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Marv and I talk the Birmingham, UK Soundcheck (2015, "Out There" tour).      Soundcheck is 40-60 minutes of Paul doing (mostly) songs not part of the main show.     This week we talk "Celebration", "Miss Ann",  "It's so Squeazy", "I'll Follow the Sun", and a bit about how the show has changed since Out There (two encores compressed to one!    No "Yesterday").    As they say in "Midnight Special" (another soundcheck favorite of Paul's) "If you ever go to Houston, you better act right!"    

What's your most loved and least favorite song on Little Richard's debut album, 1957's Here's Little Richard?! We finally delve into the 1950s by talking about the oldest album we've ranked yet. Adam repeatedly circles back to himself, talking about his short European tour with the red-hot Little Richards and interviews two of its main creators: Sparkle Gail Higgins, longtime London/NY/California vintage clothing queen and Heartbreakers road manager who named her San Diego store the Girl Can't Help It and her friend Robert Lopez (El Vez), who started the wild allstar act to play at her store. Listen at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify and your favorite piano store.  Follow us and weigh in with your favorites on Facebook, Instagram & Threads and Twitter @wewillrankyoupod . Architect of Rock and Roll, Attitude, A-WOOOOOOO, a-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom, Baby, the beat, the beat, the beat, the Beatles, Pat Boone, Can't Believe You Wanna Leave, choreography, El Vez, energy, the Girl Can't Help It, Good Golly Miss Molly, the Heartbreakers, Sparkle Gail Higgins,  Benny Hill, Jenny, Jenny, Little Adam, Little Richard, Little Robert, the Little Richards, Long Tall Sally, Robert Lopez, Lucille, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, Miss Ann, my band, my band, my band, Oh Why?, Richard Penniman, piano, Elvis Presley, Ready Teddy, Rip It Up, rock and roll, Rubber Duckie, saxophone solo, She's Got It, shut up, Slippin' and Slidin', Trio, True, Fine Mama, Tutti Frutti, 1957. US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.com wewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPod http://www.twitter.com/WeWillRankYouPo http://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page) http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

She's rude. She's got a bad haircut. And she will, indeed, be speaking to your manager. We've finally arrived at everyone's favourite pejorative, "Karen". The most contemptible lady in America today, Karen has had a bit of a reverse trajectory in popular culture. Hannah and Maia discuss the dual role that Karen occupies on our feeds, from the "can I speak to your manager" meme to her more insidious form as a 'Miss Ann', and the throughline of entitlement that runs between them. To what degree can we critique elements of ageism/misogyny embedded in the Karen meme, while unpacking the very devastating consequences that "white women tears" have had, both historically and imminently, on BIPOC living in the United States? It's time to rehash. Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast Intro and Outro song produced by our talented friend Ian Mills: https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic SOURCES: Henry Goldblatt, “A Brief History of ‘Karen'” (2020), The New York Times Evan Nicole Brown, “Will It Take a Clever Acronym to Stop Racially Motivated 911 Calls?” (2020), The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/briefing/caren-act-911-san-francisco.html  Robin Queen, “How ‘Karen' went from a popular baby name to a stand-in for white entitlement” (2020), The Conversation https://theconversation.com/how-karen-went-from-a-popular-baby-name-to-a-stand-in-for-white-entitlement-139644  Hadley Freeman, “The ‘Karen' meme is everywhere - and it has become mired in sexism” (2020), The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/apr/13/the-karen-meme-is-everywhere-and-it-has-become-mired-in-sexism Aja Romano, “Karen: The anti-vaxxer soccer mom with speak-to-the-manager hair, explained”, (2020), Vox https://www.vox.com/2020/2/5/21079162/karen-name-insult-meme-manager  “What's In A ‘Karen'?, (2020) Code Switch https://www.npr.org/transcripts/891177904  Aja Romano “How ‘Karen' became a symbol of racism”, (2020) Vox https://www.vox.com/21317728/karen-meaning-meme-racist-coronavirus  “The Murder of Emmett Till”, PBS https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/till-timeline/ 

Managers vs Super KarensKaren is a pejorative term for a white woman perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. The term is often portrayed in memes depicting white women who use their white privilege to demand their own way. WikipediaIn African-American culture, there is a history of calling difficult white women or those who "weaponize" their position by a generic pejorative name.[6] In the antebellum era (1815–1861), "Miss Ann" was used.[7] In the early 1990s, "Becky" was used.[8] As late as 2018, before the use of "Karen" caught on, alliterative names matching particular incidents were used, such as "Barbecue Becky", "Cornerstore Caroline", and "Permit Patty".[9] Linguist Kendra Calhoun connects "Karen" stereotypes to the older "soccer mom".[10]For the term "Karen", several possible origins have been proposed.[11] Early uses of Karen as a joke punchline include the airheaded character Karen (played by Amanda Seyfried) from the 2004 film Mean Girls, Dane Cook's 2005 sketch "The Friend Nobody Likes" on his album Retaliation,[12] and a 2016 Internet meme regarding a woman in an ad for the Nintendo Switch console who exhibits perceived antisocial behavior and is given the nickname "antisocial Karen".[13][14] In December 2017, Karen memes regarding entitled women went viral on Reddit, the earliest being from user karmacop9, who ranted about his ex-wife Karen. The posts led to the creation of the subreddit r/FuckYouKaren, containing memes about the posts, and inspiring spinoffs including r/karen and r/EntitledKarens dedicated to criticizing Karens.[12][13]A more pointed explanation, which involves race, is the expression originates among Black people to refer to unreasonable white women.[8][15] The term was popularized on Black Twitter as a meme used to describe white women who "tattle on black kids' lemonade stands"[8] or who unleash the "violent history of white womanhood".[6] Bitch magazine described Karen as a term that originated with Black women but was co-opted by white men.[16] In an article on high profile incidents in the U.S. of white women calling the police on Black people, The Guardian called 2020 "the year of Karen".[5]

The news of Richard's forthcoming marriage was received with shocked relish everywhere but in his immediate family. The Tomlinsons maintained a discreet attitude, taking their cue from Miss Ann, whose only comment was, " You are old enough to know what you are doin, Richard. I hope you are happy." Follow Project DF Podcast Instagram @ Project DF: The Mystery Website @ ProjectDFPodcast CAST for Episode 14 Valerie Moss (Narrator & Producer) Ava Eames (Cousin Lutie) Kylee Morgan (Judith Amory) Carole Senn (Ms. Ann Tomlinson) Rafe Telsch (Richard Tomlinson) London Moss (Thorne aka Cricket)

Ann Torralba, aka Little Miss Ann joins the show to talk about her transition from teacher to Kindie Musician, collaborations with other Kindie artists and the inspiration behind her song about the pandemic called 28 Days.Find the Song at: Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/2dV7aXPhDwqRUCbmSrVlCz?si=95f65783ae0f4097 iTunes/Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/album/28-days-feat-tommy-soulati-shepherd-tommy-t3po-shepherd/1556289050?i=1556289059 28 Days has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Spotify playlist.  Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TOwB9JN1IsOznSEjk4EKs?si=224bca5b2ca94c7e YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LittleMissAnn

In this episode, Lady Petra and Saffermaster chat with Miss Ann about Pony Play and the Leather Scene over a Guion. 

Ann Torralba, aka Little Miss Ann joins the show to talk about her transition from teacher to Kindie Musician, collaborations with other Kindie artists and the inspiration behind her song about a tasty Philippine treat called Ube.Find the Song at: Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/1zR4tuFYKGvu1ATATdyLe8?si=907d4c649a26454c iTunes/Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/album/ube/1196557259?i=1196557322 Ube has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Spotify playlist.  Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TOwB9JN1IsOznSEjk4EKs?si=224bca5b2ca94c7e YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LittleMissAnn

Ann Torralba, aka Little Miss Ann joins the show to talk about her transition from teacher to Kindie Musician, collaborations with other Kindie artists and the inspiration behind her catchy song We Go Together Very Well.Find the Song at: Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/4RhmeK90NGyJ5bplwVjj0u?si=ca1916ae4f624dde iTunes/Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/album/we-go-together-very-well/1556289050?i=1556289053  We Go Together Very Well has been added to the KINDIE ROCK STARS Spotify playlist.  Add the KINDIE ROCK STARS Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TOwB9JN1IsOznSEjk4EKs?si=224bca5b2ca94c7e YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LittleMissAnn 

Bilingual- Billboard Charting- Award Winning Recording Artist Twinkle Time produces / hosts her very own  weekly  RADIO show for KIDS and Families bringing the  HOTTEST  family music from around the world  and so much more!  Twinkle Time Top 20 Countdown 1) Who's ROY G BIV- Mister B's Buzz 2) Ready Set Go - Divinity Roxx 3) Dj in my Pj's - Miss Nina 4) Throw Your Hands Up - Sonshine and Broccoli 5) Better Than You Know - Twinkle Time 6) Solar Skate- Pierce Freelon 7) Highlights Reel - Erica Rabner ft. Genevieve Goings 8)Stick 2 Gether - Team T& J 9) Everything is Better with some Bubbles - Ruth and Emilia 10) We Go Together Very Well- Little Miss Ann 11)Glitter Bug- Animal Farm 12)Muevete -Nathalia 13) Clouds - Uncle Dox 14)12 Months -Professor Jefferson Band 15)Everybody Dance- Michael and the Rockness Monsters 16) That's a Wrap - Lucy Kalantari and The Jazz Cats 17) Spring Song - Claudia Gunn 18) Barn Dance- Red Yarn 19) My Crown- Fyütch and Uncle Jumbo 20)Cuddle Buddies - Mr.Rayz  

Hey Be Encouraged Community!! You are listening to Episode # 29, titled, "Open Door Project", with guest speaker Ann Wolfe. Miss Ann is known in her community for her non profit organization called, the Open Door Project. Ann tells us why she's so passionate about cultivating a community that knows that they matter. She could not have made this dream come true without the support of others and it's truly inspiring! If you ever felt like you needed a voice when you were a child or a place to call your home away from home, that's the heart behind the Open Door Project. I hope that when you listen in, it ignites you to pursue your ambitions, passions, and dreams! If you want to make it happen like the Open Door Project, then look for the helpers. If you feel, encouraged to spread the love then, - tell someone that they matter - support the Open Door Project by clicking the link below! - Subscribe, Share, and Write a raving review about the Be Encouraged Podcast! Thank you so much for being a part of the Be Encouraged! community! Have a great week! Jackie Resources from Episode #29: To find more about the Open Door Project click the links below! To Donate: https://smartpay.profitstars.com/express/TODP Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenDoorProjectPG/ Instagram: @odp72 Website: http://opendoorprojectpg.org/ To learn more about myself, Jackie Brindle, and the "Be Encouraged!" Podcast you can go to... Instagram: @jackiebinspiring Facebook Page: Be Inspired and More Link Tree and Blog website: https://linktr.ee/jackiebrindle Email: beinspiredandmore@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this week's episode of the Get Lit Minute, we discuss the life and work of poet Dudley Randell. Included in this episode is a reading of Randell's poem, "Booker T. and W.E.B." The full poem is also available below. The influence of Dudley Randall, founder of Broadside Press and Detroit’s first poet laureate, “has been one of the strongest—some say the strongest—in the black poetry movement of the last 15 years,” argued Suzanne Dolezal in Detroit magazine. “As publisher of Detroit’s Broadside Press between 1965 and 1977, Randall provided a forum for just about every major black poet to come along during those years. And dozens of anthologies include his own rapid, emotional lyrics about Detroit’s bag ladies, lonely old drunks, strapping foundry workers, and young women with glistening, corn-rowed hair,” she continued. “Beyond Randall’s contributions as a poet, his roles as editor and publisher have proven invaluable to the Afro-American community,” R. Baxter Miller wrote in the Dictionary of Literary Biography.Booker T. and W.E.B.BY DUDLEY RANDALL“It seems to me,” said Booker T.,“It shows a mighty lot of cheekTo study chemistry and GreekWhen Mister Charlie needs a handTo hoe the cotton on his land,And when Miss Ann looks for a cook,Why stick your nose inside a book?”“I don’t agree,” said W.E.B.,“If I should have the drive to seekKnowledge of chemistry or Greek,I’ll do it. Charles and Miss can lookAnother place for hand or cook.Some men rejoice in skill of hand,And some in cultivating land,But there are others who maintainThe right to cultivate the brain.”“It seems to me,” said Booker T.,“That all you folks have missed the boatWho shout about the right to vote,And spend vain days and sleepless nightsIn uproar over civil rights.Just keep your mouths shut, do not grouse,But work, and save, and buy a house.”“I don’t agree,” said W.E.B.,“For what can property availIf dignity and justice fail.Unless you help to make the laws,They’ll steal your house with trumped-up clause.A rope’s as tight, a fire as hot,No matter how much cash you’ve got.Speak soft, and try your little plan,But as for me, I’ll be a man.”“It seems to me,” said Booker T.—“I don’t agree,”Said W.E.B.Support the show (https://getlit.org/donate/)

The Hake Report, Wednesday, November 25, 2020  Seth Rich's liberal parents and media vs. Fox News journalist and conspiracy theories.  Obama cries "racism" on Trump, gross media like Stephen Colbert gushes on him.  Anti-Trump judge Emmet Sullivan meddling in Gen. Flynn case, immigration, even the election!  HBO put out a documentary "Transhood" about LGBTQIA+ kids.  2018: Celine Dion promoted a weird genderless clothing line NuNuNu that celebrities put on children.  Megan Squire a link between SPLC, Antifa, and communism, tracking "hate."  Also check out Hake News from today.  CALLERS Earl from Michigan answers questions about tipping and the fact we think he's a joke.  Nate from Pennsylvania talks about Dem NJ Sen. Cory Booker's "Justice for Black Farmers Act."  Skip from Augusta, GA tells stories of GI Joe, whites and blacks, and "Green Weave." Maze from Dayton, OH gossips about "Miss Ann" (which she defines differently from the Internet) and Sugar Daddy.  Rick from Hampton, VA asks about the prospect of Trump taking the election to the Supreme Court.  TIME STAMPS 0:00 What I'll cover 3:55 Seth Rich 17:47 'Judge' Emmet Sullivan 24:09 Super Chats 24:23 Intro Obama 25:23 Obama on Hispanics 31:02 Intro Colbert 32:17 Colbert loves Obama 37:10 Earl in MI 46:31 Streamlabs, thanks! 48:07 Nate in PA 58:58 Intro CNN 59:48 Fareed Zakaria, GOP 1:03:10 Intro HBO 'Transhood' 1:04:10 LGBTQQIPA+ boy 1:07:07 'I am a girl-boy' 1:07:52 Phoenix at 7, mama talks 1:09:30 JLP GWH T-shirt 1:10:10 Celine Dion NuNuNu  1:18:19 Skip in Augusta, GA 1:32:35 SPLC, Antifa, Commies 1:41:51 More Super Chats 1:45:03 Maze in Dayton, OH 1:52:30 Rick in Hampton, VA 2:00:09 Thanks, all! HAKE LINKS VIDEO ARCHIVE: Facebook | Periscope/Twitter | YouTube | Audio podcast links below LIVE VIDEO: DLive | Periscope | Facebook | YouTube* | Twitch*  PODCAST: Apple | Podcast Addict | Castbox | Stitcher | Spotify | Amazon | PodBean | Google … SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring | SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | DLive  Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show  Also see Hake News from JLP's show today.  *NOTE: YouTube and Twitch have both censored James's content on their platforms lately, over fake "Community Guidelines" violations.  BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2020/11/25/112520-wed-gross-obama-love-libs-target-kids-splc-antifa-commie 

"You know where I was on VE Day? I was in Washington DC. The streets were so crowded the buses couldn't run" Rather than listen to us talk about WWII, we interview three people about their experiences in the war.Ann Fuqua, who worked at the Navy Department in DCMona McNeese, whose husband was a Japanese POWWaldo Beck, a Marine pilot stateside on VE Day waiting for orders to the Pacific. These interviews were recorded on Zoom and flip phones, so the quality isn't always the best. We've included the transcript below.Support Tour Guide Tell All on our Patreon Page: www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall or follow us on twitter @tourguidetellComments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.comYou're Listening To: Becca GrawlAmateur Sound Editing: Canden ArciniegaTranscriptions: Rebecca FachnerIntro/Outro Music: Well-Seasoned from Audio HeroINTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS:Rebecca Grawl (RG): But I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions about WW2, what you remember, what it was like and if you remember VE Day, which was May 8?Ann Fuqua (AF): You know where I was on VE Day?RG: Where?AF: I was in the city of Washington, DC, the streets were so full of people the buses could not run.RG: wowAF: I watched a big bottle of alcohol of some kind start way down the street and passed it hand by hand down the street til it was all cold.RG: What were you doing in DC?AF: I worked there for the Navy Department.RG: Oh wow, what did you do there, can I ask?AF: uhh, a little bit of this, a little bit of that, but the funny thing about it is that, uhh, when we went there to work, they told us, the people that we worked with, we never talked about that, we never talked about what we did, it all stayed inside that building and you know, I think that’s what happened, we didn’t have people checking us out or anything, we just did it.RG: Well of course, during war time, you had to keep everything hush hushAF: yeah yeahRG: What was it like living in DC during the War?AF: well, I like all the museums of course, we made it a point every weekend we spent it somewhere in a museum, but when we went out to the museum, but when we went out to the museum, it was all full of servicemen from everywhere. At the end of the day, we had to go to the museums together, and they’d buy their lunch, we’d buy our lunch and when the day was over, they went their way and we went ours. It was different.RG: There were a lot of service members kind of coming through DC on their way to and from?AF: Oh yeah. Well, you see, they had a big marine base there, they also had a big navy base there, and so we saw a lot of them. Some of them had already been overseas in action, and some of them, MOST of them had already been and had come back to Washington for some reason, I don’t know what.RG: DO you remember things like; was there a lot of rationing in DC, where you had to ration food and supplies?AF: Yes, we did. The navy department found us a place to live when they hired us, they told us they’d find us a place to live. And we lived with, it was a grandmother, a daughter and her daughter. Three generations in the house but yet they found room to rent a room to us.  We hadn’t been there long and the grandmother approached me one day and she says “ Girls, I know you’re not eating your supper” right, and she says “If you will write home and get your ration books I’ll cook your meal at nighttime for 25 cents.” So course, we wrote home and got em mother didn’t need em and she was so proud, we could not have give (given) her a gift of any kind that was as good as our ration books. And she did cook, she was a great cook, yeah. So that was the only way it bothered us, we didn’t need gas, we didn’t need anything. She got our ration cards and we enjoyed it.RG: Where we you from originally?AF: (unintelligible), Mississippi RG: Oh excellent.  So was it a big change, moving to the city of DC?AF:  (Laughs) oh yeah, the furthest I’d been away from home was about a hundred miles away to Memphis and that was it.  We rode up on a Pullman train and spent the night on the train and it was the first time I had ever seen the link sausage, that was the first time.  They served them to us for breakfast, and oh I thought that was the best thing that I had ever had. Yeah, it was greenhorns going up there.  Another one of my classmates went the same time as I did, and both of us was just as green as grass.  We didn’t know anything, but we learned. RG: If there was one thing you wanted young people today to know about WW2 or understand about that time in our country, what would you want them to know or to remember?AF: Well, see I was in high school and we had a lot of men that was drafted out of high school, cuz when they turned 18, you know they could draft them.  And I think what sticks with me now is they took those kids that had been just like me, just here, and that’s all, and they left here as boys, you might say but then when they came home they were men after they had fought through all of that. So I think that was about the biggest thing. And I don’t know as it really hit me til after it was all over. But that was kinda sad, it just took their youth away from them.RG: That’s really interesting.  Is there anything else you want to tell me about the war, about your experience during that time?AF: I think one of the things that hit me the hardest, was when they opened up the concentration camps in Germany that they made pictures and they put them on boards almost as big as plywood, blew em up big, and set them at a lot of the entrances.  They had them there at the Navy Department as we went in, that was sad. Now, I mean, with all the bombings and everything else, that was one of the saddest things that I saw. It was awful and of course they were blown up, they were bigger than what they really were but it was awful.RG: I find it interesting that they actually had them for you guys to see at the Navy Department so that people would know of the atrocities and would know what had happened.AF: They did. They even had the one, you know the Japanese had the little plane that one person, it was a bomb really, and one person sat in that plane and when he dove his plane into a ship, he went too, it was suicide, I think maybe they called them suicide bombers.  They got one and they parked it in front of the Navy Department, and there his shoes was, down on the floor and they were made out of steel or something, and they were bolted to the floor, so they meant for them to stay with it.  It was, it was a pretty big thing.RG: Well, I really do appreciate you taking the time to share a little big about your experience, I’m a tour guide here in DC and we are preparing some videos and some information to share online with some of the students that can’t come to DC that would normally come this time of year to go to the WW2 and the Holocaust museum and those thingsAF: Well there is one other thing, while I was up there, I worked on Massachusetts Avenue, you know it was Embassy Row. I worked in Lars Andersson’s mansion, which now is a museum, but they had everything taken out of it.  I was the receptionist and none of the statues and none of that was there. But I worked there for a long time while I was there, and my grandson went back later, he lives up there now, and they were having a tour, so he got there one day just in time as they were having a tour group go through and so as the guide was talking about, and he told them, he said you know, my grandmother worked here during World War 2 and she says in all the years that I have been a tour guide, you are the first person that knew anybody that worked in this building, and of course now they’ve got it fixed up, the tapestries and all that in there.RG: Yes, I sometimes take groups along Embassy Row and I’ve seen that building and its hard to image it as an office or a work site, but I know during World War 2 that was very common, a lot of these buildings were converted into government.AF: It was a beautiful building, you went out back and there was a big garden out there in the back, you know, we used to went out there and ate our lunch every day.RG: Not a bad place to go to workAF: (Laughs) It wasn’t much work to it, I just answered the phone and checked everybody that came in. But that was quite an experience.  Well, its been a pleasure to talk to you.RG: Miss Ann, it has been so nice to speak to you, I so appreciate you sharing your experiences.  You know this year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the war and there was supposed to be a lot of celebrations to honor all those men who served and of course with the virus we can’t do that, so you being willing to talk online let me record you, I really appreciate that.  I’ll email Gloria anything we use that includes what we talked about.AF: Ok, well I tell you what it was quite an experience.  It was quite an experience.  But I wouldn’t take anything apart, but I just don’t want people to forget what those men went through during World War 2. You take now, they can get on computer and see em and hear from them all time, if we heard from them twice a month we were lucky.  All we knew is if they had a new york address they were in Europe, if they had a California address they were in the South Pacific and that’s all we knew.  We just didn’t know very much. RG: A very important time.  Well, thank you so much Miss Ann, please stay safe, please thank Rhonda for setting up the call for me.AF: I sure will, cuz I don’t know a thing about this kinda stuff. RG: Well thank you so much, you stay safe! AF: ok, bye! -----SECOND INTERVIEW WITH MONA MCNEESE---- RG: Hi, So I’m Rebecca, I’m with a company in DC called Free Tours by Foot and we’re talking to a few people about their World War 2 experience, and your son thought that you might like to talk to me for a few minutes.MM: Well, (unintelligible) information, my husband didn’t talk very much about what happened to him and its true now that I probably forgot, but id be happy to help in any way that I can.RG: Of course, well can you tell me a little bit about where your husband was from and where he served?MM: Well, he was from, you want to  know where he was from? RG: Yeah, was he from Mississippi like you?MM: He was from Quincy, Mississippi.  Q-U-I-N-C-Y.RG: And did he volunteer, was he drafted?MM: He volunteered, very young.RG: Did you know him then, or did you meet him after the war?MM: I knew him after the war in 1945RG: And do you know what branch he served in? MM: He was in, I don’t know if they called it the cavalry but that’s what he started out, riding horses wherever he was stationed at, but anyway he was in the army to start out with. And I don’t know if at that time they called it the Army Air Corps or if it was just the Army, because in 1947 the Army Air Force split and you either had to go into the Army of the Air Force and he chose the Air force at that time.RG: now during World War 2, how old were you during the war? MM: How old was he? RG: I was going to ask how old you were during the warMM: I was 15, well now lets see.  In 41 I was 11 years old.  I was born in 1930.RG: DO you remember what life was like on the home front during the war?MM: Well, it was hard, but it wasn’t compared to what other countries went through.  They rationed.  Do you want to hear what they rationed at that time? RG: Sure yes.MM: We could not get nylon hose, and shoes was hard to find because of the leather they used, you know and they couldn’t kill horses.  I reckon they (unintelligible) shoes, I don’t know why, but anyway, you had to have a coupon to get shoes.  We got it seems like 2 coupons a year for shoes and sugar was rationed.  You had to have coupons to get thee ones, sugar and nylon hose and lets see what else, I forgot.  There were probably other things that were rationed but I can’t remember what it was.RG: And do you remember, were you able to get a lot of news about the war, were there letters or was a lot of it hard to find out about what was going on?MM: We couldn’t, we were poor people, farmers growing up and we didn’t get a newspaper and most of the time we had a radio and sometimes we were tenant farmers so we moved around from house to house and sometimes we wouldn’t have electricity so we didn’t always have a radio, but we did most of the time and that’s the way we got our news.RG: Tomorrow will mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day when the war was won in Europe, do you remember VE Day back in 1945. Can you tell me what you remember about that day or about that time?MM: Well, all that I can say is that is just very happy it was over and thankful that, we were just so happy that man had made it through that we knew that there was a lot that was killed, but we knew that my husband was stuck in these prison for 39 months. Now I didn’t know him at that time, I knew him after he got back home.RG: SO he was held a Japanese prisoner of war, did he ever talk about that?MM: No, not at all.  He didn’t talk about any of that.  You know they didn’t get therapy when they come home like they do now.  You know, if something happens to them they give them therapy, they just always told them just try to forget what had happened to them. And they just, I just hear different things, he was on Corregidor Island when he was captured and then a plane ride with their commander and he was captured near them.  DO you need all this?RG: No, this is wonderful.MM: Anyway, they stayed on that island and I’ve read, I’ve got a book on it, they ate everything, all the leaves off the trees and they ate all horses over there.  They were defending Pearl Harbor but they were on horses to get around on that island and they even had to kill the horses to eat them and they said one day about a mile from there they had ate the leaves off the trees, worms, every insect that they could find, any insects.  It was bad.RG: And you said he was held for 39 months.MM: uh huh. When he was liberated he weighed 105 pounds, he was 5 foot 10, probably he was mainly skin and bones.  Now the Japanese came in there and got him or got him captured and I don’t think they carried him by boat. How they got him to Formosa and I think they have changed the name of Formosa, now its something else.  Anyway, he just about starved to death.  But he didn’t hold it against them, the Japanese, because he said  they were starving to death too.  So, just something they had to go through withRG: What a kind person to be able to not hold it against someone like that, that’s really lovelyMM: Yeah, you have to forgive people and he thinks a lot of the Japanese people. He said they fought them, but they were just like what he did, they taught to do that, they had to kill and were taught to kill Americans and American were taught to kill them and they couldn’t blame the ones that was fighting. But he just didn’t talk about it, he just tried bury all that, what we got out of him, you usually had to pick it out of him, ask him questions.RG: I know that many of the men from World War 2 they didn’t want to talk about their experiences, which is why I appreciate you sharing what you know and what you remember.MM: Well, he just tried to keep it all to himself and it was the wrong thing to do.RG: We are doing this project to try to create some material for students and teachers this year, since this year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the war and many of the commemorations aren’t going to take place because of the virus so is there anything you would want young people today to know about the war, to know about the men who served, or about what it was like in the country?MM: Well, it… I really don’t know how to put it into words, you just, every week you would hear of one of your neighbors children getting killed, their son and some of them would be in the navy and some in the army, some of them would go down on a ship and some just fighting and it was so sad, you know, for this to happen and all of us too we would get word that some of our neighbors son would get killed and we had a Christian teacher at that time and she would always have us stand and have prayer and it was, it was hard to know that those people that had given their lives.RG: Absolutely.  Well I’m so appreciative Miss Mona of your time, and of you speaking with me today.  I talked with your son yesterday and I know that your husband has passed on, and I’m sorry to hear that and it sounds to me like he was a real hero, so I really appreciate you talking today.MM: Well, I’m sorry I can’t give you… I forget things, some of its my age and some of it is just my head RG: Everything you shared with me is wonderful information and I think going to be very valuable to young people who maybe don’t have anybody in their family from this generation any more to talk to, so I really appreciate it.MM: Well, I appreciate you for doing this. -----THIRD INTERVIEW WITH WALDO BECK----WB: Hello?RG: Hi is this Mr. Beck? Hi this is Rebecca Grawl I’m with Free Tours by Foot, I wanted to talk to you about World War 2.WB: Yeah Donna told me you did. You know its interesting, she said you wanted to know about the end of the war, and I don’t know much about the end of the war in Europe, so I will tell you what I do know, whatever your questions are, but I was sitting out at El Centro, California waiting for orders to go to the South Pacific, and so we were more interested in the end of the Japanese conflict than the European conflict, although we were very excited when it happened, but we were not a part of the celebration, if that makes sense.RG: well that’s fine, I would love to hear about what the experience was like for you during the war.WB: You’d like to hear about what now?RG: Well, I’d like to hear about what your experience was likeWB: Oh, well, it was not exactly as I intended it, you know, I graduated from Corpus Christi in 44 and I thought I was going to ask for torpedo bombers and I don’t know what else, but instead of what I asked for, I got instructor duty so I spent the next year as a flight instructor at Bunker Hill, Indiana, and when I finished that they said: well you’ve forgotten everything you knew about operational aircraft so they sent me back to Pensacola and that’s when they put me in twin engines which was transports, mostly, AB wise and things like that so I ended  in a transport squadron in El Centro that had orders to go overseas to the Pacific when they dropped the bomb on Tokyo and so that put everything on hold and so we just sat there for a couple of months before they finally gave us orders to go home.  Which was interesting, but one of the interesting things that, when I was at Bunker Hill, the British did not have air superiority over the British Isles and so as a result they couldn’t train the young men to (unintelligible) and so what happened, they sent em over to us and so we had British cadets over at Bunker Hill and what we did is teach em to fly …. And then we sent em back to England and but put them in spit bus to go fight the Germans, and our bombers that were going over Germany.  I had several good friends that were flying B24s and B29s over Germany, bombing. And it was a long drawn out experience for all of us and all of us were hoping and praying that the thing would get over before we got wiped out, you know.  Another interesting thing that has nothing to do with me but we lived in Fredericksburg and I was at Hampton Sydney and I spent 2 years and then the draft was breathing down my throat and so I left and went to Washington and signed up for the navy flight training program.  But AP Hill which was a mammoth training ground in almost a whole county in Virginia right near Fredericksburg and the 29th division was maneuvering at AP Hill and I think I was at Hampton Sidney when it happened but mom and dad lived on College Avenue and they said that they released the entire division for a weekend R and R and Fredericksburg got completely wiped out of food, every restaurant was cleaned out, there was nothing to eat in the whole town and so my dad, who was with the chamber of commerce at the time, as well he’d had a bakery, but he and the mayor went down and talked to the commanding general and he promised him he would only let a battalion at a time come to Fredericksburg or get out on leave but that it was the whole town was just covered with soldiers.  (unintelligible) But anyway, I don’t know a lot about, we were all as happy as we could possibly be, but we were not a part of the celebration because we were all concerned with the Pacific war which if I remember correctly, was about six months later.RG: Yes sir, later that summer. WB: yeah anyway, it’s a lot of interesting memories, I tell ya.  I don’t know whether there is anything I could tell you that would be different or interesting.RG: Well, what you’ve told me already has been interesting, I actually went to college at Randolph Macon Women’s CollegeWB: So did my wife.RG: I know Hampton Sidney very wellWB: anyway, my wife, you may know her. My first wife went to Mary Washington and she died, we were married 40 years and then I married Joanne and she had gone to Randolph Macon in Lynchburg and ended up going University (unclear) Medical College and getting her PhD in microbiology, I think.  Anyway, I’m trying to think what year she was there, it would have been in the late 60s that she was at Randolph Macon.RG:  I graduated in 2007.WB: 2007, oh so you’re a kid, that’s interesting.  Well she’s also Randolph Macon, and some of her class are trying to get together this summer, I don’t know if it will happen.  Course, Hampton Sidney we met Randolph Macon girls all the time.RG: that was still the case when I was there, we went to Hampton Sidney for formals and mixers.WB: Yeah it was fun.  After the war I couldn’t go back to Hampton Sidney, cuz I was married and I had a kid, so back to college was out of the questions, so I never did graduate.  There are 3 things in my life that I think made an impact and one is the boy scouts and the second is Hampton Sidney and the third is the Marine Corps. Those are the 3 things that have reacted and helped me all my life.RG: Could you tell me a little bit about what it was like when you were in college but before you joined up, was there already rationing of food, was all the talk on campus about the war?WB: Rationing was a beginning, the heavy rationing was beginning about the time I left to go into the service which was…. 1941, maybe.  And rationing was already, my wife worked at the ration board and they issued little books of tickets, butter was rationed you could get a pound of butter about every couple weeks.  All meats were rationed and cigarettes were rationed, course nobody worries about that today, back then it was a pretty serious thing.  Gasoline was rationed, you couldn’t get but 5 gallons a week of gas and so there were just lots of things that were just rationed.  You had to have a little book, you got a coupon in the book you had to give the merchants the coupons in exchange for whatever you wanted.  See I was at Bunker Hill, Indiana and my wife’s aunt was a Lucky Strikes smoker, a heavy smoker and so she would send me a tinker toy, you know one of those little round tinker toy boxes full of cookies and it was just the perfect size for a carton of cigarettes and I would go to the exchange and buy cigarettes for something like a dollar twenty a carton, I think a pack is about triple that amount now.  I’d buy the cigarettes and stick them in the tinker toy box and send them back to her and so we had a good exchange going there for quite a while, I got cookies and she got cigarettes, but they were rationed and we didn’t have any problems at all getting stuff like that at the commissary and in the navy exchange, but everybody else was having a problem. RG: Did you have any flying experience before you joined up with the flight training?WB: No, no I didn’t.  As a matter of fact, I was concerned about my ability because I as a youngster, I had a tendency to get car sick and I was afraid that if I got started, but it was an option that I tackled you know, I didn’t want to be drafted and the opportunity came for me to join the navy air training program so I found out years later that as long as I was a pilot, if I was a passenger I still had a tendency to get a little woozy but as long as I was a pilot, I was ok so it was an interesting thing.  But anyway, you know in 1944 I was 14 years old and the world jamboree was in Bloomenthal, Holland for boy scouts, and I don’t know why they did but my mother and father worked to let me go and of course, there were no flights across the Atlantic then, there were only boats and so I went to New York on the train, our whole troop which was 22 boys from Richmond and Fredericksburg and we went to New York caught the Berengaria which was a five and a half day trip. To England and we spent the night in England, and the next day we took a little boat over to Holland where the jamboree was. Anyway and when we went after the jamboree we went into Germany and at that time you could see the effet of the German preparation because little kids, 14 and 15 years old were marching in the street and so it was inevitable, we knew what was going on.  That was in 1937.  But anyway it was an unbelievable trip for a 14, well all of the kids were 14, 15 years old in our troop.  But we had a great time, it was a wonderful experience. But that was before…RG: I’m sorry, I was just going to ask if you stayed in the service after the war in the pacific had ended?WB: Well, you know I got out of the Marine Corps after World War 2 and came home and about, 5, 6 years later, I got a registered letter.  The Marine Corps doesn’t discharge you, they release you from active duty, but no I did have to go back and the same squadron and everything.RG: So a lot of the men you went back with, same squadron, they had also served in World War 2 or been active in World War 2?WB: Yes. And I spent three more years and then I joined the reserve unit when I got home after that and so I got 26 years, which allowed me to get a little bit of retirement income from the Marine Corps, which is great.RG: Have you had a chance to come to DC and see the Marine Corps Memorial?WB: I’ve seen the one at QuanticoRG: Oh excellent.WB: yeah its Quantico, its just off US 95, I haven’t been to Washington for a long time.RG: Well, I appreciate you taking the time to talk to me, Mr. Beck, is there anything else you would want to share, we are hoping to share this with students, young people so they can maybe understand World War 2 a little better, so is there anything else you’d like to share with me?WB: You know, I think the thing that young people should realize that its just everything isn’t easy and you know everything is not a piece of cake.

Big ups to President Obama, Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart, Lebron James, they all delivered speeches to the class of 2020. Miss Ann also has National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Kim Jong Un is back to cut a ribbon. Uncle Steve has his thoughts. Tiger King has turned into an 8 episode series starring Nicholas Cage. Miss Ann is here with National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Steve has new stuff for us on YouTube regarding Family Feud in Africa. Miss Ann is also here with our COVID-19 National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Little Miss Ann from Chicago is in the house!  We talked about her music and what inspires her to make music for families.  She has taught at the Old Town School of Folk Music and has gone on to make several award winning albums.  "Little Miss Ann plays upbeat,down to earth interactive music in several different music styles. Little Miss Ann has performed extensively for diverse audiences throughout Chicago and beyond."  Be sure to check out her song 'Ube' at the end of the show! Continue reading Episode #236 – Little Miss Ann on the site.

In this episode, we hear of the time when Sir Elton sent flowers to Ken's studio-warming party in 1989.  The effect of this gesture was to finally convince Miss Ann that her son had actually "made something of himself".

This is a musing on choices--choices that broaden one's horizons as well as ones that narrow them, illustrated by observing Miss Ann's choices growing up.

This show is packed with entertainment and information! The legendary Ann Nesby of Sounds of Blackness joins us for chat and music. We will speak with Miss Ann about her beginnings in the entertainment business as well as her current new music. Miss Ann is known not only for her legendary time with the group Sounds of Blackness, but for her own groundbreaking solo projects which span the musical genres of house music, gospel music, R&B, as well as legendary collaborations. We also have the extremely beautiful and talented Oya Thomas who will enlighten us about the 5 Star Points of Success as we discuss her book! So make sure you join us for Brunch in the Basement with JaVonne & Terez!

This episode details how Miss Ann lost a very valuable piece of her history after her wallet was stolen. in the process, Ken gets mashed on by a saggy stripper.

Happy Humpday! Uncle Steve shares his favorite memories of Christmas with us. Kevin Hart will be hosting the 91st Academy Awards in February. Joy Behar and Meghan McCain have a heated exchange of words. Joe Biden believes that he is the most qualified person to be President. Robert Mueller recommends no prison time for Flynn. Is it possible to have a relationship with a workaholic? New York Times bestseller author Dr. Roni DeLuz stops by the show. Today in Closing Remarks, Big Dog talks about the importance of valuing yourself plus more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Idris Elba is 'Sexiest Man Alive' and the ladies are happy. We also have Miss Ann with National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

It's the day after and the show starts off with The Pastors. The Democrats win big and there is also a victory for ladies all around. Idris Elba is 'Sexiest Man Alive' and the ladies on the show are HAPPY. We have Miss Ann with National News. Andrew Gillum in Florida delivers concession speech. Stacey Abrams is still holding. Sheryl Underwood stops by and has choice words. Big Dog leaves early to go to First Take with Stephen A. Smith. Ted Cruz finds out what happens when you try exchanging words with Bruce Almighty. Junior has a football story and we close the show today with Election results and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Kevin Hart guests hosts the show. Tommy talks about his business in Nashville. Kanye West and Nick Cannon apparently are healing. Miss Ann gives us National News. Kevin Hart talks about why he is in the news. The phones are open to The Steve Harvey Nation to ask Kevin anything. Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish have their new movie Night School. We get the life talk from K Hart. Just as we wrap up the show, Kevin tells us what he knows and our very OWN Nephew Tommy has a new project. Congratulations to Fool #1! "Have a great weekend! It's Tuesday." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The crew talk about Kevin Hart movies with K Hart himself and he introduces Miss Ann. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The 70th Annual Primetime Emmys will air on NBC and we go to Miss Ann for National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

BET has The Bobby Brown Story which shows us his life as a solo artist and we get into Miss Ann. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Funeral services for The Queen of Soul have been announced. Tonight the MTV VMAs go down in NYC and we have Miss Ann with National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Happy Friday or nah? Who is whining? Rules for older men trying to attract younger women. We have the longest Strawberry Letter EVER and it involves exotic dancing. How do you tell a man who has been married for years that the minister responsible for the wedding was a fraud? J. Anthony Brown has an original song just for the fellas and Miss Ann gives us National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Naeda VS Tommy. Today, Uncle Steve gives us some very important life lessons today in Closing Remarks. He will explain how blame and excuses negatively affects a person plus much more. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Drizzy hits 50 billion streams. K. Michelle opens up about her relationship with Idris Elba. Miss Ann talks about DACA and more in National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The show opens with talks about staying up late plus more. Drizzy hits 50 Billion streams. K. Michelle talks about her fling with Idris Elba. Miss Ann talks about DACA in National News. Millennials and their tendencies. Sheryl Underwood talks about Trump, the Oscars and Black Panther among other things. Carla's Reality talks about the Kardashians. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Jody VS Tommy. Omarosa and her loyalty to Trump is questioned. Closing Remarks today will have the fellas talk about the things that they do not have to do plus more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Ray J has got a magical hat. Trump's Hollywood Star was unanimously voted for removal. Miss Ann brings us National News and she discusses Chi-Town and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Shirley opens up the show telling us about her experience seeing Uncle Charlie perform this past weekend. Ray J apparently has a magic hat. There was a unanimous vote to remove President Trump's star from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Miss Ann talks about Chi-Town and more in National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Juliette VS Tommy. The crew asks The Steve Harvey Nation what they are mad at and we get some interesting calls. Apparently, Winnie The Pooh is having problems in China. The LA Rams make history and break barriers. Today in Closing Remarks, the fellas talk about the nail shop, barber shop, strip club and so much more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Our POTUS turned 57 and it was declared Obama Day in the state of IL. Tom Cruise still on top of the box office and Miss Ann gives us National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Today's show is dedicated to all the single dads that be gettin' it in. The things that fed up women say. The disrespect is real with Trump. Illinois declares Obama Day as he celebrated 57 years of life. Tom Cruise is still on top of the box office. Miss Ann gives us National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Rhonda VS Tommy. Weekend Confessions are back. Who is Bernard? Is 2 jump offs and a husband on the side ok? Is wanting the batteries from your ex desperate? You will get those answers here. Miss Carla gives a spoiler alert for Power. Today the fellas to Closing Remarks and it involves a side piece wives summit plus much more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Today's show is dedicated to the baristas who make our coffee and products alike. Trump is getting worried as he plans for his vacation. Tommy talks about strong women in cartoons. Kim Kardashian West has beef with Tyson Beckford. You'll be surprised who started it. Miss Ann brings us National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Shavon VS Tommy. Junior has his sports report. Carla's Reality Update is back wth more Real Housewives of Potomac coverage. The Closing Remarks today is extra special because it is more like Closing Sermon from the fellas and more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Apparently this came about after Tyson body shamed Kim first. Miss Ann brings us National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

French Montana is the target of a home invasion robbery. Tiffany Haddish recalls a dark time in her life. We also have National News with Miss Ann. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

This show is dedicated to those that know all the words to Rapper's Delight. Trump's one time campaign manager Paul Manafort is in the hot seat. French Montana is targeted during a home invasion robbery. Tiffany Haddish recalls a difficult period in her life. Miss Ann brings us National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Andrea VS Tommy. Joseph Sikora from Power talks to the crew. Who is the friend that.........fill in the blank. The NY Mets have the most one-sided loss in franchise history. The Closing Remarks involves the wife of one time campaign manager Paul Manafort plus much more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The show dedication goes out to all cubicle workers. Lebron James traveled back to Akron, Ohio and opens up iPromise school. Bow Wow also known as Shad Moss talks about his life and more. Miss Ann comes in with National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? Lavaughn VS Tommy. Strawberry Letter has a special topic that sent the show to the phone lines. Today's Closing Remarks is handled by Nephew Tommy and J. Anthony Brown and they help cheaters by giving sound advice and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Bow Wow or Shad Moss is talking about rap game, money issues, touring and more. Miss Ann comes in and gives us National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The Obamas were dancing in their suite during the On The Run II Tour. Cardi B. and Offset have matching Lamborghinis. Tom Cruise kills it at the box office. Miss Ann has National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Today's show opens with a special birthday dedication. Happy Birthday Shirley Strawberry. The crew talks about what they did over the weekend. Our POTUS and FLOTUS were spotted dancing at the On The Run II Tour in DC. Cardi B. and Offset have matching Lamborghinis. Tom Cruise kills it at the box office with another installment to the Mission Impossible franchise. Miss Ann gives us National News. Are You Smarter Than Tommy? April VS Tommy. Power had a special appearance from The King of The West Coast Kendrick Lamar. Fool #1 hears your Weekend Confessions. Will Monique and Roseanne Barr go on tour? Closing Remarks had the fellas do special belated birthday poetry for our very own Shirley Strawberry and more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

R. Kelly's ex-wife comments on his 19 minute song. Serena Williams and frequent drug testing. Trumps tariffs are being talked about and we have Miss Ann. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Is Carmelo Anthony going to the Rockets? Yosemite was closed down in order to contain a wild fire. Ivanka Trump's fashion line is done. We also have Miss Ann with National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Kells got a 19 minute song. There was a staged acid attack in the UK and we also have National News with Miss Ann. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Denzel has a new sequel. Kevin Hart talks about getting paid back. Miss Ann does the news and another mass shooting occurs, this time in Toronto. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Jim Kelly vows to 'Never Give Up' at the Espy Awards. Stevie J and Faith Evans get married and we hear from Miss Ann. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

We have the best parts of the BET Awards along with Miss Ann updating us with national news. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Morgan Freeman has been accused of inappropriate behavior, Weinstein has been arraigned and Miss Ann joins us with National News. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

In this episode the family makes the move to Oklahoma City, and descends into a vortex of domestic violence.  There were bright spots, though-Ken has his first boy crush, and has a life-changing revelation at the hands of Miss Ann. The episode ends, with Ken drawing a hard line with Mark about the domestic violence he is experiencing with Victor.  The end also is the end of the friendship (Ken believes) and is the end of Act 2 in the novel.

When Mark admits to Ken over the phone that he is getting beaten regularly, Ken expounds on the evils of domestic violence. As an example, in this episode and the next, Ken will tell Mark, and you, Dear Listener, about Miss Ann's second husband, and the domestic violence he experienced by watching the two of them.

In therapy, Ken looks at the similarities of Mark to Miss Ann.  They look at her bad decisions,  depression, and the used-car salesman who boondoggled her out of the college money.  As amusement, we get to hear about how Miss Ann wins the "Stand By Your Man Award" for 1977 in the process!

In this episode, Ken gets over his prejudices about self-improvement and gets into therapy. In the midst of his glamorous success, he needs to take some time out to deal with Real Life issues with Miss Ann in Oklahoma City.  

 Ken's career starts to rev up, as he picks up the remnants of his life after divorcing the Trophy Husband. The Very Posh Store orders hats for Ken's favorite rock Star!  This success puts a strain on the friendship between him and Mark. In the meantime, Miss Ann finally "gets" what Ken's doing with his life.

Since she spawned the nickname "Miss Ann" as a child thanks to her behavior beyond her years, Angela Oliver has known she was an old soul. Passing time with her grandmothers watching TCM and church gossiping, she never stood a chance and only had her perception as an older woman exacerbated by fancy attire from her mother's dress shop. Now, she uses her love of jazz, Rockabilly fashion, and vaudeville antics to influence her comedy and add diversity among diversity in her performance endeavors. She's also never going to fully understand technology and will always be carrying Tums. Notes: Matt Damon Improv at the Annoyance Your Stories At the Movies Thanks to Cards Against Humanity for sponsoring and the Chicago Podcast Cooperative for coordinating sponsorships and organization.  

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You haven’t made it until you get your own scandal. Kevin Hart has made IT!!! The rumor mill has it out that Kevin is at the center of a cheating scandal. In the past year, he has gotten married and his new wife is expecting their first child together. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Bobby, Miss Christy and Miss Ann saddle up with Diamond, Champ, Rocky and I Forget for four-and-a-half pounds of steak and a side of unsellable potato art in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Remember: Keep the armrest down, be careful where you stick that Dyson, and Republicans are people, too. Oh, and either go vegan, or at least check those eggs carefully. Bonus: Listen through to the end for Linh Pham’s supercut of every time the guys used the M-word in Tuesday’s show. (Which M word? Think great cake and terrible everything else.) If you don’t hate him and us by the end of it, check out other gems isolated from TBTL at marsupialgurgle.com.

Bobby, Miss Christy and Miss Ann saddle up with Diamond, Champ, Rocky and I Forget for four-and-a-half pounds of steak and a side of unsellable potato art in your latest TBTL Week in Review. Remember: Keep the armrest down, be careful where you stick that Dyson, and Republicans are people, too. Oh, and either go vegan, or at least check those eggs carefully. Bonus: Listen through to the end for Linh Pham’s supercut of every time the guys used the M-word in Tuesday’s show. (Which M word? Think great cake and terrible everything else.) If you don’t hate him and us by the end of it, check out other gems isolated from TBTL at marsupialgurgle.com.

With featured CDs by Katherine Dines, Little Miss Ann, and Brady Rymer, plus KMP News and Evalyn's Pick of the Week, "Oklahoma Kids: a Kaleidoscope" by Monty Harper.© 2007 Kids Music Planet

Ann Torralba has making music as Little Miss Ann for nearly a decade. I chat with her about her path to kids musician, the healing power of music, and the only thing we might remember more from our childhoods than music