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This week, Justin catches up with Anthony J Brown after seeing Hamish Hawk, and Tour Manager Sam after a game of two halves in Helmsley. Izzy juggles Ubers and Meal Deals, Alfie Joey tells us how it's all about statues, and we go back in time to a stunning moment on the way to Stockport County. Get in touch here: X – @3045podcast Facebook - @3045podcast Instagram - @3045podcast Email – podcast@justinmoorhouse.com EPISODE LINKS: Hamish Hawk: https://hamishhawk.com/ EPISODE GUESTS: Alfie Joey: https://www.instagram.com/alfiejoey.art/ THIS WEEK'S GIGS: See Justin on Saturday here: https://thewitham.org.uk/event/funny-way-to-be-comedy-justin-moorhouse-the-greatest-performance-of-my-life-16/ See Justin on Sunday here: https://events.liveit.io/monkey-barrel-comedy-1/justin-moorhouse-the-greatest-performance-of-my-2/?token=ois-fRfEubGVv7woTWOE0DI5fSM OTHER STUFF: Watch my YouTube Special: https://www.youtube.com/@justinmoorhousecomedian The Greatest Performance of My Life: https://www.justinmoorhouse.com/ Join the Mailing List: https://justinmoorhouse.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=4c600f8287b9c2e121f43c3a1&id=bbd0010665 Music by Liam Frost. Produced by Rachel Fitzgerald and Justin Moorhouse
Leona Helmsley (1920-2007) was a real estate agent turned mogul after marrying Harry Helmsley. Leona served as the head and face of the Helmsley hotel empire, and her unapologetic wealth and antics earned her the nickname “queen of mean.” Later, Leona was convicted on charges of tax evasion and served more than a year in prison. For Further Reading: Leona Helmsley, Hotel Queen, Dies at 87 Behind Queen of Mean Leona Helmsley, a $5B estate and her dog Trouble These pets inherited millions: A look at the rising trend of pet wills 'Trouble' Has Died; Leona Helmsley's Pampered Pooch Inherited Millions Leona Helmsley: The Art of the Steal TAKE THAT, LEONA! TRUMP FIRES MISSIVE AT HOTEL RIVAL HELMSLEY This month, we're diving into the "Divas" of history, examining how the label has been used from many angles, whether describing women pejoratively... or with admiration. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn’t help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we’ll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Hannah Bottum, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates, and Vanessa Handy. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The year is almost over but things are heating up on WWF Smackdown and Mankind tries to rally the troops against the McMahon-Helmsley era, and gets some surprising help from Stephanie McMahon. Plus, the love fest between Mark Henry and Mae Young sparks up as the Dudleys try to get in the way. Chyna keeps interfering in Jericho's matches. Al Snow faces The Rock in a cage! Are there too many gimmicks? We discuss! Watch this episode on Youtube.Follow Tales from The Attitude Era on all social mediahttp://youtube.com/@TFTAttitudeEra http://twitter.com/TFTAttitudeErahttp://instagram.com/TFTAttitudeErahttp://tiktok.com/@TFTAttitudeEraTommy Blacha made his name in Hollywood as a writer on Conan O'Brien, co-creator of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim, and a writer on shows like The Eric Andre Show and Da Ali G Show. But, a little-known fact about Tommy's career is that he was the head writer of WWE (WWF at the time)) during their most successful period, starting in 1999, taking over for Vince Russo, who left for the competition. This podcast, Tales from the Attitude Era will be a retrospective of Tommy's time in the head writer position and the roller coaster ride that is pro wrestling, co-hosted by Rob Pasbani. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode of Wrestling War Zone: The Monday Night Wars, JT Rozzero & Chad Campbell dive into WWF King of the Ring 1997 They catch up on their personal lives for a few minutes and then discuss the hectic build to the show, Mankind's big night, Helmsley finally grabbing the crown, Pillman getting a swirly, the Nation crumbling, Ahmed Johnson stepping to Undertaker and much more. So sit back, settle in and join JT and Chad as they work their way through the one and only Monday Night Wrestling War era!
The McMahon-Helmsley regime takes full control of the show on Smackdown, making the lives of The Rock, Big Show and Mankind a living nightmare. Plus, the teams of the Hardys and Edge & Christian are forced to each wrestler their tag team partner for the first time. Al Snow tries to get some revenge, and Rikishi and Too Cool continue their hot streak. Plus, Tommy finds an excuse to feature Pat Patterson and Gerald Briscoe. As a bonus, we go through the 12/19/1999 episode of Sunday Night Heat.Watch this episode on Youtube.Follow Tales from The Attitude Era on all social mediahttp://youtube.com/@TFTAttitudeEra http://twitter.com/TFTAttitudeErahttp://instagram.com/TFTAttitudeErahttp://tiktok.com/@TFTAttitudeEraTommy Blacha made his name in Hollywood as a writer on Conan O'Brien, co-creator of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim, and a writer on shows like The Eric Andre Show and Da Ali G Show. But, a little-known fact about Tommy's career is that he was the head writer of WWE (WWF at the time)) during their most successful period, starting in 1999, taking over for Vince Russo, who left for the competition. This podcast, Tales from the Attitude Era will be a retrospective of Tommy's time in the head writer position and the roller coaster ride that is pro wrestling, co-hosted by Rob Pasbani. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roz Hewsenian is the Chief Investment Officer of the $6 billion Helmsley Charitable Trust. Prior to joining Helmsley in 2010, Roz had a storied career in the industry, highlighted by her two decades of work as the consultant to CalPERS while at Wilshire Associates. Our conversation tracks Roz's career, including lessons from teaching children, the most important rule of management, successful investment consulting, taking time off, and joining Helmsley. We then turn to her current role and cover opportunistic-based allocation, theme identification, benefits of concentrating in managers, oversight of a team and due diligence, stories from the front lines, exciting investment opportunities, co-investments, and governance. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership
Josh Fenton is the CIO of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, an $8 billion pool he began leading earlier this year upon the retirement of Roz Hewsenian, who served as CIO for the prior twelve years. Roz was a past guest on the show, and that conversation is replayed in the feed. Our conversation follows last week's about succession, using the live example of a successful CIO transition. We discuss Roz's plan for her retirement, steps to evaluate and train her successor, and actions upon her retirement announcement eighteen months beforehand. We also cover the transition from Josh's perspective, including what happened along the way, conversations that took place, and changes when he took over as CIO. Lastly, Josh and Roz share lessons others can apply for transitions in both allocator and manager organizations. Learn More Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Access Transcript with Premium Membership
Amy and Ian celebrate Yorkshire Day by finding the silliest local news stories from God's Own County. Headlines this week include a woman from Rotherham who's terrified of a smooth criminal, and a couple who will NOT be visiting the quaint Yorkshire town of Helmsley again.Featuring guest correspondent, Katy Wix.Katy's book Delicacy: A Memoir About Cake and Death is available to buy now. Want Extra! Extra! content? Join our Patreon for weekly bonus episodes, videos, live show discount codes, BTS clips and more...Got a juicy story from t'North? Email it to northernnewspod@gmail.com.Follow Northern News on Twitter @NorthernNewsPod and Instagram @NorthernNewsPodcastAnd follow Katy on Twitter @WixKaty and Instagram @really_katywixRecorded and edited by Aniya Das for Plosive.Artwork by Welcome Studio.Photography by Jonathan Birch. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Triple H opens up Raw this week and Jim Ross finds himself in a lot of trouble. Mick Foley is forced to give Helmsley a WWF title shot, and that Championship match is our Raw main event. On Nitro Hulk Hogan takes on Sting once again, only this time Sting has to deal with the "Red and Yellow" Hogan. Kiss perform at the very end of the broadcast, making a lot of viewers switch the channel.
Join us as we dive into the thrilling victory of the Cardinals @ The Mets. Manager Oliver Marmol praises the bullpen's brilliance, including Kittredge, Helsley, and Romero for their outstanding performances. Sonny Gray's masterful pitching is highlighted, showcasing his strategic prowess on the mound. Tom Ackerman breaks down the early offensive dominance, with Goldschmidt and Contreras leading the charge, propelling the Cardinals to an impressive win.
This week, one of the pioneers of the DIY movement is turning her attention to exercise. Dana Lewis is partnering with other researchers to create a tool to help you make better and easier decisions around whatever workout you choose. There's a lot of variability here – big difference between say, weight lifting and long distance running – so this is no easy task. Dana will explain the tools they're using, the big goals here, and we get to catch up about what she's using these days to manage her life with T1D which now includes ultramarathoning. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Here's more about the Helmsley grants Stacey mentioned Here's more about T1Dexi Here are our previous episodes with Dana Find out more about Moms' Night Out Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! Learn more about Gvoke Glucagon Gvoke HypoPen® (glucagon injection): Glucagon Injection For Very Low Blood Sugar (gvokeglucagon.com) Omnipod - Simplify Life Learn about Dexcom Edgepark Medical Supplies Check out VIVI Cap to protect your insulin from extreme temperatures Learn more about AG1 from Athletic Greens Drive research that matters through the T1D Exchange The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is by signing up for our weekly newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter here Here's where to find us: Facebook (Group) Facebook (Page) Instagram Twitter Check out Stacey's books! Learn more about everything at our home page www.diabetes-connections.com Reach out with questions or comments: info@diabetes-connections.com
In this episode of Wrestling War Zone: The Monday Night Wars, JT Rozzero & Chad Campbell dive into WWE WrestleMania 13! They catch up on their personal lives for a few minutes and then get into the churning tag division, a rough night for Rocky Maivia, Helmsley's struggles, the legacy and greatness of Hart vs. Austin, Undertaker winning the big one, the future direction of the WWF and much more. So sit back, settle in and join JT and Chad as they work their way through the one and only Monday Night Wrestling War era!
Why does a teacher trained to help children with special needs decide to switch, earn an MBA, then work at Pepsi, become an investment consultant, and end up becoming CIO at an $8 billion dollar foundation? In this conversation, Roz recaps on lessons learned with investing organisations, (including CalPERS) before arriving at Helmsley Foundation in 2010. She describes what makes for an effective investment committee, why investment boxes like ‘growth' and ‘value' can be counterproductive, and instead why portfolio construction by tranches of liquidity appeal more. She offers a range of valuable and pithy investment advice, including why “you shouldn't worry about volatility, if you have ample liquidity”, and why for asset allocation it may be a case of “back to the future”. The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders, Bremont Watches, LiveTrade and IFM Investors
Welcome back to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we hear directly from the entrepreneurs and innovators who are transforming health. Typically on this show we talk to founders of startups. We're all about understanding what's new and next in health, and that often means talking to the people who are in the early days of creating a product or business. Most early-stage startups – healthcare or otherwise – have one thing in common. They need money. It takes a long time to get a healthcare business profitable, and so founders need outside funds to get an idea off the ground, complete their research, or scale up. That brings us to this week's guest, David Panzirer, Trustee at the Helmsley Charitable Trust. To put it in simple startup terms, David is a funder. The Helmsley Charitable Trust is an $8 billion dollar philanthropy renowned for its work funding healthcare research and innovative programs. Of course David's a lot more than a funder. He's a father, for one thing, a fact that's driven his work more than anything else. David's also a firebrand and an instigator in an industry that often needs a little push in the right direction. The reason for our interview, which took place at a recent health tech event, is that the Helmsley Charitable Trust has been the anchor partner for StartUp Health's Type 1 Diabetes Moonshot, and David has been instrumental in getting that effort off the ground. He's been part of our T1D Impact Board and has met with founders on multiple occasions to give them invaluable feedback and advice. In this episode, we talk about the wild west of conversational AI, promising new T1D therapeutics, rural medicine, and why Helmsley has positioned itself as a high risk/high reward funder. Let's get into it. Passionate about Type 1 diabetes? Contact us to learn how you can join our T1D Moonshot. Innovating in Alzheimer's disease? Contact us to learn how you can join our Alzheimer's Moonshot. Want more content like this? Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox. Innovators: Health Transformer University fuels your health moonshot Funders: Become a Health Moonshot Champion
This week on the show we take a look back at the inaugural WWF Armageddon PPV and the Raw that followed. The landscape has changed big time as Stephanie McMahon is no longer "daddy's little girl" and has instead sided with HHH to oust her father from the company. We also look back at the week that was in the world of professional wrestling including NXT Deadline and all of the AEW offerings as the Continental Classic heats up. We also checked out a classic Casket Match from the 1994 Survivor Series featuring The Undertaker's revenge on Yokozuna. Enjoy!
This week on Turnbuckle Talk, we discuss a plethora of topics in the world of wrestling today. #womenswrestling #wwenetwork #terryfunk #prowrestler #wrestlemania #smackdown #ecw #wwenxt #luchalibre #roh #aew #impactwrestling #nxt #njpw #wwe #wwf #wwesmackdown #wrestling #romanreigns #wcw #aewdynamite #wweraw #indywrestling #allelitewrestling #JohnCena #TKO #sethrollins #wweuniverse #professionalwrestling #Endeavour #Collision Turnbuckle Talk is live Tuesdays from 8:05 pm eastern time and streamed for free at Youtube.com /@turnbucklestudios www.Twitch.tv/turnbucklestudios With replays streamed at your convenience on the Turnbuckle Studios YouTube channel. Check out the new store for all your Turnbuckle Studios Merch at www.karlkarufel.redbubble.com Check out our Sponsors: Want to be part of the Hottest Wrestling Brand Around? Visit our Friends at COLLARXELBOW - Personal Link for Turnbuckle Talk http://lddy.no/r1k While there make sure to use Promo Code: JKPODCAST at the check out for a sweet 10% off your purchase! In Association with www.RealRasslin.net Rogue Energy gives you that boost you need without all the added sugars and gross crash afterwards. Use code PERISH at www.rogueenergy.com and save some cash! Also check out our friends at CWE Canada's Wrestling Elite at http://cwecanada.net/ How to support Turnbuckle Talk: Anytime! http://paypal.me/jkpodcast Connect with us on our Social Media Platforms: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter - @TBTalkPod Thank you to our Non-Sponsored friends over at Dr Pepper
Ein attraktiver Marquess erhält unerwartet einen Heiratsantrag einer bezaubernden Dame … Die verführerische Regency Romance, die alle gesellschaftlichen Konventionen herausfordert
WWE SmackDown #131 | Feb 14th, 2002: After being exposed as a fraud by Triple H, Stephanie McMahon-Helsmley has vowed revenge at WWF No Way Out 2002.--JOIN US and hit SUBSCRIBE!Support Cultaholic on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cultaholicUnlock Cultaholic badges & emojis on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcPJbFDwVZZELGG38q2cLQ/joinWebsite: https://cultaholic.com/Merch: https://www.cultaholicshop.comTwitch: https://twitch.tv/CultaholicTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/CultaholicFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CultaholicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/cultaholicwrestlingDiscord: https://www.cultaholic.com/discordCameo: https://www.cultaholic.com/cameoSign up to Wrestle Crate UK using code CULTAHOLIC and receive DOUBLE the merch with your first month's crate: https://www.wrestlecrate.co.ukCultaholic provides video coverage of professional wrestling - including WWE (including WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown,, and NXT), AEW, IMPACT Wrestling (formerly TNA), NJPW, ROH, and more with daily news updates, reviews, lists, highlights, predictions, reactions, podcasts and much, much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
First they were making the cut. Then they made the cut! And now... Aaron and JT are covering the gamut of wrestling, pop culture and beyond because... it is time to get NO HOLDS BARRED! The boys are continuing their journey through their big stretch project: ranking every single WWE World Title change ever! They will be discussing and breaking down each and every match where the WWE's top prize changed hands and creating a master all time list. In this episode, they break down Triple H challenging Big Show from WWE Raw is War 1/3/00! Come for the concept and the absurdity, stay for Bermuda, Kokomo, the Property AND Neville Brothers. JT! Aaron! NO HOLDS BARRED!
Ric Flair is confronted by former ECW owner Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley ahead of Ric's showdown with Vince McMahon at the Royal Rumble. Plus The Undertaker defends the WWF Hardcore Championship against The Big Show and Booker T battles The Rock to determine who will face Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship at the Royal Rumble.Tom Campbell is joined by Maffew Gregg of Botchamania to watch every episode of WWE SmackDown from the beginning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Justin catches up with John Thomson, we meet the front row-ers in Helmsley and Southport, and Izzy joins Justin after a night of clubbing. The ever-popular Sound Board also makes its return. Get in touch or #AskIzzy here: WhatsApp – 07495 717 860 Twitter – @3045podcast Email – podcast@justinmoorhouse.com THIS WEEK'S GUESTS: John Thomson: https://twitter.com/JohnnyThomson2 THIS WEEK'S GIGS: See Justin on Wednesday here: https://justinmoorhouse.seetickets.com/event/justin-moorhouse-stretch-think/palace-theatre/2350030 See Justin on Thursday here: https://www.hotwatercomedy.co.uk/event/101604arkqklcdtqrhqqlvjkphnbskdbt/ See Justin on Friday here: https://www.wegottickets.com/sheffieldcomedy Stretch and Think 22-23 Tour: See Justin on Saturday here: https://www.wegottickets.com/sheffieldcomedy See Justin on Sunday here: http://comedyinavan.co.uk/saddleworth/saddleworth-comedy-shows/ And/or here: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/576942/ And/or here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/crystalballroomglossop/936591 Stretch and Think tour: https://justinmoorhouse.seetickets.com/tour/justin-moorhouse Music by Liam Frost. Produced by Rachel Fitzgerald and Justin Moorhouse.
Helmsley is a small market town within the North York Moors National Park. The VisitHelmsley website describes it as “the perfect base for enjoying the wider area”. Helmsley has numerous attractions, including a nature reserve, an art gallery, abbey ruins, and a market square boasting a range of shops and excellent restaurants. Named Britain's Best Market Town in 2015 by the Great British High Street Awards, the quaint area on the banks of the River Rye is a peaceful and quiet place to live. It is one of Yorkshire's hidden gems, rarely mentioned in the media; that was until a grisly discovery thrust Helmsley under the national spotlight…*** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED *** This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna FittonNarration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.Listen to our companion podcast ‘They Walk Among America' here: https://play.acast.com/s/they-walk-among-americaBecome a ‘Patreon Producer' and get exclusive access to Season 1, early ad-free access to episodes, and your name in the podcast credits. Find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUsMore information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.comMUSIC: Winds of Change by Four TreesRight Behind You by Wicked Cinema Ventures Call by Lincoln Davis Penitence by JCar Deceptive Cadence by JCar Constant Surveillance by JCar The Search by CJ-0 Pursuit of Wonder by Caleb Etheridge They Walk Among Us is part of the Acast Creator Network - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongusSOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_PodcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcastSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode we talk about the new World Heavyweight Championship, the upcoming WWE Draft, and the AEW Pillars.
Gresh and Suela are back at the table with another retro review as the headliner! It's the year 2000, WWF is at its peak and it's the fallout from Judgment Day 2000 where The Rock is on a warpath after being screwed out of the title during his Iron Man Match against Triple H. The European and Intercontinental Championships are on the line respectively. Plus, Chop It Up w/The Bandit & more! Support GRESH UNLEASHED on Patreon: https://patreon.com/greshdigital Subscribe to our channel: https://solo.to/gresh SOCIALS Shop: https://greshapparel.creator-spring.com/ | https://gresh.live/merch Website: https://www.greshunleashed.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/greshunleashed Facebook: https://facebook.com/GreshUnleashed Instagram: https://instagram.com/greshunleashed Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gresh/ Discord: https://discord.gg/QHCzpCj FOLLOW THE CREW: GRESH - https://solo.to/gresh SUELA - https://solo.to/suela Want to start YOUR OWN Podcast? Click the links below to get started with Podbean Today! Unlimited Hosting Plan: https://www.podbean.com/greshunleashed Business Hosting Plan: https://www.podbean.com/pro/greshunleashed
Leona Helmsley und ihr Mann Harry waren Immobilienhaie in New York bevor ein gewisser Donald Trump die Bühne betrat. Helmsley stolperte über ihre Reputation als "Queen of mean" und eine Steueraffäre - und lieferte sich mit Donald Trump einen erbitterten Kampf um das Empire State Building.
Join Mitch, Paul, and Emily as they take an in depth look at the McMahon-Helmsley Era. In this episode Mitch gets attacked by a cat , Paul gets to talk about Limp Bizkit, and Emily gets a laugh from a DX segment?!Thanks to Steve B. for the intro music
The landscape of WWE and professional wrestling in general has forever changed with the retirement of Vince McMahon. Triple H has been named both Head of Talent Relations and Executive Vice President of World Wrestling Entertainment and his wife, Stephanie McMahon is the co-CEO. What changes will this bring and what does it mean for other companies like AEW??? Get the best candles: https://www.steviewix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/down-the-middle-podcast/support
This episode had to be reuploaded due to a block placed on it, lyin azz corporation. On this episode the Minks talk: commentary of an Umaga highlight reel, Funk's joke about bob being assaulted comes true in real time, Eminem Eras and hairstyles, Tyler the Creator STAIGHT MAN?!?! DJ Keemstars DARK AND EVIL PAST, Christina Grimmie's tragic incident, Bob explains Sword Swallowing and so much more!!!
WWE SummerSlam is in the books and what an insane main event that was! The #PodcastBoyz break down all the action, monumental returns and fallout from the first Triple H-era Premium Live Event. Did it deliver on the hype. We also review Ric Flair's last ever match.Join Mister Young & FRGN every Monday 2pm on the #KTTG Youtube channel and Spotify on demand.Be part of the #KTTG community on @discord to talk wrasslin' with our fellow listeners and consider pledging on our @patreon if you want to take your support to the next level. This podcast is proudly brought to you by @65roofs, realtor and fellow wrestling fan Nikmat Jawini. Follow him for all your property needs.
This week on the Pro Wrestling Podcast Podcast: - Triple H named NEW Head of Creative for WWE - Tony Khan Reacts to speculation that AEW talent will jump to WWE - CM Punk SHOOTS on WWE Shake Up and culture - Road Dogg SHOOTS on CM Punk's comments - Freddie Prinze Jr on WWE Co-CEOs Stephanie McMahon & Nick Khan - Rocky Romero of NJPW meets with Nick Khan of WWE - Natalya Frustrated with current spot in WWE - Mick Foley Re-Mixes WAP.... You read that right Source Clips: Triple H SummerSlam Media Scrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GanG82TBAZc Sean Ross Sapp Sets the Record Straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo9jSD3fztc Comic-Con CM Punk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfuNgWzxokI Rocky Romero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PJsPqmG8W8 The Pro Wrestling Podcast Podcast is a clip show reviewing everything going on outside the ring in the world of professional wrestling. From all the top podcasts to YouTube shows and media interviews. It's Talk Soup meets Pro Wrestling podcasts Listen each and every week as host Seth Grimes breaks down the best highlights from all of your favorite pro wrestling podcasts. Check out More Clips and Episodes: FULL AUDIO PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/prowrestlingpodcast FULL VIDEO PODCAST: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLbUzxHAbUelDKGzrvoe1MmQZRSw1g9Dgq VIDEO CLIPS: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLbUzxHAbUelDKGzrvoe1MmQZRSw1g9Dgq VIDEO SHORTS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbUzxHAbUelDZBqN9StgjIfSz6fg0gDIC Like Follow & Subscribe: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Sethgrimesmedia FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SethGrimesMedia TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@sethgrimesmedia YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/unitedunderworldmedia DONATE: paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/unitedunderworld CONTACT: sethgrimesxiii@gmail.com Seth Grimes is an independent Author, Podcaster, Rapper, Host, Pundit, Journalist, Graphic Designer, Editor, Content Producer, and Hulkamaniac BROTHER! A United Underworld Media production #wweraw #wwesmackdown #aew #aewdynamite #aewrampage #podcast #stephaniemcmahon #tripleh #nickkhan #tonykhan #summerslam #xfl #cmpunk This video contains unauthorized clips from other content providers which we do not own nor do we claim to own or have created. Nor do we have permission to use. Any clips or other copyright protected content in this video are strictly for the use of parody, reporting, critiquing, or review, legal under section 107 of the Copyright Act otherwise known as the Fair Use Act “the fair use of a copyrighted work […] for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” View US Copyright Act section 107 Fair Use Act here: https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/prowrestlingpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prowrestlingpodcast/support
This week on the Pro Wrestling Podcast Podcast: - Triple H named NEW Head of Creative for WWE - Tony Khan Reacts to speculation that AEW talent will jump to WWE - CM Punk SHOOTS on WWE Shake Up and culture - Road Dogg SHOOTS on CM Punk's comments - Freddie Prinze Jr on WWE Co-CEOs Stephanie McMahon & Nick Khan - Rocky Romero of NJPW meets with Nick Khan of WWE - Natalya Frustrated with current spot in WWE - Mick Foley Re-Mixes WAP.... You read that right Source Clips: Triple H SummerSlam Media Scrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GanG82TBAZc Sean Ross Sapp Sets the Record Straight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo9jSD3fztc Comic-Con CM Punk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfuNgWzxokI Rocky Romero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PJsPqmG8W8 The Pro Wrestling Podcast Podcast is a clip show reviewing everything going on outside the ring in the world of professional wrestling. From all the top podcasts to YouTube shows and media interviews. It's Talk Soup meets Pro Wrestling podcasts Listen each and every week as host Seth Grimes breaks down the best highlights from all of your favorite pro wrestling podcasts. Check out More Clips and Episodes: FULL AUDIO PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/prowrestlingpodcast FULL VIDEO PODCAST: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLbUzxHAbUelDKGzrvoe1MmQZRSw1g9Dgq VIDEO CLIPS: https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLbUzxHAbUelDKGzrvoe1MmQZRSw1g9Dgq VIDEO SHORTS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbUzxHAbUelDZBqN9StgjIfSz6fg0gDIC Like Follow & Subscribe: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Sethgrimesmedia FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SethGrimesMedia TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@sethgrimesmedia YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/unitedunderworldmedia DONATE: paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/unitedunderworld CONTACT: sethgrimesxiii@gmail.com Seth Grimes is an independent Author, Podcaster, Rapper, Host, Pundit, Journalist, Graphic Designer, Editor, Content Producer, and Hulkamaniac BROTHER! A United Underworld Media production #wweraw #wwesmackdown #aew #aewdynamite #aewrampage #podcast #stephaniemcmahon #tripleh #nickkhan #tonykhan #summerslam #xfl #cmpunk This video contains unauthorized clips from other content providers which we do not own nor do we claim to own or have created. Nor do we have permission to use. Any clips or other copyright protected content in this video are strictly for the use of parody, reporting, critiquing, or review, legal under section 107 of the Copyright Act otherwise known as the Fair Use Act “the fair use of a copyrighted work […] for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” View US Copyright Act section 107 Fair Use Act here: https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/prowrestlingpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prowrestlingpodcast/support
Season 3, Episode 82 On this episode of the Pipe Bomb Wrestling Podcast, Chris & Andy dive into The McMahon-Helmsley Era, as Vince McMahon has stepped aside, Stephanie McMahon is the CEO, and Triple H is head of creative. They also share their thoughts and predictions on this Saturday's SummerSlam PLE. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram: @pbwpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbwpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbwpodcast/support
Phillip & Brandon talk more about Vince McMahon's retirement, ROH Death Before Dishonor, location of WrestleMania 40, and the boys preview SummerSlam. Please check out our What A Maneuver! Store: https://whatamaneuver.net/collections/bullet-cast Please check out our Pro Wrestling Tees Store: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/bulletcast Follow Bullet Cast On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebulletcast/?hl=en Follow Bullet Cast On Twitter: https://twitter.com/BulletCast Follow Bullet Cast On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BulletCast2sweet/ Subscribe to Bullet Cast On Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKHzfruskD8imAVVmWAaSQ Bullet Cast Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/thebulletcastc
BC and Jay welcome long time listener and fellow podcaster Steve MacEachern to the show to discuss a wild week in wrestling! In this episode we discuss:Vince McMahon retiring from pro wrestlingTriple H and Stephanie McMahon in chargeRic Flair's "last match"The dirt sheets getting worked...againWhat this change in management structure means for people like Sasha Banks and Bray WyattSummerSlam PreviewAnd that's not even everything we discussed! We want to hear from you to so make sure you head on over to our Twitter or Facebook pages to weigh in on this topic!Episode sponsored by: Marc's Wrestling MasksSteve MacEachern can be found on Twitter at @SteveJMacEYou can find the Bruins FastCast on Podbean, Spotify and http://anchor.fm/acedast and on Twitter at @BRuinsFastcastMusic:(Intro) SOMETHING FAST - Infraction (Outro) OPEN HIGHWAY - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/mMhwHptAXJ8Did you know we are now on YouTube? Go check us out at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuo3XqN9eg_c2HhJJqbgrUwWe can also be found on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/WrestlingWithTheTruthTwitter:https://twitter.com/wwttpodhttps://twitter.com/JayMyersWWTThttps://twitter.com/BCHunterWWTTInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/wwttpod/https://www.instagram.com/JayMyersWWTT/https://www.instagram.com/BCHunterWWTT/
Sizzling Samachar of the day - 26th May 2022Welcome to Sizzling Samachar on OTTplay, Im your host NikhilSamachar first up,From Mads Mikkelsen to Freida Pinto, from Gregg Sulkin to Winnie the Pooh and more storiesMads Mikkelsen to star in Danish film King's LandHannibal actor Mads Mikkelsen is set to reunite with A Royal Affair director Nicolaj Arcel for a Danish period drama titled, King's Land. The film is based on Ida Jessen's novel The Captain and Ann Barbara, which is set in the 17th century. The film also features Amanda Collin who was most recently seen in the sci-fi series Raised By Wolves. Mikkelsen and Arcel's earlier collaboration, A Royal Affair, had received an Oscar nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film.J.J. Abrams' Demimonde hits roadblockWriter and director J.J. Abrams's HBO series Demimonde has hit a roadblock owing to budget concerns. As per reports, Warner Bros. is trying to cut costs, which has led to a disagreement with Abrams' production house, Bad Robot. Although the series was announced four years ago, it is still in pre-production, and recently, Station Eleven's Danielle Deadwyler was confirmed to feature in the series. Live-action series on Speed Racer in the worksA live-action show based on the 1960s manga series Speed Racer is in the works. The project has received a series order from Apple+ and will be executive produced by J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot. Snowpiercer's Hiram Martinez and Westworld's Ron Fitzgerald will serve as showrunners and writers of the series. Mr. Malcolm's List to hit big screens in JulyThe period drama Mr Malcolm's List starring Freida Pinto is set to hit theatres in July this year. In the film, Pinto plays Selina Dalton, a bachelorette who tries to take revenge on London's most eligible bachelor Mr Malcolm for rejecting her best friend, Julia. Directed by Emma Holly Jones, the film also features Zawe Ashton, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Park, and Theo James.Gregg Sulkin joins World on FireRunaways actor Gregg Sulkin has been added to the cast of the second season of the World War II drama World on Fire. Sulkin will essay the role of David, a fighter pilot, in the series. The upcoming season will pick up a year after the events of the first season.Documentary on Leona Helmsley in the offingA documentary on the late real estate giant Leona Helmsley is in the works. Helmsley was known by the nickname, Queen of Mean, and her rivalry with Donald Trump was no secret. However, in 1989, she was convicted on charges of tax evasion. Keith Robert Patterson will helm the project. Winnie the Pooh turns murderer The story of the beloved children's book character Winnie the Pooh is taking a grim turn as it will appear as a murderer in the upcoming horror film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. Directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, the film will feature Craig David Dowsett in the titular role.Well thats the Sizzling news from the world of movies and enrtertainment for today on OTTplay, until the next time its your host Nikhil signing out.Aaj kya dekhoge OTTplay se poochoWritten By Arya Harikumar
Stranger Rings Podcast presents "Game Over" a look at the career and best matches of Triple H's legendary career. Throughout the series, we will take a look at a number of Triple H matches in a watch along format. The first episode in this series is the Falls Count Anywhere match from WWF RAW in 1997. This match is one of Helmsley's first hardcore matches in the WWF and served as the debut for Cactus Jack. You can watch along with us on Peacock! Please leave a five star review and follow our socials below! https://linktr.ee/StrangerRingsPodcast
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David is a Trustee of The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. As a parent of two children with type 1 diabetes, his personal interest in this disease has led to the creation of a robust and highly developed program built on funding unmet needs. The Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program works closely with partners in private philanthropy, industry, academia, and government. David serves as a leader in fostering collaborations between funders and projects. Show notes for people who are Bold with Insulin Get your supplies from US MED with the link or 888-721-1514 Learn about the Dexcom CGM You may be eligible for a free 30 day supply of the Omnipod DASH Get Gvoke Glucagon Learn about Touched By Type 1 CONTOUR NEXT ONE smart meter and CONTOUR DIABETES app Tak the T1DExchange survey A full list of our sponsors How to listen, disclaimer and more Apple Podcasts> Subscribe to the podcast today! The podcast is available on Spotify, Google Play, iHeartRadioRadio Public, Amazon Music and all Android devices The show is now available as an Alexa skill. My type 1 diabetes parenting blog Arden's Day Listen to the Juicebox Podcast online Read my award winning memoir: Life Is Short, Laundry Is Eternal: Confessions of a Stay-At-Home Dad The Juicebox Podcast is a free show, but if you'd like to support the podcast directly, you can make a gift here or buy me a coffee. Thank you! Follow Scott on Social Media @ArdensDay @JuiceboxPodcast Disclaimer - Nothing you hear on the Juicebox Podcast or read on Arden's Day is intended as medical advice. You should always consult a physician before making changes to your health plan. If the podcast has helped you to live better with type 1 please tell someone else how to find the show and consider leaving a rating and review on iTunes. Thank you! Arden's Day and The Juicebox Podcast are not charitable organizations.
We all know that the health care system in the U.S. is flawed in a lot of ways, and it doesn't always do the best job of serving those who need it most. Today's guest, David Panzirer, is passionate about changing that—particularly for those with type 1 diabetes. David is not only one of my mentors but also a trustee of a multibillion dollar charitable foundation dedicated to saving and improving lives called The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. He's the father of two daughters with type 1 diabetes and has dedicated his work full-time to changing the face of care for patients like his girls. Join us today as we dive into what he and his foundation are doing to change the paradigm of treatment for patients with this underserved chronic disease, barriers to care, and THIS super important (but often overlooked) piece of the treatment puzzle. We're discussing: Why being a pain in the ass to your doctor can be a good thing The impact of reclassifying diabetics into new categories (insulin and non-insulin dependent vs types 1 and 2) Which two areas of healthcare the COVID pandemic actually helped Why the healthcare system should care about the lived experiences of those with chronic illness The important role a personalized medicine approach could play for patients with chronic illness, in particular Being a voice for the voiceless Learn more about David and his work: https://helmsleytrust.org/ Morgan's book, “Actually I Can”: https://www.amazon.com/Actually-Can-Diabetes-Unexpected-Empowerment/dp/0578653931 I'd be honored if you'd consider donating to the Kasey Altman Research Fund through Rein in Sarcoma: http://www.reininsarcoma.org/donation-form/ (Be sure to select “Kasey Altman Research Fund” in the Named Funds dropdown) A donation size of any amount can make a huge difference! Thank you! Follow me on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kasey.altman Follow me on IG so you don't miss a thing! https://instagram.com/the.reroute Want to collab? Email me at inquiries@the-reroute.com
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Stephanie McMahon has just turned heel & formed the McMahon-Helmsley regime on WWF Monday Night Raw in 1999 and would you look at that: it's Christmas! Triple H & Stephanie run RAW for the night booking matches like Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young vs The Acolytes vs The Dudley Boyz and Kane vs Big Show for the WWF Championship with rules that change whenever Triple H & Steph feel like it. DPW Fire Ep 1 was just released on YouTube featuring the main event of Rosemary vs Andrew Everett in the DPW Worlds Championship Eliminator Tournament. Bryan Danielson & Hangman Page went to a 60 minute time limit draw for the AEW World Championship on AEW Dynamite. Dan Lambert returns on AEW Rampage to say Tony Khan sucks! Deadlock Discord: https://discord.gg/E4BvR4W Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Instagram: https://instagram.com/deadlockwrestling Deadlock Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/deadlockpw Deadlock Pro Wrestling: http://deadlockpro.com https://deadlockpw.com
The Rock just lost the WWF Championship to Triple H after an Iron-man Match at WWF Judgement Day 2000 when The Undertaker returned to interfere at the very last second. The Rock is now hunting down the McMahon-Helmsley Regime 1 by 1 on Monday Night Raw to make sure he can get his hands on Triple H to make him pay for losing his WWF Championship. Cody Rhodes faces off against Andrade in a Street Fight on AEW Dynamite that sees Cody bring out his golden shovel along with going through a huge flaming table. Tony Nese faces Sammy Guevara on AEW Rampage in a singles match for the AEW TNT Championship. Deadlock Discord: https://discord.gg/E4BvR4W Deadlock Shop: https://shop.deadlockpw.com Deadlock Patreon: https://patreon.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Twitter: https://twitter.com/deadlockpw Deadlock Instagram: https://instagram.com/deadlockwrestling Deadlock Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/deadlockpw https://deadlockpw.com
On today's show, Roz Hewsenian interviews Jan Garfinkle. Roz serves as the Chief Investment Officer of the Helmsley Charitable Trust, an $8 billion foundation dedicated to increasing access to health care. Jan is the founder of Arboretum Ventures, a $700 million health care-focused venture capital firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Arboretum focuses on investments “off the coast” targeting companies that seek to reduce healthcare costs in devices, diagnostics, services and IT. Before they begin, Roz and I discuss her discovery of Arboretum, attractive qualities of the firm, and positioning in Helmsley's portfolio. Learn More Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe to the mailing list Read the transcripts
This week , Gary discusses the upcoming earnings season and what the numbers can mean to your portfolio and investment stratefy. Gary also talks with Sandy Frankel, longtime lawyer for Leona Helmsley an trustee for the Helmsley Family Trust, about the real person behind the lady the media called "Queen of Mean"
Henry Daas is a serial entrepreneur, business and finance coach. He is the author of FQ: Financial Intelligence. Listen in to this interesting conversation about solopreneurship, entrepreneurship and financial coaching. Listen in to the end to find out how to get a month's Free Coaching. In this show you can learn lots from Henry including: The journey from Entrepreneur to Retire-preneur The key things to look at through the eyes of an Entrepreneur Surround yourself with people that are smarter than you! Let go of your baggage – it won't serve you well! Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Henry below: Henry on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrydaas/ Website: https://daasknowledge.com Henry's Website: http://henrydaas.com Henry on Twitter: https://twitter.com/daasKnowledge Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachdaas/ Full Transcript Below ----more---- Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker. Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you Henry Daas is a special guest on today's show. He's a serial entrepreneur, business and finance coach and author of FQ: Financial Intelligence. But before we get a chance to speak with Henry, it's The Leadership Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News Steve Rush: If you're anything like me, 2021 has brought about numerous learning opportunities to learn about ourselves and leadership. It demanded an evolution of thinking how we work and how we behave. In research completed by Melissa Daimler for Forbes magazine, she found that there are three skill shifts required that will help people adapt in 2021, and here they are. A shift from communication to empathy. Effectively communicators and productive leaders are intertwined. This year has forced leaders to communicate constructively, even without answers. And we've had to push beyond comfort zones. Beyond sharing updates and asking questions and listening much more attentively. And therefore, leaders have been asked to go deeper and develop empathy. Brene Brown, a professor and author say empathy, fuels connection. It's feeling with people and connecting with a person's situation. Of course, communication is absolutely essential, but communicating with empathy, that becomes a really powerful. Emotional intelligence to emotional agility. When Ben Horowitz, a former entrepreneur and technology investor was asked the most challenging skill to learn as a CEO, he said it was the ability to manage his own psychology and emotions. Emotional agility goes beyond awareness and control. Susan David, a renowned psychologist emphasizes that emotionally agile people are not only aware of their feelings, but know how to navigate through them and how we do this. And as a leader, the more emotionally agile you become, the more readily you'll be able to understand the intent of other's actions. Time management to context management. When it first dawned on us, that working remotely would be here for some time. We followed the same pattern of the learning that we exhibited back in the late 1990s, we took our design framework from the classroom straight to the computer without attempting to adapt accordingly. And finally, after a while, we recognize, different mediums do call for different applications. Often been referred to as the flipped classroom. We're seeing the same now with remote working and we cannot simply transfer how we worked in the office to our home space. Cramming in meetings, presentations, brainstorming sessions are very different from Zoom or Ms Teams. And the flipped workspace was coined by Allison Baum. And it's about leveraging what's been learned from flipping the classroom to flipping where you're working remotely. And what she noticed was our context is really changed. We need to manage our time and design our days around how we work best based on what we're working on, whom we're working with and what for, but context is key. I often refer to these as my trusted side kicks of, "because and reason". If you give people a, because you give people reason, you create context and therefore they're likely to be more productive in the time that they do have and the way they work. And what I've noticed recently is the subject of burnout has become a very prevalent and it's not our work that's burning us out is how we are working that is burning us out. So, a little bit more empathy, more emotional agility and some good old fashioned context management will help us be really successful for 2021 and beyond. That's been The Leadership Hacker News. We'd love to hear your stories and insights, so please get in touch. Start of Podcast Steve Rush: Our special guest on today's show is Henry Daas. He's a serial entrepreneur, business leader, personal finance coach, and author of FQ: Financial Intelligence. Henry, welcome to The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Henry Daas: Thanks for having me. Really appreciate it. Steve Rush: So, you've got a really interesting story, your backstory, so to speak, hasn't got a particular theme or flow from it, but I guess that's part of the entrepreneurial spirit that you have. Just give the folks that are listening in today a little bit of a summary of your kind of early businesses and how you've arrived to do what you do today? Henry Daas: Yeah, I'm kind of a word freak. So, the word that I use is peripatetic, right. Steve Rush: Big word. Henry Daas: That's a good word. Yeah, I know, I like it. People go look it up, if they've never heard it before. Not always the most positive connotation when you say that. But yeah, I started as an entrepreneur. I mean the year now is 2021. I started in 1991, so it's basically been 30 years. I started out with a kind of an opportunistic business where a college friend of mine was just handing me business on a silver platter. And before you know it, I said, Hey, I'm going to quit my day job. And I'm going to become an entrepreneur. And that started the journey and then it never ended. So here I am, 30 years later and now I coach entrepreneurs who are kind of where I was 25, 30 years ago. So, it's almost like a little bit of deja vu there, right. But I love it. It's fun. Steve Rush: Thinking back to that time where you quit your day job, what was the pull to the business opportunity? Just give us a little flavor of that. Henry Daas: Well, I'm going to say something a little bit off color, but you could edit it out if you want to. I have a saying, I say, if I'm going to have to work every day for some asshole, it might as well be me, right. Steve Rush: Okay, fair enough. Yeah. Henry Daas: There you go. So, feel free to bleep it if you want. I'd have no idea if this is PG or R rated. Steve Rush: Well not any more, its fine. Henry Daas: Not any more, I guess not. Steve Rush: It's an interesting hypothesis, right? Because there are some people who are quite comfortable in the spirit of working for others and, you know, taking a salary and growing through the corporate culture, that's absolutely perfectly acceptable, perfectly fine. And there's some great leaders and heroes that we all know that work in that environment. But equally, if you feel constrained by that, the only way that you can really unleash your potential is by doing it for yourself, right? Henry Daas: Yeah, what's interesting is, I'm thinking of creating another little vertical niche tent pole in my coaching practice and that's called retire-preneurs because when I was doing the research for my book, FQ. I read a whole bunch of, you know, I did tons and tons of research and one, retire preneurs are kind of the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs. But when I started looking into the driving factors, a lot of them worked in what I derisively call cubicle world for their entire careers. And then they got out and it's like, okay, now it's a chance for me to do what I want to do, right. And know, you're 60 something years old in many cases, maybe even older, but yet people are really bootstrapping businesses because the barriers to entry, especially in the online world are almost non-existent. But they need help because they've worked for 40 or 50 years in that, you know, in that bubble where you've got hot and cold running resources, in many cases, if you work for a large company, you don't have that anymore. Now you're a solopreneur. So, it's like, okay, what do I do now? I mean, it's exciting, but it's also terrifying. Steve Rush: Yeah. Also, I guess. The notion of retirement has changed in the last 10 or 15 years. The whole conversation of retiring. Typically, if you think across many people in the business world, there's not that many people I know of who literally down tools and don't do anything. There's definitely that little bit of coaching, counseling, consulting. Retire preneurs, and I think the whole retire preneurs thing is a real opportunity for people who are still restless and want to do things in their either semi-retirement or retirement, right? Henry Daas: I mean, I think retirement itself is, you know, terrifying, right? Because there's actually an odd statistic of very high divorce rate for people who all of a sudden, one or the other retires. Because now you're home, right? Just like a COVID has ticked up the divorce rate because people are now under the same roof all the time. And they looked at each other and they say, oh my God, this is the guy I married 40 years ago. Not the same guy anymore. Well, you didn't notice when they were going to the office all the time and now, they're not going to the office. They're home tripping over the vacuum cleaner. Corporate America has also changed the paradigm a little bit because when I started working, which was 1981, so 40 years ago, pensions were still a pretty normal thing. Well, pensions have gone the way of the Dodo bird. I have a couple of friends who recently retired and they both got terrific pensions to the point where they don't have to work anymore. But corporations figured out how to divest themselves of that expense, by creating the defined benefit plans, at least here in the U.S. Steve Rush: It's pretty much the same across Europe as well. Henry Daas: Right, exactly. So, they've offloaded the risk of that to you, now and in COVID. They've offloaded another risk to you because people are, quote, working from home. And I correct people all the time. I say, you're not working from home. You're living at your office, right? Steve Rush: Yeah, I like that. Henry Daas: You're paying the electric. I don't know if a single person, my son, my 29-year-old son lives with us here now in Connecticut and he's working remotely. They didn't even provide them with a computer. You know, I build computers, is kind of a hobby. And I had just finished building a really, really nice super-fast computer. And he's like, dad, can I use that? It's like, don't they give you one? No, no, they don't. So, I'm paying for the internet here. I'm paying for the electric here and he's working remotely and there's no cost of the office space and all that stuff. So that's the future when you work for someone else, you're becoming, they talk about the gig economy. Well, that's on steroids now. Where even though you work for a big company, you're effectively untethered. So that actually makes it pretty easy to start an entrepreneurial business, right? Because you can start one from home. There's nobody, you know, you're working remotely. No one's snooping over your shoulder. No one knows what you're doing with your infrastructure to start maybe an FBA business or, you know, a SAS business or anything. Steve Rush: That's very true. Henry Daas: That's pretty cool. You know, it's great opportunity. Steve Rush: So as a serial entrepreneur and having always been on the lookout for new opportunities and new inspirations, is there anything specifically that you look for in new ventures, new opportunities when you go, right. I'm going to invest in that? Henry Daas: There are two things you need to know whether a business is viable. Only two things you have to figure out. Gross margin, cashflow, right? If you can solve those two problems, then it doesn't really matter what the business is. Problem is, that's really tricky to do in a lot of businesses. You want to, you know, you want to niche down, right? There are riches in niches, as they say, right? So, you want to niche down, but if you niche down too far, then you'll discover that there's no audience for whatever it is that you have to offer. So, finding that right balance, I wrote a little thing that's on my, it's like a little trip wire on my website. It's a freebie, it's like a 30-page PDF. Five reasons, small businesses fail, and I've actually done a talk. I have a deck for it. And I've done talks at various conference with this. And the number one reason is idea. Your idea sucks. It's the reason most businesses fail, is you just have a crummy idea. You got to sit down and figure out what's my gross margin, what's my cashflow. And then you've got to start analyzing all the other things that go with it. Who's the competition, right? Is the market morphing and changing? So, what I've noticed that's interesting now that COVID has brought up, is a lot of mobile businesses, right? It used to be mobile dog groomers. I didn't know any such a thing existed, but now there's a lot of money going into mobile automobile care. I had new tires put on my vehicle. They came to the house. I had an oil change done in my driveway. Wow, I mean, I can do the oil change myself. It's not rocket science, but I have no place to dispose of the oil. What am I going to do with it? So, and the guy looked at me and he said, you know, you need new brakes. It's like, yeah. He goes, well, I can do that for you. Really, you're going to sit here and do a brake job right in my driveway. It's like, wow. So, think about all of those things, all those touchless services moving forward. Because if you think this is going to be the last pandemic we're going to have, I think again. Steve Rush: Yeah. I think it was Bill Gates, wasn't it? Called it early about five years ago that the biggest threat to our economy isn't through physical warfare, but it was actually through viral warfare, which he described it as. And I think you're absolutely right. We've become a culture that is now ripe for the spread of virus. And COVID-19 is perhaps not the last, I think we've seen in that for sure. Henry Daas: No. I mean, on a global basis, the largest segment of life form greater than 50% is bacteria, right. It's just everywhere. And we're at the mercy of mother nature, whether we care to admit it or not, and we keep messing with it with all the dumb stuff that we're doing as humans. You have to expect, there will be ramifications. And with any change there's opportunity. Steve Rush: Absolutely, right. Henry Daas: Right. Even if you have a nice business going, you're going to have to pivot, right. One of the things that I have on my website, and I love the graphic, it's like, you know, get your business out of zombie mode, right. and I love that. Because my web designer did that and she put that little graphic in there because we had talked about zombie mode. Well, I've talked to entrepreneurs who kind of want to put their business into zombie mode. They're like, I just kind of like it the way that it is, right. And I say, well, that's fine, but wait five minutes and it's going to change. You may not change, but the world will change. Steve Rush: Yeah. Henry Daas: Are you prepared for that? You are constantly iterating. It's exhausting for people, which is why I think so few people want to be entrepreneurs or maybe they, that's another segment which are called wantrepreneurs, which are generally people who want to be an entrepreneur, but are never going to get over the hump. And believe me, I've talked to some, I've even coached some, and it's an exercise in frustration because they're never going to pull the rip. Steve Rush: What's the reason for that? Henry Daas: They're scared. They're basically scared, right? You work for somebody, you get a paycheck, you go on a two-week vacation and you never have to call the office because you're just kind of a cog in the wheel. And people say, oh, entrepreneurship is too risky. I say yeah, you know, what's riskier than entrepreneurship? Working for somebody else. Because they determine your fate, 30 million people in the U.S. were laid off overnight when COVID came, right. Steve Rush: Yeah. That's a pretty scary thought, Isn't it? Henry Daas: Very Steve Rush: So, there's a few things that you've talked about that have a direct correlation, or maybe it, it might not appear directly correlated to your work right now. So as a finance coach, having written the book, FQ: Financial Intelligence, there are a number of little things I just wanted to pull out there that we could maybe have a conversation around. So, you were telling around the way that people are pivoting their businesses and, you know, looking at mobile opportunities, you were talking around the fact that people had less office spaces. So that directly says to me that people are going to be, there's going to be a wash of commercial property. That's up for grabs for either reinvestment or divestment. And if there is a rush to more mobile activities, there's also an investment opportunity there. So, those natural occurring economic events that are happening around us may not be so apparent. Is that the kind of thing you coach people on? Henry Daas: Somewhat, so. I really have two platforms. There's the entrepreneurial coaching where I'm working with, you know, entrepreneurs and business leaders and then there's the FQ, which is pretty much for anybody. Anybody who wants to level up their financial game. So, I take a very systematic, methodical approach, and it's really based on, you know, my 61 years on the planet, it worked for me. It may or may not work for you, but the fundamental tenants of how you manage things, I think there's a universality chart, right. Steve Rush: Right. Henry Daas: People ask me, what's the number one takeaway? Risk, right. We just touched on it, which is risker? Working for yourself or working for somebody else? Most people will tell you working for yourself. I demure on that. I don't believe so. I believe working for someone else, but it's the same thing with portfolio risk, right? So, look at commercial real estate. I talked to my former landlord in New York City. And I wrote about it in one of my bi-monthly newsletters that I put out; I call it the Nasdaq update. And I try to touch on little areas and try to dig a little bit deeper than the superficial headlines that you find in most of the, you know, financial world or the mainstream media. And he was telling me about how, when COVID hit, he's got 600 units in New York City, right? So, 600 different tenants, which is a lot and they want a bunch building. And he said, the government came out and said, you know what? You don't have to pay your rent. So, guess what people did? Or in this case, didn't do right. They just stopped paying her rent. So here I am, the big, bad landlord that everybody hates and demonizes. They didn't do anything for me. My real estate taxes are still due, my debt services still due. I guess they didn't care because they figured all of us are rich, which is not true. Yes, sure. Some of them are. The Routens of the world and the, and the Helmsley's of the world, sure. Steve Rush: Yeah. Henry Daas: But a lot of them are little entrepreneurs just like everybody else. And they got slammed. And the ability to pivot when you're in a real estate portfolio, it's a lot tougher than if you just have a nimble entrepreneurial business, oh, we're a SAS business. And we were servicing this market. Well, let's service this market, right. You can pivot on a dime. Can't do that in a real estate business. It's just not just not possible, but there will be huge opportunities because think about the, I'm living at my office. Well, you got all these commercial buildings. In many cases, they've got enterprise level infrastructure built in. So, if you can convert those into live work condos, well, there you go, right. People have to live somewhere and they don't have to live proximate to an office anymore, which is why the real estate here in the United States has gone haywire. I mean, we bought our house. We went to contract in October and we bought the house. We closed in December, but we had to pay about 20% over the asking price. And there were 10 bids in 24 hours for this little house on a dirt road, in the middle of nowhere, Connecticut. That's kind of crazy, that won't last, you know. That will start to fall off a little bit after people realized that, oh my God, I just moved a hundred miles from my office and now guess what? They want me to come back because they realize they're spending 90 bucks a square foot for this office space and we better have some bodies in there. Otherwise, we made a terrible financial decision. Steve Rush: Exactly right, yeah. So, I wonder if you think about the whole notion of there is opportunity in any crisis, how do you help some of your clients through the moral dilemma in taking advantage of other people's business downturn in order to get ahead? Henry Daas: Well, I'm very careful about predatory behavior. I'm not a fan of it. Don't, be a predator, right. But some of this is just more pattern language, right. You say taking advantage, taking advantage of a downturn, let's say for instance, okay. Let's say the commercial real estate market collapses in the next six months, which is, I don't know if it's a probability, but it's a possibility that it just might, what do you do? Do you go in and take the cash that you've been hoarding on the side and buy stuff for nickels on the dollar? Is that predatory behavior? or are you injecting liquidity into the market where otherwise this place might just go to foreclosure and get stuck on a bank's balance sheet somewhere? It's sort of like short selling, right. Short sellers have a sullied reputation in the market. And some of it is deserved because they will bash a company relentlessly to drive the price down and then they'll cover and they'll make a boatload of money and they really didn't do anything. But again, they brought liquidity into the marketplace. Liquidity is good. A lack of liquidity will destroy any economy, right. The biggest headwind that we faced when COVID came here in the U.S., and we learn this lesson back in 2008, with the housing crisis. The housing crisis was essentially a liquidity crisis when you strip away all the other stuff that went on there and the fed with Bernanke and Paulson came in and they were just kind of printing money, right. They're doing the quantitative easing, right. Which is a fancy word for saying, we're just going to go buy bonds and we're just going to print money and we're going to buy bonds. The first thing that the fed did here in the U.S. when that happened back in March was, they said we are going to provide an infinite backstop. We will never stop backstopping this economy. Well, I heard that and I said, that's really good news. That really, really good news. Now we're seeing the effect of that a little bit with the inflation fears that have gone on, right. The price of lumber, 1500 bucks for a thousand board feet, that might not mean anything to anybody, except that it's usually about 200 bucks, right. So, it's a stick of wood that used to call costs $2 dollars. I moved into a new house. I hadn't bought sticks of wood in a few years, and I had this mental image of what it cost. And when I walked into Home Depot here and it was $7 dollar, I thought, what on God's green earth has happened? And now it's gone up even higher. We're planning a renovation for this house. Well, that cost just went up by about 30%. So, you know what? I can put it off. Well, then think about how that impacts the world. If folks like me put it off. That removes demand. Supply is constrained, but if we lower demand too, but then we get into the issues of stagflation. I don't want to go too far down that rabbit hole, but there's a lot of unintended consequences of these black swan events like a Corona virus. And they will take time to work their way through the system. We talked about it. I don't know if it was before we were recording, but we talk about keeping the powder dry, right? Put away a little safe store of cash. There will be opportunities. You have to decide when you put your head down on the pillow at night, whether the deal that you're trying to do fits your moral code or your ethical code, right. You have to operate; I believe by some sort of code. And for me, if I feel like I'm being predatory, there's a very good chance that I won't go through it because I don't like the idea of cashing in, on someone else's pain. Steve Rush: Yeah. But I do like the way you reframed it earlier. So, this is definitely a mindset for me around the adversities happened, right. And inaction in itself means that could be catastrophic. Whereas some action from somebody who can add liquidity, add investment, add opportunity for others to then grow again, is a good part of the economy. And I think that definitely there is a mindset that plays out there. Isn't there? Henry Daas: Oh, there no question that it is. And it's, you know, you'll hear people talk about smart money, dumb money, right. It's an indicator that I follow. There is a couple of indicators that I follow. Smart money are the people who make smart money moves and dumb money, or people who make the dumb money moves. Right now, dumb money optimism is stratospheric where the smart money is kind of pessimistic, right. They look at the market and say, Hey, none of this makes a lot of sense, right? Like, why are people spending huge amounts of money on collectibles? Right. Like I collect baseball cards from the 1960s and seventies. Usually, every spring when the baseball season starts, you know, I work on adding stuff to my collection. Well, it went crazy and the prices went crazy and I'm like, I'm not going to buy into that. In fact, I should be a net seller. I should probably divest some of the cards that I have because the prices are idiotic. I don't want to, that in itself could be construed as predatory because if you know that the market is overvalued and you purposely go in and sell your collectibles for a price that you think that they're not even worth, that's, you know, you're taking advantage of it, but I didn't make the prices. The market did. Steve Rush: Sure. There's the latest craze as well of sneakers and running shoes. There was an old pair of Kanye West running shoes yesterday that was sold for one and a half million dollars. Henry Daas: My 29-year-old son is a bit of a sneaker head. And he's got probably a hundred different pairs of sneakers. Steve Rush: Right. Henry Daas: He buys and sells them, but mostly he likes it because he enjoys them. He bought a pair of Jordan golf shoes. I looked at them, I'm like, wow, those are gorgeous. He's like dad. I paid like $250 dollars. I go and I buy the cheap golf shoes. You know, I'm a golfer. I just bought a new pair. I just tried to buy the cheapest thing ever. Because I know I'm going to wear them out in the season anyway. He said, dad, I could flip these for probably a thousand bucks. I said, well then why don't you? Steve Rush: Yeah. Henry Daas: Well, because I like them and I want to play with them. All right. That's good too. Steve Rush: There is this new trend of investment strategies around things, like there's an index now for sneakers and running shoes. There's also lots of other things that are presenting itself. They're attracting new financial solar printers into the investment space, such as Bitcoin and stuff like that, and cryptocurrencies. Henry Daas: Crypto, yeah. Steve Rush: What's your take on kind of taking advantage of some of these emerging investment strategies and indexes where you can't really value them as you would an old-fashioned stock? Henry Daas: Well, for me, if I can't value it, I got nothing for you, right? I mean, this is pretty basic. Now some of this goes back to the fact that when I started trading, I was in high school. I bought my first stock, I was 17 years old, Chrysler, you know, the automobile company. So, I've been doing this a long, long time. And I started as a fundamental investor. So, I looked at the fundamentals, right. There are things like price earnings ratio, right. These are measurable things. As an entrepreneur, you can measure whether your business is successful by measuring your gross margin and measuring your cashflow and measuring your price, you know, your P&L, your profit and loss, and looking at your balance sheet, these numbers don't lie. You can make them lie, if you want to. That's what accountants are for. They're supposed to make the lie to the government. So, you don't have to pay more taxes than you have to, but otherwise they're their numbers. The beautiful thing about them is they're the same in every language, right. And they speak to you. The crypto stuff. And I run a passive, you know, I have a passive investing mastermind group that I run. So, we talk about crypto all the time. I told the guys at the last meeting that we had, I said, look, every generation will have their snake oil. They're folly. Yours just might very well be crypto, or maybe the next generation or these NFT, these non-fungible tokens, right. Fungible means to perform. So, you're telling me that this is a non-performing token. Well, that alone is going to make me run for the Hills. Steve Rush: Yeah. Any investment manager worth their salt would have a few worry beads about that, right? Henry Daas: Exactly. But you know what, you can't prevent people from the folly of their own ways, right. So, when you have a guy goes on Saturday Night Live, Elon Musk, and start talking about the doge coin, which was created as a joke and now that's going up and then he says something and it goes down, do I really want to participate in a market where one person's word can cause a waterfall decline? It doesn't meet my risk tolerance. Steve Rush: Right. Henry Daas: It doesn't meet the profile. There are so many things to invest in. I'm primarily a stock investor, although I've invested in real estate and I own gold. And I participated in a lot of the arenas. I got to understand it. I have to be comfortable with it, right. I invest in a lot of pharmaceutical stocks. Do I understand the science behind these pharmaceutical stocks? Hardly, but I do understand the landscape and I can read a report and look at the numbers to sort of see how this is going, right. I can't do that with anything currency related or anything crypto or otherwise. Steve Rush: Yeah. Henry Daas: And that's worrisome. Steve Rush: Yeah. Henry Daas: So, I don't want to worry about it. I don't want to worry that in the middle of that, plus a trades 168 hours a week, right. The nice thing about the stock exchange, it's open 32 and a half hours a week. That means for the rest of the week, I got time to myself. And I know that prices are moving in the background, but they're not moving that much where crypto, I could be asleep and wake up and it loses 20% of its value as I'm having my morning coffee. I want no part of that, none. Steve Rush: There is definitely people that have got rich on cryptocurrency without a shadow of a doubt. But like you said, they're also probably the same people who will hold onto it for too long and also perhaps not be so rich at the end. Henry Daas: Yeah. There's a a curve that's called the, you know, it's like the boomer bus curve. There's like 14 different steps to the wave. And it goes from irrational exuberance to complete and utter despondency, right? It's like, it makes like a sign wave. I've got it somewhere, somewhere in my book. You kind of need to know where you are on that curve because that will help guide you into where you should be. Right now, I think everything is overly risky. But you know why I worry about the downside all the time. And sometimes I'll trade the downside. You know, if things get more parabolic, I'll start fading stuff. Because the probability that this thing is going to go up 10% versus down 30%, much greater on the downside. And I want the odds in my favor, I'm in this to make money, let's face it. And I don't lose sleep over the fact that some other trader somewhere that this not necessarily a zero-sum game, but if it was a zero-sum game, like in the options or the futures market, you know, there's counterparty trade, you know, he or she is a grown ass adult. They make their own decisions. Steve Rush: So, if I'm tuning into this today, and I've got maybe a small part of cash in my pension, or have some residual cash in my business, I'm just thinking about where should I start investing. Now, I'm not asking for a specific stock here, but if I was going to start out, where would you kind of guide me as a coach. What would be a sensible place to start investing? Henry Daas: Well, I'll relate a story that I've related to before. This was a couple of years ago, I was in Bangkok for a conference. And I had, you know, I had a sponsor. I was sort of a sponsor for the conference, about 300 entrepreneurs, what they called digital nomads. And they run location, independent businesses, which is another future trend. I mean, it's the now trend, but it's going to be even, you know, bigger and bigger and bigger. And he said, you know, can I, you know, borrow some of your time. I said, sure. You know, come up, I'm going to order room service. We'll hang, we'll talk for an hour. And he's an entrepreneur, successful one, lives in California. And he wanted to know, where do I put my money? Just like you asked. I said, well, what are you interested in? What do you, like? He said, you know what? I really like real estate. I said, well, then do real estate, right. You got to have some affinity for the investments. So, if you love crypto and you're reading about crypto and you're totally into crypto all the time. Sure, invest in crypto, but you better keep a really close eye on it because the volatility and the risk there is very high. If you like stocks, stocks can be really boring. I've tried to teach stocks to young people, but I tell people, another one of my many, many, many idioms is, I say. If you're trading exciting, you are doing something wrong. It is not supposed to be exciting. In fact, a few years ago when I was, pretty much 10 years ago or so, when I was trading pretty much full time, the reason I stopped doing it is it just was boring. And I was making plenty of money, but money doesn't excite me that way. There was no human interaction. You know, I don't watch any of the shows, because they're dumb. That's trader porn. Like if you watch CNBC or the other ones, it's like that can negative. Steve Rush: Bloomberg. Henry Daas: Yeah, Bloomberg, all that stuff can. I wrote about it in my book. How I blew a trade because listening to some yo-yo on one of those channels and I never turned him on again. Steve Rush: Yeah – I've done that too. Henry Daas: I never have. I trust my instruments. I'm flying a plane. I want my instruments, not somebody talking in my ear telling me what it is that I should do. Find what you're interested to start with. Now, people come back to me and say, Henry, I'm not really interested in any of this. I just want to hire somebody to go do it for me so I can go play golf or, you know, whatever. I say, well, if you were hiring somebody to do anything for you, do you think you want to have at least maybe a passing knowledge, maybe understand the verbiage. So, you know what they're talking about. I'm not telling you that you need to be an expert, but you should know something because if you don't, you're going to get fleeced. Steve Rush: Yeah, definitely. Henry Daas: Here's an example. I had a guy in here because the floors and part of my house are cold and the guy came in and said, oh, because your crawl space is not insulated. Yada, yada, yada, next thing you know, I got a quote for $7,000 to encapsulate, my crawlspace. So, I said, huh, all right, well, what do I want to do? I want to do a sanity check and call a couple other people and have them in. And then I had two other guys come in and they both said, you can do it. And you can spend $7,000, but it's not going to solve your problem. Because when it's all said and done, you're still going to have cold floors. So, you need to have at least some knowledge, do some research before you can make decisions. Especially if you're going to hire somebody to manage what is arguably the most important and ubiquitous aspect of your life, which is money. You will never, ever get a day off for money. Even if you win the lottery, maybe you'll get a day off. And then the next day you got to figure out what am I going to do with this giant pile of cheddar? And how am I going to keep all these predators from trying to steal it from me? Steve Rush: That's very true. And often could even be in a past life. I used to be the investment fund manager for a lot of lottery winners. And in many cases, it causes more stress and anxiety than before they had it, because it's now something else they have to worry about. Henry Daas: There legendary stories of people who have gone bust. There was even a story of a guy who got murdered because he'd won $30 million and he didn't even care about the money, right. I don't even know why he bothered to play the lottery, but somebody cared about it and worked out a scheme and ended up killing the guys. So, yeah, there's are books out there about these problems. And the reason in most cases is they didn't do anything to earn it, right. They just didn't. I mean, if I went out there, there used to be a TV show called the millionaire, way back in the 1960s when I was a kid. A guy named John Beresford Tipton. And he would give people a million dollars. I don't know if it was real or not, but if you went around and gave people a million dollars and then came back and checked with them, if you gave a hundred people, a million dollars and check with them, say five years later, how many of them you think would have more of that million dollars than last? Steve Rush: I reckon percentage wise; it must be less. Henry Daas: It's powder. It's probably a couple of basis points of people who would. Most people would just go out and squander it on stupid stuff that they just had pent up demand for. Very few of them, and we see it with professional athletes here in the U.S. I'm sure there are similar problems. Guys who've made millions and millions of dollars and then they retire and they get out and they filed for bankruptcy. And you scratch your head and say, how could that be? That guy made four $50 million dollars in like a five-year or less than 10-year career. How did they manage to squander it? But they do, you know, where there's a will, there's a way. I don't want people to do that. You know, I look at my parents who were a very, very modest means, and yet they live very well. And when they died, they left, you know, they left money behind, which is kind of unusual in and of itself. A lot of people die broke. And they did it not by being extremely frugal. But they were smart and they manage their money and they knew their risk tolerances. And they understood that there's sometimes a little bit of sacrifice that you have to make in the short term to get a long-term gain, a long-term windfall in many cases. That's about the mental process. That's about being mindful and adapting to that. Steve Rush: Sure. Now you've been an entrepreneur, solopreneur. Had many businesses and led many teams. This is a leadership hacker opportunity to tap into your leadership backstory. So, the first place I'd like to go to Henry is to tap into your top three leadership hacks. What would they be? Henry Daas: Okay, Number one is, find smart people, right. That's another, you know, Bill Gates. Surround yourself with people that are smarter than you. Now, smart is a relative term. It could be that they're more financially intelligent, emotionally intelligent. It could be that they provide stability, but whatever it is, find some people that you trust to be part of your personal leadership team, even if you're just a solopreneur. In addition to that, maybe this is one, that's number one, maybe One (A) is, find some people whose worldview is counter to yours, because it's very dangerous. You could build a system somewhere, were it's just group think, right. Where there's just a bunch of yes, men. I don't know if you know who Tony Hsieh is? the guy who founded Zappos. Steve Rush: Yes. Suddenly passed away. Henry Daas: He died tragically. And I had gone to Zappos. I had gone to their headquarters with a group of entrepreneurs right after they were bought by Amazon. And we met with their, you know, we didn't meet with Tony because he was out of town, but we met with their top people and we looked at what we're doing, and this is out in Vegas. It was before they bought this compound. So, I had a lot of admiration for this guy. This guy was a self-made guy. I thought he was one of the good guys, but then I read at the end there, he kind of lost his way. He had, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars, he was using it to sort of buy friends. I had no idea what this story was. And the singer Jewel had sent him a letter. Saying, you know, you're going down a bad path here. You don't have any friends, everybody that you know is on your payroll. So, you have to be careful. You know, if you have a business idea, we're talking about five reasons business fails. So, if you have a business idea, it's very important for you to go to that friend that everybody has, who hates everything and pitch them your business idea and let them poke holes in it, right? Let them destroy your business idea and kill your hopes and dreams. You need that because if you can survive that you might be onto something with a business idea. So, it's the same thing. You need to have a nice array of people. But ultimately as a leader, the decisions are yours and you need to take responsibility. I have another, another one of my millions of idioms. I say, here's what I tell people. They want to know what makes people successful. I said, successful people make proactive decisions and live with the consequences, unsuccessful people, abdicate responsibility for making decisions to someone else and then whine about it when it goes against them. Steve Rush: I really like that. Henry Daas: So, you are going to make decisions and you know, here's probably number three, you're going to mess a bunch of them up. You're going to mess a lot of them up, you just are. Steve Rush: Yeah. Henry Daas: You want them to be minor in the grand scheme of things. But I wrote in my book, how I partnered with a guy, we were building multimillion dollar spec houses and he jumped off a bridge and killed himself and left me holding a multi-million-dollar bag as the sole living, breathing guarantor on this project. Steve Rush: Wow. Henry Daas: This is the beginning of 2007, started a, basically a two-year nightmare where I got sued by everybody and this, that, and the other thing. And then we went before a judge and we won for reasons that to this day, I still don't understand how we won. It was a symptom of the time, because our case came at the same time that Lehman brothers failed and banks were really, really looked down upon for outside risk in the real estate business. And again, I wrote about it in the book. I called it the greater asshole theory. The judge decided who's the bigger asshole. The bank for loaning us the money or us for taking it. And he decided the bank should have known better. Steve Rush: Thank goodness, huh? Henry Daas: Even my lawyer, when he called me, he said, you better sit down because the judge gave you a get out of jail free card. And I have no idea why after 30 years in business, he did that, but we should thank our lucky stars. So, you can make, you know, even the smartest, most successful people, you know, Warren Buffett talks about, how the company he bought, Berkshire Hathaway, which is the name of his company, which was a mill that he bought as one of his first, if not his first investment. And he could never make that business work. He referred to it as his, you know, biggest failure. He kept the company name. Maybe that was a constant reminder that you're only one bad deal away and from being totally humble. Steve Rush: Absolutely, right. So, the next part of the show, we call it Hack to Attack. So, this is typically where something in your life or work hasn't worked out well, but you've then as a result of it learned from it, and it's now a positive, do you have a Hack for Attack for us? Henry Daas: Well, I could go back to that idea of partnerships. A lot of people get into partnerships. My first partnership was with that college friend who was feeding me deals. And made a, you know, a tragic blunder. I didn't have a buy-sell agreement with him. So, while everything was nice and rosie, rosie, and beautiful, everything was fine. And we were making a lot of money, but once that turned, it was all, you know, it was terrible. It was like the war of the roses, right. What I learned from that was, I was afraid that as an entrepreneur, I couldn't be a solo act because I was dependent on him for sales. So, he was doing all the selling and I wasn't. And then when I started my next business, it's like, well, you know what, it's just me. So, I better pick myself up by the bootstraps and learn how to sell, and I surprised myself. I did, and I said, ah, you know what, I don't need a partner. But then years later I got into this real estate deal. This guy was a builder. He built multi-million-dollar homes. He knew everything. He had the crews and whatever. So, I was the money guy who married with him, right. The problem is, I didn't put in the necessary checks and balances. So, when he jumped off the bridge, I was financially blindsided by that. So again, another lesson learns. Steve Rush: And a bit like in the investment world is expected the unexpected, isn't it? Henry Daas: Kind of always need a put option. Certainly, if you're a trader and you have portfolio exposure. One of the early issues with crypto, which people at the time, and again, we were talking a couple of years ago was, I said, how do you short this market? And they said, well, you can't. I said, well, that alone counts me out. Because again, we're back to the idea of having liquidity, but then the CME came in and they created a futures exchange, but it's still apparently rather difficult to fade the crypto market. And that bothers me, right. You need to, you know, you need to be able to get in on the downside as much as people psychologically, don't like to bet on failure, right? 90 something percent of stock traders are long traders, probably close to 99%. Most people they go long. And in the hopes that it goes up. You need to have that other arrow in your quiver because sometimes like now where the market's really, really frothy. There's much more money to be made in my opinion, on the downside than there is on the upside, right? Steve Rush: And it's having that balance too, right? Henry Daas: It's also having the intestinal fortitude to go against the trend. I'm not saying to people now here in May of 2021, that you should run out and short this market, but don't be surprised when there's a downturn and there's a lot of money to be made in short periods of time. You got to have the chops and you have to have the intestinal fortitude to weather it because you talk about exciting trading, which is what we're not looking for. That gets really exciting, really fast. Steve Rush: The very last thing we want to do Henry is do a bit of time travel with you. We've become really accustomed at this part of the show to get you to bump into yourself at 21, you get a chance to look Henry in the face and say, here's some advice. What would it be? Henry Daas: You know, that's interesting. I've thought about that in the past. And I did, you know, what's called Hakomi therapy for a number of years. Where you actually do kind of travel back to your younger self, but I traveled back to myself and like, you know, grammar school age and during that therapy. What I learned was to forgive myself for the things that I did at a young age, because, you know, I just didn't have the knowledge. I didn't have the experience. So, if I were going back to my 21-year-old, I would say, you know, let go of a lot of this baggage that you carried as a younger person, because it's not going to serve you as an adult, right. I never thought of myself as being considered. It was my biggest pet peeve. My opinion didn't matter. My parents were a little overbearing and old school, depression babies. They, you know, they were great parents, but nobody's perfect. As the parent of three boys who were all pretty much grown ass men right now, you're just trying to minimize the number of mistakes you make as a parent, and really are kind of your goal because you're going to. Steve Rush: Absolutely, yeah. Great advice. Henry Daas: And I often say, I don't want to make the same mistakes my parents did. I want to make all new ones. I don't want their dusty old mistakes. I want my brand-new shiny mistakes, right. but you don't know that when you're 21, when you're just sort of, you know, coming to adult age, you don't realize how much your early upbringing impacts you. Steve Rush: That's true. Henry Daas: And, you know, my book, I start with the psychology of money. So, you need to really take a look back at that younger version of yourself and say to yourself, you know, was I raised up to live in scarcity or was I raised up to live in abundance? I was raised to live in scarcity and I still have that. And every day that goes by, I worry about money, even though I don't really need to worry about money, but I do anyway, because that was imprinted on me at a very, very young age. And I've had to teach myself to live in abundance. Steve Rush: Which do you think serves people better? Henry Daas: Well, abundance does. As long as it's collared in some way, you know, eat, drink and be married for tomorrow, you may die. There's something to do to be said for that. But you have to have a healthy dose of scarcity to kind of keep you grounded and keep yourself humble. Steve Rush: There's no get rich quick system, but there is many get rich, slowly methodically and disciplined way. Henry Daas: I couldn't have said it better. I believe in get rich, slow schemes. Steve Rush: Great stuff. So, Henry, listen. I've had a ball listening and talking to you, and I'm delighted that we have you as part of our leadership hacker community. If folks want to get to learn a little bit more about you and maybe you get a copy of FQ, where's the best place for us to send them? Henry Daas: So, one of the things I do is, I offer a free month of coaching. If you go to podcast.dassknowledge.com and Daas spelt with two A's and one S although if you spell it D-A-S-S as many people do, it still takes you there. Because I have both URLs because I'm belts and braces. And you can sign up for a free month of coaching, which would be four sessions for half an hour. We can talk about entrepreneurship. We can talk about money. We can talk about baseball cards, you know, it's your time. It's an opportunity to experience especially for those of you who've never had a coach before, kind of what a professional coach brings to the table. There's no obligation to continue. It's my gift to podcast listeners. If you want the book, go to dassknowledge.com, you can download it for free. You got to click on the FQ tab and somewhere in there, there's a link to download it for free from BookBaby because the only one who makes money off of books is Bezos, and he already has enough of it. Steve Rush: He does indeed. He does indeed. So listen, thank you ever so much for coming on our show. We'll make sure those links are in the show notes as well. So, people can access them super quick, but Henry listen, good luck. And I hope that your financial frugality keeps serving you well for the future. And thanks for being on The Leadership Hacker Podcast. Henry Daas: Thanks for having me. Really appreciate it. Closing Steve Rush: I genuinely want to say heartfelt thanks for taking time out of your day to listen in too. We do this in the service of helping others, and spreading the word of leadership. Without you listening in, there would be no show. So please subscribe now if you have not done so already. Share this podcast with your communities, network, and help us develop a community and a tribe of leadership hackers. Finally, if you would like me to work with your senior team, your leadership community, keynote an event, or you would like to sponsor an episode. Please connect with us, by our social media. And you can do that by following and liking our pages on Twitter and Facebook our handler there @leadershiphacker. 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Right now, the very first diabetes technology with roots in the do-it-yourself community is in front of the FDA. Tidepool CEO Howard Look joins us to talk about what, if approved, will be a prescription mobile app controller: Tidepool Loop. We get details on the submission, including everything from how you’d actually get this app to whether you’ll be able to set your own blood sugar target ranges to which devices Loop could work with, international possibilities and much more. Learn more about Tidepool Loop Our first conversation with Howard Look from 2016 Howard announces Tidepool will shepherd Loop to the FDA (2018) Howard mentioned Tidepool documents. Find those here In Tell Me Something Good a teenager with type 1 has a big idea about a Funko Pop character and some positive news for diabetes camps this summer. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Check out Stacey's book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode Transcription: Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dario health. Manage your blood glucose levels increase your possibilities by Gvoke HypoPen the first premixed auto injector for very low blood sugar, and by Dexcom, take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with Dexcom. Announcer 0:21 This is Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 0:26 This week, the first Do It Yourself based diabetes tech goes to the FDA. We will get details on the submission of Tidepool Loop , including everything from how if approved, you'd actually get this app to whether you'd be able to set your own blood sugar target ranges, Howard Look 0:43 we did in our submission to the agency proposed flexible set point. We are in review right now. That is something new, and most companies before us have submitted with fixed set points or a limited set of set points. That is something that we are discussing with the agency we're not yet cleared, so I can't tell you how that discussion will go. Stacey Simms 1:05 That's Tidepool CEO Howard Look. He also answers questions about which devices this version of Loop could work with, international possibilities and a lot more. in Tell me something good a teenager with type one has a big idea about a Funko Pop character and some positive news for diabetes camps this summer. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Welcome to another week of the show always so glad to have you along. We aim to educate and inspire by sharing stories of connection with a focus on people who use insulin. My son was diagnosed with Type One Diabetes just before he turned to my husband lives with type two diabetes, I have a background in broadcasting. And that is how you get the podcast. This week's subject is one that a lot of you are really excited about. I was going to say it's something that you've been waiting for. But I know a good portion of my listeners are part of the we are not waiting movement, and are using a DIY version of Loop already. For those who are not. What is Loop ? Well, that's a big question and I will direct you to a bunch of our past episodes. With the we are not waiting hashtag you can just go to Diabetes connections.com there's a search box on the upper right hand side of the website. And I have put all one word hashtag we are not waiting as a search term for any episode that deals with that with the DIY community. Of course, you can also Google Tidepool Loop , that sort of thing. But as simply as I can try to define it here, Loop is one of a couple of programs created by the community. This is not something that's commercially available, and it helps insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors communicate. DIY Loop uses a Riley link another external piece of hardware to help with this. And it works with Omnipod and older Medtronic pumps. There are other programs openAPS Android APS, which work with older Medtronic pumps. That is a very quick and very light to say explanation of it. So I urge you if you're interested, although Howard always does terrific job of explaining more when I do talk to him here, I just want to make sure that you understand kind of all of the groundwork, this is not something that have popped up in the last couple of months. In fact, in late 2018 Tidepool , which was well known by then as a nonprofit, open source, a call it an information hub for people with diabetes, they announced they would shepherd DIY Loop through the FDA making it a lot easier for non diy yourself types to access what is really life changing technology. And now just over two years later, they've submitted and I don't know if an information hub is the best way to describe Tidepool , but it was started because there was no place at the time to view diabetes data in one place, I don't believe there really is still you can see data from your pump, your CGM, your meter all in one uploadable place and use interactive graphs and see trends and patterns in a way that was never available before. And I don't think it's available as robustly anywhere else. And then you can share with your healthcare team and invite other people and your healthcare providers to look at your charts and your graphs and your data. So that's how Tidepool s started. And if you want to hear the whole story about how they stepped up to take this new task on, again, I will link up these specific episodes at the homepage for this one at Diabetes connections.com. By the way, this is also a video interview, you can check that out at the Diabetes Connections YouTube channel, I'll put a link in the show notes there as well. I do want to give a quick disclosure here. I did a project for title in the spring of 2019. I was helping out with some research interviews in the community, that sort of thing. I bring it up because they paid me as a freelancer. And while they've never paid me for the podcast, I think it's important to always let you know about that kind of thing. By the way, I'm very good at community interviews and freelance projects like So reach out if you ever need a hand. Okay, Howard Look in just a moment. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Gvoke Hypopen. And you know, almost everyone who takes insulin has experienced a low blood sugar and that can be scary. A very low blood sugar is really scary. And that's where Gvoke Hypopen comes in. Gvoke is the first auto injector to treat very low blood sugar. Gvoke hypo pen is pre mixed and ready to go. With no visible needle. That means it's easy to use, how easy is it, you pull off the red cap and push the yellow end onto bare skin and hold it for five seconds. That's it, find out more go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the Gvoke logo. Gvoke shouldn't be used in patients with pheochromocytoma or insulinoma visit gvoke glucagon.com slash risk. My guest this week is co host Howard book here to talk about the very exciting submission of a Loop app to the US FDA, there is so much to talk about here. But Howard, let me just first welcome you to the show. Thanks for coming on. Howard Look 6:05 Hi, Stacey. It is so great to be here. I'm so excited to see you again. And so grateful for you having me on your show. Stacey Simms 6:12 Thank you. You know, it's funny to look back. And we have a lot to talk about. But I should say as we're getting started here, I have talked to you many times, but twice for the podcast and the first time was almost five years ago now. So as we go through this conversation, and as you're watching or listening, there's gonna be a lot of presumed knowledge, I think we're not going to try to explain everything. So I will link up the previous episodes where we talked about title and it's early days, and then the announcement a couple of years ago about this. But I think that even just a quick, cursory Google search will get you up to date before you listen to the interview. But there's a lot here. So Howard, thanks again. Let's dive right in. My Howard Look 6:52 pleasure. Thanks for having me. Stacey Simms 6:53 What did you all submit? Tell me about what actually went to the FDA. Howard Look 6:58 I have learned more about how FDA submissions go than I ever imagined my whole life. So we submitted what is known as a 510 k application, which is a big set of documents that says to the FDA, here's what we have built. And here's how we built it. And here is the work that we did to show clinical evidence to show software cybersecurity, what's called verification data, how we know that the software is working as intended. It describes what it looks like, how it works, what the requirements are. And all of that ended up being about a 2000 page submission, which sounds like a lot, but I've heard that other submissions are far far bigger. So we feel like it was a well crafted submission. And we are now in the thick of what is called FDA interactive review. So we sent in our submission on December 17. Turns out that was a snow day in Washington DC. So that was our thing. So our lawyers office used a courier to get a DVD ROM and deliver it to silver springs, Maryland. And what the FDA got was a bunch of documentation about Tidepool Stacey Simms 8:14 you submitted Tidepool Loop , this is an app, what is you know, what do you I guess we can fast forward what would the finished product be? Howard Look 8:22 So Tidepool Loop is a mobile application once it is cleared by the FDA and I have to be super clear it has not yet been cleared by the FDA It is currently under review. So it is not yet available. But once it is cleared Tidepool Loop will be a mobile application for iPhone. And people will be able to get it just like you get any other iPhone app by going to the App Store and downloading it, it will be prescription required. So you'll have to go to your endo or your doctor and say this is something I would like and get a prescription code. And then people will be able to download that app from the App Store. And what Tidepool Loop will do is it'll connect to insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors. And it's what's called an automated insulin delivery device or some people call it other people call it closed loop or artificial pancreas. But basically it's software that automatically controls insulin delivery based on glucose values. And based on predicting how your body is going to react to insulin and carbohydrates. And it automatically uses an algorithm or math a fancy word for math to decide how much insulin you should get. So long winded answer Tidepool Loop is a mobile app that controls insulin delivery. Stacey Simms 9:40 Well, it's not long winded at all because I know there's a lot more to it than just that even But to be clear, when I think about this, and we'll go I would love to talk more about the history and DIY and and so much of that. It basically is the brains of the operation. So you have your pump, you have your CGM but you need that program. So you know, we have the controller queue we have horizon with Omnipod, if I'm getting that right used to be type zero, which we may see in other pumps, this is that Howard Look 10:07 that's exactly right. There's there's three pieces to an automated insulin delivery system. There's the insulin pump, which I think most people are familiar with, but it holds a reservoir of insulin. And sometimes it's something that you clip to your belt, like a Medtronic pump or a Tandem pump. And sometimes it's a self-contained unit, like an Omnipod that sticks right on your skin. So that's component number one is the insulin pump. component. Number two is the continuous glucose monitor. And the one that I think a lot of people are familiar with is the Dexcom G6, that's a super popular continuous glucose monitor or CGM, but there are others out there as well. And then the third piece is this controller piece in the middle. And what the controller does is it reads the data from the CGM. It also takes other information such as what your insulin to carb ratio is, what your insulin sensitivity factor is, knowledge about your basal rates. And it combines all that information using math and determines how much insulin you should be getting. And what's cool about it, people living with type one diabetes are used to that and used to doing the math on a napkin to figure out what their dose should be. But what's cool about it is that the software does it for you. And in the case of most automated insulin delivery systems, it does it automatically every five minutes, which is great, because that's a lot of math, and it's doing it for you. And it's also paying attention to how your body is reacting to what happened previously. And that's why it's called a closed loop system. It delivers insulin it it determines information. And then that brings that information back into the system to determine what it should do on the next iteration of the loop . Stacey Simms 11:49 And it really has been amazing. I mean, we use I mentioned control IQ. And I had no idea even though I had been told I could make you know, 300 decisions a day, one every five minutes, and then an additional one every hour. I remember the first morning I checked, and it kept Benny at like, let's say one 10th or 105. Great number I was so excited to see. And I thought oh, well, it didn't have to work very hard last night, because he was just cruising. And I went into the pump. Stacey Simms 12:12 And it had adjusted every five minutes. It's incredible. I don't know why I had, I hadn't thought about it that way that it would have to work just as hard right to keep him at that number. And it's not something that most people really have the inclination to sit there, you know, and do all day long. It was amazing to me just in a way. Howard, I gotta tell you, and you look at this as a parent of a child with type one, it kind of assuage my guilt of not being perfect all these years. Oh, yeah. Howard Look 12:40 Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. So our daughter, Katie, she's 21 now but she was diagnosed with type one when she was 11. And I totally I know exactly what you're talking about, as a parent, that feeling of why can I get this right? How can I do more? What Why is this so hard? And the answer is, because it's frickin hard. It is really hard work. And these systems are taking that really hard work and bottling a whole bunch of it up into these decisions that it can make every five minutes. And even they have to work hard. If you actually look at what the systems are doing. They're adjusting insulin delivery up or down every five minutes. And they're doing their best. And it's still really hard. And so yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about, and realizing what we as parents did getting up multiple times during the night giving correction doses trying to get it right. Like we all deserve a gold star for that because it is frickin hard work. You know, and everyone living with type, of course will start to because not just as parents, like people living with type one, doing this Stacey Simms 13:46 for decades, exactly with no breaks. So I have a lot of specific questions about title that my listeners have sent in. I'm cautious about getting too specific. I'm going to ask you, you may have to say can't answer that. Can you answer that? But before I do, I'd love to take a moment and talk about the significance of this being something that started as part of the DIY community. I was looking back and my podcast started in 2015. But we are not waiting and started really that that same came in 2013. But people working on things like this before that. Yeah. What's the significance? As you see it, of my understanding is this is the first kind of crowdsource DIY diabetes component. I'm not really sure what else to call it to go in front of the FDA. It seems like we should just kind of stop and mark that. Howard Look 14:31 I agree. There is so much to celebrate about the story. And what you just mentioned, is one of the huge components. So Tidepool Loop is based on an open source project that was known as Loop. I usually call it DIY Loop just to differentiate it, but it was just known as Loop. And there's a wonderful medium blog post by Nate Ratcliffe, who is the original author of Loop and he talks about how the works He did was built on top of the work that people did before him, people like Ben West and john Costik, who figured out how to control diabetes devices over wireless communication protocols. And then Pete Schwab who's the, his daughter is named Riley and Pete went and taught himself hardware design so that he could invent the Riley link, which made it possible to control at first Medtronic insulin pumps and then later Omni pod pumps remotely from an iPhone over Bluetooth. So it's this really incredible story of innovation of people figuring out how to make this happened. There's a whole other wonderful blog post that for your technically minded readers about the reverse engineering efforts that went into figuring out how to control the Omnipod, and how to add that functionality into Loop , which at the time only could control Medtronic pumps. And so it just goes on and on and on. There's a gentleman named Joe Moran, who was instrumental, he's been living with type one for decades, and he was instrumental to that effort. And so there's the open APS community and the Android APS community, Dana Lewis and Scott Liebrand, who I know you've met. And the story is that when the community really wants to do something, they just go figure it out, it's the most it to me the most incredible example of tenacity and innovation, and grit, and everyone working together for the greater good. And all of that transpired with people just doing their thing on their own, you know, nights and weekends, or, you know, none of them all of those names that I mentioned, it wasn't their day job to go do that. They did it because they wanted to help improve lives, their own lives, or the people they love living with with type 1 diabetes. And so what we did at Tidepool is we saw how popular Loop or DIY Loop was, my daughter started using it when she was still in high school, six years ago, and was getting incredible results, a bunch of other type coolers. Were using it. And we thought to ourselves, you know, what, we're in a really interesting position as a nonprofit, as an open source organization that has chosen to engage deeply with the FDA that we could take this open source project built by the we're not waiting community, and we could actually bring it into our regulatory quality system. And we could take it to the FDA and say, Hey, FDA, we actually would like to make this broadly available, we would like to put it in the App Store. And we started floating this idea with everyone with the we are not waiting community, with the device makers that would have to cooperate with the FDA, with the funding organizations like JDRF. And the Helmsley charitable trust. And across the board. Everybody thought it was a great idea. And so that was really, to me, it was just so heartwarming to know that everybody agreed, yes, this needs to happen. It can't these great systems that are helping our kids sleep through the night and helping us achieve, you know, really great, lower burden control of our diabetes, that we want to do our part to now pay it forward and help make it broadly available. So I was just I couldn't be more thankful and grateful to that entire community. So I often say we are standing on the shoulders of we're not waiting giants. Stacey Simms 18:30 That's great. All right. So now let's get down to the nitty gritty because people want to know what this is really going to look like. Let's start by talking about understanding that things change. And I'm sure that you want to work with everybody down the road, when or if this is approved. What are they approving? Is it for use with just Omni pod? I know you have an agreement with Medtronic, what starts out of the gate? Right back to Howard answering that question. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dario. Health. And over the years, I find we manage diabetes better when we're thinking less about all this stuff of diabetes tasks. That's why I love partnering with people who take the load off and things like ordering supplies, so I can really focus on Benny, the Dario diabetes success plan is all about you. All the strips lancets you need delivered to your door, one on one coaching so you can meet your milestones, weekly insights into your trends, with suggestions for how to succeed get the diabetes management plan that works with you and for you. Daria has published Studies demonstrate high impact clinical results, find out more go to my dario.com forward slash Diabetes Connections. Now back to Howard Look talking about what devices will pair with Tidepool Loop . Howard Look 19:48 So the first thing I have to be super careful because this is not yet an FDA cleared product and the FDA has very strict rules about marketing a product before it's actually available. So I'm just gonna make a statement upfront that I will probably repeat over and over, I'm going to describe the process to you that we are going through. But I'm not yet describing a product that is cleared by the FDA. And we are not yet approved to market this. So I'm what what we can do because we're a nonprofit because we're radically transparent. We share everything that we're doing with the community. So all of our engagement with the FDA, for example, we've publicly, openly published on our website. So your listeners who want to actually see what we've talked to the FDA about can go to tidepool.com/ documents, and see all of the interactions we've had over the years that I'm about to describe. So here's what I can say, openly, transparently. publicly, we have announced that Tidepool , the organization has development agreements with Dexcom, with Medtronic, and with Insulet. What I can't say is the other device makers that we are also working with, I can just say that there are other device makers, every device maker has their own timeframe about when they are comfortable talking about it. And so the first pair of device makers that we announced where Insulet, Omnipod, and Dexcom, with the Dexcom G6. And that's really notable because they have already gone to the agency, and they themselves have submitted their devices for clearance in this interoperable ecosystem. So I should if you want me to, I should probably take a little sidebar here and talk about interoperability and how Stacey Simms 21:36 you may certainly take us out into what I call the Mr. Potato Head. Diabetes technology, so the floor is yours. Howard Look 21:43 Super. So the FDA really gets a huge amount of credit here, because they went to industry to all of us in the diabetes device business, and they said, Hey, all y'all device, diabetes device companies, this is way too hard when you come to us with these big giant submissions for these big giant systems that include all of those components that I talked about earlier, the pump, the CGM, the controller, and everything that has to go with it. So we the FDA would like you to start thinking differently. And what they did is they issued what are called de novos, which is where they make a new product classification de novo literally means from the new and so it's a new product classification for interoperable components, and they created three different components, the eye CGM, or integrated continuous glucose monitor, the ACE pump, or alternate controller enabled insulin infusion pump and the AGC the interoperable automated glycaemic controller. So those three de novos are critical because they allow a company like us to say, hey, FDA, I'm not coming to you with an entire system that does all three things together. I'm just coming to you with one piece. So we have submitted an AGC the interoperable automated glycemic controller Dexcom submitted the IC gm Insulet submitted an ace pump and has also been talking about their future Ace pump roadmap, Tandem did the same thing. what's notable about Tandem is they submitted an ace pump and an AI AGC. So you were mentioning the type zero algorithm earlier the algorithm that is known as control IQ started its life as the type zero algorithm. So they submitted both an ace pump, which is the Tandem x two platform and the AI AGC which is known as control IQ technology, which, as you know, started its life as the type zero algorithm. So we owe a huge debt of gratitude to the agency for creating that interoperable pathway. Stacey Simms 23:48 I'm going to probably ask you a bunch of questions that you will answer just like that. And I'll try my best not to know that while there is a large component of people very interested in the history, and the alphabet, the alphabet soup and everything you went through. There's also a large amount of people who say, when this thing comes out, can I slap it onto my Omni pod and use it? Yes. So the question then becomes, does it matter what type and again, if you can answer this I totally understand. Does it matter what type of pod they're using? Because we have dash we have on arrows and we don't use Omni pod, so I may be getting this wrong. And then we have Octopod, five with horizon coming out later this year. So you know, people are saying Howard, what do I stock up on? Howard Look 24:31 I see. So let me so I can't specifically say what will be cleared by the FDA because it hasn't been cleared yet, but I can tell you what the intent of Tidepool Loop is. So Tidepool Loop is intended to be an IEC and interoperable automated glycemic controller. And in order to be that type of device, it can only work with IC GM or Ace pumps. So it will not be able to work that with anything that does not have an ace pump does it And it will not be able to work with anything that does not have an IC GM designation. Got it? Stacey Simms 25:06 Okay. And then my next question is, and this comes back to I think I asked you this the very first time when you announced, you know that you were hoping to shepherd Loop to the FDA. And it's an interoperability question that I still can't wrap my brain around. I'll give you the example of Omni pod. So I'm very excited this fall, I get my Omni pod five with horizon. It's got its own hybrid closed Loop system, or whatever they're calling it these days. And then I hear Oh, Tidepool is out. And I want to go to the app store and get Loop . Do I flip a switch on my Omni pod? PDM? Or do I have to? Do I have to right now, because I know you're talking to interoperability in the future and everything. But what happens now? Can I switch to it? Or do I have to pick one and then stay in that? Howard Look 25:47 I don't believe people will be locked in the so there is no Well, I shouldn't speak for Insulet, right, there is no switch on the PDM pods. The way pods work is they can pair to one controller at a time. But pods are disposable. So if you pair one controller to a pod, you can pair the next pod to a different controller. So that would be the idea there, there's no switch that you flip, the idea with type will Loop would be as a different kind of controller that you wouldn't need to use your PDF, you would use type of Loop on your phone. Great. Stacey Simms 26:19 I think everybody's gonna hopefully they all want to go to phone anyway. And that's what everyone seems to be working for. And I know most of my questions that are also for Omnipod. And you really can't answer them. So we will talk to Omnipod down the road and find out more. So let's go back to a bunch of questions about the targets because one of the things that people love so much about DIY, is that they can really set these target ranges for how they want and other things. Um, can you speak to that? What kind of flexibility as compared to what people understand with DIY Loop? May they experience the Tidepool Loop? Howard Look 26:47 Yeah, it's a super question. The first thing I will say is, we totally understand how the community loves having the flexibility of choosing their own target range set points. And we believe in that as well. That is definitely something that type schoolers who use DIY lube, understand the value in that my daughter uses DIY Loop . I've been very public about that. We did in our submission to the agency proposed flexible set points. We are in review right now, that is something new, and most companies before us have submitted would fix set points or a limited set of set points. That is something that we are discussing with the agency, we're not yet cleared. So I can't tell you how that discussion will go. What I can tell you is the agency has been great. They have been so good. During this review. I know a lot of people like to dump on the FDA. I will not do that. Because my experience with the agency has been these are hard working really dedicated public servants that really want the best, safest and most effective solutions for the community. And the questions they have asked us about our clinical study day about how we built the product about cyber security is all completely reasonable. And so I know they are seriously considering it. And we're hoping we will know the answer to how Stacey Simms 28:13 well it's interesting too, because as I mentioned kind of offhandedly. Everybody's working towards bullets from phone and control from I'm sure many of them the more I guess I can't say commercial and leave you all out now. But many of the traditional commercial systems are working toward that. Can you share a little bit how it looks on the phone? Because that's so novel for so many of us that haven't even thought about that before? Use it before in our phones? Howard Look 28:35 Yeah, well, it's a little tricky. I wish I could just bring it up on screen. And what I will tell you is for your listeners that are used to what DIY looks like Tidepool Loop will look extremely familiar. There's there, you, you know, we've changed some colors and move some icons around but it'll still look extremely familiar to anyone who has seen DIY Loop before. For folks who haven't seen what Loop looks like, you can go to our website, there's a screenshot of the home screen. And obviously once it's cleared, we will publish all kinds of more information about what all the screens look like. But anyone who has seen DIY Loop and understands the home screen with the glucose chart, the insulin chart with the buttons that let you bolus and do target pre meal targets etc. It'll all look extremely familiar and type Stacey Simms 29:28 is it Apple and Android Howard Look 29:30 we submitted only for iPhone for now. And the reason for that is DIY Loop is only for iPhone. So the fastest path to us submitting and to getting it out into the community was to go with what already existed. That said we absolutely are committed to building an android version. We're also committed to going outside the US which is also the next question I usually get asked. And so we are a small company. We like any good small company. staying focused on one thing at a time and making sure we do that one thing well, so that one thing right now is getting it in the app store in the US, approved by the FDA, and then moving on to Android and outside the US is absolutely on our roadmap. And stay tuned. I don't want to over set expectations about when all that's gonna happen, we definitely will get to it. Stacey Simms 30:21 Excellent. Yes, that was stuff. That was one of the questions. I'm curious, though, for somebody, you know, I don't even use my son's pump anymore. He's 16. I don't even see anything anymore. But I'm curious, in your studies with folks and somebody who's used DIY or your daughter is used for a long time. Is there anything different when you do use your phone as a controller? Other than convenience, I'm wondering if there's anything noticeable and different about it? Howard Look 30:45 Well, I think what people report people who have been using DIY live, because no one has used a Tidepool Loop on their body yet, but people who use DIY Loop report that the freedom and convenience of having the interface on the thing that you're carrying anyway, is really wonderful. And Loop also includes an Apple Watch component. And I know a lot of people find that really liberating to be able to manage your diabetes right from your wrist. So I think what we've heard from DIY Loop users is, hey, look, I've got my phone with me all the time. Anyway, I'm looking at my phone all the time anyway. It's just so nice to be able to just interact with my diabetes using this thing that I use all the time anyway. Wow. Stacey Simms 31:26 So just to be clear, you can control it from the watch as well, or That's it? Yes. Okay. Yes, Howard Look 31:31 cool. Stacey Simms 31:32 In the clinical trials, or the testing that you had to do for the submission, what came out, I mean, there was so much kind of, I don't know, it's off the record information for DIY. But I imagine that with tight pull Loop you really show did you have to demonstrate better control or just safety. Howard Look 31:47 So this is another fascinating part of the story and how the community contributed to the success of Loop the FDA very early on, when we started talking to them about the possibility of submitting, we said to us very clearly, we love real world evidence. And so the clinical study data that we submitted with the 510 k application for Tidepool Loop , it's actually clinical data that came out of the Loop observational study of the Do It Yourself Loop community. And this is really an incredible study because it had over 1000 people in it, over 700 of whom were actively uploading data. And the amount of data in the study is staggering. As a matter of fact, the total person years or person days of study data in this study, if you take the control, IQ, pivotal study, the bazel, IQ, pivotal study, the Medtronic 670 g, pivotal study, and add it all up. The Loop observational study of DIY Loop has three times as much data submitted as those studies are three times as much data that's part that was collected during the study. So it's really a staggering amount of data. And we are really just overwhelmingly indebted to the community to all the people who participated in that study. And that was the foundation for the clinical evidence that we submitted with Tidepool , which is a pretty amazing thing. And I don't know that that has been done in that way before. Now, the data that is from that study has been published. So for your listeners who want to learn more, there are a couple places you can go the Job Center for Health Research to publish the paper, and I'm sure a quick Google search will turn it up. It's called the Loop observational study. It's also on clinical trials.gov. And if you want to see the presentation that was shown at last year's attd, and Madrid right before Coronavirus, broke, or was in full swing, February of last year, that's on our website@titlesearch.org slash documents. So to answer your question, what was interesting, what was interesting is how broad the use of Loop was, it was down to people under two years old and there were people in their 70s. There were people from all walks of life, it was just really fascinating to me, remember, this is a real world study. This was not a controlled intervention study. There wasn't a randomized control arm and people not using it. It was just observing life of people using it. And so to me that was the fascinating part is that so many people were willing to raise their hand and say, I want to help donate my data. And I'm going to show you how it works for me. Stacey Simms 34:36 And we'll link up those studies that you mentioned, but I assume that they were good studies, in other words that people were happy with their agency, their time and range, ease of use safety, all that stuff, Howard Look 34:46 the data, it looks great. There's some really fascinating outcomes. The way it works with the agency is only the FDA can say what's safe and effective. So we present the data to them. Here we say here's why We think it is safe and effective. But at the end of the day, the FDA is the one that gets to say, Yes, we agree. And therefore you are now FDA cleared. You know, Stacey Simms 35:08 you've already mentioned this several times, but Tidepool has always stood out for being very open source, very open with information, publishing everything that you can saying as much as you can. I am curious that now that you have gone through something like this, are you happy that you did it that way? Would you do it that way again, Howard Look 35:28 so the part about being an open and transparent organization I love, I think it is a great way to go. And I know it's not for every company, there's great value to big commercial companies like Apple choosing to keep their product plan secret, and then doing a huge launch and saying, tada, here's what we've done. For us as a small nonprofit with the mission of supporting the diabetes community, I think it's a great way to go. Because it allows us to be really clear that look, our motives are not about profit, our motives are about doing the right thing for the community. And to me, the openness and transparency just makes all that completely clear. There's another part of the story, which is doing it as a nonprofit, we happen to be doing both. We're open and transparent. And we're a 501 c three nonprofit, that part is tricky. I will be honest, especially during the pandemic, a lot of nonprofits including us have been hit hard. And that's been really challenging. It is much easier for a for profit company to weather a storm, if they've got a venture capitalist willing to give them funding or they can take out a loan as a nonprofit that has been challenging. Would I do it the same way? Again, I totally would, none of us could have predicted the pandemic. So it is what it is. Stacey Simms 36:47 So with your nonprofit status, if I decide after FDA approval, and I can go to the app store with my prescription from my doctor, Uh huh. am I paying for it? Is my health insurance paying for it? Howard Look 36:59 So here's where we are. And I will be open and transparent about this, which is we don't know yet. So as a nonprofit, our goal is to make the software as broadly available as we possibly can. We are engaging in commercial deals with some of these device makers so that they will actually give us money when people start using lube because obviously, we're bringing new customers to them that are going to keep buying supplies and pumps and cgms from them, we would love to keep the price as low as possible. And if there's any way we can do it, we want to make it free. We're not sure we can yet we've got to project out how it's going to go we do have a we we have people on staff and we have to pay them we're not going to do it has a way of making money the way a for profit company would we don't have to answer to investors, we don't have to answer to the stock market, we would only do that if it helps us be a self sustaining organization. And it helps us continue to deliver on our mission. Stacey Simms 37:59 Somebody it's fascinating to think about the questions you start asking when you start going down this road of as you said, nonprofit and open source, everything else is an on that road. There are rumblings they're not really there yet of other possibly DIY routed projects that are waiting to see what happens with you guys. Right? So if you can, it's kind of like when Medtronic gotten sick, 70 approved. And then other people said, okay, we can now take our product. And we'll probably get it through the FDA with a lower, you know, time and range without calibration and things like that. Do you think that? Is this going to be the start of a different kind of diabetes technology? approved by the FDA? Like in five years? Could we have different like, you've already mentioned open APS and different things that you've built on. I wonder if there's somebody working on something today that because of the title submission would have an easier time coming through. So I asked about three questions in there. Sorry, Howard Look 38:51 I, I sure hope that this is the start of a revolution in how new diabetes technology is created and delivered to market, whether it ends up being open source projects, or it's because we've shipped like we share all of our source code, we share our regulatory quality management system openly, we will publish our 510 k submission once we get through interactive review and clearance. And we're doing that because we want to help other people. Like for us, it's a win if there's lots more technology coming out that gives the diabetes community more choice. And that allows our kids and people living with diabetes and to have better solutions that fit better in their lives. That's a big win. Like we've got no ego invested in this. I want lots of companies, whether for profit or nonprofit, whether based on open source or closed source, it kind of doesn't matter. What I want to see happen is innovation. And I want that innovation to happen more quickly and get into the hands of people who can use it more quickly. So that's the wind for us. Stacey Simms 39:57 As we start to wrap up here my interaction portability questions still are out there. And again, I know that you cannot speak to different products, and that's fine. I mean, you can and that's fine too. But when I think of true interoperability, and my ecosystem is limited just because of what my son uses, but I think of Okay, if I want to use this controller, but whether it's Tidepool Loop control, IQ, or Omni pod horizon, whatever, and I want to use a Libra, and I want to use this pump or I want to use a Dexcom. Or I want to use the Dana pump or whatever. There's, there's all these pumps, and CGM is coming to market. Are we going to see that anytime soon? Howard Look 40:35 I am very optimistic that true interoperability is on its way. And one of the huge reasons we are doing what we're doing is to show that that is actually doable, you should be able to pick the pump that's right for you, you should be able to pick the CGM that's right for you, you should be able to pick the controller and the user experience that's right for you. I do imagine that there is a world where you can say you know what, I'm the pregnant mom living with type one, or I'm the athlete living with type one and I have very different needs, and the system should be able to adapt to you. And you should be able to choose which thing is stuck to your body to work best for you. So I am very, very optimistic that interoperability is happening. And we are pushing on it and we and I believe the FDA wants to tap into. That's why they made these interoperability pathways. Stacey Simms 41:27 I remember when I saw one of your presentations on the shoulders of giants presentations A while ago, one of the things that people really like in addition to the the wonderful blood sugar control they get from DIY lube, they really like the icons, there's like ice cream and pizza. There's all this neat little stuff in the app Are you able to share it with you could just save any of the cute stuff. Howard Look 41:48 Oh, there is a cute, the cute stuff is still there. Like I said the experience of Tidepool Loop will look very familiar to users of DIY Loop . And one of the things that people love about DIY Loop is the ability to use emojis to indicate the type of food you're having, whether it's the lollipop for fast acting carbs, or pizza for the very long acting carbs, and all the emojis in between. So that's something that people love about DIY Loop . And we have maintained that in in Thai polish. Stacey Simms 42:22 I said it was my last question. I lied. I meant to ask you. The first time I talked to you in 2016. We were talking about Tidepool as an a data company. Right? I want to see my data I want to free the data is that still part of the mission? Is that still something that's part of the core of title moving forward? Howard Look 42:41 It absolutely is. So at title we like to say Our mission is to make diabetes data more meaningful and actionable. And seeing all your data in one place is still absolutely part of our mission. pypo web and title uploader are incredibly popular. As a matter of fact, we have about three times as many users now as we had before the pandemic started. Because when there's a pandemic, it turns out, you need a way to upload your data remotely. And so that is absolutely still a part of what we're doing and making diabetes data meaningful. actionable is still absolutely part of what we do. Awesome. Stacey Simms 43:24 Well, Howard, you've been so generous with your time I appreciate it so much. Just one more thing is your how's your daughter doing? You've got you've got three kids. Yeah, one child was dying with type one. But everybody You're like an empty nester, almost. Howard Look 43:37 We are an empty nesters. But Katie is doing great. Thank you for asking. She's in college, and she is doing wonderfully. I will tell her you asked about her. Stacey Simms 43:48 Oh, absolutely. Thank you so much for sharing all the information. Come on back, when and I will say when you get FDA approval, and we can share lots more details. But I think this is phenomenal. I'm so excited to just kind of be part of the information stream over the last couple of years. And it's just been so much fun to follow this. So thanks for coming on, Howard. Howard Look 44:08 Well, thanks for all of your amazing questions. And it's just been so great to have you been with us and sharing our story over the years and so we're really, really grateful to you and all your listeners. Howard Look 44:24 You're listening to Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 44:30 Lots more information at Diabetes connections.com. I know you had many more questions. I got so many questions in the Facebook group for this topic. But once I went down the road with Howard, I realized there were a bunch that he would not be able to answer. Frankly, most of them were for Insulet or for the makers of Omni pod. So I reached out to them and I will continue to ask them to come on the podcast. It's been a while I think they're waiting until they get FDA approval for their next product. But I'm working on it and I hope to talk to them as soon as I can. I Know You all have questions. And boy, it's a really exciting time. I hate that the technology. And title is not an example of this. I hate that a lot of the technology got backed up because of COVID. But man, this is going to be a very exciting year or two as things that have been kind of delayed, get released, which is why I'm doing this focus on technology this year. So I'm very excited about it. And I cannot wait to see so many questions there about what the FDA actually approves. And we know Tidepool with all of their wonderful open source and access to information we know that they will let us know. And I'll pass it along as soon as I learned anything. All right, let's talk about Tell me something good. We're gonna have a story or two about summer camp diabetes camp, and a teenager with type one has an idea for a Funko Pop, that you're going to love. Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. And one of the most common questions I get is about helping children with type one to become more independent. These transitional times are tricky elementary and middle school then middle to high school, you know what I mean? Using the Dexcom really makes a big difference. For us. It's not all about share and follow although that is very helpful. But think about how much easier it is for a middle schooler to just look at their Dexcom rather than do four or five finger sticks at school, or for a second grader to just show the care team the number before Jim, you know, at one point Benny was doing up to 10 finger sticks a day, and not having to do that makes this management a lot easier for him. It's also a lot easier to spot the trends and use the technology to give your kids more independence. Find out more at Diabetes connections.com and click on the Dexcom logo. This is normally the time of year where people are signing up for camp. I know certainly for us, we're already our summer is planned by the end of February when my kids were younger with this both school aged kid and we both worked full time. You know I had summer programs done by this time, but of course it was COVID everything has changed. So it tells me something good. I was excited to share this week that I'm hearing about more summer camps that plan to be in person. And diabetes camps are certainly tricky, because while everybody should be taking lots of precautions because of COVID. You know, people with diabetes really need to take more precautions. So I was thrilled to find out just a couple that I'll pass along and I'll put more of these in the Facebook group. Hopefully we can get more as the information comes in. And as you learn what your local campus doing, we can share that info. But Texas lions camp, which is the one that among other people, Dr. Steven ponder runs, they are doing something really interesting this summer, they have decided to open it up for family camp. And my understanding about this is that the whole family can come. But each family will stay in its own cabin, they will get together as socially distanced appropriate, if that's the right way to put it for activities and things like that. But within the cabin will be the family unit that's already spending time together. And so you wouldn't have to wear your mask within the cabin, you know, that sort of thing. And I think it's a really creative approach. I'm pretty sure they've had an amazing response to this. They may already be mostly filled, but you can definitely check it out. I'll put the link there. What a fun and interesting way to step up for this challenge and camp kudzu in Georgia, which is a very close to my heart camp. I'll tell you about that. why in just a minute. But they have decided to have teen camps, family camps and four weeks of summer camp. So if all goes well, I'm sure things will look a little different, but they are going ahead with their camp program as well. And I bring up kids though, because I didn't know this for the first couple of years Benny went to camp. It's down the street from his regular non diabetes camps that I've talked about many, many times. Now camp kudzu is hosted at other camps. So it's not really their camp. I believe it's camp. Burnie it's their camp grass that they use in beautiful Cleveland, Georgia. And Benny goes to camp Coleman, which is just down the road. And I didn't realize that for the first couple years. I gotta tell you, I would have put My nervous heart at rest. To know that I was sending him away for a month and there were 100 people with diabetes down the street. I did end up calling them I want to say was the last year Benny went so 2019 because of course he didn't go last summer. His insulin pump broke the very last day of Camp the last full day of camp. I don't know if he knocked it into something. We never figured out what happened but it just it just crapped out. And I called them to see if somebody could lend him a pump and they had their program had just ended a couple of days earlier. So he was fine. He did shots for the 24 hours before he came home and Tandem. I tell the story. By the time he got out of the shower, he came home he jumped in the shower, by the time he got out the pump was delivered. So we'd love how great they are with customer service. Our local diabetes camp hasn't made a decision yet as far as I know for what they are doing. But I'm sure that they are going to make that announcement pretty soon. So if you know what your camp is doing, you know we'll share it let me know I'm really hoping that as many kids as possible I can go back to diabetes camp this summer. But if your camp isn't having in person, I know it's not ideal. Do the virtual be part of this community however you can. It's so great for kids and for adults to certainly our other Tell me something good is really cool. Now I am not the biggest follower of Funko Pop collectibles. I actually thought they were pop Funko which tells you all you need to know I have two in my office Actually I have Queenie Goldstein, from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them from that Harry Potter spin off That's an inside joke with my family. I have Deathstroke because death strokes real name is Slade Wilson. My husband's name is Slade. So that's his funko pop and ended up here somehow anyway, all of this to say that I want to share the story of Ethan Savage. Ethan is 17 years old, and he was diagnosed with type one in September of 2019. He has a campaign to get the folks at Funko to create one of these figurines about type 1 diabetes. And if you haven't seen this, I'll put this in the Facebook group as well. But these are super popular, just about every pop culture character now has one of these. They're not bobble heads, but you know, the head is big, the body is smaller. They're very cute. And they're very popular. So Ethan has written to the company, he's got an Instagram account, he's showing them an example of what it could look like. And it's I guess it's Ethan. It's this kid, a guy. And he's got, you know, a pump on he's kind of lifted up a shirt and showing it off. I kind of say the guy looks cute, but kind of fierce, too. It's a really well done rendition of what this could be. And Ethan has been selling posters of the concept to raise money for JDRF. And he's got a diabetes educator who wants to give the figure here to newly diagnosed kids instead of as he says a lame stuffed animal from the kitchen. In the letter that he shared with me that he wrote to Funko he says we're convinced this could make a great pop or series with a bigger opportunity. Most importantly, it'll raise awareness for good cause and bring you new fanatics. Haha, links below. I think this is phenomenal. I'm going to link up the Instagram account. And hopefully we can amplify the efforts here because I could see a whole line of kids with type one adults, even the celebrities that we've gotten the community Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor, what a great pop she would make. I think that'd be hysterical. I do have to tell you that one of the reasons that Ethan came to my attention is because I went to school with his dad. And it's unbelievable in the last couple of years to people off the top of my head, I can think of that I went to high school. I mean, really, I went to grade school all the way through high school with these folks, their kids have been diagnosed with three of us in the class of 1989 from York High School, have kids with type one now, I guess not that unusual, but it really brought it home for me. So thanks, Jonathan for sending this along and connecting me with Ethan and Hey, who knows what's gonna happen. If you have a Tell me something good, please send it to me Stacy at Diabetes connections.com, or post it in the Facebook group. And it's Diabetes Connections, the group. Stacey Simms 52:23 Looking ahead next couple of days, we're gonna have another classic episode out for you. And that's coming on Thursday. And then we are continuing with the focus on technology have some really interesting stuff coming up in the next couple of weeks, I spoke to the people from City of Hope they've changed their name, but you probably know them both mostly by that and mostly by the claim they made a few years ago that they were gonna have a cure for type one within six years. I had to talk to them about that they have some really interesting new research going on. And I did talk to them about that claim. Because I actually think that did them a lot more damage than they should have set themselves up for to me that was a mistake. And they talked about it. They talked about why but we are almost really it's five years in now. So I'll be bringing you that story. I am talking to beta bionics the folks behind the islet damianos company about what's going on with them this year. And as I said, reaching out to Omni pod and helping to get a lot more technology stories for you in the weeks to come. In the meantime, thank you as always to my editor John Bukenas from audio editing solutions and thank you so much for listening. I'm Stacey Simms. I'll see you back here in a couple of days until then, be kind to yourself. Benny 53:33 Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Simms Media. All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged
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JDRF began this year by funding more research projects than ever before, but after COVID changed everything, what does the future hold? We caught up with CEO Aaron Kowalski to ask what their mission to "cure, prevent & treat" type 1 diabetes look like in a time when fund raising is down and the future is unclear. In Tell Me Something Good find out about two contests Stacey is running. One in our FB group (see link below) and the other over on Instagram. We're celebrating 1,000,000 downloads!! Get your free Ebook "Diabetes Connections Extras" full of expert advice for managing insulin-dependent diabetes. Terrific for newly diagnosed families or caregivers and friends who want to learn more. Get the Ebook here This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode Transcription (rough transcript - check back for edited version) Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by One Drop created for people with diabetes by people who have diabetes by Gvoke Hypo Pen, the first premixed auto injector for very low blood sugar, and by Dexcom, take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with Dexcom. Announcer 0:23 This is Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 0:28 This week, catching up with JDRF’s CEO to talk about what this year has been like, and what it all means for their mission and research going forward. I also asked if he felt it was a good decision to keep those fundraising emails going during a pandemic. Aaron Kowalski 0:44 But the decision to continue to ask people to support us was not to have people feel pressured that they were struggling, but for the folks who could who had the financial capabilities to lean in and help us preserve some of the incredible mission momentum we have. Stacey Simms 1:00 Aaron Kowalski is the first CEO of JDRF to actually live with Type One Diabetes. We talked about a wide range of topics. Tell me something good a big milestone to share with you and of course, it is diabetes awareness month we've got contests to talk about. this podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Welcome to another week of the show. I am so glad to have you here we aim to educate and inspire about type 1 diabetes by sharing stories of connection. I'm your host, Stacey Simms, and my son was diagnosed almost 14 years ago, his diversary is in early December. He's a sophomore in high school now he was diagnosed as a toddler, my husband lives with type two diabetes, I do not have diabetes. But I have a background in broadcasting local radio and television news. And that is how you get the podcast. It is of course diabetes Awareness Month, every year in the month of November. And we say that this is more for people outside the community, right, it's our chance to educate them about diabetes, because every day is diabetes Awareness Month once you have a type of diabetes, so I'm not going to do too many different things on the show for this month. But I have some efforts going to educate people outside of the usual suspects around here. I'm also going to be running two contests, I'm going to share all that information. After the interview one contest on Instagram one on Facebook, if you follow me, you will see them if you don't more information coming up. I also want to let you know that I have released an Ebook. This is something I've been working on for quite a while. It has selected transcripts from the podcast, but it is in a beautiful, easy to read form. And the theme of the book is a comprehensive look at some of the questions that we all get asked over and over again. So I'm going to put a link in the show notes. It is free. Yeah, yes, sign up for my newsletter. If you've already signed up for the newsletter, if you already get it every week, you can sign up again, I promise you won't get to. But you will get the free ebook. If you remember we've been doing these Diabetes Connections extra episodes, where I put out an excerpt and then the much longer episode a couple of days after. That's where these transcriptions come from. So it's all about CGM, all about insulin all about ketones all about blood sugar lows, basic stuff that I think is really good if you're newer diagnosed, if you're looking for a refresher, or if you want to share with a caregiver or a loved one who wants to learn more, but might learn better from an ebook, you know, on their Kindle than from a conversation with you. We all know people like that. So I hope you share it. I hope you like it. Again, it is free. You do have to sign up for the newsletter, more information in the Facebook group and in the show notes Just go to Diabetes connections.com and you will see it linked up right in this episode. Okay JDRF CEO coming up in just a moment, but first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by One Drop. And you know, when I spoke to people at One Drop, I was really impressed at how much they get diabetes. And it makes a lot of sense because their CEO Jeff was diagnosed with type one as an adult. One Drop is for people with diabetes by people with diabetes. The people at One Drop work relentlessly to remove all barriers between you and the care you need. Get 24 seven coaching support in your app and unlimited supplies delivered. No prescriptions or insurance required. Their beautiful sleek meter fits in perfectly with the rest of your life. They'll also send you test strips with a strip plan that actually makes sense for how much you actually check One Drop diabetes care delivered. learn more, go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the One Drop logo. My guest this week is Aaron Kowalski. He has been the CEO of JDRF since the spring of 2019. Of course this has been a challenging year for everybody to say the least. And when the crisis first started, I think we all knew that nonprofits were going to take a big hit. As you will hear in the interview. I sent to Aaron and email with my reservations look I'm a supporter of JDRF, financially, and I've been on the local board. And I felt that fundraising as usual would be a mistake. I advocated for a fund that would help people who we knew were going to lose their jobs and would need immediate help. But I am not inside JDRF. I haven't been on any board with them for about eight years, maybe maybe a little bit more. But I thought it would be helpful to have some background of my opinion, and where I stand at the start of this interview. But I also wanted to let Aaron give a research update at a sort of a state of the state. So there's a lot going on here. But I was really thrilled to he came on and was so upfront, really answered my questions and gave us a lot of information. Aaron, thanks so much for spending some time with me and my listeners. I appreciate it's good to talk to you again. Aaron Kowalski5:46 Hey, Stacey, thanks for having me on. Stacey Simms 5:48 I'm not exactly sure how to jump in. I feel like everything I say about this year has become a cliche, but I'll barrel through it in that this is a year like nothing we've seen before. Can you give us a little bit of a kind of a state of the state of JDRF as we sit here in November of 2020? Aaron Kowalski6:06 Sure. I think like everybody, the the the last number of months have been very difficult. And certainly it's been for JDRF. I wish I could say a few things. One is pre COVID. I had a meeting and this goes back into early March with our board of directors and I, I told them that this was an unprecedented time for research progress, and amazing advancements happening on all fronts of diabetes research. And I'm sure we'll talk about those. And then of course, as we all know, COVID ahead, and fast forward to November. And I guess what I would say is just that I've had to make some changes, we reduced our staff somewhat significantly, we have a number of chapters we have from over 60 to 29. But the intention, the mission hasn't changed at all. And all of these changes, were focused upon making sure that we could continue to maintain the momentum we saw and research and development of life changing breakthroughs to help people to one day security one day preventing one day better treating one day, and that's what we're focused upon is maintaining research and mission momentum. We're not going to abandon any part of the United States. In fact, we hope to engage with more people. It's really just about how do we structure JDRF most efficiently in the face of not being able to get together for walks and galleries and the different fundraising events we do. So I'm an optimist by nature. So I'm optimistic that we have a lot of challenges in front of us with COVID. Still, but Gosh, when we do talk about research progress, you'll hear that there's so much excitement happening right now. And we we're doing everything we can to keep that going. Stacey Simms 7:52 Well, let's just jump in and talk about it now tell us some of the research projects that are ongoing, that has not been affected by COVID. And in fundraising and things like that. Aaron Kowalski8:02 Yeah, I think the good news is research has progressed, even in the face of COVID. We we've monitored this, we fund research in the United States, of course, but we also fund research in 20 other countries, and depending on the country, depending on the lab, the state, we are seeing research be done. It's not perfect. It's not 100%. It's not pre COVID levels, but it's still good. And you know the way our mission accelerating life changing breakthroughs, to cure prevent better to to end on each of these fronts, we're seeing incredible progress. Of course, many of you know that I worked on artificial pancreas for a long time. My brother and I are using a control IQ systems, we looped for a long time, you look at control IQ, which was amazing FDA approval, which spun out of research that we funded with the team at UVA, the 770 G, and I'm proud to have funded some of the work that went into the hybrid cluster, but Medtronic, the Insulet system that's coming down the pike is some of the work we funded at UC Santa Barbara and now at Harvard. So you know, the devices, these better treatment options. You and I have talked about this. I mean, it's a pretty life changing. And um, I literally almost took a picture of my blood sugar this morning, because I was like, gosh, I never could have done that before. Yeah, and here I am, you know, cruising at 100 for seven straight hours overnight. Yeah, Stacey Simms 9:26 as I've mentioned, I have a teenage son who were supposed to be in the throes of the worst years of type one and instead he has the best time and range, the lowest agency and the least amount of work he's ever done. And it's it's just amazing to me. Aaron Kowalski9:42 It's it's something I'm really really proud of and but some of your listeners might know that my brother has severe hypoglycemia problems. It was and started with diabetes when there was urine testing. And here we are now living a totally different life. And that is Yeah, of course, the JDRF was founded to cure to one date. And that's our number. That's our North Star. That's that's our number one goal. But in the meantime, I often said particularly back in the beginning of that project, when there was some controversy, if we should do it, we need to be healthy when there are cures. So the advancements that are happening on devices are awesome. And if we continue to push on that front, you may know that we have a big project with Tidepool bringing loop the DIY solution, through FDA in a Tidepool loop form, which will allow for a plug and play of sensors and algorithms and pumps, I'm really excited about that we have some projects and better infusion sets and faster insulin. So on the treatment side of the equation, JDRF is still focused there. What I would say though, is in the face of COVID, we realized that I don't want to say our work is through because we will continue to focus there. But there are a bunch of companies out there Medtronic Tandem Insulet, you name a title. So big foot, we realize that we can start to pass the baton, we have started to pass the baton on, on that work, and we're super excited is really on the work on preventing and curing to end to end cures. And we're gonna talk about why I pluralize that, because that's where the incredible action and it actually reminds me of the early days of the artificial pancreas project when people said, Oh, you've been hearing this forever. I've been hearing about an artificial pancreas for 35 years, you know, what's different now. And it was different. The science had moved the the the tech technologies had moved. And here we are now using hybrid closed loops. I see cell therapies and preventative therapies as being in a similar place. And I think the next coming years are going to be transformative on those fields. Stacey Simms 11:52 All right, take us through a couple of those projects, if you could, because I'm with you. That sounds exciting. Aaron Kowalski11:57 Yeah. Okay, so the first thing I'll start with cures, we always say we're gonna find a cure. And I think when I talk about this, there is a skepticism because people have been, you know, there's always I was promised five years or 10 years. And why was that? And so I get into often when I when I talk and you know, I'm sure your listeners will have similar questions is, when, if you step back in time, and think about the JDRF in the 90s, the decade of a cure is what they called it. Why did they say that? And the reason was, the people were being cured, and they were being cured through islet transplantation. So many of your listeners have heard of islet transplantation, somebody dies, they donate organs, one of the organs of pancreas, people can now harvest cells out of the pancreas and transplant them into people via an injection, and it actually restores normal blood sugars. You've probably heard of the Edmonton protocol, Dr. James Shapiro JDRF, worked for a whip and continues for decades. If you meet somebody who's had an islet transplantation, they will tell you they are cured. They're a one sees completely normalized. They don't take insulin, they don't test they can eat, you know, food and don't have high blood sugars. The downside is they take chronic immunosuppressants, and it requires an organ which is a supply demand issue. We know any organ donation is either always big lists. So you know that this idea of I was promised something that wasn't real is not exactly accurate. We could cure people and in fact, I was with Dr. Shapiro last year, he has people who have been off insulin for 20 years with an islet transplant. So that shows that it's possible. Stacey Simms 13:52 Right back to Aaron. He'll finish that thought in just a moment. But first diabetes Connections is brought to you by Gvoke Hypo Pen and almost everybody who takes insulin has experienced a low blood sugar and that can be scary, but a very low blood sugar is really scary. And that's where Gvoke hypo pen comes in. gvoke is the first auto injector to treat very low blood sugar. Gvoke Hypo Pen is pre mixed and ready to go with a new visible needle. That means it's easy to use. How easy is it you pull off the red cap, push the yellow end onto bare skin and hold it for five seconds. That's it. Find out more go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the Gvoke logo. Gvoke shouldn't be used in patients with pheochromocytoma or insulinoma visit Gvoke glucagon comm slash risk. Now back to Aaron Kowalski talking about pure research. Aaron Kowalski14:43 And the reason I say cures is very similar to the you know the artificial pancreas work we did back in the day. I published a paper in I think 2008 and I said there is no single artificial pancreas. There are going to be a series of different solutions. Pump turns off insulin pump the proactively turns off insulin pump that lops off highs and lows, etc, and so forth and getting more and more sophisticated. And we call that the JDRF roadmap. Similarly, there's not going to be a single cure to type one, they're going to be multiple approaches. And that's where there's huge excitement because if you look at for example, there are multiple groups moving into human clinical trials of what I would call modern islet transplantation. Modern islet transplantation means enough cells for everybody, because now we're using stem cell derived eyelets, instead of what we would call calavera. Guy let somebody who passed away and donated their pancreas for so now via stem cell derived islets, you have an unlimited supply source. And it's not just one group that has an unlimited supply source. We have Harvard, Novo Nordisk University of British Columbia via sight, UCSF University of Sydney, there are multiple groups that can make stem cells into eyelids, that looks just like eyelids that came out of our person and can cure animals. So huge, huge advance. The other side of the equation is even a suppression. We have multiple approaches that are going to obviate the need for immunosuppressants. So this isn't getting real. I mean, this is violence and human clinical trials and seeing stem cell derived islet insulin production, these cells that are grown up in test tubes and petri dishes, transplanted into people now starting to make insulin. I was Stacey Simms 16:33 just gonna ask those different groups that you mentioned, my first question was going to be what about human trials? So via sites in those are the other ones you mentioned moving in the next couple of years to human trials as well? Yeah. Aaron Kowalski16:45 Oh, yeah. I very much anticipate other companies being in human trials in 2021. Wow. And that is awesome. Because, again, if you think about the process, and you know, why was I promised five years? Well, the process for a small group of selected people worked. But the process for a big group of people wasn't ready for primetime. And we needed different approaches, we needed stem cells, we needed immuno protectants. And now here we are in 2020. It's a, you know, there's been a lot of science since 2000. And we're going to see human trials now happening more and more. Stacey Simms 17:23 We're going to talk about kind of today, and fundraising issues and some criticism in just a moment. But I also want to address I'd love for you to talk as well, and you already mentioned this prevention, because when I hear about to come up, and I'm very excited that I now know how to pronounce it. You know, that's one study that seems to be ongoing, doesn't even finished yet, is it? Aaron Kowalski17:44 Well, there but you know, again, there are a number of these trials often happen in different stages and a patient population. So there, they've done some trials that have been very promising and they're ramping up and doing next gen trials. Stacey Simms 17:57 Are there other prevention studies funded by JDRF, other than the one that I'm referring to, which is part of trial net, you know, Dennett USS, Aaron Kowalski18:05 oh, yeah, we are working across the board. I mean, we have a number of different groups that are using different drugs that slow the progression of type 1 diabetes. You may have heard of Verapamil, which is actually a beta solid agent. ATG Novo Nordisk was a big program, the preventing to end and it's interesting when I talked to the community about this, sometimes, people bristle a little bit and they're like, well, what's prevention gonna do for me, preventing to end in caring to end are interlinked? No cell therapies are one way I mentioned cures. So there are there going to be multiple ways. Ultimately, what we want to do is get beta cell functioning, they are our own beta cells going again. And to do that, you have to restore immune balance. So what when you talk about sip lism AB, which is an immunotherapy JDRF, funded way back to the original Studies at the University of Chicago. Now legendary scientists, Dr. Jeff bluestone and Dr. Kevin Herold, that drug is now owned by a company called prevention. And they're going to for FDA approval in the current data delays type one for at least three years, and probably we'll see even longer in a number of people. So we're looking at Temple lism ab, we're looking at a variety of different approaches. And I just really want to convey to the listeners that one, even if you have full blown type 1 diabetes, like my brother, I mean, this these advancements are hugely important for future cures for TMD because he can't share to you one day, you know, aside from an immuno protected stem cell, but if you want to do it, quote unquote, true qR lights, you know, you restore your body to what it used to be, you need to restore immune balance, and that's what these drugs are aiming to do. The other part that I think is really important to remember is Type One Diabetes is a genetic disease. You know, most people don't Understand that, unfortunately, that the risk for my kids is 15 times the general population, the next generation of people in our families, we need to stop this disease. And that's, that's the reason. So it's curing to one day, it's preventing the actually going, Stacey Simms 20:18 there are gonna be people listening who say a genetic disease. We never had any type one in my family until my child was diagnosed until I was diagnosed. But it is obviously a very strong component, right? Aaron Kowalski20:28 Yes. So I the way I describe and answer that question, because it comes up, every single talk that I give, is just through math, the general population have about a four in 1000 chance of getting type 1 diabetes point 4% will get to end in the US, my kids have about a 5% chance of getting to five and 100 versus four and 1000. Now one of my good friends, Dr. Corey hood at Stanford, who's a psychologist, he says, Aaron, he's got to convey that the risk is that odds are 95% of its won't get it, even if you have a genetic risk, which is a glass half full, right and true. But just play that out from a Why didn't I have it in my family? So if five and 100, get it, you can say okay, insulin has been around for 100 years before that every single type one person died. So in your family, how many people are there in your first you know, your immediate family? And how many generations are there, you can just count, you know, so just say there are three kids and each generation, he may have like 12, nine to 12 kids. So if you see what I'm going here is the odds are even if you don't have the genetics, if you have the genetics, fortunately, most of the kids won't get it. But that's, you know, cold comfort to the ones who do like my brother, I was second. So I guess debate. And if you went back further, if we had through ability to look back in time and say, good kids die, pre 1921. In your family tree? The answer is almost certainly Yes. The kids died, because they didn't have the insulin to survive. So you know, five and 100, if you're a male with type one, three, and 100, if you're a female with type one for your kids, is, is elevated. And unfortunately, we're seeing the incidence of type one increasing for reasons we don't understand. So that's the simple kind of walking through the math that hopefully that makes sense. Because even if you don't have a family history, you probably do have a family history, you just don't know about it. Stacey Simms 22:41 I'm gonna move on to some closing questions unless you want to focus anymore on research, or was there anything you wanted to mention? Aaron Kowalski22:46 Yeah, I think the only other piece that we didn't talk about is I mentioned Cori hood, and psycho social, you know, and this is really wasn't related to COVID, before COVID. But we're certainly seeing more challenges with the emotional side have to end. And I think a lot of people don't appreciate that JDRF is now as part of our program focused on psychosocial aspects of diabetes. Now, this is kind of the unspoken part of the disease that affects everybody. And and I just want to put it out there that after years of not funding research in these important areas, and my very strong opinion, we are, and we're funding fellowship to train up a number of new psychologists who specialize in issues, their take on specific funding research programs for kids and people who are really, really struggling with significantly higher one season decays, depression. That's one area that people don't often talk about. But I think every family goes through low points and some very, very low points. And that, put it out there that we're working and see this is an area that needs more attention. I think Stacey Simms 23:56 that's great. You mentioned COVID, which is actually why we've been talking this whole time about it. Can I ask you a couple of COVID questions that we get all the time, you know, at the beginning of this year? There were so many worries about type one, there wasn't a lot of information that separated from type two, there's been a little bit more as the year has gone on. Can you talk a little bit about what you've learned about COVID? and type 1 diabetes? Is there new research information to say what it seems to have said to me from what I've seen is people with type one are not any more likely to get COVID. But of course, any illness will mess with your blood sugars, but it doesn't seem to be as severe as people with type two. Aaron Kowalski24:35 Yeah, that's the data. The challenge for us here in the us is we can't collect data as well as many other countries because many other countries can collect from every one of the citizens in the country and and then analyze it whereas our healthcare system doesn't work that way. So when we gather information, like you just described, it's often coming for example, that was there's a big study in England. Look at this. We've worked through a lot of the Scandinavian data. Australia. I think you're that what we're what I would say right now is we do think that people are type one have the same risk of getting COVID as anybody else, it's not increased. The big question, there's probably plenty that people with type one are probably at higher risk for worse outcomes. Type two people seem to be more and that may have to do with the increased weight and type two people. But again, the via more information, I think the big question on why would somebody with type one do worse and you brought up one of the potential issues is just blood sugar, we know that when when you're sick, your blood sugar is harder to manage. The treatments can exacerbate if you're on steroids, bad blood sugar, and that can contribute to infection problems. And particularly in COVID, I was literally on the phone with a person in the field yesterday, you know, one of the hypotheses is people would take one over time get vascular issues, we took on a higher degree of risk for heart attacks and strokes. And there's a fair amount of discussion about covid being you know, the impact on the back skillet. Sure. And that would then be exacerbated by P one d. So, you know, it's obviously for everybody. It's scary. It's scary. For me, it's scary for my brother and my family and my wife. And we urge people to be be extra cautious. You know, one of the things I heard in the beginning of the crisis is make sure you have a very tight plan. If God forbid, you have to go to the hospital, because one of the early readouts that I got in New York City, was the diabetes care was being delivered poorly to people because most if you're not an endocrinologist, most doctors don't see people with insulin frequently. And that can exacerbate, you know, again, blood sugar levels and side effects. So yeah, it's scary. We're learning a lot. I think we've seen improvements of treatments of people in the hospital. But I would urge caution for type one commodity, have a good plan, if you do get sick. Stacey Simms 27:10 I'm sure in a few years, we'll have some very interesting research from the countries that do track more closely, like you said, and will know a lot more. Let me move into a different part of this interview. And I should, as you listen, just disclose that I was on the board have my local JDRF for six years. I am a financial supporter of JDRF. I think those are important things to know. But I am happy to pass along your questions. And I had some questions of my own. Aaron, I'm sure you were inundated with emails and suggestions earlier this year, and I sent you one and I know it wasn't alone in thinking this. My question was, and I'll eleska to you now, you know, I know how important JDRF research is, I really don't want it to stop. But you could see at the beginning of this year, the financial issue, the the unemployment issue, the economic problems that this country was going to experience. And it seemed to me like it might have been an opportunity for JDRF to pivot a little bit and give people who desperately need it some financial assistance, I assume that was discussed doing something with supplies, insulin, affordability, that sort of thing. But instead, you decided to continue to fund research. Can you tell us a little bit about that thought process and why obviously wasn't a viable option for JDRF? Aaron Kowalski28:28 Sure. So of course, this year has been brutal. As we lead off, it's been so hard for everybody. And at the beginning of the crisis, we knew that this was going to have a big impact on JDRF. Because we raised most of our money through events, when you can't get together for a walk or bike ride or a gala that that was going to cause us to not be able to fund as much research as we want to be decision. I there are a couple of interesting kind of pieces to your question. One is I think, you know, the decision to ask people for money, which was something that we talked a lot about, and our feeling was our mission to cure to end, prevent, improve lives didn't go away. And I put type 1 diabetes, the COVID didn't type one, obviously, that people are still struggling. And I can tell you, we've had a couple of deaths through gay a neighbor of mine, her son was just diagnosed last month. And this problem, our mission is still critical. So that this isn't to continue to ask people to support us was not to have people feel pressured when they couldn't if they've lost their job if they were struggling. But for the folks who could who had the financial capabilities to lean in and help us preserve some of the incredible mission momentum we have and had going in March and in February and we were seeing across the board so that that was the logic on asking Money. It wasn't intended, again to pressure people it was intended for folks who could. And and I often said it wasn't mutually exclusive, supporting COVID. and supporting T one t are mutually exclusive. So the second part, and this, I think gets into some of our work in insulin access, and how much of our mission is focused on making sure people have access to care versus research. And the board and I have talked a lot about this, the JDRF mission is accelerating life changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent, and better treat TMD and its complications. So if you think about our work and insulin access, it's not our core mission. And people will criticize me or JDRF sometimes for that, but that's what it is. And when I look at other organizations like ADA, or for all or beyond type one, we have different missions. So we've talked to JDRF, about how much more Should we do. So for example, we have a we were doing a ton on policy on insulin access, we think it's critical. But if we were to shift and make that our mission, we would have to change everything we do, we would rearrange our staff, we would probably like a bunch of scientists, and we'd hire a bunch more policy people. So really, what what I think you're getting at is what is the mission of the organization. And our mission has been since 50 years ago, security one day, keep people healthy until we get there through the acceleration of life changing breakers. And that's my optic focus, we will continue to do some of the other critical work like insulin in Africa and developing nations or in the United States for people who can't afford it. I've testified on the hill three times as in front of the Senate and the House, my brother had to his wife had to switch jobs because he runs a small his own small company, and they had a like a $12,000 deductible. So I understand that said, are missing that, essentially outside the messenger apps. And while we do it, it's not the core mission. Stacey Simms 32:12 If I could devil's advocate for a moment, though, you said earlier in this interview, that you got a lot of criticism and pushback for the artificial pancreas project. And your rationale for seeing it through was we need to keep people alive until there's a cure. When one in four people are rationing insulin in this country. I don't think you have to change your mission to focus more on insulin affordability. And I would even say, Is there no way and maybe Listen, I'm a bit of a pie eyed optimist, and I am not part of the inner workings of JDRF or these organizations. So you can tell me that this is silly. Is there no way to while you're fighting for affordability on the hill? And you're testifying? Is there no way for JDRF to do some kind of assistance program for those who most desperately need it? Aaron Kowalski32:54 Yeah, no, I hear you, Stacy. And we have looked at this. In fact, I rallied our team to look at and explore essentially insulin exchanges that would allow volunteers to donate insulin. And the challenges that we've faced, it have been really around the legal ease of donating a prescription drug. Again, this isn't our core mission. But I can tell you are in terms of our policy, time and effort and work, I would say it's pretty much our number one thing that we're working on, right, and looking at different ways to make sure and I've said it a million times, nobody should make the decision of food or rent or car payment or insulin insane. So it is a priority of ours even as it's outside of our what I would call the center of our Bullseye of our mission. We're devoting countless hours and dollars to try and to rectify and reconcile the problem. Yeah. And it's very, very frustrating to me. I hate that we're even having the discussion for that drug that is required for us to live. It's absurd. Stacey Simms 34:06 Yeah, it's so interesting, Aaron to talk to you because you are not a and I mean this as a compliment. So let me get through the whole thing. You're not really a CEO kind of guy. Right? You are. You are the first CEO of JDRF. To live with type 1 diabetes. You are a scientist. your background is not in corporate politics. It is in science. You were obviously chief mission officer for a long time. I know you know what you're doing. So I don't mean it in this way. But I can't think of a more challenging year for somebody who is not a business school kind of guy, if that makes sense. Are you looking at this position? Are you still trying to approach it from a scientific viewpoint? Are you using skills that you didn't think you would have to bring to the table? I mean, I hope the the spirit of my question makes Aaron Kowalski34:52 sense. Yeah, no. And that was a big question when I applied when I started The board that I thought I could could be CEO is, well, you know, you're not a financial person or having run a big field organization, and what my response was, but I, I understand our community, I grew up in it, my brother and I and my brothers been doing it for 40 years, I haven't done it for 36 years or something, you know, work with the companies work with the community work with our partners. The beauty of, you know, JDRF is we are a volunteer driven organization. And I get to work with some of the smartest, most accomplished business people who volunteer their time, because their family's been impacted. So I've certainly benefited as a new CEO, from an I never a million years thought I'd be facing a pandemic, the first year, I took this job. But in terms of the areas that I wasn't as experienced in my team members of JDRF, who obviously have incredible capabilities. And then our volunteers, our board, we had a group on the board who helped us with the financials, the analyses, as we're going through the crisis, the people issues, the real estate issues. So just like you lean in and help, we're fortunate that we have so many volunteers who can help and I've taken a lot of those learnings and the experience they bring to the table to help I think Jeff become, I've always been proud of that we're a very efficient organization, and I think coming out of the Christmas will be even more efficient. My greatest strength, I think, is just my understanding of the disease, and the community, which I can bring to hopefully rally more people to support the mission. Stacey Simms 36:43 This is airing during diabetes Awareness Month, which I personally think is a chance to educate people outside the community. I mean, we're all very much aware of diabetes all year round. So I'm curious, you know, what would your message be to people who are not in the diabetes community? What would you like them to know? Aaron Kowalski36:59 That's a really good question. Because I think, diabetes, you know, as many of the listeners know, diabetes, type one and type two get lumped together. People don't understand them. They don't understand their genetic, they think it's weight driven. And so there's a couple things. One is diabetes. type one and type two are a huge problem in this country in the world. And we need more people leaning into support better solutions. I mean, just think of the advancement of CGM. Now go back in time, and there was a big fight over CGM, you know, was this a useful tool? No, was it too much information? And here we are now, where it's becoming the standard of care, but it's taken a long time. And even in type two, it's still a good question mark, we need to deploy more resources. My very strong personal belief is we need to unite as a type one and type two community, you know, people with type one tend to, I hate to say it, but I kind of look down on type two people. And type two is a genetic disease even more strongly genetic than type one. People don't over eat themselves. And so type two diabetes, it's a huge myth to people with type two, a lot of overweight people that don't have type two, it's a genetic disease. It's a disease. So and the other interesting point not to get too off topic here is, is probably not just type one and type two, it's probably more of a continuum. Oh, sure. So this whole idea of eat, we are an under resourced community, whether you break it into type one, or type two or lump sum us together, we need more effort. And that's where I've talked to Tracy, the brown at ADA, beyond type one, our alliance with the type one, the Helmsley trust, you know, uniting and fighting for better solutions for people with diabetes. Now, if you're not in this community, you're paying, because a third of the Medicare budget goes to treat people with diabetes complications. So we need this country and to appreciate the diabetes are diseases that are genetic that need more resources, because there are solutions on the horizon that will help people and help our economy. Stacey Simms 39:16 Yeah, I completely believe we are much stronger together. And it's amazing to me how much diabetes is it's like a joke to so many people. It's a hashtag, you know, here's my desert, hashtag diabetes, they don't get it. And we as a community, need to work together to continue to educate and fight those stereotypes and not add to them and not throw people with type two under the bus. So I won't get on my soapbox. But Aaron, thank you so much. And thank you so much for joining me and spending so much time with me and my listeners. I always appreciate Aaron Kowalski39:43 Oh, it's wonderful to speak with you and thanks, everybody. Hope to talk again soon. Aaron Kowalski39:54 You're listening to Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 40:00 We hit a lot of topics in that interview, I will be happy to link up more information about JDRF research and other things that Aaron mentioned, you can always go to the episode homepage where there is a transcription, just go to Diabetes connections.com. Or if you're listening in a podcast app, you know, every single one of them is a little different. So I hesitate to say open it up there. But if you can see the show notes, if you can see the links, that's an easy place to but it's all on the website. If you have any trouble on any apps. tell me something good coming up in just a moment. And I have some great news about the show to share with you. I'm so excited about this. But first diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. And we started with Dexcom back in the olden days before share. So trust me when I say using the share and follow apps makes a big difference. And Benny and I set parameters about when I'm going to call him track him down, you know how long to wait, that sort of thing. It really helps us talk and worry about diabetes less. And if he's at a sleep over or away on a trip, it really gives me peace of mind. It also helps if I need to troubleshoot with him, because we can see what's been happening over the last 24 hours. And not just at one moment. The alerts and alarms that we set also help us keep the highs from getting too high and jump on loads before they are a big issue. Internet connectivity is required to access separate Dexcom follow app. To learn more, go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the Dexcom logo. longtime listeners will know that this is a labor of love. I have been doing Diabetes Connections weekly since June of 2015. I have a wonderful editor. Of course, I mentioned john at the end of every episode. But other than that, it's just me producing and hosting and booking guests and, and pre editing before I send it to john which drives him crazy. He says stop cleaning for the cleaning lady. But I can't help myself after a career in audio. And I say all that to bring you the news that we have hit a really tremendous milestone, and that is 1 million downloads and views. I am stunned. This number really sort of came out of the blue for me, because I know this may sound silly, but I can I can tell you we're close here, no secrets, I look at my podcast statistics with my hosting service liberated syndication or libsyn. And every show, you know, we look at the episodes and we look at the geography where people are listening and all that kind of stuff. And it keeps track of all of the downloads and unique listeners. And they're just really a wonderful and very accurate hosting service. So we ticked over more than 900,000 listeners. So I was kind of tracking to see when we hit a million. But then I realized that we have our YouTube channel as well. And while I cannot conceive of listening to a podcast via YouTube, because most of the time, it's just a static image. We have so many listeners over there, especially in the last two years. And sure enough, I clicked over there and we've had more than 100,000, listens views. What do you call it on YouTube, I'm going to say views. And that's why together, I'll say 1 million downloads and views. I'm just so thrilled that I've been able to do this on a regular basis for so long with such terrific support from great listeners like you. And that number means a lot. That's a big one. So to celebrate, and this is great timing with diabetes Awareness Month because you deserve a reward for just living with diabetes or having somebody with diabetes in your family. We are going to be doing two different contests. Now these are going to start on the eighth. So that's a couple of days after this episode is released, you will get an email if you're on that newsletter. You will also see it in the Facebook group. Or if you follow me on Instagram, one contest on Instagram where I am Stacey Simms, and a different contest for people in the Facebook group. And the Facebook group is Diabetes Connections, the group so stay tuned for that, watch your email. If you are not already signed up for the newsletter. Like I said, click on the ebook link in this episode, or maybe you've seen the ads running in Facebook, or go to Diabetes connections.com the subscription thing should pop right up the newsletter subscription. But if it doesn't just scroll all the way to the bottom and it will have a little spot for you to sign up for the newsletter there. If you have any trouble just reach out to me Stacy at Diabetes connections.com. All right, here we go on to our second million downloads and listeners and views. Oh my goodness, I can't believe it. Thank you so much. Next week, we will have a special episode for Veterans Day talking to a veteran who was diagnosed while in the service was able to stay in the service. This is only the second person I know has been able to do this. And then what he did and has done after and the accomplishments that he's made in real the change that he did. It's really an interesting story. And I'm excited to bring it to you and that is next week. Okay, thanks to my editor John Bukenas from audio editing solutions. And thank you so much for listening. I'm Stacey Simms. I'll see you back here next week. Until then, be kind to yourself. Benny 45:02 Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Simms Media. All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged
This week, I review the debut match of The Rock, as he was a part of Team Mero against Team Helmsley during WWF Survivor Series 1996! Read my action-adventure novel, "Human of One, Property of None" on Amazon: https://www.amzn.com/B084HM2RF5/.
Jonathan Hood talks about the life and times of the late Tracy Smothers who passed away at the age of 58 with lymphoma. Hear the wild stories and the highlights of the career of a "Wild Eyed Southern Boy" twitter.com/wrestlingtwt instagram.com/wrestlingtwt Professional wrestling career Early career (1982–1990) Smothers was from Springfield, TN. He graduated from Springfield High School, where he played football, golf, and wrestled. Smothers was the first person in Springfield High School history to go to the state championship in wrestling. Smothers started his career in the Memphis promotion on Saturday morning TV. Steve Armstrong and Tracy Smothers started teaming as The Wild-Eyed Southern Boys in Florida Championship Wrestling in 1987 where they feuded with The New Breed. They moved on to Southeast Championship Wrestling where they feuded with The Stud Stable. In 1989, he won the CWF Tag Team Championship in the newly renamed Continental Wrestling Federation. While in Continental, Smothers wrestled an unmuzzled bear that was announced as 550 lbs; Tracy took the bear to the mat several times. The bear, incapable of understanding the situation, thought they were playing.[2] World Championship Wrestling (1990–1992) Smothers and Armstrong competed in World Championship Wrestling for a number of years and were known as the Southern Boys and later the Young Pistols upon turning heel.[3] Smothers and Armstrong had a long feud with The Fabulous Freebirds (Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin).[3] Smothers' last major appearance for WCW was on January 21, 1992 at Clash of the Champions XVIII, as he teamed with Terry Taylor in a loss to Marcus Alexander Bagwell and Brian Pillman.[3] Smoky Mountain Wrestling (1992–1995) Smothers achieved his greatest singles success in Jim Cornette's Smoky Mountain Wrestling promotion which was based out of Knoxville, Tennessee. Between 1992 and 1995, "The Wild Eyed Southern Boy", competed as a babyface for SMW and won the Heavyweight title twice, the tag team titles once (with "Dirty White Boy" Tony Anthony, known as the "T.H.U.G.'S"), and the "Beat the Champ" TV title on three separate occasions. Smothers had notable feuds during this time against "Prime Time" Brian Lee, Chris Candido, Tony Anthony, The Heavenly Bodies, and The Gangstas. He also competed as a heel in the United States Wrestling Association during the SMW vs. USWA feud in 1995. World Wrestling Federation (1996–1997) In the summer of 1996, Smothers began wrestling in the WWF as Freddie Joe Floyd, a babyface jobber to various up and comers, most notably Hunter Hearst-Helmsley and Stone Cold Steve Austin.[4] His only meaningful win under the Floyd gimmick was an upset of Justin "Hawk" Bradshaw in his debut, which resulted in Bradshaw beating Floyd in a subsequent rematch.[4] He also scored a count out win over Triple H, thanks to Mr. Perfect distracting Helmsley.[4] His entire gimmick was a rib on Gerald Brisco and Jack Brisco, as they both came from Bowlegs, Oklahoma (the same home town Freddie Joe Floyd was billed as being from).[4] Jack Brisco’s real name is Fred Joe Brisco, and Gerald’s full name is Floyd Gerald Brisco. Extreme Championship Wrestling (1997–1999) Later in his career he joined Extreme Championship Wrestling as "The Main Man" Tracy Smothers. He was often mocked by the crowd with chants of "Freddy Joe!!" regarding his WWF stint and was most notably remembered for doing a goofy dance, that ECW announcer Joey Styles often commented on by saying "what the hell is with that awful dance."
Architectural historian Carol Krinsky speaks about the Helmsley Building, the electrification of the railroad, and the creation of Park Avenue. Located to the north of Grand Central Terminal, this building was the center of a series of hotels and office buildings sponsored by the New York Central Railroad. Once visible for miles away along Park Avenue, this building served as a powerful reminder of the dominance of railroads in the era.
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This week, Austin, Bob and Dallas checkout the May 22nd, 1995 edition of WWF RAW! On the show, Shawn Michaels battles King Kong Bundy in a KOTR qualifying match. Bret Hart wants a rematch with Jerry Lawler. Bob Backlund campaigns to become President. Hunter Hearst Helmsley makes his RAW debut and much more! Available wherever you get your podcasts!
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Meet two people with diabetes making a difference in very different ways. We're talking to dietitian and strength coach Ben Tzeell & teen author Morgan Panzirer. First, if you've sort of fallen off the nutrition and exercise wagon in the last few months, you’re not alone. But getting back in the game doesn’t mean going to extremes. Ben has advice about starting small and making changes that stick. Morgan was diagnosed with T1D at age 6. She's now 19 and just wrote a book about her life – so far – with diabetes. It's called Actually I Can. Ben's Blood Sugar Boss program Megan's Book (Amazon) This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode Transcription Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by One Drop created for people with diabetes by people who have diabetes, and by Dexcom, take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with Dexcom. This week, I talked to two people with type one making a difference in very different ways. First, if you've sort of fallen off the nutrition exercise wagon in the last few months, you're not alone. But getting back in the game doesn't mean going to extremes. Ben Tzeel 0:37 Life is too short to not enjoy food like that. And the last thing you want is you're constantly eating air quotes healthy, and now you're feeling deprived when you see all your friends eating these other things. Stacey Simms 0:47 That's dietician and strength coach Ben Tzeel. He's got more advice about starting small and making changes that stick in Tell me something good. I'm talking to Morgan Panzirer diagnosed at age six. She's now 19 and just wrote a book about her life so far with diabetes. Morgan Panzirer 1:05 And I vividly remember being in the car driving to New York City The following day, and saying to my parents, everything will be fine as long as I don't need a shot. Stacey Simms 1:15 The book is called, actually I can, and after talking to Morgan, I can tell you better believe she can. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Welcome to another week of Diabetes Connections. I am so glad to have you along. Welcome if you're brand new, we aim to educate and inspire about type 1 diabetes by sharing stories of connection. My son was diagnosed right before he turned two. He is now 15 and a half. My husband lives with type two diabetes. I don't have diabetes. I have a background in broadcasting. And that is how you get the podcast. I have been so busy the last week mostly because for whatever reason, sometimes podcast interviews seem to come in clumps. So I had a lot of interviews to do and a lot of production I take care of a lot of it before I send it over to my editor who I've mentioned before, but also I've been busy with my Friends for Life presentation, Friends for Life is the biggest family conference all about diabetes in the US, possibly the world. And instead of having an in person conference this year, like everybody else, they're having a virtual conference. And so I decided, and boy, I thought this was a good idea that I would do my usual game show I usually do a game show presentation as one of my talks for them. But I would do Hollywood Squares because boy zoom just lends itself to Hollywood Squares, doesn't it? That's what I at least what I think of and I gotta tell you, I'm thrilled with how it came out. But I also got to tell you, I'm not sure I'll ever do it again. We had to get eight people I was the ninth you need like a tic tac toe board right for for the Hollywood Squares. The FFL-Wood squares excuse me, that's Friends for Life, FFL. So FFL-Wood squares and I decided to go big and I got people from all over the world, different time zones. Day here night here. Early morning here, it was amazing. So huge credit to my cast of characters. Thank you to the contestants. I cannot wait to share it with you. The conference itself is mid month. If you've signed up for that you'll see it then. And then we'll drop it as a video in a podcast episode. Shortly after that. That's one of the really fun things that I get to do, right. I mean, you have an idea you get to try it. You see if it's a disaster, you see if it's fun, but you know, it's it's never boring, that's for sure. Okay, interviews coming up in just a moment with Ben Tzeel and Morgan Panzirer, but first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by One Drop. One Drop is diabetes management for the 21st century. One Drop was designed by people with diabetes for people with diabetes. One Drops glucose meter looks nothing like a medical device. It's sleek, compact, and seamlessly integrates with the award winning One Drop mobile app, sync all your other health apps to One Drop to keep track of the big picture and easily see health trends. And with a One Drop subscription you get unlimited test strips and lancets delivered right to your door every One Drop plan. Also in access to your own certified diabetes coach have questions but don't feel like waiting for your next doctor visit your personal coach is always there to help go to Diabetes connections.com and click on the One Drop logo to learn more. Unusual show this week and that I have two guests two separate interviews. And if you're here only for one or the other, that is fine. I can tell you that Morgan's interview starts about 22 minutes from now, so you won't hurt my feelings if you skip ahead. But I really think you'll like my first guest, Ben Tzeel. we first talked to him last year. He's a dietician, he's a strength coach. And Ben says eating and living with diabetes should not be boring or feel like punishment. We had a fun conversation about what that really means good intentions about eating well, and exercising and quarantine and more. Here's my talk with Ben Tzeel. Hey, Ben, it's good to talk to you again. Thanks for coming on. Ben Tzeel 4:53 I'm just so thankful to be here. And it's so awesome. It's just amazing. Thank you. Stacey Simms 4:58 You're really well. We'll see about But Ben Tzeel 5:02 it's human. It's human interaction right now we don't have much of that these days do it. Stacey Simms 5:06 Well, let's start talking about that. I mean, how have you been living since the stay at home orders? What's your life been like? Ben Tzeel 5:13 I just don't go anywhere. I've been living in Florida, not nothing against Florida, but I feel like the cases go down and then the cases go up. And that's just what you hear about everywhere. And I just figure it's just not something I'd rather really want to deal with if that makes any sense. Do you live alone? I actually live with my girlfriend and fortunately for me, she's willing to do a lot of the grocery shopping and a lot of the day to day stuff at the pharmacy but honestly, we just don't go anywhere because she works in the ICU as a pharmacist and she sees all this stuff firsthand. Wow. Stacey Simms 5:44 That's gonna be interesting job to have right now. Unknown Speaker 5:47 Oh, yes. Stacey Simms 5:49 Assuming that you've been doing this since mid March, yo, how's your health? How are you keeping up because you're pretty intense person when it comes to fitness? Ben Tzeel 5:58 Yeah, I definitely like to thanks. So it's something where I've had to get creative. I've had to step outside of my comfort zone and really look at what I have and say, Okay, what can I do with what I currently have? And slowly, you can assemble a little mini gym at home and things like that. But I've really, really taken time and effort to focus on what can I do instead of, well, this is out of my control, I guess my fitness is gonna go away. I guess all of my other habits that I've worked so hard to develop are gonna just fall by the wayside? Stacey Simms 6:26 Well, I think for some of us, those things, the second part, those things have happened, right? Because it is hard to maintain a routine It is hard to, you know, especially when, and I'm gonna get personal here for people like me, you know, you're a strength and conditioning coach, you know, this is what you do. I'm a suburban mom who walks her dog and goes to the gym a couple of days a week. And it's been really easy for me to fall out of those good habits over the last couple of months. You know, do you have any advice? If people are listening and thinking, Well, I haven't kept up so it's too late now. Ben Tzeel 6:56 Well, it's first one of those things is to your point where you mentioned It's too late. Now, it's never too late to actually start and say, I'm gonna look back and say, This is what I did before, this is what I was doing. And maybe I won't be at that same point right now, because I have let myself fall off because I have fallen out of this routine. But what is something I can do today that small to just build a little bit of momentum. And as you build that you take another baby step, another baby step, and suddenly, you're taking strides to get back to where you were. So if you start from that mindset, and that point, just make that tiny little shift, you end up in a situation where suddenly three, four weeks from now, you're thinking, wow, I'm already almost back to where I was. Because your muscle does have a memory, it is going to remember where you were. And as long as you put in those same habits you previously had, you should be totally fine. Stacey Simms 7:45 It's funny when you talk about, you know, getting back into routine because I think at the beginning of this, I don't know if this happened to you, me and my daughter, and I think a lot of people and my daughter came home from college, and we said All right, we're going to do yoga on YouTube. We're going to walk the dog like five miles every day, and we're gonna get really, you know, in great shape, we have a stationary bike, and we're going to do all these bikes and all these rides and, and we really haven't done much of it at all after those first couple of weeks, and I've seen some really funny parody videos on that and a lot of people who have felt this way, but I want to flip that around and say you have taken as you said, You've gotten creative in your house, can you tell us a little bit of some of the things you've done to make your your home gym, I'm assuming that you didn't run out and buy a whole bunch of, you know, gym radio equipment? Ben Tzeel 8:29 No, I was fortunate that I my parents don't live too far away. And I had a bunch of dumbbells and a bunch of things from my youth that I was able to pick up. But beyond that, I mean, I was pretty much in the same situation that everybody else was where I had a few resistance bands and a few dumbbells and a few little things and had to start realizing. All right, well, I want to keep my insulin sensitivity good. I want to stay on this track of that I've been working so hard to be on what can I do. And so maybe that requires you sitting down and saying Alright, I'm going to restructure my workouts, I'm going to tell myself maybe I was doing four days a week before an upper body and lower body, you can still do that. But you may have to adapt. Instead of using a cable, you may have to use a band instead of using like a barbell or instead of using a heavier weight, you might have to go more reps at a lighter weight, or incorporate pauses or incorporate other bodyweight movements that can be just as challenging. And honestly, the first few weeks of the quarantine, stay at home, whatever you want to call it. I actually felt like I was more sore than when I was in the gym because I had to push harder. Stacey Simms 9:34 You've mentioned your blood sugar several times you've lived with type one you were diagnosed when you were a kid. I've heard two schools of thought here over the last couple of months. One is you know, my blood sugar's are all over the place. I'm stressed out I'm so worried and you know, things are crazy. And then the other side of the coin is my blood sugar's have never been steadier. You know, I'm not going anywhere. I'm not eating restaurant food, where do you fall in on that? Ben Tzeel 9:56 I would probably fall. That's it. I mean, I'll Honestly, it's a good question because I see it a lot from the first perspective. So I feel like I then kind of translate that to me. But it's actually my numbers have been in better control since this all began. Because there haven't been as many extraneous factors. I'm not going places. There's lots of unknown variables introduced. But I just I feel for a lot of the people that are in the first situation because there is that lack of routine and that lack of structure. And while everybody says, Oh, I, I wish I could be home more, I wish I didn't go to my job. Taking that structure out of the picture can really make it difficult to stick to that exercise program really stick to the food and the nutrition that's been making you feel good with good blood sugars, and you ultimately fall off that path. And when you do your blood sugar's kind of take over everything else. And during a time where there are no sports, there's not lots of distractions, there's no big gatherings, there's no concerts, your blood sugar's can literally become the one thing that you hone in on and focus on way too hard. Stacey Simms 10:55 That's funny because I thought you were gonna say there at the end that you can really you can focus on And really make a great difference. But you said you focus on and you know, it can it can not be a great thing. Can you expand on that last thought? Ben Tzeel 11:08 Sure. And I mean, of course, I can tell you it, there's ways to get around it. But a lot of people what will happen is, I mean, think about it like because there aren't tons of social things to be doing. And there's not tons of activities and tons of distractions, you start to look at the few distractions you have in your life. And one of them would be, I wouldn't call diabetes, a distraction, but it's one of the big prominent parts of your life if you have it. And it just starts to become a bigger and bigger and bigger thing that you just the more you focus on it, the more it expands and the bigger role it can take in your life. So I've watched a lot of people people I've worked with people I've interacted with on social media, that they end up in a situation where their blood sugar's just take over their entire existence where they're looking at their decks calm every five minutes, wondering what's going to happen and sometimes that leads to great results, but other times, it just drives people crazy. He drives up their stress level and they get into this loop of frustration. Oh, my blood sugar's high. Oh, I'm a failure and they go down the spiral that is very counterproductive in terms of living like a really as free of a life as possible to do right now. Stacey Simms 12:14 Yeah, I would also echo that for parents as you were listening. I think it's super easy. And I found myself doing this too, with Benny home a lot more. It's easy to focus on our kids blood sugar's more, right? They're not going anywhere. They're not go to the movies, they're not hanging out with friends. And it's easier to make that a bigger focus than it needs to be. So I'm kind of listening to this and taking it to heart. But you know, one of the things you're really known for in social media is these these crazy foods, right? We talked about this last time when you were on, you know, giant donut, big meals and stuff. And I'm curious if there's, you know, we often figure especially newly diagnosed, we often find out that we love restaurant food because it's full of hidden fats and sugars and you know, salt and butter and all those delicious things that We love and that's what makes restaurant food so good. But it's kind of hard to bolus for that stuff. Are you finding it easier? I mean anything on that in terms of home cooking, which I'm so sick of Ben, I am so tired of cooking. And my husband helps if he cooks too, so I'm just sick of it. Ben Tzeel 13:13 Well, I can't blame you for being sick of home cooking because it gets to a point where I'm probably three months or so from having had something from the outside. And it's I'm just craving something Stacey Simms 13:26 brought in a meal. You haven't brought anything in. Ben Tzeel 13:28 I just maybe I'm paranoid, but I just I just would rather be like, you know what, at least I know, I'm dealing with the prep and I'm dealing with everything else. And when this starts to settle down, then I'll start to venture out and have all of the fun food again. Not that I haven't had fun. Trust me. You can make many fun things at your house. I know what you're making. Stacey Simms 13:45 Yeah, no, I have friends who haven't brought any food in. I mean, we're not in that camp, obviously. But I know a few people who've done that Ben Tzeel 13:51 Emilio wants me to really bad so we're working on it. We're in a negotiation right now. But to your point, I would say when you know All of the factors within what you're eating. So of course, you know that you've prepped it, you know, what you've put into it, you know, everything and everything. And there's no variables, there's no question marks. And we're not talking about the COVID part, but just about the actual composition of the food itself, then it's a lot easier to bolus for because you have all the answers. You have all the math right there when someone else creates something, even if it's something that, you know, Oh, I know, this is a bacon double cheeseburger, and I know I've had them before. And this is what happens. There's some sort of variability because that part of it is out of your control. And that lack of control can be difficult to account for granted. There's ways to take it in to consideration and be able to say, all right, this is what I'm going to do based on experience based on other knowledge, like put numbers and experience together and make a very educated decision and dose and do amazing with it. But just that little factor of there's other stuff in here there is that hidden fat you were describing. There's sometimes things are cooked in, in oils we don't know about there's sugar that might got thrown in there that you don't know. And then you end up eating some foods like that and you get frustrated you you have chicken alfredo and your blood sugar goes up to 320 for the next seven hours, no matter what you do no matter what you dose and you're just full of frustration the whole time. Stacey Simms 15:14 So you work with a lot of people with type one and your background is nutrition. You have a master's degree, you're registered dietitian. I'm curious what the first change you urge people to make when they come to I know not everybody's the same. But you know, one of the questions maybe that you ask, Ben Tzeel 15:30 I guess, coming from me, the first things I want to know is where people are starting out right now. Like, what are you eating? and kind of just getting you aware of what are you eating because as evidenced during this time, and this time, please put a magnifying glass on it more than anything else. But people kind of just go through the motions. They don't pay as much attention to, oh, I'm eating X, Y and Z. They just say oh, I'm gonna make whatever I can grab and I'm just gonna go for it and eat and then continue and a lot of people can't tell you what they ate for lunch yesterday. So my first goal is get them really aware, what are you eating? Start to kind of get a sense of it and then get them understanding. Are you making the meals complete? Are you getting your proteins, your fiber, your veggies? Are you getting them to the point where you're getting the nutrients that you need for both the body composition that you want, but also for the blood sugar control, because once you have the blood sugars and control, the body comes a lot faster, whether you want to lose weight or get strong. And once the blood sugars are controlled, you can do all the things in life that you really want to be doing. Stacey Simms 16:30 I'm always worried about talking about diets, right? Because people want to lose weight, they go on a diet, people try all sorts of different things. We've talked about this in the past to me low carb, high carb, whatever it is, what do you find works overall, in general, for the people that you work with. Ben Tzeel 16:45 For the people that I work with. I've had people on 400 grams of carbs, I've had people on 40 grams of carbs. The most important factors that I've noticed are getting enough protein into your life and I know a lot of people are concerned Oh protein is going to Your kidneys. But all the research, if you dig into it has shown that a higher protein diet is actually advantageous to the kidneys. I'm not saying you need to eat like five chickens a day, but at the same time, a substantial amount of protein. I would also say making sure you do get the fiber. That's why I tried to hit on those big three the protein, the fiber than the veggies, the fiber is going to be important whether you get that from veggies and fruit or whether you do get that from some grains. Some people do well on a decent amount of carbs. Again, it's that carb side of it is preference and everyone in diabetes is so fixated on it, when I can't stress enough where people that I've worked with are super successful on all levels of carbs, but having the protein, having the fiber, having enough of the veggies, those three things and then the other thing would be the 9010 rule. And that would be something where I would I don't know if it's actually a rule I may have made it up but it's 90% of the time you're eating on point you know what you're doing, you're making quality choices and that other 10% of the time you're enjoying the sunset You're enjoying the desserts, you're enjoying the finer things that life has to offer. Because life is too short to not enjoy food like that. And the last thing you want is you're constantly eating air quotes healthy. And now you're feeling deprived when you see all your friends eating these other things. And as long as you have a strategy on how to dose for it, so your blood sugar is going to be ultimately good. There's no reason to deprive yourself of having that and so many people are living limited in that scope of I can't have that because I have diabetes, that food scares me. This is awful. Like, I wish I could have that and you can have that. But allowing yourself that wiggle room of 10% that is usually enough to say hey, I'm gonna get the results I'm putting into a effort 90% of the time to get the blood sugar's get the body but then the other time I can enjoy everything. Unknown Speaker 18:50 What's your big favorite 10% fool? Ben Tzeel 18:53 That's Oh, that's a loaded question. I was gonna say there's a restaurant here called dance and dance. And Tampa has these loaded nachos that are so good. They're like a once every six month kind of thing, but they've got like the cheese and the pulled pork, and they've got the beans and they've got the ground beef and honestly, it's actually not a terrible meal in general but there's just so it's so calorie dense. That would be one cookie dough for sure would be one. The edible cookie dough not like cookie dough. That's raw eggs. And then Honestly, I have to say this but have you had cookie butter before? I have not had cookie pokey buttered so I love cookie. What is it cookie butter? It's I don't even know how to describe it. There's like this. I know the first time I had it was from Trader Joe's and then they have some everywhere apparently I didn't know it was a big thing. But it's literally like the butter form of cookie. It's like imagine peanut butter consistency but it tastes like a cookie and it's basically straight fat and straight sugar. But it's so good. Oh my God. That is my guilty pleasure. I will not lie. That's It's so good. That Great, Stacey Simms 20:00 okay, he's got some advice. We've You know, we've gotten some insight into how you operate. I know you have a new program that you're working on, tell us what this is all about. How can people take part? Ben Tzeel 20:11 Absolutely. So I have a program called blood sugar boss, because everybody wants to be a blood sugar boss, you want to be in control of your blood sugars and in control of your life, getting the body that you want, and literally living life without any kind of limits. And so the premise is, you're going through and restaurants become no big deal. You can walk into a restaurant by the end of this and point out what you want on the menu and say I want that and know how you're gonna dose for what your game plan is going to be. No questions asked, like the on the exercise side of things with respect to blood sugars going low constantly, that part's eliminated. You know, you go and exercise no matter what you're doing. We're eliminating the lows. we're eliminating the highest you can truly do what you want to do without having any concerns and actually focus on The exercise instead of Oh my god, what is my blood sugar going to do? Then of course talking about the food side of things to make sure that you know what choices need to go into that 90% what choices need to go to that 10% and when you do go in that 10% How to dose so you're not concerned? Oh, man, I'm going to be 300 for the next six hours. I know exactly what to do for that. I mean, we're going into travel when travels the thing again, you know, we're making sure that you go on a trip, you're like, Okay, instead of vacation being stressful, this is no big deal. We're hitting everything on all different kinds of angles. And by the end of it, you can walk away from it saying, I am in control, no situation will faze me and this is literally everything I need to know about diabetes, and I forgot one of the other big things were kick starting your metabolism up. So you're going to be able to be prepared to get stronger and lose weight. At the same time. I'm curious you you share a lot as I mentioned on inside on social media, and the other day, I saw you share a post where you were over 300 for a while, you know, you had I think it was at a Ben canula or something like that. Are you concerned that when you share something like that, right? Do you get feedback from people saying, how could you that's so dangerous? Or, you know, how could you let that happen? I'm curious what kind of feedback you get when you are that transparent, because, you know, we all know that's gonna happen, right? And I think if there's a lot of people out there that go on social media, and they act a certain type of way, and they say, Well, my blood sugar's are great all the time. And my numbers are always the decks combined, it's flat, and everything's awesome. And that's cool. You can share that. But that's just sharing the highlight reel of life. People are almost afraid to show the authentic side of the side of them that shows I'm human that I get that annulus to these things do happen. And so I feel like by showing that, it's like, Look, I'm not perfect, I've never been perfect, and there are people out there who I'm sure have had that situation happened to them. And if anything, I think it makes you more relatable. And it's okay to put yourself out and say, Hey, this does happen to everybody. Oh, my goodness, you can eat the same thing at the same time every single day and get a slightly different result. So, in that situation, it's part of life. Everybody goes through it. Stacey Simms 23:15 Before I really let you go, I had to laugh when you said blood sugar boss. Because when Benny was was little, I mean, he was diagnosed before he was two. So we had to use all these, like really kid friendly ways of talking to him about diabetes. And I remember when he was about four or five years old, we started talking to him about like, being the boss of diabetes, you know, and little kids like to boss stuff around. Little kids have no control over anything, right? Everybody tells them what to do and where to sit and when to wake up, or when to go to bed and what to eat. So they have no choices, and sort of get to be the boss of something was really cool for him. And then the flip side of that was I had to say to him, Look, if you were if you're not the boss of diabetes, it's going to become the boss of you. And it really worked for a long time to help us teach him and but it's so funny. I forgot all about that. Until you mentioned The name of your program. So thanks for bringing that memory back up. It wasn't something that I had remembered. But it's so important because if you don't take control over it, you mean, you have no choice, it will take control of you. Ben Tzeel 24:11 Absolutely. And that's, that's the whole goal here is like you said, you have to be the one that's saying, I am going to actively take control over this because otherwise your life is run by diabetes, whether you allow it because you allow it to you don't take back the power from it, and you don't say, this is my life, this is what I want to do. And if you don't actively make that decision, it's gonna make it for you. And you don't want someone else or something else. In this case, diabetes making that decision for you want to live life on your terms. So you need to make sure that you are a blood sugar boss. Stacey Simms 24:43 I love it. Well, thank you so much for joining me. Thanks for sharing the program all the best with it. Ben Tzeel 24:47 Oh, thank you so much. I'm just glad to be able to help more people in our community and I'm just thankful for the opportunity to chat with you as always, that's always an awesome time on here. Unknown Speaker 25:01 You're listening to diabetes connections Unknown Speaker 25:03 with Stacey Simms Stacey Simms 25:06 more information about Ben's program blood sugar boss in the show notes and I'll link up his Instagram account as well now I'm gonna have to go back and look now because I do get a kick out of the bonkers food that he posts like these big portions and you know wild desserts and things once in a while, but I'm thinking now he said that they had been eating at home and creating their own stuff since the stay at home order. And now I really want to take a look and see what they've been making because we've been cooking a ton I think just like everybody, right? But I haven't been baking or making desserts. My daughter I have an 18 year old daughter and she likes to bake and she's been making cookies and brownies and stuff like that, but I'm not getting creative when it comes to desserts. I like to eat desserts, but I'm not making at this point. I am barely making dinner. I am so sick of Okay. All right. Well, you know good problems to have, I suppose. The author of the book actually I can is our Tell me something good this week, but first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. And we've been using the Dexcom G6 since it came out two years ago now, and it's amazing. The G6 is now FDA permitted for no finger sticks for calibration and diabetes treatment decisions. You do that to our warmup and the number just pops up. I know it sounds funny if you're newer to Dexcom but we've been using it for seven years now. And when you're used to calibrating you know, and not getting that number automatically, it really does. It just seems so different. The G6 has longer sensor we're now 10 days and the new sensor applicator is so easy to use, but he does it all himself. Of course we love the alerts and alarms and we can set them however we want. If your glucose alerts and readings from the G6 do not match symptoms or expectations, use a blood glucose meter to make diabetes treatment decisions. To learn more, go to Diabetes, Connections comm and click on the Dexcom logo. Morgan Panzirer is our Tell me something good this week she was diagnosed With type one when she was six years old, that's obviously not the good part. She is now 19, a college student who would like to become a pediatric endocrinologist. Now her sister also lives with type one. Morgan started writing the book that we're going to talk about here in middle school. It's called actually I can, Morgan was great to talk to you. She was very patient with my questions and my ignorance about equestrian sports. Here's my interview with Morgan Panzirer. Morgan, thank you so much for spending a few minutes with me. I'm really excited to hear the stories behind the book. Thanks for coming on. Unknown Speaker 27:32 Yeah, of course. I'm so happy to be here. Unknown Speaker 27:34 What gave you the idea to write this book? Unknown Speaker 27:37 I started writing it in seventh grade for two main reasons. The first was I was fed up with all the misconceptions that people with type 1 diabetes hear every day, for example, Oh, you got diabetes, because you ate too much sugar things along those lines. So I decided that maybe if I could tell my story, I would be able to kind of change the way the general public views this disease. The second reason I wrote it was because I really wanted to empower others living with Type One Diabetes and show them. That doesn't have to be something that holds you back. Rather, you can use it as an opportunity to do whatever you want to do. So Unknown Speaker 28:14 you started writing in middle school, but you were diagnosed at age six, much younger than that. Do you remember your day? Your diagnosis story? Morgan Panzirer 28:21 Yes, I'll never forget. It is so clear in my mind. I had been drinking and peeing a lot. So my mom knew the signs of Type One Diabetes because she was a nutritionist. Yeah, so my mom knew the sign. So she decided to ask my pediatrician to test me just to humor her. She was sure it was nothing but she said, just test it anyway. So she did and a couple days later, my pediatrician called us I'll never forget exactly where we were in the car. And she said to my mom, I'm so sorry to tell you this, but Morgan does have type one diabetes, and my mom just immediately started crying. We were all shocked. We went to the Naomi berry Diabetes Center at Columbia the following day. And from there, it was just, let's get through this. Stacey Simms 29:07 So your mother was a little bit familiar with it, but in being a nutritionist, but I can't imagine you knew at all who you're in for, and especially at age six, Morgan Panzirer 29:15 no, I had no idea. And I vividly remember being in the car driving to New York City The following day, and saying to my parents, everything will be fine. As long as I don't need a shot. Little did I know, every day of my life, I was gonna have multiple needles among the finger sticks and other things. So my parents didn't really know how to explain it to me, and it was definitely a rude awakening for the next few days to come. When you started writing, did you share it with anybody else? Was it just for you at the time? Yes, it was just for me at the time. No one. I didn't really tell anyone about it. No one really knew that I was doing it at all. I was very private about it. But as the years went on, I eventually decided to tell my parents and they were like, you are What? So it was kind of fun. It was. It was a long process. But yeah, the beginning it was definitely just a very personal thing for me. And then your younger sister was diagnosed as well. What was that? Like? How old was she? How old were you at the time. So she was 13 when she was diagnosed, she's now 16. So I was 16 when she was diagnosed, and that just broke my heart because I had had diabetes at that point for 10 years. So I totally knew what it was like, and it made me think I would not wish it on anyone, especially someone in my own family. So to see her kind of struggle with it, and because she was diagnosed a lot older, I think it was hard for her to kind of get through it because she knew and remembered and understood what life was like prior. And now the fact that you have to make put so much thought into eating an apple, I think really kind of threw her for a loop, but I was really happy that I was there and could kind of show her the ropes and show her that this doesn't have to be the end It won't stop her. She doesn't want it too. Stacey Simms 31:02 It sounds like you have a really good relationship with your sister. But you know, it's gotta be hard to you know your sister. So I don't want to make it like it was a perfect relationship, but due to diabetes in some way for you closer, I mean, I kind of hate that because it's a cliche, but you to share it and experience that nobody else in your family could really understand in the way you were going through it. Morgan Panzirer 31:21 Yeah, it did. I would definitely say that it brought us closer. I mean, we always had a great relationship growing up. I mean, she was the only other girl in the house besides my mom. So we did everything together anyway. And we did have a really good relationship. But this definitely was something that I could share with her and I couldn't really relate to something like that with anyone else. So I think we, I mean, we don't talk about it a ton, but it is something that if I'm having a terrible day, I'm like, Oh, this stays the worst. And she's like, Yeah, I know what you mean. So I think in that way, it definitely makes it easier for sure. Unknown Speaker 31:57 Okay, so you grew up in a household where After your diagnosis, your parents jumped in with both feet for advocacy. And they jumped in in a way that is unique because your dad is a trustee of the Helmsley trust, which is a as you listen, if you're not familiar, just an unbelievable funder of so much Diabetes Research and so many diabetes advocacy causes and effect. We had your dad on the show last year, but he is a very passionate person, as you know, Morgan, where he was really talking about the need for better education when people get great diabetes devices. And you know, trying to help in that respect. What was it like to know that what happened to you affected what your parents did with their lives? I mean, there's put so much time and energy into this cause, Morgan Panzirer 32:39 oh my gosh, yeah, it was unbelievable. I mean, my dad became a trustee shortly after my diagnosis. So again, at six years old, I had no idea what that meant. But as I grew up and saw the impact he's having on this community and everyone with this disease, I'm so grateful that he went this way because I really do believe that he's making enormous differences in this community. I've already seen tons of new technologies that have come out, in part, thanks to his funding. So I'm so grateful. And my mom actually has she's a big runner. So she's run numerous half marathons and marathons with jdrf to raise money. So the fact that they're just all in for me and my sister is, there's no words to describe it. It's unbelievable. You've been able to do a lot of things yourself. You were a children's Congress with jdrf. That was in 2009. So how old were you when you did children's Congress? I was eight when I when was that something that was meaningful to you? Yeah, it was a really monumental event, I think because it really marked the beginning of my advocacy. And especially being that little I didn't really understand that I could make a difference prior to this. But when I got there and saw oh my gosh, all these kids are going through the same thing I'm going through and look at this difference we're making on a national level, I think it really showed me that I did have the ability to make a change if I wanted to, and if I set my mind to it. So it was definitely a big step for me and understanding that I had the ability to make a big change for everyone with this disease. And it definitely marks the beginning of my advocacy, as I mentioned prior. Unknown Speaker 34:19 So tell me about advocacy for an eight year old. I know because I just people listening are kind of thinking like, well, what else? You know, there's children's Congress vote what really can an eight year old do? Morgan Panzirer 34:27 It was crazy because we're at Children's Congress. We're talking to our senators. I didn't even know what a senator was. I was like, Who are you? Like, you seem really important, but I don't know what you do. Um, but it was really just a place for me to learn and understand and it opened a bunch of doors for not necessarily when I was eight years old still, but when I was older, it really just allowed me to understand, okay, I can do this and I can make a change and talk to these super important scary people. If I want to so I wouldn't say necessarily started my advocacy at eight years old, but it definitely opened that door and set that path or the years coming up. Stacey Simms 35:10 So in the book, actually, I can you mentioned, you know, sugar and misconceptions. Morgan Panzirer 35:15 Are there actually, as I say, actually, are there questions that that really have followed you that you would answer? Actually, I can. Oh, there's so many. It's funny, you should say that. Because one of the chapters towards the end of the book actually has a bunch of things that I've heard people say prior about this. And my answer to each of them is actually I can so that's really funny. You should bring that up. So yeah, it's all surrounding kind of the sugar aspect. And that always drove me crazy. Like, oh, you Sorry, you can't have this ice pop. It's not sugar free. And to that, I would say, Actually, I can. So it's really funny that you should bring that up. Stacey Simms 35:53 Well, I mean, it's something that I think many people with diabetes experience over and over again to the point where you have to decide Are you going to be annoyed and be sarcastic? Or say nothing? Or am I going to be annoyed and continue to educate? Right and that second one, even just as a parent of a child with type one, I try to choose the second one as often as I can, but it really does wear on you. So when I saw the name of your book, I was like, totally can relate. Morgan Panzirer 36:19 Yeah. Unknown Speaker 36:20 And you ride correct. That's your sport is, is I'm gonna say it incorrectly as horseback riding. Morgan Panzirer 36:26 Yes, that is my sport. How do I say that? What's the real sport? equestrian sports? Thank you, Unknown Speaker 36:33 bro. Unknown Speaker 36:35 I've not talked to somebody with type one who is you know, involved in equestrian sports. Can you tell us a little bit about how you go about doing that? I mean, because obviously, there's got to be equipment, requirements of the sport and concerns about a pump and a CGM. So Morgan Panzirer 36:50 what do you do? Absolutely. So I started writing actually right after my diagnosis, and at the beginning, it was fairly easy to manage my blood sugar's Because I was young and just doing beginner things, but as I got older and obviously I started wearing a CGM a little later I got a little more difficult because I was riding for longer I was doing more difficult things. So it became a game of trial and error to kind of find the balance of Okay, I need to cut back my Bazell this this much time prior to getting on and then afterwards, I should sip on a Gatorade. So it was a big game of trial and error that definitely got frustrating at times. But then the whole other battle was at horse shows because when you horse show, you're not allowed to have a phone or any sort of electronic device on you. So I'll never forget there was this one show I was competing in and I go in and I do my course. So I do the jumpers for anyone that knows. So I go in, I jump my course and I come out and the judge walkie talkie over to the end gate where you enter the ring and said she has to be disqualified because she has a phone on her and I was like I don't Promise you like, I'll show it to you. It's not a phone. So they ended up being understanding but after that I had to really be conscientious about prior to stepping in the ring, having the person that was managing the in gate radio over to the judge and say she's that does not have a phone. She's wearing an insulin pump. So that was something I found really interesting. Um, but yeah, it was it's definitely an interesting sport to have type one and do for sure. Well, Stacey Simms 38:28 you know, and obviously, you had to educate them and now hopefully the next time somebody comes through that way, they would know that a pump isn't a phone, but I'm curious too, you know, obviously writing horse is not driving a car, but it is one of the few sports where you're, you're not alone, right you have to stretch but work with me here. In a way you're you know, you're controlling the horse you're in charge, you have to be in your you have to have good enough diabetes control, that you know, if you're going low, you can Have you could have an accident you could get seriously injured for sure. Yeah. I mean, that's got to be something that I know your parents would be worried about. But as an athlete, it's it's a little bit more consequential in a way than like my son. He's played every kind of sport but if he goes low and basketball, he's probably you know, he's just gonna get himself off the court. He's he's not taking a horse Morgan Panzirer 39:21 Yeah, it's, it's interesting because there have definitely been times where I'm so invested in riding and what I'm doing that I don't even realize how low I am. So I really have to be careful and always be watching I wear my Apple Watch which is a huge help because I just clicked the Dexcom app and my blood sugar pops right up. So that's made it a lot easier but as you said, there's definitely an added component of stress because if something happens to me, I'm either a gonna fall off and get seriously hurt or be by horses going to be running around loose in the ring. So aren't really ideal circumstances. For sure, Stacey Simms 40:00 my apologies to you and anyone listening who is familiar with equestrian sports hearing me painfully make my way through trying to describe. But I appreciate it. Obviously, your parents have read the book, and they must be so proud of you. But was there anything in there that you thought? I don't know if I want my parents to read this? Are you? I mean, I know it's nothing terrible. But you know, in terms of, I think sometimes the people I've talked to with type one, are worried that they're going to make their parents worry more, even as adults, they just don't want their parents to worry. And I was curious if that went through your head at all, as you were releasing this book? Morgan Panzirer 40:35 Yeah, I mean, there's one chapter in particular that comes to mind where I'm just very raw about my emotions. And at home, I'm not someone who's like that. I'm very quiet. And if something's bothering me, I'll go to my room and deal with it there. So I think putting that all out on paper and having that kind of out to the world and then have my parents read it. I don't want to say I was hesitant, but it was it was interesting because I didn't really know how they were going to react to me being like, Oh, I broke down into tears because they don't usually see me do that very often. So I was, I was a little scared as to what they would think like, Oh, no, is she like crazy at our room? Like what is she doing all the time, but I think they just they were very understanding like, if this is how you want to deal with it, this is how you deal with it. You do whatever you need to do. Stacey Simms 41:25 When I was looking it up on Amazon earlier, I laughed because you know, Amazon has that if you bought this, you might buy that or, you know, bought and there was my book, there was the world's worst diabetes mom and a bunch of other great diabetes books too. But I laughed because I guess with the teenager in the parenting, maybe they put it together. You know, the world's worst diabetes mom is not about really being a terrible parent. It's about the insecurities that we as parents have when we make mistakes with our kids. I'm curious for you. It sounds like your parents gave you an awful lot of independence and had a lot of confidence in you and I Assume your sister as well. Any message for parents of kids with type one who think we're just messing up and we're the worst? Morgan Panzirer 42:07 You're not the worst, I can start by saying that. I think I would say try to give your child as much independence as possible without making it unsafe. My parents, as you said, gave me a ton of independence. And I think it worked really well for me, but it's also really different. So what works for me may not work for my sister. So you kind of have to be willing to cater to your child's needs and what you think will suit them best. But independence for me was key. Stacey Simms 42:36 And then I'll flip it around and say, okay, you're you're a college student. Now you're you're not you know, you're not quite done with being a teenager, but the high school experience is behind you. Any advice for teenagers? type one? Morgan Panzirer 42:47 Yeah, I would say teenage years are tough just because your peers are naturally a lot more judgmental than they are when they're adults. Do what you do. Don't hide anything. If they want to be jerks about it. Let them be jerks about it. That's their problem. And just don't let them get the best of you because I was bullied by freshman year of high school for wearing a CGM on my leg and was shorts on and things like that. So I would just say, don't let the haters hate who cares, they can do what they want. Unknown Speaker 43:18 And for you now, what are you studying? Did I read you want to be an endocrinologist? Morgan Panzirer 43:22 Yes, I am studying biology in Spanish on a pre med track. And I'm hoping to go to medical school for pediatric endocrinology. Did you have an endocrinologist growing up that inspired you? When did you realize you want to do something like this? It's funny, it was kind of the opposite. Hopefully, he's not listening right now. He wasn't bad by any means. But I just thought it would be really cool if I had an endocrinologist who also has type one who can relate to what I'm going through and make me feel like I'm not alone. So if I want that from my endocrinologist, I want to be able to give that to others. So I'm hoping that eventually, if I make it through med school, I'll be able to give that experience to younger children who are also fighting type one. That's great. And then someday you could do the next book, which is actually you can Exactly. Stacey Simms 44:18 Work it. Thank you so much for talking with me. often don't hear about those teen years and growing up with type one until people are adults, so I can't thank you enough for sharing your story. I really wish you the very best with this. Morgan Panzirer 44:28 Of course, thank you so much for having me. Stacey Simms 44:33 I will link up more information about Morgan's book, just go to Diabetes connections.com click on the episode homepage. As usual, there's also a episode transcription. I started doing that in January of 2020 of this year, we're slowly going back the catalog I'll probably put the transcripts in for past shows as well. But you know, there's a lot of shows we're up to episode This is 310 if you're keeping track so I'm doing the best I can with transcriptions but 2020 and going forward getting great feedback on that. And thank you, I really appreciate hearing from you. If there's something that you really like or don't like with the show, and the transcriptions have been a big hit, people listen to the show people read the show, and some people listen while they read the show. However, I can serve you That is what I'm here for. And I'm kind of laughing. But really, that's one of the reasons why I wanted to add the transcriptions. I think there's some excellent information. It's not about me, it's about the information and if you can read it, I know some people just prefer that. So very cool. Thanks again. And, you know, when you go to Amazon, and you see, it just makes me laugh, right? The you see Morgan's book with my book. I don't know why it makes me laugh. I mean, I'm a serious author now. But I do get a kick out of serious author (laughs). I do get a kick out of seeing people I know or have met, along with my book. It's just really a lot of fun. I don't know. Maybe it's silly, but I really get a kick out of it. All right, great month of shows coming up. I'm very excited about July because we're going to be talking about selecting an insulin pump, not which pump is best, but how do you select one that's like the number one Question all these Facebook groups? What pumps should I get? What pumps Should I get my kid? We're also gonna be talking about pancreas transplant. I've wanted to talk to somebody who had a pancreas transplant for years and years because you hear you know how difficult it is or how does it even happen. And so we've done that and I'm really thrilled to share that interview with you in the coming weeks. And of course, the fiscal would squares. That chaotic show will be out soon as well. So lots of good stuff coming up. More on the way. Thank you to my editor, chunky tennis solutions. And thank you so much for listening. I'm Stacey Simms. I'll see you back here next week. Until then, kind to yourself. Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Simms media. All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged Transcribed by https://otter.ai
TJ and Tony take their long and rambling road down memory lane, reminiscing about discovering the Fab Four for the first time, with detours to Grease, Webster and NBC-era Letterman. Shout-outs to Pear Records, Denny Dent and Valerie Harper.Fact cheque please: D.A. Pennebaker not Pennemaker, Sherman Hemsley not Helmsley.Special "She's So Heavy" style edit courtesy of Zoom.
Today we welcome the new month - July - and we remember the first meeting of the Vale of York Field Naturalists Club. We'll also learn about the Illinois State Flower, which was adopted on this day. We'll usher in the new month with some July poetry. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about how gardens and growing food help people maintain their culture. It's a personal favorite of mine. And then we'll wrap things up with a newspaper story from 1932 called "Plant Explorer Finds Adventure." But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news. Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy. Curated News Before & After: An Urban Oasis - Flower Magazine Dwight Brown of Father Nature Landscapes wanted to honor his client's wishes for a garden that would remind him of his European travels. Brown aged the exterior with a creeping fig (Ficus pumila) for a climber on the side of the house. He also added an Oakland holly, a 'Shi-Shi Gashira' camellia, and a shaped boxwood hedge that edged a gorgeous group of 'Limelight' hydrangea. Brown says, "Much like English ivy, the creeping fig with boxwoods, mondo grass, and hydrangeas helped create the classic cottage look I wanted. We love working edibles into the ornamental landscape. Our goal was to bring back memories of the homeowner's travels to Europe, especially Italy..." Welcome July in the Garden Welcome July and all that you may bring us! For gardeners, July hosts a riot of color in our gardens. History tells us that many flowers have claimed to be the birth flower for the month of July - which, by the way, the Roman Senate named to honor Julius Caesar by. In China, July's birth flower is, fittingly, the water lily. In the rest of the world, other top July blooms for the month include the Larkspur, the Delphinium, the Sweet Pea, and the Rose. Thinking about all of these gorgeous summer blossoms that claim July's top spot reminded me of a sweet verse from the Maud poem by Tennyson. It goes like this: She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; The red rose cries, "She is near, she is near;" And the white rose weeps, "She is late;" The larkspur listens, "I hear, I hear;" And the lily whispers, "I wait." — Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet, Maud (Part I) The Rose, the Larkspur, and the Lily; many of July's favorite flowers are in that little verse. Truly, July is a month of abundance and extremes. On the one hand, there's the heat, and on the other, there are the storms. In 2001, the year my daughter was born, it was mighty hot in Minnesota - well over 100 degrees for weeks on end. As a result, she ended up wearing all of the ridiculous outfits people tend to give you when you have a little baby girl; things like little halter tops and itty bitty bikini tops, teeny tiny little skorts and sundresses. Now, I always preferred to have my babies properly covered - dressed in layers and bundled. But the summer Emma was born, I changed my tune. Suddenly those little outfits seemed mighty appropriate, and I have many pictures of her - san's blankets and sweaters - keeping cool in her summer barbie-inspired clothes. In reality, the average temperature in most places in America during the month of July is a very pleasant 70 degrees. That said, just don't ask about the range - which can vary wildly. And, July is traditionally known as the month to make hay. It's been called Haymonth or Maed month, referring to haymaking and the flowering of the meadows. By July, most gardens are set, and gardeners tend to get their work done in the mornings when it is cooler and less buggy. Still, experienced gardeners know that July's biggest challenge, outside of the heat, is thunderstorms. I remember the summer a dear friend of mine had a garden tour planned for the middle of July. Sadly, it was a tour that never happened. The night before her big day, a huge storm whipped through the area, taking down trees and pelting the garden with hail. There was nothing to do but clean up. And I remember sitting on her patio after we had righted her table and chairs eating one of the little radish and cucumber sandwiches that were supposed to be for the guests that day. That day was as sour as the lemonade we sipped in the chopped salad that was my friend's garden. It's no wonder that the folk sayings of July reflect her temperature extremes. For example: If the first of July be rainy weather, 'Twill rain more or less for four weeks together. Despite the storms, we seem to remember mainly the heat of July and the vibrant blooms in the garden. It's a glorious month for ornamentals and cut flowers. One of my personal favorites is Martagon Lilies. Martagon Lilies are in peak right now in most gardens. They bring the most beautiful architectural aspect and form to the garden; they are so exquisite. Offering a Turk's cap-style bloom, Like many plants, Martagon colonies get better and better with age. Martagons like rich soil and they will be grateful for a dusting of lime every year. And here's a gentle reminder to divide your Flag Iris after they finish blooming. Regular division can re-invigorate your iris and promote healthy new growth. The saddest thing in the garden is to lose your Iris because you failed to divide them. Experienced gardeners know that the best time to divide flag iris is immediately after flowering. Once again, as I like to say, "Prune-time follows bloom-time" - or in this case, division follows bloom-time. In any case, the end of any bloom-time is usually your cue to act - so get going! With the Iris, you'll want to lift out the whole clump with a pitchfork and use a sharp knife to separate any new rhizomes. Finally, don't forget that flag irises need full sun. So if you don't have them situated properly, stage a relocation immediately. Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group. Today's Important Events 1871 The Yorkshire Herald reported the first meeting of the Vale of York Field Naturalists Club. On that day, the weather was very poor. Still, almost fifty ladies and gentlemen left the Society's Rooms in Micklegate to travel in three four-horsed carriages to go to Rivaulx ("ree-VOH") Abbey. Once they arrived at the Abbey, the group then broke into small parties made up of geologists, botanists, and entomologists, and then they went out and explored the valley by the Abbey. "The geologists were interested in the sections laid bare in the quarries, and many interesting and beautiful fossils were found. [Meanwhile], the botanists collected: Saxiraga tridaclylitet (nailwort) Helianthemum vulgare (rock rose) Cuscuta Epithymum (clover dodder) Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine) Atropa Belladonna (belladonna or deadly nightshade) Polypodium Phegopterit (northern beech fern) P. Dryoplerit (oak fern) Scolopendrium vulgare (hart' s-tongue fern) At six o'clock the party sat down to dinner at the Crown Hotel, Helmsley, which was served in Mr. and Mrs. Cowen's usual substantial style… the Rev. Vice-President Rowe addressed those assembled on the advantages of natural history and the beauties and history of the Abbey. (Rowe was also the hon. secretary of the Architectural Society). It was arranged that the next monthly field day should be held at Bolton Abbey and Woods. They then left for home, after a most agreeable day, which left everyone with the feeling that this the first excursion of the club was a great success." 1908 Illinois adopted the Violet as its State Flower. As with many State Flowers, Illinois decided to let the school children of the state vote to decide the state flower. The purple Violet received 15,591 votes, and the wild rose came in second with 11,903 votes. The children also decided on the state tree, and they selected the white oak. Meanwhile, newspapers were running a piece that blared the headline, "The Reign of the Violet is Over." It said this: "Strange and unbelievable, but a fact, nevertheless, violets are no longer fashionable. Gardenias, Orchids, and American Beauty Roses are as much in evidence as ever, but the reign of the Violet is temporarily over. It is true that a large bunch of deep purple violets relieved by a single mauve orchid, a deep pink rose, or a single wax-like gardenia is still an acceptable gift, but it is not the gift that is so frequently chosen this year, as a small cluster of gardenias or even of two or three exquisitely beautiful orchids… Roses are much in favor at the moment... A new flower hailing from Paris is the pink American Beauty, and well does it deserve the name... The color is an adorable shade of shell pink, and for all decorative purposes, this flower has already a firmly established place in fashion's regard.... One cannot but regret the sense of chivalry of a generation back when etiquette demanded that flowers always be sent to a hostess before even the least formal entertainment, and when a debutante [would rather] stay at home than go to a ball without ... [a] little bouquet of flowers." 1910 The Allentown (Pennsylvania) Democrat paper reported that Joseph Hooker was 93 years old. Here's what it said: "Sir Joseph Hooker, the world-famous botanist, received a personal note of congratulations from King George today on the occasion of his ninety-third birthday. Sir Joseph, who is still remarkably active for a man of his great age, has had a long and brilliant career in his chosen field of science. As early as 1839, he accompanied the expedition of Sir James Ross to the Antarctic region. Later he conducted scientific expeditions to many parts of the world… In the course of his active career, he rendered invaluable services to the British arts, manufacturers and commerce by promoting an accurate knowledge of the floras and economic vegetable products of the various colonies and dependencies of the empire." Unearthed Words As I mentioned earlier in the show, July is the month of heat and storms, and that is reflected in a number of poems. In scorched July The storm-clouds fly. — Christina Georgina Rossetti, English poet, The Months If the first of July be rainy weather, It will rain, more or less, for four weeks together. — John Ray, English naturalist and writer, English Proverbs When storms finally break through the July heat, there is also the immeasurable pleasure that accompanies the deluge: the smell of rain. A break in the heat away from the front no thunder, no lightning, just rain, warm rain falling near dusk falling on eager ground steaming blacktop hungry plants Thirsty turning toward the clouds cooling, soothing rain splashing in sudden puddles catching in open screens that certain smell of summer rain. — Raymond A. Foss, American poet, Summer Rain This poem perfectly captures the ferocity of summer storms in the garden: The rain to the wind said, 'You push, and I'll pelt.' They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged--though not dead. I know how the flowers felt. — Robert Frost, American poet, Lodged The July rains encourage special summer blooms. Hot July brings cooling showers, Apricots, and gillyflowers. — Sara Coleridge, English author, The Garden Year If you are wondering what gillyflowers are, you are not alone. Gillyflowers was a term that often referred to plants from the mustard family like the wallflower, carnation, clove pink, or white stock. Gilly is derived from the Latin and Greek words for clove. Grow That Garden Library The Earth Knows My Name by Patricia Klindienst This book came out in April of 2007, and the subtitle is: Food, Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Americans Patricia Klindienst is a master gardener and an award-winning scholar and teacher. She lives in Guilford, Connecticut, and teaches creative writing each summer at Yale University. Patricia Klindienst went to many different gardens - urban, suburban, and rural - in order to write this book. She had seen an old family photo of her Italian immigrant family and was inspired not only to learn about her ancestor's struggle to adapt to America, but also eager to hear stories from other families. The jacket to Patricia's book reminds us that, "As we lose our connection to the soil, we no longer understand the relationship between food and a sense of belonging to a place and a people." How do gardens and growing food help people maintain their culture? This is the question Patricia explores in her book. Vegetables, fruits, and flowers provide so much more than sustenance, food, and beauty. They convey who and where we are and what we are about. In her review of this book, the author Deborah Madison said, "We who are far removed from our own immigrant roots will do well to study these eloquent stories and learn from them. Patricia Klindienst has given us nothing less than a great gift." The book is 208 pages of ways we can connect to the earth - all shared with today's gardener in mind. You can get a copy of The Earth Knows My Name by Patricia Klindienst and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $3. Today's Botanic Spark 1932 Newspapers worldwide ran a fascinating article about the botanist Frank Kingdon-Ward titled "Plant Explorer Finds Adventure." "Captain Frank Kingdon-Ward, tall, well-built son of Britain, probably one of the world's most noted plant seekers... has journeyed all over the world in search of rare flowers, has led a life as exciting as any explorer and has given the world some of its most beautiful and rare blooms. Now In his late 40's, he is tanned from the winds and suns of tropical India, Asia, and the forbidden land of Tibet. He has collected flowers from the heights of the Himalayas, and from the depths of marshy Indian -jungles. His last expedition occurred In 1931. On it, he discovered a new pass into Tibet 35,000 feet above sea level, through an out-flung range of the Himalayas. His efforts in prying through thick jungles and climbing high mountains were rewarded in the discovery of a new species of slipper orchid, said to be worth about $500. On another of his Tibetan expeditions, he discovered the blue poppy, a flower that is sought by all Horticulturists in this country and obtained by few. To give an idea of the trying conditions under which he labored, consider that he discovered a new river, the Nam-Tamai, the lost source of the Irrawaddy, which no white man in 2,000 years of civilization had found. All along this river, through virgin forest, he and his small band trudged, meeting wild beasts and hostile bands of natives… He located a people … known only as...the Darus. These people had never seen a white man before Kingdon-Ward arrived. One of the most unusual plants he ever discovered was the rare Nomocharis farreri, a beautiful flower of China. This plant was found by accident and during the height of a violent rainstorm. The flower itself Is rose pink outside and dappled with royal purple inside. Each stem, from 12 to 15 inches in height, bears one, two, or three of the flowers, which grow as large as teacups. The flower which Captain Kingdon-Ward prizes most of all is the Campanula Calicola, "perhaps the most beautiful rock plant I discovered." It was found growing in limestone cliffs and is adaptable lo rock gardens. The Orient is rich in flowers. That land has given us many of our choice blooms. Roses come from India and China; pinks, carnations, and daffodils from Asia Minor; and numerous rare orchids come from the wilds of Tibet. Captain Kingdon-Ward describes a land of rare rhododendrons vividly in a book he wrote on his adventures in China and Asia. "You may wander for days ankle-deep through a chromatic surf of rhododendrons, rose pink, ivory white, lavender, plum purple, crimson and amber yellow. They are woven into carpets of queer design and ample pile, or form tuffets, or hassocks or mere tangles, mats, or brooms. "They spread and sprawl everywhere, bushy and twigulous, all; looming Into flower together; still looking across the dark ocean of moorland, you see the billowy hills crested with color; and, where escarpments break the even roll, the plant growth surges high up the rocks. It Is western Szechwan - the Tibetan marshes - [and] home of the 'Lapponicum' rhododendrons.
Leona Helmsley was a force to be reckoned with. Not only did she take whatever she wanted in life by any means necessary, including her husband, she seemed to thrive on belittling those around her. This came back to bite her when, after an $8 million renovation on her "weekend" mansion, she tried to dispute charges by citing shoddy work. Little did she know, her contractors noticed that the Helmsley's company had been billed - not the couple themselves. Visit Patreon.com/mugshotpod to find out how you can support the show and get early, ad-free access to episodes as well as bonus episodes. Any donation is appreciated and goes right back into helping produce the show. Mugshot merchandise can be found at mugshotpod.threadless.com. Get shirts, mugs, and more!Music by:Swelling"Night II"Meydan"Insomnia Pt. 1"SoundCrate"Squad"SoundCrate"Shady Dealings"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7912042.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20080201171136/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/leona-helmsley-is-dead-at-87/index.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-02-16-9002152937-story.html https://law.jrank.org/pages/3446/U-S-v-Helmsley-1989--We-Don-t-Pay-Taxes-Only-Little-People-Pay-Taxes.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-19-mn-5943-story.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/queen-of-mean-the-rise-and-fall-of-leona-helmsley https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/29/rich-bitch Cover photo from The New Yorker
Leona Helmsley was a force to be reckoned with. Not only did she take whatever she wanted in life by any means necessary, including her husband, she seemed to thrive on belittling those around her. This came back to bite her when, after an $8 million renovation on her "weekend" mansion, she tried to dispute charges by citing shoddy work. Little did she know, her contractors noticed that the Helmsley's company had been billed - not the couple themselves. Visit Patreon.com/mugshotpod to find out how you can support the show and get early, ad-free access to episodes as well as bonus episodes. Any donation is appreciated and goes right back into helping produce the show. Mugshot merchandise can be found at mugshotpod.threadless.com. Get shirts, mugs, and more!Music by:Swelling"Night II"Meydan"Insomnia Pt. 1"SoundCrate"Squad"SoundCrate"Shady Dealings"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7912042.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20080201171136/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/20/leona-helmsley-is-dead-at-87/index.html https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-02-16-9002152937-story.html https://law.jrank.org/pages/3446/U-S-v-Helmsley-1989--We-Don-t-Pay-Taxes-Only-Little-People-Pay-Taxes.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-19-mn-5943-story.html https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/30/queen-of-mean-the-rise-and-fall-of-leona-helmsley https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/09/29/rich-bitch Cover photo from The New Yorker
“The whole premise that where you live dictates your access to specialty care, dictates your outcomes, dictates your access to tools to manage your disease. That's absurd in this day and age. … We have to seize this opportunity to level the playing field and really begin to truly give equal care no matter where you live. When David Panzirer was named a Trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust thirteen years ago, he knew little about being a philanthropist. Today, he helps to direct that fund's $6 billion dollars toward initiatives that create greater healthcare access – both in rural America and sub-Saharan Africa – while ensuring better long-term outcomes. He is especially passionate about improving the lives of those with type 1 diabetes, a disease that hits very close to home. “There is no shortcut for diligence,” he tells Mike. “I started out and I wanted a cure for my daughter like anybody else in my position. As a society, we have never cured an autoimmune chronic disease. … We've taken some things and we've turned them into managed diseases. But my point is, it's not easy. If it were easy, we'd be done.”
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Choosing your diabetes technology can be complicated. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was sort of a Consumer Reports for pumps and CGMs? We found out about Diabetes Wise from people who know it’s about more than the hardware. Check out Stacey's new book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Stacey talks with Dr. Korey Hood who lives with type 1 and is with Stanford University as well as Laurel Koester, with the Helmsley Charitable Trust. Together, these two groups created Diabetes Wise. Stacey, Korey & Laurel talk about how it works and why it’s needed. Stacey spoke to Korey on a previous episode about diabetes gear and mental health. Find that episode homepage here. Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! In Tell Me Something Good – the greatest game of Marco Polo every played.. and Stacey finds her diabetes doppleganger. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode transcription (it's a rough transcript, please excuse grammar, spelling & punctuation) Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by one drop treated for people with diabetes by people who have diabetes, and by dexcom, take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with dexcom. Announcer 0:17 This is Diabetes Connections with Stacey Sims. Stacey Simms 0:23 This week, choosing your diabetes technology can be complicated. Wouldn't it be nice if there was sort of a Consumer Reports for pump and CGMs? Enter DiabetesWise from people who know it's about more than the hardware, Korey Hood 0:38 there's the physical side to wearing it, then there's this mental burden that is related to having to pay attention to it and to think about what's going on. And then there's also the social side that is the distractions and the potential workaround. So you have to come up with in these various settings, whether it's school work, family relationships, Stacey Simms 0:56 that's Korey Hood, who lives with type one. He's part of the Team at Stanford who along with the healthy trust created DiabetesWise, we'll talk about what it is how it works and why it is needed. In Tell me something good, the greatest game of Marco Polo ever played, and I find my diabetes doppelganger. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Welcome to another week of Diabetes Connections. I'm your host Stacey Simms. So glad to have you along. And I'm really excited about what we're talking about today. Because I don't know about you. But when we went to pick out our pump for Benny, and I'll tell the story during the interview, it was just overwhelming. And while our educator was fantastic, I really wish we'd had just something to kind of compare and contrast the different types of tech like now exists with DiabetesWise. So we'll get to that and the interview in just a couple of minutes. But you know, I get so many great things emails and messages and I'm so terrible at reading reviews and sharing this stuff with you. You know, there's all sorts of techniques and strategies for getting people to share more reviews and email you more in blah blah blah. I'm just terrible at that. But I have to share this one with you. Because it was like getting a message, like a message in a bottle from a time machine. So here's what happened. Casey messaged me. “Hi, Stacey. I'm sure you get messages like this one all day every day, but I couldn't resist reaching out. I wanted to reach out and tell you how you impacted my world for the better. My son was diagnosed with type one on the 21st of November of 2019. We are soaking in all the new information, trying to get sleep keep up with our jobs, all while trying to keep our regular life intact. I came across your podcast and more specifically, the episode titled all about babies and toddlers with Type One Diabetes. I immediately thought finally a podcast discussing everything we have been dealing with lately. Plus, it's run by a type one mom – score! and Anyway, long story short, she writes, I listened to it and learned a lot.” “But that's not why I'm messaging you. I am messaging you because my son's name is Benny. And he was diagnosed just six weeks before his second birthday. His sister is four. If that wasn't enough similarities for you, we are also from Charlotte. They live in Charleston. Now, I know this might not mean that much to you. But for me listening to your podcast, shifted my world, listening to your story somehow made me feel not so alone. All I can say is thank you. Thank you for telling your story and putting your life out there for the world to see.” It took me a minute, I had to reread it to be honest with you. Because if you're not familiar with our story, my son, Benny, was diagnosed right before he turned two his older sister had just turned five. So it's a very similar story. I mean, they have used to live in Charlotte. It was just this feeling of kinship. Yep, I'm not sure I we're still talking. I'm kind of working out the emotions, because it is kind of like looking at a time machine. And I'm so grateful for the people that were there for us when Benny was diagnosed, and the blogs I read and the people that I talked to. So to be that for somebody else now is really remarkable. So Casey, thank you so much for reaching out. Definitely. Let's keep in touch, our Benny's. Maybe we'll meet at some point, how much fun would that be? I mean, we go to Charleston every summer. That's where we go to the beach. So I'm really hoping to follow up on this because man, those connections are really what it's all about. For me, it sounds really hokey, but if you've listened to the show for any length of time or met me, I think you'll say that that's the truth. Alright, so DiabetesWise coming up in just a moment. But first, Diabetes Connections is brought to you by One Drop and it is so nice to find a diabetes product that not only does what you need, but also fits in perfectly with your life. One Drop is that it's the slickest looking at most modern meter My family has ever used. It's not just about the modern meter setup. You can also send your readings to the mobile app automatically and review your data anytime, instantly share blood glucose reports with your healthcare team. It also works with your Dexcom Fitbit or your Apple Watch. Not to mention they're awesome test strips subscription plans, pick as many test strips as you need and they'll deliver them to your door. One Drop diabetes care delivered, learn more, go to diabetes, connections dot com and click on the One Drop logo. My guests this week are Korey hood PhD professor of pediatrics and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford School of Medicine. We did a great episode a while back about the mental burden of wearing devices. With Korey It was really eye opening for me and I will link that up on the episode homepage. And we're also talking to Laura Kester T1D program officer at the Helmsley trust. I should note, we taped this interview a few weeks ago. So when they Talk about things added to the website. Some are already there. And starting this year, all of our episodes are transcribed on the homepage. Have you checked that out, you can go right to the episode homepage on diabetes, connections. com, scroll down just a little bit. And the whole episode transcript is there so you can read the episode, if you prefer. love to know if you're doing that. So let me know what you think. Here is my interview with Korey and Laurel. And I start out by asking Korey, what is DiabetesWise? Korey Hood 6:30 Well, thanks again, Stacey for having us on. And we're always happy to talk about diabetes life. So this is a website that we collaboratively worked on. So I'm a psychologist and clinical researcher and one of the things that we've noticed in practice and and also in research is that people are not always aware of the different device options they have and I'm not always aware of the different technologies available to them for managing Diabetes. And so we wanted to create a resource that was unattached to device manufacturers to companies that hopefully is unbiased and and can be free and people can go there and compare different devices and understand a little bit about what other people who are using those devices have, you know, thoughts on it. And so, we've been doing some collaborative work with the Helmsley Charitable Trust for four or five years on understanding some of these device and psychological factors related to device use. And so we have support from them and have been working on this for much of the past year and a half. Stacey Simms 7:45 Laurel, let me ask you, I remember years ago now, looking for the insulin pump for my son who was two at the time and it just seemed overwhelming what was out there. I had no idea how to make a decision. What would I find at DiabetesWise how would this have helped me? Laurel Koester 8:03 Sure. So one thing I think is really critical about DiabetesWise and makes what makes it so different from what's out there is the use of personal stories from real people living with diabetes. So, you know, our ultimate goal at the trust is to help people be aware of all their technology options that are out there, and kind of get the inside story and real talk from other living with type one about their experiences, trying, maybe stopping, maybe trying, again, different types of technology. And we found through some market research that we've done is people really you know, they're kind of two groups of people. There's a group of people that you really trust their doctor above everyone else. Then there's other folks that really look to online information sources. Know, like a DiabetesWise, like beyond type one. But there was nothing really focused specifically on technology. And what is really great about DiabetesWise is that it has a short questionnaire at the beginning that basically serves as an algorithm to help see where people are when they come into the site, and then provide suggestions on what device is right for them through the use of the personal story. Stacey Simms 9:40 And we're like, I definitely want to talk more about the homestay trust and why it got involved here. I mean, so much for people with diabetes, but Korey, okay, so you've and I've talked before about the mental load people with diabetes carry when we carry when one of these devices is attached. Right and how we kind of don't think about that. I mean, it never occurred. occurred to me when he was two and a half we put the Animas 2020 on him, it never occurred to me to think well, What's this doing mentally to my child? You know, as a teen, it's kind of easier to see. But can you talk about that a little bit about how it's beyond? I mean, they all work really well. There's not a bad insulin pump out there. Korey Hood 10:19 Yeah, absolutely. I think that, and what you just mentioned, I think is a great a great example of why we have to think about this at different stages. And, you know, for somebody who's, like your son diagnosed the two, and then the family is adjusting and I mean, the burden around the mental burden around diabetes management at that point, even devices are not as really on the parent and so the it's really just a physical side that's on the child, but as they develop and then you know, as you know, many of the people with diabetes using these devices are adults that there's a I think there's a couple different parts of Did that sit in the psychological impact and one of them that we noticed a lot, especially in the teen years, there is the social side. And so what kind of attention is drawn to the person based on wearing these devices and having alerts, alarms, having, you know, disruptions and various things that they're doing. And so I think that the there's the physical side to wearing it, then there's this mental burden that is, is related to having to pay attention to it and to think about what's going on. And then there's also the social side that is, you know, the distractions and the potential workaround, so you have to come up with in in these various settings, whether it's school work, family relationships. And so I think that there's a, there's a lot to think about, that we often I think, especially in the clinical care side, we forget that as soon as people leave the clinic, this is what they deal with. Stacey Simms 11:56 Just this quiz, well this take me through which pumps beeps Am I going to actually listen to which CGM sensor alarm? Well I respond to I mean, I'm kind of joking. But you know, alarm fatigue and things like that. Are things that really happen. Are those kinds of things taken into account when you're trying to figure out what to choose? Korey Hood 12:17 Oh, absolutely. I think that you know, one of the things that we wanted to do, and I think that this is best illustrated with our CGM comparison tool, which we did a lot of collaborative work with Laurel and her team to make sure that we got it right. And one of the things that we have there, you know, people can compare the sensors compare the different devices on whether or not it provides, you know, you have to do calibrations, you have to do finger six, but you also know the kind of alerts whether they're customizable or not. Because, I mean, as you know, as you just stated in all the user testing that we did, that is a big concern for People are these alarms and alerts and and what are the ways that we can at least notify people of them and what it's going to be like that also, in our, in our stories, people talk about that. And they talk about it being disruptive at different times and some of the little tricks that they found to actually help those situations. And so we try to, you know, it's just, you know, essentially just real talk about what it's like to use these different devices. Stacey Simms 13:27 Also, Korey mentioned your team and some of the research that you did you had done. Can you talk about that a little bit? Laurel Koester 13:33 Yes, absolutely. So I think just want to take a step back is, you know, we know the technology works, but how do we get more people to be aware of them, and not only aware, but to then use them and found them. And so we know that there are a lot of different factors that kind of play into the space around technology adoption, you know, there's a lot of barriers, but also facilitators out there. And so we really wanted to hone in on, you know, we know their system level barriers, like insurance coverage. So our idea was, let's go directly to people living with diabetes and, you know, just understand their awareness around different technologies. And some of the market research we did was specific to CGM, but we thought, hey, if there are the system level barriers, and we also know that, you know, maybe not all providers actually know about these diabetes technology, you know, especially if you're talking about primary care providers. And, you know, given the number of people living with Type One Diabetes, but also type two in the number of endocrinologist in the US there’s just not enough to meet demand. There are a lot of people that are seeing in the primary care sphere. primary care providers just, you know, don't have the bandwidth. So some of the market research we did was to, you know, we wanted to learn about information sources that people trusted. And the the two main points that I alluded to earlier was, there was a group of people that really trust a variety of information sources, ranging from their doctor to diabetes bloggers, to online community groups, and then there's another group that overwhelmingly trust their doctor. So for us, this told us that we need different approaches to raising awareness about diabetes technologies, one being through patient facing resources, like diabetes lives, but I think part of our larger vision is to also we understand now from this research that we also need to involve healthcare provider. Ultimately, the truck vision is to increase the use of diabetes technologies for people living with diabetes and others who are on intensive insulin therapy because it really is a an effective tool to help improve management. Stacey Simms 16:22 Cory I'm curious as somebody who lives with type one, and I assume I shouldn't assume, but I was gonna say I assume who wears devices? Do you use a CGM or a pump? Korey Hood 16:33 I do. Okay, yeah. So you probably too many of them. Stacey Simms 16:36 Wait a minute. So tell us how many are you wearing at the moment? Korey Hood 16:40 Oh, no, I'm just, I'm just exaggerating. I've tried I think everything that's on there. Stacey Simms 16:45 That leads to my question, which is, do you mind sharing separate from DiabetesWise? How did you choose? And you can mention brand names if you want to, but I'm curious how you go about before there was a resources like resource like this. How you You went about choosing what devices you would at least try and then wound up with? Korey Hood 17:05 Yeah, I think it's a great question. And I think it's something that there's there's probably a few themes about how everybody arrives at this place about devices. And I'll tell you mine, but I think that it's there are not that many different routes to people getting on devices. And so for me, I mean, I it was fairly straightforward. This is when you know, back in, this was 10 years plus now when the first CGM came out on the market, and my insurance would pay for it, that was what made me kind of intrigued about it. You know, I heard a I was I've been working in the diabetes space, so I knew that it was coming and and so I wanted to try it because I could, but if I had to pay for that out of pocket, I probably wouldn't have paid for it. I probably wouldn't have done it at that time. So it was it was accessible to me, which was, you know, an important part. And then also, you know, I was I liked the idea of something that gave me a continuous, you know, feed of what was going on with my glucose because I knew from finger sticks and we still know most people are still using finger sticks that there's you miss a lot of the peaks and valleys with those kind of intermittent glucose readings and so for me that was appealing because then I could maybe catch a low I could. And so I just for the management purpose, I think that I was really drawn to it from the pump side. You know, I've been, you know, you've mentioned the Animas earlier and, and I that was my first pump and I use it for a long time and I still have it in my you know, diabetes Museum of devices at home. But I I, for that it was it was just because of provider said you should try this. I didn't know really a lot about it. You know, I was 1819 years ago and I thought you know, I'll try this and and so I think what I can tell you though now I currently use the Omnipod with the Dexcom g six within the loop system. And so my movement to the occupied was was just because it was working with that system and I was I wanted to give it a try to have to blitz and, and for me and my lifestyle and my you know, when I do physical activity, it's just so much better and so so they do have too long of an answer to your question, but I think it's evolved over time about why I've used devices and I've been drawn to ones more recently that are smaller that don't have to be in and that that make it a little bit easier to do the things I like to do you know, outside of work and family. Stacey Simms 19:59 Our experience was, was not exactly similar and choosing an insulin pump in that we were given a lot of choices. And at the time, back in 2006, there were actually more pumps on the market, which is kind of sad to think about. And we chose the Animas 2020. Because I felt like of all of the devices that I was shown, it kind of seemed the easiest. I said to my educator, I really said, I need devices, including pump insets. And everything else. I need the the Venn diagram of idiot proof, and does really good does what it's supposed to do with diabetes, because I really was so overwhelmed. And that's what we wound up with. And as Benny got older, and you know, every four years you're changing and making decisions. We stayed with a two pump. We now use the tandem. One of the reasons we stayed with it is because my son is very responsible, great kid does well loses everything. And we felt the Omnipod PDM would be gone in about 30 seconds, but I'm curious. So when you go through the quiz Your pump and sensor and that kind of thing. What kind of questions are you asking? I mean, I should have taken the quiz before I talked to you, sorry. But I'm wondering like, do you want everything attached to your body? So you don't lose it? If that's one of your questions, or if that's, and I'm laughing, but you know, you understand I'm saying that's one of the No, absolutely, yeah, form factor or your lifestyle factor? Korey Hood 21:22 Absolutely. And I think you raised a really good point about that. The systems that that work well, and are easy to use, have been designed with the person in mind. They've been designed to be, you know, to have the form factor, like you mentioned, but the user experience is something that is positive. And I don't think that all of them are designed and created equally, in that in that sphere. And so I think that, this really great examples of that, and I would say that the tandem is one of those that has You know, and using use an interface that especially for anybody who's been diagnosed in the last few years, you know, that's that's what they're used to in terms of touchscreen. And so with that said, it's a good question about the quiz and one of the things that we did just quickly give you a little bit of history of it. So, in our we did a lot of work serving over 1500 adults with type one 700 adolescents, 700 parents of kids with with type one, to really understand what are the main questions that we need to ask people so that we can put them on the right path toward, you know, an experience where they become more aware about devices and then also maybe matches better to what their lifestyle is. And so we were able to take hundreds of questions and and derive a quiz that have five questions in it. And a part of those questions is about the level of distress and burden that they perceive about that. BTS because we found that that's a really critical factor in making sure that people get the right kind of information about using devices. But we also ask them what their priorities are, what are their concerns? And what are their main ones. And although we don't specifically phrase it, the way that you mentioned, it is that we, we get it, we get at a number of different priorities that people have. And then that starts them on this path. And then because of the way that it's framed, and as Laurel said, around the algorithm, that it will then take people to, based on their responses that will take them to individual stories of others who have those same concerns or same priorities. But then when it one of the parts that's not live on the website, yet, is a device readiness tour device Finder. And so in there, you can drill down a lot more deeply about what your priorities are, and so For example, if someone really wants it to be discreet, if someone wants it really ease of use ease of use as one of the ones that we have in there as a priority, if someone really wants to avoid fingerstick there's all of this that you can tailor the advice or the recommendations that you're going to get based on what your priorities are. So that's great for people who have some idea of what it is, but it's also great for people who are just trying to get a sense of I'm not even sure what my priority is. I'm not even sure what I want out of this so you can learn about it as well in the process. Stacey Simms 24:34 Alright, so I'm looking at the website, and I know that as you said, more is coming. But it does say there's stuff about pump and smart pump. There were only three pumps in the US as far as I know right now. Which ones are the smart pumps? to dump I'm sorry. Korey Hood 24:50 Right? Exactly. I there was something funny there that I couldn't quite come up with but I do agree with you that it what we found and said this is Why is it so important to ask people and involve them in in user testing and development? One of the things we found were that people really wanted to distinguish between something you just put on your body that administers insulin that doesn't make doesn't have any kind of alteration or it doesn't change what it's doing based on anything else. And so, you program a pump and they're, they're, you know, they're sophisticated for, say, 1995. They haven't evolved a lot. But they, they still do a great job and are reliable and precise. With what's what we wanted to distinguish is this idea that a pumpkin do something like low low glucose suspend or can be part of a larger closed loop system. And so the smart pump idea really came from what we heard from people and although it's not a, you know, an FDA category of devices, we really heard from people that they wanted to that distinguish between kind of the traditional way that you would pump versus something that has the capability to be within a closed system or to have low glucose suspend. So that was really the distinction there. Stacey Simms 26:11 Got it. So in other words, if you use an Omnipod on its own, that's a pump. But if you use an Omnipod as part of the non FDA approved loop with a Riley link, now you have a smart pump. Unknown Speaker 26:26 Exactly. Okay. Unknown Speaker 26:27 Let me ask you. We talked Stacey Simms 26:29 about this at the very beginning that one of the things that makes DiabetesWise unique and very, very helpful is that it is not put out by a company with a stake in what device people Unknown Speaker 26:41 choose. The Stacey Simms 26:44 Helmsley charitable trust I think many people are familiar with is so much of what it has done for diabetes research and funding and grants. And we've talked to some folks from the homestay family on the show in the past. What was the purpose here? You know why did Helmsley want to get into involved, it seems really obvious, because you're helping people. But I just wanted to ask you about the involvement here. Laurel Koester 27:08 Yeah, absolutely. Well, I think they see the point that you raised about the the fact that we are an independent entity really speaks to kind of the trust factor not only in you know, what Helmsley because we don't have a financial stake in this. But we're also partnering with some of the leading diabetes researchers in the field at Stanford University. So we really want to ensure that that we're supporting information that is unbranded and unbiased and that people can trust. And I think, again, to underscore that this website is really informed by People living with diabetes is their voices. And, you know, for example, one of the tools that Korey mentioned of this device readiness tool, some of the research that's going into that is, you know, from a sample of people with diabetes, so when people see, you know, different priorities and, you know, writing, as you know, kind of just a sneak peek into some of the features that are going to be coming out, those are actually based on input from people living with diabetes, who are using diabetes was for the first time so it's a really unfiltered real deal. Stacey Simms 28:44 Cory, what's your hope for this? Do you do you hope that like a CDE would say, hey, let's sit down together go through the quiz on DiabetesWise, or is it a question of people just kind of seeking a little bit more, or even people. What I find fantastic about this is that you have empty I'm on here as well, you're not assuming everybody wants an insulin pump, some curious what your hope is going forward? Korey Hood 29:07 It's a great question. And I think that the ultimately what we want to do is we want to be able to match the device with the person and their lifestyle and their interests and their priorities. And, and I think one way to do that is that we traditionally don't do a lot of in clinical care is to spend more time objectively figuring out what's what's going to be the best fit, because clinics are busy, providers are busy, it's hard to get that dialed down really closely. And so my goal really is to get the right one for the person and so it's not a one size fits all approach. And if people are using multiple daily injections, and using a meter, you know, I could argue most of the time that you know, add a CGM add dilib re add something that will give you a little bit more glucose information to dial it in. So there's Maybe a little bit of room, but if you don't want to move, and you are really happy with it, then maybe there's some other some areas of distress related to diabetes that we've learned about in this process that we can help you with. And so, you know, I, it's, it's really intended to be a resource that can match and fit with anybody's interested in what they want to do around devices. But also, you know, at a minimum, you know, it educates the person about it, it also can be a resource that like you said, CDs could use one of the things that we found really helpful is we went to a D over the summer and in August and Houston and one of the things that we learned and, and talk a lot about with CDs was, you know, how this could be a helpful tool for them. And so that's another thing that's in process is making sure that we have something that is that can be used by them in a in a helpful way so that they can also get people on the right devices. I mean, I think that everybody If you get the right device on somebody, and they use it effectively, everybody, when there's less time and involved in on the clinical side, they're better outcomes. The person's happier. I think that there's just so many reasons that we want to do this. And then the other vision for this is that we keep it completely free, that we keep it disconnected from are not connected, not tethered to any kind of device manufacturers, we need them, they have to be part of this. And they're doing great work. But we don't want to be as Laurel said, we're not you know, we don't want to be biased or branded in any way we want it to be free and an objective tool for people to use. Stacey Simms 31:43 I'm curious, what do you mean by you need them for this? Korey Hood 31:48 Well, I mean, I think that we don't necessarily, we don't necessarily need them for DiabetesWise, although, I mean, you could argue that, you know, we wouldn't have DiabetesWise if we didn't have devices, but that's Maybe getting a little Stacey Simms 32:02 device. Korey Hood 32:04 Right, exactly. But But I think what I think I'm just noting that we need for I think the person with diabetes, to have the best chance of the best outcomes we need device companies who are pushing the edge and who, who are, you know, are the competition is a healthy competition. And so I think it's good that they all exist and that they do the work. We just don't want them. We don't want people with diabetes to feel like they have to go to a certain device. And so that's why we we created this so that they could have a more you know, unbiased view of what's available. Stacey Simms 32:47 I just didn't want to make sure I just wanted to make sure I didn't misunderstand there that you didn't need them. In other words to give permission to recommend or that they had to somehow sign off on DiabetesWise. Korey Hood 32:58 Right, right. Okay. There we go. We, you know, if if we want to, we want to work with them on this and make sure that we have accurate information. But ultimately, this is driven by us and our team and our collaborations. And so if there's something on there, that isn't that they don't like then or a story that someone bashes their device, and it's still going to be on the website. But it's also that we we appreciate that they've done a lot of work to bring us to this place where we can actually have these discussions and we can actually have options. Stacey Simms 33:35 Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, I mentioned when Benny was diagnosed, there were more pumps on the market. And while there are fewer now at least the technology is improving. Before I let you go, Cory, could you speak just for a moment about where it's been for you? And you know, where you are looking for to go in the next couple of years? Korey Hood 33:54 Yeah, you know, I think that I mean, I've been it's a little bit of background I've been using For over, I think two and a half years now and, and I've found a great deal of benefit from it mainly on glucose control, but also in on the mental side and having longer chunks of time throughout the day where I don't think about diabetes, which is really nice. So I, for me, I've been really happy with the progression, it's not perfect, and there are still pieces, you know, multiple pieces you have to wear, we still have to, you know, stab ourselves with sharp pieces of metal. So there are a lot of these things that aren't going to go away and I don't think are going to go away anytime soon. But I do think that the ability to put something on and to not pay much attention to it for a few days is we're close to that. And I think that that's what is really appealing. For me and I think for others that we talked to is that if we do Just continue to decrease the amount of time that people have to think about it, and they feel safe, and feel like it's reliable. And that's really what we're aiming for. And I really do think that that's where we're moving in the next few years. Stacey Simms 35:12 Laura, let me give you kind of the last word here, you know, what are your hopes for DiabetesWise and how it helps people Laurel Koester 35:19 just positing said, That's quite a big question. You know, I hope. I think from the homepage standpoint, we want to make the information about diabetes devices and technology is available to everyone living with diabetes, you know, no matter where they live in the US, you know, um, you know, a lot of times just information isn't accessible for people and we want to make sure it's a trusted source of information. And you know, if someone lives in rural America, for example, and they don't have access to support CT groups or an endocrinologist that they can still connect with people like them to learn about the different technologies and devices and experiences of people that are navigating there. They're the same disease. Stacey Simms 36:18 I'm thrilled that this is available. I really wish it was around when we were choosing our devices, because it was a little bit like throwing darts at a dartboard. Luckily it worked out. Okay. But Korey and Laurel, thank you so much for joining me. I really appreciate your time. Unknown Speaker 36:38 You're listening to Diabetes Connections with Stacey Sims. Stacey Simms 36:44 More info about DiabetesWise on the episode homepage and of course, the link is there to go ahead and take the quiz and tool around on their site and see what you think. Up next. What Marco Polo has to do with type one that's in our Tell me something good, but first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. It's hard to think of something that's changed our diabetes management as much as the Dexcom, share and follow apps. The amazing thing to me is how it's helped us talk less about diabetes. That is the wonderful thing about share and follow. As a caregiver, a parent a spouse, you can help the person with diabetes manage in the way that works for your individual situation. Internet connectivity is required to access Dexcom follow separate follow up is required. You can learn more just go to diabetes, connections dot com and click on the Dexcom logo. It is time for Tell me something good. And this one made me smile when I read it. Oh my goodness. So Rachel shared a story: “We were at Target today and my son's low alert on Dexcom went off and we heard in the distance, ‘T1 I hear you – Marco’ my boy lit up. ‘Yes, you do T1 – Polo!’ and another kid pops up out of breath. And the two of them just chat for a few minutes about Legos or with with everything in common. I melted.” So how about that? I mean, we've heard some Dexcom alerts or seen somebody checking their blood sugar. And of course, I want to run over. And how are you and what are you doing here? But I don't I try to contain myself. But every once in a while, I'll say something. But I can honestly say it has never occurred to me to yell Marco, and hope to hear back a Polo. Dexcom alert. So kudos to these kids. And Rachel, thanks for letting us know about it. any follow up? You have we would love to find out. I mean, I can see her son doing this again, and maybe they became friends. I don't know. But I thought it was a really cute story. And if you try it, and it works, let me know. I think the closest we ever came was interestingly enough at a hotel pool speaking of Marco Polo, this years ago, we took a road trip to Chicago. That's a story in and of itself. We took an RV from Charlotte to Chicago. And we did six states and five days to go see Syracuse play in the NCAA Tournament. Anyway, long story short, we did not bring the RV actually into Chicago, it would have been very expensive to do that. So rather than you know, pay a lot and find a place to park it, we parked our RV at my husband's friend's funeral home in Skokie, outside of the city, but that's not what I wanted to tell you about. Um, so we're at the hotel pool. And we look over and there's a little girl with the Dexcom and Omnipod on the backs of her arms. And of course, Benny at that age, was willing to go say hi, be social. So he did and we struck up a whole conversation and they were so nice. It was a lot of fun. Sometimes those diabetes spottings in the wild, really give you more than you'd expect. There. Just something so rewarding and so affirming about knowing you're not the only one, I think as much for parents as for the kids, and someday I'll tell you more about our crazy road trips, we're on a quest as a family to try to hit all 50 states and the kids were so excited about this when they were younger, I think we're on 27 or 28, I'd have to check. And I think I'm the only one who's still excited about trying to do it has to be all four of us together, you have to have feet on the ground, airports do not count. And so feet on the ground, you can't drive through either you have to actually get out and stop and take a picture. You need picture evidence. You don't have to have all four faces in the photo because sometimes people are grumpy and don't want to take pictures. But we need all four of us. So we have one or two pictures where everybody's holding up a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. That one was like at 6am in Ohio on that road trip. I have another one in Las Vegas where we're all holding up gelato, and you can't see our faces. So I'm hoping this summer not to get completely off track to go to New England with the kids because we've got a lot estates a hit up there. Anyway, if you have a Tell me something good story can be a road trip or anything of the kind, whatever works for you. You can send it to me Stacy at Diabetes Connections. com or post it in the Facebook group Diabetes Connections to the group or send it to me on social media, it'll find its way to me, just tell me something good. Keeping that busy schedule, which I'm actually having so much fun with. I'm going to Raleigh, North Carolina for the JDRF type one nation summit this weekend, doing not only the world's worst diabetes mom presentation, but also my favorite one about making connections in real life Diabetes Connections. I have been doing this talk since before the podcast came about. That's where the podcast got its name. And I'm also talking about social media. So I'm really excited to meet some new people right here in my state. And then in two weeks, I'll be in Maine, for an event in South Portland, Maine dizzy calendar as I head out on the world's worst diabetes. Mom book tour. And if you've got an event later in the year, things are still pretty busy. Definitely through April. But after that, it slows down to about one event a month right now. So if you've got a jdrf summit, if you've got another event, especially in the fall, please let me know. So we can plan for it. I would love to come and meet you. I can do those presentations. We can do a live podcast, we can just hang out and talk. It's always fun to meet new people. And I do love making those in real life connections. All right, coming up later this week, another mini episode, where I'm taking on what I think is a pretty controversial topic. In fact, when I posted about this on my personal page recently, I was shocked at the response I got. I'm going to be talking about why I think it really is a bad idea to post pictures of your child in the hospital. Yeah, I know a lot of people do this, but it's just not good. So I'll be talking about that coming up on Thursday. In the meantime, thank you as always to my editor john ducatis. audio editing solutions. Thank you so much for listening. I'm Stacey Simms and I'll see you back here on Thursday. Unknown Speaker 43:12 Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Sims media. All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged Transcribed by https://otter.ai
The following is an edited transcript of my interview with Adam Ifshin, Founder and CEO of DLC Management, a multi-billion dollar retail real estate developer and management company. My name is Howard Kline. I'm the founder and host of CRE Radio and TV since 2010. I've also been a commercial real estate attorney since 1976 and a commercial real estate agent in New York and Nevada, as well as being a broker in California. For today's podcast, I've dipped into the archives for my 2018 interview with Adam Ifshin at the ICSC 2018 RECON Convention. Honestly, after listening to this interview, I feel like hitting myself on the side of the head. This was such a good interview, I have to question my competency in waiting so long to publish it. This was really a personal interview between two men who already like and respect each other. We mix the personal with business, including how to incorporate family into business, creating a culture from the top down. For that, I want you to think of the book from Good to Great, what retail real estate will look like in 2038 and what the current trends are between now and 2038. The topics on this interview are as relevant now as they were in 2018. Howard F Kline [00:01:29] Let me also take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about Adam, because he is not only personable and smart, but he has the experience and credibility of a person that we should listen to. Adam is the founder and CEO of DLC Management, which he founded in 1991. DLC is a billion-dollar company that he founded, that operates retail real estate and is one of the most active acquirers of assets with value added potential. Adam is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Executive Board of ICSC, among his many other positions, if you want to know more about Adam. You can go to his website at dlcmgmt.com. Adam Ifshin [00:04:06] When I started DLC, I was the youngest person at DLC. I was 24 1/2. There were only three of us. I was the only person under 50. And for the longest time, I was very often the youngest person until Daniel, my cousin came in 96. Daniel is now our president. At this convention, I actually sent everybody, who came out here, a two page note about what it was like to come here in 1992 when I was completely broke and spent the last of the money I had in my bank account on airfare. Howard F Kline [00:04:47] Let's talk a little bit about that, because people don't understand that everybody starts somewhere. I moved back to New York in 83'. Before I moved back I had been general counsel for Big Supermarkets in San Diego. After moving back, I was unemployed for six months and then I tried to become a broker. It takes a while in New York City to make money. It just doesn't happen overnight. I can remember times, when I lived in Astoria when I would take my change from my change draw to get enough money to take the subway to get to work. I worked in the Helmsley building in Manhattan. There was no doubt that it was a struggle. Adam Ifshin [00:05:33] I grew up in a brokerage family. My father went in the real estate business as a commercial real estate broker. You always knew exactly where you stood. You knew more about your father's bank account when you were eight years old than any dad who did anything else, because it was directly a ratio of what your mother could put on for food on the table. Adam Ifshin [00:06:18] My father was my partner in DLC from the time we founded the company together from scratch to when he passed away in 2016. I spent the first 10 years at DLC trying to make something from nothing and at the same time trying to put some little governor of risk on my father, which took a long time to have any modicum of success. I was much more successful in business than I was putting a governor on risk on him. Adam Ifshin [00:07:13] So many people think about that real estate ownership, redevelopment and development requires taking great risks. That's how you make the money. I'm a huge believer, actually, that a lot of our success has to do with our ability to mitigate risk, not take it. A huge component of what we do is consider the risk associated with the deal and if the probability of getting success really worth it? Adam Ifshin [00:07:44] We went back in the development business in 2011 doing single tenant net leased development. When we did, we put up a whole bunch of rules and guardrails that were self-imposed. We passed on a lot of deals because of those rules. But we said, hey, look, we are just not going to buy on entitled land no matter how cheap it is, no matter how badly the client says they want to be there. We passed on some deals that other people may have made a lot of money. But you know what? We made good money for the level of risk we were comfortable about taking. I think that's one of the myriad of things in this world that people don't really know and understand. I don't sleep much to begin with, but the only chance you have to sleep at night is to figure out where your own personal risk tolerance is. Howard F Kline [00:08:28] Sam Zell, I remember seeing him talking to us during the recession, some time. I can remember him saying, something to the affect that if you're going to invest, you invest enough to know and in such a way so that when things go to hell in a handbasket, you're still around. Adam Ifshin [00:08:49] The way I like to phrase it is, conviction does not necessarily equal, taking acceptable risk. You can have conviction about an investment and still do everything you can possibly do to mitigate the risk associated, that conviction or confidence naturally brings forth. You have to step back. Adam Ifshin [00:09:12] Now, at this point in time in this organization, it's as much about teaching how to do that as it is doing it yourself. We have a lot of young people in the company and I teach frequently. And one of the things I teach to our leasing people our asset management people, often is that we're an unsecured creditor to retailers. That means that it's great to think like a developer and act like a developer, but what you really need to do is to think like an owner and act like an owner and most of all, you need to think like a lender, you need to act like a lender. Just because someone's got some great new sexy concept doesn't mean that you need to do it. Adam Ifshin [00:09:53] We considered one last week in Buffalo, of all places. Phenomenal concept, one step up from fast casual. It was healthy, had dynamite products. But, the store cost a fortune to build. We questioned if we wanted to have them as a tenant. We considered if it is a corporate concept, is there any credit, who's backing the concept? Turns out it's a franchise concept? It's a $250, $300 hour of foot spend. We really had to think about it. This was different than doing a corporate deal for Chipotle, which may not be as sexy and maybe a little cheaper to do, but at least there's some corporate credit there to back you up. Howard F Kline [00:11:15] That's how I learned. Let's take a short break to tell you a little bit more about Howard Kline. I'd like you to consider this shameless promotion. You know, among other things, I've been criticized for not doing and ask. What is an ask? Well, what that means is that I don't tell people what I'm trying to get out of these interviews. Here is my ask. Howard F Kline [00:11:42] I'm a Nevada, real estate agent looking to put together commercial real estate deals, including institutional sales and leases. In addition, as of this publication in January of 2020, I've been doing a deep dive into opportunity zones and looking to educate and advise investors with capital gains, as well as developers and owners with assets located within opportunity zones. As an attorney, I have many years of experience advising businesses how to maximize their assets and revenue as well as mitigate risks. I've also negotiated probably upwards of a thousand commercial real estate leases for both landlords and tenants. So if you're interested, you can hire me as a broker or you can hire me as an attorney. For more information, you can contact me at hfk@hfkesq.com. Howard F Kline [00:13:12] What's it like having your daughter work for you? [00:13:19] It creates a whole another dynamic that you have to learn to manage. Adam Ifshin [00:17:19] There are similarities between running a business and raising children, particularly a business like this where we're so committed to developing young talent in the industry. My kids were all out here before the show. They went and did all the networking events that I do as an ICSC trustee and executive board member. And they pride themselves on having met people, knowing people, even if they're never going to be in the industry, can you ever spend enough time helping your kids be better people? You can't. One of the things that's kind of cool now about where we're at a DLC is we have a dozen to 15 people under the age of 25 in the organization who are not only hard working and already making an impact, but they come in and they want to learn. And one of things that does is that really creates a great culture and it really motivates the more senior people. It also activates the senior people's brains a little bit. Hey, you know, I'm pretty good at this. I have a story to tell. I have wisdom to impart. And it's really working. It's making everybody feel good and it's making everybody do good things. Howard F Kline [00:18:43] That's not all by luck. You realize that, that all happens because of the leadership. Howard F Kline [00:18:57] But I've been around long enough to know that when it starts at the top and you have a good team working, it's hard to keep it that way. Howard F Kline [00:19:07] But you attract people who think the way you want them to think. The tough part, in my opinion, is keeping them and keeping them motivated. Adam Ifshin [00:19:19] So it's certainly not just me, right? There's a group of us that run this company. Am I the founder and CEO? Make no mistake about it, the top echelon of the organization, the leaders of the team, are incredibly good at what they do. They share, I think, the motivation and the passion I have for teaching. Howard F Kline [00:19:50] Did you bring them in? Adam Ifshin [00:19:50] Many of them certainly I recruited personally. But many of them have subsequently recruited other leaders in the organization. This is about a team. This is an organization. It's about a team. It's not just about me. Howard F Kline [00:20:13] That's what you convey to everybody. It's not just about Adam. Adam Ifshin [00:20:21] Right. Howard F Kline [00:20:21] So they come in. They like working in the organization. They understand that. So when they recruit people, they understand that it's not about them. And they convey that to the people who work for them. I've been general counsel for companies of 2,000 - 3,000 employees. Howard F Kline [00:20:40] I think of it, you know, like an electric line. We had great organizers at the top. And then as you expand throughout the country, well, then you have to have the second tier and then you have the third tier. That dynamic personality, that energy starts dissipating, if it's not fostered correctly and it starts at the top. And what you have to do is you've got to start here and know how to recruit, know how to foster confidence and the ability to do your job correctly and then teach those people how to do it, who then teach other people. Then all of a sudden you find, while you may have an aberration down the line, but you find that there's a purpose throughout the organization. Adam Ifshin [00:21:38] Well, sure. There's a culture that emerges and you can foster for a culture, you can preach for a culture. You can live by those rules. And if you don't, generally won't work. But at the end of the day, it's interesting that culture is ultimately determined by the team. You can't impose it on anybody. Adam Ifshin [00:22:04] One of things we did in the last year that I'm most proud, the most important thing we did last year, the biggest success we had last year was, we went out for the first time ever and anonymously did the Great Place to Work survey. This is the survey that is the underpinning of the backbone of the Fortune 100 best places to work in all of those types of ratings and rankings. We didn't do it to try and be on them and we never even thought that we would get certified as a great place to work. So roughly one and a half to two percent of the 30,000 companies a year that take the survey get certified as a great place to work based on the anonymous responses of the people on those teams at those companies. Adam Ifshin [00:22:54] We did it because we wanted the impact and the data and the feedback so that we could figure out how to get better right at bringing people into the organization and to your point, getting them to stay, recruitment and retention. Lo and behold, when the survey results came back, we qualified and we got certified as a great place to work. That to me was the biggest accomplishment of the last twelve months, by far. The assets will come and go, we will buy more assets, we will sell some assets, we'll cull the herd, whatever you want to call it, we will harvest profits, but the thing that makes us go, the engine that makes us go is the strength of the culture and the talent and the skill set of that human capital team. Howard F Kline [00:23:36] Let's look at your crystal ball. You go to sleep tonight and you wake up 20 years from now. What's retail real estate going to look like? Adam Ifshin [00:23:51] Retail real estate is going to be here. It's not going away. Will it look the way it looks today? Do I know exactly what to look like? And if I did, I wouldn't have to do this. I might have to be out, you know, displacing Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. I don't know exactly what it's going to look like. Clearly, it's trending to more about the person as a lifecycle than it is a consumer of goods. Howard F Kline [00:24:26] Explain that to me. Adam Ifshin [00:24:27] For years, retailers looked at consumers, people as consumers, people who were going to come into their stores, buy things they wanted or needed and consume them and come back for more. Increasingly, people are going to retail destinations. They don't have to go anymore for those things. If you're a recluse, you can figure out how to get your food. You can figure out how to get new clothes. You can figure out how to get toilet paper and toothpaste. But increasingly, it's about people's lives. It's about their social interactions. It's about their experiences. I had this conversation with Bill Horner at LA Fitness that we’ve built 7 stores for. Adam Ifshin [00:25:18] When we started doing them, every retailer said, I don't want a gym. They call them a gym. I don't want a gym next to me. I was a meeting today with my forward-thinking friends at Burlington. We love gyms. We'd love a gym next to us. In the last 15 years, this is really amazing turnaround. It's about experience. It's about lifestyle. People are going to gyms for a myriad of reasons. Want to live longer. They want the quality of life where they're alive to be better. They want to be more mobile, they want to be more flexible, they want to look better. But they're also going there for social interaction. And people are waking up to the fact that a retail venue does not only have to be about the T-shirt and the skirt and the toothbrush and the toothpaste and the toilet paper. It can be about eating, it can be about being with friends, it can be about working out. It can be about going to see your doctor. Adam Ifshin [00:26:16] We've done four now and we're working on more, not urgent care or dental clinic, I'm talking about a full blown mini hospital in a shopping center. The one of the ones we did, we put a 30,000 square foot facility with ambulatory surgery, radiology, orthopedics, OBGYN, pediatrics and EMT next to the number one home goods in the state of Connecticut. Adam Ifshin [00:26:59] You know, it's interesting that there's there's plenty of demand for those boxes. Getting the numbers to work in a market, in an environment where retailers are incredibly cost conscious about rent and occupancy cost and where construction costs have really leapt up, is a challenge. But, when I look at who's interested in coming in and taking over vacant space lot of stuff related to health and wellness, lots related to fitness, a lot related to home. Adam Ifshin [00:27:37] It's interesting for all of the renting, home product is hot. I mean, we're doing a ton of deals with people like home goods, At Home, Kirkland's, and furniture. We just did two more deals with Ashley. We did a deal with Lazy Boy last year. Home is hot and it was hot last year. Howard F Kline [00:28:06] You should be in Vegas. I haven't seen this kind of homebuilding in many, many years. Adam Ifshin [00:28:11] I will tell you that when you talk to locals here, they're worried there isn't enough. Howard F Kline [00:28:20] There are so many people like my wife and I who moved from Southern California to Vegas and we're renting right now. My wife is telling me that as soon as possible, let's find a place to buy even if we rent it out, because if we wait two years, it's going to be too expensive. This is the time to buy. And they are building like crazy, but they're building like crazy because everybody's moving here. That's one of the things that I'm going to be doing is I'm getting my broker's license and I am going to use this platform to bring people to Las Vegas for other than the strip. Other than gaming, you know, the infrastructure that will help Las Vegas when the next downturn occurs, because it will. Adam Ifshin [00:29:06] Millions of people live here who have nothing to do with the strip already. Howard F Kline [00:29:10] Well, that's true. That's very true. Howard F Kline [00:29:12] But the strip feeds the engine. Yeah. It's the engine right now. And what they need to do is develop more of the other infrastructure so that when you hit a recession because Vegas got hit, awful bad, it got hit awful bad during the recession. But if you have all of these are the businesses that could take care of everybody. So if gaming drops a bit, it's not going to hurt as bad. Adam Ifshin [00:29:40] So you talk about homebuilding here. We bought this this big million square foot asset now in Texas last year for value-add play. There has been a lot of leasing demand. We are getting a Toys R US Babies box back. Tons of demand. We have over 150 thousand feet of LOIs. We don't even have the box back yet. It's around the corner from the Allen Eagles football stadium of Friday Nights Lights fame. Adam Ifshin [00:30:10] The home building and the upscale multi-family construction that is going on in that part of the world. Plano. Frisco. Allen, McKinney, Texas. Very powerful. What's amazing is how much of it is pre-sold. You know, people are building 3,000, 4,000 units a year, single family and there's no increase in supply. So essentially pre-sold. Howard F Kline [00:30:36] People are moving out of California. They're moving out of New York. They're moving out of the Democratic states because it's so expensive to live. Adam Ifshin [00:30:48] Oh, I think I think, by the way, that it's only a matter of time before Texas is a blue state, not a red state. Howard F Kline [00:30:58] The demographics are changing all over the place because people can move around. Adam Ifshin [00:31:04] Well, they have a motivation to move, right? You know, eight miles from this center that we bought in in Allen, in the last year, Toyota has opened up their North American headquarters there to relocate from Fremont, California. They move twelve and a half thousand people with an average salary of over one hundred thousand dollars. Liberty Mutual. That's moving the same kind of number of people, 10,000 - 12,000 people. They're moving next door to Toyota. And State Farm's going next to them. NTT DoCoMo is North American headquarters going next to them. Adam Ifshin [00:31:43] The people who are moving are people who were largely from California, little bit in New York, Illinois, people are moving because the math doesn't work in those other places anymore. That's a big challenge in those places. Howard F Kline [00:32:01] What keeps you awake at night? Adam Ifshin [00:32:14] I don't understand why lenders continue to lend into private equity backed, LBO backed, retailers who are starved for capital because of the leverage levels putting them in the position that they can't improve their stores. Look, there's no question that there is a significant level of disruption in our world because of Amazon and a million other technology related developments. But when I look at most of the distress that we've encountered from retailer bankruptcies, they're largely not driven by e-commerce. They are largely driven by you have a relatively commoditization chain, nothing really to differentiate it, perhaps the management is part of that, that company gets LBO'd. Adam Ifshin [00:33:18] And now every last bit of free cash flow, instead of going into reinventing your supply chain, leaning out your inventories, refreshing the stores, creating a compelling reason for customers to come in and shop, the money is all going to pay debt. And then a year later, they're doing another debt piece that's for the purpose of growing the business, it's to take a special dividend so they can take out more equity. I don't understand why the lenders are still so compliant, so complicit, so willing to extend leverage to entities in the face of what the track record is. Adam Ifshin [00:33:57] What keeps me up at night is you go out, you make a deal with a great retailer. They've got a nice balance sheet and six months later they get LBO'd and all of a sudden you're thinking, why did I buy into here? Like I said before, we view ourselves as an unsecured creditor at a bankruptcy table, but we view ourselves as an unsecured lender when we put out a large TI package to a tenant. We have absolutely zero control over what their balance sheet could look fine on Tuesday and they can get a buyout offer on Friday. Howard F Kline [00:34:27] OK, let me just stop you there. Now, you remember you're talking to a lawyer who's been a tenant, who's also been a landlord and the whole nine yards. I could go on and on why that doesn't have to be what you're talking about. Adam Ifshin [00:34:46] But it is. Howard F Kline [00:34:47] It is. Howard F Kline [00:34:49] I can remember in 1986 negotiating a deal. It took me six months to negotiate 40,000 square feet in Houston with Citibank. We had a letter of credit, actually there were multiple declining letters of credit. They made it very difficult and we were the biggest deal in Houston that year. I can also tell you that when it comes to getting a security interest and I know every landlord tells you that they'll never give it to you, but there's no reason why you can't take a security interest in a lease. You can do that. But I've never seen a landlord say, oh, yeah, let's do it. Great idea, Howard, because I always hear, well, they have to finance their tenant improvements. Well, if you're doing the tenant improvements, you'd better secure it. And there's no reason why you can't secure file a security interests in all of their assets. I think that that should be part of the deal. Adam Ifshin [00:35:49] Right. But if they're leveraged in front of you, secured in front of you, what are you going to do? Howard F Kline [00:35:55] I'm telling you that you worry about whether or not you're first or second in line when they're in bankruptcy, you're at least a secured creditor. Adam Ifshin [00:36:07] Fair point. Howard F Kline [00:36:07] I get good judgments. I represent some large companies and I get judgments. And then I don't execute on that judgment for a minimum of 90 days after I file my UCC liens so that I don't force them into bankruptcy, whether they have assets or not. I don't care. File that UCC lien. I wait 90 days and then I perfect my security interest so that if they do file bankruptcy, of course I'm looking to see how much they lie on there, you know, on their schedules. Howard F Kline [00:36:44] But if they file bankruptcy, I'm in a secured position. I don't even care that point in time, whether or not I'm first in line there, second, if I don't secure it, then I'm not even in line. So at least let me get in line. What's the best time to get in line? Adam Ifshin [00:37:01] In the beginning. Howard F Kline [00:37:02] Right now? Certainly, don't wait till tomorrow. Adam Ifshin [00:37:05] You always have a great closer. Howard F Kline [00:37:10] Data. Talk to me about data. Over the last two days I've spoken to people about how big data is right now. Then some people are going, but there's a scary part to data. What are your thoughts on data, where it is now and where is it going? Adam Ifshin [00:37:30] So data is a big deal. Our team at DLC spent the last nine months working on putting a product in place that enables us to more easily, more seamlessly extract data from our various databases, particularly our primary, commercial management, property management, accounting software package in a manner in which you don't have to be an accountant to get it out and then manipulate it. You don't have to be some Excel wizard to get it out. We want easier to access the data. It makes it easier to use, analyze the data and then use those analytics to your advantage to do everything from make better deals speed the lease process, come to better resolution in disputes. We're a big believer in harnessing and but it's about transparency and access. Adam Ifshin [00:38:25] I happen to be and we're not using the product yet, but I happen to be an investor outside of DLC as a private person in a venture startup that's got a really dynamic CEO. This is his fifth startup, all of which have been highly successful. It's an entity called “data.world”. This is a major, very big concept idea about unlocking access to data legally, in old legacy systems where they're buried, where it's hard to get it out. Our launch customers are people like Associated Press and Gannett and the Census Bureau. Adam Ifshin [00:39:14] There are large scale projects out there now designed to address the opaqueness and the difficulty in accessing data for the purposes of good and being in a way in which we can do things from reframe and rethink what efficiency means because and what productivity means. If you look at the single biggest drag on growth in America, it's that the productivity gains that we saw in the 90's from the application of the personal computer, in the laptop computer and the software systems that grew up on those platforms has peaked and it's plateaued and it's led to very mediocre productivity growth over the last decade, almost 15 years now. Adam Ifshin [00:40:02] We have to get back to productivity increases in this country if we want to see real GDP growth at a rate that's materially higher than inflation so that we can pay the bill for some of the stuff that's gone on in this country. I believe that harnessing data more efficiently so that things can be built more efficiently and government can manage and fix its infrastructure more or less expensively and faster all comes back to unleashing and harnessing the benefits of data. Health care is another place. Now, look, are there privacy concerns, there are privacy concerns? You know, we have a president who tweets from an unsafe phone. Adam Ifshin [00:40:51] The one thing I'll close with, I think that within reason those privacy concerns can be addressed and certainly in a private company setting with appropriate confidentiality and security. I'm not worried about it, but I see a great future for using data, DLC and beyond.
Johnny Wolfenstein tries to renovate a rundown podcast with a sordid history for his growing network only to learn that the podcast has other plans. On Episode 379 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss Girl on the Third Floor from first time feature director Travis Stevens, distributor Dark Sky Films and star CM Punk! We also talk about toxic masculinity, Halloween traditions, and we find out just how much gas Ravenshadow puts in his car. So grab your favorite Silver Shamrock Novelties mask, make sure not to stick your fingers in any gross oozing pipes and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Silver Shamrock, Halloween is postponed, BLKVampires, MZ’s Dr. Loomis revelation, Jesus or Geniuses?, John Carpentry, Mr. Microphone, Kevin Nash’s quad, Rookie of the Year, Batman Pumpkin, searing ass pain, carved turnips, AEW’s Full Gear PPV, Washington Nationals, MZ’s injury, Ravenshadow in yoga pants, Punky Brewster, Tainty Freeze, Patreon Exclusive Police Academy 2 Film Commentary, filling your gas tank $10 at a time, what do you know about octane?, cheap pump, Marlboro points or Camel cash?, disclaimer for MZ, Trent Haaga, CM Punk, Soska Sisters, Travis Stevens, the Pipebomb promo, WWE, XX, Mohawk, We Are Still Here, Southbound, Jodorowsky’s Dune, The Rock, Evil Dead 2, the Alpha Male role, toxic masculinity, Steve Albini, Big Black, night caps, The Furies, snow on Halloween?!, Evil Dead, Demons, Parasite, First Love, Takashi Miike, The Lighthouse, 3 From Hell, Human Lanterns, Midsommar, Bananafingaz, Phenomena, The Devil’s Doorway, Mandy, and these pipes are clean!Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TheDeaditesTVInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradio)
Martagon Lilies are in peak right now in most gardens. They bring the most wonderful architectural aspect and form to the garden; they are so very elegant. Offering a Turk’s cap-style bloom, Like many plants, Martagon colonies get better and better with age. Martagons like sweet soil and they will be grateful for a dusting of lime every year. Brevities #OTD It was on this day in 1871, the Yorkshire Herald reported the first meeting of the Vale of York Field Naturalists Club. Although the weather was very unfavorable, forty-seven ladies and gentlemen (members and friends of the club) left the Society's Rooms, in Micklegate, in three four-horsed conveyances. When they reached Rivaulx ("ree-VOH")Abbey, the company then broke up into small parties - geologists, botanists, and entomologists - and proceeded to examine the valley for their own specialities. "The geologists were interested with the sections laid bare in the quarries, and many interesting and beautiful fossils were found The botanists collected, amongst other plants, Saxiraga tridaclylitet (nailwort), Helianthemum vulqare (rock rose), Cuscuta Epithymum (clover dodder), Aquilegia vulgaris (columbine), Atropa Belladonna (belladonna or deadly nightshade), Polypodium Phegopterit (northern beech fern), P. Dryoplerit (oak fern), besides the common Scolopendrium vuigare (hart's-tongue fern). At six o'clock the party sat down to dinner at the Crown Hotel, Helmsley, which was served in Mr. and Mrs. Cowen's usual substantial style, after doing justice to which the Rev. Vice-President Rowe addressed those assembled on the advantages of natural history and the beauties and history of the Abbey, and also stated he would shortly bring a very interesting piece of information concerning it before the public, he being hon. secretary of the Architectural Society. It was arranged that the next monthly field day should be held at Bolton Abbey and Woods. They then left for home, after a most agreeable day, which left every one with the feeling that this the first excursion of the club was a great success." #OTD It was on this day in 1908 that Illinois adopted the Violet as its State Flower. As with many State Flowers, Illinois had decided to let the school children vote to decide on the state flower. The purple violet received 15,591 votes and the wild rose came in second with 11,903 votes. The children also decided the state tree and they selected the white oak. Meanwhile newspapers were running a piece that blared the headline, "the reign of the violet is over". "Strange and unbelievable, but a fact, nevertheless, violets are no longer fashionable. Gardenias, orchids and American Beauty roses are as much in evidence as ever, but the reign of the violet is temporarily over. It is true that a large bunch of deep purple violets relieved by a single mauve orchid, a deep pink rose, or a single waxlike gardenia is still an acceptable gift, but it is not the gift that is so frequently' chosen this year, as a small cluster of gardenias or even of two or three exquisitely beautiful orchids... Roses are much in favor at the moment, ... A new flower hailing from Paris is the pink American Beauty, and well does it deserve the name... the color is an adorable shade of shell pink, and for all decorative purposes tins flower has already a firmly established place in fashion's regard. ... one cannot but regret the sense of chivalry of a generation back, when etiquette demanded that flowers be sent always to a hostess before even the least formal entertainment, and when a debutante had better stay at home than go to a ball without her ... little bouquet of flowers." #OTD It was on this day in 1910 that the Allentown Democrat out of Allentown PA reported that Joseph Hooker was 93 years old. "Sir Joseph Hooker, the world-famous botanist, received a personal note of congratulations from King George today on the occasion of his ninety-third birthday. Sir Joseph, who is still remarkably active for a man of his great age, has had a long and brilliant career in his chosen field of science. As early as 1839 he accompanied the expedition of Sir James Ross to the Antarctic region. Later he conducted scientific expeditions to many parts of the world including Eastern Bengal, the Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, Morocco and the Greater Atlas, New Zealand Ceylon, California and the Rocky Mountain region of North America. In the course of his active career he rendered invaluable services to the British arts, manufactures and commerce by promoting an accurate knowledge of the floras and economic vegetable products of the various colonies and dependencies of the empire." Unearthed Words Today's poem is by Ann Taylor - an English poet and literary critic. In her youth she was a writer of verse for children, for which she achieved long-lasting popularity. Her sister, Jane, wrote the words to "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". The Violet Down in a green and shady bed, A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head As if to hide from view. And yet it was a lovely flower, Its color bright and fair; It might have graced a rosy bower, Instead of hiding there. Yet thus it was content to bloom, In modest tints arrayed; And there diffused a sweet perfume, Within the silent shade. Then let me to the valley go This pretty flower to see; That I may also learn to grow In sweet humility. Today's book recommendation: Tree in the House by Annabelle Hickson A Tree in the House is stunning; an ode to flower arranging. A Tree in the House celebrates the art of arranging flowers for celebrations big, small and in-between held throughout the year. Annabelle Hickson provides ideas and instructions for celebratory botanical installations and arrangements, each staged and photographed in different rural homes, gardens and sheds using the beauty of what's growing wild. Interspersed throughout are snapshots—in words and pictures—of rural life and that aspirational rustic country aesthetic. Today's Garden Chore Divide your Flag Iris after they finish blooming Regular division can re-invigorate your plant and promote healthy growth. The best time to divide flag iris is immediately after flowering. Lift the whole clump and use a sharp knife to detach new rhizomes. Don't forget that flag irises need full sun. Something Sweet Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart #OTD It was on this day in 1932, that newspapers around the world ran a fascinating article about the botanist Frank Kingdon-Ward titled "Plant Explorer Finds Adventure". "Captain Frank Klngdon-Ward, tall, well-built son of Britain, probably one of the world's most noted plant seekers, who has journeyed all over the world in search of rare flowers, has led a life as exciting as any explorer, and has given the world some of its most beautiful and rare blooms. Now In his late "40's, he is tanned from the winds and suns of tropical India, Asia, and the forbidden land of Tibet. He has collected flowers from the heights of the Himalayas, and from the depths of marshy Indian -jungles. His last expedition occurred In 1931. On It he discovered a new pass into Tibet 35,000 feet above sea level, through an out-flung range of the Himalayas. His efforts in prying through thick jungles and climbing high mountains were rewarded in the discovery of a new species of slipper orchid, said to be worth about $500. On another of his Tibetan expeditions, he discovered the blue poppy, a flower that is sought by all Horticulturists in this country and obtained by few. To give an idea of the trying conditions under which he labored, consider that he discovered a new river, the Nam-tamai, the lost source of the Irrawaddy which no white man in 2,000 years of civilization had found. Along this, river, through virgin forest, he and his small band trudged, meeting wild beasts and hostile bands of natives. Back in the wild country he located a people hitherto known only ; as a vaguely surmised race, the Darus. These people had never seen a white man before Kingdon-Ward arrived. One of the most unusual plants he ever discovered was the rare Nomocharis Farreh, a beautiful flower of China. This plant was found by accident and during the height of a violent rainstorm. The flower itself Is rose pink outside, and dappled with royal purple inside. Each stem, from 12 to 15 inches in height, bears one, two or three of the flowers, which grow as large as teacups. The flower which Captain Kingdon-Ward prizes most of all is the Campanula Calicola, "perhaps the most beautiful rock plant I discovered." It was found growing in limestone cliffs, and Is adaptable lo rock gardens. The Orient is rich in flowers. That land has given us many of our choice blooms. Roses come from India and China; pinks, carnations and daffodils from Asia Minor, and numerous rare orchids come from the wilds of Tibet. Captain Kingdon-Ward describes a land of rare rhododendrons vividly in a book he wrote on his adventures in China and Asia. "You may wander for days ankle-deep through a chromatic surf of rhododendrons, rose pink, ivory white, lavender, plum purple, crimson and amber yellow. They are woven into carpets of queer design and ample pile, or form tuffets, or hassocks or mere tangles, mats or brooms. "They spread and sprawl everywhere, bushy and twigulous, all; looming Into flower together; still looking across the dark ocean of moorland you see the billowy hills crested with color; and, where escarpments break the even roll, the plant growth surges high up the rocks, It Is western Szechwan, the Tibetan marshes. home of the 'Lapponicum' rhododendrons. Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."
Catch Mr Badger: Punching Down at The Little Theatre in Rhyl, July 5th, 4:30pm. https://bit.ly/2KPPgnW Catch John Porter: The Impossible Dream at the Manchester Fringe, 20th July, 7:30pm. https://bit.ly/304k87J After performing to 2000 hairy bikers at The Farmyard Party, Helmsley, John Porter and Mr Badger engage in chat on the long drive home about Gridiron, punk music, the comedy circuit and how just because his body isn't capable of sport, his mind *IS* capable. Of turning him into a bastard.
Emily Skahan, the singer-songwriter of Georgette joins the show just in time to share details of Georgette's debut album Funny Girl! We're having fun watching Legacy take on John Cena, Triple H and Seth Green. Mr Green, if you happen to be listening, our 5'4" host would like to apologise about the height jokes.
She was born July 4, 1920 as Lena Mindy Rosenthal. She changed her name several times and was married four times. Her first husband was an attorney named Leo Panzirer. She married Joseph Lubinm, her second husband twice. Her third husband and fourth marriage was to Harry Helmsley whom she met in 1968 while working as a condominium broker. After knowing him for two years she joined one of his brokerage firms, Brown Harris Stevens, as a senior vice-president and in 1972 he divorced his wife to be with her. The marriage also helped her career because several of her tenants had sued her for forcing them to buy condos. They won and she was forced to give them three year leases as compensation. Her real estate license was also suspended so she focused her efforts on Harry’s hotel empire which was worth 5-10 billions dollars and include hotels, apartments and commercial properties including the Empire State building in New York City. In 1980 she was made the president of the Helmsley hotels. The chain managed around 30 hotels. She became a household name because of the ads she made. The first showed her claiming that she wouldn’t settle for skimpy towels and couldn’t get along without a phone in the bath so ‘why should you?’ The ads worked, occupancy was increased from 25% to 70%. With her influence Harry began to convert apartments to condos and began to building a Helmsley hotel on Madison Ave. Helmsly’s nickname was the Queen of Mean because she was cruel to employees and everyone around her. Contractors were rarely ever paid on time, if at all, and many filed lawsuits to recover lost wages. She was reported to have told an employee that ‘Only little people pay taxes’ and had a swimming pool attendant who kept a platter of seafood ready for her as she swam. They would drop a shrimp in her mouth as she called out ‘Feed the fishy’. In addition to being an all around unpleasant person she also engaged in illegal activities. In 1986 court documents claimed that she failed to pay several thousands of dollars worth of sales tax in New York. She would buy jewelry and then have them mail her empty boxes, thus avoiding the sales tax. She bought 485,000$ worth of jewelry and avoided paying 40,00$ in taxes. She also wrote off personal furniture as a business expense. She also ripped off her stockholders by writing off fees as personal consulting. One of her employees triggers a New York Post story that lead to a broader investigation. The Helmslys were indicted on tax evasion charges and accused of evading 4 million dollars in taxes. The couple places 235 counts in state and federal indictments. They were accused of draining their empire to provide themselves with things such as a one million dollar dance floor, a 45,000$ silver clock, a 210,000 mahogany card table, a 130,000$ stereo system and 500,000$ worth of jade art. Helmsly was convicted of evading 1.2 million dollars in federal income taxes. On August 30 1989 she was found guilty of one count of conspiracy, three counts of tax evasion, three counts of filing false tax returns, ten counts of mail fraud and 16 counts of filing incorrect business tax returns. She was acquitted on a charge of extortion that would have led to life in prison. On April 1 1992 she was sentenced to 16 years in prison which was later reduced to fours years after all but eight charges were dropped. She was also fined 7.75 million dollars and forced to do 750 hours of community service. She was released in 1994 after spending 18 months in a federal prison in Connecticut, spent one month in a Midtown halfway house and two months in the plush confinement of her penthouse apartment in the Park Lane Hotel. While in prison she continued to be the Queen of Mean, hiring inmates to make her bed and another as a secretary. Rather than fulfil her community service in the cold climate of New York, Helmsley carried her out her punishment in the warm air of Phoenix, Arizona, having persuaded the j
This week Triple H takes the awards for both top face & top heel on Monday night. Also, the weird dynamic between the Shield & the (Dogs of War)(??)/ Baron Corbin-doesn't get any less wierd as we discuss several places it could all be headed, as well as that which should be happening instead of what in fact IS happening. + much more. On SD Live; the saga of being formulaic/ booking in reverse continues all throughout the show. + much more. Subscribe & share.Follow & interact on twitter: @RealHughJacktor @DrMorecraftLike us on fb: @WishfulBookingPod Email in: wishfulbooking@gmail.comCheck out our 'Wishful Booking' Youtube channel!Thanks to artist Silverchair for the song "Young Modern" from the album of the same name. (Used w/out permission)Find out more on the Wishful Booking website.This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Re-voyageons entre les dimensions avec les Cénobites trente ans après la sortie du premier Hellraiser, à l’occasion de la ressortie en Blu-Ray du premier triptyque. Produits sur 30 ans, dix films composent aujourd’hui la saga, même si les premiers volets de Clive Barker sont les seules bases solides d’une mythologie vaste et cohérente. Plaisir et souffrance, surface et sous-sol, cet univers grisâtre et ses créatures démoniaques et sadomasochistes, adeptes d’un mystérieux culte, propose une esthétique punk du mal. Qui vient des tripes, en tout cas, loin des versions blockbuster initiés par les frères Weinstein, avec certes plus de moyens mais moins de générosité.Animé par Thomas Rozec avec Lelo Jimmy Batista et Julien Dupuy.RÉFÉRENCES CITÉES DANS L'ÉMISSION Hellraiser : Le Pacte (Clive Barker, 1987), Hellraiser 2 : Les Écorchés - Hellbound : Hellraiser II (Tony Randel et C. Barker, 1988), Hellraiser 3 - Hellraiser III : Hell on Earth (Anthony Hickox, 1992), Hellraiser (C. Barker, 1986), Leviathan : The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound : Hellraiser II (Nicholas F. Helmsley et Gary Smart, 2015), Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986), Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2017), Laissez bronzer les cadavres (J-P Manchette & J-P Bastid, 1971), Stephen King, Midnight Meat Train (Ryûhei Kitamura, 2008), Le maître des illusions (Clive Barker, 1995), Les Griffes de la nuit (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Wes Craven, 1984), La Revanche de Freddy (A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2 : Freddy's Revenge, Jack Sholder, 1985), Les Griffes du cauchemar (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors, Chuck Russell, 1987), Les yeux sans visage (Georges Franju, 1960), Hellraiser - Original Soundtrack (Christopher Young, 1987), Full Eclipse (A. Hickox, 1993), Waxwork (A. Hickox, 1988), Jeu d'enfant - Chucky (Tom Holland, 1988), Barry Lyndon (S. Kubrick, 1975), Gary J. Tunnicliffe, The Unreleased Themes for Hellraiser - subtitled : The Consequences of Raising Hell (Coil, 1987, musique) ; The Hellraiser Chronicles (C. Barker et S. Jones, 2004), Le chat qui fume.CRÉDITSEnregistré le 29 août 2018 à l’Antenne (Paris 11eme). Production : Binge Audio. Direction de production : Joël Ronez. Rédacteur en chef : David Carzon. Direction générale : Gabrielle Boeri-Charles. Moyens techniques : Binge Audio. Réalisation : Quentin Bresson. Chargée de production : Juliette Livartowski. Chargée d’édition : Camille Regache. Edition : Roman Guichard. Générique : "Soupir Articulé", Abstrackt Keal Agram (Tanguy Destable et Lionel Pierres). NoCiné est une production du réseau Binge Audio www.binge.audio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Roz Hewsenian is the Chief Investment Officer of the $6 billion Helmsley Charitable Trust. Prior to joining Helmsley in 2010, Roz had a storied career in the industry, highlighted by her two decades of work as the consultant to CalPERS while at Wilshire Associates. Our conversation tracks Roz’s career, including lessons from teaching children, the most important rule of management, successful investment consulting, taking time off, and joining Helmsley. We then turn to her current role and cover opportunistic-based allocation, theme identification, benefits of concentrating in managers, oversight of a team and due diligence, stories from the front lines, exciting investment opportunities, co-investments, and governance. Discuss the show and Read the transcript Join Ted's mailing list at CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com Write a review on iTunes Follow Ted on twitter at @tseides For more episodes go to CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com/Podcast
Fiona Helmsley‘s Girls Gone Old (We Heard You Like Books, 2017) is wildly honest, intense in its personal and cultural inquiry, and often brilliantly hilarious. Helmsley uses her keen eye, rich life experience, and incredible humor to get readers to consider and swallow hard truths, while also considering the wider cultural implications. A friend’s questions regarding the subject matter of her work (often continued reflection upon the complexity of her youth), posed on the night before her 40th birthday, acted as a springboard for this collection, and the 2016 presidential election results of cemented the deal. Helmsley has crafted sophisticated essays about the confluence of the late 20th-century television, art, and sexual fantasy; addiction and illness; school shootings and serial killers; family; Andy Warhol; ‘Mork and Mindy’; and the sleazy (yet sexy) misogyny of Axl Rose…” She stares down what many would avert our eyes from, and probes, with curiosity and openness the many contours of shame, until it becomes a terrain of connection for her readers. Fiona Helmsley’s writing can be found online at websites like The Rumpus, Jezebel, The Weeklings, The Hairpin, PANK and in various anthologies like Ladyland and The Best Sex Writing of the Year. A multiple Pushcart nominee, her book of essays and stories, My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers was released in 2015. Barbara Lawhorn is an Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University. She’s into literacy activism, walking Banjo (the best dog in the history of the universe), running, baking and eating bread, and finding the wild places, within and in the world. Her most recent work can be found at The Longleaf Pine, BLYNKT, Nebo: A Literary Magazine, and Naugatuck River Review. Her favorite creative endeavors are her kids, Annaleigh and Jack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fiona Helmsley‘s Girls Gone Old (We Heard You Like Books, 2017) is wildly honest, intense in its personal and cultural inquiry, and often brilliantly hilarious. Helmsley uses her keen eye, rich life experience, and incredible humor to get readers to consider and swallow hard truths, while also considering the wider cultural implications. A friend’s questions regarding the subject matter of her work (often continued reflection upon the complexity of her youth), posed on the night before her 40th birthday, acted as a springboard for this collection, and the 2016 presidential election results of cemented the deal. Helmsley has crafted sophisticated essays about the confluence of the late 20th-century television, art, and sexual fantasy; addiction and illness; school shootings and serial killers; family; Andy Warhol; ‘Mork and Mindy’; and the sleazy (yet sexy) misogyny of Axl Rose…” She stares down what many would avert our eyes from, and probes, with curiosity and openness the many contours of shame, until it becomes a terrain of connection for her readers. Fiona Helmsley’s writing can be found online at websites like The Rumpus, Jezebel, The Weeklings, The Hairpin, PANK and in various anthologies like Ladyland and The Best Sex Writing of the Year. A multiple Pushcart nominee, her book of essays and stories, My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers was released in 2015. Barbara Lawhorn is an Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University. She’s into literacy activism, walking Banjo (the best dog in the history of the universe), running, baking and eating bread, and finding the wild places, within and in the world. Her most recent work can be found at The Longleaf Pine, BLYNKT, Nebo: A Literary Magazine, and Naugatuck River Review. Her favorite creative endeavors are her kids, Annaleigh and Jack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fiona Helmsley‘s Girls Gone Old (We Heard You Like Books, 2017) is wildly honest, intense in its personal and cultural inquiry, and often brilliantly hilarious. Helmsley uses her keen eye, rich life experience, and incredible humor to get readers to consider and swallow hard truths, while also considering the wider cultural implications. A friend’s questions regarding the subject matter of her work (often continued reflection upon the complexity of her youth), posed on the night before her 40th birthday, acted as a springboard for this collection, and the 2016 presidential election results of cemented the deal. Helmsley has crafted sophisticated essays about the confluence of the late 20th-century television, art, and sexual fantasy; addiction and illness; school shootings and serial killers; family; Andy Warhol; ‘Mork and Mindy’; and the sleazy (yet sexy) misogyny of Axl Rose…” She stares down what many would avert our eyes from, and probes, with curiosity and openness the many contours of shame, until it becomes a terrain of connection for her readers. Fiona Helmsley’s writing can be found online at websites like The Rumpus, Jezebel, The Weeklings, The Hairpin, PANK and in various anthologies like Ladyland and The Best Sex Writing of the Year. A multiple Pushcart nominee, her book of essays and stories, My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers was released in 2015. Barbara Lawhorn is an Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University. She’s into literacy activism, walking Banjo (the best dog in the history of the universe), running, baking and eating bread, and finding the wild places, within and in the world. Her most recent work can be found at The Longleaf Pine, BLYNKT, Nebo: A Literary Magazine, and Naugatuck River Review. Her favorite creative endeavors are her kids, Annaleigh and Jack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fiona Helmsley‘s Girls Gone Old (We Heard You Like Books, 2017) is wildly honest, intense in its personal and cultural inquiry, and often brilliantly hilarious. Helmsley uses her keen eye, rich life experience, and incredible humor to get readers to consider and swallow hard truths, while also considering the wider cultural implications. A friend’s questions regarding the subject matter of her work (often continued reflection upon the complexity of her youth), posed on the night before her 40th birthday, acted as a springboard for this collection, and the 2016 presidential election results of cemented the deal. Helmsley has crafted sophisticated essays about the confluence of the late 20th-century television, art, and sexual fantasy; addiction and illness; school shootings and serial killers; family; Andy Warhol; ‘Mork and Mindy’; and the sleazy (yet sexy) misogyny of Axl Rose…” She stares down what many would avert our eyes from, and probes, with curiosity and openness the many contours of shame, until it becomes a terrain of connection for her readers. Fiona Helmsley’s writing can be found online at websites like The Rumpus, Jezebel, The Weeklings, The Hairpin, PANK and in various anthologies like Ladyland and The Best Sex Writing of the Year. A multiple Pushcart nominee, her book of essays and stories, My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers was released in 2015. Barbara Lawhorn is an Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University. She’s into literacy activism, walking Banjo (the best dog in the history of the universe), running, baking and eating bread, and finding the wild places, within and in the world. Her most recent work can be found at The Longleaf Pine, BLYNKT, Nebo: A Literary Magazine, and Naugatuck River Review. Her favorite creative endeavors are her kids, Annaleigh and Jack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fiona Helmsley‘s Girls Gone Old (We Heard You Like Books, 2017) is wildly honest, intense in its personal and cultural inquiry, and often brilliantly hilarious. Helmsley uses her keen eye, rich life experience, and incredible humor to get readers to consider and swallow hard truths, while also considering the wider cultural implications. A friend’s questions regarding the subject matter of her work (often continued reflection upon the complexity of her youth), posed on the night before her 40th birthday, acted as a springboard for this collection, and the 2016 presidential election results of cemented the deal. Helmsley has crafted sophisticated essays about the confluence of the late 20th-century television, art, and sexual fantasy; addiction and illness; school shootings and serial killers; family; Andy Warhol; ‘Mork and Mindy’; and the sleazy (yet sexy) misogyny of Axl Rose…” She stares down what many would avert our eyes from, and probes, with curiosity and openness the many contours of shame, until it becomes a terrain of connection for her readers. Fiona Helmsley’s writing can be found online at websites like The Rumpus, Jezebel, The Weeklings, The Hairpin, PANK and in various anthologies like Ladyland and The Best Sex Writing of the Year. A multiple Pushcart nominee, her book of essays and stories, My Body Would be the Kindest of Strangers was released in 2015. Barbara Lawhorn is an Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University. She’s into literacy activism, walking Banjo (the best dog in the history of the universe), running, baking and eating bread, and finding the wild places, within and in the world. Her most recent work can be found at The Longleaf Pine, BLYNKT, Nebo: A Literary Magazine, and Naugatuck River Review. Her favorite creative endeavors are her kids, Annaleigh and Jack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Detroit rapper Jordan Jermaine joins us for an in-studio performance and to talk about activism, the power of rap, and what he would get a forehead tattoo of, “Electronic Guru” The Christopher shares the tenants of his creed, and Herm and Helmsley share their two cents about the election!Credits: Jordan Jermaine, Ray Duprey, Scott IcenogleAttributions:“Cruizin” by Jordan Jermaine“Fallen Brothers” by Jordan Jermaine“AIW” by Jordan Jermainehttp://www.freesound.org/people/rivernile7/sounds/234244/Intro Theme:“Somewhere In My Mind” by Apache Tomcat
Hunter. The very name suggests danger and mystery. Then you find out his real name is Helmsley, and that name suggests that he'll be able to help you do your taxes and find all the available deductions. This week on Plus One to Hijinks, DM Tom sits down with Stephen to talk all things Hunter related. Listen in as they talk about his dark backstory and get deep in the feels together. Oh and Stephen wants you to follow him on twitter, you can do that over at @sahoshida. Find links to all episodes, social media and fun stuff at plusonetohijinks.com!
Pro wrestler "The Kingpin" Brian Milonas and referee Mike Crockett discuss their histories in independent wrestling - including Mike's stealthy trek through the New England scene in the early 90s with guys named Saturn and Helmsley, and Brian's improbable in-ring angle with guys named Cena and McMahon. Plus, they preview what is to come on the podcast with their first "Promo About Nothing". Then, a judge decrees that Mike must become Brian's butler. Promo About Nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA2BQXwlOOE Follow @TheWPAN, @bda_radio, @BrianMilonas & @crocksox on Twitter. #PDAforBDA Visit BDARadio.com for the most unique commentary on Mixed Martial Arts and Pro Wrestling on the internet.
In this episode, host David Gordon visits the North Yorkshire market town of Helmsley where he stops by No 54 Bondgate and the Verbana Spa at Feversham Arms Hotel to find out more about the region
The Admiral and Corporal Helmsley out on the deck of the navy's flagship, Cloudstrife, attempt to block Joanna from escaping.
Interludes 1.2 - NYC Marathon (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/NYC.mp3] Link NYC.mp3 Act one – The Bridge Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – All in a Day Freezing and about half way across the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and the wind was blowing sideways at 20-30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. Physical shivers racked me in the Orange Staging Area on the island. My giant trash bag cut the wind but did little to warm me. I was thankful to have the giant trash bag but would have rather had a full size wool blanket or poncho like Clint Eastwood wore in the spaghetti westerns. Or a down jacket. The temperature was not that bad. It was in the high 30's Fahrenheit, but the cutting wind dropped the perceived temperature to single digits. I was feeling it. We were ½ mile or so in, still on the upward slope of the bridge with a steady stream of runners. I didn't want to get in the way of anyone trying to race, but I recognized this as THAT iconic photo that everyone takes from this race and had to find a way to get it. I was not racing this race. I had my iPhone with me to facilitate these sorts of moments. I felt compelled to fill the social media void with my fuzzy pictures of randomness to show my sponsors, the good people from ASICS America that, yeah, I do occasionally attempt some content of the typical race-blogger type. I saw my chance and jumped up onto the 2-3 foot wide barrier that separates inbound and outbound traffic on the top deck of the bridge. Safely out of the flow I pulled off one glove with my teeth and took a few shots of the horizon, the cityscape beyond the river and the bridge. … There's a guy a few feet away on the median with me who has one of those giant cameras. I don't give him much thought. There are camera-people all over the place on this course. One guy is lying on his belly shooting the runners' feet as they swarm across the bridge. Who am I to get in the way of their art? Then I notice this guy is moving closer to me and it's a bit creepy because when I glance his way he's focusing on me, so I just try to ignore him and get my shots. Turns out he's the photographer for Rueters and he's giving me the iconic ‘Seinfeld moment' of the weekend. In the picture he takes I'm holding up my cell phone, yellow glove dangling from my teeth. Desperately clutching last year's orange parka, with the wind trying to blow it out of my hands. I've got my gray ASICS beanie, a long sleeve ASICS plain red shirt (not anywhere thick enough for this wind assault on the bridge), ASICS Shorts, and my E33 race shoes with the green calf sleeves. The caption will read; “A runner takes a selfie on the Verrezano Bridge at the start of the NYC Marathon”. It wasn't a selfie, but who am I to argue with the media moguls of New York. Ironically those were the last pictures I took during the race because I realized my phone was going dead and I might need the GPS to get back to the hotel later at the finish. I powered it down. I'm also wearing a scarf that I bought on the street corner in mid-town. I would wear that scarf for the whole race. Rakishly tied like the adornment of a WWI fighter pilot in an open canopy. I fantasize about founding a whole line of racing scarves. I will call this version “The Sopwith Camel”. I can buy them on the corner for $5 and sell them to triathletes for $50 – (I'll just tell them it takes 6 seconds off their run times – triathletes will buy anything). The last piece of clothing is an impromptu gator I've constructed by tearing the pompom off and gutting the Dunkin Donuts hat they gave us in the athletes' village. Ingenuity bred by desperation. I would have gladly gutted a Tauntaun from the ice planet Hoth with a light saber and crawled into its bowels for the body heat if that was an option. I'm also holding a plastic shopping bag. In that bag is 3 Hammer gels and an empty Gatorade bottle. I held on to the Gatorade bottle thinking that I might need to refill it on the bridge given that I'd just finished drinking the contents. If I have to relieve myself I want to be tidy about it. Every time anyone has ever talked about the NYC marathon to me, somehow the conversation always ends up at “If you're on the lower deck of the bridge you get peed on by the guys on the upper deck.” In fact there are signs along the start that threaten disqualification for anyone caught doing so. But on this day I don't see a single guy attempting the feat. It would take a brave and talented man to relieve himself in this cross wind and temperature. The orange parka is from last year's race. I have upgraded from my plastic trash bag. The trash bag was good, but this is warmer, and I need to get my core temp back up to normal. Ironically when I got my trash bag out I realized that it was slightly used. At one point I think it had actual garbage in it. I just grabbed it from my car. When I laid out the trash bag the night before I realized it wasn't ‘fresh out of the box' but, it is what it is, and I wiped it down with hotel face towels. I used the bib safety pins to carefully scribe perforations for the head hole and the arm holes, like in old computer paper or junk mail, so I could easily push the patches out in the morning without having to chew out a gash with my teeth. When you exit the holding area from the staging area into the starting line on the bridge they have big boxes to donate your throw away clothes to the homeless. I knew my core temperature was low from the bone rattling shaking and shivering and I looked for an opportunity to better my sartorial situation. I thought a nice hooded sweatshirt, or knit pullover would be the perfect upgrade to run the first couple miles in until my core temp came back up. At the homeless boxes I tore off my plastic bag and grabbed that thick, quilted, finisher's poncho from the 2013 race. They don't have arm holes but they are giant and you can wrap them around you like your grandmother's cardigan. I made a joke that I hoped the guy who tossed it didn't have Ebola or bed bugs. I had a politically incorrect but amusing mental picture that they should bus the homeless out to the start and have them set up on the bridge so people could pick the homeless person they wanted to give their old sweatshirt to. It would be a nice way to mainstream the disadvantaged of the city. They could hand out cups of fortified wine, like Thunderbird or Mogan David to warm the aspirants at the start. In the starting coral I had a couple guys from Indiana take my photo. America the beautiful played and I reluctantly took off my hat. They played New York, New York, which was awesome, and then, without further fanfare, we bent our thousands of feet into the wind of the narrows. Plastic bags and clothing of all sort blew sideways through the crowd and wrapped around people like suicidal jelly fish. We were off. Frank Sinatra – New York, New York Act two – The elites and the bloggerati I walked into the lobby groggy from my flight and a bit lost in time and space. I had been battling the cold that tore through North America the previous week and trying to get enough sleep to beat it back. I was coming off a short week and had run the Marine Corps Marathon 5 days earlier. ASICS had asked me to fly Thursday night to be there in time for the Friday morning warm up run. I was taking a rare day off on Friday to accommodate. They flew me down on the short hop shuttle into Kennedy from Boston and had a limo waiting to take me to the hotel. I definitely felt like a poser, but did my best to roll with it. When confronted by these situations where you feel the imposter syndrome creeping into the back of your lizard brain I've found it best to have a sense of humor. Smile and enjoy yourself. Try not to talk too much and try to inquire and understand the new people you meet. ASICS was putting me up at The New York Palace Hotel, a five-star joint on Madison Ave in midtown across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral. It was a beautiful hotel with spacious rooms – definitely not the Spartan accommodation of a journeyman marathoner. The travel part didn't bother me. I spend most of my time in hotels and airplanes. I'm a hearty and hale adventurer. But, I'd be lying if I didn't feel a bit different, a bit fish out of water to be part of an industry sponsored junket of sorts. Not icky per se, but more like the guy without a cool costume at a costume party. … In the Lobby Noelle, our ASICS Liaison, was chatting with a couple guys. She noticed me lurking about in my head to toe ASCIS gear and introduced herself. I could have sworn one of the guys was Ryan Hall but I'm such a meathead with the social graces I didn't want to make a faux pas. Eventually Noelle introduced me them and the young blond guy leans in, shakes my hand and says, ‘Hi, I'm Ryan.' The other guy introduced himself as Andy. I would soon learn this was Andy Potts the Ironman Champ. It cracked me up that Ryan had the humility to assume I didn't know who he was. Moving to the bar with Noelle we ordered drinks and waited for the other out-of-towners. … “Mini-Marathoners” – that's what they called them. They were 5 inch tall statuettes of us. They had taken photos of us and rendered them, with the latest computer aided design, into mini 3D renditions of us in full stride. Noelle passed them out while we – the ASCICS Blogger team - were having drinks. They were a big hit. I met two of the other bloggers, Megan ‘Irun4Wine' from Florida and Brian ‘PavementRunner' from the Bay Area. Brian's mini marathoner had a hilarious beer belly, which Brian does not possess in real life. Megan's mini marathoner had brilliant red hair, which she does not possess in real life. Megan Wood (Copello) - @Irun4Wine www.irunforwine.net Megan Lee - @RunLikeAGrl - www.runlikeagrl.com Brian Kelly - @PavementRunner – www.pavementrunner.com Gregg Bard – NYCGregg – www.NYCSweat.com My mini marathoner was excellent. They gave me back a full head of hair, made me skinny, took at least 10 years off me and made me look vaguely like Will Wheaton. I'll take it. Of course the jokes flowed in. Does it have kung fu grip? Is it a bobble head? Yeah, you know you've made it when they are making action figures of you… … New York City is a funny, kinetic and desperate place. I walked the streets of midtown doing some people watching. Beat down, bowlegged men in suits trucking down the sidewalk. The street vendors. The tourists, always looking up in awe. The many languages and all the smokers! It was like being in Paris in 1970 with all the cigarette smoke being exhaled into my personal space. I circled the hotel, over to Park Ave and 1st and 48th and 54th, getting the lay of the land, taking mental notes of restaurants and stores and milestones. The Helmsley, Grand Central, the ebb and flow and surge of pedestrians. I passed a fruit vendor and decided to take the plunge. I was quite proud of myself having procured some bananas and plums and pears. It was later that I discovered the vendor had put the fruit stickers over the moldy spots. Ahh…New York, a kinetic and desperate place. … Friday morning dawned gray but I was up before the sun. I went to the Starbucks next door and treated myself to a coffee and oatmeal, not knowing what the day might have in store nutritionally. We had a rendezvous with the cars to shuttle us over to the park for our ‘warm up run' event. Noelle was the leader like a tour guide with her charges in tow we all boarded limos for the ride over and gathered in a restaurant for coffee and sundries. Among the assembled crowd was a throng of actual journalists from places like Rodale and USAToday. Nice, literate and sporty journalists, guests of ASICS all assembling for coffee and bagels and selfies with the elites. Coach Kastor was there holding court and he was in charge of the morning exercise. Andy Potts was there as was Ryan and some other elite athletes from the ASICS stable. My new friend Grace ‘LeanGirlsClub' was there and I gave her a big hug. As was the other Megan, ‘RunLikeAGirl' and Greg, ‘NYCSweat'. The blogger team was complete. And then we went for a run. Up until this point it was just super surreal for me. All this attention for a journeyman marathoner of little account. I won't lie. It felt a little icky. I love running. I love talking about, writing about and rolling around in the smell of running. But, it's my hobby, not my job. All these industry folks and media people subconsciously gave me the heebee-jeebees and I consciously determined to smile and be humble and ask people about themselves. Coach Kastor led us around the park and out to the finish line. This is where it all got normal for me again. As soon as I felt the kinetic relief of feet hitting pavement my whole world resolved back to that happy place. The veil dropped and I was out for a run with some new friends. We were all taking pictures and chatting as we jogged around the park. I told Coach Kastor how perfect his form was. I chatted with Ryan and Andy and Coach about races and shoes and injuries and all those things that we default to like old men in a café over coffee. This is the human and democratic sinew of our sport. It is the most human of endeavors. To run . We paused for team pictures. I look lean and happy in my short shorts. Noelle told me that the only other person she knew who wore short shorts was Ryan. That's good enough for me! Back in the restaurant for coffee and schmoozing. I had a chance to chat with Andy Potts about his Kona race. I asked what I thought was an interesting and erudite question about how he resolves the challenge of dropping into a flow state during the grueling endurance intensity of an ironman with having to stay aware of the immediate tactics of the race? Up until this point it had been all small talk and banter but when we started talking about racing his inner competitor came out. He got serious and intense. I saw the character of the Ironman champion emerge from the shadows. He told me about how when someone makes a move, “You don't let them go, they take it, and it's up to you to decide whether you're going to let them take it.” I chatted with Ryan Hall too. It was just small talk. With the intent of small talk I asked him what he had coming up next. He got a bit dark, dropping the California persona. I realized that I unintentionally had asked a question that he got asked often with different intent by reporters. A question they asked that really was “When are you going to live up to the expectations that the world has burdened you with.” Here's a man that can crank out 26.2 sub-5 minute miles. He's got nothing to prove to me. I just wanted to talk about running and racing and geek out about the sport we love. There were some speeches as the elites all gave us their tips on running our marathons. At some point Deena Kastor came in and she gave us a talk as well. She filled a plate at the buffet and sat at a table to pick at it. I saw that the other bloggers were sort of hovering behind her chair so I took the initiative and asked Noelle to ask her to chat with us a bit. Deena was a sweetheart and immediately acquiesced. She told a story about the Philadelphia ½ marathon that I had read somewhere before. She told Megan that she loved the “Irun4Wine” blog name because she ran for wine too! … The Clash – City of the Dead Act three – the first half There is a strange dynamic between New York City and Boston. It's a bit of a love-hate relationship. Like sisters that were born too close together and forced to share the same room. The typical exchange I had while in the city follows: New Yorker: “So…Where are you from?” Me: “Boston” Them: “I'm sorry” Me: “That's quite alright.” Them: “You know what I like about Boston?” Me: “No, What?” Them: “The ride to the airport when I know I'm getting the hell out of there!” You think I'm joking. I had this exact conversation with more than one person. They weren't being mean. In the zeitgeist of the New Yorker anyone living anywhere else is only doing so until they can figure out how to move to the Big Apple. I won't bother telling them it isn't so. They wouldn't hear me anyhow. Another conversation I had was this one: “How many times have you run the New York City Marathon?” “This is my first.” Why haven't you run it before?” “Because it's a giant pain in the ass. It's expensive, hard to get into and hard to get to.” “Well, you must be excited about running the best marathon in the world!?” “Yes, I've run it 16 times, but I hear this one is pretty good too…” … After we got off the windy chaos of the bridge and into the protecting streets of Brooklyn it warmed right up. We were moving. Everyone was happy, happy, happy with the early race excitement of finally being out there after much anticipation and wait. I tossed my sundry items of extra clothing away as we exited the bridge, taking care to place them downwind and out of the way. The first few miles as athletes discarded clothing you had to watch your step. The wind was swirling items around. Bags and shirts and blankets were doing mad dances in the street. The sun was peeking through and the building blocked the wind intermittently, changing it from a sideways bluster to an occasional vortex as you crossed side street gaps. They had removed much of the tenting and the mile markers due to the wind. I heard they also had to change the wheelchair start at the last minute as well to get them off the bridge. As is always the case in the first few miles of a marathon I was running easy and in my element. The pack was thick, but not as thick as you'd expect with a record 56,000 plus participants. You could find a line and run free without side-stepping or pulling into the gutters. The crowds were consistent and vigorous, lining the course. I was my usual chatty self and talked to a couple people with Boston Marathon shirts on. I had forgotten to bring my Garmin so I had no idea on pace or hear rate. I just ran. You should try that sometime. It's quite liberating. At my age the heart rate data just scares me anyhow. Without the mile marks I had to ask runners where we were and back into the pace. My plan was a bit muddy and half-hearted. I figured I could run 5 minutes and walk one minute and that would be a nice easy 4-hour-ish marathon. Having run Marine Corps seven days previously I knew I wasn't in a position to jump on this race with any enthusiasm. With the combination of no mile marks and feeling fine I forgot my plan to take walk breaks and just ran. I stuffed three gels down the back of my glove and carried the sleeping phone in the other hand. I had a baggie of Endurolytes in the shorts pocket. I had my room key in an interesting key-card size back pocket I had discovered in these ASCIS shorts, (that I was wearing for the first time). I had to add the extra security of a bib-pin to hold this mystery pocket closed because it had no zipper. Thank heavens I had ignored my impish impulse to wear the short shorts. The extra 4 inches of tech fabric might have kept me out of a hospital trip for hypothermia. I kept the scarf. … Whereas I had no need to pee off the bridge I did start assessing the porta-john distribution patterns with some interest. They seemed to show up every few K. The first few had long lines. I saw an opportunity around 10K and took care of my Gatorade recycling problem without a wait. This first stretch through Brooklyn was wonderful. Everyone on the course was happy to be running. The folks in the crowd were abundant and enthusiastic. There were several road-side bands, mostly playing classic-rock genre music, which I thought was great, but it reminded me of how old I'm getting that 80% of the people in the race had no idea what I meant by statements like “This was from their Fillmore East Live album!” I would rather have a less-than-fully talented live rock band than someone blaring the Rocky theme song out a window. I pulled up beside a young woman with a giant smile on her face. Me, smiling and pulling up alongside; “Hi, how you doing?” Her, gushing; “This is Great!, Isn't this Great!?” “Yeah, it's something. Where are you from?” “Oh, I live here. Isn't this Great?” “Sure, why is this so great?” “The People! They're just great!” “What do you mean? They're acting nice for a change?” Her, scowling, and turning to look at me. “Where are you from?” “Boston!” “Oh, I'm sorry.” “Have you run this before?” “No it's my first time.” “Do you have some sort of time goal?” “No, I'm just enjoying myself.” “Well, I would recommend saving some of this enthusiasm for the last 10k, you may need it.” I had three goals for this race My A goal was don't die, my B goal was don't die and my C goal was don't die. I'm proud to say I met all my goals. Additional bonuses were that I squeaked under 4 hours and had a blast. Act four – the Village “My doctor told me I'd never run again.” Was one of the interesting snippets from conversations I had while waiting in the cold. The New York City Marathon, like many big city races has a substantially large block of waiting. For those who are not sponsored athletes it start at 3 or 4 in the morning getting to and waiting on the ferry to Staten Island. For me it meant a leisurely walk, once more led by our ASICS tour director Noelle down to the Sheraton to board the chartered busses that would drive us to the start. Early marathon start time tip: Go to Starbucks the night before and order a nice high-quality coffee. This way when you wake up in your hotel room you have coffee ready for your breakfast no muss, no fuss. OK, it's cold, but it's better than messing with the hotel coffee maker for some weak-ass crap that won't get your pipes moving. We had to get up early, but the ‘Fall back' time change mitigated that and it wasn't a hassle at all. It was still a long, stop and go ride out to Staten Island. As we sat on the bridge in traffic the bus rocked from side to side in the wind. I had been being a proper dick for the last couple days making fun of the other runners who were super-concerned about the cold weather forecast. “40 degrees? Are you kidding? Up where I'm from that's shorts weather!” Turns out the joke was on me. When we offloaded and made our way to the staging areas the wind gusts tore through me. My thin tech-shirt, shorts and snarky Boston attitude were no match for the wind-chill. By the time we had taken some more group photos before breaking up for our respective staging areas my teeth were chattering. It wasn't that cold, but it was overcast and the wind was ripping through us. I got into my slightly used giant trash bag, to find my staging area, but by that point it was too late and I chilled to my core, and a couple millimeters of black plastic wasn't going to help. The starting area of the New York City Marathon is the most giant, complex operation I've ever seen at a race. First the buses disgorge you into a triage area where a gaggle of friendly NYC police officers filters you through metal detectors and pat downs. Then you disperse off into the color coded ‘villages'. Once in the village you watch the giant screen for your start wave to be called. When your wave is called you make your way to one of several coded exits. When the wave in front of you moves to the start line, you progress through your exit to the holding pen. Then you get released to the starting area on the bridge for your start wave. All of this is coded onto your bib. For example I was Orange, B3. This meant I went to the Orange village and moved to exit B when my wave, wave 3, was called. In reality what it meant was me wandering around showing my bib and asking people where I should be. I didn't check a bag, so I didn't have to deal with the bag check at the start or the bag retrieval at the end. Which meant a couple lines I didn't have to stand in, but also the risk of hypothermia at the start and at the finish if I got the clothing thing wrong. I didn't die, but I sure would have loved to have had a throw-away sweat shirt! As I made my way through this hyper-organized, on a grand scale machine I thought about What 56,000 people all in one place looks and sounds and feels like. This is the size of one of Caesar's armies, with which was conquered Gaul and Britania. Imagine all these people carrying swords and running at another similar, bristling force? The scale of it is moving and thought provoking. In the Orange village I found my free Dunkin Donuts hat and got some coffee. I heard my name called and got to spend some time with a couple of RunRunLive friends, Krista Carl, shivering on a piece of grass with them, taking selfies and waiting for our waves to be called. One thing I have to give the race organization credit for is access to porta-johns. I think these folks had procured every porta-john in the free world. They were in the village and more importantly in the various queuing areas at the exits and start. There's no way you could have that many people waiting around for that long without access. No one was denied their personal respite. Dust Rhinos – New York Girls Act five – the Expo After the warm up run with the rest of the team and the elites I was riding the elevator back up to the room. I was chatting with Jason Saltmarsh from Saltmarshrunning.com and another young woman got in the elevator. We small talked up a couple floors Jason got off leaving just the young woman and me. I asked her “So what do you do for ASICS?” She looked a bit befuddled and responded, “I'm Sarah Hall…” It was a bit awkward for both of us but I smiled my way through it, saying, “Oh, I just ran with your husband…” After geeking out with the elites I was all fired up and feeling very grateful for having been given the opportunity and invitation. When I got back to the room I sat down recorded a YouTube video to publicly thank ASICS and muse on the unifying force that running and our community is. Had to get that off my chest. Apparently the fact that I was taking the day off didn't register with anyone at work because the emails and phones calls were dogging me all day too. Isn't that one of the truisms of life? Nothing going on all week and then when you take a day off all hell breaks loose? I beat back some emails and started putting together some material for a podcast. I had nothing else to do and it was still early in the day on Friday so I figured I'd go down to the expo and pick up my number, and beat the rush. I was still smarting from the previous week when I had wasted 3 hours standing in line on Saturday trying to pick up my Marine Corps bib. Cell phone to ear I set off to find the Javits Center and the Expo. Outside the hotel the well-dressed bellmen ushered me into a waiting cab for the quick ride. The cabby, as is usual, was from some non-English speaking part of the African subcontinent but was able to make it clear to me that the Javits Center wasn't a good enough fare for him and tossed me out of the cab at the end of the block. Ahhh New York, funny, kinetic and desperate place. And they wonder why Uber is so popular… Being a marathoner, with time heavy on his hands, and nothing better to do I decided to hoof it the 2 miles or so over to the Expo. Along the way I could get some work done, take some pictures and really just relax and enjoy the day. As I drew nearer I picked up a few other strays from various parts of the world all questing in the same direction. The triage at the expo wasn't bad and I got through to pick up my bib and shirt fairly quickly, but I may have accidentally cut the line. The ASICS store in the Expo with the race specific gear was GIANT. I would have bought a hat but I already had so much gear form ASICS and I didn't feel like fighting the line that snaked all around the store. Wandering around with glazed over look I felt a tap on my shoulder. “Are you Chris from RunRunLive?” It was Brandon Wood, not the Brandon Wood the opera singer ironman, but another Brandon Wood @IrunAlaska who was in from said northern territory for the race. We had a nice chat. Later in the day I had another one of those Seinfeld moments when I cracked open the race magazine that they were handing out and saw Brandon's mug staring out at me as one of the featured runners. I sent him a tweet and it turns out nobody told him about it and he was thrilled to get his 15 minutes. I wandered around and noted Ryan and Sarah signing autographs, but didn't stand in that line either. I'm not much for lines. The Kenyans were there on display as well including Wilson Kipsang the eventual winner and Geoffrey Mutai, last year's winner. I went by the Garmin booth and tried to make them talk me into buying a new watch but they couldn't close. I got bored and wandered off to find the buses back to midtown. Apparently these buses were running from Grand Central and back to the Javits but it was a bit of a madhouse. It was easier to take the bus back than to locate the right bus in traffic on the streets outside Grand Central. Back at the hotel I beat back the tide of emails and I met Megan @Irun4Wine and her newly minted hubby for a few drinks, grabbed some Chipolte for Dinner and went back to the room to write and work on the podcast. Reel Big Fish - Beer Act Six – the race Even though there were 56,000 runners in this race I never felt crowded or restricted. As we rolled through Harlem with its gospel choirs and on into Queens the roads were wide and free flowing. There were a couple times where the roads pinched in for some reason but I never felt like I was having to side step or trip. The pack was dense, but you could get through it. As we got into the middle miles I started to work in some one minute walk breaks every ten minutes or so whenever convenient water stops appeared. With this cadence I would pass and repass the same people several times. There were a bunch of people with orange shirts that said “Imagine a world without Cancer” and I had that thought running through my head, thinking about my Dad and Coach and all the other people I know that end up on the losing end of this disease. Another stand out attribute of this race versus any other is the number of international participants. I must have missed the memo but apparently you were supposed to run in the standard uniform of your country. In my wave there were Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, France, Brazil, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, South Africa, and tens of other uniforms with flags that I couldn't decipher. It was almost like the Olympics in a way because all the French wore the same uniform and all the Swiss wore the same red uniform and all the Aussies wore the same green uniform. It made it easy for me to know whether an ‘Allee Allee' or Aussie Aussie Aussie! Was appropriate. It also made it hard for me because no one was responding to the constant stream of humorous comments that stream from me during a marathon. I's say something funny or ask a question only to be rejoined with a blank stare and a shrug. Compounding this was the high percentage of ‘double-budders' who had an ear-bud on both ears and were unaware and unresponsive to the other 56,000 runners. Seems a bit of a waste to me. To be out on this course in this city with all these people and these big crowds and then seal yourself off into your own little world. Not being able to communicate with people I amused myself with riling up the crowds and high fiving the little kids along the course. I would run along the curb yelling “Who's gonna give me some sugar?!” After the first hour, at one of my walk breaks I swallowed an Endurolyte and ate the Espresso Love Gu I was carrying. I had already carried that gel through 2-3 entire marathons without eating it and I figured its time had come. My body felt fine. I wasn't paying attention to splits or pace. It was just another Sunday long run with a few tens of thousands of friends. Through these middle miles the course reminded me somewhat of the Chicago marathon as we passed through neighborhoods, each with its own character. Except, unlike Chicago, on the NYC course there are some hills. Nothing steep or horrible but some long gradual pulls nonetheless. I wouldn't call it a ‘hard course', but it's not pancake flat either. The other interesting topographical elements were the bridges. There are five bridges, including the one you start on. When I'm not racing I don't bother looking at the course map. Part of it is I'm just not compulsive that way and part if it is the extra element of adventure this provides me as the course rolls itself out in front of me real-time. The Queensboro Bridge was one of these adventurous surprises. This comes right after the 15 mile mark and, including the approach and decent is over a ½ mile long. This means you've got this 500-600 meter hill that just seems to keep going up and up. The strangest thing was this was the first quiet place on the course. We were on the lower deck, the inside of the bridge and the wind was blocked by the superstructure for the most part. After all the screaming and noise and wind we were suddenly confronted with silence and the sounds of our own striving. It was a bit eerie. Not the silence per se, but the absence of noise in the heart of this race in the heart of this city. This is where people were starting to show signs of tiring. I had to side step some walkers and pay attention to the holes, lumps and buckles in the road that were common more or less across the course. A not small group of runners congregated at the ‘overlook' gaps in the bridge to take pictures. I trudged on up the hill in the eerie quiet to the soft sounds of treads and breathing and the rustling of clothing broken occasionally by the wheel noise of traffic on the upper deck above our heads. Coming down the long down-slope of the Queensboro Bridge I find myself runner just behind an Amazon. This young woman is tall, muscular and blonde like something out of a cheerleading movie. My old heart and mind swoons. I lose my train of thought and stumble into a collision with one of my international friends. I smile at him apologetically, shrug my shoulders in the direction of the Amazon and sheepishly say “Sorry, I was distracted.” His broad grin tells me that some things are the same in any language. A couple characters I keep passing due to my walk break rhythm is a pair of Irish guys in their Green national uniforms. One of them has, I'm guessing his name, Cleary, on the back. Knowing that they speak a related version of my native tongue I make a comment on one of my passes, “Tough day, huh fellahs?” Mr. Cleary looks at me and rejoins without missing a beat in his best and lovely brogue, “Fucking Brilliant!” You know what they say? ‘If it wasn't for whiskey and beer the Irish would rule the world.' I believe that to be true, and a fine lot of mad, philosopher, poet kings they would make. As we crossed Manhattan for the first time I was starting to get a little tired. I ate another gel at two hours and another Endurolyte. I wasn't crashing or bonking or hitting the wall or any of that other poetic nonsense, I was just getting tire. It had been a long week. Someone said we'd be coming back this way and I quipped, “If we've got to come back, why don't we just stay here?” As we cruised down the broad reaches of First Avenue I was trying to apply my drafting skills to stay out of the wind. I'm very good at drafting. You need to find someone about your height who is running a nice even pace and you snuggle up into their wind shadow. Drafting works even better in a big race because you can sometimes find two or three runners in a group creating a nice big pocket. In big races you can draft a ‘double-budder' for miles and they won't even know you're there. You just have to not bump them or step on them. But, running down First Avenue I couldn't figure the wind out. As you went by the cross streets it would start as a head wind then shift around and end up as a tail wind. It was a constant swirl that made it hard to find a good pocket to run in. The sun was out now. It was after noon and warm. I was wishing I had worn sunglasses. Act seven – Saturday Saturday morning before the race Brian the PavementRunner has organized a tweet up on the steps of the Library in Midtown. The idea was we'd all promote it, get a big group of people, take some pictures and head for some coffee, then drop by the ASICS Times Square Store. It was a good plan but we woke up to a dreary cold drizzle. We went anyhow and had some fun with the people that did show up. We took some pictures, had some coffee and made our way over to the Big ASICS store. The ASICS store near Times Square is a showplace store. It has an old New York Subway car in it that is really cool. This is where we took a couple more pictures that ended up making the rounds. @RunMikeRun from Twitter took one of all of us in the subway car with his GoPro on a pole rig and that shot ended up being picked up by Runner's World. Greg, Megan, Megan, Brian, Noelle and I all climbed up into the window display and took some great goofy shots with the manikins that made the rounds too. We ended up having a nice lunch over near Rockefeller Center and then drifting off in different directions. Some of these folks were understandably worried about having to run a marathon the next day. I wasn't. My goals were simple. Don't die. Back at the hotel I used the afternoon to finish up the podcast and get some other stuff done. Having no plans for the evening I wandered about Midtown, got some sundries and ended up getting a plate of pasta and a beer at TGI Fridays. I picked up my Starbucks for the next morning and settled in. I wasn't sure I knew how to set my iPhone alarm for the time change so I called the hotel operator and asked for a 4:45 wake up call, which was really a 5:45 wakeup call…I guessed. I laid all my race kit out in ‘Empty' runner format on the floor. Tried to wipe the garbage off of my garbage bag and commenced to watch a little TV. There was some really stupid zombie movie on that I started watching but reconsidered whether that was such a good idea the night before a race. I fell asleep. I slept fine, like a man with no secrets and many friends, and my eyes popped open at 4:30 (really 5:30) fifteen minutes before my wakeup call, like they usually do. Act eight – the finish All the walking around the city, fighting the cold and wind all morning, and having run a marathon 7 days earlier started to wear on me as we crossed over into the Bronx by Mile 20. I wasn't bonking. I was really tired. I skipped the three hour gel and Endurolyte and started taking a minute walk every 5 minutes. Looking at my watch and backing into the pace I was on a 3:40 to 3:50 finish schedule if I kept the fire stoked. I was tired though and I only had the one goal, which could be accomplished with any finishing time. Coming down the bridge into the Bronx there was a larger woman running a bit loosely in front of me. There was also one of those giant orange traffic cones in the middle of the road. I don't know how she managed to do it, but she caught her toe on the cone and started to flail. It was one of those slow motion moments for me. She was in that state where she was off balance and wind-milling her arms for purchase on that razors edge between falling and not falling. She was right in front of me. I reached out and grabbed her as best I could until she regained her heading and rejoined the flow. Coming back into Manhattan was a bit rough as I was super tired and not having much fun anymore. I just wanted to get it done. The race finished in Central Park but to get there you have to climb a long, long hill that just seems to go on forever. I was passing the walking wounded and the walking dead but I was still on plan to attain my primary goal of cheating the grim reaper once more. Once you get into the park it's another mile-plus of rolling hills to the finish. When you make that turn into the park it's still a long way to the finish if you're hurting but at that point you know you've got it. Along that long climb up Fifth Avenue and through the Park the crowds become loud and roaring. It's a constant assault of praise and exhortation as the runners struggle through to the finish. I crossed the line and had enough brain power left to stop my watch. It said 4:00:03. I turned on my IPhone to get a finish line photo and felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Brian the @PavementRunner who had finished a couple steps behind me. He had carried a GoPro and taken video of the race for ASICS. Later I would learn that my actual time was 3:59:52. That's nice. And, I didn't die. I was glad to see PavementRunner. First because he's a nice guy and a familiar face, and second because I was clueless as to what we were supposed to do next and where we were supposed to go after the finish. I didn't check a bag so getting one of those quilted race parkas was high on my priority list as the sun was starting to get low in the New York skyline. Brian and I found the special, VIP exit that we were supposed to use and the volunteers were fantastic. They were like hotel concierges telling us in great detail where we needed to go and how to get there. We found the parkas and the food and even the warming tent where we sat for a while to get some energy back for the walk to the hotel. In another helping of irony, the woman sitting next to us in the warming tent was from the next town over from where I live. Brian and I set out to find the hotel and joined the long stream of thousands of trudging warriors in blue parkas like Napoleon's Grand Army retreating from Russia. Brian seemed to think he knew where we were going so I followed his lead until I saw water in front of us and intoned that even with my limited geographical knowledge of the city I didn't think there was a river between Central Park and Midtown. We turned around and did some more walking. My legs felt great. I felt great. This was an easy one that hadn't left a mark on me other than the tiredness of doing it. We stopped to take some tourist pictures in front of Radio City and the Tonight Show banner. The people passing us in the streets of the City were very nice to us. They were friendly and congratulatory. It was a nice, warm and welcoming vibe that I've got to give the natives credit for. They like their race. Brian asked me what I wanted to eat and I didn't have to think about it. God help me, and apologies to the planet, I wanted a big, juicy cheeseburger with bacon, fries and a beer. Brian concurred. After we washed up at the hotel that's just what we did. After Brian walked us three blocks in the wrong direction which was beginning to become one of our running gags of the weekend we settled into Bill's Burgers and consummated our burgers and fries. The waitress, seeing our medals, refused to let us pay for our beers. I was starting to like these people. On the walk back to the hotel I led Brian into St. Patrick's Cathedral where a late mass was being held. I crossed myself with holy water and genuflected to the altar and it somehow felt as if we had God's blessing on this day. I was grateful. Act nine – the selfie that wasn't a selfie Monday morning as I flew back to Boston for a full day of work the tweets and emails started to come in. “Were you standing in the middle of the Verrazano Bridge wearing an orange parka taking pictures?” “Yeah, I was.” “You're on the cover of the Wall Street Journal!” “No Kidding? Can you scan that and send it to me?” And there I was in full freezing to death glory perched on the median taking pictures. A final Seinfeld moment and another great Irony that this Boston boy was gracing the cover of their Newspaper. The caption said “A runner takes a selfie on the Verrazano Bridge at the start of the NYC Marathon.” It wasn't a selfie, but I guess I don't have a say in that. Then it got picked up by CNN as one of their “Selfies of the Week” and somehow I'm in the same gallery as Madonna and Barack Obama. Act ten – the end At the end of the day when I met all my new blogger friends for celebratory drinks at pub. (my kind of place). Grace's boyfriend said “So, I guess you won the editor's challenge, then?” Honestly, it was the first time the thought had entered my mind that there was any contest involving finish time, especially between me and these social media friends. A bit jolly from the beer, my windburn subsiding into the cheery glow of my cheeks I turned to my new friends and said; “If there's one thing that I've learned from all the marathons and all the years is that you have to celebrate every one. You don't know what's' coming next. Celebrate today and now and every race because this could very well be as good as it gets.” Skankin Pickle – Thick Ass Stout
The first ever installment!
Audio alert: one of the mics cuts out until the 7:20 mark. So if you wanna skip ahead, that's the place to start. This week: 40 hours of video gaming; the Man of Steel trailer, with 79% more Kevin Costner outrage; the man who lives with goats; Tommy's pal, Bob Dylan; we review Kreayshawn's "Go Hard (La.La.La.)"; RIP Sherman Helmsley; Sherman Helmsley, the singer; the Olympics; how not to be possessed by a demon; Pete Rose and Fred Willard - dirty old men; Kenny Chesney can get you shot; Snoop Lion; and Tommy begins his transformation into Pauly Shore.
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Scagglethorpe Queening, Ribston Pippin, the Wass - Simon Parkes meets those restoring the orcharding tradition of the north, from the walled community garden at Helmsley to the orchard village of Husthwaite, and samples some of the commercial fruits of these orchards including a new cider brandy from the orchards of Ampleforth Abbey. Dr Joan Morgan, apple expert and author of the seminal New Book of Apples, outlined many of the great northern varieties at the RHS London Autumn Harvest Show. Michael Jack, President of the National Fruit Show, and a BBC Food & Farming Awards judge, samples some of the orchard drinks: Cheshire Apple Juice from Eddisbury Fruit Farm, Husthwaite's cider, and Ampleforth's cider brandy. Producer: Rebecca Moore.
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This week, Ricky & Clive try to be positive about Survivor Series, but a pretty decent wrestling show was overshadowed by the main event. That’s when the boys get angry. Rants. Vents. Expletives. Vince’s booking. Vince’s vision. Vince’s nepotism. You get the gist. We talk at length about HHH’s influence in WWE over his career, and whether it was all positive or negative. JR joins us later in the show when discussing why current mid-carders aren’t getting over, and why would any big name on the indies even dare come near WWE at this moment in time. The show thankfully ends on a high note as we close with the traditional WWE related quiz. - Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @rickyandclive - Proud members of Social Suplex Podcast Network, with other shows: @OneNationRadio and @TheSMCPodcast - We are all available on iTunes and Android, all can be searched for under Social Suplex Podcast Network - Please subscribe to and rate the shows on iTunes or at our host website http://socialsuplexwrestling.podbean.com - Check out our blog and websites for columns and news on the latest podcasts being dropped: - The Wrestling (Squared) Circle On Facebook - www.socialsuplex.comSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/social-suplex-podcast-network/donations
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