Podcast appearances and mentions of Irving Stone

Mokuhanga can be a standalone medium or combined with other artistic practices, offering endless opportunities for experimentation and creative exploration. In this episode of The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast, I speak with printmaker Karen Kunc, who has worked with mokuhanga for many years. She integrates it into her broader printmaking practice, which includes book arts, mixed media, letterpress, Western woodblock, and more. We discuss her early encounters with mokuhanga, her travels to Japan, and her experience printing with Akira Kurosaki. Karen also shares how nature influences her work, the importance of taking creative risks, and her perspective on mokuhanga today. Plus, we talk about her own Constellation Studios and its role in her artistic journey. Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own mokuhanga work on Instagram @andrezadoroznyprints or email me at theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Artists works follow after the note if available. Pieces are mokuhanga unless otherwise noted. Dimensions are given if known. Print publishers are given if known. Karen Kunc - website, Instagram  Aqua Alta - 26" x 72", woodcut Jocelyn Art Museum - is a fine arts museum located in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. The museum was opened in 1931. More info, here. The Agony and The Ecstasy   - is a biographical novel by the American author Irving Stone (1903-1989). It goes into detail of the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). The novel was published in 1961.  Awaji Island - located in Japan's Seto Inland Sea, has a rich history dating back to ancient times. According to the Kojiki(Records of Ancient Matters), it is considered the birthplace of Japan—the first island created by the gods Izanagi and Izanami in Japanese mythology. Historically, Awaji played a vital role as a strategic hub for maritime trade and travel, connecting the Kansai region with Shikoku and Kyushu. During the Edo period, it was governed as part of the Tokushima Domain under the Hachisuka clan. Today, Awaji is renowned for its natural beauty, traditional industries such as Awaji Ningyō Jōruri (puppet theater), and its connection to mainland Japan via the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge—the world's longest suspension bridge. Kyoto Seika University - located in Kyoto, Japan, is a leading private institution specializing in art and design education. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in fields such as painting, sculpture, graphic design, and manga. Known for its rigorous curriculum, Kyoto Seika emphasizes both practical skills and creative expression. With a strong tradition of nurturing talented artists and designers, the university fosters a dynamic environment that encourages innovation and artistic growth. Akira Kurosaki (1937-2019) - was one of the most influential woodblock print artists of the modern era. His work, while seemingly abstract, moved people with its vibrant colour and powerful composition. He was a teacher and invented the “Disc Baren,” which is a great baren to begin your mokuhanga journey with. At the 2021 Mokuhanga Conference in Nara, Japan there was a tribute exhibit of his life works. Azusa Gallery has a nice selection of his work, here. Aurora - 13" x 17" colour woodcut (1982)  ukiyo-e - is a multi colour woodblock print generally associated with the Edo Period (1603-1867) of Japan. What began in the 17th Century as prints of only a few colours, evolved into an elaborate system of production and technique into the Meiji Period (1868-1912). With the advent of photography and other forms of printmaking, ukiyo-e as we know it today, ceased production by the late 19th Century.  Utagawa Kuniteru (1808-1876) Sumo Wrestler (1861) Peter Max - is an American artist who is associated with the American Pop Art movement of the 1950's and 1960's. He used vibrant colours in his work. Max's art was seen on posters, paintings, even running shoes. More info, here.  Outer Spectrum - serigraph 8.75" x 12.5" (1978)  Mary Brodbeck - is a mokuhanga printmaker, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been producing mokuhanga for nearly 25 years. Her work refelcts nature, and the power it contains. Mary's interview with The Unfinished Print can be found, here.  GAZE - 10" x 14"  MI Lab - is a mokuhanga artists residency located in Awatabe Town, Echizen City, Fukui, Japan.  More info can be found, here.  Center For The Science of Human Endeavor - also known in Japanese as 一般社団法人産業人文学研究所  is a program to "research, study, design for a life style in the 21st Century," and is associated with MI Lab.  There is a brick and mortar gallery located in Shinbashi, Tōkyō.  McClains Woodblock Print Supply Co.  - based in Portland, Oregon, McClain's is the go-to supplier of woodblock print tools in the United States. Their website can be found here. The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast interview with Daniel Jasa of McClain's can be found here. nishinouchi paper - is a Japanese washi which is produced in Nishinouchi Kami no Sato, located in Hitachiomiya City, Ibaraki, Japan. More info can be found, here.  The Japanese Paper Place- is a Toronto based Japanese paper store servicing the mokuhanga and arts community in Toronto and around the world for many years. Nancy Jacobi of The JPP and her interview with The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast can be found,  here. Constellation Studios - is the studio of Karen Kunc located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. More info can be found, here.  Penland School of Craft - is a school which welcomes students from all over the world. Located in North Carolina, the school offers eight-week workshops in many different types of mediums. More info, here.  Anderson Ranch Arts Center - since the 1960s, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, located in Colorado, has been a beacon for the arts in the United States. The Ranch offers master classes, workshops, artist-in-residence programs, and more. For additional information, please click here. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) - founded in 1971, is located at Mt. San Angelo in Amherst, Virginia. It provides residency opportunities for artists and writers across various disciplines, offering a supportive environment for creative work. More info can be found, here.  Wayne Crothers - is an Australian mokuhanga printmaker, curator and artist who lives in Japan.  Patricia Olynyk - is a Canadian multimedia artist, photographer,  who resides in The United States. Patricia's work explores the way " social systems and institutional structures shape our understanding of our place in the world." More information can be found, here.  Oculus - digital sculpture  Ralph Kiggell (1960-2022) -  was one of the most important mokuhanga practitioners. Originally from England, Ralph lived and worked in Thailand. Ralph pushed the boundaries of mokuhanga with extremely large pieces, jigsaw carving, and by using fantastic colour. He also worked with the International Mokuhanga Conference to promote mokuhanga around the world. He will be greatly missed. Ralph's work can be found, here. His obituary in The Guardian can be found, here. His interview with The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast can be found, here. Park Winter Tuula Moilanen - is a Finnish mokuhanga printmaker and painter based in Finland. She lived and studied in Kyōto from 1989 to 2012, where she learned her printmaking at Kyōto Seika University and from printmaker Akira Kurosaki (1937–2019). Her work can be found here. Her interview with The Unfinished Print: A Mokuhanga Podcast can be found here. Daizuyama - 23cm x 34cm (2009)  Kari Laitinen - is a Finnish artist and printmaker based in Finland. His works explore colour and dimension. More information can be found, here. He helped write, with Tuula Moilanen, the book Woodblock Printmaking with Oil-based Inks and the Japanese Watercolour Woodcut. It was published in 1999. Dimensions VII - 48cm x 76cm (2017) Venice Printmaking Studio - is a printmaking residency located in Murano, Italy. Malaspina Printmakers - is a printmaking residency located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. MNmore info, here.  Annu Vertanen - is a Finnish printmaker who has used mokuhanga in her work. Annu is currently a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki.  Aspect Guanlan I - 95cm x 65cm  © Popular Wheat Productions Opening and closing musical credit - Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City (1982). 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Roma by Laura Biagiotti (1988) + The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (1961) + Carol Reed's The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965) with Kylie White 2/4/25 S7E6 To hear the complete continuing story of The Perfume Nationalist please subscribe on Patreon. 

Cuộc sống thì vốn là những chuyến đi nhiều sóng gió nhất. Đối mặt với từng cột mốc cuộc đời, làm thế nào để không lạc lối trong khó khăn? Làm sao để vượt qua những tháng ngày gian khó? Nếu bạn đang băn khoăn và chênh vênh giữa đời, hãy thử mở cuốn sách nổi tiếng “Khát vọng sống " của "cha đẻ tiểu thuyết tiểu sử thế giới" Irving Stone, và đọc về câu chuyện cuộc đời họa sĩ vĩ đại người Hà Lan, Van Gogh. Bạn sẽ phát hiện, cuộc đời mỗi người, không có năm tháng khổ đau nào là không thể vượt qua. Chỉ có sẵn sàng trải qua hàng ngàn lần gột rửa, bạn mới có thể tôi luyện chính mình từ lò luyện trần gian. Chỉ khi kiên trì, chúng ta mới có thể rèn giũa nên một bộ giáp cứng cáp, đạt được một cái tôi mới mẻ. Mời các bạn cùng lắng nghe! ------------------------- ❤️ ỦNG HỘ KÊNH TẠI: https://beacons.ai/betterversion.donate

This week on Sinica, I'm delighted to welcome Dá Wēi (达巍), one of China's foremost scholars of China's foreign relations and especially relations with the U.S. Da Wei is the director of the Center for International Security and Strategy (CISS) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and is a professor in the department of International Relations at the School of Social Science at Tsinghua. Before September 2017, Professor Da served as the Director of the Institute of American Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), a leading think tank in Beijing. He was at CICIR for more than two decades and directed the Institute of American Studies from 2013 to 2017.We discuss the state of Chinese understanding of the United States: how China's strategic class assesses the state of the relationship, what brought it to this point, and what the future might hold.2:52 – American attitudes toward the U.S.-China relationship5:32 – The focus of academic think tanks and strategic communities in the U.S. versus China 11:13 – The Chinese strategic community's understanding of American domestic politics with respect to the upcoming U.S. presidential election 15:08 – The Chinese strategic community's understanding of why and how the current state of relations developed, and why China changed its trajectory 23:12 – The Chinese strategic community's perspectives on American policy: Do they see a difference between the parties?27:02 – Da Wei's concept of “Sullivanism” 33:41 – The question of mutual misunderstanding 38:37 – The role and influence of China's think tanks in the policymaking process43:29 – The idea of cognitive empathy — aka strageic empathy, or intellectual empathy — and how it could aid mutual understanding and the policymaking process52:30 – The Chinese perspective on Russia and the war in Ukraine 57:37 – The Chinese perspective on China's other international relations and the global context of the U.S.-China relationship 1:04:19 The issue of Taiwan and the question of the “status quo” 1:13:52 The importance of building people-to-people ties 1:16:51 – Da Wei's personal anecdote about an experience that influenced his understanding the U.S.-China relationshipRecommendations:Da Wei: Lust for Life by Irving Stone — a biography of Vincent van Gogh; Pablo Casals's recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites; the films Cinema Paradiso (1988) and Forrest Gump (1994). Kaiser: The Sopranos (1999-2007) TV series and The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco, written by Allen Rucker with recipes by Michele Scicolone. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How can you train your son into good character, character that will last, character that will see him become a man of responsibility and action?The allures of society can drown your son in ease of life, pleasure, and infinite time-wasting.  Many young men simply fail to do anything with their lives.It doesn't have to be this way.Irving Stone wrote of Michelangelo in The Agony and the Ecstasy, “...his own integrity… forced him to do his best, even when he would have preferred to do nothing at all.”There is a way to instill character in your son: give him godly mentors, a high target to aim for, and set challenges for him that will awaken the fire within his soul.For more encouragement and parenting advice, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.

“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.” ― Irving Stone, The Agony and the EcstasyFind The Agony and the Ecstasy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/321552.The_Agony_and_the_Ecstasy Complete poems and selected letters of Michelangelo: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Poems-Selected-Letters-Michelangelo/dp/0691003246 Host and artist Stephanie Scott breaks down the practicality of the art career with topics including: sustainable creative practices, social media skills, and the mindsets that keep it all together. New episodes every Tuesday!Read Januarys book: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists by Linda Nochlin https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36507992-why-have-there-been-no-great-women-artists The next live recording will be on Twitch on January 14th, 3pm Pacific. https://www.twitch.tv/cheerssteph Visual Nomad: https://www.instagram.com/visualnomad__/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniescott.art/ Website: http://www.stephaniescott.art/brushwork Music by @winepot https://www.instagram.com/thewinepot/ Podcast Cover photo by Maryna Blumqvist https://instagram.com/picturemaryna

Chapter 1 Interpret what The Agony and the Ecstasy is about"The Agony and the Ecstasy" is a biographical novel written by Irving Stone. It was first published in 1961 and tells the story of the life of Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. The book covers Michelangelo's artistic journey, starting from his apprenticeship as a painter in Florence, his years working under the patronage of the Medici family, and his monumental works such as the sculpture of David and the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome. The novel explores the personal and artistic struggles faced by Michelangelo, including his battles with self-doubt, the demands of his patrons, and the conflicts between his artistic vision and the religious and political environment of Renaissance Italy. The title "The Agony and the Ecstasy" reflects the intense emotional and physical toll that Michelangelo experienced in pursuing his artistic passion, as well as the moments of triumph and transcendence he achieved. It provides a vivid portrayal of the life of one of the most renowned artists in history and the extraordinary commitment and sacrifice required to create enduring works of art.Chapter 2 Is The Agony and the Ecstasy A Good Book"The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone is widely regarded as a well-written and engaging historical novel. Stone vividly portrays the life and struggles of Michelangelo Buonarroti, one of the most renowned artists of the Renaissance era. The book delves into the artist's creative process, his relationships, and the societal forces he encountered throughout his life. If you have an interest in art history or historical fiction, this book might be worth exploring.Chapter 3 Key Features of The Agony and the Ecstasy "The Agony and the Ecstasy" is a biographical historical novel written by Irving Stone, published in 1961. The novel tells the story of the life and works of the renowned Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti.The book begins with a young Michelangelo, who is passionate about creating art and studied under the patronage of Lorenzo de' Medici, a powerful ruler at the time. Michelangelo faces various challenges throughout his life, including financial difficulties, political conflicts, and personal struggles.One of Michelangelo's most famous projects is the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling in the Vatican. The book delves into the intricate process of the creation of the iconic frescoes, depicting the agony and intensity Michelangelo experienced while working on the project.The story also explores Michelangelo's relationships, including his complex bond with his patron and friend Pope Julius II. The dynamic between the two men is filled with tension and clashes, highlighting the struggle between the artist's creative vision and the demands of his powerful patron.Throughout the novel, Stone portrays Michelangelo as a deeply passionate and driven artist, constantly challenging himself and pushing the boundaries of his craft. The book also delves into his personal life, including his love affairs and his sense of isolation and loneliness."The Agony and the Ecstasy" offers a detailed and vivid portrayal of Michelangelo's life, his artistic talents, and the tumultuous times in which he lived. It provides insights into the creative process behind some of his most iconic artworks and explores the complex personality of one of history's greatest artists.Chapter 4 The Agony and the Ecstasy Author The author of the book "The Agony and the Ecstasy" is Irving Stone. He released the book in 1961....

No, not the Michelangelo biography by Irving Stone, but the highs and lows of the maddening, marvellous process of writing a business book. In this best bits episode I pick out the pearls from the last few conversations, and this time the common theme is the pain and pleasure of writing a book, the unrelenting difficulty of it, and the extraordinary joy and meaning it provides. Often all in the same moment.  Whether you're agonising over your manuscript or feeling ecstatic about the progress you're making you'll relate to all of this, and if you're lacking motivation, you'll find it here in spades.  With insights from:  Steven Adjei on the nature of pain;  Richard Charkin on the visceral vulnerability of becoming an author;  Melissa Romo on the challenges of making the complex simple;  Catherine Erdly on detail wrangling;  Susan Doering on the relentless work of marketing;  Eloise Skinner on dealing with the soul suck of social media;  Adam Bryant on the all-consumingness of writing a book; and Alex Hill on why we do it at all.  Imagine what Michelangelo could have achieved if he'd listened to this...

This is one of the best novels I have read. Irving Stone takes us into the tortured, brilliant mind of Vincent Van Gogh. Reading this will transform you and the way you look at the world around. My. book recommendation for the week is about a woman who made a name for herself in the tumultuous years of 19th Century France. Please drop a rating if you liked what you heard today. Or message me on : Instagram - @thegreedyreader Website - www.thegreedyreader.com YouTube - The Greedy Reader

It's the 3rd annual media review show on Great Wide Open! Perfect for exploring the great indoors. If you're looking for your next book, miniseries, documentary or even YouTube video – host Lisa Hathaway has the recommendation for you! It's a thoughtful, jam-packed episode highlighting outdoors-related media grabbing listeners' interest this year. Tune in! // Show Notes: // Book Reviews: Men To Match My Mountains: The Monumental Saga of the Winning of America's Far West by Irving Stone, Imaginary Peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams by Katie Ives, More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood by Majka Burhardt, Unraveled: A Climber's Journey Through Darkness and Back by Katie Brown, Learning to Fly by Steph Davis // Film & TV Reviews: Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake (2022, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Everest (2019), Pick Up Your Feet: The Double Dutch Show (1981), The Whole Enchilada Trail: Hannah Otto's FKT Ride (2022), 8600FT: Climbing the Whole Enchilada in Moab with Braydon Bringhurst (2022), Fine Lines (2019)

It took forty years for Dr Tony Bernard to uncover the full horror of what his father went through in World War 2. The memoir “Ghost Tattoo” is an extraordinary adventure and survival tale of life in Auschwitz but more than that it tells the lesser-known story of what really happened in  the Jewish ghettos. And… What sets memoir apart from autobiography and why is it such an important form of writing? Dr Kylie Cardell illustrates a lively conversation about what she calls “life writing” with two fearless books that reveal much about the historical and contemporary experience of being black in Australia. Guests:  Dr Tony Bernard, author of Ghost Tattoo Dr Kylie Cardell, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Adelaide and author of “Dear World: Contemporary Uses of the Diary” Our Random Reader - Patrick Other books that get a mention: Kylie Cardell mentions “Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse” by Cassandra Pybus and “The Hate Race” by Maxine Beneba Clarke Michaela mentions “Still Life” and “Family Life” by Elizabeth Luard and “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo. Patrick mentions “The story of San Michel” by Axel Munthe,  “A Fortunate Life” by A B Facey, “Any Human Heart” by William Boyd, “The Map that Changed the World” by Simon Winchester, “The Passions of the Mind” by Irving Stone and “Breath” by Tim Winton. Music composed by Quentin Grant  SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES INSTA - Allen and Unwin - @ allenandunwin INSTA - Dr Kylie Cardell - @ kyliesays INSTA - Hachette - @ hachetteaus FB - Allen and Unwin - @ AllenandUnwinBooks FB - Hachette - @ HachetteAustralia TW - Dr Kylie Cardell - @ KylieCardell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It took forty years for Dr Tony Bernard to uncover the full horror of what his father went through in World War 2. The memoir “Ghost Tattoo” is an extraordinary adventure and survival tale of life in Auschwitz but more than that it tells the lesser-known story of what really happened in  the Jewish ghettos. And… What sets memoir apart from autobiography and why is it such an important form of writing? Dr Kylie Cardell illustrates a lively conversation about what she calls “life writing” with two fearless books that reveal much about the historical and contemporary experience of being black in Australia. Guests:  Dr Tony Bernard, author of Ghost Tattoo Dr Kylie Cardell, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Adelaide and author of “Dear World: Contemporary Uses of the Diary” Our Random Reader - Patrick Other books that get a mention: Kylie Cardell mentions “Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse” by Cassandra Pybus and “The Hate Race” by Maxine Beneba Clarke Michaela mentions “Still Life” and “Family Life” by Elizabeth Luard and “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo. Patrick mentions “The story of San Michel” by Axel Munthe,  “A Fortunate Life” by A B Facey, “Any Human Heart” by William Boyd, “The Map that Changed the World” by Simon Winchester, “The Passions of the Mind” by Irving Stone and “Breath” by Tim Winton. Music composed by Quentin Grant  SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES INSTA - Allen and Unwin - @ allenandunwin INSTA - Dr Kylie Cardell - @ kyliesays INSTA - Hachette - @ hachetteaus FB - Allen and Unwin - @ AllenandUnwinBooks FB - Hachette - @ HachetteAustralia TW - Dr Kylie Cardell - @ KylieCardell See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tricia Robinson is a passionate artist, businesswoman and creator that embraces the beautifully wonky and imperfect in the world. In this episode she sits down with Zach to discuss how giving yourself a permission slip to let go can release a very powerful creative flow and allow you to live and work from your unique greatness.  Learn more about Tricia: Tricia's Website  Tricia's Instagram  Episode resources: Create Purpose Website  Join Zach's Mastermind  Book:  Lust for Life by Irving Stone. Book: This is Marketing by Seth Godin. If you enjoyed this episode then please either: Follow, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts Follow and rate on Spotify Connect with me on Instagram and Facebook!

Los libros son nuestro espacio al cual volver para recargar nuestra fuente de inspiración, conectarnos con nuevas miradas y perspectivas sobre el arte, y con nuevos artistas (o viejos artistas con nuevos ojos). En este episodio, te compartimos nuestros preferidos sobre arte y creatividad. Si vos también tenés tus libros preferidos a los cuales volvés para recargar tu fuente de inspiración, ¡compartínoslos! También te invitamos a ilustrarlos y compartirlos en Instagram. Notas del episodio: Encuentra tu voz artística - Lisa Congdon Cartas a Theo - Vicent Van Gogh El nervio óptico - Maria Gainza How to be an artist - Jerry Saltz Free Play - Stephen Nachmanovitch Lujuria de vivir - Irving Stone 33 artistas en 3 actos - Sarah Thornton Siete días en el mundo del arte - Sarah Thornton El arte de la rivalidad - Sebastian Smee Tres inviernos en París - Marta Minujín Seing slowly - Michael Findlay Atelier de Arte: https://www.fera.com.ar/productos/atelier-de-arte-un-workbook-para-inspirarte-en-los-artistas-y-explorar-tu-creatividad/ CLUB Atelier de Arte: Abrieron las inscripciones https://www.fera.com.ar/productos/club-atelier-de-arte-marzo/

Episode 448 also includes an E.W. Essay titled "Window." We share an excerpt from a book by Irving Stone titled "Clarence Darrow For the Defense." We have a E.W. poem called "Blend."  Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Thelonious Monk, My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith, Jenny Lewis, Pokey LaFarge, Joni Mitchell, Branford Marsalis and Terence Blanchard.  Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted in the West Mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell Your Friends and Neighbors...

Michelangelo Buonarroti was a great sculptor and painter during the Italian Renaissance. Along with Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, the three artists are collectively known as the “three great masters” of the High Renaissance. Michelangelo had many talents, including sculpture, drawing, and architecture. Among his most celebrated works, his sculpture David embodies the vigor of the male body and the humanist ideals of the Renaissance. His illustrations on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, based on scenes taken from the Book of Genesis, is a monumental piece in the history of Western art. In addition, his design of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica remains an architectural marvel to this day. How did Michelangelo create all these timeless masterpieces, and what is the story behind each of them? Let's delve into The Agony and the Ecstasy and uncover the legendary life of this great artist.

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See pictures and read more on materiallyspeaking.comBorn in Soissons, France, Emmanuel went to trade school at the age of 16 to learn how to renovate historical monuments by hand, specialising in granite. He spent some years restoring churches, cathedrals and monuments all over France until he felt the calling to create his own work as an artist.He says women and the female form are a constant source of inspiration. Dance is a strong theme in his work and began with a homage he did for Martha Graham which lives in the outdoor sculpture garden at the Wallis Theatre in Beverly Hills, LA. The models he used from a French dance school in order to make that sculpture impressed him hugely and, he says, gave him a lifetime of inspiration, adding that he felt he was surrounded by walking sculptures.For a recent show Emmanuel made a triptych of Exaltation – one carved in white marble, another cast in polished white bronze, and the third in natural bronze with a patina. He explains how he wanted to illustrate how the same subject feels completely different when created in a different material.Emmanuel displays his extraordinary carving skills in his portrayals of Kinbaku – the Japanese art of tying rope around a person using visually intricate patterns, typically with several pieces of thin rope (often jute, hemp or linen). He believes the practice is empowering because the people are not tied in their mind, in fact they are very free.While Emmanuel was carving in white, bianco p and statuario marble, some of his black women friends asked why he didn’t sculpt black women. He says, ‘I felt like, well, I’m not going to sculpt a black woman in white marble. It kind of doesn’t make sense because part of their beauty is their colour. I mean, it’s not a colour, but it’s being black. So I went to a quarry in Belgium and purchased some beautiful black marble blocks. And it’s really an homage to them. And I hope they’re happy, but I think a lot of them, they express their contentment.’Emmanuel describes how he was affected by the fires in California and the south of France. He admires the resilience of nature whereby a forest is reborn afterwards, growing back twice as beautiful. It was then that he started to make pieces with burnt wood.Emmanuel comes from a family with a famous painter, Jean Cousin the Elder. Cousin was a Renaissance painter who painted Eva prima Pandora in 1500, which is in the Louvre, Paris.Emmanuel and I met at Massimo Galleni Studios, who specialise in reproducing classical sculptures, just outside Pietrasanta. He also referred to Mario Tavarelli who showed Emmanuel around when he first arrived in Carrara in 1995. Mario was the owner of a marble company and had guided the novelist Irving Stone during his research for his book on Michelangelo, The Agony and the Ecstasy.emmanuelfillion.cominstagram.com/fillionsculptures

This episode is all about sailors on horseback. First we have Jerry Marlinspike's Ride, a sea story in which a sailor goes for a horseback ride and brings along a small anchor, and a short review of the Jack London biography written by Irving Stone entitled Sailor on Horseback. Connect with Malcolm Torres on: YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook & Blogger Browse original Sea Stories and Science Fiction Novels and Stories by Malcolm Torres: Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble & Smashwords --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/malcolmtorres/support

A kind friend sent Shawn a book written in 1933 that rocks his world. Shawn and Maile talk about the book, which is all about the life of Vincent van Gogh. They wrestle with the question Van Gogh's father asked him in his early days of creativity, "What if at the end the work remains poor? Are the rewards worth the gamble?" The book discussed is Lust for Life by Irving Stone. 

Have you eve felt like you're living for a reason? There's a brilliance inside you that you just want to express and reveal it to the world? Vincent Van Gogh continues to inspire us to live our truest lives. You can watch this episode on YouTube. We have a Youtube channel! It’s under my name, Rich Hebron. There you’ll find conversations, art, thoughts, and book recaps. We’re going to hit 100 videos on there by next week! Subscribe and stay up to date like you do this podcast.*I can use a favor from you. We’re approaching 100 podcast episodes soon. What I’d love is some genuine feedback. We’re trying to get better over here, make it the best we can, and it’d be great to know what you’d love more of. Which kinds of episodes do you enjoy the most? I’d appreciate it much if you sent me a quick message. Direct message me on Twitter or Instagram. You can email me rich@morethanrich.co. Also, if you enjoy this podcast, consider giving us a 5 star rating. It helps other people find and enjoy it.*Thanks again for everything. You guys are great and have been so supportive. 2021 is going to be a huge year for this podcast and other stuff we’re working on. We’re embarking on quite a journey and I’m excited to have you with!Dear Theo is comprised of letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother, Theo. We know the value of of his paintings today, but what inspired him to create them? Why do they stand out from others? Reading this book will provide insight into the artist's soul and life. It can teach us how to see the beauty and inspiration in everyday life and challenge us to live our lives to the fullest. Gratitude can help us more than we think.Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van GoghEdited by Irving Stone

Lariza Meléndez nos recomienda “Anhelo de Vivir”, la vida de Vincent Van Gogh. Conocerás cómo Lariza relaciona está lectura con su vida, qué sorpresas esconde este magnifico libro, seguro después de escucharlo, sentirás curiosidad por conocer más de este famoso pintor. IG: @podcast_sinprevioaviso. FB: @podcastsinprevioaviso. Blog: www.Sinprevioaviso.com

This great city of the Midwest hosted some impressive events, institutions and personalities throughout its Jewish community's long history. Once a center of Reform Judaism with Abba Hillel Silver, it was also home to one of the earliest short lived Yeshivas in the United States when Rav Yehuda Levenberg moved his New Haven Yeshiva to Cleveland. Rabbi Israel Porath was the long time Rabbinic leader, but it was Telz Yeshiva and its great leadership that really transformed the town. Rav Elya Meir Bloch, Rav Mottel Katz, Rav Mordechai Gifter, Rav Baruch Sorotzkin and many more transformed Cleveland and the Yeshiva world at large with the aristocracy of Telz. The Telz impact was felt with the founding of the Hebrew Academy by the Dessler Family and the Yavneh Girls school. The great philanthropists of Cleveland included Irving Stone, the Spero brothers and Mendy Klein.  Chassidus struck roots in Cleveland with the Cleveland dynasty, Chabad and even Kaliv.    Subscribe To Our Podcast on:   PodBean: https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/   Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at @Jsoundbites You can email Yehuda at yehuda@yehudageberer.com

This great city of the Midwest hosted some impressive events, institutions and personalities throughout its Jewish community's long history. Once a center of Reform Judaism with Abba Hillel Silver, it was also home to one of the earliest short lived Yeshivas in the United States when Rav Yehuda Levenberg moved his New Haven Yeshiva to Cleveland. Rabbi Israel Porath was the long time Rabbinic leader, but it was Telz Yeshiva and its great leadership that really transformed the town. Rav Elya Meir Bloch, Rav Mottel Katz, Rav Mordechai Gifter, Rav Baruch Sorotzkin and many more transformed Cleveland and the Yeshiva world at large with the aristocracy of Telz. The Telz impact was felt with the founding of the Hebrew Academy by the Dessler Family and the Yavneh Girls school. The great philanthropists of Cleveland included Irving Stone, the Spero brothers and Mendy Klein.  Chassidus struck roots in Cleveland with the Cleveland dynasty, Chabad and even Kaliv.    Subscribe To Our Podcast on:   PodBean: https://jsoundbites.podbean.com/   Follow us on Twitter or Instagram at @Jsoundbites You can email Yehuda at yehuda@yehudageberer.com

Mi az interim  menedzsment? Kinek jó az és mire? Lengyel Péter, Interim Kft. ügyvezető, partner, vezető tanácsadó. Aranyköpés: Irving Stone. Kamatmentes hitelek agrárvállalkozásoknak. Kovács István, MFB Bank Zrt. KKV finanszírozási, Termék menedzsment és EU Koordináció Igazgatóság  igazgató.

Leanne Woehlke  It is a pleasure. It's an honor to have you here. And I appreciate you just for who you are, and for your willingness to make time for this. So thank you. Tim Storey  You're very welcome. Leanne Woehlke  I have to say when we first met you were talking about growing up in Compton, and, you know, the parts of LA and my dad grew up in Lincoln Heights in Boyle Heights. And so I felt this connection immediately to you. Tim Storey  We would have been neighbors. Leanne Woehlke  Yes. Yes, for sure. Tell us a little bit, Tim, if you can, about your background, you've got such a beautiful backstory. But how you grew up, and I think that shaped so much of who you are. Tim Storey  Yeah, I think that, you know, predominately, my childhood was very happy. Um, I am innately optimistic. I see things a lot through the eyes of humor. I love comedians, ever since I was a kid, back in the days, you know, you had the big albums, and there were various comedians that were big at that time. And I would listen to those albums over and over again. So I So a lot of lot of life through comedy. So even though we were lower income, seven people in a two bedroom apartment to start with, it was interesting guys because I didn't really see us that way. I just saw that it was cramped. And but I was always thinking big and small places. So, you know, raised in low income family father was a steel worker 10th grade education, mother sixth grade age education, worked at a place called winches donut shop. Have any of you ever been to a winches? Please lift your hands. Leanne Woehlke  Yes. Unknown Speaker  And so um, we used to get the day old donuts. We had to wait till they were a day old. And then my mother would bring some home so yeah, That's how we that's how it started. But I think that that worked for me because I had a drive to do better. That's that's that's my, the genesis of Tim's story. Leanne Woehlke  So when did you know you were destined for greatness? Tim Storey  I knew I was destined for goodness. I knew I was destined for at least goodness. When different people started to see that I had something to me. My sixth grade teacher, Mr. Robert asked me to stay after class. And he says, Timmy, I want to tell you that I think you are and I didn't know what he was going to say. And then he said, I think you are brilliant. Because you're brilliant. I want to see if you want to read some books from my personal library. And one of the books was a book written by Irving stone, about the life of Michael Angelo. Little did I know some 30 years later, I would meet the wife of Irving Stone, Jeanne Stone, who's now in heaven, and tell her this story and bring her to tears. Because by reading that book as a 10 year old, it just made my mind just go boom of what this Michelangelo guy did. And so I feel like I had a lot of very positive instructors who built me up anywhere from my school teacher, to my coaches in sports. Leanne Woehlke  It's beautiful. It's amazing that you know that you were receptive to it and open and that you had those people that believed in you those believing mirrors to elevate you, and to really call forth the goodness inside you talk About a god idea versus a good idea, I've read your book and loved it. And how can you tell the difference? If it's something of you versus something of, of God? Tim Storey  It's not easy at first, because I think number one, we're made in the image of God. And so because we're made in the image of God, I think within us we are creators, because God is a creator. So we're creators. And that's why you see little children. You can leave them on on their own for a while, and they are already playing. I'm a princess or a little boy, you know, I'm a fireman, I'm a policeman. And they're playing games because made in His image. We're, we're, we're creators, but I think that it's very important for us to be put in the right environment where we can allow ourselves to soar. And I find in my studies that a lot of people do not soar. Because the ceiling in their household, or the ceiling in their relationships are too low. And they don't allow them to go beyond the ceiling. And so that's very, very, very important that we let the creativity rise in all of us. And so, we learned three primary ways, education, observation, and conversation. And through education, I have learned through observation of even watching all of you on the screen, I'm staring at all of you, I see what's going on observation, but also conversation can change your life. One conversation can change your life forever. Leanne Woehlke  For good or for bad. I think when I was growing up, I had a neighbor I was the kid that wanted to have the popsicle stick houses and I was convinced it was going to be this huge endeavor and we were going to make millions and neighborhood carnivals and did everything under the sun. But one of my neighbors said, Oh Leanne, and her big ideas, and so no longer Was it okay for me to have my big ideas. And the ceiling was lowered. Tim Storey  Yeah. 100%. So that's why it's important to have more than one conversation was you I would have said, Hey, so and so said this. Hey, Carmen, what do you think? Leanne Woehlke  I think I was like nine. Thankfully, I did have more conversations and my crazy idea. Continue now, as these guys can all attest to what would you say? A lot of people I work with People in the heart based entrepreneurial space primarily. And a lot of them as soon as that doubt comes up, they question Is this the thing to do even right now in the light of this interesting situation we all find ourselves in. People are doubting and what I'm finding is people are just throwing the towel in. What would you say? Tim Storey  Well, I would say that we have to truly understand what life is about and that life is seasonal. Just as in many parts of the nation, not all, but there is a there's a winter that feels like winter. Because in LA doesn't really feel like winter. But there's a winter there's a spring there's a summer and there's a fall and that's how life is. And the great writer of Ecclesiastes, he's said says there's a time and a season for everything. There's a time to terror time demand. Time to be silent and a time to speak. COVID-19 is simply a life interruption like we've never seen before. Usually we'll see an earthquake in a certain part of the world or hurricane, a tornado that takes place 911. So those are usually found in locations. COVID-19 is the first of its kind, to literally hit every corner of this thing called the planet. And so it's a life interruption. But those of us that are all watching at one time, we have to be mature enough to realize that life interruptions are going to come and it could be you having a test done and finding you have cancer, or as a child, people get molested or people get delayed. Horse never thought that would happen. And so COVID-19 is just a bigger version of a life interruption that's touched a lot of people. But I do believe that it is innate. It is inside of us to handle these things. Because there's there's a, there's a scripture in the Bible that says that God's people are like a palm tree. And in my research about the palm tree is a palm tree can go as as far as 30 feet deep into the ground. The other thing is that in its trunk, it has built in elasticity. So watch how powerful this is. You Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, bounce, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben bounce. So to all of you that are there watching me and then all of you that are listening to us, hey, how many times if we think we were going to break for good but we we were bending Bending, bending, bending, bouncing back. So the bounce back is in you, you run deeper than you thought. And no, you know, no matter what you're going through, I believe that you'll find a way through it. Leanne Woehlke  You tell a story about bounce, and you talk about how you used to play a lot of basketball. And you talk about how people sometimes lose their bounce. And it's like trying to bounce a partially flat basketball. Tim Storey  I like it. You did do research on my basketball, illustration. Yeah, so I remember one time you were all excited, you know, we're kids, so I was like nine. And one of the kids Mikey, Mikey Gibson said, Timmy, do you have a basketball? I said, Yeah, he's because mine's flat. So I went into the garage into the area where we had this nice bin because everything was organized at my house and I got the balance. basketball. It felt awful, though when we got to the court, and I went to take my first dribble it was semi full and just kind of went kind of a not a complete flop. But it was not a high bounce. And I think if you're not careful, life cannot the bounce out of all of us. And so that's why it's so important that we have self care that we feed our faith and starve our doubts. That we strengthen ourselves. So that when, when the challenges of life hit, that we are filled with the air and the oxygen, so we maintain our balance. Leanne Woehlke  It seems like pre COVID-19 a lot of people maybe lost their balance a lot of people that that were around Are you know 46 As their kids start to grow up, they have this epiphany like, Oh my gosh, how did I get here? What's the rest of my life? So in this eight week pause, they've kind of reconnected to themselves to something bigger than themselves, implemented some good habits. But I heard from one of our our clients going back to work and Tennessee just started to open back up this week and the end of last week. They're hitting up against that resistance again, because they're going back into something that no longer fits. Tim Storey  Yes. So the reality is, is that in order to do well in life, we have to have internal motivation. So I have notes on motivation, that means inspiration, stimulation, enthusiasm, but I like these to drive and initiative. What most people have is inspiration that's kind of on the outside that lasts so long. And then it begins to leak out. For when somebody has internal motivation, stimulation, enthusiasm, driving initiative, it's hard to shake that out of them. So it's very important to realize that in the midst of life, there's two things you have to have. And number one, that's a healthy soul. A healthy soul that you have to you have to guard your daughter, son, your heart, and because you got to guard your heart because that's where the issues of life come from. joy, peace, strength, goodness, all come from the heart. The second thing you have to guard and that's your healthy mind. Because without a healthy mindset, you will not create, inspire and even want to work. So, in the COVID-19 isolation, or outside of isolation, please guard your heart, guard your mind. And if you do that you're pretty hard to stop. Leanne Woehlke  Can you talk a little bit about what practices and principles you have to implement that yourself? Tim Storey  I'm gonna make this super deep. I like to listen to Stevie Wonder. He builds me up. If you watch my instant story this morning, I was Bebop into other music. I love music. I'm moved by music. I love Marvin Gaye. I love music, Motown. I love music of today. And I'm friends with a lot of the people to do music of today. But I'm, I'm very moved by the 70s in the 80s because it it, it was in my years of development. So I go back there a lot. I use music to build me because of my faith. I do a lot of studying of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, it builds my faith builds my faith and starts with my doubts. And then I hang out with very positive people. I have an unfair advantage of most people is that most of my friends are extremely positive. And most of them are very smart, like this whole panel here. So yes, that's how I stay up here. Leanne Woehlke  Top now yesterday, I guess it was Sunday, Mother's Day. I know you had a panel One of the people on that panel was Deepak Chopra. And he was talking about in this time of that we're in that people are going almost through stages of grief. And he said, the one stage that was super important that people get through to kind of transition through this whole process is the stage of meaning. Tim Storey  Yes. Leanne Woehlke  So what would you say? What is your meaning that you're creating through this COVID-19 time you have put yourself out there in amazing ways? Tim Storey  Well, number one, thank you for thinking that. I think that, to me, is that meaning to me is goes back to creation and the fact that God created the heavens and the earth and he created human beings. I'm into I'm into human beings. So even though I may have a certain philosophy or follow a certain religious teaching, or I may be a person that was raised, you know, in an African American environment. What I'm into is human beings. And so, in a time where human beings are suffering, that's the thing that makes me rise up. So, I think stages number one, you live your life and out of living your life, fully present fully feeling fully alive. When you are full, you begin to overflow. See, I think too many people are giving just from their place of sacrifice, and their place of I'm giving because I have an empty tank and it's gonna make me feel good. A lot of my giving comes Out of my full tank. It really does. And if I feel like my tank is not full, I'm gonna go find a place to fill it. So, I'm in the meaning I'm in the matter. I'm in the purpose. And right now the world needs all of us to roll up our sleeves and help in our various ways. In one ways, I am helping us in the area of helping with the prisons COVID-19 hitting the prisons. I'm on Robert Downey Jr. His board, he created something that we're doing called Ark and prison reform. Now run by amazing people with my buddy Scott by Nick, and also with Sam who's running everything. So, you know, out of the fact that I care and then all you care, we step out and we extend our hands. Leanne Woehlke  See, I know you talked a little bit about How you fill yourself up with music with Scripture in your face. But you talked about how you How else do you ensure that your tank is full? Tim Storey  Ah, talking to you? I think we're just making it like too robotic. Yeah, like I woke up today. And the first thought out of my mind was not like I feel so alive with the sound of music. Now I woke up in my body that's in my 50s said, Ah, that was the first thing I thought. Ah, okay, so then I decided to wash my face and brush my teeth. Usually I get to go right to the gym right from that, but now I can't. So I had some other things that I needed to do like I like to study And do devotions. And I like to exercise. But I went from out and then I went to my music is an amazing thing. They got these things nowadays. I don't know if you guys have seen them, the call phones. They play us. They play music and everything pleasing. Yeah. And if I don't go to that I go to TED Talks, YouTube channels. I love to watch documentaries and interviews. So yeah, I don't I'm not very robot robotic in this. And there seems to be a lot of people depending on me. But I don't really like go so deep in it like, ooh, they're depending on me. Come on, Tim. psych yourself out. No, I am a I'm a human being not a human doing. A child of the Most High God, and I'm tapped into the source and he flows through me. Leanne Woehlke  Mm hmm. Yeah. And I think it's, you know, I think when people have even like a, like a toolbox of things like, Okay, if I'm noticing, I'm not feeling the way I want to feel. I can go to these things and they can help bring me up and you just listed off a ton of things that you do. Tim Storey  Yeah. But then I don't mind the toolbox. toolbox could be watching Rene brown on YouTube. She's amazing. Reading a Brene Brown book. Some people exercise some people do yoga, some people go to meditation, some people listen to Joel Osteen in the morning. Some people do a lot of things. But don't be robotic in this. Be free flowing. Little kids when they wake up. They're looking for two things. Give me sugar and give me cartoons. The sugar is found in the cereal that these parents are in such a rush for like, here, little Kirsten, here, little Kylie, here's some cereal and watch the TV why mommy gets dressed, okay? And so kids are just flowing, they're going with the flow and then they get on the bus, or their parents driving to school and they're, they're there. They yell at their friends when they get to school. We got to get back to a lot of that spontaneous lifestyle. So guys, I've been going at it already for five and a half hours straight. My energy show doesn't seem like that way does it? In the last five and a half hours, I'm working on gigantic books. I'm working on movies. I'm working on a plank. We're doing a giant convention in Europe next year. We're doing no next month. We're doing another one in Africa next month. Hey, I'm not running out of juice because I'm fully alive. Leanne Woehlke  Has it always been that way for you, Tim? Tim Storey  Well, there was one month... I would, I would say, I would say I'm human. So there's there's times where things have happened to me that I created that were bad. Or that happened. So be it. You know, there's times and seasons for everything. I don't pride myself on being like an inspirational talker. I'm a, I'm a human being. That's an artist who is creating by the grace of God to pretty good art. And yeah, so if I don't feel good, I might stay in. If I'm having a hair, bad hair day, I may wear a hat. So Leanne Woehlke  Well, that's that that makes perfect sense. You know, I think it is, is that sometimes, especially with social media, is we see the highlight reels of everyone's lives. And sometimes people think like, Am I the only one having a bad day or a bad hair day or the only one that can't get to the hair person because of we're locked down. Tim Storey  I am totally okay with being undone. Jerry Seinfeld, you guys get to watch his new special on Netflix if you have not seen it. Because I'm a Seinfeld fan. And I've seen him in person. And in fact, Seinfeld came to watch me speak, which was pretty cool. And it came with Tom Hanks, so that's even cool. So I like Seinfeld. And he talks about how in your 50s you don't care as much. As you're sitting in your 60s. You don't really care that much what people think, and your 70s Forget about it. So I'm going to try to tell you because all of you look younger than the 50 mark that I'm over. I'm over 50 and I'm good with it. And so I don't mind being slightly and done. I don't mean mind being slightly disheveled at times. I'm known for being a good dresser. I'm known for having some style. I'm known for being pretty doggone good on a stage. But if I have a semi off day, whatever doesn't throw me off at all. Leanne Woehlke  I think that that definitely turned 50 this year and it's definitely been like the the caring what others think has exponentially dropped. And I saw some other head shaking and people are like so i think it's it's a truth point. Talk about you elaborate on speaking things into existence. I know it originates in Proverbs. Can you share your stories around that? Tim Storey  Yeah, I think that number one is that God gives us a revelation and that revelation is a calling. So God God gives a calling, but then you have to cooperate with the calling. And I speak these this evening the secular crowds and they agree. So, so the revelation comes in your heart. It's like a calling your calling calls you. It could be for you guys that are watching. You care about pets. Your calling is to help pets or your calling is to feed the poor, whatever your calling is, but the calling comes but then you have to cooperate. That's where A lot of people break down they don't cooperate with the calling. The third thing is you have to build character. You're constantly building character to handle the calling from the building of the character, then comes the courage ah for I lose a lot of you guys, you got to have the courage to step out of the calling. Because God will always call you to something that seems slightly out of grasp. You know, like Abraham have a child, he's like, Hey, I'm 90. No abilities Ark, haven't seen rain. So all of us that are watching today, you have a calling. You should cooperate with that calling. Life will build character for that calling. Many times it'll come to coaches that we don't like instructors that we don't like. Sometimes even relatives we don't like. And then we need to have the courage to step out. Leanne Woehlke  So what do you think is your big calling? Tim Storey  Um, what's big and what's small? My calling is to be great to my 89 year old mother. My calling is to be great to my two children who are not so small anymore. My calling is to show up on time for this amazing program you're having, which I did. What's big and what's small. I mean, I got a new deal with AMC theaters. I got a new book with HarperCollins. I'm working on a $25 million play. I have three new TV shows coming out next year. Whatever, what's big and what's small, big was seeing my mother the other day, but having to be 10 feet away from her. That's how I see life. Totally. I'm not limited by I'm not moved by what other people think is big. Leanne Woehlke  Right. And that's I guess more so is what is it that? You know, you talked about having the courage to step into that next thing. Tim Storey  I think that the courage is built up. Some of you remember how many of you remember going to a swimming pool, like at a high school that had three levels of diving boards? Or at least two. You all had to lift your hands or you lived in neighborhoods that were not good. Okay, so number one, you had the low dive, the middle dive, and the high dive. Here's how to build your courage. Do the low dive a lot. And you'll go like, look at me. I'm diving off to Lodi and then little Jenny will go Hey Amber, we're gonna try the mid dive. And now you get a little older, but Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo go up. And you guys jump off the mid dive, then you see one of your little rascally friends has the audacity to go up on the high dive. And then you do that. That's what I do. So there's a lot of things I'm not that greater, greater, but I'm getting better. Like, I've been asked to act in several movies. So I'm looking for my acting book of acting book around here. So I'm taking acting lessons, but I might end up being awful. But that's the low dive. I'm going to keep trying. Maybe get to the mid dive, and then I'll make sure and congratulate you guys. When I hold up my Academy Award. Leanne Woehlke  Yes, please do. Are there people that you look to for inspiration You get higher inspiration for Tim Storey  all of you. Lan I look to Betsy Amanda, Valerie, and dm l Y and N must be Lin. Leanne Woehlke  Dawn. Tim Storey  Yeah, I I get inspired by the guy at Panera Bread. I get inspired by the guy at the gas station. There's a kid at this gas station I go to he's an amazing artist. I get inspired by my friend Oprah Winfrey, getting to sit in her backyard and talk about life. I got inspired by people like Walter Matthau jack Lemmon. eating dinner once a month with Tony Curtis. I get inspired by a lot of types of people. Yeah, I get inspired by humans. Leanne Woehlke  Beautiful and I love that you make it such a point to not differentiate who's other might think are big people and little people. Tim Storey  No, come on. I mean, the thing is, is that I know some guys who deliver water that are happier than guys who are playing in the NBA making $9 million. So, you know, I'd rather I'd rather be like a farmer. And super happy if that's my assignment, then be the guy. But I definitely do want to do my assignment and my assignment at this stage in my life is to influence people. So that's why that's working for me. But someday I might be a farmer, we'll see. Leanne Woehlke  Well, in some ways you are because you're farming people. Right? You're growing people so pouring into people and helping them grow. So maybe you are a farmer. Tim Storey  Okay. I'll take that. Leanne Woehlke  You talk about pessimism, canceling faith. And in this timewhere there's so much unknown how would you suggest someone keep their faith? Tim Storey  Pessimism will at least alter your faith. And faith is a Greek word pistas. It can be spelled p is p is faith in God or spiritual things. The more you study on a certain subject, your faith can grow. So let's say if you fly a lot, and you start to realize what these pilots have to do, to really fly an airplane, it'll build your faith. Because you'll say, Wow, they have to go through all these hours and they continue to train. So if you get on American Airlines, your faith is built, you don't need to go knock on the door and see if there's a gorilla in there flying the plane. Your faith is built, okay? If you if you find a dentist, if you're smart, you should at least Yelp them find out like could be nine people in a row like ah they used a drill on me that was illegal. So what I do to build my faith is I try to become educated on the subject where I did not have faith. And so if you if you want to have faith in God, then build yourself by reading the Bible. And that's going to give you more faith in God you want to be have faith in getting into an airplane, then, you know, study with a pilot has to do in order to fly. So if I want to have faith on now stepping into the Broadway world and doing it $25 million dollar play. It's taken me four years to build my faith to this level I've already had somebody that said they give me all the money but here's what the guy said he's very famous you guys know who he is he goes but Tim, but don't don't do anything dumb don't don't don't get in a deal with people because I have famous people involved in this thing. So the reason I have not jumped into it even though I have access to get into the money to do it, is because I'm still building my faith just because Cats worked forever, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, there's so many other plays that don't work. For all you people that don't know this. I mean, I think the percentage is up to as high as 90% of Broadway plays don't work. So I'm going to do my research to see if I want to step out for real In that area of faith, Leanne Woehlke  Can you tell us what the play is going to be about? Tim Storey  Yes, I'm doing a play on Michael Gabriel and he and Michael Gabriel, and Lucifer before the fall of man. It's very surface slay. And it's all how heaven was rhythmic. And it's out of this world. The music is out of this world. The famous musicians I have that have said there'll be a part is out of this world. You're gonna feel the angels fly by, you're gonna feel the wings, the energy. Yes, that's what that plays about. Angels. Leanne Woehlke  And you wrote this? Tim Storey  I wrote about 70% of it. Leanne Woehlke  Okay, how did you come up with this idea? Tim Storey  Sitting at home At home one day, ladies. No I, I'm always like, intrigued by things. So I started being in these conversations and people from all walks of life and all these faiths kept talking about angels. And so it started out made me think then I would start seeing, like, women were wearing angels or people were really talking about angels. So I thought, let me start studying about how many people believe in angels, and it's most of the world from all faiths. And there's limited understanding on angels. And so I just decided to start seeing some shows, and how sometimes they would use something that looked angelic. And then I started getting costumes on angels with my partner who's helping me with this and we would get costumes to look at what the angels would look like. And then it just started going wild. Then I went to probably one of the three most well known artists in the world today. And they said yes, I'm interested, then I knew I was onto something. Leanne Woehlke  That's beautiful. I love that you are able to see those signs of when something keeps showing up again and again and that you're willing to trust it. I feel like sometimes I get like a kinesthetic feeling like I need to go talk to this person. And actually, you were one of those when I first met you. And the first night, when we chatted a bit, I didn't ask you and then the next day I was like, Well, I have nothing to lose. What can I you know? Why not? Tim Storey  Tell them how nice I was. I was told these ladies right here. Leanne Woehlke  You were amazing. You were amazing. So we met the first night at a reception where you spoke for a little bit up at Jason's place. In gosh, like up in Hermitage way far away. And then the next day you spoke at the City Current event. And then he was doing photos and things after. And I went and I asked him, and I said, and I had just started my podcast. And I think at that point we had charted at 58 that day, which was pretty exciting for me for not really knowing what I was doing. And I said, Hey, I don't know if this is possible, but what would it take for you to be on my podcast? And you said, it's not impossible. And you told me how to reach out and I did. And Joseph was amazing. Tim Storey  Yes. So let me tell you, on that day, on a scale of one to 10, I felt that three so for about six months, I was dealing with something that I never even had heard of heard of ladies, gut health. So for some reason for Long time I started getting dizzy, I was dizzy. I was dizzy all the time. And I was losing my energy. And I was going to the gym had a young little cocky trainer who pushed me too hard. And I was eating pretty good. going to the gym in shape for guide my age and dizzy, tired. Brain fog. I didn't know what it was what I went and spoke at that event that you're talking about, on a scale of one to 10 I felt that three. In fact, I was so bad but I never told anybody this first time I've said that that's how I felt at that event. Even to get from the car to the place where I was going to go speak. I was completely dizzy. When I got up I was completely dizzy. But never said I'm dizzy. Was on my game took pictures with 111 million people. Kissed babies. And that's how I see it. Sometimes you got to play heart hurt and just keep quiet about it. It's the first time I mentioned that. Just because all the ladies here look so compassionate I thought, let me share my "I'm hurt" story. Leanne Woehlke  But I think it's important because you're like there's always that decision is do I allow my physical state to determine how I show up in any situation? Tim Storey  Come on. Every one of us is playing hurt. We're going through recovery discovery one side at the same time. So it could be you're hormonal, it could be it could be your your hair's getting grayer and you You don't know where to do it because the salons are closed. These are huge challenges people. It could be can't sleep at night. We're all going through something, recovery and discovery. And what I love about humans is how it's built in us to play hurt. We are resilient. I remember my mother, who was Spanish, I'm  mixed heritage. My mother is Spanish Besintita Gonzalez is her name if thats not Spanish enough. We were watching Telemundo. The news and there was a picture of Britney Spears, when her babies were smaller. And that in that picture- and watch in the picture. She was almost dropping her baby. She was she was coming down and stepping and almost dropping her baby. And I said Mom, look that Britney Spears almost dropped her baby. My mom says "I used to drop you all the time." Yeah. Because Listen, we're all we all got faults, flaws and failures, big deal. Big deal. Like I could pull it together pretty good ladies, you know, I got to run with my little Beverly Hills crowd. But in the midst of that, sometimes I'm showing up, hurt, not feeling good. And sometimes not even liking some of those people I got to hang around with. But we're all going through something. Is that true, Amanda? Amanda Jones Valero  That's very true. I agree. Absolutely agree. Tim Storey  So you got built up today. You learned a little bit. Amanda Jones Valero  I feel good about it. Yeah. We'll try sourcing stuff I've jotted down into the journal. Tim Storey  Good. Yeah, absolutely. Amanda Jones Valero  Appreciate you sharing with us Tim Storey  the privilege any any other questions from any of the ladies on this amazing panel. Speak now or forever hold your peace. Lift your hands if you would like to say something. Valerie Neill  So I question I'm from a small town And I'm pretty, kind of from a very rural kind of family upbringing and country folk and that sort of thing. And so one of the things I've always kind of struggled with is this kind of abundance scarcity mindset, like I have a growth mindset that's been innate in me, and I totally am vibing with a whole we're created to create that. That's deeply resonant. Um, but I usually am, like, I'll go go, go and I'll like wanna cuz I'm enneagram six, I'm like, I'm going to take fourth, I'm going to be loyal. I'm going to learn this I'm going to grow and then I hit a roadblock. And then I'm just like, No, I'm just like these people over here. Oh, like, you know, and then I listened to the voice, you know, never amount to anything. And it feels like I'm always kind of the push pull of them grow like the scarcity and abundance mindset and I feel like it's I kind of I'm studying sociology and all of that, like, that's kind of also my background. And so I look at pockets of America. And if you look at certain pockets of America, and especially where there's poverty and things like that, the mindset is very much in a scarcity mindset. But if you it's taken people to get out of that, but not everybody escapes, right? Not everybody gets out of it. And I almost feel like I am almost like between two worlds. Always like I, I just, I just, I just go back to it. So what would you say to that? I don't even know if that's a real question. Tim Storey  No, it is it. It's a it's a comment. But it's also a real question that I love. Now, let me tell you what I've found in traveling, because I've been to every state in America but to and I've been to 75 countries of the world. I believe that certain people like in Kansas are much more happy than some of my really wealthy friends in West Palm Beach. I'm convinced by that they don't like traffic. They weren't built for all that traffic. They weren't built for all the noise. And so they have found a lifestyle where they feel like this is the lifestyle that I have, what I believe in is prospering where you're planted. So let's say if you live in Idaho, prosper and Idaho small town in Wisconsin, prosper there, New York City, prosper there. But but one person's way of prospering may not be another person's way of prospering. Like for you Do you have children Valerie Neill  No. Tim Storey  I think with Valerie, is that if I was life coaching her, I want her to be uniquely Valerie. You've been born in original don't copy. I don't want anything out of you to manifest. It's not you. And so Valerie may be quietly be an amazing writer. She may be a therapist someday. She may write a screenplay. She may just raise amazing kids and that's an amazing life. So the key is to prosper where you are planted. And don't let this society put this undue pressure on all of us of what we're Supposed to be achieving, achieving, achieving, I believe that this quote unquote achievement comes out of the harvest that you get from plowing the ground, planting the seed watering the seed, then you reap a harvest. Oh, my goodness, that was amazing Tim Storey, and that's why we're all applauding. Leanne Woehlke  That was good. Very good. I gotta wonder, Tim, do you think that the people that you're friends in in LA and Palm Beach and wherever, that part of why they appreciate you so much and why you are such a well sought out life coach to all kinds of celebrities and so forth, is because you keep it so real. Tim Storey  Yes, that's the answer. No doubt about it. Because there's only two of us that are at this level one is a psychiatrist. So he's dealing mainly with them on psychiatric problems and then, but in this, I would be the first guy. It's not by accident. If seven sought my attention, then you know you're onto a good little business. When it gets into the hundreds, then you know you're onto something. When so hundreds worldwide, then you know you're really onto something. And part of it is my approach is this. You could see a person on TMZ and they'll look for me the next day. And they'll want to talk about the dilemma. And they'll say, Now, Tim, you know what happened to me. I mean, you probably saw it's all over the news. And I'll say, you know, somebody told me You are a golfer. When did you start playing golf? And they'll go when I was nine, like, out of all the courses that you've been to Kimmy your two favorite courses, and I do this all the time and after the session, many of these stars will go. What the heck did you do to me? All I know is I feel better. I said, because you came with this massive dilemma. Okay, and you want to drop it on my table, and you wanted me to solve it in an hour. It's not gonna happen. This problem you created it took you 26 years to create. So sometimes to untie a knot. Look, you guys just take your time. I'm a master at untying knots. And don't ask me to cook. It's not gonna be good, but a master at untying a knot. Leanne Woehlke  So I know you had an event scheduled in Nashville that got postponed due to things is that rescheduled? Tim Storey  Yeah, it's gonna come up that's with me and coach Bert. Coach Bert is fantastic is my good friend. He's gonna be on my Tim Storey live, which is averaging about 150,000 people watching those on Sunday nights. So we will do that later this year. We're going to Nashville, Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles. And the whole idea is turning your setback into comebacks. So that's going to be good. And also, if you don't mind me talking about something that I'm doing called the World Shakers Network every Monday night, I just dialogue with people. I'm teaching on the hundred traits of the greats. So each Monday I take one of the traits, so so, so, so, so good, and it's such a difficult price of $19 and 99 cents a month. How many can afford that? You better Lift your hands, guys. Have some faith. And so all my friends like, why is it so inexpensive? Because I like humans. So I like dialogue. So you know, it's gonna be thousands of people. But on zoom, you can now have thousands of people I spoke to 9300 people the other day on zoom. So the world shakers network, just go to www.timstorey.com. It says everything there, you should invest in yourself. You're worth $19 a month. Leanne Woehlke  And then how else can people keep in touch with you? Tim Storey  I think the best way is my Instagram. We seem to do a lot of posts on there. And that is @TimsStoreyofficial.  

It's another Wondery podcast up top this week -- I'll try not to make a habit of it -- as guest Eve Batey and I contemplate American Elections: Wicked Game. Eve thinks the deep weekly dive into every single U.S. election, and the adjacent chicanery/felon...ery (?), might have worked better with visuals, while I confess I've still never seen/heard Hamilton but think the podcast is primed to get really good with a few tweaks. But is it crimey enough? We'll compare it to existing properties so you can decide. In the Cold Case section, Eve makes her pitch to turn 2015 documentary The Fear Of 13 into a podcast instead. Is Nick Yarris's highly personal Spalding Gray-esque tale intimate and credible, or strained and stagey? Is it...both? And who should play him in the scripted version? Philly accents, that notorious milk ad, and yes, the cutting of cheese: it's The Blotter Presents, Episode 119. [Editor's note: Apologies for residual barking that I couldn't scrub out of the track. Mr. Bear E. Williams is not always a good dog.] SHOW NOTES American Elections: Wicked Game: https://wondery.com/shows/american-elections-wicked-game/ The Presidential podcast from WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/podcasts/presidential/ Irving Stone's Those Who Love: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68775.Those_Who_Love Jon Meacham's American Lion: Andrew Jackson In The White House: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3147367-american-lion The Fear of 13: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80099305 Nick Yarris talks to The Innocence Project about The Fear Of 13: https://www.innocenceproject.org/yarris-discusses-fear-of-13/ Still not subscribed to Best Evidence? Check it out: bestevidence.fyi

Punk painter and writer Billy Childish discusses the writing that made him: Lust for Life by Irving Stone (1934).

Introduction We are offering all the wrong rewards in our ongoing process of nominating and hiring new leaders of the free world.  We offer poor pay, constant and stinging criticism, a frequently uncooperative Congress, and a Supreme Court that may undo any accomplishment. And enough lavish perks and ego strokes to make Nero happy. That’s why we keep getting a grab bag assortment of candidates.  That is the subject of today’s 10-minute episode. Continuing Let’s imagine for a moment that we owned a company enjoying revenues in the $10M per year range; The CEO of our company would make about $400K/year, exactly what we pay the President of the United States. And there would most likely be significant incentives for hitting desired targets on top of that. Our hypothetical company is well positioned in a growing market, with a history of innovation. We now need a new CEO; the current one is retiring, partly due to age, and partly for her health. She was a highly successful founding CEO, and now we need a great new CEO to stay profitable and continue to expand rapidly. As we write the job description, we need to remember that the candidate would expect that the job would come with investors who would cooperate and encourage. And jump in to help if needed and wanted. As we write the description of the desired candidate, we know the key is to emphasize the opportunities and the required skills that will attract the type of leader we need. We are going to get candidates who want what we are offering. If we offer strong compensation for robust, positive results, we will attract candidates who want that, and believe they can deliver. If we offer poor compensation, lavish perks, fame, and an uncooperative environment, we will get candidates who are willing to suffer the low compensation and difficult environment in return for the perks and the fame. But why on earth would any sane business owner offer the that? Why? We, the voters, the owners of our American democracy, do it all the time. And it gets worse with each election. Imagine the kind of candidates we would get if we ran the following Help Wanted ad:  “CEO to run a company of 330,000,000 people, with a security force of 1,300,000. Your Board of Directors is split between two groups; one with 435 members, the other with 100. Both groups are divided between those who will like the CEO, and those who will detest the CEO. The HR department has 9 members who often overrule everyone else. Every four years the people get to vote on the CEO, and in between they vote on the Board. There is also a bureaucratic department of 2,000,000 employees, none of whom can be fired. Compensation is $400K annually, with good benefits, a pension plan, meal plan, housing and transportation. Must be good with people; half of the 330M people in the company will be out for your hide at any given moment. During the 18 month interview process, you will be subject to intense scrutiny, exhausting travel, and you and your family will be vilified. Apply to USA, an equal opportunity employer. The US Presidency is arguably the toughest, and certainly the  most consequential, job in the world. We need, “Men To Match My Mountains” a book by Irving Stone about the men who matched the challenge of opening the American West. On occasion, we have seen men who matched the then current challenges and were able to step up to the dreadful tasks demanded of the times. George Washington risked everything he owned, including his life, as a traitor to the British Crown, to be part of creating the breakthrough founding documents. He then led the ragtag army that defeated the most powerful military the world had ever seen. Similarly, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, to list a few, rose to the occasion when crises loomed and they steered us through to the other side. Here’s a compliment to George Washington from an entirely unlikely quarter.

Summary We all know that if we want to attract high quality candidates to important positions anywhere; in business, the military, healthcare, law enforcement and fire protection, teaching and so on, that the job description and compensation must be highly attractive. Additionally, the working environment must be cooperative and supportive. The best candidates have many options. All of that is pretty straightforward. Imagine the kind of candidates we would get if we ran the following Help Wanted ad: “CEO to run a company of 330,000,000 people, with a security force of 1,300,000. Your Board of Directors is split between two groups; one with 435 members, the other with 100. Both groups are divided between those who will like the CEO, and those who will detest the CEO. The HR department has 9 members who often overrule everyone else. Every four years the people get to vote on the CEO, and in between they vote on the Board. There is also a bureaucratic department of 2,000,000 employees, none of whom can be fired. Compensation is $400K annually, with good benefits, a pension plan, meal plan, housing and transportation. Must be good with people; half of the 330M people in the company will be out for your hide at any given moment. During the 18 month interview process, you will be subject to intense scrutiny, exhausting travel, and you and your family will be vilified. Apply to USA, an equal opportunity employer. What kind of candidates do you think we would get? For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what our country offers to attract potential Presidents, and the kind of candidates who are most likely to apply. Transcript We all know that if we want to attract high quality candidates to important positions anywhere; in business, the military, healthcare, law enforcement and fire protection, teaching and so on, that the job description and compensation must be highly attractive. Additionally, the working environment must be cooperative and supportive. The best candidates have many options. All of that is pretty straightforward. Imagine the kind of candidates we would get if we ran the following Help Wanted ad: “CEO to run a company of 330,000,000 people, with a security force of 1,300,000. Your Board of Directors is split between two groups; one with 435 members, the other with 100. Both groups are divided between those who will like the CEO, and those who will detest the CEO. The HR department has 9 members who often overrule everyone else. Every four years the people get to vote on the CEO, and in between they vote on the Board. There is also a bureaucratic department of 2,000,000 employees, none of whom can be fired. Compensation is $400K annually, with good benefits, a pension plan, meal plan, housing and transportation. Must be good with people; half of the 330M people in the company will be out for your hide at any given moment. During the 18 month interview process, you will be subject to intense scrutiny, exhausting travel, and you and your family will be vilified. Apply to USA, an equal opportunity employer. What kind of candidates do you think we would get? For the next 10 minutes, we will unpack what our country offers to attract potential Presidents, and the kind of candidates who are most likely to apply. The US Presidency is arguably the toughest, and certainly the  most consequential, job in the world. We need, “Men To Match My Mountains” a book by Irving Stone about the men who matched the challenge of opening the American West. On occasion, we have seen men who matched the then current challenges and were able to step up to the dreadful tasks demanded of the times. George Washington risked everything he owned, including his life, as a traitor to the British Crown, to be part of creating the breakthrough founding documents. He then led the ragtag army that defeated the most powerful military the world had ever seen. Similarly, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan,

Florence Episode 19 Literary Florence The final episode on Florence focuses on a selection of the many literary writings connected to the city, beginning with the Tuscan writers Petrarch and Boccacio and the English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Then four novels set in Florence are covered:Irving Stone’s biographical novel about Michelangelo,The Agony and the Ecstasy, Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel, E M Forster’s A Room with a View and finally Sarah Dunant’s The Birth of Venus, a vivid imagining of the life of a 15 year-old cloth merchant's daughter, which paints a colourful picture of Florence in 1528. http://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk

Marc Mondor has been a licensed architect for over a decade and has been an influential voice in sustainability since the early 1990's. As Managing Principal and Cofounder of evolveEA, Marc works with greening design and construction projects in order to leverage organizational and operational sustainability.  His consulting work has led to many notable and innovative firsts, including the first LEED certified project in Africa, the oldest LEED EB certified project (1869) and the first LEED certified supermarket.   Marc Mondor - Commitment & Contributions In 2015, Marc was selected as a LEED Fellow for his service, commitment and contributions to the green building and sustainability field. Marc has lectured nationally, is one of several dozen international professionals to be named US Green Building Council LEED Faculty and is a trained facilitator. Prior to co-founding evolveEA, Marc was Project Manager for the Pittsburgh Green Building Alliance, where he consulted for organizations, managed the Green Building Fund and helped chair the USGBC Greenbuild Conference.  Marc received his Bachelor's of Architecture from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and studied sustainable design in Scandinavia and Denmark and this is what kindled his interest. He is a Registered Architect and a LEED O+M BD+C and ID+C Accredited Professional.   "There was really no name for the type of work that we wanted to do back then." – Marc Mondor   Studying Abroad and Mentors Marc studied in France, Scandinavia and Denmark.  This opportunity did spark his interest in sustainable design.  Marc had several mentors along his journey. Bill Browning was one of the mentors later in his studies that provided much needed validation to ensure this was the career for him. “You look far beyond the components of the building, you are looking at all the systems that impact the building.” – Marc Mondor   Projects with Impact Marc notes that the work done on supermarkets is one of the projects he feels is making an impact still today.  Additionally, they did a project in Egypt for HSBC which was a global concern and they were mandated to do a LEED project without being fully aware of what it was.  Ended up with the Regional Headquarters and was the first LEED project in Africa. “We had to create a lot of communications graphics for them in regards to what LEED is and why should they care about this rating system that is from the United States.” – Marc Mondor   Around the Corner, Routines & Favorite Books Marc believes technology is going to cause massive efficiency at all levels in the future.  This will allow people to be engaged and contribute in a way they haven't been able to before with sustainability.  Marc and his partner try to empower their employees and personally works out to keep a balance. He would like to begin writing books in the next decade.   “90% of being successful is showing up.” – Marc Mondor   Marc suggests the following books: Commonwealth by Jeffrey D. Sachs Behavioral Economic books by Dr. Dan Ariely Biographies:  Steve Jobs and Leonardo Divinchi by Walter Isaacson The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone   To hear more about Marc's journey, download and listen to the episode!   Learn more about Marc Mondor: LinkedIn   Connect with Charlie Cichetti and GBES: Charlie on LinkedIn Green Building Educational Services GBES on Twitter Connect on LinkedIn Like on Facebook Google+ GBES Pinterest Pins GBES on Instagram   If you truly enjoyed the show, don't forget to leave a positive rating and review on iTunes.  We have prepared more episodes for the upcoming weeks, so come by again next week! Thank you for tuning in to the Green Building Matters Podcast!   Copyright © 2018 GBES

This line on creativity stands like Everest among the 689 pages of Irving Stone’s masterpiece, The Agony And The Ecstasy. You’ve got to hear it.

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John has been guiding the troops at A16 for over 20 years. We talk about the history of A16, his perspective on 2017, the great events A16 has planned for 2018 and what is in the water that spawned the many outdoor industry leaders and execs that have come out of A16. Facebook Twitter   Instagram The Outdoor Biz Podcast   patreon.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast   Please give us a rating and review HERE   Show Notes John has been guiding the troops at A16 for over 20 years. We talk about the history of A16, his perspective on 2017, the great events A16 has planned for 2018 and what is in the water that spawned the many outdoor industry leaders and execs that have come out of A16. First Exposure to the Outdoors The cabin in Idaho really was my first exposure to the outdoors. I was really young, a little toddler. As a little kid I would listen to my dad tell stories about him coming back from his trips. He was an avid backpacker, then peak bagger and environmental activist. He was also a Navy captain, kind of a sturdy guy and he he loved the outdoors. So I would hear stories and he took me on my first trip. I was about I guess maybe six six years old. I grew up in Southern Idaho which is in the middle of farm country. However where we were about an hour and a half on our ten-speeds from some mountains south of us. World class Keene and Sun Valley and up over the Lina summit under the Sawtooths, which are as you know some of the most magnificent valleys and the head waters of the Salmon River right there. Things we talked about Furst Outdoor Job- my first outdoor job was was actually believe it or not making t-shirts. I had a little company I started back when I was a freshman in high school. Radical Reels Donate a Pack Foundation Banff Mountain Film Festival 8000 Meter Challenge Pacific Crest Trail Advice, tips I do and these things aren't going to be a big surprise because it's things we know and we've been and trying to teach new people as they come through A16. The first one is pretty easy. I would advise anybody that wants to get in the outdoor business, and it doesn't matter what level they're trying to get in at. It's always the same answer, work retail. If you want to be a rep, you want to be a president of the North Face or whatever it is, get in there and work retail. Part of that is to understand the business. You'll be exposed to all aspects of the business when you do that. From a rep coming in and doing a clinic you learn about the rep side and then you get a little more detail about some of the brand stuff. You just get exposed to all of it, you get a picture what it's about. Another part of it is you've got to go to work for a good company or you have to be self motivated to do this piece of it and that's to learn how to sell. It's skill everyone uses. I don't care whether you're working the sales floor or running a company you're selling all the time. So I would just advise people that you don't just work for any retailer or media. If you walk into a shop and they're just sitting there chewing gum, you know sitting in a chair behind the counter that's not the kind of retailer or go work for. You want to work for somebody they can teach you the skills. If they don't the book stores are full books and podcasts in all kinds of things, so learn how to sell. Another thing I would advise people to do is and this is probably the toughest thing of all is to learn how to take criticism. Not only learn how to take it but ask for it. You rarely see that, even in my generation you didn't see that a whole lot but our generation did a great job of bringing up some really great kids and now they're Millennials. We hire a lot of these people and they really are sensitive. They're wonderful people but they need to be better at taking criticism. Another thing, this is what Mick told me and I think maybe it answers your question earlier about a 16  but it is to an act like an owner. As you know we became an employee owned company along those lines back in 1987 now and when I say act loke an owner don't confuse it with a boss. Acting like an owner doesn't mean to start bossing people around. I'm talking about spending your time, spending your money talking to customers and solving problems. If you keep doing that someday you might you might actually own the place. I've got a few other ones written down here, I don't know if you need to cut me short on this one. I think it's also important that you have clear written career objectives and clear values written down.  We'll talk about this later but understanding business stories. The good news about all this is if you do these things and certainly other advice that you get and get on your program because most people never will do these things. If you do those things and you're disciplined about what you do and what your plan is and you put in the effort it will happen. Other Outdoor Activities I'm a woodworker, a craftsman, a builder and I do it every day at my shop. Fixing something or repurposing a fixture around here. Building a cabinet for home or piece of furniture. That is something I picked up from Mick, it's amazing the therapy. Hiking with my grandkids Favorite Books Anything the Irving Stone, Michener or David McCullough. Innovators by Walter Isaacson Men to Match my Mountains by Irving Stone In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie The Boy Scout Handbook Best Gear Purchase under $100 A16 Sasquatch "Keep it Wild" Trucker Hat Snow Peak Flame Lantern Connect with John email instagram facebook   

Jeff Goins is a blogger, speaker, and the author of multiple bestselling books such as The Art Of Work and his latest book Real Artists Don’t Starve. He believes that great ideas can change the world and creates content that allows us to tap into our inner creativity. He has trained tens of thousands of communicators to tell their stories online.   Quotes To Remember: “Books don’t get written, words get written, sentences get written, paragraphs get written…..it starts small.” “The Story you tell yourself is the person you become.” “Do your work in some setting where people are likely to notice it.”   What You'll Learn:--How to get your work seen by the right people --Fighting through the adversity that greets every artist --How to generate revenue from your work   Key Links From The Show: Goinswriter--Jeff's website Real Artists Don't Starve by Jeff Goins   Recommended Books: Make Art, Make Money by Elizabeth Hyde Stevens The Agony and The Ecstasy by Irving Stone   The Godfather  by Mario Puzo

We’ll start off with a question: What was the only crime gangster Al Capone was ever convicted of? We’ll have the answer later in the show. Today is International Firefighters Day, Youth Day in Fiji, and Restoration of Independence Day in Latvia. It’s unofficially Star Wars Day, National Day of Prayer and National Orange Juice Day. It’s the birthday of actress Audrey Hepburn, who was born in 1929; actor Will Arnett, who is 47; and golfer Rory McIlroy, who is 28. Now, we’ll spin the wheel to pick a year at random. This week in 1961, the top song in the U.S. was “Runaway” by Del Shannon. The No. 1 movie was “101 Dalmatians,” while the novel “The Agony and the Ecstasy” by Irving Stone topped the New York Times Bestsellers list.  Weekly question: What is the official name of Amtrak? Submit your answer at triviapeople.com/test and we’ll add the name of the person with the first correct answer to our winner’s wall … at triviapeople.com. We'll have the correct answer on tomorrow’s episode. Links Follow us on Twitter, Facebook or our website. Also, if you’re enjoying the show, please consider supporting it through Patreon.com Please rate the show on iTunes by clicking here. Subscribe on iOS: http://apple.co/1H2paH9  Subscribe on Android: http://bit.ly/2bQnk3m  Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_4 https://www.checkiday.com/5/4/2017 http://www.biography.com/people/groups/born-on-may-04 http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/numberonesongs/?chart=us&m=5&d=4&y=1960&o= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1961_box_office_number-one_films_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Fiction_Best_Sellers_of_1961

Bookrageous Episode 84; Historicals What We're Reading Jenn [0:45] Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra [1:51] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016) [3:05] Pandemic board game [3:55] Getting Things Done, David Allen Josh [4:30] Judge This, Chip Kidd [6:30] American Housewife, Helen Ellis [7:55] Eating the Cheshire Cat, Helen Ellis [8:15] The Noble Hustle, Colson Whitehead [8:25] On the Books, Greg Farrell [10:20] Plotted: A Literary Atlas, Andrew Degraff Preeti [13:00] Knulp, Herman Hesse [14:40] Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier, Ales Kott, Marco Rudy [16:20] Amazing Spider-Man, Dan Slott ----- Historicals [23:50] The Wake, Paul Kingsnorth [27:00] A Magnificent Farce, Alfred Edward Newton [27:45] The Memoirs of Cleopatra, Margaret George [28:45] Sharon Kay Penman [29:40] Saint Mazie, Jami Attenberg [30:25] The Agony and the Ecstasy, Irving Stone [32:00] WWII: Number the Stars, Lois Lowry; The Book Thief, Markus Zusak; Code Name Verity, Elizabeth E. Wein [32:45] Magic Tree House series [33:35] The Bad Popes, ER Chamberlin [35:20] Cleopatra, Stacy Schiff [36:00] The Witches, Stacy Schiff [37:15] Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, James Loewen [37:25] Kenneth C. Davis books [39:55] Pandemic, Sonia Shah (February 23 2016) [42:10] Mary Stewart's Arthurian Saga [42:48] Hild, Nicola Griffith [43:42] Debt, David Graeber [44:10] The Utopia of Rules, David Graeber [44:50] Colum McCann: Dancer, Transatlantic, Let the Great World Spin [45:45] Studs Terkel [46:02] Please Kill Me, Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain [46:29] The Ibis Trilogy, Amitav Ghosh [47:20] K Blows Top, Peter Carlson [48:16] Terra Nostra, Carlos Fuentes [49:40] Courtney Milan, Beverly Jenkins, Sarah MacLean [50:50] Georgette Heyer [52:55] Walk on Earth a Stranger, Rae Carson [55:02] Ellen Oh: Warrior, Prophecy [55:45] Under a Painted Sky, Stacey Lee [57:50] Patrick O'Brian, Aubrey Maturin novels --- Find Us! Bookrageous on Tumblr, Podbean, Twitter, Facebook, Spotify, and leave us voicemail at 347-855-7323. Find Us Online: Josh, Preeti, Jenn Get Bookrageous schwag at CafePress

Hollywood Radio Theater (Lux), one of the genuine classic radio anthology series (NBC Blue Network, 1934-1935; CBS 1935-1955), adapted first Broadway stage and then (and especially) films to hour-long live radio presentations and became the standard by which future radio and early television anthologies would be judged. Cecil B. DeMille was the host of the series each Monday evening from June 1, 1936 until January 22, 1945. THIS EPISODE:The President's Lady from Hollywood Radio Theater aired on September 28, 1953 starring Charlton Heston and Joan Fontaine. Based on the novel by Irving Stone this is the story of one of the most vicious rumor campaigns in American political history. It is the story of how the love of the life of our seventh President was destroyed by these rumors, which were based on half-truths. Without question one of the great romances of all time.