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2 episodes with lubanga
2 episodes with lubanga
2 episodes with lubanga
Personal patient information is being given currency in Kenya as a way of expanding patient access to doctors. A mobile start-up says its phone application allows users to pay for medical services by selling their personal data online through blockchain technology which protects their identity. In Kenya, accessing medical services can be expensive. Kenyan start-up Snark Health believes it's found a way to enable more people to get qualified medical attention without having to pay for it with cash. When a patient needs medical attention, they look for a doctor through the Snark app. Their personal medical data is anonymized by Snark and sold to pharmaceutical or consumer health companies. Doctors get paid in various ways to incentivize them to join the app. When they see patients who cannot pay, they receive 10% of the cash Snark earns from selling patients' anonymized data. If a paying customer also agrees to the collection and sale of their health data they will get an equal share of the cash earned, so Snark, the doctor, and the patient each earn a third of the money made through the sale of the data. The founder of Snark Health is Edwin Lubanga. He explains the app means the patient has access to doctors regardless of funds. Lubanga says: "Snark is a platform that connects patients with doctors [...]. Basically, patients log into the platform [...] to find a list of doctors and book appointments and consult them on the go." According to Lubanga, it's also a way for fee-paying patients to make extra money. According to Snark, the patient's rights are protected because the company is a certified processor of data that complies with protocols laid down by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Lubanga says the patient's sensitive health information can't be traced back to them. Austin Omune, the CEO of Negus Med Limited, says he supports the idea. "While working as a doctor, we experience patients struggling to meet the payment needs so, of course, there is a need for innovations to address this challenge,” he added. According to Snark, the app has so far attracted more than 300 doctors and 4,000 patients. This article was provided by The Associated Press.
Raozy Pellerin est née à Marseille, de parents d'origines malgache et comorienne, et a grandi sur l'île de La Réunion. Elle a suivi des études de droit international. Après plusieurs années aux Pays-Bas, elle vit, à présent, à Lyon où elle poursuit sa carrière de juriste spécialisée dans les crimes internationaux auprès d'une ONG suisse. Bibiche est son premier roman. « Promis, elle ne pleurera pas. Elle vous parlera d'elle. Elle, c'est Bibiche. Que peut-elle ajouter ? Vous dire que, non, elle n'est pas venue sur une barque de fortune, entassée parmi des dizaines d'hommes et de femmes. Elle n'a pas failli se noyer en attendant que des garde-côtes italiens la sortent de l'eau. Elle n'a pas fui une zone en guerre. Non, elle vient de la République démocratique du Congo. Elle n'a pas été menacée par le mouvement rebelle M23 ni par les troupes de Lubanga. Elle est simplement originaire de Kinshasa. Son histoire ne mérite sans doute pas votre attention. Cette histoire, il va pourtant bien falloir qu'elle essaie de vous la raconter. Écoutez-la, elle n'a que vous. »(Extrait du roman aux éditions Plon) Reportage : La rentrée littéraire avec Stanislas Rigot de la librairie Lamartine à Paris.
With Dexcom announcing a big new agreement with Garmin this month, it seemed like a good time to check in on a few issues. Stacey talks with Dexcom's Chief Technology Officer Jake Leach about Garmin, the upcoming Dexcom G7 and Dexcom One. She asks your questions on everything from G7 features to watch compatibility to the future and possible non invasive monitoring. Just a reminder - the Dexcom G7 has not yet been submitted to the US FDA and is not available for use as of this episode's release. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Previous episodes with Jake Leach: https://diabetes-connections.com/?s=leach Previous episodes with CEO Kevin Sayer: https://diabetes-connections.com/?s=sayer Check out Stacey's book: The World's Worst Diabetes Mom! Join the Diabetes Connections Facebook Group! Sign up for our newsletter here ----- Use this link to get one free download and one free month of Audible, available to Diabetes Connections listeners! ----- Get the App and listen to Diabetes Connections wherever you go! Click here for iPhone Click here for Android Episode transcription below: Stacey Simms 0:00 Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dario Health. Manage your blood glucose levels increase your possibilities by Gvoke Hypopen the first premixed auto injector for very low blood sugar, and by Dexcom take control of your diabetes and live life to the fullest with Dexcom. Announcer 0:20 This is Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 0:26 This week Dexcom announced a big new agreement with Garmin this month seemed like a good time to check in on a few issues, including what happens to the watches and insulin pump systems that work with G6, when Dexcom G7 it's the market. Jake Leach 0:41 We're already working with Tandem and Insulet. On integrating G7 with their products have already seen prototypes up and running, they're moving as quickly as possible. Stacey Simms 0:49 That's Chief Technology Officer Jake leach who reminds us that the G7 has not yet been submitted to the US FDA. He answers lots of questions on everything from G7 features to watch compatibility to the future and possible non invasive monitoring. This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Welcome to another week of the show are we so glad to have you here I am the host Stacey Simms, and we aim to educate and inspire about diabetes with a focus on people who use insulin. You know, my son Benny was diagnosed with type one right before he turned to my husband lives with type two diabetes. I don't have diabetes, I have a background in broadcasting. And that is how you get the podcast. And when I saw the news about Garmin, and Dexcom. I knew you'd have some questions. And I thought this would be a good chance to talk about some of the more technical issues that we're all thinking about around Dexcom. These days. I should note that since I did this interview with CTO Jake Leach on October 19. And that's exactly one week before this episode is being released that Dexcom released some new features for its follow app. I did cover that in my in the news segment. That was this past week, you'd find the link in the show notes. And as I see it for that news that release in the update, the big news there is that now there is a widget or quick glance on the followers home screen, it depends on your device, you know, Apple or Android, there's no tech support, right from the follow up, and a way to check the status of the servers as well. And I think that last one should really be an opt in push notification. If the servers are down, you should tell me right, I shouldn't have to wonder are the servers down and then go look, but that is the update for now. And again that came out after this interview. So I will have to ask those questions next time. And the usual disclaimer Dexcom, as you've already heard, is a sponsor of the show, but they only pay for the commercial you will hear later on not for any of the content you hear outside of the ad. I love having them as a sponsor, because I love that Vinnie uses the product. I mean, we've used Dexcom since he was nine years old. But that doesn't mean I don't have questions for them. And I do give them credit for coming on and answering them. Not everybody does that. I should also add that this interview is a video interview, we recorded the zoom on screen stuff. You can see that at our YouTube channel. I'll link that up in the show notes if you would rather watch and there always will be a transcript these days in the show notes so lots of options for however it suits you best. I'm here to serve let me know if there's a better way for me to get this show to you. But right now we've got video audio and transcript. Alright Jake leach in just a moment. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dario health and you know one of the things that makes diabetes management difficult for us that really annoys me and Benny, it's not really the big picture stuff. It's all the little tasks that add up. Are you sick of running out of strips do you need some direction or encouragement going forward with your diabetes management? Would visibility into your trends help you on your wellness journey? The Dario diabetes success plan offers all of that in more you don't the wavelength the pharmacy you're not searching online for answers. You don't have to wonder about how you're doing with your blood sugar levels, find out more, go to my dario.com forward slash diabetes dash connections. Jake leach Chief Technology Officer for Dexcom thanks so much for joining me. How are you doing? Jake Leach 4:22 I'm doing great, Stacey. It's a pleasure to be here. Stacey Simms 4:24 We really appreciate it. And we are doing this on video as well as audio recording as well. So if we refer to seeing things, I don't think we're sharing screens or showing product. But of course we'll let everybody know if there's anything that you need to watch or share photos of. But let me just jump in and start with the latest news which was all about Garmin. Can you share a little bit about the partnership with Garmin? What this means what people can see what's different? Jake Leach 4:49 Yeah, certainly so I'm really excited to launch the partnership with Garmin. So last week we released functionality on the Dexcom side and Garmin released their products, the ability to have real time CGM readings displayed on a whole multitude of Garmin devices by computers, and a whole host of their watches. So they've got a lot of different types of watches for, you know, athletics and different things. And so you can now get real time CGM displayed on that on that watch. So they're the first partner to take advantage of some new technology that we got FDA approved earlier in the year, which is our real time cloud API. So that's a a way for companies like Garmin to develop a product that can connect up to users data through the Dexcom, secure cloud and have real time data, we've had the capability to do that with retrospective data that three hour delayed, many partners are taking advantage of that. But we just got the real time system approved. And so Garmins, the first launch with it. Stacey Simms 5:50 Let me back up for just a second for those who may use these devices, but aren't as technologically focused. What is an API? When you got approval for that earlier in the summer for real time API? What does that what does that mean? Yeah, so Jake Leach 6:03 it's a API is an application programming interface. And so what it really means is, it's a way for software applications, like a mobile app on your phone, to connect via the Internet to our cloud with very secure authentication, and pull your CGM data in real time from from our cloud. And so it's basically a toolkit that we provide to developers of software to be able to link their application to the Dexcom application, and really on the user side, to take advantage of that feature, you basically enter in your Dexcom credentials, your Dexcom username and password. And that is how we securely authenticate. And that's how you're basically giving access to say, for example, Garmin, to pull the data and put it down onto your devices. What other Stacey Simms 6:51 apps or companies are in the pipeline for this. Can you share in addition to Garmin? I think I had seen Livongo Are there others? Jake Leach 6:58 Yeah, so Livongo so Tela doc would purchase the Lubanga technology, they've got a system. They're also in the pipeline for pulling in real time CGM data into their application. And so they're all about remote care. And so trying to connect people with physicians through, you know, technology, and so having real time CGM readings in that type of environment is a really nice use case for them. And so and for the for the customers. And so that's, that's where they're headed with it. And we've got kind of a bunch more partners that are in discussions in development that we haven't announced yet. But we're really see this, the cloud API's are interfaces as a way to expand the ecosystem around a Dexcom CGM. So we really like to provide our users with choice. So how do you want your data displayed? Where do you want it? And so if you want to right place, right time for myself, have a Garmin bike computer so I can see CGM readings right on my handlebars, I don't have to, you know, look down on a watch or even thought phones, it's really convenient. That's what we're about is providing an opportunity for others to amplify the value of CGM. Stacey Simms 8:06 This was a question that I got from the listener. What happens to the data? Is that a decision up to a company like Garmin, or is that part of your agreement, you know, where everybody's always worried about data privacy? And with good reason? Jake Leach 8:19 Yeah, data privacy is super important area when when you're handling customer information. And so the way that it works is, when you're using our applications at the beginning, when you sign up, there's some consents, you're basically saying this is what can be done with my data. And the way we design our systems is, for example, with the connection to the Garmin devices, the only way they can access your data is if you type in your credentials into there, it's like it's almost like typing your username and password into the web to be able to access your bank account. It's the same thing, you're granting access to your data. And each company has their own consents around data. And so we all are required by regulatory agencies to stay compliant with all the different rules to Dexcom. We take it very seriously, and are very transparent about what happens with the data that's in we keep it in all of our consent forms that you click into as you as you work through the app. Stacey Simms 9:13 But to be clear to use the API or to get the Dexcom numbers on your garmin, you said earlier, you have to enter your credentials, Jake Leach 9:19 you have to you have to enter your Dexcom username and password. And that's how we know that it's okay for us to share that information with Garmins system because you are the one who authorized it. Stacey Simms 9:30 Right. But that's also how you were going to use it. You just said you have to enter your name and password for them to use the information. So they just have to read individually like okay, Garmin or Livongo or whomever. Yes. Your individual terms of services. Jake Leach 9:42 Yeah, for each each application that that you want to use you it's important to read the what they do with the data and how to use it. Stacey Simms 9:49 That's really interesting. And Has anything changed with Dexcom? It's been a long time since we've talked about how you all use the data. My understanding is that it was blinded, you know, you're not turning around over to health insurers and saying yeah, done on this day this or are you? Jake Leach 10:03 No, no, not at all, we basically use the information to track our product performance. So we look at products there. So it's de identified, we don't know whose product it was, we just can tell how products are performing in the field. That's a really important aspect. But we also use it to improve our products. So we when we see the issues that are occurring with the use of the product, we use it to improve it. So that's, that's our main focus. And the most important thing we do with it is provided to users where, where and when they need it. So you know, follow remote monitoring that the reason we built our data infrastructure was to provide users with features like follow and the clarity app and so forth. Stacey Simms 10:36 Do those features work on other systems? Can I use Garmin to share or follow? Jake Leach 10:41 Not today? So right now, it's, it's basically intended for the the person who's wearing the CGM. It's your personal CGM credentials that you type in to link the Carmen account. And so for today, it's specific around the user. Stacey Simms 10:57 I assume that means you're working on for tomorrow. Jake Leach 10:59 There's lots of Yeah, lots. Stacey Simms 11:02 Which leads us of course to Well, I don't have to worry about that right now. Because you can't use any of this without the phone and the Phone is how we could share it follow. So it's not really an issue yet. Jake, talk to me about direct to watch to any of these watches. Yeah, where do we stand? I know G6. It's not going to happen. Where are we with G7? Right back to Jake answering my question, you knew I was gonna bring that up. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Gvoke Hypopen. And when you have diabetes and use insulin, low blood sugar can happen when you don't expect it. That's why most of us carry fast acting sugar and in the case of very low blood sugar, why we carry emergency glucagon, there's a new option called Gvoke Hypopen the first auto injector to treat very low blood sugar Gvoke Hypopen is pre mixed and ready to go with no visible needle. In usability studies. 99% of people were able to give Gvoke correctly find out more go to diabetes connections.com and click on the Gvoke logo. Gvoke shouldn't be used in patients with pheochromocytoma or insulinoma. Visit Gvoke glucagon.com/risk now back to Dexcom's jake leach answering my question about direct to watch Jake Leach 12:19 That's a great question and a really exciting technology. So direct to watch is where through Bluetooth, the CGM wearable communicates directly to a display device like a watch. So today, G6 communicates to the phone and to insulin pumps in our receiver are the displays. With G7, what we've done is we've re architected the Bluetooth interface to be able to also in addition to communicating with an insulin pump or a receiver and your mobile phone, it can also communicate with a wearable device like a Apple Watch, in particular, but other watches have those capabilities, with G7, reducing the capability within the hardware to have the direct communication director watch. And then in a subsequent release, soon after the launch to commercial launches of G7, we'll have a release where we bring the director watch functionality to the customers, there's the Bluetooth aspect, which is really important, you got to make sure it doesn't impact battery life and other things. But there's also the aspect of when it is direct to watch, it becomes your primary display. And so being able to reliably receive alerts on the watch was something that initially in the architecture wasn't possible. But as Apple's come out with multiple versions of the OS for the watch, they've introduced capability for us, so that we can ensure you get your alerts when you're wearing the watch. And so that was a really important aspect for us. And it's also for the FDA to ensure that if that's your main display, you've walked away from your phone, you have no other device to alert you that it's going to be reliable. And so that's exciting progress of last couple years with Apple making sure that can happen. You know, Stacey Simms 13:56 we're all excited for Direct to watch. Obviously, it's a feature that many people are really clamoring for. But you guys promised it first with the G five in 2017. Do you all kind of regret putting the cart before the horse that way? Because my next follow up question is why should we believe you now? Jake Leach 14:15 Yeah, you know, it Stacy's a good question. So we are hand was kind of forced because Apple actually announced it before we did. So they basically said we're opening up this capability on the watch to have the direct Bluetooth connectivity. And of course, we were excited to have someone like Apple talking about CGM on that kind of a stage. But then as we got into the details of actually making it work, we, you know, continually ran into another technical challenge after another technical challenge, and I totally agree. I wish it would have been two years later that they talked about at the keynote, but I'm comfortable that we've gotten past those types of issues. And so and it is built into G7. So we've got working systems and so it will introduce it rather quickly with G7 Stacey Simms 14:56 and to confirm G7 has been submitted for the CE mark Because the approval in Europe, but has not yet, as you and I are speaking today has not yet been submitted for FDA approval in the US. Jake Leach 15:06 Yeah, we're just we're just finishing up our submission, we get some validations that we're running on some of the new manufacturing lines to make sure we can build enough of these for all the customers, we want to focus to move over to G7 as quick as possible. And so we'll we'll submit you seven to the FDA before the end of this year, Stacey Simms 15:22 just kind of building off what you mentioned about Apple and making these announcements or, you know, sometimes Apple lets news get out there. Because they I don't know if they seem to enjoy it. I'm speculating. I don't have any insight track at Apple. But I wanted to ask you, I don't know if you can say anything about this. For the last year, every time I talk to somebody who's not getting the diabetes community, but they're on a technology podcast, or they're, they're hearing things about non invasive blood glucose monitoring, right, the Apple, Apple series seven or some watch this year, we're supposed to have this incredible, non invasive glucose monitoring was gonna put Dexcom and libre out of business, it was gonna be amazing. Of course, it didn't happen. But a bunch of companies are working on this. And Apple seems to be really happy to say maybe, or we're working on it, too, is Dexcom listening to these things. I mean, obviously, they're not here yet. They they are going to come. I'm curious if this is all you kind of happy to let that lay out their speculation. Or if you guys are thinking about anything like this in the future, Jake Leach 16:17 we pay a lot of attention to non invasive technologies. We have a an investment component of our company that looks at you know, early stage startups. We also have many partnership discussions around CGM technologies. And so when it comes to non invasive, I think we'd all love to have non invasive sensors that are accurate and reliable. You know, for many, many years since I've been working on CGM, and many years before that, there has been attempts to make a non invasive technologies work. The challenge, though, is it's just sensing glucose in the human body with a non invasive technology is not been proven feasible. It's just there's a lot of different attempts and technologies have tried, and we pay close attention. Because if if something started to show promise, we become very interested in it. And basically making a Dexcom product that uses it, we just haven't seen anything that is accurate and reliable enough for what our customers need. That's to say, there could be a use case where a non invasive sensor doesn't have to be as accurate and reliable as what what Dexcom does. And so maybe there's a product there. But we're very focused on ensuring that the accurate, the numbers that we show, the glucose readings that we present to users are highly accurate, highly reliable, that you can trust them. And so when it comes to non invasive, we just haven't seen a technology that can do that. But I know that there's lots of folks out there working on it. And we're, we stay very close to the community. Stacey Simms 17:40 Yeah, one of the examples I gave a guy who doesn't he does an Apple technology podcast, and he was like, you know, what, what do you think? And I said, Well, here's an example. He would a scale, and you have no idea if it's accurate. But you know, that once you step on it that that number probably is is stable, then you know, okay, I gained 10 pounds, I lost 10 pounds. But I have no idea if that beginning number makes any sense at all, you might be able to use that if you are a pre diabetic, or if you're worried about blood glucose, but you could never dose insulin using it because you have no idea where you're starting. So I think that's I mean, my lay person speculation. I think that's where that technology is now and to that point, but other people outside the diabetes community are looking to one of the more interesting stories, I think, in the last year or two has been use of CGM and flash glucose monitoring for people without diabetes at all, for athletes, for people who are super excited and interested in seeing what their body's doing. So we have companies like levels and super sapient. And you know, that kind of thing using the Liebreich. I'm curious of a couple of parts of this question. If you think you want to answer it is Dexcom. Considering any of those partnerships with the G7, which is much more simple, right? fewer parts and that kind of thing. Jake Leach 18:46 Yeah, that's a great point, Stacey. So yes, G7 is a lot simpler. It was designed to be to take the CGM experience to the next level. And part of that is just the ease of use the product deployment the simplicity, someone who's never seen a CGM before, we want to be able to walk up approach G7 And just use it. There's a lot of opportunity we feel for glucose sensing outside of diabetes. Today CGM are indicated for use in diabetes, but in the future, with 30% of the adult population in the US having pre diabetes, meaning the glucose levels are elevated, but not to the point where they've been diagnosed with diabetes. There's just so much opportunity to help people understand their blood sugar and how it impacts lifestyle choices impact their blood sugar. In the immediate feedback you get from a CGM is just a there's nothing else like it. And so I think, you know, pre diabetes and even as you mentioned, kind of in athletics. There's a lot of research going on right now in endurance athletes, and in weight loss around using CGM readings for those different aspects. So I think there's a lot opportunity we're today we're focused on diabetes, both type one and type two and really getting technology to people around the globe. That can benefit from it. That's where our focus is. But we very much have programs where we look at, okay, where else could we use CGM? It's such a powerful tool, you could think in the hospital, there's so much opportunity around around glucose. Alright, so I'm Stacey Simms 20:13 gonna give you my idea that I've given to the levels people, and they liked it, but then they dropped off the face of the earth. So I'll be contacting them again. Here's my idea. If somebody wants to pay for a CGM, and they don't have diabetes, but they're like paying out of pocket because they like their sleep tracker, and they like this and they like that, or some big companies gonna buy it and give it away for weight loss or whatever. You know, the the shoe company toms, where you buy a pair of shoes and they give one away. People are in the diabetes community are scrimping and saving and doing everything they can to get a CGM. Maybe we could do a program like that. Where if you don't quote unquote medically need a CGM. Your purchase could also help purchase one for an underserved clinic that serves people with diabetes. Jake Leach 20:54 Getting CGM to those folks that didn't need them, particularly underserved areas, clinics. It's so important. I like the idea. It's a that's if there was a cache component that then provided the CGM to those that are less fortunate. I think that's, I like the idea. Next month is National Diabetes Awareness Month. And one of the things we're focused on for the month of November is how can we bring broader access to CGM? It's something we've been working on, you know, since we had our first commercial product, and there's still, you know, many people in the United States benefit, you know, 99% of in private insurance covers the product. You know, a lot of our customers don't pay anything, they have no copay. But you know, that's not the case for everybody. And so there's, there's definitely areas that we need to we are focusing on some of our non profit partners on bringing that type of greater access to CGM, because it's such a powerful tool and helping you live a more normal life. Stacey Simms 21:50 In the couple of minutes that we have left. I had a couple more questions, mostly about G7. But you mentioned your hospital use. And last year, I remember talking to CEO Kevin Sayer about Dex comes new hospital program, which I believe launched during COVID. Do you have any kind of update on that or how it's been going? Jake Leach 22:06 Yeah, so it was a authorization that we got from the FDA to raise special case during COVID, to be able to use G6 in the hospital. And so we had quite a few hospitals contact us early on in COVID, saying, Hey, we've got these patients, many of them have diabetes, they're on steroids. They're in the hospital, and we're trying to manage their glucose. And we're having a hard time because their standard of care in hospitals is either labs or finger sticks. And so we got this authorization with the FDA, we ship the product, many hospitals acquired it, and they were using it pretty successfully. What we'd say about G6 is really designed for personal use your mobile phone or a little receiver device, designed integrated with a hospital patient monitoring system or anything like that. You could imagine in the future that that could be a real strong benefit for CGM, the hospital, you can imagine you put it on, you know, anybody who has glucose control issues comes in the door. And then you basically can help ensure where resources need to be directed based on you know, glucose risk. I've always been passionate about CGM at a hospital. It's one of the early projects I worked on here. Dexcom. And I think it there's a lot of promise, particularly as we've improved the technology. So there's still hospitals today using G 600 of the authorization. And we're interested in designing a product for that market specifically, instead of right now. It's kind of under emergency years. But we think there's there's a great need there. That CGM could could help in basically glucose control in the hospital. Stacey Simms 23:28 That's interesting, too. Of course, my mind being a mom went to camp as well. Right? If you could have a bunch of people I envision like a screen or you know, hospital monitoring that kind of thing. You wonder if you could do something at camp where there's 100 kids, you know, instead of having their individual phones or receivers at camp, it would be somewhere Central? Jake Leach 23:46 Well, you know, what, between with the with the real time API, there are folks that are thinking about a camp monitoring system that can basically be deployed on campuses right now with follow. It's great for a family, but it's not really designed to, to follow a whole camp full of campers. But with the real time API, there's opportunities for others to develop an application that could be used like that. So yeah, there you go. Stacey Simms 24:08 All right, a couple of G7 questions. The one I got mostly from listeners was how soon and I know, timelines can be tricky. But how soon will devices that use the G6? Will they be able to integrate the G7 Insulin pumps, that sort of thing? Sure. It's only Tandem right now. But you know, Omnipod, soon that that kind of thing? Jake Leach 24:26 Yeah, I mean, that's coming. So I'll start with the digital partners like Garmin and others, that is going to be seamless, because the infrastructure that G6 utilizes to move data to through the API's is the same with G7. So that'll be seamless. When you talk about insulin pumps, so those are the ones that are directly connected to our transmitters that are taking the glucose readings for automated insulin delivery. So those systems were already working with Tandem and Insulet. On integrating G7 with their products have already seen prototypes up and running so they're moving as quickly as possible. So once We have G7 approved, then they can go in and go through their regulatory cycle to get G7 approved for us with their AI D algorithms. Really the timing is dictated mainly by those partners and the FDA, but we're doing everything we can to support them to ensure this as quick as possible. Stacey Simms 25:17 Take I should have asked at the beginning, I'm so sorry, do you live with type one I've completely forgotten. Jake Leach 25:21 I don't I made a reference to where I wear them all the time. Because, as you know, kind of leading the r&d team here, I love to experience the products and understand what our users what their experience is. And I just love learning about my glucose readings in the different activities I do. So I don't have type one. But I just I use the products all the time. Stacey Simms 25:42 So to that end, have you worn the G7? And I guess I'd love to know a little bit more about ease of use. It looks like it's, it just looks like it's so simple. Jake Leach 25:51 It is. Yeah. So I've participated in a couple of clinical trials where we use G7, it is really simple. One of the most exciting things though, I have to say is that when you put it on, it has this 30 minute warmup. So the two hours that we've all been used to for so many years, by the time you put the device on and you have it paired your phone, it's there's like 24 minutes left before you're getting CGM. So it's like it's it. That part is just one of the things that you it sounds awesome. But then when you actually experience it, it's pretty amazing. But yeah, the ease of use is great, because it's the applicator is simple. It's a push button like G sex where you just press the button and it deploys. But there's other steps where you're not having to remove adhesive liners, the packaging is very, very small. So we really focused on low environmental footprint. And so it's really straightforward. But probably the most the really significant simplification the application process is because the transmitter and the sensor all one component and sterilized and saying altogether, there's no pieces, there's no assembly required, you basically take the device and apply it and then it's up and running. There's no transmitted a snap in or two pieces to assemble before you you do the insertion. Stacey Simms 26:59 I think I know the answer to this. But I wanted to ask anyway, was it when you applied for the CE mark? And I assume this would be the same for the FDA? Are there alternate locations? In other words, can we use it on our arms? Jake Leach 27:11 And yeah, that is that is a great question. Yeah, our focus with one of our phones with G7 and the revised form factor, the new new smaller form factor and sensor probe was arm were so yeah, arm wears is really important part of the G7 product. Stacey Simms 27:26 I got a question about Dexcom. One, which seems to be a less expensive product with fewer features that's available in Europe. Is that what Dexcom? One is? Jake Leach 27:34 Yeah, so there's a product that we recently launched in Europe in European countries. That is it's called Dexcom. One. And what it is, is it's it's a product that's designed for a broad segment of diabetes, type one, type two, it's a lower price point. It has a reduced feature set from G6. But what it's really about is simplicity. And so in you know it's a available through E commerce solutions. So it's really easy to acquire the product and start using it. It's really to get into certain markets where we either weren't didn't have access to certain customers. And so it's really designed for get generating access for large groups of people that didn't have access to CGM before. Stacey Simms 28:20 What does e commerce solution mean? No doctor Jake Leach 28:23 there. So outside the United States CGM isn't no prescription required for many, many countries. So the US is one of the countries that does require prescriptions, other some other countries do too. But there's a large group outside the US that don't, but it's really around, you can basically go to the website, and you can purchase it over a website. So really kind of nice solution around think Amazon, right. You're going you're clicking on add the sensors and you're purchasing it. It's a exciting new product for us that we are happy to continue developing. Stacey Simms 28:53 I think it might come to the US don't know. Yeah, that's Jake Leach 28:56 good. Good question. Don't don't know. I mean, I think right now we see CGM coverage is so great access is great for CGM in the US it can always be better and extend your focus on that. But it's really for countries where there wasn't access, Stacey Simms 29:08 I would think tough to since we do need a prescription differently. Yeah, Jake, you have been with Dexcom, almost 20 years, 18 years now. And a lot has changed. When you're looking back. And looking forward here at Dexcom. I don't really expect you to come up with some words of wisdom off the top of your head. But it's got to be pretty interesting to see the changes that the technology has brought to the diabetes community and how I don't know it just seems from where I sit and you're probably a couple of years ahead. It seems that the last five years have just been lightspeed. It has Jake Leach 29:39 been things are speeding up in terms of our ability to bring products to market and there's a lot of things one is the development of technology. The other component is working with your groups like the FDA on you know, how do we get products to the customers as fast as possible and that that's been a big part of it right moving cheese six to class to becoming an IC GM that That was a huge part of our ability to get the technology out quickly and also scale it. I think there's a lot of aspects that has been faster. And you know, when I started Dexcom, we had this goal of designing a CGM that was reliable didn't require finger sticks that could make treatment decisions. All that and we were 100% focused on that. And as we got closer and closer, and now we have that which you six and also what you seven, then the opportunity that that product can provide, you start to really understand how impactful CGM can be around the world. And that's what I'm excited about now is I'm still excited about the technology always will be and we still have lots to do on making it better, more reliable and more integrated. But just how much CGM can do around around the globe. There's just so many things. It's beyond diabetes to so very excited about the future. Stacey Simms 30:47 Many thanks, as always, and we'll talk soon, I am sure but I mean, I could never get to say it enough. I can't imagine doing the teenage years with my son without Dexcom. You guys, I know you did it just for me. You did it just in time. Appreciate it very much. He is doing amazing. And I can't he would not be sticking his fingers 10 times a day. So thank you. Jake Leach 31:05 That's great to hear. Thanks, Stacy. Announcer 31:12 You're listening to Diabetes Connections with Stacey Simms. Stacey Simms 31:18 As always more information at diabetes connections.com. And yeah, but that last bit there, I can say nice things. I mean, I really do feel that way. And I can still ask not so nice questions. Like if you're new, quite often, I will open up a thread in our Facebook group. It's Diabetes Connections of the group to gather questions for our guests. And I did that here with Dexcom, there's usually quite a lot of questions, I do have to apologize, I missed a big one. Because of the timing of the interview, I promise I will circle back around next time I talk to Dexcom. And that is all about the updates for iOS and for new phones, and how you know, sometimes Dexcom is behind the updates. What I mean by that is that they lag behind the updates. So you can go to the Dexcom website, I'll put a link up for this for Dexcom products that are compatible in terms of which iOS and that kind of thing. And they are behind. And Dexcom will always say they've said very publicly that they are working hard to catch up. But I guess the question that a few people really wanted to know was why, you know, why do they lag behind? What can be done about that? So they know, but I think it would be a good question to ask. So Sarah and others. I appreciate you sending that question. And I apologize that I didn't get to it this time around. And I'll tell you, you know, it's not something we've experienced, but I think it has to do and I'm speculating here more with the phone with the the newness and the the model of the phone sometimes then for the updates, especially if you don't have your updates on automatic. So I guess I'm kind of saying the same thing. But what I mean by that is Vinny, and I have very old phones. I have an eight. I'm not even sure he has the eight. We are terrible parents and I don't care about my phone, I would still have a Blackberry if that were possible. So I can't commiserate. I'm so embarrassed to even tell you that I can commiserate with the updates, because it's just not something that we have done. Benny, definitely if he were here, trust me. It's like his number. I would say it's his number one complaint that it's really high up on the list of complaints to the parenting department in our house. And yes, Hanukkah is coming. His birthday is coming. There will be some new phones around here. I'm doing an upgrade. I'm sure both of us have cracked phones. Were the worst. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, more to come in just a moment. But first Diabetes Connections is brought to you by Dexcom. And this is the ad I was talking about earlier in the interest of full disclosure. But you know, one of the most common questions I get is about helping kids become more independent. I get asked this all the time at conferences for virtual chats in my local group. These transitional times are tricky. And we've gone through this preschool to elementary elementary to middle middle to high school. I can't speak high school to college yet, but you using the Dexcom really makes a big difference. For us. It's not all about sharing follow, although that's very, very helpful. Just think about how much easier it is for a middle schooler to look at their Dexcom rather than do four to five finger sticks at school, or for a second grader to just show their care teams a number. Here's where I am right before Jim. At one point, Ben, he was up to 10 finger sticks a day, he didn't have Dexcom until the end of fourth grade not having to do that made his management a lot easier for him. It's also a lot easier to spot the trends and use the technology to give your kids more independence. Find out more at diabetes connections.com and click on the Dexcom logo. I don't know about you, but I am getting a ton of email already about Diabetes Awareness Month and that is November this time of year I usually get I'd say 120 emails that are not snake oil, right one in 20 emails that maybe make sense for something we want to talk about on the show here that I would share on social media and I'm just inundated with nonsense. So I hope you are not as well. But I gotta say Diabetes Awareness Month this year. I've been pulling in My local group and talking about what to do because usually I highlight a lot of people and stories and I'll I'll still do that, I think, but I got to tell you people are, um, you know, this, we're all stressed out. And while it's a wonderful thing to educate, I always think Diabetes Awareness Month is not for the diabetes community, right? We are plenty aware of diabetes, this is a chance to educate other people. And that's why I like sharing those pictures and stories on my page, because the families then can share that with their people. And it's about educating people who don't have diabetes. But gosh, I don't know this year, I'm going to be just concentrating on putting out the best shows that I can I do you have a new project I mentioned last week that we're going to be talking about in the Facebook group. By the time this airs, I will have the webinars scheduled in the Facebook group. So very excited about that. Please check it out. But what are you doing for Diabetes Awareness Month? If you've got something you'd like me to amplify, please let me know. You can email me Stacey at diabetes connections.com. Or you can direct message me on the social media outlet of your choice. We are at YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. That's where Diabetes Connections lives. I'm on Tik Tok, or Snapchat or Pinterest. Oh my gosh. All right. Well, that will do it for this week. Thanks as always to my editor John Bukenas from audio editing solutions. Thank you so much for listening. I will be back on Wednesday. live within the news. Live on Facebook and now on YouTube as well. Until then, be kind to yourself. Benny: Diabetes Connections is a production of Stacey Simms media. All rights reserved. All wrongs avenged
Every Phantom phan was devastated when they heard the news of Claes Reimerthi passing on the 23 of July 2021. Please read our obituary on the legacy of Claes Reimerthi.On the podcast the boys (Jermayn Parker, Dan Fraser, Mikael Lyck & Stephen East) spend 90 minutes talking about the great man and his imprint on our hero, The Phantom. We discuss our lasting memory of Claes and what we think his legacy will be. Other topics are:Our favourite characters he created or developed like: Miss Mist, Lubanga, Sandal Singh, The Butterfly Man and Dogai SinghWho takes over from Claes writing the 22nd Phantom ongoing saga?We never had the chance to have Claes as a guest on our podcast but you can read an interview with from 2008 here.If you would like to contribute to a memorial compilation podcast / video, please submit them to chroniclechamber@gmail.comDuring the podcast we talk about a lot of stories, arcs, characters etc. Below is a list of every story with the Frew and Fantomen publication issue for you to either dig out and read or hunt down a copy. Enjoy!The Rose of Cairo Part 1922168614/1987The Rose of Cairo Part 2923168715/1987The Count of Bengali11053/1995Kronika 2/1998The Prodigal Son12929/2001Kronika 1/2006In a Strange Land1332133319/200220/2002Kronika 1/2006Patrolman Aurora157214/2010The Triads10961097109810991100Trade Paperback #319/199420/199421/199422/199423/1994Kronika 5-6/2000The Pugilist178721/1996Kronika 4/2000Christmas Album 2015The Phantom- Man or Myth?142011/2005The Butterfly Man180521/2017Heart of Darkness1739 - 18684/1994 - 26/1996Kronika 5/2008-2/2009Election Saga107910804/19945/1994Black Glove898-89918414&5/1985Kronika 4/1994 & 1/1995Kronika Band 2 & 3Deadly Infection89016/1986Kronika 1/2007Death in the East End95195295316/198717/198718/1987Duel on Destiny Top1118111913/199514/1995Worubu's Secret12028/1998First Phantom105125/1984Kronika 6/20012050127621/2000Year One1390-139617/2004-22/200422nd Phantom17921793179416/201621/20162-3/2017Please make sure you share, like and leave a comment on our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram as well as our YouTube Channel. Make sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chroniclechamber)
Join us with an engaging chat with Lennart Moberg who worked for Fantomen for 15 years and was one of the few who wrote and drew stories for Semic / Egmont. If you read Team Fantomen stories in the 1990's you would have marveled at his stories. We are talking about classics like Hoogaan's Revenge, The Set Up, Hunted, King of Chicago, The Psychopath, The Murder Rap plus many more.Lennart was also part of the Team Fantomen crew who mapped out and planned stories we all read, loved (and hated!). He retells us what the meetings were like under Ulf Granberg and he even retells us the weekend meeting as they created the infamous Luaga v Lubanga v The Phantom saga.We go through specific stories, specific creators he worked with along with his new recently published comic "Hell Week" plus his work on the Fantomenland zoo. This podcast was extra special for Stephen and Jermayn with their genesis moment to their addiction coming from two of his stories.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chroniclechamber)
Lubanga Olara Geofrey, known to friends as Geofrey was a child soldier kidnapped 4 times by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda & South Sudan. You may remember Kony from Invisible Children’s viral campaign Kony 2012, but Geofrey has a gripping story of kidnap, escape, being re-kidnapped with the threat of execution for desertion, to becoming Kony’s personal chef. Host Steve Reiter sits down with Geofrey and his father-in-law Mark Poindexter. —————————————— Be sure to click 'Subscribe' on your favorite podcast app, so you don't miss an episode and please share this with someone. Get a 7-day free trial of Blinkist: http://holysmokes.club/blink Make a tax-deductible donation via PayPal: paypal.me/holysmokesclub Or learn more about our Patreon support page, check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/holysmokes Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/holysmokescigarclub
In this episode, we bring our favorite bad lyrics from 1990 - 1999. One song from a group who don’t quite understand the meaning of bizarre. And another from an artist who likes to rattle off a lot of ladies names in no particular order. Episode2 What the Lyric – the 90s [Start 00:00:00] Becky Morrette and Matthew Seymour [Music] [Becky Morrette]: Welcome to what the lyric, the podcast that confirms, yeah, that actually made it to radio. [Music] [Becky Morrette]: Welcome to episode two of what the lyric where we dub into the really bad lyrics of the 90s. The 90s for me, that's when I graduated high school and went to college in San Francisco. So, let's see how much of the 90s I remember. How about you Matt? [Matthew Seymour]: You know, I also don't remember much of the 90s, admittedly, for different reasons. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymour]: Particularly since I was born in 1990. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, Jesus. [Matthew Seymour]: [Laugh] So I remember from about 95 on, and music was definitely not on my radar. [Becky Morrette]: That's about when I remember it because I had stopped with the weed and the alcohol by then. [Matthew Seymour]: You stopped? Once I found it. I never stopped. [Becky Morrette]: Oh my God. That's another story. Off mic in case my parents are listening. Yeah. My mother, side note, my mother, by the way, one time we were, she's going to love that I'm telling this. We were leaving a mall when I'd come home from school. And I looked over and I swear to God, the people in the car next to me were smoking a bowl. And my mom goes, I said, Dad, “are they smoking a bowl?” My father, being a high school teacher, knew the slang and my mom was like ´´smoking a bowl? How do you smoke out of a bowl? It's a bowl, I don't understand how you smoke out of this´´. And my father, very quietly said ´´You brought it up, you explain it´´. [Matthew Seymour]: [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: I didn't. I didn't at all. [Matthew Seymour]: God bless your parents. [Becky Morrette]: A bowl? What? I don't understand how you smoke out of a bowl. [Matthew Seymour]: How do you do something like that. [Becky Morrette]: That is Ridiculous. What do mean? you can't. there is now to smoke it get something in a bowl. So, yeah, so that's enough about my mom. [Matthew Seymore]: [laughs] [Becky Morrette]: she's going to kill me. Yeah. [00:02:12] inaudible [Matthew Seymore]: What do you remember of the 90s music scene? [Becky Morrette]: So at that point we, I, we I remember, Oh, this is a good one. I remember seeing I think it was house of pain and biohazard and somebody else on the same bill and that that was a big I don't know. That was early on in the night in the in the 90s. I remember like Smashing Pumpkins. I remember Nirvana, all that all that stuff. Plus, I also remember In synch, the Backstreet Boys, the Brittany's. Oh, my God. [00:02:53] inaudible [Matthew Seymore]: Now you are talking my language. [Becky Morrette]: Oh yeah. Oh, it's bad. It's just bad. [Matthew Seymore]: Who loves the 90s? We love. [Becky Morrette]: I totally love the 90s and the 80s. There were a few in there that I was like, wow. I when doing the research for this, I was like, whoa, I forgot ice ice baby with ninety-one. [Matthew Seymore]: Wow. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: I did not realize this. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. I mean. Hello. Talk about awful. [Matthew Seymore]: [laughs] [Becky Morrette]: But yet everybody knows it. And when that shit comes on everybody's up there dancing along. [Matthew Seymore]: I’m already dancing. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. You can’t not. You see you see the hair also M.C. Hammer. [Matthew Seymore]: What? What? [Becky Morrette]: Yes. Can't touch this. [Matthew Seymore]: As in Yeah. Which was why in I’m. [Becky Morrette]: 90? I think. Right on there. [Matthew Seymore]: Wow! [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Yep. 90. I also saw him in San Francisco because he's an Oakland guy. It was right when he was kind of switching over to try and become hardcore. And then people were yelling. I felt so bad for the man. People were yelling stuff like You ain't shit. Ice-T is better. Like, whoever it was at the time, I can remember. And I was like, come on, man. [Matthew Seymore]: It's M.C. Hammer, give him give him a break. [Becky Morrette]: You had those hammer pants? We all had hammer pants. [Matthew Seymore]: We all had photos of it. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, my God. I still remember mine purple. Love those freaking pants. [Matthew Seymore]: They looked comfortable. [Becky Morrette]: They were. I totally want some more now.I'm not going to lie because those things are great for Lounging. The Hammer, I'm trying to think who else was there? There was a bunch, but yeah those I was like, for real? [Matthew Seymore]: Oh yeah. The number one song when I was born was Sinead O'Connor’s, Nothing compares to you. [Becky Morrette]: Let me just say, but that's Prince. [Matthew Seymore]:Yeah but this was Sinead O'Connor's cover. [Becky Morrette]: I now I know. It's Prince though. I love Prince. I can't help it. [Matthew Seymore]: You are not feeling the Sinead O'Connor? [Becky Morrette]: I do. You know, I have that album. She had a couple other good songs on that. [Matthew Seymore]: Didn’t realize it. [Becky Morrette]: But I cannot remember. Yeah, I said album I actually have a CD. Album/Cd it's all the same to me. [Matthew Seymore]: [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: So which way did you skip? Did you go like metalish, like nirvanai? Or did you go pop? [Matthew Seymore]: So here is how things shake out for me. I basically grew up Amish, not actually, but very little musical knowledge. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, my God. Please tell me you did some like sort of. Biblical church song. [Matthew Seymore]: I knew a lot of, oh my gosh, I could tell you so many Christian single, like Pop singles. [Becky Morrette]: Strippers. [Matthew Seymore]: Savage Gardens. [Becky Morrette]: Which I believe I saw in concert. I'm not sure, though, that's been a while. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh, I'm going to have to think it's Stacy. Oh, I need to think of. There were there are a lot of people who crossed over. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, they were. [Matthew Seymore]: from Christian Pop to [Becky Morrette]: Oh yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: just General pop. [Becky Morrette]: Creed. [Matthew Seymore]: Yes! There we go. [Becky Morrette]: I don’t think there was a crossover at all. [Matthew Seymore]: It was just. [Becky Morrette]: I think that guy was a horn dog working every angle to become a pop guy. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean, Katy Perry did the same. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, my God. I didn't know that. [Matthew Seymore]: But that was not in the 90s. [Becky Morrette]: Oh my god. [Matthew Seymore]: So my musical knowledge basically spanned from the Beatles to [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [00:06:16] inaudible [Matthew Seymore]: Clearwater Revival. Those were my parents [Becky Morrette]: classic years. [Matthew Seymore]: the entire Gap of 80s and 90s up until my sister started driving, and that was when I got the taste of In Synch, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, Savage Garden, 98 degrees. [Becky Morrette]: Oh! yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: That grouping. She left. [Becky Morrette]:Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]:Like graduated left town. Another gap, I started driving, and that was 2007 onwards, so. [laughing] [Becky Morrette]: Oh my God that's awesome. [Matthew Seymore]: I had to do some research for this and I did choose one that like, was something I definitely encountered on the radio quite a bit, [Becky Morrette]: Oh my god. [Matthew Seymore]: Everyone encountered on the radio. [Becky Morrette]: I can't wait because I wonder if I'll get it because there's you know, some blacked out moments in that decade for me. [Matthew Seymore]: I Fully expect that within the first three lines you will know exactly what song this is. [Becky Morrette]: Oh. Okay. You may get mine. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh, I hope so. [Becky Morrette]: You may. I have two but, the one is really easy. And that was ninety-one. And I had to look back at my yearbook and I thought I think this was our song, like the song that we chose, which would have been frightening if it was, but it wasn't. It was just as bad, but it was not. [Matthew Seymore]: Wait, the song you chose for graduation? [Becky Morrette]: No. For like you have like for our yearbook. And oddly enough, there is a yearbook back there. It's not my graduation year, but it's one. It's hilarious, I think it's eighty nine, So it doesn't play well into the 90s. But you the senior class got to pick like favourite car, favourite colour, best song, their favourite song. And the one that I think we chose was I want your sex. [Matthew Seymore]: Amazing. [Becky Morrette]: Why not? Why not? Why wouldn't a bunch of horny 17 & 18 year olds pick I Want Your Sex by George Michael, who at that point no one thought was gay, which is another, I don't know how we missed that one as well. [00:08:24] inaudible [Becky Morrette]: White kids in upstate New York. No one gay. What? [Matthew Seymore]: This was a New York City for crisis sake. [Becky Morrette]: No. No. We all thought RuPaul was a woman. [laughter] Some people did. [Matthew Seymore]: [laughs] [Becky Morrette]: So, Yeah. So, I don’t think I’m going to do that one. I think I'm going to do the other one. [Matthew Seymore]: What’s the year? [Becky Morrette]:This one's ninety five. [Matthew Seymore]: Ok. [Becky Morrette]: Maybe. Maybe. [Matthew Seymore]: ok I was aware. [Becky Morrette]: You might. Ok. [Matthew Seymore]: I think I'm ready whenever you are. [Becky Morrette]: There is a video. This might give it away, but I’m going to say it anyways. The singer looked a lot like The Rock with more hair. All right brother Palaye in the back. Sweet Xena in the front. Cruising down the freeway in the hot, hot sun. Suddenly red, blue lights, flash us from behind, loud voice booming. Please step out onto the line. Palaye preaches words of comfort. Xena just hides her eyes. Policeman taps his shades. Is that the Chevy 69? How bizarre? how bizarre? how bizarre? Which is the name of the song? By the way. [Matthew Seymore]: Wait, I have not heard this song, [Becky Morrette]: OK, [Matthew Seymore]: Ever. [Becky Morrette]: Just go ahead and look up the, Just look up, it's OMC, is the name of the band. How bizarre, is the name of the song? And you will know when I say he looks like The Rock, like he's related to The Rock, and he might be, Same eyebrows, [Becky Morrette]: [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: Same build almost like, like The Rock with more hair. There is no way. [Matthew Seymore]: This is unbelievable. [Becky Morrette]: [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: I, Yeah. Look it up. [Becky Morrette]: It's The Rock. [Matthew Seymore]: This is exactly The rock with more hair. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: New Zealand musical group. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Yeah. I think they, I thought it said they got to like number 20 or number 11 on the Billboard chart, I can't remember. [Matthew Seymore]: WOW! [Becky Morrette]: Just for the record, the other song I picked was from ninety-one, I want to sex you up, colour me bad, with two Ds because they were that bad. [Matthew Seymore]: [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: That one is a is a dateline episode waiting to happen. [Matthew Seymore]: I'm beginning to sense the theme of [00:10:55] inaudible [Matthew Seymore]: movements in your songs. [Becky Morrette]: I haven't even, I didn't even realize it. This one not so much. This is just bizarre. Like in the title. OK, so we've got a brother Palaye in the back. Sweet Xena, Zena, I can't remember. [Matthew Seymore]: It's New Zealand [Becky Morrette]: It’s in the front. Yeah. Cruising down the freeway in the hot, hot sun. Now we're starting off pretty good. It was a summer song. I think it was released in the summer. [Matthew Seymore]: Although I will happily say that I thought he was describing his haircut when he said that it’s like, what was it, Zena in the front, [Becky Morrette]: [Laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: [Becky Morrette]: Brother Palaye in the back. [Becky Morrette]: So, I'm still curious. Is brother like a biological brother? or are we talking like a Christian brother? [00:11:34] inaudible [Becky Morrette]: Like a priest kind of, you know, [Matthew Seymore]: Very buttoned up. [Becky Morrette]: Franciscan monk kind of situation. [Matthew Seymore]: I’m still going with haircut. [Becky Morrette]: It could be. Then suddenly red, blue lights, flash us from behind, so now they're getting pulled over. [00:11:49] inaudible [Becky Morrette]: Not so much a great summer song. And then they told them to step out of the car. Palaye preaches words of comfort, so he might be a priest or some sort of religious man. This is the one that gets me, Policeman taps his shades. How many police officers pull you over and go Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick? Right on their aviators. I don't know a whole lot. [Matthew Seymore]: I just bought them today. Please compliment. [Becky Morrette]: These babies cost a lot. And that's why I'm pulling you over, because I still need to get paid. How many then? Then the policeman ask us “Is that a Chevy 69’’? And then the, the whole chorus is how bizarre? How bizarre? It's not really bizarre at all. If you were driving, doing something illegal or quite honestly in this day and age driving while black. [Matthew Seymore]: I feel like, [laughs] I feel like this is their use of how bizarre is really akin to [00:12:50] inaudible [Becky Morrette]:Oh, [Matthew Seymore]: [Becky Morrette]: isn't that ironic? [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: But you are like No, this really isn't it bizarre. [Becky Morrette]: It’s not Ironic at all or bizarre. [Matthew Seymore]: Once again or coincidental? [Becky Morrette]:Oh, it gets bizarre, though. I will say. So, yes. So how bizarre they've gotten pulled over. Now the cop asked him. “That's a 69 Chevy’’? [Matthew Seymore]: All right. [Becky Morrette]: Seems like a reasonable [Matthew Seymore]: Question [Becky Morrette]: Question while being pulled over, followed by “Can I see your license and registration”? And also maybe is using the word bizarre wrong. But they're from New Zealand, they still speak English, so that's the same word in either. [Matthew Seymore]: They should know by now. [Becky Morrette]: Their country. Yeah. The next part is destination unknown as we pull in for some gas. Hey, back on track for a good summer song. Freshly pasted poster reveals a smile from the past. Ok. [Matthew Seymore]: Wait. What? [Becky Morrette]: Still kind of nice. [Matthew Seymore]: Where is the poster? [Becky Morrette]: I don't know. Gas station. Which seems a little weird because that could be a wanted poster. [Matthew Seymore]: So we left the cop behind. [Becky Morrette]: We've already dealt with the ticket or whatever it was. [Matthew Seymore]: I see. [Becky Morrette]: The pat down, I don’t know. We’re past that. We're moving on. We're getting some gas at this point. Maybe that's why he was pulled over the cop thought you guys are getting low on gas pull on over there. So now we get a freshly pasted poster, reveals a smile from the past. Okay. Here's where it gets bizarre. Elephants and acrobats, Lions, snakes, monkeys. What? [Matthew Seymore]: Wait. [Becky Morrette]: That's , the bizarre part for me. You have just now all of a sudden that, that's what's making you smile. Now, are we nostalgic because we went to the circus when we were a kid with our parents and oh, isn't that lovely? Or were we a circus performer? [Matthew Seymore]: I'm inclined to believe circus performer. [Becky Morrette]: So am I. Paylaye speaks righteous, sister Zena says funky. What? [Matthew Seymore]: Righteous? Oh, my gosh. So he is, he's probably a priest. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Funky. I don't know if I'd say funky. [Matthew Seymore]: Funky. [Becky Morrette]: Funky. When thinking about elephants, acrobats, lions, snakes. And it's not even plural monkeys. It's just monkey. Yeah. Now we're back to the. How bizarre. Which is just starting to worry me a bit and I'm slightly starting to get a little creeped out. [Matthew Seymore]: Someone's on a trip. [Becky Morrette]: I'm starting to think this is like American Horror Story the circus version. Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: We could do another podcast series on. [Becky Morrette]: We could on that creepiness. And then it goes, oh, baby, oh, baby. It's making me crazy. It's making me crazy. It's not just you. It's making , i'm crazy with this. What the hell is this song about? And then he goes there every time I look around. Every time I look around. Every time I look around, it's in my face. What is in your face? What I don't understand. What's in your face? Is it a bug? Is it? [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: Sunburn? [Matthew Seymour]: I'm sensing an acid trip. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymour]: Like the cop saw some drugs, pulled him over. It was too late. They ingested all of the drugs on the car, pulled them over, and they were like “we should probably pull over, take care of some things”. And now he's like, “oh, my God, I'm going to die because im so fucking high”. [Becky Morrette]: Wasn’t that super Troopers? [laughs] [Matthew Seymour]: “Because I’m so fucking high”. [Becky Morrette]: Didn’t he do that in super Troopers? [Laughs] [Becky Morrette]: With a funnier outcome. This? Not so much. Nobody's down. And things of maple syrup and this. There's just elephants and shit. [Matthew Seymour]: Just a shit ton of LSD. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. And then it goes to so, ok It's in his face. My face says confusion. Ringmaster steps out and says the elephants left town, people jump and jive, but the clowns have stuck around TV news and cameras. There is choppers in the sky. Marines, police, reporters ask where, for and why. Palaye yells, We're out of here. Zena yells, Right on. We're making moves in start and grooves. Before they knew we were gone. Jumping into this Chevy headed for big lights. Okay. Now, where are the elephants? Is that the Ringmasters way? Polite, kind of calm way of saying the elephants are loose and they're stampeding through your village and town. What? What the fuck happened in here? [Matthew Seymour]: See here again. I am going back to my drug theory and say that the Ringmaster is actually the poor gas station attendant who's like, “Sir, your card has been declined”. And the guys are Like, “Who are you”? Why are the elephants not here”? [Becky Morrette]: Why is that pink elephant running around in a tutu? And what are those camera people doing? Okay, that's probably the best thing. Here is the last line before it goes back into how bizarre, how bizarre. It's making me crazy. Every time I look around, it's in my face. I'm crazy. The last line. Want to know the rest? Hey, buy the rights. Why? Why would I buy the rights to this pile of shit? This isn't even a good like treatment for a movie. I don't even know what. This isn't even a good poem. [Laughs] [Matthew Seymour]: It barely qualifies as a song. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Yeah. And you didn't get a second hit. So clearly, really no one wanted the first one, although we all listened to in numbers and be like “how bizarre”? [Matthew Seymore]: How bizarre? [Becky Morrette]: How bizarre? Doo doo doo doo doo, I think is how the bizarre? How bizarre? All right. Yeah, I know. And it's like I need to look it up. It might be The Rock. [Matthew Seymore]: I feel like I have to love the shameless plug there at the end, because I mean, you know, like it takes it takes true artists. No. No amendment. [Becky Morrette]: [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: It takes an artist to write good lyrics and put it to good music. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: It takes a true artist to just make any music and then say “Buy the rights”. [Becky Morrette]: Here's the thing now. “By the rights”, I've had to listen to this song for free for years. It's just on the radio. Why would I buy the rights? [Matthew Seymore]: So what I'm hearing is it hasn't worked yet. [Becky Morrette]: No. [Matthew Seymore]: Well, tell them to replay it. [Becky Morrette]: And then one of my favorite lines that kind of relates to this is Dennis Miller. He used to say when he's talking about things or buy one, get one free and he said “two of shit is still shit. If they really want to screw you, they give you a three”. That's what I feel like this song is right there. They've just given us three for free and it's still shit. [Matthew Seymore]: That is the highest level of praise [Becky Morrette]: [Laughs] [Matthew Seymore]:that we can give to OMC’s is how bizarre. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Yeah, so that's my that's my 90s.Awful lyrics. [Matthew Seymore]:I love it. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean I will say this is one of those cases where it's like I can project things upon it. So like on the yikes scale, I am giving it like a two. [Becky Morrette]: It's like a choose your own adventure song. [Matthew Seymore]: Exactly. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: I now, if there really are elephants am a little more disappointed, I just desperately want to see the music video in which he just high as fuck, walking in a gas station and then everyone else around him is like [Becky Morrette]: I got to, oh man, I feel like the music videos I'm just driving around in a convertible. Well, that's boring. Yeah. Well, 90s videos. I yeah. I can't remember. I do, I do have a flash of The rock. It's The Rock's cousin. I don't know who he is, but I'm just going to continue to call him The Rock’s cousin. [Matthew Seymore]: I cannot reiterate to look at that it [Becky Morrette]: [laughs] it really does. [Matthew Seymore]: because there's no other description for it. [Becky Morrette]: I will put it up on the blog, but like a picture of The Rock and the lead singer on these side by side. Back in the heyday. And you will see that they are either separated at birth or really closely related. [Matthew Seymore]: Also this would be a great time to plug the blog. [Becky Morrette]: Oh the blog? Yes, that would be at whatthelyric.com all spelled out and not. We'll go ahead and say that again at the end of the episode. [Matthew Seymore]: That sounds lovely. [Becky Morrette]: I'm so good at that. I forget to plug things. Yeah. So OMD, how bizarre. I've lived with it for well over 20 years now and it's still I still sing it in the car when it comes on. [Matthew Seymore]: You still hear it? [Becky Morrette]: Oh, yeah, yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: OMC, I sit OMD. I keep doing that. [Matthew Seymore]: I don't. [Becky Morrette]: OMD is another band, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is what that one stood for. Also, like 80s band, I think late 80s or early 90s. [Matthew Seymore]: Come on. [Becky Morrette]: But, Yeah. OMC, as in crap. [Matthew Seymore]: OMG for OMC. Oh my crap. [Becky Morrette]: Oh my crap I think is what it stood for. I don't know. 1995 yeah. Over 20 years I listen to this song and now I hear it come on I go “how bizarre”? [Matthew Seymore]: how bizarre? [Becky Morrette]: How bizarre? And then that’s it. [Matthew Seymore]: So low on the yikes, but high on the bizarre. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: That is where I am feeling it. [Becky Morrette]: I think you're right on that one. It's just weird. [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: It is. It is weird. I need to listen to this. [Becky Morrette]: Oh yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: And watch it. [Becky Morrette]: You're going to go home and then you're going to be like is that How bizarre part gets stuck in your head with the little like hook that they have the doo doo doo doo doo doo, whatever it is. I can't I can't remember. But that will get in your head and it will burrow deep and will hop out at many different times. Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: I’ll be calling you tomorrow to be like fuck you introducing this song [Becky Morrette]: [Laughs] how dare you and I never want to speak to you again. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. [Matthew Seymore]: Amazing. Well, this is actually an excellent Segway. [Becky Morrette]: Yes [Matthew Seymore]: Into my pick, because it's also an Earworm. [Becky Morrette]: OK, I'm ready. [Matthew Seymore]: And just a wild hit across the board. So in the US, the song reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. [Becky Morrette]: Ok [Matthew Seymore]: It’s from 1999, specifically April 1999. [Becky Morrette]: Oh [Matthew Seymore]: Not that that I'll give you much context, but what I found most interesting was that it topped almost every chart in continental Europe, and set a record by staying at number 1 in France for 20 weeks, longer than any stay at the top spot ever on the US or UK charts. [Becky Morrette]: Ok. If the French liked it, I am worried it has got to be cheesy. [Matthew Seymore]: Well, then I feel like we need to we need to get started to this because I really do think that you're going to get this at a moment’s botice. [Becky Morrette]: Ok, I’m ready. [Matthew Seymore]: I'm omitting the first line only because it says the name of the song. [Becky Morrette]: Yes. No, it's all right. That's fair play. [Matthew Seymore]:One, two, three, four, five. Everybody in the car. So come on, let's ride. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, my God. Is this Coolio? [Matthew Seymore]:No. [Becky Morrette]: Wait [Matthew Seymore]: But to the liquor store around the corner, the boys say they want some gin and juice, but I really don't want a beer bus like I had last week. I must stay deep because talk is cheap. [Becky Morrette]: Is it gin and juice? [Matthew Seymore]: No. I like Angela, Pamela, Sandra in Reno. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, Oh, Mambo number five. [Matthew Seymore]: Yes. [Becky Morrette]: [Matthew Seymore]: [Laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: I can't believe I confuse that for Gin and Juice is the only because you said Gin and Juice. Oh, sweet Jesus. I'm so sorry. Oh. [Matthew Seymore]: [laughs] [Becky Morrette]: Oh, Oh my God. Well, of course the French would like it. [Matthew Seymore]: [laughs] Again the highest praise that we can give to Mambo number 5. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, [Matthew Seymore]: Of course, is the French liked it. [Becky Morrette]: what is that guy's name? [Matthew Seymore]:Oh, do you want me to tell you? [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: It is Lou Bega. [Becky Morrette]: That's right. Talk about a one hit Wonder. [Matthew Seymore]: who is German apparently sold himself as [00:24:39] inaudible [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: But 100% German. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, I believe he had like a zoot suit on in that [Matthew Seymore]: He absolutely did. [Becky Morrette]: Oh [Matthew Seymore]: The entire thing. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, I wonder if he had worn wearing it for the seagulls in San Francisco that's no longer the store fronts. It’s no longer there. WOW! [Matthew Seymore]: This is just a hit for everyone. I mean, I've heard it played at weddings. [Laughs]Yeah. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. You can't not move to it. [Matthew Seymore]: Exactly. [Becky Morrette]: You hate it, but you're still going to swivel. Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: Everyone Loves the song. It's terrible. None of the lyrics make sense. Actually, let's look. Let's go back. [Becky Morrette]: Let's dub into it. Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: So first, proving that he is at least able to count to 5. [Becky Morrette]: Yep. That's good. In English, and he is German. [Matthew Seymore]: It's not like he is Cuban. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: Everybody in the car, so come on, let's ride. That sounds fine. [Becky Morrette]: Still fun summer song. [Matthew Seymore]: To the liquor store around the corner. I'm like, so you got into your car. [Becky Morrette]: Listen, in his defense, when I was in high school, we lived not that far from the high school. Like I should have walked. Did I? When I got a car? No, I did not. I would shovel the car out because I grew up in upstate New York. Shovel the shit off my car and drive to school. [Matthew Seymore]: How many blocks? [Becky Morrette]: Five. Five or six. Maybe. I mean, they're not like city blocks because it was upstate New York, but still maybe a half a mile at best. [Matthew Seymore]: Follow up question. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah? [Matthew Seymore]: Would it have taken you longer to walk to school? [Becky Morrette]: No. [Matthew Seymore]: Versus shovelling? [Becky Morrette]: Not at all. Side note, I never dry my hair because I have crazy ass curly hair and so my hair would freeze if I walked to school. [Becky Morrette]: [Matthew Seymore]: [ Laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: That is a good way to keep it in place. [Becky Morrette]: And surprising, I never really got sick, but yeah, I don't know why. You know, if you had a car in high school, you were a bad ass. Mine was a 1980 Mustang, which was not a bad ass car. But, you know, [Matthew Seymore]: you had it. [Becky Morrette]: and I had it. So I drove. So in his defense, I get it. [Matthew Seymore]: We’ll allow. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: This next part just baffles me. The boys say they want some gin and juice. Okay. You're going to a liquor store. That makes sense. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: But I really don't want to slash next line beer bust like I had last week. [Becky Morrette]: Well, you're not, you're going gin and juice. [Matthew Seymore]: But I'm like, I suppose but am like then are you just saying I'm not really feeling beer guys. [Becky Morrette]: Maybe he's just the driver. He's the designated driver. He's the D.D. of this situation. [Matthew Seymore]: But then he even goes on to say, I must stay deep because talk is cheap. Where does that fit in? Also, the hearing, hearing little Lou Bega say “I must stay deep” when he's about to lift a tremendous number of women. [Becky Morrette]: I was about to question with the stay deep in reference to his buddies or like he's got to stay deep with his homies. He's got to get in. [Matthew Seymore]: Earn the trust. [Becky Morrette]: You know, he's gotta be right there with him. Or is he talking about the ladies he's about to rattle off? [Matthew Seymore]: [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: I'm inclined to think the latter. So this is my Hashtag [Becky Morrette]: [Matthew Seymore]: Me too Moment. [Laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: He likes apparently, Angela, Pamela, Sandra and Rita, which I will fully say those are not 90s names. [Becky Morrette]: Angela is. I had a friend whose name is Angela. I have a couple I used to know a couple of Angela's. [Matthew Seymore]: I feel like there needed to be more Ashley and Britneys . [Becky Morrette]: Angela. What was the other one? Rita. [Matthew Seymore]: Rita. [Becky Morrette]: Rita, I don't know who the hell, Rita. Now he's trying to take a spin on the Hispanic. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah. [Becky Morrette]: I'm Cuban. [Matthew Seymore]: Trust me yall. [Becky Morrette]: GermanCuban. [Matthew Seymore]: Pamela and Sandra? [Becky Morrette]: No, I didn't, no that was a smith. No, I don't know the other two. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah [Becky Morrette]: I just had an Angela. That didn't sound right. I just knew an Angela. [Matthew Seymore]: Was she on your soccer team? [Becky Morrette]: She was not. Not at all. I don't think. Oh, my God. I don't remember everybody on the soccer team that's really bad. [Matthew Seymore]: And as I continue, you know, they're getting sweeter. In what capacity? gross. [Becky Morrette]: I'm hoping he means in like personality, but I'm willing to doubt that. I'm willing. [Matthew Seymore]: He is staying deep. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, I'm willing to say the deep is in reference to the ladies. And eweh. [Matthew Seymore]: so, what can I do? I really beg you, my lord. [Becky Morrette]: Whoa, whoa. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah. [Becky Morrette]: Whoa. [Matthew Seymore]: Again, I think that's a call out to the Cuban community. I'm Catholic. [Becky Morrette]: [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: Maybe [Becky Morrette]: We could bring Brother Palaye back. [laughs] [Becky Morrette]: Hold on, so now we're bringing in the Lord [Matthew Seymore]: As the lady. [Becky Morrette]: The lord as one of our priests used to say. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean, you have to bring him in because he wants to give the ladies enough time to sleep. [Becky Morrette]: So, okay. Is he questioning like. Is he not gone for yet? Is he not done all these gone deep with all these ladies and he's like, please, lord, help me to remain the good man that I am and not take advantage of these ladies. [laughs]. I can't remember the rest of these lyrics. [Matthew Seymore]: Or is the Lord basically being like, I want you to bang as many of these dudes. [Becky Morrette]: I’m out. [Matthew Seymore]: Well I guess they are not dudes they are ladies [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: because I don’t think Lou bega is swining that way. [Becky Morrette]: I don't think, I mean, his 90s. That was on the cusp of when you were kind of like do we come out? I can't even. so, ok So he's not really into the beer [Matthew Seymore]: Busts [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: No beer butst, No. [Becky Morrette]: No. [Matthew Seymore]: But apparently other busts [Becky Morrette]: yeah [Matthew Seymore]: He’s very interested in. [Becky Morrette]: And then he maybe that's his transition. And we just didn't get it quick enough. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah, I still don’t get it. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Yeah, I don't. Okay. [Matthew Seymore]: It's been 20. No. Oh my God, it has been. Yeah, It's been 20 years. It has been 20 years since the song came out. [Becky Morrette]: [laughs] And it's still on the radio from time to time. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah [Becky Morrette]: Okay. So we're not into the beer busts. we [Matthew Seymore]: We are very into the ladies and staying deep in some capacity. [Becky Morrette]: staying deep with the friends possibly, or the ladies maybe the friends are the ladies. That's why he's going. [Matthew Seymore]: Ohh [Becky Morrette]: This could be all about the ladies. [Matthew Seymore]: But he does say that the boys say they want some Gin and Juice. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, well. So I had friends in college that I, it was a bunch of guys and my one friend would always call me bro because I had just become [Matthew Seymore]: A bro. [Becky Morrette]: A bro to them at that point because I didn’t have boobs or anything they did, they looked at me as like one of them. [Matthew Seymore]: One of them. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. I don't know. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean, it's totally fair. So he's brought in the Lord. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: Either to remain celibate or to gain graces so that he can bang as many of these ladies as possible. [Becky Morrette]: Does the lord work that way? I mean, would you pray and go, “you know what? God, I need your help getting some”. [Matthew Seymore]: And then the priest says, do 10 nail marys. [Becky Morrette]: [laughs] I'm not going to lie. There is a priest we go up to camp, there was this cabin that my grandfather built. He had a really thick accent and he would he would say male Mary, full of grace or the Lord be with you. And of course, as kids, we'd all get laughing. So, yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean, that's hilarious. So I think he’s also, [Becky Morrette]: You know, I think he's I don't think he meant it this way, though. [Matthew Seymore]: I think he's intending 10 Hail Marys in this. To me, so back to the lyrics. [Becky Morrette]: yeah [Matthew Seymore]: To me, it’s flirting, to me it’s flirting. [Becky Morrette]: Ok [Matthew Seymore]: So there is an adverb there [Becky Morrette]: That’s where the English goes. [Matthew Seymore]: It is just like sport, anything fly. [Becky Morrette]: No. There is rules in sports. [Matthew Seymore]: Not when he's about to nail a bunch of ladies. [Becky Morrette]: there's rules in sports. I mean, there is like red flags and yellow flags in all almost like football, in soccer. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean, this is a giant red flag. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: To me it’s flirting. [Becky Morrette]: Well, again, English isn't his first language. Probably also why the French liked it so much. [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: I apologize to like any other French people who listen to this song to learn English. [Becky Morrette]: Oh my God, that is not. Yeah, [Matthew Seymore]: It's all , It's all good. Let me dump it, please set in the trumpet, not send in the trumpet. Set. Please set in the trumpet. [Becky Morrette]: So they left him a like a note for the mixers of this this song like hey, when you guys are mixing this down, set a trumpet in here. [Matthew Seymore]: Set it in the trumpet. Which for me I was like, let me dump it. Which I'm like, oh. Curious choice of words don't like that. Please set it on the trumpet. It sounds like he's also fucking the trumpet. [Becky Morrette]: Actually, what I get from that, if you go back to the beer bust [laughs]is that it's all in his stomach now.[laughs] so he's literally, dumping it. And then the slang term for like the CubanGermans slang for toilet is trumpet. Maybe that's what I'm thinking. [Matthew Seymore]: He as had too much gin and juice. He didn’t want a repeat on the beer busts. [Becky Morrette]: Yes. [Matthew Seymore]: But now he is just puking away. [Becky Morrette]: The beer bust has hit and he's got to find a bathroom Toot suite. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh, for a French [Becky Morrette]: French. [Matthew Seymore]: So maybe all the women are just the nurses [laughs] [Becky Morrette]: could be [Matthew Seymore]: who are caring for him. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: So I'll do the quiz. [Becky Morrette]: Ok [Matthew Seymore]: Do you do you remember who comes first? [Becky Morrette]: It was Angela, Pamela. I can't remember the other Angela, Pamela. There was an S in there [Matthew Seymore]: Think, [Becky Morrette]: And then Rita. [Matthew Seymore]: Speed and Miss Congeniality. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, Sandra. [Matthew Seymore]: Yes. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Okay. [Matthew Seymore]: Now, funnily enough, in the actual chorus, only two of those ladies make it to the list of things he likes a little bit of. [Becky Morrette]: Here's a thought. Could he be a pimp? [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: [gasps] That would make sense. He's driving the boys around being like, please survey the good. [Becky Morrette]: Here's my ladies. [laughs] [Matthew Seymore]: You know, that does kind of fit. And then it's like if they don't, you know, it's all good. He let me dump it and then he's like bye. [Becky Morrette]: and then kick him out, they go with the lady. [Matthew Seymore]: That's Angela. Angela did not make the cut. [Becky Morrette]: She might have been off with one of his boys. [Matthew Seymore]: And that showed, well, neither did Pamela. So apparently, Angela and Pamela are very popular. [Becky Morrette]: They're either big winners or, [Matthew Seymore]: or just they're off the payroll. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: So if the first one is a little bit of Monica. [Becky Morrette]: Oh, that's right. He switches them again. [Matthew Seymore]: A little bit of Erica. Where? By my side, a little bit of Rita is all he needs a little bit of Tina is what I see, which I find very interesting because he's seen so many women up to this point. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah [Matthew Seymore]: So Rita must be the big breadwinner. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh, yeah. She's raking it in. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. Monica, maybe they just changed their names to Monica and whatever the other one was because the other two names weren't really all that great. [Matthew Seymore]: Angela and Pamela. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: No offense to any Angela and Pamela. [Becky Morrette]: But at that, you know, they're not like big moneymaking names probably. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh no. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, No. [Matthew Seymore]: Now I'm thinking, you know who I really want to get with tonight? [Becky Morrette]: Although, [Matthew Seymore]: Pamela. [Becky Morrette]: Pamela Anderson. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh shit, okay, fine. [Becky Morrette]: Sorry. Pam. [Matthew Seymore]: We will allow it. A little bit of Sandra in the sign. So she is only she is out of commission for the rest of the year. [Becky Morrette]: Either that or she's just the billboard to bring them in. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah. She is the pen out. [Becky Morrette]: Yep. [Matthew Seymore]: A little bit of Mary all night long. So has gotten the nail marries. [Becky Morrette]: Here is where I am offended. That is my mom's name. How dare you? [Matthew Seymore]: Little a little bit of Mary all night long. [Becky Morrette]: How dare you? [Matthew Seymore]: Even grosser. Because, like, why are you having all of Mary all night long? [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, well, I have known men that cannot really handle all night long. You know, I am just saying. [Matthew Seymore]: So maybe they should just go to be just in the sun. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: Small, small time period. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: Let it be a little bit of Jessica. Here I am. Which is weirder because that definitely feels like a sex. [Becky Morrette]: He just shows up. Hey Jessica. Here I am. That stalker. [Matthew Seymore]: Stalker Lubanga. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, right. [Matthew Seymore]: A little bit of you makes me your man. [Becky Morrette]: Now, this is problematic because you don't know who's listening to this on yet. Male. Female. I could have my cat listening. [Matthew Seymore]: And he is bestiality. What we are learning from this song is that Lubanga will fucking anything with a pulse. [Becky Morrette]: It is what it sounds like, yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: And then and then it says mambo number five. And I think there is that. Yeah. With all the bap bap [Becky Morrette]: But he missed it with the trumpets because that is where the trumpets go. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah, I now. But then he was like I'm going to plug momma number five. Very interesting fact. The sampling from the actual mambo number five gets played in the song and the person who actually wrote the original Motown number five was a co-writer of the song. Co-author. Yes. Songwriters, it was Damaso Perez Prado. [Becky Morrette]: That is probably Lou. [Matthew Seymore]: I know, and then Lou Bega, they are two separate entities. [Becky Morrette]: Are they? [Matthew Seymore]: I mean, we can't prove it. [Becky Morrette]: Are they now? [Matthew Seymore]: And then we go, back to you, John. Well, no, rather jump up and down and move it all around. So we're trying to dance. Shake your head to the sound. Put your hand on the ground. Take one step left and one step right. We are playing Twister. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, I know. [Matthew Seymore]: One to the front and one to the side. Clap your hand once and clap your hands twice, wow! I remind you, one hand out on the ground. [Becky Morrette]: One hand out on the ground, and we have now answered the question. What's the sound of one hand clapping? [Both Speakers]: It is mambo number 5. [Matthew Seymore]: And I desperately wanna watch the video, because then the lyric says, and if it looks like this, then you're doing it right. Which means at some point in the video… [Becky Morrette]: I don’t think he is doing anything. If I remember correctly, it is him. It's a white background and a whole bunch of ladies dancing around. I don't think there's a specific dance that they're doing, but I could be wrong. [Matthew Seymore]: Then Lou Bega has really fucked it up. [Becky Morrette]: Well, I mean, clearly. [Matthew Seymore]: So then. And speaking of fucking things, he goes back to going through. Monica. Erica. Rita, Tina, Sandra's, Mary, Jessica and a little bit of you makes me your man. Trumpet the trumpet, Mambo number five. Again, another instrumental break. And then he's like a little bit of Monica, Erica, Rita, Tina, Santa, Mary, Jessica, a little bit of you makes me your man. And lastly, but certainly not least, I do all to fall in love with a girl like you because you can't run and you can't hide. You and me going to touch the sky, Mambo number 5. [Becky Morrette]: Okay, here is what I am sensing. We've only done two episodes. Very clearly. There is a me too movement situation that is happening in almost every shitty song that is popular. [Matthew Seymore]: Yeah. And I'll be honest. Like I knew this was skeezy going into it. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: But I have never once heard the lyrics cause you can't run and you can't hide. You and me are gonna touch the sky. Sounds like a murder suicide… No, it sounds like a stalker then a murder suicide. [Becky Morrette]: Dateline. All of these songs like Colour Me Balance is a Dateline episode waiting to happen. How bazaar is just bizarre. These are all. [Matthew Seymore]: So far you have had the only one that was not a hashtag me too moment. [Becky Morrette]: Wait until next episode. [Both Speakers]: Oh, that will be good one. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. No, I can't even… Like they are all me too movement. I have not heard like the songs that I have found that I really like. These lyrics are shitty are typically because they're like borderline dateline. [Matthew Seymore]: Oh yeah. I'd like to catch a private. [Becky Morrette]: Oh God. Yes. Yes. [Matthew Seymore]: Across the board. [Becky Morrette]: Now we are on the on the yuck scale of things in the yikes scale. [Matthew Seymore]: Yuck would also work. [Becky Morrette]: Yuck / yikes on this one. [Matthew Seymore]: The problem is like it is an earworm. [Becky Morrette]: It is, and everybody will at a wedding be like one, [Both Speakers]: two, three, four, five. [Becky Morrette]: Mom’s up there dancing. Grandma is up there, shimmy and shaken. And no one is really paying attention to how awful [Matthew Seymore]: These lyrics are [Becky Morrette]: Yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: Which is very interesting because it is a crowd favourite yet no one is paying attention to this dude is literally just naming any women he wants to have sex with [Becky Morrette]: Now that makes me think that I would like to write a pop song and just start rattling off men's names. [Matthew Seymore]: Done. [Becky Morrette]: I am going to work on that. That will be my next, you know, [Matthew Seymore]: Next project. [Becky Morrette]: Next project [Matthew Seymore]:] join us for the next series. [Becky Morrette]: Next podcast [Matthew Seymore]: In which we collectively list the names of men you would like to have sex with. [Becky Morrette]: Where we just start writing our own shitty lyrics. [Matthew Seymore]: It cant be that hard. [Becky Morrette]: Clearly not. Lee Croix I am looking at you post Malone. Sue, I'm going to say this is probably like a 3 for me. [Matthew Seymore]: I will say the only thing that tone that down from being a 4 is dance ability. Like not giving a pass on the grossness of it, but I will say have a dance to this. Yes, will continue to dance to it? Yeah. But the lyrics are just bad. [Becky Morrette]: Well yeah. It's like the Robin Thicke one. The Blurred Lines. It's the same feel. Not as rapey but the same feeling. [Matthew Seymore]: So again tagline for momma number five, Blurred Lines but less rapey. [Becky Morrette]: The 90s version of Blurred Lines, which is a little less, rapey. [Matthew Seymore]: Have you wanted to listen to Blurred Lines but wanted to be less rapey? Have you tried Lou Bega. [Becky Morrette]: But you did not want the over rapeyness of it. [Matthew Seymore]: Check out Lou Bega mambo number 5. [Becky Morrette]: He is into Blurred Lines with mambo number 5, and then work your way up to, yeah. [Matthew Seymore]: I am inclined to agree. This is a middle of the road. Yikes. [Becky Morrette]: Yeah, this was absolutely a total. Oh yeah. 3. Oh yeah. Oh, it is making my stomach a little queasy now, I am going to have to use trumpet for toilet, from now on. It is just gonna happen. [Matthew Seymore]: I have gotta go to the trumpet. [Becky Morrette]: Kids going to the trumpet. I'll be right back. I am going to play a little solo. This is just going downward from here. [Matthew Seymore]: Quality material. [Becky Morrette]: And on that note, thank you for listening to Episode 2. Please stay tuned. We will have Episode 3, which will be musicals. We're going to go deep into musicals. That was the wrong word to use there. After mambo number five. [Matthew Seymore]: I mean how do we solve that problem like Maria. [Becky Morrette]: Although Oh, God, never see Matt and I am not going to, But I still know all the words. Yes, we are going to look at musicals and it is going to be epic. So thanks for joining us and we will see you soon. [End 00:44:37]
Tackling the case of Thomas Lubanga from the Congo
Transcript -- Tackling the case of Thomas Lubanga from the Congo
M23. FDLR. Rwanda. Bosco. Nkunda. Lubanga. Indictments. War Crimes. Rwanda. Kinshasa. Militias. Refugees. African Union solution. Another UN report comes out indicting Rwanda once again for supporting yet another rebellion in eastern Congo. President Bill Clinton hanging out with Kagame in Rwanda during this crisis You have that feeling we've been here before? Lets talk about it.
Ethics-Talk: The Greatest Good of Man is Daily to Converse About Virtue
In this show, we sit down with Caitlin Cheevers (President) and Randi Shaffer (Promotional Manager) of the Central Michigan University Chapter of Invisible Children. Caitlin and Randi will discuss the hugely successful KONY 2012 campaign from the inside. Our objective is to provide our listeners with a deeper understanding of the Kony 2012 campaign - its overall aims, and the challenges it has faced. Additionally, both Caitlin and Randi will talk about how this campaign has changed the nature of their leadership positions (both have been working with Invisible Children for a number of years, well before KONY 2012 put Invisible Children on the radars of young people). If you are intrigued by Invisible Children and the Kony 2012 campaign, tune in!
On March 8-9, 2012, The International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN), with generous support from Central Michigan University, convened an historic conference in The Hague, Netherlands, on the eve of the The International Criminal Court's first verdict which will be delivered on March 14, 2012, in the case of The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. In this show, special guest Megan Blue interviews Hope Elizabeth May, who help organized the conference, and Erica Maylee who not only worked behind the scenes at the conference, but also delivered a paper on restorative justice. The aims of the show are two: to have the listener appreciate and understand one way in which education about human rights can be practiced, and that education about human rights consists not just in words, but also in actions - in activity and practice.
On March 8-9, 2012, The International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN), with generous support from Central Michigan University, convened an historic conference in The Hague, Netherlands, on the eve of the The International Criminal Court's first verdict which will be delivered on March 14, 2012, in the case of The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. In this show, special guest Megan Blue interviews Hope Elizabeth May, who help organized the conference, and Erica Maylee who not only worked behind the scenes at the conference, but also delivered a paper on restorative justice. The aims of the show are two: to have the listener appreciate and understand one way in which education about human rights can be practiced, and that education about human rights consists not just in words, but also in actions - in activity and practice.
Ethics-Talk: The Greatest Good of Man is Daily to Converse About Virtue
On March 8-9, 2012, The International Criminal Court Student Network (ICCSN), with generous support from Central Michigan University, convened an historic conference on the eve of the The International Criminal Court's first verdict which will be delivered on March 14, 2012, in the case of The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. In this show, special guest Megan Blue interviews Hope Elizabeth May, who help organized the conference, and Erica Maylee who not only worked behind the scenes at the conference, but also delivered a paper on restorative justice. The aims of the show are two: to have the listener appreciate and understand one way in which education about human rights can be practiced, and that education about human rights consists not just in words, but also in actions - in activity and practice.
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