Podcast appearances and mentions of Jennifer Smith

The U.S. Mint ceased making new pennies in November. Our humble, one-cent, copper-and-zinc coin can still be used as currency, but its circulation will dwindle in the years ahead.Vermont's first coin — before it became a U.S. state — was also made of copper. These coins date back to days of the Green Mountain Boys, when Vermont was its own republic. Historian Jon Mathewson of Middletown Springs shares the history of Harmon's mint in Rupert. Joe Watkins of Vermont Coin & Jewelry in South Burlington gave us his coin collector's perspective on how to make a pretty penny from collecting rare pennies.For insight from the banking world, we talk with Jennifer Smith, a regional leader with Union Bank in Morrisville. We also hear from Matt Cota, managing director of the Vermont Retailers & Grocers Association. He tells us about a new state law that creates a system for rounding cash purchases up or down at the register.When it comes to idioms and common English phrases, the penny punches above its weight: penny pincher, a pretty penny, penny-wise, a penny saved and so many more. Helping us make sense of the penny's place in language is Maeve Eberhardt, associate professor of linguistics at the University of Vermont.

After 16 months of prayerful listening, Broadway Church's Vision Team — represented by Jennifer Smith, Jeff Johnston, and Karl Ihfe — unveiled a vision rooted in a simple but powerful truth: people experienced the love of God before they ever knew God. Drawing from congregational stories, community conversations, and discernment of Broadway's unique gifts, the team discovered — not invented — a vision to make God's restoring love visible in our community, our city, and the world. Grounded in Jesus' own command to love one another (John 13:34), this foundation will guide Broadway's leadership in making future decisions with clarity, unity, and confidence. https://bwaychurch.org  

Send us Fan MailJennifer Smith is the CEO of Scribe and a former McKinsey consultant turned venture capitalist who interviewed over 1,200 enterprise CIOs before founding her company. Recorded live from the floor of HumanX 2026, this lightning round covers how AI is helping organizations finally understand how work actually happens inside their teams.Jennifer and host Dan Turchin explore why even Fortune 500 leaders don't truly know how their companies operate, and what that means for AI transformation.What You'll Learn Why process visibility comes before any AI initiativeHow Scribe maps workflows across 600,000+ companiesResponsible AI and building a data-driven cultureHumans and agents working side by sideHelping people spend more time on the work they love 

Are you dating or married to a sociopath? A narcissist? Our experience holds the proof. - Let's find out.- Podcast about Sex and Sociopaths are linked below.Guided recovery sessions like no other with Jennifer Smith.Breaking Up with Evil, 5 women's experiences of discovering they were dating a sociopath and breaking away to take back their lives. www.truelovescam.com*#sociopath#narcissist#lovebombing#recover#narcissisticabuse#coercivecontrol#boundaries#codependency

Backbone Wrestling Network...Welcome to Highway to the Impact Zone. Join host Logan Crosland, his student Jacob Williams, TNA expert Matt Souza and special guest Jennifer Smith as they live watch the 1/3/08 episode of Impact.

Mon County Delegate and Chair of the House Education Committee, Joe Statler, discusses the ongoing efforts to address the school-aid formula and special education funding. Brad McElhinny has the latest on the Greenbrier Hotel saga. Hoppy stops by and has issues with President Trump's slush fund. Jennifer Smith, Executive Director for the Berkeley County Development Authority, joins the show. 

Good morning. As the sun finally begins to coax flowers into bloom, the Chelsea Flower Show will open its gates today. The Royal Horticultural Society's annual event sees organisations create beautiful planted spaces, which inspire and educate visitors. With our news headlines full of unremitting contempt and calamity, millions of us will tune into coverage of Chelsea this week for relief. I'd like to think this is more than just a comforting distraction.Christian writer CS Lewis wrote about his vision of hell in the novella ‘the great divorce'. Hell was a place of continual twilight where people moved further and further apart into infinite space, driven by mutual suspicion and a sense of time ticking down. Paradise, by contrast was a place of colour, fruitfulness, and sunshine – open to anyone bold enough to stay. In paradise, people were unafraid of each other or the future. They sought out newcomers, working to convince them to remain.The show gardens at Chelsea may be sanctuaries of beauty, but they are also about shared spaces and living well together. Many, like the Trussell ‘together' garden, are inspired specifically by the way communities deal with hardship – the Trussel Trust's foodbanks tackle food poverty. Like Lewis' paradise, communal gardens like this one combat the notion that safety and solace can only be had by building walls and retreating from the world.John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, wrote a collection of health remedies based on what people could grow or source themselves. Titled ‘Primitive Physick' and published in 1747 it would run to 23 editions during his life. Although his remedies were of their day, his commitment to people's access to healthcare and use of what was readily available still bears weight. Today, the rooftop garden of the national Methodist offices in London is planted with herbs and flowers used in Primitive Physick, recognising the importance of gardens to our collective mental and physical well-being.A reality of life in Britain today is that access to outdoor space is not equal: many do not have gardens. A Christian vision for good community still resists the notion that beautiful outdoor spaces are only the preserve of private wealth. After the show, all of the Chelsea gardens will find their way out into communities around the country – plants will go to balconies, windowsills and neglected urban spaces, gardens to hospices, schools, and the verges of motorways. They will join many other community gardens schemes, allowing even those of us who live surrounded by pavement, to put our hands in soil and see something grow. These gardens are places of retreat, yes: but also places of truth telling about the quiet work of living peacefully together.

Every company these days wants to figure out how to automate people's work with AI. Turns out, AI can also help with that. Founded in 2019, San Francisco- based startup Scribe makes a browser extension that sits on employees' laptops, recording their screens and silently watching them work. Along with giving businesses insight into the steps involved in repetitive tasks, Scribe's AI software can then automatically generate step-by-step guides and tutorials that clearly explain how different teams operate, complete with annotated screenshots and click instructions.  That's also perfect for teaching AI agents how people work: what to do, which tools to use and how to handle different tasks on their own. “Companies are realizing we need to make our organizations legible to humans and agents,” says CEO and cofounder Jennifer Smith.  Today 80,000 customers including LinkedIn, HubSpot and T-Mobile use Scribe's guides to train new employees on complex workflows and zero-in on inefficiencies, helping them save time and money. (Teaching agents, rather than humans, is still nascent.) By Rashi Shrivastava, Writer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, we sat down with Jennifer Smith, CFO of Pan-European fibre infrastructure operator and telco service provider Zayo Europe to discuss the critical role connectivity plays in the rapidly expanding data centre market.Smith examined the growing partnerships between fibre providers and data centre operators – including its recently announced venture with QTS for its EUR 10bn Cambois project – and unpacked some of the key challenges shaping the sector today.NPM is a leading data, intelligence & events company providing business development led coverage of the US & European power, storage & data center markets for the development, finance, M&A and corporate community.Download our mobile app.

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Retiring Kane County Farm Bureau manager Steve Arnold reflects on his career.Brent Corners provides a CropWatcher report from Jefferson County.Jennifer Smith with the IAA Foundation makes 2026 scholarship announcements.Joe Camp at Commstock Investments previews a new market week.   

JT & Tim Capel are joined by Jennifer Smith to break down Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 4, Episode 8: “Twenty Years Ago Today.” It's Jim and Cindy's 20th anniversary, but the party turns into a chaos magnet: Stuart drops a jaw-dropping proposal to Brenda, Brandon meets the mysterious (and dangerous) Lucinda, Andrea's doubts about Dan collide with her first encounter with Jesse, and Dylan's post-carjacking paranoia hits a new level—with a gun in the mix. JT, Tim, and Jennifer hit the biggest moments fast—winners/losers, character rankings, awards, and the decisions that change Season 4 going forward—on another episode of 9021NoSo.

Backbone Wrestling Network...Welcome to Highway to the Impact Zone. Join host Logan Crosland, TNA expert Matt Souza, and special guest Jennifer Smith as they live watch the 12/20/07 episode of Impact.

Along with joy, there's a lot of fear in the days after Easter – no less for Jesus' disciples than in our news today. It has made me think about doors. The door behind which Jesus' disciples hid after his death, the heavy stone that blocked the tomb where he'd been laid, the doors today that keep people out, or in, or protect property or borders. And symbolic doors – to peace or security – that still feel so definitely closed. This morning the metal-shuttered door at the Whitechapel Mission in the east end of London opened as it always does at 6 AM – exactly on time so guests can count on it. Breakfast service will start in a few minutes at 8, and it's likely over 200 will eat a full English, complete with mushrooms and bacon, sausage, egg and hashbrowns. Today these homeless guests will be served by wonderful volunteers who left their own doors well before dawn. Having a key to open my front door and a safe place to live is a real blessing – I like being safe. And yet I think about the women who went up to Jesus' tomb to anoint his body on Easter morning: wisdom would say stay home hiding with the men. And having left the safety provided by one door, they didn't know how they'd get through the next. The Gospel records their conversation: who would move the stone to open the tomb ? Yet, they went. We might think of Jesus' resurrection as a miracle, but it was actually just what he said would happen, even if no one had understood. God will redeem the world. However these women going out while the danger was still present - that feels to me a miracle no less real, hiding in plain sight. And it gives me hope. Easter is not about things being safe, but about things being different. Doors open where we do not expect. The power to do miracles given to people forgotten by headlines – women and men who go out in faith and change history. On Saturday I heard the BBC's Lyse Doucet speculate about one possible turn of events in Iran: ‘…God help the world,' she said with real emphasis. …God help the world indeed … because, I fear, nothing else has.' Maybe, this Monday, the beginnings of the miracles we hope for are in our power already. Long term solutions to intractable problems – they are not cost free. But in the end real safety doesn't come from bigger doors or stronger locks.

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith, Scott Shifflett, Shawn Kidd, Jacob Williams, & Matt Souza as they wrap up the entire series by live watching Ultima Lucha Cuatro! Join us one last time and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground. Thanks to all the listeners, as well The North South Connection & BackBone Wrestling Network for hosting us over the past few of years!

This is NOT an April Fool's Joke... After a two-year hiatus, Talk'n Pop is back for a special one-off episode! Jennifer Smith and Tim Capel reunite to revisit the iconic medical drama ER, breaking down the chaos, heartbreak, and unforgettable moments that made County General one of the greatest TV shows of all time. From standout episodes and legendary characters to hot takes and nostalgic reflections, nothing is off the table. Expect laughs, emotional damage, and a fun, unfiltered catch-up as they dive deep into the world of ER—what holds up, what surprised them, and why the series still resonates today. Whether you're a longtime fan or discovering ER for the first time, this is your ultimate throwback discussion. ER, ER TV show, ER podcast, Talk'n Pop podcast, medical drama, 90s TV shows, 2000s TV shows, County General Hospital, ER cast, ER characters, TV rewatch podcast, Jennifer Smith, Tim Capel, classic TV, nostalgic TV, TV discussion, TV recap, streaming TV shows, NBC ER

Michigan's proposed education budget is on the table, and now all eyes are on the legislature. As school boards wait to see how the House and Senate shape—and ultimately finalize—the plan, key priorities and controversies are coming into focus. Jennifer Smith, MASB's Director of Government Relations, joins MISoundBoard to break down what's at stake—from promising highlights like free meals for all students to the ongoing debate surrounding Section 31aa.

Based on AHLA's annual Health Law Connections article, this special ten-part series brings together thought leaders from across the health law field to discuss the top ten issues of 2026. In the tenth episode, Jennifer Smith, Partner, Wright Lindsey & Jennings LLP, speaks with David O'Neal, Partner, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP, about the current landscape of federal civil rights enforcement in health care. They discuss DOJ's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, the government's use of the False Claims Act to enforce civil rights laws, investigations of large educational institutions, and enforcement related to conscience and religious freedom protections. From AHLA's Health Care Liability and Litigation Practice Group.Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRt4rt2wIecRead AHLA's Top Ten 2026 article: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/content-library/connections-magazine/article/a879dda5-35f9-46fb-ad45-1b0799343d74/Health-Law-Forecast-2026Access all episodes in AHLA's Top Ten 2026 podcast series: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/education-events/speaking-of-health-law-podcasts/top-ten-issues-in-health-law-podcast-seriesLearn more about AHLA's Health Care Liability and Litigation Practice Group: https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/practice-groups/practice-groups/health-care-liability-and-litigation Essential Legal Updates, Now in AudioAHLA's popular Health Law Daily email newsletter is now a daily podcast, exclusively for AHLA Comprehensive members. Get all your health law news from the major media outlets on this podcast! To subscribe and add this private podcast feed to your podcast app, go to americanhealthlaw.org/dailypodcast.Stay At the Forefront of Health Legal EducationLearn more about AHLA and the educational resources available to the health law community at https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/. 

This week on the Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Matt Noyes, director of state and federal advocacy for the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA). They dig into the Bay State implications of the sprawling bipartisan “meatball” of a housing bill that recently passed the US Senate, and take a look at how efforts at home might interact with federal policy. Host: Jennifer Smith, senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon Guests: Matt Noyes, director of state and federal advocacy for the Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) Further Reading Links: https://commonwealthbeacon.org/ballot-questions/dueling-housing-ballot-measures-collide-with-frustrated-lawmakers/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/vacation-home-trends-add-to-massachusetts-housing-crunch/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/our-top-five-housing-stories-of-2025/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/housing/researchers-find-mbta-housing-law-benefits-modest-so-far/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/state-government/competitiveness-fears-weave-through-budget-hearings/ https://commonwealthbeacon.org/government/the-enigma-of-opportunity-zones/

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith and Scott Shifflett as they continue season 4 by discussing the episodes from 10/17/2018 & 10/24/18! Join us and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground.

This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Hallie Claflin discuss Claflin‘s latest piece on how immigration enforcement step ups are impacting school enrollment. They zero in on the state's Gateway Cities, which are home to a disproportionate share of Massachusetts‘s immigrant population and are sounding the alarm over the psychological and fiscal effects of federal enforcement actions on their school communities. Host: Jennifer Smith, senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon Guests: Hallie Claflin, Gateway Cities reporter at CommonWealth Beacon

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith and Scott Shifflett as they continue season 4 by discussing the episodes from 10/3/2018 & 10/10/18! Join us and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground.

Good Morning. I'm enjoying the warmer weather this week, and in London atleast, a bit of sun. However as we begin to dry out, there is one weather story you may have missed. Today and yesterday a plume of red-tinged Saharan dust is blowing across the United Kingdom in the high reaches of our sky, as reported by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS for short.). This is apparently not uncommon for this time of year, even if it can lead to what the over-dramatic among us call a ‘blood rain,' actually just a dusty residue left on our cars and windows when the sun finally appears. I remember the last one in March of 2022. Today this plume of dust is likely to lead only to a more vibrant sunset for those of us with clear skies. And the so-called ‘blood rain' is a completely normal, if not everyday thing – no need to run to doom scrolling or talk of ‘portents of judgment'. That said, people living in times of difficulty have always looked for signs not least in unusual cosmic events. In the Gospel according to Matthew in chapter 16, Jesus addressed this directly: ‘…You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.' He meant signs that were more social than meteorological. His further point was that we shouldn't be distracted by the sensational from what is right in front of us. Listening to the news I have become so taken up with scandalous abuse of power and the offence of some world leaders using racial epithets or national slurs, that I fail to see other ‘signs of the times' closer to home: the continuing high cost of housing, or lack of access to timely care, the background anxiety that seems to make our day to day interactions more fraught – and my complacency in the face of these. There are other signs as well, of hope however tenuous: a child learning to read or sing or play an instrument, people willing still to give time to volunteer or vote or help a neighbour. These matter too. In an 18th century sermon John Wesley spoke about the power each of us has over our attention. He said God ‘…made you free agents; …you have sufficient light shining all around you; …be assured God is not well pleased with your shutting your eyes and then saying, "I cannot see." So today, as the red dust plume moves over our heads, maybe we can take back control of our attention, to see signs of hope as well as harm and heed them both.

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith and Scott Shifflett as they continue season 4 by discussing the episodes from 9/19/2018 & 9/26/18! Join us and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground.

This is Jennifer's experience of Turner SyndromeRelationship with Turner Syndrome[01:34] The Biggest Challenge of having Turner Syndrome[02:22]The Most Positive Experience of Having Turner Syndrome [03:30]How the Society has helped Jennifer? [06:20]Whats Jennifer's involvement in the society?[09:00]Most important message on Turner Syndrome[35:40]My instagram is https://instagram.com/turnersyndrometalkandtea?utm_medium=copy_linknMy facebook is https://www.facebook.com/EmilySeymour24aMy twitter is https://twitter.com/es_eymour?fbclid=IwAR2_PIoSVi47yeab3xnQFdPv0ae3NSEWwQahTHMIvloXbf_qetPOQPumQ1wIf you want to be a guest on my podcast then message me on any of my socialsWant to know more about Turner Syndrome? Go to https://tss.org.uk/ and get more information.

This week on the Codcast – what does online surveillance look like in 2026? CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Kade Crockford, director of technology and justice programs at the ACLU of Massachusetts. They discuss the biggest misconceptions about data privacy online, why your information is valuable and vulnerable, and legislation proposed at the state level to limit who can see and sell user data.

Backbone Wrestling Network...Welcome to Highway to the Impact Zone. Join host Logan Crosland, TNA expert Matt Souza, and special guest Jennifer Smith as they live watch the 12/6/07 Impact.

In episode 85, JT & Tim Capel are joined by Jennifer Smith to break down Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 4, Episode 5: “Radio Daze.” They dive into Brenda's new gig, John Sears pressuring Kelly, Steve and Celeste drama, and Donna's graveyard shift struggles, plus awards, lists, and character rankings. Classic '90s moments and plenty of nostalgia await on this episode of 9021NoSo.

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith and Scott Shifflett as they continue season 4 by live watching the episodes from 9/5/2018 & 9/12/18! Join us and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground.

This week on The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon reporters Jennifer Smith and Chris Lisinski talk about Gov. Maura Healey's 2026 State of the Commonwealth speech. They compare her tone and policy position to earlier years, review reactions to the speech, and look ahead at what this says about Healey's run for reelection.

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Ice Palace for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jennifer Smith, Scott Shifflett, and special guest Matt Souza as they continue season 4 by live watching the episodes from 8/22/2018 & 8/29/18! Join us and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground.

This week on the Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon senior reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Audrey Morse Gasteier, executive director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, and Alex Sheff, senior director of policy and government affairs at Health Care For All. Gov. Maura Healey announced last week that the state would use $250 million from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund to assist some Massachusetts residents who have lost enhanced premium tax credits from the federal government. So how sustainable is that plan, and who gets left out?

Good morning. On my shelf sits a battered US Navy Bible— my American grandfather carried it as he crossed and re-crossed the icy waters of the north Atlantic in the convoys of World War two. When peace came, he was convinced that only nations standing together could prevent humanity tearing itself apart again. In 1947, a lifelong Republican, he ran for Congress on a bold platform: world government. He lost—but the hope for peace guaranteed by shared responsibility continued. Peace making through collective security, if not world government, found one expression in the first meeting of the United Nations, 80 years ago this week in 1946. It met in the heart of war-ravaged London, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster. As Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevan said at the time, ‘What better place than a house of prayer to search for peace?' So the church offered its Great Hall to the most powerful dignitaries in the post war world, as it had offered the shelter of its cellars to some of the least powerful during the bombing of the war years. This coming Saturday the Secretary General of the UN Antonio Gutteres will join others including British Royalty and Cardinal Vincent Nichols in that same Great Hall for a service of thanksgiving, to re-commit to the values that drove the UN's first formation. If it was the reality of war that brought nations to the table to form the UN 80 years ago, they've perhaps been kept there by the hard-headed calculation that however imperfect, its work in development, education, healthcare, and military engagement, was less costly than the alternative. When Jesus said ‘Blessed are the peace makers,' his words reflected the equally hard-headed observation that peace of any kind whether in households or between nations has to be made – it does not happen by accident. To say ‘Christ died for all' is to say that justice and safety are for all – certainly not for any one nation, and certainly not only for the strong. Because power to act may not align with insight about what will help, all Christian security is by definition collective security. As we gather this week and give thanks for the work of the United Nations, I will be remembering my grandfather and his Navy-issue Bible; I will remember how frightened he was whenever the prospect of war returned during his long life. War comes quickly: peace takes slow and patient work, empathy, truth telling and deep commitment to one another. And the cost of failure, if we are honest, is still likely to be borne by the ones who hide from bombs in church cellars, not the ones who make the decisions in the Great Halls above.

In 1988 history was made by JCP. A Premium Live Event given away free on TBS showcasing some of the best and brightest for our entertainment. Titles defended. Grudges resolved. Legends are born. Henceforth known as the Clash of the Champions. Join us as the Backbone on this journey recapping these amazing show of shows. This episode, Keithie changes things up a bit and welcomes for a live watch, the "Queen of the Nation", "The Real Baddest Woman on the Planet", "The Master and Ruler of the JennyPosition", Jennifer Smith.  Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout live from the Houston Field House in Troy, NY where the NWA invades the Northeast and intends to prove that they are the best there is in wrestling. The Road Warriors vs The Fabulous Freebirds Doom vs Eddie Gilbert and Tommy Rich Those Dynamic Dudes vs The Midnight Express The Super Destroyer vs Steve Williams The Steiner Brothers vs The Skyscrapers NWA United States Champion Lex Luger vs Brian Pillman Ric Flair vs Terry Funk in an "I Quit" match All this action plus Tim Capel in the New York Knockout!!

This week on the Codcast – our second annual start-of-the year roundtable! CommonWealth Beacon senior reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson; Jennie Williamson, the state director for research and advocacy organization The Education Trust in Massachusetts; and Clark Ziegler, the outgoing executive director of the quasi-public Massachusetts Housing Partnership, who is retiring after four decades at the helm. They discuss their legislative wish list for the second half of the two-year cycle, break down what has and hasn't been a lawmaking priority, and dive into the current relationships between cities, the state, and the federal government.

"Seven with Kevin" featuring Illinois Farm Bureau Executive Director of Governmental Affairs & Commodities Kevin Semlow. Jennifer Smith highlights IAA Foundation scholarship season. Learning about a proposed Basketball Museum of Illinois project from Bruce Firchau of the Illinois Basketball Coaches of Association. 

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On this end-of-year episode of The Codcast, CommonWealth Beacon editor Laura Colarusso sits down with reporters Jennifer Smith, Chris Lisinski, Jordan Wolman, and Hallie Claflin to discuss their 2025 storylines and what they each plan to cover in the new year.

Good morning. I have a sense today of a country in limbo, eking out the last days of holiday and anxious about what the new year will hold. All the hard things we face together are surely right there where we left them. We owe ourselves a pause, an opportunity to step off the treadmill of consumption that rushed us through preparation for Christmas, right into new years' resolutions and worries about the future. The Christian practice of gratitude, properly understood, can help us find that pause, to feel better, and do better. For some people, the return to routine can't come soon enough. Not all can afford time off work, and many suffer with closure of regular care or support services. Even those whose Christmas and New Year conformed to the popular script of family and feasting can end up feeling overwhelmed, weary, and out of pocket. Marketers amplify our moods - they know that my trousers are somewhat tighter now than last week, that I'm sick of London's grey pavement and that the new stain on my carpet makes me ripe to be sold a new one. So it is out with TV ads about party food and perfume, in with cleaning products, diets, and package holidays. It is easy to believe I had no choice but to buy things to prepare and now more things to recover. If I'm not careful, I will have not only failed to ‘make memories,' as the popular phrase has it, but also have missed out on appreciating things the first time around. Here is where the habit of gratitude, the habit of it, helps. It begins with being present in the moment, to look and see and feel. St Paul gave Christians the command to ‘give thanks in all circumstances' to encourage people living with evil that God was not finished, not to say suffering was God's will. It is not God's will that anyone spent this holiday in a home that was unsafe, or lonely. A habit of thanksgiving is an antidote to denial as it names what's good and puts it in the foreground AND EXPOSES bad things for what they are. Today, just as for Paul, gratitude refuses to let evil have all the airtime, even when it shouts the loudest. Today, gratitude might mean pausing to ask what has surprised me with joy? What has pricked my conscience, or broken my heart? What do I NOT need to pick up again in the new year? Then we can approach 2026 with truth telling, wonder and curiosity: then we can make resolutions that do more than loosen our tight waistbands. And good news: it costs us nothing.

Backbone Wrestling Network, Welcome to the Sugar Mill (??) for this episode of Linking Up Luchas! Join your host Logan Crosland on this pod journey where he will be linking some of his most beloved friends up with one of his favorite short lived Lucha promotions, Lucha Underground. On this installment, he is joined by Jacob Williams, Shawn Kidd,  and Jennifer Smith as they take a slight detour and live watch the iMPACT Wrestling vs Lucha Underground show from April of 2018! Join us and enjoy the madness that is Lucha Underground and Merry Christmas!

Send us a textIt's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Houston, and in this episode it's beginning to look a lot like divorce -- along with other family law topics. This episode brings advice for family lawyers and pro bono attorneys who find themselves working on a family law case, and it also may serve as a resource for self-represented litigants in family court.  Segment One:  Best Practices in Family Court for Family Lawyers, Pro Bono Attorneys, and Self-Represented LitigantsJudge Gloria E. López (308th Family District Court), Judge Germaine Tanner (311th Family District Court), and Judge Janice Berg (247th Family District Court), provide practice tips based on their combined 18 years of experience as judges in Harris County Family Courts. They discuss best practices for family lawyers, pro bono lawyers who have a family law case, and self-represented litigants who have cases in family law court. Segment Two: Protective Orders 101Maisha Colter, Chief Executive Officer of AVDA-Texas, talks about how to obtain a domestic violence protective order, provides statutory updates related to obtaining these orders, and addresses issues pro bono or self-represented litigants should be aware of if they end up with a case that may involve domestic violence issues. Importantly, if you are experiencing domestic violence, help is available - call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233).   Service Spotlight: Finding Time to Have a Heart and Raise AwarenessKelly LaPar (Senior Counsel for NRG Energy, Inc. in Operation and Generation) and Dr. Damian LaPar (Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Executive Co-Director of the UTHealth Houston Children's Heart Institute, and Professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School) are co-chairing the American Heart Association - Houston Chapter's Houston Heart Ball this February. They address the importance of giving back and how to find the time to do that, and they provide some tips (and potential New Year's resolutions) for cardiovascular wellness. It is a timely and important topic for Houston lawyers. Segment Three: When Practice Areas Intersect: Immigration and Family LawBehind-the-Lines interviewer Rinku Ray talks with Ana Maria Schwartz (Principal of Schwartz Immigration Law, PLLC) about the ways immigration law and family law intersect and provides important insight into immigration issues family lawyers may need to be aware of. This is a very interesting interview that should be of interest to all lawyers. Segment Four: The Nuts & Bolts of Guardianship Cases, A Rewarding Pro Bono ExperienceNew Behind-the-Lines interviewer Jennifer Smith talks with Gerald Kimani (Gibson Dunn) about his extensive pro bono work on guardianship cases. Kimani discusses the substantive details about filing guardianship applications as well as the benefits of this important pro bono service, and he also briefly addresses helping obtain expunction orders on a pro bono basis. For full speaker bios, visit The Houston Lawyer (hba.org/thehoustonlawyer). To read The Houston Lawyer magazine, visit The Houston Lawyer_home. For more information about the Houston Bar Association, visit Houston Bar Association (hba.org).*The views expressed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the views of The Houston Lawyer Editorial Board or the Houston Bar Association.

On this week's episode of The Codcast, what it means when political forces come for the arts. CommonWealth Beacon reporter Jennifer Smith talks with Élider DiPaula, the new executive director of Project STEP — a 12-year music program focused on bringing students from underrepresented or marginalized backgrounds into the world of classical string music. The program lost a federal grant this spring, as did hundreds of other Northeast programs considered out of step with President Trump's nationalist priorities for the arts. DiPaula talks about his background as a Brazilian composer and performer, and what classical music sounds like, who it's for, and who created it is both personal and political.

Jennifer went from VC to founder and immediately broke every rule in the book. When she pivoted Scribe from an automation tool to a documentation platform, her investors told her she had just killed the company. She ignored them. Instead of polishing her product, she launched a "janky" offline MVP on Product Hunt to test for real market pull. Scribe is now used by 95% of the Fortune 500. In this episode, Jennifer reveals the brutal truth about ignoring "smart" money, why you should run PLG and Enterprise sales simultaneously from Day 1, and how to tell the difference between pushing a boulder up a hill and chasing one down it.Why You Should ListenWhy you sometimes need to ignore your investors to save your startup.The "Boulder Test": The definitive gut check for knowing if you have true Product-Market Fit.How to validate a massive opportunity with zero marketing budget.Why the conventional wisdom about choosing between PLG and Enterprise Sales is wrong.How to turn executive hiring interviews into free mentorship sessions.Keywordsstartup podcast, startup podcast for founders, product market fit, PLG strategies, MVP testing, enterprise sales, go to market strategy, early stage growth, finding pmf, founder stories00:00:00 Intro 00:02:21 1,200 Customer Interviews as a VC 00:22:07 How to Hire for Excellence 00:30:18 The Pivot from Automation to Documentation 00:39:17 Launching a "Janky" MVP on Product Hunt 00:49:09 The Boulder Test for Product-Market Fit 00:52:50 Doing PLG and Enterprise Sales Simultaneously 01:03:12 Ignoring Investors to Save the CompanySend me a message to let me know what you think!

Welcome to Talk'n Docs, the monthly podcast where we dive into the world of documentaries and review them for your listening pleasure. Hosted by Jennifer Smith, Logan Crosland and Cowboy Roger, the crew finish Season 5 with a review of the 2023 documentary Untold: Swamp Kings. The crew discusses the documentary in great detail with topics including: Urban Meyer's arrival in Gainesville, cultish college football fans, their love/hate relationship with Tim Tebow, Florida's dominance and controversies, and much more!    

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Have a comment? Send us a text! (We read all of them but can't reply). Email us: Will@faithfulpoliticspodcast.comInvestigative reporter Jennifer Smith Richards of ProPublica joins Will and Josh to break down her major reporting on Oklahoma's controversial education overhaul under Superintendent Ryan Walters. She explains how Christianity was woven into new academic standards, why educators across the political spectrum objected, and how figures like PragerU, David Barton, and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts influenced the proposed curriculum. Jennifer also walks through the dramatic rollback of civil-rights enforcement at the U.S. Department of Education and what the loss of federal oversight means for students with disabilities, racial discrimination claims, and families seeking accountability. This is a sobering, deeply important look at the future of public education, Christian nationalism in policy, and the stakes for parents and students nationwide.Additional ResourcesThis Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-education-department-oklahoma-public-schoolsPragerU Kids curriculum referenced by Oklahoma DOE: https://www.prageru.com/kidsGuest BioJennifer Smith Richards is an investigative reporter at ProPublica, specializing in education, civil rights, and systemic failures affecting children and families. Her reporting has uncovered national patterns in school discipline, civil-rights enforcement, curriculum changes influenced by political movements, and the real-world impact of state-level education policy. Her work is widely recognized for its depth, clarity, and public impact.Support the show

When Jennifer Smith was a child, a church leader twisted Old Testament stories while abusing her. After that, she didn't want anything to do with sections of the Bible. But eventually God used the Old Testament to help draw Jennifer back to Him.

EP. 465 Best to the Nest: The Future of Relationships We welcome Dr. Jennifer Smith from Kansas State University. Her research focuses on how technology is impacting the psychology of intimate relationships and how technology is contributing to the epidemic of loneliness. We are so grateful to our podcast sponsor Healing Insight. Founded by Dr. Senia Mae, Healing Insight is based in St. Paul Minnesota. It is a sanctuary for women seeking answers beyond conventional medicine. She is a trusted expert with over 18 years of experience in acupuncture and functional medicine.And this is fun! Through November 21st, Healing Insight is offering a pre-holiday special–– 200 dollars off a cosmetic acupuncture package. Go to Healing Insightonline.com to find out more.Our Website: https://www.besttothenest.com/On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/besttothenest?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==Our Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1088997968155776/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Pull into the Freak Out Drive-In, a live watch horror podcast with host Jennifer Smith. In the thirty-seventh episode in the reboot era, Jenny welcomes Jeff Machado to watch Jaws! The finale of the 2025 season is here! Jenny and Jeff discuss their horror movie history on the show, Jeff and Jenny's Mom's favorite movie, sharks in swimming pools, bad acting from extras, good wine pours and so much more! So, stay out of the water at the Freak Out Drive-In!