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In this episode of Welcome to Cloudlandia, we start with Dan's recent experience with stem cell injections, a journey filled with both challenges and relief. This discussion transitions into the inspiring story of a Vietnamese massage therapist who built her career in Canada, highlighting the diverse paths in the healing professions. Our conversation then shifts to the political landscape of Canada. We analyze the unique dynamics of minority governments and consider the influence of international figures like Trump on Canadian politics. We also discuss the role of central banking figures in political negotiations and reflect on the contrasts between Canadian and American electoral perspectives. Next, we explore the parallels between political and economic systems, examining the shift from traditional hierarchies to modern digital frameworks. The conversation covers the challenges faced by third-party candidates in the U.S., with a focus on Robert F. Kennedy's independent run, and delves into the economic tensions between China and the U.S., considering their impact on global trade relations. Finally, we reflect on the importance of creative consistency and the power of legacy. Whether it's maintaining a long-term streak of publishing or creating innovative tools, we emphasize the value of continuously producing impactful content. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS We explore the intricacies of stem cell treatments and discuss my personal experience with multiple injections, sharing insights on the healing journey alongside Mr. Jackson. The conversation transitions to Canadian politics, where we delve into the complexities of a minority government and the influence of international figures like Trump on Canadian political dynamics. We examine the parallels between political and economic systems, focusing on the evolution from hierarchical structures to digital frameworks, and discuss the challenges faced by third-party candidates in the U.S. electoral system. The geopolitical dynamics between China and the United States are analyzed, highlighting the differing geographical and demographic challenges and the economic tensions resulting from tariffs and trade negotiations. We reflect on the value of maintaining a long-term creative streak, discussing the importance of consistent output and deadlines in driving productivity and ensuring a legacy of impactful content. The discussion touches on the strategic importance of filling the future with new and exciting projects to ensure personal growth and innovation, contrasting past achievements with future aspirations. We explore the significance of creativity in producing meaningful content across various platforms, from books and workshops to podcasts, emphasizing the role of personal reputation and motivation in maintaining a steady output. Links: WelcomeToCloudlandia.com StrategicCoach.com DeanJackson.com ListingAgentLifestyle.com TRANSCRIPT (AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors) Dean: Mr Sullivan, Dan:Mr Jackson, Dean: there he is. How are things in your outpost of the? Dan: mainland. Well good, I had a convalescence week. They really packed me full of new stem cells. And the procedure is things aren't good if I'm not feeling bad. Dean: That's what I'm saying. It's along the lines of we're not happy until you're not happy. Dan: How's that for a closing argument? Dean: That's good, that's good. Dan: Yeah. Dean: Things aren't good if you're not feeling bad. Dan: I got the procedure on the Thursday of last week, not the week we're just finishing, but the week. So Thursday, friday, saturday and it was almost one week later, exactly on Thursday, almost the same time of day, and all of a sudden the pain went away. Dean: Okay, how long was it Acute onset? Did you have to travel in pain? Dan: Yeah, well, I did, but they drugged me out. Yeah, they had sedatives Right when they were doing the procedure and then you had takeaways. Dean: Yeah, A goody bag. Dan: Nothing like a good drug. Yeah, exactly, especially a pa pain killing drug and and they're real big on this but went full force this time I had eight different injections, both ankles, both knees, even the knee. That's good they do it to reinforce what's already there. Reinforce what's already there. And then tendons the tendons in the calf, tendons in the hamstring, tendons in the quadriceps and then on both hips, both hips, so the left leg is the. You know in the spotlight here and when you're it's like you're experiencing inflammation in the ankle, in the calf, in the knee, in the upper leg and then the hip at the same time the leg doesn't want to, the leg doesn't want to work, right exactly yeah yeah, so that's the big problem, but actually I'm feeling pretty chipper today that's great, so that. Dean: So it took a week to get that. Is that usual or was this an unusual? Because I don't think I've ever heard you mention the pain. Dan: Usually it was a couple of days, but they got me while they had me. Dean: Well, that's good, and today you feel noticeably better. Dan: Now, yeah, I was noticing that we have a long-term massage therapist who comes to our house. Dean: Oh, my goodness. Dan: She's been coming for 33 years. Vietnamese Wow A boat person, actually, someone who escaped on a boat when she was a teenager, actually someone who escaped on boat when she was a teenager. And you know, really, she grew up, her grandmother was. They didn't have things like registered massage therapists, everybody just did massage, you know grandmothers especially, and so she learned from her grandmother. You know, even before she was 10 years old and so she's you, she's 60 now, 60 now. So she's been at this for about 50 years and she's availed herself of almost every kind of therapy training that there is. I mean, it was she was working till she was 45, from teenagers to 45 you know, paid for it before she ever got registered, she ever got. oh, oh my goodness, yeah, and I asked her about that. And the licensing is only really needed if the patient is claiming insurance money yeah. So they won't give me a patient any? Well, I never asked for it, I mean. I find I'm trying to get through my entire lifetime by having as little direct contact with government as possible. Dean: That's the best. I love that. Yes, that's great. Dan: I know they exist and as far as garbage being picked up, streets being repaired, police stopping crime. I have no complaints about paying for that, but I know I have to have some involvement but I don't try to expand it. Dean: That's so funny. What's the tone in Canada? Now here we are, you know, a week after the big debacle. Dan: Well, I don't know the debacle. They basically first of all didn't really decide anything because they had a minority government before for Americans. Americans only have winners and losers, but in Canada you can have someone who's half and half. Dean: They're half winners and half loser. Dan: Yeah, they're like. You know. It's that less than half the country voted for the winner. That's right. But the winner got more votes than the second place because there's more than one party. You know, americans don't believe in anything. That's not a winner or a loss. You know. That's one thing. I've learned since I've been in Canada. Americans, there's only two possibilities You're a winner or you're a loser. There's no halfway. There's no participation prize for showing up and being engaged, I think, the prime minister. He's an economist and we have a thing that it would be like the head of the Federal Reserve. In the United States you have a central bank which is called the Federal Reserve, and in Canada it's called the Bank of Canada, and then in the UK they have the Bank of England, and this man was both governor of the Bank of Canada and the governor of the Bank of England. He's a lifetime bureaucrat. He's never been anything except a bureaucrat and his first job is to negotiate with Trump. Right exactly, and nothing in his background has prepared him for this experience. Dean: Yeah, that's so. It is true, isn't it? I mean the whole, I think it feels like from this view. Dan: They kicked a can both the US and Canada. Dean: And the you know. The very interesting thing is that this vote definitely feels like a not Trump type of sentiment. You know more than it did yes. Dan: There's no question in my I mean there's no question in anyone's mind that Trump was the issue. Dean: Yeah, yeah, Pierre Polyev's probably going. I was so close. If that election had happened any time between November and January, it would have been a whole different story, you know. Dan: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was. I think. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I think it was that the you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was. I think. Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I think it was that the you know Trump actually putting his gaze on Canada, really, didn't happen until after, you know, after he was inaugurated after he became president, I think you're totally correct. It was from November 5th to January 20th, yeah that would have been Kaliev's window. Yeah, but yeah well, you know there's a little history to this. A lot of people don't know it, but Canada was a major country you know in world affairs pretty well for most of the 20th century, pretty well for most of the 20th century, and part of the reason is that they were the big backup to the British Empire, like in the First World War and the Second World War. The major supplier of manpower and armaments and everything else came from Canada that backed up the British. I mean, the British were really in the eye of the storm for both of the wars, but their number one ally right from the start of the two wars was Canada. Canada was the big player. As a matter of fact, in 1945, the end of the Second World War, Canada had the third largest navy in the world and they had the fourth largest air force in the world. Think of little canada little canada yeah, and they played a huge part in the cold war. You know the rcmp, the, you know the mounties most people think of them as people in red coats riding on horses, but actually they were the. They were actually the dual they were were the combination of the CIA and the FBI. They were all packed in one. And they were a major player, because the United States, canada, was the country that was in between the United States and the Soviet Union. So I'm going to sneeze. Oh, there I go, yeah, that's completed, anyway, anyway, and their intelligence services were first class and everything. And then when the cold war suddenly ended in 1991, the end of 1991, all of a sudden their importance in the world just disappeared. So we've been and they've had to fake it yeah, it's interesting. I mean canada, I guess, and that's basically that and the you know you had some good prime minister you had. You know the liberal crechin wasn't too bad because he was a long time tough guy in the liberal party and harper I thought was, and my experience of being in Canada, which is 54 years, I think, Harper was. Dean: Well, he's always widely regarded as that right. Dan: He's by far the best prime minister and he wasn't confused about what Canada should be for, what it should support and everything like that. And then you came. You know, obviously they got the next character from central casting. You know, they just said send us, send us and he's by hands down. I mean, if you really talk to the liberals quietly and in private, they said you know, he's kind of a disaster, he's been a disaster for 10 years and you know. I mean they just don't have much gas in the gas tank anymore at that party and there's a general pushback against left-wing parties going on in the world right now. You can see it in Britain. They had the elections for local councils. You know local councils, which is it's an odd, you know it's an odd sort of election, but they have it sort of like midterm elections in the United. Dean: States, you know and Nigel Farage. Dan: Who's the you? Know, he was the Brexit, he was the brains behind Brexit. I mean, very clearly, if that had been the general election, he'd be the prime minister right now and he wants to just detach Great Britain completely from Europe and have the attachment with the United States, and I think that's going to happen. What's disappearing is this sort of wishy-washy, left-wing mushy-ness in the world right now. The world's going very binary in my sense. That and a $9 latte you got yourself a deal. Dean: Oh, my goodness. Dan: Is that what it's come to? Dean: Is that what it's come to? Is that what it's come to? The $9 latte? You know, it's so funny. I'm going to be back up in June, of course, and I'll be setting up residency in Yorkville there for several weeks, and last time I was there I was surprised by the. You know I usually get Americanos which are now have been replaced by Canadianos, but it's a whole new whole new, whole new logo. Dan: Yeah, I mean, how can I be against patriotism? Dean: I think so, and it's so amazing, though, to see like just the lengths that they're going. You know, I mean pulling all the. That was the big news when I was there. Dan: And I'm wondering if it's. What I noticed is that Canadians are demonstrating every aspect of courageousness that doesn't cost you anything. Dean: Well, I think that it's going to cost. I mean, you know, there I saw, is it Doug Ford or Mark Ford? Doug Ford was up, you know, in the liquor store in the LCBOs saying how they've pulled all American brands out of the LCBO and that you know they're like taking a stand about. But that total buy of the LCBO is $3.2 billion is what they're saying. The liquor market is $340 billion. So less than 1% of the whole. It's not even too little to measure, even you know. Yeah. Dan: Well, they can do it because the LCBO is Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Dean: The largest. Dan: The largest on the planet, Not just the largest in North America. Dean: the largest on the planet. Dan: There's one bureaucratic office that you know that's, that's a lot of liquor. Yeah well, you know it's, it's a bit. You know you're dealing in symbols here, it's sort of symbol. I mean, it's not yeah, it's not actually. It's not actually real courage. You know it's not real courage. It's symbolic courage you know, it's a symbolic. Symbolic, and you know, but that's part of life too, you know. And you know, I'm really noticing. Do you ever, in any of your video viewing, do you ever watch the Bill Maher show? Yes, I do, yeah, and I watched him in the old days and I watch him. You know, I don't actually watch television, but I get YouTubes. I get YouTubes of it, you know. And Trump invited him to come to the White House or the White House or Mar-a-Lago. I don't know if there is Mar-a-Lago, and you know Barr, who has been. I think actually. Dean: Focally anti-Trump yeah, yeah. Dan: well, trump had printed up a document which said 60 insults that Bill Maher had insulted Trump or Bill Maher had done it. And he wanted to give it as a present to the president and he said you know, these are my 60 insults of you. And Trump said oh, can I sign that Trump autograph? That's the best, and Maher came away and he says you know, can I sign that? And Trump autographed it. That's the best, I autographed it. And Maher came away and he says you know, I want to tell you it's not a crazy man in the White House. He said I was treated, you know, it surprised me how gracious he was and you know how just open to having a chat and everything like that. Well, he's just been slammed by the left wing that he would even show up and that's all this fake symbolism, you know, but attack the only guy on the Democratic side in the United States who is actually positioning himself differently is this guy Fetterman from Pennsylvania. He's the senator and he's someone who really hasn't done anything in his life, but through just the way politics were working, I think he had a state job and then he ran and he's got mental issues. I mean, he's had mental issues, but he's been a voice, a lone voice. You know a singular lone voice of somebody. He said you know politics, you try to find common ground and wherever you can find common ground with the opposition, you sit down with him, you talk about it and the public benefits if you can get an agreement there. Well, he's just been. He's just been cast out, but he doesn't really care. He doesn't really care, so you know yeah anyway, but it's an interesting time and you know what? I've got a thesis that politics takes on gradually. It takes on the form of economics. Okay, so that, however, the economics of society, the structure, you know, how do things get created, produced and where's profit being made Ultimately politics takes on the same kind of structure. So if you think of the industrial revolution, when everything was defined by big pyramids organizations, you know you had people at the top and then you had either big factories or you had big administrative companies that did the work out in the world. For the factories, you know the research, the marketing and distribution out into the world of manufactured products. After a while, government took on the same form, the big pyramids. Government always is the last institution to figure out what's going on. Dean: That's interesting, it's true, right, because everything has to trickle up. Dan: Yeah. So starting in the 70s, you started to get a change in the structure and you went from the big pyramidal structures to basically the microchip networks. Everything started more and more to be on the framework of computers, individual computers communicating with other individual computers, you know communicating with other individual computers, first hundreds and thousands and then millions, you know, and gradually. But the central principle of the microchip is binary, that in the digital code things are either a one or they're a zero. Okay, and so what I noticed over the last, probably starting in the early nineties, you start getting you're either on one side or the other side. But my sense is that politics is just imitating how the economic system it's a digital economic system. That's what we're talking about on. Welcome to Cloudlandia. What allows this amazing communication that we can make digitally depends on ones and zeros. And what I noticed is that the entire political structure, you know all the players in the political structure. You're either on one side or you're on the other side. If you're in the middle, you don't count. Dean: Yeah, and that's you know. It's interesting. You were talking about the third party system. I think that the interesting thing is, the United States is really a three party system. There's three parties, but really, you know, in a two party system, I think that's really what it is, but there's a large majority of people who are more moderate. Right now, it's binary in terms of you're Democrat or Republican. That's really it, and there's never been, there's never been, you know, a real outsider opportunity. I mean, you look at, you know, ross Perot. Maybe he was the got the farthest. Well, they're a spoiler. They're a spoiler. Dan: They're not, they could never be the lead party. Dean: You know, they're just a spoiler party. Dan: Yeah, and the reason is because of the Electoral College. You know that. I remember being at Genius Network in the year before the election, so the election was last November, so it was the previous November and Robert Kennedy was running. Robert F Kennedy was running. And then the Democrats made it impossible for him to be a contender, a Democratic contender. So he went independent and I remember him. He came twice, he came twice to Genius Network. Dean: And. Dan: I remember the first time he came, everybody was excited. You know he's going to be the next president and I said, yeah, yeah, I said well, you know if you want to know how the game's played, you got to take the game box and flip it on the back and read the rules. And I could tell you he could take 30% of the total vote. You know that would be. You know that'd be something like 45, 50 million. Unheard of yeah 45, 50 million and he wouldn't get one electoral vote. Dean: Right. Dan: And I said, and they said well, that's just absurd, that's just absurd. And I said nope, that's how the rules, that's what the rules are. I said, learn what the rules are. And that's why I think it was so easy for them to jump. I mean, if he had run right through to the end of the election and you know, like he was showing up on election night, you know and he got 3% of the three. He could have gotten tens of millions of votes and gotten, maybe, but wouldn't have won a single electoral vote. Dean: Right. Dan: Yeah. Dean: Yeah yeah, I like your approach and mine just being in it but not of it. It's like I appreciate the things Well it's entertainment yeah, it's, you know. Dan: It's entertainment that costs you a lot more than cable, that's exactly right. Dean: And you know what the good news is, dan? There's no tariff. There's no tariffs on good ideas, no tariffs in Cloudlandia Tariff free. I think that's the big thing. Dan: If it doesn't weigh anything, there's no tariff. Dean: That's right. That's right. If it doesn't come in a box, there's no tariff. That's exactly right. That's right. If it doesn't, comeia is so. Fascinating to me is just seeing how unstable the mainland things are becoming. Dan: You start to see the Cloudlandia future. We're in a period where we're going to see the greatest amount of chaos and turmoil in the tangible I'll talk about the tangible economy, yeah, but I think it'll be about probably a decade and then things will be remarkably stable. Dean: How do you see this playing out? Because I've been curious about that too. You see this playing out like so, because I've been curious about that too like what is the end game of all of these? You know the I guess you kind of take this intersection of what you know, the populations and the, you know the movement to cloudlandia, and then these, the political to Cloudlandia, and then the geopolitical climate. You see all these things like what is the unintended? We wonder now I've heard different things about China, all these countries or whatever, that Trump is imposing the tariffs on, the reaction, the rebound reaction of that. Is that something that Peter Zion has talked about? Or is that what's your take? I know you've read a lot and observed a lot. Dan: It's very interesting. I think he's very conflicted. I think Peter Zion is very conflicted right now, and the reason is that he made predictions 10 years ago. I'd say it was 10 years ago, about how he saw the world changing. It produces all sorts of interesting insights. And the first one is that, basically, as a country, the future of your country past, present and future of your country is really determined basically your geography, where you are on the planet and what kind of geography you have, so your placement on the planet. I'll use an example of let's use China as one and use the United States as the other. The China is basically a land country rather than a maritime country. If you look at the map of China, where it shows the cities, most of the cities are inland in China. Even Beijing is not close to the ocean. You have two big ports. One of them is Shanghai, which is actually up the river, but it's got a very wide mouth to the river, and then Shanghai and the other one was Hong Kong, and so they're basically Hong Kong, hong Kong and so they're basically a land-based country, but they border on 13 other countries who have a passionate hatred for China. These are enemies, they're surrounded by enemies. There's nobody who likes them, and one major country that's offshore is Japan, and there's nothing but pure hatred between Japan, and everybody else has an adversarial attitude towards China. So that's China. Then you take the United States. The United States sits with 3,000 miles of water on its eastern shore, 5,000 miles of water on its western shore shore, 5,000 miles of water on its western shore, and then it's got just. The only connector is the Mexican, and it's 200 miles of desert and mountains. And then on the north you have 3,000 miles of pot-smoking Canadians. Dean: Terrorists hiding pot-smoking Canadians. Dan: Yeah, terrorists who had a plan for tomorrow but forgot what it was. So the US really doesn't have to. China has to totally defend itself. You know they have to spend an enormous amount of their budget defending their borders where the US really doesn't. I mean there's they talk about, you know, the Canadian-American border they talk about. You know that, you about that actually there's just nothing there. It's just fields and there's farms, farms certainly in the West, in Manitoba, saskatchewan and Alberta where. I'm sure the farms are partially in the United States, partially in. Dean: Canada, you could just walk right across. Dan: Yeah, oh, yeah, it's you know, and everything like that. So one thing is the US really doesn't have to. By the standards of the world, the US doesn't have to spend much money defending itself territorially. The other thing is demographics, and it's what your population looks like. Do you have mostly, is it mostly young people? Is it mostly middle-aged people? Is it mostly old people? And the US is China probably by 10 years from now will have more people over 60 than people under 20, which means that they become more and more of a top-heavy population. And these people are past working age, they're past investment age, but they're not past being in an expense age. So more and more, the cost of your society is older people, and you have fewer and fewer workers who are producing, fewer and fewer workers who are paying taxes, fewer and fewer workers who are, you know, who are investing, and you have older, older population. That's just consuming and it's just consuming. Yeah, so these are the two big things that you have to think about. It's China and the US and tariff. A tariff that the United States places on China is five times a heavier penalty than one that China places on the US. Dean: And the. Dan: US, like Trump, everybody else in the world. He put it 10 percent, 25 percent, some of 50 percent. On China, he put 145 percent and apparently there's riots going on in China right now because the factories are closing down really fast. You'll see within the next three months, you'll see next month. So it'll be formal new negotiations between the United. States and China. Now that's the central issue as we go forward what's the relationship between these two countries? It's like after the Second World War? What's the relationship between the United States and the Soviet? Union the basic attitude is that we'll just keep applying more and more pressure and wait them out and they'll collapse. So that's what I see the big game for the China. Dean: And do you think that the net of this is that will bring back? Like what is everything? Is that setting up you know what kind of the playbook that Peter Zayn was talking about, the absent superpower of the US, sort of moving away from dependence or interaction with outside? Dan: No, no, I just think it's a one-on-one that the United States is going to have with every other country in the world. So there's 200 countries according to the United Nations. There's 200 countries and every one of them is under some sort of broad trading agreement with the United States. And the US did that basically for security reasons, because they said we'll make it easy for you to trade, but your military strategies and your security strategies have to have to be in alignment with us. And when the Soviet Union collapsed there was no need for that, but it just went on by inertia. Basically, it was just something that carried on. It was a good deal for everybody else, but not such a great deal for the US. And Trump comes in, you know, and Trump is nothing if not a dealmaker, you know. So what he says is every country now you make sure you send somebody to Washington because we're going to do a dealmaker. So what he says is every country, now you make sure you send somebody to Washington because we're going to do a different deal. So I think probably within a year you'll have probably the US will have deals with, if not China, they'll have deals they already do with China, south Korea, india, vietnam in that part of the world, the Philippines, australia, and so everybody will be in the new American deal except China. And probably within a year you'll have more than 100, maybe 130 countries who now have new deals, including Canada. We'll see what Canada does, because Maybe a year from now we'll be back to drinking Americanos at Starbucks. Dean: I wonder. That's what I wonder. Dan: It's just amazing to me, why stop with Canadiennes? Why don't we go to Ontariannes? Uh-huh, exactly, toronto. I mean, if you're going that route, why not go all the way? Dean: Toronto, yeah, York. Dan: Villano. Dean: Uh-huh right, that's the thing I stay on the island there. That's right. That's so funny, yeah, so that's I mean, you know? Dan: I mean I'm just an amateur observer here and I'm just picking up what I see happening. But the big thing is to have every deal that the United States has as separate with each individual country, no broad multilateral agreements. And so the big thing is that the word tariff is a bit of a distractor. It's not actually a tariff. That's the penalty if you don't do the new deal. So that's how they do it. He says let's do a deal because right now you guys can sell stuff into the United States with hardly any expense, hardly any. But you make it very difficult for us to sell our stuff into your country. And so let's do a new deal. Let's do a new deal and so let's do a new deal. Dean: Let's do a new deal. How's this affecting the dollar, by the way? Dan: It's down. As far as I can tell, it's down about five cents. It's from 144 to 139. I think it's 138. I think it's 138.5, something like that, but a year ago it was at 132 or 133. So it's still five, six cents above, yeah, yeah. It's a good deal. Dean: Yeah, Still a good deal. Still a good deal. Yeah, it's so funny. Well, Dan, I've been looking. I've been continuing on the dip into history, continuing on the dip into history phase, looking. It's been a fun thing. Every week I've just kind of been randomly selecting a core sample of my journals from the last 30 years now and it's very interesting to look through and see those things. I've been thinking about streaks too. Like you know, this last your 70s of 40 books in 10 years is a pretty good streak. I was thinking back that Dan Kenney has been publishing his newsletter monthly since 1992. And I think about that. You know 33, 34 years, this year of a you know, around 400 newsletters 16 page, just single space, nothing, no special, no design, nothing like that around it, but just that. You know, essentially just along the lines of what your global thinker. Global thinker was just like a series of essays kind of thing. I guess is what you would call it right, but that's kind of what Dan's done for 34 years. Yeah, pretty amazing. And I was thinking, you know I've done, I've had 30 years now of very consistent output to an audience of one, and I sure realize what a you know what an amazing body of work this is. Dan: I hope that audience of one is appreciative. Dean: Yes, exactly, very appreciative, you know, and it's so funny, right? Dan: You're playing a high stakes game here. Yes, exactly. Dean: I've had one satisfied subscriber for 30 years, you could lose your target market in a bad week, you know. Uh-huh. Dan: Exactly. Dean: Yeah, I mean, it's kind of funny, right, but I could see, you know, all these things they start. This is where they start and they in Manly specifically, and I was talking, this was the very beginnings of the who, not how. So this was August of 2015. And I think it was November of 2015 at the annual event that I sort of talked about that idea of the thing. But it's funny, this was scientific profit making came out of this, that journal, so that looked at the breakthrough DNA process as so very yeah, it's just the, you know, I think, the decision that you've, you know that consistent output gallery, I guess we'll call it or distribution model. It's a very it's really. Do you still journal internally? Or how do you what gathers, the notes and the thoughts that make the quarterly? Dan: books. Well, I have the. You know I have that series, the one new book every quarter. I have the new tools. Dean: Now my goal. Dan: I'm not up to speed yet on the complete capability of doing it yet. But, my goal is to create one new thinking tool every week okay, yes and and that I don't have, you know, a public need for that in other words that the tools are for new workshops. It's to keep the system supplied. You know, and I have. You know, I and I have free zone workshops every quarter, just three of them, but I have four Zoom two-hour workshops every month. So if you line them up and then I have podcast series I have podcast series. So there's really hundreds of activities that are in the schedule really on January 1st, you know on January 1st, you'd look out and say by December 31st how many scheduled public if you call them public impact activities do I have? Dean: You know it'd be over 200,? Dan: certainly yeah. You know one thing or another, and they all require the creation of something new. You know right you know, and one of the things that I've. You're on a really interesting subject here, because each of these has public impact, you know a book does. There are people who read the book, there's workshops, people who attend the workshops, people who listen to the podcast. And then the new tools themselves, which have the necessary. They're necessary to keep the program new. You know the workshops, and I have teams that take what I'm doing and they apply it to the workshops that I don't coach. We have the other coaches. And then the other thing is that, you know, within the last two or three years we realized that the tools can be patents, and so we're up to 61. Now we have 61. And so these are all one thing that they really keep me busy. Okay, and I'm very deadline responsive. I really like deadlines. I really like it, you know, because I mean, for you and me, we've got one problem what's important enough in our life that we would actually focus and concentrate on it, that we would actually focus and concentrate on it. And I find deadlines where other people, my reputation as at stake, really is very important for me because I get real serious. You know, I'm pretty lenient with me failing myself. I'm not lenient with failing other people. Dean: Right, yeah, me too, that's right. Dan: Yeah, my reputation is very important to me, so you know I don't want the word going around. Dean: Dan's starting to lose it you know no way, yeah, no way. Dan: Yeah, he's fading, he's fading, you know, and anyway. So that's really it. But I came up with a concept, just to put a name on something, that what makes people older not physically but physically, ultimately, but what makes you older intellectually, emotionally, psychologically is that your past has more living another day, that your past is going to fill up with stuff. So you have to work at filling your future up so that the stuff in your future is much, it's much more valuable than what you had in your past. So what I try to do is always favor the future in terms of stuff. I'm going to create stuff. I'm going to do that. It keeps getting to be a bigger game in the future than I ever played in the past. So that's sort of the you know that's. You know the essence of the game that I'm playing with my own life, with my own life, right. Dean: Yeah, this is really, I mean, and that's kind of, do you ever see? I mean, there's no real. Dan: I imagine you'll keep this cadence up continuously that there's still to do the to do 40 more 40 more quarterly books in your 80s 57, I'm on 43, I'm on 43 right now, so it's 57. Dean: 57 more. Dan: Yeah, which is oh, no, no no, is that no? Dean: how many are you For the 10 years? Dan: you're still going to go quarterly? Yeah well, I'm on quarter 43 right now so I see, right, right, right, yeah so. And the quarter. Actually, we're starting it this week. We just put one to bed and the next one starts this week. So that's 57 more and that takes me till about 95. I'm about 95 years old. 57 divided by 4 is 16 and a quarter 16 years and one quarter. And then I have my podcast and the workshops and everything else? Dean: yeah, how many of your podcasts are weekly podcasts like this? Dan: no, I don't have any weeklies we have. We have a certain number for each of them and sometimes, you know, I don't think there's any podcast exception. You and jeff would be the most podcast, jeff madoff, that I yeah, and that wouldn't be 52 weeks. That would be, you know, maybe 30, 35, because we have times when we're not able to do it right, exactly off weeks, not many, but we do yeah. Dean: Yeah's very so that's, you know, looking forward. For me, that's kind of a good thing here. You know this. I'm going to join you in this quarterly cadence here, you know, as I look forward for the next 30, the next 30 years, I mean I already write enough volume to do it. It's just a matter of having the stuff in place. If only I owned a company that makes books. You know they don't have to. Dan: They could be you know, books you can write in an hour, 90 minutes say. Well, the big thing with Dan Kennedy, I mean, if you look at his monthly newsletter if he would take three of them and put them into a different format. He could have oh, yeah, oh for sure, Absolutely. Dean: That's my thought, right. My outlet is really these emails that I write. I think they're really episodic thought kind of thing. I think they're really episodic thought kind of thing. So I'm just really going to get into that cadence of having that output. I think that's going to be a nice valuable thing, Because I look back over the, I look at this 30-year inflection point here, you know, and look at what's changed and what's not going to change you know, and it's very interesting when I start getting to the bedrock things, like if I look at lifestyle design, you know, purpose, freedom of purpose, freedom of relationship, freedom of money, all of those things that I'm very like, consistent in my desires and I think everybody is like, for me it's really, I look at it, that you know what's not gonna change in 30 years. I'm, I want to get eight hours of great sleep, everything. I want to wake up, I want to eat great food, I want to have, you know, two or three hours a day of creative work and have fun. And that's really the, that's really the big game, you know, row your boat gently down the stream, that's the, that's the plan, you know. But I think that having these, I think having these outlets, you know, I think that's really been the great thing. When you have all these workshops and the tools, you've got a gallery for everything. Dan: Yeah, Well, and you know, I mean they get better. I mean, I mean the teams that are involved in this. I mean, there, there isn't anything that I do that doesn't involve a team. You know the workshop team, the book team, the podcast team, you know the my artists, my writers, you know? The sound engineers and everything like that. And and it gives structure to their lives too. You know like they basically and they get better things I notice every quarter things happen faster, easier there's. You know we're getting them done. The overall quality keeps improving from quarter to quarter. I can take a book. You know, like if I took book 30 and compare it to book 42, which we just finished on Friday. I mean the quality of it is just much, much higher than it was. Dean: And. Dan: I don't really angst about this you know, I just know when people. They're really good at what they do and the teamwork keeps improving and they keep getting better quarter by quarter. It's going to improve the product and I'm a great belief that quality is a combination of successful consistency and duration times. Duration that you have a consistency where you can get better at something. You do it once. Second time you do it better. Tenth time you're ten times better at it. Compound interest yeah, that's really Like compound interest, yeah. Dean: Yeah, and that consistency over that time, that trajectory is only going up and better. Dan: Yeah and then it pays for it. You know it pays for itself. You can't be in a net deficit money-wise with these things. They have to pay for themselves. Like right now. I would say that the quarterly books in the podcast the podcasts are, you know one person's, you know one or two people, right, exactly the tools totally pay for themselves because that's the basis for getting paid for the workshops. Dean: Right. Dan: And of course they have IP value now. Dean: Do you have your? Are the books available on Amazon? Yeah, quarterly Amazon, yeah, quarterly books yeah, yeah, yeah. And do they sell organically? Do you sell those? 0:48:43 - Dan: Oh, yeah, oh yeah, yeah, I mean, yeah, I mean it's not a big, you know, it's not a big budget item, you know and everything like that my whole thing is just that the entire production costs get paid for in a year yeah, I get it yeah, yeah that's awesome, yeah yeah, and, and you know, and you know it's part of our marketing, you know it's part of our market but they yeah, and every once in a while one of the little books becomes a big book, and then they write for them. Dean: So then, they really pay for themselves. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I love it. Well, it's exciting, it's got a whole lot. It's like a farm. Dan: I have sort of an agricultural approach. These are different crops that I have. You keep the soil healthy and pray for good weather. Dean: Yeah Well, it's quite an impressive like. When I look at my Dan Sullivan bookshelf, you know it's like quite a collection of them and consistently I mean the same look and feel of every book Every quarter. Yeah, amazing. Dan: Thank you. Thank you Appreciate it. Dean: Yeah. Dan: You're being impressed with. This was my intention that's exciting. Dean: Right from book number one, propose a contest. Dan: Let's do it. Dean: I think I could do that too. I'll race you back. We went from roaming the streets of Soho in London to being in Strategic Coach in Toronto with a book in hand. Dan: Speaking of which, I'll have Becca get in touch, but our next call will be in London, so we're in London, we leave next Sunday We'll be in London. So it won't be on the Sunday, though, because I'll be jet lagged and Becca will arrange in London. So it won't be on the Sunday, though, because I'll be jet lagged and Bab Becca will arrange for you With Lillian. Dean: Yeah, that's fine, yeah, so that's awesome. Dan: And then I'll be up. We'll be seeing you in June. We'll be seeing you. Dean: That's exactly right. Dan: Yeah. Dean:* Yeah, awesome. Okay, have a great day. Take care. Thanks, dan, bye.

Mark Ford and Seamus Perry introduce Love and Death, a new Close Readings series on elegy from the Renaissance to the present day. They discuss why the elegy can be a particularly energising form for poets engaging with their craft and the poetic tradition, and how elegy serves an important role in public grieving, remembering and healing.The first episode will come out on Monday 20 January, on Milton's ‘Lycidas'.Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whitman wrote several poetic responses to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He came to detest his most famous, ‘O Captain! My Captain!', and in ‘When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd' Lincoln is not imagined in presidential terms but contained within a love elegy that attempts to unite his death with the 600,000 deaths of the civil war and reconfigure the assassination as a symbolic birth of the new America. Seamus and Mark discuss Whitman's cosmic vision, with its grand democratic vistas populated by small observations of rural and urban life, and his use of a thrush as a redemptive poetic voice.Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford.Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/ppapplesignupIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/ppsignup Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David talks to Mark Ford and Seamus Perry, hosts of the LRB's Close Readings poetry podcast, about what makes a great political poem. Can great poetry be ideological? How much does context matter? And is it possible to tell political truths in verse? From Yeats's ‘Easter 1916' to Owen's ‘Strange Meeting' to Auden's ‘Spain 1937': a conversation about political conviction and poetic ambiguity.To find out more about Close Readings and how to subscribe, just visit the LRB's website https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/close-readingsSign up now to PPF+ to get ad-free listening and all our bonus episodes – including bonuses on the Great Political Fictions www.ppfideas.comNext time: Lea Ypi on Ibsen's The Wild Duck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wilfred Owen wrote ‘Strange Meeting' in the early months of 1918, shortly after being treated for shell shock at Craiglockhart hospital in Edinburgh, where he had met the stridently anti-war Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon's poetry of caustic realism quickly found its way into Owen's work, where it merged with the high romantic sublime of his other great influences, Keats and Shelley. Mark and Seamus discuss the unstable mixture of these forces and the innovative use of rhyme in a poem where the politics is less about ideology or argument than an intuitive response to the horror of war.Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford.Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://lrb.me/ppapplesignupIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/ppsignupFurther reading in the LRB:Seamus Heaney on Auden (and Wilfred Owen): https://lrb.me/pp6heaney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I recently took 25 copywriters through the process of landing a six-figure copywriting gig.  The Grand Prize was becoming the primary copywriter for Rich Schefren and being Chiefed by Mark Ford! It was a one-of-kind experience (imagine Hunger Games for copywriters). Everyone survived, but no one is the same.  Here's what we learned, and what you need to know if you want to land the best gigs in copywriting.   

Sean sits down with the one and only Mark Ford (more widely known as Michael Masterson) to talk about Mark's experiences as one of the trailblazers of direct-response copywriting into the digital space. Hear what Mark Ford has to say about: -What traits tell him a new copywriter is going to succeed -Why so many people learn the “wrong” lessons from studying classic copy -Which commonly forgotten emotions you NEED to be able to work into your copy -How “H.A.T.” is going to be the key to writing breakthrough copy in the Internet Age -And so much more!

In todays podcast we talk with Professor Matt Andreini about studying music abroad and freelancing after college.   Matthew Andreini is a highly versatile musician, known for his proficiency across a diverse range of genres. An in-demand performer, Andreini maintains an active performance career playing regularly in ensembles such as the wcfsymphony and Theater Cedar Rapids, and many orchestras throughout the Midwest. His dynamic career includes frequent solo appearances, dozens of concerti performances, as well as numerous international tours spanning Europe, Central, and South America. Notably, as a chamber musician he has shared the stage with acclaimed groups such as the Boston Brass and the Enso String Quartet. In the summers, Matt can often be found giving outdoor concerts with his Rosewood Novelty Band, which performs “xylophone rags” and popular music of the teens and 20s. He is also a member of the Sugar Daddies big band which has added several of Andreini's own arrangements to their repertoire. As an advocate for contemporary music, Andreini spearheads innovative initiatives, commissioning works for solo, duo, and percussion ensembles. His collaborations with acclaimed composers like Steve Snowden, Ivan Trevino, Mark Ford, and Kevin Bobo have been instrumental in bringing new compositions to life. Recently, he secured grant funding from the Iowa Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts to record his upcoming album, "Tapestry," featuring a collection of his recent commissions. Co-directing the "Iowa/Hungary Project" alongside Hungarian percussionist Gabor Palotas, Andreini has established a platform for cultural exchange, commissioning and premiering over 50 works since its inception. This initiative underscores their commitment to fostering artistic dialogue and amplifying representation from local communities. In 2017, the duo celebrated a significant milestone with the release of their full-length CD, "All Systems Go." Andreini currently serves as a percussion instructor at the University of Northern Iowa and is the Personnel Manager for wcfsymphony where he also performs in the percussion section. His previous teaching positions include roles at Hawkeye Community College, Southwestern Community College, and Joyful Noise Drums and Percussion. The dedication he brings to teaching is evident in the success of his students, many of whom have excelled in competitions and pursued flourishing careers as both educators, performers, and industry leaders.   Tapestry | Matt Andreini

In todays podcast we talk with Professor Matt Andreini about studying music abroad and freelancing after college.   Matthew Andreini is a highly versatile musician, known for his proficiency across a diverse range of genres. An in-demand performer, Andreini maintains an active performance career playing regularly in ensembles such as the wcfsymphony and Theater Cedar Rapids, and many orchestras throughout the Midwest. His dynamic career includes frequent solo appearances, dozens of concerti performances, as well as numerous international tours spanning Europe, Central, and South America. Notably, as a chamber musician he has shared the stage with acclaimed groups such as the Boston Brass and the Enso String Quartet. In the summers, Matt can often be found giving outdoor concerts with his Rosewood Novelty Band, which performs “xylophone rags” and popular music of the teens and 20s. He is also a member of the Sugar Daddies big band which has added several of Andreini's own arrangements to their repertoire. As an advocate for contemporary music, Andreini spearheads innovative initiatives, commissioning works for solo, duo, and percussion ensembles. His collaborations with acclaimed composers like Steve Snowden, Ivan Trevino, Mark Ford, and Kevin Bobo have been instrumental in bringing new compositions to life. Recently, he secured grant funding from the Iowa Arts Council/National Endowment for the Arts to record his upcoming album, "Tapestry," featuring a collection of his recent commissions. Co-directing the "Iowa/Hungary Project" alongside Hungarian percussionist Gabor Palotas, Andreini has established a platform for cultural exchange, commissioning and premiering over 50 works since its inception. This initiative underscores their commitment to fostering artistic dialogue and amplifying representation from local communities. In 2017, the duo celebrated a significant milestone with the release of their full-length CD, "All Systems Go." Andreini currently serves as a percussion instructor at the University of Northern Iowa and is the Personnel Manager for wcfsymphony where he also performs in the percussion section. His previous teaching positions include roles at Hawkeye Community College, Southwestern Community College, and Joyful Noise Drums and Percussion. The dedication he brings to teaching is evident in the success of his students, many of whom have excelled in competitions and pursued flourishing careers as both educators, performers, and industry leaders.   Tapestry | Matt Andreini

In this episode we're hanging with a heavy weight folks! Ford Thurston is a monster player with monster tone who has played countless gigs with tons of amazing artists. Plus he's got some pretty sweet, new gear purchases we have to take a look at up close. This is going to be a fun episode folks! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In 2022, Mark Ford and Erica Hanson, the executive producers of the revealing new docuseries, “Where is Wendy Williams” (now available on Lifetime), set out to chronicle the return of one of daytime's loudest and most popular voices. What they found was a lonely woman in crisis despite being placed under guardianship by New York State. Ford and Hanson discuss remaining nimble in their approach to documenting Wendy Williams' struggle with alcoholism and her descent into dementia; being stonewalled by the system allegedly in place to protect her; earning the trust of the Williams family, and filmmaking as a form of health advocacy. The only way “Group Text” happens is with YOUR support and support from mm amazing sponsors! This episode is sponsored by LolaVie, an award winning haircare line founded by the fabulous Jennifer Aniston! Go to LolaVie.com and use the promo code GROUPTEXT and checkout for 15% off your ENTIRE order!  That's L O L A V I E dot com with the promo code GROUPTEXT. Get started with EveryPlate for just $1.49 per meal PLUS $1 steaks for life by going to EveryPlate.com/podcast and entering code 49grouptext. Subscription must be active to qualify and redeem $1 steak This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Hurrdat Media is a podcast network and digital media production company based in Omaha, NE. Find more podcasts on the Hurrdat Media Network by going to HurrdatMedia.com or Hurrdat Media YouTube channel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In their second episode, Mark and Seamus look at W.H. Auden's ‘Spain'. Auden travelled to Spain in January 1937 to support the Republican efforts in the civil war, and composed the poem shortly after his return a few months later to raise money for Medical Aid for Spain. It became a rallying cry in the fight against fascism, but was also heavily criticised, not least by George Orwell, for the phrase (in its first version) of ‘necessary murder'. Mark and Seamus discuss the poem's Marxist presentation of history, its distinctly non-Marxist language, and why Auden ultimately condemned it as ‘a lie'.Mark Ford is Professor of English at University College, London, and Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at Balliol College, Oxford.Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:Directly in Apple PodcastsIn other podcast appsRead more in the LRB:Seamus Heaney: Sounding AudenAlan Bennett: The Wrong BlondSeamus Perry: That's what Wystan says Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of their new Close Readings series on political poetry, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at ‘An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland' by Andrew Marvell, described by Frank Kermode as ‘braced against folly by the power and intelligence that make it possible to think it the greatest political poem in the language'.Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:Directly in Apple PodcastsIn other podcast appsRead the poem hereFurther reading in the LRB:Blair Worden: Double TonguedFrank Kermode: Hard LabourDavid Norbrook: Political Verse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of their new Close Readings series on political poetry, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at ‘An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland' by Andrew Marvell, described by Frank Kermode as ‘braced against folly by the power and intelligence that make it possible to think it the greatest political poem in the language'.Sign up to the Close Readings subscription to listen ad free and to all our series in full:Directly in Apple PodcastsIn other podcast appsClose Readings PlusIf you'd like to receive all the books under discussion in our 2024 series, and get access to online seminars throughout the year with special guests and other supporting material, sign up to Close Readings Plus here: https://lrb.me/plusRead the poem hereFurther reading in the LRB:Blair Worden: Double TonguedFrank Kermode: Hard LabourDavid Norbrook: Political VerseGet in touch: podcasts@lrb.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Never underestimate the power of investing in people first. In this episode, host Kevin Thompson interviews internet marketing pioneer Rich Schefren. They discuss the importance of relationships in both life and business, with Rich sharing stories about key people like Jay Abraham, Mark Ford, and others who have deeply impacted his success over the past 20+ years.   Rich Schefren is widely recognized as an Internet marketing pioneer and one of the world's top experts on online business strategy. He has coached the world's top online business gurus, increased clients' revenues by BILLIONS of dollars, grew 3 of his businesses to 7-figures a year, authored the first “viral” free business report, popularized online business coaching in 2005, and invented the first automated webinar in 2009. Rich founded Strategic Profits in 2005 and since then, the company has been on a mission to turn struggling opportunity seekers into profitable entrepreneurs.     Key Highlights:   [00:01 - 08:50] Building a Successful Coaching Business   Rich on coaching high-level entrepreneurs and staying on the cutting edge with a 200+ contributor network Created a business model to publish successful new marketing strategies Establishing synergy providing value to contributors and clients Protecting reputation allows rewarding long-term relationships   [08:51 - 22:16] The Power and Pitfalls of Relationships   Invest in people first approach creates value Rich talks about the people who made the biggest difference in his life Presence and contribution matter more than just doing Insisting on being right destroys relationships - willingness to apologize mends relationships     [22:17 - 41:51] Mentors and Events Opening Doors   Mike Filsaime convinced Rich to write the pivotal manifesto Manifesto brought a testimonial from Todd Brown Mentors Mark Ford and Jay Abraham dramatically impacted Rich's success The value of attending events to establish a strong circle of support     [41:52 - 49:55] Leaving People at a Better Place   Remain honorable even in a rather dishonest environment Always be appreciative of others One simple action can be a catalyst for a powerful domino effect Connect with Rich at https://www.strategicprofits.com!    Key Quotes:   "I'd rather be broke with a bunch of friends than super rich and all by myself any day of the week." - Rich Schefren   "Always try to do the right thing. Always try to leave people in a better place and be willing to see things through other people's perspective." - Rich Schefren   Connect with Rich: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richschefren  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-schefren  Websites: https://www.strategicprofits.com and https://www.richschefren.com      Honoring: Todd Brown, Mark Ford, Jay Abraham, Clayton Makepeace and Mike Filsaime   Thanks for tuning in!  If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!    Find me on the following streaming platforms: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts IHeart Radio Stitcher

University of Virginia Associate Professor of Percussion and Principal Timpanist and Percussionist for the Charlottesville Symphony I-Jen Fang stops by [after Pete learns how to say her name at (03:00)] to discuss her recent PASIC 2023 performance for the New Music Research day with Greg Beyer (04:00), her percussion responsibilities at UVA and Charlottesville, the marching band at UVA, and the challenges of recruiting there (12:50), growing up in Taiwan, having artistic parents (who are not in the music field), getting started in piano, and the culture of music there (41:10), studying at Carnegie Mellon University (PA) for undergrad with Tim Adams and performing on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (53:40), living in Chicago and studying with Michael Burritt for her masters at Northwestern (IL) (01:10:00), doing the doctorate at University of North Texas and her research into the 1986 Marimba Commissions (01:18:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with sections on developing well-rounded percussionists, being an Asian woman in the percussion world, her love and skill at cooking, Anime series, and performing the music of Christopher Deane (01:29:20).Finishing with a Rave on the movies of Bruce Lee (01:59:00).I-Jen Fang Links:I-Jen's UVA pageI-Jen's Innovative Percussion pagePrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Mark Ford in 2023John Lane in 2023Eric Willie in 2022William Moersch in 2019Jason Baker in 2020Other Links:Greg BeyerCharlottesville Chamber Music FestivalMichael BurrittThomas Jefferson's MonticelloShenandoah National ForestTim Adams“Wind in the Bamboo Grove” - Keiko AbeJu Percussion GroupShe-e Wu“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters“Time for Marimba” - Minoru MikiChristopher DeaneRob MooreSandi RennickEd SophEd Smith“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman“Velocities” - Joseph SchwantnerLeigh Howard StevensKeiko AbeCynthia YehMomoko KamiyaNancy ZeltsmanTop Gun: Maverick trailerStar Wars: The Clone Wars trailerHunter x Hunter Set 1 trailerHot Tub Time Machine trailerUVA Men's Basketball 2018 and 20192017 Charlottesville Protests“Child of Tree” - John Cage“The Bones of Chung Tzu” - Christopher DeaneRaves:Fist of Fury - dojo fightThe Way of the Dragon - fight with Chuck NorrisEnter the Dragon - fight vs. O'Hara

In the tenth episode of the series, Seamus and Mark turn to two figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nella Larsen's ‘Passing' is taut, tense and tartly stylish take on the Jamesian short story, redolent with ironies and ambiguities, and feels just as relevant today. Widely considered his masterwork, Langston Hughes's ‘Montage of a Dream Deferred' draws on the modernist tradition, a documentarian sensibility and the freedoms of bebop to capture the multiplicity of Harlem voices.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up:Directly in Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps here: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guests were Director Erin Caswell-Vruscher, and actors Mark Ford and Barb McColgan

University of North Texas (UNT) Coordinator of Percussion Studies Mark Ford returns to talk about getting his undergrad music education degree from East Carolina University (ECU) (03:00), getting his Master's Degree from UNT and following with teaching stints at Murray State (KY) and Middle Tennessee State (10:10), his years teaching at ECU, working with Christopher Deane, the high level NC programs being built in the 1980s and 1990s, and developing Musicon Publications after acquiring the musical rights to Innovative Percussion's catalog (31:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, with segments on new percussion literature, great films, classics of Polish literature, the Green Bay Packers, and driving the wrong direction in California for PASIC (48:35).Finishing with a Rave on the 1993 film Dazed and Confused and the 2018 podcast The Rewatchables: Dazed and Confused (01:20:30).Mark Ford Links:Part 1 with Mark FordMark Ford's UNT webpageMark Ford's Innovative Percussion WebpagePrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Cort McClaren in 2022Other Links:Harold JonesRobert SchietromaJack Stamp“Sonata for Timpani” - John H. Beck“Two Movements for Marimba” - Toshimitsu Tanaka“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon StoutConcertino for Marimba and Orchestra - Paul CrestonConcerto for Marimba - Robert KurkaTim PetermanChris CrockarellRow-Loff ProductionsErik JohnsonMassie JohnsonChristopher Deane“Etude for a Quiet Hall” - Christopher DeaneJon MetzgerRon Fink#Marimbababy - Mark FordMusicon Publications“Head Talk” - Mark FordWe're the Millers trailerThis is Spinal Tap trailerAnd There Was Light - Jon MeachemJohn Adams - David McCulloughThe Doll - Boleslaw PrusLearning to Listen: The Jazz Journey of Gary Burton - An Autobiography - Gary BurtonKeiko Abe: A Virtuosic Life - Rebecca KiteBob BeckerTony McCutcheonRaves:Dazed and Confused trailerThe Rewatchables - Dazed and Confused

University of North Texas Coordinator of Percussion Studies Mark Ford stops by to talk about meeting folks at PASIC, his percussion responsibilities and the challenges of the job, how Grad Assistants factor in, and dealing with over 200 juries (03:05), getting into composing and the “Head Talk” pretuned heads (25:20), his time as Percussive Arts Society President, moving headquarters to Indianapolis, and “Jocks vs. Drummers” (37:40), and growing up in Virginia, his marching background and coming from a family of artists (46:00).Finishing with a Rave on the TV Series Origins of Hip Hop (59:30).Mark Ford Links:Mark's UNT HomepageMark's Innovative Percussion pagePrevious podcast guests mentioned:Dave Hall in 2020Lauren Teel in 2017Other links:UNT Percussion FacultyDame Evelyn GlennieBob SchietromaRon FinkChristopher DeanePaul Rennick and Santa Clara VanguardMichael CrawfordEugene CorporanAndy TrachselAlan Baylock“Head Talk” - Mark Ford“Stubernic” - Mark FordErik JohnsonConcerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble - Mark Ford“Renfro” - Mark FordJack Stamp“Stubernic Fantasy” - Mark Ford“Afta-Stuba!” - Mark Ford“Polaris” - Mark FordJames Lambert“ESPN Bows to Offended Drummers” - NPRHarold JonesDavid GaribaldiLeigh Howard StevensRaves:Origins of Hip Hop TV Series

James Joyce wrote most of the short stories in his landmark collection, Dubliners, when he was still in his 20s, but a tortuous publishing history, during which printers refused or pulped them for their profanity, meant they weren't published until 1914, when Joyce was 33. In their eighth episode, Mark and Seamus discuss the astonishing confidence of Joyce's early work, which not only launched his literary career, but also initiated the grand project of his writing life. In Dubliners, the reader experiences already the vastness of Joyce's literary imagination, his harsh criticism of the Catholic Church, his shameless plundering of the lives of his contemporaries, and a writer's self-conscious vocation to ‘forge the uncreated conscience of his race'.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up:Directly in Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps here: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the ever-evolving landscape of business and entrepreneurship, few things hold as much significance as the relationships we build. Picture this: a transformative encounter that alters the course of your life's journey, forging connections that shape your professional trajectory. Today, Patrick Coffey joins us, reflecting on their journey from healthcare to accidental entrepreneurship via a direct response role. Experiences at Early to Rise and Agora Publishing taught Patrick about direct response marketing and valuable relationships. Raised in NY and based in South Florida, Patrick began online marketing in 2002. Guided by Mark Ford, he honed skills from copywriting to event marketing. In 2008, he co-founded LOP Solutions, focusing on list building and lead generation. He formed key partnerships in online direct marketing and diversified investments. Beyond work, Patrick cherishes family, travel, concerts, sports, and dining with friends. Emphasizing cold emailing's power, Patrick discusses partnership importance with Kevin. His evolution from product-based to ad-based models, emphasizing list-building and email marketing, stems from Mark Baker's influence. Patrick's commitment to giving and collaborating underscores his dedication to aiding entrepreneurial journeys.   [00:00 – 18:25] From Accidental Start to Entrepreneurial Partnerships  Patrick's journey began accidentally with a job in a direct response startup, leading him to learn about marketing and relationships. Jeff Paul's influence taught Patrick the power of pushing and scaling in entrepreneurship. Mark Baker's partnership, an unexpected connection, became crucial in forming and growing successful businesses over 15 years.  [15:29 – 36:48] Navigating Alignment, Stability, and Giving Patrick values stable working relationships that provide alignment and perseverance through ups and downs. He emphasizes the critical role of operational aspects, like email delivery, in business success. Patrick's entrepreneurial philosophy centers on giving, contributing, and building connections for mutual growth.  [36:49 – 39:14] Closing Statements Follow Patrick on LinkedIn and Facebook. Also, be sure to check his webpage at https://www.patrickcoffey.com   Thanks for tuning in!    If you liked my show, please LEAVE A 5-STAR REVIEW, like, and subscribe!    Find me on the following streaming platforms: Apple Spotify Google Podcasts IHeart Radio Stitcher     Tweetable Quotes   “One of the things I value most is that it's such a great working relationship. Not that we don't ever have more conversations. We do, and we'll bump heads, but we're always working to the solution and the end goal.” – Patrick Coffey

This week on Bottom of the Bill please welcome world-class vibraphonist, musician, educator, and social entrepreneur - Drew Tucker. Drew is at the forefront of reinventing the Vibraphone for the modern audience. His “It's Not a Xylophone” movement along with his passionate playing style is opening up new audiences to this unique instrument. His playing style melds soul, funk, jazz, and hip-hop influences, and has shared the stage with Shaun Martin, Mani Hoffman, Jeff Coffin, Chris Nix, Tom Hurst, Nebjsa Zikovic, and Mark Ford to name a few. Whether coaching eager high school students through national music competitions or leading and directing the growth of local arts institutions, Drew's passion for improving people's lives through artistic endeavor is unwavering. Be sure to check out the links below to learn more about him. As always don't forget to subscribe, hit that notification bell, and leave your thoughts in the comments section below. #bottomofthebill #bottomofthebillpodcast #drewtucker #vibraphoneplayer #itsnotaxylophone #musicpodcast // Drew Tucker Official Links Website: https://itsnotaxylophone.com Booking: https://ragman.org/drew-tucker YT:    / @itsnotaxylophone   IG: https://instagram.com/itsnotaxylophone FB: https://facebook.com/drewtucker7 ______________________________________________ // Podcast Sponsors Best Buds CBD Store https://bestbudscbdstore.com ______________________________________________ Please consider supporting this channel with some Bottom of the Bill Official Merch!! https://bottom-of-the-bill.creator-sp... Bottom of the Bill is a podcast for DIY musicians navigating the current landscape on the periphery of the major industry cities. Hosted by Anton Laplume, the podcast features appearances from local and regional artists, club promoters, artist managers, booking agents, and venue owners to give some real insight into the industry. // Bottom of the Bill Official Podcast Links: Website: https://bottomofthebill.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ySpQAR... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... IG: https://instagram.com/bottom_of_the_bill TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@bottomofthebill FB: https://facebook.com/bottomofthebillp... // Anton Links: IG: https://instagram.com/antonlaplume TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@antonlaplume FB: https://facebook.com/antonlaplume // Official Side Hustle Links Website: https://sidehustletheband.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4XvbR... YT:    / sidehustletheband   IG: https://instagram.com/sidehustletheband TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@sidehustletheband FB: https://facebook.com/Sidehustletheband

Seamus and Mark step into the counterculture with two long poems, ‘Howl' and ‘Kaddish', by Allen Ginsberg, a Beat poet-celebrity with a utopian vision for an America rescued from its corrupted institutions and vested interests. Seamus and Mark discuss some of Ginsberg's influences – including Whitman, Carlos Williams, O'Hara and Blake – and the far-reaching impact of his work, as well as Mark's own experiences meeting the poet.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up:Directly in Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps here: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Controversial, compulsive, and overwhelmingly charismatic, D.H. Lawrence continues to exert an undeniable magnetism through his novels and poetry. But, as Mark argues in this episode, the quintessential Lawrence lies in his shorter fiction. Focusing on five stories that span Lawrence's career, Mark and Seamus discuss the strange mix of uninhibitedness and meticulous detail that make Lawrence's work essential reading.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up:Directly in Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps here: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In their fifth episode, Mark and Seamus reach their first 20th century poet of the series, the Ohio-born, New York-loving ad man Hart Crane, and his epic 1930 work The Bridge. Directly inspired by The Waste Land, The Bridge sought to address modernity, as Eliot had done, with all its conflicts, contradictions and difficulties, but infuse it with a Whitman-esque expression of American greatness.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up:Directly in Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps here: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two worlds collide in this Close Readings fusion episode in which Mary Wellesley talks to Mark Ford about the medieval in Thomas Hardy and the wider Victorian imagination. They discuss why Hardy liked to present himself as an Arthurian knight, his satirisation of the chivalric ideal in his novel A Pair of Blue Eyes, and the way his training as an architect influenced his devotion to poetic spontaneity and experimentation.Sign up for Close Readings here: https://lrb.me/closereadings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode four of The Long and Short, Mark and Seamus turn to the squarely modernist Katherine Mansfield, whose writing famously attracted the envy of Virginia Woolf. They discuss how in Mansfield's work the modernist story makes a decisive break from its 19th century predecessors. At turns lyrical, ruthless, moving and darkly comic, these stories demonstrate her knack for close observation and mimicry – no wonder one of them is Mark's ‘desert island' story.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this Hershel Yatovitz Interview: Getting the gig with Chris Isaak and how it almost didn't happen, GREAT conversation about getting sober and some really amazing advice about asking for help, experiences playing with Joe Walsh, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Warren Haynes, Bonnie Raitt… growing up in Palo Alto and moving to Portland, Charlie Hunter, Wicked Game, kindness and more. Really sincere convo: Cool Guitar & Music T-Shirts, ELG Merch!: http://www.GuitarMerch.com Hershel's been Chris Isaak's lead guitar player since 1995, playing on 12 LPs, touring the world, and appearing as a cast member on The Chris Isaak Show. Hershel's also played with Art Alexakis, Junior Brown, James Burton, Mark Ford, Warren Haynes, Joe Pass, Bonnie Raitt, Richie Sambora, Joe Walsh and LOADS of other artists Subscribe & Website: https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe Support this show: http://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/support

The third episode of The Long and Short turns to the short stories of Henry James. Mark and Seamus look in particular at ‘The Aspern Papers', which, like Tennyson's ‘Maud', offers a diagnosis of obsession, in this case through a sensuous, excruciating and often comedic Venetian psychodrama. Mark and Seamus discuss the emergence of the short story at the end of the 19th century, and how certain features of the form – its attachment to unresolved endings, its debt to the dramatic monologue – can be found in James's own stories, along with his other major themes, such as the tortured relationship between the public and private, and the experience of Americans in Europe.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Incarcerated people across the US could find their commissary funds depleted by a new proposed policy from the Bureau of Prisons to automatically deduct three quarters of all funds prisoners receive from loved ones on the outside.If you'd like to help stop this new proposal from the BOP, click here for instructions on how to submit a public comment—Monday, March 13 is the last day to act.Tim Curry is the Policy & Research Director at the Fines and Fees Justice Center.Jodi Hocking is the founder and Executive Director of Return Strong, a grassroots organization of families and loved ones of incarcerated people fighting for transparency, accountability, and communication from the Nevada Department of Corrections.Mark Ford is a formerly incarcerated person who won relief from the BOP's proposed deductions after advocates won a statutory cap on the new policy.Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtbSign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtbGet Rattling the Bars updates: https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtbLike us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

In the second episode of The Long and Short, Mark and Seamus turn to Walt Whitman's ‘Song of Myself', from Leaves of Grass (1855), for Mark ‘one of the most exciting things literature has to offer'. They discuss the extraordinary physicality and exuberance of this seminal American poem, its relationship with urbanism, capitalism and sexuality, and its Johnny Appleseed-spirit, among many other things.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Ford and Seamus Perry start their series, The Long and Short, with Tennyson's ‘Maud', a weird and disturbing poem about obsession that Tennyson himself was obsessed by. He would recite it in full at the drop of a hat, sometimes more than once, to friends and foes alike – even though it received notoriously bad reviews when it was published. This episode considers why the poem meant so much to him, and what it tells us about the Victorian age.This is an extract from the episode. To listen in full and to our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadingsSeamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford and Mark Ford is Professor of English Literature at University College London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Highlights from their conversation include:Overview of BlueGrace and Mark's career (1:07)State of the market today and being flexible with changes (7:16)Managed transportation offering (12:17)Focusing on the things that give you a competitive advantage (17:07)How technology benefits employees (19:22)Balancing internal development with external collaboration (22:46)3PLs need to differentiate themselves by what they do best (25:30)Bid fatigue and strategy (28:17)Opportunity in the supply chain (32:54)Founded in Tampa, Florida, in 2009, BlueGrace Logistics takes a progressive approach to transportation management to help customers of all sizes drive savings and simplicity into their supply chains. Find out more at https://mybluegrace.com/about-us/about-bluegrace/About The Future of Supply Chain:During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together.

Mark Ford and Seamus Perry return for the final episode in their Close Readings series looking at 19th and 20th century poetry. On the centenary of the publication of Eliot's ‘The Waste Land' in book form, Mark and Seamus consider how revolutionary the poem was, the numerous meanings that have been drawn out of it, and its lasting influence.Mark and Seamus will return in January for a new, twelve-part series, The Long and Short, examining short stories and long poems from the 19th and 20th centuries. Find details of how to sign up that here: https://lrb.me/longshortThe Long and Short is one of three Close Readings series we'll be running throughout next year, all starting in January. The other two are on Classical literature and Medieval literature, and you can find details of how to sign up to those on the link below or at https://lrb.me/closereadingsFind related reading at the episode page: https://lrb.co.me/crliveSubscribe to the LRB from just £1 per issue: https://mylrb.co.uk/podcast20b Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the lives and works of Frank O'Hara and John Ashbery, close friends and leading lights of the New York School, who sought to create an anti-academic, hedonistic poetry, freeing themselves from the puritan American tradition.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.Further reading on O'Hara and Ashbery in the LRB:C.K. SteadJohn BayleyStephanie BurtJohn KerriganThis episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in June 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at the life and work of Charlotte Mew, who brought the Victorian art of dramatic monologue into the 20th century, and whose difficult experiences are often refracted through her damaged and marginalised characters.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadingsFurther reading on Mew in the LRB:Matthew BevisPenelope FitzgeraldSusannah ClappSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in March 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford continue their series with a look at the life and work of W.B. Yeats, from his early quest for a mythological Irish culture, to his shift towards the Modernist experiment, and preoccupation with the ‘murderousness of the world'.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in December 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry, Mark Ford and Joanne O'Leary discuss the life and work of Emily Dickinson—her dashes, death instinct and obliquity.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in June 2021.Further reading on Dickinson in the LRB:Joanne O'LearyMark FordDanny KarlinTom PaulinSusan Eilenberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the life and work of the Saint Lucian Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, the island poet and playwright surrounded by an oceanic consciousness, whose writing recognises at once the terrible gulfs between peoples and our common predicament.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in March 2021.Further reading on and by Walcott in the LRB:'Militia' by Derek WalcottIan SansomNicholas EverettStephen BrookBlake Morrison Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss the life and work of Louis MacNeice, the Irish poet of psychic divisions and authoritative fretfulness, in the fourth episode of series two of Modern-ish Poets.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in November 2020.Further reading on MacNiece in the LRB:Ian HamiltonJohn KerriganMarilyn ButlerNick Laird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the third episode of their second series of Modern-ish Poets, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford turn to the life and work of Adrienne Rich, in whose poems the personal becomes not only political, but epic.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in September 2020.Further reading on Rich in the LRB:Jacqueline RoseStephanie Burt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford look at the life and work of Robert Frost, the great American poet of fences and dark woods. They discuss Frost's difficult early life as an occasional poultry farmer and teacher, his arrival in England in 1912 amid the flowering of Georgian poetry, and his emergence as the first 20th-century professional poet, whose version of the American wilderness myth, full of mischief and foreboding, took him to packed concert halls and a presidential inauguration.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in August 2020.Further reading on Frost in the LRB:Leo MarxHelen VendlerPeter HowarthMatthew Bevis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of their second series of Modern-ish Poets, Seamus Perry and Mark Ford take on Gerard Manley Hopkins: Victorian literature's only anti-modern proto-modernist queer-ecologist Jesuit priest.To listen to series one of Modern-ish Poets and all our other Close Readings series, sign up here:Directly in Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPqIn other podcast apps: https://lrb.me/closereadingsSeries one of Modern-ish Poets looks at Philip Larkin, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Thomas Hardy, Stevie Smith, A. E. Housman, Wallace Stevens, Sylvia Plath, Seamus Heaney and Robert Lowell.This episode was first published on the LRB Podcast in March 2020.Further reading on Hopkins in the LRB:Helen VendlerPatricia BeerJohn Bayley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Seamus Perry and Mark Ford return with a new twelve-part Close Readings series, The Long and Short, taking a fresh look at 19th and 20th-century literature through the lens of short stories and long poems. Starting in January 2023, the series will look at twelve writers, from Tennyson and Henry James to Elizabeth Bowen and Alice Oswald, with a new episode appearing each month. This sample is from the first episode, on Tennyson's ‘Maud'.Subscribers to the full series will receive copies of the books discussed in each episode and access to online seminars with Seamus and Mark throughout the year. Audio-only options are also available.Subscribe to the series here: https://lrb.me/longshortFind out about other Close Readings series here: https://lrb.me/closereadings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Corals have held our fascination for thousands of years, but much of what we know about them has only been discovered recently. Liam Shaw talks to Tom about what corals are and how they form, and their extraordinary variety (over two thousand species have so far been described). They look at some of the milestones in our knowledge of this flower-animal, including Darwin's account of coral atoll formation, and the importance of the oral history of Indigenous peoples around the coast of Australia in understanding the development of the Great Barrier Reef. As coral reefs now face almost total destruction from climate change, they also consider some of the fixes people have come up with to protect them, and whether it's possible to put a monetary value on such natural phenomena.Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/coralpodBook livestream tickets for Seamus Perry and Mark Ford live here: https://lrb.me/closereadingseventBook livestream tickets for Wallace Shawn live here: https://lrb.me/shawnevent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark “Muddy” Dutton Interview: Tons of stories, getting sober, connecting with Slim Jim Phantom, Tracy Guns, Chris Robinson, Marc Ford, Chris Shiflett… top 3 musical experiences...playing with Bob Weir & Phil Lesh… becoming more balanced… being sensitive & learning what's important in life. GREAT, honest convo: Cool Guitar & Music T-Shirts!: http://www.GuitarMerch.com   Mark Dutton's either played with, produced, engineered, or co-written with artists like Chris Robinson in The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Mark Ford, Kathy Valentine, The Go-Go's, Dwight Yoakam, LA Guns, Gilby Clarke, Jessica Simpson, Brian Jonestown Massacre & Chris Shiflett. He and his partner also run a company that specializes in developing young talent Subscribe & Website:  https://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/subscribe Support this show: http://www.everyonelovesguitar.com/support