Podcast appearances and mentions of Julie Roberts

Ever dreamed of owning a business but felt overwhelmed by starting from scratch? Franchising might be the solution you didn't know you needed—offering the independence of entrepreneurship with the structure and support of an established brand.Melissa Joy, CFP® is joined by husband-and-wife team Alex and Julie Roberts to explore the world of modern franchise ownership. With over two decades of industry experience, Alex is the founder of The Franchise Playmaker, helping professionals navigate over 4,000 franchise options to find the right fit. Julie is the founder of Kindling Creative and brings her marketing savvy to their newest venture: opening The Milkshake Factory in Ann Arbor.From surprising truths about franchise selection to behind-the-scenes insights into local marketing and revenue strategy, this conversation is packed with actionable takeaways—especially for professionals looking to transition out of corporate roles into entrepreneurship.Key Highlights:Why most franchise owners end up choosing a brand they never expectedHow franchise consultants work like realtors to guide the processThe rise of franchising among 45–55 year-olds seeking more controlWhat “validation” means in the franchise world—and why it's essentialCreative marketing tactics from Julie, including local partnerships and community eventsThe realities of ownership: “There's no such thing as absentee franchising”Resources Mentioned:Connect with Alex: franchiseplaymaker.comFollow their journey IG: @milkshakefactorya2This episode is for anyone exploring entrepreneurship, looking for a career pivot, or simply curious about how franchising really works—beyond the buzzwords.The previous presentation by PEARL PLANNING was intended for general information purposes only. No portion of the presentation serves as the receipt of, or as a substitute for, personalized investment advice from PEARL PLANNING or any other investment professional of your choosing. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and it should not be assumed that future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy, or any non-investment related or planning services, discussion or content, will be profitable, be suitable for your portfolio or individual situation, or prove successful. Neither PEARL PLANNING's investment adviser registration status, nor any amount of prior experience or success, should be construed that a certain level of results or satisfaction will be achieved if PEARL PLANNING is engaged, or continues to be engaged, to provide investment advisory services. PEARL PLANNING is neither a law firm nor accounting firm, and no portion of its services should be construed as legal or accounting advice. No portion of the video content should be construed by a client or prospective client as a guarantee that he/she will experience a certain level of results if PEARL PLANNING is engaged, or continues to be engaged, to provide investment advisory services. A copy of PEARL PLANNING's current written disclosure Brochure discussing our advisory services and fees is available upon request or at https:...

Communications executive Julie Roberts discusses her experiences during the Trump administration, particularly focusing on the infamous 'Sharpie Gate' incident. She shares insights into crisis communication, leadership challenges during turbulent times, and her political journey as a lifelong Republican who has recently endorsed Democratic candidates. The conversation also delves into the implications of government cuts on emergency management and the importance of effective communication in disaster situations. Julie concludes by discussing her current work in consulting and her passion for building resilient communities.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian%E2%80%93Alabama_controversyhttps://time.com/5775953/trump-dorian-alabama-sharpiegate-noaa/KeywordsJulie Roberts, Sharpie Gate, NOAA, crisis communication, Trump administration, political identity, disaster management, leadership, governance, emergency management

In this episode, we sit down with Matt Crouse, the host of the acclaimed The Working Drummer podcast, to unpack the secrets behind his show's incredible 500-episode milestone. Matt shares insights on building meaningful relationships in the music industry, the art of networking, and the importance of specializing as a musician. He also discusses the evolving landscape of home recording, session work, and the vibrant drumming community in Nashville. Whether you're a drummer, a podcaster, or an aspiring creative, this conversation is packed with invaluable lessons on building a sustainable career. Tune in to discover the strategies that have made The Working Drummer podcast a resounding success.   Some Things Things That Came Up:  -1:00 Gifts! -3:30 500 Episodes of The Working Drummer Podcast -7:00 Being Thoughtful and hand written thank you notes -8:45 It doesn't take much to stand out these days  -10:30 Moving AWAY from home made all the difference! -11:45 Working at Jim Rupp's Columbus Pro Percussion -13:00 Covering all the styles in Columbus, Ohio  -13:20 Going to school with Jay DeMarcus  -16:00 Working at Fork's Drum Closet. Retail or Play?  -19:30 Matt works out!!! -22:30 A Big Fish in a Little Big Town  -26:00 Standing on the shoulder of giants  -30:40 Drummers are in a PRACTICE, like a doctor or a lawyer -34:00 Working with the Frontmen of Country Music  -37:00 “The Road” vs. “In Town” -41:50 Click vs. No Click  -46:00 Creating musical moments under pressure  -47:00 Lower Broadway is a source of experience -54:00 When you move to Nashville, you are STARTING a business  -56:30 Start a Podcast!!! Keeps your name front of mind with people -57:30 Savannah Jack -1:02 Home Studio Pricing and Psychology  -1:05:40 Relationships! -1:11:20 Looking back on the humble beginnings of Matt's podcast  -1:12:50 Co-Host Zach Albetta! -1:15:00 The skill of hosting  -1:26:00 Advertisers and dynamic ads on podcasts -1:28:00 The Music City Drum Show  -1:29:50 The Fave 5 -1:30:00 Bassist Luis Espaillat crashes the podcast!  1:32:40 THE Tribute band  FOLLOW: www.mattcrouse.net www.workingdrummer.net    Born and raised in Columbus Ohio, Matt caught the music bug early. When he was 7 years old, a friend's father was in the entertainment business. Hanging out at rehearsals and on the tour buses sold Matt on the idea of being a musician, or at the very least, a drummer. All this lead to spending his high school years at Fort Hayes vocational school for music and Capital University Conservatory of Music for college studying under drum instructor Bob Breithaupt. The musical diversity in Columbus gave Matt the chance to play with many great players and learning many different styles – from Big Band (Vaughn Weister's Famous Jazz Orchestra) and Brazilian to Afro-Cuban and Fusion. All the while, he was doing his share of gigs with original rock bands and top 40 bands. Matt moved to Nashville in the summer of 1999. Working as a freelance drummer based in Nashville has taken him to all 50 states in the U.S. and most of Canada, as well as overseas to Europe, Asia, The Middle East and The Caribbean. As well as the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Matt has performed in great local venues like the Ryman Auditorium, Mercy Lounge, 3rd and Lindsley, The 5 Spot, The Sutler, The Basement, The Wildhorse Saloon, and many clubs on lower Broadway.  Matt has toured both regionally and nationally, with the Adam and Shannon Wright, Mark Selby, Eddy Raven, Billy Dean, Stephen Simmons, Three Lane, Whiskey Cash & Roses, Michelle Wright - (throughout Canada), Julie Roberts, and The Frontmen of Country which is Larry Stewart of Restless Heart, Richie McDonald of Lonestar, Tim Rushlow of Little Texas. From 2009 to 2017 Matt was the full time drummer for the band Savannah Jack. He played percussion on their first studio record in 2010 opposite Steve Ferrone on drums. For their second studio record in 2015, Matt was the drumset and percussion player in the studio. In the studio, Matt has had the pleasure of working with talented producers including Eric Fritsch, Teddy Morgan, Jim Reilley and Brent Maher. Artist he's recorded with in the studio have included Sheryl Crow, legendary songwriter Buzz Cason and actor Kevin Costner. In 2015, Matt started a podcast for drummers called "Working Drummer", an interview based podcast that maintains a focus on the drummer that makes a living at his or her craft. Along with the help of co-host Zack Albetta, the podcast has a growing audience throughout the world with more listeners every week. www.workingdrummer.net   *******SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW!!! www.richredmond.com/listen     The Rich Redmond Show is about all things music, motivation and success. Candid conversations with musicians, actors, comedians, authors and thought leaders about their lives and the stories that shaped them. Rich Redmond is the longtime drummer with Jason Aldean and many other veteran musicians and artists. Rich is also an actor, speaker, author, producer and educator. Rich has been heard on thousands of songs, over 25 of which have been #1 hits!   Rich can also be seen in several films and TV shows and has also written an Amazon Best-Selling book, "CRASH! Course for Success: 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Personal and Professional Life" currently available at:   https://www.amazon.com/CRASH-Course-Success-Supercharge-Professional/dp/B07YTCG5DS/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=crash+redmond&qid=1576602865&sr=8-1   One Book: Three Ways to consume....Physical (delivered to your front door, Digital (download to your kindle, ipad or e-reader), or Audio (read to you by me on your device...on the go)!   Buy Rich's exact gear at www.lessonsquad.com/rich-redmond   Follow Rich: @richredmond www.richredmond.com     Jim McCarthy is the quintessential Blue Collar Voice Guy. 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Please join us for “An Interview with Julie Roberts: The Gold Standard Fallacy of ABA."Julie Roberts, M.S., CCC-SLP, founding CEO of Therapist Neurodiversity Collective, Inc., is a late-diagnosed Autistic ASHA-certified, licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who has been practicing since 1999. She is a frequent speaker, educator, and trainer who delivers high-energy presentations that challenge audiences to reexamine their beliefs about Autism and re-access outdated and damaging therapy and education practices.Julie's work focuses on professional and public education about empathetic evidence-based therapy alternatives to ABA and behavioral therapy models that are non-trauma inducing and respectful of autistic social communication differences, social justice, and human rights. Her articles and educational resources have reached well over three-quarters of a million people and are frequently cited in other presentations and articles.Support the show

Colt and David sit down with artist and songwriter Jerrod Niemann.  Jerrod Niemann is a country music singer-songwriter known for singles such as "Lover, Lover" and "Drink To That All Night."As a songwriter Niemann scored his first #1 hit song with Garth Brooks' "Good Ride Cowboy," a tribute to Chris LeDoux. Other artists who have recorded songs written by Niemann include Blake Shelton, Colbie Caillat, Lee Brice, Neal McCoy, Julie Roberts, Jamey Johnson, John Anderson and Diamond Rio.In 2010, Niemann released the album Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury, which debuted at #1 and yielded the #1 hit “Lover, Lover” and the Top 5 single “What Do You Want.”Website: www.jerrodniemannofficial.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/jerrodniemannInstagram: www.instagram.com/jrodfromozTwitter (X): www.twitter.com/jrodfromozSend us a textSupport the showCheck out our socials and follow us!Facebook: www.facebook.com/TwangTownPodcastInstagram: www.instagram.com/TwangTownPodTwitter: www.twitter.com/TwangTownPodWe would love your support to continue to bring listeners amazing content!Cash App: www.cash.app/$TwangTownPodBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2232176/support

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Joe Biden voted today. Who did he vote for? 17:07 SEG 2 JIM TALENT, Former US Senator and Chairman of the Reagan Institute's National Leadership Council | TOPIC: 100 Hezbollah terrorists captured in Gaza during raid | N. Korean troops in Russia https://twitter.com/JimTalent     36:07 SEG 3 Julie Roberts is rending wives that they don't have to vote the same as their husbandsChris' Corner is about how frightened the Dems are     https://newstalkstl.com/  FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS  RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

THE TIM JONES AND CHRIS ARPS SHOW 0:00 SEG 1 Joe Biden voted today. Who did he vote for? 17:07 SEG 2 JIM TALENT, Former US Senator and Chairman of the Reagan Institute's National Leadership Council | TOPIC: 100 Hezbollah terrorists captured in Gaza during raid | N. Korean troops in Russia https://twitter.com/JimTalent     36:07 SEG 3 Julie Roberts is rending wives that they don't have to vote the same as their husbandsChris' Corner is about how frightened the Dems are     https://newstalkstl.com/  FOLLOW TIM - https://twitter.com/SpeakerTimJones    FOLLOW CHRIS - https://twitter.com/chris_arps    24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS  RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Bay St. George South woman has never been so happy to see an excavator. Heavy equipment rolled into the small community of Highlands recently, to make way for a new bridge over Shoal Point Brook. The existing bridge is dilapidated and a hazard, and government said it had to be removed. But the bridge is part of the only road access to a hidden gem known as the Ship Cove seastacks. Julie Roberts is a resident of Highlands who's spent more than two years trying to save that access route.

On this week's episode, Stacy and Torrin are joined by speech therapist, author, and public speaker Julie Roberts. Julie is the founder of the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective, an international neurodiversity-affirming therapy, education, and advocacy organization.  She is also the author of The Gold Standard Fallacy of ABA: A Reference Guild for Therapists, Educators, & Parents.  She spoke to us about some of the possible downsides of ABA therapy and laid out alternative therapeutic options parents could utilize.  You can find Julie at Therapist Neurodiversity Collective's website: https://therapistndc.org/                                                                   *** Help marginalized youth get the education they deserve. Buy VQ Library a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/vqlibrary If you are looking for one-on-one coaching with Stacy to help your child with autism reach their full potential, click the link below. https://autism4home.com/services/ola/services/parent-consult?fbclid=IwAR3V-YBbbOFJM9g6hdVTPCoZh0h36gp_KFDcFE_0d_JUBCrCqA-Fztf6qcg   Follow Stacy: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AutismSage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingautism/ Follow Torrin: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TK_Aspy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autistic_author/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tmkearns Threads: https://www.threads.net/@autistic_author Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChjxv0ezN3mFTGbxsc5jmbw/videos

Dustin is bringing Julie Roberts to Gainesboro for a live performance at The Bull And Thistle on August 25th. We also talk with Dustin about the North Springs Music Festival!

Kent Blazy is a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. His credits include several singles for Garth Brooks, as well as singles by Gary Morris, Diamond Rio, Patty Loveless and Chris Young. He has a total of seven number one hits to his credit. In 1982, Gary Morris took "Headed for a Heartache" to number 5 on the charts. In the years that followed other artists, such as The Forrester Sisters, T. Graham Brown, Donna Fargo and Moe Bandy recorded Kent's tunes. In 1987, Kent was introduced to a new demo singer by Bob Doyle, then with ASCAP, soon to be the manager for this emerging talent, Garth Brooks. Garth became Kent's most requested demo singer and Bob Doyle also advised, “Garth writes a little bit too.” The first song Garth and Kent penned together was "If Tomorrow Never Comes" which became the first number one song for both. The friendship and writing partnership continued as Garth included eight more of their songs on his albums. Four more of theirs songs captured the number one slot: "Somewhere Other Than the Night", "Ain't Goin' Down (‘Til the Sun Comes Up)", "It's Midnight Cinderella", and "She's Gonna Make It.” Brooks continued to record Blazy's material throughout the 1990s, including the singles “Cold Shoulder” and the George Jones duet “Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?).” He also co-wrote “That's What I Get for Lovin' You” by Diamond Rio and “Can't Get Enough” by Patty Loveless in the late 1990s. Kent's songwriting continues with established writing partnerships, as well as developing partnerships with new writers and artists. Many of his crafted works continue to be recorded by artists such as Diamond Rio, Kenny Chesney, Terri Clark, Clay Walker, Patty Loveless, Julie Roberts, Andy Griggs and Blaine Larsen, a new recording artist on RCA. Kent's latest #1 hit is Gettin' You Home (The Black Dress Song), recorded by Chris Young. Kent also has the title track on Reba's latest CD "All The Women I Am" It's also the name of her tour, tv special and her exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Also, look for Kent's latest cuts from Randy Houser "The Power of a Song" on Randy's latest CD. And "Empty Beer Cans" on Jon Pardi's album "Write You A Song". The C.L.I.M.B. Show is dedicated to helping singers, songwriters, indie artists and industry pros "Create Leverage In The Music Business." We want you to win! About the hosts: Brent Baxter is an award-winning hit songwriter with cuts by Alan Jackson (“Monday Morning Church”), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Gord Bamford and more. He helps songwriters turn pro by helping them WRITE like a pro, DO BUSINESS like a pro and CONNECT to the pros. You can find Brent at SongwritingPro.com/Baxter and SongwritingPro.com. Johnny Dwinell owns Daredevil Production and helps artists increase their streams, blow up their video views, sell more live show tickets, and get discovered by new fans, TV and music industry pros. Daredevil has worked with artists including Collin Raye, Tracy Lawrence, Ty Herndon, Ronnie McDowell and others. You can find Johnny at TheCLIMBshow.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Mike H. cover the Netflix exclusive Leave the Word Behind boasting an ensemble cast of film veterans including Necro favorite Ethan Hawke alongside Kevin Bacon and Julie Roberts.  We also talk about some of the stuff we've been checking out and get into some necro voicemails.   Intro:     “Necromaniacs” – Mike Hill Outro:   “If You Really Love Nothing” - Interpol

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In this year-end episode I speak about watching the movies, Leave the World Behind and Old Dads.  I also speak about watching Stavros Halkias' latest stand-up comedy special: Fat Rascal.  Lastly, I wrap things up for the year with the final Goats doing GOAT $hit installment of 2023.   The Spun Today Podcast is a Podcast that is anchored in Writing, but unlimited in scope.  Give it a whirl.    Twitter: https://twitter.com/spuntoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spuntoday/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spuntoday    Website: http://www.spuntoday.com/home Newsletter: http://www.spuntoday.com/subscribe   Links referenced in this episode: Stavros Halkias – Fat Rascal: https://www.netflix.com/title/81690511     Leave the World Behind: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12747748/   Old Dads: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18394190/   I Built 100 Wells In Africa: https://youtu.be/mwKJfNYwvm8?si=kPVfccQZvZJdAVf9   Beast Philanthropy: https://www.beastphilanthropy.org/campaign/mrbeast-100-wells   Get your Podcast Started Today! https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=SPUN (Use Promo code SPUN and get up to 2-months of free service!)   Check out all the Spun Today Merch, and other ways to help support this show! https://www.spuntoday.com/support   Check out my Books Make Way for You – Tips for getting out of your own way FRACTAL – A Time Travel Tale Melted Cold – A Collection of Short Stories http://www.spuntoday.com/books/ (e-Book, Paperback & Hardcover are now available).   Fill out my Spun Today Questionnaire if you're passionate about your craft.  I'll share your insight and motivation on the Podcast: http://www.spuntoday.com/questionnaire/    Shop on Amazon using this link, to support the Podcast: http://www.amazon.com//ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?&tag=sputod0c-20&camp=216797&creative=446321&linkCode=ur1&adid=104DDN7SG8A2HXW52TFB&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spuntoday.com%2Fcontact%2F   Shop on iTunes using this link, to support the Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewTop?genreId=38&id=27820&popId=42&uo=10   Shop at the Spun Today store for Mugs, T-Shirts and more: https://viralstyle.com/store/spuntoday/tonyortiz   Background Music: Autumn 2011 - Loxbeats & Melody - Roa   Outro Background Music: https://www.bensound.com   Spun Today Logo by: https://www.naveendhanalak.com/   Sound effects are credited to: http://www.freesfx.co.uk   Listen on: iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Google Podcasts | YouTube | Website   Episode Transcript [00:00:00] What's up, folks? What's going on? Welcome to the Spun Today podcast. The only podcast that is anchored in writing, but unlimited in scope. I'm your host, Tony Ortiz, and I appreciate you listening. In this year end episode, I speak about watching the movies Leave the World Behind and Old Dads. And Old Dads. I also speak about watching Stavros Halkias latest comedy special, Fat Rascal. Shoutout to Stavi Baby. Lastly, I wrap things up for the year with the final goats doing goat shit installment of 2023 stick around for all that good stuff and more. But before we get into this year end episode, I wanted to tell you about a quick way that you can help support this podcast. Your support means a lot, especially with the motivation and inspiration that provides for me to continue putting out this content. Here's one quick way that you can help support the Swan [00:01:00] Sunday podcast. And then we'll jump right into the episode, leave the world behind. It's a movie that came out in select theaters and it's a Netflix movie that was available as of December 8th, 2023. Here is the official synopsis. A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyber attack knocks out their devices and two strangers appear at their door. And as we like to do here on the Spun Today podcast, I'd like to shout out first and foremost, the writers. Leave the World Behind was written by Ruman Alam and Sam Esmail. Shout out to them. Also of note is that the movie is based on a novel written by Ruman Alam. And I'd also like to mention that Sam Esmail is the writer, creator, director of Mr. Robot, which is that series. Starring Rami Malek, which [00:02:00] I've covered here on the podcast in the past. If you're interested in that, feel free to look at the Spun Today archives for all that good stuff. Now let's get into my little recap and review of this movie. Where as usual, I'll share a couple of my favorite lines and overall just let you guys know what I thought of it. First off and foremost, I'd like to start out by saying, Y'all Are a bunch of fucking HATERS I've only heard negative Just shitting all over this movie And for the record, I enjoyed it. I liked it It was a good watch. I thought it was a good movie I didn't think it was a piece of shit or like, you know It was So so worth watching, whatever, not a waste of time I thought it was a good movie, I enjoyed it First and foremost So I'm going to put that out there, but what's funny to me is that this movie also of [00:03:00] note, it was produced by Barack Obama and his production company and the deal that he has, I guess, with just producing content for like Netflix and Spotify, et cetera. And most of the critique that I've heard, on the negative side of things, again, only the negative side of things, and also not just from. My friends on the right, for example, but just random or not random, but just like different people from different walks of life and just folks, you know, personal friends and people that I found online that watched the movie just all had the same negative type of reaction towards the movie saying it's a complete waste of time. I just wasted, you know, two hours of my life, etc, etc. And as I'm watching, I'm . This movie has to end horribly for that, all those, all, all that negativity to make sense to me, in my opinion, because I liked it all [00:04:00] throughout and the ending was just even more fitting. I was , what the fuck? What's the everybody's beef with this movie? But anyway, one of the biggest critiques of it is that since this is produced by Barack Obama, there's some sort of hidden meaning and it's like left wing propaganda. I heard some folks stating shout out to Vinny, I believe from the PBD pod stating that this is called a predictive programming, which is when at least my layman understanding of it, when media or movies or music or books or, you know, different types of art kind of try to prime society for something that is to come. That's called the predictive programming and this movie, especially because of the fact that it's being produced by Barack Obama and his production company, got even more of those labels attached to it and that like conspiracy lore, in my opinion. Does [00:05:00] anyone know for sure? Of course not. One way or the other. I just don't think that that's the case and I'll tell you guys why in a bit. But essentially the movie, what it's about is. This family lives in the city, in New York City, decides to go out to a house in Long Island. Seems like the Hamptons or Montauk or something like that. A fancy, you know, big mansion with a pool. And the parents, played by Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke, who did a great job. And their two children, played by Farrah McKenzie and Charlie Evans. Now they decide impromptu to go out to this little family vacation getaway. And while they're there at this Airbnb mansion that they rented, the internet goes out, the phones are down. There's a bad connection, signals going in and out and the TV's not working. And then in the middle of the night, Mahershala Ali and his daughter, Myhala, I believe that's how [00:06:00] you say her name, which by the way was an actress that was in an episode of Black Mirror, the latest season, which I completely forgot to recap and review, which I thought was a great season So that'll be coming soon 2024 But she was the main actress of Locke Henry, which was my favorite episode of Black Mirror Well, I don't know my favorite, but definitely one of my favorites of that last season. But more on that when, when I recap that. But they show up in the middle of the night and they knock on the door. Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke open up, you know, mind you, they're in the middle of nowhere, Long Island in this mansion that they just rented. And two people show up. Dressed to the nines. Maha Shali is in a tuxedo. His daughter. My, my that was probably more wrong than I said it the first time, [00:07:00] but she has a, you know, beautiful nightgown on and they pretty much tell them, listen GH Scott, I'm George. I'm the person that you emailed with. And this is my house. You know, we, we rented it to you guys because we were going to stay in our, our house in the city. Cause I'm part of the Philharmonic or some Ritzy Rich thing he mentioned and Julie Roberts and Ethan Hawke are kind of like taking it back what? We,, what are you doing here? We rented this place and they explained that there was like a blackout, the city's all dark and you know, their apartment is a penthouse in the 40 something floor. So they decided just to drive back there and they were hoping they could stay in the basement. So they're in quite a predicament, you know. Nobody's phone is working. The, they eventually ask him for ID. To prove that it's his house. He left it in his jacket supposedly at the theater. So he doesn't have ID on him.[00:08:00] Ethan Hawke is more on the side of believing him. Julie Roberts is super skeptical. And there's a liquor cabinet that's locked. That was supposedly not part of the rental. So there was no keys for it for it. And Mahershala Ali kind of used that as the proof that it's his house. And offered them a 50 percent refund. And he went to that liquor cabinet. And they're being super nice, you know, because they understand it's a really awkward situation. And why should they believe him? And he goes to the liquor cabinet, you know, he's, he's looking for the keys, doesn't know exactly which key it is. But eventually finds it and opens it, unlocks it and gives them money. And I just thought of a, a story telling device that I just realized. They say you're not supposed to show a gun, for example, unless you use it later on in the story. Unless you shoot it. But I guess you could argue that it was used. [00:09:00] It wasn't shot, but it was used. Because in this scene when he's opening up the liquor cabinet, He opens a drawer that has money there. He takes out the envelope of money, but the camera pans to a gun that's there as well. So it's kind of like, you know, ratcheting up the tension of the story. And that gun is never used or shot except for when Mahash Ali is has a confrontation with a neighbor. Kevin Bacon when they go to his house To he's a doomsday prepper. So they figured he would have supplies that would help and Charlie Evans this character, which is Ethan Hawks kid Got bit by a tick or something that and and got pretty sick so they went over there to see if he had antibiotics or something like that and Being a doomsday prepper, you know, he comes to his porch Respectfully but kind of not with a Shotgun And eventually they, you know, they make a trade for some meds, which does make the kid better. But I guess in that [00:10:00] moment Mahash Ali does pull out the gun kind of to protect himself against Kevin Bacon's character having the shotgun. So technically it didn't break that storytelling device. They showed the gun and they used it. They just didn't shoot it, I guess. But okay, going back. So there's this awkward. Thing going on where, you know, is this really his house? Is it not his house? They seem to know where everything is. He had the keys, but he doesn't have ID. He shows up in the middle of the night. You know, nobody's phones are working. Like, what the fuck is going on? TV's not working. Radio, , nothing. So they ultimately agreed to let him let them stay. But stay in the basement. And then the daughter, she's kind of upset because she's , wait, this is our fucking house and the worst thing in the basement of our own house. She kind of has that more confrontational attitude that Julia Roberts is reciprocating. And they're kind of like, you can see that there there's tension between them and they're gonna butt heads from jump. [00:11:00] Ethan Hawke's character is more laid back, more trusting. Mahershala Ali is more disarming and more understanding of the situation. And also lets on that he knows something of what's going on. He works in finance, deals with billionaire, really rich clients. Kind of lets on in speaking to his daughter and confidence that one of his clients told him something about what's going on, but he doesn't want to raise suspicions or scare anyone. And he's not a hundred percent sure either. He's just kind of reading the financial tea leaves, if you will. Now, another, I guess, conspiracy layer to this whole thing being this whole production being a predictive programming or whatever, is that the kids had a NASA shirt, t shirt on, and the other kid had an Obey t shirt on, and the Obey t shirt what it's supposed to symbolize, it's a, you know, a counterculture skateboarder brand, and what it's [00:12:00] supposed to symbolize, Within the, you know, conspiracy lore is, you know, speaking truth to power and not obeying the narrative or something along those lines. And then the NASA thing is supposed to be some sort of conspiracy thing, but I couldn't find anything on that. I don't understand the significance behind that and why, you know, it's considered an issue by some that it was in the movie. Also, that kind of fueled the whole conspiracy theory thing is, That apparently Obama said a statement where he stated that he gave a lot of notes to Sam Esmail and Rumaan Alam, who again, wrote the novel that this movie is based on. Sam Esmail wrote the screenplay for it, adapting it to the screen. But Obama provided notes on how to make the movie more realistic. So because of that. [00:13:00] You know, folks are saying, you know, he's trying to tell us something, you know, they're priming us for something that's going to happen. And ultimately what does wind up happening, spoiler alert, is that there was a concerted attack on America, specifically our electrical grid. And everything from communication to hospitals, electricity itself, is all tied to this, you know What we know to be this crumbling infrastructure of an electrical grid that we have that's super outdated and that politicians always run on stating that we need to fix it because if not, if we don't make serious strides in terms of fixing it and enhancing it, it could be catastrophic. But in the movie, some hackers apparently were able to bring it down. And America began to be bombed and it was a concerted effort by America's enemies.[00:14:00] Now, to that point, and also to the point of the t shirts that I was speaking about earlier, I buy the fact that it's a realistic, I don't know about hackers and stuff that. Maybe it is, but a realistic thing, because it's something that we've heard for, for years and years, probably decades that The infrastructure, the crumbling infrastructure of the electrical grid is a problem that needs to be dealt with. So I feel like something fucking up in that realm or whether being bombed or hacked or just deterioration over time or what have you is going to have detrimental effects to American society. That doesn't seem far fetched, that doesn't seem like a conspiracy, that doesn't seem like I guess the angle from the conspiracy perspective is that They're letting us know that this, you know, is looming this, this threat or something like that, or it is happening to them. But it's definitely within the realm of possibility, right? Like, I don't hear that and say , Oh my God, that's, that's nuts. That would never [00:15:00] happen. It's actually the exact opposite. It seems very plausible. Now to the part about the t shirts and, you know, left leaning tendencies being sprinkled throughout the movie to that, I say, of course. It's produced by Arguably, probably not even arguably, but the most influential Powerful Democrat in America, which is Barack Obama Sorry, Joe and He's behind producing this movie If Dwayne the Rock Johnson was producing this movie, I'd expect to see Wrestling t shirts and and shit throughout the movie You know what? I mean? It's like No shit is going to be left leaning and, and to have a bias in that direction, because it's being produced by someone that has that bias and is from that direction. Also, and this is just my speculation, if it also seems plausible to me that someone Barack Obama, who's [00:16:00] in, you know, obviously the highest of the public eye, former president of the United States now is going into this space of media, whether through Spotify deal and podcasts and producing movies and books. To me, it makes sense that part of the reasoning for that is to do what he can from his former being now being a former president, doing what he can to influence. A big way to influence is through culture. A big way to, an effective way, seems to influence culture and sentiment is through the mediums that society consumes. That we as consumers take in, whether it's movies, whether it's books, whether it's podcasts, whether it's music. So if he, which I don't know any reason to think otherwise, but if he, [00:17:00] Has this concern about the, the grid, the electrical grid, as we've heard many politicians in the past, you know, speak to probably been Obama. I just can't remember any from memory right now, but if he does have those concerns and he's in this space, you know, mental space or what have you of wanting to do something about it or what he can do about it, And with the tools that he now has at his disposal, again, movies, media, books, podcasts, it makes sense for him to push that type of narrative. You know what I mean? It's a, it just seems , so like, duh, to me that I don't understand, , what's the kind of gotcha type of feedback that I'm hearing around this movie., Oh, look what he's trying to do. It's , yeah, if I was a president, I was trying to get legislation passed to fix the infrastructure, infrastructure and the electrical grid. [00:18:00] And it didn't pan out the way I wanted it to. And now I'm doing movies. Yeah. I'm going to make movies about that shit too. To see if this works. You know what I mean? Like if that's my thing that I want to get done, but I digress now for my friends on the right and other folks that, you know, not necessarily from the right, but just I think that this is a big conspiracy or whatever. Something that is very interesting that I would think is a better argument to those points is the fact that Mark Zuckerberg, for example, in Hawaii recently came out that he is building a hundred million dollar doomsday bunker under the ground in Hawaii in this area where supposedly, allegedly, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos and others have also purchased land. That, that definitely caused the, a raising of the eyebrows, , wait, are they trying to fucking tell us something? Is something coming? And also, , what is the purpose of it? If [00:19:00] that is the case, right? Let's, let's, let's say this predictive programming is a thing and just , you know, secret societies of folks running the world and stuff that., is the purpose to prime the public in hopes that they're less freaked out if. The grid failed and everything went to shit. , wouldn't we still equally freak the fuck out at the same levels? Whether we have seen this movie or we're primed with this information or not. You know what I mean? , is there something about it that makes us just psychologically, more accepting of the fact, , I don't know, that's beyond my comprehension, but. Yeah, I thought that was definitely interesting. The fact that folks are building these doomsday bunkers, especially to that scale Now a critique that I definitely do agree with is the score of the movie They laid it on very thick [00:20:00] and I thought that was a failure of the movie like they made it very I felt like I was watching a Freddy Krueger or Chucky movie from the 80s in terms of the score just this ominous Something's gonna happen suspenseful music and throughout the whole shit it felt like from beginning to end. It was just this Scary fucking ominous thing that was laid on so thick that it took away from I feel the, it took me more out of it than into it, if that makes sense. Normally the score will help enhance the mood that you as an audience member should be feeling, but this I felt was trying to do that so much so that it took me out of it a bit. So that's my critique of that. Now one more big spoiler alert. So again, fast forward or skip this. If you haven't seen the movie yet, but I'll say this before I share a couple of lines of dialogue that I appreciated from the film. Throughout the whole movie, the daughter, played by Farrah McKenzie, is [00:21:00] obsessed with the show Friends. She was streaming it on her tablet, and she was up to the final episode of the final season. And that's when, you know, the internet dropped and she couldn't stream it, basically. Anyway, so she annoying her brother and pretty much everybody with wanting to find out what happens with Ross and Rachel. And, you know, there's a lot more serious shit going on, obviously. So everybody kind of just pushes her concerns of how a 90s sitcom ends to the side. But towards the end, she winds up. Going up to the, you know, disappearing for a while. She, she was , went in the woods and the mom is looking for her as well as Maha Ali's daughter, whose name I'm not gonna try to pronounce again. They kinda mend their relationship in this moment that, you know, they're looking for the daughter and something happens with them in the woods. They wind mending their, their relationship, but then they see this house at a [00:22:00] distance, which they had, foreshadowed before. It's a big white house with the red door and they know the daughter took a bike from the garage and they were following these bike tracks to figure out where the heck it is that she went. And Kevin Bacon's character earlier when he had the confrontation with Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali mentioned that this house and how that neighbor supposedly had. Some doomsday prepper, bunker set up in this house. Cause Kevin Bacon was a construction worker and architect. And so he knew everybody's house, the ins and outs of everybody's house. But ultimately they pan to the daughter being in that house. Apparently the, the owners of the house weren't there. And they probably got stuck in the city, which at this point it's being bombed and bombarded. And she finds this door that she follows. To a huge [00:23:00] basement underground bunker that has crops and hydroponic lighting and exercise equipment. And aisles and aisles and aisles of canned foods and huge jugs of water. And it's just a doomsday preppers wet dream, right? Space to sleep and bunk beds and the whole nine, a huge TV and a wall full of wall to wall. DVDs is a computer that somehow has some sort of access to not like full internet computer, but it's getting a feed that is stating what's going on. And it confirms there at the end of the movie that, you know, the country is under attack. And there's large amounts of radiation and a whole bunch of shit. And then it just ends with the girl pulling out a DVD from the wall, which was Friends. And then, going to the final episode and [00:24:00] pressing play. Then the Friends theme song begins to play and the movie ends that way. Which I thought was so fitting. You know, cause you know the mom, and Mahershala Ali's daughter found the tracks and know where she went so they were like headed towards the house And you know that Ethan Hawke and the the brother who somehow instantly started feeling fine with the the medication that They got from Kevin Bacon And Mahershala Ali were knew about the place and we're ultimately gonna wind up there as well It's all those loose ends got tied out and it was just a very Fitting and, in my opinion, satisfying ending. But yeah, spoiler alert on that. Let me tell you guys about a couple dope lines of dialogue. So Mahershala Ali is breaking down a few things that he knows about what's going on and what he works in and finance and who his clients are and stuff that. And, you know, he's going on and on. But then ends it with, you know, I don't want to freak anybody out, I'm not, I'm not, you know, [00:25:00] sure. This, that and the other. I don't know any more than that, blah, blah, blah. And Julia Roberts character just flips out on him and she's like, really? You seemed pretty fucking certain a while ago with your haunting soliloquy. I just love that line. That line. Haunting soliloquy. Another great line I thought was the next two actually from Mahershala Ali's character, I believe. Which is the quiet is so noisy, or that may have been Julie Roberts, but I think it was him. The quiet is so noisy. And then this last one, which is definitely from him, where he stated, Nothing frightens me more than a person unwilling to learn, even at their own expense. And then lastly, a line that Kevin Bacon said, which was that we made a lot of enemies around the world. And in his opinion, it looks like a few of them teamed up, which, you know, what that made me think of that made me [00:26:00] think of the BRICS alliance that we were recently hearing, hearing about, because they were having their, which I thought was a new alliance or something that. And it's not the BRICS alliance for those who may not know is BRICS is an acronym that stands for an association of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. And it's an intergovernmental organization. Comprised of those countries that was formed in 2010 and in 2010, that's just when South Africa late joined the enemy and it became bricks before that was brick B R I C it's a group of emerging economies, but we were recently hearing of them and it was because they had their 15th annual state government summit or something that. But anyway, that line of dialogue from Kevin Bacon of, of, you know, a few of our enemies, quote unquote, teaming up. Just made me think of that for some reason. And yeah, I'll just say this in closing, which is that I don't think, obviously don't know for sure, but I don't think that there's this, like, [00:27:00] secret cabal of humans running the world and, you know, pulling all the strings and having specific ideas of where they want the world to be and go and where it's been, etc. But I do believe that the world is ran by incentives, and depending on how those incentives are aligned, you can get people to make certain decisions and, and do certain actions, etc. And the way society is set up, we have groups of people, whether it be small groups or corporations or countries, which is a large group, or individuals. That absolutely are driven by the motives and motivations that the incentives in their respective fields or interests, how they line up. And for the most part, folks are just living their lives, want the same or similar things, you know, [00:28:00] health, happiness for themselves and their families to create a better life than a previous generation. And also guided in part by. The incentive structures in your life, you might be incentivized by let's think about it at a very micro level. You might be incentivized financially, which drives you to work extra super hard to try to get that promotion at work. You might be incentivized by a bad or negative diagnosis. That a doctor gives you, and that lets you know you need to do something about your health, and that incentivizes you to become uber healthy. You might be incentivized by laziness, and you just want to watch TV and eat potato chips. You might be let's think of a large group. A corporation is incentivized by their bottom line. They want to increase their bottom line at all costs. They have a mandate to do so, and a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders. So they're incentivized in that [00:29:00] direction, depending on The industry that they're in that takes different shapes and forms So on and so forth. So I think it's more a function of that than it is a function of you know, this secret society's running shit But yeah, that's just me And I digress That is my little recap and review of leave the world behind Definitely worth checking out And you can do so By checking it out on netflix old dads It's a movie that debuted on Netflix on October 20th, 2023. Here is the official synopsis. Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs, and anything created after 1987. As we like to do here on the Sponsor Day Podcast, let's shout out the writers first and foremost. Old Dads was written by Bill Burr and Ben Tischler. [00:30:00] Shout out to those guys. Of note is that the movie was directed by Bill Burr as well. And it starred the three best friends, Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, and Bukim Woodbine. Also of note is that it was produced by All Things Comedy, which is Bill Burr's production company, co founded by Bill Burr and Al Madrigal. And tying it to the what we were speaking about earlier with the biases of the producer or producers of a movie coming out through the movie. This being produced by All Things Comedy and Bill Burr writing it and directing it highlights that point perfectly in my opinion. Because if you're familiar with Bill Burr's stand up comedy or his podcast and his personality in general, you see a lot of it in this film. And that's obviously his point of view, his movie, [00:31:00] he wrote it, he directed it, he produced it, of course you're going to get that, you know what I mean? , that should not come as a surprise. But I was really happy with this movie, I thought it was a masterclass in just social commentary and all that's wrong with. Social virtue signaling and what we prioritize to speak about and be quote unquote angry about or, you know, signal to other folks, Hey, this is what I'm angry about now. To get social brownie points or whatever the fuck it is, I thought this movie was a masterclass in that. It was funny, it was engaging, certain frustrations that I as a father deal with, I saw a bit of myself in, you know, some of the characters in the movie., there's a scene in the beginning where Bobby Cannavale's kid, which is just that. They're at a party, a birthday party, and there's a bunch of kids around and parents and you know, everybody just doing their own thing, barbecue in the backyard. [00:32:00] And one of the kids, which is Bobby Cannavale's kid, is just running around, hitting people with sticks, throwing shit, just being that asshole kid at the party. And then he has his mom, Bobby Cannavale's wife. Which is the type of mom that, you know, thinks that their kid can do no wrong, you know? Meanwhile, this, , five year old, six year old, whatever he is, is, , literally grabbing a branch from a tree and smacking people across the face with it, across the head with it, and , just screaming at the top of his lungs and just, , acting the fuck out. But the mom is, you know, thinks he can't do any wrong and is making excuses for him. Oh, he's just expressing himself. What's wrong with expressing yourself? It's not He's not allowed to express himself. Is he supposed to suppress his feelings, et cetera, et cetera. And it's , all right, lady, relax. , I get it. But at the same time, check your kid. , that's not normal behavior. And yet there's a scene where the kid winds up hurting Bill Burr's kid, pushing him or something. He scrapes his knee. And then Bill Burr, you know, doesn't want to baby his kid. [00:33:00] You know, he's like, you know, rub some dirt in it. You'll be okay. And then sees that Bobby Cannavale can't even stand up to his own wife. Although he agrees with Bill Burr that his kid is just , wigging the fuck out. And what Bill Burr does is, he waits until nobody's looking, the kid is passing by and he just trips the kid. I thought that was definitely hilarious and something I wanted to do. In that scene also there's a cameo by Rick Glassman which lives across the street. and it's a hilarious exchange between him and Bill Burr. And he tells him, oh, you know, he shouldn't rub dirt in it. He should put some Neosporin in it or something like that. And Bill Burr's like, yeah, who the fuck are you ? What you a doctor or something? He was , no, it's just, you know, common sense. You, you want to keep a, a cut clean and and dry or whatever. And in true Bill Burr fashion, just lets his anger out on him type of thing and tells him to fuck off and mind his business. And that was a dope thing also about the movie is that there was a bunch of cameos with a bunch [00:34:00] of comics, which I to see. I love that in the Machine movie and in these bigger productions that these comics are coming out with. Rick Glassman is in it. As I mentioned, they showed a mural that's in LA of Brody Stevens. R. I. P. to Brody. Paul Verzi is in it. It's a couple scenes in Strip Club, which were funny. Natasha Leggero is in it. She plays, , one of these, , uber progressive moms in the PTA. Rory Scoville is in it, another comic. It's really funny, really good. And basically, in the movie, Bill Burr and his friends, you know, they have this company that they started. They're making good money but they made the decision to sell it. And they wind up selling it to this new agey type of tech startup ish type of company. Meanwhile, it's a, the company that they built is a company that makes throwback jerseys or something that and some other apparel. [00:35:00] And it shows really well this cultural stylistic difference between this new agey corporate BS or not BS rather, but mentality versus. A more old school, blue collar ish type of approach to running a business. But there is a lot of new agey corporate BS buzzwords and stuff that. When this CEO millennial kid is speaking to Bill Burr and Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine's character. Pretty much telling them that if they don't get with the, you know, new program and Stuff like that, that they, they would be let go because they sold the company, but they stayed on as founders and Bill Burr with his charming anger just tells them, are you threatening me? And then the new agey corporate CEO guy just tells them, no, it's just transparent leadership. And he has a bunch of like these flowery buzzword terms[00:36:00] to relabel what he's really saying. There's just a bunch of funny exchanges with him throughout the movie as well. Another hilarious scene is the dude that played Big Head in Silicon Valley. He's Natasha Leggero's husband and they're in this PTA meeting type of thing and it's them two and Bill Burr and Bobby Cannavale because their kids all go to the same school and a couple other people and he interrupts Bill Burr because he's saying that he is using too much of his white privilege or something like that and making decisions or offering opinions that come from a white privileged point of view and that he feels triggered by it. Meanwhile, the guy's white and Bill Burr's , wait a second, aren't you white? And he looks at Bobby Cannavale and he's , ain't that a white guy? It's just moments that. That's fucking hilarious. And then Big Ed's character goes. It says something to the [00:37:00] effect of, excuse me, I did my 23andMe and I am 1, 000th of a percent Native American or some shit like that. And that percentage of me is triggered by you offering to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It was just a funny, really funny exchange. Which ties back again to the me saying that this is a masterclass social commentary. , all that type of, , virtue signaling, you know, being angry about shit that doesn't really matter., acting you're mad about shit that you're not really mad about, but you think it's, , the cool thing to be upset about and to highlight, to signal about. And yeah, it was just a a funny, entertaining watch, again, written and produced and directed by a comic who makes it funny for a living. You know what I mean? So, it, it, I love seeing that. And I definitely want to see more of it. Shout out once again to Bill Burr. And all things comedy. Oh, and also the lovely Nia who made an appearance. She had a cameo as a I don't think [00:38:00] it's a cameo technically. She was the nurse that delivered Bill Burr's Bill Burr's baby. For Nia, for those of you who don't know is Bill Burr's wife in real life. And that was pretty cool to see as well. Old Dads. Definitely, definitely, definitely worth a watch. I highly recommend it. It is available now on Netflix. Stavros Halkis Fat Rascal is a very funny stand up comedy special currently available on Netflix that came out in November or maybe December of 2023. I think December actually. It's his second stand up special, if I'm not mistaken. I actually have to go back and watch the first one because I haven't, but I'll circle back to that in a second. The official synopsis on Netflix is that comedian Stavros Halkis cheerfully skewers tech culture, air travel, sex, breakups, and himself in this raunchy and righteously acerbic [00:39:00] stand up special. Full disclosure on Stavros. I was a Stavros hater. And I'll admit it was just me being a hypocritical piece of shit because I hadn't seen any of his anything before. I just saw that he was, , he started popping up in my feed and I saw him, , making rounds on podcasts that I normally listen to. And he just, , rubbed me the wrong way. I don't, and I don't know why. Again, completely piece of shit take and thought from me, especially literally not even,, seeing any of his content. I It was just a, an initial knee jerk reaction and I was just like, I'm not going to listen to this episode or I'm not going to watch this clip with this guy that is going around. But then enough podcasts, episodes and enough clips came up and I was like, let me see, let me see. But you know who this guy is at least, instead of just negatively judging him for absolutely no reason. [00:40:00] And he's fucking hilarious. He has one of the most contagious laughs as well. Which is great just when somebody has a contagious laugh that their laugh makes you laugh. And I listen to and watch Stabby's World all the time which is his podcast now. And have since gone back to watch episodes of other podcasts that he was on that I watch or listen to. And just think he's great. So Stavi, apologies in advance for having that completely unprovoked, just negative reaction towards you for what it's worth. And you know what's dope about Stavi's world, the podcast, he has callers call in and leave voicemails with questions and just advice that they want from him. And. It's both hilarious because people call in with things I heard on the other day that was a clip of one [00:41:00] where a guy is married to a girl who has three kids from an ex and that ex stayed cool with that girl's mom and is now banging and dating the mom. So it's fucked up scenarios that and not just things that. Also people calling for relationship advice and. Life advice and stuff that. And they're funny and he has funny takes, but he also gives excellent like life coach level advice to these folks, which is an interesting juxtaposition that I appreciate. But yeah, a couple of my favorite bits from this special, again, fat rascal available on Netflix was One where he says that he's Greek, so he's, as if you couldn't tell from his name, Stavros Halkias. Where he says that Greeks are more Arab than white, but that folks consider them white because just whites in general wanted to pad their white resume with, you know, [00:42:00] democracy and philosophy. They're , nah, fuck you Arabs. We're keeping that. We're only owning those guys. We claim them. There's just a funny premise, a funny bit. It has a really good long airline bit, which was really good. And I loved probably my favorite bit of the whole special was his take on Neuralink and Elon Musk in general, but mainly Neuralink, which I've spoken about in the past. Here on the podcast, but if you don't know, Neuralink is one of Elon's endeavors, one of his companies where the goal is to have chips, computer chips implanted in your brain. And the idea is to start with paraplegics or people that are paralyzed and use that technology to bridge the communication gap that's happening between your brain and your spine and Your limbs that's not allowing you to walk anymore and people that are [00:43:00] blind that aren't able to see anymore and through this type of technology being able to repair those types of physiological issues But also down the line the thought of neural link is that it's kind of like having the internet in your head So you can Google shit in your mind type of thing Very black mirror ish But it's literally a real company that exists that is endeavoring to do this and has shown and had test subjects in pigs and monkeys and they actually featured it, I believe, almost certain I featured it as a video of the week in my, my free newsletter, which you all can subscribe to absolutely for free at sponsored. com forward slash subscribe, where I put out cool curated content like that. Interesting stuff. But yeah, they show videos of how this technology works and eventually how it will be adopted to humans, so on and so forth. But Stavros take, which is a very unique, very interesting and [00:44:00] very plausible take, is that he was , No tech company is going to create some shit Neuralink and, and I'm paraphrasing by the way. Hopefully I don't butcher this, but he says that no tech company is going to create something Neuralink and just give everybody the ability to know everything that exists in the world by, you know, Google searching shit, in your head and making people super smart and, you know, bettering humanity. He was , what a tech company would do and what they're more likely to do is just to put Get in your brain and start putting your own memories behind the paywall and say, Hey, you want to remember that hug from your dad? Deposit 99 cents here. Or do you want to remember that time that that girl, Sarah jacked you off in the back of the school bus when you guys were going on that class trip? Sorry, you can't access that memory because you're currently not enrolled in our platinum level memory program. He was like, [00:45:00] please enter your debit card. Or you get ads in the middle of you thinking back on something and trying to remember something with your mom and It's saying this memory is brought to you by Burger King Fucking hilarious, man, and it's so true, right? You could think of corporate greed mixed in with that type of technology and ability in the hands of the wrong person I could definitely see it going in that direction And it was just hilarious But yeah, I said, something I still need to do is go back and watch Stavi's first special, which is also available now and free on YouTube. I think it was from last year, but this one, I definitely highly recommend Stavros Halkis's Fat Rascal available now on Netflix. Goats doing goat shit. This is a segment where I like to highlight goats within their respective lanes, exceeding expectations and going above and beyond. This episode's inductee into the Spun Today Goats Doing Goat Shit segment is none other [00:46:00] than Mr. Beast. Shout out to Mr. Beast. Mr. Beast, for those of you who don't know, is the most popular YouTuber of all time. He does these really elaborate YouTube videos and not stunts, but Let me give you an example of The type of content that, that a type of content that he puts out, which is, for example, giving someone building a house in the middle of nowhere, a small little house and challenging someone to stay in the house. They can't leave the house for 30 days and if they do they get, I don't know, 500, 000 or something that. Can't see family, no internet, no anything. They'll have food and water and that's pretty much it. Then they'll have, you know, he'll do things there's a big circle in a field somewhere. Everybody's in the circle. Last person to leave the circle [00:47:00] wins, you know, X amount of dollars. You know, people are in a very cold frozen room. Last one to leave wins X amount of dollars, stuff like that. He also has a philanthropy arm to his channel, a completely separate channel dedicated to doing good. He recently had a video that I featured as a video of the week in my newsletter, Spuntrade. com forward slash subscribe if you're interested, where he paid for the cataract surgery for a hundred or a thousand people or something that that literally couldn't see for years and years and years and years because they couldn't afford this cataract surgery. Didn't have insurance to cover it. And through his philanthropy channel, did this their videos, they get millions and millions and millions of views generates funds for him to continue doing this type of thing. Now, the video specifically that I wanted to feature Mr. Beast [00:48:00] for is one that I will link to in the episode notes titled, I built 100 wells in Africa. So he literally went to Africa, him and his team. And coordinated and showed the building of 100 of water wells in Africa. Now, these are small, very, very impoverished, poor villages that live in conditions where they have to either walk miles to try to get some water, whether clean or not, usually not. Multiple times a day for drinking and cleaning and showering and that type of thing. There's no running water in these, these areas, these villages and many of the children especially grow up just with having diarrhea, getting typhoid disease and dying young and it's just a part of their, their lives. You know, we as humans get used to anything as they say, right? But what he did in building these natural freshwater wells. Which the process [00:49:00] essentially is this huge and they break it down in the video more eloquently than I can but these huge trucks that dig deep deep into the earth past all the rock and soil and pollutants into Fresh water reservoir and that allows them to add a spigot to the top and provide fresh drinking water To all these areas and it's unlimited fresh drinking water That can produce approximately 3, 600 gallons a day 3, 600 gallons per day per spigot and can pump for 30 years plus Completely free Aside from obviously the cost of doing this which is what mr. Beeson is for philanthropic channel covered what they paid for to do That setup also provided a pressurized water source, which will allow folks to have running water and pressure to be able to wash clothes and stuff that and no longer have to go to the Rio [00:50:00] to wash clothes and bang, bang the clothes up against a rock. So on and so forth. He also in one village provided the clean water for a clean water well for a hospital that was there. It's obviously very important to have clean water in a hospital, but they were also dealing with, you know, unsanitary conditions and dirty water or having to go through hell to try to get clean, clean water. And a bunch of avoidable, unnecessary obstacles. There was another village where they had to cross this very shaky, rickety bridge where people constantly you know, you know, A handful of people die every year just from trying to cross a river. On this rickety bridge, he got that bridge rebuilt to a bridge that is poised to last 100 years. In another village where he built one of these 100 water wells, he provided [00:51:00] the school with all new furniture, all new computers, a soccer ball to every single student. In another village where he built one of these water wells, he provided a bicycle to every single student. In another school, he provided projectors and bookshelves filled with new books in their classrooms. And all those, , ancillary things are all just little cherries on top. The big takeaway, obviously, is the fresh water that we all take for granted that these folks living in these villages never had access to. Now, he did get flak from And this part is just frustrating to me because I just don't get this part of human nature. If it's you wanting the credit or you being upset that someone helped more than you could have, instead of just be happy that the goal of obtaining fresh water was met. But there were certain NGOs or aka non governmental [00:52:00] organizations against Mr. Beast doing this through his philanthropic arm of his company stating things like, you know, there are organizations that exist that do this type of work. He came out of nowhere and did this and now he's getting all the credit. These things have to be built sustainably. He's doing it just for clicks and likes so on and so forth. Yeah. To that I'll say. One, 100 percent as stated by Mr. Beast himself in the video, 100 percent of the money raised from the video is going back into building more wells and two for the other major concern of sustainability. These water pumps were built and spigots to be able to run for 30 years. That's three decades. If that's not sustainable, I don't know what is.[00:53:00] Now, if any of those things turn out not to be the case, then you have somewhat of a case against Mr. Beast or, you know, his methods to doing this. But even if those things weren't the case, let's say he was doing this just for clicks, just for money to drive around in Ferraris or some shit. He still provided 100 water wells to 100 villages throughout Africa to people that otherwise did not have access to that water. Your motivations for doing that, I don't give a flying fuck about. The goal was met of providing water to people that need water to live, to survive. You know what I mean? Your personal motivations for doing so is secondary to me. The fact that he apparently has the motivations of this altruistic goal of just providing the water and a hundred percent of the funds raised from it are going to go back into the same thing. And just cutting through all the bureaucracy and bullshit is admirable to me. And the fact that they were [00:54:00] built sustainably to last 30 years. That's like above and beyond in my eyes. Just the goal of meeting the fact that these villages have sustainable water now or just water in general. Let's say it lasted six months, a year. You made everyone's life better for that period of time. Let alone the projected amount of time that and generations that this will affect if in fact it does last for 30 years. So folks stop hating on folks doing good, trying to do the right thing, just because it wasn't the way that you would go about doing it. And shout out to Mr. Beast and team for quite honestly, having the balls to try to do good and try to do better in spite of the blowback received for this video and others it. And that folks is the. Mr. Beast's installment of Goat's Doing Goat Shit. And that, folks, was episode 250 of the Spun Today podcast. [00:55:00] It's been a heck of a year. Another one in the books, the final episode of the year. I hope you guys are enjoying your holidays or about to enjoy your holidays. And wishing each and every one of you a happy and prosperous new year. Let's continue to grow and build and love in 2024 and do less of the hating and tearing down. And I say that as much to myself as I mean that for others as well. Until next time, until next year, peace.

Unscripted TV expert Kate Casey is here to go deep! First, we chat about my time at the Variety Women of Reality TV event, where I talked to Kandi Burruss of RHOA! JWoww got vulnerable on stage talking about her son. Kyle Richards is giddy about Morgan Wade. Golden Bachelor Gerry is having to answer about his past. The Mother God documentary is even crazier than it looks. Garcelle had a mic drop moment on RHOBH. Julie Roberts shares the truth about the original script of Pretty Woman. Enjoy! Shop Juicy Scoop Merch https://juicyscoopshop.com Get EXTRA Juicy on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop Follow Me on Social Media Instagram: https://www/instagram.com/heathermcdonald TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeatherMcDonald Follow Kate https://www.katecasey.com  Go to https://theouai.com for 15% off sitewide when you enter promo code JUICY. Download the DraftKings Casino app NOW and sign up with promo code JUICYSCOOP and play FIVE DOLLARS to get ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASINO CREDITS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julie Roberts, M.S., CCC-SLP is an autistic, ASHA certified Speech Language Pathologist whose work focuses on autism and neurodiversity. In 2018, she founded the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective, a pioneering initiative that aims to align therapy practices with an evidence-based, neurodiversity-affirming framework.  Julie has worked with both pediatric and adult populations in roles spanning from Public School SLP, and private practice owner, to serving as a Multi-State Clinical Director, and subsequently, a National Field Director of Corporate Compliance for the country's largest provider of post-acute care rehab services. In the last 5 years, she has presented courses to thousands of therapists, and her articles and educational tools have reached over three-quarters of a million people. In her free time, Julie enjoys traveling with her family and cooking yummy foods. Free neurodiversity printables and more: https://linktr.ee/therapistndc ----------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Presence. Presence provides solutions to empower all who serve children with diverse needs. Professionals can expand access to services and engage students in new ways with our award-winning technology and network of expert clinicians. With 6 million+ sessions delivered, more than 2000 clinicians in the Presence network, and nearly 10,000 schools supported – Presence continues to set a new standard in teletherapy services. With Presence, you can work on your own terms and reach the students who need you most. We are here to empower you. As the leading provider of live, online therapy and evaluation services in PreK-12 schools, Presence offers more income opportunities, a large community of support, and flexible scheduling options.  To learn more, please visit:  www.presence.com _________________________________________ You can listen to this episode wherever you stream podcasts and at www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast If you are a content creator and would like to share knowledge and expertise through blogs, webinars, courses, and podcasts, please join us at the 3C Digital Media Network! For more information, contact todd@3cdigitalmedianetwork.com  

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Jim Kouf is a writer, director, producer & showrunner.  He recently wrapped up the series GRIMM for NBC which had a successful six year run, where he served as the co-show runner & producer as well as writer and even directed a few episodes himself. His first feature films, co-written with David Greenwalt, were “CLASS”, “AMERICAN DREAMER”, and “SECRET ADMIRER”. He also wrote “THE HIDDEN” under the pseudonym Bob Hunt. Jim made his directorial debut with “MIRACLES” starring Tom Conti, Teri Garr and Christopher Lloyd. In 1985, he moved to the Disney lot where he began a partnership with Lynn Bigelow to form Kouf/Bigelow Productions. During that time, Jim wrote and produced “STAKEOUT” and “ANOTHER STAKEOUT”. He also wrote and directed “DISORGANIZED CRIME” and co-wrote “OPERATION DUMBO DROP”. Kouf/Bigelow Productions executive produced “KALIFORNIA” starring Brad Pitt and Juliette Lewis, SILENT FALL starring Richard Dreyfuss and Liv Tyler as well as CONAIR starring Nicolas Cage. Jim also wrote and directed “GANG RELATED” starring Jim Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon and James Earl Jones and co-wrote “RUSH HOUR” starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, SNOW DOGS starring Cuba Gooding and James Coburn and TAXI starring Queen Latifah and Jimmy Fallon. He has also worked in television, producing and writing with David Greenwalt, for ANGEL and writing and producing on THE HANDLER. His last Disney release was NATIONAL TREASURE starring Nicolas Cage. NATIONAL TREASURE 2 & National Treasure: Edge of History which is based on his characters created, was released in 2007 and 2022 respectively. In 2007 Jim co-wrote and directed the independent film, A FORK IN THE ROAD, starring Jamie King, Sylas Wier Mitchell and Josh Cooke. Jim has also Executive Produced and written for the series GHOST WHISPERER, starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. In 2016, MONEY MONSTER was released, which he co-wrote, starring George Clooney and Julie Roberts.   We chat about Life changing poker games, Grimm & the fan base, collaborating with creatives and his wife (Lynn Bigelow) + what makes it a success, his ranch, writing screenplays that hold up, breaking into the industry, picking your battles, moving forward and bad ideas. The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Jim out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/koufjim/ Website: https://www.jimkouf.com/ ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan  

In this episode, Chris Blair sat down with Cliff Cody. Originally from Odessa, TX (home of Friday Night Lights), Cliff played football but always loved music. He talks about how he transitioned from football to music full time, moved to Nashville at the age of 20, started writing some great songs and then moved to Key West to continue writing but also build an incredible brand as an artist himself. Cliff has written songs for Julie Roberts, Josh Thompson, Halfway to Hazard and more. You can see him playing regularly in Key West at places like The Smokin' Tuna or Hogbreath Saloon. We enjoyed sitting down with him in Florida and sharing his story. Please be sure to share/like/follow/subscribe anywhere you are watching or listening to this podcast. We are still less than a year old and continuing to grow our brand. We really appreciate the overwhelming support we have gotten so far and how much it seems like our listeners love our content and stories. We want to continue sitting down with amazing songwriters, artists, producers, publishers, label heads, musicians and more - and your support in helping us grow this podcast allows us to do that! So, thank you! Show Notes: Cliff Cody's Website - CliffCody.com Cliff's Instagram: @CliffCody Cliff's TikTok: @CliffCody And follow us, the SBTSongs Podcast, here: SBTSongs TikTok: @SBTSongs SBTSongs Instagram: @SBTSongs SBTSongs YouTube: @SBTSongs Chris Blair's Website: ChrisBlair.com CB's Instagram: @ChrisBlairMusic And thanks to our sponsors and supporters for sharing and loving this Podcast! #SBTSongs --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sbtsongs/support

In this episode, Brandon and I are joined by Julie Roberts, a multi-market Servpro owner and public speaker. We get into her origin story, opening multiple Servpros with her husband Tony, and raising a family in the restoration biz. It's a great convo with a restoration owner. Let us know what you think of this show- we're considering interviewing more owners as a series of episodes. -Chris Thanks for listening! If you enjoy the podcast please be sure to leave a review, follow the show (don't forget to turn on your notifications!) and share with a friend. Your continued support is what makes this mission possible. Thank you sponsors! Liftify is for restorers who are looking to accelerate their online reviews. Consistent and fresh Google Reviews are critical to growing your online presence and establishing trust with your brand. Don't leave it to chance, partner with Liftify and let them capture the feedback your team has earned. https://www.liftify.com/floodlight C&R Magazine is the industry's oldest and longest running media outlet. The team brings restorers all the current news, developments, education and resources that impact our business and the teams we lead. From print media to podcasts, C&R ensures the industry news you need is accessible from anywhere. https://candrmagazine.com Floodlight Consulting Group provides customized consulting and training support for restoration companies looking to grow and scale their business. 100% Tailored to each client Formal consulting sessions for owners and key leaders Full one-on-one access to the Floodlight team and their network of industry experts https://www.floodlightgrp.com Thank you partners! We love our listeners and want them to have access to the very best in tech and supporting service providers possible. We've vetted each of our partners and highly recommend all of them as key assets to help ensure our listener's success. As a way to honor our listeners, each of them has provided competitive DISCOUNTS. Simply click on the link below and take advantage of our ongoing partnerships. https://www.floodlightgrp.com/partners

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In this episode, Nikki talks with country music recording artist, Julie Roberts, about how she manages all the moving parts of her life without losing sight of her dogs' needs. Julie made her debut in 2004 with the release of her top 20 single, "Break Down Here." Here latest album, "Ain't in No Hurry" was released in October ‘22 was produced by Shooter Jennings and features songs with Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser, as well as a co-write with legend Waylon Jennings. Look for Julie's music anywhere you stream music and purchase her music on her website, julieroberts.com. Listen for a special announcement about a new podcast, hosted by Nikki! http://www.dogspeak101.comhttp://www.instagram.com/dogspeak101http://www.patreon.com/dogspeakSupport the show

New Series: Culture Change- Gun laws, registration, training and insurance will make us safer. But how do we change the gun culture in our country? This week on Radio GAG from The UK, a week without gun violence. Ti Cersley discusses national safety, government corruption and activism with friend Julie Roberts who raised awareness of Mesothelioma in Scotland. In Memoriam Christine Michael. Sean Stefanic reports the Gun Violence Prevention news and we prepare for St Pat's For All Parade, Sunday March 5th in Queens.

Today I spoke with Julie Roberts, founder of Therapist Neurodiversity Collective (TNDC). We talked about the ABA industry's troubling attempts to dominate autism services and funding, as well as the culture shift needed to increase support for neurodiversity-affirming autism supports and services. Listen to the podcast on the audio link below. Also available on Spotify, … Continue reading The shifting landscape of autism services: Therapist Neurodiversity Collective's Julie Roberts

“Go make your next decision a good one.”-Julie RobertsSince the GlowJo is all about supporting you as you fuel your feel-good…Today's episode is all about doing that. But not in a way you might expect!This week your host, Leanne Kallal, interviews Julie Roberts, a lifestyle coach, mentor, new mom and entrepreneur, about the power of using habits to achieve your vision and create space in your life for the things you want to do!Julie shares her advice on how to create powerful habits that you'll actually want to do, and how to support yourself so you can stay on track even when life gets in the way. In this episode, you'll learn:How habits can actually create freedom in your life4 simple habits you can start todayHow to create habits that stick6 steps to creating incredible habits that will actually serve youWhy motivation doesn't last, and what you need instead!You'll walk away from this episode with a better understanding of what makes habits stick, how habits can give you more freedom (not less) and how you can leverage their power and achieve your vision for 2023!Tune in, be inspired, and get glowing.Enjoy!Connect with Julie:On Instagram: @juliedouglasrobertsGet your freebie here. https://linktr.ee/JulieRobertsCoachingConnect with Leanne:On Instagram: @theglowjo and @leannekallalRequest a topic or guest: hello@theglowjo.comGet The Weekly Glow newsletter at: www.theglowjo.comMentioned in this episode:Intro Bumper

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Julie Roberts joins us tonight to discuss her brand new album, "Ain't in no Hurry", produced by Shooter Jennings and Erin Enderlin. We talked about the long process of making the album, how Shooter Jennings reached out to Julie to make the album, and why she is glad the album did take a little longer than expected to release. Julie talks about how much these new songs mean to her, what it was like to be back at the Grande Ole Opry with her son Jackson on stage with her, last year's North Springs Music Festival, and this coming Saturday's album release party at The Iron and Oak Event Center in Livingston, TN. Hope you enjoy!

We had a great conversation with country artist Julie Roberts on The Chris & Sandy Show. We talked about her story, her new music which is AMAZING, she told some really great stories to a whole lot more!Remember “Break Down Here,” the breakout anthem in 2004 by brand-new country artist Julie Roberts? The same gifted singer, who, six years later, was riding a wave of success with 2+ million albums sold? The rising star, who, that same year, not only lost her Nashville home in the hundred-year flood but, in a nearly unfathomable twist, also lost her record deal while engaged in a personal (and private) battle w MS?Well, guess what? She's back, and her voice is bigger than ever. After taking time to heal and regroup, Julie is now happily married, a first time mom, fully in remission from multiple sclerosis and excited to share new music. And what a collection of songs it is. Julie's music is made for those who have lived and loved fiercely … her smoky vocal has grit and growl, and her music appeals to those who do it all — REAL women who are burning the candle at both ends. With Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) out of LA and Nashville singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin (“Last Call” and "Sunday Morning Church”) producing, this album is one you don't want to miss.

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In the first episode of season 3, we explore the concept of Neurodiversity, cover definitions, and who is using the term "neurodivergent" to define themselves. If you would like more information, please visit the link below: Julie Roberts, M.S. CCC-SLP, Author at Therapist Neurodiversity Collective (therapistndc.org) Visit my website at PlayTeachTalk for journal entries, YouTube videos, and short courses offered twice monthly to enhance language skills in young children.

 A native of Belcourt, ND, Ryan Keplin has established his reputation as a distinctive left-handed fiddle player and entertainer, astonishing crowds wherever he plays. His spectacular shows feature a mixture of fiddle music and singing, leaving his audiences wanting to hear more each time.  Ryan's musical interests began as a young child. He found inspiration in the music of fiddle greats like Andy Desjarlais, Reg Bouvette, and Graham Townsend. Today, the multi-talented entertainer can play not only the fiddle, but also the acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, mandolin, and piano. Ryan has performed at various events and festivals in the U.S. and Canada, including the Smithsonian Folklife Festival the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.,  The Homesteaders Festival near Nashville, Tennessee, MetisFest at the International Peace Gardens, Norsk Hostfest in Minot, ND, Asham Stomperfest in Manitoba, and the famous Back to Batoche Festival in Saskatchewan.  With an extensive musical background, Ryan has shared the stage with well-known entertainers including Moe Bandy, The Bellamy Brothers, Mark Chesnutt, Rory Feek, Kevin Costner, Julie Roberts, Doug Kershaw, Jo-El Sonnier, Eddy Raven, Reg Bouvette, Darren Lavallee, Clint Dutiaume, John Arcand, and Calvin Vollrath, to name a few.   This podcast captures a great conversation with Ryan & Jennifer Keplin about Ryan's music career, the "Ryan Keplin Summerfest," and their partnership with Music Ranch Montana. 

It's a full episode of The Pop Culture Pop Up! Julie & Adrian have the chisme on Chris Pratt on his rebranding tour saying he's not religious anymore, the 20th anniversary of Avril Lavigne's debut album, Let Go, Julie Roberts & George Clooney are here to save the day with their new romantic comedy, Cameron Diaz is coming out of retirement for a new Netflix movie, & some true crime online community chisme.  Follow us on Tik Tok, Twitter, & Instagram @youmeandchismeEmail us: youmeandchisme@gmail.comFollow Julie & Adrian on Instagram & TwitterJulie (@juliexplores): Instagram & TwitterAdrian (@djadriatic): Instagram & Twitter 

In this final episode we're discussing forensic searches: searches for bodies, searches for evidence, searches for criminals. Lynda and Cass focus on the tragic case of April Jones, the 5-year-old who went missing in Wales in 2012. The police search was one of the largest ever mounted. It lasted six months, and though an arrest was made, of Mark Bridger, April's body was never found. In this episode we reunite two forensic search experts who worked in different capacities on this harrowing and challenging case. Julie Roberts is a hugely experienced forensic anthropologist and archaeologist with some 20 years of practitioner experience in the location, recovery and identification of human remains from scenes of crime, war zones and mass fatality incidents. She and her team examined bone fragments that were suspected to be April's, recovered from Mark Bridger's house. Julie is currently Scientific Advisor at Alecto Forensic Services: https://alectoforensics.com/   Peter Faulding is a world-leading confined space rescue and forensic search specialist. Peter has worked on many high-profile missing person and ‘no body' murder investigations including the serial killer Peter Tobin and the mysterious death of MI6 officer Gareth Williams. In 2012 he helped to coordinate the search of the woods around Mark Bridger's house. https://www.specialistgroupinternational.com/ Lynda's new novel Vanished is out on March 31st 2022 in hardback, ebook and audiobook.  Discover more at: www.lyndalaplante.com/listening-to-the-dead/ Credits   This podcast was made by Bonnier Books UK   Host & Director: Jon Watt   Producer: Laura Makela   Sound Engineer: Chris Attaway   Theme music: Game Over by Magic in the Other   End music: Sweeney by Mike Relm 

This week: The Collaboration, a new play dramatising the relationship between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat has opened at the Young Vic theatre in London. It looks at the period between 1983 and 1985 in which they worked together on a group of paintings, many of which were shown to critical derision and commercial failure at the Tony Shafrazi gallery in New York in 1985. Ben Luke talks to the playwright Anthony McCarten and the director Kwame Kwei-Armah about bringing these complex characters to life, and the issues, including race and class, that their relationship brings into focus. In today's New York, a Faith Ringgold retrospective has opened at the New Museum; Ben talks to Massimiliano Gioni, the exhibition's curator, about the astonishing breadth of the now 91-year-old artist's work. And in this episode's Work of the Week, Helen Stoilas is at the Frieze Art Fair in Los Angeles, where she talks to Julie Roberts, the co-founder of the gallery Roberts Projects, about Betye Saar's mural LA Energy—created and quickly destroyed in 1983, and now repainted for Roberts Projects' stand at the fair. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week! The guys take a trip down movie memory lane to tell you their worst scenes in film! What scenes totally took them out of movies, ruined movies, or just flat out pissed them off? Find out now! From Harry Potter, to Titanic, to Home Alone. Listen along as we rip on the movies we love! Get 20% OFF + Free Shipping on all MANSCAPED products with promo code FRATCHAT at MANSCAPED.com! Follow us on all social media: Instagram: http://Instagram.com/FratChatPodcast Facebook: http://Facebook.com/FratChatPodcast Twitter: http://Twitter.com/FratChatPodcast Follow Carlos and CMO! Carlos on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/CarlosDoesTheWorld CMO on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/Chris.Moore.Comedy

Legislative: Remote SCIP Legislative Hearing – October 5, 2021 Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Date: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 Time: 12:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Teresa Leger Fernández, Chair On Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing on the following tribal-related legislation: H.J.Res.55 (Rep. Kahele), To consent to the amendments to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, made by Act 080 of the Session Laws of Hawaii, 2017. Prince Jonah Khiuo Kalaniana‘ole Protecting Family Legacies Act. H.R. 441 (Rep. Don Young), To provide for the conveyance of certain property to the Tanana Tribal Council located in Tanana, Alaska, and for other purposes. H.R. 2402 (Rep. Fortenberry), To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes. Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2021. H.R. 4881 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona certain land in Pima County, Arizona, and for other purposes. Old Pascua Community Land Acquisition Act. H.R. 5221 (Rep. Raúl Grijalva), To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services. Urban Indian Health Confer Act. Panel I Representative Raúl Grijalva Arizona, 3rd District Representative Don Young Alaska, At-Large Representative Kaiali'i Kahele Hawaii, 2nd District Representative Jeff Fortenberry Nebraska, 1st District Panel II Mr. P. Benjamin Smith (H.R.441, H.R.5221) Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, Indian Health Service U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rockville, MD Mr. Darryl LaCounte (H.J.Res.55, H.R.2402, H.R.4881) Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs U.S. Department of the Interior Washington, DC Panel III The Honorable Peter Yucupicio (H.R.4881) Chairman Pascua Yaqui Tribe Tucson, Arizona The Honorable William J. Ailã, Jr. (H.J.Res.55) Chairman Hawaiian Homes Commission Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Kapolei, HI The Honorable Julie Roberts-Hyslop (H.R.441) Second Chief Tanana Tribal Council Native Village of Tanana Tanana, Alaska The Honorable Victoria Kitcheyan (H.R. 2402) Chairwoman Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska Winnebago, NE Mr. Walter Murillo (H.R.5221) President National Council of Urban Indian Health Washington, DC This hearing will take place via Cisco WebEx and will be streamed on YouTube. For additional hearing materials and schedules, please visit the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee Repository at http://docs.house.gov/.

A special presentation with Julie Roberts, a neurodivergence-affirming therapist, and founder of the Therapist Neurodiversity Collective: “Shifting Therapies towards an empathetic and respectful Neurodiversity Paradigm”.Why does therapy need to change? (Whole body listening, social communication expectations, compliance-based therapies, and outcomes, pathologizing natural autistic ways of interacting and communicating, tolerance, or the 'extinguishing' of sensory issues.)In what ways are the majority of therapists "behind" in contemporary Autism research knowledge? (Autism research that is done in conjunction with and by autistic researchers, Monotropism, Autistic Masking, and Camouflage, The Double Empathy Problem, Diversity in Social Intelligence)How do neurodivergence-affirming therapies reduce situations that lead to restraint and seclusion? (Therapy becomes about reaching the person where they are, goals become less about compliance and more about increasing personal agency and self-determination.)Julie Roberts is a licensed, ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist and the Founder of Therapist Neurodiversity Collective who has been practicing for over 20 years. She is a frequent presenter on overviews of Autism and Neurodiversity, and why Social Skills Training is an ableist therapy model (based on contemporary research and autistic lived experiences). A frequent blogger who writes articles on disability rights, empathetic therapy practices, and advocacy efforts, Julie is a passionate and tireless patient/client/student rights advocate and activist.

Tonight we are also joined by country music star, Julie Roberts! You may remember two of Julie's biggest hits, "Breakdown Here" and "Wake Up Older". Julie tells us about what she has been up to, including having a baby, dealing with MS, recording an album with Shooter Jennings, and coming to the North Springs Music Festival. Hope you enjoy!

Settle in for forty-five minutes of fun with Claudia and one of House of Shine's newest employees - Julie Roberts. They opened a box of DO52 Sticks and, together, the two of them experiment with all the ways this product can help you shine brighter. From the verb "Build" to "Guard" to "Rhyme", "Note", and "Share", each verb initiates a conversation between their head and heart. You won't want to miss the inside scoop on what each of their selected verbs suggested they do.

A diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program in the workplace can foster higher degrees of engagement and productivity and ensures each employee feels both safe and valued. In this episode, Ensemble's VP of Client & Systems Integration, Julie Roberts speaks with Ensemble's AVP of Culture & Inclusion, Rich Lewis, about DEI in the workplace and why it starts with leaders first identifying their own unconscious biases and taking ownership of workplace dynamics. They discuss steps that leaders can take now to ensure all team members have a voice and their opinions are valued. This episode is sponsored by Ensemble Health Partners.

**The David RB Show Replay On www.traxfm.org. This Week The Badger Features New Cuts From Will Sully, Tilly & The Graces, Mather, Brooklyn Groove Machine, Not3s Feat Young T & Bugsy Plus Cuts From Monyaka - "Go De Yaka" (Remix), Limit -"Pop" (Trax FM Mighty remix), JKIV Feat Angela Johnson, Shot's "Main Thing" (Remix), Color Me Badd, Full Flava, Bobby Thurston, Ivy, Central Line, Vaughan Mason, Julie Roberts, Orbital's "Chime" Remix) & More The David RB Show Live Every Wednesday From 8PM UK Time The Station: www.traxfm.org #traxfm #davidrbshow #soul #funk #urban #hiphop #remixes #house #danceclassics #oldschool #nusoul #rnb #reggae Listen Live Here Via The Trax FM Player: http://chat.traxfm.org/player/index.html Mixcloud LIVE : mixcloud.com/live/traxfm Free Trax FM Android App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.traxfmradio.ba.a6bcb The Trax FM Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/original103.3/ Trax FM Live On Hear This: https://hearthis.at/k8bdngt4/live/ Tunerr: http://tunerr.co/radio/Trax-FM Tune In Radio : https://tunein.com/radio/Trax-FM-s225176/ OnLine Radio Box: http://onlineradiobox.com/uk/trax/?cs=uk.traxRadio Radio Deck: http://www.radiodeck.com/radio/5a09e2de87e3370db06d44dc Radio.Net: http://traxfmlondon.radio.net/ Stream Radio : http://streema.com/radios/Trax_FM..The_Originals Live Online Radio: http://www.liveonlineradio.net/english/trax-fm-103-3.htm**

In this episode, Mark Baratto sits down with singer-songwriter Cliff Cody. We talk about how he went from bouncer to songwriter to give it a shot in Nashville.  With nothing lucrative insight and family life calling, Cliff gave up music and moved to his wife's hometown in Ohio.   After many nights staring at his guitar sitting in the corner, Cliff picked up that 6 string again to give it one more shot, (with a little motivation from his wife), and the rest is now history! More on Cliff Cody Working as a bouncer at a West Texas honky-tonk, Cliff Cody's life changed forever when the waitress dared him to sing at Karaoke Night. Lucky for Cliff, a band was in the audience looking for a lead singer. They offered Cliff the job that night. The next day he bought a guitar, a week later he had written his first song and 6 months after that, he moved to Nashville.   After living in Nashville for 4 years with little success, Cliff went back to school and became an RN. While at a songwriter's retreat in Wyoming, he met his songwriting hero—D. Vincent Williams and he told Cliff something that would change his path. “Whatever “it” is, you've got it and I don't think you even realize it.” That was the encouragement he needed and in 2005 Cliff signed his first publishing contract with EMI/Sony Music. “Chasin Whiskey” was Cliff's first cut and recognized as a highlight of Julie Roberts' album “Men and Mascara” by Rolling Stone Magazine. Cliff's second cut was "Glad You're Gone", a song he co-wrote with the members of Halfway to Hazard David Tolliver and Chad Warrix.  He co-wrote "Gotta Go to Heaven" with artist Josh Thompson and co-wrote the first single on D. Vincent Williams' freshman album, "Down by the River."  Since first playing the Key West Songwriters Festival 12 years ago, Cliff has become a favorite and regular performer in the Keys. He has opened for Dwight Yoakam, Gary Allen, Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Phil Vasser, Aaron Lewis, Blackberry Smoke, David Allan Coe, Parmalee, Tracey Lawrence, Travis Tritt, The Charlie Daniels Band, Chris Young, Justin Moore, Ashley McBride and many more. Cliff made the Top 15 national finalists on the ABC talent Show "Rising Star" and wrote a song for the book, "The Shoe-Burnin' - Stories of Southern Soul" available on Amazon. His soulful voice and story telling style of writing has helped Cliff build a loyal following. He makes fast friends and forever fans and once you hear him, you become both. Cliff met his wife Amy at the legendary Bluebird Cafe and they married in 1998. They live in a log cabin with their 125 pound rescue dog--Bronx in the hills of Appalachian Ohio. They are enormously proud of their only child, Veronica who is an honor student at Ohio Wesleyan University—who doesn't call home nearly enough.  Where to find Cliff Website: https://www.cliffcody.com Where he's playing: https://www.cliffcody.com/calendar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cliffcody

TEACH ME SOMETHING. Believing everyone is in the Top 1% in the world at something, Chris challenges his frequent 3Q3D co-hosts, Amanda Adams and Matt Jordan, to teach him something from their respective areas of expertise.  At worst, you'll learn why a yeasty 3 Philosopher's Ale is a terrible chaser to a Sloe Gin Fizz, and at best, you'll learn how to win your next argument, why not everything is relative, and what Julie Roberts and Richard Gere knew about negotiating. Drinks in this episode: >> Sloe Gin Fizz – 2 oz sloe gin, 1 ½ oz fresh lemon juice, ½ oz simple syrup; shake all ingredients in cocktail shaker and strain into a highball glass; top with splash of club soda and garnish with a Maraschino cherry   >> Gin & Tonic – 2 parts Burnett's gin, 2 parts tonic; pour gin and tonic over ice and garnish with lime wedge >> Ommegang “Three Philosophers” ale

Paul and Julie started Coastal Maine Popcorn in Boothbay Harbor in 2008. Offering over 40 flavors of craft popcorn…Air popped and handmade, one batch at a time. They pride themselves on making an incredible product and providing exceptional customer service! They are open year-round and have many other outlets where you can find their popcorn! They have a great wholesale program, fundraising and are able to offer custom labeling for weddings, parties, corporate events and anything else you can think of!   Patreon (early access + benefits) - https://www.patreon.com/madeinmainepodcast Podbean - https://madeinmainepodcast.podbean.com/ Tunein Radio - http://tun.in/pjHVH Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqXnadMmdeOSgAAMTBoA6Eg   We are now on Spotify, GooglePlay and Itunes!   Social Media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/madeinmainepodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/madeinmaine_podcast/   Thanks for joining us to help put Maine on the Map with the Made in Maine podcast!   If you own a small Maine business or know someone who does that would make a great guest on the show, you can send an email to madeinmainepodcast@gmail.com with a short bio and company summary.

Julie Roberts is getting a dig in at Chrissy Tiegen's expense, we find out what a dirt nap is and Emma is recalling her career in the Irish branch of the Micky Mouse Club. Julie's wedding is EXCLUSIVE and she's forgetting to brown nose her way to the top of media echelons, whilst Emma is foolishly removing her shoes at weddings with disturbing consequences.If you have enjoyed this episode please rate/review us on itunes and/on tell a friend. Alternatively you can support us on patreon: www.patreon.com/upto90podcast.Thanks so much for listening,J and E x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eat, Pray, Love: This week Nina Quintero joins me to look at the ultimate break-up and find yourself movie Eat, Pray, Love starring Julie Roberts, Javier Bardem, James Franco & Richard Jenkins. 

Jen and Matt reminisce about their visit to Moto Restaurant in Chicago for the most expensive dinner they’ve ever had. Did Jen feel like Julie Roberts in Pretty Woman during the dinner? Did Matt walk out on a bill? Have you ever dodged a small rodent at a restaurant? Answers to these questions and more in this week's episode. This week Jen and Matt laugh about:If Matt tries cooking naked, should he join OnlyFans?Disappointing dining experiences are much like disappointing sexJen puts the kibosh on sponsorship from Russell Stover ChocolatesAre you getting into any funny business this week? Or is it merely business as usual? We want to hear from you! Email us at funnybusinessasusual@gmail.com and share your story with us. We might feature you on a future episode.TWITTER, INSTAGRAM: @funnybizasusualFOLLOW US - @thejenmoff @themattlovell

In this episode, Mark Baratto sits down with Singer, songwriter, and all-around cool guy, Arlis Albritton. We talked about his journey and how he got started in music (hint, it was the mailroom), navigating the Nashville writing scene, and how he is expanding his talent into the festival arena, with the St. Augustine Songwriters Festival:  http://staugustinesongwritersfestival.com More on Arlis Arlis started writing full time, getting numerous cuts on acts like Julie Roberts, Keith Anderson, Jeff Bates, Halfway To Hazard and John Michael Montgomery to name a few. More recently Luke Bryan cut “Too Damn Young” on Luke’s triple-platinum album Tailgates and Tanlines. Arlis also had the honor of co-producing his song “Good Morning Sunrise” on Jamey Johnson’s Grammy and ACM nominated album. Arlis saw some chart success with “Won’t Be Lonely Long” by Josh Thompson, reaching number 25 on the Billboard charts. Arlis’s songs have been placed in Nissan commercials as well as the television show “The Voice” Website: http://arlisalbritton.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arlisalbritton Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arlis.albritton New Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1psqQliDkawXBWBTnoB6wi

This is part two of our interview with Jeff. There was so much great stuff in the interview that we had to create two parts. Jeff King is one of the top session and touring guitarists in Nashville, TN. He is known for his musicality, amazing tones, and his ability to create a fun atmosphere in any room. Jeff has played live or in the studio for Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Mindy McCready, Patty Loveless, Lee Roy Parnell, Ty Herndon, Jo Dee Messina, Randy Travis, Bryan White, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Statler Brothers, Alabama, Art Garfunkel, Rhett Akins, BlackHawk, Chely Wright, Trace Adkins, Julie Roberts, Josh Turner, Luke Bryan, Kenny Loggins, Lee Brice, Englebert Humperdinck, Montgomery Gentry, and so many more. In part 2 Jacob and Jeff talk about how to best serve an artist and producer on a recording session, how to properly read a room, and why he won't put powdered creamer in his coffee. Check out all of Jeff's album credits at Allmusic.com Follow Jeff on Instagram @jeffkingnashville Follow us on Instagram @thesidemanchronicles Follow Jacob on Instagram @jacoblowerymusic   Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe

This is part one of our interview with Jeff. There was so much great stuff in the interview that we had to create two parts. Jeff King is one of the top session and touring guitarists in Nashville, TN. He is known for his musicality, amazing tones, and his ability to create a fun atmosphere in any room. Jeff has played live or in the studio for Faith Hill, Reba McEntire, Mindy McCready, Patty Loveless, Lee Roy Parnell, Ty Herndon, Jo Dee Messina, Randy Travis, Bryan White, Billy Ray Cyrus, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Statler Brothers, Alabama, Art Garfunkel, Rhett Akins, BlackHawk, Chely Wright, Trace Adkins, Julie Roberts, Josh Turner, Luke Bryan, Kenny Loggins, Lee Brice, Englebert Humperdinck, Montgomery Gentry, and so many more. In part 1 Jacob and Jeff talk about his early days in East Tennessee, playing his plywood guitar, a few of his pranks, how he got his start in the Nashville touring and session scene, and the time he rode around on Rick Hall's tractor. Check out all of Jeff's album credits at Allmusic.com Follow Jeff on Instagram @jeffkingnashville Follow us on Instagram @thesidemanchronicles Follow Jacob on Instagram @jacoblowerymusic Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe

Rhonda talks to Julie Roberts body double Shelley Michelle and comedian Grace Fraga.

Dooner's World - Episode 32 - Daniel Martine Show Notes: Guest: Daniel Martine Topics: Daniel is the First real actor on Dooner’s World: Bob Nelson was on and he starred in Brain Donors, one of my all-time favorite movies  Topics Covered: Daniel’s Jesus Christ Superstar tour in 1974 in the south and around the world Mike shares a clip from Young Riders (1991) with Daniel playing the heavy in a western based on the Young Guns movie CBGB stories including eyeing the first 2 Talking Heads shows, The Ramones, Richard Hell Andy Warhol stories including seeing The Velvet Underground 3 times Frank Zappa experiences starting in 1967 His first role in Tougher than Leather with LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, Run DMC!! Daniel tells the story of the movie, “3000”, later changed to “On The Boulevard” and finally released as “Pretty Woman” with Julie Roberts and Richard Gear. Daniel had 9 scenes in the movies that were cut One Good Cop - Michael Keaton story Kidd Diamond – Daniel’s original story, script, and Bluesicle Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=39941006&fan_landing=true)

Julie Roberts joins The Morning Drive via phone to discuss a rift between UVM and faculty due to COVID-19. Julie will describe how the union would like to work with the UVM administration, and how faculty members are already being impacted by changes UVM has made.

Gold-selling country music artist Julie Roberts (http://julieroberts.com) chronicles her real life drama of tragedy and triumph – including a life-changing Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis while in her twenties – and the lessons of hope she has learned along the storied way. Don't miss a single episode of Dinner Conversations–subscribe below!    Sponsors ChildFund is a community development organization that has been envisioning a world where every child is free to live at their fullest potent no matter where they are from–or what challenges they face–since 1938. Partner with us and our good friends at ChildFund to change the world in the life of a child by considering sponsoring a child today. It takes so little to make a difference. A child is waiting. And remember, every one who sponsors a child is invited to a Dinner Conversations Friends & Family Weekend in Nashville, plus receives an autographed Season Two DVD, CD and a special item handmade for you by our communities in Guatemala. Learn more here: chidlfund.org/dinnerconversations.   Amazon Prime Binge watch all of our episodes on Amazon Prime now: amazon.com/dp/B07Q2DPR5C   Subscribe On iTunes: bit.ly/dinnerconvosIT On YouTube: bit.ly/38EbnVF   Follow us Website: dinner-conversations.com 
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Exactly 25 years after the movie Outbreak hit theaters, Part II spreads to your ears. Where were you when Dustin Hoffman donned a hazmat suit and Rene Russo was bigger than Julie Roberts? Let's go back to 1995 because life imitates art far more than art imitates life. Remember to wash your hands like you're slicing jalapenos for a plate of nachos and desperately need to remove your contacts. Please stand at least ten feet away at all times. This is The Story of Your Life Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yourstory-or-yourlife/support

Oh please! It doesn't get funner than this! Screenwriter, bestselling author, Gigi Levangie Grazer dishes like no plater I know. We talked wasbands (Brian Grazer), Fred Silverman, Julie Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Debra Messing, Tinder, a sexy Frenchman, third time being the charm, Stephen King, finishing, optioning, moving on, success, having a "normal" life, kids, cooking, living life to the full. I'll have what she's having, or just keep inviting me over to bask in it, please. I LOVE HER. What fun. My blowdryer blew up before the show, and the Mophi overheated the camera during the show... but here's the meat. NO carbs, plenty of phat. None on Gigi. Gigi Levangie Grazer Live on Game Changers with Vicki Abelson, Wed, 1/19/20, 7 pm PT, 10 pm ET With Pete George Live on The Facebook Show replay : http://bit.ly/2HGTB96 All BROADcasts, as podcasts, also available on iTunes apple.co/2dj8ld3 Soundcloud http://bit.ly/2hktWoS Stitcher bit.ly/2h3R1fl tunein bit.ly/2gGeItj YouTube http://bit.ly/2OaSvWK This week's BROADcast is brought to by Rick Smolke of Quik Impressions, the best printers, printing, the best people people-ing. quikimpressions.com Nicole Venables of the Ruby Begonia Hair Studio Beauty and Products for tresses like the stars she coifs, and regular peoples, like me. I love my hair, and I loves Nicole. http://www.rubybegoniahairstudio.com/ And Blue Microphones, we love our new Yeti X. Thanks Bue and Kevin Walt

Episode Notes Learn English with Two Old Men.Geoffrey has been with his new wife a few weeks now. However, she seems to be hiding something. Alfred listens to Geoffrey's stories again with wonder.Support us Support us on Patreon to help us create more funny and interesting material:https://www.patreon.com/chuckleEnglishHow to use See the website (www.chucklenglish.com) on how to learn with the podcast.Transcript* ALFRED: Welcome to another episode of 2 Old Men in a Shed! With me, Alfred and my 80 years young colleague, Geoffrey! Say hello Geoffrey! Geoffrey: Hello. ALFRED: What? Just hello? Geoffrey: Yes, yes. ALFRED: You’re not going to make the same joke that you make every podcast by saying ‘hello Geoffrey’? You know how I love that joke! Geoffrey: No, I don’t feel like it. ALFRED: Wow, something must be up with you. What is wrong Geoffrey? Geoffrey: I don’t know if I should say on this microphone. I don’t want my private life to be public knowledge. ALFRED: Public knowledge? Who will find out? Geoffrey: All the listeners to this radio programme. ALFRED: It’s a podcast. Geoffrey: A what? ALFRED: Oh never mind! Anyway, we probably only have one listener. Geoffrey: One listener! Hello! ALFRED: They probably only found this podcast by accident. The listener is probably a young woman who was searching for tips on how to meet rich men and instead of writing Gold men, she wrote old men. Geoffrey: Well, I hope she finds real love. I wish I did. ALFRED: But, I thought that you had found a wife? Has she finally left you? (As I expected). Geoffrey: No, no. It’s not that bad. ALFRED: What do you mean it’s not that bad? You haven’t poisoned her have you? I told you that you should change that old lead pan you have. Geoffrey: She is still alive. I wish my heart was. ALFRED: Tell us. I mean tell me what has happened Geoffrey. Geoffrey: Well, I don’t know. But I think that my Filipino wife Pim is cheating on me. ALFRED: Cheating? Wow, this is serious. Why do you think that? Geoffrey: Well, for example, I was on my way to the gym. ALFRED: You go to the gym? Geoffrey: Yes, I was on my way to the gym when I realized that I had forgotten my gym bag. So, I had to turn the car around and drive back home. ALFRED: You drive a car? Geoffrey: Yes, as I arrived home at the mansion, ALFRED: You have a mansion? Geoffrey: I started to whistle a well-known jazz-rock song. ALFRED: You know music from the 20th century!? Geoffrey: I then walked up the stairs and as I got near the bedroom door I heard some banging in the bedroom. So, I opened the door and then saw my blonde American wife. ALFRED: Your blonde American wife? I thought she was a dark Philippine woman! Geoffrey: I asked her what she was doing. She said she was doing some morning exercises. ALFRED: This sounds very strange. Geoffrey: Then I noticed them! ALFRED: What did you notice? Geoffrey: Some boxer-shorts on the floor. ALFRED: But, don’t you wear boxer shorts? Geoffrey: Yes, I picked them up and then realized that the material wasn’t as soft as my usual boxer-shorts. ALFRED: What the? Geoffrey: These boxer-shorts where of a lower quality. I’m very sensitive in that area, so I only buy the best quality boxer shorts. That is when I realized that these belonged to another man! ALFRED: Oh! What happened next? Geoffrey: A young handsome man who looked like a gardener with long hair fell out of the wardrobe in a very comedic way. ALFRED: You don’t have a gardener! Geoffrey: I then used my kung-fu skills and I beat him up! ALFRED: What kung-fu skills? Geoffrey: The kung-fu skills I learned as a top international spy. ALFRED: A top international spy? Geoffrey, I think that you are mixing life and some movie that you’ve seen again. Geoffrey: That does explain why my wife looked like Julia Roberts. ALFRED: Do you remember the last time that you mixed reality with a movie and you said that aliens had visited you. Geoffrey: Yes, we had a nice cup of tea together! ALFRED: That was probably a movie! Geoffrey: It was real. I remember because I was quite upset that they left the biscuits. Those were my best biscuits! ALFRED: Oh dear! Ok, now we have cleared that up, that it was a movie and that your wife is not Julie Roberts and she is not cheating on you. Can you try and be a bit happier! Geoffrey: Yes, yes, no. ALFRED: No? Why not? Geoffrey: Because now I remember the real story. ALFRED: What is the real story? Geoffrey: Well, the other day. I got home early. ALFRED: You got home early? What do you mean? You don’t work Geoffrey. If you say you were at the gym again, I’m going to... Geoffrey: No, I wasn’t at the gym. I’m sure this is a real story. ALFRED: Ok, I’ll give you one more chance. Wow, that is the first time I’ve heard that sentence not being said by my wife, Mabel. Lovely woman! Go ahead... Geoffrey: Yes! I got home early from the bridge and chess club. As I walked in, I heard her in the bathroom. As I said, I’ve never seen her naked. She usually spends an hour in there. ALFRED: I know the story; my wife takes half an hour to get ready! Geoffrey: So, I asked her if she had seen my glasses. ALFRED: That’s normal. I think that is the most common sentence you say. You must say it once every hour. You usually spend the next 30 minutes looking for them, only to realize that the glasses are on your nose. Geoffrey: Anyway, I asked her, then I’m sure I heard a man’s voice reply. Saying, “I saw them in the kitchen this morning” ALFRED: A man answered you? Geoffrey: I think so. The thing is, when she eventually came out of the bathroom, it was just her. I checked the bathroom afterwards and there was nobody there! ALFRED: That is strange! Where the windows closed? Geoffrey: Well, I don’t have a window in my bathroom anymore. ALFRED: You don’t have a window? Geoffrey: If you remember, a thief broke into my house through my window while I was in the shower. After seeing my 80 year old bottom full of hairs, he immediately jumped back out of the window forgetting that there is a 5 meter drop. ALFRED: I do remember, it was in the newspaper! So, what happened to the window? Geoffrey: I covered it up with a piece of wood. I don’t mind. At my age, its best not to see what comes out of you. ALFRED: Ok. So you think you heard a man’s voice coming from the bathroom. To be honest Geoffrey, you’ve already shown us that you imagine things. How do you know that she is cheating? Geoffrey: Maybe I imagined the voice. Also, my glasses where in the kitchen! ALFRED: Great! So a friendly imaginary lover who knows you! Geoffrey, Yes, but it’s not only that! ALFRED: What else? Geoffrey: my razor! ALFRED: What about your razor? Geoffrey: Well, I have to shave everyday because of this thick old white hair I have. ALFRED: Ok... Geoffrey: Well, usually I have to change my razor every 2 weeks. But, now it seems like I’m buying a new razor every week. ALFRED: That could be anything. It could be your skin is more sensitive or the quality of the razors isn’t so good. Geoffrey: I’m not finished. ALFRED: Sorry, go ahead. Geoffrey: Sometimes, I noticed black hairs on my razor. I haven’t had a black hair since 1945. ALFRED: Right. Maybe your wife, Julie, I mean Pim is using it to shave her legs. Geoffrey: I’ve seen her legs, she definitely doesn’t shave them. I don’t mind they keep me warm when we are on the sofa. ALFRED: Interesting. Maybe she likes to shave her... you know... Geoffrey: Her what? ALFRED: You know, maybe she shaves her ‘thingy’. Geoffrey: Her thingy? What are you talking about? ALFRED: Please don’t make me say the word. I’m old and it embarrasses me. Geoffrey: What word? ALFRED: Her lady parts! Geoffrey: Women shave their lady parts? That is amazing! ALFRED: I was reading it in my wife’s gossip magazines. Young women these days shave their... lady parts. And your internet wife is young, right? Geoffrey: Yes, she’s a very young lady, almost 60. ALFRED: That is young. I remember when I was young and 60. Anyway, maybe she shaves down there. Geoffrey: I will ask her. ALFRED: You can’t just ask her. Geoffrey: Why not? She’s my wife! I paid for her! ALFRED: Yes, but you barely know her. You’ve never been naked together. What you could do is; take her out on a romantic date and when you get home, you might get lucky! Geoffrey: Get lucky! You mean sexual relations? That would be amazing! I don’t even know if my little friend still works. ALFRED: I’m sure it will, when you have a young 60 year old lady naked with you. I wish my wife was that young! Geoffrey: I’ve heard about a magic blue pill for men our age. What is that? How many do I take? ALFRED: I think it is best not to take any blue pills Geoffrey. I’m sure you’ll find away. Geoffrey: I better go and book a restaurant. All the young kids are going to a fashionable new restaurant called The McDonalds. I’ll take her there, it sounds very posh! I’ll need a new suit. Can I borrow yours? I’m young again! ALFRED: I think I’ll be bad and not tell him. At least we’ll have a new story for the next podcast. We’ll Geoffrey has left me alone in the shed again. I may be old, but I’m not talking to myself, so goodbye. Join us next time on Learn English with Two Old Men podcast. Support Chuckle English by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/chuckle-englishThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In this papisode we discuss what we call "The Heat." When the demand for a pictures of a certain celebrity is at it's highest, usually following the breaking of a recent story. We talk about pictures we took of Post Malone guest starring in Guy Ritchie's new heist movie with Jason Statham and throw in a couple Julie Roberts encounters. Thank you and enjoy! www.paparazzipodcast.com

This episode is sponsored by the host of Carradine's Cockney Singalong, Pianist and singer Tom Carradine Don’t be offended! In the last episode, I looked at AFFIRMATIONS and how they can be used to change your life. They aren’t some hippy-dippy placebo for making you feel better, they really can be brought to bear and make a difference to your life and work. If you haven’t yet checked it out yet then please get on it! This has been a long season for me and I’ve been reworking it a lot as I go and today’s topic is one of several that I nearly had to drop to make other things fit in. It is something that’s been increasingly on my mind but as with many of my shows, it’s not something I hear being discussed all that often. It did actually migrate into series 4 for a while, but it’s been reinstated as the episode I’d planned to put in here - which was about DELEGATING - is one which I’m going to run a few tests on before tackling. For example I’ll try using a virtual assistant for a time and see how it goes – I just need to get it very clear in my head what I’ll actually be asking for help with! I’ll be able to report back on whether that’s a good or bad experience and talk about it in a later episode and if you have any experience of successful, or I suppose unsuccessful DELEGATING then I’d genuinely love to hear from you. Lesson Today’s show began simply as a HEADS UP about something which I have come to believe sapping away our limited supply of mental energy in these strange times. I decided to raise it here as a sort of PUBLIC WARNING as it COULD BE wearing away at your ability to be productive without you knowing it. During my research I’ve become more and more certain that it’s something we should be very wary of and learn to shut out AND IF we can intelligently acknowledge it we will be able to protect ourselves from it. According to wicktionary.com the term OUTRAGE PORN was Coined by New York Times writer TIM KREIDER to emphasize the way THE MEDIA deliberately provoke feelings of righteous indignation in us by pandering to people's self-indulgent desire to feel OUTRAGED. It occurs in almost every form of media but is perhaps most often seen in 24-hour news programmes, newspapers (remember them) and on the internet. We are dominated by the relatively small number of persons who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind. Edward Bernays UNQUOTE OUTRAGE PORN is when the Media ensures that a statement or report is released which is deliberately skewed in a way to make the reader or viewer or listener etc. so furious about a topic that there will be a public outcry. That same media then reports on the outcry which it has carefully set up and so creates a perpetual news cycle of OUTRAGE over NOTHING AT ALL. In episode one of this show I talk about finding and honing a higher level of thinking. It’s described elsewhere in productivity circles as intelligent thought or achievement. Napoleon Hill describes it in the Law Of Success as Accurate thought. It’s there that Hill urges us to question the “facts” that we hear and separate those PROVEN FACTS from MERE INFORMATION. He asks us to separate facts into two classes; the IMPORTANT and the UNIMPORTANT, or, the RELEVANT and the IRRELEVANT. All facts which will aid us to any extent whatsoever in the attainment of your definite chief aim are important and relevant; All that you cannot use are unimportant and irrelevant. If you haven’t yet listened to episodes 40 through 45 which cover Hill’s amazing and powerful book, THE LAW OF SUCCESS in 16 lessons then you are doing yourself a disservice btw. Hill also says If someone presents a fact to you, you would do well to ask them HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS before accepting it as truth. We don’t get this opportunity though when bombarded by Outrageous stories in the press. It’s a world of ever-increasing falsity that we are living in, Beware. Carter Ferguson UNQUOTE haha only joking – try this for size. The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who MANIPULATE this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. Edward Bernays UNQUOTE As an aside here btw, do you know what you find when you look up quotes on manipulation of the masses? Quotes from Hitler – I kid you not. He talked a lot about manipulating the masses – “the greater the lie, the greater the chance that it will be believed.” is one of his and “If you wish the sympathy of the broad masses, you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things.” And “Tell a lie loud enough and long enough and people will believe it.” – You want a good reason for why we should be worried about Outrage Porn, look to Adolf Hitler. We are bombarded with news stories designed to manipulate in us, this all-too-familiar emotion: OUTRAGE. And the mainstream and lesser-known media outlets are taking full advantage of it. If we aren’t careful, we may allow Outrage Culture to change our society so drastically that we embrace tribalism and choose to interact only with people who are exactly like ourselves. Jeff Charles UNQUOTE The Urban Dictionary describes OUTRAGE CULTURE as follows. “When people play the victim card and bend over backwards to be as offended as possible when they really aren’t. Using hissy fits, political correctness, character assassination, and a false sense of moral authority, the OUTRAGER hopes to gain power and public recognition for their brave act of justice as well as a sense of control over their meaningless existence.” Now I had recorded a section in here that gave a specific example of this behaviour in an individual – but I’ve cut it as frankly - I am frightened of a deliberate misinterpretation of my words. And that’s the aim of course of some people who use outrage culture to manipulate us; to use fear of public retaliation to silence perceived opponents. I really tried to script neutral comment on the matter, but no matter what way I came at it, I saw trouble. What I have realised is that some people, who have perhaps become activists for social issues due to their profile as actors or influencers or whatever are building careers out of all of this. They deliberately using outrage to raise their profile and sometimes just to get attention. I’m really trying NOT to make this episode become what it is trying to warn against but on this particular point though, let me say that: There are some individuals who deliberate misuse OUTRAGE to serve their own personal and promotional agendas  - Their actions though, as their behaviours are questioned more and more, weaken the true causes that they are supposedly fighting for. On that note too - Let’s not forget here that MANY WHO PUSH BIZARRE SOCIAL AGENDAS ARE ACTUALLY TROLLS who don’t really believe the stuff they are putting out. – and an example I saw recently was someone tweeting about, and getting a lot of angry replies too, about how they will be taking to their vet about how their dog is TRANS – It was clearly a wind-up but it certainly worked. A lot of the stories that appear are just wind-ups and attention-seeking, but they have a damaging effect in that they can belittle and misrepresent the real voices and the real problems of the world. Journalist Jeff Charles writes that Outrage culture is marked by a tendency for people to become overly offended at the slightest occurrence. It could be an offhand remark about race that someone assumes to be a microaggression. Perhaps a talk show host made critical comments about the president. In some instances, it could be a politician failing to comment on a particular situation in the way you believe they should. He goes on to state, when talking of the USA, that - unfortunately, as a nation, we have become addicted to outrage porn. The article I took that from was published in June 2018 and it references three major stories that resulted in a tremendous level of internet outrage. First, actress and comedian Roseanne Barr posted a racist tweet about Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett. Then, talk show host Samantha Bee gave a profanity-laced rant against Ivanka Trump, implying that she has incestuous relations with her father. Not to be outdone, more offensive blog posts written by MSNBC host Joy Reid surfaced. Once you start to become aware of this stuff, as I’m sure many of you out there already are, you start to see them everywhere. One that I saw causing chaos and offence everywhere this year was the seemingly racist tweet by British comedian and radio host Danny Baker who posted an old black and white picture of a man and woman with a chimpanzee, with the caption "Royal baby leaves hospital." Next thing Meghan Markle and him got dragged into a completely manipulated racism row. The thing is… I didn’t know anything about Meghan Markle's heritage either. I just don’t follow the whole ROYAL thing. When I saw what he’d tweeted, after the fact, I saw a vaguely amusing joke about CLASS, but - because it’s not on my wavelength to think in racist terms. I just wasn’t brought up that way. The perceived racism in it just would never have occurred to me. What worries me there is that I could easily have fallen into the same trap and so I became somewhat fascinated as the thing unfolded. What I realised right away was that the media were deliberately pushing forward and quoting from the negative tweets that were appearing and stirring a proverbial hornet’s nest of trouble that resulted in him ham-fistedly apologising, which was just weird - and then getting fired from his job. I looked at the twitter accounts that had been chosen by the press to represent the initial outrage and they came from virtually new accounts, with virtually no followers. Many of the initial posts were from, in effect, troll accounts or accounts with a political agenda, winding the whole thing up. Then came the backlash of genuine hatred for the guy from people and organisations who were, in the end, comparing him to Hitler. (Which is RICH given those quotes I  have just given you) My point is, whether you believe Danny Baker decided to deliberately after 40 years in the business suddenly reveal himself to be a closet racist via a random tweet on twitter (he isn’t btw) or not - that the media, and possibly something beyond the media if I were to get quite dark about all this, deliberately chose to lift only the tweets where people were most outraged and report on them. The press kept this FAKERY going for about 3 weeks in the end and constantly fanned the flames of a non-story, at the cost of a man’s livelihood and Meghan Markle’s privacy because the frenzy of outrage was so strong. The cost was greater than that though as many many people all over the world, expended energy on the matter, got riled up attacking OR defending him, and that in turn created a kind of mini race hate war for no good reason whatsoever. It was an expenditure of energy and effort that should have could have been spent on more positive and productive matters. That’s my point here today. If we allow ourselves to be drawn into this shit, we are allowing ourselves to be manipulated on a quite a major level. Btw in each of the stories I mentioned before, the offender apologized for their actions, but people’s decisions on whether or not to forgive them following this seem to be based primarily on their political leanings. Right-leaning individuals are more likely to forgive Barr, who is an outspoken Trump supporter while people on the left accused her of being a racist. The same might be said about the Danny Baker story. These types of occurrences are nothing new, and the media is all too happy to use these stories to divide us further. The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words. Philip K. Dick UNQUOTE It is my belief that this is something which has probably always existed but has been magnified by the world wide web and the invention of 24-hour news. It may even be thanks to them that we, the masses which Hitler talks about, have started to notice the manipulation. I can go to twitter right now and pick out a manipulative story. The one that’s popped out today  was that a TV network has banned the use of the word UPPITY after a single complaint. Unsurprisingly this is a Meghan Markle related story as she is used as a pawn in these outrage stories at every opportunity by the UK press. It took me 10 seconds to find this example and if I look tomorrow, or later today, if all goes as planned for them I will find a bunch of stories about how half the people in the world are outraged by the banning of this word and how half the people are not as it was, and I’ll push the boat out here, RACIST. Another tasty piece of outrage bait that I can see is this one about the studio exec that wanted to cast in 1994, yes we need to get HISTORICALLY OUTRAGED at peoples behaviour too, but he wanted to cast Julie Roberts to play Harriet Tubman. Thanks to the Wikipedia I can tell you that Harriet Tubman, was a black American abolitionist that died in 1913. I doubt, if this story as true at all, and they present zero proof that it is, that some probably white movie exec would have known this. I doubt many a black exec would know it then either for that matter. His suggestion is easy to get riled up about if YOU LOOK FOR WRONG IN THE WORLD, but in reality it was just a stupid thing said at a meeting. We’ve all done that in our time. Let he or she that his never made a mistake in life throw the first stone at that guy. But you better get a time machine to do it as he’s probably dead already and even if he isn’t does saying it make him a racist? The word RACISM is slopped about like a wet fish in the world of OUTRAGE.  Another story out today which was passed on to me by several people is that USA today reporter Tom Nichols was accused of being a racist as he said he didn’t like Indian food. Don’t worry for him though as he can report tomorrow on how he laughed at the outrageousness of it all, and continue the news cycle. By the way, the word BAN has become an outrage inciting word in itself. Everything is banned these days if you believe the press, and we MUST BE OUTRAGED by it. I could probably come up with a list of 10 words right off the bat that would be used to invoke outrage, RACIST is a good place to start, but let’s try, SJW’s, TRUMP is a good bet, SAFE SPACE, PRIVILEGE, BREXIT is certainly a goldmine of outrage here in the UK, any number or RELIGIOUS or POLITICAL REFERENCES, VIRTUE SIGNALLING and I’ll end with STAR WARS as I had to sit through The Last Jedi and I was certainly offended by that. I’ll leave you to think of more but the internet will always provide if you draw a blank. One thing worth mentioning , is that Outrage CULTURE  prevents us from engaging in the exchange of ideas. Discussions seem to have become nothing more than contests to see which side has more of a reason to be offended. I’m well aware that by merely tackling this topic I’m going to get it in the neck from somebody, too, as the offence reaction gene is soooo ingrained in some of us that they go out of their way to be outraged. I mentioned this in the bullying episode, as it has become for some a form of bullying and I kinda deliberately used the term snowflake there as I knew for those people who do virtue signal their way through life on a crusade fuelled by hate, that they wouldn’t like it.  Yes, sometimes I’m bad that way. I need to wind this up some time but I believe that some of us, the AWARE of the world, those that listen to THIS PODCAST for example, can break our addiction to outrage culture by refusing to be influenced by outrage porn and CHOOSING not to be offended by every story the media forces upon us. True unadulterated outrage does though have a place in this world. Without it OPPRESSION WOULD NEVER BE RESISTED and SLAVERY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABOLISHED. But this fake outrage, this adopted human need to get a fix of outrage, never to be let go of, must be put to death and to do that it must be ignored. Not silenced though - as if you push back it will just cause more outrage and continue the cycle. Ignoring it, for me is the solution. You see we are never going to make a positive impact on our lives, on our careers or on HISTORY by getting mad at some fucking celebrity for making a comment we disagree with or that pricks our delicate opinions. Only by NOT responding, NOT retweeting, liking or sharing, NOT engaging in any way, NOT raging and NOT getting outraged by the outrage, are we going to neutralise this toxic fad known as outrage porn. I didn’t realise all of this stuff when I started this episode - I just wanted to say that we shouldn’t allow ourselves to get manipulated by the press and waste our time and energy on Outrage Porn. I never knew that my research would open up such an Alladin’s cave of TOXICITY that I think I could extend in a future episode in some way but which I will leave for now. We are clearly being manipulated, but WE CAN CHOOSE TO SAY NO AND IGNORE. Summing Up If you have been ever riled up in a pointless celebrity news story or by some outrageous suggestion within it or in an internet argument with someone who will say white when you say black just for the fun of winding you up, or in tit for tat chatter over a point of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance ON SOCIAL MEDIA then you will have already experienced what we now know as OUTRAGE CULTURE. When we these exchange fiery back-and-forths to try and defend our points and even if we don’t respond at all, but walk away angry or frustrated or unhappy we have still find ourselves affected by it. Next time you sense that you are getting riled by a troll, or an aggravating virtue signaller, they are a problem as they “slippery slide between the lines trying to be your friend but subtly undermining your arguments and will never allow you to get the last word in on discussions” Janet Hill UNQUOTE, then just identify the source, and utilise the BLOCK function on whatever site you are on. Block and mute and just walking away are sure-fire solutions to silencing the problem of outrage culture. Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. Ricky Gervais UNQUOTE Call To Action Your call to action this week is to work on improving your outrage antenna. Instead of allowing yourself to get pulled in and wasting your time and energy getting riled up about whatever the latest outrage porn manipulation is, shut it out, block it out if you have to and work instead on improving your own life. Keep control of your emotions and live a happier healthier, less stressful life away from the manipulations of the press or trolls. This is an extension of what I call the BULLSHIT ANTENNA which I must do an episode on. That’s needed these days to separate news stories from SPONSORED CONTENT sometimes known as LIES, to separate genuine product reviews, from PAID REVIEWS or as I like to call them LIES, and to separate the Ad’s from the news story, which possibly lies anyway, that you are trying to read beneath the WE VALUE YOUR PRIVACY pop up which I call DO THEY F7CK. I’ll post a recent screenshot I took from The Independent as an example of this. Ending So that’s the end of today’s episode. I hope you’ve found it interesting. If I have offended you at any point in all of this, then do a self-assessment to double-check if you really are offended or if you are just automatically responding in this way to get a dopamine kick. I don’t want to give HITLER and more oxygen today but I did eventually find a quote of his that I agreed with earlier. He said THAT A POLITICIAN SHOULD NEVER ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED IN A BATHING SUIT which is a fair point. It's time to quit being offended though folks so I’ll end with a quote from Dolly Parton  who said I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb... and I also know that I'm not blonde. Next week will be, just before CHRISTMAS too, the 50th – YES YOU HEARD ME – THE 50TH EPISODE of this show and the topic will be IMPOSTER SYNDROME. For now though folks, take control of your own destiny, don’t believe everything you read on the internet or get worked up about it either, keep on shootin’ and join me next time on FILM PRO PRODUCTIVITY! 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I just finished listening to this episode with Liz Bohannon and I feel like I have more air in my lungs than I did before hearing it. She's just the absolute embodiment of INSPIRING. Her new book Beginner's Pluck is a must read for all of us. With Christmas stories from past 2019 guests Andrew Osenga, Julie Roberts, and Ryan Hall!  . . . . . http://anniefdowns.com #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :)  Thank you to our sponsors of this episode! #FabFitFunpartner: Use coupon code “SOUNDSFUN” for $10 off your first box at www.fabfitfun.com. Rothys: Check out all the amazing styles available right now and give the gift of comfort, style, and sustainability by going to Rothys.com/soundsfun.

Clinton Foundation Losing Serious CASH! Julie Roberts ethnicity problems Fifth Democratic Debate is tonight Trump Rally in South Florida --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hostem Lenky Vahalové byla herečka Nela Boudová. Nejprve Nela pozvala do Divadla v Řeznické na představení Ve smyčce, kde hraje stárnoucí hollywoodskou hvězdu. S Lenkou ale mluvila i o cestování, potápění, dabingu Julie Roberts, nebo o Sašence, kterou má Nela v pěstounské péči.

Dr. Julie Roberts, Executive Director of American Dialect Society and Professor of Linguist & Dialectologist at the University of Vermont and Dr. Gary J. Margolis, Founder and CEO of Social Sentinel explore “The Changing Language of Our Times”.

Arlis Albritton, This Florida native drove to Nashville with more dreams in his pocket than money. His determination and passion for music drove him to do all he could to put himself in the thick of the music industry. Within two years he was working in the mailroom at the Country Music Association and then FAME Music Publishing as the “tape copy guy.” While at FAME Music, Arlis learned his songwriting craft, along with making many key contacts. After leaving FAME, Arlis got his first major cut on Diamond Rio. Arlis started writing full time, getting numerous cuts on acts like Julie Roberts, Keith Anderson, Jeff Bates, Halfway To Hazard and John Michael Montgomery to name a few. More recently Luke Bryan cut “Too Damn Young” on Luke’s triple platinum album Tailgates and Tanlines. Arlis also had the honor of co-producing his song “Good Morning Sunrise” on Jamey Johnson’s Grammy and ACM nominated album. Arlis saw some chart success with “Won’t Be Lonely Long” by Josh Thompson, reaching number 25 on the Billboard charts. Arlis’s songs have been placed in Nissan commercials as well as the television show “The Voice”

FOCUS 1 / Parler terrorisme dans les médias Le 15 mars, Christchurch, Nouvelle-Zélande. Un homme australien s'attaque à deux mosquées et tue cinquante personnes. Ce lundi, Utrecht, Pays-Bas. Un homme né en Turquie tire dans un tram et tue trois personnes. Deux événements dramatiques décrits ici avec des mots neutres. Ni « terrorisme », ni « attentat », ni « suprémaciste blanc ». Pourtant ces mots existent et on les utilise volontiers pour qualifier un acte et convoquer par là même une série de prérequis, de connaissances communes de l’actualité. Comment utiliser ces mots sans les galvauder ? Les médias vont-ils parfois trop vite ? Le mot « terrorisme » est-il un mot dangereux ? Ces questions, nous allons les aborder avec nos deux invités, Jean-Paul Marthoz, chroniqueur et essayiste, et Thomas Renard, expert en terrorisme et chercheur à l’Institut Egmont. FOCUS 2 / Comment les sites de rencontres ont bouleversé les relations amoureuses Nous recevons Marie Bergström, sociologue et auteure du livre « Les nouvelles lois de l’amour » aux éditions La Découverte. « Nouvelles » car depuis quelques années, les sites et applications de rencontres tels que Meetic, Tinder, Adopteunmec.fr, Happn,… ont modifié les rapports amoureux. Par le biais de la sociologie, Marie Bergström étudie ces rapports et en tire des enseignements particulièrement éclairants sur les normes sociales et les rapports entre les sexes, entre autres. Nouvelles Technologies – Devenez virtuellement immortel « Who wants to live forever?” Eternime est une start-up qui propose de préserver pour l’éternité nos pensées, nos histoires et nos souvenirs les plus importants. Pourquoi ? Parce que nous mourrons tous et que, bientôt, nous disparaitrons des mémoires. Et cela, nous pouvons l’éviter en devenant virtuellement immortel ! Une chronique de Gilles Quoistiaux Tendances Pub / Le cimetière des publicités refusées Dans sa rubrique « Tendances Pub », Frédéric Brébant nous parlera d’un projet original qui vient d’être lancé par le créatif d’une agence de publicité : la plateforme NOK qui transforme les idées de pubs refusées par les marques en de véritables œuvres d’art. L’Autre Web – Aux U.S.A, les podcasts s’adaptent en série. Face au désir toujours grandissant du public pour les séries, les scénaristes n’ont pas le choix : ils adaptent. Des films et des romans qui se transforment en séries, il y en a des tas : « Fargo », « La servante écarlate », « American Gods », « Stargate », … Mais une nouvelle forme d’adaptation fait son petit bonhomme de chemin : les séries inspirées de podcasts. Une chronique d’Elisabeth Debourse dans laquelle on retrouve des grands acteurs du secteur comme Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Julie Roberts ou encore Julia Garner. Présentation : Marie Vancutsem

I only know how to play three songs on the guitar, and Julie Roberts's song "Break Down Here" is one of them. I've never met her before but WOW am I glad to have met her. This conversation- about growing up, country music, marriage, and an MS diagnosis- runs the full gamut. Her new book Beauty in the Breakdown is an amazing and inspiring read. You're gonna love this woman and this book!  . . . . . http://anniefdowns.com #thatsoundsfunpodcast ... join in the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome. :) 

On this week’s episode, we’re bringing you conversations with filmmakers and television creators behind new releases in film and television.  Actor Natalie Portman and filmmaker Brady Corbet will discuss  their pop culture focused Vox Lux, later writer/director Peter Hedges discusses his heart wrenching addiction drama Ben is Back, and finally creator Justin Marks will discuss his mind-bending espionage thriller series Counterpart which is currently in it’s 2nd season on the Starz network. Vox Lux is the new film from actor turned filmmaker Brady Corbet. The film follows the rise and turbulent career of a pop star that is catapulted to stardom after surviving a violent tragedy as a teenager. Austin Film Festival’s Senior Film Program Director Liz Mims spoke with writer/director Brady Cobert and star Natalie Portman after a screening of Vox Lux at the 25th annual Austin Film Festival. Trailer of Vox Lux courtesy of Neon &Bold Films Productions, LLC. Filmmaker Peter Hedges has written as a novelist, a playwright, and screenwriter. His film credits include What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, About a Boy, and Pieces of April. His newest film, Ben is Back, explores the relationship of a mother and estranged teenage son who is battling addiction. The film stars Julie Roberts and Hedges’ son, Lucas Hedges. I spoke with Peter Hedges after a screening of Ben is Back at the 25th annual Austin Film Festival. Clips of Ben is Back courtesy of: Roadside Attractions & LD Entertainment.

• Will Wilko win against 11yr old Audrey in her special subject 'Hunger Games'? • Can you be honest about disliking a babies name? • Julie Roberts was a victim of a very unfortunate typo....have you got one?

At the height of her singing career, life was turned upside down for Julie Roberts when she had an attack on her body as she was performing on stage. Blind and partially paralyzed on stage, Julie pressed on singing, and chose to tuck those scary symptoms away until she could return home from her tour.     After a trip to the doctor, Julie was diagnosed with MS.  Julie wanted nothing to do with the diagnosis. She decided to ignore it personally and hide it professionally. Because of her tumultuous past, she felt like she was good at hiding the real truth in life.    In self-denial, Julie cut off her opportunity to learn more about the disease and the treatments available.    The bad times got worse as she lost her record deal the same week that the Nashville flood wiped away all of her possessions.  At this point, the stress of the situation took a physical toll on Julie’s body and she could no longer ignore the fact that MS was a real part of her life.    Listen to Julie’s story as she hit rock bottom but found what was most important in life through her trials. Believing she was saved from the Nashville flood for a reason, Julie took her first steps toward treating MS and caring for her body and her soul. She now helps advocate for people diagnosed with MS and other diseases that initially steal your hope.    Finding love, trusting Jesus, and walking in her passion despite the misconceptions of her health, Julie is an inspiration not only to those who struggle with MS, but to anyone who is in the middle of a hard road.    And we had such a great time laughing! Listen to the end of this episode to find out how pig-sitting gets you THE MOST GORGEOUS lashes and the best advice I’ve ever heard about facing a near-death experience on an airplane!   Buy Julie's Book Julie's Website Follow Julie on Instagram Like Julie on Facebook  

The My Best Friend's Wedding co-stars reunite over two decades later for the new Amazon series

After a very strong debut Terry B is doubling down and continuing his dynamic new show! He is preparing to sit down with Meg Bee from the east coast to discuss all things from Meg's perspective!

God and country have gone together for centuries, especially since "country" started also being a form of music. The latter association is thanks to people like Julie, whose singing career is a literal answered prayer. Apparently Tom and Kathryn have been praying for a new Thai restaurant because they're equally enthusiastic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Humble, kind, unassuming - those are just a few words I'd use to describe my guest today, country music singer Julie Roberts. I'd also say talented, brave, loving, strong and selfless.  Hers is an amazing story - from a small town in South Carolina where she, her sisters and her mother were victims of domestic abuse, to Nashville, Tennessee making gold records, to a stage in Asheville, North Carolina where she lost the feeling in her hands and her sight went blurry while on stage one evening! That led to her diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. That's certainly not the end of this story:  a Lifetime movie about her life - oh wait, that was put on hold; recording with Waylon Jenning's son Shooter Jennings; starting her own record label (Ain't Scared Records) with the insurance money from the flood - provided by State Farm Insurance; surviving a monumental (thousand year) flood and losing EVERYTHING (material); FINALLY (after 5 years) accepting her diagnosis and starting treatment; to recording a new album ("I Think You Know") and writing a new book due out in September ("Beauty In The Breakdown: Choosing to Overcome"). Whew! This lady is busy. And an inspiration. Resources mentioned in the interview (clickable links): Beauty in the Breakdown: Choosing to Overcome (pre-order yours today!!) Check out all of Julie's music - and some GREAT merch too.   How to find Julie and see if she's playing near you: JulieRoberts.com TheJulieRoberts (Instagram) Julie Roberts (Facebook)   **Don’t forget to join us on the FUMS Facebook Page and on Twitter at FUMS. Have an idea for a topic or someone for me to interview? Perhaps YOU?? Send me an email at Kathy@FUMSnow.com.   And remember to speak to this stupid disease as it deserves: tell it FUMS every day!!

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Continuamos con las llamadas telefonicas y nos relatan experiencia al ir de vacaciones a Villa del Carbon y rentaron dos cabañas y uno de los amigos empezo a tomar y ya borracho empezo a pedir que se le apareciara algo al rato el amigo empezo a gritar y cambio su actitud tipo posesion, hablamos sobre experiencia de Julie Roberts en un panteon de New York, compartimos experiencia que vivimos en panteon en Oaxaca y actris Argentina comenta que no se sintio bien en un lugar de grabacion. US:(562)904-4822 Mex:01(800)681-1847 www.desvelado.comEscucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Victor Camacho. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/40270

Richard Müller má nový singel, ktorý je oslavou skvelej americkej herečky Julie Roberts. Obľúbený spevák s trochou zveličenia vraví, že je do nej už roky zaľúbený a tak sa z toho potreboval vyspievať. Text napísal sám Richard spolu s textárom Petrom Uličným, hudbu mu zložil výborný český muzikant Ondřej Brzobohatý. V takomto tandeme spolupracoval Richard Müller po prvý raz a hovorí o fantastickej jazde. Singel Julia Roberts je prvým z nového albumu obľúbeného speváka s názvom 55, ktorý si daroval k svojim narodeninám. https://www.expres.sk/74884/richard-muller-julia-roberts-exkluzivna-premiera-noveho-hitu/

Beyond the Basics Health Academy welcomes back Bob Miller, CTN and Julie Roberts to the show to talk about epigenetics, genetic expression, and the role that this plays in chronic disease and Lyme. Both Bob Miller, CTN and Julie Robert focuses a lot on the role that genetics play on health and wellness. This is especially important for chronic concerns and infections like Lyme.  We talk about what role this plays when holistically treating a person.  There is such a need for individualized care and in this podcast we address why this is so important and necessary for optimal health and wellness. Julie Roberts also talks about her journey with Lyme and how genetic testing was a vital component of supporting her body and pathways in order to achieve optimal health. Bob Miller is currently undergoing research on Lyme and genetic testing and you can find out more and join his study by going to: http://www.nutrigeneticresearch.org WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS PODCAST What are genes and genetic expression? How do they affect our overall health and wellness Why is genetic testing much more than just MTHFR Why this is an important aspect of care for chronic disease and Lyme How you can get involved in Bob Miller's study regarding genetic assessment and Lyme if you have been diagnosed with Lyme Disease LINKS FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS Training for healthcare providers: http://www.methylgeneticnutritionclasses.com Free trial of the software: http://www.dnasupplementation.com LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES www.gettoknowyourdna.com www.nutrigeneticresearch.org LINK TO OUR COURSE ON GENETICS LINK TO PODCAST !49 ON GENETIC EXPRESSION

Beyond the Basics Health Academy welcomes Bob Miller, CTN and Julie Roberts to the show to talk about epigenetics, genetic expression, and how analyzing genetic information can be powerful for optimal health and wellness.   Dr. Bob Miller has focused much of his career as a naturopath to gene expression and the best way to interpret and implement genetic mutations.  He is a wealth of knowledge and it was so wonderful to have him explain the comprehensive way that we should look at genes.   WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS PODCAST What are genes and genetic expression? How do they affect our overall health and wellness How can we test our genes How is it best to analyze our genes Why is genetic testing much more than just MTHFR FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS Training for healthcare providers: http://www.methylgeneticnutritionclasses.com Free trial of the software: http://www.dnasupplementation.com   FOR ALL LISTENERS www.gettoknowyourdna.com www.nutrigeneticresearch.org LINK TO OUR COURSE ON GENETICS

Based on Carl Jung’s extraversion and introversion theory, people are split into two categories: people are either introverts or extroverts. Introverts are stereotyped to be shy, poor conversationalists, loners, depressed, without many friends, geeks, and at worst, serial killers, whereas extroverts are stereotyped to be outgoing, sociable, talkative, energetic, need to at the center of attention, and live off of being around a lot of people. In line with these stereotypes, it is expected that introverts are not natural ‘entrepreneurs’ in such an extroverted society like America. However, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Charles Schwab, Steven Spielberg, Michael Jordan and Julie Roberts, to name a few, are leading entrepreneurs and role models that have stood out and changed America in a number of unique ways. With us today we have Beth Buelow, a professional coach that works with introverted business leaders all over the world.

“I thought you had enough of flyers?" Howard Hawks and Cary Grant had already given the world the hilarious “Bringing Up Baby” in 1938, and lucky for us, they liked working together. They’d work on four more films together, including their very next one — “Only Angels Have Wings.” Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we finish our series on films from 1939 with Hawks’ and Grant’s second collaboration. We talk about how this film fared for us upon initial viewing, and how it sat with us. We chat about our love for Jean Arthur and how wonderful she is here. We talk about the rest of the cast — Grant, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Sig Ruman and more — and what they each bring to the table. We discuss the flying effects in the film and how well they work for us, paired especially with Joseph Walker’s great black-and-white cinematography. And we chat about Hawks and why we like him so much. It’s a film that ranks good, not great, on our lists, but still a film that really got us talking and thinking. It’s well worth checking out, so do so then come back here and tune in to the show! Film Sundries Script Transcript Original theatrical trailer Flickchart Trailers of the Week Andy’s Trailer: Secret in their Eyes — “As a parent, this looks like a brutal film to watch. But it looks damn good to. Julie Roberts looks like she’s found a strong project, which she’s needed, and Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor both look awesome. I can’t wait for this one.” Pete’s Trailer: Joy — “Love the tone of this trailer from David O. Russell. Looks to be a great follow-up to American Hustle and as always, great to see J-Law in something that isn’t Hunger Games.”

“I thought you had enough of flyers?" Howard Hawks and Cary Grant had already given the world the hilarious “Bringing Up Baby” in 1938, and lucky for us, they liked working together. They'd work on four more films together, including their very next one — “Only Angels Have Wings.” Join us — Pete Wright and Andy Nelson — as we finish our series on films from 1939 with Hawks' and Grant's second collaboration. We talk about how this film fared for us upon initial viewing, and how it sat with us. We chat about our love for Jean Arthur and how wonderful she is here. We talk about the rest of the cast — Grant, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Sig Ruman and more — and what they each bring to the table. We discuss the flying effects in the film and how well they work for us, paired especially with Joseph Walker's great black-and-white cinematography. And we chat about Hawks and why we like him so much. It's a film that ranks good, not great, on our lists, but still a film that really got us talking and thinking. It's well worth checking out, so do so then come back here and tune in to the show! Film Sundries Script Transcript Original theatrical trailer Flickchart Trailers of the Week Andy's Trailer: Secret in their Eyes — “As a parent, this looks like a brutal film to watch. But it looks damn good to. Julie Roberts looks like she's found a strong project, which she's needed, and Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor both look awesome. I can't wait for this one.” Pete's Trailer: Joy — “Love the tone of this trailer from David O. Russell. Looks to be a great follow-up to American Hustle and as always, great to see J-Law in something that isn't Hunger Games.”

To people who want to make it in the music industry as a writer, musician, or producer... but don't know how to get started. Carson Chamberlain tells us how he made it in Nashville and worked with country stars like Keith Whitley, Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Easton Corbin, and more in this episode of The Doorpost Podcast Project!           BIO: Carson Chamberlain, a native of Berea, Kentucky, started professionally in the music business as a musician, bandleader and tour manager for the late Keith Whitley.  After Keith's untimely death in 1989, he became tour manager for Clint Black, and later held the position of tour manager for Alan Jackson.  In April of 1994, Carson took the position as Director of A&R for Mercury Nashville and was promoted to VP of A&R until his departure in August of 2002.   Now Chamberlain is focusing all of his energy on writing and producing. As a BMI songwriter, Chamberlain has penned several number one singles for Alan Jackson such as “Love's Got A Hold On You,” Everything I Love,” and “Between The Devil And Me.”  His penned song, “The Best Day,” the first single release from George Strait's Greatest Hits LP, quickly moved up the charts and stayed at #1 for three weeks.   As a record producer, he has had other #1 success with the Mark Wills' singles “I Do (Cherish You),” “Don't Laugh At Me,” and “Wish You Were Here,” all #1 songs from his platinum-selling LP entitled “Wish You Were Here.” Chamberlain also, produced the #1 song “Back At One” from Mark Wills “Permanently” LP . Chamberlain penned Travis Tritt's hit single “Country Ain't Country,” and scored cuts on Gary Allan's  Alright Guy album as well as Alan Jackson's Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits Volume 2, and Alan Jackson's 34 Number Ones, the single release “Another Side of You” on Joe Nichols, and the single release “Groovy Little Summer Song” on James Otto. In 2002, Chamberlain produced the Billy Currington's debut album for Mercury Records.  Chamberlain also co-wrote the single “Walk A Little Straighter and “I Got A Feelin' “ both top ten country singles. Chamberlain also produced Billy Currington's #1 singles  “Must Be Doin' Something Right” and “Good Directions” on his platinum selling album “Doin' Something Right” and #1 singles “Don't”, “People Are Crazy”, and “That's How Country Boys Roll” from his gold selling album “A Little Bit of Everything”. Chamberlain also produced Billy Currington's #1 singles “Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer” and “Let Me Down Easy” from his “Enjoy Yourself” album. In 2009, Chamberlain produced Easton Corbin's debut album. The first single “A Little More Country Than That” went to #1 and was the first single on a debut male artist to reach #1 in 7 years. The second single “Roll With It” also reached #1, making it the first time for a debut male artist to reach #1 with two consecutive #1 singles in 17 years. Chamberlain co-wrote the Corbin singles “I Can't Love You Back” and the third most played song on Country Radio in the year of 2013 “All Over The Road”. Chamberlain is currently in the studio producing an album on Jackie Lee, a new artist on Broken Bow Records.  Other artists who have covered Carson's songs include Jamey Johnson, Craig Campbell, Gary Allan, Joe Nichols, Sammy Kershaw, James Otto, Hank Williams, Jr., John Michael Montgomery, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mark Wills, Julie Roberts, Blaine Larsen,, Keith Stegall, Don Williams, Jeff Bates, Chad Brock, Ronnie Milsap and The Lynns. 

It's not even the crime that counts sometimes. Or the time in prison. It's that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Checking that box can mean the difference between failure and success.  On this edition, the nationwide movement to ‘ban-the-box', and make criminal histories less of a stigma. Thanks to The Omnia Foundation for partial funding for this program. Featuring: Marilyn Austin-Smith*, formerly incarcerated, and member of All of Us or None; *Michelle Natividad Rodriguez*, National Employment Law Project Attorney; *Mike Casey*, Unite Here! Local 2 President; *Mike Hannigan*, Give Something Back company director; *Donald Washington, Juan Filomeno, Shirley Hollis*, formerly incarcerated; *Lois Ahrens*, Real Cost of Prisons Project prisoner advocate; Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts; *Aaron Tanaka,* Boston Workers Alliance Executive Director; *Michael Corwin. *Private investigator; *Julie Roberts*, Northeastern University School of Law board of directors' member For More Information: National Employment Law Project http://www.nelp.org/ All of Us or None http://www.allofusornone.org/  EPOCA: Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement http://exprisoners.org/ Real Cost of Prisons Project http://realcostofprisons.org/ Boston Workers Alliance http://bostonworkersalliance.org/ SF Human Rights Commission http://www.sf-hrc.org/ Unite Here! Local 2 http://www.onedaylongersf.org/  Give Something Back Office Supplies https://www.givesomethingback.com/  Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/ Neighbor to Neighbor-Massachusetts http://www.n2nma.org/ Mass Legal Services http://www.masslegalservices.org/node/29099 Legal Services for Prisoners With Children http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/ Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick http://www.mass.gov/governor/ Omnia Foundation http://www.omniafoundation.org/ Articles, Reports: ‘Do Workers with Criminal Backgrounds Deserve a Second Chance?'- In These Times http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7114/do_workers_with_criminal_backgrounds_deserve_a_second_chance/ ­  “Too Little, Too Late,” by James Alan Fox http://boston.com/community/blogs/crime_punishment/2010/05/cori_reform_-_too_little_too_l.html ACLU CORI Reform chart http://aclum.org/sites/all/files/legislative/cori_reform_explained.pdf A Brief History of the Drug War – Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/facts/new-solutions-drug-policy/brief-history-drug-war * * Race, Prison and Poverty by Paul Street http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/streeracpripov.html  Ex-offenders and the Labor Market by John Schmitt and Kris Warner* * www.cepr.net/documents/publications/ex-offenders-2010-11.pdf The post Making Contact – Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment (ENCORE EDITION) appeared first on KPFA.

It's not even the crime that counts sometimes. Or the time in prison. It's that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history.  Checking that box can mean the difference between failure and success.  On this edition, the nationwide movement to ‘ban-the-box', and make criminal histories less of a stigma.   Thanks to The Omnia Foundation for partial funding for this program.   Featuring: Marilyn Austin-Smith, formerly incarcerated, and member of All of Us or None; Michelle Natividad Rodriguez, National Employment Law Project Attorney; Mike Casey, Unite Here! Local 2 President; Mike Hannigan, Give Something Back company director; Donald Washington, Juan Filomeno, Shirley Hollis, formerly incarcerated; Lois Ahrens, Real Cost of Prisons Project prisoner advocate; Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts; Aaron Tanaka, Boston Workers Alliance Executive Director; Michael Corwin. Private investigator; Julie Roberts, Northeastern University School of Law board of directors' member   For More Information:   National Employment Law Project http://www.nelp.org/ All of Us or None http://www.allofusornone.org/ EPOCA: Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement http://exprisoners.org/   Real Cost of Prisons Project http://realcostofprisons.org/   Boston Workers Alliance http://bostonworkersalliance.org/ SF Human Rights Commission http://www.sf-hrc.org/ Unite Here! Local 2 http://www.onedaylongersf.org/ Give Something Back Office Supplies https://www.givesomethingback.com/ Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/   Neighbor to Neighbor-Massachusetts http://www.n2nma.org/   Mass Legal Services http://www.masslegalservices.org/node/29099   Legal Services for Prisoners With Children http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/   Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick http://www.mass.gov/governor/   Omnia Foundation http://www.omniafoundation.org/   Articles, Reports:   ‘Do Workers with Criminal Backgrounds Deserve a Second Chance?'- In These Times http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/7114/do_workers_with_criminal_backgrounds_deserve_a_second_chance/ ­  “Too Little, Too Late,” by James Alan Fox http://boston.com/community/blogs/crime_punishment/2010/05/cori_reform_-_too_little_too_l.html   ACLU CORI Reform chart http://aclum.org/sites/all/files/legislative/cori_reform_explained.pdf   A Brief History of the Drug War – Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org/facts/new-solutions-drug-policy/brief-history-drug-war   Race, Prison and Poverty by Paul Street  http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/streeracpripov.html Ex-offenders and the Labor Market by John Schmitt and Kris Warner  www.cepr.net/documents/publications/ex-offenders-2010-11.pdf   The post Making Contact – Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment appeared first on KPFA.

Join us this week as we welcome county music singer songwriter, Cooper Boone. In a short time Cooper Boone, a singer-songwriter, performer, chef, online video star and clinical psychologist has earned some solid accolades. Cooper Boone is a multiple nominee and winner for Best Country Artist at the Hollywood Music Awards, along with an Independent Music Award (IMA) and an Independent Singer-Songwriter (ISSA) award. Cooper has shared the stage with Craig Morgan, Trace Adkins, Angela Kaset (“Something in Red”), Anthony Krizan (Spin Doctors) and Bucky Covington. His online show, Cooper's Kitchen, has been a huge hit, allowing him to spend time with celebrity entertainers like Paula Deen, Tyler Florence, The Neely's, Julie Roberts and Trisha Yearwood to name a few. We will talk to Cooper about his upcoming schedule, get a behind the scenes look at his music, feature his latest songs and ask him to share his efforts to support the troops. Please be sure to visit Cooper Boone at http://cooperboone.com/ and spread the word. Fans are welcome to call in and chat live with Cooper during the show. 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. This is sure to be a terrific show so be sure to join us, Sunday February 26th 2012 at 4:00 PM EST! Our message to the troops....WE do what we do, because YOU do what you do.

Bill Cody with Ronnie Milsap, Julie Roberts and Victoria Shaw live from the Country Music Hall of Fame.  This is our 3rd annual Coffee, Country, Cody & Christmas show recorded December 2nd, 2011.

Bill Cody with Julie Roberts recorded June 27, 2011 at WSM radio.  Julie had just releaased a terrific new album called "Alive".  Check out Julie's website at:  www.julieroberts.com  

The Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation is establishing the Out and Up Scholarship Fund - an opportunity for disenfranchised lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) youth. Those eligible are young adults (under 25) who have faced negative responses from caregivers because of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression and are no longer welcome or living at home. Go to: http://www.maricopa.edu/foundation or contact: Rachel Rabinovich - (480) 731-8417 rachel.rabinovich@domail.maricopa.edu Julie Roberts - (602) 509-4808 juliekayroberts@yahoo.com

Congratulations to Clinton High School Teacher, Julie Roberts for her recent honor. Julie joined us to talk teaching, ministry, baptism, and writing.