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Guest Kirk Wallace Johnson is the author of The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast, The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, and To Be a Friend is Fatal: the Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind, which covers his efforts on behalf of Iraqi refugees as the founder of the List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies. Summary Our conversations explored several important topics in Kirk's life: • Why Kirk became passionate about supporting Iraqis who helped America during the Iraqi war gain entry into the U.S. and how that experience led to creating the “List Project” and his first book, To Be a Friend is Fatal. • How he found solace in fly fishing, which led to meeting fly fishing guide Spencer Seim and his writing of The Feather Thief, the story of a million-dollar theft of dead rare birds from the British Museum. • How a Bruce Springsteen song led Kirk to research a conflict between Vietnamese immigrants and the Ku Klux Klan along the Texas Gulf Coast and how Diane Wilson, an environmental activist, took on the corporations that were polluting the water. • Why educational restrictions on certain content stand in the way of helping youth to develop critical thinking. Links/References Kirk on “This American Life” • 499: Taking Names https://www.thisamericanlife.org/499/taking-names • 607: Didn't We Solve This One https://www.thisamericanlife.org/607/didnt-we-solve-this-one/act-two-1 • 654: The Feather Heist https://www.thisamericanlife.org/654/transcript • 745: Getting Out https://www.thisamericanlife.org/745/transcript Interview with the fly-fishing guide, Spencer Seim https://www.queticocoaching.com/blog/2021/11/29/getting-unstuck-200-life-and-leadership-from-a-fly-fishing-guide

With the Noonas realizing they'd forgotten that May has 5 Mondays, Jessie and Natalia scrambled to find something for that elusive forgotten episode, and decided with Project Wolf Hunting coming to Screambox this was the perfect time to watch and review this blood-soaked cinematic experience. Did they enjoy the slash-em-up as much as they suspected they might? Were they surprised by anything in this Korean Horror film? listen to find out!   Post at https://bit.ly/3IwKFmT   We'd love to hear from you! Send us a message certifiednoonas@gmail.com or on our socials @CertifiedNoonas. Send your questions that we'll answer during our livestream to askanoona@gmail.com. Like our content and want access to some fun extras? Consider becoming a member of our Found Family and support us on Patreon: patreon.com/CertifiedNoonas. Join our Discord!

Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day.  Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 800 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls. We hang out virtually on Thursday Nights at 8pm EST and anytime all of the time on Discord Kirk Wallace Johnson is an author and screenwriter.  His books include The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast, The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, To Be a Friend is Fatal: the Fight to Save the Iraqis America Left Behind.  He is also the creator of Drug Spies, a scripted series about pharmaceutical espionage.  He is the founder of the List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy, among others. Prior to founding the List Project, Johnson served in Iraq with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Baghdad and then Fallujah as the Agency's first coordinator for reconstruction in the war-torn city. He is a a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, and the recipient of fellowships from the American Academy in Berlin, Yaddo, MacDowell, and the Wurlitzer Foundation.  Prior to his work in Iraq, he conducted research on political Islamism as a Fulbright Scholar in Egypt.  He received his BA from the University of Chicago in 2002. Born in West Chicago, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife, son, and daughter. In the late 1970s, the fishermen of the Texas Gulf Coast were struggling. The bays that had sustained generations of shrimpers and crabbers were being poisoned by nearby petrochemical plants, oil spills, pesticides, and concrete.  The White fishermen, though, could only see one culprit: the small but growing number of newly resettled Vietnamese refugees who had recently started fishing. Tensions climbed as White fishermen called for refugee bans and threatened violence in the name of protecting what they claimed was their turf. After a young Vietnamese man killed a White crabber in self-defense, a posse responded by torching Vietnamese boats and a home, leading the Grand Dragon of the Texas Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to sense an opportunity. Over the next two years, amid a garish campaign of violence, death threats, and arson, with terrifying Klan rallies and boat patrols, many Vietnamese were ready to flee – until a charismatic South Vietnamese colonel convinced them to stand their ground and put their trust in the Constitution.  Throughout the dizzying clash, which culminated in a tense courtroom showdown, one woman could see clearly enough to recognize the true threat to the bays—and her determination to take on the real villains became the fishermen's last hope. Kirk Wallace Johnson's gripping book depicts a community set on fire by hatred, xenophobia, and ecological disaster. Drawing upon a trove of never-before-published material, case files, and interviews with Klansmen, shrimpers, law enforcement, environmental activists, lawyers, perpetrators, and victims, Johnson uncovers secrets and secures confessions to crimes that went unsolved for more than forty years. It's a story that braids corporate malfeasance with a battle over shrinking natural resources, at a turning point in the modern white supremacist movement, and highlights one woman's relentless battle for environmental justice. ------------------------------------------------------------------ JL Cauvin is the best Trump impersonator in the world. He is also a very talented Stand Up Comic with who I have known for a long time. JL has recorded 6 stand up albums! J-L's act is incredibly diverse and has led to six stand up albums: 2006′s Racial Chameleon, 2008′s Diamond Maker, 2012′s Too Big To Fail and 2013′s Keep My Enemies Closer, 2016's Israeli Tortoise, which hit #1 on the iTunes comedy chart and his 2018 double album Thots & Prayers. He has also released two albums as Donald Trump: 2017's Fireside Craps, an entire album as Donald Trump which hit #1 on the iTunes comedy chart and 2020's Fireside Craps: The Deuce which went #1 on both Amazon and iTunes' comedy charts and broke into the Top 40 on iTunes' overall album charts. Subscribe to JL new Patreon and get tickets to see us both this Saturday May 14 in NYC JL is the host of 2 podcasts "Righteous Prick" and "Making Podcasts Great Again"   Check out all things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Fishermen and the Dragon: Fear, Greed, and a Fight for Justice on the Gulf Coast. Kirk Wallace Johnson is the author of The Feather Thief and To Be a Friend Is Fatal, and the founder of the List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, which he started after serving with USAID in Fallujah. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times, and on This American Life, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marcia Franklin talks with author Kirk Wallace Johnson about his book The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. The book details Johnson's investigation into a major theft of 300 rare bird skins from a British museum in 2009 by a 20-year-old American, Edward Rist. Rist then illegally sold the feathers into the arcane world of Victorian salmon fly-tyers. Johnson discusses why he felt it was important to write the book, and how the crime and other heists like it damage the field of natural history. He also shares his thoughts on the “feather thief,” whom he interviewed. The founder of The List Project to Resettle Iraqi Allies, Johnson worked in Fallujah, Iraq, for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He wrote a book about his experiences called "To Be a Friend Is Fatal." His third book, “The Fisherman and the Dragon: Two Dreams at War off the Texas Coast,” was published in 2022. He was in Boise to speak at The Rediscovered Bookshop. Originally aired: 01/03/2020

Touch your promise. Make it your mission to work with Jesus until those “I don't know how you're going to do it Lord” prophecies becomes real. Hold your promised child. Stand in your new building. Feel the money in your hand. Prophet, take what God offered you so long ago. It's not impossible! You will hold the gift you've held in your heart.   Show Notes: Today's episode is a big boost to your prophetic call. Take the prophecy that made you say “Lord, how are you going to do that?” and make it a reality. Learn how to focus, build, and fight for what God pledged to you. "Save yourself some time. Meditate on the promise instead the hurdles!” - Colette Toach   What You Will Learn   Meditate on Your Promises Think, wrestle, ponder, and pray about it.   How to Run the Race You can take one step today and be at peace.   What Is the Next Step? Build your faith every day.   Scriptures That Tune Your Ears to Hear God's Voice   Psalms 119:15 NKJV I will meditate on Your precepts And contemplate Your ways.   Philippians 4:8 NKJV Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.   Sponsor The Next Gen Prophets Be the reason another prophet gets trained   Get Your Free E-book https://www.nextgenprophets.org/   Get Personal Help from the Next Gen Prophets Team Sign Up to the Community of Apostles and Prophets   Watch our Free Prophetic Teachings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/ToachMinistries

Touch your promise. Make it your mission to work with Jesus until those “I don't know how you're going to do it Lord” prophecies becomes real. Hold your promised child. Stand in your new building. Feel the money in your hand. Prophet, take what God offered you so long ago. It's not impossible! You will hold the gift you've held in your heart.   Today's episode is a big boost to your prophetic call. Take the prophecy that made you say “Lord, how are you going to do that?” and make it a reality. Learn how to focus, build, and fight for what God pledged to you. "Save yourself some time. Meditate on the promise instead the hurdles!” - Colette Toach   What You Will Learn   Meditate on Your Promises Think, wrestle, ponder, and pray about it.   How to Run the Race You can take one step today and be at peace.   What Is the Next Step? Build your faith every day.   Scriptures That Tune Your Ears to Hear God's Voice   Psalms 119:15 NKJV I will meditate on Your precepts And contemplate Your ways.   Philippians 4:8 NKJV Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.   Sponsor The Next Gen Prophets Be the reason another prophet gets trained   Get Your Free E-book https://www.nextgenprophets.org/   Get Personal Help from the Next Gen Prophets Team Sign Up to the Community of Apostles and Prophets   Watch our Free Prophetic Teachings on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/ToachMinistries   Get Connected With Apostles Craig and Colette Toach   Submit Your Question to the Apostles: ToachMinistries.com  Follow the NextGen Prophets Facebook: NextGen Prophets  Follow the NextGen Prophets Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nextgenprophets

Kirk W. Johnson-Website USAID Senior Fellow at USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy Books To Be a Friend is Fatal The Feather Thief The Fisherman and the Dragon The editorial that started it all-Safeguarding our Allies- Los Angeles Times This American Life- Taking Names This American Life- The Feather Heist Articles from New Yorker More of Kirk's Print Profiles of The List Project on 60 Minutes ABC/NBC Twitter The Flame Bowerbird's Grand Performance Education- University of Chicago- Center for Middle East Studies

Once upon a time, a recording of the United States Marine Band inspired a boy from East Tennessee to pursue a profession as a band director. Today, Dr. Brandon Houghtalen teaches the next generation of band directors while challenging the traditional notions and narratives that place concert band and wind ensemble music in the back seat to orchestral music. He chats with Garrett about this, a few of concert band's women/BOPIC composers and an initiative known as the "On the List Project". Garrett and Scott honor the band tradition with works by Joel Puckett, Tolga Zafer Özdemir and others alongside the week in "accidentals" and a tenure-themed TRILLOQUY. Also this week, Garrett learns the word, "sloughing". TRILLOQUY is made possible, in part, by a generous grant from the Shuttleworth Foundation: https://shuttleworthfoundation.org Playlist: Andy Akiho - "Ricochet" John Adams - "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" Juvenile ft. Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne - "Back That Azz Up" Florence Price - "On a Quiet Lake" Joel Puckett - "That Secret from the River" Tolga Zafer Özdemir - "Karpathia" Steven Bryant - "Ecstatic Waters" James Reese Europe - "Castle House Rag" More: Downbeat (Vlad Duthiers Explores Haitian History): https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1413098718606331905 Dr. Brandon Houghtalen/On the List Project: https://www.onthelistproject.org/about-us/ New Music in the Twin Cities: https://www.startribune.com/twin-cities-new-music-festival-gives-a-nod-to-challenging-and-calming-works/600076528/?fbclid=IwAR03ZmmDAsszDaWXmOJDOPTGM8Z8X1gTDIFYU34Pj2GmYaZIrAs1Xrs47Xs&refresh=true Marin Alsop in Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/ravinia-chicago-symphony-orchestra-marin-alsop-conductor/10875752/ Johathan Rush in Chicago: https://abc7chicago.com/ravinia-chicago-symphony-orchestra-marin-alsop-conductor/10875752/ Al Sharpton and Ben Crump Take On Case of White Teen Killed by Police: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/12/us/hunter-brittain-sharpton-crump/index.html Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at UNC: https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/nikole-hannah-jones-issues-statement-on-decision-to-decline-tenure-offer-at-university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill-and-to-accept-knight-chair-appointment-at-howard-university/

In this week's episode, Eric and Justin had the great pleasure of talking to Dr. Brandon Houghtalen Associate Director of Bands at Abilene Christian University.  Dr. Houghtalen gets right to it by discusses the list. The list that hasn't been further developed to properly show the wide world of musical possibilities. We delve into what it means to add, diversify and augment to further expand the students we get to teach.  Tune in to this week's episode and enjoy!!!In Rotation:Emmet Cohen feat. Bruce Harris & Patrick Bartley- After You've Gone -  EricSounds of Blackness "Optimistic"- JustinGina Chavez "La Que Manda" & Too Many Zooz- "Bedford"- BrandonConnect with Dr. Brandon Houghtalen:On the List Project FB page: https://www.facebook.com/onthelistprojectOn the List Project Twitter: @onthelistprojOn the List Project website: https://www.onthelistproject.org Brandon's Twitter: @houghtalenConnect with us Facebook, Twitter & Instagram:@podthescore;podthescore@gmail.com;The Score Podcast WebsiteSupport The Score on Patreon or PaypalMusic Credits:Intro: Justin McLean @jusmackmuzikIn Rotation & Outro: Ben Bohorquez @jamin_music

Mike Zacchea is the Executive Director of the US Veterans Chamber of Commerce. In 2009, Mike founded the UConn Entrepreneur Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities, through which he has helped veterans start more than 140 businesses. Mike helped form a non-profit organization of military advisers in 2006 to help Iraqi interpreters immigrate to the United States, known nationally as Netroots: the List Project. He served on a multi-agency cross-disciplinary working group chaired by the CT Dept of Veterans Affairs focusing on veteran reintegration, education, training, and workforce re-entry issues. Mike founded the CT Veterans Chamber of Commerce 501(c)6 organization in 2013. Since 2013, the Chamber has successfully lobbied and helped pass a number of laws promoting veterans workforce reintegration and access to healthcare in CT. He was recognized as the 2012 Veterans Business Champion by the Small Business Administration, and inducted into the UConn School of Business Hall of Fame. Mike serves on several veterans advisory boards for elected officials. Mike was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Veterans Business Affairs for the Small Business Administration in 2015, and in 2018 became the Chairman and was re-appointed to a three year term, advising the Administrator on policies and issues affecting more than 2.5 million veteran-owned businesses producing more than $1.2 trillion in GDP.The music on this episode is by King Moe, a hip-hop artist on The Marine Rapper's label Ninja Punch Records. Songs on this episode:Rebel BluesFresher Than YouMove in Silence (ft. Love Keyyz)

New Year. New GOALS! You can't use the "R" word here (Ruts & Resolutions)! NO EXCUSES! Join Megs & Mel as they chat all about their goals for 2019! Why it's important to write down your aspirations for the year, how to plan, what tools help them stay on track, and inspiration to shoot ALL year long! Putting your goals and dreams out into the universe is crucial - so spread the word and ring in the New Year with a positive mindset to keep you going! Items discussed in this episode: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.com/ 52 List Project: https://www.amazon.com/52-Lists-Project-Journaling-Inspiration/dp/1632170345 How to avoid a RUT: Workshop | Authentically Creative | with Kristen Ryan: https://www.hellostoryteller.com/kristen-ryan-authentically-creative-workshop P52 Get in the Frame: https://www.facebook.com/groups/240320376402883/ P52 Clicks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/p52clicks/ Don't forget to check out the rest of our Amazing workshops & elective courses we have coming up this year! Use the code HSACADEMY10 to receive 10% off any HSA course: https://www.hellostoryteller.com/academy/ Thank you for joining us at hello storyteller podcasts | a place for photographers · storytelling · teaching · community · sharing our stories to help you create yours! We are your hosts, Megan Boggs and Melissa Ortendahl. We welcome you to this community. You can find us at: www.hellostoryteller.com https://www.instagram.com/hello_meganboggs/ https://www.instagram.com/melissaortendahlphotography/

Episode 23: Shane Springer On Human Centered Design And The Mythical Zero Punch List ProjectShane Springer of OneWorkplace got his start in theatre lighting and sound before moving on to be an AV technician, programmer and engineer.He is also a member of the Leadership Committee for the Association for Quality in AudioVisual (AQAV.org), where he has also served on the organizations’ Steering Committee for several yearsIf that isn’t enough, he’s also designed and implemented the Quality Assurance practices that led to achieving the first in the world AV Provider Excellence Program or APEX Certification from AVIXA. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we revisit the 86 days of Live Your List Project. Ryan discusses how The Live Your List Project is a part of his multiplying process.

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We take one final look at our once-in-a-lifetime trip to Africa. Ryan gives a final recap and explains why it is day 36. 

Taste Tests, Cafe Du Monde, Street Cars and so much more! In today's episode we recap days 30-36 of The Live Your List Project in this episode.

We have a very special episode for you all today! Ryan and his family are broadcasting from Chichen Itza, Mexico!

Lets catch up on the project! We have had people all over the country doing things and checking lists!  So take a listen and hear what we have done. 

In episode 5 of the Liberty Discovers Podcast, vogue.com's chief critic Sarah Mower is joined by designers Richard Quinn, Richard Malone and Samantha McCoach, in conversation with Fashion Editor at Large Melanie Rickey. 

We put out two episodes while we were in Africa, but what did we do while we were there?  Today we answer that question. 

Live from Africa! Ryan, Kyle the Intern, Philip the New Intern, and Rachel break down days 6-7 of the project. It focuses on our time in Dubai!

Live from Africa! Ryan, Kyle, and Rachel give a quick update of days 1-5 of the Live Your List Project. You can follow along at ryaneller.com or at facebook.com/liveyourlist!

www.alexandraharbushka.com Leave a review: http://bit.ly/ReviewSexMoneyandFood PSST.  I will be reading your reviews in an upcoming episode so if you have any questions ask away :-)   The Sex, Money, and Food Podcast 078: Courage, Conviction and Emotional Intelligence, With Mel Burt-Gracik   For a long time, we’ve known about IQ or intelligence quotient, and it’s always been associated with how smart a person is. But recently emotional intelligence (EQ) is gaining importance in the workforce and in our everyday lives.   On this episode of the Sex, Money and Food podcast, Mel Burt-Gracik joins us to explain what EQ is, why it’s something that can be increased as well as the role it plays in helping us let go of the “heavy deficit” so many of us are carrying around. More About This Show   When Mel Burt-Gracik was in her mid-30s, she was living a beautiful life by all accounts, but internally she felt like she was running on empty. She felt burnt out and realized she didn’t know what she wanted to do with her life when she grew up - not a feeling she expected to have at that point in her life.   With courage and conviction, Mel dove in to find what truly spoke to her soul and to find the type of work that called to her. Through talking and connecting with others, something she loves to do naturally, she met and hired a life coach who changed everything for her.   As a result of that work, today she is the founder of Flourish. Flourish is a company devoted to helping every human do their best, be a part of meaningful work, and have a rich, full life. She is a is four-time Gallup-trained and certified coach who has worked with over 275 individuals on their strengths. She also holds certifications in Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Emotional Intelligence (EQ-i), and is a board-certified coach. On this episode of the Sex, Money and Food podcast, Mel and I talk about what she means when she says people are carrying around a “heavy deficit” and what we can do to change that for ourselves.   The first way to unload that deficit is to reframe how we work. She says we often feel depleted because of our work culture. We still have the 40-hour work week from the industrial Revolution, but it doesn't fit well with the brain capacity of what we are asking of our knowledge-based economy workers to do today!   But our mindset around work culture today is causing this heavy deficit. Deep down people want to do meaningful work, but many are not. People must be given autonomy and freedom, and constraints must be removed (like the constraints around not taking breaks or naps), then people can share their own brilliant gifts. With freedom, autonomy and no constraints people are able to tap into their own creativity and contribution.   The second thing we can do to let go of that heavy deficit is to do things we are good at every day. Mel states people who are able to do what they do best every day tend to have higher levels of excellence in life.   Doing their best every day means they get to use their natural abilities, their talents, and learned skills that are unique to them. If people are given the freedom to mold their roles to fit their natural talents, they will be happier, they will do better work and feel more fulfilled.   And the third way to relieve the heavy deficit is our own internal positivity ratio. Mel talks about the work of Dr. Rick Hanson, a neuroscientist/psychologist, who shares how and why we need to absorb our positive moments. When we have positive experiences, we need to hold on to them and expand and savor them for 12 seconds. After that, we need to absorb them and feel the feelings in our bodies and soak it up.   This is important because it helps offset our negativity bias. The negativity bias is our animal brains’ programming to pay attention to danger, negative experiences because those things might come up again and kill us.   Even though the world we live in is much safer now than in prehistoric times, the primal parts of our brains still hold on to the negativity bias. So we have to give attention to the positive, our brains don't naturally absorb it.   Also on today’s show, Mel and I talk about how you can grow your emotional intelligence as well as why having a high EQ is correlated with high performers, why it’s responsible for an extra $29k a year for some as well as 58% of people’s job performances.   You’ll want to hear all of that and more on this intriguing and fascinating conversation about emotional intelligence! Mel Answers the Questions   Q: Rank the following in order: sex, money, food. A: Food, sex, money.   Q: There is nothing better in life than… A: helping someone have a better life.   Q: What is your ultimate pleasure in life? A: connecting with friends, with people I love dearly on a real and authentic level.   Q: What does flourish smell like to you? A: A rose that has almost like a lemon scent to it.   Q: What is a circumstance you went through that has allowed you to grow and learn and made you who you are today? A: I have two Master’s degrees and all of my career has been spent in leadership development, most of that in higher ed. I was about five years in to my last full-time job when I realized I was burnt out. I didn’t know what I wanted to be “when I grew up”, I didn’t expect to feel that way in my mid-30s. I had two kids, a husband - a really full, beautiful life but I was running on empty.   Somewhere I heard about coaching and someone I was interviewing with introduced me to their life coach. I hired her for two reasons: I needed support in navigating what was next for me and when I had heard about coaching, I thought it might be something I wanted to do someday so I thought it’d be good for me to have my experience of it. She really changed my life! Q: What book are you reading? A: The Steal Like An Artist Journal by Austin Kleon, and The 52 List Project by Moorea Seal. Tweetable: “ You can grow your emotional intelligence. ” ~Mel Burt-Gracik Resources From This Episode   Mel Burt-Gracik’s website Email Mel Mel Burt-Gracik on Twitter Mel Burt-Gracik on Facebook The 52 List Project, by Moorea Seal The Steal Like an Artist Journal, by Austin Kleon Life Reimagined Gallup Well-being Positivity Resonance Asset Talent search Subscribe to the Sex, Money and Food Podcast on iTunes Get your free audiobook at Audible

I invited my wife into the studio to discuss her thoughts about the Live the List Project and her life list - from making gumbo to hanging Christmas lights on our new house.

One amazing woman has started to embrace life 11 years after losing her husband to a car accident. She has embraced the Live the List Project, and she's living with reckless abandon.

Rachel Gore Freed is Senior Program Leader for Rights at Risk with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC). She is giving you a personal account of what is happening at the 3 Detention Centers in Texas at Dilley and Karnes;  and Berks, Pennsylvania. Rachel will share what you can do to help. Background: It’s not a crime to seek asylum in the United States. Yet, at least 1,500 refugee women, many of whom are mothers, are currently detained in jail-like conditions in Texas and Pennsylvania. Many of these women have passed reasonable fear interviews and have been denied parole. Although bonds are afforded to mothers whose fears of returning to their home countries are found to be “credible” by an asylum officer, neither ICE nor the immigration judges will grant bonds to families passing the “reasonable” fear process (an even higher standard of proof for people not eligible for credible fear interviews). The withholding of bond along with the ICE policy of denying parole to all positive reasonable fear applicants have resulted in excessively long detention of these families. According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, at least 100 such families are currently being held in family detention facilities located in Karnes and Dilley, Texas, as well as Berks, Penn. On average, these children and their mothers are detained for nine months to one year, with several having already been detained for more than a year. Continuing to detain these women deeply conflicts with our U.S. values, including due process. One of these refugee women is 19 years old and the mother of a four-year-old. She and her child fled Honduras and are now being held inside Karnes County Residential Center. Under the stress of living in detention, she attempted suicide. She is not alone. At the Berks County facility, another young mother — distraught over being detained for 11 months and counting —attempted to end her life. This spring nearly 80 other women detained at the Karnes facility participated in a hunger strike in hopes of bringing attention to their plight. Human rights lawyers and advocates have reported that conditions inside these centers are similar to jail; they expose refugees to trauma, malnutrition, and depression. Standing up for these women and their families is a moral imperative. UUSC video about who they are: Bio: Rachel Gore Freed is a human rights lawyer with a wealth of domestic and international experience. As the Rights at Risk senior program leader, Freed spearheads, plans, and implements UUSC’s work responding to humanitarian crises and advancing the rights of people who are most overlooked or discriminated against in the midst of crises such as forced migration, large-scale conflicts, genocide, and natural disasters. Prior to joining UUSC, Freed litigated several environmental justice suits with the National Environmental Law Center. A passionate civil rights advocate, she previously represented low-income immigrants and detained asylum seekers pursuing relief from unjust deportation in New York City. She has also worked with the List Project on Iraqi refugee policy and served as cochair of the American Bar Association International Refugee Committee. Freed began her legal career clerking with the Charles Taylor prosecution team at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, where she focused on witness protection. In addition, she has worked with the Irish Center for Human Rights, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and the American Society for International Law. Freed holds a bachelor’s degree with a focus in international development from the George Washington Eliot School of International Affairs and a doctor of law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School. Favorite Quote: “To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places.

Om livet för en irakier som sökte skydd i Sverige, men som fick avslag på sina asylansökningar, och som sedan dog när han skulle utvisas. Hör honom själv berätta om livet som aldrig fick börja under hans 8 år i Sverige. Det gör han i en intervju som Konflikt gjorde med honom innan han dog. Hör också om det livsfarliga samarbetet med amerikanerna i Bagdad och hans vänner berättar om livet på den frisörsalong söder om Stockholm där han jobbade. Hela Konflikt ägnas den irakiske man som vi kallar för Abdel.  Det är inte hans riktiga namn. Vi har valt att inte använda det eftersom vi inte kunnat få fullkomlig klarhet i den hotsituation som hans familj och släkt i Irak lever under. I det här programmet får ni höra delar av en intervju som vi på Konflikt gjorde med honom i slutet av februari. Anledningen till det är att dagens producent, Jesper Lindau, träffade honom i samband med arbetet med en dokumentär om förvaret i Märsta där Abdel satt. Vi börjar i Irak. Vad var det för hot som fick Abdel att lämna sitt hemland Irak och söka skydd i Sverige? Konflikts Ivar Ekman söker svaren i det Irak som sommaren 2006 var ett slagfält i ett allt blodigare sekteristiskt inbördeskrig som följde i spåren på den amerikanska invasionen. I Almansour, den del av västra Bagdad där Abdel jobbade, där bor Firas Yassin som berättar att det var en tid när våldet var som värst. Samma bild ger också Firas Hassan som berättar om att alla som arbetade med amerikanerna levde i  extrem fara. Det är viktigt eftersom Abdel sökte skydd eftersom han jobbat med just de amerikanska trupperna. Hur allvarligt det är berättar Kirk Johnson om. Han är chef för The List Project, en organisation som sen 2007 försökt förmå amerikanska myndigheter att ge skydd åt dom tiotusentals irakier som samarbetat med USA på ett eller annat sätt. Migrationsverket vill inte kommentera fallet eftersom Abdel är död och vi inte har en fullmakt från honom. Abdel  kom till Sverige för åtta år sen och en stor del av tiden har han varit i Vårberg, som ligger i Stockholm, någon mil söderut från centrum. Det är där vi på Konflikt har vår redaktion. I början på veckan satt det en bild på Abdel i den lilla kvartersbutikens fönster, där han står bredvid en rallybil. Hör arbetskamraterna på frisörsalongen Hollywood Klipp berätta om Abdel, om varför han tyckte om att klippa korta frisyrer. Hör också vännen George om att han saknar Abdel, som för honom var som en barndomsvän, trots att de möttes i Sverige. Hör också Abdel själv berätta om det limbo han levde i, utan framtid, utan att veta vart hans liv var på väg, och hör honom fråga om vem som har rätt att besluta om han har en framtid eller inte. Abdel dog någonstans mellan en flygplansstol på Arlanda, där personal från kriminalvården och Polisen ”tagit kontroll” över honom, och Karolinska sjukhusets akutmottagning. Han var död när han anlände dit, enligt Karolinska som intervjuas av Markus Alfredsson på P4 Sjuhärad. Abdel hade bestämt sig för att göra motstånd, för att han inte skulle låta sig föras tillbaka till Irak. Konflikt följer honom i fotspåren, från porten på förvaret där han fördes ut, förbi gaten på Arlanda där han började göra motstånd, till Karolinska där han var död. Det är viktigt att påpeka att vi inte, när denna text skrivs, vet hur Abdel dog. En förundersökning pågår hos särskilda åklagarkammaren, och vi vet inte om dödsorsaken ännu ens är fastställd. Kriminalvård och Polis har också avböjt att bli intervjuade i det här programmet. Konflikt avslutas med ett reportage från Anja Sahlberg om att det finns fler asylsökande och papperslösa migranter som dött under oklara förhållanden under den tid dom levt i limbo innanför Europas gränser. Hör Frances Webber, brittisk advokat, som med Institute of Race Relations, kartlagt 160 människors död. Den gemsamma för dem är paradoxalt nog viljan att leva, säger Frances Webber. Den P1 Dokumentär om livet på flyktingförvaret i Märsta som Jesper Lindau gjorde sändes den 1 Mars och här nedanför finns en länk så att ni kan lyssna. Den heter Slutstation Märsta.   Programledare: Ivar Ekman ivar.ekman@sverigesradio.se Producent: Jesper Lindau jesper.lindau@sverigesradio.se

Jerrod took Stephanie Bolen, the first #LiveYourList Project Award Winner to Ireland. In this episode of The Live Your List Show your hosts Jerrod and Ryan share a few of their lessons learned while traveling, but mostly Jerrod rubs it in Ryan's face that he went to Ireland.