Podcast appearances and mentions of Leslie Brown

Struggling to convert leads into paying customers? In this video, Lory helps Leslie Brown, CEO and Founder of The Mineral Balancing Group, uncover the real issue behind her low conversions and shares actionable strategies to improve results. From understanding audience size to optimizing messaging, this conversation is packed with insights to help you boost your sales. What You'll Learn: • How to analyze your audience size and set realistic conversion goals. • Why messaging matters and how to make it more effective.  • Strategies to engage your email list and turn subscribers into buyers. • Creative ideas to increase engagement and drive sales, even with a small audience. Whether you're running ads or just trying to boost engagement, this episode will give you the tools to see real results. ============================================================= Did you know there are 4 types of online programs? Take my FREE QUIZ to find out which is right for you (especially if you're just starting as an online coach or practitioner).  TAKE THE QUIZ --- https://www.wbhtraining.com/youtube-quiz Join The Wellness Business Hub Community

Back to The Fertility Podcast archive for this episode to celebrate the release of the Netflix movie 'Joy' - Natalie has shared a conversation she had Connie Orbach about how she started her research to curate the British Science Museum's exhibition about the story of IVF.What was discussed: Connie herself admitted how she didn't realize how much content she would find in the archives from Leslie Brown, regarding the correspondence she received from all around the world.Connie talked about Jean Purdy who I've learned all about over the last couple of weeks and she is talked about as being IVF's forgotten pioneer, despite being written about by Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards as one of the three of them. Connie has written a really good blog here Jean was hired as a lab technician however she was tasked with managing the laboratory and in reality, she did much more. Jean Purdy was not just central to the running of the lab but also to the scientific work. Connie and I spoke about whether her gender meant she was taken less seriously by reporters? Possibly, seeing as she was recorded in the photos as being the 'midwife'. Was her role as a lab technician seen as unimportant next to that of the surgeon and the scientist? This is so ironic seeing as she is credited with first discovering the blastocyst embryo stage, one of the key breakthroughs in our understanding of an embryo's development.Whatever the reason, it was not for lack of trying from Edwards. He repeatedly emphasized Purdy's importance and unsuccessfully lobbied her name to be added to the commemorative plaque placed at the site of their original clinic. Read more in Connie's blog and here are some other articles that are written for the exhibitionSally Cheshire, chair of the HFEA has also written a blog for the exhibition. Martin Johnson discussing the challenges faced by Bob Edwards developing IVF. Gareth Downs on the male perspective: Bristol Archives wrote a blog recently about receiving the Lesley Brown ArchiveFollow @YourFertilityNurse on InstagramFollow @TheFertilityPodcast on Instagram

Pastors Josh and Leslie Brown and Pastors Nathan and Brooke Hernandez sit down and talk about some of the history and the future of our church. www.overflowdfw.comSupport the show

Despite the rampant disinformation and a huge number of skeptics online, the planet is indeed facing serious climate chaos. Carbon emissions are at an all-time high, greenhouse gases continue to warm up the earth, and climate change severely destroys biodiversity. Ecologist and author Mark J. Easter joins Corinna Bellizzi to discuss how regenerative farming can address this alarming global problem. They talk about what it takes to adopt better farming practices to produce nutritious organic food without causing a destructive impact on the environment. Mark also explains how the same regenerative approach is needed for producing animal products and why the burning of fossil fuels must be halted as soon as possible.About Guest:Mark J. Easter (Fort Collins, CO) is an ecologist who has conducted research in academia and private industry since 1988. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1982 and a M.S. in Botany from the University of Vermont in 1991. Easter authored and co-authored more than fifty scientific papers and reports related to carbon cycling and the carbon footprint of agriculture, forestry, and other land uses. He contributed analyses to multiple reports published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In 2018 he was named a fellow of the Colorado State University School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Besides his scientific work, Easter co-founded the organization Save The Poudre and is a founding board member of the organization “Save the Colorado.” He works with these organizations to help restore rivers to healthy conditions and protect rivers from water development. He loves to read, cook from his garden, hike and ski in wild places, and spend time with his wife, Leslie Brown and their dog, Bonny. Additional Resources Mentioned:How Regeneration Can Change The Future Of Farming And Winemaking With Carlo MondaviFarm To Table Pioneer Champions Sustainable Farming with Monarch Tractor - featuring Alice Waters, Founder of Chez PanisseRegeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation with Paul HawkenProforestation featuring Dr. William Moomaw, lead architect of the first 6 IPCC reportsThe Blue Plate: A Food Lover's Guide to Climate Chaos by Mark J. EasterJOIN OUR CIRCLE. BUILD A GREENER FUTURE:

The Team isn't super pumped with the news. From the Air Force Times:"The Air Force has loosened its restrictions on body fat for new recruits, one of the latest moves to grow the pool of potential applicants amid the military's recruiting crisis.In the past, men and women's bodies needed to be 20% or 28% fat, respectively, to be eligible for service. Air Force Recruiting Service spokesperson Leslie Brown said Monday that benchmark is now 26% for men and 36% for women."So why did the Air Force make the decision?! And most importantly, how does the team feel about it? Uh, not good. Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9aFBBZoBcQk8UUN_pO7nDA/joinChapters00:00 Ambush intros and Cheshire Cats01:07 Air Force Misses Recruiting Goals and Loosens BMI Standards21:48 Importance of High Standards and Leadership26:45 Discussion on Exceptions and Cyber Command28:09 Story of Scottie Gearing's Survival28:37 The Importance of Maintaining High Standards29:35 The Negative Consequences of Lowering Standards35:20 The Need for Disciplined and Highly Qualified Candidates40:34Addressing the Issue of Obesity in the MilitaryCollabs:Ones Ready - OnesReady.com 18A Fitness - Promo Code: 1ReadyAlpha Brew Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYATACLete - Follow the URL (no promo code): ATACLeteCardoMax - Promo Code: ONESREADYDread River - Promo Code: ONESREADY Eberlestock - Promo Code: OR10Hoist - Promo Code: ONESREADYTrench Coffee Company - Promo Code: ONESREADYThe content provided is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The host, guests, and affiliated entities do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information provided. The use of this podcast does not create an attorney-client relationship, and the podcast is not liable for any damages resulting from its use. Any mention of products or individuals does not consti...

Excellence Before Expansion - Josh & Leslie BrownWelcome to Episode 21 of the Mission Driven Budget Podcast! Rate and review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Connect with Pastors Josh & LeslieJosh's Instagram: @joshandrewbrownLeslie's Instagram: @elleannbrown Overflow's Instagram: @overflowdfwVisit Overflow Church in Grand Prairie, TX!

Dr. Parikh and Leslie Brown, a physician's assistant with CTGI, discuss diverticulitis: from risk factors to symptoms to management. Leslie provides our listeners an update on when to use antibiotics, when to make dietary changes, and when to meet with a surgeon. 

Mr. D and Mr. Bennett commandeer Mr. D's old classroom to record the latest episode of the Anchor Down Low Podcast.  Sorry, Mrs. Leslie Brown. Highlights include: -- a special guest appearance by 8th Grade Mamba, Professor X - Xavier Sharp -- the Question of the Week reaches new comment heights -- Raisin Bran is still awful -- we all missed Grandparent's Day! -- Ranking the BEST fictional grandparents -- a brief look back at 09/11 and much, much more! Thank you for your continued support of the Anchor Down Low podcast - your listens, likes, shares, and subscription make you the best grandparent in the world!

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Today, we are talking to independent casting director, Leslie Brown. Leslie has her own casting company called Leslie Brown Casting. She has done all sorts of work in film and has a true passion for everything in that world. We talk about how she likes to work and how she got started. She has done all sorts of films including a short film entitled “Iago” and a soon to be released film “Nomad” which boasts a true worldwide cast. Also, we discuss her love of the film “Blade Runner.” As always you can reach me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook with my name Justin Younts. Thank you for listening and sit back and enjoy. https://www.lesliebrowncasting.com https://youtu.be/g23a999UH4g https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliebrowncasting/

Earlier this year, when New Jersey ska band Awful Waffle decided to reunite for the Ska Mom Memorial show, they needed a drummer. So they called up School Drugs frontman Josh Jurk to see if he'd fill those shoes. He was reluctant to play ska drums--he didn't have a lot of experience. But paying tribute to Leslie Brown (ie Ska Mom) was important to him so he said yes. Today we talk with Josh, whose ska credits also include playing bass on one Best of the Worst tour, starring in the Slapstick-themed scene of the horror film Uncle Peckerhead, and going to a lot of ska shows at DIY venues like Pine Lake Park Log Cabin in Jersey (Which his mom booked out!) He talk about the time he saw iPod era Bomb The Music Industry at Pine Lake Park Log Cabin, how TikTok celebrity Grav Master Hash became Awful Waffle's hype man, and we go into detail about the ska mom memorial show, which also featured Hub City Stompers, Catbite and Sammy Kay. We also discuss his pre-screaming vocal routines, why he decided to manage his depression through therapy, and he tells about the time he showed up to a venue on tour to find a metalcore band lifting hella weights in preparation for their show. Music Junkies Podcast Are you ready for something raw, hilarious, and heartwarming? Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the show

Black women have often been omitted or written out of history. This much is true when it comes to many women leaders of Black Durham in the first several decades of the 20th century, when Durham, North Carolina's Black Wall Street was at it's height. As a result many Black women have never received the recognition or credit they deserved, in life or afterwards, for the contributions they made to their communities and society. Much of the work of the late Dr. Leslie Brown focused on analyzing the lives of working class, middle class and elite Black women and men in relation to working class, middle class and elite White women and men in Durham, North Carolina. In doing so she amplified the lives and voices of Black women who played pivotal roles in the upbuilding of their community, particularly during one of the darkest moments in the history of the state following the Civil War: the period immediately after the disfranchisement of Black men in North Carolina in 1900. Brown's work was groundbreaking and significantly expanded what is understood about the social fabric of what was once known as the “Capital of the Black Middle Class.” Similarly, Dr. Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore has also spent a great deal of time refocusing attention to the central role of Black women as political figures in North Carolina during the Jim Crow era by exploring the instrumental and interconnected relationship of gender, class and race in North Carolina politics from the period immediately prior to the disfranchisement of Black men in 1900 to the period when Black and white women gained the vote in 1920. Musical Attribution: 1. Title: African Moon by John Bartmann. License, disclaimer and copyright information: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Link to Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/african-moon 2. Title: Window Sparrows by Axletree. Licensed under a Attribution License. License, disclaimer and copyright information: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Link to music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/Ornamental_EP/Window_Sparrows

An exploration of the complicated intersection of race, class and politics in Durham, North Carolina. Black Durham's leaders played an integral role in the “Upbuilding” of their community and overcame great obstacles that were common at the time in the Jim Crow South. In the absence of African American political representation after Jim Crow legislation eviscerated Black political participation, Durham's Black leaders became de facto representatives on behalf of their community, which allowed them to liaise with White city and state leadership in order to facilitate community progress. This does not mean African American leaders in Durham solely relied on a paternalistic relationship with White stakeholders to assist in the advancement of their race. Durham's African American leaders leaned heavily on their own expertise and institution building acumen to create opportunities for people of color in Durham that continued to pay dividends for years to come. On the other hand, there were other African Americans districts in Durham and most of their inhabitants were not well off like the Black elite or middle class in the historic Hayti neighborhood. Many African Americans and people of color in Durham were poor or working class and struggled to make ends meet. This fact is often absent in discourse surrounding Durham's Black Wall Street. Class distinctions between the wealthy or well-off, the poor, and everyone in between in Black Durham, mirrored those of White Durham. Additionally, while racism was a burden for all people of color, class distinctions often determined the degree to which that burden impacted the daily lives of Blacks in Durham. Listeners will hear from the late Dr. Leslie Brown, who was an expert in the history of Black Durham and specialized in history during the Jim Crow Era. Guests in this episode include Dr. William Darity, who is the Director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, a Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, a Professor of African and African American Studies as well as Economics. Listeners will also hear from Professor Henry McKoy, who is the North Carolina Central University Director of Entrepreneurship at the School of Business and Managing Director of the Eagle Angel Network. Musical Attribution: 1. Title: African Moon by John Bartmann. License, disclaimer and copyright information: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Link to Music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/african-moon 2. Title: Window Sparrows by Axletree. Licensed under a Attribution License. License, disclaimer and copyright information: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Link to music: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/Ornamental_EP/Window_Sparrows

Leslie Brown is an independent Casting Director and Production Coordinator. After recovering from the acting bug, she began her film career in sales and marketing at Holy Cow! Visual Effects. She then moved behind the camera to film a human rights documentary in Europe, produce an educational television show for PARS-TV, and direct two episodes of "Fitness and Health" for Florida's Sunshine Network. After earning several credits for film producing, getting several 35mm shorts under belt, including the graduate film of Taron Lexton, she was inspired to work on something on a larger scale, and got involved in Youth for Human Rights International. Her inaugural showpiece, UNITED, a music video/short film premiered inside the United Nations in 2004 and went on to screen at more than 20 film festivals, win 7 awards, and qualify for an Academy Award nomination. She cast a series of 30 Public Service Announcements illustrating the 30 articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), as well as another 21 ads for The Way to Happiness. Since then, she has cast multiple short films for students at NYFA (LA), and CCH, as well as several commercials, and continues to focus on new projects as a Casting Director. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thedreamstate/support

Welcome to Episode 2 of the International IVF Podcast and this is the first in our upcoming profile episodes where we speak to the greats of IVF, those amongst us who have been working in the field since the early days. Jacques Cohen is the CEO of the International IVF Initiative and has an extremely impressive CV. His postdoctoral studies (1982-1985) were performed at Cambridge University (UK) and Bourn Hall Clinic working under Prof Robert Edwards which is what we wanted to talk with him about in this episode. What we discussed: When Jacques first met Bob in the late 70's at a two conference in the Netherlands and the impact that Bob's closing lecture had on him, as it was unlike anything Jaques had ever heard before. He had been looking forward to it as he was 12 months into a Masters in ART. Jacques went and spoke to Bob then and described how despite his fame, he was still happy to talk to people. Jacques talked about meeting Bob some years later who remembered his time in the Netherlands fondly as he had returned back in the UK and received a call from Gene Purdy about Leslie Brown, the mother of Louise Brown the UK's first IVF baby, who had a positive pregnancy test. In 1982, Jacques applied for an embryology job, Simon Fishel had already been hired and Jacques talked about Jean Purdy and her role as a technician and her role was to make sure that the ‘Mad Science' was in an environment like an operating theatre. Bob came from an animal science background and wasn't used to sterile and organised laboratories. Jean Purdy was the person who helped to organise Bob and his practice. Jacques described what Lab life was like eg.how egg collection couldn't be timed like it is today. How they looked at LH's collecting samples several times a day. Bob was exhausted as the only embryologist, only being assisted by Simon Fishel and then after advertising in Nature magazine, Jacques and Carol Faheley were employed out of 200 applicants. Jacques also describes what the patient's experience was like in the early days - being inpatients, which added financial pressures to Bourn Hall. Husbands were also having to be nearby either in a hotel or a room in the village. All of the studies were way before Ultrasound became a science - they had to rely on estradiol and LH. Jacques talks about maternal serum - which was used in the procedure for Louise Brown's birth, also using donor serem. The consent procedure was mainly oral. How Porta Cabins were used for the treatment rooms and parts of the clinic, meant to be used for 6 months and were used for 5 years. Jacques described working with Bob and Jean when they were making culture media and what the process was like to witness, with all the checks and how much he learnt from it. He talks about how the different labs were organised. The daily meetings the team would have. Bob's work running journals as Editor and then his decision to leave and then setting up RBM online and how he went on to make a career out of editing, sharing knowledge and publishing and how ahead of his time with the whole concept of ‘online' information. Not only was he a pioneer in IVF, but he was also a visionary in his editing and publishing of major journals for 25 years. How Bob was consumed 365 days a year about publishing and sharing knowledge and was a big fan of the modern ways of sharing communication. Media production and how they have changed and its impact on success rates. SOCIALS: Twitter

EP 65- SOAP Proverbs 19- Address the Drip! A season of SOAP is back again! The SOAP episodes have been the most downloaded episodes and I am bringing them back! Each Friday I will release a SOAP episode! SOAP is an acronym for Scripture,  Observation, Application, and Prayer. You can journal along as God reveals what He has to say to you each time you SOAP. In this episode I get the honor of SOAP'ing Proverbs 19 with Leslie Brown. Leslie and I recently SOAP'd in episode 62 entitled IDGAF (I do grace and faith). We get to celebrate Leslie in this episode as its her birthday! We had fun playing a 'Finish the worship song lyric' game. Leslie knows her worship songs! I apparently need to brush up- you'll have to listen to hear which song she stumped me and the whole group on! Leslie says she read this chapter for days leading up to recording this episode and she readily admits that she tried to avoid these verses, but apparently God would not let her avoid them. The verses she chose are 13 and 14 where she notes that we need to confront issues in our lives and not avoid them. How fitting, since she was trying to avoid the verses, but God was convicting her to confront them so she could heal. She says that drips, when small can be handled, but prolonged dripping or unresolved issues can wreak havoc on our lives. She mentions that she reads scripture as if Jesus is speaking to her directly. She knows His voice is one of conviction and not condemnation. She celebrates the fact that a  prudent wife is a gift from the Lord- you can't inherit her or buy her, she is a freely given gift from our heavenly Father. I chose verse 21, or it chose me- I am not sure. But God revealed to me all the plans I have made and how His purpose has always prevailed. When my plans were detrimental to the life He purposed for me- he interceded time and time again on my behalf. I discuss how feelings are good servants, but horrible masters. The bible tells us that we cannot have two masters as we will love one and hate the other. I have to decide, as we all do, who will be our master? Jesus or our feelings? The decision should be easy and obvious, but we know this to not always be the case. I pray that as I mature in faith that this would be second nature and not a struggle as it sometimes can be. I mention how I once claimed to be an agnostic and believed the lie that although there was a God, we just don't know all there is to know about Him. For me, this was an easy way out to not even attempt to get to know Him and to live my life according to my feelings and the lie I had believed. The story I made up around that lie- was if I can't know everything about Him, then it's not worth getting to know Him. GASP! Just typing this hurts my heart, but I know there's someone reading this that believes that lie and it may be you. If it is you, don't buy into this lie. Get to know your Creator who loves you more than you can ever imagine and is ever-present and so easy to get to know. You just have to open your bible, or download the you version bible app, join a church that teaches from the bible, join a small group or start your own on a search for your truth. And your truth only comes from God who is Truth. Jesus is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. If this is not you, but you know someone who is- please be brave and share the power of Jesus with them and pass this episode along to them. You may be planting the very seed that gets them one step closer to The Truth. Also in this episode, Leslie and I discuss the fact there is no such thing as a perfect church because as soon as a person steps into the building it is imperfect, as all humans are imperfect. I lovingly ask you, "What drip are you avoiding?" I invite you to 'address your drips' and attend any of the East Coast Christian campus locations in person or online. We encourage you not to try to clean your act up, or be perfect before accepting Jesus or coming to church, because the truth is that if you could clean up your act on your own, you would have done so by now. The truth remains that you need a loving Savior, Who by His grace wants to and can help you live your very best life. So come to Him today- come to church and surround yourself with others who are also getting their acts cleaned up and 'addressing their drips' in a grace-filled, non-judgmental, and nurturing environment!  This SOAP series is in partnership with Morning Breath, which is an East Coast Christian Center drive time devotional in which a Pastor and guest SOAP through scripture ON AIR both on radio and a podcast Mon-Thur. You can get the SOAP schedule and listen to Morning Breath with the links below!  Get the SOAP schedule,  register for this group, listen to Morning Breath and connect with ECCC@ Join the group! : https://eastcoast.churchcenter.com/groups/small-groups/sisterhood-soap-podcast Listen to Morning Breath: https://eccc.us/morningbreath/ Get the chapter schedule: https://eccc.us/mb-schedule/ Get and stay connected: https://www.facebook.com/EastCoastChristianCenter   Connect with Jeanne @  https://www.instagram.com/jeanneterryofficial/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-so-with-jeanne/id1498626299 https://sptfy.com/91lX @saysowithJeanne emailjeanneterry@gmail.com  https://www.pandora.com/podcast/say-so-with-jeanne/PC:33619 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX5r4xUnExP-bLy9aKkDCoQ?view_as=subscriber   Prayer of Salvation- Accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior Romans 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. If you said this prayer- you are justified immediately and made right with God.Living a life to glorify God is a life- long journey! But know that right now you are saved and set free from the bondage of sin (including past, present and future sin). Nothing can separate you from the love of God and living in eternity with Him. Did you receive Christ today? If so, Congratulations! It's the best decision you have ever made!

EP 62- SOAP Proverbs 30-IDGAF (I do grace and faith) A season of SOAP is back again! The SOAP episodes have been the most downloaded episodes and I am bringing them back! Each Friday I will release a SOAP episode! SOAP is an acronym for Scripture,  Observation, Application, and Prayer. You can journal along as God reveals what He has to say to you each time you SOAP. In this episode I get the honor of SOAP'ing Proverbs 30 with Leslie Brown. Leslie hails from "Champa", Florida aka Tampa. She has two children and has attended East Coast Christian Center for 5 years. She has been dubbed as the church's historian because she captures special moments at church on film. She is also credited for coming up with the title of this episode and the expression IDGAF (I do grace and faith). Leslie discusses the concept of having "God-fidence" as opposed to confidence. She prepared one SOAP, but after re-reading the verse she shares an entirely new SOAP on the spot. This is not too unusual as God's word is living and every time we read scripture we can glean something new. Leslie shares how she is talkative and she must consult with God before she speaks. She identifies that she needs to commit her way to the Lord and not believe that she can jump in and fix things or say things without first bringing God into her situations. I share how I appreciate Agur's humbleness and his willingness to admit that he is not the smartest person in the room, so to speak, yet he can appreciate God's mighty works and he prophesies about His son. Agur also states that God's word is true and that he is a refuge in Him. I cross reference Psalm 91 as that relates to this passage was well as far as God being a shield and a refuge. I also cross reference Col 3:3 which tells us that our lives are hidden with Christ in God. I mention how we have a choice to be fearful or faithful. I share that I am on a trust journey with God and if I can trust God for my salvation that I should be able to trust Him with all the details of my life on earth.  This SOAP series is in partnership with Morning Breath, which is an East Coast Christian Center drive time devotional in which a Pastor and guest SOAP through scripture ON AIR both on radio and a podcast Mon-Thur. You can get the SOAP schedule and listen to Morning Breath with the links below!  Get the SOAP schedule,  register for this group, listen to Morning Breath and connect with ECCC@ Join the group! : https://eastcoast.churchcenter.com/groups/small-groups/sisterhood-soap-podcast Listen to Morning Breath: https://eccc.us/morningbreath/ Get the chapter schedule: https://eccc.us/mb-schedule/ Get and stay connected: https://www.facebook.com/EastCoastChristianCenter   Connect with Jeanne @  https://www.instagram.com/jeanneterryofficial/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-so-with-jeanne/id1498626299 https://sptfy.com/91lX @saysowithJeanne emailjeanneterry@gmail.com  https://www.pandora.com/podcast/say-so-with-jeanne/PC:33619 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX5r4xUnExP-bLy9aKkDCoQ?view_as=subscriber   Prayer of Salvation- Accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior Romans 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. If you said this prayer- you are justified immediately and made right with God.Living a life to glorify God is a life- long journey! But know that right now you are saved and set free from the bondage of sin (including past, present and future sin). Nothing can separate you from the love of God and living in eternity with Him. Did you receive Christ today? If so, Congratulations! It's the best decision you have ever made!

Sarah Fathallah is an independent social designer and researcher. Today, we talk about trauma-informed design, participatory design, and research with vulnerable populations. Listen to learn more about: Trauma-informed design Virtual facilitation design Examining power dynamics in design work Participatory design and its connection to trauma-informed design The challenges of compensating community members who participate in the design process Our Guest Sarah Fathallah is an independent designer, researcher, and educator, who specializes in applying participatory research and design to the social sector. She has worked on projects of all sizes with non-profits, governments, and social enterprises, on topics ranging from civil and human rights, to healthcare, education, and financial inclusion. Her clients have included the International Domestic Workers Federation, the International Rescue Committee, and Open Society Foundations, to name a few. Sarah's design work has been honored by the Core77 Design Awards, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), ONE Prize, and the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge. Sarah also co-founded Design Gigs for Good, a free community-driven resource to help more people use the tools of design to create positive social change. Sarah is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, where she studied International Business and Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Affairs. She also studied design innovation at the Paris Est d.school, user experience design at General Assembly, and participatory design at MIT.   Show Highlights [01:03] Sarah talks about how she stumbled into design. [01:50] Her introduction to service design while in grad school. [02:14] Sarah's career has been focused on using the tools and methods of design in global development. [02:47] The diverse range of projects Sarah works on. [04:29] Sarah talks about how the pandemic changed her facilitation work. [05:32] Ways of ensuring virtual experiences are as robust as in-person. [07:30] Sarah explains what self holds are and how to use them. [08:30] What is trauma-informed design? [11:35] How Sarah helps bring people into trauma-informed design. [14:18] Sarah offers advice on how to bring trauma-informed design into your own work. [15:45] The potential problem with user interviews. [16:22] Ways to learn about trauma and trauma-informed systems. [18:14] Designers must always acknowledge and reflect on the imperfections in their work and seek to improve. [20:31] Ways designers can self-reflect and critique the work that they do as they're doing it. [23:45] A framework Sarah uses to examine power dynamics. [24:08] Examining the power differentials in the identities of the people involved. [25:09] How to make sure you're not exploiting the community or population you're designing with and for. [25:47] Ensuring the community is actively participating in the design work. [27:50] The importance of participatory design in trauma-informed design. [28:02] Defining participatory design. [29:22] How Sarah applies participatory design to her own work. [31:47] One question Sarah reflects on when she thinks about design work. [34:10] The struggle designers often have in finding ways to compensate participants. [35:53] Non-monetary participant compensation options that Sarah has used in the past. [36:57] Asking the community what they want and need when it comes to compensation. [38:08] Things Sarah wishes would be part of teaching design. [43:10] Designer mindsets. [46:07] Books and resources Sarah recommends. [48:25] How to learn more about Sarah and her work. [50:05] Fluid Hive's resources for those wanting to learn and practice design thinking.   Links Sarah's Website Sarah on Twitter Sarah on Medium Sarah on Instagram Sarah's profile on Women Talk Design Conversations on Design: Design Research with Sarah Fathallah The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk Companion to Feminist Studies, by Nancy A. Naples Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (Information Policy), by Sasha Costanza-Chock Research as Resistance: Revisiting Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches, by Leslie Brown and Susan Strega Design in Crisis: New Worlds, Philosophies, and Practices, edited by Tony Fry and Adam Nocek Modernity + Coloniality   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Design Thinking for the Public Sector + Building and Training Design Thinking Teams with Stephanie Wade — DT101 E14 Designer's Role in Healthcare & Public Health + Studio Thinking with Jess Roberts — DT101 E21 Design for Mental Health: Creating an Effective Response to Student Loneliness with Denise Ho and Andrew Baker — DT101 E60   Other Resources Download Fluid Hive's Innovation Shield — a guide to avoiding innovation traps by asking 9 of Fluid Hive's Design Thinking Questions Innovation Smart Start Webinar — Learn to Ask Like a Designer and take your innovation projects from frantic to focused by working smart from the start. Fluid Hive: Learn — A growing collection of courses, webinars, and articles for people expanding their design thinking, service design, and human-centered design skills – people who want to think and solve like a designer.

Sarah Fathallah is an independent social designer and researcher. Today, we talk about trauma-informed design, participatory design, and research with vulnerable populations. Listen to learn more about: Trauma-informed design Virtual facilitation design Examining power dynamics in design work Participatory design and its connection to trauma-informed design The challenges of compensating community members who participate in the design process Our Guest Sarah Fathallah is an independent designer, researcher, and educator, who specializes in applying participatory research and design to the social sector. She has worked on projects of all sizes with non-profits, governments, and social enterprises, on topics ranging from civil and human rights, to healthcare, education, and financial inclusion. Her clients have included the International Domestic Workers Federation, the International Rescue Committee, and Open Society Foundations, to name a few. Sarah's design work has been honored by the Core77 Design Awards, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), ONE Prize, and the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge. Sarah also co-founded Design Gigs for Good, a free community-driven resource to help more people use the tools of design to create positive social change. Sarah is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris, where she studied International Business and Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Affairs. She also studied design innovation at the Paris Est d.school, user experience design at General Assembly, and participatory design at MIT.   Show Highlights [01:03] Sarah talks about how she stumbled into design. [01:50] Her introduction to service design while in grad school. [02:14] Sarah's career has been focused on using the tools and methods of design in global development. [02:47] The diverse range of projects Sarah works on. [04:29] Sarah talks about how the pandemic changed her facilitation work. [05:32] Ways of ensuring virtual experiences are as robust as in-person. [07:30] Sarah explains what self holds are and how to use them. [08:30] What is trauma-informed design? [11:35] How Sarah helps bring people into trauma-informed design. [14:18] Sarah offers advice on how to bring trauma-informed design into your own work. [15:45] The potential problem with user interviews. [16:22] Ways to learn about trauma and trauma-informed systems. [18:14] Designers must always acknowledge and reflect on the imperfections in their work and seek to improve. [20:31] Ways designers can self-reflect and critique the work that they do as they're doing it. [23:45] A framework Sarah uses to examine power dynamics. [24:08] Examining the power differentials in the identities of the people involved. [25:09] How to make sure you're not exploiting the community or population you're designing with and for. [25:47] Ensuring the community is actively participating in the design work. [27:50] The importance of participatory design in trauma-informed design. [28:02] Defining participatory design. [29:22] How Sarah applies participatory design to her own work. [31:47] One question Sarah reflects on when she thinks about design work. [34:10] The struggle designers often have in finding ways to compensate participants. [35:53] Non-monetary participant compensation options that Sarah has used in the past. [36:57] Asking the community what they want and need when it comes to compensation. [38:08] Things Sarah wishes would be part of teaching design. [43:10] Designer mindsets. [46:07] Books and resources Sarah recommends. [48:25] How to learn more about Sarah and her work. [50:05] Fluid Hive's resources for those wanting to learn and practice design thinking.   Links Sarah's Website Sarah on Twitter Sarah on Medium Sarah on Instagram Sarah's profile on Women Talk Design Conversations on Design: Design Research with Sarah Fathallah The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk Companion to Feminist Studies, by Nancy A. Naples Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need (Information Policy), by Sasha Costanza-Chock Research as Resistance: Revisiting Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches, by Leslie Brown and Susan Strega Design in Crisis: New Worlds, Philosophies, and Practices, edited by Tony Fry and Adam Nocek Modernity + Coloniality   Other Design Thinking 101 Episodes You Might Like Design Thinking for the Public Sector + Building and Training Design Thinking Teams with Stephanie Wade — DT101 E14 Designer's Role in Healthcare & Public Health + Studio Thinking with Jess Roberts — DT101 E21 Design for Mental Health: Creating an Effective Response to Student Loneliness with Denise Ho and Andrew Baker — DT101 E60   Other Resources Download Fluid Hive's Innovation Shield — a guide to avoiding innovation traps by asking 9 of Fluid Hive's Design Thinking Questions Innovation Smart Start Webinar — Learn to Ask Like a Designer and take your innovation projects from frantic to focused by working smart from the start. Fluid Hive: Learn — A growing collection of courses, webinars, and articles for people expanding their design thinking, service design, and human-centered design skills – people who want to think and solve like a designer.

This week Crystal talks with King County Executive Dow Constantine about his decision to run for a fourth term as County Executive. They discuss the path to Covid-19 recovery, persisting inequality in King County, the comparatively low rate of vaccination in BIPoC communities in South King County, the role of government in bailing out large private projects, campaign finance, public safety, and more. As always, a full text transcript of the show is available below and at officialhacksandwonks.com. Find the host, Crystal Fincher on Twitter at @finchfrii and find today's guest, King County Executive Dow Constantine, at @DowC. More info is available at officialhacksandwonks.com.   Resources “Joe Nguyen challenging Dow Constantine for King County executive” by Melissa Santos: https://crosscut.com/politics/2021/04/joe-nguyen-challenging-dow-constantine-king-county-executive “Seattle Elections 2021: Digging deeper into voters' top priorities” by Anne Christnovich: https://crosscut.com/inside-crosscut/2021/06/seattle-elections-2021-digging-deeper-voters-top-priorities “King County passes $631M rescue plan for COVID recovery; Seattle unveils its $128M proposal” by Daniel Beekman: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/king-county-passes-rescue-plan-spending-for-covid-19-recovery-seattle-unveils-its-proposal/ “Community Health Centers Work to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity” by Sally James: https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/03/02/community-health-centers-work-to-address-covid-19-vaccine-inequity/ “Elders of Color Face Major Hurdles Getting COVID Vaccine” by Carolyn Bick: https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/03/04/elders-of-color-face-major-hurdles-getting-covid-vaccine/ “Seattle's COVID relief money to focus on direct aid, housing” by David Kroman: https://crosscut.com/news/2021/05/seattles-covid-relief-money-focus-direct-aid-housing “Despite criticism, King County Council gives Mariners $135M” by Manola Secaira: https://crosscut.com/2018/09/despite-criticism-king-county-council-gives-mariners-135m “No bailout needed for Washington State Convention Center expansion, as private financing presumes economic rebound” by David Gutman: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-state-convention-center-expansion-secures-financing-no-longer-needs-a-bailout/ “County Exec Candidates Spar Over PACs, City Finally Funds Street Sinks” from Publicola: https://publicola.com/2021/05/25/county-exec-candidates-spar-over-pacs-city-finally-funds-street-sinks/ “A guide to political money: campaigns, PACs, super PACs” by Philip Elliott: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-guide-to-political-money-campaigns-pacs-super-pacs “Police Accountability and Inquests in King County: Representing families calling for a fair and transparent process” by Leslie Brown: https://www.aclu-wa.org/story/police-accountability-and-inquests-king-county-representing-families-calling-fair-and “King County voters have spoken: Police reform and a new sheriff are coming” by Dow Constantine: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/king-county-voters-have-spoken-police-reform-and-a-new-sheriff-are-coming/   Transcript Crystal Fincher: [00:00:00] Welcome to Hacks and Wonks. I'm your host Crystal Fincher. On this show, we talk to political hacks and policy wonks to gather insight in the local politics and policy through the lens of those doing the work and provide behind the scenes perspectives on politics in our state. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Well, today we are very happy to have Dow Constantine, King County Executive, and a candidate running for reelection this year. Thanks so much for joining us Dow. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:01:02] No, thanks for inviting me on Crystal. I appreciate it. Crystal Fincher: [00:01:05] So now you are in a competitive race. You've drawn a competitor in Senator Joe Nguyen in this case. So just starting off, why are you one running for a fourth term? Is it a fourth term this time? A fourth term and why do you feel you're up for the challenges that we're facing today? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:01:26] Well, it's an exciting moment for us. I mean, we're coming out of this sort of constellation of crises. And I think that the very fact of COVID and the economic collapse and the civil rights awakening and realization about climate change that people are coming to and many other sort of disruptions in society has created an environment where we can make a lot more progress on the issues that we've been dutifully pushing forward over the course of the last four years on equity and social justice and anti-racism on climate, on transformation in the criminal legal system and a lot more and homelessness, I guess I would say. And so it's an exciting moment. We've made enormous strides since I've been in office, but there are these difficult issues that it was very hard to get traction on. And now we have a chance to really run the open field on them. And that is in a nutshell why I'm excited about running for another term. What was your other question? Crystal Fincher: [00:02:42] And why you feel you're up for addressing the challenges that we're facing today? You talked about these crises. I mean, certainly with the pandemic, our economy, facing the climate, we're in a world of hurt at the moment. I mean, I guess some people are, some people have been having a great time through this pandemic. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:03:01] Yeah. Some people made out this time. Crystal Fincher: [00:03:02] But why do you feel you're the person to take on these challenges in the next four years? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:03:08] Well, I think because I've shown that I and my team are the people who have been able to solve the tough challenges, to take on the big issues, not to simply kick the can, but to be able to create a high capacity transit system for three counties or the nation's leading early childhood development program, or tackle the COVID crisis and do a better job than just about anybody in the country, even though it landed here first. So we are I think an arguably very good at this work and that doesn't mean the challenges are easy to stand up and knock down. But it does mean that we have the team that has proven that we can take on the tough challenges and ultimately defeat them. Crystal Fincher: [00:03:57] So you mentioned the COVID recovery and certainly doing better than many counties across the country. On the overall rate, I guess, how would you grade yourself on your response and your leadership throughout this recovery and how do you think it's going? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:04:14] Yeah, well, there's the question of the public health response. And I think we've been in the upper tier in terms of our ability to respond to the health crisis, to keep people from contracting the virus, to get people through this. For much of this, we were, I think the top county out of the 3000 largest counties. Right now I think we're number 94 or five out of 97 in terms of the high quality of our response. We've got San Francisco and Honolulu doing slightly better than we are in infection rate right now. But this is a real accomplishment and it's put us in a strong position for recovery. But recovery means a lot more than simply people getting physically healthy, although that's important. And we're working to make sure that we get the vaccines out to as many people as possible. It also means rebuilding the economy in a way that is both robust and more equitable than it was before, taking on directly the issue of not just income inequality, though that's critically important, but also of creating opportunity for those who have been historically marginalized, historically left behind. And we have here in this region, the ability to connect everyone to economic opportunity that puts them in a position to do what we were all told we were going to be able to do, which is do better than our parents and our grandparents did. And I had a really fascinating meeting about this yesterday with a group that's working to stand up a program to train and up-skill people to be able to take specific jobs in the new economy at Amazon, at Microsoft, at Google and other companies, technology jobs that will allow them a ladder to greater and greater success. That is the kind of thing that living in King county and in Central Puget Sound , that's the kind of opportunity it provides. But we've got to make the connections for people to be able to get across that divide and into those careers. Crystal Fincher: [00:06:29] Absolutely. And talking about the public health response, I mean, certainly overall the vaccination rates are great. Right now slightly less than half of African-Americans are fully vaccinated, right at half, 50.7% of the Hispanic and Latino community are vaccinated, in South King county, only 56% of people are vaccinated. Why do you think that is? And what should you be doing to increase those numbers? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:07:03] Yeah. Well, we should be doing what we are doing and what we have been doing. Our public health department has been extremely aggressive in getting into communities that are underserved by the healthcare system and providing access to vaccines, extremely aggressive and creating partnerships with trusted community-based organizations to reach those who either are not well connected to a traditional systems, or do not trust traditional providers to give them the vaccine and to convince people to come and get the vaccine that's going to allow them to be healthy. And we're going to continue doing that work in different modalities. It was first the mass vaccine sites that we set up in Auburn and Kent. We have a clinic with Kaiser Permanente in Federal Way and we're networking with partner organizations to bring people to that clinic, but also partnering to set up pop-ups with community-based organizations. And we have a partnership of over 50 community-based organizations around King County helping with this, so that whether you're a community organization or a church or any kind of organization, you can have the vaccines there available for your constituency, invite people to an event. I went to a great one in Redmond with the Latinx community on the east side. And it was set up to appeal to what they themselves viewed as their constituency that was being vaccine resistant to come to be with trusted partners, to be with people they knew, to be in familiar surroundings and to have a sort of mutually supportive environment in order to take this step across into something that's a little bit unknown or about which people were weary. I think that has got to be the approach we take in this as we move toward trying to get past those sort of disparities that have plagued this rollout nationally. And we've narrowed the disparities in King County to much, much less than they are nationally, but they still exist and they persist, and we're going to keep fighting to make sure that we're meeting people where they are and offering them information and the healthcare they need to be able to get through this thing. Crystal Fincher: [00:09:26] So you were making a great point about the inequities that currently exist, and you have been the incumbent for the past 12 years. And as a lot of people, have observed and I think rightly that the pandemic laid bare the inequities and disparities that already existed and just really exacerbated them. And so, as someone who has been in charge of King county and King county's public health apparatus over the past 12 years, that those inequities and disparities existed on your watch and languished on your watch, do you think you own that? Do you think that you have acted sufficiently to address the inequality that we've seen in the health system that has resulted in such a hard time throughout this pandemic for so many? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:10:15] Well, it is a fact that King County has not managed to solve 400 years of racism in America yet. But we have seized from the very day I took office mantle of equity and social justice and built it from a mere idea to a commitment to an office that's actually seen in my executive office to a strategic plan and an implementation plan and the creation of our internal anti-racism core team and their production of anti-racism budget and policy agendas that we have adopted. And this work is both internal to the county and it's 15,000 employees in our programs and external, and about all the institutions of the community. So the fact is that we have been working very vigorously and diligently toward transforming this community. And I would remind you of what we just discussed earlier, which is the notion of this moment as a breakthrough moment, a moment when we can take this work we have been doing and with a suddenly enthusiastic public broadly make rapid progress. That is what is exciting about this moment that we've been beating our head against a wall, we've been charging into the defensive line over and over and over. And finally we see in front of us the open field we needed to run with this transformation. And so I'm very excited about it. And I really want folks to be able to better see, and hopefully this campaign will allow them the remarkable work that we have been doing over the course of my administration in equity, social justice and anti-racism. Crystal Fincher: [00:12:09] So do you think the... I mean, I certainly think that the public is more aware and enthusiastic about addressing some of the inequities that we now see the consequences that come from letting them languish. Do you think that's the difference and being able to accomplish more than was accomplished in your prior terms is having public buy-in? Is that the big difference that you're seeing? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:12:34] Yeah. We've accomplished quite a lot in terms of building in an equity lens in everything we do and all the work that we set about to do in community. But yes, that's what matters on anti-racism, that's what matters on climate and clean water, that's what matters on criminal legal system transformation. That is what matters is getting the public to focus on the progress that we're working to make and to join in it. And this public now is really ready for it. And it is unfortunate but predictable that it takes the kinds of crises we lived through over the course of the last 15 months to make that so. But it was very clear even last summer that the public mood had changed dramatically. And I said very clearly and publicly, even at that time, this was our moment. The door had been kicked open, that progress was possible, and we can't let it close like it did 50 years ago. For example in the, in the 1960s, when change was in the air and the opportunity to transform America and make it live up to its ideals was possible. And then Richard Nixon and his Southern strategy took everything in reverse. And that reverse lasted really for a half century. We made halting forward progress. But having the public be galvanized around the kinds of transformation this nation needs is something that's rare indeed. And we have to keep that door kicked open and put our shoulder to it and drive through. Crystal Fincher: [00:14:11] Certainly have to drive through. Do you think that there is the possibility of heading off, I guess, a crisis that comes from the convergence of these problems and them lasting for so long? Do you think that there's a way to galvanize the public without requiring a crisis? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:14:34] There should be, but is often been repeated that with crisis comes opportunity and the opportunity of this crisis is to refocus people on the failings of our nation, the way in which our reality is so misaligned with our ideals and the story we've always told about ourselves. And I think that... I mean, just to be perfectly frank, having white America suddenly wake up to the reality, to have the scales dropped from their eyes and to see what's going on is a critical turn of events and is a chance to drive kind of real change that we have been struggling to create at King county over the course of years with our equity and social justice work. Crystal Fincher: [00:15:23] Absolutely. Well, and you mentioned that there's an opportunity now, and there certainly is an opportunity with a lot of renewed or just new public enthusiasm to build a new normal. I mean, we touched on the recovery before, economically a lot of people who already had a lot have done spectacularly financially through this pandemic and headed where they started. [crosstalk] But we still have a lot, particularly women, particularly women of color who have lost their jobs and those jobs haven't come back, who are suffering from not having childcare that disappeared during the pandemic, people struggling still to make bills, people still who are impacted by this eviction moratorium and afraid that the past due rent that's going to come due here real soon is going to make it impossible to stay into their homes. What should you be doing? What can you do? What are you doing and what will you do to help the people who need it the most? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:16:30] Well, we are focusing all the funds that we can get from the federal government, from the state government money that we're able to scrape up locally and into a recovery package. And the council has just passed our seventh COVID supplemental, emergency supplemental measure, and I'm putting together the eighth. And the one that the council just passed, included my proposal for a $25 million for economic recovery for BIPoC and, sorry for using that generic term, and women-owned businesses that have been particularly disadvantaged during the crisis and because, and for rental assistance, the amount of between this budget, one a few weeks before to $150 million in additional rental assistance for people who are behind on the rent in King County and there will need to be more because it is humanitarian challenge to be sure if people lose their homes. And it's also enormously more expensive to get people out of homelessness and back into a home than to keep them housed where they are. It is going to require more help from the federal government or the state government or at least more authority from the state government to the local government, which we do not have to be able to raise the funds to get people through the rest of this. But I got to say that the key for us is having our economy functioning and functioning for everyone, rather than just those who are fortunate enough to have come here with the skills to land the kinds of jobs as economy is now offering. One of the ways in which we are responding in King County I several weeks ago signed a pro equity contracting executive order. And that is designed to give Black and Latino and Asian and Indigenous owned businesses better access to government contracts. For example, construction contracts. We have over $100 billion of public contracts in the pipeline in King County over the course of the next couple of decades, including sound transit. And that is enormous opportunity for entrepreneurs, for skilled trades people, for generations who have been left out of the economic story of this region to be able to build a secure economic future for themselves and their families. And as I mentioned before, these high-tech businesses just to give an example, are going to keep hiring, they're going to keep growing and we need to not simply settle for people moving here from elsewhere to take those jobs, and then squeezing people out of the housing market. We need to be much more purposeful about connecting people to the training they need, the skills they need to be able to get those jobs and to have specific jobs targeted for people who are getting skilled up right here in King County. So it's exciting. Eddie Rye and others are helping create this organization that is going to be providing this training and making the connections to the big employers and having them figure out how to move people from where they are economically stuck across this gulf into a place of expanding economic opportunity in the businesses that are growing here in King county. Crystal Fincher: [00:20:17] That is certainly important. And making sure people have jobs in that opportunity. I've heard your opponent mention and other people mention, in this climate where there certainly has been a significant amount that you and the King County council have authorized to go for a variety of different types of help and assistance throughout this pandemic, there were some other things that popped up that people question. Certainly before the pandemic looking at the, what was it, $135 million that wound up going to Safeco Field and people including Councilmember Dave Upthegrove said, hey, that can be going to affordable housing and should be, or the proposal to bail out the convention center with $100 million of county dollars that I think they ultimately found public (Crystal meant to say private) financing which I think a lot of people were advocating for them to do from the beginning. With those during that time, it was certainly talked about, I'm sure you heard, hey, should we be spending it here? Is this the priority? Or should we be giving it more directly to the people who are impacted? How did you work through that? How did you rationalize that? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:21:32] So the visitor taxes, the hotel, motel taxes, the tourist taxes are supposed to go to pay for things that keep the tourism industry, the visitor industry going and creates thousands of jobs, livelihoods for people throughout the county. And baseball is about the biggest tourism thing we have. And it is a public building that has to be kept standing. But what is never said by the critics is that, back then all of this tourism business allowed us to spend some 600, I believe, $660 million on affordable housing. It is the goose that laid the golden egg, and we need to continue to foster it because there are direct jobs in the visitor industry. And it also produces a lot more revenue that can go to the important social programs, including housing that we fund. The Convention Center is also an enormous economic engine and employer, high quality family wage jobs, building that building. Well, over 1000 of them that were in jeopardy of ending in the middle of a pandemic. But more than that, all of the jobs operating that and the restaurants and all of the services that visitors here, thousands of visitors pay for. And that is going to keep an awful lot of people employed, allow them to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads. We cannot allow these important industries to just go by the wayside and Washington state has needed a larger Convention Center for a very long time. I had to go to Olympia. I had to work the legislature over years to try to get them to allow us to expand the Convention Center. When they fail, they finally gave up and handed over control of the entire thing to the county, and we chartered a new organization. And then we constructed a very complex real estate transaction to get that block of downtown Seattle, which was becoming obsolete as a bus depot because of the light rail taking over entirely the downtown tunnel. And then work to get the convention center construction started only to have COVID hit and have it be threatened with being shut down. I mean, this is the work that people need to build a better life. If you go to that Convention Center and you talk with the contractors, many, many, or the laborers and the carpenters many, many of them are People  of Color from marginalized communities who have been recruited into apprenticeships and then journey positions where they're able to build a better life than their parents had, where they're able to provide for their kids to buy a house, to build a secure retirement. That's what we need. That is what we need for us to really have economic justice in this county, not just very wealthy people and then a whole bunch of people scraping by. We need to have kinds of jobs that allow people to earn a solid living. Crystal Fincher: [00:25:03] And certainly, I don't think you'll find anyone who disagrees with the need to make sure that we are protecting workers and protecting the industries that serve Seattle a lot. And you are endorsed by quite a few labor unions. So they have been seemingly very happy with how you have proceeded in your activities. I guess the question that I have would be, does the fact that they ultimately ended up finding private financing mean that maybe we should push harder on, especially entities who their backers may have more resources than the average person, to try and find private solutions for bailouts, as opposed to the public need to bail them out? How do you think about that? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:25:55] I think it is an appropriate role for government to keep important economic activity happening. And during the pandemic, the credit for projects that were funded by tourism taxes dried up because the tourism economy collapsed. But what the market learned ultimately was that that was not going to be a permanent circumstance, that visitors were going to come back and that they needed to get the Convention Center done and it was a good investment. But there was a period when they needed the guarantee of money in order to be able to keep people employed and not have to mothball the project. So this is where, I guess this is sort of taking a step back here, this is where you find the difference between sort of ideology and the reality in which we have to work. And the reality in which I have to work is real people with real jobs and real hard choices. Yeah, sure. I would, of course love to be able to just pursue a sort of utopian vision. But the fact is that we have real-world constraints that we have to figure out how to deal with. And the trick has been to figure out how to keep our values front and center to have our budgeting and our policy follow those values. And we've been I think unarguably very successful at that. Crystal Fincher: [00:27:16] Well, I think in that vein, there's another issue about values and practicality that has popped up in this campaign about campaign finance and whether it is good and okay. Your opponent made a pledge to not accept PAC dollars or corporate PAC dollars, I think he termed it. And you made the point in a forum, I think it was, hey, it looks like you have accepted PAC donations, which led to a conversation about while it was a different kind of pack or an association. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:27:57] Yeah, it's splitting hairs. It is posturing and splitting hairs. Crystal Fincher: [00:28:04] So how do you view who donates to you and what that says about where you stand and the influence that they have? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:28:15] Well, I think my record is absolute proof of where I stand and you may agree with it, you may disagree with it, but it is very clear, well-documented and I think my record shows that I am pro environment that I'm pro labor, that I'm pro equity, that I'm pro transit mobility. And I've not just said those things out loud, I've actually done the heavy lifting to make them real. And so if he is afraid that he will be influenced by PAC donations then fine by me, if he doesn't want to accept donations, I know who I am. I know what I stand for. I know the work I've done. And I do think that if he is going to say, he's not going to accept PAC donations or corporate PAC donations or corporate association PAC donation or whatever it is, he should at least be consistent. And I don't think he has been. Crystal Fincher: [00:29:21] Consistency is key. We were looking back and we've also interviewed Senator Nguyen and he mentioned as we were talking about this, because I asked him, and we had a conversation about, hey, is it really different? Are they special interests ultimately? It does seem like splitting hairs. But he brought up, hey, this is after $750,000 of expenditures in this race. And I actually thought he misspoke, but looking back at it, you received over $300,000 in contributions in 2018, over $400,000 almost $400,000, $398,000, in 2019, $142,000 in 2020, $479,000 in 2021. Now first, fundraisers are just excited about this and yours  has done an excellent work. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:30:15] $175,000 last month. Crystal Fincher: [00:30:16] You are a fundraising juggernaut, but you've also spent in 2018, $233,000, in 2019, $312,000, 2020, $77,000. Before you ever drew an opponent, you are comfortable and lots of people would argue, you are a comfortable incumbent. What do you think that says about the state of campaign finance? What are you spending that on in the campaign in the first place? And do you think that is a healthy ecosystem when you're not, I guess in essence, publicly campaigning, in the sense when you look at a lot of the other local elected officials who run campaigns in the years or maybe the year before they run a campaign, but spending multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars on off years? Does that just seem it's kind of a campaign industrial complex? Do you feel like that's healthy? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:31:15] Well, I mean, there definitely is a campaign industrial complex, there are all these consultants out there, including my opponents consultants who are building a living figuring out how to make money off of campaigning. Crystal Fincher: [00:31:29] I mean hey, I'm a consultant too. I'm not knocking it all, but man, those are eye popping numbers. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:31:34] Stuff costs money. I had an amusing conversation just before we started this podcast where the very leftist political candidate who was calling me, asking for my help in raising money and about the fact that no matter how pure your beliefs, everything costs. People who do work need to be able to keep a roof over their heads. People who have expertise deserve to be paid for it. People who contribute their time should be fairly compensated and they don't deliver mail for free and they don't carry your video for free. None of that stuff's free, nothing's free. And this is a county of 2.3 million people. So this is larger than 15 states. So it is an expensive proposition, is also a very big job with over 15,000 employees and over $12 billion budget. And as I said 2.3 million people to account for. It is painting on a very large canvas, so it does end up costing money. Yeah. And I don't like having to raise money, I find it painful. I'm sort of by nature an introvert, the act of having to pick up the telephone and ask someone to donate is excruciating. I don't like going to events, I find it exhausting. But the fact is that that's what you have to do. That is what you need to do in order to be able to serve. And if you're not willing to do it, then you can't build a three county light rail system or create the nation's leading early childhood development program. So is it worth it? I don't know. But it is what you got to do in order to be able to do the good work. Crystal Fincher: [00:33:29] Sure. And speaking of the hard work and the tough work, public safety has certainly been an issue that a lot of different jurisdictions have been tackling in a variety of different ways or not tackling for some jurisdictions. King County recently voted to stop electing the Sheriff and making it appointed. There have been a number of high profile incidences within the King County Sheriff's department and calls very vocally recently from a broad swath of the public. And looking at the vote for those charter amendments, it looks like the majority of King county wants to see some substantive reform. In looking at that, do you one, agree that there's a need for substantive reform? What are your plans for that reform and why do you think that was not as urgent a need to act on before in the prior 12 years? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:34:30] Well, I mean, I don't know that anybody thought it wasn't an urgent need. So long before the Sheriff's issue was on the ballot, it was long before this sudden awakening in America, around the reality of police violence and Black Lives Matter that we undertook to completely upend and rewrite the system of inquests in officer involved deaths in King County. I did that sitting at the table with the bereaved families of those who died at the hands of police. And when we did that, we did it to remove this situation where we got to the end of the process and the police officer was asked, well, did you fear for your life? And that police officer inevitably said, yes, I feared for my life, that's why I shot. And then it was used as some sort of exoneration, subjective fear, and we turned it into a process that would reveal whether that officer followed their training. And if so, whether their training was in fact flawed, whether the policies and the procedures, the equipping of those officers has to be changed by the responsible agency, whichever agency it is. And when we did that with these families, I think we created a really enlightened and forward looking process. One that is directed at figuring out how we can change the use of force, the use of force by police officers. And we were immediately sued by the Seattle Police Department by my own King County Sheriff's office, by police agencies all around the county, who said they shouldn't be forced to comply with this. And it's before the Supreme Court now. I'm really pleased that we did such good work, but it's only the beginning and getting those charter amendments passed to allow me to take control of the Sheriff's Office is an important step forward. We've even panel the community group that is going to be the core of our community co-creation of the new duties and structure of the Sheriff's Office, and will help me identify the person who will be the next Sheriff accountable to me and to the Council and to the people. And we will be taking over as well the hiring, the firing the discipline in the Sheriff's office. But there's a lot more than that, and we can talk about this forever. I'm very convinced that as a society and certainly within King County we need to narrow the scope of problems. Of course, the police are called and broaden the availability of public health and human service interventions to help unwind conflict and communities to help individuals who are having behavioral health challenges. And I've deployed in the courthouse area, a 24 hour days, seven day a week team, behavioral health team to do just that, to go out, to engage those who are having behavioral health challenges on the streets, to get them inside, to get them to treatment, the help they need to keep them from being in harm's way and to help them make halting steps forward on the road to recovery. That's possible to do in other communities too. Crystal Fincher: [00:37:59] I think that's positive. I guess the thing is, with the inquest process, it doesn't actually have any accountability at the end of it. It's a fact finding exercise. Knowing the facts is absolutely necessary, but what's the connection between finding out those facts and actual accountability. And in a way, go ahead. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:38:19] The authority rests with the agency that employs the police. So if it was a King County Sheriff's deputy involved, that exercise where we found out whether or not they follow their training or whether it was the training and procedures themselves that were flawed, would then land back in the lap of the person in this case right now, the Sheriff, these separately elected Sheriff, but later the appointed Sheriff and the Executive to fix. And the same thing is true if it is a city police department like Kent or Seattle. But the county does not have the ability to go sanction the city of Kent for their officer's actions. However, the prosecuting attorney, if he finds that a crime has been committed can bring criminal charges as our prosecutor has in the case of the city of Auburn. Crystal Fincher: [00:39:11] Well, and I guess the ultimate question is with King County Sheriff's deputies in your capacity as King County Executive what responsibility do you have to ensure that there is actual accountability and what are your plans for that? Executive Dow Constantine: [00:39:28] Well, I'm excited about having the opportunity to create that accountability starting January 1st. So I'm excited that we are now finally going to be able to move forward on the pilot for body-worn cameras, but I want to make them permanent and ubiquitous. I want all officers to have cameras on them, and I want the cameras to be on whether they're in the unincorporated area or in the many cities that contract with King county, because I don't think anybody should be afraid of the truth. I am wanting us to get through, and I wish that the current sheriff would get through the huge backlog of disciplinary actions. I want us to be able to negotiate, which they have not succeeded in doing, the ability for the office of law enforcement oversight to have real teeth so that we have an agency that can independently not the internal investigations, one that can independently assess what has happened in police use of force and take corrective action. There are a whole bunch of opportunities that come with the public's embrace of these charter amendments. And I do not think that before George Floyd, before last year, the public would have been ready to make this change, but it is one that I've been advocating a long time, and I'm very excited to have the opportunity to move forward on. And now these, I talked earlier about the big difficult issues transforming the criminal legal system, which is fundamentally flawed all across this country is an opportunity for King County not just to fix things here, but to provide models that can be followed by other jurisdictions to begin to create the change we want to see in our nation. And that is as you can tell, I'm talking excitedly about this. That is the reason I want to run for reelection, that we have the chance to do things that weren't possible even a year and a half ago or that were going to happen very slowly, haltingly, at a great glacial pace. We have the chance to run the field and I want to do it. Crystal Fincher: [00:41:34] Well, this is certainly an interesting and exciting race. It is great to be able to hear in detail your plans and the progress that you've been able to make, and your stance on, on all of these issues that are pressing. And we thank you for spending the time with us today. Thank you so much. Executive Dow Constantine: [00:41:55] Thanks for having me. Crystal Fincher: [00:41:57] Thank you for listening to Hacks and Wonks. Our chief audio engineer at KVRU is Maurice Jones Jr. The producer of Hacks and Wonks is Lisl Stadler. You can find me on Twitter @finchfrii, spelled, F-I-N-C-H-F-R-I-I. And now you can follow Hacks and Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Just type in Hacks and Wonks into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get our Friday almost live shows and our mid-week show delivered to your podcast feed. You can also get a full text transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced during the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the podcast episode notes. Thanks for tuning in. Talk to you next time.

Today's honored guest is Leslie Brown, she is the creator of the “Reduced Stress Method” that is for busy professional women for better energy, to find focus, and sleep. She is a pioneer in the space where tech meets holistic health and chronic illness. Email Leslie to get a 1 hour phone call through 2021 subject "Eva sent me" - coachlesliebrown@gmail.com Eva is founder and CEO of The Elevate Institute and a certified Nutritional Counselor in Nutritional Balancing and Hair Mineral Analysis supported by Near Infrared Sauna Therapy. She is also certified in Personal Nutrition, Metaphysical Healer and certified as a M.I.N.D.S. Holistic Alternative Psychology Master Practitioner. Eva invites you to learn more at theelevateinstitute.com.

Leslie Brown International Casting Director known for the film Nomad. Leslie Brown Casting. Forgive us for sound quality recorded live remote. Happy New Year! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sneakies Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. Other awesome podcasts: Girl's Guide To Investing, Enchanting Book Readings, Thrilling Stories & The Haunting Dairies of Emily Jane. :) https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/anonymouscontent Thank you! Paypal (friends & family) petcarebuddies@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/sneakies Please Subscribe to our YouTube:) https://www.youtube.com/user/Fellinijr/videos Zombie Diaries: https://youtu.be/tBmgi3k6r9A Our books :) Young Adult wizard book series: "Margaret Merlin's Journal" by A. A. Banks at Amazon! :) MMJ Book I The Battle of the Black Witch https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Battle-Black-ebook/dp/B01634G3CK MMJ Book II Unleashing the Dark One Science fiction action adventure https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Unleashing-Dark-ebook/dp/B01J78YH6I MMJ Book III The Mask of the Parallel World An Adventure in Italy https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Parallel-World-ebook/dp/B01KUGIZ8W/ MMJ Book IV The Quest for the Golden Key https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Quest-Golden-ebook/dp/B076FTTDQN https://www.instagram.com/margaretmerlinsjournal/ Top kids podcast: Enchanting Book Readings https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enchanting-book-readings-reviews/id1498296670 Podcasts: Girl's Guide To Investing, Thrilling Stories, Enchanting Book Readings & Legitimately Mallie ;) All volunteer recording. Disclaimer this podcast is for entertainment purposes. No responsible for any errors or omissions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/filmaddicts/support

Leslie Brown International Casting Director known for the film Nomad. Leslie Brown Casting. Forgive us for sound quality recorded live remote. Happy New Year! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sneakies Thank you for listening and supporting the podcast. Other awesome podcasts: Girl's Guide To Investing, Enchanting Book Readings, Thrilling Stories & The Haunting Dairies of Emily Jane. :) https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/anonymouscontent Thank you! Paypal (friends & family) petcarebuddies@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/sneakies Please Subscribe to our YouTube:) https://www.youtube.com/user/Fellinijr/videos Zombie Diaries: https://youtu.be/tBmgi3k6r9A Our books :) Young Adult wizard book series: "Margaret Merlin's Journal" by A. A. Banks at Amazon! :) MMJ Book I The Battle of the Black Witch https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Battle-Black-ebook/dp/B01634G3CK MMJ Book II Unleashing the Dark One Science fiction action adventure https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Unleashing-Dark-ebook/dp/B01J78YH6I MMJ Book III The Mask of the Parallel World An Adventure in Italy https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Parallel-World-ebook/dp/B01KUGIZ8W/ MMJ Book IV The Quest for the Golden Key https://www.amazon.com/Margaret-Merlins-Journal-Quest-Golden-ebook/dp/B076FTTDQN https://www.instagram.com/margaretmerlinsjournal/ Top kids podcast: Enchanting Book Readings https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enchanting-book-readings-reviews/id1498296670 Podcasts: Girl's Guide To Investing, Thrilling Stories, Enchanting Book Readings & Legitimately Mallie ;) All volunteer recording. Disclaimer this podcast is for entertainment purposes. No responsible for any errors or omissions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/filmaddicts/support

This week we are discussing how to live in faith with the Founder of Faith Heart Magazine Leslie Brown. Dr. Leslie E. Brown is not shy when it comes to building up young girls and women. She is a South Carolina native who recently returned from living on Asia's continent for the last 2 ½ years, after rebuilding and rebranding herself. She is a thought leader, former educator, author (latest book: The Miracle Comes after the Test), prophetess, and CEO & Founder of Faith Heart Magazine. Over the years, Dr. Brown has worked in nonprofit, a Fortune 500 company as a Project Manager, and an educator online and onsite in K-12 and higher education institutions and facilities throughout the United States. On top of being a mother of two, she holds three university degrees – her highest accomplishment, a Doctor of Education - Educational Leadership with a Higher Education specialization. Faith Heart Magazine is known to the social media world as FHM, Faith Heart, and Faith Heart Mag. Founded in July of 2016, FHM has grown into a global magazine. Faith Heart is a Christian digital and print magazine seeking to equip women with biblical everyday strategies to make a global impact. FHM works hard monthly to speak life, empower women, and transform lives worldwide with heartfelt articles. FHM's slogan is Real Talk. Real Struggles. Real Overcomers. Faith Heart viewer statistics range from the United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Russia, Philippians, Japan, Uganda, and beyond. ANNOUNCEMENTS  Work with our host Shaunté Saphire: https://www.shauntesaphire.com  You can now send questions for the “Ask Shaunté” segment on the podcast. Once I get enough questions, I will start the segment. Please email your questions to info@prayplanslay.com or send me a DM on Instagram. SOCIAL MEDIA INFO  Shaunté Pray Plan Slay - @prayplanslaypodcast  Shaunté Saphire - @shauntesaphire Website: https://www.shauntesaphire.com Leslie  Leslie - www.instagram.com/faithheartmag  Website: faithheartmagazine.com 

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer at U.S. Army Reserve base Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County for a conversation with the crew of Mercy Air medevac operations: area manager Jared Szaroleta, flight nurse Leslie Brown and pilot Jason Martin. Mercy Air's primary mission is to support U.S. Army Reserve operations at Fort Hunter Liggett but they also respond to civilian casualties in Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. Mercy Air maintains a 24-hour presence for medevac service at Fort Hunter Liggett, with four crews and two helicopters. Mercy Air's corporate parent, Air Methods , maintains 300 bases in 48 states with a complement of 400 aircraft. Operations were recently added at Paso Robles Airport. Underwriting support provided by Nashville's Big Back Yard economic initiative focused on rural communities in the southwest quarter of Tennessee and the Shoals Region of Northern Alabama. You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning podcast travel show, Journeys of

Floresville High School January students of the month are Leslie Brown and Dominic Davila. Leslie is the 17-yearold daughter of Jane and Donald Brown. She is in the top 10 of her graduating class with a 4.0 overall grade-point average. She is a member of the Mighty Tiger Band and the National Honor Society. She is enrolled in all advanced classes and also takes dual credit courses through Coastal Bend College. She has been on the All-A Honor Roll throughout high school and has won outstanding student awards for Culinary Arts and Art II. When not busy with schoolwork, Leslie...Article Link

Five-year-old Geoffrey Brown and 7-year-old Leslie Brown were found murdered on March 12, 1975 at 4:45 p.m. Each had been shot twice in the head while lying on a coat in a small clearing in McIver Park, near the City of Estacada.Geoffrey and Leslie were last seen leaving with their mother, Lynne Brown, for a one-day visit from Lynne's ex-husband's house on Feb. 22, 1975 -- and Lynne Brown has not been seen or heard from since.Suspect description: Lynne Brown is described as a white female, 5'2" tall and 110 lbs., with brown hair and green eyes. A forensic artist has prepared an aged drawing as Ms. Brown might appear now. A warrant was issued in October 2006 as a result of this Cold Case investigation.To Report Info: Call the CCSO Tip Line at 503-723-4949DelmarveStudios.net

Maggie's Mudroom is our local Paint your own Pottery Studio located conveniently in downtown Elmira. Throughout the year, Leslie (otherwise known as Maggie) hosts tons of events for people of all ages. Past events include creating birdhouses, Ladies night, make your own beer stein or wine glasses or her Lost Arts After School program for kids. Recently, alongside her daughter and business partner from Local Renaissance Rebecca, they have created a patio behind their businesses. As you will hear in the podcast, they created this lovely space for residents of Elmira to enjoy and cherish. And it is beautiful! This business exemplifies LOCAL. They support local. They buy local. Everything they do is in support of Elmira and its residents. If you haven't checked out her business, you must! Get in contact and learn more about Maggie's Mudroom here: www.elmirafc.com/022

Welcome to the ninth edition of the County Sales Radio Hour with our host Kinney Rorrer. On this show, we will be featuring new releases on various labels that feature the finest bluegrass and old time music. Recent releases by Audie Blaylock & Red Line, Marteka & William, The Lonesome River Band, Dewey & Leslie Brown & The Carolina Gentlemen, Merle Monroe and Tessa Dillon. Plus more great music from The Allegheny Hellbenders, Corbin Hayslett, The Moose Whisperers, Steep Canyon Rangers and much more. And some classic recordings from Tony Rice, Bill Clifton and The Stanley Brothers. Recordings featured on this program are available for purchase through the County Sales website and the County Sales store located in downtown Floyd, VA. You can also hear the County Sales Radio Hour at Radio Bristol every Monday at 12 noon and again on Saturdays at 3 pm.

Mike Yam and Yogi Roth kick off a week highlighting good works around the Pac-12. They discuss how players, coaches, and alumni are using their platforms to make a difference in their communities (2:30). Former Arizona softball pitcher Leslie Brown joins the show to give a first-hand account of being on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic (5:57). Brown explains how her role as an ER trauma nurse has impacted her and her family's life at home right now (7:22). Mike asks how Brown's experience and success in a team sport at Arizona has translated to her medical career (9:22). Brown describes how the Tucson community has supported hospital workers (11:29) and shares how the current pandemic has changed her perspective (13:38).

Kentucky musicians Leslie and Dewey Brown love making music and creating space for music to happen in their home town. Leslie is my guest on this edition of Americana Music Profiles as we talk about Dewey, Dr. Ralph Stanley, and the Brown's new band.

Every September, HazingPrevention.org holds National Hazing Prevention Week to create and share awareness about the dangers of hazing. An instrumental figure in tracking hazing deaths is Hank Nuwer. On the old Eddie Francis Podcast Show, we talked to professional mental health counselors Leslie Brown and Von Eaglin about the psychology of hazing, particularly in the Divine Nine. As a member of a Divine Nine fraternity--Alpha Phi Alpha--I thought it important to talk to a couple of counselors who speak our language, and both came through with great insight about what goes through the mind of potential hazers. Leslie is no stranger to "For Our Edification". A member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., she appeared on episode 4, "The Mental Health Benefits of Giving". Leslie is a relational counselor with extensive experience working with military veterans, veterans' families, and women/families in substance abuse recovery. She is a doctoral candidate at Barry University where her research interests include the evolution of families, polyamory families, race/class/gender and cultural competency as well as indigenous, and traditional mental health healing modalities. Leslie earned her bachelor's degree from Hampton University in Mass Media Arts and her Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from St. Thomas University (Fla).   Von is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. who talks about positive psychology on One Life Radio. Von earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and master's degree in Education at the University of North Texas. He has experience working with physically and sexually abused youth, couples, men’s issues, anger management, adolescents, depression, anxiety, and addictions. Von is currently a doctoral candidate at the North Texas where his research focuses on formulating a new approaches to couples therapy using men’s groups.

[EPISODE] Forest Hills On this show we will journey to Forest Hills in Queens, including the charming Forest Hills Gardens. My guests will be David Griffin, founder and CEO of Landmark Branding, and Leslie Brown, president of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce. Segment 1 Jeff and David discuss the landscape of Forest Hills before it was settled and how it changed into farmland once it was established. David explains how Forest Hills gained its name and its connection with Brooklyn. He talks about the Cord Meyer Development company, its impact on the development of Forest Hills and how it transformed the landscape into what it is now. Jeff and David talk about the beauty and history of the Forest Hills Garden. David explains restrictions that were placed around Forest Hills Gardens and about the covenants who were placing them. Segment 2 David talks about Landmark Branding, the work he does there and his blog “Every Building on 5th.” Jeff and David discuss Station Square’s opening and how it helped drive urbanization of the area.  They discuss Forest Hills and the Westside Tennis Club’s history with the U.S. Open and how the area was synonymous with tennis for years. David talks about celebrities who have performed in Forest Hills including The Beatles and Mumford & Sons and celebrities from Forest Hills, including The Ramones and Spiderman. Segment 3 Jeff comes back from break by introducing his next guest, Leslie Brown who is the president of the Forest Hills Chamber of Commerce. Leslie talks about her background and her parents and family being involved in music. Leslie continues to talk about Forest Hills and the vibe of the neighborhood feeling like a small town in the middle of a big city. She talks about the things that bring people in, from the clothing stores to the fresh food. Jeff and Leslie talk about how the people of Forest Hills have become a lot of small families because of the great schools. Segment 4 Leslie comes back on the mic to talk about all Forest Hills has to offer in relation to its business. She brings up the way to reach her at, fhchamber@aol.com and starts to talk about “Jazz Thursdays.” Leslie started this 15 years ago as something people could do on restaurant row, a street of restaurants in the midst of Forest Hills. Both Jeff and Leslie talk about the Queens jazz trail and how some of the best jazz artists came out of Queens. They continue to talk about Louis Armstrong and the fact that he lived in Corona, Queens for a large portion of his life. Speaking of attractions, Leslie brings up Helen Keller, who also lived in Forest Hills for the majority of her life, and how she was a vibrant community member. Jeff brings up the Festival of Cinema, a ten day film showcase in its third year of existence.

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Listen as Rhea Allen is joined by Leslie Brown, with Cumulus Media. In this podcast, you will learn how Leslie uses her knowledge and passion to help small businesses on their local advertising campaigns. Take a listen! Podcast notes: About Leslie Brown - 00:32 Why does radio work? - 1:28 Radio research - 2:36 High rate of return-4 keys of advertising - 3:09 Consistency - 6:01 Consistent and concise- 8:34 Media in different ways - 10:15 Call to action examples - 10:49 How to be more creative - 12:43 Jingle - 14:43 Successful Campaigns - 15:34 Words of wisdom -24:26 Tell us what you want - 26:15

WRITE TO BEAR ALMS In this first installment of Halima's Write to Bear Alms segment, we take a look a the mental health benefits of giving. To do that, we're taking it back to her old "Write to Bear Alms" radio show which aired on the Dallas-based Radio Azad. Halima's guest was Leslie Brown, a mental health professional who is pursuing her Ph.D. in Counseling. Leslie's mental health work includes stress reduction workshops for various groups and counseling military veterans. She explains the neuroscience behind the feelings of satisfaction that come from giving and how an attitude of gratitude relieves stress. Halima and Leslie also discuss the importance of leveraging giving to help youth develop their mental health. Not only is Leslie a great friend but she also serves on the board of the Purposeful Philanthropy Foundation.

A story told on a summer night, delivered by a someone so average, you wonder why he even bothered. Music by Dewey and Leslie Brown and the Carolina Gentleman.

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Big Daddy Dan Podcast for 20180204 Brian Kroll and My Son the Bum - "Mad Man (Playing in a Mad Worlds Game)| Sly and Robbie Meet Dubmatrix - "Dictionary" | Dewey and Leslie Brown and the Carolina Gentlemen - "Those Old Mountains"| Tagiriju - "8-bit core".

Dr. Leslie Brown is a divorced, single mom-turn Faith Heart Coach, pastor, prophetess, international motivational speaker, trainer and mompreneur who teaches women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shameful (MESS) into a powerful brand (MESS)age that's unapologetic and inspirational.Dr. Brown helps women and young girls (RE)lease their fears, (RE)activate their faith, and (RE)suscitate their hearts.  Faith Heart Coach pulls it strength from Psalm 37:4, "Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."After becoming a mom for the first time at 16 years old, divorced in her late-twenties, and overcoming a major health scare in her mid-thirties, Dr. Brown's life was forever changed.  With numerous setbacks and triumphs under her belt, she completely understands that her purpose is to help women and young girls equip themselves with faith strategies and principles that's applicable for abundant, everyday living.Dr. Brown teaches practical and spiritual principles on her weekly LIVEPURPOSE teleconference call at 10 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.She's a fierce atmosphere shifter, who's speaking platform, captivates multiple audiences bridging nonprofit, faith-based, education, and military.  Her first self-help, Christian based book, The Thorns Within...under the name L. E. Brown can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and multiple other sites.  As part of her platform, she has been blessed to be featured on TheJewelTankardTalkShow, on Impact Network, blogtalkradio shows, and the cover story for Celeblocale blog. Join the inspirational movement and interact with Dr. Brown on multiple social media outlets such as: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Dr. Leslie Brown is a divorced, single mom-turn Faith Heart Coach, pastor, prophetess, international motivational speaker, trainer and mompreneur who teaches women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shameful (MESS) into a powerful brand (MESS)age that's unapologetic and inspirational.Dr. Brown helps women and young girls (RE)lease their fears, (RE)activate their faith, and (RE)suscitate their hearts.  Faith Heart Coach pulls it strength from Psalm 37:4, "Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."After becoming a mom for the first time at 16 years old, divorced in her late-twenties, and overcoming a major health scare in her mid-thirties, Dr. Brown's life was forever changed.  With numerous setbacks and triumphs under her belt, she completely understands that her purpose is to help women and young girls equip themselves with faith strategies and principles that's applicable for abundant, everyday living.Dr. Brown teaches practical and spiritual principles on her weekly LIVEPURPOSE teleconference call at 10 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST) every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.She's a fierce atmosphere shifter, who's speaking platform, captivates multiple audiences bridging nonprofit, faith-based, education, and military.  Her first self-help, Christian based book, The Thorns Within...under the name L. E. Brown can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and multiple other sites.  As part of her platform, she has been blessed to be featured on TheJewelTankardTalkShow, on Impact Network, blogtalkradio shows, and the cover story for Celeblocale blog. Join the inspirational movement and interact with Dr. Brown on multiple social media outlets such as: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Refresh Your Spirit Teleconference Launch June 25th, 2016 11 am www.refreshyourspirit.today It is the midpoint of the year. Time to hit the refresh button. Discover how to renew your spirit to continue the work you started for 2016. Conversely, you may feel the need to catch up. You still have a long to do list to start the vision God has given you for your life. If this applies to you we have a solution. Join us on Saturday, June 25th, 2016 at 11 am for the Refresh Your Spirit Teleconference to renew your spirit and get on the path to purpose. You will learn how to identify your strengths, get clarity for direction and gain the tools to live out your purpose. Our speakers include, Dr. Leslie Brown, founder of Faith Heart Coaching. God wanted her to leave the corporate world and use her gifts to help hurting women. Dr. Brown is a speaker, trainer and mompreneur who teaches women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shame into a game-changing brand. Mr. Mick Lolekonda is a Spiritual Advisor and mentor. Mick is the Founder of Real Life Mechanics, a spiritual, leadership, and business advisory practice for helping purpose­driven individuals who feel called to make a difference through their calling, while staying aligned with their purpose and being spiritually strengthened. Ms. Angeline Lawrence is a spiritual growth specialist and author. She is the publisher of Shine NOW! Magazine and the Shine & Grind Podcast show. She helps clients apply the word of God to real life situations.  Angeline creates a blueprint to combat adversity for working women in the marketplace. The summary of tips from the show include: ·                  Understand difference between a purpose and a goal. ·                  Nurture your relationship with Christ. Spend time in prayer and listen. ·                  Understand your strengths and identity in Christ. ·                  Trust in the vision and take action. Space is limited so secure your spot today. Visit www.refreshyourspirit.today to register and grab your free workbook. We provide crucial questions to get you started on your journey.     Shine NOW! Magazine The June issue is published. You may grab your free copy here. ShineNOW! Magazine is available on the Joomag platform in the digital newsstand on google play store and apple news stand. Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/shinenowmag/ .Subscribe to the magazine and join our exclusive group for networking, growth hacks and other special offers and events.   Audience Survey                                                                                                                                                     Thank you again for listening to the show.  Let us know how we are doing and take a quick survey HERE. NEW Show Sponsor Love with Food, the natural and organic snack subscription box is our proud sponsor. The company donates at least 1 meal to fight childhood hunger with every box purchased. As we celebrate the launch of our digital magazine, SHINE NOW!  in June, Love with Food has a special discount code for new subscribers. Use SHINE and get $5 off your box. Sponsor The Show We have launched our sponsorship packages. Let us highlight your product, book or service on our show. We reach over 100,000 people online. Visit I Want to Be a Sponsor! Join our family and take advantage of pre, mid and post-roll ads. Subscribe 2 Our Show! Don’t forget to follow us on Podbean.com so you will never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Shine and Grind Podcast here: http://bit.ly/1qowRKU .   Join Us on Social Media Visit our Facebook page, like us and leave us a comment about today’s episode at https://www.facebook.com/shineandgrindshow/. Share your testimony with us so we can rejoice with you.   Join our free Facebook Group. It is a powerful community of praying women leaders, Righteous Women of Faith. To join visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/1536935046624442/   About the Host Angeline Lawrence is an author, speaker and spiritual growth specialist. She co-authored Resilience: Living Life by Design, which detailed her faith-based strategy to overcome workplace bullying. Purchase your copy at www.angelinelawrence.com/landing. She will publish her second book, Positioned4Power: The Working Woman’s Guide to Thriving in Life in spring of 2016. Visit http://positioned4power.launchrock.com to sign up to get information for the book’s release.  Marketing and Ministry Partners We want to welcome Building God’s Kingdom Alliance and BGK Virtual Ministries as our new ministry partner. Led by Pastor Michael Delaney, Jr., the ministries are headquartered in the state of Illinois with members worldwide including Ghana and Kenya. Our sister show, The Journey A Meeting of the Minds, is hosted by Ms. Kimberly Collins, the Educated Natural.  Catch her show each Thursday at 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. She conducts transparent discussions with business professionals from a biblical and personal perspective. Get ready as Kimberly takes you on a journey from trial to triumph. Follow her at www.thejourneymastermind.com

Join Dr. Leslie E. Brown as she brings forth the message, "Your Season of Begging is Over." She will be teaching from Acts 3:1-10.A 16- year old teen, divorced, single mom-turn Faith Heart Coach  is a motivational speaker, educator, mentor, pastor, prophetess, and mompreneur who teaches women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shameful (MESS) into a powerful brand (MESS)age that's unapologetic and inspirational.Dr. Leslie Brown helps women (RE)lease their fear, (RE)activate their faith, and (RE)suscitate their heart.  Faith Heart Coach is found upon Psalm 37:4 "Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Every Saturday, Dr. Brown teaches practical, spiritual principles on her weekly live teleconference call at 10 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). This pastor, prophetess, and unshakeable faith believer has worked in various job capacities such as: a former online and onsite college professor, nonpro?t executive director spanning three counties, secondary public school educator, project manager for a major education Fortune 500 company, and program curriculum coordinator for a premier university.  Each position has shaped Dr. Brown into the female leader, mentor, motivational speaker and Faith Heart Coach she is today. Her speaking platform captivates multiple audiences bridging nonpro?t, faith-based, education, and the military. Her ?rst self-help, Christian based book The Thorns Within...published by Author House under the name L. E. Brown-can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and multiple other sites.Leslie's philosophy is-"if you transform your mind, you'll transform your world."  Join the inspirational movement and interact with Dr. Brown on multiple social media outlets such as: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.

Join Dr. Leslie E. Brown as she brings forth the message, "Your Season of Begging is Over." She will be teaching from Acts 3:1-10.A 16- year old teen, divorced, single mom-turn Faith Heart Coach  is a motivational speaker, educator, mentor, pastor, prophetess, and mompreneur who teaches women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shameful (MESS) into a powerful brand (MESS)age that's unapologetic and inspirational.Dr. Leslie Brown helps women (RE)lease their fear, (RE)activate their faith, and (RE)suscitate their heart.  Faith Heart Coach is found upon Psalm 37:4 "Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." Every Saturday, Dr. Brown teaches practical, spiritual principles on her weekly live teleconference call at 10 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). This pastor, prophetess, and unshakeable faith believer has worked in various job capacities such as: a former online and onsite college professor, nonpro?t executive director spanning three counties, secondary public school educator, project manager for a major education Fortune 500 company, and program curriculum coordinator for a premier university.  Each position has shaped Dr. Brown into the female leader, mentor, motivational speaker and Faith Heart Coach she is today. Her speaking platform captivates multiple audiences bridging nonpro?t, faith-based, education, and the military. Her ?rst self-help, Christian based book The Thorns Within...published by Author House under the name L. E. Brown-can be found on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and multiple other sites.Leslie's philosophy is-"if you transform your mind, you'll transform your world."  Join the inspirational movement and interact with Dr. Brown on multiple social media outlets such as: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest.

Refresh Your Spirit: How to Gain Clarity for Your Purpose in Life Dr. Leslie Brown, Faith Heart Coach The chaos in our life indicates God is trying to get our attention. We can gain the clarity we need by confronting the root of our pain.  It is hard to face ourselves, but with prayer and the word of God as our light we can gain the direction we need. Our guest, Dr. Leslie Brown, was a single-mother at 16, divorced and a lived through a debilitating disease. She was ruined financially and almost lost her life. God wanted her to leave the corporate world and use her gifts to help hurting women. Dr. Brown is a speaker, trainer and mompreneur who teaches women and young girls how to live on purpose and turn their shame into a game changing brand. She states, “We must active our faith and put in the work to do his will.” Her first book, The Thorns Within under pin name L.E. Brown can be purchased on Amazon. Her strategies for gaining clarity in your life include the following: 1.        Identify your pain point. What is causing my pain and determine the areas and why 2.        Own your story. Be truthful about where God has brought you. Tell your own story. 3.        Put in the work. Stop being lazy and sit down and get the help you need from a Pastor, life coach or therapist. 4.        Study the word of God. Pay attention to what God is saying to you through his written word. Dr. Brown states, “You must stop being ashamed of your past and own your story.” You can contact Dr. Brown at drlesliebrown@gmail.com. Follow her on social media:  Facebook: www.facebook.com/faithheartcoaching Instagram: shamenomore Twitter: @Shamenomore   Audience Survey                                                                                                                                                     Thank you again for listening to the show.  Let us know how we are doing and take a quick survey HERE. NEW Show Sponsor Love with Food, the natural and organic snack subscription box is our proud sponsor. The company donates 2 meals to fight childhood hunger with every box purchased. As we celebrate the launch of our digital magazine, SHINE NOW!  in June, Love with Food will give away 3 boxes packed with goodies such as Smart Popcorn and Brownie Brittle. The giveaway goes live on Monday, May 23, 2016. To enter visit the link at http://bit.ly/1R8g6P1 . Sponsor The Show We have launched our sponsorship packages. Let us highlight your product, book or service on our show. We reach over 100,000 people online. Visit I Want to Be a Sponsor! Join our family and take advantage of pre, mid and post roll ads. Subscribe 2 Our Show! Don’t forget to follow us on Podbean.com so you will never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Shine and Grind Podcast here: http://bit.ly/1qowRKU .   Join Us on Social Media   Visit our Facebook page, like us and leave us a comment about today’s episode at https://www.facebook.com/shineandgrindshow/. Check out the @LovewithFood photos and giveaway tab. Share your testimony with us so we can rejoice with you.   Join our free Facebook Group. It is a powerful community of praying women leaders, Righteous Women of Faith. To join visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/1536935046624442/     About the Host Angeline Lawrence is an author, speaker and spiritual growth specialist. She co-authored Resilience: Living Life by Design, which detailed her faith-based strategy to overcome workplace bullying. Purchase your copy at www.angelinelawrence.com/landing. She will publish her second book, Positioned4Power: The Working Woman’s Guide to Thriving in Life in spring of 2016. Visit http://positioned4power.launchrock.com to sign up to get information for the book’s release.    Marketing and Ministry Partners We want to welcome Building God’s Kingdom Alliance and BGK Virtual Ministries as our new ministry partner. Led by Pastor Michael Delaney, Jr., the ministries are headquartered in the state of Illinois with members worldwide including Ghana and Kenya. Our sister show, The Journey A Meeting of the Minds, is hosted by Ms. Kimberly Collins, the Educated Natural. Catch her show each Thursday at 7:30 pm est. She conducts transparent discussions with business professionals from a biblical and personal perspective. Get ready as Kimberly takes you on a journey from trial to triumph. Follow her at www.thejourneymastermind.com

An Exclusive Interview with Sister Helen Prejean is the Topic of our Booth One Podcast this Week. Sister Helen is in town in support of the Quality of Mercy Project, a three-month public programming initiative examining the complex issues that arise from the production of Dead Man Walking: forgiveness, compassion, the death penalty, mass incarceration, racial inequality, and social injustice. We are pleased she agreed to spend some time talking to us in our studio. Read more here. Sister Helen Prejean (born in Baton Rouge, LA) is a Roman Catholic nun, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. Her efforts began in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1982 a friend asked her to correspond with convicted murderer Elmo Patrick Sonnier, located in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Sonnier was sentenced to death by electrocution. She visited Sonnier in prison and agreed to be his spiritual adviser in the months leading up to his execution. The experience gave Prejean greater insight into the process involved in executions, and she began speaking out against capital punishment. Prejean has since ministered to many other inmates on death row and witnessed several more executions. Her subsequent book Dead Man Walking, a biographical account of her relationship with Sonnier and other inmates on death row, served as the basis for a feature film, an opera, and a play. In the film, Sister Helen was portrayed by Susan Sarandon, who won an Academy Award for her performance. Also starring Sean Penn. Although Prejean herself was uncredited, she made a minor cameo as a woman in a candlelit vigil scene outside Louisiana State Penitentiary. Prejean's second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions read more here was published in December 2004. In it, she tells the story of two men whom she accompanied to their executions. She believes that both men were innocent. The book also examines the recent history of death penalty decisions. Here is an important one: Glossip v Gross. In this episode we learn more about Sister Helen's extraordinary efforts in this cause and a few things about the remarkable person who is Sister Helen as well. Joining us in the studio is Leslie Brown, the Executive Director of the Piven Theatre Workshop right here in Evanston, IL, where a production of Dead Man Walking is being presented from April 16 - May 15, 2016. We hope you find our interview informative, thought-provoking and enjoyable. Sister Helen is truly a force of nature! The quality of mercy is not strain'd, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty. -The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1 For more information on the Quality of Mercy Project and the Piven Theatre's production of Dead Man Walking, go to Piven Theatre Workshop at http://www.piventheatre.org. You can reach Sister Helen through Facebook at Sister Helen Prejean or on her web site at http://www.sisterhelen.org. See Steve Earle performing Ellis Unit One on YouTube here.

Leslie Brown and Renee Baribeau have spent several years in the geriatric industry and together provide expertise in the areas of nursing, rehabilition, patient liason, health and wellness. They discuss rehabilitation and the benefits of a Transitional Care Unit (TCU).

Leslie Brown and Renee Baribeau have spent several years in the geriatric industry and together provide expertise in the areas of nursing, rehabilition, patient liason, health and wellness. They discuss rehabilitation and the benefits of a Transitional Care Unit (TCU).

We all think at times that life is just out of control and we are feeling the stress to the point we just want to SCREAM!  What do we need to do to calm down, renew and renergize our minds and spirit? Jen Poulson, Health and Wellness Energy Coach and Rhonda Jones, Meditation Expert and Best Selling Author join me to talk about tips you can do right now to renew and renergize your spirit and get your peace back! Dr. Leslie Brown, OB/Gyn DrBev- Emotions R US Webplexx Quality and Affordable Graphic Art&Design DeStress The Mess 21 Day Challenge - Starts Today! Wellness Woman 40 and Beyond E-Magazine- FREE SUBSCRIPTION

It happens to the best of us. On a day like any other, you look in the mirror and find a cranky, worn-out, middle-aged woman staring back at you. A woman who is firmly strapped into a giant pair of GRANNY PANTIES. Yes, aging is inevitable, but looking, and acting, like your grandma is not. So join Mary Fran Bontempo and I as we chat about a new set of Commandments that will enable you to avoid the Granny Panties and love life in the middle years. You'll laugh, learn a few things and with any luck, bid a permanent goodbye to GRANNY PANTIES and the old hag in the mirror! Join us a for a great laugh and some inspiration too!   DeStress The Mess in 21 Days! Click Here for More Info Wellness Woman 40 and Beyond Magazine -Subscribe Now!   Wellness and Business Success Webinar -FREE Listen Now! Dr Leslie Brown,MD  OB/GYN  DrBev Mental Health Counseling      

Are you ready to stop the negative self-talk. Ready to "unhook" yourself from the negative perception you have about you and your life? Karen Wells M.Div, Author of "Unhook 7 Steps to Emotional Freedom" shares with us  the struggles of self-hate, fear, unhealthy thinking, emotional pain, grief, and unforgiveness.  Karen shares 7 practical steps that will help set women free, based on the principles and truths of God's Word. Don't miss this show! You will walk away with some wonderful tools to get rid of that negative self-talk, enter into forgiveness, and approach life in a healthier and happier way.  Please Patronize Our Sponsors Dr. Leslie Brown, OB/Gyn DrBev- Emotions R US Webplexx Quality and Affordable Graphic Art&Design DeStress The Mess 21 Day Challenge - Starts Today! Wellness Woman 40 and Beyond E-Magazine- FREE SUBSCRIPTION

Mark Anthony Neal is joined by Leslie Brown to talk about her work on the Behind the Veil, oral history project. Later, Mark is joined by Koritha Mitchell to talk about her new book Living with Lynching.