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This Is Hell!
Overbroad Antisemitism Definitions Discipline the Jewish Diaspora / Lihi Yona & Itamar Mann

This Is Hell!

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 103:35


Lihi Yona and Itamar Mann join us to discuss their recent UCLA Law Review piece, "Defending Jews From the Definition of Antisemitism." A special 10th anniversary installment of "This Week in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview. Check out Lihi and Itamar's piece here: https://www.uclalawreview.org/defending-jews-from-the-definition-of-antisemitism/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

The Jason Rantz Show
Hour 1: UW antisemites mad they're being punished, WA high court deals blow to 2A, Newark chaos

The Jason Rantz Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 45:27


Activists at UW are up in arms that protesters are actually facing consequences for their blatant antisemitism. Local media is trying create another Kilmar Abrego Garcia story in Spokane. A LIHI homeless program is searching for a new location. The Mayor of Newark, New Jersey was arrested. // The Washington State Supreme Court once again ruled against gun owners. The Trump Administration rescued several American hostages that were being held by the Maduro regime in Venezuela. // The chaos at Newark airport continues.

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books
Lihi Lapid, A WOMAN OF VALOR and ON HER OWN: A Novel

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 32:14


Purchase on Bookshop:A Woman of Valor: https://bit.ly/3EbtOqMOn Her Own: https://bit.ly/4jfeuZaShare, rate, & review the podcast, and follow Zibby on Instagram @zibbyowens! Now there's more! Subscribe to Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books on Acast+ and get ad-free episodes. https://plus.acast.com/s/moms-dont-have-time-to-read-books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Antenne Daily
Unerhört vom 12.03.2025 - LiHi BigBand

Antenne Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 19:26


Unerhört vom 12.03.2025 - LiHi BigBand by Antenne Bad Kreuznach / Idar-Oberstein

Antenne Daily
Unerhört vom 18.12.2024 ~ LiHi Big-Band

Antenne Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 18:43


Unerhört vom 18.12.2024 ~ LiHi Big-Band by Antenne Bad Kreuznach / Idar-Oberstein

The Jason Rantz Show
Hour 2: WA voters don't like capital gains tax, guest Joe Kent, Gen. Alpha slang

The Jason Rantz Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 47:47


What’s Trending: Polls show Washington State voters are heavily in favor of repealing the state’s capital gains tax. Joe Biden is slated to deliver an oval office address on Wednesday about his decision to not run for reelection. GUEST: Joe Kent makes the final case for primary support in WA-03. // Big Local: Tazz the missing Tegu in Granite Falls has been found and reunited with its owner. A suspect is on the loose after a man was attacked by a man with a machete at a LIHI-managed apartment in Bellevue. An Ace Hardware store in Sequim was broken into twice in one week. // Jason reads some of the new slang terms being used by Gen Alpha.  

Locales Only
Lihi Benisty Takes Us On A Journey Into Sound (Baths)

Locales Only

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 21:38


This time on Locales Only, we're picking up Lihi Benisty a breathwork and yoga teacher at the Ope-n Studio after taking one of her eye-opening classes. Lihi is going to walk us through her journey into yoga and breathwork, the way music can guide a class, and a way that all of us can start healing and controlling the stresses that bubble up in life. So buckle up and enjoy the conversation on Locales Only! 

studio ope sound baths lihi journey into sound
The DEI Discussions - Powered by Harrington Starr
FinTech's DEI Discussions #WomenofFinTech | Lihi Lutan, Co-Founder and CEO of Opstream.ai

The DEI Discussions - Powered by Harrington Starr

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 22:01


In the latest episode of FinTech's DEI Discussions, Nadia is joined by Lihi Lutan, Co-Founder and CEO of Opstream.ai where she discusses her unique journey as a founder and the proactive measures she took to network and establish her startup, Opstream.ai. Lihi provides insights into the need for a supportive network, the power of persistence in networking, and the significance of recognising and addressing gender biases in professional settings. She also talks about the importance of men as allies in driving workplace inclusivity, offering practical advice on creating environments where everyone, irrespective of gender, can thrive.

Israel Story
Wartime Diaries: Lihi Lapid

Israel Story

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 21:30


Lihi Lapid is a celebrated photojournalist, columnist and best-selling author - of children's books, cookbooks and award-winning novels. She's also married to Yair Lapid, the former Israeli Prime Minister and current Leader of the Opposition. In 2021 Lihi published Zarot, a sweeping tale that explores a complicated mother-daughter relationship, the tolls of immigration and the reality of marginalized groups within Israeli society. When it came out, it received glowing praise, especially from the notoriously harsh critics at Haaretz who called the novel, “a wonderful work written with restraint and wisdom.” And this spring, three years later and in what is an entirely different world, the English translation - On Her Own - was published by HarperCollins. We sat down to talk about October 7th, feminism, special needs, and what it's like to have a major work of fiction - written by the former Prime Minister's wife - come out in the middle of a war.The end song is Hi Shketa ("Hi Quiet One") by Ivri Lider.Photograph by Jennifer Bukovza, courtesy of Lihi Lapid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rheumnow Podcast
Spondyloarthritis Faculty Panel Q&A - featuring Drs. Eric Ruderman, Lihi Eder, and Lianne Gensler; moderated by Dr. Artie Kavanaugh

Rheumnow Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 28:00


Rheumnow Podcast
PsA Faculty Panel Q&A - featuring Drs. Alexis Ogdie, April Armstrong, and Lihi Eder; moderated by Dr. Artie Kavanaugh

Rheumnow Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 32:34


PEAK MIND
THE ART OF BREATH: AN IMMERSIVE BREATH & SOUND JOURNEY WITH LIHI BENISTY

PEAK MIND

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 19:57


Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and inner peace with renowned breathwork and sound healing practitioner, Lihi Benisty. In this captivating podcast, Lihi gently guides listeners through immersive experiences that harness the power of breath and sound to cultivate harmony within.Whether you're seeking relief from stress, a deeper connection to yourself, or simply a moment of tranquility in your day, this podcast provides a sanctuary where you can come home to yourself. Join Lihi Benisti on this profound journey of self-discovery and experience the profound healing power of breath and sound.@LIHI_BE and @michaeltrainerPlease share with your friends :) 

New Books Network
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Recall This Book
119 Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

Recall This Book

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Political Science
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books in Political Science

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

New Books in Jewish Studies
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books in Jewish Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

New Books in Middle Eastern Studies
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

New Books in Critical Theory
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books in Critical Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

New Books in Anthropology
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books in Anthropology

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

New Books in Israel Studies
Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism. Episode 2

New Books in Israel Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 49:41


Natasha Roth-Rowland is a writer and researcher at Diaspora Alliance, a former editor at +972 Magazine, and an expert on the Jewish far right. She joins anthropologists Lori Allen and Ajantha Subramanian midway through a three-part RTB series, "Violent Majorities: Indian and Israeli Ethnonationalism." Listen to episode 1 here. The three discuss the transnational formation of the Jewish far right over the 20th and 21st centuries, the gradual movement of far right actors into the heart of the Israeli state, and the shared investment in territorial maximalism, racial supremacy, and natalism across the Zionist ideological spectrum. Coming up next in RTB 120: Lori and Ajantha sit down with John to synthesize what Murli and Natasha had to say about Ethnonationalism in Indian and in Israel. Mentioned in the episode Ben Shitrit, Lihi. Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. El-Or, Tamar, and Gideon Aran. “Giving Birth to a Settlement: Maternal Thinking and Political Action of Jewish Women on the West Bank.” Gender and Society 9, no. 1 (February 1995): 60-78. Neuman, Tamara. “Maternal ‘Anti-Politics' in the Formation of Hebron's Jewish Enclave.” Journal of Palestine Studies 33, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 51-70. Neuman, Tamara. Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. Krampf, Arie. The Israeli Path to Neoliberalism: The State, Continuity, and Change. New York, NY: Routledge, 2018. Read and Listen here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/israel-studies

The Heartful Parent Podcast
Episode 36: Up Close & Personal with Israeli Mom, Lihi Netzer

The Heartful Parent Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 39:40


My friend and colleague, Lihi Netzer joins me on the podcast today. Lihi is a fellow Positive Discipline Educator and Parent Coach. She focuses her work on pre-teens and teens struggling with social emotional challenges. Today, Lihi is here for a different reason.  Lihi lives in Tel Aviv, Israel and she is sharing her personal account of living and parenting through the events that happened in Israel on October 6 & 7, 2023. Lihi not only shares her story, but also talks about parenting her own 10 & 13 year olds during a very scary time. All of this through the lens of her expertise as a Parent Coach and a Life Coach for teens and pre-teens.  Lihi's story and perspective are inspiring. She talks about strength versus resilience. She speaks about how to secure the connection with your kids before the hard conversations can even begin. And she gets very raw and real about what it was like during and after the attacks, as a person, as a parent, and as someone who supports other parents and teens. The T.A.L.K. S.C.A.R.E.D.© Framework I shared on Episode 35 of the podcast can be a starting point for talking to your own kids. But, please reach out if you need support. You can find me on my website, theheartfulparent.com or send me an email christy@theheartfulparent.com. Resources: T.A.L.K. S.C.A.R.E.D.© Framework  

INCRMNTAL: Podrick the Podcast
Inside INCRMNTAL with Lihi Lubelski HR Recruiter

INCRMNTAL: Podrick the Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 24:40


Dive into the heart of HR excellence and career success on the latest episode of 'INSIDE INCRMNTAL.' Join your host, Johana Leeflang, as we sit down with Lihi, the one-woman HR powerhouse at INCRMNTAL. Lihi shares her inspiring professional journey and offers priceless insights on acing interviews. But that's not all – she unveils the secrets to landing a coveted job at INCRMNTAL. Whether you're a job seeker looking to up your game or curious about thriving at INCRMNTAL, this episode is your guide. Get ready to learn, grow, and succeed with 'INSIDE INCRMNTAL.

Hacks & Wonks
Week in Review: August 25, 2023 - with Matt Driscoll

Hacks & Wonks

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 40:01


On this week-in-review, Crystal is joined by metro news columnist and opinion editor for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Matt Driscoll! They discuss numerous counties suing Washington state over behavioral health failures, the importance of a raise for Tacoma City Council and other public servants, Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward's shady association with Christian nationalist Matt Shea, devastating wildfires and smoke across Washington, and the backstory of Pierce County Village and a recent veto override. 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 co-host, Matt Driscoll, at @mattsdriscoll.   Resources “Most of Washington's counties are suing the state for refusing to provide necessary behavioral health treatment under state law” by Andrew Villeneuve from The Cascadia Advocate   “More than half of WA counties have filed suit against the state for behavioral health failures” by Shauna Sowersby from The News Tribune   “Tacoma City Council is getting a big raise. Think they don't deserve it? Think again” by Matt Driscoll for The News Tribune   “Spokane mayor says she didn't know Matt Shea would be at Christian nationalist concert headlined by Matt Shea's Christian nationalist buddy” by Nate Sanford from Inlander   “Destructive fires swept through Spokane County last weekend, killing two and leaving hundreds without homes” by Samantha Wohlfeil and Nate Sanford from Inlander   “How behind-the-scenes politics helped win approval for Pierce County homeless village” by Shea Johnson from The News Tribune   “In rare move, Pierce County Council overrides executive veto on homeless village zoning” by Becca Most from The News Tribune   Find stories that Crystal is reading here   Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm Crystal Fincher, and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington state through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get the full versions of our Tuesday topical show and our Friday week-in-review delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, the most helpful thing you can do is leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today, we are continuing our Friday week-in-review shows where we review the news of the week with a co-host. Welcome back to the program, friend of the show and today's co-host: metro news columnist and opinion editor for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Matt Driscoll. Hey! [00:01:08] Matt Driscoll: Hello - thanks for having me once again - it's always a pleasure. [00:01:11] Crystal Fincher: Thanks for coming back. We love our super informative and inside look into Pierce County whenever you're on - always a pleasure. I wanna start off talking about something that a lot of counties got together to do this week - and that is sue the state of Washington. Why are they suing and what's happening here? [00:01:32] Matt Driscoll: It's part of a long-running failure in our state mental health system involving folks who enter the criminal justice system and then get referred, one way or the other, to either competency evaluations or to stand trial, then flipped over to a system of civil commitments. This lawsuit involves 22 counties coming together to sue the state, claiming that the state - at facilities like Western State Hospital - is failing to provide the services to folks who do flip into that civil commitment area. And recently DSHS, Western State has been refusing a lot of those patients because they say they've been working to make room for folks who fall under the Trueblood settlement, which was the State Supreme Court ruling that basically - found that the state has an obligation and needs to do more to provide the competency evaluations and those sorts of things and potential restorative services to make someone able to stand trial. So it all involves folks who enter into the criminal justice system, then get referred to behavioral health, mental health stuff, and basically just the state's long-running failure to be able to provide the kinds of services and beds that those folks need and they deserve. It's all very complicated. It's just another indication of the state's continued failure to provide those services and beds. We've been talking about this for a very long time. It's very clear that it's still a total failure on the state's part, at least in my opinion. [00:03:01] Crystal Fincher: As you said, we've been talking about failures in this system for years - have heard some shocking and horrifying stories over the years. This is an issue that has been one of the biggest dogging Governor Inslee's administration during this term. And not to say he's absolutely the cause of all of these problems - I'm sure some of them were definitely inherited, there's a lot of challenges within this system. And as they point out, there have been recent investments to try and deliver on that settlement in the Trueblood decision, to try and turn the corner and get out of this crisis. One of the challenges here that they brought up is that there seems to be a conflict in that Trueblood decision - something that essentially is breaking this current system. As the Governor's office pointed out in their response, the Trueblood decision actually prevents them from taking new civil commitment clients. And that's one of the things that the counties are saying - Hey, they shouldn't be doing. So this almost seems like partly a corrective measure or seeking order to say - There's a conflict here - this order is essentially grinding this system to a halt. Once again, we're trying to fix it - we need some order. Do you know if there's some other entity that can take these civil commitments? [00:04:15] Matt Driscoll: Just to be 100% clear on this, I am by no means an expert on the intricacies of the state's behavioral health system - it's supposed to work and it's not working. That being said, it's another one of these massive gaps that we see so often in our system. You're right about the horror stories, going back to the Trueblood decision - you still hear, to this day, stories about folks who end up in jails for long periods of time, even before they've stood trial, waiting to have services available at somewhere like Western State where they can even get a competency evaluation. Think about the human rights aspects of that - of people being warehoused in jails, awaiting these court-mandated evaluations - that's the problem that Trueblood's intending to fix. On the same token, we've clearly got all these folks who shouldn't be in the criminal justice system. As the governor pointed out and others pointed out - in defense of the state, if you will - the referrals for these civil commitments are way up in recent years. I forget the statistics off the top of my head, but I think it might be like 40%, so we're seeing more and more of these folks being flipped out of the criminal justice system intended to send to the civil commitment system. It's just not working and there's a huge gap. And we can talk about how complicated it all is, and the way it gets siloed, and all the ways it's supposed to work, and the way it's not working - we have a wholly inadequate behavioral health system in our state. Decades and decades of underfunding - we've never acknowledged, we've done some piecemeal stuff. I certainly give the state and the Inslee administration credit for recent investments, but the bottom line is that this is piecemeal drops in the buckets trying to patch up a system that is just wholly unprepared to meet the demands of today. And people are suffering because of it. [00:05:54] Crystal Fincher: People are suffering, their civil rights are being violated, and some of these are resulting in horrific abuses in these overworked, sometimes unaccountable systems. This is happening against a backdrop of several employees within DSHS calling for the head of DSHS to resign. How does this even get untangled? It's time for major, systemic, urgent action beyond what we've done - clearly, what is already happening is not enough. [00:06:25] Matt Driscoll: One thing that the counties point out in the lawsuit is because these civil commitments are not being accepted or in some cases being discharged, you've got public safety issues. You have folks who the system has determined would be best served by ongoing treatment and civil commitments essentially being released. And that's, again - wherever you fall on the debates of how the state should be handling the interaction of criminal justice and behavioral health, it's just a bad scene all around. As a state with as many resources as Washington, we should be ashamed - similar to our public education system. A left-leaning state with progressive lawmakers and clear Democratic majorities - the fact that we are so clearly failing on this stuff is a black eye and again, people are suffering because of it. [00:07:10] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. I also wanna talk about a recent decision from a commission in Tacoma that's going to take effect soon to increase the salaries, by a pretty significant amount, of the Tacoma City Council. And you wrote a column about this this week, which I thought was very timely and appropriate and a conversation that a lot of cities are having and more will continue to. And that's - these raises are absolutely justified and should go further when we look at the scope of responsibility involved in these positions. What did you talk about in your column? [00:07:46] Matt Driscoll: This has been an issue for me for a long time, as someone who's followed City Council government in Tacoma. At the root of the problem, it's that historically - City Council in Tacoma, third largest city in the state - it's considered a part-time job, it's paid as such. The reality of it is that anyone who served in that position knows it's not a part-time job, it's a full-time job. When I started at The News Tribune, councilmembers were making $40,000. Considering the challenges that Tacoma faces, I think there's lots of room for critique. People can see these raises and think about job performance - Do these guys deserve raises? But that's not really what it's about, right? It's about our system of government and who has the ability to run for office and serve under kind of the framework we have set up. We have historically considered this a part-time, low-paying position. If you're an average person in Tacoma with a family or financial responsibilities, the idea of signing up for what you're paid for as a part-time job that's clearly gonna be a full-time job and still trying to meet any of that - it becomes impossible. It severely limits the pool of candidates that are available. [00:08:56] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely - several perspectives are left out. Beyond that, we're asking them to do such an important job. The things we talk about every week on this show - from public safety to economic development to land use policy and educational decisions - every thing that touches your life, we're asking them to do. It's wild to me that in the same society, we will justify $100 million salaries of CEOs of companies, yet cities and organizations with comparable budgets we're asking to settle for $30,000, $50,000. When we look at how important the job is and the expertise and commitment that it really does require, there's no getting around the fact that this is definitely a full-time job, especially - when it's done right, it's beyond a full-time job. I think most people can agree, no matter what your political affiliation, that it's not. We also are talking about shortages in several of these sectors too, so we need to pay people more for the work that's being done if we wanna expect better results. [00:10:00] Matt Driscoll: And it's like, regardless of what you think about the current council's job performance, what do you want your City Council person to be? Do you want it to be someone who is dedicating 20 hours a week to it and juggling a bunch of other stuff, or do you want somebody who's able to attack it like a full-time job and dedicates the time and energy it takes - both to be responsive to citizen concerns and do the homework that it takes to make good policy decisions? This isn't to call out any particular City councilmembers over the years, but I think if you've closely observed City Council here in Tacoma, you can see folks are learning these issues as they go and they're asking these questions, and a lot of times you'll be - Oh my God, that's a pretty obvious question. Do you want someone who has the time to dedicate to the job? And even more than that, do you want to make this a job feasible for some people to take on, or do you want to make this a job that only a few fairly privileged, essentially wealthy or better off folks can take on? For most people, the question is the latter. I think historically the idea of making Tacoma City, or a city council, and even the State Legislature part-time is that it would allow average people to serve in democracy - that's one of the ideals there. But in practice, I think what it really does, particularly these days, is it severely limits the type of people who are able to feasibly serve in office. You see that in some of the races that we've got going this year in Tacoma, particularly on the Jamika Scott District 3 race, where she's a local community activist and artist. She's more of an average person - she doesn't have a bunch of money, she's not the executive director at some nonprofit. For an average person to make the commitment to run for office and find the time to doorbell, it's a huge commitment - full-time plus work for part-time pay. [00:11:50] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely - completely agree. I want to talk about another city - the City of Spokane and the activities of its mayor. The mayor and Christian nationalist extremist, former State Representative Matt Shea, attended a TPUSA event where they were just talking about a bunch of extreme, out-of-touch things while the ashes of neighborhoods were still smoldering nearby. What happened here? What is the reaction? [00:12:23] Matt Driscoll: Mayor of Spokane, Mayor Woodward, appeared at an event - Matt Shea was involved, Christian nationalist organization. She was apparently invited on stage for prayer, and Shea was there and prayed for her. And of course then all hell broke loose because of Shea's background and the backgrounds of some of the other folks involved. Of course, the mayor immediately said - Didn't know Shea was going to be there, wasn't my intention, I'm disgusted by all his views. It turns out maybe she'd been to events with Matt Shea in the past - I think a lot of people really didn't buy that excuse. But the bigger thing here, really, is yet another instance that illustrates the complexity and tension in the Republican Party. Lawmakers on the right who are "the good ones" or "the saner ones" - and there are a lot of Republicans, on the whole - in Pierce County in particular, Bruce Dammeier, JT Wilcox, leaders that I disagree with fundamentally. This tension between trying to be one of those not-extremist conservatives, but then the votes relies to some extent to courting the more extreme elements of the party. What ends up happening is these leaders awkwardly, unsuccessfully try to find this middle ground where they can not alienate the extreme elements of the party while not appearing extreme themselves, or maybe not even being "extreme" themselves. But it just never works and it ends up looking dumb. And this is just another example of that where they try to have it both ways - they try to disavow the extreme elements of the party, but then they still rely on extreme elements of the party for the support they need to win elections and serve in office. I certainly have no sympathy for the mayor of Spokane. It was very predictable that this would happen. If you find yourself at white nationalist organized events or religious extremist organized events, it's very easy to not get on stage or not do that. She signed up for it. She got what she deserved. I don't think it's probably the last time we'll see something like this either. [00:14:20] Crystal Fincher: I don't even view the situation as there being extreme elements within the party - that is the party, that is the base, that is now the mainstream of the party. It's beyond local party activists - these are their leaders. There is a nostalgia that I see, especially from national political pundits, wanting to still give credit to those moderates - those moderates are enabling the extremism. They are enabling this extremism that in public they try and distance themselves from. Even though she tried to say - Oh, I had no idea, she's been to an event just like this before. Even if she had no idea Matt Shea was there before, which no one buys, she got up there, saw him there and gave him a hug, and allowed him to lay hands on her and pray. Heard right before - them talk about the "problem with homosexuality" - obviously there is no problem with homosexuality, that's an extreme belief. That is the party - several electeds within the party, donors within the party, the people making decisions about the platform on the party. I made the bad decision of watching that Republican debate. I saw a lot of people going - Oh, these are extreme beliefs. They're not targeting the average American anymore - they're really fine with disenfranchising the average American. They are speaking to that base that's going to elevate people like this to these elected positions and hope for treatment as moderates in the media. This is an opportunity in Spokane to once again point out that these are extreme beliefs. These are beliefs that our Supreme Court has rejected, our State Supreme Court has rejected - and that we don't want. Clearly she knows that. She wasn't really sad about it happening, or else she wouldn't have appeared with him before and been chummy. They want to be able to do this behind closed doors. And lots of people will cite JT Wilcox, who I know lots of people have good relationships with - people like that need to contend with who the party is today. You're affixing your name to that label? - you can be what you are without that label. If you are attaching that label and participating in that, this is what you are enabling. [00:16:24] Matt Driscoll: Where do the folks like the JT Wilcoxes or the Bruce Dammeiers go within this party, right? If they are the moderates they claim to be, the Republican Party depends on that support. If they try to find that middle ground, then it ends up working out like this. Again, I don't have any sympathy for it. I wrote a column in the Trump years and I've just halfway defended folks like JT Wilcox and Bruce Dammeier about why they hadn't condemned Trump. What JT Wilcox will tell you - I'm a local guy and I stay out of national politics. And that's fine, I have a lot of respect for JT as an individual. But can you see what's going on? And do you have the backbone to stand up and say - This is wrong, this is not what I represent - even if it means that you might get voted out, or that you might not be in office, or that you might make your life more difficult. What we see most of the time is elected officials, politicians - they're not willing to do that. They're not willing to disavow or distance themselves from this stuff because they don't want to risk their jobs as an elected official or their powers - and maybe some of them genuinely do it out of the hope that if they just stick it out long enough, they'll be able to course correct on that party. That's a flawed idea. Whether you agree with Chris Vance or not, the way he describes it is pretty accurate at this point - it's the base of the party and folks need to make their decisions on whether that's the party they agree with. What we see, more times than not, is folks trying to have their cake and eat it too. [00:17:56] Crystal Fincher: Chris Vance made the decision to not affiliate with that label - if that's who's standing beside him, then he needs to move to a different place. On both the Republican and Democratic side, that affiliation with the party comes with tremendous resources - an absolute resource advantage over someone who is running as an Independent or with a minor party - everything from voter file access, which is useful, important information about voters from public sources and from private commercial sources, information like that is very helpful to a campaign. Things like donations and structure and endorsements and volunteers - those kinds of things are often built-in to the support of a party. It is a challenge to run outside of a major party. There were some character-defining moments for a lot of these people - maybe if they would have seen this rising extremism take over the mainstream of the party, maybe we don't find ourselves here. That attachment to power also can be corrosive - if you see something that is turning your stomach, it's not okay to stay silent, no matter which party you're a part of. [00:19:03] Matt Driscoll: Yeah, this continues to be a character-defining moment. These leaders still have the opportunity - they can still come out and say - This is wrong. And continually they don't. I don't really expect that to change. The opportunity still is there for them to take a stand. They don't, because if you alienate the base of the party, you're gonna be out of luck. And Chris Vance, for all his wisdom, is out of luck. He ran for office a couple cycles ago, and he lost badly - can't be a moderate conservative without the support of the Republican Party and if you alienate the Trump support, you're out of luck. [00:19:40] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, part of what made this so scandalous in the first place and so offensive to people is that this was happening amidst really destructive fires that swept through Spokane County last weekend. We see the 20,000 acres at that time up in flames, 265 structures destroyed, including a ton of homes, two people killed that we know of, lots of people not knowing what to do. Spokane City Councilmember Zack Zappone showed a picture of the street where his parents live - all of the houses were burnt down - his parents lost their home, his uncle lost his home. Just feel for everybody involved in that situation - I can't even imagine - it's just so totally devastating. [00:20:21] Matt Driscoll: On the human level, on the individual level - that loss, the death toll is staggering - just a lot of thoughts for everyone going through that. For a long time in my life, we talked about climate change and we talked about the problem it presented. It was academic, right? We saw the video of the polar bear with nowhere to go. When I started at The News Tribune, there wasn't really a summer smoke season. And now it's late August - it's the smoke season - it's a reality of life now. And then I think about my kids - I got a 16-year-old daughter, a 12-year-old son, 8-year-old daughter. It's really heavy to think about the impacts that we've seen from climate change and the way it's escalated. History is so long - a lot of times it's difficult to track the change, right? - it feels long. But with this devastation that we've seen that's tied to climate change in recent years and that trend - it's just really depressing - in Western Washington now, and this will probably be our reality moving forward. It's heartbreaking. [00:21:24] Crystal Fincher: This has not been normal for me my entire life. The warnings from climate scientists - we did not heed them for decades, and here we are - it's scary. The reality is this is as good as it's going to be for a while. This is actually going to get much worse. It's up to us and what we decide to do now - it's gonna get worse before it gets better. Are we gonna choose to make it better or not? This is a tangent - I'm on an age divide - you look at polling, and I'm right there on the divide where opinion splits. I talk to people on the older side of that divide who are more complacent, who don't necessarily feel the urgency. And then those on the younger side - and it's 15, 20 years ago, 10 years ago, especially working in politics - you see things like slogans, "fighting for our lives, fighting for our futures," and those are slogans to some people. What does it look like when you are literally fighting for your life? What does it look like when you don't want to see this kind of destruction happening everywhere? We're not even talking about the hurricane in Southern California and Nevada - this is all wild, and we're seeing increasingly wild things across the globe. This is only going to accelerate. It's decisions like whether to build a new freeway or not. It's decisions like whether to invest in and build out pipelines for gas and coal. At every level of government, at every level of power - decisions are being made every day - we can't afford for more hurt right now. We're seeing activism, we're seeing direct action. These stakes are high, and I just wish more people understood and felt that. It's just really hard right now. There are a lot of different interests. These are the consequences. [00:23:00] Matt Driscoll: There is one thing that gives me any glimmer and hope in this - is the younger generation. The stakes are exactly as you described for them. I think of my kids and the world that we've left them - the idea that this is baseline. How much worse do you want it to get? I'm not going to chalk this up to human nature, but you mentioned complacency. It's a little crazy how easy people grow accustomed to something like smoke season now. Are we cool with just getting used to this? Are we all right with that? It feels like a lot of people are. Maybe it's just my nature, but I have a lot of empathy for people in general, 'cause it's hard, man. It's hard out there being a person. It's hard to support yourself. We haven't made it any easier in the United States. There's a lot that just goes into surviving. Asking people to think above and beyond that, it's a big ask - and it's also unfair. We lay a lot of this climate change stuff, this environmental stuff on the individual - like you shouldn't be watering your grass, or you should buy an electric car. Those things are good, but it almost gives the real culprit - the governments and the fossil fuel companies - a pass. We end up guilt tripping each other - How long was your shower and stuff? If we really want to do something about this, it's gonna take exactly what you talked about - reimagining transportation, not building freeways, being willing to say - Yeah, traffic's bad right now, we're not gonna build another freeway, we gotta figure this out a different way. Or we have the capacity for a new airport, but air travel's terrible and it's one of the biggest causes of greenhouse gases - we're gonna figure something else out, and it's probably gonna be difficult in the interim, but we just don't have a choice. We never want to make that choice. We always want to push it down the road a little bit, make a little bit of improvements. This incremental change - the incremental change is not going fast enough. It's gonna take drastic measures. It's gonna take major changes to the way our life. It's gonna take just major restructuring of the way we do things. We still get to make the choice. It's just that one of those options results in stuff like we're seeing now. [00:25:09] Crystal Fincher: The final thing I want to talk about today has been the topic of discussion in Pierce County for quite some time, a hot topic on the Pierce County Council - and they've gone back and forth. It's this Pierce County Village, which is the county trying to solve one of the problems, one of the crises that it's dealing with - homelessness - and looking at building a, what is it, 265-unit building to house and service people who've been experiencing homelessness and try and get them on a path to housing stability. But oh, it is not simple, and there have been some twists and turns. What is this and what has been happening? [00:25:50] Matt Driscoll: Yeah, it's a very Pierce County story - I really love it for that, 'cause it is very complicated. What the county wants to do - and by the county, I mean the County Executive Bruce Dammeier and his administration - is permanent supportive housing. It's housing designed for chronically homeless individuals. It's not like an apartment building-type situation - it's actually individual homes in a community. The County Executive's office became enamored with this model - it has had some success, from what I understand, in Texas - and they wanted to bring it back to Pierce County. This was a number of years ago. They started the process of potentially looking for a location for it, which proved really difficult because it's a major project. They eventually settled on a piece of land out in the Spanaway area - it's got some wetlands, it's got some concerns around it. They ended up choosing a provider to run it - Tacoma Rescue Mission. What they want to do is use about $21, $22 million in federal COVID money to build this site and then let Tacoma Rescue Mission run it. To make it feasible, they changed some zoning. Broadly, it's an idea that has widespread support. It's something that the Democrats, liberals have supported for a long time. I support it, I think it's a good idea. Providing permanent supportive housing, 200-some-odd units of it, it's a good idea. But the details of it have become very tricky. There's some questions about - was the Rescue Mission kind of baked in as a provider even before they saw it for applicants? Are they pushing too hard on this specific piece of land? There's challenges now to the zoning changes. It is very complicated. It's moving forward, but it's got some significant hurdles to clear. The most recent development is the County Council changed the zoning to make it possible - that was challenged by a couple of places, and that's where things stand. [00:27:34] Crystal Fincher: I just want to point out for those who are not familiar with Pierce County politics, Pierce County Council - the Pierce County Executive is a Republican. And what's the split on the Council now between Republican and Democrat? [00:27:46] Matt Driscoll: It's a slight Democrat majority - I believe it's 4-3. The only reason I hesitate is because Tacoma has nine, Pierce County has seven - I always have to do the math - it's 4-3, 4-3 leaning Dems. [00:27:56] Crystal Fincher: I always get confused with the numbers. You look at a city like Burien and the mess that they're going through with their majority on their council - this is a different kind of situation. Sometimes where you have a Republican executive saying - Hey, we think this can work, there's a model somewhere, let's go learn about it - actually engaging in trying to have a solution, the conversation is starting with action, and what are we going to do? There was a piece this week in The News Tribune going through public records - looking at this model, one of the controversies starting out was that this trip was taken with the Tacoma Rescue Mission and went on this learning, fact-finding mission to see what Austin's doing up close, to see if it's something that could be feasible here. And the contract to do this that was competitively bid ended up going to the same person, which made - the same organization involving this person - making some people go - Wait a minute. Was the fix in on this contract? - especially looking at some of the scoring of the bidding. That seems like maybe it was cooked a little bit in favor of this, but then you have other people saying - This is a pretty normal way that something like this progresses. How did you see this? [00:29:09] Matt Driscoll: Yeah, Pierce County is a big county, but just small-town style - I love this stuff, there is so much depth to it. At the center of this, you have the county, which has access to $21, $22 million in federal funds to do something about homelessness. The county executive wants to give that to Tacoma Rescue Mission, which as you point out, won a competitive bid to build this facility. The idea is that through philanthropic fundraising and just what the Rescue Mission does, they'll be able to fund it moving forward. What makes it slightly different is you've got a Republican county executive saying - We have to do something to serve this population, to house this population, and the answer is permanent supportive housing - which is a little outside the box for conservatives. The County Executive's Office believes that, with this one-time investment, the government can step back. Then you get into questions of Duke Paulson from the Rescue Mission going on these trips even before the bids start being taken - lo and behold, the Rescue Mission wins the bid, LIHI was the other bidder. There was a competitive bid process - they did go through steps, but naturally it raises questions of - Was that kind of procedural? Was that legitimate? When it all comes out in the wash, it's a very Pierce County thing - there's reason for concern of - was this the outcome everyone wanted from the beginning? You can make the answer that - yeah, yeah, clearly it was. I think they went down there, they got this idea in mind, they thought the Rescue Mission would be a good place to run it, and that's where they ran with. On the other end of the spectrum there, I think it's important to keep in mind that the Rescue Mission has a long history of serving homelessness in Pierce County. Regardless of what you believe about the religious aspects of Rescue Mission does, they're a well-respected organization in Pierce County when it comes to serving the homeless. Pierce County is a small place. Should we not expect the County Executive's Office to have a close working relationship with one of the primary providers of homelessness in Pierce County? It raises a lot of questions about backroom deals. It's important to keep in mind at the end of the day, they are trying to do something good. I think it's good that we're asking these questions. It's good that we have this coverage. My colleague, Shea Johnson, just delivered a big package on this this week - it's really well done, folks should read it. It's small-town politics and they're trying to do something good, but there are a lot of questions along the way. [00:31:21] Crystal Fincher: Including questions about the site that has been determined for this. Siting is always a major issue, especially when it comes to siting things that are going to serve the homeless. People have a lot of feelings about this - some don't want it to happen at all, but a site was chosen. This site that was chosen - in the Spanaway area - there may be some environmental concerns. Sometimes things look very black and white from a simple explanation, but it is not infrequent in these situations where you have multiple issues, multiple interests, multiple people who ultimately want good things having different perspectives and having issues impact these groups and these stakeholders in different ways. Is it okay to move forward on a site? We just talked about having to take urgent action to mitigate climate change, to not - continuous sprawl, destroying local ecosystems - that seems to be the major issue in first passing this and then the repeal of the passage over the veto of the Pierce County Executive of the zoning for the site. They could still move forward, but wouldn't have future flexibility attached to this use without another change. [00:32:36] Matt Driscoll: You're right. The Rescue Mission has cleared certain hurdles at this point - the reversal of the zoning change wouldn't affect them - they're vested, they can move forward provided they continue to check the boxes in terms of all the sorts of things they'd have to do to make it happen. The ways that this is potentially getting derailed has a lot to do with politics. At the center of what we have going on here is a dispute on the Growth Management Act. And one of the reasons that this was interesting from the beginning is you had a Republican county executive proposing a major facility to serve the chronically unhoused - the most difficult population to serve. He wanted to put that in rural Pierce County. Normally what happens with something like that is it gets smack dab in the middle of Tacoma, right? Because none of these outlying, more conservative areas want anything to do with that. So the very fact that he was willing to acknowledge that it would be advantageous to put a facility like this somewhere in the more rural parts of the county where - assuming his base is out there - that took some guts and there's been a lot of pushback on that. But you also see attention here where the county executive is saying - Look, in order to build the type of housing we need to serve the unhoused, we need to build facilities like this in areas that are potentially sensitive. That's a broad description, but I think that's what it comes down to. The zoning was challenged and the County Council is getting advice that there might be something to those challenges, particularly the second one has them a little bit worried. They went back and changed the zoning to get out of trouble, to quash those challenges. You have a much broader debate about land use and sprawl and what we should build where, and you've got familiar conservative talking points of - like we need to make it easier for people to build wherever they want. Then you've got kind of Democrats on the Council saying - You know, zoning matters, we have to protect these areas, we have to limit sprawl. But does that then mean that all the stuff that we build ends up being dense, transit-oriented? One of the elements that the county executive's office would say is appealing about this model is because it is more individual homes, it's not a warehousing situation, it's a community. This tension over growth management and how much flexibility should we create to allow this to be built in areas that are designated as sensitive or more rural - I don't know. [00:35:01] Crystal Fincher: You're doing a fantastic job explaining it. This is a complex issue that takes some time to talk through. One of the reasons why I do this show is so we can talk through it and really come to an understanding. I really appreciated that package in The News Tribune this week that gave really helpful background and context to what's happening. The final element is that the viability and success of this relies on private fundraising - it does seem there's some money out there. The flags raised with this repeal of zoning is that this may make fundraising for this property more complicated, more challenging - seeing as that there may not be the flexibility moving forward, or the seeming collaboration, or green light that some people may have previously thought was there. Who knows what's gonna happen? Do you see this likely being built? What do you see moving forward? [00:35:55] Matt Driscoll: I'm not exactly sure how much of that I buy from Tacoma Rescue Mission and its supporters - I've got a lot of respect for that agency - I know Duke well. What we're seeing here is they're trying to maintain as much flexibility as possible to move forward from a development standpoint, as advantageous to what they wanna do in the future. The bottom line is they could build what they propose to build, provided they clear the necessary hurdles as it speaks. So I don't know how sympathetic I am to the idea that they need additional flexibility to build even more on sensitive areas or whatever - or we need to change the zoning across the whole county to make this thing possible - but I could be wrong on that. But in terms of its overall prospects, one other thing I would note that makes this interesting is because there is another political element in this question about funding. The Democrats on the Council, to their credit, support such an idea. They really leveraged the County Executive and Republicans' desire to build this thing into passing a behavioral health sales tax, which could potentially go to fund something like this, or something much like this, down the road. That's another element of that - the support for this village ultimately hinged on Republicans being willing to support them and passing that - they needed a super majority. So that's another interesting wrinkle on this. And one of the reasons I love this issue - because it's just so Pierce County - it's politics and power and relationships, but I think everyone is trying to do a good thing. We're trying to build permanent supportive housing. We're trying to protect sensitive areas and limit sprawl. So your broader question - Will this thing get built? I have no idea. When it initially went through, I probably would have put it at maybe 70/30. The package that Shea Johnson put together really illustrates the desire and the support to get this thing together. It has bipartisan support. Everybody wants to build 200-some odd units of permanent supportive housing. There's the desire locally to do it. I do think that politics in Pierce County requires Democrats and Republicans to work together to do things. There's not a potential here in Pierce County for Democrats to just do everything the way they want to do it - that's not gonna happen - you're gonna have to work together in some regard. And here you have an opportunity to work together to build what could be a really important project for the area. [00:38:09] Crystal Fincher: Makes sense to me. Well, we will continue to follow that - certainly a lot to follow and a lot left to see as it develops. And with that, we thank you for listening to Hacks & Wonks on this Friday, August 25th, 2023. The producer of Hacks & Wonks is the incredible Shannon Cheng. Our insightful co-host today is metro news columnist and opinion editor for The News Tribune in Tacoma, Matt Driscoll - always great insight and information from Matt. [00:38:38] Matt Driscoll: It was wonderful to be here once again - like I think I said last time - I always enjoy the opportunity to come on here and play exotic Pierce County man for the listeners up north. Again, I feel like I - there's so much to get into with the homeless village and I appreciate your time, your willingness to dedicate some time to it and talk about it. I would just recommend folks read the package 'cause I don't really feel like I did it justice - it's very complicated, it's been going on for a long time, but it's really important for this neck of the woods. So thanks for having me on. [00:39:04] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. And we will link that in the resources in the show notes and online. You can find Matt on Twitter @mattsdriscoll. You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Twitter @HacksWonks. You can find me on all of the platforms @finchfrii, that's two I's at the end. You can catch Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks and Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get the podcast - to get the Friday week-in-review shows and our Tuesday topical show - delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, please leave a review wherever you listen. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the podcast episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - we'll talk to you next time.

The Jason Rantz Show
Hour 2 - Metro wants you to report drug use on buses

The Jason Rantz Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 42:24


What's Trending: Metro wants riders to report drug use on their phones, New law looks to cancel out racist covenants in the state. Big Local: Armed robbery at 7-Eleven in Woodinville, Multiple inmates at the Snohomish County jail rushed to hospital after fentanyl overdosing, LIHI builds homes in Olympia. You Pick: WIRED publishes the most cringe worthy love letter to Pete Butiegeg you'll ever read.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Jason Rantz Show
Hour 2 - Biden bothered by Kamala's lack of action

The Jason Rantz Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 41:47


What's Trending: A woman was fired after pointing out LIHI's shortcomings, a Mill Creek family finds a person living in their attic and Janet Yellen says the IRS is unpopular because its small. Big Local: Shoreline CC was hit with a ransomware attack and two Puyallup nurses save a life. // Reports claim Biden is annoyed with Kamala and TSA declares that peanut butter is a liquid. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

jivetalking
Lihi Lavie tests academic ideas in the real world

jivetalking

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 63:15


Episode 225 (16 Feb 2023): Lihi Lavie graduated GED in 2021, since than she worked as a financial analyst and as a personal assistant to the owner of a major impact investment fund focused on providing basic needs in the global south. In her spare time she also volunteers in the Israeli parliament as a parliamentary advisor to Labour MP in the Finance/Budgetary Committee. Tech Public policy and anti-trust enthusiast.

The Jason Rantz Show
Hour 2 - Where you at Mayor Pete?

The Jason Rantz Show

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 41:32


What's Trending: Pete Buttigieg says he might actually go to Ohio, more Meta layoffs are reportedly on the way and MTG says a 'national divorce' would be a good idea. Big Local: A light dusting forced several SeaTac flights to be canceled and LIHI bought a hotel in Lacey that was contaminated with drugs already. // South Park has a great take on transgender ideology.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged
#1,550 - Plan for RV safe lot in Seattle stalls (shocking!) while officials search for host for 35-40 RV's

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 19:34


SEATTLE — A plan to create a designated lot for people living in RVs in Seattle has stalled while officials search for a property owner who is willing to host the program.The King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) awarded a $1.9 million contract to the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) last summer with the goal of opening the RV lot as soon as possible.“If we could just find somebody to be a hero and offer us the 30,000 - 40,000 square feet we are looking for, we could make this program happen very quickly," said Jon Grant, the chief strategy officer of LIHI. "This is a program that would come with 24/7 staffing, case management and services - so there really isn't a huge risk to the property owner."The program would allow between 35 to 40 RVs at a time, and the residents would work with caseworkers to connect with long-term housing options."This will be a service-rich environment for these folks," said Grant. "They are going to be connected to case management. There will be behavioral services on site. There will be a dedicated focus on housing search. Once folks get housed, the idea is that the RV can be scrapped and taken out of circulation."Support the showSign Up For Exclusive Episodes At: https://reasonabletv.com/LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos every day. https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople

The Heart of Tibetan Language
Drinking tea at the མགྲོང་ཁང་།

The Heart of Tibetan Language

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 25:29


Let's drink a cup of tea with Lihi-ལགས། while she is checking in at a hotel in Delhi! Transcription and translation in: https://bit.ly/3wytkmU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creeps & Crimes
S3 Ep122: Ley Lines & Bonnie and Clyde

Creeps & Crimes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 75:12


Happy Thursday Besties!!! Today we decided to (try our best in our own c&c chaotic but iconic way) to educate you on some Creepy & Crime topics that we learned a lot about during our research, but hear and talk about all the time! Morgan starts us off by telling us everything she knows from her research about Ley Lines! To be completely honest, this topic is so vast and deep that we could do an entire other podcast series on Ley Lines, their histories, locations, etc!  Taylar then covers the - highly debated- true story of Bonnie & Clyde (not to be confused with Bonnie & Ky- completely separate aka not criminals iykyk)! The Criminal couples whose infamy lives on today and why! Thank you so much for joining us this Thursday! Reminder: Love it, Hate it drops tomorrow, where your besties will recap their binge sesh of Netflix's Kaleidoscope and give you the LIHI assignments for Feb!!  TTYL Besties!  ily!!   

Hacks & Wonks
Week in Review: January 20, 2023 - with Erica C. Barnett

Hacks & Wonks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 41:47


On this Hacks & Wonks week-in-review, political consultant and host Crystal Fincher is joined by Seattle political reporter, editor of PubliCola, co-host of the Seattle Nice podcast and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, Erica Barnett! They catch up with all of the news out of the legislature this week, as well as Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant not seeking re-election, a dodgy push-poll, South King County pedestrian fatalities on the rise, and lawsuits against the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI).  Breaking down the flurry of news out of the legislature this week, Crystal and Erica discuss proposed legislation for a wealth tax, middle housing, lowering the blood alcohol limit for driving, limiting rent increases, reducing the disparity between products advertised towards women versus men, alternatives to jail for behavioral health crises, and a potential expansion of law enforcement's ability to conduct vehicle pursuits.  The trend of current Seattle City Councilmembers announcing they won't seek re-election continued this week when councilmember Kshama Sawant revealed she won't again this year. With four of the seven open seats on the council this year without incumbents, this years' election is guaranteed to bring a large change to the city's leadership.  A seemingly non-scientific push-poll designed to show support for a potential ballot measure to fund more police hires and spending was sent to a number of Seattle residents. They use it as a jumping-off to discuss manipulative polling and how it's used to justify unpopular policy. Crystal and Erica also discuss the alarming increase in pedestrian fatalities in the region, especially in south King County. The data supports the need to make wide-spread improvements to our pedestrian infrastructure to truly make our cities safe for people who walk and bike.  Crystal and Erica end this week's show looking at two lawsuits against the Low Income Housing Institute. A former resident has sued the organization, claiming that LIHI illegally evicted them by not giving proper notice. The case hinges on whether LIHI's housing is emergency shelter or transitional housing, the latter requiring stronger resident protections. LIHI is also facing accusations that the conditions of their tiny house villages are not adequate to support their residents. 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 co-host Erica Barnett at @ericacbarnett.   Resources “Tackling Poverty with Misha Werschkul of the Washington State Budget & Policy Center” - Hacks & Wonks   “WA lawmakers trying again to tax wealth, as part of nationwide effort”  by Claire Withycombe from The Seattle Times   “Two State-Level Housing Bills Aim to Stabilize Rent and Protect From Rent Gouging” by Vee Hua from The South Seattle Emerald   Washington Coalition for Police Accountability's letter on vehicle pursuit bills SB 5352 and HB 1363   “State Proposals Aim to Lower Traffic Deaths by Improving Driver Behavior” by Ryan Packer from Publicola   “Washington lawmakers discuss an alternative to jail for mental health crises” by Doug Nadvornick from KUOW   “Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant Will Not Seek Reelection” by Hannah Krieg from The Stranger   “Why I'm Not Running Again for City Council” by Kshama Sawant from The Stranger   “South King County Sees Alarming Jump in Pedestrian Fatalities” by Andrew Engelson from The Urbanist   “WALeg Wednesday: Saldaña Drops Bill to End Jaywalking” by Ray Dubicki from The Urbanist   “Former Tiny House Village Resident Sues Nonprofit, Alleging Unlawful Eviction” by Erica C. Barnett from Publicola “Homelessness Authority, LIHI Clashed Over Reporting of Two Deaths at Tiny House Village” by Erica C. Barnett from Publicola   Transcript [00:00:00] Crystal Fincher: Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I am Crystal Fincher and I'm a political consultant and your host. On this show, we talk with policy wonks and political hacks to gather insight into local politics and policy in Washington State through the lens of those doing the work with behind-the-scenes perspectives on what's happening, why it's happening, and what you can do about it. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast, get the full versions of our Friday almost-live shows and our midweek show delivered to your podcast feed. If you like us, the most helpful thing you can do is leave a review wherever you listen to Hacks & Wonks. Full transcripts and resources referenced in the show are always available at officialhacksandwonks.com and in our episode notes. Today, we are continuing our Friday almost-live shows where we review the news of the week with a co-host. Welcome back to the program, friend of the show and today's co-host: Seattle political reporter, editor of PubliCola, co-host of the Seattle Nice podcast, and author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse, and Recovery, Erica Barnett. [00:01:08] Erica Barnett: Hello, hello. [00:01:09] Crystal Fincher: Hello, hello - and welcome back. Always a pleasure to have you and your information and insights. Think today we will start off just talking about the week in the Washington Legislature, now that our legislative session is off and running. What did you see this week? [00:01:28] Erica Barnett: There's a lot going on as always. This is a long session, so there's a lot more policy legislation coming our way. There's a proposal to revive a wealth tax that has moved forward but then floundered in previous sessions - it would be a 1% tax on intangible assets like stocks and bonds - and so we'll see how that goes this year, maybe third time is the charm. Legislation is moving forward to allow sixplexes around the state in areas that are ordinarily or that are traditionally single-family only - that's Jessica Bateman's bill - and that too has been proposed in the past, but it may have a better chance this session because one of the sort of obstructionist legislators, Gerry Pollett, is no longer in charge of the committee that determines whether that bill goes forward. There's a bill that would reduce the limitations on police pursuits. Police say that they, that legislation from - I believe it was either last year or 2021 - limiting the instances in which they can go after somebody in their car to violent crimes and sex crimes is inhibiting their ability to chase what they call criminals - people committing property crimes and things like that. So that proposal is up and it has a lot of support from the right-wing pundit class. And I'm missing a lot of other stuff - there's a bill to lower the blood alcohol limit for driving while intoxicated to 0.05 percent like Utah, which has been really effective in that state in reducing drunk driving deaths and a whole lot more. [00:03:18] Crystal Fincher: I think that's a good start. There's lots of things just getting out of the gate and people trying to figure out what does have the momentum and the support to move forward versus what doesn't. I think another one that I was looking at - in addition to the middle housing bill, which came out with a ton of support in a hearing that it had earlier this week - are also some bills aiming to stabilize rent and to protect people from rent gouging. So looking at capping rent increases between 3 and 7% annually, depending on the rate of inflation. There's lots of conversations about, absolutely, the need to increase housing supply - there's widespread agreement on that, and that certainly is necessary to long-term affordability. In the short-term, things like rent stabilization policies are going to be critical for reducing displacement, evictions, and can make more of a difference in the short-term than increasing the housing supply. So lots of people sometimes have either-or conversations about those. I personally love the opinion that both are necessary and useful. I've talked about before - I've had neighbors with rent increases over 40%, had rent increases personally of over 30%. And that is just completely unaffordable for so many people, and contributing to the amount of unhoused people that we have - so definitely looking at that as another one. There was another bill that just was a cool thing - with Senator Manka Dhingra, who works with students and youth in the area to introduce legislation. And they suggested legislation, which she has introduced now, which seeks to bring equity between pricing for products marketed towards men versus women, and how frequently the same exact product marketed towards women will cost more for no apparent reason. And so a bill trying to address that - I think that was most of it. There was another interesting one this week about an alternative to jail for people experiencing mental health crises. Instead of going to jail - which really doesn't address the root cause - talking about a kind of a 24-hour cooling off center where instead of being an environment that is not helpful at de-escalating or calming situations, that a place that is not jail that can seek to maybe stabilize or calm down a situation to hopefully get a person in a place where they're either stabilized or in a place where they can seek services. It sounds like that is in the beginning stages of conversation - does not have funding attached to it yet, that would be necessary - but those are the things that have been on my radar. [00:06:32] Erica Barnett: That last bill that you mentioned, also from Senator Dhingra - it's based on a similar program in Arizona - and I'm getting this from KUOW's coverage. And it's interesting. I really want to read up more about it because it's a 23-hour hold, essentially. And we have various types of involuntary and voluntary mental health facilities. 23 hours - my immediate response is - what happens after that 23 hours? Do we just release people back to the streets with no care plan? I'm assuming that is not the intent, and I'm assuming that 23 hours actually must come from some limitation in the law. But at the same time as this bill is moving forward, there is a proposal that's going to be on the ballot in April in King County to create crisis care centers where people can just walk in and - voluntarily or be brought there by police, I suppose - to receive crisis care. And it's for a longer period than that 23 hours, so it feels like there is an emphasis right now on trying to get an entire continuum of care for people in crisis. And none of this has passed yet. As you said, the bill in the Legislature does not come with funding. But there is more discussion of this than I've ever seen in the state, and that's really encouraging because right now, primarily what we do is put people in jail when they're experiencing a crisis that is causing a threat or perceived threat to public safety - and that really can be extremely destabilizing for people. [00:08:17] Crystal Fincher: And then you had talked about the vehicle pursuit legislation that is being worked on this week - and really interesting dynamics in between those. There certainly are folks led by a lot of law enforcement organizations who are saying that they're being limited - lots of times we can't chase people, or crime is on the rise because we've been essentially handcuffed from going after "bad guys." Senator Dhingra talked about it - we did an interview with her on Hacks & Wonks and in a Democratic media availability this past week - talked again about there's no data showing a linkage between a rise in crime and the limitations that were placed on police pursuits before. Now they're asking for an expansion of those. It is unclear why that would make a difference according to their logic. One, they actually are still allowed to pursue those most serious cases and have been. We've had several stories over the past few weeks of pursuits that have happened. And this is really a question of is it worth pursuing something, someone - no matter what - if someone stole some Tide detergent, is it worth a high-speed pursuit on residential streets where people are being put at risk and innocent bystanders are frequently harmed and killed in these situations. In fact, in the city of Kent, a police officer was killed during a high-speed chase. These are actually really dangerous events that happen. And there's a real question about - is it worth the loss of life, when frequently if you can identify the person you can find and pick them up - which has happened frequently - after the fact without risking the lives of everybody in the area. So that's going to be an interesting conversation moving forward. Senator Dhingra chairs the Law & Justice Committee and is not eager to bring this up for a hearing, but there are certainly Republican legislators and some Democratic ones who are in favor of expanding the ability to conduct these pursuits. And so that conversation is definitely going to be one that we follow throughout this session. Looking at events this week in the City of Seattle, one notable announcement came earlier this week about a councilmember who is not going to be running again. What was announced? [00:11:06] Erica Barnett: Kshama Sawant - I laugh because this was just so widely covered compared to other councilmembers who are not running - part of a trend of councilmembers on the current council saying that they are not going to seek re-election, but Kshama Sawant will not be running in District 3. She's going to be starting some sort of labor-related organization, and I say that vaguely because there wasn't a whole lot of detail in her announcement about what this group will do, but it's called Workers Strike Back. And what it will not do, apparently, is pursue elected office for its members. Sawant's organization, Socialist Alternative, is a small, Trotskyist offshoot of the socialist parties in America, and it's definitely one of the smallest. And they have not had a lot of success at getting people elected around the country. Sawant was really their shining example of a member who actually made it to elective office and was in there for three terms, for 10 years - one of those terms was a two-year term. And so they're going on and they're saying that they're going to start a workers' movement worldwide, so it remains to be seen what will happen with that. But Sawant will no longer be on the council, and a lot of people are already lining up to try to replace her. [00:12:42] Crystal Fincher: There are. I saw a couple of candidates have declared already, which has also received a lot of coverage. You are right - we got some kind of brief mentions for prior councilmembers, including Lisa Herbold and Alex Pedersen, announcing that they are not running. But there seems to be strong opinions about Councilmember Sawant and therefore strong reactions in both directions - people sad to see someone who has been a fierce and unabashed advocate for issues about workers' rights for a long time. Councilmember - Mayor Harrell also said one thing he never doubted was her fierceness and advocacy. But this is definitely going to be a change on the council, and she has definitely left her mark - coming to office following the $15/hour initiative in the City of SeaTac that was run by a number of unions and advocates and folks. Following that, she ran in the City of Seattle as a dramatic underdog who people didn't really take seriously for almost all of the campaign - running on 15 Now, $15/hour in the City of Seattle - and running successfully, making Seattle one of the first cities - major cities - in the country to pass that minimum wage. And we've seen minimum wages increase across the country since then, with first SeaTac and then Seattle. So really interesting, certainly has been a lightning rod for a lot. So we will see who is going to wind up replacing her and how those campaigns take shape. What do you see as - just how this election season in the City of Seattle, with so many open seats - may unfold? [00:14:52] Erica Barnett: Yeah, I was just doing the math in my mind - because I have to do it every time - and four of the seven seats that are going to be up are definitely going to be open seats. Open seat elections are always more interesting in my mind because you don't have that built-in power of incumbency that sometimes keeps people away, but often we re-elect incumbents. So we'll see what - Andrew Lewis has already said that he is going to be running for re-election in District 1. I believe Tammy Morales will be running for re-election - I would put money on that at this point - not a lot of money, but a little money. And Councilmember Dan Strauss also seems to be showing signs that he will run for a second term up in District 6. So still, with four open seats, that's going to be - that's a number that could swing the tenor of the council if there's any kind of trend in whether those seats swing left or right. But importantly, one thing that happens when you have massive council turnover is you both get a sort of breath of fresh air, but you also lose a lot of institutional knowledge. I think, and I said on Seattle Nice, I think Sawant's actual influence on legislation has been somewhat overstated. She didn't achieve $15/hour in Seattle - that was very much a union effort that she got on board with, and it was a process of collaboration and compromise. Her thing was, as you said, it was 15 Now - just do it now and screw anybody that opposes it. But she also has institutional knowledge and institutional memory, as does Lisa Herbold who's been there for - been in the council milieu in some capacity for 25 years. It's going to be a loss of that kind of institutional knowledge, and I think that that is important when you're a city council going up against a mayor who - and I say going up against because they often clash. Historically, the council and the mayor are often on opposite sides of issues. When you don't have that institutional knowledge of how processes work and how legislation gets done and how the budget gets done, the mayor can roll you over. Bruce Harrell has a lot of experience himself being on the council for a long time, so it'll be interesting to see how that affects the power dynamic between the mayor and the council as well. [00:17:36] Crystal Fincher: It absolutely will be. I'm also interested in something else that we saw this week that flew a little bit under the radar, but definitely was noticed in a number of political circles - which was a public safety online poll that was sent to people via text, several people this week. In fact, so many that it really didn't seem like it was a randomly targeted poll. It looked like someone got a hold of some political lists and sent it out, but what did this poll seek to ask and what was it comprised of? [00:18:10] Erica Barnett: Yeah. Unfortunately, nobody sent me this poll - which if you're listening to this and you want to send me poll information, please do - but from what I gather, it's a push poll designed to elicit the feeling that Seattle is less safe and needs more police. The goal seems to be gauging support for a potential public safety funding initiative at some point in the future. And again, I don't know anything more about the idea behind this initiative, but it would essentially - or at least according to the poll - get the police department up to 1,450 officers within five years. The premise behind this is pretty flawed, which is that all we need is to pour more money into the police department and they will magically be able to hire 500, 600 new officers - when the police department itself has said that's not the issue. Now, they would define the issue as people don't want to be police officers in Seattle because there's insufficient support for police in institutions like the City Council. I would say police departments across the country have had trouble recruiting in the last three years and this is just a sign of that. But the police department has a lot of money - they fund tons of, hundreds of vacant positions every year - and so I don't think a massive increase in their budget is going to have a whole lot of impact because their budget is not really the problem. However you define the problem, it's not that we aren't funding police sufficiently. [00:19:54] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, absolutely. And this was really interesting - and for those who have listened and who know me, thank you for capturing this poll and sending me all of the screenshots. Just FYI - always do that with polls - take screenshots, send them on over if you get called for a poll, note what it is and all of the questions. Really interesting to see what people are asking, how people are asking. And with polls like this, I would not be surprised to see - obviously someone is thinking about this initiative - but looking at something like this, sometimes we see these announcements or stories in the media which cite numbers from vague polls. And this is not a real poll - this is someone sending around some surveys, very non-scientific, and the questions are almost comically skewed and written here. So it'll be interesting to see if someone uses this to try and signal support for the poll. I would also be interested just in seeing the raw numbers because traditionally, folks in the City of Seattle do not react well - even if this was a scientific poll - so this is going to be really curious to follow, but obviously someone is thinking about running a public safety initiative - really a police hiring initiative, which this really is. And it really does seem to be misguided. If there is one thing the City has definitely been trying to do for the past couple years, it's hire more police officers. How many times have they tried to increase hiring bonuses? They're advertising everywhere. This has been a monthly conversation in the City for, I feel like, two solid straight years - and if money could fix the problem, it would have. But we'll see how this continues to unfold. Another unfortunate bit of news that we have seen reinforced over and over again - but that has been made official - is just the increase in pedestrian fatalities and what kind of impact that is having. Some unfortunate news that we've seen, which has been reinforced repeatedly in news that we've seen, is pedestrian fatalities across the board have been increasing. There's been great coverage in The Urbanist about an alarming jump in pedestrian fatalities in South King County - just, it's really bleak. Really looking at the data put together by the State Department of Transportation - since 2013, the total number of crashes resulting in death or serious injury to pedestrians has climbed from 33 in 2013 to 95 in 2021. And that number continues to increase, and it is really alarming. And looking at the areas that are the most dangerous - Highway 99, also known as International Boulevard or Pacific Highway South, is one of the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in addition to Benson Highway or 104th - these go through several south County cities - but it's basically a high-speed highway in the middle of these cities. I remember they did work related to RapidRide Line A - a revamping of Pacific Highway South and International Boulevard - and unfortunately, one of the features that we saw was that there are long stretches of road with no pedestrian crossings. And mixing that with speeds that are 50 mph in some places is just a recipe for a disaster - when you're forcing people to sometimes take a - choose between walking directly across the street, which would be categorized as jaywalking, or taking a 10 to 15 minute detour to walk down to the nearest light or crossing and then walk all the way back, which is challenging for people with mobility issues - there are a lot of age and the disabled people, there are a number of services and health clinics on these roads. And so predictably, people are going to attempt to cross the road to avoid those really long crossings. To me, this was foreseeable just because of the design in these areas - and just mixing such high speeds in such high traffic pedestrian areas - and so it's unfortunate. These cities have recognized the problem, but some of the solutions that they've presented for the problem have been challenges. In fact, there was coverage of a meeting by Ryan Packer, actually, at the state where some City of Kent officers, at least who've been involved in traffic enforcement, really seemed to almost victim blame in the situation - talking about they would do emphasis patrols to help stop jaywalking, which is a cause of this. I would say that's more predictable impact of design there and people making a choice because sometimes they can't walk that distance. And also characterizing people who are on foot or even on bike as unhoused people or people in poverty, as opposed to lots of people who are commuting. This is a site where several accidents have - several fatalities and crashes that have injured and killed pedestrians have taken place. It's going to be - a new light rail station is in process of being built there. This is a very high traffic area, lots of commuters, it's near a Park and Ride - and so there's a whole cross-section of people, lots of professionals. I used to be frequently on transit as I was commuting to work via Metro in Seattle daily. It's just disappointing to see a lack of recognition of what some of these challenges are. The Urbanist addressed some of these in that article, but it is really, really challenging, and I wish the conversation in terms of solutions and increasing safety would focus more on things that didn't blame the victim or seek to target them, instead of help keep them safer. [00:26:51] Erica Barnett: Yeah. The idea that our roadway problems and our pedestrian and cyclist fatalities are because of individual behavior - it goes both ways, right? There's also an emphasis on people driving too fast, and this report does talk about people going - this report in The Urbanist talks about people going 80, 90 mph - and that is a huge problem and people should not be driving that fast. And two, these roads are designed for that. And the only way that you can make it possible for people to cross the road without "jaywalking" and the only way you can get people to stop speeding - and even driving the speed limit is often more than fast enough to cause fatalities - is you've got to put crosswalks in, you've got to slow down traffic. And the way you do that is through road design. And some of these - you can't necessarily go and narrow a highway - you can, but it's expensive and controversial. You can put in stoplights, you can put in bus lanes, you can do things that slow down the flow of cars - and I would say that it's not just that these things cost money, it's that they cost political will, and they're just - in a lot of these cities, and in the state, and including in Seattle - there is not the political will to do something that will slow down motorists. I remember - I don't live on Rainier anymore, but I lived right on Rainier for many years, or just a couple blocks off it - and I would use the 7 to get everywhere and run errands. And I am somebody who is physically capable of running across the street, and let me tell you - I did not go half a mile in one direction, walk across the approved pedestrian infrastructure, and walk half a mile in the other direction, just because that's what the road was telling me to do. I would run across the road. So people act rationally - and in that situation, it is rational to run across the road and just risk it, because I didn't have time to spend 30 extra minutes crossing a street that traffic engineers had decided was a highway through the middle of a neighborhood. And that causes really risky behavior. And the only solution, and the solution that obviously we haven't taken - because traffic fatalities are going up and not down everywhere - is to change our roads and to inconvenience drivers a little bit in order to save some lives. [00:29:32] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely, and I do just want to underscore - between 10 and 15 years ago, the conversations about traffic calming in Seattle and hearing pushback, and - Oh my gosh, this is going to change my commute and things are going to take forever, there's a war on cars. And the impact to cars and drivers was really negligible - literally talking about differences of one and two minutes, which can have such a powerful impact on safety and truly save lives. We really do have to ask ourselves the question, Do we really believe cars should be able to just go as fast as possible and have absolute priority in anything that might slow them down? It's bad even if it costs lives and money and so much. Or can we spare a minute? Can we spare two minutes to spare some lives? It really does come down to that, and I wish we would more openly have that conversation - because there are so many people who are walking, and who are riding bikes, who are in proximity to that. And it has to be part of the solution to public safety, people being safe on the roads. I just wish we would be in a different place with that. I do want to definitely talk about some great coverage in PubliCola this week about the Low Income Housing Institute, also known as LIHI, being sued for unlawful eviction. What happened here? [00:31:11] Erica Barnett: This is one of a couple of lawsuits actually that have been filed against LIHI. One was dismissed at the court commissioner level, but this one was just filed this past week by a guy who lived in a tiny house village - actually in Olympia - run by LIHI. And he was kicked out after an altercation with one of the staff. And the lawsuit essentially is asserting that this was an eviction, that LIHI's tiny house villages are housing. This guy lived in the tiny house for more than two years when he was kicked out, and LIHI said - You have to be out within 48 hours, take all your stuff, goodbye. And he did vacate, but he's saying this was not legal, and it was an eviction, and the tiny house was his home. And I think as a matter of law, what is interesting - there's a couple of things that I think are interesting about this case - as a matter of law, LIHI has long been classified, or was long classified - their tiny house villages were classified as encampments. And they got an upgrade during the pandemic - the city, and then eventually the federal government, now considers them enhanced shelter. But what they're saying is that it's essentially transitional housing, and it meets these definitions of transitional housing that were adopted by the State Legislature just a couple years ago. So there's an interesting legal argument there about - once you have four walls, a door that locks - is that everybody who supports LIHI likes to say - is that housing? And does LIHI have more obligations to give notice and to give reasons and to allow people in some cases to rectify whatever is wrong? LIHI says that they are not transitional housing and that if you started defining their tiny houses that way, it would create a situation where every type of enhanced shelter would start looking at the people they take in differently because they wouldn't want to have to keep people around if they were causing a problem in the community. And if you had tenant rights, that would create a situation where people could live there for a long time while continuing to cause problems. So if it goes forward, that would be an interesting legal discussion. And separately, I think that there's been a lot of complaints from residents of the tiny house villages that the conditions there are not always the greatest. One thing that this gentleman who's suing brought up to me was that they have these kind of outdoor kitchens, that he said the nutrition is really bad, there have been times when the washing machines have been broken so they can't wash their clothes, where there's been no hot water for a month on end in this particular village. And so I think there's questions too about the quality of life at tiny house villages. And so those are not really being litigated, but they're being discussed and I think that that will continue to be the case. LIHI is under a microscope with funding from the new King County Regional Homelessness Authority, whose CEO Marc Dones has never been a big supporter of tiny house villages. So I think they are under fire right now, and their CEO Sharon Lee is definitely someone who fights back and you can read my coverage for her comments on that. [00:34:59] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, this is an interesting situation. I think it really brings up a lot of issues to a lot of folks that just because someone does not have shelter, if someone is responsible for providing them shelter or housing - and some of these people can be housed for months in tiny home villages - does that mean that they are not entitled to the same kinds of protections that everyone else is entitled to? And it seems like the argument against that is that - Well, this is a more challenging population and if we're going to serve them, providing those kinds of protections is dangerous for us as an organization and maybe we couldn't do it overall. When I think there are a lot of people who would love to talk about, Okay, what are ways that we can ensure that there isn't abuse or exploitation, more dangerous conditions? Just because someone does not have the means to pursue a lot of recourse or is coming from a bad environment, does that mean that we're fine with letting them settle for any old thing and any old treatment? And that is not to say that this is not a challenging and complex issue. Certainly this is a population that because they have been unhoused and out on the streets, they've been made more vulnerable to a host of challenges - whether it's health problems, safety issues, mental health issues, substance use disorder - the things that afflict society at large afflict this population also, and they're at risk for so many other things. And so I just hope we have a conversation that really does start from a place of how can we keep this population as safe as possible? And how do we keep people accountable to ensure that there aren't abuses? I feel like it's a risky place to be to say - If we aren't here, no one's going to be. And so take it or leave it with whatever there is, or not being introspective about how services can be provided in a better, safer, more equitable manner. I know that's what I thought when I first saw the coverage. What kind of reaction are you seeing from people? [00:37:20] Erica Barnett: It's interesting. I think there is a lot of opposition to LIHI right now that I'm seeing in places like Twitter. I did want to say - just to flip your comments a little bit - I've also heard lots of complaints over the years from people who live at encampments but also in tiny house villages, that the environment can also be made unpleasant and challenging by other residents. People talk about - because tiny house villages - many of them are low-barrier and they allow people to use drugs and alcohol. People talk about that creating a bad environment in some tiny house villages. And when you have a population that is largely actively using, it can be really challenging for people who aren't. I don't want to discount the fact that when you are completely low-barrier, that creates challenges in itself - if somebody's trying to stay sober and they're in that environment, for example. But there can be lots of challenges in these communities - they're communities of people who are all struggling with different things. I just wanted to signpost that a little bit. Like I said, I think there's pushback to LIHI right now. It receives a lot of contracts from KCRHA and people are starting to really put a spotlight on them more than on other organizations. My coverage has been pretty factual, I think, so I'm trying not to reflect a bias one way or the other. And people can read into it their own biases and opinions and are doing so. [00:39:12] Crystal Fincher: Yeah, definitely. And it'll be interesting to see - I think one of the issues is that this is one provider who is doing so much of this work, and almost has a monopoly on the ability to provide these services. And are there - I certainly don't want to suggest that there are not challenges and that residents may not be, safety issues and sometimes, and thank you for bringing that up. I do think that it would be interesting to see what other similar shelters are doing and if they're in line with this. I do not know if they are in line with what other shelters who provide similar services or other tiny home villages are providing, but I hope that that is being looked at. [00:40:02] Erica Barnett: I will just say - really briefly - compare it to another enhanced shelter, the Navigation Center. Navigation Center kicks people out all the time. We don't necessarily talk about that as much because it's not as high profile. People aren't - the Navigation Center doesn't have an Andrew Lewis on the City Council constantly singing its praises and inviting criticism, but shelters do kick people out. It happens a lot for behavioral issues, so people should not be under the impression that this is uncommon. [00:40:34] Crystal Fincher: Absolutely. And with that, we will thank you for listening to Hacks & Wonks on this Friday, January 20th, 2023. Happy birthday, Terrance. Hacks & Wonks is co-produced by Shannon Cheng and Bryce Cannatelli. Our insightful co-host today was Seattle political reporter, editor of PubliCola, co-host of Seattle Nice Podcast, and the author of Quitter: A Memoir of Drinking, Relapse and Recovery, Erica Barnett. You can find Erica on Twitter @ericacbarnett and on PubliCola.com. You can follow Hacks & Wonks on Twitter @HacksWonks and find me on Twitter @finchfrii with two I's at the end. You can catch Hacks & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts - just type "Hacks and Wonks" into the search bar. Be sure to subscribe to get the full versions of our Friday almost-live shows and our mid-week show delivered to your podcast feed. And if you like us, leave a review. You can also get a full transcript of this episode and links to the resources referenced in the show at officialhacksandwonks.com and in the episode notes. Thanks for tuning in - we'll talk to you next time.

Live Through Love with Ruben Rojas
Ep. 45 - 5 Ways to Move Through Pain and the Relationship Between Love and Mindfulness with Lihi Benisty

Live Through Love with Ruben Rojas

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 51:22


Lihi Benisty sits down with Ruben to talk about the relationship between love, mindfulness, and being human, sharing five key takeaways you can use to move through pain and find peace and alignment. She speaks on how she empowers people to use their breath as medicine and reframe misconceptions about emotions and what it means to be human. She talks about breathwork as a tool for managing anxiety, depression, grief, heartbreak, and so much more. “Breath is the common language that goes beyond borders and language and everything. Along with breath is music and along with music is love. Those are the three languages in which we can all understand.” – Lihi Benisty What is a mindfulness practice? Lihi believes mindfulness is deep embodiment, connection with Self, and presence and surrender to what is. How does mediation fit into everyday life? Lihi describes the various ways meditation and movement can fit into your daily life and how the Open app can make that more accessible and convenient for you. Then, she talks about what led her down the path of mindfulness and teaching, touching on how mindfulness enables you to become an interpreter between the heart, mind, and body. She shares her thoughts on the root of human happiness and how we can truly spread love around the world through one thing… presence. “We're humans, we're doers… I like to reimagine a world in which success is not measured by how much we do but actually how deeply we are… How can we create that humanness of connection? It's just creating space to be.” – Lihi Benisty Lihi Benisty is a first-generation American teacher and student of yoga, breathwork, and meditation on the Open app. SUBSCRIBE to Live Through Love so you never miss an episode & RATE/REVIEW it on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. About the Guest: Lihi Benisty is a student and teacher of yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness on Open, an online community created to make breathwork, meditation, yoga, and pilates more accessible. Get your free 30-days of Open at https://withopen.com/ruben  Follow Lihi on Instagram  Practice with her on Open Follow Open in Instagram Follow Ruben on Instagram Watch and subscribe to Live Through Love on YouTube This is an Operation Podcast production

THE FYX with Krysta Huber
THE FYX 087: Using Vulnerability, Emotions and Rest to Achieve Your Goals in The New Year

THE FYX with Krysta Huber

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 69:53


This is not your typical "New Year, New You," "Do More," "Be More, "Achieve More," podcast episode just in time for a new calendar year. Instead, with the help of our guest, Lihi Benisty, we invite you, The FYX listeners, to bring space into your life: we invite you to breathe, rest, and literally just be. Lihi is a yoga and meditation instructor, and founding instructor of Open: Open is a mindfulness studio--both in-person in LA, and online through the App Store and Google Play. When you join Open, you enter a place to come to your senses — meditation, music, breathwork, and movement awaken body and mind to bring you to the present moment. All you need to know about Lihi can be accurately summed up by her Instagram bio, which reads, 'feeler of feelings.' In this episode, we explore the power of emotions, of vulnerability, and how our own mental health challenges have shaped the way we show up in the world--as instructors, as coworkers, as friends, family members--in every role we play in life. Trigger Warning: We do discuss Lihi's personal experience of assault. We also discuss: - How we can grow by intentionally learning to rest - The benefit, and the struggle, to learning how to fill our rest with SPACE - The idea that we don't always have to be DOING, that we can just BE - Letting go of perfectionism, bringing emotion into every day life as we feel and as different emotions arise - Dropping the armor of strength and being okay with not being okay - Lihi's upbringing in a Buddhist school in California - How Lihi began her yoga practice - What makes Open different from most meditation apps, namely the role music plays on the platform (it's impressive) Follow Lihi: @lihi_be Follow Open: @op_e__n Follow Krysta: @thekrystahuber and @thefyx.officialpod Download Open right to your phone and experience the platform for 14 days, completely FREE. PS. Open has organized a January meditation challenge to kickstart the new year, which just so happens to align well with this conversation. Create space in your life--consistently--by learning meditation with the support of Open: Sign up HERE January is upon us, FYX Fam. It's days away: do you need ANOTHER sign to prioritze your health and wellness goals in 2023? Consider this--another week and another episode--IT [again]. Apply for 1:1 Coaching with The Fitness FYX. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thekrystahuber/message

The Heart of Tibetan Language
Morning at the དངུལ་ཁང་།

The Heart of Tibetan Language

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 11:42


Join our dear Lihi ལགས། on her second attempt to practice her colloquial Tibetan with a native speaker while waiting in line at the bank. Transcript and translation at https://bit.ly/3rBF2dW Enjoy it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Dori Monson Show
Hour 3: More on LIHI's fancy retreat at the Alderbrook

The Dori Monson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 32:52


Big Lead @ 2pmJohn Curley stops by // More on LIHI's fancy retreat at the Alderbrook //  Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Supernatural Girlz
The Alien Brain - Edd Edwards & Lihi Introp share their light photon power

Supernatural Girlz

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 90:00


TWO LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS ON AIR TONIGHT!  Don't miss this one... As a young child Edd Edwards learned he could project energy is such a way that he could make people move without touching them. Edd Edwards & Lihi Introp - both talented light photon generators join us with the latest on their research and energy adventures worldwide. They will do two demonstrations for our audience.  Buckle up and get ready to feel the power of photons long distance. A gift from his grandmother, Edd developed a technique of photon projection that can also help people heal themselves.  Edd has been tested at the Rhine Institute and more recently at the Monroe Institute where Research Coordinator Ross Dunseath discovered that both Edd and his Energy partner Lihi Introp were able to increase their own voltage significantly. "When Edd Edwards and his healer associate Lihi Introp visited in early July, we observed some fascinating phenomena. Edd has been involved in "energy" manipulation since he was a small child, and has participated in several laboratory studies throughout his life. He was able to demonstrate raising his DC voltage to high levels on a routine basis, often above 20 volts upwards to a maximum of 70 volts. Lihi was able to show this effect as well, reaching 50 volts. These voltage levels were observed after "shorting" a finger to ground (briefly touching a ground wire) so they were starting from a zero potential. Lihi raised her voltage at a steady rate of about 1 volt per minute. Edd's rates varied from 1 to 4 volts per minute. Both Edd and Lihi reported a tingling sensation when they reached high voltage levels."

HungryBeat
Vernandi, HungryBeat, MaxxHouse - Lotus Radioshow #30

HungryBeat

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 55:14


Vkontakte: vk.com/lotusradioshow FaceBook: facebook.com/LOTUSRadioshow Twitter: vk.com/lotusradioshow Все обладатели iPhone, iPad, iPod и т.д. Теперь могут подписаться на подкаст радиошоу в iTunes! Вы совершенно бесплатно будете первыми получать новые выпуски на ваши девайсы!!! itunes.apple.com/ru/podcast/lo… Fly Project – Toca Toca (Pavel Velchev Remix) Ido B, Zooki, LIHI - 21st Century (Original Mix) Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (Jewelz & Scott Sparks Bootleg) Knife Party - LRAD Zedd feat. Foxes - Clarity (Loud Bit Project & Dj Novikov Remix) Daniel Portman - Galvanized (Original Mix) David Guetta & Glowinthedark - Ain't A Party (Dj Rich-Art & Tom Reason Remix) Krewella - We Are One (Original Mix) Cosmo - Turn It Up (Original Mix) My Digital Enemy - Deep Down Inside (Original Mix) Junior Jack – E Samba (Plastik Funk Remix) Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso - Roar (Nikola Remode) Firebeatz - Wicked (Original Mix) Robbie Rivera - Move Your Ass (Stefano Pain Vs Marcel Mix) Linkin Park - A Light That Never Comes (feat. Steve Aoki) TJR, Havana Brown, R3hab, Tom Novy - Big Banana Baby (MaxxHouse vs HungryBeat Mash Up) Block & Crown - Get Together (Vocal Club Mix) AN21 & Max Vangeli vs. Tiësto Feat. Lover Lover – People Of The Night (Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman Remix) Sick Individuals & Axwell ft. Taylr Renee – AM (Original_Mix) Dave Winnel & Chris Arnott - Remember To Breathe (FTampa Remix)

Unboxing AI: The Podcast for Computer Vision Engineers
The Pace of Progress in Academia and Industry - with Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion

Unboxing AI: The Podcast for Computer Vision Engineers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 64:18


Listen in as Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor shares insights from a career that bridges from academia to industry. Lihi walks us through the history of the computer vision development community to the interplay between the industry and academia today. Lihi Zelnik-Manor is an Professor in the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Technion and former General Manager of Alibaba DAMO Israel Lab. Prof. Zelnik-Manor holds a PhD and MSc (with honors) in Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute of Science and a BSc (summa cum laude) in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion. Her main area of expertise is Computer Vision. Prof Zelnik-Manor has done extensive community contribution, serving as General Chair of CVPR 2021, Program Chair of CVPR 2016, Associate Editor at TPAMI, served multiple times as Area Chair at CVPR, ECCV and was on the award committee of ACCV'18 and CVPR'19. Looking forward she will serve as General Chair of ECCV'22 and as Program Chair of ICCV'25.

Open Loops with Greg Bornstein: Conversations That Bend
The Alien Brain with Edd Edwards and Lihi Introp

Open Loops with Greg Bornstein: Conversations That Bend

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2021 131:34


If you enjoy this podcast, please rate this show and leave a review! Even a few words can help. Just go to ratethispodcast.com/openloopsTo catch Open Loops LIVE, make sure you follow our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClAn8jOF8PDkCxZXhiL3lIg and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OpenLoopsPodAs seen on "Ancient Aliens"!!!You will experience the energy yourself listening to this episode.  Edd Edwards and Lihi Introp have a connection like none other. They work together to heal the masses, but also astonish scientists, with a shared electro-magnetic field channeled through both of them. It's called B.I.R.E. (Bio-Intrinsic Resonant Energy).  Edd and Lihi have been studied by UVA DOPS Lab, The Monroe Institute and The Rhine Research Center.  There are unbelievable stories here (including one about why Edd isn't supposed to go on commercial flights anymore!)Are you ready to meet The Alien Brain?Edd and Lihi's Links: https://bire-consciousness.com/https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=18633621

Finding the Future
Building Tiny Houses for the Homeless - Interview with Josh Castle

Finding the Future

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 19:56


In cities across the country, the pandemic has brought home the plight of the homeless. Rising home prices, job losses and economic disparity have left more and more people without viable housing options. Communities everywhere are struggling to find alternatives to the tent cities that have sprung up in public parks and along highways. One solution is gaining national attention – the construction of tiny house villages. A housing nonprofit in Seattle has had great success pioneering the concept and now manages tiny house villages in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia and King County. The organization is known as LIHI, which stands for the Low Income Housing Institute. Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Josh Castle, the Community Engagement Director for LIHI. It's his job to run the gauntlet of community and church organizations, building support for the construction of tiny house villages and seeking volunteers. Josh has seen volunteers' attitudes shift from concerns about the impact of the villages on neighborhoods to “tell us what residents need.” A little over five years ago LIHI started partnering with the city of Seattle on the tiny house village project. Castle explained, “There was a huge homelessness epidemic in the Puget Sound region with encampments popping up all over the city. Seattle was trying to find a solution, so they started authorizing these encampments, allowing them to be in place as long as they had some kind of an organized structure, some management and a fiscal sponsor.” LIHI stepped in to serve as fiscal sponsor working with other organizations to address homelessness. LIHI has been around for 30 years and owns or manages nearly 2,400 units of housing in six counties. About 20 years ago, the organization opened its first urban rest stop in downtown Seattle providing laundry services, showers and bathrooms for people experiencing homelessness. Eventually, that experience and working with the City led to the creation of the tiny house village concept. “We realized that if you build a structure that is 120 square feet or less, it falls below the limit for the International Building Code so it's not considered a dwelling unit, and it makes it much quicker and easier to build the structure,” said Castle. “So, we started building tiny houses that were 120 square feet or less and very cost-effective, about $2,500 to build.” The cost has gone up with the spike in lumber prices but it is starting to come down again. Now, LIHI manages a total of 14 villages, eight in Seattle alone, two in Olympia and three in nearby Tacoma. Recently, they added a village in Skyway which is an unincorporated area of King County near the airport. Castle adds, “It's the first one that the County has funded.” Read more here. Bill Griffith practices real estate and municipal law and is the host of Finding the Future, a podcast that explores innovation in land use and sustainability. If you have a story about innovation in land use and sustainability, please reach out to Bill.

Pinoy Love Language
#14 DISEASE CAUSALITY: LIHI

Pinoy Love Language

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 14:36


Lihi is one way Filipinos in the Islands may use to explain a cause of a disease/ deformity based on maternal deprivation during pregnancy. In this episode, we will explore- What is Lihi? How Lihi affects our help-seeking behaviors How Lihi still influence our modern Filipino mind-set ...and many more. HELP US REACH MORE PINOYS AND PINAYS with this podcast, leave me a review by scrolling at the bottom of the episode list and find WRITE A REVIEW. LINKS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW Free Webinar on Speak the Pinoy Language of Love The Blog www.kalamansijuice.com/blog Masterclass: Pakiramdam( Attunement): Filipinos On Affection Beyond Words INTERESTED IN STORY THERAPY? Learn more HERE FOLLOW ME ON Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kalamansijuice4u/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kalamansijuice4u Email: info@kalamansijuice.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kalamansijuice/message

Stories of Hope, Innovation and Impact
A Story of Hope with Barb Oliver

Stories of Hope, Innovation and Impact

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 39:31


John and Zack are joined by Barb Oliver, Director of Operations for Sound Foundations NW. Sound Foundations NW is a non-profit organization building tiny homes and communities forthe homeless in Seattle, WA. Barb's organization created an innovative approach to buildinghigh-quality tiny homes through a series of unique templates called jigs to build theparts of the tiny home: the platform (floor), walls, and the roof. These simple but effective homes are built to last 20 years.In collaboration with the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI), Sound Foundations NW's primary focus is to provide LIHI with quality tiny homes and support the launch of 13 more villages in the greater Seattle area. For the past three years, Sounds Foundations NW has averaged building two homes every three weeks. With the new assembly line system in place at their new location called the Hope Factory, they can now build up to 4 homes per week.To learn more about Sound Foundations NW, visit them at: https://www.soundfoundationsnw.orgVisit Operation Tiny Home at https://www.operationtinyhome.org/ A special thank you to Rodello's Machine for our theme song "The World Inside." Visit them at https://rodellosmachine.com/

Open Premise with Ethan Yeshaya
22. Elementary School (with Lihi Kidron)

Open Premise with Ethan Yeshaya

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 54:39


Lihi Kidron (girlfriend, hehe) joins me to discuss elementary school! The good and bad, the happy and sad, the bullies and the bullied! You can find Lihi on Instagram @lihiginger You can find me on Instagram @openpremise and @ethanyeshaya --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/openpremise/support

The MATTER Health Podcast
Tales from the Trenches™ with Lihi Segal, Founder and CEO of DayTwo

The MATTER Health Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 54:08 Transcription Available


Lihi Segal joined us for a conversation moderated by VillageMD Chief Marketing Officer Ellen Donahue-Dalton to discuss her experiences leading both startups and large public enterprises, the inspiration and motivation behind founding DayTwo and advice for fellow entrepreneurs.Lihi founded DayTwo in 2015 to bring personalized health solutions based on the gut microbiome into the mainstream consumer market. Since then, the company has become a leader in precision nutrition with the world's largest and highest resolution microbiome discovery platform, offering a sustainable path to remission for metabolic disease.DayTwo's results set a new national benchmark for diabetes and metabolic disease care, with significant sustained clinical results in reducing A1C, improving Time in Range and reducing or eliminating prescription medications. Their scientific research is cited by the NIH as a foundational element in its 10 year, $150 million strategic plan for precision nutrition.The Tales from the Trenches series invites seasoned healthcare entrepreneurs to the MATTER stage to share their journeys — from how they got started to what they're trying to accomplish and what they've learned along the way. Tales from the Trenches is sponsored by VillageMD.Register for the more MATTER events here.

Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens
#114 A Real Conversation About Parenting Teens

Power Your Parenting: Moms With Teens

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 50:12


You are going to love this conversation. "I believe that parenthood is like a bungee jump. It’s scary and fun, it makes you fly and often lets you down. This book isn’t so much a parenting guide as an exploration of the complex emotional journey of being a parent, reminding us of the courage and energy it requires as well as acknowledging that no parent is perfect and at the end of the day, this relationship is about connection." Einat Nathan Einat Nathan is a parenting expert, public speaker, and bestselling author of My Everything (Haimsheli in Hebrew) in Israel. She holds a B.A. in law from Tel Aviv University, and is certified by the Adler Institute and the Ministry of Education for Parental Instruction and Group Instruction. Einat has been featured on TV, radio, podcasts, and in countless print outlets, and her second book (Mishelanu) about teenagers is due out in Israel this coming spring. Einat lives in Tel Aviv with her husband Yuval, and her five children Eyal, Yoav, Lihi, Rona, and Shira.  Now translated into English, MY EVERYTHING: The Parent I Want to Be, The Children I Hope to Raise (on sale 04/06/21; Hachette Go, Hardcover; $28; ISBN: 9780306924040) provides a fresh, more millennial, relationship-based approach to parenting strategy. MY EVERYTHING is a rare mix of professional advice and intimate personal exposure that explores how to understand that your children are doing what they are doing in order to grow and develop, and how to release your expectations from them for the sake of their liberty to be who they are. Check out MY EVERYTHING: The Parent I Want to Be, The Children I Hope to Raise at https://amzn.to/3tSZGF9 Follow Einat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/einatnathan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HealthTech Israel Podcast

Interview with Lihi Segal, CEO and co-founder of DayTwoDayTwo provides personalized nutrition and actionable insights that allow you to live healthier and maintain normal blood sugar levels. 01:00                        Lihi shares the story of the fouding of DayTwo03:46                        Tell us a little bit about what we know about the gut microbiome, why you're using that, and a little bit about how that became the product that is DayTwo?08:15                        How does one become a customer of DayTwo?10:00                        What do you see as the benefits of having a real coach versus a digital one?14:00                        What are the things that you are implementing currently in order to increase adherence?17:45                        The DayTwo business model and difference between a healthy person and a Type2 diabetic person.20:15                        What have you learned when analyzing the data from your customers?24:15                        The clinical and scientific journey behind DayTwo's technology 28:50                        How did the COVID pandemic affect DayTwo?31:10                        What are your expansion plans globally?32:15                        Are you looking at additional therapeutic areas beyond Diabetes?33:00                        Tell us a bit about the investors of DayTwo37:35                        How do you balance your personal life with the demands of being the CEO of DayTwo?

Forging Life with Trey Ryder
S2E22: Are You A People Pleaser - With Limor Lihi Debby

Forging Life with Trey Ryder

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 46:52


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Hacks & Wonks
Homeless Encampments and Police Accountability with Councilmember Andrew Lewis

Hacks & Wonks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 31:12


Crystal is joined by Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis from District 7 (from Pioneer Square to Magnolia). They get in to Mayor Durkan's passed up FEMA funding, the removal of the Denny Park encampment, how the city council is trying to address our homelessness crisis, Seattle Police Officers Guild contract negotiations, and whether or not the city of Seattle should help bail out the convention center. 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. Find today's guest,Councilmember Andrew Lewis, @CMAndrewJLewis. More information is available at officialhacksandwonks.com. Resources Read about the FEMA funding Mayor Durkan turned down here: https://publicola.com/2021/03/04/mayors-office-says-hotel-shelter-service-costs-are-not-eligible-for-fema-funding-shelter-providers-and-fema-guidelines-disagree/  Learn about the removal of the Denny Park encampment here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/at-denny-park-city-is-quietly-trying-to-sweep-homeless-campers-without-police/  Read Danny Westneat's coverage of homeless encampment removal in John C. Little Park (referenced in the show as John Miller park) here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-story-of-one-ordinary-park-brings-new-hope-for-seattles-homelessness-emergency/  Read about Councilmember Lewis's “It Takes a Village” initiative here: https://www.seattle.gov/council/meet-the-council/andrew-lewis/it-takes-a-village  Learn about modular tiny homes being produced in Everett here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/an-everett-companys-tiny-homeless-shelters-pop-up-in-portland-more-cities-across-u-s/  Find out more about Capitol Hill's new supportive housing complex, the Clay Apartments, here: https://lihi.org/2020/12/10/the-clay-apartments/  Read about some of the moves made this year by the Washington State legislature on police accountability here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-legislature-takes-up-excessive-force-by-law-enforcement/  Follow all things legislature at leg.wa.gov Learn about the CAHOOTS alternative to policing program in Eugene, Oregon here: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874339977/cahoots-how-social-workers-and-police-share-responsibilities-in-eugene-oregon  Read about some of the challenges of negotiating the new Seattle Police Officers Guild contract here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/federal-judge-to-seattle-city-council-tread-carefully-with-efforts-to-defund-police-or-risk-violating-consent-decree/  Find out more about the convention center bailout here: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/city-state-look-to-join-king-county-in-multimillion-dollar-washington-state-convention-center-bailout/    Transcript Crystal Fincher: [00:00:00] Welcome to Hacks & Wonks. I'm your host, Crystal Fincher. On this show, we talk to political hacks and policy wonks to gather insight into 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. I wanted to welcome to the show, Andrew Lewis, the councilmember from District 7. Thanks so much for joining us today, Andrew. Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:01:02] Yeah. Thank you for having me. It's great to be here. Crystal Fincher: [00:01:04] Well, there've been a few things that have happened at the Seattle City Council lately. Certainly in the past year you have been busy dealing with the pandemic, the economic challenges covered by that, and then all the issues that we're dealing with in the City that have in many ways been exacerbated by both the health and economic crisis. And I guess I want to start out just talking about homelessness and trying to get people housed, which you've certainly done a lot of work on. So I just wanted to get overall - what have you been doing? Where does the City stand on helping get people who don't have homes into stable housing? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:01:50] Yeah. Well, that has certainly been the most defining thing that we've been dealing with at the Seattle City Council. It's something that predated my service on the Council and I'm hoping it will be a crisis that we've been able to resolve by the time that I leave. And I think it's best to talk about it in short-term and long-term things that we need to do. And like so many other things, COVID came along and made an already intolerable crisis of having so many of our neighbors live on the streets even worse. By some estimates we've lost as much as a third of our shelter capacity, as they've had to deintensify and kick more people out into the street who were in shelter before. We've had inpatient behavioral mental health programs shrink and deintensify. All of these things have added up to even more unsheltered homelessness in the City of Seattle at a time when we really didn't need it to be going in that direction. So in the short-term, we need to provide a lot more shelter. And I think we need to follow the lead of a lot of other West Coast cities and really lean into using emergency relief from the federal government and from other sources to stand up more emergency shelter. And that can come in the form of hotels, it can come in the form of tiny house villages. Just whatever it is - something that is desirable, something that has privacy, something that has everything that people need to be successful, to be warm, and to be safe. And we need to do that in the short-term, and we need to do that soon.  In the long-term, we really need to have a regional strategy around scaling permanent supportive housing. And the City Council passed last week a big bill that I put forward on permanent supportive housing to make sure that we are waiving every piece of red tape we possibly can in the City of Seattle to build more permanent supportive housing and build it faster. So that includes things like exempting it from design review. It includes removing certain development mandates that exist for commercial housing, like onsite bike storage, for example, or onsite parking, or things that are less relevant for supportive housing and that add extra expense and waiving those. And saving $45,000 per unit, not per building, but per unit in cost. So, for the long-term, we need to be building that permanent supportive housing. And in the short-term, we got to be standing up these shelter assets. We have stood up some shelter over the course of the last year and that's great, but as we can see visibly, the demand and the need is far greater and we need to keep working on that. Crystal Fincher: [00:04:47] And that's absolutely true. You brought up a point that's certainly been in the news lately - talked about following the lead of other cities and getting federal relief. Certainly has been a lot of conversation about FEMA dollars that were made available to reimburse, at least partially, housing and getting people at least into hotels - space where they do have shelter. But the mayor has been resistant to doing that, which has just seemed really confusing and strange to a lot of people. One of the biggest barriers that we're facing is the cost of providing this housing, and if there's the opportunity to get at least part of it reimbursed, why would we not move forward and do that? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:05:38] Yeah. I think that where the disagreement has been - and it's certainly true that it's complicated. It is not an easy process to apply, for example, for FEMA funding, which I think specifically is what you're referring to. And there's been some reporting by Erica C. Barnett about this and about the FEMA funding. And I think what we've heard from the mayor's office is that there are certain formalities that need to be followed. And my response to that, and I think the response of a lot of my Council colleagues is, "Sure, let's really dig in and let's do those formalities that are required. And let's take full advantage of it." We know that other cities on the West Coast are doing it. Los Angeles probably is doing it most prominently, although San Francisco of course, has been doing it as well. We also know that the scope is a little bit limited in who can benefit. It has to be limited to people who have a unique vulnerability to COVID. Now that conceded, I would venture to guess - quite a few of our neighbors experiencing homelessness under those criteria would qualify. So there certainly is a way we can design a strategy here and expand the scope of how many people we're getting inside. Crystal Fincher: [00:06:59] Have also been concerned - and I saw a Twitter thread you had about the Denny Park encampment removal from about a week ago. Do you think that should have happened? Do you think that's how we should be handling things? And how do you think we should be dealing with encampments throughout the city? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:07:25] I think that's best answered by looking at a tale of two parks. And I think a lot of people who've been watching Danny Westneat's coverage of tiny house villages in particular, has noticed that there was this common theme in the late fall, where he did a series of three columns chronicling what was going on at John C. Miller park in South Seattle, where the Low Income Housing Institute went down there, coordinating with Councilmember Morales' office. There were about 10 people that were camping there, and they were able to get everyone into a tiny house village - no sweep required. There's no tents in that park at all anymore. And all the people that were there are now in shelter.  I think contrasted with Denny Park, the thing that was frustrating to me - sweeps can actually, we've noticed, have an inverse effect where it can actually lead to more people hearing about the sweep and coming and congregating at the park because they think if they go there, they'll be able to get an offer of shelter. So Denny Park, there were maybe about 12 people that were still camping there when the notice of sweep was posted. On the day of the actual sweep, that number had gone up considerably. There were more people that were there because word had gotten out about it. And I think that that contrasts in a less favorable way with what happened at John C. Miller Park, where we were able to more lead with a matched offer of, "This is the amount of space that we have. Let's go out to John C. Miller Park, give everyone a tiny house." And people will accept it, people will accept something that's better, as Chloe Gale with REACH always says. And it worked - there's no tents in that park, there are still no tents in that park, but we know that people were turned away at Denny Park without shelter. And I'll say this - we know where those 10 people at John C. Miller Park were - we know where they are now, they're in a tiny house village. There's a lot of people who are at Denny Park that are now camping in another unsanctioned place, somewhere in the Downtown core, somewhere in South Lake Union. I think what we increasingly need to do is make sure we're scaling up, be it tiny houses, be it hotel rooms, but a space for people to go, because we've seen that that's what makes these things more effective. And it's been the case with a lot of these sweeps where we're just moving folks from one location to another. Crystal Fincher: [00:09:55] Right. And the CDC has recommended against doing sweeps, certainly in a pandemic. Do you ever see a justification for doing a sweep of an encampment? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:10:06] I think that there can be, in circumstances where someone has camped in a place where they're at an incredible hazard to life or health. And by that, I mean, we've had a lot of cases in the news over the last few years of people that are camping next to an off-ramp who get hit by cars and killed, for example. So I think that there's places there, where if there's an exigent risk, that it's a hazard, people could die from something like that, that I think it makes sense. I think it can also make sense in limited circumstances where, and there's been a couple of these recently too, where there's been encampments that aren't being used for shelter, they're being used for highly concerning criminal activity, be it human trafficking or whatever else, and they're not being used for shelter. And if you can establish that through careful investigation, then a removal can be warranted.  But in cases where people are using a tent for shelter, which is the overwhelming majority of tents, we need to be really intentional and leading with engagement and leading with outreach, because if we're constantly just churning people around in the community, we're not resolving the underlying issue. And indeed what we've been seeing, I think increasingly is, like if a business district or something complains about a particular encampment, I think that people are starting to understand that just moving that encampment to someone else's business district doesn't equitably resolve the issue from that standpoint. And it certainly doesn't do anything for the people living in the camp. And that is something that we need to continue to work on. And the only way we can get out of it is by scaling shelter to meet the scale of the crisis, which is what I've been proposing with my It Takes a Village initiative and a couple of other projects my office is working on, in collaboration I'll say, with a broad coalition at this point. It's no longer the case, I think, where there's this division where social justice advocates and service providers are advocating a shelter first approach, and business is advocating sweep first, ask questions later. I think increasingly what we're seeing now is an alliance of groups like the Downtown Seattle Association, which I would say in a lot of ways, it may still have an overtly pro-sweep policy, but have realized that outreach is a lot more effective if you have more shelter options. I think that the notion that used to prevail as recently as two or three years ago, that people living in encampments don't want help, has been completely discredited. Crystal Fincher: [00:13:04] So how many shelter spaces do we need? How can we get there in a... Is it possible to get there in the next couple of years? And what needs to be done to move people from, "Okay, we've got them in shelter and they aren't outdoors," to stable, permanent housing? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:13:27] Yeah. So, we can scale quite a bit of shelter pretty quickly by using a couple of different strategies. One is hoteling, like JustCARE has been doing. The JustCARE initiative, which is a county-funded program active in Pioneer Square and Chinatown ID, has been using hotels, which are really fast, right? We have this huge hotel vacancy rate because of COVID. No one's traveling for work, no one's going on vacation, so hotels are just sitting empty. You don't have to go through a whole process of building the hotel, you don't have to go and site a place to put a FEMA style tent or something. I mean, the hotel rooms are there, it's literally a turnkey operation to get some people in there and use them for shelter. So, I think that's part of it, is the hotels, that's just a matter of, doing a contract and then having a staffing plan and getting folks in there. And that can happen pretty quickly.  I think that some things like tiny house villages - tiny houses can be built pretty quickly. There's some designs out there like Pallet up in Everett, where those modular tiny houses can be assembled. Each unit takes about 30 minutes to assemble, so if you had a bunch of volunteers, you could scale them up pretty quickly. So, I think that we could actually move pretty quickly to scale a lot of these things up to meet the demand. The demand is approximately, based on the 2020 One Night Count, a little over 3,700 people. We have every reason to believe that it's probably higher than that in Seattle. And that's 3,700 people who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness. So that doesn't include our neighbors who are in shelters - they're still considered homeless because they're not in permanent housing yet, but not unsheltered. So the unsheltered homelessness number is around 3,700 or so, probably a little higher because of the challenges we're facing due to COVID. Crystal Fincher: [00:15:36] You're listening to Hacks & Wonks with your host, Crystal Fincher, on KVRU 105.7 FM. Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:15:46] There's some cause for celebration in the permanent supportive housing world in the last two weeks where LIHI recently acquired another permanent supportive building that was just built, The Clay up on Capitol Hill, which is great. It was reported in the Seattle Times. So that will have a pass-through impact, but I think the real key here is we got to be working on moving our bottleneck in that chain of how people get into permanent supportive housing, from these unsanctioned encampments into shelter. Crystal Fincher: [00:16:21] Well, there are certainly a number of competing priorities. There are also a number of candidates - we're going to have a new mayor and a number of people have announced for mayor. We're going to have a new City councilmember, and the other seat is certainly contested with an incumbent running. Have you endorsed anyone? Are you planning to endorse anyone? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:16:48] Well, I've definitely endorsed - my friend and labor sister, Teresa Mosqueda, is running for reelection. I think that she's an outstanding colleague - very excited to work with her and hope that she is resoundingly returned to the Council in the fall, and will be very strongly campaigning for her. My colleague, Councilmember González, who has been the Council President, definitely a good friend of mine - I haven't made an endorsement in the mayor's race yet. Crystal Fincher: [00:17:24] Well, and what do you think these candidates for, certainly the citywide council positions and for mayor, what do you think they need to demonstrate to the residents of Seattle to earn their vote? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:17:38] It's tough when you're in this COVID posture. And under ordinary circumstances, I'd be out at the Legislative District meetings and physical community councils. And I'm doing that kind of outreach right now, but it's all through Zoom meetings. And you know, Crystal, you don't get those opportunities to be in the back, and talk to people, and go talk to somebody after the meeting. So it's hard to know what the vibe on the ground is going to be in this election. I think certainly, there's going to be a lot of questions around public safety and the approach that we're going to take. I think there's definitely going to be a litigation over homelessness on - is homelessness, as I believe, a public health, public housing issue or is it a criminal justice issue? My hope is that it's a debate that will heighten what Seattle can be and not one that's going to be just limited, mired down in acrimony. Crystal Fincher: [00:18:48] I certainly hope so. You mentioned public safety and the direction that you're going to be heading. How do you believe we should proceed and how do you think the SPOG contract should be approached? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:19:04] Yeah. I'm on the Labor Relations Coordinating Committee, so I can't really talk too much about the bargaining. I can say kind of a broad... And actually, I should also clarify in terms of roles, the way the process works, the Council does not bargain itself with any union, but contracts need five Council votes to get ratified. And so, they're negotiated by the mayor. And we have this thing called the Labor Relations Coordinating Committee, where five councilmembers sit on it and we approve parameters so that the mayor can go and bargain. And they'll know if they're within those parameters, they have their five votes for ratification. I can't go too much into that. I can only say that historically one of the big challenges we've seen, and this has been from the federal judge, and the consent decree too, is accountability. The council has been very supportive this session, of a lot of bills that have been brought forward by Joe Nguyen and others down in the Legislature that would strengthen the city's hand in bargaining. We've all been on the record supporting those changes - I think all of us on the Council and the mayor. I think taking a step back and looking at the more broad area of public safety, we can see nationally and internationally, lots of really innovative best practices for how you can change what we have historically seen the role of police - by diversifying it and have a system that's very much informed by public health, where a lot more responders are not police, not armed - in some cases, not even official City employees. I think the good example of that is the CAHOOTS program in Eugene, Oregon, which has been in existence for about 30 years there, where crisis intervention workers and counselors and social workers and mental health clinicians go out and are the first responders on the scene, dispatched directly by 911. The STAR program in Denver is another really good example of this, which is a variation of CAHOOTS that was developed by Denver Justice Project. We really need to be leaning into models like that. So, I think we're seeing nationally a revolution in public safety that really is going to be changing a lot of the underlying assumptions and making the community a lot safer, and making services that are a lot more responsive. Crystal Fincher: [00:21:33] I did want to go back to just your conversation about the police union contract, which does impact so much of what's possible, specifically with discipline and oversight and accountability. And I know that you can't discuss the particulars of negotiation, but as far as your role as a councilmember and approving the contract and voting it up or down, there have been a couple of things that have been talked about for quite some time. One is the 2017 accountability ordinance. The other is whether or not the contract can supersede local Seattle ordinances. Will you be voting for a contract that doesn't include either one of those things, that doesn't include the 2017 accountability ordinance, or that supersedes local ordinances? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:22:26] Yeah, I can't answer that question given my position on the LRPC. What I could just say now is I think it has been clear from the feedback on that last contract from Judge Robart, who is overseeing the federal consent decree process, that there have to be significant changes to the accountability structure in order to comply and square our obligations with the federal consent decree. He's also said that it's possible, that if the city can innovate through our negotiations on other things that accomplish essentially the same goals in different ways, he's open to considering that too. I think that what we can all agree with is that the current accountability structures are not sufficient given what the federal court has said. Crystal Fincher: [00:23:19] That makes sense. And definitely going to be looking forward to seeing how that unfolds. One other issue I wanted to... I think has flown under the radar a little bit, but certainly is talked about in a number of circles, is the issue of the Convention Center bailout. Do you think the City should play a role in providing funds for a Convention Center bailout? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:23:44] I think in approaching that, the first thing we need to do is acknowledge at the front, I know there's been a lot of discussion about this, that the Convention Center is going to be a critical economic engine for our state and our region as we're coming out of COVID. And it is going to be a centerpiece of Downtown recovery, going forward at a time where Downtown, because congregate work, retail, all the things we - nightlife, entertainment, live music - all the things that have made Downtown hum, have been put on hold because of COVID. So, I think having a vibrant Convention Center is going to be a key part of our recovery. I really want to look closely if it comes to that. No specific proposal's been brought forward about the equity of the deal. How much is King County putting in? How much is the State putting in? I want to make sure that we're looking at how we're going to get the money back, because I don't think that it should just be a blank check that's written to the folks that are putting the Convention Center together. I think that there should be some kind of deal to make sure that anything we put in does get paid back. And that that's a realistic plan, not one where the expectation of getting paid back is dubious. But I think that it's definitely something that we should be considering, but those are going to be some of the criteria. So if folks are listening to this that are putting the details together before transmitting it to Council, make sure you incorporate that feedback if you want to appeal to me. Crystal Fincher: [00:25:26] Well, that is definitely getting useful feedback. And I guess in our closing time, I just wanted to ask you, as someone in your position who hears from so many constituents, has such a broad view of what goes into running the City - what should we be paying attention to that we're not, or what's flying under the radar that shouldn't be? Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:25:48] We do have a crisis of unsanctioned encampments that is not a crisis of some big moral failing. Homelessness is the aggregation of so many of the failures of American society and education and public health and criminal justice that all ends up getting visibly put in front of all of us in the form of chronic homelessness. It's something that we've been discussing, but I think we just need to be really clear with the narrative. It is not something that can be dealt with through a law-and-order strategy. And there's a lot of people out there that are using their platforms to either implicitly argue for that, or very explicitly leaving nothing to the imagination, doing that. And I think that it is what we see a lot - I think on the Council and also regional leaders on the County Council and the Legislature too - is people reaching out that have a very conclusory approach to this, which is, "Camping in public with a tent is illegal. And therefore this is very simple, and you're trying to make something complicated that is actually very simple. Enforce the law." I think that there's a lot more we could be doing to push back on that narrative, if only from a pragmatic area of saying like, "Well, look, King County Jail has been deintensified down to 1,400 jail cells. So if you want to go out and arrest 3,700 people for camping, that's not even something that you could do even if we wanted to." And to be clear, we don't, that's not going to solve the underlying issue.  But I think we need to be doing more as progressives, especially in Seattle, to push back on that narrative because I think it is having an impact and eroding our ability to build a regional strategy around homelessness. I think it is resulting in cities like Mercer Island passing these weird, legally dubious ordinances, cities like Renton evicting all homeless shelters out of their city limits. I think that that is the Seattle is Dying thing, it's not really effecting policy in Seattle, but I think we're starting to see it's affecting sentiment in other parts of the County. And it's eroding our ability, I think, to really build the kind of coalition that we need to, to solve this underlying problem. And I think we need to take that very seriously. Crystal Fincher: [00:28:37] Yeah. I completely agree with you, especially the observation that the Seattle is Dying narrative - it's not impacting Seattle. And I actually don't think it's crafted for Seattle. It is very much crafted for suburbs. Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:28:56] And one more point I'll add on that - I appreciate everything you just said - is it feels like every two years, and maybe there was a reset for this because of COVID, and we'll see how this year's election goes. But I feel like we relitigate the same conversation in our municipal elections every two years. I feel like in 2019, this was also the question. It was like, "Is homelessness primarily a law and order problem, or is it primarily a housing, public health problem?" And resoundingly, in that election in 2019, the candidates that were elected - myself and the other folks that won - generally speaking, held that view that it is a housing and public health problem and were successful. And I just get the sense now, going back to our earlier conversation, I think we're going to have a citywide election this year where some people are going to try to relitigate that conclusion. That's got to be the fight this year. And I hope that we can continue to fight for the better angels of the voters in our region on that. Crystal Fincher: [00:30:09] Well, I absolutely agree. And I thank you for taking the time to speak with us today. Look forward to having you back in the future and looking forward to just watching you work throughout the year. So thank you so much. Councilmember Andrew Lewis: [00:30:22] Okay. Thanks for having me. Crystal Fincher: [00:30:26] Thank you for listening to Hacks & Wonks. Our chief audio engineer at KVRU is Maurice Jones Jr. The producer of Hacks & 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 & Wonks on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever else you get your podcasts, just type in "Hacks & 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.

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged
#408 - City of Seattle to set up homeless shelters in downtown, Belltown hotels

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 22:47


The City of Seattle announced Tuesday that it will begin using a pair of hotels as 24/7 enhanced shelter spaces for homeless individuals.That will encompass 66 non-congregate rooms at Belltown’s Kings Inn, and 155 non-congregate rooms at the Executive Hotel Pacific in downtown Seattle. Both sites will include some combination of wraparound services, case management, housing navigation services, and more.The Kings Inn shelter will be operated by the Chief Seattle Club, while the Executive Hotel Pacific shelter space will be managed by the Low Income Housing Institute pending the finalization of a contract between LIHI and the city.Both hotels will be leased out by the city for a year, which will include “a one-month set-up and ramp-down process.”This comes during a larger effort to focus on providing stable shelter spaces in unoccupied rooms of King County hotels. In 2021, the county plans to buy a series of hotels to permanently house up to 45% of its homeless population.Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.Support the show (https://buymeacoff.ee/seattlepodcast)

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged
#398 - Seattle Developer to Sell Upscale, Just-Finished Capitol Hill Apartments for Low-Income Housing

Only in Seattle - Real Estate Unplugged

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 18:59


A “rare opportunity” on Capitol Hill will transform a just-finished apartment building planned for upscale market-rate rentals into affordable housing for people who are currently homeless.The developer of the 76-unit Clay apartments plans to sell the building to the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) for about $18.2 million, said LIHI Director Sharon Lee. LIHI expects to house 75 people, including 20 homeless veterans, Lee said.The sale, expected to close next month, is an unusual deal in Seattle’s once-hot apartment market.The seven-story building at East Howell Street and Belmont Avenue was advertised as “perfectly tailored for city living.” Inside are studio apartments of less than 300 square feet. A rooftop deck offers views of downtown.“If ever there was a beating heart of Seattle, Clay sits right in the middle of it,” reads the promotional copy on the building’s website. Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.Support the show (https://buymeacoff.ee/seattlepodcast)

IsraelCast
Lihi Lapid, Author, Journalist & Special Needs Advocate

IsraelCast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 50:21


For the past 73 years, children in Israel have grown up following in the footsteps of their grandparents, parents, siblings, and friends by enlisting in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). But for those with disabilities and special needs, the dream of joining the IDF was, for a long time, unattainable. Enter Special in Uniform, an organization close to the heart of Lihi Lapid, author, journalist, and special needs advocate. In this week’s episode of IsraelCast, host Steven Shalowitz speaks to Lihi about how Special in Uniform deeply impacts youth with special needs by giving them a chance to join the IDF, as well as her life as a journalist and photographer.

The Talking Pictures Podcast
Sigal Avin, Ayelet Zurer, Lihi Kornowski & Gal Toren - Losing Alice

The Talking Pictures Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 9:42


#Director #SigalAvin and cast #AyeletZurer, #LihiKornowski & #GalToren chat about their new #AppleTVPlus series #LosingAlice.

Radiant Creators
Lihi Introp & Edd Edwards – Bio-Intrinsic Resonant Energy

Radiant Creators

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 83:01


Bio Intrinsic Resonant Energy Edd Edwards and Lihi Introp are leaders in the field of Bio Intrinsic Resonant Energy. As the catalyst for instantaneous healing and energy movement, Edd and Lihi desire to help others heal themselves. Edds Bio https://lihi-and-edd.com/edds-bio/ Lihis Bio https://lihi-and-edd.com/lihis-bio/ Show Links Interview – YouTube https://youtu.be/1wi3-HSgUVM Interview – Brighteon https://www.brighteon.com/0bf80cf4-7e17-42e4-8ca4-4047b54ccee9 Interview – […] The post Lihi Introp & Edd Edwards – Bio-Intrinsic Resonant Energy appeared first on Radiant Creators.

My Alien Life
The Alien Brain...Edd Edwards and Lihi Introp - The Electronic Healing Power of the Mind!

My Alien Life

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 66:28


Tonight we will talk about the amazing ways of being able to use our higher brain functions in a way that most people have never heard of.  Edd Edwards has spent 24 years of clinical study devoted to his special abilities.  By using his brain he can reset and activate healing mechanisms; with the energy that he has learned and is able to control.  Tonight Edd Edwards, Lihi Introp and I talk about THAT and more!  This is my Alien Life! Please check out my guests websites here Lihi and Edd.  Pure Feminine & Masculine Energy    Edd Edwards The Alien Brain 

Supernatural Girlz
The Man with the Alien Brain~ Edd Edwards and Lihi Introp

Supernatural Girlz

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 91:00


As a small child Edd had the "gift" passed on to him by his grandmother.  He found ways to play with the energy running through him. often causing mischief in school and at church.  After years of practice Edd is a force to be reckoned with.  His partner Lihi is a Licensed Social Worker in NYC, who has the feminine aspect of the same power.  Both Edd and Lihi are being studied at labs here in the U.S. and have consistently shown the ability to generate Biophotons in the millions, effecting health, weather and even random number generators. Edd and Lihi will be giving two demonstrations to our audience. Tune in to feel the power and hear their amazing experiences!

KZradio הקצה
Lihi Admon's Favorite Music 10-6-20

KZradio הקצה

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2020 48:00


Haji Warsame Academy - House of Wisdom
Nin tuur lihi sida uu u seexdo isagaa kaa yaqaan

Haji Warsame Academy - House of Wisdom

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 0:16


Nin tuur lihi sida uu u seexdo isagaa kaa yaqaan

Song Couch
EPISODE 7! (Games Edition with Lihi Kidron!)

Song Couch

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 67:40


Lihi Kidron joins us for a special games episode! We play some classic and original improv games, as well as the Song Couch favorite, "Shitty Ditties" Follow us on Instagram @SongCouchPodcast , as well as our hosts, @kibynhait_ @itslahiru and @EthanYeshaya --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Wendy's Coffeehouse
Edd Edwards' 'Alien Brain', October 27, 2019 - B. I. R. E., Edd Edwards and Lihi combine efforts to increase the dose.

Wendy's Coffeehouse

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 39:09


An Energy healer who has [measured in several science labs] the ability to use 90 percent of his brain, Edd Edwards is continuing to wow the researchers. Lihi also demonstrates incredible healing ability. When combined, her input adds balance. Brief Demo in this interview. This link is for the healing activation energy group with Edd and Lihi - *10/28/19 Having done some previous demos with Edd, the difference in this joint effort is a definite uptick in the flow and a more fluid vibration. Surprising change! Note: Edd is featured on Ancient Aliens: The Alien Brain. Read the show transcript: The Alien Brain/Episode Script.

DevInsider - The story of the Israeli tech companies
Lihi Pinto Fryman - Syte Up the hill

DevInsider - The story of the Israeli tech companies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 24:23


In this episode we sat with Lihi Pinto Fryman, Co-Founder & CMO at Syte, and heard about how the company was founded, what it took to grow it into a 60 customer company (and growing) and serving the biggest retailers in the world, all based on the simple idea that is visual search.  

Supernatural Girlz
The Amazing Edd Edwards is Back with New Energy Partner Lihi Introp - LIVE Demo

Supernatural Girlz

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 95:00


TWO LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS ON AIR TONIGHT!  Don't miss this one... As a young child Edd Edwards learned he could project energy is such a way that he could make people move without touching them. A gift from his grandmother, Edd developed a technique of photon projection that can also help people heal themselves.  Edd has been tested at the Rhine Institute and more recently at the Monroe Institute where Research Coordinator Ross Dunseath discovered that both Edd and his Energy partner Lihi Introp were able to increase their own voltage significantly. "When Edd Edwards and his healer associate Lihi Introp visited in early July, we observed some fascinating phenomena. Edd has been involved in "energy" manipulation since he was a small child, and has participated in several laboratory studies throughout his life. He was able to demonstrate raising his DC voltage to high levels on a routine basis, often above 20 volts upwards to a maximum of 70 volts. Lihi was able to show this effect as well, reaching 50 volts. These voltage levels were observed after "shorting" a finger to ground (briefly touching a ground wire) so they were starting from a zero potential. Lihi raised her voltage at a steady rate of about 1 volt per minute. Edd's rates varied from 1 to 4 volts per minute. Both Edd and Lihi reported a tingling sensation when they reached high voltage levels."

Conscious Living on Empower Radio
Different Levels of Consciousness with Edd Edwards and The Energy Lady Lihi

Conscious Living on Empower Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019


Edd Edwards is back with a HUGE announcement - we CAN'T talk about but we can tease. Major network feature on Edd and his work. Also bringing to the table a new partner to add the Feminine Energy to the equation. Demo included.

On the Brink with Andi Simon
126: Lihi Segal—Get Healthy And Avoid Disease With Personalized Nutrition

On the Brink with Andi Simon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2019 25:38


Lihi Segal explains how microbiomes are the key to health! I first heard about heard Lihi Segal in a TED Talk about how our diets are unique to our bodies. It was so interesting. It's not about how much we eat, it's the precise mix of foods we consume. I reached out to Lihi and DayTwo, her research company that's developing this new approach, to see if they would share with us their research findings and what it might mean for each of us. The implications of this new understanding of nutrition are enormous. What if we all could be healthier and avoid disease if we better understood what's good and bad for our individual bodies? This is big. Listen in, learn and share this conversation! It could change your life. Perhaps it is time to think about not A DIET but YOUR DIET Lihi Segal is CEO and co-founder of DayTwo, a leader in the development of microbiome-based precision medicine, focusing on metabolic disease. For those of us who don't know, your gut microbiome is the collection of all the microbes (around 100 trillion) that exist in your digestive tract and help you digest food. Your microbiome is unique to you, and influences the way your body reacts to different foods. A new frontier in medicine A study conducted in 2015 at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and published in Cell was the catalyst that got Lihi into the field of personalized, microbiome-based diet solutions. The study, which for one week continuously monitored blood sugar levels in over a thousand people, revealed that the bodily response to foods was highly individual.  Called the Personalized Nutrition Project, the study was led by Professors Eran Segal of the Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department and Eran Elinav of the Immunology Department. They decided to look at why diets fail and why one person can eat, say, bread and another person can't. Segal and Elinav decided that perhaps the whole approach is wrong and instead of looking at the food, we need to look at the person. This led them to develop an algorithm that collects a person's health data and then predicts which foods and meals would be good for them and which would be bad, with "good" being a meal that doesn't spike blood sugar levels after eating it.  Prof. Segal said: “We chose to focus on blood sugar because elevated levels are a major risk factor for diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome. The huge differences in the rise of blood sugar levels among different people who consumed identical meals highlights why personalized eating choices are more likely than universal dietary advice to help people stay healthy.” It's all about your gut microbiome What caught Lihi's attention was the ability of Segal and Elinav's technology to customize low blood sugar level diets for each individual, something very new in the nutrition realm, so her company licensed it. If she could help people avoid disease, and death, Lihi was in.   Researchers at DayTwo then built a mathematical predictive model app that tells you how your blood sugar is going to respond to any meal you eat. Based on that model, they now can create customized diets for their clients so they can successfully avoid high blood sugar levels that cause energy dips, excessive hunger, weight gain and increased risk of obesity and diabetes. As part of their program, they also provide suggested meals, snacks and the services of a dietician. Along these same lines, recent research has shown that your genetic background is not as influential in your microbiome as you might have thought. It is less genetics than a reflection of the people you live with, the foods, drugs and drinks you consume, and your lifestyle. That's why DayTwo's assessment methodology is so innovative—it helps you identify the right diet for your personal “gut.” Think about the implications of this approach Your health to a very large extent stems from how your body processes food. The trillions of bacteria that live in your gut, which differ greatly from person to person, are part of how you uniquely respond to food. Different people have different blood sugar responses to the same foods, which is why it is essential to understand what your particular body needs—and to eat accordingly.  Wanting to bring this groundbreaking technology from Isreal to the U.S., Lihi and DayTwo helped the Mayo Clinic replicate the Weizmann Institute trial which got the same results. Heidi Nelson, M.D., director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine Microbiome Program, explains:  “We have long wondered why one diet works for one person, but not another. Now, we are beginning to understand that how a person processes food depends upon that individual’s gut microbiome, immune system and the community of bacteria in the gut. Given these multiple factors, we are exploring ways to develop customized diets that will maintain wellness and prevent the development of disease." Nelson adds: "Glucose levels are abnormally high in patients with diabetes, and traditional interventions to control glucose levels have had limited benefit for them. These study results highlight the important role that personalized diets can play in maintaining better control over blood glucose levels and overall health." How do you get started with DayTwo? As Lihi tells us in the podcast, just go to DayTwo's website and order your home testing kit online, which contains everything you need. In addition, over 200 clinics in the U.S. have signed up with her program. Better health is actually attainable for all of us. Some background on Lihi Lihi Segal has over 20 years of experience leading business and financial operations, spanning Interoperability and Health Information Exchange (HIE), Population Management, Electronic Health Records and Analytics. Before launching DayTwo, Lihi was COO and CFO of Sisense, a leading provider of business intelligence and analytics software, and CFO of dbMotion Ltd. where she was instrumental in growing the company up until its acquisition by Allscripts Healthcare, a leading U.S. EMR company. Prior to that, Lihi held senior roles in a number of businesses, from startups to large public enterprises. She is also a lawyer with an LLB from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from Northwestern University. Additional resources: DayTwo website Watch a demo of the DayTwo app My book: "On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights" Our website: Simon Associates Management Consultants    Download the 1-page synopsis of my book, "On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights" here

Omni Talk
Spotlight Series: Interview with Syte CMO and Co-Founder Lihi Pinto Fryman

Omni Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 24:08


Omni Talk sits down with Syte.ai CMO and Co-Founder Lihi Pinto Fryman to talk visual search. *sponsored content*

VOICEMAIL POEMS
"Fourier" by Lihi Z

VOICEMAIL POEMS

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 1:52


The voice spills / Over the telephone / Time morphed into frequency / And back again / A compression of sentiment / Unraveled by longing / It says: ‘hiiiii’ A conversation about nothing is spoken / The day’s errands / The planned social respite / A desire to lay roots too soon to build / Hidden within a sense of fear of the future / What lays beneath Beneath the telephone / Lies a manipulation so essential / Its how music to MRIs function / Called the Fourier transform / And as removed as you think math can be from philosophy / Well transform it into another domain / They are the same thing / What I mean to say / Is Fourier found a way to describe how something instantaneous / Is infinite / A pulse in time / Corresponding to a sinc function in frequency that stretches to infinity / Decaying, it’s limit approaching zero, reverberations felt less and less as you leave the instant behind but ever so present / Laid on top of each other like rain drops / Like a voice / Dancing in time But to get that voice back to me / The telephone truncates / Otherwise it would alias / His words would morph into something indistinguishable / Like he isn’t him / Like he’s the CIA agent he always jokes he could become / What I mean to say is in order to bring words back to me / Engineering dictates that the sinc function must cut off at a certain point / Not let it stretch to infinity / Practicality telling philosophy to stop overthinking or I’ll lose my mind / Or the signals can’t get reconstructed / He says he has to go / I know our conversation about nothing can’t last very long / If I want to preserve the instant --------------------------------------- SUPPORT US ON PATREON: http://patreon.com/voicemailpoems http://voicemailpoems.org/guidelines http://facebook.com/voicemailpoems http://twitter.com/voicemailpoems http://voicemailpoems.org/thepodcast

POMEPS Conversations
Women's Activism on the Religious Right: A Conversation with Lihi Ben Shitrit

POMEPS Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2017 20:15


Lihi Ben Shitrit speaks about her new book, Righteous Transgressions: Women's Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right. Shitrit is an assistant professor at the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia, Athens. "The book is a comparative study of women's activism in the Israeli and Palestinian right, but specifically four groups: the Jewish settlers in the West Bank, the ultra-Orthodox Shas movement, the Islamist movement in Israel, and the Palestinian Hamas," said Shitrit. "What motivated me to do this was the fact that you can still pick up a book on any of these movements and not find any women mentioned— not by name, not even by subject, not even the category of women. As if women are not important to the politics of these movements. And for me that was a glaring gap because we know women support these movements." "One thing that I found was that women in these movements think that they're not recognized enough in terms of the general public— the media and academia don't cover them and don't recognize their contributions. Their own movements recognize their contributions, but the wider public doesn't," said Shitrit. "So they wanted also to convey their message. And at the end of the process, I had so much access and great support by women who really supported what I was doing." "The question that I'm asking is how do women in very conservative religious movements— with very clear ideas about women and men's different public and private roles— how are they able to participate in forms of activism that seems to seem to transgress or go beyond what the movement say that they should do?" Shitrit said. "And why do we see variation? Why do we see that in some movements, women's activism really adhere to the very conservative ideology of their movement— and in other movements women totally transgress and participate in much more expansive forms of activism." "I'm hoping what would come out from the book would be that the people I worked with actually read the book— and maybe find that they have so much in common with women in these movements. Maybe this could be a kind of fresh step towards seeing the others as someone who has something in common with you."

Zerbinator Land
LIHI Ep. 1 “Star Wars”

Zerbinator Land

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2015


DOWNLOAD: LIHI Ep. 1 “Star Wars” Welcome to episode one of the “Luvit or Hãtit” podcast! This week Mr. Matt Lappie and I discuss “Star Wars” and it’s legacy. I’d like to thank Matt for joining me as my permanent cohost, and I would like to thank Mr. Jack Furman for his artwork for our … More LIHI Ep. 1 “Star Wars”

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Sounds of Berklee
Lihi Haruvi, "On the Way Back"

Sounds of Berklee

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2015 6:08


April 28, 2010 Berklee's student-run record label Jazz Revelation Records released its seventh compilation album, Birds of a Feather, in April. The disc features 11 young jazz artists from around the globe—each leading a band performing original compositions. The scope of the CD is wide-ranging, with artists performing styles including traditional and contemporary jazz, nu-jazz, fusion, and jazz with experimental, classical, world, electronica, ambient, and funk influences. One of the composer/bandleaders is Israel-born alto saxophonist Lihi Haruvi, who has performed with Jeff "Tain" Watts and Joel Frahm. This Sounds of Berklee podcast features Haruvi and her band on the track "On the Way Back."

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)
Takeover Sessions #053 Incl. Andrea Martini Guest Mix

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2013 120:00


New episode of the takeover with me in the mix, Baramuda. This week I had some trouble with my mic so no voiceover this time (sorry for that)! Next week I am back on track with a new full episode of the takeover! Now back to the music! This week I have Andrea Martini in the Guest Mix, so stay tuned for that! Besides that we will kick of the first hour with a DJ Mix I did for ADSR Records called "Can You Feel It". Its out now so go grab your copy! The package includes the DJ Mixes and also DJ Friendly unmixed tracks of the package! Lets go! 01. Hard Rock Sofa - Live Today (Show Stars Remix) 02. Baramuda & DJ Synchro - Away (Deeplife Instrumental Mix) 03. Net Brothers - House Your Love (Club Mix) 04. Vengerov - Kazantip Intro (Swanky Tunes & Hard Rock Sofa Remix) 05. Kriis Wide - Im On Fire (Helvetics & Julian Woods Remix) 06. Duvoh feat. Tess Marie - Come Over (Deorro Remix) 07. Baramuda Feat. Sean DeClase - Feel The Fire (Christian Arenas Remix) 08. Miss Kiyami & Dario Rodriguez - What the Fuck (David Puentez Remix) 09. Asino - The Return Of The Blonk Bass (Original Mix) 10. Ido B & Zooki Feat. LIHI - 21st Century (Original Mix) 11. Baramuda, Deex & Martin Dhamen - Electro Technique (Robin Roovel Remix) 12. Ron Carroll vs Swaylo - Let Life Shine (Martin Dhamen Remix) 13. Baramuda & Deex - Pussy (Christian Arenas Remix) 14. 9Five - Dental (Original Mix) 15. Nathan C - Follow (Kryder Remix) 16. Al Faris & Chris Roxx - Do You Love Me (Richard Grey Dub Mix) Andrea Martini Guest Mix 01. Andrea Martini - Origins (Original Mix) 02. Melody Stranger - Back Again (Original Mix) 03. DJ Dan - We Used To Jack (Original Mix) 04. Marco Molina - Out Of Mind (Original Mix)05. 06. Wawa - Oh La La La (Original Mix) 07. The Cube Guys & Kaarlos And Mozza -Ride (Kaarlos & Mozza Original Mix) 08. Transet - Dance (Reza Remix) 09. Dennis Ramoon - Gotta Let It Go (Soneec Black Room Remix) 10. Marco Lys - Looking For Some Action (Original Mix) 11. Faul and WAD AD vs PNAU - Changes (Tocadiscos Sunny LA RMX)

Selected Radio with Andski
103 (with Andski & Kaeno)

Selected Radio with Andski

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2013


- Andski - 01. Oliver & Tom - Aurora Boreal [Pulsar] 02. Armin van Buuren & Cindy Alma - Beautiful Life (Mikkas Remix) [Armind] 03. FloE & Matteo Desko - Rush [Sorcery] 04. Vinid & Vera - Don't Leave Me Down [Motion Beat] 05. Weela - Departure (Neo Kekkonen Remix) [Entraxx] 06. Ido B & Zooki ft. LIHI - 21st Century [Housepital] 07. Oceanlab vs Store N Forward - Satellite with Nuts (Adrian Alexander Mashup) [CDR] - Kaeno - 01. Craig Connelly & Christina Novelli - Black Hole (Intro Edit) 02. Allen Watts - Tomahawk (Original Mix) 03. Sneijder & Mark Leanings - Now Or Never (Original Mix) 04. Arctic Moon & Paul Webster - Valhalla (Adam Ellis Remix) 05. Eddie Bitar - Kaboom (XGenic Remix) 06. Kaeno - I.D. Join Andski on: http://facebook.com/andski http://twitter.com/andski http://soundcloud.com/andski And of course his official website: http://andski.net

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)
Takeover Sessions #042 Incl. Jochem Hamerling And Extrano Guest Mix

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2013 120:10


We are back with yet again a new episode of the epic Housepital Takeover Sessions. This week we don't have one, but two guest mixes coming up from the likes of: Jochem Hamerling & Extrano, so stay tunes for that! But first we kick off this weeks episode with fresh new underground and EDM music from the Housepital imprint and others! Who is ready for the weekend? Lets go! 01. Extrano - I Feel Love 02. Eu Bolos - Funky People 03. Mark Kane - El Trago 04. Mallenza And Lau Savano - Tormenta (Radio Edit) 05. Aretzi And Romeo Quenn - Trash Talk 06. Kryder - Pymd 07. Fedde Le Grand & Deniz Koyu - Love & Proud & Juze (F3DE Mash Up) 08. Don Diablo & Matt Nash Vs Otto Knows - Starlight (Gatzby Rework) 09. Ido B And Zooki Feat. LIHI - 21st Century 10. Cedric Gervais And Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (Kaz James Mix) 11. DVBBS And Borgeous - Tsunami 12. Nicola Fasano And Steve Forest vs Daft Punk - I Am Around The World (Daddy's Groove Booty Mix) 13. Kissy Sell Out - Who Walks Alone 14. Infinity Ink - Infinity (Clade VonStroke Remix) 15. Stefano Noferini And Boris - This Is Not The Future Jochem Hamerling Guest Mix (30 Minutes) 01. Jochem Hamerling - Mercy On Your Soul 02. Cuartero - Only You 03. Jochem Hamerling - Sanskrit 04. Josh Butler -Keep Movin' 05. Jay Lumen - Fifty Fifty (Stripped Chicago Mix) 06. Jochem Hamerling - Pas The Rat Extrano Guest Mix (30 Minutes) 01. Martin Ikin - What You've Done 02. Extrano - Superflux 03. Rue Jay, Ic3 Cream Social - All Night 04. Made by Pete - Special Request 05. Edy Valiant & Roger Slato & Noel - Passion (Extrano Remix) 06. Extrano - Can You Feel It 07. Red Carpet - Alright (Extrano Bootleg)

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)
Takeover Sessions #041 Incl. Wetdog Guest Mix

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2013 120:01


Welcome back to another episode of Housepital Takeover Sessions presented by Deex. This week includes a special guest mix by two brothers called Wetdog. Be prepared for some real Electro music from the Dutch duo. The first our Deex will bring you the best electro, progressive and exclusives. Enjoy this weeks Takeover Session! 1st Hour mix by Deex Tracklist: 1. Digitalism - Electric Fist 2. Kris McLachlan - You (Original Mix) 3. Rex Mundi - Voodoo People (Original Mix) 4. Mark Knight & Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face (Rene Amesz Remix) 5. Adrian Lux & Marcus Schossow feat. JJ - Wild Child (Extended Mix) 6. Alistair Albrecht Feat. Nicole Jackson - Feel So Alive (Baramuda & Deex Remix) 7. Calvin Harris Feat. Ayah Marar - Thinking About You (EDX Remix) 8. Heatbeat & Chris Schweizer - Nasty (Original Mix) 9. Francesco Rossi - Paper Aeroplane (Tom Staar Remix) 10. Ido B & Zooki Ft. LIHI - 21st Century (Extended Mix) 11. Nic Toms - Velvet (original mix) 12. Miss Cognati - Overseas (Deex Remix) 13. Andrew Bayer - Detuned 2nd Hour Guestmix by Wetdog Tracklist 1. Wetdog – Control My Thoughts 2. Wetdog – Attempt One 3. Wetdog – I Get It 4. Wetdog – Meanwhile 5. Wetdog – Lift Off 6. Wetdog – Offset 7. Wetdog – My Spaceship 8. Julie Thompson & Leon Bolier – Underwater (Wetdog Remix) 9. Wetdog – Attempt Two 10. Wetdog – Techno Pussy 11. Wetdog – Move Forward 12. Wetdog - Aix

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DJ JIM
DJ Jim - Live Set 125

DJ JIM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2013 59:13


Dj Jim представляет еженедельную программу "Electro Speed"!Программа выходит в регионах на разных интернет и FM радиостанциях. 1. 2-4 Grooves - Up To No Good (Extended Mix) 2. Epic Twelve ft. Courtney Randall - Never Enough (Whyel Remix) 3. G-Wizard & Joey Kaz vs Shotgun Cubs - Great Relief (Bombs Away Mix) 4. King Richard & Danny Torrence - Stupidisco (White Zoo Remix) 5. Daman & A.D. ft. Elove Taylor - Come Here (Vindes Rmx) 6. Iggy Azalea ft. T.I. - Change Your Life (Wideboys Club Mix) 7. Sub Focus ft. Kele - Turn It Around (Jacob Plant Remix) 8. Disco Fries - Parachutes (Original Mix) 9. Tritonal ft. Underdown - Follow Me Home (Original Mix) 10. Ido B & Zooki ft. LIHI - 21st Century (Original Mix) 11. Titus1 & De Oro - Toro (Rocket Pimp Remix) 12. Walden - First Day (Original Mix) 13. The Bloody Beetroots with Junior - Albion (Original Mix)

DJ JIM
DJ Jim - Live Set 125

DJ JIM

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2013 59:13


Dj Jim представляет еженедельную программу "Electro Speed"!Программа выходит в регионах на разных интернет и FM радиостанциях. 1. 2-4 Grooves - Up To No Good (Extended Mix) 2. Epic Twelve ft. Courtney Randall - Never Enough (Whyel Remix) 3. G-Wizard & Joey Kaz vs Shotgun Cubs - Great Relief (Bombs Away Mix) 4. King Richard & Danny Torrence - Stupidisco (White Zoo Remix) 5. Daman & A.D. ft. Elove Taylor - Come Here (Vindes Rmx) 6. Iggy Azalea ft. T.I. - Change Your Life (Wideboys Club Mix) 7. Sub Focus ft. Kele - Turn It Around (Jacob Plant Remix) 8. Disco Fries - Parachutes (Original Mix) 9. Tritonal ft. Underdown - Follow Me Home (Original Mix) 10. Ido B & Zooki ft. LIHI - 21st Century (Original Mix) 11. Titus1 & De Oro - Toro (Rocket Pimp Remix) 12. Walden - First Day (Original Mix) 13. The Bloody Beetroots with Junior - Albion (Original Mix)

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)
Takeover Sessions #040 Incl. Martin Dhamen Guest Mix

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2013 120:01


It has been a while since my last radioshow but the summer season has stopped and I am pumped up and thrilled to start the next series of the Housepital Takeover Sessions! This week in episode 40 I will present to you the best 13 tracks of released and unreleased Housepital and Twisted Shuffle material, after that the Housepital resident "martin dhamen" is taking the wheel and providing you with the best EDM and Progressive anthems of this moment! 01. Superpunx & Hotdogs - Flying 02. Kris McLachlan - You 03. Chocolate Funk - Yeah! 04. David Mel Feat. Maja Zaloznik - True Love 05. Aemilius - This Is Over Now 06. Ido B And Zooki Feat. LIHI - 21st Century 07. Aretzi And Romeo Quenn - Trash Talk 08. Baramuda, Deex & Martin Dhamen - Electro Technique (Robin Roovel Remix) 09. Bob Zanetti - Wild Life 10. Asino - return Of The Blonk Bass 11. Tetra Feat. Starla Edney - Stronger 12. Miss Cognati - Overseas (Deex Remix) 13. Collapse - Reset N React Martin Dhamen Guest Mix 1. Dallask - Alienz (Botnek Remix) 2. Filip Jenven - Hey (Original Mix) 3. Fehrplay - Monte (Original Mix) 4. Apx & Tyro Maniac, Jonny rose - Seven Bridges (One For Me)(Original Mix) 5. Pryda - Juletider (Original Mix) 6. Jeremy Olander vs. Kent - Pertoleum (Original Mix) 7. Kylie - Skirt (Hot Mouth Remix) 8. Stefano Pain, Marcel - Back (Original Mix) 9. Andrew Bayer - Detuned 10. Jewelz & Scott Sparks - Cargo (Original Mix) 11. Audien - Iris (Original Mix) 12. Madeon - Technicolor (Club Extended) 13. 3LAU, Paris & Simo feat. Bright Lights - Escape (Original Mix) 14. Leventine, EDX - The Sun (Original Mix) 15. Mat Zo feat. Chuck D - Pyramid Scheme (Club Mix)

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Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)
Takeover Sessions #039 Incl. 2 Hours By Deex

Housepital Takeover Sessions (EDM & Underground genres)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2013 120:01


And we are back with a fresh new Housepital Takeover Session. Back after a short break involving great music, the sun and of course a lot of chilling out. This week is packed with great music with Deex 2 hours in the mix. Starting of a bit deeper in the first hour but don't worry, there still will be enough big room, electro and progressive you name it. This episode also brings a lot of fresh amazing music from the Housepital imprint itself. So stay tuned! Tracklist: 1. Joris voorn - Ringo (Original Mix) 2. Andre Sobota - Move 3. Jeremy Olander vs Kent - Petroleum (Original Mix) 4. Kris McLachlan - You (Original Mix) 5. Fehrplay - Monte (Original Mix) 6. Siteez - Exodus ( Original Mix ) 7. Pleasurekraft, Jaceo, Vedic - Chloroformd 8. Stefano Noferini & Boris - This Is Not The Future (Original_Mix) 9. Ridney & Terri B ft. Toddi Reed - Rise Up What Can I Do (Original Mix) 10. Chipi & Co. - That Dance Track (original mix) 11. Digitalism - Dudalism (feat. Steve Duda) 12. Andrew Bayer - England 13. Tetra ft. Starla Edney - Stronger (Original Mix) 14. Vicetone - Tremble (Original Mix) 15. Madeon - Technicolor (Club Extended) 16. Digitalism - Lift (feat. The M Machine) 17. Super8 & Tab - The Way You Want (D-Mad Remix) 18. Denetti - Booster (Original Mix) 19. Paul Ritch - Run Baby Run 20. Hook N Sling & Chris Willis - Magnet (Main Mix) 21. Mat Zo feat. Chuck D - Pyramid Scheme (Club Mix) 22. Ido B & Zooki Ft. LIHI - 21st Century (Extended Mix) 23. Tommy Trash - Monkey In Love (Original Mix) 24. Steve Angello, Matisse & Sadko - SLVR (Original Mix) 25. D.Ramirez, Mark Knight, Underworld - Downpipe (Armin Van Buuren Remix 26. Sander van Doorn - Neon - (Original Extended Mix)

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