Podcasts about hopcat

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 23:56

Engineer Randy hops on the mic and we talk: The new Eastern Palace Club in Hazel Park The massive new HopCat in Royal Oak An old favorite in LJ's Sweetheart Lounge Noorjahan in Grosse Pointe Park Taqueria Los Charros in Lincoln Park And more, including our love of raspberries and why Randy drives further to skip the 8 Mile Meijer As always - feedback, dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com. Support the show one-time: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit Support the show as a member: https://www.patreon.com/DailyDetroit

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Primanti Bros closes; HopCat delayed; Guilty food pleasures + more

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 21:11

Busy day on the show. Jer and Shianne talk about guilty food pleasures; Primanti Bros. suddenly leaving Metro Detroit; HopCat Royal Oak is delayed; new affordable housing in Detroit's Piety Hill and more. Your support is very welcome as a member on Patreon or for a one time thing on Buy me a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/DailyDetroit https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit

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Towing reforms in Detroit; Nature center nixed; Would you buy Aretha's house + more

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 22:13

01:02 - The city of Detroit is making a number of reforms to towing. It's been a source of corruption; and pain for Detroit residents and visitors alike. 05:09 - A nature center project in Macomb by the Detroit Zoo gets the plug pulled 12:15 - A market at Greektown Hollywood Casino is partnering with Amazon to do payment by handprint 16:24 - HopCat in Royal Oak is going to be literally massive. More details: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2022/12/13/a-peek-inside-new-hopcat-returning-to-royal-oak-jan-23/69720749007/ 18:07 - Aretha Franklin's old house is for sale. Would you buy it? Do you think it comes with a ghost? Support our work: As a member: https://www.patreon.com/DailyDetroit One-time: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dailydetroit Feedback: https://forms.gle/MnwUf8uJEtpyG9m2A or dailydetroit -at- gmail -dot- com

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Just call it Hazel's; New CB2; Soaring COVID infections

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 14:56

Today: COVID infections soar in the city and region. Detroit's test positivity rate is now 40%, and cases regionally are higher than they've ever been. Shianne Nocerini shares about restaurant news around town including a new name for a popular Birmingham restaurant; a new CB2 is coming to the region; HopCat is opening back up in Royal Oak; and a number of restaurants in the city are closed temporarily for time off or remodeling. Be sure to call ahead or check the social media of your favorite place before you go. hanks to our newest member, Kevin. You can join him at http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit Also our newsletter is https://dailydetroit.substack.com/

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Michael Lee on WJR: Businesses have questions about vaccine mandate | Yamasaki firm finding its footing | HopCat's plans after bankruptcy

Crain's Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 7:12

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Nina and the Buffalo Riders

Fans With Bands

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 61:47

A chat with Nina, Bobby, and Joe of Nina and the Buffalo Riders as well as fans Noel, Maria, Brenda, ShiAnn and Xlo. We begin with our original stories of discovering Nina and the Buffalo Riders. Then we hit the road with Nina and the Buffalo Riders to hear stories of adventure. We dive into some fan questions about tour plans and the hassles finding parking for the RV. Finally, we explore what everyone’s dream concert would be. This episode is packed, so grab a beverage and settle in.Nina and the Buffalo Rider LinksCheck out Nina and the Buffalo Riders music on their websiteFollow Nina and the Buffalo Riders on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Twitch and YoutubeFans With Bands LinksSubscribe to Fans With Bands on your favorite podcast service such as Apple, Google, Youtube, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Audible, Amazon Music or Stitcher. Be sure to rate the show and please send us feedback. We would love to hear from you.You can also follow Fans With Bands on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and InstagramFor samplings of music by artists featured on Fans With Bands, drop by our playlist on SpotifySupport the podcast by becoming a Patreon subscriberChat with Nina and the Buffalo Riders - Show Notes - Discovering NinaIt has been a minute since we had seen Nina and the Buffalo Riders live. The last time was at the socially distanced outdoor gig at Grove Studios over the summer. Which was our first time seeing Bobby in the band. To get things rolling, I asked the fans how they discovered Nina and the Buffalo Riders. Brenda became a fan after seeing the band open for the Steepwater Band at HopCat in Detroit. Within a song, the hairs on her arms were standing up and she was asking “Who is this band?”. It was a happy chance to be there that night, but it made for a lasting love for Nina and the Buffalo Riders.ShiAnn met Nina and the Buffalo Riders through other local Detroit bands. One time was all it took to become a fan. She has been supporting them ever since.Marie became a fan from the moment of Nina’s conception. She knew her beautiful daughter had the gift of music when she heard her singing at age 2 to Whitney Houston. Marie and Noel (Nina’s dad) couldn’t believe what they were hearing. Noel would bribe Nina for a dollar to sing songs at family get togethers when she was little. Eventually, she started playing guitar and wowed the family with a flawless rendition of “American Pie” by Don McLean. One of Noel’s cousins suggested Nina play at an open mic night. Nina at the young age of 13 and escorted by her dad, played that open mic night and it set her on a course to pursue a life in music.Xlo had been scouting out venues in Detroit for artists involved with Soundproof Detroit to perform. After stopping in at the Rusted Crow in Detroit, Xlo heard Nina on stage and dug the music. Reaching out to network led Xlo into becoming a fan and eventually working with Nina to produce a video. Be sure to check out the rap, dance, and nerdcore of Soundproof Detroit.On the Road with Nina and the Buffalo RidersIn order to keep playing music, Nina and the Buffalo Riders have had to migrate south for the winter. They have been posting short videos of some of the fun along the way. I asked Nina, Bobby, and Joe what have been some favorite moments so far.For Nina, a favorite moment occurred in Asheville, NC on the day that Biden won the election. The band setup on the streets to perform and there were people out celebrating the election. One overly excited woman nearly ran over other folks with her baby stroller trying to get closer to listen to Nina and the Buffalo Riders.As Nina and the Buffalo Riders are getting to the end of the song “Wish I Could Stay” a woman runs up out of nowhere and starts dancing. She dances into the street and ends up laying back on the hood of a car. The car then drives away with the dancing woman resting on the hood.Every single moment of being out on the road has been awesome for Bobby. If he had to pick one favorite it would be meeting actor/comedian Peter Dante in Key West. He took them to various bars and bought drinks. He even sang “Bohemian Rhapsody” with the band at karaoke. Joe’s favorite moment was the first night in Asheville. The band setup across the street from a park. Once they started playing people gathered around at a safe distance. Seeing the joy on people’s faces that day and each day since have been a highlight. The entire band agrees. Nina added that it is clear that people are starving for live music and being able to play music for them has been awesome.Questions from the FansWe flipped the questions over to the fans. Noel jokingly asked if Nina has enough strings and batteries. This brought a round of laughs. Noel then asked if Nina and the Buffalo Riders have any new gigs. Nina mentioned that they are currently in the Fort Myers area of Florida. They have played gigs at the Pink Piano in Lakeland and gigs at the Lani Kai Island resort.Maria wanted to know what has been most difficult about playing shows right now. The key issue is parking the RV and permits. Most cities require a permit for musicians to play on the street. In some cases, the requirements include background checks and insurance. All of which makes it nearly impossible to play unless you have a gig with a venue that will support live music during these times.This isn’t to say that Nina and the Buffalo Riders haven’t tried to work outside these restrictions. They were able to play in Miami for one day. They even tried performing in a cemetery, but this was shutdown by the police. Evidently the groundskeeper was all for it, but not so much the city authorities.Get in the VanBrenda asked if Nina and the Buffalo Riders have any summertime gigs lined up for Michigan. Turns out they do. On June 19th at Campit Outdoor Resort in Saugatuck, Nina and the Buffalo Riders will be part of the annual Saugatuck LGBQ Festival. They hope that more shows will spring up as the warmer temperatures allow for outdoor shows again. In particular, looking to get some gigs at Tangent Gallery and in Utica.In the midst of a pandemic, a lot of folks don’t want to travel. And it makes sense; you may not feel safe at a motel or even an AirBnB. Xlo thinks the idea of hitting the road like NIna and the Buffalo Riders is inspiring. He wanted to know who came up with the idea to get an RV and head out of town.Bobby relayed that it was sort of happenstance. He was at a buddy’s house and his friend's dog jumped the fence. They ran to find the dog at a house with an RV in the driveway. Bobby mentions that he loves the RV and starts talking with the owner. Next thing you know, Bobby’s driving home with an RV.Maria and Noel hosted Nina and the Buffalo Riders at their house while the band worked on getting the RV ready for the road. They then set sail for the south in search of musical adventure.In mid-February, look for Nina and the Buffalo Riders to steer their van into New Orleans. Afterwards, they plan to head west into Texas, Colorado, and then back to Michigan. Eventually they would like to head out to Montana, then down south to New Mexico and Arizona.What Led to a Life in MusicI love to learn about the origin of an artist. I asked Nina and the Buffalo Riders what led them to seek out a life in music. Bobby was quick to answer that he has always loved music. The movie and the soundtrack to the Lion King was incredibly inspiring as a child. He would sing along to all the songs and loves them today. He never expected to be a musician. He attended Feral Fest in Michigan and that is where he met Nina and Joe. He was inspired by them and became great friends. Ultimately this led to Bobby becoming a member of the band he loves.Joe is fairly sure his great-grandparents met at a piano bar. His dad was a DJ and his mom played piano. Music has always been a part of Joe’s life. At the age of 14, Joe got to see Bob Weir live. The energy of the fans and the band was captivating. After dozens of failed projects, Joe joined a band that played at Feral Fest and Nina and the Buffalo Riders opened. He was completely blown away. He and Nina became fast friends. The project band that played at Feral Fest fell apart and Nina reached out to ask Joe to join. He had an opportunity in another band, but felt his passion stirred by the music of Nina and the Buffalo Riders. Today, Joe couldn’t be happier with his choice.When Nina was young, she loved the emotional power of artists such as Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, and Selena. She wanted to share that power with people through her voice. Once she started to play guitar Nina found singer-songwriters like Michelle Branch, Damien Rice, and Iron & Wine. From an early age, Nina has wanted to write and perform music. That drive carries forward today.New Music on the HorizonNina, Bobby, and Joe have been working with Mike (keyboards) and Oscar (guitar) to record new music. They have a five song EP ready and just need to get album art completed. Three songs were written in 2020. The other two are older songs that have seen plenty of live rotation, but have not previously made it into the recording studio. Nina is particularly excited for this release as both Joe and Bobby add in vocal harmonies. Sounds like this new album will be stellar.To engage with fans and provide them with an inside scoop, Nina and the Buffalo Riders will be launching a Patreon page. This will help the band make their music while giving fans some unique content to savor. In addition, be sure to check out Nina and the band on Twitch.Rounding out with a DreamFor our last topic of conversation, I asked everyone what would be their dream concert. For Nina, that dream concert would have been to see Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, and The Band when they toured by train on the Festival Express tour. Bobby would have loved to have seen Bob Markely. Ideally, Bob would have seen Bobby grooving on the djembe and invited him up on stage to jam with Wailers. Joe was super specific in wanting to see The Grateful Dead at the Springfield Creamery Benefit show in Veneta, Oregon on Aug 27, 1972.Maria’s dream concert is Aerosmith. Doesn’t matter if it's the current day or back in the 70’s. Rocking out with Steven Tyler and the boys will work. Noel would have loved to have seen Santana at Woodstock. Just talking about the power of that performance by Santana had us all wanting to be there.Prince and Michael Jackson in concert is the dream concert for Xlo. We all completely agree that it would have been amazing to see them both together on stage. Brenda had an incredible experience seeing Chris Cornell and feels the same about seeing Nina and the Buffalo Riders. So her dream concert would be Nina and the Buffalo Riders with Chris Cornell. Wow!

SIXER 11.30.20 FALL Sales report / TREEHOUSE, FIDDLEHEAD expand / WHITE CLAW grows again / HEINEKEN 0.0 booming / Beer Fests 2021 RIP?

Selling Craft Beer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 16:33

HEADLINES: FALL 2020 Sales report. TREEHOUSE, FIDDLEHEAD expand. Brewery Taprooms close down for Winter. HOPCAT sold in bankruptcy, Figueroa Mtn and others looking for buyers. WHITE CLAW grows again. BOSTON BEER sets new sales record...not because of beer. HEINEKEN 0.0 booming. Beer Fests 2021 RIP? BREWBOUND podcast link mentioned in the episode

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October 28, 2020

Michigan News from MLive

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2020 4:22

A judge strikes down an Election Day open carry ban at Michigan polls, 53,000 ballots have been spoiled so far in Michigan and Hopcat restaurants emerge from bankruptcy under new ownership. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Highlands restaurant closes — what should replace it?

Access Louisville

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 35:43

We cover several different topics on the Access Louisville podcast this week. First off, we note that Hopcat, a large bar and restaurant in the Highlands has closed. We discuss ideas for this now open space. And note some restaurants we've lost over the years that we're now sorely missing.After that reporter Marty Finley gives us an update on a redevelopment project involving a 13-story building in Smoketown. Restaurant, retail and apartment uses are planned. And finally we talk about Gov. Andy Beshear's mask mandate. The governor is requiring masks for most people starting on July 10. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. This week's show is hosted by Finley and Design/Multimedia Editor Brooke Timmons and Digital Editor David A. Mann.

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Episode 352 – The CHAZ, News, Events, and More

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 120:15

And we are good to go. What is going on? Welcome to episode 352 of the IT in the D show. We are broadcasting live. Bob, can we let’s do one real quick guys. We’re not doing anything scary. This week. Fred Brown is not allowed near this broadcast. I am not staying up until one in the morning. Having conversations with freaked out people. Again, we are broadcasting live from the podcast. He trade autonomous zone here in beautiful betray, Michigan, probably sales guy that the Twitter is doing. The Twitter is find us online@itinthed.com. I don’t know why, because we are it in the D and you still are not even with a pandemic going on. You’re still planting a garden by putting top soil over a grass with styrofoam Cox. It’s a Turrell what’s going on. This is world. This is the world we live in. Are they just doing things to humor me right now? I say, dude, we are in season four of whatever show that we’re all on. And the writers are all trying to get fired so they can move on to better projects. And they’re just making shit up. As they go along. The park is sitting on their hands, trying to release this Chaz episode. They have to, Oh, they are dying. Hey, before we do that, let me go ahead and fire. When ready are you firing? When ready? Now you can carry on. I can’t dude, just watching what’s going on in Seattle. I can’t stop laughing. It’s like, this is a human South park episode. Come to life. This is the onion and Babylon be in the cell park. All had a baby. And do that now, like bikers, like, did anything happen with the bikers that were going out there today? I didn’t know if it was, I don’t like talking about this stuff. I don’t know if it’s real or not. Cause you’re like blinkers are on route and I’m like, Oh, I want to see this. This is like a put paper view on man. This is solved the nationals who doesn’t want to see that? Oh, that would be amazing. I’m not going to lie. You haven’t figured out what’s going on. It’s like there, they be like occupied as six block territory of Seattle and they, and to go against the injustices of the world, they’ve done the same thing. The U S does by building. The very first thing they did was built a wall with checkpoints and our guards fight the power. Apparently there’s some rogue, independent rapper with his entourage. It’s like beating the shit out of why isn’t this a movie like you wouldn’t pay 20 bucks a day to watch the cameras in there. We are living that’s that’s the dude, whoever created black mirror, season six, the fully immersive experience is just a goddamn genius. Like that’s, that’s the only thing I that’s the only way I describe what the hell is going on right now. Mark Burnett. You cancel cops. You don’t give me chance. Come on. Like Howard, do there’s gotta be life. I actually, now that you said that there’s gotta be live feed somewhere. Like there has to be, no, they don’t like there. I was watching something from Steven Crowder and it’s like some guy who was like, Oh, he’s on the scene. Um, and they, like, they took him and beat the shit out of him in and interrogation tent and wanted to see his film. Cause they thought he was a conservative pundit. Um, so there’s like actually 10 and I don’t know if they’re full of shit or not, or making stuff up. You know what I mean? Like, that’d be a 10 ton homo Bay. That’s the thing with these tweets. Like you don’t know if they’re like, like when, when the tweak you wanted to date to, they ran out of food. Cause the homeless people storm the tent. Well, and then you’ve got Fox news using, um, conflated images where they’re like they’re Photoshopping multiple images together to try to paint the situation is worse than it really is. So that’s not helping. So I don’t know what’s going on. I mean basically what the guy said was, uh, well, yeah. Then you also have MSNBC saying, well it’s a street fair. And like, basically it’s not a street fair. I mean they took over sitting on the police station. Well, they didn’t take over city hall. They did. They did take over the police station that the cops pulled out of. Um, yeah, I do that. That’s literally one of those stories that I like, I don’t know what to make of it. Like I, like, I want a movie I will. And you know, dude, Netflix and Hulu are probably both offering just giant bags of money right now to whoever to get film crews in there, you know, to, to get the inside scoop and get a documentary rolling like they did with fire festival. Um, it’s I it’s, it does. I mean like, like if you look at like some posts, it seems like it’s like, I haven’t seen anything like that since a grateful dead concert. And then you look at some posts and it’s like mad max. Like I don’t, I don’t know which to buy into. My favorite line I saw was it was like, it was like a Lollapalooza 92. Those kids finally had kids and they’re there and they grew up hearing all the stories and decided to go ahead and do it. Nice. It’s so stupid. Like, it really was like, like after like day four and they’re like, what are we doing now? I dunno, got any pot what’s going on? And then it’s like burning man. Like all the burning man, people at night. And what are you going to do when you run out of stuff? Because now you’ve got no, cause now you’ve got all the truckers that are saying, I ain’t going in. There are those gardens real. They can’t be real. It’s like, did you see it? And it’s like an eight foot by eight foot. It’s like, they just dumped like six bags on the grass, like playing in it. Like it’s going to be my garden, man. The Brando plant’s grave. Anyway, straps cameras on people like, seriously, you want to, you want to make money? It’s like the George Carlin bit like the mass murders, the square States. Yeah. You fence off all the square States and yeah, Seattle colon Chaz would be the number one show on all of us law and order Chaz rapper ever. I see Wiz Khalifa or whatever. They’ll think Rapper’s name. And it took over the town. All, I don’t see do it. I got nothing. He’s like the judge and they bring everybody in front of him and he’s taking him to Detroit or whatever. I don’t even know where the, you know, I can’t say I don’t mean, I honestly don’t mean to laugh because the, this whole thing was, was built on good intention. I think, I think I want to think not to bring it back to reality, but like there was like, things are starting to happen. Change is starting to happen. And like, but now the ban hammer has gotten a little crazy. I think, um, now you want to cancel cops, which did get canceled and then you cancel live PD and then, and then like, is, did pop patrol get canceled or no, they were, people were lobbying for it, but there’s no. All right. It’s one of those. No, no, no, that people weren’t. It was like two persons were two people on Twitter and it became a Buzzfeed article. Yeah. And then everyone, now everyone talks about, they wanted to ban puppet show, but like, do you like cops was the wa like, I guess I’m wrong. Cops was the one show that I sent will be on until the end of time, because you’ll never have a shortage of dumb people. And apparently I get, I don’t get my fix. No. And like, I understand. So like live PD apparently had an issue where they did film a really, really bad situation. Um, and you know, but like, and, and it is, I mean, I, I understand some of the sentiment, but like now they’re coming after like law and order and they’re coming after, you know, those franchises and that kind of stuff, because they say they, they glorify the police and okay. Anybody who’s ever watched law and order knows that’s not true. I mean, you’ve had cops with drug issues. You’ve had cops, you know, that have been raped. You’ve had cops that have been kicked off the force. You’ve had, you know, DA’s that have been, you know, killed. You’ve had, I mean, it’s, it, it, no, that’s, that’s not what that show is. Like. I think that’s gone with the wind and they have to dump Andy Griffith show. Now, like how far back we go on with this? Well, and so, you know, and we’ve kinda, you know, somewhat joked about this before, but I mean, it’s, it is kind of a real thing. So, you know, Amazon’s talking about pulling the Dukes of hazard, but yet the Jefferson’s is still on the air with George calling everybody honky, you know, so, I mean, is it, you, it it’s, you know, it’s, again, it’s looking for balance. That was the goddamn state flag and, uh, up until, well, how many years ago? Oh, Georgia. Yeah. Yes. Remember that one car that they got all pissy about or like, um, that was the state flag down in those years. Uh, so what do you, what do you, how far are you going to go with this? You know, well, and it’s, you know, and I get it and, and I think a lot of people, you know, like I was talking about it with like, you know, the Christopher Columbus statue getting pulled down and a lot of the, and a lot of the Confederate statues coming down and that kind of stuff. And he’s like, Oh, it’s a racing history. No, it’s not like the history is still there. It’s erasing a monument to dumb shit. Like, like why do you have a statue of a Confederate general in your town center? Here’s a good years ago. It’s on part of obviously lots of the German community. And all of them are talking about how the differences are between keeping Auschwitz up as a Memorial versus bringing, like having generally on a statue. Right. One is to remind people of the atrocities that occurred. They are not, shearing are heralding. There’s nothing to that. Right. Where I think the difference is a lot of these Confederate statues is, um, that they’re, that people view them as heroes. Correct. They’re there, you’re not, you know, the, the, the things that Amish fits in well, and there’s a difference between like an Auschwitz or like the Gettysburg cemetery or, you know, something like that. I don’t see any German statues of Heinrich Himmler. Exactly. Yeah. There’s yeah. Like there’s, yeah. There’s no statues to Himmler or Hitler or anything like that floating around. Um, you know, it’s, it is, I mean, it’s, you know, you look back and you, and especially when you realize that, I mean, the quote, unquote Confederacy only lasted just barely five years. Like it wasn’t like a long period of time in history when that succession happened and it got shut down, you know, like how did it be like, like anyway and not to get to, to go, no. How did they, like from it became state flags. And then all of a sudden it became like the cry of the rednecks. And it became certainly the reality is, I mean, you know, a lot of things are NASCAR and do it in the South. Like, so like I grew up in Virginia and, and, and things are taught like the civil war is not the civil war in the South. It’s the war of Northern aggression in schools. Um, and there are different names for battlefields that are, you know, that are taught, uh, and that kind of stuff. I mean, it, it really is a huge thing. And cause even though the Confederacy itself only lasted five years, what people tend to, I think romanticize is the, I guess for lack of a, for the first word that comes to mind is the antebellum, you know, lifestyle, you know, the, the gentlemen and like the good parts have gone with the wind minus, you know, the slavery and beatings and lynchings and killings and all that stuff. That was like my favorite book. What about all the good things Hitler, right? Yeah. You had the trains. It was great. Uh, but I mean, but no, I mean it’s the, the sad reality is, is people, you know, people romanticized certain facets of that era and, and it became a Confederate pride thing. Uh, and, and so that’s why, you know, the dude that like the South will rise again. You’ll still see that, you know, if, if you drive around, you know, we’re like, I don’t understand people in say Michigan flying them. Cause Michigan, wasn’t a Confederate state and you’ve lived here your whole life and you’ve got a Confederate flag. Nah, you’re just a redneck racist. That’s all. That is a, I mean, you got a lot of people that like their families, like their dads or their grandpas came from the South. Like I remember, um, I remember when Bubba passed and that was like part of his Memorial and that was what four or five years ago. And I joked back then and I go, everyone take a picture and I would go, Oh, no, you were like, no, no, no, no, no. I’m not having my picture taken in front of them. Nobody. I mean, it’s, it’s real. And I mean, it’s, you know, and, and so the, it it’s weird. I mean, I can’t say that I fully understand it. I mean, I grew up around that a little bit. Um, and I have friends that, you know, that were deeply entrenched in it. Um, but it, it never made sense to me. I mean, that’s why I love the, you know, everybody’s worried about, you know, the, you know, they’re not, you know, they’re not doing this and NASCAR, they’re not doing that. And NASCAR. Yeah. Don’t worry. The, uh, the real Confederate flag will still fly in that final lap when they’re waving the white flag for the final lap notification. I mean, that was the funny thing. It’s like, I don’t even watch NASCAR enough to know that that was a thing. So like they’re banning and I’m like, I didn’t know. They were even there so well, so, and it dude, and honestly, so there’s, there’s like something to keep in mind and it’s, and it’s a real powerful message that’s going to right. And we’re going around right now is that of all of the sports NASCAR has come out, banned the Confederate flag, fired a driver for using the N word when yelling at somebody and has, and has, and again has taken all these steps. No, do that. Yes. We had to Google who you were. Oh, that one guy. Yes. No, that was absolutely real. I don’t think so. I looked for it and couldn’t find it. It was so, I mean, that was a guy here that he had been yeah. Had never won a race and yet it was a total idiot. Yeah. But well, but he wasn’t the one, he wasn’t the one that got he, wasn’t the one that got fired. He’s the one that just quit and nobody cared because, well, you’ve never done anything. Um, but no, it’s like, they’ve, they’ve gone out of their way. That’s NASCAR, like the most redneck easiest, like Southern entrenched sport in the nation. What are you doing? NFL NBA, NHL, you know, like it’s, you know, if they can take such a hard line stance on this, where the hell are you during all This ever seen? I don’t, I don’t know. I’ve never been to a game down at NFL game down South. I couldn’t imagine maybe tailgating, but it’s not part of the, see the problem with NASCAR is the fans are in the S in the middle. I’ve heard of the game, like when you’re tailgating or not part of the game in the NFL. Right. So I think maybe that’s, you know, gotcha. Then the tailgating is all done in private property. So it’s, you can’t really mandate anything, you know, you can’t, you’re not going to let flags in the arena and there’s none in the arena. So, I mean, that’s kinda, um, but kind of on a, on an it front, a lot of people are already complaining about it. Not knowing what’s going on. If you haven’t read, uh, it’s on digital attack, map.com, but the U S is under a huge DDLs attack right now. And like 15 major cell carriers, um, are all kind of went poopy. Um, the problem is when you went to that, um, when I sent you that map, David starts at like 2014. So you get a fast forward, Like when you click play. Yeah. So like U S is getting slammed right now. Um, pretty much every major Carrier now is reporting huge outages, sell, sell, even with Verizon’s little press release. I thought that was cute. No, no, no. Everybody other carriers are reporting outages, but not us, but no. I’ve seen people with Verizon that are reporting issues. So I had a friend that called the T-Mobile store and what they told him was that they tried to fire up their five G network and things went haywire and that it would take like two weeks to straighten out. Which one would you want your store telling people that I would obviously turn it back off, turn it back off. That’s where I learned from it. You roll that back from production. I learned that from, I learned what was going on from brick. 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So of course, one of the guys, he’s our, he’s our peer storage engineer. He’s like, what the hell? He’s like 34. He’s like, what the hell is that? Like, it’s flash Gordon. He goes, I don’t know what that means. So I started dropping YouTube clips and they’re like, this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen it. I’ve got this huge semantic argument about how flash Gordon is one of the greatest movies ever. And he tried to tell me no. And he think he, I think he knows he’s getting me fired up. Right. It’s easy to do. But, um, I think, uh, I think I got one of my hands. Will you, uh, you, you hated joker. I didn’t hate it. I just said it sucked. And so, okay. So here’s my issues with it. So if you haven’t seen joker tune out for a minute or two, cause we’re going to get a little deep, um, here’s my problem. It was essentially the series finale of st. Elsewhere, uh, as directed by M night Shyamalan. Uh, and it wasn’t complete. It was completely predictable. As soon as the scene happened with the girl down the hall, not knowing who the hell he was. I knew exactly how that movie was ending. And I’ve had, I even said to myself, please, God, let this not be how they’re going to end this movie and sure as shit, that’s how they ended the movie like that. Like that entire movie, essentially being a dream sequence, um, kiss my ass like that. And this is what this, yeah, it was, and this is why DC sucks. And this is why DC, To me, it was American psycho ending where you didn’t know if, you know, he was in prison, then got moved over to Arkham and he did all that shit. Or if he dreamed it all up, like while he was going, like, you know what I mean? To me, that’s how it that’s the ending. It wasn’t necessarily, the whole entire thing was a dream sequence. It was interpreted like it could be, or it couldn’t have been, it could have been real, or it could have, could have been in his head or all, you know, to me it was American psycho. I knew that’s why I loved it. No, sorry. I know that ending can only lead in my opinion to the conclusion that the entire thing was in his head. Um, you know, just whether it’s the, the interactions with the girl that weren’t there, or, you know, like the other stuff that didn’t have. I mean, it’s, it’s, there’s just, no, that is not what that movie should have been. And, and especially after like I did, I liked dude, I thought Aquaman was a great flick. Um, I thought, you know, when Roman was a little long, but it was a good flick. Um, I have high hopes for wonder woman, 84 kind of redeeming it mostly cause I’m looking forward to the soundtrack. Um, but you know, and, and Shizam was good. And, you know, dude, you can’t take a character that has had such buildup like the joker, you know, whether it, you know, from, you know, Nicholson to, you know, Heath ledger and all that stuff and do that to that character. No, like, I, I, that was such a waste of a movie that was a bigger waste of a movie than suicide squad. I, that was, that was terrible. I’m not going to watch it because they just introduced a major renovation of the joker and then completely ignored it. This new joker isn’t related to any other DC movie they have out, there you go. What’s the point. Like I just watched Aqua man this weekend and I thought it was too cliche. Well, how do you think this? How was this joke or not related to any joke or they showed it was Batman origin, Which Batman? I don’t know the, was it the Well, so there’s the no, so Robert Pattinson, Batman. Yeah. Well, and that’s the thing, you know, cause he had, did show, you know, the well, but again, Is it because that was all in his head? Well, I mean, does it or see here’s that’s me. I thought he got thrown into prison when he was, you know, during that whole riot, after the right things, he got thrown into prison and then, you know, so some of it was in his, like, as he was progressing, some of it was in his head. Some of it was, but so how can The riot thing have happened if none of the predicate things were real? Because if not, It wasn’t, I dunno, it was hopping in and out. Yeah. Sorry. I thought it was pretty awesome. It was an awesome watch. And again, if you watch it, like I do with wrestling now, like watch it, like you’re a 12 year old, like granted his, a deeper twelve-year-old, but you know what I mean? I just did. I, did I enjoy it? I enjoyed it for being a different story. Like it wasn’t what I expected at all, which was another reason why I liked it. Um, I don’t know. Well, that’s a totally, like I had heard, like I heard it was dark and I heard it, you know, a lot, you know, in, in, you know, it was a lot of mental stuff and, and that kind of thing, but I still didn’t do it. I didn’t have any expectations walking into it other than God. I hope this is a good movie. Um, And I’m sorry. I think here’s the thing. Like we watched, you know, me and you are entertained by two different things, like right. You watch law and order and pay attention. Um, I watch wrestling and go and burp, like, you know what I mean? Like we, we watched TV and movies for two different reasons. I enjoy, you know, dumb and dumber 73 times, Dude, I’m a dude. I love brain candy. Like I, you know, I’m, I, you know, dude, I’m all about you. My, my taste in TV and movies is not that different than my taste in music. I, I love bubblegum pop, like give me, you know, did I, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched looser for, or, you know, or I’ve watched, you know, any of the other, you know, dumb shows that are out there. Cause I’m going back and watching those instead of watching anything new. Cause I don’t have faith in anything new. Um, but it’s, I, yeah, like I said, I mean just for me, Like from, if you look at it as if you look at it as America, like I looked at it as a parallel for American psycho, like literally you did like what Patrick Bateman, did he really think he was this assassin? Or was he killing people? And no one believed him because he was as wall street, hot shot. Like, you know what I mean? Like, like it, but like in his head he’s killing people while he’s going about his job as a hedge fund manager. Right. That’s kind of what I, that’s kind of what joker was to meet in parallel almost, almost like they ripped off the same story. See, and to me it was a two hour plus version of the five, second vignettes inside of true lies when Arnold Schwarzenegger would have those very vivid dreams of like punching Chet in the face and that kind of stuff. Like it was basically that for two plus hours and, and no shit forever and he’ll, he will always be chat. Um, but no, so I mean, yeah, so like I said, I’m, I hard, hard, hard pass. Um, and, and okay. So, and speaking, cause I did, I watched it cause it was on HBO. I just, when I thought I had the whole HBO go HBO now, HBO, max, HBO, Osho, HBO, like I thought I had that all figured out, you know, they changed everything again. And I want, I do, I want whoever is in charge of this shit. I want them on this show and I want them on this show when we are back in the studio so I can break distancing guidelines and slap them. No, I, I, I want a Jeff Haas slap. They, um, my, of course you get my kid hooked on loony tunes and then I can’t log into max anymore. Why not? They were pretty funny now it’s $15 a month, but I thought, okay, so again, so here’s free for infinity subscribers. Right. And I have HBO and it’s not now and now it’s not. Okay. So it was, it was supposed to be so like maybe I did something wrong because was so yeah. Cause so HBO go is now going and, and, and being replaced with HBO. Max HBO now is staying as like the add on for like Hulu users and people that are Amazon prime members that just want to get it that way. But I thought the whole point was HBO go basically was transitioning into HBO max, where if you had the subscription, it was just going to go ahead and carry forward. You know what the people, uh, I think the same salespeople that are working on COVID with the news or working on HBO. Oh shit. They can’t explain shit. Master good master bad master. Good master, bad master. Good master, bad master. Good. Okay. Speaking of which, we talked about, my one concert got canceled entirely, which I’m sad about my other one got moved to April next year. Um, did you see what the flaming lips are doing? I thought that was hilarious. That was, that was amazing. I thought it was the onion again and it’s not, um, they’re basically they’re performing. I mean, wasn’t it, the daily show that showed it Cole bear area. Um, there there’s basically four. Like it’s all I swear to God boy in the bubble with John, Travolta’s becoming modern, modern art. You can buy it. So I’ve, I’ve actually thought about buying those giant hamster balls. Like you can buy them off Amazon and I’ve legit thought about buying them just to have a couple in the pool. Um, and see what hilarious, when they’re sitting in these things, don’t you fall on your ass? Like they’re not stable. Like no. And you have to be very careful when you walk, because that’s the thing is like, once you start stepping forward, then your back foot starts getting lifted up. And it’s, it’s a whole, like I’m looking at the picture and the crowd there’s like, they allowed like 12 people in a crowd that can fit a thousand. Cause they got these goddamned bubbles in on. And like you can’t move. Where do you pee? Like nice shout, shout out to Ian who just said, forget it. Just rename everything HB know. And again, like what happens if the guy’s on stage and he’s singing, then he wants a bottle of sip of water and he’s got a key. Like he can’t do nothing. You’re stuck in his goddamn John Travolta dude. I don’t even, yeah. I don’t even know, although horrible, although where you’re probably gonna want. One of those is if you’re planning on going to Jami Neuner, cause apparently they’ve said to hell with everything we’re having Javi Nooner anyway, shabby, Nooner, if you’ve never, that’s the biggest cesspool of, I remember the good old days when the worst thing you were worried about catching a job, Nooner was, you know, crabs. There’s nothing worse than going out into the, into like four foot of water. And there’s like 15 dudes with their arms crossed, just staring at you and you all know and you know, they’re all paying every, not a minimum. Cause like no one goes out like to waste deeper water for no reason. And they all come out there, like The kind of conversation you continue to shop. So yeah. So, uh, so not, not that it’s been real high on my social calendar, uh, for the past, you know, I don’t know decade anyway. Uh, but yeah, hard, hard pass on, on Javi Nooner for me again. Yeah. So in some, uh, in some Detroit news, um, what’s going on with project Greenlight, that was kind of a, I thought that was a successful project. It is. Uh, so, and we’ve talked about it on the show before where the, one of the issues with any facial recognition system in general, and this is why you’ve seen, uh, like Microsoft and IBM have both announced, they’re getting out of facial recognition technology. Um, one of the issues is the enormously high rate of false positives, uh, when it comes to people of color. Like, so basically if you’re white, you’re going to be all right when it comes to facial recognition software, um, if you are not, it is as high as I believe, a 70% false positive rate, uh, using facial recognition. Oh, absolutely. So the entire point of it is so it’s, it’s all, you know, and we’ve all seen him if you’ve been downtown, you know, if there’s a green light out front, they’ve got security cameras and stuff that are hooked into the central police department. And so, and this was, and again, we’ve talked about this on the show before the big complaint about it was the use of facial recognition technology. Um, and when are they using it and how are they using it? And, and, and that kind of stuff, because, you know, essentially if it’s on 24 seven, then you’re constantly under surveillance and, you know, the, the DPD came out and said, no, we only turn it on. You know, we only turn it on when it, you know, we get an alert from, um, you know, one of the participating business owners that there’s been a crime and then we activate it and everybody kind of went yeah, right on. So, but this, to your point, this, this whole conversation comes this whole conversation Project Greenlight is that it’s paid a play. Like Sure, you can have security if the police will respond to you, you know, if you pay. Right. So, but so to your point, uh, the reason why he brought this up and the reason why it was on our story list this week is, uh, so the, uh, you know, the protesters, uh, the organizers of the protests and stuff downtown, you know, sat down and met, uh, and had a meeting with, you know, the powers that be, uh, and I believe number two, uh, on their list of demands was get rid of project Greenlight. And a lot of business owners have come out and said, uh, no, uh, because you know, it has helped them increase safety. It has helped them, you know, make their customers feel more safe and help their customers feel more secure and help their employees feel more safe and secure. Um, and so they want it to continue. Uh, so I mean, it’s, it’s going to be an interesting situation to see how that shakes out. Well, you know, my feelings on this crap when it first started, right. I’m like new. Um, and then it gets implemented and then the business owners are like, okay, Hey, you know, what’s the number 23%. Um, crime is down at their establishments. And some of, some of those places go through absolute health, um, trying to serve the public. So, I mean, um, so part of me is like, you know, you know, how do you know it’s not one of those things, how does democracy diet with thunderous applause, right? We’re not, I don’t think we’re there yet having private cameras, private group, private it’s private businesses, far as I’m concerned, it’s surveillance at private business. So I’m, I’m completely fine with that. What are, you know, um, I mean, if you think about it, it is a Very small step beyond us having nest cams in our studios and calling nine one one, if something happens and turning over the footage, it is, it is simply one step further where you have that connection with the police department to be able to instantly transmit them stuff and give them access to your, you know, to that feed and that kind of stuff, because it’s, you know, cameras under their control. Um, so I mean, I, I get it and, but I do, I mean, I, like I said, with the enormously high, false positive rate, I understand the concerns about it. I absolutely do, you know, in a city, you know, depending on which stat you want to listen to 80 to 83% African American, um, you know, it’s, that’s a problem like that. You know, that that’s a huge, I mean, that puts a lot of people at risk, especially in this day and age, That was always the problem. Like, uh, when they had the, uh, the blinking, uh, w with cameras, with like Asians, there was always, there was an issue. It always seems like some of the, so always something with these technologies is always an issue with some someone’s ethnicity. Right. Whether it was that, you know, do you remember that? Or no. Yes. Uh, and then, you know, like, yeah, the facial recognition thing, like, you know, that, yeah. I think that’s the crux, that’s the crux of this whole entire thing is, you know, he matches the description to the use so loosely. Right. Um, which, which, you know, And just for what it’s worth, uh, shout out to, uh, Greg Walters, he’s watching, um, and he had commented that there were plenty of live streams. And I said, Hey, we’d love to see a few links. And so he’s actually throwing links in, into the chat on this video, if you want to catch him later. Yeah, I totally will. Um, so you know what, uh, my favorite, you know, I think this is, uh, if this was Chinese new year, I think 2020 should be the year of the glory hole. I think we should promote that. I think we should make t-shirts. Um, I think this should be a no. So here’s the, this is the, this is how weird this year has gotten, um, the New York city department of health. Um, that’s the best tweet by the way, uh, the New York city department of health encouraging Gloria hosels, not on my 2020 bingo apocalypse bingo card. Nope, absolutely. Was not. Um, and I want to read this for beta, because I think this is hysterical. Um, this is from the department of health. This is not from like Metro to, this is not the onion. This is not even, it’s not even like the Metro times or like New York post or some rag, right. This is a big New York city department of health. Um, make it a little kinky, be creative with sexual positions and physical barriers, like walls that allow sexual contact while preventing close face to face contact. So in essence, a glory hole and a that’s supposed to kill COVID Randy. Um, your thoughts, it’s not going to kill COVID, it’s going to prevent the spread of prevent. Is it though? Did you hear what you hear? What they’re saying? What I’m saying, it’s not going to prevent it. How is it going to prevent it? So I can’t, I can do this in your mouth, but I can’t coffin it. See you’re safe. Hooray. I mean, it is trans, uh, transmitted by respiratory fluids. So if you’re not breathing in breathing out this whole thing this whole year is it’s a throwaway year. It’s so Stupid. Well, and, uh, and keep in mind if you pay attention to the latest conspiracy theorists, the world’s might be the world might be ending on Thursday. Uh, cause apparently they read the, the, the Mayan calendar interpretation. Uh, apparently there’s a thing with the changeover from, uh, to the Gregorian calendar and you add it last AIDS law basically lost eight days a year. And so you add up that number of years and basically the mine, the December 12th, 20, or December 12th, 2012 is now Thursday. Awesome. I’ll see you on the other side. Um, speaking of New York, this is actually newer post and this is a problem going on right now without bars and restaurants and public places being open. Um, there’s no place to take a piss in New York. And so now people are just whipping it out other than the streets and then peeing everywhere. Um, you know, the basically there’s drink windows selling to go cocktails all over the city. Right. Which is fine. But now where do I make PP? And there’s, there’s nowhere to go. Um, basically those as the story says, coworker saw some guy just coming down the street and pulling his pants down to pee. And she was like, nah, not here, man. They actually quoted that as an actual quote, brilliant journalism these days at the New York post. Um, but that’s been an uptake on the street. Most people, um, like go in a corner or I’ve like friends opened their jacket to cover them up. Um, like basically there’s, uh, you know, I mean, back in the day there was to say, you know, bathrooms are for public or customers only right now. They don’t even have them anyway. Well, yeah, cause they’ve got them locked, but well, cause, and that’s the thing, like, I don’t know if you’ve been paying attention to like all the regulations are coming that are coming out, you know, or that came out for like, you know, bars and restaurants opening. Um, I’ve got two friends that own tattoo shops, a tattoo and piercing shops. And dude like the regulations that came out for them are just absolutely overbearingly, insane. Like I understand what they’re trying to do, but you know, I understand why a lot of places are going, nah, we’re not opening yet new. I could See, I could see for a tattoo parlor. Right. But I like a bar has got almost be as clean as like a fricking surgical Florida hospital. Like it’s this stuff that they’re making them is So over and above Well, or let’s be real, the stuff that they’re supposed to be doing. Like, you know, I was talking to a mutual friend of ours cause I don’t wanna put him on blast, but a mutual friend of ours worked a shift on Saturday. Um, you know, and he, you know, basically said, you know, it was a slow, uh, B even when it got busy, um, you know, people weren’t tipping at well at all. Um, he had at least one walkout on a tab, uh, and he said at one point the door guy looked at him and said, Hey, I’m just going to start letting people in without mass. Cause I just turned away seven people and he was like, Oh hell no, you’re not like, no, no don’t do that. Like, that’s the point of see the thing I don’t get as you walk in with a mask and then you instantly take it off. Well, no, you can take it off. No. So that’s, that’s again, you’re allowed to take it off while you are seated. If you like get up to go to the bathroom, you’re supposed to put it back on. If you’re it it’s exactly. And we, and they wonder, and they wonder why, why, why, why we getting like really like, I can have it off here, but not there. Yeah. And you know, if you’re up and walking around, you are more likely to come in contact with other people outside of your party. Um, and that’s what they’re trying to do is, is, you know, basically limit contact, you know, and it’s, it’s like I said, you know, one of the reasons why, you know, the studio openings got delayed, um, was cause I’ve got, uh, those no touch, uh, you know, infrared thermometers on order and they got delayed. Um, and now they’re going to be here on a Wednesday and I mean, cards on table. I’m not going to lie. That is, I truly believe that that is far more of a touchy feely PR move than it is anything else. Because I mean, you don’t have to have a temperature. I mean, you can be completely asymptomatic and still have it. You can have a temperature, like you can just naturally burn hot and it’s not an issue you could have just like a normal cold and have a fever and it’s not Corona. Um, so I mean, there’s, there’s a lot of, but you know, but heaven forbid we don’t have that in the studios and somebody hops on, you know, Facebook or Twitter or Instagram poke is truly, isn’t doing anything to protect people. Cause you know, that’ll happen. That that’ll be the next thing that happens. That was, that was the thing I was making fun of people at work today. They started installing hockey glass between tables. Like, you know how we sit at like six foot tables, right? Like Ikea tables. And there’s just hockey glass between the tables, what the chairs are. There’s no separation between the people in the chair. So that was like us going to a hockey game. Are you banging on the glass and like chanting at the other people like imagine like glasses on the table, but you can, you can literally put your arm out and touch the person next to you. Right. So of course the guys that are like, they should have their own podcasts. They’re hysterical. I listened to them all day and I’m like, Oh nice hockey glass. I’m helping because they know, right. They’re like, Oh yeah, look, I can just touch Them. You know? Um, well, and that’s the thing. I mean, it’s, I, you know, it’s kinda like the whole Chaz thing. Like I want to believe that all of these rules and regulations are coming from a good place, but it’s just not entirely logical. It, it, to me, it’s just screams of, I don’t want to be public. I don’t want to be on a public freakout video on YouTube and you know, because I am helping, you know, I got my crocheted mascot and Alyssa Milano look, look at me, I’m doing my part. Like it’s, it’s, it’s, I’m doing my part. Are you, we get to become Starship troopers. Like literally this is, this whole year has been like one dystopian movie gone to hell. Oh for sure. Well and contributing to it. I mean, here’s the other downside, you know, especially, you know, with, with so many issues and everything else that people are dealing with over the last three months. Um, you know, so you’ve got the Michigan unemployment agency that’s dealing with, you know, originally they had flagged, I believe they said 340,000 accounts, uh, that is now up to 400,000, uh, that they flagged for being fraudulent and issued stop payments on. And I’ve seen like a lot of friends that are saying that their accounts are one of those ones that are flagged and there’s no, like there’s no way to get in contact with them. Like you’re still on hold forever. You’re still, you know, you can’t get through to somebody to actually like make this go away. And you know, and some people have had it like there for like weeks now. And I mean, and that’s, that’s a huge issue if like, if that’s your only, like, if that’s your lifeline right now, you’re screwed. Yeah, no, it’s good. You know, you’re exactly right. Again. Uh, I, I can’t, you know, I can’t imagine like, here’s the thing, you, you, you have a complete spectrum of people, half of them going, I don’t give a shit and the other half going protect me, save me, public shame, everyone things. Right. And there’s, there’s really, there’s not much, I don’t know. I don’t want to say I’m in between. I’m kind of in between about it. When I go out, I’m safe. I don’t go out that much, but when I do I’m safe. And then for the most part, I’m keeping myself and, you know, um, you know, but I’m not shaming anyone. If I see someone at the store, I’m not going to be like Nicky chill, I’m pulling out my phone and I’m going to post it Well. So, and actually, so there’s a good question. And I was hanging out with the, uh, the tales from the bar side curlier, um, and Remi had gone out, uh, he went out to a bar, uh, this weekend, um, and Lauren is kind of in the same boat I am or like, no, I’m cool. I’m going to wait. So like, you know, yeah. I mean, like I’ve noticed, you know, you’ve been out and checked in at a couple places on Facebook. Like, so what was like, what was the trigger for you that said, Hey, and, and you said you were, you know, you were traveling with, you know, bow and mags. Like, what was the, what was the trigger for you that said, okay, I’m feeling comfortable and safe enough that I’m going to go hit a couple of places That wasn’t a restaurant. That was a takeout window. Oh, okay. I eat my car. Oh, okay. Yeah. There’s picnic tables. It was Doug’s di it was duck delight. And that, uh, that Italian beef stand. Oh, didn’t you didn’t you hit second Base. I did. Okay. Um, yeah, just, you know, And how, like, I’m just curious, like, how did I, I have yet to be in a bar? Like, what was it like? Uh, there was the same two guys that are always there on the right. And there was like four people on the left besides us. Um, and that was, and it was dead quiet. So everybody’s sitting at, like, everybody’s sitting at the bar, is it no bar seating and the table. Okay. Just curious Three tables set up. Um, yeah. You know, I was in there for, you know, piece of pizza and a couple of pops got out. Well, no, I’m just curious. Cause like I know like Detroit shipping company, like they’re getting ready to reopen and they’re basically converting everything to outdoor seating, like, and they basically said, Hey, you know, you’re not going to be able to walk up to the bar and grab a drink. Um, there’s, you know, it’s, it’s basically the inside is going to be open to go to the bathrooms. Uh, everything else is going to be like tableside service. Like, you know, somebody will come take your order for food, somebody who could take your order for drinks and that kind of stuff. Um, at one of the outdoor tables sent me, I’m just, I’m, I’m curious, like, as I’ve, as I’ve heard of people going out, I’m just trying to, you know, me, I’m collecting data points and just trying to figure it out. No, I think, I think it’s a sliding scale as well. Like I just told you, like other people are treating it versus the restaurant. Like some of them are being super precautious about the dive bars, the dive bars don’t give a shit. I’m like, I don’t, you know, I haven’t been to, I don’t know what profession, you will never find a group of people who do not give a shit about the coronavirus more so than walking into a smoke shop. I’m just saying like that. Right. That’s what I’m saying. Like know, And you know, like, you know, again, people kind of, you know, there’s a, there’s a couple of people at work that are like single guys that usually everyday go to the gym and they like, and have a drink once in a while. Right? Like they’ve run out of shit to watch. They’re starting to go stir crazy. They’re working. I mean, I had one guy work a hundred hours last week, rebuilding DFS, because cause, cause that does, what else, what else? Right. I got nothing, you know, he goes out for a run like six in the morning and that’s about, that’s all he has besides being on teams with us. And then, you know, so he’s like F it I’m just rebuilding, you know, rebuild. It took me to SUNY on with a couple of other projects and rebuild a on prem DFS and then like, Okay, cool. It’s done. Like, wait, what’s done. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, I got nothing else to do. What am I supposed to do? Um, I wanted to talk about a couple of things that I was kind of mad about too, that I totally forgot about. Apparently now Legos. Um, you can’t by the police station Legos. Do they, did they actually pull that or was that again, I’m one of those bullshit. I believe they pulled all of them, The advertising for them. I, and I think they requested, um, stores to pull them off their shelves, but did not mandate if I recall correctly. Oh, all right. Uh, um, Favorite stories, which just turn those into collector’s items. Just so we’re all clear. You don’t think I look up To go buy one that I’m going to sell it anytime, but you know what I mean? Yeah. One of my favorite stories this weekend, we have like 42 stories, like the liquidity, cause we didn’t get any last week. Yeah. I always like when hackers do do for the good of the public and apparently hackers jammed all those Chicago police scanners with chocolate rain dude, Which was amazing. Well, and we talked about this, I think two weeks ago where, um, one of the protests locations, somebody got ahold of one of the police radios and started playing NWA, uh, over, you know, over it. And so it doesn’t surprise me that this stuff goes on and more power to them. But so on, on the Corona vibe, did this story blew my freaking mind. I’m the guy that got coronavirus, um, was in the hospital and thankfully like he’s got insurance and like, you know, the government has all these programs out to help waive deductibles and that kind of stuff right now because of COVID. Um, yeah, his bill getting out of the hospital was a hundred and some odd pages long, one point $1 million Million. Um, I was, uh, I was showing that to my wife cause she’s in the medical field and I was going through the line by lines and I like the eyes. Well, the guy was seventies. So I mean, he was in and he was in ICU. So like, well, cause He was in an isolation unit as almost every COVID patient is like, I don’t, I don’t think that was like their do their, Oh, everybody that’s a COVID patient is essentially put into ICU. Cause they’re put into isolation rooms, ventilators and all that crap. By the time you’re getting admitted, you’re going into intensive care. I can’t find this story, but I want to say like every day it was like $9,600 For the room. Yeah. Another like another 1100 or $1,200 for the ventilator. Yeah. Oh, but yeah, one point $1 million. And I mean his out of pocket was zero, correct? Yes. I mean, the story got shared from everywhere thinking, Oh my God, Millie knows. But like, um, and you wonder why healthcare costs are going the way they are. Right. Just to be honest. Well, and so, I mean, that’s, you know, the other, I mean, that’s, you know, it’s been interesting, you know, in that same vein, you know, with all of the, you know, off premise, uh, like all the remote learning and all that stuff that’s been going on. Uh, so, you know, Frazier, uh, which is the school district I’m in, um, got approval to basically stay virtual, um, for all of next year for all grades. Um, which is going to be interesting to see how many people choose, um, an opt in to taking that route. The weird thing that went on this year was you, kids could opt for a greater credit that doesn’t affect their GPA. So interesting that most of the kids like had a couple of classes, which their GPA was based on that they were getting A’s in the rest of the classes. They just got credit. So if you have two classes, the 4.0, your grade point is a 4.0 and a, and literally like, this was, this is my, this has been me and my wife’s life for the last Month is every day. Um, your daughter has done 5% of her cover classes. She’s going to fail, blah, blah, blah. And then you go to your kid, it’s due the 12th dad, the up bucket. I’ve had those same conversations. Yeah. You have, you have 12% done. How are you going to get this shit done? Do the 12 dad quit like literally up til four in the morning, the night before and suddenly it’s all done and they did it and they need to ask you 30,000 questions while they’re doing it. Well, the, the, the weird thing was like, they had us doing Khan Academy, shit. It wasn’t even like schoolwork. It was just like stuff they found to make you do. Yeah. It wasn’t like, you know, but like literally they, like, I like, thank God those texts are gone. Cause like literally every day I would get a text. This is your so, and so’s teacher for this class and her kid’s failing, like, how are you failing? She’s failing. Like, and then it’s this whole back and forth like is a teacher full of Shinar? Are you right? Yeah. Who am I supposed to believe here? That’s the thing that’s going to happen. If they decide to go virtual all year at Frazier it’s the kids are going to not do shit until the stuff’s due. And then they’re going to cram it all in, in two days. And then, you know, learning like, you know what I mean? There’s gotta be some sort of mix or some sort of a, you gotta attend to the zoom class, like, Oh, Oh, that’s totally what, yeah. There’s, there’s still gonna be some of that. Um, Oh God, I can’t believe when we were talking about like pop patrol and that kind of stuff. So apparently they’re going to go back, uh, or actually they’re not going to go back, but they’re moving forward. Um, Elmer Fudd will no longer be carrying a gun on HBO, max. I don’t think there were many of him having a gun. And there was a, he was a pool runner. Yeah. It was scrubbed down. Really? One of the greatest, one of the greatest bugs bunny episodes of all time, the Leopold episode where the guy was Leopold. Yeah. The guy was coughing in the front row and he pulls out a six shooter, blows the guy away. Here’s the thing we grew up on that shit. We didn’t, we all knew the difference. We knew it was a cartoon and not real. We didn’t realize the racist undertones till we were like in her late. So those were some of the older ones let’s be clear. I mean, those were some of the, like the old Injun Joe and like, you know, the, the Jack and the Japanese guy. Yeah. Those, some of those. Yeah. But Hey dude, we were exposed to cross recipe. Dude. Bugs bunny was like the first cross-dresser I was ever exposed to. Right. There was nothing like it. Like, here’s the thing, like when you’re kids, you don’t care. Like that’s the one who like learn behavior and all that. I’m like, I didn’t go, I didn’t bomb anyone. Like, like that was the thing that sucked. I didn’t run upstairs and put on one of my mom’s dresses. Try to be bugs bunny. No. Yeah. The Wiley coyote road runner, there was like no dynamite. Oh yeah. They stopped showing the poof when he hits the bottom, you had a bunch of dynamite though. Was there? Yeah, like he was, uh, at the pool episode, uh, bugs, pretending he was a lifeguard and said no swimming without a buddy. So he, uh, gives a dynamite dummy to Elmer Fudd, Elmer floods grabs him and then he explodes. But what’s, I mean, Hey Randy, for the record, um, Greg chimed in and he’s having a flashback to the whole glory hole discussion, uh, he said, Hey, uh, it’s, it’s been found in semen as well. There’s something I never thought I would have to type screenshot that great, great moments with our members. We, we do what we can, you know, in, in these struggling times. No, that’s what I put, uh, the best response I sought of Elmer Fudd thing was obviously some tweet from somebody who said, I’m sure that Molotov cocktails and milkshakes and pellets of brick would be acceptable to placements being a Molotov cocktails. Did you see that? Uh, closed captioning transcription error where they put a mazel Tov cocktails? Oh my God. That was an amazing picture of the Orthodox Jewish guy. When I was reading the article about, uh, the U S military might be losing the trademark to a space force, Netflix series. Have you watched it? No. I still have not broken down into watched it yet. We, the Orville office is I like to call, um, it’s um, I don’t want to say it’s not good. It’s not what I expected. I’ve heard good things. I’ve heard some good things about like, you know, the problem is with these, with some of these actors is when they be, when they get a little bit too old, they become characters of themselves. Yes. Like, well, and some of them become caricatures of themselves. Yeah. That’s what I just said. Um, Oh, you said, you said characters. I didn’t know if you meant, like they were like here at characatures themselves. You know, like John Malcovich is in this any he’s like, he’s like, um, God, what’s the guy’s name that just got busted for all the porn in Hollywood. It’s like him doing Epstein. John. Malcovich not Epstein all of the actor that was in Kevin Spacey, Spacey thing. It’s like Spacey. It’s like Spacey doing Malcovich like, everything’s not [inaudible]. And it just it’s really it’s Eric doing? Walking. Eric does a good walking notes. It’s like a bad, it’s like a bad person. But like, um, corral is like always going to be corral from the office. Like, yeah. It’s just before the 40 year old Virgin. One of the two. Yeah. Right, right. And it’s not, I went into it wanting to like it. I still might like it again, but it’s like, it was just, it was a tough watch. It really is. Like you had to wait a half an hour for like a good one line. You expect it to be like yuck, yuck, like the office that you would think so. And it wasn’t, it was not the Orville office. All right. Hey, before we, before we roll, Hey, capital one knows life. Doesn’t alert you about your credit card. That’s why they created, you know, the capital one assistant that looks out for surprise credit card charges like over tipping, duplicate charges or potential fraud, then sends an alert to your phone and helps if you need to fix them another way, capital one is watching out for your money. When you’re not capital one, what’s in your wallet. See capital one.com for details. I always want to read the end, like really fast. Like the old micro machines guy have a little one, a little like another thing that went on, like we always talk about TV and crap. I was, I was, dorked like, nothing’s better than formula. If you’re a formula one fan at all. No. Like one out of a hundred races are in the rain. So like Sunday morning, soccer’s over. I flipped ESPN formula one and it’s in the rain and I’m gigged and I’m like sweet. And I’m texting Tulio. I’m guessing there’s a lot more crashes when that happens. Uh, no, it’s just, it just like with the mist and everything, it’s just really cool to watch. It was F in video game. They were televising it and they’re using it in like the cinematic view. So it looked cool. Like I got, literally I got angry. Like I want, you know, not that I want, I’m dying for sports to come back. You know, premier league guy, apparently it’s starting back this week. So I want to see how England is tackling it versus, uh, Germany with this, with the chance in the crowd. I’m hoping that they, uh, learn some tips, um, who does, Oh, Hey. Before I forget, uh, you were, we were talking about the whole space force thing. Um, the reason why the U S government will probably lose, um, any rights to it is that Netflix is smart. Um, and as soon as that project got greenlit, they filed all the trademarks, uh, everywhere for the words, space force. Um, and so, yeah, because why wouldn’t they, uh, and, and yeah, so we’ll, we’ll see how that plays out. That should be, that should be fun to watch. Can you declare eminent domain on a trademark? Well, who’s done space for us since Reagan anyway, or what did he call it? What did Reagan that was star Wars. That was star Wars. That was actually called star Wars. Did you see, what did the article I sent the movie called? Was it star scream? God bless it. Oh, no. You a star crash 1978. You through that. And I, I saw it like I it’s on Amazon prime if I recall correctly. Yes. So the reason I watched those under my recommended on YouTube, and some guys said that this movies, star Wars stole off this movie, but in actually in actuality, it’s reverse. I was like, yeah, well, cause he have it’s 78. That would be after star Wars. So, yeah. Right. So like, imagine like the it’s so bad. The count is like, from like a, a Mexican spectation station film, like Dracula, like that’s what he looks like. He was almost, um, like, it just it’s. So over the top then there’s David Hasselhoff is the, is the hand solo. Um, the guy that the guy that’s playing Luke is like the greatest American hero, but if he was a meth head, um, and then the princess Leia is like Barbarella, like Playboy playmate and Barbara Allah clothes. And like, it’s so bad. Like the opening, the opening scene is like a crawl. What was that battle beyond the stars? Do you remember that one? No. It had John boy in it. Um, and it had the Valkyrie, which was basically the blonde Elvira in the super revealing dress. Um, yeah, so same. And it was like right out. So yeah, same kind of thing. Doesn’t surprise me. But like the, the, the, the, they tried or they thought that this was like pre star Wars and Lucas stole it. You know what I mean? But like now, like, you know, then they found out it’s done a year after

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Episode 350 – Clear 2 Go COVID-19 Screening App

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 80:57

what is going on? This is the IT in the D show. Episode 350. We are, we got a great guest this week. Mike, Willis’ one of the founders of clear to go. And there’s a cool new app. That’s helping companies stay safe when they’re bringing people back, uh, from this Kobe madness, um, which is very timely, uh, and should be a great, great conversation. Uh, and speaking of which obviously, um, we, we all acknowledge what’s going on in the chaos in the world. Hopefully our show can give you a little break from that on behalf of all of us. We just want to say that we stand with all the peaceful protesters and, uh, we hope that some change can come about all of this and we can all be better for it. Um, so you know what, Dave, you may fire when ready? Okay. Welcome back. How’s everything doing? This is episode three 50 of the one and only it in the DJ. We all are, are all broadcasting live from our respective houses. This is Bob, the sales guy that is Dave, the geek Randy. I do the Twitters is doing the Twitters. You can find us online at it in the D that kind of do us a favor. Give us a like on the socials and subscribe to us everywhere. Fine podcasts are sold. Yeah. And Hey, here’s a slight change to, what’s become the norm over the past nine, 10 weeks. Um, we don’t have any events on the calendar just yet. Uh, but we’re about to, uh, so now that we’ve got a, you know, the stay at home order has been lifted. Uh, restaurants and bars are gonna start opening at 50% capacity starting next Monday. Uh, so yeah, it looks like we’re going to have the opportunity to start bringing some events back and we’ll see how we can do that. And with any luck our, uh, our guests will tell us how to do that. Not stupidly [inaudible]. So yeah, we’ll figure that one out, but Hey, this show is brought to you by our very new friends, um, private internet access, uh, just to let you know, uh, we’re as concerned about privacy as you are, they are founded in 2010. 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Uh, what would that be instead? We sincerely appreciate your time. Um, so I guess let’s talk, uh, getting a product launched with this stuff only being a month or so old. I mean, that had to have been a pretty Herculean feat, I guess, talk to me about the idea for this and then we’ll dive right into the product. Sure. Yeah. I mean, uh, gosh, we’re in like week seven of this thing, uh, for us at least, uh, you know, I think we have Wednesday morning, I get a call from my partner and said, you know, uh, what if we had something to do like this? And it immediately just snowballed into this huge thing where yeah. Screening questions are definitely needed, but there’s this whole process that happens behind the scenes. Uh, HR teams have to make sure not just that people can come back to work, but what happens when they can’t and, and for all the various reasons why not? So, uh, you know, it just 18 hour days, 15 to 18 hour days for the past seven weeks, it’s getting pretty rough. But how big, a big a team of coders do you have or are you guys doing all this internal? Yeah. Yeah. Uh, luckily it was amazing, you know, just really lucky for us. We had a team that just kind of, uh, came off of another project and we’d all worked together before and just, it was like, we’re getting the band back together. Yeah. That’s always a good feeling. So I guess in short, what is it a technology or, or the app? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, it starts off as like there’s, you know, a, an iOS and Android app and then there’s, we call it an SMS text app and basically a, you need, with those ways, you get a reminder in the morning, if you’re an employee of someplace, Hey, it’s time to screen, you know, uh, and, uh, you fill out a few questions. The questions are customized per employer. So, uh, you know, somebody in Georgia can have different questions than somebody in Michigan. It makes perfect sense. Right. Right. One size doesn’t fit all, especially for businesses. So, uh, you answer your questions and as long as you have it, your answer, everything, uh, you know, in the green, then basically you get your little badge and it’s green, so you can hold it up across the room and, and show it to people like in the lobby and say, yeah, I screened. Um, I’m going to go through to go. And, um, and then there’s a barcode too, so that we can link that up, uh, through, uh, essentially a visitor management system. And so if you come in and you scan, we make that link electronically back to that business. Um, and so then on the, on the other side of that is case management where a response team or HR can manage what happens when somebody fails a screening. And so whether it’s asymptomatic symptomatic, whether they’ve been diagnosed, uh, and then following that process from, uh, just, uh, watching it to, uh, treatment to recovery, to finally being cleared, to return back to work well. And, and I guess, like, that’s a good question. Cause like, you know, we’ve got, uh, friends that have gone back for, you know, whether it’s Ford or GM or, you know, something other big three. And like, I know like one of our buddies had an issue, uh, because one of the standard questions that they ask, uh, during their process is, you know, do you have a, a sore throat or a runny nose or anything like that? And well, it it’s allergy season and, and it’s Michigan. And, and so the answer for like everyone is yes, like that’s how that works. I’m going to add to this. We got to have, we got a big sign on the outside of our door. Um, it says, you know, if you have any of these symptoms, you can’t get entry. And one of the symptoms is diarrhea and I’m walking with my boss and I’m like, they’re never going to let you that I’m building nice. Yeah. I mean, part of it too is like making sure that you’re clear in the questions. So like, eh, have you had a persistent new cough for the past three days? Things like that. It’s a little, a little bit of nuance. Well, and I guess, I guess that was, that was where I was going with that question is like, do you guys provide any guidance to what those questions should be? Or do you come with a default set of questions? That kind of thing. Yeah. We’re trying not to prescribe and because it’s really easy for a, an HR department that’s just overworked right now to just take whatever’s off the shelf. And so we do make recommendations from, you’ve got the CDC, so federal you’ve got state, you’ve got County, you have sometimes cities recommending it. And, and, and so trying to pick and choose what works best for them, uh, based off those templates. Yeah. That’s what I was going to ask you, Mike, like, can they, it’s there, it’s up to them to pick or choose like what compliance standards are there already, are they adhering to, is this just, um, it’s basically, you know, cause I filled out a half a dozen of them at different places already and they’re all different. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it’d be nice if there’s just one set up, but that’s it. And, uh, you know, for awhile it was like, Hey, we want to ask, uh, what their temperature is and you know, the temperature gets you into the HIPAA related issues, but we’ve had guidance that says that’s not HIPAA, but also temperature is a trailing indicator too. So I mean, it’s, it’s one of those things that’s tough. Um, we don’t have a good answer on, Hey, this is the best set of questions. I don’t think anybody does really. No, but I’m just wondering like, okay, so they go through all your things, everyone’s got their, they’ve got the sticker. Um, you know, they can check that, I guess, what box can they check? Is this basically like for HR to go back to management and say, Hey, everyone, that’s come through. The facilities been is good to go clear to go. Sorry. Um, uh, you know what I mean? I guess what, uh, what, what’s the end game I was going to say to me? I mean, to me it sounds like it’s, it’s a compliance and protect yourself from liability thing. Um, where, I mean, from a like, you know, and this is, you know, kind of like, you know, from our perspective, you know, getting ready, you know, to open up podcast Detroit and all that stuff, I would like to be able to have something, um, even if it’s just a, you know, a line in an Excel spreadsheet or a, you know, or something that says, Hey, the engineer that was in the room that day self-reported as, you know, clear to go and, and life’s good. I mean, and I would assume that would be w that’s what any employer is looking for. And you did touch on something that I was kind of curious about is that self reporting process, how, how, how does that bump up against HIPAA and how, like, how do you handle that? Yeah, yeah. A couple of things there. One is, there’s definitely a CYA aspect of this is like, uh, let’s make sure that we don’t have any liability here of just we’ve done the things that we want to do. There’s this term from, uh, I forgot where I heard it, but like, make it ensuring the best possible outcome, right? There’s maybe something bad that happens, but let’s make sure the best possible thing that happens can’t happen or can happen, happens. And so that’s, that’s part of it of just, you know, and then, so it’s self reporting. An aspect of it is, uh, we’re getting, we’re getting guidance from federal that basically these particular items done in this particular fashion does not violate HIPAA. Uh, however, we are still going the compliance route where we’re making sure that we’re doing the things that you should be doing to protect data. Um, we’re also trying to avoid the 1984 aspect of it, where we track everybody’s location and all that information. I mean, uh, we’re very much, uh, privacy conscious. And so that’s the other aspect of it, you know, don’t track it if you don’t have to. And then if you do track it, track it well and keep it protected. Yeah. I mean, so going back to what Dave said is this, is this just a liability thing, I guess I’m just trying to, you know, we’re not talking to, you know, different companies in one, I’m bringing this up. I mean, conceptually, it sounds great. It sounds amazing, but I’m just, you know, again, who’s, who’s the one that’s, that’s going to be the light bulb above the head going, yes, we need this. It’s typically HR, but a lot of executives, I mean, uh, there’s not, you know, across industries where it’s legal. I mean, we have on here right now, legal hospitality, manufacturing education in this Valley surface industry, it goes on and on. There is not an industry that doesn’t need it or doesn’t want it when you talk to them about it. So there, there’s definitely a liability, but there’s also just, you know, when you’re dealing with five people as an employer, you can handle this. You can mentally keep track of who’s screened and who hasn’t. You can, even if you want to do an Excel spreadsheet, but at some point, if you have 500 employees or 5,000, this gets unmanageable with accelerator tools, you can’t use survey monkey for this. Oh, that’s the thing we’re in a, you know, like I’ll just use us for an example where it’s in a 6,000 person building, but we’re not back all back yet. We’re trickling trickling. I’m in over about a six week period. Um, there’s stickers on the floor, there’s limits on the elevators. There’s, there’s basically hand sanitizer stations everywhere. You know, they’re basically, uh, or sitting checkerboard, if you, we used to sit on top of each other, but now it’s kinda like every other or every third. Um, you know, but nobody really there’s the signs outside saying if you have any of these symptoms go home, but nobody’s really checking you when you’re walking through the turnstiles. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it’s a really good point to bring that up because for me, the stickers on the floor were like, I remember the first I went to home Depot and my mask and I’m like, there’s, you know, stickers on the floor. Do we need this? I know how far six feet away is, but everybody’s naturally trained to do things. Not that are, that are not good in a pandemic. We’ve all been doing this for many, many years. Right. We go up and shake hands. We hug each other. And so you need these things that just kind of get you back in this mode that we need to be safe. And so when it comes to filling out three simple questions or answers to simple questions, it’s like, why do I need this when you need it? Because you’re not used to it. You need to get in the habit. You need to be thinking about it, conscientiously that this is wait, was this cough here for awhile? Actually it has been, it’s getting worse too. You’ve got to need something to trigger that. So yeah, there’s the CYA aspect of it, the liability. But there’s also the real honest, we can make sure that people are safer because they’re not coming in. And this actually, this goes then into like what happens post pandemic? Well, there’s a thing that we learned about, uh, called, uh, absenteeism. And I hadn’t been familiar with it all in the beginning, but basically people it’s a manly thing to do. It’s a hard work ethic thing to do. And I say manly, just because I was a figure in the mind, but really it’s, it’s all about work ethic and come into the office, even though I’m sick and don’t feel well, well, that actually gets everybody else sick. And so whether it’s flu season or pandemic season, which hopefully this is a one time deal, uh, you you’ve got that problem. And this is a tool that can help to kind of manage that as well later, like flu season weapons, season, duck, season, duck, season. It’s funny, like when you were talking earlier about, you know, home Depot in the, in the marks on the wall, like, it just reminds me of like, we want to go get ice cream with the kids this weekend. And there’s like our local place twist and dip in Auburn Hills. And I’m like, sweet. There’s only four people in the line. And then I go to pull them a lot, like, Nope, there’s 40 wrapped around the building. I’m like, damn social distancing, but you know, what’s your take on like, you know, with the bars getting opened up today or, or what next Monday? Yeah. Monday. Yeah. Like again, the six feet rule and the bars are usually you’re sitting on top of each other. Like, how do you, I mean, are you foreseeing using this in those, in hospitality facilities like restaurants? Or is this you, I guess what’s the, uh, you know, if you, you walk in and you’ve got a cop, you don’t want to drink, you’re not going to admit shit. Like, you know what I mean? Like gum some, well, you know, give me the right shot and that’ll make my cough go away. Let’s be real. No, but how much for people being truthful? I mean, that’s a huge part of this, is it not? You know, that’s a really good question too. I mean, if it’s going to be me, I might kind of like, wait a little while in my, my, uh, my home looks a little bit like Dave’s bar back there, but I th I think, uh, this system works well in a place where there’s, uh, you know, responsibility to, to answering truthfully. And then some cases employers at the beginning, they say, you must answer this truthfully, otherwise it’s grounds for termination. You know, it gets that extreme. You don’t have that type of, uh, you know, carrot for people going to a bar. So this probably doesn’t work well for that situation. Um, it could, but it’s going to require a lot of people to say, yeah, this makes a lot of sense. There’s places where this works. Well, think about like orange theory. You’re already used to using an app you’re already used to going in at a specific time. You’re already used to find a process that that’s something where this works and makes perfect sense for a bar where anybody can show up and maybe RDA has been drinking and pre-gaming, and isn’t thinking to, to, uh, do well. Well, that’s, that’s another story. So is this like a free, if you’re a solo user costs of your business, I guess what’s the pricing model look like? Yeah. So we have a nonprofit pricing, but really enterprises is really what we’re targeting for our small businesses. It’s free. So, um, the idea is that, and we also do, uh, first responders free for municipalities as well, so Oh, very cool. Yeah, we’re trying to, we’re trying to make it so it’s obtainable for everyone. And then still, you know, the, the, the capitalism kicks in and development gets paid for someone has to pay if someone’s got, do we want to be helpful, but we’re not altruistic. Let’s, let’s be clear. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, can you, do you envision transitioning? COVID goes away, let’s say in July and it’s never to be seen again, obviously, obviously we’ll get another pandemic and a couple of years, but, um, do you, can you transition this into something else that’s applicable? You know, I, me as a nerd and a developer, I was like, this thing will we’ll build it. And then, you know, what kind of side of the side, but realistically, as we’ve rolled it out and learned about absenteeism, and then you talk to HR departments, they go nuts about this. They want this, uh, it’s, it’s really crazy how excited they get about this whole process, because they see, uh, they’ve already been dealing with these types of issues. And so they see it at a post, uh, post pandemic. Well, yeah, I was going to say, I mean, I wouldn’t think it’s a really hard transition to make this applicable to flu season or, you know, to whatever else. Yeah. So that’s something where you’d like it during flu season where you’re going to have your entire employee base scanning, but the product changes a bit more where it’s like, you know, it’s a, I’m raising my hand, I’m letting people know, you know what, I’ve got these symptoms, I’m just not going to come in today. And then all the process that flows through that. Cool. So, I mean, I guess, uh, where do we find you? How do we find out more information? That sort of thing? Yeah, definitely. So the site is called clear to go.co one of those magical domain names that was available. And, uh, and yeah, so you can get in for more information there, there’s a little product demo video, uh, where we’re starting to show more and more features, uh, you know, early days of product development. It’s just get the features out the door and have time to talk about himself. We’re light on marketing, but, uh, there’s more information and we’re happy to give demos and talk to people about it. So, uh, yeah. Awesome. Yeah. I’m going to, in to work tomorrow. I’ll, uh, if I need to get your info, I’ll get it from Pat or I think I probably have it in the emails. Um, but no, this sounds, uh, it sounds great for keeping compliant during these, uh, during these sessions. I’m so tired of that phrase. Um, uh, and well, I guess, and, and is there any sort of, is there anything you wanted to hit on that we missed? Oh man. I, you know, I could talk for days about it, but, uh, that that’d be boring. Uh, yeah. It’s, it’s funny. You get really passionate about something suddenly just consumed. That’s how it’s supposed to be. Yeah. Cool. Well, Hey Mike, Willy clear to go.co obviously Apple and Google, right? If you want to dominate. And I guess just to, just to clarify, is that clear the number two or clear Tio? A Tio. Okay. Clear Theo go. That’s you. Gotcha. Awesome. Well, Mike, I appreciate you spending time with us. Uh, best of luck. If we need anything, feel free to reach out in the future and best of luck in your, uh, like you just, uh, endeavor. Thanks so much for having me on it. It was my pleasure. Awesome. Great. Timely info. Appreciate it. All right. Thank you. Yeah, that makes for a, for an interesting concept, you’re going back to work like just to like, you know, cause, cause again, like with us being back at work, like everyone’s kind of looking sheepishly out. Some people like, you know, near me, like those eyeballs, it’s very, uh, well, and I guess, I guess Mike, we didn’t, didn’t mention this. If you want to hang out for the rest of the episode, you’re more than welcome to do so if you’re, or if you need to break free, you can do that as well. It’s on, it’s up to you. I, you know, I feel kind of awkward watching you guys work. Like I said, Hey, it’s up to you one way that we’re both good. I’m going to take off, but thanks so much. It was really fun. All right. Awesome. Thanks for joining me. I really appreciate it. Um, before we dive in any further, capital one knows life. Doesn’t alert you about your credit card and that’s why they created Eno. The capital one assistant that looks out for surprise credit card charges like over tipping, duplicate charges or potential fraud, and then sends an alert to your phone and then helps you if you need to fix them another way, capital one is watching out for your money when you are not capital one, what’s in your wallet, see capital one.com for details. So, uh, I guess diving in real quick, this has been a, uh, now I’m gonna go fight the power. No, I want to start out. We’ll get to that stuff in a minute. You know, we always talk about what we watched over the weekend. I think there’s a few things I wanted to hit on that were, uh, uh, especially on the sports front, it’s getting weirder. Like my German soccer now has cardboard cutouts in the stands. So they decided not to go the sex doll route is what you’re saying. They, they got the pipe that still piped into the chance. Well, I watched a, I don’t know if you saw the movie, the, uh, the hidden fortress. No. So there’s, there’s uh, what I did is I saw a thing with Lucas and he’s talking about all his influences talking about, you know, flash Gordon, obviously the thirties real. And he’s talking about this guy, uh, Kira, yo Yona Salwa was it Yoda, sour? I don’t know. I’m mispronouncing it regardless. There was a movie from the fifties called the hidden fortress and he said he basically ripped star Wars off of this. And it was funny. It was amazing when you watched it because it followed like these two goofballs in the like kind of walking in the desert. One was short where this tall, where they combing the desert. Yeah. They bickered like the entire time. They basically, it was, uh, during the time and these guys were in like a labor camp and they broke out and along their journey. So it was like, what it’s supposed to be are two and three PO when you, as soon as you watch camera angles, your shit. And then as they’re walking, they find a, uh, a general or a samurai of behind enemy lines whose Baden was totally OB one basically. Then they find it like a posting for, you gotta find a princess and you get 10 gold pieces. Well, apparently 10 gold pieces you’re like set for life. So these guys were peasants, you know? So it basically, it follows the, it, it goes like star Wars where it follows the entire story through the eyes of the two Pez, interesting kind, kind of like star Wars with the droids. Right. Instead of like the heroes, but then like, there’s like two scenes that are like, Oh my God, this is totally star Wars. They have a tool with the spheres and it’s totally like, you watch it. And it’s like, they almost choreographed obiwan verse Vader, move for move. Okay. Yeah. And then the bad guy comes back later with like all scarred up and like wearing all black. Okay. And it’s like, Oh, you know what? I think I see, I think I did watch this once upon a time. Cause that has been one of the stories that’s been floating around forever. Now that you’re given some of these details, it’s starting to come back and then there’s one scene. It’s like this little speeder bike scene. I’ll be honest with you. Don’t get mad at me. It’s a really hard watch. It’s all subtitled. Oh yeah. No, it’s, it’s not something that your typical American audience is going to be like all in favor of, but it’s for, I mean, for nostalgia purposes and for seeing like, okay, yeah, yeah. The, the influences and all that stuff, it’s totally worth a watch. If you want to do the two ladies, you didn’t watch, they have YouTube things where it’s, side-by-sides perfect. But like it’s it’s yeah. It’s anyway, it’s away. It’s definitely worth a, but it was on HBO max until I watched it. Gotcha. So like my do my post about that. Like I don’t like it’s the HBO, max is the most confusing, ridiculous thing that anyone has ever done. So like, if you get it, here’s what I figured out. So if you get HBO through cable, then you automatically have HBO go, which will. And then, and then if you have, if you have HBO through cable, you will automatically have access to HBO. Max, if you have HBO now, which is the, just on like just the, like the app version of it, then that’s somehow going to automatically transform to HBO max and that, but if you get HBO through like a Roku device or an Apple device, well, then they haven’t figured that out yet. And you don’t know what you’re doing pretty much. Like, I just don’t like, why, why could this not be easier? Like what in the ever living hell. Um, but no. So the one thing that I want, and I don’t know, did you watch a filthy rich? Yes. I don’t like to be a feat if you don’t know what Dave’s talking about. It’s the Jeffrey Epstein. I’m filthy rich. It’s a mini docu series. It’s four episodes. They’re all about it. They’re each about an hour long and it’s not going to say, I feel it felt dirty watching it, but dude, that’s some creepy ass shit. Oh no, I absolutely felt dirty watching it. And I, and I honestly, I felt a lot of, a lot of anger watching it on, on, on several different levels. I mean, one, um, you know, finding it cause I mean, we all, you know, we’ve all heard some of it as it was going, you know, when he was arrested and all that stuff. And you heard a little bit about, you know, why Jim Acosta got pushed out of office and all that or resigned, um, you know, and that kind of stuff. When’s the first time we heard of the Lolita, that was wasn’t that an inside joke from like the nineties. Yeah. Well, yeah, but I mean, but yeah. Who do you, but who knew what it was about? And so that’s the thing. The FBI got their first report on this JAG in 1996, um, from two sisters, uh, who had been his victims, um, and that got swept under the rug. And then you had, um, you know, the 2006 thing, you know, where, you know, basically Acosta behind closed doors and without any, um, you know, they, they basically cut them the, uh, I’m sorry, West Palm beach police department completely out of it. The FBI took things over and Acosta signed this behind closed doors, sweetheart deal that basically guaranteed immunity to Epstein and all of his named and unnamed co-conspirators. Um, so even though it was basically so saying like, basically at any point in time, he could say, Oh no, that was one of my unnamed co-conspirators you can’t prosecute them either. Uh, and just, you know, in all this, you know, and just, and all the stuff with his lawyer, uh Oh, Alan Dershowitz. Yeah. Well, it was, you know, the guy that defended one of the guys that defended OJ, one of the guys, you know, he, I mean, he’s a very high profile, constitutional law lawyer. Well then like the guy that founded the limited that lives in central Ohio that Epstein apparently stole 46 million from, and yet he never bothered, prosecuting or reporting it even, which is kind of weird, like, yeah, it’s a $50,000 John Cash check, keep it. Um, but then, you know, you look at, you know, just all of the, you know, you know, especially when it comes to his townhouse, which, and townhouse does not do that. I mean, that was like a seven point something million dollar mansion, 70, Oh yeah, sorry. Seven. Yeah. Um, yeah. And, and literally every single square inch of that house was wired for video, um, you know, bedrooms, bathrooms, common areas, everything. And so that’s one of those times where you sit back and go, Jesus, tap dancing Christ. How many people does this guy have video of? And that’s why he was alive. That’s why he was able to skate for so long. It was toilets and everything goes well. And honestly, so here, I mean the one, I guess the one positive, uh, that I will say, um, about the doc, I mean, cause it is, it can be a hard watch. The one positive is that it really does give the victims or at least, you know, these, these key ones that were part of the documentary, it gives them their voice, um, and gives them their chance to tell their story, which, you know, um, until a federal judge came along and overturned, um, Acosta’s plea deal. Um, they weren’t allowed to because, you know, they, they, they never got their day in court. They never got there, you know, any of this stuff. Uh, and, and so, you know, just knowing, just knowing that they were able to finally have their voice and finally gets it, get some stuff out there. Um, w I mean, that’s good for them. And I, and I hope it’s cathartic. And, you know, I hope on some level it helps bring them some closure. Um, you know, because it has, I mean, it is, it has jumped all this stuff yet, again, up into the forefront. And, and I think if it weren’t for everything else going on in the country right now, you’d be seeing a lot more news, much more heavily focused on this. I just hope it brings light to anyone else. That’s continuing if they are his bullshit. Oh, I do not even care if it’s continuing. I want to know if they were a part of it in the past. I want to know. I, you know, I do, I do. I want to know who was on that damn Island. I want to know who was in that damn townhouse. I want to and string them all up. I don’t care what party you’re from. I don’t care what country you’re from. If you were a part of that in any way, shape or form, hope they hang you by your toes. I hope you get the, uh, we hold the suicide two bullets in the back of it. Yeah, exactly. Or, yeah. Conveniently, conveniently hang yourself when there’s not enough room for you to hang yourself. Yeah. So answer me a question I’m kind of dying and kind of jumping all around here, but like the world health organization right now. So what was the standard? According to YouTube, everyone, but like now who comes out, who, but they were like, yeah, no masks after like everyone. Well, to be clear, healthy people do not need to wear masks is what they’re saying. Not that nobody needs to wear masks because again, the, the, and that’s the thing. And that’s, that’s what people, and I think a lot. And so like that wasn’t really earth shattering news to me because their whole point is like these cloth masks that people are wearing are not there to, they can’t, it’s like the end 95 masks have a filtration system. The cloth masks are literally there to keep projectiles as you cough from coming out of your body and getting anywhere. So if you’re healthy, you don’t have anything to be projecting out onto people. It’s the sick people that need to have those masks on, in order to protect other people from getting the virus from them. And have you seen where, sorry, Randy, but have you seen like where it’s gone though, like there’s videos and videos and videos on YouTube of like people getting shamed. I grew up with three stores and screamed at, for not wearing a mask it’s taken, it’s taken a complete life of its own where like the court of public opinion now has superseded any medical advice anyone has gotten well, I mean, that’s usually how that works. Anyway. The court of public opinion trumps pretty much everything, no pun intended. And I was going to say with the way testing is limited, still so far with, uh, you know, not being able to get access to testing supplies, you know, if you’re healthy or not so well, but then, you know, it gets back to our guests, you know, you’ve, you’ve got all these questions out there. Do I have a cough? No. Do I have a sore throat? No. Do I, you know, do I have a fever? No. All right. Well then I’m healthy, you know, and if that’s good enough to go to work, why isn’t that good enough to go to Meyer? Why, you know, why isn’t that good enough to go to wherever else? I mean, I can totally see both sides of this. And especially when they say, if you have diarrhea on the outside, I feel like, I feel like that should just be a general rule. Bob. I feel like if you have diarrhea, you should be nice to all of your fellow coworkers and just not destroy the toilets all day. Like that, that should just be a role, but I can’t go anyway. Sorry, boss still got to work from home, had white castle and draft beer last night, but you know where we can go on next week HopCat and Royal Oak. Nope. HopCat Royal Oak fall down and go, boom. Um, and this sounds like a, another black thin situation where they tried to jump the rent up on them, um, dramatically and they couldn’t come to an accommodation. And so they said, see you for the work that they did on that building, that place was gorgeous, hands doing a half million dollars worth of construction. I read it is. I mean, and that’s, that’s a damn shame. I mean, cause I mean it, it, they definitely class that place up after it was Woody’s. I mean, dude, that rooftop lounge alone was amazing what they did up there. Um, and so yeah, I mean, I it’s a shame. I mean, it it’s, it, it really, really is. Um, but then the other place you’re gonna be able to go starting in July, although I don’t know if you’re gonna want to bother, um, Disney has set their opening date of seven 11, uh, they’re opening on July 11th. Um, but uh, all employees must wear masks. All guests must wear masks inside or outside. The mask remains to be seen. Uh, they are not going to be doing any fireworks, parades or any other event that quote unquote draws a crowd. Um, I’m not sure they didn’t really have any details about how lines and that kind of stuff were going to work. Cause I mean, do you think the line at your little ice cream shop was crazy? Can you imagine like the space mountain line, you know, six feet apart from each other, it’s going to wrap around the park. When’s the last time you’ve been in Disney? Uh, 10 years. So just that whole getting to the very boat. Yeah. Like you’re standing on top of people. Like if you limit, like it’s gonna take 10 hours to get on the goddamn Island. Yeah. That’s yeah. So I mean, I, I, I, you know, honestly it’s a hard pass for me. Like I’ll, I’ll wait. Cause we have, we’ve been talked about taking the kids. Um, it that’s all wait until all this nonsense settles down and things, approach something, you know, back to normal. Um, but yeah, no, that’s, I truly don’t even know why they’re bothering and, but Hey, I mean, if you want to, uh, today’s what the first, so Thursday you can fly out to Vegas if you want to. I, um, so did you see with the D casino he offers? Um, I think I wrote the notes down. He offered what a thousand free tickets to come out to Vegas. Um, Oh yeah. He’s sold his first. This was from a friend of the guy when we went last year, friend of Albert, that friend of Derrick’s, uh, you go, Steven sold out his first round of a thousand and an hour. Did it again and sold out the next thousand and two hours. So basically it was given free flights to Vegas. It’d be just see, I don’t even think he needed to stay at the casino at his place. Oh, that’s crazy dude. Like I, there’s a reason. I think that Vegas, uh, features prominently in, in several movies and stories like the stand, um, as the central of all of the, all of the plague stories. Um, and, and yet, no, no, I’m, I’m, I’m good. I’m good on Vegas. I’m good at, I’ll go to Disney before I go to Vegas. Put it that way. Well, I mean it’s 110 degrees in that. Damn. Like, I don’t know what it says. Yeah. All guests must have their temperatures taken on arrival. It doesn’t say orally or annually. We’re hoping. Um, and its properties must have medical crews on site at all times, uh, designated areas for COVID testing and wait for the results masks available on request. Um, yeah, like, again, this is one of those things gambling like cut in half. So every other slot machine, yeah. They’re going to see like roped off like chairs and stools in front of every other gaming machine. Well, and I think there were, I think I shared, uh, the pictures in one of the messenger chats or via text when we were talking about this before, um, where like you look at some of the setups they’re looking at for like the gaming tables, like poker and roulette and that kind of stuff where they’ve basically got these plexiglass shields around the gaming area with like a little, you know, gap underneath it that you can throw your chips out and that kind of stuff. Um, big partitions between, you know, where people are supposed to stand. I mean, it’s art, get your cards from the church basket. Like they do it tomorrow. Right. I’ll do it. Every everybody’s doing that now every, every, every takeout place is, is, is doing that now for the most part. Um, but yeah, I mean, I, again, nah, nah, now I’ll pass. I’ll wait, thanks. I don’t need to go that bad. I mean, it’d be nice to get out and just be around people. But if I kind of like everything’s behind a plexi glass maze of shit. Yes. I, if I’ve got to wear the full body condom from, you know, uh, everything I always wanted to know about sex, but was afraid to it’s gotta be dead. No, I’m good. Did you see that? Uh, the story I sent was somebody designing, um, basically it’s a, it’s a Oh Microtel. No, it’s like a bubble suit for like micro shell. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. And then like, it looks like, it looks like you’re, you’re part of daft punk mixed with Tron. Yeah. Basically just so, Hey, how can we bring events back? Bring socialization that great. Everybody put on effing space suits and then they get talk to people. How much is that going to increase the ticket price to pay for these suits? I think you’ve got to buy one if they don’t give them to ya. Oh yeah. No, I think it’s yeah. I think Bob’s right. I think you’re supposed to, you’re supposed to have your own personal one that you wear to the concerts that you want to go to. Absolutely not. This is the stupid quote is clown. We need to make sure that people want to wear, they feel good about wearing it. So it’s a little bit more of a fashion piece rather than something that looks like a medical device. So yeah, that’s what it looks like. It’s basically a Tron suit. Yeah. I don’t want to wear that shit. You’re going to be at an outdoor festival in 95 degrees and I got to wear goddamn motorcycle, leather suit. Kiss my ass. Yeah, exactly. I’ll be, I’ll be home if you need me. But now speaking to temperature, I did the story just kind of cracks me up where, so apparently Ford, the Ford, uh, car interceptor, uh, that they make for cops is going to have a builtin system that is going to raise the internal temperature of the vehicle to 133 degrees in an effort to combat, uh, coronavirus. Uh I’m I’m saying it right now, loud and clear, someone’s going to get accidentally cooked. Like it’s it’s it’s going to happen. No, like that was like back in high school when you’d fart in the car and you close the windows and turn on the TV, this is what it was made for. Right. You have a virus, the mentor who wants to cook of the hot box. Yeah. Nice. It was friends in the car. He wants to do it. Yeah. I mean, that’s honestly that, that does. That just seems like it’s just that, that one is just rife for something going wrong with it. I’m not amused. It’s like he brought me in. They’re like, yes, go ahead. This sounds amazing. If you want to cook yourself medium rare. Right. Go for it. Uh, so one of our favorite shows, uh, Cobra Kai is coming up on their season three release and ahead of their season three release. Uh, they are apparently getting shopped by Yahoo, not Yahoo, um, YouTube, uh, who is getting out of the original content creation business. They were getting shopped around that didn’t last long. What did they have the show? Yeah, basically. Uh, and I ordered that shit. And so they’re getting shot at, it looks like either Netflix or Hulu is going to be who picks them up. Um, and I, I guess part of the deal is if you’re going to pick it up, you have to contract for at least one more season. Uh, so I mean, that’s, that’s, that’s the good news on that front. They haven’t really announced yet which one it’s landed at if it has yet. Um, but yeah, I’m looking forward to season three to see Allie come back and then season four, we’ll see what happens. Does that mean I can cancel YouTube premium now. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It’s not, yeah. It was YouTube bread that it was premium that, yeah. Um, I, I don’t know. Cause I, I think this, I think season three might still be getting released that way. Um, and cause it was like, okay, you’ll have exclusive access to the first two seasons. Um, but yeah, I mean, it was a really weird convoluted thing that they were trying to put out there. Uh, but you know, I think this, I think this season might still come out via YouTube premium, um, as well as whatever platform it’s on. And I guess we’ll, we’ll see, whenever some deal actually gets reached and it gets announced. I mean, it’s not like they’re not going to release it. They know, like you said, they know this is one of the only reasons why people are you and I have it, bro. I don’t need it. Um, by the way, uh, I know we talked about this, uh, the secretary of state. Um, I got, I was gonna say, yeah. So did, did your license expire this year too? Well, mine expired. Bo’s expired and Gretchen’s turning 16. Oh, that’s right. Well, we just got our tabs today. Bo mail them in like April 5th because our birthdays are made first. We just got our tabs today. Oh, see, I did all that stuff online and got them within like a week. If I recall correctly, she mailed a manner. I don’t know she did it and my wife did it. Um, but then I, we, so we had to do a meeting. Um, today I had to look the soonest. I could get a meeting in person at Pontiac or at Rochester Hills was July 17th. Yep. So almost a month and three weeks, just an appointment. Cause there was a, cause my uh, physical therapy is next door to the one on crooks. Right. And you know, it was appointments only big signs they’re open now. So that means like literally they’ve been taking appointments starting now and they’re booked up that far in advance. Well, yeah. Cause I mean there, cause I mean they laid off 80% of their staff, um, a couple of weeks ago. And so I don’t know that they’re fully ramped back up. So I mean there may only be one or two people in there trying to handle everything that’s going on and you know, you don’t know what kind of transactions people are coming in with and how convoluted and crazy things are gonna get. So I mean they did, I know they extended, it was originally June 30th. They have extended like if your, if your license has expired, I think it’s between May 1st and uh, February, I believe till whenever it ends. Um, they’ve extended everything out to July 31st. Yeah. Hey, did you see the thing? Uh, Google’s doing a couple of cool things, you know, sometimes we trash around, but I’m going to give them credit when they do good, good stuff. Or you keep talking, I’m listening, I’m grabbing a drink. Yeah. Yeah. The, um, Randy don’t know if you saw this, they are giving ’em on Google, my business profiles, you know how you have a business profile with their map and all that stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Well you can put a button up there to promote, uh, gift card purchases or to promote a donating to their staff. So it’s kind of like kind of helping the a, you know, they partnered, I guess with, uh, PayPal and go fund me for donations. Um, you know, thinking linked directly to their, uh, gift card page to buy those from square toads or whatever. And they’re basically, uh, and they’re also adding a new search option to find, uh, to find support or for customers to find port options for local business. Yeah. Yeah. So they, they kind of, uh, gave this out of nowhere. Um, you know, and I guess, uh, it’s increased more than 700% since February. So, uh, you know, yeah. And then pretty soon they’re going to also allow businesses to Mark things like they have online classes or online appointments so that they don’t have to have customers in person. Yeah. That’s a weird thing. Like you’re opening up retail, but you’re saying by appointment only. So you mean to tell me, I gotta call game stop and I can book a one o’clock appointment to go buy Witcher three or whatever the hell they want to buy in. And yes. I mean, if you know what you’re going to buy, you just do curbside pickup. Yeah. You just need to browse, you know, you, I need a wedding gift or something like that. Then you get you to go browse, make an appointment to go browse the store for 15, 20 minutes to pick out the perfect gift or whatever, which you’re going to buy. It’s very pretty woman Bob, you get to shop by appointment. You’ll have your own personal shopper. That’s it. The other cool thing Google is doing is actually offering their employees a thousand dollars to build a work at home office. Yeah. Got it. That was pretty sweet. Yeah. And that’s for those that built a home office. I mean, I’m not saying that’s a lot of money where you can buy a whole lot of shit at Ikea for a thousand dollars. Pretty sure you can buy an Apple for me for a thousand, my office that I built upstairs, which is basically like a, a L shaped, uh, bench. Um, and like the three cabinets above and then one below. Um, yeah. I don’t even think that was 500 bucks for all of that. Yeah, no, Sam, I’ve got a $60 Ikea desk and a $40 on desk shelf with a thousand dollars. I could buy some nice stuff. Like some monitor stands and a keyboard tray and, you know, make it actually a workstation instead of just a flat surface. I remember when I first started at HP, I guess they got so many people were out of work for like back problems and shit that they were like, go buy yourself the best office chair you can get at whatever store that’s closest to you and expense it. And because here’s the why we’ve had so many people with like bad backs and they’re gonna, you know, issues. Right. Carpool smart. Yeah. So like I still have that chair it’s weighs a ton, but it’s great, you know, phenomenal chair. So I got a, I got a good touch in a bad touch for you, a good touch, uh, for all you people who have 97, uh, bags of cans and bottles sitting in your garage. Uh, apparently the flood Gates are open on June 15th. Uh, the state of Michigan said that’s when they are opening up to start accepting bottle returns again, whether or not that means that the, the individual stores are going to be hearing to that. I don’t know, but that’s, that’s the date that was put out there. You know what I think, uh, that would be a great thing like to donate, like someone’s so much in it started this thing and picked five charities. Cause if there’s $50 million and think about the change, I mean, obviously people want their a hundred bucks. The think about the change that that could do for the state, for nonprofits that actually need this stuff and are absolutely food banks. Cause other people that have been out of work and missing rent. I mean, I know it’ll never happen. You know, there’s 10 million people in the States are doing Bob meth. Everybody gets five bucks a week. We hate Bob math. Um, but then, so then there’s the bad touch. Uh, did anybody have, um, thieving aggressive COVID monkeys on, on their, uh, apocalypse bingo card? I can’t believe that steals babies are blood blood. No. So apparently these monkeys, uh, escaped from a lab in India, um, after wailing on a laptop tech, uh, and then were found later found I’m sitting up in a tree, um, eating the, uh, the coronavirus blood samples. Yeah. You know, did, did we talk about the monkey that drove in on the little, uh, evil Knievel motorcycle and stole the baby? No, no, Holy shit. Look it up on YouTube. Just put monkey steals, baby. When was this? So help me, God, this some bitch drives down down the alley on one of those. Remember those evil Knievel ones he’s on, he’s on a fricking evil Knievel motorcycle gets off grabs this 18 month old baby. I’m assuming. And by the leg and starts running. And this guy like basically hollers at the thing, you know, let’s go to the baby, but he pulled the baby a good 10 yards, like down the alley. We did planet of the apes is happening right now. Like that that’s in case that’s the June bingo square planet of the apes comes to fruition. Well, that was the Holy cow. Yeah. The monkey just comes riding in on his motorcycle, jumps off, grabs a baby and starts dragging it down the alley. Yeah. That’s super fast too. That would be scary. Did you see the monkey gangs? Cause they can’t get any food because everybody’s in lockdown in Singapore. We brought this up already. Yeah. There’s like literally a thousand monkeys and that’s what they were all talking about is like, um, the rats are coming out now because they don’t have all the garbage and shit. Oh yeah. Goats are breaking down fences and just getting into people’s yards and eating, know, eating whatever the hell they want. It’s do the earth has done with us there. Oh yeah. The other story that broke today. Yeah. There’s another Ebola outbreak going on. And Africa case you thought the earth was done with us 24 hours of earthquakes in Yellowstone. Yes. Yeah. Yes. He, and Jellystone Bob, it’s a picnic take baskets, no Yellowstone where there happens to be a giant, super volcano that if it erupts. Yeah. It takes out most of mankind. There’s there’s that? So yeah, I watched that when I was a kid. I remember that. Yeah, exactly. Uh, so what else we got? Oh, I thought it was, this was kinda cool. Uh, the news came out that, you know, Admiral thrawn, um, is one of the popular characters from, uh, both books and the cartoons. Uh, and as apparently going to get a live action show, which is awesome. I just finished the star Wars rebels this weekend. Uh, I was surprised how much it was a direct continuation of the clone Wars. I expected a nod here and there, but I wasn’t expecting, you know, the return of Rex and the soca. Oh yeah. And a throne showed up season, season three and uh, he seemed interesting, but they didn’t really go into a whole lot about, and so it’d be cool to see him, you know, I think they, they basically assumed that anybody who was watching had read the, you know, the, the EU books that came out. I mean, I mean, that’s, you know, thrawn was one of the central, he was the central character in the books that basically started the star Wars come back, you know, air to the empire. Um, and that trilogy by Tim’s on, um, basically without that, there is no star Wars today. Cause star Wars was dead before those books came out. Yeah. And he’s one of the best characters on star Wars heroes on the, uh, on the mobile phone, get a hold of him and get them ramped up. And he’s like, I still have not gone back to that game. I just got to level 81. And then Bob, I know you’re excited about the new home item. That is a game changer to end all game changers games. You just, so here’s the thing. This is what I love about ingenuity and capitalism. I don’t know if it’s capitalism or whatever this is with. Um, basically there’s been an argument going on since the Dawn of time, if you’re an over or under toilet paper person. Right. Does it roll under rollover? Yep. Yeah. Yeah. What does Kohler do? They throw out the middle finger to everybody they’re saying we’re squashing this once. And for all we’re putting at some bitch vertical, then another debate is, you know, behind her in front and said, yeah, you can’t, people are like pissy about it. Like if you’re, if you’re under person like, Oh yeah, that could be, I think a girl telecom, she likes country music, like get out of my house. Exactly. Bare feet on my dashboard, dead to me like this, this thing’s vertical. And I’m like, I think I’m going to have to buy that. You think about that saves a little space. I don’t know. Maybe it doesn’t, I don’t know. But then yeah, if you’re left to right or right to left, I think it doesn’t matter anymore. Easier to tear off the paper too, because it’s vertical. So you’ve got kind of like gravity going in your favor too. Yeah. And then you don’t be lazy and you don’t have to like do all that. Yeah. You don’t have to hand it one to hold the roll in one to tear. I mean, I guess my whole thing is hopefully it’ll keep, uh, you know, dogs and cats from just going in and unrolling entire roles no matter which way it’s sitting. So yeah. Yeah. There’s basically it’s, it’s Kohler’s way of saying shut up. There’s I freaking love it. No, by the way, I know there’s a, I don’t, I’m trying to stay away from all of madness and all the crap did, uh, did you see that they, they flew a predator drone over Minneapolis. Okay. Well, yeah. And if, well, but, and if you read the story from the base commander that it was flown from, they do this all the time. Um, you know, they do it in support of when there are large fires going, they do it in support when there are large festivals going on, all that kind of stuff. So it’s really nothing new. It’s just, you know, one of those things that came to light as a result of this, well, he was unarmed. Yes, exactly. It wasn’t, it wasn’t actually armed or so they say, but it was essentially one of the predator drones, but I guess the ACLU is just, is just literally pooping their pants over this one amongst other things. Yeah. I’m sorry. Worry more about the ones that are being flown over Baltimore by the Texas billionaire dude. That’s doing that, that we talked about last week. Oh, that’s right. Yeah, exactly. Dude. It, it seems like it’s a year between shows now with everything that’s going on. Like I can’t even remotely keep up. Uh, but you know, speaking to the drones in the riots, Hey, shout out to Paul Thomas, uh, excuse me, dr. Paul Thomas. Um, our buddy from plum health. He’s been here on the show before I’ve done a lot of good stuff. Um, his office is one of those ones that got hit, although not bad, just the windows got graffitied. Uh, so he didn’t really have to deal with any damage or anything. Um, but he, I mean, he had a very, very positive outlook about it. Um, as, as he always tends to do about everything, uh, you know, he was just like, Hey look, um, you know, I’m here trying to lower everybody’s health costs and can you, can you not mess with me, but you know, we’re going to clean the windows and we’ll be open tomorrow. It is what it is. Oh, the like Volta midnight got hit and gr yeah. And they got hit, they got hit pretty bad. Yeah. Yeah. I think it’s going to take days to back up, you know what, and honestly, here’s, here’s the, here’s the one thing that I think is, is super cool that I think the media is, is not paying attention to. Um, so yeah, I mean, grand Rapids, a lot of shit went down and I mean, the, the pictures they were there, you know, the images they were showing of basically just an entire street, a row of cars on fire, um, you know, in a lot of this stuff going on, but there was also a volunteer crew. Um, just people that showed up starting at like six in the morning to clean up the city, um, you know, the, the local coffee shop there was handing out free coffee to everybody that showed up. Um, and, and, and they really busted their asses and got, you know, all the glass cleaned up and, and all that stuff. And it was, it was really great to see a community come together. And I think that’s, that’s one of the things that, you know, is it’s one of those stories that, you know, you kinda cock your head a little bit at, and, and, and you wonder how much of it is true and how much of it is hype, you know, about all the outside agitators coming in and, and that sort of stuff. But, you know, I do, I, I, I find it, I find it kind of hard to believe that people would want to completely destroy their own neighborhoods and their, and their own stuff. I mean, that just, it’s not really logical. And you’ve got these stories about these mysterious pallets of bricks that are just showing up on street corners. They’re not near any construction zones, they’re not near anything, and they’re calling them, you know, they’re using the hashtag bait bricks. Um, you know, and, you know, if you see these, you know, take a picture and report just the police have them come get them. Um, you know, it’s, it’s, we’re in super interesting times right now. And, and I I’m, I’m, I’m tired of saying unprecedented times, uh, but, but we really, really are. I mean, there’s, there’s so much going on and, you know, we didn’t even touch on, you know, Trump’s war with Twitter that went down. Um, you know, he got, if you want a blueprint though, of how to do it, right, the guy from Tennessee County, I mean, he’s gonna run for president someday, hopefully. Um, I don’t know if you watch that or not. Um, and if that didn’t bring you down, like just humble you and make you, like, if you, you didn’t see the video of him saying, Hey, I’ll walk with you. What are we up to take off all my shit? By the time I left, all of it, let’s go, what do you want to talk about? What is walk through people? Well, and, and I mean, James, you know, and, and chief Craig, I mean, you know, in Detroit, you know, what, you know, try to, you know, try, you know, try to have a very calm, you know, mellow dialogue with people too. And it’s one of, you know, it is, and it is, I mean, it’s, it’s a struggle. Like I, I get it. Like there were, there were a lot of people that got angry about how the DPD, uh, acted, uh, last night in particular where, um, you know, so the, you know, the basically Detroit issued a curfew, uh, starting at 8:00 PM. Um, and there was a large gathering of people, uh, outside of DPD headquarters, uh, at eight o’clock, they said, Hey, you know, the cops started announcing on their Bullhorn and the, over the PA system, Hey, it’s eight o’clock curfews enabled time for everybody to go. Um, they said it again at eight 10, they said it again at eight 20, at eight, the purge alarm went off. Was that a all right? Um, at eight 30, I think this was brilliant at eight 30, they just said, Hey, we’re starting to tow cars from around streets of you’ve left your cars on the streets. Um, you know, it’s, it’s, it’s a really, it’s a hard thing for, I think, police departments to try to balance that community interest and still keeping the peace in light of everything that’s going on after it gets dark. I mean, cause if you do, if you’re watching this, it is, it is two very different environments for the most part, at least, especially here in Detroit. I mean, there’s been, you know, in LA and a couple other places, there’s been shit on fire at nine o’clock in the morning, but I mean, you’ve got what seems to be a very peaceful, you know, calm set of people during the day, uh, you know, that are there to get their voices heard that are there to get their point across. Uh, and then at night, I mean like just all hell breaks loose. And, and I don’t know if it’s, you know, because, you know, and we all, I mean, we’ve, I’m sure you’ve seen them too. The videos of, you know, basically unknown agitators and, and they usually, they all are almost always white, uh, that are walking around, you know, downtown areas and breaking windows and, and starting shit. Um, and then when confronted by locals, they run away. Uh it’s you know, and so, I mean, that’s, I, I, I do tend to believe that that’s real and that’s happening because I mean, th

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9 Local Headlines Plus Detroit Unemployment Surges, HopCat Files For Bankruptcy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 20:01

On today’s show, we bring you the latest news about ongoing protests in the city and region, and we discuss the ramifications of new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say unemployment in Detroit proper is at 51% right now, third worst in the nation behind Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. What does this mean for Detroit’s much-vaunted “comeback”? Also making waves across Michigan today: The parent company of HopCat, the craft beer-focused restaurant chain, has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It says it intends to open its Michigan HopCat locations on June 13 while it works out a financial restructuring under bankruptcy protection. We also hear from Trevor Staples of the Tony Hawk Foundation about a key funding hurdle in getting a new skatepark built at Chandler Park on Detroit’s east side. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has rescinded three coronavirus-related orders, while Oakland County has rescinded its order closing outdoor playgrounds and playground equipment — further good news for those of us with kids! (But bring hand sanitzer — sven). Rivian, the electric vehicle startup, has let go 40 employees but hired a new chief operating officer. Oakland County has hired its first-ever chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. Sales of cocktails-to-go got a boost when the proposal passed unanimously out of a Michigan House committee. We spoke about that with Robyn Cleveland of Norden Aquavit here: http://www.dailydetroit.com/2020/05/26/podcast-to-go-cocktails-proposal-makes-progress-bike-share-ridership-steady/ And lastly, Star Line, one of two ferry operators serving Mackinac Island, has announced a new Mackinac Pirate Adventure Tour. They’ve outfitted a ferry boat, called the Good Fortune and shown in the photo above, to look like a pirate galleon. You’ll be able to take it to the island, or on an evening booze cruise under the Mackinac Bridge, starting June 19. Thanks for listening to Daily Detroit. If you like what you’re hearing, tell a friend about us, leave us a review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, or support us by becoming a Patreon member.

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Detroit Free Press Briefing for May 28th, 2020

Detroit Voice Brief

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 5:00

Feds indict Anthony Marrocco in Macomb County corruption scam, HopCat in Royal Oak to permanently close, seek new location, Twelve Oaks mall, others in Michigan set to reopen retail stores, and Detroit Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman will keep Jeff Blashill as head coach.

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Will Hertz's Bankruptcy Hurt The Detroit 3? Hopcat Closes In Royal Oak, Ford's (Literally) Hot New Option

Mornings with Jordin Silver & Friends Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 24:57

On today's show, we dive into the news about the bankruptcy filing at car-rental giant Hertz. Analyst Michelle Krebs joins Sven to talk about the impact to the auto industry. And Jer speaks with Eater Detroit editor Brenna Houck about HopCat shutting down its downtown Royal Oak location. There’s news about the Detroit Red Wings and the Ford-Wyoming Drive-In movie theater. Plus, we offer the latest updates on COVID-19 numbers from the state and city of Detroit, and more.

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An Astrophysicist Answers Your Questions About Black Holes, Supernovae and Neutron Stars

CultureShift

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020

Learn the secrets of some of the most mysterious phenomena in space this Thursday, February 27, at Hopcat in Detroit

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Tue 9/3/19 - “The studio smells like fries”

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 71:19

The team recap their weekends. Jordin's cat is officially her life partner. Stacie almost died at Santa-Cali-Gon. They play a few rounds of Never Have I Ever. Jordin announces the next Emo Nite in KC. Jessie from HopCat in Westport lets the team tastetest three new fries. They talk about Stacie's mortified that she's bringing in tomorrow. Social Media: http://www.instagram.com/jordinsilverNext Emo Nite: Fri 9/27 at Riot Room

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16_The NotAFoodie Show- Crack Pies, CBD Burgers, Red Sauce Italian, Matt Jozwiak

Notafoodie

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 59:57

Crack Pies, CBD Burgers, and Charitable Chefs This week in food news is very drug-centric. Milk Bar has renamed its Crack Pie and Carls Jr. is releasing a 4/20 CBD Burger. Massimo Battura is working hard and feeding the homeless. After being slammed by critics for “Crack Pie” being offensive, Christina Tosi of Milk Bar has changed the foods name to Milk Bar Pie. Milk Bar is the second establishment this year to replace the phrase “crack” in their food, the first being HopCat, a large gastropub franchise in Michigan, they changed their “crack fries” to “galaxy fries”. The year is 2019, and even though the crack epidemic has softened up, there are still thousands of people addicted to crack, and it is not something to make light of. Source Fast Food Chain Carl’s Jr is releasing a CBD infused burger for one day to test it out and see if there is a demand. Tom predicted that a fast food chain would put a CBD infused item on their menu back in January. Carl’s Jr is only releasing the burger for 1 day(4/20, obviously) at one location(Denver, obviously) to see if it is something that they should pursue for the rest of the country. Source Massimo Battura was nominated as one of one Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019. He has started community kitchens all over the world that serve restaurant quality food and feed the homeless, refugees, and the food insecure. Feeding the food insecure is a big topic for this episode, as we interview Matt Jozwiak, the President of ReThink Food, an organization that dedicates themselves to feeding the food insecure. Source An Ode To The Red Sauce Joint This week Bon Appetit put together one of the most comprehensive pieces on Italian- American Cuisine. They titled their work Red Sauce America and put together over a dozen different articles addressing all sorts of Red Sauce culture from Six Degrees of Chicken Cutlets, to Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know about Rao’s, and even the History of Buca di Beppo Tom and I talk about our favorite Red Sauce joints, the difference between Italian and Italian-American food, and what how both of our death row meals are Red Sauce dishes. Tutto Bene translated to Everything Good, but more importantly, was the restaurant of my childhood. My father’s office was across the street from them and to this day is still probably where I’ve had the most meals of my life. Chicken Parmigiana, Veal Scarparella, Veal Sorrentino, and of course the Baked Clams. Writing this has me salivating over the memories of dipping crunchy bread into the leftovers of the baked clam tray, the oil, lemon, butter, parsley, and breadcrumbs. This is a visceral experience that can only be replicated at Red Sauce joints In Italian Cuisine Pasta is not a side dish. It is its own course to be respected and appreciated. I think that this is something that Italian-American cuisine gets wrong. I understand how inexpensive pasta is, but to offer it as a complimentary side dish cheapens it. Pasta’s potential is limitless and can go toe to toe with any type of dish. To quote The Big Night “Sometimes the spaghetti likes to be alone” Matt Jozwiak and Rethink Food Tackle The Problem of Food Waste in NYC Sign up to Subscribe and Donate to Rethink Food NYC According to Feeding America, there are 42 million people facing hunger in the United States, with 1.4 million being in New York City alone. Astonishingly, research shows about 40% of the food produced in America today goes to waste; this is equivalent to 70 billion tons. Our goal is to make sure the wholesome excess food gets to hungry mouths. Rethink Food NYC Inc is a non-profit organization working to recover nutritious excess food to provide low or no-cost meals to New York City families in need. They transform unused food from grocery stores, restaurants, events, and corporate offices into ready-to-eat, nutritiously dense meals that are delivered to local human service organizations in New York City. With the initiative to run a community kitchen, their top chefs can both serve their community while developing entrepreneurial and leadership skills to help students establish an education that they will carry with them into future careers. Rethink Food NYC Inc goes beyond meals by using food as the tool to promote poverty solutions, participate in nutrition education, and convene food policy events. After learning about the Rethink Food mission I reached out to its Founder and President Matt Jozwiak and asked if we could have him on for an interview. We lucked out and he came to visit us in Greenpoint to talk all about what Rethink Food is doing to help food insecurity in NYC. Besides being one of the most impressive people I have met, Matt is also one of the most impressive chefs. He has trained at Noma, Alinea, and most recently Eleven Madison Park. He and his team tackled all the issues of restaurant food waste and food insecurity one by one to develop Rethink Food. I asked Matt if he needs more volunteers, more restaurants to partner with, or anything else. He told me no, they just need more donations. So once again, support the end of food insecurity and donate to Rethink Food. Sign up to Subscribe and Donate to Rethink Food NYC

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4 Things To Know Around Detroit

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 8:51

A major water main break in Detroit is causing havoc for residents, nearly a hundred thousand downtown Detroit office workers…. and auto show attendees staying at hotels. Then, a local ice cream shop is getting a new flavor when it comes to their decor. Hopcat has a new name for their fries. And finally, I went out to Dearborn to check out historic artifacts from Michigan Central Station and give you the details on how you’ll be able to see them for yourself.

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Alpha Acid Radio - Ep004

Alpha Acid Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2019 34:50

MrLiquidBread talks about Chicago's new dominance in the craft beer world, Ohio throws out the welcome mat for a southern brewery, Avery and Founders have become BFFs and I discover why and Hopcat is off the Crack Pipe. Craft beer news, served to you in the proper glassware.

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Comedy Central Axes 'Detroiters,' Doner Agency's Actual CEO Weighs In

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 14:00

It's a sad day for Detroiters who were fan of the TV show of the same name. Comedy Central today opted against bringing the buddy comedy "Detroiters" back for a third season, co-star Sam Richardson announced via Twitter. On today's show, we wax nostalgic about the beloved but short-lived show. Jer speaks with David Demuth, president and CEO of Southfield-based Doner, the real-life ad agency that was the arch-nemesis of the show's fictional Cramblin Duvet advertising firm. How'd the show settle on Doner as its foil? Elsewhere, we report on the other news that has Detroit talking — that HopCat is doing away with its popular Crack Fries out of deference to the reality that crack is a horribly addictive drug that has devastated families and whole neighborhoods in places like Detroit. The actual fries and recipe will remain, however. Which leads us to talk about our favorite fries. Yes, our show today gets absurd, fast. Elsewhere, we run down: A new snow-plowing protocol in the notoriously under-plowed city of Detroit A planned expansion of Oakland Community College's downtown Royal Oak campus (the Daily Tribune has the full story) The Detroit auto show inks a seven-year deal keeping it at Cobo through 2026 And some holiday fun including Santa Claus, beer tasting and classic arcade video games are coming to the Fisher Building lobby on Saturday. Like the show? Tell a friend! Really like the show? You can chip in on our Patreon. Your monthly support helps keep this grassroots project going. http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit

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Lions Winning Bad, Crack Fries, Graham Couch AP Vote, & Jimmy Howard

Big Drew & Jim

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2018 134:02

Big Drew & Jim discuss why the Lions beating Arizona was a bad thing, address Hopcat changing the name of crack fries in the latest issue of our times, Graham Couch refusing to vote for teams who don't play on the road in college basketball, and the decision the Red Wings need to make on Jimmy Howard.

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Detroit Rising podcast: Detroit chamber backs Gretchen Whitmer for governor

Crain's Detroit Business

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2018 15:49

For the first time since 1990, the Detroit Regional Chamber is endorsing a Democrat for governor. The chamber's political action committee backed Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday over Republican Bill Schuette, who has racked up the majority of endorsements from business groups in Michigan. Brad Williams, vice president of government relations for the Detroit chamber, sat down with Crain's Senior Reporter Chad Livengood at Hopcat in Midtown to discuss the business group's endorsements in the Nov. 6 general election.

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Ep 6 - Shani Womack

CWCM Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2018 35:19

On this episode, we feature a testimonial from Roshanda "Shani" Womack, pastor, singer-songwriter, storyteller, counselor and Flint Michigan native. She shares the story of her experience with the Flint water crisis, the important moments in Flint's history that led to present day conditions, and her perspective on the power of water, and the importance of electing clean water candidates. Shani was interviewed by campaign founder Seth Bernard. This episode is sponsored by HopCat. /// The Clean Water Campaign for Michigan seeks to place clean water issues front and center in the year building up to the 2018 elections by urging every candidate running for public office to make a strong stand on critical issues affecting Michigan’s waters. Using storytelling and music events across the state to amplify the groundswell of public support for clean water issues, this campaign is driven by Michiganders from all walks of life who share a similar priority: protection of our water, a most vital resource. /// EPISODE 6: / Roshanda "Shani" Womack interviewed by Seth Bernard / Sponsored by HopCat / Produced, edited and mixed by Dan Rickabus / Narrators - Alex Smith, Dan Rickabus / Music - Mike Savina & Seth Bernard

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BTM Episode 176: New HoptCat at Knapp's Corner, plus Beer of the Week from Grand Armory

Better on Draft Podcast | Archive

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 40:34

HopCat celebrates the opening of its 7th location in Michigan and 17th overall. This Podcast was recorded at HopCat Knapp's Corner. This show aired Sept. 8-9, 2018 on radio stations all across the state.Learn more about HopCat at https://hopcat.com/Learn more about Grand Armory Brewing Company at http://www.grandarmorybrewing.com/

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Better on Draft 143 – Hopcat

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2018 105:24

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Better on Draft 143 – Hopcat

Better on Draft | A Craft Beer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2018 105:24

We are live every Friday night at 7pm EST on our Facebook page, join us on Facebook Live! Another full house in the studio for Episode 143! Adam and Jay from Hopcat Royal Oak are live in the studio! The studio talks news with the guests, which includes discussion about a significant brewery closing. An in-depth talk about Styles takes place in the final segment. Plus, Matt makes a huge announcement! Don’t forget to listen to us live every Friday at 7pm EST on Facebook Live. We are also on your Spotify too! https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocmThanks to Audible for this show! To start your free 30-day trial and receive a free audiobook visit https://www.audible.com/detroit or text Detroit to 500-500!Don’t forget to listen to us live every Friday at 7pm EST on Facebook Live. We are also on your Spotify too! https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocmIf you have a minute, please feel free to rate us on iTunes, we would truly appreciate it! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/better-on-draft-a-craft-beer-podcast/id1091124740?mt=2www.twitter.com/betterondraftwww.facebook.com/betterondraftwww.untappd.com/bodpodcastwww.youtube.com/c/betterondraftwww.instagram.com/betterondraftSPOTIFY- https://open.spotify.com/show/0rofqU5VHPmEjcGLwJbocmDownload This Episode

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7-31-18 Kiley Gwynn – Mountain Rose Herbs – BJCP Judge

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 128:48

7-31-18 Mountain Rose Herbs is an online purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. They focus on sustainability and offer one of the most thorough selections of certified organic herbs, spices, and botanical products today. Organics are their first choice regardless of price or profit. They try to stay as close to zero waste as they can, and have a Platinum ranking for Zero Waste Certification. Their herbs are certified organic, and sustainably harvested. They sell everything from herbs and spices, to culinary oils, bath and body care products, essential oils and so much more. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Show links and notes DraughtLab - Sensory Guide for Craft Beer Danny Acevedo - Modern Mead Making Videos BJCP The Flavor Bible Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events Learn to Make Mead with Herbs - taught by Kiley Gwynn on Facebook Live August 1-August 4 - Sap House Meadery - 20% off all purchases in house and online, free tours and tasting Saturday August 2 - Lincoln Lagers Brew Club - Jeremy Goering is giving a demo on Session Meads. That mead will be served at the judges reception for the Sowers Cup competition. August 3-4 - Uprising Meadery - Grand Opening August 3 - Melovino Meadery - 20% off orders for all AMMA members through Mead Day August 4 - Black Heath Meadery - Black Heath Meadery releasing batch 2 of Double Barrel Double Vanilla Weight of the World - bourbon barrel aged traditional mead aged one year in Dickel Tennessee Whiskey barrels with 2 pounds of Madagascar Vanilla beans. August 4 - HoneyGirl Meadery - Mead Day August 4 - Brimming Horn Meadery - Mead Day August 4 - Second City Meadery - doing Mead Day giveaways August 4 - Heirophant Meadery - Mead Day release of the Song of the Elders mead August 4 - Laurel Highlands Meadery - Mead Day meadmaking demo - 3PM August 4 - BeeCraft Mead - Mead Day celebration August 4 - HIve and Barrel Meadery - Mead Day August 4 - Brooklyn Mead Day August 4 - White Winter Winery - Mead Day August 4 - Ancient Fire Mead and Cider - Mead Day Celebration August 4 - Hopcat in Royal Oak, MI - Mead Day Celebration August 4 - Arizona Mead and Cider Festival- Arizona Mead Co., Arizona Sake Company, Cider Corps, Drinking Horn Meadery, Meridian Hive Meadery, Redstone Meadery, Stoic Cider, Superstition Meadery, Angry Orchard, Blackthorn Cider, Crispin Cider, Magners, Smith and Forge, Woodchuck, Wyders, and more! August 4-5 - B.NektarPalooza - International Beer, Cider and Mead Festival August 5 - Enlightenment Wines - Mead Day with NY meaderies August 25 - Bronto Mead - Weed and Mead Party Got an event you'd like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com and tell us about it!

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7-31-18 Kiley Gwynn – Mountain Rose Herbs – BJCP Judge

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 128:48

7-31-18 Mountain Rose Herbs is an online purveyor of the highest quality organically grown herbs and spices, teas, essential oils, & botanical goods. They focus on sustainability and offer one of the most thorough selections of certified organic herbs, spices, and botanical products today. Organics are their first choice regardless of price or profit. They try to stay as close to zero waste as they can, and have a Platinum ranking for Zero Waste Certification. Their herbs are certified organic, and sustainably harvested. They sell everything from herbs and spices, to culinary oils, bath and body care products, essential oils and so much more. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Show links and notes DraughtLab - Sensory Guide for Craft Beer Danny Acevedo - Modern Mead Making Videos BJCP The Flavor Bible Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events Learn to Make Mead with Herbs - taught by Kiley Gwynn on Facebook Live August 1-August 4 - Sap House Meadery - 20% off all purchases in house and online, free tours and tasting Saturday August 2 - Lincoln Lagers Brew Club - Jeremy Goering is giving a demo on Session Meads. That mead will be served at the judges reception for the Sowers Cup competition. August 3-4 - Uprising Meadery - Grand Opening August 3 - Melovino Meadery - 20% off orders for all AMMA members through Mead Day August 4 - Black Heath Meadery - Black Heath Meadery releasing batch 2 of Double Barrel Double Vanilla Weight of the World - bourbon barrel aged traditional mead aged one year in Dickel Tennessee Whiskey barrels with 2 pounds of Madagascar Vanilla beans. August 4 - HoneyGirl Meadery - Mead Day August 4 - Brimming Horn Meadery - Mead Day August 4 - Second City Meadery - doing Mead Day giveaways August 4 - Heirophant Meadery - Mead Day release of the Song of the Elders mead August 4 - Laurel Highlands Meadery - Mead Day meadmaking demo - 3PM August 4 - BeeCraft Mead - Mead Day celebration August 4 - HIve and Barrel Meadery - Mead Day August 4 - Brooklyn Mead Day August 4 - White Winter Winery - Mead Day August 4 - Ancient Fire Mead and Cider - Mead Day Celebration August 4 - Hopcat in Royal Oak, MI - Mead Day Celebration August 4 - Arizona Mead and Cider Festival- Arizona Mead Co., Arizona Sake Company, Cider Corps, Drinking Horn Meadery, Meridian Hive Meadery, Redstone Meadery, Stoic Cider, Superstition Meadery, Angry Orchard, Blackthorn Cider, Crispin Cider, Magners, Smith and Forge, Woodchuck, Wyders, and more! August 4-5 - B.NektarPalooza - International Beer, Cider and Mead Festival August 5 - Enlightenment Wines - Mead Day with NY meaderies August 25 - Bronto Mead - Weed and Mead Party Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com and tell us about it!

7-24-18 Justin LeVaughn – Mead Analysis at Ethereal Brewing

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 146:11

7-24-18 Tonight we're talking with Justin LeVaughn, who is the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Officer at Ethereal Brewing in Lexington, KY. Justin does the microbiological and sensory analysis there, and maintains their yeast stocks. Justin started home brewing beer about 10 years ago in college, and combined his formal biology training with the hobby. He fell into the mead world about 4-5 years ago, and was hooked. His main passions are carbonated session meads and metheglins, but he regularly brews big fruit and spice meads. He loves experimenting with weird flavor combinations, and setting up trails with different flavors. Currently he is planning mixed-fermentation trials in meads and cysers. Ethereal Brewing first opened its doors about 4 years in the iconic Distillery District in Lexington Kentucky. Ethereal focuses on variety of styles, most notably French and Belgian beer styles, as will as mixed-culture fermentations. Ethereal's motto is blending the lines between art and science, being a small microbrewery that combines the processes of scientific inquiry with the artisanal craft of brewing. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Show links and notes DraughtLab - Sensory Guide for Craft Beer Danny Acevedo - Modern Mead Making Videos BJCP The Flavor Bible Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events July 28 - Etowah Meadery - Live Music by Lindsey Beth Harper August 4 - Hopcat in Royal Oak, MI - Mead Day Celebration August 4 - Arizona Mead and Cider Festival- Arizona Mead Co., Arizona Sake Company, Cider Corps, Drinking Horn Meadery, Meridian Hive Meadery, Redstone Meadery, Stoic Cider, Superstition Meadery, Angry Orchard, Blackthorn Cider, Crispin Cider, Magners, Smith and Forge, Woodchuck, Wyders, and more! August 4-5 - B.NektarPalooza - International Beer, Cider and Mead Festival August 5 - Enlightenment Wines - Mead Day with NY meaderies August 25 - Bronto Mead - Weed and Mead Party Got an event you'd like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com and tell us about it!

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7-24-18 Justin LeVaughn – Mead Analysis at Ethereal Brewing

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 146:11

7-24-18 Tonight we're talking with Justin LeVaughn, who is the Quality Assurance and Quality Control Officer at Ethereal Brewing in Lexington, KY. Justin does the microbiological and sensory analysis there, and maintains their yeast stocks. Justin started home brewing beer about 10 years ago in college, and combined his formal biology training with the hobby. He fell into the mead world about 4-5 years ago, and was hooked. His main passions are carbonated session meads and metheglins, but he regularly brews big fruit and spice meads. He loves experimenting with weird flavor combinations, and setting up trails with different flavors. Currently he is planning mixed-fermentation trials in meads and cysers. Ethereal Brewing first opened its doors about 4 years in the iconic Distillery District in Lexington Kentucky. Ethereal focuses on variety of styles, most notably French and Belgian beer styles, as will as mixed-culture fermentations. Ethereal's motto is blending the lines between art and science, being a small microbrewery that combines the processes of scientific inquiry with the artisanal craft of brewing. If you want us to tackle your mead making questions, you can send us a question and we'll tackle it online! 9PM EDT/6PM PDT Join us on live chat during the show Bring your questions and your mead, and let's talk mead! You can call us at 803-443-MEAD (6323), or Skype us at meadwench (please friend me first and say you're a listener, I get tons of Skype spam), or tweet to @gotmeadnow. This player will show the most recent show, and when we're live, will play the live feed. If you are calling in, please turn off the player sound, so we don't get feedback. Click here to see a playable list of all our episodes! Show links and notes DraughtLab - Sensory Guide for Craft Beer Danny Acevedo - Modern Mead Making Videos BJCP The Flavor Bible Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff Upcoming Events July 28 - Etowah Meadery - Live Music by Lindsey Beth Harper August 4 - Hopcat in Royal Oak, MI - Mead Day Celebration August 4 - Arizona Mead and Cider Festival- Arizona Mead Co., Arizona Sake Company, Cider Corps, Drinking Horn Meadery, Meridian Hive Meadery, Redstone Meadery, Stoic Cider, Superstition Meadery, Angry Orchard, Blackthorn Cider, Crispin Cider, Magners, Smith and Forge, Woodchuck, Wyders, and more! August 4-5 - B.NektarPalooza - International Beer, Cider and Mead Festival August 5 - Enlightenment Wines - Mead Day with NY meaderies August 25 - Bronto Mead - Weed and Mead Party Got an event you’d like us to mention on GotMead Live? Send us an email at gotmeadlive@gotmead.com and tell us about it!

What political pundits are watching in election year 2018

Issues and Ale

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2018 84:01

The many elections of 2018 could stir up a big political year in Michigan. Issues & Ale , an event series from Michigan Radio, hit HopCat in Royal Oak Monday night to discuss the political balls up in the air this year – and why they could spell excitement to come.

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Join Michigan Radio for Issues & Ale – It’s Just Politics Election Year Preview

Issues and Ale

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2017 84:01

Monday, Jan 22, 2018 6:30 - 8:00 pm HopCat 208 5th Ave., Royal Oak, MI 48067 2017 was certainly an eventful year in politics, and 2018 promises to be more of the same. We have a race for governor and every statewide office in Michigan up for grabs, open Congressional seats across metro Detroit, key ballot issues, and national mid-term elections to look forward to. Join Michigan Radio Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry, our “It’s Just Politics” team of Zoe Clark and Rick Pluta, and other political experts for our next Issues & Ale event as we re-cap 2017 and look to the year ahead. This promises to be a fun and fast-paced look at Michigan politics and the changes we may see. Stop by, have a drink, and join in the discussion. Free admission, but advance registration is needed. Register here

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BTM Episode 129: Learn about Blis Gourmet, plus what's new at HopCat

Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 41:30

This weekend Amy Sherman co-hosts the show with her sister Sarah Sherman of Blis Gourmet; they welcome Chris Knape of HopCat.

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Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever, Episode 27 – Royal Oak Roundup, Part 2 – Hopcat

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2017 24:25

Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever, Episode 27 – Royal Oak Roundup, Part 2 – Hopcat

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Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever, Episode 27 – Royal Oak Roundup, Part 2 – Hopcat

Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2017 24:25

Worst Meatball Sandwich Ever, Episode 27 – Royal Oak Roundup, Part 2 – Hopcat

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Road Trip! ROAK Brewing

Baron of Beverage

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2017 10:50

Last week I was traveling for business in East Lansing, MI – but I was still able to squeeze in an interview with Quinn Sioma of ROAK Brewing Co. The atmosphere sounds a bit raucous at HopCat, but I was able to discuss 3 distinct and different ales with Quinn: Awesomesauce -an English Pale Ale with wheat, Blow Your Face Out – a Double IPA; and Live Wire, an American IPA. BTW – If you're a craft beer lover and get a chance to check out a HopCat – do it!

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Episode #76 - Keith's Zipline to Hopcat

The Beer Temple Insiders Roundtable

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2017 110:21

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BTM Podcast: HopCat celebrates its 9th Anniversary

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2017 20:24

John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman of MLive and the "Behind the Mitten" radio show spend some time with Chris Knape and Garry Boyd of HopCat, which is celebrating its 9th anniversary on Jan. 21, 2017 with special bottle releases and a Crack Fries Eating Contest.The celebration begins at 11 a.m. in Grand Rapids, the site of the original location, and at 10 a.m. at other statewide locations.The Crack Fries Eating contest begins at 3 p.m. The entry fee is $5, which will be donated to local charity in each market. (HopCat plans to match the total donation.)Even if you don't want to participate in the contest, customers will receive free Crack Fries from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. with any purchase. In addition, a limited number of HopCat's 2017 Oil Spiller, its trademark Imperial Stout and 2017 Red Nymph, its Flanders Red Sour Ale, will be released in Grand Rapids. Other special releases are planned.More information at HopCat.com. https://hopcat.com/grand-rapidsMLive story: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2017/01/free_crack_fries_annual_eating.html

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BTM Episode 80: Gerald R. Ford Museum and Foundation, GR Brewing Co., George Aquino, Experience GR

Blind Pig Confessions's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2016 40:02

On this weekend's show, John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman broadcast from Grand Rapids to experience the Ford Museum and the Grand Rapids Brewing Company. They also check in with friends from Experience GR and the JW Marriott.This show aired Nov. 5-6, 2016."Behind the Mitten" airs on 9 stations throughout the state of Michigan. Learn more at http://behindthemitten.com/Segment 1:John and Amy talk to Joe Calvaruso, executive director of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation. He talks about the benefits of joining the foundation as a member, and he talks about some of new interactive technology and updates at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.More info at http://geraldrfordfoundation.org/Segment 2 (Listen at 10:16):John and Amy talk to Stephanie Kotschevar of Experience Grand Rapids, which is a great resource to all the things happening in the area. She talks about "Cocktail Week Grand Rapids" (Nov. 9-20), as well as the upcoming Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival at DeVos Place (Nov. 17-19).More info at http://www.experiencegr.com/Segment 3 (Listen at 19:15):John and Amy talk to their foodie friend George Aquino, the vice president of Amway Hotel Corp. He oversees the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, JW Marriott, the Downtown Courtyard in Grand Rapids, and even Peter Island Resort and Spa. He talks about why you want so stay at his properties and restaurants, as well as some of his other local favorites.More on the JW Marriott at http://ilovethejw.com/Segment 4 (Listen at 29:16):John and Amy talk to Chris Knape of BarFly Ventures, who talks about a new menu at GR Brewing Co. He also brings BEER of THE WEEK. (Downtown Dank, an Imperial IPA) They also talk to Kristin Phillips Mooney of Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and some of events coming up this holiday season. (The annual Christmas Tree Lighting event is Nov. 17.)More on the Ford Museum https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/*Nov. 11: Chris Knape also noted all HopCat locations -- as well as Stella's Lounge and GR Brewing Co. -- will offer a free meal for veterans and active duty military. More info: https://hopcat.com/

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BPC 59 - Pigs on Mackinaw Island

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2016 69:08

Dougy Fresh takes the Pigs back to his home in Northern Michigan for the 1st in the Northern Michigan series as the boys take over the airwaves at Goodfellow's Grille on Mackinaw Island. This episode also features Beard's Brewery from Petoskey, MI. They had taken over the taps that evening just one day before their anniversary party at their own taproom the following day when they made the big announcement that they were expanding and moving to a bigger, well known spot in Petoskey. This was our introduction to Beard's and we were not disappointed. It was quickly and clearly recognized just why this young brewery was already growing. J.C. Olmo of Goodfellow's joined the roundtable to tell us all about Goodfellow's and all it has to offer before mixing us some killer cocktails of his own which comes out in part two of this night to be released soon. We're not sure how Beard's Ben Slocum finds time to brew with everything he has going on, but we are sure glad he does. He is just one of the team of fine brewers at Beard's putting out some delicious beer. We struggled to find any fault with everything we sampled that evening. We were so impressed at one point, we just sat in awe of the lacing still thick on a glass which had been sitting empty for more than 30 minutes. And as bourbon barrel aged lovers, we were ecstatic to be some of the first to be drinking their newest batch that was not being made available to the public til the following day. And it was glorious. It reminded us of another of our favorites out of Indy, Sanitarium, from The Bier Brewery. Each unique in their own right, but both equally fantastic. It was a thick, rich, chocolatey, bourbon delight in a glass. We had such a good time we are already making plans to go back to the Island for the big Halloween bash hosted by Goodfellow's Grille in October. Thank you again, Greg Klinger, for inviting us to this fine establishment where you'll find some of the best food and drinks in Mackinaw. Shout outs in this one to HopCat, a mutual favorite craft brew place of ours and our new friends Hail Danza! www.goodfelllowsrestaurant.com www.beardsbrewery.com

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22: HopCat - Mark Sellers

Building Breweries: A Beer Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2016 23:34

New to the Louisville scene, HopCat is opening their 9th location in the Highlands neighborhood. If you're unfamiliar with HopCat's incredible beer selection (132 lines in Louisville), listen in as Mark Sellers (Founder) explains to Michael his love for craft beer, Louisville, and Muhammad Ali. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/building-breweries-a-beer-podcast/support

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BTM: Lansing Beer Fest with Paul Starr

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2016 11:50

John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman of MLive and the radio show Behind the Mitten talk to Paul Starr of I'm a Beer Hound and Ryan Engemann of Brewery Vivant while at Hopcat East Lansing.They talk about beers at Hopcat, as well as Lansing Beer Fest, which is June 18 (1-6 p.m. at REO Town).More info on Lansing Beer Fest:http://www.lansingbeerfest.com/More on BTM:https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten?fref=ts

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BTM (Episode 59): New Holland Brewery, Lansing Beer Fest, Hopcat Lansing, Brewery Vivant

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2016 39:44

John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman of MLive host the podcast and radio show Behind the Mitten. On this weekend's show they broadcast from Hopcat in East Lansing where they talk with some friends, including Paul Starr of I'm a Beer Hound. They also catch up on what's happening at New Holland Brewery and its expansion into Grand Rapids.Show Notes:Segment 1:John and Amy talk to Paul Starr, and they also run into Ryan Engemann of Brewery Vivant, who happened to be at Hopcat. They talk about some cool events, including "explorer" classes at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Classes will be held June 21, July 19 and Aug. 16. They're titled "Science of Beer," ''Science of Flavor" and "Yeast Science/Wild Fermentations," respectively. Each class includes general admission to the museum — as well as three beer samples.More info on The Public Museum:http://www.grpm.org/More on Brewery Vivant:http://www.breweryferment.com/Segment 2: (10:01)John and Amy catch up with Joel Peterson of New Holland Brewery, as well as Chef Dale Beaubien, who talk about the expansion in Grand Rapids later this fall.More on the expansion from MLive: http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/10/rockford_new_holland.htmlMore info on New Holland:http://newhollandbrew.com/Segment 3: (18:31)John and Amy catch up with New Holland's Pub on 8th Street Head Pub Brewer, Steve “Bert” Berthel, who is passionate about supporting Michigan agriculture as it pertains to the brewing industry. Right now he brews his beers with 100 percent Michigan products. He announces on the show that starting at the Summer Beer Festival in Ypsilanti that New Holland will feature Pub on 8th's beers, which are only available exclusively in Holland.Segment 4: (29:00)John and Amy get back with Paul Starr of I'm a Beer Hound and Ryan Engemann of Brewery Vivant to talk about some beers on tap at Hopcat East Lansing. They also talk about Lansing Beer Fest, which is June 18 (1-6 p.m. at REO Town).More info on Lansing Beer Fest:http://www.lansingbeerfest.com/They also feature BEER OF THE WEEK.More on BTM:https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten?fref=ts

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BTM Podcast-HopCat GR Wood and Wild Ale Fest Oct. 17

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2015 14:08

John Gonzalez of MLive and the "Behind the Mitten" radio show stopped by at HopCat Grand Rapids (on Oct. 16) to talk to Rick Martinez about the Wood & Wild Ale Fest, which begins at 11 a.m. Oct. 17, 2015 in downtown Grand Rapids.Rick said the 7th annual festival is an "annual celebration of wood-aged and sour beers. There will be special tappings, bottle releases and more. "More info on the HopCat Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/HopCatIt's one of many beer events taking place in Grand Rapids on Saturday, Oct. 17.Other events include:*Ballpark Ale Fest at Fifth Third Ballpark, 1-5 p.m.https://www.facebook.com/BallparkAleFestGrandRapids?fref=ts*Zombie Beer Festival at Calder Plaza, 4-8 p.m.https://www.facebook.com/events/487145258114320/*12th Annual Harvest Party, Founders Brewery, 11 a.m.http://foundersbrewing.com/taproom-events/12th-annual-harvest-party/Make sure to tune in t Behind the Mitten:https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten?fref=ts

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Episode 104: Online Tech, Andrea Kress, Windsor Comic Con, and More

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2015 97:57

Episode 104 is in the history books, and we had a pretty decent set of conversations with our guests for the night about everything from secure storage, cloud vs local hosting, the information technology job market here in the metro Detroit area and this weekend's Windsor Comic Con happening across the river that you might want to check out... From how deleting your browsing history can get you nailed with an obstruction of justice charge to the ridiculous scariness of people in Colorado dying from the plague...yes...that plague...and on out to Hawaii banning non-compete agreements for IT workers and the impending fight the fireworks retailers are gearing up for over Chinese lanterns of all things and more, our opening segment covered the news and stories of the week that caught our eye. We also chatted a bit about our upcoming event next week at Hopcat, our Pink Slip Party event next month at the Majestic...so listen in to make sure you're up to speed on everything going on. Our second segment dove in with one of core sponsors, Online Tech. We had Yan Ness and Mike Klein, the co-CEOs of the company. Yes, co-CEOs, which is an interesting approach in and of itself, but just barely scratches the surface of what Online Tech has going on. From their approach to securing your data to providing a ton of white papers and resources to help you have the conversations you need to have about data security in your own organization, their site is a treasure trove of information about what they do and the industry as a whole. Check them out at http://www.onlinetech.com/ In our third segment, we got to chat with long-time member of our group, consistent attendee at our events, and one of the best recruiters we've built a relationship with over the years, Andrea Kress. She's with Lochbridge, one of the companies spun off of everything that went on with Compuware, so she's been around the block a few times and has some great insights to offer. We chatted about the job market here in the metro Detroit area, tips and tricks for you to keep in mind while you're interviewing, what matters most to recruiters like her when it comes to evaluating candidates and more. Check out Lochbridge at http://lochbridge.com/ In our fourth and final segment, we took a call from one of the organizers of this weekend's Windsor ComiCon. With guests like Kevin Smith and a whole list of comic artists, film and tv guests, it's definitely worth taking a look at if you're looking to cross the border for a little fun this weekend. Details can be found at http://windsorcomicon.com/ Then the usual banter and wrapping things up for the night, and episode 104 came to a close. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/218918314" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Again, you can find tonight's guests at: Online Tech: http://www.onlinetech.com/ Lochbridge: http://lochbridge.com/ Windsor ComiCon: http://windsorcomicon.com/ Podcast Detroit: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

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Episode 103: The Rack Show / VoxVii, Darton Group

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2015 97:58

No two ways about it, episode 103 of our live weekly podcast was a lot of fun. With our guests from The Darton Group as well as VoxVii / The Rack Show, we had no shortage of laughter, fun, and even some interesting viewpoints on the metro Detroit information technology scene, the local employment market, what people might want/need to do a little more of during their job search and more. More importantly, we managed to pull off our show even though we'd had a Podcast Detroit open house for several hours leading up to it... Just like we always do, our first segment dove into the events, news, and stories that caught our attention over the past week. From the (in our opinion) whackjobs opening a storefront downtown to sell t-shirts for the unbelievable price range of $150-198 (no, that's not a typo) to all of this week's fun and excitement with the Windows 10 release, and then of course a touch on Jared from Subway's scandal now involving a 16 year old girl and the sad reality of the report indicating that the University of Phoenix nationally has a 7.3% graduation rate...but a 19% student loan default rate...and it's even worse than that here in the metro Detroit area...we had plenty of topics to keep us going through the first segment and doubling back in the fourth. We also touched on our upcoming events at Hopcat and The Majestic Theater, Podcast Detroit going through a major growth spurt and the open house we'd held right before our show started and more. Segment two was all about the Darton Group (who graciously forgave yesterday's typo), a company from down in Charlotte, North Carolina looking to expand their business here in the metro Detroit area. Clint and Rochelle were great guests with a solid sense of humor...but also with a lot of business knowledge and a firm belief that networking is the way to go to find the right talent...so you know we like them a lot. They also have some words of wisdom for you metro Detroit job seekers, so make sure you listen in, and check them out at http://dartongroup.com/ For our third segment, we hopped into chatting with Lucas and Corey, two thirds of the team behind VoxVii studios and The Rack Show. We met these guys earlier in the year at the Midwest Media Expo, had a blast, have kept in touch, and it was time to have them in to talk about their video podcast, their intentions on getting back to "normal" podcasting, why you should check them out and more. Always a lot of laughs with these guys...even if it did wind up resulting in a challenge for a tag team wrestling match throwdown to take place... ...so listen into the chat, and catch them at https://www.facebook.com/therackshow Segment four, as always, was a wrap up of earlier topics and digging a little more into the week's stories. Photos from the night and more below. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/217931932" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] Check out tonight's guests: The Darton Group: http://dartongroup.com/ VoxVii Studios: https://www.facebook.com/VoxVii The Rack Show: https://www.facebook.com/therackshow Podcast Detroit: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastDetroit As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD

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Episode 95: #Hack4Detroit, City of Detroit Data, Automation Alley, Detroit Beer Press, Batch Brewing and More

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2015 99:37

Episode 95...and on our fifth episode from the new studio, we had a pretty packed room with guests covering all sorts of topics. Open data in the city of Detroit and an upcoming hackathon to find better ways to use it. Updates from our friends at Detroit Beer Press about their latest issue. A check in nearly two years later with Batch Brewing Company on how things are going downtown. A look at the state of the Detroit tech scene from the eyes of someone still in school and breaking into the industry. Don't forget you can get 10% off Squarespace's offerings by using discount code IT during the checkout process: http://www.squarespace.com/, and you can try QuickBooks for self-employed tryselfemployed.com/it And so, so much more... After our 1995 themed intro came to a close, our opening segment kicked off with a recap of our last event and information about our upcoming events, the depressing information that both The Goonies and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are now both thirty years old, the hilarious (to us) story about a member of ISIS posting a selfie that led to an airstrike less than 24 hours later, a very concerning tale about how the Red Cross spent over $500 million in Haiti after the terrible earthquakes there...and yet somehow managed to only build six houses, Gamestop's purchase of ThinkGeek's parent company, our lovely new kegerator stocked with the Scurvy Dan Blood Orange IPA from Falling Down Beer Company and more. In our second segment, we dove in with our guests David Lingholm, the Director of Digital Media and Community Engagement for the City of Detroit, and Erin Sommerville, Media Relations Specialist for Automation Alley. There's a hackathon coming up this weekend, #Hack4Detroit, that's looking to find some better uses for the massive amounts of data that the city has accumulated over the years, and there's some decent prize money for those who can help. Designers, coders, and even just folks with ideas are welcome...but the signup cutoff is Wednesday, so hurry: http://www.automationalley.com/Events/Calendar/Event-Detail.aspx?uniqueid=16840 In segment three, we checked in with our friends Courtney Ochab, Ian Burk and Tony Barchok from Detroit Beer Press and Stephen Roginson of Batch Brewing Company. Batch Brewing was on waaaaaaaaay back in episode 10 of our show when they were a finalist (and eventual winner!) of the Hatch Detroit competition in 2013, and they've come a long way since then. Not only are they open, but they're in full swing with production of a number of great beers, have a solid kitchen, and have a monthly "feel good tap" where a portion of the proceeds go to a local organization. Can't beat that. Detroit Beer Press isn't doing to shabby either, with their latest issue in breweries, distilleries and locations throughout the area...which hypothetically might include another IT in the D style rant. Updates about their Howler Club Membership program and more await your ears. In our fourth and final segment (no, still no infamous fifth segments in the new studio as of yet), we talked with Kevin Hill, a local guy still in college at RIT, and working his way into the Detroit tech scene. We met Kevin at our Hopcat event back in May, and absolutely had to have him join us in-studio to continue that conversation on air. He's got some great perspectives on how things look from his point of view - what he sees going well, going wrong, what works, what doesn't, and just a great take on things in general. And that brought us to a close. Tune in next week as we're joined by Right Brain Networks to talk about DevOps among other topics, Make Moore Media to talk film and production, and Yum Village to talk about their group's organization and event. Don't forget you can get 10% off Squarespace's offerings by using discount code IT during the checkout process: http://www.squarespace.com/, and you can try QuickBooks for self-employed tryselfemployed.com/it Again,

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Episode 90: Self.Conference, Career Transitions, Women in Technology and a Whole Lot of Whacky Mayhem

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2015 101:27

With all of the chaos and excitement going on with our new studio, this one took a little bit to get out. Our apologies about that, but episode 90 marks a major milestone for us, and so we hope you enjoy it. Self.Conference, women in technology, making a career change into I.T. ...all that and more. Episode 90 was a major milestone because it's the last time we're broadcasting from the Raw Radio X studio...starting this coming Monday night (May 11), we'll be broadcasting out of our own studio, and so how you listen live to us is changing. It was an epic episode because we were joined by a whole bunch of awesome people who helped us wrap up our time at RRX properly, and covered some awesome topics along the way... Did I mention great guests? We had awesome guests. Nuri Gocay's been on the show a few times recently, and well, we like having him and his insights around. Erika Carlson's been on our show a number of times over the past two years, and we simply can't get enough of her. Elyse Lopez Turner is also a repeat offender, but this was her first time joining us after making a career transition from Marketing to Developer. Kate Catlin has also been on the show with us before, and it's always a blast having her around. Amber Conville was the only first-timer, but she handled herself awesomely in her debut. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: for those who listen live, this was our last broadcast out of the Raw Radio X studio. Starting Monday, May 11th (this Monday), we will be broadcasting out of our FREAKING BRAND NEW STUDIO above Activ8 gaming in Ferndale. You can now listen to us live right here on our site. If you listen via TuneIn, you'll have to search for "IT in the D" as a station stream, because yes...we have our own station stream now. We're very excited about this - look for a full announcement shortly. All of that and more can be found at http://www.itinthed.com/listen/how-to-listen/ Our first segment, as always, was about news, events, and though it's a bit dated at the moment, we chatted about our event this past Wednesday night at Hopcat. It went really well, but it's in the past now, so keep an eye on our Events page to join us at a future event: http://www.itinthed.com/meet/ It was "Star Wars Day", so of course we talked Star Wars. The new Avengers movie. Stuff around the area and so much more. Segment two was all about Erika, Amber, and Self.Conference, an event taking place at the end of the month that you should absolutely make time for...and not just because they were cool enough to provide a discount code for our members and listeners. Self.conference is a mix of fantastic tech presentations and insightful soft talks in fabulous downtown Detroit. They're filling two whole days at the end of May with mobile, web, hardware, software, process, and team talks to help you expand your knowledge, meet other technically-minded folk, and immerse yourself in Detroit's tech renaissance. Check the event out at http://selfconference.org/, and you can use discount code "itinthed" or just follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/selfconference-2015-tickets-15432000529?discount=itinthed We talked with Elyse about her career transition from being a part of a marketing department to becoming a developer. So, for those of you who think that simply can't be done...listen to what she has to say, because she's done it. We've known Elyse for years, and it's been great seeing her make this transition and how much she's enjoying her new roles, challenges and opportunities. Even though she hasn't updated her blog in about four months (yes, that's a dig), you can read about her journey at https://curlersandcode.wordpress.com/ Then we grilled Kate a little bit because she's leaving us and heading out west, and even though we gave her a bunch of crap, it's because we care and we'll miss her. Listen in to hear about her adventures with Venture for America,

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Behind the Mitten: Valentine's Day 2015

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2015 30:09

John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman are co-hosts of "Behind the Mitten," a podcast about Michigan beer, food, festivals and the people who make it all happen! Today's episode (Feb. 12, 2015) finds Amy and John starting in Grand Rapids, where they go to Mitten Brewery where the brewers are getting ready for the Winter Beer Festival (Feb, 27-28, 2015 in GR). They also talk to co-owner Max Trierweiler about how the Brewery on Leonard Street is helping grow the community. He also has some Valentine's Day ideas. John also runs down some Fat Tuesday events at the B.O.B. (Feb. 17, 2015.) The downtown GR hot spot is planning a big Mardi Gras party, as well as a Fermenta event called Strange Brew with beer and coffee. Then John drives to Lansing to meet up with Paul Starr of I'm a Beer Hound, who is getting ready for the opening of HopCat Ann Arbor.More details about "Behind the Mitten" at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemittenMore on Fermenta at https://www.facebook.com/fermentamichiganMore info on the BOB's Fat Tuesday event at http://www.thebob.com/events/fat-tuesday.phpMore info on Mitten Brewery at http://www.mittenbrewing.com/More info on I'm a Beer Hound at http://www.imabeerhound.com/

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Behind the Mitten Dec. 23

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2014 33:06

John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman are co-hosts of "Behind the Mitten," a podcast about Michigan beer, food, festivals and the people who make it all happen! Today's episode finds Amy and John talking to Steve Johnson of Motor City Brew Tours and Brian Perrone of Slows Bar BQ in Detroit. John travels to Hopcat in East Lansing to talk to Paul Starr of I'm a Beer Hound, who runs down this weekend's events, including New Year's Eve happenings. More details about "Behind the Mitten" at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemittenMore info on I'm a Beer Hound at http://www.imabeerhound.com/

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Behind the Mitten-Dec. 17

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2014 48:10

John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman are co-hosts of "Behind the Mitten," a podcast about Michigan beer, food, festivals and the people who make it all happen! Today's episode finds Amy and John recording portions of the show at Grand Coney in Grand Rapids. They also play segments recorded at Kuhnhenn Brewery in Warren where they talk to Jon Pienpenbrok about the popular Winter Solstice Party on Dec. 19-20 (Listen at 5:03) and at Slows Bar BQ where they talk to Rochester Mills Beer Co. president Mike Plesz about the 12 Days of Milkshake Stout (Listen at 22:52). John travels to Hopcat in East Lansing to talk to Paul Starr of I'm a Beer Hound, who runs down this weekend's events, including the Dec. 17 Joe Short Birthday Party at Hopcat Grand Rapids. (Listen at the 36:37 mark). More details about "Behind the Mitten" at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemittenMore info on Kuhnhenn at http://www.kbrewery.com/winter-solstice-coming/More info on Rochester Mills at http://www.rochestermillsbeerco.com/More info on HopCat at http://hopcat.com/More info on I'm a Beer Hound at http://www.imabeerhound.com/

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Episode 70: Original Stix, Osirius Group, Destination Liberation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2014 96:05

IT in the D, Episode 70 Well, this was certainly an interesting night, both on the mic and off of it. Let's stick to the on the mic fun though - we had some great guests join us in-studio tonight, and we even made a new friend from down the hall from the studio thanks to doing a little wandering and being friendly with the locals. We got into some controversial topics, we got updates on a growing local business, and we talked with an artist about her work and figured out more ways to blow money on things that we absolutely have to have... In our opening segment, we talked about our charity event this past Thursday night, we ranted and vented a bit about the Hopcat opening, and we even explained some of what we really think is racist that goes on these days that nobody even thinks about for some reason. For our second segment, we dove in with some repeat guests - Terry from Original Stix and Pat from the Osirius Group to talk about how things have been going with Original Stix since we last chatted with them back in early June. Short answer? They're blowing up like mad, expanding like crazy, and opening up new lines of business...all with locally manufactured products and top-notch customer service. Use discount code itinthed on their website - http://originalstix.com/ over the next week to get free shipping. We continued our chat with them in the third segment, talking about the growth they're experiencing, and some of the extremely cool new products they have coming soon for those who might want something other than hockey sticks in something like this. During the break after our third segment, I went out and ran into a local artist a couple doors down. Seemed pretty cool, we chatted, and hey, why not? Come on in and play during the fourth segment. Andrea (it's ahn-DRAY-uh) runs http://www.destinationliberation.com/ and has some extremely cool artwork in her studio...where she was hanging out watching Star Wars, so she's definitely "our" people and we'll be talking more with her in the future, I'm sure. Original Stix can be found at http://originalstix.com/ Osirius Group can be found at http://www.osiriuscustomproducts.com/ Destination Liberation can be found at http://www.destinationliberation.com/ [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/181736406" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] As always, we can be found: On the web: http://www.ITinTheD.com On Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/ITintheD/ On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/IT-in-D-Read-Meet-91763 On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ITintheD On Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ITintheD On Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/itinthed/

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Behind the Mitten-Beards, Shorts, Hopcat