Podcast appearances and mentions of Matt Reed

A few years ago, we brought you the story of how dinosaur emoji had entered the debate about trans rights. We were reminded of this episode recently when a White House memorandum lambasted NPR for spreading "radical, woke propaganda" and linked to our story as an example. After the memo, President Trump signed an executive order to stop federal funding to NPR and PBS. We stand by our reporting. And so we decided to bring you the episode again. ***** We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. Click here for the donation page. Thank you! ***** This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Matt Reed. The co-hosts are Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson. Special thanks for Dane Grey for the artwork.

Matt Reed joins Ed Opperman to discuss the class action against OSU for historical sexual abuse.Ohio State University has paid out $60 million in settlement money in the last few years to hundreds of former students and athletes who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a school doctor.Its former president has publicly apologized “to each person who endured” abuse at the hands of the late Dr. Richard Strauss.And the university has repeatedly said it was on the side of the hundreds of men that Strauss preyed on from the 1970s to the 1990s, mostly under the guise of performing medical exams like hernia checks, which require a doctor to examine a patient's genitals.But faced with at least five more lawsuits from some 236 men alleging they too were molested by Strauss, OSU is now denying it ever “admitted” to any wrongdoing.WebsiteGo Fund MeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Joining us today is Matt Reed, a Creative Strategist at Red Pepper Agency. Matt is the first Creative Strategist I have ever met, and what he and his agency are doing with what I would call evolutionary creative prototyping has the potential to be a game changer for their field and others. I think I used the term "blown away" in this interview more than any other interview we've had. Matt was a blast to talk with and really shared a different view of what the future of creative technology has in store for us. Check out what he and the great people at Red Pepper are doing at https://www.redpepper.land Host: Patrick Boggs truefictioncast@gmail.com Cohost: Norbert Yates truefictioncast@gmail.com Engineer/Cohost/: Marshall truefictioncast@gmail.com Amazing Voice in the show bumpers: Bobbie Ashley Bobbie's Amazing first album https://rb.gy/hfpluu Bobbie's second album (released on September 18th, 2023. https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CFSBCC8J Bobbie's Books https://rb.gy/bjziju Intro and exit music artist: Jon Dacosta Song title: Funky Intro Spotify Link to a couple of Jon's projects: Cuba: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SWNpmjhVyCCcHGb3ZUl0b?si=xuqPreLCSGakMyKeFbRDBQ Highland Reunion https://open.spotify.com/artist/2FkBd7GBKSINGFXediVPDy?si=NnPRxEXRRy-9PU5w_B1e0g

When a Redditor said that he was expected to stay in his Swedish friend's bedroom while the friend ate dinner with his family, the internet exploded with hot takes. Is Sweden the most inhospitable country in the world? We talk to the individuals at the center of the Swedengate saga, including the OP himself. We also delve into how questioning cultural norms can shed light on Sweden's reckoning with nationalism, racism, and xenophobia. Credits: This episode was written and produced by Amory Siverston. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts. This episode originally aired on July 15, 2022.

This Sunday we heard from our Youth Ministry Resident, Matt Reed, about the third letter of John. Matt taught us that you promote what you are passionate about, and John is passionate about his children walking in the truth. We should be co-working in the truth with our brothers and sisters in Christ, asking ourselves: what are my gifts and what can I give? Matt encouraged us to welcome the truth and be more concerned with building God's kingdom and not our own. When we see the truth and witness the truth, our lives are transformed and we no longer have to live for our own name, but get to live for the name of Christ. Praise God!

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Matt Reed joins Ed Opperman to discuss the class action against OSU for historical sexual abuse.Ohio State University has paid out $60 million in settlement money in the last few years to hundreds of former students and athletes who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a school doctor.Its former president has publicly apologized “to each person who endured” abuse at the hands of the late Dr. Richard Strauss.And the university has repeatedly said it was on the side of the hundreds of men that Strauss preyed on from the 1970s to the 1990s, mostly under the guise of performing medical exams like hernia checks, which require a doctor to examine a patient's genitals.But faced with at least five more lawsuits from some 236 men alleging they too were molested by Strauss, OSU is now denying it ever “admitted” to any wrongdoing.WebsiteGo Fund MeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

This week, we heard from our Youth Ministry Resident, Matt Reed, as he continued our sermon series in Esther. We learned that despite our dire circumstances or our misaligned motives, God uses the unexpected for his purposes. In these verses, Esther is brought in and made queen by King Ahasuerus. Despite no mention of God in the book of Esther, we see his presence throughout the story. We see God making preparations as he places Esther in a specific place for his purposes; we see Esther being patient in God's placing; and, we see our encouragement in God's purposes. Praise him! When we experience temporal trials, we are reminded of our eternal God.

Happy Mayday! Apologies for the delay... this month for the May 2024 episode of the RCEM Learning Podcast Rob and Liz have two new in EM sections on the use of clonidine for pain and the use of coca cola in food boluses. We have a new Guidelines for EM section on The NEXUS Guidelines for Chest Imaging and then Rob speaks with Matt Reed about submitting your work for the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference. We then end with New Online. If you'd like to email us, please feel free to do so here. (01:56) New in EM - Clonidine for pain Effect of oral clonidine on pain reduction in patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department: A randomized clinical trial (Rostamipoor et al., 2024) (17:44) Guidelines for EM - The NEXUS Guidelines for Chest Imaging A Pilot Study to Derive Clinical Variables for Selective Chest Radiography in Blunt Trauma Patients (Rodriguez et al., 2006) Derivation of a decision instrument for selective chest radiography in blunt trauma (Rodriguez et al., 2011) Derivation and validation of two decision instruments for selective chest CT in blunt trauma: a multicenter prospective observational study (NEXUS Chest CT) (Rodriguez et al., 2015) Evaluation of the Nexus X-ray rules in blunt thorax trauma (Acar et al., 2020) CT scanning in blunt chest trauma: validation of decision instruments (Reichardt et al., 2020) (49:28) Interview with Matt Reed (RCEM Research Committee Chair) RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 Submitting your abstract to the RCEM Annual Scientific Conference 2024 (57:19) New in EM - Coca-cola for food bolus Efficacy of cola ingestion for oesophageal food bolus impaction: open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (Tievie et al., 2024) (01:13:24) New Online – new articles on RCEMLearning for your CPD Curriculum Cup (Neurology) - RCEMLearning Behaviours that Challenge - Liz Herrieven Sickle Cell Disease - Lisa Sabir, Roshan Cherian

In 2017, Rhett Barker and his friends needed a way to stay in touch after graduating college. They were ecology majors, and meme groups were in vogue, so they created Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends on Facebook. It began as a place to share silly nature-centered memes. The jokes were comically esoteric: about, say, the scientific name of a rare wild feline or the bites of Brazilian wandering spiders. You needed to know the science to laugh. In spite of this — or because of it — the group attracted hundreds of thousands of fans from around the world. Now the group is a sprawling ecosystem of memelords with a “relentlessly optimistic” take on the natural world. Rhett decided to put the group's popularity to good use. The results were overwhelming. Endless Thread examines the psychology of conservation online and how people are using hope, fear, and humor to repair the planet. ===== Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mix and sound design by Matt Reed. The hosts are Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell. P.S. Thanks to Derek for the rad story rec!

Matt Reed joins Ed Opperman to discuss the class action against OSU for historical sexual abuse.Ohio State University has paid out $60 million in settlement money in the last few years to hundreds of former students and athletes who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a school doctor.Its former president has publicly apologized “to each person who endured” abuse at the hands of the late Dr. Richard Strauss.And the university has repeatedly said it was on the side of the hundreds of men that Strauss preyed on from the 1970s to the 1990s, mostly under the guise of performing medical exams like hernia checks, which require a doctor to examine a patient's genitals.But faced with at least five more lawsuits from some 236 men alleging they too were molested by Strauss, OSU is now denying it ever “admitted” to any wrongdoing.WebsiteGo Fund MeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

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As Shakespeare once said...all the internet is a stage, and all keyboard warriors merely players. In this episode of Endless Thread, the members of the Nashville-based musical improv group Cherry Bomb stage an homage to their very active neighborhood Facebook group, and put some posts inspired by the Endless Thread subreddit to song. Credits: This episode was produced by Grace Tatter. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Grace Tatter are the co-hosts.

This week, we continued our series on what it looks like to follow Jesus with servanthood. Youth ministry resident Matt Reed walked us through John 13:1-17: The Joy to Serve. We learned that followers of Jesus lay aside their worldly standing in order to put on godly servanthood. In his last few moments on earth, Jesus took on the form of a slave to wash his disciples' feet. In the same way, Jesus commands his disciples to serve others. While there are many reasons we try to avoid serving, we should serve (and do so with the right heart) because Christ first served us. Praise God for his sacrificial service!

The discovery of a secret tunnel attached to a Brooklyn synagogue earlier this month quickly went viral, fueling antisemitic conspiracy theories that long predate the internet. Endless Thread host Ben Brock Johnson and producer Grace Tatter dig into what we actually know about why this group of Brooklyn yeshiva students got into extracurricular excavation.  Credits: This episode was produced by Grace Tatter and Ben Brock Johnson. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Grace Tatter are the co-hosts.

Rodrigo Barbosa runs social media for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves Brazilian fan club. He's fluent in Brazil's particularly zany brand of internet humor. But when one his weirdest tweets went viral in the U.S., he had some translating to do. Credits: This episode was produced by Ben Brock Johnson with Grace Tatter. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.

As we approach the new year, we revisit a story with a timeless message. Ten years ago, a man was stuck on the side of the road for hours with a blown-out tire. Just as he was about to give up, something changed him forever. Credits: This episode was produced by Ben Brock Johnson. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts. Photo: Anna Karakalou

As many people gather with family and friends for the holidays, we revisit a story about our listener Niall. In 2020, Niall emailed us saying he felt isolated during the pandemic. He wanted to know if we could help him make some new friends. So, we did. Credits: This episode was produced by Josh Crane and Frank Hernandez. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts. Photo: u/archaelleon on Reddit

With new and exotic species available at the click of a button, the digital age forever changed the multimillion-dollar arachnid industry. What has that meant for spiders? Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mixing, sound design, and original music by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell are the co-hosts. (Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images)

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Keeping your heat treat equipment cool is as critical as it is an oxymoron. If you have old cooling systems or are looking to purchase new ones, hear from Matt Reed, director of Sales and Technologies at Dry Coolers as he shares purchasing considerations, maintenance, and latest technologies with Heat Treat Radio host, Doug Glenn. Watch | Listen | Learn Full transcript, audio, and video to this episode is located here: https://heattreattoday.com/radio

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Our environment is important, which is why being more sustainable is key. In this episode of the Class E Podcast, we talked to Alexa Valdovinos ‘25 about her sustainable instrument reed company, Monte Valle LLC. From winning the 2022 Paladin Pitch competition to now, Valdovinos shares her entrepreneurial journey and plans for her company and discusses how she balances her life as both a student and entrepreneur. Guest: Alexa Valdavinos '25 Host: Mary Sturgill Producer: Isabella Martinez '24   TRANSCRIPT: MARY: Hi there, everyone. Welcome to this episode of the Class E Podcast. I am your host Mary Sturgill. This is the podcast that is brought to you through a partnership between the Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Communication Studies Department here at Furman University. And we're right in the middle of our summer series this summer where we talk to current Furman students and recent alumni about their entrepreneurial ventures. And today my special guest is Alexa Valdovinos, who was the winner of the Paladin Pitch Competition not this past year but the year before that and she is the founder of her company Monte Valle LLC. Did I say that correctly?  ALEXA: Yes.  MARY: Okay. Welcome to the show.  ALEXA: Thank you.  MARY: So, Alexa, tell us about Monte Valle and how you came up with the concept for that.  ALEXA: Yeah! So, it all started in high school. So, I have been a musician for eight years. I started off playing the flute and then I expanded into playing saxophone in high school. And so it all started off in my little band room during COVID… 2021, peak COVID. There were probably five kids in my class, so we didn't really do a whole lot.  MARY: Right.  ALEXA: And so I kind of sat there one day and I was like, you know, Mr. Stewart, who was my band director at the time, I wonder if we can make reeds out of something else like they have so much waste. I mean, you use them for like a couple of weeks, and then you just throw them away but there's so much waste with them.  MARY: Right.  ALEXA: And so we got to thinking and he was like, you know, I think you're onto something Alexa, but maybe you should wait until college to really like fully grasp and have more, you know, access to resources. I'm like, okay, I'm gonna do it and so I had joined FUSEA (Furman University Student Entrepreneurship Association) my freshman year because I just knew that I wanted to be an entrepreneur. And I remember Matt Reed at the time, who was working with the Hill Institute, he told me, okay, Alexa do you remember that idea that you had with the reeds? Because I pitched it in the fall semester at their little like Big Ideas Competition.  MARY: Right.  ALEXA: And that's when I really like kind of developed it a little bit more. And I was like, I looked at him funny, I was like, yes. And he's like, well, do you want to, you know, pursue it? I'm like, oh, 100% and so that's when, you know, I started working with the Hill Institute and I actually went to Charleston to compete in the SOCON entrepreneurial challenge. And that's when, you know, I had like three days to build the whole pitch deck and develop this whole product idea.  MARY: Wow.  ALEXA: Yeah. So that's when it fully I would say took off.  MARY: Yeah. So, you went down to Charleston before you won our pitch competition here, right? So they were just like here, let's, let's run with this and you're like, “absolutely.”  ALEXA: Yeah. So, what had happened is that they were taking Brooke Dominiak, who was the winner the year before me with To-Go Bros and she was in the profit portion. And they were like, well, we don't have anybody for the nonprofit portion. So, would you want to do it? And so I was like, I mean, a free trip to Charleston, sure. It'll be a good opportunity. So that's when I, you know, it was like, you know, Matt had told me at this event, you know, you only have three days and I was like, oh, okay, so that took long hours of making a pitch deck and, you know, working on everything. I think it was working up until like, one o'clock in the morning the night before.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: So, it was a process for sure.  MARY: Yeah, yeah. So that was…was that the fall and then spring you won the Paladin Pitch Competition?  ALEXA: Yeah, Charleston… I went to Charleston, probably I think the February. That February in the spring and then I competed in Paladin Pitch that March.  MARY: Yeah. Excellent. So what… you've been working on the company for a little over a year now, diligently. And so, what kinds of things have you learned from this process?  ALEXA: I've learned quite a bit. I've learned that you know, there's a lot of different little nitty gritty details in order to start a business. You know, it's not easy to just say I want to start a business and do it.  MARY: I have a business.  ALEXA: Yeah, exactly. You know, like it takes you know, making it LLC approved, going through all the proper permissions, making sure that everything is legal…  MARY: The licenses and all that yeah.  ALEXA: …the licensing, the buying, you know, for my product, in particular, prototyping and researching, and a really important thing that I've learned is that not everything's gonna go how I originally thought it was going to go. I remember, you know, I had this huge vision. Like I wanted everything to be compostable, biodegradable, but Olivia Esquivel, who is the co-founder of Southern Pressed. She was one of the judges when I won and she told me, you know, like, going in the industry of the sustainability organic industry is hard.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: And so not everything is gonna go how you want it to and that was hard for me.  MARY: Right.  ALEXA: And so realizing that you know, it's okay if things don't go the way that your blueprint ideas say it's going to go.  MARY: Yeah. And just because they don't go that way right now, doesn't mean they won't in the future.  ALEXA: Of course, of course.  MARY: So what prompted you to create the sustainable portion of this? Like you could create reeds out of other things, right? But how does the sustainability play into that?  ALEXA: I've always, you know, so both my parents are from Mexico. I've grown up going there since I was really little, but I also grew up in the mountains here. I grew up in North Carolina, about 30 minutes from here.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: So I've just always grown up around, you know, forest and mountains and my parents always taught me, you know, take care of what you have, you know, let's be sustainable, and let's recycle and all that stuff. But it was really during COVID when I had a lot of thinking time and was like, you know, reeds… they produce a lot of waste. And it adds up because I'm just one musician out of millions on this planet who use like boxes of reeds over weeks of time, and each of those produce single use plastic, single use, you know, waste, and that's what really got me was like there needs to be change because I want to have a future. I want my kids one day to have a future and growing up in the mountains and if you know, we don't do something about it…  MARY: You're gonna lose them.  ALEXA: Yeah, we're going to lose them. So that was my biggest I would say motivation.  MARY: So, you've been prototyping. How's that going? And what's going on with it?  ALEXA: Yeah, so right now we are… I'm working with my old high school. And right now they have a reed machine, which is what helps create the reeds itself.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: So right now they're gonna prototype those, prototypes for the material, use the machine, see how that's working… I'm also working with the middle school over there as well, to kind of do some researching with some 3D printing as well. So it's, it's going, you know, it was definitely a long process to figure out, you know, what we need, what we don't need, sourcing the material because that was something that was really important to me…  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: …was making sure that I source well.  MARY: So what are you… what is the material? What are you making them out of? Because I know originally in your pitch, and this is maybe how something might have changed is that bamboo grows really quickly. Let's do bamboo. It's a renewable source.  ALEXA: Yes, that's what we're hoping to use right now. We're also kind of just for the prototyping just to make sure that all the machines work and stuff, we're using cane but I'm also using mostly bamboo, which is what I originally had wanted to and what I told in my pitch.  MARY: Yeah, yeah. Oh, excellent. Excellent. So you're just setting all that up to be able to do the bamboo and then are you working with bamboo farmers? I mean, are there bamboo farmers?  ALEXA: Well, I'm working with…I worked with a small business right now to kind of start sourcing. I'm hoping that maybe in the future, I can work with bamboo farmers. I can work with the Veterans Healing Farm up in Hendersonville, North Carolina.  MARY: Oh, yeah. Yeah.  ALEXA: They grow bamboo on their farm and it's, you know, it's a nonprofit organization.  MARY: Love that, that partnership with the nonprofit and yeah, they're doing great things up there. That's awesome. Because I don't know of any bamboo farmers.  ALEXA: I don't either. I just know people who always tell me to like Alexa like can you come, you know, like I have bamboo all in my backyard.  MARY: Can you come get it?  ALEXA: Yeah.  MARY: You'll be having everybody come, come ask you to do that. Here I have some bamboo for you. What do you think you've learned through this process that you were just like, wow, I'm so glad I learned that early on?  ALEXA: I would say it's what Olivia Esquivel told me is that it's okay if you compromise. You have to pick and choose your battles, especially with sustainability and businesses because you know, it's not cheap to start a business either. And especially, you know, if you want to get it off the ground you can't, you know, and you…specifically buying organically, it's hard. It's expensive.  MARY: Let's talk about this…packaging is one of the most not sustainable issues with the reeds, right? And so how are you meeting that problem?  ALEXA: Yeah, I'm also sourcing more sustainably. I'm hoping to use in the future some sort of like beeswax that will hopefully control the humidity and moisture because that's a really big thing…  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: …in reeds that, you know, in transit, they're very fragile. I'm hoping to also work with Bubble Paper. It's a company that makes basically bubble wrap but it makes it out of cardboard and paper so I'm just trying to source and make it more sustainable more…not as like wasteful and reusable. Perhaps. Yeah.  MARY: And that makes sense because…and then you have to do some testing I would imagine to make sure that that moisture doesn't get in in transit.  ALEXA: Yeah, that's what we're hoping to do through this whole process with my high school throughout the summer. It's just once we test the reeds, test all the other material as well.  MARY: So, what advice would you have for other students who have an idea… because you very well could have sat back and said, oh, that's a great idea, but never done anything about it, right? And I love the fact that you're reaching back to your high school and they're helping you with it to get those high school students involved in this because I think that will probably influence the future entrepreneurs even more than you know, right? What advice would you give to other potential entrepreneurs who might have an idea but haven't acted on it yet?  ALEXA: I would say the biggest piece of advice I would give is take baby steps. You know, I have to do that a lot as a college student.  MARY: I started to say, yeah.  ALEXA: Yeah. As a college student, I don't have all the time in the world and you know, I'm involved in a lot and so knowing that it's okay, like it's okay to think…like it's gonna take time. It's gonna take time, but don't lose sight of your goal. Yeah, I know that there were definitely times… oh sorry.  MARY: No, keep going.  ALEXA: There were definitely times where I just got so caught up in college life that I was just like, oh my gosh, am I really gonna be able to do this? I've never done this before. You know, I'm a first gen college student like I don't… I can't even tackle that. Like, am I gonna be able to do this? But just remembering that, you know, you have an idea, and sticking to those goals and knowing that baby steps are okay, is the biggest piece of advice.   MARY: Yeah, that was gonna be my next question. How in the world are you balancing this because aren't you president of FUSEA as well?  ALEXA: Not this year.  MARY: You were last year.  ALEXA: I was the VP of marketing.  MARY: That's a lot, right? So how are you balancing all that?  ALEXA: Well, yeah, taking baby steps. Just like taking the time that I can. Like last year, last semester, I would focus on my school, but then take the time that I did, to just work on pitch decks, work on emails, doing that… just taking a little bit, increments of time.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: And just working on it little by little. And in the end, it'll add up.  MARY: Yeah, that's true.  ALEXA: Also focusing like my mental health, making sure that I'm doing that and finding a good balance.  MARY: The… you know what I do? I work in Pomodoro's, which I think I've talked about this before on the podcast. Because you do have to compartmentalize things like that when you're having all these balls in the air, right? And so, I work for 25 minutes on this project, and then 25 minutes on this project and 25 minutes on this project, and I get up between those projects, or whatever it is that I'm working on. And you know, go get some water, go have a quick chat with somebody or something like that. And then it refreshes my brain a little bit to sit right back down and get right back into it. So, those 25 minutes that I'm spending on that particular thing are really intentional and really focused on that thing, right? And so, I'm not thinking about anything else while I'm in that 25-minute time period. That's helpful and I love the fact that you're pretty much doing that at this young age. It took me a long time to figure that out.  ALEXA: It took me a long time too.  MARY: So, what's next?  ALEXA: So, after this… after I prototype all of my materials, do the proper research, I'm hoping that I can start selling, you know, get my online business going and hoping to distribute to high schools. That's what I'm hoping to do as well… sell directly to high schools and middle schools in the area and up in North Carolina. That's where I'm hoping to get my start because you know, that's where I grew up.  MARY: Right.  ALEXA: And so that would be the next step to just getting the prototyping done, making sure that it's good to go and then selling.  MARY: This is… so this is gonna be totally online, right? And people from all over the world could find you, right? You just have to…  ALEXA: Yeah.  MARY: …help them find you a little bit.  ALEXA: Yeah.  MARY: Yeah. So, I love that because, I mean, I'm thinking of so many marketing ideas, which I'm sure you have a plan or are coming up with a plan for how to go about doing that. I love that. So, you did Greenville Starts. Tell me about that experience as a college student too because like you needed one more thing on your plate. Greenville Starts is a great program that helps entrepreneurs kind of launch their business no matter where they are in their business, right? And take it to the next level, but it is time-consuming. You are meeting you know, every week, right? So tell us how Greenville Starts kind of help you.   ALEXA: Oh my gosh, it was an amazing opportunity. They teach you just so many amazing things from that program. I learned leaps and bounds. You know, so many so much information that I wouldn't have learned on my own. You know, it definitely was like, you know, time… time…I had to learn time management a lot with that because every week I had to come down here, make sure I take an hour of my day, then come back, make sure I get everything done. But it was… all it was worth it.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: I could say that. You know, I get to learn from so many other people as well.  MARY: Experts in their field.  ALEXA: Yes. And see so many different markets, see so many different levels. There's so many people there who you know, have a business already or are wanting to start one and it was all wonderful just to see all the different walks of life and all the different speakers that they would have come in helped so so much.  MARY: Yeah. What is the one big takeaway that you took away from them?  ALEXA: Oh, that's hard.  MARY: Because there's so many, I know.  ALEXA: There's so many. The biggest takeaway I got is planning…planning, planning, planning. You have to plan out everything beforehand. You have to plan out what your budget is going to be. You have to plan out where you want to distribute. You have to plan out what your pitch is, what your market is, and what your point of sales is going to be. Planning, planning, planning is what I learned the most.  MARY: So, when you… are you… how are you raising money? I mean, we know you won the pitch competition and so that's helped some.  ALEXA: Yeah, that's kind of where I'm starting right now. And I'm just hoping to kind of base everything off of my winnings from Paladin Pitch and then hopefully in the future if I do get it off the ground, that's where I'm hoping to..  MARY: When you get off the ground.  ALEXA: Well, yes. When I get it off. Not if…when.  MARY: Yeah. So, the sales then will hopefully maintain you.  ALEXA: Yes, that's what I'm hoping. MARY: Yeah, for sure, for sure. And I think you have found a really important niche too, because we don't really think about sustainability in the music industry at all. And I think you can come and broaden even beyond the reeds. Have you thought about that at all?  ALEXA: Oh, definitely. I have also started prototyping guitar picks. They're made by a business named Steve Clayton. They've made guitar picks for the Beach Boys…for all these big names. And they have a line of guitar picks that are compostable…  MARY: Oh, I love that.  ALEXA: You just throw them in the ground, they're good to go. So I've been prototyping that. I'm hoping to make drumsticks in the future. I'm definitely hoping to expand because the music industry is, I mean, probably one of the most well established, if not the most established industry.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: I mean it's been around for centuries, centuries. And there hasn't really been a huge change. You know, people find something that they like and they stick with it.  MARY: Right.  ALEXA: And they like consistency. So…  MARY: Yeah. And that may be your biggest barrier…is getting people to try the new thing. ALEXA: Yeah.  MARY: The new reed because they're so used to what they're used to.  ALEXA: Yeah, that's why I'm hoping to start in the school system because I know that…  MARY: Start them young.  ALEXA: Start them young. Show them that they… that they're good.  MARY: Yeah.  ALEXA: And they're gonna keep sticking with them throughout their whole career.  MARY: Absolutely. Absolutely. I love the way that you think Alexa.  ALEXA: Aw, thank you.  MARY: Thank you so much for coming on.  ALEXA: Aw, thank you so much for having me.  MARY: All right. That does it for this episode of the Class E Podcast. Remember, if you or someone you know is an entrepreneur, check out the Greenville Starts program. Just go to the Furman website, the Hill Institute's website, and you'll see information there about it. If the fall cohort is full, then of course, we're starting a spring cohort. So, put your name on that list to get one of those cohorts and learn from the experts no matter where you are in your business. Also, if you're a student like Alexa, and you have an idea, don't sit on your laurels, put the idea together and join the Big Ideas Competition coming up in the fall. And then of course in the spring, the Paladin Pitch competition as well because what we do is we have you pitch for the big ideas and then each of those winners go into the big spring pitch. So, you could get some money like Alexa to launch your big idea. Listeners, thank you for tuning in today. You can watch us on YouTube. If you have not done that, jump on over to our YouTube channel. And of course, you can listen to the podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Remember this podcast is brought to you through a partnership between the Hill Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Communication Studies department here at Furman University. This particular episode was produced by our student producer Isabella Martinez. Until next time everybody, dream big.  

Reddit is restricting the use of third-party apps. More than 8,000 subreddit communities shut down in protest — including r/Blind, which says the change will drastically reduce accessibility. In this special episode, co-host Ben Brock Johnson speaks with two moderators of r/Blind about their concerns. Credits: This episode was produced by Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts. (Image credit: Getty/Johner Images)

Our intrepid sound designer, Matt Reed — musician/composer extraordinaire —recently became a dad. He picked up a Glo Worm for his baby son, Sam. It's a plush musical baby toy made by Hasbro that's been around for decades. It plays standard, well-known lullabies like "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," "Frère Jacques," etc. "Straight hits," as host Ben Brock Johnson says in this episode. "Straight hits." But there's one melody on the toy that was a complete unknown to Matt. It's in a minor key, it's slow. Is it creepy? "Yeah, it's definitely got that vibe," Matt says. "Funeral zone." So, he brought this idea to Endless Thread's pitch meetings where we throw around episode ideas. "I turn to the internet like most weirdos do, I guess, when they're obsessing over their child's toy to figure out what song it is," Matt says. "And there's other people on the Internet who are also... curious? Confused?" There are two Reddit posts about this creepy music, a YouTube video, several unhelpful emails from Hasbro to concerned parents, and numerous guesses and theories. "We were concerned by the addition of an unlisted song too," writes YouTuber deefrontier5798. "It's creepy and sad, and the fact that the creators withheld information puts up a red flag." In this episode, we ask Hasbro directly and try alternate routes. Sometimes Endless Thread doesn't get to the complete bottom of Internet mysteries. But this isn't one of those times. We hope you like nursery rhymes. :)

We talked with Matt Reed of WCVB's Eye Opener about running his first ever Boston Marathon. Matt is running for the MILES FOR MIRACLES team to support Boston Children's Hospital. 

On a sunny day in March 2020, researchers in South Africa discovered the bodies of two giraffes. From what they could tell, the giraffes had died a few days earlier. But the cause was a mystery. To understand what happened, producer Dean Russell turned to the subreddit AskScience. He discusses his findings with Endless Thread co-hosts Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson. Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

In his sermon on Matthew 22:23-33, Matt Reed walks through Jesus's conversation with the Sadducees regarding the Resurrection. Through this interaction, we learn that the Living God resurrects believers into an eternal relationship with Him. The resurrection is real and it will be different from the life we currently live. Praise God, that in Jesus Christ we have a guarantee of a resurrection to eternal life! Therefore, we must live with an eternal perspective now.

In this week's episode, Beau sits down with Matt Reed aka Lucky_Weldz who is a specialty welder currently working at SpaceX. Matt talks about how he got started in the industry skipping the helper stage and being thrown right into welding. He talks about the importance of saying yes and pushing yourself to learn new things all the time, as well as what classifies someone as a specialty welder. He also goes over some important things he learned about work ethic, networking, and the importance of keeping your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open to learn from the older welders out in the field. Follow Matt on Instagram @Lucky_Weldz Connect with Beau on the Weld App @beaudidit or beauw@weld.com Download the weld app today linktr.ee/WeldDotCom --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/welddotcom/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/welddotcom/support

It's been eight months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and more people are relying on Reddit for help accessing abortion services than ever. Endless Thread revisits r/auntienetwork and looks at how it and other online communities are trying to fill the widening gaps in abortion access. Credits: This episode was written and produced by Grace Tatter. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Grace Tatter are the co-hosts.

This week, Endless Thread spends time talking with two young Russian YouTubers who've had to contend with Russia's crackdown on wartime dissent. Natasha and Zack initially gained traction on YouTube for their videos about Russian food, culture, and daily life. Their slice-of-life vlogs were a huge hit, getting millions of views with each upload. But when Russia invaded Ukraine one year ago, both Zack and Natasha had to make tough decisions to stand by their values — which ultimately altered the course of their lives. Credits: This episode was written and produced by Megan Cattel. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Megan Cattel and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

Matt Reed of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges explains why community colleges and other non-selective institutions are the key to expanding college access and increasing social mobility.

Matt Reed is a clinical mental health therapist with a background in prison counseling based out of St. Paul, MN. He joins us on the podcast to talk about moving through your pain towards your hopes, dreams, and passions.

Matt Reed is a clinical mental health therapist with a background in prison counseling based out of St. Paul, MN. He joins us on the podcast to talk about helping people chase Jesus and A Dream with healthy mindsets.A MyMountain™️ Production

Is rigor necessary to teach more inclusively? What is a deficit ideology and how does it affect students? In this episode, Jamiella Brooks, director of student equity and inclusion initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and Julie McGurk, director of faculty teaching initiatives at Yale University's Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, answer these questions, and discuss three principles that instructors can use to reframe their thinking about rigor.This discussion stems from a session hosted by Drs. Brooks and McGurk, “Rigor as Inclusive Practice: Beyond Deficit Models,” presented at the Fall 2021 POD Network conference. This session was also written about in the Chronicle of Higher Education article, “The Redefinition of Rigor” (March 2022). Note: at the time of recording, Jamiella Brooks served as an Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Pennsylvania.Resources:“10 Dysfunctional Illusions of Rigor.” To Improve the Academy (2010). Craig E. Nelson. Volume 28, 2010. “Readers Respond on Rigor” (February 2022). Matt Reed in “Confessions of a Community College Dean,” Inside Higher Ed. The work of Uri Treisman, executive director of the Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (TILT)

One year ago, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender — the first nation in the world to do so. But how did Bitcoin make its way into this Latin American country? It all started in the coastal town of El Zonte, which earned the nickname 'Bitcoin Beach' after being flushed with the cryptocurrency thanks to a mysterious donor. In the second part of our mini-series, Tales from the Crypto, we take a dive into the key players (and controversies) of El Salvador's Bitcoin journey. ****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Megan Cattel. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.

In the latest Beyond the Bank, Brad spends some time chatting with local businessman, community champion, and friend, Matt Reed, about developing successful businesses, his commitment to leadership development, his passion for forging relationships and the deep affection he has for the Albany area community.

Illuminati Confirmed 13: Matt Reed, Author and Psychonaut, joins us to discuss his numerous DMT Trips and very vividly detailed recollections of his journeys on the other-side, we asked him about the negative and positive outcomes from using DMT and what his overall impression is on humanity and the universe itself after seeing the other-side. Unseen Dimensions: https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Dimensions-Journals-Interdimensional-Traveller/dp/1980329117  Share This Episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/040f7fc8 Follow MENSA and Here https://mensapodcast.myshopify.com/Follow The Juan on Juan Podcast and Here https://www.thejuanonjuanpodcast.com/MFTIC Merch is Here for 2022!https://mftic-podcast.creator-spring.comGet the SEEEN Travel Guide!https://ko-fi.com/s/6f1e1173a0Help fund the show, I cannot do this without your support.CashApp: $MarkSteevesJrVenmo: @MysticMarkPaypal: @mysticmarkPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/MFTIC?fan_landing=trueRokfin: https://www.rokfin.com/myfamilythinksimcrazyKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/myfamilythinksimcrazyBuy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/MFTICWithout you this Podcast would not exist, bless all who support.Join us on TelegramLeave me a message On Telegram!For Exclusive My Family Thinks I'm Crazy Content: Only 3$ get 50+ Bonus Episodes, Sign up on our Patreon For Exclusive Episodes. Check out the S.E.E.E.N.or on Rokfin@MFTICPodcast on Twitter@myfamilythinksimcrazy on Instagram, Follow, Subscribe, Rate, and Review we appreciate you!https://www.myfamilythinksimcrazy.comhttps://altmediaunited.com/my-family-thinks-im-crazy/Listen to Every AMU Podcast with this link. https://lnns.co/pI5xHeyFdfgGET A NEW PODCASTING APP! https://podcastindex.org/appsIntroMusic: TritonizedBy Cat CollinsMusic: Tortue Super SonicBy NeogrotesqueOutroMusic: PortasoulBy State ShirtThe music used in this podcast was released under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License Thanks To Free Music Archive ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Matt Reed, author and psychonaut, joins us to discuss his numerous DMT trips and very vividly detailed recollections of his journeys on the other-side... We asked him about the negative and positive outcomes from using DMT and what his overall impression is on humanity and the universe itself after seeing the other-side. Unseen Dimensions: https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Dimensions-Journals-Interdimensional-Traveller/dp/1980329117 Follow MENSA   Follow My Family Thinks I'm Crazy   Twitter: @MFTICPodcast   IG: @myfamilythinksimcrazy   SUPPORT THE SHOW! Ko-fi.com/tjojp PayPal: paypal.me/tjojp Cashapp: $jayala54 PATREON.COM/THEJUANONJUANPODCAST ROKFIN.COM/THEJUANONJUANPODCAST TeePublic.com/user/the-juan-on-juan-podcast Please leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts! It will help the show. Also follow me on social media at:  Alt Media United Check out our website at www.thejuanonjuanpodcast.com Patreon exclusive content and early access: www.patreon.com/thejuanonjuanpodcast Rokfin.com/thejuanonjuanpodcast IG: @thejuanonjuanpodcast YT: "The Juan on Juan Podcast" TikTok: @thejuanonjuanpodcast Telegram group: https://t.me/tjojp Discord server: https://discord.gg/HaB6wUunsJ Stake your Cardano with us at FIGHT POOL at fightpool.io! Thank you for tuning in!

So when you're not in school or studying for classes, what do you do? We discuss this with Matt Reed '24 this week. It is important to have a hobby, and if you don't already have one, there are plenty you can pick up freshman year!

When a Redditor said that he was expected to stay in his Swedish friend's bedroom while the friend ate dinner with his family, the internet exploded with hot takes. Is Sweden the most inhospitable country in the world? We talk to the individuals at the center of the Swedengate saga, including the OP himself. We also delve into how questioning cultural norms can shed light on Sweden's reckoning with nationalism, racism, and xenophobia. ****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Amory Siverston. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Dean Russell are the co-hosts.

Reddit's Auntie Network, an online community "dedicated to providing information and resources to those in need of abortion services," has been inundated with new members since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked in early May. Community members can offer rides, lodging, and emotional support for anyone seeking an abortion — especially when crossing state lines. In today's episode, we hear from two moderators of Auntie Network, as well as the executive directors of the Blue Ridge Abortion Fund in Virginia and the Kentucky Health Justice Network, about how abortion rights advocates — online and off — can work together in a post-Roe America. ****** Credits: This episode was written by Amory Sivertson and produced by Grace Tatter. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson are the co-hosts.

From a seriously violent tale on Duolingo to a Reddit post about a life-changing mistake, we bring you two stories on the pitfalls of jumping to conclusions. (Grace Tatter, an Endless Thread producer, is filling in for Ben Brock Johnson as co-host for this episode.) ****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Amory Sivertson and Grace Tatter with help from Megan Cattel. Mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Amory Sivertson and Grace Tatter are the co-hosts.

With unprecedented hospital staff shortages, COVID-19 has upended the nursing profession. But the r/nursing subreddit offers an online life raft for many in the industry — a place where nurses can speak freely and anonymously about their experiences and the choices they face. ****** Credits: This episode was written and produced by Dean Russell with mixing and sound design by Matt Reed. Amory Sivertson and Ben Brock Johnson are the co-hosts.

On this episode of A Life in Ruins Podcast, we interview Matt Reed. Matt is the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, We talk about how his families military service factored into his fascination with history and ultimately pushing him to study history as an undergraduate. We then talk about his academic career and how he got started at the Oklahoma Historical Society and what the goal of the society is. We talk about his change of careers and what he does as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer. Matt and Carlton then detail their experience at the 2021 Plains Conference in Boulder, Colorado. Links Pawnee Nation Historic Preservation Office Website Literature Recommendations The Lost Universe by Gene Weltfish Indian Sketches by John Treat Irving An Unspeakable Sadness-The Dispossession of the Nebraska Indians by David Wishart Some Things Are Not Forgotten by Martha Royce Blaine Pawnee Passage by Martha Royce Blaine 1491 by Charles C. Mann 1493 by Charles C. Mann Interpreting Our Heritage by Freeman Tilden Pox Americana by Elizabeth Fenn Encounters at the Heart of the World by Elizabeth Fenn Guest Contact Matt Reed's Twitter: @chauiboy Contact Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular