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Best podcasts about Keith Baker

Latest podcast episodes about Keith Baker

Dungeon Master of None
340 - Frontiers of Eberron

Dungeon Master of None

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 69:56


Matt and Rob strap on their spurs and ride off into the sunset with Keith Baker and the Eberron crew, reviewing Frontiers of Eberron, the latest (and maybe last?) Eberron splatbook for 5e. It's got a gazetteer, a starting town, an adventure, monstrous races, warforged cowboys, and more! Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone https://www.dmsguild.com/product/493112/Frontiers-of-Eberron-Quickstone  Follow Dungeon Master of None on Blue Sky:  https://bsky.app/profile/dmofnone.bsky.social  https://www.patreon.com/DungeonMasterOfNone  Join the DMofNone Discord! Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Marty Robbins - Big Iron Will Smith - Wild Wild West Johnny Western - The Ballad of Paladin

Delaney in the Morning
Keith Baker-Coldwater City Manager 2024 Wrap-Up 12-19-24

Delaney in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 9:57


Wrapping up 2024 and looking ahead to 2025 for the City of ColdwaterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours
TPT #383: Game Design for D&D 2024

Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 85:44


I-Hsien is joined by Imogen Gingell, a plasma physicist and game designer, adamantine bestseller on the DMs Guild, and co-author of Frontiers of Eberron with Keith Baker, to talk about how game design best practices have changed with the D&D 2024 rules update. Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Support the show on Patreon and get access to the Character Creation Forge: https://www.patreon.com/totalpartythrill Total Party Thrill Discord server: Come hang out with us and other fans of the show. https://discord.com/invite/GvFXnSv TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It's finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible. Teepublic: Home of the TPT-shirt! Contact us: Twitter: @TPTcast Email: totalpartythrill@gmail.com Web: www.totalpartythrill.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/totalpartythrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totalpartythrill YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TotalPartyThrill

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
Episode 293: Master Clinician Part 2: Keith Baker

Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2024 66:33


In this 293rd episode I interview Dr. Keith Baker in another master clinician episode. Dr. Baker is a professor at Harvard Medical School, the Vice Chair for Education at MGH and was formerly the residency program director there for 15 years.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Delaney in the Morning
Keith Baker-Coldwater City Manager-November Road Millage 10-10-24

Delaney in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 6:21


A road millage proposal will be on the ballot for City of Coldwater voters November 5.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours
TPT #379: Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone Review

Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 84:05


Hosts I-Hsien and Shane trek into the borderlands in this cover-to-cover review of the latest (and last?) Eberron book from creator Keith Baker. We walk you through the lore and character options and let you know if it's worth adding to your collection. (80m) Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone: Buy the book on the DMs Guild. Total Party Thrill Discord server: Come hang out with us and other fans of the show. https://discord.gg/GvFXnSv TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It's finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible. Teepublic: Home of the TPT-shirt! Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/totalpartythrill Contact us: Twitter: @TPTcast Email: totalpartythrill@gmail.com Web: www.totalpartythrill.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/totalpartythrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totalpartythrill YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TotalPartyThrill

Dungeons & Dragons Lorecast
Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone/2024 PHB First Impressions

Dungeons & Dragons Lorecast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 34:52


We discuss TWO major releases from this week. The first is the newest Eberron offering from Keith Baker and an amazing team, Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone. The second is the 2024 Player's Handbooks. We give our first impressions on both! Are they worth buying? BUY Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone LEARN about West Marches here and here DnD Lorecast Discord | DnD Lorecast swag Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy Miniatures: https://amzn.to/34kh6kX  Awesome Looking Dice Sets: https://amzn.to/3aHFwpM Links: Lore TA Shaun's second novel, The Dissonance, is out NOW Pantheon/PRH! Buy it ANYWHERE books are sold! And pick up Shaun's Conan the Barbarian ebook short story, also available now! Fandom University - Sergio's OTHER nerdy podcast! Multi-episodes arcs deep-diving into various nerdy topics *SEASON 1 NOW COMPLETE* NoSleep Podcast - online and on Twitch, a horror fiction podcast Mary helps work on Check out all the socials right here: https://linktr.ee/dndlorecast And send us a note! Email us at dndlorecast@gmail.com  ROBOTSRADIO.net - Smart Shows for Interesting People. Explore all the awesome shows on the network. Robots Radio Network Discord: discord.gg/JXKfVhM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The RPGBOT.Podcast
FRONTIERS OF EBERRON - QUICKSTONE - Keith Baker has just clowned on everybody

The RPGBOT.Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 67:34


Saddle up, folks! The RPGBOT.Podcast is riding into the Wild West of Eberron with the "Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone" supplement by Keith Baker and his team! In this week's episode, we're talking dueling wizards, living magic items, and more subclasses than you can shake a six-shooter at! We've got arcane focus specialization feats that'll have you channeling spells like a gunslinger, and we're drooling over some symbionts—magic items that are alive (and a little creepy). Plus, train heists, collapsed mines, and a final boss showdown in a demi-plane. It's like D&D meets High Noon! Whether you're into westerns, Eberron, or just want to bring a little yeehaw to your next adventure, this episode is for you! Listen now, partner, or you'll be rolling initiative before you know it! Summary In this rootin' tootin' episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, the hosts saddle up and mosey into the newest D&D supplement, "Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone" by Keith Baker and his posse. This ain't your average spell-slinging adventure—it's a full-blown magical showdown in a Wild West-style town! The hosts excitedly tip their hats to the supplement's shiny new dueling mechanics, subclasses, and species. Turns out, nothing says "Welcome to Eberron" like a shootout between a gunslinger and a wizard wielding a living, symbiotic magic item. They geek out over the coolest feats, like the arcane focus specialization (because who wouldn't want to channel a spell while doing their best Clint Eastwood impression?) and gush over the weird-but-awesome "symbionts"—magic items that are, quite literally, alive. Oh, and let's not forget the eye-popping art and monsters that could make even the bravest outlaw want to roll for initiative. They round off the discussion with a quick gallop through the adventure module, which features everything you'd expect from a fantasy western: train heists, mine collapses, and a final showdown in a demi-plane. The hosts give it two enthusiastic thumbs up and a tumbleweed for good measure, recommending it for anyone who loves the Eberron setting or just wants to throw some magic into their next High Noon duel. Yeehaw! Links Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone (affiliate link) RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes Keith Baker on Eberron, Remastered Takeaways from the Episode: The hosts dive into the dueling mechanics in the Quickstone supplement, sprinkling in plenty of humor along the way. Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone brings a Wild West vibe to the Eberron setting, complete with a frontier town atmosphere. New dueling mechanics offer high-risk, high-reward gameplay, creating cinematic and tense showdowns. The supplement adds depth to character creation with new subclasses, backgrounds, and species tailored for the Eberron setting. New feats and magic items provide unique, creative options for players to explore. The book's art is visually stunning and enhances the overall experience. Creative monster designs add fresh challenges for players to face. The included adventure is a perfect introduction to the setting, blending classic D&D elements with a Wild West twist. Quickstone is a well-crafted adventure module for the Eberron campaign, featuring dramatic events like a train attack, mine collapse, and a boss battle in a demi-plane. The hosts highly recommend Quickstone for fans of both westerns and the Eberron setting. If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra Twitter: @RPGBOTDOTNET Facebook: rpgbotbotdotnet Bluesky:rpgbot.bsky.social Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.Games Twitter: @GravenAshes YouTube@ashravenmedia Randall James @JackAmateur Amateurjack.com Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati

RPGBOT.Podcast
FRONTIERS OF EBERRON - QUICKSTONE - Keith Baker has just clowned on everybody

RPGBOT.Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 67:34


Saddle up, folks! The RPGBOT.Podcast is riding into the Wild West of Eberron with the "Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone" supplement by Keith Baker and his team! In this week's episode, we're talking dueling wizards, living magic items, and more subclasses than you can shake a six-shooter at! We've got arcane focus specialization feats that'll have you channeling spells like a gunslinger, and we're drooling over some symbionts—magic items that are alive (and a little creepy). Plus, train heists, collapsed mines, and a final boss showdown in a demi-plane. It's like D&D meets High Noon! Whether you're into westerns, Eberron, or just want to bring a little yeehaw to your next adventure, this episode is for you! Listen now, partner, or you'll be rolling initiative before you know it! Summary In this rootin' tootin' episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, the hosts saddle up and mosey into the newest D&D supplement, "Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone" by Keith Baker and his posse. This ain't your average spell-slinging adventure—it's a full-blown magical showdown in a Wild West-style town! The hosts excitedly tip their hats to the supplement's shiny new dueling mechanics, subclasses, and species. Turns out, nothing says "Welcome to Eberron" like a shootout between a gunslinger and a wizard wielding a living, symbiotic magic item. They geek out over the coolest feats, like the arcane focus specialization (because who wouldn't want to channel a spell while doing their best Clint Eastwood impression?) and gush over the weird-but-awesome "symbionts"—magic items that are, quite literally, alive. Oh, and let's not forget the eye-popping art and monsters that could make even the bravest outlaw want to roll for initiative. They round off the discussion with a quick gallop through the adventure module, which features everything you'd expect from a fantasy western: train heists, mine collapses, and a final showdown in a demi-plane. The hosts give it two enthusiastic thumbs up and a tumbleweed for good measure, recommending it for anyone who loves the Eberron setting or just wants to throw some magic into their next High Noon duel. Yeehaw! Links Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone (affiliate link) RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes Keith Baker on Eberron, Remastered Takeaways from the Episode: The hosts dive into the dueling mechanics in the Quickstone supplement, sprinkling in plenty of humor along the way. Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone brings a Wild West vibe to the Eberron setting, complete with a frontier town atmosphere. New dueling mechanics offer high-risk, high-reward gameplay, creating cinematic and tense showdowns. The supplement adds depth to character creation with new subclasses, backgrounds, and species tailored for the Eberron setting. New feats and magic items provide unique, creative options for players to explore. The book's art is visually stunning and enhances the overall experience. Creative monster designs add fresh challenges for players to face. The included adventure is a perfect introduction to the setting, blending classic D&D elements with a Wild West twist. Quickstone is a well-crafted adventure module for the Eberron campaign, featuring dramatic events like a train attack, mine collapse, and a boss battle in a demi-plane. The hosts highly recommend Quickstone for fans of both westerns and the Eberron setting. If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra Twitter: @RPGBOTDOTNET Facebook: rpgbotbotdotnet Bluesky:rpgbot.bsky.social Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.Games Twitter: @GravenAshes YouTube@ashravenmedia Randall James @JackAmateur Amateurjack.com Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati

Dungeons & Dragons Lorecast
Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone/2024 PHB First Impressions

Dungeons & Dragons Lorecast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 34:52


We discuss TWO major releases from this week. The first is the newest Eberron offering from Keith Baker and an amazing team, Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone. The second is the 2024 Player's Handbooks. We give our first impressions on both! Are they worth buying? BUY Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone LEARN about West Marches here and here DnD Lorecast Discord | DnD Lorecast swag Equip your own adventures: D&D 5th Edition Starter Set: https://amzn.to/2WgZX6O  D&D 5th Edition Players Handbook: https://amzn.to/3iRtcH4  D&D 5th Ed Monster's Manual: https://amzn.to/2Eeh8Qp  38 Fantasy Miniatures: https://amzn.to/34kh6kX  Awesome Looking Dice Sets: https://amzn.to/3aHFwpM Links: Lore TA Shaun's second novel, The Dissonance, is out NOW Pantheon/PRH! Buy it ANYWHERE books are sold! And pick up Shaun's Conan the Barbarian ebook short story, also available now! Fandom University - Sergio's OTHER nerdy podcast! Multi-episodes arcs deep-diving into various nerdy topics *SEASON 1 NOW COMPLETE* NoSleep Podcast - online and on Twitch, a horror fiction podcast Mary helps work on Check out all the socials right here: https://linktr.ee/dndlorecast And send us a note! Email us at dndlorecast@gmail.com  ROBOTSRADIO.net - Smart Shows for Interesting People. Explore all the awesome shows on the network. Robots Radio Network Discord: discord.gg/JXKfVhM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saturday Morning D&D Show!
Ep013 - New Keith Baker Eberron, and Draw Steel!

Saturday Morning D&D Show!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 29:25


Catch the show live Saturday Mornings on YouTube!, leave a message or ask a question here https://forms.gle/MmMB73qiXaKFvX9m9News* [ ] Draw Steel playtest out for backers* [ ] MCDM's Draw Steel Creator License* [ ] Compared to Paizo's ORC License?* [ ] Changes to 2024 D&D on DnD beyond compared to books.* [ ] Day 1 Errata?* [ ] Greg Tito leaves WotCCrowd Funding* [ ] Faster Purple Worm! Everybody Dies, Vol. 1* [ ] DMs Guild: Frontiers of Eberron: Quickstone* [ ] Interactive Eberron MapDesign / Inspiration* [ ] Modular_D6 v0.6.5 on Itch! (FREE)My Games* [ ] Planegea 5e* [ ] Running Dying Earth DCC - The Great Visp Hunt* [ ] Next Module, level 3 - Magnific Machinations at the Grand Exposition of Marvels This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jorphdan.substack.com

The RPGBOT.Podcast
KEITH BAKER ON EBERRON (Remastered January 2023)

The RPGBOT.Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 79:13


In this remastered episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we talk to Keith Baker, creator of the Eberron setting, about the setting, its real-world history, and how to tell amazing stories in it. Keith shares insights into one of the most complex and interesting official settings, as well as years of experience and insight telling exciting pulp/noir stories in a setting so novel that it defines the “dungeonpunk” genre. Keith Baker is an American game designer and author best known for creating the Eberron campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons. In 2002, Baker won Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search contest, which led to the development of Eberron, a unique world blending high magic, noir intrigue, and pulp adventure. In addition to his work on D&D, Baker has contributed to a variety of tabletop games, including the card game Gloom, and has written novels set in the Eberron universe. He is highly regarded for his imaginative world-building and innovative game design. Links Keith Baker Twogether Studios Eberron Novels Patreon Keith Baker on DMsGuild Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron (affiliate link) Exploring Eberron (affiliate link) Chronicles of Eberron (affiliate link) RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen – RPGBOT.News S2E97 DnD 5e Eberron: Rising from the Last War (affiliate link) Monstrous Races on DMsGuild (affiliate link) Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (affiliate link) Other Stuff Gloom (affiliate link) If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra Twitter: @RPGBOTDOTNET Facebook: rpgbotbotdotnet Bluesky:rpgbot.bsky.social Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.Games Twitter: @GravenAshes YouTube@ashravenmedia Randall James @JackAmateur Amateurjack.com Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati

RPGBOT.Podcast
KEITH BAKER ON EBERRON (Remastered January 2023)

RPGBOT.Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 79:13


In this remastered episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we talk to Keith Baker, creator of the Eberron setting, about the setting, its real-world history, and how to tell amazing stories in it. Keith shares insights into one of the most complex and interesting official settings, as well as years of experience and insight telling exciting pulp/noir stories in a setting so novel that it defines the “dungeonpunk” genre. Keith Baker is an American game designer and author best known for creating the Eberron campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons. In 2002, Baker won Wizards of the Coast's Fantasy Setting Search contest, which led to the development of Eberron, a unique world blending high magic, noir intrigue, and pulp adventure. In addition to his work on D&D, Baker has contributed to a variety of tabletop games, including the card game Gloom, and has written novels set in the Eberron universe. He is highly regarded for his imaginative world-building and innovative game design. Links Keith Baker Twogether Studios Eberron Novels Patreon Keith Baker on DMsGuild Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron (affiliate link) Exploring Eberron (affiliate link) Chronicles of Eberron (affiliate link) RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen – RPGBOT.News S2E97 DnD 5e Eberron: Rising from the Last War (affiliate link) Monstrous Races on DMsGuild (affiliate link) Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (affiliate link) Other Stuff Gloom (affiliate link) If you enjoy the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. If you love the show, consider joining us on Patreon, where backers at the $5 and above tiers get ad free access to RPGBOT.net and the RPGBOT.Podcast, can chat directly to members of the RPGBOT team and community on the RPGBOT.Discord, and can join us for live-streamed recordings. Support us on Amazon.com when you purchase products recommended in the show at the following link: https://amzn.to/3NwElxQ How to Find Us: In-depth articles, guides, handbooks, reviews, news on Tabletop Role Playing at RPGBOT.net Tyler Kamstra Twitter: @RPGBOTDOTNET Facebook: rpgbotbotdotnet Bluesky:rpgbot.bsky.social Ash Ely Professional Game Master on StartPlaying.Games Twitter: @GravenAshes YouTube@ashravenmedia Randall James @JackAmateur Amateurjack.com Producer Dan @Lzr_illuminati

Kill The Bottle
Napa Historian Keith Baker

Kill The Bottle

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 59:24


Send us a Text Message.Keith shares his wealth of Napa knowledge while we sip on some Long Meadow Ranch Pinot Noir Blanc...yumSupport the Show.Theme music by " The Zetas" produced by Ethan Carlson and Omar Tavarez

Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours
TPT #374: Keith Baker on Moving Beyond Eberron

Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 88:11


Eberron creator Keith Baker joins hosts I-Hsien and Shane to talk about what's next after 20 years of pulp noir. They discuss how to use Eberron characters, lore, and mechanics in other RPG systems, campaign settings and even entirely different games. (87m) Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Legacy of Worlds: Six Sides of Gaming's actual play featuring Keith Baker, Ed Greenwood, Luke Gygax, and Elisa Teague. Total Party Thrill Discord server: Come hang out with us and other fans of the show. https://discord.gg/GvFXnSv TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It's finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible. Teepublic: Home of the TPT-shirt! Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/totalpartythrill Contact us: Twitter: @TPTcast Email: totalpartythrill@gmail.com Web: www.totalpartythrill.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/totalpartythrill Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/totalpartythrill YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TotalPartyThrill

SOMM TV
Episode 223: Is Napa purposely forgetting its history?

SOMM TV

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 24:38


Napa Valley as a wine region has had several lives, but also near death experience.  On today's podcast we are joined by Keith Baker, one of the regions foremost historians to discuss how Napa may be setting up its ugliest future by trying to forget its past.  Don't forget to subscribe to sommtv.com for the best in wine & food education and entertainment including “The Ghosts of Napa Valley” - a true haunted winery story coming soon to screenings and digital. 

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks
06/12/2024, Keido Keith Baker, dharma talk at City Center. This talk was given by Keido Keith Baker at Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco. The Han's wooden knock calls countless practitioners to come to the Zendo for meditation. Ind

San Francisco Zen Center Dharma Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 28:15


06/12/2024, Keido Keith Baker, dharma talk at City Center. This talk was given by Keido Keith Baker at Beginner's Mind Temple, San Francisco. The Han's wooden knock calls countless practitioners to come to the Zendo for meditation. Indoors or outside, it's hard to miss its distinctive urgent rolldown. It's familiar hand-painted message encourages us all to not to waste time; that the life we have to understand birth and death, is short and passing quickly. Keido Keith shares some thoughts on the Great Matter of impermanence as seen from the view of the Han. Why is The Great Matter so urgent, and what are we being called to understand? Penetrating the surface of Birth and Death, we begin to find deeper meaning and a non-dualistic side by coming to understand impermanence, and interdependence.

Mad Dungeon
309 Side Quest - Elisa Teague (Marvel, The Crooked Moon, Surviving Strange Hollow, Gloomhaven RPG)

Mad Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 15:19


Our guest this week is Elisa Teague as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We discuss her history with the game, including a 13-year D&D campaign! We discuss her work with Founders and Legends, The Crooked Moon: Folk Horror in 5E by Legends of Avantris, Surviving Strange Hollow, Gloomhaven RPG, Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game (Cataclysm of Kang and the upcoming X-Men Expansion Sourcebook. We get into our favorite X-people. Elisa has a love of Magneto. Steve likes Jubilee, Zach is into Gambit & Cable, Andrew likes Nightcrawler, and Matt Forbeck chimes in with love for Wolverine.Her latest project is Legacy of Worlds, an actual play D&D show that just premiered on the Six Sides of Gaming YouTube channel starring Elisa, Ed Greenwood, Keith Baker, Luke Gygax, Tommy Gofton, and DMed by Devin Wilson.Follow Elisa: Website - IG - Facebook - X—ANNOUNCEMENTSTHE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP is out now on all streaming platforms. Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting.NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LISTby clicking the newsletter button on our homepage.—Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast Side Quests where we interview other game creators.You can support us via Patreon & socials HEREMad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan.Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo.© 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Merely Roleplayers
Heartbeats, a microgame

Merely Roleplayers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 54:03


It's time to push the boundaries of modern medicine, and maybe to make out with a bitter rival in the on-call room!Coming next on 2 April – Event Planning in Zero G, a microgameProgramme notesThis episode contains medical situations, medical malpractice, gross medical mouth noises, drug misuse, gun violence, and bawdy British humour of the knickers-down variety.CreditsFACILITATOR: Josh YardSTARRING:Josh Yard as Dr Artery Hartwell and PennyNatalie Winter as Dr Miranda Anderson and Steph O'ScopeStrat as Dr Henry Mole and Chris WandsworthEllie Pitkin as Dr Cynthia Cutting and Marjorie HartwellMatt Boothman as Dr Achilles Miles and Jonathan BlackheadROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Heartbeats by Keith Baker and Jenn Ellis, published in The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book, edited by James D'AmatoMUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst, inspired by Horse ElevatorSEASON PLANNED BY: StratEDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt BoothmanFind usOn Instagram @merelyroleplayersOn Tumblr @merelyroleplayerswww.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The Sports-Casters
Season 14 Episode 6- Stephen J. Nesbitt, Keith O'Brien, Keith Baker

The Sports-Casters

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 150:13


Steve interviews Stephen J. Nesbitt (00:11:48) from The Athletic. Stephen is making his debut on the podcast, joining us to preview the Major League Baseball Season. Stephen explains his recent column that ranks all of the baseball teams from 1995-2023 and his column that details each fan base's optimism for the upcoming season. Stephen also talks about Ohtani (before the scandal), makes his pick for AL/NL MVP and explains why he thinks the (redacted) will win the World Series this year. Also, Keith O'Brien debuts (01:00:50) to discuss his new book, Charlie Hustle. Keith explains why he decided to write a book about Pete Rose, tells us that Pete cooperated until he didn't, and goes over some of the ups and downs of Pete's surreal life. Keith also talks about gambling, the Hall of Fame, and autographs. Last, Kevin Baker debuts (01:31:32) to talk about his new book, The New York Game. Kevin explains how baseball was influenced by New York City as the game developed in it's early stages. Kevin tells us why he decided to end the book after World War II and announces that a second book will be released next year to finish the story. Kevin also talks about Joe DiMaggio, Italian-Americans, and remembers some of his favorite moments from the old Yankees Stadium. Steve starts the show with first things first and discusses the Azzurri's first game of 2024, the NCAA tournament, and the Ohtani scandal. The book club says goodbye to two books and shifts it's attention to one book (and how to say the author's last name. The show ends with one last thing about Steve and his family traveling to NY/NY for the Italian soccer match, why its so important, and what Steve will be thinking about during the match. For more information follow the podcast on twitter @sports_casters Email: thesportscasters@gmail.com

The Build Show Podcast
Harbor Freight Tools for Schools

The Build Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 20:42


Matt sits down with Tae Kang to talk about Harbor Freight Tools for Schools, delving into their efforts to enhance skilled trades education. The Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence awards $1.5 million to 25 outstanding skilled trades teachers and programs in U.S. public high schools. Matt and Tae highlight inspiring stories of teachers like Keith Baker and Mark Simmons, who utilize their backgrounds to make a significant impact in the lives of students. They discuss the importance of encouraging young people to pursue careers in the trades and explore avenues for industry professionals to support trade programs, such as mentorship and involvement with organizations like SkillsUSA.Applications for the Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence open on March 12th, 2024. To apply, submit your application at https://hftforschoolsprize.org/ by May 3, 2024.Resources:Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence Application: https://hftforschoolsprize.org/Find Harbor Freight Tools for Schools on the Web:Instagram: @hftforschoolsFacebook: @HFTforSchoolsTwitter: @HFTforSchoolsYoutube: @HarborFreightToolsforSchoolsFind Matt and The Build Show on the web:Build Show Videos: https://buildshownetwork.com/go/mattrisingerInstagram: @risingerbuild and @thebuildshowTikTok: @thebuildshowYouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@buildshowWebsite: https://risingerbuild.com/ and https://buildshownetwork.com/ Don't miss a single episode of Build Show content. Sign up for our newsletter.

Delaney in the Morning
Keith Baker-Coldwater City Manager Update 2-28-24

Delaney in the Morning

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 9:12


An update on park improvement, road construction, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transportation Radio
Reconnecting Communities with ReConnect Rondo

Transportation Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2023 26:43


This is the first episode of a four-part series from AASHTO's ETAP Podcast that will focuses on building an equitable transportation system. We are joined by Keith Baker, the executive director of ReConnect Rondo, and we discuss a variety of topics including the vision behind ReConnect Rondo, and the innovative approach they are taking to transform their neighborhood.EPISODE NOTESMore Information on the October Reconnecting Communities  Summit can be found here: 2023 Inaugural Reconnecting Communities Summit - ReConnect RondoMore information on ReConnect Rondo's vision can be found here: The Vision - ReConnect Rondo More information on USDOT's Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods can be found here: Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Grant Program | US Department of TransportationAn in-depth exploration on the 4P Funding plan can be found here: Funding - ReConnect RondoAdditionally, listeners and supporters can directly send financial support to ReConnect Rondo here: Donate (paypal.com) 

A Role To Play
Six Sides of Gaming's Devin Wilson - On Taking Steps, DMing for Celebrities, and more...

A Role To Play

Play Episode Play 35 sec Highlight Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 62:11


Send us a Text Message.Tomekeeper and Lead DM for Six Sides of Gaming, Devin Wilson says exactly what I needed to hear... On taking steps and keeping going, and running games, well, for everyone! What goes into planning a game for the players at the table? Especially when the players are people such as Ed Greenwood, Keith Baker, Elisa Teague, and Luke Gygax?Hear what Devin has to say about following the opportunities that are presented to you, planning a game for celebrities, odd historical facts as inspiration for world-building, and who would he like to DM for, who hasn't hosted yet...Wanna know what it's like to run a game for Luke Gygax? Listen to find out...Support the Show.A Role to Play is an Untamed Dandelion production - Make a wish. Dream it true.

Saturday Morning D&D Show!
Bonus - Knave 2e and Keith Baker

Saturday Morning D&D Show!

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 3:50


No full episode this week so I'm trying a shorter form!

Learning Vibes
The Integration of Faith and Learning

Learning Vibes

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 31:04


For many, faith drives leisure, life-long learning, and artistic expression.  In this episode of The Learning Vibes Podcast, hear from Keith Baker, John Hodges, and Dr. Jeremy Snipes on the integration of faith with learning. 

Miles to Matches
EP60 - Epic Colorado Experience

Miles to Matches

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 68:24


Chad and Francis chase planes, trains and automobiles to get to Cameo Shooting Complex in Colorado for the Koenig-Ruger PRS AG Cup match. Awesome scenery, big stages, and huge altitude created some unique challenges and fun learning on (and off) the clock: from acclimating to high altitude to *nearly* getting special service from the TSA, the duo cover their pre- and post-match experience in the Rocky Mountains. Huge thanks to Ruger, Keith Baker and Doug Koenig for creating in intense match that challenged the field with big pans, difficult positions and smart stage designs. Great lessons learned from this incredible venue.

Geek in the City
Issue 684 - Illimat with Twogether Studios

Geek in the City

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 95:52


The crew has a fantastic conversation with Jenn Ellis and Keith Baker of Twogether Studios - talking about Illimat 2nd edition and where you can playtest on March 5th. All that and opening social Unruhe.  Sponsored by - Guardian Games –  Reverend Nat's Cider - Order Season of the Bruja vol. 1

Games from the Cellar

The panel discusses the very unique card game, Illimat. Illimat, designed by Keith Baker and Jennifer Ellis, was first published by Twogether Studios and Wyrmwood Gaming in 2017.

The Download's tracks
Episode 304: A Cat Named Keith Baker

The Download's tracks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 42:11


This week the word is (N)evermore, since the nerds discuss the Wednesday Addams series, which is set at the Nevermore Academy, as well as the Evermore theme park which was the subject of a recent Jenny Nicholson video. Next, Andy talks about the real meaning of the “Golden Rings” in the Twelve Days of Christmas, and Keith talks about a fan who named their cat Keith Baker. This leads to some discussions about cats and dogs, and Andy talks about the new solitaire rules for Fluxx. Then they yammer about hopes for the new year and other random stuff.

The RPGBOT.Podcast
RPGBOT.MasterClass - Keith Baker on Eberron

The RPGBOT.Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 86:54


In this RPGBOT.Masterclass, we talk to Keith Baker, creator of the Eberron setting, about the setting, its real-world history, and how to tell amazing stories in it. Keith shares insights into one of the most complex and interesting official settings, as well as years of experience and insight telling exciting pulp/noir stories in a setting so novel that it defines the “dungeonpunk” genre. Paizo press provided review materials for this episode. If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. Materials Referenced in this Episode Keith Baker Twogether Studios Eberron Novels Patreon Keith Baker on DMsGuild Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron (affiliate link) Exploring Eberron (affiliate link) Chronicles of Eberron (affiliate link) RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen – RPGBOT.News S2E97 DnD 5e Eberron: Rising from the Last War (affiliate link) Monstrous Races on DMsGuild (affiliate link) Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (affiliate link) Other Stuff Gloom (affiliate link) ATTRIBUTIONS: Show Opening: Music by Music_For_Videos from Pixabay Show Closing: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Show Art: Image by czu_czu_PL from Pixabay 

RPGBOT.Podcast
RPGBOT.MasterClass - Keith Baker on Eberron

RPGBOT.Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 86:54


In this RPGBOT.Masterclass, we talk to Keith Baker, creator of the Eberron setting, about the setting, its real-world history, and how to tell amazing stories in it. Keith shares insights into one of the most complex and interesting official settings, as well as years of experience and insight telling exciting pulp/noir stories in a setting so novel that it defines the “dungeonpunk” genre. Paizo press provided review materials for this episode. If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, and rate us on Spotify or your favorite podcast app. It's a quick, free way to support the podcast, and helps us reach new listeners. Materials Referenced in this Episode Keith Baker Twogether Studios Eberron Novels Patreon Keith Baker on DMsGuild Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron (affiliate link) Exploring Eberron (affiliate link) Chronicles of Eberron (affiliate link) RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen – RPGBOT.News S2E97 DnD 5e Eberron: Rising from the Last War (affiliate link) Monstrous Races on DMsGuild (affiliate link) Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (affiliate link) Other Stuff Gloom (affiliate link) ATTRIBUTIONS: Show Opening: Music by Music_For_Videos from Pixabay Show Closing: Music by Lesfm from Pixabay Show Art: Image by czu_czu_PL from Pixabay 

A Couple of Characters
Episode 66: Once Upon a Christmas Dreary (feat. Dane Fox-McGraw from Dispel Magic and Dungeons & Dragon Types)

A Couple of Characters

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022


What do a burly podiatrist, a macabre Christmas poet, and a celebrity baker all have in common? In this merry mash-up, they're all stuck in a Snow Globe! We're joined by Dane Fox-McGraw (he/him) of Dispel Magic and Dungeons & Dragon Types for that extra shot of Christmas spirit. Dane as: Dr. Reginald "Reggie" "Jingle" Bell, Arthur "Daddy" Baker, Stanley, Barry Bonds the Newscaster, and Miscellaneous Factory Workers. Quinn as: Delilah Baker, Jerimeeeeeeee the Elf on a Shelf, Gerald the Foreman, and Tommy Tutone the Weather Person. Alex as: Edgar Allan Hohoho, Gladys Bell, Barbara "Mommy" Baker, Carl the Factory Worker, and Miscellaneous Newscaster. For more information, please check out our website. Email: acoupleofcharacterspod at gmail dot com. Twitter, Instagram, Patreon: ACoCPodcast. Bookshop dot org storefront and gift cards. Use code CHOOSEINDIE on Libro.fm to receive a free audiobook when you purchase a subscription. Looking to give a gift this holiday season? Consider a Libro.fm credit bundle or Bookshop.org gift card! Check out our handy holiday gift guide for ideas! Episode notes: Transcript. Dyslexia friendly transcript. Snow Globe RPG by Jenn Ellis & Keith Baker of Twogether Studios. Snow Globe RPG Plain Text. Snow Globe RPG Dyslexia Font. Mentioned episodes: Edgar Alex Poe. Dane Fox-McGraw: Podcasts. Twitter. Dispel Magic. Dungeons & Dragon Types: Website. Twitter. Cover art: Copyright Chandra Reyer 2019.

The Eldritch Lorecast
#61. Who Owns the Lore of a D&D Campaign World?

The Eldritch Lorecast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 63:06


This week's onslaught of 5e news includes 'Citadel of the Unseen Sun' getting a physical release, a popular D&D adventure re-re-releasing, and a debate about who owns a D&D campaign world off the back of Keith Baker releasing his own 'Chronicles of Eberron' book! Discover the 'Citadel of the Unseen Sun': https://ghostfiregaming.com/GGYT_FB01_2022_11_061 Email your questions to podcast@ghostfiregaming.com Ben: @TheBenByrne Dael: @DailyDael James: @jamesjhaeck Shawn: @shawnmerwin Topics: 00:00 - Intro 06:30 - 'Citadel of the Unseen Sun' physical release 20:11 - Drawing inspiration from published adventures 27:57 - LEGO ideas D&D finalists announced 34:02 - Tyranny of Dragons re-re-release 39:56 - Chronicles of Eberron & Who owns a fantasy setting!?

Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk
#228: The Open Gaming License and One D&D

Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2022 65:09


This week, Morrus, Peter, and Jessica talk about the Open Gaming License and the rumors about One D&D. In the news, a quick look at Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, Keith Baker returning to Eberron, Rivers of London gets a release date, a new adventure anthology for Vaesen, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the danger of the pursuit of seasonal savings. -------------------- News D&D Beyond Unlocks Early Access for Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen https://www.enworld.org/threads/unlocked-on-d-d-beyond-dragonlance-shadow-of-the-dragon-queen.693367/ Chronicles of Eberron coming soon from Keith Baker https://www.enworld.org/threads/chronicles-of-eberron-is-keith-bakers-new-d-d-book.693175/ News Digest for the Week of November 25 (WizKids life-size pseudodragon figure, Rivers of London release date, Star Trek Adventures Missions: Mysteries, Vaesen: Seasons of Mystery) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-november-25.693416/ -------------------- Open Gaming License The Open Gaming License (for those who like reading legal documents) https://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Open_Game_License_(v1.0a) The 5e SRD https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/SRD-OGL_V1.1.pdf What's All This About the OGL Going Away? By Morrus https://www.enworld.org/threads/whats-all-this-about-the-ogl-going-away.693315/ Statement on the OGL from Wizards of the Coast https://www.enworld.org/threads/statement-on-ogl-from-wotc.693355/ The Game System License for D&D 4e https://rpggeek.com/image/4464937/game-system-license Frylock's Gaming & Geekery Challenges WotC's Copyright Claims (from August 14, 2019) https://www.enworld.org/threads/frylocks-gaming-geekery-challenges-wotcs-copyright-claims.666654/  -------------------- Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus Don't forget to join the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M Ask your Listener Question on Twitter, email morruspodcast@gmail.com, or contact us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@enpublishingrpg -------------------- Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey, Peter Coffey, and Jessica Hancock Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott Theme Song: Steve Arnott Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey Check out all the media content from EN World at http://enliverpg.com

CFR On the Record
Academic Webinar: Climate Justice

CFR On the Record

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022


Adil Najam, professor and dean emeritus of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, leads the conversation on climate justice. FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to today's session of the Fall 2022 CFR Academic Webinar Series. I'm Irina Faskianos, vice president of the National Program and Outreach at CFR. Today's discussion is on the record, and the video and transcript will be available on our website, CFR.org/academic. As always, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. We're delighted to have Adil Najam with us to talk about climate justice. Dr. Najam is professor of international relations and Earth and environment and dean emeritus of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Previously he served as vice chancellor of the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan, and as a director of the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. He has also taught at MIT and Tufts University and served on the UN Committee on Development and on Pakistan's Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs. Dr. Najam was a coauthor for the Third and Fourth Assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, and has served on various boards and written over a hundred scholarly papers and book chapters. So, Dr. Najam, thank you for being with us today to talk about this very important topic. Can you talk a little bit about what climate justice is, and why it is so important for international relations? NAJAM: Thank you. Thank you, Irina. It's wonderful to be here. It's wonderful to see a lot of participants here. So I'm looking forward to this conversation. I want to just maybe sort of frame a few ideas in the next ten, fifteen minutes on global climate justice. And I purposely added the “global” to it. I am very happy, and I hope we will have a discussion also and questions on domestic climate justice, because climate justice is not simply a global issue. It is a live issue in many countries—all countries, actually, including in the United States. I want to focus on the global aspect partly because I think we in recent years don't focus enough on it, and because I think it's about to hit the ceiling. I think we will hear a lot about it in the coming months in this year and going forward, including because of Pakistan, which is where I'm from and where I was literally sort of two days ago. And this background you see behind me is Lahore University of Management Sciences. And I say that because of the massive floods that you and your viewers have been reading about. In many ways, that has brought not only for Pakistan but for the world this issue of global climate justice back into focus, as the UN secretary-general came to Pakistan, and all that. If you allow me to just share a few slides to say a bit about what climate justice is, I'm hoping you see a black screen now, and you see my name sort of coming up. If people are seeing that and they are seeing my slides. I won't go into the details of sort of who I am. You have done that. But I wanted to use this to contextualize a couple of questions around this. And the first one of this is about what I was just saying, which is we are beginning to sort to think again about what the climate is telling us. Not want we want from the climate, but we are now at a point in climate change reality where the climate is giving us signals, and it is giving us signals about justice. The second is, just to raise a few questions and thoughts about what I call the age of adaptation, which essentially—I'm assuming all your viewers know the difference between mitigation and adaptation. We have been fixated, as we should have been, about mitigation, which is what can we do to keep climate change from happening. The fact is, we have failed. The fact is, we are now in what I call the age of adaptation where, at least by my calculation, about 2.5 billion—2 ½ billion people—are now having to adapt to global climate change, including, for example, the thirty million Pakistanis who were displaced in these recent floods. And what that means for climate justice is that in the age of climate adaptation, justice becomes much more of an issue. Because let's just put it up there to think about what that means as individual countries, beginning developing countries now, the impacts are happening on the people who have very little and sometimes nothing to do with causing the problem. And then the argument becomes, well, you have a fingerprint. You live in Boston. You have been emitting many times more than, for example, your brother living in Pakistan. And yet, the impacts there are happening to people who have got nothing to do with it, and that's the justice argument, right? And that leads to what we call sort of talks of reparation. That leads to loss and damage, which is a language that you hear a lot about. And finally, this question of why is climate now and in the future essentially a justice issue? And I would add, you know, essentially is the key thing that I mention there. It is good to see people on Zoom, though Zoom is not essentially my favorite medium. I think the only good thing it does is we can change our backgrounds. That was me teaching my class on sustainable development last year. But that's not the point. The point I want to come to about climate justice is the following: That, as I said, we are coming to a head. I think you have done this literally at the point when we are coming to a head. And the reason we are coming to a head is, A, the age of adaptation I talked about and, B, sort of where we are in this post-Paris, the climate agreement, world. And there were two essential things that came out of that. One was this number. And if you count the zeros there, I don't know how many of the people sort of, find it easy when there are that many zeros, but that's 100 billion. That's the number that came out of Paris, saying that's the amount that will be invested in developing countries in particular, per year, on climate adaptation as well as mitigation. I'll only put the point out there, why this is a climate issue. It hasn't materialized. The last couple of climate negotiations were entirely about that. And therefore, you have a lot of countries that are now beginning to face the impacts saying: We in good faith went and started doing something about this issue that wasn't even of our making on this agreement that the world would come together. And the world hasn't come together. The reality of climate is even more stark. These two numbers that you're all familiar with, 1.5 and two (degrees). The fact of the matter is, I know of no science at this point where 1.5 (degrees) can actually be achieved. I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm wrong. I think we cling to the hope, but just from a reality perspective 1.5 (degrees) is nearly out of the game. And two (degrees) may be very closely coming to the game. And that is making a lot of countries very scared. If you remember why 1.5 (degrees) came, it is that Paris actually wanted a two-degree target. And then the small, especially island, states said: By two degrees we aren't there. It's existential for us. We are underwater, or nearly underwater. So what I'm trying to set up here is that there's a moment that we are in global affairs where this issue of climate justice is just boiling. If I—if you will allow me just a bit—you know, we often talk about 2020 because of COVID as a year like no other. Let me remind us what else was happening other than COVID in that year. Why it was really a year like no other. January 2020, hottest January ever—ever recorded since we started recording. February, second hottest ever recorded. March, second hottest. April, second hottest ever. May, hottest ever. You see the pattern here, right? And you remember seeing these. You might have tweeted about it. By July, no one was tweeting about it because the cat was more interesting—the dancing cat. And we had started getting used to this, you know, just barrage of climate data coming every month. Eight out of those twelve, as far as I can tell, records have been broken since then. Why am I putting this as climate justice? Again, you have a lot of places in the world—floods in Pakistan being one, heat in India being another, floods in Bangladesh being another—all across the world who are now seeing that impact in the age of adaptation. I'll give you just two very quick other pictures, and then come to the climate—sort of, you know, open up very soon. And why I mean—why I state that we are in the age of adaptation, right? I hope people can see this. I some years ago decided I'm not going to put future data on climate. This is recorded, past data for every month ever since we started keeping climate records. So this is not about what will happen. This is about what has happened. And this ends around 2016. You can take it to 2022 now. And it starts touching 1.5 (degrees) even more. Touching 1.5 (degrees) doesn't really mean that the barrier has been crossed because sort of, you know, that's the way sort of it's counted. But you see the pattern again. And you see, again, for a lot of countries—and it's not just countries. For the poorest people in the countries. This is true about the Pakistan floods, for example. If you look at the floods, it's not the affluent in Pakistan whose homes get sort of blown away. It is the poorest. So essentially what we are seeing is that the poorest people, the most vulnerable people around the world, are paying the cost of our inaction—my inaction, other—(inaudible)—inaction, right? Now, you might be saying, that's fine, but I don't live on the planet. I live in a particular place. So choose your place. Same data. For every point on Earth that we have data for, ever since we have data on climate. So what I'm trying to say is the age of adaptation is here. Just look at that picture. Choose the place you are interested in, and you start seeing that pattern. And if we are in the age of adaptation, once people start seeing impacts, right, they're starting to see impacts. As soon as you start seeing impacts, you start demanding a very different sort of action. And that's where—that's where climate justice comes. Let me show a quick map. This is actually an old map, 2014. But the interesting thing—the reason I still use is it's from Standard & Poor's. It's from a rating agency of risk. And if you look at that map, and you look at the red countries where the impacts are the most immediate, and you start thinking about where the emissions are coming from, this tells you what the climate justice argument globally is. One very last—one very last point, and then I move to you. That while it is a global issue, it is also a domestic issue. And again, we think of climate justice by linking it to other justice issues, as we should. I'm only putting one picture here. What happened in the age of adaptation that makes it a justice issue? One of the things that happens is it immediately changes from an energy issue—a primarily energy issue, to a predominantly water issue. When you're thinking about mitigation, right—mostly when we talk about the climate, we talk about how we can reduce emissions. And as soon as you talk emissions, you're essentially talking energy. You're essentially carbon management, right? You're bringing down carbon emission. Most of them are in energy. And therefore, a lot of our policy is about that. As soon as you start talking age of adaptation, a lot of it is about water. What do I mean by that? Think about impacts. When you think about what's happened, not just in Pakistan. I'm using the Pakistan example because I've just come from there but think about wherever you are. A lot of the immediate impacts are about water. Water rises, sea-level rise. Water melts, glaciers. Water disappears, drought. Water falls from the sky like no one's business, extreme events. That's what a flood looks like in a country like Pakistan, but it's not just Pakistan. It's many other countries. And again, if it becomes water, it immediately becomes something that affects the poorest people, the most vulnerable people, the most marginalized people, and those who have historically been least responsible. To give you just a picture of what a flood like this means in Pakistan, this is from 2010. But if you look at that blue squiggle, that's the area covered by the flood. That blue, the dark blue and light blue, is the severe and very severe. I put that on a map to scale of the U.S. to give a sense of what is covered like what you see in that picture. It's up from Vermont down to Florida. I put it on the map of Japan, it covers the whole country. I put it on a map of Europe, Denmark to France. And the point of that is now you are in this moment that I'm talking about where it becomes a justice issue because within developing countries there is this immense pressure of climate being see as a reality, right? And that pressure then starts pushing domestic politics, and domestic politics start pushing international politics. So that's my context of climate justice, as we see it. FASKIANOS: Thank you very much for that sobering overview. And I think the slides that you showed really bring it to life and make it so much—you see it really so starkly. So thank you for that. So now we want to go to all of you for your questions. (Gives queuing instructions.) So now I'm just going to go to questions and see—we have several raised hands. OK. So I'm going to take the first question from Fordham University. I don't know who's asking the question, so please let us know who you are. Q: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for the discussion. My name is (inaudible), representing the International Political and Economic Development—I'm part of that program. And my question is just in regards to what we're currently seeing. So I'm originally from South Africa and the just transition was a very topical point when it came to climate change and climate adaptation. And there was a push for the emerging markets to actually adopt renewable energy, moving away from coal. However, we see that recently, with the Russian and Ukrainian war, there has been an increase in demand and exports from Africa to the northern regions for coal. And you see that certain regions, such as Germany, has started powering up their coal-powered station, due to the lack of energy that they'll see from the Russian nation. So my question is, what is the impact of what we see with this event being the war, and the impact on the increase in coal? And what does this mean for climate adaptation? Especially from regions from Europe, where African regions will be looking to them to actually see them adapting this change in climate and energy, I guess. NAJAM: Irina, do you want to take a few questions and then come back, or? Whichever way you want. FASKIANOS: I think we should just go—let's go through them one at a time. NAJAM: Sure. Sure. Thank you for that question. It has many layers. I'll pick up on a few. And the first one is that you are exactly right. In a world that is crisis prone, in a world that is turbulent—we saw that with COVID, we are seeing that with the economic turmoil of COVID that still continues in all sorts of ways, and we've seen that with the war in Ukraine—climate comes as this sort of—you know, we used to say climate is a threat multiplier. And now I think climate is the threat, and everything else is multiplied. And so we should expect that climate is going to be exacerbated by all these other things, and these other things are going to be exacerbated by climate. So what you are talking about in terms of energy is one issue, but as I talked to my friends in Africa, it is not just energy. Food, for example, is going to be hit equally hard. So in terms of energy, in terms of the Ukraine war, we see that not just in Africa but in other parts of the world. We see it in some places in coal. We see it all places in oil prices. But what is—what is hitting Africa particularly hard, for example, is food. Now, what does that have to do with climate adaptation? What it has to do with climate adaptation is that it comes at a time when the stress on food production—because, for example, water stress is already there, right? So that's the multiplier thing. One of the most difficult things I find in my work for policymakers is that they want clarity. And I keep telling them, there isn't clarity. There isn't going to be clarity. This is why the floods, for example, were important. Immediately the question is, but how do we know this is because of climate? We've had floods before, right? Or we have had droughts before. And what is now becoming increasingly clear is it's not like climate is going to give you a new set of issues. It is going to take the issues and do two things. One, the magnitude increases. And two, the frequency goes berserk, because whatever you thought was a twenty-year flood or a fifteen-year drought, now you have no way of doing it. And that creates an uncertainty for developing countries. But the justice question really—the justice question is that whose fingerprint is on it? And that's the one that I would say you should keep—it is not going to be made for good politics. What I say is coming, I am very scared, because the politics it leads to is the politics of division. Till now we've had the politics on climate mostly—you know, even if it's ineffective—it's about mostly in the form of let's all come together, it's a common problem. What you saw in these floods—and the reason I keep mentioning it—one important thing is the UN secretary-general goes to Pakistan and for the first time clearly says: This is because of climate. That means, you know, this is coming from the top. You hear it at the top, and that is going to lead to a divisive politics. FASKIANOS: So there's a written question from Mark Hallim, who's a doctoral student, global security student, at the American Military University. How can climate change be achieved without leadership, political will, and development by nation-state leaders? NAJAM: (Laughs.) Not easily. Not easily. (Laughter.) Not easily. The fact, Mark, you said, right? FASKIANOS: Mark, yes. NAJAM: Mark. The fact, Mark, is that we have been kicking this one down the road. And that's why we are confronting it. Till now—you know, I've been on this thing for at least thirty years. I was at Rio in 1992. I've been following the climate for nearly at every COP, at least until Copenhagen. And it's not that the issue is new. We knew this from the beginning. The hope, the hope—because those of us who work on climate are essentially optimists. We want this problem to be licked. The hope was that we won't come to the age of adaptation. The hope was that we would do enough on mitigation, right? What is adaptation? It's the failure of mitigation. We would do enough that we wouldn't come to this point of finger pointing. And therefore, it is going to become more and more difficult. Now, interestingly, again, if—the most important thing that's happened in climate justice, to answer your question, this last week—I still haven't read the exact document. But for the first time a country, in this case Denmark, has said that they are going to acknowledge the principle of loss and damage. Now, this is huge. For those of us who study—so, I'm assuming all of our audience are people who study this. Loss and damage, what's loss and damage? You know, it's just words. But it is more than words, if you take it seriously. Loss and damage means that if there is loss to someone or damage to someone, those who are responsible for it will somehow pay for it. We don't do international relations like that. There are nearly no other areas in which we have things like that. I think what Denmark is trying, to answer Mark's question, is saying: Let us restart, rethinking how we do climate assistance and climate aid, to address loss and damage. The challenge—the reason I'm scared about this is, imagine—you know, not even imagine. You don't have to imagine. Just remember what happened in the summer. You had about twenty countries that had potentially climatically induced massive events—whether they were of heat, whether they were of fire, whether they were of drought, right? You get a planet where you see more and more of these things happening. It is not just the appetite for assistance. It is simply the capacity for assistance that will go. One last line, because I want to hear from others. And at the same time you have climate justice issues within developing countries, right? Now you have to choose between climate justice within the U.S. and countries elsewhere also pushing. That is why I'm insisting that it doesn't make for pretty politics. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I'm going to go next to Isaac Alston-Voyticky, who has raised your hand. Q: Thank you very much. Can you hear me? FASKIANOS: Yes. NAJAM: Yes. Q: Great. So I'm actually a CUNY law student. And I am working on kind of the intersection between technology and environmental change. And I have kind of a combination question. First, what are your predictions for the combination of sea level rise and tides for mean higher high-water levels? For example, can we predict that higher sea level will actually have an effect on tidal highs and lows outside of the traditional modeling? And then, as a follow up to that, are there any models or maps out there which illustrate combination climate data. One of the most annoying things I find in my research is that, for example, NOAA's sea level rise and tidal flooding can't be compounded on its interactive map. They don't show what will happen when sea level rises and tides also happen. So I don't know if there's anything out there. NAJAM: Isaac, I'll be honest. I don't know the answer to that, to the technical part of that. But the question is very, very good from a policy side. And I'm particularly happy that you're coming from a law direction to this. So what policymakers often want, and they are also disturbed, just like you are, they want clear answers, right? I've been working on this for years. And they say, well, tell us what climate will do to my agriculture. I say, I don't know. I wish I did. I wish I could tell you it will be ten times worse, this or that. Because then at least you would have something to plan with. The thing about climate change is not just the climate, it is the change. What makes it scary is that we don't know what the change will be. But let me—let me, in not answering your question—not knowing the answer to the technical part—I have not seen those maps either. And I do not know what the combination is. There are many people I know who are as worried about that combination as you are, particularly in small island states. Because what people are realizing is that it's not going to be one thing at one time. You get here, and you get hit there, and then you get hit in the face again, right? And again, just because of what—where I'm coming from, I'll give you the Pakistan example. These floods that you've been hearing about, actually, the flood isn't that bad. Pakistan is used to floods, and it isn't that bad. Something happened there which was in some ways synonymous to what you are talking about. What happened is that six weeks before the floods, there was massive heat and near drought, which means you essentially get a clay soil, right, that has been totally depleted. Three weeks before what we call the floods, there was massive rain—monsoon which was seven times the expected normal—seven times. And those were the first pictures that came. And again, that is clearly because of climate. Seven times doesn't happen. You know, and they came. And what that meant was on totally dry land they created this sort of lake effect, the type of picture you saw. And then came a flood which was higher than usual, but would have been manageable. Why am I giving you this example? That's the one punch, two punch, three punch, much like your tides. Now, if you are a small island country, that's what you are worried about. You are worried about that even if sea level rise on its own you can deal with in adaptation, you can prepare for. What happens when that happens, and the tidal change happens? It is the uncertainty—what makes climate particularly unpredictable is the uncertainty of what we are seeing, not simply the magnitude of the change. Now, and this is particularly true for sea level rise. I am an optimist still. I think we are a wise enough species, particularly for sea level rise. We are able to change our life patterns and where we live. We have technology in many places to deal with it. But the reason we worry about is not because sort of—you know, it's not like Hollywood, where New York will be half underwater. I really don't think that will happen. I think we will get—come to our senses well before that. But it is this one-two-three punch of multiple climatic events happening together. Sorry I don't have a technical answer to your question, but it is a very good question. FASKIANOS: I'm going to take the next question from Molly O'Brien, who's at George Mason University. Climate change demonstrates the complex ways in which food, energy, and water are interconnected systems. What are the most promising approaches you've seen to addressing climate change from a nexus perspective, rather than addressing distinct aspects of food, energy, and water individually? NAJAM: Thank you for that. I have seen some promising discussion, even if not fully implemented yet. You know, I've talked about—and I'm glad you talk about this. So as I've talked about this age of adaptation, there is a—I don't know if it's an opportunity—but there is—there is a hidden opportunity in that. And the hidden opportunity is that adaptation is essentially development. Show me any adaptation activity, and I will show you a development activity. I'm particularly talking about developing countries. And it is particularly about food, water—in particular about food and water. Food, in many ways, is nature's way of packaging water. And so that's—the nexus is the answer. Now, one of the things—I'll give you one example of work that I had done many years—a few years ago. Again, in Pakistan, where we looked at potential climatic impacts on agriculture. This is a mostly agriculture country. And what we found—we were only looking at certain crops and certain parts of the country. So it's not for the entire—but still for a country that majorly depends on this. The finding—I may be slightly off on the numbers, but I'm trying to recall—was that yield could go down by about 12 percent, right? Twelve percent is huge, if countries' economies are depending on something. The interesting thing is not that. As I said, the number may be slightly off, somewhere in that range. What was interesting was that with adaptation interventions, good management, agricultural management, water management, better water use efficiency, better use of various technologies and so on and so forth, there could be a net benefit, even after accounting for climate change. And what that means is that there may be an opportunity around the world, if we take the nexus approach—and this is why sort of moving simply from carbon management to what you're calling the nexus approach is not only a good answer, it is the only answer. And again, we see this not only in developing countries. We see this as countries think about net zero. I want to come to net zero again, because I'm not fully a fan of it. But the good thing about net zero is that it says: What can we do as a system rather than as a one-point lever on carbon going up and down? So short answer to your question is, what you're calling the nexus approach is the only approach to adaptation. And in fact, having the most vulnerable countries start focusing on that food-water nexus, rather than only on emissions, is a good thing. You know, Bangladesh can bring its emissions down to zero. World emissions aren't going to see much of a dent, right? But if Bangladesh starts focusing on food and water, it can make an actual difference on the type of impacts that 200 million people will face. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I'm going to take the next question, raised hand, from Evaristus Obinyan. Q: Can you hear me? FASKIANOS: Yes. Tell us your affiliation, please. Q: I'm Dr. Evaristus Obinyan. I'm a criminologist. (Laughs.) As you can see, I'm not in the science field, but I'm very interested in this particular issue. I'm a professor at the Middle Georgia State University in Macon, Georgia. Now, I—listening to you intently, I thought I heard you say stop it from happening. But after I've seen the digitized presentations, I realized that you were—you wanted to use it—it's sort of happening or deteriorating. Because you are saying that to stop the—this from happening—you know, absolutely, it's already happening—to stop it from deteriorating. Now, some say, like myself—I said nothing works. This is just the story of the planet. It has to go through this major evolution. How, then, can we stop the deterioration? Maybe, actually, it won't matter really, or maybe we can use science and technology to manage or attempt to mitigate the natural planet evolution. FASKIANOS: Thank you. NAJAM: I hope I got the gist. I think I did, but if I failed—if I missed something, my apologies. There are two central points I want to pick up from that. I am not as pessimistic as you seem to be. I do think things work. I think—first of all, you're right. You're right, what we are seeing is a deterioration. Our efforts to try to mitigate have not yielded. And despite the fact that we have much higher interest in climate, and despite the fact that people sort of want to do the right thing, the fact of the matter is that line about emissions is just going upward, and upward, and upward. So that's a reality. You are exactly right. But I am not going to extrapolate that into the belief that we can't do anything. I think we have been reluctant to change lifestyle. And despite the fact—you know, we are an amazing generation. We are—my generation was amongst the first generation in the world which had more food than the world needed. And yet, people were hungry. We have more technology, better science than ever before. And we had more money, and yet people were sleeping poor. So the question is not of the ability to do it. The question is of willingness to do it. I mean, I have—I have faith in our species. I believe that it is a race between human knowledge and human wisdom. I think we have the knowledge to lick the problem, without creating lifestyles that are extremely uncomfortable. I'm not sure we have the wisdom to do it in time. We keep seeing that again. So I'm not willing to give up and say, well, this is inevitable. This is not inevitable. This is a choice. We make the choice. And I hope we can make an alternative choice. Now, the question then is, how will we do that? And I know it's going to sound glib, I think at least theoretically the answer is what we've had for a number of years, which is sustainable development. But we need to look at this growth model again, that growth for its own sake as a goal keeps too fixated on this constant growth pattern, as opposed to moving towards a lifestyle that is comfortable and yet that doesn't kill the planet that has given you this amazing sort of set of resources. FASKIANOS: Great. Thank you. I'm going to take Ivan Ramirez's question, from the University of Colorado, Denver. And he's originally from Ecuador. When I think about and discuss climate justice, I focus or relate it to health, existing disparities, and how climate exacerbates inequities. From your perspective, how is health being leveraged in the climate negotiations, as it relates to climate justice? NAJAM: On that last part, unfortunately it's not. Unfortunately, it's not. It's a beautiful question. Thank you very much for asking that. And health is just one of the areas, like many that, you know, the first question pointed out about that, about—from South Africa. This is the nature of not just climate, but of the development. That once one thing goes wrong, there is a cycle of other things unraveling. Again, since today I've been talking about floods in Pakistan, right now the biggest issue in Pakistan is actually not water. It is dengue. It is the mosquito. It is health, right? So that is one way in which climate events trigger. The other and more important way to answer this is, you know, you've noticed that I talk about ourselves as a species. I hope other people do too. I think it is useful to think of ourselves as a species, amongst many, on this planet. If you think about that, one of the things that happens is you realize we're not the only species adapting to climate change. That's why dengue is happening in Pakistan, even in the north, next to the Himalayas. It shouldn't. It's a tropical disease. So the mosquito also changes when the climate changes. And that is what's called vector-borne disease. So amongst the scariest things in the science, and amongst the things that we actually know much less about—because we've been focused on carbon—is what is going to happen on vector disease? But just about all climate scientists are worried about if the climate changes, it is not just what happens to humans or, you know, the big sexy species like panda bears and polar bears. But what is going to happen to disease vectors? And disease starts moving to places where it wasn't endemic. Which means those places are not ready for it. And again, we are still struggling to come out of COVID. Now, COVID wasn't because of this, but people who study Ebola have been—started worrying about that, that disease vectors move. Dengue is probably amongst the one that is talked about the most, because here is a tropical, maybe equatorial disease, that has been moving upwards, both in South Asia and the Mediterranean. So the health impacts are, in fact, one of those big ones, though they have not been talked about as much as climate change. Which is not to say that people are not interested in it, it is just that we don't know enough about it. But people are worried about it. The justice issue of all of these things—I don't want us to lose the justice aspect. The justice aspect essentially comes from the fact that those who are most vulnerable, those who are most likely to see the impacts, are not the ones who are most responsible for creating this. That's the dynamic that creates that divisive politics of injustice. FASKIANOS: Let me go next to Gary Prevost, who's raised his hand. And if you could—there we go. Q: Gary Prevost, College of St. Benedict in Minnesota. As I understand it, you're basically suggesting that the resource allocation in the coming years needs to be much more on the side of adaptation than mitigation, especially in the global south. Does this mean that, say, the $100 billion a year, if it could be achieved, that would be used in the global south would be primarily more traditional development aid for the—in all of the fields that we've talked about, and not so much to create green energy in the—in the south? And that in the north it would still continue to be the focus on mitigation, since we're the ones creating the carbon footprint. Am I understanding your basic argument that way? And then finally, if it is going to be traditional—more traditional development aid, do you think that's going to make it easier or harder to achieve it politically from the global north countries? NAJAM: Gary, that's a brilliant question. And you've really sort of unwrapped what I'm saying, what I was saying politely you have said more bluntly. And you've also highlighted, very, very politely and diplomatically, why it is very, very difficult. So the easiest part of your question is the last part, will it make it easier or more difficult? Clearly, more difficult. Will it even be possible? Probably not. So when I say that's what—if I think that's what should happen, that doesn't mean that I think it will happen. Because we don't have any models of massive reparations or, you know, international affairs doesn't work on your fault, you pay me. There isn't an international environmental court, or any court, that is going to do this. So how is this going to happen, except through goodwill? And at the scale, that goodwill there is no evidence we will be seeing. But let me first come to your question, because your—the way you framed it, which is—which is kind of right. Kind of right. So I do think that going to the old essential principle that no one else talks about these days, but which was part of the original UN agreements on climate, et cetera, which is common but differentiated responsibility. I wish we had taken it more seriously. The idea of common but differentiated responsibility was: Global climate change is all of our responsibility, but it is a differentiated responsibility. Those who have had high emissions already have a high responsibility to bring them down. Those who have low emissions now have a responsibility to try to keep it lower and not go on that same trajectory by using better technology, et cetera. And those who have historical high responsibility for emissions should help create the conditions that whatever impacts happen are not catastrophic. So which meant that all countries should do something, but different countries should do differently. In a way, if you are a developing country person, as I am, one of the arguments that comes to mind, and many people say it out loud, is that the north, if you will, the industrialized countries, have been pushing developing countries to do what they were supposed to do. We aren't really cutting our emissions that much, but why don't you do it, Bangladesh? Bangladesh, you do EV policy. Bangladesh, you do solar policy. Or Pakistan. Or Papua New Guinea, or Burkina Faso, or whatever. I do think that it will be better, rather than pushing them only on emissions—because, you know, their emissions aren't that much—so it is to bend the curve so that their future emissions are restricted, I understand that, right? But it's not really solving the problem. Now that we have adaptation looming at us, I do think it is the right policy to have countries, especially with large vulnerabilities and large populations, get ready for the hit that is coming, that is already there. I don't see that easily happening, but I do think that that is the right thing. Now, you have rightly exactly pointed out the argument from my climate friends usually is: But that's not climate. That's just development. That's what they wanted to do anyhow, right? And the argument is, you're trying to divert our climate money to your traditional development agenda. I understand the argument. I don't agree with it, because, A, I hope it is not traditional. So let's take a country that's not a developing countries, the Netherlands. If there's any country in the world that is historically prepared for climate impacts, past climate impacts, it is the Netherlands. How did it do that? Infrastructure. So I understand a lot of adaptation investment will be infrastructure. A lot of adaptation expenditure will look like traditional development. But I hope it is not traditional development. I hope it is sustainable development. And you are exactly right. I think one of the reasons we haven't gone back—(audio break)—that route is because my old friends, people like myself maybe, who come to the climate side look at adaptation as somehow a dilution, even stealing climate money for development. And that is why—Irina has heard me say this before—climate is not, must not be, cannot be seen as the opposite of development. FASKIANOS: Thank you. I'm going to combine two written questions from Leda Barnett at Our Lady of the Lake University, who says: You've discussed insights on shared governance via COP and the shortcomings of multilateral diplomacy. We should continue that, of course, but do you think approaches like sanctions or smart power would be effective? Are there examples of this being used effectively? And then Diamond Bolden, who's an undergraduate at Xavier University of Louisiana: U.S. is not impacted as much as other countries. However, we contribute to it. What policy can we implement to progress on environmental justice? Or I guess, she meant to help progress on environmental justice. NAJAM: You know, because of, again, the recent events, I see a lot of anger in a number of developing countries. That's what I'm trying to bring here that, you know, there's something growing out there. And a lot of it, you've seen that in major newspapers, New York Times, Washington Post, sort of, you know, people from developing countries are writing op-eds about reparations, about—some compare it to slavery and payments have to be made, and all that. Logically, I partly sympathize with that. But I am a realist enough to recognize that's not how politics happens. So sanctions on who, right? (Laughs.) Are we going to put sanctions on floods? The flood isn't going to—just because I tell it to stop, going to stop. So I'm sure you don't mean that. Are we seeing sanctions on rich countries or rich people to pay? That sort of power dynamic, I don't know any example in history where the weak can impose sanctions on the rich, on the strong. Now, one of the things, by the way no one has pushed me on this. You should. I keep talking north and south, but it's not just north and south. It's not rich countries, poor countries. It's rich people, poor people. The same flood in Pakistan, you know, people ask me, is your family safe? Yes, they are. I come from middle class, affluent enough. The flood impacts the poorest people in Pakistan. And the richest people in Pakistan also have high emissions, right? So it's not as stark as that. And this goes back to the last part of the second question you asked. Yes, the U.S. has higher emissions but, again, the question that hasn't come, the U.S. has serious environmental injustice questions of its own. It doesn't mean that all of the U.S. is equally responsible. And as the climate changes, it is the poorest and most vulnerable in the U.S. who are going to be impacted. Again, the reason I keep saying I am particularly worried about this is as that happens whatever will there might be amongst my U.S. friends to talk about global climate justice, they are going to be distracted immediately by the most real, much more close, much more visible impacts of climate justice within the country. I'll take a slight detour, Irina, but I think it's a relevant one. This is from Professor Bullard's work many, many—thirty years ago. You know, when he used to point out—this is not about climate, but it's very much related—take a map of the U.S. And on that map, put a pin on wherever a superfund, most hazardous waste dumps are. And what you have just created is a map of the poorest African American communities in the U.S. OK, that's the environmental justice question here. So just—it hasn't come up, but I don't want to sound as if this is simply a north-south issue. Within the south, within the north, and then within the north-south, because climate is not looking at those borders. Those are our creations, not the climate's. FASKIANOS: Yes. I'm going to take the next question from Keith Baker, who has a raised hand. Q: Can you hear me? FASKIANOS: We can. Q: Hey, yeah. I'm Keith Baker. I work for Dallas College. I teach accounting and finance. One of the things I've noticed of the last several years is that rural water systems in the United States are deteriorating at a very rapid rate. As a matter of fact, some ones I'm personally aware of, because I have some friends who work in the education industry for teaching water treatment plant people, is that they're sending out notices to very large populations of people that says it's not safe to drink this water. It's not safe to bathe in this water. Do not get this water in your eyes. Oh, by the way, extended exposure to this water in taking a shower might give you cancer. Now, if that's happening in rural America, that means that some of the other infrastructure problems that we have, like in the Dallas area where I live where we've had these what I call downpours that have increased in intensity in the last several years, where our water runoff system has been overwhelmed. And neighborhoods that are a good hundred feet above the normal floodplains coming from creeks are having waters back up from the storm sewer system being overwhelmed, and starting to see some houses flooded that you would have never seen flooded twenty years ago or thirty years ago. NAJAM: So, Keith, this goes back to my previous point that climate doesn't discriminate, in this sense. Now, the map I showed there is greater vulnerability in certain parts of the world, but all parts are vulnerable. The distinction also is that if you are in a richer country, you at least theoretically have the ability to deal with it. Like hurricanes, I mean, the same hurricane comes to Haiti and then to Florida. We here in the U.S. have a greater ability to—to just to be able to buy our way out of the impacts. We can build better. We can move people. We have the resources. And therefore, one of the things you always notice about with hurricanes is that when they hit the Caribbean the headlines are about how many lives lost. And when they hit our shores, the headlines are usually about the economic cost of that. That's a good thing. I hope for every country it's only an economic loss, right? But you are exactly right, now the—again, from a political point of view, as these things that you are describing in rural America, and some of it very scary from what you say, as that happens countries are going to find it more and more difficult. They're already not inclined to support other countries for environmental justice, for climate justice. And if the pressure from within their country is higher, they're going to be less and less inclined. And this relates, for those of you who study geopolitics, not even climate, what that means is that another fault line in a very fractured world appears. So you already have a world, in terms of geopolitics, that seems to be fracturing in various ways, and you have various pulls and pushes. In comes climate, just like we saw in COVID, right, when we thought vaccine diplomacy from different countries. That reaction is also going to exacerbate. But that's the multiplier. FASKIANOS: So I'm going to take the next question from Jeanie Bukowski, who is at Bradley University, and sitting in now with her undergraduate class. Thirty-four students, science and politics of global climate change. Could you talk a little more about how individuals, especially young people, can take action on climate justice? NAJAM: I hope I'm amongst friends. (Laughs.) I'll tell you what I tell my students and what I tell my kids. The good news is that we have now the type of—particularly in the U.S., but all across the world, actually—all across the world, all across the world, particularly in the young, there is a very heightened sense that this issue is real and that something has to be done. A lot of that has been channeled at you guys, meaning my generation, haven't done what you were supposed to do, which is exactly correct. But not enough—as, you know, my grandmother used to say, point one finger at someone and at least three point back at you. Not enough is being spent on what we are doing with our own lifestyle. And I think sort of that—the reason why we keep talking more about it but the graph on actual emissions doesn't shift we need to interrogate, right? And some of those easy answers don't really work. So, for example, and I hope I am among friends so I'll be blunt. It is—it is nice not to have a car and say, OK, because I don't have a car therefore I don't have emissions. But if you're using a lot of Uber, those are your emissions. Those are not the emissions of that car—the Uber driver. When you get UberEats to deliver food, those are not the emissions of the restaurant. Those are your emissions. When I get Amazon packages three times delivered to my home, the world's statistics might count them as China's emissions, because something was created in China, but those are my emissions, right? And ultimately, it is this question of lifestyle. And what I was saying earlier about we are—we have the technology. We have the knowledge. I am not sure we have the wisdom. And ultimately, that wisdom will come individually. I do not see scientifically any way—absolutely we are running out of time. I'll be absolutely blunt. We are still living the dream that somehow I won't change anything I do, but by corporations doing it or governments doing it there will be a magic wand by which this will be solved. I just do not see the math. And therefore, responsibility does begin with the letter I, me. FASKIANOS: I think that is a perfect place to end this discussion. So thank you for that. Adil Najam, this was a terrific hour. And there are so many questions—good questions and comments, both raised hands and in the Q&A, I regret that we could not get to all of them. But we'll just have to have you back. So thank you very much. Appreciate it. NAJAM: Thank you for having me. Good luck to the planet, everyone. FASKIANOS: Yes, exactly. We all—we all have to think about the “I” of what we are doing, for sure. The next Academic Webinar will be on Wednesday, September 28, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. We are hosting Christopher Tuttle, who is the senior fellow and director of the Renewing America initiative here at CFR. In the meantime, I'd encourage you to follow CFR at @CFR_Academic. And you can visit CFR.org, ForeignAffairs.com, and ThinkGlobalHealth.org for research and analysis on global issues. Thank you all, again, for being with us today. And we look forward to you joining us again next week on September 28. So thank you, again. And thank you, Dr. Najam, for this hour. NAJAM: Thank you all. (END)

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DumpStat Episode 86: Keith Baker

DumpStat - A Dungeons and Dragons Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 85:44 Very Popular


See what Keith Baker is up to on TikTok, on Instagram, on his Website, and on PatreonKeith's work on DMsGuild:Exploring EberronDread MetrolTune in July 2nd @ 7pm EST for DARK DOMINION, a livestream Ravenloft campaign DM'd by Brill! https://www.twitch.tv/fivepercentchanceAudible FREE 30-day trial (every referral through this link helps the podcast!): https://www.audibletrial.com/dumpstatpodcastLooking for live shows? Get $20 off your first SeatGeek purchase using our promo code: DUMPSTATPODCAST (every use helps the podcast!)Support us on Patreon !Join our Discord !Everything else we do is on our Linktree !Check out the Epic Legacy Series by 2CGaming to take your game beyond 20th Level!Support the show

Snyder’s Return
Interview - Keith Baker - D&D Eberron Creator, Twogether Studios

Snyder’s Return

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 47:40 Transcription Available


Today I talk with Game Designer and creator of the Dungeons and Dragons setting of Eberron - Keith Baker.We discuss Eberron, creating worlds, Session Zero, Boardgames and much more.You can find Keith and all of the Twogether Studios content via the links below.Twitter:https://twitter.com/HellcowKeithhttps://twitter.com/twogetherstudiohttps://twitter.com/InMyEberronhttps://twitter.com/IllimatWebsite:https://keith-baker.com/https://www.twogetherstudios.com/https://kbpresents.com/Other:https://linktr.ee/twogetherstudioshttps://www.patreon.com/keithbakerhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Stone-Thorn-Breland-ebook/dp/B00333FGIW/ref=sr_1_3?crid=33RAW35PU7DT0&keywords=queen+of+stone&qid=1655459621&s=books&sprefix=queen+of+stone%2Cstripbooks%2C70&sr=1-3Please leave reviews on ITunes to help us to learn and grow as a PodcastYours Sincerely,Adam 'Cosy' Powell~~~~~~~~~~CAST & CREWHost: Adam PowellGuest: Keith BakerSound Design: Adam PowellEdited by: Adam PowellMusic: Epidemic SoundCover Art: Tim Cunningham - www.Wix.com~~~~~~~~~~Website:https://linktr.ee/snydersreturnhttp://snydersreturn.squarespace.comBuy us a TTRPG Source Book: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/SnydersReturnSupport the podcast by joining our Patreon community where you'll gain access several hours of bonus episodes. At the "Celestial” tier you have the opportunity to submit NPC names and items to be used in the game!Visit https://www.patreon.com/snyders_return?fan_landing=trueAre you on DISCORD? Come hang out in our server! https://discord.gg/QgU5UNf Join us in the Snyder's Return Facebook Group!~~~~~~~~~~~Social Media:Twitter - https://twitter.com/ReturnSnyderInstagram -  Snyder's Return (@snyders_return)Email - snydersreturn@gmail.com~~~~~~~~~~~Support the show

Depth of Anesthesia
30: Live from the IARS Annual Meeting - Part 2 of 2

Depth of Anesthesia

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 29:01


In this special two-part series, we record a live episode at the International Anesthesia Research Society meeting. Dr. Dan Saddawi-Konefka and I revisit a question from our very first Depth of Anesthesia episode: is it necessary to confirm mask ventilation before paralyzing? Supporting graphics are available at depthofanesthesia.com and on our Instagram @DepthofAnesthesia. Special thanks to Dr. Seun Johnson-Akeju, Dr. Keith Baker, and Dr. Dan Leisman for their guidance and support.  Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our content, leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and consider helping us offset the costs of production by donating through our Patreon at https://bit.ly/3n0sklh. — Follow us on Instagram @DepthofAnesthesia and on Twitter @DepthAnesthesia for podcast and literature updates. Email us at depthofanesthesia@gmail.com with episode ideas or if you'd like to join our team. Music by Stephen Campbell, MD. __ References available at https://depthofanesthesia.com/exploring-clinical-dogma-with-the-depth-of-anesthesia-podcast-team-iars-2022/

Crucible of Realms
Episode 29 - Apex Convergence

Crucible of Realms

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022


Hosts: Jim, Jon & KentGuest: Keith BakerIn February of 2014, we sat down and built a world with Keith Baker, the creater of Gloom and Eberron!In this episode, we create a world where massive elemental beings fight for dominence while posing a constant threat to the human populace, who make use of special forms of magic to survive.You can find some of Keith's work here:Web Site: https://keith-baker.com/Twogether Studios: https://www.twogetherstudios.com/DMs' Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Keith%20BakerDOWNLOAD EPISODE 29 - APEX CONVERGENCE

The Fake Ass Book Club
Episode 55: Season 1 Finale: An Interview With: Fly.Creator aka Keith Baker

The Fake Ass Book Club

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 92:41


Welcome back to the show! The ladies are so excited this week!! For starters, this is the official last episode of Season 1 of the FAB podcast!! They have survived one year of consistantly putting out content which is no easy feat. Moni and Kat are closing out the season with special guest Keith Baker aka Fly.Creator, a local content creator, videographer, podcaster, and self proclaimed positivity influencer. Keith joined the ladies to disuss his experience recovering from drug addition and untimately changing his life and finding his purpose. What a story!! Tune in to hear all the details. Cheers to One Year!!!!! Find us here

Mad Dungeon
MD 013 NekroBarge of Pawlee the Elder Lich w/ Keith Baker (Eberron, Twogether Studios, The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance)

Mad Dungeon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 120:28


 Save your loved ones' immortal souls from being consumed by the NekroBarge as it travels down the infernal River of Time to the netherworld. You'll fight grim reapers, hunt ghosts and sabotage the psychopomp captain in this fight against time to stop the regeneration ritual of Pawlee the Elder Lich. This week's guest: Keith Baker is a game designer and creator of Gloom & the Eberron campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons As owner of Twogether Studios, he recently released Dread Metrol: Into the Mists - An Eberron / Ravenloft Crossover for DM's Guild and The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance board game. Follow Keith Baker: Website, Twogether Studios, Twitter, TikTokThanks for listening to the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable one-page adventure map using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games.Let us know if you run this or any of our other adventures and use the hashtag: #maddungeonYou can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies.Epiclevelsrapgods.compatreon.com/epiclevelsinstagram.com/epic_levelstwitter.com/epic_levelsfacebook.com/epiclevelsrapgodsSubscribe to us on your favorite podcast player, leave a comment and tell your friends.Get nerd merch and stay up to date at EpicLevelsRapGods.comThe Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Rob Bellury & Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting AKA Mason Grant who also makes tabletop games that you can purchase at Gamma Wave Games.© 2022 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

RAD Podcast
RAD Podcast Keith Baker Part 2

RAD Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 175:49


Part 2 of the Keith Baker and Lou Smith Podcast. We dive into may topics covering reloading, precision rifle shooting, and everything in between. Facebook: ICE Rifles Instagram: IceRiflesLLC Social Medial info: #icerifles #iceriflesllc #TheAvidShooter #ReloadingAllDay #PrecisionRifle #LongRange #LongRangeShooting #LongRangeCompition YouTube: https://youtu.be/_YwLW7ncvZc (Check out all the Time Stamp Chapter markers to jump to the topics you want to watch!) Reloadingallday: https://www.reloadingallday.com/rad-podcast #Reloading #RAD

The Private Lender Podcast
PLP – 139 Know The History Of Your Property With Title Insurance With Rachel Luna

The Private Lender Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 44:18


  When you buy a property, you want to be sure that it's free of any debt and lien. This is where title insurance comes in. You don't want to wake up one day, and your pool is torn down because it was built over a utility easement. Or the heir of the seller comes in and reclaims what is theirs. Title companies prevent these things from happening. Join your host, Keith Baker, and his guest, https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-luna-39a0436/ (Rachel Luna), on the importance of title insurance. Rachel is the Agency Development Manager of https://www.patriottitletx.com/ (Patriot Title). As The Texas Title Queen, she drops a ton of knowledge and discusses the parts of a title policy, what is covered, what is not covered, and why you need title insurance when you purchase a property. Learn the schedules of a title property and why title insurance is a must. If you're a lender, you better listen to this episode. --- Know The History Of Your Property With Title Insurance With Rachel LunaThe Texas Title Queen Breaks It Down For Lender NationI would like to thank you for sharing your time with me. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. If you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can both avoid them and profit from them, then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink, my friend, and take some notes because this show is for you. I'm dedicated to giving people, like you and me, the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable private lending. In this episode, I sit down and talk with the Texas title queen, Rachel Luna from https://www.patriottitletx.com/ (Patriot Title Company), who has graciously agreed to come on this episode and drop a ton of knowledge around the topic of title insurance, what it covers, what is not covered and where to find things in the policy. Before we get to the heart of this episode, first, a little bit of housekeeping, number one, I'm about to lose my voice. The kids had a soccer tournament. They won the first two games and lost in the third. However, it was exciting. It was a blood pressure event. It was a good tournament. I'm proud of the kids but I shot my voice. I threw it out. Rather than waiting, I figured, “I'm going to make everybody suffer with me.” That's the first bit of housekeeping. The second bit of housekeeping is, have you joined the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group? If you haven't, why the hell not? Simply search in Facebook Groups for https://www.facebook.com/groups/674936429994760/ (Private Lender Podcast), click on Join. Answer a few questions to let me know that you are a private lender and not looking for deals or looking for money and not looking to boost up your groups, but going to help add value to the community. Answer those questions, I'll let you in and then let you get started. While you're at it, head on over to http://www.PrivateLenderAcademy.com (PrivateLenderAcademy.com) and click on Apply Now to learn more about putting the power of the banking system into your investment accounts or get some one-on-one time with me, I can answer your questions and show you my mistakes. That's http://www.PrivateLenderAcademy.com/apply (PrivateLenderAcademy.com/apply). The housekeeping is finished and now it's time to get to the heart of this episode. Our guest has been providing title insurance and escrow services for Houston area investors for about as long as I can remember. I caught up with Rachel Luna at the FlipCo Financial Meetup and was excited that she agreed to come on and talk about title insurance. For the simple reason, everyone, including me that says that you must have it, but very few people understand why you need it. I'm going to let Rachel answer that for you. I think you're going to enjoy this. She is dynamite. She is Miss Personality. She has a pistol, a load of fun, is very energetic, knowledgeable and smart. I'm going to...

The Private Lender Podcast
PLP – 138 Utilizing Real Estate Books For Lead Generation And Beating Competition With Max Keller

The Private Lender Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 45:51


Writing a book can help you attract private money lenders and motivated sellers so you could win the marketing game in real estate. Today's guest, https://dealschasingyou.com/rei-book-writing-checklist/?ref=podcast&affiliate= (Max Keller), proves that. Max Keller is a real estate investor, best-selling author, and business coach. In this episode, he joins Keith Baker to discuss utilizing books as a lead generation technique and how to get prospective sellers to trust you so you could stand out among competitors. He also shares the two ways to get deals through hunting and trapping. He explains how he gets deals through the use of different methods giving them a network of people. Tune into this episode so you could have the opportunity to build great relationships and make your business grow too! --- Listen to the podcast here:Utilizing Real Estate Books For Lead Generation And Beating Competition With Max KellerMax Keller Utilizes Books To Get Sellers To Know, Like And Trust HimI want to thank you for sharing your time with me. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place but if you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can one, avoid them and two, profit from them, pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink because this show is for you. This show is dedicated to giving people like you and me the knowledge and the confidence for successful and profitable private lending, the most passive form of real estate investment known to man. [caption id="attachment_3186" align="alignleft" width="200"] Home To Home: The Step By Step Senior Housing Guide[/caption] In this episode, I sit down and talk with https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-keller-567760154/ (Max Keller), who's up in the North Texas area, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Max is using a very unusual strategy for finding his deals and that is to use books to get his sellers to know, like and trust him. Before we dive into the heart of this episode, I got to do a little housekeeping and need to ask you, have you joined the show's Facebook group? Why the hell not? Simply go to Facebook Groups and search for https://www.facebook.com/groups/674936429994760/ (Private Lender Podcast). Answer a few quick questions so that I know you're serious and can follow instructions and you will be let in. You'll get to hobnob and mingle with private lenders from all over this great country of ours. We may be divided but it's still a great country. If you want to get your private lending off the ground for possibly some opportunities to bounce a few ideas off of me or perhaps we could even go down the coaching road if you like, please go to http://www.PrivateLenderAcademy.com (PrivateLenderAcademy.com) and click on Apply Now. It's time to get down to the brass tacks of this episode. Max Keller was recommended to me by someone I held dear in the podcast industry. Julie Houston, thank you. She has helped me out in ways, mindset, technical, process, things that I wouldn't think of. She hasn't charged me a dime for it. All of her advice has been for free, maybe a lunch or two here or there. Considering the value that I've received from Julie, I'm in the deficits. Julie, thank you. A big shout out to you. Thank you for introducing me to Max. This has been a game changer in many ways for me. Thinking about this helps expand the mindset into what's out there. I'm babbling already. It's best to get to the interview, let Max discuss and describe how he uses books and how he's helping his students to get some solid leads, generating some nice leads for some nice property acquisition. Let's go ahead and jump into the interview with Max Keller. -- Lender Nation, I am pleased to have https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-keller-567760154/ (Max Keller) on the show, who was formerly a teacher and now is a full-time real estate investor but more importantly, he can teach you how to...

The Private Lender Podcast
PLP-137 Is This The New Normal?

The Private Lender Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 10:18


Is This The New Normal? Hello Private Lender nation and welcome to episode 137 of the Private Lender Podcast, I'm your host, Keith Baker and I'd like to thank you for sharing your time with me today. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://privatelenderpodcast.com/blog/how-to-subscribe-rate-our-podcast-5-stars-on-itunes/ (Here's How ») If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. But do you want to learn from my mistakes so you can both avoid and profit from them? Well then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink, my friend. Because this podcast is just for you, as I am dedicated to giving people just like you and me the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable Private Lending. In today's episode, I will bore you and discuss some very recent conversations I had while on a trip to San Francisco and the Bay Area, and I heard some interesting insights from some friends of the show. But before we get to the heart of the matter, first I need to do a little housekeeping. 1 - Have you joined the Private Lender Podcast Facebook group? Well why not? Head over to the show notes for the link or simply search Facebook groups for the Private Lender Podcast. https://www.facebook.com/groups/674936429994760 (Private Lender Podcast Facebook Group) 2 – And, please head over to PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on Apply Now to learn more about how to get your Private Lending off ground and for opportunities to receive coaching from me. http://privatelenderacademy.com/apply/ (Apply – Private Lender Academy) OK, the housekeeping is finished and now it's time to get down to the brass tacks of today's episode: Are we normal? I took a short trip and flew to San Francisco earlier in August and spent a few days catching up with some friends of the show as well as a few dear old friends who call the Bay Area home. And I caught an A's game against the Rangers, so I've now ticked 3 Major League Ball parks off my bucket list. I'm glad I was able to take the trip before the government tries to lock us down again, which brings me to the question I have for you, dear listener: Are we in the new normal, or are we simply in a bubble in the housing market cycle? I won't name any names yet as I haven't' asked whether I could mention names (you know, in case they are wrong) and I had the idea for today's topic and wanted to get this episode recorded and distributed so here we go: One position I heard, especially in the case of the Austin, Texas market, is that we are in the new normal. Austin will mimic housing in the Bay Area historically speaking, which means high prices are here to stay (at least in the Austin area) and they will only continue to rise. Then, I heard the belief that we are long in the tooth for this market and a correction is coming – a very popular opinion that many investors share. Especially those investors who lived through 2008 and the mortgage crisis. In the case of the Houston area, I did a little reading and have found the following:  Average house price up 14% 1 month of inventory (6 months is considered a stable market) 500,000 people move to TX every year Construction material shortage, lumber up 250% Days on Market are almost non-existent So, which side are you on? Are we in the new normal with prices continuing to increase? Or is there a correction looming? Connect with me on social media and let me know: https://www.facebook.com/PrivateLenderPodcast/ (Private Lender Podcast Facebook) https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-baker-344944155/ (Keith Baker on LinkedIn) Or email me: keith@privatelenderpodcast.com. OK. Here's the deal, I don't charge money for this show, but there is a cost and I would be extremely grateful if you would help drive awareness to the show, to get the word out by leaving me an honest...

The Private Lender Podcast
PLP-136 George Salas On Getting Long-Lasting Revenue Through Short-Term Rentals

The Private Lender Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 32:38


  Most people flip houses, become a landlord, or purchase properties to get the most returns in real estate. But for https://www.georgesalas360.com/ (George Salas), he found an incredible opportunity in short-term rentals, where a lot of people don't even consider. He joins Keith Baker to delve into how rent arbitrage increased his ROI significantly. He shares how he acquires his financing and puts together ample funding to keep the ball rolling. George also explains how he deepens relationships with the people that he trains, eventually building joint ventures. --- George Salas On Getting Long-Lasting Revenue Through Short-Term RentalsLearn How Rent Arbitrage Can Increase Your ROIIf you're a regular reader to this show, then you know that I do my best to keep the topics of the interviews either strictly private lending-related or at least interesting from a different investment or personal perspective. The topic of the episode is no different as guest http://www.GeorgeSalas360.com (George Salas) is flip and crushing it in the short-term rental space. I met him at a Mastermind in Key West and I'm happy that we connected. I got on the plane to fly to Key West. I did not want to go. It had extremely limiting beliefs and yet is one of the best things I've done. I love to know stories of innovators and how people pivot when times change or when they get bad, and given the recent COVID scamdemic and the current bubble and the retail housing market. It's a real disease. All that stuff is over 99% survival rate. It's a flipping scamdemic. We are in a bubble. I'm calling it. Greenspan said, "You can't see a bubble until you're beyond it or it's burst." I'm calling it a bubble. More than $50,000 above ask in the market is a bubble. You can bookmark this show and can come back to it and give me grief or cheer me on when I'm proven right. I couldn't think of a better time to introduce you to my guest and his business model. The best thing of all is that George Salas is crushing the short-term rental game right here in Houston, in H-Town, which makes my smile a little bit bigger. Let's go ahead and get down to the brass tacks of the show and straight to the interview with George Salas. --- http://www.GeorgeSalas360.com (George), welcome to the show. Thank you very much, Keith. It is an absolute honor to be here. I'm looking forward to you to explain your business model. That is, you don't flip, landlord, own or finance but you do short-term rentals. I'm going to give you the floor. Tell us how you got into real estate, short-term rentals and the basic mechanics of your business. My journey started when I was six years old. I'm sitting in the living room of my parents' house. My mom and dad pulled my brother and me aside and said, "Guys, we need to talk to you. You're going to go to your grandma's. You're going to stay there for a little bit." This is from a city by the name of Lima in Peru, the capital. We moved to a small town. It was just my mom. It was an environment where I get to stand by my dad. We left that city into a small little town and then the town was 20,000 people. I didn't get to see my father for nine years but he came back again into my life. We were moving here to the US. I came when I was fifteen. I wouldn't get to say bye to him twice and it affected me my entire life until I realized that I didn't need to be better for my dad. I didn't need to be in a place I'm good enough because I felt I wasn't good enough. I felt that because my father was never a great provider. We moved here. All through my young 15, 18 to 20, I was a grocery stacker. I worked at Kmart. Then I got into the nightlife and I invested in a nightclub. I was in the nightlife for ten years. I was the number one top promoter in Houston for 7 or 8 years. [bctt tweet="Bad decisions aren't as bad if you learn from them. Turn everything around and make something completely drastic." username=""] All of a sudden, I had the...

The Private Lender Podcast
PLP-134 Mindful Money: How To Make Better Money Decisions With Jonathan DeYoe

The Private Lender Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 62:16


How does the state of our mind affect the way we make money decisions? You came to the right place to find out. Keith Baker's guest today is https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathandeyoe/ (Jonathan DeYoe), founder and CEO of https://mindful.money/ (Mindful Money). Jonathan explains to Keith Baker how mindfulness creates a space between the external stimulus and your response. It's that moment of calm you need to make the right decisions based on facts instead of emotions. When you adapt mindfulness in your finances, you start making better decisions. How can you practice mindfulness? Tune in to find out! --- Mindful Money: How To Make Better Money Decisions With Jonathan DeYoeInvesting In Your HappinessI'd like to thank you for sharing your time with me. If you're looking for practical tips and advice on how to put the power of the banking system into your investment accounts, then you are in the right place. If you want to learn from my mistakes so that you can both avoid and profit from them, then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink because this show is just for you. I'm dedicated to giving people like you and me the knowledge and confidence for successful and profitable private lending. [caption id="attachment_3155" align="alignleft" width="194"] Mindful Money: Simple Practices for Reaching Your Financial Goals and Increasing Your Happiness Dividend[/caption] If you're looking to join a community of private lenders then head over to the https://www.facebook.com/groups/674936429994760/ (Private Lender Podcast) Facebook group to connect with other private lenders and to share experiences, stories and opinions. While you're at it, head on over to the http://www.privatelenderacademy.com (PrivateLenderAcademy.com) to learn more about the forthcoming course on private lending and click on Apply Now to register for pre-launch discounts and other goodies. I was a little skeptical when I first learned about our guest. I wasn't sure he'd be a good fit for the show at first because I didn't spend a whole lot of time digging too deep, but after speaking with him for a minute, I knew he had to be on the show so we booked it. I'm happy to share https://mindful.money/ (Jonathan DeYoe) with you and hopefully introduce you to him. As I've shared in previous episodes, I am on a bit of a mindfulness journey. I like to sign off wishing you mindfulness from every episode. Given that life has happened to me in the last few years, divorce, etc., I'm happy that someone has applied the mindfulness approach to money. As I look back, I wish I would have applied mindfulness years ago especially to money because at least in my case, with the relationship with my ex, money wasn't a huge issue but it was large enough. If we both had been mindful about it, maybe things would have been different, at least on the money front. I'm not saying I'd still be married but the awareness and the understanding would have been a lot better. Such an approach can eliminate a lot of the money pains and ill feelings that couples have. Let's go ahead and get down to the brass tacks of this episode and get straight to the interview with Jonathan DeYoe. --- Lender nation, I am throwing a curveball to you because we're not going to talk about private lending and all but we will be talking about money. Our guest has an interesting approach to money, one that I certainly want to use this platform to get out into the world and more people to learn and that is mindfulness. Early on in my practice, unfortunately, mindfulness was not court-ordered for me so I'm doing this on my own little by little. https://mindful.money/ (Jonathan DeYoe), welcome to the show. I'm excited to be here, Keith. Jonathan has nothing but good reviews on Yelp and whatnot. He is in the Berkeley, San Francisco Bay Area if you want to get in touch with him. This whole mindfulness thing, I don't have the words but you do. This is what you do on a daily. Let's start with your practice, your...

The Private Lender Podcast
PLP-133 The Fourth Law of Wealth

The Private Lender Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 8:27


The Fourth Law of GoldHello, Lender nation and welcome to Episode 133 of the Private Lender Podcast! I'm your host, Keith Baker and I'd like to thank you for sharing your time with me today. I hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July observance the day this episode goes live, and to the other 194 countries not named the united states of America, then I hope you have a good Monday! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://privatelenderpodcast.com/blog/how-to-subscribe-rate-our-podcast-5-stars-on-itunes/ (Here's How ») If you're looking for practical tips and advice on Private Lending and how to keep your money safe, then you are in the right place. But if you want to learn from my mistakes so you can both avoid and profit from them, well then pull up a chair and pour yourself a drink my friend, because this podcast is just for you! Today we continue with the lessons taken from the book The Richest Man in Babylon: the fourth law of wealth. This is but one old-world principle that has remained relevant and true through the centuries, no matter the currency, and no matter the political climate. But before we get to the brass tacks, I would like to perform the housekeeping: 1 - Have you joined the https://www.facebook.com/PrivateLenderPodcast/ (Private Lender Podcast Facebook group)? Well, why not? Head over to the show notes for the link or simply search Facebook groups for the Private Lender Podcast. https://www.facebook.com/PrivateLenderPodcast/ (Private Lender Podcast Facebook Group) 2 – And most important of all, the http://www.privatelenderacademy.com/ (Private Lender Academy) is launching in just a few weeks and if you would like to get on the list for pre-launch bonuses like discount codes, then head over to PrivateLenderAcademy.com and click on “Apply Now”: provide some background on your investing experience and goals http://privatelenderacademy.com/apply/ (Apply – Private Lender Academy) The Private Lender Academy is slated to launch after July 4th, 2021. OK, the housekeeping is finished and now it's time to get down to the brass tacks of today's episode: the 4th Law of Wealth (Gold). In the book, the Richest Man in Babylon, there are 7 cures for a lean purse, and 5 laws of Gold (wealth) and today we will discuss the 4th law of wealth, which is simply: “Gold slips away from the man who invests it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar, or which are not approved by those skilled in its keep.”“To the man who has gold, yet is not skilled in its handling, many uses for it appear most profitable. Too often these are fraught with the danger of loss, and if properly analyzed by wise men, show small possibility of profit. Therefore, the inexperienced owner of gold who trusts to his own judgement and invest it in businesses or purposes with which he is not familiar, too often find his judgement imperfect, and pays with his treasure for his inexperience. Wise, indeed, is he who invests his treasures under the advise of men skilled in the ways of gold.”The lesson here is simple: seek the advice from those who have a successful track record of investing theirs, and other people's money, to help ensure your success. Gather opinions and seek counsel from proven investment strategies. Do not get caught up in the swell of a bubble market when “everyone is doing it” or “it's so easy, why aren't you doing it?” Do not bet your treasure on the shiny object. But rather seek friendship, fellowship, counsel, and advice from those skilled in successfully handling and investing money. Let them help guide you beyond the wolves and the hype of speculation. Remember, you're net worth is equal to your network. No go out and find such people to help stay safe and invest with logic rather than emotion. Ok, the sermon is over. Thank you for listening. Here's the deal, I don't charge money for this show, but there is a cost and I would be extremely grateful if you would help drive...