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On The Road Aussie Trucking Podcast
321. In The Weeds. Mike chats with Gord Magill

On The Road Aussie Trucking Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2026 103:47


321. In The Weeds. Mike chats with Gord Magill author of 'The End of the Road: Inside the war on truckers. Originally hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, Gord Magill has spent most of his life behind the wheel. From spinning along the Ice Roads of Canada's Northwest Territories, to hauling logs down volcanos in New Zealand, to steering Road Trains across the outback of Western Australia, to running freight along the Interstates of America, Gord has spent over twenty-five years trucking all over the world. His writing about the industry has appeared in Newsweek, the American Conservative, and American Affairs, among other outlets. Magill lives in Ithaca, New York.

Compare & Campaign
Compare & Campaign - Episode 240 - Gesundheit

Compare & Campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2026 73:05


We lost an episode and Tom just keeps on sneezing! On this episode of Compare & Campaign we touch upon an episode we lost the files for, but don't worry, you only missed Tom talking about the romance options in Rogue Trader. On this episode, though, they're talking about Dark Heresy as the players disrupt an execution, and then over in Magill's Scum & Villainy campaign, the party attempted to plant a tracking device on the ship of a deadly psychic faction: the Nightspeakers. But first they stop at the space hairdresser.Find us on Facebook!All music composed by Vince Nitro.

The Tucker Carlson Show
Ex-Trucker: Gang Heists, Infiltration of the Workforce and the Attempt to Replace You With Machines

The Tucker Carlson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2026 71:25


Too many white men were supporting their families by driving trucks, so of course our leaders had to end that by importing unqualified foreigners. A lot of people have died in the process. Gord Magill is a trucker who saw it happen. (00:00) The Last American Cowboys and the War on Truckers (06:14) The Attempt to Replace American Workers With Foreigners (20:46) The Life of a Long-Haul Trucker (33:05) Magill's Most Dangerous Experiences While Trucking (45:21) Is Trump Working on Fixing the Trucking Industry? Gord Magill is a lifelong trucker, writer, and commentator who rose to prominence during the Canadian trucker protests. Focused on the future of the North American trucking industry, he is the author of End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers and hosts the Voice of GO(r)D podcast. His writing can be found on Substack at https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/ and on X at @gordmagill. His book is available at https://creedandculture.com/books/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers/ Paid partnerships with: American Financing: NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.327% for well qualified borrowers. Call 800-685-5696 for details about credit costs and terms. Visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Tucker. Ethos: Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/TUCKER Last Country Supply: No one knows what will happen next. Make sure you're prepared at https://lastcountrysupply.com/tucker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis
Hour 4 of NMN, Glockstore's Lenny Magill + The Hand-Off

Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2026 33:04


Dan is joined by Glockstore founder and CEO Lenny Magill to talk about the upcoming open house this Saturday, and Chris Hand joins | aired on Wednesday, May 27th 2026, on Nashville's Morning News with Dan MandisSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Adelaide Show
433 - History Hit Parade

The Adelaide Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2026 108:12


There are episodes of The Adelaide Show, and then there are events. This is one of the latter. Recorded live at the Mercury Cinema as part of South Australia’s History Festival 2026, History Hit Parade brings together broadcaster and journalist Keith Conlon and host Steve Davis for a ninety-minute show that weaves original songwriting with storytelling, historical context, and the kind of warm, unhurried conversation that feels like sitting in a room full of people who actually know where you live. Ten songs. Ten slices of South Australian life. All of them written with pen and paper by Steve, given musical life through his AI-assisted “virtual session band,” and offered here as what he describes as “audition pieces” for real musicians who might one day make them their own. There is no SA Drink of the Week in this episode. The entire show is the Musical Pilgrimage. Rather than a single track appended at the end, this episode is the songs, each one set up by Keith’s historical grounding and Steve’s personal connections before the music rolls. Full notes on each song appear in the segment breakdown below. You can navigate episodes using chapter markers in your podcast app. Not a fan of one segment? You can click next to jump to the next chapter in the show. We’re here to serve! The Adelaide Show Podcast: Awarded Silver for Best Interview Podcast in Australia at the 2021 Australian Podcast Awards and named as Finalist for Best News and Current Affairs Podcast in the 2018 Australian Podcast Awards. And please consider becoming part of our podcast by joining our Inner Circle. It’s an email list. Join it and you might get an email on a Sunday or Monday seeking question ideas, guest ideas and requests for other bits of feedback about YOUR podcast, The Adelaide Show. Email us directly and we’ll add you to the list: podcast@theadelaideshow.com.au If you enjoy the show, please leave us a 5-star review in iTunes or other podcast sites, or buy some great merch from our Red Bubble store – The Adelaide Show Shop. We’d greatly appreciate it. And please talk about us and share our episodes on social media, it really helps build our community. Oh, and here’s our index of all episode in one concisepage. Running Sheet: History Hit Parade 00:00:00 Intro Introduction 00:00:00 SA Drink Of The Week There is no SA Drink Of The Week this week. 00:04:07 History Hit Parade The Mercury Cinema is not a neutral venue for Steve Davis. He was married there on a sweltering 42-degree December day in 2002. He launched Talked About Marketing there. And it is where, on two days in May 2026, he and Keith Conlon performed History Hit Parade to an audience that included Steve’s parents, his former drama teacher, the chair of the History Trust, and the real-life couple immortalised in one of the songs. The name History Hit Parade, Steve reveals, was Keith’s idea, drawn from his memory of the Harold Wright Hit Parade on 5AD, a Thursday-night ritual of about eight or ten songs in an era before the Top 40 existed. Buddy Holly, Elvis, Perry Como, and Pat Boone: that was your week’s music. The name lands perfectly for a show that does something similar, except every track is an original, and every track is South Australian. Song 1: Jack and Lil (Up Please, Going Up)Keith sets the historical scene: John Martins began as Peters and Martin, a drapery store in Rundle Street, until Mr Martin was released from his duties due to what Keith delicately describes as “debauchery.” The Hayward family eventually took the helm, and it was Sir Edward Hayward who, in 1933, looked to Canada for inspiration and brought the Christmas Pageant to Adelaide. He was so nervous before the first one that he hired a biplane, circled the inner suburbs with a megaphone, and personally invited people to come. They did. About 300,000 still do, each year.The personal thread in this song belongs to Steve’s maternal grandparents, Jack and Lil, whose photograph appeared on the screen behind him. Lil worked in the kitchenware department. Jack was the young engineer installing the new lifts in the building during the 1930s. The rest, as Steve says, is history. The song follows their life together as their family grows, moving floor by floor through what John Martins offered, with the lift ladies’ announcement, “Up please, going up,” as its guiding refrain. Steve thanks Paul Flavell, who has written a book on John Martins, and former John Martin’s planner, Robert Tedstone, who provided a complete floor-by-floor inventory to keep the lyrics accurate. Song 2: Oh MarionMarion, the suburb, was surveyed in 1838 by Colonel Light’s private firm after Light had broken with Governor Hindmarsh. The name comes from Marianne, daughter of resident commissioner James Hurtle Fisher, though somewhere along the way Mariannen became Marion. Keith’s own connection is fond: his father learned to drive in the 1950s by heading south into the almond groves and vineyards of Marion, where the long straight roads offered room to practise.Steve’s Marion is the 1970s version: aerial photographs, numbered landmarks, railway tracks where he’d flatten 20-cent pieces, overpass pile drivers thumping for weeks, and a Coles New World at the Park Holme Shopping Centre. He walked to school at age six, “with my little satchel and my shorts.” One afternoon he left school early, got lost, and found his way to a doctor’s surgery he recognised. They rang his mother. She wasn’t home. The neighbour came to collect him and made him a sandwich. “That was life in Marion back then,” he says, with a fondness that carries no nostalgia for the vineyards his own family’s house helped displace. Song 3: My Jolly ValentineThis one starts with the Torrens. Keith explains that before the lake arrived, the river in summer was “a series of rather smelly waterholes” until Mayor Sir Edwin Smith, a beer baron with civic ambitions, created the weir. Within a year of the lake’s arrival in 1882, a rowing craze had taken hold, boat sheds lined the banks, and Jolley’s Boathouse was selling milkshakes and pies to rowers who could rent a boat by the hour.The Palais de Danse gets its moment: a floating ballroom on a barge moored near the Elder Park Rotunda from 1924, with a soda fountain, no grog, and 800 people on opening night. It was gone by 1928, Keith noting, “maybe it was just not well made and sank slowly into the mud.”Steve’s research for this Valentine’s Day song turned up two details that captured his imagination. First, the Rundle Street Parade: on Saturday nights, young men would walk down one side of the street, young women down the other, window-shopping for company rather than goods. Second, the postage stamp code used in the twice-daily mail service to communicate what couldn’t be written openly: upside-down meant “I love you,” tilted right meant yes, left meant no, sideways meant “let’s stay as friends,” which Steve notes is “a soft no.” Song 4: Spring Gully RoadKeith traces the geography first: up Third Creek from the Torrens, past the village of Magill, pointing toward Norton Summit. Market gardens that ran through to Tea Tree Gully. One of Steve’s friends, Dominic, remembers his father loading a ute with cucumbers twice a week and driving them across town to Spring Gully. That was not long ago.The song covers four generations families. Edward McKee began pickling onions after returning from the war. His son-in-law Alan McMillan, stepson Eric Webb, and friend Malcolm Climer formed the second generation. Kevin and Ross Webb steered it through 2013 when a public campaign saved the company. Russell and Tegan Webb were at the helm when cheap imports and cost-of-living pressures finally made it too hard.Steve played the song to Russell Webb before the performance. Russell’s response: “Our whole family thinks this song should be in the state archives for covering the story so well.” Steve says it with quiet pride, and then lets the song make the case. Song 5: Away, Away (The PS Canally Crew Song)Keith tells the founding story of the Murray River trade with the energy of someone who could spend a full hour on it. Governor Sir Henry Fox Young puts up a prize in 1853 for the first boat to take a paddle steamer from Goolwa to Swan Hill and back. Two men are unknowingly racing: Captain William Randell, a flour miller from Gumeracha building the Mary Ann upstream from Mannum, and Captain Francis Cadell, who has a paddle steamer built in New South Wales and sails it through the Murray mouth. They end up racing each other, neither knowing the other was coming. Both get their prize, and instantly the river is transformed: wool that was a month away from market by bullock wagon is now days away by water.Steve wrote this song aboard the PS Marion, on a three-day cruise, watching jet skis cut through the peace of the river and thinking about the crews who worked these boats without rest. He noted he’d been “a bit passionate” about the contrast. One thing he is proud of: annoying the captain by asking about terminology, which is how he discovered that “larboard” was the original term for port side, changed because “larboard” and “starboard” were too easily confused when shouted across a noisy deck. Song 6: Shout Your Mates Another RoundThis song grew from a drive past the West End Brewery site on Port Road, now demolished. The chimney is gone. Steve felt its absence.Keith sketches the arc: South Australia once had around 43 breweries. The West End Brewery operated from 1859 through to about 1980, and somewhere in there a Westies supporter working at the brewery persuaded the boss to paint the chimney in the SANFL grand final colours each year. Port Adelaide’s coach Fos Williams asked to be included. The tradition held, moved to a second chimney after the first came down, and now continues on the old brickworks chimney with the help of some “fancy technology.”The pickaxe long-neck bottle gets its own verse. Those amber glass communal bottles that sat on dinner tables, shared rather than individual. Steve remembers the day his Italian neighbour Nino offered him a sip of Southwark Bitter from one: “It put me off beer for the rest of my life.” He recalls his paternal grandfather worked at the original Hindley Street brewery. A bottle recently turned up on Kangaroo Island. These things accumulate meaning. Song 7: Tunarama Love SongGreg and Nicole, Steve’s brother-in-law and sister-in-law, are in the audience. They wave when introduced. Greg is described as “so bashful.”Keith gives the historical context: Captain Matthew Flinders named Memory Cove after losing eight sailors there when he was 28 years old, 10,000 miles from home. He named Cape Catastrophe, Thistle Island, and Boston Island after those men. Port Lincoln was named, Keith theorises, from homesickness for Lincolnshire. The tuna industry came after the war, when scientists found massive schools in the Bight. Colin Thiele wrote Bluefin there as a high school teacher, which became a film. Tunarama itself began in 1962.The song’s story is Greg’s: he left Adelaide on a bicycle heading west, eventually reached Port Lincoln, and through mutual friends met Nicole. They came back to Adelaide later that year and were at the Mercury Cinema for Steve and Nardia’s wedding. “Their love story didn’t actually happen at Tunarama,” Steve admits, “but my wife loves her rom-com movies, so I did a bit of rom-com where I just put it against the backdrop.” He also notes that Tunarama won Best Seafood Experience this year, and that “it is okay to call someone a tosser, at Tunarama.” Song 8: Good Night DonThis one has weight. Every episode of The Adelaide Show signs off with “Good night, Don,” so a song about Don Dunstan was, as Steve puts it, always going to happen. Keith, who lived through the Dunstan decade, tries to give it its due in a few minutes. Decriminalisation of homosexuality. Women’s rights reforms. Aboriginal land rights. The South Australian Film Corporation in 1972. The State Theatre Company in 1974. The Rundle Mall, celebrating its 50th anniversary later in 2026. The week of the performance happened to be the anniversary of the death of Dr George Duncan, thrown into the Torrens in 1972, a murder that accelerated the push for decriminalisation.Keith acknowledges the controversies too: the Salisbury Affair, the personal challenges, the pajama press conference, and, with particular relish, the day Don stood on the Pier Hotel balcony during the 1976 tidal wave scare and told the crowd that “the only thing that will happen today is that we will all get a bit hotter.”Steve wrote the song in Brechtian cabaret style, a nod to Don’s close friendship with Robyn Archer. The refrain draws on a George Bernard Shaw quote: “Your life was no brief candle, was a mighty torch that shone.” Steele Hall also gets a verse, recognised for his willingness to equalise the electoral boundaries even when it worked against his own party. Song 9: Cellar Door ShuffleKeith went to university with Malcolm Seppelt, “which was pretty helpful,” and takes us back to the first commercial vineyard up Jacob’s Creek, planted by Johann Gramp, one of the early German arrivals. The creek became the name of one of the most recognised wine labels in the world. The doctors follow: Penfold, Hamilton, Angove, Tolley. Keith notes that by the 1960s, 90% of South Australian grapes were going into fortifieds. Barossa Pearl and BenEan Moselle changed that. Keith asks the audience who had a sip of BenEan Moselle as a youngster. Most hands go up.The song is partly in honour of Joseph, who runs Ballycroft at Greenock. Steve describes him as “the sweet spot of wine tasting because it’s not stuffy with him.” The song delivers two reminders: if your cellar door is making you feel uncomfortable, leave; and you are not there to guzzle. Song 10: Ben Venuti (The Rostrevor Pizza Bar Song)The final song is an ode to Gaetano at Rostrevor Pizza Bar, who has stood behind the same counter for 35-plus years.Keith sets up the context with Don Dunstan’s liquor reforms: the end of the six o’clock swill, and the radical notion of drinking a glass of wine at a footpath cafe. Then the postwar wave of Italian migrants, and how pizza arrived in Adelaide. Keith’s first was in 1962 at a corner of Hindley and Morphett Streets, long since demolished. “In another ten years,” he predicts, “there’ll be Australians who reckon we actually made it.”Steve moved to Rostrevor in 2006 and spent his evenings stripping 1970s Italian wallpaper off the walls of his new house before heading around the corner to eat Gaetano’s pizza. Gaetano calls his dough “pastry,” starts making it the night before, and has won awards for it. He welcomes every regular by name. He personally refuses to put pineapple on a pizza, but if you want it, he will make it. “The Italians,” Steve says, “they understand the value of the money.” He goes through about a pallet of pineapple a month.The song is in Italian and close-to-Italian, with the chorus “Benvenuti, come inside” running through it. Steve says you will come along for the ride. ClosingSteve thanks the audience and invites them to stay in touch with Keith via This Day in South Australia on Facebook and LinkedIn, where Keith posts about South Australian history every day, and via the Wednesday morning bike rides from Bicycle Express in the city at 9am. He then plays the old State Bank ad, which Keith greets with “Oh, dear. Well, I wasn’t actually named at the time, but a lot of people said, ‘I reckon that’s Keith in there.'”Steve closes by noting that the album from the show, History Hit Parade, is available on Bandcamp. 00:00:00 Musical Pilgrimage No Musical Pilgrimage this week because the whole show was a Musical Pilgrimage.Support the show: https://theadelaideshow.com.au/listen-or-download-the-podcast/adelaide-in-crowd/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Compare & Campaign
Compare & Campaign - Episode 239 - Power Gaming For Absurdity

Compare & Campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2026 69:03


Tom pays a visit to North Bay Games and Hobbies: the very store where they bought their first RPG! Magill contemplates whether or not people actually bother to set up their D&D sessions like video games or board games, and also details the first session of his Scum & Villainy campaign.Find us on Facebook!All music composed by Vince Nitro.

The Steve Gruber Show
The Steve Gruber Show | Inside the Crisis: Energy Wars, Legal Power Plays, and Global Risk

The Steve Gruber Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2026 113:56


The Steve Gruber Show | Inside the Crisis: Energy Wars, Legal Power Plays, and Global Risk --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:06 – Gord Magill, third-generation trucker and industry writer featured in Newsweek and The American Conservative. Magill discusses what he calls the “silent war” on truckers and the pressures facing the industry. He explains how regulations and economic shifts are impacting drivers nationwide. 28:00 – Peter Ticktin, Founder and Senior Managing Partner of The Ticktin Law Group. Ticktin discusses his growing consideration as a potential pick for Attorney General. He shares insights on legal priorities and what his leadership could bring to the role. 38:14 - Monologue Featuring Ivey Gruber 47:10 – Missy Malone, My Pure Health Solutions. Malone explains why weight loss struggles may not be about willpower but rather the body being stuck in “survival mode.” She discusses how metabolic health impacts overall wellness and ways to reset the body. Visit solutions.gruberhealth.com for more information. 57:19 – John Shively, former Alaska Commissioner of Natural Resources with over 40 years of experience. Shively discusses concerns that federal actions are blocking development of one of America's largest copper deposits. He explains the potential economic and national security implications. 1:06:10 – Dennis Kneale, award-winning journalist and former CNBC and Fox Business anchor. Kneale discusses a controversial high-end inmate treatment unit in New York City and rising taxpayer costs. He examines broader concerns about spending and public policy priorities. 1:16:20 - Monlogue 1:25:13 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber breaks down top news and headline stories of the day. The segment covers a range of political and cultural developments. 1:35:15 – Gabe Butzke, Press Secretary for the Michigan Forward Network. Butzke discusses Tax Week, Governor Whitmer's tax record, and Republican efforts to deliver tax relief. He also addresses rising energy costs and policy responses. 1:44:00 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber wraps up the show with additional top headlines and commentary. The discussion highlights key stories shaping the current news cycle. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... The tenth episode is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/OLbwSDIhfuA

Lead. Learn. Change.
Selections from the book: pages 88-103

Lead. Learn. Change.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2026 25:37


Look closely - Farmers Market SEEfood There is no such thing as an “average person.” Reflections and Call to Action Words to Live By PAGE Break – In-house and in the field Lead. Learn. Change.  the book Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate BeatsPodcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.Professional Association of Georgia EducatorsDavid's LinkedIn pageLead. Learn. Change. the bookInstagram - lead.learn.change

City Church Bristol Sermon Podcast
05/04/26 | Mark Magill | Bradley Stoke

City Church Bristol Sermon Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2026 44:53


05/04/26 | Mark Magill | Bradley Stoke by City Church Bristol

Wilson County News
Stockdale track and field make high marks in Goliad

Wilson County News

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2026 2:27


The Stockdale track and field teams competed in the 2026 Shirley Frnka Relays in Goliad, Feb. 26. These athletes competed hard amongst strong competition. Congratulations to the varsity girls for their second-place overall finish in the team standings versus some of the best programs in the region. Results are as follows: Varsity girls •4x100-meter relay - Chavez, Rangel, Magill, Keller (50.21) - 3rd place •100-meter hurdles - Ayden Magill (15.90) - 2nd place •100-meter hurdles - Adisen Magill (16.20) - 3rd place •4x200-meter relay - Chavez, Rangel, Brantley, Keller (1:48.13) - 2nd place •300-meter hurdles - Adisen Magill (46.46) -...Article Link

Le Batard & Friends - STUpodity
Set 2: The Origin Story of Ron Magill on DLS

Le Batard & Friends - STUpodity

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 54:23 Transcription Available


In this episode of With Stugotz & Hochman, Marc Hochman and Stugotz react to the news of Ron Magill retiring from Zoo Miami after 46 years. They discuss how it was originally Mike Ryan's idea for him to join the show on a weekly basis and the pushback from executives that came when the show transitioned to ESPN. Plus, we listen back to the best moments from Magill’s early appearances on the show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Compare & Campaign
Compare & Campaign - Episode 237: 55 Inquisitors, 55 Bridges

Compare & Campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 74:35


Oh snap, Tom has started ANOTHER CAMPAIGN! This time they're running some first edition Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, and Magill's playing a pox-marked guardsman who's really good at being average. Tune in to learn the foundational elements of Tom's campaign, and also to take a deep dive into the background of Alsamasath, one of Tom's reoccurring NPCs.Find us on Facebook!All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis
Hour 4 of NMN, Glockstore's Lenny Magill + The Chris Cross Hand-Off

Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 26:55


Glockstore's very own Lenny Magill joins the show to talk about some things with Dan, and Chris Hand comes in with jewelry on the brain | aired on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 on Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast
Ep. 267 - Postpartum Doulas - The Support Every New Parent Deserves with Heather Magill

The Marriage & Motherhood Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2026 51:56


Let us know how you enjoyed this episode!Postpartum can feel overwhelming—not because something is wrong, but because no one prepares you for how much conflicting information you'll receive after having a baby.In today's guest episode, I'm joined by a Postpartum Doula and Matrescence Educator, Heather Magill who helps parents navigate one of the most vulnerable transitions of their lives with clarity, compassion, and zero pressure. We talk about how hard it can be to know what's normal, what will pass, and when it might actually be time to ask for extra support.This conversation is especially important for parents who feel torn between advice from professionals, family members, social media, and their own instincts—and end up feeling confused or like they're failing.In this episode, we cover:- What matrescence is- Why postpartum often feels like a problem even when it isn't- How conflicting advice can create anxiety and self-doubt- The difference between helpful support and emotionally loaded pressure- How having a neutral, informed support person changes everything- Why trusting yourself again is a skill—not something you're born withIf you're planning to have kids, pregnant or in the postpartum season, this episode will help you feel less alone and more grounded in what actually matters.

Parsing Immigration Policy
Immigration and Trucking: The Search for Cheap Labor

Parsing Immigration Policy

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2026 37:18


A new episode of Parsing Immigration Policy examines the controversy surrounding foreign truck drivers and the issuance of non-domiciled commercial driver's licenses (CDLs). It also offers policy recommendations for the U.S. Department of Transportation and Congress to address safety and labor concerns in the trucking industry.The episode features Gord Magill, a third-generation truck driver and author of the forthcoming book End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers (March release). Drawing on decades of firsthand experience, Magill challenges the claim, frequently promoted by industry lobbyists, that the United States faces a shortage of truck drivers. Instead, he argues the real problem is driver retention due to low wages and undesirable working conditions.Key issues include:The rapid increase in non-domiciled CDLs, originally intended to address interstate residency issues but now widely abused;How a “driver shortage” narrative has been used to suppress wages and justify expanded pipelines of cheap foreign labor;States issuing CDLs through training centers that fail to meet federal safety and English-language proficiency standards;The rise of “chameleon” companies that evade accountability by dissolving and re-forming under new LLCs after repeated safety violations;The use of overseas-based trucking firms in the hiring of U.S. truckers;Trump-era enforcement efforts aimed at restoring safety on America's highways.In the closing commentary, Mark Krikorian, executive director and podcast host, flags a Center blog post on a recent New York Times interview in which President Trump again expressed his support for continued high levels of legal immigration. Krikorian points out that this is not new and that the president is not a restrictionist, but rather a transitional figure, paving the way for the next generation of Republican leaders who do support lower levels of overall immigration.HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration StudiesGuestGord Magill is a third-generation trucker and authorRelatedGord Magill's Substack, “Autonomous Truck(er)s”“I'm an American Trucker. Illegal Migrants Are Flooding My Industry.”Book due out in March: End of the Road: Inside the War on TruckersTakeaways and Analysis from Trump's Interview with the New York TimesIntro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Candidate Trump in 2015 campaign speech.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

Compare & Campaign
Compare & Compaign - Episode 236: Floorsies Don't Count

Compare & Campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2026 59:44


It's the start of a new year but the end of a campaign, as on this episode Magill recaps the final session of the legendary Wicked Ones campaign! But that's not all, because Tom's brought along the Ultimate Character Background Guide to design a superhero costume, and Magill talks a bit about the finale of Stranger Things. Is Mike Wheeler a bad DM??Find us on Facebook!All music composed by Vince Nitro.

I Notturni di Ameria Radio
I Notturni di Ameria Radio del 7 gennaio 2026 - F. Alfano / Quartetto per archi n. 1 in re maggiore / E. Darvarova / M. A. Mumm / C. Mumm / Samuel Magill

I Notturni di Ameria Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2026 33:56


Franco Alfano (1876 – 1954) - Quartetto per archi n. 1 in re maggiore 1.      Vivacissimo  2.      Calmo [9:12] 3.      Largo – Allegro deciso [21:40] Elmira Darvarova, violino IMary Ann Mumm, Violin IICraig Mumm, ViolaSamuel Magill, violoncello

The Growing Small Towns Show
S5:E29- How Chambers Can Change with the Times with Kausha Magill

The Growing Small Towns Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 61:50


We're back with one of our most very favorite people and Oakes local, Kausha Magill, to talk Chambers of Commerce. This episode explores how Chambers of Commerce can stay relevant by embracing collaboration, experimentation, and a regional mindset. It's a practical, uplifting look at what happens when chambers evolve with the times instead of sticking to the "Well, this is how we've always done it."  About Kausha: Kausha lives on her family's farm and ranch about 15 miles north of Oakes. She and her husband Chuck, have been married for 30 years and have three children: Dalton, who is married to McKinzee, and their daughter, Nellie Mae (soon to be a big sister!); Addison and her husband, Parker; and their youngest son, Garret, who is engaged to his lovely fiancée, Morgan. They are so proud to say that their sons are part of the family farm/ranch and so that legacy will continue for the Magill homestead. Their daughter is also involved in agriculture and has started her own Ag Marketing business, where she designs and produces bull sale catalogs along with other creative advertising for ag-related businesses.   Kausha was an English Teacher in her early days then worked side by side with her husband for several years until their sons were able to be involved in the day-to-day operations. Then, the wonderful opportunity to become the Oakes Area Chamber of Commerce Director became her part-time job, and she's been serving in that capacity for nearly six years!   She can honestly say that she's never had a day when she dreaded coming to work and finds her job to be incredibly rewarding. She gets excited thinking about young people coming back to Oakes because it's a thriving small town! She loves being able to help our chamber membership promote what they have, whether that is merchandise, services, opportunities, or events for the public, as well as just promote Oakes as a whole.   In her free time, she likes to spend time with her family (especially her new granddaughter!) and work on puzzles and read in the winter. Her summers are usually filled with outdoor activities, along with riding horses as much as she can!   In this episode, we cover: Why regional collaboration may be the next evolution for rural chambers. How the Oakes Chamber uses progressive leadership and strong governance to stay relevant. Union Square: how a bold park project became a community hub in year one. What makes board recruitment work in a small town. Why ideas need a place to land, and how chambers can become that place.  Links + Resources Mentioned: Oakes Chamber Website: https://oakesnd.com/chamber Oakes Chamber Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oakeschamber/ More about Union Square: https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/teens-in-oakes-transform-downtown-with-new-union-square-park Sponsor Spotlight: The Yellow Bird The Yellow Bird is a longtime favorite and friend of Growing Small Towns and our Executive Director, Rebecca. The Yellow Bird is a family-owned, all-natural skincare company committed to keeping things pure, simple, and safe. Their products are made with real ingredients you can pronounce (and actually read on the label), free from synthetic chemicals, and gentle enough for the whole family—especially anyone with allergies or sensitivities. Founded by Nicole, who grew up in a home that prioritized holistic living, The Yellow Bird was born from a simple truth: what we put on our skin matters. Their mission is to make effective, affordable skincare using minimal yet powerful ingredients like coconut oil and essential oils. You can shop their full line online, including on Amazon. Use https://www.theyellowbird.co/?ref=REBECCAUNDEM for a discount when you shop!  Want to get your business in front of our audience? We are looking for podcast sponsors! Each season, we feature a select group of Small Business Partners—brands that share our mission to celebrate small-town life and big ideas. With a 4–6% average Facebook engagement rate (well above the industry average), 2,600+ loyal followers, and 45,000 monthly content views, we have an amazing, highly engaged audience of people who can't wait to learn more about you. When we feature you, your story, and your product/service, it's like a friend's recommendation, because it is. Want to know more? Reach out to us at hello@growingsmalltowns.org We have a membership! Join the GST Club — a virtual support community built for those leading change in small-town America. For $30/month, you'll get twice-monthly live calls with Rebecca, access to a private network of fellow small-town changemakers, replay recordings, frameworks, and early access to GST events. It's for anyone from volunteers and entrepreneurs to city officials who believe small towns deserve big ideas and better leadership. Part think-tank. Part pep-talk. Part creative jam session. All support.  We Want to Hear From You! We really, really do, and if you'll let us, we'd love to feature your actual message just like we did with Terri's (with your permission, of course!) Some of the best parts about radio shows and podcasts are listener call-ins, so we've decided to make those a part of the Growing Small Towns Podcast. We really, really want to hear from you! We're have two "participation dance" elements of the show: "Small town humblebrags": Call in and tell us about something amazing you did in your small town so we can celebrate with you. No win is too small—we want to hear it all, and we will be excessively enthusiastic about whatever it is! You can call in for your friends, too, because giving shout-outs is one of our favorite things.  "Solving Your Small-Town People Challenges": Have a tough issue in your community? We want to help. Call in and tell us about your problem, and we'll solve it on an episode of the podcast. Want to remain anonymous? Totally cool, we can be all secretive and stuff. We're suave like that.  If you've got a humblebrag or a tricky people problem, call 701-203-3337 and leave a message with the deets. We really can't wait to hear from you!  Get In Touch Have an idea for a future episode/guest, have feedback or a question, or just want to chat? Email us at hello@growingsmalltowns.org   Subscribe + Review Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of The Growing Small Towns Show! If the information in our conversations and interviews has helped you in your small town, head out to Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Spotify, subscribe to the show, and leave us an honest review. Your reviews and feedback will not only help us continue to deliver relevant, helpful content, but it will also help us reach even more small-town trailblazers just like you!  

Compare & Campaign
Compare & Campaign - Episode 235: Play the Slides, Read the Notes

Compare & Campaign

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 57:44


It's a Magill double-bill on this episode of C&C, 'cause Tom hasn't been running any of their campaigns! Anyway, Magill has lately been GMing a couple of Forged in the Dark games, so you get to hear about his new Scum & Villainy campaign's first few sessions as well as the penultimate chapter of Wicked Ones. Plus a mini review right at the end of this weird cassette tape that arrived in the mail.Find us on Facebook!All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Meditate on the Way
First Sunday in Advent (2025) with Jake Magill

Meditate on the Way

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 16:25


First Sunday in Advent (2025) with Jake Magill.Visit our website: https://lectiomission.comMusic: 'Sunset at Sandy Isle' - Blue Dot Sessions

Kral Space
Episode 265 | Kraling Up with Kat Magill

Kral Space

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 57:09


The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast
Community Paramedics: Sam Magill and Cody Winniford

The World’s Okayest Medic Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 72:10


Listener discretion is advised. @medicmagill and @ordinaryopsmedic come on to the podcast and discuss a topic I know absolutely nothing about: community paramedicine.

Postcards from a Dying World
Episode #186: The Authors of the new Space Horror Anthology edited by E.S. Magill

Postcards from a Dying World

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 81:41


In this episode, I welcome a huge panel of talented writers to talk about the soon-to-be-released anthology Space Horrors: An Anthology of Horror Science-Fiction Stories. This project began as a conversation at Stokercon. “There needs to be more Space Horror.” The majority of the authors were sitting at that table.The panel includes Editor E.S. Magill, Kathryn Blanche, Vincent V, Cava, Jon Cohn, Eric J. Guinard, and Mike D. McCarty. We preview our stories in Space Horror and talk about Space Horror in General

Armchair Attorney
Untying Trucking's Gordian Knot.

Armchair Attorney

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 81:05


In this episode, we welcome Gord Magill, the Canadian-born trucker, writer, & commentator with over 25 years of experience in the trucking industry across four countries, including Canada's ice roads, Australia's outback, & New Zealand's logging routes. He has written extensively on trucking issues & Canadian politics for publications like Newsweek, The American Conservative, & American Affairs Journal, and runs the substack Autonomous Truck(er)s. Magill gained attention for his commentary on the 2022 Canadian Freedom Convoy protests, appearing on platforms like The Tucker Carlson Show & hosting his own podcast, Voice of GO(r)D, where he discusses trucking & policy. He is working on a book, End of the Road: Inside the War on Truckers, set for release in 2026. Let's go!This program is brought to you by DAT Freight & Analytics. Since 1978, DAT has helped truckers & brokers discover more available loads. Whether you're heading home or looking for your next adventure, DAT is building the most trusted marketplace in freight. New users of DAT can save 10% off for the first 12 months by following the link below. Built on the latest technology, DAT One gives you control over every aspect of moving freight, so that you can run your business with speed & efficiency. This program is also brought to you by our newest sponsor, GenLogs. GenLogs is setting a new standard of care for freight intelligence. Book your demo for GenLogs today at www.genlogs.io today!

Reel Comic Heroes
180 Planet of the Apes with Jonathan Howell and Eric Magill

Reel Comic Heroes

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2025 102:05


180 - Planet of the Apes In this episode, we travel back to 2001 and dive headfirst into the strange, ambitious, and often divisive reboot of Planet of the Apes directed by Tim Burton. Joined by returning guest Jonathan Howell (Swordboys) and first-time guest Eric Magill (The Unapologetic Geek), we peel back the prosthetics and explore what worked, what went off the rails, and what the hell was up with that ending. From Mark Wahlberg's bewildered astronaut performance to Helena Bonham Carter's oddly alluring chimpanzee, we dissect the film's bizarre choices, its striking visual design, and how it stacks up against the legacy of the original franchise. Whether you're a die-hard Apes fan or still recovering from the 2001 confusion, this episode is packed with laughs, hot takes, and maybe even a little appreciation for the risks Burton took. Guests: Jonathan Howell - SwordboysEric Magill - The Unapologetic Geek Discuss the episode over on the Facebook group: The Reel Comic Heroes League of Citizens Follow @ReelComicHeroes on Letterboxd Join us for our next movie review - Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back Instagram | Website Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) - License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Deep Haze" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) - License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Intro/Outro by Matthew S Mendoza  

Mens Rea:  A true crime podcast
Bonus - The Mysterious Death of Patrick Nugent

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2025 30:00


This episode was originally published as a Patreon exclusive on 6 Oct 2019In the early hours of the 11th February, 1984, Patrick Nugent died in a car park in front of Bunratty Castle, Co Clare. There had been a party, and Patrick was working in the castle that night. A number of guests were present for the events leading up to Patrick's death, but, none of their stories were consistent with one another. Two guests - off duty gardai - would not speak to the officers who responded to the scene.At a post-mortem it was established that Patrick had been run over by a car, but not before falling to the ground.What happened to Patrick Nugent? Music:Kevin McLeod, Quinns Song : The Dance Begins. (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Sources:“What Happened in Bunratty?” Episode 29 Scannal (RTE, 26/09/2016) Available here: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/the-scannal-collection/SI0000004189?epguid=IH000338537 The History of Shannon Airport https://www.shannonproperties.ie/shannon-region/the-history-of-shannon-airport/ Bunratty Castle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunratty_Castle www.bunrattycastle.ie Economic History of the Republic of Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland#1980_to_early_1990s Derek Dunne, “The Death of Patrick Nugent” from Magill https://magill.ie/archive/death-patrick-nugent (12 June 1985) Simon Carswell, “Who 'clocked' Patrick Nugent? A family still searches for answers” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/who-clocked-patrick-nugent-a-family-still-searches-for-answers-1.3107557 (5 June 2017) Dan Danaher, “Patrick Nugent's family secures state inquiry into his death in 1984” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/patrick-nugents-family-secures-state-inquiry-into-his-death-in-1984-373317.html (28 December 2015) Dan Danaher, “Family fury over death inquiry delay” in The Clare Champion https://clarechampion.ie/family-fury-over-death-inquiry-delay/ (11 September 2015) Owen Ryan, “Death in Bunratty and the long search for answers” in The Clare Champion https://clarechampion.ie/family-fury-over-death-inquiry-delay/ ( (29 July 2019) http://www.section42inquiries.ie/en/s42i/pages/si1992017 Anne Sheridan, “Suspicious death in Bunratty ow under review 33 years on” in The Limerick Leader https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/253965/suspicious-death-in-bunratty-now-under-review-33-years-on.html (8 June 2017) “Nugent case goes to UN Committee” in The Clare Champion http://clarechampion.ie/nugent-case-goes-to-un-committee/ (4 February 2016) Ray Ryan, “'Isn't he the image of Honey Fitz” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/isnt-he-the-image-of-honey-fitz-234702.html (21 June 2013) Caroline O'Doherty, “Reviews into Garda malpractice claims are pointless, say victims” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/reviews-into-garda-malpractice-claims-are-pointless-say-victims-378790.html (29 January 2016)

Tales from the Ring
Eamonn Magill

Tales from the Ring

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 55:27


Eamonn Magill is a professional boxing referee and amateur boxing coach in North Belfast. He talks about his childhood growing up in Dublin, moving North at a young age and how he first joined the Sacred Heart Amateur Boxing Club in the Bone are of North Belfast as a kid. He would leave boxing in his teenage years, but the love of the sport was always there.Years after Sacred Heart closed its doors, he played an instrumental role in securing the premises for the current club after it was closed for well over 10 years. Eamonn talks about the long process it took to get the club to where it is today and the massive role the club plays in his local area. He also helped launch the very successful Belfast Boxers page on social media alongside Hugh O'Halloran and he talks about some of the great experiences he had interviewing and meeting boxers from over the years.Becoming a referee was never something Eamonn thought about and it was only by chance that he stepped in at the last minute to referee at a while collar event that set him on the path. He is now a qualified top class BBBC referee and can be seen at all the big shows in N. Ireland. We talk about some of the big events and of course some of the viral moments he has been involved in. Eamonn is a huge character and shares some hilarious stories, so this is one podcast not to be missed.

Voice Of GO(r)D
Voice Of GO(r)D - Episode 100 featuring my Old Man, Leonard Magill

Voice Of GO(r)D

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 147:08


I want to express gratitude and appreciation to all of the listeners of the podcast and readers of this Substack who have stuck with me thus far, and those of you who have tolerated my gravely and monotonous voice for 100 episodes. Without you here, I have no reason to do this, and I thank you for your time and attention.For episode 100 I bring you the man who brought me into this world (well, I guess my mom would deserve some credit, too, but she ain't here anymore) and helped make me who I am, My Dad.There would be none of this without him, and none of the commentary and writing on the trucking industry without the family legacy, which involves Dad, Uncle Chris, my late Uncle Bruce, and my late Grandfather, Sergeant James E Magill. Dad and I discuss much of the family history and more in this extended conversation, which I hope you enjoy as much as I have enjoyed producing all of these shows and writing for you.You can follow Leonard on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/leonard.magill/To see a bunch of photos of Dad and the family legacy, head over to https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/voice-of-gord-episode-100-featuringThanks for listening, and as always - Questions, Comments, Suggestions, Corrections and Hate Mail are welcomed and strongly encouraged - gordilocks@protonmail.comAs mentioned, I'm writing a book on the fate of the American Trucker in 2025, for more info on that - https://autonomoustruckers.substack.com/p/book-project-announcement-and-a-major

The Real MF'ers
How a Cash Flow Crisis Reshaped Rick Magill's Construction Business | Construction MF'ers EP98

The Real MF'ers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 45:07


What do you do when a single project threatens to sink your contractor business?Rick McGill, founder and president of Rick's Electrical, faced exactly that and he shares his stories in the new episode of The Construction MF'ers podcast. Six months into a multi-family project, payments stopped coming, communication broke down, and the job site turned toxic. Facing the possibility of a catastrophic loss, Rick made a calculated decision: to finish the project, secure payment, and protect his business and employees.In this episode, Rick opens up about the brutal reality of construction cash flow and how he pulled his company back from the edge:

Reel Comic Heroes
174 The Crow: Salvation with Bubbawheat and Eric Magill

Reel Comic Heroes

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 116:54


174 - The Crow: Salvation with Bubbawheat and Eric Magill Justice comes with a vengeance! This week, we're diving into the third installment of The Crow franchise – The Crow: Salvation (2000). This direct-to-video sequel brings a new story of revenge and redemption, starring Eric Mabius as Alex Corvis, a wrongfully executed man who returns from the dead to uncover the truth behind his murder. Join us as we discuss: The differences between The Crow: Salvation and its predecessors Eric Mabius' take on the resurrected anti-hero The film's gritty, late-'90s aesthetic Notable performances from Kirsten Dunst and Fred Ward The film's place in The Crow legacy Does The Crow: Salvation live up to the spirit of the original? Or is it just another shadow in the night? Tune in as we break it all down, share our thoughts, and see how it holds up in the realm of comic book adaptations. Returning to the show are Eric Magill and Bubbawheat! Guest Plugs Eric Magill - The Unapologetic GeekBubbawheat - Bubbawheat Discuss the episode over on the Facebook group: The Reel Comic Heroes League of Citizens Follow @ReelComicHeroes on Letterboxd Join us for our next movie review - X-Men Instagram | Website Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) - License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Music from https://filmmusic.io: "Deep Haze" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) - License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Intro/Outro by Matthew S Mendoza  

Lead. Learn. Change.
Cassidy Magill Evans - New Heart, New Start

Lead. Learn. Change.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 31:08


SHOW NOTES 2:25 – heart transplant at age 29, no previous cardiac issues3:00 – post-partum cardiomyopathy3:30 – placed on a Life Vest and a low ejection fraction4:30 – a 49-day stay in the hospital5:15 – the fear of leaving one's children behind, without a mom6:15 – emergency room, to a two-week stay, to “we've done all we can for you”7:00 – options and prognosis regarding Cassidy's heart8:30 – praying and deciding to move forward with a heart transplant9:45 – ECMO10:15 – shifting one's perspective during and after a heart transplant11:00 – Cassidy's mom, cardiomyopathy, and her heart transplant months after Cassidy's12:00 – the wait for a heart, and testing for the best match, for improved outcomes13:00 – antibodies after pregnancy can affect transplant success14:20 – a ten-hour surgery14:50 – the new heart needs to wake up16:00 – the importance of family and a support system17:30 –Dr. Allene Magill, an influential leader in education, and in Cassidy's life19:00 – Cassidy's decision to change her career path change21:00 – Shifting plans to find the “sweet spot” for one's work22:30 – teaching and learning, equal importance23:00 – organ donors changes lives and save lives25:00 – donor family and recipient interaction25:30 – a donor's organ can be classified as high-risk26:00 – How does life change when you have someone else's heart replace your own?27:15 – Piedmont Cartersville, Piedmont Atlanta, Samsky Heart Failure Clinic28:00 – great teachers…29:15 – Matt Fox, Becky Reynolds30:00 – Cassidy's closing comments LINKSCardiomyopathyECMOEjection FractionLifeVestTM - Cleveland Clinic pageLifeVestTM - Zoll pageLVADOrgan Donation - American Society of TransplantationOrgan Donation - Donate LifeOrgan Donation - UNOSPiedmont CartersvillePiedmont AtlantaSamsky Heart Failure CenterFairmount Elementary SchoolRed Bud Middle SchoolSonoraville High School   Music for Lead. Learn. Change. is Sweet Adrenaline by Delicate BeatsPodcast cover art is a view from Brunnkogel (mountaintop) over the mountains of the Salzkammergut in Austria, courtesy of photographer Simon Berger, published on www.unsplash.com.Professional Association of Georgia EducatorsDavid's LinkedIn pageLead. Learn. Change. the book

America's Work Force Union Podcast
Max Magill, CWA Local 7781 | Lizzy Tapia, Unite Here Local 2

America's Work Force Union Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 51:36


Max Magill, President of the United Mountain Workers (Communications Workers of America Local 7781) joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the recent victory for ski patrollers at Park City Mountain Resort in Utah. The strike, which lasted 12 days during the peak ski season, resulted in significant gains for workers and highlighted the power of union solidarity. Lizzy Tapia, President of UNITE HERE Local 2, joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the 93-day hotel worker strike in San Francisco that secured significant gains for workers.

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast
Podcast #195: United Mountain Workers President Max Magill

The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 77:43


The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and to support independent ski journalism, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.WhoMax Magill, President of United Mountain Workers and ski patroller at Park City Mountain Resort, UtahRecorded onJanuary 11, 2025About United Mountain WorkersUnited Mountain Workers (UMW) is a labor union representing 16 distinct employee groups across more than a dozen U.S. ski resorts:UMW is organized under Communication Workers of America, which represents more than 700,000 workers across media, healthcare, manufacturing, and other sectors.Why I interviewed himIn case you missed it (New York Times):Ski patrollers at Park City Mountain in Utah triumphantly returned to the slopes on Thursday, after ending a nearly two-week strike over union wages and benefits. The strike hobbled the largest U.S. ski resort during a busy holiday period and sparked online fury about deepening economic inequality in rural mountain areas.Late Wednesday, the Park City Professional Ski Patrollers Association ratified a contract with Vail Resorts, which owns Park City and more than 40 other ski areas, that raises the starting pay of ski patrollers and other mountain safety workers $2 an hour, to $23. The most experienced patrollers will receive an average increase of $7.75 per hour. The agreement also expands parental leave policies for the workers, and provides “industry-leading educational opportunities,” according to the union. …Accusing Vail Resorts of unfair labor practices, the Ski Patrollers Association, which represents 204 ski patrollers and mountain safety personnel, went on strike on Dec. 27. The strike received national attention as a fight between the haves and have-nots — a global corporation valued at nearly $10 billion against the vital workers who aid and protect skiers on its properties.With few ski patrollers to open trails, respond to accidents and perform avalanche mitigation, only about one fourth of Park City Mountain's terrain was open during the strike.Irate skiers and snowboarders at Park City soon pilloried Vail, taking to social media and national news organizations to denounce lengthy lift lines and contrast the high salaries of Vail leadership and expensive ticket prices with the relatively low pay of resort workers.This is a big deal, and it's probably just getting started.What we talked aboutBack to work; support in unexpected corners; I hear tell of flying pizzas and donuts and I want in on this magical world; a brief timeline of contract negotiations; what Vail Resorts offered and why the union said no; “we had no choice but to play our final and most powerful card, knowing that our strike would cause massive disruption”; deconstructing the vast Vail management machine; what UMW won in the new contract; “the raises we won are life-changing for a ton of our members, including me”; a rapidly changing Utah; how the patrollers' union was challenged when Vail merged Park City and Canyons; “a malicious union-busting campaign is the best way to organize workers”; organizing a union in a “right to work” state; the amazing complexity of Park City Mountain Resort; the complexities of importing patrollers from one resort to another; skier volumes at Park City over time; the pluses and minuses of more skiers; “this movement will continue to grow”; the patrol union vote at A-Basin (it passed); could the various patrol unions combine?; whether ski industry unions could spread to other worker groups and regions; “all workers, ski industry or not, deserve respect”; and Vail's big 2022 pay raises.Questions I wish I'd askedI was surprised to hear Magill describe new patrol uniforms as “pretty substandard.” With every lift op rocking a Helly jacket, I figured the squad up top would get primo stuff. Why don't they?What I got wrongReal-world facts for numbers that I roughly guessed at mid-talk:* Park City population: 8,254 (I said “a little over 8,000”)* 2024-25 Epic Pass sales: approximately 2.3 million (I said “2 million”)* Early-bird price of a 2024-25 Epic Local Pass: $739 (I said “seven-thirty-something”)* Size of Park City Mountain Resort: 7,300 acres, 350 trails (I actually got these right, but tagged them with a “or whatever they are” on the pod)* On the number of active U.S. ski areas: 509, by my own count (I said “500-some,” but it changes almost weekly, so I hedged)On words being hard* I kept saying “exasperate” when I meant to say “exacerbate,” a word that my idiot brain cannot pronounce. But I know the difference so please stop sending me that email.* I said that “most” U.S. ski areas were in the Midwest and East, when I meant to say that the “majority” were. This is true. Only 189 of the 509 active U.S. ski areas (37%) sit in the 11 western ski states.On things changing fastMagill and I discussed the pending unionization vote among Arapahoe Basin patrollers. Shortly after our conversation concluded, he informed me that they had officially voted to organize.On sourcingI cited the AP (Associated Press), as my source for some summary points from the Park City patrollers' contract with Vail Resorts. Most of what I cited actually came from High Country News.Corrected mid-flow* Contract negotiations began in March (not May, as I suggested) of 2024* Patrollers at the then-independent Canyons ski area established the union that now represents all of Park City Mountain Resort in 2001, not 2002. Vail purchased Canyons in 2013 and Park City in 2014, and combined the side-by-side ski areas into one with the Quicksilver Gondola in 2015.On skier visit numbersI noted that ski resorts operating on Forest Service lands had successfully lobbied against requirements to report annual skier visit numbers. That probably seemed irrelevant in the case of Park City Mountain Resort, which does not operate on Forest Service land, but I was trying to get to the larger point that Vail Resorts is secretive with its resort-by-resort skier visits.Podcast NotesOn Right to WorkMany states have passed “right to work” laws, meaning that employees are not compelled to join a labor union, even if one represents their workplace. From the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation:Nuances exist from state to state. Magill notes in our conversation that Colorado is a right-to-work state, but the Colorado Sun describes the state as a “modified right-to-work state”:But the Labor Peace Act is a law that unions find to be a challenge.Enacted in 1943, the state law was seen as a compromise between unions and business owners. That's why Colorado is considered a modified right-to-work state, which means that new hires don't have to join a union if one exists, though they can if they want to. But if a union wins its Labor Peace Act election, then union membership is required.The Peace Act rules require three-quarters of eligible workers to participate in a second vote, if they already successfully voted in an NLRB election. Without it, the union has less bite since it doesn't represent all eligible workers and cannot collect dues from those who don't join. The NLRB's vote needs just a simple majority.On Park City Mountain ResortYeah it's freaking huge:On the “Knowledge”I compared the master patroller's understanding of gigantic, rollicking Park City - with its 350 trails, 7,300 acres, and dozens of lifts - to the “Knowledge,” an exam that requires would-be London taxi drivers to memorize every cobblestone in the city to earn their license. Per The New York Times:McCabe had spent the last three years of his life thinking about London's roads and landmarks, and how to navigate between them. In the process, he had logged more than 50,000 miles on motorbike and on foot, the equivalent of two circumnavigations of the Earth, nearly all within inner London's dozen boroughs and the City of London financial district. He was studying to be a London taxi driver, devoting himself full-time to the challenge that would earn him a cabbie's “green badge” and put him behind the wheel of one of the city's famous boxy black taxis.Actually, “challenge” isn't quite the word for the trial a London cabbie endures to gain his qualification. It has been called the hardest test, of any kind, in the world. Its rigors have been likened to those required to earn a degree in law or medicine. It is without question a unique intellectual, psychological and physical ordeal, demanding unnumbered thousands of hours of immersive study, as would-be cabbies undertake the task of committing to memory the entirety of London, and demonstrating that mastery through a progressively more difficult sequence of oral examinations — a process which, on average, takes four years to complete, and for some, much longer than that. The guidebook issued to prospective cabbies by London Taxi and Private Hire (LTPH), which oversees the test, summarizes the task like this:To achieve the required standard to be licensed as an “All London” taxi driver you will need a thorough knowledge, primarily, of the area within a six-mile radius of Charing Cross. You will need to know: all the streets; housing estates; parks and open spaces; government offices and departments; financial and commercial centres; diplomatic premises; town halls; registry offices; hospitals; places of worship; sports stadiums and leisure centres; airline offices; stations; hotels; clubs; theatres; cinemas; museums; art galleries; schools; colleges and universities; police stations and headquarters buildings; civil, criminal and coroner's courts; prisons; and places of interest to tourists. In fact, anywhere a taxi passenger might ask to be taken.If anything, this description understates the case. The six-mile radius from Charing Cross, the putative center-point of London marked by an equestrian statue of King Charles I, takes in some 25,000 streets. London cabbies need to know all of those streets, and how to drive them — the direction they run, which are one-way, which are dead ends, where to enter and exit traffic circles, and so on. But cabbies also need to know everything on the streets. Examiners may ask a would-be cabbie to identify the location of any restaurant in London. Any pub, any shop, any landmark, no matter how small or obscure — all are fair game. Test-takers have been asked to name the whereabouts of flower stands, of laundromats, of commemorative plaques. One taxi driver told me that he was asked the location of a statue, just a foot tall, depicting two mice sharing a piece of cheese. It's on the facade of a building in Philpot Lane, on the corner of Eastcheap, not far from London Bridge.Surely hyperbole, I thought, upon reading this 2014 article. But when I stepped into a London black cab some years later and gave the driver my address, he said “Quite good Old Fellow”* and piloted his gigantic car from the train station down an impossible tangle of narrow streets and dropped us at the doorstep of the very building I'd requested. It appears that the robots have yet to kill this requirement.*He probably didn't actually say this, but I jolly well wish he had.On Vail's 2022 pay raisesOn different skillsets and jobsI think I came off as a bit of an a-hole at the end when I was asking about Vail paying unskilled jobs like ticket-checker and lift attendant $20 an hour while setting the minimum for more skilled jobs like ski patrol at $21. Look, I know all jobs have nuances and challenges and ways to do them well and ways to do them poorly. I've done all sorts of “unskilled” jobs, from bagging groceries to pushing shopping carts to stocking shelves to waiting tables. I know the work can be challenging, tiring, and thankless, and I believe good workers should be paid good wages. If you're loading a fixed-grip double chair on a beginner run for eight hours in four-degree weather, well, you're awesome. But it does take more training and a larger skillset to step onto a big-mountain patrol than to manage a big-mountain liftline, and I believe the compensation for the more rigorous role ought to reflect that skills gap.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Think Out Loud
A sheriff's mission to create a residential treatment center in rural Oregon county

Think Out Loud

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 20:27


About a dozen years ago, Wasco County Sheriff Lane Magill became aware of a growing need for treatment services for residents experiencing mental health crises in his county. Faced with a lack of residential care services in the region, he struggled to find help for people experiencing homelessness or veterans who suffered from PTSD. The surge of fentanyl-related overdoses in the county since 2021 also highlighted the link between behavioral health and substance use disorders, and the lack of local treatment options.But that may now soon change. As first reported in the Columbia Gorge News, Magill expects to break ground this year on a new residential treatment facility in The Dalles. It would offer 16 beds to treat residents in Hood River, Wasco and Sherman Counties for substance use disorders, along with a walk-in center for people in mental health crisis. Sheriff Magill joins us to talk about the status of the $50 million project, and the regulatory roadblocks it faces. 

Arts To Hearts Podcast
How to Break into the Art World ? Tips for Artists and Art Professionals w/ Ocki Magill

Arts To Hearts Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 38:14


On this week's Arts to Hearts Podcast, Ocki Magill, founder of Blue Shop Cottage, shares her journey from advertising and fashion design to creating a thriving gallery that supports emerging artists. In this conversation, she highlights the importance of following your passion, building a strong community, and adapting to the ever-changing art world. Discover valuable lessons for artists on how to perfect their craft and thrive in today's digital landscape.

LIBERTY Sessions with Nada Jones | Celebrating women who do & inspiring women who can |

Caren Magill is an ADHD Coach and host of The ADHD-Friendly Podcast, helping late-diagnosed adults create a life that aligns to their energy, interests + true self.In this episode, Nada sits down with Caren to talk about the growing group of adults who get late diagnoses. She shares her personal experience getting a late diagnosis and helps us differentiate between the very similar symptoms of menopause and ADHD. Caren shares a plan of action for those who suspect they may have ADHD. Along with her vast knowledge on this topic, she offers great advice as an entrepreneur living her best life in the middle-third. For more information on everything Caren shared today, be sure to check out the It's ADHD Friendly YouTube channel, podcast, and website. Follow on Instagram @carenmagill. Please follow us at @thisislibertyroad on Instagram; we want to share and connect with you and hear your thoughts and comments. Please rate and review this podcast. It helps to know if these conversations inspire and equip you to consider your possibilities and lean into your future with intention. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Unforget Yourself Show
The Myths and Magic of marketing your business online with Alison Magill

The Unforget Yourself Show

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 34:56


Alison Magill is the founder of 'The Well Cultivated Life' an online herbal education site that teaches people how to become self-reliant when it comes to their own health, stop giving too much to others and bring them back to balance so they can start saying yes to themselves first!Here's where to find more:Web: thewellcultivatedlife.comSocial: @cultivatemylife___________________________________________________________Welcome to The Unforget Yourself Show where we use the power of woo and the proof of science to help you identify your blind spots, and get over your own bullshit so that you can do the fucking thing you ACTUALLY want to do!We're Mark and Katie, the founders of Unforget Yourself and the creators of the Unforget Yourself System and on this podcast, we're here to share REAL conversations about what goes on inside the heart and minds of those brave and crazy enough to start their own business. From the accidental entrepreneur to the laser-focused CEO, we find out how they got to where they are today, not by hearing the go-to story of their success, but talking about how we all have our own BS to deal with and it's through facing ourselves that we find a way to do the fucking thing.Along the way, we hope to show you that YOU are the most important asset in your business (and your life - duh!). Being a business owner is tough! With vulnerability and humor, we get to the real story behind their success and show you that you're not alone._____________________Find all our links to all the things like the socials, how to work with us and how to apply to be on the podcast here: https://linktr.ee/unforgetyourself

The Tucker Carlson Show
Gord Magill

The Tucker Carlson Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 39:34 Very Popular


Whatever happened to the truckers who dared to protest Justin Trudeau? Some of them are still in jail, years later. Trucker Gord Magill explains how darkness has descended on Canada.

The John Batchelor Show
#Antisemitism: UPenn Magill departs: Harvard and MIT debate. Peter Berkowitz, @HooverInst

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 7:20


#Antisemitism: UPenn Magill departs: Harvard and MIT debate. Peter Berkowitz, @HooverInst https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/upenn-s-medical-school-dean-is-being-eyed-as-interim-president-of-the-university/ar-AA1llJNp 1900 Oxford

Rich Zeoli
Tucker Carlson Launches New Network in Defiance of Fox News

Rich Zeoli

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 180:10


The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/11/2023): 3:05pm- On Saturday, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned from her position following controversial statements she made during a U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee hearing. During one exchange with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) asked Magill if calls for Jewish genocide on campus would violate the school's code of conduct. Magill responded: “If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.” Rep. Stefanik then countered, “conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?” Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Magill will stay on until an interim president is appointed, and afterward will remain a member of the law school faculty, according to a letter sent from board chairman Scott L. Bok.” You can read more here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/university-of-pennsylvania-president-resigns-amid-furor-over-comments-on-antisemitism-on-campus-658d74cd 3:30pm- Ellen Nakashima and Joseph Menn of The Washington Post report that, “[t]he Chinese military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key American infrastructure, including power and water utilities as well as communications and transportation systems… Hackers affiliated with China's People's Liberation Army have burrowed into the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year.” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict/# 3:40pm- New York Times Bestselling Author & Contributing Editor at The Spectator Chadwick Moore joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Tucker Carlson's big announcement—the launch of his own streaming service, the Tucker Carlson Network. The subscription-based network will contain exclusive interviews and original shows and will cost viewers $9 per month. Will Tucker's audience follow him? Moore believes they will as fewer cable news consumers trust the content and narratives being pushed on television. You can find Moore's book here: https://www.tuckerthebook.com 4:05pm- Last week, Harvard University President Claudine Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say anti-Semitic speech was violative of the school's code of conduct—arguing that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech. In 2020, Rep. Stefanik was appointed to a Senior Advisory position with the Harvard Institute of Politics—however, because she was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during the 2020 election, the student body protested the appointment and Harvard ultimately fired her. So, the notion that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech is flawed—they seem to only support speech provided it gels with the popular progressive opinions of the moment. Caleb Howe of Mediaite writes that “the Harvard Corporation, one of the two boards governing the Ivy League school, will meet Monday” to determine whether Gay should retain her position as university president.” You can read more here: https://www.mediaite.com/news/harvard-boards-reportedly-weighing-claudine-gays-mishandling-against-letting-elise-stefanik-win/ 4:15pm- On this weekend's episode of Real Time, host Bill Maher grilled university administrators for their selective support of freedom of speech. Has the creation of a revolving door between government and education impacted free thought and expression on college campuses? Has it generated a dangerous form of “group think” in which government officials leave the private sector, attain professorships, and push their agenda on the malleable minds of college students? For example, Penny Pritzker is the leader of the Harvard Corporation—she also served as the Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration. 4:40pm- In his latest piece at The Free Press, Stanford University Senior Fellow Niall Ferguson writes, “In 1927 the French philosopher Julien Benda published La trahison des clercs—'The Treason of the Intellectuals'—which condemned the descent of European intellectuals into extreme nationalism and racism. By that point, although Benito Mussolini had been in power in Italy for five years, Adolf Hitler was still six years away from power in Germany and 13 years away from victory over France. But already Benda could see the pernicious role that many European academics were playing in politics. Those who were meant to pursue the life of the mind, he wrote, had ushered in “the age of the intellectual organization of political hatreds.” And those hatreds were already moving from the realm of the ideas into the realm of violence—with results that would be catastrophic for all of Europe. A century later, American academia has gone in the opposite political direction—leftward instead of rightward—but has ended up in much the same place. The question is whether we—unlike the Germans—can do something about it.” You can read the full article here: https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-treason-intellectuals-third-reich 5:05pm- Dr. E.J. Antoni—Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent article for The Daily Caller, “Lyin' Joe Biden Has Become the Pinocchio-In-Chief.” Dr. Antoni writes, “the average American worker is now paying $4.97 per hour in the hidden tax of inflation, effectively doubling how much he or she pays in federal income tax.” Plus, is now the worst time ever to buy a home in America? You can read Dr. Antoni's full editorial here: https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/24/opinion-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-2-interest-rate-ej-antoni/ 5:20pm- While appearing on Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) bizarrely claimed that Republicans who are seeking to secure the U.S. Southern border in exchange for additional aid being provided to Ukraine are guilty of creating “one of the most dangerous moments” in modern American politics.   5:40pm- According to Kate Plummer of Newsweek, University of Pennsylvania Liz Magill will receive a $200,000 per-year salary as a professor at the university's law school despite resigning from her position as president after her disastrous testimony before the House of Representatives during which she seemingly defended anti-Semitism. You can read me here: https://www.newsweek.com/liz-magill-salary-university-pennsylvania-antisemitism-college-1851262 6:05pm- John Yoo— the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley & a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article, “Hunter Biden's Bluff and Gambit.” Plus, special counsel Jack Smith has requested the U.S. Supreme Court determine if Donald Trump's presidential immunity defense is legitimate, and whether it would make him immune from allegations that he attempted to subvert the 2020 presidential election. You can read Professor Yoo's article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/hunter-bidens-bluff-and-gambit/ 6:35pm- While appearing on State of the Union with Jake Tapper, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) criticized his colleagues who are eager to send more money to Ukraine but don't seem quite as interested in ending the devastating war. Vance asks: “What is $61 billion going to accomplish that $100 billion hasn't?” 6:50pm- While appearing on 60 Minutes, tennis player Novak Djokovic said he was vilified over his unwillingness to take the Covid-19 vaccine prior to last year's Australian Open. Djokovic said he is neither anti-vaccine nor pro-vaccine—he is simply in favor of allowing people to choose what is best for them.

Rich Zeoli
UPenn President Resigns Following Disastrous House Testimony, is Harvard President Next?

Rich Zeoli

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 44:26


The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Saturday, University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned from her position following controversial statements she made during a U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee hearing. During one exchange with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) asked Magill if calls for Jewish genocide on campus would violate the school's code of conduct. Magill responded: “If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.” Rep. Stefanik then countered, “conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?” Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal writes, “Magill will stay on until an interim president is appointed, and afterward will remain a member of the law school faculty, according to a letter sent from board chairman Scott L. Bok.” You can read more here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/university-of-pennsylvania-president-resigns-amid-furor-over-comments-on-antisemitism-on-campus-658d74cd Ellen Nakashima and Joseph Menn of The Washington Post report that, “[t]he Chinese military is ramping up its ability to disrupt key American infrastructure, including power and water utilities as well as communications and transportation systems… Hackers affiliated with China's People's Liberation Army have burrowed into the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year.” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/china-hacking-hawaii-pacific-taiwan-conflict/# New York Times Bestselling Author & Contributing Editor at The Spectator Chadwick Moore joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Tucker Carlson's big announcement—the launch of his own streaming service, the Tucker Carlson Network. The subscription-based network will contain exclusive interviews and original shows and will cost viewers $9 per month. Will Tucker's audience follow him? Moore believes they will as fewer cable news consumers trust the content and narratives being pushed on television. You can find Moore's book here: https://www.tuckerthebook.com

The Journal.
Big Donors Clash with Universities Over Antisemitism, Free Speech

The Journal.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 20:57 Very Popular


The president of the University of Pennsylvania, Liz Magill, resigned on Saturday, capping a tumultuous week at the Ivy League school. After statements Magill made about antisemitism at a congressional hearing, influential donors threatened to pull millions in gifts if she didn't leave her post. WSJ's Melissa Korn talks about antisemitism, free speech, and the rising tensions between elite universities and big donors. Further Reading: -Penn President, Board Chair Resign After Furor Over Comments on Campus Antisemitism  -Wharton Board Calls for Leadership Change at Penn Amid Furor Over Campus Antisemitism  -Penn Donor Threatens to Rescind $100 Million Gift Unless President Is Ousted  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Post Reports
Free speech, antisemitism, and the university fallout

Post Reports

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 24:33 Very Popular


College campuses across the United States are embroiled in conflict over free speech amid the Israel-Gaza war. The stakes are so high that the University of Pennsylvania's president resigned after a congressional hearing on antisemitism.Read more:Last week, a Republican-led House committee summoned the leaders of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT to Capitol Hill for a scalding critique of their efforts to address antisemitism on their campuses since the eruption of the Israel-Gaza war.During the hearing, Penn's president Liz Magill – and the other university presidents – declined to state plainly that a call for genocide against Jews would violate the university's code of conduct. Magill told Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) it would violate the school's code of conduct “if the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment. Yes.” When pressed by Stefanik, Magill said: “It is a context-dependent decision, congresswoman.”Then, over the weekend, Magill resigned. Education reporter Hannah Natanson joins “Post Reports” to discuss what the questions raised in the committee hearing and the push for Magill's removal mean for campuses across the nation, and why the stakes are so high.

The Nick DiPaolo Show
Hamas Surrendering In Droves | Nick Di Paolo Show #1495

The Nick DiPaolo Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 24:22


In this episode right leaning comedian Nick Di Paolo talks about Hamas surrendering, Magill gone, Alex back and more! Support our sponsor, Nugenix! Get a complimentary bottle of Nugenix Total T plus a bottle of Nugenix Thermo X FREE when you text NICK to 231-231 Like what you hear?  Get TWICE as much "Nick Di Paolo Show", full episodes of Steven Crowder's “Louder with Crowder” show and more on Mug Club! Sign up today to get all their content at https://Nickdip.com and use the promo code NICKDIP to get your first month FREE! For Tour Dates, Merch, stand-up clips and more visit https://nickdip.com

The Nick DiPaolo Show
Hamas Surrendering In Droves | Nick Di Paolo Show #1495

The Nick DiPaolo Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 24:22


In this episode right leaning comedian Nick Di Paolo talks about Hamas surrendering, Magill gone, Alex back and more! Like what you hear?  Get TWICE as much "Nick Di Paolo Show", full episodes of Steven Crowder's “Louder with Crowder” show and more on Mug Club! Sign up today to get all their content at https://Nickdip.com and use the promo code NICKDIP to get your first month FREE! For Tour Dates, Merch, stand-up clips and more visit https://nickdip.com

Rich Zeoli
Progressive Ideology Has Destroyed College Campuses

Rich Zeoli

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 42:18


The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Heather McDonald writes, “Tuesday's House hearing on campus antisemitism ratcheted up the pressure on American universities: counter the anti-Israel vitriol that exploded in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 attack or risk losing philanthropic and government support. The leading approach is sure to fail: doubling down on the ideologies and practices that led to the pro-Hamas fever in the first place… The real issue on campuses isn't antisemitism but the anti-Western ethos that has colonized large swaths of the curriculum. Elite schools once disdained Jews because they were seen as outsiders to Western civilization. Now they are reviled as that civilization's very embodiment. Students explain that their hatreds come from what they learn in class—that the West is built on white supremacism and oppression. Israel is cast as the Western settler-colonialist oppressor par excellence.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-drives-campus-antisemitism-harvard-ivy-ackman-israel-bds-b19ebd12?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 During Tuesday's House Education and Workforce Committee hearing, University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill was asked if calls for Jewish genocide on campus would violate the school's code of conduct. She responded: “If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.” Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) noted, “conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?” According to CNN, the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees held an emergency meeting on Thursday to address Magill's disastrous testimony. You can read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/penn-emergency-meeting-liz-magill/index.html While appearing on Tucker Carlson's X show, independent journalist Michael Shellenberger said that climate activists who oppose natural gas are “anti-human” because they inadvertently increase the price of energy and force poor people across the globe to burn fuel sources that actually produce greater amounts of carbon emissions.

Rich Zeoli
Nikki Haley's Rough Debate Night + Harvard & Penn Only Protect Progressive Speech

Rich Zeoli

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 180:25


The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (12/07/2023): 3:05pm- On Tuesday, Harvard University President Claudine Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say anti-Semitic speech was violative of the school's code of conduct—arguing that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech. In 2020, Rep. Stefanik was appointed to a Senior Advisory position with the Harvard Institute of Politics—however, because she was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during the 2020 election, the student body protested the appointment and Harvard ultimately fired her. So, the notion that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech is flawed—they seem to only support speech provided it gels with the popular progressive opinions of the moment. 3:30pm- During Tuesday's House Education and Workforce Committee hearing, University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill was asked if calls for Jewish genocide on campus would violate the school's code of conduct. She responded: “If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.” Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) noted, “conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?” According to CNN, the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees held an emergency meeting on Thursday to address Magill's disastrous testimony. You can read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/penn-emergency-meeting-liz-magill/index.html 3:35pm- On Thursday, Donald Trump spoke with reporters as he left a New York City court—calling out New York Attorney General Letitia James for being politically motivated and orchestrating a “witch hunt.” AG James alleges that former president Trump inflated the value of assets controlled by the Trump Organization in financial statements. If Donald Trump loses the case, he could be fined up to $250 million and be prohibited from doing business in New York moving forward. Notably, in 2018, while campaigning to become Attorney General, James vowed to “sue” Trump—providing evidence to the defense's argument that this civil suit is entirely political. 3:40pm- While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, comedian Bill Burr said that by prosecuting former President Donald Trump “idiot liberals” have turned him into a “martyr.” 4:05pm- On Wednesday night, the Republican Party held its fourth Presidential Primary debate—featuring Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. During one notable exchange, Ramaswamy attacked Haley on her foreign policy positions explaining, “you can put lipstick on a Dick Cheney, it's still a fascist neocon.” 4:20pm- While appearing on CBS News, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that she believes the government should avoid interceding in gender reassignment procedures for children. Should the government protect children against irreversible procedures even in the event the child's parent endorses the decision? During Wednesday night's Republican Presidential Primary debate Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked Haley for her response—exclaiming that the government should be protecting children from what ostensibly amounts to a form of child abuse. 4:30pm- During last night's debate, moderator Megyn Kelly hilariously asked Chris Christie why he remains in the presidential race when he seemingly has no pathway to victory according to all polling. 4:45pm- Following Wednesday's Republican Presidential Debate, an NBC News Meet the Press special featured a group of voters in Atlanta—18 of the 27 voters said they believed Donald Trump won the debate despite not even participating. 4:50- Could Chris Christie be on the verge of endorsing Nikki Haley for president? 5:05pm- Christopher Tremoglie of The Washington Examiner writes: “It is 2023, and the phrase ‘Christmas tree' is still too offensive and triggering for the Democrats in Philadelphia's government. While we live in an era with Democratic political leaders expressing a cultlike devotion and rampant commitment to ‘inclusion,' the left-wing government officials who control the city purposely excluded the name Christmas from its annual tree lighting ceremony last week. Instead, the city referred to it as a ‘holiday tree' in press releases and advertising that promoted the event. But there's no such thing as a ‘holiday tree.'” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/philadelphia-refuses-christmas-tree-annual-lighting-ceremony 5:10pm- Raphael Satter of Reuter writes: “Unidentified governments are surveilling smartphone users via their apps' push notifications…In a letter to the Department of Justice, Senator Ron Wyden said foreign officials were demanding the data from Alphabet's Google and Apple. Although details were sparse, the letter lays out yet another path by which governments can track smartphones. Apps of all kinds rely on push notifications to alert smartphone users to incoming messages, breaking news, and other updates…What users often do not realize is that almost all such notifications travel over Google and Apple's servers…That gives the two companies unique insight into the traffic flowing from those apps to their users, and in turn puts them ‘in a unique position to facilitate government surveillance of how users are using particular apps,' Wyden said.” You can read the full article here: https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/ 5:20pm- The Daily Wire's new movie, “Lady Ballers,” which is streaming exclusively on their website, is now the number one streamed film in America according to Rotten Tomatoes. The Daily Wire co-founder, and star of the film, Jeremy Boreing explained that theaters won't touch the film because it pokes fun at biological males competing in women's sports. 5:20pm- Last week, George Santos became the sixth congressman in U.S. history to be expelled from the House of Representatives. The House voted 311 to 114 in favor of removing him following numerous allegations of lying about his background and a 23-count indictment that includes allegations he “repeatedly, without authorization” charged donor credit cards—depositing funds into his own bank account. Though, he has not yet been found guilty of any crimes. Meanwhile, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) remains a member of the House of Representatives despite pleading guilty to pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building just prior to the House holding its vote on a stopgap spending measure to avoid a government shutdown. 5:40pm- On Tuesday, Harvard University President Claudine Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say anti-Semitic speech was violative of the school's code of conduct—arguing that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech. In 2020, Rep. Stefanik was appointed to a Senior Advisory position with the Harvard Institute of Politics—however, because she was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during the 2020 election, the student body protested the appointment and Harvard ultimately fired her. So, the notion that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech is flawed—they seem to only support speech provided it gels with the popular progressive opinions of the moment. 6:05pm- In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal, Heather McDonald writes, “Tuesday's House hearing on campus antisemitism ratcheted up the pressure on American universities: counter the anti-Israel vitriol that exploded in the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 attack or risk losing philanthropic and government support. The leading approach is sure to fail: doubling down on the ideologies and practices that led to the pro-Hamas fever in the first place… The real issue on campuses isn't antisemitism but the anti-Western ethos that has colonized large swaths of the curriculum. Elite schools once disdained Jews because they were seen as outsiders to Western civilization. Now they are reviled as that civilization's very embodiment. Students explain that their hatreds come from what they learn in class—that the West is built on white supremacism and oppression. Israel is cast as the Western settler-colonialist oppressor par excellence.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/dei-drives-campus-antisemitism-harvard-ivy-ackman-israel-bds-b19ebd12?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 6:15pm- During Tuesday's House Education and Workforce Committee hearing, University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill was asked if calls for Jewish genocide on campus would violate the school's code of conduct. She responded: “If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.” Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) noted, “conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?” According to CNN, the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees held an emergency meeting on Thursday to address Magill's disastrous testimony. You can read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/penn-emergency-meeting-liz-magill/index.html 6:40pm- While appearing on Tucker Carlson's X show, independent journalist Michael Shellenberger said that climate activists who oppose natural gas are “anti-human” because they inadvertently increase the price of energy and force poor people across the globe to burn fuel sources that actually produce greater amounts of carbon emissions.

Rich Zeoli
Could UPenn President Be Fired Over Congressional Testimony?

Rich Zeoli

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 43:48


The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Tuesday, Harvard University President Claudine Gay testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee. During one noteworthy exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Gay refused to say anti-Semitic speech was violative of the school's code of conduct—arguing that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech. In 2020, Rep. Stefanik was appointed to a Senior Advisory position with the Harvard Institute of Politics—however, because she was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during the 2020 election, the student body protested the appointment and Harvard ultimately fired her. So, the notion that Harvard is an ardent supporter of free speech is flawed—they seem to only support speech provided it gels with the popular progressive opinions of the moment. During Tuesday's House Education and Workforce Committee hearing, University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill was asked if calls for Jewish genocide on campus would violate the school's code of conduct. She responded: “If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment.” Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) noted, “conduct meaning committing the act of genocide?” According to CNN, the University of Pennsylvania board of trustees held an emergency meeting on Thursday to address Magill's disastrous testimony. You can read more here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/business/penn-emergency-meeting-liz-magill/index.html On Thursday, Donald Trump spoke with reporters as he left a New York City court—calling out New York Attorney General Letitia James for being politically motivated and orchestrating a “witch hunt.” AG James alleges that former president Trump inflated the value of assets controlled by the Trump Organization in financial statements. If Donald Trump loses the case, he could be fined up to $250 million and be prohibited from doing business in New York moving forward. Notably, in 2018, while campaigning to become Attorney General, James vowed to “sue” Trump—providing evidence to the defense's argument that this civil suit is entirely political. While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, comedian Bill Burr said that by prosecuting former President Donald Trump “idiot liberals” have turned him into a “martyr.”

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
The Big Suey: The City of Progress

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 41:51


911 calls are going unanswered in Hialeah, "The City of Progress," and we can't understand why. Dan dives into the new Tyreek Hill podcast with Antonio Brown, and the crew discusses Jim Leyland and Jack McKeon's smoking habits as manager of the Marlins. Plus, Ron 'Rat Pack Ron' Magill joins the show to discuss whales destroying boats, shark attacks, the best shirt he owns, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices