Podcast appearances and mentions of Jason Barr

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Tony gives his take on the rising surface temps and strategies for this year's fishing opener. He also interviews Jason Barr from Tutts Outdoors, talking about Mille Lacs and the current bait situation. In addition, we chat with Josh Bullivant from Trappers Landing Lodge. He gives us his Leech Lake scouting report and predictions. Lastly, we stop by Reed's Sporting Goods to chat with Cory and get his thoughts on the upcoming season. This might be the nicest Minnesota fishing opening weekends ever! Get out and enjoy it…Happy Fishing Opener 2025   Presented by: Strike Master (rapala.com/us_en/strikemaster), On-X Fish (onxmaps.com/fish), & Arnesen's Rocky Point Resort (arnesens.com/)

Jason Barr, Vice President of Healthcare at ID.me joins Russ Branzell, President and CEO of CHIME to breakdown the complexities of federated identity in healthcare – including the implications of TEFCA and its impact on patient authentication and interoperability. Jason discusses identity verification's impact on data sharing, security, and patient trust in an increasingly digital healthcare ecosystem and advises healthcare leaders on how to secure workforce identities from the cyberattacks targeting healthcare employees throughout the industry. Key Takeaways:The crucial importance of federated identity in securing patient and workforce authentication.How to navigate federal compliance requirements and security protocols related to TEFCA and the final authentication rule.Actionable strategies for balancing security, privacy, and user experience in identity management.Emerging technologies in identity security solutions.

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Today's discussion was recorded in October of 2024 between our host, Ed Dodson, and our guest, Dr. Jason Barr. Dr. Barr is a professor at Rutgers University-Newark and a fellow at NYU's Marron Institute, where he researches real estate, urban economics, and the economics of skyscrapers. Dr. Barr is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Real Estate Finance and the Eastern Economic Journal. He is also the author of two books: Cities in the Sky and Building the Skyline, both of which examine the economic justifications and appeal of constructing large urban buildings. Dr. Barr earned his bachelor's degree in consumer economics and housing from Cornell, his master's in creative writing from Emerson College, and his PhD in economics from Columbia University. Together, we discussed the history of New York's skyline, how speculators and developers recoup their investments on skyscrapers, and why cities need to become more dense and transportation-oriented. To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/

In this weeks edition of Lights Out the boys dive deep into strange medieval customs, Denzel and Dexter enter the chat and Jason's worst ever dandruff shampoo slogan.

 Dr. Jason Barr, FHSU History M.A. student, joins Hollie Marquess to discuss the 1958 Federal Switchblade Ban. Jason explores the cultural setting of the 1940s and 50s, including perceptions of race and juvenile delinquency, that led to Public Law 85-623. Jason also discusses popular media like films, novels, and magazine articles that led to ideas about who was using switchblades and how, creating a frenzy about teen gangs in the era. 

As of 2024, about 500 skyscrapers are under construction worldwide. Why are we seeing the skyscraper building boom? Which countries are home to the most high-rises? What are the economic and technical limitations of constructing buildings that reach toward the clouds? Jason Barr, professor of economics at Rutgers University and author of “Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers,” and “Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers,” joins the program to discuss. (10/2024)

As of 2024, about 500 skyscrapers are under construction worldwide. Why are we seeing the skyscraper building boom? Which countries are home to the most high-rises? What are the economic and technical limitations of constructing buildings that reach toward the clouds? Jason Barr, professor of economics at Rutgers University and author of “Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers,” and “Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers,” joins the program to discuss. (10/2024)

As of 2024, about 500 skyscrapers are under construction worldwide. Why are we seeing the skyscraper building boom? Which countries are home to the most high-rises? What are the economic and technical limitations of constructing buildings that reach toward the clouds? Jason Barr, professor of economics at Rutgers University and author of “Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers,” and “Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers,” joins the program to discuss. (10/2024)

Did you know that since 2001, eighty four percent of the world's skyscrapers have been built? Do you know why the Empire State Building was built with a  mooring mast?Why are skyscrapers getting taller and thinner?Here to answer those questions and many more I'm joined by Jason Barr, a professor of economics at Rutgers University, who shares his expertise on the economics and evolution in the fascinating world of  tall buildings. We discuss the history of skyscrapers, the driving forces behind their construction, and the future trends in the industry.  Topics covered include the definition of skyscrapers, the challenges of building tall structures, the impact of technology on skyscraper construction, and the safety measures implemented in these buildings. We also touch on the growth areas for tall buildings around the world, the importance of green spaces in urban development, and the future outlook for skyscrapers. This episode provides a unique and  valuable insight into the world of skyscrapers and the factors shaping their development.Jason's links:https://www.citiesintheskybook.com/Undercurrent Stories links:https://linktr.ee/undercurrentstoriesIntro and outro music, 'Time for a Coffee'  Robert J. Wells © 2020Question or comment? Send us a text message.www.undercurrentstories.com

The image of the skyscraper is the hallmark of the modern city. Futuristic depictions of urban landscapes nearly always feature towering structures high above the clouds. Today, however, developing countries seem to be putting the greatest effort into building the most impressive skyscrapers, from the Burj Khalifa in the UAE, to the future Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia. Whether you love them or hate them, it's worth asking why we build skyscrapers and what their role will be in future cities. Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I sit down with Jason Barr, author of Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers.Barr is a professor of economics at Rutgers University – Newark, and is a member of the Rutgers Global Urban Systems PhD program. He is also the author of Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers.In This Episode* Demand for the skyscraper (1:35)* The end of the skyscraper (9:00)* Pillars of commerce (14:05)* The sky's the limit (18:36)* Manhattan extension (23:04)* Trends and styles (24:23)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversationThe image of the skyscraper is the hallmark of the modern city. Futuristic depictions of urban landscapes nearly always feature towering structures high above the clouds. Today, however, developing countries seem to be putting the greatest effort into building the most impressive skyscrapers, from the Burj Khalifa in the UAE, to the future Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia. Whether you love them or hate them, it's worth asking why we build skyscrapers and what their role will be in future cities. Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I sit down with Jason Barr, author of Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers.Barr is a professor of economics at Rutgers University – Newark, and is a member of the Rutgers Global Urban Systems PhD program. He is also the author of Building the Skyline: The Birth and Growth of Manhattan's Skyscrapers.Demand for the skyscraper (1:35)Pethokoukis: You obviously love skyscrapers, you're fascinated by them. You wrote a whole book on them. So I want to just start the very basic question: Why do skyscrapers fascinate you, and the people who aren't fascinated by them, what are they missing?Barr: Great questions. Well, I grew up on Long Island, and so I was always really fascinated with Manhattan. I grew up in the '70s, and so New York back then was a very dark, mysterious place for a youngster. So when I grew up, actually when I was in college, I started hanging out in the city. So to me, the skyline of Manhattan and New York City, they're just two sides of the same coin. I really developed an interest in tall buildings through my interest and fascination with Manhattan's and New York City's history.So when I came to Rutgers Newark, I just started doing research on tall buildings, especially in New York City: what was driving the heights of these buildings; there's all these interesting height cycles over the last 150 years. So I wrote my first book on the Manhattan skyline, that was called Building the Skyline, and then after that I thought, let's see what's happening around the rest of the world. So to me, the tall building is an interesting thing because it's part and parcel with urbanization, and I just personally don't think you could have one without the other.I think some people might think that skyscrapers are, at least for rich countries, that they're kind of a 20th-century thing that we did as we were growing, and cities were getting bigger, and skyscrapers are a part of that, but now they're for other parts of the world, parts of the world which are still urbanizing, which are still getting richer. Are skyscrapers are still a thing for America?The short answer is yes, but, given how dense cities are, tall buildings are just being added a lot more slowly. In New York, the population's kind of slowly growing, and so tall buildings are either replacing old buildings that are wearing out, or there's always this push by big global corporations to be in the newest and latest tall building. And obviously there's this international demand from people abroad to have an apartment — or national demand — global demand to have some kind of residential presence in New York. But the thing is, people in other countries: cities, planners, residents in other countries, they look to New York, they look to Chicago, and I think, for many of them, they see New York as something they want to emulate, and New York is, on just about almost any metric, it's probably the top global city. And so I think cities today, especially in China, and Asia more broadly, they're trying to kind of replicate that, what you might call “the Manhattan magic,” and I don't really think people in this country realize how much tall building construction is going on in other cities around the world. People in this country are a little bit more cynical about the role of the tall building in urban growth and in housing affordability and stuff like this, but other cities are basically going gangbusters, is a way to put it.Is that driven by fundamental economic forces? Is it kind of a “national greatness” kinds of signaling projects? Are there fundamental reasons, not just to build skyscrapers, but to build very, very tall skyscrapers?“All of the above” is the answer. Fundamentally, if there's many, many people who want to be working, living, playing in the center, the only way to accommodate the demand to be in the center is to make more land in the center, so the skyscraper, at its heart, is what I would say is “land in the sky.” You just go vertical because there's constraints on how much land there is in the center.Having said that, definitely the skyscraper is seen as a kind of way to advertise, a way to increase confidence in the place, and so you boost foreign direct investment. Observatories are huge money makers, there's a big tourism component. A lot of critics will say, “Oh, it's all about spectacle and ego.” But really, for the book, and just more broadly my research, when you drill down on the economics of these super tall buildings, not all of them are profitable or profit-maximizing, but they all have a strong economic rationale.Now, I just also want to say, China has its own thing going on, which sort of compounds the skyscraper construction-building there because of their unique governance structure and land ownership structure, but China is building tall buildings because, at the end of the day, there's a kind of, what I call, a “tall building bling.” There's just something that says, “This city is growing, this city is drawing population.” So we build a tall building and we boost confidence in the city. And it works, really.The pictures don't have to be too old, if you look at a picture of Shanghai, it looks a lot different not too long ago. It's almost as if a whole other city just kind of fell from the sky, a city of skyscrapers, and where there were once goats or something grazing, there's now a bunch of massive skyscrapers.Yeah, absolutely, and there's a few reasons for this. One is, I think Chinese residents more broadly see tall building as a natural way to live. I've talked to many Chinese residents, whether it's Shanghai or other cities, and to them, to own an apartment in the sky is like the greatest thing. It's their equivalent of the single family home in the United States. Living in the clouds is something many people aspire to. The other aspect of it is, Shanghai, and the Pudong neighborhood in Shanghai, was chosen basically to become a financial hub. Basically, the leaders were looking at Hong Kong and they thought it was a, to quote, I forgot the author, but to quote him in the book, the Shanghai officials and the National Party officials saw Hong Kong as that frustratingly free city, and so they wanted to create a kind of a financial hub in Shanghai. And so the Shanghai Tower, for example, is part of that plan to really draw people's attention to Shanghai, itself. So it was part of a master plan.The end of the skyscraper (9:00)I certainly remember that, after 9/11, I heard about “the end of the skyscraper,” and then during the pandemic, I heard about “the end of the city.” Now I'm guessing that cities will continue to exist and we're going to continue to build tall buildings.Absolutely. What 9/11 did was just make sure that we make our building safer with fire protection measures. In many Asian countries, every 20 floors, let's say, are mechanical floors, so you have the electric equipment, and the heating, and the cooling, and water tanks. They can also surround these in concrete, and so if something's on fire, if a floor is on fire, they can go to this hermetically sealed floor, a refuge floor, and stay there and be protected. And the elevator cores, they're made of concrete, and so you wouldn't have something like what happened on 9/11. So it didn't really impact the demand; 9/11 didn't impact the demand for the tall building, it just made us make tall buildings safer. And of course the downside is if you want to go into an office building, you have to have a swipe and you have to have an entry, so the negative of 9/11 was more about heightened security and increasing protections in a way that engenders a little bit more mistrust of us. But the demand didn't go away.Same thing with Covid. For big cities like New York and San Francisco, I'm sure the empty-office problem is going to dissipate. It'll take a while. This may be an overly broad statement, but the truth is, our present and future is in cities. The funny thing about the internet and social media and all that, it was supposed to allow us to suburbanize more, or run away from these big, overcrowded cities, but the truth is, social media and internet technology has just made cities even more important. So, as long as cities are growing, there'll be a demand for tall buildingsOf the tallest, I don't know, half-dozen buildings, have you been to all of them?That's a good question. I've been to the Shanghai Tower, which was the second-tallest building in the world, now is the third-tallest. The one that replaced it, I think it's [Merdeka 118] in Kuala Lumpur, I believe. I didn't go to that one yet because that just opened up recently. I've been to the Burj Khalifa, which is the world's tallest building. I'd have to look at the list. I've been to the Sears Tower, Empire State Building . . . Anyway, so I've been to a handful of them. I can't say I've been to every single one of the super-tall buildings in the worldAnd in any of those super-tall buildings, can you open a window? Why can't you open the windows in these skyscrapers?Well, the wind forces are just tremendous! The biggest problem engineering tall buildings is making sure that the building doesn't sway so that people feel it. The really fascinating thing about engineering tall buildings is this question: How do you allow the building to sway enough so that you don't have to — you don't want to over-engineer a building so that you make it perfectly stiff because that's just completely uneconomic to do that, but you want to make sure the building sways just enough so if you're sitting there reading a newspaper or drinking a cup of coffee on the top floor, you don't feel it. And so the wind forces high, a thousand feet in the air, are just so tremendous. I think if you open the window, everything would just would just blow away.I was thinking about some of those very, super-skinny residential buildings, which I guess seem to be becoming more popular, and do those people really feel the motion?From what I can tell, the short answer is no. There's one lawsuit in Manhattan, in particular, where the engineering wasn't exactly perfectly right, but I think that represents the exception that proves the rule. The building is safe, that's not the problem, it's just that, when you're dealing with these super-skinny buildings — these are kind of a new kind of breed of super-tall buildings, so sometimes the engineering isn't perfectly right, so they will figure out ways to kind of fix those problems. The problems are solvable, but sometimes if you don't get it 100 percent right, people complain, and obviously there's lawsuits and you have to go back in and tweak the engineering. But these things are selling for 70, 80, 100 million dollars for a penthouse on the 90th floor, so people still value them, and if motion sickness was a problem, they'd be worthless.Pillars of commerce (14:05)In the book, you run through a number of myths: tall buildings being only for the rich, that they drive up housing prices in cities, again, that you mentioned a little bit earlier, that they're somehow bad economic deals. All these myths all tend to be very negative.I'm not going to rename your book, but I could call it “Cathedrals in the Sky,” I mean, I think these are beautiful buildings that say a lot about human aspiration and to create a sense of awe. Boy, but some people just do not see it that way.I think there's a few strands; I've been thinking about this. There's a kind of a NIMBY strand, and sort of a NIMBY/gentrification strand. So people in the middle income, let's say, they see their housing prices going up, their rent going up, and then they see these billionaire condos, and so they, in my opinion, or based on my research, there's a confusion of correlation and causation. So the most visible manifestation in people's minds of gentrification and affordability problems are the super-slim buildings, but New York City has something like 3.6 million housing units, and if you look at the outlying areas of Queens and Staten Island, they're just covered in one- and two-family homes. Those neighborhoods have added barely any housing. So all of the housing — I'm exaggerating here when I say the word “all,” but the vast majority of new housing units happens in the center where either the zoning is more permissive, or old industrial sites come online and things like this, so people don't realize that the problem of housing affordability is citywide, it just looks naturally to be in their neighborhood where high rises are going up.Then there's another strand, which I would say is kind of the “Jane Jacobs strand” / the anti-public-housing strand. Jane Jacobs has some great points in her book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities about walkability, about eyes on the street. She wasn't a big fan of tall buildings, and this has kind of given rise to this whole movement of “human scale,” where five-story Greenwich Village buildings, or 10-story Parisian mansard-roof-type buildings are perfect, and any other deviation from that is somehow destroying the city. So there's that part of it, that people see tall buildings as somehow destroying the feel or the perfect fabric of the city. And lastly, obviously, some of the failures with the public housing policy has made people convinced that it's unhealthy to live in these tall buildings. I think that gets at what you're inquiring about. I think there's those different strains.I wonder if part of it stems for a confusion about what are cities for, and I mean cities are, for a large part, are where people to come together for jobs and to conduct commerce. And if you think of them that way, then certain things make sense; but if you think of them as, I don't know, some sort of urban retreat, where it's kind of like a garden or . . . I don't know, but it's a very different view, and perhaps it is not just about bike paths, but it's about what facilitates people to connect.Without jobs, without a labor market, there's no purpose to have a city. Maybe in the 18th or 19th century, you can create a city for the king or the empire, as are many examples, or the Vatican or something like this; so you can have these sort of political capital cities, or even Washington DC, but, fundamentally, 99 percent of the world's cities are places where people go to work, and so, if you don't allow the labor market to function properly, which means having a functioning housing market, then all these ideas about “the good city” and “the perfectly crafted city,” they kind of are irrelevant.So you have to start with: what makes a city grow, what makes people productive, and then how do we accommodate that? To the extent that we can improve design, all the better. There's always a million ways to make things better for people design-wise. I think bike lanes are great, and I think pedestrian-friendly cities are better than car-centric cities, but you can't start with designing the city first and then seeing what happens. You have to start with “let's make an attractive place to live and work” first, and then work on the design feature second.The sky's the limit (18:36)How tall are these buildings going to get?Okay, well, the next world's tallest building is going to be one kilometer: The Jeddah Tower, which had started, I think back in 2013 or 2015, had been stalled, there was some sort of political turmoil in Saudi Arabia, and they've just restarted this Jeddah Tower in the city of Jeddah. And so when that's completed, that's going to be one kilometer. There were some plans floated to have a two-kilometer building in Riyadh. I don't think anyone really thinks that's going to happen.How long does it take to get up to your office in a two-kilometer building?Well, that's the thing. They're coming up with new ways to get people up there faster. The old conventional steel cables could maybe go 500 meters or something like that, which is maybe 80 floors or something. Maybe if you had a really good cable, you can get people to 80 floors and then they'd have to switch. Now they have these composite . . . it's KONE UltraRope, which could go 1000 meters, which could go basically one kilometer continuously. So if you can get people from the ground floor to wherever their destination is within a minute, that's kind of like the golden rule here. People are not willing to wait more than a minute once they get in the elevator. The trick really is the ear pressure, and that's probably the hardest part because you're going up so quickly, the air pressure changes, so you have to figure out ways to make sure the cabin remains pressurized, and then there's the air pressure up on the highest floors. So that, I would argue, is the fundamental issue that's going to be coming next on the horizon is how to efficiently pressurize the highest floors. Let's say you're a mile high; if you're a mile high on the top floor, that's the equivalent of going from New York to Denver in a minute, or two minutes. So you have to figure out a way how to pressurize the entire building so it has a constant air pressure.If I were to look at the skyline of major American cities 50 years from now, would you expect them to be radically different, futuristic looking, maybe not two-kilometer buildings, but a lot of very, very tall buildings? Or is it again, if they're not growing, if population isn't growing, then that won't happen?People are always asking me what I think about the doom loops and all that. Pick New York as one end of the spectrum: It's always going to be adding new buildings, that's just in its DNA, and so you're going to have this kind of collage of different building styles. But other cities, smaller cities, maybe where people are moving now because working from home, they'll add a few tall buildings here, they'll have mini-skylines. Then the other cities, like a St. Louis, that's just going to have to kind of figure out a plan for growth. So I don't see the world as a kind of Jetsons-type world.I mean, you never know what's going to happen with the technology. There's one company, TK or Thyssenkrupp elevators, they're working on Maglev elevators, and this can actually be a game changer because you have these shafts, so the Maglev elevator cars, they can go up or down or they can go horizontal. Part of the goal with that is that everybody has their own — if it's an apartment building, they have their own elevator car, it takes them up to their apartment, it becomes the door. So that could be a real game changer . . . And then you could run these things horizontally. So if you have these Maglev elevators, you can not only run them horizontally within the building, but, in principle, if you could work out property rights or whatever, you could connect these things across buildings. But at the end of the day, it's really about preferences and a kind of cultural perception of the tall building, and I just don't see us in the United States us having a dramatic, country-wide rethinking of where we live. There's always going to be this desire for the single-family home in the suburbs. Now maybe that'll diminish to some degree, but as long as people see their own little house as their own little castle . . .Unlike China, where there seems to be a great desire to live in these kinds of buildings.Manhattan extension (23:04)Have you had any takers about your proposal to make Manhattan bigger?No.You would extend it by about 2000 acres and maybe build some tall buildings on that, I don't know.The idea would be to create a new mini-Manhattan extending Manhattan into New York Harbor. Just briefly, the idea was both to add more housing and add more land, and to protect lower Manhattan against sea level rises and so forth. I proposed this in a New York Times op-ed piece, and, naturally, I would say the majority of commenters and people had this sort of kneejerk reaction against it.I had a kneejerk reaction for it! I loved it!You are part of a small, select core of appreciators, let's say. Having said that, in the 21st century it's just not something I think most people are willing to wrap their heads around. SoTo me, that's an idea with the future, and I think you should not be dejected that it was not initially well-received. I think that kind of idea might actually have some legs.Trends and styles (24:23)Finally, let me ask you, whether it's because of computers or new materials, would we expect skyscrapers in the future to look any differently? I think some people would love to go back to the 1930s style. They love that style of skyscraper, and they don't like the glass-and-steel, very rectangular skyscraper; they want it to look like Gotham City or something.Actually, if you look in Manhattan, in Brooklyn there's one, I think they're calling it something like the “Dark Knight Tower” or the “Gotham Tower.” It's in Brooklyn and it has this almost art deco sort of —It slipped my mind, I was thinking art deco, yes.And there's a high rise apartment near Columbia University, which uses the same color masonry as the surrounding buildings. I think it's the Union Theological Seminary, which sold some of the land to build a high rise. It sort of blends in. So I guess the question is really architecturally speaking, and it's sort of hard to say. I think maybe there'll be some neo-historical buildings coming up here or there, but there's two things: One is that people like glass windows. People love to have light and views, and so that's really just pushing the glass buildings. I think developers like glass too, because it's easy to work with, and architects — if you're a developer and you want a super-tall building, you usually go to a handful of architects and you have some kind of design competition, and, chances are, you're going to get something that looks full of glass and has some funky geometry to it.But they seem more twisty than they used to, so they're not just perfect rectangles.Right, so you're creating a lot of illusion. The interesting thing is, at the end of the day, you can only have certain internal shapes because you need functional spaces, so you have to have illusion with the twisting and these sort of Jenga towers, and a lot of that is due to massive improvements in computer technology; so the rendering software has dramatically improved, the engineering know-how, the engineering technology improved, you can send your designs right to the manufacturer where they can then use the computer programs to design exactly the shapes and sizes.So it's the learning curve of every building that you do adds to the knowledge of how to do something a little bit different, or some version of something before, and also just massive computer power. I think there'll be a lot more of these sort of funky architectural shape. How they hold up, only time tells. In the '80s there was this massive postmodern boom with all kinds of pastiche-type buildings with all kinds of references to old buildings, and funky buildings, and some of those haven't held up as well.Frankly, I'm from Chicago, and I know exactly what you're talking about. Also being from Chicago, I appreciate you calling that building the Sears Tower rather than what other name they try to put on it. Last question: Do you have a favorite skyscraper?I'm from New York and I like the Empire State Building, and it's not just because architecturally a classic building, but it speaks to New York as a city of strivers. And the more research I did into the Empire State Building, the more I appreciate the sheer guts of these guys who built this building. And the thing is, when it was completed in 1931, Great Depression was really starting to kick into high gear, and so the building was unrented, and it kind of gave this whole mythology about how these guys didn't know what they were doing, but when you crunch the numbers, they knew exactly what they were doing. They knew what the landscape looked like for New York, and the costs, and the revenues. Nobody saw the Great Depression coming, and so to say that the Great Depression showed how foolish these were, I just think it's a bad standard to hold them to. And if you look at the revenues and them building value over its 90-whatever, 93-year history, it's been a money-maker for almost a century. After the Great Depression, it recovered and has become an icon and a moneymaker, so what's not to love about that?Faster, Please! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. 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Elliott Management amps up the activist activity, and puts Southwest's leadership and board on notice.  (00:21) Asit Sharma and Dylan Lewis discuss: - Why Elliot Management is looking to shakeup leadership at Southwest after taking a 10%+ stake in the airline. - Nvidia's stock split, and why this one may matter more than most. - The new names in the S&P 500 – Crowdstrike, KKR, and GoDaddy – and what they say about the state of the market.  (17:57) Are the world's tallest buildings ego-projects or promising investment opportunities? Ricky Mulvey talks with economist and skyscraper expert Jason Barr, about the state of “supertalls” and how China's building boom is leading to an increase in homeowners without homes. Companies discussed: LUV, NVDA, CRWD, KKR, GDDY, RHI, CMA, ILMN Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Asit Sharma, Ricky Mulvey, Jason Barr Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd Visit our sponsor Monarch Money: Go to monarchmoney.com/FOOL for an extended 30 day free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Barr is a professor of economics at Rutgers University Newark and one of the world's foremost experts on the economics of skyscrapers. His new book, out May 14, 2024, is Cities in the Sky: The Quest to Build the World's Tallest Skyscrapers. In it, Barr takes a global view of why the quest to build up is as fierce as ever, and why skyscrapers remain so controversial. Join the Unfrozen interview with Barr, in which some record-breaking myths get busted. -- Intro/Outro: “Altitude Blues,” by Ladytron -- Discussed: Mythbusting the Home Insurance Building First Skyscrapers | Skyscraper Firsts Forum LeRoy Buffington's skyscraper patent Mythbusting The Skyscraper Index The Line Jeddah Tower Joel Garreau's Edge City Emaar's real estate play at Burj Khalifa: Downtown Dubai Legends Tower, Oklahoma City Empire State Building China's “build it” economy “Zero Gravity Living” Nashville and Oracle Detroit and Dan Gilbert Newark renaissance Center City District (Philadelphia) study: Downtowns Rebound Karen Seto (Yale)'s studies on tall building height canopies

In this special episode of 'How Did You Get That Job?', host Shaun Cheatham looks at data from recruitment specialists Hays that reveals which tech roles are most in demand among employers in 2024.During the show, he talks to Hays experts to uncover why these organisations need people in these roles, and which skills you need to get the job and succeed. Guests include Joshua Tang, Jason Barr, Giulia Bonvissuto and Breanna Mahan.If you want to know more about the jobs mentions in Shaun's conversations, check out the full top 10 list here on the Hays website. Alternatively, if you want to take the next step in your tech career, head straight to our Job Search section.

Host Jim Tate talks to Jason Barr, VP Healthcare for ID.me, the market leading digital identity and credentials network. The two explore the challenges and solutions of patient identity mapping - Step One of interoperbility. To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen

In the Sunday Book Review, I consider books that would interest the compliance professional, the business executive, or anyone who might be curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest me. In today's edition of the Sunday Book Review, Tom considers upcoming Fall 2023 non-fiction books to take a look at reading. “Monsters in the Movies” by John Landis. “Lost in the Dark: A World History of the Horror Film” by Brad Wiesmann. “Universal Studio Monsters: A Legacy of Horror” by Michael Mallory. “The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Films Biggest Monsters by Jason Barr.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Woo Wednesdays!I've been volunteering for Bresee for 6 years. I photograph the big Gala every year at the Tagylan. It's always a night I look forward to. I also photograph families and events throughout the year. They raised over 175k this year for the kids, just incredible!Bresee's mission is to battle poverty by empowering youth and families in Los Angeles with the skills, resources, and relationships necessary to thrive.Today I have Jason Barr, Teen Tech Center Coordinator at Bresee, in charge of building and breaking STEAM based programs for high school youth in Koreatown, the best town.Today's hot topic is Telling stories. He has always been a story-teller since he was young and helps his student tell their story. It's time for you to tell YOUR Story.1. Everyone has a story to tell, so tell yours.2. Just go out and create, don't worry about who you don't know, worry about who doesn't know you.3. Study people, watch and listen.The main takeaway in the episode is that the Youth need arts programs, they need to learn how to code, and how to hack, it's do or die out in these streets.All high school students have access to our free programs. There are a handful of teen tech centers open right now in LA and a bunch coming soon. Learn the tech skills of tomorrow, today. That's trademarked by me, not affiliated with any other Tech Center. Hit up your local TTC.Connect with Jasonhttps://www.instagram.com/sosuperjason/Donate today.https://www.bresee.org/get-involved/Connect with Carissa Woohttps://instagram.com/carissawooSign up for my free masterclass for wedding photographershttps://heckyesmedia.co/5-simple-steps-to-filling-your-inbox-with-inquiries

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part III This episode is the third and final in a series based on a new special issue on Urban Economics and History in Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with authors and concludes Season 2 of the show. Today's Guests: Ed Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Leah Brooks is an Associate Professor at George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Ting Chen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. David Nagy is a Junior Researcher at Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), an Adjunct Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), and a Barcelona School of Economics Affiliated Professor. Yanos Zylberberg is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. Jason Barr is a Professor of Economics at Rutgers University-Newark. Papers Discussed in Today's Episode: What Can Developing Cities Today Learn from the Urban Past? by Ed Glaeser What if You Build It and They Don't Come? How the Ghost of Transit Past Haunts the Transit Present by Leah Brooks and Genevieve Denoeux War Shocks, Migration, and Historical Spatial Development in China by Ting Chen and James Kung Quantitative Economic Geography Meets History: Questions, Answers and Challenges by David Nagy Urban Economics in a Historical Perspective: Recovering Data with Machine Learning by Pierre-Philippe Combes, Laurent Gobillon, and Yanos Zylberberg Viewing Urban Spatial History from Tall Buildings by Gabriel Ahlfedlt and Jason Barr Firms, Fires, and Firebreaks: The Impact of the 1906 San Francisco Disaster on Business Agglomeration by James Siodla Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill. Hosts: Jeff Lin and Greg Shill. Special thanks to our outgoing producer Schuyler Pals (Schuyler, you'll be greatly missed - thank you and good luck on the bar exam!) Our theme music is by Oleksandr Koltsov. Sounds from Ambience, London Street by InspectorJ. The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

The tallest building of its day opened as the Great Depression really began to squeeze the American economy. Was the Empire State Building a gigantic folly perpetrated by men with sky-scraping egos? Folks in the 1930s thought so, calling the monument the “Empty State Building,” because so little of its space had been rented. Yet, when viewed from the vantage of the twenty-first century through the lens of archival documents, the Empire State Building resolves into an economically and culturally successful investment made by people with enormous fortunes motivated both by egotism and broad vision. Economist Jason Barr, professor at Rutgers University - Newark, dug into the records of John J. Raskob and Pierre Samuel du Pont records held by the Hagley Library to uncover an insider's story of the Empire State Building. Conceived by Raskob, and backed by du Pont, the project launched in 1929, weeks before the stock market crash, and opened for business in 1931, after a record-setting rapid construction. While the building did sit mostly empty until the 1940s, it nevertheless generated a return, especially through charging admission to the observation deck. This invitation for the public to experience the building characterized the Empire State Building legacy, which has grown to influence city builders the word over. For more Hagley History Hangouts, and more information on the Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society, visit us online at www.hagley.org.

It's Day 64 of the MLB Lockout

Join the Community of Safety Pros today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! In this episode, I talk with Tatiana Chattoo and Jason Barr from Healthy Roster about injury prevention programs. Specifically, how companies with a distributed workforce, or smaller companies that previously thought they could not access injury prevention professionals, can tap into this incredible injury reduction tool.  Please listen and share this episode with others. Be sure to visit Healthy Roster for some great information on this approach to preventing injuries. If you want to go more in-depth on this and other topics - become a SafetyPro Community member (FREE to join). Premium Community members can access exclusive content like episode videos, video courses, templates/downloads, participate in live streams, direct message/live chat with the Safety Pro - become a PREMIUM member today! Join the Community of Safety Pros today! **Visit MightyLine Tape**

This week David and Marina discuss Jason Barr's proposal to extend Manhattan, property values, home buyers doing proper research, a shocking interior design MasterClass, and more. Enjoy! This episode is supported by Brizo • Monograph • Miele • Graphisoft SUBSCRIBE  • Apple Podcasts  • YouTube  • Spotify CONNECT  • Website: www.secondstudiopod.com • Instagram • Facebook • Twitter  • Call or text questions to 213-222-6950 SUPPORT Leave a review :) EPISODE CATEGORIES  •  Interviews: Interviews with industry leaders.  •  Design Companion: Informative talks for clients.   •  After Hours (AH): Casual conversations about everyday life.  •  Design Reviews: Reviews of creative projects and buildings.  •  Fellow Designer: Tips for designers.

Rediscovering legendary Christmas shows from Humble and Fred / Performances from Spencer Glassman, Jason McCoy, The Mahones / Friends and regulars including Scary Pete, Eileen, Amanda Barker, Panel of Men, Jason Barr, Delyse and Danny Patterson, Bob Willette, Ivar Hamilton, Rich Murray, Kevin Bacon - listener from Hamilton / Playing music with spoons and collective family marijuana orders.

When hearing about a successful cyber-attack or data breach, have you ever thought “That could never happen to us”?But what if it did? How would your organization maintain continuity? In this Scenarios episode, Jason Barr, Chief Information Security Officer at Ada Support, joins host Brian Zawada to discuss why business resiliency depends on cyber security now more than ever. Jason has more than two decades of experience in the IT industry, with more than half of that focused on information security. Listen as he shares insights on what preventive measures you can take, and what to do when – not if – a cyber disruption occurs.Related Resource:Cyber Response Builder

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For our show on July 5th, first, Jaws of Justice's host Terri Wilke speaks with Jake Butler, Corrections Case Manager at Jefferson City Correctional Center, a Missouri Department of Corrections employee employed with the Puppies4Parole program, and two inmates involved with the program, Taylor Marquez and Jason Barr. They will tell us about Puppies4 Parole, […] The post Jaws of Justice Goes to the Dogs – Puppies4Parole at Jefferson City Correctional Center; Jenny Donaldson-Hite Speaks on the Cold Case of her Son's Murder appeared first on KKFI.

We're joined by Jason Barr, Sports Anchor, KGUN 9 On Your Side

The pandemic sent lots of us home for work in late March, and many workers have settled into that routine as the pandemic worsens. The upheaval in our schedules and our everyday lives has also affected our canine friends. So how can we help our dogs adjust when we head back to the office? WMRA’s Jason Barr reports.

The arts keep thriving, even in a time of social upheaval and a pandemic. This year, there have been several new volumes, anthologies, and collections of Black poetry. WMRA’s Jason Barr looks at the relevance of such work today, and throughout our history.

Smithian & Marxian Star Trek & economics. In the late 18th century, British thinker Adam Smith cemented himself in history as the first true 'economist', developing theories about personal capital that helped define the Industrial Revolution and the Western world's steady march toward a capitalist society. A century later, Karl Marx prescribed a different solution to human capital, one that spawned an entire economic 'religion' that morphed, at different times and different places, into forms of communism and socialism as we approached the age Star Trek was born. By the time the series launched, Smith & Marx's theories had shaped much of the 20th century. In this episode, host Tony Black is joined by Jason Barr, a professor of economics at Rutgers University in Newark, and the writer of an article for StarTrek.com called 'Smith, Marx, and... Picard?: Star Trek and Our Economic Future', which breaks down the key principles of how Smith and Marx influenced so-called 'Trekonomics' and Gene Roddenberry's vision of a future where money does not exist. We expand on his piece, discussing key principles of how Star Trek engages with capitalist ideals. What exactly *is* economics? How does Star Trek exist as a 'post-scarcity' society? And how far are we away from such a future in 2020? Host / Editor Tony Black Guest Jason Barr Jason's article: https://intl.startrek.com/news/smith-marx-and-picard-star-trek-and-our-economic-future Jason's website: https://buildingtheskyline.org wemadetreks.com / Twitter: @wemadetreks Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wemadetreks Facebook listeners group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/187757018496597/ wemadethispod.com / Twitter: @wemadethispod

Il libro della settimana è Godzilla e altri Kaiju – Guida ai mostri giganti del cinema di Jason Barr. L'articolo Godzilla e altri Kaiju proviene da RadioAnimati.

Shout outs to Jason Barr and Drew Grabbe! Sean smoked pork loin in the crock pot. Michael talks about smoke rings and his latest smoke of a spatchcock chicken. Then the boys recap the close of the Founders Brewery case. Will they boys go back to drinking founders? Here’s the article they referenced: https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/4119563002 We pay tribute to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 29 men lost their lives this day. Today is the birthday of the Marine Corps. Founded in 1775. Sean almost went into the Marines. Semper Fi. We pay tribute to our Vets. Thank you for your service and fighting for our freedom. The boys finish up with a conversation about embracing our freedom to be Christians and what it means to really follow Christ. https://unchurchedpodcast.wordpress.com Email: unchurchedpod@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unchurchedpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnChurchedPod https://hotmikecity.com

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Pacific Rim (2013) 8.16.19 Featuring: Austin, Maxx Commentary track begins at 18:59 — Notes — The Transnational Fantasies of Guillermo Del Toro Edited by Ann Davies, Deborah Shaw, and Dolores Tierney — Here’s a fantastic and accessible collection of essays that covers all of Del Toro’s work up to (I believe) Pacific Rim (2013).  This book wasn’t as relevant to our discussion of Pacific Rim as it was in our episode on Hellboy (2004) – it was released in 2014, so less time had passed for people to publish any criticism of Pacific Rim – but it remains a fantastic resource examining most of Del Toro’s films. ‘Del Toro, Guillermo’ by Gabrielle Munoz from Senses of Cinema — Here’s the Great Director Profile from Senses of Cinema The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters by Jason Barr — This book serves as an excellent survey and overview of the different critical discussions being had about the Kaiju genre, and we think it’s a fantastic critical introduction. It helped frame our discussion of Destroy All Monsters (1968), and although we didn’t reference it explicitly in this episode, it helped inform our discussion this week as well. Here’s the link to our episode discussing Starship Troopers (1997).

This week on The Spectator Film Podcast… Destroy All Monsters (1968) 2.7.19 Featuring: Austin, Maxx Commentary begins at 9:48 — Notes — The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters by Jason Barr — This is the book we used to help frame our conversation of the movie this week. This book serves as an excellent survey and overview of the different critical discussions being had about the Kaiju genre, and we think it’s a fantastic critical introduction. We’ll include some relevant quotations below: On Bunraku and its relation to the Kaiju film: “…the staging of Japanese puppet performance known as bunraku – often, the puppeteers are on stage and clearly visible in the presence of the puppets – is evocative of many kaiju films. After all, watching an older kaiju film carries with it the reasonable expectation that the viewer would be seeing not only kaiju but the performer in the suit as well. How many times has Godzilla, for example, been referred to as the ‘man in a rubber suit’? In this instance, the viewer’s historic expectation for a kaiju is that they would be witnessing both actor and creature in a sort of fluid symbiosis and that the staging for much of the destruction would consist of intricate miniatures rather than full-sized sets. Of course, the puppets in bunraku performances are also at once real and unreal. With authentic and realistic facial expressions and movements, the well-conceived bunraku performance can breathe life into the puppets, allowing the audience to suspend its disbelief for the length of the play while still remaining, in the mind of the audience, unreal creations” (27). On the Kilaaks as a representation of US interference in Japanese society: “Several films during the Showa period featured aliens manipulating the events on Earth… Each of these films could be read as a series of criticisms on United States policy and intervention in the inner workings of Japan’s government and economy. One reason why this avenue has been unexplored in much kaiju genre criticism is not only the idea that these films were too cheesy for academic discussion, but also that critics may have found the pointed exploration a bit too unsavory – after all, a race of cockroaches may not necessarily be the most forgiving or ideal symbol for Americans. This may also explain the sudden and dramatic shift from Godzilla as a walking symbol of science run amok to guardian of Japan: the presence of Godzilla represents something that is standing up for the country and its own interests. In this regard, it may seem like wish fulfillment in some small part. To Japanese audiences, repelling the outside invaders would be a refreshing ideal, especially considering the often perilous – some would say unfair and uneven – negotiations the Japanese government was subject to when dealing with American desires to either force Japan into favorable trade agreements or to play a bigger role in the Cold War” (96). “Throughout Destroy All Monsters, the criticism is subtle but present. The invaders wish to subvert Japanese advances – and successfully do so in an effort to take over the world. This sabotage ultimately hurts not just Japan but the entire world, which is robbed of the safety and ingenuity that the Japanese have provided – indeed, in the film it appears that the Japanese are the only country that has mastered routine Earth-to-moon travel – and the destruction is massive. The subversive efforts can be read as an analogy to continual U.S. attempts to stymie the growing economy of Japan and its overwhelming pace. It is only through the recapturing of that technology and primal force (again, Godzilla is a dangerous kaiju, but is representative of all Japan) that the world is saved. In other words, attempts to keep the Japanese from experiencing economic success are tantamount to shooting oneself in the foot. That the invaders again turn out to be giant slugs may be an idea that is lost on – or upsetting to – many Americans who see the film” (97-98).

Dave once again hits the nearby Taco Town of Lawrence, Kansas and is joined by Jason Barr and Marissa Marshall (from The A.D.D. PODCAST) as well as former Channel 6 TV host, Mike Anderson. They taste test the task tacos from LA ESTRELLA, whose Al Pastor tacos have been called "The Perfect Taco!" We are treated to a special report from last weekend's WICHITA TACO FEST from our roving taco reporter Madison Johnson who was there to take it all in! Many tacos were eaten to bring us this information. Other Topics touched upon this episode: summertime in Lawrence, buskers: are they really just carnies?, Those new axe-throwing places, "Things You See In KC that You Don't See Anywhere Else", things that bug you about KC, and in the Taco Ticker. We talk about Trump and Kim Jong Un flavored tacos and crime-stopping taco tactics! Like a warm glove full of meat, this episode is chock-full of tasty bits!

Jason Barr (@BARRR) is a visual artist based in Lawrence, KS and the host of The A.D.D. Podcast. We sat down and discussed his time playing in rock bands during college, how he found his style as a visual artist, and how his podcast has evolved over the last several years. We also dug into some of his favorite broadcasters, how Jason pissed people off while writing for Lawrence.com, and what it was like working in the media during the rise of emo and indie rock. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt or a button from the Shuttlecock webstore to support the show. Part of the A.D.D. Podcast family.

One day while I was at work, I randomly starting searching for podcasts relating to Lawrence, KS to see if there was anyone else out there pursuing this unique form of media. And surely enough, I found the A.D.D. podcast with Jason Barr. I then discovered a plethora of amazing new information about the city that I live in, and was fortunate enough to have Jason over for a really fun conversation about his life.

Why does the Manhattan skyline look like it does with incredible skyscrapers south of City Hall then almost no tall buildings until midtown? Jason Barr of Rutgers University-Newark and author of Building the Skyline talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of Manhattan as a place to live and work, and the mix of individual choices and government policy that created the skyline of Manhattan.

Radio Host Jason Barr, Political Commentator Faith Goldy, Comedians Quinn C. Martin, Jordan Foisy, Paralympic Golfer Mikey Rocco and Boxer Brandon Cook.

Artist and host of the A.D.D. Podcast Jason Barr joins Strangers and Friends this week! Art, hitting the gym, and being a living meme are among the topics discussed. Check it out, and check Jason out at the links below!   A.D.D. Podcast with Jason Barr on iTunes @BARRR on Twitter and @jasonbarrr Instagram Omgloljk on Facebook Art and Merch at jasonbarrr.com and omgloljk.merchtable.com

  On session 3 of Overland Roundtable we are talking everything trailers. While a couple of our core panel members are missing this week, we have Jason Barr from Okie Built Trailers bringing some extra knowledge to the table. Some of the topics covered include:   Choosing a trailer The pros and cons of owning an expedition trailer Trailer size and weight considerations Different styles of trailers and their features Trailer hitch variations Chassis and suspension options Matching stud patterns to tow vehicles or carrying extra spares Space and storage designs Approximate costs for certain trailer builds Water storage & shower systems Battery and power systems   To see more of the trailers mentioned in this session, check out these links:   Dan’s expedition trailer build thread: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/139371-The-4x4-Podcast-Expedition-Trailer-Build-Journal?highlight=4x4+podcast   Alex’s trailer rebuild blog posts: http://intentsoffroad.com/retro-trailer-rebuild-part-1/   Okie Built Trailers: https://okiebuilttrailers.com/   To share your thoughts, ask any questions or show off your own trailer build; send an email to overlandroundtable@gmail.com or find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OverlandRoundtable       Panelists:   Dan Cole: Dan explores in his 1999 Jeep Cherokee 2dr and 2007 GMC Yukon XL.  He is also in the middle of building an offroading camping trailer that will be used to tackle the ALCAN highway on a journey from Kansas City, KC up to Fairbanks, AK.  Find Dan at www.the4x4podcast.com and also:   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/the4x4podcast   Instagram: @the4x4podcast   Twitter: @the4x4podcast   Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/the4x4podcast       Taylor Adney: 1993 Toyota 4runner, outfitted for overland travel. Part of a group recently formed called “The Overland Adventures” which can be found on:   Instagram (@theoverlandadventures)    Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/theoverlandadventures   Facebook: www.facebook.com/overlandadventures       Alex Garner: 1999 Nissan Patrol, has been an overlander most of his life. Runs the Intents Offroad blog which can be found at intentsoffroad.com and on:     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/intentsoffroad   Instagram: Instagram.com/intentsoffroad    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/intentsoffroad   Guests:   Jason Barr. Jason and Okie Built Trailers can be contacted through okiebuilttrailers.com and on the following:   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/okiebuilttrailers   Instagram: https://instagram.com/okiebuilt/       Okiebuilttrailers.com   overlandroundtable@gmail.com    

Chris Biggs and Jason Barr join the show to talk about a great cause. Pina Crispo from Chic Mama talks about the joys and horrors of childbirth. Roddy and Jay help Todd come up with a trendy name for his yet to be born child.

Chris Biggs and Jason Barr join the show to talk about a great cause. Pina Crispo from Chic Mama talks about the joys and horrors of childbirth. Roddy and Jay help Todd come up with a trendy name for his yet to be born child.

Mike chats with Jason Barr about his years as Danger Boy on Humble and Fred, his decade as co-host of the Dean Blundell Show and his current gig at 97.7 Htz FM.

Todd Shapiro welcomes Jason Barr and Cher.