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In this episode, Matt Blank talks with Avery Badenhop, Dennis McGlynn, and Harry Parker, who were known during the 90s as the “three-headed dragon” of BASE and founders of the infamous Team Ill Vision. This team has been a timeless model for outlaw extreme sports gangs living an endless summer lifestyle. The leader of Team Ill Vision, Avery, is the quintessential counterculture athlete, creating a unique lifestyle that would inspire generations of jumpers to go all in and totally cut away from the mainstream. Dennis McGlynn, one of the first jumpers to perform BASE stunts for film and television, is also a pioneer of manufacturing BASE-specific gear. He was one of the original FJC instructors and the first to be prosecuted by the federal government for BASE jumping. Harry Parker, the man with the perspective, has been an active jumper and photographer for more than three decades, participating in and capturing some of our community's historic moments. Harry helped put a face and voice to the BASE jumping lifestyle. Their team created a culture around the pursuit of BASE jumping, opening the first public events, competitions, and demonstrations. Their access efforts helped open jumps on BLM land, the Perrine Bridge, and recrafted Bridge Day in West Virginia, as well as forged paths to international BASE events, which have continued to grow over several decades. Please support this independent project by visiting: support Exit Point For more info visit exitpopintpodcast.com Producers: Laurent Frat, Matt Blank, Mark Stockwell Host: Matt Blank Sound mixing: Mark Stockwell Music credit: Staccato Strings by Andreas Beats Timestamps: 00:39 Avery Badenhop: The Counterculture Athlete 00:51 Dennis McGlynn: Pioneer of BASE Stunts and Gear 01:07 Harry Parker: The Man with the Perspective 01:22 Creating a Culture Around BASE Jumping 03:23 The Evolution of BASE Jumping Gear and Techniques 09:22 The Dark and Dangerous Early Days of BASE Jumping 24:55 The Transition to Legal and Sponsored BASE Jumping Events 28:52 The Art of BASE Jumping: Performance, Evolution, and Community 40:49 Cliff Camp '94: A Pivotal Moment in BASE Jumping History 44:14 The Legal Battle Over Aerial Delivery 46:47 The Cliff Camp Incident: A Tragic Turning Point 50:06 Learning from Mistakes: The Importance of Gear Awareness 54:07 From Legal Battles to Building a BASE Jumping Legacy 57:29 The Rise of Team Ill Vision and BASE Jumping Competitions 01:09:47 Navigating the World of Sponsorship and Event Organization 01:21:19 The Impact of Legal Troubles on Personal Life and the Sport 01:25:01 Surviving and Thriving in BASE Jumping: Lessons Learned 01:33:48 The Evolution of Safety and Community in BASE Jumping 01:34:00 The Shift in BASE Jumping Culture: From Tight Crews to Independence 01:34:30 Finding Community and Collaboration in a Solo Sport 01:36:13 The Challenges and Rewards of BASE Jumping Hiatus 01:38:24 Identity and Lifestyle: The Essence of Being a BASE Jumper 01:41:17 The Double-Edged Sword of Currency in BASE Jumping 01:54:03 The Impact of Gear and Training on BASE Jumping Sustainability 01:57:40 The Role of Community and Mentorship in BASE Jumping 02:08:26 Reflecting on Careers, Sacrifices, and Gifts in BASE Jumping
He's nearly 72, and there has hardly been a time since he was a teenager when Harry Parker wasn't in a band. Today, he plays in three bands: Acoustic Ear Candy, Jack Stevenson's Buried Treasure Band, and a duo with his wife Donna called Parker HD. Throughout the years, Harry's played in multiple country and rock bands, and his enthusiasm for music — and life! — is not only contagious, it's inspiring. He's gone from a little kid on his bike trying to sing with the older guys singing doo-wop songs around a street light in Wesleyville (where Harry grew up), to playing to a few thousand people at 8 Great Tuesdays in 2022. Thanks to the JPT Foundation for sponsoring the Erie Music History podcast. The goal of the foundation is to provide education scholarships to grade school-age children as well as annual giving to local organizations and charities. The foundation has a large hall that hosts bingo four days a week and is available for rentals, and it is also the home of this podcast's monthly music night, which is the first Tuesday of the month from 6-9. For information on what bands/musicians are playing in Erie, PA and the surrounding area, please check out Jack Stevenson's 2 Man Happy Hour podcast and webpage. www.ErieMusicHistory.comhttps://www.facebook.com/ErieMusicHistoryPodcast
For Stars Podcast brings you an insight into Syracuse Men's Rowing, featuring longtime Head Coach, Mr. Dave Reischman. Hudson and Dave dive deep into what it takes to "have the juice" in order to be a Division 1 Rowing team, discussing team culture, structure, and most importantly, having fun. A monumental figure within collegiate rowing, Reischman's high regard amongst his peers is worthy to note, so Hudson made sure to highlight the man at the helm of the Orange, entering his 22nd year as Head Coach.Dave started rowing at Gonzaga University during his junior year of college. A farm boy from Washington, Reischman joined a new sport with no boathouse or coach but learned the fundamentals. Post-university, Dave began coaching for a local youth crew team during the summer. Through connections, Dave made his way to Harvard by knocking on the door at Newell Boathouse, being confronted by the legendary coach, Harry Parker. After the two began conversing the field of farming, Parker gave Reischman an internship based on two reasons: he had good luck with western farm kids, and that the boats he coached at CRI followed the traffic pattern on the Charles River. Here we are years later, Dave continues to inspire the next generation of young men and women. Be sure to tune into this solid episode!Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyXeno Müller - Elite Rowing Coach Make your rowing dreams real! Use Code “FORSTARS” for $200 OFF on your desired training package!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Anna Oppes"BookRave"È stato lanciato via social il progetto condiviso di otto case editrici (effequ, Iperborea, minimum fax, NN Editore, Nottetempo, Quinto Quarto, il Saggiatore, Sur), riscuotendo da subito tantissime adesioni: si tratta di BookRave, un progetto di lettura già ampiamente sostenuto da lettori e librerie, che prevede un percorso trimestrale tematico.Le librerie che aderiscono al progetto riceveranno dalle otto case editrici un titolo legato al tema del trimestre.Il primo tema è Corpi: perché il corpo attraversa le narrazioni e le storie, è elemento preponderante di riflessione sia in narrativa che in saggistica, attorno ad esso ruota gran parte della discussione contemporanea su rappresentazione e visibilità. BookRave presenterà otto storie (i cui titoli saranno rivelati a fine mese sui social delle case editrici), tra saggi, romanzi e graphic novel, per attraversare il tema centrale della contemporaneità, comprenderlo meglio e in qualche modo celebrarlo.Starà poi alla libreria e ai suoi lettori determinare un percorso assieme, trovare i collegamenti, giocare coi libri, stimolare le discussioni: è una sfida comune, che sarà sostenuta da iniziative da parte delle case editrici, incontri dal vivo, contenuti multimediali. L'obiettivo di BookRave è molteplice e ambizioso: creare un festival diffuso, collaborativo, mostrare come case editrici anche molto diverse tra loro possano riflettere su uno stesso tema, e come libri anche molto diversi, se messi in dialogo, possano aprire nuove prospettive.Ma soprattutto a BookRave piace l'idea di pensare che le cose si possano fare insieme, mettendo le proprie forze in condivisione, aprendo un percorso di dialogo e mutuo sostegno con le librerie e con chi i libri li acquista e li legge e ne parla.Ecco gli otto libri di BookRave: tutti riferiti al tema trasversale del CorpoSangue cattivo, di Beatrice Galluzzi, effequCorpi dipinti, di Matt Lodder, il SaggiatoreLa valle dei fiori, di Niviaq Korneliussen, IperboreaAll the love I can get, di Tommi Parrish, minimum faxAffamata, di Melissa Broder, NN EditoreChiedi se vive o se muore, di Gaia Giovagnoli, nottetempoL'Arte del Drag, di Jake Hall, Sofie Birkin, Helen Li, Jasjyot Singh Hans, Quinto Quarto edizioniUmani ibridi, di Harry Parker, SurIL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement
In this special episode we record LIVE from the National Army Museum in London. We talk to a panel of 3 guests about their lives, service, injury and recovery. A Road to Recovery Special with Harry Parker, Gemma Morgan and Simon Brown https://www.nam.ac.uk More Information - Simon: https://blesma.org/news-media/blesma-news/2020/on-the-set-of-scars/ Harry: https://www.waterstones.com/book/hybrid-humans/harry-parker/9781788163101 Gemma: https://morganeight.com
On Episode #68 of the Book Talk Today podcast we are joined by Harry Parker. Harry joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain, before stepping on a bomb while on foot patrol - he now walks on metal legs. He is now a writer and artist, based in London. Harry's Website - https://www.harryparkerstudio.com/ Visit our website - https://www.booktalktoday.com
As the BBC's former defence correspondent, Caroline Wyatt spent more than a decade covering the war in Afghanistan. She first went there just after the 9/11 attacks, to report on the British troops joining the US-led coalition against Al Qaeda and their Taliban hosts. By the time combat operations ended in 2014, 454 British military personnel and civilians had died - and many more Afghan civilians. Following the final withdrawal of US troops last year – and the scramble for safety by Afghans who'd worked with the West – she set out to speak to British veterans of the conflict. To find out what had made them sign up to fight, despite the risks, and what the campaign's ultimate failure means to them now. Like many who served in Afghanistan, Louise Jones signed up because she “wanted to make a difference”. She found watching the scenes unfold on television “painful”. It made her question how much she trusted those in power “when they say we want to commit to Ukraine, for example.” Harry Parker, a former captain in the 4th Battalion The Rifles, signed up at 26 just as the fighting in Afghanistan was reaching a crescendo. Eight weeks into his tour of duty he stepped on an improvised explosive device and lost both his legs. Meanwhile, his father General Sir Nick Parker was preparing to head out to Afghanistan to take over as commander of British Forces. “It only made me even more committed to make sure that we achieved our military objectives,” he says, “that we didn't squander young men and women's lives.” As a commando trained chaplain with the Royal Marines, Stuart Hallam ministered to young soldiers as they fought and died on the front lines. “We never come back to being normal in the same sense as we were normal before. It can be a very positive transformation. But nevertheless, it's a transformation.” Presenter: Caroline Wyatt Producer: Emily Williams A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4
1. Dr Tom Carrell - background 2. Battlefield Medicine 3. Route to War - the training 4. reading - The Oscillating saw @ 32.15 5. Camp Bastion, Hellmand 6. The IED - lessons and thoughtsTom Carrell is a doctor who qualified in the 90s. He also served as a territorial soldier based out of the Duke of York's barracks in London. In 2004 he was appointed consultant vascular surgeon specialising in minimally invasive endovascular surgery at St Guy's and St Thomas' hospital. He was posted as a Combat Surgeon to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan in 2008/2009 and 2012. He is now a partner in the Cambridge medical research company Cydar, which he founded with others in 2012. This is his account of his time in Afghanistan as a Combat Surgeon. It is a very moving and personal description of the intense pressure a frontline medic is subjected to. Although the training is extremely rigorous, the work of a field hospital in a war zone is almost indescribable. New techniques are tested, developed and rediscovered in the hellish environment of war, and then applied across the NHS and other health services for the great benefit of the civilian population.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com Reading reference:Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information
Harry Parker, a double amputee, who lost both his legs serving in the British Army joined Sean on the show today...
1. Harry Parker - background 2. The Soldier – his story 3. His book – Anatomy of a Soldier 3a. 1st reading @ 27.17 3b. 2nd reading @ 34.02 4. I.E.D. 4. Lessons for today and tomorrow An interview with ex-soldier, Harry Parker, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Harry talks about his experience as an officer in the Rifles, having to deal every day with the dangers of operating in a hostile environment, especially when the enemy are fighting an asymmetrical war using I.E.D.s to injury and kill.A raw and deeply moving account that sheds light on aspects of both warfare and human behaviour. Something that so few of us will ever know.So it goes,Tom Assheton & James Jacksontalk@bloodyviolenthistory.com Reading reference:Anatomy of a Soldier by Harry Parker See also:YouTube: BloodyViolentHistoryhttps://www.instagram.com/bloodyviolenthistory/https://www.jamesjacksonbooks.comhttps://www.tomtom.co.uk If you enjoy the podcast, would you please leave a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Spotify or Google Podcast App? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really helps to spread the wordSee https://simplecast.com/privacy/ for privacy information
Harry Parker: Hybrid humans... with TRE's Giles Brown
Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Anoushka Shankar who started playing the Sitar when she was 9, secured a recording contract aged sixteen and has been nominated for 7 Grammy awards. She is the musical successor to her father the world renowned musician Ravi Shankar, and is celebrating his life and achievements. Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. He talks rebuilding his life, identity and the impact of technology. Maddy Lucy Dann is a junior doctor who turned to social media platform, TikTok to cheer herself up during the pandemic. Her self-deprecating manner, quick wit and resemblance to the comic character Miranda earned her legions of followers and has led to a fledgling parallel career as a stand-up. Giles Kristian is now a writer but during the 90s he auditioned and won the role of lead singer of pop group Upside Down, achieving four top twenty hit records, performing on Top of the Pops as well as at the Royal Albert Hall, N.E.C. and Wembley Arena, and playing concerts on the same bill as such artists as The Spice Girls, Take That, The Backstreet Boys and Eric Clapton. We also have the inheritance tracks from actor Paterson Joseph who chooses In Loving You Junior English and Better Get it in Your Soul by Charles Mingus and your thank you. Producer: Corinna Jones
After Iraq and Afghanistan, solider Harry Parker turned author and has written a study of the way robotics, computing and AI might be about to irrevocably alter our understanding of what it means to be human. Scientist and Radio 4 presenter Adam Rutherford's new book traces ideas about the perfect body and eugenics from the Spartans and Plato to present day politics and the pandemic. In her new book, philosopher and professor Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key principle of equality. While defending the right of anyone to change their bodies, she traces the way that the social pressure to modify send a powerful message: you are not good enough. They join Matthew Sweet alongside New Generation Thinker and academic at UCL, Xine Yao Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine by Harry Parker is out now. Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics by Adam Rutherford is out now. You can hear him discussing Genes, racism, ageing and evidence with guests including Daniel Levitin in a previous episode of Free Thinking https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fpj2 Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body by Clare Chambers is out now. Xine Yao is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to turn research into radio. You can find an essay about The Inscrutable Writing of Sui Sin Far on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v9gl and a discussion about Darwin's The Descent of Man (1871) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s31z Producer: Luke Mulhall
Why we row? It's a question I often think about. Why I row is simple, it's good for my mind, my body and my mental health. I think when I row, whether that be indoor on a rowing machine or on the water, it settles me. It does this through the effort I need to put in to not only manage my body movements but it's all about me “teaching” myself. I get a sense of achievement when a session goes well. Harry Parker who was the long standing heavy weight rowing coach at Harvard University talks openly about what he did for over 50 years in a video link is below. I think he narrates what he sees as his job, and what he sees it doing for others. You can forget the Harvard elite university link, best focus on Harry and what he says, a truly extraordinary man for how modestly he talk about simplicity, a simplicity that he has learned to teach over 50 years! https://youtu.be/k5lXDcCdM8E Here's today's podcast: What about your fitness and rowing, are you ready to get started? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/get-fit-to-row/message
What if you've tried EVERYTHING, and you STILL feel like something has GOT to change? And what if you want to reinvent yourself? Today, we're chatting with Kristina Rihanoff, who ranked Top 12 in International Latin dance competition, starred and choreographed in UK's most viewed BBC1 show “Strictly Come Dancing”, and recently founded a well-being center Soo Yoga. We'll also be hearing from mother-son duo Jo and Harry Parker who turned years of experience tutoring into a new business venture Flashies, which received the rating stamp Excellent from Trust Pilot. How Kristina deals with high-pressure situations in UK's #1 BBC1 show Strictly Come Dancing. BTS of what it really takes to become a high-demand master of your craft, profession, and calling. Easier ways Jo and Harry have difficult conversations critical to their business. What moving from Russia, to US, to UK taught Kristina about other people. The single-most important way Kristina reinvented herself after her mother's stint with alcoholism. 2 things Kristina did that helped her find success after a dyslexia diagnosis. How Jo turned a life-long passion into a new source of income. Ways to deal with guilt or shame when you're wondering if you should share a personal story. What Jo and Harry did to create and sell over 1,000 of their offering in a short period of time. Join others in 60+ countries and hit Follow, Add, Collect, Save, and Download. OR, listen to the episode now.
In this week's episode, Alice and Nicolas interview Harry Parker, an artist, former army officer, and author of Anatomy of a Soldier - a creative and powerful novel that narrates the experiences of fictional soldier Tom Barnes as he deploys to war and gets badly injured by an IED. Harry was himself injured by an IED while on tour in Afghanistan, losing both legs, and in many ways the novel draws on his personal experiences. But as Harry explains, it is also a highly fictionalised account and he takes advantage of that fictional element to look at war from many different perspectives. Each of the 45 chapters in the novel is narrated by an inanimate object - a tourniquet, a bag of fertiliser, a boot, a flag, a running blade, and so on - and these objects enable Harry to dissect war from all sorts of angles, bringing in the experience of civilians as well as soldiers, family members as well as fighters, and people on both sides of the conflict. As he explains in the podcast, he is fascinated by the fact that no one experiences conflict in the same way. The novel's structure and form also enable Harry to highlight connections between people who are fighting each other, and this reflects his wider interest in countering the more one-sided or biased representations of conflict which we often come across. Although the novel does move forward in time, from Tom Barnes' injury in the first chapter to his recovery and reintegration into civilian life at the end, it also jumps back and forth, capturing how fractured people's experiences of war are - and this got us talking about writing itself and the novel as a narrative form that can be used in innovative ways to help people visualise war. Among other questions, we asked Harry:How does writing compare with, e.g., painting as a narrative medium when it comes to representing war?To what extent does Anatomy of a Soldier reflect his own experiences of war and injury, and why did he decide to write fiction rather than autobiography?Why did he decide to narrate the story through a series of inanimate objects and not a human character?How does the novel's rapid changes of perspectives and jumping backwards-and-forwards in time contribute to its depiction of war?What does he want the novel to communicate to readers about soldiering, combat and war?We hope you enjoy the episode! For a version of our podcast with close captions, please use this link. You can find out more about Harry's writing and artwork by visiting his website. For more information about individuals and their projects, access to resources and more, please have a look on the University of St Andrews Visualising War website. Music composed by Jonathan Young Sound mixing by Zofia Guertin
Hour 2 of Smash Daily, this weekend you have an opportunity to head over to the Lowe's parking lot in Alton to help build bunk beds for kids in need in our area. Jason Brunaugh from Sleep In Heavenly Peace - Alton, along with the Alton Lowe's and area volunteers will be there, along with Harry Parker from Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill will bring their food truck to provide delicious food from the heart of New Orleans plus live Zydeco music! It all happens this weekend building Bunks Across America! Find more info at https://www.facebook.com/SHPAlton/! Also, Smash & Lolo promote the upcoming Vinyl Vault on our sister station My Mix 94.3 which you can stream at www.mymix943.com and Smash promotes the upcoming interview with rock band American Greed! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 3-5! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen to the podcast ANYWHERE at www.smashdaily.com!
My guest this week is Harry Parker, a writer and artist who had a very interesting route to becoming an author. Harry is an army veteran who lost his legs following an IED explosion while on tour in Afghanistan. Several years later and back in the UK, Harry wrote a novel, Anatomy of a Solider, which tells the story of Sergeant Tom Barnes, who also loses his legs in an explosion, through the perspectives of 45 inanimate objects: a gun, a bag of fertiliser, a prosthetic leg, a grieving mother's handbag and so on. It's an extraordinary book, disorienting and incredibly moving, and in 2016 when it was published, Harry was featured as one of The Observer's new faces of fiction. the book got rave reviews and won the Waverton Good Read Award the following year. Overall, a pretty incredible experience for a debut novelist. But his second book did not go so well. It didn't sell and Harry, who is clearly an extremely resilient guy, is nonetheless very candid here about how personal that rejection felt, and how hard it has been to get over. It's a great reminder, I think, that writing success is not linear, even for established authors. You have to be prepared for bumps in the road and allow yourself time to accommodate them. Thank you so much to Harry for being so open about it all.You can find Anatomy of a Soldier and books by my other guests at my online bookstore: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/francescasteeleYou can also find me on Twitter - @francescasteele. Do come along and let me know what you think of the podcast and the authors' experiences. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to Write-Off with Francesca Steele, a podcast about writing rejection in all its forms, from self-doubt to books not selling, and how people get through it. I'm a writer and journalist based in London with some personal experience of this after my own first book failed to sell. Guests include Anna Hope, Andy Weir, Katherine Heiny, Michele Roberts, Julian Fellowes, Ann Napolitano, Phoebe Morgan, Harry Parker, Alex Wheatle and Douglas Stuart. I hope you find them as inspiring as I do. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hour 1 of Smash Daily, Smash opens up the show with news from Kansas City. The child that was involved in the accident with Kansas City Chiefs Assistant Coach Britt Reid is out of a coma! Smash also revisits with Super Soul Sister T, and a really BIG announcement from Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill! Harry Parker and Smash tell you all about it! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
Hour 2 of Smash Daily kicks off with Super Soul Sister T talking politics schmolitics and other various topics, life coach Liesel Duhon of duhoncoaches.com talks to us about how to avoid bad habits and not beat ourselves up, and we catch up with Harry Parker from Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
Maxi’s Taxi, Interviews of People You've Probably Never Heard Of
This episode is with David Maxson, my little brother. We’ll be talking about clams, clamming, and clammers. Join us as we reach all the way back to the ‘70s and ‘80s and reminisce about old timers like Dicky and Joe White, Mickey Johnson, and Harry Parker. We’ll also be talking about mischief with the likes of the Franklin boys and the indomitable Buddy McCluskey. Rated “R”.
Hour 1 of Smash Daily, we pay tribute to Elvis Presley, Buzz Ullrich joins Smash for COVID talk, and we find out what Valentines Specials is going on at Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill with owner Harry Parker! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
Hour 1 of Smash Daily, and welcome to the first day of December! That means Christmas Time Is Comin' 'Round Again, we revisit with Harry Parker of Gulf Shores Restaurant and the winner of the Turkducken, and Super Soul Sistah T talks to us about a variety of topics! (Basically whatever Smash can think of) Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
Hour 2 of Smash Daily, enter the voice of Truth Smash talks to Al Womack from The Boys & Girls Club to talk about a new playground coming to the area and his new podcast called Uncomfortable Conversations, Smash talks to Harry Parker from Gulf Shores Restaurant and Carson, the winner of the Turducken giveaway which certainly made it the most wonderful time of the year! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
Hour 2 of Smash Daily, we go back to Smash's past and talk about one of the many tunes that the Might Smash put together named "The Ballad Of Alligator Joe". If you want to see the music video that goes along with it, check it out here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfi7kOzFStU. Also on the show Smash and Harry Parker get you ready for Thanksgiving and gives away a Turducken live on the air from Gulf Shores Restaurant! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
Hour 1 of Smash Daily, Smash honors all of the Veterans on Veteran's Day, we talk with Harry Parker from Gulf Shores Restaraunt about some of the items on the menu and Karl Sides joins the program to give us a report from the sidelines! Check out Smash Daily on your radio weekdays from 4-6 on 107.1 FM The Big Z! Stream at www.altondailynews.com and listen ANYWHERE you get your podcasts!
How many Wharton School of Business graduates do you know who run restaurants in town? You know one now. It was as much fun to sit down with Harry as it is to eat at his Gulf Shores restaurants.
Dan is a former US international athlete, coach and was first famous for being part of the "Oxford Mutiny" of 1987. He now builds high performing teams based on the principles he learned from rowing. Sponsors MaxRigging.com for all your rowing rigging needs https://rowing.chat/sponsor/nuts-and-bolts-guide-to-rigging/ NK Speedcoach Summer Regatta Series https://rowing.chat/sponsor/speedcoach-summer-regatta-series/ Timestamps to the show 02:15 Background in rowing at Navy and 1988 Olympic team for USA 05:00 When is a rower "ready" to move the the next stage? Cultivate a belief system in yourself and a vision that you are capable of taking those steps. 07:00 Trialing with Harry Parker at Princeton for the 1980 Olympics When you have the opportunity to bring someone to a higher level, you have to take it. 11:00 Seat Racing - when you switch in this is YOUR crew. What is the rhythm? Announce yourself and ask what are you emphasising? Lock your gaze onto the back of the neck of the person in front. It's all about alignment. 17:00 Rowing at Oxford with 4 other US international calibre athletes. Most were stroke side but the President was also strokeside and had effectively selected himself out of the boat. Dan Topolski wasn't there all the time - 2 week rotations. There was also a telephone workers strike so we couldn't phone each other. We were used to having more direction from a coach. Tony Ward asked Dan to stand up for them and so they went to see Donald Macdonald the President - he called this a mutiny. 23:50 Communication is key. We could have solved this - the entire crew should have been brought together. This would have prevented the factions forming. Vital to meet regularly. 29:00 Tongue blade boards. At the Naval Academy this is how they do the crew assignments. Coach Ken Dreyfuss gave me my tongue blade with the exclamation point on it. 33:00 If I had been thinking individual glory, my path would have been very different. The team strives together. Team Concepts is workin to overcome what divides us. Focus instead on what we have in common. 37:00 Where to start with a new team? Start with Mission and Purpose. Align that and then everyone wants to feel valued. Enable the effort. Gives the base motivation to give import to what they are doing. 42:00 Rowers align around a large set of commonalities. Bridge the issues that divide us in society using my new project the Phoenix Initiative. We create teams for economic value to create organisations and businesses tied to the issues that divide us. 46:00 Citizens Councils like the Irish ones on abortion and gay marriage. The determining factor is commitment from the leadership. They are reliant on energy which if they get it from divisiveness, this gives then more energy.
SUMMARY In The Red Rose Crew, former crew team member and rowing coach, Daniel Boyne, tackles the compelling true story of the female athletes who came together to form the first U.S. Women’s National Crew Team. It was 1975, just when Title IX began to crack open doors to American women in sports and at universities across the nations. This formidable group of tough women battled for international success at the World Championships while also battling for equality at home where sexual prejudice, bureaucracy, and male domination also stood firmly in their path to victory. Fiercely determined to participate in one of the most grueling and competitive sports, this brave crew not only withstood all the rigors of hard training but also fought the uphill battle to take their rightful place as premier athletes. Tapping into each individual’s inner strength, the ingenuous coach Harry Parker (from Harvard’s men crew) also ignited an unlikely but powerful sense of team unity among the women, propelling them to participate in their first Olympic Games in 1976. With raw honesty combined with authentic dramatic tension, Boyne tells "A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water.” KEY POINTS & CHARACTERS Unbeknownst to many, American rowing has its original roots among the working class. When crews row well, it’s difficult for onlookers to tell just how hard the oarsmen are rowing. The Head of the Charles Regatta – happens every October and the largest race in the world Gail Pierson – brilliant MIT professor and champion sharpshooter; assumes the role of elder statesman and organizer for the women’s team; a pioneer for rowing who suffers the slings and arrows of criticism Carie Graves – stands 6’1” by her sophomore year in high school; the team’s Amazon bohemian; channels her darkest places to compete at her top level, becoming the strong powerhouse of the team Anne Warner – Yale student stronger than most male rowers at Harvard; fierce feminist who takes dramatic measures to get equal amenities and recognition for the team Lynn Sillman – 16-year-old coxswain whose quiet but strong leadership skills steer the team literally and figuratively CLAC – women’s row club began in late 1800s that trained at Mission Bay in San Diego Harry Parker – without aspiring to the role, takes coach position of the first women’s truly competitive crew QUOTES FROM BOYNE “In order to understand competitive rowing, you first had to understand pain. Not the common ordinary sort that visits most people on an occasional basis…the real pain of rowing, the one required for a racing effort, was far more internal and intense.” “A crew coach is utterly useless during a crew race, unable to communicate with his crew. Even if it were possible to talk to them as they raced, it was not permitted.” “Harvard University…had one of the finest facilities in the entire United States, if not the world. “Most of these women had already paid their dues. Most had not only experienced the normal rigors of rowing but had also borne the additional hardships of being denied the basic privileges that came with it. They hadn’t needed to walk into boathouses and prove themselves. They’d had to bang on the doors just to be let in.” “In rowing, explaining the success of an underrated crew is almost as difficult as accounting for the poor performance of a highly rated one.” BUY Red Rose Crew: A True Story Of Women, Winning, And The Water RECOMMENDATIONS BUY the DVD "Miracle" (2004) https://www.nonfiction4life.com/86-fly-girls-by-keith-obrien/ Check our podcast interview with Keith O'Brien about his book Fly Girls -- another nonfiction book heralding the accomplishments of strong women. Connect with us! Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube Website Special thanks… Music Credit Sound Editing Credit
Here is the unforgettable story of Captain Tom Barnes, whom we first meet as he is leading British troops in Afghanistan. We then meet two young Afghani boys—and the man who trains one of them to fight against the infidel invaders. Finally, there are the family and friends who radiate out from these lives: the people on all sides of a war where virtually everyone is caught up in something unthinkable. But this novel regards them not as they see themselves but as the objects surrounding them do: a helmet, a bag of fertilizer, a beer glass, dog tags—and a horrific improvised explosive device that binds them all together by blowing one of them apart. A work of extraordinary humanity and hope, Anatomy of a Soldier takes its place among the great novels that articulate the lives of soldiers. In the boom of an instant, we see things we've never understood so clearly before.
A series of podcasts with Rosie Kay (choreographer and Artistic Director of Rosie Kay Dance Company) in conversation with figures from the academic, military and media spheres. What does it take to achieve success? Is failure essential to it? How do we become resilient? What are the new challenges to the 21st Century artist? Or indeed to the 21st Century scientist, academic, producer? Are we prepared to face them? The Future-Proof Artist is an arts talk show bringing together interesting, successful and diverse figures from the arts and sciences to talk about success, failure, resilience, barriers and how to succeed. This podcast is designed for dance and culture professionals and students to view future-proofing through the lens of dance. Episode 2 features Rosie Kay in conversation with Harry Parker. Harry studied History of Art at UCL and joined the British Army when he was 23 serving in Iraq and Afghanistan before going onto work as a civil servant. He now works as a painter and writer, his first novel Anatomy of a Soldier is published by Faber and Faber. Recorded in London, August 2018. Presented and produced by Simon Preston. rosiekay.co.uk 5soldiers.co.uk
TCU Theatre Head, Harry Parker, talks about his experiences as an educator and professional director, as well as his love for the musical Gypsy. Contact Twitter Facebook theghostlightpod@gmail.com If you, or someone you know, is interested in getting involved, please reach out to me at the contacts listed above. Send a brief description of who you are, where you're from, and what you do. Music Intro music was provided by Malandros. Outro music was provided by Pachyderm. Check out our podcasting host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free, no credit card required, forever. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-1e1992 for 40% off for 4 months, and support The Ghost Light: A Theatre Interview Podcast.
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Toby Ayer '96 discusses his book The Sphinx of the Charles: A Year at Harvard with Harry Parker, published in October 2016. Ayer, who rowed crew at MIT and served as assistant coach for Parker in the early 2000s, shares his thoughts on Parker's legacy in rowing and how Parker's half-century of coaching at Harvard came to a close. Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/2q6GJAf. Read more about Ayer: http://bit.ly/2oUGtBR
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Welcome back to Amazin' Avenue Audio - we are a bit shaken from the sweep by the Braves but, like good Mets fans, we soldier on, even after embarrassment. First up, Brian Salvatore and Chris McShane discuss Jay Bruce's lack of value for the team, present or future, as well as discuss Jacob deGrom and Neil Walker. (1:10) Steve Sypa and Greg Karam talk about some of their evaluation techniques for pitchers in the Mets minor league system. (36:38) Aaron Yorke looks at the newest Met farmhand, Tim Tebow, and a creative way to get value from him. (52:55) Steve Schreiber helps us to see, via This Week in SNY what we've always known: Keith has some opinions on blondes. (59:55) Lukas Vlahos takes a look at the pitching rotation in the (potential) post season. (1:02:12) Bryan Renzi returns with a Forgotten Mets segment, focusing on Harry Parker. (1:10:25) And, finally, Kate Feldman is still all-in - even if that isn't as easy as it was a week ago. (1:15:25) As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through iTunes, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, listen through the embedded player below, or download the podcast directly from Blog Talk Radio. And don't forget you can email the show at podcast@amazinavenueaudio.com, and we'll be back next week for another edition of Amazin' Avenue Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harry Parker grew up in Wiltshire. He was educated at Falmouth College of Art and University College London. He joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain. He is now a writer and artist and lives in London. Anatomy of a Soldier is his first novel. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
Harry is a writer and an artist. His debut novel, Anatomy of a Soldier, came out this year and was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize. He's currently working on his second novel. Harry's Book Choices: For Whom The Bell Tolls - Earnest Hemingway How To Be Both - Ali Smith Pincher Martin - William Golding He tweets at @harrybparker
On a cold November night in a Deptford yard, dock worker Harry Parker stumbles upon the body of a dead woman. Inspector Ben Ross is summoned from Scotland Yard to this insalubrious part of town, but no witness to the murder of this well-dressed, middle-aged woman can be found. Even Jeb Fisher, the local rag-and-bone man, swears he's seen nothing. Meanwhile, Ben's wife Lizzie is trying to suppress a scandal: family friend Edgar Wellings has a gambling addiction and no means of repaying his debts. Reluctantly, Lizzie agrees to visit his debt collector's house in Deptford, but when she arrives she finds her husband is investigating the murder of the woman in question. Edgar was the last man to see Mrs Clifford alive and he has good reason to want her dead, but Ben and Lizzie both know that a case like this is rarely as simple as it appears... (P)2016 Headline Digital
Liza Johnson directs Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey in the title roles of Elvis and Nixon a film which dramatises the unlikely 1970 meeting between the two men . The title role in a production of Shakespeare's Henry V at the Regent's Park Open Air theatre is taken by the actress Michelle Terry. Debut novel The Girls by Emma Cline looks at relationships and their consequences in a Charles Manson-like cult in California. The City of London has placed 15 sculptures by leading artists among architectural landmarks such as the Gherkin and the Cheesegrater - an opportunity to see engaging works in unusual settings. Polish television drama serial The Border dealing with the highly topical subject of immigration control starts downloads on All Four this week. Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Ellah Alfrey, Linda Grant and Nikesh Shukla. The producer is Harry Parker.
Let's imagine a man called Captain Tom Barnes, aka BA5799, who's leading British troops in the war zone. And two boys growing up together in that war zone, sharing a prized bicycle and flying kites before finding themselves estranged once foreign soldiers appear in their countryside. And then there's the man who trains one of them to fight against the other's father and all these infidel invaders. Then imagine the family and friends who radiate out from these lives, people on all sides of this conflict where virtually everyone is caught up in the middle of something unthinkable.
Start the Week is at Hay Literary Festival this week discussing war and intelligence. Michael Hayden is a former Air Force four-star general who became director of the US National Security Agency and then the CIA. He talks to Tom Sutcliffe about the decisions made during America's war on terror: from rendition and interrogation to widespread surveillance. Harry Parker was in his twenties when he signed up to join the British Army - he uses the paraphernalia and weaponry of war to tell the story of conflict; while the journalist Janine di Giovanni reports on ordinary people caught up in the fighting in Syria. The human rights lawyer Philippe Sands looks back at his own family's history to make sense of crimes against humanity. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Prominent people in a particular line of work read and reflect on the writings of an illustrious forebear of the same trade. The essays are partly about ideas and how they change, but also about the practice and the human experience of being a certain kind of thing; be it a teacher, a soldier a critic or a journalist.Soldier and author Harry Parker, relives The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant, through the lens of his own experiences in Helmand province. Grant fought in the US Mexican War and then commanded the Union armies in the American Civil War. Reading Grant's spare prose Harry reflects on the changes in the way war is experienced, consumed and portrayed.Producer: James Cook.
Harry Parker begins the third and final part of his conversation with This Writing Life by considering the emotional effects of his tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. ----more---- From there we moved onto: writing about the war from the perspective of the occupied and the insurgency 'All I wanted to do was tell a good story' 'There is this idea that laying mines is a really unfair way to fight wars. I always thought dropping a hellfire missile from a drone was also unfair.' futility and waste: 'War is just shitty' how much is a life worth: occupiers vs occupied? 'You can't just do these things with military force...' ISIS, Assad, Iraq: the future of the world 'If there are any themes they are compassion, recovery, but also trying to reframe how we view conflicts' what next for Harry Parker?
The second part of our chat with Harry Parker about his debut novel Anatomy of a Soldier begins with a cheerful discussion of decay and destruction of both objects or people. ----more----Parker prefers the word entropy while discussing his own recovery after the bomb blast that destroyed his legs. From there we moved onto: can fiction resolve trauma?questions of identity: what Parker sees in the mirror'fetish of the possible': prosthetic limbs as objects of hopevalue and cost: how much is a human life worth?anger and mourning: recovery and resolutionwould Parker shake hands with the man who blew him up'If you are going to be stupid enough to be a soldier, then you have got to expect that this stuff might happen'empathy or hatred: Parker's view of the insurgentsthe Parker family's relationship with the British armywhy did he join up'The best soldier is anti-war...''It's bloody difficult': the challenges of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistandid the occupying armies make life better or worse?fear and boredom: life as a soldier on duty
Harry Parker's debut novel Anatomy of a Soldier is narrated by objects, 45 things – ranging from dog tags to a bomb to a mattress – that witness the life of Captain Tom Barnes during and in the aftermath of war in the Middle East. Inspired by the novel, our theme is OBJECTS, and in addition to interviewing Harry we look at all those things that populate our favourite books, from King Arthur's Excalibur to Desdemona's handkerchief.
Harry Parker is a painter and, thanks to his debut Anatomy of a Soldier, a novelist. Before he was either of those, he served in the British Army, first in Iraq and later Afghanistan. ----more----His experiences form the basis for his first book - above all the day he stepped on a landmine planted near his camp in Helmand Province. Parker lost both his legs and endured years of intensive physiotherapy. These absorbing and moving scenes tell only part of Tom Barnes' fictional story. Anatomy of a Soldier is a courageous novel is all sorts of ways. It is narrated from the perspective of over 40 objects, ranging from shoes to bombs, infections to a handbag. It also attempts to present the occupation from the point of view of the occupiers - insurgents and moderates alike. When we met at Faber & Faber's London offices, we began by discussing the challenges of writing a first book. 'I definitely felt like a beginner...I am not that well read.' Parker recalled dictating sections using transcription software in an attempt to get the story moving. From there we moved to: his first attempts at writingundertaking an Arvon course with Toby Littto autobiography or not to autobiographythe power of inanimate objects'I tried to write a book about animals and it was pretty knickers'life v fiction: Harry Parker v Tom Barnes'Is it memoir? Not for me...'a precis of Anatomy of a Soldieroccupiers or the occupied?how autobiographical is Anatomy of a Soldier'I didn't want to write about conflict in a way that sentimentalised it...but I did want to capture some of the excitement''I made a mistake': Parker's injurieshow war objectifies
As a trailer for our next This Writing Life subject, soldier-novelist Harry Parker reads from his debut, Anatomy of a Soldier. For further information, visit Faber & Faber: here.
Harry Parker grew up in Wiltshire. He was educated at Falmouth College of Art and University College London. He joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain. He is now a writer and artist and lives in London. Harry’s first novel is Anatomy of a Soldier. Andrew Hankinson is a journalist who was born, raised, and lives in Newcastle upon Tyne. He started his career as a staff writer at Arena magazine and in 2012 won a Northern Writers Award. He is now a freelance feature writer who has contributed to many publications, including Observer Magazine, The Guardian, and Huffington Post. His first book is You Could Do Something Amazing With Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Stump tells us about Mickey's tunnel camp he just finished. Dave's cut-aways come in 3's but at least when he throws away a cut away handle he lands 20 feet away from it. Safety First with Brian Germain discusses jumping in winds. Pic of the Week - A quick hello under canopy. Photo by Harry Parker. Conversation with Harry Parker about bringing new jumpers into the fold with a new program called Jump In. We open a surprise package from Moe Viletto. Listener email.
Discussion on recording from multiple locations again, big-time donations, and upcoming conversations and events. Best wishes to past guest Al Krueger for a speedy recovery. Pic of the Week - A New Year's CRW formation flies over Skydive Sebastian in Florida. Photo by Harry Parker. Caught up on listener e-mails and voice mails. We check up on Dave late in the show. Don't forget about our photo contest! Price chop on white shirts.