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NOTE: This episode was originally released as a Patreon-exclusive bonus. For more episodes like this, please join The War on Cars on Patreon. We're an independent podcast and rely on listener support. Thanks! Marco te Brömmelstroet, also known as "The Fietsprofessor," returns to The War on Cars to discuss a new study he co-authored with Dr. Ian Walker, another former guest of the podcast. The study takes a look at a phenomenon where people accept the harms and risks associated with cars in ways they wouldn't in other areas of life. But unlike Dr. Walker's previoius study — and that of Dr. Tara Goddard, another friend of The War on Cars — this new study asks where motonormativity comes from and examines the ways in which it manifests itself differently depending on factors such as where a person lives or their perceptions of the beliefs of their friends and family. The results are fascinating. Marco also studies language and how it affects people's perceptions of mobility and had a lot to say about how we can tell better stories about who and what our streets are for. ***Our new book, Life After Cars: Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile, will be published on October 21, 2025 by Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Pre-order now.*** This episode was produced with the generous support of the Helen & William Mazer Foundation. This episode was also supported by Cleverhood. Save 15% on the amazing Arclight Pedals and everything from Redshift Sports with code WARONCARS at checkout. LINKS: "Why Do Cars Get a Free Ride? The social-ecological roots of motonormativity," a study by Marco te Brömmelstroet and Ian Walker. Read Marco's book, "Movement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives," co-authored with journalist Thalia Verkade. Follow the Urban Cycling Institute on Bluesky. thewaroncars.org / lifeaftercars.com
Are Americans really more "car-brained" than their peers in the UK or the Netherlands — and if they are, what can make us change? The Brake is back from its spring hiatus with the return of two of our all-time favorite guests: researchers Ian Walker and Marco te Brömmelstroet, who teamed up for a new paper about how "motonormativity" manifests across their respective nations and the US. And along the way, they learned some fascinating insights about where our autocentric attitudes come from in all those coutnries — and what it would really take to change them. Tune in now, read the original paper, or check out the innovative crowd-funding platform that fueled this research.
This is a "can't miss" discussion featuring Professor Ian Walker from Swansea University in Wales and Professor Marco te Brömmelstroet from the University of Amsterdam about their recent paper on Motonormativity, also known as "car brain" or "windshield bias." Among other topics, we discuss Pluralistic Ignorance, which is a social psychology phenomenon where people mistakenly believe that their own private opinions differ from the majority's, leading them to conform to a perceived norm, even if they privately disagree. And this seems to be at the core of the challenge with Motonormativity, when it comes to people wanting a different outcome and way of life.Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform. Also, don't forget to check out the Active Towns Channel for more video content.Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
This is a preview of a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode. For complete access to this and all of our bonus content, plus ad-free versions of regular episodes, merch discounts, pre-sale tickets to live shows and more, become a Patreon supporter of The War on Cars. You may remember Marco te Brömmelstroet, also known as "The Fietsprofessor," from episode 65, "Where Are the Bike Lanes In Lego City?" Marco returns for this special bonus episode to discuss a new study he co-authored with Dr. Ian Walker, another former guest of the podcast. The study, "Why Do Cars Get a Free Ride? The social-ecological roots of motonormativity," takes a look at a phenomenon where people accept the harms and risks associated with cars in ways they wouldn't in other areas of life and asks where motonormativity comes from and examines the ways in which it manifests itself differently depending on factors such as where a person lives or their perceptions of the beliefs of their friends and family. The results are fascinating. Marco te Brömmelstroet holds the Chair on Urban Mobility Futures at the University of Amsterdam. He is the founding academic director of the Urban Cycling Institute and uses Dutch cycling culture as a lens to study the two-way relations between mobility, the city and society. He also the co-author, with journalist Thalia Verkade, of an excellent book, "Movement: How to Take Back Our Streets and Transform Our Lives," which challenges readers to radically rethink how we use public spaces and even the language to describe the change we want to see in the world. Subscribe on Patreon for access to the entire episode.
We caught up with indie comic creator Ian Walker to discuss his comic Pantheon and more. Social handle @idwalkerart Expand your reach by sponsoring Catch Da Craze today https://www.doodiesworld.com/sponsor-the-show Want to be a guest on Catch Da Craze Podcast? First, Subscribe here https://www.youtube.com/catchdacraze?sub_confirmation=1 Next Hit this Link and you are all set - https://calendly.com/catchdacraze/guest-on-catch-da-craze-podcast #podcast #talk #comics #indiecomics #hottopics #live
Why do people behave so badly behind the wheel of a car? Why do reporters and the police use passive language to describe automobile crashes and traffic violence? How do the words we use make a difference in street safety? Dr. Tara Goddard, one of the top scholars studying what it is that cars do to our brains and the way we treat each other in the world, has some thoughts — and she's done the research. Tara is an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning at Texas A&M University. Her work focuses on creating a just transportation system through safe roadway design and inclusive transportation planning. We talked with her about “motonomativity,” how race influences how drivers treat pedestrians, and why language matters if we want to change the conversation about whom streets are for. *** Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive exclusive access to bonus content, ad-free versions of regular episodes, free stickers, merch discounts, early access to live shows, and more. *** This episode was produced with support from Cleverhood and Sheyd Bags. Listen for the latest discount codes. Buy tickets to our live show with CityNerd on January 31, 2025, at Hunter College in New York City. LINKS: Follow Tara on Bluesky. Some of Tara's studies: “Racial Bias in Driver Yielding at Crosswalks” (Transportation Research) “Does News Coverage of Traffic Crashes Affect Perceived Blame and Preferred Solutions? Evidence from an Experiment” (Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives) “Windshield Bias, Car Brain, Motonormativity: Different Names, Same Obscured Public Health Hazard” (Transport Findings) Some other things we discuss in the episode: Dr. Ian Walker's research and our interview with him (Episode 99: Car Brain with Dr. Ian Walker) Sarah's piece, “How I Became an Urban Monster in Just 10 Minutes” (Bloomberg CityLab) “Death of Cyclist in Paris Lays Bare Divide in Mayor's War Against Cars” (New York Times) “The glare of the sun caused the westbound vehicle to jump the curb” (Emily Walters on Bluesky) Laura Laker's new “Road Collision Reporting Guidelines” Get official podcast merch in our store. This episode was edited by Ali Lemer. It was recorded at Brooklyn Podcasting Studio by Josh Wilcox. Our music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our transcriptions are done by Russell Gragg. TheWarOnCars.org
Our beloved Sven Goran-Eriksson may be dead, but we will never forget his involvement in our childhood love of football. In honour of the super Swede, Bax, Daz and Tom are looking back at his six years in-charge of England men's national team. It's time for Sven's first and only EURO's with the Three Lions as he picks a star-studded line-up now featuring the likes of Wayne Rooney and Ian Walker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Karen and Cath are joined by three water-saving experts to discuss their fascinating research on water usage during showers. Their guests being: Dr James Daly, Sustainability Manager at the University of Bristol; Ian Walker, Professor of Environmental Psychology at Bristol; and Dr Pablo Pereia Doel, Water Literacy and Sustainable Water Programme Lead at the University of Surrey. Together, they discuss the findings from their study that monitored over 86,000 individual showering events and which suggests that higher water pressure can significantly reduce water usage. Get in touch with the show with any of your questions or comments: podcast@ccwater.org.uk Timestamps 0:00 - Introductions + an everything shower?! 5:05 - What is the research and what inspired it? 7:00 - How was the research conducted? 10:20 - The experiment in the halls of residence and the data recorded + how the sensors work 12:45 - The behavioural disconnect that happens whilst showering 15:52 - The advantage of using a timer when measuring 20:05 - How can the results from the research be used? 21:15 - The impact of having low flow pressure 22:40 - The level of pressure that impacts shower length 24:50 - Future plans and implementations for the research 27:10 - Being able to tease out social influences within the shower use 31:10 - Personal water use of the guests 32:08 - Final thoughts and farewell Show notes High shower pressure can help people save water, study suggests | Water | The Guardian OSF Preprints | Beyond the water flow rate: Water pressure and smart timers impact shower efficiency
This week on All The Best, apocalyptic audio stories. Apocalyptic Radio Fiction In our first story, Producer Phoebe speaks with audio fiction producer Ian Walker about the process of creating new Australian audio fiction. Produced by Phoebe Adler Ryan in conversation with podcast producer Ian Walker. With special thanks to Bronwyn Mehan. You can listen to The Next Five Minutes wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.shortaustralianstories.com.au/. An Alien Sends Home a Status Report from the West In our second story, an alien returns to his homeland to report what it's found on a postcard containing odd human rituals and habits. Written and read by Antoinette Luu, with sound design by C.L Hughes & ealing. You can find further work from C.L. Hughes on their Insta page @ealing_ealing, and from Antoinette at @annette_luu_art. Apocalypse Story Our third story explores two women on their third date discussing the apocalypse. Written and performed by Mira Schlosberg. Originally broadcast on FBi's audio fiction program, "Or It Didn't Happen." Mira's work can be found at miraschlosberg.com or on insta @homotaschen. With special thanks to Zacha Rosen. The Perfect Human Our final story explores what it looks like to be born as the perfect human in the modern world. Written and performed by Niki Bañados, with sound design and composition by Suzanne Derry. The piece was initially performed in the illustrated live storytelling event "Read To Me." Find more of Niki's work at @stickwriter on Instagram. With sound design and composition by Suzanne Derry. If you're interested in working with Suzanne, you can reach her at: s.derry@yahoo.com All The Best Credits Executive Producer: Phoebe Adler-Ryan Editorial Producer: Melanie Bakewell Host: Madhuraa Prakash Image Credit: Niki Bañados Make your own Audio Fiction! If you're keen to make some audio fiction of your own, come along to our online Audio Fiction workshop hosted by Script Roulette on September 24th. Reach out to phoebe@allthebestradio.com or make sure you're subscribed to our monthly newsletter to receive the details: https://allthebestradio.com/ Audio Fiction Recommended Listening Batman: The Audio Adventures The Next Five Minutes Welcome to Nightvale Soft Voice by QCODESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Helen and Steve discuss the pay rises for junior doctors, with the Government hoping this may bring their industrial action to an end, and the signs of further strike trouble ahead with GPs. Joining the pod for a segment on smoking and vaping is Cancer Research UK's Ian Walker who shares his experiences from a recent trip to New Zealand and Australia and the charity's hopes for legislations in the UK. Want to ask a question for next episode? Drop a quick email to podcast@stevebrine.com or find us on social media at 'Prevention is the new cure'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let's continue our walk down the organic wild side. In this episode of Aisle 42 we talk with Ian Walker, affectionately known as the "organic godfather of Western Canada."Ian is the visionary co-founder of Hippie Snacks and Left Coast Naturals, two brands that are known for quality, transparency, and sustainability in the food industry.From his humble beginnings selling peanut butter at a local market to leading a movement toward clean, simple ingredient snacks, Ian shares his incredible journey and the inspirations that have fuelled his nearly 30-year career in organics.To learn more go to: https://www.hippiesnacks.com/To learn about who is behind this podcast go to: https://www.ethicalfoodgroup.com/podcastHere's a summary of this interview:Introduction and Legend: Ian Walker is introduced as the "organic godfather of Western Canada," setting a high expectation for his expertise and influence in the organic food industry.Perfect Grocery Store Vision: Walker imagines a future grocery store centered on transparency, where consumers can easily see the origins and contents of their food, and consistent regulations ensure clarity on health and environmental claims.Transparency and Supply Chain: Both Walker and Hiebert agree on the importance of supply chain transparency, which would help consumers make more informed and confident choices about their food.Hippie Snacks Popularity: A personal anecdote highlights the popularity of Hippie Snacks, specifically the banana bread crisps, showing the positive reception and enjoyment from consumers.Journey to Organic Business: Walker shares his journey into the organic food industry, starting from a partnership with a friend and evolving through a passion for sustainability and nutrition.Bulk Ingredients and Future of Bulk Buying: Discussion on the importance of bulk buying in grocery stores, emphasizing its alignment with consumer demands for transparency, less packaging, and reduced food waste.Challenges of Organic Understanding: Walker notes the widespread misunderstanding of organic certification and the need for better storytelling to convey its comprehensive benefits beyond being pesticide-free.Advocacy and Consumer Education: Walker emphasizes the need for concise storytelling about the benefits of organic foods and the efforts to educate consumers and store staff to improve understanding and support.Hippie Snacks Products: An overview of the products made by Hippie Snacks, including crisps made from avocado, cauliflower, almonds, and bananas, as well as granolas and clusters. Walker's current favourite is the apple cinnamon high-fiber granola.Commitment to Quality and Flavour: Walker's commitment to not compromising on taste, even taking an extra year to perfect a vegan cheese almond crisp, highlights the brand's dedication to delivering delicious and high-quality products.
Together with the Traditional Owner groups of the southern Great Barrier Reef, we have embarked on a new chapter in Marine Park management by developing a Southern Plan of Management for the area south of approximately Midge Point to the southern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.Reef Authority General Manager Ian Walker joined us to talk about the Southern Plan of Management, including what a plan of management means, how it will safeguard the Reef, who's involved, and what it means for Reef users.More: reefauthority,gov.au/podcast
The Premiership has arrived! The biggest change in English football takes place this season as the old English First Division evolves into the Premier League. We discuss Alan Shearer, Manchester United, Brian Deane and short men impersonating goalkeeper Ian Walker! Rate and review our pod on your podcast app and click here to listen to our episode on the 1993 FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Sunderland
At the end of the day, leadership is about people: the people we lead, the people we work alongside, the people we learn from, and the people we aspire to be. Today we speak with Ian Walker, Senior Director of Leadership and Employee Development at Salesforce, about the people – and the experiences – that have shaped his career, and the lessons he's learned along the way. We also discuss the world of tech, the future of artificial intellegence, and some simple strategies for fostering happiness and fulfillment in the workplace. Find Ian on LinkedIn here. *** Happiness means different things to each of us. After doing extensive research, Management 3.0 founder Jurgen Appelo discovered a common thread: Happiness is something we create. It is not something to achieve. It is a path you choose, not a destination to arrive at. So many of us spend our lives in pursuit of happiness. Instead of searching for it, we need to find ways to live it, embrace it, and implement it into our daily lives. That's why we created the 12 Steps to Happiness at Management 3.0. You can find more information and even download a free poster of the 12 Steps here. *** Find 'Happiness at Work' episode transcripts and search our entire catalog of episodes here.
Join the Top Landing Gear team as they are given a tour of Croydon Airport by A380 Captain Ian Walker, former chairman of the Croydon Airport Trust. Opening in the 1920s, Croydon was London's, indeed the UK's main international airport. Arguably the birthplace of commercial air travel, it was also the starting point for many of aviation's historic records, including those set by Amy Johnson. Visit https://www.historiccroydonairport.org.uk/ to find out more, book your own visit and discover how you can support or volunteer for the Trust.
With Coral's beloved Azaleas in full bloom, Helen contemplates if it's a good day to meet her maker. Meanwhile, news of Zilch's arrest sends shockwaves through the Swag Sting hideout, pushing Pronto to the brink of a daring rescue mission. As Space unveils the sting of a double-cross, involving the elusive Rufas and a property trade that releases Byrone Ellis' family, the team faces the prospect of a new subterranean base. Pronto's desperate attempt to 'path' Zilch results in a tantalisingly brief connection before fading into nothingness. A chemically-lobotomised Zilch adapts to detention life with the job of creating fake eucalypts for tourists. Back at Helen's, a knock at the door heralds a menacing visitor, a member of the Termination Squad. Can Helen confront her fate? Can Pronto make a last ditch attempt to save Zilch?CREDITSTHE NEXT 5 MINUTES is written and directed by Ian Walker, based on the 1990s unpublished novella - Australia Who by Joanne Burns. Starring Helen O'Connor as Helen. Eliane Davis Morel as Coral. Lauren Hamilton-Neil as Officer Jace Tapsell. Eleni Schumacher as Zilch. Aileen Huynh as Pronto. Nic Starte as Space. Paul Barry as Doug The TV News Anchor. Elizabeth Kulas as Reporter Judith Dengate. Tommy Steele as Sky Bowl Pilot. You also heard Jordan Olivier and Tom Denham. The Roobot Jingle was written by Ian Walker and performed by Lem Zakharia.Our sound designer is Martin Gallagher. Music written and performed by Elina Godwin. Podcast art by Lauryn Evans. Executive Producers are Bronwyn Mehan and Pariya Taherzadeh.The show is a co-production between SPINELESS WONDERS, ECHIDNA AUDIO and EAR CANDY MEDIA. Big thanks to Create NSW, Petria Wallace, Elizabeth Kulas and Fyona Smith. Follow us on Instagram: @earcandypresentsTN5M webpage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
With a buzzing Zeppelin-style airship disturbing her tranquility and A-list nursing home brochures piling up, life teems with uneasy choices for widowed “Grey Boomer” Helen. She finds companionship in her pet raven, Rabindranath, and solace in gardening and reading the secret journals of her dead wife Coral. Helen daydreams of underwater escapes, an LSD-fuelled respite from reality, as the couple's past activism comes back to haunt them. There are regular, unwelcome visits from the Bureau of Unaustralian Activities. When Rabindranath returns one night splattered with blood, Helen makes a shocking discovery on the harbour shores with headline-making implications.CREDITSTHE NEXT 5 MINUTES is written and directed by Ian Walker, based on the 1990s unpublished novella - Australia Who by Joanne Burns. Starring Helen O'Connor as Helen. Eliane Davis Morel as Coral. Lauren Hamilton-Neil as Jace Tapsell. Paul Barry as Doug The TV News Anchor. Elizabeth Kulas as Reporter Judith Dengate. Tommy Steele as Sky Bowl Pilot. You also heard Jordan Olivier and Nic Starte.Our sound designer is Martin Gallagher. Music written and performed by Elina Godwin. Podcast art by Lauryn Evans. Executive Producers are Bronwyn Mehan and Pariya Taherzadeh.The show is a co-production between SPINELESS WONDERS, ECHIDNA AUDIO and EAR CANDY MEDIA. Big thanks to Create NSW, Petria Wallace, Elizabeth Kulas and Fyona Smith. Follow us on Instagram: @earcandypresentsTN5M webpage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Top Landing Gear returns as we continue series 5 by going further back in aviation history than we've ever gone before, to the earliest days of commercial air travel with our visit to the historic Croydon Aerodrome. Opening in the 1920s, Croydon was London's, indeed the UK's main international airport, and as well as virtually being the birthplace of commercial air travel, it was also the starting point for many of aviation's historic records, including those set by Amy Johnson. So this is a real step back in time partly because it was so long ago when we recorded the interview with the man who knows everything there is to know about Croydon's history, Ian Walker. We'll bring you the full recording of our visit to Croydon in our Full Flaps Edition, but here we get back into the swing of things with our magazine edition and all the usual TLG stuff, including Ask James, Jez's Quick Facts all about Croydon Airport - and of course the Top Landing Gear Quiz! Enjoy!
Orphaned teenage sisters make it to the city to find work as indentured “Pigironers”, carrying beach tourists on their backs so they avoid the acid surf. Zilch is connected to her older sister Pronto via telepathy. Everything is set to change after they meet a charismatic stranger at a waterhole who turns out to be a recruiter for the underground resistance group Swag Sting. The encounter with Space will change their lives forever.CREDITSTHE NEXT 5 MINUTES is written and directed by Ian Walker, based on the 1990s unpublished novella - Australia Who by Joanne Burns. Starring Eleni Schumacher as Zilch. Aileen Huynh as Pronto and the Pig Ironing Boss Lady. Nic Starte as Space. Jaslyn Hall as Rufa Rapdog. Tommy Steele as German tourist and Russian wrestler. Ian Walker as Stoned Guy. You also heard Dani Torresan and Lauren Hamilton-Neill.Our sound designer is Martin Gallagher. Music written and performed by Elina Godwin. Podcast art by Lauryn Evans. Executive Producers are Bronwyn Mehan and Pariya Taherzadeh.The show is a co-production between SPINELESS WONDERS, ECHIDNA AUDIO and EAR CANDY MEDIA. Big thanks to Create NSW, Petria Wallace, Elizabeth Kulas and Fyona Smith. Follow us on Instagram: @earcandypresentsTN5M webpage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Zilch and Pronto regularly connect via telepathy, bonding over gossip and sharing hardships of their past - from being raised by a hippie mom in a self-destructive cult to losing their parents in a murderous arson. Escaping the city, they join the underground resistance, led by the notorious Rufas, targeting wealthy symbols and politicians. Despite infighting and Pronto's protests, Zilch embarks on a risky intel-gathering mission in Canberra using a "pendant cam" and a fake identity. Her cover is blown and her escape attempt leads to a potentially fatal swim. Has Zilch drowned in the murky artificial waters of Lake Burley Griffin?CREDITSTHE NEXT 5 MINUTES is written and directed by Ian Walker, based on the 1990s unpublished novella - Australia Who by Joanne Burns. Starring Eleni Schumacher as Zilch. Aileen Huynh as Pronto and the Pig Ironing Boss Lady. Nic Starte as Space and the Prime Minister. Tommy Steele as Robert Menzies. Eliane Davis Morel as Jet. Jordan Olivier as Tempo. And Lauren Hamilton-Neill as Language Teacher and the Librarian. You also heard Sue Daniel and Tom Denham.Our sound designer is Martin Gallagher. Music written and performed by Elina Godwin. Podcast art by Lauryn Evans. Executive Producers are Bronwyn Mehan and Pariya Taherzadeh.The show is a co-production between SPINELESS WONDERS, ECHIDNA AUDIO and EAR CANDY MEDIA. Big thanks to Create NSW, Petria Wallace, Elizabeth Kulas and Fyona Smith. Follow us on Instagram: @earcandypresentsTN5M webpage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Byrone H. Ellis is a politician to match the rottenness of the times. A junior minister in the Free Futures government, he is a self-proclaimed future world dominator who finds himself in a perpetual state of chaos. Amid scandals of elder abuse, a sleepless Byrone juggles media duties and a fresh assignment from his boss Amanda, handling a nuclear waste cover-up and a mass tranquilization program. Past embarrassments, like his infamous brothel scandal, could be offset if only he can keep his shirt on during hologram calls. The day's going well until a call from the US reveals Rufas has taken his family hostage, demanding all his assets in return for their safety. With his world spinning, Byrone collapses during a swanky soiree attended by political and industry insiders. What does this mean for his future and the lives of his family?CREDITSTHE NEXT 5 MINUTES was written and directed by Ian Walker, based on the 1990s unpublished novella - Australia Who by Joanne Burns. Starring Nic Starte as Byrone Ellis. Lauren Hamilton-Neil as Amanda Kildare and Watchphone Siri. Tommy Steele as Fraser The Kiwi Waiter. Tom Wright as Everest Ginsberg. Paul Barry as Doug The TV News Anchor. Elizabeth Kulas as Reporter Judith Dengate. Eliane Davis Morel as Nancy Marcos. Helen O'Connor as Real Estate Ad Voice Over and Spaceport Hologram Voiceover. Ian Walker as Helicopter Pilot. You also heard Cameron St Clair, Sue Daniel, James Fitzgerald, Jordan Olivier and Rob Kaldor. Our sound designer is Martin Gallagher. Music written and performed by Elina Godwin. Podcast art by Lauryn Evans. Executive Producers are Bronwyn Mehan and Pariya Taherzadeh.The show is a co-production between SPINELESS WONDERS, ECHIDNA AUDIO and EAR CANDY MEDIA. Big thanks to Create NSW, Petria Wallace, Elizabeth Kulas and Fyona Smith. Follow us on Instagram: @earcandypresentsTN5M webpage Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, Nicholas Moran aka "The Chieftain" joins me to talk about Armor Technology in 1943, focusing on the main Axis and Allied Armor developments, with a bit of Doctrine thrown in too. Links The Chieftain's Hatch (https://www.youtube.com/@TheChieftainsHatch/videos) Stinky and the Emergency (https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/history/chieftains-hatch-stinky-emergency/) Stinky's Sequel (https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/history/The_chieftains_Hatch_Sinky2/) Iron Hulls, Iron Hearts: Mussolini's Elite Armoured Divisions in North Africa by Ian Walker (https://www.amazon.com/Iron-Hulls-Hearts-Mussolinis-Divisions-ebook/dp/B00APDVFEM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DCFV3HQC8431&keywords=iron+hulls+iron+hearts&qid=1702152464&sprefix=iron+hulls%2Caps%2C514&sr=8-1) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mother-of-tanks/message
Australian-born Luke Parkinson is a high-performance sailor who has carved out an enviable career for himself in the ocean racing world – having won The Ocean Race 2014-15 with Ian Walker's Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing – and as an expert protagonist of the art of foiling in both SailGP and the America's Cup – with Ben Ainslie's Emirates Team GBR and INEOS Britannia, respectively.During a wide-ranging conversation Luke talks about his early days as a young sailor, his aspirations of following in the footsteps of his Olympic gold medal winning sister Tessa, his ongoing passion for ocean racing, his first experience in of racing around the world, as well as his thoughts on the America's Cup and SailGP.
Series: All! Jesus has all authority, So that all nationsMight pledge all allegiance to him.Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20, Title: “What is the Great Commission?Bottom line: Based on Christ's authority and promised presence, his followers are to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey Jesus' commands. (Largely based on David Platt's main idea)DISCUSSION QUESTIONSSERMON OUTLINE & NOTESMAIN REFERENCES USEDDISCUSSION QUESTIONSDiscovery Bible Study process:Retell the story in your own words.Discovery the storyWhat does this story tell me about God?What does this story tell me about people?If this is really God's word, what changes would I have to make in my life?Who am I going to tell about this?Final Questions (optional or in place of above)What is God saying to you right now? What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastQ. What do I want them to know?A. What the Great Commission is.Q. Why do I want them to know it?A. Because we're called to follow it all our life.Q. What do I want them to do about it?A. Obey it to the fullest.Q. Why do I want them to do it?A. Because it's for our good, the world's good, and God's glory.Q. How can they begin to do this?A. By asking people how you can pray for them.SERMON OUTLINE & NOTESIntroductionKevin at ChickfilaToday at Chickfila (8/25/23), former member (?) Kevin Darby came out from the kitchen to catch me as I walked through to tell me that he'd been a part of leading someone to Christ (not sure if in person or online). He said that this person called themself a former Christian for a time. Kevin discerned that he was probably never a Christian but an intellectual or false Christian. Anyway, over time, Kevin challenged him to move from the head knowledge to a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. He eventually did and reached out to tell Kevin. He also told Kevin that he was the main reason. Kevin had tears in his eyes as he told me. Kevin is one who likes the intellectual debates about scripture and faith. He and I have had our debates over the years. But what seems to have gotten Kevin's attention is that God used him to change a life. And he somehow associated his years at Grace as a reminder and impetus to point people to a saving relationship with Jesus. And after all these years he wanted to affirm me and our ministry by testifying to what God did for that young man. I told Kevin how happy I was for him to have been a part of that. I told him that I wasn't surprised because he'd been so faithful to share Christ wherever he went. His tears told me he needed to hear that—to be affirmed. Isn't that interesting. God saves a young man through the testimony of one of his followers. And he ministers to the one who shared as much as he did the one he saved. God is always at work. And he's working in so many ways at the same time. It's never just what's in front of us.What is the Great Commission? It is the greatest of missions that God could call his people to. It's not just a command—it's a way of life. It's the way to true life. It's the way, the truth and the life. It's our greatest calling! It's the great adventure!Last week we saw the victory of resurrection with a hint towards this week which is his authoritative command to make disciples and promise to always be with us. It's Jesus' final words to his disciples before leaving to sit in the place of ultimate authority at the right hand of the Father. It's why when we are saved we are not immediately swept up to heaven. It's unfinished business—the unfinished task of the Church today. It will get finished, however. One day someone from every tongue and tribe and nation will know the Lord. And then the end will come. Our task is to pray, send, give and go to the nations with the gospel until this task is finished.So it's a commission—a mission we do together. It's what follows Jesus' earthly ministry because Jesus leaves it to us to become our earthly ministry. We won't do this in heaven, after all. Bottom line: Based on Christ's authority and promised presence, his followers are to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey Jesus' commands.Nicky Gumbel wrote: “Matthew's Gospel starts by stating that Jesus is ‘God with us' (Matthew 1:23). In the very last verse of the Gospel, Jesus affirms his eternal ongoing presence with all of his followers. To those who believe and obey Jesus' command, he promises, ‘I am with you always' (28:20b).”ConclusionBottom line: Based on Christ's authority and promised presence, his followers are to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey Jesus' commands.We are Disciples • catalyticministries.comWE ARE THE UNDERGROUND CHURCH.We don't just tell stories of the underground church, we are the underground church.WE OFFER OUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIFICES.To love Him so much that nothing else matters. He is worth it all.WE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO REACH PEOPLE IN THE DARKEST PLACES.To reach people no one is reaching, we'll have to do things no one is doing.WE ALWAYS BRING OUR BEST THROUGH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT.To be set apart with integrity honors God and inspires people.WE GIVE UP THINGS WE LOVE FOR THINGS WE LOVE EVEN MORE.It's an honor to sacrifice for Christ.WE ARE DISCIPLE-MAKERS AND WE EXIST FOR THE WORLD.If we don't love radically and live with integrity then we have nothing.WE ARE FAITH-FILLED, MULTIPLYING, OBEDIENT RISK-TAKERS FOR JESUS.We won't insult God with small thinking and safe living.WE WILL LEAD THE WAY WITH PROFOUND GENEROSITY.Unconditional love and family are our heartbeat. Generosity is the blood flow.WE DON'T JUST SURVIVE PERSECUTION, WE THRIVE.Whether well fed or hungry, rich or poor, in persecution or freedom, east or the west, we will be content in Jesus and make disciples.WE WILL MAKE FAMILY, NOT DESTROY THEM.Nothing is more fun than serving God with the people you love.DEAD PEOPLE DON'T HAVE OPINIONS.Our opinions are His opinions, we will seek first and represent His Kingdom always.Maybe you need help with your next step. Here's a suggestion for everyone:Take out a welcome card or any piece of paper you have handy. You can do this in the chat online as well. You can text this to me as well at 843-830-2464. My name is Darien Gabriel. Put your name on it. Then put a letter at the top:A- Already believing and following Christ.B- Believing today for the first time.C- Considering believing and following Jesus Christ.D- Declining to follow Jesus Christ at this time.E- Exploring full-time missions or ministry.Add your name and cell and I will personally follow up with you to see how I can help.How can I get started today?By asking at least one person a day, how can I pray for you today? And then praying for them (and with them if led).“How can I pray for you today? [pause] May I pray for you right now?”3 of 8 billion say they are Christians. What about the other 5?https://twitter.com/visualcap/status/1647012029159309313?s=12&t=idl32xYvZ1Ibm1ALWyhYlgPeople should know your church is in the community.They should be glad your church is in the community.And they should be better because your church is in the community.-Dave AdamsonPrayNOTESDavid Platt notesMain idea: “Based on Christ's authority and His promised presence, His followers are to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to observe Jesus' commands.”I. We will believe in the authority of Christ. His authority compels us to go!II. We will obey the command of Christ.Not a comfortable call to come and sit.An costly call to go, baptize and make disciples of all nationsWe share the word; in word AND deedWe show the word; “baptizing” is public professionWe teach the word; “to obey/follow”We serve the worLd; “nations”Around the corner and around the world; cf. Acts 1:8III. We will depend on the presence of Christ.Nicky Gumbel notesI have found that there is nothing greater in life than to experience the sense of the presence of the resurrected Jesus.The risen Jesus commissions his followers to ‘go and make disciples of all nations' (v.19a). This is our calling as individuals and as a church community. The vision statement of our church is ‘to play our part in the evangelisation of the nations, the revitalisation of the church and the transformation of society'. It is based on this command of Jesus.Together with the command comes a promise: ‘I am with you always' (v.20b). The resurrection isn't just an historical fact or religious idea; it is a life-changing reality. God promises that as you go about fulfilling his commission, the presence of the resurrected Jesus goes with you.When the women see the empty tomb the angel tells them, ‘He is not here; he has risen… you will see him' (vv.6–7).Filled with ‘great joy' they ran to tell the disciples. As they did so, ‘Jesus met them' (v.9). They experienced the presence of the risen Jesus (vv.8–10), ‘clasped his feet' (v.9) and worshipped him as God (vv.9b,17a).The attempts of others to explain away the empty tomb began very early on (v.13) and, in spite of all the evidence, not everyone believed (v.17b). It was suggested that ‘his disciples… stole him away while [the soldiers] were asleep' (v.13). Some people still postulate this explanation. But it does not fit the evidence:The disciples were discouraged and frightened. Only the miracle of the resurrection could have transformed themThey did not expect Jesus to rise from the dead. They had no motive to steal the bodyThe tomb was heavily guarded (27:62–66)They were not the only ones who saw Jesus. Many others saw him after the resurrection and interacted with him over a period of forty days (Acts 1:3; 1 Corinthians 15:6)If the disciples did steal the body, their whole lives thereafter were based on a lie. My friend Ian Walker, a Cambridge scientist, became a Christian because he could not believe that the disciples would have been willing to be tortured and put to death for something they would have known was not true.It really is true. Jesus is risen. Death and burial are not the end. In Christ, you too will be raised from the dead.It was women who were the first to be entrusted with the message of the resurrection. This is particularly noteworthy since women at the time were not considered valid witnesses in court…Matthew's Gospel starts by stating that Jesus is ‘God with us' (Matthew 1:23). In the very last verse of the Gospel, Jesus affirms his eternal ongoing presence with all of his followers. To those who believe and obey Jesus' command, he promises, ‘I am with you always' (28:20b).MAIN REFERENCES USED“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)Outline Bible, D Willmington NIV Study Bible (NIVSB) https://www.biblica.com/resources/scholar-notes/niv-study-bible/ESV Study Bible (ESVSB) https://www.esv.org“The Bible in One Year 2023 with Nicky Gumbel” bible reading plan on YouVersion appChatGPT https://openai.com/blog/chatgptAnswerThePublic.comWikipedia.com
We talk to Derek “Freddie!” Payne who played for the Hornets in mid 90's in a team that was very easy to like due to the characters in it.We here about how Derek's love of the game started and how his Dad took him to Vicarage Road before taking him to QPR. From his journey through Southampton's academy and dropping into non-league, blaming Les Ferdinand for getting signed by QPR, to gaining promotion to the league as captain with Barnet and stories of fights with motivational Barry Fry and tales of tables of cash with the notorious chairman Stan Flashman, getting to the Championship with a very strong Southend United side including Tommy Mooney and Jason Lee – Derek shares the up's and down's of trying to make it as a pro footballer in the game including the difference between a Barry Fry side and a Peter Taylor side.We find out how players were tapped up before mobile phones and the internet and how, somehow, it involved a caravan holiday! We cover the advent of the midfield diamond which had some very revered players in it but resulting in a lack of wingers which, Derek observes, may have contributed to a certain forward failing to fire! We remember a first season which saw us play Jurgen Klinnsman's Tottenham team three times including a massive preseason game and a ding dong two legged League Cup tie (Ian Walker tainting his Dad's good name at Watford!) that we watch with Derek and the memories come flooding back. Coming soon Part 2We watch some of a game that we would normally block out the memory of… and talk about the politics of the dressing room and at football clubs, dealing with periods on the sidelines with injuries, a certain nickname, coaching and radio work.COYH!This Podcast has been created and uploaded by Do Not Scratch Your Eyes. The views in this Podcast are not necessarily the views of talkSPORT.Huge thanks to all our Patreons:Chris Giannone,RichWFC2,Steve Holliman,Ian Ball,Paul Fiander Turner,Sean Gourley,Lee Anselmo,John Parslow,Mark von Herkomer,Neil Silverstein,Steve Brown,Dave Lavender,Skyla Rose,Kasey Brown,Nipper Harrison,Boyd Mayover,Colin Payne,Paul Riley,Gary Wood,Karl Campion,Kevin Kremen,The Big Le – Bofski,Greg Theaker,Malcolm Williams,Bryan Edwards,Peter Ryan,Jack Foster,Jason Rose,Michael Abrahams,Ian Bacon,Ken Green,Carl Clare,Nick Nieuwland,Colin SmithAnt!!!!!& PDF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Which cycle helmets give you the best protection? I'm a big fan of cycling and so when listener Migue got in touch wanting to know what cycle helmet he should buy next, I was really keen to investigate. Migue wanted to know what factors make a cycle helmet the most effective when it comes to protecting your head: the shape, the material, the fit? He's seen all sorts of neat tech, including collapsible helmets and ones that fit around your neck and act like airbags! To find out more I speak to an expert at one of the world's leading helmet testing labs in Virginia, USA. And in researching this episode I also discovered there is a hotly-contested debate about whether cycle helmets should be the focus at all when it comes to safety. Some - including the organisation Cycling UK and the charity Sustrans - argue that introducing tougher rules around helmets would mean far more lives lost through physical inactivity than would be saved in protecting from collisions, which are rare. That's a view shared by Dr Ian Walker from Swansea University, who also features in this episode. Once again this series we're testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products, so if you've seen an ad, trend or fad, and wonder if there's any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807 PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Simon Hoban “
Which cycle helmets give you the best protection? I'm a big fan of cycling and so when listener Migue got in touch wanting to know what cycle helmet he should buy next, I was really keen to investigate. Migue wanted to know what factors make a cycle helmet the most effective when it comes to protecting your head: the shape, the material, the fit? He's seen all sorts of neat tech, including collapsible helmets and ones that fit around your neck and act like airbags! To find out more I speak to an expert at one of the world's leading helmet testing labs in Virginia, USA. And in researching this episode I also discovered there is a hotly-contested debate about whether cycle helmets should be the focus at all when it comes to safety. Some - including the organisation Cycling UK and the charity Sustrans - argue that introducing tougher rules around helmets would mean far more lives lost through physical inactivity than would be saved in protecting from collisions, which are rare. That's a view shared by Dr Ian Walker from Swansea University, who also features in this episode. Once again this series we're testing and investigating your suggested wonder-products, so if you've seen an ad, trend or fad, and wonder if there's any evidence to back up a claim, drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or you can send us a voice note to our WhatsApp number: 07543 306807 PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Simon Hoban “
On this episode of the Spoon Mob Podcast, Ray chats with executive chef Ian Walker of 1808 American Bistro in Delaware, Ohio. For more on chef Ian Walker, visit spoonmob.com/ianwalker and follow him on Instagram @Ian.walker.c, @1808bistro + @bar_atthe_bistro. Visit 1808americanbistro.com for menu details, reservations + online ordering. For all things Spoon Mob, visit spoonmob.com and make sure to follow us on Instagram (@spoonmob), Twitter (@spoonmob1), Facebook (@spoonmob1) + TikTok (@spoonmob). Audio editing by @TrackEditPrint. Intro music by @kabbalisticvillage.
When it comes to the goal of safer streets and "Vision Zero," how much of a focus should we put on individual driver behaviors and infrastructure design? The "systems versus people" debate is raging as cities and advocates grapple with record traffic fatalities. Tara Goddard, PhD, is an assistant professor at the School of Urban Planning at Texas A & M University. She earned her doctorate in urban planning from Portland State University and she's led several studies about car culture, "windshield bias" and more. Host: Jonathan Maus, editor and publisher of BikePortland.Links: Dr. Goddard Texas A & M Bio Page / @DrTaraGoddard on TwitterPSU Transportation Safety Culture Webinar with Dr. Goddard on February 16thThat driving-centric KATU-TV storyBook: There Are No Accidents, byJessie Singer (Simon & Schuster, 2022)Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving (Article on Ian Walker's "motonormativity" research in The Verge)
Is it acceptable to harm another person? To steal someone's private property? To bend health and safety rules just to save a few minutes or make more money? According to a new study, it might depend on whether or not a car is involved. Dr. Ian Walker, a professor of environmental psychology at Swansea University in Wales, joins us for a fascinating discussion about the unconscious biases we all share in favor of cars, how those assumptions shape our streets, and how they prevent the kind of change needed to make them safer. It's a phenomenon he and his co-authors call “motonormativity.” This episode is sponsored by Cleverhood. Receive 15% off anything in the Cleverhood store using the special coupon code in this episode. Good for a limited time only! ***Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive exclusive access to ad-free versions of all our episodes, exclusive bonus content and free stickers!*** LINKS: Read the full study: Motonormativity: How Social Norms Hide a Major Public Health Hazard. Learn more about Dr. Ian Walker. How closely do drivers pass cyclists? According to Dr. Walker's research, it depends. What if people behaved in grocery stores the way they do behind the wheel of a car? (PSA via Norway's State Road Administration) Buy The War on Cars merch in our store and books by podcast guests at our official Bookshop.org page. This episode was edited by Ali Lemer and recorded by Josh Wilcox of the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo was designed by Dani Finkel of Crucial D Designs. TheWarOnCars.org
This month's edition of Shirley Robertson's Sailing Podcast comes from the Spanish port of Alicante, long time home to the Ocean Race, as the fourteenth edition of this famous round the world adventure gets underway with a dramatic new look.On what is the fiftieth anniversary of what was originally called the Whitbread Round The World Race, then became famous as the Volvo Ocean Race and is now being sailed as simply The Ocean Race, Shirley Robertson presents her podcast from the start of the thirty two thousand nautical mile odyssey. In this edition she talks to skippers and crew members from each of the five foiling IMOCA entrants, and catches up with Ocean Race Co-President, Johan Salen, to talk thorough the class changes, and the future of the Race.Now being sailed in the IMOCA class, the superfast foiling monohulls more familiar to Vendee Globe fans, much of the dockside chat was over sailing these solo-orientated speed machines with a crew, and how sailing from the almost fully covered cockpits was a huge departure for this race.In Part 1 of this two part podcast, Robertson talks all things Ocean Race with three of the five IMOCA teams taking on the challenge, including Charlie Enright of '11th Hour Racing'....:"It almost requires a more natural sailor, because you are trying to do it with less feedback, if that makes sense, so it's more seat of the pants, it's more feeling, it's really unique to be sailing inside and down below."From 'Holcim PRB', French offshore skipper Kevin Escoffier is also in PArt 1..: "You have to discover new ways of feeling it, the vibration, the sounds of the foils...anybody who has sailed a dinghy will know, if they close their eyes, they will feel the boat."Part 1 also includes guest appearances from The Ocean Race race village with one time winner of the Volvo Ocean Race, Ian Walker, and Team SCA Volvo skipper Sam Davies. Episode 1 then wraps up with two time Ocean Race sailor Annie Lush of 'Guyot environnment' discussing the differences between this edition of the race and her two previous editions.This edition of The Ocean Race is a fascinating new era - in Part 2 of this podcast, Robertson talks with Co-President of the Race, Johan Salen, two time Volvo Ocean Race sailor Annie Lush, British offshore sailor Will Harris of Team Malizia and to IMOCA regular, Route du Rhum winner Paul Meilhat, skippering 'Biotherm'. This edition of the podcast is in two parts and is available to listen to via the podcast page of Shirley's own website - www.shirleyrobertson.com/podcast or via most popular podcast outlets, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast and aCast. The podcast is produced and written by Tim Butt - for further enquires, please contact podcast@shirleyrobertson.com. Support the show
Can you imagine having the guts to start a food company when you're only 25? Ian Walker and a friend did just that to create Canada's largest organic bulk foods distributor. And now they have an amazing brand called Hippie Snacks, a better-for-you, plant-based food that's sold all over the place. In this BIA episode, Ian talks about how leading with their values has been a key ingredient in their success. 00:18 - Ian Intro01:50 - Journey of starting a food distribution company at 2505:49 - Original Brand08:36 - What ties your different brands together?10:48 - Articulation of purpose16:41 - Real food movement20:28 - Articulation of Hippie Snacks26:32 - Could Hippie Snacks exist with a copacker29:41 - How are you fostering employee development34:11 - How does the brand focus on social relevancy38:30 - What advice would you give to a new CEO39:47 - Who plays Ian Walker in the movie? https://www.hippiesnacks.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-walker-a8725318/
We're ending our FIRST YEAR of podcasting on a musical note! Ian Walker has spent his life in music, whether by singing with various musical groups, working in arts administration, or now as a playwright. Ian joins Meagan to talk about turning his memoir, Stirring My Soul to Sing, into a play, how music has influenced his journey with ADHD, his experiences in the church, and the value of mentorship. Meagan reveals her answers to the questions, “Where is it hard for you to connect with your disability?” and, “What has good connection looked like for you?” We also hear about what happens when boy band fans enter middle age. Learn more about Ian's book Stirring My Soul to Sing: https://www.amazon.ca/Stirring-My-Soul-Sing-Overcoming-ebook/dp/B07H4WYH4X Attention Deficit Disorder Association – http://add.org Thank you to everyone who has listened and given feedback. You are very appreciated.
In anticipation of Suburbs Fest Midwest, we have the first of a series of interviews with the bands who will be playing the Saturday night finale. We begin with the Stick Arounds from Lansing Charter Township in Michigan. We're joined by Matt Carlson (guitar, vocals), Ian Walker (bass, guitar) and Jeff Gower (guitar, vocals). Hit play and get the whole Stick Arounds story! Subscribe to Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com
Even as gas prices hit historic highs, many Americans aren't driving any less — because so many of their communities are so car-dependent, they don't really have a choice. But what about people who could skip the pump but don't, simply because they're in the habit of driving everywhere they go? On this episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson sits down with environmental psychology expert Dr. Ian Walker to talk about why conventional strategies to disincentivize driving don't always work, and why even incentivizing other modes can't always tempt people onto buses, trains, bikes and sidewalks. And then we explore what it will really take to shift Americans' deeply-ingrained travel routines — and why every policymaker needs to understand the irrational, emotional, and deeply human reasons we make our travel choices. Give it a listen, and check out Dr. Walker's website and the Twitter thread that inspired the episode here.
We've got a bumper episode of the road.cc Podcast for you, coming a day early to coincide with the road cycling product launch of the year so far… that's right, Shimano 105 – the component giant's third-tier groupset that it said would never go electric – has gone… well, electric! Does it bother you that 105 has killed off rim brakes and mechanical shifting (not to mention a hefty bump up in price) or are 12-speed shifting, modern disc brakes and electronic gears all things well worth paying the premium for? George is joined by Mat, Liam, Tony and Jack to discuss the controversial upgrade. Or maybe it isn't controversial at all? For our second segment George and Jack are joined by environmental psychologist (and record-breaking endurance cyclist) Dr Ian Walker, who talks about travel habits and how we change them. With petrol prices through the roof, why aren't more people ditching the car and taking up cycling and walking? Listen in for a fascinating insight into habits and routines, and how we can break them to change behaviour. You'll realise even more how the pandemic really was a massive missed opportunity to cut car use, and Ian has some top tips for policy makers should a similar, routine-breaking situation arise in the future… Laka bicycle insuranceCollective bicycle cover by Laka exists to rewrite the rules of insurance so it's something people stand with, not against. Laka has been voted best cycle insurance provider for the last four years running - no excess, no depreciation, no contract, no funky fine-print and a 5-star-customer service.To find out more visit: Laka.coOffer code: ROADCCPOD30 for 30 days free bicycle insurance (new customers only)
Episode Summary I have had the honor to interview many guests since beginning Unstoppable Mindset. No guest has demonstrated a greater ability to be unstoppable than this episode's guest, Ian Walker. Ian learned at a fairly early age that he happened to have ADHD. He also demonstrated a great aptitude and love of music. His love of music won as he will tell you in in our interview. Ian also has worked at other jobs in his life. He will tell you about them as well. Ian's insights about music and ADHD especially will show you and anyone you bring to our podcast that we can use our inner strength to overcome any challenges we think we have before us. As you will hear, Ian is also a successful author and is even creating a play. Join Ian and me and be moved. Thanks for listening and I hope you will let me know your thoughts about our episode and the Unstoppable Mindset podcast by emailing me at michaelhi@accessibe.com. About the Guest: In Stirring My Soul to Sing, Overcoming ADHD Through Song,_first- time Canadian author W. Ian Walker, ADHD survivor, musician, author and speaker tells his story of lifelong struggles with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and how he found relief by leaning into the music and his Christian faith during his successful 30-year career in music and the arts. Walker's book continues to grow in distribution and is listed on _43 international bookseller websites and stores. _ In his gritty and moving autobiography published in 2018, Walker offers "hope" for families and individuals facing an ADHD diagnosis. Walker is a classically trained musician, singer (baritone) and arts manager. He shares stories about how music (with an emphasis on vocal and choral music) brought him joy, success, and fulfilment in a life that was marked by a constant battle with ADHD. Walker credits his musical experiences and profoundly personal faith with mitigating and overcoming the potentially devastating impact of the disorder. He explains how, for 35 years, he used vocal and choral music to help him stay focused, achieve goals, and meet deadlines, in conjunction with his ADHD. Mr. Walker will be speaking at all online conferences for 2022 on “Overcoming ADHD with the Arts and Music Therapy” A Long Road from the past until now... Although Ian was told he was “hyperactive” and had a learning disability in the early 1970s; he was not formally diagnosed with the disorder until 1996. In the intervening years, Walker experienced verbal abuse, school bullying, poor academic performance, employment instability, financial hardships, and failed relationships. Despite these challenges, Walker persevered and now holds a _BA in Theater and Film, from McMaster University and a Post-graduate Certificate in Fundraising and Volunteer Management, from Humber College, Toronto and is a successful Arts Consultant. W. Ian Walker is an in demand speaker and has recently spoke at ADDA/CHADD International OnLine Conference in 2020 & 2021. He also involved in many local community projects and is in preparation to lauch his first vocal performance and tour of a “Cabaret Evening with Ian” in 2022. Walker is touring, speaking, and singing in support of the book. He has also produced eight videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpXUoGfVMOrt6BtsrZiPtbg?reload=9 For Contact: wiw@emliancommunications.org/shop or to purchase the book. Please call: 1-289- 700-7005 About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can also subscribe in your favorite podcast app. Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes Michael Hingson 00:00 Access Cast and accessiBe Initiative presents Unstoppable Mindset. The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson 01:19 Welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset. Thanks for being here. I hope that you enjoy what we have to talk about today. We have a guest who I've been looking forward to for quite a while and circumstances keep causing us to have to delay getting together but we finally made it didn't we Ian? Ian Walker 01:42 Yes, exactly. Nice to be here, Michael. Michael Hingson 01:45 Thanks. And it's good to have you here. Ian Walker has a very interesting background. And I'm going to say up front, one of the interesting things about en and one that I'm really anxious to learn more about is that he himself has what people would classify as a disability. And that's fascinating to me, needless to say, so why don't we start there? You You say that at some point in your life, you since you were different? Can you tell us about that? Ian Walker 02:15 Yeah, so um, I was raised in a very musical family. And music and the arts were really important. And especially for me, when we found out that I was diagnosed later on in my life with ADHD, but being a kid from the 1970s, they used to, you know, call me hyperactive. And so ADHD wasn't, you know, wasn't diagnosed wasn't used then. But I basically had all of the elements of, you know, dealing with ADHD. And so that's Attention Deficit hyper disorder, we're for people that don't, don't understand the disorder. And so, you know, I dealt with a lot of stuff. My mother, my grandmother, and my mother were very musical, and they acted as my, my mentors. And so, you know, once we sort of found out that I wasn't in your MOS, I wasn't your average, you know, person here that was going through the regular school system. My, my grandmother suggested to my parents that I'd always love to sing and that I should take singing lessons. And that opened up a huge, you know, door for me a level of confidence, and self esteem. And, and then, you know, I had to deal with all the bullying that went on, because I was a young young man who wanted to sing. Michael Hingson 04:09 When did this occur? When did all this occur? Ian Walker 04:12 So, I was born in 1960. Okay, and by around 1970 1971, I, you know, I'd already been a boy soprano.My grandmother really trained me very well. And as a result, people come up to me all the time and say, Oh, II and when you sing, you have great diction. Yay, Grandma, you know, Ian Walker 04:39 oh, well, about your D's and T's and that you want to be heard at the back of the hall or the back of the church, you know? And that was the days before amplification right where amplitude vacation is used so much now. So, so I got all of the the great beginning sings and grandma would work with me on the piece and the finesse and the phrasing, and the and, you know, the diction, and mom would help me with, with rhythm. You know, sometimes my rhythm wasn't always right on track. And then she'd also helped me with, you know, the finesse more maybe about dynamics and, you know, interpretation of the songs. And so, you know, this being the early 70s, there wasn't a lot of great selection out there to, for a young staff to learn to sing. And so I'd be and because I was raised in the church, you know, I sang a lot of early boy soprano stuffs, a lot of Easter pieces of hallelujahs. And, you know, a lot of those kinds of wonderful thing is a great training, a great training, you know, I really, really wished we had recorded my voice as a young soprano, I don't have a boy soprano. I don't have any, you know, except vague little memories every once in a while, sort of, you know, pops in my head. But so then, around 1971 72, I was in grade four, grade five. And they determined that I needed to go and deal with my ADHD issues. So it being the 70s, they took kids out of the regular school system, this is here in Canada, they took kids out of the regular schools and put them into a special school for disability issues. Well, I was always really good on all of my, you know, English, geography, history, all of the main core, you know, subjects, but my weakness was math. And so as now probably what they would do is just, you know, have a special tutor for me, but anyways, I had to be taken out of the school system. Put two years behind, you know, and, and, thank goodness, in my second year, we had an amazing teacher, who was a background of the military was a left handed Colonel here in Canada. And he, when you were in his class, you were like, in the army was it and so we classmates almost saluted when we came into. And, but he was very, very good with me. And he recognized and said, This boy's intelligence, he's got, you know, English and history and, and geography and, you know, an interest in science, what's he doing here? So, he made a special, you know, presentation to me to the, you know, to the board or whatever, and said, Ian needs to be put back into the regular classroom curriculum. And so, I did grade six, and then to grade eight, back in the road rotary system, but I was two years behind, you know, my peers so so, you know, still continuing on with my music. You know, it was in a lot of different shows. At that time. They had a kid's version or student version for the pirate No. Gilbert and Sullivan's not pirates, but the other one. pinafore pinafore, HMS Pinafore, and I got to play the captain and you know, Michael Hingson 09:13 you are not the model of modern major model of the modern Ian Walker 09:17 meeting general No, no. That's a wonderful twisting song. Oh, my goodness, it's, you know, takes a long time to learn all the lyrics in that song. Yeah, Michael Hingson 09:32 but you know, yeah, go ahead. Ian Walker 09:35 So there's a little bit about, you know, dealing with the disability stuff. Michael Hingson 09:39 So do you regard yourself as a person with a disability today? Yeah, why? Why? What do you think about that? Ian Walker 09:51 Well, because of Okay, so, it took me 27 years to get my BA And a lot of the hindrances, that when, you know, I gone through high school, and did, you know did some other sort of other some other courses along the way to, you know, check out, see what I really wanted to do, but I really wanted to have a degree in music. And when I got into the program at the University of Western Ontario, very good school, for singers, and choral people. I just couldn't handle the program, I could handle all the artistic, all the creative stuff, but I couldn't handle the academics. And that's where we really found out that I had a disability with my writing, that there was some some problems that I'd leave out words that, you know, my sentence structure was in great. I couldn't do syntax from one paragraph to the other paragraph. And there was just some other, you know, other stuff along the way that I really, it was really determined to me that I did have a disability, as you know, as an ADHD student, Michael Hingson 11:18 how did you deal with that, then, in terms of addressing the issue of word gaps and so on? Ian Walker 11:25 Well, before you know, voice activated software, right, I would have to read my papers over, like, you know, and that was part of the chore as getting the work done way before the the deadline was, you know, was required. But then when voice activated software came in, I use Dragon Naturally Speaking in the early years. And so then, eventually, it could read it to me. And then I went, Oh, my goodness, you know, I've left out a verb here, I've left out an adjective there, or, you know, the sentence didn't make sense. Or, and then, you know, as I learned more about syntax from the next paragraph to the next paragraph. Yeah, it was difficult. And I still got some of my papers. From those some of the early beginnings before I was officially diagnosed with ADHD. And I go, Oh, my goodness, like look at the mistakes, you know, as well as spelling mistakes and things that now you know, software can grammerly Naturally Speaking, no grammar, grammar, Grammarly. I like Grammarly. It really, it really punches up my my work. I haven't checked Michael Hingson 12:53 lately but for me, Grammarly has been somewhat inaccessible, which is a little bit of a problem. But it doesn't at least I haven't found that it works with screen readers well, but I again, I haven't looked at it now. And in a couple of years, so maybe there have been some improvements. But I do agree with you and appreciate the concept that software helps us a lot. If we're open to using I remember Dragon Dictate back in the very early days. Ian Walker 13:26 And yeah, and there. Michael Hingson 13:29 Well, and it wasn't overly accessible and Dragon wasn't overly accessible. There is a product now I use a screen reader called JAWS that verbalizes whatever text comes across the screen, and a gentleman over in England has created a product called JC which is sort of a bridge between dragon and jaws, and actually makes the combination a lot more accessible. So it's very easy now to use Dragon Naturally Speaking and use it effectively. And voice input software like Dragon has made such a difference. I think to so many people. It's so much easier to compose now as you point out. Ian Walker 14:15 Mm hmm. And, and I love it. Like you know, I'm generally a Microsoft guy. So you know, I yeah, I tried Mac and it just it's just too complicated for my brain. Michael Hingson 14:30 Mac is great for graphics. Yeah, and a lot of and a lot of people use it but I too tend toward windows. Ian Walker 14:38 Yeah, yeah. And so you know, now that when I'm writing and stuff, I just love it that AI can either use dictate or you know, or just click on the Grammarly and clean up some stuff that need may need it Michael Hingson 14:55 has Grammarly ever said You dumb bunny. Aren't you ever gonna figure that out, oh, no, just checking, just checking. Ian Walker 15:06 They may say, Huh, you might have another, you have two or three other options. Michael Hingson 15:13 That's my wife would say that though. But that's, that's what wives do. Well, you know, you, you talk about your grandfather being a preacher or pastor, how did? How did his influence affect you? Ian Walker 15:31 Okay, so this is great grandfather. So I had two great grandfather's on my dad's side, who were Baptist preachers. So faith has always been very important in our family. And, you know, and then along with, with the music and stuff, my grandmother that the one that was my, my vocal coach, everything, she was a music director for 25 years, and her Baptist Church and director, choirs, as well as all, you know, musical events. So, so between both my mom and dad had both strong faith and, and I was raised in the Baptist Convention of Ontario, and Quebec, or Baptist of Canada. So our faith has always been very, very important. And that's a really good point. Because in my later years, as I, you know, was learning more about the disorder and a whole deal, when I would be really frustrated, I could just, you know, I could just turn to my faith, I could turn to God, and just, you know, say, God, I need strength here. And I need help, I need support. And, you know, and, and then the thing was, I had lots of people in the family praying for me as well, genuinely, all of them on both sides of my mum and dad side are a lot of, you know, secure Christian, so they had been Christians for a long time. And they they, so I would really say on both my mom and dad side generally is we're a family of faith. And that made a huge, huge difference in actually tell you another story. When I was going through some really bad bullying, in so this is public school, just before third grade, seventh grade, sixth grade seventh, my mom formed a prayer group for children that were having disabilities, mostly boys. Were there were some girls in in the group. And that prayer group continued, I think they got together like, once or twice a month, that prayer group continued for a good 10 years. And I know that I'm walking out of the blessings of that prayer group, because of the faithfulness of my mom and her, her friends that prayed me for strength to get through the issues that I needed to get through. And Michael Hingson 18:17 they pass that on to you. Mm hmm. Which is pretty cool. I think that faith is a very important thing. And I think that it is very relevant for us to have faith, however we express it, that inner strength is is very important to all of us. And, and I'm sure that you, especially when you're talking about bullying, and so on, clearly you, you've had a lot of tests of that. And, you know, at the same time, you know, as well as I that a lot of the bullying comes simply from ignorance and people just don't understand. And you you can choose either to hold a grudge and create a lot of animosity, or you can move beyond that. Ian Walker 19:11 That's right. Well, I think what happened was, you know, when I got to a point, kind of just sort of before my 30s and I just didn't like all of the excess baggage that you know, the that I was still having, I was having, you know, bad dreams of these experiences and stuff. And just just right around there, I was starting to have some, some marital ish issues with my first wife. And so I got into some really good Christian counseling. And, you know, we had to go deep, deep deep down the well, you know, To deal with this stuff, but once we got it out, and as they will talk about it. And the other thing was to learning how to forgive those who had really, you know, hurt me, like, as in the Bible, you know, Jesus says, you know, forgive those who may not know what they've done, right? And, and so once I was able to do that, oh my goodness, a huge burden was lifted from my heart and my whole presence. And I just, you know, I was able to carry on, and I think a lot of the blessings that I've had over the last, say 10 or 15 years is because I've gotten rid of that, those burdens of, you know, of not of those burdens of unforgiveness still holding on to those those issues. So I'm, I'm grateful that, you know, I learned that experience relatively young in my life. Michael Hingson 21:05 You have written a book I have, that I'd love to hear more about. Ian Walker 21:12 Okay, so I'm holding it up here. So it's called stirring my soul to sing, overcoming ADHD through song. And it's available on Amazon. It's available on Barnes and Barnes and Noble, and you can find it on a lot of other you know, platforms. Michael Hingson 21:34 Is there an audio version of the book? Ian Walker 21:36 Not yet. This is that I'm just starting to think about that, too. So when we were getting it, you know, published and my resources didn't include in the budget to do an audiobook, but I'm, I'm thinking about doing one very soon. So, yeah, Michael Hingson 21:55 it won't earn you money, but you might explore in Canada. I'm not sure what the process is. But you might reach out to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, there is a program. In most countries, it used to be called Talking Books. It sort of still is, I guess, to some of us who remember those terminologies. But yeah, we're blind people are in books created for blind people are exempt from standard copyright laws. And so in the in the United States, contacting the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, print impaired or print disabled, however you want to call it, readers, they record books. Now, it's only available to blind and other print challenged people. But it is also a place where you might look at going. But did you did you publish the book yourself? Or was it? Ian Walker 22:55 I went through through a Christian Faith Based publisher in Canada called Word allied press. Okay, so yeah. And I would Michael Hingson 23:07 think that they should be able to help you get the book out on programs like Audible. Ian Walker 23:14 Yeah, well, that's, that's kind of in the works. So we're just just setting up the time, then, you know, the studio time to be able to do it. And I'm hoping I'm hoping to have it done. You know, probably by the fall, so yeah. Michael Hingson 23:31 Well, when we did thunder dog back in 2010, and 2011. It was published by Thomas Nelson sets, the largest Christian publisher, now part of Harper Collins. Yeah, I didn't read it. They actually had someone else read it. But they did make that part of the process. And I kind of encouraged and someone insisted that it needed to also be an audio book. As it turns out, the Library of Congress has also produced it along with our second book running with Roselle so that they're directly available to blind people. Of course, you know, it's always nice when people buy it through audible, as opposed to the Library of Congress because these poor starving authors, dogs, and our dogs make a little bit of money. So you know, Alamo my guide dog always says, whenever we travel, please tell people to buy books because we're running low on kibbles. You know? Ian Walker 24:25 That's great. Michael Hingson 24:28 But, but tell me more about, you know, the book. Okay. Ian Walker 24:30 And so, um, so for the longest time, you know, I was really thinking about should I write a book and just, just sort of sitting down and thinking about the process and, you know, like, this is, this is my first effort. I've had other you know, other pieces published in different sort of music publications and things like that, but So, um, but I just went, Oh, can I do this? So I sat down, and I just sort of came up with potential chapter, you know, like, chapter titles. And then and, you know, wanted to start at the beginning and, and sort of worked my way through. And that's how I started to do it. And so it took about five years to write. Some things were very easy that just flowed really well. Some of the other real difficult issues took a long time, one particular chapter, in dealing with the relationship with my ex wife, I wrote at least 50 times, and, and then I sent it to my publisher, and, you know, I got it back with lots of red ink and crossbow this and, and, and said, No, in, we've taken your chapter, we've added it now. And if you want to publish with us, it has to be this way. And, and I went, you know, and when I read it, and I'm like, Oh, my goodness, like, why did this take me so long to you know, but it's the process of getting it out. Right, the good as well as the bad. And, and so I was really, really happy, you know, when I read their sort of version of that particular chapter. And, and then, you know, different things just started to come along way. So the first part is about the difficulties of dealing with ADHD from a from a child to, you know, to early 20s. But the other part is about the success of my career is working in arts management, in choral and, well, choral arts management, and I've done some orchestral, but most of my career, so I've worked with some major choral organizations in Canada. And, you know, I've worked with some incredible artists. And so I'm not sure if you're familiar with marine forester, she's an amazing classical vocal artists, she was, you know, big in the 40s. To, to the early 2000s. And she had an opportunity to sort of work with her, and she sort of took me under her wing. I'm an alumnus of the Tanglewood Institute program for actually called Boston University Tanglewood Institute. And so when I was down at Tanglewood, in 1981, I got to spend 20 minutes with Leonard Bernstein, and had an amazing conversation with him about one of his choral pieces. And, you know, the other one who comes to mind is like, an over 10 year relationship with Sir David Wilcox that's he's the conductor for or was the conductor for King's College, Cambridge. You know, what Christmas times Christmas from Kings is usually broadcast and Oh, my goodness, that, you know, well, so David was just one of the most amazing and generous people I've ever met my life. And so we, you know, became friends. And then we emailed for over 10 years, you know, right up to Lee. He was in his early 80s, then right up to his early 90s. And he lived to be 95. And, you know, so I wanted to talk about the other side of my career, which was still having a disability, but basically getting to do what I wanted to do, which was to work in music. And, you know, I talked about some of the teachers that I, I worked with, and, you know, choral experiences. And Ian Walker 29:23 so I it's, it's genuinely an arts book, for that arts person in your family who you don't know what to deal with. Michael Hingson 29:34 Yeah. So when you went, by the way when you were done and tinker with Did you ever get to sing with the Boston Symphony? Ian Walker 29:40 No, because our program was a young artists vocal program. But, but we had all kinds of speakers coming in throughout the summer. We were there for eight weeks. And it was an incredible program. and no says You didn't come and speak to us. But we could go at any time, you know, with the student card and go and listen to rehearsals all the time. And our, our, our choral director just recently passed away Leonard Atherton, who used to be a part of University of Muncie, Indiana. But he was a Canadian first. And he did some work up here, like just not very far from where I live in Hamilton, Ontario. And so I was just amazed, choral people that he knew, and that I knew, and then, you know, we come down to dangle wood, and, you know, it becomes International. So, so it's wonderful. And our group are has stayed together this summer, this coming summer, we'll celebrate 41 years, that and we've got composers, we've got conductors, we've got singers that had had incredible careers. And so we're just, you know, through the wonder of the internet, that we're able to still, you know, stay connected. We've got about three reunions throughout the years to that's pretty Tanglefoot. Michael Hingson 31:22 How long did it take you to act? How long did it take you to write the book? Ian Walker 31:27 Well, it was about five years. And then I was looking for the right publisher, and I was going to publish with one in the States. But there was some problems with, you know, the price of the book then and having to add the tariff coming back on and, you know, for a paperback it was going to be like between 35 or $40 for, you know, who would pay that. So. So, I'm connected with a very wonderful group here called the word guild, for Christian writers, and Christian folk who write for, you know, for Christian media. And so some of my friends said, Ian, why don't you check out word alive press. And it's been a very good, you know, association being connected with them. So they, they really helped me get the book out there. And now it's gone into 43 International bookstores on website, I am just, it's gone all over the world. The last it was in China, and it was being looked at in Russia, I was just totally blown away. So Michael Hingson 32:45 exciting. It is. Ian Walker 32:47 And, you know, I'm working on a second book right now. So but it's not gonna have you know, I've already told my story, you know, now, it's time to finesse and, and have some fun. Michael Hingson 33:03 Yeah, we're, we're sort of in the same boat, Thunder dog having been publishing it, and it tells my story. And we have talked in previous episodes of unstoppable mindset about working on another book, and I interviewed Carrie Wildkin, who I'm working with who's collaborating with me on writing it. We also had Susie Florian, who's the lady who wrote and helped me write. She's a professional writer, and she helped me write thunder dog. She is also very involved with Christian writers on the west coast. So we should probably introduce the two of them. That would be wonderful. All right, yeah, I'll do that this afternoon. But we, but we are now getting ready to write another book. And this one's going to be more about fear, and learning to better address and control fear and make it more of a positive thing then, when something happens and you just become so blinded by fear that you can't move forward or do any do anything. So our tentative title is the guide dogs Guide to Being brave me having worked with a guide dogs, and you're just about to have a contract signed on that, which is really exciting. So we'll be awesome. We'll be telling people about that as it moves forward. But I I'm with you the stories out there. So now it's time to be able to branch out and do other things. Yeah, but Ian Walker 34:33 that's really interesting that you you're, you know, looking at writing a book about fear because I've really felt in the last little while that a lot of ADHD issues, open the door to fear. And I was thinking about writing a book on fear, but but I just I've seen it, you know, time and time again, and I A lot of like, part of, you know, part of my journey has really also been to just break down the doors and say, I'm not going to be held by fear anymore. And, you know, I mean, it took me 27 years to get that degree and I was bound and determined that I was going to get it. I, you know, I didn't think it was going to take that long. But there, you know, and there were elements of fear that I had to break through and just say, No, I'm not going to I'm not going to let that, you know, just one little element stopped me from achieving my goal. Michael Hingson 35:37 Hence, the concept of unstoppable. Exactly, yeah. Let me ask this. I'm just curious, have you have animals been a part of your life and help you and moving forward in any way? Ian Walker 35:52 Yes, we growing up, we had an amazing Labrador, and her name was shadow, black lab. And when I would have bad days, she would always come near me, and sit with me. And just she sensed that you know, that I'd had a bad day or had been bullied or whatever. And we had a tent trailer. So sometimes, if it was a really bad day, I'd go out underneath one of the beds and sit with her just, you know, for half an hour or 45 minutes. And she just helped me to really calm down. And then, Elaine, and I, my second wife, we have a Shih Tzu have a niece and her name is Faith. And oh, my goodness, she is such a good dog. And I recently had some health issues. And she came and sat with me almost every day, you know, while I was recovering. And, yeah, so Oh, yes. I love animals Michael Hingson 37:05 very well, we, Ian Walker 37:08 I'm not a cat person. They're the only thing I like we Michael Hingson 37:15 we are now going to draft you to be interviewed for the book. Great. So I think there's, there's a story there. And I think it will be fun to make it part of the book because we will be talking to other people. And Ian Walker 37:33 I would love to write a story for that. That'd be wonderful. Michael Hingson 37:36 Well, we'll get we'll get you interviewed, and we'll be working on that. Definitely. Okay. But, but you know, it's it is interesting animals have such a positive effect on all of us. If, if we allow that. And I understand you're not a cat person. We do have a cat. Yeah. Okay. And she is the most verbal creature. I think I have you ever known. She talks to us all the time. We rescued her. And it took her a couple of months to decide that maybe we were reasonable creatures to have in her house. You know how cats are. So, so we we do have a great relationship with her. And she's good. She's on reason. Ian Walker 38:21 I don't like taxes. I'm allergic to them. Michael Hingson 38:24 So yeah, I understand that. Ian Walker 38:27 You know, a couple of my friends have some tolerable cats that Michael Hingson 38:34 we had. When we lived in many years ago in Mission Viejo, California. We had neighbors, whose kitchen faced our kitchen, and they discovered that from time to time, I would drag out my ice cream freezer and make homemade ice cream. We actually had okay, why we actually had wireless intercoms between the two kitchens. And whenever they looked through their window and saw the freezer going, they would announce that they'd be over with bowls and spoons about 630 or seven o'clock. And sure enough, Alan Linda would show up with bowls and spoons. We also had to we also had two cats. They were sisters. Yeah. Al was not a cat person. These two cats every time he came over, would jump up on the couch where he was sitting and they would wrap themselves around his head and purr and purr and you knew that he was a little bit uncomfortable. But what's funny is what's what's really funny is eventually there was a cat in the neighborhood that would occasionally go to their house and he fed the cat and suddenly the cat adopted him. And he became a cat person, which was really hilarious. Ian Walker 39:49 That's funny. Michael Hingson 39:51 But But animals are a part of our lives in so many ways. So you took five years to write the book was published in 2018. And it's doing Yes. Hmm. Let me ask this. So you come from a musical family, obviously. Yes. Your, your parents and so on. Do you have any, any musical relatives that maybe some of us would have heard of? Ian Walker 40:19 Yes, I do. So on my grandmother's side, my great uncles and everything, generally, we're all very artistic, loved music or arts or, or. And so my third cousins are Jonathan and Jordan night from the New Kids on the Block. So, and we got to see them in concert, because I'm about 10 years older than they are. So Michael Hingson 40:54 that's why there's a new kids. Ian Walker 40:56 That's right. So we got to see them in concert in, I think it was around 2014 or 15. And I understand they're coming to Toronto again in the near near future, I think. I think this coming June or something anyways. Yeah. So. So they're, you know, that that's pretty amazing that but vocal and choral music have been a part of my mom's side of the family. I have other cousins, second cousins or third cousins that have also been in some international choirs and, you know, sang in church choirs as well as you know, community when cousin, she's sung in the Toronto Mendelssohn choir for a number of years. So which is 160 voice choir? Michael Hingson 41:49 You were part of that for a while, weren't you? Ian Walker 41:51 I was I was in the Toronto Mendelssohn youth choir. And that was wonderful. And as a result, Robert Cooper, who has been my good friend and mentor, he was the artistic director of that, that program, and oh, my goodness, we, we had wonderful, wonderful years wonderful training. And I have still about, you know, good 10 or 15. Friends from from those years that we've still stayed in touch, and that's also at least at the 40 year mark, too. So. Michael Hingson 42:29 Well, I have to ask, do your third cousins acknowledge you as members of as a member of the family? Ian Walker 42:36 Oh, yeah, they know, checking? Yeah, they know who I am, what you see their grandmother was my favorite great aunt. Okay. And so, she is mentioned in the book quite a lot. And, and she was an amazing painter. I have like five or six of her paintings in my house. And, and so the eldest, Jonathan knew her fairly well as the Jonathan Jordan was a couple years behind. And so, you know, he didn't get to spend as much quality time as, as Jonathan did, to, you know, connect with her. They were living in Boston, so yeah, so, but she was wonderful. Oh, my goodness, I love spending time with my aunt all of Michael Hingson 43:35 Well, obviously, ADHD was something that you you dealt with very well, but even so, and music helped that, but help you deal with that. But was was your ADHD ever a problem when you were dealing with music singing or studying music? Ian Walker 43:54 And that's really interesting, because some other people have asked me that, no, you know, and the, like, the only thing that I have a problem with right now, maybe it's partly age, but is memory. And so when I'm memorizing words in with music, there's no problem. When I have to memorize like, you know, written script part. It is, it's a real difficult time unless I sort of have worked out some, you know, some steps along the way, like, Okay, I'm telling this part of the story, and this is what it means in depth. So that, you know, and it's kind of like I have to sort of like do a, a plot analysis. But when I'm learning music, with lyrics and music together, there's no problem. And I would love to, to see an MRI of my brain to trying to do one or the other, just to you know, to understand what what's going on. out there, why what, you know, problems. Michael Hingson 45:06 But it's interesting that you can use that as a breakthrough to really, in a lot of ways get beyond the absolutely HD. Ian Walker 45:15 Yeah, yeah. And also, they say after 50 That your ADHD, you know, lessons, and mine certainly did. But the other thing that I wanted to stress too is I've chosen since I was 12 or 13 years old to be non medicated. So I have used music as my therapy. So I have a catchphrase music versus medicine. And that has worked so well for me. Michael Hingson 45:53 So you sing that great thing. Yes. Do you Do you play any musical instruments? Yes. Besides kazoo Ian Walker 46:03 No, I don't play kazoo, but I cannot play because you know, but I play flute accordion and piano and as well as voice Michael Hingson 46:11 Yeah. Well, then you can work on because you could work on kazoo. Ian Walker 46:16 I could work on kazoo. Yeah. Michael Hingson 46:19 That that should go well with football I would think. Ian Walker 46:22 Yeah, the right part. I'm going to be a new what's his name? Bobby. You know that. Don't worry. Get Don't worry. Be happy. Yeah, some? Yeah. That well, he is an incredible musician, incredible singer. And so he can think like he can hum and sing Mozart parts and and then I love it when people come and we'll sing harmony with them or whatever. Oh, it's really mix Aaron Bobby McFerrin. I know, even Ferran Michael Hingson 46:57 right. Yeah. We we are great fans here. My wife and I have acapella music. We listen a lot to groups like Straight No Chaser. Are you familiar with them? No, don't know them. They're a group of 10 students who went to to college in Indiana, formed a group saying some then didn't do anything. And then later got all got back together. Now they have a number of of albums. And it's all acapella. Which is really wonderful. And the harmony is great. And they, they, they sing one of my favorite Christmas songs who spiked the eggnog, you have to hunt it down and listen, oh, that's it. It's really cool. It's really clever. And, but but, you know, music is so much a part of all of our lives. And I'm glad that for you, it really is able to, to mean so much and do so much. So from a professional standpoint. You graduated from college? And then what did you do? Ian Walker 48:10 Well, then I worked a lot in different arts organizations. So in now, like, you know, because it took such a long time to get the degree and, you know, get myself established and because I'm an arts consultant, so I deal in public relations, marketing and fundraising. And I've had a various number of clients, you know, throughout the years. Now, with COVID, some things are starting to, you know, pick up again, but it's me time, I've wanted to really do a cabaret evening. So I've just started working with this amazing music director, her name's Don Martens. She's here, right here in the Hamilton area. She's so talented, and I just love working with her. So our plan is, for September, we're going to do a backyard concert to you know, try it out, we're going to do six to eight or eight, eight to 12 songs or so. And then we'll we'll try it out her husband does all the sound and the lighting. And then we'll see how it goes. And if it's ready to be, you know, shipped, then we can start promoting it when I also do other book signing events. Michael Hingson 49:34 How many people will be involved in that? In terms of singing? Yeah, Ian Walker 49:37 yeah. Well, I've tried to do something different with my book signing events. I've tried to always sing. So you know, do three or four pieces. And, and that's all gone overwhelmed with people that you know, don't know me. But the other exciting news is I'm working on an album. So so this is the first time You can find me on the internet. And, you know, I've just done a whole Christmas community thing with the Dundas Baptist Church, which was our home church, we, my family was there for over 50 years. But Don put together this wonderful sort of community program during COVID. And so I've got a good, good piece on there. So and now we're going to be we're going to be putting together six songs to to, you know, to start an album, so I'm really excited about that. That's been, I've wanted to do an album for a long time. And so we're gonna have the gospel, inspiration, style and one Christmas song. Michael Hingson 50:52 Where can people find out? Where can people find your singing today? Well, Ian Walker 50:55 as soon as I yeah, you can go to my website. And if you can sign up, I do a newsletter vote every, you know, either once a year or six every six months? And do you want me just to tell you the new website, Michael Hingson 51:14 or Sure, we'll, we'll do it later as well. But sure, go ahead. Ian Walker 51:18 So it's Emily in E M, Lian, communications plural.org. And if you go to that website, and there's a, you know, become a friend, join my website, just give us your name and your email address, we'd love to have you, you know, come on board, and then you'll be able to see my, my events. So but the other odd other real exciting big news is, I've written a play about the book. And I taken seven characters, and created a 60 minute play about dealing with ADHD, and using music therapy. So and it's going to be called stirring my soul to sing. And we're going to be premiering it in July here within the Greater Toronto Area. We're just waiting for confirmation. But I think it's going to be done as Baptist church because they have a wonderful sanctuary area, that will just work perfectly. We're going to kind of do it, what I refer to as opera and concert style. So music stands with scripts, and it's gonna kind of like an old time radio show, we're going to begin to try that, that format out. And so I'm really, really excited about that and information, how to get tickets, as all my will be on my website very soon. Michael Hingson 53:02 Cool. Well, that's pretty obviously pretty exciting all the way around in terms of the things that you've accomplished. I'm interested to know a little bit more about what it means to be an art consultant. Ian Walker 53:14 Oh, well, you know, I've worked in, in that position. And as for 30 years, so you know, working with different arts organizations, you learn a multiple level of skills. And so excuse me, when I started off, I was working in marketing, and I loved marketing. And then, you know, you as part of, because I was in an apprenticeship program, so we had had to move around, you know, and learn so many skills. So then I was taught, I think I was like, a month or so in the box office. So I learned box office skills. And then, you know, some of the events that I was working on in marketing promoted me to learn more about PR. And then also that summer I learned fundraising as I was on the phone selling tickets for, you know, for the orchestra. So all of those Ian Walker 54:17 skills became a what's what I call now an art consultant. So I have, I've raised $2.5 million for Arts and Social Sciences. Ian Walker 54:30 And before I'm done when I'm ready to retire I'm aiming for my goal is going to be 5 million. So, so I got another 2.5 to go. You can do it. I think I can do it. Yeah, cuz I'm not ready to retire yet. And I'm just in my early 60s. So Michael Hingson 54:47 there Yeah, there you go. Yeah. So in addition to being an arts consultant, what are you doing to help prepare the next generation whether it's a In art, or I'm more curious to hear what you would say about helping people in the future dealing with ADHD. Ian Walker 55:08 Absolutely. And my whole thoughts is, you know, I want to be able to give back. So I'm, I'm, as we're just starting to, you know, put things together for the production, I'm going to have two or three students, that will be learning stage managing, or, you know, and I'm hoping that these are kids that have some disability issues, you know, if it's a DD ADHD or a DD to be able to see how to use your energies, you know, is really important, and to have the right people there to help steward you, you know, in that, in that process is really important. So, so we're going to do that. I've been speaking to Chamber of Commerce, you know, in the within the community, as a, as a public speaker, and talking about ADHD, and disability in in the classroom, and how important it is that the shaming stops blaming, and the shaming stops, you know, and that disability is part of our lives, as artists as, as whatever that, you know, we continue to grow, and to have tolerance for people that have a difference, you know, then then, then the normal person. And so those are really important things. And, and I had built that into my company that we will have students or we will have assistants that have ADHD, or whatever. And that, you know, we will be working with with adults of disability, in our projects that we're doing into the future, Michael Hingson 57:09 will is clearly a person who has a lot of knowledge about ADHD, especially from the first person's point of view. Have you found? Have you found challenges using websites and the internet? Being a person experiencing ADHD? Ian Walker 57:28 Um, sometimes, like, I'm just because we're, you know, coming out of COVID now, and just bombardment of emails, like, you know, I mean, I get over, sometimes, like, over 150 emails, now I gotta start going through, get rid of the sales stuff. Michael Hingson 57:48 But that takes care of 149 of them. But go ahead. Ian Walker 57:51 See, there you go. Right. And, and so the thing is, I just, I get exasperated, I get tired. From Michael Hingson 58:01 websites. Have you had challenges on going to visit web pages? Ian Walker 58:06 Not so much? No. Because I've just discovered now, and I love this, especially on, you know, on the Kindle books, whatever, that those kinds of books and web pages can read back to you. You don't have to read everything. And I love this. And so. So now with the upgrade and you know, software through Microsoft web pages, if I'm tired or at it, you know, they can can voice activate and read to me, which is wonderful. Michael Hingson 58:44 One of the reasons that I asked the question is that is you may know, if you've looked at me a lot, I work for a company called accessiBe, which is a company that manufactures products that make webpages and websites accessible and accessiBe. It deals with a variety of disabilities and actually allows you to activate profiles to address specific issues like in terms of ADHD, a lot of noise on websites and other things like that. And AccessiBe has a profile specifically intended to deal with websites that can be a challenge for some people with ADHD to make them much more usable. So if you get a chance, you might check it out. It's, Ian Walker 59:33 I wouldn't use it. Yeah. Michael Hingson 59:37 Yeah, I will A C C E S S B E, I will I'll send you some information. Because it might very well be that there is a great partnership that can evolve from that around the wonderful accessiBe likes to work with people who have disabilities and who know more than than we do. So yeah, it's it's good to establish that but the way it works is that there are a number profiles that accessiBe be deals with and ADHD and, and other cognitive disabilities are profiles that can be activated. So it certainly makes sense for us to get you and some of the folks that accessiBe together. Ian Walker 1:00:16 Awesome. Michael Hingson 1:00:18 Well, we have been doing this a long time. And we could go on and on and on. But we both probably have lots to do. But I'd like to do this again. But I really, thank you for your time being here today to talk about a lot of this. And I'd like you to go through again, if people want to get a hold of you not sending you sales emails. Okay, how can they reach out to you? Ian Walker 1:00:45 Okay, so my website is www.E M L I A N communications. So C O M M U N I C A T I O N S .org Emliancommunications.org. Now, there's an easier way to remember if you just Google Walker, or Stirring Walker ADHD, it will also bring up all the information that you need to know about me and the book. Michael Hingson 1:01:30 And if people want to email you, Ian Walker 1:01:33 you can email me at info@Emliancommunications.org. Michael Hingson 1:01:41 Well, thank you very much for being here. I know it's taken us a while to get together. But I am so glad that we finally were able to do it and have a chance to really chat. I've got to ask, do you do a podcast? Ian Walker 1:01:56 I do. And I just started it. It's called the arts report music for the ADHD brain. And it's on Spotify. It's on a couple others, you can find it on my website. We're going to be adding some more to it. It's just been, you know, time to I've got some programs in the can that just have to be edit it. And well, thank God I have somebody who's amazing that does that. I don't have to do that. That's not my that's not my, my specialty. Michael Hingson 1:02:33 You do? No, that's Ian Walker 1:02:34 not what I do. Well, I like being able to have a producer say hey, what do you think about this? And Michael Hingson 1:02:41 do you deal with some of the PATA Palooza folks? Ian Walker 1:02:44 Just starting to get into that. So in been very grateful of the new connections that we're we've made there. So of course, you're one of those. So that's, that's wonderful. Michael Hingson 1:02:59 Well, again, what's the name of the podcast? Ian Walker 1:03:02 So it's called the arts report music for the ADHD brain. Michael Hingson 1:03:09 Well, if you ever need a guest to come on and talk about something esoteric or another, let me know we'd love to do Ian Walker 1:03:16 that because we want to talk about disability as well. So you know and overcoming disability so love to have you on Michael when we can can schedule that. Michael Hingson 1:03:27 Let's do it. All right, in locker thanks again for being here. And I want to thank you for listening to us today. I hope you've enjoyed your time within reach out to him. I am sure that he won't treat your email as a sales email. He's he's responded to mine pretty well. So I guess he he liked me can distinguish between what's real and what's not. But I want to thank you all for listening to unstoppable mindset. We sure appreciate a five star rating wherever you are listening to this podcast. And if you'd like to reach out and talk to me possibly be a guest on the podcast or just share your thoughts. You can go to www.Michaelhingson.com/podcast that's www.M I C H A E L H I N G S O N.com/podcast or email me at Michaelh M I C H A E L H I at accessiBe.com accessiBe is spelled A C C E S S I B E. And again, we mentioned the concept of accessiBe dealing with a variety of disabilities. If you want to learn more about accessiBe , please visit www.accessibe.com. But again, thanks for listening and Ian, thanks very much for being here today. Ian Walker 1:04:53 Thank you so much, Michael. It's been great hanging out with you today. Michael Hingson 1:04:57 It's been my honor as well. Thank you Michael Hingson 1:05:03 You have been listening to the Unstoppable Mindset podcast. Thanks for dropping by. I hope that you'll join us again next week, and in future weeks for upcoming episodes. To subscribe to our podcast and to learn about upcoming episodes, please visit www dot Michael hingson.com slash podcast. Michael Hingson is spelled m i c h a e l h i n g s o n. While you're on the site., please use the form there to recommend people who we ought to interview in upcoming editions of the show. And also, we ask you and urge you to invite your friends to join us in the future. If you know of any one or any organization needing a speaker for an event, please email me at speaker at Michael hingson.com. I appreciate it very much. 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Welcome back to a special episode of Sun:Sets with Chicane. This week, Nick debuts his brand new album 'Far From the Maddening Crowds (Evolution Mixes)' released today. Featuring new mixes of classic tracks like 'OffShore', 'Sunstroke' and 'Red Skies'.Grab your copy right here: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/far-from-the-maddening-crowds-evolution-mixes/1623252037 1. Early (Evolution Mix)2. Already There (Evolution Mix)3. Offshore (Evolution Mix)4. Soundtrack Selection: Chosen by Ian Walker in ThailandHans Zimmer - You're Where You Belong (Taken from the Top Gun Maverick Soundtrack)5. Lost You Somewhere (Evolution Mix)6. From Blue to Green (Evolution Mix)7. Sunstroke DC (Evolution Mix)8. Leaving Town (Evolution Mix)9. Red Skies (Evolution Mix)10. Sunstroke (Evolution Mix)11. Offshore (Disco Citizens) (Evolution Mix)12. The Drive Home (Evolution Mix)
Kotaku writer Ian Walker got some flak recently when he falsely claimed in an article that the upcoming Street Fighter 6 would feature the series' first black woman. We discuss Walker doubling and tripling down on this claim along with Xbox calling out Kotaku's terrible take on Game Pass, a Halo co-creator criticizing the show, Marvel's double standard on objectifying characters, Netflix telling woke employees to get lost, and more.
In this episode, Mike is joined by Ian Walker. Ian is the Founder & President of Hippie Snacks, a British Columbia-based company that is dedicated to using as few steps as possible in its manufacturing process to keep the ingredients close to nature. Ian talks about his experience with co-founders, his experience being a single founder, selecting products to distribute, strategies for product innovation, building the ‘hug factor', and so much more. Follow Ian Walker on LinkedIn Connect with Mike on LinkedIn Follow Mike on Clubhouse Follow Mike on Instagram
In this episode, Mike is joined by Ian Walker. Ian is the Founder & President of Hippie Snacks, a British Columbia-based Certified B Corporation that is dedicated to using as few steps as possible in its manufacturing process to keep the ingredients close to nature. Ian answers questions from other founders about hiring and building a team, marketing sustainability, his process before product launching, what his retail sales philosophy is, entering the United States market, and more. Follow Ian Walker on LinkedIn Connect with Mike on LinkedIn Follow Mike on Clubhouse Follow Mike on Instagram
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this week we bring you a great interview with Former Spurs and Leicester City GK Ian Walker, .Walker played in the winning 1989-90 FA Youth Cup Tottenham team overcoming Middlesbrough. After starting out with the team in the 80's as a trainee and having two loan spells, for Ipswich Town and Oxford United. During the early 90's he succeeded Erik Thorstvedt as the number 1 at Spurs, starting to get his chance in the team during the first season of the Premiership during the 92/93 season. Please join out social media pages and share the podwww.instagram.com/thephoenixfiveshow Email thephoenoxfiveshow@gmail.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/Thephoenixfive1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Spurs Show caught up with ex Spurs and England keeper Ian Walker in Shanghai! He reminisced about his time at the club. Get tickets for our Xmas Live show on December 6th! Xmas.spursshow.net Come and join us at our #SpursShowLIVE events for just £10 a month! Grab your season ticket now from season.spursshow.net For more exclusive daily Spurs Show podcasts check out Patreon.com/spursshow spursshow.net @spursshow Support us at season.spursshow.net Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh Engineered by Leon Gorman A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk Copyright 2021 Playback Media Ltd - playbackmedia.co.uk/copyright Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ian and I talk about the what it's like being married, being newly single and not settling. We discuss therapy, finding balance between work and life, and being grounded within yourself and not caring what others think. Book Mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/Untethered-Soul-Journey-Beyond-Yourself/dp/1572245379/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21X2HLX1D5ELE&dchild=1&keywords=the+untethered+soul+by+michael+singer&qid=1632266862&sprefix=the+unt%2Caps%2C218&sr=8-1 Watch this episode on Youtube!: https://youtu.be/agn1vKlhZBE This week's wine!: https://www.vivino.com/ca-gregorie-soave/w/9028953 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/complexlikewine/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/complexlikewine/support
Returning guest Ian Walker of Borders Journeys is taking us on a tour of the Lisbon you may not know, street art, Royal palaces, and of course Ian's famous Cake o'clock with the delicious Pastel de Nata pastries. Ian has a wealth of information taking us away from the tourist areas and telling us about the real Lisbon and all it has to offer, so walking shoes on and let's get ready to climb those hills of Lisbon together.
Dive back in and hear from the purpose-driven CEOs we highlighted in Season 1 of the Beyond Capital Podcast. Your host Eva Yazhari was inspired by Ian's story, and wrote about his work at Left Coast Naturals in her new book, The Good Your Money Can Do. Click here to learn more and get your copy.Organic farming is important, both for the environment and for our health. Natural, organic foods are generally produced using sustainable agricultural practices, and contain fewer harmful pesticides, chemicals, and synthetic hormones. But according to the USDA, organic products constitute only about 4% of total food sales.In this episode, we hear from Ian Walker, the founder and President of Left Coast Naturals, an organic food manufacturer and distributor based in Western Canada. Ian is the brains behind a number of healthy food brands, including “Hippie Snacks,” that focus on natural, plant-based, non-GMO products - from peanut butter, to granola, to cauliflower crisps. He started his business when he was 24. Today, Left Coast Naturals distributes products in more than 500 stores, and has developed a unique company culture with highly progressive perks, all around one mission: sustainability. "We want to have a company that treats people well, and that people are excited to be a part of," says Ian. "We asked ourselves, what's stopping our employees from making positive changes in their life? So we put our money where our mouth is."
Creating a sustainable business is about more than your carbon footprint. Sure, your environmental impact is important, but so is your societal and economic impact, including how you affect the communities you work in and how you treat the people who work for you. Today's guest is Ian Walker, Founder, and President of Left Coast Naturals, an organic and natural food distributor of ‘better ingredient' brands like Hippie Snacks, among others. Ian has come a long way from selling nut butter with a friend at a local market. Today, Left Coast Naturals distributes 27 different brands, over 200 organic and natural bulk foods, and manufactures three of their own brands. They have never wavered on their commitment to, not just make great food and serve their customers, but to do it in an ethical and environmentally responsible way too. In this episode, Ian shares the three pillars of a sustainable business and highlights his commitment to “asking too many questions,” as you'll find out.Key Points From This Episode:The three pillars of sustainable business: environmental, societal, and economic impact.Learn more about Ian's background in sustainability, particularly from a business perspective.Why going back to the basics of whole foods isn't as complicated as others make it sound.The importance of continuous learning and striving to be better than the day before.How Ian arrived at this model, growing a manufacturing branded business in parallel with a distribution business.How knowing not just what you want to be, but also what you don't, can benefit your business.The unique selling point that manufacturing their own products provides Left Coast Naturals.Ian's mission to streamline the growing trend towards consuming more whole foods.How innovation has had to evolve as organic products have become more mainstream.The process of creating whole food products that are both price and format-friendly.Some of the biggest obstacles Ian has faced on this journey, including consumer perception. How Ian hopes to combat greenwashing and elevate B Corps in the eyes of consumers.Learn more about the inherent requirements for shelf-stable packaging, namely its seal and barrier properties.Ian explains why the illusion of recycling or composting plastic packaging is a false narrative.Why being challenged is an important part of leading the way in any field, and why businesses should be open to criticism.How businesses are quick to adopt sustainable initiatives when it costs less, but hesitant when it costs more.Ian's commitment to “ask too many questions” when it comes to their non-GMO promise.Predictions for the future of the whole and organic foods industry: there will be end solutions.How a new generation of conscious employees is shifting companies for the better.Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:Ian Walker on LinkedInLeft Coast NaturalsHippie Snacks
The renowned British yachtsman Neal McDonald is Justin Chisholm's guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast EXTRA.McDonald is perhaps best known for his ocean racing achievements in the Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Race, but he is also an Olympic campaigner and won world and European dinghy titles in his time – as well as spending eight years campaigning on the Australian 18-foot skiff circuit.As well as six Whitbread and Volvo Ocean appearances as a sailor – including twice as a skipper – Neal coached Ian Walker's Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team to victory in the 2014-15 edition, and took on the same role with the Spanish Mapfre team in the 2017-18 race.Away from the fully crewed racing Neal has put his technical analysis skills to good use as part of Alex Thomson's last two Hugo Boss Vendee Globe campaigns.Neal is one of professional yacht racing's great characters and always great to chat to, so this was a fun interview to record and one we are sure our listeners will enjoy.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yacht-racing-podcast/message
No, you've not tuned into late-night Lite FM radio. In this special mailbag episode, Sarah and Doug hear from listeners around the world, taking your questions and comments on everything from disabled cyclists, how to make bike lanes as common as sidewalks, when to take the car keys from aging parents and grandparents, the frustrations women feel when told what to wear when riding a bicycle, whether or not cyclists should share a friendly wave with other cyclists and how to find joy while fighting a daily War on Cars. Buy a War on Cars t-shirt at Cotton Bureau. Enlist today! Support the podcast on Patreon. Rate and review the war effort on iTunes. Show Notes: Get to know Delilah. “Cambridge's New Bike Lane Plan is ‘Bikelash'-Proof.” (CityLab) New York City passes a new “Vision Zero Design Standards Law. (Curbed) Does what a person wears while cycling make a difference? Dr. Ian Walker tried to find out. (Bicycling, ScienceDirect, Association for Psychological Science) Find us on Twitter @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke and Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek. Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com https://thewaroncars.org
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