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Welcome to the DMF, I'm Justin Younts, and today I'm diving deep into the chaotic world of film production. Have you ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes when casting a movie? Well, let me tell you, it can be a wild ride! From the moment we decided to shoot in Vancouver instead of Los Angeles, we were in for a whirlwind of challenges. The decision was made not because it was the best choice for the film, but rather to make a statement against the union. Spoiler alert: it backfired spectacularly!As we navigated through the casting process, we faced a series of ludicrous decisions that left us scratching our heads. Why did we choose Dennis Miller over Danny Baldwin? What was the reasoning behind casting Angie Everhart just because she was Stallone's girlfriend? These choices not only impacted the film's quality but also created a tense atmosphere on set. I'll share the behind-the-scenes drama, the struggles with character development, and the unexpected twists that made this project a true test of our professionalism. If you're an aspiring filmmaker or just curious about the film industry, you won't want to miss these insights. Join me as I reveal the secrets to avoiding casting catastrophes and how to navigate the tricky waters of film production. Trust me, you'll learn a lot from our mistakes! So grab your popcorn and let's dive into the chaos together!00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:07 - The Problems with Rewriting the Script00:01:01 - The Decision to Shoot in Vancouver00:01:58 - The Challenges of Shooting in Vancouver00:04:33 - The Decision to Hire Dennis Miller00:06:48 - The Problems with Hiring Erica00:11:23 - The Decision to Hire Angie Everhart00:12:30 - ConclusionCheck out his other podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-how-not-to-make-a-movie-podcast/id1616014436

On this episode, Andy sits down with Yaakov Katz, veteran journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post, to unpack the hard lessons of October 7th and the evolving threats in the Middle East. Katz draws on three decades of reporting on Israeli defense and military affairs to explain how Hamas transformed from a fringe insurgency into a formidable force, the blind spots within Israel's defense establishment, and the unintended consequences of overreliance on the Iron Dome. He also examines Iran's deepening ties to Hamas, the intelligence gaps inside Gaza, and the ethical dilemmas of modern warfare in urban environments.  Katz's forthcoming book, While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East, will be released on September 2, 2025 Change Agents is an IRONCLAD Original Sponsors  Firecracker Farm Use code IRONCLAD to get 15% off your first order at https://firecracker.farm/ AmmoSquared (Megaphone only)  Visit https://ammosquared.com/ today for a special offer and keep yourself fully stocked. With over 100,000 members and thousands of 5-star ratings, Your readiness is their mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Register for the Workshop, Thursday August 28, 2 PM PST: oldmoneypodcast.com/workshop----------------------------What really separates how women and men approach money, business, and wealth-building? In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Mira Katz to unpack the money stories, societal conditioning, and psychological patterns that keep women from fully stepping into financial sovereignty.We explore:Wealth vs. virtue signaling: Why women often default to “the artist's way” of nobility over profit, and how this limits our impactThe double judgment trap: How the wealthy judge the poor, and the poor judge the wealthy… and how that cycle keeps everyone stuckDifferent business motivations: The real reason men and women start businesses, and why women are naturally wired to be better investorsThe psychology of money blocks: From hyper-independence to the need for control, and how these patterns sabotage financial growthRegenerative money an the 10-3-1 rule: A fresh perspective that helps women multiply wealth with easeGenerational trauma & money: How centuries of financial suppression still show up in modern business, and what women can do about itThis episode is equal parts call-out and call-forward. We don't just diagnose the blocks, we offer the reframes, rules, and strategies that help women finally break free from scarcity psychology and start leading from wealth.If you're ready to stop over-controlling, start regenerating, and step into a new era of money power… this one's for you.Listen now to learn why women are the future of wealth, and how you can claim your seat at the table.----------------------------Free Resources: Old Money NewsletterDownload your Net Worth TrackerDownload your Net Work Tracker----------------------------Connect with the Old Money Podcast:Community: Join the Old Money Country ClubWeb: OldMoneyPodcast.comEmail: OldMoneyPodcast@gmail.comInstagram: @OldMoneyPodcastTikTok: @OldMoneyPodcast----------------------------Copyright (c) Old Money 2025. The content presented in this podcast is intended to entertain, educate, inspire and support listeners in their personal and professional development and does not constitute business, financial, or legal advice. Please note that this episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services for which individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services related to the episode.

Eric is back again with another edition of the podcast. For this week's news and restaurants of the week, he is joined by Michael Fulmer, a co-founder of the Houston BBQ Festival. In the news, Eric and Michael discuss CASAEMA being named to Bon Appétit's best new breakfast spots list, a 3rd location of Handies Douzo coming to Spring Branch, and the opening of a new Memorial City location of Katz's. In the Restaurants of the Week portion, Yiayia's Greek Kitchen is featured.  Follow Eric on Instagram/Threads @ericsandler. You can also reach Eric by emailing him at eric@culturemap.com. Check out some of his latest articles at Culturemap.com: Bon Appetit Names Michelin-Recognized Houston Cafe to Best Breakfast List Casual Houston Sushi Restaurant Unrolls Third Location in Spring Branch Houston's 24-Hour New York Deli Sets Opening Date for Memorial Location Aggie-Loved Chicken Fingers Spot Sets Spring-Area Opening Date Houston Bakery Rises with a New Name, Bigger Menu, and Matcha

Creativity through the lens of movie and TV writer, producer and now proud podcaster.Over the course of his writing and producing career, Alan Katz has written movies and TV shows like HBO's iconic Tales From The Crypt. Entertainment Weekly called the first season of his "The How NOT To Make A Movie Podcast" the "Best Film Podcast of 2022". He realized at that point that he'd become the thing he always wanted to be when he grew up: a podcaster.https://thedonorpodcast.com/https://costardandtouchstone.com/Send us a text

O Exército de Israel confirmou na segunda, 25, ter realizado um ataque na área do Hospital Nasser, no sul da Faixa de Gaza.Em nota divulgada pelo Ministério das Relações Exteriores no X, o país informou que abriu uma investigação preliminar a respeito do caso.Nesta terça, 26, o ministro da Defesa israelense, Israel Katz, chamou Lula de “antissemita declarado e apoiador do Hamas”, ao comentar a saída do Brasil da Aliança Internacional para a Memória do Holocausto, que ocorreu no final do mês de julho. Horas depois, o Itamaraty reagiu às declarações de Katz e, no mesmo dia, Lula voltou a acusar Israel de cometer um genocídio na Faixa de Gaza. Felipe Moura Brasil, Duda Teixeira e Ricardo Kertzman comentam:Papo Antagonista é o programa que explica e debate os principais acontecimentos do   dia com análises críticas e aprofundadas sobre a política brasileira e seus bastidores.     Apresentado por Felipe Moura Brasil, o programa traz contexto e opinião sobre os temas mais quentes da atualidade.     Com foco em jornalismo, eleições e debate, é um espaço essencial para quem busca informação de qualidade.     Ao vivo de segunda a sexta-feira às 18h.    Apoie o jornalismo Vigilante: 10% de desconto para audiência do Papo Antagonista  https://bit.ly/papoantagonista  Siga O Antagonista no X:  https://x.com/o_antagonista   Acompanhe O Antagonista no canal do WhatsApp. Boletins diários, conteúdos exclusivos em vídeo e muito mais.  https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va2SurQHLHQbI5yJN344  Leia mais em www.oantagonista.com.br | www.crusoe.com.br 

Rabbi Doniel Katz on Let's Get Real with coach Menachem, Sunday, August 24, #242How Transformational Torah Is Changing the Jewish World: Breath Work, Trauma Modalities, Meditation & The Return of Prophecy

 Miram Katz is an LA-based actor, writer, and public speaking coach. She performs improv comedy live regularly and has acted on camera and done voice over for film, TV, commercials, video games, and more. Ex Appeal Podcast, Miriam is interviewing every personshe has ever been romantic with on any level! We are getting into it.

It's our second week of “cucumber season” programming, and fair warning: we're really leaning into the late-summer goofiness. This week, we go hard on German gastronomy, with a deep dive into Europe's declining alcohol consumption and a recap of the utterly absurd row over the origins of Bratwurst. Because we don't want you to think we've totally lost the plot, we also had a perfectly civilised conversation with Robert Winder, the prolific author and sometime editor of The Independent and Granta whose new book, Three Rivers, comes out next week. Robert spoke with our producer Katz about the waterways that shape Europe as we know it—and about their future in a warming climate. You can purchase the book here on 28 August.  This week's Inspiration Station recommendations are the Danish film The Guilty and the audio recordings of Colm Tóibín's novels Brooklyn and Long Island. Our Happy Ending comes from Helsinki, which managed to go an entire year with no traffic fatalities! You can read more about the milestone achievement here and how they did it here. This podcast was brought to you in cooperation with Euranet Plus, the leading radio network for EU news. But it's contributions from listeners that truly make it all possible—we could not continue to make the show without you! If you like what we do, you can chip in to help us cover our production costs at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (in many different currencies), or you can gift a donation to a superfan. We'd also love it if you could tell two friends about this podcast. We think two feels like a reasonable number. 00:00:47 Welcome back to cucumber season! 00:03:09 Good Week: European livers 00:16:29 Bad Week: Bratwurst ensnared in national feud 00:31:16 Interview: Robert Winder reconnects us with the poetry of rivers 00:44:00 The Inspiration Station: the film The Guilty and Colm Tóibín's novels Brooklyn and Long Island  00:49:11 Happy Ending: Helsinki successfully stamps out road deaths Producers: Morgan Childs, Katz Laszlo, and Wojciech Oleksiak Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina YouTube | Bluesky | Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Mastodon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | hello@europeanspodcast.com

Les journalistes et experts de RFI répondent également à vos questions sur la découverte d'une nouvelle secte meurtrière au Kenya et le footballeur Adrien Rabiot sur la sellette. Gaza : pourquoi Israël rappelle 60 000 réservistes ?  Le ministre israélien de la Défense, Israël Katz, a approuvé un plan militaire en rappelant 60 000 réservistes pour prendre le contrôle de Gaza-ville. Pourquoi le rappel de tous ces réservistes a-t-il été jugé nécessaire à ce stade du conflit ?  Quelles conséquences humanitaires sont redoutées pour les civils de Gaza-ville lors de cette nouvelle phase de l'opération ? Avec Guilhem Delteil, journaliste au service international de RFI.  Kenya : une nouvelle secte meurtrière affole l'est du pays  Dans l'est du Kenya, dans le village de Kwa Binzaro, une nouvelle secte mortelle qui semblait liée à celle de Shakahola a été identifiée. Que sait-on de cette secte actuellement ? Comment le pasteur Paul Mackenzie, même en prison, arrive-t-il encore à influencer des fidèles ? Avec Yvan Droz, anthropologue à l'Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement, spécialiste du fait religieux au Kenya.  Affaire Rabiot : quel avenir pour le footballeur français ?  Après une altercation décrite comme « très violente » par l'Olympique de Marseille, Adrien Rabiot a été placé sur la liste des transferts. Sait-on ce qu'il s'est réellement passé entre le joueur français et son coéquipier Jonathan Rowe ? Cet incident peut-il nuire à la carrière de Rabiot en club et en équipe de France ? Avec Antoine Grognet, journaliste au service des sports de RFI. Et en fin d'émission, retrouvez la chronique « Un oeil sur les réseaux » de Jessica Taieb. Aujourd'hui, elle revient sur les vidéos impressionnantes des inondations en Afrique de l'Ouest, partagées des milliers de fois par les internautes.

Welcome to the DMF! I'm Justin Younts, and today we're diving deep into the world of the Crypt Keeper. You might be wondering, who is this enigmatic character? Well, it's me! Yes, the Crypt Keeper is a reflection of my creative journey, filtered through a unique lens. In this video, I share how the character evolved from a simple puppet into a franchise phenomenon. It all started with the writing. In the early seasons, the Crypt Keeper was just a talking puppet, but everything changed in season three when we gave him an interior life. This transformation allowed the voice actor, John, to truly embody the character, making him relatable and engaging. The writing team and I began to think differently about the Crypt Keeper, and that shift was crucial. Suddenly, he wasn't just delivering lines; he had a perspective and a point of view that resonated with audiences. This newfound depth led to explosive popularity, and even HBO recognized the potential, ordering more seasons. The Crypt Keeper became a cultural icon, leading to merchandise deals and even a kid's show! But it wasn't all smooth sailing. I recount the challenges we faced, including a last-minute change from a project we were passionate about to a film that nobody wanted to make. This shift in creative direction taught me valuable lessons about the industry and the importance of staying true to your vision. Join me as I share the highs and lows of bringing the Crypt Keeper to life and the creative freedom we experienced along the way. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insights into the world of storytelling and character development!00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:07 - The Birth of the Crypt Keeper00:01:11 - The Crypt Keeper's Popularity00:01:24 - The Crypt Keeper's Interior Life00:03:10 - Crypt Keeper's Success and Merchandising00:05:05 - The Writing Process00:07:43 - The Success of the Crypt Keeper00:07:51 - The Crypt Keeper's Feature Films00:10:34 - The Cancellation of Dead Easy00:10:58 - The Making of Bordello of Blood00:12:39 - The Impact of Bordello of Blood00:14:23 - Conclusion

durée : 00:14:56 - Journal de 8 h - Le ministre israélien de la Défense, Israël Katz, a ordonné mercredi le rappel de 60 000 réservistes après avoir donné son feu vert à la prise de la ville de Gaza, le Hamas dénonçant un "mépris flagrant" pour les efforts de médiation en cours en vue d'une trêve et de la libération d'otages.

SHOW NOTES: People want problems solved, even if you caused them! Learn how Katz's Deli and Mercedes Benz have turned problems into profits. Don't look for blame, look for opportunity. No one is as excited about an expected excellent experience as they are about a disappointing experience turned into an excellent experience. Customers tend to tell a huge number of people about their experiences, at their levels—peer-to-peer evangelism. This is why companies that make it their work to make themselves unreachable (welcome to government agencies) are so foolish. Perhaps, instead of saying, "The problem with you is...." you should be saying, "Let me help you do that even better."

In this Field Notes episode we're reviewing Agency Management Systems to automate tasks, distribute leads, and streamline your business.   Read the text version   Contact the Agent Survival Guide Podcast! Email us ASGPodcast@Ritterim.com or call 1-717-562-7211 and leave a voicemail.   Agency Management Systems: AgencyBloc AMS+ AMS360 Hawksoft MedicarePRO NextAgency Radius Agency   Resources: How to Sell Final Expense Insurance FREE eBook Download How to Recruit Agents to Your Downline Integrity Tools for Insurance Agents The Difference Between Captive and Independent Agents Your Best AEP Yet with Ritter Insurance Marketing   References: “AMS360.” Vertafore, https://www.vertafore.com/products/agency-management-software/ams360. Accessed 31 July 2025. “Agency Management System Built for You!” Radius, https://www.radiusbob.com/. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025. “Agency Management System/CRM for Health & Life Insurance: Agencybloc.” AgencyBloc Insurance Agency CRM, https://www.agencybloc.com/. Accessed 31 July 2025. “AMS vs CRM: Choosing the Right Fit for You.” AMS vs CRM: What's Right for You?, https://www.glueup.com/blog/ams-vs-crm. Accessed 31 July 2025. HawkSoft. “Privacy.” HawkSoft, https://www.hawksoft.com/privacy/. Accessed 31 July 2025. “Industry Standard CRM and Sales Tool.” MedicarePRO, https://www.medicareproapp.com/site/siteController/index. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025. HawkSoft. “Insurance Agency Management System.” HawkSoft, https://www.hawksoft.com/agency-management-system/. Accessed 31 July 2025. Katz, Alan. “Nextagency Agency Management System.” NextAgency, 2 Aug. 2025, https://nextagency.com/. “Riskmatch for Agencies & Brokers.” Vertafore, https://www.vertafore.com/products/insurance-analytics-tool/riskmatch. Accessed 31 July 2025. “Sales Enablement Tools for Health & Life Insurance Agencies.” AgencyBloc Insurance Agency CRM, https://www.agencybloc.com/ams/sales-enablement/. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025. Presson, Molly. “What Is an Agency Management System?” Home, PlanYear, Inc., 18 Apr. 2023, https://www.planyear.com/blog/what-is-an-agency-management-system.    Follow Us on Social!  Ritter on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/RitterIM Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/ritter.insurance.marketing/ LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/company/ritter-insurance-marketing TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/@ritterim X, https://x.com/RitterIM and YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/user/RitterInsurance     Sarah on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjrueppel/ Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/thesarahjrueppel/ and Threads, https://www.threads.net/@thesarahjrueppel  Tina on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-lamoreux-6384b7199/ Not affiliated with or endorsed by Medicare or any government agency.

durée : 00:14:56 - Journal de 8 h - Le ministre israélien de la Défense, Israël Katz, a ordonné mercredi le rappel de 60 000 réservistes après avoir donné son feu vert à la prise de la ville de Gaza, le Hamas dénonçant un "mépris flagrant" pour les efforts de médiation en cours en vue d'une trêve et de la libération d'otages.

Eight years ago, Matt Katz came on the show after nervously revealing to his 5-year-old daughter that the man she thought was his biological father was not, in fact, his biological father. But Matt would later learn that the truth about his biological father was much more complicated than he even realized. As he followed the twists and turns of this story, Matt became a bio dad detective — chasing clues at home and abroad, and concocting intricate, fantastical theories along the way. *NOTE: Before listening to this episode, we highly recommend listening to the prequel, “Katz in the Cradle,” which you will find in your podcast feed right before this episode. ... Matt's podcast Our episode only scratches the surface of this wild story. In Inconceivable Truth, Matt tells it in full. … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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En el episodio de hoy de Por el Placer de Vivir, el Dr. César Lozano nos guía por un viaje que mezcla energía, salud y conciencia social. Primero, descubre cómo detectar y eliminar esos bloqueos energéticos que te roban la buena vibra, con técnicas simples como la respiración consciente, la meditación y la alimentación.  Y después, un llamado urgente con Aarón Katz, de Somos Blooders, para romper mitos y fomentar la cultura de donación altruista de sangre, porque un simple hábito puede salvar vidas. Un episodio que mezcla espiritualidad, motivación y compromiso social.

Welcome to the DMF! I'm Justin Younts, and today I'm diving deep into my experience with the iconic Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt. As the story editor for the show, I had the unique opportunity to oversee the transition of the franchise from comic books to television. My role was crucial, as I was the last word on every script, ensuring that each episode captured the essence of what made Tales from the Crypt so special. But it wasn't just about the scripts; I also had the incredible task of writing the Crypt Keeper segments. Imagine trying to create a character who didn't exist yet! I had to invest him with personality and depth, and I drew from my own experiences and humor to bring him to life. The Crypt Keeper became my own little personal Groucho, and I wanted to give him a rich interior life. Throughout the third season, we worked hard to reinvigorate the franchise, bringing in big names and creating memorable stories. The Crypt Keeper evolved into a beloved character, and fans often tell me that he was their gateway into the world of horror. It's amazing to see how a character can resonate with so many people, even when they were told not to watch the show. Join me as I share behind-the-scenes stories, the challenges of writing for the Crypt Keeper, and how we created a character that became synonymous with the series. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just curious about the process, there's something here for everyone. Let's explore the magic behind Tales from the Crypt together!00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:05 - The Showrunners of Tales from the Crypt00:01:17 - The Role of the Story Editor00:02:28 - Creating the Crypt Keeper00:04:46 - The Impact of the Crypt Keeper on the Franchise00:05:23 - The Crypt Keeper and Intellectual Property00:06:07 - Joel Silver's Influence00:07:54 - Developing the Crypt Keeper's Character00:08:54 - The Crypt Keeper and Horror Fans00:11:15 - Writing the Crypt Keeper Segments00:14:03 - Conclusion

After the Great Fire in Frankfurt: Battling the Sabbateans (Nechemiah Chayon). The very famous (and romantic!) Ethical Will https://thechesedfund.com/rabbikatz/support-rabbi-katzz-podcast

Did he cause the Great Fire of 1711 which burned down the entire Jewish Ghetto of Frankfurt? Was it a case of קַבָּלָה מַעֲשִׂית gone awry?

Welcome to the DMF! I'm Justin Younts, and today I have the pleasure of chatting with Alan Katz, a talented writer and producer known for his work on HBO's iconic series, Tales from the Crypt. Alan shares his fascinating journey from aspiring actor to successful writer, revealing the ups and downs of navigating the entertainment industry. Growing up outside of Baltimore, Alan's passion for writing began at a young age, and he quickly realized that his true calling was behind the scenes. He recounts his experiences at Vassar, his initial struggles with acting, and how a chance encounter led him to embrace writing full-time. Alan's insights into the creative process and the importance of problem-solving in filmmaking are invaluable for anyone looking to break into the industry. He also discusses the cultural shift in television during the late '80s and how Tales from the Crypt played a pivotal role in changing the perception of TV as a viable platform for storytelling. Join us as we dive deep into Alan's experiences, the challenges he faced, and the lessons he learned along the way. Whether you're an aspiring writer, a fan of horror, or just curious about the behind-the-scenes of your favorite shows, this conversation is packed with inspiration and wisdom. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn from one of the best in the business!00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:08 - Guest Background00:00:34 - Journey to Becoming a Writer00:02:19 - Transition to Writing for TV00:02:28 - Moving to Los Angeles00:02:55 - First Impressions of Los Angeles00:06:15 - Working with Gil Adler00:08:11 - Tales from the Crypt00:08:14 - Impact of Tales from the Crypt00:10:50 - Challenges and Changes in Tales from the Crypt00:10:55 - Cultural Shift in TV and Film00:12:46 - The Economics of TV Production

Matt Katz is known for his fearless reporting on New Jersey governor Chris Christie. But when it comes to telling his 5-year-old daughter the truth about his dad... well, that freaks him out. In today's show, he does exactly that. ⭐️ This episode originally aired on June 14, 2017. Since then, Matt has discovered even more secrets about his family history. Secrets that turn this original story completely on its head. Tune in next week for the wild update! … Join LST+ for community and access to You Know What, another show in the Longest Shortest universe! Follow us on Instagram Website: longestshortesttime.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebel Grove's Ben Garrett is joined in this edition of Talk of Champions, powered by RiverLand Roofing, by Michael Katz of the Daily Journal. Ole Miss football is in its third week of fall camp. Garrett and Katz play some buy or sell and make some rapid-fire predictions as the Rebels' season opener against Georgia State approaches on August 30.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Barry Katz Producer of "I Killed JFK"/ American Made: Who Killed Barry Seal?Set in a world where crime and government coexist, American Made is the jaw-dropping true story of CIA pilot Barry Seal that the Hollywood movie starring Tom Cruise was afraid to tell.Barry Seal flew cocaine and weapons worth billions of dollars into and out of America in the 1980s. After he became a government informant, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel offered a million for him alive and half a million dead. But his real trouble began after he threatened to expose the dirty dealings of George HW Bush.American Made rips the roof off Bush and Clinton's complicity in cocaine trafficking in Mena, Arkansas."American Made really captures the big picture of my dad's story" - Aaron Seal, Barry Seal's son"A conspiracy of the grandest magnitude" - Congressman Bill Alexander on the Mena affairShaun Attwood's WAR ON DRUGS SERIES - PABLO ESCOBAR, AMERICAN MADE, WE ARE BEING LIED TO and THE CALI CARTEL - are harrowing, action-packed and interlinked true stories that demonstrate the devastating consequences of drug prohibition.https://amzn.to/3JbUWI9Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

This podcast and article are free, but a lot of The Storm lives behind a paywall. I wish I could make everything available to everyone, but an article like this one is the result of 30-plus hours of work. Please consider supporting independent ski journalism with an upgrade to a paid Storm subscription. You can also sign up for the free tier below.WhoRob Katz, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Vail ResortsRecorded onAugust 8, 2025About Vail ResortsVail Resorts owns and operates 42 ski areas in North America, Australia, and Europe. In order of acquisition:The company's Epic Pass delivers skiers unlimited access to all of these ski areas, plus access to a couple dozen partner resorts:Why I interviewed himHow long do you suppose Vail Resorts has been the largest ski area operator by number of resorts? From how the Brobots prattle on about the place, you'd think since around the same time the Mayflower bumped into Plymouth Rock. But the answer is 2018, when Vail surged to 18 ski areas – one more than number two Peak Resorts. Vail wasn't even a top-five operator until 2007, when the company's five resorts landed it in fifth place behind Powdr's eight and 11 each for Peak, Boyne, and Intrawest. Check out the year-by-year resort operator rankings since 2000:Kind of amazing, right? For decades, Vail, like Aspen, was the owner of some great Colorado ski areas and nothing more. There was no reason to assume it would ever be anything else. Any ski company that tried to get too big collapsed or surrendered. Intrawest inflated like a balloon then blew up like a pinata, ejecting trophies like Mammoth, Copper, and Whistler before straggling into the Alterra refugee camp with a half dozen survivors. American Skiing Company (ASC) united eight resorts in 1996 and was 11 by the next year and was dead by 2007. Even mighty Aspen, perhaps the brand most closely associated with skiing in American popular culture, had abandoned a nearly-two-decade experiment in owning ski areas outside of Pitkin County when it sold Blackcomb and Fortress Mountains in 1986 and Breckenridge the following year.But here we are, with Vail Resorts, improbably but indisputably the largest operator in skiing. How did Vail do this when so many other operators had a decades-long head start? And failed to achieve sustainability with so many of the same puzzle pieces? Intrawest had Whistler. ASC owned Heavenly. Booth Creek, a nine-resort upstart launched in 1996 by former Vail owner George Gillett, had Northstar. The obvious answer is the 2008 advent of the Epic Pass, which transformed the big-mountain season pass from an expensive single-mountain product that almost no one actually needed to a cheapo multi-mountain passport that almost anyone could afford. It wasn't a new idea, necessarily, but the bargain-skiing concept had never been attached to a mountain so regal as Vail, with its sprawling terrain and amazing high-speed lift fleet and Colorado mystique. A multimountain pass had never come with so little fine print – it really was unlimited, at all these great mountains, all the time - but so many asterisks: better buy now, because pretty soon skiing Christmas week is going to cost more than your car. And Vail was the first operator to understand, at scale, that almost everyone who skis at Vail or Beaver Creek or Breckenridge skied somewhere else first, and that the best way to recruit these travelers to your mountain rather than Deer Valley or Steamboat or Telluride was to make the competition inconvenient by bundling the speedbump down the street with the Alpine fantasy across the country.Vail Resorts, of course, didn't do anything. Rob Katz did these things. And yes, there was a great and capable team around him. But it's hard to ignore the fact that all of these amazing things started happening shortly after Katz's 2006 CEO appointment and stopped happening around the time of his 2021 exit. Vail's stock price: from $33.04 on Feb. 28, 2006 to $354.76 to Nov. 1, 2021. Epic Pass sales: from zero to 2.1 million. Owned resort portfolio: from five in three states to 37 in 15 states and three countries. Epic Pass portfolio: from zero ski areas to 61. The company's North American skier visits: from 6.3 million for the 2005-06 ski season to 14.9 million in 2020-21. Those same VR metrics after three-and-a-half years under his successor, Kirsten Lynch: a halving of the stock price to $151.50 on May 27, 2025, her last day in charge; a small jump to 2.3 million Epic Passes sold for 2024-25 (but that marked the product's first-ever unit decline, from 2.4 million the previous winter); a small increase to 42 owned resorts in 15 states and four countries; a small increase to 65 ski areas accessible on the Epic Pass; and a rise to 16.9 million North American skier visits (actually a three percent slump from the previous winter and the company's second consecutive year of declines, as overall U.S. skier visits increased 1.6 percent after a poor 2023-24).I don't want to dismiss the good things Lynch did ($20-an-hour minimum wage; massively impactful lift upgrades, especially in New England; a best-in-class day pass product; a better Pet Rectangle app), or ignore the fact that Vail's 2006-to-2019 trajectory would have been impossible to replicate in a world that now includes the Ikon Pass counterweight, or understate the tense community-resort relationships that boiled under Katz's do-things-and-apologize-later-maybe leadership style. But Vail Resorts became an impossible-to-ignore globe-spanning goliath not because it collected great ski areas, but because a visionary leader saw a way to transform a stale, weather-dependent business into a growing, weather-agnostic(-ish) one.You may think that “visionary” is overstating it, that merely “transformational” would do. But I don't think I appreciated, until the rise of social media, how deeply cynical America had become, or the seemingly outsized proportion of people so eager to explain why new ideas were impossible. Layer, on top of this, the general dysfunction inherent to corporate environments, which can, without constant schedule-pruning, devolve into pseudo-summits of endless meetings, in which over-educated and well-meaning A+ students stamped out of elite university assembly lines spend all day trotting between conference rooms taking notes they'll never look at and trying their best to sound brilliant but never really accomplishing anything other than juggling hundreds of daily Slack and email messages. Perhaps I am the cynical one here, but my experience in such environments is that actually getting anything of substance done with a team of corporate eggheads is nearly impossible. To be able to accomplish real, industry-wide, impactful change in modern America, and to do so with a corporate bureaucracy as your vehicle, takes a visionary.Why now was a good time for this interviewAnd the visionary is back. True, he never really left, remaining at the head of Vail's board of directors for the duration of Lynch's tenure. But the board of directors doesn't have to explain a crappy earnings report on the investor conference call, or get yelled at on CNBC, or sit in the bullseye of every Saturday morning liftline post on Facebook.So we'll see, now that VR is once again and indisputably Katz's company, whether Vail's 2006-to-2021 rise from fringe player to industry kingpin was an isolated case of right-place-at-the-right-time first-mover big-ideas luck or the masterwork of a business musician blending notes of passion, aspiration, consumer pocketbook logic, the mystique of irreplaceable assets, and defiance of conventional industry wisdom to compose a song that no one can stop singing. Will Katz be Steve Jobs returning to Apple and re-igniting a global brand? Or MJ in a Wizards jersey, his double threepeat with the Bulls untarnished but his legacy otherwise un-enhanced at best and slightly diminished at worst?I don't know. I lean toward Jobs, remaining aware that the ski industry will never achieve the scale of the Pet Rectangle industry. But Vail Resorts owns 42 ski areas out of like 6,000 on the planet, and only about one percent of them is associated with the Epic Pass. Even if Vail grew all of these metrics tenfold, it would still own just a fraction of the global ski business. Investors call this “addressable market,” meaning the size of your potential customer base if you can make them aware of your existence and convince them to use your services, and Vail's addressable market is far larger than the neighborhood it now occupies.Whether Vail can get there by deploying its current operating model is irrelevant. Remember when Amazon was an online bookstore and Netflix a DVD-by-mail outfit? I barely do either, because visionary leaders (Jeff Bezos, Reed Hastings) shaped these companies into completely different things, tapping a rapidly evolving technological infrastructure capable of delivering consumers things they don't know they need until they realize they can't live without them. Like never going into a store again or watching an entire season of TV in one night. Like the multimountain ski pass.Being visionary is not the same thing as being omniscient. Amazon's Fire smartphone landed like a bag of sand in a gastank. Netflix nearly imploded after prematurely splitting its DVD and digital businesses in 2011. Vail's decision to simultaneously chop 2021-22 Epic Pass prices by 20 percent and kill its 2020-21 digital reservation system landed alongside labor shortages, inflation, and global supply chain woes, resulting in a season of inconsistent operations that may have turned a generation off to the company. Vail bullied Powdr into selling Park City and Arapahoe Basin into leaving the Epic Pass and Colorado's state ski trade association into having to survive without four (then five) of its biggest brands. The company alienated locals everywhere, from Stowe (traffic) to Sunapee (same) to Ohio (truncated seasons) to Indiana (same) to Park City (everything) to Whistler (same) to Stevens Pass (just so many people man). The company owns 99 percent of the credit for the lift-tickets-brought-to-you-by-Tiffany pricing structure that drives the popular perception that skiing is a sport accessible only to people who rent out Yankee Stadium for their dog's birthday party.We could go on, but the point is this: Vail has messed up in the past and will mess up again in the future. You don't build companies like skyscrapers, straight up from ground to sky. You build them, appropriately for Vail, like mountains, with an earthquake here and an eruption there and erosion sometimes and long stable periods when the trees grow and the goats jump around on the rocks and nothing much happens except for once in a while a puma shows up and eats Uncle Toby. Vail built its Everest by clever and novel and often ruthless means, but in doing so made a Balkanized industry coherent, mainstreamed the ski season pass, reshaped the consumer ski experience around adventure and variety, united the sprawling Park City resorts, acknowledged the Midwest as a lynchpin ski region, and forced competitors out of their isolationist stupor and onto the magnificent-but-probably-nonexistent-if-not-for-the-existential-need-to-compete-with Vail Ikon, Indy, and Mountain Collective passes.So let's not confuse the means for the end, or assume that Katz, now 58 and self-assured, will act with the same brash stop-me-if-you-can bravado that defined his first tenure. I mean, he could. But consumers have made it clear that they have alternatives, communities have made it clear that they have ways to stop projects out of spite, Alterra has made it clear that empire building is achieved just as well through ink as through swords, and large independents such as Jackson Hole have made it clear that the passes that were supposed to be their doom instead guaranteed indefinite independence via dependable additional income streams. No one's afraid of Vail anymore.That doesn't mean the company can't grow, can't surprise us, can't reconfigure the global ski jigsaw puzzle in ways no one has thought of. Vail has brand damage to repair, but it's repairable. We're not talking about McDonald's here, where the task is trying to convince people that inedible food is delicious. We're talking about Vail Mountain and Whistler and Heavenly and Stowe – amazing places that no one needs convincing are amazing. What skiers do need to be convinced of is that Vail Resorts is these ski areas' best possible steward, and that each mountain can be part of something much larger without losing its essence.You may be surprised to hear Katz acknowledge as much in our conversation. You will probably be surprised by a lot of things he says, and the way he projects confidence and optimism without having to fully articulate a vision that he's probably still envisioning. It's this instinctual lean toward the unexpected-but-impactful that powered Vail's initial rise and will likely reboot the company. Perhaps sooner than we expect.What we talked aboutThe CEO job feels “both very familiar and very new at the same time”; Vail Resorts 2025 versus Vail Resorts 2006; Ikon competition means “we have to get better”; the Epic Friends program that replaces Buddy Tickets: 50 percent off plus skiers can apply that cost to next year's Epic Pass; simplifying the confusing; “we're going to have to get a little more creative and a little more aggressive” when it comes to lift ticket pricing; why Vail will “probably always have a window ticket”; could we see lower lift ticket prices?; a response to lower-than-expected lift ticket sales in 2024-25; “I think we need to elevate the resort brands themselves”; thoughts on skier-visit drops; why Katz returned as CEO; evolving as a leader; a morale check for a company “that was used to winning” but had suffered setbacks; getting back to growth; competing for partners and “how do we drive thoughtful growth”; is Vail an underdog now?; Vail's big advantage; reflecting on the 20 percent 2021 Epic Pass price cut and whether that was the right decision; is the Epic Pass too expensive or too cheap?; reacting to the first ever decline in Epic Pass unit sales numbers; why so many mountains are unlimited on Epic Local; “who are you going to kick out of skiing” if you tighten access?; protecting the skier experience; how do you make skiers say “wow?”; defending Vail's ongoing resort leadership shuffle; and why the volume of Vail's lift upgrades slowed after 2022's Epic Lift Upgrade.What I got wrong* I said that the Epic Pass now offered access to “64 or 65” ski areas, but I neglected to include the six new ski areas that Vail partnered with in Austria for the 2025-26 ski season. The correct number of current Epic Pass partners is 71 (see chart above). * I said that Vail Resorts' skier visits declined by 1.5 percent from the 2023-24 to 2024-25 winters, and that national skier visits grew by three percent over that same timeframe. The numbers are actually reversed: Vail's skier visits slumped by approximately three percent last season, while national visits increased by 1.7 percent, per the National Ski Areas Association.* I said that the $1,429 Ikon Pass cost “40% more” than the $799 Epic Local – but I was mathing on the fly and I mathed dumb. The actual increase from Epic Local to Ikon is roughly 79 percent.* I claimed that Park City Mountain Resort was charging $328 for a holiday week lift ticket when it was “30 percent-ish open” and “the surrounding resorts were 70-ish percent open.” Unfortunately, I was way off on the dollar amount and the timeframe, as I was thinking of this X post I made on Wednesday, Jan. 8, when day-of tickets were selling for $288:* I said I didn't know what “Alterra” means. Alterra Mountain Company defines it as “a fusion of the words altitude and terrain/terra, paying homage to the mountains and communities that form the backbone of the company.”* I said that Vail's Epic Lift Upgrade was “22 or 23 lifts.” I was wrong, but the number is slippery for a few reasons. First, while I was referring specifically to Vail's 2021 announcement that 19 new lifts were inbound in 2022, the company now uses “Epic Lift Upgrade” as an umbrella term for all years' new lift installs. Second, that 2022 lift total shot up to 21, then down to 19 when Park City locals threw a fit and blocked two of them (both ultimately went to Whistler), then 18 after Keystone bulldozed an illegal access road in the high Alpine (the new lift and expansion opened the following year).Questions I wish I'd askedThere is no way to do this interview in a way that makes everyone happy. Vail is too big, and I can't talk about everything. Angry Mountain Bro wants me to focus on community, Climate Bro on the environment, Finance Bro on acquisitions and numbers, Subaru Bro on liftlines and parking lots. Too many people who already have their minds made up about how things are will come here seeking validation of their viewpoint and leave disappointed. I will say this: just because I didn't ask about something doesn't mean I wouldn't have liked to. Acquisitions and Europe, especially. But some preliminary conversations with Vail folks indicated that Katz had nothing new to say on either of these topics, so I let it go for another day.Podcast NotesOn various metrics Here's a by-the-numbers history of the Epic Pass:Here's Epic's year-by-year partner history:On the percent of U.S. skier visits that Vail accounts forWe don't know the exact percentage of U.S. skier visits belong to Vail Resorts, since the company's North American numbers include Whistler, which historically accounts for approximately 2 million annual skier visits. But let's call Vail's share of America's skier visits 25 percent-ish:On ski season pass participation in AmericaThe rise of Epic and Ikon has correlated directly with a decrease in lift ticket visits and an increase in season pass visits. Per Kotke's End-of-Season Demographic Report for 2023-24:On capital investmentSimilarly, capital investment has mostly risen over the past decade, with a backpedal for Covid. Kotke:The NSAA's preliminary numbers suggest that the 2024-25 season numbers will be $624.4 million, a decline from the previous two seasons, but still well above historic norms.On the mystery of the missing skier visitsI jokingly ask Katz for resort-by-resort skier visits in passing. Here's what I meant by that - up until the 2010-11 ski season, Vail, like all operators on U.S. Forest Service land, reported annual skier visits per ski area:And then they stopped, winning a legal argument that annual skier visits are proprietary and therefore protected from public records disclosure. Or something like that. Anyway most other large ski area operators followed this example, which mostly just serves to make my job more difficult.On that ski trip where Timberline punched out Vail in a one-on-five fightI don't want to be the Anecdote King, but in 2023 I toured 10 Mid-Atlantic ski areas the first week of January, which corresponded with a horrendous warm-up. The trip included stops at five Vail Resorts: Liberty, Whitetail, Seven Springs, Laurel, and Hidden Valley, all of which were underwhelming. Fine, I thought, the weather sucks. But then I stopped at Timberline, West Virginia:After three days of melt-out tiptoe, I was not prepared for what I found at gut-renovated Timberline. And what I found was 1,000 vertical feet of the best version of warm-weather skiing I've ever seen. Other than the trail footprint, this is a brand-new ski area. When the Perfect Family – who run Perfect North, Indiana like some sort of military operation – bought the joint in 2020, they tore out the lifts, put in a brand-new six-pack and carpet-loaded quad, installed all-new snowmaking, and gut-renovated the lodge. It is remarkable. Stunning. Not a hole in the snowpack. Coming down the mountain from Davis, you can see Timberline across the valley beside state-run Canaan Valley ski area – the former striped in white, the latter mostly barren.I skied four fast laps off the summit before the sixer shut at 4:30. Then a dozen runs off the quad. The skier level is comically terrible, beginners sprawled all over the unload, all over the green trails. But the energy is level 100 amped, and everyone I talked to raved about the transformation under the new owners. I hope the Perfect family buys 50 more ski areas – their template works.I wrote up the full trip here.On the megapass timelineI'll work on a better pass timeline at some point, but the basics are this:* 2008: Epic Pass debuts - unlimited access to all Vail Resorts* 2012: Mountain Collective debuts - 2 days each at partner resorts* 2015: M.A.X. Pass debuts - 5 days each at partner resorts, unlimited option for home resort* 2018: Ikon Pass debuts, replaces M.A.X. - 5, 7, or unlimited days at partner resorts* 2019: Indy Pass debuts - 2 days each at partner resortsOn Epic Day vs. Ikon Session I've long harped on the inadequacy of the Ikon Session Pass versus the Epic Day Pass:On Epic versus Ikon pricingEpic Passes mostly sell at a big discount to Ikon:On Vail's most recent investor conference callThis podcast conversation delivers Katz's first public statements since he hosted Vail Resorts' investor conference call on June 5. I covered that call extensively at the time:On Epic versus Ikon access tweaksAlterra tweaks Ikon Pass access for at least one or two mountains nearly every year – more than two dozen since 2020, by my count. Vail rarely makes any changes. I broke down the difference between the two in the article linked directly above this one. I ask Katz about this in the pod, and he gives us a very emphatic answer.On the Park City strikeNo reason to rehash the whole mess in Park City earlier this year. Here's a recap from The New York Times. The Storm's best contribution to the whole story was this interview with United Mountain Workers President Max Magill:On Vail's leadership shuffleI'll write more about this at some point, but if you scroll to the right on Vail's roster, you'll see the yellow highlights whenever Vail has switched a president/general manager-level employee over the past several years. It's kind of a lot. A sample from the resorts the company has owned since 2016:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing all year long. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

In this inspiring episode of The Entrepreneurial You, host Heneka Watkis-Porter welcomes Douglas Katz—West Point graduate, disabled army veteran, and the inventive mind behind Nulu Knives. Douglas shares his journey from military service to entrepreneurship, highlighting how empathy and inclusive design can empower independence for individuals with mobility challenges. Through practical innovation, Douglas is redefining kitchen tools not only for the disabled community but for a broader audience seeking simplicity and efficiency. What You'll Learn in This Episode: • How Douglas transitioned from military service to accessible product design • The creation and function of Nulu Knives and its impact on users • Why inclusive design benefits both disabled and able-bodied individuals • How the Ability Curve helps frame lifelong design thinking • The role of leadership and team empowerment in startup success • Ways entrepreneurs can solve real-world problems with empathy • Where to find and support Nulu Knives online • How inclusive innovation is shaping the future of entrepreneurship COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Let's connect beyond the podcast as Leadercast Kingston makes its grand return this October — a powerful opportunity to learn from top-tier leaders and visionary thinkers. In November, the journey continues aboard the LeadHerShip Cruise on Liberty of the Seas, where innovation, relaxation, and collaboration come together. Fun fact: this remarkable ship features a FlowRider surf simulator for ocean-side adventures, and even a cupcake shop to satisfy those sweet cravings. To learn more or to share feedback on the episode, listeners can reach out via email at heneka@henekawatkisporter.com or WhatsApp at 876-849-2571. The team always appreciates hearing from the community. CONTACT DOUGLAS KATZ: LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/dougkatz GIVE AWAY: Discount to Listeners nuluknives.com TRENDING NOW: Here's a trend worth noting: The global market for adaptive products is projected to reach $26 billion by 2028, and companies with inclusive design see a 30% boost in customer loyalty. Doug's work is at the forefront of a movement that's not just about accessibility-it's about smart, universal solutions for all. If you enjoyed this episode of The Entrepreneurial You, subscribe on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, leave a rating, and share it with your friends. Visit henekawatkisporter.com to download a free eBook on how to conduct podcast interviews like a pro! RELATED EPISODES YOU MIGHT ENJOY: Discover more episodes that offer valuable insights, inspiration, and practical tips to help you on your entrepreneurial journey. • Unlocking Peak Performance: Balancing Business, Body And Mind With A CEO-Athlete Andy Anderson • Escape the Business Owner Prison: Reclaim Joy, Balance, and Freedom With Richard Walsh AFFIRM WITH ME: I am an innovator, creating solutions that empower independence and dignity for all. LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE: Spotify: https://bit.ly/TEYSpotify Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/2nDEbsZ POWERED BY OUR SPONSORS: Thanks to our sponsors henekawatkisporter.com & the Jamaica Stock Exchange Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a textTwo media firms, Katz Media & National Media, recently partnered to conduct an in-depth media consumption study in the aftermath of the 2024 elections. For the first time publicly, Mitch Kline / Patrick McGee (Katz) & Adam Wise (National) talk in-depth about this study, what motivated it, and 10 core findings from their data.IN THIS EPISODEThe cliff notes version of how Mitch, Pat, and Adam got into politics...The origin story of the new post 2024 election media consumption survey...The 6 distinct voter media consumption profiles identified in this new data... When voters decided who to vote for in 2024 and media implications moving forward...The interconnection among the decline of ticket-splitting, ballot drop-off, and media fragmentation...The relative import of economic vs. social concerns in driving voter decisions...Texting as the "turnout workhorse" of the 2024 election & why it can't be replicated in 2026...Who voters want to hear from in campaigns?How the rise of second-screen experiences should change media strategies...Dirty little secrets about media ratings...What trends indicate about the future of media consumption in the coming years...The role of direct mail in the 2024 electionsFinal takeaways from this data from Mitch, Pat, & Adam...

Pesi Katz chats about our upcoming 5K on August 23rd. Sign up by going to https://forrestspence5k.raceroster.com. We hope to see you there for a fun day! Our show host is Brittany Spence and our Executive Producer is Castria.Subscribe today to stay up to date and don't forget to leave a rating and review!

On Saturday evening a five minute video of Hamas hostage Evyatar David, a 24-year-old music lover kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival, was released for publication by his family. A second video of hostage Rom Braslavski was released soon after. These young men have been starved for 22 months. Held in dark, filthy, airless tunnels. Tortured. Humiliated. We know much from hostages who had been held with them and were released in the last hostage deal in the winter. In the ensuing months their condition has deteriorated alarmingly and medical assessments give them a few weeks, days, perhaps hours, to live. State of Tel Aviv regular guest, Ya'akov Katz, joined me today on short notice to try to understand the impact of this harrowing footage on the Israeli population and the urgency - on so many levels - for the war to end and the hostages brought home. Since we recorded this afternoon, we have learned that the Cabinet is, incomprehensibly, nearing a decision to ramp up the war on Gaza and occupy much of the Strip. At this point nothing is confirmed, the hostages are dying and the moral fiber and cohesiveness of Israel is being put to an extreme test. Our conversation today is tough but important. And I wanted those not living here to understand how tormented most Israelis are. Not just by the hostages plight but also by the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.Show your support for STLV at buymeacoffee.com/stateoftelavivState of Tel Aviv is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Podcast NotesYaakov Katz is an Israeli-American author and journalist. Between 2016 and 2023, Yaakov was editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post where he continues to write a popular weekly column.He is the author of three books: “Shadow Strike – Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power”, “Weapon Wizards—How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower” and “Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War.”Prior to taking up the role of editor-in-chief, Yaakov served for two years as a senior policy adviser to Naftali Bennett during his tenure as Israel's Minister of Economy and Minister of Diaspora Affairs.In 2013, Yaakov was one of 12 international fellows to spend a year at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.Originally from Chicago, Yaakov has a law degree from Bar Ilan University. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife Chaya and their four children.Find Yaakov Katz on X Yaakov Katz This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stateoftelaviv.com/subscribe

Jerome Katz, SLU/Chaifetz School of Business Professor, joins Megan Lynch as the workers at Boeing in St Louis have hit the picket line after they rejected a new contract which had included a pay increase and some scheduling concessions. Katz says to pay attention to how the Boeing commercial airline division negotiated their new contract last year for clues as to how this all shakes out.

Eddie Brill joins me to discuss watching Jackie Gleason, Ernie Kovacs, & Bill Dana as a kid; going to Emerson college; Andy Kaufman; creating a comedy major at Emerson; trying stand up, quitting, and going back four years later; running the Paper Moon Comedy Club; Fright Night; Bill Gonzalez' Cable Comedy Show; watching the '86 World Series in Boston; minor league stadiums; his dad catching Sandy Koufax; hockey; 1969 - year of 3 NY championships; friendships with Sam Kinison & Robert Schimmel; doing warm up on Saved by the Bell; Louis CK gets him job as warm up at Letterman; subbing for Alan Kalter; Dr. Katz; first warm up after 9/11; doing bits on the show; doing stand up in UK, France, and Amsterdam; Mitch Hedberg and Stephen Wright; meeting Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, and Redd Foxx; Flip Wilson; Police Squad; booking ventriloquists; meeting childhood crushes Farrah Fawcett & Sophia Loren; Don Rickles compliments him; appearing on Never Mind the Buzzcocks & The Jonathan Ross Show; doing a character, Jackie Shecky and being recognized by the Beastie Boys; The Chevy Chase Roast; Richard Belzer; Robert Klein; David Brenner & Joan Rivers help him hone his first Letterman appearance; Cleon Jones, Roberto Clemente, and Sid Fernandez; and eating mustard on baked potatoes

Show NotesEarly Life & Tattoo Beginnings:JS grew up going back and forth to NYC, starting Fun City tattoo shop in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, working with punk legends, including Iggy Pop and hanging around the Lower East Side near Katz's Deli. Took over Spider Webb's tattoo shop and innovated tattoo styles internationally.Wild Addiction Years:Struggled with violent, restless addiction in LA, carrying guns, dealing with near-death overdoses, and hitting rock bottom multiple times. Describes being surrounded by tragedy (neighbors dying, violence) while strung out.First Sobriety Attempts:Found AA through a phone call, went to meetings while sick and broken, experienced his first sober year full of fear and confusion but connected with a tribe. Stayed sober for 10 years but was still dangerously angry and unstable.Relapse & Real Surrender:After years dry but miserable, relapsed hard on speedballs and other drugs. After a near-fatal speedball overdose, sincerely prayed for help for the first time — a turning point that led to a true surrender and lasting recovery.Spiritual Awakening & 12 Steps:Recommitted to sobriety at 48, dove deep into 12-step literature and principles, learning the disease was rooted in selfishness, self-centeredness, and insanity, not just substances. Developed a personal understanding of “God as we understood Him” and built a spiritual relationship that restored sanity.Plant Medicine Experiences:Explores ayahuasca and ibogaine ceremonies in Brazil and Mexico — the mother and stern general of plant medicines. Describes transformative, often brutal trips, communicating with ancestral spirits, and being a bridge to help suffering souls find peace.Integration with AA:Believes his foundation in AA allowed the plant medicine experiences to speak in a language he understood, blending 12-step spirituality with psychedelic healing. Emphasizes these tools aren't for everyone; people must be called to them.Writing & Legacy:Channels his higher self to write influential, raw literature about addiction and recovery. Proud of his work that connects deeply with people facing darkness.Wild Stories & Encounters:Remembers meeting Johnny Depp and Hunter S. Thompson, including a hilarious story about buying mummified fingers at a flea market and delivering a sarcastic note to a hotel room.

To celebrate the release on July 29th of The War on Science, we have recorded 20 podcast interviews with authors from the book. Starting on July 22nd, with Richard Dawkins, we will be releasing one interview per day. Interviewees in order, will be:Richard Dawkins July 23rdNiall Ferguson July 24thNicholas Christakis July 25thMaarten Boudry July 26thAbigail Thompson July 27thJohn Armstrong July 28thSally Satel – July 30Elizabeth Weiss – July 31Solveig Gold and Joshua Katz – August 1Frances Widdowson – August 2Carole Hooven – August 3Janice Fiamengo – August 4Geoff Horsman – August 5Alessandro Strumia – August 6Roger Cohen and Amy Wax – August 7Peter Boghossian – August 8Lauren Schwartz and Arthur Rousseau – August 9Alex Byrne and Moti Gorin – August 10Judith Suissa and Alice Sullivan – August 11Karleen Gribble – August 12Dorian Abbot – August 13The topics these authors discuss range over ideas including the ideological corruption of science, historical examples of the demise of academia, free speech in academia, social justice activism replacing scholarship in many disciplines, disruptions of science from mathematics to medicine, cancel culture, the harm caused by DEI bureaucracies at universities, distortions of biology, disingenous and dangerous distortions of the distinctions between gender and sex in medicine, and false premises impacting on gender affirming care for minors, to, finally, a set of principles universities should adopt to recover from the current internal culture war. The dialogues are blunt, and provocative, and point out the negative effects that the current war on science going on within universities is having on the progress of science and scholarship in the west. We are hoping that the essays penned by this remarkable group of scholars will help provoke discussion both within universities and the public at large about how to restore trust, excellence, merit, and most important sound science, free speech and free inquiry on university campuses. Many academics have buried their heads in the sand hoping this nonsense will go away. It hasn't and we now need to become more vocal, and unified in combatting this modern attack on science and scholarship. The book was completed before the new external war on science being waged by the Trump administration began. Fighting this new effort to dismantle the scientific infrastructure of the country is important, and we don't want to minimized that threat. But even if the new attacks can be successfully combatted in Congress, the Courts, and the ballot box, the longstanding internal issues we describe in the new book, and in the interviews we are releasing, will still need to be addressed to restore the rightful place of science and scholarship in the west. I am hoping that you will find the interviews enlightening and encourage you to look at the new book when it is released, and help become part of the effort to restore sound science and scholarship in academia. With no further ado, The War on Science interviews…As always, an ad-free video version of this podcast is also available to paid Critical Mass subscribers. Your subscriptions support the non-profit Origins Project Foundation, which produces the podcast. The audio version is available free on the Critical Mass site and on all podcast sites, and the video version will also be available on the Origins Project YouTube. Get full access to Critical Mass at lawrencekrauss.substack.com/subscribe

Craig Katz joins the show to break down the policy tensions between Illinois' regulated marijuana market and its largely unregulated hemp industry. As a board member for multiple trade associations and the compliance manager at CBDratom, Katz gives listeners an insider view into the push for House Bill 1—a legislative effort that would add labeling, age-gating, and testing requirements for intoxicating hemp products, without placing them under the expensive and restrictive CRTA framework. We talk about why hemp has become a preferred path for small businesses and social equity entrepreneurs, how major cannabis companies are now entering the hemp space, and what reasonable regulation could look like. Plus, a frank discussion on taxation, the future of HB1, and the controversial compound known as “7OH.” Watch video version and read full show notes here: https://thecolememo.com/2025/07/28/e221/

In 2004, Rav Ari Katz moved with his family to Gush Katif, to serve as Rosh Yeshiva of a local high school. Just over a year later, soldiers knocked on his door and told him to leave. In this 9 Days special episode, Rav Katz shares:What drew him to Gush Katif despite knowing the threatsThe beauty, unity, and spiritual strength of the communityHis firsthand account of the expulsion—including “the longest day of his life”How he and his community coped with the trauma, picked themselves up, and started againWhy he believes October 7th began in the summer of 2005Modern Day Churban?As we approach Tisha B'Av, the day we mourn our exiles and national losses, this story feels especially relevant. Because Gush Katif was not ancient history—its a kind of modern Churban, including the destruction of entire communities, shuls and schools.And yet, its a very complicated story. The 'disengagement' was the product of a Jewish government, and a Jewish army comprised of Jewish soldiers. The residents were not sent in to actual exile, they moved in to other parts of a flourishing and successful State of Israel. Rav Katz doesn't shy away from these complexities.Pain and HopeWe spoke about pain and trauma, but we also spoke about resilience. After the final Mincha minyan, David Chatuel addressed the community. A year earlier, his preganant wife and all four of his children were murdered by terrorists. He got up and said "When tragedy strikes, you can crawl under your blanket—or you can get up and live."Guest BioRav Ari Katz is the Director of Sderot Hesder YeshivaFor MoreMake sure to sign up for exclusive written content at ShtarkTank.orgFor more on the Gush Katif Heritage Center click hereFor more on Sderot Hesder Yeshiva click here

Eine teure Party in Tirol und ein hartnäckiger Hotelier wurden dem Reality-TV-Star zum Verhängnis, nun drohen ihm bis zu drei Jahre Haft. »Inside Austria« rekonstruiert Ochsenknechts mutmaßliche notorische Zechprellerei. Vor Jimi Blue Ochsenknechts harter Landung war Party: Ende 2021 feiert der Reality-TV-Star seinen Geburtstag in einem Tiroler Hotel: Après-Ski, noble Suiten, edles Essen – und am Ende eine offene Rechnung über fast 14.000 Euro. Es folgen ein europäischer Haftbefehl, die Festnahme am Hamburger Flughafen und eine Fahrt im Gefängnisbus bis nach Österreich. Dort muss der einstige Kinderstar jetzt auf den Gerichtsprozess warten Warum wurde Ochsenknecht wie ein Schwerverbrecher behandelt, weil er mutmaßlich eine Rechnung nicht beglichen haben soll? Der geschädigte Tiroler Hotelier Wilhelm Steindl spricht über das monatelange Katz- und Mausspiel, das Ochsenknechts Festnahme vorausging. Und es geht um weitere mutmaßliche Straftaten des einstigen Kinderstars: Lukas Eberle vom SPIEGEL und Oliver DasGupta vom STANDARD erklären, was hinter der mutmaßlichen Masche des Schauspielers steckt. In der Podcast-Serie Inside Austria rekonstruieren der SPIEGEL und der österreichische STANDARD gemeinsam Fälle, Skandale und politische Abgründe in Österreich. Wenn Ihnen unser Podcast gefällt, folgen Sie uns doch und lassen Sie uns ein paar Sterne da. Kritik, Feedback oder Themenideen gerne an insideaustria@spiegel.de oder an podcast@derstandard.at Den Inside Austria Newsletter finden Sie hier: https://www.spiegel.de/thema/die-lage-inside-austria/+++ Alle Infos zu unseren Werbepartnern finden Sie hier. Die SPIEGEL-Gruppe ist nicht für den Inhalt dieser Seite verantwortlich. +++ Den SPIEGEL-WhatsApp-Kanal finden Sie hier. Alle SPIEGEL Podcasts finden Sie hier. Mehr Hintergründe zum Thema erhalten Sie mit SPIEGEL+. Entdecken Sie die digitale Welt des SPIEGEL, unter spiegel.de/abonnieren finden Sie das passende Angebot. Informationen zu unserer Datenschutzerklärung.

Emission C dans l'air du 25 juillet 2025 : Palestine : pourquoi Macron fait polémique C'est une annonce majeure sur la scène diplomatique. La France va reconnaître officiellement l'État de Palestine. Le président Emmanuel Macron, qui s'était engagé en faveur de cette reconnaissance il y a plusieurs mois, a confirmé jeudi soir sur le réseau social X qu'il ferait "une annonce solennelle" devant l'ONU en septembre prochain. Il a invoqué "l'engagement historique de la France en faveur d'une paix juste et durable au Moyen-Orient".Dans le même message, le chef de l'État a souligné "l'urgence" aujourd'hui "que la guerre cesse et que la population civile soit secourue". "Il faut immédiatement un cessez-le-feu, la libération de tous les otages et une aide humanitaire massive à la population de Gaza. Il faut aussi garantir la démilitarisation du Hamas, sécuriser et reconstruire Gaza. Il faut enfin bâtir l'État de Palestine, assurer sa viabilité et permettre qu'en acceptant sa démilitarisation et en reconnaissant pleinement Israël, il participe à la sécurité de tous au Proche-Orient" écrit le chef de l'Etat. Il a par ailleurs adressé une lettre au président de l'Autorité palestinienne, Mahmoud Abbas, pour lui faire part de sa "détermination à aller de l'avant".La réponse palestinienne n'a pas tardé. Le vice-président de l'Organisation de libération de la Palestine (OLP), Hussein al-Cheikh, a salué une "position qui reflète l'attachement de la France au droit international", selon des propos rapportés par la BBC. Mahmoud Abbas a, de son côté, qualifié la décision de "victoire pour la cause palestinienne".En Israël, la réaction a été immédiate et virulente. Le Premier ministre Benyamin Nétanyahou a dénoncé "fermement" cette annonce. "Dans ces conditions, un État palestinien serait un tremplin pour anéantir Israël, et non pour vivre en paix à ses côtés", a-t-il écrit sur X. Le ministre israélien de la Défense, Israël Katz, a pour sa part qualifié la décision française de "honteuse" et de "capitulation face au terrorisme".Allié historique d'Israël, Washington a également rejeté l'initiative. Le secrétaire d'État américain Marco Rubio a dénoncé une décision "imprudente" et un "camouflet pour les victimes du 7 octobre". À l'inverse, plusieurs États arabes ont salué la décision française. Le ministère saoudien des Affaires étrangères a notamment évoqué "une décision historique qui réaffirme le consensus de la communauté internationale sur le droit du peuple palestinien à l'autodétermination et à l'établissement d'un État indépendant sur les frontières de 1967".Sur le territoire national, les réactions sont tout aussi divisées. Le Rassemblement national a dénoncé "une faute politique et morale", tandis qu'à gauche, plusieurs responsables ont salué une "victoire morale" et ont appelé à "des sanctions" contre le gouvernement israélien de Benyamin Netanyahou.Avec cette annonce, la France est le premier pays du G7 à avoir officialisé son intention de reconnaître l'État de Palestine. Pourtant, elle n'est pas seule. La Palestine est déjà reconnue officiellement par 147 États sur les 193 membres de l'ONU, soit près de 75 % des États membres. Depuis mai 2024, l'Espagne, l'Irlande, la Norvège, puis la Slovénie l'ont également fait.Alors, que va changer cette décision ? Pourquoi est-elle historique ? Quels sont les enjeux derrière cette reconnaissance de l'État de Palestine ?LES EXPERTS : - Vincent HUGEUX - Journaliste spécialiste des enjeux internationaux, enseignant à Sciences Po- Patricia ALLEMONIÈRE - Grand reporter, spécialiste des questions internationales - Anthony BELLANGER - Éditorialiste international - Franceinfo TV- Richard WERLY - Journaliste, correspondant à Paris du média suisse Blick.ch

This year's New York City mayoral primary delivered twists, upsets and a surprise victory that's redrawing the city's political landscape. To unpack the moment, seasoned strategist and key adviser Rebecca Katz joined NY1's Errol Louis for a wide-ranging conversation on strategy, authenticity and what it takes to win. Katz, whose track record includes advising Sens. John Fetterman and Ruben Gallego and former Mayor Bill de Blasio, reflects on the lessons of this campaign cycle and the unexpected rise of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor. She broke down how issue-driven, community-rooted messaging continues to resonate with voters, drawing parallels to de Blasio's 2013 run. The conversation also explored the evolving tools of modern politics, including the need for Democrats to embrace social media, the underrated power of “fun” in campaigns and why showing up consistently for communities still matters more than ever.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we revisit our series on Gone Home and walking simulators with an interview with Karla Zimonja. We talk about Karla's early career before transitioning to talking about Minerva's Den and get a lot of great gems from the development of Gone Home. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 01:02 Interview 1:21:00 Break 1:21:30 Outro Issues covered: early life and education, stop motion animation and puppetry, Squigglevision, no usual paths into games, transitioning to 3D animation, getting on the content mill, getting in, repetition and burnout, doing tons of research and visual design, picking the soundtrack and working on voice, a small team covering a lot of stuff, putting together clipped out letters, covering all the bases for graphic design/props/and more, digital hoarding, moving to Portland, having a great production, making the bros cry, getting onto Steam, critical acclaim getting you to market, taking out the combat, removing rather than replacing, environmental storytelling, setting the game in the 90s, being aware of the world and having no cellphones, setting yourself up for rigor, pacing, tying together time and space, knowing where the player will go, going to the second floor vs the first floor, putting chunks together, a mind map, callbacks between props, forgetting you're in a video game, the story doesn't exist without the player putting things together, the IKEA effect, situating the journal in Sam's perspective, audio logs, Katie knowing what her sister's voice would be like, not being a little game designer, avoiding artifice, avoiding goofiness, three parter audio logs, cutting out logs you didn't need, not holding the player's hand, dumbing down too far vs letting people be uncomfortable, finding the voice via research, being able to generalize from the highly detailed specifics, getting handwriting, magic and Unicorn Cloud 7, being just as easy to put in the supernatural story but resisting that, wanting the fantasy, how to think about game structure, "the team makes the game," putting story in the ephemera, constraints and applying them to generate the tension, award-winning, the indie space and the blogs, indies banding together, thinking about a game when you're not playing it. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Asheron's Call 2, Zoo Tycoon 2, 2K Marin, Bioshock 2, Minerva's Den, Fullbright, Tacoma, Open Roads, Wanderstop, Sonderlust Studios, Generation Exile, EA, Comedy Central, Cartoon Network, Olive Jar Animation, MTV, The Critic, Nightmare Before Christmas, Tom Snyder, Soup to Nuts, Dr. Katz, Home Movies, Mitch Hedberg, Trainspotting, Animator Pro, Turbine Games, Lightwave, The Last of Us, Something Awful, Fallout (series), Bob Hope, Maya, Johnnemann Nordhagen, Karina Veronica Riesgo, Inkscape, Steve Gaynor, Rachel Gaynor, Steam Greenlight, Independent Games Festival/IGF, Dear Esther, Call of Cthulhu, Street Fighter, NES/SNES, IKEA, William Goldman, Alien: Isolation, Kate Craig, Final Fantasy VII, Horse Master, Carl Lumbly, Alias, John Wick, Lance Reddick, Outer Wilds, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia, Bratmobile. Next time: TBA! Twitch: timlongojr  Discord  DevGameClub@gmail.com 

Israel's defence minister, Israel Katz, told journalists earlier this month that he has instructed the military to draw up plans for a camp in southern Gaza, which would eventually house the entire population of the strip. According to Israel's Haaretz newspaper, Katz said residents would not be allowed to leave once they entered — although he and other Israeli officials are still talking about plans to deport, or “voluntarily relocate,” Gazan civilians.While Katz described this as a “humanitarian city,” critics — including a former Israeli prime minister — have decried the plan as a “concentration camp.”Today, we'll first hear from a man in the area of southern Gaza from which people would theoretically be moved into this proposed camp. Then we'll speak to Dahlia Scheindlin, a Tel Aviv-based pollster and political analyst, and author of the recent book The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled.For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

www.patreon.com/dopeypodcastThis week on Dopey! It's ChrisMiss Time Again - and we remember Chris and think about what we've lost in our latest ChrisMiss episode. We are joined by Ted and Colin—two of Chris's closest friends—for a long, emotional, laugh filled but ultimately tragic journey through grief, memory, relapse, recovery and death. They recount wild and deeply human stories of Chris: his powerful magnetism,  his “whatevs” persona, and the time he hugged a drunk driver who had just killed someone. Then, we go deep into Chris's relapse, the shame that may have surrounded it, and the fear of losing connection.From Mountainside to Katz's Deli, from a poetry slam to the drunk tank, from legacy to myth to bionic legs traded for heroin—this episode is everything that made Chris unforgettable. PLUS: a classic Dopey voicemail from Tim in Philly involving coke, Cookie, and crackhouse head, and a replay of Episode 71 with Chris. It all ends with the classic version of “Bad Card” and a full-circle Dave and Chris musical outro. Stay strong Dopey Nation, and fucking toodles for Chris.Opening:Dave recalls Dave Marshall, the first Dopey community member to die. Dave, Chris, and Dave Marshall once recorded a now-lost episode that ended in a bizarre fight—possibly because Chris was trying to impress Marshall.Talking Grief:Dave asks Colin and Ted how they grieve Chris. Colin mentions laughing at dumb things and feeling like Chris is still there. Ted recalls vivid dreams where Chris walks him through his relationship with his wife, like a ghostly Scrooge-style guide. The dream was so powerful he woke up crying.Dreams of Chris:Dave shares that Chris is always dead in his dreams, and that he recently had one with both Chris and his mother (also deceased). Chris always knows he's gone in the dream—making them painful but powerful.Trend of Death:The conversation shifts to the changing trends of death in recovery: less overdoses, more suicides, including people they knew.Settlers of Catan:Chris's obsession with the Settlers board game—cheating newbies, logging fake wins on a wooden log, and playing alone while stacking stats. The actual Settlers Log might be lost.Connection & Community:Colin reflects on connection as the heart of Dopey and recovery. Chris embodied that connection for many.Why Did Chris Relapse?They dive into theories around Chris's relapse:He was doing well—finished his master's, in a stable relationship, BTN job picking up.Dave wonders if Chris thought the promises of recovery would be better high.Colin and Ted say Chris might've feared losing relationships if he admitted he was using.Shame and stigma—not about being an addict, but about breaking the recovery identity—were likely massive.Chris's Persona:“Whatevs” was Chris's favorite line, but everyone agrees—he actually cared a lot. He just didn't want people to know.Origin Story:Chris and Dave met at Mountainside, where Chris became Dave's “Eskimo”, showing him that 12-step worked.Chris used to visit Katz's Deli to impress Dave and his girlfriends.They texted or talked every single day from 2015 to the day Chris died.The Fatal Crash Story:Ted and Chris are en route to a poetry slam when they stumble on a deadly car crash—they are first on scene.Ted goes into shock.Chris takes action—calls 911, finds a guy with smashed legs, then chases the drunk driver into the woods.The driver is blackout drunk, crying, and doesn't know what happened.Chris hugs the man, tells him he killed someone, and holds him as he cries.Later, Chris keeps in touch with the man, who is sentenced to 30 years in prison. It was his seventh DUI.Synchronicity:A year later, Chris relapsed. Ted and Colin had to call the cops on him.The same officer from the crash scene showed up to arrest Chris and put him in the drunk tank.Chris's Duality:Dave sums it up: “We're the same people who kill people. We're the same people who help people. And we can turn up totally wasted again at the drop of a dime.”Recovery Today:Ted no longer goes to meetings. He stays clean through fatherhood, meditation, self-help, spirituality, and service.Colin is still active in both 12-step and Dharma recovery, running meetings and staying connected.The Island & The Source:They call the Berkshires “The Source” (or “the island from Lost”) and reflect that Chris might have needed to stay there.Dopey Origins:Ted recalls Chris calling Dave from their house, excited about starting something.They joke about Ted's long resistance to appearing on Dopey, and how his job working with kids made him hesitant to be publicly associated with drug stories. He recently shared his full story with his students.Legacy of Chris & Dopey Growth:Dave reflects on how Chris's death helped grow the show in ways that feel bittersweet.Ted and Colin say they thought Dopey was “so dumb” when it started but now are blown away by what Dave's done with it.Robot Legs Story:Ted shares a picture of Chris's titanium leg braces, used to treat ankle issues from drinking.Chris once tried to trade the $5,000 robotic legs for heroin—the dealer said no.Cookie & Classic Dopey Returns:Dave plays a classic voicemail from Tim in Philly:Shoots coke in KensingtonReggie and Cookie join himReggie says Cookie gives “the best head”Tim says no, but once the coke hits—he caves instantlyThey do the drugs in Reggie's mom's house, possiblyClassic filthy, funny, dark Dopey stuffThrowback to Dopey Episode 71:Dave plays a full classic Chris segment:Shooting cokeEuphoric recallLego hot dog standsMeeting speakers“Built-in forgetters”Chris's obsession with scale, smell, and push“Favorite part was waiting for the rush before it hit”Final Thoughts:Dave shares how much he misses Chris.Notes the podcast would not exist without him.Chris is still part of it every week.Reflects on his old sponsor telling him “you have to step over bodies,” which he rejected.Chris's death has saved lives.Dopey grew because of him—but Dave would trade it all to have him back. 

The Existential Dilemma facing Bibi: Making Peace with Syria, but also bombing Syria to save the Syrian Druze (thereby giving מְנוּחַת הַנֶּפֶשׁ to the Israeli Druze). A very complicated story!

What happens when outward success hides an inward secret?In this episode of The MISOGI Method, host Jody B. Miller sits down with Alan Katz—aka A.L. Katz of Tales from the Crypt fame—who reveals the 45-year secret that redefined his life and career.Alan shares how confronting that truth transformed him from a successful screenwriter into a purpose-driven storyteller.Today, he leads Costard & Touchstone, a podcast company dedicated to making the world better through story.This episode is a deep dive into courage, reinvention, and the healing power of truth.

On this episode of The White Sox Podcast, Chuck Garfien talks with pitching coach Ethan Katz about how his pitching staff has been able to outperform others like the Dodgers and Blue Jays. From managing innings for young starters to getting elite results from Rule 5 picks, Katz explains the strategy, communication, and development driving the Sox's surprising success on the mound.

Episode No. 714 features curator and art historian Jonathan D. Katz and curators Allison Kemmerer and Gordon Wilkins. With Johnny Willis, Katz is the co-curator of "The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity, 1869-1939" at Wrightwood 659, Chicago. The exhibition details the emergence of a significant change in how societies around the world regarded homosexuality in the wake of the coining of the term 'homosexual' in 1869, and the ways in which images have represented a range of identities ever since. It is on view through July 26. The fascinating exhibition catalogue was published by Monacelli. Amazon and Bookshop offer it for $70-75. Kemmerer and Wilkins are the curators of "June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart" at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Mass. The exhibition surveys a 75-year career during which Leaf explored the human experience in works that are layered, whimsical, playful, and sometimes dark. It is on view through July 31. The Addison, the Grey Art Museum, New York University, and the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College co-published the exhibition catalogue with Rizzoli. It is available from Amazon and Bookshop for $42-60.

Donnie battled on Day 2ABC of the Main Event and lived to tell the tale. He and Ducky chat about that, Cary Katz's first bracelet victory, and Shaun Deeb's plans to try to retain the Player of the Year lead. Enter the PokerGO Podcast Dream Seat Giveaway: bit.ly/gleampod25.Enter the PokerGO/PGT Dream Seat Competitions: http://pgt.com/dream-seatFollow Donnie on Twitter: @Donnie_PetersFollow Tim on Twitter: @Tim__DuckworthFollow PokerGO on Twitter: @PokerGO Subscribe to PokerGO today to receive 24/7 access to the world's largest poker content library, including the WSOP, High Stakes Poker, No Gamble, No Future, and more. Use the promo code PODCAST to receive $20 off your first year of a new annual subscription. Join today at PokerGO.com.Play free poker against real players anytime, anywhere on PlayPokerGO. Build your path to poker mastery for free with Octopi Poker. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pokergo-podcast--5877082/support.

Newt talks with Yaakov Katz, former editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, about President Trump's decision to deploy B-2 bombers to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, leading to a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Their discussion examines the implications of these bombings on Middle Eastern geopolitics, Israel's military strategy, and the potential for lasting peace. Katz highlights the historic nature of the U.S. and Israeli military actions, the strategic dismantling of Iran's nuclear capabilities, and the broader impact on regional stability. They also talk about the challenges of achieving regime change in Iran, the role of Sunni Arab states, and the future of Gaza post-conflict. Katz emphasizes the need for a new governing entity in Gaza and the importance of deradicalization for lasting peace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BONUS: Updates from Tel Aviv – Israel’s Precision Strikes, Resilience, and the Nuclear Threat In this gripping hour of The Sean Hannity Show, Sean Hannity speaks with journalist Roy Katz and others to provide a frontline account of Israel’s defense against Iranian aggression. With Tel Aviv enduring relentless ballistic missile attacks, Katz describes families racing to shelters and children counting sirens as part of their new normal. The conversation highlights Israel’s remarkable military precision, having neutralized key Iranian nuclear facilities and leadership targets, while maintaining control of the skies over Tehran. Hannity and his guests emphasize that Iran’s nuclear ambitions pose an existential threat—not only to Israel but also to the U.S.—and argue that action now prevents catastrophe later. They praise Israel’s unity across political divides in the face of danger and call out the failures of U.S. border security and foreign policy. The discussion underscores the need for unwavering support of Israel and decisive action to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran. Be sure to follow and subscribe to The Sean Hannity Show wherever you get your podcasts. And don’t forget to follow the show on social media so you never miss a moment! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seanhannityX (Twitter): https://x.com/seanhannity YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VerdictwithTedCruzSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.