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Host Benjamin Rangel sits down with Jessica Luebbering, Executive Director of Father Gene's Help Center. They talk about Jessica's path to her position, the work of Father Gene's Help Center, and what dignity means. To learn more, visit:Father Gene's Help CenterEthical practices in buying clothesAction Steps:Jessica's actions include:Donate clean, quality clothing to Father Gene's Help CenterVolunteer at Father Gene's Reflect and be more intentional about your personal consumption of clothing Have a clothing swap, fix clothing that is damaged, and pay for higher quality, less disposable items when possible Bridge the CityWhen you're taking action in your community, share with us! Use #bridgethecity or tag us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.We humbly ask you to consider joining our Patreon so we can continue creating episodes and events that encourage community engagement and open dialogue.Music by Casey Masters. Logo and website design by Elizabeth McLaren.

On this week's show we discuss Braden's YouTubeTV price increase as well as a discussion on how to reboot your internet modem when it locks up even if you aren't home. One of our listeners, Josh in Huntsville AL, shares his experience dealing with warranty service on a large screen TV. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: LG stops making Blu-ray players, marking the end of an era Venu Sports backers lose motion to dismiss case Amazon's 2nd & 3rd Gen Echo Buds Are Dirt Cheap Try this easy trick to delay your upcoming YouTube TV price increase Other: Pioneer CS-707 | hifi-wiki.com Contact House of Sound NYC for Audio Tours, Events & Partnerships YouTube TV price update Braden received the following email from YouTubeTV raising his TV service costs by $10: YouTube TV has always worked hard to offer you the content you love, delivered the way you want, with features that make it easy to enjoy the best of live TV. To keep up with the rising cost of content and the investments we make in the quality of our service, we're updating our monthly price from $72.99/month to $82.99/month starting January 13, 2025. We don't make these decisions lightly, and we realize this has an impact on our members. We are committed to bringing you features that are changing the way we watch live TV, like unlimited DVR storage and multiview*, and supporting YouTube TV's breadth of content and vast on-demand library of movies and shows. The price of your YouTube TV Base Plan membership will change in your first billing cycle on or after January 13, 2025, and will be charged to your payment method on file going forward. To view your current plan, go to Settings > Membership for updated information. If you are currently on a trial or promotional price for the Base Plan, that promotion is still honored and unchanged. We hope YouTube TV continues to be your service of choice, but we understand that some of our members may want to cancel their subscriptions. As always, family managers have the ability to pause or cancel anytime. You can find more information in our Help Center. With lots of exciting shows and live events ahead in the new year, we'll continue to strive to deliver the best of TV, all in one place. Thank you for being a loyal YouTube TV member. Sincerely, The YouTube TV team Cable Internet Going Down While Away On a recent trip Ara's cable modem locked up and would not come back online until he returned home and cycled power. So how do you prevent this from happening again? Ara takes a look at a solution called Keep Connect, a $50 device that monitors your internet connection and reboots the system when connection to the internet is lost.  Features: Automatic Router Rebooter / Reset - Stop manually restarting your router! Automate the process to ensure highly reliable internet connection uptime  Constantly Monitors Router and/or Modem Internet Health. Keep Connect provides 24/7/365 protection to ensure that your smart home and connected devices are always online and available.  Notifications - Free Texts or Emails from Keep Connect notifying you of detected eventsif you choose to enter your phone number/email. You may also choose No Notifications.  Perfect for Smart Home Reliability - Schedule Periodic Resets to keep your connection fresh and fast.  Premium Cloud Services App Available (iOS App Store and Google Play Store) - Our Premium Keep Connect Cloud Services platform allows using our Online/Mobile App to monitor many locations in one place as well. Cloud Services allows remote management of devices at all locations as well as heartbeat monitoring of your Keep Connects to notify you in the event of an ISP internet outage at one of your sites. Large TV Warranty Experience I've meant to write about my TCL TV experience for quite some time.  What can I say, life is just busy.  I have two more kids than Braden! When I heard a couple of weeks ago a question about warranty experiences for large TVs, I thought I had put off writing this story long enough. After listening to Braden hype up TCL TVs for at least a couple of years, as well as reading many reviews for TVs and watching the developing technology trends at the time, in September 2020 I ordered a TCL 75R635, a so-called 6-series Roku 4K QLED 75-inch TV with a respectable 240-zone backlight array.  The TV had been announced earlier in the year, perhaps at CEDIA or CES and I was ready to replace my 10-year old Panasonic plasma HD TV with this TCL model.  I watched over the next many months for the TV to become available.  While I hoped for a sale, I also knew from watching similar TVs that the stock tended to get bought out pretty quickly.  Amazon finally had the TV available to order in September 2020 and I ordered immediately for a retail price of $1399 plus tax.  I received it on October 3. The TV worked great for about 6 months.  In late March 2021, the screen suddenly and mysteriously slowly faded to a sort of dark backlit state in the middle of whatever my wife was watching.  A backlight was on, but no picture elements were displayed.  You could still hear the TV making sounds associated with navigating the menu when pushing buttons on the remote.  I started a warranty claim March 31 nothing I was well within the 1-year warranty period.  I don't recall exact timing, but a service tech was scheduled to attempt to repair the TV within 10 days.  The day he was supposed to come, he called me beforehand and said he'd already been trying to repair the same model TV for another purchaser.  He asked me a couple of questions about what the TV was doing.  His conclusion over the phone and based on trying to work on the same model of TV was that it was not repairable and he would elevate the case to sending a replacement. Here is where the process got a little frustrating.  TCL honored the claim.  However, the process became surprisingly slow.  As I said, I don't recall exactly when the service tech came, but if it was Day 10, that would have been April 9.  TCL told me on April 23 the TV was finally being shipped.  It was considered a freight shipment, so TCL handed me off to Pilot Deliveries from that point forward.  I had to contact Pilot to arrange delivery if you can believe that!  I also had to coordinate with Pilot to pick up the defective unit.  I did all of this.  By May 3, I still had not received the replacement.  It took another call to TCL at this point to investigate the problem because tracking showed it bouncing all over the map.  I think it came from China.  Landed in California, then I think it made it to Nashville, then Chattanooga, back to Nashville, and hopped over me in Huntsville to wind up in Mobile, Alabama. By this point, Pilot seemed to finally acknowledge they weren't handling this delivery well.  It did get flown one last time to Huntsville.  Then they sent the TV on an unmarked box truck (No "Pilot" markings) with a kid who was maybe 20 to deliver the TV to my home.  The TV was the only thing on the truck.  And, it had fallen over which I suspected when I came around to the back of the truck and saw the driver just finishing standing the box back up.  The driver admitted this was the case when I asked.  But, jumping to the end, the TV has always worked fine.  I had to help get the very large box in the house because they should have sent two people to handle this delivery.  This was May 6 when I finally took possession.  So, a little over 5-week process.  I never expected it to take that long. The rumors amongst forums at the time were that because this was most likely a first production run model (remember, I bought it as soon as it was available), there were manufacturing defects.  And the failure itself was likely because TCL was wiring the backlight array in-series, so if one light goes out, they all stop working.  I think the “dark light” that we could see came from the edges, so maybe the light array was separated into zones somehow.  I guess I'll never really know. Finally, some anecdotes: Anecdote #1:  I am a sentimental sort and I was a little sad to see the original go as me and my kids had broken in that first TV watching the then new Mandalorian series which we greatly enjoyed. Anecdote #2:  My “finance committee” hates it when we spend “large” amounts of money all at once.  In all those years I was listening to you guys, doing research, and waiting for the TV to become available, I banked my Amazon credit card reward points just for a TV.  When the time came, I only paid $61.02 out of pocket for this TV. We've greatly enjoyed the TV ever since.  I couldn't swing $4000-$5000+ at the time for the 55-inch OLEDs that were out then.  But the TCL has always been enjoyable.  HDR and Dolby Vision content especially look great for deep dark blacks.  Would I buy one similar to this again?  Maybe—the technology continues to improve even in just the last 4 years and prices have also come down.  There are lots of options.  Honestly, I think more about a short throw projector for my next TV based on Ara's experiences. Hope you and the listeners enjoy this story about my warranty experience. Josh Huntsville, AL

Today, we're talking with veteran activist and theologian, the one and only, Lisa Sharon Harper! The conversation covers:-        Lisa's journey finding Jesus outside of Whiteness and White evangelicalism-        The centrality of advocating for political and institutional policy change to our faith in Jesus-        How respecting the image of God in all people is the starting point for following Jesus to shalom-        The unavoidable job we have to speak truth, even when it is costly-        Where Lisa finds her hope and motivation to keep going-        And after that, we reflect on the interview and then talk all things Springfield, Ohio and Haitian immigrants.Mentioned on the episode:-            Lisa's website, lisasharonharper.com/-            Lisa's Instagram and Facebook-            The Freedom Road Podcast-            Lisa's books, Fortune and The Very Good Gospel-            Make a donation to The Haitian Community Support and Help Center in Springfield, Ohio via PayPal at haitianhelpcenterspringfield@gmail.com.Credits-            Follow KTF Press on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. Subscribe to get our bonus episodes and other benefits at KTFPress.com.-        Follow host Jonathan Walton on Facebook Instagram, and Threads.-        Follow host Sy Hoekstra on Mastodon.-        Our theme song is “Citizens” by Jon Guerra – listen to the whole song on Spotify.-        Our podcast art is by Robyn Burgess – follow her and see her other work on Instagram.-        Editing by Multitude Productions-        Transcripts by Joyce Ambale and Sy Hoekstra.-        Production by Sy Hoekstra and our incredible subscribersTranscript[An acoustic guitar softly plays six notes in a major scale, the first three ascending and the last three descending, with a keyboard pad playing the tonic in the background. Both fade out as Jonathan Walton says “This is a KTF Press podcast.”]Lisa Sharon Harper: I would lose my integrity if I was silent in the face of the breaking of shalom, which I learned in Bosnia and Croatia and Serbia, is built on earth through structures. It doesn't just come because people know Jesus. Two thirds of the people in the Bosnian war knew Jesus. The Croats were Christian and the Serbs were Orthodox Christian, and yet they killed each other. Massacred each other. Unfortunately, knowing Jesus is not enough if you have shaped your understanding of Jesus according to the rules and norms of empire.[The song “Citizens” by Jon Guerra fades in. Lyrics: “I need to know there is justice/ That it will roll in abundance/ And that you're building a city/ Where we arrive as immigrants/ And you call us citizens/ And you welcome us as children home.” The song fades out.]Jonathan Walton: Welcome to Shake the Dust, seeking Jesus, confronting injustice. I'm Jonathan Walton.Sy Hoekstra: And I am Sy Hoekstra. We have a great one for you today. We are talking to veteran organizer and theologian Lisa Sharon Harper, someone who a lot of you probably know and who was pretty big in both of our individual kind of stories and development as people who care about faith and justice when we were younger people, which you will hear about as we talk to her. We are going to be talking to her about the centrality of our voting and policy choices to our witness as Christians, the importance of integrity and respecting the image of God in all people when making difficult decisions about where to spend your resources as an activist, where Lisa gets her hope and motivation and a whole lot more.And then after the interview, hear our reactions to it. And we're also going to be getting into our segment, Which Tab Is Still Open, where we dive a little bit deeper into one of the recommendations from our weekly newsletter that we send out to our subscribers. This week it will be all about Haitian immigrants to America in Springfield, Ohio. You will want to hear that conversation. But before we get started, Jonathan.Jonathan Walton: Please friends, remember to go to KTFPress.com and become a paid subscriber to support this show and get access to everything that we do. We're creating media that centers personal and informed discussions on politics, faith and culture that helps you seek Jesus and confront injustice. We are resisting the idols of the American church by centering and elevating marginalized voices and taking the entirety of Jesus' gospel more seriously than those who narrow it to sin and salvation. The two of us have a lot of experience doing this individually and in community, and we've been friends [laughs] for a good long time. So you can trust it will be honest, sincere, and have some good things to say along the way.If you become a paid subscriber, you'll get access to all of our bonus content, access to our monthly subscriber Zoom chats with me and Sy, and the ability to comment on posts and chat with us. So again, please go to KTFPress.com and become a paid subscriber today.Sy Hoekstra: Our guest today, again, Lisa Sharon Harper, the president and founder of Freedom Road, a groundbreaking consulting group that crafts experiences to bring common understanding and common commitments that lead to common action toward a more just world. Lisa is a public theologian whose writing, speaking, activism and training has sparked and fed the fires of reformation in the church from Ferguson and Charlottesville to South Africa, Brazil, Australia and Ireland. Lisa's book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World, and How to Repair It All was named one of the best books of 2022 and the book before that, The Very Good Gospel, was named 2016 Book of the Year by The Englewood Review of Books. Lisa is the host of the Freedom Road Podcast, and she also writes for her Substack, The Truth Is…Jonathan Walton: Alright, let's jump into the interview.[The intro piano music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out.]Sy Hoekstra: Lisa Sharon Harper, thank you so much for joining us on Shake the Dust.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yay, I'm so excited to be here, and I'm here with a little bit of a Demi Moore rasp to my voice. So I'm hoping it'll be pleasant to the ears for folks who are coming, because I got a little sick, but I'm not like really sick, because I'm on my way, I'm on the rebound.Sy Hoekstra: So you told us you got this at the DNC, is that right?Lisa Sharon Harper: Yes, I literally, literally, that's like what, almost three weeks ago now?Sy Hoekstra: Oh my gosh.Jonathan Walton: You've got a DNC infection. That's what that is.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Lisa Sharon Harper: I have a DNC cough. I have a DNC cough, that's funny.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: So before we jump into our questions, I wanted to take a momentary trip down memory lane, because I have no idea if you remember this or not.Lisa Sharon Harper: Okay.Sy Hoekstra: But in January of 2008, you led a weekend retreat for a college Christian fellowship that Jonathan and I were both in.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, I do remember.Sy Hoekstra: You do remember this? Okay.Lisa Sharon Harper: Absolutely.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Lisa Sharon Harper: I remember almost every time I've ever spoken anywhere.Sy Hoekstra: Wow, okay.Lisa Sharon Harper: I really do. And I remember that one, and I do remember you guys being there. Oh my gosh, that's so cool.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Lisa Sharon Harper: Okay.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: You remember that. That's amazing.Sy Hoekstra: No, no, no.Jonathan Walton: Oh yeah.Sy Hoekstra: Hang on. Wait a minute [laughter]. We don't just remember it. Because, so you gave this series of talks that ended up being a big part of your book, The Very Good Gospel.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: And you talked specifically about the difference between genuine and pseudo-community and the need to really address each other's problems that we face, bear each other's burdens, that sort of thing. And you did a session, which I'm sure you've done with other groups, where you split us up into racial groups. So we sat there with White, Black, and Latine, and Asian, and biracial groups, and we had a real discussion about race in a way that the community had absolutely never had before [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yep.Sy Hoekstra: And it actually, it is the opening scene of Jonathan's book. I don't know if you knew that.Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh my God, I didn't know that.Jonathan Walton: It is.Lisa Sharon Harper: Which one?Jonathan Walton: Twelve Lies.Lisa Sharon Harper: Wow, I didn't know that. Oh my gosh, I missed that. Okay.Sy Hoekstra: So it was a… Jonathan put it before, it was a formative moment for everybody and a transformative moment for some of us [laughter] …Lisa Sharon Harper: Oooooo, Oh my goodness.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: …in that we learned a lot about ourselves and what we thought about race, what other people thought about race. I will tell you that in the five minutes after the session broke up, like ended, it was the first time that my now wife ever said to me, “Hey, you said something racist to me that I didn't like.” [laughs] And then, because of all the conversation we just had, I responded miraculously with the words, “I'm sorry.” [laughter].Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh my God!Sy Hoekstra: And then we went from there.Lisa Sharon Harper: Miraculously [laughs]. That's funny.Sy Hoekstra: So I have lots of friends that we can talk about this session with to this day, and they still remember it as transformative.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh my Gosh. Wow.Sy Hoekstra: All of that, just to lead into my first question which is this, a lot of people in 2016 started seeing kind of the things about White evangelicalism that indicated to them that they needed to get out. They needed to escape in some way, because of the bad fruit, the bad political fruit that was manifesting. You saw that bad fruit a long time ago.Lisa Sharon Harper: A whole long time ago.Sy Hoekstra: You were deep in the Republican, pro-life political movement for a little bit, for like, a minute as a young woman.Lisa Sharon Harper: I wouldn't… here's the thing. I wouldn't say I was deep in. What I would say is I was in.Sy Hoekstra: Okay.Lisa Sharon Harper: As in I was in because I was Evangelical, and I identified with itbecause I was Evangelical and because my friends identified with it. So I kind of went along, but I always had this sense I was like standing on the margins looking at it going, “I don't know.”Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: You know what I mean? But I would say literally for like a minute, I was a believer. Maybe for like, a year.Sy Hoekstra: But my question then is, what were the warning signs? And then, separately from what were the warning signs that you needed to get out, who or what were the guiding lights that showed you a better way?Lisa Sharon Harper: My goodness. Wow. Well, I mean, I would say that honestly… Okay, so I had a couple of conversations, and we're talking about 2004 now. So 2004 also, this is right after 2000 where we had the hanging chads in Florida.Sy Hoekstra: Yep.Jonathan Walton: Yep.Lisa Sharon Harper: And we know how important voting is, because literally, I mean, I actually believe to this day that Gore actually won. And it's not just a belief, they actually counted after the fact, and found that he had won hundreds more ballots that were not counted in the actual election, in Florida. And so every single vote counts. Every single vote counts. So then in 2004 and by 2004, I'm the Director of Racial Reconciliation for greater LA in InterVarsity, I had done a summer mission project that wasn't really mission. It was actually more of a, it was a pilgrimage, actually. It was called the pilgrimage for reconciliation. The summer before, I had done the stateside pilgrimage. And then that summer, I led students on a pilgrimage through Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia asking the question, “How is shalom broken? And how is shalom built? How is it made?”And through both of those successive summer experiences, it became so clear to me, policy matters, and it matters with regard to Christian ethics. We can't say we are Christian and be, in other words, Christ-like if we are not concerned with how our neighbor is faring under the policies coming down from our government. We just can't. And as Christians in a democracy, specifically in America, in the US where we have a democracy, we actually have the expectation that as citizens, we will help shape the way that we live together. And our vote is what does that our vote when we vote for particular people, we're not just voting for who we like. We're voting for the policies they will pass or block. We're voting for the way we want to live together in the world.So in 2004 when I come back from Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, I'm talking with some of my fellow staff workers, and I'm saying to them, “We have to have a conversation with our folks about voting. I mean, this election really matters. It's important. ”Because we had just come through the first few years of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Like Iraq had just erupted a couple years before that, Afghanistan the year before that. And we were seeing young men coming back in body bags and this war, which had no plan to end, was sending especially young Black men to die because they were the ones…and I know, because I was in those schools when I was younger, and I alsohad been reading up on this.They're the ones who are recruited by the Marines and the Army and the Navy and the Air Force, especially the army, which is the cannon fodder. They're the ones who are on the front lines. They are recruited by them more than anybody else, at a higher degree than anybody else, a higher percentage ratio. So I was saying we have to have a conversation. And their response to me in 2004 was, “Oh, well, we can't do that, because we can't be political.” I said, “Well, wait, we are political beings. We live in a democracy.” To be a citizen is to help shape the way we live together in the world, and that's all politics is. It's the conversations we have and the decisions that we make about how we are going to live together.And so if we as Christians who have an ethic passed down by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, and we have the 10 Commandments, which is like the grand ethic of humanity, at least of the Abrahamic tradition. Then, if we don't have something to say about how we should be living together and the decisions we make about that every four years, every two years, even in off year elections, then what are we doing here?Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: Who are we? Like, what is this faith? What is this Christian faith? So that was my first real rub, because I had experienced the pilgrimage to reconciliation. I had seen, I had rolled through. I had walked on the land where the decisions that the polis, the people had made, had killed people. It had led to the death of millions of people. Thousands of people in some case. Hundreds of people in other cases. But when coming back from Bosnia, it was millions. And so I was just very much aware of the reality that for Christians, politics matters because politics is simply the public exercise of our ethics, of our Christian ethic. And if we don't have one, then we're… honest, I just, I think that we are actually turning our backs on Jesus who spent his life telling us how to live.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And so that was, for me, literally that conversation with that staff worker was kind of my first, “Aha! I'm in the wrong place.” I needed to learn more about how this public work works. How do systems and structures and policies and laws work? So that's what actually brought me, ended up bringing me a year later, to Columbia University and getting my master's in human rights. And I knew, having had the background in the two pilgrimages and the work that we did on the biblical concept of shalom at the time, which was nascent. I mean, it was for me, it was, I barely, really barely, understood it. I just knew it wasn't what I had been taught. So I started digging into shalom at that time, and then learning about international law and human rights and how that works within the international systems.I came out of that with a much clearer view, and then continued to work for the next 13 years to really get at how our Christian ethics intersect with and can help, and have helped shape public policy. And that has led me to understand very clearly that we are complicit in the evil, and we also, as Christians, other streams of our faith are responsible for the redemption, particularly in America and South Africa and other places in the world.Jonathan Walton: Yeah. So I think I'm placing myself in your story. So I think we intersected in that 2005, 2008 moment. So I've traveled with you.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, we had a good time. It was so much fun.Jonathan Walton: We did. It was very good. So getting to follow, watch, learn, just for me, has been a huge blessing. First with the book, with New York Faith and Justice, reading stuff with Sojourners, grabbing your books, gleaning different wisdom things for… it's something that I've wondered as I'm a little bit younger in the journey, like as you've operated in this world, in the White Evangelical world, and then still White Evangelical adjacent, operating in these faith spaces. And now with the platform that you have, you've had to exercise a lot of wisdom, a lot of patience and deciding to manage where you show up and when, how you use your time, how you manage these relationships and keep relationships along the way. Because you didn't drop people.Lisa Sharon Harper: I have. I have dropped a few [laughter]. I want to make that really clear, there is an appropriate space to literally shake the dust.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah [laughs].Jonathan Walton: I think what I have not seen you do is dehumanize the people in the places that you left.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, thank you. Yeah.Jonathan Walton: And that's hard to do, because most people, particularly my generation, we see the bridge we just walked across, and we throw Molotov cocktails at that thing [laughter].Lisa Sharon Harper: Y'all do. Your generation is like, “I'm out! And you're never gonna breathe again!” Like, “You're going down!” I'm like, “Oh my God…” [laughs].Jonathan Walton: It's quite strong with us [laughs]. And so could you give any pieces of wisdom or things you've learned from God about navigating in that way. Things that we can and folks that are listening can hold on to as things shift, because they will shift and are shifting.Lisa Sharon Harper: They always shift, yeah, because we are not living on a book page. We're living in a world that moves and is fluid, and people change, and all the things. So I think that the best advice that I got, I actually got from Miroslav Volf. Dr. Miroslav Volf, who is a professor at Yale University, and he wrote the book that really kind of got me into, it was my first book that I ever read that was a book of theology, Exclusion&Embrace. And when we went to Croatia, we met with him. We met with him in the city of Zadar on the beach [laughs], literally over lunch. It was just an incredible privilege to sit down with him. And I've had many opportunities to connect with him since, which has been a privilege again, and just a joy.But he said to our group, our little InterVarsity group. And that's not at all to minimize InterVarsity, but we had a real inflated sense of who we were in the world. We thought we were everything, and we thought we were right about everything. And so here we are going through Croatia, which had just experienced a decade and a little bit before, this civil war. And it wasn't really a civil war, it was actually a war of aggression from Serbia into Croatia, and it was horrible. And it turned neighbor against neighbor in the same way that our civil war turned neighbor against neighbor. So literally, these towns, you literally had neighbors killing each other, you just were not safe.So basically, think Rwanda. The same thing that happened in Rwanda, around the same time had happened in Croatia. And so Miroslav is Croatian, and the lines by which things were drawn in Croatia was not race, because everybody was White. So the lines that they drew their hierarchy on was along the lines of religion. It was the Croats, which were mostly Catholic, mostly Christian. Some not Catholic, they might have been Evangelical, but they were Christian. And then you had the Bosniaks, which were Muslim, and the Serbs, which were Orthodox. So that was the hierarchy. And when you had Milošević, who was the president of Yugoslavia, who was trying to keep that Federation together, Yugoslavia was like an amalgamation of what we now understand to be Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.So he was trying to keep all of that together, and when he then crossed the lines, the boundary between Serbia and Croatia and invaded and just began to kill everybody, and the Serbs then went to his side, and the Croats went over here, and the Bosniaks were caught in the middle, and people just died. And they chose sides and they killed each other. And so we sat down to do lunch with Miroslav Volf, and in that context, interfaith conversation was critical. It was and is, it continues to be. One of the main markers of where you find healing, it's where you find interfaith conversation in Croatia and also Bosnia and Serbia. And so we, in our little Evangelical selves, we're not used to this interfaith thing.We think of that as compromising. We think of that as, “How can you talk to people and gain relationship with and actually sit down and…?” And he was challenging us to study this scripture with other people of other faiths, and study their scriptures. He was like, “Do that.” And so our people were like, “How can you do that and not compromise your faith?” And here's what he said. He said, “It's easy. Respect. It's respect, respecting the image of God in the other, the one who is not like me. That I, when I sit down and I read their scriptures with them, allowing them to tell me what their scriptures mean.” Not sitting in a classroom in my Evangelical church to learn what the Muslim scriptures say, but sitting down with Imams to understand what the Muslim scriptures say and how it's understood within the context of that culture.That's called respect for the image of God. And there's no way, no way for us to knit ourselves together in a society, to live together in the world without respect. That's baseline. That's baseline.Jonathan Walton: As I'm listening, I'm thinking, “Okay, Lisa made choices.” She was like, “We are gonna not just do a trip. We're gonna do a trip in Croatia.” And so as you're going on these trips, as you were having these conversations, you're making choices. There's decisions being made around you, and then you get to the decision making seat. And how that discernment around where to place your energy happens. So something that's at the top of mind for me and many people listening is Palestine.Lisa Sharon Harper: Oh, yeah.Jonathan Walton: So how did you decide at this moment that, “Hey,this is where my energy and time is coming. I'm going to Christ at the Checkpoint. I'm going to talk with Munther. I'm going to be there.”How did that rise to the surface for you?Lisa Sharon Harper: It's funny, because I have, really have been advised, and in the very first days of the conflict, I was advised by some African American leaders, “Don't touch this. Don't do it. You're going to be blacklisted.”Jonathan Walton: I heard the same thing, yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: “Don't do it. You're gonna find you're not invited to speak anywhere.” Da da da da. Sometimes these decisions are just made to say, “I am going to act in the world as if I don't know what the repercussions are, and I'm just going to do the thing, because my focus is not focused on the repercussions.” I mean, in some ways, in that way, I do think that my constitution is the constitution of a warrior. Warriors go to battle knowing that bullets are flying all around them, and they just choose to go forward anyway. Somebody who cared, and not just cared, but I think there's a moment where you begin to understand it's that moment of no turning back. It's the moment when you stand at the freshly buried graves of 5000 Muslim boys and men who were killed all in one day by bullet fire in Srebrenica.It's the moment that you drive through Bosnia and you see all of the graves everywhere. Everywhere, especially in Sarajevo, which experienced a siege, a multiyear siege by Serbia. And they turned the soccer field, which at one point was the focal point of the Sarajevo Olympic Games, they turned that into a graveyard because they ran out of space for the graves. When you roll through Georgia, and you go to Dahlonega, Georgia, and you go to the Mining Museum, which marks the very first gold rush in America, which was not in California, but was in Dahlonega, Georgia, on Cherokee land, and you hear the repercussions of people's silence and also complicity.When they came and they settled, they made a decision about how we should live together, and it did not include, it included the erasure of Cherokee people and Choctaw people and Chickasaw people, Seminole people, Creek people. And you walk that land, and the land tells you. It's so traumatic that the land still tells the story. The land itself tells the story. The land bears witness. When you stand on that land and the land tells you the story, there's a moment that just happens where there's no turning back and you have to bear witness to the truth, even with bullets flying around you. So with regard to Palestine, having done what now goodness, 20 years of research on this biblical concept called shalom, and written the book, The Very Good Gospel, which really lays it out in a systematic way.I would lose my integrity if I was silent in the face of the breaking of shalom, which I learned in Bosnia and Croatia and Serbia, is built on earth through structures. It doesn't just come because people know Jesus. Two thirds of the people in the Bosnian war knew Jesus. Two thirds. The Croats were Christian and the Serbs were Orthodox Christian, and yet they killed each other. I mean, massacred each other. Unfortunately, knowing Jesus is not enough if you have shaped your understanding of Jesus according to the rules and norms of empire. So we actually need international law. We need the instruments of international law. That's what stopped the war there. And they failed there too, but they also have been an intrinsic part of keeping the peace and also prosecuting Milošević. Solike making sure that some measure of justice on this earth happens, some shadow of it.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And what are we told in scripture in Micah 6:8, walk humbly with God. Do justice. Embrace the truth. So I think that when I saw on October 7, the breach of the wall, the breach of the gate and then the massacre at the festival, I grieved. I really grieved. And I was scared, really scared for the nation of Israel, for the people who were there. And I began to ask questions, because I've learned the discipline of not dehumanizing. Because to dehumanize is to break shalom. It's one of the first things that happens in the breaking of shalom and the eradication of it. And so part of what I had to do if I was going to consider Palestinian people human was to ask what has happened to them that would cause them to take such violent and radical action. How did we get here? Is the question.And the narrative that I heard from Israel, from the state of Israel, from the leaders of the state of Israel, which had been marched against by their own people just the week before that, and weeks for like a month or two before that, they were trying to depose the leadership of Israel because they were trying to turn their state into a fascist state. I was watching that as well. Trying to take the power of the judiciary away so that they could increase the power of the Prime Minister. So what does it mean then? What does it mean that this happened? And I was listening to the way that the narrative that Netanyahu was giving and his generals and the narrative they were giving is, “These are monsters. They are terrorists. They are evil. They are intrinsically, they are not human.”And I knew when I saw that, when I heard that, I thought Bosnia. I thought Rwanda, where they called the other cockroaches. I thought South Africa, where they called Black people not human, monsters, who need to be controlled. I thought Native Americans, who were called savages in order to be controlled, in order to have the justification of genocide. I thought of people of African descent who were brought in death ships across the Atlantic to South America and Central America and Mexico and North America in order to be used to build European wealth and they were called non-human. And even according to our own laws, our constitution declared three fifths of a human being.So when I heard Netanyahu and his generals dehumanizing the Palestinians, I knew, that for me was like the first signal, and it happened on the first day. It was the first signal that we are about to witness a genocide. They are preparing us. They are grooming us to participate in genocide. And I, as a theologian, as an ethicist, as a Christian, would lose my credibility if I remained silent and became complicit in that genocide through my silence. Because having studied the genocides that I mentioned earlier and the oppressions that I mentioned earlier, I know that most of those spaces were Christian spaces.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And they happened, those genocides and those oppressions were able to happen because Christians were silent.Jonathan Walton: Gathering all that up, I think… I mean, we've had Munther on this podcast, we've talked with him throughout the years. When he said, “The role of Christians is to be prophetic, to speak prophetic truth to power,” something clicked for me in that as you're talking about our witness being compromised, as you are saying, “Hey, let's ask this question, who does this benefit? What is happening?”Lisa Sharon Harper: That's right.Jonathan Walton: The reality that he said, “All of us are Nathan when it comes to empire. We are supposed to be the ones who say this is wrong.” And that resonates with what you said, like how can I have integrity and be silent? Genocide necessitates silence and complicity in that way from people.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah. And here's the thing. How are you gonna go to church and sing worship songs to Jesus on Sunday and be silent Monday through Saturday witnessing the slaying of the image of God on earth. You hear what I'm saying?Sy Hoekstra: Yes.Lisa Sharon Harper: Like my understanding of shalom now is not just we do these things in order to be nice and so we live together. It is that shalom is intricately connected with the flourishing of the kingdom of God.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Lisa Sharon Harper: It is the flourishing of the kingdom of God.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Lisa Sharon Harper: And the kingdom of God flourishes wherever the image of God flourishes. And the image of God is born by every single human being. And part of what it means to be made in the image of God is that humans who are made in the image of God exercise agency, stewardship of the world. And the most drastic example or practice of warfare against the image of God is war.Jonathan Walton: Yes [laughs]. Absolutely.Lisa Sharon Harper: War annihilates the image of God on earth. It is a declaration of war, not only on Palestinians or Gazans or even Israel or the empire anywhere. It is a declaration of war against God. It is a declaration of war against God.Sy Hoekstra: A phrase that has stuck in my head about you was from one of the endorsements to your last book Fortune. Jemar Tisby described you as a long-distance runner for justice.Jonathan Walton: [laughs] That's awesome.Sy Hoekstra: That always struck me as accurate.Jonathan Walton: That is great.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs] Not a sprinter.Jonathan Walton: No.Sy Hoekstra: Not a sprinter.Lisa Sharon Harper: That was really pretty cool. I was like, “Oh Jemar, thank you.” [laughter]Jonathan Walton: I need that. We just in here. That's great [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: So here's the question then, where does your hope and sustenance, how do you get that? Where does it come from?Lisa Sharon Harper: Honestly, it comes from focusing on the kingdom. Focusing on Jesus. Focusing on doing the kingdom of God. And when you do it you witness it. And when you witness it, you get hope. I mean, I've learned, even in the last year, an actual life lesson for me was hope comes in the doing. Hope comes in the doing. So as we do the kingdom, we gain hope. As we show up for the protests so that we confront the powers that are slaying the image of God on earth, we gain hope. As we speak out against it and form our words in ways that do battle with the thinking that lays the groundwork for ethics of erasure, we gain hope because we're doing it. We see the power.The kingdom of God exists wherever there are people who actually bow to the ethic of God. Who do it. Who do the ethic of God. You can't say you believe in Jesus and not actually do his ethic. You don't believe in him. What do you believe? He never said, “Believe stuff about me.” He said, “Follow me.” He literally never said, “Believe stuff about me.”Sy Hoekstra: Yeah [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right.Lisa Sharon Harper: He said, “Follow me. Do what I do. ”And that's ethics. That's the question of, how do we live together in the world?? So we do and we gain hope.Jonathan Walton: Amen.Sy Hoekstra: I like that. That reminds me of Romans 5: There'll be glory in our suffering. Suffering produces perseverance, character, and character hope. It's like, it's not an intuitive thing necessarily, if you haven't done it before. But that's great, and that's a really, I like that a lot as a place for us to end [laughs]. To get out there and do it, and you will find the hope as you go.Jonathan Walton: Amen.Sy Hoekstra: Can you tell us where people can find you or work that you would want people to see of yours?Lisa Sharon Harper: Absolutely. Well, hey, first of all, thank you guys so much for having me on, and it's been really a joy to start my day in conversation with you. Y'all can follow what I'm up to at Lisasharonharper.com. I live on Instagram, and so you can [laughter], you can definitely follow on Instagram and Facebook. And Freedom Road Podcast is a place where a lot of people have found the conversation and are tracking with it. And I'm always trying to have guests on that are pushing me and causing me to ask deeper questions. And so I really, I welcome you to join us on Freedom Road.Sy Hoekstra: Yes. I wholeheartedly second that.Lisa Sharon Harper: And of course, the books [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: And of course, the books.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: Fortune, Very Good Gospel, all the rest.Lisa Sharon Harper: Yeah, exactly.Sy Hoekstra: Lisa Sharon Harper, thank you so much for joining us. This has been a delight.Jonathan Walton: Thank you so much.Lisa Sharon Harper: Thank you Sy. Thank you, Jonathan.[The intro piano music from “Citizens” by Jon Guerra plays briefly and then fades out.]Sy Hoekstra: Jonathan, that was a fantastic discussion. Tell me what you are thinking about coming out of it?Jonathan Walton: Yeah, I think one, is just it's just really helpful to talk with someone who's been around for a while. I think most of us… I'm 38 years old, but let's just say millennials and younger, we don't consume or receive a lot of long form content.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Jonathan Walton: And we don't also engage with people who are willing and able to mentor us through difficult situations. We're getting sound bites from TikTok and Instagram and YouTube, and we don't get the whole of knowledge or experiences. So listening to Lisa talk about, “I grabbed this bit from L.A., I grabbed this bit from Palestine, I grabbed this bit from Croatia, I grabbed this bit.” We cannot microwave transformation. We cannot have instant growth. There is no, let me go through the side door of growing to maturity in my faithfulness and walk with Jesus.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Jonathan Walton: There is just doing it. And so when she said, “I find the hope in the doing,” you don't learn that unless you have done stuff. That's a big takeaway. I also appreciated just her take on the genocide in Palestine. And because she was mentored and has talked with Miroslav Volf, she knows what it smells like, because she's done the work in her own history of her own background. If you have not read Fortune, go read the book. The reason Black folks cannot find who we [laughs] come from is because they were enslaved and killed. The reason we cannot find the indigenous and native folks we were related to is because there was genocide. So there's these things.And she goes through that in her book, and to talk about how to wield our stories when we don't have one, or how to wield a story of tragedy to turn it into something transformative, is something I admire, appreciate and hope that I can embody if and when the time comes for myself, when I have collected and grown and have asked similar questions. I'm appreciative of what she had to say. And you know, I know I asked her the question about not burning things down, and so I appreciated that [laughs] answer as well. Like, there's just a lot of wisdom, and I hope that folks listening were able to glean as well.Sy Hoekstra: I totally agree with all that. I think all that was very powerful. And there isn't it… kind of reminds me of when her book we've mentioned a few times, The Very Good Gospel, came out. It came out in 2016, but like I said, when we were talking to her, the stuff that was in that book she had been thinking about for more than a decade at that point. And it was very clear. When I was reading it, I was like, “Oh, this is Lisa's bag—this is what she was talking to us about when we were in college in 2008.”Jonathan Walton: Yeah.Sy Hoekstra: At that camp, but she'd been thinking about it for even longer than that. It was just like, you can tell when something isn't like, “Oh, I had to research this because I was gonna write a book about it, so I had to learn about it.” You know what I mean? You can tell when someone does that versus when someone's been soaking in a subject. It's like marinating in it for 12, 15, years, or whatever it was. She just has a lot of that stuff [laughs]. You know what? I just used the image of marinating and marinating and microwaving are very different things [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Yes, that is true.Sy Hoekstra: One takes a lot longer.Jonathan Walton: Put a steak in a microwave, see if you enjoy it [laughter].Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, so I totally agree with all that. I came out of it thinking a lot about how the things that she said thematically kind of connected to some thoughts that I've had, but also just in terms of historical events. Because I told her this after the interview, when I moved to Switzerland in 2001 I was 13, my family moved over there. It was just at the end of the Yugoslavian Civil War, which was what she was talking about Bosnia and Croatia and Serbia. And Switzerland took in a ton of refugees from that war.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: So my neighborhood, there was a big apartment complex. I mean, big for Swiss standards, kind of small honestly for American standards. But there's an apartment complex around the corner from my house that they had put a bunch of Bosnian refugees in. And their school was right down the road, the public school. And so my neighborhood in high school was like the kids playing around in the streets and in the playground or whatever were Bosnian refugees. And the combination of the three countries, Serbian, Croatia and Bosnia, used to be one big thing called Yugoslavia, right.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And the first two syllables of the word Yugoslavia were in Switzerland, a slur for anyone who was from that country. And there was just a ton of bigotry toward them, basically because they displayed poverty [laughter]. Like they were one of the most visible groups of poor people in Zurich. And again, like Lisa said, this wasn't about racism. Everybody's White. But you're talking about like there were ethnic differences and there was class differences. And people dismissed them for their criminality, or for how the young men would get in fights in bars and on the streets or whatever, and all that kind of stuff. And then, you know how a lot of refugees from the Somalian war ended up in Minneapolis and St Paul, just like where a lot of them were placed in the US, and then a lot of them moved into North Dakota.It's like, a lot of… which is where my family's from. I've been there a lot. I hear a lot of people talking about the politics in that region. And you would hear similar stuff about them, except that it was about race. That it was, “Oh, we have crime now because we have Black people and we haven't before.” I mean, obviously Minneapolis, they did, but not really in the parts of North Dakota that my family's from. And so it was this lesson for me about the thing that Lisa was talking about, respect for the image of God in all people and how when you bring people who are somehow differentiable [laughter] from you, somebody who's from another grid, you can call them a different class, a different race, whatever, we will find any excuse to just say, “Oh, these are just bad people,” instead of taking responsibility for them, loving our neighbor, doing any of the stuff that we were commanded to do by Jesus, to the stranger, the foreigner, the immigrant in our midst.We will find whatever dividing lines we can to write people off. It can be race, it can be poverty, it can be, it doesn't matter. It's not what we should actually be saying about poverty or violence, or the fact that people are getting mugged or whatever. What we should be saying is we have a bunch of people who just got here from a war torn society. They were cut off from education and job skills and opportunities and all kinds of other things. And this is, when you just stick them in a society that treats them like garbage, this is what happens every single time, without fail. And so what we need to do is [laughter] be good neighbors.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: Treat people well and forgive when people wrong us and that sort of thing. And we just will find any excuse in the world not to do that. And it's because we are not starting from that place that Miroslav Volf, who I love by the way, said to Lisa, is the place where you have to start everything when it comes to these kinds of conflicts, which is respect for the image of God in other people. The fact that they didn't do that in Yugoslavia led to slaughter en masse, but it still happens when you leave and you put yourself in a different context. There's still that lack of respect, and it's still harming people, even when there's quote- unquote, peace.Jonathan Walton: This opens up another can of worms. But I thought to myself…Sy Hoekstra: Go for it.Jonathan Walton: …it's much easier to say, “I just don't want to help,” than it is to say, “This person's evil,” or, “These people are bad.” Because I think at the core of it, someone says, “Is this your neighbor?” Jesus says, “Is this your neighbor?” And the Jewish leader of the day does not want to help the Samaritan, whatever the reasoning is. Right?Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: We're trying to justify our innate desire to not help our neighbor. As opposed to just dealing with the reality that many of us, when we see people who are broken and messed up, quote- unquote broken, quote- unquote messed up, quote- unquote on the opposite side of whatever power dynamic or oppressive structure that is set up or has just made, quote- unquote poor choices, some of us, our gut reaction is, I don't want to help them. And if we would just, I think just stop there, be like, “My first inclination is, I'm not interested in helping them.” And paused it there and reflected on why we don't want to do that internally, as opposed to turning towards them and making them the reason. Because they were just sitting there.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: The person on the street who's experiencing homelessness was just sitting there. The one in 10 students in New York City that is homeless is just sitting there. They're just there. And so if we were able to slow down for a second and say, “Why don't I want this person to live in my neighborhood, in my own stuff? Well, I don't like change. I'm afraid of this being different. I'm uncomfortable with different foods. I'm afraid of my favorite coffee shop or restaurant being taken away. I'm uncomfortable around people of different faiths. I feel weird when I don't hear my language being spoken.” If we were able to turn those reflections inward before we had uncomfortable feelings, turned them into actions, and then justified those actions with theology that has nothing to do with the gospel of Jesus, then I wonder what would be different. But that that slowing down is really hard, because it's easier to feel the feeling, react, and then justify my reaction with a divine mandate.Sy Hoekstra: Or just plug those feelings into stereotypes and all of the existing ways of thinking about people that we provide for each other so that we can avoid doing that very reflection.Jonathan Walton: That's all that I thought about there [laughs]. I'm going to be thinking about that for a while actually. So Sy, which tab is still open for you? We're going to talk about a segment where we dive a little bit deeper into one of the recommendations from our newsletter. And remember, you can get this newsletter for free just by signing up for our mailing list at KTFPress.com. You'll get recommendations on articles, podcasts and other media that both of us have found that will help you in your political education and discipleship. Plus you'll get reflections to keep us grounded, from me and Sy that help keep us grounded every week as we engage in just this challenging work and together in the news about what's happening and all that.You can get everything I'm just talking about at KTFPress.com and more. So go get that free subscription at KTFPress.com. So Sy, want to summarize that main story point for us?Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. I mean, this is interesting, because when I wrote about this, which is the story about Haitian immigrants in Ohio, it was two days after the debate, and the story has only exploded since then, and I think a lot of people kind of probably have the gist of it already. But some completely unfounded rumors based on fourth hand nonsense and some blurry pictures of people that have nothing whatsoever to do with Haitian immigrants started spreading online among right wing conspiracy theorists saying, for some reason, that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio were eating pets.Jonathan Walton: [laughs].Sy Hoekstra: Stealing, kidnapping and eating the resident's pets.Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: And the absurdity of this story was immediately apparent to me being someone who married into a Haitian immigrant family, Haitians do not eat cats and dogs [laughs]. It's a ridiculous thing to have to say, but I say it because I understand, maybe you have no, maybe you know nothing whatsoever about Haiti and you think, “Well, I don't know. There are some cultures around the world where they eat animals that we think of as pets or that we don't think of as food or whatever.” And like, okay, fine, that's true. It's not Haiti, though.Jonathan Walton: Right [laughter].Sy Hoekstra: The idea of eating a cat or a dog to a Haitian is as weird to them as it is to us. I promise you, I've had so much Haitian food [laughter]. So basically this rumor spread, Donald Trump mentions that the debates and now there are Proud Boys in Springfield, Ohio, marching around with cat posters and memes. There are people calling in bomb threats to schools and to government buildings, to all other institutions in Springfield. The Haitian population is very afraid of Donald Trump. At this point, we're recording this on Friday, September 20, he has said that he will travel to Springfield, and basically everyone there has said, “Please do not do that. You're only going to stoke more problems.”And every last piece of evidence that has been offered as evidence, which was always pretty weak in the first place, has been debunked at this point. There was one, the Vance campaign just recent, the past couple days, gave a police report to the Washington Post and said, “See, we found it. Here's a woman who actually filed a police report that says that my Haitian neighbors took my cat and ate my cat.” And the Washington Post did what, for some reason Republicans never expect journalists to do, and actually did their job and called up the woman who said, “Oh, yeah, I filed that report, and then I found my cat in my basement, and they were fine.” [laughs]Jonathan Walton: Yes. In her house.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. And so I don't know, there have been a couple of blips like that where somebody is like, “See, I found evidence,” and then someone was immediately like, “That's not actually evidence.” There have been rumors of other rallies or whatever. It's basically just becoming a focal point and a meme for all of Trump and his supporters, immigration resentment.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: There was a story today about people in Alabama being concerned about, some small town in Alabama being concerned about becoming the next Springfield because they had 60 Haitian immigrants in their town of 12,000 people [laughs]. I don't know. It's all just bizarre. The main actual point though, around the actual immigration policy stuff, Gabrielle and a few other people, my wife's name is Gabrielle, and a few other Haitians that I've seen comment on this, keep bringing up the Toni Morrison quote about how racism is a distraction from actual issues.Jonathan Walton: That is literally what I was gonna read.Sy Hoekstra: There you go. Okay [laughs]. So the actual issue here is that there's this community of about 60,000 people in Ohio that has had an influx of about 15,000 Haitian immigrants, and so it's a lot of strain on the schools and housing and stuff like that, which those are real questions. But also, the Haitian immigrants are there because the local economy revitalization efforts led to a bunch of manufacturers coming into Springfield and having more jobs than laborers, and explicitly saying, “We need you to bring in more laborers.” And so they were Haitian immigrants who are legally in the country [laughs], who have social security numbers and temporary protected status at the very least if not green cards or whatever, have been filling these jobs, and not remotely even a majority of these jobs.They're just filling in the extra 10, 15 percent or whatever the workforce that these manufacturers thought they needed. And the story has become, “Haitians are taking our jobs,” which is absolute nonsense.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: So those are the main points of the story. Sorry, I talked a while. I have a lot of feelings about this one [laughs].Jonathan Walton: No, I mean…Sy Hoekstra: But Jonathan, what are your thoughts?Jonathan Walton: For a good reason. Let me just say this quote by Toni Morrison, “The function, the very serious function of racism, is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again your reason for being. Somebody says your head isn't shaped properly, and you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says you have no art, so you dredge that up. Somebody says you have no kingdoms, so you dredge that up. None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing.” So along with that Toni Morrison quote, I want to put that side by side with this quote from Robert Jones Jr.'s National Book of the Year, The Prophets.“To survive this place, you had to want to die. That was the way of the world as remade by the Toubab.” Toubab is a Western and Central African word for colonizer, European. “They push people into the mud and then call them filthy. They forbade people from accessing knowledge of the world, and then called them simple. They worked people until their empty hands were twisted and bleeding and can do no more, than they called them lazy. They forced people to eat innards from troughs, and then called them uncivilized. They kidnapped babies and shattered families and then called them incapable of love. They raped and lynched and cut up people into parts and called the pieces savages. They stepped on people's throats with all of their might and asked why the people couldn't breathe.”“And then when people made an attempt to break the foot or cut it off one they screamed, “Chaos,” and claimed that mass murder was the only way to restore order. They praised every daisy and then called every blackberry a stain. They bled the color from God's face, gave it a dangle between its legs, and called it holy. Then when they were done breaking things, they pointed to the sky and called the color of the universe itself a sin, [black]. And then the whole world believed them, even some of Samuel's [or Black] people. Especially some of Samuel's people. This was untoward and made it hard to open your heart to feel a sense of loyalty that wasn't a strategy. It was easier to just seal yourself up and rock yourself to sleep.”That to me, like those two quotes together. So the Son of Baldwin, Robert Jones Jr, great follow on Substack and that quote from Toni Morrison, an iconic Black female writer, wrote Beloved, The Bluest Eye, those two things together, like what racism does to a person. The giving up, the I just, “What can I do?” and the distraction for the people who do have effort, are just two roads that I wish we just didn't have to go down. But most people will spend our energy either resigned because we've spent too much or pushing against the lie as the powers that be continue to carry out genocide, continue to extract limestone from Haiti, continues to extract resources from Haiti, continue to destroy African economies through extraction in the Congo and Benin and all the places.And so my prayer and longing is that the resilience of the Haitian people and the legacy of Toussaint and all of that would be present in the people that are there and the diaspora. And I believe that is true. And I pray for safety for all of the people that still have to live in this, what is fastly becoming a sundown town.Sy Hoekstra: Right.Jonathan Walton: It's a very real thing. And I talked to someone else. Oh, actually [laughs], it was a DM on Instagram that I sent to Brandy, and she agreed that there's a lot of PTSD from when Trump was president, because things like this got said every day.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: All the time. And downstream of rhetoric are real actions, like lawyers and taxi drivers being mobilized to go to the airport to try and get the, quote- unquote, Muslim banned people now representation and get them to their destinations. You had very real terrible child separation that happened, that children are still separated from their families right now. And so downstream of all this stuff, are real, real concrete actions. And I am praying that… my daughter asked me this morning, Maya, she said, “Do I want Trump to win, or do I want Harris to win?” And I said, “Maya, I hope that Trump does not win.” She goes “Well, if Harris wins, will it be better?”I said, “It depends on who you ask, but I think there will be a better chance for us to move towards something more helpful if Trump does not win.” And then she said she knew some people who are supportive of Trump, and I told her things that her eight year old brain cannot handle.Sy Hoekstra: But wait, what does that mean? [laughs]Jonathan Walton: I just started breaking down why that is because I couldn't help myself.Sy Hoekstra: Oh, why people support him.Jonathan Walton: Why people would support him.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah, okay.Jonathan Walton: And then she quickly pivoted back to Story Pirates, which is a wonderful podcast about professional improvisational actors telling kid stories like Cecily Strong and things like that. It's hilarious. But all that to say, I think this is a prime example of the type of chaos and environment that is created when someone like Trump is president and the cameras are on him at all times. And I hope that is not the reality, because he absolutely does not have any meaningful policy positions besides Project 2025. I don't know if you saw… I'm talking a lot. He was in a town hall in Michigan, and someone asked him what his child care policies were. Like what actionable policy does he have? And he said a word salad and a buffet of dictionaries that you don't know what he was talking about.Sy Hoekstra: [laughs].Jonathan Walton: It was nonsense that somehow ended up with immigration being a problem.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: And so I think that the worst factions of our country will have a vehicle to live out their worst fantasies about deportations and violence and racism, White supremacy and patriarchy and all those things, if he becomes president. And that's really sad to me, and I think it's a preview of that is what's happening in Springfield right now.Sy Hoekstra: Here's another angle on this. And it fits into everything you just said, but it's just from a different angle, bringing a little bit of Haitian history here. The Haitian Revolution is probably, I can't say that I've read everything to guarantee this, is probably the greatest act of defiance against White supremacy that the world has ever seen. For those who don't know, it happened right after the American Revolution, it was just the enslaved people of the island of Saint-Domingue, which is now Haiti in the Dominican Republic, rising up and overthrowing the French and taking the island for themselves and establishing, like writing the world's second written constitution and establishing basically the world's second democracy.Really the world's first actual democracy [laughs] if you think about how American democracy was restricted to a very small group of people. If you read things that people in colonial governments or slave owners throughout the Western Hemisphere wrote and like when they spoke to each other about their fears over the next decades before slavery is abolished, Haiti is constantly on their minds.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: They never stop talking about it. It's actually mentioned in some of the declarations of secession before the Civil War. When the states wrote why they were seceding, it was like, “Because the Union wants Haiti to happen to us.” For the plantation owners to be killed. It was an obsession, and so the colonial powers in Europe, you may have read some of the work that the New York Times did in the New York Times Magazine last year, maybe it was two years ago, about this. But the amount of energy from European powers that went into making sure that Haiti as a country never had access to global markets or the global economy, that they were constantly impoverished.They were still finding ways to extract money from Haiti, even though it was an independent country. The fact that the US colonized Haiti for almost 20 years in the early 20th century, like the ways that we have controlled who is in power in their government from afar. We've propped up some of the most brutal dictators in the history of the world, honestly. We have been punishing and making sure that everybody knows that the defiance of white supremacy that Haiti showed will never be tolerated.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And so it is so easy for Haitians at every stage to become a scapegoat for whatever anxiety we have about the world becoming less White, the world becoming less of like under our control. Haitian immigrants were the reason that we started using Guantanamo Bay as a prison. They were the first people that we ever imprisoned there. We changed our policies, we like… Do you know for a long time, they wouldn't let Haitian people donate blood in America?Jonathan Walton: Yes.Sy Hoekstra: Because we said they'd had HIV. They had dirty blood, is what we said about them for years. Haiti is not at the bottom because of its choice. That's what we're constantly telling ourselves. Pat Robertson went on his show after the earthquake in 2010, and said the reason that these things still happen to Haiti is because they did Voodoo before their revolution, because they're pagans or whatever. We will make up any reason to not just take responsibility. Again, like with the Bosnians, the Somalis, we make up any reason to not just take responsibility for our actions.Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And this is just a continuation of that. And I don't know that I have a further point beyond that, other than to say, everything that Trump and Vance and the Proud Boys and all of them are doing in Springfield right now is just a continuation of that. “You're immigrants that we will call illegal, even though you're not right and you are Black. Your whole pride in your culture and your history is about the way that you defied White supremacy, and you're foreign to us, and you are strange. And we will say that you do things like eat cats that you don't do, and we will just believe it, because we don't actually want to know anything about you other than that you are a monster who defies the way that the world should be ordered.”Jonathan Walton: Yep.Sy Hoekstra: I'm trying to stop myself from tearing up right now, and I don't know that I have points beyond this. Do you know what I mean? I'm just angry because this is like people, this is my wife and my daughter. I'm probably just taking time now to do what I should have done earlier in this process, which is just feel all the sadness and the anger. But that is what I feel. The Trump and Vance and the people that are a part of his movement are just horrifying. The fruit of their way of seeing the world is just evil, and I think that's where I'm leaving it for now [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities and spiritual wickedness in high places. And the very thing that Haitian people are called, evil, voodoo all those things, is what White supremacy is.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: That is evil, and that is wicked, and it has been at work for centuries. And in Jesus name, as Connie Anderson would pray in the work she does with White people around White supremacy and leaving that behind, and she says she just prays that it would be overthrown. That demonic power would be overthrown, and people would be disobedient to that leaning.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah.Jonathan Walton: And I pray the same would be true for many, many people before and after the polls close on November the 5th.Sy Hoekstra: Yeah. So in the newsletter, I put an email address where you could send a PayPal donation to the local Haitian community center. We'll have a link to that in the show notes too. The Haitians on the ground, especially some of the pastors and the churches there, are doing some incredible work to try and keep the peace. I think people have been overlooking that. There was a decent Christianity Today article on kind of what's going on the ground in Ohio, but it really focused on what the local White churches are doing to help [laughs].Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: And I really need people to focus on the Haitians, like what is actually happening there, and the fact that there are White supremacists marching around the town. And how terrifying that has to be for them, and how the people who are doing the work to keep the peace there are heroic, and they should not have to be. And they deserve all of our support and all our prayers. So I appreciate anything that you can, any intercession that you can do, any money that you can give. Any support that you can be. Any help that you can be just spreading the truth to people who may not be wanting to hear it or who might not be hearing it from their news sources right now,Jonathan Walton: Right.Sy Hoekstra: We're gonna end there, then. Thank you so much for listening. Please remember to go to KTFPress.com and become a paid subscriber and support everything we're doing, the media that we're making here. Get the bonus episodes to this show, come to our monthly Zoom calls to have a chat with me and Jonathan about everything that's going on in the election. Bring us your questions, get access to comments on our posts and more pl

These days, it feels like everything is in a state of crisis.  Join your host for a dive into how Nordic myth addresses the question of systemic crisis through the myth of Ragnarok, our present polycrisis, and whether we can avert the horrors of the Wolf Age and the destruction it promises.Hatian Community Support and Help Center:https://www.haitiansupportcenterspringfield.org/Sources and links:*https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-22-ragnarok--53067190*https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160419083247.htm*https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/03/polycrisis-adam-tooze-historian-explains/*https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/12/extreme-weather-climate-change-displaced/*https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024/*https://redgreenandblue.org/2024/09/03/klamath-dams-finally-come-freeing-salmon-liberating-indigenous-peoples/*https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/dillon-ranch-graton-rancheria-land-back/

The social media service X has changed its artificial intelligence (AI) tool after several U.S. states warned that it was spreading election misinformation.在几个美国州警告其传播选举虚假信息后，社交媒体服务X修改了其人工智能（AI）工具。Earlier this month, secretaries of state in five states sent the owner of X, Elon Musk, a letter requesting the change to its Grok AI tool.本月早些时候，五个州的州务卿向X的所有者埃隆·马斯克发了一封信，要求修改其Grok AI工具。X explains on its Help Center that Grok is designed to be used as an AI search assistant to help users find information online. Such tools are also known as chatbots or generative AI. Grok is only available to paid users of X's Premium and Premium+ services.X在其帮助中心解释说，Grok旨在作为AI搜索助手，帮助用户在线查找信息。此类工具也被称为聊天机器人或生成式AI。Grok仅对X的Premium和Premium+服务的付费用户开放。In their letter, the secretaries of state expressed concern that the Grok tool was returning results that included misinformation about the U.S. presidential election process. The officials said that shortly after President Joe Biden ended his run for re-election, the Grok tool provided false information on state ballot requirements.在信中，州务卿们表达了对Grok工具返回的结果中包含美国总统选举程序虚假信息的担忧。官员们表示，在乔·拜登总统结束连任竞选后不久，Grok工具提供了关于州选票要求的虚假信息。The misinformation included a statement that the deadline had passed in several states to make ballot changes for the nation's presidential election. The secretaries' wrote that the statement was completely false. In all the states identified by Grok, it was still possible for ballot changes to be made, the letter said.这些虚假信息包括一条声明，称几个州更改总统选举选票的截止日期已经过了。州务卿们在信中写道，这一声明完全是错误的。信中提到，在Grok识别的所有州，仍然可以进行选票更改。The ballot changes increased in importance when the Democratic Party chose a new nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, after Biden withdrew.在拜登退出后，民主党选择了新候选人、副总统卡马拉·哈里斯，这使得选票更改变得更加重要。Former President Donald Trump is the Republican Party's nominee.前总统唐纳德·特朗普是共和党的候选人。The letter recognized that Grok does warn its users that the AI tool might return false information. And it noted that the tool urges users not to depend completely on Grok for news and information.信中承认Grok确实警告其用户该AI工具可能会返回虚假信息，并指出该工具敦促用户不要完全依赖Grok获取新闻和信息。However, the secretaries of state wrote, the false information about ballot deadlines was “captured and shared repeatedly in multiple posts - reaching millions of people.” In addition, they noted, Grok continued to repeat this false information for more than a week until it was corrected on July 31, 2024.”然而，州务卿们写道，有关选票截止日期的虚假信息“被多次发布在多个帖子中并反复共享——覆盖了数百万人”。此外，他们还指出，Grok继续重复这一虚假信息超过一周，直到2024年7月31日才得到纠正。

“The reason I started Modeliks is because it took me three weeks to create a proper financial model in Excel for every new client. With our predefined financial model template, you have that handed to you on a plate.” – Blagoja HamamdjievThe finer details of this episode:Discussion about business planning and financial reporting software for startups and small businessesMain features of Modeliks software, including financial planning, budgeting, and advisory servicesImportance of driver-based financial planning and its impact on business resultsCost-effectiveness and pre-defined financial model templates by industry within the softwareIntegration of financial tables and charts with pitch decks and business plansEfficiency and time-saving benefits of using the software for financial modeling and planningDashboard functionality, including tracking financial progress and accessing various chartsUser experience and flexibility of the software, including multi-user collaboration and planned AI integrationLevels of support provided by Modeliks, including customer support and live sessions with screen sharing Episode resources:Summit Virtual CFO by Anders website: https://www.summitcpa.net/If you have questions or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at mcpasuccessshow@anderscpa.comCheck out the Virtual CFO Playbook Course: https://vcfoplaybook.summitcpa.net/Check out Modeliks, here: www.modeliks.com Timestamps:The introduction (00:00:00)The hosts introduce the podcast and its mission, setting the stage for the upcoming episode. Guest Introduction and Background (00:01:48)The hosts introduce Blagoja Hamamdjiev, CEO and founder of Modeliks, and discuss his personal and professional background. Global Nature of Modeliks (00:04:22)Blagoja discusses the global footprint of Modeliks, including the location of their team and their incorporation in Ireland. Using Modeliks for Financial Planning and Advisory Services (00:07:51)Blagoja explains how Modeliks can be used for creating financial plans, pitch decks, and business plans, including its applications for advisory services. Driver-Based Financial Planning (00:11:32)Blagoja delves into the concept of driver-based financial planning and its importance in managing and improving businesses. Integration of Financials with Pitch Deck and Business Plan (00:16:29)Discussion on how Modeliks integrates financials with pitch decks and business plans, providing a unique and efficient solution for businesses. Cost and Industry-Specific Financial Model Templates (00:19:31)Blagoja highlights the cost-effectiveness of Modeliks compared to other software and the availability of industry-specific financial model templates within the software. Creating Financial Models (00:20:26)Blagoja explains the time-consuming process of creating financial models in Excel and the efficiency of using Modeliks templates. Flexibility and Data Integration (00:22:31)Discussion on the flexibility and data integration capabilities of Modeliks, including the current and planned data input methods and integrations. Dashboard and Reporting Functionality (00:28:12)Blagoja details the dashboard and reporting functionalities of Modeliks, including variance analysis, charts, ratios, and custom KPIs. Future AI Integration (00:32:01)The planned integration of AI features in Modeliks, such as generative writing and AI analysis of financial numbers, is discussed. Challenges in Financial Planning (00:34:29)The challenges CPAs face in creating financial models and the barriers to providing advisory services are explored. Excel vs. Other Tools (00:36:26)The use of Excel in financial planning and the challenges and benefits of using other software tools are discussed. Collaboration and Pricing (00:38:53)The flexibility and real-time collaboration capabilities of Modeliks, as well as the pricing structure and value proposition, are explained. Support and Training (00:40:22)The support and training options available for users of Modeliks, including live support and demo calls, are discussed. Live Support and Niche Industry Models (00:40:54)Discussion about live support, niche industry financial models, and personalized assistance for clients. Help Center and Training Videos (00:42:00)Explanation of the extensive help center with training videos and the value of personalized onboarding and training sessions. Consolidation Feature and Multi-Dimensional Planning (00:43:52)Upcoming features in the software, including a consolidation feature and multi-dimensional planning for more complex businesses. Future Software Updates (00:45:29)Anticipation for upcoming software updates, including QuickBooks integration, multi-dimensional planning, and localization in different languages. Advisory Services and Financial Planning (00:45:55)The importance of advisory services and the value of creating a useful financial plan based on drivers. Passion for Driver-Based Financial Planning (00:47:01)The speaker's passion for creating logical and impactful financial plans based on drivers, and the importance of setting targets. Role of Advisors in Business Management (00:48:08)The role of advisors in helping entrepreneurs with the analytical part of running a business and the value of collaboration. Conclusion and Podcast Promotion (00:48:27)Closing remarks and promotion of the podcast website for more resources on modern CPA firm success. 

  Discover basic 5 steps insurance agents can use when creating an X (Twitter) business profile. Learn how to find your audience, setting up your profile, content examples, and a lot more!   Contact the Agent Survival Guide Podcast! Email us ASGPodcast@Ritterim.com or call 1-717-562-7211 and leave a voicemail.   Resources: Agent Apps | Professional Networking & Events: https://link.chtbl.com/ASGA20230823 Agent's Guide to Email Communication Resources: https://link.chtbl.com/ASG598 Affinity Partnerships for Insurance Agents: https://ritterim.com/blog/affinity-partnerships-for-insurance-agents/   Apps for Social Medicare Marketing: https://link.chtbl.com/ASGA52 FREE eBook - The Definitive Guide to Getting Leads and Prospecting for Medicare Sales: https://ritterim.com/lead-generation-guide/ FREE eBook – Social Media Marketing for Insurance Agents: https://ritterim.com/social-media-ebook/ TikTok Basics for Insurance Agents: https://link.chtbl.com/ASG603   References: Dixon, Stacy Jo. “Biggest Social Media Platforms by Users 2024.” Statista, Statista ,10 July 2024, www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/ Dixon, Stacy Jo. “Global X/Twitter User Age Distribution 2024.” Statista, Statista, 26 June 2024, www.statista.com/statistics/283119/age-distribution-of-global-twitter-users/  “Help Center.” Help Center, X, help.x.com/en. Accessed 30 July 2024. “Twitter.Com Traffic Analytics, Ranking & Audience [June 2024].” Similarweb, Similarweb, 1 June 2024, www.similarweb.com/website/twitter.com/ “Social Media Fact Sheet.” Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, 31 Jan. 2024, www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/social-media/#which-social-media-platforms-are-most-common   “The Sprout Social Index Edition XIX: Breakthrough.” Sprout Social, Sprout Social, 8 Mar. 2024, www.sproutsocial.com/insights/index/   Dixon, Stacy Jo. “Top Types of Posts on X/Twitter Worldwide 2022.” Statista, Statista, 25 Sept. 2023, www.statista.com/statistics/1310989/most-liked-type-of-content-on-twitter/ Zote, Jacqueline. “What Is Twitter Spaces? – Bring Your Twitter Conversations to Life with Audio.” Sprout Social, Sprout Social, 6 Sept. 2023, www.sproutsocial.com/insights/twitter-spaces/   Follow Us on Social! Ritter on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and YouTube Sarah on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Threads Tina on LinkedIn

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Paradise residents who have questions about their electric service will be able to get answers from PG&E today. Also, some of California's dams were built a century ago and dozens are in serious need of repair. A grant program was created last year to begin the repairs, but Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed cutting that funding, and this week the Shasta County's Board of Supervisors will interview nine candidates for the county's recently vacated Registrar of Voters position.

On the 30th of May, 2019, Chris's routine day began as usual. Around 11:15AM, he was spotted on surveillance footage at the Help Center, where he obtained an external battery for his mobile phone. After leaving the facility, Chris was seen walking towards his home, which was not far from the Help Center. Accompanied by a man and a woman, they were all captured on surveillance. The acquaintances mentioned that after Chris left, they parted ways in the parking lot, with Chris promising to call them later. However, that call never came. His whereabouts remain unknown. Sara mentioned that her brother typically carried a black backpack containing essential items like his driver's license and medications, none of which have been found. However, there is a potential lead that could emerge soon. On Locust Lane in Elkton, Chris's former friend Wayne also lived. The two had a tumultuous relationship, leading Chris to leave Wayne's residence out of fear for his safety. Despite leaving, Chris expressed concerns that Wayne might seek revenge. Following Chris's disappearance, Wayne boasted about possessing Chris's cellphone, the only belonging Chris would have had on him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/locatingthelost/support

On the 30th of May, 2019, Chris's routine day began as usual. Around 11:15AM, he was spotted on surveillance footage at the Help Center, where he obtained an external battery for his mobile phone. After leaving the facility, Chris was seen walking towards his home, which was not far from the Help Center. Accompanied by a man and a woman, they were all captured on surveillance. The acquaintances mentioned that after Chris left, they parted ways in the parking lot, with Chris promising to call them later. However, that call never came. His whereabouts remain unknown. Sara mentioned that her brother typically carried a black backpack containing essential items like his driver's license and medications, none of which have been found. However, there is a potential lead that could emerge soon. On Locust Lane in Elkton, Chris's former friend Wayne also lived. The two had a tumultuous relationship, leading Chris to leave Wayne's residence out of fear for his safety. Despite leaving, Chris expressed concerns that Wayne might seek revenge. Following Chris's disappearance, Wayne boasted about possessing Chris's cellphone, the only belonging Chris would have had on him. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/locatingthelost/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/locatingthelost/support

In this episode of the DIY Musician Podcast, Cristina sits down with CD Baby Artist Services Manager, Austin, to discuss CD Baby Boost. Together they dive into the various royalties collected by Boost, registration with the MLC and SoundExchange, sync licensing opportunities, and how this service differs from the now retired CD Baby PRO. Please visit our Help Center for more info: https://support.cdbaby.com/hc/en-us/articles/17723985999885-CDB-Boost

This week, we are discussing the upcoming holiday season and the importance of retailers preparing for it. We mention holidays such as Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Small Business Saturday. It's crucial for businesses to take action during this time, as there is a higher sales volume compared to other months. We highlight the high intent to buy during this season and the potential for increased conversion rates and revenue per session.To effectively prepare for the holiday season, we break down the discussion into categories of who, what, when, where, and how. Starting with the importance of seasonally relevant homepage merchandising, we emphasize the need to communicate who you are and why customers should shop with you. It's essential to have holiday content on your website, such as a gift guide or information about sales. Updating other sections of your website to be more seasonally relevant, like discussing winter bike maintenance, can also attract customers.Customers appreciate businesses that have consistent and clearly stated holiday hours and closures. Therefore, it's essential to update your website and other platforms like Google My Business and Facebook with accurate information. Providing a tech tip, we suggest using start and end dates to schedule content on the website, ensuring that the right content is displayed at the right time. For businesses needing assistance, we offer our help through our success team and agency subscriptions for website maintenance needs. We also note that we can help with one-time projects or temporary relief of duties, even if a business is not interested in a subscription. Businesses are encouraged to reach out to us for support, and we mention that all the information is available in our Help Center.In conclusion, we extend our wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving and express our willingness to see everyone around the work stand.If you're a current Workstand client with questions about your subscription, reach out to support@workstand.com or call 303-527-0676 x 1. If you are not currently a Workstand client with questions about how our programs work, email info@workstand.com and we'll gladly show you around.Find Us on LinkedInRyan Atkinson, President + Co-OwnerSuzie Livingston, Marketing + CommunicationsMark Still, Business DevelopmentWe also publish Around the Workstand on our YouTube channel if you'd like to watch while you listen. Here is our Around the Workstand playlist.If you have any questions about the topics discussed in this episode of Around the Workstand or if you have ideas for new topics we can cover, schedule a time to meet with Mark Still here or email mark.s@workstand.com.#email marketing #marketing #bikeshopwebsites #merchandising #bikeshoppointofsale

I wanted to talk a bit more about Threaded Spaces, we complained about it last week and in preparation for the rollout, wanted to remind everyone of a few items from the release:  Beginning September 30, 2023 we will begin upgrading conversations grouped by topic to in-line threading. We anticipate this change to be completed by March 2024.  A minimum of two weeks prior to the upgrade taking place, a banner will be displayed in impacted spaces notifying users about the impending change. Users will be able to click through to the Help Center for more information. If you're using an impacted space when the upgrade commences, most functions such as sending and receiving messages will be inaccessible. Typically, this will only last for a few minutes, after which users simply need to refresh the browser tab to access and use the newly upgraded space. Once the upgrade is complete, the space will use the in-line threaded model. Messages sent before the upgrade will be retained, and will be arranged chronologically, instead of by topic. There will also be a separator titled “Begin New Topic” to indicate every time a new topic was started.  In some cases, when people have responded on older topics, the new chronological order takes precedence. This means that messages may not appear next to the original topic, but rather according to their timestamp. When this occurs, the new response will quote the last corresponding message that it is replying to

Hollywood actors are waiting to hear a response from studios about their latest counter proposal. Crews continue working to contain the Highland Fire in Riverside County. Los Angeles County opens a new Veterans Business Outreach Center.  Support The L.A. Report by donating now at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.Support the show: https://laist.com

All the way back in episode 13 we talked about how to properly store your snowmobile after the season ends. Now, we're going to dig into the details of what you need to do to get that snowmobile ready for the snow season. We talk with Technical Development Lead, John Lundgren, who runs us through step by step what we need to check on our snowmobiles so they're ready for another season of powder and fun! Polaris' Guide to Preparing Your Snowmobile for Winter Riding: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/snowmobile-season-maintenance/winter-maintenance/ Check out the Polaris Snowmobile's YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@PolarisSnowFor more information about Polaris Snowmobiles, find it in the Help Center: https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/owner-resources/help-center/If you have a question or an idea for a future episode, use this link to send it to us. https://www.polaris.com/en-us/snowmobiles/owner-resources/help-center/email/Cardo® is a registered trademark of CARDO SYSTEMS LTDYouTube® is a registered trademark of Google LLCUnless noted, trademarks are the property of Polaris Industries Inc © 2023 Polaris Industries Inc.

Here's an overview of what's covered in this new edition of Etsy Seller News! 1. Beware of Scammers! There's been a notable increase in sellers receiving messages and calls from fake "Etsy support." Some sellers are also being approached by faux “buyers”. On the buyer side, there have been instances of individuals calling random “support” numbers found online, unknowingly inviting scams. A reminder: always initiate support requests solely through Etsy's official Help Center and their contact support form. 2. UK Sellers & Royal Mail Collaboration: Good news for UK sellers! You can now let Royal Mail print your Etsy shipping labels. However, there's a catch: each label comes with a QR code that needs scanning by Royal Mail – which can be time-consuming. 3. Etsy's Share & Save Program: If you missed our previous episode on this, here's a refresher: Sellers can save 4% by leveraging this program. The links are 'cookied' for 30 days, allowing you to earn from any purchase made within that time. 4. Important Policy Update on Imagery: Effective from September 8th (apologies for the delay in sharing!), Etsy has revised its content guidelines concerning minors. The platform now prohibits content that depicts minors in undergarments, images highlighting minors in form-fitting attire focusing on private areas, or any poses perceived as age-inappropriate.

The writers guild will meet with the producers after 3 months on strike. LAist speaks with SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher. A white supremacist accused of inciting political violence across CA is extradited from Romania. A center opens for exploited Thai workers.  Support The L.A. Report by donating now at LAist.com/join and by visiting https://laist.com.Support the show: https://laist.com

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Mon, 19 Jun 2023 06:46:00 +0000 https://www.adsventure.de/podcast/ f3bf50d82c7a5ee54c012d96ae70ec62 Es ist wieder Zeit für eine knackige Update-Episode zu den wichtigsten Dingen, welche sich in den Werbeanzeigenmanagern von Meta und TikTok so tun. So viel sei verraten: Es gibt weitere erfreuliche Änderungen, welche die Attribution des Meta Ads Managers weiter verbessern. DIE THEMEN DIESER EPISODE IM ÜBERBLICK: Bye Bye Aggregated Event Measurement: Die Attribution im Ads Manager verbessert sich weiterhin "Beneficiary & Payer" Updates im Ads Manager (Link zum Help Center: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/605021638170961/) Draft Mode im TikTok Ads Manager Promotional Ads bei Facebook/Instagram, Lead Ad Formulare auf eigener Website (Link zum Help Center: https://www.facebook.com/business/news/helping-businesses-find-customers-with-promotional-ads-and-lead-ads) Mehr aus der Welt von adsventure: Besuche den Blog: https://www.adsventure.de/blog Bleib mit dem Newsletter immer up-to-date & sichere dir sofort umsetzbare Hacks: https://www.adsventure.de/newsletter/ Zur SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING COMMUNITY auf Facebook: http://www.sma-community.de 70 full no Florian Litterst, Sebastian Vogg

5/4/23 7am CT Hour - Jessica Luebbering/ Fr. James Kubicki John, Glen and Sarah chat about another mas shooting, a Cahtolic Oklahoma Hospital being asked to remove it's sanctuary candle and offer a "May the 4th Be With You" to all the listeners. Jessica shares the mission of Father Gene's Help Center in Milwaukee and how they provide dignity to those in need through gently used and new clothing items. Fr. Kubicki explains when the tradition of May being the month of Mary first began and how May Crowning's and other Marian traditions have evolved to today.

As we get closer to the RANGER XP KINETIC deliveries, we wanted to revisit this new machine as it might be many owners' first experience when it comes to EV ownership. Joining the podcast again are Service Engineer Jacob Karg, and Technical Service Rep for Electrification Christopher Bona. They're going to help us understand some best practices for EV ownership. From how and when you should charge your KINETIC to tips on how you can get the best range, they help us cover it all! Follow the link below to find the Help Center overview on the Ranger XP Kinetic.https://ranger.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/article/KA-03582/ Polaris Off-Road YouTube Ranger Kinetic EV playlist.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcfSHrZp-dg_xhL60S4bdJ2EBhbrCn3fG If you have a question or an idea for a future episode, use this link to send it to us.https://www.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/suggest-help-article/ YouTube® is a registered trademark of Google LLCUnless noted, trademarks are the property of Polaris Industries Inc© 2023 Polaris Industries Inc.

Its March! That means the SnowCheck program is back as well as the launch of the 2024 Snowmobile line-up! Learn about everything that's new in model year 2024 for Polaris Snowmobiles and Timbersled. Director of Snowmobile Sales, Scott Kuklock. Scott joins us on the podcast again to fill us in on all of the SnowCheck details and the new model line-up for 2024.To learn more about the Polaris Snowmobiles and Timbersled lineups and for full SnowCheck details, visit https://snowmobiles.polaris.com/en-us/, https://snowmobiles.polaris.com/en-us/snowcheck/ and https://www.timbersled.com/en-us/.Visit the Polaris Snowmobiles YouTube channel to watch the 2024 Snowmobile Reveal:https://www.youtube.com/user/PolarisIndUS For more information on the 2024 SnowCheck program visit the Help-Center article below:https://snowmobiles.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/article/KA-02243/ If you have a question or an idea for a future episode, use this link to send it to us.https://snowmobiles.polaris.com/en-us/self-help/suggest-help-article/YouTube® is a registered trademark of Google LLCUnless noted, trademarks are the property of Polaris Industries Inc© 2023 Polaris Industries Inc.

EndAbortionUS with Frank Pavone and Janet Morana: A Look Inside A Pregnancy Help Center by Priests for Life

Bringing together two voices, practice and theory, in a collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured reflection upon that experience, O'Mochain and Ueno show how entrenched discursive forces exert immense influence in Japanese society and how they might be most effectively challenged. With a psychosocial framework that draws insights from feminism, sociology, international studies, and political psychology, the authors pinpoint the motivations of the nativist right and reflect on the change of conditions that is necessary to end cultures of impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse in Japan.  Evaluating the value of the #MeToo model of activism, the authors offer insights that will encourage victims to come out of the shadows, pursue justice, and help transform Japan's sense of identity both at home and abroad. Ueno, a female Japanese educator and O'Mochain, a non-Japanese male academic, examine the nature of sexual abuse problems both in educational contexts and in society at large through the use of surveys, interviews, and engagement with an eclectic range of academic literature. They identify the groups within society who offer the least support for women who pursue justice against perpetrators of sexual abuse. They also ask if far-right ideological extremists are fixated with proving that so-called "comfort women" are higaisha-buru or "fake victims." Japan would have much to gain on the international stage were it to fully acknowledge historical crimes of sexual violence, yet it continues to refuse to do so.  In Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan: In the (Inter)National Shadows (Routledge, 2022), O'Mochain and Ueno shed light on this puzzling refusal through recourse to the concepts of 'international status anxiety' and 'male hysteria.' An insightful read for scholars of Japanese society, especially those concerned about its treatment of women. Resources for seeking help in Japan:  AWARE(アウェア) [Jpn&Eng] Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare No Harassment website [multiple languages] Tokyo Women's Help Center [Jpn] Links for regional help centers [Jpn] Ministry of Justice Human Rights Counseling [multiple languages] Jingyi Li is a PhD Candidate in Japanese History at the University of Arizona. She researches about early modern Japan, literati, and commercial publishing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

Bringing together two voices, practice and theory, in a collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured reflection upon that experience, O'Mochain and Ueno show how entrenched discursive forces exert immense influence in Japanese society and how they might be most effectively challenged. With a psychosocial framework that draws insights from feminism, sociology, international studies, and political psychology, the authors pinpoint the motivations of the nativist right and reflect on the change of conditions that is necessary to end cultures of impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse in Japan.  Evaluating the value of the #MeToo model of activism, the authors offer insights that will encourage victims to come out of the shadows, pursue justice, and help transform Japan's sense of identity both at home and abroad. Ueno, a female Japanese educator and O'Mochain, a non-Japanese male academic, examine the nature of sexual abuse problems both in educational contexts and in society at large through the use of surveys, interviews, and engagement with an eclectic range of academic literature. They identify the groups within society who offer the least support for women who pursue justice against perpetrators of sexual abuse. They also ask if far-right ideological extremists are fixated with proving that so-called "comfort women" are higaisha-buru or "fake victims." Japan would have much to gain on the international stage were it to fully acknowledge historical crimes of sexual violence, yet it continues to refuse to do so.  In Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan: In the (Inter)National Shadows (Routledge, 2022), O'Mochain and Ueno shed light on this puzzling refusal through recourse to the concepts of 'international status anxiety' and 'male hysteria.' An insightful read for scholars of Japanese society, especially those concerned about its treatment of women. Resources for seeking help in Japan:  AWARE(アウェア) [Jpn&Eng] Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare No Harassment website [multiple languages] Tokyo Women's Help Center [Jpn] Links for regional help centers [Jpn] Ministry of Justice Human Rights Counseling [multiple languages] Jingyi Li is a PhD Candidate in Japanese History at the University of Arizona. She researches about early modern Japan, literati, and commercial publishing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

The pro-life movement is truly unstoppable on the ground in large part due to the incredible work of pregnancy help centers, and Sylvia Johnson is truly a force for life in Houston! She is helping to open a chemical abortion pill reversal clinic, the first of its kind, as well as a center that assists a woman throughout pregnancy and with getting on her feet after the birth of her child. We discuss her amazing work in Houston, how the abortion industry attacks women of color, and how her innovation is going to change and save lives in Houston and the nation! Available NOW on: ExplicitlyProLife.com or wherever you get your podcasts!  ✓ YouTube: https://bit.ly/2DiGLin ✓ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2X15zlZ ✓ Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/30ZA8tw ✓ Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/30V0Kfd ✓ Stitcher: https://bit.ly/331EgvL   Connect with Kristan:  ✓ Kristan's website: https://bit.ly/3zsv1os ✓ Kristan's YouTube: https://bit.ly/3IVonKg  ✓ Kristan's Instagram: https://bit.ly/3ogRApH  ✓ Kristan's Twitter: https://bit.ly/3z4a0iu   ✓ Kristan's Facebook: https://bit.ly/3yXjhIV   ✓ Kristan's GETTR: https://bit.ly/3z1qrMt

Have you received a suspicious "Giveaway" DM on Instagram, or been followed by an account that may be impersonating someone? On today's Mini News, Emily walks us through some new account safety features that have been added on Instagram to help users regain access to their accounts if they find themselves locked out or hacked. *** ⭐️Instagram has added some new tools to help users regain access to their accounts if they find themselves locked out or hacked. The new recovery center is at instagram.com/hacked. The con is most help options just direct you to the Help Center, which already existed, to help you troubleshoot your issue. In other words, you're not being put in touch with a real person at Instagram Support. However, the pro is this tool makes the recovery and troubleshooting process much more streamlined. You're provided quick, easy access to steps you can take depending on your issue. ⭐️A great new safety measure Instagram has provided is this: if you find yourself locked out of your account, you can choose two of your Instagram friends to confirm your identity and get back into your account. Instagram is also testing measures to combat impersonation and ways to help prevent hacking before it happens. There have been many instances where people impersonate design businesses and run fake giveaways to get other users' info or hack their accounts. Instagram is testing a feature that sends warnings if an account that is suspected to be an impersonator follows you, or if an account that may be impersonating a business sends you a DM. ⭐️How can you keep your Instagram account safe before any of this happens to you? Use a strong, unique password with numbers, letters, and special characters. Don't use this password for anything else. Change your password regularly, at least once a year. Ideally, you should change your password every few months. Lastly, turn on your two-factor authentication in Settings under Privacy and Security. You'll get a login code when you sign in on a new device, so it offers a little extra security for your account. ***

“Politics is all about empathy — people believing that you understand their plight, their issue, their life — and that you have a plan to help them.” Aftab Pureval is the Mayor of the city of Cincinnati. As Cincinnati's 70th Mayor, Aftab has made equitable economic growth a top priority of his administration, as well as a comprehensive reform and improvement of public safety, affordable housing, and environmental action. Formerly serving as the first Democrat to be elected Hamilton County Clerk of Courts in over 100 years, Aftab opened an award-winning Help Center and became the first countywide officeholder in Ohio to offer paid family leave. Mayor Aftab was born and raised in Southwest Ohio - he attended The Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati College of Law where he represented victims of domestic violence who could not afford an attorney. Aftab served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and worked as an attorney at Procter & Gamble working on brands like Olay. Mayor Aftab lives in Clifton with his wife and sons.  This is a special episode from one of Raman's other podcasts - and NOT the one about comic books. On Learnings from Leaders: the P&G Alumni Podcast (pgalums.com/podcast), Raman and a few friends connect with fellow Alums from P&G - a company known for its purpose, values, and principles — for mentorship chats for the next generation of leaders. One of Raman's podcast co-hosts is Andrew Tarvin, who he's known almost as long as Sharon. Drew led had the chance to sit down with the mayor of Cincinnati - a town near and dear to our hearts - Mayor Aftab Pureval. And you can guess from Aftab's name, sometimes folks ask where he's really from. You'll enjoy this candid conversation about redefining what a name means - and showing up for what matters. This episode is sponsored by the Department of Health & Human Services, who's encouraging you and your community to make sure you've got the COVID-19 Vaccine & Booster. We can do this, together. Find vaccines and boosters near you @ VACCINES.gov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know that having a trial on your onboarding paywall increases conversions and revenue. However, do you need to offer a trial once someone is in your app and using it? Joining me is an App Masters Elite member who recently ran an AB test regarding disabling free trials after onboarding and so some amazing results. A/B Test: Segment A: Free trial was offered during onboarding and after onboarding if user didn't subscribe Segment B: Free trial was offered during onboarding, but afterwards if the user want to try Premium, they had to pay (no free trial) Read full write up on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wsidell/status/1517416801373630465 Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Discover THE strategies that help you earn more money from your mobile games. Learn: - The most important thing to look for when you are trying to monetize your game - How to balance game design and monetization - How to maximize your ad monetization - How to use psychological triggers to increase in-app purchases - How to find the right monetization strategy at the different stages of your game Elena Bugakova is the Publishing Producer at AppQuantum. App Audits: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/revolution-chess-game/id1592512979 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rollsroyce.cars.simulation.luxury.gamesgames Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Discover how to setup a mobile CRM and how to use it to increase your retention and monetization. Plus, you'll learn the 3 important stages of a mobile CRM. Florian Gleißner is the Marketing Manager at Admiral Media. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our live stream with Florian Gleißner, you will discover the 3 things your marketing might be missing. #1: Know you KPIs #2: Marketing funnel You'll have to listen to hear #3. Also, we audit a Venmo type of app and a couples game. Florian Gleißner is the Marketing Manager at Admiral Media. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Discover a simple strategy you can use to find product market fit and the questions you should ask your users that will lead you to optimize your features. Helpshift Feedback+ https://www.helpshift.com/products/feedback-sdk/ Connect with Christine: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinebdart/ Product Market Fit Blog Post: https://review.firstround.com/how-superhuman-built-an-engine-to-find-product-market-fit Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our live stream with Luke Memet, you will discover the importance of using long tail keywords if you do NOT have a big budget for marketing. We also audit a social media cover maker app and a fitness app. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Live coaching call all about app marketing and monetization with a self-taught developer who started TimeFinder as a hobby to learn in 2018. He then started to realize and appreciate potential in 2020, hired freelancers to help fix bugs and develop features more rapidly in 2021 while working on marketing and in 2022 quit his full time job to focus on the app. Learn more: TimefinderApp.net https://apps.apple.com/us/app/timefinder-time-blocking/id1347447233 Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our Kevin Wolstenholme, we talk all about monetization including the ONE monetization hack that every mobile game should have. Plus, Kevin has some great advice on how to properly build you game to ensure the highest rate of success. App Audits: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/farkle-frenzy/id1600530164 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=funtaptic.thegrugs.runner Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters ***************

Learn how to master the craft of hyper casual game design from someone who founded an award winning 13 Time Apple Featured game studio. Kevin Wolstenholme is the former CEO of RisingHigh Academy which focuses on all aspects of Hyper Casual Game Design. Acquired by Leading Publisher Homa Games in March 2022, he is now Studio Community Director at Homa and continues to help game developers create powerful hyper casual games. Learn more: https://homagames.com Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Want to learn how to stop snoring? This app helps you reduce snoring by recording your sleep and shows you trends and data so you can see what's working and what's not working. About the app: The most popular and innovative app of its kind, SnoreLab records, measures and tracks your snoring and helps you to discover effective ways to reduce it. SnoreLab has monitored more than 50 million nights of sleep and has helped millions of people to better understand or even eliminate their snoring problem. Learn more: https://www.snorelab.com/ You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/_921CIKgULI Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Have a question related to your AdMob policy violation? In this live stream, we will solve your problems live! Appbroda is Google's channel partner with demand of AdX of advertisements. Their aim is provide a strong product to app developer to fulfill all of their requirements. We started in July 2021 and are serving 300+ clients with impressions of 619M in a month. Siddharth Gupta is a Co-Founder at AppBroda. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our live stream with Sid Gupta, you will discover why it's so important to show a paywall during the onboarding process and why adding a trial to your subscription plans increases conversions. Also, we audit a workout log app and a sudoku app for kids. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Discover how to use custom product pages to lower your Apple Search Ads cost-per-installs. With CPPs, you can create additional versions of your App Store product page, each of which highlights a feature or specific content, then share a page's unique URL in your corresponding marketing efforts. Learn more: https://searchads.com/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/custom-product-pages/ We also audit a gigs app. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Discover the types of ad creatives that the top non-gaming mobile advertisers are using and how you can leverage the insights to run mobile paid marketing profitably at scale. You will discover the top ad creatives by category and what types of ads are driving the lowest cost-per-install. SocialPeta covers 80+ global ad networks across 70 countries and regions, including Unity, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Tik Tok. They have accumulated 1B ad creatives, updating 1.2 M+ ad creatives on a daily basis. With SocialPeta, you can gain insight into your competitors' advertising data. Also, you will be informed of and inspired by advertising data of different dimensions from global networks, media and advertisers. App Audit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yocto.wenote Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our live stream with Ashish Shinde, you will discover the average cost of installs across the different categories and countries. We also audit a gigs app. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

How does Apple Search Ads (ASA) impact your keyword rankings? You will discover if you can increase your keyword rankings with ASA and how to properly set-up your campaigns. Emre Bilgic is the Apple Ads Client Partner at MobileAction. You can watch this video: https://youtu.be/TboRYWEI-Qs Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our live stream with Lawrence Peace, you will discover why you're leaving money on the table if you do NOT have ads in your app. Also, you will discover: - Is it worth launching an Apple Watch app? - How to launching an iPad only app - Is it easier to scale multiple apps to 6-figures or one app to 7-figures We also audit a private photo vault app and an object removal app. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Discover how an indie developer uses ads to grow his apps. You will discover: - How we monetizes his apps with ads - What ad channels he uses to grow his apps - How he's able to get ridiculous cost per installs Lawrence Peace is the Founder & CEO at Dream High Studios. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

Every year we see apps from relatively unknown smaller brands emerge out of nowhere and achieve amazing user growth. And while they may not achieve the sheer volume of installs as Amazon or Netflix, their growth might far exceed what was expected. How did these brands transcend the competition? What was their “playbook”? Across the more than 100 apps studied across 7 categories, 3 themes were prominent for these leading brands: Offline Partnerships: Promotions with sports teams, games, athletes, and music artists. Tapping into a partner's fan power was key. Partnerships with organizations that do not have fans did not convert installs (e.g., corporate partners). Mobile Ecosystem Integrations: Product development that positioned apps on operating systems, blockchain, payments platforms, and on-device integration with carrier and/or handset manufacturer smartphones. Product-Led Growth – specifically features that make the experience more valuable to users on each return visit – were built in and increased the likelihood of grassroots growth. This came in the form of unique currency, experiences, entertainment, or information. Learn More: https://digitalturbine.apptopia.com/brag-index https://www.digitalturbine.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorywester/ Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

In part 2 of our live stream with Greg Wester, you will discover how brands like Shazam, NewsBreak, and Cash App used on-device integration to achieve breakout growth and outperform much bigger brands. Also, we audit a budgeting and resume builder app to share the best strategies for UI/UX and trial periods. Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message

If you are just starting out with app store optimization, you will discover how to optimize your keywords in just 5 minutes. Use "APPMASTERS40" at checkout to save 40% off ASOMobile: https://asomobile.net/en/ Get our greatest growth hacks to increase downloads & revenue: http://www.appmasters.com/training SPONSORS Helpshift offers the easiest way to collect user feedback, report bugs, and more without users ever having to leave your app. You can even have a customizable Help Center and unlimited FAQs. Get Started for FREE: https://www.helpshift.com/appmasters/ Tired of overpaying for App Store Optimization? Get unlimited ASO and app marketing support to increase your keyword rankings, downloads, and revenue. Learn more at ASO Masters. *************** Follow us: YouTube: AppMasters.com/YouTube Instagram: @stevepyoung Twitter: @stevepyoung Facebook: App Masters *************** --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/app-marketing-podcast/message