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Phenomenal, Cosmic Power! Itty bitty living space.As believers we have unending access to the inexhaustible power of Holy Spirit dwelling in us. In this series we'll unpack the person and work of Holy Spirit, and how we can yield to a power that lifts us beyond the stratosphere of our faith.QUESTIONS FOR THE ROAD:1. What are some areas of your life that you are relying more on your own power, rather than the power of Holy Spirit?2. What does phrase “Living On Fire” mean to you in light of this message? What needs to shift for your life to align better with your definition you just came up with?3. Pray and ask Holy Spirit to help you experience His power in your life in deeper way. Open your heart up to Holy Spirit. Confess those areas in your life where you are struggling. Ask Holy Spirit to give you the strength to overcome.

how are you doing? like...really? If you're feeling less than sparkly, I hope this love notes helps you remember your True Self and your gifts that only you have.    I've been on a 3-year quest to reconnect with my True Self - that innate expansive place inside each of us that is infinite possibilities, unbounded creativity and a portal to the Divine.  It can feel unattainable, especially in our busy world telling us we're not enough, but your true self is simply your true nature—the witness of life's flow and an integral part of that flow. Personally, I've felt disconnected with my authentic voice and gifts, and just in the last 6 months have really started to shed the EGO (or what I call the Itty-bitty-Shitty-Committee) with the help of other teachers and finally blasted of my armor in Bali! 

Today you're going to hear a wonderful tale with lots of little hints and your job is to guess who I am by the end of the story. A mystery narrator? What could be more fun!? At the beginning of every Upside Down Story episode you will get one hint to start with. Today's hint is that the storyteller is an object...and in this case lots of little objects! That means you're going to be guessing what type of thing I am! Am I a spoon, a shoe, or perhaps a phone? Hmmm. Let's start today's story and see how quickly you can guess who The Upside Down storyteller is!

Travie chats with Jeremy Posvar (jeremy.eth), creator of Itty Bits. They discuss the love and lore around CryptoPunks and how being curious and creative led to Posvar becoming a founder of multiple collections on the Blockchain. Posvar also discusses which technologies used for Itty Bits makes it cutting edge and why it has sparked an interest in even some of the most jaded NFT collectors. Travie's links: https://twitter.com/MrTravisTho https://linktr.ee/travie.eth Itty Bits: https://twitter.com/ittybits_eth https://ordex.io/collection/eth/ittybits discord.gg/ittybits https://ittybits.xyz/ Affiliates/Partners: Get your OWN UNSTOPPABLE DOMAIN here: https://unstoppabledomains.com/?ref=travie Get ZEALOUS Today and have your own AI assistant, turning all your recorded content into marketing that works: https://zealous.one/?via=travie FIRED UP theme music by IAMNAX available at: https://www.iamnax.xyz/ Join the Disco Studios Discord: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discord.gg/syR833GFxg⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow DS at https://discostudios.art/

Paris. London. Rome. Baton Rouge. Yes, your next piece of stylish designer clothing might come from right here. South Louisiana is known for food and music and other artistic and creative cultural expressions so perhaps it's surprising that we're not known for our clothing designers. With so much inspiration to draw from, meet the crestive forces behind two local clothing lines.  Dave Duncan is co-owner of Jack Duncan Design, a sustainably made menswear brand that creates shirts for the everyday man. Dave founded and runs the company with his wife Brittany Tubb Duncan, who shares his passion for finding unique prints and has her own brand, Itty by Bitty, which provides children's options in the Jack Duncan prints. Dave and Brittany founded Jack Duncan Design in early 2023 and currently operate out of their home study and shop in mid City.  Paula LaFargue is owner and designer at the Maybe Collection, a Baton Rouge-based business that also uses ethical practices to make comfortable, functional women's garments that have minimal environmental impact – and they're also beautiful and affordable. Paula started the company in 2016 after spending 10 years designing clothes for nursing moms, children and utility workers – not all at the same time. She is a a native of Baton Rouge who attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and cut her teeth in the fashion industry in New Orleans and Chicago before returning home in 2009. Paula is a returning guest on this show. We last spoke during the pandemic, when we were remote on Zoom. Since then, the Maybe Collection has grown.  Out to Lunch is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the Boulevard. You can find photos from this show at itsbatonrouge.la.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“There was no fear. There was nothing traumatic about it. It was just healing and it was so empowering to know that my body could do that. It was an out-of-this-world experience.”Windsar has had three pregnancies and four wildly different deliveries. Her first birth was a medicated, vaginal delivery in a hospital. About 18 months later, Windsar became pregnant with identical twins. Shortly after twin A was born vaginally at 32 weeks, Windsar experienced a cord prolapse, and twin B was then born via emergency Cesarean. Windsar knew her next birth needed to be healing and redemptive. She did all she could to achieve an unmedicated VBAC and finally get the golden hour she never had with her three other babies. Her VBAC birth story is intense, empowering, and absolutely beautiful.Additional LinksNeeded WebsiteHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsFull Transcript under Episode Details Meagan: Welcome, welcome to The VBAC Link. I am excited to be talking to you today with our friend, Windsar. Hello, Windsar. Welcome to the show. Windsar: Hello. Thanks for having me. Meagan: Absolutely. She has a story that is not something that we hear very often. We do have one person on the show that has had a similar scenario but actually, it was just her first two babies. Of course, it's a VBAC, but it's a twin birth where twin A is vaginal and twin B is Cesarean, then she went on to have a VBAC. So yeah, it's not something that we hear about a ton or talk about but Windsar was just telling me something that I had heard but didn't know if it was true, so I'm going to take it because she was told and had a twin birth. When they are identical, there is a higher chance, correct? Windsar: A higher chance of what specifically happened to me which was cord prolapse. Meagan: Right. Yep. I was going to say a higher chance of having this happen which would lead to a Cesarean and that's cord prolapse. So when baby A came out, there was a whole bunch of room that was created. Baby B came, but the cord came first. Windsar: Mhmm. Review of the WeekMeagan: That is a very valid reason to have a Cesarean and get baby out. So we're going to share your stories and your VBAC but of course, we have a Review of the Week. This review is from Janellemb142018. It says, “Perfect combination of data and stories.” It says, “I'm getting ready to attempt my VBAC after three C-sections this month.” Yay! It says, “I always wanted a VBAC, but my providers were what I know now to be more tolerant than supportive which resulted in me never getting the chance to attempt a VBAC. I stumbled across The VBAC Link and have now become a fierce advocate for myself.” Oh, I love that. “A fierce advocate”. That is what we want you guys to feel is that you can be a fierce advocate for yourself through learning from this podcast. It says, “This podcast arms you with the perfect balance of data and stories. The data has helped me make a better-informed decision and push back when providers and even loved ones at times try to fill me with fear. The stories are inspiring and make the data seem real. I know my VBAC is not guaranteed, but I feel like I'm in the driver's seat which in itself is a better experience already. I am where I am today thanks to the resource like this amazing podcast.” Oh, thank you so much. You know, just like what she said. I know a VBAC isn't guaranteed and sometimes it doesn't end in a VBAC. That's okay, right? Sometimes it doesn't even end up with that and someone maybe might choose to switch their mind and say, “I want to have an elective Cesarean.” But what's most important is that you find the information and feel that you have the data to make the best decision for you and your family. That is what this podcast is for. It's to bring you guys empowerment through these stories, the data, and the knowledge so you can go out and make the best choice for you. Just a reminder, if you haven't left a review, we love reviews. In fact, these reviews, you guys, make it possible for other people in the community to find this podcast. These reviews are so important. We are so grateful so if you haven't had a chance yet, please leave a review. You can do it on Apple Podcasts, Google, or wherever. We would love your reviews. Windsar's StoriesMeagan: Okay, cute Windsar. I heard that little baby in the background. Windsar: He's noisy. Meagan: Oh, I love it. I love him being noisy. Those little coos and noises make me so happy. Welcome to the show. Windsar: Thank you. I'm so excited to share. Meagan: I'm so excited for you to share. Well, I'm going to turn the time over to you and let you start sharing your cute babies' stories. Windsar: Okay, well my name is Windsar. I live in Austin, Texas. I'm married to my high school sweetheart and we have four kids. Our first is eight then we have twins that are identical twins that are six and then this new baby that is making all of the noise in the background will be four weeks in just a couple of days so he's brand new. We're still figuring things out. Meagan: Brand spanking new. Windsar: I've been pregnant three times and had four different deliveries. With my first child, a little girl, I had a medicated vaginal birth in the hospital. With my twins, I was medicated in the hospital and twin A came vaginally as you mentioned earlier. Twin B was an emergency C-section for a prolapse. Then this fourth baby, I had unmedicated in a birth center. So I'll start with my oldest birth. I had the picture-perfect pregnancy. Actually, my OB was the son of the OB who delivered both me and my husband which was really special. Meagan: Really? That is really cool. Windsar: Mhmm, so his dad delivered both me and my husband. We had a great relationship with that OB. He was wonderful. If our daughter had been a boy, we were planning to name him after the doctor. That's how close we were. We just had a wonderful relationship. Meagan: It just goes to show the impact he had on you guys. Windsar: Yes, but as I'll say, it kind of clouded my judgment a little bit the day that we had her in regards to informed consent. I'll get into that a little bit because it did shape my story for this baby's birth eight years down the road. With her, I went into labor at 40 weeks and 1 day. It was very, very slow as it can be for first-time moms. When I got to the hospital, I was convinced that she was going to come out at any minute just based on the amount of pain I was in and I was 2 centimeters. It was a long night. They wound up putting me on Pit and I was able to sleep. At about 24 hours from the time I had my first contraction to the time that I had her was how long I was in labor. It was about 24 hours so not terrible, but a couple of things happened that changed this last delivery that I had revolving around informed consent. They broke my water without asking me. They just said, “Oh, we went ahead and broke your water,” which I didn't know was something they could do without asking. They gave me an episiotomy and told me after the fact. Meagan: What?!Windsar: After she was out, he said, “I did just go ahead and give you a little cut there and I'm going to stitch you.” Those two things, I felt a little bit violated after the fact that they didn't ask me or tell me the risks regarding each thing. Meagan: When they broke your water, was it during a cervical check? Windsar: Yep. Meagan: It was like, “Oh, oops. We broke your water.” Windsar: He literally said, “I went ahead and broke your water when I was in there.” Meagan: “I went ahead.” He actually did make that choice. Windsar: Yes. Again, I trusted this man implicitly so I was just like, “Okay.” Well, it wound up possibly causing a problem because my little girl had a lot of meconium when she was born. She was covered in it, like slick. They suspected meconium aspiration and I had about three minutes with her before they took her to the NICU so I missed that golden hour with her. That was really unfortunate. We didn't have too many breastfeeding struggles, but as a first-time mom and missing that first hour with her, breastfeeding was more of a challenge than I had anticipated. But overall, when she was born, everybody in the delivery room laughed because I said, “That was easy!” My perception of it was that it was a positive birth experience. I don't look back on that, besides the lack of informed consent, in any way that I needed to heal from. Meagan: Right. Windsar: About 16-18 months later– so she was born in Dallas then we moved to Northern Colorado so my next birth was with a different doctor in a different hospital. We got pregnant and at about six weeks, I started thinking that something was weird. I was teaching 3rd grade at the time and was having these insane heart palpitations that would stop me in my tracks and make me put my hands on my knees. I thought, “Something is weird here. Something is different.” I started to suspect it was twins. When I went in for my first appointment with this new OB at eight weeks, I said, “I think it's twins. Can you give me a transvaginal ultrasound to see?” He said, “No. I only hear one heartbeat and your belly is looking normal to me so I think we're good. It's just one.” I said, “Okay, well if I come back and there's two, I'm going to say, ‘I told you so.'” He said, “That's fine. You can tell me ‘I told you so'.” So I went back at 13 weeks and what do you know? There are two babies in there. Identical. For the rest of my pregnancy, I was pretty heavily monitored for twin-to-twin transfusion, going in every two weeks and then once the school year thankfully ended, I started doing the non-stress tests. The day that I went into labor, I was 32 weeks and 3 days. I had a non-stress test and they said, “Everything looks okay, but baby A is acting a little strange so we want you to come back in two days instead of a week.” I said, “Okay,” but I wasn't feeling any contractions. Nothing seemed terribly off. I went home. I had dinner. I went to bed and something woke me up in the middle of the night. I sat up and it was like a tidal wave with my water breaking. Meagan: Wow. Windsar: Like in the movies, just whoosh. Very calmly, my husband wasn't in our room. I think he was out on the couch watching TV. I said, “My water broke. Get the baby ready. We've got to go to the hospital.” We didn't have family there to help us yet. It was 11:30 at night. So we went to the hospital and they did everything that they could to stop the labor. They put me on magnesium which was terrible because it makes you so hot. This train was coming no matter what we did. There was no stopping it. Meagan: How many weeks again?Windsar: I delivered them at 32 and 4. When I got to the hospital, they were 32 and 3. Meagan: So preterm. Windsar: They were planning to induce me because they were identical at 37 weeks. They came 5 weeks before they were supposed to be induced. After several hours, I got an epidural because I knew that there was no chance for me to even try to go unmedicated in case there was an emergency. I got the epidural. We managed to get one of my former co-teachers to come and get our daughter. Literally, about 10 minutes before I told the nurse, “I feel like I have to go to the bathroom,” she looked down and baby A was coming out. She could see his head. Meagan: Oh my! Windsar: It was so quick. We handed our daughter off and they wheeled us so fast. Now, one thing I wanted to mention is that I had been begging for food since probably 1:00 AM. I was starving. So as they were wheeling me to the OR, tears were just streaming down my face and I was saying, “I'm so scared and I'm so hungry that I don't feel like I have the strength to do this.” I was just bawling because my stomach was growling so much and I was starving. We got down there and they had me quickly sign some release that said I would consent to a C-section if necessary. I signed it and we started getting the rest of this baby A out. His head was basically already out when we got there. Meagan: Already out, crowning. Windsar: They turned my epidural down really, really low so I could feel. I had not prepared at all for any sensation down there and I could feel everything. I was screaming my head off and cussing. He was born. He was tiny. I've never seen such a tiny baby. He was 3 pounds, 9 ounces. Meagan: Oh, yeah. Itty bitty. Windsar: They gave him to me in a little warmer bag. It was like a little plastic bag. They put him on my chest. I was looking down at this tiny, tiny baby and they said, “Windsar, baby B's cord has slipped down and we're going to have to do an emergency C-section.” I don't think I could even process that because I'm looking at this tiny baby and hearing those words. I think I just completely disassociated. Because of how vocal I was while I was having A, they said, “We're going to turn your epidural up.” They turned it up so much that I had to hand off the baby because it felt like I was floating. They started doing the C-section and I was again, screaming throughout all that because I had never experienced a C-section. I could feel the pressure and I was just panicking. Baby A was born. In between when A was born and B was born, it was 26 minutes. I guess that time was them turning up the epidural trying to get me to calm down. Meagan: Were they holding cord inside? What were they doing with the cord?Windsar: They had a hand up holding the cord in. During that time, I started telling them that I was having trouble breathing. Looking back, I don't know if I was having a flat-out anxiety attack or if the epidural had gotten too high– Meagan: Traveled up, yeah. Which is possible if they turned it up really high. Windsar: But I was panicking and screaming. What they kept saying to me was, “If you're able to scream like that, you are breathing,” because I was yelling and cussing. So baby was born. They took both of them immediately to the NICU. Baby B was 5 pounds, 4 ounces so that's why they think that they were preterm because there was growth restriction there that they hadn't anticipated to be that great. Meagan: For Baby A. Windsar: So they whisked both those babies off. Husband went with them and I had to sit in this little room, I guess while they were weaning the epidural down and I was still complaining that I was having trouble breathing and still complaining that– sorry if you can hear him. He's eating really loudly. Meagan: That is okay. We welcome the baby coos. Windsar: I was still complaining that I was having trouble breathing and swallowing specifically and then being like, “I'm so hungry. Can I have crackers? Can I have anything?” and they wouldn't feed me. So that was their birth. They were in the NICU for 26 days which is not terrible for them being eight weeks early. Then they came home and were on oxygen for four weeks. I was able to pump exclusively for them but we were never able to have that breastfeeding relationship on my breast. I pumped exclusively for them for 13 months.Meagan: Wow. Good job! Windsar: I had pretty bad postpartum anxiety with my recovery with them both because of the trauma of the birth, the NICU stay, and then being attached to a pump plugged into a wall 20 hours a day with a toddler. It was just a lot. Fast forward, we wound up moving to Austin and we had a very big gap in between which has turned out to be wonderful. I started getting that feeling in my heart that I wanted another baby, so before I even got pregnant, I started planning what I wanted if I were to be blessed with another baby. I knew that I wanted a VBAC first and foremost. I knew that I wanted to go unmedicated. So before I even got pregnant, I started the mental prep by watching a million birth videos. That was my prep before I got pregnant just so that I could see what natural childbirth looked like. I found out I was pregnant in August and I had been seeing an OB here since we moved here about six years ago that is not VBAC friendly. I went in to him for my urine test to confirm the pregnancy and they said, “Okay, well we'll see you again in however many weeks.” I said, “Actually, you won't.” That was kind of my goodbye. Meagan: You're like, “I'm leaving.” Windsar: Yep. I was like, “Thanks for confirming what I already knew, and see ya later.” So I immediately set up some interviews with doulas and asked them to share VBAC-friendly providers in the area. They both recommended the same practice. I wound up hiring an amazing doula. She has six children that she has all had unmedicated and she was just such a wonderful resource for me. When I was about eight weeks, I went and saw this VBAC-friendly provider for the first time. I do have to say from the get-go that I started seeing red flags that maybe she wasn't going to be as supportive as I wanted. Tolerant, yes. Supportive, maybe not. Meagan: Just like the review today. Windsar: Yep, exactly like the review. One of the things I was up against was that I was going to turn 35 during this pregnancy so automatically now I was a VBAC candidate– Meagan: You old dinosaur you. Windsar: Yes and I was old. I even asked her, “How is my care going to change when that magical number comes?” She was like, “Well, we're going to want to monitor you more.” Her office was 45 minutes away from our house and every time I would drive there, I was mentally preparing for a fight. That's literally what I felt. I felt like I was gearing up for a fight with her about whatever it was– declining to use the glucose drink. I did the more natural version of that. That was a fight that I had to have with her to convince her that it would be okay. It was just every little thing that was a fight. She would only be with me for five minutes. I'd drive 45 minutes, sit in the waiting room for 15 or 20 or 30 and then see her for five. I just wasn't feeling like I was going to get the birth I had been envisioning. Meagan: Right. Windsar: Around 26 weeks, I sent my doula my birth plan. It was basically a list that said, “No” stamped in red across it, all of the things I had planned to decline in the hospital. Then there was a list of things that I wanted too. She wrote me back and she said, “Windsar, I know that you have planned for a hospital birth, but looking at this birth plan, I just don't think it's going to go the way that you're envisioning and have you thought about going to a birth center?”It was like that was all I needed to hear. It was like I needed her permission or something to look into that option. That day, I booked a tour with the birth center. That was on a Thursday. I was touring it on a Monday and I had fired my second OB in the pregnancy by the following Wednesday. It was very, very fast. I did wind up going back to the OB once and told her, “You know, I'm switching to a birth center. I just feel like I'm pushing up against a wall with you and that things are not going to go my way.” What she said to me was, “I'm a trained surgeon and I can only do what I've been taught.” Meagan: Oh, whoa. Then that's my answer because you're even talking about surgery when I'm wanting to VBAC. Windsar: I was like, “Okay.” Yep. Mhmm yep. Rewind, I forgot to mention this big thing. At 20 weeks, I had the anatomy scan and growth scan. Baby was in the 96th percentile. We got this fun diagnosis of large for gestational age. Both the maternal fetal medicine doctor and my OB started saying, “You know, if you're going to have an 11-pound baby, I think that you should consider a C-section.” That was pretty much the biggest fight at that point that I was having. Like, “No. I believe our bodies are divinely divined and I will be able to birth this baby no matter how big he is.” She just kept pushing, “We'll see how it goes. We'll see how it goes.” So when she finally made the comment that she was a trained surgeon as I was saying goodbye to her, it was just like this weight lifted off of me like I wasn't supposed to be here in the first place. I switched to the birth center and immediately felt at ease with the midwives there. I brought up large for gestational age and they were like, “Do not worry about it. You will be fine. You can birth the baby that you grow.” That was so comforting to me. Yeah, so now I guess I can get into talking about his birth. I was 38 weeks and 2 days when I went into labor. My husband and I actually had a really good friend in town from New York. He was staying at his parents' house about an hour and half away from where we lived and wanted us to come and spend the day there. I was like, “Yeah. This baby's not coming. Let's do it.” My husband said, “Stop. I don't think that's a good idea for us to travel an hour and a half to go see this friend when you're this far along in your pregnancy.” I was like, “It's not going to happen tonight. It's not going to happen tonight.” He was like, “Just in case, let's have him come to us. We have three other kids. He has no kids.” So we wound up having him and his girlfriend and his parents come. We went out to dinner with them and had a great time. We came home. It was on a Sunday night. We put the kids to bed. For some reason, I was like, “I want ice cream with a Butterfinger,” which was a very weird craving for me. My husband even was like, “You want a candy bar? What?” I don't know. The body wants what it wants. That's what I needed at that time. So we get in bed and turn on a show. I'm laying there eating my ice cream and at one point, I get up and I'm like, “That's weird. My pants feel wet.” Not like a mom that's had three other kids wet, but pretty wet. So I was like, “Hmm. That's odd.” I just changed my clothes and got back in bed. I kept feeling dampness on the mattress so I'm like, “What? Am I just laying here peeing?” Because when my water broke with the twins, it was a tidal wave. I just thought I was peeing myself. At one point, I went to the bathroom and I had read somewhere that amniotic fluid had a different smell. Meagan: Mhmm. A sweet smell. Windsar: So I pulled my pants down. I sniffed my undies and I was like, “That's not pee.” I told my husband, “I think my water is dribbling, but I'm not sure.” He was like, “Well, okay. What do you want to do?” I said, “I don't know. I want you to go to sleep. I think that is what I want you to do.” At this point, it was almost midnight or a little past. It was like, “You go to sleep and I'm going to figure out what is going on here if it's my fluid or not.” I left our room and not much longer after that, I was standing in our kitchen and I involuntary felt a ton of fluid come out so I was like, “Okay.”Meagan: Water breaking. Windsar: This is definitely my water for sure. I went and put on a diaper and was like, “Here we go.” I had been so nervous the whole pregnancy that I would feel scared in labor just because of what had happened with the twins. Also, we're 45 minutes away from the birth center and I had a lot of fear in my head about getting there on time, but I was just so calm. I was like, “This is happening. This is the day that I've been waiting for. Let's do this.” Between midnight and 1:00, my water was continuing to flow and at about 1:00, I had a very small bloody show so I called my midwife and told her. She said, “Okay.” I wasn't having any contractions. She said, “I want you to go to bed and go to sleep.” I wanted to say, “Lady, that's not going to happen. I'm excited.” Meagan: It's so hard. Windsar: Yeah. There's no way I'm going to be able to sleep. But I did try to lay down and probably by 2:00, my contractions started up. At that point, it was over. There was no way I was going to be able to sleep. I was bustling around. I unloaded the dishwasher. I packed my kids' lunches. I took three showers and every time I was in the shower, I was just visualizing what was going to happen once we got to the birth center. I was picturing the whole thing. I felt calm and such peace. At one point, I went out on our street and was curb walking. I did the Miles Circuit all by myself. I didn't want my husband. I didn't want to call my doula. I was like, “I'm just going to let the both of them sleep because I don't need their support right now. I can do this.” Finally, around 5:45 AM, things were picking up really quickly and I called the doula and I said, “It's happening. Don't come over. We will meet you at the birth center. We will call you when we're leaving.” She was like, “Okay. Go shower.” I was like, “I've already showered three times. No more showering for me.” In between 5:45 and 7:00, we got our big kids down, packed for school, and got them down to our neighbor's house. I was doing all kinds of things, bouncing on my ball, on all fours just trying to stay comfortable. Around 7:00, my husband said, “Listen, I think we need to go because we're going to hit traffic.” I don't think I was completely ready to leave at that time, but I was like, “Good point. We don't want to be stalled out in the car and go through transition or something.” We got in the car at 7:00. I was so concerned about him. I was like, “You need to eat breakfast,” so I made him stop for breakfast tacos on the way to the birth center. I was standing outside of the car holding onto the side of the car moaning and swaying. People were probably wondering what was going on. He got his breakfast tacos and we were off. We hit terrible traffic just as he had anticipated. I had my labor playlist going. I was singing and holding onto that handrail in the car and just breathing through my contractions. We got to the birth center at about 7:50. From door to door, it was just about 45 minutes despite the traffic. They checked me when I got there and I said, “Do not tell me if I'm anything below a 4 because it will discourage me and I'll get inside my head. I don't want to know.” They checked me. I was 5 centimeters and 100% effaced. They were like, “We can feel the baby. It's go time. Go sit on the toilet.” My doula and I went into the bathroom and I sat backward on the toilet. That is where I went through transition and oh my goodness, that was interesting to feel that for the first time. I was sweaty and I was not getting any relief. I kept saying to Peggy, my doula, “They're not stopping. They're not stopping.” It was just contraction, contraction, contraction. Finally, I had moved to the birthing tub. I had really envisioned a water birth the entire pregnancy. I wanted to birth in the water. I was just– at that point, I had entered a different realm of consciousness. I had studied Hypnobirthing so I was doing all of the Hypnobirthing stuff. I got into the tub and I was in there for probably about 15 minutes when I said, “I need to push.” My doula was not sure that I was really there. She said, “Are you sure?” I was like, “Girl, go get the midwives right now. I am ready.” They came and I pushed in there for probably about eight minutes. I birthed his head in the tub and then the position that felt comfortable to me was one of my legs flat and then the other leg up. So on my bottom with one leg crossed in front of me and the other hiked up. I birthed his head like that, but was not really progressing from there so they wanted me to get out of the tub which was fun with a head sticking out. Meagan: Yes, I was going to say that's gonna be interesting. Windsar: Yeah. I got out of the tub and waddled over onto the bed and got on all fours. I had two contractions on the bed and he was born. It was crazy and the first thing that I said when they handed him to me was, “You're not big at all,” because he just felt so small to me. I had been so scared after that seed had been planted that he was going to be a monster, big baby. I think I was just shocked that he was so little. The second thing I said was, I looked up at my husband and said, “Oh my god, I did it.” I was just completely in awe of my body that I had done that. Meagan: Elated. Windsar: Yeah. He had a double nuchal cord and there was never any panic about it at all. The midwife said he had the longest cord she had ever seen so I'm just like that nuchal was a blessing. It's protective against prolapse. Yeah. He was just perfect. He was 8 pounds, .5 ounce so a completely normal size, not big. It was just the most beautiful experience. We left four hours after he was born. We were like, “We're ready to go home,” and we were back in time to pick up our older kids from school with a new baby in the car. Meagan: Wow. Isn't that wild? That's something that I loved about being in an out-of-hospital birth. It was like, “Okay, go home now.” I was like, “I get to go to my bed? That sounds delightful.” Windsar: Yes and there are not people coming in and out all night bothering you. It was just me and my baby. The big kids were coming in and out every once in a while, but it was just so wonderful. It truly was such a healing experience. There was no fear. There was nothing traumatic about it. It was just healing and it was so empowering to know that my body could do that. It was an out-of-this-world experience. All of my births were beautiful but it was just so impactful and I'm so grateful that I got to experience it like that. Meagan: I'm so grateful that you were as well and I'm so happy. It's hard because I don't ever want to say, “Change providers. Change providers,” as a bad thing. We love our providers. They're all great but it's not a one-size-fits-all and they don't all meet our standards or our wishes or our desires. It's really hard when you recognize that and then some people feel stuck. It's hard to change. It's hard to make that change. You went back and were like, “See ya. Peace out,” but you don't even have to do that if you don't want to. You can just go to a new provider and request your records. But it's really hard to do so I'm so glad that you were able to follow your heart, trust your gut, and do what was best for you in this birth because yeah. It sounded like there were some red flags there. If you're listening and you're hearing red flags or you're feeling red flags, know that it's okay to switch. You don't have to switch to out-of-hospital. You can still stay in the hospital or go to another provider, but it's okay to switch. Like you, you switched. I switched at 24 weeks with my VBAC-after-two-Cesarean babe. I think back and I know I wouldn't have had the same experience but I don't know if I would have had as healing, as redemptive, and as peaceful of an experience or even a vaginal birth for that matter if I didn't follow my gut at that time. Right? Windsar: Yeah. I thought about that a lot. Even if I had the exact same labor experience and had stayed in the hospital, from the time I got there to the time he was born was two hours but if I had been in the hospital, so much of the time would have been them forcing me to get an IV, them taking my temperature and just doing all of that triage stuff whereas at the birth center, for me, I was just able to labor in peace alone with my husband and doula. There was nothing that raised my adrenaline to cause me to slow down whereas if they were putting in the IV on me, putting the belly monitors, I know that would have stalled me out in the hospital. I was just grateful that I didn't have to go that route this time. Meagan: Yes. Absolutely. Well, huge congratulations. Windsar: Thank you. Meagan: Thank you so much for sharing your story. Yeah. It's just so important to walk away from a birth and feel confident and comfortable and at peace with the outcome. We know it doesn't always happen, but if we can do things to advocate for ourselves and help that happen, let's do it. Windsar: Yeah. Meagan: You matter enough. You matter enough to take care of you and do what's best for you and your baby. Windsar: Yeah. It's like, everybody always says, “Healthy mom and healthy baby is all that matters.” Of course, that's true. You want healthy outcomes for both mom and baby, but also, I want to feel positive about my birth experience after the fact. I want to feel empowered and I really, truly wanted a redemptive experience this time as you said. Those things were important too.  Meagan: Yes, exactly. The whole “healthy mom, healthy baby” thing– I literally can't stand it. Duh. Of course. No brainer there. But “healthy mom, healthy baby, good experience, positive outcome” is really still important. We can't forget about those because we do hold onto these experiences whether we remember every detail or not, they are happening to our body. It's happening to us, right? If we have someone come in and– talking about your first birth– just do things without your consent, it doesn't feel good. It's not going to leave us with a positive experience. Windsar: Right. I mean, this time is the first time out of three deliveries that I got that golden hour with my baby and our breastfeeding relationship has been so easy. I mean, he latched 15 minutes after he was born. That hour where we just laid there and I just stared at him and was like, “That's who was in there this whole time.” I hadn't had that before and it was magical. It was truly magical and I'm so grateful that I was able to finally experience that. Meagan: Absolutely. Well, huge congratulations. I'm so happy for you. Your baby is absolutely adorable. I know they can't see your baby but I can see your baby and I love babies so much. Huge congrats again. Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring others. These stories– I really so wish that I had these stories and I'm so glad that we have these opportunities to share these stories with the listeners out there. Windsar: Yes. It makes all the difference to be able to hear the positive stories. It really, really does. Meagan: Absolutely. Windsar: So thank you so much for having me. Meagan: Thank youClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? Tell us about your experience at thevbaclink.com/share. For more information on all things VBAC including online and in-person VBAC classes, The VBAC Link blog, and Meagan's bio, head over to thevbaclink.com. Congratulations on starting your journey of learning and discovery with The VBAC Link.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vbac-link/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

You know #JayOnAir as many different characters from his social media videos, but he has showed you bits about his real self in this one with Tosin & Itty. Enjoy, share, leave a comment and like! For more BaeGist content, use https://baegist.disha.page

A new perspective to approach a successful life. This is one of the few things Jesus outlined as the factors for success. Seek success and you will find, there is no problem without solutions, the very fundamental rule Jesus passed on through His three factors for success.

Miles join me tonight and we go over the rule changes that were announced and the new changes for maps. Head on over to our sponsor, Glass Cabinet Hobbies and use code CLIXINIT to get 5% off your order. If you want to help support the show, head on over to patreon.com/clixinit and also be entered in our monthly giveaways! Be safe out there, and as always, keep clixin' it!

Everyone has imaginary picture of the kind of person they want to get in a relationship with or a list of things they look out for when in thought of their kind of partner. On this "SPEC" episode of Baegist, Itty and Tosin shared what they consider while choosing a partner and also chose to expose some of their secrets

We've made it to our midseason finale episode, bringing back two fighters from previous battles. Today's episode pits Lucas Gerke against Nicole Rudolph. If you haven't listened to our other episodes thus far this season, spoilers ahead. Lucas defeated Ben in game three, winning convincingly with the help of Cthulhu factions. While his combination for this game will be different, old, giant creatures or just creatures in general is a good way to describe his combo. Lucas will be going back to the original Smash Up set to unleash the power of the Dinosaurs. Hold onto your butts. He'll pair the Dinosaurs with a familiar looking faction from the Big in Japan expansion, the Itty Critters. Nicole lost game two to Jacob Ganser. She comes into this game with one faction that first entered the world of Smash Up at Gen Con in 2019, the Penguins. They will be paired with one of the most disruptive factions we've seen in this tournament. Nicole has her Permit to Kill thanks to the Super Spies. One faction looks like it's wearing a tuxedo. The other one actually is. There's an added bit of intrigue with this battle. Our team is pretty sure this is the only time Lucas and Nicole have played Smash Up against one another. How well can you counter an opponent you have no history of fighting? We shall see. Dinosaurs & Itty Critters vs. Penguins & Super Spies. Lucas vs. Nicole. Our midseason finale features an epic clash and only one will be victorious! Subscribe to Storytelling Breakdown wherever you get your podcasts. You can find out more about our regular episodes, campaign diaries, and RPG Decades at storytellingbreakdown.com. There you can also find our blog community and support us through Patreon. You can contact us via email at info@storytelling-breakdown.com or using the Storytelling Breakdown Facebook or Instagram. Storytelling Breakdown's RPG Decades is hosted by Caleb Meyer and produced by Ben Clemmer. Our theme music is by Kurt Roembke. The theme music for RPG Decades season one is The Great Wave by Our Name Is Taken. The Storytelling Breakdown logo is by Daniel Church. The logo for RPG Decades season one is by Michael Ganser. Our podcast is hosted by John Dawkins and Wayneshout Productions.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Itty-bitty living space and a round thang in your face! And you get DOUBLE-CROSSED. Once Upon a Time is currently streaming on Disney+. Follow us on Twitter! @notevenoncepod Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/GjJanwZRZ8 Bob - @thekidaintright Seth - @recycledsarcasm More at https://linktr.ee/notevenoncepod! A special thank you to AJ for editing for us! Title Music: World of Magic by Scott Buckley – www.scottbuckley.com.au

For episode 8 and as our first guest after quite a while, Ebiye Victor (AKA Comedian Ebiye) has come to crack us up, while talking about the many insecurities that could exist in a relationship and how to handle them. Itty and Tosin had a good laugh and you definitely will too

Do you have dealbreakers when it comes to the opposite sex? What are they? Listen to Tosin and Itty have this conversation on this very funny and interesting episode. Remember to share if you love it! Music: Ayra Starr, Mavin Global. #Nigeria #Podcast #Relationships #Love #AyraStarr #DealBreaker

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Even if we get Morpheus himself, these 2 will always be our favourite guests. Today, we welcome Itty and Bitty (our daughters) onto the pod to tell us what they know about Bitcoin, how annoying Bitcoin dads are and to give a kid's perspective on all these things we keep going on about. I think they surprised themselves with how much they know, and it just proves that if kids can ‘get it' there's no excuse for anyone else not to. Plus, it's a doxx fest, so it's gonna cost us! We also talk about: Who pays the doxx fine A virtual money, a hard cap supply, no bank, peer-to-peer Getting better at knowing is easier when it's something you enjoy What the girls believe money to be Shrinking Toblerone's, Big Mac's and Pringles My terrible description of a 10p mix up Advertising tricks and mashed potato ice cream Scarcity Roblox and Robux Rollerskates and Dolls Buskers Turning anything into a Bitcoin conversation Do they talk about Bitcoin at school No more radio Accents Pocket money jobs eBay challenge How old is an old person, and how to convince them digital things have value Most people won't know how Bitcoin works What's your favourite part about Bitcoin We try to explain the difficulty adjustment Pod Shout-outs https://twitter.com/fold_app https://twitter.com/LookingGlassEdu https://twitter.com/THNDRGAMES https://twitter.com/PlaySHAmory Brisket's Doxx Jar Hats 14,900 Sats Itty 3,000 Sats Brendo 19,300 Sats Bitty 4,000 Sats Daz 300 Sats – paid!

We live in a world that doesn't work all the way. Is the amount of automation and machine learning and AI and even robotics that we're implementing in the world, displacing people's jobs and having a human impact?Show Notes“It's creating some dynamics where a much smaller number of people can drive outcomes with a much larger number of dollars. If we're not really effective at promoting financial literacy and asking some big questions about what's different looking 20 years ahead from what the last 20 years were like, then there's going to be some collateral damage in the system that I think is really bad for everybody involved.” - Mike Lackman“You can automate things to make them more efficient, but you have to know how to do it well in the first place with a certain level of agency and authority and getting your hands dirty with it.” - Michael MiraflorHow often are we designing the software stack before we even have a product and before we have even have addressed the customer's problem?“Just blatantly throwing software at problems to solve problems, thinking that it's the software that overcomes the deficiencies of an impractical product or business, I think is itself inherently a challenge that we're all facing in our industry.” - Phillip JacksonWhat are some of those things that we're bringing into being or what we're building in the world that are laden with our biases?“One of the most frustrating things about customer service is when you end up on the phone with a system that is trying to replicate that of a human voice, human interaction, or human way of answering questions... You don't have to try to trick me to think that you're a person because you're just not. I would rather hit a series of numbers…to get you to answer versus me interacting with this AI as if you were human.” - Michael Miraflor“You have to get a gauge on what young people are thinking as expressed by what they're wearing and what they're doing. If you can't really get a sense of that, because the dominant form of social media is encouraging the proliferation of micro trends that really aren't a reflection, but they send a smoke signal, then you might have something that's a bit problematic on your hands.” - Michael Miraflor“The interesting piece here is that when we talk about this dystopian sort of like, well, this AI future, we're all going to get pushed around this and that. The alternative to that has to be an institution with enough trust and credibility that we're willing to let them become tastemakers, editors of newspapers, curators of fashion, pairers of coffee, those kinds of things.” - Mike Lackman“There was a dark side to those things that we do see as unifying, which is they tend to have some sort of pretty strong editorial, perhaps even tyrannical authority associated with them to be able to set those standards in place. And I guess my point of jousting with you on that when we think about AI, the counterpoint to letting the system just run the algorithm unchecked is that someone has to put guardrails on that.” - Mike LackmanWill the outputs of AI technology like Dall-E applied to commercial uses be a good thing or a bad thing in the long run?Michael Miraflor, Chief Brand OfficerMike Lackman, CEO of Trade CoffeeAssociated Links:The Visions Report is a 100-page report with deep insights, created by Future Commerce.Have any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on Futurecommerce.fm, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!Have any questions or comments about the show? You can reach out to us at Hello@futurecommerce.fm or any of our social channels; we love hearing from our listeners!

We live in a world that doesn't work all the way. Is the amount of automation and machine learning and AI and even robotics that we're implementing in the world, displacing people's jobs and having a human impact?Show Notes“It's creating some dynamics where a much smaller number of people can drive outcomes with a much larger number of dollars. If we're not really effective at promoting financial literacy and asking some big questions about what's different looking 20 years ahead from what the last 20 years were like, then there's going to be some collateral damage in the system that I think is really bad for everybody involved.” - Mike Lackman“You can automate things to make them more efficient, but you have to know how to do it well in the first place with a certain level of agency and authority and getting your hands dirty with it.” - Michael MiraflorHow often are we designing the software stack before we even have a product and before we have even have addressed the customer's problem?“Just blatantly throwing software at problems to solve problems, thinking that it's the software that overcomes the deficiencies of an impractical product or business, I think is itself inherently a challenge that we're all facing in our industry.” - Phillip JacksonWhat are some of those things that we're bringing into being or what we're building in the world that are laden with our biases?“One of the most frustrating things about customer service is when you end up on the phone with a system that is trying to replicate that of a human voice, human interaction, or human way of answering questions... You don't have to try to trick me to think that you're a person because you're just not. I would rather hit a series of numbers…to get you to answer versus me interacting with this AI as if you were human.” - Michael Miraflor“You have to get a gauge on what young people are thinking as expressed by what they're wearing and what they're doing. If you can't really get a sense of that, because the dominant form of social media is encouraging the proliferation of micro trends that really aren't a reflection, but they send a smoke signal, then you might have something that's a bit problematic on your hands.” - Michael Miraflor“The interesting piece here is that when we talk about this dystopian sort of like, well, this AI future, we're all going to get pushed around this and that. The alternative to that has to be an institution with enough trust and credibility that we're willing to let them become tastemakers, editors of newspapers, curators of fashion, pairers of coffee, those kinds of things.” - Mike Lackman“There was a dark side to those things that we do see as unifying, which is they tend to have some sort of pretty strong editorial, perhaps even tyrannical authority associated with them to be able to set those standards in place. And I guess my point of jousting with you on that when we think about AI, the counterpoint to letting the system just run the algorithm unchecked is that someone has to put guardrails on that.” - Mike LackmanWill the outputs of AI technology like Dall-E applied to commercial uses be a good thing or a bad thing in the long run?Michael Miraflor, Chief Brand OfficerMike Lackman, CEO of Trade CoffeeAssociated Links:The Visions Report is a 100-page report with deep insights, created by Future Commerce.Have any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on Futurecommerce.fm, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!Have any questions or comments about the show? You can reach out to us at Hello@futurecommerce.fm or any of our social channels; we love hearing from our listeners!

Vulnerability happens to be an important element of relationships. But not so many people know this and it is why Itty and Tosin has chosen to talk about it in this episode. This one is very insightful and it's important that you digest it fully, and also share to you loved ones as everyone has something to take away. Video available on YouTube (don't forget to subscribe) Enjoy!

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Sliding into DMs is an art. It's not just something you take lightly. The reason is because whatever you do/say while sliding will determine how the “slidee” (yes, we are allowed to make our own words) sees you. So Tosin and Itty have laid out important points you need to have at the back of your mind while sliding into DMs for the first time. Enjoy, share and leave comments!

Our personal experiences in turning into an adult. How it started and how it's going. Hosts: TOSIN @_steves.girl and ITTY @ittyokim

This week, special guest Brandon Gentile join Chad and Chris in talking about where the US is headed in relation to the economy, vaccines and how politicians want the Country to become a dictatorship! ⭐⭐Find more info about our special guest!⭐⭐ https://www.brandongentile.com/ https://twitter.com/brandon_gentile https://www.instagram.com/brandongentile811/

Itty bitty Billy blows a big bubble and covers the whole world in bubblegum.

Infinite cosmic power yet Itty bitty living space. I see it, I understand it, and I can experience the everything of it. Yet,I do not know how to create it for others to experience. I see creation as a downward flow activity yet I'm being asked to create from the bottom up. I keep asking who am I to do this? Why was I given this adventure? Infinite possibility, data, symbolism and narratives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/channelingamilyn/support

Sector 2814 Ep #28: Green Lantern #43 & Green Lantern Annual #2 Welcome back to Sector 2814, the Green Lantern podcast. In this episode Phil, Will and Matt review Green Lantern #43 (July 1993) and Green Lantern Annual #2 (August 1993)  featuring Hal's reunion with Itty as he loses his power battery and Hal meets the new hero NIghtblade in the midst of the Bloodlines annual event. Show notes: Sector 2814 Ep #28: Green Lantern #43 & Green Lantern Annual #2 Check out all of our social media here: https://linktr.ee/CapesandLunatics Check out Will's website: willallred.com Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Will Allred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wallred Follow Matt Kona on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattKona Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn't cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics Support the Southgate Media Group on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Today, we tell you the truth about personal training and its place in a CrossFit Affiliate. FYI: it get's a little rant-y. Just the way (we think) you guys like it. So you never miss an episode, subscribe on YouTube and on all major podcasting platforms at Best Hour of Their Day. If you want to learn more about our sponsors, Doc Spartan, WheelPay, and RX Smart Gear, checkout docspartan.com, wheelpay.com, and rxsmartgear.com. At checkout, use the code BESTHOUR to get 15% off all DocSpartan purchases and 10% off all RX Smart Gear purchases. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-ackerman/support

Itty bitty overalls and doll-sized dresses make for adorable first outfits, but dressing babies (and toddlers, and kids) comfortably and stylishly throughout the ages and stages is no easy task. In Episode 321 Meagan and Sarah remember the joys and challenges of dressing our littles while they still let us (most of the time, anyway). Then we move into the realities of clothing our big kids, tweens and teens. From keeping up with sizes to choosing our battles over teen fashion that baffles our mom-brains, the refrain is familiar: it doesn't get easier, it just gets...different. The post Dressing & Styling Our Kids (And What Happens When They No Longer Let Us): Episode 321 appeared first on The Mom Hour.

Join us today as we sit down with Dr. Chevaliar, Dr. Gutman, Dr. Itty and Dr. Kaur to talking about Opportunistic Infections.

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CuriosityStream & Nebula for less than $15 a YEAR! https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie/​Apple’s M1 Macs. Massive computational power. Unbelievable value. Itty bitty webcams. Well, 720p-for-potato webcams on the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, a way better 1080p sensor on the brand-new iMac, but just nothing and more nothing on the Mac mini.So, if you need to up your Zoom or WebEx game for work or for school, super crispy things up for family FaceTime or to start full-on YouTube or Twitch steaming careers, what can you do?

Join us today as with sit down with Drs. Itty, Kaur, and Okpokpo to briefly discuss adrenal insufficiency.

Join us today with Drs. Itty and Okpokpo as we discuss this small but might gland, the pituitary!

Continuing on with our board review series join us today as we learn about hypercalcemia from Dr. Itty

Continuing on with our mini-board review series, join Drs. Gutman, Itty, and Kaur as they discuss murmurs and asthma. As promised by Dr. Kaur below is the link to the PDF of the GINA guidelines for your personal review. https://ginasthma.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Main-pocket-guide_2020_04_03-final-wms.pdf

Join Drs. Gutman, Itty, and Kaur as they discuss some topics the residents did not do well on in this year's in-training exam which are also important for boards.

After a small hiatus, we are back with Drs. Gutman, Itty, and Kaur to go over some board review tips and tricks and get back to bringing you regularly scheduled podcasts.

Itty bitty Billy blows a big bubble and covers the whole world in bubblegum.

Itty-bitty-nitty-gritty Guessy Boisss get a lil' help on the first LISTCAST with a special guest! Rob Sweeney's ma Rob Sweeney joins Rob Sweeney and Bob Beany and huddle up under the mistletoe to talk Christmas movies. What holiday flicks did US film-goers get up off their eggnog-plumped butts to see? Find out in this snowglobe of an episode: only a-holes don't listen to LISTCAST and only a-holes don't believe in Santa. #theclausisreal #freetheelves --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/listcast/message

Derrick Kosinski & Scott Yager are joined by Amber Martinez.Amber Martinez (@amba1210) & her "Itty Bitty Committee" aren't playing like your typical Challenge Rookies. This past week they pulled off a hell of a hit on Tori & Aneesa after Big T & CT took home the Daily Challenge. They rallied the house together to vote in Aneesa and Big T pulled the trigger sending her in against her best friend Tori. This was particularly validating for Amber, who had been on the receiving end of "you're too small" claims from many in the house, namely Tori. Amber joins Derrick (@DerrickMTV) and Scott (@SHOTOFYAGER) to talk about Are You The One, making her Challenge debut, why it was tough being a Challenge Rookie, what she knew about Tori and her fellow competitors going into the show, what LA Club Life is like, what Drama we didn't see on camera AND MORE!!!To hear us break down Double Agents episodes every week, head to www.Patreon.com/ChallengeMania and join the POD SQUAD!www.ChallengeMania.Shop has FREE SHIPPING on orders over $45 until 1/31www.BetterHelp.com/MANIA is the place to go for top notch Online Counseling. Save 10% off your first month with the code MANIA.www.MagicSpoon.com/CHALLENGE will get you some of our favorite Protein filled cereal, and you can save $5 off a variety pack with the code CHALLENGE!Find out how Upstart can lower your monthly payments today when you go to www.UPSTART.com/CHALLENGE​

Richard Gossin nous accompagne en cette montée vers noël avec 4 contes. Aujourd'hui, c'est avec beaucoup d'émotion, qu'une histoire vrai vous est racontée. Une histoire de perte, une histoire où la vie continue... bref une histoire vrai. Merci à RCF et Véronique Itty pour l'enregistrement de la voix de Richard.

Richard Gossin nous accompagne en cette montée vers noël avec 4 contes. Avec ce conte, découvrez une histoire de noël qui a le bon goût de la Provence. Merci à RCF et Véronique Itty pour l'enregistrement de la voix de Richard.

Richard Gossin nous accompagne en cette montée vers noël avec 4 contes. Avec ce conte, découvrez une nouvelle approche de l'aubergiste, qui était certainement le plus sympathique de tous les hommes... Merci à RCF et Véronique Itty pour l'enregistrement de la voix de Richard.

Richard Gossin nous accompagne en cette montée vers noël avec 4 contes. Avec ce conte, découvrez l'histoire de Marie et de la naissance de son enfant racontée dans le Coran. Merci à RCF et Véronique Itty pour l'enregistrement de la voix de Richard.

Thirty-seven, mother of a ten-year-old daughter, and newly divorced . . . the perfect formula for vulnerability to a male who knows prey when he sees it. Amy married her childhood sweetheart and assumed her life would be … well, normal. And it was. Deathly boring and normal. The divorce wasn't even dramatic. It was as non-descript as the marriage had been. Was that the reason the man, whose voice she admired so on the radio, was able to sweet-talk her, romance her as she'd never dreamed of being romanced? She was the nineteen she had never been. Starry-eyed. And stupid. Yes, my friend, stupid. Ever notice that it rhymes with cupid? Author of an ebook short story by the same name, Esther Luttrell tells the tale so convincingly you have to wonder how much of it is fiction. She's not telling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mojave-beach-productions/support

Even friends who love the same groups can have different opinions. Join us as we discuss some insightful Kpop topics such as: Should fans be entitled to dictate idol relationships or Are idols overworked by their companies?

Join us today as we sit down with Drs. Gutman, Itty, and Kaur to talk about skin and soft tissue infections as always Dr. Gutman with his jokes and stories and Dr. Itty with those board review pearls.

We invited the founder of Ded Threds, the newest and freshet lifestyle merch on the planet. Into the studio to touch on respecting the hustle, ignoring the haters and in honor of creepy season we talk all things Zombie! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pics-or-it-didnt-happen/support

In this episode, the Make Mine Multiversity book club is back and bringing you one strange, strange mini-series. We love strange here at MMM, and maybe one day the good doctor will come as well, but for now bask in the glory that is the pettiest Marvel villain ever: M.O.D.O.K. and his crew of Z-listers. One of which is now on Krakoa. Who is it? You'll have to listen to find out.Next month's book club: the mini-series "Bullet Points" from 2007. It's like an Elseworlds, but for Marvel. What If there was a name for that?

Join us today as Dr. Gutman, Dr. Itty and Dr. Kaur sit down to talk about high flow nasal cannula!

Join Dr. Itty and & Dr. Kaur today as they sit down with Dr. Del Sol and Dr. Dasari to talk about antiplatelet loading in Acute Coronary Syndrome.

Melissa is solo on this one…Tye is suffering from a bought of food poisoning. Ick. But since it’s just her, she gives an update on her recent Breast Implant surgery (for all 5 guy listeners - just fast forward to 6 minutes in!)And instead of doing a Tants and Rants alone, Melissa leads a Pop News Now segment, getting into all the latest pop culture news. Will and Jada (yes, its a little old at this point….but still fascinating…..), a secret Timberlake baby, and a new DWTS host (how do we feel about this…..??)You Said What is back with some listeners best ‘Foot in Mouth’ moments!!Stay safe everyone!!Enjoy!

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Join us today with Dr. Gutman and Dr. Itty to discuss all the complications from liver disease from head to toe!

'Itty-Bits #3: Aleister Crowley' originally aired on the show A Word In Edgewise, June 10th 2014, on KVMR community radio station in Nevada City, CA. The show is a strange sonic tapestry of music and spoken word for the culturally marginalized elite. In short, it’s 'storytime for grownups'. This piece - taken from Part II of a two part series - was one of eleven musically guided readings of peculiar weirdos throughout history. The text is taken from the graphic novel “The Big Book of Weirdos” by Gahan Wilson. It’s read by Jerome Hansen with sound design by Tenali.

‘Itty-Bits #2: Ivan the Terrible’ originally aired on the show A Word In Edgewise, June 10th 2014, on KVMR community radio station in Nevada City, CA. The show is a strange sonic tapestry of music and spoken word for the culturally marginalized elite. In short, it’s 'storytime for grownups'. This piece - taken from Part II of a two part series - was one of eleven musically guided readings of peculiar weirdos throughout history. The text is taken from the graphic novel “The Big Book of Weirdos” by Gahan Wilson. It’s read by Marco Dacio with sound design by Tenali.

‘Itty-Bits #1: Caligula’ originally aired on the show A Word In Edgewise, March 14th 2014, on KVMR community radio station in Nevada City, CA. The show is a strange sonic tapestry of music and spoken word for the culturally marginalized elite. In short, it’s 'storytime for grownups'. This piece - taken from Part I of a two part series - was one of eleven musically guided readings of peculiar weirdos throughout history. The text is taken from the graphic novel “The Big Book of Weirdos” by Gahan Wilson. It’s read by Fletcher with sound design by Tenali. https://muddybootsradio.org/bits

It's scientifically proven that our intuition connects with all the nerve cells in our body, and past experiences & existing knowledge shape our intuition.  I like to say it was my knowing that gave me the courage to come out of the fog, the moth balls and really become a podcaster.   Listen to your gut !  Mine was definitely linked to my purpose and when I said "yes" let's move from hobby to business, my energy was lifted, and people that I was to attract found me (or like purpose, did I find them?) and low and behold, Her Business Her Voice Her Conversation was created, and my 1st book (from which this weeks insight comes from) was in writing stage 2017, published in 2018 because of "my gut" along with INVESTING in myself! The 2 go hand in hand these days.  See we listen to the stories of others to gain knowledge, insight, we cling to the stories & knowledge of our elders for wisdom and age bought insight, and all the more we must carefully invest in ourselves. Invest VIP (1 on !) as much as you can and be all in, do the work!  If you made a mistake and put the cart before the horse and for whatever reasons you are not ready for the mentoring, strategist you hired, get quiet, access what's going on but DO NOT give up on your purpose, your gut.   This week I share what I knew in 2017, and add the more that time has given concerning  listening to your gut and investing in yourself. I HAVE A FREE GIFT TO THE 1st (10) KINDLE OWNERS THAT JOIN MY EMAIL LIST - My 15 word definition of reinvention is in this delightful  book "Your Amazing Itty Bitty Book of Words" - go to www.MargoLovett.com and 10 listeners will get the KINDLE version

Pod-Crashing: Episode 32Building your community. We hear a lot about that. If you’re a podcaster and it’s not your thing. You’ve still gotta get on board. Posting your episodes on the digital platform without using the other tools is like walking into a restaurant just to use their bathroom. You didn’t buy anything. You used their water, paper products and their customer service space. I’m amazed at how many podcasters aren’t on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Even more shocking are the number of talkers that won’t go anywhere near a blog to help push their numbers up. I love Mix.com. It’s free. Post the URL and let your episode take a ride on the wild side. Communities are organic. As much as it hurts knowing how long it takes to shape a listening audience it’s not always a good idea to fork out money you’re not making to a group that’s promising you more listens and followers. Kind of a dangerous game to play if your podcast features copyrighted music. The more people you’ve get hooked up means the streaming fees are going up up up.Posting on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pretty much means your circle of supporters are the only one’s getting it. Unless you gain the courage to start accepting people you don’t know. That in itself sinks a lot of podcasters into a mode of self-protection. When I bring it up to podcasters I usually get shrugged shoulders or oh hell no. I don’t a huge community to feel like I’m doing a good job with my episodes. I was listening to Joe Rogan’s Facebook live rebroadcast as a podcast. The master of all things digital media loves the idea of inviting friends over to do nothing more than sit around smoking pot and talking about everything under the sun. And oh boy do they. In an odd ball way I found it to be engaging. The only downfall that served as a constant reminder to bail was how bad the vocal quality sucked. The episode was unbelievably unedited. It wasn’t as studio smooth as we’re used to getting. But you’ve got to hand it to Rogan. The Dude’s got a plan to keep his numbers alive and kickin. The way I Facebook Live and or Skype the conversation is by running the computer through the control board. While the cameras are on the Adobe Audition is capturing everything. Maybe it’s the commercial production person from terrestrial radio trying to push he’s ego into the mix. The one thing that’ll crush your somewhat healthy or new list of followers is the horrid echo caused by the room. I love the idea that podcasting can be recorded in any place of choice. Building that community requires you to be in the public eye. I have a great time hosting 5 to 7 telephone conversations while sitting on the patio at Panera Bread. I’ll invite guest hosts to join me. It creates talk while listeners watch. I talked with Holly Frey and Tracy V Wilson from the podcast Stuff You Missed In History Class. They totally dig doing their episodes in front of group of people. It requires a lot of confidence to put on the earphones and get locked up in talk while sitting in public. I had a program director stand next to me at a live radio event during the 90’s. Every time I talked on the road he’d come over on live radio and hit me, throw nurf balls at me and make wild faces that would bust open a giant can of laughs.Learning how to tune out your surroundings allows you to stay focused on your community that’s tapping in via the digital platform. Then again maybe your episodes don’t require that. No matter where you stand there’s still got to be a left or right hand on the heartbeat of why you’re reaching for analytic numbers. Building that community. Before I was kicked off SoundCloud I’d personally write a note to every person that checked in. I don’t know why the other platforms don’t allow you do that. I was getting some hot numbers because time was spent saying two words, “Thank you.” I got kicked off the platform because of my music interviews. Itty bitty snippets of sound from a new album or catalog from the past were being used. I was talking to the makers what’s the big deal right?Unknowingly I was breaking copyright laws and was forced into SoundCloud prison. Here’s what made the entire process preventable. When I started using the platform I had a different email address. After a couple of years I stop using it. SoundCloud was sending me warning letters over and over. I was totally disconnected from the email. So they booted me. That’s another area you need to be careful with. What email are you signing up with? That would be your business community. These people need to always have a place to get your attention. When something’s not right they’re not coming to your front door. Speaking of that email. Are you letting your listeners send you mail? Yeah yeah that’s just another way to be slammed with a virus. Create a second or third Google account. If it smells like a virus on that page it’s gonna be instantly tossed into Spam. It’s fun to answer questions on the air from listeners. It opens the door for you to talk about episodes that were posted a week or a month ago. Your community will love you more if you take the time to slip in a billboard. The question is asked and your answer is totally promoting the episode. All the more reason to never do this on Facebook Live cuz you may think you’ve got a good memory until the stuff isn’t instantly working its way to the listening audience. Then your episode gets weighed down by ums, ands and well hell I forgot. So what’s the moral of the story? Don’t just stand there with your hands in your pocket. You’ve been given a world of tools to craft a huge community of faithful followers. But for some reason we think they’re gonna just pop up and love ya. Even if they did what’s happening on the next episode that’s gonna keep them there? Picture yourself on a kayak four miles out on the Atlantic Ocean. That’s your podcast. Unless you’re looking to become a human raisin, you’ve gotta find some land! Water! A worm for your hook so you can eat seafood! Building a community means getting into the community. It means utilizing the strength of why we podcast. To make connections. To create conversation. To be accepted for your hardcore passion and drive for professional wrestlers that wear bowling shirts while trying to enter an upscale nightspot. Set aside 15 to 30 for each new episode. If you talked about peanut butter and the brand that’s made it famous. Let your community expand by posting your episode on their Facebook or by hash tagging their beautiful name. Use your @ symbol. Your community will begin to grow and the only thing you spent was time massaging the ears of people you may never meet.

Itty bitty episode before I leave for Madagascar!Check out the MDJ website! www.mydocjourney.comListen to my interview with Ian from How They Did It: FilmmakingIn case you missed it, I did a livestream on facebook discussing the gear I'll be bringing. And be sure to follow Voice of Vanilla on facebook, instagram, youtube, and twitter for videos during the trip.Support the show (https://fromtheheartproductions.networkforgood.com/projects/51992-documentaries-voice-of-vanilla)

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Itty-bitty shark attacks, MC Hammer pants and too much queer subtext to fit into one closet – get your chartreuse bikini on for R.L. Stine's Beach House! ("The beach house? You know, the house on the beach..." #fillingpages) Join Kirsty Logan and Heather Parry to lovingly dissect the best (and worst) of 90s teen horror. Point Horror, Goosebumps, Fear Street, slasher films – we love it all. Follow on Twitter @teenagescream_ and Instagram @teenagescreampod to join the conversation and request future books. If you like what we're doing and want to join the community, you can become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/teenagescreampodcast Thank you to Susie McConnell for our catchy theme tune, and to Jean Merrick for the badass logo (which you know you want as a pin badge...)

We're in #TWDseason9 mid-season break mode, which is as good a time as any for a giveaway! It's also as good a time as any to remind you all that WE WANT YOU to be a guest-host on SQUAWKING DEAD! Also, answering any questions you may have Intro Music by GentleBruce (SoundCloud: @user-425767516) * Oh the boredom and anxiety over mid-season break... and opportunity * We'll be announcing A FEW #prizes for our #giveaway, NEXT WEEK * #EYE_in_the_Dark2 with the THREE-PEAT, virtual guest-hosting! * #Funkopop, Itty-bittys... perhaps another statue for the grand prize? * ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GUEST-HOSTING? info@squawkingdead.com or message us directly on SQUAWKINGDEAD.com * ...Manipulating Superfan-Rob into Guest-Hosting * Going over the ways #TWDJesus / #TomPayne was underutilized * ...It's not as simple-as-a-Gimple to lay blame for it, though * How are you holding up, in the meantime? * ...watching old episodes and realizing how incorrectly we remember them * slaughtering #SamanthaMorton's name (so, not #GenevieveMorton) #Alpha * #TheWhisperers bring back what terrified us about #TheGovernor ... #TeamNegan #Negan * Where is #TheOceanside? Did #Michonne do something? #CarolPeletier * ... #AngusSampson: Binge yourself ALL of #ShutEye on #Hulu, while on break * Who are you and where are you from? LEAVE A COMMENT! We'd love to speak with you (don't be shy) * Opinions on #FearTheWalkingDead? Let us know! #FearTWD #FTWD * What makes a decent (SQUAWKING DEAD) podcast host (spoiler: not much!) * The possibility of Henry being killed off... * The phenomenon that is #DarylDixon ... #RobertKirkman and #RickGrimes hand * The casts (mostly) music talents #FinalChild #ChandlerRiggs #EmilyKinney #JordanWoodsRobinson #KatelynNacon #XanderBerkely #KharyPayton * Let us know what YOU would like us to giveaway! ...or why YOU think you should guest-host --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/squawkingdead/message

This is audio from our live video about the new Flyzone Micro DC-3/C-47. Check our YouTube channel if you want to see the video. We talk about: First impressions, Paint and decals, Itty bitty screws and Velcro, Included transmitter, Landing gear woes, Flight performance, Repairs, Aerotowing Terry's micro CG-4A, C-47 towplane mods, Tow Release, Flight time, Wish list

Ray Buchanan: A vision to end world hunger  In 1998, envisioning a world without hunger, Ray Buchanan — a United Methodist minister — founded Rise Against Hunger (formerly Stop Hunger Now). After enlisting as a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War, Ray Buchanan quickly recognized that accomplishing a mission required “commitment to something larger than yourself.” Over the past three decades, that principle has driven Ray's mission to eradicate world hunger. As a divinity graduate student at Duke University, Ray began working with the poor and hungry. He continued that work at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received his master's degree in divinity, and as a pastor at ve rural United Methodist churches in Virginia. As a pastor, Ray joined the effort to save the lives of starving Ethiopians during the 1973-75 famine in Ethiopia. Driving Ray's hunger work is the recognition that “ending hunger is more than just feeding people.” So Rise Against Hunger “focuses its feeding programs in areas where we can see transformational development,” he says. Ray embodies the ideal of a servant leader. And he understands that volunteers and organizations working together can build a global movement that will stimulate the political will to marshal the resources that are essential — and available — to eradicate hunger. Rise Against Hunger has realized positive, annual growth mainly through expansion of the meal packaging program into new communities. Rise Against Hunger continues to further Ray's legacy of commitment both to domestic and international crisis response including relief from famine, natural and manmade disasters and health epidemics. More information at www.riseagainsthunger.org The Interview Transcript Hugh Ballou: Greetings, this is Hugh Ballou. This episode of The Nonprofit Exchange is great, like every one of them, but this one is a new friend who is right here in Lynchburg, Virginia. He has an extensive history of founding charities and taking them not just to the next level, but taking them to the top. In some cases, over the top. Ray Buchanan: Over the top would be a good way to put it. Hugh: Ray Buchanan. We are going to talk principally about a charity you formed that you originally called Stop Hunger Now. Now it's Rise Against Hunger. I want to let you tell a little bit about yourself. You had an idea about something. How did you put it together and start this, get people on board, and get it funded? There is a lot of people with ideas, and they don't really understand the sequence and how to put it together. Tell us about Ray. Thank you for being on The Nonprofit Exchange today. Ray: Good to be here. I appreciate the opportunity. I was in the Marine Corps during Vietnam. Came out of the Marine Corps. Did all my undergraduate work in about two and a half years. I then had a mentor who saw more in me than I thought was there. He said, “Where are you going to go to get your divinity degree?” I said, “I hadn't thought about it.” He said, “You need to go to Duke.” I said, “Riiight.” I literally thought he was kidding, but he knew people who knew people and I found myself at Duke. I immediately felt like I was way out of my league. I looked at all these young people coming in the first day of class, and I said, “I don't belong here.” What happened was very interesting. I stood in the corner of the student center of the divinity school, and I saw somebody come in the door who looked as miserable as I felt. He was about my age, older than the normal incoming divinity school student. We hooked up, and he had military experience, been to Vietnam as well. We started talking, and pretty soon another older student came in. The three of us gravitated together. What happened was that first semester at Duke, we became a support group. We didn't know that's what it was, but we were all married and had at least one child. In the course of that semester, we became best friends, closer than friends, and a support group like I said. We started in January. During the summer, of course we all wanted to pastor churches. According to the Methodist church, they had no churches available in North Carolina around Duke. I had the choice, and I chose doing beach ministry in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina. That sounds like a real cool gig, but we did most of our work with runaways and drug culture between one and two o'clock in the morning. I had a safe house for folks. One of our other friends served a small church in Raleigh. Ken, the first person I saw, came from Virginia. His superintendent needed pastors badly. He already had a church promised to him. He talked to his superintendent, and he said, “You have friends that might serve churches?” The process was so far along that we didn't get to visit, but he called. I learned my first lesson of humility. He asked me who I was and what I wanted, so I told him I'd been a youth minister in a larger church in North Carolina when I was in college. I had experiences as a chaplain's assistant. I really pumped myself up the way you would to a boss. He said, “I haven't been able to get up with your other friend. What kind of experience does he have?” I said, “He's a really nice guy. He doesn't really have as much experience as me, but he is really committed. He has a heart for the Lord, but he just hasn't had the experience.” The superintendent without missing a beat said, “Well, that is his subtlety. You obviously have much more experience. I'll give you the five churches, and I'll give him the four churches.” I learned real quick you don't need to do that. I started there because that is really the start of the journey we are talking about. The three of us were appointed to churches in rural Virginia, the south side of Virginia. We were right outside of South Hill. Between us we had 13 rural churches. Hugh: Oh, wow. Ray: And we were going to school fulltime, commuting an hour and a half one way. We learned really quickly about supporting one another. We learned that each one of us had gifts and graces that matched with the others. Where I was weak, my friend was strong. Where he was weak, our other friend was strong. Rather than compete, we decided we would work as a team. With those 13 churches, they were all small, struggling, had that feeling that many small Methodist churches have, that they weren't ministering. They were surviving. We decided to change that. For the four years that we were there, we made sure we worked as a cooperative parish. We weren't ever legally called that, but we had our churches go together. I remember the first thing we did is we gathered clothes for Appalachia. They had never been able to do anything as one or two churches, but as 13 churches, we filled a huge U-Haul truck. The men took it to Appalachia, and it made them feel so empowered to be able to do something. Hugh: As you're talking about that, that is a group of churches. The same thing could apply to a group of small charities. Ray: Absolutely. One of the key philosophies that I have always worked with is everything is built on partnerships. The more partners you could have involved, the stronger the program is. I'm not saying it's easier, but it really impacts more people, not only from the relief side, but also from the folks doing it. A key principle in what helps grow the organizations I have been a part of is we always seek partnerships. One example is with Rise Against Hunger, when I started, I knew nothing about international relief work. I had been doing domestic relief work for 20 years, and I've done a few things internationally. But how you work internationally is something I had to learn on the job. One thing I committed to was I was not going to start offices internationally because internationally, every place I wanted to work, there were already relief organizations on the ground. I didn't need to reinvent the wheel. I just needed to partner with the folks already there who had a better idea of what was necessary. Hugh: I won't let that one slip by. You're really understanding the synergy of collaboration. Let's do more stuff than we can do by ourselves. What year was that? Ray: I started Rise Against Hunger in January of 1998. What had happened was earlier than that, Society had a program called The Potato Project. That is the story of God's grace. Basically, Society of St. Andrew was an intentional community devoted to covenant living. What that means is in response to world hunger, we said we wanted to come together and demonstrate a lifestyle that the entire world could adopt, a just lifestyle, a fair lifestyle. We had two families that moved together onto a farm. We formed a covenant to live under the poverty level. When we started in 1979, that was about $2,000 a person. Hugh: Oh my goodness. Ray: If you put all the stuff in the world in a pile and everybody took a fair share, in 1979, it would come to about $2,000 a person. We made a covenant that we would live under that. We had nine people in our community: four adults and five kids. We said we would live under $18,000 a year. We never made it up to $18,000 a year. Basically, we lived under the poverty level out of choice, and we wanted to do that not only to identify with the poor, but also to demonstrate to the church especially that if we wanted to, we could live in a way that the entire world would be able to have a fair share. Hugh: The year you founded this organization was 1979. It was founded as Stop Hunger Now. Ray: The first organization was founded as Society of St. Andrew. I was the co-director of that from 1979-1998. In 1998, the reason I left Society of St. Andrew is because after 15 years or so, both my co-director and I were getting burned out. You start out with your hands working with the poor, shoulder to shoulder, but as the organization gets bigger and bigger, you get further away from the poor. We worked with the poor. Then we had staff that worked with the poor. Then we had managers. Then we had directors of the managers. All of a sudden, you look around and you have 70-80 employees in five or six states. You are so far you can't even see the poor. I started using my vacation time to go internationally to work in Africa and what have you so I could still get my hands dirty. Hugh: That's interesting. You get so far away from the work that is your passion. You get sucked in to the organization. There is a lesson in that, too. Ray: Absolutely. Hugh: When did you found this organization that is now Rise Against Hunger? Ray: 1998. Hugh: And it was founded as Stop Hunger Now. Ray: Yes, it was founded as Stop Hunger Now. The reason the name is important, the reason I founded it is because I did my work internationally, it hit me that although hunger in the United States is real and it's horrible and it's immoral, the richest country in the history of the world, that we have hunger doesn't make sense. The Christian church has to understand its responsibility there. As I worked internationally, there were opportunities that started to rise in doing stuff internationally. My passions fairly quickly turned to doing international work because although hunger is real in the United States, it's qualitatively different than hunger around the world. In the United States, no one dies of hunger. I challenge you to find a newspaper article that talks about the last time anyone died of hunger. They might have died of exposure or something, but it is such a rarity that it is not measurable. You go international, and after all these years, we have hunger down to 20,000 people a day. Hugh: A day. Ray: But when I started, it was like 30,000 people a day dying of hunger. There is no way to explain that. I have always wanted to have the biggest impact. So I started focusing internationally, and my partner, after you work together with somebody for 20 years, you know each other. He looked at me and said, “If you need money for that, you raise it. We don't have money for that.” At that time, Society of St. Andrew was doing $15 or 20 million worth of in-can work, and our cash budget was $1 or $1.5 million a year. We never had enough money. That is how Stop Hunger got started because I needed to raise $25,000 for a special project. I didn't have it. After my partner said, “Well, if you want it, you raise it,” which was the way we worked, I remembered that five years earlier, a donor had come to us, he and his wife. We had an office in a sheep shed. They came and sat around the table and said they wanted to help feed the hungry. His vision of hunger was a starving child with a bowl held up. At that point, my partner and I said, “We don't do that.” We didn't. We worked in the United States, using tractor trailers to haul produce to food banks on Native American reservations. We told him we really appreciate the offer, but that is not what we do. It's not a good match. But we have a friend who is chairman of the board of Food for the Hungry. We will give you his name, and you can connect. We broke the cardinal rule of you never give a donor away. We gave this donor away before we ever started working with him. Strange thing though. Every year, he would call us and say, “Do you have any special projects?” We'd say yes. He'd say, “Send me the bill.” For about $8-10,000. He would never give us a grant. He would never write us a check. But he would always give us a gift of about $10,000 by paying a certain bill. I remembered his vision. After five years, I went to our Director of Development and called him and said, “Give me this guy's name and number.” He said, “Let's meet.” I went to Virginia Beach, and we had lunch. I'll never forget. The timing was amazing. I drove from the big island, and he drove a couple of blocks and we got there at the same time. We met in the parking lot and walked into the restaurant. He said, “How are things going?” making small talk. I said, “Great. My daughter is having her first child.” He said, “Oh, you're going to be a grandfather for the first time?” The proper answer would be, “Of course I am. Yes, that's great.” I said, “No. When my son turned 21, he got a girl pregnant, so I have a grandson.” I said, Shut up, shut up, this is not the way you speak, shut up. It was like I had verbal diarrhea. We get in, and the maître d' seats us. He comes back and starts to speak. John waves his hands, saying, “No.” He leans across the table and he says, “Ray, last year was the worst year of my life. I went from being a millionaire to not being a millionaire. I got kicked out of my own organization that I started. My wife divorced me. My son had to get staggering drunk to tell me that he had gotten a young lady pregnant.” Hugh: Oh my goodness. Ray: This is before the menus get there. All that is simply to say we were on a level that you normally don't get to with a donor until you've cultivated them for years. That is how Stop Hunger Now got started to be honest. Hugh: We are recording live on Facebook. If you come by and wonder what this is, this is the Nonprofit Exchange. Every Tuesday at 2 EST, we talk with a thought leader about how they have made things happen. We are talking to Ray Buchanan about multiple charities he has founded. Ray, I have moved from using the word “nonprofit” a lot even though this is the Nonprofit Exchange. When I am in conversation, I use the word charity because we have tax-exempt charities. It's a business and a framework that has got a lot of rules and regulations for the IRS. My co-host, Russell, used to work for the IRS. He is very much up to date with how we need to comply with those. We need to have strong business principles. If you are listening to the podcast sometime in history, you can ask questions on the podcast page. We learn from other people's stories. Ray, when you are looking back and talking about starting these, Russell was just meeting with a gentleman that has got a hunger project. This is quite an amazing story, Russell, about Ray starting what was called Stop Hunger Now. Now it's called Rise Against Hunger. You had an idea. How hard was it to get it off the ground? How hard was it to get people to support it? How hard was it to get some funding? Ray: I want to say one of the first things that was my first organization, Society of St. Andrew, what made that successful is that when we started our first big project after three years, we fell into the Potato Project, which has taken unused produce otherwise thrown away, wasted. We were going to get that to the hungry across Virginia. The farmers agreed to give us the produce, but they had to get their money recouped on the extra labor, the bags, and the transportation. I could tell you a lot of funny stories about that. Long story short, they could get us potatoes that would normally be thrown away for three cents a pound, a phenomenal price. They said they could get us a million pounds of potatoes. A million pounds of potatoes at three cents a pound is $30,000. At that point, our two families were living on between $12-15,000 a year. That was all the money in the world. That first $30,000 came from the United Methodist Church seeing the vision and buying into the vision. I could talk for hours about the faithfulness in that because at that point, we were seen as a couple of hippies living on a farm. We weren't the bare-faced young guys. But they had enough faith to put the money into it. Once that project started, we had never realized that we were just scratching the surface. Farmers wanted to give us more and more produce, which required more money and more distribution areas, which required more transportation. Literally within two months, we were spending $30,000 to last us this summer, and after about a month and a half, we were out of money. It hadn't been misused, but the need was so great. We started having to raise money. The first thing we did was my partner's brother who had a business degree came to us and said, “You all need somebody to fund this.” Both of us understood that numbers are not my friends. I will be honest with you. I like letters. You can make words with letters, and words make sentences. Numbers are just numbers. We asked his brother to help us, and he graciously helped us. From day one, we ran the organization as a business. Hugh: From day one. Ray: From day one. That is one of the biggest benchmarks that I can point to as to why it worked. We didn't operate as a church. That sounds very horrible, but it's true. We operated as a business, not only in that the finances were handled to the penny. I can literally remember Friday evening at 6:00 realizing that David was still in the office. We operated in a sheep shed that previously held sheep in it. I would see the light on and say, “David, what are you doing?” “I can't get the books to balance.” I said, “What is it?” He said, “It's 27 cents. I cannot find it.” I said, “Here is a quarter.” He said, “Noooo, you don't understand.” That is the way we operated financially from day one, but we also realized that when we made a promise, it was a commitment. Unlike a lot of charities, church organizations, nonprofits, it was like, We will not get to it if we can when we can. If we said we were going to do something, we did it. The operating as a business is a key principle that every nonprofit ought to operate by. Hugh: Hey Russell, we teach this stuff. It works. How about that? Russell: The sweet spot is where fun and compliance and compassion come together. That's what I call the sweet spot. 27 cents by the way is not material if you have more than five dollars. Ray: I understand that. But the principle is the same. Russell: The principle is the same. It's like operating a business without losing who you are. If you have a mission and the mission is spiritual, you don't have to lose that. There is a point in there where money and spirituality mix. It's just understanding both the critical components to what you're doing so that you don't leave either out to the exclusion. They are not mutually exclusive in other words. Ray: Absolutely. To jump forward, when I started Stop Hunger Now, basically I met with this donor. I was asking him for $25,000. He had been giving us $10,000 a year for five years. When I got to the point where he said, “What do you really want?” and I told him I needed $25,000 to move three containers of food to North Korea and Africa, he said, “Fine, I'll write you a check Monday.” Any time you can take a donor from $10,000 to $25,0000, you know that is a home run. I was just going internally like Yes! I couldn't wait to go home and work out the logistics. He lookrd across the table and said, “Tell me, you said you were burned out and were thinking about leaving the organization a couple years earlier. What is it that you really want?” Not trying to be flip, but I said, “I want to feed more hungry people.” He is not the kind of man who accepts an answer like that. He said, “I asked you a serious question. Give me a serious answer.” I had to take a deep breath. I answered him, “What I'd really like to do is go to crisis areas around the world, find out what the real need is, come home, and cut through all the red tape and BS and get that need met as fast as possible.” He leaned across the table and said, “That's exactly my dream, with one exception.” I said, “What is that?” He said, “I'd want you to take the checkbook with you.” We finished the meeting. As we are getting in our cars, he looked at me and said, “Let's see if we can't make our dreams come true.” Two days later, he called and said, “How soon can the head of my foundation and I meet with you and your partner in Big Island?” Two days after that, four days after our original meeting, they were in our office. Both my partner and I knew what he wanted: to set up an international relief hunger organization. My partner and our wives and I have nonstop been figuring out how to make it work. At that point, Society of St. Andrew had an 18-year track record. We were known throughout the United Methodist Church, working in all 48 contiguous states, constantly went up to the Hill to give testimony on hunger and gleaning. I was on the House Select committee and a bunch of stuff like that. We said, “Oh, good, we are going to have a domestic arm and an international arm.” We presented that to him as what we were going to do. He looked at us and crossed his arms and said, “Nope, I'm not interested.” We were crushed. We thought we had this perfect plan. He said, “Look, you are a domestic hunger organization. Your board is always going to fight over who gets the money. Here is what I'll do. I'll give you a quarter of a million dollars a year for two years. Three conditions. 1) You set up a new organization. 2) You set up a completely separate board of directors. 3) You are the director,” pointing at me. Hugh: Oh. Ray: Now, what do you do when you're 50 years old and somebody looks at you and says, “I will make your dreams come true?” Hugh: Oh my. Ray: That is so exciting. But if you look at the flip side of it, we had an organization that we had started as two families living under the poverty level and was now at the pinnacle of our ministry. Like I said, we are at Capitol Hill every month. Our senator's wife was on our board. It was a horse you could ride until you wanted to get off. It was only going to get bigger and better. You leave that to start over basically. You leave that. The four adults that founded this society prayed together and cried together and discussed for two to three days. We came to the conclusion that if we didn't take his offer, that money was not going to be there. To get to a place where we could do the international ministry that we wanted would take us a couple of years to raise another quarter of a million dollars because we had maxed out our fundraising capacity at that point. We knew that it would take us a year or two to ramp up if we could. We thought we would take his offer because we could do more good faster by doing that than any other way we could. I left Society of St. Andrew at that point to take over and start a new organization. That is how Stop Hunger Now got started. I started January 1, 1998 with a guaranteed $2,500. Show you how simple I am. I had two goals for 1998 for Stop Hunger Now. I wanted to do at least a half a million dollars' worth of ministry. I wanted to double his gift of $250,000. Secondly, I wanted to be in five or six countries. I didn't want to be a single country nonprofit. At the end of the first year, we were audited, and the audit showed that we had done $2.9 million worth of aid in 18 countries. That was the start of Stop Hunger Now. The name is very significant because Society of St. Andrew, my first organization, was named for the disciple Andrew. He was always introducing others to Jesus one at a time, “Here is my friend.” We like that kind of evangelism. More importantly, he was the disciple that knew about the boy with the loaves and fishes when Jesus fed the 5,000. Very significant spiritually. As we grew, we had focus groups and consultants come in. The first thing every group said, “That is the most horrible name you could have picked. There is no worse name.” Society of St. Andrew: Is that a Presbyterian program? Is it a Catholic program? Is it an Episcopal program? Is it a golfing group? It says nothing about what you do. I learned that. When I started my own organization, Stop Hunger Now, our mission and our ministry were identical. Nobody ever asked what do you do. Hugh: Why the change from Stop Hunger Now to Rise Against Hunger? Ray: We rebranded this year because as we grew, we realized that Sodexo has their foundation called Stop Hunger. Dozens of times, we tried to work with them to get the trademark Stop Hunger Now, and their lawyer said it's too close. For 12 years or 15 years, we worked side by side, no problems, but as our program expanded internationally and we started doing more programs outside the U.S., we bumped up against Sodexo in England, where they didn't want our brand in England for some reason. Our board looked at it and realized we had to get a trademark name. As we started looking at marks, we couldn't even get the mark that we had. We had to start from scratch to rebrand. Hugh: It's really good to have that clarity. Your brand tells people what you do. If there is confusion, people don't want to help you. Russell, I know your brain is going with this funding thing. Russell teaches charities how to attract funding. He is one of our WayFinders in SynerVision. We are talking about Ray joining the WayFinder team. I didn't tell him about the initiation process. Ray: I don't have a lot of hair to shave. Russell: There is full heads of hair, and there is perfect ones like this. Ray: That's right. Russell: You don't need to dress this up. Ray: I hear ya. I hear ya. Hugh: Russell, did you come from- You got this striped shirt on. Did you come from a ball game where you are refereeing, or were you on the work cam for the prison? Russell: Rocks from Little Rocks all morning long. Hugh: Russell, you are listening to this story like I am. I am thinking like this is a fairytale story. How do these people come along? This is one of our colleagues in Denver. You are real popular. Russell: I am just a party waiting to happen here. Hugh: I know. As you are listening to his story, how many charities have we worked with over the years that really struggled to get somebody to believe in them to help them get some funding? There must be something that worked with your tenacity, your language, or something. Russell, what are you hearing? What question do you have for Ray about this early stage and the funding piece together and then getting the right team? Russell: That is a perfect illustration of what we talk about when we talk about why you are doing what it is that you're doing. Or do you want to get out of it? That is a perfect illustration of how important that is because that is exactly what happened to Ray. When somebody brings that horse to you and says, “Here is the gift horse. You don't quibble over what you call it. You just say thank you and move on.” There is a lot of fear involved with that. But you took the bull by the horns and went on and did what it was that you thought you needed to do. Focus on the fact that the mission is important. This is big. This is something that is bigger than me. I have to go here and do this. Here it is. Face that fear and go ahead and do it anyway. Talk with people and find out what is important to them. You were able to speak their language, and that is why they partnered with you. When you talk to people, it's important to use language that is important to them and that they value and move from that standpoint. Let's talk about that a little bit, Ray. I'm sure there were some doubts or some voices come up. We have our critics. We have our itty bitty committee, and I throw something a little extra in. This is PG-13. I will not throw the extra word in there. Itty bitty committee that comes calling when you go to brass that dream and you go to take it a step further. Talk about how you handle some of those conversations that were going on in your head and push through them to reach for the bigger goal. Ray: It's interesting that you say that because I tell friends that Stop Hunger Now started in January 1998. We knew about it from the end of August. That was when the donor made the decision to move forward. September through March, that six-month period, was probably the period where I was most frightened in my whole life because I had always worked with a partner, worked as a team ministry. We had gotten very successful with what we were doing. We fulfilled all our commitments and were just growing. I was getting ready to leap out into an area I basically knew nothing about with no support network behind me. I was so frightened, but I realized after I did it, I was thinking it was like leaping across the Grand Canyon. Actually, it was just like stepping off a curb. It was just a change. It was nothing great. What helped me was what I'd learned with my first organization: People honor results. The people allowed us to do the Potato Project because they had seen us living for three years according to a basic lifestyle of justice. Being just and living that out gave us a platform to do the domestic hunger. Doing the domestic hunger piece for 18 years said that yes, we can fulfill what we promised. When I started Stop Hunger Now, that first year, we were able to make some huge accomplishments again through the grace of God. But for example, my first trip in January of 1998, I went to Nicaragua, Honduras, and Haiti because those are the three poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. During those trips, I made partnerships and started putting the protocols in place to help some organizations. All of a sudden, in August of that year, we had Hurricane Mitch, one of the biggest hurricanes that hit Central America. Because I had worked with these folks and I had the protocols in place, I was able to get them funds that allowed them to be the first organizations in Honduras for example to actually make a difference for the hungry. When people see that you're actually making a difference, they want to be a part of that. People are hungry to help. The biggest difficulty that I've seen is they don't know how. If you can demonstrate that your organization really makes a difference, you will not have difficulty finding funding most of the time. Hugh: If you go out there and knock on doors. Ray: If you go out there and knock on doors to start with. It's always the case that when you need money the most, it's the hardest to get. When you get to a place where you have grown the organization where money is not that difficult to come by, it flows in. That has always been my understanding. I will say that in the early days, my first organization, Society of St. Andrew, when we started the Potato Project and started spending money, it was $1,000 a month, then it was $1,000 a week. We literally had the capacity to spend ourselves out of existence in any two-day period that we decided to move enough produce. Went to D.C. and talked with a lady at a project where we were helping. We were getting potatoes for her. She said, “I know a man that might want to help you. Let me give you his phone number. He likes organizations like yours, so he will probably give you $1,000.” And $1,000 was wonderful for us. I called the number. It was a business number. He never had come in by 11:00, and he always left by 1:00. Literally for over a week, I couldn't get up with him. I finally asked the administrative person, “I'm sorry, but I really need to talk to this gentleman. Is there any way I can get ahold of him?” She said, “Let me give you his home phone.” I called his home phone for a week and never got up with him. We were panicked, and the need for money was so great we were at a loss. I called the secretary back and she said, “Oh, I gave you his bedroom number. Let me give you his den number.” The first time I called this young man, and he was a young man, he answered. I told him who I was and what we were doing. He said, “Oh man, that is so cool. I like that. Could you use $10,000?” I was hoping for $1,000. I said, “Yeah.” He said, “Let me talk to my dad, and we will put it through the foundation. We will give you $10,000.” With just a letter, I sent him a letter request. He gave us $10,000. Then they gave us another $10,000, and another $10,000. That was $30,000 over the course of two months with never meeting him, just a letter. I kept trying to meet him to take him to lunch and get to know him and cultivate him. He said, “Man, I don't do the lunch thing.” I said, “Fine.” One time I knew I was going to be in D.C, and I told him, “I would love to come see you.” He said, “Come up to the house, and we'll talk.” I came up to the house, and this was a young guy who had been involved in the drug culture. It had affected him quite a bit. He had a huge mudbog truck taller than I was. We spent about four hours together just getting to know each other. He fixed us ham sandwiches in the kitchen. Just a really nice young man who is really trying to find himself. I mean, he had a good heart and never talked about money the whole time. As I was getting ready to leave, he reached into his back pocket and gave me an envelope. “We have been giving you money from the foundation. This is from my personal account. I am sorry it isn't more than it is, but I've been burning through the money a lot faster than I thought. My accountant said he was surprised I had any left in the account at all. This is all I can do. I believe in what you're doing.” Well, I thanked him profusely of course and put the money in the car. I got in the car and drove out to the edge of the driveway. It is a long driveway outside of D.C. I couldn't stand it. I wasn't going to go on the road home until I looked in the envelope and saw a check for $43,500 from his personal account. The reason that is significant is that $43,000 got us through the next three weeks at which time the United Methodist Committee on Relief gave us a grant for $100,000. You just never know how you cultivate donors. I want to say if you're faithful in doing what your passion calls you to do and you communicate that openly to your donors, they will respond. Hugh: That is a big “and.” A lot of people don't connect those dotted lines, do they, Russ? Russell: That's that fourth piece of the four steps to building a high-performance nonprofit is communicating that value that you bring. The language is a little different for different people, but it's about relationships. You communicate that. That is very important. It's critical. It's actually being able to go out there, understanding what your core is, and communicating those values. They may not be for everybody, but you go out there and you do it and you make those critical connections. That's what it's all about. It's about relationships. I was just thinking because that is an example of one donor, but you have different people who volunteer, different people come to work. What are some of the things when people say, “Why do you work with Rise Against Hunger?” What are some of the reasons that people will give? When you understand that, you can communicate that. I am going to put that question to you, Ray, because you have all these relationships you have built, whether it's a staff member or a volunteer. What are some of the things people are saying when the question, “Why do you work with Rise Against Hunger?” comes up? Ray: We get the same answer all the time. We engage about a quarter of a million to 350,000 volunteers a year now. We engage them to a meal packaging program that allows- It's an inter-generational program that lasts two hours where volunteers package high-protein dehydrated meals for school feeding programs internationally. It is a beautiful entrance into making a difference on hunger. We get the same responses every time we ask people. We don't usually have to ask them. First of all, they say it's so much fun. We can make a difference. We are having an impact. They can see the connection between their hands and their heart. It's one thing to write a check and for some people that's exactly what they need. More and more people in the millennial generation want to be physically involved in what they are committing themselves to. Giving volunteers a chance to be involved makes all the difference in the world. The same thing is true for boards. I am passionate about growing boards because a high-powered, high-impact board really empowers an organization to reach the next level. It's the same for every level of volunteering. Giving people a chance to make a difference where they can see it and feel it makes all the difference in the world. People come back time and time again to our events because not only are they interacting with other people and having a good time, but they also know when they put those meals in the box, the next time that box is opened, it will be at a school somewhere where the kids would not be able to come to school without those meals. They know they are transforming lives. That is so important. Hugh: You sort of understanding the fun part of that. My church in Blacksburg did this. In two hours, how many pounds of food do we package? Ray: You probably package 10,000 meals. Hugh: 10,000 meals we packaged in two hours. They have an area director that comes in and tells people all the resources there, the boxes, the gloves. It is a very sanitary process. It's like an energy field where we are doing stuff, and it's like a church social event. It's like games. Like games for families at church. This is far better. We are doing something worthwhile. It is really an energized process where people package. They tell us exactly what is going to happen to it. We put it in those boxes. We take it out, it goes into a truck. Whoosh. It's gone. I was very impressed with the organization. It's like turnkey, boom. Ray: That is part of the secret. The turnkey part of it. The thing is, the more people you have involved in this process, the more fun it becomes. We have done events. One of my favorite events was done in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. We had one university with four campuses. They packaged a million meals in seven hours using 4,000 students in four locations. It was just awesome. It was electric. We do million meal events all the time. One of the most exciting events I have done recently was February a year ago when Kraft Heinz merged. They brought all their senior leaders from around the world together for their first gathering. They asked Rise Against Hunger to come and do a team building event by packaging meals. They wanted to package a tractor trailer load of meals, 285,000 meals. They wanted to do it in two hours. They had roughly 900-1,000 employees from around the world. Not employees, leaders. These are senior leaders. They came, and this was to merge the Kraft people and the Heinz people together. They had such a blast. The CEO of Kraft-Heinz was in there among them going from table to table, talking about what they were accomplishing. They are one of our biggest corporate partners now. They were then as well. The energy in the room, when you can have that many people working on the same thing, interacting with people you normally wouldn't interact with, it's magic. Hugh: What is the website where people can go find out about this? Ray: Riseagainsthunger.org. Hugh: Riseagainsthunger. It will be listed in the podcast notes and TheNonProfitExchangeorg. It is listed there along with your pretty picture. We will work the logo as well. The story about getting started is pretty dramatic. I will fund if you start a nrw organization. Talk about it today. How many countries, how many pounds of food, how much reach? Ray: We started in 1998. For the first seven years, we were a crisis relief organization. I was in the Marines, so I am being comfortable being in sketchy situations. We focused on getting into areas where the larger organizations either couldn't go, wouldn't go. We were a fast operation. I mean we would go in faster than most organizations and make stuff happen. I always wanted to move away from crisis relief into a more sustainable attack on hunger. Our original board donor who gave me all the money was not interested in that. His idea of feeding the hungry was crisis relief only. After about seven years, we had some board transition and a lot of other stuff. It was about that time where the Christmas tsunami hit. I found an organization that was doing meal packaging. I came back from visiting with them and said we are going to do this. That time, I had three staff people. We are going to start this in two months. They all laughed at me. We were able to get it started in two months. The first year, we started meal packaging, we meal packaged 1.1 million meals. The second year was 3.1. This year, we will package 75 million meals for the hungry. Hugh: 75 million from the start of 1.1 million. Ray: Yes. Hugh: My goodness. Ray: Now we have offices in 20 cities in the United States. We now have offices in five countries. I always said I didn't want to raise a flag in other countries. We didn't do that until we absolutely had to. What I mean by that is we don't set up offices in countries to distribute meals. But implementing partners that do that well, they know what they're doing. So many countries came to us and said, “We want to package meals and engage volunteers in our country.” South Africa was the first. We looked around, and South Africa had all the resources necessary to package meals. We started working in South Africa. Then Malaysia, the Philippines, Italy. We have a list of six or seven countries that want us to come in and start offices. But we are very careful about going and starting offices. They have to have all the resources available, and it has to be a wonderful thing. South Africa for example, they will package 8 or 9 million meals this year themselves. But what they have done is they have talked to the United States so much. This is the fun part about when you have work as partners. The situation in South Africa is completely different than the United States. They have lots of volunteers, but no funding. The churches in South Africa don't have a financial base. They had to start going to corporate donors where we weren't using corporate donors in the United States so much. The corporations got behind what they were doing and gave significant amounts of funds. We went to school and said, “If they are doing it, why don't we work on that?” Our corporate income has grown by over 70% because we went to school with what South Africa was doing. We learn from each other that way. In the Philippines, our office there said we use dehydrated vegetables in our meals. Rather than buy those on the market, why don't we get farmers to grow them so they can have a sustainable livelihood? They have cooperative farms where the farmers know that when they grow these vegetables, they will be bought at a fair price. Now they are getting the production ready to where these can be dehydrated, which will employ more people. They have the value chain from growing the vegetables to putting them in the meals. Employing lots of people. In India, they are doing other things. Every country operates as its own entity. In fact, I just came back from the Philippines a couple month ago where we had our first strategic global gathering where we are trying to figure out how to operate as a more global organization rather than the U.S. and affiliates. I can't say enough about the board in the United States willing to look at that and say, “We can be one among equals rather than being paternalistic about it.” It's a huge sea change, but it's fun to see that happening. Never envisioned when I stepped out and started Rise Against Hunger, we had probably 148 employees in the United States in five countries. It keeps growing because it's doing what it says it needs to do. Hugh: We are hitting our last five minutes in a wrap here. Russ, do you have some comments or questions for our guest today? Russell: Innovate and collaborate. That is the name of the game. That's what you are doing. You can spread the impact. The sum is more powerful than the parts. It's an ideal model. That's what high performance nonprofits do. I commend you on that. You are doing a remarkable job. What is the big goal for 2018? What is the takeaway? What is the impact that you want to bring in 2018? Ray: Probably, we are in our strategic planning process now. We have just gone from one year budgeting to three year budgeting. In '18, we are going to probably 100 million meals. That is just a part of all that is going on. Our global model will be to be implemented in ‘18 and hopefully by 2020, that will be fully operational. It's more collaboration in '18 than we have ever had, even in '16 or '17. Hugh: I want you to be thinking about a parting word or sponsor that you have for people who want to do something but are afraid to do it and think it's an uphill battle or impossible. You have given them a great story, but what advice do you have? Ray Buchanan, this has been an inspirational hour. You said how long is it going to be? I said, as long as it takes. Well, we could talk all day. As we are wrapping this interview up, what word of encouragement or what thought do you have for people who have a great idea like that but they are afraid to get started or don't know where to start? Ray: Let the preacher come out of me for a minute. Three points. First, I think it's faithfulness. You have to be faithful to what you know is right and what you know you're called to do. That means doing it. The second is vision. When you are faithful to that vision, people will see that and respond to it. The third is get off your buts, and act on that vision. Faithfulness, vision, and action: those three things are what allow you to do far more than you ever imagined you could do. It's what encourages people to get in and work with you. Those three things, you do that, and you can make a difference in the world. I think that's what we are all trying to do is change the world forever. I tell people Rise Against Hunger, the vision is to create a world without hunger. Very simple. What we are really trying to do is change the world forever. I want to be a part of that. Hugh: Little bit at a time. One person at a time. You have compounded that over the years. Ray Buchanan, thank you for spending time with us and sharing your story. Thank you, Russ. Ray: Thanks, Russ. Russell: Thank you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Our coverage of Green Lantern Corps Quarterly CONTINUES! Listen in to the FIFTH of EIGHT episodes spread out over 2 years as we bring forth such notable stories as an obscure Green Lantern with a cyclical death complex, Alan VS sudden youth and sexy illusions, the answer to the question nobody had about Itty, and the ultimate finale to the GNort stories! All of this and Civil War trailer talk! Please visit our site at http://www.LanternCast.com

BHL: Geek Nerd Tech -- In this episode Black Hollywood Live hosts Derrial Christon and Courtney Stewart discuss news for the week of October 23rd. Facebook announces “Universal Search’...time to check your security settings, YouTube launches subscription service, YouTube Red, Instagram releases new app for mini video loops, Can Twitter make Moments the future of news? Pandora and record labels reach $90M settlement. These two companies plan to combine the internet of things with music and sports, Alphabet now has 6 different products with 1 Billion users each. An etiquette guide to Apple’s newest emoji’s. Apple’s new solar project to slash over 20M tons of emissions. Itty-bitty satellites could carry your experiments to space. Domino’s just unveiled a radical pizza delivery car. ‘Back To The Future Day” which technologies we came closest to making. Watch BB-8’s reaction to the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer.‘Steve Jobs’ Release & Review

Welcome back everyone to Just One of the Guys. It's been a busy week at the JOOTG Recording Studios with the Holiday season and computer problems taking away a lot of my free time, so my notes for the show aren't going to be that clever. If they were ever that way at all. Suffice it to say, we've still got a couple of issues to cover this week, starting with Green Lantern #93, where Green Lantern goes to a Village Halloween parade and teams up with Deadman to track down a killer. Well, not so much teams up as get's his body taken over by. Did I mention the killer hates homosexuals? And he's never even been on Duck Dynasty, so that's really odd. Plus we also have the Green Lantern Corps Quarterly book, featuring a hunky GL who uses alien corpses for compost, Alan Scott being all young and stuff, a story about space spore Itty, and a somber story involving G'nort and a canine Galactus suit wearing villain. Yeah, it's a crazy mixed bag this time out. So unless you want Deadman entering you unexpectedly (not in that way sicko!), I suggest you grab your mp3 player of choice, download the show, and start to listening!Feedback for this show can be sent to: justoneoftheguyspodcast@gmail.comJust One Of The Guys is a proud member of the Two True Freaks! (http://twotruefreaks.com/main.php) family of podcasts, the best place on the internet to find shows about Star Wars, Star Trek, Comics, Movies, and anything else that the modern geek could ever want. If you are downloading the show through iTunes, be sure to leave a rating, hopefully a FIVE STAR RATING, because every rating we get helps grow the shows on the network! Thanks for listening, and be sure to come back next Friday for another episode of Just One Of The Guys: A Green Lantern Podcast.

Welcome back everyone to Just One of the Guys. It's been a busy week at the JOOTG Recording Studios with the Holiday season and computer problems taking away a lot of my free time, so my notes for the show aren't going to be that clever. If they were ever that way at all. Suffice it to say, we've still got a couple of issues to cover this week, starting with Green Lantern #93, where Green Lantern goes to a Village Halloween parade and teams up with Deadman to track down a killer. Well, not so much teams up as get's his body taken over by. Did I mention the killer hates homosexuals? And he's never even been on Duck Dynasty, so that's really odd. Plus we also have the Green Lantern Corps Quarterly book, featuring a hunky GL who uses alien corpses for compost, Alan Scott being all young and stuff, a story about space spore Itty, and a somber story involving G'nort and a canine Galactus suit wearing villain. Yeah, it's a crazy mixed bag this time out. So unless you want Deadman entering you unexpectedly (not in that way sicko!), I suggest you grab your mp3 player of choice, download the show, and start to listening!Feedback for this show can be sent to: justoneoftheguyspodcast@gmail.comJust One Of The Guys is a proud member of the Two True Freaks! (http://twotruefreaks.com/main.php) family of podcasts, the best place on the internet to find shows about Star Wars, Star Trek, Comics, Movies, and anything else that the modern geek could ever want. If you are downloading the show through iTunes, be sure to leave a rating, hopefully a FIVE STAR RATING, because every rating we get helps grow the shows on the network! Thanks for listening, and be sure to come back next Friday for another episode of Just One Of The Guys: A Green Lantern Podcast.

Lee Ann Westover was born in Houston, TX, but the stars in her eyes brought her to New York City as soon as she was able. Once landed in the Big Apple, Lee Ann quickly made a name for herself as a gifted performer and compose. Over the years, Lee Ann has dedicated herself to outreach work through the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall’s Musical Connections Program. Each season, you can find her performing in prisons, hospitals and homeless shelters, as well as facilitating songwriting workshops for underserved populations throughout the 5 boroughs. 

This show covers how to utilize social marketing to drive donations for non-profit charitable causes. Learn how to combine online and offline marketing, social media marketing, blogging, and websites to engage users. Learn how to integrate social media sites such as Twitter, FaceBook, My Space and Stumble On into your marketing efforts. Maximize your return while minimizing your cost. Motivate volunteers and activate your base with a robust social media campaign. This show is packed with tips and ideas that will be helpful for charitable organizations of any size. Tips from Mashable.com and ITTY.BIZ.com will also help plan social media fund raising. Guests Kim Smith from The Petco Foundation and popular blogger Diane Silver of 'todogwithlove.blogspot.com' and Twitter's @CosmoHavanese. A show not to be missed for social pet media fans! Follow @RickRockhill for updates.

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