Podcasts about molossia

Slowjamastan, officially dubbed "The United Territories of the Sovereign Nation of the People's Republic of Slowjamastan," was founded on December 1, 2021, by Randy "R Dub!" Williams, a San Diego-based radio DJ famous for hosting Sunday Night Slow Jams, a syndicated show spinning smooth R&B tracks. The "slow jams" theme is the micronation's quirky backbone—think Luther Vandross and Anita Baker as its spiritual soundtrack. Williams, who's styled himself the "Sultan of Slowjamastan," bought an 11.07-acre plot of empty desert land along California State Route 78 for $19,000 in October 2021, inspired by a visit to another micronation, Molossia, in Nevada. His goal? Create a playful, rule-breaking alternative to the everyday grind.This isn't just a patch of sand with a flag (though it has one—plus a border sign, a "customs" post, and an open-air desk for the Sultan). Slowjamastan mimics real nations with its own currency (the "duble," pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar), passports (featuring hip-hop quotes), and a national anthem, "Slowjamastan (I Think It's Gonna Be an Awesome Place)," penned by Williams himself. The population? Zero residents on-site, but over 19,000 "citizens" worldwide as of mid-2024.

Inside America's Hidden Nation: His Excellency President Kevin Baugh of Molossia!

00:00–15:00 | Technical Glitches & Time Loops Show opens with a classic audio loop error — endless doomscrolling echo chamber. Sam checks his stream while both hosts riff on how great they sound… repeatedly. Quick intro to the show's vibe: “All the facts, all the absurdity, none of the fluff.” Sam shares tour updates (Comedy Store, Tacoma with Eddie Bravo). Banter about recent stand-up in a barn during a tornado — classic Tripoli chaos. 15:00–30:00 | Ant Skull Warfare & Divine Evolution Wheel of Doom lands on a wild story: Florida ants using skulls for protection. Field ants decapitate trap-jaw ants, decorating their nest to scare off raiders. Discussion of how this behavior counters slave-ant colonies. Existential thoughts: Sam: “You worried about AI? How about skull ants?” Deep reflection on evolution and divine intelligence. 30:00–45:00 | Poop-Tok & Attractive Constipation Talk Sam and Mike react to a viral hot girl explaining poop types. Play-by-play of various stool shapes and what they mean health-wise. Hilarious male perspective: “We'll tolerate poop talk if she's hot enough.” Debate over whether women poop, followed by a comedy store bathroom scent analysis. 45:00–60:00 | Molossia: America's Mini Nation They dive into the micronation of Molossia in Nevada. Run by a self-declared dictator, uses cookie dough-backed currency. Still at war with East Germany — even though it doesn't exist. Thoughts on secession: States like Texas, California, Oregon brought up. Mike and Sam oppose balkanization — “Together we're stronger.” 60:00–75:00 | Gladiator Rats & Feral Cats Story: a Birmingham cat forcing captured rats to fight to the death. Winner lives, loser gets eaten. Sam talks about living with a dominating cat that terrifies everyone. Mike references cat mysticism and their reincarnation lore. 75:00–90:00 | Indian Death Rides, Empires & Stephen King Killed Lennon?! Insane carnival ride footage from India sparks a reincarnation joke fest. “India is not for beginners” — hilarious back-and-forth on danger rides. Conspiracy spotlight: A guy claims Stephen King killed John Lennon. Sam & Mike consider doing a deep dive on that theory. “If you don't care about that, you deserve an asteroid strike.”   Watch Full Episodes on Sam's channels: - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SamTripoli - Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/SamTripoli Sam Tripoli: Tin Foil Hat Podcast Website: SamTripoli.com Twitter: https://x.com/samtripoli Midnight Mike: The OBDM Podcast Website: https://ourbigdumbmouth.com/ Twitter: https://x.com/obdmpod Doom Scrollin' Telegram: https://t.me/+La3v2IUctLlhYWUx Naked Gardener Tea: https://www.thenakedgardener.us/store

Deep in the American desert is a tiny, tiny, tiny nation: The Republic of Zaqistan. Guarded by robots, Zaqistan nonetheless welcomed new citizens for more than 15 years - until it fell into ruins. Now the eponymous founder wants to rebuild. Join hosts Ryan Murdock, Gabbie Watts and Zaron Burnett on a journey to uncharted territory … to the nation of Zaqistan…and the upside-down world of micronations. Along the way, they meet some crazy characters - the President of Molossia, the Sultan of Slowjamastan, the Princess of Sancrotosia to name a few. Follow Murdock as he risks  life and limb in the name of nation-building, and find out the answer to the question: what exactly is a nation, anyway? Listen here and subscribe to Escape From Zaqistan on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deep in the American desert is a tiny, tiny, tiny nation: The Republic of Zaqistan. Guarded by robots, Zaqistan nonetheless welcomed new citizens for more than 15 years - until it fell into ruins. Now the eponymous founder wants to rebuild. Join hosts Ryan Murdock, Gabbie Watts and Zaron Burnett on a journey to uncharted territory … to the nation of Zaqistan…and the upside-down world of micronations. Along the way, they meet some crazy characters - the President of Molossia, the Sultan of Slowjamastan, the Princess of Sancrotosia to name a few. Follow Murdock as he risks  life and limb in the name of nation-building, and find out the answer to the question: what exactly is a nation, anyway? Listen here and subscribe to Escape From Zaqistan on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosts Ryan Murdock and Gabbie Watts head to Microcon, a convention of micronationalists. Think Model UN meets ComicCon.  We'll engage in light diplomacy, explore invented histories and exchange gratuitous amounts of medals. Plus, there's a taco bar! Among the characters you'll meet are Zaq from Zaqistan, the President of Molossia, the Sultan of Slowjamastan, the Princess of Sancrotosia and a bunch of dictator-curious statesmen, all asking the question: if you could start a country from scratch, what would it look like?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the very first episode of The Cheese Wheel! Your hosts, Andrew DeWolf, Jess McAnally, and Liz Esten, are kicking things off with a deep dive into a true cult classic: Doug Walker's cinematic opus, Kickassia. This 2010 parody film, brought to life by the Nostalgia Critic and his team, follows their outlandish attempt to take over the one-acre nation of Molossia and transform it into the absurdly named Kickassia. For Andrew, Jess, and Liz, Kickassia isn't just a movie—it's a nostalgic landmark that defined an era of online content and fandom. In this episode, they'll reminisce about what made this chaotic, no-budget spectacle so special to them, dissect the film's unique brand of humor, and explore why Kickassia still holds a special place in the hearts of fans years later, despite a lot of the creators being less then good people. Join us on this wild ride down memory lane as we launch The Cheese Wheel and celebrate the madness that is Kickassia. We can't wait for you to hear it! Join our Patreon! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram! Credits: Hosts: Jesse McAnally & Andrew DeWolf & Liz Esten Podcast Edited By: Andrew DeWolf Keeper of the Cheese: Juliet Antonio This show is a part of the Broadway Podcast Network Social Media: Our WEBSITE Musicals with Cheese on Twitter Musicals W/ Cheese on Instagram Email us at musicaltheatrelives@gmail.com Merch!! Jess Socials Jesse McAnally on Twitter Jess McAnally on Instagram Andrew Socials Andrew DeWolf on Instagram Andrew DeWolf on Twitter Liz Socials Liz Esten on Instagram Liz Esten on Twitter Use our Affiliate Link Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Voltamos com mais um episódio do Escuta Essa, podcast semanal em que Denis Botana e Danilo Silvestre trocam histórias de cair o queixo e de explodir os miolos. Todas as quartas-feiras, no seu agregador de podcasts favorito, é a vez de um contar um causo para o outro. Neste episódio Denis conta sobre quando um grupo de libertários tentou viver seu sonho sem estado e precisou enfrentar... ursos. Não deixe de enviar os episódios do Escuta Essa para aquela pessoa com quem você também gosta de compartilhar histórias e aproveite para mandar seus comentários e perguntas no Spotify, nas redes sociais ⁠⁠⁠@escutaessapod⁠⁠⁠, ou no e-mail escutaessa@aded.studio. A gente sempre lê mensagens no final de cada episódio! ... NESTE EPISÓDIO -O jornalista Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling conta a história do experimento libertário de Grafton no livro “A Libertarian Walks into a Bear”, que não tem tradução em português. -O Free Town Project fundado em 2004 hoje é chamado de Free State Project e convoca pessoas “que amam a liberdade” para se juntar a elas em New Hampshire. -O movimento libertário é bem grande e influente nos EUA. Além do Free State Project, ele é representado pelo Libertarian Party, pelo Cato Institute e inúmeras outras organizações menores. -A entrevista de Hongoltz-Hetling sobre sua simpatia pelos libertários está na Vox. -A BBC Mundo falou sobre o caso de Grafton e da experiência libertária após o sucesso de Javier Milei, que também se diz contra o estado, nas eleições argentinas. -É possível ouvir Hongoltz-Hetling falar sobre o processo de pesquisa e produção do livro nos podcasts “The Politics of Everything” e no “Suburban Folk”. -Segundo o North American Bear Center, os ursos negros são os que mais têm contato com pessoas e os menos agressivos. Existem 750 mil ursos negros na América do Norte e a média é de menos de uma morte causada por ano. A maioria dos ataques são por pessoas que tentam se aproximar demais deles por curiosidade. -O documentário sobre micro nações é o “How to Start Your Own Country”, de Jody Shapiro, e conta a história de países não reconhecidos como Novo Estado Livre de Caroline, a República de Molossia, o Reino de North Dumpling, o Principado de Sealand e o Principado of Seborga. ... AD&D STUDIO A AD&D produz podcasts e vídeos que divertem e respeitam sua inteligência! Acompanhe todos os episódios em ⁠⁠⁠⁠aded.studio⁠⁠⁠⁠ para não perder nenhuma novidade.

This micronation about an hour outside of Reno draws visitors from all over the world. This episode was produced in partnership with Travel Nevada and is part of Nevada Week, where we bring you stories all week from the Silver State.LEARN MORE about Molossia and Travel Nevada

Happy New Year 2024! We start the new year by maneuvering a 30,000 lb wheel loader (excavator) at a heavy-equipment playground on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Next, while on the "Loneliest Road in America," we cross the border to the Republic of Molossia. Then we stop by the Stokes Castle, a three-story granite tower in the Nevada desert.

December 7, 2023The Daily Mojo is 2 hours of news, commentary, comedy, and auditory deliciousness.Learn how to become an Insider and be a part of the solution!"False Flag Is Next"A day that will live in infamy...until it is forgotten. There was a debate last night. If you're going to Siberia, watch out for pissed off bears. Christmas parties ain't what they used to be, so why even bother? Did Zelensky really buy a couple yachts? The AP says NO, so probably YES. Phil Bell's Morning Update: Let's remember what was fought for at Pearl Harbor and afterward! https://youtu.be/2LlKna9WgZ8The Daily Mojo Official Shirt is HERE!Jeff Fisher - aka Jeffy - host of Chewing The Fat Podcast, really wants to visit Molossia. Links: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chewing-the-fat-with-jeff-fisher/id904652321https://linktr.ee/JeffFisherRadiohttps://twitter.com/JeffyJFRhttps://www.facebook.com/JeffFisherRadioBrandon Morse - host of Brandon Morse Is A Brand Risk on the Rumble - has some issues with communicating. https://twitter.com/thebrandonmorsehttps://redstate.com/author/brandon_morsehttps://rumble.com/TheBrandonMorseAll things in one place: https://linktr.ee/realbradstaggs All things in one place: https://linktr.ee/realronphillips Our affiliate partners:We've partnered with The Wellness Company – a based, dedicated group of medical pros – including Dr. Peter McCullough – to bring you a single trustworthy source for your health.www.GetWellMojo.comPromo Code: Mojo50Dave and his crew were roasting historically great coffee before some of these newcomers even thought about creating a coffee brand. He's still the best, in our eyes! www.AmericanPrideRoasters.comNothing says “I appreciate you” like an engraved gift or award. Ron and Misty (mostly Misty) have the perfect solution for you if you need a gift idea for family or your employees!www.MoJoLaserPros.comWe love to support Mike Lindell and his company. He's a real patriot and an American success story!https://www.mypillow.com/radiospecials Promo code: Mojo50Be ready for anything from a hurricane to man-created stupidity (toilet paper shortage, anyone?). The tools and food storage you need to weather the storm.www.PrepareWithMojo50.com Stay ConnectedWATCH The Daily Mojo LIVE 7-9a CT: www.TheDailyMojo.com (RECOMMEDED)Rumble: HEREFacebook: HEREMojo 5-0 TV: HEREFreedomsquare: HEREOr just LISTEN:www.Mojo50.com

I dag reiser vi fra Molossia til England. Dagens hovedperson er Kong Henry VIIIs (1491-1547) andre kone Anne Boleyn (1501-1536). Henrik loser deg gjennom livet hennes, hvordan Anne og Henry møttes og ble et par, hva som skjedde når Dronning Elisabeth I (1533-1603) ble født og konsekvensene som fulgte i etterkant av Dronning Elisabeths fødsel for moren Anne. Hun ble henrettet med sverd den 29. mai 1536 i Tower Of London. Det er også duket for NRK-hjørnet og Lex Henrik. God lytting! Today we travel from Molossia to England. Today's woman of the hour is King Henry VIII's (1491-1547) second wife Anne Boleyn (1501-1536). Henry guides you through her life, how Anne and Henry met and became a couple, what happened when Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) was born and the consequences that followed the birth of Queen Elizabeth I for her mother Anne. She was executed with a sword on May 29, 1536, in the Tower of London. The stage is also set for NRK Corner and Lex Henrik. Happy listening!

Join Tom Dunlap as he delves into the fascinating world of micronations—tiny, self-declared independent countries often existing in legal gray areas. Exploring the concept of micronations as symbolic gestures, protests, or declarations of sovereignty, Tom introduces listeners to notable examples like the Republic of Molossia, Hutt River Province, and the Conch Republic.However, the highlight of this episode is the riveting tale of the Principality of Sealand. Tom recounts how a British man named Roy Bates declared an abandoned sea fort off the coast of England as the independent Principality of Sealand, complete with its own prince. Legal battles and dramatic incidents ensued, revealing the intricate dynamics between these micronations and established countries.In this thought-provoking episode, listeners gain insight into the world of micronations, learning about their quirky origins, legal complexities, and the surprising impact they can have on people's lives. So, tune in for an intriguing exploration of these small yet captivating self-proclaimed countries."

I dag reiser vi fra Tuvalu til Molossia. Molossias offisielle navn er Republic Of Molossia. Det er en mikronasjon som ligger i Dayton, Nevada, USA. Selve arealet til Molossia er like stort som åtte (8) basketballbaner til sammen (!!!). Henrik gir deg litt informasjon om helligdager, lover og regler osv mens Per leker med tanken på å stifte en mikronasjon der han bor. Det er også duket for NRK-hjørnet. God lytting! ------------  Today we travel from Tuvalu to Molossia. Molossia's official name is Republic Of Molossia. It is a micronation located in Dayton, Nevada, USA. The actual area of Molossia is as large as eight (8) basketball courts combined (!!!!). Henrik gives you some information about holidays, laws and regulations, etc. while Per plays with the idea of founding a micronation where he lives. There's also the NRK corner. Happy listening!

Midt i den amerikanske delstaten Nevada, finner man Molossia - en mikronasjon som styres av den selverklærte diktatoren Kevin Baugh. Baugh inntrådte som Molossias president i 1999. Under regimet hans har Molossia gjort det forbudt å spille perkusjons-intstrumenter på do. Landet hevder også å ligge i krig mot Øst-Tyskland, til tross for at Øst-Tyskland formelt sluttet å eksistere 1990.

A social media influencer receives a "terse" response when asking for a freebie. Plus: we take you to the micro-nation of Molossia. We highlight a one-star Airbnb experience. And something terrible happened to the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile!

WTFrick LIVE Emily Menshouse and Rick Dunn WELCOME President Kevin Baugh to the show!!!Thank you if you are tuning in to 107.7 FM New Orleans!"His Excellency President Grand Admiral Colonel Doctor Kevin Baugh, President and Raïs of Molossia, Protector of the Nation and Guardian of the People""His Excellency is the leader of the Molossian nation, and of the Molossian People. The welfare of all the nation's citizens is his foremost concern. The President does not consider this considerable responsibility a burden, but an honor, and he seeks every opportunity to interact with the people, and learn their concerns, hopes and dreams. His Excellency was first and foremost a military man, having spent much of his adult life in the service of the Molossian Armed Forces. Now, as he leads his nation as its President, His Excellency's military background serves him well, leading, guiding and directing the path of Molossian government and the future of the country itself.The President maintains friendly relations with many famous international personalities, from entertainment, political and business world. Establishing ties such as these helps bring prosperity to our nations, and gives Molossia a greater status among the world of nations."Check The Republic of Molossia:https://www.molossia.org/WHERE TO WATCH:Website:https://www.emilymenshouse.orgRumble:https://rumble.com/user/WTFrickLIVEOdysee:https://www.odysee.com/@WTFrickLIVEYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@wtfrickliveSubscribe to our LinkTree to get NEW notifications, etc.:https://linktr.ee/wtfrickliveIf you would like to be a guest on the show, please message us!We are available on all podcast platforms! Check out our Spreaker Link:https://www.spreaker.com/show/wtfrick-liveThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5653755/advertisement

WTFrick LIVE Emily Menshouse and Rick Dunn WELCOME President Kevin Baugh to the show!!! "His Excellency President Grand Admiral Colonel Doctor Kevin Baugh, President and Raïs of Molossia, Protector of the Nation and Guardian of the People" "His Excellency is the leader of the Molossian nation, and of the Molossian People. The welfare of all the nation's citizens is his foremost concern. The President does not consider this considerable responsibility a burden, but an honor, and he seeks every opportunity to interact with the people, and learn their concerns, hopes and dreams. His Excellency was first and foremost a military man, having spent much of his adult life in the service of the Molossian Armed Forces. Now, as he leads his nation as its President, His Excellency's military background serves him well, leading, guiding and directing the path of Molossian government and the future of the country itself. The President maintains friendly relations with many famous international personalities, from entertainment, political and business world. Establishing ties such as these helps bring prosperity to our nations, and gives Molossia a greater status among the world of nations." Check The Republic of Molossia: https://www.molossia.org/ WHERE TO WATCH: Website: https://www.emilymenshouse.org Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/WTFrickLIVE Odysee: https://www.odysee.com/@WTFrickLIVE YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wtfricklive Subscribe to our LinkTree to get NEW notifications, etc.: https://linktr.ee/wtfricklive If you would like to be a guest on the show, please message us! We are available on all podcast platforms! Check out our Spreaker Link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/wtfrick-live #molossia #republicofmolossia #government #kevinbaugh #president #conspiracy #country #neveda

Colin wants to sell produce on an aircraft carrier, John hates Louisiana, and Greg discovers Molossia!!

In this episode we have on President Kevin Baugh of Molossia to discuss how to not take yourself so seriously in Micronationalism. President Baugh gives examples of how he has fun, some observations of his within the community, and when to be serious.

Our weekly Brown Bulletin with Danny and Leon; recorded on November 6.Pour a dram and let's look at the news for the week…URL Links from the episode:https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2022/11/03/is-scotch-whisky-the-next-alternative-asset-class-should-it-be/ "Inflation-proof" I-bonds get new interest rate (msn.com)PHOTOS: Meet the 'Dictator' of Nevada's Micronation, Molossia (insider.com)Circle K chain signs a deal with one of America's largest cannabis producers : NPRI'm a Parenting Educator: Here Are 5 Things I Never Do With My Own Kids – NBC New York8FACT By 9GAG on Instagram: “Cause my brain always comes up with imaginary problems when I daydream.”Recorded on Thursday, 6 November 2022Email the show at bottleofbrown@gmail.comLeave us a voicemail! +1-602-529-4562

This episode brought to you by the Hot Tips Hotline.Whitney visits the little micronation that could, Molossia. Hayly joins Johann Georg Schröpfer's Masonic temple and learns how to raise the dead while making money off people. Lisa details the gruesome murders of Australia's number one piece of shit rapist, Christopher Wilder. 

Within the state of Nevada there exists a sovereign independent nation you may have never heard about (we certainly hadn't until this episode!). This week, Michelle tells you all about the amazing place known as the Republic of Molossia. Founded by Kevin Baugh, this micronation is seriously legit. Hear all about their history, creative customs and more!

Welcome to the two newest citizens of Molossia!!! Give a listen to the Language of Bromance in Episode 438 Welcome to Molossia Your New MicroNation. Email Bros@LanguageofBromance.com Get your LOB Merchandise at the Language of Bromance Tee Public Store. Like us on Facebook Leave a Review and Subscribe on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and Stitcher. Become a LOBarmy Patreon About Language of Bromance Language of Bromance is a weekly Improv Comedy Podcast that was created by Richard and Shawn in 2014.  Releasing a new episode every single Sunday featuring new weird stories from history, news, movies, and more.  They are a 2022 Podcast Awards Best Male Host Slate Nominee Podcast. The duo has performed live at the Kansas City Comic Con, Planet ComiCon, The Chicago Podcast Festival and more.  Language of Bromance has also been featured as part of Kevin Smith's SmodCo Pod U and BBC Radio Show World Have Your Say. A few stories Language of Bromance has covered are The Great Emu War, The Ninja of Heisei, and Lioness of Brittany.  The duo has also created staple episodes where they draft from specific topics, LOB Movie Pitch, Brolloween to celebrate Halloween season, and Super Question.

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We got a little fun one for you guys this week.  Thalia is going to be talking about Molossia, a tiny micronation right here in the heart of Nevada.  We talk a lot in this one, the Righteous Gemstones, Our Flag Means Death and we still have time to talk about aliens.Resources:https://travelnevada.com/weird-nevada/republic-of-molossia/https://www.afar.com/magazine/go-inside-the-quirky-micronation-of-molossia-through-these-brilliant-photoshttps://matadornetwork.com/read/micronation-molossia-nevada-desert/https://knpr.org/knpr/2016-05/nevada-home-micronation-dont-tell-micronationBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

Have you ever wanted to rule over your own nation? On this episode of A Brothers' Creed Podcast we talk about some of the most interesting micro nations around the world. Throughout modern history there have been some people that have started their own small countries. They do this as a hobby, an escape from regulations, gather and house like minded people in a search for freedom, or to just own their own little piece of paradise. Regardless of the reason we explore some of these micronations. We both share the story of SeaLand, which was an old WWII ocean fort that was build by the British to fight off incoming German bombers. As this was built in international waters Roy Bates laid claim to one of these abandoned forts in the middle of the ocean and created his own country with its own flag, passport stamp, and even football club. Ethan then talks about a 3 acre lot of land in Nevada that a man has claimed as a country called Molossia. Molossia has its own currency, president, jail, and a population of 35. Lastly Jared shares about an exotic micro country in the Czech Republic that is ruled by a "Head Mistress" and fulfills the fantasies of some while enslaving others. If you enjoyed this episode please leave a review and comments on what topic you would like to hear about next. Follow us on Instagram @a.brothers.creed Follow us on YouTube here Follow us on TikTok @a.brothers.creed

The Other Side gets annexed by Kevin Baugh, micronationalist and President of the Republic of Molossia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this edition of The Other Side of Midnight: Frank Morano pays attention to precedent and presidents. Frank dives right into Russia talk, getting to angles you might have missed. We discuss just how far DNA searches should reach, and when a voice should die. Guest Ryan S. Walters, independent historian, history Professor at Collin College and author of the new book, “The Jazz Age President: Defending Warren G. Harding” gives us new perspective on some controversial history. And The Other Side gets annexed by Kevin Baugh, micronationalist and President of the Republic of Molossia. Turn up the volume because we know you're #nottiredyet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Read the post Jesse mentions about his daughter Leia: https://jessehanley.com/blog/2021Follow Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessethanleyCheck out Bento: https://bentonow.com/This episode of Software Social is brought to you by TranslateCI. Translate CI is a tool for developers that helps you localize applications with high quality, human translations. It supports over 70 language pairs. TranslateCI eliminates the need to work out of spreadsheets, hire translators and manually merge language files. Instead, with TranslateCI, you just use Git. Just connect your git repo and TranslateCI will pull out phrases and, after a professional translator translates everything, they will merge into your existing codebase with a pull request. And every time you push code to your git repository, TranslateCI will pull any new phrases out, translate them, and create a PR back. See how you can turn translation from a hassle into a breeze at TranslateCI.com.Michele Hansen  0:03  Hey, welcome back to software social.Hey, everyone, just a quick note before today's episode. So today's episode is a continuation of the conversation that I had with Jesse last week. And it's quite a bit heavier than our episodes normally are. And I want to give you a heads up in case this is a sensitive topic for you. So as many of you may know, from following Jessie on Twitter, his first daughter was born last year, and she was born with trisomy 13, which is a usually fatal condition. And his daughter died soon after being born. And so we, we talked about that in any episode. And what it's like to be a founder throughout all of that. And I mean, it's, it's, it's certainly not a topic that we normally talk about here. But I think it's an it's an important one and in many ways I feel like this is maybe the most important episode we've ever done. Because you know, we are business people and but we are we are people right like all of those things are happening at the same time. And and people don't really talk about death nevermind death of a child. And so I feel like this is this is really important to talk about. At the same time. I also want to stress that it was fully Jesse's decision to talk about this, we. So we actually didn't plan out last week's episode. Colleen was sick, and I was supposed to be talking to a guest and they ended up having to reschedule which is totally fine. But then I needed somebody else to come on and had to record that day. And I was like, who I wanted to have on that is online right now. And reach out to Jesse and so he hopped on with 20 minutes notice, and he had published a blog post about this about a month back, but I wanted to leave it entirely up to him whether we talked about his daughter, Leah, and it didn't end up coming up in that conversation we had and it was really fun conversation. And then we kind of you know, we stopped recording and then Jesse was like, You know what, let's but let's talk about it. So, so that's what we dive into. And, and it was also important to to you know, Jesse and I talked about whether we should publish this episode and how we should publish it. And so it's important to him that there be this sort of content warning in advance knowing that many people do struggle with infertility and miscarriage and and the loss of a child. And it's also extremely important to me, I think, to both of us really to show that it's okay to be open about that. And that if you are open about it, you'll receive compassion and that it's okay to talk about it. So without further ado, here is the second part of my conversation with Jesse. You may remember we've recently had Jesse on talking about his incredibly fascinating background as a bodybuilder turn marketer turned developer who now runs a SAS called bento and lives in Japan and is if you missed that episode, go listen to it. It was so fun for me and so fascinating. He's incredible founder.But something really struck me from that conversation was how his life for the past like seven or eight years has just been a series of changing major stresses from working at the small company to moving abroad and starting an agency and then having to scale it down and then scaling it up and starting bento and everything else so much else going on. And so I have Jesse with us again today. And we're going to talk about we're like the personal sideJesse Hanley  5:30  of all of that. So welcome back, Jesse. Thanks. Good to come back.like that thread, the yeah, there, there is a lot of stresses, I think, especially towards like the end of last year,which we can go into last year, they had has been a pattern of that, there's also been a pattern of me, putting myself in those stresses or overreaching a lot. And then kind of, I don't know, not burning out, maybe burning out. But kind of like reaching the end of like, whatever amount of gas that I had in me for whatever that venture was, and then just trying to, you know, regain myself take a breather, and then kind of go back out there and overreach again, and I still don't really know. Maybe we can dig into it on this a little bit. But I still don't know really where that comes from. Basically, it's been present, I think, since after after school, you know, even like during the bodybuilding shows and stuff, that was a pretty insane thing to do at 1818. I think 19 was when I stepped on stage. But yeah, it's been, it's been interesting, but it's definitely been a pattern. It's been a pattern of constantly putting myself in, like difficult situations, burning out trying again, so a lot of stresses.Michele Hansen  6:56  It seems like you're either running like full health, like sprinting, or resting. Yes, that's exactly new. There's two Jessi modes. And most of those, it seems like have been sort of like work related. But but if you want to sort of start with it, I guess the end of last year, you had a major personal stress.Jesse Hanley  7:23  Yeah, around the star Molossia. Things were looking pretty, pretty great. Bento was like Stein to come into itself, the product was developing in a really good direction, like, we haven't really found in quite like product market fit. But the direction was going in a way where like, you're starting to click with people, mainly, we're going down the marketing automation route, which people are really excited about. And I felt my skills are getting better and like so from that business perspective, things are going good in terms of the agency, things are also going really good at that we like survived the pandemic. And we grew actually quite significantly over the pandemic, which was mostly related to having really good friends and people like, yeah, just basically doing all my work online as well, because all of our clients are either an E commerce or they're an affiliate. So as those industries boomed, we basically kept hiring writers to support those businesses. So that was pretty good. So the SATA last year, things were all looking good businesses, MRR all that stuff was nice, we're just moving into this, like, beautiful two story house in South Japan, right in the city, which, if you've been to Japan, or you know much about Japan, it's hard to find housing like we do. And the amazing thing was because the place was on the market for a bit, just because during COVID, or even the year before COVID, people weren't really moving. It's quite expensive to move in Japan. I think like all that for us to move from our apartment to this house. It was like, over over $10,000 that you don't really see back and that's just like key money and a whole bunch of stuff. So it's it's expensive. And but we did it we found this like beautiful house. It has a garden so like our dog and our cat. But don't tell the landlord like a dog and cat can like cat can roam the dog can play in the garden and stuff. Got really nice neighbors, all that kind of. It's like a really quiet, quite lovely Japanese life. So yeah, everything was looking really good. And then we found out that my wife, Mikayla was pregnant. And that was super exciting. It was, you know, we'll never will that kind of like thing I wrote in the blog post that I put up towards the end of the ICS that like nice kind of combination of like excitement and nerves, but around just excitement. So yeah, the start of the year was fun. The middle of the year was also fun. I started to have conversations with people about selling my business. One of those conversations kicked off incredibly fast with a client, previous client who wanted to buy the business Yeah. agents business, a previous client, I was with situations probably worth going to this story. A friend sent me a listing on Empire Flippers of a business at the same monthly revenue as me, and had $1 figure on it. And he goes, Oh, this is interesting, like, have a look at it. And we knew the guy who's listening it was and so it's just kind of like an internet class and B type stuff. And then, um, I saw the dollar value. And I was like, Oh, that's interesting. And I spoke to another friend and I, who I knew was kind of, he said, offhanded jokes, like, I'd love to have your business. And then one day, I was like, would you love to have? Would you love to have this business? He's like, What do you want to sell it for? And I just said, the number that was on, you know, the other person's listing. And he said, Yeah, I'm kind of like interested in that. And what was going through my head at the time is like, I kinda was feeling that running an agency, a growing software business, and having a child, the three of them couldn't exist.Arguably, starting a business and having a child can't really exist. But I know people that pull it off, and you put off your business. Yeah. So, you know, knowing stuff like that. I was like, I can do it with one. I don't think I can do it with two. Yeah. And also, because it's a people business, there was, um, you know, there's people's real lives, and I cared a lot about the team. And so I wanted the team to persist. And so I was kind of like looking for a new home. So I went to one friend, he went off, and he was really interested, and went back to the original person who sent me the listing that kind of gave me my sale price, which is kind of a weird way to go about it. I told him, I went, Oh, hey, like I spoke to such and such. They were interested, he replies, he goes, I'm interested, like, I can get an LOI on your desk. In 24 hours, I was like, Whoa, this is interesting. And that basically kicked off the sale process. And the two people, they ended up going on to acquire the business like the kindest people, and some of my like, kind of dearest online friends, plus our agency who had worked with them before, like, love them. And so it was, it was the perfect fit. So at that point in time, I've got an exit in a business for, for me, I was life changing someone money. With a great bio. I've got a software project I love. I have my wife who is pregnant. I mean, a lovely house. And it is summer, so it's very hot. And everything's nice. And then we end up going to I wonder if there's gonna be a one, it's gonna make me tear up? I don't know, we'll say we ended up going to the hospital. Well, actually, the clinic so in Japan, there's our clinics, and that kind of, I don't know, how to explain them, looking back at it, but clinics are basically hotels with doctors in them in Japan. Like, they do these extravagant meals and, you know, you get massages, and it's like aMichele Hansen  12:50  labor and delivery Hotel.Jesse Hanley  12:52  Yes, exactly. Sounds nice. Like, yeah, yeah, it is nice. But the dynamic is that if they notice a single complication, you get ejected immediately. And given that this was like our first experience with the, you know, the Japanese pregnancy healthcare system, I don't really know how to say it, but like that kind of funnel, kind of going down. It was very surprising. And, and then, like, one of the checkups, they're looking at the monitors. And I not the doctor, which I, which still ticks me off. I noticed like a black.on, like our child stomach. And I was like, what's that? That looks odd? And he goes, Yeah, that is that is odd. I'm gonna take photos, and then he takes photos and kind of looks at it. And over the next couple of visits. They write us a letter to go to the hospital, and then give us a deposit back. Which I remember sitting and going like, Makayla, why are they giving you money back? That's weird. And she goes, I don't know. But they're saying she speaks fluent Japanese. And so it's, you know, there's a lot of different ways. I know, Japanese communication is very different to Western communication. So on to it. Yeah, it's it's nuance. So they're giving us a refund, but not really saying anything, but there's so much implied in that. And so, and also my Japanese isn't good. So throughout all this, we had an English doctor which was nice to the clinic but throughout all this I'm kind of like reading the room, reading faces and trying to absorb energy and just quite a lot numbers open my wife's energy when she's actually known what's going on just awful. Anyway, we go we go to the hospital, and the doctor there who stayed our doctor throughout the whole thing. He was a man, she was just the greatest guy. He just be lined and found everything wrong with a child. And what's interesting is that like, when you detect one thing, and I think like this is an interesting thing as like, reflecting on myself and like how I looked at it is like Anytime that there was a problem that he would pick up, I'd be like, Oh, that's fixable in my head, like I was like, oh, that's fixable. Then as he gets like the fifth thing wrong. He's like, is is the fifth problem? You start going I think that's something bad. Yeah. So then we do the what is the MDS thesis? Yeah, amniocentesis? Yeah. Yep. Yep, that comes back with the diagnosis that like, I thought I was Trisomy 13. Now, also, this is going on, I'm doing due diligence in my business. I'm trying to sell my business, it's incredibly stressful, I find out my child has Trisomy 13, which is effectively like a death sentence. really brutal. And the kickoff is that were past the date, because we found out late because of the clinic, and I feel comfortable putting blame on the clinic. Because we're past the date in Japan where you can't abort. So regardless of the status, you have to carry full term no matter what. That's an awful that's all, you know, like, knowing that you have to let me just recenter myself. Yeah. Yeah, knowing that your wife has to essentially carry full term. And because the good thing is like you get you get closure. But it just sucks.Michele Hansen  16:29  What were the odds you were given of? You know,Jesse Hanley  16:33  survival? Yeah. It's it's like 90% die in seven days. Like that type of stats. It's brutal. Like yeah, it's it's, it's, it is a death sentence. What's kind of interesting is like, you turn on social media. So you look at Instagram and stuff. Make it Makayla was really different to me. She spent like a lot of time looking at stuff. I was trying to find answers, I realized they weren't no answers. So I kind of channeled my, my data a lot.Michele Hansen  17:06  It's okay, well, it's not, I mean, it's not okay.Jesse Hanley  17:12  I channeled my data a lot, and then allowed me to kind of like, get through it from like a stock pot, but didn't really process it. Like I kept trying to mimic him, which was good.Michele Hansen  17:22  But it sounds like that's like sort of, I mean, it's what you're trying to do right now, which is steel yourself up against the emotion because it's, I mean, it's unthinkably hard to know that your wife is carrying a child that is going to die. And then, of course, we all know that our children are going to die eventually, we simply just hope that's after we are so so right. But yeah, and then you have all of this business going on. And you're someone who like takes, it seems like you're as a person, you're someone who looks for stress almost and kind of enjoys it in a in a way. But it's all previously the stresses you took on in your life were all things that you opted into.Jesse Hanley  18:08  And yeah.Michele Hansen  18:11  And you chose the stress of being a parent. And but this was not the kind of stress that you signed up for, like you were blindsided by the stress versus all of your other stresses seemed to kind of build slowly and you had time to adjust to them. And you could you could, you know, you could pivot away from them. Would you were in the process of doing with your agency business at this time? And then you're just you just, I mean, your life was just hit by a train like,Jesse Hanley  18:45  Yeah, and you know, like, the interesting thing is, like, work work was work was my coping mechanisms. So like, for me, I just the bento product evolved, I think found product market fit, revenue was up, not gonna say my MRI numbers, but probably 3x What they were in a six month period, all whilst kopien like the graph is, looks like you know, those kind of hockey stick hockey stick meme Silicon Valley graphs, and that was cope if I'm going to be frank and the product was just evolving so fast and I had friends who didn't necessarily know what you're going through and then like they'll send me stuff that I like how you shipping stuff so fast. And it was just because like What else am I supposed to do it? Because you're you're walking this like bizarre march to the end. Because you know the outcome, right? Like most kids die at birth. If the if you want to extend their life, you have that option you have the optionality to but like, like what before you know it? I think it's more suffering for the parents. And, and with trisomy 13, that the children are non responsive. So they may be breathing, but, you know, nothing really else. So, yeah, you're walking this March. So it's like, you know, it's, it's, it's interesting, like I still remember getting like the often after the business transaction went through getting the lump sum, which was a goal since I was like 18. I, like wanted to hit a goal by the time I was 13. And the dollar amount hit my bank didn't, I felt really good, it was at the gym again, felt really good for about 30 seconds. And then I felt like shithouse which was this interesting, you know, hit a goal that I had my sights on for years, didn't really mean much.Michele Hansen  20:44  Like to hit that goal for an Gavai life changing amount of money. And I don't know, I imagine that that probably felt bitter. You know, like, I people say that money can't buy happiness. And it seems like an experience where you stared that in the face that money indeed, cannot buy happiness, no matter how much you have.Jesse Hanley  21:08  Those are console problems study on the happiness part, just console like sometimes money can solve so much problems. If I'm running into a Postgres issue at the moment with bento, which sometimes I am, I can throw more money at the problem, I can add more CPU, I can increase my storage, I can hire help. Can't do that here. So I think like for contacts, like when I'm 29 ACS, I think like the first time it was like a real, raw experience of like, no matter what I do, I can't solve this, like a con work my way into a solution. And I can't solve it with cash. And so really was the first proper instance where to kind of deal with that, which was just, yeah, super hard to kind of go through. Yeah, it's tricky. Tricky.Michele Hansen  22:05  you coped by just, I don't know, throwing yourself into something that was sort of predictable and comfortable. AndJesse Hanley  22:18  I could control it. Yeah. controllable. Yeah, I could make the graph go up. I could fix problems, I can make customers happy. But yeah, I mean, like, we went on trips and stuff, but they've got like, a kind of a sad cloud over them and stuff. So like, we tried to do stuff. And, you know, obviously, incredibly loving my wife and I were, you know, we love each other. So, we spent a lot of time just kind of like feeling emotions and stuff and just walking together. But then you do the birth? And then, you know, it goes away. It does. And yeah, and then you know, what's interesting, then you end up speed running the, it's probably a real weird stuff with social bond reflection, it's probably real weird kind of thread, and stuff to talk about. On the software, socialMichele Hansen  23:11  is real life, right? Like, you're not just this robot that runs a company, right? Like, you're a person who also runs a company who also sold a company at the same time, like, like this, it like, you know, for us, I mean, the story of God is, like, inter intertwined with the fact that we couldn't afford daycare and that's why we had to start a business like there's no separating those two, like our our work and our lives are in so many ways one of the same and yes, so it's weird, but this is real. And I mean, I feel like I can hear how hard this was for you. Just alone and the way you talk about it because I noticed that you keep saying you when you mean I Are we you're saying you know you go through the pregnancy knowing what's going to happen and you go through this and like you're putting this linguistic differenceJesse Hanley  24:10  there great observation that's it and IMichele Hansen  24:13  don't know if you hear yourself doing that but it just it tells me how like, understandably how hard it is for you to I need to I guess we should let the story finish because you know, I've I know the story but maybe people listening don't so do you want toJesse Hanley  24:32  Yeah, speed run through it because a little bit traumatic. So,Michele Hansen  24:36  yeah, yeah.Jesse Hanley  24:38  Yeah, he says, okay, yeah, so we ended up Makayla gives best to Leah. She passes away my arms. I was able to be there with her. Which beautiful bit? Yeah. Because COVID Right.Michele Hansen  24:54  So was Leah alive forJesse Hanley  24:58  under 30 minutes or so? Yeah, but alive. And then and then she passed a doctor. If it was done during the day a doctor again, like I call it kind of like say enough good things about him. He was it he curated it in a way that I could be there with Mikayla, if it was during the day or any other time, he knew what outcome we wanted. And he knew. Yeah, he knew the outcome that we want to do. He wanted me to be there. And so he curated the delivery so that I could, so we're kind of like, indebted to him. And then you know, what, you go through the Japanese healthcare system, which is designed to give you closure in the in the fastest way possible. We met I think I wrote in like the post that I did the write up of like, we met this lady who we call the bones lady. So you know, we're in a room with our, you know, our child who's passed away. And this lady comes in starts commenting on our child's bones. She's like, Oh, she's got a long femur. And you just can't help but laugh. You're like, who? Who the hell is this lady? Who the hell is this lady? And I remember, like, the kid was like, Ah, she's talking about Leah's femur. Like, what he's like, again, okay, let's make fun. So she understands. But we don't know who she is. Like, even with Michaela, we don't actually know. She, she's, she's like asking about childbirth, we ended up finding out that she's basically like a salesperson for the crematorium, who's organizing the process. But just doing in a really bizarre way. Anyway, we made the bones lady, she got some details from us, we end up doing, like a ceremony with all the doctors which was quite beautiful. In the hospital, then they put us in a taxi with with Alia on my lap, and send us to the crematory with a taxi driver who's like, super eccentric, like making noises as he's taking turns because he's so excited to go to crematory the city commentary. Because it's like big and epic. And so for him, he's like, he's excited with devastate it. So just the whole thing is just bizarre. And then we get to the crematory, quite impressive. Never been on before. But you got a room you have time with your child. She gets taken away comes back, you're in a room. And we finally figured out what bones lady was about. And you know, you see your child's bones. And she was kind of asking like, did we want them crunched up in a certain way? It's just because in Japanese, you got to put them in a box, right? You got to put the ashes in a box, but the bones of that. So you got to put the bones in the boxes, just kind of asking. How big do you want the bones? It's justMichele Hansen  27:41  and you're doing all have these weird decisions in the middle of being like in extreme grief and shock.Jesse Hanley  27:47  Yeah, but you're you're just in shock. grief. You're giant.Michele Hansen  27:52  Yeah, it's just, yeah, you're running a pilot at this point?Jesse Hanley  27:56  Yeah, yeah. Yeah, you're like him. Like, if there is an opposite of flow, like an extreme opposite of flow, you're liking that, which I guess is a shock. So yeah, you are just focused on going from A to B to C, and you get home we've got, we walk up the road. Our neighbor sees us, she sees us with a box, she breaks down. We give her a hug on her hug. And then we go home, and we're done. And then we begin processing all whilst doing everything else that was going on in the sir. Yeah, it was. Hello, via Hello, hello over you.Michele Hansen  28:32  And then meanwhile, you've probably got you know, waking up to like customer emails to get through and like, every morning databases to keep going and like Postgres all of that.Jesse Hanley  28:47  Yeah,Michele Hansen  28:48  you're dealing with this just I mean crater in your life.Jesse Hanley  28:56  Yeah, and so that no, like, I don't think I It wasn't until I took Christmas off. To be frank like I like that whole year just been working, been working, been thinking been in shock. And so when I took the first week off during Christmas, because, you know, people aren't sending that much emails, they're away, which is nice. It was the first week that I could actually process which is when I like write up the post and I put on my side and stuff. I like relaunched my site on the cell and stuff which was quite fun. And then I just started writing is like, I just kind of wanted to document like the year and then kind of processor because I just really like hadn't done any processing at all. Also, something that I I realized was that when I did posts about it, particularly from men's, I would have a lot of men reach out to me. And that was interesting. Like, like, maybe honestly probably like 70 people a sir, I think probably reached out to me which I don't have a large audience. So I was kind of like, shocked that so many people had lost children had been dealing with infertility for like five years. And these were like, impressive business people that I like, admired. And and to find out that they had like, a beautiful family of four, and have lost three children. You know? Yeah, crazy. So, yeah, it was, it was interesting.Michele Hansen  30:29  I mean, I think, you know, we have another friend who, who lost a child last year. And I think our society doesn't really teach us how to, how to talk about that, and how to support people who are who are whether that's infertility or miscarriage, or, you know, or, you know, losing a child after they're born. Like, me that you had 70 people reach out, and I noticed that the reaction to that post where a lot of people saying, you know, nobody really talks about this, and we went through this, and I didn't know what to say, and I didn't even know how to talk about it. And I think what you did was so incredibly courageous and important for making it clear that it's okay to talk about this.Jesse Hanley  31:32  Yeah, thanks. I, cuz it is it is interesting, like, you'd have people then be like, I don't even like customers and stuff. They're like, I had no idea that you are like, you know, that maybe customers that like, would message me a lot, are like, really passionate, bent to customers. And like, they felt some sort of guilt, but kind of tried to tell them like, don't feel guilty. Like it was kind of like how I was coping. But I think like, what I'm realizing is that like, yeah, like, businesses and people, business, essentially, people and people are complex, and they have complex lives and stuff is either in their control or out of their control. And they're just kind of going through it. But I think, you know, online, you just kind of see like personalities, or you just see people being successful and stuff, and you don't really realize so much is going on behind the scenes. And it's not like you should know, like, you should know, but I think when you're going through stuff yourself, it's very helpful to know that, like, you know, you could look at other people's lives and kind of take their time horizon as your own, you know, like, for us, it's like, All right, we lost our first child, but like, you know, if we want, we can try again, and it looks like other people have, like, we've got some, some friends that have gone through, like the infertility process, and trying to resolve that for six years, seven years. And like, I've just become pregnant, you know, and, and seeing people's journeys on that. It's just stellar, just like so courageous. And, again, successful people, people that you admire, but they're going through these, like much larger battles behind the scenes, which kind of makes them all the more impressive, maybe. But also, yeah, it's just, it's, it's quite real, you know? Yeah.Michele Hansen  33:22  It seems like you've learned a lot about the, I don't know, the benefit, or of being open about this, like you talked about how you reacted initially, and really just trying to steel yourself against it. And I can almost hear that there was like this transformation. And you now have, you know, you said you go for walks, and you feel your feelings together. And you've talked to all the 70 other people who reached out to you. I guess it sounds like you've you've learned that maybe there's other ways to process the grief besides forgetting it happening and burying yourself in work.Jesse Hanley  34:09  Yeah, it's interesting. It has been really good talking about it. I think the reason I spoke about it as well as because Mikayla has always been phenomenal about talking about stuff publicly. So like when we kind of knew the diagnosis and stuff. After that was kind of confirmed we we started talking about it. So she started talking about it, and I think I I saw how she was processing stuff by like writing public things. And I just thought it was really impressive and like really courageous, but she she got a response from like, mostly women that were following her. And so I think I was kind of inspired by that. But then again, I saw her kind of healing from it, maybe I don't know it's a long journey to actually heal properly but it Yeah, processing, you'd have like healing properties of like talking about it publicly. And so by doing that myself, I definitely kind of felt that. And then it kind of was interesting after reading the posts that kind of draw a line in the sand for me that I could start healing. It also gave me permission to stand up for myself a little bit more like, and tell myself, I got to make sure that like, I look after myself this year. And so setting more boundaries on myself being more confident of saying no, when I know what my boundaries are, like, I've made a couple of decisions this year, around mostly around hiring like mostly about putting myself in stressful situations, again, I think like coming all the way back, when we were kind of talking about how I would constantly like select stresses, put myself into them, and just like, try and make it happen. Through going through all this stuff last year, I think I'm reflecting on that part of me, and I'm saying no to it more, there's been a couple of instances of stressful stuff that like I wanted to put myself into that I just kicked the can down the road for a year. And I think that's fine. Like a large ones like a database thing, like we were thinking about moving all of our data stuff to a single store or whatever, it doesn't really matter. But it's gonna be a lot stressful project who would take like a whole quarter to pull off? And would it be like a heroic effort by heroic effort by being call it and then I was just like, bugger, I'm gonna pay for Heroku enterprise upgrade, pay up front and not worry about it for 12 months, and decisions like that. A good. And I'm trying to make more of them. So I don't are even asking like, why am I doing this? Am I just like am I overreaching for the sake of overreaching, and I don't want to do that this year. So that's one part like giving my purse up self permission. Also, like for my customer base, we run like a lot of our customer support on Discord like a community channel, and telling people hey, I need to take this weekend off, or hey, you know, I'm overloaded. Do you mind just give me a bit of a pause in a public channel. People are super nice. And they're really understanding and they it's, it's a little bit better on that discord note, as well, I find that running a community based support people way more empathetic. You know, Hey, how are you? I got a question. If I was running in support event on email, I probably honestly would have just shut the business down. To be frank, you know, yeah, it's just like, I find that when I get support tickets on email, they're often ggressive if they don't know who I am. Whereas if they we encourage everyone to come to discord instead, when they see how many emojis people are using and our custom emojis and stuff way more friendlier, even if they don't know who I am. And so that was an interesting move by us last year, that has held incredibly well over the stressful period. And even now, so yeah, give myself permission to set up boundaries with customers and stuff. They'll be like, hey, like, I'm overloaded. Like, I don't want to build that feature, or I don't want to do that this quarter. Can we please wait, people like, Yeah, no worries. And a lot of them have read the stuff that I've put out. So they get it?Michele Hansen  38:19  Yeah, the boundaries are so important. And you know, something you just underscored there, which sort of, you know, so I talk a lot about how when we're, you know, understanding what a customer needs, there's, there's functional social and emotional reasons why they decide to choose a product or not choose it, or change products or whatever. And I feel like I sometimes get a little bit of pushback on like, emotional, as if there is emotion in business. But I think what you just said, right there of are we going to spend a quarter doing this database project. Or I can just use Heroku and delay this for 12 months. Like, that's partly a business decision. But that's a huge context of that is the emotional context of you imposing boundaries. Yeah, I mean, and, and deciding not only what the business needs, but also what you need as a person. And I, I doubt you got into this whole story with the Heroku enterprise sales person, right. But like, and you don't need, you know, you don't need to and they shouldn't pull it out. But like, there is that emotional context behind it. Like it's still there's a huge part of the purchase decision, like and to act like it isn't there and there's only Oh, well, we just need a database thing. And there's only this functional element to it is just completely missing all of the context.Jesse Hanley  39:49  No, I could not, I could not agree more. And like I love that you bring this stuff up. The emotional part is huge. I can like speak to it. outlinks for banter, but let's take the Heroku For instance, right, I also speed ran myself through this sales process. Because what I was doing by doing I was actually upgrading to the Heroku plan, you basically pay up front. And you know, I could I could haggle him down. But I was, I don't think I can say the rates because I find stuff that doesn't really matter, I paid double digit percent for premium support. Essentially, what that gives me a couple things takes me off the general population by going to enterprise, you go off their general population, like rails, so you don't get auto shutdown and all that kind of stuff, which I've seen friends, like it happened to them. So I actually saw a friend during Black Friday get taken offline on Heroku and be down 48 hours, because of it because of an automated glitch. Oh, and so I saw that, and I was like, that's never happening to me. Um, and another one was, they've got a, like, you know, after you pay for enterprise, that premium support thingy, blah, blah, blah, whatever that line item is, you get like one hour SLA whenever you want. Plus, you get to talk to like a database specialist. Whenever you want, you just raise a ticket. And so I was like, I need that, like, I want one out. If something goes wrong, I want one hour response times I like, I don't want to wait business hours, like my mental health is super important. And if I can pay, you know, double x percent for the bill, like that's why I was making the decision, you know? And to that effect, like, Was that a good decision? For me? Well, it was because I had a call last week with a guy called Jesse Soylent from Heroku lovely sky came on, he had a lovely big beard and amazing background that was animated. And I said, Hey, man, I'm really anxious about all these Postgres things. Like, I keep seeing all these, you know, things in my database, click, just go through everything. One by one, we sat down, he took an hour and a bit with me, went through every single thing 10 out, I had nothing to worry about. But because of everything that I went through last year, I like so many anxieties and like, manufactured stuff. And so by leaving on someone, even if it was paid, I was able to sleep well at night. And so, like, I may only have like one call this year, but Touchwood touch got a lot of wood in my house. So Touchwood there's nothing gonna nothing's gonna go wrong this year that I meet them again. But if however, many, you know 10,000 plus dollars, for this thing, for that one call, probably would be worth it for me. And so is entirely emotional on that side. And then bringing that to bento on a little less, you know, deep and introspective. People switch to bento, because they're emotionally unhappy with their other platforms, they dislike trip for whatever reason, or they don't like Clavijo, or, you know, a support person annoyed them in another tool, and they've got, you know, a boost of emotional energy to make this switch. And they connect with me, and they see that I'm excited about bringing them on board, and they know, they'll be able to talk to someone. And that's all emotional kind of transfer of energy, they're pulling on my energy to be excited and pumped, they know that I'm gonna, you know, well, hopefully, they'll see that I like, live up to my word, and I'm going to be there when they need me. And yeah, they're, you know, excited and happy to switch. And so, because it's a lot to switch to a CRM, like, it's a lot to move your email marketing price, not really a lot. But mentally, it's a lot, you got to change, you know, whatever codes, adding data into the system, and then you got to do your imports and stuff. But to get someone across the line, especially if they're spending like 500,000 bucks a month or more, it's purely emotional, to be frank, or its insecurities. You know, I'm a marketer, in a small Sass company. My boss is telling me to do email marketing, you know, between you and me, I don't really know what I'm doing. You know, there's a lot of I have a lot of those conversations and marketers that are in house that don't know what they're doing, they're nervous, and they can just talk to me, I've got access to a lot of sass companies. I've run, you know, email marketing for Sass companies, like I can help them I can talk to them. And so you know, their emotional energy there is that they're anxious, a little bit uncertain, they want a little bit of guidance. And you know, I can send templates and give them ideas and guides and stuff, and then they feel empowered and happy, and they become lifelong customers. So so much of the sales processes is emotional for a business like bento, but then there's also stuff which is finance. And I don't to be frank, I don't like those conversations. And those customers tend to just not be the best ones where they're coming over just for pricing reason or whatever. The best customers are generally the ones that are, you know, the summary of the nation. Yep. real frustration. Yeah, real anxiety, or something around the job to be done thatthere's just some uncertainty there and, and, you know, me and the team Scott ash, we can, like, basically help them and make sure that yeah, they feel confident, happy. And if they've got a question, they'll be heard and they'll get an answer straightaway. So yeah, Sales is a huge part of sales, I think.Michele Hansen  45:04  Yeah, I mean, we talked about that on the on the last episode you were on about the, that like rapport building with someone. And you know, I mean, that came up in the example customer interview that I did with one of Collins customers. So, you know, a much lower price SAS much sort of a lower hurdle to cross. But the person I interviewed Drew, you know, he said, you know, well, we're all junior developers, and we didn't really know what we were doing. And we're running into these problems with this other service. And all of a sudden, this one just worked and like, is impossible, but it was so easy, like, and, and, and, you know, because I think when we have issues with software, like we, sometimes we doubt whether it's us, like, I feel like at least once a week, there's a moment where I'm, like, struggling with something and I'm like, I swear I work in technology, why can't I figure this out? Right? Like, we blame ourselves for that. And then, and so recognizing that really, you know, you're basically selling sort of emotional relief. And, like, you bought peace of mind from Heroku. Which, like you said, he said, like that interview can be a headline, but like, it's,Jesse Hanley  46:15  like, you said that interview with like, cleans customer, I thought was kind of interesting, because like, there's so much there. There's, it's not just like ease of use of our product or getting set up. It's like, if they're working for, you know, a client, they've got deadlines, they don't want to be messing around with, you know, there'sMichele Hansen  46:35  no stress there. Yeah,Jesse Hanley  46:37  yeah, even if it's small, and even if it's something that they don't want to waste time, because they got billable hours, they got other people's expectations, and if you can help someone solve that pot, and you generally win the sale, but I don't think people are necessarily mindful of that. They just kind of, I don't know, they look at people like numbers, you know, a person slides onto their calendar, and they're just trying to like, get through the transaction, the sales transaction. But if you can get away from that you can kind of like look more at the person. And actually deeply try and solve that problem. Not just kind of, like, take things in one ear and out the other. It's real, it's really hard to lose sales often, like a kind of, I think you can look at is look at your close rate. For me personally, I don't know how would be interesting. He also, if you get on a call with someone, do you like have any idea of what your close rate is? Like how many deals when you personally get on the phone with them that like become customers? Potentially longtime customers?Michele Hansen  47:37  I have no idea. I've never tracked that.Jesse Hanley  47:39  I would imagine a tie. I've got a feeling.Michele Hansen  47:43  Yeah, most like it's pretty rare that I yeah, I guess it's pretty rare that I have a conversation with someone like that, like there are very few let's put this way. The only way I would be able to track this is looking at my contracts folder and seeing which ones were only drafts and never made it forward. And I can only think of a handful. Yeah, in the last couple of years that are only drafts and I'm pretty much I'm pretty much always working on you know, a larger like negotiating a larger deal. It's it's pretty unusual for me to not have at least one going on at any given time.Jesse Hanley  48:26  Yeah, which is interesting. You know, like that's, that's as far as the sales things cuz I'm like, that's a really high close rate. But you're naturally curious. You're looking on the emotional side of things. I think during the sales engagements, you're deeply trying to help someone and so yeah, you come to a deal and you do actually probably resolve the problem that they are trying to do in the best way possible and it's hard to lose deals like that if you kind of haveMichele Hansen  48:53  Yeah, you know to what you're saying earlier like about everything going on with Leah this year like you in some ways reacted to that by just trying not to feel the emotion at first, at first. And I wonder if people are afraid to recognize the emotion in a sales or business context because they don't want to feel the emotion right like if you don't know how to feel comfortable in your own body feeling stress and frustration nevermind crippling grief, or anger or guilt or blame or whatever all those things are like, if you are someone who runs away from their own emotions, then it makes sense to me that they would run away from other people's emotions in general. And to say that you have to recognize emotion even if that emotion is stress or frustration which are pretty mild compared to grief. No, they're all you know all emotions are valid right? Then it makes sense that they would avoid that element entirely and distress regard it as not being as relevant, as, you know, the functional elements of it like that, like that makes sense to me. Because, you know, even even digging to that level of Yeah, like, am I am I using this right? Like, and recognizing that someone's like feeling vulnerable or feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, like to be able to handle that carefully, especially in a sales setting and be like, Yeah, you know what, I think I think you got this, I think we got to kind of make some tweaks. And I think what we've got, like will work better, but like, you've got the pieces there, you know, like, reassuring them, right? Like, but if somebody's just been running away from their own emotions, then it's going to be really, really hard to handle that other person gently, which is what you need to do in a sale setting. And I think, you know, I think it sounds like to me with you, like you are really learning how to handle yourself gently. It sounds like you learn to handle customers gently first. And now you are applying that same empathy and gentleness and curiosity to you know, that you first learned with people who manage body building vitamin shops, to yourself and your personal life.Jesse Hanley  51:23  Huh? You can't. So good, good observations on this? Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. I'm now just thinking about about a lot of that. I agree. I think I agree. You do? Yeah, I think something that I was thinking was you're talking about that is like, when I do talk to customers. I am generally pretty honest of like, how I'm feeling at the time. So like, sometimes, like, I, I kind of balanced the thing of like professionalism and unprofessionalism. I can be very professional, but I still like, letting people know kind of where I'm out. And I've always done this just before this stuff last year, like, I feel like I've always kind of done that. Because it does kind of cut a lot of, I don't know, like, it breaks the ice, but it just just cuts a lot. And it's nice when you're just talking person, a person about something. Or you know, if you pick up on certain energy in a call, actually talking about that energy is quite interesting. Like I remember during a sales call with someone and they seemed to hate me. And I remember just being like, this person, like, they must hate me. They've just made me this good. rather cool. You know? And I was like, okay, like, um, you know, just wanted to ask, like, um, what I said, just want to ask, like, um, I, like, Am I doing everything? I say, got the perspective, but wasn't confrontational. It was like, like, you, you know, is everything okay? You're okay to kind of like chat today. Kind of like a soft eyeMichele Hansen  53:04  check in, I refer to that book as, like, checking in with them being like, hey, like, is is, is now still a good time. And you don't necessarily say like, you seem super stressed. Should we reschedule? It's like, hey, like, is this is it still a good time right now like to talk about those like, solely fine if you want to, you know, like, just very casual,Jesse Hanley  53:27  which is confrontational trying to ask someone that right, because like they meet, but they never go.Michele Hansen  53:34  I don't know. I, I have had a few calls that stand out in my mind. Interesting, but only a few of the 1000s I've had, right? Like,Jesse Hanley  53:45  that part at that point is a numbers game. And if it's a handful, they might 1000s. And I think it's mostly safe to ask. If your tone of voice I think it's really important. So you're kind of always like, hey, like, just want to ask, like, is everything okay? Like, would you like to like I'm just getting a sense that like, you know, maybe something's off? Would you like to go see something else in the product? Or do you have something else that you got to do? Because, you know, blah, blah, blah? Yeah. And the person was just like, I go into a fight my boss. You had nothing to do with me. But yeah, so it was important for me to ask that question. So then I was like, ah, I'd like lost the sale. But they're like, I don't know if my boss about blah, blah, blah. I was like, Oh, what about No, like, like, we it was very interesting because it played into like a banjo thing. They're like, ah, like, we accidentally sent a buggy like an email to like all list with the wrong like a test subject line or whatever. And like, they're upset and I was like, I was like, well, we've got we have features that that help with that. But it was just interesting. Like they're in trouble. They were not like the happiest. They had made a couple of mistakes. And that was actually one of the reasons they were talking to us is because the boss saw that we had this particular feature and ended up being closed the deal they became a customer it was all good, but I think like Picking up on people's energies in calls, being kind, and asking client questions and seeing where people are at and you get a response, either positive or negative, and come and take it from there. But realizing that like, even in sales sales, you're working with real people with real lives and a real stressful stuff. And so, you know, from a sales perspective, or just like a human perspective, like ask questions that account and you know, like, proactively do that don't be afraid to because like, you can allow people to set up their own boundaries and stuff as well. I don't know if that makes sense. ButMichele Hansen  55:34  I guess I mean, that really brings us full circle, right? You never know what's going on in someone's life and how they treat you and how they react to you, maybe four have absolutely nothing to do with you as a person, right? Like, there is so much going on behind the scenes that I'm, but we don't know about. And so, you know, be kind to each other, whether that's sales or personal life, and also be kind to ourselves. And that's a good place to end on.Jesse Hanley  56:07  Yeah, I agree. Well said, well said, this is a good chat.Michele Hansen  56:11  I will thank you so much for coming back on and for really baring your soul to us. I'm still just I'm in awe of the of how how you are willing to be so so vulnerable and public. You know, we as a sort of indie community, we talk a lot about building public but to me, I'm finding the people I am just just the most Admiral are the ones who are vulnerable in public and vulnerable for the benefit of other people. And you are in just such an example of that, and I'm so I'm so grateful for you.Jesse Hanley  56:48  And thanks for being there. When I could DM you questions and stuff like even prior to the diagnosis, it was really lovely to be able to chat to you about family stuff, which I remember as like our first call right, and left an imprint on me expat parents. Yes, it's being expat parents. And I was so excited. And I got to ask you all these questions, so I really appreciated being someone that I could DM out of the blue and talk to about family stuff, because it meant a lot at the time. Yeah.Michele Hansen  57:20  Well, I'm so grateful to be your internet friends, to the rest of my internet friends listening to this podcast. Thank you for listening, and we'll talk to you next week.

Può una striscia di terra essere una repubblica? Per Kevin Baugh evidentemente sì.

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In this episode, we look at the micronation of Molossia and explore what the idea of country really means.

This week, we're talking about The Republic of Molossia, a micronation in Nevada that has been in the works for 40 years. Its co-founder and current leader, His Excellency President Grand Admiral Colonel Doctor Kevin Baugh, founded the nation with a friend at a young age and it has been through a turbulent series of wars, coups, takeovers and re-establishments, but Molossia still stands. A nation of 30 humans and 4 dogs, they have their own army, navy, currency, principalities, and more. This fantastic nation is a true delight to learn about. Someday we may even visit, if we're so lucky. 

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Alexander, an Ancient Greek king and a victorious conqueror. No, not that one, not Alexander the Great. This time, we’re talking about his uncle, Alexander I of Molossia. In 334BC, when Alexander the Great advanced east to conquer the Persian Empire, Alexander of Molossia was travelling west across the Ionian sea to the south of Italy. In addition to their matching names and simultaneous expansionist expeditions, both Alexanders were brought up in the court of Philip II of Macedon. But whilst one remains a household name, the other has sunk into obscurity. To explore the life of this lesser known Alexander, Tristan was joined by Dr. Ben Raynor. Ben is a former Moses and Mary Finley Fellow at Darwin College, University of Cambridge. He talks us through Alexander I of Molossia’s formative years in Philip’s court, his relationship with the Macedonian king and his own successes as a leader. Ben and Tristan also delve into the legends about Alexander’s death, and his omission from popular history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Welcome to another week, kids! Today, your Uncle Kingdom will talk about how the new version of the 101 Things In 1001 Days list is coming along, the difference between microstates and micronations (and what he’s going to call his!), what his brother Peter was up to this past weekend, how Simon Cowell ended up […]

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"Three times [Jesus] goes and prays and asks God to take this cup of judgment away from Him. And yet, every time he prays, 'not my will but Your will be done in my life.' You can hear Mary, can't you?" When Mary submits to God and becomes the mother of Jesus, she surrenders her entire life to Him. She doesn't just suffer the pain of childbirth and a compromised engagement. Gossip and scandal follow her for the rest of her life. Her Son is her Savior, and He's not at all what she'd expected from a son or a savior. Learn what Mary really agrees to when she submits to God as Luke 1:28-38 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28-38&version=NIV) for our series on Learning to Follow Jesus. In this episode, we discuss Mary's response to God's word. Listen to What God DOESN'T Care About (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/what-god-doesnt-care-about-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-126-45/) for more context. To learn more, visit our Twitter (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) @TheCrossingCOMO. Outline 0:15 - Kevin Baugh of Molossia (https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-07-03-0807010471-story.html) 1:15 - The Kingdom of Me 2:10 - Luke 1.28 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28&version=NIV) 2:40 - Luke 1.30-33 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A30-33&version=NIV) 4:50 - Mary’s son 6:10 - Luke 1.38 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A38&version=NIV) 7:20 - Have you ever prayed a prayer like Mary did? 8:20 - Birth stories 9:55 - The Unexpected Messiah 10:40 - Jesus's family thought He was crazy ( Mark 3.20-35 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3%3A20-35&version=NIV) ) 10:45 - Jesus's brothers didn't believe ( John 7.3-5 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+7&version=NIV) ) 10:50 - "Who are my mother and my brothers?" ( Mark 3.31-35 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3%3A31-35&version=NIV) ) 11:10 - Mary's influence on Good Friday 12:40 - Subscribe. Rate. Share.   Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO (https://www.facebook.com/TheCrossingCOMO) Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo)   Passages Luke 1:28-38: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28-38&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28-38&version=NIV) Luke 1.28: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A28&version=NIV) Luke 1.30-33: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A30-33&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A30-33&version=NIV) Luke 1.38: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A38&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1%3A38&version=NIV)   References Kevin Baugh of Molossia ("In the Spirit of Independence Day" by Colleen Mastony of the Chicago Tribune): https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-07-03-0807010471-story.html (https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-07-03-0807010471-story.html) Jesus's family thought He was crazy (Mark 3.20-35): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3%3A20-35&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3%3A20-35&version=NIV) Jesus's brothers didn't believe (John 7.3-5): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+7&version=NIV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+7&version=NIV) "Who are my mother and my brothers?" (Mark 3.31-35): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+3%3A31-35&version=NIV... Support this podcast

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President Kevin Baugh is my guest. Kevin is the President, dictator and founder of the Republic of Molossia in the state of Nevada. While there is a degree of light-heartedness to his nation, there is also a good case for individual sovereignty as well as national sovereignty. That's not so easy to do but can offer an excellent civics course just in the founding alone. President Baugh has a good sense of humor and a keen philosophical insight about life. Find the show note's page with links to the Republic's webpage as well as a guide to starting your own micronation here https://www.culinarylibertarian.com/59 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dannreid/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dannreid/support

What does Donald Trump's shock proposal to buy the island from Denmark tells us about modern-day sovereignty and Arctic geopolitics? Manuela Saragosa puts the question to two law professors. Joseph Blocher of Duke University explains why the practice of nations buying and selling large tracts of land fell out of favour, and whether it could make a comeback, while Rachael Lorna Johnstone of the University of Akureyri in Iceland says the reaction from the Danish government to Trump's Greenland offer shows how Europeans take the self determination of formally colonised peoples seriously. Plus Mikaa Mered, professor of Arctic & Antarctic geopolitics at the Ileri School of International Relations in Paris, says the Trump's offer belies his administration's claim not to believe in climate change. And if you cannot buy another country, why not just carve out your own one? Kevin Baugh is the self-styled President of the Republic of Molossia, a few acres of desert in Nevada and California that has its own customs, passports and national anthem. (Picture: Old map depicting Greenland and Iceland; Credit: JeanUrsula/Getty Images)

What does it take to make a man so angry that he starts his own country? The boys dive in to the weird world of micronations and their eccentric founders. Rate and review us on iTunes: apple.co/2ywmL8o Visit our website: bradisabadperson.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/bradisabadperson/ Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/bradisabadperson Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/BIABPpodcast Discuss our episodes on Reddit: reddit.com/r/bradisabadperson/ Buy us a beer with a donation on paypal: paypal.me/bradisabadperson LINKS Molossia website: http://www.molossia.org/ Molossia video: https://youtu.be/01RI75llvtU Interview with Prince Leonard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZqUH2_UoLU Tour of PHR: https://youtu.be/oL9VBXR0Ql8 Free State Project: https://www.fsp.org/ Intro song: Warrant - Down Boys (Columbia Records, 1989) Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Our friend, Liese renders judgment once again in this episode featuring a white supremacist getting yelled at by his dad, the country of Molossia, and Pastafarianism.   Music provided by Otis McDonald

Lisa is finally getting around to watching The Sopranos in its entirety, so we’re finally getting around to discussing how James Gandolfini is actually kind of hunky. Well, specifically, when he was alive. On Wiki of the Week, we read the Wikipedia page for “Republic of Molossia,” a micronation in the United States founded by Kevin Baugh (b. July 30, 1962) and headquartered at his home near Dayton, Nevada. Road trip, anyone? We welcome musician Patty Schemel, who had an interesting mole related experience recently. On Expert Hour, we are joined by actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr, who teaches us a few ways to help us lead greener lives.   Emily Heller Lisa Hanawalt Patty Schemel James Austin Johnson

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