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Send us a textToday's show of Serious Angler's Seriously Western is with BAM Tour champion at Lake Shasta, Alex Niapas, and WON Bass champion at Lake Shasta, Joe Uribe Jr.! They talk about how they won, tips to catch more bass out west and so much more. Whether you're a seasoned angler looking to refine your skills or a newcomer eager to learn, our podcast has something for everyone.

Alex Niapas and Randy Pierson give you some insights into how they approached lake Shasta during the recent Bam Trail Pro Am. They both Talk about the lures they used the areas they fished and where they found the bass positioning during the tournament. This is great information drop by the 1st and 2nd place anglers along with the fact that both anglers dropped 18+ pound bags on the scales and Randy brought in the Biggest Bass of the tournament a 7.04 pound Spotted Bass. Don't miss this show! About BAM Podcasts Bass Angler Magazine's is a bi-monthly podcast series its available free on Simple Cast, iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and Amazon. Stay tuned as we discuss the latest in bass fishing, lure trends, ways to catch fish, tournament wins and things of interest to bass anglers.BASS ANGLER MAGAZINE (BAM), a veteran owned quarterly print and digital magazine, designed, and printed in the U.S.A. Covering largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, Bass Angler was created specifically to help you become a better, more informed bass fisherman. As the industry's most informative bass fishing magazine, we provide you in-depth exclusive new features with the world's top anglers.Subscribe to Bass Angler Magazine print and or digital here

Send us a textFish for cash and prizes...and BASS at the 2025 WON BASS Tournament Trail:https://wonbassevents.com/First stop: Lake Shasta February 5-7, 2025Clear Lake April 9-11, 2025Lake Havasu May 7-9, 2025Lake Mead September 10-12, 2025US Open at Lake Mohave October 6-8, 2025Have Western Outdoor News Delivered to Your Mailbox or E-Mail Box every-other-week: https://wonews.com/subscriptions/

Send us a textJoin the Swim Smart Community for your Best Year Yet on Mighty Networks! Find pictures, and more at http://marathonswimstories.comQuestions, comments, feedback, or if you'd like to be a guest on Marathon Swim Stories, email me! mailto:shannon@intrepidwater.comStay in touch by joining our email list at http://intrepidwater.comJoin a supportive, worldwide, group of limit pushers at The Marathon Swimming CollectiveMarathon Swim Stories is produced by Maxi Frini: https://www.maxifrini.com/Music credit:Epic Inspiration  by Rafael KruxLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/5447-epic-inspiration-License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Swimming sounds courtesy of swimmer Todd Lantry.Support the show

The Journey to Co-Angler of the YearChris shares his inspiring journey back into competitive fishing. With support from his wife and a few key co-anglers, he turned a tough start into an incredible year. Learn what drove his success and the strategies he used to dominate the co-angler field.The Big Move to ProMaking the switch from co-angler to pro is no small feat. Chris opens up about his decision, the challenges ahead, and the mindset it takes to compete against some of the top anglers in the sport.Previewing the BAM Trail at Lake ShastaChris dives into his game plan for the first stop of the BAM Trail. From the baits to the tactics in his arsenal, get an inside look at how he's preparing to make a splash in his pro debut.Why You Should ListenThis episode is packed with insight, inspiration, and excitement as Chris Trumbull shares his story. Whether you're a weekend warrior or an aspiring pro, you'll gain valuable tips and motivation to elevate your game.Turn it up and enjoy — Chris delivers a fantastic interview you don't want to miss! About BAM Podcasts Bass Angler Magazine's is a bi-monthly podcast series its available free on Simple Cast, iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and Amazon. Stay tuned as we discuss the latest in bass fishing, lure trends, ways to catch fish, tournament wins and things of interest to bass anglers.BASS ANGLER MAGAZINE (BAM), a veteran owned quarterly print and digital magazine, designed, and printed in the U.S.A. Covering largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass, Bass Angler was created specifically to help you become a better, more informed bass fisherman. As the industry's most informative bass fishing magazine, we provide you in-depth exclusive new features with the world's top anglers.Subscribe to Bass Angler Magazine print and or digital here

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Greg (Double G) Gutierrez talks with us about his winning tactics, how he approached all the many changes that were happening during the three day event. How those changes effected his fishing days for the positive and negative. He also breaks down his bait choices and how much he had to run the massive lake Shasta to hoist the Championship Trophy. 

Should you stay offshore during the spawn?!? Bass Edge rolls back in the Megaware studios after Host Kurt Dove returned from competition at the WON Bass Event #1 at California's Lake Shasta and the discussion jumps right into the latest bass fishing news and education. The Feature Angler Spotlight with BASS EQ points leader Tucker Smith is very interesting as young anglers seem to have a new approach to bass'in! Tucker finished 2nd place at the first BASS Open stop on Lake Okeechobee just last week. Tucker and Kurt look at ways to approach the winter to pre spawn bass transition and you maybe surprised how Tucker goes about his tournament tactics during this seasonal phase. Hellabass, Rich Lindgren, and Kurt walk through the recent tournaments as 4 events took place over the past 2 weeks... MLF/Bass Pro Tour on Toledo Bend, Bassmaster Open at Lake Okeechobee, NPFL on Logan Martin and WON Bass at Lake Shasta. Rich and Kurt bring you some highlights and insider information of how anglers in these events were successful. Tune into every episode of Bass Edge as your bass fishing news and educational platform to become a better angler. Catch any episode of Bass Edge Radio available on Bass Edge's YouTube channel, as well as popular audio platforms like Apple Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, PodBean, Google Play and many others. Bass Edge Radio, presented by Megaware KeelGuard. A trusted name in boat protection products and accessories. Protect your investment with the world's leading do it yourself keel protector. Thank you to our newest sponsor for 2024 BassCat Boats

Should you stay offshore during the Spawn?!? Bass Edge rolls back in the Megaware studios after Host Kurt Dove returned from competition at the WON Bass Event #1 at California's Lake Shasta and the discussion jumps right into the latest bass fishing news and education. The Feature Angler Spotlight with BASS EQ points leader Tucker Smith is very interesting as young anglers seem to have a new approach to bass'in! Tucker finished 2nd place at the first BASS Open stop on Lake Okeechobee just last week. Tucker and Kurt look at ways to approach the winter to pre spawn bass transition and you maybe surprised how Tucker goes about his tournament tactics during this seasonal phase. Hellabass, Rich Lindgren, and Kurt walk through the recent tournaments as 4 events took place over the past 2 weeks... MLF/Bass Pro Tour on Toledo Bend, Bassmaster Open at Lake Okeechobee, NPFL on Logan Martin and WON Bass at Lake Shasta. Rich and Kurt bring you some highlights and insider information of how anglers in these events were successful. Tune into every episode of Bass Edge as your bass fishing news and educational platform to become a better angler. Catch any episode of Bass Edge Radio available on Bass Edge's YouTube channel, as well as popular audio platforms like Apple Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, PodBean, Google Play and many others. Bass Edge Radio, presented by Megaware KeelGuard. A trusted name in boat protection products and accessories. Protect your investment with the world's leading do it yourself keel protector. Thank you to our newest sponsor for 2024 BassCat Boats

Should you stay offshore during the Spawn?!? Bass Edge rolls back in the Megaware studios after Host Kurt Dove returned from competition at the WON Bass Event #1 at California's Lake Shasta and the discussion jumps right into the latest bass fishing news and education. The Feature Angler Spotlight with BASS EQ points leader Tucker Smith is very interesting as young anglers seem to have a new approach to bass'in! Tucker finished 2nd place at the first BASS Open stop on Lake Okeechobee just last week. Tucker and Kurt look at ways to approach the winter to pre spawn bass transition and you maybe surprised how Tucker goes about his tournament tactics during this seasonal phase. Hellabass, Rich Lindgren, and Kurt walk through the recent tournaments as 4 events took place over the past 2 weeks... MLF/Bass Pro Tour on Toledo Bend, Bassmaster Open at Lake Okeechobee, NPFL on Logan Martin and WON Bass at Lake Shasta. Rich and Kurt bring you some highlights and insider information of how anglers in these events were successful. Tune into every episode of Bass Edge as your bass fishing news and educational platform to become a better angler. Catch any episode of Bass Edge Radio available on Bass Edge's YouTube channel, as well as popular audio platforms like Apple Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, PodBean, Google Play and many others. Bass Edge Radio, presented by Megaware KeelGuard. A trusted name in boat protection products and accessories. Protect your investment with the world's leading do it yourself keel protector. Thank you to our newest sponsor for 2024 BassCat Boats

Ponzi Schemer Evades FBI Capture with Underwater Scooter 44-year-old Matthew Piercey, accused of orchestrating a $35 million Ponzi scheme, led FBI agents on a wild chase through the streets of Redding, California. After evading capture on the roads and highways, Piercey made a desperate bid for escape by plunging into the icy waters of Lake Shasta, using a Yamaha 350LI underwater submersible device. Despite the treacherous temperatures and his mere street clothes, Piercey remained submerged for an astonishing 25 minutes before finally emerging, only to be apprehended by waiting law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dane Wigginton has been researching and exposing clandestine geo-engineering efforts since 2002. He first became interested in weather modification when he noticed the decline in the energy output of solar panels due to a strange increase in cloud cover and the impact of acidic rain on pristine forests in the Lake Shasta area. His website geoengineeringwatch.org contains multiple documents and patents going back to the late 1800s showing how geo-engineering efforts have been pursued as a means of controlling the planet. In this Exopolitics Today interview, Wigginton discusses the incontrovertible data that geo-engineering has been occurring and used to steer hurricanes, create droughts, earthquakes, and events that are part of a secret geopolitical agenda. He believes that the Georgia Guidestones revealed the true intent behind weather modification of reducing the planet's population to 500 million. He also responds to questions about the dual use of weather modification technologies as energy weapons that can be used against satellites and UFOs, whether of human or non-human origin. Website: https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exopolitics/support

Today's episode is one of my favourites and it covers such an important and vital topic: Climate Engineering. I'm grateful to be joined by Dane Wigington, an expert in this field. We discuss what climate egineering (also known as geoengineering) is, its dangers, and how it can be used in different ways that can have devastating effects on the planet, people, and the animals and plants that we share it with. To some, this may be a shocking revelation and to others, you will be familiar with the issue. Just remember that together we have the power to speak up about what's happening and help fight to put an end to this harmful practice. I hope you enjoy the episode and stay curious, stay free.Episode Guest:Dane Wigington is the executive producer for the ground breaking climate engineering documentary, "The Dimming". He has a background in solar energy and was a former employee of Bechtel Power Corporation. Dane was also a licensed contractor in California and Arizona.His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns and manages a wildlife preserve next to Lake Shasta in Northern California.Dane made the decision to focus all of his efforts, energy and resources on full time investigation of the geoengineering / solar radiation management issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to ever-increasing solar obscuration / global dimming. This scenario was being caused from highly visible and ongoing jet aircraft spraying / aerosol dispersions. Dane also noted a significant and accelerating decline in overall forest health along with rapidly increasing UV radiation levels. These factors and others were catalysts that triggered Dane's testing and research into the geoengineering issue for the last two decades.As the lead researcher for GeoengineeringWatch.org Dane has investigated all levels of geoengineering, solar radiation management and global ionosphere heater facilities like HAARP. Dane has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level from the ongoing climate engineering assault.CONNECT WITH DANE:WEBSITE YOUTUBE CONTACT FACEBOOK Key Moments: 00:00:00 - Coming up…00:03:32 - Meet my guest00:06:15 - Getting the terminology right00:09:36 - How is this different from Climate Change 00:12:28 - “Who would do such a thing?”00:16:51 - The coverup…00:21:01 - He that controls the weather, controls the world00:26:56 - Some hard truths00:37:28 - The health impacts for humans and animals 00:42:06 - NATO's involvement 00:44:57 - Your call to action --Asea Products The Roots Brand Lifewave Patches

"It's just like a miracle — that's how it works!" said Jimmy Moon, Consulting Engineer from Denison Texas. Naturally, Jimmy was praising the Modular Water System that Dan Early and his team just installed at a growing Munson Point development Jimmy is consulting, so we aired his interview in today's show. The sudden wave of engineers speaking out with rave reviews about our modular systems can be understood by the answer to this simple question: How do we help businesses downsize from central facility dependence into controlling their own water treatment? Get the answer here in the replay! (See Chapters Below) COVERED IN THIS BRIEFING 0:00 Opening 1:37 Introduction IN THE NEWS 2:27 A dose of reality from the World Wildlife Foundation — Why OriginClear's mission is so important. 3:52 GOOD NEWS! Look at the rise in Lake Shasta's water level! 4:34 What's happening in Sweden? Even Europe has challenges! FEATURED 6:51 Riggs on TNT Radio Live — Impressively informative podcast interview with Hrvoje Moric. 27:18 The amazing testimonial of consulting engineer, Jimmy Moon. 31:40 When to watch us! Schedule of upcoming New TO The Street shows airing. FREEWHEELING DISCUSSION 32:39 Exec VP, Ken Berenger, joins the show for a stimulating look at what's inside and OUTSIDE the envelope for investors. Gain insight on current economic factors, market trends and why water as an investment is emerging as an exciting new asset class!

When it comes to building a seafood industry that embraces and serves everyone, how can we move away from the good/bad binary to truly create room for discussion, accountability, and change?  Here to help us answer that very complex question in this episode of The Conch podcast, we chat with Becca Williams, SAGE's very own Program Manager for the Gender Equality Dialogues!  Becca is brand new to the seafood industry, but comes equipped with an expansive career in gender and international development. From supporting social justice activists to working in antiracism education, she's developing a bright and inclusive future for the seafood sector—and we hope you'll join her if you're a leader in the field! Episode Transcript  Episode Guide :00 Intro 00:54 Becca gives us a rundown of her new role at SAGE leading the Gender Equality Dialogues (GED) 05:18 In addition to a bright and welcoming logo, the opportunity to join a small and nimble organization working on gender equality is one of the many things that inspired Becca to join SAGE 09:01 As a newbie to the seafood sector, Becca shares observations of her first Boston Seafood Show and the response to SAGE's Boston Bingo. 14:36 Growing up in Santa Barbara and houseboat vacations on Lake Shasta create wonderful seafood memories 17:49 Becca's career path to SAGE was, you guessed it, not circuitous! 23:45 Setting boundaries is key to avoiding burnout 25:41 Three things about the absolute importance of this work to build gender equality in the seafood sector and why it's so challenging 34:57 Breaking it down: what seafood companies can expect if they participate in the GED 38:12 When uplifting and amplifying diverse voices in the seafood industry, we must pay attention to how origin stories of the industry are told and whose stories and voices get erased in that process 41:32 To quote past guest of The Conch, Julie Qiu, “The industry is ripe for disruption.” Becca shares why this phrase resonates. 43:03 Becca's shoutout is a SAGE lovefest and someone CRITICAL to advancing our mission!  Resources Learn more about SAGE's Gender Equality Dialogues, the journey, and FAQs. Recommend this episode to one person who is curious about ensuring the survival and wellbeing of the seafood sector for years to come.  

New Melones kokanee/trout; Bass shootout at Convention Center; Lake Shasta bass/trout; Camanche trout; Clear Lake bass; Pyramid Lake cutthroat trout

First-ever satellite to detect greenhouse emitters launches Higher-than-normal rainfall fills Lake Shasta to nearly normal New “water barons” are buying up water rights all over the world 2 Nigerian communities file claims against Shell in London High Court The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance committed to net-zero by 2050 Google has updated its Maps to show stops to charge EV cars. New Windows could cut the energy costs of buildings by 40 percent 54% of new electric-generating capacity in the U.S. to come from solar energy monarch butterflies in California have rebounded for a second year in a row

California has been hit with a series of powerful storms that began late last month. The storms have brought the state an extreme amount of rainfall. More than 17 people have died from the storms and over half of California's 58 counties have been declared disaster areas, the governor said. There are even more storms expected in the coming days. California has also experienced a multi-year drought. The extreme dry period has severely cut water supplies and forced officials to urge residents to save water. Experts say the series of storms will help drought conditions, but it is not yet clear exactly how much.上个月底开始的一系列强风暴袭击了加利福尼亚。风暴给该州带来了极端的降雨量。州长说，超过 17 人死于风暴，加州 58 个县中有一半以上已被宣布为灾区。预计未来几天还会有更多风暴。加州也经历了多年干旱。极端干旱时期导致供水严重中断，迫使官员敦促居民节约用水。专家表示，这一系列风暴将有助于缓解干旱状况，但尚不清楚具体有多大。However, the rain and snow will not be enough to fix some of California's long-term water problems that climate change is making worse. Here is a look at how the storms will affect California's long struggle with drought:然而，雨雪不足以解决加州的一些长期水资源问题，气候变化正在加剧这些问题。以下是风暴将如何影响加州与干旱的长期斗争：California has experienced six so-called atmospheric rivers in recent weeks. Atmospheric rivers are narrow areas in the atmosphere with a lot of moisture. Three more are expected, with the storms set to continue for at least another week, Governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday.最近几周，加州经历了六条所谓的大气河流。大气河流是大气中含有大量水分的狭窄区域。州长加文·纽森 (Gavin Newsom) 周二表示，预计还会有三场风暴，风暴将至少持续一周。The rain has come especially hard in central California, including the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley. Rainfall is 138 percent higher than the average for this time of year, officials said. The storms have also brought snow to the Sierra Nevada Mountains along California's eastern border. Most of the state's reservoirs remain below average for this time of year. But some have begun to fill, especially those close to the hard-hit Sacramento area and along parts of the Sierra Nevada. The reservoirs are important for supplying water to the Central Valley. That is an area of farmland that grows large amounts of fruits, nuts and grains. The reservoirs also supply water to millions of people living in coastal cities.加利福尼亚州中部的降雨尤其严重，包括旧金山湾区和萨克拉门托山谷。官员们说，降雨量比每年这个时候的平均水平高出 138%。风暴还给加州东部边界的内华达山脉带来了降雪。每年这个时候，该州大部分水库的水位仍低于平均水平。但有些已经开始填满，尤其是那些靠近受灾严重的萨克拉门托地区和内华达山脉部分地区的地区。这些水库对于向中央山谷供水很重要。那是一块种植大量水果、坚果和谷物的农田。这些水库还为沿海城市的数百万居民供水。“What we've got so far puts us in good shape, probably for at least the next year,” said Alan Haynes. He is a water expert with the California Nevada River Forecast Center. Snowpack is its own type of reservoir. Snow saves moisture that hopefully melts slowly into reservoirs, supplying people with water during summer and fall. But now that snowpack often melts too quickly and reservoirs are not able to capture enough of it.艾伦海恩斯说：“到目前为止，我们所拥有的一切都让我们处于良好状态，可能至少在明年是这样。”他是加州内华达河预报中心的水资源专家。积雪是它自己类型的水库。雪保存的水分有望慢慢融化成水库，在夏季和秋季为人们提供水源。但是现在积雪经常融化得太快，水库无法收集足够的积雪。It is still early in the winter and it is unclear what the next few months will bring. Last year, statewide snowpack around this time also looked hopeful. But a few warm, dry months followed. When snowpack was supposed to peak in early April, it was just 38 percent of the historic average. Also, the storms have not dropped as much water on northern California. A reservoir at Lake Shasta that was at 55 percent of its historical average on December 25 had risen to 67 percent by January 9. It is better, but still well below historical averages, Haynes said. The atmospheric rivers are not hitting everywhere. David Gochis is an expert in how water affects the weather at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. For some of the biggest reservoirs, it may take five or six large rainfall events to fill them, he said.冬天还早，还不清楚接下来几个月会发生什么。去年，这个时候全州范围内的积雪看起来也充满希望。但接下来是几个温暖干燥的月份。当积雪本应在 4 月初达到顶峰时，它仅为历史平均水平的 38%。此外，风暴并没有给加利福尼亚北部带来那么多的水。沙斯塔湖的一个水库在 12 月 25 日的蓄水量是历史平均水平的 55%，到 1 月 9 日已经上升到 67%。海恩斯说，情况有所好转，但仍远低于历史平均水平。大气河流并非无处不在。 David Gochis 是国家大气研究中心研究水如何影响天气的专家。他说，对于一些最大的水库，可能需要五到六次大降雨才能蓄水。Many farmers in California pump water from underground. Some wells are running dry. It is something that is not going to be solved by a short-term series of storms, experts said. And while there have been some wet years mixed in, California's drought has been going on for about 20 years. Climate change is creating drier, hotter conditions. Water evaporates faster. California officials predict there will be less water in the state's future. Jeannie Jones is with the California Department of Water Resources. She said, “Big picture, this series of storms really is kind of just a drop in the bucket.”加利福尼亚州的许多农民从地下抽水。一些水井正在干涸。专家表示，这不是短期的一系列风暴就能解决的问题。虽然有一些潮湿的年份，但加州的干旱已经持续了大约 20 年。气候变化正在创造更干燥、更炎热的环境。水蒸发得更快。加州官员预测，该州未来的水资源将会减少。珍妮·琼斯供职于加州水资源部。她说，“从大局来看，这一系列的风暴真的只是沧海一粟。”

Kathleen opens the show drinking a Yooper Ale from Michigan's Upper Hand Brewery, and reviews her weekend in Grand Rapids and Detroit, sampling delicious Founders beer in Grand Rapids and Detroit-style pizza from Buddy's in Royal Oak. QUEEN NEWS: Kathleen announces that Queen Dolly's Imagination Library is expanding to California.“GOOD BAD FOOD”: In her quest for delicious not-so-nutritious food AND in continuing her search for the best Ranch, Kathleen samples Andy Capp's Ranch Fries, Friday's Buffalo Ranch Wing & Dipping Sauce, and Great Lakes Potato Chip Co. Michigan Cherry BBQ potato chips. UPDATES: Kathleen gives an update on Boris Becker's prison yoga, an eco-mob throws mashed potatoes on a Monet, the Kroger-Albertson's grocery merger is challenged by senators, McDonald's sold-out Adult Happy Meal toys sell for thousands of dollars, and Netflix changes their pricing model (again.)“HOLY SHIT THEY FOUND IT”: Kathleen is amazed to read about the discovery of 18th-century coins under a floor being renovated in the UK, and a WWII “Ghost Boat” emerges in California's drought-ridden Lake Shasta. FRONT PAGE PUB NEWS: Kathleen shares articles about McDonald's adding Krispy Kreme doughnuts to their menus, Elon Musk changes his staffing plans for Twitter, new Tiger Queen Mimi Erotic runs from the law, the grave of Father Christmas was found under a church in Turkey, describes the Halloween atmosphere in Salem Massachusetts, a woman has 23 forgotten contact lenses removed from her eyes, United Airlines announces that it wants to fly electric planes by the end of 2023, and Alaskan snow crab season is canceled after crab population drops.WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEK: Kathleen recommends watching “The Watcher” on Netflix. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

First, Pascual and Celestia puzzle over Ben's location and discuss a few places in Vegas that skeptics might like to see while they attend CSI Con. Then we celebrate the nearly $1 billion judgment against Alex Jones and look into a minor (non)mystery about a ghost boat from WWII appearing in a California lake. Our main topic this week is a look back at our favorite scary episodes, and why they creep us out.

Black Boom Towns Blackdom, New Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Blackdom is a historic freedom colony[2] in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States with a population of 300 at its height in 1908[2] that was founded by African-American settlers in 1901 and abandoned in the mid-1920s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedmen%27s_towns List of freedmen's towns From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A historically African-American municipality, known in various areas as "freedmen's town", "freedom towns", or "all-Black towns", are municipalities which were established by or for a predominantly African-American populace.[1] Many of these municipalities were established or populated by freed slaves[2] either during or after the period of legal slavery in the United States in the 19th century.[3] https://travelnoire.com/black-american-towns-hidden 5 Black American Towns Hidden Under Lakes And Ultimately From History Books https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/03/29/once-a-californian-boom-town-now-a-sunken-city-at-the-bottom-of-a-lake/ Once a Californian Boom Town, Now a Sunken City at the Bottom of a Lake At one time Kennett, Ca, had 40 saloons, dozens of trade stores, a hotel, hospital, a schoolhouse– it even had an opera house– that is, before it was sitting at the bottom of the huge man-made Lake Shasta. Kennett is now completely invisible, buried as deep as 400 feet below the water's surface. There is no record of any public hearings to ask Kennett residents their opinion. Kennett might not be the lost city of Atlantis,

Are jet aircraft trails just condensation? Why are these trails lingering, spreading, and blocking the sun? Is the dimming of direct sunlight by aircraft-dispersed particles causing the dimming of sunlight? Is this a form of global warming mitigation?  What is “Solar Radiation Management”?No matter what you think you know about this subject I promise you that you will be surprised and shocked by what you will learn:My guest on RichardGage911:Unleashed is Dane Wigington of GeoengineeringWatch.org.Dane is the lead researcher and administrator for the website  www.geoengineeringwatch.org, and is the executive producer for the groundbreaking climate engineering documentary, “The Dimming”. He has devoted the last 20 years of his life to constant research on the issue of covert global climate engineering operations and the effort to expose and halt them.Dane discusses whether geoengineering operations are a reality or just speculation—theory, or conjecture. He investigates the up-close film footage taken at high altitude and inquires whether it reveals on/off aerosol dispersions from wing mounted nozzles on military tankers—and even retrofit commercial carrier aircraft which are leased by the DOD.He shares with us the data from atmospheric samples collected from a NOAA flying lab (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and seeks to provide tangible proof of climate engineering with elements, listed in US patents, being dispersed.Dane has a background in solar energy, was a former employee of Bechtel Power Corporation and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona.His personal residence was featured as a cover article in the worlds largest renewable energy magazine, "Home Power".He actually owns his own wildlife preserve next to Lake Shasta in Northern California. Dane has appeared in numerous films and interviews in his effort to educate the public on the extremely dire environmental and health dangers we face from the ongoing global climate intervention operations.Join us at RichardGage911.org

In this Bass Thumbs Fishing EP I got to sit down with Chase Murdock and John Myers who both won two different events on the same day on Lake Shasta! California Bass Nation Kayak series is a way for California kayak anglers to qualify for the coveted Bass Kayak Series Championship and the Wild West Kayak Series is a top tier kayak series in California! It was awesome to hear from both anglers as they dissect this fishery where a big bite is hard to come by!  Follow Chase @chasesfish on IG  Follow John Myers @basstrophy on IG  You can follow myself @bassthumbsfishing on IG and YT  Keep your thumbs ripped!  Dale Hollow Event Sign up- https://tourneyx.com/leaderboard/standings/paddle-n-fin-open-on-dale-hollow Dale Hollow Lodging- www.eastport.info Fantasy Kayak League- www.paddlenfin.com/fantasy Waypoint TV- https://waypointtv.com Patreon-https://www.patreon.com/paddlenfin Podcast & Website- www.paddlenfin.com YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/paddlenfin Email- paddlenfin@gmail.com Social Media- @paddlenfin Yak Gadget- www.yakgadget.com Pelican Professional- www.pelican.com Rocktown paddlesports - rocktownadventures.com JigMasters Jigs- https://jigmasters.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mid-Sacramento salmon, Feather River salmon, Scott Leysath-recipes, Guisti's restaurant burns, Delta stripers, Clear Lake bass, Lake Shasta bass and trout.

Photo: Fog obscures the exit from Lake Shasta Caverns, northeast of Redding, California . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Watching Lake Shasta dry up from low-Earth orbit; & What is to be done? @JCBliss https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/space-images-show-how-terrible-california-drought-is/ar-AALtes4

Country Music legend Freddy Powers, credited with introducing Dixieland Jazz into Country for the first time, is affectionately known as the 'Ol Blue Eyes' of Country Music, according to the L.A. Times, & if you were to "ask country superstars Willie Nelson, George Jones, or Merle Haggard (they'll)...tell you that he's one of country music's best-kept secrets." That secret is spilled for the first time on paper in Powers' highly-entertaining and emotionally-touching page-turner "THE SPREE OF '83 - The Life and Times of Freddy Powers (with Exclusive Commentary from Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard)." Taking readers from the plains of West Texas into the Marine Core in the 40s before winding up in Arlington, TX alongside Willie Nelson as undiscovered artists in the early 50s before Freddy's career as one of Nevada's TOP performing acts exploded over the 1960s and '70s before landing in the studio with Willie Nelson to produce the Grammy-winning 1980 Over the Rainbow album. His career got even hotter in the 1980s when he joined forces with another country music superstar, Merle Haggard, moving up to Lake Shasta in Northern California, where the 2 lived a truly rock & roll lifestyle on houseboats during the height of the roaring 80s, writing # 1 hit after # 1 hit, including "Natural High," "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room Tonight," "I Always Get Lucky With You," among many more.  Visit the official website by clicking on Freddy's website.   US Air Times: 11:00 am EST, 10:00 am CST, 9:00 am MST, and 8:00 am PST. 

What is the single greatest threat to sustainability on Earth? What is happening on a daily basis which sucks the life out of our soils, destroys ecosystems, reduces bee populations, affects the breathing of humans, animals, and causes long-term health issues resulting in billions in medical bills and slow, painful deaths?If you want to know the answer, you can start by looking up. Not just an internet search, but literally looking up into the skies. What you see is part of a global climate manipulation plan called “stratospheric sulfate aerosols geoengineering” or SAG-SRM. “Geoengineering is the artificial modification of Earths climate systems through two primary ideologies, Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR),” according to www.geoengineeringwatch.org. Some have used the term “chemtrail” but “Chemtrailing” is the public's term (not a scientific term) for the CLASSIFIED ONGOING artificial modification of Earths climate systems using reflective nano-materials (aerosols) to reflect sunlight. The aerosols are dispersed via jet aircraft trails that expand into reflective artificial clouds. As noted above, the "chemtrails" term is not a scientific term and is thus used to discredit the validity of the anti-geoengineering effort. This term is not helpful to the cause of exposing and halting climate engineering, and thus should be avoided.On this #FreakyFriday, Dane Wigington of Geoengineeringwatch.org joins me to discuss geoengineering's destructive impact on our once thriving planet. This is not a topic relegated to conspiracy theory forums online. It is a pro-life issue which needs our attention, focus, and activism.“Atmospheric particle testing has now conclusively proven that the lingering spreading jet aircraft trails are not just condensation as we have been told. Over 70 years ago, global powers committed the planet and populations to a climate engineering experiment from which there is no return,” says Dane. “The intentional dimming of direct sunlight by aircraft dispersed particles, a form of global warming mitigation, known as ‘Solar Radiation Management', has and is causing catastrophic damage to the planet's life support systems and human health. What are the consequences of conducting these programs? Why aren't scientists or official sources disclosing the ongoing climate engineering operations? Who is responsible for carrying out these programs?”This may be one of the most important episodes of The Breakdown you've heard. Listen in as Dane and Aaron discuss the history of geoengineering, the current impact on life, the future of life, and what can be done to stop it.It's time to join the battle. We can no longer sit on the sidelines while our planet is destroyed and humanity is assaulted by those in power whose own agendas trump our quality of life.There are many ways you can come alongside Dane and others like him. Go to https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ and search “Activism” for help in getting started in the fight.Dane is the lead researcher and administrator for the website www.geoengineeringwatch.org, and is the executive producer for the groundbreaking climate engineering documentary, “The Dimming”. He has a background in solar energy, was a former employee of Bechtel Power Corporation and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. Dane has devoted the last 20 years of his life to constant research on the issue of covert global climate engineering operations and the effort to expose and halt them.His personal residence was featured as a cover article in the world's largest renewable energy magazine, "Home Power". He owns a wildlife preserve next to Lake Shasta in Northern California. Dane has appeared in numerous films and interviews in his effort to educate the public on the extremely dire environmental and health dangers we face from the ongoing global climate intervention operations.

Mark has been grinding it out at Berry and stacking 'em up on Shasta. He also talks prepping for his first Delta trip of the year and we get into what the Apex Cup is all about.

Swimbait expert Butch Brown shared his experience & expertise chucking the “Big Swim Baits”. MLF Tournament Director Gary Bradford talked about the what happened and where he will go from here regarding events scheduled for Lake Shasta. Billy Egan, WON Tournament Director, previewed the upcoming Arizona Open and other fishing events coming up on the Western Outdoor News tournament schedule.

In this episode Shane and Alex recap the Wild West Bass Trail Pro/Am at Lake Shasta, answer listener questions about pedal drive kayaks, and battery recommendations for kayak sonar units. Listen in and enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Spotted Bass Specialist and Lake Shasta local Matthew Saavedra takes us for a ride in his fishing past present and future ... I must apologize for being a bit low energy ... hope you guys like it!

It's a jig fishing bonanza in the Motherlode region and Ryan breaks it down. Fish shallow and hope for that big bite. Also, we talk fishing WWBT team event at Lake Shasta in the blind.

First up the head of a Ponzi scheme tries to evade the Feds on an underwater scooter in Lake Shasta. Then a wildlife expert goes incognito as an old woman to capture a terrorizing turkey. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sklarbrocountry/support

A guy leads police on a high-speed chase that includes ditching his car and diving under Lake Shasta in a mini submarine, a new study shows men who have a beard in dating profile pics are 3x more likely to get a match, a new dating term called “Hat Fishing” has men trying to hide their baldness under hats on dating apps, a new phone hotline helps people get through bad psychedelic trips, a Connecticut man is arrested for getting freaky with his neighbor's tree, and America is having another TP crisis so Ryder and Fitz think we all just need to install bidets.

It’s a rare Blue Thursday and we all hope the Seahawks can right the ship tonight. It’s the Great American Smoke Out – can Ryder go all day without a Smoky Treat? In the What Are You Kidding Me stories, a guy leads police on a high-speed chase that includes ditching his car and diving under Lake Shasta in a mini submarine, a new study shows men who have a beard in dating profile pics are 3x more likely to get a match, a new dating term called “Hat Fishing” has men trying to hide their baldness under hats on dating apps, a new phone hotline helps people get through bad psychedelic trips, a Connecticut man is arrested for getting freaky with his neighbor’s tree, and America is having another TP crisis so Ryder and Fitz think we all just need to install bidets. Getting to Know You includes our favorite TV Holiday Specials and the foods we absolutely hated as kids. On the Fitz Files “The Bachelorette” tests the guys on math, spelling, breakfast in bed and carrying around simulated babies, and the “Charlie Brown” Thanksgiving and Christmas Specials will show on PBS after Apple TV angered fans by holding back the Halloween Special. On Make Up or Break Up, Faith from Marysville says after three years together her boyfriend Jake’s family still treats her like a stranger at the holidays, keeping her out of gift exchanges and potluck plans. Whatcha Drinkin’ About? Fitz wants to know what’s stressing us out to the point of drinking. We play Never Have I Ever and learn Ryder has never been to Pike Place Market, Claire has never been fired and Fitz has never cooked a meal from scratch in his whole life. Throwin’ Shade has Shade going after social media apps all having the same features, so why bother having all of them?

A guy leads police on a high-speed chase that includes ditching his car and diving under Lake Shasta in a mini submarine, a new study shows men who have a beard in dating profile pics are 3x more likely to get a match, a new dating term called “Hat Fishing” has men trying to hide their baldness under hats on dating apps, a new phone hotline helps people get through bad psychedelic trips, a Connecticut man is arrested for getting freaky with his neighbor’s tree, and America is having another TP crisis so Ryder and Fitz think we all just need to install bidets.

Dane Wigington has a background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. Dane and has investigated all levels of geoengineering, solar radiation management, and global ionosphere heaters like HAARP. Dane has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level from the ongoing climate engineering assault. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world’s largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a large wildlife preserve next to Lake Shasta in Northern California.

Dane Wigington has a background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world’s largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a large wildlife preserve next to Lake Shasta in Northern California. Dane made the decision to focus all of his efforts and energy on full time investigation of the geoengineering / solar radiation management issue has been ongoing for over a decade and a half. As the lead researcher for GeoengineeringWatch.org Dane and has investigated all levels of geoengineering, solar radiation management, and global ionosphere heaters like HAARP. Dane has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level from the ongoing climate engineering assault.

This week we talk about our vacation. We also chat with Craig Jenkins the Renaissance Man about his family farm, his club Velvet Jones, and his work on tour with the likes of Chuck Ragan, Frank Turner, Old Man Markley and more! And we listen to music from: United Defiance AHSTYN NOFX - Frank Turner Split

Brandy, Brittany and Shellee recap their family trip to Lake Shasta. Houseboating with 25 people (including 12 children!) is quite an adventure, but it was also a very relaxing time. They share their highs and lows, what went well, and what they will do differently next year. We hope this inspires you to spend time with the people you love! You can find us on Instagram at theflourishinglife.podcast and on Facebook at The Flourishing Life Podcast We would love to hear from you! Our email address is theflourishinglifepodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Brandy, Brittany and Shellee discuss their summer plans, how the pandemic has affected their plans so far, and what they are looking forward to. They ponder what the shower situation will be like on their big family trip- houseboating for a week on Lake Shasta with all 25 of them, and agree that the trip is going to be quite an adventure! They mourn the fact that there is no substitute for kids summer camp, but agree that leaving your kids at home alone just isn't the same thing, nor is it safe or legal. We know this summer will be very different, but are committed finding joy in little things, and making adjustments so as to get the most out of this extended time we have with our families! You can find us on Instagram at theflourishinglife.podcast and on Facebook at The Flourishing Life Podcast We would love to hear from you! Our email address is theflourishinglifepodcast@gmail.com

On this episode of the Talking NorCal Podcast, Zach and Bob discuss the news of the week including a shark attacking a kayaker along the Humboldt coast, Lassen Volcanic National Park's reopening, the draining of Lower Bucks Lake, the dwindling Sierra snowpack and a brand new adventure company called Ooowee Adventures (7:22). Finally, they sit down with Matt Doyle to discuss all things Shasta Lake including a recap of Memorial Day weekend, the current state and future of Lake Shasta Caverns, raising Shasta Dam and the giant sturgeon that live in the lake (27:17).

Life is a verb, a great cosmic dance. Everything in the material world is made of consciousness. More than that, everything has consciousness. This is the foundation of animism. The life force permeates all of creation. When we experience life as a conversation with all that we encounter, our outlook and our experience of people, places and things changes radically from separation and isolation to connection and inclusion. Here's a link to the teepee I built on Lake Shasta. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/spiritualpsychology/message

The Judgment by Franz KafkaSend us feedback at MetagnosisPodcast@gmail.com TranscriptYuta    00:14    Okay. So this week we readYuta    00:17    the judgment by Kafka and for me, I had read this work before and I like Kafka so it was a fun chance to go back to it again. And I tried to upload a reading of it as well, but I would recommend you read it if at all possible. So this time I actually got an interpretation of the story as I was reading it and listening to the reading of it. And I hadn't really, like I've read this many times, like over many years, like maybe over six years. And yeah. I, I never really understood the story, but I really enjoyed the story from the first time that I read it and it's, I got like a very mysterious feeling from it, I guess.   I don't know. It gave me a, some kind of experience that I really enjoyed.Yuta    01:25    And then the ending of course also kind of was shocking to me  but I couldn't really explain it. But this time, so I'll just say what I thought this time, which was, it seems to me like the narrator is basically, or the story is basically conveying what it's like to have a father who's very domineering and, kind of abusive although not physically, and then kind of the dynamics that are involved in a very kind of close and intimate but, but like totally domineering kind of like gaslighting relationship. So I think that's what it,  conveyed. That's what it portrayed. And that kind of explains to me a lot of the mysterious characteristics of the story. Because a lot of things just kind of don't make sense. Like at the end, the father, you know, I sentence you to death by drowning and then, you know, the character goes to drown himself. But I think, you know, those things can be explained because they're kind of the first person perspective of the character. And I think there's an element to those kinds of relationships where it kind of messes with your sense of reality. I mean, that's what gaslighting is, right? So, yeah, that's my theory. But how did you react to this story?Henry    03:10     well first I guess I'll just say why I also enjoyed it. Yeah, I think I enjoyed it for similar reasons. This is the most recently, this is the first time that I've read the story. I've read some other things by Kafka but not this one. Apparently it's one of his more famous works. Well, that's interesting. But yeah, it's a very closed story. It's very focused on a certain circumstance and there's not a lot going on. It's just this interaction between these two people and it's mysterious because you get a sense of the two people. Like you feel like, you know them in some way? You can predict what they're going to do, how they're going to feel about certain things, but especially at the end. But,  little parts throughout the story as well, there are twists that while they are unexpected in the sense that they go against the grain of how you feel, you've learned the characters, they also feel natural.Henry    04:18    They also make sense in retrospect. I think that would be the way that I would explain it. It doesn't feel like the story broke, but it seemed like the story broke at the time. And  so I thought it was an interesting story and it definitely is, it feels like there's some deep meaning to it or some deep expression that it's trying to expose. So that's why it's interesting to talk about it.   I definitely didn't come away with a cohesive theory. I definitely just found it interesting to think about in lots of different ways,  but I'm sure there is a cohesive theory to come away with. And what strikes me about your theory is that it seems very specific. It seems almost like you're taking the story literally. It is in particular about a relationship between, I guess, a child who's an adult and their aging parent and maybe even more specifically a father and his son.Yuta    05:26    Yeah, I guess it is very literal and maybe it's kind of the conclusion most people would come away with the first time they read it.Henry    05:35    Well, it's almost just a description of what happened, right. It's the friction between a father and his son, in this aging stage of the father's life, that he's dependent on his child.Yuta    05:46    Well, so the first times I read it and I heard this on my own, then I also read it in a class and then afterwards as well. Right? Yeah. And every time that I read it, to me, it didn't really make sense. Like I couldn't explain all of the kind of mysterious, you know, stylistic aspects of the story. Basically. Like, you know, in the beginning there was also like a huge chunk of the book is about his friend in some country and then it shifts to the, you know, the father and it's like the first part didn't even matter to the story. And then, yeah, just the conversation with the father is so weird. I don't, it's, I don't think it's like a straight forward yeah. A straight forward conversation between a father and a son. That would happen normally.  maybe I'm wrong, but it, yeah. So for me, I didn't, yeah, I didn't have this interpretation until now. I maybe,  yeah, I don't know. I guess it's maybe a little bit different because I think it is trying to depict something that's Mmm. I guess, yeah. Stranger. Mmm. Because it's kind of trying to tell the story from the perspective of the person who is being kind of dominated. And in that way it's different from just telling a story about an abusive relationship from, you know, a third person perspective. Mm. Well it has like a warped sense of reality, you know, it's nightmarish and the kind of shifts between the topics from the friend rod, it just kind of doesn't make sense. But I think that kind of could be a depiction of a altered state of mind.Henry    08:05    That's a good word for it. Yeah. It's nightmarish. It almost like the story just feels like a nightmare. It's the exact sort of timeframe as well. Yeah. It's something that you would, you know, he jumps into the river and then he wakes up. Right. You could totally see that being a game.   maybe, yeah.Yuta    08:24    The logic to it is nightmarish. It's, yeah, there isn't really, it's, yeah, it's very weird.Henry    08:33    Going along with what you were saying about,  describing this from the perspective of someone who is the underling and this abusive or domineering relationship.  the first part of the story is about him describing his relationship, this sort of strange relationship to his friend who's abroad,  who he wants to move back home but knows won't. Right. And they have a sort of not super close relationship, but they're still friends after a long time. So they're somewhat familiar with each other.   what do you think the significance of all of that is? I guess one way to take it would be that there is some metaphorical significance to the specifics of that story or perhaps the point of bringing it up was just to show how it all gets dismissed away when the father comes into the picture.Yuta    09:31    Yeah.   yeah, I couldn't totally, yeah, I don't totally understand or have a theory about that part of the story.   but yeah, I think my theory would imply that, yeah, it is basically in consequential. Yeah. So in the second option when you went out.Henry    09:54    Okay. I guess. So here's the way that I would, or that I am inclined to say it is that what I thought was really interesting about that turn when the father is introduced is that when we're describing or when we're hearing the story about the friend and he, he tells us about how he writes to his friend and he is getting married and he seems to be doing pretty well for himself. Like he's moving out in life and he seems very modest and he also seems weirdly focused on this friend. Like what, why does he even keep in touch with them? That doesn't seem like they have any sort of special relationship other than they happen to know each other. And  it also doesn't seem like the friend is very communicative. Mmm. And my sense of this was that when he was describing his life at that point, he was describing sort of a fantasy of how he wanted his life to be. And he kept trying to put down his friend's situation, although not explicitly, he was trying to put it down and make it seem like, yeah, that's not actually what I would want to do. I, I'm fine staying here and doing things here. But then we, we get another picture on his reality living at home, which is, is the relationship with his father. So then it comes crashing down the sort of fantasy view of his successful life at home to the point where he's driven to suicide by his father, by the end.Yuta    11:29    Uh huh.Henry    11:30    So I think that there's an implicate or perhaps there's an implication that he's actually envious of his friend. He just can't say it explicitly. You'd rather get out of his house, out of his home, away from his father.Yuta    11:46    Yeah. But that seems right. And yeah, you get the sense that he's, you know, he complains about his friend a lot and he's kind of obsessed with his friend in the beginning of the story and they're barely even friends. Like, yes, I think it says they were just acquaintances before he moved abroad and then they kind of started writing to each other more. So it's, yeah, kind of this weird interests that the, the Gregor develops.   and this person. Yeah. So it seems like just kind of this, his straightforward, Mmm. Ex explanations or comments about his friend. Don't fully explain why he has those thoughts.Henry    12:39    It's a really well crafted,  section as well cause it seems almost like an uninteresting story, but the way that it's written and so,  ambiguous and, you know, questioning, it's really fun to read.Yuta    12:54    Did you, do you think the friend exists?Henry    12:57    Oh yeah. So that's, that's one of the twists is that the father says, Oh, your friend doesn't even exist. But also that I've been telling him to not read your letters. So obviously there's a little bit of a conflict there, but Mmm. I honestly don't think it's important whether or not he really exists. I don't think that he's of significance in that way.   but my guess would be that he probably does exist. Yeah.Yuta    13:33    Yeah. I think, yeah. So reading the story, I also, like many times it kind of, it makes me think back, especially at the very, at the start of,   the conversation with the father and, and Gregor where the father kind of implies that the friend doesn't exist. It's like, Oh, maybe he doesn't exist. I'm reading it. It feels like, and then I have to kind of think back to the story and,   you know, consider the possibility that the friend didn't exist. And I think that's maybe also another reason that this story makes me think it is about, or it is trying to depict, you know, the psychological state of being I, gasoline is such a cool word now, but something like that that kind of state on because, and it's also really interesting because it kind of induces the same state and not us as the readers because we're also like, you know, it's not, it could tell a straight forward, you know, obese story where the facts are clear, but, and that's, that's how most narratives would go.   even most first person narratives. Mmm. Yeah. There's an aspect to it where the reader can kind of tell what's going on.   but this were put almost in the same position that Gregory's and, and, yeah. So I think it's kind of a little bit left up to the air, whether the friend exists, it seems like he probably does and the father is messing within. But,   yeah, I, I enjoyed the kind of the conflict that that created.Henry    15:33    Yeah. It makes you want to go back and read the first part. You're like, wait a second, I need to go see if there was a hint that I miss.Yuta    15:41    Yeah. And this is like the kind of the crazy thing about,  what he's depicting, right. Just the fact that one person could be so domineering that he can, I guess, mess with someone's sense of reality. And I should say, by the way, disclaimer that I have read Kafka wrote a letter to his father, which is, you know, actually super famous.   and so that kind of, I definitely recommend reading that as well. And, but probably sports,  this theory.   so yeah, that might've influenced it.   but yeah, that's basically Kafka is,  writing to his father. Kafka is all grown up already about and he's kind of complaining about his childhood basically and how domineering his father was. And then he gave it to his mom. He gave the letter to his mom for his mom to give to his father, but then his mom never gave it to his father.Henry    16:56    Well huh.Yuta    16:58    That's weird. Yeah. And it's, it's a very long, very classically Kafka a very well written. Very interesting. Well,Henry    17:10    well, so very whiny. Do you think that the mother also read it and that's why they didn't give it to the father?Yuta    17:18    Yeah, I imagine so. You know, I'm sure she would've given it to him if it was nothing. Oh, that is an interesting thing. Yeah. It makes you think to Kafka like actually want it to get to his father because why wouldn't you give it to his mom?Henry    17:39    Yeah. I don't know. Did he write? So did he write this story before or after he wrote that letter?Yuta    17:49    I think before and yeah, so some other contexts is that this is his first work that he's, he wrote a fiction ever I think. And the story is that he kind of got into like a few state one night and just madly wrote down the entire story in one sitting. Yeah.Henry    18:11    That's really interesting.Yuta    18:13    Yeah, that's, that's the context that I know of.Henry    18:19    Well that's lots of mystery surrounding the story, so.Yuta    18:25    Hmm.Henry    18:26    Yeah. I wonder if he is trying to express something that he experienced himself, at least, you know, the mental state of it, not the particular happenstancesYuta    18:40    yeah. Or maybe, yeah. Maybe even the particulars.Henry    18:45    Yeah. I wonder. I have a feeling, probably not.Yuta    18:54    Yeah, that's the extent of my,  reading I guess the metamorphosis also.   as a very similar theme about the father and the son.Henry    19:10    Hmm. That's true. Yeah. Except I guess it's a bit of a reverse relationship in that one.Yuta    19:21    What, how, how so?Henry    19:23    Well, this one, the father. Oh yeah.Yuta    19:28      well in the metamorphosis, the sun is like the bug and the father's the,  I'm in the father, the one that's trying to get rid of him. Right?Henry    19:39    Yeah. But I mean in, and the metaphor Morphosis he is, the bug is dependent on his father and that's the way that he's controlling. But in this story,  the father is dependent on the son. I guess that's what I meant by reversed.Yuta    19:58    Oh, I thought I didn't think that's the case at all because isn't, I mean just everything we talked about, about,  the mental state of the, of Gregory being, you know, kind of deteriorated obviously. And then like the last scene is his father commanding him to drown himself. And he does that almost seems to suggest that Gregory has no agency on all that. He doesn't even, he doesn't even have control over his own mind that his father is completely dominating him.Henry    20:36    I agree with that. I mean, dependent for like,  your lifestyle, like your health. That's what I meant.Yuta    20:48    But I agree that in both stories, the father's controlling the son. So that is an interesting parallel. I bet there is significance to that too. Kafka zone life it sounds like. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, yeah. I don't know. I think, I don't think the economic relationship is the core to the story. Yeah. Hmm. Which would make them similar. Well, it seemed like,  when the father was introduced, th this might not be super interesting. When the father was introduced though,  he was basically revealed to be pretty sickly and the son was taking care of him. Right. Trying to keep them healthy. Yeah. So that's what I got the impression from. But, but I, I don't, that doesn't seem like to be a very interesting difference. The, the focus is on the domineering relationship and that's the same.Yuta    21:54    Yeah. Well, the fact that it's Mmm. But the father is kind of financially and practically dependent I think kind of adds to the, you know, how impressive his power over his son is. Right? Yeah. Because the son definitely feels responsible for his father. Yeah. But you know, it's easy to dominate someone if you have all the financial and, and practical power. But in this case, the father is almost even more dominating because yes, there's like, there's nothing behind,  his total domination of, of Gergor.   not nothing like economic growth or anything like that. It's just he's this legal Nan who's totally dependent, but Gregory, he's kind of, yeah, everything. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It's a, it's definitely a strange mental position to be in because you could imagine another,  person could be in that position and think, okay, I'm just done with my father. I'm moving out. Sorry. That could be another position you take. But it's clear that in this case I saw that even an option for Gregor, he's completely mentally being controlled or he, he feels as if he doesn't have any willpower,  to change the situation at all. Yeah. I guess kind of as readers, there is basically what you were saying. Yeah. We have kind of, it's in perspective.Yuta    23:45Henry    23:46    you're cutting out. Oh, sorry. I think you're cutting out.Yuta    23:51    I can't, Oh, you cut out also from my side, huh? Oh, okay.Henry    24:00    It seems like it's back though.Yuta    24:02    Yeah. So I think, repeat what you were saying.  Oh. So from our perspective, we can tell that the   but the father is this week a sickly, you know, dependent old man. And that is kind of a neutral perspective that we get that we're able to tell that whereas Greg or seems to be like a godly power to this person.Henry    24:42    Yeah. And that's what's kind of unsettling is that it's not really explained why that is. It just is made clear through the circumstances.Yuta    24:54    Yeah. The explanation is, I guess the story of his childhood, right? Something, something along. Yeah. That's not an explanation, but it's in there somewhere I think.Henry    25:12    Yeah. I don't remember that part super clearly, but I remember what you're talking about.Yuta    25:16    Well, it's not, it's not part of the story, but it's just speculation. Like how would this kind of relationship arise?Henry    25:23    Oh, that's what you mean. Yeah. I thought you were having to sing a part of the story. Yeah. I mean there must be some history behind this. Of course. Yeah. Or this is just an abstract scenario and there isn't a particular history to this relationship, butYuta    25:40    warm history doesn't necessarily mean childhood. That's true.Henry    25:49    Huh. But as I stand now, it seems like I have a pretty interesting viewpoint on what the story is talking about without knowing that detail.Yuta    26:01    Mmm. Well all in all I'll say it first of all, like I have no, I just tried it out a theory, but I have, I don't think I figured it out. Mmm. But yeah. Yeah. I, I don't know. Well that's a good place to end, I think.Henry    26:27    Well, in this episode of something a little unique, which is a reading of a story that I wrote in middle school called consequence, the story has a similarities to judgement in terms of theme and Tanner. So I think it'll be interestingSpeaker 3    26:44    to see in comparison to the other story. I actually hadn't heard of judgement before Yuta told me about it, but when he read the story, he saw the parallels immediately. John handed the lengthy contract to his client, mr Joffrey. As for read the document, making sure not skip the suspiciously small print. John reflected on the earlier events of the day. Soon after his breakfast around 10 o'clock John's boss had called him, asking him to rush over to the house. Mr Joffrey was trying to buy. John was dismayed for he planned to pull off his devious plan. That morning through the middle part of the day, John had argued half-heartedly with mr Joffrey about the price of the house. It's foundries and insurance contracts. Now, after receiving the final scripted paper from mr Joffrey's stubborn, bulky hands, John filed it in a slick suitcase. He walked out the door waving a tired goodbye to draw free, who was wearing a black suit and a red tie and flopped into the leather seat of his car.Speaker 3    27:51    With the sunsetting of the scene, John pulled his blue sports car in the parking lot outside of the local Shasta view bank. Shasta view was a small suburban town, knew that Lake Shasta resort. John had lived in this town for many years after he moved from Sacramento for the better real estate job, you figured fingered the USB and wires in the zipper pocket of his black jacket. As he stepped out of the car. You walked past the glass entrance doors without going through them and made his way to the two ATM machines that were on the wall at the bank outside. John turned his head back and forth. Wehrly searching for witnesses in the dark of the night and when seeing none, he took out the flash drive. He carefully unraveled the wires around it. When John was done, he realized how exhausted and nervous he was.Speaker 3    28:41    Never done anything like this before, anything against the law and now he was, the benefit was too good and the chances of him getting copper slim if he was careful. But then again, Mr. Williams, a deep voice. Bellowed John old buddy. Where are you been? Greg Davis pushing the heavy glass doors open and heading for John. Had been one of John's friends ever since he moved to Shasta view John Golden Gill and hit his tools at the side of his friend. Hi Greg. How are the stocks today? John asked Greg, knowing his interest, answering my bidding. Greg joked then changed attitude. He asked you look like you've run a marathon, John. No. Why don't you come over to my place tonight. We'll have a few drinks and watch the game. Okay, I'll be there. That's also awfully nice of you, John consented, but with the tone in his voice that bid, Greg gone.Speaker 3    29:37    Sure. Just finish your deposit. Greg looked at before leaving noting the implied message, but before Greg got home, John had already committed the crime by inserting the wires under one of the keys of the ATM. He ran the program from the USB into it, making it feed him $500,000 John stuffed it in his second empty suitcase and laughed as he drove it away around the corner of where the ATM was. He saw a man that Don black and had white hair and his guiltiness. John denied himself that the man had seen the offense. The man's name was Lark. Lark was always looking for opportunities like this, whether they were morally straight or not. Use this opportunity to blackmail John for yet another illegal purpose. Murder. John opened the front door of his house. This house was blue, but the paint was fading and it was darkened by the elements.Speaker 3    30:33    The front door was Brown and it was still Brown when he walked in his house because he had just given it a coat of paint. The other day, John lifted off his coat and hot and set them on the bench inside the foyer of the house. He was tired. He wanted to sleep, so he headed for his bedroom. The home team and also the team he and Greg were rooting for. I lost in the baseball game as they had watched. John was slightly disappointed, but shrugged it off. It was only a game. John walked into his bedroom and looked out at the view over the pond and an open space. Sometimes he would walk to the pond and look at his reflection when things weren't going well or he disappointed something crucial. He sat on his bed, still gazing of the dark outside or it was close to midnight.Speaker 3    31:16    When he heard the door creak open slowly behind him. John swung himself around to see a tall elderly middle aged man standing in the doorway to his bedroom. Who had his eyes wide open. He had white hair and was wearing all black and John remembered this man. This man was the man. John had seen her on the corner of the bank. He'd robbed. John gasped, horrified, and the man greeted him with a wide smile. Greetings, John. He paused. I don't think you know who I am. I am Lark and I might soon become your greatest nightmare. I know this because I've met and dealt with people in the way. I'm going to deal with you, but don't worry. I'm sure you won't turn out like them if you just comply and do everything correctly, you'll be able to forget about all this. In a while, John replied, feeling frightened and caught.Speaker 3    32:06    You're going to blackmail me, sir. I know that I've committed a sin and now I'm going to pay. Take it all, all 500,000 of it. It is curse to me now, but it's kind of you, but I have a deal. Continued Lark. Give me only 100 grand and kill this man and said Larken and John, a curious picture. It was banned with blonde hair and wearing a sport shirt and gray shorts under the detailed picture was the name Hank Adams and also information about him. When John looked up from the document, the infiltrator was gone. What should I do? Thought John, you couldn't call the police or LARC would reveal his crime. Instead of only losing a hundred thousand, he would lose all of it plus fines and it would probably have to go to jail and that meant his boss would fire him. John thought, well, I'll see what happens in the side.Speaker 3    32:54    Later he laid down on his bed before even getting undressed and fell asleep for the next few days. John was absentminded about everything. He didn't answer questions while looking at people. He sometimes send in conversations without a reason. His friend Greg was getting slightly annoyed, but he was also sympathetic. John, what's the matter? Greg asked his friend while they tracked to Greg's office building. I,  I'm just tired. John mumbled not even looking at Greg as the cross, the busy urban street of Shasta Lake city, a bustling city. And you're like, that's what you've been saying for the whole week, John, you act like a blank page. Just tell me what's on your mind. I'm your friend. You make me feel tuned up. John just kept walking though almost as if he hadn't been listening to Greg. John had been thinking about the night. That was a few nights from then, that hoard night lurk had come to his room.Speaker 3    33:52    John didn't know what to feel a powerful, unique and unnerving situation such as this one had never entered his life before you wanted to give up, but he was afraid of the consequences of being the villain. But if he didn't do a sarcastic, he would certainly reveal his undertaking and get him into a distressful trouble with the law he knew was completely guilty. And John, watch out. Greg, lunch at John as he stepped into the street of the corner of the road across the office building stood. John felt a sort of selflessness as he claps in a Greg's arms behind him. It was holed away from the curb. What are you thinking Greg on the ground? You're a man who saw me, John and an ignorant fool and you're going to be collecting me also. This is that. Goodbye. Great stress the ladder. Two words as if to force them in John's confused consciousness as he marched away, John lay on the ground and then he sat on his all those and shook his head.Speaker 3    34:48    He straightened his blue striped tie and walk to work from there, feeling sad and helpless as he stated at the sidewalk. He bumped into some people as he walked past them because he couldn't see properly, but it didn't care. There was nothing he could do. The spirit took too much of a blow from all that had happened to him and John knew that he would kill Hank no matter who he was thinking in a way that made it seem as if strangling him to the floor and fleeing away from the morbid scene would repair his own fractured existence.Speaker 0    35:18    Okay.Speaker 3    35:20    It was late, dark, and cold. The night that John pulled into his driveway, the meeting he had with the associates in Boston, the city that day had gone on past the scheduled time. The real estate company who worked for her decided to buy a big chunk of land near the Lake Shasta resort. The resorts owner was planning to buy the estate from them and expand their premises. They would use the land for more accommodating buildings. And another thing that happened at the meeting, John learned who Hank was and gardens was the owner of the Lake Shasta resort and can be planning to buy the land the John's company had bought. At first they promised that they would build the buildings there for Hank for an extra sum of money. Of course, and Hank couldn't refuse the offer for it was the only imperfect spot to expand and he had not gotten it before John's business, but John wasn't thinking about that. Now he was tired, tired, and he was starting to get anxious to see what might resolve from the back layers. Dealer.Speaker 3    36:17    You thought though, maybe he's been caught. I don't have to think about the same way, but John was wrong. John said a suitcase down on the counter before his kitchen. It wasn't married. He had just huddled away, wrapped up in his own life and never thought about it. John took the different papers and notes that had been accumulating at his office and filed them in folders that were in a jar near the wall of the kitchen. That's where the screen door open behind him. John knew it was dark before he even turned around. Who else could it have been? Then he spoke to lurk, grieved, hello, what is it? But before he had finished, Lark was already starting to talk. Talk to John. John, I want to talk about our arrangement and Hank, I suppose you found out about him by now. He's going to be in his office tomorrow night alone.Speaker 3    37:10    I want you to meet me at the Plaza at 9:00 PM tomorrow with no police friends, nothing. You be there and I won't tell the world you're a little secret. Do you understand? John looped Lark up and down. He was wearing high black boots, dark coat, and a knitted black beanie. His eyes glared at him permanently through the conversation and John answered him. Yes, good Lord. Grint is unnaturally large smile. I will see you there. And then afterward, all of you, all for you and for me. Stop lurked out. Lurk stepped out of the screen doorway and ran through the woods behind John's house until he was well site. John went to sleep that night with many unexplainable thoughts, dreams, nightmares and emotions, but he remembered Matt o'clock in the town Plaza the next day, rushed by for John and he dreaded every accelerated moment of it. John had no work to do well he did, but he didn't move from his bed. The shelter, John, like the world would end for him that night if he complied with Lark, but if he didn't, he would have to live with everything that he had done for the rest of his nightmarish life. It was the end of a nightmare for life for John.Speaker 3    38:28    You thought of suicide, but that didn't seem to reflect his character. John wanted to go to the situation and embrace everything that was projected about him. John would not be a coward. He would be a homicidal criminal.Speaker 3    38:44    It was eight 40 before John could put all of his thoughts together. Why does Mark want me to kill Hank? What is, yeah, that's so valuable. Why does this have to happen to me? He trudged to his Dole topless car and drove the 10 minute journey to the nearly empty Plaza. As he arrived, he saw lurk leaning against the shadowy tree. Lurk didn't know it was John's car, but there were crowds of people around and lights to Luminate the scene. It would not just be killing lurk, but running into him by running into him, but also who'd be convicted of it and he would damage his car. John decided not to. John walked from his car to Lark and the light of the streetlights and was greeted stuff into my car. John, let's go. Lurk motion. John. In the back of his car. There was a metal separator between the backseat were drawn, sat in the driver's seat where LARC was so we couldn't get to work during the drive.Speaker 3    39:37    LARC steps in the car and pulled a pistol from his pocket. Even in the dark. John can see the menacing sentence are screwed on the end. John's face turned white at the side of a weapon like propped it up on something in dashboard. He just said a few times I spoke to John. See this strong Lark ass as he pointed at the gun. This is pointed straight at you and I can fire it while I'm driving with a switch. Don't try anything very. You'll have a hole through your head before you can think twice. Got it. But before John could respond, like push the gas and sent them through the night wasn't long before they arrived at the tall office building.Speaker 3    40:11    John and Mark stood together at the bottom of the building. John having LARCs weapon in his back. Lurk then handed John an oversized gun shaped object. Shoot this at the top story and then faceted to it with this harness. Learn quartered. As John's caught the dangling harness, he had tossed him following instructions. John fired the device and saw a black line soar through the air and hot shot at something at the top of the coast building. You'd attach the line to his harness after putting it on and push the button on the side of the gun. I pulled them up faster than John preferred. Along the edge of the wall of the building. They became colder and gentlemen, Donald Lark. As he walked up the wall, Mark wasn't too small from John's perspective. When he reached the top, you could see that Lark was looking away for other people that might come by.Speaker 3    40:57    You took off the roof that was fastened to his harness and dropped it into the balcony under him. This was the room that Lark had indicated there was no one on the balcony, but there was a light on the inside in chairs and glass table. Thank you. Must be inside. John looked down at his harness and saw a bundle of red wire. John thought this must be what Lark wanted him to strangle Hank with. Then he thought again of the things that lurk had done to assemble this, a sudden hatred flew through his body and he could only think of one thing to appease it. Violence, specifically LARC stuff without really thinking like stepped over to the glass table that was resting on the balcony. He keeps it up and it and sent it hurling. Donald Lark, John can believe what he was doing. All the chances that it could fail. The wind could blow it. He could so easily mess, but now it hit with a satisfactory crack on Lark. Sorry, head John couldn't really remember what happened after that, but he felt a heavy hand on his back. It must've been Hanks and he fell unconscious after that. He was questioned by the police and he confessed to everything. His trial sent him to prison for a sentence that isn't remembered. He died in prison. It isn't known why, but it is proposed that he died of a violent and unstable set of emotions and a loss of will to live. 

Today we celebrate the Spanish botanist who tackled the area known as New Spain and the man who discovered the Schneck Oak. We'll learn about the French botanist who made many of our blooms bigger and better and the mayor who was known as the Little Flower. We'll hear some thoughts about Winter and how we can benefit from the solace. We Grow That Garden Library with a book about indoor gardening. I'll talk about a beautiful holiday gift for the gardener who likes to work on puzzles, and then we wrap things up with the 1992 discovery that rocked the botanical world. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.   Today's Curated Articles:   Chinese Witch Hazel Plant story - Hamamelis mollis - The English Garden @theenglishgarden.co.uk  Here's the story behind the beautiful Chinese witch hazel - Hamamelis mollis. The English Plant Hunter Charlies Maries found it in China in 1878 & brought it home to London, where it sat unnoticed for 20 years. From @theenglishgarden.co.uk    In pictures: Tubers of the future | Kew @KewGardens Thanks to @KewGardens for trialing these petite high-yield alternatives to the potato: oca tubers have a lemony taste (Oxalis tuberosa) & mashua tubers are peppery (Tropaeolum tuberosum). Both are native to the Andes.     Garden Design and Landscaping “College Glen” | Decorum.London @LondonDecorum @cedstonegroup Here's a fantastic post by landscape design co @LondonDecorum Gorgeous "College Glen" w/ Sandstone Paving @cedstonegroup, timber, Siberian Larch deck, & Lavender plantings. Love it all - pics, project & plant list - so thoughtful!| Decorum.London https://buff.ly/35lR7HK     Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck - because I share all of it with the Listener Community on Facebook. So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, just search for the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.       Brevities: #OTD Today is the birthday of the Spanish botanist Martin Sesse who was born on this day in 1751. King Carlos III charged Sesse with identifying, classifying, and illustrating all of the plant species throughout New Spain. This was a tremendous request. But Sesse was the man for the job. He was excellent at training young botanists, he was a pragmatist, and he had a strategic mind. He made plans for a major botanical expedition of new Spain, which was composed of the southwestern part of the United States, Mexico, and Central America. The expedition was an elaborate undertaking, and the botanists and the rest of the company would not return to Spain for a dozen years. Sesse put together an A-team of botanists, including José Mariano Mociño and Vicente Cervantes, as well as a cantankerous naturalist by the name of José Longino Martinez.  A surgeon and naturalist from Madrid, Martinez wasn't suited to teamwork. After one too many disagreements with Sesse and the other botanists, Martinez went his own way and went off to explore California, which is how he became known as California's first naturalist. As for Sesse and the other botanists, they conducted several plant collecting missions all over Mexico, which resulted in Sesse's most significant contribution to botany; a Flora of Mexico. Of course, Sesse didn't do any of this alone. He collaborated with his team, especially Mociño and Cervantes. Together they established the Royal Botanical Garden of Mexico City, and Cervantes ended up serving as the Prof. of botany. They also founded botanical gardens in Manila and the Canary Islands. Altogether, Sesse's team cost Spain nearly 400,000 pesos. Sesse's work could not have been done without the support of King Carlos, the Third. Luckily Sesse's significant endeavors were accomplished by the time Carlos the Fourth ascended the throne in 1788. Number Four had little interest in advancing scientific knowledge. It was clear that the time of significant Spanish scientific exploration was coming to an end. During his lifetime, Sesse made a significant number of botanical illustrations, which he brought with him when he returned back home to Spain. These pieces were never published, and they sat dormant until the botanist de Candolle saw them, and he knew right away that they were worth pursuing. He hired the artist is Jean Christophe Heyland to produce new drawings based on Sesse's work. Today Sesse is remembered most conspicuously by a dry gin that's made in Madrid. It has a beautiful blue label.       #OTD Today is the birthday of the Indiana physician, naturalist, and botanist Jacob Schneck who was born on this day in 1843. After his service in the Civil War, Jacob decided to educate himself by going to school to become a teacher. After teaching for a short period, he decided he wanted to become a doctor. His teaching jobs allowed him to put himself through medical school Jacob loved plants, and he spent as much time as he could in the field Botanizing. His quick curiosity and cleverness enabled him to observe a feature regarding some species of red Oaks. Jacob noticed that the acorn from one species of red Oak was quite distinctive. He shared his discovery with a fellow botanist named Nathaniel Lord Britton. Britton agreed with Jacob’s observation, and he named the oak in his honor, calling it the Quercus Schneckii (ii = "ee-eye"). But most people just call it the Schneck Oak. Jacob put together a collection of various types of wood for an exhibition at the Chicago World’s Fair. Jacob died at the age of 63. His funeral was reported to be the largest ever held in Mount Caramel Illinois Newspaper accounts indicated he had been battling pneumonia but still had gone out to tend to his patients. His efforts probably cost him his life. “No man in Wabash county had endeared himself to so many people as had Dr. Schneck. Year after year he had gone about in our midst, quietly doing his great work for humanity, turning away now and then to investigate some scientific question, especially in the realm of botany, his favorite study, and one in which he had acquired a national reputation.”   After Schneck died, his collection of specimens, stones, shells, and fossils was put on display at the Carnegie public library in 1934. When he was alive, Jacob spent a great deal of time fashioning cases and containers to display his collection. Each specimen was labeled in Dr. Schneck’s impeccable handwriting.       #OTD Today is the anniversary of the death of the French flower breeder Victor Lemoine ("Loom-one") who died on this day in 1911. We owe a debt of gratitude to Lemoine for enhancing the beauty of so many flowers in our gardens: Lilacs, Mock-Oranges, Phlox, Peonies, Gladiolus, Tuberous Begonias, Geraniums, and Deutzias. Around the year 1850, Lemoine borrowed money from his gardener father and began a nursery that survived three generations thanks to his son Emile and his grandson Henri. The Lemoine nursery thrived on land bought in Nancy, France (pronounced "non-cee"). A few years later, Lemoine created his first double-flower; the Portulaca grandiflora or Moss Ross. As with so many of Lemoine's creations, the double-flower created double the beauty. In 1854, Lemoine turned the original five-petaled single blossom of the geranium into a double-flowered stunner he called "Gloire de Nancy" or "Glory of Nancy." Northern gardeners owe Lemoine a debt of gratitude for his work with peonies. He crossed the Paeonia wittmanniana with the Siberian albaflora; creating a peony that could withstand a winter freeze. Lemoine created some of our most memorable heirlooms: the white Le Cygne or Swan peony, the Primevere with creamy white outer guard petals, and packed with canary yellow petals inside, the blush-colored Solange peony, the pink Sarah Bernhardt, La Fee the Fairy peony, and the creamy-white Alsace-Lorraine peony. But, it is the Lilac that will forever be associated with Lemoine. Incredibly, Lemoine didn't start working on Lilacs until he was almost fifty. That said, Lemoine's wife, Marie Louise, was his tireless assistant when his eyes and fine-motor skills were failing. She hand-pollinated the little lilac flowers and aided both her husband and her son with hybridizing. Lemoine worked magic with his Lilacs. He made them bloom earlier and later. He improved the quality of the bloom, and he expanded their color spectrum. He grew the very first double Lilac. By the time the Lemoine nursery closed its doors in 1968, the Lemoine's had bred 214 new cultivars of Lilac.       #OTD Happy birthday to the Little Flower, aka Fiorello LaGuardia, who was born on this day in 1882 on Sullivan Street in Greenwich Village. Mayor LaGuardia often referred to as the Little Flower (Fiorello means little flower in Italian). Although the reference could be construed as a slight for LaGuardia’s short stature (he was only 5’2”), it became an ironic endearment as LaGuardia had a larger than life, take-charge personality. Little Flower is remembered for his desire for justice and fairness; he was a champion of the working class and immigrants. He died at age 64.       Unearthed Words   "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me, there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus   "There is a privacy about [winter] which no other season gives you ..... In spring, summer and fall people sort of have an open season on each other; only in the winter, in the country, can you have longer, quiet stretches when you can savor belonging to yourself." - Ruth Stout       It's Time to Grow That Garden Library with Today's Book: Countertop Gardens by Shelley Levis The subtitle for this book is Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment. This is such a timely topic for those of us who I want to maintain some type of gardening activity during the winter in addition to satisfying I desire for garden-to-table produce. Self-contained growing systems are perfect for growing your own food indoors, and they're becoming evermore is sufficient and occupy such a small footprint that now you can grow your food even in the smallest spaces. Shelly walks you through the different growing systems that are available nowadays, including hydroponic, aquaponic, and vertical gardening systems. She also shows you how to make your own DIY setup. Chapters include: Countertop garden methods Best edibles for countertop gardens DIY countertop gardening Growing basics Countertop growing devices Troubleshooting Thanks to Shelley, Countertop Gardens ensures that fresh food is at your fingertips year-round. 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Please ignore any speech-to-text errors) [00:00:22] Hi I'm Beatty Carmichael and welcome to the get sellers calling you podcast and I'm excited today to interview just a really neat and top producing real turd named Nick Kerley out of Redding California. So Next say hello. [00:00:40] Hey Beatty how you doing today. [00:00:42] Well I am doing super and I appreciate your time today. I know you are busy. And for those who don't know you written it is actually a client of ours and he does have he has a really unique business model that he's been doing. He's had tremendous market share with it. Very entrepreneurial. And so I just wanted to go through a little bit of your story and what you're doing. And have you share with the folks out there maybe some things that they can tap into and try to drive on too. So thanks for your time today. [00:01:18] No problem. Thank you. Glad to be here. [00:01:20] Yeah. So just a reminder also this is an Internet call. [00:01:24] So just please excuse any internet type of interruptions. But Nick real quickly before we get fully started I'd love just to hear a little bit about your real estate career and you're mentioning as you move to Redding you only knew two people and the story of how you got started. I just want to kind of have you share that with people real quick can you. First off before we do that tell me tell us first where you are right now so people understand. Because I think you mentioned you have a big company. You have a lot of agents your brokerage kind of. Who are you right now and then we'll talk about how you got there. [00:01:59] Oh sure. All right. So we're a real estate broker. I'm going to California real estate broker I have a team of agents that that work here. We're an independent company and we last year we did about twenty four twenty five million in transaction volume that equated to about 60 transactions sides. That was myself another agent and a full time transaction coordinator. We we are probably the number three or four agent in our chefs the board of MLS. And we we have a system everything here is systematized from from the sharpening of the pencil to the to the handing over of the keys. So it's it's it's definitely a full system operation. [00:02:50] Well does I think is the thing that's been so impressive because when you and I started working you had your whole system built out. [00:02:57] So I want to get there in just a moment but tell us how you got started you were just mentioning before we started the recording showing up and writing and all you knew to people and now a few years later you're just a song you know got this great powerful business going so tell us how what happened on that. [00:03:15] Well we I've been in real estate since 2002 for so just over 17 years. I was from Southern California and the rat race of Southern California and and the wife and kids. When that starts to hate your life you start to wonder where you want to where you want to end up and where you raise those kids. So Redding is a beautiful town. We're surrounded by mountains where our backyard is Lake Shasta. We have Mount Shasta behind that. It's just an absolutely beautiful place if you ever have an opportunity to come visit here. If you're an outdoors person you you can never get tired or bored. So it was a perfect spot to land my broker at the time actually lived here with his feet on say and I knew both of them because they were originally from the same local town in southern California came up to visit them fell in love with the town way back down put in my 30 day notice and moved up pretty much 30 days later. So when I got here though I didn't know anybody and if you know real estate it's less about what you know and it's more about who you know. The good thing was is that I had the experience I knew how to run a transaction I knew how to write and offer. So on and so forth but I didn't know any people. I literally went out and doorknocked. I picked the neighborhood. I said I picked the only way I picked it was I said to myself I would like to live here. This was it this was a pretty neighborhood and I just started knocking on the doors. Luckily I didn't get shot or ran off. I had an excellent coach my former broker and been in the business for thirty five years was a top producer so he helped me out with getting some things going. Some marketing pieces but that's that's basically how I got started here and Redding was just door knocking and giving everybody extraordinary service. And once that happened and the business started to snowball and get bigger and bigger. [00:05:11] Now how long ago was that when you came to Redding. [00:05:14] I came here in October of 2013 and I'm sorry. [00:05:19] I was about five years. [00:05:22] Yeah. Yeah. We're going we're going on the five years now. Every year I've grew my business. The first year I did eight transaction sides which is not bad if you're an agent just starting out but you know 15 years in the business you're kind of wondering what's going on. Two years after that I was doing 32 transaction sides by myself hired a transaction coordinator and went up to over 60. [00:05:47] That's really amazing. And. And you found a niche and there in Redding that you really pushed into. Tell us a little bit about that. [00:05:58] Yeah we. And this is this kind of bleeds to. How. [00:06:01] How I met you Beatty but we do a lot of residential income properties a lot of apartment buildings the commercial side. I had a property management background down in southern California. So when I came up here it was very easy for me to fill right into it. I know that that niche I know that market I know how to sell that product. I know what buyers are looking for I know what sellers are looking for and I knew what to watch out for. So because I was new to town I exploited that and now we we sell probably 20 to 30 percent of the market share in an apartment buildings in the in the Shasta County area. [00:06:40] Wow. That seems like a lie. I mean 20 to 30 percent is a lot anywhere you go. What what's your key. I mean how are you. I mean do you go meet the owners so you can get their business or how is it different from residential retail sales and what are you doing. [00:06:57] Well you know direct mail is incredibly effective. When I got in the business in 2002 you'd go out to your mailbox and it would be like pulling out a phonebook because you had so much mail even in a couple of days. Then the Internet came along and email account came along and all of a sudden that mailbox the stack of stuff went lower and lower and lower. Fast forward now to two thousand and 19 and my wife goes sometimes to the mail every other day sometimes once a week. So what I'm getting at is the mailbox is a great place to share your business and that's what I started doing I started doing direct mail. I had excellent content for those apartment owners and apartment buyers and they they just started calling me. So Trent transfer that to the single family home business which we have a lot of success in but we also wanted to gain more market share but also it's a it's far more competitive. There's a lot more agents that are involved in single family homes than there are an apartment. So that's why I knew that direct mail was a 100 percent success. I believed in it wholeheartedly. I just wanted to not reinvent the wheel when it came to the content and what it was that got the homeowner to call me. And that's where I found your company and found you guys. [00:08:17] Hi I'm glad that you're here. I'd like to go in that direction. I'm not really I'm not trying to make this a pitch for what we do but I would love just from your perspective so you built a business with the residential income properties and you built it off with direct mail and now you whining and you've got 20 to 30 percent market share there. So now you're wanting to build a second income with your single family homes. So tell me a little bit about what you know how and how did you find us and and what you're excited about with what we're doing for you. [00:08:54] Yeah that's a great question especially if you have any newer agents that are listening to this because when I first got into the business I must have signed up with every single program everybody that said that they can they can bring me business and all I had to do was one transaction that day for itself. So when it came time to find a marketing system I really go through the Internet you know referral talking to talking to people outside of my market to try to find what really worked. And I interviewed a lot of other I guess companies or services and you know a lot of people want to sell you the bells and whistles online and online is the place to go and a lot of people might have success there but my success stemmed from direct mail. So when I when I stumbled upon you guys and started doing my research before making that call I noticed that you guys were just as much of a proponent as of the direct mail as I was. It's important though to understand especially as a as an agent that direct mail is not instant gratification. It does not happen overnight. Sure you can send out your first postcard and you could get a call and that's fantastic but it's going to take some months of commitment and some repetitiveness in order to gain that reputation in the mailbox. But once you do do it and you stay consistent with it. E. Almost like it's like you push through the threshold and then and then it just compounds on itself and then the phone starts ringing for you rather than you constantly having to ring on the phone. So that's that's kind of the short story of how I kind of funneled down going through some other places that. [00:10:41] That were that weren't really the same mentality that I had and found you guys very interesting. [00:10:47] So now there are a lot of people that send out postcards now. You know we postcard is this for us. It's a delivery method to get content there and we use it as you know but we're not using it with you in your particular area. [00:11:00] But we push that out through Facebook and we push it out through other forms. But what is it about us that caught your interest. [00:11:09] Because I'm sure you looked at all kinds of other companies that do postcards but you weren't interested in whatever they did. What culture interest with what we did. [00:11:19] It really is the content and the organization of how it's all put together and the science behind it really. I mean I'm the kind of person that when I'm selling a house I want to find out what or how buyers have previously found the house they bought. I want to I want to study that because those statistics are important. So then you know where to spend your marketing dollars. I mean if they if they found it on the dry driving by the house and seeing the sign you want to spend some money on your science you know you also want to be in other places like the Internet and postcards. But my point is is that when I came to you guys you guys had studied what worked and I found that so many other companies out there they were just using these bland postcards that really had no effect on the end user. And you guys were the opposite of that you scientifically if you will found out what the consumer is looking for what they want to know and what is going to compel them to to to call. [00:12:20] That was also coupled with a technology that you guys have that must be proprietary because I've never seen it anywhere else. And and how it works on the back end. I had no concern. I never I didn't care how it worked. I just I cared that it did work. So once we started using that system and I've already used you guys as program we just got started in this. I'm already seeing that that technology that you have where the sellers basically raise their hand and tell you that you know they're thinking about selling it works. It's pretty cool. [00:12:56] That's cool. Hey I want to share one other thing for the folks listening because you and I just finished doing an interview for your farm now your farm is like four or five thousand homes that we're targeting there. [00:13:09] But talk to me just a little bit about the interview and just the whole process I just kind of bring people up to speed. So Nick and I just finished doing an interview where I'm asking him questions. [00:13:25] He's responding as the realtor giving his homeowners in that farm an opportunity to meet him because the hardest part and breaking into a new market especially like a farm is them getting a chance to meet you. [00:13:40] So talk to me a little bit and just what you what excites you about that video. Because I know you put a lot of effort in in preparing for it. We actually recut it again after you watch the first one. So give me an idea just what you see in it. [00:13:54] Well you know it's great. I mean you know people these days they don't necessarily want to talk to the sales person until they have enough information to where they want to ask a question that becomes very difficult process for the salesperson of course because you know you're not going to be able to engage that seller until you meet with them so that you have that impasse there. [00:14:16] How do you how do you bridge that gap. So working with you I thought it was a great idea. But but folks out there have to understand that even though I've been in the business this long I've never I've never demand one that does video. I kind of come from the old school of you know maybe like meeting somebody at an open house or doing door knocking. But in today's technology people are on the Internet they're watching videos and other agents are doing it. [00:14:41] So even if you're uncomfortable about it I would say step out of that comfort zone. You know trust trust Fadi and his team with their system and go with it because it gave me an opportunity to do some answer some really great questions that a lot of sellers have before they decide to welcome you into their home and kind of establish that that ice break to where even if they only watch it for five minutes they still know that I'm a human being I'm the person and you know and it gives me that opportunity to to go to the next step which is hopefully an interview for the job. [00:15:19] I love it. Hey if you don't mind I'd like to whine backwards just a little bit and go back to residential income stuff a little bit. [00:15:29] I'm real curious about that because that seems like like a neat niche market that probably most agents don't go after. Do you find that it's a real competitive market or aren't non-competitive. [00:15:44] It's that's a loaded question. [00:15:45] I mean it's a it's a very competitive market. On the broker side with brokers that know what they're doing. You have to be careful in their residential income side because say for instance you have a four unit apartment building. Well that's one property but there's four doors in there there's four there's four many houses in there. [00:16:05] So you have four inspections you have four tenants that you're working with. You know you have financing that you have to understand how it works taxes. You also have to understand the expenses and that kind of thing. So there's a lot of moving parts. So on the broker side there's not a large volume of agents that do it but the ones that do are very good. They're very skilled and they know what they're doing. So you have to have that same level of confidence and education in order to compete at that level. On the other side the buyer and the seller you know these are people that own income property and you have to have a usually a minimum 25 percent down in order to purchase them. So they're there they're of high wealth usually of high education and they expect a certain level of professionalism and they expect you to know what you're doing and you're going to have to be able to deliver on those on those expectations. [00:17:01] So it is it is very competitive in that sense and the buyers are entrusting you to go out there and find them the right property. And if you don't do that they're definitely going to find somebody else for it. So go ahead. All right. That also being said if you are good and you and you do and you do know what you're doing. It's also not where a lot of other agents are. So in this day and age you're better at being a specialist at one or two things than trying to be great at a whole lot of things. [00:17:36] I fully concur on that. And we used to offer services to our clients in all rare realms of different things. And I realized you can't you can't be a Master Ball. [00:17:50] So narrow it down to where you can be a master of. How do you so. So the dynamics of this residential income is obviously it's not for every agent but for those who are intrigued with the idea. Can you give some some basic steps on what do you do or how do you get started. I love the fact that you're sharing it's lot more moving pieces so it's definitely a more process driven sale or transaction. Can you do just educate a little bit more on how you get started and what the opportunity is. Does that make sense. There's probably a lot of things along the way. [00:18:30] You're listening to the get sellers calling you podcast to increase sales from past clients and sphere of influence or from a geographic farm. [00:18:38] Learn about Agent dominator we guarantee your sales in writing or give your money back. To learn more. Visit our web and get sellers calling you dot com and select agent dominator from the menu. [00:18:49] And now back to the podcast. [00:18:53] The best thing to do to get started is to start. Start small. I mean. Yes. I mean it as a real estate agent that makes money off of commissions. You may see an apartment building out there that's you know one million or 10 million dollars and say that's where I want to go but it's better off to start. Start off small you analyze a duplex analyze it try plex for plex analyze that property so you can educate yourself on exactly what the local laws are for your tenants and what leases and how the contract works. As far as selling those types of properties and if you start there and you know maybe you sell a duplex or a four plex then you go through that process you'll get confident just like you would order when you sold your first listing or your first house. After that you felt confidence so when you get there and you get the confidence and you also get the wherewithal of what it takes to process that transaction then then I would say start going to the next level and expanding your business. But most importantly what we do here is we advertise and celebrate every success. [00:20:05] Success begets success. So once you make that sale it's really important to share with all the other property owners out there that owns those similar properties. What you've just done and explain to them how you got this property listed or how you brought that buyer and that you have more buyers or you have the potential to sell more or more properties once you start doing that and you get that side type of success that community out there that owns those properties will know will know you and know that success and it'll start to compound more business. But I definitely don't want to trade that this is an easy niche to get in. This took me years and years of work and education and hundreds of thousands of dollars. So at the end of it we have 20 to 30 percent market share today but that didn't happen overnight. It happened by starting small and celebrating every success with all of those those owners and then in turn providing the result. You can't take a listing and then not sell it and expect other people to to hire you. [00:21:15] That makes a lot of sense. How does some appear to make a comparison between the residential income and the single family home. The marketing of it either the content or the delivery. [00:21:27] What's the basic difference and what are you see as your big takeaway be no take over bring over from residential income to then push into the single family home. [00:21:41] Well the marketing is a little bit different because the end user is it is a different person in a single family home. You're marketing a place where somebody is going to a buyer. You're marketing a place where somebody is going to have backyard barbecues they're going to have Christmas morning their Thanksgiving they're having friends over. It's in a very emotional place for them and they're you know they're going to make those memories there on the on the apartment side. You're you're marketing an income. I mean that is a second stream of income. It's an asset that grows wealth for the owner and also the maintenance that it takes to run it. So you're really you're on a on a more an emotional sale in a single family home and it's more a business sale on an apartment on apartments. Both of those combined in certain terms and ways. I mean there can be some emotion that's involved in apartments and there is also some business that's involved in single family but. But they are definitely different. [00:22:40] And when marketing each one you can market them with the same vehicle like if it's direct mail but your message definitely has to be different. I mean you wouldn't want to tell the investor this is a great place to live in and it's amazing place to have barbecues you know they don't care. They're not likely not going to live there. So and vice versa. You wouldn't tell somebody who's moving in a single family home that it would make a great rental. I mean they're not planning on buying it to read it. They're buying to live there. So if that makes any sense. [00:23:13] Yeah no that makes a lot of sense. I've got a crazy question now for you. What has been one of the worst things you've ever tried that failed. OK. Does that make sense. And because I want to find out what are you done that just actually doesn't work he said. Oh come on write that one off and then I want to find out what are the things you've done that absolutely work that you're going to stay focused on. I know postcards is one of them. But over here what's the point. What are the things that have failed the worst for you. Do you mind sharing. Oh sure. [00:23:45] I mean you know I mean we've done you know we've done raffles before that we thought we were. You know you spend money on free T TV and you've done raffles thinking that you're going to get a bunch of people in also you know really to some Web sites I've spent money on Web sites thousands actually on Web sites thinking that that's going to drive people to my Web site and I'm going to get those leads. You really have to be careful when you're doing Web sites to make sure that your money is well spent there. Those types of things have been unsuccessful. I would say any marketing that is unprepared has been unsuccessful. Another thing that I've failed at and this is probably going to be a little bit hard for some agency here because there are some agents that have been extremely successful is the cold calling. I never was good at cold calling I'm not a good cold caller. I just it never really worked for me. So that's probably one of the ones that I feel the most that I didn't spend a lot of money on it but I spent a lot of time in and you know that's why we don't do it. I just it doesn't work for me. And when I found that it didn't work for me I moved away and found things I did. [00:25:02] That's destiny. And is there anything besides the postcards that you found has been really good for you. [00:25:10] You know believe it or not open houses on the residential side have been really successful for us but we don't do a standard open house where you know the seller says OK you can hold it up on Sunday and we start marketing it on Friday. We go back and you know at least a week to 10 days before and start marketing that open house. We incorporate the neighbors with invites. We do tons of signage flags balloons that kind of stuff. And in that that has been been really successful at open houses and got away from a little bit. They're starting to come back into popularity just because I think people will enjoy it. There are the looky loos out there but there are people that are going to look at open houses and they're serious about buying. [00:25:57] So talk to me a little more about those open houses so you're marketing it to the neighborhood. Are you looking for neighbors who are thinking about selling to come look at the open house. Or are you looking for neighbors to tell their friends to drive buyers to it. [00:26:13] Well both in any successful real estate business listings is the key. It just really is you can ask any top producer anywhere in the world at any point in time. Listings are the key. But without selling those listings you'll never be successful. So we're looking for both. We want to bring the neighbors in for two reasons. We want to meet them to exhibit the open house and to tell their friends and family. But we also want to hear about any future movie needs that they may have. So it's a it's two part in our marketing is in that as well. [00:26:46] So when you when you do the one you do the open house. Can you give me some examples of things that are kind of a typical example of what you what you do in marketing it and then the typical example of what type of results are you getting out of it is it just selling it faster or are you picking up an extra listing or two for every open house that you that you did. [00:27:09] Both first of all you've got to have a good house. I mean it's got to be in a good location. There ain't here. If you're you know at a 10 acre property four miles out of town on some backcountry road you're you're not gonna have success. So you've got to have some givens there so that the House has to be in a good location. We picked them for a good location. You know open houses and the marketing that we send out. We it depends on the time of season. But I mean I've had as many as no exaggeration over a hundred people at an open house before. Wow I get a subdivision a hundred. I mean it was so overwhelming we almost couldn't keep track. So what is it. It was a really cool house. A lot of people wanted to come see it. So that was a contributing factor. But realistically our open house is an average anywhere from 15 to 25 groups which if you're a realtor and you've been in the business for a while that's that's pretty good numbers to have. And again it reverts back to these are in subdivisions you know they're in good locations. and that's been really helpful. [00:28:11] So those numbers go down as your home gets harder and harder to find. And if you don't prepare for it properly out of those open houses. If the House is price right I did an open house last year that the house was already sold before we had the open house. I mean because the house was so awesome but the open house created multiple offers those multiple offers did so well that I was able to advertise it to the neighbors and one of the neighbors was thinking about selling. He was so impressed with the open house we got the listing off of that. So those are the those are the things that makes them effective. The problem with open house in the negative connotation with it is is that most agents do them and they'll set up their sign and they'll sit in the house for two or three or four hours and the only one eats the cookies is them because no one comes by. They automatically check it off as a as an ineffective marketing tool. It doesn't work. It's only you know to appease the seller and I don't want to spend my four hours there just eating cookies. I eat enough already. [00:29:17] So you know it's a marketing that drives the business there. That makes it work worthwhile. So what specifically you mentioned like rather than just you know you have open house on Sunday you don't wait till Friday to market. [00:29:31] You're actually marketing a week or ten days earlier. Tell me what you're doing. [00:29:36] Well first of all we get a list of all the neighbors that are at least within the mild two miles around the house radius and we mail them all a personal invitation. It's just on a postcard it doesn't have to be in an envelope. And we send him a postcard as a personal invitation that says you're cordially invited to our open house at 1 to 3 memory lane between 1 and 4 on Sunday. Please come on by and extend this invitation to any of your friends family and co-workers. There will be a lender on site if you have any mortgage questions along with a license realtors and we'll have some beverages. We'd love to see you. So we start out with that as an invite. We do the exact same thing with Facebook. We do a Facebook post on there. We boost that and sponsor that and explain that there's gonna be an open house. Please share that post and kind of reiterate what we said in the postcard. We also advertise it on Craigslist letting the open house know we change it in our local board our MLS allows us to notate WHEN AN OPEN HOUSE is coming up. Then what happens is this ad goes across Zillow realtor dot com all of those major national Web sites and it shows that there's gonna be an open house on that day. So then leading up to the open house day we're getting signage ready to go putting out as many signs as we possibly can. We put out flags directional signs balloons and and that really stacks the cards in our favor to have a successful open house. [00:31:10] You know that's really as I'm hearing you talk. I'm going back to you're driving the business with a residential income properties. You're marketing that you're now marketing to four or five thousand home farm. [00:31:26] And I say the same thing happening with your open houses. You don't just sit there and hope someone's going to come by. You're actually marketing it and pushing the content out to dry people there. Sure I don't know. I don't more agents do that. [00:31:43] Well I mean I think you really want to get down to brass tacks. I think it's training. And in California you just have to pass a couple of courses and take a state test and then you get a real estate license. But that does not mean that literature doesn't explain anything on how to market yourself how to market a listing how to take a listing how to talk to a seller or a buyer to get them to want to work with you over the competition. So I think that many agents out there are poorly trained unfortunately. Secondly most people think that you have to have something else to do it for you like a computer especially all the more technologically we get the more these computers and suffered doing it for us good old fashioned shoe leather. We'll get you so far in this business. It's a people business and getting face to face will save you a lot of money. So I think that's what scares agents is they get into this business that you can be your own boss and be a small business owner without a whole lot of investment. But then again you may not have a whole lot of investment and you're worried about where to spend those dollars. So that's kind of for a new agent. [00:32:54] The older agents you know maybe they just didn't plan their career accordingly the way that that we were trained or I was trained and learned is you have to invest in what you sell very in the real estate business. You should be buying real estate throughout your career. If you don't then you might be in this business for 35 40 years. Still driving people around in your car in which there's nothing wrong with that but it's probably the biggest pitfall for most agents and brokers is they forget that they they have to invest in what they're selling and sets set money aside for that too. [00:33:33] So I hope that helps explain it. I mean for the new agent just get out there and use what your resources are which is your two legs in your mouth and and then talk to people whether it be through open houses or wherever a socially you can do that. And then you know for the seasoned agencies just don't forget to invest for your future. [00:33:55] That's really brilliant. And I just love the aggressiveness not that you're an aggressive person but you take an aggressive stance to say I'm going to market this if I want to spend my time sitting there I want to make sure a lot of people coming in. [00:34:08] Absolutely. Now do you are. So you're sending out a bunch of postcards. You're boosting post on Facebook and I know that's not all that expensive but you do have some costs involved. You mentioned that you have a lender usually there. Do you get the lender to pay for any of the cost as well. Yes. [00:34:27] The lender will usually provide the refreshments. They'll also do a Facebook post on their personal Facebook site whatever it may be. They what I always ask them to do too is you know all of the buyers that you have that are pre-approved in this price range. Please send them out an email letting them know that you know you're partnering with us to do an open house. So yeah we get that we get the lenders involved as well. Whatever they want to do as far as marketing. Sometimes when we're doing the the invitations they'll ask if they can be on the invitation and then we just split the cost of the production and stay with with the lender and they get their picture on there and they're happy to do it. OK. You'll find lenders that will be happy to do it. Just make sure that you abide by all your local rest bylaws and all that stuff you were going to split it down the middle to make sense. [00:35:25] So if I were to ask most agents on a scale of one to ten ten being highest where would you rate your success rate and effectiveness of an open house. Most agents I ask that to would probably say you know maybe about a two or three. If I were to ask you when you do your open house with all of that marketing behind it where would you rate that success loan where we're high. [00:35:51] I mean I mean even a broken clock is right twice a day twice a day so sometimes you don't you strike out even with all that marketing but very rarely. I would say we're at an eight and nine and sometimes a 10. It just takes a lot of preparation. It really does. But they're effective and we get a lot of business that way. For me in my position I don't as much have the time to do it personally anymore but the agents that we're bringing on that are just getting started and wondering hey what's the fastest way that I can get a transaction or a client. And that's without spending you know thousands and thousands of dollars in marketing. And that's the effective way to do it. [00:36:33] I love it. So in wrapping up is there anything if you could maybe give the top three things ok that you have found personally. That you know you know you got a seasoned agent out there listening to this or maybe an aggressive upcoming new one. But whether the top three things she would recommend someone do and why. To grow their business. [00:36:56] Well the top two first thing is get away Get get rid of everything that's costing you money and not bringing you in clients. Find out what that is. Look in your business and see where you're spending money and not getting any return. Cut that out as soon as possible. And the second thing is is find out what you are doing successfully and do more of that. Do you do as much of that as you possibly can. And the third thing is it would be. Find out what you want to do and find like for instance. I know this isn't a commercial for you guys but I wanted to take my business to the next level with a certain amount of marketing. So I found a partner to partner with that was successful at doing that. That took a huge workload and time out of out of my my day. They took on that time and I partnered with them to do it. So getting back to the three I would say no one find out what's costing you money and not bringing you any money in return. Find out what you're good at and and do more of that or try to structure your system and business around doing more exploiting that. And three seemed where you want to go and partner with a coach or a marketing system that can get you there without you know that you trust that you trust can get you there not something that you're just throwing money at and seeing if it sticks. [00:38:21] Now let me ask you one question on that because like I was talking to an agent recently he spent ten thousand dollars a year and this magazine that just goes out like once or twice a month. [00:38:35] It's all the agents in the area advertises there. So he feels he needs to be there. But I was asking him how much money how many listings or anything. I don't know. So when you know a lot of times you have agents that are spending money. Your first criteria was find where you're spending money that's not producing and cut it out. How would you advise on if they're spending money but they don't know if it's producing or not. [00:38:59] Well you you should definitely have a system. [00:39:02] So if you're doing like a magazine like that every single call inbound call that you get. You really should say no. How did you hear about us and that way you can track that and that would that would start. That would be my suggestion otherwise you know for instance like the postcards that we send out with with your company it automatically tells us that they they got the postcard from us. So that's that's you know that's something the technology can help you track that a lot better. But we don't invest in any marketing that we can't track. [00:39:38] You know I heard someplace and I think it's OK to walk through if you can't track it. It's not marketing you're spending money right. Yep. So you definitely got to track it. [00:39:49] Well Nick thank you so much for your time is there anything else. Before we wrap up that you would like to share anything that hit your mind that oh I share a thought share this. Anything like that before you wrap it up. [00:40:02] I think we covered it. It's a it's a it's a one man business or one person a small business. So I hope I didn't give out all of our secrets but I'd also hope that we gave some good content there for some people that are listening that it that it was helpful. So you know all I got to say is I really appreciate you having me on and and then allow me to do this with you and I hope that it was helpful for for everybody involved. [00:40:30] Well thank you again Nick. And for those who are listening or watching if you do like this please describe to our podcast you'll actually find us on iTunes and deterring. [00:40:41] And Google Play on the podcast if you're watching it on YouTube. Please like it. And you can subscribe there as well. Also check out our guest seller calling you dot Web site or Facebook page and like that. So you do want to learn more about what we do or about growing your business. You can learn more about us at get sellers calling you dot com. You'll see a tap at the top that says agent dominator that's actually the service we do to help people grow business. That's what we're doing with Nick. So Nick thank you again. And you have a blessed day. [00:41:15] Thank you. Appreciate it Beatty too. [00:41:20] If you've enjoyed this podcast Be sure to subscribe to it so you never miss another episode. [00:41:24] And please like our get sellers calling you Facebook page. Also if you want to increase sales from past clients and sphere of influence dominate a geographic farm or convert home valuation leads. Check out our agent dominator program. We create custom content that differentiates you from other realtors then use it to keep you top of mind with your prospects with postcards targeted Facebook ads email campaigns video interviews and more. And the best part is we guarantee yourselves or give all your money back. Learn more at get sellers calling you dot com and select agent dominator in the menu. Thanks for listening to the get sellers calling you podcast. [00:42:02] Have a great day. 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If you feel compelled in helping me obtain my dream to fish professionally, and want to donate to the podcast please follow this link: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support Join my email list here: https://mailchi.mp/5004b19052f0/ mattlunafishing Check out my YouTube: Matt Luna Fishing YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ9qjSvmA_KqPaPU_PFCwJg? Follow me on Social Media: Instagram: mattlunafishing Facebook: Matt Luna Fishing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support

The next event of the 2019 season was the Wild West Bass Trail event at Lake Shasta (Shasta Lake), where the search for big spotted, smallmouth and largemouth bass begins. The cold weather spotted bass bite really well at Lake Shasta in the winter months typically, but the largemouth and smallmouth will be caught as well. Follow along my drive out to the lake and hear my thoughts and expectation for this event! Here’s the link to the interview on the Head2Head Podcast: https://anchor.fm/head2head/episodes/Head-2-Head-with-Matt-Luna-e34109 Join my email list here: mailchi.mp/5004b19052f0/ mattlunafishing If you feel compelled in helping me obtain my dream to fish professionally, and want to donate to the podcast please follow this link: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support Join my email list here: https://mailchi.mp/5004b19052f0/ mattlunafishing Check out my YouTube: Matt Luna Fishing YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ9qjSvmA_KqPaPU_PFCwJg? Follow me on Social Media: Instagram: mattlunafishing Facebook: Matt Luna Fishing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support

In this episode of the podcast, I take you through my two days of practice out at Lake Shasta for the Wild West Bass Trail Pro/Am event. Lake Shasta has a ton of fish in it, and getting bites and catching fish is not the issue. Finding the right bites is what Shasta is all about. I had a few of those right bites, so I was hopeful going into the tournament days that I could catch the right quality. Follow along to find out! Here’s the link to the interview on the Head2Head Podcast: https://anchor.fm/head2head/episodes/Head-2-Head-with-Matt-Luna-e34109 Join my email list here: mailchi.mp/5004b19052f0/ mattlunafishing If you feel compelled in helping me obtain my dream to fish professionally, and want to donate to the podcast please follow this link: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support Join my email list here: https://mailchi.mp/5004b19052f0/ mattlunafishing Check out my YouTube Channel: Matt Luna Fishing YouTube Link: youtu.be/To3GAvhWrqg Follow me on Social Media: Instagram: mattlunafishing Facebook: Matt Luna Fishing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support

Camanche trout, New Melones Reservoir - Big Bass, Delta Crappie, Clear Lake bass, Collins Lake trout & bass, Trinity River steelhead, Lake Shasta trout

In this episode I take you through my 2018 season in review. I take you through Lake Shasta, Don Pedro, Lake Havasu, The California Delta, and the WON Bass US Open at Lake Mead. This is a year I'll always remember. There is still a lot up in the air for 2019, but I'm hoping I fish just as much as I did this year! Thanks for listening to this episode! To watch this in video form go check out my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ9qjSvmA_KqPaPU_PFCwJg Sign up for the Matt Luna Fishing Email list here: https://mailchi.mp/89482fdfc33a/matt-luna-fishing --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/matt-luna-fishing/support

https://www.gofundme.com/Chris-Levels-first-Missionary-trip 3-4    News/Audio clips 3:33  The Edwards Notebook (bottom of every hour) 4-5     Dane Wigington - Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. His personal residence was featured in a cover article in the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a 1,600-acre "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in California. Dane is the lead researcher for geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He also assisted Michael Murphy with his production of "What in the Hell are They Spraying."https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ 5-6        News/Commentary/Audio clips

paypal.me/politicsproprophey 3 -4   News/Audio clips 3:33   The Edwards Notebook (bottom of every hour) 4-5      Dane Wigington - Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. His personal residence was featured in a cover article in the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a 1,600-acre "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in California. Dane is the lead researcher for geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He also assisted Michael Murphy with his production of "What in the Hell are They Spraying."https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ 5 - 5:30   Willie Richardson - He's an Author, Mentor, Educator, Speaker, Advocate for youth and families, and a Certified Relationship/Marriage Coach. He is a passionate teacher and tackles the controversial topics of today head on. He is bold and challenges others to see beyond sight. Mr. Richardson has appeared on Radio talk shows, news interviews, and podcasts offering solutions to social ills in our society. He's travelled to West Africa teaching the message of abstinence education to help end the AIDS epidemic. He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga earning an undergraduate degree in Business Management and a Master's degree in Public Administration. 5:30 - 6    News/Audio clips

Assistant Pastor Luke Barnes brings us the message this week. Pastor Luke and our Minister to Students, Amanda De La Vega Tovar, will be doing a two week mini-series called "Lessons from the Lake". Recently our middle school and high school youth programs traveled to Hume Lake and Lake Shasta for their annual summer camps. God worked so powerfully in each trip and provided so many amazing stories for the students and leaders. This Sunday, Pastor Luke will tell of the lessons he learned during the annual high school Houseboats trip.

Assistant Pastor Luke Barnes brings us the message this week. Pastor Luke and our Minister to Students, Amanda De La Vega Tovar, will be doing a two week mini-series called "Lessons from the Lake". Recently our middle school and high school youth programs traveled to Hume Lake and Lake Shasta for their annual summer camps. God worked so powerfully in each trip and provided so many amazing stories for the students and leaders. This Sunday, Pastor Luke will tell of the lessons he learned during the annual high school Houseboats trip.

paypal.me/politicsproprophey 3-4   News/Audio clips 3:33  The Edwards Notebook (bottom of every hour) 4-5    Special surprise guest Dane Wigginton:  Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. His personal residence was featured in a cover article in the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a 1,600-acre "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in California. Dane is the lead researcher for geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He also assisted Michael Murphy with his production of "What in the Hell are They Spraying."https://www.geoengineeringwatch.org/ 5 - 6     Manny Adame - I am 71 years old and I returned to God when I was forty two years old and found myself in a dilemma that I had created through years living in darkness. In 2009 one of our conference managers who has known of my interest in prophecy invited me to join LifeSpring in their theological school and by 2011 I had completed the Certificate of Biblical Studies and my Diploma of Pastoral Ministry, I enrolled in Liberty University in 2013. In June of 2016 I completed my Masters of Arts in Theological Studies.

In this week's episode, a cautionary tale about what can happen when you buy a used RV that's been sitting in one place for a long time from a dealer who seems to be less than thorough in quality control. But more than that, it's a nightmare true story about the hidden damage that can be done to an RV by mice and what questions you should ask when buying a used RV to make sure it doesn't happen to you. Plus, an off the beaten path report, your RV questions, RV news and tips you can use. All this coming up in this episode of the RV Podcast. Click the player below to Listen Now or scroll down through the show note details. When you see a time code hyperlink, you can click it to jump directly to that segment of the podcast. [spp-player] Show Notes for Episode #186 April 4, 2018 of Roadtreking - The RV Podcast: WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK [spp-timestamp time="2:00"] It's April already and springtime is slowly making its way north to those still in the unseasonable cold Midwest and northern states. We're finishing up a nearly three month trip that has us coming to you this week from Florida. We just had a long aster weekend visit fom two of our three adult children, their spouses and five of our eight grandkids. It was great family time here on the Emerald Coast hanging out at the beach and enjoying the sunshine. We will hit the Road Thursday of this week and make our way back to check up on our sticks and bricks home in Michigan. But it will be a very brief visit of about three days because next week, we will head to Phoenix, Arizona, here we will be putting on a couple of seminars and hanging out at the Super B RV Show being held April 12-15 at the University of Phoenix Stadium. We've been reporting a lot on past podcasts about a proposal by the government to dramatically increase entry fees to National Parks. Well this week we can report that Interior Department officials are backing away from that after receiving more than 100,000 public comments from Americans nearly unanimously opposed to the idea. In October, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke proposed to increase peak-season entrance fees at 17 parks from $25 to $70 — the largest hike since World War II. Joshua Tree National Park in California, where the peak season starts in January, would have been the first to charge the higher rate, followed by a dozen other parks where visitation peaks in May and June. The cost of riding a motorcycle into the parks would have risen to $50, and walking or biking in would have cost $30. But as temperatures climb and parks prepare for another season of potentially record-breaking visitation, Interior and National Park Service officials are rethinking the plan based on public comments that inundated the NPS website over an abbreviated 30-day period. An Interior official familiar with the changes now being discussed told the Washington Post that some type of increase remains almost certain but that the dramatic hike is being reconsidered for fear that it would cause visitation to plunge, reducing sorely needed revenue at top destinations such as Yosemite in California, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, Zion and Bryce Canyon in Utah, and Yellowstone in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming Here's something else that has been making the news and RV related social media. It has to do with a 63 year old San Diego woman who was missing over the Easter weekend. Elizabeth Bax was on her way to the Seattke area to visit relatives for the holiday but never showed up. We're happy to say she was fund and rescued near Hirz Bay, a campground off of Lake Shasta in California, which has 6,200 miles of rivers and streams. Her sister says she thinks Bax ran out of gas in her Winnebago Class C  RV and her cell phone was dead. Bax was found dehydrated but stable and was airlifted to a local hospital. Her dog Walter is also being treated. Here's some other things happening this week that we think will be of interest to RVers…

Ultimate Bass Radio - Live at the WWBT ProAm at Lake Shasta

Greetings, Wildlings! This week, Sean is joined in the "Virtual Smithsonian" by Kalie, Micket, Josh, and Sebastian of LA-based band RIVALS. The gang sit down to chat with Sean about touring together, van trouble, gas station Zingers, alien activity at Lake Shasta, conspiracy theories, signing with SmartPunk, building a coffin, and their brand new album "DAMNED SOUL". Later in the show, we check out their brand new single "OVER IT" and they give you the deetz on where you can catch RIVALS in a city near you! Put the top back on the Ferrari and put this tape in your cassette deck, it's this week's episode of the Sean Vs. Wild Podcast! PRE-ORDER DAMNED SOUL HERE: https://smartpunkshop.com/products/rivals-damned-soul CHECK OUT THE "OVER IT" VIDEO HERE: https://youtu.be/shyqDjbg32s   RIVALS Links: http://www.wearervls.com http://www.facebook.com/WeAreRVLS Twitter: @WeAreRVLS IG: @WeAreRVLS   SEAN's Links: Site - http://www.seanvswild.com Itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sean-vs.-wild/id1192530869 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6mOBU5U1RW679W3lVgRV21 Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/m/Iqdwyk4q6aqnzzqffdeoql2n7kq?t=Sean_Vs_Wild iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/show/263-sean-vs-wild/ Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/seanvswild Instagram - @SeanVsWildPodcast Twitter - @SeanVsWild TuneIn - http://tunein.com/radio/Sean-Vs-Wild-p1009380/ Audible - http://www.audibletrial.com/seanvswild   Today's podcast is sponsored by AUDIBLE. Audible is extending a 30 day free trial to the listeners of the Sean Vs. Wild podcast! Simply go to http://www.audibletrial.com/seanvswild , Sign up for your free 30 day trial, and then choose an audiobook from over 180,000 in their catalog. And when you do, the fine folks at Audible help me out with a little something to help keep the lights on in the Smithsonian. That's it. Quick. Simple. Now go enjoy your book! Today's podcast is brought to you by AUDIOPHILE INK. You're going to want to use AUDIOPHILE INK for all your screenprinting needs. Shirts, hats, sweatshirts, hoodies, track shorts, underoos, Audiophile Ink can print em all.  Audiophile Ink is located in the heart of Louisville, KY. and ships to all 50 states. So whether you're in my neck of the woods, or you're across the country, Audiophile Ink has you covered. High Quality, Competitive Prices, printed on the brands you want, you're not going to find a better deal than Audiophile Ink! Check it out at http://www.audiophileink.com

Daily Emerald opinion writer Negina Pirzad and opinion editor Tanner Owens share their thoughts on campus construction projects, the University of Oregon norovirus outbreak and the Lake Shasta greek trip incident.

William Johnson from William’s Bait, Tackle and Boat Rentals, at La Laguna, Lake Elsinore informing us of the restocking program currently happening at the lake thanks to the City of Lake Elsinore. One Cool Tuna talking about their new line of Irons and their availability at the Fred Hall Long Beach Show. Also One Cool Tuna will be introducing at the show his Z-Bar jig. Greg Gutierrez FLW Champion at Lake Shasta talking about his victory Bart Hall producer of the Fred Hall Show, The Ultimate Outdoor Experience brought to you by Progressive Insurance, updating us on the happenings we can look forward to seeing at the upcoming Long Beach Show.

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

Dane Wigington & Russ Tanner each bring their own expertise to help us understand the bigger picture of where we are right now in history, and how the critical issues threatening the continued existence of humanity can be turned to our advantage, by stopping the causes of the damage being done, and joining forces to heal our world on all levels.Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was featured in a cover article on the world's largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a "wildlife preserve" next to Lake Shasta in northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing "solar obscuration" caused from the aircraft spraying. He also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago.Dane is the lead researcher for http://www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geoengineering from chemtrails to HAARP. He has appeared on an extensive number of interviews and films to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. He lives in Mt. Shasta, California.Contact us via email herewww.geoengineeringwatch.org

What In The World Are They Spraying?Have you ever looked up and wondered what those long white trails are  coming from planes? Have you noticed that those trails dont go away but instead begin to spread across the sky and look like strange whispy cloud formations?Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence, which was featured in a cover article in the world’s largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power, is a 1,600-acre “wildlife preserve” next to Lake Shasta in Northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to the increasing “solar obscuration,” which he discovered was caused by "aircraft spraying." He also noted significant decline in forest health and began soil testing and researching geoengineering about a decade ago. Dane has become the lead researcher for geoengineering, and his site is:www.geoengineeringwatch.orgHe has investigated all levels of geo engineering from chemtrails to HAARP. Dane has appeared on an extensive number of interviews to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level.

What In The World Are They Spraying?Have you ever looked up and wondered what those long white trails are  coming from planes? Have you noticed that those trails dont go away but instead begin to spread across the sky and look like strange whispy cloud formations?Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence, which was featured in a cover article in the world’s largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power, is a 1,600-acre “wildlife preserve” next to Lake Shasta in Northern California.Dane focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to the increasing “solar obscuration,” which he discovered was caused by "aircraft spraying." He also noted significant decline in forest health and began soil testing and researching geoengineering about a decade ago. Dane has become the lead researcher for geoengineering, and his site is:www.geoengineeringwatch.orgHe has investigated all levels of geo engineering from chemtrails to HAARP. Dane has appeared on an extensive number of interviews to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level.

Dane Wigington has an extensive background in solar energy. He is a former employee of Bechtel Power Corp. and was a licensed contractor in California and Arizona. His personal residence was feature in a cover article on the world’s largest renewable energy magazine, Home Power. He owns a 1,600-acre “wildlife preserve” next to Lake Shasta in northern California. He focused his efforts and energy on the geoengineering issue when he began to lose very significant amounts of solar uptake due to what ever-increasing “solar obscuration” caused from the aircraft spraying as he also noted significant decline in forest health and began testing and research into the geoengineering issue about a decade ago. He is the lead researcher for www.geoengineeringwatch.org and has investigated all levels of geo engineering from chemtrails to HAARP.  He assisted Michael Murphy with his production of “What in the Hell are They Spraying” and has appeared on an extensive number of interviews to explain the environmental dangers we face on a global level. Please do your best to share our content,  flood our content where ever and how ever you can. Please Donate on the website listed below if you can it is the only way we stay on the air. become a member & be informed www.latenightinthemidlands.com

We are back in our old stomping grounds, where we began our theatre careers, our film career (in Zephyr's case), our company, our family and our life on the road. This week we come to you from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, after performing at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. Lake Shasta CavernsWe tell of our recent trip to Lake Shasta Caverns, discovered by Charles Morton in 1878 near Mt.Shasta. The caverns are situated by Lake Shasta, the second-largest manmade lake in the country--it covers five former towns and contains sturgeon up to 30 feet long! We took the three-part tour (boat, bus and shoe leather) of the caverns and discovered some of the most graphic rock formations we've ever seen in the many caves we've toured. Learn how to tell stalactites from stalagmites. We'll give you a couple of ways to tell them apart. And find out what helictites are. (No, they're not a frozen dessert on a stick, but they look like it.) More about Lake Shasta Caverns The Dragon of KrakowThe story of "The Dragon of Krakow" (sometimes known as "The Dragon of Wawel Hill" or "Krakus and the Dragon") is a folktale from Poland. We've been touring the country with this story since May 2006. Just a few more months to see it live on the west coast, as it will be closing in December to make way for our new production. Check the Tour Schedule for upcoming shows What happens when a young boy learns to deal with the trouble he has stirred up? A shoemaker's apprentice, egged on by peer pressure, awakens a sleeping dragon, which devastates the village and terrorizes the people. When the villagers are unable to defeat him, the apprentice realizes he must correct his own mistake, which he does with imagination and resourcefulness. More Dragon Stories brought to you by Tina Hanlon of Ferrum College. Happy Listening, Dennis, Kimberly and Zephyr