Podcast appearances and mentions of jim freeman

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers,In 1976, America celebrated 200 years of independence, democracy, and progress. Part of that celebration was the release of To Fly!, a short but powerful docudrama on the history of American flight. With To Fly!, Greg MacGillivray and his co-director Jim Freeman created one of the earliest IMAX films, bringing cinematography to new heights.After a decade of war and great social unrest, To Fly! celebrated the American identity and freedom to innovate. Today on Faster, Please! — The Podcast, I talk with MacGillivray about filming To Fly! and its enduring message of optimism.MacGillivray has produced and directed films for over 60 years. In that time, his production company has earned two Academy Award nominations, produced five of the Top 10 highest-grossing IMAX films, and has reached over 150 million viewers.In This Episode* The thrill of watching To Fly! (1:38)* An innovative filming process (8:25)* A “you can do it” movie (19:07)* Competing views of technology (25:50)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. The thrill of watching To Fly! (1:38)What Jim and I tried to do is put as many of the involving, experiential tricks into that film as we possibly could. We wrote the film based on all of these moments that we call “IMAX moments.”Pethokoukis: The film To Fly! premiered at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, at the IMAX Theater, July 1976. Do you happen know if it was it the 4th of July or. . . ?MacGillivray: No, you know, what they did is they had the opening on the 2nd of July so that it wouldn't conflict with the gigantic bicentennial on the 4th, but it was all part of the big celebration in Washington at that moment.I saw the film in the late '70s at what was then called the Great America Amusement Park in Gurnee, Illinois. I have a very clear memory of this, of going in there, sitting down, wondering why I was sitting and going to watch a movie as opposed to being on a roller coaster or some other ride — I've recently, a couple of times, re-watched the film — and I remember the opening segment with the balloonist, which was shot in a very familiar way. I have a very clear memory because when that screen opened up and that balloon took off, my stomach dropped.It was a film as a thrill ride, and upon rewatching it — I didn't think this as a 10-year-old or 11-year-old — but what it reminded me upon rewatching was of Henry V, Lawrence Olivier, 1944, where the film begins in the Globe Theater and as the film goes on, it opens up and expands into this huge technicolor extravaganza as the English versus the French. It reminds me of that. What was your reaction the first time you saw that movie, that film of yours you made with Jim Freeman, on the big screen where you could really get the full immersive effect?It gave me goosebumps. IMAX, at that time, was kind of unknown. The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum was the fourth IMAX theater built, and very few people had seen that system unless you visited world's fairs around the world. So we knew we had something that people were going to grasp a hold of and love because, like you said, it's a combination of film, and storytelling, and a roller coaster ride. You basically give yourself away to the screen and just go with it.What Jim and I tried to do is put as many of the involving, experiential tricks into that film as we possibly could. We wrote the film based on all of these moments that we call “IMAX moments.” We tried to put as many in there as we could, including the train coming straight at you and bashing right into the camera where the audience thinks it's going to get run over. Those kinds of moments on that gigantic screen with that wonderful 10 times, 35-millimeter clarity really moved the audience and I guess that's why they used it at Great America where you saw it.You mentioned the train and I remember a story from the era of silent film and the first time people saw a train on silent film, they jumped, people jumped because they thought the train was coming at them. Then, of course, we all kind of got used to it, and this just occurred to me, that film may have been the first time in 75 years that an audience had that reaction again, like they did with first with silent film where they thought the train was going to come out of the screen to To Fly! where, once again, your previous experience looking at a visual medium was not going to help you. This was something completely different and your sense perception was totally surprised by it.Yeah, it's true. Obviously we were copying that early train shot that started the cinema way back in probably 1896 or 1898. You ended up with To Fly! . . . we knew we had an opportunity because the Air and Space Museum, we felt, was going to be a huge smash hit. Everyone was interested in space right at that moment. Everyone was interested in flying right at that moment. Basically, as soon as it opened its doors, the Air and Space Museum became the number one museum in America, and I think it even passed the Louvre that year in attendance.Our film had over a million and a half people in its first year, which was astounding! And after that year of run, every museum in the world wanted an IMAX theater. Everyone heard about it. They started out charging 50 cents admission for the 27-minute IMAX film, and halfway through the season, they got embarrassed because they were making so much money. They reduced the admission price to 25 cents and everyone was happy. The film was so fun to watch and gave you information in a poetic way through the narration. The storytelling was simple and chronological. You could follow it even if you were a 10-year-old or an 85-year-old, and people just adored the movie. They wrote letters to the editor. The Washington Post called it the best film in the last 10 years, or something like that. Anyway, it was really a heady of time for IMAX.An innovative filming process (8:25)It was one of those things where our knowledge of technology and shooting all kinds of various films prior to that that used technology, we just basically poured everything into this one movie to try to prove the system, to try to show people what IMAX could do . . .I may have just read the Washington Post review that you mentioned. It was a Washington Post review from just three or four years later, so not that long after, and in the conclusion to that piece, it said, “You come away from the film remembering the flying, the freedom of it, the glee, the exaltation. No Wonder ‘To Fly' is a national monument.” So already calling it a national monument, but it took some innovation to create that monument. This isn't just a piece of great filmmaking and great storytelling, it's a piece of technological innovation. I wonder if you could tell me about that.We've worked with the IMAX corporation, particularly Graeme Ferguson, who is gone now, but he was a filmmaker and helped us immensely. Not only guiding, because he'd made a couple of IMAX films previously that just showed at individual theaters, but was a great filmmaker and we wanted three more cameras built—there was only one camera when we began, and we needed three, actually, so we could double shoot and triple shoot different scenes that were dangerous. They did that for us in record time. Then we had to build all these kind of imaginative camera mounts. A guy named Nelson Tyler, Tyler Camera Systems in Hollywood, helped us enormously. He was a close friend and basically built an IMAX camera mount for a helicopter that we called the “monster mount.” It was so huge.The IMAX camera was big and huge on its own, so it needed this huge mount, and it carried the IMAX camera flawlessly and smoothly through the air in a helicopter so that there weren't any bumps or jarring moments so the audience would not get disturbed but they would feel like they were a bird flying. You needed that smoothness because when you're sitting up close against that beautifully detailed screen, you don't want any jerk or you're going to want to close your eyes. It's going to be too nauseating to actually watch. So we knew we had to have flawlessly smooth and beautiful aerials shot in the best light of the day, right at dawn or right at sunset. The tricks that we used, the special camera mounts, we had two different camera mounts for helicopters, one for a Learjet, one for a biplane. We even had a balloon mount that went in the helium balloon that we set up at the beginning of the film.It was one of those things where our knowledge of technology and shooting all kinds of various films prior to that that used technology, we just basically poured everything into this one movie to try to prove the system, to try to show people what IMAX could do . . . There are quiet moments in the film that are very powerful, but there's also these basic thrill moments where the camera goes off over the edge of a cliff and your stomach kind of turns upside down a little bit. Some people had to close their eyes as they were watching so they wouldn't get nauseated, but that's really what we wanted. We wanted people to experience that bigness and that beauty. Basically the theme of the movie was taking off into the air was like the opening of a new eye.Essentially, you re-understood what the world was when aviation began, when the first balloonists took off or when the first airplane, the Wright Brothers, took off, or when we went into space, the change of perspective. And obviously IMAX is the ultimate change of perspectiveWhen I watched the entire film — I've watched it a few times since on YouTube, which I think somebody ripped from a laser disc or something — maybe six months ago, I had forgotten the space sequence. This movie came out a year before Star Wars, and I was looking at that space sequence and I thought, that's pretty good. I thought that really held up excellent. As a documentary, what prepared you to do that kind of sequence? Or was that something completely different that you really had to innovate to do?I had loved 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Kubrick film, and one of the special effects supervisors was Doug Trumbull. So we called Doug and said, “Look, I want to make the sequence. It's going to be short, but it's going to pay homage to space travel and what could happen in the future.” And he guided us a little bit, showed us how to make kind of the explosions of space that he'd done in 2001 using microscopic paint, so we had to develop a camera lens that fit on the IMAX camera that could shoot just a very small area, like half an inch across, where paint in a soluble mixture could then explode. We shot it in slow motion, and then we built a Starship, kind of like a Star Wars-looking — though, as you mentioned, Star Wars had not come out yet — kind of a spaceship that we then superimposed against planets that we photographed, Jupiter and Saturn. We tried to give the feeling and the perspective that that could give us with our poetic narrator, and it worked. It kind of worked, even though it was done on a very small budget. We had $690,000 to make that movie. So we only had one SAG actor who actually got paid the regular wage, that was Peter Walker.Was that the balloonist?Yeah, he was the balloonist. And he was a stage actor, so he was perfect, because I wanted something to obviously be a little bit overblown, make your gestures kind of comically big, and he was perfect for it. But we only had enough money to pay him for one day, so we went to Vermont and put him in the balloon basket, and we shot everything in one day. We never actually shot him flying. We shot him hanging in the balloon basket and the balloon basket was hanging from a crane that was out of the picture, and so we could lift him and make him swing past us and all that stuff, and he was terrific.Then we shot the real balloon, which was a helium balloon. We got the helium from the Navy — which would've been very costly, but they donated the helium — and went to West Virginia where the forest was basically uncut and had no power lines going through it so we could duplicate 1780 or whatever the year was with our aerial shooting. And we had a guy named Kurt Snelling, who was probably the best balloonist at that particular moment, and he dressed like Peter in the same costume and piloted the balloon across. And balloons, you can't tell where they're going, they just follow the wind, and so it was a little dangerous, but we got it all done. It was about a week and a half because we had to wait for weather. So we had a lot of weather days and bad rain in West Virginia when we shot that, but we got it all done, and it looks beautiful, and it matches in with Peter pretty well.Just what you've described there, it sounds like a lot: You're going to Maine, you're in West Virginia, you're getting helium from — it sounds like there were a lot of moving parts! Was this the most ambitious thing you had done up until that point?Well, we'd worked on some feature films before, like The Towering Inferno and Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and things like that, which were involved and very complicated. But yeah, it was very much the biggest production that we put together on our own, and it required us to learn how to produce in a big fashion. It was a thrill for us. Essentially, we had about 10 people working on the film in Laguna Beach, and none of them, except for maybe Jim and I, who we'd worked on feature films and complicated shoots with actors and all that, but a lot of our team hadn't. And so it was an adventure. Every day was a thrill.A “you can do it” movie (19:07). . . we were celebrating 200 years of democracy, of individual freedom, of individual inspiration, getting past obstacles, because you can do it — you have that belief that you can do it.There's a version of this podcast where we spend a half hour talking about The Towering Inferno. I just want you to know that it's very hard for me not to derail the conversation into talking about The Towering Inferno. I will not do that, but let me ask you this, the movie is about flight, it's about westward expansion, but that movie, it came out for the bicentennial, we'd gone through a tumultuous, let's say past 10 years: You had Vietnam, there's social unrest, you had Watergate. And the movie really must have just seemed like a breath of fresh air for people.As you put the movie together, and wrote it, and filmed it, did you feel like you were telling a message other than just about our connection with flight? It really seemed to me to be more than that, a movie about aspiration, and curiosity, and so forth.It was, and pretty much all of our films have been that positive spirit, “You can do it” kind of movie. Even our surfing films that we started with 20 years, maybe 10 years before To Fly!, you end up with that spirit of the human's ability to go beyond. And obviously celebrating the bicentennial and the beginning of democracy here in this country and the fact that we were celebrating 200 years of democracy, of individual freedom, of individual inspiration, getting past obstacles, because you can do it — you have that belief that you can do it.Of course, this was right there when everyone had felt, okay, we went to the moon, we did all kinds of great things. We were inventive and a lot of that spirit of invention, and curiosity, and accomplishment came from the fact that we were free as individuals to do it, to take risks. So I think To Fly! had a lot of that as part of it.But the interesting thing, I thought, was I had one meeting with Michael Collins, who was the director of the Air and Space Museum and the astronaut who circled the moon as Neil and Buzz Aldrin were on the moon walking around, and here he is, hoping that these two guys will come back to him so that the three of them can come back to Earth — but they'd never tested the blast-off from the moon's surface, and they didn't know 100 percent that it was going to work, and that was the weirdest feeling.But what Collins told me in my single meeting that I had with him, he said, “Look, I've got a half an hour for you, I'm building a museum, I've got two years to do it.” And I said, “Look, one thing I want to know is how much facts and figures do you want in this movie? We've got a little over a half an hour to do this film. The audience sits down in your theater, what do you want me to do?” And he said, “Give me fun. Give me the IMAX experience. I don't want any facts and figures. I don't want any dates. I don't want any names. I've got plenty of those everywhere else in the museum. People are going to be sick of dates and names. Give me fun, give me adventure.” And I said, “Oh gosh, we know how to do that because we started out making surfing films.” and he goes, “Do that. Make me a surfing film about aviation.” It was probably the best advice, because he said, “And I don't want to see you again for two years. Bring me back a film. I trust you. I've seen your films. Just go out and do it.” And that was probably the best management advice that I've ever received.So you weren't getting notes. I always hear about studios giving filmmakers notes. You did not get notes.The note I got was, “We love it. Put it on the screen now.” What they did do is they gave me 26 subjects. They said, “Here's the things that we think would be really cool in the movie. We know you can't use 26 things because that's like a minute per sequence, so you pick which of those 26 to stick in.” And I said, “What I'm going to do then is make it chronological so people will somewhat understand it, otherwise it's going to be confusing as heck.” And he said, “Great, you pick.” So I picked things that I knew I could do, and Jim, of course, was right there with me all the time.Then we had a wonderful advisor in Francis Thompson who at that time was an older filmmaker from New York who had done a lot of world's fair films, hadn't ever done IMAX, but he'd done triple-screen films and won an Academy Award with a film called To Be Alive! and he advised us. Graeme Ferguson, as I mentioned, advised us, but we selected the different sequences, probably ended up with 12 sequences, each of which we felt that we could handle on our meager budget.It was delightful that Conoco put up the money for the film as a public service. They wanted to be recognized in the bicentennial year, and they expected that the film was going to run for a year, and then of course today it's still running and it's going into its 50th year now. And so it's one of those things that was one of those feel-good moments of my life and feel-good moments for the Air and Space Museum, Michael Collins, for everyone involved.Competing views of technology (25:50)Our film was the feel-good, be proud to be an American and be proud to be a human being, and we're not messing up everything. There's a lot that's going right.When rewatching it, I was reminded of the 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi by Godfrey Reggio, which also had a very famous scene of a 747 looming at the camera. While yours was a joyous scene, I think we're supposed to take away an ominous message about technology in that film. That movie was not a celebration of flight or of technology. Have you wondered why just six years after To Fly!, this other film came out and conveyed a very different message about technology and society.I love Koyaanisqatsi, and in fact, we helped work on that. We did a lot of the aerial shooting for that.I did not know that.And Godfrey Reggio is an acquaintance, a friend. We tried to actually do a movie together for the new millennium, and that would've been pretty wild.Certainly a hypnotic film, no doubt. Fantastic.Yeah. But their thesis was, yeah, technology's gotten beyond us. It's kind of controlled us in some fashions. And with the time-lapse sequences and the basic frenetic aspects of life and war and things like that. And with no narration. That film lets the audience tell the story to themselves, guided by the visuals and the technique. Our film was absolutely a 100 percent positive that the 747 that we had was the number one 747 ever built. Boeing owned it. I don't think they'd started selling them, or they were just starting to use them. Everyone was amazed by the size of this airplane, and we got to bolt our IMAX camera on the bottom of it, and then it was such a thrill to take that big 747.The guy took off from Seattle and the pilot said, “Okay, now where do you want to go?” I said, “Well, I want to find clouds. And he goes, “Well, there's some clouds over next to Illinois. We could go there,” so we go two hours towards Illinois. And I'm in a 737 that they loaned us with the IMAX camera in a brand new window that we stuck in the side of the 737, just absolutely clear as the sheet of glass, just a single pane, and the camera's right up against that piece of plexiglass and with the 40-millimeter lens, which is a 90-degree lens.So I said, “We've got to fly the 737 really close to the 747 and through clouds so that the clouds are wisping through, and so the 747 is disappearing and then appearing and then disappearing and then appear, and we have to do this right at sunset in puffy clouds, these big cumulus clouds.” And so they said, “We can do that, let's go find it!” The two guys who were piloting were both military pilots, so they were used to flying in formation and it was a delight. We shot roll, after roll, after roll and got some of those moments where that 747 comes out into light after being in the white of the cloud are just stunning. So we made the 747 look almost like a miniature plane, except for the shot from underneath where you see the big wheels coming up. So it was a really cool, and I don't know what it cost Boeing to do that, but hundreds of thousands, maybe.Another public service.But they got it back. Obviously it was a heroic moment in the film, and their beautiful plane, which went on to sell many, many copies and was their hero airplane for so many years.Yeah, sure.It was a fun deal. So in comparison to Koyaanisqatsi, our film was the exact opposite. Our film was the feel-good, be proud to be an American and be proud to be a human being, and we're not messing up everything. There's a lot that's going right.I feel like there's a gap in what we get out of Hollywood, what we get out of the media. You don't want just feel-good films. You don't want just celebrations. You want the full range of our lives and of human experience, but I feel like, Koyaanisqatsi is about being out of balance, I think we've gotten out of balance. I just don't see much out there that has the kind of aspirational message with To Fly! I'm not sure what you think. I feel like we could use more of that.Yeah, I'm hopeful that I'm going to be able to make a movie called A Beautiful Life, which is all about the same thing that I was talking about, the freedom that the individual has here in America. I was hopeful to do it for the 250th anniversary, but I'm not going to get it done by that time next year. But I want to do that movie kind of as a musical celebration of almost a “family of man” sort of movie located around the world with various cultures and positive spirit. I'm an optimist, I'm a positive person. That's the joy I get out of life. I suppose that's why Jim and I were perfect to make To Fly! 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If you have a tip, please call 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324)Somewhere in the Pines is sponsored by Better Help and Hello FreshHi Everyone, In today's episode, we chat with Heather Horton Whedon and Jim Freeman about the role Satanism may have played in Israel's crimes. Featured Guests:Jim FreemanHeather Horton WhedonResources:The FBI filesThe Church of Satan by Anton LaVeyStuff You Should Know - How Satanism WorksAnd as always, a very special Thank you to our Patreon producers:Heather Horton WhedonNicole GuzmanLynnlie TuschoffColleen SullivanAttar MannStephanie MaksimowKatelyn JamesKathy NationBrian HannaTristaAllyPinkDale AkstinandCorey DeatlyThis is a Studio BOTH/AND collaboration: www.somewhereinthepines.com / bothand.fyi  For an ad-free experience: cz/studiobothand For early ad-free episodes and more: www.Patreon.com/somewhereinthepines 

Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon go over how the DNC went and the reactions to it. They also talk about RFK Jr.'s big announcement that he is dropping out of the race and endorsing Trump. Then, we flashback to a few segments from this past week at the DNC: Tom, Andy, and Carl talk with Juan Williams - Fox news analyst and The Hill columnist on the significance/history related to Rev. Jesse Jackson being honored at the convention. Tom, Andy, Carl, and RCP's Susan Crabtree talk about the word "freedom" which has become one of the themes of the campaign. (But has the meaning shifted?) And finally, Tom, Andy, Carl, and RCP's Adeline Von Drehle speak with Jim Freeman of the Wall Street Journal. They discuss the optics of the convention including Barack and Michelle Obama and Second Gentlemen Doug Emhoff.

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It's party time! This month we're celebrating Patriot Games' 29th birthday with Jim Freeman, owner of the Sheffield gaming store. We're also using this opportunity to discuss what party games we're taking to the upcoming birthdays of Meltdown Sheffield and Extra Life Gaming Lounge too.In this episode, we discuss:Our favourite party games.The origins of Patriot Games from comic book supplier to gaming megastore.The unexpected lore of the Sheffield-made party game, Gang Beasts.and lots more!HostsConor: @ChronoCleonMatt: @MattSpeaksWordsJade: @TheKnoxbearAnd special guest: Jim from Patriot Games

There are so many examples of revisionist history happening these days, particularly among conservatives, that historian and University of Princeton professor Kevin M. Kruse joins this episode of The New Abnormal politics podcast to set the record straight. He tells co-host Andy Levy about his book Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past, which is a complication of historians crushing those myths, and shares proof that contrary to Republicans' denials, the party actively engages in the racist “Southern Strategy.” Plus, Nixon's role in it all. Also in this episode: TNA co-host Danielle Moodie interviews Jim Freeman, a civil rights lawyer and author of the book, Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice, to talk about the Defund the Police movement and the role police unions are playing in stopping it from happening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brevbomber exploderar runt om i USA. Till en början verkar måltavlorna vara olika universitet och flygplatser. Bomberna dödar och sprider skräck. FBI står handfallna. Så småningom dras USAs största dagstidningar in i bombterroristens nät. Han tvingar dem att publicera ett samhällskritiskt manifest och hotar med fler dödliga bomber. Gärningsmannen är extremt försiktig och av allt att döma smart. Genismart skall det visa sig. Han lyckas hålla sig undan i nästan 20 år. Men allt förändras en dag när gärningsmannens egna familj känner igen hans formuleringar i manifestet, som tidningen publicerat. Och jakten på USAs värsta terrorist intensifieras.Medverkande: David Kaczynski, Ted Kaczynskis bror.Linda Patrik, Ted Kaczynskis svägerska.Jamie Gehring, granne med UNA-bombaren.Jim Freeman, FBI-agent.Max Noel, FBI-agent.James R Fitzgerald, FBI-profilerare. Gary Wright, UNA-bombarens offer.John Zerzan, anarkist och UNA-bombarens vän.Don Graham, tidningschef på Washington Post.Leonard Downie, redaktör på Washington Post.En dokumentär av: Emelie Svensson.Producent: Tove Palén.Tekniker: Agnes CasellI redaktionen ingick: Andres Kriisa

Filmmaker and surfer Greg MacGillivray joins the pod to talk about his influential surf film Five Summer Stories and a lifetime in surfing. First, he looks back at the early days of surfing, the joy and escape that it provides, the introduction of competitive surfing, and his personal beginnings in the sport in Southern California. He dives into his work with Jim Freeman and MacGillivray Freeman Films, directing and producing surf films like Five Summer Stories, Big Wednesday and more, working in Hollywood, developing some of the first IMAX films, and even contributing to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. He shares stories from filming in extreme places from Mount Everest to Mavericks to America's National Parks and beyond. Greg also touches on conservation, innovations in film technology, the similarities between mountain climbers and surfers, and the upcoming screening of his new film alongside live music. Follow Greg here. Watch the screening of Five Hundred Summer Stories live at the Coast Film & Music Festival November 13 in Laguna Beach, California. Preorder Greg's visual memoir now. Learn more about his films. Join the conversation by following The Lineup with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel.  Stay up to date with all things WSL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TSC News TV host Fred Richani interviews legendary filmmaker Greg MacGillivray about the 50th anniversary of his beloved surfing documentary Five Summer Stories, pioneering IMAX technology, working under director Stanley Kubrick for The Shining, his late great business partner Jim Freeman, museums embracing his work, and what's next for MacGillivray Freeman Films! For more info: https://macgillivrayfreeman.com/ https://fivesummerstories.com/ ✅Subscribe for more interviews: https://www.youtube.com/TSCGaming

How do the rich get richer? Jim Freeman explains how racism plays a big part in padding the pockets of the already ultra-wealthy. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7. Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this episode, Tyler had the incredible opportunity to talk to the legendary filmmaker, Greg MacGillivray. Business partner Jim Freeman, MacGillivray produced a series of films from the mid-'60s to the early '70s that set the standard for technical excellence. Their final surf film Five Summer Stories was deemed as one of the greatest surf films of all time. It's an in depth deep dive into the career and life of one of surfing's greatest filmmakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman were already celebrated for producing gold standard surf films when, in 1972, they released FIVE SUMMER STORIES. They were two young Southern California filmmakers who entered the surf-film world in the mid-‘60s. FIVE SUMMER STORIES originated as a “farewell to surfing” from the talented duo, who were being courted by Hollywood and ready leave the surf-film world for other creative work. They handpicked great sequences they hadn't used yet, secured legendary cinematographer Bud Browne for new material, and wove all the elements together into a series of stories. They topped it off with original music from the band Honk and classic songs of the Beach Boys and suddenly you have an enduring cinema classic. From the allure of its Rick Griffin poster art to its tightly framed ultra-slow-motion camera work, this was a state-of-the-art film that authentically, and often humorously, captured the state of a sport. Since its initial release FIVE SUMMER STORIES has toured America 10 times in four successive versions that played to more than a million people, many of them surfers and many more that had never even touched a surfboard! Although very much in the surf film genre, FIVE SUMMER STORIES raised the art form to a new level and set the standard for the next two decades. Even today, it remains the standard by which all surf films are artistically measured. Co-director Greg MacGillivray joins us for a conversation on the long, strange trip that FIVE SUMMER STORIES has been for his soaring career, how it allowed him and MacGillivray / Freeman Film to become world's leading producer and distributor of giant screen (IMAX) films. For news and screenings go to: fivesummerstories.com For more on their films go to: macgillivrayfreeman.com For more go to: macgillivrayfreeman.com/five-summer-stories

Filmmaker Antonio Saillant from Celebrity Spotlight Radio interviews director Greg MacGillivray's for his upcoming 50th Anniversary special release of the digitally remastered classic surf documentary, “Five Summer Stories” (1972), widely considered the greatest surf film ever made, To Theatres Across the U.S. & Canada Beginning on August 12th. View the complete list of screening dates here: http://fivesummerstories.com/ Check out the Trailer Here. https://youtu.be/clxDcKdve3I “Five Summer Stories” first premiered in 1972 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and was quickly deemed “the greatest surf film ever made.” The film's unusual format—a montage of five-plus stories or vignettes—perfectly captured a fractured era in which an explosion of creativity and revolutionary change was shaking down the old order, taking the sport of surfing off into new and unknown territory. Although the film went through several (and increasingly popular) incarnations as it played in theaters over a seven-year span from 1972 to 1979, its fundamental story remained the same—that the pure, innocent joy of surfing was symbolic of humankind's best possibilities on Earth without war or politics or environmental destruction. The film features music by the Beach Boys and Honk. “Five Summer Stories” is directed and produced by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman, and photographed by MacGillivray, Freeman, Bud Browne (“Going Surfin'”) and George Greenough, with narration written by Drew Kampion and music composed by the 1970s rock/surf band Honk and featuring songs by the Beach Boys. Images, Trailer, Movie Poster and Press Information supplied and sent by CINEMATIC RED PR and ©Adventure Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Note | “Five Summer Stories”Trailer and Poster courtesy of ©Adventure Entertainment . All Rights Reserved and CINEMATIC RED PR. Received Permission to use original content for review purposes for our show Celebrity Spotlight Radio. Received permission to use original content from CINEMATIC RED PR and ©Adventure Entertainment . All Rights Reserved for our show Celebrity Spotlight radio. Video in use and materials are no substitute and it's in the original content. Subscribe ➤ Celebrity Spotlight Radio https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJWuqwIeQrBpGS2Bx8F7TQ Follow Us ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celebrityspotlightradio Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSpotlightRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celebrityspotlightradio/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@celebrityspotlightradio Celebrity Spotlight Radio Podcast ➤ https://anchor.fm/celebrity-spotlight-radio Fair Use Disclaimer: I do not own any pictures/videos contained within this video. "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/celebrity-spotlight-radio/support

When it comes to combat sport, Bare Knuckle Boxing is one of the purest and toughest disciplines out there. It's certainly not for the faint hearted, but it's popularity is back on the up thanks to Joe Brown and Jim Freeman.The pair have dragged the sport into the 21st century by adding a level of professionalism, production quality and ambition with their brand BKB.They put on incredibly successful events in venues such as the 02 Arena in London, and get millions of views around the world. We chat about their mission to change pre-conceptions, rival boxing and MMA on the world stage, and highlight some of the toughest athletes on the planet.Website: DodgeWoodall.comInstagram: @Dodge.WoodallLinkedIn: Dodge WoodallYouTube: Dodge Woodall See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Cardboard Time, Arwen discusses: The Shelf of Shame Rundown Interview with Jim Freeman and James Staley (Tin Robot Games & Board Game Binge) about Hamsters vs. Hippos Our social media: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cardboardtime/message

Host Caris Fox and guest Jim Freeman introduce the role of systemic and strategic racism in the conversation about policing, mass incarceration, anti-immigrant policies, and the mass criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and Communities of Color (BIPOC). This episode highlights the importance of and offers resources to support grassroots movements with interdisciplinary assistance to end gun violence and advocate for police abolition. Lastly, Freeman introduces a summary of his book, Rich Thanks to Racism, and how the ultra-wealthy profit from the imprisonment of BIPOC bodies.   Links:  Jim Freeman's Website: https://www.jimofreeman.com/ Rich Thanks to Racism: https://www.jimofreeman.com/book Social Movement Support Lab: https://operations.du.edu/irise/content/content/project-social-movement-support-lab            

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Beth and Kate interview the knowledgeable, humble and wise Jim Freeman! Jim is husband to Vicki and the dad of two from a previous marriage where his wife had passed. After 60 years in the education field, he is currently in an advisor role with Valley Christian School in Youngstown. Jim cares deeply for children's well-being and their mental and emotional health. In the past, he loved to fly and owned multiple planes. He also enjoys wood working in larger projects, such as building kitchens! Jim and Vicki have been at the URF since 2019, and we're grateful for them! If you know Jim, you know he's passionate about prayer, listening to closely to the Spirit of God, and following Jesus obediently. His love for and example of Jesus can be seen as he serves and betters different educational communities! Hear from Jim as he encourages us to follow Jesus and not be satisfied with religion.

Emma hosts Jim Freeman, director of the Social Movement Support Lab, to discuss his new book, "Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit From Racial Injustice," to discuss the hidden strategies behind systemic racism in America. Freeman walks through his concept of strategic racism and how the U.S. Government refuses to properly address policies that result in racialized violence and inequity due to the economic benefits for the ultra-wealthy. Looking at organizations like ALEC and the Heritage Foundation, and individuals such as Charles Koch and Bill Gates, Emma and Jim walk through how neoliberal policy has followed the interests of private actors. They look at the recent movement to privatize education through charter schools and vouchers as a unifying development for billionaires writ large, bringing together Gates and Koch, despite their vastly different public personas, and completely devastating the public educate systems in poorer Black and brown communities, and discuss the role of the carceral state in both financially benefitting capitalists with slave labor and maintaining docility to the status quo. Freeman also looks into how the brutally violent suppression tactics of the criminal justice system serve as a blueprint for both immigration policy and the military-industrial complex, before Emma and he round out the interview with the importance of reframing the conversation around the structural reinforcement of profit despite pain and recognizing the importance of widespread solidarity and coalition. Emma finishes up the show by focusing on the absurd coverage of the Cuba protests among the right, ignoring the horrors of the multi-decade-long U.S. embargo that has maintained economic sanctions through an international pandemic and, unsurprisingly, going straight for the Bay of Pigs pt. 2. And in the Fun Half: Emma, Brandon, and Matt discuss Newsmax's weird centering of baseball and football in a rant on the U.S.'s impact on the geopolitical realm, Spike Lee going full bitcoin bro in his politics and carnival barker in his fashion sense, and Dogecoin founder Jackson Palmer's thread on the inherently pro-capitalist nature of crypto. Next, the crew covers Candace Owen's new talk show and her pitch of communism being the true infection of Covid-19, before Dave from Jamaica discusses the false promise of the 21st-century space race, and Robert from Louisiana gives an anti-welfare argument possibly more confusing and condescending than the actual U.S. welfare system, plus, your calls and IMs! Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ (Merch issues and concerns can be addressed here: majorityreportstore@mirrorimage.com) You can now watch the livestream on Twitch Check out today's sponsor: BetterHelp gives you access to your own fully licensed and accredited therapist via phone, chat, or video. A lot of therapists elsewhere have long waitlists and it can take weeks or months before they can see you… But when you sign up with BetterHelp, they match you with a therapist based on your specific needs, and you'll be communicating with them in less than 24 hours. BetterHelp is giving our audience 10% off their first month when you go to https://betterhelp.com/majorityreport Support the St. Vincent Nurses today as they continue to strike for a fair contract! https://action.massnurses.org/we-stand-with-st-vincents-nurses/ Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Subscribe to AM Quickie writer Corey Pein's podcast News from Nowhere, at https://www.patreon.com/newsfromnowhere Check out The Letterhack's upcoming Kickstarter project for his new graphic novel! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/milagrocomic/milagro-heroe-de-las-calles Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel! Check out The Nomiki Show live at 3 pm ET on YouTube at patreon.com/thenomikishow Check out Matt's podcast, Literary Hangover, at Patreon.com/LiteraryHangover, or on iTunes. Check out Jamie's podcast, The Antifada, at patreon.com/theantifada, on iTunes, or at twitch.tv/theantifada (streaming every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7pm ET!) Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn

Welcome to Friday Evening Fireside, a long-form version of Monday Morning QB. Today's edition features three extended interview cuts: reporter Amara Evering with Dr. Kerith Conron on a wave of anti-trans state legislation; reporter Chris Bangert-Drowns with economist Elise Gould on disappointing jobs numbers; and WPFW News Director Askia Muhammad with civil rights attorney Jim Freeman on how racism enriches America's wealthiest.

In the 1990s the FBI’s most wanted criminal was an elusive mystery bomber who had been mailing dangerous and deadly packages to executives and university professors since 1978.  The UNABOMBER had left a trail of destruction around the United States, but the FBI had very little hard evidence that could help solve the case. Then in 1993 after a six year hiatus the UNABOMBER was back on the scene and the devices he sent were more powerful and sophisticated.  Officials worried it was only a matter of time before something terrible happened.  On this episode of History of the 90s host Kathy Kenzora looks back at one of the largest and most expensive manhunts in FBI history. You’ll hear from two of the FBI agents who were instrumental in the investigation that finally led to the capture of the Unabomber. Proud Sponsor of SickKids VS: https://www.sickkidsfoundation.com/podcast This episode of History of the 90s is supported by Command Line Heroes. Command Line Heroes: Season 7: The Internet Class of ‘95 (redhat.com) Contact:  Twitter: @1990shistory Facebook: @1990shistory Instagram: @that90spodcast Email:  90s@curiouscast.ca Blog:  www.historyofthe90sblog.ca Guests: Max Noel, served as an F.B.I. special Agent for thirty-one (31) years.  He retired in 1999.  Terry Turchie, retired from the FBI in April 2001, having served as the first Deputy Assistant Director of the newly created Counterterrorism Division of the FBI from March, 2000 to April, 2001. Along with their colleague Jim Freeman they co-wrote; Unabomber: How the FBI Broke Its Own Rules to Capture the Terrorist Ted Kaczynski. They have written a sequel to the book which includes some of Kaczinski’s own writings. Capturing the Unabomber: The FBI’s Insider Story is scheduled to be released in May 2021.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emily Roland, co-chief investment strategist, John Hancock Investment Management, says that the economic and corporate fundamental pictures are 'absolutely awesome' right now, but she notes that after parabolic returns off the bottom like we have seen in the last 12 months, the market tends to become more choppy, volatile and challenging. While she is bullish -- believing that new economic and market cycles are unfolding now -- she thinks the easy rebound returns have been made. Also on the show, Brian Dress, director of research at Left Brain Investment Research, discusses Energy Transfer as a 'bond-like equity' with a 7 percent yield and potential for growth, Matt Frankel of The Ascent talks about a study on what consumers most want from their credit cards, and author and civil rights attorney Jim Freeman discusses his new book, 'Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice.'

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  Please consider a paid subscription to this daily podcast. Everyday I will interview 2 or more expert guests on a wide range of issues. I will continue to be transparent about my life, issues and vulnerabilities in hopes we can relate, connect and grow together. Join the Stand Up Community Christian Finnegan  is an American stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in New York City. Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever and as Chad, the only white roommate in the “Mad Real World” sketch on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. Additional television appearances as himself or performing stand up have included “Conan”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, "Would You Rather...with Graham Norton", “Good Afternoon America” and multiple times on  The Today Show and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and on History's I Love the 1880s. He hosted TV Land's game show "Game Time". As an actor, Finnegan portrayed the supporting role of "Carl" in the film Eden Court, a ticket agent in "Knight and Day" and several guest roles including a talk show host on "The Good Wife". In October 2006, Finnegan's debut stand up comedy CD titled Two For Flinching was released by Comedy Central Records, with a follow-up national tour of college campuses from January to April 2007. “Au Contraire!” was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2009. His third special "The Fun Part" was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 4, 2013 and debuted on Netflix on April 15, 2014. Jim Freeman is a civil rights lawyer and author who works with communities of color across the US to address issues of systemic racism and create positive social change. He has supported dozens of grassroots-led efforts to end mass criminalization and incarceration, achieve education equity, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, protect immigrants’ rights, and create a more inclusive and participatory democracy. Freeman directs the Social Movement Support Lab at IRISE, an initiative at the University of Denver that provides multidisciplinary assistance to communities fighting for racial justice. He was formerly a Senior Attorney at Advancement Project, a national civil rights organization, where he directed the Ending the Schoolhouse-to-Jailhouse Track project. He served under President Obama as a Commissioner on the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Freeman is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Law School, and was an editor on the Harvard Law Review. He is a former Skadden Fellow, clerked for Judge James R. Browning on the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page

Derek Chauvin is convicted on all charges. Public figures react to the news with varying degrees of success. Kyrsten Sinema tweets out “financial wellness” tips. Columbus police fatally shoot 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant. Kayleigh McEnany criticizes Biden's response to the verdict. Jim Freeman joins to discuss his new book, “Rich Thanks To Racism.”Co-Host: Jayar JacksonGuest: Jim Freeman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

(4/15/21) Despite Obama-era fantasies of a post-racial America, discrimination based on race remains a fundamental problem in all areas of our daily lives. In his new book Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice, civil rights attorney Jim Freeman reveals the hidden strategy behind systemic racism. Join us for a look at who is driving the public policies that continue to devastate communities of color across the country in this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI.

Racism is harming, if not killing, people of color in America, but there’s a small group that actually profits off it. That’s what Jim Freeman, author of “Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit from Racial Injustice,” unravels in today’s episode. There’s a number of billionaires and multi-millionaires (like the Koch brothers and the people behind ALEC, to name a couple) who invest in legislation that keep things in place like the prison-industrial complex, immigrant detention, and school privatization, but that’s not the only way they turn racism into profits. Jim speaks to the layers that begin with criminalizing young people of color in their schools and continue after people have been released from prison. But you can get involved, and Jim also has some advice on that, too. Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Producer: Brittany Temple Distributor: DCP Entertainment For additional content: makeitplain.com

In this hour Stephen Henderson talks with Adam Lauring about the COVID variants that we are dealing with here in Michigan. Plus, Jim Freeman, one of the nation’s leading civil rights attorneys and author joins the show to talk about his forthcoming book, "Rich Thanks to Racism: How the Ultra-Wealthy Profit From Racial Injustice."

In this episode I talk with Jim Freeman, Head of Solutions at OnApp. OnApp provides a complete Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) software platform for hosting companies, cloud providers, managed service providers and telecoms companies. Service Providers can create a wide range of cloud, dedicated hosting, CDN, DNS and storage services on top of commodity datacenter infrastructure; automate them completely through a central control panel. Jim and I discuss the early days backing Xen as a compute platform, the key partnership with VMware and OnApp's Federation service which is a true Cloud Computing Marketplace. OnApp was founded in 2010 and is based the United Kingdom. Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned DELL, VMware, KVM, Xen, Kubernetes, VMware Cloud Director, NSX-v, NSX-T Web: https://onapp.com OnApp Federation: https://onapp.com/onapp-federation Interested in being on #GTwGT? https://launch.gtwgt.com Music: https://www.bensound.com

Sometime this month. Not sure of the date this was written. My mother, Barbara Stairs, took over the daily management of the accounts and I slept for two days straight. I awoke to two more months of my Attorney's fussing over how the inventory report should be formatted. I had completed the inventory on time, but it was held up for months while cosmetic changes were made by the professionals. Squeaker Cougar came to Big Cat Rescue as a 6-month boarder on 1/9/98. His owner was relocating and did not yet have an enclosure for him. He said the cat was ruining his sex life because the cat doesn't like women. He is neutered and declawed and has made new friends here in the volunteers and staff who built him this great new fort in his 2000 square foot Cat-A-Tat. The white patches of fur on his side were apparently from previous wounds that had white hair growth when they healed. His owner never returned for him. After making a formal inventory available to the courts and all interested parties, I had fulfilled my moral obligation to the children to allow them to evaluate the “estate”. I made several proposals to them to release to their control the trust assets Don and I had set aside for them in their Trust but this was now less than 1/7th of the entire estate and they decided it would be more profitable to try and convince the court that Don “died” intestate. I was hit with an IRS audit for 1995, the only year for which no records can be found, and again I am scrambling to re-construct a years worth of transactions totaling ½ million in income with only the sketchiest details to go on. Through out all of this I have pleaded with my Attorneys to resolve the following issues: 1. Anne McQueen is named as the owner of a life insurance policy on my husband in the amount of $1,250,000.00 and the beneficiaries are she and I as Trustee of the C & A Trust Agreement, which was never signed. The premiums are paid from our (Don & I) business account. I need a constructive trust approved by the court. 2. Anne has over 50,000.00 in tax certificates in her maiden name on our properties and these need to be assigned back to us, since we paid for them. 3. Anne has 500,000.00 in real estate held in her maiden name as Trustee and no trust documents protecting my husband and I as beneficiaries. Constructive Trusts should be devised or the properties transferred back to us in some way, since we paid for them. 4. The removal of all of the assets from the Conservatorship based upon the Power of Attorney and trust documents, except for the children's trust, which I would not oppose being monitored by the court, via Doug Stalley, to insure that I would not waste their inheritance and perhaps more importantly so they couldn't keep accusing me of doing so. 5. The return of the 80,000.00 that Anne Mc Queen has wrongfully diverted from the Conservatorship to her own Attorney's bank account. We have filed Civil Theft charges already. 6. The denial of Attorney's fees to Leroy Merkle and Clifford Opp as there is nothing they have done to benefit the estate of my husband and I would like to see them (the kids and Anne) pay the $28,000.00 this whole charade has set me back already just in fees to my lawyers. The children are unhappy that I wouldn't just sign over 3,488,000.00 to them (they are entitled to around 900,000.00 in their trust) and they have said that they want to go back before the judge and have me removed as conservator and to eliminate the support to WildLife on Easy Street, which is $150,000.00 per year. That is about $30,000.00 less than the actual costs to run the place. We are a non profit 501 c 3 Organization and raise the difference from public support. When I got forceful with Jim Freeman, demanding that he do something, he quit. I know this has been a lengthy accounting, but I don't want any misunderstandings. You know what I want and only you know if you are capable of achieving these goals. I expect a long hard fight and if Don doesn't come back, there will be another long hard fight in four more years, but to sit back and do nothing is costing me a fortune (68k so far) in legal and conservator fees and there is no reason for it. I cannot effectively run this business when I cannot buy or sell over a certain price and cannot sign a check for expenses without tracking down and paying my 75.00 per hour Co-Conservator. I look forward to meeting you and hope you are the one I've been looking for. Anne Mc Queen's attorney, Leroy Merkle applied to the court to be awarded attorney fees from the estate and it was the recommendation of the General Master that he receive the 7,000.00 he was asking for. I can't believe that Freeman and Boje couldn't (or didn't) produce a valid argument against such an award to someone who is clearly not working for the estate. Since Freeman and Boje had sent me a copy of their Motion To Withdraw, and had ignored my correspondence of late, I filed a Motion In Objection to the Award of fees to Merkle, pro se, but have not yet scheduled this for hearing. I'd rather have someone who knows what they are doing amend and do so, but I didn't know if there was a time limit and I didn't want to let it expire. I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views. If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story. The titles are the dates things happened. 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This was a letter to Detectives Lingo and Fernandez:   Nancy Heusted a WildLife volunteer at XXX or XXX approached me and said she had an encounter with Don just before he left that she thought was important.  Nancy is new here and didn't even know who Don was when he asked her to do him a big favor.  He told her that he had some very important errands to do and needed her to do tours for him.  She explained that she was new and didn't know how to do a tour.  He asked if she would sit out front and find volunteers to do tours as they came in.  This is all weird, because Don goes yard sale-ing on Saturdays and never takes any thought as to the operation of the refuge and he certainly never volunteers for doing tours.  She said from there he launched into a woeful account of how he wasn't important, and that nothing he did matters, no body loves him and on and on, much to her embarrassment.  She felt like whoever this person was, he was destined to commit suicide in the near future and she asked around to find out who he was.  No one relayed this story to me and Nancy left shortly thereafter for an extended trip.  Upon her return this week, she discovered Don's disappearance and thought that she should tell me about this incident.  She's three weeks late.  I asked how strongly she felt about this and she said she was a nurse and often deals with people in distress and thinks that if Don isn't here, it is of his own choosing.  She is willing to speak to the police about it.   I still have that bag of evidence from our search at the airport.  I also have copies of a stack of faxes between Don and his Costa Rican Attorney, and some from Vokker.  For what it's worth two groups of psychics came out and did their best and they concur that Don was kidnapped by smugglers who are flying through Mexico, and they also believe that Don will be returned somewhere just off the Georgia border at a rest stop where free coffee is served.  One group knew Don, the other was here on vacation from Oregon and did not know anything about Don.  They acted independent of each other on separate days.  If you think there is any value to this sort of help, then let me know and I'll forward their names and numbers.    As for a reward, I agreed not to offer one while you were actively investigating, but I haven't heard anything in a while.  Let me know when I can make this offer without messing up your search.  My attorney, Debbie Boje in conjunction with Jim Freeman said that the Insurance Company who insured Dod would certainly assist in finding Don.  They have over a million reasons to do so.  Can they contact you for leads, or can you do that?    Don't kids and I agreed to a Co Conservatorship to protect and maintain the assets while this is being sorted out.  Anne McQueen was originally in agreement but backed out because she thought the girls were being too generous in allowing me to continue supporting the wildlife sanctuary out here.  I don't understand why Anne would care, since the kids and I agreed that this was Don's passion and he would want it this way.   An onlooker's view of Anne's behavior in court this morning was that she acted like a caged snake, striking out at everyone.  That was Richard Dery XXX or XXX who Anne had subpoenaed to court.  I want to know why she was holding photos that appear good fuel for a blackmail case and how she came to be in possession of them.   Anne brought copies of an attempt at getting a restraint order that Don had applied for on 6/12/97.  I had gone down to apply that June while Don was still in Costa Rica, because he had threatened to turn the cats loose upon his return and although I expected him to calm down before returning home, (I had given away some of his precious trash) I wanted to know what had to be done ahead of time.  I was told that unless Don threatened to hurt me, then I could not get a restraining order, so I did not fill out the paperwork.  When Don went to the courthouse on June 12th he must have been told the same thing and said that I had threatened to kill him and that I had his gun and another gun.  All Don wanted to do was make sure that I could not get rid of any more of his junk, and lying is not a moral issue with him.  If that is what it took to get what he wanted, then he would say anything.  The judge denied his application saying Don was not in any immediate danger.  I'd like to talk to the people involved that day and see what the whole story was, but thought that you may want to do it first.    Let me know.  You can page me at XXX or leave a message at XXX or fax XXX.  Thank you.  Carole Lewis (I faxed it to the Sheriff on 9/10/97)   2020: I found my handwritten notes but no date that read as follows:   • Restraining Order  276-8100  Domestic Violence   • Petition Court for Guardianship | Money | Person & Money   • Petition to determine incapacity.   • 972-3000 - Respond Unit to p/u & take to psych unit.   • Dr. Gold XXX 3 weeks   • Mental Health XXX Joan   Based on what I recall going on at the time, I must have been looking into what would be necessary to have Don Baker Acted or declared mentally incompetent if he was in danger of hurting himself.  I remember scheduling the appointment for him to see Dr. Gold who was said to be an expert on Alzheimers, but Don disappeared before the appointment, so this note was probably written sometime around 3 weeks before his disappearance. 

Enjoyed the show? Subscribe to our channel for all our upcoming interviews and episodes.In this episode I interview Jim Freeman, developer, broker and long-time real estate investor with extensive experience in Bank Owned (REO), HUD, Foreclosure and Short Sale properties. Join us as we learn about Jim's wild ride in real estate, starting with a single duplex he bout for $20,000 in the heart of Seattle in 1975, through constructing multiple new condo developments, to losing everything (TWICE!) and building his business back up through bank owned investing.Want to connect with Jim? Reach out on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/realestateinvestingjimfreeman/Join our active FB group for Real Estate Investors: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2940993215976264 ************************************************************************ GET INVOLVED, CONNECTED & GROW YOUR INVESTING BUSINESS Want to learn the ins and outs of real estate investing? Check out our course at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com (no cost to you) Want real estate book recommendations? Check out our list of the best books on real estate investing here: https://gabepetersen.com/2020/06/14/best-books-on-real-estate-investing/Want to partner on a deal or connect in person? Email the host Gabe Petersen at gabe@therealestateinvestingclub.com or reach out on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabe-petersen/ Want to join one of the most active Facebook Groups for Real Estate Investors? Click here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2940993215976264 Want for us to bring you leads and run your real estate digital marketing? Reach out to our partner agency at https://www.getclientsquick.com ************************************************************************ ABOUT THE REAL ESTATE INVESTING CLUB SHOWThe Real Estate Investing Club is a podcast and YouTube show where real estate investing professionals share their best advice, greatest stories, and favorite tips in real estate. Join us as we delve into every aspect of real estate investing - from self-storage, to mobile home parks, to single family rentals, to real estate syndication!If you're a real estate investor and are looking for tips and motivation to grow your business, this is the show for you. This is an interview-based real estate show where I'll be hearing from investing pros from every asset class, niche and geographic area in the US. Join us as we learn about these REI pro's career peaks and valleys and the lessons they learned along the way!Topics you'll learn more about throughout our episodes:- Using the BRRR strategy to buy income properties- Flipping houses the right way, building quality housing and taking home a large payday- Using hard money and bridge loans for real estate investments- How to bounce back from bankruptcy and build a thriving empire in the wake of failure- How to use property management companies to help scale your real estate business- Going from broke to 300+ deals in a month (really!)- Investing in commercial real estate- Stories about brand-new investors and the lesson's they're learning as they take on their very first flips and rentals- How to use Google Ads and Facebook Ads to crush it in off market real estate marketing- How to fill your pipeline with off market deals using direct mail, voicSupport the show (https://paypal.me/GabrielWPetersen?locale.x=en_US)

This month, a very special interview with Jim Freeman, owner and MD of Patriot Games in Sheffield.  "Patriot Games is a Bricks and Mortar Gaming Store, an FLGS (Friendly Local Games Store). It is situated in the heart of Sheffield and has been dedicated to promoting and supporting gaming in all its forms for more than 21 years."Club members Rick and Samuel discuss recently played games Loot, Tiny Towns, Wavelength and Just One.  We also discuss solo gaming.http://www.patriotgames.ltd.uk/store/www.sheffieldboardgamers.com 

Jim Freeman of LifeProof Vinyl Planks helps us understand how to setup a basic installation and when we may need to call the phone number on the instructions for some additional help.Need new headphones for working and listening to Floored-U-Cation? Check out ISOTunes using the link below. Amazing Bluetooth headphones that are OSHA certified. http://bit.ly/2P5A9pR Help support the Floored-U-Cation Podcast through our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/flooreducationSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/flooreducation)

This week with talk with Jim Freeman of Metro Floors. Jim handles the escalated calls for Life Proof vinyl flooring and also helped right the instructions. From his extensive background in installation to maintenance, Jim helps us learn when we need to know we are in over our head and to call the number in the instructions or our local rep. Need new headphones for working and listening to Floored-U-Cation? Check out ISOTunes using the link below. Amazing Bluetooth headphones that are OSHA certified. http://bit.ly/2P5A9pR Help support the Floored-U-Cation Podcast through our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/flooreducationSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/flooreducation)

All-Stars MMA Podcast with Josh Gudgeon & Danny Mitchell. This week's guest is BKB Promoter Jim Freeman who's in to discuss the rise of BKB plus what the future holds, a long side him is regular of the podcast BKB Prize fighter champion Rico "BON BON" Franco  Sponsored by Muscle Medicine https://www.facebook.com/pages/catego... Sponsored by Amazing Green CBD https://www.facebook.com/Amazing-green-798416740519428/ use discount code AVT10 for 10% off Amazing Green products Follow Josh & Danny on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @thejoshgudgeon & @DannyMicthellMMA This podcast was recorded at Get Your Media Studios in Leeds. More information at www.getyourmedia.co.uk

All-Stars MMA Podcast with Josh Gudgeon & Danny Mitchell. This week's guest is BKB Promoter Jim Freeman who's in to discuss the rise of BKB plus what the future holds, a long side him is regular of the podcast BKB Prize fighter champion Rico "BON BON" Franco  Sponsored by Muscle Medicine https://www.facebook.com/pages/catego... Sponsored by Amazing Green CBD https://www.facebook.com/Amazing-green-798416740519428/ use discount code AVT10 for 10% off Amazing Green products Follow Josh & Danny on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @thejoshgudgeon & @DannyMicthellMMA This podcast was recorded at Get Your Media Studios in Leeds. More information at www.getyourmedia.co.uk

Today we had the pleasure of having BKB Promoter Jim Freeman in the studio. We spoke about Rico Franco's upcoming bout with Jimmy Sweeney. We also discuss the future of BKB! Sponsored by Muscle Medicine https://www.facebook.com/pages/catego... Sponsored by Amazing Green CBD https://www.facebook.com/Amazing-green-798416740519428/ use discount code AVT10 for 10% off Amazing Green products Follow Josh & Danny on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @thejoshgudgeon & @DannyMicthellMMA This podcast was recorded at Get Your Media Studios in Leeds. More information at www.getyourmedia.co.uk  

Today we had the pleasure of having BKB Promoter Jim Freeman in the studio. We spoke about Rico Franco's upcoming bout with Jimmy Sweeney. We also discuss the future of BKB! Sponsored by Muscle Medicine https://www.facebook.com/pages/catego... Sponsored by Amazing Green CBD https://www.facebook.com/Amazing-green-798416740519428/ use discount code AVT10 for 10% off Amazing Green products Follow Josh & Danny on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram @thejoshgudgeon & @DannyMicthellMMA This podcast was recorded at Get Your Media Studios in Leeds. More information at www.getyourmedia.co.uk

Producer/Host: Carolyn Coe On April 27, 2019, 25 people were arrested while blocking roads near the North Gate of Bath Iron Works on the morning of the christening ceremony for the warship the Zumwalt Destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson. Bringing attention to the urgency of the moment given the climate crisis and the harm caused by the US military worldwide, activists share why they protested the ceremony and share their calls for the conversion of the shipyard to the building of green technologies such as wind turbines, solar panels, and plastic collectors for polluted oceans. Guests: Ellen Barfield, Russell Wray, Rob Shetterly, Dud Hendrick, Rev. Mair Honan, Meredith Bruskin, Ginny Schneider, Ethan Hughes, Jim Freeman, Jason Rawn, George Ostensen, Deb Marshall, Connie Jenkins The above individuals represent many groups including Veterans for Peace, Citizens Opposing Active Sonar Threats, Americans Who Tell the Truth, Maine Veterans for Peace, Peace and Justice Group of Waldo County, Maine War Tax Resisters, Island Peace and Justice, Peninsula Peace and Justice, Pax Christi Maine, and Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm. Veterans for Peace event announcement and flyer

After several recent 3CR programs dedicated to the Indian Pacific Wheelrace, Val and Chris attempt to process Fridays unbearably tragic news of Mike Halls death on the Monaro highway outside of Canberra. Mike was one of the worlds greatest ultra endurance cyclists and an event founder, going back to the Tour Divide. As a mark of respect, cyclists all over the world quickly organised tribute rides to Mike, with thousands turning out in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane on Sunday 2nd April. A Perth tribute ride is planned for later this week. With thanks to Sam and Steve, we play audio of Andrew Pike's moving speech for Mike from the Melbourne ride conclusion at Wurundjeri Spur, Yarra Bend Boulevard.We also reflect upon the passing of Jim Freeman, a long time Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club member and friend to many. Cycling news also includes Philippe Gilberts unexpected win in the Tour of Flanders and a proposed elevated "cycleway" for Melbournes inner west at part of the West Distributor.

In episode #78 of Talking Radical Radio (August 27, 2014), organizers Tiffany Balducci and Jim Freeman talk about We Are Oshawa, a new organization working on multiple social justice issues in a small Ontario city. For a more detailed description of this episode, go here: http://talkingradical.ca/2014/08/27/trr-we_are_oshawa/

Jim Freeman turned away from his law practice to focus on his yoga practice, which in turn led him to create Conviction Yoga, an ambitious program to bring yoga to Texas prisons. In this episode of One Man Brand Radio, host Ray Seggern digs deeper on the similarities between launching a for-profit business and attempting to have your 501(c)3 reach critical mass. Do non-profit visionaries like Jim meet the definition of “entrepreneur?” Today’s conversation on One Man Brand Radio says “yes, indeed.”

CJSF’s Allison R. Brown speaks with Jim Freeman and Ricardo Martinez about their new report The $3.4 Trillion Mistake exposing the money trail that created mass incarceration and about the concrete changes needed to fix the broken system.

Jim Freeman, Terry Turchie and Donald Max Noel, who were part of the FBI team that captured the Unabomber, talk about their new book “Unabomber: How the FBI Broke Its Own Rules to Capture the Terrorist Ted Kaczynski.” This panel discussion was a co-production of the Newseum and the National Law Enforcement Museum.

Join us this week as we welcome the rock band, Madrone. Hailing from Roanoke, VA., band members John "JD" Sutphin - vocals/guitar, Blaine Davis - Bass Guitar, Joey Coleman - Drums, and Dana Cox - Guitar, Madrone is ethereal, with a sound that emanates strong melodies that are supported by slamming catchy drum beats and modern, almost industrial bass lines. Literally born into music, as the grandson of the late prominent bluegrass and country artist Jim Freeman, Sutphin has always had the desire to create and perform music in his veins. Their hit single “November” best depicts the band’s range with Sutphin describing it as “everything we do as a band. From the ethereal lead and synth lines, to heavy guitars and subject matter very close to my heart, it's everything I ever wanted in a Madrone song.” “November” is just one of many of the masterpieces created by Madrone in the past decade. The group has spent nine years writing and recording two full length albums and two EPs and have just released their latest album "A Light in the Sky" which is available now on iTunes and other major media outlets. We will talk to them about their upcoming schedule, get a behind the scenes look at their music, feature their latest songs, and ask them to share their message for the troops. Please be sure to visit Madrone at http://madroneonline.com/ and spread the word. Fans are welcome to call in and speak live with with them during the show (718) 766-4193  If you would like to participate in the live chat during the show, you must sign up on the show site first and then log in during the show. More great music for a really great cause! And as always we will give shout outs to our deployed military listeners. Join us, Sunday May 18th 2014 at 4:00 PM EDT! Our message to the troops....WE do what we do, because YOU do what you do.

We have been promising you a program on James Dillet Freeman for several weeks now and this time we're ready! Our panelists include Mr. Freeman's longtime associate and friend Rosemary Fillmore Rhea. Jim Freeman is the only human poet whose writings are currently on the moon. In fact, he has been called the “Poet Laureate of the Moon” because two Apollo astronauts—first, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. and later James Irwin—took Freeman's work with them for inspiration and spiritual comfort on their historic journeys to another world. Irwin actually left a microfilm copy of “I Am There” on the moon. Here on Earth, Jim Freeman's work continues to be a mainstay of spiritual enrichment in the Unity movement and beyond. Dr. Shepherd's panel of distinguished guests will read and offer commentary and critical analysis on some of the works of this great Unity teacher. You won't want to miss this one ... finally airing this week!

If you are good to trees, they will be good to you!  There are so many reasons why we need trees-from fresh air and animal habitats to lumber and food supplies.  Join forester Jim Freeman and students from Heights Elementary School in Alamogordo, New Mexico as they demonstrate how to properly plant and care for trees.  This video is designed for children, but is fun for adults as well.  This video was made possible through a grant from the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, New Mexico Forestry Division.