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I'm Josh Cooperman and this is a special edition of Convo By Design featuring all of the programming from the 2024 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair. We call these entries WestEdge Wednesday, a programming concept that will allow those of you who either didn't make it to the show this year or, those who made it and are taking me up on my promise to share It with them again on Convo By Design. All of these programs were shared in the WestEdge Theater presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen and Home, a Best Buy company. On a stage designed by Julie Beuerlein of JKB Home Design. An amazing space that served as the backdrop for our conversations. Over the next 10 weeks, you are going to hear talks, panels and conversations from the show, so I wanted to open this up with a teaser, a sample of some of these conversations. Like this one. As a busy professional designer, you know how important it is to find the right partnerships. Partnerships that allow you to specify the right products for every project. Professionals like you just don't have time to waste. Let me tell you about one of my partnerships. Pacific Sales is here to serve you with expert, knowledgeable and non-commissioned professionals to help you specify the right product for all your projects. Non-commissioned. That means their only incentive is your satisfaction. Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home, a Best Buy Company has just that with over 60 years of service in Southern California. Pacific Sales is your destination for exploration, advice and inspiration. And here's the cherry on top, access to exclusive Builder Trade Incentives from top brands like Monogram. Visit a Pacific Sales Showroom today to learn how you can unlock additional savings and benefits. Don't miss out on the opportunity to work with the best of the best. Visit Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home today and elevate your projects to new heights! When it comes to sustainability in residential design and architecture – whether renovating or new build – the impression can be that you either have to do everything sustainably, or not even start down that path. Increasingly, many consumers/clients want to make a positive impact by making sustainable choices. How does one choose, do you have to, and which choices make the most impact? Moderated by: Degen Pener, Writer/Editor Featuring: Lori Dennis, CEO, Lori Dennis Inc.; Dan Brunn, Dan Brunn Architecture; Hanna Li, Creative Director and Designer, Hanna Li Interiors; and Greg Roth, CarbonShack Design

Join Eric Glazer, David Eby, and Greg Roth as they dive into the second week of the NFL season with an in-depth look at how the sharps are shaping their strategies. In this episode, the team breaks down key matchups featuring the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, and Cincinnati Bengals, giving you a comprehensive look at how professional handicappers are analyzing these games. After a rough Week 1, it's all about refining the strategy and learning from the sharpest minds in the business to stay ahead this week. Key Matchups Covered: Giants vs. Commanders: A breakdown of why the sharps are favoring the Giants in this NFC East rivalry, including trends in Daniel Jones' performance against the Commanders. Packers vs. Colts: How sharps are balancing opinions on this game, with a focus on the Packers' status as home underdogs and the impact of quarterback changes. Bengals vs. Chiefs: Why experts see this as another close AFC battle and why Joe Burrow's track record against the spread is a key factor. Handicapping Highlights: Trends to keep in mind for Week 2, including how winless and undefeated teams perform in key matchups. A look at how line movements and public overreactions are influencing betting strategies for these crucial games. Discussion of expert opinions from well-known voices like Ross Tucker, Chris Raybon, and more, providing an educated perspective on how to navigate this week's NFL action. What to Expect Next: The full breakdown of this week's games and the rationale behind the experts' strategies will give you the edge you need for Week 2. Tune in to hear more about how the pros are thinking, and stay ahead in your NFL betting. Join the Conversation: Share your thoughts on this week's games, follow us on social media, and stay updated with the latest sharp strategies!

In this special prelude episode of Sharp Squares, host Eric Lazar gives you a sneak peek into the best early insights for Week 2. Get ahead on your bets with highlights from the top sports analysts, including Ross Tucker, Stuckey from the Action Network, and more. This quick preview touches on key games, including the Bucks, Packers, Browns, and Bengals, while setting the stage for tomorrow's full breakdown. Key Topics Covered: Early thoughts on Bucks +7.5: Strong support from Ross Tucker (Even Money) and Stuckey (Action Network). Analysis on Packers +3.5: Stuckey's top pick with a favorable line shift, providing value for bettors. Why Browns +3.5 vs. Jaguars** is a standout: Multiple experts align on this game despite some differing opinions on line movement. Insights into the Bengals +5.5: High confidence from Ross Tucker and Chris Rabon, with the team benefiting from favorable odds. What to Expect Next: Tune in tomorrow for the full breakdown, where Eric, alongside David Eby and Greg Roth, will dive deep into the final list of gold, silver, and bronze-ranked plays. With expert insights and sharp analysis, you won't want to miss it! Release Time: Catch the full episode tomorrow between 9-10 PM EST.

Welcome to the 2024-2025 NFL season! In this episode, hosts Eric Glazer, David Eby (the Ambassador), and Greg Roth dive into their top Week 1 NFL betting picks using insights from leading handicappers. Learn how the team's expert-driven algorithm ranks the picks and discover which games hold the most promise for savvy bettors. In This Episode: Recap of Last Season: The team reflects on their solid performance last year, hitting a 56% ATS (Against the Spread) success rate on DraftKings Pick Five and 61% in their 3-2-1 contest. The Picks Breakdown: This week's top-rated games, categorized into Gold, Silver, and Bronze: Gold Games: Tennessee Titans (+4.5) vs. Chicago Bears: Multiple handicappers, including Steve Physic and Scott Seidenberg, back the Titans. New York Jets (+4.5) vs. San Francisco 49ers: No sharps favor the 49ers, with top picks for the Jets coming from the likes of Mike Lombardi and R.J. Bell. Silver Games: Carolina Panthers (+4.5) vs. New Orleans Saints: The Panthers receive strong backing, with notable names from the Action Network supporting the pick. Atlanta Falcons (-2.5) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: Sharps like Kyle Long and Steve Hasek are backing the Falcons. Bronze Games: Jacksonville Jaguars (+3.5) vs. Miami Dolphins: Handicappers such as Mike Lombardi are favoring the Jaguars, while the Dolphins have limited support. Seattle Seahawks (-5.5) vs. Denver Broncos: Despite some dissent, sharps like Marco D'Angelo pick the Seahawks. Key Insights: Betting on rookie quarterbacks comes with caution—historically, they are 5-15-1 ATS in their first 21 games, a stat to consider in the Titans vs. Bears matchup. The Jets benefit from the "Super Bowl loser hangover" trend, with the 49ers' poor Week 1 ATS record adding weight to the pick. The Panthers, coming off an improved offseason with a better offensive line and coaching staff, are gaining traction as a smart pick. Betting Trends: Underdogs on Monday Night Football: They are 29-12-1 ATS since 1998, a stat applying to the Jets in Week 1. Favorites of 7+ Points in Week 1: Historically, they are 14-27 ATS since 2003, with teams like the Bengals fitting this trend. Additional Resources: Want to join the Sharp Squares community and access detailed notes on all the picks? Join our Discord at SharpSquaresPodcast.com. Get insights from other like-minded bettors and share ideas to make more informed picks. First week is free!

In this conversation, we explore the challenge of establishing a hybrid workplace and the art of gathering. Join Silvia Fraser, Brien Convery, Greg Roth, and Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta from the Change Leadership Conference as they share invaluable insights on fostering connections and nurturing community in a post-pandemic world.

I'm Josh Cooperman and this is another installment of Convo By Design presents WestEdge Wednesday, a look back at all of the incredible programming from the 2023 edition of the WestEdge Design Fair held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. These conversations were held on the stage designed by Marie Designs and presented by BR Home. This is part six in our series, entitled Leveling Up: How the Minimizing Waste Leads to Better Designing Better Business. The design industry disposes of over 12 million tons of furniture and generates 500 million tons of construction waste in the U.S. every year.  Interior designers, architects, general contractors and manufacturers are spearheading design solutions for a low waste future.  Learn how this is better for our health, the planet and your business. This panel includes Claudia Afshar of Claudia Afshar Design, Rachael Grochowski or RGH A+D and Greg Roth of CarbonShack Design. Moderating this conversation is Women in Luxury Design's Jennifer Convy. Thank you to Convo By Design partners and sponsors ThermaSol, Moya Living and Design Hardware for making the podcast possible and thank you for listening and watching these episodes of the show. For links to all our partners, guests on this episode, WestEdge Design Fair, Marbe and BR Home.  For those not familiar …   The Banana Republic lifestyle brand portfolio is known for delivering timeless ready-to-wear styles, and BR Home signals the brand's transformation into a leading destination for the modern explorer.  Expanding across living room, bedroom and dining room furniture as well as lighting, bedding, and home décor, BR Home showcases materials and craftsmanship from around the world, showcasing signature design details, warm, textural layers, natural materials and traditional production techniques. Please check the podcast show notes for links and you can find that at Convo By Design dot com and click the podcast tab. Thanks for watching and listening, Here's Jennifer Convy.

After a long hiatus, #WeRideWhy Radio is back with a brand new episode. Hosts, Greg Roth and "Rocket" Richter have gone through a lot of changes in their personal lives in the last year, they discuss the changes and how those changes have opened up new ways of being and possibilities.  Greg talks about breaking his collarbone back in May and what he had to do to recover and eventually complete his 5th Seattle To Portland in (206 Miles in 1-Day) "Rocket" Richter can now add World Champion to his already impressive resume. Last year, "Rocket" won The UCI Track Masters Championship and now proudly wears the white jersey when participating in races.  Also, "Rocket" talks about Fount Cycling Guild being part of the upstart, National Cycling League and the teams participation in the events.  Also, Greg provides an update on the forthcoming #WeRideWhy documentary he is directing and producing, to be completed by the end of the year.   

On this episode of the "Cycling Over Sixty" podcast, Tom dives into his puzzling experience with performance following a short rest. Could less rest be more beneficial? He shares his concerns about his latest training regimen.Jesse, one of Tom's STP riding partners, called with some unfortunate news. An unexpected injury could disrupt his riding plans, throwing a potential wrench in his riding plans.As a cycling culture enthusiast, Tom is thrilled to chat with filmmaker Greg Roth. Greg provides an inside look into his forthcoming bicycle-themed film, "We Ride. Why?"Whether you're a seasoned cyclist or a curious newcomer, you won't want to miss this journey into the core of cycling culture. We discuss triumphs, challenges, and everything in between, reminding us all about the true essence of biking.Links for this Episode:Greg's Cycling Team : FOUNT CYCLING GUILD Greg's Obliteride Donation Page: secure.fredhutch.org//site/TR?px=1638099&pg=personal&fr_id=2010We Ride Why? website: WeRideWhy – There is no finish lineInfo from Greg and about the movie on Instagram: instagram.com/weridewhyThanks for Joining Me! Follow and comment on Cycling Over Sixty on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cyclingoversixty/Please send comments, questions and especially content suggestions to me at tom.butler@teleiomedia.comShow music is "Come On Out" by Dan Lebowitz. Find him here : lebomusic.com

This is Doctoring Up Design, a lively, interactive and educational series presented by Design Hardware and held in their ever evolving showroom on 3rd Street in Los Angeles. Doctoring Up Design was created to address your pain-points in the constantly changing world of design and architecture. Doctoring Up Design features The most knowledgeable and creative designers, architects, manufacturers and product designers in the business to help you build a healthy and strong design practice.SoThe episode this week features Greg Roth of Carbon Shack. Carbon Shack is a firm dedicated to the practice of sustainable , let's call it responsible design. The believe in authentic design that is with sustainable designed and responsibly built for enjoyment that is lasting with a minimal impact on the geography. Greg Roth earned his Master of Architecture from USC and has spent a significant amount of time on both the commercial/ hospitality side of the business as well as residential design. Greg and I sat down at Design Hardware to discuss his work and the latest developments in sustainable building. Enjoy that, right after this.SPOT: Rows and RowsThis has been another episode of Doctoring Up Design featuring an incredible conversation . Thank you Greg. This podcast is presented by @DesignHardware. Thank you Michele Solomons and Avi Balsam with Design Hardware for making this platform available and for your tireless support of the design and architecture community. Thank you for listening and subscribing to Doctoring Up Design. Please make sure you are subscribing to the show so you don't miss a single episode. You can find all of the links in the show notes.#SustainableDesign #GreenBuilding

We are not looking to be orthodox about our ability to create low carbon footprint and green homes. We're looking to educate people and let people know that this is possible, and you can do it beautifully, economically and have impact. Greg Roth is the senior designer for CarbonShackDesign, a branch of Home Front Build, an architectural firm. CarbonSharkDesign offers a holistic approach to green building design, integrating high performance, low impact materials with refined aesthetics, to create homes that respond to the way we live today. As a soup-to-nuts sustainable design-build company, they view every aspect of design and construction as an opportunity to shift the way homes are built today, towards minimizing our impact on the natural environment. From simple moves, like selecting touchless faucets or installing window shades, to more systemic applications, like upgrading insulation or installing solar panels – every decision you make about your home construction project can be viewed through the lens of its carbon footprint. And CasaZero is the case study house they designed and built to expand the definition of “green” to include the entire life cycle of a building and also one that examines the interconnectedness of our choices with the environment. See what else they have to offer at: CarbonShackShowroom, and SustainableBuild.

In this week's conversation, Richard is joined by Greg Roth, who has been a part of the Anvil team since it first began. In this episode, Greg shares how he came to be a part of the Anvil and the impact it has had on his life, plus the impact he has seen in other men. They also discuss another of the topics that is covered at The Anvil, being A Battle to Fight, and the warfare that every man faces. Join us at The Anvil this November to hear more and come see what God may have for you. https://deeprootsministries.org/anvilbootcamp Video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LOlsgjxauL8 #deeproots #firepitconversations #theanvil #ironsharpensiron #battletofight #brotherhood #wildatheart

On this weeks episode of #WeRideWhyRadio, we have a very special guest, Ashley Berg. She is one of the principle characters in the f forthcoming film, #WeRideWhy, to be released in 2022. The conversation, which took place in March, 2017 is some of the audio from a video conversation to be used in the film. Ashley and Greg Roth have an intimate and emotional conversation. Ashley shares her story of battling cancer while raising her daughter, Piper (who was 10 at the time) and the impact it has on the both of them. Greg shares his experience of losing his mother at the the age of 10, the same age as Ashley's daughter.  Ashley wanted to know what it was like from a child's perspective, while watching their mother struggle with cancer. Greg wanted to know what it was like for his mother. The conversation is raw, emotional, powerful, inspirational and healing.  Music From:  Andrew Vait - https://andrewvait.bandcamp.com Brett Dennen -https://brettdennen.live Ivan and Alyosha - www.ivanandalyosha.com Allen Stone - www.allenstone.com  

The our third episode of #WeRideWhyRadio with your host Greg Roth and co-hosted with cycling professional, coach and co-founder of Fount Cycling Guild, Dave "The Rocket" Richter.In this special Christmas / Holiday episode, we introduce you to Jennifer Wheeler, "Rocket's" wife, business partner and Co-Founder (w/ "Rocket"). Jennifer is a former accomplished college athlete, former Rat City Roller Girl, professional cyclist and coach. Jennifer shares her story in terms of what drives her, her philosophy, her athletic background, strengths, and areas of growth. Like all of us, no matter how good she is and what she is accomplished, she is always looking for ways to improve in cycling and multi-areas of life.Also, we get some really great insight in into Jennifer and "Rocket's" relationship and partnership and the balance and success that they achieve together by leveraging their strengths.  A very inspiring and motivating conversation indeed!In the second half of the episode, we speak with Chelsea Larsen, the GM of Rahpa Seattle (Rapha Worldwide), Rapha is a unique business, a retail store, cycling club and community hub for those who share the passion of cycling. Chelsea talks about Rapha's role in the Seattle cycling community, what they offer to cyclists and her experience with Rapha. One of the things Rapha offers to cyclists are special live / virtual global cycling events. Chelsea shares about the Rapha Festive 500, which takes place between Christmas and New Year's Eve. In addition, "Rocket", Jennifer and Chelsea have a very special announcement. Tune in to find out what it is!Music on this week's episode: "All I Want For Christmas is a Ho Ho Ho" - Quickie "Christmas Melody" - Jessica Latshaw - http://jessicalatshaw.com"It's Christmas Time (and I'm still alive)" - https://www.thisisdeepseadiver.com#WeRideWhyRadio...A Podcast about Peace, Love, Cycling, Music Art & Transformation! 

The our second episode of #WeRideWhyRadio with your host Greg Roth and co-hosted with cycling professional, coach and co-founder of Fount Cycling Guild, Dave "The Rocket" Richter.In the first half of the episode, "Rocket" talks about Fount Cycling, "Youth Development Program" and the recipient of the first Bennett White Scholarship, Colin Starts. Greg and "Rocket discuss the tensions between automobile drivers and cyclists and some of the reasons behind what can at times be an advisarial relationship. "Rocket" shares and interesting story about having a gun pulled on by a driver on a training ride. What happened during the incident may or may not shock you! "Rocket" also offers some basic and helpful hints in mitigating tense situations out on the road. In the second half of this week's show, Greg and "Rocket" catch up with Keyboardist extraordinaire, Matt "Doctor" Fink. Doctor played and toured with Prince from the outset of the late artists career and worked with him into the early 90's. Doc shares some great stories about his experience with the Revolution and how he got his nickname, "Doctor Fink." We feature a couple of "Doctor Fink" tracks, that he played on and produced.

The very first episode of #WeRideWhyRadio with your host Greg Roth and co-hosted with cycling professional, coach and co-founder of Fount Cycling Guild, Dave "The Rocket" Richter.In the first half of the episode our first guests are... "Rocket" and Greg. They introduce themselves to the audience and chat about what #WeRideRadio is all about and what listeners can expect in future episodes.We discuss Rocket's background and history as an athlete, professional cyclist and coach.Dave also talks about Fount Cycling Guild, a club founded be he and his wife Jennifer.Greg and Dave also share their Fred Hutch Obliteride Experience and Fount's participation in this year's virtual eventMusic and Art is an important feature. In the second half of this week's episode features the voice of #WeRideWhy, GRAMMY award recipient and Macklemore alumni, Michael "Wanz" Wansley.Wanz talks about his sobriety, battle with cancer and shares his wisdom from his journey. The conversation is enlightening, life-affirming and inspirational#WeRideWhyRadio...A Podcast about Cycling, Health, Music, Art and Transformation.Thank you for coming on this ride with us!   

Dr Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary, and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. I'm Dr Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Dr Greg Hundley: I'm Greg Hundley, Associate Editor, Director of the Poly Heart Center at VCU Health in Richmond, Virginia. Dr Carolyn Lam: Today's feature discussion is the first huge look at the global, regional and national burden of calcific aortic valve disease and degenerative mitral valve disease over a huge period, from 1990 to 2017. Very important discussion coming right up after this coffee chat. Greg, do you mind if I go first? Dr Greg Hundley: Go ahead, Carolyn. Dr Carolyn Lam: The first paper I want to talk about applies novel single cell transcriptomics to unveil new insights into pressure overload cardiac hypertrophy. Here's your quiz, Greg, ready? Dr Greg Hundley: Well, I'm choking on my coffee here, but go ahead. Dr Carolyn Lam: All right, I was thinking of asking you about single cell transcriptomics but let me just tell you the results. Single cell RNA sequencing is a new and rapidly advancing technique that can comprehensively characterize gene expression and relationships among individual cells. Dr Wang from Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and Peking Union Medical College and colleagues analyze the transcriptomes of 11,492 single cells and identified major cell types, including both cardiomyocytes and non-cardiomyocytes based on their molecular signatures. They did this at different stages during the progression of pressure overload induced cardiac hypertrophy in a mouse model. Their findings not only illustrated dynamically changing cell type crosstalk doing pathological cardiac hypertrophy, but also shed light on strategies for cell type and stage specific interventions in cardiac disease. For example, subtype switching of macrophages was found to be a key event underlying the transition from normal to decline dejection fraction in cardiac hypertrophy. Thus, targeting macrophages in hypertrophy for example, during the switch could attenuate disease progression. All of this is discussed in an editorial by doctors, Zhang and Zhou from University of Alabama in Birmingham. Dr Greg Hundley: Oh wow. Carolyn very important macrophage infiltration and another role for those, that cell type. Well, my first paper gets at the topic of reversal of these factor Xa inhibitors. In this particular patient population, it's the situation where we're dealing with intracranial hemorrhage. The article comes from Dr G Morgan Jones and colleagues from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. Since the approval of oral factor Xa inhibitors, there have been few papers published really regarding the ability to neutralize the anti-coagulate effects of these agents, particularly after intercranial hemorrhage. Dr Carolyn, this is a multi-center, retrospective, observational cohort study of 433 patients. Then it received apixaban, or rivaroxaban, and then developed an intercranial hemorrhage. They then subsequently received prothrombin complex concentrates in that period of time between 2015 and 2019. Dr Carolyn Lam: Wow. How did these participants who had intracranial hemorrhage, how did they fare after receiving these prothrombin concentrates? Dr Greg Hundley: Yeah, well, administration of the prothrombin complex concentrates after, apixaban or rivaroxaban in the setting of intracranial hemorrhage, provided a high rate of excellent or good hemostasis. That was in nearly 82%, coupled with an adverse consequence of 3.8% of those experiencing a thrombosis. Thrombosis occurred in 25 patients who had a total of 26 thrombotic events of which 22 occurred in the first 14 days, following the prothrombin complex concentrate administration. One patient had documentation of an infusion related reaction. For the full cohort of patients, in the hospital mortality was 19% and the median ICU care and hospital length of stay were two and six days respectively. Carolyn, these cohort analyses seemed to demonstrate the possibility of success and similar to other observational cohort studies. The results of this study suggest that future randomized control trials evaluating the clinical efficacy of these prothrombin complex concentrates in patients with factor Xa inhibitor related intercranial hemorrhage are needed. Dr Carolyn Lam: Nice, Greg. You know what? I'm going to start with a quiz. True or false, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is characterized by blunting of the positive relationship between heart rate and left ventricular contractility known as the force frequency relationship? Dr Greg Hundley: Well, Carolyn, this is one of those where if I go 50/50, you'll knock out the wrong answer. Let's say, I'm going to go, true. Dr Carolyn Lam: You're so right, Greg. This next paper really deals with this. It's from corresponding author, Dr Witt from Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds in UK and colleagues who previously described that, tailoring the rate responsive programming of cardiac implantable electronic devices in patients with HFrEF based upon individuals noninvasive force frequency relationship data, really improves exercise capacity. Addressing this reduce force frequency relationship and HFrEF.  Now in the current paper, they sought to examine whether using force frequency relationship data to tailor heart rate response in HFrEF with inpatients, with HFrEF and cardiac implantable electronic devices would favorably influence exercise capacity and left ventricular function six months later. They conducted a single center, double blind, randomized parallel group trial in 83 patients with HFrEF. With a cardiac implantable electronic device and randomized to tailored rate response programming based on these individuals force frequency relationship versus conventional age guided rate response programming. The primary outcome measure was changed in walk time on a treadmill walk test. Dr Greg Hundley: Wow, Carolyn. So this is a really detailed analysis. What did they find? Dr Carolyn Lam: They found that rate adaptive cardiac implantable electronic device programming taking into account the at normal force frequency relationship in these patients, was associated with improved exercise time. Force frequency relationship guided heart rate settings had no adverse effects on left ventricular structure and function. While conventional settings were associated with a reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction. Out of the box age guided rate adaptive pacing, might be a sub optimal choice in patients with heart failure and an assessment of the force frequency relationship might be of clinical benefit in facilitating personalized rate adaptive programming. Dr Greg Hundley: Very nice. Dr Carolyn Lam: Thanks Greg, but there's other stuff I want to tell you about in this issue. There's a research letter by Dr Gambier on Molecular Imaging of Infective Endocarditis with Floral Multiple Trials PET-CT. This is the first time that a Florine 18 PET tracer has been used to specifically image bacterial infection of the heart valves with high sensitivity and specificity in an animal model. Dr Greg Hundley: Oh, good job, Carolyn. Those flooring tracers, very interesting. Another application perhaps. Well, in a perspective piece, I have an article Carolyn from Dr Orly Vardeny from University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis and remembers the prior cardiovascular complications from influenza. And how those experiences may be useful in anticipating some of the cardiovascular complications that we may see from SARS-CoV-2. In a separate article, Dr Aatish Garg and collaborators from VCU Health, present an ECG case of syncope in an individual with severe aortic stenosis status post bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grassing. Who also has paroxysmal AV block? Then finally, Carolyn, Professor Concepcion Peiró from Universidad Autónoma in Madrid. Has an on my mind pace discusses ACE inhibition and our abuse in relation to the SARS-CoV-2 to virus bonding to ACE two binding sites within the respiratory epithelium. Well, Carolyn, how about we get on to that feature discussion? I can't wait to hear about aortic and mitral valve disease over nearly 30 years. Dr Carolyn Lam: Let's go Greg. Nondramatic valvular heart disease is really common throughout the world. However, no studies have previously estimated their global or national burden, that is until today's feature paper. That's part of the Global Burden of Disease, or GBD, 2017 study. I am so pleased to have with us a corresponding author, Dr Greg Roth from University of Washington. As well as Victoria Delgado, our associate editor from Leighton University Medical Center. What a great topic to discuss. Nondramatic valvular heart disease, meaning calcific aortic valve disease, degenerative module valve disease, all the stuff we see and have to deal with now. Greg, could you please tell us about this GBD effort and really what you found? Dr Greg Roth: Let me tell you a little bit about the Global Burden of Disease Study and then why we wanted to explore this question and then what we found. I am the lead for cardiovascular research at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle at the University of Washington. We're the coordinating center for the Global Burden of Disease Study. It's now in its second decade, and it's a large-scale effort to quantify the lost health due to early death and disability for every country in the world. This is a huge effort with over 5,000 people around the world working on it. We work closely with governments around the world, as well as the World Health Organization, as well as county, state, and other authorities in the US. Our goal is really to bring together all of the evidence in the world to bear on important health policy questions. One of the areas that I've had a long interest in is valve disease. I'm a practicing cardiologist at our county hospital here in Seattle, as well as an echocardiographer. I was really excited by the idea of bringing together my passion for taking care of patients with valve disease and looking at how to use diagnostic imaging to take better care of them and the disease modeling research that I do at the institute. We decided a couple of years ago after exploring the global patterns of rheumatic heart disease, that we would turn our focus towards these really important questions of non-rheumatic valve disease. There's obviously a very large literature and lots of active research around the clinical pathways that we need to follow for patients with calcific valve disease and mitral valve disease that's not due to rheumatic causes. Obviously in recent years, we've got amazing technologies and interventions that we're using more and more frequently like percutaneous interventions. However, we had not done the work to turn this really interesting tool, the Global Burden of Disease Study, towards looking at these important causes. We pulled together every data source we could find on the population level burden of nonrheumatic valve disease and then using a range of techniques, and we rely heavily on tools that come out of data science. These include computer disease modeling tools that we've developed as well as ensemble models and other sort of big data approaches to pull all of this together into comparable, consistent estimates of death and prevalence. Then we're also really interested in using those to estimate what we call summary metrics of health, like disability adjusted life years. We do this for a very long time series. So we went back all the way to 1990 and we looked all the way to 2017. Then we're able to get a really good sense of not only what the impact of these diseases are, but how they compare to the 350 other diseases that we estimated in exactly the same way for the Global Burden of Disease Study. Also, where is the burden of these particular conditions going up? Where is it going down? We're really excited to be able to pull that together into this paper. In which we report the global, regional, and national burdens of calcific aortic valve disease and degenerative mitral valve disease. As well as a right sided valve disease that's not due to congenital endocarditis causes, which we estimate separately in the study. Dr Carolyn Lam: Greg, you say, you're excited. I can definitely speak, I think on behalf of both Victoria and Augie, that we're the ones excited publishing this really great piece of work here in circulation. You know personally, I'm a great fan of your work in GBD. Tell us the results. Dr Greg Roth:  What we found was that in 2017, there was an estimated 12.6 million cases of calcific aortic valve disease in the world and 18.1 million cases of degenerative valve disease globally. With higher rates of calcific valve disease, among men and higher rates of degenerative valve disease among women. Now that is an aggregate. We've produced estimates for every country in the world and for larger countries with more than 200 million people, we've gone down to what we call the first administrative level. So, US states, Chinese provinces, and we do this in the larger countries, but when you add it all up, you get those numbers. We also found that there were just over a hundred thousand deaths globally each year due to calcific aortic valve disease and about 35,000 deaths reported due to degenerative mitral valve disease. I think this is really interesting because of course, as clinicians, we have a lot of experience with sources like cohort studies, and trials, and registries, but we have not actually looked at what's actually the world's largest public health reporting system, which is vital registration, meaning death certificates. Now, most of us have filled out that certificates and we always wonder, how reliable are there? And there's clearly limitations. In fact, a huge amount of our work at the Global Burden of Disease Study is dealing with the limitations of death certificates, looking for bias, and adjusting that bias when we can, but these are death certificates where somebody's entered these causes as the underlying cause of death. I think when that actually shows up on a death certificate, that's actually a real signal to us that there was a physician out there who felt pretty strongly that that was the sort of trigger that led to the patient's death. We also found that aging and population growth are leading to about a hundred percent increase over this period of time over the last 25 years in the number of deaths due to these nonrheumatic valve diseases. If we age standardized, we see that the trend is flat, but if you're running a health system or a minister of health, you need to hear that message that with aging and population growth affecting almost every country in the world, you're going to see dramatic rises in the number of cases of both of these conditions showing up on the doorstep of all of your hospitals. Dr Carolyn Lam: Fantastic Victoria, could you put these findings in context for us and maybe take us behind the scenes a little bit at what the editors thought? Dr Victoria Delgado: These are very important data, because so far, for example, we have, as Greg said, registries and one of the most known registries was for example, in Europe, The Valvular Heart Survey that was done in 2001, if I remember well. Has been redone recently, it was last year published in circulation. The other one with a very large data is coming from counties. With similar data to the results that are publishing now. For example, if you compare those two registries with much smaller populations, in US, they always report much, much frequently the genetic mitral valve regurgitation. While in Europe, aortic stenosis is the most frequent one, calcific aortic stenosis. Here, I was again surprised with in the global population that again, degenerative mitral valve regurgitation is much more prevalent than calcific aortic stenosis, but you can see that there was an increase of 124% in the prevalence of calcific aortic valve disease in 2017. I wonder if this is related to the awareness of the risk associated with aortic stenosis and they invent of a new therapies, transcatheter therapies, with the TAVI for example, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, which has opened the door for an effective treatment for many patients that before were simply denied for surgery. I don't know if you have further insights into that. Dr Greg Roth: Yes. I think that's a really important point, that we see a lot of variation in the data. While we have millions of death certificates to look at all around the world. Really scores of millions, where we can look for trends and patterns. The population level data on nonrheumatic valve disease is actually quite limited compared to most diseases. We did a very aggressive perspective review of the published and gray literature and found about 50 sources reporting prevalence for these conditions that were usable in our study. For the most part, those studies are not long time series. We have to estimate trends, piecing together data from different populations. Now, there are a couple of places in the world where you can get a long trend of time where they've gone back repeatedly in the same population and looked with echo, which you obviously need here to make these diagnoses. As far as we can tell, and these are just a handful of studies, the trend is flat. We don't see large increases. Now, the increases in our study were completely driven by aging and population growth and the age standardized rates. The epidemiologic pattern for this disease is that it's flat and for mitral valve disease, maybe trending down a little bit. I think it's clear that in places where there's been a lot of attention paid either because of new therapies, like TAVR or new access to diagnostic screening with the growth of echo cardiography and other screening methods, that is a limitation of the study, for sure. I think what it really focuses me on is the idea that we need better data. We need to think about ways and probably more cost effective ways of surveilling for these conditions, but I'll tell you something that was really interesting, that we found is that, in the United States where we relied heavily on administratively coded data, because we have that in a uniform format for every state and we have a long time series for that, and we have complete vital registration. We looked at the state level and we found that the all ages rate, was actually going up. Meaning it wasn't just population growth and aging, but in about a third of the states, the true epidemiologic rate of the disease was going up. Meaning it's becoming more common even if you control for the change in age structure of a country like the United States over time. I think that given the fact that we're seeing this explosion of obesity around the world, and we know that atherosclerotic risk factors can be a major driver of let's say calcific aortic valve disease. I mean, an interesting question is, is valve disease going to be sort of a canary in the coal mine? Are we going to see more of it at younger ages? Traditionally it's been the oldest patients who actually survived the longest and tend to be healthier, who we can actually find having the disease, but I wonder, are we going to see more of that as patients present with more obesity. Unfortunately we know that reversing or controlling those atherosclerotic risk factors hasn't paid off in big ways for preventing calcific aortic valve disease. It's complex and like mitral valve disease, clearly there's likely to be a very strong genetic component as well. Dr Carolyn Lam: Greg, you mentioned a little bit more about the age effect, but you did mention some sex differences. Could you just clarify a little bit about that and maybe the interaction between the two? Dr Greg Roth: What we've all been taught, or at least what I was always taught, was that there was more mitral valve disease in women. We actually did find that in the study and that was reassuring because when we went back to look for the source of that sort of common teaching, actually, it's pretty hard to find. I think it actually comes, my guess is, from a lot of people's clinical practice. To see that match-up between what we thought was going to be true in terms of the relative prevalence by sex for these two major diseases, calcific aortic valve disease and degenerative mitral valve disease was reassuring. It suggested that the data we have is actually picking up on real patterns and patterns that match sort of our clinical experience as well. One of the interesting things about the interaction between age and sex, is that women live much longer on average than men. As women age into those oldest years, what we actually see is a decline in the burden of disease. There's an increase in stroke, but for everything else, those women are truly survivors. Actually we see less bowel disease and cardiovascular disease in general, in the oldest old women. What we do see is a massive rise in cognitive impairment and dementia. That's a very active area of research for us right now. The interaction between atherosclerotic risks, which can drive things like valve disease and of course, coronary disease and stroke and then the cognitive impact is a really important area of research. There are a couple of great papers that have come out even just in the last few weeks. I think this question of how risk is going to impact people in those oldest age groups? Is really important. We know the population is aging. We know that in some places, life expectancy is increasing to the point where we really need to rethink what the disease patterns are going to be in the oldest old. Dr Carolyn Lam: Indeed. So the feminization of aging is kind of what I like to call it, but yikes Victoria. Could I maybe ask you to please give the final words of advice and maybe the take home messages? Dr Victoria Delgado: I think that this data are really welcomed because as Greg said, we need to understand better how we can modify the prognosis of these prevalent and how we can tackle it and for that we need data. I think that these are very welcomed data. Now, how we are going to do it in the future? That's a great question. I don't have the answer right now, but I think that increasing the awareness that nonrheumatic valvular heart disease can impact as well on the outcomes of the population, is important to know. I think that people need to have access to diagnostics best particularly echo cardiography is very available imaging technique and very feasible. We can have right now developments where we can do the echo cardiography with our phone by adding one of the probes. I think that in the future, we may see more and more valvular heart disease that probably was already there, but we just need to increase the awareness. From those data, learn how we can treat those individuals if they need and how we can improve the outcome of these individuals. Dr Carolyn Lam: Thank you, Victoria. Thank you, Greg. More awareness and more good data needed. Thank you, audience, for joining us today. You've been listening to Circulation on the Run. Don't forget to tune in again next week. Dr Greg Hundley: This program is copyright the American Heart Association, 2020.  

our latest episode features Greg Roth. Greg is a fellow Michigan hunter/ Fisherman who spends part of his time in Wyoming. we touch on all species of hunting including Elk, Deer, Antelope as well as predator hunting. thank you for listening and don't forget to subscribe and comment.

We handicap the handicappers.  During today's show Eric Glazer and Greg Roth break down RJ Bell's Dream Preview and WagerTalk's Bet the Board podcasts. They highlight the experts' "best bets" and identify "double likes." Finally, Greg and Eric discuss which of the "sharps'" favorite games make their own top 5.  And they do it all in 20 minutes!

PennState Hemp Research Field Day 2018 Speaker: Greg Roth, Farmer and Geoff Whaling, National Hemp Association Penn State Extension is a modern educational organization dedicated to delivering science-based information to people, businesses, and communities. They provide access to face-to-face and online education to our customers—when they want it, where they want it, and how they want it—to help them address problems and take advantage of opportunities for improvement and innovation. Partnering with and funded by federal, state, and county governments, they have a long tradition of bringing unbiased support and education to the citizens of Pennsylvania. They make a difference locally through focused engagement, and more widely to customers connecting in the digital landscape. They support iHemp (industrial hemp) Website: https://extension.psu.edu

Seattle native, Pete Hopkins, is a Pop/Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Guitarist and Composer who is equally at home in both the acoustic and electronic musical settings. He is also an accomplished Engineer and Music Producer, widely acclaimed on the West Coast and the Pacific Northwest for his song-writing, multi-octave vocals, and guitar playing. Pete’s music has been played on numerous programs and podcasts around the world including KISS FM, and BBC Radio (UK), and was a featured artist on 103.7 KMTT “The Mountain Seattle”. Recently, while touring Seattle, Pete was a special guest and featured artist on the Bob Rivers Radio Show (102.5 KZOK) and performed four new songs from his latest recording project. He also performed live on SMI Radio’s ‘Critical Sun Sessions’ with Greg Roth. He was the Grand Prize winner of the world-wide competition "CODE BLUE" - Search for the Next Great Artist, sponsored by www.webceleb.com, Immergent Records, and Producer Mikal Blue. Pete recorded with Mikal at Revolver Studios in California, and continues to collaborate with Immergent’s roster of artists. Pete Hopkins won the international band search sponsored by the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame "Rock with the Legends". The opportunity of a lifetime, he shared the stage with some of rock's most legendary performers such as Cream, Yes, Tower of Power, and Deep Purple. Pete took full advantage of this opportunity and has developed longstanding relationships with some of rock royalty's most prestigious recording artists. In 2013, he was invited back to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame to perform with Roger Fisher for Heart’s induction into the Hall of Fame. Pete was a top 5 Finalist on NBC's "Star Tomorrow” with renowned Producer David Foster, and was also a featured artist on the VH1-sponsored promotion "Rock Across America". As a Composer and songwriter, Pete has a successful career in both Film/TV and Commercial campaigns. Pete secured a multi-year contract with Viacom, with his original songs and cues placed across many of Viacom’s networks including MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1. Pete’s songs "New Umbrella" and "A Way of Our Own" appeared on MTV’s show “Made” in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, as well as other song placements on various films including the Lionsgate Picture release "Brutal" starring Jeffrey Combes which features his song "Just You Only You" in the end credits. His commercial campaign clients include Heinz, Splenda, Axion and Kelloggs. Pete currently lives in Los Angeles, California and is recording his latest projects; an acoustic release titled “Stripped Down”, and an Alt/Electro Pop/Rock album entitled “PROJEKT RENEW”. He continues to compose for TV, and also performs to capacity crowds at venues in Southern California including The Viper Room, Molly Malone’s, and The House of Blues, as well as at venues throughout his hometown of Seattle, WA. petehopkinsmusic.com

Seattle native, Pete Hopkins, is a Pop/Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Guitarist and Composer who is equally at home in both the acoustic and electronic musical settings. He is also an accomplished Engineer and Music Producer, widely acclaimed on the West Coast and the Pacific Northwest for his song-writing, multi-octave vocals, and guitar playing. Pete’s music has been played on numerous programs and podcasts around the world including KISS FM, and BBC Radio (UK), and was a featured artist on 103.7 KMTT “The Mountain Seattle”. Recently, while touring Seattle, Pete was a special guest and featured artist on the Bob Rivers Radio Show (102.5 KZOK) and performed four new songs from his latest recording project. He also performed live on SMI Radio’s ‘Critical Sun Sessions’ with Greg Roth. He was the Grand Prize winner of the world-wide competition "CODE BLUE" - Search for the Next Great Artist, sponsored by www.webceleb.com, Immergent Records, and Producer Mikal Blue. Pete recorded with Mikal at Revolver Studios in California, and continues to collaborate with Immergent’s roster of artists. Pete Hopkins won the international band search sponsored by the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame "Rock with the Legends". The opportunity of a lifetime, he shared the stage with some of rock's most legendary performers such as Cream, Yes, Tower of Power, and Deep Purple. Pete took full advantage of this opportunity and has developed longstanding relationships with some of rock royalty's most prestigious recording artists. In 2013, he was invited back to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame to perform with Roger Fisher for Heart’s induction into the Hall of Fame. Pete was a top 5 Finalist on NBC's "Star Tomorrow” with renowned Producer David Foster, and was also a featured artist on the VH1-sponsored promotion "Rock Across America". As a Composer and songwriter, Pete has a successful career in both Film/TV and Commercial campaigns. Pete secured a multi-year contract with Viacom, with his original songs and cues placed across many of Viacom’s networks including MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1. Pete’s songs "New Umbrella" and "A Way of Our Own" appeared on MTV’s show “Made” in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, as well as other song placements on various films including the Lionsgate Picture release "Brutal" starring Jeffrey Combes which features his song "Just You Only You" in the end credits. His commercial campaign clients include Heinz, Splenda, Axion and Kelloggs. Pete currently lives in Los Angeles, California and is recording his latest projects; an acoustic release titled “Stripped Down”, and an Alt/Electro Pop/Rock album entitled “PROJEKT RENEW”. He continues to compose for TV, and also performs to capacity crowds at venues in Southern California including The Viper Room, Molly Malone’s, and The House of Blues, as well as at venues throughout his hometown of Seattle, WA. petehopkinsmusic.com

The BGP is a Northwest outfit that doesn’t sound like they are from The Northwest. Their sound flows through cities like New Orleans, Memphis, Atlanta, NY or Philly; it is definitely not the Puget Sound, if you dig. One could say that this group of friends and accomplished musicians plays a very sophisticated yet accessible brand of soul pop and rock. The truth is The BGP defies categorization. Oh sure you hear the influences but the boys have their own thing goin’ on and have for several years. Allen Stone used to open for them. The BGP opened for Fitz and The Tantrums who were playing their coming out party before achieving local and global success. These talented group of cats also appeared on national TV on America’s Got Talent. Over the course of their time together they have released an EP and a handful of singles. It all started when they released their debut EP, titled Love & Rent, in 2010. After a very successful Kickstarter campaign, the group has released their second EP, titled Fort Knox, in late 2015. The BGP is a band we have championed for almost 6 years. We have watched and heard them evolve during that time. It was an honor to have them kick off the musical portion of our 5 year Anniversary party last summer at Rhapsody World Headquarters in Seattle. We did so because we love their sound and you couldn’t meet a cooler bunch of fellas. The BGP will play their first show of the new year at the legendary Neumos on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, January 20th. Also on the bill will be Down North and Bardot. Tickets are available here. We have interviewed The BGP for past episodes of SMI Radio. We finally got the group to come into Critical Sun Studios for a live in-studio session and interview. The full interview and performances can be heard by clicking the player below. We invite you to take a look at their live performances of “Uhmerica,” “Normal Things,” and “VCR” engineered by Bubba Jones of Critical Sun Recordings with the video production and photo gallery courtesy of Jason Tang.

Lemolo’s last effort, The Kaleidoscope, released in 2013, was a critical success and one of our favorite releases of the year. The follow up, Red Right Return has been highly anticipated by fans and press alike. I have heard the new disc, and it is a brilliant collection of highly addictive, progressive, dream-pop ditties. After a few listens, it is obvious that Meagan Grandall has grown as a songwriter, arranger and musician. On the newest record, the songs and arrangements are more complex, and the soundscapes more lush. Seattle Rock Orchestra and Sisters’ very own Emily Westman performed on the new record and, along with Grandall, put together a heavier sound while still maintaining the trademark Lemolo sonic tapestry and dreamy vibe. Grandall’s musical journey has taken her on an interesting path that has led her to discover her true voice, which is beautifully on display on Lemolo’s newest release. Lemolo will celebrate the release of their new disc, Red Right Return on Friday, November 6 at 8:00 p.m. at an all-ages show at The Crocodile. Also on the bill is the amazing Maiah Manser and Mimicking Birds. Tickets for the show are available here. For our first SMI Radio episode of the fall season, we welcome Lemolo into Critical Sun Studio who will talk about Red Right Return, and perform a few songs from the record. Lemolo’s Grandall and drummer Adrian Centoni talk about the evolution of the sound and songwriting, as well as some of the distinctions between their new, highly touted release, The Kaleidoscope.

On this Episode, SMI Radio’s Greg Roth invites Vaudeville Etiquette into Critical Sun Radio Studio for a chat and an in-studio performance, including an unreleased song from their forthcoming release. Greg talks to the band about their history, their sound and their upcoming performances at Chinook Fest. Vaudeville Etiquette will be performing on the main stage on Saturday, July 11 at 3:15. Also on this week’s show, we feature tracks from Chinook Fest artists, X-Ambassadors and Allen Stone.

On this week's episode of SMI Radio, Naked Giants visit the Critical Sun Radio Studio to chat with host Greg Roth and perform live in studio. The boys will be performing live at Timber! Outdoor Music Festival taking place in Carnation, Washington July 16 - 18. Naked Giants will be taking the main stage at 4:40 on Saturday (6/17). Based on what you we heard and saw in the studio, this is a band not to be missed! In the second half of the show, Greg caught up down with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame DJ, and music curator Marco Collins a few weeks back while he was taking a break from his MC duties at Fisherman's Village Music Festival. Marco gets personal as he talks about his movie The Glamour and The Squalor, which made its very successful debut at SIFF to rave reviews. Marco also shares his insights to the state of the music industry today and his continued passion for discovering and curating great Northwest artists. Marco will be the official MC for Chinook Fest Summit 2015 taking place this weekend, July 10- 12. Marco will be hosting and DJ the after-party on Saturday (7/11) right after headliner Allen Stone finishes his headlining set.

On this week's episode of SMI Radio, Greg Roth takes you back inside Critical Sun Radio Studio for another live session with the brilliant Catherine Feeny and Chris Johnedis. Feeny and Johnedis create a big, etherial and eclectic sound with their unique arrangements and tones. Fenny talks about the challenges and joys of being a recording artist and shares her experience of participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement which began in September 2011 in Zuccotti Park. Feeny and Johnedis were in town to play a special Seattle Living Room Show performance later that night. In the second half of the show Greg catches up with Seattle Living Room Show founders, Carrie and Kristen Watt backstage at Northwest Folklife. The Watt sisters talked about their 7 year anniversary celebration and what they have planned coming up in year eight.

On this week's episode of SMI Radio, host Greg Roth sits down with long time friend of the show and soul singer Eldridge Gravy from Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme. Roth debut's the band's brand new single, "Hey Big Freak" and talks to Eldridge about the band's plans for 2015 and their new record which will drop later in this year. In the second half of this week's episode, Zarni steps into Critical Sun Radio studio for a special in-studio performance of selections from her recently released EP. Zarni talks about the making of the record and the inspiration behind the songs that comprise her newest release

In the first half of this week's episode SMI Radio's Greg Roth has an exclusive backstage interview at Seattle's Triple door on night one of his 5 night series, Allen Stone: Evolution of an Artist. Roth and Allen talk about how his life has changed in the last 3 years and his forthcoming May, Capitol Records release, Radius. In the second half of the show Roth interviews Seattle artist Maiah Manser. Mariah opened for Stone earlier in the evening at The Triple Door

On the most recent episode of SMI Radio I catch up with NWCZ Radio founder, Darrell Fortune and host of his new show True Fidelity which can be heard every Thursday night from 6:00 - 8:00pm PST. In the second half of the show we treat you to a wonderful in-studio performance and conversation with a very talented Northwest singer/songwriter, Sarah Gerritsen, recorded at Critical Sun Radio.

In the first half of this week’s episode of SMI Radio, I catch with Ben Harwood and Jeff Silva, who form the powerful, high-octane rock duet, Hobosexual. The boys talk about they got together, their approach unique approach to how they make up their sound, the origins of the band’s name and some interesting entrepreneurial ventures they are embarking upon. Hobosexual recently performed at Chinookfest 2014. In the second half of this week’s show, I take you back inside of Critical Sun Radio studios for a special live performance and conversation with the beautiful and brilliant Olivia De La Cruz, joined by bassist, Issac Castillo. Along with some selections from her debut record, Olivia and Issac perform an unreleased song from her forthcoming, yet to be titled 2015 release. Olivia also talks about her musical influences and her most recent performance which took place this past Sunday night at The Triple Door (The EP release of Rust on The Rails, a new supergroup, comprised of past SMI Radio guests, Cody Beebe and Blake Noble). Olivia swill also be performing Thursday night, October 9 at Columbia City Theater as part of Come Together for the Planet: A Tribute to John Lennon. Tickets for the show are available here.

SMI Radio is back for the new Fall Season and we are kicking it off right with two brilliant artists. It is hard to believe that it was 30 Summers ago that that the iconic movie and record Purple Rain.was released. Both were a blockbuster successes and the film and recording still holds up as a wonderful musical snapshot which captured Prince at his commercial peak. In the first half of this episode we bring back a good friend of SMI. Matt Fink AKA, Doctor Fink . The good Doctor recorded and performed with the legendary funk rock icon Prince from 1979 to 1991 and best known for being a member of The Purple One’s backing band, The Revolution. He had one of the best lines in the movie Purple Rain.The soundtrack sold over 18,000 million copies and The good Doctor won a Grammy for his contribution. I caught up with Dr. Fink backstage at Nectar Lounge when he was in town to play some classic Prince songs with Haiku Chi. Dr Fink also sat in with The Stax Brothers and Furniture Girls. Matt shares his experience working on Purple Rain and talks about some of his many projects including his Prince tribute band, The Purple Experience. In the second half of the show, we take you to Critical Sun Radio Studios for my conversation and live performance from the pop/soul chanteuse, Susan Galbraith. Susan performs her brand new single, “No Room For You,” as well as some unreleased material from her forthcoming record.

SMI Radio in conjunction with Critical Sun Recordings and Artist Home present another episode of a newly launched series entitled “Timber! Shows!” The series features exclusive artist interviews and live, exclusive music sessions recorded at the Critical Sun Radio studios. The second annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival is slated for July 24 – 26 in beautiful Carnation, Washington. On this week’s episode, SMI Radio’s Greg Roth, along with Timber! Critical Sun’s Bubba Jones welcomes Timber! artist, Julia Massey & The Five Finger Discount. The band performs exclusive live selections off of their forthcoming record. This refreshingly original world-pop outfit talks about how they all came together and the evolution of their unique sound.

SMI Radio in conjunction with Critical Sun Recordings and Artist Home present another episode of a newly launched series entitled “Timber! Shows!” The series features exclusive artist interviews and live, exclusive music sessions recorded at the Critical Sun Radio studios. The second annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival is slated for July 24 – 26 in beautiful Carnation, Washington. On this week’s episode, SMI Radio’s Greg Roth, along with Timber! Camp Counselor, Joe Hammill welcomes Timber! artist, Cumulus. The band performs exclusive live selections off of their most recent record, I Never Meant It To Be Like This, the making of their most recent video “Do You Remember” (See Below), their brand of music, which defies categorization. Cumulus has some eclectic influences, and they share with us some of the wonderful artists who have helped shape and inspire their sound.

SMI Radio in conjunction with Critical Sun Recordings and Artist Home present another episode of a newly launched series entitled “Timber! Shows!” The series features exclusive artist interviews and live, exclusive music sessions recorded at the Critical Sun Radio studios. The second annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival is slated for July 24 – 26 in beautiful Carnation, Washington. On this week’s episode, SMI Radio’s Greg Roth, along with KIRO Radio's Sean De Torre welcomes Timber! artist, Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme. When SMI Radio launched in April, 2010, our very first musical guest was Eldridge Gravy from Eldridge Gravy and The Court Supreme. This time around, the band visits the Critical Sun Radio studios for some funky conversation and to perform several numbers LIVE off or their most recent joint, Gravy's In Your Area. EG&TCS ringmaster Eldridge Gravy talks about the origin and mythology of this tight and funky outfit. Also, Mr. Gravy talks about the recent gig the band performed at Nectar Lounge to raise money for The Tribes Project. Eldridge Gravy & The Court Supreme will open for the incomparable soul man, Charles Bradley at 7pm on Saturday, July 26 on the MainStage at Timber! Out Door Music Festival.

SMI Radio in conjunction with Critical Sun Recordings and Artist Home present the debut episode of a new series entitled “Timber! Shows.” The series features exclusive artist interviews and live music sessions recorded at the Critical Sun Radio studios. The second annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival will be taking place July 24 – 26 in beautiful Carnation Washington. On this week’s episode, SMI Radio’s Greg Roth, along with Critical Sun’s Bubba Jones welcomes Timber! artist, Lonesome Shack for an interview and a live in-studio session featuring exclusive performances of songs from the band’s debut record, “City Man” and forthcoming release “More Primitive.” Lonesome Shack will be performing their record release show on Friday, May 23d at Columbia City Theater. Also visiting Greg in the studio is Timber! counselor Eric Sullivan. Eric chats about some of the fun and exciting activities taking place along side the great music acts performing at the festival.

SMI Radio in conjunction with Critical Sun Recordings and Artist Home present another episode of a newly launched series entitled “Timber! Shows!” The series features exclusive artist interviews and live music sessions recorded at the Critical Sun Radio studios. The second annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival will be taking place July 24 – 26 in beautiful Carnation Washington. On this week’s episode, SMI Radio’s Greg Roth, along with Artist Home's Phil O' Sullivan welcomes Timber! artist, Mikey and Matty. This brilliant brother duo perform an exclusive unreleased song from their forthcoming release as well some other music from their most recent effort, Harbor Island. Mikey and Matty also chat about their musical influences, their collaborative style, playing Timber! 2014 and their recent performance with The Head And The Heart. Also, Artist Home's and Timber co-organizer Phil O'Sullivan talks about the fun happenings and unique activities that help make up this year's festival as well as the robust festival lineup.

This week on Episode 16: A Place To Lay My Head, Crabby got eaten by a wamasu so it’s just Aggelos and Thais as they go over game news including, Patch 1.07, Interactive Map – Craglorn, Guild Spotlight – M.O.R.T., ESO On Consoles – Update, Q&A with Greg Roth with TESOElite, and Tamriel Foundry’s Craglorn Q&A. […]

Catherine Otto, Heart editor, talks to Greg Roth from the Division of Cardiology at University of Washington about his editorial which appears on heart.bmj.com and discusses prescription of statins after an acute myocardial infarction.

Sean De Tore an assistant producer of the Ron and Don Show, on KIRO Radio. He is also a passionate music journalist and colleague. Sean has been hosting his Mixtape podcast for over 4 years. The Mixtape features some stellar Northwest music talent of all genres. This past summer, Sean hosted his very first Mixtape "Live" at Barboza in Capitol Hill. Headlining the bill that night was The Glass Notes, who delivered a rousing and gritty performance that night. Sean shares his thoughts on the local music scene and more. On this weeks's episode of SMI Radio Sean comes into the studio to help cohost this week's show. You will hear some exclusive tracks from artists like Nouela, Yucca Mountain, Tangerine, The Maldives and Smokey Brights. Also, if you listen carefully to the show you may be able to win some cool prizes. In the second half of the show. Bradford Loomis stops by along with fellow artist Beth Whitney. Brad talks about his most recent record, Into the Great Unknown. Brad also chats about his next project with Beth and his recently launched Kickstarter campaign which will go to raise funds for them to record the new disc. Brad is playing tonight (1/25) in Seattle with The True Spokes and Ian McFeron Band at the Crocodile. Tickets for the show are available here.

he Jordan Cook AKA Reignwolf crazy buzz started almost two years ago with a stunning in-store performance at Easy Street Records in Seattle and an equally stunning performance at Sasquatch! and Bumbershoot 2012 and Sasquatch! 2013. Mr. Cook is wowing fans across the land with his electric and intense showmanship. Reignwolf is an artist in perpetual motion and there is no stage or space that can contain him. This is one wild wolf that can’t be caged and consumes anything and everything in his path. He does his thing live, large and walks a musical tightrope without a net. On this week’s episode of SMI Radio I chat with Reignwolf to talk about his style is approach to his live performances and his blues-based, gritty, raw Americana rock sound. Back in the 1990′s band’s like Nirvanna, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Screaming Trees helped lead a rock and roll revolution and collectively contributed to putting Seattle on the music map. Another Seattle rock outfit called Truly earned a ton of respect but their sound defied the grunge classification. Truly featured former Screaming Trees skin pounder, Mark Pickerel, former Soundgarden bassist, Hiro Yamamoto and the smooth yet menacing voice and overdriven guitar stylings of Robert Roth. The power-trio was first championed in the 90′s by DJ and tastemaker, Marco Collins while he was on air at 107.7 The End. The band’s first full length record and sonic masterpiece Fast Stories From Kid Coma released on Capital Records garnered praises from MTV and Steve Kurutz of Allmusic. Kurutz gave the album four and a half stars, calling it “a loosely based concept album. After a several year hiatus, Truly is back and will help celebrate The Moe 20 Neumos 10th Anniversary Shows on Sunday, January 12 at 6:00pm

When SMI Radio launched in April of 2010 our very first musical guest was Joe Simpson AKA Eldridge Gravy from Eldridge Gravy and The Court Supreme. The band released their most recent record, Gravy’s In Your Area which was released last month. I catch up with Joe to talk about the band’s new disc, some of the personal changes in the group and we spin some selected tracks from the new release. In the second half of the show I welcome back Artist Home's Kevin Sur. Kevin and his crew are responsible for staging some incredible Northwest music festivals. Last year Artist Home launched the very first annual Timber! Outdoor Music Festival. It was so successful that he is bringing it back an expanded version taking place this summer. You don't have to wait for the summer sun to enjoy some great music in a festival setting. Artist Home will present the very first Timberrr! Winter Music Festival which will take place later this month (1/10 - 1/11) in beautiful Leavenworth, Washington. Kevin and I chat this unique music event and the participating artists such as Hey Marseilles, Telekenisis, The Moondoggies, Radiation City and a lot more. (For the complete lineup go here.) We also share some music from Timberrr! artists as well.

On this week's episode of SMI Radio, I catch up with Grouplove's Christian Zucconi from the road. The band played two stellar shows in the Emerald City this past fall. You can see photos and a write up of the show by clicking the link below. Christian talks about the new musical direction on the bands most recent record, Spreading Rumors. Along with an interesting conversation with Christian, you will hear selected tracks from the new disc as well. In the second half of this week's show, you will hear my conversation with Bothell Washington's very own Robert DeLong. Robert has played drums in a ton of indie rock bands and even did his thing in his high school marching band. Robert's main musical focus is directed towards House, electronica, EDM, and moombahton but his rhythm acumen and affinity for a good melody remain intact as you will hear as we feature some selected tracks from Mr. Delong's most recent effort, Just Movement. This MTV's artist to watch will be back in the Emerald City January 23rd to play a headlining gig at Barboza. Tickets are available here.

Kithkin is more than just a band they are truly a Tribe. This percussive and highly rhythmic outfit possess strong chops and produces and eclectic blend of afro-beat, rock and more. The band wowed audiences this past summer with powerful performances at Timber! Outdoor Music Festival and Bumbershoot 2013. The band did Cascadia proud this past week by performing at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival. On this week's episode of SMI Radio, I chat the group about their unique sound, influences and inspirations. Music Festival and Bumbershoot 2013. The band did Cascadia proud this past week by performing at the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival. On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, I chat the group about their unique sound, influences and inspirations. Rachel Belle is a talented irreverent and funny radio Host at KIRO as well. She also has a real passion for music. I spoke to Rachel about some of her favorite artists and the continued growth of the Seattle music scene and the variety of genres represented throughout the region. Her entertaining feature “Ring My Belle” can be heard on KIRO daily and on weekends. Her show is also available On Demand right here. You will also here selected tracks from Kithkin, The Glass Notes and Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers

On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, I catch up once again via Skype with one of the best bassists in the biz. Tony shares some tales about working with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee, Peter Gabriel and his most recent project Levin, Rudess Minnemann, produced by former Seattle resident, Scott Schorr of Lazy Bones Recordings (he also produced a project with Tony a couple of years back, Levin Torn White.) LRM features the brilliant keyboard work Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess and drummer Marco Minnemann.

On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, we welcome back two of the festival organizers, Kevin Sur and Phil O’Sullivan, to update us on some of the cool happenings at Timber! 2013. You will hear featured music from the participating artists and they talk specifically about some of the activities that make their event much more than just another music festival. Timber! will feature the brilliant Andrew Joslyn and his Passenger String Quartet. Andrew has been a busy man of late working with several prominent Northwest artists. Recently Joslyn could be seen on stage with the likes of Duff McKagen, The Local Strangers. His lovely string arrangements can be heard on the Macklemore and Ryan Lewis mega-hit album, The Heist. I recently caught up with Andrew at one of my favorite interview spots in The Emerald City. You will hear that conversation as well as some tracks that Andrew lent his talents to.

On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, the sisters Watt chat about the big 5 year anniversary show taking place this Saturday, April 27th. Carrie and Kristen share tales memorable moments from past events and the many artists that have made SLS appearances, and talk about their unique partnership with Melodic Caring Project. Also, we spin selected tracks from past Seattle Living Room Show artists Allen Stone, Levi Weaver, Kris Orlowski, Shane Alexander, Ivan & Alyosha, Ravenna Woods and The Local Strangers. Congratulations, Carrie And Kristen Watt, for 5 brilliant years of bringing the best artists in the Northwest and beyond to the music loving masses!

On this week’s episode of SMI Radio we will celebrate the new release of FATT’s forthcoming release by featuring selected tracks off the new release and spin a couple of faves from their first record. Ahead of last Monday’s show, I spoke to Fitzy via phone from Atlanta. We talked about what has changed for the band since they launched in Seattle in 2010 (a lot!) and the direction and making of the new record. In the second half of the show, I turn the clock back and feature excerpts from my backstage interviews with Fitz at Sasquatch 2011, as well as my conversation with drummer and former Seattle resident, John Wicks, recorded backstage at the Crocodile in Novermber of 2010.

On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, I catch up with Ritzy on the road. She talks about how the band brings their intensity and rock and roll attitude whether they are playing a club, theater, arena, or festival. Ritzy also shares her love of Seattle and the passion that Seattle has for music in general. She also talks about the band’s appearance in the Jawbone / Jam Box commercial, which featured the stunning song This Ladder is Ours (See Video Below). You’ll also hear selected tracks from Wolf’s Law and the aptly titled, The Big Roar. The second half of the show features Kelly Donovan and Ben Weller from Beat 100. It’s a music video and social network with primary focus on the two music video charts; one for originals and another for covers. Every week, the charts are compiled and the top three winners are rewarded with cash prizes, along with press releases, which are distributed worldwide. BEAT100 also includes a social network, where musicians can connect with each other, find new fans, and gain likes/followers on their social networking platforms. Kelly and Ben share their thoughts on how Beat 100 and can benefit artists and how the site continues to add some sexy functionality. In the last segment of the show, SMI contributor / photographer Mat Hayward shares his thoughts on the first annual Roctographer Happy Hour event taking place at The Triple Door tonight, April 4th, in Seattle. To read more about the event, click the link below.

Artist Home epitomizes this through their efforts in the staging of innovative and popular outdoor music events, such as Doe Bay Fest, which spawned the documentary Welcome to Doe Bay (see video below), Slackfest and Summer Bonfire Series. This summer, the good folks that brought you these great happenings are putting together another special event dubbed Timber! Outdoor Music Festival. Timber! is the new outdoor music festival from Artist Home Presents uniting music, community, and the beautiful natural environment of the Pacific Northwest. To present Timber!, Artist Home is partnering with King County Parks to set the festival in the rural splendor of Carnation, Washington. The current festival lineup consists of The Helio Sequence, Fruit Bats, Lemolo, Bryan John Appleby, Kithkin, River Giant, Ten Speed Music and just recently announced, Thee Quasi celebrating their 20th year as a band!! Hobosexual, Passenger String Quartet (stay tuned to find out who they’ll be collaborating with!), Pablo Trucker, and the first of the TOMF lineup of official “buskers” Nu Klezmer Army. Tickets went on sale March 12, and are available for purchase here. On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, two of the festival organizers, Kevin Sur and Phil O’Sullivan, stop by the studio to talk about Artist Home events. You can hear featured music from the participating artists, and Kevin and Phil reveal additional acts just added to the bill.

On this week’s episode of SMI Radio, Justin and Jim stop by the studio to talk about their long-term friendship and musical kinship. They also select a few tracks from their self-titled EP, which you’ll hear on this week’s show. If you want to see Science! do their thing live, they’ll be playing Nectar Lounge on Tuesday, March 26, at 8pm. Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers‘ sound harkens back to the days of early 70s southern California rock, which spawned the likes of Jackson Brown and The Eagles. Bluhm and her band captures the spirit of that beautiful sound while putting their own stamp on it. The band has garnered a lot of attention from the viral video recorded in their car of Hall & Oats, I Can’t Go For That, resulting in almost 2 million views. In the second half of the show, California artist Nicki Bluhm shares her thoughts in a backstage interview prior to her sold-out show at Seattle’s Triple Door. Nicki talks about some of her musical influences, such as Linda Ronstadt, Karen Carpenter, and Stevie Nicks.