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What does it take to lead at every level and shape the leaders of tomorrow? SUMMARY Long Blue Line podcast host, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Naviere Walkewicz '99 sat with Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman '95, the U.S. Air Force Academy's vice superintendent, for a deep dive into leadership, humanity and building a world-class service academy. This episode is packed with wisdom for aspiring, emerging, and seasoned leaders alike.   SHARE LINKEDIN  |  FACEBOOK   GEN. SHERMAN'S TOP 10 LEADERSHIP TAKEAWAYS  - Leadership is a human experience - focus on connecting with and caring about people.  - Love what you do and love the people you lead; passion inspires others to follow you.  - Embrace failures and challenges as opportunities for personal growth and development.  - Set the right culture and values within your team to build trust and mutual support.  - Be present and engaged with your team, understanding their motivations and experiences.  - Leadership is about more than rank or position - it's about earning genuine trust and respect.  - Invest time in understanding different generations, cultural nuances, and individual perspectives.  - Balance professional excellence with personal growth and life experiences.  - Support your team's development by providing encouragement and holding them accountable.  - Your legacy is built through individual interactions and the positive impact you have on people's lives.   CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction to Major General Thomas P. Sherman 01:29 Choosing Leadership Over Flying 07:23 The Impact of Mentorship and Values 12:46 Heritage and Evolution of Security Forces 17:43 Personal Growth in Aviano, Italy 24:17 The Importance of Work-Life Balance 29:50 Culminating Command Experience at Bagram 42:25 The Role of Family in Leadership 51:29 Continuous Self-Improvement as a Leader 56:27 Embracing Failure as a Growth Opportunity 01:00:06 Legacy and the Impact of Leadership   ABOUT GEN. SHERMAN BIO Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman is the Vice Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. He is serving as the chief operations officer to the Superintendent and overseeing the Academy's blend of military training, academics, athletics, and character development for cadets. Gen. Sherman commissioned in 1995 from the Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science. He built a distinguished career as a security forces officer. He's held command at nearly every level. His key assignments include leadership of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB and critical staff positions at the Pentagon. In May 2024, Gen. Sherman was tapped to serve as the Academy's Vice Superintendent   CONNECT WITH GEN. SHERMAN LINKEDIN     ALL PAST LBL EPISODES  |  ALL LBLPN PRODUCTIONS AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PODCAST PLATFORMS       TRANSCRIPT SPEAKERS Guest, Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman '95  |  Host, Lt. Col. (ret.) Naviere Walkewicz '99   Naviere Walkewicz  00:00 Welcome to Long Blue Leadership, the podcast where we share insights on leadership through the lives and experiences of Air Force Academy graduates. I'm Naviere Walkewicz, Class of '99 today. I'm joined by a leader whose career has taken him from the flight line to the halls of Congress and now back to the very institution that launched it all. Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman currently serves as vice superintendent of the Air Force Academy, where he plays a critical role in guiding the development of our future officers and ensuring the Academy remains a world class institution for leadership, character and Day 1 readiness to win the future fight. A 1995 Academy graduate, Gen. Sherman has spent nearly three decades serving in key operational, strategic and command roles. He's led at every level, from squadron to wing command, and his assignments have included everything from nuclear security enterprise to homeland defense, policy development at the Pentagon, and legislative affairs at the highest levels of the Department of the Air Force. Prior to his role as vice superintendent, Gen. Sherman served in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense, where he was a principal military assistant leading policy integration across joint staff, interagency services and combatant commands. He's perhaps best known in command circles for leading the 88th Air Base wing at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, one of the largest and most complex wings in the Air Force, with a focus on people first, leadership and mission excellence. Gen. Sherman, welcome to Long Blue Leadership. We're so glad you're here too.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  01:32 It is great to be here. Thank you.   Naviere Walkewicz  01:33 We're excited and we're going to dive right in, because I think what is so special for our listeners is really hearing these moments that have changed your life. I'd like to start at the Academy. You turned down a pilot slot. You were rated, but said no.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  01:48 Well, actually it was a little bit before that. You know, it's kind of interesting, because that was the draw that brought me here, is I just had this incredible passion to want to fly, and I love flying, and I truly enjoyed it, especially through all the different airmanship programs and things like and things like that we had here. The experiences were fantastic. But, you know, as I was starting to learn more about myself going through the Academy, I was starting to feel my heart getting pulled in a direction of wanting to really lead people and really spend a lot of time working with the enlisted. And I think that came from a couple different areas. I think it was some really unique exposure that I got during my ops Air Force time, which I went to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, during ops, and just had our action officer that worked this, I think just did a phenomenal job. And I really started getting pulled to what was then called security police. That is actually when Laurie and I got together and started dating, because Laurie is here in Colorado Springs, but she grew up as an Air Force brat. My father-in-law is a retired Chief Master Sgt., and so there was a lot of mentorship that was taking place around dining room table when I was a young cadet. And I think one of the things that her parents really taught me was just the value of the enlisted force, and so I was feeling my heart really getting pulled. And so obviously, there's a conundrum. There's a conundrum on what were the root desires that brought me here — what were the things that I was learning as a cadet, my joy of flying, and also, particularly the culture at that time, was that that was really the job that you needed to aspire to be, that was the expectation of cadets. And so then to really kind of run counter to that strong current was really kind of a unique, you know, almost unnavigated area, right? And so to really kind of take the story out to its next level is that I'd really gotten to a point where talking with people there — we hadn't had the AMT program, but there were these NCOs that were kind of tangentially attached to cadet squadrons. And so I got a chance to talk to one of the master sergeants that was there who was a maintainer by background. And I was kind of pouring my heart out to him on, you know, what had I been talking to him with my now in-laws, about where was my heart pulling me? And so he said, ‘Give me just a second.' And he picked up the phone, and he called my AOC and he goes, ‘Hey, you're gonna be there for a little while.' And this was a Friday afternoon. He said, ‘I got a cadet that needs to come talk to you.' And he hangs up the phone and he goes, ‘Now you go tell your AOC what you just told me.' And so I ended up going to my AOCs office that day, and we had about a two-hour conversation about this. I sat down and really, kind of took the time to explain to him what was I feeling, And obviously, I really try to see the best in people. And so I think from a noble place, he was doing his best to convince me that I was making a grave mistake. And went on to talk to me about what his concerns were, the career field that I was looking at, things along those lines. And we can save that conversation for another time, but I think really where the foundation came in is where we started to talk about leadership. And you know, what I was asking him to do was to pull my rated recommendation form, so we had just submitted them, and I was asking him to pull my rated recommendation form. I didn't want to compete for it anymore. And so we started to talk about leadership. And he says, ‘Hey, Cadet Sherman, you need to understand that leadership in this Air Force is being the lead F-16 pilot on a bombing run, you know, putting iron on target.' And that's true. It's a very important part of leadership. It is a very important part of tactical operational leadership in this Air Force. So he's not wrong in that space. But I was looking at it from a different lens, and I was looking at it, I think, on a larger level. And what I don't think he realized is that 30 seconds before I walked into his office, he set me up for success. I just happened to be waiting outside the office, and all of a sudden, I looked on his cork board, and somebody, and I don't know who it was, had pinned a note that was written to Airman Magazineby an airman first class. And this airman first class titled this, “I need a leader.” And this A1C felt so strongly about what they were feeling — and I have no idea who this person was — felt so strongly about it that they put pen to paper, and this would have been the fall of 1994, and sent this into Airman Magazine, and it says, “I need a leader.” Commissioning sources. ‘Send us lieutenants that we can look up to that will hold us accountable when we do wrong, that will encourage us when we do well, that will be an example that we can look up to, that will care about us as human beings, because you are not sending them to us now. Air Force, I need a leader.' Like that 30 seconds just before I walked into his office — that changed my life, and it changed my life, because for me, at that moment, what I was getting ready to go ask my AOC to do, what I was looking at inside myself, that became my charge. And so as we spoke, you know, 20-year-old Cadet First Class Sherman — I might have been a 21-year-old at the time — Cadet First Class Sherman pushed back on my AOC, and I said, ‘Sir, I disagree.' I said, ‘I want to be that guy. I want to be that guy that that A1c is asking for on your cork board outside, because that's leadership in this Air Force.' And so, to his credit, he said, ‘Hey, I want you to go think about this over the weekend. You know, think about what you're doing. Come back to me on Monday. No questions asked. I'll pull it if you want me to.' And I left there, and I remember feeling like, not like a weight had been lifted off my shoulder, but I almost felt like this sense of like, ‘Now I've got my purpose,' because that little article has shaped me my entire career, and I mean to this day, and at a scale. You know, as a lieutenant, my scale is this big on what I'm affecting to help do and be what that A1C needs to a wing commander. I always keep it in the back of my head, and after all of these years, I am still thinking about, Am I doing right by that A1C that 31 years ago, felt so strongly about something that they wrote a note to Airman Magazine, and that became my charge.   Naviere Walkewicz  08:09 That is incredibly powerful. I'm a little bit without words, because I'm thinking about, first off, being brave enough to disagree with an AOC. I mean, I think that takes courage in showing your leadership there. Were you always like that? Have you always been someone that is steadfast in a decision and being able to kind of speak out?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  08:30 So I get that from my parents. And, you know, I grew up in Corona, California. My mom and dad are amazing people. And we didn't grow up with a lot of money, and we grew up from a pretty meager background, and my mom and dad had made a decision early on in their marriage, when they had my sister and I, that my mom was going to focus to make sure that Nancy and I got an education, and my dad was going to work as many jobs as he had to to put food on the table. And sometimes my dad was holding down three jobs to make sure that we had nutritious food to eat, and my mom was working miracles to make sure that we were fed well, but that also that she was dedicated and had the time to volunteer for things like PTA, being involved as a class volunteer, making sure that we were involved in things and had exposure to things that what they did was they also instilled in me this really strong blue collar work ethic. And it was this aspect of, if I just roll up my sleeves and put in the work, anything is possible. And so on that line, this young kid growing up with a West Coast father and an East Coast mother, and just this, really neat family background that things for me, that I believed in I would go after with all of my heart and soul. And so I found out about the Academy when I was 12 years old. And so, you know, when I at 12 years — we were going to a community event there in Corona, and there was an officer recruiter — Capt. Craig. was her name — and we started talking. She says, ‘Hey, did anybody talk to you about the Air Force Academy?' And I said, ‘No, this sounds great.' So from there, I just made this decision as a 12-year-old, and I worked all the way through junior high and high school to get here, because to go to your point like, ‘I made a decision, I'm gonna see this thing through.'   Naviere Walkewicz  10:30 Whoa. OK, so you knew you were going to the Academy before you graduated high school.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  10:35 Yes, in my mind, there was no other option.   Naviere Walkewicz  10:39 And so anyone in your family serve, or were you the first one in your family to serve?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  10:43 So I am the first officer and career member of the family. My dad was drafted and went to Vietnam in 1967 and stayed through Tet of 1968. I had an uncle, Harry Lee Schmidt, who was a C-47 loadmaster in World War II and Korea, and my grandfather was actually a part of the initial kind of what was the foundation of the OSS and the Navy doing beach recon on beaches in the South Pacific, prior to island hopping campaign and island landings. And so there was this real heritage of service, right? Just not career service. But even then, as a kid, I always had in my mind, ‘OK, one way or another, I'm going to serve, and if I do an enlistment and then go to college afterwards —' but I had this idea that, ‘OK, I'm going to serve,' and then all of a sudden, this became this amazing conduit that got me here, right?   Naviere Walkewicz  11:38 And they also had ties to aviation. How did they feel about your decision, your family?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  11:43 It was interesting, because they knew how passionate I was about aviation growing up. I mean, we did not miss an air show at March Air Force Base, the Chino air show, which was planes of fame, which was all historic aircraft. I volunteered as a high school student to work there, and we helped restore airplanes with me and my friends. You know, it was interesting, because my parents were very supportive in ‘OK, where's your heart leading you? And, what makes you feel so strongly about this?' Because when I first talked to him on the phone, I called him from Ramstein Air Base and said, ‘Hey, I think I know what I want to do in the Air Force. I want to go to security police. And my mom was like, ‘What's that? And, so, as time went by and I explained it, I think my parents probably all along knew that that was probably going to be a very good fit. And then after commissioning and at my first assignment, I think that they were certain of it, right? Yeah, they were absolutely certain.   Naviere Walkewicz  12:37 That is amazing. Well, I want to dive into this profession a bit, because it's interesting. You know, you've mentioned, when you came in, it was security police, and, security forces and you hear people saying defenders and peacekeepers. So there's this lineage and this heritage. Can you maybe talk a little bit about that and then maybe lead us into that next transformational moment that you might have had in this role?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  12:58 OK, I'm very proud of the fact that, you know, I am part of an ever decreasing group of folks that came in when we were still security police, and that was really still the peacekeeper days, because this was all kind of the follow on on the Cold War. The peacekeepers were our cold warriors and that was a huge part. Our defenders came in and really, that name started to really grow in 1997 when the name changed from security police to security forces, and we were actually going back to some of our heritage that was in Operation Safeside, which was the combat security police squadrons in Vietnam. So when you think about the courage that was displayed during the Tet Offensive at places like Tan Son Nhat that those were safe side warriors that were a part of these combat security police squadrons. And so the very — part of the lineage of the very beret, and flash that we have is actually a tip of the hat to the lighter blue berets, and that flash with the Falcon and the crossed runways that goes back, actually, to our Safeside heritage days. The beret goes back even farther than that. It goes back to Strategic Air Command, Elite Guard back in the 1950s. So it's this great lineage. And so, you know, for me, part of it was like when I got my first beret, wow, that meant something to me. And then, you know, as we then kind of transformed along the way, and this amazing career field grew, and the aspects of this air based ground defense, which was really, I would say, was kind of the draw that got me into wanting to go into security police, was I really liked this idea of, ‘How do we do base defense?' The law enforcement side was intriguing to me, but it was based defense that just had me just had me captivated.   Naviere Walkewicz  14:44 And was that something that you found out early in your career? After you graduate the Academy, you're now in security police. Is that when you kind of realized, ‘This is where I want to go in, air, base, ground defense.'?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  14:54 It even happened at ops. So as we were spending time with the security police squadron, I ended up spending time with a captain who was heading up the Elite Guard, and there was an interaction we had as I was doing a ride along. He's like, ‘Hey, you need to come see me.' And so I went and met up with him, and he took me around and introduced me to all of his airmen that were part of the guard. He knew something all about them. And then we went to his office and talked, and he had gone to Ranger School and Airborne and things like that, and said, ‘Hey, like, the future of the career field is actually us looking to the past.' And really kind of got me fired up on what we call back then, air base ground defense. So when I got to McChord — McChord Air Force Base was my first duty station. And the great thing about going to AMC first is it AMC is a mobility — I mean, it is all about mobility and the operations associated with it. And so the first thing that that my task was as the second lieutenant in that squadron was, I was the air base ground defense flight commander. So that was, I mean — we would go out to Fort Lewis, and we would bivouac for days. And I had, you know, a 44 person team that was a base defense sector. I had specialized K-9 units heavy weapons. And back in those days, we had 81mm mortar teams and fire direction centers that we would set up. So I just got completely on board with the air base defense piece. And so that was that was very passionate for me, which then made the next step to Korea an absolutely logical next location, going to the wolf pack at Kunsan, not only getting a chance to then stand up Gwangju as a part of the first Air Expeditionary Unit to go back to Korea since the Korean War, but then doing the mobile reserve aspect of it. And it was just a great assignment.   Naviere Walkewicz  16:40 Wow. So you were right in from the very beginning. You got kind of just into it all.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  16:45 So when we go back, when you were talking to me about, ‘Hey, when you make your mind up...' So I had this five-year plan built out. And, you know, my five-year plan was ‘OK, I'm gonna do my first assignment at the first opportunity to PCS. I need to go remote. I need to go to Korea. And then, OK, how can I get another overseas assignment after that? And then what do I need?' So the thought was, “Let me get to as many match comms as I can, as fast as I can in my career, and use that as a place — OK, because I want to build my experience base out. Because even as a lieutenant and young captain, I didn't want to come across as a one-trick pony. So my thought was, “Let me just get as much as I could under my belt early on.' And so after I left Kunsan, I ended up going to Aviano Air Base in Italy, which, for me, when you look at like those moments in life that are transformational, this was transformational on a different level. You know, some assignments you go to are very much professional growth assignments. This assignment, for me, was very much a personal growth assignment.   Naviere Walkewicz  17:52 OK, so tell me more.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  17:55 I mean, when you think about it, four years at USAFA, very uniquely focused on a plate that is overflowing with things that you need to get done. So you are, you're focused on, you know, everything from grades to military training to all of those things. And then I get to my first base, and I am just working, and I'm volunteering for everything, and we have got a heavy ops tempo of exercises and things like that. And my leadership was fantastic, because they were throwing me into every opportunity I could. And then, boom, I go to Korea, and that is a unique warfighting focused — and at Kunsan especially was heavily warfighting focused. So now all of a sudden I am spending really, when you think about it, the last almost seven years being uniquely focused on mission, right? And so I get to Aviano Air Base, Italy, and the first thing that happens is Operation Allied Force kicks off. So I get there in January, boom. Allied Force kicks off. I think it was in end of February, beginning of March. And wow, what? Again, what an amazing, mission focused experience. And then after we finished up Allied Force and the base returned back to more of its steady-state standpoint, it was the Italians that took me under their wings, that because I made a specific choice, because I grew up — my mom's side of the family are all Italian immigrants — and I was always at my Nonnie and Papa's house, and there was just a lot of that growing up, which is that whole, like, you know, West Coast dad, East Coast mom thing, but I didn't know, you know, my mom and her brothers never spoke Italian. And there was a lot of that, that thought back in those days that, you know, ‘Hey, we're here to be American, so we're going to learn English, and we're not going to speak, you know, the language that we came from,' right? And so my mom and her brothers really never learned to speak Italian. And so my thought was, ‘Gosh, I grew up with this as such a strong part of my childhood that I need to put myself in a position where I can learn the language and start to kind of get an appreciation on the culture. Together.' And so I specifically — and really lucked out on a location, but I was about 20 kilometers away from Aviano. I was in an amazing town. I was the only American living in the complex that I was in. So I was like, ‘If I'm going to learn, I need to just dive in the way that you do, in the way that I do, and just start learning.' And so I ended up kind of building this support group of Italian families that all kind of took me under their wings.   Naviere Walkewicz  20:27 Wait, I have to ask you a question, because back when you're at the Academy, you said you spoke to your now in-laws. So was Laurie not a part of this?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  20:35 So Laurie and I, right. So that's an important part of the story. Laurie and I dated for two years while I was a cadet, and when I was in tech school, her and I made the very difficult decision — and as painful it was — to part ways, so her and I actually parted ways for a few years. I was single at the time. Laurie was still here in Colorado Springs, and I was getting a lot of assignments under my belt, which, to be honest with you, you know, in retrospect, it was very fortunate, because I may not have made the same assignment choices had I been married at the time. And because I wasn't married, there were no other variables that I needed to factor in, other than personal experience goals, right, that I wanted to play into, and so I could just put down whatever assignment I wanted, and that allowed me the opportunity to just focus on job. And while Laurie and I stayed in touch, and I stayed in touch with her parents over the years, I was in Aviano, and her and I were not together at that point,   Naviere Walkewicz  21:39 That makes sense. I was like, why were you alone in Italy?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  21:43 It's a fair question. But I also think that being single in that environment allowed me — and that's where I think it helped me develop as a person. And so there are a lot of, I think, really wonderful things that happened during that time, and that was because I was so uniquely mission focused. It was these, this amazing group of Italian friends together, that really kind of taught me about there, there's a time to relax, you know, there's a time to work, there's a time to relax, and there's also a real human need to enjoy life and enjoy time together, which is quintessentially Italian. And so, as my pool of this, these amazing people — that  by the way, for the last 25 years, we've been going to visit. It's the same families that took me under their wings when I was a lieutenant, are the same families that were all tuning in as we were doing a live stream of me pinning on my second star. And so I've never been stationed anywhere else in my career where I felt more at home. And so I think this sense of like, ‘Wow. This like independently as my own person, this feels like home.' And as time went by and I started to get an appreciation for actually things that were a part of my childhood. Because, you know, we would have these long, huge meals, we would spend four or five hours at the table as a family. And for me, this was all normal. Well, that was also a part of kind of normal Italian life and normal Italian culture. You're not going out to dinner with your friends unless you're investing at least three hours at the restaurant. But for me, this was all — this felt normal to me. And so it was about, you know, you don't need to eat your food in five minutes.   Naviere Walkewicz  So contrary to USAFA, by the way.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN You know, you don't need to chew no more than seven times and swallow. So it was about experiencing that, and learning even just some things that became personal passions. Like, you know, how wine is made and why wine pairing matters, and how is this process? And so all of a sudden, this personal experience — and I think growing as a human being was taking place there, and I was maturing as a human being because I had gotten all of this phenomenal job experience under my belt, but this was where I was growing as a human being. And you know what's interesting, as time has gone by, I have noticed just how impactful that time was, because there are things that I've noticed, even as a senior officer, that I feel very strongly about, that I don't think I felt as strongly about as a junior officer, and it was because of that experience, and it was the aspect of when people are on leave, let's let them take leave. There is a part of the human experience that you need to enjoy time with people that you care about, because what it does is you're not slacking off from work. You're not leaving everybody hanging. What's happening is that, because you're taking some time to just enjoy life with people you care about, when you come back, the restorative effects that have taken place because you simply breathe and you enjoyed what it was that you were doing and whatever your passion was, you know, unencumbered, you could enjoy that. And we all realize that there are times, especially as you get into positions of authority, that, hey, they're going to need to call you periodically. But what was interesting is that, especially, I mean, I'll give an example as a wing commander. As a wing commander, despite realizing how important that mission is and how big Wright-Patt was, we, Laurie and I took leave, and we took two weeks of leave, and we went back to Italia and visited our friends and enjoyed life, because the culture helps us to slow down. But what it also did is I gave my staff some parameters. ‘Hey, here are the things that I think are important, like on a scale of one to 10. Here are the things that I think are an eight. So an eight or higher, call me. Don't text me.' I said, ‘Physically call me, because I will answer the phone knowing it's for — and then you have my undivided attention.' But what it also does is it means that my vice wing commander who is there, that I am empowering my vice wing commander and showing to everybody else I trust this leader to lead this wing in my absence. And if it's something that really needs my involvement, they'll get a hold of me. But I think our junior leaders need to see that at the senior most levels, that I can physically trust and emotionally trust my vice, my deputy, to hold things down while I'm gone, and that I'm not irreplaceable, and that if I did my job as a leader, I set the conditions that allowed the wing to thrive in my absence, and didn't mean that the wing had to hang on every decision I made or every word that I said, that I set the conditions that allowed them to be successful and fostered the leadership that allowed them to lead in my absence. And I felt great while I was gone, because I knew the people that we had there, and I knew the investment that we made in them. So that was kind of a long, you know, trip around this…   Naviere Walkewicz  27:26 I mean, I think it was so powerful that you kind of learned that about yourself in Italy. And then would you say that there was anyone that you saw emulating that? Or was it just something over time, you developed this realization that you need to enjoy life and you need to allow people the space to do so.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  27:43 So I would say the people that I was emulating in that aspect were a lot of the families that were there. I have been fortunate that I have worked for some commanders who, at different times in their life felt the same way. Conversely, I also worked for commanders that did not feel the same way. And, you know, an interesting case in point on something that on an experience I had in a command bill and after I had left Aviano — this is when Laurie and I were back together; we were married at this point. I had a group commander that was frustrated about me taking leave and called me every day at 1500; every day at 1500 I got a telephone call. And you know what that does is now all of a sudden, you're eating lunch, and the clock is getting closer to 1500 and you start to get that knot in your stomach and you're like, ‘OK, what are we going to talk about today?' And so, unfortunately you don't see some of the same appreciation for that across the board. So how do we deal with it? The best thing that we deal with it is that that's where the buck stops. We don't pass it down to our people. So after I got the call from him, I didn't call back to the squadron. I got the call from him. We went through the call, we answered the questions, and I didn't then immediately turn around and call back to my ops officer who was running the Squadron at the time, and say, XYZ. And we just left it there, because at that point in time, the bucks got to stop it at that point. So I think that that's kind of the, you know, the alpha and the omega of learning and then also having your own personal resilience and courage to say, ‘I accept that the buck stops here, and I'm not going to let this roll downhill to my people.'   Naviere Walkewicz  29:41 That's an excellent leadership lesson, because I was going to ask you, ‘What does that look like, and how would you how would you handle that?' And so you went right into that. Thank you so much for that. So what has it been like leading security forces — defenders? What's it been like? Has there been a moment in time where — a particular assignment or something's really stuck into your mind or into your heart, because it's just really affected you?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  30:05 Absolutely. I will tell you, as we go back, as we were kind of talking about decisions that you make in your youth, and that critical decision that I made in the fall of '94 I mean, I have worked with some of the most amazing people I've worked in my life. I have gotten a chance to go to places I never thought that I would see. And so, when you kind of roll up, I would say it was my final squadron command, and I would say that that was a real culminating squadron command. So I commanded four squadrons, and we command early, and we command often, and there's a lot of responsibility that that's placed on us as young officers to command as a young officer. And so having the opportunity to command two times as a captain, or one time, you know, as a major-select, then as a major, then as a lieutenant colonel. So that culminating command would have been Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in May of 2012 to May of 2013 and you know, it was interesting because all of my previous squadron commands had all been vested in either the contingency response or the kind of combat contingency environments. And it was almost like all of those were leading me to this moment. So let me just kind of set the conditions on what Bagram was like at that point in time. We had grown the squadron to about a 1,200-person squadron, huge squadron. And what we were also responsible for is we had taken over battle space ownership from the Army. So the Air Force was controlling 220 square miles of battle space throughout Parwan province, which is a huge. I mean, it's twice the size of Washington, D.C., if you want to try to give a comparison, more or less is fair to look at that level as just a huge amount of terrain in which our airmen were responsible from everything from humanitarian operations and goodwill outreach to engagements to literal kinetic action and combat in the battle space. And so a part of this culmination was, was an environment where as the defense force commander — as that squadron commander to them as a lieutenant colonel at that point — I mean how we are weaving ourselves into their lives, and how we are working with their section commanders, and how we're working and managing the value of our perimeter defenses with our teams that were going outside of the wire doing legitimate patrolling and engagement and things along those lines, was huge. And I think that that is an example. And when you look in the rearview mirror to say, ‘Gosh, now this, a lot of this makes sense, like all of these assignments, whether by design or whether by fate, somehow gave me an experience that at this moment, I needed it most.' And I think, as I talk, we've really enjoyed being here with the cadets and talking to them about, how does a leader really develop trust, and how does trust really manifest itself? And so, through the time that we were there, and the engagement as their leader — not just the leader who's just simply circulating, because that's important, but they also need to see your decision making and your strategic thought. And how do you react under pressure? How are you reacting as we've got incoming in, and what do you do being the person in the joint defense operations center, helping to manage that, and how are you both taking care of people, and how are you managing mission? And they see that. And so I would say that the development of that level of trust, especially in an environment where you are literally dealing with high costs, is huge. And so I think there was one, situation that really rests on my heart that and I don't talk about this to give validation, but I think I talk about it on it's about how people connect, and why do I feel so strongly that leadership is a human experience, like this is a what we are doing as a human experience. And so I was retiring my chief. So I was asked by my chief at Bagram — this was some years later. He's out of the 105th Base Defense Squadron out of the New York Air National Guard, and him and I were a phenomenal team there. Dave Pritchard and I just made a great team. And so he was retiring, and asked me to come back and do his retirement. So we had done the retirement ceremony. We were at the VFW afterwards, having his after-party and so forth. And so I had gone into the bathroom for a comfort break and washed my hands and things like that. And I noticed, as I was kind of moving towards the bathroom, there was kind of a young man who was kind of floating. You know, floating around. And so I came out of the restroom as I was finished, and he was waiting there at the exit of the restroom for me, and kind of, you know, got in front of me, and he stood there, and he looked at me, and he goes, ‘Hey, sir, I just, I needed to let you know this, that I was one of the airmen in one of your patrols that got hit by an IED, and he said, your investment in us, and the words that you used and when you came to talk to us, and the faith that you had in us gave me the courage to go back outside of the wire when you asked us to go back outside.' And so why that rests so heavy is when you think about what, what is the what is the con? The consequence there is that somebody believed in you so much that when you spoke to them and said the word, they were going to go back out and do it again, in spite of what had just happened to you. And I don't think there is any stronger level of trust that you can ask from somebody than to have one of those moments. And so that moment just resides very, very heavy on my soul, because I think it puts into real, tangible context, what is the responsibility of leadership? What is your responsibility of leadership?   Naviere Walkewicz  36:42 I'm letting that sit a little bit, because I can't even imagine the amount of feeling that you had first for him, the courage to share that with you. Because I'm sure that he really wanted to share that. I'm curious if you can remember perhaps, what he might have been referring to, like what you were sharing with the men and women there.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  37:02 So, you know, it was also a part of things that, in times after Bagram have really been used for me as a senior leader on why I reinforced the importance of values. And, this was one particular incident there that really comes to mind is, and I use this when I when I talk to people, because I again, it's the consequence, and it's why our responsibility as leaders to set the right conditions and culture and all of that is so incredibly valuable. And so I talked to people about a story about we had had a situation where we had some real destabilization in the battle space. There was a particular village that we were having some unique challenges with, and we were doing a lot of kind of battlefield shaping, and we were doing some particular village engagement, and the engagement just wasn't happening. And so we were now kind of starting to escalate our interaction with the village a little bit more and as we were doing that, we were now going to start doing more shaping operations. So it just so happens that one of these nights —this was in the late fall, early winter of 2012 — and we were sending one of our patrols outside to do some shaping and engagement operation there. But this was in the evening. This was a different aspect that we were working for this particular mission. And so mounted up that the airmen are ready to go. They're pushing outside, they're right on time, and everything is going according to plan, and they are getting close to what we call the objective rally point. So that was where they were going to rally up before they actually moved into the village after that. And so everything was going according to plan. And the only thing they needed to do before they got to the objective rally point was really kind of go down a small gully over a rise, and then they meet at their objective rally point at that point. And so teams are moving out. First truck over the rise, getting to the point. Second truck over, everything's going fine. Third truck over, fourth truck after that, BOOM, off goes the IED. And what had happened is, they were waiting for this opportunity, and they knew exactly what to do. And that is, if you hit the last truck in the movement, you've got three trucks that are gone ahead of time, and now we've got folks in a very precarious situation. And so what I talk to people about, when we talk about conditions and the real impact that a leader has, is I'll talk to them about who was in that truck, who was in that MRAP that we were sending down at that point in time. And inside that MRAP was the face of America. And the explosion was significant, and it did some considerable damage. It threw the engine out of it, penetrated the hole, ripped one of the doors off the side in the front. And so, you know, the truck commander was National Guard from, actually from Tennessee, and he had gotten injured, broken an arm because that door had peeled back. And as the door peeled back, his arm got caught and broke his arm. The driver, Asian American coming out of the state of California, active duty. He had injuries to his legs because of the penetration of the hole. We had a gunner up in the turret, African American female from the New York Air National Guard. She had a broken pelvis at the time, and she just stayed on the gun the entire time despite her injuries. We had our radio operator. European American female coming from the Midwest. She was actually Air Force Reserve. She had a case of TBI from the explosion, and she was still making calls on the radio. We had two of our riflemen in the back, both came from Hispanic heritage, one of them from Puerto Rican heritage, one of them from Mexican heritage. They were very fortunate that while they got tossed around the back and had some minor TBI issues, they were more or less bumps and bruises, and they were all by themselves. Yeah, because they were all alone, they were in the middle of Afghanistan, they had just gotten hit. And so for me, what's so important about that story is that if we did not set the right culture and the right values and the right expectations and be in a leader by example, and they were harassing each other on Bagram, and they were assaulting each other on Bagram, and they weren't respecting each other on Bagram, and they didn't care about each other on Bagram, they would have died out there that night. But they treated each other like a family, and they cared about each other like a family, and they took care of each other like a family that night, and they lived and they all came home. So for me, if we're going to talk about what is the true consequence of leadership — and I use consequence deliberately, because oftentimes that's used in a pejorative manner — but this is the true result of your actions, that if you don't set those conditions, then you are legitimately putting your people at risk. And so that whole experience at Bagram, and in so many ways that we all carry our scars and our bruises and things like that. I wouldn't trade that experience for the world, but that was tough. And I often describe it as a tale of two cities. You know, it was the best of times. It was the worst of times.   Naviere Walkewicz  42:34 I think a lot of times, when leaders go through experiences like that, they have some more fortunate than others, but a support network. And I would guess it would be your family. How has your family played a role in these moments in your life, in helping you as a leader?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  42:54 So I will say it's primarily my wife. I have got this wonderful support of parents and my in-laws and so forth. And what's been truly fortunate is how close I am with my in-laws. Because when Laurie and I were dating while I was a cadet, anytime I had an overnight or weekend pass, I was over at her mom and dad's house and so I think that being married to somebody that has truly known you from the beginning, you know, where, whether we got a training weekend going on, or something like that, or I'm working first BCT or whatnot, that Laurie was a unique part of all of these things. And I would say that it has been incredibly heartwarming to watch her interact with the cadets here, because it's fun, because her and I do everything together. And so as we're going to events, I'll have a group of cadets that I'm talking to, and then I'll look over and Laurie's surrounded by a group of cadets who are asking her just very insightful questions about our experiences together, and ‘Was it tough sending them away on deployments?' Or how, you know, in those tough times, ‘How do you how do you keep your marriage together?' Just really insightful questions to ask, but she has just been so central to everything that I do. And so going back a little bit and talking about, like the strength of our relationship and how much that helps, we actually needed to have that breakup period as horribly painful as that was, and wow, was I carrying a torch for her all of those years. I mean, I remember, you know, as time was going by, I would talk to my mom, and I'd be like, ‘Mom, I just wish that Laurie could see the man that I become.' But we needed that time because oftentimes, and what we found in ourselves, we didn't know it at the time, because you're living in your environment and you can't see it, right? Is that in youth, things are often absolutes. And you often will get to a place where you're starting your marriage, your relationship is growing. And if you start to talk about marriage, there are things that we have found were absolutes for us. You know, certain things that we did, how we practiced our faith. Did we open up presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but the expectation was somebody was going to have to give up their particular tradition to conform to the tradition of one of the spouses. And in your youth, that seems reasonable, and I think we needed that time to be apart, having had that time together at such an important time in each of our lives here. But we needed that time apart, because I think we needed that frame of reference as we grew as people into adults. Grew as young adults. And now all of a sudden here I'm getting multiple assignments, and now being thrust into leadership positions with accountability and authority, and then coming back to that, all of a sudden, you're realizing, ‘Gosh, the world just isn't always in absolutes. And maybe a marriage doesn't have to be zero sum, but maybe a marriage can be positive sum.' And do we really have to make somebody give up something that is important to them, that is a part of their identity? Because somehow you feel like you have to conform your marriage into one side or the other. And so, I think for us that was that was so incredibly important. So to kind of get to that story is that, you know, I left Aviano and I went to Al Dhafra. I was in Al Dhafra actually for September 11. It was my first squadron command, but it was a squadron command I wasn't expecting, because I came there as a chief of security forces for about a 70-person security forces flight as a part of the 763rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Al Dhafra. And then all of a sudden, 9/11 happens, and we went from about 400 people on Al Dhafra to about 4,000. And you know, U-2s came in, ISR platforms came in. Everything changed. And all of a sudden, this 70-person security forces flight that I had grew into about a 350-person security forces squadron. And AFSET said, ‘Hey, Sherman, you built it, you keep it, and we'll replace you with a major when you leave.' And I was a six-year captain, and so then finishing up that assignment, and I got picked up for — there was a point to that story — but it was about coming back, is that, hey, I got these new, unique experiences that grew me under my belt. And then I came back to do an AFIT program at Cal State San Bernardino. And that was the moment that brought Laurie and I back together.   Naviere Walkewicz  In what way?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN And so, I had a health scare. Nobody knows what it was. We never figured it out. Doctors never figured it out. But it was one of those things, like, all of a sudden, I shotgun something out to everybody I knew. I said, ‘Hey, doctors are a little bit concerned, you know, keep me in your thoughts.' And so Laurie, Laurie is like, ‘Holy cow, you can't just send a one liner and leave it at that.' So she called my mom and dad and said, ‘What's his phone number?' And so it started to turn into ‘Hey, give me all of your test results after you get it back.' Then pretty soon we're talking a couple times a week, and then pretty soon we're talking every other day, and then we are talking every day. And the beauty of this was that we already knew each other, so we already knew what everybody's favorite color was — by the way, Laurie's is purple. We knew what music each other liked. We knew things about each other. And some of the things that actually drew us together when we were dating here was, you know, we had things like some common family traditions, like, you know, Italian fish on Christmas Eve and sitting around the table for hours and stuff like that were all things that we had in common. So we already knew that about each other. Now, her and I on the phone, we're getting into some real, like substantive discussions, children, faith. How do you how you raise children? How do you know, what are we going to do for different traditions? What happens if I have to take a remote; what does that mean? And so we were getting into these really, deep conversations. And, you know, I would come back from either class or then when I PCs to the security forces center out at Lackland, you know, I would come home from work, and this was in the old flip phone days where you had a battery that came off the back. So I would have one battery in the charger, and then I would have an earbud in, and I'd have the phone in my pocket. Yeah, and I'd come home and to call her, and we would just go throughout the evening. So I'm ironing BDUs at the time, shining my boots and stuff like that, and so, and we were just talking. And then we were just kind of like living life together. And, after that point, it became very clear that those two young people who sincerely cared about each other, now, each of us grew up and had experiences in a place that allowed us to really appreciate each other and really love each other. And you know, we were married just a little over a year after that. And it has been phenomenal, her support. And I think one of the great testaments to that was, 10 days after we got married, I went to Baghdad, but she's like, ‘I grew up in the Air Force. I know how this works. We're gonna move the house. I'll get the house put together.' And she's also a professional in her own right, which is great. So she was working in a legal office here as a paralegal and legal assistant here in Colorado Springs, and has been a GS employee for the last 18-plus years. So what's great is she, too has her own aspect of service. What I love about it is that in the jobs that she's in and then the jobs that I'm in, we can talk shop, and then we cannot talk shop, right? And so she's the first person I go to if I have to ask a question, she's the first person that I'll go to say, ‘Hey, did I do that right? Or do I need to backtrack on that a little bit?' Because she knows me, and she knows me completely, and that level of trust and love and faith that we have for each other has truly enabled me to be able to serve our airmen on a level that I don't think would have been possible without her.   Naviere Walkewicz  51:59 Would you say that she's had a role in your development as a leader, in the way that you lead.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  52:05 Oh, absolutely, absolutely, because, and I love it, because her experience as a brat and her dad as a chief gives her a very unique lens to look through. And so the advice that she gives me she can give me from her teenage self in some way, you know, from that experience, watching how her dad interacted with something or knowing her aspect about this. And then as she's developed professionally, working on the E-Ring at the Pentagon a couple different times, working for very senior leaders, knows how to navigate that space. So then I'll go to her for advice, like, ‘Hey, how did your boss handle something like this?' ‘Well, let me tell you what, how we work through this...' And so I would absolutely say that that Laurie has uniquely influenced and helped me to become the best version of myself that I can be.   Naviere Walkewicz  53:03 Wow. Well, I want to ask you a little bit about developing yourself as well, because one of the questions we like to ask is, what are you doing every day to make yourself a better leader? Can you share what that might be?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  53:17 I've said it a couple times during this: I truly believe that leadership is a human experience, so for me, it's about the interaction. And so oftentimes, advice that I've given to people — like there are amazing resources abound that can help people, give people leadership perspectives, and we can either learn it from history, or we can learn it through study. We can learn it through analysis. We can learn it through books. And I've always talked to people about use the external tools that help to grow you, but make sure that you're using it to influence the personality that you already have. Because oftentimes what happens is, is that people will have this really strong desire to say, “OK, I want to make sure that I do this right. And so in doing this right, let me make sure I've got my checklist, and so I'm going to greet them, I'm going to ask them how their family is, I'm going to ask them if the kid did all right in the baseball game. And I'm going to go through my checklist, and if I do that, I fulfill my leadership obligation.' Now not everybody does, and I'm making generalities on but, but I think that there can oftentimes be the allure that when you are focusing on what may be the theory or the principle of the day, and not using it to supplement and grow and mature your personality, that there is a strong allure to want to wholesale replicate what it was that you learned, and you're doing it in a noble place. It's not nefarious. It's being done in a noble, genuine place. But there's that allure to say, ‘OK, good, I really like what I've learned. I'm going to do these things and step through.' And so why I talk so much about the experience, and why I talk so much about the interaction, is that the more that you know the people that you may be influencing by just simply being there and understanding what that means. It means you're eternalizing the value of your presence. You're listening to their stories, and you're understanding for them, what are the things that are motivating them? What are the things that they value? Because each generation, each environment, each condition is going to require something a little bit different from you, and if you don't take the time to understand your environment or generation or cultural nuances or things like that on where you're at, then you are missing that opportunity to develop trust, where they start to believe in you as a person, and not just the rank and position that you hold, because they'll do the right thing for the rank and position that you hold. That's the caliber of people that we have in this Air Force of ours. They'll do the right thing. But if you transcend that in the fact that they believe in you wholeheartedly and trust you, oftentimes with their own lives, it means that you've invested something into them, where they truly know that you care. And that goes back to that A1C on the cork board that said, ‘I need somebody who cares about me as a person.'   Naviere Walkewicz  56:41 You know, as I think about what you've experienced through your career and the lessons you've learned, both professionally and personally, what would you say to yourself back then that you should be doing back then to get to where you're at now? Because we have listeners that are like, ‘What can I start planting today, that will bloom down the road?'   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  57:03 Absolutely. And so I think if I was to go back and put my arm around Cadet First Class Sherman, I think what I would do is — because it is, it is oftentimes easy to look in the crystal clear mirror of hindsight, right? But I think instead, what I would do is I would put my arm around him and say, ‘Keep following your heart and let the failures happen, because the failures are going to grow and let the stumbles happen and enjoy the triumphs with people and be appreciative for what got you there.' And I think it would be more of the encouragement of like, ‘You have laid out a path for you take the path wherever it goes, the joy, the pain, the triumph, the failure, all of those things, because all of that helps to develop the leader.' And oftentimes you want to go back and say, gosh, if I was going to talk to my previous self, then I would say, ‘Ah, don't do that one thing,' right? But I'm looking at it saying that if I didn't do that one thing, then I'm not sure that I would be where I'm at at a time to make sure I didn't do that thing at a moment that was incredibly catastrophic. And so while we have this desire to want to prevent ourselves from the failure, I think that what we have to do is say you're going to fail and you need to fail, and it's going to sound — relish in the failure, because it is often emotionally troubling, especially those of us that come here because we are Type A perfectionist, and that's part of the draw of coming to this amazing place. Is there a certain personality traits that help us to be successful here, but not all of those personality traits make us uniquely successful in all situations outside, and so you've got to have that failure at some point in time. And the failure that you can get up and say, ‘OK, I did this. This happened. My soul is bruised. My ego is bruised. I may have to take a little bit of accountability for this. OK, now I need to have the courage to take the next step forward again.' Because I could easily retreat back to a safe place, and I could become risk averse, and all that does is hurt the people around you. OK. I have to have the courage to breathe and take the step again and get back in there. So I would tell my — I don't think I would want to prevent myself from doing anything. I think even the growth that took place while Laurie and I were apart — and, like I said, that torch that I carried for her — I think if I had whispered in my ear and said, ‘Hey, just relax, you're gonna marry her.' I think I needed that torch, because that in my own mind and my own emotion was me needing to become a better man, and so I think I needed to go through — like, sometimes you need the struggle, and sometimes the things that are most valuable are the things that you had to go through the struggle for, right? And I think that's where my blue collar ethics background comes in. It's like, I'm just going to roll up my sleeves and I'm going to work through the struggle.   Naviere Walkewicz  1:00:36 Wow. Well, we took a look back. I just want to ask you a question forward. So do you think about legacy? And what do you want your legacy to be? Is that something that plays in your mind as you wake up each morning or go to lead people?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  1:00:50 I think the way that I look at it is, I look at it in a in a different aspect, and the way that I look at it is in a very confined point to point. It's not about what is going to be Tom Sherman's legacy when he retires someday, but was that interaction that I had with somebody to give them some encouraging words when they fell down, did that matter to them at that moment? Because there are people for me in my failures that were commanders, that were leaders, that were mentors, that were senior enlisted, that, you know, grabbed that lieutenant by the arm and helped to lift me up. And their memories are etched in my fabric. And so I think that it's about that individual event that your legacy will live in the people in which you made a difference to them.   Naviere Walkewicz  1:01:49 Well, I'll share with you, I was telling my son — he's a cadet, a third-class cadet, actually, now he's about to be a C2C — that I was doing this podcast with you, and he said, ‘What an incredible leader, Mom, he motivates me. He's so inspiring.' So your legacy is already through my son—   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  1:02:05 Thank you! That means — thank you so much for sharing.   Naviere Walkewicz  1:02:10 —that you really made an impact. So we're going to get to your final thoughts here in a little bit. But before we do, I want to make sure that you know our podcasts publish on every second Tuesday of the month, and you can certainly listen to Gen. Sherman in any of our other podcasts on longblueleadership.org. So Gen. Sherman, what would you like to leave our listeners with today? This has been incredible, by the way. Thank you.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  1:02:32 I have truly enjoyed this, and it's just been — it was just wonderful having the conversation with you, and it's in real honor to be a part of this. I truly believe in what you're doing here.   Naviere Walkewicz  1:02:43 Thank you. It's my pleasure to help share your story and help inspire others. And is there anything we might leave with our listeners that that they can part with tonight?   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  1:02:51 I think, for me, you need to love what you do and love I think, is one of the most powerful words in language. And I don't just say the English language. I say in language because of the strength behind the meaning and how wide the meaning can be impactful. If you love what you do, people will feel that your very presence will make a difference. They'll feel that if you love what you do, then you're being, you know, internally, inspired by the love that you have for what you're being a part of, right? If you love and care about your people, they will follow you to the ends of the Earth, because they know the passion that you have and the belief that you have in them. So I think that as we go back to these things, we oftentimes look at the terms of courage and love may seem diametrically opposed, and I would attest that you can be most courageous and that your courage will be most effective only when it's buttressed by the love that you have in what you do and who you do it with.   Naviere Walkewicz  1:04:08 Thank you, sir, for that. Thank you for being on Long Blue Leadership.   MAJ. GEN. SHERMAN  1:04:11 Absolutely. Thank you. This was a wonderful time. It was a real honor.   Naviere Walkewicz  1:04:14 Thank you. Well, until next time, I'm Naviere Walkewicz. We'll see you on Long Blue Leadership.     KEYWORDS Leadership, Air Force Academy, Major General Thomas P. Sherman, mentorship, personal growth, security forces, work-life balance, family support, continuous improvement, legacy       The Long Blue Line Podcast Network is presented by the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation        

On this episode, we're leaving the 1960's behind and jumping to South Korea in 1980. In Jang Hoon's A Taxi Driver (2017) we get a wild sampling of genres in a remarkably well balanced film. It's an action film. A single father supporting his daughter story. It's dramatic and also quite goofy. It's based on a actual events, but it's also highly fictionalized. It documents political history while being oddly apolitical at times. And it's a journalism film too.  International treasure Song Kang-ho stars as a Seoul cabbie who's transporting a German journalist to cover what is rumored to be a student protest. They both become unlikely witnesses and participants in the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and the massacre at the hands of governemnt forces.  If you're up for a marathon of South Korean films, here is the five film lineup Aaron mentions that covers the politics and events from 1979-1981: The Man Standing Next (2020) The President's Last Bang (2005) 12.12: The Day (2023) A Taxi Driver (2017) The Attorney (2013) Follow us at: Patreon / Instagram / Letterboxd / Facebook 

Mayo de 1980. La ciudad de Gwangju se moviliza contra la dictadura militar de Chun Doo-hwan, que hace unos meses tomó el poder en Corea del Sur. La oposición civil, liderada por los estudiantes universitarios, se subleva a favor de la democracia, pero el ejército reprime cruelmente las protestas disparando indiscriminadamente a la multitud, sin hacer distinciones entre estudiantes y civiles. Tras la sanguinaria matanza, un joven busca el cadáver de un amigo, un alma intenta aferrarse a su cuerpo abandonado y a sus recuerdos, y un país brutalizado busca su voz. En esta novela polifónica, las víctimas y los supervivientes que los lloran se enfrentan a la censura, a la negación, al perdón, a la culpa y a la memoria de un episodio traumático que sigue resonando en nuestros días. Han Kang, galardonada con el premio Nobel de Literatura «por su intensa prosa poética que confronta los traumas históricos y expone la fragilidad de la vida humana», homenajea a las víctimas de la masacre de su ciudad natal a través de las voces de los mártires de la dictadura surcoreana. Actos humanos es una novela brutal, profundamente atemporal y universal que nos habla de las heridas colectivas, la represión y la violencia humana.

Am 20.3.1980 gelingt es dem Kameramann Jürgen Hinzpeter unter Lebensgefahr, das Militärmassaker im südkoreanischen Gwangju zu dokumentieren. Dabei sollte die Welt davon nichts erfahren. Von Thomas Mau.

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Vor 45 Jahren demonstrierten Zehntausende im südkoreanischen Gwangju gegen die Militärdiktatur. Der Aufstand wurde brutal niedergeschlagen. Das Massaker gilt als Wendepunkt in der Geschichte des Landes und prägt das politische Bewusstsein bis heute. Ernst, Sonja www.deutschlandfunk.de, Kalenderblatt

The AFC Champions League Elite Finals are underway and it's the four-time Asian champions Al Hilal who have put down an early marker with an emphatic 7-0 demolition of K League side Gwangju FC. Michael Church was at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah to watch all the action and provided this report on a night in which Al Hilal reminded everyone of why they are 'Asia's Leader'. Be sure to follow The Asian Game on all our social media channels: X: https://twitter.com/TheAsianGame IG: https://instagram.com/theasiangame Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheAsianGamePodcast 

All roads lead to Jeddah as Asia's best eight teams converge on the coastal city for a showcase of Asian football. With the continental spotlight on the AFC Champions League Elite over the next two weeks, we have you covered with the ultimate preview. With Michael Church in Jeddah, we discuss all the major talking points including whether the format itself will be a success, the advantage of playing at home for the Saudi sides, why Gwangju might trouble Al Hilal, the importance of Akram Afif to Al Sadd and the differing form of the Japanese sides. Be sure to follow The Asian Game on all our social media channels: X: https://twitter.com/TheAsianGame IG: https://instagram.com/theasiangame Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheAsianGamePodcast 

In the summer of 2005, school teacher Jung Yu-Jin had just come back home from a long at work when he received a disturbing phone call. On the other end of the line was a plea from a desperate mother, calling to report that one of her daughter's friends had been assaulted at school, the very same one that Jung worked at - The Gwangju Inhwa for hearing-impaired students. Enraged, Jung spends the next few days reaching out to his colleagues and superiors at the school, only to be stone-walled at every turn. But what he didn't know, was that behind the silence, he was on the verge of uncovering something far more sinister. **Thank you for tuning in to another successful year of Heinous. We will be taking a short break to recover, but will return with new episodes in mid-April** Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out:

Abraham Cruzvillegas (1968), es artista, educador, curador y escritor. Sus obras se han presentado en la cumbre de Okayama (2022), la trienal de Honolulu (2019) y en las bienales de Sidney, Australia (2018), Managua, Nicaragua (2016), Sharjah, Emiratos Unidos, Gwangju, Corea (2012), Estambul, Turquía (2011), la dOCUMENTA13 de Kassel, Alemania (2012), Venecia (2003), de La Habana, Cuba (2015, 2009, 1994). En 2015 la editorial Sexto Piso publicó, en español, una colección de textos de su autoría, titulada ‘La voluntad de los objetos'. Ese mismo año Harvard University Press publicó una selección similar de textos, traducidos al inglés, bajo el título ‘The Logic of Disorder'. Actualmente vive y trabaja en la Ciudad de México.Síguenos en redes:http://instagram.com/cableatierrapodhttp://facebook.com/cableatierrapodcasthttp://instagram.com/tanialicious Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A dramatic evening in Gwangju saw the hosts fight back from a two-goal first leg deficit against the J.League 1 Champions and book their place on the flight to Saudi Arabia. Matthew Binns and Paul Neat look back on an incredible match and discuss just how Gwangju pulled off this miracle, how many superlatives can we afford Asani and do we need to rediscuss manager Lee Jong-hyo after such a memorable night.   The podcast then turns its attention to another K League team in Asia hoping to do the unthinkable and fight back from two-goals down, but coming out with very different results and some strong opinions from the manager in the press-conference.   There's then also time to look at Gwangju once more, as they prepare for their postponed K League game this weekend against Pohang Steelers   All this and more on The K League United Podcast!

Campione d'incassi in patria e scelto dalla Corea del Sud come candidato per la (mancata) corsa agli Oscar, A Taxi Driver di Jang Hun riesce a trasformare i meccanismi narrativi tipici dei blockbuster in un racconto profondo, che tratta uno degli eventi più tragici e oscuri della storia sudcoreana: il Massacro di Gwangju.

The Loons have officially signed two new players in Nicolas Romero from Atletico Tucuman in Argentina and Hoyeon Jung from Gwangju in South Korea. And it seems like the team has one or two more signings up their sleeves. We also talk about the Loons' first team returning to the US Open Cup and the new Leagues Cup format.    Loon or Loonlet Trivia - 4:40 Quick Hits Around Soccer - 11:27 US Open and Leagues Cup Roundup - 19:04 Roster Updates - 35:00 Loon Droppings - 51:32   ------------------   Connect with us on Blue Sky (@loonybindpodcast.bsky.social), email us at theloonybinpod@gmail.com or find us at www.theloonybinpod.com.    Dan Elias (@oyvey2you.bsky.social) Matt Leaf (@loonlet.bsky.social)  

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Returning to the lost Christmas Episode, The K League United Podcast goes through the mailbag and re-answers your questions with the microphones on.   Matthew Binns is joined by Paul Neat to go through the first half of your mailbag questions from before Christmas, taking a look at the newly released fixtures, the latest kit releases, Gangwon's prospects for 2025 and even a discussion on punishments for Gwangju.   All this and more on The K League United Podcast!

À l'occasion de la 8e édition du festival Un Week-End à l'Est, qui met cette année à l'honneur la scène artistique d'Erevan en Arménie, un dialogue inédit entre l'artiste visuel Melik Ohanian et le cinéaste Andrei Ujica met en lumière une figure majeure du 7e art, le cinéaste Artavazd Pelechian. Aussi rare que célébré, il est le « chainon manquant de la véritable histoire du cinéma », selon l'expression de Serge Daney qui fut, avec Jean-Luc Godard, l'un des plus ardents promoteurs de son œuvre en France au début des années 1990. Conversation modérée par la curatrice d'art contemporain Lilit Sokhakian. Melik Ohanian, artiste visuel français d'origine arménienne, adopte une approche multidisciplinaire et politiquement engagée dans sa pratique artistique. À travers la sculpture, la photographie, le cinéma et l'installation, son œuvre conceptuelle et poétique explore les notions de déplacement en tant que phénomènes politiques, sociaux et culturels, ainsi que les concepts de temps et de la nature de la mémoire individuelle et collective. Son travail a été présenté lors de nombreuses expositions personnelles en France et à l'étranger. Il a participé à de nombreuses expositions collectives notamment aux biennales de São Paulo (2004), Berlin (2004), Sydney (2004, 2016), Moscou (2005), Gwangju (2006), Séville (2006), Venise (2007, 2015), Sharjah (2011) et à la Biennale de Lyon (2005, 2017). En 2015, il est lauréat du Prix Marcel Duchamp, et participe au Pavillon de l'Arménie à la Biennale de Venise, qui est récompensé par le Lion d'Or du meilleur pavillon national. Son installation permanente dans le Parc Trembley à Genève, Les Réverbères de la Mémoire reçoit le Prix Visarte à Zurich en 2019. Après des études de littérature, Andrei Ujica décide en 1990 de se consacrer au cinéma et co-réalise avec Harun Farocki Vidéogrammes d'une Révolution (1992). Ce film, qui évoque la relation entre le pouvoir politique et les médias en Europe à la fin de la Guerre Froide, fait date. Son second film Out of the Present (1995) évoque l'histoire du cosmonaute Sergei Krikalev qui passa dix mois dans la station Mir, tandis que sur terre l'Union Soviétique cessait d'exister. L'Autobiographie de Nicolae Ceaușescu (2010) conclut sa trilogie dédiée à la fin du communisme. Avec TWST | Things We Said Today (2024) Ujica se tourne vers l'émergence de la culture de masse. Andrei Ujica a également réalisé deux films commandités par la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain : 2 Pasolini (2000/2020) et Unknown Quantity avec Paul Virilio et Svetlana Alexievitch (2002-2005). Lilit Sokhakyan, curatrice d'art contemporain, s'est installée à Paris en 2012, où elle a commencé à collaborer avec la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain sur diverses expositions et projets, notamment liés à l'artiste Artavazd Pelechian. Avec l'équipe de la Fondation Cartier, Lilit a assisté Pelechian dans la création de son dernier film La Nature, elle a assuré la création du site internet entièrement dédié à la vie et à la filmographie de Pelechian, ainsi que la distribution de ses œuvres dans plusieurs festivals internationaux, notamment à New York, Amsterdam, Milan et Venise. Elle continue d'accompagner Artavazd Pelechian dans ses projets européens et ses expositions, ainsi que dans le développement de son nouveau projet d'opéra. Amphithéâtre des Loges Jeudi 21 novembre 2024 Crédits photos : © mtetard © Hrair Hawk Khatcherian

Los estados de excepción fueron usados por los distintos gobiernos militares para cometer numeroso abusos y acallar, a sangre y fuego, a cualquier tipo de disidencia interna.

La Corée du Sud met l'art contemporain à l'honneur. La plus grande biennale d'art contemporain d'Asie réunit plus de 70 artistes internationaux ainsi que les pavillons de 31 pays. Le commissaire d'exposition est français. Nicolas Bourriaud a été choisi pour orchestrer cet événement qui marque son 30e anniversaire, sous le thème du Pansori, une forme dramatique d'art musical coréen. À lire aussiBiennale d'art contemporain de Lyon: «Les voix des fleuves» est «en apparence une biennale paisible»

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Second of a double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvements for workers. In these episodes we speak with Kim Jin-sook and Hong Seung Ha about their experiences of the June Democratic Struggle, and the Great Workers' Struggle which immediately followed it.Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistoryPart 2 covers the Great Workers' Struggle, the massive strike wave, the first elections after the fall of the dictatorship, and its legacy today.More informationE53-56: The Gwangju uprising – WCH podcast about the 1980 uprising in Gwangju which preceded these movements.E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun – WCH podcast about the organising of textile workers and the general historical background to South Korean history in the 20th-century.Timeline of South Korean history.Webpage for this episode with sources, full show notes, and transcripts.AcknowledgementsThanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands, Jamison D. Saltsman, Fernando López Ojeda and Jeremy Cusimano.Thanks also to the following people and groups for additional assistance with these episodes: Hwang Jeongeun and Steven, of the International Strategy Centre, Kwon Beomchul, Angela Lee, Kap Su Seol, Hwang Yi-ra, and Loren Goldner.Learn more about the International Strategy Centre at https://www.goisc.org/homePhotograph used in episode graphic courtesy 『세계는 서울로, 서울은 세계로: 1984-1988』(2019) (The World to Seoul, Seoul to the World: 1984-1988) by 서울역사아카이브 (Seoul History Archive)/Wikimedia CommonsMusic used in this episode under fair use was “Marching For the Beloved” by Baek Ki-wan, Hwang Seok-young and Kim Jong-ryul.This episode was edited by Jesse French.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

First of a double podcast episode about the South Korean movements of 1987 which overthrew the US-backed military dictatorship and won big improvements for workers. In these episodes we speak with Kim Jin-sook and Hong Seung Ha about their experiences of the June Democratic Struggle, and the Great Workers' Struggle which immediately followed it.Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Join us or find out more at patreon.com/workingclasshistoryPart 1 covers the June Democratic Struggle, the historical background, and how the movement began. Listen to part 2 now by joining us on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/e92-south-korea-110947071More informationE53-56: The Gwangju uprising – WCH podcast about the 1980 uprising in Gwangju which preceded these movements.E51: Jeon Tae-il and Lee So-sun – WCH podcast about the organising of textile workers and the general historical background to South Korean history in the 20th-century.Timeline of South Korean history.Webpage for this episode with sources, full show notes, and transcripts.AcknowledgementsThanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands, Jamison D. Saltsman, Fernando López Ojeda and Jeremy Cusimano.Thanks also to the following people and groups for additional assistance with these episodes: Hwang Jeongeun and Steven, of the International Strategy Centre, Kwon Beomchul, Angela Lee, Kap Su Seol, Hwang Yi-ra, and Loren Goldner.Learn more about the International Strategy Centre at https://www.goisc.org/homePhotograph used in episode graphic courtesy 『세계는 서울로, 서울은 세계로: 1984-1988』(2019) (The World to Seoul, Seoul to the World: 1984-1988) by 서울역사아카이브 (Seoul History Archive)/Wikimedia CommonsMusic used in this episode under fair use was “Marching For the Beloved” by Baek Ki-wan, Hwang Seok-young and Kim Jong-ryul.This episode was edited by Jesse French.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

Teacher Jeon Eung-seop answered his phone and listened as the nervous parent said, "My daughter's friend has been sexually assaulted". When he reported the crime to the school, he was told to keep his mouth shut. Bringing the case to light caused a 6 year long battle to uncover decades of abuse and neglect perpetrated by the academy. Join the KTC's ⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠ today! If you enjoy Korean True Crime, please rate, follow, and send feedback! It helps me continue to improve the show. If you'd like to support the show or find show sources for free, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join Korean True Crime on Patreon. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/koreantruecrime/support

Two members of Veterans for Peace participated in a recent delegation to South Korea to mark the anniversary of two young girls who were killed by a US tank during a military exercise. Clearing the FOG speaks with Ellen Barfield, a long time activist who was on delegation and who was serving in South Korea in 1980 when the massacre of students and leftists occurred in Gwangju, about the trip and the ongoing war in Korea. Barfield also discusses the RIMPAC military exercises that begin this week in the Pacific and the veteran-led Peace Walk that is headed to Washington, DC for the anti-NATO activities starting the weekend of July 6 and 7. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

Over 800 ethnically-Korean refugees fled Ukraine for Koryo Village in South Korea's Gwangju province following Russia's invasion. Many Koryoin are women and children who escaped Ukraine when male family members were drafted. Some have secured legal status and jobs, while others await document processing. They are descendants of Koreans who fled to the Soviet Union during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Journalist So Jeong Lee visits the village, observing new arrivals and a school where children learn Korean. But recent elections have led to new government policies which will impact the Koryoin.

Mini-podcast about an uprising against the US-backed dictatorship in Gwangju, South Korea in 1980.Learn more in episodes 53-56 of the Working Class History podcast: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e53-the-gwangju-uprising-1980/See all of our anniversaries each day, alongside sources and maps on the On This Day section of our Stories app: stories.workingclasshistory.com/date/todayAnd browse all Stories by Date here on the Date index: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/dateOur work is only possible because of support from you, our listeners on patreon. If you appreciate our work, please join us and access exclusive content and benefits at patreon.com/workingclasshistory.AcknowledgementsWritten and edited by Working Class History.Theme music by Ricardo Araya. Check out his YouTube channel at youtube.com/@peptoattack

Both K League 1 and K League 2 returned last week with crowds out in full force. The K League United Podcast takes a look over all the main action plus some post-match interviews along the way. K League is back, as are Matthew Binns, Paul Neat and Andrew Farrell in a recap of the opening weekend action.    The trio start with a look at Friday's games, with interviews and insight from Jeonju featuring Moon Seon-min and Tiago, plus press conference recordings from Jeonbuk manager Dan Petrescu.   Then we move to Gwangju where FC Seoul were in town with England international Jesse Lingard, yet it wasn't enough to stop the home side who were in stellar form, picking up where they left off from last season. We also look at Suwon FC's impressive team performance against Incheon United, while Jung Muyeol speaks to Daegu FC's Edgar Silva after a 1-0 defeat to recently promoted Gimcheon Sangmu.   There's time to look into some eye-catching results in K League 2 before looking at the main second division draw, recently relegated Korean football giants Suwon Samsung Bluewings at home to Chungnam Asan.   [READ: Welcome to K League Survivor]   There's even time to pick the games to watch in Round 2 as well as the K League Survivor picks.   All this and more on The K League United Podcast!

After a winter in hibernation, The K League United Podcast returns for its seventh season, kicking things off with an extensive preview and table predictions for Korea's top tier.   After an off-season in which Korean football drew all sorts of headlines for its showings at the AFC Asian Cup, the K League 1 returns to lift the mood and with it, The K League United Podcast begins its seventh season with Matthew Binns, Paul Neat, Andrew Farrell plus a number of our writers calling in to getting the action underway in a bumper episode.   The trio take a look at the state of all twelve teams ahead of the season, with Nathan Sartain, Charlie Beasley, Jung Muyeol, Luke Evans and Tom Bolger also offering their informed opinions.   The episode then moves on to boldly make K League 1 table predictions based on these previews, knowing full well the humiliation and backlash that could ensue.    There's also time for a quick discussion on the potential domestic successors to Jurgen Klinsmann for the Korea National Team job and for Paul to get worked up about squad numbers once more.   All this and more on this episode of The K League United Podcast!

With K League 1 drawn to a close, this week's live version of The K League United Podcast looks at the relegation of Suwon Samsung Bluewings, the success of Gwangju FC and previews the second-leg of the promotion-relegation playoffs. Matthew Binns was joined live by Andrew Farrell and Luke Evans as they looked over the headlines from the last few days.    First, they take a look at the recent K League Awards and their opinions on the choices, before moving onto the biggest story of the weekend, the relegation of Suwon Samsung Bluewings, going over Saturday's match, their season and the last few years to work out how did it come to this.   Then, on to brighter notes as they focus on one of the success stories of the season, Gwangju FC's 3rd place finish and qualification to the recently revamped AFC Champions League Elite. There's also a few choice thoughts on the reformatting of that competition as well.   Finally, it's onto the playoffs as they review the first leg action before turning their attention to the weekend. For the audio version of this podcast only, Michael Redmond makes a last minute appearance with a post-match interview with Gimpo FC striker Luis Mina.   All this and more on The K League United Podcast

The May 1980 clash between government forces and the people of Gwangju marks a key turning point toward democracy in South Korea.  The nation's sixth largest city, the citizens of Gwangju suffered immeasurably for the uprising. The city lost development support and its citizens were cast as traitors and North Korean sympathizers.  The decision to select Gwangju to host a major international art exhibition, or what became known as the Gwangju Biennale, was an effort to address the injustices of the past.  Author of The Cultural Politics of Urban Development in South Korea: Art, Memory and Urban Boosterism in Gwangju, HaeRan Shin discusses the challenge of reconciling urban development with the memory of the Gwangju Uprising.  

The April 2014 Sewol ferry disaster is an all too familiar South Korean tragedy.  Corruption, deceit, greed, and failed regulations and oversight cost nearly three hundred lives—most of whom were high school students on a trip to Jeju Island, a popular resort destination.  Seoul National University Professor HaeRan Shin explains how the Sewol ferry disaster has become a site of remembering and forgetting.  She reveals how economic interests worked against efforts to memorialize the tragedy.  Lastly, she notes how opponents tried to discredit the memorialization project by associating it with memory activists from Gwangju and the May 18th Gwangju massacre.  

Although this started as a conversation about Gwangju and Professor Don Baker's experiences there starting in 1971, including witnessing the aftermath of the massacre in 1980, we quickly understood there was much more for us to explore. This includes Don's impressions of Kim Dae-jung, gender and women in the Joseon Dynasty, Korea's historical relationship with China, Confucianism and ancestor worship, the effects of Japanese colonization, and the field of Korean Studies more broadly. It was completely spontaneous, but I also noted the following people and their work referenced throughout this conversation, demonstrating the depth and breadth of Don's knowledge: Alexis Dudden, Dave C Kang, Alexander Woodside, Jisoo Kim, Hyaeweol Choi, Carter Eckert, Andre Schmid, Jahyun Kim Haboush, Gregory Henderson, Robert Carlin, Eugene Park, Michael Seth, John Jorgensen, Kim Sun Joo, BR Myers, Bruce Cumings, James Palais, Mark Peterson, John Duncan, Steve Shields, and David Dolinger. Despite knowing the tragedy and violence taking place in Gwangju, Don snuck into the city to find his friends and understand what was really happening. His descriptions of the attacks and murder that took place in Gwangju are heartbreaking to listen to. And through all of this, he nevertheless finishes with words of hope and positivity.    Discussion Outline 0:00 Unpacking Gwangju  6:00 Kim Dae-jung 10:20 1970s Korea 20:50 On Confucianism 24:30 Korean Studies 30:00 The Joseon Dynasty 38:50 Japanese Colonization and Collaboration 51:55 Korean Studies and Factions 1:08:50 Confucianism vs Catholicism (Ancestor Worship) 1:15:30 The Assassination of Park Chung-hee 1979 1:21:40 The Gwangju Massacre 1980 1:47:00 American Involvement in Gwangju 1:55:30 Representations of Gwangju 2:03:46 Conclusions on Life and Korea Dr. Baker's Books A Korean Confucian's Advice on How to Be Moral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong's Reading of the Zhongyong (University of Hawaii Press, 2023) Catholics and Anti-Catholicism in Chosŏn Korea (University of Hawaii Press) with Franklin Rausch. May, 2017 Korean Spirituality (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2008) Chosŏn Hugi Yugyo wa Ch'ŏnjugyo ŭi Taerip [The Confucian Confrontation with Catholicism in the Latter Half of the Chosŏn Dynasty] (Seoul: Iljogak Publishing Co., 1997) Korea Deconstructed by David Tizzard ▶ Get in touch: datizzard@swu.ac.kr ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=62047873 ▶ Watch us on Youtube:/davidtizzard  ▶ Listen on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/kr/podcast/korea-deconstructed/id1587269128 ▶Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zdXkG0aAAHnDwOvd0jXEE ▶ Listen on podcasts: https://koreadeconstructed.libsyn.com/ ▶ Music: https://www.instagram.com/disorientalz/ 

After a couple of weeks apart, hosts Andrew and Kassy reunite in this episode to catch up! They talk about Kassy's recent trip to South Korea and a health issue that Andrew has been facing. They also share their love for Korean food and discuss the dishes they crave the most when they're out of the country. Fun facts Mudeungsan is a beautiful mountain located in a national park. It provides stunning views of Gwangju city and has many hiking trails to explore. South Korea is home to twenty-two national parks, covering a remarkable 6.6% of the country's total land area! Expressions included in the study guide Someone's neck of the woods To rest up To be wiped out To clog up To compensate for A cliffhanger Copyright: Culips.com For more information about this episode, visit culips.com. Music Credit: Something Elated by Broke for Free Image:  Pexels.com

As broadcast October 26, 2023 with lots of action on the way this Friday!  As one of the busiest periods of new music wraps up in the calendar year, we get to our usual funk punk soul rock smorgasbord with Dan Lloyd polishing off the meal with our AMPED rock feature for this week.  Great new tunes out from Terrace Martin, Quantic, Kraak & Smaak, IDLES, and King Gizzard to get you warmed up for the weekend, and plenty of background to the foreground for the factual actuals out there.#feelthegravitySampled & AMPED with Dan Lloyd10.26.2023Sampled Funk & SoulPart 1 (00:00)Quantic feat Connie Constance – Get In The RideKraak & Smaak feat IVAR & Berenice Van Leer – Naked (Jitwam remix)Maiiah & The Angels of Libra – Please Come HomeSir Romy – BeautyFela Kuti – Stalemate (edit) Part 2 (30:54)Devon Gilfillian – Love You Anyway (stripped)Terrace Martin & Alex Isley – Glad I Found YouKendra Morris – Fine Right HereDayme Arocena feat Rafa Pabon – Suave y PegaoJNTHN STEIN feat Lyves – Higher PlacesAmanda Whiting – Discarded (Scrimshire remix) AMPED with Dan LloydPart 3 (59:35)Green Day – The American Dream Is Killing MeIdles – Dancer (ft. LCD Soundsystem)Taking Back Sunday – S'OldCrime in Stereo – GoliathetteDuran Duran – Psycho Killer (Talking Heads cover)Carpool Tunnel – Everything Will Change Part 4 (88:35)DragonForce – Power of the TriforceKing Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – SetJoystick – BoxesLetters to Cleo – Bad ManFeeder – Playing With FireBuck Meek – Haunted Mountain

As broadcast October 24, 2023 with plenty of world for your premiere.  Tonight we were very proud to give an early spin to Tessa Devine's new single "Dancing In The Rain," which is out on Thursday.  We got to know Tessa while she was here as a contestant at the Busking World Cup, where she deservedly won the People's Choice Award in the finals.  An infectiously gregarious character, you can check our exclusive interview with Tessa here if you want to understand more about what makes this on-the-rise artist tick and have a laugh, as she is just a joy to talk to and a very talented artist to boot.  Great new tunes out this week to check out for the remainder, with Helado Negro, ivri, our friends Mecanico down in Chile, and a host of other immensely talented artists got to do a little sky dance on this night.#feelthegravityUTR10/24/2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1  (00:00)Vacations – Close QuartersMICHELLE – GlowHelado Negro – LFO (Lupe Finds Oliveros)Infinity Song – MetamorphosisMustafa – Name of GodMk.gee feat Two Star – Are You Looking UpHans Williams – Georgia Walks  Part 2 (33:27)Tessa Devine – Dancing In The RainSearows – FunnyHolly Macve & Lana Del Rey – Suburban Houseivri - limbo Mini Trees – Push & PullFIGHTMASTER – Violence  Part 3 (62:09)jake minch – whose you areSparky Deathcap – Winter City GhostsMecanico feat Rayos Laser – Pentallas y DesiertosPearly Drops – Take Me Down (Nourished by Time vers.)Video Age – Is It Really Over?M83 - Mirror Part 4 (95:19)Allegra Krieger – ImpasseBarrie – Hard CandyDirt Buyer – HeavenMalcolm Todd – Mr. IncorrectSir Was – Sometimes You Got ToJane Remover – Backseat Girl 

As broadcast October 25, 2023 with a boatload of fierce, hard-earned independence in tow.  Tonight we got on the plane once again for some wonderful traveling without moving and headed for Armenia's capital Yerevan.  Much like Korea, Armenia's history has been marked heavily by interference and aggression from their its larger neighbors, but that has only hardened the Armenian people's desire for self-determination, even when it can only be over one's self.  Spread all over the world now, the connection always remains to their now wholly independent country, and we took a trip all over the audio and geographic map to track down some of the best Armenian music from down the years up to the present day.#feelthegravityROUND TRIP –Armenia (Flight TD111)Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Arkadi Dumikyan ft. Armstrong - Run Baby RunSuper Sako - Mi Gna*Armenchik and Super Sako – She's mineHAYQ – Qami Pchi, Pt 1Misho – Hin EnkerMisho – Tsar Part 2 (34:52)Garik & Sona – LusinGevorg Martirosyan - Harsaniqi OreCrimesterdam – Full PowerVIZA - CarnivaliaHayk Gyolchanyan – Abandoned Hero Part 3 (62:30)Lilit Hovhannisyan - Balkan SongTata Simonyan - Hayastan Barev (Armenian for Hello Armenia)The Bambir – Grapes of SinaiThe Bambir – HashishSerj Tankian – Sky is overSystem Of A Down – Toxicity Part 4 (94:59)Lav Eli – I Found You in HeavenTmbata – Shkhkrtan AghjikArto Tunçboyacıyan - OnnoAram Khachaturian - Sabre DanceLydia Ganada - Party Tonight (feat. aleebi)off the menu - Calendar

As broadcast October 23, 2023 with a boatload of shiny new goods and cellophane scents.  Tonight, as we are wont to do, it's time to unwrap what's been dropped from the audio multiverse and see what we liked, starting with our dear friend out of San Diego Scoobert Doobert, whose new album MOB just dropped on Friday.  We also had new jawnies from Haley Johnsen, Kurt Vile, and BADBADNOTGOOD to take us through hour one in style.  Part 3 the big new tunes out this week had some decent selections, with Sampha's new album Lahai being a notable new record (and the artist's first in years), just out days ago.  For the final stanza we had more from the local Korean realms to finish things off with heart signs, big highlights being Say Sue Me's latest single (what a banner year they've had), along with Balming Tiger's new record that slapped down to earth on Friday. #feelthegravityNew Muses Monday10/23/2023Tracklist (st:rt)New Faves - Part 1 & 2Part 1 (00:00)Scoobert Doobert – Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)Pelicat – Still AroundQ – HelloKevin Abstract – What Should I Do?BADBADNOTGOOD feat Charlotte Day Wilson – SleeperBombay Bicycle Club feat Damon Albarn – Heaven  Part 2 (31:30)Haley Johnsen – That Ain't LoveDallas Tamaira – LevelsJapan, Man – Why Do People ChangeBeabadoobee feat Laufey – A Night to RememberKurt Vile – Another good year for the rosesLEENALCHI – Ultimate Prescription  Part 3 – Poppin' Off! (62:38)Charli XCX feat Sam Smith – In The CityThe Chainsmokers feat GRACEY – Think of UsSampha – SuspendedKali Uchis – Te MataFuerza Regida – EXCESOS The Rolling Stones – AngryThe Rolling Stones – Mess It Up Part 4 – Fresh K Cuts (93:56)Sung Si-kyung feat Naul – Even for a momentYuna – Bad IntentionsSUNMI – STRANGERBalming Tiger – Moving ForwardKACHISAN – Rock, Paper, Scissors!Say Sue Me – 4amcotoba – water blue indigo

As broadcast October 20, 2023 with plenty of meteorites and lightshow magic to spare.  It's another feelgood Friday and we've melded our Space Madness series into the mix as well, as the very long tail of dust and magic hits earth's atmosphere this weekend from the visit of Haley's Comet almost 40 years ago in 1986.  Known as the Orionid Meteor showers, we started to think of it as Orion Smiling down upon us from way out in space, and our playlist reflected that to get your weekend going in the right way.#feelthegravityOrion Smiles Upon Us10/20/2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)James Brown – Sunny (Funk Master JB vs Funkmaster JS Hardboiled remix)James Brown – There Was A Time (Kenny Dope edit)War – BalleroSam & Dave – Hold On (I'm Coming) (King Most remix)Clarence Reid – Masterpiece (Kenny Dope edit)Syl Johnson – Different Strokes Part 2 (30:03)Yann Tomita – We Travel The SpacewaysSpace Dukes – Sunshine On VenusSweeps – Space BluesSun Ra – Love In Outer Space (In Session for BBC Jazz on 3) Part 3 (58:29)Quelle Rox – Space ParadeDragonfruit – Space TravelerThe Midnight Hour feat Cee-Lo Green – QuestionsSay She She – In My HeadKendra Morris – Catch The SunRoy Ayers – The Golden RodRoy Ayers – Life Just A Moment Pt 1 & 2 Part 4 (90:22)A Tribe Called Quest – The Space ProgramCortex – La RueThe Supremes – He's My Sunny BoyThe Impressions – We're A WinnerHank Ballard & The Midnight Lighters – From The Love SideFreddie Hubbard – Pensativa (Live at Club La Marchal, NYC 1965) 

As broadcast October 19, 2023 with plenty of han but hope for the future.  Dedicating our first hour tonight to those going through transition and heartbreak of late.  Keep your chin up and keep on keepin' on.  Dan Lloyd joins us once again for a rip-roaring hour of rock stars and smashed guitars as we get AMPED once again and with big new albums on the way the next day and further down the calendar.  Dig it!  #feelthegravitySampled & AMPED Thurs10/19/2023Tracklist (st:rt)Sampled Funk & Soul (Part 1 & 2)Part 1 (00:00)Ebo Taylor & The Pelikans – If You CareLord Creator – Such Is LifeJackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors – Something StupidThe Frightnrs – DisputePrateek Kuhad – cold/messCleo Sol – Why Don't YouSteve Kuhn – The Meaning of Love Part 2 (31:51)James Reece & The Progressions – I'll Find a True LoveThee Marloes – True LoveDarondo – Listen to My SongSharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again)Orions Belte feat Oyvind Torvund – I Will Always Miss YouCricco Castelli – Life Is ChangingAMPED with Dan Lloyd Part 3 (61:31)Judas Priest – Panic AttackAlkaline Trio – Blood, Hair and EyeballsBlink-182 – Fell in LoveMany Eyes – RevelationThe Libertines – Run Run RunThe Rolling Stones – Sweet Sounds of Heaven Part 4 (95:48)The Flatliners – Between Our TeethMannequin Pussy – I Don't Know YouDuff McKagan – LongfeatherGlass Beach – The C.I.A.Car Seat Headrest – We Looked Like GiantsEmma Anderson – The Presence

As broadcast October 18, 2023 with plenty of eras, styles, and cultures in tow!  Tonight Danno and Dunia's weekly (mis)adventures continue in The Lion City of Singapore.  Located at a dominating point on the Straits of Malacca, Singapore has been a magnet for cultures all over the region and much farther afield for hundreds of years, and that has not changed in the modern era.  The music reflects this cultural milieu, with Chinese, Southeast Asian, Indian, Korean, Japanese, and Western influences all easy to spot to the trained ear.  A great trip awaits to one of the world's truly great cities!#feelthegravityROUND TRIP – Singapore with Dunia Al-jawad (Flight TD110)10/18/2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Nightwalkers – Chock Chock KundongThe Peels – Modjang PriagangThe Thunderbirds - My Lonely HeartShirley Nair & The Silver Strings - You're the Boy Wormrot - Fallen Into DisuseXingfoo&Roy – Growing PainsThe Padres - November 91 Part 2 (36:26)Stefanie Sun – What I MissCharlie Lim - Zero-Sum Sam Rui - BetterKekko – Past LivesThe Steve McQueens – Like Coltrane Part 3 (65:31)Dick Lee - Fried Rice Paradisebrb. – on & on iNCH - Simple Kind of LifeWoes – Bikini BottomComing Up Roses – All Our Time Part 4 (96:24)Shye - One Fine DayYung Raja - MustafaTokyo Square - Within You'll Remainyeule – sulky babyREMAINs - 니가보고싶다Wooin – That Night

As broadcast October 17, 2023 with more than enough on the docket.  As we approach the latter half of this extremely busy two months in new music, we are covering a lot of new indie albums and general stuff we couldn't cover on Monday night that it's kinda crazy.  New EP's and albums from the likes of Geese, PawPaw Rod, Adam Melchor, MUNYA, Maple Glider, and Squirrel Flower are just the beginning.  We also had debut singles from a couple of exciting new projects in the process, and that's not even mentioning exciting albums coming out later this and early next year!  Whew!#feelthegravityUnder The Radar Tuesday10/17/2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Geese – Killing My Borrowed TimePawPaw Rod – BonafideProvoker – Little GhostBombay Bicycle Club feat Chaka Khan – Tekken 2Wishy – DonutSquirrel Flower – StickCelia – Taxes  Part 2 (30:03)MUNYA – KokoMaple Glider – Do YouParis Paloma – drywall(Crosses) – Last RitesHolographic Haunter – Coco Say LessKate Gregson-MacLeod – SeptemberA Beacon School – Middle of Winter Part 3 (61:22)Beirut – The TernMyKey – BurnThe Beths feat Pickle Darling – Brand New ColonyKarin Ann – favorite starBad Books – The After PartyB77 – InvincibleShallow Alcove – We're All Doomed Part 4 (94:27)Adam Melchor – BIGTIMEGOODTIMEMarika Hackman – HangingHusbands – VangelisStray Fossa X Ketz – Playing StrangersLate Night Therapy – Fallin' 1tbsp – Moth LoveJames Supercave – Still Feel It 

As broadcast October 16, 2023 for the first Monday in a while while!  Tonight in our first New Muses Monday in quite some time, there were a lot of albums dropping from space and huge announcements as well.  The foremost in our first hour being the second career solo album from Alabama Shakes vocalist Brittany Howard, who dropped the title track to the What Now LP, slated for release next year.  First hour we had new albums to talk about from L'Rain, Helena Deland, Jamila Woods, and veteran Japanese band Lamp.  Once we hit part three, the big bomb to drop is the latest LP from Bad Bunny, and we also had Pink Pantheress dropping a solo album in just a few weeks' time.  Great stuff from the Korean indie and bubbling under K-pop scene as well in part 4, with ADOY heading to SXSW Sydney next month along with tunes from Summer Soul and Chamsom to check out, amongst others.  Whew!#feelthegravityNew Muses Monday10/16/2023The New Muses DanceTracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Brittany Howard – What NowRachel Chinouriri – The HillsThe Last Dinner Party – My Lady of Mercyflyingfish – blurryboygenius – Black HoleL'Rain – 5 to 8 Hours a Day (WWwaG)Lewis OfMan – Frisco Blues Part 2 (34:13)Lamp – Alone In My RoomHelena Deland – The AnimalsJamila Woods feat Saba – PracticeThe South Hill Experiment feat Jeff Parker – Parker Solar ProbeBenny Sings – Sailing Car, The Garden – The 4th SummerCar, The Garden – DIAMOND Poppin' Off!Part 3 (61:15)Bad Bunny – MR. OCTOBERIce Spice feat Rema – Pretty GirlPink Pantheress – Capable of LoveFred again... feat Jozzy – ten Troye Sivan – One of Your GirlsHolly Humberstone – Paint My Bedroom BlackChelsea Cutler – Loved By You Fresh K CutsPart 4 (91:31)ADOY – AvenueSummer Soul feat Jueun – RideMatter Halo – Million (hanbee remix)Hamzzi – plantSoowoo feat amin – StayChamsom – ShimmerJoonand – Alone 

As broadcast October 13, 2023 with plenty of conflicting vibes in tow.  Today is obviously Friday the 13th, a bad luck day in most peoples' minds, but Danno grew up in a household where his mother, born on Friday January 13, 1956, always considered it a lucky day.  So, as dedication to Danno's fierce protector and the lover of vintage and scary movies in his life, we had a bit of a bifurcated playlist tonight, with parts 1 & 2 all witches, and stepping on cracks while we finished with a 2nd hour of good luck, positive vibes, and just general sunlight to also help all of you get over it if today freaks you out a bit.#feelthegravityFriday the 13th XLIVOct 13, 2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Bad LuckKelly Finnigan – TroubleAaron Frazer – Bad NewsThe Supremes – Bad Weather (Reflex Revision)Steely Dan – Deacon Blues Part 2 (32:49)Adekunle Gold – SinnerSerebii ft Skud Gambosi – Don't You Feel LuckyArjuna Oakes & Serebii - SatellitesGenevieve York feat Teo Oliveras – Better at Bad ThingsMargot Guryan – I'd Like To See The Bad Guys WinHana Eid – WeirdDehd – LuckyNilufer Yanya – Same Damn LuckDehd - Desire Part 3 (60:36)Aretha Franklin – Dr. Feelgood (Live in The Netherlands, 1968)Etta James – At LastClassics IV – SpookyOsole – Good DayLEISURE – All The Good Times Never DieThe Mighty Bop – Feelin' Good!Beyond Luck – Nature's Meditation feat Keter Darker Part 4 (91:16)Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings – He Said I Can (Live at The Apollo)Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – My GoodnessRichard Swift – Lady LuckBlondage – Lucky Black SkirtJungle – Can't Stop The StarsUniversal Togetherness Band – Lucky Stars 

As broadcast October 12, 2023 with more new jewels than the scale could weigh.  Well, what a difference a couple weeks makes.  When last we were able to do our funk punk soul rock Thursday night, it was seemingly eons ago given the amount of new singles and albums that dropped in the meantime.  Both hours had honestly more than two hours could handle, with new albums out from Alanna Royale, Say She She, CARRTOONS, and Cleo Sol featured in the first hour, and with Dan Lloyd's bumper crop of tracks we discussed the new remix album from Paramore, along with new albums dropping tomorrow from Crosses, Blink 182, and a very exciting lead single from I Don't Know How But They Found Me, who are dropping a new album early next year!#feelthegravitySampled & AMPED ThursdazeOct 12, 2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 - Sampled Funk & Soul (00:00)CARRTOONS feat Haile Supreme – SpaceshipsAlanna Royale – Run AroundSay She She – The WaterIzo Fitzroy – Black InsidesKamaal Williams - Dogtown Part 2 (31:27)Ohio Players – Our Love Has Died The Teskey Brothers – Rain (Live at Red Rocks, 2023)Cleo Sol – DesireNogymx – South of the RiverSirens of Lesbos – Sweet Harmony Hailu Mergia – Yegle Nesh (Live) Part 3 – AMPED with Dan Lloyd (63:09)Sleater-Kinney – HellBlink 182 – Dance With MeSum 41 – LandminesCrosses – Ghost RideParamore – This Is Why (Foals Remix)U2 – Atomic City Part 4 (97:11)English Teacher – Nearly DaffodilsThe Menzingers – Come on HeartacheMe Rex – Infinity Worm Crawlers – Would You Come to My FuneralA. Savage – David's DeadHealth – Sicko Ft. GodfleshI Don't Know How But They Found Me – What Love? 

As broadcast October 11, 2023 with plenty of twang to do your thang.  Tonight Danno & Dunia embark on their first proper round trip in a few weeks' time due to the Chuseok holiday and the Busking World Cup, and this is one both of them have had burning in the pocket for a while now.  Nashville is literally Music City, so whatever genre you're talking about, there's some mind-blowing artist in that area of the audiosphere that is a top notch musician.  From legends like Dolly Parton and Kitty Wells to newer additions to the city's ever-expanding roster of artists in resident like Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Alanna Royale, and Charli Adams...there's something for everyone on this one!#feelthegravityROUND TRIP – Nashville (Flight TD109)Oct 11, 2023Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Allman Brothers Band – Ramblin' ManDolly Parton – JoleneBecca Mancari – Summertime MamaThe Black Keys – Mind EraserBriston Maroney – Freakin' Out On The InterstateBarbara Mandrell - Love Is Thin Ice Part 2 (31:55)Miley Cyrus - Used To Be YoungThe Civil Wars – Poison & WineKitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsRoy Acuff - The Wabash Cannonball Devon Gilfillian – The Good LifeTim McGraw - Highway Don't Care ft. Taylor Swift, Keith Urban Part 3 (62:12)Charli Adams – Heroes/DyingNoah Cyrus - JulyAlanna Royale – Fall In Love AgainKyshona Armstrong - Worried MindOkey Dokey – Wavy GravyChrome Pony – Ragged Child Part 4 (94:21)Taylor Swift - Blank SpaceNite Tides – Your WindowBlake Shelton- FootlooseBilly Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky HeartAseul – 모래성 SandcastlesThe Poles (더폴스) – Find me! 

As broadcast October 10, 2023 with plenty of friends in tow.  Tonight we open with David Skimming, the mastermind behind the Lunar Isles project, which has made some of the best guitar-centric surf dreams in indie anywhere over the past few years, not just in Korea.  His latest is a lovely upbeat affair that is the perfect way to get back into the mode after the Busking World Cup and a bevvy of holidays here in Korea.  After that, we had plenty of friends to ride with tonight, as Broken Baby, Scoobert Doobert, and Otis Kane all had fresh cuts to feature in part one, and there was plenty more in store after that with notable joints just out from Masego, Meernaa, veronicavon, Kevin Abstract, and a slew of other worthies, including a great new album from Norwegian cinematic instrumental outfit Orion's Belte called Women, which is absolutely superb and full of surprises.#feelthegravityUTR 10/10/2023Under The RadarTracklist (st:rt)Part 1 (00:00)Lunar Isles – ArrivalScoobert Doobert – All I NeedWild Nothing – Dial ToneBroken Baby – Ugly Polo & Pan – ChamallowKraak & Smaak feat Otis Kane – Ready for YaIzyBeats w/ Masego & Toian – Tipsy  Part 2 (33:04)Meernaa – Love Is GoodRobohands – DrivenHoly Hive & The Shacks – Middle of the NightMndsgn – MakeUsuper natural lime – The Boat Pelicat – Safe & Soundveronicavon - Dreamgirl Part 3 (61:13)Katie Ferrara – Loud and ProudHoneywhip – PolaroidKevin Abstract – Blanket bed bug guru – Tightrope Born Days – DreamsA Beacon School – Mantra  Part 4 (91:16)Busty & The Bass feat Son Little – Give Me A SmileHala – Run to YouPrateek Kuhad – MulaqatLake Street Dive feat Madison Cunningham – Neighbor SongGeorgia Gets By – Fish Bird Baby BoyOrions Belte feat Oyvind Torvund – I Will Always Miss YouOrions Belte feat Louien – When You're Gone I'll Be Gone

As broadcast October 7, 2023 with plenty of good tunes and good people in tow.  Tonight we enter part four of our six chapter Busking World Cup spotlight with a couple of wanderers who have happened to touch down here in Gwangju for the 2nd annual event held in our fair City of Light.  First up is a semi-nomadic artist out of far northern Cairns, Australia named Tessa Devine.  A brilliant singer-songwriter, Tessa Devine actually ended up winning the People's Choice Award at the event as the audience's favorite, and she's certainly a favorite in our hearts as well.  In an interview showing both her very free spirit and tasteful selection process, Devine shouted out some of her favorite Aussie compatriots in an hour of excellent music and an at times uproarious interview.  Hour two we highlighted a rather wild trio making their debut at the Busking World Cup called Music In The Jungle.  The trio of Jacelyn, Katie, and DJ 2Shay certainly were one of more original artists on the roster this year, with a repertoire that included live paintings made with each appearance.  Katie and 2Shay literally came straight into the studio with luggage and everything in tow fresh off their flight, and the trio took us through a selection of tunes from their favorite audio compadres in the world along with their roots in Canada and the place they met in Costa Rica.#feelthegravityBusking World Cup 2023 Special #42023.10.07Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 with Tessa Devine (00:00)Tessa Devine – It's YouRob Howe – CarolinaTullara – Better Hold OnTones and I – Fly AwayFelipe Baldomir – YouLT – Act Your Age Part 2 (33:15)Tessa Devine – WildAmber Reid – Side LinedThe Dreggs – You and MeMardi Wilson – SaltyGreta Stanley – It's Cool to Be in LoveKim Churchill – Window to the Sky Part 3 with Music In The Jungle (63:55)Jacelyn – FoolLeh-lo – Patience Zig ZagNya Marquez – 7 ElevenDonavon Lee Carpenter – Born to Love YouMan Crush – Don't Be Trippin'Editus feat Manuel Monestel – Cahuita Is a Beautiful Place Part 4 (96:40)Jacelyn feat Asha – Kaleidoscope GRiZ – Mystik DubClari Sol – Yin YangEddy Ruyter – DaydreamPanArmonia – Oli Gis AnthizeiGwen McCrae feat Ferry Ultra – Let Me Do My Thang (dOP remix)*

As broadcast October 8, 2023 with plenty of variety for everyone.  Tonight we welcomed a very wild and worldly collective named Famous Japanese to take over hour one of the show.  We talked with their Berlin-based lead singer Nanako in the studio as the band took us on a rousing trip through their influences, which include traditional Japanese folk songs, Turkish and Middle Eastern vibes, and so much more.  It's honestly hard to even know who or what shows up when the band is in town, as they can morph up to eight members and we cannot recommend their show in Seoul this coming week with No.1 Korean, as that should be a very unique experience.  Speaking of unique, our second hour we welcomed Melbourne-based vocalist Tanya George, who discussed her appearances on The Voice Australia along with support from the Lord Mayor herself!  An incredibly interesting look into Tanya George's creative process with influences listed from Billie Eilish, Jamiroquai, Florence + The Machine, and more famous names along with local Aussie shouts for AKOSIA, Blush'ko and Tayana Taylor in the process.#feelthegravityBusking World Cup 2023 Special #52023.10.08Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 with Famous Japanese (00:00)Famous Japanese – Famous JapaneseSayuri Ishikawa – Tsugaru Strait/Winter SceneryKula Shaker – Govinda Ismail Kivrak – MastikaIkuzo Yoshi – We're going to TokyoPink Lady – Pink Typhoon (In The Navy)Gultekin Ekrem – Damat Oyunu Part 2 (35:07)Famous Japanese – ABUDAEBIBeats Antique – EgypticDALI – Moonlight LegendNo.1 Korean – RosaTOSH – Something's WrongKen Matsudaira - Ken EDM Part 3 with Tanya George (66:15)Tanya George – WoodlandBillie Eilish – What Was I Made For?AKOSIA – GOErykah Badu – AppletreeBlush'ko – Know You Better Part 4 (97:22)Tanya George – WelcomeFlorence + The Machine – You've Got The LoveAriana Grande – Into YouH.E.R. – Focus Jamiroquai – Virtual InsanityTeyana Taylor – Gonna Love Me 

As broadcast October 9, 2023 with plenty of good vibes in tow for the festival hangover.  Tonight, in our final edition of the Busking World Cup Special Series, we welcomed two very talented artists to the studio for a heavy dose of folk, classics, and just downright sunshine as one of the best ongoing events in Gwangju wraps its 2nd edition.  First hour we welcomed Pompey native folk singer Sam Brothers to the show, who not only is the spitting image of David Bowie and Mick Jagger's long-rumored love child, but also took us on a journey of influences across a variety of eras and styles.  For our final busking guests of the week, we welcomed Steph and Georgie Fisher, who are the Sydney-born Berlin-based duo that comprise Sissos.  Much like their own places of connection in this world, they showcased some of their friends from both places, and talked about the duality of family and artistry in a fascinating and exceedingly funny interview to wrap the week properly.#feelthegravityBusking World Cup 2023 Special #62023.10.09Tracklist (st:rt) Part 1 with Sam Brothers (00:00)Sam Brothers – Still I'm Here, As AlwaysColter Wall – The Devil Wears A Suite and Tie (Original 16 Brewery Sessions)Sonny Terry – Key To The Highway (Live at Sugar Hill)Devendra Banhart – Now That I KnowVan Morrison – Star of the County DownJoanna Newsom – Easy  Part 2 (37:56)Sam Brothers – Gwangju Busking World Cup App VideoBob Dylan – On More Cup of CoffeeJoni Mitchell – CaliforniaJeff Buckley – GracePlanxty – As I Roved Out Part 3 with Sissos (69:08)Sissos – You Can't Have BothJessie Monk – Gets Me DownStu Larsen – Lost in a HazeJoe Mungovan – Soaking Up The SunshineSonny Casey – A Thousand Setting SunsMichael Brinkworth – Good Old Feeling Part 4 (1:43:10)Sissos – Leave My Dreams for MeFirst Aid Kit – My Silver LiningLucas Laufen – WeatheringJulia Jacklin – ComfortJudy Blank – KaraokePaul Kelly – To Her Door

As broadcast October 6, 2023 with plenty of gregarious laughs along the way.  Tonight we welcomed two great Europe-based artists to the show as our Busking World Cup celebration continues into day three.  First up, we welcomed Dutch-Indonesian Dublin-based artist Jacob Koopman, who is the only artist in the world who has featured in both editions of Gwangju's famed celebration of street players everywhere.  Jacob talked about his transition from being a drummer to guitarist, showed a bit of his metal side, and talked some of the music that has inspired his own sound since moving into the multi-instrumentalist realm.  For the second hour, we welcomed a trio of internationalist legends in Diogo Picao, Olmo Marin, and Juninho Ibituruna to the studio for a lot of laughs and an exploration of their friends doing amazing things back home in Lisbon, and the absolutely unbelievable local legend that Juninho is in the Portuguese capital.#feelthegravityBusking World Cup 2023 Special #32023.10.06Tracklist (st:rt)Part 1 with Jacob Koopman (00:00)Jacob Koopman feat Neolithic – Tell meJakub Zytecki – Light a Fire (Fight a Liar)brakence – rosier/punk2Sueco – LoserSaibh Skelly feat Jacob Koopman – Is Your Bedroom Ceiling BoredDaisy Chute – London's On Fire Part 2 (31:46)Jacob Koopman – Weight of the WavePolyphia – Playing GodPolyphia feat Sophia Black – ABCDiogo Picão – Ais ou Menos Josiah & The Bonnevilles – Chronically Cautious (Country vers)Futurescape feat Dani Barilli – wake me up Part 3 with Diogo Picão (62:31)Diogo Picão - Palavras CarasSambacalao - Deu à CostaOrquestra Latinidade – CajóCristina Clara - Lua Nicolás Farruggia - Olho d'águaLuca Argel -  Gentrificasamba Part 4 (1:40:03)Diogo Picão - Credo João Pires – CAÊDandara - Para um amor em ParisNancy Vieira - Peca sem dorJhon Douglas – NeuzianaTcheka - Storia Estrada

Bonus episode #068 - The sixth spot Episode description The bonus series is back! Join Andrew as he shares a story about his recent adventure down south in Gwangju, where he caught up with friends and tackled a challenging half marathon along a scenic forest road. Plus, in the vocabulary lesson, Andrew will teach you a useful English idiom: "To snore your head off." Study with the interactive transcript here: Listen to the interview with Indiana here: Join the Culips Discord server here: Details about the Culips course: