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Episode Notes Trevor - Welcome back to Have You Heard. The podcast where we discuss underappreciated music from different genres, artists and eras. I'm your host, Trevor. In this episode, we're gonna be talking to Northwestern artist Jay Towns. Hope you enjoy. Jay - Cool. What's up, man?  T - What's going on? Thanks so much for hopping on.  J - Dude, thanks for having me, for real.  T - Yeah, I remember …  I'm a transfer, I'm new to Northwestern. So, I remember the first, like videos, when I was just applying and everything, you were the first one to pop up.  J - Appreciate it.  T - So it's cool to finally get to talk to you and stuff.   J - Yeah, you too. T - Going back to that sort of social media stuff … It seems like you have a lot going on, just all the time, so I wonder how you balance that with school and everything.  J - Well, the great thing about what I'm studying: theater, music tech and entrepreneurship – lots of the things that I am learning in classes I directly apply to stuff I do outside of class. Obviously, there's still school work that's kind of annoying to have to get done. But I'd say like 80% of the things that I'm learning in class, I apply to some project that I'm doing currently. To me, it doesn't feel so much as school, art, work. It kind of all blends together. Because I'd love to do my art for my job, which is what I'm studying. You know what I mean? It's not too bad, actually – the balance. Obviously, you know, with my own projects, like the YouTube channel and music and things that I'm not actively endorsed to do at school, that is what I use my extra time on. Actually, I feel like this is a perfect time to do this podcast episode, because I'm right now, in the midst of planning for a music video I'm shooting tomorrow – maybe we could talk about that later. But   the balance … I'm very used to it. But I think I think it's pretty, my schedule’s always kind of, like something’s moving. But that's the way I like it. And I think that Northwestern, for better or for worse, has kind of conditioned me with the “and” is in our DNA mindset, which can be toxic at times. But for me, most of the time, it's more of like an encouragement. I feel empowered to do not only whatever I want, but, whenever I want to do it. Oftentimes that coincides with other projects. And that's just kind of the lifestyle that I want to have. Starting it early, I guess. T - Yeah that’s so dope. I guess we could just jump into the music right now if you want. So do you direct your own music videos, and how much creative control do you have in that sort of process? J - So I do direct my own videos, but I've also … I have one video up on my channel right now, that was directed by a friend of mine. But even in that case, which was a great video, that was the “Green” music video that was directed by my friend Hannah because I had made that song to be featured in her film. So that was really cool. And she actually was editing the music video while she was editing the film. And so there are actually clips of the film, like intertwined with the music video pretty seamlessly. So that was dope. And in that case, she directed it because she definitely had the vision for the project. And it was also to serve for promo for the film. But other music videos I've directed, and I'm directing this next one that I'm doing. But even when I'm not, even when in the case of “Green,” I didn't ever feel like I didn't have creative control or creative input to say the least. I think, though, that the director usually is the person who is seeing how it's going to come together in the end product. And so, more frequently than not, the director is also going to edit a music video. And so in the case of  “Green,” I wasn't editing it because I didn't have the footage, so I felt like Hannah would have been more appropriate to bring that vision together – which she's very good at. For songs like “19,” which is another music video that's up on my channel, I had the whole idea in my mind. I just needed somebody to help me shoot it. And so in that case, I directed it because I also ended up editing that. So that's kind of how it goes with directing and creative liberties. T - Yeah and I wonder, how was it when you first started making music and putting stuff out? J - Dude, I was just thinking about this the other day. It is such a combination of kind of … you have to be kind of either like I don't know if it's like in love with your work or just kind of naive. And I mean the passion obviously has to be there. The passion, I think is the number one thing but like, because I look back – I was literally thinking about this yesterday – I am so proud of the music that I'm making currently. And like just the production value of it, I feel like I spend a lot of time on it and I feel like it just sounds professional. And it's strange to think about the music that I made, just like a year ago, that I'm still proud of writing-wise and inspiration-wise, because I'm like, “This definitely came from the heart.” This was something I wanted to get out as, like artistic expression, right? But I'm like, I would never listen to this just because I was so new at producing. Most of the tracks that I've released before like, just aren't at the caliber that my stuff is at now and that when I compare what I make to what I listened to, just isn't the same. And so I was thinking about that the other day, I was like, man, my friends really like … reposted that on their stories. And I'm like, I don't know, we were all just on the train of like, “Yo, this is artistic expression. And so that's what matters,” or if they were all secretly like, “Whoa, this is actually trash, but we support Jay.” And the funny thing is, I'll never have to know because that gave me the confidence to keep going. And now I feel like I am at the place where I really am putting up dukes with anybody who could be on the radio, you know what I mean? But it definitely took that confidence and that support group at the beginning to keep going, because I swear I almost could guarantee if people were like, “Stop making music,” when I had started, I probably would have stopped because it was a new thing for me. And I think that new artistic expression requires support to get going. T - And how were you learning in the beginning? Was it just through YouTube videos, just, you know, throwing stuff at the wall and seeing what sticks? Or…  J - It was a combination of both, you know, I've been a musician, I would say for  the majority of my life, always musically in tune. But when it came to producing, that was a completely different thing. And something I was really excited about doing and never really had time to get into until quarantine hit and there was literally nothing else to do. It was a lot of YouTube. I always suggest when people ask, “How did you learn how to do that?” Just go on YouTube. I learned all the music theory I ever needed to learn on YouTube and more. That translated to me doing, like, AP music theory in high school and being very comfortable with music theory in college. Everything you ever would need to know is on YouTube. You don't need to take classes or anything.  And that was the same thing for producing. So I came into 2020 — I know, musically what I want in my head. But it was so frustrating getting to a computer. Having to figure out routing audio and quantizing MIDI tracks – just things that you don't think about when you're in artist mode. And that's kind of when I started going into producer stuff. And now I understand what it takes to get the idea from the head to the computer and out in the exported track. Which is a completely different skill. And so, yeah, that was really frustrating to work with at the beginning. But it was just, yeah, it was lots of trial and error. Lots of hours just sitting at my computer, hunched over my computer — just my computer crashing, like my laptop not, CPU not being able to work. My next investment probably has to be in another computer just because files are getting too big, et cetera. But anyway, I digress. Yeah, I learned almost everything I know how to do from YouTube. T - It seems like you're sort of able to translate what's in your head onto the DAW, how often are you making music? Is it as frustrating as it was before?  J - To answer the first half of the question. I'm making music consistently, but not frequently. So basically, I consistently, on a consistent basis, I will pour a whole day into a track, but I don't work a little bit every day. My schedule is not really conducive to like, I'm going to work for an hour on this song today. It's more so like I get in the grind. It's usually a Saturday or Sunday. And I sit down with tea at 10am and I'm there until like five. And then I have a song. I definitely have gotten a lot more efficient with my time. And I tend to work in blocks and chunks. And I feel like lots of artists tend to work this way. Producers, I feel like have more of the approach of like, I can whittle this down, day by day. But I feel like I'm more of an artist who learned how to produce out of necessity rather than like a producer who just loves to sit and work at my computer. I'm really hoping to get better at producing to the point where I can feel comfortable producing for other people. Like I'm also thinking about that as a possible route to go with my life. Don't really even know how that's gonna go. But so like, I make music consistently. Consistently, I'll do it about once a week for like hours at a time. And yeah, it's gotten a lot faster. It's just getting comfortable with the DAW. I use Studio One, which I think is amazing. I got it because it also allows me to compose music on there. If you have heard of Sibelius or like Finale, basically, there's like music transcription that is a part of it, which is for me as a composer, musical theater writer type stuff, that's also very useful. So kind of like two birds with one stone. And yeah, I mean, I got it Christmas of 2019, didn't use it until 2020 when everything stopped, and I've been using it ever since. And I love it. And the more you use it, I mean, every song that I've made so far, I have learned something that I wish I had put in every other song before.  T - And I love what you said about consistency, but not frequency. I think, you know, artists – when they're not making music or when they don't feel like making music what do they do to get in that zone? What’s that for you? J - Man, I mean, it's — this is so cheesy — but it's just like living life. It's because, and this is the same thing with acting too, which is something I'm also very passionate about. But when it comes to art, I feel like you need to have your experiences to then pour into your art. If I don't feel like making music, unless I'm commissioned to, like if I'm making it for something. But if it's just me, and I want to sit down and make a song and it's not coming, like, I don't think anything good comes from forcing that. I go out and I just live my life. I hang out with my roommates. I eat sushi. I occasionally freestyle to beats I find on YouTube in my car. I just live and then something happens that inspires me or makes me think of something or I hear a melody. A song I'm working on right now was inspired by — my next door neighbors play violin. And I just was walking out one day going to class and I just overheard this violin classical piece. And something about the melody just was really catchy. Quick on Voice Notes I just was like: Music notes I'll save that for later. That was something that I was able to build off of. You just never know where the next thing is gonna come from. And so I try not to force it. I think I'm naturally inclined to make something when I feel something so I don't really feel the need to, like, force that. It definitely comes when it needs to. I wouldn't call myself like a professional music artist like it's not my only thing. I don't feel that pressure to have to make something to make money. You know what I mean? I think for artists out there doing it, it's a different conversation. For me like, it's a very fun, very invested-in hobby, but still a hobby, so I don't I don't feel the pressure, you know. T - That's great. Honestly, I have a ton more questions, but I just want to make sure we get in your music video that you said you're filming tomorrow.  J - Oh, yes. Yeah, I appreciate you making time for that. I just feel like it would be a great opportunity to talk about while we're here. I am shooting a music video for a song called “Moves” that I made. It was one of those that was, I felt like a really good catchy idea that I ended up finishing it in like two weeks, and was like, “Okay, I'll totally make a music video for this one day.”And then I was selected to compete in Battle of the Bands for Mayfest to compete for a spot a set for Dillo. And they required a 20 minute set. So I was like, “Hmm, got this new song. Got this music video idea. Let's incorporate that.” So now, my plan is to incorporate this music video, another music video that I've been sitting on, and a Tiny Desk-esque kind of set for some stripped versions of some other songs that I've made to compile into one big Mayfest set.  So I'm very excited about the opportunity to put so much of the new stuff I've been sitting on out at the same time and debuting it for Battle of the Bands. I just think it would be a really great idea. So, I mean, I got this together super quick. I put out the first interest call — I think on Wednesday. Since then so many people have just reached out, volunteered to just be like, “Yeah, I'd love to be in it” or “Yeah, I'd love to help out with it.” And so it's always for me, when I see other people investing in my vision — half the people didn't even know what the song was called, or what the music video is going to be about. But they were like, “Jay Towns is making a music video, I'm down.”  That inspires me to make it something that is worth somebody else's time. It's so exciting to me. I can't believe something that I like walked outside, heard this melody, put it into a MIDI track, made a little beat, put some words on it. And now I'm about to meet a bunch of people I’d never met before tomorrow, and make this awesome thing that we can all share. We'll also be serving a purpose for like my set, like, that's dope.I love that process, I fall in love with that process. So that's what the music video is about for “Moves,” and I'm super excited for you to see it for other people to see it. And especially for people to feel like they're a part of it, the people who are going to show up work on it and be acting in it. So I'm very excited about that. T - Hope you enjoyed that episode. Thanks so much for listening. This is Trevor Duggins for NBN Audio. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

L & J // Well well well if it isn't *finally* the end of 2020, we've been waiting for you. On this weeks episode the girls wanted to give you the wrap up that this year (and all of you) deserve, Lulu and Jana are sharing some major life updates and then they are taking you through the most transformational, educational and entertaining episodes of the year. This year has been WILD to say the least and the growth and support that the pod has experienced has been nothing short of incredible. L & J wanted to thank you for your continued support this year, through all the ups and downs and shifts, YOU have been a constant and for that they are so grateful.  Until next year. xx L & J 

在生活和工作中，我们可能会经常被问到自己的想法，尤其在西方文化中”opinions”尤其重要，英语里有很多方式可以表达一些特别强烈或者坚定的看法，我们看一下Joy and Chris是怎么在口语中运用的！C: Hi guys I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. Today we are gonna talk about some useful business expressions: I'm absolutely certain that... / I'm convinced that... / I'm 100%(a hundred percent) positive that.... These expressions are usually used to give strong opinions. C: Yup and this is essential for business meetings. Having an independent opinion about something is very important especially in business. So if your boss asks you for ideas or opinions, you can say: Well, I'm absolutely certain that we did better this quarter. Sometimes people like to wait for others to ask for their opinions. But the communication will become very passvie. We need to be more proactive in conversations. After other people have expressed an opinion, you should reply with your view right away, such as: I'm 100% positive that we can complete the tasks on time. Here's an example of how it can be used in a conversation: J: Well, the first shipment for the new product should arrive in 3 weeks. C: Do you think we are gonna hit our sales target for the first quarter? J: I'm convinced that once people hear about the new features. They'll see how it's better than the other products out there. C: Yeah, you're right. I'll make sure that marketing will carry out their advertising strategy. J: Well, I'm pretty postive that listening to our channel everyday will help with your English learning! C: I agree. And if you are looking for private English classes, feel free to contact us! Talk to you next time! Bye!this quarter: 这个季度passive: 被动的proactive: 主动的carry out: 实行

你有没有过想要沉下心来，开始认真地做一件事呢？可能你想开始抛开一切，每天认真地听一听英语；或者全心投入去读完一本书；再或者全力以赴地学一项技能……我们听一听Joy and Chris是怎样用英语表达的吧！C: Hi guys. I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. The idiom we are covering today is: buckle down. It means to put in a lot of effort toward something and begin to work very seriously at this thing. You can use it like this: I'm buckling down. / She has buckled down. / They are gonna have to buckle down. C: Well, buckling down can be used to express fastening a seat belt. So we can imagine that if you have fastened your seat belt, you are ready to start a journey. And you are taking it very seriously. For students who are in the last year of high school, an important college entrance exam is coming soon. So you really have to buckle down and study hard right now. Or there is a big project for you to complete this month and all of your leaders are very concerned about it. If you don't buckle down you could lose the client. So you'd better start working on it right away. Now let's see how we can use it in a conversation: J: Do you have the report ready for the meeting yet Harry? C: I'm still working on it. I know it's due the day after tomorrow. There's just a lot of things to cover. J: Well, you'd better buckle down and get it done before the meeting. Otherwise Larry's gonna go bananas again. C: Yeah, you're right. I'll put everything else aside and concentrate on it. J: Are you buckling down to learn English? Feel free to contact us if you need any help! C: And remember to follow our channel everyday and share it with people you know! Talk to you next time! Bye!go bananas： 发疯

很多景点已经在5月1日陆续开放了，这个五一节很多人都憋了好久，北京疫情也降级了，终于可以出去玩一玩，据说降级当天机票预定暴涨了15倍，你有没有心仪的旅行目的地呢？我们来听听Joy and Chris的对话来学习一下怎么用英语聊五一吧！J: Hi guys. I'm Joy.C: And I'm Chris.J: Today is the May Day holiday. Did you know that Chris?C: Oh yeah. What is this holiday all about?J: Well, I think it's celebrated as an international holiday because many countries in the world have the same holiday. You know, to celebrate for the labor people have done.C: Yeah, there's a Labor Day in America too. But it's on the first Monday in September, not on May 1. I think one of the reasons to choose this day is to add a holiday in the long gap between Independence Day and Thanksgiving.J: Right. Independence Day is on July 4 and Thanksgiving is in November. So people can have another holiday to take a break in September, right?C: Yup. On Labor Day, people in America do a lot of Barbequeing, spend time with their family, take short trips and maybe go for a picnic in the park. There might also be fairs going on in town that a lot of people like to go to.J: Sounds pretty cool.C: So what do Chinese people do on this holiday?J: Well, since this is not a traditional Chinese holiday. There's nothing special that we need to do. Most people just go traveling during this time. This year, the May Day holiday is extended to 5 days including a weekend. So it's a pretty long holiday if you want to take a trip somewhere.C: The epidemic is getting better here and a lot of parks are open now right?J: Yeah, like the Forbidden City and some other popular spots. You need to book the tickets ahead of time though because it'll run out probably really soon. Too many people have been stuck at home for so long, they are all looking for a place to go.C: Oh there'll be flocks of people everywhere for sure.J: Yeah, but the attractions will control the flow of people. There's a max of how many people can go in on one day. So it shouldn't be too bad. Although I'm still gonna stay at home just to avoid crowds. I've never been big on that.C: The weather has been getting warmer though. It is a really good time to get outside and do some outdoor activities.J: Yeah it is. So guys, hope you are having a great May Day Holiday! And if you like to listen to our channel, remember to share it with your friends and family! Bye!fairs: 市集，展览会（类似国内的庙会）the Forbidden City: 故宫be big on: 喜欢，热爱

很多人应该都很爱吃香蕉，但是banana这个词有时候不单单是香蕉的意思，英语的习语”go bananas”也不是香蕉去哪里了，更不是让香蕉走开，好吧不卖关子了，听听Joy and Chris的解释吧！C: Hi guys. I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. Today we are gonna talk about the idiom: go bananas. It means to become crazy about something. Usually this is to express that someone becomes very excited or angry. You can use it like this:I went bananas. / She'll go bananas. / They have gone bananas. C: Ok, we all know monkeys love bananas. Now imagine a monkey sees some bananas in your hand. I think it would go crazy about that and try to take them from you. Right? So, that's kinda what this idiom is about. So if you go to a concert of a singer or a band, you might see some fans getting really excited meeting the celebrity. You can say that they are going bananas. J: Well, you know Chris. Just the other day, I went to the shopping mall and found that H&M was on super sale. You know what happened? All the women went bananas buying tons of clothes. C: Sounds about right. So here's an example in a conversation: J: I heard something happened at the meeting. What's going on? C: Oh man. Luke went bananas about the last project because the cost went over the budget and we didn't even turn a profit. J: Do you go bananas over anything? Well, let's hope it's for something that makes you happy, not angry. C: Definitely. And if you like our channel share it with people you know! Talk to you next time! Bye!the other day: 有一天H&M: 服装品牌HM（发音：eh-chen-nem）go over the Budget：超出预算turn a profit: 获得盈利

平时和你身边的外国人聊天的时候，必不可少的聊天话题一定是去餐厅，聊美食，你可能会被问到：你最喜欢去哪家餐厅吃饭？你准备好了怎么回答吗？J: Hi guys. I'm Joy.C: And I'm Chris. So Joy, I think more restaurants have opened up recently. The lock down doesn't seem as strict as before.J: Yeah, they still need to check your temperature though and you have to leave your phone number at least. Just in case if there was a problem, they would be able to get in touch with you.C: Right. Well, which restaurant do you like to go to the most Joy?J: Umm...Normally, if I go out to eat, I like to have the food that I can't make at home. So I feel like it's worth going to the restaurant for, you know. There is a Chinese Barbeque restaurant which is a chain in Beijing. I really like their lamb kebabs. It's the best I've had in restaurants so far.C: Mmm. Sounds really good. I like lamb meat. But I know a lot of people actually don't enjoy it because the flavor sometimes can be really gamey.J: Yeah I know. Well, I think if you cook it correctly it won't taste gamey. Or maybe it depends on the quality of the meat. One time, my family and I went to Inner Mongolia. We had the whole roasted lamb. It was so delicious and was not gamey at all.C: Oh yeah it's really fresh that way.J: Exactly. So which restaurant is your favorite?C: Wow, it's really hard to say for me. I mean, can I say all of them are my favorite? I guess if I had to choose, I would say a Beijing Duck restaurant near by where I live. The duck skin is my absolute favorite part. At this restaurant, they make it so crispy and at the same time it just melts in your mouth.J: Wow, sounds like you really know about your Beijing duck.C: Oh most definitely. Also, because my mom is Italian. So I've always had theses cravings for pasta since I grew up eating my mom's cooking and she always made those amazing pasta noodles. Every now and then, I will go out to an Italian restaurant for some pasta to get my cravings satisfied.J: OK, now my mouth is watering.C: I think we are making everyone hungry.J: Well it is about lunch time. So guys, if you like to listen to our channel, remember to share it with your friends and family! Bye!gamey: 膻味crispy: 脆的cravings: 想吃某种事物的渴望

清明节是我们中国的传统节日，是每年春暖花开最适合踏青的时节，你可能会有机会和你的外国朋友聊到一些关于清明节的习俗和传统，这也是一个闲聊中可以用的好话题，那么我们怎么用英语聊这个传统节日呢？J: Hi guys. I'm Joy.C: And I'm Chris.J: So Chris, most people in China are having a 3 day holiday right now. Do you know about the festival?C: Oh yeah that's right. Isn't it the Tomb Sweeping Festival?J: Yep, it is.C: So what is this festival about?J: Well, it's essentially a festival to commemorate the dead, especially our passed family members. Since this is once a year, every time you go there, the tomb will be covered with dust and stuff. People have to sweep the dust off of the tombs. So we also call it sweeping the tomb when we go and visit the dead.C: Sounds interesting. So is there any rituals or customs that you have to do when you visit the tombs?J: I think most people will burn some paper money for their passed family members. Because people here believe that the dead will receive the money you burn on the other side and they'll be able to use it over there, like buying houses, cars, clothes, things like that.C: Oh. That's very interesting. I heard that some people bring food to the tomb as well right?J: Yeah, some people bring some bread, fruits and some snacks. I think my family would bring some of the favorite food and drinks of the passed family members.C: So do you leave the food there?J: Well, some do and some don't. I heard that many believe that the dead will come back as animals like cats and birds and eat the food that we leave them. And some people will ask the children to eat all of the food when they are there.C: Wait, you mean they will eat the food they bring for the dead? Why?J: Yeah, I don't know the specific reason for it. But it's supposed to bring good luck for the people in the family. So I guess by eating the food, the passed family members can protect them.C: Oh wow. That's a lot of things you need to do.J: Yup. So do people in America do anything when they are visiting the tombs?C: Well, the tradition is to visit the family member the first year after they have passed on the day of the funeral. After that it is more of an individual thing. So if you want to visit your ancestors on your own you can but most families do not have a tradition to do it as a group. Most people just bring some flowers if they want instead of food. But it's not mandatory. Often times the one who was closest to the family member will make sure it is cleaned and has new flowers regularly. The culture is different so how people view it is different as well. This can also be different depending on what part of the country you live in too.J: Oh it makes sense. You know, the Tomb Sweeping Festival is also a good chance for us to get outside and enjoy the warm weather. Because the festival is in Spring, it's always the perfect time to go hiking and do some outdoor activities. I think it's a great way to celebrate life!C: That's pretty cool. I hope everyone has a good time during this holiday.J: I hope so too. So If you like our channel, don't forget to share it with your friends and family! Bye guys!

你有没有遇到过比较挑三拣四的人呢？可能别人送的礼物自己并不喜欢，总会挑挑毛病，这可能不是个好习惯，所以就用到今天的习语啦，我们听听Joy and Chris是怎么解释的！C: Hi guys. I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. The idiom we are learning today is: Beggars can't be choosers. It means that people can't complain about something they get for free. You can usually use it when you must accept what is given to you, especially when you have no other choice. C: Sometimes you might see beggars on the street. A lot of them go around begging for money. One time while I was back in America, I had just finished dinner with my friends in Chicago and I met a beggar on my way back to my hotel. He begged me for some change. It was really funny because I happened to have no more US cash but only some Chinese Renminbi. So I gave him 10RMB. He asked me if he can use it. I told him that he can go to the bank and exchange it into dollars. J: Wow. That's hilarious. So did he take the money? C: Yeah. He took it and walked away. I'm guessing he would've preferred US dollars but since he was the one begging for money. He had no other choice but to take it. J: Well, beggars can't be choosers right? C: Yup. We can also use this idiom for receiving gifts or getting job or school offers. Let's look at an example of it: J: Hey Jacob. How's the apartment hunting going? C: Yeah well so far I found one about 15min away from my work. I would have preferred a place of my own rather than sharing with someone else, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose. J: Have you ever gotten anything for free and it wasn't good enough. Well beggars can't be choosers. C: Yeah, that sounds about right. Alright guys. If you like our channel, feel free to share it with people you know! Talk to you next time! Bye!

我们常听人说：贪多嚼不烂，欲速则不达，月满则亏，水满则溢，这些都在表达什么事情多了，并不好。英语中也有一个这样的习语，来表达想要做的很多，最终却做不到、做不好。这个习语到底是怎么说的呢？C: Hi guys. I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. Today's idiom is: bite off more than you can chew. It means to try to do something that is too difficult or more than you can accomplish. You can use it like this: I bit off more than I could chew. / She has bitten off more than she can chew. / They are biting off more than they can chew. C: Let's say you are eating something. And you put so much food in your mouth that you can't chew all of it at once. I'm pretty sure this has happened to everyone at some point in their lives. J: Well...I beg to differ. C: OK. So just like putting too much food in your mouth, if you take on too many responsibilities you will overwhelm yourself and probably can't finish what you need to do. For example, your IELTS exam is coming up but you are under prepared. So you try to bite off more than you can chew right before the big day. Just to put in my two cents, but overloading yourself is never a good idea, so guys, make sure you are not biting off more than you can chew. Anyway, let's look at how to use this idiom in a conversation: J: Whoa Richard. What are you doing with all these documents? C: My department is downsizing. I volunteered to pick up the extra work but now I realized that I'm biting off more than I can chew here. J: Remember, don't bit off more than you can chew with your English learning. One bite at a time is always a good strategy. C: And if you are looking for private English classes, feel free to contact us! Talk to you next time! Bye!

虽然spill是洒的意思，而beans确实是豆子的意思，但是在英语中，spill the beans和字面的意思差的却很远，那么我们听听Joy and Chris是怎么解释到底是怎么用这个习语的吧！C: Hi guys. I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. Today we are gonna talk about the idiom: spill the beans. It means to give away a secret. You can use it like this: Don't spill the beans. / She spilled the beans. / I don't want to spill the beans. C: OK, let's Imagine you have some beans on your plate. The beans roll off of your plate and fall on the floor. In this idiom, the beans represent a secret. Now your secret is not on your plate any more so it means that you told someone else about it. Maybe you are planning a surprise party for a friend. You might want to tell everyone who's helping you not to spill the beans to anyone. Or you want to know what your kid is hiding from you. You can ask: Come on. Spill the beans! Here's an example of how to use it in a conversation: J: Hey David. What are you guys planning over here? C: Shh. Pete is going to retire soon. We are planning a surprise party for his retirement. J: Oh, I had no idea. Can I help? C: Sure. Just don't spill the beans to anyone! J: Well, if you like what you hear, please do spill the beans with your friends and family about our channel! C: And if you are looking for private English classes, feel free to contact us! Talk to you next time! Bye!

我们生活中有很多“关键时刻”，考试、面试、工作报告、公开演讲……等等，有时候我们太紧张以至于到了关键时刻掉链子，那该怎么表达“一到关键时刻我就全忘了”呢？C: Hi guys. I'm Chris. J: And I'm Joy. Today we'll be showing you the idiom: when it comes to the crunch. It means when a situation reaches a critical moment. It's usually used when something must be decided or done, or a difficulty can't be avoided any more. C: Yup. The word “crunch” has a lot of meanings, such as a crunching sound and number crunching. There is no need at all to rush to your dictionary and memorize all the meanings of this word. Trust me. You won't remember all of them anyway. In this idiom, with the word “crunch”, we are talking about an important moment. Maybe you have been preparing for the exam to get your driver's license. But when it came to the crunch, meaning when the exam day came, you made lots of mistakes and failed it. Or maybe you have a good friend and you don't see each other very often but whenever it comes to the crunch, your friend will always be there for you. It means that when you meet any troubles or difficulties, your friend is always supportive. Let's look at an example: J: Hey Collin. What happened back there at the meeting? Is everything alright? C: Oh hey Kate. I don't know. I've been preparing for this presentation for weeks. But when it came to crunch, I somehow couldn't remember anything. J: Well, when it comes to the crunch with your English, hopefully these idioms will help! Don't forget to spread the word to your friends and family about our channel! C: And if you are looking for private English classes, feel free to contact us! Talk to you next time! Bye!

生日是对于每个人来说都是一年里非常重要的一天，大家都有自己喜欢的方式庆祝生日，不过蛋糕一般是必不可少的，鉴于今天是Chris的生日，我们来听听在国外人们都是怎么过生日的呢？J: Hello everyone I'm Joy.C: And I'm Chris.J: For those of you who don't know, it's actually Chris's birthday today. So happy birthday!C: Thanks.J: Well instead of an idiom today, let's talk a little bit about birthdays. So what do people in the west typically do on their birthdays?C: Well, in the west, usually your mom or one of your family members will bake your favorite type of birthday cake and they put your name on it.J: Wow, so what's your favorite birthday cake?C: I like to have a banana cake with cream cheese frosting for my birthday. J: Sounds really good. In China, most people don't have ovens in their homes. So everyone just goes to the bakery and orders the cake there, but the options are always limited of course.C: Well, in the west we have bakeries too. But because birthdays are such a special time. Many families still hold the tradition of just doing it themselves, if they know how to bake a cake of course.J: Yeah, I know a lot people here in China always choose chocolate cakes because people don't really know much about other kinds of cakes. When I was living in America, I learned that there are so many different kinds of cakes and many of them are so delicious. It totally blew my mind.C: Yeah and in my family, cakes are not the only thing you get on your birthday. You also get to choose your favorite food as your birthday dinner. It can be anything you want.J: Really, anything you want?C: Yeah, anything you want. Whatever your favorite food is. For me, because my birthday is during a cold month, I usually choose a warm dish. It's called corned beef and cabbage. It's actually very similar to a type of Chinese beef.J: Oh yeah, just like 酱牛肉.C: Yep, it's a traditional Irish dish that people usually have on Saint Patrick's Day which was yesterday.J: Wow, all this talk about cakes and food is making me hungry. I hope you have a great birthday today.C: Thanks. I will!J: Alright, and if you want to wish Chris a happy birthday just leave a comment below! Bye guys!

差一点就撞车、千钧一发、比赛差点输了、差点就把手机摔了，生活中的“擦边球”可以真多，让我们防不胜防，你想表达自己受惊吓的小心心，该怎么说呢？J: Hi guys. I'm Joy. C: And I'm Chris. Today we are gonna talk about another idiom: a close call. It's usually used to express that something bad almost happened. You can say: That was a close call. J: Well maybe you are telling your friend about how you ran to the train station last night after work to catch the last train and as you got on the train the doors closed right behind you. You can say that it was a close call. C: You know. One time, I was trying to catch my flight in Shanghai and there was a traffic jam on my way to the airport. Thanks to the taxi driver who drove like a maniac. I was able to make my flight with just a minute or 2 two to spare. J: Wow, that was a really close call. Let's look at an example of how you can use this idiom in a sentence: C: Hey Victoria. Are you alright? I heard you were in a car accident yesterday. J: Oh no, I'm fine. Some guy ran a red light at the intersection and almost hit me. It was a really close call though.C: Alright. Try to use this idiom in your daily conversation today and remember to share this with your friends and family! J: And if you are looking for private English classes, feel free to contact us! Talk to you next time! Bye!

J:  I have a friend of mine, whose name is Ben, and he's going to talk about some of the anxiety situations he's gotten himself into, and what he did to get himself out of them. Hi Ben. B: How are you doing, John? J: Just fine, thanks. What I'd like to do, if you don't mind, is to go through seven of the eight kinds of anxiety and just ask you if you've experienced them, and maybe a little bit about what you've done about them. I'm going to skip the first one, which is simple anxieties, such as claustrophobia or agoraphobia, because they are very common. The first one I want to talk about is social phobia. That includes things like giving speeches or going to parties. Things like that. Do you think you have any social phobias? B: I wouldn't say I have a social phobia. I'm a bit of a performer, and kind of an extrovert, but I also really don't like being around people all the time. I kind of describe myself as an extroverted introvert. J; That's fine, Ben. But that's pretty clearly not anxiety. Let's move on to the third one, which is separation anxiety. Do you experience any separation from anybody as being particularly frightening. B: Not particularly, no. J: Ok fine. The fourth one is generalized anxiety. What about that? B: Yeah. I'm pretty much always anxious about something, or just have a sense of anxiety, whether its towards any specific thing or not. J: When you feel kind of anxious about something, What do you do about it? What helps you? B: It's always something different. Thats something I’ve learned, that you can't always use one coping strategy for every situation, you have to try different things for different situations and figure it out, and even if its a similar situation to one you've had before, sometimes the same solution won't work. J: Boy, are you absolutely right about that. You've got to have a number of arrows in your quiver in order to hit the target, that's for sure. Now I do want to mention this: some research that my colleagues and I did with large numbers of young adults, the results were that males, about seventy-five percent of males do much better with physical techniques of relaxing such as tightening all your muscles and letting them go, or deep breathing, and the women, about seventy-five percent of them, worked much better with mental things. That includes imagining yourself by a nice, quiet lake, or that you're listening to a chorus of monks singing. So are you more like the males here or the twenty five percent category? B: I think I'm more towards the twenty five percent. Of course there's deep breathing that works occasionally, but mental stimulation tends to help me more, so I think more the twenty five percent. J: Can you tell us what kind of imagery that you tend to seek when you're feeling anxious? B; Yeah, I think of people who I love, or good times I've had. Sometimes I'll sing a little song in my head that I enjoy, or just try to make up a story to distract myself. J: I seem to remember that one of your favorite songs is “oh la de da” is that correct? B: (laughing) Absolutely! J: That's an inside joke. Ok. Number five on our list: agoraphobia. Kind of not liking to be away from home very much. B: Yeah, kind of. Not super, but a little bit yeah. J: What typifies the situation where you don't like being away from home. Is it a long trip to a strange place? Or what would categorize this? B: Something I can't get out of. So if I can't escape to calm down, or if I'm kind of stuck in a place that causes me some anxiety, if I'm not in a place I feel safe. J: That brings up an interesting point, Ben. I have the same thing. Especially if I go to somebody's house for dinner and I find myself to be surprised to find myself quite bored by  the conversation, I don't experience it as boring and that I've just got to get through it. I experience it as being trapped, being claustrophobic, and of course that makes it a lot worse for me. So very often you get to a place where you just as soon would not go out with friends or whatever. I remember back in 1984 I almost got housebound. Just didn't want to go any place. Have you had anything like that? B: Yes, I think when I was younger, like middle school age, I was going through a lot and just couldn't make it outside or go anywhere J: Ok. Have you ever experienced a panic attack. One of those very sharp and very strong anxieties, even to the point where you feel like maybe you are going to die or something terrible is going to happen to you. B: Absolutely. Unfortunately I've experienced that many, many times. J: I'm sorry to hear that. Can you tell me the circumstances that typically brings it out? B: Usually it's a result of many things piling up over time and then I just can't handle it anymore and I snap. J: Yeah somebody I was talking to, a woman recently who had been through a very long, difficult period of time, and she said when she thought it was going to be over, all of a sudden she experienced a panic attack. She said to me “ I always thought that people who said they were having a panic attack were just trying to get out of something, they were malingering or whatever” she said “ but I've had two of them now and they're just awful. They seem to come on you all of a sudden” and Ben you've probably heard me talk about the analogy to a stampede. If you don't pay attention to the early warning signs of a panic attack, and we do get them, we just don't pay attention to them. Sometimes we just don't want to think about it. Then the next thing you know the cows are up and they are running and it's too late, you've got a stampede on your hands, so you need to try to be more responsive and ore aware of the fact that you're on the verge of a panic attack and cut it off at the pass. Does that make sense to you? B: Yeah absolutely, that’s something that's allowed me to have far fewer panic attacks. J: That's terrific. I'm so glad to hear that. Number seven is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I happen to have known you for a long time, and I know that at least at one time, when you were only four years old, you were collecting rocks on the beach, and your mother said “that's enough rocks” and you said “ no I have to collect them all'' and she said you just can't, we don't have any room for all the rocks on the beach, and you started to cry and I remember I thought “wow it looks like he's got OCD.” At such an early age I'd never seen it before. Did that turn out to be true? B: Absolutely. And my OCD has kind of evolved over the ages from needing to collect things to search for symmetry, and a need for tradition and keeping certain activities, and doing them the same way whenever I do them. J: Well those are some excellent examples of what happens when somebody has OCD. As you know, it's obsessions which are thoughts, and compulsions which are behaviors, but they are both pretty much the same thing. I make the analogy to superstitions. Superstitions tend to come about because somebody says, you know the old story “Don't step on a crack, you'll break your mother's back” and so you avoid stepping on a crack and when you get home you find out that indeed, your mother's back  is not broken, and we laugh about that but that's kind of the syndrome to the extreme of OCD, is that you learn that if you double check the oven to make sure you turned it off, or that the iron is turned off, or that the water is not running, then you feel better; relieved because of this. And it may be that you are trying to punish yourself for these thoughts. I don't know.  But at any rate you feel a lot better when you go and check so what you learn from that is id better always go back and check. Does that sound right? B: Yeah that's a description of OCD I hear often. But sometimes it's like that for me, but it's also less superstition in other cases, many other cases. It's just I feel a kind of existential dread or extreme discomfort until I perform an action or do a certain thing a certain way. J: So it sounds to me like theres the threat of a panic attack, and it is relieved by doing something obsessive or compulsive. Does that make sense to you? B: Yes it could be described that way. But there's always a wide variety of things that could determine whether or not I feel a certain way about something. J: there's one more, which I presume you do not have, because you haven't been in the military, at least not yet. And that's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Do you think you have any signs of that? B: No, I don't think so J: Well Ben, this has been very helpful. This was exactly what I was looking for when I invited you to be on the podcast. And I think you've given us some really good examples of what these various kinds mean. I hope we'll get a chance to talk again sometime.   B: Hopefully so! I'd be happy to come back.

In this episode of From Idea to Done, we discuss Lyft and their plans to eliminate the need for private vehicles by 2025. We chat about their current attempts at integrating with public transport systems.J/E: Hey Everyone, I'm Josh and I'm ErickE: Today’s idea is replacing private cars. This week Lyft came up with an update to their app. With this update their president said, “There is only one mobility mode that Lyft truly wishes to defeat. The private automobile. That seem a little ambitious to me.J: The battle between Lyft and Uber seems like a zero sum game. I don’t know if I fully agree with his statement that by 2025 owning a car will go the way of the DVD. They actually showed that short term usage of vehicles went up with the growth of Uber and Lyft.E: The article talks about incorporating dockless scooter, bike and car shares, and public transportation with time and cost comparisons on top of their normal taxi services. J: I think a big opportunity is the ability to have, in real time, multiple transportation options available to you. It makes me not have to plan as much, but just adapt to current conditions. Unless that adapting is for me to use a scooter. That I will not do. I’m a 38 year old adult for god sakes.E: I got in trouble when I worked at Toys R Us for bringing carts in by lassoing them with twine while riding electric scooters. We’ll just agree to disagree on scooters. J: Thats fair.E: One of the problems I see with it, is it isn’t all automatically deducted from your account in app. Their main competitor Uber has taken a similar route just incorporating public transportation. The big difference with Uber, is you get the ticket in App. Part of today’s super ambitious world is we just don’t have time to do anything. I don’t care what a bus pass costs. I just don’t want to think, push a button, and have a bus pass. Lyft how dare you have me interact with any aspect of public transportation, and buy a ticket myself!J: Well that's stupid, it is a big cost of integration with those mass transit platforms, but they are leaving a ton of data and money on the table. I think that in NYC or LA they should look at pulling the transit systems into the app and pay through the app. The MAT systems would get increased ridership and Lyft would be better positioned.E: And according to the article Uber is doing that in test markets already. You have to keep up with your main competitor. They have some pretty big ambitions to get rid of private cars within six years. I don’t think they are going to do it. I am buying a car this month Josh do you think it will be the last car I will buy?J: No, cars are going to be around for a while, especially here in Fargo, ND. I mean I am going to leave here today, pick up my 3 kids that are all in booster and car seats, how am I going to do that in a ride share. I dunno, maybe I’m just embodying a cranky old man that doesn’t get things.E: ...basically us. Prove us wrong Lyft. J: Thank you for listening to this episode, if you know a startup that could use our random advice and thoughts have them subscribe and leave a review on iTunes.

World renown life coach, Sharon Pearson comes together with an established clinical supervisor, family therapist and professor Jennifer Slack to talk about how she approaches therapy, her philosophies and discuss their ethics within their different disciplines. Get your FREE getting started as a successful life coach gift pack here: https://tci.rocks/gift-pack-2020 Resources: · Ultimate You Book - https://tci.rocks/order-ultimate-you · Ultimate You Quest Telecast - www.ultimateyouquest.com · Upcoming Events at The Coaching Institute - www.thecoachinginstitute.com.au/trainings · Sharon’s Website - www.sharonpearson.com · Disruptive Leadership- https://www.disruptiveleading.com/ · Phone The Coaching Institute - 1800 094 927 · The Coaching Institute Fan Page – https://www.facebook.com/BecomeALifeCoach · Feedback/Reviews/Suggestions, topics to be discussed - perspectives@sharonpearson.com · Perspectives YouTube Channel – https://www.tci.rocks/youtube Transcript: Introduction Hi I'm Sharon Pierson and welcome to this episode of perspectives. This episode really means so much to me. Recently I was in Fairfield Connecticut in the United States and I'll stay with my dear friend Jennifer. She's an amazing human being. We met about 18 years ago now and she is the reason I became a life coach. We were sitting outside at my beautiful home having a glass of wine and just talking about where we heading what are we going to do. She just said you should be a coach. I didn't even know what it was. I didn't know it existed and we walked through it and that time she was just starting to train to be a family therapist we're just starting to think about it. I thought I can't be a coach I can't help anyone but I can't help myself. So that journey for me was really about me helping me and it all got started with Jen and I remember finding her out one day sound terrified. I don't think I can do it. I'm just so scared and she gave me the classic words that I've used to this day I still say this to so many people and it's always attributed to Jen. Of course, you feel afraid anyone would in your situation you're about to go to another level. How else could you feel. And I remember just feeling. It was amazing feeling of being validated and being allowed to feel what I feel which is something I was so unfamiliar with. So she gave me very many gifts in the early days of our friendships and continues to she's beautiful you got to meet her. Her sound for herself very shortly. She's warm and kind hearted and values driven. She lives a life that is aligned around what matters to her the most which is her family and make a difference through her therapy work. She has crafted a life for herself that is so suited to who she is it's one of the things one of the many things I admire about her so much and the Fact that we've maintained such a beautiful and close relationship across the malls for all these years means so much to both of us. So I know I got to stay in her beautiful home for a couple of days in Connecticut. We went hiking together and then one morning I said we should do a podcast. And we started chatting and it went for over two hours. And so what we've done is we split it into two parts and you're going to want more and more of this woman when you hear her in the first part. We talk about her approach to therapy and she's a trained therapist. How does she approach therapy what's her philosophy behind therapy. What is she thinking about attending to what is what is she weaving into her therapy and how does she bring that to life. That's going to be the first part of the podcast and the second part which will be playing down the track again with us just sitting on her couch in her beautiful home. We digress and we just by now it just naturally moved into chatting about family because one of the things I've admired about her all these years I was we became friends when her youngest son was just born and was hadn't wasn't walking just a baby. And I've watched her as she's been a mother raising her three beautiful children their amazing human beings and all of them have gone on to start crafting lives that are based on their values what they care about what they stand for. And at young ages they know that. Now one of the things General will be the first to tell you she's not a perfect mother and then not a perfect family. They have ups and downs. They're flawed. She is. She insists that that message comes across and I of course admire that about her as well. The humility she has. But there is still an underpinning there of love being expressed in a really functional and loving way. And you're going to see that come across in part two of this podcast with Jen. Now I'm going to read here because I want to get a title right. And titles are my strengths. So she is a clinical supervisor and member of the American Association of marriage and family therapy and also an adjunct professor at Fairfield University. And she works as a family therapist and therapist. And I know some of the work she does at university. She works as a supervisor so new therapists who are training. She sits and what it she could be standing. She's with them helping them craft their own narrative style as therapists. And I say to her nearly every time we talk about this topic anyone who gets trying to get emotional anyone who's fortunate to be trained by this woman is going to be just the most phenomenal therapist. And I hope you love her and I know you'll love her as much as I do. So here's Jen Sharon Pearson: Hey. This is Sharon Pearson. I'm in Fairfield Connecticut and I'm here with my dear friend Jen psych who is a therapist and a phenomenal human being. And I'm so thrilled to be out to share with you today. Her message in her words. Welcome Jen. How are you. Jennifer Slack: Thank you Sharon. It's wonderful to be here with you my dear friend. S:So we've known each other for J: since 2001 S: 18 years J: Yeah. S: And we met before we were both moving into what became our passions. J: Yes. S: And our songs. Yeah. We were trying to figure out our passions our songs. There were conversations we had. Yeah overshadowing the backyard. J: Exactly. And I I think we helped each other kind of identify and crystallize how to manifest those passions. S: I'll always remember that moment. Can I share that moment. I was some for some reason I said I was going to be a coach. We'd come to that together over a glass of Chardonnay in my backyard was my turn to host. And then I was on the phone with you saying I was really scared and you said of course you are anyone in your situation would feel that way. You're going to a different level. You're about to have new experiences you've never had before. How else could you feel it was the most beautiful validation. And from there I was able to leap into it completely blind Jan. I we say it's a leap of faith. It was. I didn't have faith. It was a leap without anything but those comforting words. So I'll always remember that moment. Do you remember it or do you do you do. J: No I do. Yeah. S: It was very significant to me to feel that validated instead of my fears being dismissed. I was used to hearing you'll be okay or it'll work out. But you just accepted it embraced and held beautifully. My uncertainty about it was very valid and that's what enabled me to launch into something that I felt incredibly ill equipped to do. J: Well you might not have had faith but you had courage. Yeah. And you were willing to explore the unknown territories and just dive in and figure it out. S: And I did. J: Yes you did. Yes. S: And then so and then some and you began studying when you were in Melbourne. J: I did. Yeah. So I began a graduate program there. Yeah. Ecology. Yeah. And then we moved back to the States in 2003 and I picked up and began my marriage. Marriage and Family Therapy master's degree. S: Wow. J: With three kids of my own I went slowly at a pace that worked for me. S: And all your kids were under at that stage under about 12 with a rhythm. J: Yeah. Two years apart each. Yes. So it was a lot. S: It was a lot. S: And then tell us a little bit more about what you've done since then to get us up to now and then we'll go into your philosophy of. J: So I studied at Fairfield University. And I interned at a neighbourhood clinic where I stayed on for a total of 12 years and became a supervisor and then eventually the clinical director and then I left. Just coming up on a year ago to invest fully in a private practice and now I teach a class at Fairfield University and do supervision S: of psychology or family therapy family. J: It's family therapy. It is so fearful and I would you to study in family therapy. Yes. That's fantastic. Yeah. S: And what were the cut up. Because I'm interested what were the kind of who was the influences in that program. J: Who were they drawing on the structural and strategic models. Primarily with a little limited exposure to post-modern approaches as well. Yeah but really largely based in the modernist perspectives S: so pre 70s pre 60s. J: Yes when it was a little bit more objective. S: Exactly. J: A little as a black boxy. S: Yes yes. So who were the main influences for you philosophically. Who do you feel you draw on or empathize with or connect with in terms of approaches to therapy and family therapy. J: I have to say that underpinnings of structural therapy Manute chins the graphics spatial physical metaphors of that model in particular are like a scaffolding for me. Very very helpful. But my way of being with people is much more grounded in post-modern approaches which for me are all about exploring with people not having answers outside of the exploration necessarily but then continuing on. Now what we're learning in terms of neuroscience and brain chemistry and just the organic aspects that are playing a role also that it may be have to do more with like an individual's organic system as much as a family system interest. I think there are so many different kind of layers to explore in terms of doing therapy. How much do you draw on systems theory for family therapy even if you're working with one individual. Yeah I think heavily even if I define it in the way I just did. Yeah. So even if I'm working with an individual on individual behaviors and patterns of interacting with people and we're not really talking about their families so much I'm thinking about context and I'm thinking about that maybe their individual systems like their organic body system his you often share with me how when you're with a client where were you feeling that. S: The question I'm indicating with my hands reality people can say to me you. Where are you feeling that whereas that sitting with you. That's a big part of how you work. So it's to you is that a way of helping the client bridge the cognition to the feeling so that that's one of the ways I use it it gets I think I feel physically is a way of changing it too I feel I have an emotion. S: Do you ever use it that way or is. J: Yes. Yeah definitely. And the other way. Yeah. Because sometimes people come in with a lot of awareness about what their body is feeling but they aren't connecting it to a cognition or vice versa. And I think ultimately it's all good. Now one it's all unified. I'd like to separate it and yeah our Western culture but it's all one thing and I just I think having multiple modalities to better understand a person's experience is going to be better than this. S: Yeah. When you began what was your feeling or your thought around working with people did you have a philosophy or a bent or an expectation back then and I'd be interested to know how it's grown over the years. J: I think it's grown in a lot of ways and changed as I learned more about just a lot of the like the neuroscience pieces of this and my ideas about diagnosing have shifted a lot over the years and continue to shift back again, in family therapy the idea of diagnosing a person is largely frowned upon. And I think for really good reasons because it's subjective diagnoses are very subjective and there's been a lot of harm done around diagnosing and yet still sometimes people have very specific acute difficulties that can be helped with treatment approaches that go hand in hand with certain diagnoses. So I. So that's been one area of shift. And but then there are areas that are completely the same and haven't shifted at all S: since the day I met you J: which is probably three glasses of chardonnay just being with people in a way that is normalizing. That's built in love and compassion and a commitment to be to hold what they say with an open spirit and non judging and respect and integrity so to me that's kind of ethics the ethics of this work. And it's S:I really want to unpack that because that's one of my that's as you know one of the things that I delight the most from speaking with you. It's how you do that. And it's all how it's who you are when you're doing that. When your clients patients what do you call them either clients. J: Clients. S: when your clients come to you and you all just create a scenario for you and change it however you want. A client comes to you the walls are out the boundaries are way too rigid. No one's getting in their home protection defensiveness and the need to repel what's just. Could you paint a picture of perhaps hypothetically how you would go about helping them see that there can be self trust or. What. What are you thinking about. I won’t put words in your mouth. What do I be thinking about self dress. What would you be thinking about. J: I think I'm thinking about other trust. I'm thinking about how can I create a safe place for this person to begin to trust that my agenda is nothing more than what I am hoping will be helpful and healing to her. Or him. So that it's truly joined and connected. I really ultimately think it's all about connection and when someone comes in so well defended they've been hurt in connection and I'm hoping to be one small repair for them S: that it can be safe. That their will be their emotions will be safe, that they're bits that they've been rejecting we'll be safe with you. J: Exactly. And sometimes it takes time for some people one or two conversations does the trick. And for other people it takes I think the passage of time and repeat experience to me. I agree. Heal and enters yes. S: To rehearse. OK so what happened last weeks consistent this week. I can count on that and I can build on that. This is how I can respond in this moment it's a bit safe for me to respond that way and they can rehearse it with you in a safe environment and a team too. In practice in the real world and experience it J: and people can tolerate an expression of my emotions that can tolerate hearing what my thoughts are they can tolerate aspects of myself that I'm not sure are tolerable. S: Yes that was a big part of my healing as you know for me was embracing all of me and not feeling the need to suppress it hide it deny it. Get angry with it judge it. that's. Would you say that's a big piece of what you do. J: Completely. Yeah. One hundred percent. And I think when things are so scary that we can't even identify themselves let alone risk saying it out loud with another person. They just sit and grow and fester and become very toxic S: and real. They seem very real. J: Yes. Yeah they do. They its real and the problem which doesn't even very often is not a problem but it becomes a problem. So my hope is to make these things talk about a ball and with compassion people understanding where they're coming from and that it's OK and that there are more options kind of about expanding options for what you do with these feelings. Beginning with non-judging accept and accepting said things S: it’s a big part of it J: huge S: I didn't even know that was the thing. As you know I could accept my feelings. Yes. What are you talking about. What is this strange magical mystical words you're using. Except yes. And now I can't coach without. Yeah just holding. I always teach coaches we're holding our clients with our hearts as we are using cognition. But if that piece isn't there this won't have an effect. What's your way of interpreting that. Because I know a big part of what you do you're thinking about how to different approaches and different choices. That's an inevitability but a big pot huge part. Most of what you do is holding the client can you talk to that in your own way. J: Yeah it is. It is a holding space and all of you know I'm unconscious as we're having this conversation about you know the many people who have preceded me in terms of these terms and concepts that they are not original ones. They're just very dear to me. S: Yes. J: And yeah it is it's a holding it's a body and a mind experience and it's relational and it's all three of those happening at the same time. And so I think it starts with me being aware with my own feel of my own feelings my own body my own head and really making it all about the client and putting in check anything that's coming up for me if I'm having moments of you know OK. I don't know where I'm gonna go from here. It's a signal to just slow it down and check in with the client. And together we find our way. No two therapy sessions are the same. I mean that's why models are great and they can help us from getting lost. But there is so much creativity that happens in any session. S: I've never. I can't ever served on the same session twice in thousands of sessions. J: It's not possible. It wouldn't make sense right. If it if it is happening twice then say OK I was let's paint by number. S: It is I think is where I began when I was doing student student trials with supervision. I would have begun with I've got my twelve questions thank goodness. J: Yeah I mean you need a script. S: I needed it. I needed the script I need to better turn the page noisily right. So the client knew I was turning the page and I would need to read the second page because it gave me but the client knew I was a rookie with the L plates on. Yeah so I felt very safe in that environment because I don't know read the question. Yeah. They would be with me as a comrade encourage a colleague encouraging but there does come a moment where we have to learn to fly that leap which to me is the favourite thing ever. That leap. When I'm with the client I know I've got all these models and all these ways I could draw and inspiration these beautiful people who could steer and all of them have just created such beauty and approaches and philosophies and it all fades away. It just disappears from the periphery of my mind and all I see is the client and that's all there is there's me there's not even me there's the client and they're just feeling like I'm throwing a cloak of protection over this client the models and everything else float away they don't matter anymore or they're so assimilated that I don't there's nothing conscious there's nothing I can't notice them J: yeah they're there they're there. J: But they're so integrated. And I think what you are talking about having this script and how the people you're working with are so gracious and to me that comes from transparency and a spirit of collaboration and so everyone has their own style but that is that is definitely my posture. And so I you know I have yet to meet a person and you know. S: Yeah. Yeah. J: With more people I can count. And there is a there is a we achieve a mutual respect that is based on honesty and I have to be able to be honest about my approach. S: Transparency is a huge part of how you operate. Can you unpack that a little bit for me. It sounds so obvious. J: Transparency is such a buzzword. S: Yes. Can you unpack it and tune into a process for us. J: The process for me is it's about honesty. It's about probably a need that I have for me to be sort of we. You know we have to wear clothes that we feel comfortable and authentic and for me transparency is a way of being with people that allows me to be most comfortable so that I don't have any sense of I might have boundaries but I'm not having secrets I'm not holding something over the client that the client isn't aware of that is not a good recipe for me. So I have to work to find ways to be appropriately disclosing and authentic about what I'm thinking. What I'm concerned about where I'm coming from and that feels very genuine and connected. S: Do you do it in real time is that thought feeling cognition comes to. Or do you sometimes hold it thinking it it'll be little appropriate once this is more appropriate when this is wrapped up. Do you have a sense of time and space around that or is it in the moment. J: Both both. It often comes in the moment but then it often has to wait and sometimes I'm not aware. Or I don't have a frame that I'm comfortable with like I know there might be a conversation that needs to happen but I don't have the words to say it. I've learned I am not opening my mouth to go there until I know why I'm doing it. What I'm going for and how I'm gonna say it S: another big piece of this. Maybe this is the time to drop it in. Is do no harm. And what your. I don't have the right language. One of your goals is for the wholeness of the client and the well-being of the client. And I'm wondering how transparency. I imagine transparency for you is vital for that outcome to allow the client to see your reflections back openly without censorship. Didn't end up there. I get that but you do give the truth how is that linked. That's my question. How is that linked to helping the clients wholeness. I know it is but I'd love you to unpack that. J: I think that's trust. I think it's authenticity and I think it's connection. We wire ourselves in relationship. I mean you know mirror neurons. We are not actually separate entities. We are all commingled whether we're aware of it or not. And it's very powerful. It's sitting here with you just a few feet away when we pick up on each other's energies and if you don't know the truth about my context about why I'm saying and being the way I am being you're in the dark. Yeah. Yeah. And that to me is a breach. S: Tell us more about that J: to some extent or it's potentially a breach of of trust and connection and how and if I you know I think ultimately it is about raising awareness non-judgemental awareness that we are hoping for people so that they can survey, they can step back from their worried thoughts and feelings stuck behaviours and assess is this working for me or not. It's pretty simple. S: So we simple just do that. J: So we have to be able to step back ourselves and assess S: So are you seeing yourself in third position sometimes when you're in the session. J: Yeah I try to really that's so what. You know one of the many gifts that I've come across include mindfulness and John Cabal in particular has been hugely influential to me taking a witnessing position just helps me when I'm feeling stuck to get unstuck. There was a whole pathway I wanted to go come back to that if I remember it but something's just come up to me then a lot of times when people are starting out in this they bring their own stuff and into it. What would you suggest is a part because you don't you're very clean. I call it very clean work that you do. That's always my goal too. Does that make sense of the word clean. It's not enmeshed with my stuff. My as much as it can be my ego my issues my fears my life whatever's going on for me is separate to this precious moment with the client. I call that very clean work. It's messy work when the person is feeling what the client's feeling and is getting hooked into the drama of what the client is sharing. And the question I get all the time from people starting out is how do you do that sharon and how do you separate. Why why I care so much so why don't you feel what I feel like somehow it's not caring if I don't feel the client feels Yeah. Can you talk to that bit. J: It's a really it's a great I mean it's so central to the work that we do. And the truth of the matter is we do pick up yes what our clients are feeling and I do have my own stuff that I become aware, I think the trick is it's actually being aware that I have my own stuff happening right now and then that's the piece that I want to I. A disaster would be not being aware and then continuing the conversation you know that's reactivity that's enmeshment. And so I want to be catching myself. And for me that's very it's very helpful to start with the body. And I think that's why I kind of work to work with that with clients because I find it so helpful. And then taking a step back from it you know talk and sort of being my own supervisor here you know it's all in service to the client which is kind of paradoxical because we're talking about it's all connection but this is Tibet if it's not going to benefit the client I'm not going to go there with whatever that the conversation might be or whatever my response might be. S: I know there have been times I've been with a client. This is being I've done this for quite a while I separate emotional activity for feeling state that I exposed to the client and really conscious of the difference so emotional is someone tells me something that hooks me somehow personally and I associate into it. I can't think of an example but I'm just right now clenching my fists something happens I feel my emotional reactivity vs. a client shares something with me and it's so painful to them me showing empathy so I'll have tears appear in my eyes they're never full because they're not here to comfort me but I'll well up and we'll have such a feeling face of empathy and maternal I'm with you. With your hurt right now and I want to separate that for anyone listening from emotional reactivity of me not controlling managing being aware and just blurting out Oh my God that's terrible. There is a complete distinct difference and that's really important. As one of the things I learned from you very early on in our relationship you would mirror back if I shared something with you that was painful and it hurt me in my past or whatever it was you mirrored to me in a very maternal way held me with your face your you softened your features I mean just to get really clinical about it you soften your features and you said all share and you did tone was so gentle and that peace was magically healing to me magically healing. I know you can. You know the process you did and enabled me to feel what I felt and know would be safely received. I have taken that into my work and it is beautiful to reflect back. That's got to really hurt. that's really that's yeah it is. J: There has to be you give me too much credit. But as I've said many times but I need to I need to put that on record. Way too much credit. S: I love it. J: People do need to feel felt that connection. Is that safe. That's trust you. That's the proof that they're okay. That's the proof that they're going to be OK. Yeah and that's the holding space. Right it is and it's often non-verbal. Yeah so I agree it is as one wise supervisor told me it's OK to cry just don't cry harder than your client. S: Oh I love that and I love that that I love that. J: It's wonderful. S: My benchmark is the tears can appear but they can't fall because they can't hit the client. No word about reassuring him exactly J: and clients are deeply moved when it is a genuine and very often the most distressing. Content or experience will will happen or be disclosed in a session and I won't have tears and that's fine too. You just. S: Yeah it's not a requirement. J: No we're not saying that No. Here now is the time to be considered such a no no. S: Yes. That's why I'm bringing it up. Yeah. As of the expert status of the third. Exactly. J: Those old modernist day. Yeah. Yeah. But I do. I think one of the I'm not sure if we've talked about kind of just normalizing that such a bit. I mean that's there's nothing bigger in my eyes. My concept of things than normalizing and truly I do believe that all behaviour makes sense in its context does all behaviour. It does no matter how deviant it might be. It makes sense. S: Yes. J: And so if we just have to peel back and begin with the premise of this makes sense that you're doing this or that you're feeling that or that you're thinking that or that this has happened and you know hurt people hurt people. Yeah it's how it goes. S: it’s what they know and they don't. J: And we repeat patterns until we repair them. And so the white hair has to be in a normalize. People have to feel that they are normal in their context. S: I think it's one of the first steps for repair that I can see. One of the things I learned from Bradshaw is shame loves shadows. And that was a light bulb to hear it put so perfectly and succinctly because when the clients with me and I went speak to your experience. But when the clients with me if they can out the stuff that they thought was too ugly for the light and it's normalized by me so I acknowledge it. I normalize it. I validate that that is their experience. J: Use the words say it out loud. Yeah. Yeah. Repeat back S: exactly out that no matter how ugly they think it is. I'm so comfortable with it. It enables them to stop treating it like the secret in the in the in the in the bunker in the cellar. J: Right. S: So if it's got light now I can do something about it. Yeah. So it becomes the beginning of the change process to me. What's your secret. Did You have that experience. J: I mean definitely. To me I think that's largely what therapy is. It's yes it's helping identify what's going on. It's it's not always deep shame related but it's being able to find words is being able to construct the words around feelings and behaviors. And we I mean what we're doing even in this conversation it's it's it's social construction. I mean we identify our thoughts in the process of being together in conversation. We're creating something in the act of talking with another person. And what we can't talk about. It's very hard to access it to make changes around and then we worry if we have new examples and we'll say why S: if we can talk about it with the therapist or with the coach or her everywhere Who's our partner in this journey we then can't take it publicly. So I always think that the client with me is being out to rehearse how how it could be great out there. So if I can give them a great experience and by great I mean normalized accepted embraced and still feel compassion still feel accepted still feel that they're that way together that gives them rehearsal. Oh so it can be like that out there J: totally. S: So you get to spirit and take her cause. Yes. J: Yep. Everything exactly how you do anything is how you do everything. And exactly. It's so relevant. S: Yeah. And so I rehearsed with the client. I'm always feeling I am in the session replacing every other person who they feared would respond badly or would cause them to want to protect themselves or would give them reason to pause in terms of being their fully authentic self. So I feel the responsibility any joy around it. I represent everyone they haven't met yet or everyone who has ever shut them down. And I get the opportunity to help them do it over by being accepting embracing loving compassionate into them in the face of their shame fully embracing and with no hesitation there's just no hesitation in me whatsoever because I'm just thinking they get to know rewrite some of that and they can experience it differently. Do you have a relationship to that. Do you have a way of interpreting that that's your way. J: I think I would describe that in similar terms but yeah it's just it is absolutely an opportunity to repair. And sometimes it's not necessarily about repair but it's about just people coming in and they're just stop what they're trying Isn't working. So there isn't really necessarily big time repair work. I there. Let's just think out of the box. So what might work more effectively for you than what you've been trying. And that's very generative and exciting in a very different kind of way. But I think the process of conversation and connection and trust and normalization is central to that. It's just as central to that work as it is to you know traumatic repair work. S: So it constantly comes back to the launching pad J: for me it it does me as well. That is the launching pad. Yeah. That's the only reason I'm bothering to wrong. I mean that's not that and I and I. Yeah I wonder that that is the biggest ethical commitment that I can think of. You always describe it to me you're very consistent describes an ethical commitment. I know you as that's just who you are is not an ethical decision you're making you simply you're being I don't know that you would know how not to do that or be that that's an inevitability with you Jen. I don't think it's an ethical decision inverted commas you're making. I think it's just who you are. That's there consistently and I can't even imagine how it wouldn't be. J: Well I I appreciate your words kind of but I think also in thinking on a metal level thinking about the work I'm doing and thinking about difficult client situations where I'm maybe feeling less effective or stuck myself to some extent. OK where are we going to go from here. How can I best help this person. And certainly in training of students who are becoming therapists or working with other therapists in a supervision capacity I find that a very helpful home base to come back to and to say out loud with people because I like the rule of thumb that if the client were overhearing this conversation with the client be OK with it. And if not why are we saying it. S:I love it. J: Change the way you're saying we have to hold our people in our hearts with kindness and respect and dignity and S: with them in when they're not. J: Exactly. And our hearts and in our heads. And it is it. Yeah I think it's the humanity is in the feels. It feels to me like an ethical violation when that's not happening. S: Yeah.

In this episode of From Idea to Done, we talk about the acronym "NBAT" and what it means for your business. We take a look at each portion of the acronym coined by Jason Swenk and how it can help you with prospective clients.J/E: I'm Josh and I'm ErickE: Today's Idea is: Another random sales acronym NBAT. Everyone handles sales differently. This is actually an idea I learned from you can you talk about what exactly NBAT isJ: Well, actually I stole this from Jason Swenk. It stands for Need, Budget, Authority, and Timing. It really is the 4 things that you need to be paying attention to when in a sales conversation. Let's break those 4 things down a bit. Need - Do you have a service or product that the person you are talking to would purchase? E: Budget - If they need what you offer can that person actually pay for your service? Or does their need fit financially with what your team brings to the table?J: Authority - Are you talking to the person who signs the checks, or does this person need to talk to the person that signs the checks. If you are not talking to the decision maker, don’t rely on them to translate what you do to them, try and get a meeting with the decision maker.E: Timing Last, what is the actual timeline? You may have something in the budget for this month, this year, in your 5 year plan. Finding when things are going to happen also can help determine if your team is the right fit.J: It also helps with follow up, what is better “hey just checking in”, or “hey you had said that this was important to get it done in August, guess what, it's now August”E: It’s interesting as a salesperson to be so targeted in looking for that. I have coffee meetings all the time, like literally all the time. The main goal of the meeting is to find out the NBAT, or see if the NBAT is out of their power or unknown. If they are missing any piece, a sale is improbable to close. J: Not only you can’t close, but you now have a clear reason for the meeting or discussion. I think a lot of sales people go have a coffee or lunch with someone and say, man that is a great lead when they didn’t get enough information to even consider them that.E: I think it’s important though to discover if the person you are meeting with has any of the NBAT because at the same time you never know when things could change. J: Well it helps understand if it is a lead, a prospect, or just a coffee conversation.E: It’s the job of sales people to be in people’s heads before the go to blasted google. This is why finding out a potential customer’s NBAT, and checking in is so important.J: Yeah its really the difference between two people catching up and an actual sales lead. Getting brand awareness is another subject for another day Erick.E: And there you go, the idea of NBAT is done. The weird Michael Scott way I remember NBat is pairing it with the Batman theme Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na NBat. I hope that helps everyone remember it forever.J: Thanks for listening, if you know a startup that could use our advice have them subscribe and leave a review on iTunes.

In this episode of Idea to Done, we chat about Niantic's Harry Potter app, Wizards Unite. Join us as we take a peek at what makes up this AR game.J/E: I'm Josh and I'm ErickE: Today's Idea is: The Release of WIZARDS UNITE!!!!!E: I think it’s important in our world of App Development to talk a little bit about the newer apps that have been developed. Wizards Unite is developed by Niantic. They are the same crew who developed Pokemon Go. It’s a pretty similar game set in the Harry Potter Universe, and we’re going to chat about it today. Josh do you know anything about this game or even the developer?J: I heard from a mutual friend that they could, and I quote “take all my money”. Other than that, no, I’m an adult.E: True...Fun story. After work today, I will be wandering through the streets of Fargo playing this game with him until Monday. I say we just dive right into this. I am going to get right into it. Let’s open this guy up and see what it’s doing.E: Opens the app. I did a little bit of pre work with this and registered my character last night. As a developer what do you see as I open this?J: It looks like it is using the accelerometer, yes that is a real thing, along with some gps functionality. I can zoom in and rotate around my red fedora wearing knight goblin, but that's about it, looks like I have to get up and move now.E: Right an accelerometer. That little knight goblin is actually the griffindor avatar character I made up Named Roderick J. Heron. It’s actually an anagram of my name Erick John Roder. All my super Harry Potter nerd friends should appreciate the anagram. J: #dumbledorkE: Raise your hand if you know what an accelerometer is? Muggle DorkJ: sad pandaE: Let’s get back to the amazing game. We’re at the office at the tech park right now. It is actually a hotel in the game. There are different GPS pins in our area of other places to actually walk to.J: Oh I didn’t realize that the markings on the ground were actual buildings and roads, that seems pretty cool. So i’d have to go over to the parking lot to go pick up this shining diamond deal thing huh?E: Yes, it’s very similar to Pokemon go. Nintendo tricked me into walking 100 miles when that came out. J: Ok, so that’s sort of neat, so then I click on this thing… what i think i’m battling something now, what’s going on.E: That is obviously a pixie. J: ObviouslyE: After we find that we have to do random touch screen motions to capture it, and return it to the pretend in game museum of things we caught. I think this well do well. I am going to walk around my neighborhood 20 times this weekend collecting pretend things. Well played Niantic. Here is the big question. Josh is this something that is in our realm to develop?J: Well anything is possible, but I’d probably leave this to the dev shops that have a big budget and the market of awaiting nerds to play it. At the end of the day building this would be tough, but marketing it would be even more difficult without an audience.E: Cool, did you hear that Disney, we’re ready to develop Wookie Go!J: I’m not sure if that is made up or not, but heck, I’m in.E: I made it up just now, and am pretty excited about it. What a good idea, if only we knew of a company that developed ideas into apps. Thanks for listening, if you know a startup that could use advice have them subscribe and leave a review on iTunes.

Semester Sneak Peek is a new series that provides a preview of courses available at Tulsa Community College (TCC) this coming fall semester.  As a series about upcoming classes, these episodes will feature interviews with many of the instructors tasked with teaching them.  Today's episode features Jeff Smith, Recording Studio Instructor at TCC.   Edited by Sam Levrault Music by The Odyssey, "75 to Ramona" Transcript by Bethany Solomon   TCC CONNECTION PODCAST | SEMESTER SNEEK PEAK | FT. JEFF SMITH Bethany: Welcome to semester sneak peak, our special summer series that provides a preview of courses available this coming fall semester. I am your host Bethany Solomon, associate editor of the north east campus here at the TCC connection. Today we have a very special guest, Jeff Smith, he is a TCC adjunct professor, TCC signature symphony violist, and president of song smith records. Jeff Smith: Hi! Good afternoon, how are ya? B: Good, how are you? J: I’m doing great. B: Can you start off by telling us a little about yourself? J: Sure. I was born and raised in Tulsa, OK. I started playing violin at 10 years old because my brother and sister played the violin. The summer of my 6th grade year my teacher came to me and said “you know you’re kinda beefy, husky boy, you need to play the viola. I said, viola? It rhymes with granola, I don’t want to play the viola, I said what am I getting myself into here? She said ‘Oh, no you’re not going to quit the violin, you’re going to learn how to double. Double. It rhymes with trouble, she said ‘oh no, you’ll be fine.’ So, I got to take two instruments to school, the violin and the viola. Uh, learned how to play the both of them, not long after that the beetles were popular, and I got a guitar. I started going on in. B: Very cool, very cool, so how did you find your way into the education as far as like, your music. Did you study in undergrad, music specifically, or did you have a broad range of interests beyond music? J: Oh, gosh. You look back on pivotal points in your life. One pivotal point in my life was, I guess I was in Jr high, early high school, and I had an electric guitar. Dad had come home with a Wollensak, as a German tape recorded. And it had an auxiliary input on it and I learned at a young age I could take the guitar output and plug it into the auxiliary input, crank it all the way up, play the guitar, turn its sound all the way up and it would sound something like: [makes loud buzzing noises mimicking guitar sound] Coolest sound I had every heard…. for about 13 seconds. I blew out the 8’ inch paper cone speakers and a couple of power tubes. Its kind of left a mark on me, like this is a cool sound, I gotta get into this. I was going to be an aeronautical engineer, all through high school, my dad was a fighter pilot in world war II, he had 96 missions over France. My grandfather had his PHD in mechanical engineering and actually wrote the maintenance Manuel for the B25 Mitchel bomber. So, I was going to be an aeronautical engineer, until, calculus first hour happened. Kay, I had a morning paper out, and an evening paper out. Okay! Take your XY X’s, translate it, rotate it, draw a hyperbola, spin the hyperbola, cut a hole in the hyperbola, and now find the volume and generate it. At that point I figured, you know, I’d rather play the wrong note, I couldn’t see myself designing something that will have someone else get killed because I misplaced a decimal point. But, all throughout high school I played in the youth symphony. My senior year, I audition Id and got first chair of the viola of the youth symphony. And I auditioned for the Tulsa Philharmonic. I guess they were desperate, and I turned pro when I was 17. Uh, went to the University of Kansas, was a Viola Major. A double major in Viola performance and music education. And at KU they had a computer music lab, and they had, we’re talking early-mid 1970’s. And they had an ARP 26 hardener. This is a synthesizer, analog synthesizer. You have never seen so many buttons, knobs, dials, flashing lights, flash chords, slider, path chords I was like ‘gollee’ what does this thing do, what does this thing do? I actually had a blast in that course, it got me down here. From there I came down to TU, finished up a bachelor’s in music ed, finished up a master’s in music ed, taught in Wichita, Kansas for three years, went back to school, picked up a master in viola performance. I have always believed that if are going to be a teacher, you must be able to do it. There is the old joke that can do, those that can’t teach, those that can’t teach become administrators. Um, nah, I kind of believe that if you’re going to teach, you ought to be able to produce. You ought to be able to do it. Does that make sense? B: It certainly does! So, moving into, as far like, the technical aspect of music, recording studio techniques, you have a lot of orchestra experience. How does that translate into the studio? J: Sure. Well I was a band and orchestra director for 27 years and the times that I wasn’t playing classical music with the orchestra, I was playing fiddle, guitar, keyboards, (unintelligible), for rock and roll bands. And that was an awful lot of fun, setting that stuff up, it gets really tiring after 15 years of lugging all that’s stuff around the back of a pick-up truck. It dawned on me, you know, that I can make music instead of lugging around all this PA gear and power amplifiers and all this other junk. Why don’t I just build a house, have recording studio, and have them come to me to make music, and I don’t have to lug all this stuff around. So I started SongSmith records in the mid-eighties back when we had, they were called ADAT machines. They recorded on a VHS cassette, and they would theoretically, and I say theoretically, synchronize together by two ADAT machines – and you could have, wow, 16 channels of digital audio. You could have a grand total of 34 minutes of digital audio. B: Wow. J: Of course, you could format the tape first before you had to record on to it, and that is about as much fun as having paint dry. But it was there, and we had 16 channels of digital audio. I’ve still got those ADAT machines and once in a while we’ll get an artist in the back of the studio that recorded with me 20 year ago say ‘Jeff! Do you still have to ADAT tapes?’ I say yeah. ‘Could we dump them into pro tools and clean them up a bit and rerelease? And I say sure. B: Fun stuff. Definitely. That’s really cool. So, what do you think, as far your students, and what you teach here, what has been the most challenging for your students? In terms of getting comfortable with technology or for musicians in general. J: Wow. That is kind of a tough questions. Each student is different, each student has their own strengths and weaknesses. On day one, I had to fill out a little, I call it a student data sheet. Tell me a little about yourself so I know who I am dealing with. A lot of times I will get students in the class who have already had pro tools experience they might run sound at their church. And I’ve got kids, ‘well I have sang in choir, but I want to learn how to record myself.’ And they don’t know anything about the technology. So, the challenge, for me as an instructor, is to teach on two or three different levels. So, I try to teach to the very, very raw beginner, to the kid who has had some experience, to those kids who could probably teach me a thing or two. I guess that’s the fun part about the teaching. In the class, I have to make sure that each kid knows we will only be playing with three things in audio. Frequency, amplitude, and time.   And all the buttons, and knobs, and dials, [mimics with higher pitch] Buttons, and knobs, and dials, oh my! All have to do with either frequency, amplitude, or time. If you understand that basic concept than you go through ‘okay well what does this button do, how does it change the sound? B: So, a lot of it is experimenting, as you’re in the course. J: Yeah. And that’s how they learn. We tell them, for example, once we define frequency, amplitude or time are, we go into signal flow. We go, okay, what happens, how does the ear work. How does the microphone work? We trace the audio from vibrations of your voice, or your guitar or whatever, through your microphone, line, inputs…..into. What happens next? [jeff starts laughing….] It all goes in from the patch bay, and the patch bay goes into the microphones, and the micros to the IO’S, IO into the computer and we explain all that stuff in signal flow, signal flow, signal flow. All an audio engineer does, all day long is. I don’t hear the guitar in my left ear, why not? Or, I plugged this in, and I don’t hear anything. B: Right. J: Or I turn this knob, and nothing happened. Back up and figure out why. B: And that is what you give your student leeway to do. Figure out why they made a mistake, to figure out why and backtrack. J: If you tell them what they did wrong, they’ll never figure it out themselves. If they go throughout, and your cohort here, can attest to this. I will rarely just tell a kid an answer, I say, do you have an iPhone on ya? There’s this thing called google, look it up! I’ll wait. And then for example, when they learn the measurements, and what decibels are to measure frequency. I’ll ask them questions like ‘what’s the unit of measurement for frequency?’ and they’ll say, uhm, decibels? No that is the measure for amplitude. Man, it hertz if you don’t know this. Hertz being cycles per second. B: Right. J: Hertz being, you know, cycles per second. Hertz is the measurement. So, it hertz if you don’t know this! [both laugh…] B: That’s a good one actually! J: The stupider or funnier something is, they’ll remember it. B: It sticks better! Definitly it helps it stick. So as far as walking away from the class, how important is it for students after, in the aftermath, are these techniques that can easily be forgotten if they are not applied immediately. J: Oh gosh, I hope not. B: If you have students that come for, let’s say, do you teach a second course as well? J: Yes. There’s a Recording Studios Technique II (RST II) class, theoretically there are two sections of RST I, which will have 16 kids total, 32. Out of those 32 kids, if RST II is offered, we only take 8. So it’s like ¼ of those two classes, if they wanted, we are limited to 8. We did a really cool thing this last semester. The students had to produce a video and they had to literally, we shot it on a gopro camera, and it was actually pretty terrible, but they learned the process. They had to get a video program onto their computer, there are several free ones, and just experiment there, here’s the scene we shot. And the whole theme of the video was, and this is terrible, once again, I love my wife, but she has a problem with collecting small electrical appliances. If there is small electrical appliance made, she has it. She’s got four or five crockpots, I don’t know how many mixers she’s got, toasters, curling irons, you name it, those little vacuum thingies, if it is a small electrical appliance she has it. So the format of the class was, we’re going to make a video and you all have seen these videos of the poor animals you know, for the charities, and there’s this poor dog with one eye and its snowing outside and he’s missing a paw or something and there is a choke collar behind this poor animal. And well the idea was, we’re going to have small appliances, and they need a home. And they produce something absolutely hilarious. “Do you know a small appliance that needs a home that’s been abused? We’re sorry. SARI, the small appliance rights institute, so we made a video, and we got t-shirts with irons. One of the appliances was an iron that burned a hole in the t-shirt, so the kids were like no, no bad iron! Flatten it with the newspaper, and later on we use that same shirt with sorry with this big old iron burn on it, we’ll give you this shirt if we give us $19 a month. That is only 63 cents a day.”   So I hope the kids learned a lot from that. Uh, they learned how to put it together, how to edit, how to synchronize the audio. One student actually wrote this really cool darkish sounding sad piano music that everyone wanted to use because it was so cool. B: So you have different types of projects and assignments in the class, of various ways. J: Oh yeah. B: So for exams, what should students expect for an exam, in a studio techniques class? How will their knowledge be tested? [Jeff laughs…] J: Exams! I figured kids are not in JR high school or elementary school anymore, I do not use true or false, multiple choice. Most of the tests and quizzes are done with fill in the blank and short answer. You know, hopefully using correct English and spelling things correctly. It’s not like ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” we’ll give you four choices, and you pick through the answers up here. I want you to go a little bit beyond that. B: Right. J: We also give the kids all kinds of interesting ways to help memorize things like that. For example, can you name the planets in order from the sun out? B: Probably not in order. J: Okay. I can. B: You can? J: My wife took an astronomy class once, kay, and if you take the first letter of each planets. If take the first letter of each planet, ‘M’ for Mercury, ‘V’ for Venus, ‘E’ for Earth, ‘M’ Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, back then Pluto. So, she came up with a very simple sentence. My very enormous man Jeff Smith understands nothing. B: She came up with that? J: She came up with that! Totally originally, and OH! Okay. So, you take all that information, you condense all that down. It is like taking all 5 great lakes. Heroin, Ontario, Michigan, siria, and superior. Spell the word HOMES, take that data and condense it. It is like putting it in a ZIP files for your brain where they can memorize some of these techniques, and hopefully it will not only help them in audio engineering but in life. B: Right. J: You know, if you’re on stage running sound for a band somewhere or in a church situation and all of a sudden thing die. You don’t want to turn to the guy next to you. Good gosh what do we do? As an audio engineer, you got to figure it out, quickly. B: Right. It is about application, not just knowing the what, or how, it is about knowing the why, the why you are doing what you’re doing. That is what differentiates it from a lot of other subjects. J: That’s the thing, if you know anything about Bloom’s Taxonomy of Education. Harking back to many, many years ago. If you have just a knowledge level question: ‘Who invented the telephone?’ You know? That’s knowledge level. If you have a question like, we’re gonna form a band, you’re gonna come up with a song, you’re gonna cover a song or something and you are are gonna form a single here in the class. We’re gonna pick members for the band, and you’re gonna go from there. That takes a lot more brains to be able to do that. B: It takes creativity! J: Absolutely. You gotta coordinate your schedule together, you gotta pick a song, come up with an original cover song, do the rehearsals, figure out how you’re gonna mic the drums. I’ll show you how to mic them, but you do it! And why you might do it this way. B: Right. It takes a lot of brain power to figure out what you’re going to do, how you’re going to do it, and why you’re going to do it. J: The more you use it the stronger it gets. B: Yeah. That’s really good. That’s actually a really good way of doing it. So, for current line up of courses, beyond Studio Techniques I and then II. J: Two happens in the spring. I teach private lessons on violin and viola through TCC. That’s only a handful of students, like two or three. B: Oh okay! J: I also teach private guitar out of my house, but that’s a different story. B: Do you have anything like a semester split? What do you teach during what semester? J: Oh okay. In the first semester, the fall semester, we only offer Studio Techniques I, and hopefully there will be two sections. Then from that, we’ll offer in the spring, studio techniques I and II. B: Oh cool! So, advice for students as well, for anyone who does not have experience. What should they expect going to class and what should they expect coming out of the class? J: Bring a pencil and a notepad! You’d be amazed on day one that sometimes there is not a whole lot of different between first graders and college kids. You write something on the board, and some kid in the back will say, is this going to be on the test? [Bethany laughs…] J: Ummm, YEAH! The idea is if it is on the board, I feel it is important enough that you need to know it. Because if you are successful in music, you know, you could make a lot of money. Pay all that taxes and social security and support me when I’m old…..er. B: Very good point! So, if you want to be successful, for musicians specifically, how important is it to learn studio techniques for your own music? J: Oh gosh! In the music business especially, what has been relatively successful for me, I call it a multiple income source. My main income for many, many years was teaching in public schools. On the side, I was playing classical music in two different Orchestras. The (unintelligible} Symphony and the Signature Symphony and occasionally the Tulsa Harmonic. The Tulsa Opera and the Tulsa Ballet. On the weekends, we were not doing classical, we were rocking and rolling in establishments. We call them gun and knife clubs. [Both laugh…] Bring your own, within a hundred miles of Tulsa. You know, within 200 miles. So you had money coming in from the rock n’ roll side, money coming in from teaching lessons on the weekends, money coming in from your teaching job, money coming in from your symphony gigs, then if you write music, you can create it that way, and get royalties from that. That way if any one leg of that collapses you have something else to depend on. It the music business, to really make it big, you have to be extremely good at ONE thing. And then you can afford everyone else to pay them to record your CD for you, to book you here and there, but the more you know about every aspect of music. How do you finger a saxophone, where’s the best way to mic a saxophone, or a flue, or a guitar, or a cello, or a base? Where does their sound come out from? Where does it sound the best? What kind of mic do you use? All of that stuff, the more you know, the more you’re worth. You apply everything in music. There was a time when my teaching career, where the school I was teaching, I had been there for five years, and they were going to close the school due to a reorganization plan. My last year teaching there they’d lost all the electives. The only elective you could take at this school was band, orchestra, or gym. No home ED, no foreign languages, nothing. That was it. They closed the school next year to reorganize. Orchestras fold, right or left sometimes. Schools change. And in the music business especially, you’ve got to have a backup plan. You get smart, by a house, accelerate the principle on that, so you pay it off early. We paid our first house off in 8 and a half years by accelerating the principle. If you anything about financing, that is a different topic. But that’s how you get successful. B: Very cool. So I hear it is important to be multifaceted but to also master one area. J: Well. If you wanna be really successful in music, you got to be able to sing like Garth Brooks, or Whitney Houston. Or, you have to be able to play that violin like Itzhak Perlman. That’s all he does. For me, I can’t do that. I am too much Attention Deficit Disorder. I get attracted by all the flashing lights. Wow, cool, we are recording this in garage band right? Neat stuff! And I’m watching all these little lights flashing over here and she turns around smiling listening to us on her headphones running through the, and I am wandering GEE! What is that knob do, OH, that is the interface there she’s running through. So for me, you know, I’ve done the six hours of practice everyday when I was at the Cleveland institute of music getting my viola masters. Six hours a day of the viola? Gee I hate the viola sometimes! You know? It’s like too much. Put it down, play the guitar sometimes, go play the fiddle in a country band somewhere and make it fun. B: But you put a lot of time into it. J: Oh yeah! B: That’s awesome! Just to go over an overview on your courses one more time. Studio Techniques I, Studio Techniques II, Viola… J: And violin.. B: Oh, you teach violin as well. J: Yeah. B: So those are private lessons. J: For both majors and non-majors. B: Do you have a special email address that your students can reach you at? And potential students as well. J: I have the TCC email, but I have had more luck with my own personal email. Would it be okay to do that one? B: YEAH J: My personal email is songsmithrecords@cox.net. Now  if you go on the web and go to songsmithrecords.com, understand that I have been busy and haven’t updated the website for 15 or 17 years. It’s on my list of things to do I’m working on it but I’ve been busy. B: Alright, great, so where are your classes based at? What campus? J: We are based at the southeast campus. B: Sounds great, this has been Bethany Solomon and Jeff Smith at the TCC Connection. Thank you for listening and we hope to continue this series for the summer. J: Thank you Bethany, I appreciate your time. B: We appreciate you as well!      

节目组: The World Says 世界说 节目名称: The Emoji开头曲 Stay V: Hello everybody, welcome to the worls says from the VOE foreign languages radio station.I'm Vincent.F: Hello everyone，I'm Francis.J: And I'm Jotta. We' ll be discussing the rise of those little graphics we call emojis and emoticons. 插曲1 Stay V: You know, I think emojis are a vital tool for communication. And actually, they' re not that new, either.F: Oh really? V: Well, that' s the perfect opportunity to ask you a question. When was the first emoticon used？J: Eh.... maybe around 1982？V: Well, in fact, a witty speech Abraham Lincoln reprinted in a newspaper as far back as 1862 included a semi colon with a close brackets.F: Like a winking face?V: Exactly. Though people think this was sadly just a typographical error–or what we normally call a typo.J: A typo–a spelling mistake made when typing too fast or carelessly.The official birth of emoticons is usually given as 1982, when a US professor instructed his students to use smiley faces to indicate jokes - in a digital communication.V: So they're over 30 years old. Maybe I should start using them. Let's round up with another look at today's words. You know, I think we should clear one thing up before we go any further: what's the difference between an emoticon and an emoji?J: Good point. Emoticons came first. They' re the images made using normal keys on a keyboard–usually punctuation, letters and numbers. F:例如一个冒号加一个括号组合起来就是。。。V: A smiley face. Something you use in way too many of your emails!J: Well, thanks! Whereas an emoji is something completely different. It's an actual image. It could be a simple, yellow, smiley face; or something like a Jcing lady; or even a bowl of noodles… 插曲 2 Something about you V: Ah yes, all those little images we have in our phones. But you'll have to convince me–why do people use them so much?J: Well, I've read a book called The Emoji Code, and book tells that it enable us to express emotion and empathy in digital communication. Increasingly, what we're finding is that digital communication is taking over from certain aspects of face-to-face interaction. In the UK today, for example, adults spend 22 hours online on average each week. V: So after your introducing, I can tell one of the reasons emojis are so interesting is that they really do enable us to express our emotional selves much more effectively. And you used a very useful word - empathy. It means the ability to show you understand someone else' s feelings'. OK–tell me more Jotta.J: Yes–adding an emoticon can show you understand and express emotion, and show empathy–more clearly. In digital communication we lack the visual signals we have in face-to-face interaction–as Francis says.V: Interaction, meaning when people or things communicate with each other. We can also interact with things like machines, computers and social media.J: Yes, Professor Evans says 60% of information when we're talking to each other comes from non-verbal cues.V: Wow, that's a lot. A cue is a signal that you need to do something.J: For example, an actor goes on stage after their cue.F:演员按指令上台。V: And non-verbal means 'without using spoken language. So, here in the studio there are lots of other non-verbal signals about how we're feeling - non-verbal cues. For example my facial expression, my body language, the look in my eyes J: There's a glint of rage in there somewhere, V. Ok, so let's apply this to digital communication. Imagine I sent you a text saying I hit my finger with a hammer–how would you respond?V: Well, it depends. Did you hurt yourself badly?J: If I followed it with a sad face emoji, then…?V: Then I guess I' d know you hurt yourself. Poor you.J: But if I followed it with a laughing emoji–the one with the tears coming out because I' m laughing so much?V: Then I' d probably reply saying how stupid and clumsy you are!J: Exactly–without adding the emoji–it' s hard to know my emotional state. The emoji is the non-verbal cue–like my facial expression.V: By the way, is there an emoji meaning clumsy? Clumsy, means 'physically awkward'–someone who's clumsy falls over a lot and drops things.Anyway, you were saying emoticons aren't as new as I think?J: Sure. The first word we had was empathy. Do you have a lot of empathy, V?V: Yes, I think I'm quite good at understanding other people's feelings. My friends tell me that, anyway! It's important to empathise with your colleagues too.J: That's not what I saw in your eyes! Yes, empathy is an important part of all human interaction.V: Nicely done. If two people interact, it means 'they communicate with each other and react to each other'. It's a pretty broad term.J: We could also talk about how the way children interact with the internet.V: Way too much! Next up, we had non-verbal, meaning ‘without spoken language'. When I first travelled to Poland, I used a lot of non-verbal communication to get my message across. Hand movements, counting with fingers, things like that. Next word, J?J: Next word… that is my cue to say the next word–which is in fact–cue. A cue is a signal to do something. A commander could give his officer a cue to attack. Or I could give you a cue to… sing a song?V: No thanks. I'll stick with defining words, thank you. Like clumsy–meaning ‘physically awkward'. I'd have to say J, you're a sporty guy, a talented footballer - you're not clumsy at all. J: That's what I thought until I broke my leg–after a clumsy opponent ran into me…V: Ouch. Finally–we had type. No hang on, that's not right. It should say typo. A typo is a mistake in a written document, or a digital file or message.J: Always check your scripts for typos before reading them, Vincent. And, that's the end of today's show, see you next time.F:如果你喜欢我们的节目欢迎关注VOE外语广播电台的公众微信号VOE radio 和 VOE外语广播电台的新浪微博，那里有我们往期的作品。我们下期再见。V：感谢制作苏鑫 结束曲 Something about you 节目监制：周宸聿编辑：杨晏直 夏茂航 朱子业播音：杨晏直 夏茂航 朱子业制作：苏鑫

节目组: Music Bang Bang 音乐大爆炸 节目名称: How much sleep we need开头曲 down V: Hello everyone, welcome to the world says from the VOE foreign languages station. I'm VincentJ:Hello everybody, (打哈欠)I&`&m Jotta.V: So Jotta, did you sleep well last night?J: Um, yes, thanks. Why do you ask?V: Today we&`&re talking about how much sleep we need. 插曲1 down J: I like a good eight hours myself – ten at the weekend. How about you?V: Six is enough for me. But did you know this? Humans sleep around three hours less than other primates like chimps, who sleep for about ten hours. So you&`&re a chimp, Jotta – at the weekends, at least! Are you ready for the quiz question?J: Haha.V: OK, I&`&ll assume that means yes. Right. So what keeps you awake at night, Jotta?J: Not much, to be honest. I usually sleep like a log – and that means very heavily indeed! But sometimes my own snoring wakes me up, and then I can find it hard to get back to sleep. Snoring, for those of you who don&`&t know, means breathing in a noisy way through your mouth or nose while you&`&re asleep. [snores] … like that… How about you, Vincent?V: Very good, yes. Well, that&`&s quite ridiculous! Anyway, for me, it&`&s drinking too much coffee during the day. It&`&s the caffeine in coffee – a chemical that makes you feel more awake – which can stop you from sleeping at night. But there are so many things that can keep us awake these days.J: Oh yes. Radio, TV… techy stuff like 24-hour internet, computers, smart phones. I love my phone and it&`&s never far from me!V: Well, a professor from the University of California, found when he studied the sleep habits of three different hunter-gatherer communities who have very little contact with modern society. They don&`&t have artificial light, electricity, batteries, or any of the gadgets that we rely on today.J:He said,Their sleep was not that different from ours. The range of sleep period was about 6.9 to 8.5 hours. If you actually measure sleep in current populations in the United States or in Europe they&`&re definitely at the low end of what&`&s been reported. They certainly don&`&t sleep a lot less than we do but they clearly don&`&t sleep more.V: He found that people in these communities don&`&t go to bed until several hours after sundown – just like us! But one big difference is that very few of them suffer from insomnia – which means having difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep.J: Now, I don&`&t have a problem with insomnia. And hunter-gatherers – people who live by hunting animals and gathering plants to eat – don&`&t either – probably because they take a lot of physical exercise during the day. V: Yes, that&`&s right. Taking exercise is an important factor in sleeping soundly – or well – at night. But these days our minds can be so active that it becomes very difficult to fall asleep. J:Professor Kevin said,If you have a train of thoughts which would otherwise keep you awake one way of dealing with this is to block those thoughts. What I&`&d like you to do is repeat the word &`&the&`& in your mind at irregular intervals – what you&`&ll find that the mind space required to do this blocks out almost everything else.V: So Professor Kevin suggests saying one word over and over again at irregular intervals – irregular in this context means not spaced out evenly. J:Doing it can help to block out the thoughts that are stopping you from getting to sleep. It sounds like a very simple solution. I wonder if it works?V: There&`&s one way to find out, Jotta. Try it yourself!J: I will. 插曲2 i really like you V: OK. And cognitive behavioural therapy by the way is a treatment for mental health problems that tries to change the way you think.J: Well, I usually count sheep if I can&`&t get to sleep. Do you do that, Vincent?V: No, not usually. No. OK, Do you know what&`&s another word for sleepwalking? J:It&`&s somnambulism – the roots of this word come from Latin.Right?V:Wow.You are so clever.Somnus means &`&sleep&`& and and ambulare means &`&walk&`&. Narcolepsy is a condition where you can&`&t stop yourself falling asleep, especially during the day.J: Narcolepsy… (says in a sleepy way)V: And restless legs syndrome is a condition that makes you desperate to move your legs around, especially when you&`&re sitting quietly or trying to get to sleep. 插曲 3 little talks J: … get to sleep… (murmuring)V: Jotta! Wake up!J: Oh, hello Vincent! Sorry.V:My god! You really need to adjust your state now!J:I know I konw. Okay.It&`&s time to say goodbye again. V:Hope you enjoy our program .See you next time.V:感谢制作苏鑫。如果你喜欢我们的节目，请关注我们的微信公众号VOEradio和VOE外语广播电台的新浪微博，那里有我们往期的作品。 结束曲 little talks 节目监制：周宸聿编辑：杨晏直 朱子业播音：杨晏直 朱子业制作：苏鑫

Our next interview from the CPT&CE is with creator/artist/fabricator Jordan Patton! Jordan, along with his friend Aaron Ferguson, is the creator of the long anticipated DeadNecks series — what can only be compared to a live-action cartoon series. Instead of attempting to livestream this year's , decided to hit up a few tables and bother people for interviews! Pay close attention, kids. He's really terrible at this, but had some great interviews! Listen to the audio above and read the transcript lovingly produced by ! R: We're here at the Classic Plastics Toy and Comic Expo with Jordan Patton. Jordan is the creator of DeadNecks and we interviewed him last year. We had the table and we did the live YouTube that wasn't so live and...I'll tell you man, your video, as far as that goes on our YouTube channel, has done the best! So that's very awesome. So how have you been man? J: I've been pretty good, just staying busy. Working on some new stuff towards our first episode, but uh...Yeah other than that I just kind of hide out in my basement for five days a week and work on stuff for our episode. (laugh) R: That's awesome. I've seen the set design and you've come up, it looks like, with a couple of new characters which we'll get to here in a minute. But first I want to know – how is the show going? I mean have you been picked up or anything yet? Or are you still just working through everything and working the lines, the less fun stuff, like getting networking and all that? J: Well right now we're kind of in a build out process for the first episode, so I've got to create all the special effects and everything. We've got the story written, I need to storyboard it. But right now I'm working on making all the props, the makeups, the masks, animatronics, things like that, for our first episode so I'm giving myself about a six to eight month build-out period. Then we're going to start filming. R: Awesome. So with something that's episodic like this, how durable – I mean, you do the work. You and Aaron, right? - and you have a small crew basically, don't you? J: Very small crew. There's about three or four of us that are willing to work on it and put our own time in, and our own money, to try and get it going further. But we're all pretty dedicated to it and once we get all the effects done and everything, start filming, it should only take us about two or three months to actually film our episode. After the episode is done we're kind of hoping that we can pitch it around and see what people feel about it and maybe we can get an even bigger crew to help with future episodes? R: Awesome. So the line I was going on there, to continue that, is with it being an episodic thing do you really have to build the props and the masks to be super durable so you don't have to do  as much doctoring throughout the episodes? J: Yeah so we actually encountered that with some of the things that we had for our trailer. So the guns were actually made out of just insulation foam, I carved those out,  but during one of our scenes we actually snapped it in half and I actually had to go in and repair it and everything. So in the future we need to make things a little more durable. I'm actually going to be making a mold of that so I can make it latex and foam like a lot of these that way it can bend, flex around and not break or anything. So yeah, with that it needs to be very durable. I mean we're going to have a lot of practical effects like throw-up gags, things like that. A lot of blood splatter. It's essentially going to be like a GWAR show. (laugh) R: (laugh) Right. So do you have, with 3D printing really finding a whole lot of traction in the last couple of years, do you guys do any 3D printing on top of that to help augment? Or do you have access to one, or is it something you'd like to work with in the future? J: Right now everything is kind of done by hand. The shop that I work at, it's a place called Tech Shop; we actually have several 3D printers there. But I haven't utilized them for any of this process yet. I have been looking into resin 3D printing so if I wanted to produce smaller characters and things like that, merch to sell, I would definitely be doing that with the resin SLA printers because you don't get any of the striations in any of your prints so it comes out fairly clean. So I've been looking into doing that so I can get some more products out there for like cool merchandise. R: Awesome. How has the con treated you this year so far? J: It's been pretty cool. I mean I've seen a lot of familiar faces from last year so it's always good to recognize people and have them recognize you and just kind of chit-chat back and forth about what everyone's been into and everything. So yeah, it's been great so far. R: So you also said you're working at a shop? What was the shop's name again? J: A place called “Tech Shop”. It's kind of like, essentially like the YMCA except for without workout equipment. We've got like wood shop, welders, water jet cutters, laser cutters, 3D printers, things like that. R: Oh my God that sounds so freaking awesome. J: Yeah I used to live there like 24-7. Just would never leave the place other than to go sleep at home. (laugh) R: I understand man. I can't even imagine the amount of creative juices flowing in a place like that. J: Yeah there was like 500 or so members there, and everyone does something different so you never know what kind of stuff you're going to see coming out of there. You got all kinds of artists, furniture makers, welders, machinists, it's crazy! People are making their own robots in there. R: That's awesome! So, I mean, doing something like that also affords you great networking opportunities I imagine? J: Without a doubt. Working there has really brought a lot of opportunities to me just with the flow of people that come in there and the people that know about the place. I mean it's helped me grow in my own skill sets as well. Like I didn't know how to weld before going in there and working there. But now I've got welding experience, I've got a lot of various experiences from all the different machinery that's in there and it's really helped me to be able to create a lot of stuff for the show. R: That's awesome. So do we have any new characters that you're bringing to DeadNecks here today? J: Right now we've got one new character. Just finished him up about a day or two ago. His name is “Boo Hoo”; he's like a little patchwork ghost character. He's not actually going to be in the first episode but he's probably going to be making an appearance in the second episode for sure. [caption id="attachment_2095" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Boo Hoo, picture courtesy of Laura Gant[/caption] R: Gotcha, awesome. So what are some of the other characters, if we want to just kinda roll through the table here and even though I don't have – I'll take a picture to post along with it and we'll let them know. So let's start off from the left to the right...which will be the right to left since we're behind the table (laugh) J: (laugh) Right on. Well over here we've got “Soft Serve Merve”, so it's kind of like a larger sculpt I did for that. He's actually going to be used in the first episode. So I mean if you think back to the Ren and Stimpy cartoons whenever it would be hyper-close-ups and you would see all the disgusting details, that's essentially what these larger masks here are for, are for scenes like that in the first episode. So yeah, I tried to sculpt that as detailed as possible just so it would read disgusting whenever you go for that hyper-zoom in the actual skit itself. Below him is the “Birthday Boy”, it's actually one of Merve's victims. So Merve kidnaps children and turns them into strange food related creatures. (laugh) [caption id="attachment_2097" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Birthday Boy, photo courtesy of Laura Gant[/caption] Above him we got “Ma Slackjaw” with her beer can curlers in her hair. She enjoys sleeping, eating, and smoking a lot out of the hole in her neck. (laugh) And then down there we got “Boo Hoo”, the new character. He's actually secretly one of Merve’s victims as well. He kind of lurks about Merve’s whereabouts and kinda haunts the place. R: Oh man, spoilers! (laugh) J: Yeah, a look into the future! Then above that we've got “Pete”, he's more or less the main character of the show. I mean he's just like a little dopey character here. The rest of his family thinks he's completely stupid and useless just because he can't really talk and is always wearing this pumpkin on his head to disguise his horrific face that's underneath of it. Pete's actually really smart and he has a lot of personality but his family doesn't see it because they're all pretty stupid themselves. (laugh) And then beside that we've got “Ted Slackjaw”, Pete's uncle. So the two different versions here: That's the original Ted as well as the hyper-extended face Ted. So the hyper-extended face will also be used in our first episode as well as one of those close-up shots. R: Awesome man! So how many different iterations do you build, different masks, or - J: For one character? Yeah, for one character it sometimes depends on what you can actually do with your face. Because, like, for some of them I do makeups to where you can move your face, but you can only get so much expression out of it. So if I want like a hyper expression like what you see in a lot of cartoons you really just have to sculpt an entire new piece just to really give it that exaggerated look. With DeadNecks we really want it to look and feel like a cartoon. To do the impossible, essentially, with facial structure, bone structure, all that. So to do that you kind of have to break down and do several sculpts for one character just to get that one effect. But I think it'll really be worth it in the end to actually see a living cartoon, essentially. R: When you're doing something like that, do you think about any way to have some sort of modular ability to do something like that? You know where you could maybe detach a jaw only and be able to do something like that? J: Yeah. Well with that you start getting more into the animatronic side of things which is really interesting and you can actually do a lot with those because with those you actually have a skin that goes over top of an under skull. So it kind of mimics the anatomy of an actual person so you can actually get a lot of movement with that. But with that you just got to think about how it's going to work. You've got to kinda deconstruct how something's going to move and kinda reverse engineer it so you can figure out how you need to build it. So I mean that's very interesting and it takes a little bit more time but it's got a really cool effect in the end just because you've got literally an under skull, some skin, movable eyes, things like that. So you can really play around with a lot of things that you can't actually do with a human face. R: Gotcha, awesome. Alright well Jordan, where can people find you if they want to find you guys. Do we have any idea where we'd be looking at watching the first episode? J: So you can find us on , Instagram “DeadNecks”. I would say we're probably looking at getting our first episode out a little over a year from now. Like I said we're in the build out process right now and it should only take us about two or three months after that to get it filmed and then put it into post and get it all edited together. So I would say about a year, year and half from now you should be looking at an episode. We're going to drop spoilers along the way just to keep people entertained and interested along the way. But you should be able to see it, I'd say in a year and a half from now. R: Awesome man, I'll hold you to that. (both laugh) J: Right on. R: Thanks a lot Jordan! J: Yeah, thank you!

节目组: The World Says 世界说 节目名称: World interesting highlights 世界搞笑新闻I: Hello everyone welcome to the world says from the VOE foreign language station.This is Iris.F：And I am handsome Francies.I: This week we will talk about some world interesting highlights.F: Sounds interesting .What's the detail?I: Now I'll give you 4 interesting world news, and you will point out which one is the false～F: Ok.～I itch to tryI: Selection A. Russia news . One day evening, a man was having a drink with his friend in a restaurant . Suddenly, 35 unknown masked men rushed in and fight against each other. Everyone run away except for the drinking man .He stay there still drinking like watching a theatre.J: Selection B. Britain news. Recently, a British company published a new invention, that is a air sac in the tie .men can drink the alcohol through the straw connected with the air sac when they are working. This accessory is inconspicuous. Your boss and colleagues can hardly discover you are drinking with it.F: Selection C. Hong Kong news. One day afternoon, in Mong Kok a tea cafeteria , two drunkards had drunk too much and they had a very pleasant talk. With the more they talk , the more they like brothers and both of their family name is Chen ,and they live in the same district! Afterwards, when two men were highly excited,they asked for the restaurant owner to witness them go for brothers. The restaurant owner at last can't stand them , so he call the police. After the police's research 原来他们真是亲兄弟I: Selection D. German news . A 24 years old college student come from Munster cause drink driving bicycle was published 500 euro fine by the police and was sentenced not to ride a bike on the road for 25years.F: en... I 'll choose D.I: wing wing wing wing ,you are wrong. The correct answer is C.F: My goddess! Foreign countries are so strict to the drink driving.J: Yes. In America, the police will install a ignition lock on the car of who has drink driving record. Everytime when you want to drive the car, you have to blow to the lock to detection alcohol wheather is excess. If it was found that you have drink the wine before driving , the car can't be open.I: And in Thailand , if you drink driving, you will be in jail at most for 10 years and the fine will be published at most to 20 thousand yuan. The drink driving people also should do volunteer 's work like cleaning the toilet, doing some society work and so on.F: 酒驾真是个很严重的事情. F: Jane, are you a sophomore？J: Yeah, what's the matter?F: Have you ever think of how to spend the time in your future schoolies week ? Would you do something crazy?J: No, I will do as the same cause I'll take postgraduate entrance exams.F: 你真是个学霸...My friend study in Australia told me that (响指)I: Now schoolies week it's a big problem and you know why? Because more and more people attending this. Every year we have students from the world, coming to this one spot on the Gold Coast. The authorities have finally cottoned on to this and they've invented a new concept of the "Party Pass", where by you have to prove that you actually are a student that has graduated. Is this going to curb the problem? I don't think so, because most of the people are doing nudie runs, and the plunge into the sea, which is something I have no idea what is all about. J: Well, we have discussed so much, but it is not over, following we are going to bring you some small, funny, Stories that happened recently.F: Okay, let's check out what else. Wowhoho，there is a man who sneak into the kindergarten six times just for stealing kids' biscuits and was convicted for one year after being arrested. 吃货的人生不需要解释I: Nowadays, bike-riding is becoming more and more popular, but, can you imagine someone ride from Beijing down to Africa? According to the report, a young man in 佛山 ride to Africa without a stop just because he wants to give vent to his anger due to the argument with his girlfriend.F: One hundred dollar can do lots of things such as buying some clothes, having a good dinner, and you probably don't know that it can also wake up a vegetative patient. After being unconscious for two hundreds day or so, Lee, a young man who was passed out as a result of stayed up a whole week, was able to move his arms when his mother putting out one hundred dollar from her purse. I: Other news, the Chinese star Zhao Wei is being accused recently, and the reason of it is that the accuser can't bear Zhao Wei staring at him in television, and he wants the compensation for moral damage, which is incredible and makes the judge confused so muchF: A woman hasn't been passed the Driving license test for fourteen years，and when facing with the emergency situations, she just throw away the steering wheel and use her hands cover her face ! Finally, the driving school refund all the money and invite her to have a dinner.l: Also about the car, one criminal in HuBei use the ID card to take a vehicle to run away but it happened that the ID card's owner is a criminal too, so he was put into jail, with a ten-galen confused face.F: Oh, what a shame. Next one, one woman frightened a thief away in the midnight. Do you guys know what she did?J: It is hard to say. Just tell us Francis.F: Okay, actually, she did nothing, but she is watching a TV program and burst out into laughter, which freaked the poor thief out and nearly fall off when escaping.I: I can't imagine how terrified her voice sounded. Do you believe our pursuit of love won't fade away as years pass by?J: Why did you said that, let me see your news.I: No hurry, I will tell you, a old man have to move away many times beacause he was disturbed by a woman aged 70's endless confessions about her love to him. And every time he moved away, the woman always can find him few days later. And she even broke a window to draw the attentions.F: 天呐，听得我又相信爱情了.J：That's crazy, So here is a tip，handsome guys need to be careful when walking on the street and don't forget to draw the curtains when staying at home. Speaking of the love, next news will definitely pulls you into realistic,,A man left his younger brother and drive away without noticed it until he has driven 20 miles away.F: what？ You know, I happened to have a twin brother, if he do this to me, I will remember him in the rest of my life.I: Sorry to interrupt，but is time for us to say goodbye.F: Yeah, see you next time.感谢制作苏鑫，感谢制作王紫丞. Bye～节目监制：周宸聿 编辑：张燚铭 苗世钰 夏茂航播音：张燚铭 苗世钰 夏茂航制作：苏鑫

节目组: The World Says 世界说 节目名称: The relationship between mobile phone addiction and loneliness 手机孤独症开头曲：for youJ: Hello everybody, welcome to the world says from the VOE foreign language station, this is Jotta.V: I'm Vincent.(低沉音)C: I'm ....Oh,wait a minute.. I've just received a message，let me check...OK ..Hi, everyone, I'm Cherry.J: How was your weekend, Vincent? Your voice seems a little weird.V: Well, not great - I hadn't got anything planned, so I didn't see anyone for two days. And to be honest, I felt very lonely! There was a real physical feeling in the pit of my stomach.J: Poor Vincent! You do sound really down in the dumps. Well, the subject of today's show is the relationship between mobile phone addiction and loneliness. C:And lonelinessis sometimes described as a social pain - a pain that tells us that we're isolated- or lacking contact with others - which motivates us to seek out companionship.eh...You guys go on for more, I'll do with some of my things first on my phone.V: All right..Jotta,how does being sociable help us, as a species, then?J: It's all about cooperation- or working together to get something done - for example, finding food.V: Well, I suppose I cooperyated with the pizza delivery guy for a shared outcome.J: You paid him and he gave you the pizza?V: Exactly. J: But it wasn't a socially enriching experience.C: emm ..yeah.. It isn't easy to meet people you really like - so often you might as well just on your own.J: Finish texting?C: Not yet..I just can't help saying it. Because I'm suffering from the loneliness.V: No wonder you keep chatting on QQ.J: While in some situations being lonely may be a good thing, because it encourages you to be sociable, in other situations it may be useful to tolerate- or put up with - loneliness.V: That's a good point.C: Does all the tweeting, messaging, and chatting online that we do make us lonelier, because we're getting out less and meeting fewer people? Or do virtual connections stop us from feeling lonely?J: Those are good questions. 插曲：RiversideV:Sociologist Eric had ever talked about it: We just don't have great research showing that we are significantly more lonely or isolated today than we were ten or twenty or thirty years ago.J: That means critics who say that Facebook or the internet or whatever device you carry with you, is making you lonelier and more miserable - they just don't have that much evidence to back it up.C: So there isn't enough evidence to back up- or support - the claim that social media is making us feel lonelier.V: No, there isn't.J: But did you know that loneliness is contagious?V: You mean you can catch it from somebody like a cold?J: Yes. There are environmental factors involved in loneliness too. For example, if somebody you talk to every day is always unfriendly towards you, this makes you statistically more likely to be negative in your interactions with somebody else.V: Well, let's try and stay friendly towards each other. oh, Cherry, what are you doing ?It's work time now.C: I see. Hang on a minute. I just need to tweet something and… Done!V: I suppose social media has had quite a big impact on our life. What do you think, Jotta?....eh... Jotta?J: Hey, I'm here. Just replied a message...sorry...C: Well… interrupting conversations to check your phone has become a social norm, hasn't it, Jotta?V: I don't agree. Social norms are the rules of behaviour considered acceptable in a group or society. C: I didn't mean to ask you.J: Well,...emm...I do get wound up about people constantly checkving their devices. C:Professor Sherry Turkle of Massachusetts Institute of Technology also have got some opinions about social norms amongst students. He interviewed hundreds of college students and what they talked about was what some of them called 'the rule of three'. J: And what is “the rule of three”?C:That is...if you go to dinner with friends, you don't want to look down at your phone until you see that three people, let's say you're six at dinner, are looking up in the conversation. So there's a new etiquette where you don't look down unless three people are looking up kind of to keep a little conversation alive. J:I got it.V: Yesterday, I was in a café and two girls came in. They sat down and started chatting away – but not to each other – they were tapping away at their devices. And there was no face-to-face conversation at all! C: But you can have moments of connection using your devices, you know? If you have a connection with someone you engage emotionally. V: And physiologically we're changing, that almost the neck muscles are tipped over to look down. But it isn't only muscles that might change as a result of our techie habits 使用手机不仅使我们的肌肉发生改变，– it's the way we interact – or engage with each other too. 同时也改变了我们互动的方式，也就是彼此交流的方式。 J: Yeap.Let me sum up today's show. First,there isn't enough evidence to support the claim that social media is making us feel lonelier.Then,孤独感是会传染的， let's try and stay friendly towards each other. The last point,mobile phone addiction do harm to people.插曲：Gotta Have YouC:Okay.It's time to say goodbye again. V: Hope you enjoy our program .See you next time.J:感谢制作苏鑫，感谢制作王紫丞。节目监制：周宸聿 编辑：苗世钰 朱子业 杨晏直播音：苗世钰 朱子业 杨晏直制作：苏鑫

Quick Links:  Jim Stovall The Ultimate Legacy The Ultimate Gift One Season of Hope Brad Post, Create the Movement Dominick Montgomery, Create the Movement Jim Stovall, guest   Brad Post, host, Create the Movement: Welcome to Create the Movement podcast. This is Brad Post. I’m sitting with Dominick Montgomery, our Chief Marketing Officer here. And I also have the honor of introducing our special guest today. He’s a mentor of mine, author of 30 books, seven, working on your seventh movie. Right, Jim? Jim Stovall, here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jim, how are you doing today? Jim Stovall: Great. And it’s wonderful to talk to you. B: Great. Well, I know you and I meet monthly. And, I’m just excited to be a part. You usually give me a book to read, and I read it. J: Yeah. B: You’re still reading a book a day? Or, listening to a book a day? J: Yeah, I read a book everyday. And, I am, it’s embarrassing to tell your audience, as a blind person myself, when I could read with my eyes, I don’t know that I ever read a whole book cover to cover. I thought I was going to be a professional football player. And I was on my way to doing that when I was diagnosed with losing my sight. But now, as blind person, with the new audio technology and being able to speed up the digital audiobooks, I read a book everyday. And it’s been really transformational for me. B: One thing, Jim, that’s always impressed me, just your daily routine. I know people ask you that a lot. Could you kind of run through your daily routine? J: Well, I get up ridiculously early. I get up everyday at four. D: Wow. J: And it’s not like I. We just lost Dominick over here. He didn’t, he thought the only four was the one in the afternoon. B: Right! J: There’s this other one. But, no, I get up early. And it’s not like I suffer or set the alarm. That’s when I wake up. And then, I read generally read a book between then and the time I go to work. And then, my wife and I spend an hour together. Quiet time and just kind of going over the day, and talking about different things. And that’s kind of how I get started in the morning. And then, here in my office, people always wonder, “What do I do?” I run a television network, but I do five things: I do movies, television, books, speeches, and my columns. And I always envision it like a four-sided pyramid with the point on the top, and the point is whatever I’m doing at any given moment. But it needs to support, and be supported, by the other four. So, if I’m making a movie, it’s going to be based on a book I wrote. I’m going to be promoting it on TV. I’m going to write a column about it. And you’re going to hear it in my speeches. And, so, everything supports, and is supported, by everything else I do. D: So, you are a marketing company? J: Yeah, I mean my products do market, you know, the old misnomer that ‘it sells itself.’ You know? I believe that if you set it up right, it does. Because that’s the difference between sales and marketing. Sales is I call you. Marketing is you call me. And I always like it when my phone rings, and that’s a totally different relationship. D: Right. B: And that’s, I really like that. So, it’s just five things that you focus on? J: Yeah. B: You just wake up at four-am to do it? Right? J: Yeah. And, you know, I do my financial transactions at four. I am the only financial investment broker in the world, that he’s in the office at four. B: Right. J: So, we do the Asia thing, and everything else. Yeah, it’s just where I am. And in a way I feel like I’m cheating the world. You know? I get several hours to do what I do that other people don’t. B: Right. D: Sure. B: A couple of other things I wanted to, just kind of mention, Jim. One thing I like about you, too, and this is how you and I originally met, was just your authenticity. In everyone one of your books, I think, you give out your email. Your phone number, and say, “Call me.” J: Yeah, I have 10 million books in print, and my ph...

Brad Post, Create the Movement Josh Rich, Create the Movement   Josh Rich, Create the Movement: Good morning everyone! Thank you for joining us for another edition of Create the Movement Marketing Tip podcast. I’m Josh Rich. I’m here with Brad Post. Brad Post, Create the Movement: What’s going on Josh? How are you, sir? J: Doing great Brad. How are you? B: Good, good. J: Well, Brad, today we’re going to be talking about Google Analytics, and kind of the benefits of that especially for small businesses. So, I’m going to let you talk about, kind of, getting it set up. And I think the biggest benefit, we’ll say, is it’s free. B: Absolutely, yeah. So, every single one of our websites that we build we include the Analytics, Google Analytics. Just because, Google Analytics, like you said, is free. You can set it up. It’s very easy. You get a UA code. You put that UA code on their website. We use WordPress, and usually it’s a pretty easy, standard way to put in that UA code. And then, it basically starts tracking, you know, their visits, and you’ll probably go into that a little bit more. It tracks, you know, pretty heavily tracks everything that’s coming to their website, how it’s coming, that type of stuff. And just encourage, just to be able to track that because J: Right. Because it’s free. It’s pretty easy. Just grab that UA code, put it on the home page, and then let it do its magic. Pretty much. B: Yeah. Right. J: Yeah. And you can track basically anything you want to using Google Analytics which is great. One really important thing that everyone should be doing on Google Analytics is using Goals. B: Okay. J: There are kind of four main areas that you can use Goals to do B: And you set that all up within Google Analytics? J: Yeah. Once you put that UA code in there, you kind of get your account set up. All you have to do, is on the left tab there, you just go to Conversions, and that first one is Goals, hit that drop down area, and then go to Overview. And you can just set up your goals right there. B: So, our listeners aren’t necessarily looking at Google Analytics right now. But, so if they’re in there, on the left-hand side they have different areas that you can look at. J: Right. That’s how it is as of today. Two months from now, who knows what it’s going to look like. B: Yes. J: But, today that’s how it’s going to go. And so, like I said, there’s four main areas that you can set up goals within Google Analytics. The first one is destination. That’s basically going to track every time that someone goes to your Contact Us page. You’ll set that up there, and it will give you the number of how many people actually go to that page. It will also show you the funnel of where they came from. So, if they went to the Home page, and the About Us page, and then went to the Contact page, it will kind of give you that mapping. You can kind of know how they’re travelling. So, the good thing about that is that you can see, if you really want to drive traffic to that Contact Us page, or to, like, the Buying page, or whatever the goal of your website is, then you can kind of see if you have 10 people that go to your Contact page, and the About Us page, and then to the Contact page. And five people out of that 10 get hung up at the About Us page, you know there’s something wrong with that’s kind of preventing them. Some sort of a roadblock there. So, you can go through and kind of figure that out. B: Need more of a call to action there. J: Yes, exactly. Make that destination that you want more clear on kind of that roadblock. So, you can remove that. B: Okay. J: The second type is a duration. Which is pretty easy. You just figure out, if it takes 2 minutes for them to read all of that information on the given page that you want to, set that duration goal, so that you know whenever people are hitting that mark, and where they’re missing it. B: Okay. J: The third one is going to be pages per visit. So, this is...

节目名称：Avengers: Age of Ultron节目类型：电影脱口秀PART 1：剧情简介J:When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth&`& s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for a global adventure.JW: 这个剧情怎么有种似曾相识的感觉。B：Um, I can smell the flavor from my childhood.J：Well, I think most of the heroics movies are the same in script. Anyway, we will leave the comments to the audiences. Let's hear a cinecism from imdb.PART 2：影评B: There's no one word that can some up this movie. I won't use ‘eh' because that's a bit too vague, and I think it's a bit better than that. But things like ‘good' or ‘amazing' are too crazy to use. Welcome to my review.JW: Age of Ultron opens to a fine start -in fact, an amazing start- with a fresh, intense, action-packed sequence. The Avengers are introduced for the sequel, and so are two new characters: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. These ended up being my favorite characters in this movie. Unfortunately, they get tossed aside a bit. Considering they're new characters, and considering one is in an upcoming movie and the other dies, they should have gotten more development. I adored Scarlet Witch and her powers, at least in the parts that she's ACTUALLY IN.J: After the opening, everything goes downhill, at least SLIGHTLY. Ultron's introduction is quite terrible. Can anyone explain to me how this invisible force can suddenly SPEAK inside a whole load of technological material? I don't know... It just felt pretty dumb to me. If this was how it was in the comics, then I suppose I can't really complain much. But I guess I could say that it doesn't translate to screen very well. B: After that, the movie becomes kind of dull. I kept twitching in my seat various different times. If I can say one thing, it's that the action sequences were fantastic, and they're the only things that hold this movie up. Ultron was nothing like he was in the teaser trailer that got me hyped, nor was the movie. I wanted a dark, gritty, intense, heart-breaking, half-horror movie! The advertising for this movie is false, almost to the point where I could sue. Remember Scarlet&`&s gut-wrenching scream, or maybe Ultron saying "There&`& s no strings on me" in the teaser trailer? Well guess what? Nowhere to be found.JW: But there&`& s one last thing that makes me feel at least a bit satisfied with the movie, and that was the last act. When Ultron&`& s plans were finally revealed, everything turned amazing. The CGI effects were absolutely incredible, and there are shots in the trailers that would reveal his plan if they were extended by a few seconds, so keep an eye out...J: By the end of this review, I can finally figure out one word to sum this up. “Overrated.”B: You can mark this review as unhelpful, but I don't care. It's my opinion. This movie is definitely NOT a must see, but I guess it is for any fans of the comics.JW: Just be prepared for a completely different film to the film marketed in the trailers.. Thank you for reading, and I know that at least somebody will agree with me.JW: 一千个人眼中有一千个哈姆雷特。J: 总之大家只有在看过电影之后才会有不一样的感想。B: But I was recently concerned that many people who haven't seen a lot of Marvel's movies are not very aware of the relationship between the characters.J: 比如我在看电影的时候就比较吃力，因为不太了解漫威宇宙的故事，所以珠儿你可不可以给大家讲一下漫威电影的观影顺序。JW: 不可以J: 那么珠儿你马上给大家讲一下观影顺序。JW: 你看你们关键时刻还得靠嘉宾吧。PART 3：观影顺序 JW: Be ready for watching the Avengers: Age of Ultron, we can firstly begin with The Iron man I (Um, Tony) then The Incredible Hulk (Bruce Banner) The Iron man II (oh, Tony again) Thor (the one with a hammer) Captain America: The First Avenger (Steven Rogers) The Avengers (Yeah) Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy which was just released last year.插曲 Soundgarden-Live To RisePART 4：含义讲解PART 5：Brian TylerPART 6：翻译问题PART 7：电影原声【文稿全文请关注我台官方微信公众平台 搜索：VOERadio】节目监制：刘子含播音：周 熠 高佳宁 杨理程编辑：杨理程 高佳宁 周 熠制作：刘子含

'Hear English' is a blog that provides podcasts and transcripts to help people learn English, find us at http://hearenglishhere.blogspot.com/.Free image courtesy of 'stockfreeimages.com'The Water Cooler (Fast)Too fast? Try the slower version in the previous post. They may look like busy professionals, but the staff at Colourful Solutions Ltd (Colsol), aren’t always as serious or hardworking as they appear, and we find out what mischief they’ve been up to as they talk around the water cooler.Click above to listen.  You can get the mp3. here. Episode 6 - The New Printer (Fast) Too fast? Try the slower version in the previous post. Featuring the vocal talents of Sophie Iafrate (Susan).  (Free sound effects courtesy of 'Soundjay.com'),Keith : Good morning Susan, I see you are admiring the new printer.Susan: Hi Keith.  Yes, it is about time we had a new one and, with all the new features on this one, I think it will make life much easier.K: Absolutely, especially as this one is voice-activated.S: Voice-activated? Are you sure? I am sure I didn’t see anything like that in the instruction manual when I was reading it.K: No one actually reads instruction manuals. You need to just have a practice, a bit of trial and error. It is scientifically proven that there is no substitute for hands-on experience; reading instruction manuals is not going to do you any good. Take it from me.S: I will feel really silly talking to a printer. It doesn’t seem right.K: Oh Susan, you need to embrace the future! Just use a nice assertive voice and be clear with your instructions and the printer will do whatever you ask.S: (clears throat) Print the document I have just sent to you, in colour on double sided paper.K: Don’t forget to say please, Susan, where are your manners?S: Oops, sorry. Please print the document I have just sent to you, in colour on double-sided paper. Printer? Did you hear? Print! In colour! Ugh I hate technology, I must be doing something wrong.Janet: Morning all.  What on earth are you doing Susan?S: I just can’t get this thing to print.J: Well you’re not going to get anywhere by shouting at it, it can’t hear you.S: But I thought it was voice activated… I was just practising with it…trying to get some hands-on experience and…learn through trial and error.J: Voice activated?  Don’t be daft, we’re a sales company, not NASA.K: I often see you struggling with technology Susan, and I hate to see this…waste of company time.  I think maybe you should take one of the lunchtime IT refresher courses that the IT department run.J: Good idea, Keith.  Are you free this lunchtime Susan?S: Well, yes, but I…J: Great, it’s settled, I’ll speak to IT to arrange it.  K: Ha! Ha! Ha!S: Very funny, Keith.  That’s my lunchtime wasted, I was looking forward to an hour of peace and quiet.K: Got you hook, line and sinker…Ha! Ha! Ha!Later …K (to himself): It’s been ages since I last used a laminating machine, I didn’t even realize we had one in the office. What’s this? Instructions for using the touch screen features of this machine. Oh, nice try Susan, but you can’t fool me that easily. She must have hidden the keyboard somewhere around here.Janet: Keith, whatever are you doing?K: Hi Janet, I’ve just got some laminating to do.J: Yes, I guessed as much, but, what I meant was, why are you rummaging around underneath the table?K: I was just looking for the keyboard that goes with this machine.   I think Susan must have hidden it somewhere.J: Why would she have done that?  In fact, I don’t think you need a keyboard for this machine, it’s touch-screen isn’t it?  Susan, can you come here a second?S: Sure!J: Keith’s having trouble with this machine; you’ve not hidden the keyboard have you?S: No, there’s no keyboard, it’s touch-screen.  You just click here [beep] and then here [beep] put the thing you wanted to laminate here and then click “go”.  [beep] … And it’s done.  Simple! In fact, the instructions are right here in front of you.J: Honestly Keith, sometimes I wonder if you walk around with your eyes shut. I am surprised you can’t work out how to use the laminating machine, though, considering you are always saying how you are a technophile and even Susan, who claims to not understand technology at all, is an expert at it. Maybe I should send you on an IT course as well as Susan.K: Oh no Janet, there is no call for that; I wouldn’t want to put you out.J: Not at all.  It is important that you understand how to use all the machines correctly; it saves time in the long run. Having said that, from her talent with the laminator it’s obvious that Susan learns best from hands-on experience so I’m not sure the course would be much use for her, she’ll get the hang of the new printer soon enough. I’ll tell IT to expect you instead.  Thanks for your help Susan.K: Yes, thanks for your help, Susan.S: I’m always happy to help! Enjoy your lunch Keith. 

'Hear English' is a blog that provides podcasts and transcripts to help people learn English, find us at http://hearenglishhere.blogspot.com/.Free image courtesy of 'stockfreeimages.com'The Water Cooler (Slow)Too slow? Try the faster version in the next post. They may look like busy professionals, but the staff at Colourful Solutions Ltd (Colsol), aren’t always as serious or hardworking as they appear, and we find out what mischief they’ve been up to as they talk around the water cooler.Click above to listen.  You can get the mp3. here.Episode 6 - The New Printer (Slow) Too slow? Try the faster version in the next post. Featuring the vocal talents of Sophie Iafrate (Susan).  (Free sound effects courtesy of 'Soundjay.com'),  Keith : Good morning Susan, I see you are admiring the new printer. Susan: Hi Keith.  Yes, it is about time we had a new one and, with all the new features on this one, I think it will make life much easier. K: Absolutely, especially as this one is voice-activated. S: Voice-activated? Are you sure? I am sure I didn’t see anything like that in the instruction manual when I was reading it. K: No one actually reads instruction manuals. You need to just have a practice, a bit of trial and error. It is scientifically proven that there is no substitute for hands-on experience; reading instruction manuals is not going to do you any good. Take it from me. S: I will feel really silly talking to a printer. It doesn’t seem right. K: Oh Susan, you need to embrace the future! Just use a nice assertive voice and be clear with your instructions and the printer will do whatever you ask. S: (clears throat) Print the document I have just sent to you, in colour on double sided paper. K: Don’t forget to say please, Susan, where are your manners? S: Oops, sorry. Please print the document I have just sent to you, in colour on double-sided paper. Printer? Did you hear? Print! In colour! Ugh I hate technology, I must be doing something wrong. Janet: Morning all.  What on earth are you doing Susan? S: I just can’t get this thing to print. J: Well you’re not going to get anywhere by shouting at it, it can’t hear you. S: But I thought it was voice activated… I was just practising with it…trying to get some hands-on experience and…learn through trial and error. J: Voice activated?  Don’t be daft, we’re a sales company, not NASA. K: I often see you struggling with technology Susan, and I hate to see this…waste of company time.  I think maybe you should take one of the lunchtime IT refresher courses that the IT department run. J: Good idea, Keith.  Are you free this lunchtime Susan? S: Well, yes, but I… J: Great, it’s settled, I’ll speak to IT to arrange it.   K: Ha! Ha! Ha! S: Very funny, Keith.  That’s my lunchtime wasted, I was looking forward to an hour of peace and quiet. K: Got you hook, line and sinker…Ha! Ha! Ha! Later … K (to himself): It’s been ages since I last used a laminating machine, I didn’t even realize we had one in the office. What’s this? Instructions for using the touch screen features of this machine. Oh, nice try Susan, but you can’t fool me that easily. She must have hidden the keyboard somewhere around here. Janet: Keith, whatever are you doing? K: Hi Janet, I’ve just got some laminating to do. J: Yes, I guessed as much, but, what I meant was, why are you rummaging around underneath the table? K: I was just looking for the keyboard that goes with this machine.   I think Susan must have hidden it somewhere. J: Why would she have done that?  In fact, I don’t think you need a keyboard for this machine, it’s touch-screen isn’t it?  Susan, can you come here a second? S: Sure! J: Keith’s having trouble with this machine; you’ve not hidden the keyboard have you? S: No, there’s no keyboard, it’s touch-screen.  You just click here [beep] and then here [beep] put the thing you wanted to laminate here and then click “go”.  [beep] … And it’s done.  Simple! In fact, the instructions are right here in front of you. J: Honestly Keith, sometimes I wonder if you walk around with your eyes shut. I am surprised you can’t work out how to use the laminating machine, though, considering you are always saying how you are a technophile and even Susan, who claims to not understand technology at all, is an expert at it. Maybe I should send you on an IT course as well as Susan. K: Oh no Janet, there is no call for that; I wouldn’t want to put you out. J: Not at all.  It is important that you understand how to use all the machines correctly; it saves time in the long run. Having said that, from her talent with the laminator it’s obvious that Susan learns best from hands-on experience so I’m not sure the course would be much use for her, she’ll get the hang of the new printer soon enough. I’ll tell IT to expect you instead.  Thanks for your help Susan. K: Yes, thanks for your help, Susan. S: I’m always happy to help! Enjoy your lunch Keith. 

'Hear English' is a blog that provides podcasts and transcripts to help people learn English, find us at http://hearenglishhere.blogspot.com/.Free image courtesy of 'stockfreeimages.com'The Water Cooler (Slow)Too slow? Try the faster version in the next post. They may look like busy professionals, but the staff at Colourful Solutions Ltd (Colsol), aren’t always as serious or hardworking as they appear, and we find out what mischief they’ve been up to as they talk around the water cooler.Click above to listen.  You can get the mp3. here.Episode 4 - A Word With The Boss (Slow) Too slow? Try the faster version in the next post. Featuring the vocal talents of Sophie Iafrate (Susan).  (Free sound effects courtesy of 'Soundjay.com'),  Keith: I suppose you’ve guessed why I wanted a word with you, Janet? Janet: Er, no.  I’ve noticed you’ve been late to work quite often over the past few weeks, so I wondered if it was something to do with that, but I wasn’t sure?K: Late for work?J: Yes, I presumed you maybe had some personal issues that you wanted to talk to me about.K: Err…no.  Ah…I mean yes, personal issues, that has been the problem.  Mmm, well obviously I have some level of personal issues, but I don’t really want to talk about them.J: Of course, I don’t want you to tell me anything you don’t feel comfortable with. It’s just that your recent late starts would normally mean that you’d be given a disciplinary meeting, unless, of course, if there was a reason, like if you were losing sleep due to personal issues.   K: Of course, yes.  I’m very sorry.  I suppose the last few weeks have been a little difficult personally, so I’ve not been sleeping well and have found it hard waking up in time for work, but, I’m ok now, so late starts are a thing of the past.  I guarantee it.J: Well, we won’t have to call you to a disciplinary meeting, and I appreciate you telling me and your apology, but I wish you had told me when the problems started, and we could have maybe helped you.K: Sorry Janet, thank you Janet.J: And, I suppose that explains why you’ve been distracted at work recently too.K: Distracted at work?J: Yes, your work rate is down and some of our clients have emailed me asking why you’ve not been responding to their messages.  I suppose your mind has been elsewhere recently.  K: Yes, that’s it, my mind has been elsewhere recently.J: You can say that again, your colleagues have been complaining that you’re not much fun to be around at the moment, that you get angry at people and that you’re not pulling your weight around the office. K: I hadn’t realised it had affected my work so badly.J: Well rest assured that everyone else has!  But, as you have personal issues, I’m sure if you apologised and explained yourself then that would smooth things over.K: I’ll do just that, and I’ll put 110% into my work over the next few weeks to make up for it.J: Good.  And it would be nice if you could put aside your immaturity too.K: My immaturity?J: Well, it would be nice for the rest of the staff to have a few weeks off from your practical jokes.  Personally I think a fun office atmosphere is helpful, but your immature attitude often seems to do more harm than good.K: I see.  I’ll try to act in a more professional manner.J: See that you do.  It’s a shame really.  Not long ago I was thinking about increasing your pay and responsibilities, but because of your silliness and these last two weeks, I’ve had discussions with Human Resources about docking your pay.K: Docking my pay?  J: Originally we had thought about docking your pay for a year, considering your abysmal performance, but now I’m aware of your personal issues, I will try to convince them just to dock your pay temporarily, we’ll have a pay review after 2 months, and re-instate it if your performance returns to normal.K: Well… thank you Janet.J: Well, I make no promises, but I’ll put it forward.  Is there anything else?K: No, I think that’s everything.…later…Susan: I saw you got up the courage to have a word with Janet about that pay rise you wanted.  I know you had been losing a lot of sleep over it.  Did you get as much as you wanted?K: I think I negotiated a good deal.S: Nice going Keith.  I find Janet a really tough negotiator.  K: Well I think she’s met her match with me.S: Whenever I ask Janet for something, I come out of the meeting feeling like I’ve done really well but when I think about it afterwards I realise I’ve ended up in a worse position than when I started.  K: Well I managed to get her to commit to a pay review in 2 months to re-instate my pay.S: You mean, you went in asking for a pay rise, and came out with a pay cut.K: Now I think about it…yes.  But I felt like I’d done really well.S: Well, now I’m convinced that Janet’s met her match with you.K: Hmm…

'Hear English' is a blog that provides podcasts and transcripts to help people learn English, find us at http://hearenglishhere.blogspot.com/.Free image courtesy of 'stockfreeimages.com'The Water Cooler (Fast)Too fast? Try the slower version in the previous post. They may look like busy professionals, but the staff at Colourful Solutions Ltd (Colsol), aren’t always as serious or hardworking as they appear, and we find out what mischief they’ve been up to as they talk around the water cooler.Click above to listen.  You can get the mp3. here. Episode 4 - A Word With The Boss (Fast) Too fast? Try the slower version in the previous post. Featuring the vocal talents of Sophie Iafrate (Susan).  (Free sound effects courtesy of 'Soundjay.com'),  Keith: I suppose you’ve guessed why I wanted a word with you, Janet? Janet: Er, no.  I’ve noticed you’ve been late to work quite often over the past few weeks, so I wondered if it was something to do with that, but I wasn’t sure?K: Late for work?J: Yes, I presumed you maybe had some personal issues that you wanted to talk to me about.K: Err…no.  Ah…I mean yes, personal issues, that has been the problem.  Mmm, well obviously I have some level of personal issues, but I don’t really want to talk about them.J: Of course, I don’t want you to tell me anything you don’t feel comfortable with. It’s just that your recent late starts would normally mean that you’d be given a disciplinary meeting, unless, of course, if there was a reason, like if you were losing sleep due to personal issues.   K: Of course, yes.  I’m very sorry.  I suppose the last few weeks have been a little difficult personally, so I’ve not been sleeping well and have found it hard waking up in time for work, but, I’m ok now, so late starts are a thing of the past.  I guarantee it.J: Well, we won’t have to call you to a disciplinary meeting, and I appreciate you telling me and your apology, but I wish you had told me when the problems started, and we could have maybe helped you.K: Sorry Janet, thank you Janet.J: And, I suppose that explains why you’ve been distracted at work recently too.K: Distracted at work?J: Yes, your work rate is down and some of our clients have emailed me asking why you’ve not been responding to their messages.  I suppose your mind has been elsewhere recently.  K: Yes, that’s it, my mind has been elsewhere recently.J: You can say that again, your colleagues have been complaining that you’re not much fun to be around at the moment, that you get angry at people and that you’re not pulling your weight around the office. K: I hadn’t realised it had affected my work so badly.J: Well rest assured that everyone else has!  But, as you have personal issues, I’m sure if you apologised and explained yourself then that would smooth things over.K: I’ll do just that, and I’ll put 110% into my work over the next few weeks to make up for it.J: Good.  And it would be nice if you could put aside your immaturity too.K: My immaturity?J: Well, it would be nice for the rest of the staff to have a few weeks off from your practical jokes.  Personally I think a fun office atmosphere is helpful, but your immature attitude often seems to do more harm than good.K: I see.  I’ll try to act in a more professional manner.J: See that you do.  It’s a shame really.  Not long ago I was thinking about increasing your pay and responsibilities, but because of your silliness and these last two weeks, I’ve had discussions with Human Resources about docking your pay.K: Docking my pay?  J: Originally we had thought about docking your pay for a year, considering your abysmal performance, but now I’m aware of your personal issues, I will try to convince them just to dock your pay temporarily, we’ll have a pay review after 2 months, and re-instate it if your performance returns to normal.K: Well… thank you Janet.J: Well, I make no promises, but I’ll put it forward.  Is there anything else?K: No, I think that’s everything.…later…Susan: I saw you got up the courage to have a word with Janet about that pay rise you wanted.  I know you had been losing a lot of sleep over it.  Did you get as much as you wanted?K: I think I negotiated a good deal.S: Nice going Keith.  I find Janet a really tough negotiator.  K: Well I think she’s met her match with me.S: Whenever I ask Janet for something, I come out of the meeting feeling like I’ve done really well but when I think about it afterwards I realise I’ve ended up in a worse position than when I started.  K: Well I managed to get her to commit to a pay review in 2 months to re-instate my pay.S: You mean, you went in asking for a pay rise, and came out with a pay cut.K: Now I think about it…yes.  But I felt like I’d done really well.S: Well, now I’m convinced that Janet’s met her match with you.K: Hmm…