chris’s path to becoming famous Advice for students on how to become more creative A reading of his poem Little Blue Ridinghood and the Big Good Wolf Writing lyrics inside of McDonald’s How his lyrics were used on a Michael Jackson song The origin of the name MOZZ His experimental avant-garde techniques

Bruce Ferber is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee whose television writing and producing credits include Bosom Buddies, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Coach, and Home Improvement, where he served as Executive Producer and showrunner. He turned to writing fiction with the 2012 publication of his novel, 'Elevating Overman', its audiobook voiced by Jason Alexander. His second novel, Cascade Falls won the Foreword Indie Book of the Year Bronze Prize for General Fiction, and Gold Prize for Humor, Fiction. Marc Weingarten is co producer of The Bachelor Franchise and most recently, the author of 'Thirsty'

Natalie Metzger is the VP of Development and Production for Vanishing Angle. Natalie is a Spirit Award nominated producer whose credits include Jim Cummings' newest film THE WEREWOLF, GREENER GRASS (Sundance, SXSW), THUNDER ROAD (Grand Jury Award - SXSW), THE ROBBERY (Sundance), MATPAT'S GAME LAB (Streamy Award), Lil Dicky's FREAKY FRIDAY (over 506 million views), HYDRANGEA (Vimeo Staff Pick), THE ARRIVAL (Jury Award - Napa Valley Film Festival), THE STOP (Vimeo Staff Pick), virtual reality miniseries GLOBAL GAMER, among numerous others.  Her directing credits include AT&T original documentary ALONE IN THE GAME (AFI Docs, Frameline, Outfest); healthcare documentary SPECIAL BLOOD (Best Feature Documentary - CWFF); PSA “Topless Women Talk NFL” (featured in Washington Post, Huffington Post, Vice); and numerous award-winning commercials and short films.  Also an accomplished writer, Metzger won the Gold Prize at the Page International Screenwriting Awards for her sci-fi script IMMORTAL. Metzger holds a Master of Fine Arts from California Institute of the Arts and a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University

Award-winning writer, producer and director, Ruán Magan's recent credits include The Irish Revolution Narrated by Cillian Murphy,  the critically acclaimed comedy drama series, Wrecking The Rising; 1916 – The Irish Rebellion, the multi-award winning documentary narrated by Liam Neeson, which reached audiences of 40 million worldwide during 2016 and the play, And Spring Shall Come, play exploring WW1 through poetry. He directed The Men Who Built America (Double Emmy-winner), Waterloo's Warriors, (Gold Prize at World Media Awards 2016) and Angel, (winner Milan International Film Festival 2013) and edited and produced Banaz – A Love Story (Emmy winner and Peabody Award winner 2013). Ruán was honoured to receive an Outstanding Contribution Award from Screen Directors' Guild of Ireland in 2014. He directed and filmed his first documentary in 1996 featuring his brother, the writer, Manchán Magan (Brandon books),the beginning of a long collaboration during which they made over 60 documentaries filmed across the planet, in India, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and China. Critically acclaimed, many of these documentaries have been transmitted internationally. http://wearefni.com/fni-testimonial/   We are trying to do something awesome with FNI (Film Network Ireland) . We really need your feedback and testimonials. Please follow the link above to achieve that goal. You can find WrapChat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, The HeadStuff Podcast Network and wherever you get your Podcasts.  Be sure to Check out our previous podcast with Michael Garland of Grand Pictures and don't forget to subscribe and review.  #WeareFni #MakeANameForYourself If you want to support FNI in our non Subsidised work head on over to www.buymeacoffee.com/fni Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award-winning writer, producer and director, Ruán Magan’s recent credits include The Irish Revolution Narrated by Cillian Murphy,  the critically acclaimed comedy drama series, Wrecking The Rising; 1916 – The Irish Rebellion, the multi-award winning documentary narrated by Liam Neeson, which reached audiences of 40 million worldwide during 2016 and the play, And Spring Shall Come, play exploring WW1 through poetry. He directed The Men Who Built America (Double Emmy-winner), Waterloo’s Warriors, (Gold Prize at World Media Awards 2016) and Angel, (winner Milan International Film Festival 2013) and edited and produced Banaz – A Love Story (Emmy winner and Peabody Award winner 2013). Ruán was honoured to receive an Outstanding Contribution Award from Screen Directors’ Guild of Ireland in 2014. He directed and filmed his first documentary in 1996 featuring his brother, the writer, Manchán Magan (Brandon books),the beginning of a long collaboration during which they made over 60 documentaries filmed across the planet, in India, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and China. Critically acclaimed, many of these documentaries have been transmitted internationally. http://wearefni.com/fni-testimonial/   We are trying to do something awesome with FNI (Film Network Ireland) . We really need your feedback and testimonials. Please follow the link above to achieve that goal. You can find WrapChat on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, The HeadStuff Podcast Network and wherever you get your Podcasts.  Be sure to Check out our previous podcast with Michael Garland of Grand Pictures and don’t forget to subscribe and review.  #WeareFni #MakeANameForYourself If you want to support FNI in our non Subsidised work head on over to www.buymeacoffee.com/fni

Dr. Jay Spence holds a Master of Clinical Psychology and a doctorate in Psychology from Macquarie University. He was a joint recipient of the Gold Prize at the Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Service Achievement Awards (2010) and of the St Vincent’s Health Australia National Invention and Innovation Award (2010). He was also the recipient of the 2011 New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry Fellowship and the Centre for Emotional Health Prize. A 2013 research paper on treating PTSD via the internet was awarded the ‘Research of Special Significance‘ designation. He has previously been a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and has 10 years experience treating patients in private practice. Dr. Spence is the CEO of Uprise, which is a Telstra-backed startup that provides innovative mental health programs for employers and insurance providers. About Uprise Uprise was founded by Dr. Jay Spence, a clinical psychologist, who treated patients with work-related stress or depression. It became apparent that by the time that many people came to see him it is was too late to treat them back to a full recovery. Many patients arrived in crisis with complex problems that made recovery time prolonged and emotionally difficult. He began to look at early intervention approaches and was fortunate to be part of one of the first online treatment clinics established in Australia. Dr. Spence completed his PhD thesis on adapting face-to-face therapies to be delivered online in the shortest amount of time possible. His PhD research became the basis for Uprise. Companies are in a unique position to be able to support their community of workers because taking care of them means better output from the community as a whole. Our aim is to facilitate that by bringing the best that psychology has to offer in the most accessible and engaging format possible.

"The early Anthropocene is where I leave my life behind and you begin yours. You cannot know what I would give so you did not live out your days on this trajectory of climate instability, mass uncertainty, and breath taking extinction across the community of life. I pray that you are able to bring adaptation from distress. What I know, is that Anthropocene citizens who continue Holocene habits, doom their children. Nonetheless, the world has not stopped being beautiful, so claim the beauty that is. Beauty is it's own resistance." Larry L. Rasmussen is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, New York City. His book, Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key, received the Nautilus Book Awards as the Gold Prize winner for Ecology/Environment and as the Grand Prize winner for best 2014 book overall. He has been the organizer of the decade project on Earth-Honoring Faith at Ghost Ranch. An earlier volume, Earth Community, Earth Ethics, won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Religion of 1997. He served as a member of the Science, Ethics, and Religion Advisory Committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was a recipient of a Henry Luce Fellowship in Theology, 1998-99, the Burnice Fjellman Award for Distinguished Christian Ministries in Higher Education, the Joseph Sittler Award for Outstanding Leadership in Theological Education, and the UNITAS (Distinguished Alumnus) Award from Union Theological Seminary, New York. From 1990-2000 he served as co-moderator of the World Council of Churches unit, Justice, Peace, Creation. He and Nyla live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They are Santa Fe County Master Gardeners. To learn more about Holden Village, visit: http://www.holdenvillage.org or to listen to more audio recordings visit: http://audio.holdenvillage.org The Holden Village Podcast is accessible through Apple iTunes, Google Play Music, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, and most podcast apps. To contact the podcast author, podcast@holdenvillage.org

Jane Dunnewold shares what she has learned about creativity in her decades as an artist and creativity teacher. She talks about how she stays creative in her own life and how she fosters it in her students. Her insights are applicable to artists and non-artists alike. What You'll Learn Who is "the committee" and why you need to be aware of them. The one piece of advice that all artists on this podcast have shared. How the power of a simple conversation could change someone's happiness at work [powerpress] About Jane Dunnewold Jane Dunnewold teaches and lectures internationally about art and creativity. She has mounted numerous one-person exhibitions, including Inspired by the Masters (Visions Quilt Museum 2016). Her work won Best of Show in the exhibition Timeless Meditations (Tubac Art Center/2013). She is a recipient of the Quilt Japan Prize, and Gold Prize at the Taegue (Korea) International Textile Exhibition. Dunnewold has authored numerous books, including the classic Complex Cloth (1996). Interweave Press published Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design on Fabric (2010.) In 2016, North Light Books published Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to inspire Artistic Genius. She is the former President of the Surface Design Association. Resources Jane Dunnewold's website Jane's Creative Strength Training online course Episode 83 with artist Hollis Chatelain Episode 69 with artist Greg Climer We! Connect Cards by Chad Littlefield The Deliberate Creative on C-suite Radio Leave a review on iTunes Weekly Challenge Jane offers two challenges for the week. 1) Each day, take a photo of something close up. Spend a minute or so paying attention to those small details. What do you notice after doing this for a week? 2) Think of something that you would like to know about other people, something you are curious about. Ask those questions when you are meeting new people or talking with someone you don't know well. Transcript Feel like reading instead of listening? The transcript will be available in a few days. Note: The links on this page may be affiliate links. That means I get a small commission of your sale, at no cost to you. However, I only share links to products that I or my guests believe in. Enjoy them! 

George Nobechi is a Tokyo-born, Japanese/Canadian photographer. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in History/International Relations, which has fostered an interest in life in different regions of the world. When he was 19 his father suddenly passed away, changing the course of his life and informing his future work; he left Vancouver and supported himself and his family with a 14-year career in the business world in Tokyo and New York. In 2008 he embarked on a solo journey around the world through 14 countries on six continents; his quest was to find peace with the death of his father. It was at this time that his interest in photography began. In 2015, Nobechi decided to leave his career and studied photography under National Geographic icon Sam Abell. With Abell's mentorship, Nobechi worked with numerous artists at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and established their first Japan expeditions. Since then he has continued to journey freely, but with purpose, making new work centered around quiet moments that are inspired by his longing to re-connect with life in the wake of his father's death. In 2016, Nobechi received numerous awards for his work, which was selected to international group shows in Texas, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. He also enjoyed some major breakthroughs in winning a Gold Prize in the Tokyo International Foto Awards and being named a finalist in Photo Lucida's "Critical Mass." Nobechi now splits his time between the expansive desert landscape of southern Arizona and the quiet countryside of Japan. Resources:   Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Click here to download for Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort.  You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .  

Bastian Obermayer of the Munich based paper Süddeutsche Zeitung and Gerard Ryle, Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, talked with Jenna Miller of the Reynolds Center to discuss their work with the award winning Panama Papers. Their organizations, along with more than 100 other media partners, took home the Gold Award at the 2016 Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Journalism.

On today's podcast I have one of my former Professor's Todd Shanafelt. He was an emerging Artist at NCECA back in 2002, and also won the Gold Prize at the Cheongju International Craft Competition Biennale in 2001. Check him out at www.toddshanafelt.com Also these podcasts are available on iTunes for free, click subscribe and each time I upload a new podcast it will be sent to you library. Search for Claycasting in the iTunes store and don't forget to rate it if you have a chance.