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Happy Thanksgiving you turkeys!  Enjoy an interview with the gin-u-wine heirs to the Blackball Ferry legacy, brought to you by Friends Of The Boaty Show. Skip to that at around 26:00, or dig in for  your dose of BS silly with an epic Old Boat Ad and Steph's stories from the largest outdoor hot tub park in North America... Spa Nordique!  Boaty Show hats are now available at www.theboatyshow.com/merch. We love you and are thankful for you, thanks for listening!    Jeff: Hi. If you enjoy the Boaty Show, you may enjoy my new audiobook. It's about AI and how we can live with it. You Teach The Machines: AI on Your Terms. Out wherever you get your audiobooks. By me, Jeff Pennington. [Music] Jeff: Welcome back listeners. I'm Jeff Pennington. I'm joined by my co-host... Steph: Stephanie Weiss. Jeff: Sipping on her coffee. It is Sunday, still morning. We, uh, we both have fires going. Mine's downstairs, Steph's is right in front of her in her living room. We're remote, and it's been a minute. We're not gonna talk about that. We're just gonna jump right back in. Right? Steph: Yeah, let's jump right in. Jeff: Jump right in. Like it's summer and we're going swimming again. Steph: Exactly. Exactly. Jeff: We have, uh, we have a show today. We're gonna do a segment on the Puget Sound ferry system—the history of. And we're gonna do, uh... what do we got? We got a "Old Boat Ad" from Jay. He was touring down in, uh, Whatchamacallit, Florida? Sarasota. He sent a picture of an alligator, which I will contend is Boaty. Steph: You want my opinion on that? Jeff: I want your opinion on that. Steph: I mean, it does... it does get from one place to the other. I don't know if they do that without getting wet, but yeah. I admit, boat adjacent. If you've seen an alligator, you wish you were in a boat. I mean, I can think of many ways that alligator is Boaty. Yes. Jeff: That was... that was excellent commentary. Thank you very much. Steph: You're welcome. Jeff: Wait, when you were down there last winter for the fundraising visit and you found that waterfront, that waterfront bar that served like drinks in buckets or something? Were there any alligators around then? Steph: Yeah. Well, yes. We were told there were alligators around, but I didn't see an alligator. But I did see lots and lots of signs about the alligators. Remember the signs? Jeff: In particular that it was alligator mating season. Steph: That's what it was! Yes. "Do not approach the mating alligator" or something super weird like that. Like... yes. That's right. Jeff: And then we did a whole... we did a whole, I mean we might have had a series of bits on alligator mating. And why you weren't supposed to go in the water when they were mating? Was it because it was gross? Because it's like, you know, it's the water that they're mating in and what's all that about? Or because you don't want like the throes of alligator mating ecstasy to like, end up with you getting like, you know, I don't know. Maybe they like bite each other in the midst of all that and you don't want to get confused... like get a body part confused. Steph: Right. Is there more traditional aggression? Right. Are they more aggressive when they're mating? These are questions. And then we had—I think we ended up really wondering whether that was a deep water thing or just a shoreline thing. Like if you're out in the middle, do you have to worry about that? Remember? We had this... this was a whole conversation. Jeff: I think... but I do think that it's ridiculous because... because like, if you see alligators whether they're mating or not, could we all just assume you don't go in the water? I just seems unnecessary, but... Jeff: And we'll count that as the only answer worth taking away because I only recall the questions we had at the time. Uh, and I don't recall any resolution of any of this. So, um, interesting though that Jay... winter-ish, maybe mating season or not. It looked like the picture was a solo... solo alligator. It was just, just an alligator. Unless maybe it was an alligator couple and you couldn't see the other alligator because that alligator was underwater? Steph: Like... that just occurred to me when you said... great minds think alike. Jeff: Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. Steph: We should ask Jay. Jeff: We should ask Jay what was going on. Steph: Or not so great minds think alike. Jeff: All right. All right. So I think we should lead off with, uh, since we're talking about Jay and his trip through Florida—he played at least one show down there, I saw a picture of a backyard concert, looked lovely. Or an outdoor concert I shouldn't say, I don't know if it was backyard or not, looked lovely. And, uh, he sent a boat ad. And since this is his favorite segment, we're gonna do it. Steph: Mmm. Do it. [Music: Old Boat Ad Jingle] Jeff: It's... I can't... It's been so long that we've done this that when we were in the middle of doing it all the time, it seemed completely normal. And now when we're like... we're like four months away from doing it regularly or whatever, and it's like holy [bleep]. What the hell is this? That was a song about old boat ad copy from Jay and that was like... like, you know, I don't know, six months ago I was like, "Well yeah, of course Jay's gonna make a song saying 'Come on Jeff read those vintage boaty advertisements, give us some of them old boat ads.'" And that was like in the midst of it, it was like "Yeah fine." And now it's like, what the [bleep] is this? Oh my god! Steph: And people want... people are like, "Hey man when are you gonna start making that show again?" 'Cause they want this nonsense! Jeff: Oh god. That makes me so happy. It's good to be weird. Steph: It's good to be weird. Jeff: Okay. All that aside, notwithstanding. Let's do it. Okay. Jay found this ad in the wild. I don't know where it was. Um, I'm looking at the picture. It looks like it's in a frame. Maybe it was in like... I'm gonna say it was in a bathroom at a bar that he was at, or a restaurant perhaps, and it was above the urinal and he saw this. It was right in front of his face. "You can't blame a guy for boasting about his new Mercury. Not only pride of possession, but downright satisfaction comes with the ownership of a new Mercury Outboard Motor. When you put a Mercury on a boat, you are completely confident of quick, easy starting and effortless 'hold the course' steering. You know that there will be instant response to every touch of the throttle. Whether you want a burst of flashing speed or just a ripple of hushed power for the slowest possible trolling. The new Mercury with 'Full Jeweled Powerhead'—bears repeating—Full Jeweled, yes like bling bling jewels, Full Jeweled Powerhead gives you greater all-around mechanical efficiency and endurance never before known in an outboard motor. Yes, with your Mercury, you'll experience that pride of possession realized only by those who own the finest." Scrolling down through the ad... that was the main copy presented next to uh, a lovely couple in a, looks like a Penn Yan outboard skiff uh, with an outboard obviously on the back. Um, she of course is reclining. He of course is driving. Um, and he's holding his hand out like, "Ah! Oh my god this is great!" Like out to the side like, "Can you believe it?" "Of course, of course this is great." Um, he doesn't look so polished, he's kind of look got... he's got some bedhead and a t-shirt on. She looks put together. Um, so he must have a great personality. Steph: [Laughs] Jeff: So scrolling down there's like more details. Um, mostly for him because there's like cutaway diagrams and whatnot. So: "The Rocket. A six horsepower precision-built alternate firing twin with sparkling power that will plane a boat beautifully. Yet throttle down for... oh, yet throttle down to a hush for continuous trolling. Another exclusive Mercury first." This is more on the Full Jeweled Powerhead. "Mercury's Full Jeweled Powerhead. Mercury engineers have developed a method of using roller bearings on wrist pins, crank pins, and crank shaft. It results in reduction of mechanical friction, new power and smoothness, readier response to the throttle, many more months of service-free operation than any outboard with conventional plain bearings." "The Comet. A smooth running 3.2 horsepower single. The ideal family outboard. Just right for your car-top boat or the average rental boat. Mercury. Own a Mercury. Matchless and outboard excellence. Kiekhaefer Corporation, Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Outboard Motors. Portable Industrial Engines." There you go. Old Boat Ad. Steph: I have a lot of questions. And an observation. Jeff: Go. Steph: I love how the masthead of this ad if you will—I don't know if that's the right word for it—but it's a... it's a bubble, it's a like a word bubble coming from the guy in the boat, right? "You can't blame a guy for boasting about his new Mercury." I love like the... I love all of the like the um... how proud you should be. Like there's a lot of like, you know, you just... you're just going to boast and it's going to be like everyone's going to be impressed with you. There's going to be "Pride of Possession." Which I think is very interesting. And then what is going on with the jewels? I don't understand the jewels and why are we talking about jewels? There's no jewels in this. Jeff: There's roller bearings. Steph: What is that? And how is it like a jewel? Is it a ruby? Jeff: Well, my guess is given that this is setting the guy up to boast, if it was made out of ruby it would have said that, right? But I can say... Steph: I agree. Jeff: I can say that I don't know whether it's jeweled or made out of a jewel or not. But uh, different... there's different kinds of bearings. I know a little bit about bearings. Not a lot. Steph: Didn't we talk about bearings once before? Jeff: I'm sure we did. I'm sure we did. Steph: I like this sentence... I like this sentence a lot. "The Mercury engineers have developed a method of using roller bearings on wrist pins, crank pins, and crank shaft." What? Jeff: Uh, I don't know what a wrist pin is. I don't know what a crank... was it a wrist pin and a crank pin? Steph: Wrist pins and crank pins. Yeah. Things I didn't know about. But I love... I also love that they're getting into this level of detail right in the ad. This is the good old days. You know what I mean? Like this is... this is the least reductive ad I've ever seen. They're really... they're just... they hit you a little bit with the ego in the top and then they get right into the deep, deep details. I think this is lovely. It was... it was lovely to listen to. Jeff: So you got... I don't know what those pins are. The crank... I don't know. Let's not talk about why you've got bearings or what they're on, but ball bearings are balls. And... Steph: [Laughs silently] Jeff: ...you're laughing silently with our... Steph: Wrist bearings are wrists? Crank pins are cranks? I don't know. Jeff: No. We're not gonna talk about that stuff. We're just gonna talk about the bearings. So you got ball bearings which are spherical, okay? And then you've got roller bearings which are like a... in my mind it's a bearing that's made of a... it looks like a rolling pin, okay? And a ball bearing can... can bear weight while moving in all directions because it's a sphere. Steph: 360. Jeff: Yup. 360 times 360, right? In any direction. And then a roller bearing can bear... bear weight while moving just in like one direction back and forth. One plane I guess. And uh, I know roller bearings because there are conical roller bearings on boat trailers in the hubs of the boat trailer. Um, because the... and they're almost like a rolling pin shape except they're flared a little bit at, you know, toward one end so it's like a slight cone shape. And that's because the axle on your boat trailer has a slight taper to it. And so the wheel spinning on those bearings on that slightly tapered axle shaft has to be slightly... has to match that taper as it spins around and around and around. Um, now, that being said, going from, you know, roller bearings to "jeweled"? That's... that's what I'm talking about right there. Yup. Steph: Full Jeweled. Yeah. I mean I don't know. I guess... you know how I feel about this stuff. I kind of love things that I don't understand and there's a lot here I don't understand. And I think this is a lovely... so we've got two en... Is the Rocket one and the Comet is the other? They have space names. Amazing. Jeff: Yeah. And this was before... this might have been early space era. Yeah. Steph: Yeah. Early space race. Jeff: It look... I like that it's like, it's just a little boat. Nothing fancy. It's just a little tin can. Steph: Yeah. Rockin' out. Or having a great time. They're all proud... proud of themselves. Jeff: They mentioned "Car Top Boats" which was a... that was a big deal in the expansion of boating into the middle class. And... yeah. So Penn Yan, the boat manufacturer, my understanding is they hit it big for the first time with car-top boats. So Penn Yan Car Toppers, you'll still see those around sometimes. And that was like what pontoon boats and jet skis are doing... they did for boating then what pontoon boats and jet skis are doing now. Which is just making it way more accessible. Steph: I hear you. Jeff: Yeah. Steph: I hear you. "There it is. Just right for your car-top boat or the average rental boat." Got it. Yeah. Jeff: Yeah. Give me... give me more opportunity to get in the water without having to be a rich guy with my own dock or a yacht or anything like that. Steph: Mm-hm. Equal opportunity boating. Jeff: E... E... E-O-B. E-O-B-B. Equal Opportunity Boating Board. Okay. Enough of that. Steph: Yes. That's a... that's a worthy goal. Jeff: All right. We're gonna move on to our... our next topic. Which, you know what? Let's... let's step back. What have you been doing lately? Steph: Mmm. That's a great question. Um... Jeff: Have you gone anywhere? Have you gone anywhere fun? Steph: I did. I went to the... I went to the Spa Nordique in... in Chelsea, Quebec. Yes. I did do that. I was... show before the show we were chatting about this. Yes. I did go there with my friend Julie, my personal historian. And we had a wonderful time. Jeff: What is the Spa Nordique? Tell us... You walk up to the Spa Nordique. What's the experience? Steph: Okay. So real... so real quick. It's like... it's not like a spa like people usually think of a spa. It's a "thermal experience." It's got this whole Nordic vibe to it. Everything's made of wood. And it's a very large... it's many acres. And it has tons of different ways to get warm and cold in water. And also not in water. So, for example, there's like ten different outdoor hot tubs scattered all over the place. And there's like fifteen different kinds of saunas. There's like a earth sauna and a barrel sauna and a Russian sauna and a whatever. There's like... And then there's um, also like steam rooms. And there's cold plunges, which is not for me, but for other people. And there's places to eat and drink. And that's it. And you put on a robe, you leave your phone and all your [bleep] behind and you just wander around in this environment for the day. It's very affordable. Like sixty bucks for the whole day, like US. And it is very beautiful and it's very calming. And very relaxing. And it's delightful. And I would recommend it to everybody. So I've been there probably four or five times. And um, it's close, you know it's like two hours away from here. It's not far. And I think it's the largest spa in North America. But it's not like busy feeling. It's very calming and relaxing. Jeff: We're gonna... we're gonna back up to the very... one of the first two... two of the first words you said which was "thermal experience." Steph: Yeah. That's what they call it. Um... yeah, I don't know. I guess you're just getting in warm water. And then you're supposed to get in cold water cause it's good for you, but like I said, that's just not for me. But um... but you know like, it's like good for you. I don't know. You're supposed to like steam yourself and then get... We were... it was like snowing when we were there. There was actually a hail storm that happened. Like a full-on hail storm um, when we were sitting in one of the hot... my favorite hot tub which is like a hot spring kind of a thing. It's up at the top. And um, they totally just started hailing. And it looks like... like accumulating in our hair. It was very exciting. Jeff: Thankfully... thankfully accumulating in your hair and not like... they were baseball sized and like braining you and knocking you out. Steph: Right. No, they were not baseball sized. Which is good news. They were small and they were accumulating and it was very snow monkey. The whole experience is like just being a snow monkey for the day. That's it. That's how... Jeff: Can you make this up? Thermal experience. Be a snow mon... have a... have a thermal expe... we're gonna have to write an ad for this. Have a thermal experience as a... be a snow monkey for the day. Steph: I don't know why that's not their tagline. For... I don't know why not. It makes no sense. Jeff: So the other thing that grabbed me about... about this is you said you leave your phone behind. Which I think is probably healthy because that means that um, people aren't like nervous about somebody taking a picture of them when they, you know, take their robe off and get in the... in the tub or whatever. But also, dude, anything that people do where they leave their phones behind... those are becoming more and more valuable experiences as people just come to the conclusion that their phone makes them sick. And I had this experience recently... did... did an um... one of my book events at uh, the Poor Sethi headquarters in Brooklyn. In Gowanus. Uh, the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. And afterward, my... my daughter Mary Jane was there uh, and it was the first time she'd come to see one of these... these talks. The book talks. And uh, she brought a few of her friends who had moved to New York after graduating... they all graduated last spring. And they were so psyched. They're like, "Oh my god. Why does it feel so... so like novel to get together in person in a room and talk about something and talk to... with each other?" Because it was a... it ended up being a really interactive session. People were going back and forth to each other. And I started to fade a bit into the background which is what I go for with these... these events. They're kind of like group therapy community workshops about, you know, AI in your life. Not so much what AI is, but like how AI merges into your life. Anyway, at Spa Nordique, it's a thermal experience minus your phone. And you're there for the day or most of the day because you want to get... you want to get as much thermal experience as you can for your sixty dollars. So that's a day without your phone. That's freaking awesome. Steph: Yeah. And when I fir... when we first started going a few years ago, it was pretty much like "Don't bring your phone in here." Like it was like a kind of a rule. Now it's like um, you're allowed to bring your phone, but most people don't. So every now and then there'll be somebody with a phone. But the other funny thing is that... that you know, it's an adjustment going... like you said, you go for the whole day because it's... it's big, there's you know places to stop in and have a bite to eat or get a beverage or whatever. So you really do stay there for a while and you do really disengage from the sense of time. And it's funny how many times you're like, you know, think of things that normally you'd be looking up to your phone but you just don't do it cause you can't. But my... but one funny... one funny thing that happened when we got there was... um... when you first walk in on the left there's this very cool like... like experience. Like it's like a... like they do a Boreal Forest experience and they like um, they like wave branches around and like whatever. So that happens at certain times. So do we really want to do it? Because afterwards you were like rub salts all over your body and then there's like a flash dance bucket that you dump on yourself... you really... you have to be... obviously you need to get involved in something like that. So we were looking at the times. And then we were like... and like Julie and I together are like we're always like a little on the spazzy side anyway. Like it's always... things are always just awkward and weird and great. And like... so we were like, "Okay. So we can come back at one at eleven? Or maybe..." And then it's in like... it's like Canadian time so it's like 1300 and 1500 and we don't know what that means. It's complicated. So it's just... it was so hard. We were like talking about it and... and then this... and we were like, "How are we gonna come back? How are we gonna know when to come back because we don't have phones?" And then um, so then a nice young man who worked at the spa went by and we asked him... The other thing is just constant like language situation going on about wheth... you know we don't speak French. Everybody else does. So you know... and they're very sweet about it. But you know you always have to navigate the fact that you're speaking English. And so we in English ask this nice young man what time it is. And he paused. And I thought maybe it was just because he had to switch into English in his brain. I don't know why. But and he looked at us. And he was like, "Well, right now it's blah blah blah o'clock," and he like explained what time it was and um, the fact that it would be this time in an hour and a half we could come back and the thing would do it again. And then he kind of like looked at us and we were like, "Okay great thank you." And we left. But then later when we came back to actually do the experience, I... we were sitting in the sauna and I looked out and there is a clock so big. Like so big. It's hu... it's huge. It's like... it's like seven feet across. And it was right behind... right behind us when we had asked the guy what time it was! And we realized that like the long pause was like, "Should I just tell them that there's a clock right there? Or should I just be really nice about this and just answer the question and not point out the clock?" Like for sure he was like... are these people being... is this wrong? Are these people... Jeff: Are they... are they messing with me? Steph: ...messing with me? And and he's... he's Canadian but he's also French Canadian so like he he also like... because if you're not French Canadian and you're Canadian the stereotype is like you're just super nice and you're just gonna be super nice and... "Oh of course I'll just tell you what time it is." If you're French Canadian you might be like, "You freaking idiot. Like... I'm glad that you're up here... I'm glad that you're up here you know spending your money even though we can't freaking stand you because you're from America, but..." Steph: It was a lot... there were a lot... yes, there were a lot of components. I love the fact that I think a little bit he was just like, it seemed like if he was like, "Dude, literally a clock right there," then it just would have felt a little less polite. So he didn't say that. And then we had to discover the clock on our own. And um, it was amazing and hilarious. So that was, again back to the time thing. Jeff: I have more soapbox about about that. Um, I'll... I'll do it... I'll do it briefly and try not to go on um, and make it annoying. But uh, when you... you treat your watch as your... as your timepiece... I'm sorry. When you treat your phone as your timepiece, and then you don't have your phone, you end up lost. And you can't conceive that there might be a giant clock on the wall. Although maybe you can conceive of it and you just because you're having a nice day with some beverages and with Julie you don't con... conceive of it. But anyway, this is why I'm always on Instagram, I'm always posting uh, these Sheffield watches. Because if you put on a watch that's just a watch on your wrist and it's not an Apple Watch like all of a sudden you've got the ability to tell time without necessarily getting hit by a bunch of distractions which an Apple Watch is gonna do to you, which pulling... pulling out your phone is gonna do to you. And I'm... I'm huge on this for my kids. I'm like, "Hey like... if you're looking at your phone to tell the time you're like, I don't know, half the time you get pulled in because you see a notification. And now you're looking at your phone more. And now you're more te..." Oh wait, I said I wasn't gonna keep going on and get on my soapbox but... Steph: No, but I hear what you're saying. And at first I was kind of like... you know, I have a thing about Apple Watches because they were like they're meant to be like they don't want to make you... to help people avoid pulling out their phone all the time. But they actually just make people look super rude because you look like you're literally just like, "Um, I don't have ti... like every single time something goes off you're like, 'Uh, is this over? Is it time...?'" You know what I mean? So um, but I hadn't thought about that cause you're right. Whenever you look at your phone, of course there's gonna be notifications and all that's gonna pull you in. And that's... it's a very good point. So yes to watches. Agreed. Jeff: Yep. And I'm gonna I'm gonna bring this all home and make it all Boaty. Ready? All right. Spa Nordique is... Spa Nordique is Boaty because in Iceland outdoor hot spring fed pools and indoor became about because the rate of death by drowning amongst Icelandic fishermen was so high because it's the freaking North Sea. And the last thing you want to do there and there aren't any lakes, right? But the last thing you want to do there is learn how to swim in the ocean. But so that meant the entire population of Iceland whose entire existence was supported by fishing... nobody knew how to swim! And it became a... a public safety, public health, community health like anti-drowning initiative to start... to create public outdoor hot springs... public outdoor hot tubs so that people could learn to swim. Uh, and they sprang up all around the country and it became like part of the culture that you go there to learn to swim but then you also go there to hang out with each other. And um, that's all so that people in Iceland can go fishing, if they go in the drink uh, survive... have a great chance of survival. Boaty. Right? Um, also the... the watch thing. If you have to pull your phone out to tell what time it is while you're out in a boat, you might drop your phone on the deck. You might drop your phone in the drink or off the dock. You also might get distracted by your phone and you're... when you're driving a boat or you're out there in a boat, you probably shouldn't be distracted because A, that means it's taking away from the enjoyment and B, because you might run into something. So... Boaty. Boom. Done. Okay. Steph: So... so learn to swim in a hot spring and buy a watch. Boom. Jeff: And have thermal experiences. Steph: Oh. Jeff: Um... Missy just texted me and called. Um... they just got hit from behind on 76. They're all okay. The cops are there now. Uh oh. Steph: Whoa. Jeff: Hold on a sec. Let me... let me communicate. Steph: Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Jeff: Everybody's okay. They don't need me to call or come pick them up. All right. Good. Well how about that? Steph: Do we have to move on? Jeff: Yeah. Yeah. Steph: I have... I have a th... I have a... one of my... I'll just tell you and you can always like edit this out later if it's boring. But one of the things that's funny about it is when you're at the spa you can tell which are the hot pools and which are the cold pools because there's nobody in the cold ones, right? Um, but there was this one that Julie and I found and they had... they tell you like the temperatures and um, it was empty and we were walking around and it is... I think they said it was like 69 degrees or something like that? But there's nobody in it and it feels cold but then we realized, wait, that's like the river temperature. That's like the temperature of the river, right? In the summer. And then we got in this cold-ish thing and then it was... and that but we got used to it really quickly and it was really delightful and lovely. So we think of it as like that's like the river temperature pool and we... that's the only cold-ish pool that I get in. But it's very nice. Jeff: That... that's awesome because if the river temperature hits 69 degrees we're probably bitching about it cause it's too warm. Steph: Exactly. Exactly right. Jeff: That's awesome. All right. All right we're gonna move on. Uh, next segment. Um, we're gonna play an interview which was uh, listener submitted. So Rob uh, shared this. Some friends of his recorded an interview with the heirs, the descendants of the founder of the Black Ball Ferry Fleet in Puget Sound, Seattle. So we're gonna play that and then uh, I did a bunch of research on all this that we'll talk about after the interview. So here it is. [Interview Segment] I am standing here with the heirs of the Black Ball Line. Yeah. A couple of them. Was that heir or errors? Errors. Probably errors. Doug and Chris McMahon are standing here with you. Doug and Chris McMahon. And our great grandfather was Charles Peabody who came out west in 1885 and started the Alaska Steamship Company and then the Puget Sound Navigation. They were flying the Black Ball flag, which his family owned on the East Coast from 1803 forward. The Black Ball flag's been flying... Nice. ...and uh, his son... I have one on my travel trailer and every time I go camping we post our big full-size flag. Just... it still flies around the region. Yes. She's... she's still flying. And flies in Portland too. So... So and then the state bought it... the ferries in the 50s. And turns out they stopped making money. Started running in the red. Yeah. So. Yeah. So can you give me a brief history of why it's a Black Ball and with a white circle and red in the middle? Well so that's from the Coho. Right. And so the Coho was the last Black Ball ship that's flying. And so they licensed the flag but they added the white circle. And why did they choose that? Well because it was part of the whole ferry system. Okay. And when the Coho started, the Coho started right after... But the original Black Ball flag, which was a red flag with a black ball only, no white circle, was also researched as um, like some kind of a maritime victory award for ships. You know when they when they won a battle or did something good like cannon-neering or something, you know grenade throwing, they would be awarded the flags and they would fly the flag. So it's one of them. I don't recall exactly which one. And the original Black Ball ships that sailed from Brooklyn to uh, England and mainland Europe and back, um, had a Black Ball flag that was a swallowtail flag. So it wasn't a rectangle, it was swallowtail and a giant black ball on the main sail. And they were the first company... Rad. Like pirates. It does look like the hurricane warning flags too. People often catch us about that which is typically a square black in the center of the red. But in some regions it's a round circle just like Puget Sound Navigation's Black Ball flag. Just a couple specific places. They were the first shipping company to leave on a scheduled date. So they were... in the mid 1800s a ship would leave when it was full. Ass in seat. We're leaving at this time. That's right. And the Black Ball said "We're leaving on this date, empty or full." So they changed the industry then. Yeah. So when we were kids we used to get to ride in the wheelhouse every once in a while. Oh yeah. Or if we were with our Grandpa downtown and you'd see all these, you know, basically old men at the time in the 60s, right? On the... on the waterfront. He'd walk up to half of them because they all knew who each were. You know, they worked in shipping or the shipyards together. Yeah. Did he know Iver Haglund? Yes. They lived near one another up in West... up in West Seattle at Alki. Yeah so he absolutely knew Iver Haglund. We also have a relative who was a bank robber. So you know, they... they ran... Keep clam. Keep clam. One of his brothers... One of his brothers was a bank robber. Spent his lifetime in prison. Was on Alcatraz. That's awesome. Twice. So you know... Captains of Industry and... not. Yeah. Pioneers. Pioneers. Please introduce yourself again. My name's Doug McMahon. I'm from Portland, Oregon. And I'm Chris McMahon, Doug's brother. And where do you live? Uh, Des Moines, Washington. Right up here just across the way. Originally from Portland though. We're both from Portland. So nice to meet you. Thank you so much. [End of Interview Segment] Steph: Yeah. But that is... that is... that is very cool. And I think like the... the boat itself is really cool too, right? I remember we talked about the boat once a while ago. Jeff: Yeah. Well there's the... there's the Kalakala and then there's the Coho. The Kalakala is like this really wild uh, streamlined early streamlining Art Deco looking um... I don't know why I say Art Deco I don't really know what that means. Uh, ferry. And then um, and that's that thing's like I think it's just sitting there... maybe it already got broken up. Uh, but it was derelict for a long time. And then the Coho is still operating, which we'll get to. I'm gonna talk this through in a little bit. All right so. Steph: Okay. Jeff: Puget Sound Ferries. So Puget Sound is surrounds Seattle. It's like between Seattle and Victoria British Columbia and there's island after island after island. It's probably my second favorite watery place that I've been to um, after the St. Lawrence River because there's just so much going on. Um, I like islands and inlets and... Steph: It is beautiful. Jeff: Yep. So uh, this presented a big challenge for getting around back in the day. Uh, because if you wanted to get out to one of these islands cause there's timber out there or other resources or because you wanted to live out there, um, yeah you had to take a boat. And the shortest distance between two points on land on the quote mainland was sometimes a boat, not or by water, not necessarily over land. So uh, there were ferries that that got established. And the... there's like three big eras of ferries um, in in the Puget Sound. The first is the "Mosquito Fleet" era which was like 1850s to the 1920s. And it's when people really nailed down and commercialized the... the ferry as transportation infrastructure and the waterways are now how people get around, right? Um, and it helped develop the region. So um, like before the 1880s or so uh, it was all about steamboats. And the... the first steamships that got there cause you had to go basically either come from Asia or go around uh, the tip of South America back in the day before the Panama Canal to get to this place. So the Hudson Bay Company sent the SS Beaver in the 1830s which showed how uh, steam power... Steph: Beaver... Jeff: Yeah yeah... Steph: [Laughs] Thank god for the Canadians. All right. Jeff: The Hudson's Bay Company sent the SS Beaver like around the horn uh, even better... Steph: [Laughs] Jeff: In the 1830s. So uh, all of a sudden like you've got a steamboat that's like cruising around Puget Sound and it works out. Um, and the... the Americans, I think the Canadian... I don't know a lot about the Canadian history of the West Coast but the American history of the West Coast uh, was like, you know okay... 1849, 49ers... uh, the West like opened up in a... the West Coast opened up in a big way because of the Gold Rush. Um, but then timber became a huge deal. Probably more money made in timber than in uh, gold at that point. But the first American steamboat was the SS Fairy. Okay? Begins scheduled service in the 1850s and it linked uh, Olympia and Seattle. And roads were hammered. It was just mud, you know, nothing was paved. Uh, you definitely wanted to be on a... on a steamer. Maybe a sidewheeler like, you know, old-timey sidewheelers on the... on the Mississippi. Um, but it was really the only way that mail and your goods and s... goods and people got from town to town on the Puget Sound. So that was like early steamboats pre-1880s. And then in the 1880s uh, it really started to take off. So as the area developed, the... the something happened called the Mos... the Swarm, right? So the swarm of the Mosquito Fleet. Hundreds of small um, independent privately owned steamships pl... basically started creating a dense network and they were all competing with each other. Cause like all you needed was a boat with a steam engine and you could get going. Um, and there were some some famous boats during this time. Fleet... Mosquito Fleet boats. And this was not like, you know, so-and-so owned the Mosquito Fleet, it was just like "Hey there's a swarm of boats out there we're gonna call them and they're all small so we're gonna call them the Mosquito Fleet." Uh, and this is where the names get names get more lame. The SS Flyer, the SS Bailey Gatzert. Steph: Okay. I like SS Fairy. Direct. Jeff: Yeah. Yeah. Uh, and and then there's this huge opportunity and this dude named Charles Peabody who we heard about. We heard from his descendants uh, and we heard about the Black Ball uh, right? From his descendants just a minute ago. Charles Peabody. He shows up with this... this family history of the uh, Transatlantic Fleet where they innovated and um... this is something you're pretty psyched about which is like "Oh okay we're gonna have scheduled service instead of just waiting until we've got a full load and then we'll go. We're gonna leave at noon." Steph: Mm-hm. Yeah. Well I just think it's interesting like I... I remember we talked about this pr... I guess you said maybe with Rob a while ago. I find it fascinating the idea that you would get on a boat and then just wait for enough people to get on the boat to have to leave. That's... I could see how that would be disruptive to your day. Jeff: Yeah. Steph: Maybe hopefully those peop... they didn't have watches. But um, but they uh... but then yeah I guess I would appreciate the fact that you had some general idea of when it might leave. But I can see how the risk would be uh, you had to travel empty some so maybe you just had to... more reliable. It was a leap of faith, right? They were like, "If we make it more reliable then people will use it more." Right? Jeff: Yeah. And scheduled service for trains was probably a thing but, you know, when you've got this big boat you definitely don't want to... you don't want to go empty. And so I can see the commercial interest in like a full boat being there but also like then you're leaving out a lot of people who were like "I don't want to sit around and wait for this." Um, anyway. I don't know. Charles Peabody. Uh, so he... he's a descendant of the people that started the Black Ball Fleet way back in the early early 1800s. He shows up out there and starts buying up the swarm. Um, he creates the Puget Sound Navigation Company, PSNC, in 1898. And then just starts buying up competing Mosquito Fleet companies. Like he bought up the White Collar Line. Steph: Mmm. Jeff: Don't know why it's called White Collar Line. Um, going to guess it was fancy. Uh, and eventually becomes the... the biggest operator. Steph: You said fancy? Jeff: Fancy. Steph: Okay. Jeff: And then what Peabody did, based... based on this research is he figured out that the automobile was gonna be a threat, okay? To... to the ferry fleet because now you've got cars. People buy cars, they want the roads to get better so that they can drive their cars. The roads do get better so more people get cars to drive on those roads. So then he figures out that this is a threat and starts converting his ferries to carry cars. And the rest of the Mosquito Fleet, many of whom he'd bought up in the first place, but the rest of the Mosquito Fleet that hadn't been acquired by the Puget Sound Navigation Company... they're not... they're not as like strategic as he is. They don't start converting their boats to carry cars... he does. So they die off. No more. Right? So now he's got a monopoly. And uh, he officially at... at this point adopts the Black Ball Line as its name. Um, and the flag that we heard about, the red and black ball uh, flag in the in the late 20s. Um, coincidentally also around the time of Prohibition and tons and tons of smuggling of da booze from Canada into the US. I am not... I'm not accusing the Black Ball Line of being involved in smuggling um, but it was going on. And uh, there was succession also in the family. Alexander takes over um, from his dad uh, and uh, they really nail down... And then ah this is where... so then they launch the Kalakala. K-A-L-A-K-A-L-A. Kalakala in 1935. This is the streamlined Art Deco ferry that uh, that we we talked about last time and our friends Rob and Jen and Byron uh, actually went out and checked out um, while it was still floating. And it's just like really cool. Looks like um, you know uh, like early streamlined locomotives and trains. That kind of thing with like really neat windows and and that sort of thing. Um, but that becomes the international symbol of the fleet. Everybody's super psyched about it. Um, so that was like 20s, 30s. And then World War II hits. And um, labor organizing really took off around World War II. Uh, and the ferry workers started unionizing and uh, probably pushing back on on pay and working conditions and hours and stuff. And this monopoly uh, had, you know... being a monopoly is great unless there's a strike. And then your... you know your workers strike and your boats aren't running and people are like "Well [bleep], I gotta get around." So now maybe they figure out that they don't have to take the ferry. Take their car on the ferry, take their truck on the ferry and they um... they go elsewhere and that starts to... to put pressure on the ferry. But also like if you've got to raise wages, um, now your... your margins are lower. Blah blah blah. So um, ultimately uh, the... you know the... there was a... a wartime um, freeze in wages and operations but the... the unions um, really pushed for better wages which put a bunch of strain on the... on the company. And the... the only way that... that the Peabodys could make this all work was uh, with a big fare increase. So they um... pushed for a 30% fare increase to cover their costs. Um, and the... they had... it had gotten to the point where they were being regulated at this point because it was, you know, privately operated transportation infrastructure that everybody relied on. Um, so they were regulated and the state said "Nope." So like, you know, a public utility commission has to negotiate rate increases with their state regulator. So same thing happened here. Um, and Peabody says "Give us 30% more." State says "Nope." And Peabody says "All right, F you." They shut it all down. They shut it all down. And that stranded uh, like all the commuters. And people were super pissed at them for shutting it down. Um, which then turned it into a political moment. And uh, the... you know people, businesses said "Take over this... this as an essential utility." And that's when uh, Washington State purchased all this stuff from... all the ferries and the whole system from the uh, the Peabodys. From the Black Ball Line. And that created the Washington State Ferry System. And as you heard in the... in the um, interview, uh, was running... ended up running at a loss. I don't know if it still does, it may as... as a lot of public transit infrastructure does. Um, but the state bought out the Black Ball Line in... in 51. And um, they bought it out for 4.9 million dollars which in like "today dollars" is still not even that much I don't think for, you know, 16 ships, 20 terminals uh, which is what it was at the time. Um, but anyway they buy it out and start operating on... in June of 51. And uh, the state said "Hey we're just gonna do this until we build all the bridges everywhere." Uh, which didn't really happen. Um, and the Washington State Ferry uh, system just change... they basically uh, did away with the Black Ball livery. Which is like the Boaty way of saying how you paint [bleep]. Um, what colors. Um, so they went from orange to green. Uh, but the... the company, Captain Peabody, Alexander, um, and his family retained the route... the international route between... between Seattle and Victoria. And that is the MV Coho which still runs uh, and it's still the Black Ball Ferry Line. And it um... basically gives you a through line from like the original Transatlantic Fleet that did scheduled service for the first time ever um, and, you know... you're on board or not we're leaving at noon. Through line from like the early early 1800s all the way through to today. The Black Ball line has been continuously running or the Black Ball uh... the... Black Ball family or I'm sorry the Black Ball line has been continuously running cause the Coho is still going. Was launched in 59 but it uh... it's still the um... it's still a major private auto ferry line in the region. And international. So goes back and forth to Canada. Which is what you did when you went to the Hot Springs as well. Steph: Um, yeah. I love that. I love that it's still running. I didn't realize that. Jeff: Yeah. The Coho. I... I was out there for work years ago and I thought about taking um, taking the ferry up to Victoria. There's a high speed... and I don't think it's the Coho. There's a high speed ferry that runs also. Um, it may even go further than Victoria but uh, cause I was like "Oh man it'd be pretty cool to do a day trip to just like take the ferry from Seattle up through the Sound to, you know, wherever. Like get off get a... get some poutine and then come back." Although it's the West Coast I don't know if poutine... I don't know if poutine made it out there or maybe they call it something else. I love ferries. Steph: I do too. And I... I've actually been to that part of the world only one time, but I was... I went to a wedding on Vashon Island. And then um, so yeah I was to... completely taken with how watery and boaty it was and we totally took a ferry there and it was amazing and I loved it. And yes, I agree. Ferries are fun and um, that's some... that's some very cool history. I like it. Jeff: Yeah. Well we're gonna... we're gonna wrap up now. Um, because uh... I just got a call and a text from my wife and she... Steph: Yeah. Jeff: She and Mary Jane... so Missy and Mary Jane got rear-ended. I think Toby too. Got rear-ended on the highway. And uh, they don't need a ride but just in case they do I want to wrap it up. Everybody's okay. Nobody got hurt. Steph: Yeah. Sounds good. Good. Good. Jeff: Yeah. Um, but couple things. One, I am currently wearing a Boaty Show hat. And uh, the hot admin, the lovely Melissa, set up a freaking e-commerce website so that you listeners if you would like can buy a Boaty Show hat and we will ship it to you. We don't really make any money on this. It's... it's all uh, basically break-even. Um, but that can be found at thebodyshow.com/merch. M-E-R-C-H. Merch. Thebodyshow.com/merch. They're... I'm very excited because I've got a big head and we have an extra large hat. Which means that if you usually put like the... the little snappy back thing on like the last two nubbins, the snap back on the last two nubbins... on the XL Boaty Show hat you get... you get to at least on my head you get five nubbins. You can snap five hat nubbins. And it... and it doesn't look like you're cramming a tiny hat on top of your big head. So that's exciting. Uh, there's... there's Heather Grey, Dark Grey, and Navy Blue. And uh, would love it if you guys ordered some um, because uh... it's... it's a cool hat. It's got the boat tractor on it. Steph: Mm-hm. It's the holiday season. Time to go buy some merch for your friends and families. Everybody needs a Boaty Show hat. Jeff: Yeah. Also these were made by Bolt Printing who who we talked uh, about on the show once upon a time. Uh, they're really cool people and... Steph: You love them. Jeff: I do. I do. And they made a video of the hats getting made that I'll I'll try and repost. Um, and the other thing is that my book is out. So is the audiobook. So You Teach The Machines: AI on Your Terms is available on everywhere you get your audiobooks. Uh, Audible, Amazon, Apple, and then like 35 others. So if you don't mind listening to my voice, uh, I read the book and people are finding it really helpful. And uh, you can support the show and us doing this silly stuff by buying hats and checking out the book. We are gonna wrap it up. Steph: And next time we get to do Photo of the Week. Jeff: Oh yes! Yes. We're bringing back Photo of the Week next time. Um, there have been a bunch of submissions while we've been on our hiatus and uh, we can't wait. So like next week will probably mostly be Photo of the Week discussions. Jeff & Steph: [Singing together] Yo ho ho, that's it for the Boaty Show. Pack the cooler, grab the lines, let's go go go. Yo ho ho... Jeff: That's it for the Boaty Show. Boom we are out. Say bye-bye Stephanie. Steph: Bye-bye Stephanie.  

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Ever wonder how to be successful in the HipHop Music Industry? Or to open shows for huge musical artist? In this episode, Kurtis Sunset interviews Tori WhoDat. Tori is a HipHop artist that has performed at many pride festivals with popular songs such as, “Heather Grey”, “Thru My City” and “Love the Way”. She tells her wonderful story from Christian Artist to HipHop star. But first, Kurtis Sunset and Leah Halston tell you what they've been up to over the lengthy break and some fun events coming this holiday season. For more information visit us at http://www.weatheringrainbows.com For the latest updates follow us on insta: https://www.instagram.com/weatheringrainbows/   GUEST LINKS Tori WhoDat: https://www.instagram.com/toriwhodat/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Ce9Le1hru4Me2NwIWE6S3 HOSTED BY Kurtis Sunset: https://www.instagram.com/kurtis_sunset/ Leah Halston: https://www.instagram.com/lelehalston/ LINK TO CHRISTMAS WISH TREE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6GATfs2Jgw    

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep343! Oooooh buddy this is one of those episodes - Meeks is back from his bday trip to Memphis, Doe is keyed up because he has WORLD EXCLUSIVES coming out of his ears, and to top it all off, we unknowingly had malt liquor on deck as part of our libation selection this week. WORLD EXCLUSIVES you say? Yep - from J57, SKYZOO, DJ JON DOE himself, TEEK HALL, E.L.E.M.N.T, CJ THE CYNIC and HILLTOP? Man look you know what it is….YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live October 24, 2022 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Inst. - Business Model" - Pounds "AREA57" - J57 ft. Skyzoo & DJ Jon Doe ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Lo Pan" - Teek HAll X e.l.e.m.n.t. ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Fully Automatic" - Red Inf & Crisis "Buick Music" - Billy Danze "Heavy Rain - Daniel Son & Kostia "Love Live Life" - Freddie Black & Mistah Fitzgerald Pop Off" - Pretty Bulli & Castle Money Beats ft. Ruste Juxx Talk Break Inst. - Colorful" - Pounds "Night Creatures" - J57 ft. Homeboy Sandman & DJ Eclipse "Higher" - Jason Famous Beats ft. Daytona Pro "Chopped Stix" - 1773 & Joe Tyse "Freedom" - Sol Messiah ft. Locksmith & Stic.Man Of Dead Prez "The Layover" - Fatnice (prod. JS Beats) Talk Break Inst. - Good 2 You" - Pounds "Sauce Boss" - Phonk P ft. Primo JAB (prod. godBLESSbeatz) "Crime Alley" - Teek HAll X e.l.e.m.n.t. ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Raheems Revenge" - B.a Badd ft. Dunbar "Baarel Of Butcher Knives" - CJ the Cynic X Hilltop ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "The Lookout" - BodyBagBen & JR Swiftz "Randy Moss / Twenty-Six" - Monday Night & Heather Grey "Paradise" - Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene ft. Evidence "Emotional Support Human" - Chris Crack Talk Break Inst. - Pull Strings" - Pounds

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Thank you and shoutout to Morrisville PA's own Asher Roth for coming on my show for an interview! Asher discussed his new album The Greenhouse Effect, Vol. 3, his upcoming EP with Heather Grey, and the positive enlightenment of his new song All Add Up. He got into the importance of B-Sides on Hip-Hop records, originally pursuing an Elementary Education major at West Chester University, and being managed by Scooter Braun. He talked about his hit song I Love College and his thoughts on it over the years. He also discussed about what made him become so positive and change his mind frame to promote positivity in his music. He also got into his songs that he made with The Game, the Peter Roth project with Pete Rock that was supposed to happen years ago, and his song Last Man Standing featuring Akon making Madden 12. Asher reflected on his Hip-Hop career so far and revealed that he wants to start signing artists to his own label as his next goal. Stay tuned for Asher's upcoming EP with Heather Grey dropping soon! Asher Roth's music is available on all platforms, including Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/asher-roth/300698903 and YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/asherroth. Follow Asher Roth on Instagram and Twitter: @asherroth Follow me on Instagram and Twitter: @thereelmax. Website: https://maxcoughlan.com/index.html. Website live show streaming link: https://maxcoughlan.com/sports-and-hip-hop-with-dj-mad-max-live-stream.html. MAD MAX Radio on Live 365: https://live365.com/station/MAD-MAX-Radio-a15096. Subscribe to my YouTube channel Sports and Hip Hop with DJ Mad Max: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCE0107atIPV-mVm0M3UJyPg.  Asher Roth on "Sports and Hip-Hop with DJ Mad Max" visual on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0j_3JAhWPU. 

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She’s been on the grind for years; touring, recording, and creating. 2020 was no different, to a point. We find out what Tori has been up to during the pandemic, why the delay of her new single Heather Grey, why OnlyFans isn’t just for adult entertainment, plus the accolades from Billboard and her new video for Heather Grey amassing over 1,000+ views in its first week! All of that and more as Tori and Brodee sit down over a bowl of chips and salsa! Tori’s Top5: 5. No More Parties - Coi Leray 4. Luv Don’t Live Here - Fresco Trey 3. Unstable - Justin Bieber ft. kid LAROI 2. Tombstone - Rod Wave 1. Drifting - NFSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep288: COVID-19 Edition 85! We for real on that country vibe this week ya’ll. Why? ‘Cause it’s nothing but a bunch of country boys holding down the show this week, from top to bottom. What do we mean by that? Well you know what Doe and Meeks bring to the table every week, but our interview session guest this week rounds out the offering - North Augusta, SC’s own TONE BEATZ! We’ve got WORLD EXCULSIVE gospel beats courtesy of of Tone for talk breaks, we’ve got a WORLD EXCLUSIVE from his upcoming EP with WATERR that drops at the end of the month and we’ve got the most country interview session you’ve ever heard at Southern Vangard Radio when we rap with Tone aka LOOP GOSSETT on Thursday. Check snippets of the interview at the end of the mix until the full drops on Thursday, and lock into a ton of new raw here in Ep288 per the usual. Ride with us Vangardians it’s that #SmithsonianGrade #TwiceAWeek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live April 11, 2021 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #soundcloud #youtube #spotifypodcast #googlepodcasts #stitcherradio #mixcloud #SmithsonianGrade #TwiceAWeek #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Inst. - "The Back Yard Service-The Evil Deacon Returns" - Tone Beatz ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Financial Excellence" - Waterr & Tone Beatz ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "1961 - J.arrr (prod. Tone Beatz) "Chile Of Light" - Waterr & Tone Beatz "Grime Freestyle" - J.arrr (prod. Tone Beatz) "Plata O' Plomo" - Al Skratch "Radio Raheem" - Doza The Drum Dealer & Casket D. Talk Break Inst. - "The Grime" - Tone Beatz ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Lord Knows" - Nef ft. Wais P "I Can Get Em'" - Cappadonna "Pump Fake" - Imported Goodz x Ice Lord "Not One Thing" - Krum ft. Tanya Morgan "Why Cry?" - Poe Mack "Get Involved" - Nivek Boogeezi X Craig G "Oracle" - Earthworm x Heather Grey "All I Got" - Lewis Parker Talk Break Inst. - "Tone's Gospel" - Tone Beatz ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** "Blood Roses" - Conway ft. Jae Skeese "Division" - Rick Hyde ft. Marlon Craft & Mickey Factz "White Brick Duck Sauce" - La Lo East ft. Elcamino "Stain" - Westside Gunn (prod. JR Swiftz) "Agony Bag" - Blizz From Juice ft. Eto & Ill Bill "Pool Hall Scene (TrickyTrippz remix)" - Eto "Less Is More" - Asun Eastwood, M.A.V. & Sibbs Roc Talk Break Inst. - "Thursday Blessings" - Tone Beatz ** WORLD EXCLUSIVE ** ** INTERVIEW SNIPPETS - TONE BEATZ ** FULL INTERVIEW DROPS THURS 4/15

Streamed LIVE on Mar. 10 2021 Streaming LIVE every 7am CT on Twitch and every 7pm CT on YouTube! Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/akirathedon (https://www.twitch.tv/akirathedon) YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/akirathedon (https://www.youtube.com/user/akirathedon) SUPPORT THE STREAM! Donate: https://www.meaningwave.com/pages/donate​ (https://www.meaningwave.com/pages/donate​) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/akirathedon​ (https://www.patreon.com/akirathedon​) Merch: http://www.meaningwave.com​ (http://www.meaningwave.com​) Download: https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/​ (https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/​) Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KQmzGC​ (https://spoti.fi/2KQmzGC​) TRACKLIST: Akira The Don - Read What You Love Until You Love To Read (Instrumental) Akira The Don & Naval Ravikant - Read What You Love Until You Love To Read AKIRA THE DON - THE UNIVERSAL Akira The Don - The User Interface For Reality (Instrumental) Akira The Don - Back In The Day 15 - Best In The World jm mix1.4_MASTER None - 01 - The Secret Akira The Don - The Secret (Instrumental) Akira The Don - Heroic Anime Montage Type Lofi Beat Extra|ordinary, Cise Greeny - 01 See You Again None - 02 - Thoughts Are Things Instupendo - Light Lock heizzah - heizzah - dusk Taylor McFerrin - Degrees of Light essence - you never loved me back. twil - mochi emune - in_luv ZΩH - 07 Crisis E s s e n c e (essence) - E s s e n c e - you never loved me back. Jinsang - Untitled6 None - Transition kudasai - the girl i havent met Akira The Don - How To Program Reality (Instrumental) Akira The Don - Maybe Could Be Possible (Instrumental) alex - stop messin me up when im tryna summon bahamut j'san - rest & be thankful [w- I eat Plants for a living] emune - Higher Education Limes - Jovial ReasOne - take me away Whalez - the chapter that ended our love arima - requiem (nausicaä of the valley of the wind remix) Heather Grey, Cravism - Rain or Sleet Masked Man - Pikachu j^p^n - scarce. [] Neotic - Icy Akira The Don - Luck To Destiny (Instrumental) L'indécis - Soundscapes lofi.hiphop - seemio - i'm dead antiyes - by my side on a white christmas None - Tomppabeats - Summer Crush eevee - azalea OP Beatz - Ice Atothe Beatz - Serenity Ile Flottante - 03 Surfinn None - Eterna Forest (Lo-Fi Remix) jsan. - wrapped in blanket watching sunset 97 Special - our story Burt Dogg - floresce.wav dirt cobain - Serenity Akira The Don - Thanks To The Gods (Instrumental) Jinsang - All That's Left (Extended) Distant.io - Beauty (Nujabes Tribute)

We talk about the pros and cons of going back to the gym to work out. We also take a deep dive into an article written by Heather Grey on March the 3rd titled Why working out at your local Gym Indoors Is a Terrible Idea Right Now.

Welcome to Episode 40, the season finale, of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! This was a tough episode for me! I am very sad about having to put the show on hold for a while. It is going to be very hard for me, because this has been a great way for me to get a lot of creativity out, to get things off my chest, to make new friends and build connections, and many many other things. This has been a great experience for me and I have enjoyed every single episode. This, though, is my least favorite episode...Now I understand why people finish recording with me and say “I’m not sure if you got anything good out of that”. Lol. I loved chatting with Mayan, but I did not like receiving the questions, I like to send the questions. Thank you all for the support with the show, and for listening, and for all you have done to be a part of it. I really really appreciate it. It means more to me than you’ll ever know. I hope you enjoy this episode, and I hope you have enjoyed the first season of the This Was an Assignment Podcast. With love from your host, Jackson _________________________ More of Mayan: https://www.instagram.com/mayanwoolley/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 39.5 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! BONUS EPISODEEE!!!! I couldn’t resist the opportunity to do another episode before our season finale. This one is with two very heavy hitters: Mike Draper, and Wyatt Woodard. Both are huge inspirations to me and people I have looked up to for a really long time. I love them both and I am thankful they were able to join me on this week’s episode. Mike was able to shed some light on the election and give us some insight on a theory he has about the age of politics and what might help in the future. Wyatt broke down a lot about basic training, and language school, and what I should expect with the next chapter of my life. I hope you enjoy this bonus episode! More of Mike: https://www.instagram.com/drebees3/ More of Wyatt: https://www.instagram.com/wyatt92.till.infinity/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 39 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! This is part two of the episode with Keon Aarabi. We had Keon on at the beginning of the year to teach us about the CoronaVirus. Ironically enough, since then, he’s had the virus, gotten a scholarship to study the antibodies of the virus, and learned a lot more about the virus in general, so we had to have him on for another episode to teach us more! We also cover a lot of fun topics, like Khabib retiring from the UFC, Rob Kardashian as a hologram, and the McRib being BACK EVERYWHERE for the first time since 2012! It was a great episode, and as usual, I’m thankful for friends like Keon that I have that I can learn from and grow with. I hope you guys enjoy this week’s episode! https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/1321955644736303104 Keon Aarabi: https://www.instagram.com/keon_aarabi/ https://www.facebook.com/keon.aarabi _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 38 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! This is technically "part two" of episode number two, with Heather Grey, but this one is more focused on the man behind the amazing talent, Andrew Thackeray. Andrew and I have been best friends since high school, and I genuinely appreciate his friendship and the things he does for me. I hope you guys enjoy listening to this episode as much as I’ve enjoyed making it. We talk about some concepts that I’ve been thinking about lately in regards to the upcoming election, and just life in general. I hope you guys enjoy! https://www.bravotv.com/people/heather-gay Heather Grey: https://www.instagram.com/_heather.grey/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NHdHKgWjJriXzzufBwSqE More of Andrew: https://www.instagram.com/andy_thack/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 37 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! This episode is another great one that I am super excited for you guys to hear. This one is with my good friend TJ Beckman. TJ and I met while serving an LDS mission together. It was a privilege to live with him and get to know him in Georgia, and we’ve remained really good friends ever since. TJ lives in Arizona, so I don’t get to see him much, but he’s doing some amazing things that I love to hear about. In this episode we talk about how he started his company, “Kinetic Suppressor”, how the election this year will affect his business, how COVID-19 has changed things for him, and how his brother shot himself in the nuts. In other words: you don’t want to miss this episode. I hope you enjoy! Kinetic Suppressor: http://kineticsuppressor.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kinetic_suppressor/ https://www.yelp.com/biz/quentin-defense-gilbert-2 More of TJ: https://www.instagram.com/tj_beckman/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 36 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! This is the longest episode in TWAAP history. We covered a LOT of topics in this one. This episode is with my new friend, Chris Hardman. Chris is a really interesting guy that I had the privilege of “rubbing shoulders” with via social media. Chris is the author of the book “Mornings Shouldn’t Suck” and has helped many people with nutrition, health, and well being. Chris knows a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, what it looks like to be happy, and thankfully he knows a lot about politics. It was great to chat with him about Donald Trump, and this upcoming 2020 election. I hope you guys enjoy this conversation as much as I did, and a big thanks to Chris for coming in and dropping some knowledge on us. Mornings Shouldn’t Suck: https://morningroutines.co/ Breathe by James Nestor: https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath-vids Wim Hof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2NtdOKn630 More of Chris Hardman: https://www.instagram.com/ckhardman/ https://twitter.com/chhardman?lang=en _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 35 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! On this week’s episode, Mayan and I give you an update on our life lately. We moved out of our first apartment, lived in a trailer, moved into a house with no bathroom, and I had to get tested for the CORONA! That’s just a brief explanation of what we talked about- check out the episode to find out more! We have 5 more episodes of Season One of the podcast before we take some time off and do some rebranding. I hope you enjoy this episode, and I hope you have enjoyed this season thus far of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! More of Mayan and Me: https://www.instagram.com/mayanwoolley/ https://www.instagram.com/jaywool.human/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber ___________________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

!!!!BONUS EPISODE!!!!! Welcome to Episode 34 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast! Also, THE FIRST EVER BONUS EPISODE!!!! This episode is a special drop, as it is being released halfway through the week as a Bonus Episode for this week. And we kept it in the FAMILY BABY! We had Grandpa Chad Woolley on earlier this week, and now we have the lovely and beautiful, and powerful Ariya Dru Park! Ariya has been through a lot in her short life and I am excited to have her on the podcast. As you can probably tell, getting an excited, adorable, hyper, and hilarious five year old to focus on speaking into a mic was a bit of challenge, but I think we succeeded. I hope you guys enjoy listening and feel like you’re a part of a conversation with this special little girl! More of Ariya: https://www.instagram.com/ariya_dru/ https://www.facebook.com/krysta.park _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 33 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast! And welcome to THE FIRST EVER PART TWO EPISODE!!! This part two is with the one and only Chad Woolley. We had him on once before, on Episode 14, which you’ll have to check out as well. Chad is the biggest fan of the podcast and has been mentioned in probably every episode thus far, and I really appreciate all his support. On this episode we talk a lot about politics and the upcoming election, as well as the dynamic between parents and their children, and the cold hard truth of growing up. I asked Chad if he recognized how much his mood impacts others, because I’ve noticed that there are people around me that have a big say in the “vibe” of what’s going on, and he’s one of them. We also talk about learning the cold truth about growing up, and finding out about what your kids did in high school, on this episode. We covered a lot, so I hope you enjoy! More of Chad: https://www.instagram.com/chad_woolley/ https://www.facebook.com/chad.woolley.9 https://www.youtube.com/user/chadwoolley _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Our Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxek4NtpnN4IKNLvzzHQwuw?view_as=subscriber Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 32 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast! This episode I had the privilege of talking to a very good friend of mine, Alec Erickson. Alec and I grew up playing sports together, but it wasn’t until recent years that we developed a better friendship. Alec is a really interesting guy. Not only does he work for the County Watershed as a field tech, but he also knows a lot about action sports, politics, and the mountains. Alec is a really good guy and I’m thankful for people like him that I can learn from. We talked a lot about the upcoming election, and Alec explained a lot to me about climate change, the wildfires, and what we need to do to get our environment healthy again. I hope you guys enjoy listening to this episode, and please, GO VOTE! World Climate Clock: https://climateclock.world/ More of Alec: https://www.instagram.com/alerickson_/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 31 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast! Nickolas Slade in the building! Nick is one of my good friends that I’ve been able to spend a lot of time with this summer. One thing we really connect on is our love for hobbies. Nick and I share a few hobbies in common, but one of the main ones is riding dirt bikes. We talk about dirt bikes, surfing, skiing, construction, general contracting, and many other topics in this episode. Nick is a well rounded guy who knows a lot of stuff about a lot of stuff. I’m thankful we were able to have him on the podcast and I hope you enjoy this episode! Boise Water Park Wave Cam: https://www.boisewhitewaterpark.com/waveshaper-cam More of Nickolas: https://www.instagram.com/nick_slade/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 30 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast! This episode was an especially fun one for me to do. Ashton has been a friend of mine for a long time, but today I had the opportunity to really dive into what makes him tick. I found out that politics are something that he is fascinated by, which is something that has been hard for me to learn about. I’m thankful for people like him to push me to learn and grow and become more well rounded. We had a great chat about some sensitive topics and I’m interested to hear any and all feedback that you guys may have. This was a great episode for me, and I hope it is great for you guys. More of Ashton: https://www.instagram.com/av_hagen/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 29 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast. On this week’s episode, I sat down with my man, Mason Burnett. Mason and I have been friends for a few years now, and we always have a good time whenever we get together. We talked about watches, the Uintas, Skinwalkers, fashion, music, and all sorts of other topics. I laughed really hard, and I’m pretty sure Mason even cried at one point because of his love for me as a friend. I appreciate him and am thankful I am surrounded by good people like him. I hope you enjoy! More of Mason: https://www.instagram.com/mason.burnett/ https://www.instagram.com/violence.ultra/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 28 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast. For this week’s episode we mixed things up a bit! I had the opportunity (I use that word loosely) to go on a 4 day backpacking/survival trip with my dad, Chad Woolley, and my brother-in-law, Trent Park. We decided to test our grit against the sometimes very unforgiving Uinta mountains. We met at Christmas Meadows Wednesday evening, where we dropped off a truck. Then our driver, JP, took us to the Highline Trailhead. It was there that our adventure began. We hiked from there to Jordan Lake, stayed a night, and then did some “Back Country Chaddin” and hiked towards Rocky Sea Pass. Once over the pass, we hiked to Black Lake, where we caught some fish and enjoyed a night. Saturday morning, we woke up, caught more fish, then hiked to Lightning Lake. It was there that we had lunch, and sized up the hardest part of the weekend: “Bad Ass Pass”. After a good 3 hours, we finally made it over the pass into Amethyst Basin, and stayed our last night. After that, we woke up and hiked another 6ish miles out, to Christmas Meadows, where our trusty truck awaited our arrival. It was an incredible journey. Throughout the journey we recorded snippets for the podcast, telling what we did and how it went. I hope you enjoy! More of Chad: https://www.instagram.com/chad_woolley/ https://www.facebook.com/chad.woolley.9 https://www.youtube.com/user/chadwoolley More of Trent: https://www.facebook.com/trent.park.1447 https://www.instagram.com/wolf_creek_survival.and.fit/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 27 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast. On this week’s episode, I had the privilege of interviewing one of my all time very best friends, Logan Woodard. Logan and I had an amazing conversation about how we met, what we were up to in high school, and how music shaped our teenage lives. We also talked about what we would tell the entire world if we could, and what we would do with a million dollar retirement. I loved having Logan on the show and I already can’t wait for part two. I hope you enjoy! More of Logan: https://www.instagram.com/ulltralightbeam/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 26 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast! I am so stoked to have my good friend Josey Spangler (Herbert) on the show! We had a great talk about life as of late for her. Josey is now living in Florida, navigating terrible drivers, good pizza, and some potentially intense hurricanes. We had a great chat about her wedding right when the Corona Virus hit, and what it was like dealing with the effects of the earthquake that hit the same day. We had a great conversation about her days with bodybuilding, we discussed fake tans, and even a bit of country music. I am thankful for good friends like her, and I hope you guys enjoy the show! More of Josey: https://www.instagram.com/joseyspangler/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Episode 25!? Can’t believe we have made it this far!! Thank you so much for listening to the podcast and supporting us, we really appreciate it! For this episode I had the privilege of talking to my amazing sister. She is a total badass who has always inspired me to work harder and be better. Krysta is currently working three jobs, while she raises two young girls and tries to keep a household running. She does have help from the amazing Trent Park, who we interviewed in episode 3 of the podcast, so if you want to check that out please do! But I hope you enjoy this episode with Krysta Park! More of Krysta: https://www.instagram.com/krysta_park/ https://www.instagram.com/tangledlocks_/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

What’s up everyone! Episode 24 of the show is here! I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with my good friend Hunter. Hunter is a lovely person with a lot of awesome things to say, and I had a great time chatting with her. Hunter is currently getting her bachelor’s degree in Biomedicine, nannying a great family, and dating the rockstar that we know and love, Heather Grey. More of Hunter: https://www.instagram.com/kaiiipo/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Lisa "Heather Grey" and Rafael AKA "Soggy Chip" are joined by Jenn (@Dulceca17) and Lauren (@Lauren2by2) for a Dream Team Reunion and to talk Big Piñatas, Balled Up Socks, Zippo Tricks, A Live LK's CC with new and improved theme song by Tryce (@TSDCX), and MUCH More!!!!

Welcome to episode 23 of the show! I had the great opportunity to cover some really interesting topics with Tanner Brain. We talked about all of his major injuries and surgeries, as well as his experience with therapy, and his decision to go to Med School. We also talked about the importance of paying attention to your mental health. I am thankful I got to have this interview with Tanner, and I hope you enjoy it! More of Tanner: https://www.instagram.com/tanner_brain/?hl=en _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

For episode 22 of the podcast, I was really able to “kill two birds with one stone”. I had an awesome convo with a long time friend of mine, and I was able to put together a great episode for you guys! Callie is one of my best friends and she had a lot of really interesting things to say. We had a great talk about social injustices, to life in Costa Rica, and streaming Super Smash Bros on Twitch. She is a really awesome person and I’m thankful to have her as a friend! I hope you enjoy the episode! More of Callie: https://www.instagram.com/gogeurt/ https://twitter.com/GoGeurt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor https://www.twitch.tv/gogeurt _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to episode 21 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! On this week’s episode we take a journey through the ups and downs of Riley's life. Riley is my good friend from way back when, and I can’t believe how much I learned about him in this short conversation. I am stoked that Riley took the time to come talk to us, and I hope everyone enjoys the episode. We covered topics from playing football for the University of Utah, to medical help in other countries, and even some childhood memories of the cops at the McDonalds parking lot. ________________________ Riley’s Instagram Accounts: https://www.instagram.com/ririchy13/ https://www.instagram.com/richmondwoodcrafts/ https://www.instagram.com/goldenmilo_ut/ _________________________ Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to episode 20 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! On this episode I had the privilege of interviewing my good friend, Noah Thackeray. Noah is an amazing artist, the proud father of an awesome toddler, and a student in Med School. We discussed some funny memories from his childhood, as well as more serious concepts about life. This was a great discussion to be a part of and I hope you enjoy it! Noah is also the mastermind behind the artwork for the podcast, and it was him and his wife, Katie, that helped me work out what I wanted in the logo. Noah’s Instagram Accounts: https://www.instagram.com/noa_boa/ https://www.instagram.com/noahs_arts/ https://www.instagram.com/thackshackart/ _________________________ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

This episode features Tracy Donovan, PA-C. She has worked in both Emergency and Hospitalist settings, and is constantly learning and trying to improve herself. She is an inspiring and motivated woman who is passionate about fitness and her own health, and is also a fitness coach and mentor for others. Learn what her life is like as a PA. I hope you enjoy the episode, and cheers to the future! . Please like, comment, and share the episode so we can share Our Lives In Medicine with others. Also please follow our Instagram @Ourlivesinmedicine. Thank you again for listening, and supporting the podcast! . Intro: "Takesmeback” by Eery ft. Eli Filosov. Instagram @eeryglo, streaming on Spotify as Eery Outro: “Snow & Fire” by Heather Grey. Linktr.ee/heathergrey Instagram @_heather.grey, streaming on Spotify . Interested in being a guest, or know someone who would? Shoot us a DM, tag that person in the comments, or send an email to Ourlivesinmedicine@gmail.com

On this episode of the podcast I had the opportunity to talk to the one and only Sorority Sarah Diener! I met Sarah through my wife and have since struck a great friendship with her. We were able to talk about a variety of topics, including the social injustices we’ve seen around us, and what life in a sorority is like. Sarah is an awesome person and an awesome friend, and I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation! Sarah’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_diener/ _________________________ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Welcome to Episode 19 of the This Was an Assignment Podcast! On this episode I have the privilege of interviewing the great and powerful Kari Slade! We discuss an array of topics from her fight with breast cancer, to finding out some secrets about her biological father. She is a very amazing person and it was an honor to have her on the podcast! Kari’s blog: https://www.mylifeline.org/MyPinkWarriorJourney Also in this episode we announce...THE CROCS GIVEAWAY WINNER! Thank you to all who participated, and if you are the lucky winner, make sure to listen to this episode and reach out to us within 48 hours to claim your prize! _________________________ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this episode of the podcast, I had the chance to interview the TOUGHEST MAN HIMSELF, Brennan Stewart. We discussed a range of topics, including serving our LDS missions in Georgia, joining the Army National Guard, and the detrimental effects of Tik Tok on our society today. !!!DON’T FORGET TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY ON OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE!!! The giveaway ends on June 2nd, so head to our Instagram and check it out! Bronze Age Mindset: https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Age-Mindset-Pervert-ebook/dp/B07DJQ89TD _________________________ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Episode 16 of the podcast is a special one! Mayan and I got to sit down and talk about our first year of marriage. We asked our listeners via Instagram some questions about what it’s like to be in a romantic relationship, and we got some awesome answers. We are happy to have such awesome listeners of the podcast and I have really enjoyed doing this. In honor of that, we put together a HUGEEEE GIVEAWAY!!! Be on the lookout for a post about it on our Instagram page on June 2nd! ______________________________________ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Happy Birthday to one of my best friends, Brooke Lawrence! On this week’s episode, I had the chance to talk with Brooke about her journey through the last 25 years of life. She is an amazing person with an amazing story, and I’m excited for everyone to hear. I hope you enjoy it! Also, tune in next week for a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!! _________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this week’s episode, I had the privilege of sitting down with my old man, Chad Woolley. We had a great conversation about a variety of topics, but we barely scratched the surface when it comes to the many dimensions of Chad. I hope you enjoy the show! Chad’s Hair Routine: A haircut (4 on top, 2 on the sides) every 6 months whether he needs it or not. A dollop of “Got2b Glued” hair gel, and the occasional wash. Iron Man Donations: https://pledgeit.org/iron-man-give-back _________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Had the great privilege of chatting with Jakob Woolley about his life lately. He has had to make some serious adjustments to his life plans due to COVID-19 so I thought it would be really interesting to have him on, and I was right. This was an awesome conversation and I hope you enjoy it! Racing Pigeons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCjeBadsIAc _____________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

One of Jay’s many shades is his Academic side. School has become a big part of his life, so he wanted to focus on that for this episode. He called up his cousin, Hannah, who just graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. They discussed her graduation, the covid-19, and other school and non-school related topics. We hope you enjoy this episode! Sarah’s Tik Tok playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/tik-tok/pl.u-DdANrkNIaRjzxoM _____________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this episode Mayan and I ran through some questions from our instagram, some follow up on last week, and some other interesting topics! Hope you enjoy! Book mentioned: “Born to Run” https://www.amazon.com/Born-Run-hidden-ultra-runners-greatest-ebook/dp/B004CFBMRY/ref=nodl_ “Steal Socks” mentioned: https://www.tablenis.com/products/ecos Quote of the Episode: “Find Joy in the Journey” Check us out on Instagram for some other photos/notes relevant to this episode, as well as updates on other episodes: https://www.instagram.com/thiswasanassignment/ _____________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this week’s episode, Mayan helps me run through some interesting topics. We talk about the science of running with Nate “Ro-z” Rose, we discuss Chad’s kind words about the podcast, and we review the answers we got from our Instagram questions. We had a great time recording, and we hope you enjoy listening! _______________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

This is the first solo episode in which I share a short story about how important fitness has been to me throughout medical school. I cannot stress enough the importance of maintaining ones physical and mental health throughout professional school. Completing school is an amazing achievement, but coming out with a sound mind and body makes that achievement even better. Intro: "Rundatback" by Heather Grey on Signs Vol. 1. Find this artist on Instagram @_heather.grey and Facebook at Heathergrey. Artist is streaming on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes Outro: "Your Smile" by Runaway. Find this artist information at linktr.ee./runaway_beats and instagram @itsrunaway_. Artist is on all streaming platforms

On this week’s episode, we talk about the Corona Blues and how they’re affecting everyday life. We also outline some objectives of the podcast: - Don’t be afraid of “taboo” topics - Talk things out so Jackson better understands them - Prove that everyone has something cool to say With BK’s help, we touch on running in Crocs, and the Pachev family: https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a20848845/large-family-in-utah-aims-to-be-americas-fastest/ And we cover some other interesting topics on episode 9 of the podcast! Hope you enjoy! _______________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

In this week’s episode, Quentin Quarantine-o walks us through another lonely but productive week on his own. He covers topics that range from April Fool’s day, to Psychological Flexibility and “having no head”. Hope you enjoy! Chris D’Elia: https://www.instagram.com/chrisdelia/?hl=en On Having No Head: http://www.headless.org/on-having-no-head.htm Psychological Flexibility and ACT: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy Waking Up App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/waking-up-a-meditation-course/id1307736395 ________________________________________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

Episode 7 of the This Was An Assignment Podcast is brought to you by the beauty and wonder of self isolation. Mayan and I talk about the reasons we have decided to tighten up our social lives. We also had a call in from Jakob Woolley, a recently returned LDS Missionary, and my brother. He explains his experience of dealing with the Corona-Virus in the country of Brazil. ________________________________________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this episode of the This Was An Assignment podcast, we heard from Amber Briem. We had a chance to discuss a variety of topics, including her life and experience in finding her career. Amber is a talented and very successful Real Estate agent and thankfully she shared some of her knowledge with us. She is an awesome person and we had a great chat! Hope you enjoy! ________________________________________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this episode of the podcast I had the privilege of talking with Keon Aarabi. Keon has been a great friend of mine for most of my life. I look up to and respect him greatly. Keon knows a lot about public health, and we decided that it would be beneficial to talk about the very relevant Coronavirus (Or, COVID-19). ________________________________________________________________ Links to relevant CoronaVirus information: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/ https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/9329174/vietnam-coronavirus-psa-song-best-tiktok-dance-videos ________________________________________________________________ Audio Engineering: Heather Grey Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

On this week's episode I had the privilege of interviewing the talented producer, and my brother, Heather Grey. Heather Grey is an amazing musician who has recently made a breakthrough in the local Hip Hop scene. We cover everything from his regular Tuesday routine, to what makes him tick as an artist and as a human. Connect with Heather Grey: https://linktr.ee/HeatherGrey Heather Grey is also a friend of the podcast, he does the engineering for the audio, and provided the music for the intro and outro of this episode. Intro/Outro Song: "The Loneliness Effect" by Heather Grey, ft. Mr. Lif

This episode is brought to you by zero funds and poor sound quality. On this week's episode I discuss the effects of trauma, the grip of addiction, and the beauty of recovery with Rich McDonald. Rich is the COO and Clinical Director at Wasatch Crest Recovery and is a great friend of mine. Intro/Outro Song by Heather Grey - "The Loneliness Effect"

Ashley explains her side of the story which I am sure you would all like to know. Heather Grey sweatsuits seem to be the theme of the podcast and Costco never lets Fred down. We discuss a little about Irishmen the new show on Netflix. Has anyone heard of Cameo? it is a app or website that you can pay celebrities to send a video message to anyone saying just about anything..... check it out. Also Ashley uses a new app to her advantage, forcing the kids to behave.

Tonight on Proper Propaganda: new tracks from Rapsody, Heather Grey, Wu Tang, and Kool Keith, but first, new from DJ Premier featuring Westside Gunn, Conway & Benny, “Headlines.” “Headlines” DJ Premier feat. Westside Gunn, Conway& Benny “Zero Fux” Kool Keith feat. B-Real “Do the Same as My Brother Do” Wu-Tang Clan “We Moving In” Black Geez Interlude: Sam Bee BG Music: “The Soul Provider” by Jansport J “The Function” Talib Kweli & Madlib feat. Strong Arm Steady & Chace Infinite “Prose & Cons” Heather Grey feat. Fly Anakin “Phylicia” Rapsody feat. Buddy “Higher” DJ Khaled feat. Nipsey Hussle and John Legend “From the 718” Pete Miser “Endangered Species” Ice Cube feat. Chuck D “I Have a Dream, Too” Dead Prez Interlude: Sesame Street “Times Ain’t Fair” Souls of Mischief “Negro League” Camp Lo “Race Against Reality” Monie Love “Prelude/Angry Young Man” Billy Joel “Keep it Locked” Pete Miser “I Am I Be” De La Soul

BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep206! How did you good folks out there like the FOUR episodes we dropped last week - what’s that, you didn’t hear that we dropped Episode 205 and THREE interviews last week?! Ya’ll can’t keep up with us - but you can try! All jokes aside, we’re back with two more in the chamber this week - a tremendous amount of new heat this week on Episode 206, and our interviewee for our Thursday interview session does NOT disappoint - we head back up North to the Eastside of Buffalo to chat with Che Noir from 38 Spesh’s TCF camp. Interview snippets are at the end of the mix, the full drops on Thursday! Come on ya’ll, you know what it is - TRUUUUUUST it’s nothing but that RAW and nothing but that #SmithsonianGrade #TwiceAWeek #FourTimesThisWeek #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube // #hiphop #rap #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live May 6, 2019 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on #applepodcasts #stitcherradio #soundcloud #mixcloud #youtube twitter/IG: @jondoeatl @southernvangard @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Inst. - "Army Navy Game" - J57 "Trust" - Benny The Butcher, Klass Murda & Che Noir "Champions" - Che Noir "Business As Usual" - Klass Murda, Benny The Butcher & Che Noir "What Happened to The Streets?" - Planit Hank ft. Benny The Butcher & MOP "Violation" - Loveboat Luciano ft. Flee Lord "Few More Holes" - Black Geez ft. Eto, 38 Spesh & Klass Murda Talk Break Inst. - "FOH (J57 Remix)" - J57 "All A Loan" - Cas Metah ft. Mallz & OC from NC "Snoop 96'" - Ronnie Alpha x Mastr_G "When I Was Up" - Pearl Harba "Hometeam" - H3RO "The Streets" - C Keys & Kazi ft. Hexsagon & DJ Transe "Prose & Cons" - Heather Grey ft. Fly Anakin Talk Break Inst. - "Listening to Axelrod" - J57 "Dimetapp" - Jamil Honesty ft. Jay Royale & Codenine "The Professionals" - Styles P. ft. Lil Fame "True & Livin'" - Blu & Exile "Dem Fallin'" - NapsNDreds x The Bad Seed (prod. Kelz With Tha Heat) "Jon Snow" - Bun B & Statik Selektah ft. Paul Wall & Le$ "East Medina Slaughter" - Agallah ft. Nowaah The Flood "Attention" - ScHoolboy Q "Piotr" - DJ Muggs & Mach-Hommy Talk Break Inst. - "Natrone Means" - Cobra (J57 & Rob Viktum) Interview Snippets - Che Noir

This episode we have David Osterhout lead singer of Heather Grey bring his hilarious personality to the show. We talk talent shows, his previous musical projects, and deodorant. We dive into Heather Grey's EP "Oh, What a Concept" and the reoccurring threads through out. This episode is closed with their song titled "Karma Cut"

Tonight on Proper Propaganda: new tracks from Papoose, CZARFACE and Ghostface, That Girl Lay lay, and more, but first, new from Brookfield Deuce, “Surveillance.” “Surveillance” Brookfield Deuce “Squad Up” Method Man feat. Havoc “Against All Opps” DJ Kay Slay feat. The Lox & Outlawz “Face Off” CZARFACE & Ghostface Killah Interlude: Trevor Noah BG Music: “Like to Know” by Jansport J “Discipline” Papoose “Be The King” That Girl Lay Lay “Inca Kola” Heather Grey feat. Angelo Mota “Letter to My Son” People Under the Stairs “From the 718” Pete Miser “Strictly Business” EPMD “Conspiracy of Silence” Paris “NYDP” DJ Green Lantern & Dead Prez “Bonnie & Clyde, Pt. 2” Foxy Brown feat. Jay Z “Deadly Combination” Big L & 2Pac “9 to 5” Dolly Parton “Keep It Locked” Pete Miser “Glory” Common & John Legend

Performing under the name Heather Grey, musician and producer Andrew Thackeray comes in to talk about the evolution of his music and the elements that influence its multiversal sound. … read more The post Episode #303 – Heather Grey first appeared on SLUG Magazine.

Tonight on Proper Propaganda: New tracks from Tre Capital, Freeway, Wizdom Starr, and more, but first, new from Black Thought, “Rest in Power.” TRACK ARTIST “Rest in Power” Black Thought “Legacy” Freeway “Love” Tre Capital “Oyahytt” The Coup feat. Lakeith Stanfield Interlude: Sam Bee BG Music: “Dillatronic 23” by J Dilla “More Than Just a Girl” Wizdom Starr “Saltwater” Heather Grey feat. Rakaa & DJ Juggy “Family Proud” Steven Darnell “City Playgrounds” Reflection Eternal “From the 718” Pete Miser “Formation” Beyoncé “Living in Pain” Notorious BIG feat. 2Pac, Mary J. Blige, Nas Interlude: Sesame Street “In the Ghetto (Drums & Rakim)” Eric B. & Rakim “Don’t Forget” Atmosphere “Killing Me Softly: Deadly Code of Silence” Sister Souljah feat. Ice Cube “Bullets in the Street and Blood” Cody ChesnuTT feat. Raphael Saadiq “Keep it Locked” Pete Miser “Gangsta’s Paradise” Coolio

Special Bonus Episode with Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade teachers Heather Grey, Amanda Luptak and Kristen Orton from Sequoia Village School in Show Low Arizona discussing their Kindergarten Readiness Regional Event held on April 12th for kinder bound kids and their families. The event included several regional Early Childhood partners as well as health, safety and wellness community agencies. More info about this event, connect with Sequoia Village School here. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Anchors away! Shitty costumes, geo-blocks, hockey twitter and…Klingons?! Taylor & Aleris discuss bad allyship in hockey culture, recap the NHL season so far, and welcome the latest addition to the Hockey D&D party. Recorded twice because winter came to Taylor’s laptop and froze Garageband. Timestamps 0:00 Fake Ass Gilligan’s Island/Intro 3:52 News Jokes 4:59 NHL season so far! 12:35 The Matt Duchene trade 14:41 General thoughts on allyship 17:00 Allyship & Halloween 20:11 Devante Smith-Pelly’s comments 21:33 JT Brown & Chris Kunitz 22:23 Andrew Shaw 24:13 Patrick Kane’s Bauer tweet [CW: SA] 27:15 Tyler Seguin, xenophobia, & hockey twitter 32:38 Good allyship examples (Marchand, Bieksa, Carolina Hurricanes) 35:21 What’s Not Upsetting Taylor About the Vancouver Canucks 37:02 Hockey D&D League 43:14 Aleris commentary/outro Hockey D&D theme by Heather Grey. heathergraymusic.ca