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An 85% graduation rate against a district average of 60% — at a second-chance school in the South Bronx where the primary healing tool isn't a worksheet or a clipboard. It's a professional recording studio.
Low Back Recovery & Hip Opening Flow — Complete Practice (62 min, 32 min preview)A mellow complete practice designed to restore the body through thoughtful work around the low back, hips, and hamstrings. This class favors spacious pacing over intensity, creating a grounded recovery flow that gently unwinds accumulated tension while still offering enough movement to leave you feeling refreshed and reconnected.Although physically gentle, this practice is rich in deliberate mobility work. Twists, hip opening, and posterior-chain lengthening are woven together to create a balanced sequence that feels especially satisfying after heavy lower-body training or long periods of sitting.This is the kind of class that reminds you recovery is an active practice—steady, supportive, and every bit as valuable as your stronger flows.New class every Tuesday. 350+ full classes in the Unlimited Archive at JustGreatYoga.com
Hip complaints are bread-and-butter emergency medicine—but every so often they are anything but straightforward. The obvious shortened, externally rotated leg after a fall is one thing; the patient with acute hip pain, a normal x-ray, unremarkable blood work, and no clear diagnosis is another. Hip fractures are also far from benign, carrying a 30-day mortality of 6–7% and a 1-year mortality of about 20%, often triggering a cascade of pain, immobility, delirium, deconditioning, and death. But hip fractures are only the tip of the iceberg. In this EM Cases episode, Dr. Arun Sayal and Dr. Matt DiStefano go beyond “get an x-ray and call ortho” to tackle hip fractures, occult injuries, atraumatic hip pain, and hip dislocations. We answer questions like: Why do so many patients never return to baseline after a hip fracture? What can we do in the ED to avoid delaying surgery? What are the best pain management and delirium prevention strategies? Which physical exam findings help diagnose an occult hip fracture? How do we distinguish hip from pelvic fractures clinically? When is a normal x-ray not enough, and when should we proceed to CT or MRI? What is POCUS useful for in the painful hip? How should hip fractures be classified to change ED management? How should we approach atraumatic hip pain? How do native and prosthetic hip dislocations differ? What clinical position suggests posterior versus anterior dislocation? Which reduction technique should we choose? What is the Whistler technique? What are the nuances of post-reduction management? And much more. Please consider a donation to EM Cases to support ongoing high-quality Free Open Access Medical Education: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/donation/
In this episode, Ayesha and Andrew discuss the June 17, 2026 issue of JBJS, along with an added dose of entertainment and pop culture. Listen at the gym, on your commute, or whenever your case is on hold! Link: JBJS website: https://jbjs.org/issue.php Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by JBJS Clinical Classroom. Subspecialties: Orthopaedic Essentials, Hip, Basic Science, Spine, Infection, Foot & Ankle, Education & Training, Shoulder Chapters (00:00:02) - Your Cases On Hold(00:01:42) - Top 10 in Orthopedic Surgery: The Legacy of Aaron Rosenberg(00:06:38) - Robinson on Research Expectations(00:18:12) - The role of research in the medical student curriculum(00:19:09) - Residency and the role of research in surgery(00:21:02) - Bone metabolic activity after total hip arthroplasty(00:29:19) - Periprosthetic Joint Infection after total knee arthropl(00:40:37) - Patients with pneumonia after total knee arthroplasty(00:48:57) - Deep Learning System for Lengthy Classification in Adolescent Idiopath
One night in El Paso, the cops go into the crowd - and somehow, 32 years later, we're still unpacking what that means.This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream, the shuffle landed on 'Yawning or Snarling' from "Day for Night" - and it pulled 76% Love It in the community poll. Add in the Like Its and you're sitting at 95%. Not bad for track four on a record that doesn't exactly hand you easy entry points.jD was joined by the most international panel the show has ever assembled: Andy from St. Thomas, Glynn from Melbourne, and Thomas from Oxford - who tuned in at 1 a.m. on his birthday, which is exactly the kind of dedication this community runs on.The conversation went deep. Bass as MVP. The panning of that slide guitar in headphones. The way Gord built entire worlds by changing two words between verses - glaring to throbbing, day to night - and what that does to the light in El Paso, literally and otherwise. Glynn brought a photographer's eye to 'the bladder of light' and the science of bat sonar. Thomas picked up his guitar mid-episode to demonstrate what makes those interplaying guitar parts so quietly unusual. Andy connected the border tension of early 90s El Paso to the cop-into-crowd imagery and made it land differently than it did before. And the chat surfaced a connection between this bass line and REM's 'Undertow' that is frankly hard to unhear.Oh, and the wheel spin at the end? Next week we're talking 'Bobcaygeon.' At the start of summer. So there's that.About the PanelistsAndy from St. Thomas is a Tragically Hip fan whose entry into 'Yawning or Snarling' was sonic first - the vibe of "Day for Night" as a full atmospheric world - before digging into the lyric's snapshots of border tension and hollow men making purchases.Glynn from Melbourne is a travel photographer and educator who leads international photo tours through his company Creative Photo Workshops (creativephotoworkshops.com.au). His visual brain is genuinely one of the great instruments for decoding a Gord Downie lyric. He came to 'Yawning or Snarling' bass-first, and he left having delivered the definitive explanation of Club 101 in El Paso. Find him on Instagram and Facebook.Thomas from Oxford has a YouTube channel (Tommy KL) and a SoundCloud under his name, Thomas De Bock, featuring three Hip covers - including a recording of 'Cordelia' that predates the pandemic. He also plays guitar, and he used it. His breakdown of the interplay between the guitars - and why the slightly-off notes are the whole point - is the kind of thing that makes you want to listen to the song again the second it's done.Tale of the Tape: 'Yawning or Snarling'Album: "Day for Night" (released September 19, 1994)Track: 4Times played live: 56First played: July 1, 1994 - Molson Park, BarrieLast played: August 1, 2016 - Calgary (Man Machine Poem Tour, twice as encore)Resources & ReferencesSetlist data sourced from Hipbase - the essential Tragically Hip discography and setlist resourceLive recording: Brussels, 1994 (Live from the Vault, Vol. 4) - sourced from The Tragically Hip Archive. Hat tip to the archivists who record, preserve, and seed these recordings. That work matters.Bass stem isolation performed by jD using stem separation tools - with a hat tip to Craig for the tutorialListen & ConnectNew episodes drop every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. Find the full show at home.tthpods.com. Join the community at community.tthpods.com. Subscribe to Yer Letter at subscribe.tthpods.com. Email jD directly at jd@tthpods.com.Follow on Instagram: @tthpods | YouTube: youtube.com/@tthpodsNext week: 'Bobcaygeon.' The wheel has spoken. See you Wednesday.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/tthtop40/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
This week, comedy club manager Harvey Lampkin jumps down into the NNFA Turtle Lair to discuss everything from AI-generated music and TikTok culture to DoorDash disasters, old-school discipline, and why it feels like nobody is actually working anymore. We get into the most ridiculous apologies of the week, why chest hair is making a comeback, AI songs and the future of creativity, why people are livestreaming their entire lives, the decline of traditional jobs and rise of internet hustle culture, Hip-hop, rap lyrics, and whether some artists need to retire certain topics, viral videos that have the whole internet talking, plus, Cardi B, subway dancers, and one of the wildest dog-camera videos you'll ever see!Watch “Gone in 60 Seconds"! → https://youtube.com/shorts/zaI8aiCV36E?si=KkQp5ksgcFI-AHUo DON'T FORGET TO LIKE, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLAUp-4rTF4q4XLujbJ51YQ MERCH https://nnfa.creator-spring.com/ BONUS CONTENT https://www.patreon.com/c/ImDaveTemple?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink -----------------Follow host Derek GainesIG https://www.instagram.com/thegreatboy/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEQDlfXd3hPcpTkU8xHYBTg Follow host Dave TempleIG https://www.instagram.com/imdavetemple/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@DAT46Follow guest Harvey LampkinIG https://www.instagram.com/harveylee22/ Follow No Need for ApologiesIG https://www.instagram.com/nnfapodcast/ TT https://www.tiktok.com/@noneedforapologies FB https://www.facebook.com/noneedforapologies/Produced by Teona SashaIG https://www.instagram.com/teonasasha/TT https://www.tiktok.com/@teonasasha -----------------To advertise your product on our podcasts please email jimmy@gasdigitalmarketing.com with a brief description about your product and any shows you may be interested in advertising on.SEND US MAIL:GaS Digital StudiosAttn: NNFA151 1st Ave # 311New York, NY 10003"No Need for Apologies" - NEW Episodes every Saturday at 3PM/ET on YouTube-----------------⏱️CHAPTERS00:00 Intro00:45 Welcome to the Show02:30 Dave's Rental Car Apology08:42 Derek Yells at Someone Apology10:23 Harvey Lampkin Joins the Show18:50 Harvey's Childhood Apology22:04 Getting in Trouble in Front of Friends 29:14 Why Dave Became a Comedian35:00 AI Song That's Good35:36 Livestreaming Across America43:00 Showtime Dancers48:35 Joblessness & The Next Wave of Hip-Hop54:50 The New Street Beef: Live Chat Wars01:01:00 Cardi B's Thoughts on Atlanta01:13:00 Viral Dog Camera Video01:20:43 OutroSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Hollerbach's German Restaurant World Cup watch parties with reserved seating and buffet options Germany vs Ecuador fan zone event and international match schedule Best and worst sports bar experiences for soccer fans 50th birthday celebration and reflections on reaching the milestone Savannah joins the Friday Free Show Giant birthday Mexican food feast plans Drunken memories of ordering everything at Taco Bell Nostalgia for classic Taco Bell buildings, beans, and pre-Fire Sauce days Emotional birthday moment and crying in front of a longtime friend Challenge of buying gifts after 20-plus years of friendship and business Broadcasting together longer than many people spend with family Realizing a 30-year radio career changes perspective and energy Birthday morning ruined by margarita-fueled stomach issues Funny Bone comedy show before birthday festivities Hat collecting addiction and impulse purchases Pedal steel guitar dreams and gift-buying frustrations Tiny gun and knife novelty belt buckles Video of a police officer accidentally shooting another during horseplay Why experiences often make better gifts than physical items Otto's High Dive birthday dinner, gift cards, stickers, and favorite dishes Fest punk festival passes and excitement for Lagwagon and Drag the River Rising punk festival ticket prices and aging punk fans with disposable income Memories of NoFX, Bad Religion, Descendents, Social Distortion, and more Meeting Hank Williams III and questions about his current life Concerns about aging musicians, health issues, and retirement Memory distortion and how stories change over time Unknown Hinson memories, Squidbillies, and later controversies St. Cloud Fourth of July celebration, fireworks, food, and family activities Nostalgia for old Florida and growing up around St. Cloud Savannah's travels to Morocco and Utila Presenting at an international crocodile conservation conference Humor versus academic seriousness in scientific presentations Harsh realities of desert travel including heat, sandstorms, and exhaustion Squat toilets, flexibility, mobility, and aging bodies Morocco's food, hospitality, and cultural experiences Eating camel meat and meeting wild camels in the desert Feeling like a celebrity in remote Moroccan villages Strange nighttime activity around a remote desert camp Discovering a hidden horned viper in the sand Desert crocodile history and possible reintroduction efforts Mysterious desert lakes, shotgun shells, and unanswered questions Cave rescues, scuba diving, and fear of underwater entrapment Why solitude underwater can feel peaceful Utila as an affordable Caribbean paradise Diving, snorkeling, reefs, and island life without cars Affordable beachfront lodging and local culture in Utila Stories from island elders, sailors, and world travelers The Jade Seahorse and its eccentric artist creator Building a lifelong legacy through art, landscaping, and passion projects Bone-covered bars, oddities, and unforgettable travel experiences Enjoying travel completely sober Hip replacement recovery update and return to running Becoming "The Thruster" through physical therapy exercises Bearcat THC seltzers as an alcohol alternative Summer plans and memories at Gatorland Gatorland bomb threat and rapid evacuation response Police horseplay shooting caught on camera Reflect Orbital's plan to use satellites to beam sunlight to Earth Environmental concerns around artificial nighttime lighting Starlink, global connectivity, and the future of surveillance Dancing robot accidentally kicks a child AI replacing workers and automated business trends Debate over supporting Team USA versus foreign World Cup teams Heritage, fandom, and choosing national teams Stories about sports fans with no connection to their teams Whether personal experiences create more authentic fandom America, patriotism, and national anthem etiquette Birthday Pub Sub tradition Disappointment with a soggy Publix chicken tender sandwich Strong opinions about crispy bacon versus floppy bacon Gratitude for listeners, BDM members, and birthday wishes Content plans during the break and Twitch returning Wednesday Thanks to everyone who supports the show ### Social Media https://tomanddan.com https://x.com/tomanddanlive https://facebook.com/amediocretime https://instagram.com/tomanddanlive Where to Find the Show Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mediocre-time/id334142682 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2FtZWRpb2NyZXRpbWUvcG9kY2FzdC54bWw Tom & Dan on Real Radio 104.1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-corporate-time/id975258990 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2Fjb3Jwb3JhdGV0aW1lL3BvZGNhc3QueG1s Exclusive Content https://tomanddan.com/registration Merch https://tomanddan.myshopify.com/
Christine Riccio & Natasha Polis talk all things nerdy in the book, tv, movie, pop culture, fandoms, and how they integrate into their adult lives. Today they're TALKING all things love triangles! WHY are they so polarizing to speak about when in reality we eat them up? Plus they're chatting Taylor Swift, Beach Read, A Good Girls Guide to Murder, and more!!The Main discussion start at : 50:00Today in Fangirl Tea Time : Join Christine and Natasha for more stories about their recent life escapades. Support the pod by joining the Forking Fangirls Patreon community: http://patreon.com/thoseforkingfangirls TEAM EDWARD: The first five Heated Rivalry episode commentaries are up now! Follow the visual show on our Youtube: http://youtube.com/@thoseforkingfangirls Get Christine's new book THIRTY, FLIRTY, & FOREVER ALONE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1662532156Add Thirty Flirty & Forever Alone on Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230393104-thirty-flirty-and-forever-aloneCheck out Natasha's sewing classes: https://www.natashapolis.com/Join our patron to get 10 dollars off the classes!Website: https://thoseforkingfangirls.com/ Email us feedback: thoseforkingfangirls@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoseforkingfangirls/Twitter: https://twitter.com/forkfangirlspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thoseforkingfangirlsGet Christine's novel Attached at the Hip: https://a.co/d/grmPeVy Check out the Selkie Collection and get 10% off your order with code TASHAPOLIS https://selkiecollection.com/collections/all
Learn how to fix your pain with our “Centralization Process” here! https://rebrand.ly/ytpainfreeSubmit an application to work with us 1:1 and learn how to fix your low back! www.therehabfix.com/low-back-programTo view hundreds of free low back videos please follow us on instagram at @rehabfix www.instagram.com/rehabfixLow back pain is not always coming FROM your lower back… and that's exactly what I discovered after flying to Las Vegas to assess entrepreneur and podcaster Brad Lea's back pain, posture, mobility, and movement limitations.In this video, I break down the exact movement assessment he used to identify hidden mobility restrictions affecting Brad's spine health, posture, hip mobility, and overall movement quality, and show you the exercises that immediately started improving his mobility and posture FAST.If you've been dealing with:• Chronic low back pain• Tight hips and stiff lower back• Poor posture or being hunched forward• Pain when sitting too long• Hip mobility limitations• Trouble standing upright• Back stiffness when walking or lifting• Sciatica or disc-related symptoms…this video will help you understand what could REALLY be causing your pain. You'll learn:✅ Why low back pain is often a movement problem✅ How limited hip mobility can overload the lower back✅ Why posture problems are NOT always caused by weak muscles✅ The difference between spinal mobility vs hip mobility restrictions✅ How lumbar extension can improve spine health✅ Mobility exercises to improve posture and reduce stiffness✅ The hidden connection between hips, pelvis, and low back pain
Démar and Adriel discuss Latto's seventh studio album "Cry Baby", whether Vince Staples is a conscious rapper and how Paris Texas was the blueprint to "Cry Baby"'s sound.Timecodes:2:37 - Album Mode Venn Diagram6:10 - 4th Vinces Staples Review8:49 - Only in America13:54 - TV Guide20:53 - The Big Bad Wolf22:40 - Rap/Rock Era30:32 - Is Vince Staples a conscious rapper?37:13 - The Cover42:34 - The Score===================================Follow us:TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcomDémar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemiInstagram:Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepodAdriel: https://twitter.com/Adriel_SmileyDémar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant===================================Démar's rating: 8 / 10Adriel's rating: 7 / 10The Love List: Okayyy, Hostage, Fallin, AnxiousVince Staples - Cry Baby / 2026 / hip hop, rap, rock, alternative hip hop, conscious rap
Tous les 1er vendredis du mois, retrouve "Live Vibes", en direct avec Gerardo. Du son Pop, Rock, Funk et Hip-hop, des talents locaux et des artistes confirmés. Live Vibes, La bande son de L' Est-Parisien. Et en rediffusion tous les vendredis suivants à 19h.L'invité du mois de juin 2026: Thomas LauretInstagram : https://www.instagram.com/thomas_lauret_musicHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
APEX Express is a weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. This Pride Month—queer and trans AAPI community strength. On this episode, host Miata Tan is joined by guests from three organizations building queer AAPI community on their own terms. They explore what it's like to find joy, organize together, and show up for each other in this moment. QTViệt Cafe Collective Learn more about QTViệt Cafe Collective and their new documentary Đồng Quê: Of the Same Womb Website | Instagram | Join the Collective Catch the film at an upcoming screening: June 14 — World Premiere | 22nd Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival | Presidio Theater, San Francisco June 20 — Screening + Q&A with filmmaker Sage Tran | Hosted by the Q Corner | San Jose Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride (QHIP) Learn more about QHIP and their upcoming workshops, events, and campaigns Instagram | Website | 5th Annual Elk Grove Pride Lavender Phoenix (LavNix) Learn more about Lavender Phoenix and their Leadership Exchange program Website | Instagram | Leadership Exchange Program Previous Episodes A Conversation with Lavender Phoenix: The Next Chapter — March 26, 2026 Trans & Queer Hmong Rise: Organizing in Central California — October 24, 2024 8 Years of QTViệt Cafe! — August 22, 2024 Transcript [00:00:00] Miata Tan : Hello and welcome. You're tuning in to APEX Express, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. I'm your host, Miata Tan. We're nearly halfway through June, and Pride Month is in full swing. Pride is a time to celebrate, honor, and dig into the deep political history of queer and trans communities. And tonight, [00:01:00] we're zooming into a few distinct queer Asian American communities right here in Northern California. First, we'll hear from a collective of queer and trans Vietnamese artists, activists, and organizers based in the Bay Area, who have a brand-new documentary out this weekend. Then we'll dive into the political organizing of queer and trans Hmong communities in Fresno and Sacramento. And we'll close out the show with a queer Asian American community leader and some different ways that you can get involved this summer. Okay, let's get into it. First up, my conversation with QTViet Cafe Collective. And before you ask, no, QTViet Cafe is not a brick-and-mortar cafe that serves coffee. They are a Bay Area-based creative cultural hub for queer and trans Vietnamese liberation through gatherings, art showcases, cultural programming, and more. QTViet Cafe is a part of Asian Refugees United, [00:02:00] and tonight we'll be discussing their new documentary, Dong Hoi: Of the Same Womb. It is premiering this Sunday, June 14, as part of the 22nd Annual International Queer Women of Color Film Festival in San Francisco. Dong Hoi asks viewers what it means to return to a homeland, to a community, to yourself. Here's my conversation with the QTViet Cafe Collective. Miata Tan: Thank you all so much for joining me today on APEX Express. Sage, perhaps you can start us off. would you be able to introduce yourself and share a little bit about what the QTViet Cafe Collective is? Sage Tran: My name is Sage. I use they/them pronouns. One of filmmakers/digital archivists for QTViet Cafe Collective. we are a cultural hub where we focus on, diasporic themes around intergenerational Vietnamese and identity and queerness. We do a lot our [00:03:00] events and workshops and gatherings around food, remembrance, and, our gay and they selves. Miata Tan: Lovely. Jessie, who are you and what brought you to QTViet? Jessie Nguyen: Sure, my name is Jessie, and my pronouns are they or Jessie, and I've been part of the collective since, 2018. I think I found the collective in a place in my life when I was really searching for ways to, bring an intersection to all parts of my identities, QTViet Cafe Just like Sage said, it's a creative hub, it's a cultural hub that is really dedicated to uplifting queer and trans Viet liberation through ancestral practices , different, forms of art and intergenerational connection. yeah, I just really appreciate the ways that QTViet Cafe has just been so dedicated to our, art and then also uplifting our art to really, bring forth community, organizing work, solidarity [00:04:00] work and our own, like, queer and trans Viet excellence Miata Tan: Love that. Jean, could you share a little bit about yourself as well? Jean Pham: Thanks for having us here. my name is Jean Pham. I use they/them pronouns. i've also been a part of QTViet Cafe since 2018 when I had first moved here to the Bay Area. Like Sage and Jessie had shared, QTViet Cafe is, it's a really special space. I think as d- diasporic Vietnamese, speaking broadly, like culturally we experience being displaced on many different levels. Um, when people say that it's a cultural hub, really tangible in a, in a lot of the activities and things that we do. we've hosted like art residencies. We cultural dinners. We have language groups. QTViet Cafe, it really exists to fill a need. and I think part of that need brought us, to the culmination of this specific project, to bring us back into Vietnam Miata Tan: Yeah, lovely. And we can pick up from there your trip to Vietnam. this, was captured by Sage recently in a documentary. Sage, could you speak more about what, this new doco is about? where did this project come [00:05:00] from? Sage Tran: this project emerged from a collective hunger for wanting to return back to the motherland. for years of doing a lot of gathering here, specifically in the Bay Area, we've been able to stay rooted in the territories here. And, we all came to a consensus like , what would it be like to gather a bunch of us and connect with our siblings, brother, sisters, family, chosen fam out in the motherland? that became a seed that we cultivated, planted, tend to, and we fundraised with a lot of community support to get about 13 of us out uh, Vietnam. maybe Jessie can talk a little bit more about this, but Hai and Ma are the, folks who founded QTViet Cafe Collective [00:06:00] Jessie, Ma, and Hai. They all three went to Vietnam in 2022 and built a lot of beautiful connections of like local drag artists, queer trans collectives out there. That's kind of what birthed Dong Khoi. Miata Tan: so I've been lucky enough to, watch the film already. Donghui is the name of the documentary, but it's also the name of the performance that came together Jesse, perhaps you can speak to this this journey more and I know QTViet C- Cafe's been around since 2016, this project goes back, a few years as well Jessie Nguyen: Yeah, sure. I can speak a little bit about that and just chiming into, like, what Sage already shared. there was a small group of collective members that that came up with the idea of, like, what would it be like for us as, queer and trans Viet diasporic folks to go to the homeland. the original intent was for that trip to happen in 2020. And it [00:07:00] actually, because of the pandemic, I think obviously things were, logistically it just didn't work, but that, dream, like, surfaced again, so the question came up about, like, what would it be like for us to travel together to the homeland as a collective and also share our art, to , connect with other Viets in Saigon. You know, when we're in the Bay, so much of our work is really centered around gathering communities around our food, our art, and our stories. And so it really made sense for us to think about what would that look like in Vietnam. And so in 2022, as Sage was mentioning, me, Hai, and Ma,, went to Saigon and just kind of explored, like, what is the creative scene like and were able to connect queer and trans Viet artists who are doing insanely inspiring creative work. we connected with folks from the Baxiu Collective, and they're a group of, queer and trans Viet artists who are doing drag in different, performance spaces in queer bars in Saigon. And then I think in that moment we're like, “Wait, we would love to [00:08:00] collaborate with you.” from that unfolded, a, a year-long , like, planning of, what would it look like for us to do a shared showcase together. And so we identified built relationships with a queer bar in Saigon. and then so leading up to the homeland trip, we planned this showcase where it would be a mix artists from our collective and artists from their collective, and then a whole, a whole performance that unfolded. And I think in the year of 2023, that year I think we ended up fundraising, about 50K in order to really subsidize and support the whole journey of getting us to Vietnam. Like, stipending artists and creatives that we were collaborating with. it was, one of the biggest projects I think that QTViet has ever been a part of and really undertaken, and I think it definitely is, like, a huge highlight for, like, my time with QTViet. Miata Tan: Lovely, and it's so beautiful to see it all come together in the documentary. Jean, could you speak to your experience? I understand this was [00:09:00] your first time ever visiting Vietnam Jean Pham: Yes, it was my first time visiting Vietnam. so I had a well of emotions in terms of the lead-up to it. Like Jesse was sharing, you know, originally the plan was we were gonna go in 2020. That had to shift, you know, shelter in place and everything. A lot of the work that we do is reconnection, right? as diasporic Vietnamese being displaced from our ancestral land, as queer and trans people, um, a big rallying point for many of us is feeling displaced from our own families. And so part of, like, returning back together is fighting against it. It's like, what if we reconnect ? You know, what if we re- reunite? You know, w- if we're traveling together as queer community, we can really see and understand what it's like to be uh, Vietnam for ourselves. And so it was really, like h- it had this like gravity around it, and I think it made me really nervous but also excited. that being said, you know, a lot of other folks who are part of our cohort, even though they had gone to Vietnam before, a lot of them had also shared this is their [00:10:00] first time going without family, And we're going specifically towards, queer and trans community in Vietnam, which is also a departure from their other experiences too. Jessie Nguyen: Can I just add something? Because I just really loved what Gene shared. I just think that, yeah, I think that you really spoke to something there about how we can spend our whole lives, like, having this understanding of homeland that is actually quite disconnected from our queerness and our transness. And similar to, like, many other folks in the collective, like, I have been to Vietnam, multiple times before, but never in the context of centering my queerness and transness because I just wasn't sure, like, what felt safe. You know, without having, like, fluency in the language or even knowing, like, how to express my queerness in Vietnam. Oftentimes it just felt… I felt pretty invisibilized there, you know, because, like, being there with family, I just show up as, like, a, a family member, There's so much that is a part of me that is expressed through my queerness and my transness that [00:11:00] is that isn't as visible. And so I think that being in a space as a collective gave us permission to do and to feel deeply woven into our cultural experience was, like, in- in- incredibly liberating. Miata Tan: Yeah. That's really beautiful, Jessie. I also noticed in the film your aunt was also, part of it as well, so you were able to hold that familial side of yourself as well as the queer side. Could you speak more to that? Jessie Nguyen: Yeah. I was just watching the documentary yesterday too, and I was like, oh my gosh, I– it was so sweet that my aunt had a moment in that documentary. the thing that I was really interested in was trying to weave my connection with my family to, like, my connection with, like, my chosen queer family, And I think that became very possible when, we did the homeland trip. I'm, I'm not fluent in Vietnamese, and I'm especially not fluent in trying to articulate what it means to be queer and [00:12:00] Vietnamese. And so the idea of inviting QTViets to my aunt's home was, like, a way to be like, “Hey, this is who I and here are my– here's my community.” And maybe if I can't actually, like, articulate that, like, I I want my aunt to, like, feel that sense of, like, care and connection of my community. And then to me that felt like a way of inviting my Vietnamese family to this part of my life. I think that it's, it's oftentimes hard to even do that here in the Bay. You know? Like, the connection that I have to my blood family and then my connection to my chosen family here in the Bay, like, can feel quite separate. keeps me coming back to QTViet is that we always make space for that intergenerational connection that doesn't invisibilize our queerness and our gender identity . Miata Tan: Sage, could you speak more to this theme of family? It seemed to be really core to the documentary tell us about how that felt as the director, like being behind the [00:13:00] camera but also part of the QTViet team on this trip? Sage Tran: directing and being behind the camera had a lot of challenges. I think there's something where I'm not sure if y- like folks can relate to this, but when you are filming something with your iPhone or on your camera, there's a connection and a disconnection that happens at the same time. You're not able to fully present, but you are. I was straddling the line of like is this shot looking beautiful and also crying I think there was a moment where we were in a taxi or Grab car, and it was Hai, Jesse, and Jesse's aunt, she was dropping some heavy moments, and I just remember we're all crying in the car while the Grab driver is like blasting music, and it's like a super bumpy road. People are honking at us, and it was just like such a funny and rocky, symbolic, memory I just was like, “Wow, I can't [00:14:00] believe I'm getting to document this” like historical moment, not only for Jesse, but just like for the collective and what does it mean for folks who are queer and trans that can't have moments like this. It's just like kind of a reminder to slow down and being like, ” Okay,” am I getting to embody this moment while holding the stabilization of the camera?” And I think still I find that to be a challenge, but a, a really fun dance of filmmaking, directing and being there. Miata Tan: Yeah, definitely. I can't imagine trying to keep the camera still while you're bawling your eyes out. Sage Tran: Yes. Miata Tan: Jean, we've talked a now about this connection of blood family and found family as well. could you speak a bit to the QTViet Cafe family that sort of came together on the trip, but also this wider, Vietnamese, queer community you were able to find over there in Saigon? Jean Pham: Every step of the way it felt really [00:15:00] good because when, like, you know, we were traveling together as this, this giant mass of just gay people. and so I always felt like, oh, I could kinda be off guard, I understand that, like, for a lot of Korean trans people, w- when traveling we're on high alert, there's just a lot of unpredictability. There is safety in numbers. There's safety in communities. I felt like, you know, the QTViets have my back. There was a bigger group that came together in SFO, and we just t- all booked the same flights. And then there were some people who were coming, like, a little bit later. I had been with QTViets at that point for about six or seven years, and so there was a lot of trust already built. With the Saigonese Viets, it, it was like a, just a natural kinship. You know? It was like, it was also as if like we were just friends off the bat or there was just this shared understanding. We had a gathering, and I think this is featured in the documentary. after gathering, people were just kind of, getting to know each other in in their flat, and they were teaching us how to walk in heels, and it was so lovely. And I remember thinking like, “Oh gosh, what music do I play here? How do I set the mood?” But the, th- I think the reality is, [00:16:00] you know, Rihanna is like a common language, like among gay people. Everyone under like … It was, it was funny 'cause like, you know, I would, you know, I would play music that I would just listen to. Like, they're just, pop girlies that would play in the States. And, yeah, gay people, like, they, they just love a diva no matter where you are. And so that that was really nice. But r- truly, like, the DIY drag scene in Saigon is huge, and it c- it's, like, so varied. And, I do wanna shout out, like, all the queens and the Baxio Collective and all the trans artists who really helped, make our show and, like, really helped hone in our craft. And they were pr- they were strict, you know? They were like, “You have to come here early, and you have to come in, like, days before. And we're gonna have to practice over and over again.” And they had, like, really specific notes on how to make the show better. And so it was interesting as a culture exchange they were learning, how we were operating in terms of how we organize and a- I think a lot of the spoken word, slam poetry style that, like, some of our members were bringing. And from them, we were [00:17:00] learning a lot of the theatrics on really how to, like, have a show and really think, holistically about all the different components. Miata Tan: Jessie, could you speak more to the show? Uh, what did it look like? How did it feel? Jessie Nguyen: So back in 2022 was when we discovered that there is actually one queer bar in Saigon, and it's in District 4. this bar called Bar Zinga. And it's, like, in this alleyway. It's pretty divey. And so when we were there in 2022, we actually spent uh, New Year's there, and we got to know the owner, and we got to know, like, what they envisioned for the space, which is they've been using it as a space for, drag, drag performances, music sets, and things like that. And we're like, “Oh, wait. Maybe this could be a good spot for us to do something for QTViet.” And So essentially the vision for the show was for us to collaborate with, Babel and Yat, who are the co-founders of Bạc Xỉu Collective, they are incredible, like, production artists and drag artists. we [00:18:00] invited folks from the collective, if they wanted to share some of their art as well. And so we had… Let's see. I remember Irene, who is one of the poets and also, like, OG QTViets, shared, some poetry, and then we had also Hai sharing some erotica. Me, Hai, and Lan did a ao dai fashion runway show. and then there was, Oh, Judy and Hiroshi who did, like, a whole, like, lô tô, so that was, like, based off of, like, like a Vietnamese game, and they did a whole performance on that. yeah. So it was kind of, like, cool to be in this space and inviting folks from the community to come in, and it was a full house. people were feeling so nervous, but the, also the energy of, like, I can't believe this is happening. You know? that the art that we've created in the Bay, that we get to share it in Saigon. Miata Tan: So beautiful. yeah, it's really nice to see this, cross-cultural, international, connection that you've built with, the folks in Vietnam. Sage, could you speak more to, the [00:19:00] documentary itself, what you hope viewers will take away from the film, and especially seeing depiction of, of queer joy in the performance? Sage Tran: I think what I hope viewers take is like the power of remembering and the power of remembering with community. Cause I think like also editing this film, I'm like, I remember exactly what y'all said word for word. It's like ingrained in my head. I think there was something that, Jean, you said in… You said something where like it doesn't matter if you're Vietnamese, it doesn't matter where you were born. It matters and it doesn't, but also like there's so many cross-cultural connections and parallels that, tie us all together. And I think, on the theme of remembering and leaning into our joy and our creativity, there's so much that can unlock with, just living our truths. I think, yeah, I think that's what I hope viewers take away with Miata Tan: Beautiful. and the documentary will be premiering, this [00:20:00] June, as part of QSMAP here in the city in San Francisco. We have A little bit of time here, so I'd love to talk about, uh, what else QTViet has on the horizon, campaigns, workshops, other performances. Jean, Jessie, would either one of you be able to speak to this? Jessie Nguyen: The only thing that is really on my mind around QTViet is that we are celebrating our 10-year anniversary in September. And I don't know what that's gonna look like, but I think that it definitely is gonna be a invite and just a opportunity for us to reflect on everything that we've been able to cultivate as a collective, and also just to notice, like, how much we've evolved. I think that when so many of us joined in 2016 to 2018, we were, younger queers who were really looking for community and maybe felt pretty isolated. And I know that, like, where I am today, my connection to my Vietness and my queerness, like, feels so deeply ingrained. And a [00:21:00] huge part of that is because of having a container like QTViet. I was also gonna talk about Ordinary People, because it's actually a show that we're doing a audio visual storytelling performance that is led by one of the QTViet members, Jop, uh, Nguyen. And it's gonna include, several other QTViet members that are gonna be, contributing as, like, a band. there have been music and songs and videos and animations and, yeah, lots of different elements to really bring to life, like, what it feels like for our parents to, experience their homeland, their escape, their journey here, and then also how we really, how we connect to that story. Miata Tan: Thank you for sharing, Jessie. Sadly, this interview is airing after the Ordinary People performance, but I'll play a little snippet in a bit. Jean, final question. with this 10-year anniversary of QTViet Cafe, how do you see your recent [00:22:00] adventures informing your work? How you organize, how you gather Jean Pham: I think after the trip, there was, like, a re-invigoration of, purpose honestly, like, a new wave of renewed energy and also new people who were joining the space. we started practicing a lot more solidarity work. I think almo- almost immediately after returning, there were a few events that was in solidarity with, Palestine. And as we were returning from the trip, last year was also the 50th anniversary of the war in Vietnam ending, and so we used that as an opportunity to draw connections between how, the conditions of the Vietnam War was truly, like, politically activating for a lot of young people in the '60s, similarly to um, the genocide uh, Palestine was politically activating for people now, uh, and how, like, have a shared struggle. with 10 years of QTViet Cafe, I think it's more evident that QTViet is an, like, entity, a group that needs to exist. and we always invite people to join us. if anyone's listening who is diaspora queer and trans Vietnamese, is looking [00:23:00] for community, you know, looking for language classes or, like, just, uh, ways to build, you know, we're always more than happy to join people. You know, last year, Jessie and a a couple other friends organized this amazing trip to New York. there was really this big energy around uniting all the different scattered parts of QTViets all over and coming together and understanding that, you know, we, we all, um, um, have a lot in common. and so I, I do think that was really uplifted and highlighted in our trip, this feeling of, like, you know, we're not- we're actually not so alone, and there's so many of us, and we're, like, we're all so powerful. Miata Tan: Beautiful. I think that's a perfect place to end. Thank you all so much for joining me today Jessie Nguyen: Yay. Thank you so much Sage Tran: Thank you so much. Thank you. Jean Pham: I know, this is so lovely. Thank you. Miata Tan : That was Sage Tran, Jean Pham, and Jessie Nguyen with the QTViet Cafe Collective. Their new documentary, Dong Hue: Of the Same Womb, premieres this Sunday, June 14th at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco. That's part of the 22nd Annual International Queer Women of Color [00:24:00] Film Festival, this year featuring 47 films, 10 world premieres, all totally free and open to the public. so if you're in the Bay, this is well worth your time. You can also catch QTViet Cafe's new documentary in San Jose on Saturday, June 20th at a screening hosted by the Q Corner, followed by a Q&A with Sage Tran, the filmmaker that you just heard from. For links to these events and more about QTViet Cafe and how you can get involved in the collective, check out the show notes for this episode. That's on our website at kpfa.org/program/APEXexpress Coming up next, queer and trans Hmong communities in California's Central Valley. But first, here's a taste of Ordinary People, a recent live performance by QTViet Cafe recorded in Oakland last month. Miata Tan : [00:25:00] [00:26:00] [00:27:00] That was a live recording from Ordinary People by the QTViet Cafe Collective, in Oakland last month. This is APEX Express, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Tonight, in honor of Pride Month, we're turning our attention to queer Asian American communities right here in Northern California: who they are, how they organize, and the future they are fighting for. Miata Tan: My next guests are Shai Chang and Christine Thao from Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride, also known as QHIP. QHIP grows out of Hmong Innovating Politics, a grassroots advocacy group based [00:28:00] in Fresno and Sacramento, and focuses on building community and political power for queer and trans Hmong communities in California's Central Valley. Here's my conversation with Shai and Christine. Miata Tan : You both so much for joining me today on APEX Express. Could you share a little bit about yourself? Who are you, and what is your work with Hmong Innovating Politics? Shai Chang: Hi, my name is Shai, pronouns are they and them. I'm trans, non-binary, also Hmong, located in Yokuts Valley, Fresno, California. the work that I do in Hmong Innovating Politics is that I am a community organizer. I'm the Fresno Trans and Queer Community Organizer, I work specifically in the program called Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride, or QHIP, Q-H-I-P. And we do a lot of really great work with our trans and queer, in particular, like, intersectional folks, people of color within our, our communities and our members and our base to organize to fight, fascism, racism, also, like, transphobia and forms [00:29:00] of hate, moving us towards social justice and liberation. Miata Tan : It's really important work, and I'm excited to get into more of what, Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride looks like, Christine, could you share a little bit about yourself? who are you, and how long have you been with, HIP and QHIP? Christine Thao : Thank you so much for inviting my name is Christine Thao. I use she/they pronouns, and I am currently here on Nisenan, occupied Nisenan land here in the South Sacramento area. my role is the Sacramento, Trans Queer Community Organizer. And so I came into HIP, back in 2020, so during the COVID pandemic, and, um, I came on board as the administrative assistant. um, in 2024, I transitioned into the community organizer role. Miata Tan : Lovely. Yeah. Can't wait to get into the work that you do and the campaigns. to ground us in the history of, Hmong communities in America, Shai, could you speak to, who [00:30:00] the Hmong Americans are? I know that Fresno and Sacramento is home to some of the largest populations of Hmong people in the States. Shai Chang: Yeah, definitely. so the Hmong communities are from Southeast Asia, very much like indigenous folks that live within the mountain ranges and the hills. and the reason why we came to America was because of the Secret War the war that happened in Southeast Asia. one of our community members General Vang Pao was involved within this war and then pulled in the rest of the Hmong community to be part of this it is to say that, like many of our young men during that time was pulled into the war, and they were 13, maybe even 14, 15, and younger who were, pulled into the war to fight for America, um, with the promise of that America was going to give them a place that they could call home it was in 1975 where the war ended and, that's when the military went ahead and was able to, because of Ronald Reagan signed, um, a letter for immigration for, [00:31:00] these Hmong folks and refugees to come into the United States. Miata Tan : Yeah, perhaps you can take us back to then, 2018 when, QHIP sort of came to life. what was the need that you were seeing for, queer and trans Hmong people in, in specifically Fresno and, and Sacramento where you all are based? Shai Chang: the way Hmong communities have always existed was very much to be lay low, you know, not be sticking your head out. And so to be very clear, it's that we are still struggling, economically. we are still very much struggling racially. The ICE attacks definitely impacted our communities we are still very much immigrants and still very much not necessarily having a place of home. But internally is that the Hmong community still very much holds on to, like, the, the traditions. And so they're very patriarchal, um, very strict gender roles, and because of these things have then developed into, gender-based violence [00:32:00] as, like, trans and queer folks, it's that we definitely do experience another deeper layer of the oppressions, especially also in our community because there isn't actually any language in Hmong to talk about what trans or queerness is, where there's no exact word to describe, like, gay or lesbian and things like that. So there is definitely, like, an erasure that also has happened, and in the Hmong community is actually very conservative. Uh, But HIP was already a very progressive organization. And so it was in 2018 because of Hmong innovating politics coming to Fresno. it was at the Hmong New Years, I saw them. I was like, “Oh my gosh, I know who you are. I love you. Like, if there's anything I can do, please let me know,” ‘ Mai Thao was able to pull me in. It was like, “Hey, I want you to do something with us.” and with- was then funded three thousand dollars through HIP, to be able to go ahead and organize for whatever it means for me to trans queer Hmong work. during that time, it grew from, like, me, three people to having, like, fifteen people, [00:33:00] meet, once a week for three hours, and then another three hours we would go out and hang out. and so it really became this place for a social space for particularly, and, and I will name it, it's that majority of the folks in that space was gay cis Hmong men. And it wasn't until a year later from that first time that we first met in 2018 to we had a really hard conversation about our future, about the political work that that we should be doing. and so I've been with HIP for four years, and we've officialized during that time QTPIP to be a program, within HIP, and yeah, it's been really good. I don't have to worry about funding and things and organizing around that front end, and HIP has been able to be s- very supportive in being able to see that, and we can really work on the ends of what does it mean for us to organize around liberation and being on the ground with our community Miata Tan : Yeah, definitely. It's interesting to hear about the progression from [00:34:00] perhaps a group that was maybe more apolitical moving into that political space. Shai Chang: we've also been, struggling still even now to land on what it means for us to fight more intersectionally. that's where, like, QHIP and Queer Hmong and intersectional pride comes from, right? Is this word intersectional, coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, is that We do have these cross identities that exist within ourselves. And so would love to have Christine talk more about what actually this issue is within not just Hmong communities, Hmong and trans queer communities. Christine Thao : Thank you, Shy. so Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride, we officially launched the program back in 2024. our QHIP program, It is open to young people between ages, 18 to 25. uh, young trans queer folks. Some go to college. Some, currently looking to be employed. Young people who are impacted, [00:35:00] young people who want to get involved, right, who, who do care about, this work, and who care about social justice, it's a eight-month program And our gatherings are, we call them our huddles, our QHIP huddles. And they're, we do them about biweekly, I can speak a little bit for Sacramento. we've been meeting up at a cafe. We also use our office space. And, this is just a really a moment in time for our members to, bring up and have critical conversations about things that are happening in their lives or things that they're seeing in their community. Miata Tan : Perhaps you could speak more to the organizing piece. What does this look like? Um, what sort of work are y'all up to? Shai Chang: Some of the ways in which we have organized, in our community is through the framework of BBB. It's our belong, believe, become, and it sounds really cheesy, but this is really how we mobilize our people, we know as trans and queer people, especially as a person of color, we don't know and have enough spaces of [00:36:00] belonging. we actually have a, such a hard time believing in ourselves, and because of that, we have such a hard time in becoming. And this sounds like the story of literally just transitioning. when you Transition is that you really need to have a space of, believing in yourself. You need to have a space in which you can belong, where you are safe, and then through that you can actually become and this person that you have always wanted to be. This is how we mobilize and organize our members and our community because once they start practicing this ability to be able to believe in themselves, have the spaces for them to organize and organize with other people. and to figure out, like, , what is our campaign strategy? What is the ways in which we wanna win in our community, right? And Uh, in gender-affirming care in Fresno and the Central Valley was very, very hard. many of the times folks will have to go to, like, the bigger cities like LA SF to get their care that they needed. We need actual, like, [00:37:00] materialistic wins for our communities so that way they can get to where they need to be. when I'm talking about Materialistic things, it's that, we need them to be housed. We need them to have the affordable, uh, care. We need them to have, the affirming care that they are needing, we know how hard it is for, in particular, trans and queer people to be able to afford literally anything. and it's so much more harder for them to find a career or a job, in a place where they actually also can live and exist through their identities. we've seen the, impacts of, ICE and immigration on our own communities these were, like, the works that were coming out constantly for our communities to fight for, these kind of justice issues, through these ways, we've been able mobilize and move our people to what does it mean for us to actually start thinking about a campaign strategy for us to win some kind of materialistic need and, of course, we work with youths a lot, right? So where is our youth justice at? And this is literally our youth justice, right? We're having our young people share their voices. We [00:38:00] have our young adults organizing in the community, um, doing protestings, and fighting against the system. in particular, more recently, this, board of supervisor in Fresno County banned and denied, LBGTQ books in the Fresno County libraries. and we've organized to get people to show up to write letters and to really be there, and hundreds of people shown up and yet they still continue to, not hear their own constituency and their own community They continuously vote against us. that's why HIP is political, right? Is that we have our civic engagement side, is that, okay, well, it sounds like we need to vote them out, right? And that's what is it mean, and that's what it's about now. Miata Tan : Yeah, I hear you. It sounds like you're really helping to build political power within Hmong communities in, in Fresno and Sacramento. I'm curious, what has wins look like, uh, for your groups there? how have, you perhaps helped to show those material, changes [00:39:00] for your young people? Shai Chang: Uh, to be honest, it's not much, We're still very new into formed more as a social group in 2018, and just finally became, you know what? Let's be political as f***. Let's be authentic as f***, you know? y'all really wanna make trans and queer identities political, Then let's be political. and we've just started mobilizing, moving around those kind of things and identities only just more recently, right? As Christine mentioned, in But the wins that we can really claim a name is that we have a 100% retention rate for our members. yeah. Um, we have tripled the amount of members that we had since then. and we are so excited for us to be able to, like, move and mobilize with our people intentionally and not just like, “Oh, we just need to be here for critical mass,” it is a two-part, right? It's that, one, we need critical mass. We And the other part of this is that we [00:40:00] people to come in intentionally to be a part of this movement work. I actually went to present about QHIP more recently, and they asked, “Oh my gosh, is there any, like, open meetings that you have flyers about? Like, when do y'all meet? And then, like, do you have a flyer for that? And I can share it with, my members.” And I was like, “Actually, we do meet, and it– we do meet biweekly on Fridays. The members themselves are holding the space for the meeting. and so I can ask them about that, but I also wanna let you know that it's not necessarily an open invitation for folks to just come in whenever they want.” We want people to come in intentional, and we want people to engage intentionally. And this is how we want us to move away from this autopilot into being able actively making changes and fights for our communities that will win us materialistic wins. Obviously in this administration, in the Trump administration, um, it has not been easy. just two years ago, they actually closed, the only LGBTQ [00:41:00] homeless shelter in Fresno, and a lot of folks now have, like, a hard time understanding where to go and what and how to navigate it. the Fresno, like, LGBTQ center also closed their doors for, like, the first time in, like, a long And so there is a lot of different impacts as impacting our community, from, like, LGBTQ centers closing, LGBTQ-serving organizations slowing down, And the way that our members and our community and our base have been organizing is As a community resource with one another is that like, ” Hey, I have an extra bed. Y'all can come sleep and crash ” there.” you hungry?” Let's go get food.” Right? Really checking with each other and also being able to ask our community for funding as So HIP, we were able to organize and did a fundraiser back in March 50K. That's huge we also know there are impacts that also is beyond us, too. it was with this past, like, Hmong New Year [00:42:00] that we did, that we wanted to do a Hmong New Year action, an action to really fundraise for our families who were detained by ICE. And so we did a mutual aid fundraiser, asking our community members to donate money, and we were able to raise… we only did it for, like, three hours, and we were able to raise $700. So we're like, ” What if we kept going?” Right? And that's where our fundraiser for 50K came from. so there is, like, ways in which we are trying to organize and mobilize our communities. And, to be very honest is that HIP and, QVIP is not necessarily a direct service organization and not necessarily in that way. I think many of the times people see HIP as like, “Oh, you're here to save us,” we're not that, right? We're really here to mobilize with our community, uh, we have our youth organization over in Edison High School, they were pushed into a small classroom, storage room, actually, for band and also, sports as well. And so it, it was being disruptive a lot. one of our [00:43:00] previous, like, young adult members recognized that, and they were like, ” Sh-uh, Shy and HIP, Please, can y'all do something about this issue?” And we're like, “No.” But we'll do it with you, right? and so we came in, we taught them about organizing, and literally those youths were able to organize themselves to have a classroom now, they remember that. They hold onto that, right? Regardless if we were here or not, they will still be able to know that and hold onto And so it's very much like that as well with our members, is that we want them to be able to organize within among themselves without having the need of, of HIP and entities being able to, have the, have the solution for them Miata Tan : mm, that makes a lot of sense. Really being able to work with community and give them tools so then they can continue to build is something really powerful that, you do at both HIP and QHIP. I'm curious, with this very challenging political moment that we're living through, not only for queer and trans folks, but immigrant communities as [00:44:00] well, how are you holding this, this pain alongside, trying to also celebrate and honor your communities, um, and especially your queer and trans community members? Shai or Christine, Christine Thao : At HIP we have what is called third spaces, and third spaces are heart spaces. these are, spaces where our young people, they continue to, build their organizing. They get to organize with one another and with HIP, to hold space to build community, to build belongingness, To show up, be present, make connections. is also a space where our young people, they get to decompress as well, in a world where it feels so chaotic, we do a lot of, the hard stuff with organizing, but then organizing can be so fun. and our young people, they get to see both sides, right, get to experience that. What I'm holding onto is being [00:45:00] engaged and getting involved, it is, Um, How can we connect our young people, to our community partners, right? To make those connections, to build deeper, this year it looks like us, being more intentional about our capacity and who we are, building out with, um… I'm on, I'm currently on the planning community for Elk Grove Pride, and so, uh, our young people are also a part of that, where they get to lead a role, and create, spaces of celebration, right? there's A lot of different opportunities our young people are also involved in, and, it, it is that wanting our young people to, feel empowered to get involved in these spaces as well. Miata Tan : Yeah. Lovely. Thank you so much, Christine. It sounds like you're really able to create, a beautiful space and community for your young people. Shy, uh, to close out, I'd love to know what's on the horizon for QHIP. It's Pride Month. unfortunately this episode is airing after Fresno Pride, but, perhaps you could [00:46:00] speak a little bit to that and what else is on the horizon. Shai Chang: Sure thing. the first thing I need to say is Happy Pride Month. so Happy Pride Month, everyone. Fresno always hosts their Pride parade, always the first Saturday of, of the Pride month it is On Saturday, June 6. Pride parade over at Tower District in Fresno. it's gonna be very fun. It's super exciting. We will be marching in there all together, and the theme for this year is, Pride Without Border. we're gonna be Extra powerful in calling out all of the different, struggles that our intersectional folks are all facing and being able to march together in liberation. what's also coming up next is, I- I'm foreseeing it to happen probably next month or in August, is that we will have a third space event to really celebrate Pride. we spend all our energy to be part of the Pride parade preparing our members and supporting them, but we haven't necessarily celebrated QHIP's [00:47:00] own Pride, you know, we work very politically in election works, and so we always have a bunch of these like, door hangers, Vote yes on Prop 3,” things like that, right? And so we have so much of those paper, and so what we usually do during this, like, Pride event that we do in QHIP is that we- we use these as an opportunity for us to do trash drag. it's an opportunity for us to get glammed out everyone gets to participate creating this, like, image through the trash drag. And so we're excited to be able to do that, so please keep on the lookout. Miata Tan : Sorry, why is it called trash drag? I'd love to know. Shai Chang: It's because, like, we had s- you know, this much f- okay, we, we have a lot of flyers from the our elections, And especially this year. You know how in, in the mail you'll get so much, like, ” Vote for this person, vote for this person.” all of this is all paper that is then thrown away without any second thought. and we will make them, and we'll make, like, thousands of copies , right? But we never are able to pass it all out. what we do is that we will go ahead and reuse them one last time for [00:48:00] them to have an opportunity for them to shine, We'll have them split up into teams, and then use all the different trash that they can gather and use, and glue them, tape them , staple them to make a dress, to make an outfit for this one person that they're gonna designate to be the drag mother for their team. Miata Tan : I love that. That sounds like so much fun. Shai Chang: Yeah. We're gonna be doing it in Fresno and also in Sacramento, so we'll figure out a ways for everyone to be involved. Miata Tan : Oh, how wonderful. Christine, could you speak to what events are coming up in Sacramento for us? Christine Thao : We are also having, um, Elk Grove Pride on June 20th. It's from 5:00 to 9:00. it's gonna be at the Elk Grove Laguna Town Hall. And so community is very welcome to attend. It is a free event. Think of it like, kind of like a resource gathering with, um, some really amazing performances we have, a lot of like, BIPOC TQ, artistes, and then also vendors [00:49:00] as well. So please show up and, would love to, to meet folks and connect with folks in these spaces. Miata Tan : Beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing, Christine, and we'll be sharing all the details of how you can get involved and learn more about QHIP and HIP at the end of this episode as well. Thank you both so much for joining me today. Shai Chang: Thank you so much for having me. Miata Tan: That was my conversation with Shai Chang and Christine Thao at Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride, also known as QHIP Miata Tan : this is APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, a weekly radio show uplifting the voices and stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. To close out tonight's show, I have one final guest. Cynthia Fong is the lead organizer at Lavender Phoenix, also known as LavNix, A Bay Area organization building power for queer and trans Asian and Pacific Islander communities. You may have heard of them. Their new executive director joined us on [00:50:00] air just a few months ago. Here's a short conversation with Cynthia Fong on Queer Joy, community power, and what LavNix has coming up this summer Cynthia Fong: Thank you so much for having us. My name is Cynthia. I use they/them pronouns, and I'm here with Lavender Phoenix. Lavender Phoenix, we build trans, non-binary, queer API power through organizing in the Bay Area. We work with our members to demand true solutions to care and safety, and we're excited to be here with you all. Miata Tan : I'm so excited to close out the episode with you. And as we're in Pride Month, I hoped you might be able to share a little bit about queer joy and how Lavender Phoenix is celebrating that at the moment, honoring each other. Cynthia Fong: Yeah, absolutely. Especially in times like this, times of escalated violence against our communities, we know that queer joy, queer resistance, and queer power are truly antidotes to the systems that are making us sick. For us, that means in our work, we fight for care not cops, [00:51:00] we fight for budgets that truly reflect the needs of our people, we fight for a free Palestine, and we fight to abolish ICE. If you agree with all of the things that I just said we also do a lot of leadership exchange programs, and that is where we really cultivate that belonging and community in our trans and queer API community. Miata Tan : Oh, I love that. Could you share a little bit more about the leadership exchange with our listeners? Cynthia Fong: Yeah, absolutely. This is one of our time-honored traditions. It's called the Queer Leadership Exchange, it's also known as LEX. And this program will run for two weekends in July. we aim to provide training on fundamental organizing skills, trans and queer history in the Bay Area, and really to provide an opportunity for trans and queer Asian and Pacific Islanders to connect with, with each other in a space that's made by and for us. We invite you to apply if you are trans or queer [00:52:00] and if you identify as Asian or Pacific Islander. Our deadline is July 1st. And in these two weekends, we usually gather with about 20 to 30 folks, and it's really interactive. We have a mix of activities that we invite people to, to skill up on and, and really to become the leaders that our movements need. Miata Tan : Love that. Could you share a little bit about some leaders you've seen come out of these programs? Like, what does that look like? How are they, helping to, to organize community? Cynthia Fong: the folks who graduate from our LEX program, it, it's really a wide range of people, whether it's trans and queer APIs at work in other nonprofit sectors. It's also our folks who may be supporting our community in other ways, like as artists, as students, educators, as therapists. We see a lot of people take these skills and translate them into a variety of different sectors that we know trans and queer API people… we're everywhere, more and more so now. And we would [00:53:00] love every single one of us to be grounded in our histories when we do that work. And not only our histories, but also in a firm sense of belonging with one another, to know that we're not alone, to know that there are other trans and queer Asians and Pacific Islanders here in the Bay Area, all of whom share these values of wanting to build working class power. Miata Tan : that's so nice, a more multi-generational, multi-sector, Cynthia Fong: And, you know, we take it as an opportunity, too, for us to build with other organizations and people who, who are like-minded. We don't take it for granted. We know the Bay Area is a place where it's very diverse, where We are actively fighting for what values we believe in and whose agenda we are willing to put in power. And so we really welcome a wide range of people. No matter where you are, the real important thing is you, you share our values. you believe in true solutions to care and safety that are not rooted in systems of policing or incarceration Miata Tan : [00:54:00] That's really powerful. to close this out , Could you share a little bit more about what's on the horizon for Lavender Phoenix later in the year? You mentioned a few of the campaigns, Care Not Cops. perhaps if you wanna dive into some of those. Cynthia Fong: Yeah, absolutely. Um, we are joining a really big coalition of people from Alameda to Sacramento to San Francisco, all of whom are paying a lot of attention to our budgets, when you say Care Not Cops, we see our budgets to really be that moral document that show us where our priorities are. For us, June is Pride Month, but it's also budget season, Um, it gives us a really big opportunity to be as loud as we can about what we believe. and in San Francisco with $16 billion, it's quite shameful that we have our community partners like the San Francisco Community Health Center, Lyric, our youth programs being defunded, all the while new jails are being opened, all the while the police are getting new toys, they're [00:55:00] showing us that the money exists but it's not for us. And so we join the voices that are demanding for a people's budget, and we know that that's gonna be an ongoing fight. We've been in it for a few years now, and we plan to continue. In terms of our organization, we're actually super excited to say we have 100% of our membership really diving into what the next five years looks like for us. Folks may remember we came onto APAICS to announce a name change a few years ago. We were formerly known as API Equality Northern California. We came on APAICS a few years ago to share that we've changed to Lavender Phoenix, and we anticipate some new changes on the horizon being announced at the end of the year as well, hopefully with deeper clarity about what the next five years will look like for us. Miata Tan : Ooh. Interesting. It's not a new name change, is it? Cynthia Fong: No, no. We, we're gonna stay… We're keeping the t- we're keeping our name. We love our name. We love the history in our name. But it's really just the theory of [00:56:00] change, you know? I think our moment today is very unique, very different, very politically tumultuous, and we wanna be sharp. We wanna know what we're organizing for, what we're organizing against, and, and what it means for us to build power. Our last theory of change process is what resulted in us focusing on leadership programs, leadership development. It is also where we decided that healing is really important for our people. It's also where we decided that safety is really important for our people. And so I anticipate that it's gonna be a deepening not, not a change, but a deepening of how we orient to this bigger picture of our movement for liberation and justice. Miata Tan : So beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing, Cynthia. Um, it was really lovely to speak with you. Cynthia Fong: Yeah, absolutely. Thank you so much. I, hope to come Back soon. Miata Tan : That was Cynthia Fong with Lavender Phoenix. If you want to learn more about LavNix, we sat down with their team earlier in the year. Find that episode and their leadership exchange program in the show notes. Tonight, we also heard [00:57:00] from the QTViet Cafe Collective and Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride. Links to all of these organizations and their upcoming work are at kpfa.org/program/APEXexpress. This is APEX Express KPFA, airing every Thursday evening at 7:00 PM. Thank you for tuning in tonight APEX Express is a proud member of the Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality, a network focused on long-term movement building, capacity infrastructure, and leadership support for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders committed to social justice. Learn more at aacre.org. This program produced by Ayame Keane-Lee, Anuj Vaidya, Isabel Li, Jalena Keane-Lee, Miko Lee, Miata Tan, Preeti Mangala Shekar and Swati Rayasam. Tonight's show was produced by me, Miata Tan. Get some rest y'all. The post APEX Express – 6.11.26 – Pride, Power, and Queer AAPI Voices appeared first on KPFA.
Most outdoor founders think raising money means venture capital. Andrew Luter of Rio Chato Investments spends much of his time talking founders out of taking money and, instead, helps them to see what options they have that may be a better fit. He breaks down why most outdoor businesses are the wrong shape for VC, and why using equity to solve a cash-flow problem is like taking out a splinter with a chainsaw. We cover the funding tools founders overlook, the big wholesale orders that can quietly kill small brands, why coachability beats product and pitch, and the "danger zone" where a brand is too big to be small and too small to be big.Topics covered in the episode:When raising equity is the wrong moveThe REI/big-box order as a working-capital trapUnderused funding: PO financing, revenue-based financing, CDFIs, friends and familyWhy coachability beats product and pitchThe "danger zone": too big to be small, too small to be bigCommunity-first brands as the next wave in outdoorLinksAndrew's SubstackRio Chato InvestmentsHeather Kelly's SubstackConnect with Andrew on LinkedInConnect with Christian on LinkedInRegister for the KORE SummitThe KORE Podcast is a production of the Kootenay Outdoor Recreation Enterprise. Learn more about KORE and the podcast: https://koreoutdoors.org/podcast #koreoutdoors #craftgearfromhere
The conclusion of the 4-parter featuring Debut Album Openers, that is first cuts from first sides from first albums, and we're into bands beginning with the letters S-Z, with trips to Detroit's Cobo Hall, Pistols and Stooges, Patti Smith does Van Morrison, The Hip, Wilburys, U2, Van Halen and the song that set the stage for ZZ Top. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
On this episode of BroTalk LIVE, we break down four of the biggest stories driving conversation right now.A Texas jury found Karmelo Anthony guilty in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, rejecting claims of self-defense and bringing a highly debated case to a close. We discuss the verdict, public reaction, media narratives, and the larger questions surrounding justice and accountability.We also examine President Trump's latest claim that an Iran nuclear deal is close. After making similar promises dozens of times over the years, is real progress being made—or are Americans tuning out the message?Plus, Cassie Ventura reportedly says she now lives outside the United States and does not plan to return. We discuss celebrity privacy, public scrutiny, and what it means to rebuild after years of legal battles and headlines.And Jay-Z is back in the conversation after a viral freestyle at Roots Picnic appeared to address longtime critics. Is he contradicting his earlier criticism of rap beef culture, or simply defending himself?Topics Include:• Karmelo Anthony verdict• Austin Metcalf case• Self-defense debate• Trump and Iran nuclear negotiations• Cassie leaves the United States• Celebrity life after public controversy• Jay-Z freestyle reaction• Hip-hop culture and criticism• Politics, culture and current eventsJoin the conversation and subscribe for weekly discussions on politics, entertainment, culture, hip-hop, and the stories everyone is already talking about.#BroTalkLIVE #KarmeloAnthony #AustinMetcalf #Trump #IranDeal #Cassie #JayZ #Podcast #CurrentEvents #Politics #EntertainmentNews #HipHopNews
Hip-hop artist Steven Malcolm shares his journey from challenging upbringing to a successful recording career. Amidst the chaos, he found encouragement in basketball, music, and ultimately, his faith in Christ.Links & Episode Notes Steven Malcolm (Spotify | Apple Music) The Edge Urban Fellowship Reach Records 116 Lecrae “Christ My Swagg” cover art Andy Mineo Canon Json / Lamp Mode Steven's TikTok / Instagram “Summertime” ft. Snoop Dogg (Spotify | Apple Music) “Believe In Me” (Spotify | Apple Music) The Edge Urban Fellowship 2011 Cypher (YouTube) “40” (Spotify | Apple Music) BOATS (Apple Music) Made to Advance is a production of Engedi Church and is hosted by Brian Aulick.
Hip-hop multi-hyphenate Big K.R.I.T. joins the Cypher to talk about his latest album, Dedicated to Cadalee Biarritz. K.R.I.T. discusses his connection to car culture, being inspired by blues legend B.B. King, the halcyon days of hip-hop's 'blog era', an more, in an interview ahead of his recent show in Nashville at the Eastside Bowl!
The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Country DayOne random shuffle lands on the last song on "We Are the Same," and the panel ends up arguing about Bob Rock, Canada Day, and whether Gord wrote a love letter to his producer.Episode Summary On this week's The Tragically Hip On Shuffle live stream, jD and the panel pull 'Country Day', the closing track from 2009's "We Are the Same," and dig into one of the most debated records in the catalogue. The conversation circles the Bob Rock production question first: the smooth backing vocals, the strings, the sense that the band got pushed to the edges of their own album. From there it opens up into three competing readings of the song itself. One hears a straight-up love story. One builds a detailed Indigenous and Canada Day interpretation, rooted in life beside the Alderville First Nation. One reads the whole thing as a coded note from Gord Downie to Bob Rock, threaded through to 'Something More' on "Lustre Parfait." Along the way the group gets into Gord's live vocal in the aired Artpark performance, the band's later run through "Now for Plan A" and "Man Machine Poem," and why a record some fans skip rewards the people who stay. It is a fan-first look at Tragically Hip song meanings, the kind of close listening this community does best. The episode closes with poll results, a spin for next week, and the full version of 'Last of the Unplugged Gems' on the way out.GuestsMike from Haslett, Michigan. A restaurant owner who found The Tragically Hip through a 1996 newspaper clipping his dad mailed him, started at "Day for Night," and has been to 20-plus shows. He hears 'Country Day' as a love song tied to meeting his wife.Jeff from Belleville, Ontario. Lives right beside the Alderville First Nation, which anchors his reading of the song's Indigenous and Canada Day threads. This is his second pass at a track from "We Are the Same" on the show.Greg from Tacoma, Washington. The panel's resident music guy and the one who sourced the live version aired on the episode. Calls "We Are the Same" his least favourite Hip record, then makes the case for why this song still kicks.Resources, Links, and References'Country Day' live, sourced by Greg from Tacoma: Artpark, Lewiston, New York, June 4, 2009. [add archive or source link]"Battle of the Nudes," Gord Downie solo record referenced on its anniversary. [add link]"Lustre Parfait," the Bob Rock and Gord Downie record, and the track 'Something More'. [add link]The band documentary referenced during the production discussion. [confirm title, add link]The MuchMusic and Strombo interview era discussed by Mike. [add link if available]The Tragically Hip Handbook, jD's lyric word-search tool. [confirm product name, add link]Source credit standards: Hipbase, HipMuseum, setlist.fm, The Tragically Hip Archive, This Is Our Life. [add the specific links used for this episode's facts]Calls to ActionWant a seat at the table? Sign up to be a panelist at panel.tthpods.com.Closing Thanks to Mike from Haslett, Jeff from Belleville, and Greg from Tacoma for peeling this one all the way back. The takeaway lands where the best of these conversations always do: a record some fans wrote off turns out to be full of beauty for anyone willing to sit with it. Next week the shuffle points at 'Yawning or Snarling' from "Day for Night," so there is plenty more to get after.Promos and CrosslinksRelated: the panel's earlier On Shuffle take on 'Honey, Please' from "We Are the Same."The Hip Compendium, the free fan archive of the full discography, lyrics, and mapped live shows, at compendium.tthpods.com.Social and Community Facebook group: community.tthpods.com | Instagram: @tthpods | YouTube: youtube.com/@tthpods | Email: jd@tthpods.com#WeAreTheSame #TheTragicallyHip #GordDownie #TheHip #TTHOnShuffle #DayForNightAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Learn how to fix your pain with our “Centralization Process” here! https://rebrand.ly/ytpainfreeSubmit an application to work with us 1:1 and learn how to fix your low back! www.therehabfix.com/low-back-programTo view hundreds of free low back videos please follow us on instagram at @rehabfix www.instagram.com/rehabfixTired of nagging lower back pain? You don't need expensive equipment or a gym membership to find relief. In this video, I'm sharing a simple, 5-minute back pain relief routine you can do anywhere. All you need is a chair!.Most people think back pain is caused by one thing. But in reality, low back pain is often a movement problem involving multiple areas at once — tight hips, restricted hip flexors, poor thoracic mobility, stiff piriformis muscles, limited hip rotation, and too much time spent sitting in flexion.And the longer those movement restrictions build up… the more stress gets dumped into your lower back and discs.Inside this video, I'll walk you through:
En este episodio Otto y Normando recorren lo último en tecnología aplicada a la vida diaria: desde autos híbridos y cápsulas informativas sobre su funcionamiento hasta Hexa, el robot que mueve tus plantas según sol y lluvia. También hablan de empresas que modifican genéticamente plantas para colores y rasgos personalizados, y de avances en salud como boquillas que analizan el aliento, perros y IA capaces de detectar varios tipos de cáncer. Se presentan dispositivos de asistencia para la movilidad (Hip y Knee Modules de Ascent), un espejo inteligente que evalúa biomarcadores y salud mental sin contacto, y gafas de realidad aumentada (X-Real y rumores sobre Apple) junto a las implicaciones de privacidad que traen.WWW.OTTOTECNOLOGIA.COM
Un nuevo 808 Radio en Radio Castilla-La Mancha, que vamos a dedicar a descargar las maletas, a presentar todas la novedades que podamos en 120 minutos, creaciones de artistas como Alex Wilcox, Robert Hood, rRoxymore, Martyn y muchos más. La Lista I: alex wilcox - i never know [трип] Mr. Ho - Altered Nuke [Klasse Wrecks] Yu Su - Cul De Sac [Short Span] State OFFF - Alarma [TraTraTrax] Saag - Truth Without Proof [Modwerks] Martyn - Phantom Jazz [3024] La Lista II: Midland - Without Pause [Graded] rRoxymore - I Have Seen That Grace Before [Mercury Classics] Simon Hinter - You Know What [Morris Audio] Eric Cloutier - Electrophoresis [Palinoia] Lake Haze - Cold Romance [Atlantic Thunder] Demuja - Almost Cherry [Peach Discs] Vakula - Soul Time [Oath] La Lista III: JIM - Love Over Gold (Feat Edie Baron) [Vicious Charm Recordings] Anthony Calonico - Gray Glow [Music From Memory] Andrew Red Hand - Vortex Machine [International Deejay Gigolo Records] Cristal - Somedays are beautiful Laza - 4 the Love [Visions Recordings] Groovedeep - Funk Solo (Shed Remix) [Turbo Recordings] Decoder - Flowing [Enemy Records] La Lista IV: Storken & farfetch'd - Buffidisco (Krystal Klear Remix) [Exploited] Traumprinz - im rausch der tiefe [all possible worlds] Robert Hood - The First Night [M-Plant] Garza - Fenda [Several Roots] CYRK - W7 [Time Zero] Clark - Relentless Opponent [Throttle Records] Ondas Que Lo Inundan Todo - ¿Te Habías Dado Cuenta Ya?
Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, known to listeners as Puffy or P Diddy, remains at the center of a storm of controversy as new developments continue to unfold around him. In recent months, he has faced a cascade of civil lawsuits, detailed accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse, and intense scrutiny from both the public and law enforcement. Major outlets including CNN, the New York Times, and the Associated Press report that federal investigators have executed search warrants on properties linked to Combs as part of broader probes into alleged sex trafficking and related crimes. These investigations, according to those reports, have put Combs' once untouchable empire under unprecedented pressure, with brands, partners, and collaborators rapidly distancing themselves. Rolling Stone and Billboard report that several accusers have filed civil suits describing long-term patterns of coercive behavior, physical violence, and workplace abuse surrounding Combs' businesses and personal circle. In response, Combs' legal team has consistently denied the allegations, calling them lies, money grabs, or attempts to exploit the current legal climate. Nevertheless, the sheer number and detail of the accusations have shifted the public conversation from admiration of a music and business titan to questions about power, accountability, and the darker side of celebrity culture. Entertainment industry coverage from Variety and The Hollywood Reporter notes that networks and production companies have quietly shelved or reconsidered projects tied to Combs. Awards organizations and industry gatekeepers who once celebrated his contributions to hip-hop, fashion, and nightlife now face pressure to address his legacy through the lens of these allegations. At the same time, legal analysts on NBC News and CBS News emphasize that, despite the headlines, Combs has not been convicted of any crime and is entitled to the presumption of innocence, even as the investigations and lawsuits move forward. Social media commentary amplified by outlets like TMZ and Complex shows a hip-hop community deeply divided. Some artists and fans argue that Combs' past influence and philanthropy should not be erased without due process. Others say the wave of accusations reflects a long-ignored reality of exploitation behind the scenes in music and entertainment, and they are calling for permanent separation from his brands and events. According to reporting from NBC and ABC News, law enforcement sources indicate that federal and local investigations remain active, with more interviews and evidence collection under way. Legal experts warn that this process can take months or even years, meaning the future of Combs' career—and his freedom—may hinge on slow-moving but high-stakes decisions by prosecutors. Listeners, thank you for tuning in and staying informed on this fast-developing story. Be sure to come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more from me, check out QuietPlease dot A I. Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai
Démar and Adriel discuss Latto's fourth studio album "Big Mama", whether not having a hit song to pair with the album is a problem and did she finally find her core sound?Timecodes:04:04 Her influences05:53 Past Reviews08:15 The Rap Summer Walker13:04 Did Crodie Write it?18:50 The Latto Sound22:17 Government-mandated Sexyy Red Feature25:33 Her Improvement as a Singer28:00 Daddy's Girl Interlude32:30 What this means for her career42:54 The Cover46:15 The Score===================================Follow us:TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcomDémar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemiInstagram:Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepodAdriel: https://twitter.com/Adriel_SmileyDémar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant===================================Démar's rating: 7 / 10 Adriel's rating: 5 / 10The Love List: Okayyy, Hostage, Fallin, Anxious
Christine Riccio & Natasha Polis talk all things nerdy in the book, tv, movie, pop culture, fandoms, and how they integrate into their adult lives. Today they're embarking on part two of answering listener questions with dubious and or non dubious advice!! Plus they're chatting Taylor Swift's new toy story single, Margo has Money Troubles, Robert Pattinson's movie Primetime, Master of the Universe and more!The Main discussion start at : 49:40Today in Fangirl Tea Time : Join Christine and Natasha for more stories about their recent life escapades. Support the pod by joining the Forking Fangirls Patreon community: http://patreon.com/thoseforkingfangirls TEAM EDWARD: The first five Heated Rivalry episode commentaries are up now! Follow the visual show on our Youtube: http://youtube.com/@thoseforkingfangirls Get Christine's new book THIRTY, FLIRTY, & FOREVER ALONE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1662532156Add Thirty Flirty & Forever Alone on Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230393104-thirty-flirty-and-forever-aloneCheck out Natasha's sewing classes: https://www.natashapolis.com/Join our patron to get 10 dollars off the classes!Website: https://thoseforkingfangirls.com/ Email us feedback: thoseforkingfangirls@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoseforkingfangirls/Twitter: https://twitter.com/forkfangirlspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thoseforkingfangirlsGet Christine's novel Attached at the Hip: https://a.co/d/grmPeVy Check out the Selkie Collection and get 10% off your order with code TASHAPOLIS https://selkiecollection.com/collections/all
Hip hop legend, Capital Region resident, and New York Knicks super-fan Billy Waring,is known most notably for writing the iconic song "Basketball" for Kurtis Blow in 1984,. Waring joined Jacob and Liz at the Hudson Mohawk magazine studio.
James Mae (they/them) is a local filmmaker, multimedia creative and owner/executive director of the filmmaking company Starlight Productions. They focus on fostering human connection through visual storytelling and uplifting LGBTQA and minority creatives through art. James began in traditional journalism but shifted to photography and filmmaking in 2025, with an emphasis on documentary work. They recently completed their first short documentary, Hidden in the Spotlight, which explores how local theater actors navigate family, love, and sacrifice in pursuit of their dreams. HITS was screened at D.C. Trans Pride and is an official selection for the Signal Film Festival in Silver Spring, MD, and a pride film festival happening in New Mexico in June. Their narrative credits include Bare (director of photography), which is also an official selection of the Signal Film Festival, and Women In Film In Video's 48hr film festival project, Con-Joined at the Hip (director of photography). James is a finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. Dateline Awards for The Art of Resistance, a photojournalism project documenting protest art in D.C. They are currently a PA on the Off The Hill Comedy Web Series and a contributing arts journalist for The Washington City Paper and the 51st. James received a B.A. in media studies from Wright State University and is pursuing a master's in journalism with a graduate certificate in screenwriting at Georgetown University.
Health-Related Quality of Life after Guided Growth Treatment for Hip Displacement in Young Children with Cerebral Palsy
Segunda entrega dedicada a picotear en los 5 volúmenes de la colección “Black-a-Billy” (Sleazy Records). El coleccionista y estudioso del rock’n’roll, Little Victor (aka DJ Mojo Man) reune y documenta una serie de grabaciones de músicos negros aproximándose desde disttintos ángulos y momentos temporales a ese subgénero conocido como rockabilly.Playlist;MUDDY WATERS “Evan’s shuffle”J.B. HUTTO “Hip shakin’”LITTLE WALTER “It’s too late brother”BILLY WILLIAMS “The pied piper”STICK McGUEE and HIS BUDDIES “Drinkin’ wine spoo-Dee-O-Dee”THE BEES “Tough enough”ARHUT GUNTER “Baby let’s play house”ELER CURRY and CONGREGATION “Memphis flu”MAGIC SAM “21 days in jail”EDNA McGRIFF “The fool”SLIM HARPO “Don’t start cryin’ now”BUNKER HILL “You can’t make me doubt my baby”THE GOSPELAIRES “You can’t make me doubtJERRY McCAIN and HIS UPSTARTS “My next door neighbor”STEVE GIBSON “Big game hunter”BO DIDDLEY “I am looking for a woman”PIANO RED “Rockin’ with red”LITTLE GEORGE SMITH “Oopin Doopin Oopin”BIG JOE WILLIAMS “I’m getting wild about her”Escuchar audio
Most women have been told that leaking when you sneeze, lower back pain, hip pain, painful intimacy, and core weakness are simply part of motherhood. What if they're not? In this eye-opening conversation, Autumn sits down with prenatal and postpartum corrective exercise specialist Andrea Dimler to uncover one of the most overlooked areas of women's health: the pelvic floor. As a former labor and delivery nurse, neurology nurse, CrossFit coach, childbirth educator, and women's corrective exercise specialist, Andrea has helped countless women understand what most of us were never taught about the connection between breathing, posture, core strength, birth recovery, and pelvic floor health. What makes this conversation so surprising is that many symptoms women struggle with every day don't always point where we think they do. Back pain. Hip pain. Leaking when you laugh. Urgency to find a bathroom. Pain with intimacy. Core weakness that won't improve no matter how much you exercise. Many of these issues may have far more to do with the pelvic floor than most women realize. Inside this episode, you'll discover: • What the pelvic floor actually is and why it matters • The surprising connection between your breathing and pelvic floor health • Why leaking after childbirth is common, but not normal • The difference between a weak pelvic floor and an overly tight pelvic floor • Why back pain, hip pain, and posture issues may be connected • The truth about kegels and why they aren't always the answer • How pregnancy and childbirth impact the pelvic floor • Practical steps women can take today to begin supporting healing naturally • What every woman should know before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and after birth Whether you've had children or not, this conversation may completely change how you think about your body, your symptoms, and your health. Because sometimes the issue isn't where the pain shows up. It's where the story starts. ✳️ Check out Andrea's App ✴️ Connect with Andrea on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok
This week on Termagant Talk, Goodie and Shantel celebrate Black Music Month by discussing the songs they'd use to introduce someone to Black music and the records they definitely had no business listening to as kids.They also break down Jay-Z's highly anticipated return to the stage at Roots Picnic, his first major performance since 2019. From the opening freestyle and State Property reunion to Beanie Sigel, Freeway, Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal, and the future Shawn Carter concerts, the ladies share their highlights, reactions, and predictions.Plus, the viral Not Tonight Challenge has Lil' Kim back on the charts nearly 30 years after the song's release, and Shantel revisits the legendary LOX vs. Dipset Verzuz battle.Hip hop history, culture, nostalgia, and plenty of opinions. Just how we like it.Join the conversation:*What song would you use to introduce someone to Black music? *What song did you have absolutely no business listening to as a kid?#TermagantTalk #JayZ #RootsPicnic #JayZFreestyle #BlackMusicMonth #HipHopPodcast #HipHopCulture #StateProperty #BeanieSigel #Freeway #TheRoots #JazmineSullivan #Bilal #LilKim #NotTonightChallenge #LOXvsDipset #Verzuz #RapCulture #HipHopHistory #BlackCulture
If you've ever received a correction in class and thought, "Why won't my body won't just do that.." this episode is for you.I'm back with Erica Centola, founder of Tournesol Dance and creator of The Ballet Body Blueprint, for a conversation that I genuinely wish I'd had at the very beginning of my ballet journey.We walk through the anatomy that actually determines what ballet looks and feels like in your unique body... Not a generic "ballerina body." YOUR body. We cover:- Foot shape: the difference between high arches and "flat" feet, what each type does well, and how to train smarter based on what you actually have- Leg shape: straight vs. knock-kneed vs. bow-legged, and how each of these affects your balance, turning, and overall line- Hip socket placement: how it affects turnout, what a healthy hip socket actually looks like, and why chasing flat turnout can be working against you- Torso length: the little-known factor that explains things like why some people are "natural turners" and others struggle to control their turnsIf you just keep hitting walls and experiencing the same frustrations, training harder probably isn't the answer. You might just need the facts of your anatomy so you can train smarter. Whether you're brand new to ballet or have been dancing for years, this conversation will change the way you see yourself in the studio.CONNECT WITH ERICA
Hip programs are often used to create predictable cash flow, but recurring revenue alone does not guarantee profitability. Too often, practices focus on recurring revenue while overlooking the impact on margins, utilization, redemption behavior, and patient lifetime value. A strong membership program should increase profitability and patient value—not simply create discounts. Where Most Membership Models Start Losing Margin Many practices build memberships as a retention tool without fully understanding how they impact profitability. The biggest mistake is discounting services that already have thinner margins. While recurring revenue may look attractive on paper, profitability can suffer if patients are simply receiving discounts on services they already planned to purchase. Strong membership programs encourage patients to explore additional treatments, increase lifetime value, and create predictable utilization. The goal is not simply recurring revenue. The goal is profitable recurring revenue. The Membership Framework That Creates Better Financial Outcomes The strongest membership programs are built around intentional behavior design. Benefits should support your pricing strategy, encourage utilization of high-value services, and create opportunities for patients to engage more deeply with treatment plans over time. It's also important to track how members actually use the program. Are they trying new services? Are they increasing spend over time? Are they returning more consistently? In some practices, a loyalty or VIP program may create stronger financial outcomes than a traditional membership model. Exclusive access, preferred booking opportunities, and patient perks can increase retention without creating unnecessary discount pressure. Why Membership Data Matters More Than Membership Sales Selling memberships is only the beginning. The real value comes from understanding utilization rates, redemption behavior, patient retention, and lifetime value. Those metrics reveal whether your membership structure is strengthening profitability or quietly eroding it. When membership data is reviewed consistently, practice owners can refine benefits, improve patient experience, and create stronger financial outcomes without relying on additional discounting. As Your Med Spa Scales, Memberships Become a Financial System As practices grow, memberships become more than a marketing tool. They become part of the financial infrastructure of the business. Weak membership models can create hidden liabilities, capacity constraints, and margin pressure. Strong membership models create predictable revenue, support retention, and align patient behavior with the long-term goals of the practice. The most successful memberships are built as part of a broader financial strategy designed to support sustainable growth and enterprise value. Follow Shannon & Keep What You Earn: Shannon Weinstein is the founder of a fractional CFO firm specializing in helping 7-figure aesthetics and wellness practices scale with clarity, cash flow, and confidence. Shannon is committed to helping med spa owners understand, fix, and maximize their business's enterprise value, offering actionable advice and resources, including a popular free video series specifically for aesthetics practice owners. Fractional CFO Services and Executive Financial Review: https://www.keepwhatyouearn.com/ Connect with Shannon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonweinstein Watch full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@KeepWhatYouEarn Listen on your favorite podcast app: https://pod.link/1580071347 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shannonkweinstein/ The information shared is for educational purposes only and is not individualized financial advice. Aesthetics practice owners should consult a qualified professional before implementing financial strategies discussed here.
In this episode, Ayesha and Andrew discuss the June 3, 2026 issue of JBJS, along with an added dose of entertainment and pop culture. Listen at the gym, on your commute, or whenever your case is on hold! Link: JBJS website: https://jbjs.org/issue.php Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by JBJS Clinical Classroom. Subspecialties: Sports Medicine, Orthopaedic Essentials, Knee, Pediatrics, Hip, Trauma, Basic Science Chapters (00:00:02) - JBJS: Your Case Is On Hold(00:02:15) - Top of the Pile Sports Unites All of Us(00:04:42) - Femoroacetabular Impingement Surgery at Mean Ten(00:06:40) - Common risk factors for conversion to total hip arthroplasty(00:15:33) - Clinical Evidence of Valgus alignment in pediatric and adolescent patients(00:25:15) - Time-Driven Activity Based Cost Analysis(00:28:12) - ACCL reconstruction cost analysis(00:37:10) - Reasons for higher ACL costs in the US(00:39:22) - A Taste of the Case
When the best player in the NFL is on the move, it deserves an emergency podcast! On this special edition of the HHSR Podcast, we closely examine the Cleveland Browns trade of 2X Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams. The Hot 16 returns as Justin Hicks reacts to this […]
Welcome back to Bad Speakers Podcast Episode 231 | Holistic Ho*s! This episode is packed with some of the biggest conversations in sports, hip-hop, entertainment, and relationships. We break down the latest headlines and give our unfiltered takes on the stories everyone is talking about. We start with NFL news as Aaron Rodgers reportedly prepares for what could be his final season, plus major trade discussions involving Myles Garrett and Odell Beckham Jr. We also discuss whether the NFL has become too greedy and what the league's new anti-tanking rules could mean for the future of football. In the NBA, we react to the San Antonio Spurs' surprising playoff run, their Western Conference Finals showdown with the Oklahoma City Thunder, and our predictions for a potential NBA Finals matchup between the Spurs and New York Knicks. We also discuss the newly announced All-NBA teams and ask the question everyone keeps debating: Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander really that guy? Hip-hop is front and center as we discuss the latest developments surrounding Pooh Shiesty's legal case, including reports of thousands of pages of new evidence being introduced ahead of trial. We also debate the impact of Hot 107.9's Birthday Bash 30, Atlanta's reaction to performances amid snitching allegations, and the ongoing conversations surrounding loyalty, credibility, and street culture. We also break down Drake's historic chart dominance as he reportedly debuts the top three albums on Billboard simultaneously and continues adding to his legendary record-breaking career. Plus, we discuss Jay-Z's Roots Picnic appearance, Jim Jones challenging Cam'ron to a Verzuz battle, and who would actually come out on top. In entertainment news, we react to reports that Chris Tucker may return as Smokey in "Last Friday" alongside Ice Cube and Mike Epps, and we revisit some of the most iconic characters in Black cinema history: O-Dog, Doughboy, Nino Brown, or Bishop—who was really the coldest? The conversation gets real when we tackle relationship topics, including why some men try to control relationships with money, who truly invests more into relationships—men or women—and whether you would erase your body count if you had the chance. As always, expect honest opinions, heated debates, laughs, and the real conversations that make Bad Speakers Podcast what it is. Drop your thoughts in the comments and let us know where you stand on the biggest debates from this episode. FOLLOW US⬇️ Ya Boi Shad - https://www.instagram.com/itsyaboishad/ G. Downs - https://www.instagram.com/gdowns1486/ https://www.youtube.com/c/BadSpeakersTV https://www.instagram.com/badspeakerspodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@badspeakerspodcast https://twitter.com/BadSpeakers https://www.facebook.com/badspeakerspodcast
The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream: Wheat KingsA campfire singalong that's secretly about a wrongful conviction, a cassette thrown out a car window, and a tiny Eiffel Tower in Saskatchewan.EPISODE SUMMARY This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle - Live Stream, the wheel landed on 'Wheat Kings', and I had a couple of Andrews riding shotgun to break it down. This is the song the whole country sings around a campfire without ever clocking that it's about David Milgaard, wrongfully convicted of the murder of Gail Miller and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit.Andrew from Winnipeg brought the timeline receipts (Kim Campbell, the CBC, the wild detail that Milgaard walked free in April 1992, months before "Fully Completely" even dropped) plus a story about his mom chucking the cassette out the car window somewhere in the Alberta mountains. Andrew from Tampa brought the live recording from The Fillmore, October 24, 2000, and the case for 'Wheat Kings' as a pure summertime staple. We get into the loon that cost the band a donation to Ducks Unlimited, the Zippo lighter, Paris of the Prairies (and the 28-foot Eiffel Tower in Montmartre, Saskatchewan). If you love The Tragically Hip, Gord Downie, and a Canadian rock podcast that treats a deep cut like it earns the attention, this one runs deep.GUESTSAndrew from Tampa joined by audio through a Florida thunderstorm and came armed with the Fillmore recording that scored tonight's listen. A devoted Hip fan stateside, he makes the case for the band as a summertime constant and named 'Emperor Penguin' as his favourite album-closer, a song he rations for the days he really needs it.Andrew from Winnipeg is a setlist.fm obsessive, a Crooked Ice bandmate (their album release show is June 4), and host of the weekly Radiohead deep-dive podcast Head Full of Radio. He also runs a weekly show on UMFM. His favourite Hip closer is 'Put It Off', and 'Wheat Kings' carries a complicated, personal weight he opened up about on air.Andrew from Tampa: "Is it about what it's talking about, or is it the way it's made millions of people feel?"RESOURCES, LINKS & REFERENCESThe Hip Handbook, used live to pull the tracking numbers (around 1,350 shows logged, 332 'Wheat Kings'performances). thehiphandbook.tthpods.comSetlist history via Hipbase (primary) and setlist.fm (secondary): first played in Saskatoon, July 27, 1991. The Fillmore, October 24, 2000 performance, shared by Andrew from Tampa from a YouTube upload. Hat tip to the tapers and seeders who preserve this stuff, and to The Tragically Hip Archive for the broader live-recording work.David Milgaard case timeline referenced on air via CBC and Wikipedia.The 'Heksenketel' tour video, which shipped with one of the box sets.The loon and the Ducks Unlimited donation: traced on air to the documentary and a Robby Baker radio interview (see verification note below).YOUTUBE CHAPTERS 00:00 - Welcome, and tonight's imaginary sponsors 02:15 - Weird Winnipeg bylaws 03:13 - The tale of the tape: 'Wheat Kings' by the numbers 05:26 - This week's poll: the 5% who tolerate it 07:31 - The Fillmore, October 24, 2000 09:01 - 'Wheat Kings' 12:56 - Your favourite last-song-on-an-album 17:56 - Hearing it the first time, and the cassette out the car window 19:45 - The ultimate campfire song 22:42 - The loon, and a cheque to Ducks Unlimited 24:06 - Museums, prime ministers, and vivid visuals 25:30 - The Pretty Things and a Copperpenny cover 26:51 - David Milgaard, Gail Miller, and the timeline 32:48 - First played in Saskatoon, 1991 37:11 - Paris of the Prairies (and a tiny Eiffel Tower) 40:55 - Don't forget Gail Miller 43:19 - The killer's face in the Zippo 45:23 - The 'Heksenketel' video and the box sets 46:37 - A complicated, personal love for the song 50:28 - Thanking the Andrews, and next week's shuffle: 'Country Day' 54:05 - Plugs: Crooked Ice and Head Full of Radio 56:37 - Outro and creditsHey There!Want a seat at the table on a Wednesday night? Sign up to be a panelist. Explore 1,358 mapped shows and search every lyric in the Hip Handbook.CLOSING Huge thanks to Andrew from Tampa for digging up that Fillmore recording, and to Andrew from Winnipeg for the timeline work and for trusting us with something personal. Next Wednesday the wheel spins again and lands on 'Country Day', the closer from "We Are the Same", keeping our accidental run of great last-songs alive. The takeaway from this one: a song can outgrow the tragedy that made it, but it should never outrun the people inside it.PROMOS & CROSSLINKSTTHTop40 Countdown #17 - 'Wheat Kings' (with Jillian), the countdown episode that ranked this one. Fully & Completely: Redux - "Fully Completely", the track-by-track on the whole record. 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It's election day in Vigbard, the people may elect a winner but will the loser accept defeat? This episode contains Adult content and listener discretion is advised.This episode was Gm'd by the wonderful @SamRussell You can catch Sam and the entire Roll from the Hip team in their YouTube series Playground, you begin Episode 1 here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qp4FCj5eZKUDon't forget that you can support the show on Patreon Our Patreon is packed with a whole world of bonus content including our brand new side campaign Flabbergasted, exclusive episode debriefs, and a treasure trove of side quest stories from the Hell or High Rollers universe.Cast IncludesGM - @SamRussellGhoul - @EllieMorrisEveryone Else - @AdamMeggidoCornelius Oakstaff - @HenryShieldsFingers - @ChrisLeaskQuarrel Rumblebelly - @gregtannahillSocialsFollow us on Twitter @hellorhighpodFollow us on Instagram @hellorhighrollersWebsite www.hellorhighrollers.comProductionTheme song by Max Runham Max Runham SpotifyCover art by @EllieMorris & @HenryShieldsProducer @GarethTempestGet in contact with us hellorhighrollerspodcast@gmail.comAdditional music and SFX from epidemic sound and sound stripe libraries.This podcast is hosted on Acast. See https://acast.com/privacy-policy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You are training hard, doing everything “right,” and your hip still lights up every time you hinge or squat. So now what? Welcome to the Happy, Healthy, Strong Podcast — hosted by Adam Lane. This show looks at what sustainable health really means through supportive nutrition, intentional movement, and habits that build strength without extremes.Episode Highlights In today's episode, Adam and Heather Lane talk through what really happens when a torn hip labrum collides with years of strength training. Heather shares how one run turned into sharp hip pain, why simply going lighter on lifts did not solve it, and how shifting to hip-focused, personalized programming plus a cortisone shot gave her pain-free training again. Adam breaks down how your approach has to change in your 40s and 50s so you can stay strong, avoid unnecessary setbacks, and still keep up with your kids. Episode Outline Introduction to the Happy, Healthy, Strong PodcastIntroduction of Heather LaneHeather's Hip Issue and Initial Symptoms Diagnosis and Initial Treatment Efforts to Manage the Hip Issue Transition to Personalized Training Impact of Cortisone Shot and Future Plans Adapting Training to Age and Needs Conclusion and Final Thoughts Episode Chapters00:00 Intro to Happy, Healthy, Strong and Heather01:15 Who Heather is and life at Oak Strength02:23 First signs of hip pain on a run03:51 MRI results and torn labrum diagnosis04:38 PT, dry needling, and early modifications06:17 Hip focused strength work and unilateral training08:05 Cortisone shot and training pain free10:26 Switching from group training to personalized programming12:56 Body composition, strength gains, and confidence18:34 Training smart in your 40s and 50s21:18 Keeping up with the kids and long term strength23:11 Closing thoughts and how to connect with Oak StrengthConclusionHeather's story reflects what Happy, Healthy, Strong is all about. A torn labrum showed up in the middle of good training, not because she stopped caring. By pressing pause on certain lifts, getting clear testing, and committing to simple, targeted strength work, she found a way to train hard again without limping out of the gym. The reminder from Adam and Heather is straightforward: as life, age, and stress change, your training has to change with it if you want to stay strong enough to keep up with the people you love. Action Taken Heather continues a personalized, hip centric strength program built around unilateral work, controlled hinges, and movements that do not flare her hip. Adam and Heather use the current pain free window after the cortisone shot to load the body safely and build strength in glutes, hamstrings, quads, and back. Surgery for the torn labrum remains scheduled several months out as a backup plan, with the hope of canceling if strength and function stay high.Heather keeps regular therapeutic massage and check ins with their PT to manage tissue quality, mobility, and hip mechanics. Listeners are encouraged to stop working around the same painful movement patterns, get a clear diagnosis, and consider individualized programming instead of endless modifications. CTA If you are ready to stop guessing around nagging pain and start training with a plan that fits your body right now, connect with Adam and the Oak Strength.Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oakstrengthInstagram: @oakstrengthWebsite: Oakstrength.comThank you for tuning in to the Happy, Healthy, Strong Podcast. Your effort to learn, adjust, and keep showing up for your own strength is exactly what keeps you moving well for the long haul. Stay curious, stay consistent, and keep owning your health.
Démar and Adriel discuss Fakemink's debut studio album " Terrified, whether it's good or just interesting, and his lyrics being mythic or lost in the sauce.Timecodes:03:14 How He Talks About Himself04:13 The Voice6:12 All Eyes On Me9:57 Distortion is the new Autotune12:29 Chinese Dictator Bars15:54 Rewind24:25 Essex Girls35:20 The Score=================================== Follow us:TikTok: Album Mode: https://www.tiktok.com/@albummodepod Adriel: https://www.tiktok.com/@adrielsmileydotcomDémar: https://www.tiktok.com/@godkingdemiInstagram: Album Mode: https://www.instagram.com/albummodepod/Adriel: https://www.instagram.com/adrielsmileydotcom/Démar: https://www.instagram.com/demarjgrant/Twitter: Album Mode: https://twitter.com/AlbumModepod Adriel: https://twitter.com/AdrielSmiley_Démar: https://twitter.com/DemarJGrant=================================== Démar's rating: 7.5 / 10Adriel's rating: 3 / 10 The Love List: Hard Candy, Creep, Jungle-Affair, Rewind, Forget me Not
Hip-hop fans have something to look forward to as Lil Wayne confirms that Tha Carter VII is “coming soon,” though he admits the title and timing are still up in the air as he continues to stack new music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Christine Riccio & Natasha Polis talk all things nerdy in the book, tv, movie, pop culture, fandoms, and how they integrate into their adult lives. Today they're answering listener questions with dubious and or non dubious advice!! They will be doing a part 2 so if you want to send in a question, feel free to email it to thoseforkingfangirls (at) gmail (dot) com. Plus they're chatting Taylor Swift, the new mandalorian movie, Ella enchanted, and more!The Main discussion start at : 36:58Today in Fangirl Tea Time : Join Christine and Natasha for more stories about their recent life escapades. Support the pod by joining the Forking Fangirls Patreon community: http://patreon.com/thoseforkingfangirls TEAM EDWARD: The first five Heated Rivalry episode commentaries are up now! Follow the visual show on our Youtube: http://youtube.com/@thoseforkingfangirls Get Christine's new book THIRTY, FLIRTY, & FOREVER ALONE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1662532156Add Thirty Flirty & Forever Alone on Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230393104-thirty-flirty-and-forever-aloneCheck out Natasha's sewing classes: https://www.natashapolis.com/Join our patron to get 10 dollars off the classes!Website: https://thoseforkingfangirls.com/ Email us feedback: thoseforkingfangirls@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoseforkingfangirls/Twitter: https://twitter.com/forkfangirlspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thoseforkingfangirlsGet Christine's novel Attached at the Hip: https://a.co/d/grmPeVy Check out the Selkie Collection and get 10% off your order with code TASHAPOLIS https://selkiecollection.com/collections/all
It's #334nd for 28st May, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) You can find us at our website: http://loosescrewsed.com Discord https://discord.gg/3Vfap47ReaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsEDSquadron Briefing: BGS highlights:427 Systems, Controlling 1306 wars plus 2 pending and 3 elections with 1 pending.Expanded out of Maikoro to a Piscium Sector systemElection in HIP 11879 to retain Wales Prospect is of note, we're up 2-0War in 7 Alpha Lacertae to retain Garratt Hub is of interestBooms in Maikoro and NLTT 2969 and pending in V2151 CygniBust and Civil Unrest in Cephei Sector QS-U b2-5Short PP Report: Cycle 82(Bloomentary in the event Kruger is too busy to editorialize)Antal had the biggest week - 0.354 for the cycle with 6 exploited, and 6 fortifiedLYR was second by Kruger Reckoning with 0.287, claiming 5 exploited and two strongholdsKaine came in third with 14 exploited and 2 fortified. Sirius Gov analyzed their growth plan of late and likened it to a n00b playing Risk, spreading themselves too thin in the early rounds. Grom and Mahon round out the top 5 this weekTwo powers lost ground. Torval lost one fortified system for a score of -0.047Archer lost 4 exploited systems for a score of -0.048Of note, with the liberation of Alpha Centauri this week, there's a 6 way race for control between Duval, Archer, Mahon, Yong-Rui, Grom and Torval. https://www.k5elite.com/Dev News: May Dev Loghttps://www.elitedangerous.com/news/elite-dangerous-may-dev-log-2026?utm_source=x&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=ed_ongoing&utm_content=ed_devlog_mayOperations UpdateLighting UpdateGalnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site 5/28 - Guardian Archive Hints at Ancient Radicoida ParallelsDiscussion :Community Corner : ARX store sale
Hyperliquid has its prediction market now. Hyperliquid is expanding its HIP-4 outcome contracts into real-world events like inflation data and Fed decisions, putting it in direct competition with Polymarket. The key difference: Hyperliquid handles dispute resolution in-house through its validators, rather than relying on an external oracle like Polymarket's UMA. CoinDesk's Sam Ewen hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Sam Ewen. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.
Brief SummaryBitcoin is trading near $77K this morning, but the market still looks defensive after a 7% two-week decline.Ethereum remains weaker than Bitcoin, trading around $2,100 and down more than 10% over the past two weeks.Crypto investment products saw $1.47 billion in outflows last week, including $1.32 billion from Bitcoin funds and $223 million from ether funds.The 11 U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs alone lost $1.26 billion last week, following roughly $1 billion in outflows the week before.Bitcoin is pinned between key on-chain levels near $77K and Deribit options positioning around the $75K put and $80K call strikes.Strategy repurchased $1.5 billion in convertible debt for $1.38 billion, using cash instead of buying more Bitcoin.Strategy still holds 843,738 BTC at an average price around $75,700 per coin.Hyperliquid launched HIP-4 outcome contracts for macro events like inflation and Fed decisions, taking direct aim at prediction markets.Spain opened disciplinary proceedings against Polymarket and Kalshi and ordered ISPs to block both platforms.Nasdaq's QBTC Bitcoin index options have conditional SEC approval, but still need CFTC clearance.StablR froze USDR and EURR after an attacker minted $13.5 million in unbacked tokens through a 1-of-3 multisig weakness.Kelp DAO says rsETH has been fully restored after the April Lazarus-linked exploit.XRP Ledger is rolling out a maintenance upgrade to delete expired NFT offers and patch accounting bugs.Stablecoin market value has reached about $322 billion, now larger than the FX reserves of 95 countries.Tether plans to launch GELT, a Georgian lari stablecoin, with government support in Georgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on The Tragically Hip On Shuffle, we cracked open 'Coffee Girl' - the fourth track and second single off "We Are the Same" (2009), produced by Bob Rock. On the TTHTop40 Countdown, it clocks in at number 53. It's been played live 78 times, last appearing on the final tour on July 30, 2016.Joining me for this one were two members of west coast tribute act Gift Shop - Craig from Langley and Ian from Maple Ridge - plus returning guest Tim from Columbus, host of the Dig Me Out Podcast. Two-fifths of Gift Shop, for the record. You can't reduce that fraction without going to decimal points, and you just can't do that.What we got into:The pre-release Bathhouse recording - recorded April 6, 2009, the day before the album dropped - was our jumping-off point, and it unlocked a lot. Organ instead of trumpet. A looser, jammier feel. Multiple gaffes and weirdness. And somehow, the bones of the song were all already there.From there the conversation ranged wide. Tim came in with a clear-eyed critique - the drum loop feels mechanical, the melody doesn't shift from verse to chorus, and he wishes Robbie Robertson had gone slide guitar instead of brass. It's a good song for most bands, he said. For The Hip, it's below average. Gauntlet dropped.Craig pushed back from a different angle - the musicality. He broke down why 'Coffee Girl' is so easy to listen to: it's in C major, four chords (F, C, Am, G), and it never deviates once. The chorus just drops the C. The fade-out isn't laziness - it's because there's no satisfying harmonic resolution to this story, and Craig walked through why Gift Shop ends it on a G (a half cadence) while The Hip's Abbotsford version lands on an A minor (a deceptive cadence). Genuinely great music nerd territory.Ian brought the emotional case for the album as a whole - the deliberate smoothness of the production, the loss of grit that divided fans, and why he thinks people owe "We Are the Same" a deeper listen than most gave it. He also flagged Derry Byrne - the trumpet player on the track - as a Kitsilano local who plays with the Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra. And he introduced a darker reading of the lyrics: is the coffee girl cautious for a reason? Is there something more unsettling running beneath the surface of an otherwise easy, sunny song?That lyric conversation went deep. We talked about Gord's love of people-watching - including jD's two separate sightings of Gord at a Timothy's on the Danforth with his MacBook, pecking away at the window. We talked about Craig's memory of seeing the album's theatre release the night before it came out, seven months after his first kid was born, and how that version of 'Coffee Girl' was the first time he ever heard the song. And we talked about whether the mixtape-with-classic-Beck line ages anyone else as hard as it aged us.The poll results this week showed about 25% of Hip fans in the Facebook group feeling negative or indifferent about 'Coffee Girl.' Not surprising - but Ian made the case for patience, and he made it well.Next week: 'Wheat Kings.' Top 10 on the countdown. If there was ever a song that screams Canadiana - and there never is a time to wave a flag at a Hip show, but if there were - it's that one.Guests this week:Gift Shop - West coast Tragically Hip tribute act featuring Craig and Ian. Catch them live on August 20, 2026 at the Hollywood Theatre in Kitsilano, BC - the ten-year anniversary of the final show. Deep cuts guaranteed. At least one song off "We Are the Same." Possibly with Derry Byrne sitting in on trumpet. Tickets on Eventbrite (search "Gift Shop") or at giftshiphipband.caDig Me Out Podcast (Tim) - Weekly album reviews of obscure and overlooked records from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Guest episodes, round tables, and a genuinely deep love of the format. Find them at digmeoutpodcast.comThe Tragically Hip On Shuffle streams live every Wednesday at 8PM.home.tthpods.com · jd@tthpods.com · @tthpodsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
**It's Time to Take the Garbage Out***NAW-T-BOY (The Official Spencer Pratt for Mayor Club Remix)* Nobody asked for this. 🤷 And that's exactly why it had to happen. When [Spencer Pratt](https://mayorpratt.com/) - yes, *that* Spencer Pratt - watched his Pacific Palisades home burn to the ground in 2025 while City Hall offered thoughts, prayers, and another committee meeting, something snapped. The reality TV villain became the most unlikely political force in Los Angeles history. And when he started calling Mayor Karen Bass "Karen *Basura*" - that's Spanish for garbage, in case you missed it - NAW-T-BOY had only one possible response. 🗑️ A club banger. Obviously. **"It's Time to Take the Garbage Out"** is equal parts campaign rally, dancefloor destruction, and unhinged civic commentary. The kind of track that makes you throw your hands up whether you're voting for the guy or not, because the beat doesn't care about your party affiliation. 🙌 The title isn't subtle. It was never meant to be. Trash on the streets of [Lost Angeles](https://spencerpratt.substack.com/p/lost-angeles). Trash in the budget. Trash in the back-room contracts. Karen *Basura* herself. When the city smells like a dumpster fire - literally and politically - somebody's gotta take out the garbage. Why not do it to a filthy house groove? 🏙️ NAW-T-BOY leans all the way in - dropping four-on-the-floor thunder under chants that sound equal parts protest march and after-hours warehouse rave. The drop hits like a wrecking ball through City Hall. The hook is running for office whether you voted for it or not. This one lives rent-free in your head, just like the Homeless Industrial Complex lives rent-free in the city budget. 💸 Every city gets the mayor it deserves. Every mayoral campaign deserves a club banger. 🎧 *"This is not a campaign. It's a mission."...and this is not a remix. It's a movement.* --- #TakeTheGarbageOut #NAWTBOY #SpencerPrattForMayor #KarenBasura #LosAngeles #LAMayor2026 #PrattForMayor #ClubBanger #HouseMusic #PoliticalRemix #LostAngeles #SaveLA #DanceFloor #ClubBangers #HouseHeads #2026Banger #LAMayorsRace #NewMusicMonday #BeatThePoliticians #CameraReadyLA #PrattForMayor2026 #GarbageOut #DJLife #NAWTBOYRemix #ElectionBanger
Christine Riccio & Natasha Polis talk all things nerdy in the book, tv, movie, pop culture, fandoms, and how they integrate into their adult lives. Today they're chatting all things OFF CAMPUS! Plus they chat Lord of the Rings, Taylor Swift, the Time Traveler's Wife sequel and more!The Main discussion start at : 46:00Today in Fangirl Tea Time (coming this weekend) : Join Christine and Natasha for more stories about their recent life escapades. Support the pod by joining the Forking Fangirls Patreon community: http://patreon.com/thoseforkingfangirls TEAM EDWARD: The first five Heated Rivalry episode commentaries are up now! Follow the visual show on our Youtube: http://youtube.com/@thoseforkingfangirls Get Christine's new book THIRTY, FLIRTY, & FOREVER ALONE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1662532156Add Thirty Flirty & Forever Alone on Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/230393104-thirty-flirty-and-forever-aloneCheck out Natasha's sewing classes: https://www.natashapolis.com/Join our patron to get 10 dollars off the classes!Website: https://thoseforkingfangirls.com/ Email us feedback: thoseforkingfangirls@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoseforkingfangirls/Twitter: https://twitter.com/forkfangirlspod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thoseforkingfangirlsGet Christine's novel Attached at the Hip: https://a.co/d/grmPeVy Check out the Selkie Collection and get 10% off your order with code TASHAPOLIS https://selkiecollection.com/collections/all
Rebecca from Jito Labs joins Haseeb, Tom, and Tarun for a regulation deep-dive covering the CLARITY Act's stablecoin yield compromise and presidential ethics sticking points, CME and ICE's lobbying war against Hyperliquid's RWA perps, the prediction market legal battle heading to the Supreme Court, and whether the SEC's tokenized securities innovation exemption will actually matter. Welcome to The Chopping Block – where crypto insiders Haseeb Qureshi, Tom Schmidt, Tarun Chitra, and Robert Leshner chop it up about the latest in crypto. This week, joining us is Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal Officer at Jito Labs, who's here to help the crew make sense of the absolute regulatory tornado tearing through the industry. First up: the CLARITY Act. It just got out of Senate Banking Committee, but the road to passage is anything but smooth. The stablecoin yield fight with banks ended in a "do stuff yield" compromise, but presidential ethics provisions remain the last polarizing hurdle. Rebecca breaks down what actually changes for token founders if it passes — spoiler: not much immediately, since rulemaking alone could take years. Then: CME and ICE have declared war on Hyperliquid, lobbying the Hill to force CFTC registration on the decentralized perps giant. The crew debates who actually wins US regulated perps, whether Hyperliquid's pre-IPO markets represent a genuine threat to investment banking, and Rebecca introduces "on-chain finance" — a distinction the panel immediately roasts her for. Finally: prediction markets are in a legal bloodbath across state courts with a Supreme Court showdown likely by 2027, and the SEC's tokenized securities innovation exemption has Twitter buzzing but Rebecca skeptical. Let's get into it. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. Show highlights
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