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EKN Radio Network
EKN Debrief: Episode 140 – Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 27 – Part 2

EKN Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 116:53


The Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 27 was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway over November 13-17. The Las Vegas spectacular for 2024 was the third largest of the event at 550 entries over the nine categories that made history on SuperSunday. Rob Howden and David Cole recap the action from the Las Vegas Boulevard in Part 2 show – presented by Parolin USA. The show begins with the Rolison Performance Group Paddock Pass before getting into all the details of the weekend with the Stilo USA Race Report. The EKN Trackside Live Race Calendar presented by Sodi Racing USA completes the podcast.

EKN Radio Network
EKN Debrief: Episode 139 – Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 27 – Part 1

EKN Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 91:04


The Superkarts! USA SuperNationals 27 was held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway over November 13-17. The Las Vegas spectacular for 2024 was the third largest of the event at 550 entries over the nine categories that made history on SuperSunday. Rob Howden and David Cole recap the action from the Las Vegas Boulevard in Part 1 show – presented by Sodi Racing USA. The show begins with the Skip Barber Racing School Paddock Pass before getting into all the details of the weekend with the Comet Kart Sales Race Report. The EKN Trackside Live Race Calendar presented by Factory Karts completes the podcast.

MtM Vegas - Source for Las Vegas
Cosmo Vegas Thoughts, Trop Implosion Numbers, UNLV Drama, Multiple Construction Updates & Weird Al!

MtM Vegas - Source for Las Vegas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 23:10


Episode Description: As a reminder you can watch this show as well at: http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories This week Shawn was hanging on the Strip utilizing a comp from Cosmo. Is Cosmo hanging on as the best of MGM and what was the experience like? Shawn also provides several construction updates from around town including Bottled Blonde, BLVD and the proposed new casino on Harmon and Las Vegas Boulevard. In other news more info about Trop's implosion has come out including the use of 555 drones, but nowhere for people to watch from. Will people still come out in masses to see it fall? Other topics discussed include: the Taco Bell wedding chapel, G2E, Planet Hollywood's food hall, rain show and new center bar, Neon City Festival problems, UNLV's QB quits and where you can watch Weird Al in Vegas. Episode Guide: 0:00 The Taco Bell wedding chapel 1:03 G2E is coming - New slots on the way 3:12 Paris Versailles update - Not working so well 5:00 Bottled Blonde, Bellagio F1 construction updates 6:44 More F1 2023 lawsuits incoming 8:09 UNLV's football drama - Down a QB for not paying enough 10:53 Update on the new Tilmann Fertitta “Cosmo clone” 11:40 BLVD is inching closer to opening 13:30 Staying at Cosmo - Studio Suite with Terrace 15:40 Allegiant Stadium hosting 2025 Gold Cup match 16:48 Weird Al “residency” at Venetian 17:49 Neon City Festival drops big headliner after controversy 18:33 Miracle Mile food hall update & new rain show 19:51 Planet Hollywood's Glass Bar 20:25 Trop implosion - 555 drones & no public viewing! About the Show: Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at podcast@milestomemories.com.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!

City Cast Las Vegas
Are Palm Trees Bad for Vegas?

City Cast Las Vegas

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 18:42


Despite palm trees showing up in iconic logos (farewell, Mirage) and lining Las Vegas Boulevard, those spindly trees aren't native to the Mojave Desert. In recent years, you might've heard grumbles that they're water-guzzlers providing no real shade. You might've even seen the video of a palm tree bursting into flames during our most recent heat wave. But master arborist Lisa Ortega, founder of Nevada Plants, thinks that we might want to give palms another shot. Today, we bring back a conversation co-host Dayvid Figler had with Lisa about when and how palm trees actually make sense in Las Vegas. Want to get in touch? Follow us @CityCastVegas on Instagram, or email us at lasvegas@citycast.fm. You can also call or text us at 702-514-0719. For more Las Vegas news, make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, Hey Las Vegas. Looking to advertise on City Cast Las Vegas? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook
Celebrity Backed Restaurants - Where We Buy #294

Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 32:46


James Cook and Keisha Virtue wanted to see to see how many celebrity restaurants they could visit in two hours on the Las Vegas Strip. In their research, they identified 361 celebrity restaurant openings in the past 5 years in the U.S. and Canada. These establishments not only boost tourism but also create a competitive edge in the competitive restaurant industry. Celebrity restaurants serve as major tourist attractions, particularly in popular corridors like Las Vegas Boulevard and Nashville's Lower Broadway.  Celebrities leverage their recognition and large social media followings to drive customer attraction and compete with mainstream restaurants.  Watch a video of the Celebrity Restaurant Challenge: https://youtu.be/wcFd2LROIFs?si=sAwcWiaDRpv2t6aX Read the full Celebrity Restaurant report for free:https://www.us.jll.com/en/trends-and-insights/research/celebrity-restaurants-report James Cook is the Director of Retail Research in the Americas for JLL. Keisha Virtue is Senior Research Analyst for Retail at JLL. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Listen: WhereWeBuy.show  Alexa: Say "Enable the Where We Buy skill" Email: jamesd.cook@jll.com  Watch our video show, Everything We Know About Retail: http://everythingweknow.show/ Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call (602) 633-4061  Read more retail research here:  http://www.us.jll.com/retail Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.  

Técnica Fórmula 1 · Podcast de F1
Episodio 712 · Las previas a Las Vegas (II) y al Rally de Japón

Técnica Fórmula 1 · Podcast de F1

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 53:51


En este segundo episodio de la semana del Podcast Técnica Fórmula 1 nos preparan para un fin de semana nocturno: tendremos que trasnochar (o madrugar, eso depende de cada uno) para ver la Fórmulja 1 en las Vegas, pero también para ver la conclusión del Mundial de Rallies en Japón. Espectáculo fuera de la pista. Como suele ser habitual en los últimos tiempos, para atraer a nuevos aficionados a la Fórmula 1 hacen falta algo más que coches, así que hay prevista una ceremonia de apertura con artistas de renombre, como Steve Aoki, Thirty Seconds to Mars, will.i.am y la compañía del Cirque du Soleil. Aunque es la primera vez que la propia Fórmula 1 es promotora de un Gran Premio, no es la primera vez que se corre en las Vegas: anteriormente se corrió en Las Vegas como última prueba de las temporadas de 1981 y 1982, denominándose en ambos casos Gran Premio Caesars Palace. En ambas ocasiones, la carrera decidió el campeonato. Antes de que el trazado fuera decidido se hicieron hasta 30 diseños. Y, de nuevo, vuelve a presumirse de récord de tiempo en construcción: La infraestructura principal, incluido el edificio de boxes con la forma del logotipo de la F1, así como el pit lane y el paddock, se construyeron en poco más de un año. El circuito consta de 17 curvas y 3 rectas, con dos zonas de DRS. La recta de meta está en la esquina entre Harmon Avenue y Koval Lane, y el trazado pasa por Las Vegas Boulevard y Sands Avenue. Una vuelta completa al trazado son 6.120m, y se darán 50 vueltas al circuito. Se estima que la velocidad máxima que alcanzarán los monoplazas será de 342km/h. Japón, un Rally impresionante. Aunque ya está todo decidido también en el WRC, con el Mundial de Constructores en manos de Toyota y con Rovanperä que logró su segundo Campeonato en el pasado Rally de Centroeuropa, el Rally de Japón siempre merece la pena y no nos importa nada trasnochar para verlo. Es un lugar impresionante, con tramos espectaculares y muy especiales, algunos muy estrechos, otros “embrujados”,… lo dicho, una experiencia única cada año y un broche de oro a la temporada. En este segundo episodio de la semana, y previo al Rally, nos hablarán de lo más destacado de esta edición en cuanto a kilómetros, recorrido, días de desarrollo y tramos, así como de los desafíos que entraña esta prueba. Se hará un análisis de cómo son las carreteras japonesas, de las gomas que se usarán y de las especificaciones que deben llevar los coches. Por último, y aunque está todo decidido, los pilotos no se rinden y todos querrán hacer un buen papel, empezando por el propio Campeón, Rovanperä, que corre en casa de su equipo. En definitiva, que aunque tengamos que trasnochar (o madrugar), tenemos un fin de semana más que completo de motor, para seguir disfrutando lo poco que queda de temporada de automovilismo, que ya mismo está totalmente concluida. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Food and Loathing
Mon Ami Gabi's F1 Plan

Food and Loathing

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 71:09


The patio at Mon Ami Gabi, the excellent French restaurant right along Las Vegas Boulevard at the Paris Hotel/Casino, could be one of the best places to watch this month's Formula One race. Al spends time with Chef Vincent Pouessel to get the lowdown on what he's offering that night, how much it costs, and how the property dealt with the demands of F1. Also: Al shares his big-deal dining of the past week, which includes Ferraro's, Ocean Prime and Lemon Tree Market and Café. Rich actually went to a couple of nice places, including Esther's Kitchen and Taste of Asia. But he once again was frustrated in his hunt for Mambo Sauce at McDonald's! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast
193. Q&A: Help, my period is getting short again + cervical mucus observations

Hypothalamic Amenorrhea Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2023 14:16


Listener Q&A's lets go!!QUESTION 1:Hi! I had a question. Im tracking my BBT still. Though it's around 98.3 from 98.1 (not sure if that's really a significant difference). I am getting cervical mucus everyday. But some days it just goes away completely. Also, I'm not sure how much is “normal” for cervical mucus. I only see a bit on my underwear and it is also hard to tell what kind of consistency it is. It dries up on my underwear. Is there a specific way it should look when it's dried up? Should I be getting cervical mucus everyday or is it fine that I skip some days??Also, I've stopped intermittent fasting, I've gained weight, stopped “formal exercise” (only walking), eating snacks when needed, no longer feel cold, faced fear foods, etc. And for context I lost my period for 5 years and I started my recovery this around June. I am taking beef liver capsules as well, but is it okay to have these everyday?QUESTION 2:First off, I just want to thank you and your team for putting out such wonderful content. It means the world to me that I can turn to helpful content when I really need it and so I can be informed about the female body.I am a 19 year old female college student. I lost my period in June 2020 due to under eating and overexercising. Soon after I went vegetarian and moved to college. I was able to get a healthy period in November of 2022. Some changes that I had made were cutting out weight lifting and eating more (about 2300 -- I am a short person at 4'11''). I was still active in that I was riding my bike to classes (5-10 mins), walking for an hour, and playing my club sports such as lacrosse and rugby. Once I saw that I got my period for 3 months, I started to include running. I was shocked as to how much further I actually could run. I saw that my period was still healthy, even after running 5 days a week and having a 20 mile week, so I signed up for a half marathon coming up in October.I got an internship that takes place in Las Vegas (I am from NY) to do research pertaining to my major for June-August 5th. I went and had the best time. However, in June, I noticed my period was only 3 days long compared to the 4-5 days I was previously getting. I did not get my period for the following month (July). At that time, I was learning to swim with my friends everyday. I was continuing my half marathon training as well and looked forward to both my runs and my swim sessions. On the weekends, we would walk around Las Vegas Boulevard and went hiking on nearby trails occasionally.It is now September, and I still don't have a period. I thought that once I come back home and go back to school in New York, the weather change and eating more could help it come back but now it is nearing 3 months and I am super nervous. I am scared to go back to having HA and am doing everything in my power to eat more and train for the half marathon. I am trying not to do additional activities.Sorry for the super long email but my question is do you have any advice on what I should do?Join The HA Societyhttp://thehasociety.com/joinWork 1:1 with us to get your period backhttp://thehasociety.com/coachingVisit us on YouTubehttps://youtube.com/c/danisheriffFollow us on IGhttp://instagram.com/thehasocietyhttp://instagram.com/danisheriffhttps://instagram.com/ashley_marie_smith_https://www.instagram.com/rosay.way_wellness/The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-hypothalamic-amenorrhea-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Food and Loathing
El Segundo Sol: 15 Years on The Strip

Food and Loathing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 44:29


Al's away this week, but before he left he talked to the people behind El Segundo Sol, the venerable Tacos & Margaritas joint right on Las Vegas Boulevard at the Fashion Show Mall. Wesley Pumphrey and Ryan Richardson talk about the restaurant's recent revamp, and how they keep the prices in check. And they share insight into Lettuce Entertain You, the Chicago-based restaurant company that also owns dozens of restaurant concepts, including several in Las Vegas: Joe's, Mon Ami Gabi, Eiffel Tower, RPM Italian, and coming to the suburbs: Summer House. Meanwhile, Rich and Gemini share their dining fun of the past week and preview a couple of "interesting" events: National Taco Day and the Gordon Ramsay Rage Room!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Food and Loathing
El Segundo Sol: 15 Years on The Strip

Food and Loathing

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 44:41


Al's away this week, but before he left he talked to the people behind El Segundo Sol, the venerable Tacos & Margaritas joint right on Las Vegas Boulevard at the Fashion Show Mall. Wesley Pumphrey and Ryan Richardson talk about the restaurant's recent revamp, and how they keep the prices in check. And they share insight into Lettuce Entertain You, the Chicago-based restaurant company that also owns dozens of restaurant concepts, including several in Las Vegas: Joe's, Mon Ami Gabi, Eiffel Tower, RPM Italian, and coming to the suburbs: Summer House. Meanwhile, Rich and Gemini share their dining fun of the past week, and preview a couple of "interesting" events: National Taco Day and the Gordon Ramsay Rage Room!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vegas Revealed
Strip Side Dining at Ocean Prime, Navigating the City with VegasNearMe, Live Music Find at Mirage, Kathy Griffin Back on Stage, Million Dollar Display at Binions | Ep. 174

Vegas Revealed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 51:01 Transcription Available


We introduce you to a dining gem right on the Strip – the brand new Ocean Prime. Details about the new restaurant that sits right on Las Vegas Boulevard. We chat with the president and COO, David Miller. Also, George Meyer, creator of the VegasNearMe app, joins us for an insightful chat about how his app is revolutionizing navigation in the city. With thousands of menu and reservation links, plus information on shows, activities, events, and more, VegasNearMe is a must-have for tourists and locals alike. And, the return of Kathy Griffin to the Las Vegas stage after six long years. Hear about our experience attending her show at the Mirage, the crowd that welcomed her back, and even a surprise appearance by singer Sia! In our tips segment, we tell you where you can get your photo with a million bucks and a live music find on the strip. Prep for your Las Vegas trip! Check out our Amazon Store.We love Rollasoles! Fashionable flats that you roll up. Don't walk barefoot in Vegas! Browse and order with our special link. VegasNearMe App If it's fun to do or see, it's on VegasNearMe. The only app you'll need to navigate Las Vegas. Support the showFollow us on Instagram: @vegas.revealedFollow us on Twitter: @vegasrevealedFollow us on TikTok: @vegas.revealedWebsite: Vegas-Revealed.com

Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook
"This is Times Square 1970" - Where We Buy #249

Where We Buy: Retail Real Estate with James Cook

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2023 22:56


Eli Gindi, co-founder of Gindi Capital, explains the opportunity he sees along Las Vegas Boulevard. For him, it's like investing in New York's Times Square before its transformation in the 1990s. Gindi Capital made its first Las Vegas investment in 2015 with the purchase of a portion of the Showcase Mall on Las Vegas Boulevard. Since then, the company has expanded its holdings along the Strip. Its BLVD project is now under construction, encompassing 400,000 square feet of retail space, including a 110,000 square-foot rooftop dining and experiential area. James Cook is the director of retail research in the Americas for JLL.  Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Listen: WhereWeBuy.show  Alexa: Say "Enable the Where We Buy skill" Email: jamesd.cook@jll.com  Watch our video show, Everything We Know About Retail: http://everythingweknow.show/ Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call (602) 633-4061  Read more retail research here:  http://www.us.jll.com/retail Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.  

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast
Evolution: The Ever Changing World Of Vegas Entertainment

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 47:21


In years past, the Las Vegas Strip was jammed full of a combination of large-scale production shows and mid-level headliners with the odd big-time residency tossed into the mix.  And of course, there were also the casino lounges, packed full of people while Vegas's finest singers & musicians performed live. But as you may have heard me talk about in past episodes - or even noticed on your own Vegas trips - the Strip has gone through a big shift when it comes to entertainment. The large-scale productions are struggling, the mid-level shows have moved off the strip (or closed entirely), the casino lounges have gone silent & been replaced with sports books or high roller rooms, and Las Vegas Boulevard is littered with marquees touting high-priced monthly residencies from huge artists at almost every resort. But what's behind this evolution?  To get the answer, I went to an insider... Vincent John from The Bronx Wanderers, who've been caught up in all these changes over the last few years, makes his THIRD appearance on the podcast. Vincent and I have had a lot of "offline" discussions about the state of Vegas entertainment, but we thought it was time for him to come on the show and have a conversation "on the record". You can catch Vincent John & The Bronx Wanderers LIVE in Vegas or out on tour across the US.  Check their schedule and get your tickets NOW! Listen to Vincent's solo work, streaming wherever you get your music including Apple Music and Spotify. __________________________________________________________________________ Become a Jeff Does Vegas Insider today for only $5 USD/month & enjoy all kinds of cool perks like early access to new episodes, commercial-free versions of EVERY episode, invites to exclusive live streams & videos, insider-only virtual hangouts and even real-life in-person hangouts IN Las Vegas! Sign up NOW at patreon.com/jeffdoesvegas __________________________________________________________________________ Jeff Does Vegas is an official Vegas.com affiliate!  Help support the podcast & get exclusive deals by booking your hotel stays, shows, attractions, tours, clubs and even complete vacation packages (including air & hotel) with our special link!

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast
Evel In The City Of Sin

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 31:50


One of the most serene spots along Las Vegas Boulevard also happens to be home to one of the biggest spectacles in the city's history: That would be the fountains at Caesars Palace - and the attempt to jump over those fountains on a motorcycle by the legendary Evel Knievel! During my last trip to Las Vegas, I caught up with Joe Friday from the Evel Knievel Museum in Topeka, Kansas.  Joe was attending the same conference I was, as he's prepping to release a brand-new podcast all about the incredible story of Evel Knievel. Joe and I talked about Evel's early life and how he got into stunt riding, how Evel "conned" his way into jumping the fountains at Caesars, his career following the jump, and much more. Joe also shared some very cool Evel Knievel/Las Vegas news with me. If you want to learn more about the history of Evel Knievel, you can visit the Evel Knievel Museum online and be sure to follow the museum on Facebook and Instragram. __________________________________________________________________________ Become a Jeff Does Vegas Insider today for only $5 USD/month & enjoy all kinds of cool perks like early access to new episodes, commercial-free versions of EVERY episode, invites to exclusive live streams & videos, insider-only virtual hangouts and even real-life in-person hangouts IN Las Vegas! Sign up NOW at patreon.com/jeffdoesvegas __________________________________________________________________________ Jeff Does Vegas is an official Vegas.com affiliate!  Help support the podcast & get exclusive deals by booking your hotel stays, shows, attractions, tours, clubs and even complete vacation packages (including air & hotel) with our special link!

Games from the Cellar
Lords of Vegas

Games from the Cellar

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 60:51


The panel rolls the dice on a game of Lords of Vegas. Lords of Vegas, designed by James Ernest & Mike Selinker, was first published by Mayfair Games in 2010. Episode Summary: In this episode, we discuss Lords of Vegas, a two to four-player, light-complexity game first published by Mayfair Games in 2010. The panel focuses on the concept of calculated risk and its integral role in Lords of Vegas. We discuss the importance of taking risks and the value of recognizing when risk-taking is no longer beneficial. We then touch on the concept of viewing the casino colors as a resource, and the tactical decision-making required to be successful in Loads of Vegas. Finally, we conclude with enthusiasm for the game, which we've played multiple times in the past few months. Visit our website and join the conversation on Discord. Chapters: (0:01:00) - Exploring Lords of Vegas (0:14:54) - Managing Risk in the Casino (0:31:14) - The Risky Strategy of Risk Mitigation (0:40:32) - Taking Risks in a Seat-of-Your-Pants Game Chapter Summaries: (0:01:00) - Exploring Lords of Vegas (14 Minutes) Lords of Vegas is a two to four-player, light-complexity game first published by Mayfair Games in 2010. The game's goal is to build big casinos, take over other people's big casinos, and make lots of money. Players draw cards that allow them to purchase property and establish blocks of casinos. Whoever has the highest die in the block is the boss of the casino, and when someone has a casino along Las Vegas Boulevard, they get big cash.   (0:14:54) - Managing Risk in the Casino (16 Minutes) Lords of Vegas is an exciting and dynamic game that requires tactical decision-making. The panel focuses on the concept of calculated risk and its integral role in the game of Lords of Vegas. The participants discuss how taking risks can help you win by rebranding existing casinos or expanding them onto a space you don't own. They also discuss the importance of being able to recognize when risk-taking is no longer beneficial. Through this conversation, the panel illustrates the strategic elements that are necessary to be successful in Lords of Vegas, such as understanding the value of certain spaces, planning, and managing resources. Players must also react to the luck of the roll and seize opportunities to make a difference by taking risks. The conversation then shifts to a discussion about their recent game, where Stephen emerged as the victor and John was a close second. The panel then address their enthusiasm for Lords of Vegas; which has seen play multiple times in the past few months, and their decision to start the podcast.   (0:31:14) - The Risky Strategy of Risk Mitigation (9 Minutes) Lord of Vegas is a game of risk-taking and calculated decision-making. The participants discussed the risk mitigation strategies employed by Stephen, and how he was able to control the large gold casino. Briefly mentioned was how Stephen's "All in on Gold" strategy was inherently risky, as one lucky (or unlucky) die roll could have undone him because he wasn't as diversified as the other players. We acknowledged the lack of casino control changes in this particular play; that control of casinos did not flip-flop as much as in previous games. We also discussed the impact of the cards drawn, and how the chance factor could be directed by the players.   (0:40:32) - Taking Risks in a Seat-of-Your-Pants Game (20 Minutes) Lords of Vegas is a game that requires players to make calculated gambles to get ahead. Though it has an unpredictable element, there are still strategies that can be employed to increase the odds of success. Players can make the most of their turns by taking risks and pursuing opportunities that come up, as it is possible to be locked out of the game if they take a passive approach. In addition, the game rewards those who take a chance and can offer a thrilling experience as players can celebrate when their risky moves yield success.   Shownotes created with assistance from https://podium.page

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast
A Cunning Display Of Stunts

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2023 23:18


The Las Vegas Strip attracts all types of people. Vacationers, gamblers, foodies, partiers...and daredevils.  And there's one specific spot on the strip that's been particularly appealing to those who make their living defying death: The Fountains at Caesars Palace Since Caesars Palace opened back in 1966, the usually serene spot along Las Vegas Boulevard has played host to multiple brave - and possibly crazy - people who've attempted to jump their motorcycles over the famed fountains.  Some have succeeded but many others have failed...spectacularly. As we mark 55 years since the very first attempt on December 31, 1967, I invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy this specially re-mastered version of Sin City Stories: A Cunning Display Of Stunts. If you want to learn more about these daredevils, check out the shownotes for Volume 4 of Sin City Stories featuring articles, photos, videos and more! __________________________________________________________________________ Become a Jeff Does Vegas Insider today for only $5 USD/month & enjoy all kinds of cool perks like early access to new episodes, commercial-free versions of EVERY episode, invites to exclusive live streams & videos, insider-only virtual hangouts and even real-life in-person hangouts IN Las Vegas! Sign up NOW at patreon.com/jeffdoesvegas __________________________________________________________________________ Jeff Does Vegas is an official Vegas.com affiliate!  Help support the podcast & get exclusive deals by booking your hotel stays, shows, attractions, tours, clubs and even complete vacation packages (including air & hotel) with our special link!

Dark Side of Wikipedia | True Crime & Dark History
472: "I'll become a serial killer, If you Let me Out" | Daily Brief

Dark Side of Wikipedia | True Crime & Dark History

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 3:42


A 27-year-old man has been charged with murder after he allegedly fatally beat another man with a brick and then threatened to become a serial killer if he is ever released from prison. Officers from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 4200 block of South Las Vegas Boulevard on October 3 at around 11:57 p.m. after receiving a report of a man down. A man with a head wound was reportedly discovered by authorities and was unresponsive at the scene. Medical personnel pronounced him dead, police said. Blood was found on a "large decorative brick" that was found near Christopher David, the victim, who was found on the ground, as reported by KLAS-TV. Malik Price was eventually identified as the suspect after more investigation. An eyewitness at a Motel 8 nearby told police that Price had tried to sell him a gun and mentioned "leaving a blood trail." According to KLAS, police apprehended Price on Las Vegas Boulevard. There was blood on his pants and shoes, and his footprint reportedly matched the one near the victim's body. Price was being interviewed when, according to KLAS's report, he began "rapping and rambling about Jesus Christ, Navy SEALs, 9/11, the Koran, and other non-relevant topics" when officers became tired of informing him of his rights. According to reports, once Price was informed of his rights, he stated that the interview was "going nowhere." According to a report obtained by KLAS, "Malik kept referring to Jesus Christ but would jump to Navy SEALs and the Marine Corps being involved in the 9/11 attacks." When authorities attempted to retrieve DNA evidence after the interview, Price allegedly said, "Because I am a vile murderer, I am the one who did it. Yes, I smacked him in the head with a gravestone. Today, I witnessed a sign that encouraged me to become a violent gentleman." Surveillance footage from police body cameras, obtained by KLAS, purportedly shows Price saying things like, "I killed that man in cold blood" and "If you let me out of jail, I'll become a serial killer." After being arrested for first-degree murder, police reported that Price was booked into the Clark County Detention Center.If you like TRUE CRIME TODAY - Be sure to search and subscribe wherever you download podcasts! Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-a-true-crime-podcast/id1504280230?uo=4 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/0GYshi6nJCf3O0aKEBTOPs Stitcher http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/real-ghost-stories-online-2/dark-side-of-wikipedia-true-crime-disturbing-stories iHeart https://www.iheart.com/podcast/270-Dark-Side-of-Wikipedia-Tru-60800715 Amazon https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/565dc51b-d214-4fab-b38b-ae7c723cb79a/Dark-Side-of-Wikipedia-True-Crime-Dark-History Google Podcasts https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzUwMDEyNjAucnNz Or Search "True Crime Today" for the best in True Crime ANYWHERE you get podcasts! Support the show at http://www.patreon.com/truecrimetoday

Pharmacy Podcast Network
PAINWeek 2022 Conference Summary | Pain Pod

Pharmacy Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 54:03


Vegas Baby!!! The vibe at PAINWeek 2022 was electric! Electricity flowing through the Cosmo Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard (“the strip”), similar to what's generated by the Colorado River, Lake Meade, and a miles and miles of electrical wires! Pain Guy was the beat on the street” strolling through the PAINWeek presentations, exhibit hall, and Cosmo hallways chatting it up with fellow faculty, exhibitors, and attendees alike! Dr. A.J. Gupta (an attendee), Barby Ingle (author, speaker, and overall dynamic iPain exhibitor and attendee), Nicole Hemmenway (CEO of our U.S. Pain Foundation), and Richard Tuorto (Pain Medicine News) join us for energized conversations revolving around what their organizations do for healthcare professionals and patients in pain, pain management in general, and of course, their experiences at PAINWeek 2022. Checkout this mobile mic episode of the Pain Pod as we team up with the folks of PAINWeek to give you, Pain Pod Nation, the audio vibe of the electricity of being there in person. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod (and PAINWeek 2023)!!! Episode References • PAINWeek: https://www.painweek.org/ • iPain (International Pain Foundation): https://internationalpain.org/ • Barby Ingle: https://barbyingle.com/ • US Pain Foundation: https://uspainfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/ • Pain Medicine News: https://www.painmedicinenews.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pharmacy Podcast Network
PAINWeek 2022 Conference Summary | Pain Pod

Pharmacy Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 54:03


Vegas Baby!!! The vibe at PAINWeek 2022 was electric! Electricity flowing through the Cosmo Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard (“the strip”), similar to what's generated by the Colorado River, Lake Meade, and a miles and miles of electrical wires! Pain Guy was the beat on the street” strolling through the PAINWeek presentations, exhibit hall, and Cosmo hallways chatting it up with fellow faculty, exhibitors, and attendees alike! Dr. A.J. Gupta (an attendee), Barby Ingle (author, speaker, and overall dynamic iPain exhibitor and attendee), Nicole Hemmenway (CEO of our U.S. Pain Foundation), and Richard Tuorto (Pain Medicine News) join us for energized conversations revolving around what their organizations do for healthcare professionals and patients in pain, pain management in general, and of course, their experiences at PAINWeek 2022. Checkout this mobile mic episode of the Pain Pod as we team up with the folks of PAINWeek to give you, Pain Pod Nation, the audio vibe of the electricity of being there in person. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod (and PAINWeek 2023)!!! Episode References • PAINWeek: https://www.painweek.org/ • iPain (International Pain Foundation): https://internationalpain.org/ • Barby Ingle: https://barbyingle.com/ • US Pain Foundation: https://uspainfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/ • Pain Medicine News: https://www.painmedicinenews.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pain Pod
PAINWeek 2022 Conference Summary | Pain Pod

Pain Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 54:48


Vegas Baby!!! The vibe at PAINWeek 2022 was electric! Electricity flowing through the Cosmo Hotel and Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard (“the strip”), similar to what's generated by the Colorado River, Lake Meade, and a miles and miles of electrical wires! Pain Guy was the beat on the street” strolling through the PAINWeek presentations, exhibit hall, and Cosmo hallways chatting it up with fellow faculty, exhibitors, and attendees alike! Dr. A.J. Gupta (an attendee), Barby Ingle (author, speaker, and overall dynamic iPain exhibitor and attendee), Nicole Hemmenway (CEO of our U.S. Pain Foundation), and Richard Tuorto (Pain Medicine News) join us for energized conversations revolving around what their organizations do for healthcare professionals and patients in pain, pain management in general, and of course, their experiences at PAINWeek 2022. Checkout this mobile mic episode of the Pain Pod as we team up with the folks of PAINWeek to give you, Pain Pod Nation, the audio vibe of the electricity of being there in person. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod (and PAINWeek 2023)!!! Episode References  PAINWeek: https://www.painweek.org/  iPain (International Pain Foundation): https://internationalpain.org/  Barby Ingle: https://barbyingle.com/  US Pain Foundation: https://uspainfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/  Pain Medicine News: https://www.painmedicinenews.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Industry
E124 Christian Delpech

The Industry

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022


Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Christian Delpech started working in bars in 1995 at the age of 17. It was at this time that Christian fell in love with flair bartending after watching the movie Cocktail. This prompted him to start practicing by himself in his home's backyard. Christian worked in numerous places in Argentina doing shows and working flair. In 1998 Christian traveled to Spain to start his global bartending adventure and worked in Tenerife, Ibiza, Miami, Cancún and found his home in Las Vegas (which was also his dream location to work). Christian started competing in flair bartending competitions and after winning his first Pro World Championship in Vegas - Christian gets an offer to work at Caesar's Palace - which of course he took! Christian started to compete all over the world and winning multiple flair competitions - with many of them being world championships. After winning Legends of Bartending for the second time, Christian gets a job offer from Carnaval Court (a prestigious flair bar worldwide), where he worked for 10 years straight. After Leaving Carnaval, Christian opened The D Bar in downtown Las Vegas where he worked for 2 years, then opened The Fuel Bar. After 14 years of being in the best flair bars in Vegas, and being feature on bill boards in Las Vegas Boulevard (only bartender to be feature in 3 different billboards in Las Vegas Boulevard) and having his name in a Bar (The D bar), Christian leaves for a new adventure - this time to Miami and to join the team at the Bleau Bar at The legendary Fontainebleau Hotel. After Fontainebleau, Christian jumps into a new adventure, working at Mr Coco in Las Vegas - a luxury high end cocktail bar with his mentor in the cocktail world, Mr Francesco Lafranconi. In 2019, Christian returns to Miami to join the Spanglish team where he worked as head bartender for the next two years. Christian's next move - and where he currently works - was on to Sweet Liberty - where he joined the team as head bartender. Sweet Liberty was rated one of the top 100 best bars in the world. Christian has been in over 45 different countries competing, training people and performing. Christian has 19 World Championships tittles in Flair bartending under his belt, and over 60 other international competition winnings, including speed comps, and the King of Daiquiri in Florida, La Habana (the only bartender from out of Cuba to ever win this competition). Christina loves bartending in general and he consider himself a bartender (not a Flair bartender, not a mixologist, just a passionate bartender). Christian also spends time furthering his reach and influence by creating content for Social Media - especially Instagram. @christiandelpechofficial Links @christiandelpechofficial Christian's Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/christiandelpechofficial TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@christian_delpech Additional Links @sugarrunbar @babylonsistersbar Little Mushroom Catering @littlemushroomcatering @the_industry_podcast email us: info@theindustrypodcast.club Podcast Artwork by Zak Hannah zakhannah.com

Vegas Revealed
$20 Million Restaurant Coming to Las Vegas, Tour Siegfried & Roy's Estate, Bruno Mars Puts on Surprise Show, Free Lunch Parking in Downtown | Ep. 131

Vegas Revealed

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 34:23


Bruno Mars surprises people at a cocktail lounge on the strip! Plus, the rest of the world thinks Las Vegas is under water from all the videos going around on the news, but we tell you what's really happening and how we are doing. A new $20 million restaurant is scheduled to open on Las Vegas Boulevard in 2023. This will be Ocean Prime's flagship location. New York-New York is getting a hotel room and suite renovation. Details on how you can tour Siegfried and Roy's estate. Downtown Las Vegas offers free lunch parking in the Arts District and Circa Las Vegas gets ready for its Football Preview Panel event. Sign up and download VegasNearMe. It's a new app in the beta test phase, but you can try it out NOW. Here's the link: https://link.vegasnearme.com/vegas-revealed-beta Look for an email and find the instructions there, it's really simple! The Enthusiasm ProjectDeep dives exploring the world of what it means to be an independent creator.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

7@7
7@7 AM May 23, 2022

7@7

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 481:35


EDC saw more than 400,000 fans pack Las Vegas Motor Speedway, now that EDC is over, if your commute includes Las Vegas Boulevard and I-15 South, give yourself plenty of extra time, the co-founder of a nonprofit started with lofty goals. Now, his organization is facing scrutiny and complaints and more on 7@7 from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast
The March Trip Report

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 21:06


Welcome to another World Famous Jeff Does Vegas Trip Report!  This time around, we're chronicling my most recent trip to Vegas, from March 20th-23rd, 2022. This episode includes reviews of my stay at Bally's as well as some of the great food I was able to partake in at Ri-Ra Irish Pub in Mandalay Bay, Tilted Kilt at the Linq Promenade, Village Cafe at Ellis Island, Makers & Finders in the Arts District, Home Plate Grill & Bar at the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard, and Water Grill at the Forum Shoppes at Caesars Palace. I also share a few observations on the cost of ride share, restaurants & shops closing early, and how Vegas is "back". __________________________________________________________________________ Jeff Does Vegas is an official Vegas.com affiliate!  Help support the podcast & get exclusive deals by booking your hotel stays, shows, attractions, tours, clubs and even complete vacation packages (including air & hotel) with our special link!

Inspired Soles
Pacer for Carolyn's Las Vegas Rock ‘n Roll 10K Win | Kevin Beatty

Inspired Soles

Play Episode Play 15 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 45:15


On February 27th Carolyn completely surprised herself by winning the Las Vegas Rock ‘n Roll 10K in a time of 42:04. She recapped the race extensively on social media so check out her Instagram for all the details (@coach_carolyn), but today we wanted to hear the story from her pacer's perspective. Not only is Kevin Beatty Carolyn's big brother, he's also a coach, an accomplished runner and our very first Inspired Soles guest from way back in Episode 3 (Treating Running Like a Sport). For this race she enrolled him to help her overcome a familiar pattern of giving up in the second half a race and then regretting it later. Even though she wasn't quite sure where her fitness was at, her primary goal was to finish knowing she'd left it all out there on Las Vegas Boulevard. As you're about to hear, not only did Kevin nail his pace bunny duties, he also capitalized on the party atmosphere and had a total blast along the way.Resources we discussed in the episode:Kevin's episode (3): Treating Running Like a SportBrandy Adolphe's episode (52): Running By Feel With 3:19 MarathonerConnect with Carolyn & Kim:Email us with guest ideas: inspiredsolescast@gmail.comInspired Soles InstagramKim's InstagramKim's FacebookCarolyn's InstagramCarolyn's FacebookCarolyn's website (sign up for her free weekly newsletter on the homepage)

7@7
7@7 AM January 14, 2022

7@7

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 464:41


A suspect is in custody after a police shooting on Las Vegas Boulevard, CCSD plans to use a COVID-19 ‘test to stay' strategy, CCSD's Jesus Jara helped develop a new national student mental wellbeing tool and more on 7@7 from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

How To Love Forever
SEX ON THE STREET! America Exposes Itself On Las Vegas Boulevard

How To Love Forever

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 75:15


(Warning: Explicit Sex Talk, Very NSFW) IN THIS EPISODE, we engage in a daring social experiment We travel to The Fabulous Las Vegas Strip to chat with complete strangers about sex and love We put random tourists on the spot by asking them seriously personal and intimate questions We learn what they consider to be the most important aspects to a healthy romantic relationship We study their comments to take the general temperature of the American Romantic Landscape We each disclose our personal story about losing our virginity And we even hear about one guy's awkward experience with a prostitute… and a plastic bag Ah, real life stories

7@7
7@7 AM November 29, 2021

7@7

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 474:22


A vigil was held on the birthday of a student who died after a charity boxing match, an Afghan who fled the fall of Kabul lands in Las Vegas for Thanksgiving, a woman died Sunday after crossing Las Vegas Boulevard in a scooter and more on 7@7 from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Bett am Strand - Einschlafen zu Reisegeschichten

"Welcome to the fabulous Las Vegas" - Erlebe die flirrende Hitze der Wüste Nevadas, gleite den Las Vegas Boulevard hinunter und tauche ein in die schillernde Traumwelt der Neonlichter und Hotel-Casinos.Gelesen von Björn LandbergText: Philipp SüchtingRegie: Silvan OschmannDie komplette Folge hörst du mit dem Bett am Strand Reisepass:steadyhq.com/bettamstrand

Raw Talk
Getting hit on in Las Vegas

Raw Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 28:41


Running around Las Vegas Boulevard drunk and not knowing where we're going welcome to Las Vegas baby

Through Thick And Skin: The Podcast
Storytime With Megan: Vegas Edition

Through Thick And Skin: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 53:23


Ep. 71 has been the most requested topic so far...storytime with Megan recounting the days when she lived on Las Vegas Boulevard! Around 2013, she had the Keys to The City, ruled the Strip, and ran all over Sin City like a bawse. She flew private all the time, went to the Latin Grammys with a silver fox she met at the car wash, and bought whatever she wanted, including houses for her boss! Tune in to find out what happened on Tinder which made her drop out of grad school, changing the course of her life forever and learn what Mike Tyson said to her when she met him outside of a Hookah Bar. 

To The Fullest with Jason Froberg
Episode 44 - Peter Dallas - "To The Fullest with Jason Froberg"

To The Fullest with Jason Froberg

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 50:43


^^^MAKE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE^^^ https://www.spacebrainstation.com/   Peter Dallas is a professional drummer for countless bands in Las Vegas. He is currently playing with the original rock band Stonebreed, multiple tribute bands including Journey LTD (Journey), Jon Bovi (Bon Jovi), You Got Lucky (Tom Petty) and Cradle Will Rock (Van Halen). He also does a rock band karaoke show every Thursday at Rockstar Bar on Las Vegas Boulevard with a live band and $100 grand prize for the best singer each night. You can check out more from Peter Dallas through the links below.   Website http://www.peterdallas.com/ https://stonebreed.com/   Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dallasdrums/?hl=en   Facebook https://www.facebook.com/peterdallasdrums https://www.facebook.com/stonebreed https://www.facebook.com/journeyltd https://www.facebook.com/Jonbovitribute https://www.facebook.com/yougotluckytribute https://www.facebook.com/Cradle-Will-Rock-Van-Halen-Tribute-101317812181984   Listen on your favorite Podcast App Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-the-fullest-with-jason-froberg/id1528414902 Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/19xx8shWbjEjP0buhaWEmN/overview Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3RvdGhlZnVsbGVzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA PodBean https://tothefullest.podbean.com/   Follow us on Social Media Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpaceBrainStation Instagram https://www.instagram.com/spacebrainstation/ Twitter https://twitter.com/SpaceBrain85 Patreon https://www.patreon.com/SpaceBrainStation  

To The Fullest with Jason Froberg
Episode 36 - Paul Bordenkircher - "To The Fullest with Jason Froberg"

To The Fullest with Jason Froberg

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 90:43


^^^MAKE SURE TO SUBSCRIBE^^^ https://www.spacebrainstation.com/ Paul Bordenkircher is an Audio Engineer and Music Industry Buff. He is currently heading the production team at Rockstar Bar and Grill on Las Vegas Boulevard. Check out more from Paul through the links below. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MesaSandMedia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mesasandmedia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/MesaSandMedia   Listen on your favorite Podcast App Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-the-fullest-with-jason-froberg/id1528414902 Spotify https://podcasters.spotify.com/podcast/19xx8shWbjEjP0buhaWEmN/overview Google Podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL3RvdGhlZnVsbGVzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA  

Breaking Travel News | Rebuilding Travel | Livestream | Trends | eTurboNews

According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), a shooting took place on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night at the Miracle Mile shops near Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon at 7:27 pm. The shooting happened when two men met a third unidentified man to complete a drug deal. There was an altercation, and the unidentified man shot one of the two men in the leg. It is believed that the man who got shot did not sustain life-threatening injuries. He was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive. read more on eTurboNews --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/etn/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/etn/support

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast
Sin City Stories - Volume 4: A Cunning Display Of Stunts

The Jeff Does Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 22:26


The Las Vegas Strip attracts a lot of different types of people.  Vacationers, gamblers, foodies, partiers...and daredevils. And there's one specific spot on the Strip that's been particularly appealing to those who make their living defying death: The Fountains at Caesars Palace Since Caesars Palace opened in 1966, this usually-serene spot on an otherwise-busy Las Vegas Boulevard has played host to multiple brave - and crazy - people who've attempted to jump their motorcycles over the famed fountains. Some have succeeded while others have failed SPECTACULARLY. If you want to learn more about the famous daredevils who've taken a run at this iconic Vegas landmark, be sure to visit the official Sin City Stories website - featuring photos, in-depth stories, videos and more!

Cognitive Revolution
Chapter 3: St Petersburg

Cognitive Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 30:18


The Russians are a people who are serious about their rail travel. I began to grasp this point with a certain nuanced clarity as we took the train north. Our car was, to put it modestly, well-appointed. The bathrooms were spacious, nicer than anything I encountered in any building in Russia. It was so clean and inviting I felt inclined to lay down on the floor and take a brief nap inside. I could lock the door, so no one would disturb me.The Russian countryside passed out our window like an old-fashioned movie background circulating on a loop. It was difficult to know what we were looking at except lots of pine trees and a few minor villages interspersed throughout. The foreground pines zipped by, while the background pines lingered in the picture.Upon getting into the city we checked into our new residence, called Cuba Hostel. We were informed that we had not gotten the proper paperwork from our previous hostel (no surprise there). The Russian government likes to keep tabs on the lodging arrangements of tourists. We had apparently failed to register with the appropriate authorities. Once you move on from your initial residence, you cannot gain this paperwork. This was a little disconcerting given that we were going to skip around from hostel to hostel every two days or so for next few weeks. The girls at the front desk gave us a slight reprimand but told us that it wouldn’t necessarily be a problem. Surely we weren’t the only World Cup tourists who had the misfortune of initially lodging with a Russian host who couldn’t be bothered to fill out the correct paperwork.We spent that first afternoon wandering from pub to pub watching the games. Our first stop was at the bar next door to our hostel, where we ordered Chicken Kiev with a Kasteel Rouge. We were gratified to discover that every entrée comes with a gratis shot of whiskey—a practice which should no doubt be more widely adopted. Argentina and Iceland played to a tie. We made friends with the Iranians sitting next to us. We also became friends with the drunk Germans, though it wouldn’t be accurate to say we made friends because a drunk German typically considers anyone close enough to share a Prost or two as a natural alliance. We decided to move to another bar for the next game. We ended up underground in a sweaty “traditional English” pub. Every room in St. Petersburg boasts a mysteriously higher level of humidity than the world outside. The best outcome is a bit of additional moisture, the worst outcome is the scent of warm cheese and Russian body odor. We sat at a table with some Americans, from the midwest, who had spent the last four years teaching in Korea and Shanghai. As we left, we nodded goodbye to the Socceroos behind us.Aussie #1: “Go Australia!”“That’s right, mate!” I replied in a good natured, moderately drunken spirit.Aussie #2, obviously a very clever lad: “Good luck to USA in the tournament. Oh, wait…”To which I replied, “Good luck remaining influential in world politics.”Oh, wait.We went out to get a feel for St. Petersburg. If Moscow is arrayed as nested circles, then St. Petersburg is arranged as intersecting lines. Moscow’s center of gravity is Red Square, and everything emanates out from it. St. Petersburg features a number of main drags along which the prominent landmarks are scattered. We walked now along one of the most touristed main drags, then up toward the Church of Savior on Spilled Blood. The extravagant architectural sensibilities that produced St. Basil’s Cathedral—the one topped with exotic sour cream and dumplings—are more prominent in St. Petersburg than they are in Moscow, as Spilled Blood attests. It isn’t nearly as dire as it sounds. Though less celebrated than St. Basil’s, it is every bit as enchanting. It’s a church conceived by Pixar animators, with improbable spires plopped upon decadent columns. A magnificent, blood red brick structure festooned with elaborate dashes of color. It is a curious mix of eastern and western, resisting easy categorization—just like Russia itself. We stood for a few moments to take in it.The church was situated right next to the FIFA Fan Zone, which we went to investigate afterward. The Fan Zone was a large concrete swath of city set aside for fans to watch the game. They served beer there, as well as some game food. The most that it had to recommend it was that the television screen was large, the alcohol was attainable, and the venue was public. It was exclusively standing room. None of these were inducement enough for us to hang out around. So we retired for the evening.We awoke the next morning at 5am with the sun high overhead and spilling into our room. We heard the sound of partying on the streets, straining to perpetuate the festivities in transition from the wee hours to more substantial ones. There were chants in Spanish. We heard someone york in the bathroom adjacent to our room. Then we fell back asleep.When we had risen for the day we set off for St. Petersburg’s ethnography museum. We found it on a street several removed from one of the cities main arteries. We were the only people on the block. Thinking the museum might be closed, we approached its vast wooden doors, standing ten feet high, and tugged on them experimentally. They opened in an empty room with high ceilings, at least three stories tall. We walked over to the ticket booth. No one in line. I cheerfully engaged the ticket clerk, testing how far English would get me if I delivered it with a gracious smile. The lady, however, seemed indifferent to whether or not a warm body found its way into the museum. She mechanically slid us a ticket and a map, then we went to explore the exhibits.The display gave accounts of the various indigenous ethnic groups of the former Russian empire: Moldovan, Ukranian, Belarussian, etc. Each display featured a tidy alcove of life-sized figurines engaged in activities, such as fishing or weaving. Importantly, the figurines were not intended to be representations of what the people looked like—with ungainly carvings and over-exaggerated features—but just to give the feeling that a scene was taking place, with a person and an action. Each display had a wall of labeled paraphernalia germane to the societies in which the peoples lived. The displays were clearly put together with great care and admiration for their subjects. The little old ladies monitoring the exhibits, unlike most museum security, seemed like they would have responded with passion and knowledge if you had asked them about the exhibit they oversaw. Of course we couldn’t because we didn’t speak Russian. The exhibits were labeled in Russian, so we were unable to understand the specifics of them. We discovered a stash of laminated cards explaining what we were looking at, but we were disappointed to find that they too were in Russian. One of the monitors observed us looking over the card and explained to us, in Russian, something lengthy and involved that amounted to the effect of “Put the card back when you’re done.”We were unable to learn all that much about the indigenous peoples of Russia, except that they were more various than we might have supposed. But it was clear from the exhibits that each of these people groups, along with the contemporary brand of Russians, were a people who payed exquisite attention to detail. Their traditional garbs without exception were complex and ornately decorated, as if they had had all winter with nothing to do but spend it sewing and had used that time productively. Whoever constructed the exhibits shared the same keenness for nuance as the people depicted. My favorite were the dioramas. These weren’t your elementary schools constructions in a cardboard box. These were fantastic beyond anything I could have ever imagined a diorama to be. They were built in such a way as to convey the appearance of linear perspective. In a typical diorama, the figures in a scene are all the same size, and looking over it as a being of larger magnitude, you have the privileged perspective to view the scene as God would, everything all at once uncommitted to any particular vantage point. This description is merely factual and does nothing to give you the sense of how much goes into executing such an effect in three dimensions. Not so with these displays. One diorama showed a seamstress workshop. The sewing stations in the back were smaller than those in the front, like they would be in an oil painting, giving the scene an appearance of depth. I was hugely impressed.Another of the dioramas was of an entire town. Every detail was carefully implemented, all the way down to the texture of the thatched roofs. I got the feeling that I was seeing the same pride in the presentation of a model city that I had observed in the presentation of a real one in Moscow.My one regret from the museum was that I got the feeling that I was looking at a varied and diverse set of people groups, but I was unable to distinguish between them. I couldn’t even contextualize them geographically, because I couldn’t read the inscriptions. They didn’t have maps, either, which would’ve been a big help. Even with that in mind, it was a delightful showcase of, in the words of the museum’s introductory video, the “universal and synchronism of culture of the Russian empire.”We were ready for a coffee break and presently found a hole-in-the-wall coffee shop on our walk back toward the main drag. I got a cup of coffee and a donut. It is well known that Europeans give Americans s**t for their croissants. And they’re right. Americans just don’t have the wherewithal to make croissants like Europeans do. I don’t care how good the bakery is. They’re not gonna make a croissant like you could get at even a mediocre boulangerie in Paris. What is less well recognized is that a symmetrical inability applies to Europeans attempting to make donuts. They just don’t get it. The proper execution of a donut is beyond them. Just as Americans don’t have the proper cultural legacy to do a croissant with that je nais se quoi, it’s not within the cultural repertoire of Europeans to get the significant details of a donut correct—from the springiness of the dough, to the proper surface tension when you bite into the epidermis, to a committed distinction between cake and raised donuts, to icing that doesn’t immediately call to mind molten plastic that is in the process of setting. Europeans couldn’t make a donut that competes with even a meager offering from Dunkin. This was, at any rate, the theory I emphatically related to Haily as I scarfed down my donut.Caffeinated and reveling in cultural superiority we made our way to the Fabergé museum. I must admit I didn’t expect much from a gallery whose most celebrated attraction is a collection of nine eggs. Big deal, right? But as soon as we walked in I was struck by a feeling of recognition. This was the same love of ornateness and convolution that had inspired the exhibits in the ethnography museum. Whereas the indigenous Russians developed complex ornamental clothing, the imperial Russians developed complex ornamental eggs. If the Moldovans or the Ukranians had had the proper equipment, no doubt they would’ve been churning out fantastic eggs all winter long. These eggs were the centerpiece of the collection, obviously—colored in glowing azures and low-on-the-horizon sunset, studded with diamonds and other baubles that made you comprehend why these ornaments are so expensive. They looked substantial enough that if you tried to pick them up your hand would immediately be pinned to the floor, like a mortal attempting to wield Thor’s hammer. They were ornate without giving the impression of being overly busy. Nothing was superfluous; if one pattern were removed, it would feel like it’s missing something. Even the rooms that housed the eggs were spectacular: gold-laced fenestration, moulding that commanded attention, and a chandelier that was, well, one big ass chandelier, which is the only thing that can separate one chandelier from another in my mind. The museum featured more than eggs, too. One case was filled with tea sets that would make Queen Elizabeth blush. This all felt like the logical extension of what we’d previously seen, and it was superbly satisfying.Now it was time for a drink. We repaired to a bar which we had identified as suitable establishment for day drinking (it was about 2:30). We were the only customers. We like being the only customers. Partially, it's about service. We don’t want to wait. Nor do we want to compete for the bartender’s attention. But we also like to get to know the person making our drinks behind the bar. That’s the difference between a chef and a bartender. The position of a chef is not customer-facing. A bartender plies her craft in the open. But these bartenders—Russian bartenders—were there solely to conduct business. They had no interest in banter or introductory dialogue, as is customary in America. Our relationship was transactional—what do you want? I’ll get it for you. You drink it. That’s it. We’d hoped instead that we might’ve made friends with the gentlemen before their shifts began in earnest and knocked back a couple convivial shots of vodka initially at our behest, then a round on the house, as a sort of celebration of a life and all that it has to offer. Alas.That night we went to the Fan Zone again. This time for the Mexico versus Germany game. Now the Moroccans and the Egyptians were out en masse. Both of these groups endeared themselves to us throughout our time in St. Petersburg. In the case of the Moroccans, you could not possibly imagine a friendlier group of people. I went around the city in my Portuguese Ronaldo jersey. The Portuguese and the Moroccans were slated to play one another the following week. Seeing my jersey, dozens of Moroccans came up to me and asked to take a picture. We may be adversaries tomorrow but today we are comrades, drawn together by the mutual respect inherent in a competition. It is an amazing sight of the World Cup to see people representing different cultures taking pictures together and acting in a congenial manner expressly because they come from opposing factions. The world can use as much of that as it can get, wouldn’t you say? The Egyptians, for their part, are very good at cheering. I didn’t meet a single North African who wasn’t a remarkably warm and agreeable person.Afterwards we went to Orthodox, the preeminent craft cocktail venue of St. Petersburg. Orthodox specializes in traditional Russian alcoholic beverages. We sampled Polugar (the Russian national drink, also known as "bread wine"), Chacha (a type of brandy, also know as "grape vodka"; Russians don't have command over an especially large array of alcoholic templates), and Khrenovukha (vodka made from horseradish root; this one infused with wasabi). Each of these base spirits was paired with a unique flavor profile, such as sea buckthorn. Afterward our stomaches felt as if they’d been experimented on by a Russian chemist. We felt finally felt culturally grounded in Russia.On our way back to the hostel, staggering jauntily through the streets of St. Petersburg, we stopped for funnel cake. Vendors are scattered throughout the streets of the city selling these absurdly delicious treats. The essential idea is to take dough, and wrap it around a tube which looks more or less like what you'd use to repaint your living room. Then you cook it on a wall of spits. After that, douse it in something sweet, like cinnamon sugar. Happiness ensues. While waiting for funnel cake, we chatted up some Moroccans. I can't honestly remember what they said, but I can tell you they were, as always, very nice.Crossing the street in Russia is like crossing Las Vegas Boulevard. The destination might only be 20 yards away, but it could take you 45 minutes to get there. It seemed we spent whole days waiting at walk signals.We walked to the Hermitage, which is known as a building of historical significance in St. Petersburg. What is less known is that it is also the world’s largest and most well-appointed doll house. It looks as if the architect was inspired by the finest playhouses available to young girls in 1950s America. It is so big that it is impossible to take in the whole façade in one view. It is also painted teal. Specifically, it’s the teal that a thirteen-year-old girl chooses when she’s bored of whatever the original color of her room was. It is a grand, feminine, and slightly surreal building.We made the long walk across the city's main bridge. It was hot enough to set brownie batter. After wandering streets that felt increasingly suburban, we chanced upon a vast, open compound. The compound, it turned out, was something of a lost and found bin of monuments and attractions. My favorite was a series of still shots celebrating Putin's presidency. They were printed out on posters the size of a large television. Each depicted a memorable moment of Putin’s term. Some of the events seemed significant, such as Putin gravely signing a document, German chancellor Angela Merkel nodding approvingly in the background. Other events commemorated seemed significant but in a different way. Take for instance a shot of ol' Vlad riding a horse bare-chested exposing the fleshy expanse of his upper body. It looked like someone had taken the kinds of pictures that a normal person would post on social media and printed them out and stuck them in the ground at the entrance to this fortress. I loved it.Among the other attractions on the premises was a tall and pointy church, several remarkable statues of giant, human-sized rabbits, like something out of Alice in Wonderland, a world-record-holding bug, and an exhibit on King Tut. We were unable to figure out what was remarkable about the bug, other than it certainly was a doozie.Then we went to the State Museum of Russian political history. Russian museums in general have the delightful benefit of being astonishingly cheap and of commendably high quality. They do on the other hand tend to have the drawback of being almost entirely in Russian. This is not especially helpful if this is not a language over which you have a solid command. They feature lots of details, not a lot of narrative. What was clear was that Russians have for most of their history been at the mercy—or lack thereof—of their rulers.Sated on Russian history, we made our back toward the city center. At length we passed a bus with the slogan for the Egyptian national team: “When you say Pharoahs, the world must get up and listen.”Oh, must they?The thing is, I’m sure this makes perfect sense in Arabic. Unfortunately it’s quite unsuitable for English. I think this is something that we tend to forget about unless expressly reminded of—just how differently sentiments can be expressed in different languages. Only when we are faced with the problem of translation (which we rarely are) does it become apparent. That being said, most World Cup national slogans are stupid, or at the very least lack wit.Poland’s for instance is, “Go Poland!” That must’ve required a lot of thought.But at least it’s a coherent thesis. Some countries are just not to be trusted in this respect. Consider Australia’s in 2014: "Socceroos: Hopping Our Way Into History!" Maybe it's best not to indulge the creative itch for sloganeering, if that’s not your strong suit.Here’s one that’s not so terrible, Senegal in 2018: “IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT SENEGALESE.” (Note that it’s not uncommon for teams to opt for all caps, presumably because it’s a more intimidating way of delivering the content than simply stating one’s slogan.) However, the slogan becomes a bit more suspect in light of the 2014 French motto: "Impossible Is Not A French Word.” See any similarities? Maybe the French wiped out the notion of impossibility during their colonial rule, who’s to say.Here’s a couple good ones from 2010. Denmark’s rather provocative claim: "All you need is a Danish team and a dream.” New Zealand’s rather casual: “Kickin’ it Kiwi style.”In the evening we set off to find an appropriate venue to watch the Belgium game. We stumbled upon a Belgian brasserie. We poked our head in and were disappointed to find that the establishment was full. Then a table in the back noticed my Belgium jersey and beckoned us over. We graciously joined them. The occupants were Belgian Moroccans, or Moroccan Belgians—at any rate ethnic Moroccans who lived in Belgium.“You Belgian?” asked one of them.“No,” I replied. They eyed me suspiciously.“Why Belgium?”I didn’t have a particularly strong answer to this.One of the Moroccans was a drinker, loud and emphatic. He pounded the table when an opportunity was missed by the Belgian national team. His friend, not a drinker, was stolid and gestured for his compatriot to calm the hell down. The non-drinker didn’t have a strong command of English. We made a brief attempt at an exchange in Spanish, and then in Dutch, both of which were more successful. It’s a rare moment on planet earth that someone is worse at English than I am at those languages. But there you are.After the game we went in search of further drink, unconstrained by association with the European lowlands. We found our way into an alley in which we had identified a cozy bar of interest the night before. We had declined to stay then since it didn’t have a TV to watch soccer. We took a couple seat along the back wall. The bar counter was three sides of a rectangle, each face with three or four seats. There were about half a dozen seats along the back wall. It was intimate. You could listen in to any conversation in the establishment if you were so inclined. Everyone there was Russia. No English menu, either. The bartender suggested some local fare: a Moscow Mule and a White Russian. We declined those offers. We managed two negotiate a couple mystery drinks—whatever the bartender found himself into at the time. We got the drinks. They were served high in sugar content, in accord with Russian preference. News spread through the bar that we were Americans. One of the men sitting at the bar leaned over to me. “My friend Roman wants to know," he asked, as if soliciting an illicit substance. "Why Belgium?”The cocktails frankly were not good but the people were and that’s just as well. That’s really the most that I can tell you because my notes from the night were not that helpful and my memories were not well retained in any more natural form. When a couple spots opened up at the bar we moved over to sit next to everyone else. We did eventually order a couple White Russians. It's a delicious drink, really. The barkeep served us another dealer’s choice, this time a Sambuca and cream (our new friends were not sophisticated palates).We saw the bartender serve a set of shots to another group of patrons. They were in vials. The set included a dozen shots in total. We ordered a round. We liked the look of it—real Russian chemistry—but it was far too much for us. We were pretty knackered at this point. So we shared with the bar. Needless to say, this act endeared us to the locals. To our left were a couple gentlemen with whom I got along with very nicely. They took a great interest in me. We suspected them to be homosexuals, so I won’t disclose their identities here since the Russian government doesn’t look kindly on that sort of thing. We spent most of the night conversing with them and then also, sitting perpendicular to us at the bar, with Roman and Roman’s friend. I impressed them all with my ability to spell Polugar in Cyrillic.Then we went back to Orthodox. We tried to convince our new friends—those of the unsophisticated palates—to come with us. It was, after all, traditional Russian alcohol. They politely had one drink, exchanged perplexed glances while they thought we weren’t looking, then took off. We ended up making friends with some Belgians. We discussed the Congo and the United Nations, or something like that. They were a very worldly pair. But we were not, suffice to say, in the best state to entertain nuanced political discourse.The previous evening I had filed a request for laundry service with the front desk of our hostel. Judging from her expression, I could not have saddled the young woman at the front desk with a weightier imposition. That morning I asked her if our laundry was done. She told me it wasn’t. “But we saw it in the drier with an hour left last night.” She gave me a pained look to confirm that I was going to make things difficult. The two of us went in search of my clothes. When after a couple minutes we were unable to locate them she sort of shrugged said, “don’t worry.”“I’m not not going to worry,” I told her. “I have no faith in you.”“It’s here,” she said indicating toward the dryer.“But these aren’t my clothes,” I said as I rifled through someone else’s delicates.She disappeared for a moment to do something else. I couldn’t tell what. I stood there and researched places I had already searched a couple times. She came back. “Don’t worry,” she repeated. “In here.”Then she reached into the dryer and pulled out a drawstring bag, which upon inspection was full of our clothes. This seems like it might perhaps have been worth mentioning at the outset.Laundry progress verified, we presented ourselves next at Kazan Cathedral. This is the most notable cathedral in St. Petersburg. It take up an entire city block, in two directions. Most of the building is a series of extended wings supported by columns, as if designed for a raised air strip, rather than a sanctuary. Entering the cathedral, you’re not struck with the same gravity that often comes with these kinds of churches. The difference is that Kazan feels that it has been preserved in a way other cathedrals are not. It is like walking into a living room where all of the furniture is covered in plastic. Everything might as well be covered in Saran wrap. The interior showed the same commitment to detail as every other cultural landmark in Russia. A long queue formed to offer a prayer in front of a small picture of Jesus. It seemed an extremely individualized experience. The visages of saints and important people in portraits hanging on the wall were noticeably different than they are in Catholic or Protestant traditions. There's something slightly unorthodox about Russian orthodoxy.Our main attraction for the day was a museum called the Kunst Kamera, the main anthropological museum of St. Petersburg. It proved difficult to enter. When we approached it from a main street, there was a small door marked “group entrance.” There was no one coming in or out, and it was too undistinguished of an entrance for such a large and significant building. We followed the building around down a side street. There was another, more conspicuous entrance. It too was labeled “group entrance.” We weren’t sure if the entrance was designed for us or for buses full of Russian school children. The queue was only a half dozen people or so, but they were lined up outside of the building waiting to get in so there were no officials to ask. We didn’t want to wait in line only to find that we didn’t qualify as a group. So we continued to walk around another side of the building down an even smaller street—a back alley, really. We found a small door marked “exit.” I’m not sure why it seemed to us that an exit was more promising than either of the entrances we’d found, but I think we were tired of inspecting doors. We tried it. The door opened, and we entered. At least that way we’d be inside.We wandered all the way through the lower level of the museum by the restrooms and the coat check only to eventually find our way back to the second “group entrance” we’d come across. This was what the people outside had been waiting to get into. We inquired with the guard, thinking it might be possible to sneak out through this door and join the line outside. Of course, it wasn’t. This was an entrance and therefore it is not in its nature to be utilized as an exit. So we walked back through the museum, back down the alley, and onto the side street. By the time we got back to the appropriate entrance the line was several dozen people long.The Kunst Kamera’s take on “anthropology” was more like a sort of human zoo or natural history museum. Each wing considered a different geographical area, and behind the glass of each case was a different tribe or people group. It was similar to the ethnography museum featuring the indigenous people of Russia in the contents of its displays, but it lacked the obvious sense of respect and admiration for its subjects. There were plastic life-sized figurines of people with exotic features and brown skin. Tools and primitive implements were arranged on the wall. It all had the feel of “isn’t this a curious specimen of a savage?” Not a good look for anthropology.Granted, material culture is difficult to interpret out of context (“What do you supposed they did with this baseball bat looking thing?”). But it really wasn’t put together in any compelling manner. The overall thesis of the museum was, “There are a great many places in the world and in each one of them the people make objects of various forms and complexions.” Not a terribly interesting or nuanced insight. It was like looking at a pile of bones and with an inscription that says, “Together these bones make a dinosaur. Use your imagination.” You don’t actually learn anything about the dinosaur from taking a casual look over an unstructured collection of femurs and teeth. It’s the same problem as a “Great Books” course you’d take in Freshman English. Yes, the collection is impressive. But it’s not about anything in particular. Really the only thing it successfully conveys is to exoticize the groups of people it features. It was heavily populated by tourists, too.I’d heard tell that there was an exceptionally peculiar exhibit in the museum but wasn’t availed of any details. I hadn’t thought much about it when I entered a wing innocuously labeled “First Scientific Collections.” I entered unaware. Before I could make note of the collection my attention was arrested by a thud and then an emerging circle of onlookers. A young girl, maybe thirteen or so, had just fainted. She was blond. Her mother was able to collect her off the floor and usher her into a chair by the window. A museum attendant came over to see if she was alright. I looked on at the excitement with interest. At first I didn’t actually associate the fainting with the display. I just figured that the girl had a condition in which she just keeled over from time to time. Or maybe she was eminently hung over. Who knows?But then I looked at the case that had temporarily relieved her of conscious bodily control. It was an exhibit featuring deformed fetuses, preserved in formaldehyde. I looked around and saw that the room was full of shelves with dead babies in jars, each with some striking defect, such as a comprehensive absence of limbs, or six eyes, or a hand where its ear is supposed to be. I would like to report that it’s not the single most disturbing thing I’ve ever seen. But I can’t. It was the single most disturbing thing I've ever seen. However the Russians and the tourists alike seemed unmoved. They looked on with a certain detached curiosity, as if they were staring at a collection of exotic flowers rather than pickled dead babies. “Tasteless” seems like a harsh critique for a venerable institution such as the Kunst Kamera. But the presence of judicious and thoughtful presentation by the museum’s curators was very hard to detect.And with that imagery to contemplate, we took leave of St. Petersburg and boarded a night train bound for Moscow.Next Episode:Thanks for checking out Season 1 of Notes from the Field. If you’ve enjoyed it, please consider becoming a premium subscriber. I’m trying to do more of this kind of travel writing in the future. But as you can imagine, it’s hard to have these kinds of experiences while also holding down a job. Your subscription goes a long way toward helping me to do that. Use the link below, and you’ll get 50% off an annual subscription. Thanks! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

Jake Gallen's Guest List Podcast
What Do you Call a Nightclub for People in their 40s? | Derrick Ervin | +41

Jake Gallen's Guest List Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 84:21


     Derrick Ervin has been an Operations Manager at some of the most prestigious Vegas Nightlife & Dayclub venues including; Omnia Nightclub, Hakkasan Nightclub, Jewel Nightclub, Wet Republic Dayclub, Bear Dayclub, & Omnia Los Cabos Dayclub. Hakkasan Group is a world renowned hospitality group that operates some of the most iconic venues across the Las Vegas Boulevard, which Derrick has worked for since late 2016.     Derrick Ervin is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended Sam Houston State and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Information Technology. After a few years post graduation Derrick realized he has always been attracted to hospitality and the socialite type experiences. All it took was one visit to Vegas and Derrick knew he was home. Now the rest is history! |DerrickErvin|-@D_Erv-Derrick Ervin-@Dee_Erv|JakeGallen | TheGuestListPod|-Instagram      |   -Instagram                 -Twitter           |   -Twitter                   -Facebook      |   -Facebook-Linkedin         |   -Youtube|FLOW OF THE SHOW|0:00 | Introduction2:00 | The Vegas apocalypse 7:23 | A barren nightlife wasteland14:34 | Who is Derrick Ervin?21:23 | Building relationships across the city25:45 | The allure of Nightlife & Daylife30:24 | Managing operations? More like managing staff37:12 | Lights, Sound , Action! 43:00 | Vitamin D keeps the aggression away50:01 | What is it about the Las Vegas Industry and where are we headed?58:11 | Forming new hobbies and habits1:07:20 | Locals supporting local businesses 1:13:22 | NOT 2 but 3 questions!...and where to reach out to D-Erv|LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on the platform of your choice|-Apple Podcasts-Spotify-Google Podcasts-Youtube (VIDEO RECORDINGS)

Vegas Revealed
Elvis Returns with Virtual Ceremonies LIVE from Las Vegas | Ep. 27

Vegas Revealed

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020 23:23


Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas is now offering VIRTUAL Elvis themed vow renewals & commitment ceremonies for couples from all over the world to enjoy from the comfort of their own homes. Sean and Dayna talk to Brendan Paul, who has impersonated Elvis for many years. The chapel performed the first ever Elvis themed virtual vow renewal with a couple from the UK. Listen to the history and stories behind Graceland Wedding Chapel and find out what big stars have been married there in the past. Plus, Sean and Dayna fill you in on what's happening in Las Vegas. Hockey is coming back, another resort opened, and sports books are back in business. Podcast recorded from Dona Maria Tamales on Las Vegas Boulevard and the Graceland Wedding Chapel.

ZorkCast powered by TravelZork
Episode 96 Nine Minutes on THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS

ZorkCast powered by TravelZork

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 11:17


Welcome back to another episode of ZorkCast. It’s another Nine Minute episode and, today, we’re going to talk about nine minutes on, drum roll please – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas! Commonly referred to as Cosmo (which is what we will call it today to save time), the resort opened on December 15, 2010, and is located just south of the Bellagio on the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard. In this episode, we discuss our favourite things about Cosmo, their great selection of slots, and review the room selection, as well as the dining options, pools, spas, and, very importantly, the drinks! Tune in today for Nine Minutes with ZorkCast. Introducing the new co-host for ZorkCast Steve - LasVegasUKFollow him on Twitter @LasVegasUKTHE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGASDiscounts on Rooms at Cosmo - BOOK HERE!ZorkCast FaceBook Group- JOIN TODAY! (Continue and Start the Conversation) New England Casinos on FacebookBe sure to subscribe to the TravelZork YouTube PageAlso, check out ZorkCast LIVE replays! TravelZorkZorkCast on TwitterZorkCast on InstagramDISCLAIMER: SOME LINKS TO MEMBERSHIP PROGRAMS, CREDIT CARDS AND OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ON THIS WILL EARN AN AFFILIATE COMMISSION. OPINIONS EXPRESSED HERE ARE THE AUTHOR’S ALONE AND HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED, APPROVED, OR OTHERWISE ENDORSED BY THE SERVICE PROVIDER, MERCHANT OR CREDIT CARD ISSUER.© 2020 ZorkCast © 2020 TravelZork

The Art People Podcast
Cassie Dickman: Artist, Tattooer and Skull Collector

The Art People Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 70:18


This week Justin Favela takes you to West Coast Tattoo Parlor on Las Vegas Boulevard to get his very first professional tattoo from his dear friend and talented artist, Cassie Dickman. Listen in as Cassie talks about the ins and outs of the tattoo industry, learn about her journey as an artist and so much more! Show notes: Instagram @cassythesassy West Coast Tattoo Parlor Jay Bailey  Test Site Projects Justin's Podcast Recs: The Compass Studio Confessions The Art People Podcast is edited and produced by Justin Favela (@favyfav). Production assistance from Mindy Hale and music by Mike McDonald.  Follow us on social media @artpoeplepod and visit artpeoplepod.com for more episodes.

ROCKY NASH LIVE
VEGAS IS CLOSED The Day The Strip Shutdown

ROCKY NASH LIVE

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 3:54


Reflections of a Las Vegas resident as she drives down Las Vegas Boulevard the day it officially shutdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. All non-essential businesses were ordered to close their doors on Friday, March 20 by midnight. The video that accompanies this episode is posted on YouTube at Rocky Nash Live. We will see you again soon Vegas. Stay well. Stay home for those you love. #StayHomeForNevada --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rockynashlive/support

The Cassius Morris Show
TCMS: 150 Comedian Freddy Correa - Swap-Cast w/Thanks For The Invite

The Cassius Morris Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 97:59


Cassius teams up with Freddy Correa for a swap-cast of epic proportions! Thanks For The Invite Podcast and The Cassius Morris Show meet, LIVE on Las Vegas Boulevard!  Thanks For The Invite Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thanks-for-the-invite-podcast/id647676211 https://www.instagram.com/cassiusmorris_ http://www.facebook.com/cassiusshow http://www.twitter.com/cassiusmorris http://www.youtube.com/cassiusmorris2

The Cultural Hall Podcast
May 20th Articles of News Ep. 321

The Cultural Hall Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 68:44


Neon Museum gets OK to expand to unused Vegas cultural site The Neon Museum is preparing to double in size by expanding across Las Vegas Boulevard with a $1-a-year lease for a shuttered cultural center dating to the early 1960s.... The post May 20th Articles of News Ep. 321 appeared first on The Cultural Hall Podcast.

Vegas TMI Podcast
VegasTMI - Podcast - Episode19 - Project Enchilada

Vegas TMI Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2019 20:09


Welcome to episode 19 of VegasTMI- the official city of Las Vegas podcast. In this episode we talk about an exciting downtown enhancement project called Project Enchilada. City of Las Vegas Communications Director David Riggleman sits down with Executive Director of Community Development Tom Perrigo and City Attorney Brad Jerbic to talk about the project that will bring green, open space, illumination and overall stabilization to East Fremont Street from Las Vegas Boulevard to 14th Street. PROJECT ENCHILADA TIMELINE:* NEON Illumination – May 2018-July 2019* • Surrounding business outreach • Stabilization of East Fremont Street from Las Vegas Boulevard to 14th Street • Intense landscaping upgrades • Address vacant lots • Restoration and illumination of the existing building facades • Restoration of power in the area • Illumination of building – exterior & interior • Illumination and reinvention of the alleyways • NEON sign restoration and illumination *Dates are approximate For more information on Project Enchilada: https://files.lasvegasnevada.gov/eud/Project-Enchilada.pdf Find us on social media @cityoflasvegas and #VegasTMI to give us feed back and high-fives. Find David, Shane & Melissa on Twitter: @TDavidRigg1958 @Savanapridi @VegasMelD This podcast will publish twice a month - more or less. www.lasvegasnevada.gov/podcast

Jim and Them
#567 Part 2: Jim and Them Reacts!

Jim and Them

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018 108:32


Penny Marshall: Mere days after being mentioned by Jim and Them Penny Marshall bites the dust. We apologize for stealing yet another national treasure. Close Calls: Jim gets some nighttime visitors which spurs discussion on guns, robberies and close calls. Also Jim has more tales from the gig economy. Men In Black & DC Universe: We go over the boring new Men In Black International trailer and segue perfectly into a discussion of the DC app and their television universe. We even have time to squeeze in a reaction video! BUY ME BONESTORM OR GO TO HELL!, SIMPSONS!, CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME!, STEVIE WONDER!, LIT!, FAM!, SYLLABUS!, CRIME AND FUNISHMENT!, SILLY BUS!, BMQ!, BONUS MUNCHIE QUESTIONS!, GHOST OF SEXINESS PAST!, GHOST OF SEXINESS PRESENT!, BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!, GHOST OF SEXINESS FUTURE!, DEATH!, PENNY MARSHALL!, DIRECTOR!, BIG!, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN!, LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY!, JOSS WHEDON!, PEGGY MARSHALL!, PENGY MARSHALL!, PENGOPHILE!, OBSCURE!, ATTACKED!, TROLLING!, GARY MARSHALL!, WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT AFTER ALL!, THEME SONG!, DEATH!, MURDERED!, CARRIE FISHER!, NEST CAMERA!, NIGHTTIME VISITOR!, LOST PHONE!, STOLEN PHONE!, SCAM!, ROBBERY!, AUTHORITIES!, GPS!, 311!, ATTITUDE!, GUNS!, SHOOT GUNS!, DESERT!, MR RAGER!, GUNS!, ARMED ROBBERY!, GAME CRAZY!, HOLLYWOOD VIDEO!, GOOD SAMARITAN!, DELIVERIES!, DRIZZY DRIZ!, WINGSTOP!, DRINKS!, EMPTY!, COLD FOOD!, MISSING SAUCES!, TIPS!, CASH TIPS!, SCARY PLACES!, MOTELS!, LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD!, FAMOUS DAVE’S!, SPANISH!, DEL TACO!, BURGER KING!, LIVE IN MAID!, PRIVILEGED!, RICH NEIGHBORHOODS!, ROMA!, NETFLIX!, ALFONSO CUARON!, MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL!, CHRIS HEMSWORTH!, TESSA THOMPSON!, BORING!, NOTHING!, PREDICTABLE!, STYLE!, JURNEE SMOLLETT-BELL!, LONDON BRIDGE!, FERGIE!, FULL HOUSE!, BIRDS OF PREY!, DENISE!, THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN!, DC APP!, DOOM PATROL!, TEASER!, CYBORG!, BRENDAN FRASER!, CRAZY JANE!, SWAMP THING!, ALAN MOORE!, TITANS!, FINALE!, BATMAN!, NIGHTMARE WORLD!, JOKER!, DEATH!, MURDER!, FAKE OUT!, NETFLIX!, DAREDEVIL!, THE DEFENDERS!, MARVEL UNLIMITED!, CANCELLED!, DISNEY STREAMING!, REACTIONS!, REACTION VIDS!, JIM AND THEM REACTS!, CARDI B!, MONEY!, NICKI MINAJ!, BHAD BHABIE!, PALETTE CLEANSER! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD JIM AND THEM #567 PART 2 RIGHT HERE!

The Tetradome Run
Chapter 81: The Tetradome Run

The Tetradome Run

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2018 8:42


"Gabe walked through the parking lot, onto the sidewalk, and towards Las Vegas Boulevard. Doubts about what he was doing grew heavier with each step."

Midnight Writer News
MWN Episode 091 - What Happened in Vegas... One Year Later

Midnight Writer News

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 118:57


Brian Lloyd joins S.T. Patrick to discuss the shootings in Las Vegas, one year later. Lloyd had previously appeared on episode 024, weeks after the shootings, and meticulously discussed the facts as we knew them then, as well as the anomalies at other hotels up and down Las Vegas Boulevard (aka The Strip). Tonight, one year after the mass murders, he joins the Midnight Writer News Show to again discuss what we currently know, especially now that Las Vegas Metro has ended their investigation and has issued their final report. Why was the timeline changed three times? What do we now know about Stephen Paddock? Why did witness Jesus Campos leave the country? What about those reports from other hotels - were they legitimate? Is there anything to the Saudi royal angle? Lloyd answers all of this and much more. Go to MidnightWriterNews.com for our FREE archives.

Draft Mechanic
#73: Rising 5 six-pack review; Blight Chronicles: Agent Decker preview; Monster Match & Funky Chicken; Las Vegas Boulevard

Draft Mechanic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 97:21


Draft Mechanic Episode #73: Rising 5 six-pack review; Blight Chronicles: Agent Decker preview; Happy Planet Games (Monster Match & Funky Chicken); Las Vegas Boulevard Hello again! On today’s episode, we’re looking at Rising 5, the new app-enhanced deduction game featuring some stellar artwork from Vincent Dutrait. We have a Kickstarter preview of Blight Chronicles: Agent Decker from Board & Dice, and we look at the new Happy Planet games from North Star Games, Monster Match and Funky Chicken! Also: the Boulevard expansion for Las Vegas, a history of hard cider, and a final round where we discuss what games should be called ‘modern classics.’ Enjoy! 01:00 Show Intro, News & Updates 02:42 News: Gen Con Events Catalog is live 04:55 News: Asmodee’s Modern Classics 07:42 Kickstarter Updates 10:16 Kickstarter: Kitchen Rush expansion 12:15 Kickstarter: The Estates 15:23 Recent Plays / KS Preview: Blight Chronicles Agent Decker 27:11 Recent Plays: Las Vegas Boulevard 34:50 Recent Plays: Happy Planet Games: Monster Match & Funky Chicken 42:52 Grey Fox Games Sponsorship Spot 44:01 Six Pack Review: Rising 5 44:42 Rising 5: Gameplay Rundown 50:34 Rising 5: Discussion 68:19 Rising 5: Final Thoughts 70:27 On Tap: Monster Match 74:47 The History of Cider 83:28 Final Round: Modern Classics 95:11 Outro We hope you enjoyed today's episode! Send us some feedback at draftmechanic@gmail.com and visit us on the web at draftmechanic.net! Join our Draft Mechanic Slack Channel, or our BGG Guild (#2470)! We’re also on Twitter and Instagram - follow us at @draftmechanic! Also, Like us on Facebook! Draft Mechanic is sponsored by Grey Fox Games. Check out their website for information on all their great games, and sign up for the newsletter for updates direct to your inbox! Our theme and bump music is from the album “Superpower of Choice” by the Liberation Jumpsuit - thanks to the band for their help! Come listen to the full album on our website! Thanks for listening! Please game responsibly and we’ll see you back here again soon for another round! http://www.draftmechanic.net/show-notes/2018/73rising5

We're Drunk and We Know Things
O is for Oceans Eleven

We're Drunk and We Know Things

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2018 63:21


"The 14000 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. Otherwise known as the Bellagio, the Mirage, the M.G.M. Grand. Together, they're the three most profitable casinos in Las Vegas... And we're going to rob it." That's right, we back for O and that means we're running the long con and discussing Ocean's Eleven (the 2001 edition). Join us as we pull of a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever! Oh and we discover an amazing fact about Andy Garcia, Mike's deep loathing for Julia Roberts (which can only be hiding his even deeper obsession), and everything you've come to expect from a classic WDAWKT film segment. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wdawkt/message

The Pod Bay Door Show
6 Surprisingly Illegal Acts in Las Vegas - Ep#17

The Pod Bay Door Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017 94:05


Join Jamey, Adam and their guest Randee Dalton (General Manager of the Showcase Movie Theater - Located on Las Vegas Boulevard) for discussions on 6 things that are strangely illegal in Las Vegas.  Topics also include Nude Cycling in Nevada, Elon Musk and the rise of AI, Free Form and the New Warriors...and a look at the future of the only movie theater on Las Vegas Boulevard...plus the Topless report, Nerd Alert, Concierge Chronicle and Area 52.

The Vegas Tourist Podcast
215 Visiting The Lion Habitat Ranch

The Vegas Tourist Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2016 49:24


Have you ever wondered what happened to those fun-loving lions at the MGM Grand? In this podcast, Mark and Debbie head to the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard, to visit the lions and talk with Keith Evans, founder of The Lion Habitat Ranch.  Home to the original MGM Resort lions. A sanctuary for the cats that tourists and locals can visit.

Talking Vegas - Las Vegas Podcast - Las Vegas Entertainment, Arts, History and Culture

At the north end of Las Vegas Boulevard lies the resting place for a few hundred neon signs that over the decades have graced all manner of hotels, casinos and businesses in Las Vegas. Dubbed the Boneyard, this two-acre lot has evolved into what we now call the Neon Museum. To tour the Boneyard is to take a step back into Las Vegas history because every twist of neon tubing evokes an era and every sign has its own story to tell. I was at the Neon Museum recently to see those famous signs and hear some of those stories. I spent time with Dawn Merritt, the Neon Museum’s public relations and marketing director. Afterwards, I ventured out into the Boneyard with the Museum’s collections manager and historian, Maggie Zakri. Please welcome Dawn and Maggie to the show. We’re Talking Vegas. www.TalkingVegas.comRSS Feed: http://talkingvegas.libsyn.com/rss

The James Altucher Show
Ep. 134 - P. J. O'Rourke: Thrown Under the Omnibus!

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2015 56:02 Transcription Available


This week I've got something important to say to every message board across the internet: "Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help mom with the dishes." Sound familiar? That's PJ O'Rourke, world-renowned talking head and published author, whose political humor and commentary make him the butt of many an insult on message boards everywhere. He's on the show today to talk about politics and why humor is always the best policy, especially if you want to really make a difference. When it comes to being funny in politics, humor is your only option. "You really don't have a choice," PJ tells me. "To take it seriously is to indicate you're an idiot." And the same applies to the way you run your business, so be careful! If you take yourself too seriously, you're only going to end up missing out on the important, finer details. Because even in business you are still involved in politics one way or the other. Maybe you're the member of a committee, maybe you design your staff meetings as a form of democracy - either way, there is an election process, a conversation, and a show of hands that can represent your decision or point of view. And you need to be educated in your field if you ever hope to find the humor in it. Because finding the humor in your point of view means you are much more likely to start the right kind of conversations to get people on your side. Unlike politics though, comedy is hard. "I have more respect for comedians like Jay Leno and Chris Rock," PJ says, after I asked him if he respected them more than Joe Biden. And that's saying something. Humor gives you the power to generate conversations, and PJ's quirky sense of humor lends this week's show some hilarious viewpoints on these conversation starters: * The government's role in regulating capitalism and big businesses * The time and place for politics * How to find humor in high-stakes political situations * How comedy can change the way the world sees a situation, especially through the lens of the internet PJ's latest book, Thrown Under the Omnibus, comes out October 6  "Is that when it's coming out? No one told me!" says P.J. The book touches on these themes, but his conversation with me on the show today is full of the kind of jokes you want to be able to tell at your next networking event. So listen in and see how you can be the funny man (or woman) at your next business meeting. To find out more about PJ and hear more of his work, head over to his column at The Weekly Standard. Special Note: Both PJ and James will be presenting LIVE at next month's Stansberry Conference in Las Vegas. If you're interested in joining them and over 30 additional speakers for two full days click here. This year's Conference will take place at one of the newest and most luxurious destinations on Las Vegas Boulevard -- the Aria Resort and Casino. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

The James Altucher Show
Ep. 134 - P. J. O'Rourke: Thrown Under the Omnibus!

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2015 56:02


This week I've got something important to say to every message board across the internet: "Everyone wants to save the world, but no one wants to help mom with the dishes." Sound familiar? That's PJ O'Rourke, world-renowned talking head and published author, whose political humor and commentary make him the butt of many an insult on message boards everywhere. He's on the show today to talk about politics and why humor is always the best policy, especially if you want to really make a difference. When it comes to being funny in politics, humor is your only option. "You really don't have a choice," PJ tells me. "To take it seriously is to indicate you're an idiot." And the same applies to the way you run your business, so be careful! If you take yourself too seriously, you're only going to end up missing out on the important, finer details. Because even in business you are still involved in politics one way or the other. Maybe you're the member of a committee, maybe you design your staff meetings as a form of democracy – either way, there is an election process, a conversation, and a show of hands that can represent your decision or point of view. And you need to be educated in your field if you ever hope to find the humor in it. Because finding the humor in your point of view means you are much more likely to start the right kind of conversations to get people on your side. Unlike politics though, comedy is hard. "I have more respect for comedians like Jay Leno and Chris Rock," PJ says, after I asked him if he respected them more than Joe Biden. And that's saying something. Humor gives you the power to generate conversations, and PJ's quirky sense of humor lends this week's show some hilarious viewpoints on these conversation starters: • The government's role in regulating capitalism and big businesses • The time and place for politics • How to find humor in high-stakes political situations • How comedy can change the way the world sees a situation, especially through the lens of the internet PJ's latest book, Thrown Under the Omnibus, comes out October 6  "Is that when it's coming out? No one told me!" says P.J. The book touches on these themes, but his conversation with me on the show today is full of the kind of jokes you want to be able to tell at your next networking event. So listen in and see how you can be the funny man (or woman) at your next business meeting. To find out more about PJ and hear more of his work, head over to his column at The Weekly Standard. Special Note: Both PJ and James will be presenting LIVE at next month's Stansberry Conference in Las Vegas. If you're interested in joining them and over 30 additional speakers for two full days click here. This year's Conference will take place at one of the newest and most luxurious destinations on Las Vegas Boulevard -- the Aria Resort and Casino. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The James Altucher Show
Ep. 130 - Penn Jillette: The Brilliant Idea Can Kill You

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2015 32:41 Transcription Available


Penn Jillette is a famous magician - he's one half of the duo Penn and Teller. He has made a career out of sleight of hand and tricks. He credits Teller with getting him into magic. Penn's specialties are juggling, writing, and comedy. He suggests that when you choose a career you go into a field in which you know you can improve. He continued his education at "clown college." He was "forced" into comedy, but he wanted to be a brooding French poet. While at clown college, he learned wire walking, juggling, and tumbling. Penn says card tricks are actually a form of juggling. ============ Special Note: Both Penn and James will be presenting LIVE at next month's Stansberry Conference in Las Vegas. If you're interested in joining them and more than 30 additional speakers for two full days click here. This year's conference will take place at one of the newest and most luxurious destinations on Las Vegas Boulevard - the Aria Resort & Casino. ============ When he first began with Teller they went to bad magic shows and learned what they didn't want to do. They wanted to get away from illusions and focus more on tricks. All magic is about the perception of truth. Penn says he didn't have a choice in magic. He was homeless when he started out, but Teller was from a very different background. The pair didn't like each other, but they felt they could do better together. Other topics Penn discusses in this interview are:   *Find what you like and let it kill you. *How dramatic weight loss has changed his act. *His parenting skills. *How journal writing has improved his daily routine. *His biggest inspirations. *The unwilling suspension of disbelief. *Built-in biological love.   Resources and Links: Kinky Freedman Gary Panter and The ROZZ-TOX Manifesto Clown College Penn Jillette's books The Cups and Ball Trick Penn's Sunday School Bob Dylan Picasso Miles Davis     If you want to learn more about Penn Jillette, check him out on Twitter: @pennjillette. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

The James Altucher Show
Ep. 130 - Penn Jillette: The Brilliant Idea Can Kill You

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2015 32:42


Penn Jillette is a famous magician – he's one half of the duo Penn and Teller. He has made a career out of sleight of hand and tricks. He credits Teller with getting him into magic. Penn's specialties are juggling, writing, and comedy. He suggests that when you choose a career you go into a field in which you know you can improve. He continued his education at "clown college." He was "forced" into comedy, but he wanted to be a brooding French poet. While at clown college, he learned wire walking, juggling, and tumbling. Penn says card tricks are actually a form of juggling. ============ Special Note: Both Penn and James will be presenting LIVE at next month's Stansberry Conference in Las Vegas. If you're interested in joining them and more than 30 additional speakers for two full days click here. This year's conference will take place at one of the newest and most luxurious destinations on Las Vegas Boulevard – the Aria Resort & Casino. ============ When he first began with Teller they went to bad magic shows and learned what they didn't want to do. They wanted to get away from illusions and focus more on tricks. All magic is about the perception of truth. Penn says he didn't have a choice in magic. He was homeless when he started out, but Teller was from a very different background. The pair didn't like each other, but they felt they could do better together. Other topics Penn discusses in this interview are: •Find what you like and let it kill you. •How dramatic weight loss has changed his act. •His parenting skills. •How journal writing has improved his daily routine. •His biggest inspirations. •The unwilling suspension of disbelief. •Built-in biological love. Resources and Links: Kinky Freedman Gary Panter and The ROZZ-TOX Manifesto Clown College Penn Jillette's books The Cups and Ball Trick Penn's Sunday School Bob Dylan Picasso Miles Davis If you want to learn more about Penn Jillette, check him out on Twitter: @pennjillette. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The James Altucher Show
Ep. 128 - Josh Foer: Mastering Memory

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2015 48:59 Transcription Available


Today James welcomes Josh Foer to the podcast. Josh is a U.S. Memory champion, award-winning journalist, and bestselling author of Moonwalking with Einstein, which details his journey to becoming a U.S. memory champion.                                            ============ Special Note: Both Josh and James will be presenting LIVE at next month's Stansberry Conference in Las Vegas. If you're interested in joining them and over 30 additional speakers for two full days click here. This year's Conference will take place at one of the newest and most luxurious destinations on Las Vegas Boulevard -- the Aria Resort and Casino.                                         ============   Taking some of the ancient memory techniques he learned during a yearlong trip to Europe, Josh was quickly able to master techniques that have not yet made their way across "the pond." Having this advantage over American competitors allowed him to become very successful in a short amount of time. Once he brought these European techniques back to the U.S. and started sharing them, the U.S. record for memorizing a deck of cards went from  1 minute 40 seconds to just 30 seconds. One concerning question that comes to mind for both James and Josh is whether some of the modern technologies in our current world are reducing our capacity to remember things. Is Googling making us less smart? And this is not a new question, it dates all the way back to the days of Socrates, and the advent of the written word. These concerns may be valid, but it often just means a change in both how and what we remember. One of the most common questions that Josh gets is about remembering people's names. For this he has a great memory hack: Create a secondary association with the thing you're trying to remember. For people's names this can be a funny association with the sound of their name. For prose, associate it with a song or rhyme. Anything you can do to give your brain another method of associating will help you better recall it later on. Resources and Links: Moonwalking with Einstein by Josh Foer TED talk - Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do The Obscura Society Sukkah City Nelson Dellis - Current US Memory Champion The Pridmore System for Card Memorization Get in Touch: To learn more about Josh and stay up to date with his newest book, check out joshuafoer.com. Josh is writing a second book on Hunter Gatherers, which explores how the oldest remaining tribe operates and compares to some of our more modern members of society. Sign up for his mailing list to learn more about it and when it is coming out.   You can also connect with Josh on Twitter @JoshuaFoer. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn

The James Altucher Show
Ep. 128 - Josh Foer: Mastering Memory

The James Altucher Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2015 49:00


Today James welcomes Josh Foer to the podcast. Josh is a U.S. Memory champion, award-winning journalist, and bestselling author of Moonwalking with Einstein, which details his journey to becoming a U.S. memory champion.                                          ============ Special Note: Both Josh and James will be presenting LIVE at next month's Stansberry Conference in Las Vegas. If you're interested in joining them and over 30 additional speakers for two full days click here. This year's Conference will take place at one of the newest and most luxurious destinations on Las Vegas Boulevard -- the Aria Resort and Casino.                                         ============ Taking some of the ancient memory techniques he learned during a yearlong trip to Europe, Josh was quickly able to master techniques that have not yet made their way across "the pond." Having this advantage over American competitors allowed him to become very successful in a short amount of time. Once he brought these European techniques back to the U.S. and started sharing them, the U.S. record for memorizing a deck of cards went from  1 minute 40 seconds to just 30 seconds. One concerning question that comes to mind for both James and Josh is whether some of the modern technologies in our current world are reducing our capacity to remember things. Is Googling making us less smart? And this is not a new question, it dates all the way back to the days of Socrates, and the advent of the written word. These concerns may be valid, but it often just means a change in both how and what we remember. One of the most common questions that Josh gets is about remembering people's names. For this he has a great memory hack: Create a secondary association with the thing you're trying to remember. For people's names this can be a funny association with the sound of their name. For prose, associate it with a song or rhyme. Anything you can do to give your brain another method of associating will help you better recall it later on. Resources and Links: Moonwalking with Einstein by Josh Foer TED talk – Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do The Obscura Society Sukkah City Nelson Dellis – Current US Memory Champion The Pridmore System for Card Memorization Get in Touch: To learn more about Josh and stay up to date with his newest book, check out joshuafoer.com. Josh is writing a second book on Hunter Gatherers, which explores how the oldest remaining tribe operates and compares to some of our more modern members of society. Sign up for his mailing list to learn more about it and when it is coming out. You can also connect with Josh on Twitter @JoshuaFoer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Podcast Borracho
#PodcastBorracho #50: Por fin, desde Las Vegas

Podcast Borracho

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2014 16:50


[Publicado originalmente el 20 de junio de 2011]Aquí bebiendo litros de cerveza alemana en el Hofbrauhaus de Las Vegas.Gentiles amigos, su podcast de confianza regresa con su tercera temporada y su emisión número CINCUENTA. Aunque propiamente es la 51, por que la 50 pereció en una borrachera de piano bar al son de José José, en fin…Ahora nuestros superhéroes se encuentran bebidos/bebiendo en el Strip de Las Vegas. Acompáñenos…No acepten imitaciones de a varo, este es el único #podcastborracho grabado bajo los influjos del alcohol.Aquí en la esquina de Las Vegas Boulevard y Dr. Circus CircusDe salida.- Ya saben, hagan famoso este podcast regalándonos un bonito tuit o enlace en Facebook que diga:Escuchando el regreso del #podcastborracho y @urielo y @manchate dicen pendejadas en el Strip de Las Vegas  http://tinyurl.com/yd3oedm

360 Vegas
360 Vegas Review: Tropicana Fall 2012

360 Vegas

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2014 45:11


In 1955, an executive of the Fontainebleau in Miami purchased a 40-acre plot of land on the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Bond Road with the intent on building a resort with a sheik Cuban ambience.  While it never competed with the higher end properties it intended to, its success can be measure simply by the fact that the Bond road was later renamed Tropicana Avenue.

The Strip: Las Vegas Podcast
Murren's Opening Aria

The Strip: Las Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2009 119:46


**Visit VegasTripping.Com and vote for us in the podcast, blog and Tweeter categories!**In case you haven't heard, there's a little company opening up a few new attractions out there on Las Vegas Boulevard this month and the guy behind all that is a fellow named Jim Murren. The CEO of MGM Mirage was, for better or worse, the visionary behind CityCenter, the $8.5 billion project that is finally a reality and has already opened the hotel-condo Vdara, the Mandarin Oriental and the mammoth Crystals shopping mall. In the interview you'll hear in this episode, Steve challenges Murren on several ideas behind CityCenter and Murren offers some surprising boasts – that CityCenter will singlehandedly save the Nevada economy, that he's never set foot on Encore or Palazzo and much more. Plus, Murren admits that the problems of Fontainbleau and Echelon are good for CityCenter, has tough words about Harrah's and Station Casinos regarding overleveraging and describes the green elements of CityCenter as “a gift to the United States.” Also, Steve asks, much to Murren's chagrin, if CityCenter is a Vegas version of EPCOT. That's coming up. Plus RateVegas.Com's Hunter Hillegas is here to discuss being Steve's date at the Mandarin Oriental gala last night, to tell all about his exclusive Aria tour and to explain how this Harrah's-Planet Ho thing makes sense. Or not.E-mail: TheStripPodcast@aol.comTwitter: @TheStripPodcastVoicemail: 206-424-4737Blog: VegasHappensHere.ComSite: TheStripPodcast.Com  

Motor Racing Network Video Features
NASCAR Takes a Victory Lap in Las Vegas

Motor Racing Network Video Features

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2009 2:02


The Top 12 Victory Lap Parade was held Thursday afternoon in Las Vegas. Fans overflowed sidewalks at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Spring Mountain Road to witness what has become a NASCAR race winners signature burn out celebration performed by Jimmie Johnson.

The Strip: Las Vegas Podcast
Frankie Goes To Vegas

The Strip: Las Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2009 82:51


You may not be all that familiar with the name Frank Caliendo, but it will become hard to miss it the next time you're on or around the Las Vegas Boulevard. The 35-year-old impressionist known for his work on MADTV and on Fox NFL Sunday just started a 10-year deal to appear nightly at the Monte Carlo, so Steve chatted with him this hour about how that happened, about how he felt about the cancellation of his TBS sketch comedy show and much more. Plus, he explains why he wasn't at his best the night the media came to review his show.In Banter: More pre-CityCenter thoughts, the future of non-smoking casinos, Lily Tomlin's show and slots, strippermobiles, Mirage's 20th, Golden Nugget's non-price-cutting price-cutting and more.Web: TheStripPodcast.ComEmail: TheStripPodcast@aol.comBlog: VegasHappensHere.ComVoicemail: 206-424-4737Twitter: @TheStripPodcast

The Strip: Las Vegas Podcast
M Is For Money

The Strip: Las Vegas Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2009 86:46


His father built the Mirage, Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, Sam's Town, the Rio, Caesars Forum Shops and countless other iconic structures. But now is 35-year-old Anthony Marnell III's time, with the surprisingly successful opening of the $1 billion M Resort way, way, WAY south on Las Vegas Boulevard. Marnell the younger talks this hour about the future of his famous M Blimp, about growing up on Vegas construction sites and about why the new resort is in some ways a way for his father to receive the recognition he deserves. Plus, Steve confronts him about whether putting a pharmacy in a casino is, as Steve believes, predatory. In Banter: MGM Mirage's woes, Phil Ruffin's financing issue, Luxor billboards, hard-to-believe Lion King ticket sales, getting in trouble taking pictures in casinoes and thoughts on Terry Fator. Phone: 206-424-4737 Blog: VegasHappensHere.Com E-mail: TheStripPodcast@aol.com Web: TheStripPodcast.Com

Sin City Stories
Sin City Stories Volume 4: A Cunning Display Of Stunts

Sin City Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 1970 22:30


The Las Vegas Strip attracts a lot of different types of people. Vacationers, gamblers, foodies, partiers...and daredevils. And there's one specific spot on the Strip that's been particularly appealing to those who make their living defying death: *The Fountains at Caesars Palace.* Since Caesars Palace opened in 1966, the usually-serene spot on Las Vegas Boulevard has played host to multiple brave - and crazy - people who've attempted to jump their motorcycles over the famed fountains. Some have succeeded while others have failed SPECTACULARLY. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sin-city-stories/donations