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We have a chat with Kate Burke, who has been running her consultancy Think Agri for ten years. In this podcast, we talk about a range of topics including the current drought conditions in parts of the country.
This podcast is part of the Moira Shire Council's "Building Business Resilience Program", designed to help Moira Shire business owners build greater personal and business resilience. These podcasts are to promote events that Moira Shire business owners and employees can attend. February 18: Breakfast event at the Shamrock Hotel, Numurkah with guest speaker Dr Kate Burke. To register for this free event, click here: https://www.moiramatters.com.au/Building-Business-Resilience-Program Summary: In this conversation Grahame, our CEO, and Danette, our Director of Learning, chat with Dr Graeme Emonson, Chair Administrator for the Moira Shire Council and Dr Kate Burke, rural business and resilience expert and founder of Think Agri. Graeme discusses the Council's decision to fund the Building Business Resilience Program and their commitment to helping local business owners and their employees strengthen their resilience and grow sustainable businesses in the region. Kate shares some of her own experiences in using resilience to deal with chaos and uncertainty. Graeme and Kate also discuss how the upcoming free Business Breakfast offers attendees exclusive access to workshops and coaching support (to be delivered across March – May) as the ‘Building Business Resilience Program' continues. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Business Resilience 03:47 Lessons from the October 2022 Floods 10:01 Building Community Resilience 20:04 The Role of Local Leadership in Recovery 24:50 Upcoming Events and Initiatives All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present. As always, if you are having trouble, you can always send us a message. Listen to/watch this podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/128QgGO.... To find out more about our free content, sign-up for future webinars as well as our other services, go to https://magicallearning.com/ and sign up! You can also find us on our socials: Instagram: / magical_learning Facebook: / magicallearningteam Linkedin: / magicallearning Youtube: / @magicallearning Have a Magical week!
This podcast is part of the Moira Shire Council's "Building Business Resilience Program", designed to help Moira Shire business owners build greater personal and business resilience. These podcasts are to promote events that Moira Shire business owners and employees can attend. February 18: Breakfast event at the Shamrock Hotel, Numurkah with guest speaker Dr Kate Burke. *To register for this free event, contact: https://www.moiramatters.com.au/Building-Business-Resilience-Program* Summary: In this conversation Grahame, our CEO, and Danette, our Director of Learning, chat with Vanessa Scadden from Nathalia Boarding Kennels. They discuss the crucial role that resilience played in keeping Vanessa's business going through the disastrous 2022 Murray River floods in the Moira Shire region. Vanessa shares lessons learned from managing in chaos, dealing with emotional customers, looking after herself and her staff – and the importance of community and good communications. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Special Guest Introduction 04:48 Experiences of Flooding in Nathalia 09:56 Adapting to Flooding Challenges 15:02 Community Resilience and Support 19:54 Lessons from COVID-19 and Business Adaptability 25:02 The Emotional Bond Between Pets and Owners 29:45 Building a Resilient Team 34:57 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways All Magical Learning podcasts are recorded on the beautiful lands of the Kulin, Ngunnawal and Wiradjuri nations, and we pay our respect to their elders past and present. As always, if you are having trouble, you can always send us a message. Listen to/watch this podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/128QgGO.... To find out more about our free content, sign-up for future webinars as well as our other services, go to https://magicallearning.com/ and sign up! You can also find us on our socials: Instagram: / magical_learning Facebook: / magicallearningteam Linkedin: / magicallearning Youtube: / @magicallearning Have a Magical week!
In this episode, we get straight to the heart of what truly drives profit in family agribusinesses, with insights from Kate Burke of Think Agri. As a seasoned farm consultant with a PhD in agronomy and a background in managing one of Australia's largest grain producers, Kate knows a thing or two about making farms profitable. She joins us to share her expertise and challenge some common misconceptions. Kate kicks off by sharing a bit about her impressive background, setting the stage for a discussion that will have you rethinking what you know about agricultural profitability. When we first discussed this podcast, Kate made a bold claim: factors like rainfall, farm size, and commodity prices are not the biggest determinants of agribusiness success. With the recent tough times—drought, falling livestock prices, rising input costs, and interest rates—many might find this hard to believe. So, what are the real profit drivers? Kate reveals the key factors that can make or break a farm business. Furthermore, she highlights the significant range in farm profit performance across the industry and suggests that many families have the potential to double their returns. What are most families missing in their recipe for success? Tune in to find out the crucial elements that can transform your agribusiness and ensure long-term prosperity for future generations.Find out more about Kate's book here: https://www.thinkagri.com.au/product/crops-people-money-you/ -----------------------Ben spent over 20 years working with successful business owners and farming families which allowed him to unearth the timeless principles on how to successfully grow, protect and maintain wealth.If you want to learn the principles of how to grow your family's wealth throughout the generations, then you might consider joining The AgriCoach Podcast each fortnight for more Wealth & Wisdom.Disclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not financial advice. It is not legal advice. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Ben Law is a former financial advisor but is no longer licensed and cannot and will not give you specific or personal advice in this podcast. The Financial Bloke Group Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage occasioned by any person acting or refraining from action as a result of reliance on the information in this podcast.https://thefinancialbloke.com.au/
In this episode, we take a look back at one of the most insightful and inspiring conversations I've had around career pivots with Kate Burke, Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of AllianceBernstein. Kate joined me for our Rise & Thrive, Advancing Women Leaders program to talk about all of the career pivots she made that led her to her C-Suite roles today, and there were so many invaluable insights & lessons learned from that conversation that I had to share it with you today!You will learn how to take ownership of your career development by taking intentional actions and standing firm in you your story, your power, and your truth. Kate also talks about adopting a learner's mindset when entering rooms with people who are smarter than you, how to add value in such rooms, as well as how to best position yourself for potential roles & opportunities.Join Kate and me in this powerful conversation as we uncover the key things to making successful career pivots and setting yourself up for success no matter where your career path takes you.KEY POINTS - Kate Burke's major pivots throughout her career journey- What are the keys to making the right career pivot?- How to add value to rooms with people smarter than you - How to best position yourself for new roles & opportunities - Advancing women leaders within a male-dominated industry- Inheriting additional responsibilities without compensation- Q&A session with Kate Burke QUOTABLES “One of the things that's probably been the hallmark of my career has been recognizing that in almost any circumstance, there will be someone in the room who knows more than I do about the topic.” - Kate BurkeKate BurkeLinkedIn | @kate-burke-839483 Get the Own Your Power Checklist, the ultimate guide to helping you to own your personal power to drive as a leader.Love what you're hearing? Follow Brittany Cole & The Career Thrivers Podcast to share the love!Work with Brittany at Career Thrivers IG | @CareerThriversBrittany Cole IG | @BrittanyNCole LinkedIn | @BrittanyNCole Career Thrivers produced by EPYC Media Network
We had a chat with Kate Burke of Think Agri. As always, we like a guest that is outspoken and has a laugh with it. In this discussion, we talk about the uncertainty of farming, stress, flood recovery and many tangents. Remember, if you want to look like the sharpest person in the paddock or be stylish on the streets, and help with Dolly's Dream, grab one of our polo shirts, where our cut goes to the charity by clicking here.
On this midweek show, Crystal has a conversation with Spokane City Council Member Zack Zappone about his approach to politics and policy as a Democrat in a more conservative area of Washington state. Council Member Zappone speaks to the importance of connecting with voters on their issues, the focus he brings to making sure everyone has a fair shot, and how Spokane is leading the way on affordable housing and zoning policy. Crystal and Zack then dig into public safety - fearmongering and inaccurate perceptions surrounding crime statistics, how best to address open drug use, and concerns about Spokane Police giving special treatment to downtown business owners. The show wraps up with discussion of how an old guard resistant to change stands in the way of progress and how Council Member Zappone is working to disrupt systems with new ideas to make Spokane a vibrant urban center inclusive to everyone. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Follow us on Twitter at @HacksWonks. Find the host, Crystal Fincher, on Twitter at @finchfrii and find Councilmember Zack Zappone at @ZackZappone. Council Member Zack Zappone Council Member Zappone represents northwest Spokane. He is a sixth-generation Eastern Washingtonian, teacher, and public health worker. He is dedicated to advocating for all people. Zack saw first-hand that no matter how hard his students worked, they continued to face obstacles to upward mobility outside of the classroom. He saw that the lack of access to healthcare services, safe walking routes to school, or living-wage jobs continued to be a barrier to equity and a stronger community for his students. He currently teaches English part-time at his alma mater, North Central High School. Zack is passionate about serving our community, volunteering with community vaccine clinics like the Native Project. He also served with the Spokane Food Fighters during the Coronavirus pandemic, witnessing the extent of income inequality and hardship in the community while helping to deliver over 100,000 meals to Spokanites in need. Zack graduated from Georgetown University and has a master's in public affairs from Princeton University. Zack is focused on creating ways to lift up working and middle class families, and to serve our community to make sure everyone has a fair shot. Resources Zack Zappone for Spokane City Council “Zack Zappone assumes office as first openly bisexual candidate elected to Spokane City Council” by Ian Smay from KREM “‘Suddenly, there's options': Spokane City Council OKs one-year zoning change allowing multi-family housing, townhouses in all residential zones” by Greg Mason from The Spokesman-Review “Property crimes are way up, violent crimes are down, and politicians and business owners are waging a war of perception over the safety of downtown Spokane” by Nate Sanford from The Inlander Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington state through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get the full versions of our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, the most helpful thing you can do is leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today I am very excited to be welcoming Spokane City Council Member Zack Zappone to the podcast. Welcome, Zack. [00:01:02] Council Member Zack Zappone: Hi, thanks for having me. [00:01:03] Crystal Fincher: Thanks for being on the program. So you are a Spokane City Council Member. What made you decide to run for office, and what was your path to becoming a City Council Member? [00:01:14] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yeah, I would say I didn't have the traditional path. I was born and raised here in Spokane, and grew up and attended the same high school as my grandfather. Now I teach at the high school - I'm a part-time teacher still to this day - I teach 10th grade English. I always struggled with pathways to opportunity and inequalities in our system, in the school education system. A lot of my peers and coworkers and students would work really, really hard and there were always more barriers to success and opportunity outside the classroom. No matter how hard we worked, we felt like we were coming up short. There were transportation issues - I had students that would get hit by cars in front of the school - three times in three years and no one at the City felt like they were doing anything. A lack of healthcare and medical needs and dental needs that were being met that were interfering with their school life, or job opportunities, or just all these different issues. So I got involved in public policy and got my Master's degree in Public Policy and then came back home to Spokane right before the pandemic. And was getting involved in local politics, looking and applying for jobs. And as I was applying for jobs, the pandemic hit. And so that was 2020. I was substitute teaching at the time so there was no need for substitute teachers. So I was unemployed, I was living with my parents. And like anybody else unemployed and living with their parents, I said - What am I gonna do with my life? I'm gonna run for local office. And so I actually ran in 2020 for State Representative - saw my representative at that time didn't match the values that I had and actually was making it a lot more challenging for education and educators. And so I ran against him - I knew it was gonna be a tough race in a swing year district - and came up short but had a really strong race. And then I saw the next year, in 2021, there was a city council race and knew that was gonna be open - the next year was an open seat - and it overlapped with where I was running. So I really did my campaign in 2020 with an eye towards 2021 - just in case. And knew there were a lot of important issues at the local level that we still deal with when it comes to creating opportunity and making sure everyone has a fair shot. [00:03:04] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. And your path is a path taken by several others in that you have a first run. That first run may not have won the race but did a really good job campaigning - built a lot of relationships, built a profile in the community and organized around that, built a bit of a movement - that you were able to leverage into another race. What lessons did you learn, and what do you think was most helpful about running a second time? [00:03:29] Council Member Zack Zappone: I don't know if I would have won the second time if I didn't run the first time. So the second time for city council - I'm in again the swing district in the city council race, which came down to controlling the super-majority here on council. And so there was tons of outside money that was involved in that second race that really wasn't there in the first race. And a big smear campaign on TV. And the realtors and developers and special interests outspent my campaign - I think it was almost four to one that we were outspent. They spent more money attacking me through the PACs than I spent in my own campaign. And so there was a very different tone in that campaign. And it really escalated when the negative attack ads started on TV towards mid- to end of October. I ended up winning by about 1%. And so I don't know if I would have won if I didn't have - had two years of essentially campaigning. The other big thing - the irony is I'm an English teacher, but I don't like to spell check or grammar check. And I learned that - not to engage with the trolls on social media. And that was - I think it played a factor, and I was very nervous on Election Night - how big a factor it was. But I made a typo on social media. Once the negative attack ads started happening, it really became tons of trolls and borderline harassment on social media of defunding the police and that stuff. And they were going back and commenting on posts a year ago - on my friend's posts - and they're like, Why are you supporting Zack? He's defunding the police. He's a defunder defunder defunder defunder. And I tried - I woke up one morning, I was still in bed and was writing a response. It was - Once again, let me restate my position. I do not want to defund the police. I want to invest and grow the police force, and reinvent it, and invest in social services and mental health and police accountability and all this stuff. Long, long paragraph. But I forgot a key word which was the word "not." And so they took a screenshot and cropped it and sent out text messages the weekend before the election saying - In his own words, Zack Zappone wants to defund the police. And the police guild was sending it. And when I was knocking on doors, people were getting the messages and they're like - I just saw this, you wanted to do this? And I was like - No, no. And there was no real way to respond and get your message out that late in the game. And this was their message from all along, so it just furthered it. And it's scary - from misinformation side - that this was super dishonest and they knew it was dishonest. And who's to say that it wasn't even Photoshopped and fake information in the first place. And what does that look like for future campaigns? I don't even know how we can protect ourselves against that kind of misinformation. Technically I did write it, but it was dishonest in the facts and what I'd been saying for months - and even in the context of the paragraph. So lesson learned there is - make sure to double check your social media posts or just don't engage. [00:06:09] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, that was a whole thing. Fortunately - somewhat fortunately - it's hard once you have an opponent who is so intent on misconstruing your words, twisting your words, and making it - just wanting to win at all costs basically, even if it means that they aren't being honest. The paper, The Spokesman Review, I think the Inlander covered it and said - Clearly, this was a typo. Clearly he has a long record and has been consistent in what he's been saying all along. But you ended up still prevailing. [00:06:43] Council Member Zack Zappone: I won. [00:06:44] Crystal Fincher: Yes - full disclosure - we also, our firm worked on this from an IE perspective. But you were an excellent candidate who really stepped forward with values and said - I'm a Democrat. Spokane is an area, unlike Seattle, that has a vibrant Republican Party and conservative movement - you did have a more conservative opponent. And people wanted to see a change. People were ready for that change. And you had made a connection with a lot of people in your district who, even though they may have been used to something different, were ready to try something new because they saw that the old type of solutions were not working out. What was top of mind for voters, and what is top of mind in Spokane and in your district? [00:07:28] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yeah, lots of things come to mind right away. But I think on the Democratic side, I am the youngest elected official - the only millennial in the County - that was elected. So I think from our party's perspective, it really was this generational shift. The conservatives - they had another candidate running at the same time who's conservative and a millennial - but this was a generational change. Kate Burke was before me, but she wasn't re-running, and so that was of changing - so it was this kind of generational change. And I heard a lot of people at the doors just saying - We're ready for change. We want young people. We want new energy, new ideas. We want that. There's always this debate in Spokane of how much do you lean into being progressive, and how much do you showcase that? And I don't think I shied away from it. I leaned into it. And we did some things that were untraditional - of doing mailers that were just directed towards Democrats, saying endorsed by Democrats. And that really hadn't been done for a city council race before. I would also - when I talked to people at the doors, they'd ask you, they always love to ask what party you are. And I'm like - Well, I'm an Eastern Washington Democrat. It's different than a Seattle Democrat because a lot of the attacks were - Don't turn Spokane into Seattle. And so I had one person, only one person that ever - after I left the door, he chased me down, two houses later. He was - I went and talked to my wife - and he said, What's an Eastern Washington Democrat? I was - That's a good question. Thanks for calling me out on that. And so I told him, I was - Well, to me, an Eastern Washington Democrat is caring about working people, and giving people fair opportunities and fair shots. And that's what I'm here for - is making sure that if you work hard, you go to school, you work hard at a job - you get your healthcare taken care of, you're able to have opportunity, transportation's accessible. These are the things that we care about here. And these are the things that I wanna fight for - is making sure everyone has a fair shot. So he said, Okay yeah, that's good. But there's misconceptions, total misconceptions. Other people at the doors would be - Oh, I heard all Democrats are communists. And I'm like that's not true. And we have strong Republican arms that are getting out this misinformation here - Fox News - it sounds like you're coming straight from Fox News. But it's really connecting to voters on their issues. And I think the surprising thing that came up to me - it was more in 2020 than '21 - 'cause the statewide race, we had more polling than we did at the local race. And one of the polling issues - you're trying to look for what are the weaknesses in my opponent. And the one that I never thought would happen was the biggest weakness - was conversion therapy. And my opponent had supported keeping conversion therapy for youth. And I was - Oh, he didn't vote to fully fund our schools on McCleary fix. Everyone cares about schools. But it was - nope, voters didn't care. It was conversion therapy. And here in Spokane, you're like, What? My attack - not attack - contrast piece showed our values on different things, like fully funding schools, supporting the environment, all these things. And then I added conversion therapy on there and said, Which candidate supports conversion therapy? And it was me and him. And that resonated with people a lot. And they're - That's so like medieval. I can't believe someone would even believe that. I was - I know, right? And he's your elected official. We need someone who matches our values and what we represent. And so some of those social issues are still top of mind for a lot of voters here in Spokane - people don't realize that. But of course, big issues here in Spokane - like the rest of the state, urban places - homelessness and affordable housing rise to the top, and caring about infrastructure needs too. But there's definitely this division around housing and homelessness, and people feeling like there's been no progress and wanting to see progress on that front. And there's always a need. Our mayor won in 2019 on compassionate accountability. So there is this kind of accountability sense that people feel need to happen here, but they want to see action more than anything. People want to see something changing and something happening. Those are like macro, but there's also super micro things - in their neighborhood. And at the local level, what's super awesome is that people care about this trail around the corner from their street, or their local business district. And how do we get some infrastructure improvements in our local business district to grow and support it? And whether that's streetscape and growing that. So there's all - lots of little issues - but the big macro issues are, it comes down to affordability and working class people having a foot in the door that they can still have that opportunity. [00:11:37] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, and you've been active working on issues of affordability. Housing has been a big topic of interest, of concern. We just had the middle housing bill pass in our Legislature, which you were a supporter of - and also took local action. What have you been doing in Spokane in terms of housing affordability? [00:11:56] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yes, we - our Council President loves to say that when Spokane leads, the state follows. And in this case, we here in Spokane definitely believe that we were leading the way on affordable housing and zoning changes on the missing middle stuff. So last year - '22 summer - we passed BOCA, which is Building Opportunities and Choices for All, which upzoned the entire city. We had some debate whether it should be along transit corridors or citywide. And I was the swing there that brought it to citywide. And for me, it was about creating neighborhoods that were accessible to anybody to live in those neighborhoods. And if we kept it in the transit corridors - I'm a teacher - I knew that would impact who would be able to live in certain neighborhoods. And we would have essentially exclusionary zoning - allowing single-family zoning in some areas, while you could allow up to fourplexes in other zoning - and I've seen the impacts of economic segregation in our schools, and I've worked in those schools. And I've worked in schools 90% free and reduced lunch, and a lot of that comes from the zoning policies that the City creates. And I know that a key to opportunity and success is when we have that diversity in our schools. And so I couldn't support something that would not allow anybody to live in any neighborhood in our City. And so we did it citywide up to fourplexes. The state did us one better and said, It's up to sixplexes now if you allow affordable housing. But we were definitely supportive of that. We know that here in Spokane, it goes beyond the city limits. It's a regional issue. So if we were the only ones to do that up-zoning - then Spokane Valley or the smaller towns around the area weren't doing it - we wouldn't be meeting the needs of housing in our entire county. And so we were super supportive of the state requiring that of all jurisdictions - or larger jurisdictions, I guess, is what they did. We supported it from the initial version that required it statewide. So that's one of our exciting policies. I'm proud to say that we've been at the forefront here. [00:13:49] Crystal Fincher: And this is an area which was - certainly excited to see that progress being made, excited to see the promise of a local elected official who would run, and - hey, who's a Democrat, who's progressive, who talks about living this policy, and then becoming a swing vote to make that policy happen. It seems like definitely a connection to being engaged in your community and on the ground really can usher in change. This is also an issue that Seattle has had its own challenges with and hasn't been able to make the kind of progress that Spokane has been able to make. What advice would you give people in Seattle who are looking to make progress on this? Obviously the state just stepped in and helped jurisdictions really bring in this decision. But overall in learning the lessons and building a coalition, your advocacy for this, facing the opposition - what do you think were the most useful things in successfully advocating for housing progress? [00:14:47] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yeah, it was really strange that - when it came to the vote, we actually only had one person testify against it. And seeing this in other places - you see tons of people just show up against it, and that did not happen here in Spokane. And I think we took a different approach and tried to do it more as an interim zoning change. So we did a one-year - this is what we passed - and we're like, let's see what this does and let's try that out for a year. And if the world falls apart during that year because of our zoning change, then we can undo it. We didn't think that would happen, and I think that helped build a lot of that community trust in that process is - Okay, let's try this out for a year. We all know the problem and identify that problem. Around missing middle, it actually became a unanimous vote amongst council and the mayor to support that. So it had bipartisan support here and people often joke - Once you go so far left, you're back to the right, it's a full circle. And in this case, we were able to partner up on that. There was division on how far it should go, but everyone thought we needed to take some action and to do that action. And the division was more really between the neighborhoods - in people who didn't want change in their neighborhoods - and those who want to address the issue. And when I go around the neighborhoods to talk about it, and I hear lots of people who are angry about a new four-story apartment complex that's gonna go in - 60 units in their neighborhood - right along the business district. But I'm - Look, we have to either embrace change and be okay with things to change, or we have to be okay with not having our loved ones nearby us because they're not gonna be able to afford to live here. That means your kids, your parents, other people won't be able to afford to live nearby you and you're gonna have to commute to Idaho to go see them. Is that what you want? Or are you willing to make some changes in your neighborhood so that we're able to do it? What's more important to you - the look of the houses in your neighborhood or the people that you care about? And I think that does resonate with some people - obviously not everyone - but I think it's trying to focus on - What are our values? What is the problem? And how will this help those two together? [00:16:46] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. Another area, just like so many areas across the country, that is an issue of concern is that of public safety. And news that violent crime is down in Spokane, across the board. And property crime, while it is lower than it has been at other times, there has been a recent uptick. Although Spokane is also battling perceptions that differ from that are creating fear and causing people to want varying solutions. Where are you at in public safety? Where is Spokane at? And what do you think is most needed right now? [00:17:21] Council Member Zack Zappone: Good question. I think there are so many misconceptions and [mis]understandings around public safety. It's even hard for me, as a Council Member, to make sense of this. And I have, I would say, more than most people's information on what's happening. And it's still confusing about what information's being shared and what statistics are being shared. And I've had a lot of challenges with our local law enforcement in getting information and being able to share that information. It's frustrating. I see the mayor and the police chief going on TV frequently to talk about problems. This last week, they were blaming violence on packs of juveniles in downtown. And I'm - Packs of juveniles that are roaming our streets and terrifying us? Interestingly enough, I'm trying to work on creating teen centers. So I guess we can invest in our teen centers and give programming to kids if this is where you're concerned about. But there definitely is this active, constant fearmongering that is being perpetuated. And it's really challenging - there is some truth to it, right? There is people - more and more people are experiencing more car robberies and more things like that. So - [00:18:30] Crystal Fincher: Crime does exist. [00:18:31] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yes, exactly. And people see that and then it resonates and they just keep growing on it. But there's things like when the mayor - we had an emergency warming shelter in the convention center right when I started in '21 - and we had 200 and some people that were sleeping on the floors of the convention center. And after that, the mayor's going on TV and briefing us about all the damages caused by these people who didn't know how to sleep or use the bathrooms - they're destroying the carpet. And I was - Yeah, these are nice convention centers. And when we're having 200 people sleeping on the floor, what do you think is gonna happen? We talked about - another Council Member said, If I had 200 Girl Scouts staying the night on the convention center for a week, it's gonna cause damage. This is what happens. But it's this fearmongering that creates more stigma that is not helpful for addressing root problems. And that's been really frustrating. Right now we're considering - coming forward, the mayor's big proposal is open drug use safety - safe spaces is what they call it - to make it a gross misdemeanor to have open drug use. And there's a lot of questions about how this will be enforced, what would it do? And interestingly enough, we're seeing other places around the state, like Bellingham, just approve the same - they made it a misdemeanor. The state right now, in their Blake decision fix, is considering it. But this is what we hear a lot about is - what are we gonna do about drug use? And how do we handle this? We deferred it because the state might preempt us and what that would do. But if not, I think there is this intentional fearmongering around fentanyl and drugs to try to scare people. And don't get me wrong - nobody thinks that there should be safety issues when you're walking down the street with open drug use - that's not it. But people who use drugs on the street are addicts. And how do we get them the resources that will actually get them off the street and healthy and stable again? Jail's not gonna do that. We know it doesn't do that. The research shows it doesn't do that. So what would this actually accomplish? I don't know. And we just had in our briefing this week, the police actually have the ability right now to take drug paraphernalia and drugs in possession cases. They have that ability. They admitted it. And then we said, Well, why aren't you doing it right now? And they said, Well, you know when we take those things, it leads to more use-of-force issues. And that causes more incidences between people - 'cause someone's on drugs that are high, they're gonna cause more issues when you're taking stuff away from them. Yeah - no duh. No one wants to have stuff taken away from them. And so the new proposal, and I don't know where this is gonna go, but it said the police shall take drugs and paraphernalia away. It's a requirement. What is that going to do? Is that going to create more escalation in tactics in our City? We don't know. And so there's a lot of concerns around that, but there's a lot of concerns - We gotta do something. We can't keep doing nothing. So to answer your question, where is public safety? We don't know. There's also big issues with a Police Ombudsman report that just came out. Next week, we'll be looking at a resolution to do an investigation into the police chief and other officials about their actions around records and release of public records that have been used for electioneering - to influence and lobby City Council and influence elections - and whether they're treating people differently. This report had nothing to do with the police chief - it was just discovered, through a different investigation, that the chief had hundreds and hundreds of emails exchanges with downtown property owners. And was giving them special access and reports and information - information that I can't even get as a City Council Member - when I ask for police record updates, it takes me over months and they're giving it to these business property owners within days. Or they're creating new categories within their records because the downtown property owners have asked for it - for this crime, can you label it as a vagrant person - is what they asked for. And then the Chief's - We don't have that. Two days later, he's - Oh, we created a new category. Here you go. And then the person says, Thank you so much for that information. We're going to use that and let City Council know the next time when they need to pass this open drug ordinance, as an example. And so lots of questions about - is law enforcement being fair to everyone and being responsive to everyone, or are there special access and special relationships established. And I've been in meetings with the police chief with local organization - healthcare organization - where he said, I will not sign a memorandum of understanding to share basic information, like when missing Indigenous women are gone - we won't share that information or have an MOU to share that information - because the leadership of this healthcare clinic has been disrespectful to me, the police chief, I will not sign it. I'm like, What? [00:23:01] Crystal Fincher: Wow. [00:23:02] Council Member Zack Zappone: You won't sign it there, but you will give this downtown property owner extra access and create - so we have a lot of questions about - about - just a lot of questions. I don't know how else to put it. [00:23:13] Crystal Fincher: Lot of questions. And this is playing out - I see it playing out a lot of suburban cities, a lot of major cities across the country - where there's this old guard who's clinging to the way things have been, who's very invested in the way things have been - even though the general public is pretty dissatisfied with the way things have been and they want change. And the resistance to that and the length that people who are resisting it will go to, which becomes particularly concerning when you think about the access and the privileges and the power that these people do have. If you're coming with the force of law and making decisions based on whether you feel personally offended or triggered, it's just really problematic and is not treating people fairly in the community. And it's gonna bring up issues that really make people really concerned about whether they can trust the people who are there to enforce the law. What are the next steps that are happening with that? [00:24:12] Council Member Zack Zappone: The next step that we're looking into is an independent outside investigation to see if - we don't have the full scope, this was just brought up in a different investigation. So we're just asking, Can you look into what happened and is it being fair? The mayor has said that she's fully supporting the chief and that she thinks it's just a matter of responding and good customer service. And so we're saying - There's just a lot of questions. The community deserves to know answers, and we want to know. And so we're looking at that - it's coming to committee next week and voted on the next week after that. But to go to your point about this old guard and changing - as a new person on the political scene here, not just at the City, but we sit on other boards and commissions. One is transit, and the transit here in Spokane has been the same people on the board for 20 years. And I've been trying to bring up new ideas and it has come to conflict with some of them. I'm trying to push forward low-income fare fee passes that we don't have in Spokane - similar to ORCA LIFT program, where it'd be income based. We don't have that in Spokane, and I am getting a lot of resistance from other board members and staff about - We just don't do that, that's not something that we do here in Spokane. I'm like - Well, why not? What does it take to do it? Things can move quickly if there's a will to make that move quickly, but I'm seeing lots of barriers and obstacles of people on it. And it's just - Well, why? What is our reasons for not considering these new things to make it accessible and easier for people to make that change? And so we have some other great, great Council Members that I work with and we're looking at how do we institute equity policies that have to be frameworks that we have to operate under. So we're not doing these one-off battles all the time - whether it's the $5 administrative fee for cards that creates a barrier, whether it's certain routes, or if it's how youth are able to access the Zero Fare program, creating barriers of having to go online to sign up, creating language access barriers for people who don't have that - what can we do so we're not picking one-off battles to create a framework that moves these institutions to meet the needs of everyone in our community and create those low barriers and creating more opportunity. And we're getting there, but it definitely hasn't come without some pains and some - there's been incidents where I've been called young by other people lots of times, a disruptor telling people that I don't like systems and stuff like that. So those come up - I'm sure those weren't meant as positive things, but I think it's a good thing. I'm disrupting a system that needs to be disrupted. [00:26:40] Crystal Fincher: You mean disruptor, Zack Zappone - my goodness. How dare you bring new ideas. [00:26:47] Council Member Zack Zappone: I know. It's terrifying. [00:26:49] Crystal Fincher: So what does the state of public transit, access, mobility for people walking, riding - what does that look like in Spokane and what are you working on? [00:26:59] Council Member Zack Zappone: I think that we're on the cusp of a lot of great things. And there are a lot of great people - as much as I'm talking about some frustrations right now, I think that staff is doing a lot of great work and we're moving forward. So this summer we're gonna be opening our very first bus rapid transit line in Spokane - City Line - that's gonna run across downtown between the community college and Browne's Addition. It's gonna run every 15 minutes to start and then every seven and a half minutes when it's done. And that's gonna increase development along there - we're changing the zoning laws around there to increase that transportation oriented development, creating these pocket neighborhoods, and trying to grow that urban feel. We're working on expanding our neighborhood business districts to use some American Rescue Plan money to invest in our neighborhoods so it's not just downtown - but people can go and stay in their neighborhoods, walk to their neighborhoods, and have that restaurant feel, shopping and not having to go. But it also helps with tourism too, making it more urban. I've been in talks about how do we look at a free zone on our transportation so people can hop on the bus at one end. If you do park downtown, you only have to park one spot and then you can ride the bus, the City Line. Or trying to look at an event shuttle that would go around the North Bank to our arena and our sports complex and shows, and how that shuttle could be free too. And you can have this dynamic urban life that a lot of people don't even think exists in Spokane. But I'm born and raised here - I love to talk about how great Spokane is, especially for all the West siders who just think we're cow tippers - but there is so much exciting stuff going on that - you can go whitewater rafting out of downtown Spokane. I can see them from City Hall - and you can get on the river and you can go rafting, come back, and you can go to a concert. You could see shows from - Shania Twain's coming next week, Paul McCartney, Macklemore's coming - we get the big shows. Theater - Phantom of the Opera before, but Hamilton, and Wicked I saw last year. And so we have great urban culture. And then we also have that quick and easy access - within mile of downtown - that you're out in nature. And that, I think, is super unique to other places around the state in that we are investing and growing that. There's definitely a car-centric history here in Spokane and a suburban feel within our neighborhoods. But there is a lot of energy and excitement about how do we do that both for the environmental impact, health impact, the social determinants of health, and how do we create that? And it's just the quality of life - that people don't have to spend more time in their cars. Of course, this comes with affordability issues and we're seeing growth into Idaho - Coeur d'Alene and along the corridor - and that's creating more congestion out that direction. So how do we address our housing so that people don't have to keep moving out that way. And keeping it affordable for builders so that they can continue to build and we can keep making Spokane a more urban, denser, vibrant community. We're investing in our bike infrastructure. We're creating our first protected bike paths here in Spokane. I got another one started up as a starter pilot. So we have one that cuts across downtown and we're trying to go out of downtown into neighborhoods. We're looking at finally getting the infrastructure for plows and street cleaners for bike lanes, getting some full-time employees dedicated to bike lane infrastructure and growing it. But there's definitely challenges, like anywhere. But I think we are really in the next couple of years - I've learned quickly that things seem to take years in government to build and construct. I think of my own classroom and I'm - If I want to change it tomorrow, I change it tomorrow - doesn't seem to happen in a larger bureaucracy, but that's cool. We have a street mural painting program, taking off a community crosswalk program like Seattle - we're implementing it here. And this June we'll be painting our first rainbow pride crosswalk in Spokane in a full intersection downtown, and trying to create a program that makes our neighborhoods more inclusive and more vibrant and more reflective of the people here. [00:30:46] Crystal Fincher: Lots of exciting things going on there. Also want to talk about - you mentioned a little bit about environmental and health impacts - know that you, especially in Eastern Washington dealing with wildfire smoke, dealing with all of the issues that we're dealing with, and trying to hit climate goals. What is it like being on a mixed council with both progressives and conservatives there? What is the conversation around reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving health impacts like, and what are your priorities? [00:31:16] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yeah, that's a good question. They can definitely be a little more contentious. For some reason, it always seems to show up the most in Spokane with our electric vehicles and City fleet. And I think - the state provides a lot of goals and requirements, and so a lot of what we're doing here, we lean on and say, We have to do it. The state is requiring it. And then we have to implement those standards and those goals. And it's also the right thing to do. And so all City fleet has turnover to electric vehicles, but we're just - are getting a lot of resistance from police about turning into electric vehicles. And it becomes a weird thing that now all of a sudden you don't support the police because you don't support the type of car that they want. I don't understand it. And this actually - electric vehicles of the police fleet was an issue that the chief was sending to the business owners to try to get them to lobby us about. Was about electric vehicles of the police fleet. And yeah, I get it. Some models don't work. So we got some Teslas to pilot out and they were too small for officers to fit comfortably in them with their gear and stuff like that. So it's - Okay, great. Find the specs that do and other cities are moving that way too. And so we ordered some Mach-Es and Ford F-150 Lightnings to test those out too, so we can transfer over and hybrids in between. But then we find out - they just keep saying that they don't work and they canceled the order on the Ford F-150 Lightnings 'cause they became more expensive without telling us that they canceled the order. And I'm - That just seems like lack of transparency and more barriers for the administration. I was - You didn't ask us if we would pay for more money. Where's our priorities? And actually, electric vehicles save money in the long term too. And so that's part of it. And so there's a lot of struggles around electric vehicles. Talking about building code standards and working on those. But also, like I mentioned before, the walkability and less reliance on cars is a big factor too. We're talking about our urban forest canopy and heat zones, and trying to support street trees and growing that especially in neighborhoods that have been under-resourced historically. We have a sustainable action plan that has been developed and supported by - actually - diverse members of our community. And that's a subcommittee out of City Council that brings forward issues. We have a lot of water issues. Our aquifer is great and plentiful, but we haven't - it's very, very cheap. And so people have very large lawns, and in the summers it's really hot and they just water the heck out of it. So we passed an ordinance last year to limit watering during the week to every other day and not during the hottest part of the day - and that was pretty controversial. I don't remember if the mayor - I think the mayor did veto that too, and we had to override the veto. There's just accusations of you're penalizing, and we want to focus on encouraging people to do these things instead of penalizing. It's - Yes, we want to do incentive based program, but we also have to have accountability too sometimes. So it's interesting about when they choose who is accountable and who the conservatives here don't think is accountable. And that shows up both in public safety, but also in environmental policy and other areas too. [00:34:21] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, it's always interesting - those conversations around accountability. We hear that word a lot when people want punitive, carceral solutions and - hey, we got to crack down, people need to be accountable. Yet that doesn't seem to apply across the board equally when they don't feel like having it apply. Appreciate you looking into these issues and hopefully the City will get to the bottom of all of that. I also want to talk to you just about what we're dealing with across the country - we're seeing hate take roots with different communities, particularly the LGBTQ+ community and trans people, seeing legislation being targeted at basically their existence and going far beyond some of these little quibbles. And ultimately with the goal of just not having those people in our community and continuing to go further and further. You made news is the first openly bisexual candidate elected to the Spokane City Council. As we talked about, there is a vibrant conservative movement, MAGA movement. This is the land of Matt Shea and others who agree with him. How do you address people who are trying to limit the rights of others, limit the ability of others to just live their own lives and be themselves and not bothering anyone else - but are being targeted by people in the community in everything from banning books to banning drag shows to targeting just the way people can live their lives. How do you address that and how does the council address that? [00:35:53] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yeah, it's definitely something out there. I know during my campaign, there was - on the same day, there was a bomb threat at Planned Parenthood and a arsonist at the Democratic headquarters on the same day. And I'm - I go to Planned Parenthood for healthcare, reproductive healthcare, and I'm - Wow, I feel really targeted as a candidate. And last year during Pride, first - one, public - I'm in the Pride Parade and we're getting intel beforehand about issues that might come up and we're getting contact from the state about that. And it turned out it was all Idaho, but we're still here at the frontline and I'm - I'm gonna be up on stage, I'm in the parade, and I'm an out elected official here. I feel a little targeted about it and sometimes do. And we have people come to City Council meetings and they're protesting the rainbow crosswalks and telling us it's a giant waste of money and stuff. And so there are definitely these issues of - we're at the forefront, like I said earlier - you mentioned, in Matt Shea country, and that definitely exists. We just last week had students at a local high school in the Valley that were arrested for threats made towards LGBTQ students in their school that were actionable, and a Snapchat thread of a hate group. And so there's some scary, scary stuff out there. But I also wanna focus that it's not all that way. There are a lot of out and proud people and safe communities here in Spokane. The high school that I teach at - the principal has a Pride flag in her office, and this is the high school I attended. And when I was in high school, I knew one person who was out. And now we have vibrant clubs for LGBTQ students. We have - during a conference for our freshmen coming in at the beginning of the year, just asking them - Why'd you transfer to this school? What was it? And they're - We heard that this was the best school for LGBTQ students and it was a safe, inclusive space. And that is super heartwarming and felt incredible to hear. And so there is a lot of great people doing great work around this. Like you mentioned, I am the first out person elected. We had one appointed 20 years ago, and one person came out in office a couple minutes before she left office. So I'm not alone, but I do think it's about continuing to make your presence known. And there is some of that representation that is important and that's why we passed - the first community crosswalk needed to be a rainbow for Pride, to honor that and making that to be known. And there's also the history around painted crosswalks really starting with LGBTQ community and painting rainbows and so there's a lot of history there too. But we're looking at it - as a city, have gender affirmative healthcare that we implemented this last year that - we were already moving that way but I kept pushing the needle, making sure that it happened. And so there are white supremacists and they're very close to us and they're real threats, and they're showing up at community centers and hate flyering neighborhoods. But if you come to Spokane - you West siders, it's not what most people see when they come here. It does exist, but that exists in every community and I think that's a reflection of 2016 and Trump that a lot of these people feel more emboldened and more aware. I know when I was running, I talked to the former Council Member who was appointed in 2001 about what it was like to run as an out candidate. And he said, It was very overt back in 2001. People just emphasize - family and here's my children and my straightness - but it wasn't like ever overt. And he cautioned me and said, You know - I think people are more emboldened now, so be aware. And I actually didn't experience any of that in my campaign - no hate - never really came up in my campaign and I think that was remarkable. I actually ran against another queer person in my primary. Right now in 2023, we have two more queer people who are running for city council in my district. And we're not the South Hill - people are like, What? I was like, Yeah, we're the gay district apparently. So I think people are feeling there is more representation, there's more ability, but there is always more work to be done. How do we do that? I think is always a good question. We have centers - in graduate school, I had a friend who mapped out incidents of hate and hate crime across the country and mapped it with organized groups that combat hate. And he mapped this across the whole country and found that Spokane was the second area that had the most incidences without the most resources. You would think it'd be the South, but they actually have a lot of resources in the South that are combating it. And we don't really have these institutions. We have a couple - we have Human Rights Commission and the other human rights group that I can't remember the name, that's Human Rights Task Force. And those are incidents of reporting hate and crime and going after it, but it's continuing to represent that, speak out, and not be afraid either. I think that's a key part - is that we still have to represent and not be afraid. And create policies that are more inclusive of all people. And so at City Council, we created an equity subcommittee and are actively trying to recruit different ways to have people from impacted communities represented in giving their voices, we're creating navigator programs to try to reach out to more communities and networks. And trying to show that here at the City and the government - we care about you, we care about your opinion, we care about your experience - and getting people with lived experiences on more advisory committees and groups. And we're trying, and there's always, always more work to be done. [00:41:22] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. I thank you so much for taking this time to speak with us today, to let us know a little bit more about what's happening in Spokane, and we're certainly gonna stay tuned to see how things unfold. [00:41:34] Council Member Zack Zappone: Yeah, well, thanks for having me and always come out and visit. We got some great stuff going on. [00:41:38] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. I am actually a fan of Spokane and will definitely be back out there. There is a ton to do in Spokane, so yeah - you are a Spokane evangelist and have successfully - have many converts. [00:41:52] Council Member Zack Zappone: Thank you. [00:41:53] Crystal Fincher: So much appreciated. Thanks so much, Zack. [00:41:56] Council Member Zack Zappone: Thank you. [00:41:56] Crystal Fincher: Thank you for listening to Hacks & Wonks, which is co-produced by Shannon Cheng and Bryce Cannatelli. You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Twitter @HacksWonks. You can catch Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks and Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get the full versions of our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, leave a review wherever you listen. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - talk to you next time.
Every day, we make hundreds of decisions. These decisions affect you, your business and those around you. This week we have Kate Burke on the podcast talking about how to make the right decisions. With 26 years of experience behind her, Kate has a huge range of expertise in the Agriculture industry. Kates principles come from her experience in the industry as an agronomist, an educator, researcher, writer and also growing up as part of a multigenerational farming business. "My mantra at Think Agri is about good, sophisticated thinking in agriculture and bringing together the best of both worlds; that intuitive multigenerational farm thinking and some of the discipline that comes out of corporate agriculture." "My philosophy is about joining the dots and connecting the people, the technical and the business all together."Today Kate walks us through eight points of 'wethering the storm', something we need to constantly keep in mind in such a changeable industry as agriculture. 1. Managing thought.The simple concept of drafting your thoughts like sheep through the race. 2. Be aware of self and othersSelf awareness is about being in tune where you are at, and reading the play around you.3. Maintain resilience This is resilience in terms of staying productive and staying well- something we've done poorly as a farming industry. Listen to the podcast to hear more of Kates fantastic tips to connect science, people and money. Here is Kates website:https://www.thinkagri.com.au/Head Shepherd is brought to you by neXtgen Agri International Limited, we help livestock farmers get the most out of the genetics they farm with. Get in touch with us if you would like to hear more about how we can help you do what you do best - info@nextgenagri.com.Thanks to our sponsors at MSD Animal Health and Allflex, and Heiniger Australia and New Zealand.These companies are leaders in their respective fields and it is a privilege to have them supporting the Head Shepherd Podcast. Please consider them when making product choices, as they are instrumental in enabling us to bring you this podcast each week.Check out Heiniger's product range HERECheck out the MSD range HERECheck out Allflex products HERE
For most Australian grain growers, 2022 has been a challenging year. Weather conditions across the country continue to be volatile meaning that this harvest many growers are faced with extreme circumstances. Dr Kate Burke is a former agronomist and an agri-strategist and in this podcast she shares some practical recommendations on determining where the value lies in your crop and what to harvest first. Kate also helped deliver the 'Opportunity for Profit' workshops run with the support of GRDC in 2019 and won the GRDC Southern Region Seed of Light Award in 2021. Contact: Dr Kate Burke kateburke@thinkagri.com.au More Information: GroundCover Article - 'Opportunity for Profit' GroundCover Article - 'Kate applauded and awarded for grains research extension efforts' Crops People Money & You GRDC Project Code: RDP1802-001WSX
Today's 'GRDC in Conversation' podcast interview is with Kate Burke. Kate's working career has seen her in roles as an agronomist, a commercial manager, author and a cereal chemist. Living in Echuca, Victoria, she now runs her own consulting business Think Agri, providing corporate investors access to astute, experience-based advice when considering agri-investment decisions. GRDC in Conversation is a limited series of the GRDC Podcast. It features in depth, long-form interviews with growers and other experts in the grains industry. It aims to help growers explore research outcomes and ideas through a different perspective. Interviewer Oli Le Lievre – presenter of Humans of Agriculture – weaves a story not just about the technical innovations but the expertise, history and personal background, influences and motivation of each guest.
Diving into who the person behind the audio is and learning how they got to where they are. Farm Yarns segment of Farms Advice Podcast looks to strip down the curtains and take a glimpse into the inner workings of the industries brightest minds. On this episode we talk with Kat Burke whom had shared a grreat full episode earlier on in the week and now we flip it from what she does for clients and find out what she does for herself to become a more rounded person.What question would you like to ask our guests?FarmsAdvice.com.auDisclaimer: The information contained in this podcast is general in nature and for education purposes only. It is not to be taken as advice for accounting, agronomy, consulting, financials, or livestock. No one should act on the information without appropriate specific advice for your particular circumstances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Farms Advice Podcast welcomes Dr Kate Burke back to the studio of farming to talk all things farming but especially to touch on building up our mental stamina and how it plays a huge role in farming and a focus on family farming. she has dealt with many clients all with different wants and needs but not all seem to focus on their own mental capacity. We're taught to be fearless in the face of adversity, but does this do damage to use as farmers, people who work in agriculture.Let us know what you think of this episode and see how you can improve your mindset in 2022 and 2023 onwards. This podcast was a long one but very important indeed. If you'd like to reach out to Kate please reach her at thingagri.com.au.Visit FarmsAdvice.com.au for more informationFollow us on Instagram and join a community of farmers looking to improve their industry and their own operation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We have a chat with Kate Burke, the principal of Think Agri and author of 'Crops People Money & You'. This is a huge conversation covering a range of topics around one of our favourite topics - profitability. We also cover some controversial topics.
This episode is part two of our discussion with Kate Burke from Think Agri. In this episode we talk about making decisions with uncertainty and the different business structures that can assist with spreading risk.You can sign up for The Fast Break and Very Fast Break on the Agriculture Victoria website.Please get in touch with any further questions or feedback at the.break@agriculture.vic.gov.au.For more climate and weather information visit: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/climate-and-weather
This episode is part two of our discussion with Kate Burke from Think Agri. In this episode we talk about making decisions with uncertainty and the different business structures that can assist with spreading risk. You can sign up for The Fast Break and Very Fast Break on the Agriculture Victoria website. Please get in touch with any further questions or feedback at the.break@agriculture.vic.gov.au. For more climate and weather information visit: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/climate-and-weather
Agriculture Victoria's, Dale Grey, Graeme Anderson and Jemma Pearl, speak to Think Agri's, Kate Burke. There was so much insightful information in the conversation with Kate, that we had to split the interview over two episodes. In this episode we talk about seasonal risk decision making and some of Kate's tips from her many years of experience. You can sign up for The Fast Break and Very Fast Break on the Agriculture Victoria website. Please get in touch with any further questions or feedback at the.break@agriculture.vic.gov.au. For more climate and weather information visit: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/climate-and-weather
Agriculture Victoria's, Dale Grey, Graeme Anderson and Jemma Pearl, speak to Think Agri's, Kate Burke. There was so much insightful information in the conversation with Kate, that we had to split the interview over two episodes.In this episode we talk about seasonal risk decision making and some of Kate's tips from her many years of experience.You can sign up for The Fast Break and Very Fast Break on the Agriculture Victoria website.Please get in touch with any further questions or feedback at the.break@agriculture.vic.gov.au.For more climate and weather information visit: https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/climate-and-weather
This week on The Most Important Person You've Never Heard Of podcast: Kate Burke holds the distinction as the youngest female to be elected to the Spokane City Council in its history. She's also in rare company of those with their face on a bus! Hear why Kate didn't seek a second term on the Council and you won't want to miss her teaching Frank "Woke 101" class. Tune in for a very lively conversation, Like, Share, Review and Subscribe!
Booktopia's CEO Tony Nash sits down with Dr. Kate Burke, author of Crops, People, Money and You. They discuss the world of farming in the 21st century, the impact of techhnology, and more. PRODUCER'S NOTE: Due to audio issues at Kate's end, the sound quality is a little more variable. Books mentioned in this podcast: Dr. Kate Burke - Crops, People, Money and You: https://bit.ly/3rkyly9 Host: Tony Nash Guest: Dr. Kate Burke Producer: Nick Wasiliev
In this episode, we will be learning about an occupational therapy practitioner working in an emerging practice fieldwork placement. You will hear from the personal and professional experiences of Kate Burke, OTR/L. Kate graduated with a BS in Occupational Therapy from Worcester State University and a Certificate of Gerontology Studies from the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium in 1998. She has worked in skilled nursing and acute rehabilitation for the past 20 years. Currently, she works as an Occupational Therapist on an acute rehab unit, serves as an adjunct faculty member at Bristol Community College, and frequently supervises fieldwork students. Kate is currently enrolled in the post-professional OTD program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences and is eagerly anticipating graduation in December of this year. As part of her Capstone project, Kate is completing a research study about emerging-practice fieldwork. It is her belief that occupational therapy should play a larger role in addressing social determinants of health, and that emerging-practice fieldwork is means of expanding the role of occupational therapy in community-based wellness. Outside of her work roles, Kate is mom to two teenagers, an avid reader and crafter, a rookie gardener, and a lover of naps! Show Key Points:· Kate gives us a glimpse of her background and interests· Kate describes The Uncommon OT work that she does, the setting and population serves· Kate describes what drew her to this type of work and how she got there· Kate describes a typical day on the job· Kate discusses salary, compensation, and career advice for interested listeners· Kate dispels some myths about the profession· Kate provides her contact information on how she can best be reached RESOURCES:Emerging-Practice Fieldwork Capstone:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AzzSIQCheXk3BWkNUEKtGYxw_PQM_6M6B1Ykifw9Imc/edit?usp=sharing As always, I welcome any feedback & ideas from all of you or if you are interested in being a guest on future episodes, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Motus at transitionsot@gmail.com or DM via Instagram @transitionsot THANK YOU for LISTENING, FOLLOWING, DOWNLOADING, RATING, REVIEWING & SHARING “The Uncommon OT Series” Podcast with all of your OTP friends and colleagues! Full Episodes and Q & A only available at: https://www.wholistic-transitions.com/the-uncommon-ot-seriesSign Up for the Transitions OT Email List to Receive the FREE Updated List of Uncommon OT Practice Settingshttps://www.wholistic-transitions.com/transitionsotHappy Listening Everyone! Big OT Love!All views are mine and guests own.Be a Patron to support The Uncommon OT Series Podcast project via Patreon.
Dr Kate Burke founded Think Agri after identifying a need for corporate and institutional investors to have access to astute experience-based advice when considering key agri-investment decisions. In this episode, Kate shares how her family has been farming in Elmore, Victoria, since the 1860s, and how this background (combined with her 26 years of experience) ensures that she knows the critical questions to ask about any agricultural investment. Asking the right questions is a key part of Think Agri's offering, and enables them to offer the very best strategic advice and guidance to investors and family farmers alike. Connect: Rural Bank website Rural Bank on Facebook Rural Bank on Twitter Rural Bank on LinkedIn Rural Bank on YouTube This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.
**GET YOUR INNOVATION GENERATION TICKETS** Dr Kate Burke (T: @Think_Agri) is an agri-strategist with specialist knowledge in corporate farming, crop production and direct investment in farmland. Kate is a mentor, coach, speaker, facilitator, author, and trainer who recently published Crops People Money and You, The Art of Excellent Farming and Better Returns. Kate helps leaders either side of the farm gate, gain insights for better commercial outcomes, underpinned by people and productivity, and profit. Don't forget to send us an email if you know of a story that we should tell at hello@generationag.com.au *Become a Patreon Partner* - https://patreon.com/generationag Find us here: Instagram: @generation.ag Twitter: @generation_ag Website: www.generationag.com.au
Social media has helped consumers educate themselves about their health and connect with other patients who suffer from the same chronic conditions. But the explosion of health information has also caused collateral damage. On today's episode, we welcome Kate Burke, MD, senior medical advisor for PatientsLikeMe. We discuss how virtual communities can overcome the pitfalls of social media and help patients better manage their condition, slow disease progression and give them control of their health.
Kate Burke founded Think Agri after identifying a need for corporate and institutional investors to have access to astute experience based advice when considering key agri-investment decisions. Knowing the right questions to ask is fundamental to sound decision making. Kate's 26 years of experience forms a library of critical questions to ask about any agricultural investment. Kate also recognised that leading farm families could further improve their performance by taking the lead from corporate business practices when it comes to business planning and reporting. This is especially the case for any farm business considering intergenerational succession or contemplating accessing external capital from sources other than traditional debt funding via lending institutions. Kate is a highly experienced independent farm consultant with a PhD in agronomy. Kate spent time in the corporate sector as commercial manager of one of the largest grain producers in Australia and knows what it takes to run a profitable farm business. This background enables Think Agri to offer the very best strategic advice and guidance to investors and family farmers alike. Equally comfortable in boots or suits, Kate's great people skills and high level of expertise can help you to thrive in the agricultural industry, so contact us today to find out more. Kate recently wrote Crops People Money & You which you can purchase here.
Getting into the property market at the moment can feel near impossible for a lot of Australians, plus it’s causing some buyers to rush their purchase and nab whatever they can, before they know if they even like the neighbourhood.One option that’s emerged is “rent with the option to buy” - certainly different to how the market usually works. It’s offered by Assemble Communities; and to explain, the managing director Kris Daff joins us this week.Then, we chat about the federal budget and how it impacts the property and housing market, with Domain reporter Kate Burke and Domain deputy news editor Elizabeth Redman, who’ve pored over the budget papers.00:43 What is rent-to-buy?13:10 The federal budget and property----The information in this post is general in nature and should not be considered personal or financial advice.You should always seek professional advice or assistance before making any financial decisions. Digital Home Loans Pty Ltd t/a Domain Loan Finder (ABN 39 619 694 156, Credit Representative 500208) is authorised by Auscred Services Pty Ltd (ABN 50 164 638 171, Australian Credit Licence 442372). All applications are subject to assessment and lender approval.
Dr. Kate Burke is Senior Medical Advisor at PatientsLikeMe and Jed is a patient leader, advocate and patient with a range of conditions including ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Lyme disease. They join me on the podcast to talk about the robust online community PatientsLikeMe and how it helps patients with rare diseases take charge of their health and helps life science organizations better understand patient needs. By integrating medical data from a variety of sources, the site helps patients share that data with their care team and make more informed healthcare choices. The community also encourages connections amongst those suffering from the same rare disease and facilitates participation in virtual or semi-virtual clinical trials. COVID-19 forced a re-evaluation of the power of online access for this community. Many of the barriers for participating in live group activities have been removed by going online and both Kate and Jed agree the changes are here to stay. @PatientsLikeMe #rarediseases #digitalhealth #ankylosingspondylitis #AS #COVID19 PatientsLikeMe.com Listen to the podcast here
Dr. Kate Burke is Senior Medical Advisor at PatientsLikeMe and Jed is a patient leader, advocate and patient with a range of conditions including ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and Lyme disease. They join me on the podcast to talk about the robust online community PatientsLikeMe and how it helps patients with rare diseases take charge of their health and helps life science organizations better understand patient needs. By integrating medical data from a variety of sources, the site helps patients share that data with their care team and make more informed healthcare choices. The community also encourages connections amongst those suffering from the same rare disease and facilitates participation in virtual or semi-virtual clinical trials. COVID-19 forced a re-evaluation of the power of online access for this community. Many of the barriers for participating in live group activities have been removed by going online and both Kate and Jed agree the changes are here to stay. @PatientsLikeMe #rarediseases #digitalhealth #ankylosingspondylitis #AS #COVID19 PatientsLikeMe.com Download the transcript here
The newest episode is NOW LIVE with the amazing Kate Burke. She talks about the radical changes she experienced with her health & wellbeing over the past few years and how she is navigating through becoming sober & discovering endometriosis. You don’t want to miss this one! I loved having a conversation with Kate and am honored she came onto the podcast to share her story.
While The Applause Is Paused: Conversations With Regional Theater Makers
Lacey chats with Mary Kate Burke, Artistic Director of Cape Fear Regional Theatre in Fayetteville, NC. Mary Kate arrived at CFRT 4 years ago and is only the 3rd Artistic Director in the theatre's 59 year history. CFRT is an integral part of its community and wants its friends and neighbors to “think harder, laugh deeper, share experiences, and grow as a community.”Join the conversation about a very special production of Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grille in a gas station parking lot, an on-line education program called Edutainment, and Mary Kate's thoughts on current funding in the arts and the importance of not losing time. And thanks to my new Co-Editor, Kelly Gabrielle Murphy!Show notesMary Kate's websiteCape Fear Regional Theatre's websiteLangston Hughes WikipediaFort Bragg WikipediaJelly's Last Jam 1992 Tony Awards performanceMurder For Two WikipediaShrek the Musical pre-Broadway Seattle production You TubeLady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grille Tony Awards performanceArts North Carolina website————————-Podcast websiteLacey's InstagramEpisode transcriptGet in touch at whiletheapplauseispaused@gmail.comCo-Editor: Kelly Gabrielle MurphyKelly's websiteMusic by: Drew WutkeDrew's websiteLogo design by Sarah Kleist, Kleist CreativeSarah's websitePhoto by Billy Bustamante, Billy B PhotographyBilly's website
For this episode the OT Podcast Club listened to OT After Dark episode 6.9 - Getting ex(PLISSIT) with Kate BurkeListen to it here:https://anchor.fm/ot-after-dark/episodes/Episode-6-9-Getting-exPLISSIT-with-Kate-Burke-e4g7smThe podcast features hosts K and JJ talking to OT Kate Burke about three models which can be used to discuss sex and intimacy - the PLISSIT, ex(PLISSIT) and Recognition models.Our discussion touched on our experience and knowledge of these models as well as reflections we had about addressing sex and intimacy within our roles as occupational therapists.If you would like to explore these models further, OT After Dark provide the following references at https://otafterdark.com/referencesAnnon, J. S. (1976). The PLISSIT Model: A proposed conceptual scheme for the behavioral treatment of sexual problems. Journal of Sex Education and Therapies, 2(1), 1-15. Couldrick, L., Sadio, G., & Cross, V. (2010). Proposing a new sexual health model of practice for disability teams: The Recognition Model. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 17(6), 290-299.Taylor, B., & Davis, S. (2007). The Extended PLISSIT Model for addressing the sexual wellbeing of Individuals with an acquired disability or chronic illness. Sex & Disability, 25, 135-139.
Bird and LJ welcome Kate Burke, Lead Pathway Analyst with England Rugby. Kate has an MSc in Sports Analysis. After working in Wales with academy teams, she moved to the RFU in 2008, working with U18s and covering the men's teams. She then joined Bath for two years as head of analysis, before returning to the RFU to oversee analysis provision across the pathway, women's, 7's and referees' departments.In the podcast, Bird and LJ asked the following questions:Why did you choose to study sports analysis?Has rugby always been the sport you wanted to work within?What would you say have been your biggest challenges working within rugby?Have you worked with any coaches or in any environments that have had a lasting impression on how you now operate in your day-to-day work? What might a typical week look like for a performance analysis working in a professional rugby environment? Have you seen the analysis role develop/change since you started in 2007?How/what do you feedback to players/coaches in terms of previews and reviews?How can a community coach, with a minimal budget, start building analysis into their environment? Are there any key areas that you would suggest focusing on?Are there any good online platforms/apps that you would recommend to coaches who want to utilise video footage more during their training week? What equipment would you suggest to get started? Have you seen any good practices from other sports that you think we could utilise in rugby to help develop our players and coaches?What current trends do you see developing within the game at the moment?Where do you see the game going over the next season?
G'day listeners, This is our last episode for the year and it's great to have you tune in over the last 27 episodes. Today's show is a perfect way to round out the year. We have Dr. Kate Burke who is now a proud author of her first book 'Crops, People, Money & You'. Across her 30 years of experience in the field (paddock), she has been working with farmers to improve their enterprises to become a better version of themselves to improve their agribusiness. Tune in now! Share a snap of this pod of where you're listening from on your Instagram story to help us reach the 135,000 agribusinesses across Australia. Farms Advice features a new episode every WEEK talking with the leaders of the industry. By having a transparent approach we are able to reveal the techniques and skill sets so that can help YOU improve your own agribusiness. Leave some feedback so that we can improve how we do agribusiness in Australia What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Farms Advice: FA Twitter, FA LinkedIn, FA Facebook Connect with the host Jack Cresswell Buy the book Crops, People, Money and You --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/farmsadviceau/message
Chief Operating Officer Kate Burke who oversaw the relocation of AB's New York office to Nashville joined former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7pm CT on our "Global Nashville with Karl Dean" Webinar to talk about: the choice of Nashville for its corporate expansion, the company's international operations, and its integration into the fabric of the community. You are invited to join the conversation. You may have seen the AllianceBernstein (AB) sign go up on the tower rising at Fifth+Broadway. The new permanent downtown offices for AB will complete the investment of $11.4 million and creation of 200 new jobs in Nashville, as noted by "BusinessFacilities.com." The expansion of the global financial firm that has approximately $623 million in assets under management and offices in 25 countries is one of Tennessee's most consequential economic development wins in recent years, according to Governor Bill Lee. He said, "The creation of hundreds of quality jobs will provide tremendous benefits to the entire Middle Tennessee region.” The importance of the AB investment was echoed by TNECD Commissioner Bob Rolfe who said, "It’s hard to overstate how significant AB’s commitment to Nashville is for our state. Once fully operational, AB will have more than 1,250 employees here in Middle Tennessee, making it one of downtown Nashville’s largest employers. We’re incredibly honored that a company of this caliber has so quickly established deep roots in Tennessee and continues to create extremely well-paying and high-quality jobs in Nashville.” "AllianceBernstein L.P. (AB) will invest $11.4 million and create 200 additional jobs at its global headquarters in Nashville, TN. The expansion will bring the global asset management firm’s planned investment in Nashville to more than $80 million. In May 2018, the company announced plans to relocate its headquarters from New York City to Nashville and bring 1,050 jobs to Middle Tennessee." Business Facilities, January 14, 2020
Kate Burke is a highly experienced independent farm consultant with a PhD in agronomy. Kate has also spent time in the corporate sector as commercial manager of one of the largest grain producers in Australia and knows what it takes to run a profitable farm business. She has over thirty years' experience in the farming sector. This includes Research, teaching, technical and business consulting, and commercial management of institutional ag investment. Currently Kate is offering tailored contract services to those seeking agricultural insight and expertise through Think Agri Pty Ltd. I have been fortunate enough to know Kate for now going on a couple of decades and I have found her one of those rare people that truly understand the relationship between what happens in the paddock, people and the bank balance. Kate states ‘Knowing the right questions to ask is fundamental to sound decision making.' And I reckon that's a great place start
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, homeowners have been ditching the dream of living in the city and moving to the suburbs - or even further afield.This week, we unpack the trend. First, we hear from Domain journalist Kate Burke who talks us through the insights from Domain’s Buyer Demand Indicator. Dan White, Ray White Group Managing Director, then joins us to talk about the growing appeal of tree and sea changes.Also in this episode, we celebrate Sustainable House Day 2020 with Jenny Edwards, director at Light House Architecture and Science. Jenny explains what makes a house sustainable in 2020 and what’s in it for the average homeowner.00:44 - The latest data on buyer demand across the country02:45 - The growing trend of sea and tree changers12:16 - What makes a home sustainable in 2020?For more reading on Domain’s Buyer Demand Indicator:domain.com.au/research/buyer-demand-indicator-985246/domain.com.au/news/buyers-ditch-inner-city-for-burbs-as-coronavirus-crisis-shifts-demand-domain-report-987931/You can also find out what buyer demand looks like for your own property by following your home on ‘Domain for Owners’. Get started here: domain.com.au/sellTo catch up on Sustainable House Day 2020, visit: sustainablehouseday.com----The information in this post is general in nature and should not be considered personal or financial advice.You should always seek professional advice or assistance before making any financial decisions. Digital Home Loans Pty Ltd t/a Domain Loan Finder (ABN 39 619 694 156, Credit Representative 500208) is authorised by Auscred Services Pty Ltd (ABN 50 164 638 171, Australian Credit Licence 442372). All applications are subject to assessment and lender approval.
Kate Burke is a literary agent at the Blake Friedman agency and represents a number of bestselling crime and thriller authors including: Will Dean, Dani Atkins, Kate Thompson, Will Carver and Mary Torjussen. Join A.M. Peacock and Rob Parker in this episode as Kate discusses her journey into the industry, what she looks for in a submission and her top tips for aspiring writers! Oh, and did we mention, they are open for submissions? http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/submissions
This week Domain journalist, Kate Burke, joins to discuss how COVID-19 has altered property search trends. We also talk to interior designer and host of the At Home with Lauren Keenan podcast Lauren Keenan to get her practical tips on improving your working from home environment.00:54 - Kate Burke, Domain news journalist: How property search behaviour has changed during coronavirus crisis09:45 - Jude Cobb: Work from home case study12:48 - Lauren Keenan, Interior stylist and decorator: How to make your home office work for you----The information in this post is general in nature and should not be considered personal or financial advice.You should always seek professional advice or assistance before making any financial decisions. Digital Home Loans Pty Ltd t/a Domain Loan Finder (ABN 39 619 694 156, Credit Representative 500208) is authorised by Auscred Services Pty Ltd (ABN 50 164 638 171, Australian Credit Licence 442372). All applications are subject to assessment and lender approval.
President of the Spokane landlord association joins Mike &Tim for an update to whats happening on the state and local levels with affordable housing, landlord & tenants issues. Spokane council member Kate Burke wants to open a city public bank for tenants and landlords, wants rents payable during a twelve month period for those who can't pay all or some, and more....
Kate Burke admits in a social media post that she is and has been suffering from mental illness. Will she resign ? What will the council president do in the face of this revelation ?
Kate Burke is a musician: a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist based in rural New South Wales. In this chat we range far and wide: the impact of the pandemic on musicians; similarities between the bush fire crisis and the current situation; local, diverse activism; the decline of traditional party politics; family and the possibility of positive change. You can find The New Graces album Kate was talking about here: https://thenewgraces.com/ And links to her other work: lukeplumbandkateburke.com kateandruth.com troubleinthekitchen.com
Dr Kate Burke (Neonatal GRID trainee, Wales and Welsh Clinical Academic Track Fellow) discusses developing a career in research with Dragon Bytes host Dr Stacey Harris. Dr Kate Burke touches on how she got involved with research and a PhD, the highs of academia, the challenges she faced and the advice she has for paediatric trainees for developing their research skills.
Part two of our "best of" episode featuring nothing but tunes and songs of 2019. As the year closes out, we'd like to thank all our guests for their time and tunes. Without you, none of this would be possible. The tunes and songs in this episode are: 02.08 - As The Crow Flies - Liz Carroll 05:35 - Donal Og - Kate Burke 10.05 - (Too Big For Ya) Boots - Michelle Doyle and Mickey O'Donnell 15.00 - The Town Of Uranquinty - Tony O'Rourke 17.18 - Untitled Jigs - Davydd McDonald and Kit Joyce 20.38 - The Musical Priest - Angus Barbary 21.43 - Mullingar Races - David Game 23.04 - The Home Ruler / Kitty's Wedding - Tony O'Rourke 26.15 - Untitled Jigs - Ciaran O'Grady and Kate Burke 28.41 - The January Man - Mark Willson 32.07 - The Golden Keyboard - Ado Barker 33.34 - The Donegal Lass / The Black Frog / The Sanctuary - Tony McTigue 38.04 - Untitled Reels - Davydd McDonald and Kit Joyce 40.02 - Untitled - Ciaran O'Grady and Kate Burke 43.50 - John Doherty Tune - Tracey McKeague 44.42 - She Moved Through The Fair / Danish Song / Borders Tunes - Sarah Wade 47.22 - Untitled Reels - Jim Dalton 48.42 - Clan O'Grady March - Ciaran O'Grady 50.31 - That's Right Too/The Leading Role - Liz Carroll ... Again, thank you to all our listeners. We hope you'll join us again next year for more tunes and craic. ... As we mentioned in the episode, we have big plans for 2020 and without your monetary support none of that would be possible. So thank you to all our patrons. If you'd like to round out the year by becoming a patron, then please head over to patreon.com/blarneypilgrims and hit the, "Join $2 Tier" button. You can also bump up your pledge amount to a higher number if you're so inclined. ... Right that's it, see you all in 2020! Enjoy! Darren & Dom
Growing up in Luton, meeting Francis Droney, the anatomy of the concertina, English Folk music, and many many thoughts on identity, home and what "being Irish" means. Ciaran is currently working on a solo album with Aifric Boylan, Kate Burke and Graeme Newell and as soon as we hear news about it we'll let you know. We can't wait! Thanks for such an insightful chat Ciaran. It was a real pleasure. (Apologies the mics were running a little hot during the tunes) Enjoy! Darren & Dom ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub.
What's Your Story is a lighthearted exploration into the nature of calling, the ways we seek out purpose and meaning in our lives, and their source. In this episode, we talk to Kate Burke and learn about her dedication to the care of creation and how that has become a prophetic calling, moving her out of her comfort zone to serve a greater mission.
The mystery of Irish music; Yehudi Menuhin playing the shit out of Stephane Grappelli arrangements; late night sessions in Canberra and Ennis; the fear of learning to learn a tune by ear; and Six Degrees of Gerry McKeague. Truth be told this is the second ever episode we recorded. Back when Darren had a strictly non-speaking role. For a long time we thought it wasn't right, then upon revisiting, we realised what a cracker it is. Ado plays the following tunes during the episode: The Golden Keyboard The Oak Tree The Porthole of The Kelp ...a reel we never got the name of, and... The London Jig Enjoy! Darren & Dom ... If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub. ... Dom's Notes Once upon a time I spent a few nights kipping in an orange VW van that was parked just down the hill from Stirling Castle in Scotland. I was between jobs, and between (very shitty) houses, and the van was a refuge offered to me by my friends Frank and Linda. In the days when I wasn't sleeping in it, I'd look out for that van every time I was wondering across the top of the town, because if it was around it meant they were around, and if they were around it meant mugs of tea and music and a bit of crack. I loved that van. I kipped in it after gigs up the west of Scotland - ('Do ye dae any Rangers songs?' 'Naw, we're not that kind of blues band') - or Frank would drive us out to Cambusbarron or somewhere to pass a rainy afternoon talking about books and politics and quoits and a guy called 'Skin Bone' from Fallin who was the local champion. But more than the van, I loved being with Frank, Linda and their kids, Gregor, Neil, Peter and Emily. I used to work in a wine and whiskey shop in Stirling, just down the hill from Frank and Linda's house, which is how I first got to know them. I worked there for a good few years, and one of the perks was that I could play whatever music I wanted all day long on the shop stereo system. (Another perk was naptime in the cellar on delivery day). When there weren't many customers (Tuesday mornings) I'd drink mugs of instant coffee and construct complicated doodles on the wrapping paper stacked on the counter, daydreaming, wondering where in the world I'd be in some far off year like 2019, wondering if I'd look back fondly to working in a wine and whiskey shop in Stirling, Scotland, doodling and daydreaming. Frank was a regular visitor, shopping bags bursting on his way back up the hill from the shops, always with an eager ear out for what I was listening to - Dr Wu by Steely Dan, Songs of the Auvergne sung by Gill Gomez, The Bothy Band Live (Afterhours, that epic of epic albums) or Yank Rachell, on casette or CD. We'd talk about trains, railway signal box design (Frank was a former signalman), beer (Efes Pilsener, Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale, Redback), Walter Becker's hair and the engineer who supposedly accidentally wiped the original masters of the famously painstakingly assembled Countdown To Ecstasy, an album I knew from my brother Gerard's collection. We'd talk about whiskey and wine and mandolins and blues music and sausage rolls and Ye Jacobites By Name (Lend an ear, Lend an ear). And we ended up playing together on and off for years, in folk bands which always felt a bit ill fitting for Frank and blues-rock-ish bands which always felt a bit ill fitting for me. He is, I should say, because he wouldn't say it himself, a fabulous musician. He has the chops, but more than that, he has such heart, such a feel for music. He's the unassuming center of any band he plays in, basically. So the McCullough's house was my home away from home, their kids like my own nephews and nieces. How do you quantify a friendship like that? Why would you even try? It's enough to say it's here, even now after...how many years? It'll always be with me, permanently wrapped around my heart. So, when Ado Barker and Kate Burke and Beth McCracken and virtually everyone else we've spoken to mention that it feels strange to sit and play a tune in isolation, detached from its usual social setting, I know exactly what they mean. So much of what me and Ado talked about, even before we started recording, was about how music connects us to others, and to deeper parts of ourselves that we are only able to articulate through it. It was music that first connected me to Frank and Linda (well, music and my staff discount on cases of Portuguese lager). And it was music connected me with so, so many other friends besides. As Ado was talking about going deep into the music I was remembering playing with Frank in a bar called The Tollbooth where we had a regular gig, him singing Back of My Mind (John Hiatt) or Steady Rollin' Man, bottleneck ratting on his Yamaha acoustic, me playing a mandolin borrowed from a friend ten years previous and never returned, a mandolin missing two of its tuning pegs. On those nights, and many others, especially working on some of Frank's own songs - brilliant, beautiful, melodic, and mostly unrecorded - I was often lost in what we were playing (in a good way, like). I mean, we'd be gone (in a good way, like). In the way that Ado describes. Thanks Ado. www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast
This conversation is a real slow burn, and we LOVED recording it. You're in for a treat. Here is the translation Kate mentions, a version of Donal Og that's startling and strange in the ways that only really great translations can be. (He said, knowing very little about translations, really). (Though I'll correct myself and say that it's probably true that really bad translations can be startling and strange too...) Donal Og It is late last night the dog was speaking of you; the snipe was speaking of you in her deep marsh. It is you are the lonely bird through the woods; and that you may be without a mate until you find me. You promised me, and you said a lie to me, that you would be before me where the sheep are flocked; I gave a whistle and three hundred cries to you, and I found nothing there but a bleating lamb. You promised me a thing that was hard for you, a ship of gold under a silver mast; twelve towns with a market in all of them, and a fine white court by the side of the sea. You promised me a thing that is not possible, that you would give me gloves of the skin of a fish; that you would give me shoes of the skin of a bird; and a suit of the dearest silk in Ireland. When I go by myself to the Well of Loneliness, I sit down and I go through my trouble; when I see the world and do not see my boy, he that has an amber shade in his hair. It was on that Sunday I gave my love to you; the Sunday that is last before Easter Sunday and myself on my knees reading the Passion; and my two eyes giving love to you for ever. My mother has said to me not to be talking with you today, or tomorrow, or on the Sunday; it was a bad time she took for telling me that; it was shutting the door after the house was robbed. My heart is as black as the blackness of the sloe, or as the black coal that is on the smith's forge; or as the sole of a shoe left in white halls; it was you put that darkness over my life. You have taken the east from me, you have taken the west from me; you have taken what is before me and what is behind me; you have taken the moon, you have taken the sun from me; and my fear is great that you have taken God from me! (Shades of St Patrick's prayer in that last verse...) So what do I ACTUALLY know about translation? Mostly what I remember from many long, wonderful (as in full of wonder), beery conversations with my pal, Ian Lavery. Poet, academic, punctuation pedant and a very, very funny man. Anyway, when he was doing his PhD on Northern Irish poetry I would regularly perform my friendly duty by insisting he come drinking with me when he should have been working. So it was Ian who witnessed me - two bottles of white wine to the wind and heading for a few pints - walking into the road and smashing the windscreen of an oncoming car with my head. All the classic accident shit went down - a local lad leaned over me shouting 'How many fingers can you see pal, how many FINGERS?' My shoe came off (just the one.) And I apparently garbled half remembered lines from Seamus Heaney's 'Station Island' all the way to the hospital. And yes, I do realize that makes me sound like a complete wanker. Anyway, so, when Kate mentioned Donal Og I thought of Ian because he knows his translations. And because he's from Carrickfergus, and first turned me on to Louis MacNeice, also from Carrickfergus. Who worked at the BBC in London for many years and was friends with (seriously) Andy Irvine (check out this interview with Andy if you don't believe me): https://podtail.com/en/podcast/rte-second-captains/second-captains-andy-irvine/ So thinking of friendship, and distance, and love, as Kate was singing Donal Og, and then and then...the song was over, and we talked some more about other things. And then Kate mentioned her children, and bringing them the see where she studied geology in Melbourne, and THAT'S when I sort of made my tangled, inarticulate attempt to say that...what...everything is everything. Music, songs, friendship, love, food, cars, biscuits, concertinas. All of it. Or, as the great Scottish songwriter Michael Marra might have said...The World is Phul o' A Number o' Things... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jz6LJXUqhI Which isn't a million miles away from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIMNXogXnvE If you're of a melancholy turn of mind, you need songs like these. I wrote to Kate the day after we finished recording to say thanks, and what a lovely way to spend an evening. And it's true. Thanks Kate (and Ciaran O'Grady) for the chance to listen. ... The New Graces (Kate Burke, Melanie Horsnell and Robyn Martin) have recently tracked and mastered their debut album at Sydney's Rancom Street Studios, working with producer Garth Porter (Sherbet, Lee Kernaghan) and legendary engineer Ted Howard (Gurrumul, Paul Kelly & The Stormwater Boys). The album is due for release in early 2020. (Website coming soon) To buy Kate's music go here: lukeplumbandkateburke.com kateandruth.com troubleinthekitchen.com ... To learn more about QuasiTrad go here: https://quasitrad.com ... And finally, as aways. If you liked this episode and think you got some worth from it, then please pledge $2 over at www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims. Of course, you don't have to become a patron to listen, but we guarantee you'll enjoy each episode more because you'll be safe in the knowledge that you're a deadset legend. If you can't afford to pledge on Patreon, and we totally understand if you can't, all is not lost. You can still support the show by sharing it on your socials, posting about it in your favourite forums or simply by telling your mates about it down the pub. Till next time. Darren & Dom www.patreon.com/blarneypilgrims www.blarneypilgrims.com facebook.com/BlarneyPilgrimsPodcast @blarneyPilgrimsPodcast
Episode 28 excerpt: "We have to have empathy for human beings, point blank." Use promo code DRUNCHPODCAST for 10% off your very own Dirty Fun Box! Subscribe to a sexier lifestyle! Check it all out at dirtyfunbox.com! We were fucking STOKED to have council member Kate Burke sit down and chat with us! Since she is such a busy woman, we dove right into it while shoving donuts and coffee down our gullets. Lara rehashes her first strip club experience (complete with lap dance). Kate recounts how a sports injury changed her life in high school and changed her focus from basketball to giving back to her community, launching her into an extensive volunteer history. She's worked with underprivileged kids, people experiencing homelessness, and also spent a summer working on a Vermont farm. Seeing the gap between resources and the people that need them the most led Burke to the world of politics and policy. She became a session aide for Senator Andy Billig and is a current Spokane council member. She dishes about navigating the complicated sphere of local government and the "radical" ideas she has for Spokane. Featured song: Great Highway - The Chasetakegreathighway.comIG/Twitter: @greathighway We are still accepting submissions for our Drunch Summer Book Club! If you want your music on our episodes, reach out and touch us @ drunch@podcast.me. Don't forget to subscribe and follow us on Instagram & Twitter @drunchpodcast
On this episode we are joined by Kate Burke to discuss different models on how to discuss sex & intimacy with clients including the PLISSIT, (ex)PLISSIT, and Recognition models. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ot-after-dark/support
Mike and Sam are joined by Kate Burke, formerly of Bath Rugby and currently the RFU. They discuss Italy in the Six Nations, player development, and Mike's time playing winger opposite Danny Care.
BCG researcher Kelly Angel and Think Agri consultant Kate Burke discussed frost identification and management with growers at the BCG Main Field Day 2017 in September. Kate Burke gave a business and physiological look at the implications of frost.
New Episode! After a conversation with Lulu Garcia-Navarro on NPR, our friend Kate Burke joins us to discuss her perspective on #MeToo and the movement it's inspired. We're on iTunes: http://apple.co/2tCd0Dn Google Play: http://bit.ly/2tEpOJb Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=139322 and TuneIn: http://bit.ly/2svIk6F Please subscribe, share us with your friends and write a review! Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NobodyKnewPod/, follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/NobodyKnewPod, support us at https://www.patreon.com/NobodyKnewPod and email us at nobodyknewpod@gmail.com.
Bill Farish of the famous Lane’s End Farm joins Monty Roberts to discuss why they support the Water Hay Oats Alliance (WHOA), a grassroots movement seeking the passage of federal legislation to prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horse racing. Kate Burke is renowned for her varied equestrian subjects that are works of art. Listen in on her dream to photograph one type of horse that has evaded her. Listen in...Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=87421)
Stream episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com (mobile friendly). Available via all good podcatcher apps including Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Stitcher, Pocket Casts, Podbean, audioBoom etc. Welcome to About Regional – a new place for the stories of South East NSW. The National Folk Festival in Canberra is underway and there is some what a South East take over happening with a bunch of artists from this side of the mountain performing. People like Heath Cullen, Kate Burke, Mike Martin, Sam Martin, Stonewave Taiko and the Djaadjawan Dancers are all taking centre stage. In the week’s leading up to the National, South East NSW provides a warm-up space to many of the performers booked to performer in Canberra. The Cobargo Folk Festival is one of those warm up events and always makes the most of the international artists who fly in for the National – it’s often the case that Cobargo is the first gig in an Australian tour for artists from the UK, Europe and America. Apart from the music, folkies enjoy a chat and a lively speakers tents is part of every folk festival. At Cobargo this year, festival goers heard of an ambitious idea to change the way forests in South East NSW are managed and used. The push to establish The Great Southern Forest aims to turn State Forests in the region into carbon sinks – creating jobs and economic opportunities through land management, restoration and tourism. Those driving it see the end of the current Regional Forest Agreements in 2019 and 2021 as the chance to end native logging and move to a new economic model. Dr Bronte Somerset, comes from a career in higher education and is one of the advocates for The Great Southern Forest, she detailed the idea in a crowded speakers tent at the Cobargo Folk Festival. Thanks to my partners in this program - Light to Light Camps, rolling out the red carpet on the 31 km track between Boyd’s Tower and Greencape Lighthouse south of Eden. Feedback, story ideas and advertising enquires are really welcome – send your email to hello@aboutregional.com.au Thanks for tuning in, see you out and about in South East NSW. Cheers Ian
Dil speaks to Marie Rooney, a volunteer parent with the Anam Cara South Dublin Group and Kate Burke, a founder of Anam Cara
PODCAST: 14 Jun 2015 01 Soup On A Bun – The Loose Acoustic Trio – Sorrow Be Gone 02 Feeling Lazy – The Arizona Smoke Revue – A Thundering On The Horizon 03 Bold Nelson – Matthew Byrne – Hearts & Heroes 04 Dinny Delaney's – The Yellow Wattle – Kevin Burke – If The Cap Fits 05 Seed Stitch – Emily Portman – Coracle 06 Riley The Furniture Man – The Haints Old Time Stringband – Shout Monah 07 All For Me Grog – Flash Jack – Western Australian Bush Bands 08 General Taylor – She Shanties – Spanker Boom 09 Do Chrochadh A Thoill Thu, Thoill Thu/Nighean Rudh' Bhàn Bh'aig Dòmhnall Ruadh Piobair/The Spice Of Life – Shooglenifty – The Untied Knot 10 Waly Waly – Maireid Sullivan – Dancer 11 Bows Of London – Peter Knight's Gigspanner – Layers Of Ages 12 The Bus Stop Reel/Miss Mccloud's Reel/Lost Indian – Kevin Burke – Open House 13 Bleezin' Blind Drunk – Kate Burke & Ruth Hazleton – Declaration 14 Didn't He Ramble – Tom Paley, Ben Paley, Robin Gillan, Jonny Bridgwood – Paley & Son 15 Lunenburg Hospital – Chris Banister – The Unicorn And Other Stories 16 Rock Island Line – Little Richard With Fishbone – Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute To Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly
Join host Kate Burke, Ba. Health and Physed, Certified Professional Coach, for 30 mins of tips and tools to release the days unwanted feelings.Start the day or end your day noticing beyond the past emotionality, if any, for the present inner peace and inner wisdom.The host or what is presented, does not treat, diagnose, cure or advise on any medical or psychological condition. It is recommended to have listened to some previous episodes or be familiar with the resource The Sedona Method.For more information visit http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba. Health and Physed, Certified Professional Coach, for 30 mins of tips and tools to release the days unwanted feelings.Start the day or end your day noticing beyond the past emotionality, if any, for the present inner peace and inner wisdom.The host or what is presented, does not treat, diagnose, cure or advise on any medical or psychological condition. It is recommended to have listened to some previous episodes or be familiar with the resource The Sedona Method.For more information visit http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Professional Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and releasing unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world, and allows you to discover your deeper true self! You may wish to release around any issue in the moment too. This is a chance to experience the inner discovery with practical exercises.This is the fourth and final episode in this series.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listened to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Professional Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and releasing unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world, and allows you to discover your deeper true self! You may wish to release around any issue in the moment too. This is a chance to experience the inner discovery with practical exercises.This is the fourth and final episode in this series.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listened to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and releasing unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world, and allows you to discover your deeper true self! You may wish to release around any issue in the moment too. This is a chance to experience the inner discovery with practical exercises.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listen to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and releasing unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world, and allows you to discover your deeper true self! You may wish to release around any issue in the moment too. This is a chance to experience the inner discovery with practical exercises.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listen to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and releasing unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world, and allows you to discover you deeper true self! You may wish to release around any issue in the moment too. The host will take a demonstration goal for the month.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listen to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and releasing unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world, and allows you to discover you deeper true self! You may wish to release around any issue in the moment too. The host will take a demonstration goal for the month.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listen to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world. Or you may wish to release around any issue in the moment. The host will take a demonstration goal for the month.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listen to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
Join host Kate Burke, Ba Health & PE , Certified Coach, for a return of the goals series for uncovering unlimiting beliefs and unwanted feelings around your priority goal for the month. This could be a goal that reveals greater serenity, inner peace, happiness, wisdom and harmony in the world. Or you may wish to release around any issue in the moment. The host will take a demonstration goal for the month.Please note, this releasing does not treat, diagnose, cure nor advise on any medical or psychological condition, even though there have been profound gains worldwide in every area from the teachings of Lester Levenson's releasing. It is recommended to have listen to previous episodes re goals on this show.For more information please check http://www.youtransformingyou.weebly.com and http://www.kateburke.weebly.com
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