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Content warning: discussions of sexual assault, violence, and rapeHow does society handle sexual assault? What are the health implications for victims and for populations? Did the Pelicot case change attitudes and what can we do to address stigma? Gavin is joined by Professor Betsy Stanko OBE and Professor Katrin Hohl OBE, who together worked on the London Metropolitan Police's Operation Soteria to change how the police deal with sexual assault cases. In this episode, we explore the global burden of sexual violence, its profound impact on women's health, the systemic challenges in addressing the hidden dimensions of sexual violence, the difficulties in measuring its prevalence, and the critical need for a trauma-informed and holistic approach in both healthcare and criminal justice systems.Send us your feedback!Read all of our content at https://www.thelancet.com/?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancetCheck out all the podcasts from The Lancet Group:https://www.thelancet.com/multimedia/podcasts?dgcid=buzzsprout_tlv_podcast_generic_lancetContinue this conversation on social!Follow us today at...https://twitter.com/thelancethttps://instagram.com/thelancetgrouphttps://facebook.com/thelancetmedicaljournalhttps://linkedIn.com/company/the-lancethttps://youtube.com/thelancettv

The Lowest Moral Denominator.By FinalStand. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.Those who declare war are willing to kill as many as it takes to reach their goal.(The Lowest Moral Denominator)My first week at Havenstone, I'd biked to work alone on most days and I'd enjoyed that. I'd have treasure it more if I had glimpsed my future. I loved people, not crowds. I knew about violence, yet I had no affection for it. I was a confirmed bachelor. Now I was staring down both barrels of marriage. I had had also become a walking arsenal with a lethal omnipresent entourage.This situation was so fucked up that I had to stop by Caitlin's place just to see Aya. My favorite sprite gave me a hug and reminded me that I had to do what I could, not worry about what I couldn't do. She was my 9 year old Svengali. She was my little Valkyrie. In truth, she was the only woman knew I loved and that was the love of a father for his daughter.On the elevator ride up to the penthouse suite of the Midtown Hilton, I thought about Dad. What would Ferko Nyilas do in my shoes? It would be easy for someone who didn't know him to imagine my dad getting up on his high moral horse and telling me to just do the right thing, except that wasn't him. What he'd tell me was to not pass the buck. I had to deal with this, unless I knew someone else who could and would do it better.It wasn't about 'being a man'; it was being a member of the Human Race. We all pitched in and got the job done, or it didn't get done, and millions died because we refused to accept any responsibility for what was going on. That was my Dad, 'do what you can' and 'never be afraid to ask for help if you need it'. After the age of ten, he never told me I had to do anything. He'd tell me what needed to be done and leave it at that.So I wouldn't forget the pictures I knew I'd be seeing before too long, the innocent dead. If the sorrow broke me, it broke me. Until it did, I could not turn away. I had to 'do what I could'. That put me heading to a meeting at three o'clock in the afternoon in the penthouse suite.After my non-breakfast with Iskender, we had driven straight to Havenstone, where I demanded an immediate, private meeting with Katrina. This wasn't an info-dump and then out the door. No, I was part of the process now, one of those fools who were responsible for the lives of others. Katrina and I had argued about compartmentalizing my terrifying news.Her reasoning was clear. We were at war with the Seven Pillars. The basis of the 7P strength was China, so anything bad that happened to China was good for the Amazon Host. I nixed that. It was Katrina's job to think about our security. It was mine to juggle how we related to the rest of the planet. Absent the Golden Mare's opposition, Katrina couldn't stop me from doing my job as I saw fit.The Golden Mare was out of immediate contact, so we moved forward on my proposal. Katrina called Javiera, validated Vincent's call, and then suggested she bring in someone from the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Ft. Detrick. Katrina wouldn't tell her why.I dispatched Delilah to talk to her MI-6 guy while I made my way to Nicole Lawless's law offices. I need to talk to my Aunts. An hour later, I dismissed a somewhat piqued Nicole from the room, then laid out the upcoming crisis to my Mom's clones. I hesitated a minute before dropping the other bomb, Grandpa Cáel was back.Was I sure? I countered with, "Do you know who Shammuramat was?"Why, yes they did; Grandpa had a bust of her in his main office."Well, she's back, in the flesh and that spells all kinds of problems".The six aunts present agreed. They invited me to fly to Europe with five of them. Much to their surprise and joy, I agreed. I told them I would be a party of twelve with plenty of firepower. They were less pleased about that.I exited that scene, only to engage in another, somewhat unrelated, bit of diplomacy. I met with Brooke and Libra for lunch. They brought Casper, who was seeing a specialist in New York and had expressed an interest in seeing me again. Into that volatile mix, I placed my request: 'Could Brooke put up a friend for a couple of weeks while I made other arrangements?'Yes, this was a 'bizarre' friend. Yes, this was a violently bizarre friend. Yes, she walked around with enough weaponry to scare a seasoned SWAT officer. And yes, she was a mass murderer. Cool,, if I agreed to stop by and see how this 'friend' was doing, and gave Libra advance notice too, then they were fine with it.Thus Shammuramat, Sakuniyas, Saku became Brooke's roommate. Insane? Not really. Putting Saku inside Havenstone on a regular basis was going to result in a blood bath. Saku was abrasive and she was a criminal in the minds of her 'sisters'. This gave her an 'out', some space and time with a civilized person who she couldn't emotionally bowl over.If Saku got physical with Brooke, we both understood that House Ishara was going to cancel her return performance. Amazons could defend themselves, so we were fair game for her rude behavior. Brooke couldn't, so she was hopefully out of bounds. Saku had agreed to the arrangement without comment.She'd already figured out that no other Amazons wanted her around and there simply wasn't room at my place. With that chore done, I was able to see Miyako off before her flight to Tokyo by way of Seattle. Selena was with her, but not going. Miyako did have three Amazons in case things got rough.The Marda House guard woman looked mature and humorless. Her age wasn't a problem. She was a grandmother, yet if she thought she couldn't keep up, she'd have taken herself to the cliffs before now. It turned out she had been in Executive Services before returning to House Marda. My diplomat, I didn't know her, but she seemed eager enough. The member of House Ishara was a brand new recruit named Jenna.She was from Acquisitions and spoke seven Asian languages, including Japanese. She looked absolutely thrilled to be heading off into danger. I instructed the younger two to obey the Mardan. In private, I 'advised' the Mardan that our main mission was to be of aid to the ninja. Information gathering would be secondary. More Amazons were on the way. She gave me a nod.For this critical mid-afternoon meeting at the Midtown Hilton, Wiesława lead the way off the elevator. Buffy went next, then me and finally Saku. Delilah and Vincent had already arrived with their appropriate factions. Katrina took a separate elevator, with Elsa and Desiree. Pamela was, somewhere. After she'd pointed out a half-dozen people from four different agencies in the lobby, she told me to not wait while she went to the bathroom.At the door of the Penthouse were two familiar faces from the NYPD, Nikita Kutuzov and her partner, Skylar Montero. When Javiera's investigation followed me to New York, they had been drafted into the taskforce."Hey ladies," I smiled. My last meeting with Nikita hadn't gone well."Cáel," Nikita smiled back. "How have you been?""More trouble than normal," I shook her hand."We can tell," Skylar relaxed somewhat. As Nikita's partner, she had to know that our relationship had soured when she started investigating me. Katrina's group came up."I think you are the last to arrive," Nikita informed us. This time, Desiree was the first one through the door. I could hear the conversation trail off. Wiesława went next, then Katrina, me, Buffy, Saku and finally Elsa. I decided to toss 'civilized' behavior out the window seconds after entering. Virginia Maddox of the FBI, the initiator of the Amazon children's airlift, was here.I hugged her and after a moment, she hugged me back."Priya says hey and," she blushed slightly, "she's counting the days, all forty-five of them.""Don't forget, I owe you," I grinned then patted her shoulder. Javiera was next."Cáel," she headed my familiarity off. She was a Federal Prosecutor after all."This is the head of this taskforce, Jonas Baker (deep breath) Associate Deputy Undersecretary of Analysis for Homeland Security {ADUAHS} (deep breath)." I extended my hand, so he shook it. He looked somewhat annoyed by this whole encounter. Javiera was duly nervous because of his poor initial attitude. The introductions went around.Half way through it, Pamela showed up, from where, I didn't know. Delilah, her MI-6 boss and the British professional killer Chaz were there, much to the chagrin of the Americans. Vincent was there with Javiera. Cresky was representing the CIA plus there was ATF, ICE, Riki Martin (?) from the State Department and a man in a civil servant's salary suit and a military demeanor, Captain Moe Mistriano."Fine," Mr. Baker began. "I hope you aren't wasting our time." His gaze flicked between Katrina and me."May the Blessed Isis bring understanding to our meeting," I intoned, in old Egyptian."What was that?" Baker turned on me."Praying for guidance," I replied. Isis wasn't in the Amazon pantheon, but I could sure use her help at this point. Baker was going from put-out to pissed-off. If that is how they wanted to play it, their choice. "Are you the specialist from Ft. Detrick?" I asked the Captain."Yes, I am and I hope this is worth my time as well," he gave me a steady gaze. Oh, I really needed that."Anthrax, China," I stated and weighed his response. Oh yeah, I had his attention now, which meant his bio-warfare unit had some idea about what was happening in China."Care to enlighten me?" Baker inquired. He had gauged his medical expert's reactions as well and he didn't like what the biological warfare specialist was not saying."Mr. Baker," the Captain decided to go first. "Roughly fifty-five hours ago, we got wind that there was a massive Anthrax outbreak in Western China. Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia and Nei Mongol administrative regions have all reported outbreaks."Holy Shit!" Riki Martin gasped. Her dark, whip-like, Hispanic features noticeably paled."That sounds suspiciously like bio-terrorism," Jonas Baker turned on me."You'd be right about that," I refused to evade. "It is and it is about to get a whole lot worse.""The PRC has a robust vaccine program," the Captain stated. "That is why they aren't making a public stink about it. They have the problem well under control.""Damn, " I closed my eyes and lowered my head. In some deep section of my mind, I had fanned the feeble flames of hope that somehow, the Earth  and  Sky program had derailed. "That is the 'whole lot worse' I was talking about. The terrorists aren't terrorists. They, ""What do you mean they are not terrorists," Baker snapped. "They, ""Shut up and let the man speak," Katrina said calmly."Who are you again?" he glared at Katrina. "If you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the problem and I'm here to make sure this problem is dealt with. I am not here to play footsie with you. I am going to be asking some tough questions and you had better answer them.""I'm Cáel's boss," Katrina smiled. "Since we came here to help you and you don't want to let us speak, we are leaving. Cáel."The Amazons didn't turn and leave. No, we backed up toward the door."You can't start talking about an ongoing terrorist threat and then walk out the door," Baker argued."Javiera, I apologize," I looked her way. "Mr. Baker, Javiera's a smart cookie. I'm sure she's given you every bit of information that has come across her desk. That means you know we consider ourselves an independent nation-state without borders. You can't intimidate us. We feel no obligation to obey your legal system and we operate internationally," I kept going."Now, as we are trying to repay Javiera's kindness in our time of need, you are treating us like criminals currying favors. Blow it out your ass, you pompous bureaucrat" I concluded. "We aren't the problem here.""If that's the way you want it," he shrugged. "Javiera, arrest them." Pause."Sir, you do realize that if I give that order, there is a good likelihood they will resist with force?" Javiera replied calmly. Baker looked around the room."We outnumber them and these are law enforcement officers," he insisted. "Now, ""I wouldn't count on that 'outnumbered' thing," Delilah chimed in.Chaz and MI-6 dude didn't seem to be onboard with his plan. "I have reason to believe Cáel has information on a highly virulent weaponized Anthrax program. If our US allies aren't interested, Her Majesty's government certainly will be." That did interest the MI-6 senior officer."That is all the more reason to put these people into federal custody," Baker stated."Then what, Mr. Associate Deputy?" Chaz said. "Are you going to torture them for time sensitive data? In my military service, I've met some truly hard characters. Some people you can put a gun to their child's head and they'll tell you what you want to know. Not this group. They'll memorize your face and wait for a chance to make you pay, whether you kill the kid, or not.""That's my read on them as well," Agent Vincent Loire added."Mr. Baker, I worked under you when we were both in Counter-terrorism," Virginia spoke up. "I think you are mishandling this. Invoke the Patriot Act and all we get is a roomful of statues. I've fought beside these, Amazons and I'm reaffirming my report to Ms. Castello (Javiera), they do not believe their behavior is wrong.At some point in their fifties, they commit ritual suicide. They make their twelve year old daughters fight for their lives. They murder their male infants. Sir, they are an alien society, indoctrinated at birth to believe they are spiritual inheritors of the ancient Amazons mentioned by Homer during the time of the Iliad.They fanatically believe in a pantheon of goddesses and possess very little inclination for integration. They think they are superior to everyone in this room, except for Cáel, he's an oddity," Virginia pleaded."That legion of crimes is yet another reason to arrest them," Baker just wouldn't give up."What you have described, Agent Maddox is a right wing nut cult, like the Branch-Davidians at Waco. Arrest them.""What are the charges?" Javiera's face blanked out."Conspiracy to commit terrorist acts; aiding and abetting an international terrorist organization," Baker snapped."Everyone, put down your firearms and blades," Katrina ordered. I didn't have the status to give that order except to my own. For that matter,"Team, disarm," Elsa commanded her Security Detail people. Technically, Katrina couldn't order those girls to forego their primary mission, defend the Host. Out came the guns.The group of us went over to one wall, put our backs to it and sat down. Pro forma, Virginia, Vincent and the ATF guy drew their firearms. By this time, both Riki and the Captain looked ready to explode."Tell us what you know about this terrorist conspiracy and, " Baker said."We invoke our Right to Council," I raised my hand."You are being charged under the Patriot Act, smart-ass," Baker sneered. "We can hold you indefinitely if we can show a risk to National Security, such as a terrorist attack in China.""I apologize for dragging you into this," I turned to Katrina. "You too, Saku." Saku shrugged."I told you there is no benefit in helping 'these people'," Katrina comforted me. She meant non-Amazons and it was rather sad that it was looking like she was right and I was wrong."Unless you want to grow old and grey in Guantanamo, I suggest you start talking now," Baker threatened.There was no bravado on our part. We didn't zone out, or ignore him. We looked at him the same way we would a yappy dog while continuing to scan the room. Being disarmed didn't make us defenseless. It merely limited our options."Sir," Riki tapped Baker."If the People's Republic of China finds out we withheld details of a terrorist attack on their soil, that would be BAD, with a capital 'B'.""I have to call this in," the Captain shook his head."Wait until we have active intelligence," Baker said. The Captain completed his call."I don't work for you, Sir. I work for the Department of Defense and that man," the Captain pointed at me, "strung two words together he shouldn't have. Now, I don't know any of you people. I was told to come here, so here I am. I do know, Sir, that you are ignoring the advice from your experts about the expected results of standard interrogation techniques.You are acting on two assumptions which I find to be fictitious," the Captain was clearly furious. "First, you seem to think this won't get out, and you are wrong. Why? We have no idea who these people have talked with. We can only believe that any person outside of their organization can use that revelation for their own ends. Secondly, you haven't grasped the extent of the emergency.Chinese citizens are already starting to drop dead as we speak. This variant of Anthrax is highly contagious, fast-acting, and appears to be incredibly fatal. No nation on Earth has enough Anthrax vaccine on hand to protect their entire population, and that still implies that the vaccines we currently have will work on this new bacteria. Need I go on?"Then Captain Mistriano went back to talking softly with his companions back at Ft. Detrick. The MI-6 chief made his own call. This was his job after all. Before Baker could even start to threaten the Brit, Delilah and Chaz had their guns out, though pointed down. The US law enforcement operatives were far more leery of challenging agents of a friendly foreign power."I will make sure to tack on charges for all those deaths you are facilitating," Baker piled it on. "The US government might find it necessary to send you to the People's Republic of China to face charges there. After all, you claim to not be US citizens." None of us responded verbally. We looked at him. We certainly heard him speak, but his '

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can't sleep, and he can't write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible — a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife. A Dangerous Game by Mandy Robotham Seven years after the chaotic aftermath of World War II, London has is coming alive again, with jazz clubs and flickering cinema awnings lighting up the night sky. But for widowed Helen 'Dexie' Dexter, she's still a woman in a man's world. She longs to prove herself as an officer in the London Metropolitan Police, yet she's stuck intervening in domestics and making tea for her male colleagues. Then Harri Schroder arrives, seconded from Hamburg to the Met. Haunted by the loss of his wife and child, Harri is unlike any man Dexie has ever known. Compassionate and sharp-witted, he sees her not as a threat, but as an intelligent, canny officer full of potential. And when Harri is tasked with hunting down a Nazi war criminal-turned-respected-businessman, with connections to the upper echelons of British society, it's Dexie he turns to for help. But as their bond deepens, a deadly fog engulfs London. Dexie and Harri must expose the fugitive before he vanishes, risking everything for justice - and each other. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Veteran Wilf Shaw, Australian Les Cook, POW's, Gallipoli and more, PART TWO of an anniversary special celebrating ten years in podcasting. Episode artwork:Jesse Rance, London Metropolitan Police between 1936 - 1966. Endured the WW2 blitz bombing. What a tough beat to patrol! Curious story revealed in the show. Buy Me a Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fightingthrough Full show notes, photos and transcript at: https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/105-Tenth-Anniversary-Part-Two-with-more-second-world-war-stories Reviews on main website:https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/reviews/new/ Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/FightingThrough Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulCheall Follow me on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/FightingThroughPodcast YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlqRO9MdFBUrKM6ExEOzVQ?view_as=subscriber   Links to features in the show: BOOKS D-Day Through German Eyes, by Jonathan Trigg https://amzn.to/3ZYUP9a Mines, Bombs, Bullets and Bridges: A Sapper's Second World War Diary by Michael Moss https://amzn.to/3NnKITW Save the Last Bullet https://amzn.to/3NEUyB0 No Time for Dreams – Robert W Metcalf https://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Time-Dreams-Soldiers-Six-Year/dp/1896182798 https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9781896182797/Time-Dreams-Soldiers-Six-Year-Journey-1896182798/plp Cassino '44: The Bloodiest Battle of the Italian Campaign – James Holland https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cassino-44-Bloodiest-Italian-Campaign   EPISODES 5 Claude Reynolds 1 - Coffee with Claude - Lancaster rear gunner interview https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/5-claude-reynolds-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview-1/ 12 Claude Reynolds 2 - WW2 Lancaster veteran interview https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/12-claude-reynolds-2-ww2-lancaster-veteran-interview/ 9 Dunkirk Diaries of Major Leslie Petch OBE WWII https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/9-dunkirk-diaries-of-major-leslie-petch-obe-wwii/ 26 The Zilken Letters. A veteran exposes the army's best kept WWII secrets! https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/26-the-zilken-letters-a-veteran-exposes-the-armys-best-kept-wwii-secrets/ 33 Women at War 2 - Wartime Recipes and WRENS https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/33-wartime-recipes-and-wrens-in-ww2/ 46 Through German Eyes in the Second World War https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/46-through-german-eyes-in-the-second-world-war/ 47 D-Day Through German Eyes Part Two https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/47-through-german-eyes-part-two/ 69 German Boy Soldier Willi Langbein WW2 https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/69-german-boy-soldier-willi-langbein-ww2/ Save the Last Bullet book and audio book https://amzn.to/4h0OAHW 73 Jack Stansfield POW in WW2 https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/73-Jack-Stansfield-POW-in-WW2/ National Archives at Kew, UK https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17150376 78 German Submariner Part 1: Atlantic, POW in Canada. https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/78-german-submariner-and-pow/ Helmut Keune story in Canadian magazine McLeans, from 1949. https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1949/7/15/what-happened-in-the-bismarck 91 Kisses on a Postcard - child evacuees - interview with Dominic Frisby https://www.fightingthroughpodcast.co.uk/91-Kisses-on-a-Postcard-Evacuees-in- WW2 Stories of Chaos and Courage -  HMS BULLDOG and Enigma codes https://www.facebook.com/groups/754427714964136/permalink/1682478342159064/?rdid=C4mzt6h6eLyTSER3&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fp%2F9j382bZ4cVizdp1Z Coded letters https://www.reddit.com/r/ww2/s/3EoV8PUqzy Sound effects: Hurricane and Spitfire dog fighting - Sound courtesy of JimSim on Freesound https://freesound.org/people/jimsim/sounds/434671/#comments Sonar https://freesound.org/people/Peter_Gross/sounds/12677/ Morse https://freesound.org/people/christislord/sounds/553739/#comments Base wave - Sound Effect from https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=6356">Pixabay

Liz Cross is a multigenerational psychic and mom to two boys. As a baby, she could telepathically communicate with other babies and her parents and by age 4, she was participating in her mother's séances. Her maternal grandmother also channeled spirits and would tell Liz about it when she was a very young child. Liz assumed everyone could do this until she got older and realized that she possessed a unique relationship with Spirit, which guided and protected her. As a young adult, she went to London to study Law and upon graduating, took a job as a dispatcher for the London Metropolitan Police, aka Scotland Yard. She enjoyed this work so much that she stayed on for many years, learning how to gather details about crimes as well as psychic evidence, which led to her later work on unsolved homicides. To help crack homicide cases, she learned Remote Viewing from a psychic teacher in London (now retired) who had trained under military viewers in CRV (Controlled Remote Viewing). She taught Liz CRV and her own modifications of psychic remote viewing that Liz has further developed. In recent years, Liz has begun sharing her talents with a broader audience. She trained under George Duismanfor 4 years and now offers CTT (Consciousness Transformation Technique) sessions for individuals and groups. Her specialty is Mind Probes, based on the RV techniques she's learned. She can tap into anything with consciousness and move the subject forward in time to report back. These probes act as a gauge based upon the current timeline probabilities. Her private readings may cover past lives, future selves, contact with loved ones in spirit, and communication with your soul, guides, and/or higher self. She also has been known to telepathically communicate with Sasquatch and has encountered 4 of them, one of which army crawled up to her vehicle and stood 3 feet away from her vehicle. Liz also puts out videos of her probes/predictions of financial markets, crypto, and current topics and people of interest on her YouTube channel, Psychic Liz Cross. You can contact Liz via her website, PsychicLizCross.com. Liz Cross youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@psychiclizcross Typical skeptic podcast Links and Affiliates: ❤ - support the podcast https://paypal.me/typicalskepticmedia- cashapp $kalil1121 venmo @robert-kalil- or buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptic

If you love nosework and getting your dog sniffing, this episode is for you. In this episode, Chantal and Angelique talk to Dr Rob Hewings from The College of Scent Dogs. Dr. Robert Hewings, a retired dog handler and instructor who served for 30 years at the London Metropolitan Police. He has an impressive background in dog handling and training, backed up by excellent academic qualifications. He holds a BSc in Canine Training and Behaviour, a Masters's Degree in Professional Practice Police Dog Training, and a Doctorate of Professional Practice in Canine Scent Detection Training. He has lectured at universities both locally and internationally. Dr. Hewings is an expert in scent work and has unmatched skills in this area, as evidenced by his best selling books "Scent Training for Every Dog" and "Tracking for Every Dog” Rob's passion for scent detection training is truly contagious! He has a unique talent for inspiring canines and their human companions to learn more. He is dedicated and enthusiastic about his craft, and he genuinely enjoys teaching and improving the skills of these remarkable animals.

Liz Cross is a multigenerational psychic and mom to two boys. As a baby, she could telepathically communicate with other babies and her parents and by age 4, she was participating in her mother's séances. Her maternal grandmother also channeled spirits and would tell Liz about it when she was a very young child. Liz assumed everyone could do this until she got older and realized that she possessed a unique relationship with Spirit, which guided and protected her. As a young adult, she went to London to study Law and upon graduating, took a job as a dispatcher for the London Metropolitan Police, aka Scotland Yard. She enjoyed this work so much that she stayed on for many years, learning how to gather details about crimes as well as psychic evidence, which led to her later work on unsolved homicides. To help crack homicide cases, she learned Remote Viewing from a psychic teacher in London (now retired) who had trained under military viewers in CRV (Controlled Remote Viewing). She taught Liz CRV and her own modifications of psychic remote viewing that Liz has further developed. In recent years, Liz has begun sharing her talents with a broader audience. She trained under George Duismanfor 4 years and now offers CTT (Consciousness Transformation Technique) sessions for individuals and groups. Her specialty is Mind Probes, based on the RV techniques she's learned. She can tap into anything with consciousness and move the subject forward in time to report back. These probes act as a gauge based upon the current timeline probabilities. Her private readings may cover past lives, future selves, contact with loved ones in spirit, and communication with your soul, guides, and/or higher self.  She also has been known to telepathically communicate with Sasquatch and has encountered 4 of them, one of which army crawled up to her vehicle and stood 3 feet away from her vehicle.  Liz also puts out videos of her probes/predictions of financial markets, crypto, and current topics and people of interest on her YouTube channel, Psychic Liz Cross.  You can contact Liz via her website, PsychicLizCross.com.Liz Cross youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@psychiclizcross❤ -  support the podcast https://paypal.me/typicalskepticmedia     -  cashapp $kalil1121 venmo @robert-kalil    -  or buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptic

Leah Cowan explains the long and complex relationship between British feminism and British policing. From women's suffrage, through the Women's Liberation movement of the 1970s, to recent conflicts over the murder of Sarah Everard by a London Metropolitan Police officer.   Leah Cowan is a writer, editor and previously the political editor of Gal-dem magazine. She is the author of two books Border Nation: A Story of Migration (Pluto Books, 2021) and Why Would Feminists Trust the Police? (Verso Books, 2024) Some of My Best Enemies are Feminists: On Zionist Feminism by Sophie Lewis (https://salvage.zone/some-of-my-best-enemies-are-feminists-on-zionist-feminism/) SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicineSoundtrack by Mark PilkingtonTwitter: @red_medicine__www.redmedicine.substack.com/ SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicineSoundtrack by Mark PilkingtonTwitter: @red_medicine__www.redmedicine.substack.com/

In this special Greatest Hits episode of Careers Unwrapped, host Mark Fawcett revisits some of the greatest hits from previous episodes. Hear from Camilla Holden-Ayala on her journey into the PR industry, Kaelon Parkes on his experiences with racism as a police officer, Nicola Bird on being a woman in construction, James Tanner on what sets a great chef apart, and Bhushan Sethi on discovering and utilizing your superpowers in the workplace.

Meet talented youngster, Police Dog Meika, of the London Metropolitan Police's Dog Section.  A week shy of her second birthday, Springer spaniel Meika is already trained in detection work across several disciplines, including drugs, firearms and cash detection.  Police Constable Emma Robling explains some of the training and demands on Meika, as well as what a working day looks like. She also gives some context - the Met has its own breeding scheme and lays claim to the UK's biggest urban police dog section, with a dizzying variety of specialist search disciplines. Meika and Emma are part of one of four teams on duty at any given time in London.   Recorded at Goodwoof, the annual dog event held on the Goodwood Estate, where Meika and Emma were part of an arena display put on by the Metropolitan Police's Dog Section.  Thanks to Emma for taking a few minutes to talk about Meika's talents and work.  Thanks to Noni Needs (@nonineedsmedia on IG) for the photo.  Related episodes:  P.D. Ted, the explosives detection dog with the West Midlands Police P.D. Jax the victim recovery dog with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary; Champ, the office based engagement dog in child protection team in the Victorian police in Australia Mabel the emotional support dog in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight fire service P.D. Didi, the general purpose police dog Keo, the wellbeing support dog in the police More photos at shineradio.uk/dogswithjobs  Do you work your dog or dogs?  Or perhaps know someone else whose dog is dooing an interesting job.  I love to hear about dogs with interesting dogs. Find me at kfairweather5@gmail.com or team@shineradio.uk.   © & ℗ Kate Fairweather 2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meet talented youngster, Police Dog Meika, of the London Metropolitan Police's Dog Section.  A week shy of her second birthday, Springer spaniel Meika is already trained in detection work across several disciplines, including drugs, firearms and cash detection.  Police Constable Emma Robling explains some of the training and demands on Meika, as well as what a working day looks like. She also gives some context - the Met has its own breeding scheme and lays claim to the UK's biggest urban police dog section, with a dizzying variety of specialist search disciplines. Meika and Emma are part of one of four teams on duty at any given time in London.   Recorded at Goodwoof, the annual dog event held on the Goodwood Estate, where Meika and Emma were part of an arena display put on by the Metropolitan Police's Dog Section.  Thanks to Emma for taking a few minutes to talk about Meika's talents and work.  Thanks to Noni Needs (@nonineedsmedia on IG) for the photo.  Related episodes:  P.D. Ted, the explosives detection dog with the West Midlands Police P.D. Jax the victim recovery dog with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary; Champ, the office based engagement dog in child protection team in the Victorian police in Australia Mabel the emotional support dog in the Hampshire & Isle of Wight fire service P.D. Didi, the general purpose police dog Keo, the wellbeing support dog in the police More photos at shineradio.uk/dogswithjobs  Do you work your dog or dogs?  Or perhaps know someone else whose dog is dooing an interesting job.  I love to hear about dogs with interesting dogs. Find me at kfairweather5@gmail.com or team@shineradio.uk.   © & ℗ Kate Fairweather 2024See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode I welcome to the podcast Steven Keogh, a former London Metropolitan Police Officer, Author of the books Murder Investigation Team: How Killers are Really Caught and Murder Investigation Team: Jack the Ripper, a 21st Century Investigation, and star of the new True Crime TV show Secrets of a Murder Detective.Find out more about Steven, his books, his TV show and so much more, by visiting stevenkeogh.comDon't forget to subscribe to my new podcast The Blue WaySOURCES:Please see our website for all source material and photos at https://scottishmurders.com/episodes/stevenkeoghSHOW:Support Us: ko-fi.com/scottishmurdersPatreon - patreon.com/scottishmurdersMerch - teepublic.com/user/scottishmurdersWebsite - scottishmurders.comTwitter - @scottishmurdersInstagram - @scottishmurderspodcastFacebook - facebook.com/scottishmurdursYouTube - @ScottishMurdersLinktree - linktr.ee/scottishmurdersCREDITS:Scottish Murders is a production of cluarantonn.comHosted by Dawn YoungEdited and Produced by Erin Ferguson - instagram.com/erinfergus0n/Production Company Name by Granny RobertsonMUSIC:Dawn of the Fairies by Derek & Brandon Fiechter

Liz Cross is a multigenerational psychic and mom to two boys. As a baby, she could telepathically communicate with other babies and her parents and by age 4, she was participating in her mother's séances. Her maternal grandmother also channeled spirits and would tell Liz about it when she was a very young child. Liz assumed everyone could do this until she got older and realized that she possessed a unique relationship with Spirit, which guided and protected her. As a young adult, she went to London to study Law and upon graduating, took a job as a dispatcher for the London Metropolitan Police, aka Scotland Yard. She enjoyed this work so much that she stayed on for many years, learning how to gather details about crimes as well as psychic evidence, which led to her later work on unsolved homicides. To help crack homicide cases, she learned Remote Viewing from a psychic teacher in London (now retired) who had trained under military viewers in CRV (Controlled Remote Viewing). She taught Liz CRV and her own modifications of psychic remote viewing that Liz has further developed. In recent years, Liz has begun sharing her talents with a broader audience. She trained under George Duismanfor 4 years and now offers CTT (Consciousness Transformation Technique) sessions for individuals and groups. Her specialty is Mind Probes, based on the RV techniques she's learned. She can tap into anything with consciousness and move the subject forward in time to report back. These probes act as a gauge based upon the current timeline probabilities. Her private readings may cover past lives, future selves, contact with loved ones in spirit, and communication with your soul, guides, and/or higher self.  She also has been known to telepathically communicate with Sasquatch and has encountered 4 of them, one of which army crawled up to her vehicle and stood 3 feet away from her vehicle.  Liz also puts out videos of her probes/predictions of financial markets, crypto, and current topics and people of interest on her YouTube channel, Psychic Liz Cross.  You can contact Liz via her website, PsychicLizCross.com.Liz Cross youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@psychiclizcrossYou want the best merch in the podcast game? Click this link and scroll through all the typical skeptic podcast merch and Support the Podcast, and represent in style! https://my-store-d53dc3.creator-spring.com/TYPICAL SKEPTIC PODCAST CONFERENCE FUND:https://www.givesendgo.com/typicalskepticconferencesupport the podcasthttps://paypal.me/typicalskepticmediacashapp $kalil1121 venmo @robert-kalilor buy me a coffee at https://buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptichttps://youtube.com/c/typicalskeptichttps://www.spreaker.com/show/typical-skeptic-podcast_1https://www.rumble.com/typicalskeptichttps://www.rokfin.com/typicalskepticJoin the patreon to support for a small amount or on a long term basishttps://patreon.com/typicalskepticSocial Mediafacebook.com/robert.kalil.7instagam.com/kalilroberttwitter.com/robertkalil1121Affiliates:Alchemized Amanita Spray - Use code 16skeptics for 16 percent offMystic Moment Amanita Mushroom Spray at https://shamanitas.org/--Happy Hippo Kratom Use code skeptic for 15 percent off --https://happyhippo.com/r?id=00tjf5--Natural Shilajit and Monoatomic Gold from Healthy Nutrition LLC.usecode: ROBhttps://naturalshilajit.com/discount/ROB--https://mn-nice-ethnobotanicals.com/?ref=kz9qe0iv Use this Link andCode TypicalSkepticP at MN Nice Botanicals for 10 percent off for legal amanita mushroom, dream herb, and blue lotus and much more#psi #psychic #tarot #remoteviewing #mindprobe #lizcross #typical_skeptic #podcast #youtubeliveBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/typical-skeptic-podcast--5897400/support.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's shady loans are exposed in a bombshell report.Then, on the rest of the menu, the town of Eagle Pass, Texas planned for years to fill the town's coffers from the tens of thousands of eclipse revelers, they got razor wire and armed soldiers from Greg Abbott, instead; a Democratic Oregon House candidate who filed fewer than two hours before the March 12 filing deadline, is a big-time Republican donor; and, a trial begins today against BNSF Railway over lung cancer deaths in a small northwestern Montana town where thousands of people were exposed to asbestos from a vermiculite mine.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where London Metropolitan Police are investigating after a second conservative UK lawmaker is targeted in a honey trap sexting scam; and, a Brazil Supreme Court justice ordered the investigation of Elon Musk over fake news and obstruction.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."-- Julia ChildBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

In this episode of Careers Unwrapped, host Mark Fawcett is joined by Kaelon Parkes, an officer in the London Metropolitan Police. Together, they explore Kaelon's experiences on the beat, discussing issues such as hostility towards police, racial profiling, and the need for diversity. Kaelon also shares his fascinating journey from nursery practitioner to police officer, outlining the highs and lows of such a significant career move.

How to package and sell yourself as a desirable product Why you need to be the brand manager of your career Episode 185 (repeat of #14) Martin is based in Horseshow Valley, Ontario In this conversation with Martin Buckland we explore: The most common and most damaging resume mistakes  The pivotal mind shift that career builders need to face How to identify your key benefits and sell yourself Why accomplishments are far more relevant than responsibilities How to tell your STAR stories Get your resume past both computer and human screening And much more about career transition and building About our guest Martin Buckland: As a globally acclaimed Executive Career Coach and Executive Resume Writer, Martin has helped thousands of individuals across the world manage their careers, climb the corporate ladder, and land the job they deserve. Martin is a Subject Matter Expert in nurturing the careers of EMBA candidates and alumni, ambitious professionals, mining executives, and the C-Suite community in over 74 countries since 1993. After a distinguished Law Enforcement career, specifically with the renowned London Metropolitan Police and Scotland Yard, Martin retired and started Elite Resumes. Martin provides career management services customized to the client's job level, sector and career goal. Learn more about Martin Buckland and his services at the website: https://aneliteresume.com/ Follow or connect with Martin on Linkedin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbuckland/ ----- Excerpts from this conversation with Martin Buckland: Martin Buckland. What's your personal brand? I am an expert in helping nurturing coaching senior executives and other business professionals with a lot of ambition to reach their career goals. Now, I noticed a lot of specific words in there. So you're looking senior senior executives, and you're only looking for ambitious ones you're not looking for you don't want to help the lazy ones. lazy ones can stay away. Exactly. So if they come to you, they right off the bat. They're saying that okay, I'm willing to work at this. Yeah. So career management is a full time gig. You know, especially when you're in career transition. So you have to work at your career management. Sadly, people don't they have no idea on career management. So when you're when you're gainfully employed and you should always be managing your career, I don't want to see you disappear off LinkedIn, you don't have to be on LinkedIn as much as you did when you were in career transition. But once in a while, show me you're there it shows, do some activity, share some content, share a blog, or comment on something, or publish your own blog. ------ Be active on social media. If you avoid social media, I can't find you and you can't find them. On social media. If you haven't got LinkedIn profile, you're committing career suicide, but then not only just having a profile, you need to be active on that profile, you need to fill it in from top to bottom because it's, it's it's scroll, you can scroll all the way down. So make sure you're active on social media. Convert to the sales mode, which we talked about earlier. You are selling yourself to the market. And then make sure you have an up to date resume or CV ATS friendly. And then just keep up your network, your network you need to network network network. We're in a network age. If you don't network, that's going to bring that's going to diminish your chances of getting up to the top level. ----- ----more---- Your Intended Message is the podcast about how you can boost your career and business success by honing your communication skills. We'll examine the aspects of how we communicate one-to-one, one to few and one to many – plus that important conversation, one to self. In these interviews we will explore presentation skills, public speaking, conversation, persuasion, negotiation, sales conversations, marketing, team meetings, social media, branding, self talk and more.   Your host is George Torok George is a specialist in communication skills. Especially presentation. He's fascinated by the links between communication and influencing behaviors. He delivers training and coaching programs to help leaders and promising professionals deliver the intended message for greater success.   Connect with George www.SpeechCoachforExecutives.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgetorokpresentations/ https://www.youtube.com/user/presentationskills https://www.instagram.com/georgetorok/  

Writer and film academic Graham Rinaldi joins the pod this week to discuss the much admired 1963 British comedy romp The Wrong Arm of the Law, starring Peter Sellers, Lionel Jeffries and Bernard Cribbins. Very much a soulmate of the earlier film Two Way Stretch, and featuring many of the same cast, The Wrong Arm of the Law drew upon the talents of the cream of British comedy at the time - scriptwriters Galton & Simpson (and John Antrobus), plus supporting cast including Bill Kerr, Graham Stark, Dick Emery, Dennis Price and others. It also supposedly features an uncredited early appearance by Michael Caine but good luck spotting him! Sellers plays Pearly Gates, the self-assured head of a London crime syndicate whose legitimate business is within high class ladies fashion, where he masquerades as a Parisian fashion designer – M. Jules - with impeccable society connections. Maison Jules is of course a front for Pearly's more illegal interests and he employs a hapless gang principally consisting of Graham Stark, Davy Kay and John Junkin. When these three are conned into handing over the spoils of a daring postal van hijack to three Australians purporting to be policemen, and when six of Pearly's subsequent operations are stymied by the same trio of uniform-clad colonials, it is clear that this so-called ‘IPO Mob' is seriously threatening Pearly's livelihood – and not only his: a fellow crime boss, Nervous O'Toole (played by the wonderful Cribbins) has been similarly hit and the two criminal fraternities come together to try and decide how best to tackle this problem. Enter the ever-angular Lionel Jeffries as ‘Nosey' Parker, an ambitious if bumbling police inspector, and the eventual collaboration of the entire London Metropolitan Police with the Gates and O'Toole syndicate to pool resources and catch the IPO Mob. Cue a sting operation, car chase and daring escape with a perfect ending - The Wrong Arm of the Law has it all.

Sheldon Mydat, Founder & CEO of Suppeco shares his story of growing up in the UK and trying to find his place in the world. With several decades of experience, he's a seasoned veteran with over two decades spent navigating the challenges and intricacies of supply chain management and procurement.  He recounts his experiences with prominent organizations such as the London Metropolitan Police, Royal Mail, and Lloyd's Banking Group, sharing how he honed in on the relationship angle of procurement to unlock hidden potential. Sheldon's innovative approach to transforming subjective behavior into data paved the way for Suppeco's software. Yet, the tales of Sheldon's professional triumphs are intertwined with personal insights and candid reflections. Hear the heartening influence of his father, whose relationship-building charisma continues to guide Sheldon's approach to business and personal relationships. Proudly sponsored by Rapido. To learn more about the show or connect with other Founders CLICK HERETo connect with Nate CLICK HEREListeners can save $1,400 off registration for the F3: Future of Freight Festival 2023 with promo code: BOOTSTRAP

If you have to call the Police today, how confident are you that you're going to get the response you'd expect? And by that, I mean the Police turning up when you'd expect them to. You hear people say all the time, don't you, that if they've had to call 111 it can feel like a lifetime before the emergency services have arrived. Which is natural, because if there's something really serious happening and you need help, the best response time is instant. Anything longer feels like forever. We're finding out today that forever has got longer than it used to be with the Police confirming that they've extended their response time targets because they were failing to live up to the old ones. Which is a funny old way to deal with under-performance, isn't it? Not meeting your targets? Oh, we'll just make them less ambitious so you can achieve them. Now I'm not having a go here at the officers on the frontline - but that's what the Police and the Government have done. Because police are so stretched, they've had to drag-out their response time targets for emergencies and burglaries. Until now, they've aimed to get to emergencies in urban areas within 20-to-25 minutes - now the target is 45 minutes. In rural areas, it's now one hour - up from 45. And hearing that really has dented my faith. Knowing that those targets have been extended makes me less confident that, if I need the Police, that I'm going to get the response not only that I expect - but also that I need. Part of the problem is the amount of time police spend on mental health call-outs, which are up by 60 percent. You may recall the London Metropolitan Police announcing recently that it was pulling out of mental health call-outs because it was having such an impact on their ability to provide the bread-and-butter police services. And I think the New Zealand Police really needs to look at doing something similar, as well. Just this morning, there were four police cars parked up near our offices with the officers dealing with a mental health call-out. That's probably at least eight police officers involved. Now, again, I'm not having a go at the officers. And I'm certainly not saying that the poor soul that they were there to help wasn't deserving. But that is a real-life example of how the likes of mental health call-outs really are having an impact on police resources. You think about it - this mental health call-out I'm talking about was happening at around 4:30 this morning. The time when the ram raiders love to strike because they know, and we know, that that's kind of around the time when police shifts are swapping over and there are less cars out on patrol. If you heard the Deputy Police Commissioner talking on Newstalk ZB this morning, you would have heard him say that he thinks the health workforce plan that the Government's come out with this week will help. He seems to be of the thinking that if the plan delivers what the Government thinks it will, then Police will be relied on less to deal with things that aren't strictly policing matters - such as mental health call-outs. But irrespective of all that - especially given that the health workforce thing is going to take years - this change to response time targets undoubtedly impacts my confidence in the Police. Not my co confidence in the people on the frontline doing the best they can do with the limited resources they have. It impacts my confidence that, if I need the Police, that I'm going to get the response I need. I understand that something that has happened already - such as a burglary - doesn't need an emergency response. But is 45-to-60 minutes really the sort of response time you'd be happy with? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is wrong with the Metropolitan Police Force? 5 words: Defensiveness, Denial, Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny. Prompted by the murder of 33 year old Sarah Everard who was abducted, raped and strangled by a London Metropolitan Police officer in 2021, the failures in the Met police force were scrutinized in a recent scathing report. This review is stunning and something everyone, whether you are an average citizen, politician, academic or law enforcement professional, should read and learn from, because this is not just about the London police, it is an indictment that can be applied to all police everywhere. Many people who join the police are drawn by a strong moral purpose, they want to help, serve and protect and they put their lives on the line every day, enduring extreme trauma in the process -- but many others are drawn to the job for the power, and the opportunity to abuse that power. This report can help change that. #SarahEverard #MurderbyPolice #Abducted #Raped #Strangled #Murdered #MetropolitanPolice #London #Misogyny #Racism #Homophobia #Hubris #NewScotlandYard #ExpertAnalysis #BaronessCasey #TakeBackTheMet #CleanTheHouse #TrueCrime #RealCrimeProfile #PodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Macron forces through deeply unpopular pension reforms in France, reckoning time for London's Metropolitan Police, and who is the man attempting to topple Turkey's Erdogan? Also: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports back. We'll be looking in detail at what this means, as well as offering ideas for solutions.

Helen Barnett is a retired London Metropolitan Police officer and a member of their Armed Response Unit. We discuss her journey into law enforcement, the power of mentorship, surviving a stabbing, an IRA bomb and being shot, her physical and mental health journey, the healing power of nature, breathwork and so much more.

Welcome to episode 67 of the Hangar Z Podcast.In this episode we sit down and chat with Richard Brandon from the London Metropolitan Police Department.Richard worked his way from the streets of London to the skies of the London Metropolitan Police Department or MET as they refer to it.Richard served the department for a total of 30 years as a police officer and is continuing to serve the UK as the Aviation Capability Manager for the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) looking at police aviation strategy and policy nationally.Richard has as much as a passion for public safety aviation as we do as evidenced in the book he wrote for Haynes that outline airborne law enforcement.During our conversation we had an opportunity to talk about a variety of different topics from safety to leadership and a lot in between. The common thread of the conversation revolved around  the similarities that exist between public safety aviation agencies across the world.The Hangar Z Podcast is a huge advocate of training and networking. We are proud to announce that we have partnered with the Airborne Public Safety Association for 2023. We will help them to promote training and networking opportunities through the podcast as well as on our website. We have created a training page on our website https://www.hangarzpodcast.com/ where you can see upcoming training and networking opportunities.You can find information on the Airborne Public Safety Association as well as a list of their upcoming training and a link to The Hangar Z Podcast at https://publicsafetyaviation.org/

The Key - Dear John Letter From-1956 James Workman A Corporal receives a "Dear John" letter. The Key was a mystery series from Australia that aired in the mid 1950's. James Workman educated in England & trained as a naval cadet. He spent time in the London Metropolitan Police. Moving to South Africa, Workman later joined a touring theatre company. Instrumental in South African Broadcasting Commission as an announcer, scriptwriter & producer,  continuing these positions when in Australia.

This week, it's another SOLO episode with just me, myself and I!In this week's episode of Spinsterhood Reimagined, I talk about my brief and tumultuous relationship with the London Metropolitan Police. The relationship was doomed from the beginning - I should have known it would never work out long-term - and so I ended things as swiftly as I could. ;)Rather than explain in this description how (and why) on earth I went from working at Radio 2 to working for the Met, I'll let the episode speak for itself. Brace yourselves. It ain't pretty!  Fancy getting your hands on my FREE Top 10 Mindset Tips? Head over to: www.lucymeggeson.com Join my private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1870817913309222/?ref=share Follow me on Instagram: @spinsterhoodreimagined Follow me on Twitter: @LucyMeggeson Email me: lucy@lucymeggeson.com And thank you so much for listening!!!

Rupert was invited to join the SHINE team and Metropolitan Police staff for a second webinar during which he guides the group through an experiential exploration of the questions – ‘What is aware of my experience?', and ‘What, or who, am I essentially?' This is followed by a Q&A with the officers, whose daily work often takes them into contact with highly charged, stressful, and demanding situations.  SHINE is the service within the London Metropolitan Police set up to foster and maintain the wellbeing of officers. Rupert first spoke to MET Police staff during a webinar arranged through SHINE, in September 2020, at the height of the pandemic which inspired the first podcast with members of the group last year, which can be found here.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to use “every penny” of the $12 million his state budgeted to relocate migrants to other states saying “these are just the beginning efforts.” Officials say the migrants DeSantis sent to Martha's Vineyard from Texas are now at a military base on Cape Cod to receive shelter and humanitarian support. Deval Patrick is a former Democratic governor of Massachusetts. He tells Anderson Cooper “it's wrong” to treat human beings as props in a political stunt. Plus, CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller joins AC360 to discuss the safety concerns around Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, an event the London Metropolitan Police are calling the “largest single policing event” they've ever handled.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Liz Cross – Psychic Medium and Remote Viewer Bio Liz Cross is a multigenerational psychic and mom to two boys. As a baby, she could telepathically communicate with other babies and her parents and by age 4, she was participating in her mother's séances. Her maternal grandmother also channeled spirits and would tell Liz about it when she was a very young child. Liz assumed everyone could do this until she got older and realized that she possessed a unique relationship with Spirit, which guided and protected her. As a young adult, she went to London to study Law and upon graduating, took a job as a dispatcher for the London Metropolitan Police, aka Scotland Yard. She enjoyed this work so much that she stayed on for many years, learning how to gather details about crimes as well as psychic evidence, which led to her later work on unsolved homicides. To help crack homicide cases, she learned Remote Viewing from a psychic teacher in London (now retired) who had trained under military viewers in CRV (Controlled Remote Viewing). She taught Liz CRV and her own modifications of psychic remote viewing that Liz has further developed. In recent years, Liz has begun sharing her talents with a broader audience. She trained under George Duismanfor 4 years and now offers CTT (Consciousness Transformation Technique) sessions for individuals and groups. Her specialty is Mind Probes, based on the RV techniques she's learned. She can tap into anything with consciousness and move the subject forward in time to report back. These probes act as a gauge based upon the current timeline probabilities. Her private readings may cover past lives, future selves, contact with loved ones in spirit, and communication with your soul, guides, and/or higher self. She also has been known to telepathically communicate with Sasquatch and has encountered 4 of them, one of which army crawled up to her vehicle and stood 3 feet away from her vehicle. Liz also puts out videos of her probes/predictions of financial markets, crypto, and current topics and people of interest on her YouTube channel, Psychic Liz Cross. You can contact Liz via her website, PsychicLizCross.com. For more typical skeptic podcast interviews go to: www.youtube.com/c/typcialskeptic www.anchor.fm/typical-skeptic www.rokfin.com/typicalskeptic To donate to my show: buymeacoffee.com/typicalskeptic but the best way is: to paypal: typicalskeptic1@gmail.com #remoteviewing #mindfulness #channeling #aliens #podcast #viral #youtubepodcast #psi #psychic #telekinesis #psychokinesis --- 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/typical-skeptic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/typical-skeptic/support

Reactions have continued to trail  reports  of the arrest, detention and arraignment of two prominent Nigerians by the London Metropolitan Police over suspected conspiracy to transport a child to the UK in order to harvest organs.News filtered on Thursday of the arrest of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife in Britain.In this Episode of Nigeria Daily, we find out the circumstances that led to their arrest and what it means for Nigeria and Nigerians.

Apologies for the echo in the first 30 seconds of the interview, it doesn't last and believe us when we tell you, we tried everything to solve it.   I first met this guest when he wrote an extraordinary review of my first book when it was released in the UK. Not everyone with a great story and an unusual life is a racer, but he did try! Much to the detriment of motorists and riders in London.. Ian Kerr had a 30 year career with the London Metropolitan Police riding motorcycles. He befriended many including many racers who were his heroes and the Queen of England awarded him the MBE - Member of the British Empire for his services to motorcycling. Ian Kerr is a very unique man with some great stories to tell.

Dame Cressida Dick resigned as the Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, after the Mayor of London declared he has lost confidence in her plans to improve the culture of the organisation. This followed recent revelations of the conduct of certain police officers who had shared racist, homophobic and misogynistic views through WhatsApp messages. Leaders are critical to an organisational culture and this case highlights the expectation on leaders, and the impact they can have.  

Western leaders are warning of new, alarming new military escalation as Russian troops have been involved in live-fire drills in Belarus. We have an interview with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss who was in Moscow to speak with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. Also on the programme: Canadian trucker protests have forced car plant shutdowns and a new major border crossing has been blocked; and the first woman to head the London Metropolitan Police, Dame Cressida Dick, has resigned in the aftermath of a recent report that found serious evidence of police misconduct. (Photo: Russian navy ships passed through the Bosphorus from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea. Credit: Getty Images)

The third episode of this season of the Declarations Podcast delves into the topic of live facial recognition. Host Maryam Tanwir and panelist Veronica-Nicolle Hera sat down with Daragh Murray and Pete Fussey, who co-authored the “Independent Report on the London Metropolitan Police Service's Trial of Live Facial Recognition Technology” in July 2019. Live facial recognition (LFR) has been a widely debated topic in the past years, both in the UK as well as internationally. While several campaign organisations advocate against the use of this technology based on the Prohibition of Discrimination, independent academic research on the topic reveals important insights into various trials of this technology. Our guests are at the forefront of this research and in this episode present some of their findings.

On this week's episode of Dial Femme for Murder we discuss The Grindr Killer, Stephen Port. We tell the story of his victims Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth & Jack Taylor. We focus on the unforgivable failings of the Barking branch of the London Metropolitan Police, and how their failings were likely the cause of 3 out of the 4 deaths. Case begins at 20:15. We also talk about the West Elm Caleb TikTok drama, how much Martyn loves Euphoria, and how Machine Gun Kelly & Megan Fox are bringing back vibes of the famous toxic celebrity couples of the 90s. --- SOURCES How Police Missed The Grindr Killer - BBC Three Documentary, 2017 Four Lives - BBC Mini-Series, 2021 Police Failings “probably” Contributed to the Deaths of ‘Grindr Killer' Stephen Port's Murder Victims - Gay Times, Conor Clark Murderpedia --- Support us on Ko-Fi Follow us on Instagram

On this week's episode of Dial Femme for Murder we discuss The Grindr Killer, Stephen Port. We tell the story of his victims Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth & Jack Taylor. We focus on the unforgivable failings of the Barking branch of the London Metropolitan Police, and how their failings were likely the cause of 3 out of the 4 deaths. Case begins at 20:15. We also talk about the West Elm Caleb TikTok drama, how much Martyn loves Euphoria, and how Machine Gun Kelly & Megan Fox are bringing back vibes of the famous toxic celebrity couples of the 90s. --- SOURCES How Police Missed The Grindr Killer - BBC Three Documentary, 2017 Four Lives - BBC Mini-Series, 2021 Police Failings “probably” Contributed to the Deaths of ‘Grindr Killer' Stephen Port's Murder Victims - Gay Times, Conor Clark Murderpedia --- Support us on Ko-Fi Follow us on Instagram

This week we're chatting to Resilience Coach Charlie Cannon. Charlie now teaches everyone from international sportspeople to the London Metropolitan Police force how to deal with hardship and challenging situations in life, and bounce back better.

Chris Horne, former Detective for the London Metropolitan Police tells the story of a notorious music bootlegger who flaunted his crime selling unauthorized recordings under such labels as Criminal Records, Wanted Man and Fugitive. Jailed in the U.S., he continued his criminal enterprise and was ultimately arrested and prosecuted also in the UK. This story reminds IP owners of the need to follow trends to continue to diligently protect their brands as the marketplace for legitimate and illicit goods continue to shift and evolve.

In 1850 Charles Dickens wrote that Great Britain had “no political police,” adding that “the most rabid demagogue” could speak out “without the terror of an organised spy system.” In his book State Surveillance, Political Policing, and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Boydell Press, 2021), Vlad Solomon describes how Britain gradually developed a system of “high policing” during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras that contradicted Britons' popular belief in their tolerant society. As Solomon demonstrates, contrary to Dickens's blithe assurance, Britain had irregularly employed political policing prior to the 1880s. The threat posed by Fenian terrorism, however, compelled the British home secretary, William Harcourt, to create a specialized section of the London Metropolitan Police in response. This evolved into Special Branch, which subsequently found its remit expanded to include monitoring political radicals, aliens, and even militant suffragists. Yet despite their increased range of duties, the number of detectives assigned to such tasks remained limited until espionage concerns and the prospect of war prompted the government to overhaul political policing with the creation of a new agency – the future MI5 – in order to provide more effective monitoring of the political threats facing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1850 Charles Dickens wrote that Great Britain had “no political police,” adding that “the most rabid demagogue” could speak out “without the terror of an organised spy system.” In his book State Surveillance, Political Policing, and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Boydell Press, 2021), Vlad Solomon describes how Britain gradually developed a system of “high policing” during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras that contradicted Britons' popular belief in their tolerant society. As Solomon demonstrates, contrary to Dickens's blithe assurance, Britain had irregularly employed political policing prior to the 1880s. The threat posed by Fenian terrorism, however, compelled the British home secretary, William Harcourt, to create a specialized section of the London Metropolitan Police in response. This evolved into Special Branch, which subsequently found its remit expanded to include monitoring political radicals, aliens, and even militant suffragists. Yet despite their increased range of duties, the number of detectives assigned to such tasks remained limited until espionage concerns and the prospect of war prompted the government to overhaul political policing with the creation of a new agency – the future MI5 – in order to provide more effective monitoring of the political threats facing the country. 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

In 1850 Charles Dickens wrote that Great Britain had “no political police,” adding that “the most rabid demagogue” could speak out “without the terror of an organised spy system.” In his book State Surveillance, Political Policing, and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Boydell Press, 2021), Vlad Solomon describes how Britain gradually developed a system of “high policing” during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras that contradicted Britons' popular belief in their tolerant society. As Solomon demonstrates, contrary to Dickens's blithe assurance, Britain had irregularly employed political policing prior to the 1880s. The threat posed by Fenian terrorism, however, compelled the British home secretary, William Harcourt, to create a specialized section of the London Metropolitan Police in response. This evolved into Special Branch, which subsequently found its remit expanded to include monitoring political radicals, aliens, and even militant suffragists. Yet despite their increased range of duties, the number of detectives assigned to such tasks remained limited until espionage concerns and the prospect of war prompted the government to overhaul political policing with the creation of a new agency – the future MI5 – in order to provide more effective monitoring of the political threats facing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In 1850 Charles Dickens wrote that Great Britain had “no political police,” adding that “the most rabid demagogue” could speak out “without the terror of an organised spy system.” In his book State Surveillance, Political Policing, and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Boydell Press, 2021), Vlad Solomon describes how Britain gradually developed a system of “high policing” during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras that contradicted Britons' popular belief in their tolerant society. As Solomon demonstrates, contrary to Dickens's blithe assurance, Britain had irregularly employed political policing prior to the 1880s. The threat posed by Fenian terrorism, however, compelled the British home secretary, William Harcourt, to create a specialized section of the London Metropolitan Police in response. This evolved into Special Branch, which subsequently found its remit expanded to include monitoring political radicals, aliens, and even militant suffragists. Yet despite their increased range of duties, the number of detectives assigned to such tasks remained limited until espionage concerns and the prospect of war prompted the government to overhaul political policing with the creation of a new agency – the future MI5 – in order to provide more effective monitoring of the political threats facing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

In 1850 Charles Dickens wrote that Great Britain had “no political police,” adding that “the most rabid demagogue” could speak out “without the terror of an organised spy system.” In his book State Surveillance, Political Policing, and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Boydell Press, 2021), Vlad Solomon describes how Britain gradually developed a system of “high policing” during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras that contradicted Britons' popular belief in their tolerant society. As Solomon demonstrates, contrary to Dickens's blithe assurance, Britain had irregularly employed political policing prior to the 1880s. The threat posed by Fenian terrorism, however, compelled the British home secretary, William Harcourt, to create a specialized section of the London Metropolitan Police in response. This evolved into Special Branch, which subsequently found its remit expanded to include monitoring political radicals, aliens, and even militant suffragists. Yet despite their increased range of duties, the number of detectives assigned to such tasks remained limited until espionage concerns and the prospect of war prompted the government to overhaul political policing with the creation of a new agency – the future MI5 – in order to provide more effective monitoring of the political threats facing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

In 1850 Charles Dickens wrote that Great Britain had “no political police,” adding that “the most rabid demagogue” could speak out “without the terror of an organised spy system.” In his book State Surveillance, Political Policing, and Counter-Terrorism in Britain: 1880-1914 (Boydell Press, 2021), Vlad Solomon describes how Britain gradually developed a system of “high policing” during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras that contradicted Britons' popular belief in their tolerant society. As Solomon demonstrates, contrary to Dickens's blithe assurance, Britain had irregularly employed political policing prior to the 1880s. The threat posed by Fenian terrorism, however, compelled the British home secretary, William Harcourt, to create a specialized section of the London Metropolitan Police in response. This evolved into Special Branch, which subsequently found its remit expanded to include monitoring political radicals, aliens, and even militant suffragists. Yet despite their increased range of duties, the number of detectives assigned to such tasks remained limited until espionage concerns and the prospect of war prompted the government to overhaul political policing with the creation of a new agency – the future MI5 – in order to provide more effective monitoring of the political threats facing the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

The Secrets of Scotland Yard  was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes.The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of England's most famous criminals.The Lucky Murderer: A chance of luck saved a man from being sent to the gallows.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/steviek)

The Secrets of Scotland Yard  was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes.The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of England's most famous criminals.Jim the Penman one the most notorious forgers of all time.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/steviek)

When Jen Stirrup speaks, she speaks softly.  The meaning of her words, however, speak loudly!  Jen is CEO of Data Relish, a UK-based consultancy that delivers real business value through solving all manner of business challenges.  You don't earn the nickname the Data Whisperer without knowing a great deal about Business Intelligence and AI.  Jen certainly knows not only those topics, she knows SO much more! References in this episode: Data Kind The Art Of War Blade Runner Tears Scene Episode Timeline: 4:30 - The human element of data, Bias in data, implications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and COVID data 27:00 - The BI goal is Business Improvement, escalation and taking principled stands, Data-Driven vs Data Inspired 46:00 - Seeing the hidden costs of some business strategies, the value of even small successes, Diversity and Inclusion, and online bullying 1:29:30 - Jen's mugging story (!) Episode Transcript: Rob Collie (00:00:00): Hello friends. Today's guest is Jen Stirrup. Jen and I have had one of those long-running internet friendships that are so common these days, especially in the data world and in certain communities. But we've also had the opportunity to meet in person several times at those things that we used to do called "in-person physical conferences." She's an incredibly well-seasoned veteran of the data world, but if you're expecting us to be talking about things like star schema and DAX Optimization, that's not really what we talked about. You know that our tagline here is "data with the human element," and we definitely leaned into that human element in today's show. Now, we do talk about some of the important human dynamics about data projects. For example, how the business intelligence industry kind of lost its way in the past and forgot that it's all about improvement and how we're as an industry waking back up to that today. Rob Collie (00:00:54): We also talked about the value of having even one signature success in a large organization that other people can look at to become inspired. And she has some very interesting and well-founded semantic opinions about terms like "data-driven" and why maybe, "data-inspired" is better. Similarly, she prefers the term "data fluent" to "data literate", and she explains why. But we also touched repeatedly on the themes of ethics and inclusivity in the world of data. Now, I have a personal idea that I haven't really shared on this show before that I call "radical moderation." It's the idea that you can be polite, you can be reasonable, while at the same time advocating for sharp change. Now, this is personally what I would like to see emerge in our political sphere, for instance, a form of polite radicalism. We need to change, but we need to be nice. Rob Collie (00:01:52): There aren't many readily available examples that I could point to if I wanted to show you "this is what radical moderation looks like." But now if someone asked me for that, I can point them to this conversation we have with Jen. She is soft-spoken, she is polite, she is open-minded, including the open-mindedness that she might not always be correct. And yet, underneath all of that, is a very firm conviction that we need to be better. And I think that's the best introduction I can give this because I don't want to spoil anything upfront. So, let's get into it. Announcer (00:02:28): Ladies and gentleman, may I have your attention please? Announcer (00:02:32): This is the Raw Data By P3 Adaptive Podcast, with your host, Rob Collie, and your co-host, Thomas you know. Find out what the experts at P3 Adaptive can do for your business. Just go to p3adaptive.com. Raw Data By P3 Adaptive is data...with the human element. Rob Collie (00:02:56): Welcome to the show, Jen Stirrup. It is such a pleasure to see you again, virtually, talk to you. I'm really glad we were able to do this So, thrilled to have you here. Jen Stirrup (00:03:06): Thank you so much for having me. I'm glad we made it work in the end. Diaries, schedules, everything else, but I'm really glad to be here and it's great to speak to you. Rob Collie (00:03:15): I know bits and pieces of the Jen Stirrup story and I know bits and pieces of what you're up to. How do you describe yourself on your LinkedIn profile? Jen Stirrup (00:03:23): So I would describe myself as really trying to help people make their data better. I've just finished a post- COVID data strategy for a healthcare organization in the US and in the UK. The reason I'm doing that is to try and have a big impact. I believe in that, I think COVID has brought around a real stress and a lot of technical architectures, and a lot of data architectures as well, and there're all sorts of pressures. So I've just finished that, which has been a nice piece of work. I've been working with a religious organization on their data as well. A lot of people are accessing their services as part of a recovery from COVID. I think it's been a very difficult, challenging time for a lot of people in terms of mental health, and I like to think that by solving these problems you're actually helping people, in a way to contact, some of whom you may never meet, but that's okay. That's really what I like to do, I think, it's a way of connecting, I think. Rob Collie (00:04:22): We subtitled the show 'Data With The Human Element,' you think of the data field is like this cold, analytical, sanitary, and it's not, right? If you're doing it right, you're having an impact in the human plane, and it's a leveraged impact because you can really sort of touch a lot of people's lives via the central hub that is data. And you've got to keep the human beings in mind, even to be successful at the quote-on-quote "cold, calculating data stuff." If you don't keep the humans sort of first and foremost in your mind, you're not going to design, for example, a good data strategy, like what you just finished. Jen Stirrup (00:05:02): That's right. So I believe that the information ladder is quite important. So we start off with data, then we need to turn that into information, but then we need to turn it into knowledge and then wisdom. And I think COVID has taught us many things. I think it's maybe taught us a sense of purpose, it's something that can help drive all of us. Data can be part of that and I think that data in some ways has been replacing some of the bigger-purpose questions that perhaps we should ask ourselves more often as human beings. With artificial intelligence, particularly, I'm finding that people are replacing data with, perhaps, information, knowledge, or wisdom and say "what does the data see?" and that's fine, but we have to have the context to the data as well. Jen Stirrup (00:05:47): I think in some ways with artificial intelligence, what people are trying to do is build a little box of data and it's becoming this oracle that people are going to touch and say: "So, what does the data say?" It's like we are taking this box and we're trying to turn into some sort of God that we can touch, and it's going to give us all the answers, but if we're going to do that, it has to be a God that we are comfortable to live with, and it's one that we can choose, and one that fits in with people's ethics and their sense of purpose. So, I see data as part of fitting something that can make us all better in so many different ways, whether that is healing or bringing people together. Jen Stirrup (00:06:29): So I think if we could solve these problems where people are feeling that they are not interconnected, then we could start to try and look at that and perhaps think about making people feel whole and feel more together. Because I think what COVID has done is really helped us to focus a lot on data but perhaps not about how we could do things better. It seems that we have an opportunity to decide what goes back in to make the new normal or the next normal. And I'm worried I suppose that I don't see that happening as much as I would like. So yeah, data is important. Absolutely. We wouldn't be here without it and the fact people are struggling with it does pay my mortgage. I still would like us to ask ourselves the bigger questions as well as something that's important to me. Rob Collie (00:07:14): Let me check here. Oh yeah yup, it pays my mortgage as well. We're here for a reason that's for sure. I loved you talking about the AI, this box, that we're going to sort of elevate to the status of a God or that's how a lot of people are viewing it subconsciously. Of course, it's a box that we built. Jen Stirrup (00:07:33): Yeah. Rob Collie (00:07:33): We fed it with our context. It got fed with our assumptions and also our blind spots and now if it makes decisions, that thing starts making judgments and decisions that impact people's lives. It's a tricky proposition, it's one that's best approached very carefully. Jen Stirrup (00:07:55): I agree and I think that's why the bigger questions are important. So say for example, you may have seen the Netflix information series. It was called 'The Social Hack' or something like that. I've forgotten the name, but it was talking about the role of bias in data. One of the researchers found that their facial recognition algorithm didn't recognize a face. And the reason for that was that she's black and for me, I just thought, that's such a preventable issue and how much time do you spend looking at preventable issues? And perhaps not very much. I still see the magpie problem a lot in technology. Companies are happier buying a new technology that they see that's going to solve all their problems, but actually it's not doing that. It's maybe replacing as a bad answer to a different question. We can't see that right now in artificial intelligence. Jen Stirrup (00:08:48): There's some research going on, which will decrease the size of data sets that AI needs in order to create its algorithms and that sounds fine. It's a good piece of research, but what I'd like to see is more researches on collating datasets which are less biased, so that we can think about focusing and trying to make the algorithms fewer rather than focusing on making them smaller. Jen Stirrup (00:09:13): I know a few years ago, you probably remember, everyone talked about big data. Big data was the thing but we didn't ask ourselves if this was the right data. It might be big, but if it's missing out large sections of the population, then that's building an inequality before we get started. I think, even if you don't have the answers, asking these questions is a good thing. I don't have all the answers. There's people working in this field much much smarter than me and they all live and breathe this stuff and I read it, the things that they're doing and talking about, and I think this is such an important part of what we do every day. I think it's really important. I don't know what you think, but there's so much going on in the world of data at the moment that it feels hard to keep up sometimes. Thomas Larock (00:09:58): So first I want you both to remember in case you've forgotten, but you can purchase the Azure Data Box, that does exist. Rob Collie (00:10:07): We will just call it God in a box. Thomas Larock (00:10:09): Azure Data Box, it's actually for shipping storage to an Azure data center, but that's what they chose to call it and I said: "You put your data in the box or it gets the hose again." Right? So- Rob Collie (00:10:20): No no, Tom, it's one: "Put your data in the box." Thomas Larock (00:10:26): So, I mean, that does exist. The first point I wanted to make that you danced around, like Rob you were talking about how we're building this thing and it comes with all of our failings. And I know Jen, she leads discussions on diversity, inclusion, equality and I try to emphasize why that's so much more important and especially seeing the rise and I saw the Netflix special as well, and the Data Justice League. The idea is we need to have those programs in order to have better models. We have to be aware of the bias inherent in the stuff that has already been built. And I think there's a lot more awareness over the last 18 months regarding the products that are on the market that are already failing us because they were built with these biases. And that's a difficult thing to overcome now that you have police departments or governments deploying this technology, thinking, as Jen said, it's this God that is just going to give you all the answers. Thomas Larock (00:11:35): Jen, you also hinted on the thing about the question. So, you're replacing one problem with another, and that made me think of how vital it is that you understand the question you need answered and a lot of times that gets kind of shifted, it's fluid almost. It's like: "Oh, well we were doing this thing we think this next thing we'll solve for it." But the next thing you're getting is actually answering a completely different question than what you thought you were doing and it leads to a huge, huge disconnect. And I think the last thing I would say Jen, I've seen that research about the data sets. I'm encouraged by the idea that we could get people to understand that it's not the volume of data that makes a better model. It's the data that was chosen to be collected in the manner in which it's collected. Thomas Larock (00:12:30): So I know the research on building these models and they're saying: "Yeah, you don't need a billion rows. The accuracy tails off at some point after, say, a million rows." At some point more data doesn't make this model any more accurate but the inherent problem is how was it collected? What were the biases and how was it collected? What was missing? Was it missing at random? Was it missing not at random? The analysis necessary to conduct that research, I think is where we are sorely lacking in business. I know it exists in academia, but those people, they don't scale. There's only so many of those, and there's a lot more businesses trying to get the job done so I think that's fairly important. Jen Stirrup (00:13:13): There is a huge gap between academia and business. I guess there always has been, I do speak to academic institutions from time to time and it's clear that they are doing so much work. They really are, but how that is getting out? I am not sure. Maybe that's why they asked me to come and talk to them so I can talk to other people about what they're doing and I don't mind doing that. I think there needs to be more of that, because I think these scientists, these academics are working in this, have to get access to each other as well and the multidisciplinary aspect of it is really interesting. I did a Postgraduate in Cognitive Science about 20 years ago, and suddenly it's back round again, and it's about philosophy, linguistics, psychology, AI. And why did that go away? Jen Stirrup (00:14:03): It should never have really gone away. I think we got as an industry perhaps Goldstone and such technologies which these things were re-badged as, and we got derailed by the marketing efforts. But I think that there's real room for doing these things in a better way. I don't know if you see this, but I see, or maybe it's my age now, I've been around in the industry for a long time, but I see that people are doing and making mistakes that I first saw 20 years ago, data collection, which you rarely mentioned, Tom, that's been there for a long time and then it seemed to go away. Jen Stirrup (00:14:36): I think that's why academia does help because it gives us maybe more of that consistent backgrounds than perhaps we get from marketing noise, which was goes round in cycles and trends as people are under pressure to purchase these licenses or whatever it happens to be. I wish I had better answers for all of this, I think sometimes it's about just asking these questions, blogging, talking about them, putting them on social media so that when people are thinking, "what do I do about data strategy?" That these things are part of this. I saw a study recently saying that companies are decreasingly likely to include ethics and these questions and bigger societal questions as part of the data strategies as you're trying to get the link. But it disheartens me because I thought I could see that the voices are getting squeezed out. Rob Collie (00:15:25): Decreasingly likely, like we're trending- Jen Stirrup (00:15:28): Trending down. Rob Collie (00:15:28): You know, it'd be one thing to be flat, right? I mean that would also be disheartening, but to be decreasing, decreasingly likely to be factoring in ethics into a data strategy. Now we've been talking a lot and I think it's a good thing to continue to talk about the implications of AI and machine learning in this space, the business intelligence industry isn't particularly fraught with this kind of problem, right. Transactions happened, or they didn't, you know, and it was the number of six or a seven. I mean like, you can get it wrong, you can have bugs, right. But there isn't any like objective debate about what, there shouldn't be any way about what actually has happened. But the decider systems, are a completely different game, like where should we route this patient? This is going to have a huge impact on their life. Rob Collie (00:16:21): That's a very, very, very different game and we've been talking about sort of like, the completeness of the data that is used to train these systems, but I think it's really instructive just to stop for a moment and go, you know what, even if we were able to feed these systems a 100% comprehensive picture of today's world, we still have to accept the fact that we're telling it that today's world is what we want. Right. And maybe we don't, you know and there's always a judgment in training these systems, we tell it what is a success and what isn't a success. Our unintentional biases can leak into this stuff in a million different places, even if you suddenly had God-like comprehensive powers to feed it, quote-on-quote, all the data, right. It's still leaky. It's still fraught. Jen Stirrup (00:17:13): Yeah and actually, I think it's an extension of their problem that we see just when we're building a data warehouse. Sometimes I'll go into a customer and they'll say, "you know, we want to see our data and see our latest vendor here," and then I'll say, "well, is it preserving the data or is it just, you know, been reamed out the other end, what you're doing with it? Where you're storing it?" And then the argument against the data warehouse as well. It's not going to capture everything in the possible universe of possibilities in my business, so I don't want to do it. And I find the argument goes something like, "there's an edge case that it won't cover." Others, "this edge case, it won't cover here." And then you have to say, "well, you know okay. So it's not going to cover all the possible edge cases, but it will cover 80% of what you need, and the rest, can go to shadow IT or shadow data systems or wherever they happen to be." Jen Stirrup (00:18:03): And I think we're still trying as it's a bigger picture perhaps trying to control everything that happens around our business, but we have to be flexible enough to cater for these scenarios. We haven't seen this before. I think that's what makes the AI so difficult actually, as we have more than one type of AI, we have a general artificial intelligence, which is more like Terminator, you know, these kinds of things. Rob Collie (00:18:29): Innocuous stuff like that. Thomas Larock (00:18:30): Harmless. What's the worst that could happen. Rob Collie (00:18:32): Yeah. I mean. Jen Stirrup (00:18:35): Well, I think as humans, we do enough damage to ourselves, most of the time we don't need a Skynet. Thomas Larock (00:18:38): That's true. I agree. That's often my reaction to, well you know, like self-driving cars, like what if it makes this mistake? Okay yeah but the human being track record behind the wheel, we're not trying to be perfect, we're just trying to be better than people, which is a little bit more achievable perhaps. Jen Stirrup (00:18:56): Exactly and it's all a bit context, which is how to program. You probably remember a few years ago, at SQLBits say Tom, Steve Wozniak visited. I don't know if you were there for that SQLBits but Steve Wozniak is one of the team that founded apple. You must know who he is, but he's talked to us about the Wozniak test for AI, the testers will have an artificial intelligence sought of robot come into your house and make you a coffee from scratch. Now that involves a lot of contextual knowledge. They have to find your kitchen, they have to get your ingredients and get a cup, you know all that kind of thing and that requires context. And that's more general AI, that's more difficult to program. But if we're to think with CEI being more successful for businesses automation productivity, and it's just trying to do something, one thing really, really well, something that will help a human to make better decisions faster. Jen Stirrup (00:19:51): Such as perhaps parceling out x-rays, which don't show any presence of a tumor as an example, but we then get the 10% of x-rays that makes sure something and passing those onto a human to look at. So there's plenty of rooms for defining what success looks like for us for artificial intelligence I think. With business intelligence, your right, we should have one version of the truth. People are still living so much in Excel and Google sheets and things of empires away, and that are sitting in their laptop. How do you move that to the cloud? So you move them perhaps to office 365 or a Google work space, and then you're trying to encourage people to rethink the processes about, Hey why do we save stuff in the cloud? Or why do we make our decision making more apparent? And it seems a bit difficult to ask AI to make its decision-making more apparent, when actually a lot of people spend time hiding or umpiring the knowledge anyway. Jen Stirrup (00:20:49): I don't know if you think this, but I often think business intelligence problems are change management problems in disguise. It just happens to be showing up in the data that there's a problem. Thomas Larock (00:20:59): Yeah. Rob Collie (00:20:59): Ultimately it's not about knowing, it's about improving. Knowing that there's a problem and even knowing what's causing it is really just the beginning. Very often it's like okay, now what? This is going to be a really difficult problem to address operationally. Jen Stirrup (00:21:16): I think we forget the process of optimization and business intelligence. And I wonder if that's the reason why AI is becoming so prevalent at the moment, because it is much more clearly talking about optimizing and improving processes and automating. I think in business intelligence, we have almost stopped talking about optimizing business processes. I don't see it quite as much, I wonder if we get sort of caught up in data visualization, you know Tableau came along and then power BI and everyone started chasing after that. We're perhaps forgetting that actually we're doing all that for a purpose, which is to make something better somewhere. I don't know if you find this but, I obviously run [inaudible 00:21:54] business and it's very hard to get customers to agree to a case study because they don't want to show that actually they were in a bad place and they don't want to show the competitors that they were in a bad place. Everyone's ashamed of the data. So it's really tough. Rob Collie (00:22:07): I've seen sort of multiple facets of that. So first of all, yes, everyone thinks that they are uniquely broken, everyone's organization that they feel a level of sort of like discomfort and shame about where they're at today or where they were yesterday. They feel like they're the only ones, but we see so many organizations per year, especially the kinds of projects and the pace at which we move the world is very much uniformly broken. No one's really behind, everyone's way behind of where you'd sort of like as a dispassionate observer, you'd expect people to be a lot further ahead than they are, but no, no, really the basics are still not sorted out universally. We're still kind of in a dark age, in a way. Jen Stirrup (00:22:51): Yeah. Something, I see really basic issues of one customer example of talking about where they were calculating the mean incorrectly for two years. And then two years before that, for another two years, they were calculating the median incorrectly in Excel. What they were doing was it were taking the middle value of a column. So of course, if you sorted the column next to it, the value changed. And they said that that was the median. And I said, "okay, so you've got a column of 20 items. Are you telling me that whatever's a number 10 is the mean?" And they said, "well, yes, that's in column B." What happens if you change the order in column E from perhaps alphabetical order to reverse alphabet order, the values can be changed, right? And they looked at me and I said, "why did you calculate it like that?" Jen Stirrup (00:23:41): And they said, cause we can calculate the mean using Excel formula. So eventually I said, "why are you using the mean," because it's quite sensitive to outliers the median's better. and then they said, "well we've tried that but we couldn't calculate the median either." I said, so okay "for four years you've been trying to calculate the mean and the median incorrectly in this one spreadsheet. Can you tell me about the rest of your spreadsheets? How often are you trying to use the median or the mean all of it incorrectly?" And I think it's probably the only time in my 20 plus year career, I've seen a customer actually punch himself in the face and it was just absolutely stunning. And he said, "I'll go and speak to the statisticians." And I thought, you've got statisticians working here. I'd love to meet them. Jen Stirrup (00:24:26): I wonder what they're telling you. And that was my second deal in sight, I was on the on and off for six months. And that was just the first problem I found. So I know we talked about data literacy. I'm not a fan of that phrase. I prefer fluency or something along those lines. So I don't want to assume people are data illiterate. Because I don't think that they are, I think we're born naturally within us an innate sense of numbers in a way, we can tell more from less, right? My dog can do it, right. So if I got five treats in my hand, he knows I've got others. If I just give them one, he's not stupid, he has a sense of quantity. And I think it's about, we need to get better in industry, perhaps explaining results, findings, conclusions, and context to people instead of just throwing dashboards at people and expecting them to understand it. Jen Stirrup (00:25:16): If somebody recently sent me a scientific article which was all about COVID and some testing that they did in mice, and I could read it, but I couldn't understand it because I don't have a background in medicine. I read the abstracts and I read the last paragraph and the first paragraph, but I didn't read the rest of it because I thought this is way beyond me. I don't understand what they're trying to say. But I think for me that highlighted a problem with data literacy, I could read it, I couldn't understand it, and I certainly couldn't act on it. And I don't want to give other people who are trying to consume business intelligence products in some way, whether they're dashboards or even dumps from Excel, that they just don't understand what they're getting. How we do that, I think is perhaps focusing in data translation. Jen Stirrup (00:26:03): How we do that, I think, is perhaps focusing in data translation. I had a woman who worked for me, she actually was a qualified librarian. So, her insights about information retrieval were very interesting. I learned a lot from her, because that was a little bit the data. And she would say things like, "Jennifer, Google is not the only search facility in the world. We can use so much more," because she's accessed all their library systems around the world. And there's so much information we don't access because we can't, usually. But the point being that what I learned from her was about translating things, where they were easier to understand for other people. And I think it's an incredibly valuable lesson, and the world needs more librarians. Rob Collie (00:26:43): There's a lot here, right? Business intelligence was always a means to an end, but because it was so difficult, it was just so incredibly difficult to even get a halfway-competent system instilled, built, configured. When something is that hard for that long, it becomes its own goal after a while. It's easy to habituate to the idea that this is the goal, intelligence is the goal, knowledge is the goal. No, no, no. Improvement was always the goal. What's really been fascinating for us is, when we see our clients, the people we work with, when we see them start to get the BI problem under control for the first time ever, their gaze immediately sort of zooms back and they start thinking completely unbidden by us. We don't have to seed this conversation. It just happens. They start looking at the bigger picture now and going, "Oh, okay. So, now this information needs to feed into better decision loops and optimization and things like that. And how do we facilitate that?" Rob Collie (00:27:53): And from the beginning, we try to counsel everything being built around that "taking action" thing. You can build an incredibly informative dashboard that is intelligent, it's a work of art in many ways, on many levels, and it can be useless. It can be factual, it can be impressive, and it can be useless because you can't use it to make any improved decisions. I've been guilty of this. I have built things like this, like, "Ta-da." And the client doesn't even have the language to push back. Jen Stirrup (00:28:30): It's something I've tried to keep in mind now is the utility of what I'm actually doing, because people just want data for the sake of data, and they get that. I think, sometimes, they don't know what to ask for, so they take something because it's better than nothing. And they'll say things like, "Right, I want the last five years of data and 191 columns, I want it all on the same page, and I want to be able to print it." And then you have to say, "Well, let's think about how feasible that is. You'll get five years of data, it's not going to fit in one page. 191 columns is going to be really small. So, let's have a..." People ask that because they don't know what they want. Jen Stirrup (00:29:06): About a dashboard recently, a health and safety dashboard, it was using power apps as well. So, the company, if they saw a health and safety priority issue, they could use the app, if they were health and safety professionals, and the app would record data, you could upload a photograph, and then that would go into a system which you could then see in Power BI. And the nice thing about that was you could see improvements over time because people could get their health and safety issues resolved more quickly, so things like boxes stacked against fire exits, slip and trip hazards. Jen Stirrup (00:29:43): Now, it may not seem very interesting, but actually, the reason that project had happened was because someone that had been in a health and safety incident and it had not been tracked properly, and the idea being that they were trying to improve the process. But sometimes, I think data problems and data solutions happen because of two things. One is you need an executive sponsor, and the second thing is a crisis. And together, the executive sponsor and the crisis will engender change somewhere. And that change management process so often turns into a business intelligence solution. And nothing is an industry. It's something I'm personally trying to always keep in mind is: what's the purpose? What's the optimization? What problem am I trying to solve? Rob Collie (00:30:30): Yeah, one time, I was asked by a client to help debug a report that was really slow. So, this is great because this is an example of a report that I didn't build, right? I can use an example that wasn't one of my own families, but I'll tell my own as well if you want. But I go, "Okay, I'll take a look at it." I'm expecting some sort of DAX or data modeling problem or something like that. And they show me the report, and it is a 100,000-row pivot table. The pivot table has a 100,000 rows in it. There's DAX behind it. It's a DAX data model behind the scenes, but the report itself, the output is 100,000 rows. And before I even engage, I just turn and look at them and say, "Oh, my God, who was using this? You don't have a performance problem. It's..." And they're very insistent. "No, no, no, no, no. This is the thing. We need this." I'm like, "All right." Rob Collie (00:31:21): So, I start looking at it, and it's crazy how many columns there are. And it was a list of every employee and every location that they have in the country, which was hundreds of locations and thousands of employees. And for each employee, their scheduled time-in and their scheduled time-out, and their actual time clocked in and actual time clocked out. I turned back at him again and I go, "Okay, really? What are we doing here?" And they're like, "Okay. So, we have all these regional managers that are looking at this multiple times a day, probably eight times a day or more, to try to figure out if any of their stores are empty, aren't staffed because people didn't show up." And I just smacked my forehead and I go, "You don't need the timecard report," which is what they called this thing, the timecard report, "You need the empty store detector." Rob Collie (00:32:18): And I mean, there was no way to make this thing faster. I mean, this thing was such a gross misuse of technology. I just went to the whiteboard and I sketched what the empty store detector could look like, and they're like, "Oh, that's great. We'll never get our managers to switch over to using it, so let's just go back to fixing this other piece of junk." Jen Stirrup (00:32:37): Yeah, because something that I struggle with, personally, is the idea of surveyance reports. It's something that really bothers me. I've pushed back on a few customers to see, "Are you micromanaging or are you surveying? What is it you're trying to do?" On occasions, I have escalated it to say, "Look, this report is probably been used to hit people for the head, and I'm not comfortable with this because I think this has gone beyond micromanaging." And we had set the scope of the project of the thing we were supposed to deliver. So, I'm going to escalate this because I want to understand better the purpose. And if I'm wrong, we will deliver it." Jen Stirrup (00:33:12): And normally, when I go back and see that, even in that particular instance, I showed the senior management and I said, "Your middle management want to do this." And they said, "No. We are not spending time doing that. We need to understand the wider context. If there is any issues going on with staffing, then this is probably a symptom rather than the cause of the issues, if people are being watched like that." So, I think some teams escalating, as much as I don't like to do it, sometimes is the best way forward. Rob Collie (00:33:44): It takes a lot of professional courage to do something like that. For example, have you ever taken one of those principled stands and ended up no longer working for that client because they basically fire you for not staying in your lane? That's a risk, right? Jen Stirrup (00:34:01): Yeah. It is. I've never been fired for that, but I have said, "Uncomfortable, and I'm we going to stop delivering services, and we need to decide on an exit strategy." There's different ways you can do that, right? So, you deal with the current project. You then say that you're busy for the next century when we come back to you for other work. I don't like doing that because I often feel like you should give them an alternative to say, "Well, here. I can't deliver it, but I know someone who can." And then I recommend one to my network. But the thing is, when I make these quite principal stands, people back down often, or they back down and they just asked me to do it. But when I've gone back to people like that customer, who come back to me for extra work, I've done some investigating work and I've found that they have not implemented a thing that I've been worried about or concerned about. Jen Stirrup (00:34:49): So, I think, sometimes, if you do speak up, people are maybe surprised by it. It's maybe different who it comes from. And I think, perhaps, even a soft Scottish accent, smiling sweetly at them and saying, "Can you explain to me a bit more about the reasoning behind this? Because your team want to do this thing, but I have some discomfort because it's outside scope." And they're not telling them, and they're very direct. Wait at first, but they start to get their message. Jen Stirrup (00:35:16): A former boss of mine years ago, he said I had a soft rein approach. I actually think that's a nice way of putting it, where, as much as I might be tempted to go in all guns blazing, I'm trying to gently bring it up and then bring it up again a bit more firmly, and then, suddenly, people are starting to understand better. But that's me having to probably, sometimes, exert a huge amount of self-control as well. But I think that's part of the consulting game. It's very tough. But I think seeing something like that happen, I think the reason it happens is because people aren't thinking about it longer-term. And me as a consultant, it's easier, perhaps, for me to think about it long-term and also a bit more closely as well, because you are thinking about the consequences of what you're trying to do, the purpose. Rob Collie (00:36:04): Yeah. If you're good at data and you're experience with it, you spend a lot of time with it, that allows you to put some of those things a little further down in the subconscious, and the rest of your human faculties can resume working, whereas, I think, for people who data is still this arcane thing, it's not the thing that they've spent their lives with, it's just really easy to get target-fixated on the data, data, data, data, right? "It's not about the people, we're trying to figure out the data," right? "And inform me," and all of that. Rob Collie (00:36:33): And I think it's like when you're first learning to drive, I couldn't have the radio on. The radio was really distracting. And you certainly couldn't have a conversation with someone next to you. So, all you can do just to make sure that you're turning the wheel the right amount and all this kind of stuff. It's just overwhelming. But once you internalize all that stuff and you build the muscle memory and all those sorts of things, now your brain is free to do some other things. Like this data fluency thing we were talking about, it's neat how, as you climb that slope, you're never there, it's a perpetual journey, the other parts of the equation like the human things, right? They can come back. Rob Collie (00:37:12): An example, even just from our own business, we do a lot of internet advertising. And sometimes, when people at our company are thinking about this, now the wrong way to do it is to go and like, "Oh, let's go look at the ad words API and let's get fascinated by the tech around this." And I'm always trying to remind people that, no, no, no, we're trying to scale a human interaction. That's what we're trying to do. We're trying to reach people with our humanity- Jen Stirrup (00:37:43): I think that's so true. Rob Collie (00:37:43): ... and we're using a technological system to do that. It's a tool for the other thing. Jen Stirrup (00:37:50): You're so right. I think we should be using technology empower and enable. And I think my personal mission is about helping people. I find that rewarding, personally. I like things with a purpose, so that's why I do charity work with organizations like DataKind, because when you get someone crying because you've solved a problem for them and you've helped them, you know how incredibly grateful they are. But I think, for me, that's why diversity and inclusion, equality, and intersectionality more recently has become really important to me. Jen Stirrup (00:38:21): I'll just give you a few examples that's in my head. I did a project recently, and there was a woman of color in my team, and I felt that she was being talked over. I'm used to being talk over, softly spoken. But I could see it with her. And I just made a conscious effort to say, "I'm sorry, but I don't think she's had the opportunity to speak, and I can see she's tried to have some input." So, some of it's a bit like that. But some of it is directly saying, "What do you think? Sorry, we haven't heard from you," and pulling people out. And you know what? She was and is still incredibly insightful. And sometimes, the best data scientists I work with are people who can't code. And I think about her and I think about another woman of color as well that I work beside. Jen Stirrup (00:39:06): Fantastic data scientists, they both know Excel, but they can't write a line of code. And the reason they're so good is because they are such fantastic questions. That means the rest of us who can code have to then go and get the answers. And I think the knack of asking the right questions is such a gift, it's such a skill, and it's something that I am consciously trying to improve myself on. And I think diversity, inclusion, and equality is really important, but we wouldn't get anywhere with any of that if we're not allowing people space either to talk or we're not able to give them the space to ask the right questions. Jen Stirrup (00:39:42): Now, I am constantly learning every day. And to do that, I'm having to learn to get better at asking questions. And it is a skill to ask, but I think, when we're dealing with data, it's about helping people not to feel stupid if they're asking questions, because I think, with these particular cases, it's very easy to feel diminished in a conversation where other people are understand the technology, they can code, you can't, but you've got an insight. I know we talk about data-driven, but I like the term "insights-inspired," and I wish we had more of that because that, I think, gives us room for other people who perhaps don't understand the technology but do have business insights that I would never get, because they help me interpret the code or the data to make it better. Thomas Larock (00:40:28): So, you said data-driven, but you prefer insights-inspired. I think those are still two different things because, when I think of data-driven, I actually think of that in terms of, "I'm going to make a decision based upon what the data's telling me, not upon my feelings." The insights-inspired, to me, is how I get to the question I want answered, right? But I'm still data-driven. I think there's some overlap, but I also think there's a lot of space there where they are distinct, because I do believe in data-driven because I've been in those meetings where somebody's like, "Yeah, I don't really care. We're going to do what I think is right." "But the data says something completely opposite." "Yeah. That doesn't matter to me." And lots of those cultures exist. I love insights-inspired, and I'm going to steal that. Jen Stirrup (00:41:16): That's fine. I think we need both, actually. I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. But you're right, there is a good impetus for people to think, "What does the data say?" And I like that. I think the "insights-inspired" piece will help us to understand if the data's right. And I'll give you an example of something that I did. So, I was doing some work for the national health service and there's some data missing for a hospital, and it was not an insignificant amount of data. It was for about five years, the data. And I searched for it all morning, and I was just about to ,arch down the corridor to go and corral a DBA to ask him, Have we lost any data? Because I cannot find this." Jen Stirrup (00:41:55): And then, when [inaudible 00:41:56] was passing, she said, "How are you doing?" I said, "Oh, have you ever worked at this hospital?" I won't mention which one it is. And she said, "Oh, I was there until it closed for five years and it merged with another hospital." And I thought, "Oh, you've just answered my question. Right." Because I was sweating beads because I thought, "We've lost five years' worth of data." And I thought, "We've done that. We are in so much trouble," because it's a lot of data. It's a lot of patient data. No, no, no, no. They went somewhere else. And there was a very good explanation that I would never have got by the data. I could have hugged her. Jen Stirrup (00:42:31): And to this day, I still feel the palpable relief, because I was walking in the hospital, thinking we need a really good explanation for this. But according to the data, it was not there. So, I think, when I look at data-driven, I think they're two sides of the same coin, because insights will tell you what the nurse said, "Well, actually, it's like this," and they will add to the interpretation. Jen Stirrup (00:42:54): I just sat in a meeting once where one of the leaders said, "All right. So, we've got the data now?" I said, "Yes, everything's fine." And in front of four of his team members, he said, "So, we can get rid of the business analysts then, because we've got the data now." And even when I mention this, I still, at this point, feel my blood pressure rising, which is not good for me. I am well over the age of 40. And actually, I was stunned. I said, "How are you going to understand the data if you don't have your business analysts. Who's going to tell you what it means? "Oh." I said, "Are you really thinking that you can just throw your data at a wall, see what sticks, see what's left, and that's going to drive a business? Because, pretty much, that's what you're doing, if you are not involving the people who understand the business." Jen Stirrup (00:43:43): And after the meeting, I mean, some of them were crying, saying, "He was talking about me losing my job." And the people impact was terrible. So, this is where I've got my principals coming in. So, I went and I escalated that afternoon, and he was taken off the project the next day. That was due to happen. That was just outrageous. And if any of you who are listening and this is you, I love that team, their insights were incredible and I learned so much from them. And to the leader in that organization, please listen to your team members. You will get so many many great insights. Rob Collie (00:44:23): Wow. Jen Stirrup (00:44:24): Sorry, this is very cathartic for me. I'm glad you've brought me on today. Rob Collie (00:44:33): I mean, just watching your face as you told that story, I can see the emotions that you're feeling, right? Jen Stirrup (00:44:37): He's going to get this. Rob Collie (00:44:38): And it's a mix, right? It's a mix of the beauty of some of these people that you worked with, right? Contrasting with like this horrible, horrible attitude, at the same time, from this one individual. When you have all those feelings at the same time, it's like you need a new name for it. It's like, "What is this feeling?" Jen Stirrup (00:44:56): And I think the industry is like a pendulum, so we go towards data-driven. And for some organizations, they need good data-driven, so Tom's given a great example. But sometimes, it goes too far and they say, "Yeah, I read that buzzword. I'm going to do that." And then, there's an expense, something has to give. And that, unfortunately, was his team. Like you said earlier, Rob, it's about the people. We should be there to help people by helping people do their jobs better, not necessarily replacing them. That was not ever on the menu. Rob Collie (00:45:29): Yeah. It's counterintuitive. Sometimes, when your data system gets better, the right move is to have more analysts because there's more ROI in having them. Even just hiring a data professional services firm such as yourself, the reason to do it is because the ROI can be massive. Jen Stirrup (00:45:51): Yes. There's lots of unseen costs. I worked with an accountant last year who spent four out of five days a week merging Excel together. And I sat with her, I got to know her pretty well, I mean, remotely because of COVID. And eventually, she said, "Oh, I'm looking for a new job." And I said, "Oh, really?" And she said, "I did not incur a graduate debt to sit and do something that I could have done without my degree." She'd put a lot of effort and, same in the US, lots of student loans to do a degree. And she said, "Technically, my job title is accountant, but I'm not accounting. I am munging data around in Excel." And one of the projects I had recommended was data integration, right? And they wouldn't go forward it. They kept saying, "No, no, no. We've always done it this way. So-and-so om accounts does all that." But they never asked her what she wanted. Jen Stirrup (00:46:43): So, she left, and I was not a bit surprised because she said, "I want to be an accountant. I want to account." And I know that it's not my personal lifestyle. It wouldn't be my choice of a job, but for her, she just loved that, and she wasn't getting to do. So, sometimes, the causes are quite unseen if you're not looking after the processes or the data, because that incurs hiring costs, then, on staff onboarding costs that don't get included often as part of these business strategy projects. When I'm doing a data strategy, I try to include them, to say, "But what happens if you change? But what happens if you don't?" And you're going to lose people because your people, very often, want to be skilled in the later technology. Jen Stirrup (00:47:25): And I'll give you an example. One customer I worked with said to me, "We need your help with reporting services, SQL server." So, "Okay, good. I like reporting services." Then, they talked to me and I said, "What version are you using?" And they said, "2005." And I said, "Why?" "Because the application that's using it requires SQL server 2005 and we can't upgrade." Said, "So, what was the application written in?" "VB6," which you may have heard of that technology. It was around in 1999. It was last century. So, the data state was antique. I had no idea that it was that bad. But then, the application came up, and Microsoft still do a version of a Visual Basic. You can go to the site, the latest version... But the point being that the staff and that place had settled for VB6, they'd settled for 2005. That doesn't mean that you're getting the best team members. And when we worked, it was recommended an architecture. Said it was not touching it with our [inaudible 00:48:30]. Rob Collie (00:48:30): I'm still very fluent in VBA6, so maybe after we finished this show, can you give me the information of this organization? I might go apply. The last place on earth that VBA6 fluency is... Actually, that's not true. It's still being used everywhere. It's just not being used centrally. Jen Stirrup (00:48:53): Yes. I did say to them, "I am not touching any software that was not built in this century. So, if it's in the last century, you've no chance." So, re-architected, actually, we're using the Azure Cosmos... Thomas Larock (00:49:04): It's a good rule. Jen Stirrup (00:49:05): ... and dot... Yeah, it's a good rule. It's a rule to live by, you can quote me on that. I use no software built in the last century. In fact, I'm going to make that my new company advertising strapline. That's great. I like that. So, they're happily in Cosmos and .NET. And we used that because the developer said, "Hey, does that mean we get to modernize?" I said, "Yes. And you will either modernize or I will leave. Your bosses are going to have to modernize." So, they did. But again, that soft Scottish accent comes up. "Well, why don't we use software that's built in this century?" Rob Collie (00:49:42): It's a devastating maneuver. If we were making a card for you in a trading card game, that would be one of your two power moves, right? Soft Scottish accent. And the description of the power is something like, "Removes all defensive screen cards from opponent." Thomas Larock (00:50:07): Disarming. Jen Stirrup (00:50:10): Absolutely. Yeah. It's just funny how the data problems are really throwing up what's wrong with the organization. Obviously, they did that, but two years ago, I went to visit them again, just before COVID last year. They'd implemented a data science team and they just wanted some strategic consulting. And I was really pleased with how they turned around. So, sometimes, if you just find a problem like that, a small success, building those small successes, and they were allowed to up. I don't know if you see this, but big thing of what I'm doing when I'm in organizations is change management, but also a lot of that's people. And people tend to align themselves with success. So, if you can just show one small success, people get on board with it. Rob Collie (00:50:53): Yeah. I mean, it's everywhere in humanity, right? We're fundamentally pattern-matchers. And if you haven't given a population any positive patterns to match, no examples, it's amazing how stuck you can be. But one success, right? We have an infinite percentage increase in our population of successful examples. We went from zero to one. Like you say, the dog knows that there's five treats in your hand, right? We're not dumb. If there can be one success, there can be more. But if there's zero successes, that's powerful. Jen Stirrup (00:51:25): Yeah. And I don't know if you see this problem, but it's something I see a lot is people think maybe Tableau or Power BI, they buy this, it's going to give them a success. And it does, until the data starts to get hard. And then they either have to scale up in DAX, which is fine, but sometimes they don't have room or bandwidth to do that, so they get almost a bit depleted because they realize, actually, data's hard. We've never really nailed data as the human race. Rob Collie (00:51:55): It's always hard. Unfortunately, to sell software, to a certain extent, you have to sell the lie. If you're a software vendor, you have to se... Rob Collie (00:52:03): ... have to sell the lie. If you're a software vendor, you have to sell the lie that this tool is the magic fix, that it's going to make data easy. And I do actually, in a weird way, I kind of like blame Tableau for making this worse, but while at the same time, being very grateful to Tableau that they made interactivity a must have. Jen Stirrup (00:52:24): Yes. Rob Collie (00:52:24): I think they were actually, more than any one entity, responsible for us breaking this notion that reporting services and similar tools were it. Jen Stirrup (00:52:34): Yes. I remember the first time I saw Tableau. I had been hired as a developer for SQL server [inaudible 00:52:40] services and my boss said, "I think this is a future, this stuff, Tableau. Here's the download link. Tell me what you think". 10 minutes I was completely hooked and it changed my career because otherwise I would have probably stayed in the database reporting world and I suddenly thought there's a whole world here with stuff. So I love what they did. I really, really think it was groundbreaking. Thomas Larock (00:53:01): At what point did a report just become synonymous with the word "Tableau"? I have a limited experience and maybe it's an outlier, but to me, I always hear people say, "I'm going to run a Tableau report". I mean, it's just a report. I worked with Crystal and BusinessObjects, same thing I guess. And do people always qualify the type of report they're running as if that makes it more special or do people always say, "I'm going to run a power BI report"? Why is it always a qualifier? And in my case, I always hear, "I'm going to go run the Tableau report". I'm like, "It's just a report. It doesn't really matter what's the software that's doing it. It's just data. It's just a report". But I hear that a lot. I just figured I'd ask you two if that's the same experience? Jen Stirrup (00:53:43): Yeah. I think I'm hearing that more and more and I actually think it's almost going the other way, where people are only wanting interactivity, they're only wanting things they can click and tick. And what they're not wanting as much is a SQL server, mahogany red, forest green, slate gray, corporate template, because that was the what, about four templates you got with reporting services. So I see that more and more apart from the finance world. They still very much want it. But what I'd still see is a big need for tables. People still want to export to Excel. And I think it was you, Rob, who actually said this years ago, that the third most common button in Tableau is something like "export to CSV". Thomas Larock (00:54:26): Yeah. Rob Collie (00:54:28): Yeah. The third most common button in any data application is "export to Excel". Thomas Larock (00:54:32): Yeah. Rob Collie (00:54:32): Behind "OK" and "Cancel". That's the joke. And what it is, is an acknowledgement of, again, the human plane that this report, this app, does not meet your needs. It's in a way like if you could instrument your organization and find all of the "export to Excel" buttons that are being worn out, those are like the hotspots for you to go and improve things. That button being, click, click, click, click, click, click, click all day long, is telling you that there's a tremendous opportunity for improvement here, both in terms of time saved, but also quality of result. Quality of question that's even formulated. You mentioned questions earlier, asking good questions. Here's the problem. The ability to execute on answers and the inability to execute on answers, the friction, the inertia, that works its way upstream into the question- forming muscles. The question-forming muscles atrophy to a level where they fit the ability to execute on the questions. And so when you suddenly expand the ability to answer questions, it actually... You've got to go back and re-expand your question-asking muscles to be more aggressive, to be more ambitious. Jen Stirrup (00:55:52): Yes. I think sometimes the data-driven piece is trying to, in a way, subtly bring that back into play. It's okay to admit that we don't have all the answers and it's okay to admit that we need to ask questions. I think there should be more of that. Something that, certainly earlier in my career, asking questions was discouraged. It meant you didn't know it. It meant that you were vulnerable in some way. And I think as an industry, we need to encourage people to ask questions. I think with the diversity inclusion piece, try and make a conscious effort. If I think someone in the meeting is being quiet, regardless of the background, but at least I'm trying to watch out for that now, whereas maybe 20 years ago, I wouldn't have realized it, but sometimes people do sometimes need that extra help to speak up and speak out. They often don't know what to say or how to beckon to a meeting and say something. It's quite difficult. Jen Stirrup (00:56:51): Especially if you were being measured in your performance. I think sometimes people see things very confidently. And actually when you start to pick it apart, you think, "I need to as a person, stop believe in confidence and maybe thinking is that right, not how it's being delivered". I think they're stolen for quiet voices, hopefully like mine, who are trying to say things but I do find that harder to get heard. I think it's good that you do podcasts like this because I think it gives people the opportunity to talk about different ideas and how they impact people because that is important. There's loads of vendor podcasts that will talk all about the technology but we need to know better how to apply it. Rob Collie (00:57:31): When we were talking about starting this show, it was pretty clear we did not need another tech show. People who are working in tech, but are human beings, like yourself, and who are focused on helping other human beings. We weren't sure if it was going to work. It was one of those like, "Are people are going to listen?". Thomas Larock (00:57:45): We're still not sure. Rob Collie (00:57:50): We knew that we were going to like it, but yeah, it's building an audience. I've enjoyed it. And plus, it's an excuse to get together and talk with people such as yourself. If we just pinged you out of the blue and said, "Hey, you want to get on a two hour Zoom call with us and just catch up?". That's going to get pushed and pushed and pushed and pushed, but, "Oh a podcast? Oh, well, yeah. That's exciting". Jen Stirrup (00:58:14): Yeah. I know what you mean. It's good to, I think, to try and translate data and technology into something people feel is within their reach because I think there is still an element of people who are almost being scared of working with data. I deal a lot with CTO's, CIO. I was busy CTO and some way reports sent to their CFO because their CFO is over all of it, keeping costs down. The CTO has to work really hard to justify them. And I think what they want, ultimately, is not to appear stupid or not to know what they're doing. So some of these leadership conversations I have are about people saying, "Explain these terms to me. I don't know what a data lakehouse is. Do I need one? How's it different from a data lake? What about the warehouse? Is that going away or is that rebranded as well?". I know Microsoft talked about data hubs recently. If you're a data vault person, a data hub means something quite specific. It's been a term around for 30 years to mean something else. But I think sometimes people get very confused with the terms. Rob Collie (00:59:16): Like for example, the noun "dashboard" in Power BI, right? It's just a head clutching frustrating mistake. I mean a Power BI report is probably best described as a dashboard. The multi-visual, interactive experience, lowercase D dashboard is what I always want to describe it as, but no, no, no, no. We repurposed that word. Jen Stirrup (00:59:41): I know, and customers don't always understand it because they say, "Well, actually my report looks exactly like the dashboard. So I don't understand this publishing thing". So I have to try and explain that actually, we can take data from [inaudible 00:59:55] here and you can extra things. I'm interested to know actually, how much Power BI users spend actually making dashboards as opposed to making reports. And I just wish we'd ever the answer to that because sometimes you just want to get reports that they can run in their desktop or not always sometimes use a browser and just have the reports and have them open on the actual dashboards higher up. So I feel that's a bit of a separation that maybe wasn't required to have. But Tableau does something similar, doesn't it in a way? But I think with Tableau, it's a bit more clear that you're putting these things together. Rob Collie (01:00:29): Well, we were talking at the beginning about the importance of comprehensive training sets. Well, let me just tell you, we only need one data point here. I, as a Power BI user, have never once created an actual Power BI dashboard. So let's just conclude that that's it. No one uses them. But yeah, I've never felt compelled to need one. I tend to put together, what I need in the report. Jen Stirrup (01:00:56): Yes. And that's what I do because I'm trying to get the customer from A to B. I'm trying to do it quickly and I can see that they've reached on that tool ceiling of where they want to go and then they've got this other thing they need to do and they don't understand why. So sometimes it's a battle I just don't have because I just think, "You know what? These often been through so much to get to that point in the first place, cleaning data and getting access to the data and all the things that are hard and even understanding what they want in the first place". I try and work out where the fatigue is. Rob Collie (01:01:28): Yeah. I think there's a certain hubris just in the idea that a user will go around and then harvest little chunks out of other reports and take them completely out of context. Anyway, we didn't come here for cynicism today but- Jen Stirrup (01:01:43): I have plenty of that. Rob Collie (01:01:43): But it's still there. We can't really help it. So it's come up a few times and I want to make sure we actually make some time to talk about it specifically. So you've mentioned a number of times, inclusion and diversity and already a few anecdotes within your own professional organization, within your own firm. Outside of your own data relish organization, what are you up to in this space around the diversity and inclusion as a cause? You're very active in the community in this regard. Can you summarize for us what all you're up to? Jen Stirrup (01:02:15): Yeah. I've started there to talk more about intersectiona

The Secrets of Scotland Yard  was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes.The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of England's most famous criminals.The Great Gold Robbery: A routine shipment of three boxes of gold was stolen and cleverly replaced with lead.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/steviek)

Few specialty units carry an infamous reputation like CRASH (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums). CRASH existed from 1979 to 2000. During it's lifespan, CRASH officers were embattled in cover-ups, murders, and the Rampart Scandal. While many CRASH officers were doing the right work for the right reasons, their commitment to making LA a safer city was overshadowed by controversy. Units like CRASH still have a place in modern policing. At the end of this episode, I take a few minutes to discuss the validity of specialized units used to combat unique problems. This is the first episode of Hi[story] Time on Blue Line Millennial. The goal of these short episodes is to talk about the history of policing, which is not something regularly discussed outside of police academies. It's important for us to learn our history, because history can show us what went right and what went wrong. As officers entrusted with the care and safety of the public, it's pivotal we learn from our past to be better in the future. Episodes about specific incidents or units, such as this, will likely be much shorter than episodes about broad topics such as the London Metropolitan Police.  Do you have a historical police topic you want covered? DM me on Instagram or email me at bluelinemillennial@gmail.com! Stay safe! I'll see you on the road.

The Secrets of Scotland Yard  was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes.The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of England's most famous criminals.Buckets of Blood: Where the head of a murder victim is used to entice the murderer to confess to his crime.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/steviek)

The Secrets of Scotland Yard  was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes.The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of England's most famous criminals.The Bank of England Robbery: The manager of the the Bank of England seeks out Scotland Yard in order to help catch two notorious thieves. Originally aired October 5,1953.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/steviek)

Callum and Josh discuss Jon Stewart stating the obvious, Seattle Democrats joining the Joker, and London Metropolitan Police's Woke Dick being under fire for institutional corruption. https://www.lotuseaters.com/the-podcast-of-the-lotus-eaters-155-16-06-21

Although they may be easy to miss, Myddelton Passage in Clerkenwell contains a unique historical record as a series of numbers, letters and dates can be found carved into the brickwork on the left side of the passage, many of which were scratched onto the wall by officers of the London Metropolitan Police. The practice started at some point around the mid to late 19th century and continued until around the time of the First World War, with many of the carvings referring to personal collar numbers and divisions, carved by local Police Constables.

In this week, we reflect on how workplaces can support women. We invited Crisis Communications expert Amanda Coleman to talk to us about The London Metropolitan Police communications response to events at a vigil for Sarah Everard on Saturday 13 March.    Everyone has the ability to be an ally by Nafisa Shafiq https://comms2point0.co.uk/comms2point0/2021/3/15/everyone-has-the-ability-to-be-an-ally    Amanda Coleman Communications  https://amandacolemancomms.co.uk/  Crisis Communication Strategies by Amanda Coleman https://www.koganpage.com/product/crisis-communication-strategies-9781789662900 @amandacomms https://twitter.com/amandacomms    Find Rebecca:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebecca7roberts https://twitter.com/threadandfable   Linkedin: Rebecca Roberts Website: https://threadandfable.com/ Podcast: The Hear It podcast    Find Harriet: Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarrietSmallies   Linkedin: Harriet Small Website: https://www.commsoveracoffee.com/     

Sarah Everard was a 33-year-old marketing executive. She went missing while walking home from a friend’s house on the evening of March 3rd in South London. A London Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with her kidnap and murder. Sarah's killing, her alleged murderer, and the events that followed have spawned an outcry in the UK about violence against women, police brutality, and the right to protest.In this episode:Jamie Klingler (@jamieklingler), organizer of Reclaim These Streets; Ash Sarkar, (@AyoCaesar), contributing editor for Novara Media (@novaramedia).Connect with The Take: Twitter (@AJTheTake), Instagram (@ajthetake) and Facebook (@TheTakePod)

In this episode we welcome Dr. Pauline Crawford-Omps, CEO of Corporate Heart International and Chief Culture Officer at MY-CEO Crisis Management for Small and Medium Business. International Best-Selling Author, Speaker, Changemaker, Gender Dynamics Expert, Certified Image Consultant, Magical Conversation Host and Performance Coach, PhD in Entreprenology (Research on Wellness Cultures UK 2003/5). With 30-year entrepreneur history, Pauline is known as The Ambassador of Magical Conversations as she adventured across UK/Europe, Asia Pacific, and USA, fulfilling her purpose to enable male and female leaders to co-create profitable, value-creation, people-centric collaborative cultures. Her engagement approach encourages genuine Magical Conversations that tackle the heart of the matter and energize people individually and together. A key focus in her approach is to release old outdated patterns that block individually and collectively. She teaches how to use self-assessment mapping techniques to embed value-based mindsets and new habits that favour positive thinking and being. Her programs encourage individuals to raise the bar and participate to build collective intelligence that produces outstanding results. The beneficial outcomes are felt from the boardroom to the stock room, with higher profits, good health, and greater customer loyalty. With original research using mapping techniques, Pauline leads Corporate Heart International in the field of Gender Dynamics Intelligent Leadership and Engaging Wellness Cultures. Transforming business beyond #metoo and COVID-19 pressures, Pauline designed a unique Crawford Gender Dynamics Map to enable men and women alike to learn a business dialogue to forge greater synergy and a measurable ROI in productivity and creativity. Her passion is to CREATE A NEW NARRATIVE that brings emotional clarity to all relationships and communities. Designer of the Magical Conversations Formula and Wellness Map, Pauline ensures business and life conversations develop with no judgment, anger, or coercion. These techniques combine to engage people to build Value Creation from human inclusion in creating ideas. Clients such as Coutts Bank, Barclays, British Telecoms, Astra Zeneca, HP Consulting, Innovation Norway, eBay, Urenco, London Metropolitan Police, UK; The Ministry of Women and the Razak School of Government are on her Malaysian list of clients. Now resident in the US, focused on business owner entrepreneurs and corporate clients keen to engage their people in the heart of matters. www.corporateheartinternational.com President of World Association of Visioneers and Entreprenologists WAVE www.worldvisioneers.com Chairperson of the Permanent Commission for Social Issues and Women Entrepreneurs for World Union of Small and Medium Enterprises WUSME www.wusme.org www.genderdynamicsdna.com To connect with Dr. Crawford: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinecrawford/ Email: Pauline@corporateheartinternational.com YouTube: Pauline Crawford - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwht0K44LYXVE7IVUESoDvg For more of Rhys Thomas: www.truselfcoaching.com For more of Teresa Quinlan: www.iqeqtq.com

Picture it: You're at your computer submitting an application to speak at a main stage event (could be virtual or in person). The meeting planner checks you out on LinkedIn and is very impressed with your professional portfolio. So much so, they check out your Facebook following too! BAM! There are pictures from your summer vacation, beers, bikinis and some debauchery. For that reason, you don't get the gig. In this episode Carl catches up with Martin Buckland who explores how to never have happen again! After a distinguished law enforcement career, specifically with the renowned London Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard and RCMP, Martin retired in 1993 and started Elite Resumes. He takes clients through a process to uncover their strengths, assets and attributes most wanted by future employers then provide the career documents, tips and tools for clients to market their brand value and academic credentials to the maximum.He's travelled the world many times nurturing the careers of individuals on every continent and speaks as a global authority in resume writing, LinkedIn profiles, executive coaching, EMBA career coaching, personal brand coaching, social media coaching, job search strategies, and career transition.Grab a copy of Martin's e-book:LOOK AFTER NUMBER ONE, YOU! https://martinbucklandspeaks.com/tag/career-tips/Do you want martin to see if your resume passes the '1 shot' test? Send him an email:martin@aneliteresume.com

I sesongens første episode forteller Maria om to drapssaker fra England i 1975. Lytt til episoden for å høre hvordan disse to veldig forskjellige drapene blir knyttet sammen. The London Metropolitan Police incident room on 020 8785 8099Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.Kilder:Artikler:Daily Mail: The murder most foul. Av: Christopher Stevens. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8247559/The-murders-foul-50-years-later-bunny-girl-killer-loose.htmlCaledonian Kitty: Horrific murder of playboy bunny. Av: Jo. http://www.caledoniankitty.co.uk/2020/08/the-horrific-murders-of-playboy-bunny.htmlMary Millington: All about eve. Av: Simon Sheridan https://www.marymillington.co.uk/?p=3805The free library: A beautiful bunny who met death in the afternoon: Av. N.N https://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+BEAUTIFUL+BUNNY+WHO+MET+DEATH+IN+THE+AFTERNOON.-a061619885Huffington post: Playboy bunny Eve Stratford and teenager Lynne Weedon. Av. N.N https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/25/playboy-bunny-teenager-murders-revisited-police-renew-appealsConsidering Cold cases: London serial killer still out there? Av: N.N https://consideringcoldcases.wordpress.com/2017/09/13/london-serial-killer-still-out-there/EasyDNA: DNA profiling and different uses of this technology. Av: N.N https://easydna.com.au/knowledgebase/history-testing/The steeple times: How to solve an unsolved murder. Av: Elisabeth Bond https://www.thesteepletimes.com/the-wire/how-to-solve-an-unsolved-murder/The Sun: Is tradic Lynda third victim of the Bunny girl killer. Av: Mike Sullivan https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/167444/is-tragic-lynda-third-victim-of-the-bunny-girl-killer/Richmond and Twickenham Times: Man recalls unsolved killing. Av: Colleen McDonald. https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/1738798.man-recalls-unsolved-killing/Chiswickherald: Lynne Weedon murder appeal. Av: Paul Williams http://chiswickherald.co.uk/years-on-lynne-weedon-murder-appeal-p4264-95.htmYoutube: Curious World - The bunny girl, the school girl and the croupier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9J2ii3ASl0Podcast: Unseen - Eve stratford and Lynne Weedon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Commander Alex Murray is the London Metropolitan Police lead for trafficking, online child abuse, the flying squad, cyber crime, and major crime. He is a firearms, counter-terrorism and public order commander, and has previously work in local policing, CID and counter-terrorism. Prior to joining the Met in 2020, he was temporary assistant chief constable for crime with West Midlands police. In 2017 he was awarded an OBE in part for his contributions to evidence-based policing and founding the Society of Evidence-Based Policing. We discuss offender management opportunities during COVID-19, what to look for in an academic that can support policing advancement, and the important evidence-based policing lessons for police leadership.

Inspector Tanner and the London Metropolitan Police are faced with a difficult predicament. It has come to light that the man of most interest in the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first person to be murdered on British rail, has left British shores and that now they must give chase. Discover London in the 1860s, the streets, the docks and wharfs and its people in Murder on the Tracks to true story of the first murder on British railway and the incredible story that followed. This is episode 3 the chase. Achtung! History is produced by The Berlin Tour Guide and presented by Simon J, James. You can follow Achtung! History on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram or support Achtung History and gain early access to the next episodes on Patreon for as little as 1€.

Director Steve McQueen won an Academy Award for Best Picture for telling the dramatic true story of a free African-American who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in his film Twelve Years a Slave.  Now he’s addressing a form of racial oppression that hits a lot closer to home for him in a new anthology of films called Small Axe, which collectively captures the lives of London’s West Indian community in the 1970s and ’80s and their force of will against systemic racism and discrimination.  Steve McQueen talks about the process of creating five thematically connected but totally different stand-alone movies - each with their own distinct looks, styles, and time periods.  He reveals how his own upbringing in London’s West Indian community and the stories he was told by family members laid the groundwork for Small Axe, and he shares how he based one of the films on his own personal experience with racial injustice as a boy in school.  He also tells the inspiring tale of the Mangrove 9 who stood up to police harassment in a British court, the true story of the West Indian police officer who tried to change things from within, and why he says that the London Metropolitan Police is still plagued with systemic racism to this day. Watch Steve McQueen's five-part anthology Small Axe on Amazon Prime TV beginning November 20. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

London Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Figo Fourazan talks about his work combatting the dark side of life alongside his doctoral research into cybercrime and his ambition to protect all of us - businesses and individuals alike Originally Broadcast 13th October on Open4Business on NLive Radio

In this special 58th New York Film Festival edition of the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, NYFF Director of Programming Dennis Lim connects with director Steve McQueen to discuss Red, White, and Blue, one of the three entries in McQueen’s Small Axe anthology playing at this year’s NYFF. Red, White, and Blue is a vivid adaptation of a true story set in the early ’80s and features an impassioned yet nuanced performance from John Boyega as Leroy Logan, a member of the London Metropolitan Police force who both witnessed and experienced first-hand the organization’s fundamental racism. Get tickets for tonight’s screening at the Brooklyn drive-in or nationwide virtual tickets. Through Monday, we will also present virtual encore screenings of McQueen’s Lovers Rock and Mangrove. Learn more: https://virtual.filmlinc.org/page/small-axe-at-nyff-58/ Small Axe at the 58th NYFF is presented by Campari.

This is the second of three conversations I am bringing to you on this topic of race, and its imbalance. In this episode, a former London Metropolitan Police officer and Sergeant turned professional soccer coach, my sister Helen, talks publicly about the imbalance of race in her profession. I am extremely proud of this human. She has always handled herself with class and charisma. Listen to what she says is a “betrayal” to fellow police officers. From the UK to the USA, the stories are countless. The problem is systemic, but it's time to shift those scales. My sister says “sometimes you have to be the only one doing the right thing”. I believe the responsibility lies with EVERY. ONE. OF. US…..!!!Follow HELEN NKWOCHA@immersed2020DOWNLOAD this podcast and please leave a review!SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel:FOLLOW ME:InstagramTwitterLinkedInTik Tok: @lauretta.nkwochaJOIN the LIVING OUT LOUD with LAURETTA Facebook Group☺️

How has your job faired throughout COVID?  With the unemployment rate up to levels that we haven’t experienced since 1982, there are many vying for every available position.  On this episode of Authentic Living with Roxanne, we welcome career expert, Martin Buckland to share his vast knowledge of successfully finding and transitioning into a new position. Martin is a globally acclaimed Executive Career Coach and Executive Resume Writer and has helped thousands of individuals across the world manage their careers, climb the corporate ladder, and land the job they deserve. Martin is a Subject Matter Expert in nurturing the careers of EMBA candidates and alumni, ambitious professionals, mining executives, and the C-Suite community in over 74 countries since 1993. Authentic Touch Points: The current landscape of employment. 2:50 It’s all about personal branding. 7:15 Thinking of pivoting your career? 10:30 What employers are looking for. 15:15 The current issues in coaching. 17:00 Getting prepared for a transition. 21:15 Be proactive, make it a full-time job! 26:30 After a distinguished Law Enforcement career, specifically with the renowned London Metropolitan Police and Scotland Yard, Martin retired and started Elite Resumes. Martin has earned 20+ certifications and provides career management services customized to the client’s job level, sector and career goal. He enjoys helping young clients in all functions advance their career!  Martin is a sought-after presenter, coach and resume/cv writer. He frequently presents to large and small audiences and facilitates intense workshops around the world as an authority in all pillars of career management. With many of us working from home and spending most of our time with family, I encourage you to reach out with thoughts or questions about creating a healthier mindset.  Click here to contact me at your convenience or click the link below to book a call with me.   You will also find more information about me and how I can help you at RoxanneDerhodge.com.  Thank you, Roxanne Links: Martin’s website:  https://aneliteresume.com/ Martin’s book:  https://aneliteresume.com/how-to-recession-proof-your-career Martin’s Linkedin profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbuckland/ Contact Martin:  Martin@aneliteresume.com Roxanne’s email:  roxanne@roxannederhodge.com Book a call with Roxanne: https://calendly.com/roxanne-8/15min Roxanne’s previous podcasts: https://roxannederhodge.com/blog/

Jamie Dow is one of advertising and planning’s legends. During his career in brand psychology and planning, he has worked with some of the world’s most influential companies as well as government bodies. His career included advising the London Metropolitan Police and Black Police Association,In this episode of Thought and Leaders, Jame talks to Jonathan Gabay about the UK government’s approach to the COVID campaign, political marketing, the psychology of messaging, the Black Lives Matter movement and much more.Find yourself a spare 35 minutes and get ready to listen to the wisdom of one of the communication industry's Greats.

29 year old Nisha Patel-Nasri had it all; she was happily married, she ran 2 businesses and she even found time to volunteer as a Special Constable for the London Metropolitan Police. So the entire nation was horrified when one night in 2006 Nisha was stabbed to death in her own home... MERCH: www.redhandedshop.com References: Footage of Fadi Nasri making appeal: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/femail/video-1544419/Arrogant-killer-Nasri-lets-slip-sly-smile-TV-appeal.html http://www.justjustice.org/prank.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jun/25/ukcrimehttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/may/28/ukcrime2https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/policewoman-killed-by-husband-was-a-secret-vice-madam-842432.htmlhttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/hiring-a-hitman/590620/https://www.oxygen.com/murder-for-hire/crime-time/how-hitmen-work-contract-killer-research-psychologyhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201603/the-psychology-murder-hire See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sgt. Gabrielle Ellis, Lt. Paul Richards and Dr. Francis Ward. The shocking events following the protests in central London have left the team divided, tired and knee-deep in something very far from the standard duties of the London Metropolitan Police. Pushed out of the newly founded operations headquarters for some enforced days off, they are now faced with their own, personal realities. For two of them, it means going back to that which should be familiar. For the third, however, nothing is quite the same anymore. Welcome back to No Man Is An Island.For raw recordings and a recap check out our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/RedMoonRoleplayingMusic by: Lola ZazaGame: Vampire: The Masquerade 5th edition, White WolfStoryteller: Martin EricssonGuest Player: Anna-Karin LinderOur Champions of the Red Moon: Martin Heuschober, Nastasia Raulerson, Simon Cooper, David and Julia.Web: https://www.redmoonroleplaying.comiTunes: http://apple.co/2wTNqHxAndroid: http://bit.ly/2vSvwZiYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/RedMoonRoleplayingSpotify: https://spoti.fi/30iFmznRSS: http://www.redmoonroleplaying.com/podcast?format=rssPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/RedMoonRoleplaying

Florian shares his own bizarre story of being pitched coronavirus masks by an LSP over LinkedIn. Esther discusses news that LSPs are suing the Translation Bureau of Canada (Attorney General of Canada), one of the world’s largest translation buyers. LSPs claim that the Translation Bureau’s translation memory is “flawed and polluted,” which is costing them time and money. Florian unpacks RWS’s latest half-year trading update to March 2020. Revenues were down by -1.8% from 2019, but overall, Life Sciences and some large enterprise IT were not doing too badly, suggesting these sectors may take less of a hit from Coronavirus across the wider language industry. Florian shares localization insights from Swiss-based life science company Hamilton, which manufactures ventilators and coronavirus testing equipment. Hamilton has language services volumes of 3-5 million words annually, most of which is technical documentation (tech doc). The two close with a story on public sector interpreting in the UK, where Registered Interpreters have been given key worker status by the London Metropolitan Police during the Coronavirus lockdown, but are still battling for fair pay and appropriate safety measures to be granted. Links to the stories discussed in this episode: LSPs Sue Canada Translation Bureau Over ‘Polluted’ Translation Memories https://slator.com/industry-news/lsps-sue-canada-translation-bureau-over-polluted-translation-memories/ RWS Gives Early Indication of Pandemic’s Impact on Translation Industry https://slator.com/financial-results/rws-gives-early-indication-of-pandemics-impact-on-translation-industry/ Inside Localization at Hamilton, Maker of Coronavirus Testing Workstations https://slator.com/features/inside-localization-at-hamilton-maker-of-coronavirus-testing-workstations/ NRPSI Voices Concerns Over Fair Pay, Safety of Registered UK Interpreters https://slator.com/industry-news/nrpsi-voices-concerns-over-fair-pay-safety-of-registered-uk-interpreters/

On a sombre note, the UK was hit with yet another terrorism-related incident on #BlackFriday - the 2nd incident in less than 3 years. This Podcast welcomes back Everton Barton alongside cohost Jing (The Best Kept Secret) to discuss the root causes of Terrorism, the common threads and what needs to be done to stop this rise in mindless violence. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and we salute the brave individuals including the London Metropolitan Police that assisted in containing the incident, preventing more loss of life. The Mic Drop Club stands up for Love, Unity and Respect for all people of this Beautiful we stand square with all efforts to stop the rise of Terrorism.

Based in the UK, Steve is Managing Director of Executive Connexions, a Global Executive Career Coach Services & Outplacement firm.Unsure of his career direction in his early youth, Steve joined the London Metropolitan Police at the age of 17, where he spent time on riot control, crime busting and helping ladies across the road, worked in retail sales, and spent some time in the world of advertising sales leading teams and product launches.After earning a Career Guidance Graduate Diploma and pivoting into College and University Career Guidance, Steve launched what evolved into Executive Connexions in 2011. His firm stands today as a niche provider of personalized career coaching for senior executives.LEARN MORE:https://www.executiveconnexions.com/ | Linkedin.com/in/stevenichollsexecconnexions/Resume Storyteller with Virginia Francohttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/resume-storyteller-with-virginia-franco/

Based in the UK, Steve is Managing Director of Executive Connexions, a Global Executive Career Coach Services & Outplacement firm.Unsure of his career direction in his early youth, Steve joined the London Metropolitan Police at the age of 17, where he spent time on riot control, crime busting and helping ladies across the road, worked in retail sales, and spent some time in the world of advertising sales leading teams and product launches.After earning a Career Guidance Graduate Diploma and pivoting into College and University Career Guidance, Steve launched what evolved into Executive Connexions in 2011. His firm stands today as a niche provider of personalized career coaching for senior executives.LEARN MORE:https://www.executiveconnexions.com/ | Linkedin.com/in/stevenichollsexecconnexions/Resume Storyteller with Virginia Francohttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/resume-storyteller-with-virginia-franco/

This week I'm joined by Coder, Suze Shardlow. Suze was fascinated by programming from a young age - citing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' as an inspiration. Ferris' character, played by Matthew Broderick, hacks into the school computer system to change the number of days he has skived. Suze was encouraged at primary school to explore computing but by the time she reached secondary school, with little access and no encouragement, the option to pursue it evaporated. Whilst her interest in coding never waned, she left school going on to achieve a BA in Business Studies and a postgraduate diploma in Marketing. Working for the London Metropolitan Police in a Senior Leadership role, she had a very successful and fulfilling career, but with coding in her blood, she took the opportunity to retrain when her role with the Met was made redundant. She has produced some awesome work, coding her way to connect the shy and introverted pre-events with 'Ice Breaker'. A programme that allows you to connect with others attending events via Meetup. She also has created 'Borro' which allows users to share household items. Suze is also a crafter, with a love for sewing, making anything from bunting to a pair of trousers. She discusses why craft and coding are connected and her passion for getting involved and providing solutions. You can find more about Suze and her work here: suzeshardlow.com (https://suzeshardlow.com/coding_projects)

Tristram Hicks joined the London Metropolitan Police as a constable in 1985, retiring as detective superintendent in 2012. By 1999 he was head of financial intelligence at Scotland Yard, leading teams of field/ financial intelligence, surveillance officers & analysts. In 2004, he set up & commanded the London regional asset recovery team, the first multi-agency team in London to tackle serious organized crime by ‘following the money’, In the ten years prior to 2003, UK agencies confiscated an annual average of just £15m (cUSD20m) from criminals. Tristram was on the national all-agency committee that created and implemented the UK Proceeds of Crime Act, 2002. The average confiscation over the next ten years increased tenfold to £130m (cUSD200m). From 2009 to date he has delivered technical assistance to foreign jurisdictions seeking to recover the proceeds of corruption & organised crime. Tristram has degrees from the University of York (BA History, 1981) and University College London (MSc Crime Science, 2008)

*All music by Anno Domini Beats* Nadja and Nicholas are one of the most-awarded creative teams in the world. They are the team behind #Bloodnormal. This is a campaign for Bodyform/Libresse that aims to normalise periods. It is the first campaign in ad history to show period blood. The likes of the BBC, Newsweek and The Guardian hailed it as groundbreaking. In 2018, they creative directed 'The Trash Isles' campaign. This was a partnership with LadBible and Plastic Oceans Project. It declared the world's largest trash patch in the ocean an official country. This happened via the United Nations. Earlier this year they completed a podcast series for the London Metropolitan Police. The series told 'heart-stopping' true stories of foiled UK terror attacks. It reached number two in the iTunes podcast charts. Their work put the Guinness brand back into positive growth for the first time in years. They achieve this in a declining beer market. In 2014, their 'Sapeurs' work was one of the most awarded film campaigns in the world. They produced the multi-award winning Zimbabwean Newspaper 'Trillion Dollar' campaign. Merits included the oft-coveted, rarely-received D&AD Black Pencil. The posters were also acquired for the British Museum's permanent collection. The team's 2018 industry awards haul includes; -1 x Titanium at Cannes Lions. -1 x Glass Grand Prix at Cannes Lions. -1 x Grand Prix at Art Directors Club Not to mention 2 x Cannes Lions Grand Prix and 2 x Cannes Lions golds as Creative Directors to teams beneath them. Nadja has been named as; -The One Club's 10 'Next Creative Leaders' -Campaign's 'Women of Tomorrow' -one of Management Today's '35 under 35'

The brutal, racially motivated murder of 18 year old Stephen Lawrence on the streets of South East London was a watershed moment in British history. It revealed the shocking institutional racism that lay at the heart of the London Metropolitan Police. In this week’s episode Hannah and Suruthi trace this difficult, but desperately important, story from the climate of race relations before Stephen’s murder, how this fed into a corrupt police investigation - and ask why 25 years later, justice has still not been done. Vote for us in the Podcast Awards here: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/ Audio mastered by Conrad Hughes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does hostage negotiation have in common with financial planning? Martin talks to former hostage negotiator Richard Mullender. After a 25-year career working in the London Metropolitan Police as a detective investigating serious crimes, Richard Mullender moved into hostage negotiation. He quickly worked his way up to become Lead Trainer at Scotland Yard’s world-renowned National Crisis and Negotiation Unit. As a hostage negotiator, Richard built his career on elite listening techniques. Since retiring, he has adapted these techniques from the field and applied them to the corporate world, teaching invaluable communication skills to governmental organisations and leading multinationals alike. Richard brings a unique breadth and depth of experience, having designed and run courses all over the world, developing the negotiation skills of officers for organisations that include the Metropolitan Police, the United Nations, the FBI. In addition to extensive crisis negotiation field experience in the UK, Richard was also deployed to Afghanistan and has been active across a wide range of international negotiation assignments. Richard was part of the negotiation team that helped secure the successful release of three UN workers in Afghanistan in 2004. Outside the world of policing, Richard has delivered programmes all over the world on elite listening techniques designed to help organisations understand their employees and clients alike on a deeper level. Richard teaches people to listen as though their lives depended on it. His techniques, gleaned from a career in the field, help his clients understand how to access someone else’s mindset – an invaluable tool at any negotiating table. He has worked across a wide range of organisations including leading multinationals, investment banks, energy companies and universities. Richard is author of Communication Secrets of a Hostage Negotiator (2012) and been covered widely in the media including by the Financial Times and BBC Radio 4.

In today's podcast we discuss NHL, Avs, Duchene, Colorado, Habs, Montreal, Canadiens, Motel 6, ICE, ACLU, Doug Benson, David Price, bullpen, Boston, Red Sox, MLB, Blue Jays, Toronto, youtube, itunes, stitcher, tunein, ITT Tech Institute, taxpayers, Department of Education, Ponzi Scheme, generation, university, college, cost, professors, administrators, George Takei, internment camp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, white washed, Roald Dahl, Johnny Depp, Rio, LA, Compton, Compton cowboys, Scott Hall, trading cards, WCW, Jimmy Garvin, Maple Leafs, Roman Polak, speed, blue line, penalties, goals, CIA, Truman, Trump, Trump administration, leaks, government, Madison, Constitution, Trevor Noah, Comedy Central, The Daily Show, Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart, naked sweater, Calvin Klein, WWE, New Day, Hawaii, scholarship, US, defend, Canada, missiles, Afghanistan, Syria, WWII, NORAD, NATO, NSA, watchlist, Founding Fathers, radical, Powell, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, dicking, bimbos, election cycle, Stan Lee, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Fantastic 4, X-Men, movies, movie studios, super heroes, comic books, fan, oversaturated, box office, guardians of the galaxy, guardians of the galaxy volume 2, Avengers, Iron Man, Spider Man Homecoming, Tobey Maguire, reboots, sequels, Justice League, 20th Century Fox, Logan, JFK, assassination, redactions, magic bullet, Jemele Hill, ESPN, Press Secretary, freedom of speech, President, regressive left, alt right, Oswald, General Walker, conspiracy theories, grassy knoll, oliver stone, truth, North Korea, Japan, injuries, Tim and Sid, Grinch, John Wick, John Wick Chapter 3, Make America Great Again, DACA, Fox News, healthcare, military, Obamacare, California, NBA, draft lottery, draft, gfw, impact wrestling, halifax, cops, ice cream, london, underground, terrorists, losers, childish, quran, internet, twitter, nazis, kkk, white supremacists, rallies, recruitment tool, censorship, filtered, uncensored, unfiltered, open mind, ignorant, China, Scotland Yard, London Metropolitan Police, manhunt, Microsoft, Apple, Dreamers, deportation, legal counsel, Jeff Sessions, War on Drugs, drones, Wonder Woman, Blu Ray, Joe Rogan, skier, workout course, Digg, super cell, texas, Spurs, Popovich, Adam Silver, fines, HyperLoop One, loop, tattoos, lymph nodes, Russia, ISIS, lawn, mow, lawnmower, boy, & the white house. Also, we are on iTunes! Subscribe, download and review at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/papa-johns-brain-droppings/id1278787736Listen to the Papa John's Brain Droppings Podcast on Stitcher at http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=149731&refid=stprFollow us on http://www.Twitter.com/TheJohnDNewton or https://www.facebook.com/PJBDPodcast for the latest updates.  Favorite us on TuneIn at https://tunein.com/radio/Papa-Johns-Brain-Droppings-Podcast-p1026907/For video of the podcasts subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnBY8t1-2xJCr7jxYn6evfg

In today's podcast we discuss NHL, Avs, Duchene, Colorado, Habs, Montreal, Canadiens, Motel 6, ICE, ACLU, Doug Benson, David Price, bullpen, Boston, Red Sox, MLB, Blue Jays, Toronto, youtube, itunes, stitcher, tunein, ITT Tech Institute, taxpayers, Department of Education, Ponzi Scheme, generation, university, college, cost, professors, administrators, George Takei, internment camp, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, white washed, Roald Dahl, Johnny Depp, Rio, LA, Compton, Compton cowboys, Scott Hall, trading cards, WCW, Jimmy Garvin, Maple Leafs, Roman Polak, speed, blue line, penalties, goals, CIA, Truman, Trump, Trump administration, leaks, government, Madison, Constitution, Trevor Noah, Comedy Central, The Daily Show, Craig Kilborn, Jon Stewart, naked sweater, Calvin Klein, WWE, New Day, Hawaii, scholarship, US, defend, Canada, missiles, Afghanistan, Syria, WWII, NORAD, NATO, NSA, watchlist, Founding Fathers, radical, Powell, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, dicking, bimbos, election cycle, Stan Lee, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Fantastic 4, X-Men, movies, movie studios, super heroes, comic books, fan, oversaturated, box office, guardians of the galaxy, guardians of the galaxy volume 2, Avengers, Iron Man, Spider Man Homecoming, Tobey Maguire, reboots, sequels, Justice League, 20th Century Fox, Logan, JFK, assassination, redactions, magic bullet, Jemele Hill, ESPN, Press Secretary, freedom of speech, President, regressive left, alt right, Oswald, General Walker, conspiracy theories, grassy knoll, oliver stone, truth, North Korea, Japan, injuries, Tim and Sid, Grinch, John Wick, John Wick Chapter 3, Make America Great Again, DACA, Fox News, healthcare, military, Obamacare, California, NBA, draft lottery, draft, gfw, impact wrestling, halifax, cops, ice cream, london, underground, terrorists, losers, childish, quran, internet, twitter, nazis, kkk, white supremacists, rallies, recruitment tool, censorship, filtered, uncensored, unfiltered, open mind, ignorant, China, Scotland Yard, London Metropolitan Police, manhunt, Microsoft, Apple, Dreamers, deportation, legal counsel, Jeff Sessions, War on Drugs, drones, Wonder Woman, Blu Ray, Joe Rogan, skier, workout course, Digg, super cell, texas, Spurs, Popovich, Adam Silver, fines, HyperLoop One, loop, tattoos, lymph nodes, Russia, ISIS, lawn, mow, lawnmower, boy, & the white house. Also, we are on iTunes! Subscribe, download and review at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/papa-johns-brain-droppings/id1278787736Listen to the Papa John's Brain Droppings Podcast on Stitcher at http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=149731&refid=stprFollow us on http://www.Twitter.com/TheJohnDNewton or https://www.facebook.com/PJBDPodcast for the latest updates.  Favorite us on TuneIn at https://tunein.com/radio/Papa-Johns-Brain-Droppings-Podcast-p1026907/For video of the podcasts subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnBY8t1-2xJCr7jxYn6evfg

Unpatched systems caught in latest ransomware attack  two Aussie companies affected Google will stop scanning Gmail to create targeted ads US woman shoots boyfriend in YouTube stunt Apple releases first public beta of iOS 11 iPhone Anniversary Edition gives analysts pre-party jitters Foxtel seeks to block changing pirate sites Virus halts speed  red light fines in Vic Google faces record EU antitrust fine of more than $1.4 billion Nintendo announces mini Super Nintendo console with stellar line-up of classic games Opal card implanted in skin: Sydney transport bosses threaten to deactivate card Nokia’s revamped 3310 was just the start of a new push from the company to attract customers London Metropolitan Police's 18 000 Windows XP PCs Is a Disaster Waiting To Happen Researchers Create New Probiotic Beer That Boosts Immunity

Mr Hyland is the United Kingdom’s first Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. The Commissioner’s role is to lead the UK’s efforts to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking. Mr Hyland addressed the Lowy Institute on what is one of the most significant global human rights issues of the modern day, and the domestic and international actions countries can take to tackle it. Kevin Hyland was head of the London Metropolitan Police’s Human Trafficking Unit, and has over 30 years’ experience of investigating serious and organised crime. Mr Hyland was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for "services to Combating Human Trafficking" in the 2015 New Year Honours. While in Australia, Mr Hyland participated in a public hearing at the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade parliamentary inquiry into establishing a Modern Slavery Act in Australia.

Panel: Jon Collins, Restorative Justice Council; Amrik Panaser, Oxford Youth Offending Service; Betsy Stanko, London Metropolitan Police; Rachel Taylor, Fisher Meredith, Solicitors: Michael Bochenek, Amnesty International.

Panel: Jon Collins, Restorative Justice Council; Amrik Panaser, Oxford Youth Offending Service; Betsy Stanko, London Metropolitan Police; Rachel Taylor, Fisher Meredith, Solicitors: Michael Bochenek, Amnesty International.

Stephen Sackur speaks to perhaps the UK's most controversial police officer, a commander in London's Metropolitan Police and a convicted criminal. Ali Dizaei was born in Iran, studied law in London and became a high-flying spokesman for ethnic minority police officers in a London force dogged by accusations of racism. Ali Dizaei portrays himself as a victim; the courts decided he was a rogue cop. What does his rise and fall say about British policing?

The Secrets of Scotland Yard was a successful crime drama series, initially airing internationally between 1949 and 1951. Selected episodes finally came to a US radio network for a brief run much later in 1957 over the Mutual Broadcasting System. The series boasted well over 100 episodes, one of which, "The Bone From A Voice Box", apparently served as the prototype for another well remembered Towers Of London dramatic series, The Black Museum. In both series, well known actors were employed as host / narrator, Orson Welles in The Black Museum and Clive Brook here. In fact, the shows were so similar that some of the same actual Scotland Yard cases were dramatized for both series (with totally different scripts, and casts). The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of England’s most famous criminals. Their trials have become legendary. Stories presented in the series include the theft of the British crown jewels by Colonel Thomas Blood; the story of a man who finds an armless and legless body wrapped in ribbons and lace; or the strange story of two close brothers who love one another enough to contemplate the murder of a brother’s affluent, yet unsightly and ignorant, wife.

The Secrets of Scotland Yard was an independent production of the Towers of London syndicate in England for world wide distribution. Each week, an audience of anxious radio-listeners tuned in to hear these true crime stories of the London Metropolitan Police unfold, as the detectives at the Yard investigated some of Englandâs most famous criminals. Their trials have become legendary. Stories presented in the series include the theft of the British crown jewels by Colonel Thomas Blood; the story of a man who finds an armless and legless body wrapped in ribbons and lace; or the strange story of two close brothers who love one another enough to contemplate the murder of a brotherâs affluent, yet unsightly and ignorant, wife. Murders, forgery, and robberies all get a through review on the program. Each time, Scotland Yard detectives are afoot to solve the crime mystery!