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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 19:32

1974 St.Joseph grad and former Mishawaka basketball coach Ron Hecklinski on his enshrinement into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 19:32

1974 St.Joseph grad and former Mishawaka basketball coach Ron Hecklinski on his enshrinement into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 319 – Unstoppable Blind Financial Planner and Advocacy Leader with Kane Brolin

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 74:30

Our guest this time, Kane Brolin, will quickly and gladly tell you that as a blind person born in Iowa in 1965 he was mightily blessed to be born in that state as it had the best programs for blind people in the nation. Kane was born prematurely and, because of being given too much oxygen he became blind due to a condition known as retinopathy O. Prematurity. In fact I am blind due to the same circumstance. As it turns out, Kane and I share a great many life experiences especially because of the attitudes of our parents who all thought we could do whatever we put our minds to doing. Kane attended public school and then went to Iowa State University. He wanted to be a DJ and had a bit of an opportunity to live his dream. However, jobs were scarce and eventually he decided to go back to school at Northwestern University in Illinois. He formed his own financial and investment company which has been in business since 2002. He is a certified financial planner and has earned the Chartered Special Needs Consultant® designation. We talk quite a bit about financial matters and he gives some sage advice about what people may realize are good investment ideas. He talks about investing in the stock market and urges investing for the long term. I leave it to him to discuss this in more depth. Kane is quite committed to “pay it forward” insofar as dealing with blind people is concerned. He is currently the president of the National Federation of the Blind of Indiana. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Penny Forward, Inc., a not-for-profit founded and run by blind people which strives to build a diverse and aspirationally-focused community of blind people who help one another achieve financial fitness, gainful employment, and overall fulfilment in life. I find Kane quite inspirational and I hope you will do so as well. He has much to offer and he provided many good life lessons not only about financial matters, but also about blindness and blind people. About the Guest: Born in 1965, Kane Brolin spent his formative years in the state of Iowa and later went on to earn a Master's degree from the JL Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, which is near Chicago. Since the year 2002, he has owned and operated a financial planning and investment management business based in Mishawaka, Indiana, located not far from The University of Notre Dame. Over the years, he has become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional and has earned the Chartered Special Needs Consultant® designation. When doing business with his clients, securities and Advisory Services are offered through Commonwealth Financial Network, a Registered Investment Advisor which is a Member of FINRA and SIPC,. Having been totally blind for all his life, Kane feels indebted to many people who selflessly gave of their time, talent, and resources to help him acquire the education, skills, and confidence that enable him to lead a busy and productive life in service to others. Many of those who made the biggest impact when Kane was growing up, also happened to be members of the National Federation of the Blind. So after getting established on his current career path, he increasingly felt the impulse to give back to the organized blind movement which had served his needs from an early age. Kane co-founded the Michiana Chapter in the National Federation of the Blind in 2012 and subsequently was elected to serve a two-year term as president of the Indiana State Affiliate of the NFB in October, 2022. He is thankful for the early introduction of Braille, as well as for the consistent drumbeat from parents, peers, and professors which set and reinforced continuously high expectations. In addition to his work with the NFB, Kane serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Penny Forward, Inc., a not-for-profit founded and run by blind people which strives to build a diverse and aspirationally-focused community of blind people who help one another achieve financial fitness, gainful employment, and overall fulfilment in life. Kane lives in Mishawaka with Danika, his wife of 27 years, and their four children. Kane and Danika were active foster parents for 11 years. The Brolin family have been committed to numerous civic organizations; they and their family are active in their place of worship. Giving back to the world is a continuously high priority. They endeavor to teach their children by example, and they impart to them the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “You can all be great, because you can all serve.” Ways to connect with Rob: BrolinWealth.com LinkedIn public profile nfb-in.org pennyforward.com About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us. Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Hi, everyone. I am your host, Michael Hingson, or you can call me Mike. It's okay. And this is unstoppable mindset where inclusion, diversity in the unexpected. Meet today. We're going to do a little bit of all. We're inclusive because my guest Kane Brolin, or if you're from Sweden, it's Brolin, and it's pronounced Brolin, not Brolin, but Kane bralin, or broline, is in Indiana, and Kane also happens to be blind, and has been blind his entire life. We'll get into that. He is very much involved in investing and dealing with money matters that I'm interested to get a chance to really chat about it's always fun to talk to people about how they're helping people with finances and money and getting insights. And I'm sure that he has some to to offer. So we'll get to that. Kane also happens to be the president of the National Federation of the Blind of Indiana, and so that keeps him busy, so he deals with money, and he's a politician to boot. So what else can you ask for? I pick on Kane by doing that, but nevertheless, Kane, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're glad you're here. Thank Kane Brolin ** 02:34 you. And there are there are times when the politics and the money issues can be a dream. There are other times it can be an absolute nightmare, either one, either one or both and and the thing that ties those together in common ground is that I walk in in the morning, and sometimes they have no idea what I'm about to walk into. So it does make for an adventure. Well, Michael Hingson ** 02:57 the Fed has lowered interest rates. What do you think about that? Kane Brolin ** 03:01 Well, there is some ramification for what happens in the consumer marketplace. The main thing that I've been hearing today is that even with those lowering of short term interest rates, you're seeing some long term interest rates go down the mortgage rates, especially, and those two are not necessarily always related. You don't always see the long term interest rates that the market determines through supply and demand. They don't always go in sync with the short term baseline rate that the Federal Reserve banking system sets, but in this particular case, they are, and what I've been reading this morning is that that may be at least good news in the short run for consumers, because they'll be paying Lower interest for new mortgages and also perhaps lower credit card rates or credit card payments. Of course, the downside is that if one invests and is lending money instead of borrowing it, that means sometimes lower rates of income that you can get from things like a certificate of deposit or an annuity. So there's always two sides of the same coin, and then it depends on which side you happen to be looking at. At the moment, right now, the market seems to like this convergence of interest rate activities, and the stock market has generally been up today. So by the time people hear this, that won't matter because it's a whole different day, but, but right now, the early returns coming in are pretty good for the the common human being out there trying to just manage their money. Michael Hingson ** 04:54 Well, that's not really surprising, in a sense, because rates have been high for a while. Yeah, and things have been tough. So it's not surprising that people have made, and I would put it this way, to a degree, the marketing decision to respond favorably to the rates going down, and I know there's been a lot of pressure for the thread to lower its rate, and so they did. And I think that a lot of different entities kind of had to respond in a reasonably positive way, because they kept saying that it's time that the rates go down. So they had to respond. So we'll see how it it all goes. I Kane Brolin ** 05:33 think, you know, and there's an issue I think that's salient to people with disabilities, blind people, included, if it's less expensive for the consumer to borrow money, it should follow that in the coming weeks, it should be less expensive for businesses to borrow money if they need some, and they may be more inclined to open up more jobs to people or to not shrink the jobs or The hiring that they have done by laying people off so and that's what I was just about. No one is a recession, and so it may mean that there are openings, there's room in the job market for more of us, because the thing I'm most passionate about in this whole game of helping blind people is getting us access to money and getting us access to gainful permanent work. Michael Hingson ** 06:24 And that's what I was actually going to going to talk about, or not talk about a long time, but, but mention was that the real test will be how it affects the job market and the unemployment rate and so on. And I hope that that that will go down. I know it's been sort of ticking up a little bit, although in reality, of course, for persons with disabilities, the unemployment rate is a whole lot higher than around 4% so it'll be interesting to see how all that goes all the way around. But even just the national unemployment rate, I would hope that if that has been an excuse because the rates have been high, that now we'll see that start to drop, and, you know, so we'll see. But I think it's a it's going to be one of those waiting games to see how the world responds. Of course, we have a whole political thing going on with the election and I'm sure that some people on the political side like the the drop better than people on the other side do, but again, we'll see how it all goes. So it's it makes life fun. Well, tell me a little bit about you, if you would, sort of maybe the early cane growing up and all that sort of stuff. You were born, according to your bio, back in 1965 so I was 15 at the time, so I remember the year. So you've, you've been around a little while, though, however, so tell us a little bit about the early cane. Kane Brolin ** 07:54 Yeah, I don't remember too many years, or any years, really, prior to about maybe 1971 or 72 with any degree of real clarity. You know, I would say that my early years were a mixed bag, but in the main they were good, of course, being immediately confronted with rLf, or retinopathy of prematurity, as they call it these days, and being blind from the very beginning, most people would probably out there consider it a tragedy. But if I if I knew that it was my fate to be a blind person, which I suppose it is, then I won the lottery as being a blind person, I think. And that might be a controversial statement, but the truth is that there is no place in the United States, and probably no place in the world that would have been better for me to grow up in in the late 1960s and 1970s than in Iowa, because now there was, there was no other blindness in my family. It's not hereditary. My parents had no idea how to deal with it in the very beginning. Michael Hingson ** 09:12 Were you born prematurely? I was, yeah, which is why I weigh you have that Kane Brolin ** 09:16 something like two pounds, 10 ounces at birth. So there is a part of me that realizes that I am very fortunate to be alive, and I'm very fortunate that my brain has functioned pretty well for most of my life. You can't always count on that either, you know, and when you get when you get older, my my father was a very bright person, and yet he lived during the last 10 years of his life, he struggled with dementia and some other problems so but I can say that I've had a good run so far, and you know what they what they didn't know. At least my parents and others in my family knew what they didn't know. And I. But when you don't know what you don't know, you flounder and and settle for almost anything, including fear. But when you know what you don't know, then you understand you need to research things. And I happened to be in a state that had been graced by the presence of Dr Kenneth Jernigan, principally. And of course, other people that I had no idea who they were at that time. You know, folks like James gaschell and James on VIG right, and and others. I think Joanne Wilson came out of that mix. I didn't know her either, but I've read about all these people in the past, but, but first and foremost, my parents found out that Dr Jernigan was number one, very brilliant. Number two did not settle for low expectations. And number three had the advantage of being both the head of the Iowa Commission for the Blind, which was a state sanctioned Agency, and the National Federation of the Blind, which is, or, you know, has been for most of the last 84 years, the leading advocacy organization and civil rights organization of the Blind in in the United States. Now, I'm not here to make a political point about that, but in Iowa, they were definitely more well known than anyone was, and because he could pull strings which influence things like educational budgets, and he also had very much a civil rights mindset and an aggressive mindset of going forward and breaking down barriers, this is a rare combo platter of traits and possibilities that I very much benefited from. And when I say that, I mean that from the very beginning, at five or six years old, I had Braille. I didn't have Braille in the beginning, but, but my parents did and and my dad actually knew enough about it to construct a set of blocks with print lettering on one side, Braille on the other side. And so not only did I have a really good teacher in my first couple of years of public school education named Doris Willoughby, some may be familiar with her. I know Doris will rip she has passed on in the past couple years, but she made a great impact in in my life, and a very deep impact in others lives too. But because of her influence and like minded people, I had access to books. I had access to mostly mainstreamed integrated education, where I was in the classroom with other sighted students, except for certain parts of certain days, you know, I had access to a great big wall mounted tactile map that was like a puzzle. And I understand Dr Jernigan designed that one too, where I could actually feel and take apart the states of the Union. And so I could tell where Oklahoma was, where Massachusetts was, where Indiana is. I could tell the shapes of the various states. I thought it was kind of curious that California, where you are from, Michael, is shaped very much like a banana, or at least that's what occurred to me at that time. I had recorded books. I had talking books. And you know, while there are things I did not get out of a mainstream public education that I kind of wish I had gotten out of it, from a social standpoint, from an athletic standpoint, the academics were on point, and I had access to resources, and I kind of just was living in a in a dream world, in a way, because even through my college days, I thought, Well, gee, it's great that we have all this now. Why is there all this blind civil rights stuff going on now? Because this was solved from the beginning of my childhood. Little did I realize that that is not the case in most other parts of the country or the world, but I got what I needed to at least have a shot on goal at success, and I'm very grateful for that, and it's one of the reasons that I have chosen to dedicate a portion of my life, during my prime working years, even to the National Federation of the Blind, because I want to pay this forward and help out some people that may not have had all the advantages that I had, even, even in the bygone days that I was growing up, Michael Hingson ** 14:23 sure? So tell me, because I went through some of the same experiences you did in terms of being born premature and becoming blind due to rLf, which stands for retro enteral fibroplasia. And if people want to know how to spell that, they can go by thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at ground zero. And you can learn how to spell it there, because I don't remember how to spell it. We put it in the book, but that's what I remember. But so when you be when it was discovered that you were blind, how did your parents handle that? What did they say? Right? What did the doctors say to them? Because my experience was and, you know, of course, I didn't know it at the time, but my parents told me later that the doctor said, send him off to a home because he could never amount to anything, because no blind child could ever contribute to society. What was, if, from your understanding from your parents, what was what happened to you? If any Kane Brolin ** 15:21 doctor ever said that to them? They never told me about it. What I what I do know is that there is an eye doctor that was a part of their lives, who I saw a couple of times, probably in my childhood, who was a a female optometrist or maybe an ophthalmologist in the area, and they really had a lot of respect for her. I never felt marginalized or dismissed. Yeah, as a part of my childhood, part of it is that I don't think my parents would have tolerated that, and my Michael Hingson ** 15:55 parents didn't, either my parents and my parents didn't either they said, No, you're wrong. He can grow up to do whatever he wants, and we're going we're going to give him that opportunity. And they brought me up that way, which is, of course, part of what led to my psyche being what it is. And I too, believe in paying it forward and doing work to try to educate people about blindness and so on, and supporting and and I've been involved with the National Federation of the Blind since 1972 so it's been a while. Yeah, I would say, Kane Brolin ** 16:27 I know I remember. I have a very, very fuzzy memory of being four, maybe five years old, and I know that they considered putting me into the Iowa Braille and sight saving School, which was a school for the blind in Iowa no longer exists, by the way, but they did consider it and decided against it. I don't think they wanted me to just go off to boarding school I was five. I know that that does work for some people, and I know that in later years, I've read that in some cases, even Dr Jernigan believed that schools for the blind were better, especially in places where there wasn't a truly sincere effort by public school systems to integrate and set high expectations for blind students. Well, Michael Hingson ** 17:13 of course, here in California, for example, in the 50s and so on, as the California School for the Blind we had and and earlier, Dr Newell Perry, among others, who was a blind mathematician. Of course, Dr tembrech was was out here, and there were values and reasons why the schools could make a difference. My parents were pushed really hard by my elementary school principal to send me off to that school, and I actually remember hearing shouting matches between them, because parents said ah and and I didn't go to the school. I don't know what it was like by the time we moved out here and we were putting me in kindergarten, first and second grade. So like in 5657 I'm not sure what the school was like, but my parents didn't want me to not have a real home environment. So, you know, Kane Brolin ** 18:12 yeah, and so, you know, I remember my childhood is, well, it wasn't like everybody else's childhood. One of the the issues happened to be that my the neighborhood that my family lived in, did not have a lot of kids in it that were my age for most of the time I was there, the schools in the early to mid 70s at least that admitted blind students in the town that I grew up in, which was Cedar Rapids, Iowa, there was only one set of schools on the opposite side of town where they were sending blind kids for those resources. Now that later changed and the decision was made. I guess I made the decision to stay out there. So one of the differences was that I was bussed from the southeast side of town to the southwest side of town. So there were kids I got to know through school, but I didn't have any kind of social life with most of them, with a couple different exceptions, through my childhood. So it was a lot of academics, it wasn't a lot of play time, right? That certainly informed how I grew up, and it's made me a little bit struggle to understand and and be a really sensitive, playful, patient type parent, because my my kids and I'll, we'll go there when we get there, but my, my children, I have four, they're all still in home right now, are very normal kind of rambunctious kids that enjoy and struggle with the same things that any other kids do. They are all sighted, but, but my parents were. Was pretty strict. They set high expectations, but some of that was high expectations for behavior as well. So I really wasn't ramming around and causing trouble and getting into mischief and, you know, getting on my bike and riding for miles outside the way kids did in the 70s. So there there were limitations in my childhood, but, but, you know, my parents, too, expected me to utilize and to have the resources that would lead me to be anything I wanted to be. And I honestly think that if I had said, I want to be the President of the United States, they would not have ruled it out. Now, the only thing I've really been president of is several different civic organizations and the Indiana branch of the NFB. You know, that's something not everyone does. I've interviewed a governor before when I was a journalism student. That was fun, and I've met congress people, but they did not set the limitations. You know, sometimes maybe I did, but but they didn't. And so I'm really grateful for that, that as long as I knew what I wanted, they made sure that I had the tools and access to whatever training they knew about that could help me to Michael Hingson ** 21:18 get there. So you you went through school. And I think our our younger lives were fairly similar, because I also, when I went into fourth grade, and we finally had a resource teacher in the area, I was bused to the other side of town for that. And all of that kind of came together when I started high school, because everyone in Palmdale went to the same high school, so anyone I knew prior to going across town, I got to know again, and still knew as as friends growing up, but we all went to high school together. But you know, I hear exactly what you're saying, and my parents did not impose limitations either, and I'm very blessed for that. But you went through school and then you went to college. Tell me about college. Kane Brolin ** 22:19 It was a fun experience. Glad that I went through it. I attended Iowa State University for my bachelor's degree. I know that you've never, ever heard this before, but I really dreamed about being a radio personality. And I say that sarcastically. It's what I wanted to be, because I had a cousin that was in the business. But of course, since then, as I've gotten more into blind blindness culture and met many other people that I never knew growing up, I know that that the media and especially radio as a gift, is really fascinating to many of us, and a lot of us have had rotations in different parts of that, especially with the advent of the internet, but this was back during the 70s and 80s, and what I wanted to be at first was a DJ. Used to pretend to be one at home all the time and then, but I also knew where the library was, and I developed a great love of books and information and data. To some degree, I wasn't really a math guy, more of a word guy, but I then developed a deep interest in journalism and investigation and research, and so by the middle to late 80s, what I wanted to be was, let's just call it the next Peter Jennings, if one can remember who that is, right. And I'm sure that there are probably, you know, facsimiles of him today, Michael Hingson ** 23:50 but it's hard to be a facsimile of Peter Jennings. But yeah, he really is, Kane Brolin ** 23:55 and that he was great and but you know the disadvantage, the advantage and the disadvantage of going to Iowa State University. I Why did I go there? Because any of my few relatives that had gone to college, including my dad, had had gone there. My dad was very loyal to his alma mater, and he told both myself and my sister, who is a very different person and not blind at all. If it was good enough for me, it's good enough for you, and if you want me to pay for it, here's where you're going to go. Now, Iowa State is mostly an engineering and agricultural school. It's a land grant institution. And I know that land grant institutions are a little controversial in today's climate where there is more of an emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion and making up for some past societal wrongs, but these are deeply respected institutions that mainly turned out people that ended up well, doing things like building. Bridges and being mechanical engineers and developing new seed corn hybrids and things of this nature. It did have a telecommunicative arts program, and I was in it, but there were very few of us in it, and I did get a chance to get my hands on the equipment. I was a broadcaster, first on a student radio station at Iowa State called K usr. Then I actually did work for pay, sort of for a number of years for w, O I am and FM, which were flagship stations of what we would now call the the NPR network. You know, these were around since the 20s, and I actually did work for them. I was on air a little bit. I ran the control board a lot, and I worked for those two stations on a part time basis, probably about a three quarter time basis, for several years after leaving college, and it was really a student job, but I had trouble finding any other more meaningful work in the industry. What I gradually came to find out is that I loved radio, but radio really didn't love me, and I wasn't really thinking strategically. At that time, I graduated in 1988 it is that very same year that a little known figure from Kansas City named Rush Limbaugh hit the American airwaves like a ton of bricks. And because of him and some other people like him, all of a sudden, local stations realized that they could drop their news and information programming, stop hiring so many people, and because Mr. Limbaugh was as popular as he was, they could basically run a lot of satellite based programming, have somebody sort of halfway monitor the board and hire somebody else to program computer systems that would put automated commercial breaks on and things like this, and they wouldn't really have to produce local content. We also saw the elimination of the equal time standard and the Fairness Doctrine, which required local stations to put on a variety of viewpoints and air programming every week that was in the public interest, that didn't necessarily have commercial value. And so the things I wanted to do became a lot harder to do, because by the time I was ready to get hired to do them, not a lot of radio stations were hiring people to do it, even in the even in the television world, and so strategically, I was buying into a sinking market, and That wasn't a great place to be at that time. And so with some reluctance, after a lot of fruitless job searching, I chose another path, not necessarily knowing where that path would lead. And so the last time I ever got paid to run a shift for a radio station was in late June of 1993 I've been a guest on a couple of different shows and some podcasts like this one. I greatly enjoy it. I've even thought about doing some internet broadcasting. I don't have the time, really to do that now, but, but, and I miss it, but I have found out there are ways of diverting the skill sets I have to another path. Michael Hingson ** 28:25 And what path did you choose? Kane Brolin ** 28:28 Initially, the path I chose was graduate school. I was fortunate enough to have gotten good enough grades that I was able to get approved by a number of different business schools. You know, the first path I really wanted to do is be a Foreign Service Officer for the diplomatic corps. I applied for the US Department of State. And I had some hopes in doing that, because around 1990 a gentleman named Rami Rabbi. You may know him, I do did became the first blind person ever to be a Foreign Service Officer. Now, he had advantages. He had traveled the world. I had traveled to Mexico and Costa Rica, and I spoke Spanish, and I was pretty fluent, but he was a little bit more qualified in different ways that they were looking for. So I wanted some international experience. I applied for the Peace Corps, and I had no real shot at that. What they were looking for was something very different from what I was then. But I did apply to the Foreign Service, and I made it almost all the way down the hiring process. I made the final 3% cut among the class they were looking at in 1990 and 91 I went to Virginia to, I think Alexandria and I sat for the last round of interviews and simulations that they did. Unfortunately, I was in the top 3% and they wanted the top 1% so I had a really fun few days out there at the government's expense. But I also found that I was not going to be hired to be the second blind. Foreign Service officer. I later found out that Mr. Robbie had to actually file a lawsuit and win that lawsuit to get his opportunity. So I know that the system were not exactly bought in to blame people doing this on a regular basis. I know there's others that have gotten there since that, and I've met one of them, but but that that wasn't for me, but they also said what I really needed was more management experience. I'd never done anything in management, so I decided to go to management school or business school as graduate school. I got accepted by a few different places. I chose Northwestern University in Chicago. My sister had gone through that program. I guess that's maybe one of the reasons I selected that one. I could have gone to a couple of others that also had accepted me, and sometimes I wonder what would have happened had I done that. But I did spend two years in Chicago land met some of the most impressive people that I've ever met in my life. Figured out train systems and pace bus systems, and went all over the place and had friends in the city, not just in the school. I made the most of that time, and that's what I did from 1993 to 1995 unfortunately, I found out you can get a an MBA or a master of management, but they still, still weren't hiring a lot of blind people out there. And so while my associates were getting jobs at McKinsey and Company, and Booz Allen Hamilton, as it was known at that time, and they were working for Bank of America, doing all kinds of interesting things and and also brand management companies like disco and Kellogg and all that. I got all of one job offer coming out of one of the top 5b schools in the country, and I took that job offer, which led me to Midland, Michigan, where I knew nobody at that time, but I spent about three and a half years doing various types of business research for the Dow Chemical Company, and that did not last as a career, but I got a chance to make the first real money I had ever earned. At that time through another connection that wasn't related to Dow, I happened to meet the woman that I eventually married and am with now, and have had four kids with, and so that was a whole different kettle of fish. But at the end of 98 I was downsized, along with several others in my department, and we decided at that time that entrepreneurship was probably not a bad way to go, or, you know, something that wasn't just strictly speaking corporate. In 2000 I landed in the South Bend, Indiana area, which is where she is from. I had never lived here before. This is where I am now. And while struggling to find a place here, I realized that I could get hired on as what is called a financial advisor. I had no idea what that was. Well, you know, with a business degree, I could probably be a credible hire as a financial advisor. Little did I know that that involved tele sales. In the very beginning, never thought I was a salesperson either. Since then, I have found out that I have more selling ability than I had ever thought that I might and that that is an honorable profession if you're convincing people to do what is right for themselves. And so I've found that over the years, being what I am enables me to, well, in a way, keep my own hours. We've chosen the small business, sort of independent contracting route, rather than the employee channel, working for a bank or for somebody else's brokerage. I get to be a researcher, I get to be a public speaker now and then, and I get to help people problem solve, which is something I would not have had a chance to do on the radio. And when someone comes up to you, as a few people have and have, said, you know, thank you for making it possible for me to retire and to do what I want to do, and to spend time with grandkids and to live where I want to live. You know, that's a that's definitely a hit. That's a great feeling to have someone say, Thank you for helping me to do and to be what I didn't know I could do or be. So Michael Hingson ** 34:38 investing isn't what you had originally planned to do with your life. So I can't say that it was necessarily a lifelong goal from the beginning, but you evolved into it, and it seems to be going pretty well for you. Kane Brolin ** 34:51 Well, yeah, I think it has. It's investing means different things to different. People, to some clients, the goal is, I just don't want to lose money. Please put me in something that earns a little bit, but I don't want the chance for anything I'm in to go down for others. What investing means is, I want to be more aggressive. I want to build what I have. What do you think about this or that opportunity? What stock should I be in? Because I really want to grab onto an opportunity and seize the day and have as much as I can have at the end of the day. And you know, For still others, it means, it means giving. It means building something up so I can pass it along, either to a charity, to the kids, to the grandkids, to to my religious institution of choice, whatever that is. So I find that investing is not just investing, the the at the root, at the heart of investing, the heartbeat of it, is really the people that I serve. And you know, I was told early on, hey, you don't have a practice. All you're doing is practicing, unless you have people to be in front of. And so in my mind, you know, and I'm not that much of a quantitative guy. I'm I'm not the person out there working as an actuary for Symmetra Life Insurance Company figuring out how much money has to go in and how much it must earn to be able to give 50,000 people the payouts they want from an annuity till the end of their projected lifespans. That's that's not where I am. I'm not designing a mutual fund that's more like what a certified financial analyst would be. I am a Certified Financial Planner practitioner, and what a CFP does is takes numbers that you see and translates those into action steps that I can explain in plain English terms to a client I'm in front of that can give that individual person, family or small business the kinds of outcomes that they want. So I'm on the retail end of the food chain, and my job is to try to take the numbers that others are generating and boil that down into something that is digestible to the common man and woman, that allows them to, we hope, live the way they want. So Michael Hingson ** 37:29 I gather from listening to you though, that you enjoy what you do. Kane Brolin ** 37:36 I do particularly when it works. Michael Hingson ** 37:39 Well, there's times. Kane Brolin ** 37:40 There are times it gets a little tricky. 2001 2002 I know that you had a very personal experience that vaulted you, Michael, into this, into the realm of the famous, or the Almost Famous, on 911 I remember what 911 was like as a very small time retail investment person working out of a field office. I was somebody's employee at that point. I was working for American Express financial advisors, and I remember my life was never in danger in 911 but there were a lot of clients that thought their money and their data were in danger, and then the country that the country itself, might even be in danger. And so I morphed during that week from being a telemarketing person trying to set appointments with people I'd never met to being a person who was trying to dole out comfort and a feeling of security and solace to people I had met who the few that I was managing their accounts at that time, calling them and saying, You know what, your money and your data are safe. I'm here. The company that you have your stuff invested with is based in Minneapolis. It's not based in the Twin Towers, the markets are shut down. There will be volatility, but you're not crashing today, just so Michael Hingson ** 39:08 the other the other side of it, the other side of that, was that during that week after September 11, there were a lot of people who were working and moving, literally Heaven and Earth, if you will, to bring Wall Street back. And I know I'm working with some of those companies and providing them with the backup equipment, or not so much at the time, backup equipment, but the equipment that would be able to read existing tape backups and put that back on computers. And I know, I think it was Morgan Stanley had found an office space sometime during the week after September 11. Then, as they describe it, it was the building with a floor the size of a foot. Football field, and they scrounged and scavenged and got their providers of equipment, like IBM to provide them with computers, even taking them from IBM employees desks to provide enough equipment to be able to set up what was the equivalent to the trading floor that had been in the world trade center that was destroyed on September 11, and literally from Friday afternoon that would have been the 14th to the 16th in 36 hours. They not only reconstructed physically what the trading floor was but because of what we provided them with, they were able to completely reconstruct what everything looked like on their computers. So when Wall Street reopened on the 17th, everything was like it was when everything shut down on the 11th now, I think there's some blessings to the fact that the towers were struck before Wall Street opened. I don't know how much easier that made it maybe some, but the reality is that data is backed up regularly, so they would have been able to to survive, but the fact that the markets hadn't opened in the US certainly had to help. But by Monday, the 17th, they brought Wall Street back, just as if nothing had happened. It was a monumental feat to be able to do that. That is a story Kane Brolin ** 41:37 that I would love to read, because I've never heard that story before, and that makes me feel very unintelligent. Michael, you know, I can't even imagine the logistics and the people and just even the imagination that it would take to reconstruct that. I'm sure it was 1000s. I'm sure it was 1000s of people. And I'm sure that probably that's something that somebody had thought about even before the 911 incident happened. I don't think that was invented out of whole cloth on Friday the 14th, but that's a story that would be a very captivating book, and if no one's written it, then, gosh, would that be a fun thing to research and write. Michael Hingson ** 42:21 Well, you know, the reality is, the SEC required that all data from financial institutions had to be backed up and kept available off site for seven years. So first of all, the data was all around and that's why I think it was an especially great blessing that the markets hadn't opened, because all the backups from the previous night, and probably from all the not only the futures, but the sales from foreign markets, were pretty much all backed up as well. So everything was backed up. That, of course, was the real key, because getting the hardware, yes, that was a logistical nightmare that they were able to address, getting the computers, getting everything where they needed it. Then companies like ours providing them with the wherewithal to be able to pull the data from the tapes and put it back onto the computers. It had to be quite a feat, but it all worked. And when Wall Street opened, it opened as if nothing had happened, even though some of the the offices were now in completely different places across the river. But it all worked, incredible. Yeah, I was, it was, it was pretty amazing. I knew people from the firms. And of course, we helped them by providing them with equipment. But at the same time, hearing about the story later was was really quite amazing, and and they did a wonderful job to bring all that back. So it was pretty, pretty amazing that that all that occurred. So that was pretty cool all the way. And Kane Brolin ** 44:00 of course, the other struggle was in 2007 2008 I remember when I would be sitting at my desk and I'm not a day trader, I'm, I'm, I'm a long term investor. That's what most of my clients want. I'm not in there, you know, trading, trading daily options. I'm not doing inverse leveraged products that have to be bought in the morning and then sold in the afternoon under most cases. But I remember sitting at my desk in 2008 when the great recession was going on with the financial crisis happened and and when banks and huge investment banks, brokerage institutions were, in some cases, completely failing, that's a whole other story that was chronicled in books like The Big Short as an example, but I remember sitting at my desk and timing it and watching in a five minute period of time. As the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was back in in those days, was, was what maybe 6000 or so as a benchmark. It was going up and down by a margin of error of 800 points in five minutes, it would be 400 up one minute, and then 400 down from that level. In other words, an 800 point swing within a five minute period of time. There was one day I went to take a test, because I have continuing education on a pretty regular basis, had to go to a testing center and take a test that lasted maybe three hours. I got back, and I think the market for at least the Dow Jones had dropped by 800 points during the time that I was in the testing center. And that gives you some stomach acid when that sort of thing happens, because even though it it's, you know, things always bounce back, and they always bounce up and down. Clients call and they say, oh my gosh, what happens if I lose it all? Because people really think that they could lose it all. Now, if you're in a mutual fund with 100 different positions, it's very unlikely, right? All of those positions go to zero. What I found out is that when people's money is concerned, it's emotional. Yeah, it's all rational. They're not looking at the empirical data. They're thinking fight or flight, and they really are concerned with what in the world am I going to do if I go to zero? And Michael Hingson ** 46:38 it's so hard to get people to understand, if you're going to invest in the market, it has to be a long term approach, because if you don't do that, you can, you can disappoint yourself, but the reality is, over the long term, you're going to be okay. And you know now, today, once again, we're seeing the evidence of that with what the Fed did yesterday, lowering by a half a point, and how that's going to affect everything. But even over the last five or six years, so many people have been worried about inflation and worried about so many things, because some of our politicians have just tried to scare us rather than dealing with reality. But the fact of the matter is that it all will work out if we're patient and and allow things to to work. And what we need to do is to try to make wise decisions to minimize, perhaps our risk. But still, things will work out. Kane Brolin ** 47:43 Yeah, I remember, I think, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is what always used to get quoted, at least on the radio and the television. It was somewhere in the somewhere in the 11,000 range, before the 2008 debacle. And it fell to, I think, 6400 right was the low that it reached. Now it's over 41,000 Michael Hingson ** 48:11 closed up above 42 yesterday. I'm not Kane Brolin ** 48:13 sure it very well may have so you know when you when you really think about it, if you just stayed in and it's more complicated than that. One of course people have with the market is that when the market crashes, they also may need to get their money out for different, unrelated reasons. What if I lost my job as a result of the market crashing? Right? What if? What if there is a need that I have to fulfill and that money has to come out for me to make a house payment. You don't know that. And so that's the unfortunate part, is that a lot of the academic missions don't take into account the real human factor of real people that need to use their money. But if you could stand to hang on and leave it in, it would be worth you know, what would that be like six or seven times more than it was in 2008 but that's not what what clients often do. They they often want to sell out of fear when things are down, and then wait too long to buy back in when the elevator has already made its way quite a ways up, right? Michael Hingson ** 49:25 I remember once, and I don't remember what the cause was, but Rolls Royce dropped to $3 a share. And there were some people saying, this is the time to buy. It is it's not going to go away. And those who did have done pretty well. Bank Kane Brolin ** 49:44 of America was $3 a share for quite some time. It was, it was technically a penny stock. This is Bank of America, you know, one of the leading financial institutions in the in the country, which, incidentally, has a very interesting. History. It wasn't born in New York, it was born in the south, right? But, yeah, if you only knew what those trough opportunities were and knew exactly when to buy in and and I'm constantly telling people, look my my goal is, is not so much to figure out what to buy but when to buy in. We're trying to buy low and sell high, and just because something did well last year doesn't mean you have to hang on to it. It might mean we want to trim that position a little bit, take some profit and and pick something that doesn't look as attractive or sexy because of last year's lackluster returns, but maybe this year. It will just due to changing conditions. Financial markets run in cycles. And it's not that some things are inherently good or bad. Some things are in favor now. They were not in favor last year, and they might not be in favor, you know, two years from now, but they are now. So that's the hard part. You're not supposed to really time the market. We can't predict all these things, but that's why you encourage people to diversify and to have some things that are not correlated with each other in terms of doing well or badly at the same time. So you can always sometimes be gaining with in with your left hand, while your right hand is is struggling a bit. Hence, Michael Hingson ** 51:25 the need for people who are certified financial planners, right? So there you go. So you, you got married, what, 27 years ago, and you married someone who was fully sighted, who probably didn't have a whole lot of exposure to blindness and blind people before. How did all that work out? Obviously, it's worked out because you're still married. But what was it like, and was it ever kind of an uncomfortable situation for you guys? Kane Brolin ** 51:58 I don't think blindness. Surprisingly enough, I don't think it was super uncomfortable for her. Now, she had not encountered lots of blind people before, maybe not even any before. She met me, but I met her, and this is where I had it easy. She didn't have it easy, but I met her through her family. I knew my wife's name is Danica. I knew her brother before I knew her, because he and I had been buddies. We for a little while. We ended up living in the same town up in Michigan, and it was not here in the South Bend area where she is, but I went home and had a chance to be to tag along as he was doing some some family things and some things with his friends so but, but my wife is a very interesting father. She has a very interesting dad who is no longer with us. May he rest in peace? No, no. Hello. Sorry. My nine year old just made a brief appearance, and she's incorrigible. Michael Hingson ** 53:00 You wouldn't have it any other way. No, there Kane Brolin ** 53:03 are days when I would, but I don't. So anyway, the I found out some interesting things raising kids as a blind parent too, but you know, her dad did not see really any kind of limitations when the world around him was racist he really wasn't. When the world around him was ableist. He really didn't. And one of the things he encouraged me to do, they had a little acreage Danika parents did. And he actually asked me one time when it was a leaf blowing or leaf storing season, it was in the fall, lots of oak trees, different things there to drive the garden tractor, as there was a Baleful leaves behind that he was taken to an area where they would eventually be burned up or composted or something. And I did that. He had an old garden tractor with a, you know, his gas powered, and it had pedals and steering wheel, and he would literally run around alongside it, didn't go very fast, and tell me kind of when and where to turn. I'm told that I almost crashed into the pit where the basement of the home was one time, but I didn't. So he was one of these people that like saw virtually no limitations. Encouraged his kids and others to do great things. He didn't have a great feel for people. He would have been an anti politician. He had trouble remembering your name, but if you were a decent person and treated him right, it didn't matter if you were black, purple, green, blind, deaf, whatever. He saw it as an interesting challenge to teach me how to do things. He taught me how to kayak. He taught me how to cross country ski. Back in those days before climate change, we actually got quite a bit of snow in the area where I live, even as early as Thanksgiving to. I'm in November. And so the first couple of winters that we lived here, and we would go to a local park, or, you know, even just out in the in the backyard of where his property was, and, and, and ski, Nordic ski, not downhill ski, really, but it was, it was an amazing exercise. It's an amazing feel to be able to do that, and I have no memory, and I had no relatives that that were in touch with the true Scandinavian heritage, that ancestry.com says that I have, but the act of doing a little bit of Nordic skiing with him gave me a real feel for what some people go through. Because traditionally, skiing was a form of transportation in those countries. In the Larry P you skied to work, you skied to somebody else's house. So, you know, I thought that that was fun and interesting. Now, the last few winters, we haven't gotten enough snow to amount to anything like that, but I do have, I still have a pair of skis. So no, that may be something that we do at some point when given the opportunity, or some other place where we have a bit more of a snow base. Michael Hingson ** 56:10 Well, I'm sure that some people would be curious to to know this being blind and doing the work that you do, you probably do. Well, you do the same things, but you probably do them in different ways, or have different technologies that you use. What's some of the equipment and kind of technologies that you use to perform your job? Kane Brolin ** 56:32 Well, you know, I wouldn't say that. I'm cutting edge. I'm sure there are people who do differently and better than I do, but I do most of my work in a PC based environment. It's a Windows based environment at the present time, because the broker dealers and the other firms that I work through, you know, I'm independent, in a way, meaning I pay my own bills and operate out of my own space and have my name of Berlin wealth management as a shingle on my door, so to speak. But you never walk alone in this business. And so I chose, ultimately, a company called the Commonwealth financial network to serve as my investment platform and my source of technology, and my source of what is called compliance, which means, you know, they are the police walking alongside what I do to make sure that I've documented the advice I've given to people, to make sure that that advice is suitable and that I'm operating according to the law and in the best interest of my clients, and not Not taking money from them, or, you know, doing phony baloney things to trade into a stock before I recommend that to somebody else. You know, there's a lot of malfeasance that can happen in this type of industry, but all these securities that I sell and all the advice that I given are done so with the blessing of the Commonwealth Financial Network, which is a member of FINRA and SIPC, I just need to point that out here. But they also provide technology, and most of their technology is designed to work in a Windows environment, and so that's typically what I have used. So I use JAWS. Michael Hingson ** 58:23 And JAWS is a screen reader that verbalizes what comes across the screen for people who don't know it right, or puts Kane Brolin ** 58:28 it into Braille, or puts it into Braille in the in the in the early days of my doing the business, many of the programs that we had to use to design an insurance policy or to pick investments, or to even monitor investments were standalone programs that were not based on a web architecture that would be recognizable. And so I was very fortunate that there was money available from the vocational rehab system to bring somebody in from Easter Seals Crossroads here in Indiana, to actually write Jaws script workarounds, that is, that could help jaws to know what to pull from the graphics card on the screen or in the system, to be able to help me interact. Because otherwise, I would have opened up a program and to me, it would have just been like a blank screen. I wouldn't be able to see or interact with data on the screen. Now, with more things being web based, it's a little easier to do those things. Not always. There are still some programs that are inaccessible, but most of what I do is through the use of Windows 10 or 11, and and with the use of Jaws, I do have, I devices. I like Apple devices, the smaller ones. I'm actually speaking to you using an iPad right now, a sixth generation iPad I've had for a while. I have an iPhone so I can still, you know, look up stock tickers. I can send 10. Text messages or emails, if I have to using that. But in general, I find that for efficiency sake, that a computer, a full on computer, tends to work best and and then I use that more rapidly and with more facility than anything else, right? I use the Kurzweil 1000 system to scan PDFs, or sometimes printed documents or books, things like that, into a readable form where I'm trying to, trying to just kind of anticipate what other things you may ask about. But you know, I use office 365, just like anybody else might. You know, I I have to use a lot of commonly available programs, because the people monitoring my work, and even the clients that I interact with still need to, even if they have sight, they need to read an email right after I send it. You know, they've my assistant has to be able to proof and manipulate a document in a form that she can read, as well as one that I can listen to or use Braille with. I'm a fluent Braille reader and writer. So there are some gizmos that I use, some braille displays and Braille keyboards and things of that nature. But, you know, most people seem to be under the misconception that a blind guy has to use a special blind computer, which must cost a king's ransom, not true, if anybody's listening to the program that isn't familiar with 2024 era blindness technology, it's mostly the same as anybody else's except with the modifications that are needed to make stuff accessible in a non visual format, and Michael Hingson ** 1:01:45 the reality is, that's what it's all about. It's not like it's magically expensive. There are some things that are more expensive that do help. But the reality is that we use the same stuff everyone else uses. Just have some things that are a little bit different so that we are able to have the same access that other people do, but at the same time, that's no different than anyone else. Like I point out to people all the time, the electric light bulb is just a reasonable accommodation for light dependent people. Anyway, it's just that there are a whole lot more people who use it, and so we spend a whole lot more time and money making it available that is light on demand to people. But it doesn't change the fact that the issue is still there, that you need that accommodation in order to function. And you know that that, of course, leads to and, well, we won't spend a lot of time on it, but you are are very involved in the National Federation of the Blind, especially the NFB of Indiana, and you continue to pay it forward. And the NFB has been all about helping people to understand that we're not defined by blindness. We're defined by what we are and who we are, and blindness is happens to be a particular characteristic that we share Kane Brolin ** 1:03:09 well, and there's a lot of other characteristics that we might not share. As an example, somebody, I don't know that he is involved in the NFB as such, but you know blind, if you're involved in American Blind culture and and that you've probably heard of a man named George Wurtzel. He is the brother of the guy that used to be president of the NFB of Michigan affiliate. But I understand that George is very good at things that I am not at all good at. He, you know? He understand that he almost built his own house from the ground up. His skill is not with computers and email and all this electronic communication that they do today, but he's a master woodworker. He's an artisan. You know, I I'm also involved, and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention it, I'm also involved with an organization called Penny forward, which is, you know, it could be the direction that I ultimately head in even more because it dovetails with my career. It's financial, education and fitness by the blind, for the blind, and it was started by a young man named Chris Peterson, who's based in the Twin Cities, who is not an NFB guy. He's actually an ACB guy, but his values are not that much different, and he's been a computer programmer. He's worked for big organizations, and now he started his own and has made a full time business out of financial fitness, educational curricula, podcasting, other things that you can subscribe to and buy into. And he's trying to build a community of the varied blind people that do all kinds of things and come from all sorts of backgrounds. And in one of the later editions of his podcast, he interviewed a man who's originally from Florida, who. Founded a company called Cerro tech that some might be familiar with, Mike Calvo, and Mike came to some of the same conclusions about blindness that you and I have, except that he's much younger. He's from Florida, and he's a Cuban American. He's a Latino whose first language growing up probably was Spanish, and who actually came out of, out of the streets. I mean, he was, he was in gangs, and did all kinds of things that were very different from anything I was ever exposed to as a young person. So I think in a lot of ways, we as blind people face the same types of issues, but we don't. None of us comes at it from the same vantage point. And, you know, we're, we're all dealing with maybe some of the same circumstances, but many, many, we've gotten there in very many different ways. And so I try to also impose on people. We are all different. We're a cross section. We don't all tie our shoes or cook our meals the same way. We don't want to live in the same environment. We don't want to do the same hobbies. And we don't all have better other senses than sighted people do. I don't know how many times you've heard it. I'd be a very rich man if I had $1 for every time someone said, Well, yeah, but you know, being blind, your hearing must be so much better, your sense of smell must be so much more acute. Well, no, the the divine forces in the universe have not just compensated me by making everything else better. What do you do with someone like Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf. There are people with plenty of people with blindness, and also other morbidities or disabilities, or I don't even like disabilities, different different abilities, different strengths and weaknesses. Along with blindness, there are blind people who also happen to be autistic, which could be an advantage to them, in some ways a disadvantage to others. I would like to go beyond the discussion of disability and think of these things, and think of me and others as just simply being differently able, because, you know, what kinds of jobs and roles in life with people that have the characteristic of autism, maybe they are actually better at certain things than a non autistic person would be. Maybe overall, people who live with the characteristic of bl

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Notre Dame Football Talk. InsideNDSports.com's Eric Hansen joins Darin to talk Notre Dame recruiting and what this year could look like for Eli Raridon. Bethel University Athletic Director Tony Natali on this week's NAIA Tournament action in Mishawaka. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 320 - Live From Refuel 2025

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Welcome to Episode 320 of the Worship Probs Podcast! Brian, Jen, and Scot are LIVE from ReFuel Conference in Mishawaka, IN recording with a tremendous audience! Jump into this episode - You'll hear great encouragement & wisdom, tons of laughter with some crazy Prayer Concerns, and dive into our segment, Sliding Into the DMs, as the WP crew answers questies live from the audience. Check it out - and like, comment, subscribe, and share with a friend! Learn more and stay connected with >>> Worship Probs (instagram.com/worshipprobs) // Brian Tabor (instagram.com/briantabor) // Jen Smale (instagram.com/jensmale) // Scot Longyear (instagram.com/scotlongyear) // ReFuel Conference (instagram.com/refuel_conf) Special thank you to our friends at Maven Media Productions for editing the podcast [Follow instagram.com/mavenmediaproductions and visit www.mavenmediaproductions.com], and our great friend Scott Hoke for the voiceover intro [Visit www.scotthokevoice.com].

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Historians look back on Jimmy Carter's presidency and impact on the United States

Noon Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 53:06

Stream the show LIVEPresident Joe Biden has declared January 9 a National Day of Mourning for the recent passing of former president Jimmy Carter at age 100. Carter served one term as president and was trounced in his reelection bid in 1980 by Ronald Reagan. But Carter went on to become a beloved former president who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and built homes for Habitat for Humanity. Among the last places Carter visited for Habitat for Humanity was Mishawaka and South Bend, Ind., in 2018. Read More: Indiana leaders remember Jimmy Carter for his humanitarian work During his presidency, Carter presided over a poor economy and a failed rescue of American hostages in Iran. He also won a historic agreement between Israel and Egypt known as the Camp David Accords. Carter's Nobel Prize was for his work for international peace. This week on Noon Edition we'll talk with Indiana historians to get their insights on Carter's presidency and his impact on U.S history. Guests: Kathryn Brownell, Associate professor of history at Purdue University Jim Williams, President & CEO at Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County Marjorie Hershey, Professor of political science at Indiana University Meredith Evans, Director of the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

A Studio Built for Kids - The SOUND Project Episode 92

The SOUND Project

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 16:23

PJ and Kelly Perri welcome us to Heroes Camp in Mishawaka, Indiana, to share how they use music and basketball to create a positive environment for young men. Video By: More Than Media - www.morethan.media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morethan.media/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morethan.media YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@morethanmedia_ The S.O.U.N.D. Project Podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sound-project/id1680525959 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dkk1s642VFjZGsdYGyxBP Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9kZTBiZGNlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLghfvh2wd7A9MnVKr44jtPEg0qcZ1esTF Keep up with us on our Socials: - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@haverstickdesigns - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haverstickdesigns/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HaverstickDesigns - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@haverstickdesigns - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/haverstick-designs/ - Linktree: https://linktr.ee/haverstickdesigns - Website: https://www.haverstickdesigns.com/

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HS Wrestling Weekly, 12/27/24

WZBD Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 52:17

Dane Fuelling is at Mishawaka for the Al Smith Classic, taking a look at the tournament just before its start, and is also joined by guest Mike Reiser.

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EP 132: The tragic murder of Breana y Aurora Rouhselang.

So Violento So Macabro Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 26:16

El caso de Breana Rouhselang es una historia desgarradora que conmocionó a la ciudad de Mishawaka en Indiana. Breana, una joven de 17 años tenía un futuro prometedor por delante. Trágicamente, en diciembre del 2018, su vida y la de su hija fueron arrebatadas. Este brutal acto no solo destrozó a su familia, sino que también dejó a toda una comunidad sumida en el dolor y exigiendo respuestas. Este es el caso de Breana y Aurora Rouhselang.Puede escuchar nuestro NUEVO episodio en Spotify, Apple Podcasts y todas las demás plataformas de transmisión.—The case of Breana Rouhselang is a heartbreaking story that shocked the city of Mishawaka, Indiana. Breana, a 17-year-old with a promising future ahead of her, tragically lost her life, along with her daughter, in December 2018. This brutal act not only devastated her family but also left an entire community in grief, demanding answers. This is the case of Breana and Aurora Rouhselang.You can listen to our NEW episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other streaming platforms.—Link + Sources:ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/indiana-teen-pleads-guilty-stabbing-death-classmate-pregnant/story?id=59747481WNDUs: https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Trejo-sentenced-for-killing-pregnant-Mishawaka-classmate-566779361.htmlABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/US/actioni-life-16-year-football-player-charged-murdering/story?id=59738748People: https://people.com/crime/indiana-teen-who-killed-pregnant-cheerleader-girlfriend-sentenced-65-years/Indy Star: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2020/01/07/feticide-mishawaka-indiana-aaron-trejo-sentenced-stabbing-death-breana-rouhselang/2833901001/KGET 17 NBCNews: https://youtu.be/X3Byw63Eo8s?si=zXZD-vYFZJR_vFarBreana Roushelang Remembered: https://youtu.be/O2ts011NZH8?si=QIVMHET9GvuSMpuhCBS Chicago News: https://youtu.be/BGy5mMbSBb0?si=nFYUln38Lz8QQj3t Distributed by Genuina Media — Follow Us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SVSM_PodcastThreads: https://www.threads.net/@svsm_podcastTwitter/ X: https://www.twitter.com/SVSM_PodcastBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/svsmpodcast.bsky.socialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoViolentoSoMacabroPodcastTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@svsm_podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@svsm_podcast

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10:00PM-11:00PM - (Steve Kolb, Fred Inniger, Greg Rakestraw)- 11/22/24

Animal Chiropractic Clinic Chatter

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 44:56

Coach starts the second hour of the show talking to Steve Kolb of WAXL in Santa Clause, IN. Heritage Hills bested Batesville 42-0. Fred Inniger of 95.5 The Hawk joins the show to talk about East Noble's 18-13 win over Mishawaka. Greg Rakestraw of ISC Sports Network calls in to give a recap of the Center Grove vs. Brownsburg Game. Brownsburg won 31-27. He also previews the upcoming championship games. Roger Grossman and Paul Condry both called in to talk about the Warsaw Merrillville game. Warsaw won 31-14. Pat Boylan joins to talk about the Pacers loss to the Bucks, 117-129. Len Clark of Irish 101 calls in to talk about the Irish's loss to Elon in basketball, 77-84. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 38:32

Don't Miss Today's Episode of Animal Chiropractic Clinic Chatter!

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10:00PM-11:00PM - (Chuck Freeby, Pat Boylan, Chuck Sorrell)- 11/15/24

レアジョブ英会話 Daily News Article Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 44:28

In the second hour, Steve Kolb rejoins the show to finish his recap of the Heritage Hills game. Chuck Freeby of Sports MIchiana joins the show to talk about Mishawaka's 21-7 win over New Prairie. Pat Boylan of the Pacers Radio Network joins the show to talk about their loss to the Miami Heat, the final score was 124-111. Chuck Sorrell of South Putnam joins the show to talk about their regional win over Sheridan, final score 60-19. Jace Hodge calls in to recap the UIndy loss to Lake Superior State, 96-94 in overtime. Andrew Smith of the New Pal Radio Network calls in to talk about the New Pal Chatard game also. Fred Inegar calls in to talk about East Noble's 52-17 win over Huntington North. Greg Rakestaw of ISC Sports Network joins to talk about Brownsburg's 22-21 win over Lawrence North. Mark Minner, the voice of the Butler Bulldogs joins to talk about Butler Basketball. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Lowriding is more than just cars, it’s about family, culture, and pride for US Latinos

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 2:18

A movement of cultural expression with origins in Mexican American and Chicano communities, lowriding is a way for a person to show their pride, family, and culture. Lowriding is the customization of a vehicle from the tires to the sound system with vivid designs and colors. Unlike hot rods or muscle cars, which have been modified to have big tires and go fast, in the lowrider community, with little resources, they modified the cars to go “low and slow.” For Luis Martinez, competing in lowriding bike and car competitions is about more than glory and bragging rights. His participation in lowrider clubs in the Chicago area has been like one big family and a source of mutual support. “It just starts with the metal,” said Martinez, who got his introduction to lowrider culture when his mother took him to a flea market. He had his first bike when he was 12. “To me, it's about expressing my art and what I can do with my own hands,” Martinez told The Associated Press as he polished at his home in Mishawaka, Indiana. Lauren Pacheco, the co-founder and co-curator of the Slow and Low Chicago Low Rider Festival, described lowriding as a global multibillion-dollar phenomenon of self-expression and innovation. “The lowriding movement is really a cultural expression,” Pacheco said. “It's a marvel of mechanical innovation. It is the beautiful artistry in the creative practice of muralism, storytelling, and upholstery.” It's a legacy that Sonia Gomez wants for her 8-year-old son, Daniel Marquez. His late father, Alberto Marquez, had been a member of the Chicago area lowrider club. Too young to drive the car left to him by his father, Daniel has a lowriding bike that is more of a memorial to his dad. The family will do an ofrenda, a display often associated with Mexican Dia de los Muertos celebrations, when local lowriding festivals are held. As part of the ofrenda, Daniel will take an image he has with his father on a lowriding bike and place it next to his actual bike, which he named “Wishing on a Star.” This article was provided by The Associated Press.

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11:00PM-midnight - (Keith Kinder, Brian Dugger, Paul Condry) - 11/8/24

Anatomy in Clay® Learning System Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 44:37

Coach starts the final hour of the show talking to Keith Kinder, the coach of Mishawaka talks about their win over Northwood, final score 22-21. They talk about how close the game was, and how the Cavemen came back and won with hardly any time left. Brian Dugger, head coach of Martinsville joins the show to talk about their nail-biting win over Greenwood, 35-31. Paul Condry of Indiana Football Digest calls in and gives a recap of the Valpo 28-21 win over Chesterton. David Deaton of WKLO calls in to recap North Harrison's 8-7 win over Madison. Steve Kolb of WAXL calls in to talk about Heritage Hills 38-24 win over Evansville Memorial. Fred Inegar of East Noble Radio joined to give a recap of East Noble's 38-0 win over Fort Wayne Dwenger. Rob Blackman of Purdue joins the show to talk about their 72-50 win over Northern Kentucky. Nathaniel Finch of Indiana High School Sports.com rounds out the show talking about Decatur Central's 35-7 over Plainfield. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Amy Tiebout: Hands-On Learning at Penn High School

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 31:21

Amy Tiebout teaches AP Biology and PLTW Human Body Systems at Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana. Amy has a background in graphic design and illustration. She earned biology and art degrees from Carson-Newman College and a Masters in Teaching from Bethel College. She states that becoming a teacher later in life has been the best decision, and she enjoys helping her students develop a strong foundation in biomedical science before considering a healthcare career, while also learning how lifestyle choices impact their own health. When she is not teaching, Amy loves taking care of her many class pets, scuba diving, snowboarding, cycling and hiking. More: Intro and Outro music "Vicious Pen" courtesy of Moby Gratis Intro and Outro music "Vicious Pen" courtesy of Moby Gratis

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9:30 PM- 10:00 PM- (Chuck Freebie, John Herrick)- 10/25/24

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 20:20

The first games of the IHSAA Sectionals kicked off and Chuck Freebie of Michiana Sports joins to recap Mishawaka's win over Northridge 23-10. Also, John Herrick joins to discuss Monrovia's 42-19 win over Scecina.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Best Of Sequences Vol 3: 2018 to 2020

Sequences Magazine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 311:36

Download Bios: https://we.tl/t-uMVpjQolrM 00.00 Jakub Fijak ‘Message From Above' (Eternal Moments Remix) (album Changing Colours) www.jakubfijak.bandcamp.com 07.03 Rudolf Heimann ‘Track & Field' (album Trancefusion) www.mellowjet.de 13.05 Erik Wollo ‘Journey' (album Silver Beach) www.projekt.com 18.47 Kl(aus) ‘Shurnarkabtishashutu' (album Kl(aus) 2) https://only1klaus.bandcamp.com 31.28 Robert Schroeder ‘The Message' (album Timewaves) *** http://www.news-music.de/index_e.html 43.12 Ron Boots ‘A Sense Of Turmoil ‘ (album Once The Dust Settles) *** www.groove.nl 53.46 The S.E.T.I. Project ‘Done And Dusted' (album We Lack Dreams) www.thesetiproject.bandcamp.com 01.07.19 Computerchemist ‘Timethorns' (album Icon One) www.computerchemist.bandcamp.com 01.16.00 Forest Fires 'Strong Winds, JV Remix' (EP Strong Winds / Climate Change, Remixes (João Vairinhos) www.regulatorrec.bandcamp.com 01.23.23 Adrian Beasley ‘MC1' (album Machine Code) *** www.adrianbeasley.bandcamp.com 01.36.33 Caterina Barbieri ‘Immersive Modular Live Set | Boiler Room x Genelec' https://caterinabarbieri.com 01.46.00 Lisa Bella Donna ‘Morning Snows of Mishawaka' (album Take My Hand, Come With Me) *** www.lisabelladonna.bandcamnp.com 01.58.45 Jim Ottaway ‘Searching for Paradise' (album Ambient Aid For Australia, Various) www.ambientaidforaustralia.bandcamp.com 02.06.07 Keith Richie ‘Distant Vision' (single) http://music.krichie.com 02.12.36 Mihail Doman 'Neptune II/lll' (album Neptune) www.mihaildoman.bandcamp.com 02.18.27 Spyra feat- Rocksana ‘Zietstaub' (album inSPYRAtion) *** www.groove.nl 02.31.38 Peru ‘Valley' (album Klem compilation 1989) 02.38.14 Ian Boddy 'Shrine' (Altair) www.DiN.org.com 02.46.14 Biome ‘Ryuku' (album The Shores Of Temenos) www.biomemusic.bandcamp.com 02.54.39 Cornel Hecht ‘Ranger Things 2' (EP Ranger Things) www.cornelhecht.bandcamp.com 02.58.00 Derek Nigell ‘The Anthem Of The Great Waves' (single https://uscm.bandcamp.com 03.02.07 Jos D'Almeida ‘Eta Carinae' (album Aspheres) www.josdalmeida.bandcamp.com 03.10.43 Mark Dwane ‘Monoliths Of Mars' (album Martian Apparitions) www.markedwane.bandcamp.com 03.15.55 Wolfgang Nachahmer ‘Geisterwald' (album Synchromystik) www.wolfgangnachahmer.bandcamp.com 03.23.19 Andy Pickford ‘Mirage' (album Objects & Expressions 1) www.andypickford.bandcamp.com 03.34.46 Anhidema ‘Inferno' (album The Lamb's Book Of Life) www.anhidemaspace.bandcamp.com 03.45.27 Jesper Sorensen ‘Preparations' (album Skyrider: remastered) www.jespersorensen.bandcamp.com 03.49.59 Little Star ‘Ocean' (Monogahela Remix)' (album Celestine The Remixes Vol 1) www.littlestarmusic.bandcamp.com 03.57.21 Stan Dart ‘Magic Of LIght' (album Murinsel Vol 2) www.syngate.net 04.03.56 Thomas Lemmer & Christoph Sebastian Pabst ‘Gezeitenkraefte'(album Meerblick) www.sine-music.com 04.08.16 Xelomen ‘You're The Poison' https://soundcloud.com/soniamusic/you-re-the-poison' 04.13.55 Neuland 'Moons Ago' (album Neuland) www.neuland.bandcamp.com 04.19.52 Eagle ‘Spectrum Of Possibilities' (album Eagle Live @ESE 2018) 04.28.34 Thaneco ‘They Harvest Energy From The Sun' (album Alien Species) www.thaneco.bandcamp.com 04.40.26 Stefan Erbe ‘No More Limits' (album Breath) https://stefanerbe.bandcamp.com/album/breathe 04.45.43 Axess ‘Meditation' (album Zen) https://axess.bandcamp.com 04.55.20 Digital Horizons ‘Empire' (album Retronome) www.digitalhorizons.bandcamp.com 05.04.07 Damian Tangram ‘I Need You' www.3dtangram.com Edit ***

9:30-10:00PM – (Landon Coons, Keith Kinder) - 10/11/24

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2024 21:45

It's the penultimate week of Indiana High School football here on Indiana Sports Talk! Coach and Corbin Lingenfelter start off the show with a scoreboard update. Landon Coons of this show and WCDQ joins the show to talk about Lebanon's 35-0 win over Southmont. Keith Kinder coach of Mishawaka joins the show to go over Mishawaka win over Plymouth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11:00PM-midnight - (Tyson Moore, Greg Rakestraw, Paul Condry) - 9/20/24

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2024 44:20

In the final hour of the show, we hear from Tyson Moore, Coach of Seymour. His team won 49-0 over Bedford North Lawrence. He also talks about some of the awards players will get. Greg Rakestraw calls in with the ISC Sports Network. He breaks down the Brebeuf-Carmel game. Brebeuf won 28-27 against the much bigger Carmel. Paul Condry calls the show to talk about Valparaiso's 22-21 win over Chesterton. Steve Kolb of WAXL calls in to talk about Heritage Hills 43 -7 win over North Posey. Keith Kinder who coaches at Mishawaka calls in to talk about their 49-10 win over Goshen. John Herrick joins to recap a double overtime game between Warren Central and Ben Davis. Warren Central won 24-21. He also talks about IU football and previews their matchup against Charlotte. Eddie Garrison and Nathaniel Finch of Indiana High School Sports break down Lawrence Central's 22-14 win over Pike. Brad Huber also of Indiana High School Sports joins to talk about Cessina's 21-15 win over Speedway. To end the show, Brendan King joins to provide more insight on the Warren Central game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:00 PM - Midnight - (Keith Kinder, Paul Condry, Mike Kirschner) - 8/30/24

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2024 43:51

After a scoreboard update from Corbin Lingenfelter, Coach Bob Lovell is joined by Brian Sullivan from WNAS, who had the call of Silver Creek's 41-8 win over Salem. Next, David Deaton of WKLO joins after calling North Harrison's 29-14 win over Scottsburg. After that, head coach Kieth Kinder of Mishawaka joined the show to talk about his squad's 27-7 win over Penn. After that conversation, Deaton rejoins to finish the North Harrison/Scottsburg game recap. Next, Kris Norton of WITZ calls in after broadcasting Jasper's 41-33 win over Harrison. Then, Mike Skvara of Indiana SRN joins to recap Evansville Memorial's 35-14 win over Evansville North. After that, Paul Condry of the Regional Radio Sports Network calls in to discuss Merryville's 36-0 blanking of Hobart. Surprisingly, Kip Wesner of Hoosier Basketball Magazine calls in to talk about Hoosier High School Football. Wesner describes the Martinsville/Bloomington South rivalry game. Martinsville was up 27-14 before the rain kicked in. Finally, Warren Central Head Coach Mike Kirschner joins to close out the show, detailing his team's 54-0 win over Warsaw.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Melkey: Murdered or Left to Die?

The Kitchen Table Historian

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 13:13

A few days before Christmas 1939, Stephen Melkey was struck by a car near South Bend, Indiana, and thrown nearly 40 feet through the air before landing. When the police arrived, they found that someone had tied his hands behind his back and taped his eyes and mouth shut. Had someone meant for him to be struck by a car on the highway, or had they left him to die in the freezing temperatures?

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The Anti-Hero & The Florist with NYT bestselling author Aleatha Romig

Storytime with Skye

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 57:05 Transcription Available

Join New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren each week as she crafts a new story with one of her author guests!About Aleatha Romig:Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana, USA. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis, USA. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she's not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her friends and family, including her beloved grandchildren. Aleatha released her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a bestselling series with five novels. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than a million e-readers. Her next series, INFIDELITY (not about cheating) hit New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today best-seller lists. Aleatha has since released over fifty novels in multiple genres: dark romance, romantic suspense, thriller, and romantic comedy.And if you enjoy this episode, you'll love Now and Forever by Aleatha Romig.You can find all her books here: https://aleatharomig.com.Download a FREE steamy audiobook novella by Skye Warren!https://BookHip.com/GQAFNCBYou get to help us pick our story prompts inside the Storytime with Skye Podcast Facebook group. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1030813154714760Rate, Review, & Subscribe Like what you heard? We will be so grateful if you'd rate, review, and subscribe to the Storytime with Skye. It helps your book lovers find the podcast, too!Want to learn more about Skye Warren's books? Find her books at www.skyewarren.com/books.

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POUDRE PETE LOL

Nerf's LOLs at 5:05

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 1:06 Transcription Available

Off the grid with no place to get your freak on? Go to Poudre Pete's near Mishawaka!

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Exploring Liberal Arts Colleges: Benefits and Fit with Anne Ingersoll

College and Career Clarity

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 30:10

In this episode, Lisa and Anne discuss:The benefits of liberal arts colleges and how to determine if they might be a good fit for your teen. How liberal arts colleges differ from larger research universities.Misconceptions about liberal arts colleges.Helping your teen understand their learning style to determine the right type of school for them. Key Takeaways: There are considerably more small liberal arts colleges in the US than there are big research universities. Many families rule out liberal arts colleges because they haven't heard of them. But until a student steps foot on the campus and has clarity about their college major, it is hard to know if it will be a great fit. Don't rule out liberal arts colleges until you have more information. There are opportunities available at smaller institutions that aren't available at larger schools.Visiting colleges and universities of various sizes, even if it isn't the schools your teen is considering, can help them understand more about the type of school they are looking for. “There are a lot of really great opportunities at liberal arts colleges; we just have to take that next step to do a little bit more investigation and, hopefully, set foot on a campus or two before you completely rule them out.” – Anne IngersollAbout Anne Ingersoll: I am passionate about helping high school students and their families peacefully and successfully navigate the complex world of college admissions. This process is filled with much anxiety (and a touch of ego) but my goal is to remove that anxiety and focus on what's best for the student.I began my college consulting work in 2001 at a private firm in Louisville, Kentucky, where I spent over four years as an independent college counselor. Originally from Mishawaka, Indiana, I attended Butler University, earning a degree in Telecommunication Arts with a concentration in Japanese and Secondary Education. I earned my Masters in Education in 2009 from the University of St. Mary (KS). I have attended annual NACAC conferences and have served on the leadership team for GPACAC (Great Plains Association of College Admission Counseling).Episode References:098 How Your Teen Can Benefit from an Honors College with Sylvia Borgo086 Advice for High School Athletes About Playing in College with Dave Morris022 The College Bound Student Athlete Process115 Making the Final College Decision with Marni LevineGet Lisa's Free on-demand video: How-to guide for your teen to choose the right major, college, & career...(without painting themselves into a corner, missing crucial deadlines, or risking choices you both regret). flourishcoachingco.com/video Connect with Anne:Instagram: instagram.com/collegeboundassociatesllc Facebook: facebook.com/CollegeBoundAssociates LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anne-ingersoll-94618334 Website: collegeboundassociates.com Email: anne@collegeboundassociates.com Connect with Lisa:Website: https://www.flourishcoachingco.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@flourishcoachingcoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/flourishcoachingco/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flourish-coaching-co

Ep. 250 - Ray E. Boomhower [II]

The Rob Burgess Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 43:36

Hello and welcome to The Rob Burgess Show. I am, of course, your host, Rob Burgess. On this our 250th episode our returning guest is Ray E. Boomhower. You first heard Ray E. Boomhower on Episode 213 of the podcast. Ray E. Boomhower is senior editor of the Indiana Historical Society Press. He is editor of the IHS's quarterly popular history magazine, “Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History.” Boomhower has been with the Society since 1987. A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Boomhower graduated from Indiana University in 1982 with degrees in journalism and political science. He received his master's degree in U.S. history from Indiana University, Indianapolis, in 1995. Before joining the Society staff, he worked in public relations for the Indiana State Museum and as a reporter for two Indiana daily newspapers. Along with numerous articles for “Traces,” the “Indiana Magazine of History,” and other history periodicals, Boomhower is the author of the books “Jacob Piatt Dunn, Jr.: A Life in History and Politics, 1855-1924” (Indiana Historical Society, 1997); “The Country Contributor: The Life and Times of Juliet V. Strauss” (Guild Press of Indiana, 1998); “Destination Indiana: Travels through Hoosier History” (IHS, 2000); “'But I Do Clamor': May Wright Sewall, A Life, 1844–1920” (Guild Press, 2001); “'One Shot': The World War II Photography of John A. Bushemi” (IHS Press, 2004); “Gus Grissom: The Lost Astronaut” (IHS Press, 2004); “The Sword and the Pen: A Life of Lew Wallace” (IHS Press, 2005); “The Soldier's Friend: A Life of Ernie Pyle” (IHS Press, 2006); “Fighting for Equality: A Life of May Wright Sewall” (IHS Press, 2007); “Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary” (Indiana University Press, 2008); “Fighter Pilot: The World War II Career of Alex Vraciu” (IHS Press, 2010); “The People's Choice: Congressman Jim Jontz of Indiana” (IHS Press, 2013); “John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog” (IU Press, 2015); “Dispatches from the Pacific: The World War II Reporting of Robert L. Sherrod” (2017); “Indiana Originals: Hoosier Heroes & Heroines” (History Press, 2018); and “Mr. President: A Life of Benjamin Harrison” (IHS Press, 2018). His book, “Richard Tregaskis: Reporting Under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam” was published in November 2021 by the University of New Mexico Press. His latest book, “Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc and the News Photograph That Stunned the World,” was published in March 2024, also by the University of New Mexico Press. Subscribe to my Substack: therobburgessshow.substack.com/ Follow me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/robaburg.bsky.social Follow me on Mastodon: newsie.social/@therobburgessshow Check out my Linktree: linktr.ee/therobburgessshow

Mishawaka Baseball Coach John Huemmer - Tuesday

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Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 11:37

Mishawaka baseball coach John Huemmer on the Cavemen winning a sectional title Monday over LaPorte 6-3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka Baseball Coach John Huemmer - Tuesday

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Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 11:37

Mishawaka baseball coach John Huemmer on the Cavemen winning a sectional title Monday over LaPorte 6-3. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Visiting the Shiojiri Niwa Garden

Indiana Places and History

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 3:47

Shiojiri Niwa GardenIn this episode we visit the Shiojiri Niwa Garden in Mishawaka, Indiana which is in St. Joseph County in north central Indiana. From the BookNorth Central Indiana Day TripsThe Author's WebsiteThe Author on LocalsThe Author on FacebookThe Author on TwitterThe Author on RumbleThe Author on YouTubeThe Author's Amazon Page

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Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Tuesday Hour 1

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 60:31

Darin is broadcasting live from Saltgrass Steak House --- 5125 North Main Street in Mishawaka ---- 574-395-5562. Hour 1: Notre Dame Football Recruiting *2025 WR Jerome Bettis JR and *2026 WR Dylan Faison! Chris Vosters The voice of the Chicago Black Hawks on NBC Sports Chicago talking about South Bend native Landon Slaggert has played in 2 games with the Hawks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Tuesday Hour 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 54:45

Darin is broadcasting live from Saltgrass Steak House --- 5125 North Main Street in Mishawaka! Saltgrass Steak house is making its grand debut in Mishawaka! In Hour 2: Tyler Horka from Notre Dame football beat reporter at Blue and Gold Illustrated...Blue and Gold dot com joins Darin to discuss ND Football and Women's Basketball Talk! Sportsbeat / InsideNDSports.com's Twitter Question Darin has some insight on the West Regions Bracket for the NCAA Tournament See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka battles the Wayne Generals in the IHSAA Quarterfinals from Elkhart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Mishawaka Basketball's Cooper Pritchett - Friday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 12:19

Mishawaka basketball player Cooper Pritchett on the team's Semi State game Saturday versus Fort Wayne Wayne See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Friday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 48:38

InsideNDSports.com's Eric Hansen joined Darin to talk about the Notre Dame secondary, the new College Football Playoff agreement plus a conversation with Mishawaka basketball player Cooper Pritchett in regard to tomorrow's Semi State Semi Final versus Fort Wayne Wayne. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka Basketball's Cooper Pritchett - Friday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 12:19

Mishawaka basketball player Cooper Pritchett on the team's Semi State game Saturday versus Fort Wayne Wayne See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Friday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 48:38

The Sports Rush 3/14: Eric Dutkiewicz

Sports Rush with Brett Rump

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 61:56

With 1380 The Fan and 100.9 FM broadcasting every game of the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament right here on our airwaves, today's Sports Rush show was abbreviated! But, we pack in a ton of content in the short time that we have on air today! Brett shares his thoughts on the Indianapolis Colts signing Joe Flacco to bring him in to Lucas Oil Stadium as the backup quarterback to Anthony Richardson. He also breaks down the numbers in a preview of tonight's Big Ten Tournament game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Nittany Lions of Penn State! Also on the show today, Brett is joined by Eric “Doot” Dutkiewicz of Parkview Sports Medicine! Brett and Doot discuss the run of the Trine University Men's Basketball Team in order to get to the Men's D3 Final Four at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, with their Final Four game tonight against Trinity! The two also preview our area Boys' High School Basketball Teams that will be participating in Semi-State matchups around the state of Indiana this weekend, including Wayne taking on Mishawaka, a game we'll have right here on our airwaves on Saturday! All that and more on The Sports Rush today!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Monday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 69:08

Notre Dame spring practice, Irish women's basketball wins the ACC Championship and Mishawaka ends a 69-year regional title drought. Darin is joined by Blue and Gold's Tyler Horka and Mishawaka basketball coach Bodie Bender. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka Basketball Coach Bodie Bender - Monday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 17:24

Mishawaka High School basketball coach Bodie Bender on winning the program's first regional title since 1955 and getting ready for Semi State versus Fort Wayne Wayne.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Monday

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 69:08

Mishawaka Boys' Basketball vs. East Chicago (3-9-24)

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 104:57

Mishawaka plays for an IHSAA Regional title against East Chicago Central in Michigan City.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka Regional Preview

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2024 10:16

Darin has a Mishawaka Regional Preview: Mishawaka will travel to Michigan City this Saturday to play in the Regional Championship against East Chicago Central with tipoff time being 5 PM Eastern/4 PM Central. Pre-game starts at 4:30 pm on 96.1 the Ton Mishawaka's last regional came in 1955 delivering the current Cavemen another chance at a generational achievementSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka Boys' Basketball vs. Riley 3-2-24

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024 105:17

Mishawaka seeks to defend its IHSAA Sectional Title against Riley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mishawaka Boys' Basketball vs. Adams 3-1-24

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 72:38

Mishawaka continues Hoosier Hysteria action against Adams at The Cave.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sportsbeat - Darin's off AGAIN???

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2024 62:26

Darin is off to watch his son play in the Mishawaka sectional game tonight, so Jim Irizarry is back in. Eric Hansen from InsideNDSports.com joins Jim for the first hour. All things Irish are covered, smothered and scattered. Jim feels good about his bets because he doesn't know how else to feel about them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Budweiser Weekday Sportsbeat - Thursday