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On today's Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Dr. Jim Lewis of the Center for European Policy Analysis, Mark Montgomery of the Defense of Democracies and a Cyberspace Solarium Commission senior adviser, and Justin Sherman of the Global Cyber Strategies advisory firm and the Center for Strategic and International Studies join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the implications of the ChatGPT AI model that broke out of its “sandbox” — attributed to misprogramming that allowed it to stray from its confines — and hacked computational tool maker Hugging Face; update on AI and cyber legislation; how Washington can better deter China and Russia and whether the Trump administration's actions are undermining deterrence with Beijing and Moscow; and what should replace the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.
Drop us a note about the podcast. A 20-year-old Marine dies in a crash, and the internet seems more shaken by the loss of an influencer. That contrast is hard to sit with, but it exposes something real about American culture, our attention, and what we've been trained to value.We start with Romans 10 and the simple chain that drives Christian evangelism: people can't believe if they haven't heard, and they can't hear unless someone is willing to speak. From there, we talk through the story of Landon Dunn and the way headlines frame grief, honor, and responsibility. It's not about being callous toward anyone who died. It's about asking why service, sacrifice, and the families left behind can feel like an afterthought when publicity is involved.We also read 1 Corinthians 11:7–9 and say out loud what many churches avoid, then return to Romans to underline grace. If salvation requires extra hoops, it stops being grace and turns into works. Along the way we read from the Psalms and Proverbs, share a quick reflection on loyal friends, and highlight the Medal of Honor citation for Ty Michael Carter, a story that puts courage and selflessness in sharp focus. We finish with Tocqueville's warning about the bond between Christianity and liberty, and we close in prayer.If this meant something to you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it. What part challenged you most?#AmericanPatriot#ChristianNation#BibleSupport the showThe American Soul Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1791934/subscribeCountryside Book Serieshttps://www.amazon.com/Countryside-Book-J-T-Cope-IV-ebook/dp/B00MPIXOB2 America's Christian Heritage Podcasthttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2622483
In this episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter speak with Neela Montgomery, Board Director at Ahold Delhaize and Logitech and former CEO of Crate & Barrel, about what major shifts in consumer behavior mean for brands and retailers. Drawing on a career spent at the intersection of consumers, retailers, and brands, Neela shares her perspective on some of the most meaningful shifts in consumer behavior today and what they could mean for commerce.From the rapid adoption of GLP-1s to growing attention around women's health and menopause, Neela examines how changing needs and behaviors are showing up across the consumer landscape. She explores the ripple effects these shifts could have across categories, how they may reshape what consumers expect from brands and retailers, and where new opportunities could emerge as a result.Key takeaways:Brands need to look beyond the immediate impact of a consumer trend to understand how it could influence behaviors and demand across categories.Product development and messaging should evolve alongside changing consumer priorities, rather than relying on assumptions about what shoppers value.Retailers have an opportunity to better understand consumers through different stages of their lives and create more relevant experiences around their changing needs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
If you love reality TV, dogs, social commentary and small-town vibes, then you will devour Mimi Montgomery's debut, Murder Bites.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect from High Island, TX to Cameron, LA, with Tropical Storm and Storm Surge Warnings from High Island to the Cameron/Vermilion Parish line.
Inside Live in Studio A with Company Artist/ Choreographers Maia Montgomery, Garritt McCabe and Anneliese Guerin. New works from these artist are part of Live In Studio A taking place at The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet, September 11 - 20.
AlabamaState Senator Chris Eliot not happy with Governor Ivey's mega prison planRetired Army Colonel calls out UNA for joint program with CCP and ChinaCity of Montgomery labeling information as "classified" and requiring employees to sign strict NDAsMarshall County residents concerned with data centers being pushed into the stateMan from Kenya gets trial date of March 1st after being busted by Chris Hansen's Takedown operationBirmingham Pastor calls on Christian parents to avoid the religion of secular humanism in public schoolsNationalCentcom confirms US military strikes on 2 Iranian rocket launchersSen. Josh Hawley investigating Flock Camera company over data collectionDHS Secretary explains recent decision on states auditing voting machinesWhistleblower says NY AG instructed her officer to "findi a crime" on TrumpCSAM victim now suing Elon Musk and Grok for AI generated child porn using her image
Wesley Hill is a singer/songwriter from Montgomery, AL. Closed on Sundays 3 song set Interview on early life, music, and development Subscribe, rate, and review the show!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
**The Clay Edwards Show – Episode 1285** with Creston Berch and Andrew Gasser Clay, Creston, and Andrew cover a packed weekend and the stories that actually matter. Jason Aldean packed Brandon with a sold-out, no-drama night that included “Try That in a Small Town.” College football's Week 0 delivered the usual early-season weirdness: Dan Mullen's UNLV squad lost at home to Memphis and the coach blamed the crowd for being too loud on offense; USC's big stadium looked half-empty against San Jose State, sparking talk about whether some programs should take non-conference games to smaller venues that actually look full on TV. NASCAR delivered a strong Daytona race. Combat sports went full circus—BKFC in Fenway Park plus a chaotic Orlando card that featured Mike Perry's shoulder injury on short notice, internet personalities, and one of the strangest post-main events you'll ever see. The biggest story of the hour: a Nigerian national was extradited to Mississippi and arraigned in Oxford on charges tied to the 2022 online sextortion of 16-year-old Starkville Academy football player Walker Montgomery, who died by suicide. The suspect had been in Nigerian custody since a 2023 FBI-led operation (Artemis) that netted more than 20 suspects linked to a wave of financially motivated schemes against American teenage boys. Charges include sexual exploitation of a minor resulting in death. The Montgomery family has spent years pushing internet-safety legislation through Walker's Promise. Clay and Creston give law enforcement and the feds their roses for finally getting the case into a U.S. courtroom after three years of extradition fights. Hour two turns to companies voting with their feet. Buc-ee's CEO said life is too short to build in places that don't want you and that conservative, business-friendly states with a real workforce make the difference—prompting Democrat boycott noise and a quick “welcome” from Ron DeSantis. That conversation rolls into SpaceX's massive Louisiana plans, Starship cadence, Starlink evolution, talk of orbital data centers, Neuralink, Optimus, and whether medical advances like stem-cell therapies and brain-computer interfaces can stay on the right side of “playing God.” They close with an observation that's been eating at Clay: AI has made everyone a graphic designer overnight, but the internet now looks the same. Flyers, thumbnails, and scripts are starting to feel interchangeable. The theory on the table is that audiences will start craving the opposite—plain, human, imperfect, and obviously not generated. Real talk, real topics, no filter.
Mason Montgomery has quietly become one of the Pirates' most dominant relievers, and Alex Stumpf thinks it might be time to stop dancing around the obvious question: should Montgomery just be the closer? After another scoreless appearance Sunday, Montgomery has now gone all of August without allowing a run while piling up strikeouts and saves. Alex breaks down the sinker that has helped change Montgomery's season, why his success shouldn't be dismissed as matchup-dependent, and why the Pirates should use September to see if they already have their ninth-inning answer for 2027. OffBeat is presented by FanDuel. Read more from Alex Stumpf at Book Rule Bucs: https://bookrulebucs.substack.com/ Download the North Shore Nine app: https://northshorenine.com/get-app Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Step into a healing portal on this episode of Twilight Tonic as DeeDee Moonflyer sits down with Sandy Montgomery—the intuitive spirit, earth woman, and certified sound practitioner behind The Tattered Lady Healing Arts Studio. Sandy shares how ancestral wisdom, sacred crafts, and the primal heartbeat of the drum can gently rewire our overwhelmed nervous systems and bring us back home to our bodies. Discover the deep history of women frame drummers, the power of vocal toning to shift brainwaves from stress to euphoria, and the profound, restorative magic of the traditional "Closing the Bones" ritual. Sandy also treats listeners to a live, immersive four-minute drum and toning session designed to ground your spirit and soften your fascia. Tune in, grab your favorite tonic, and discover why rhythm is the medicine our modern souls have been waiting for.
“Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” — Wendy Lesser “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I Am a Berliner), JFK famously said in West Berlin on June 26, 1963, in the face of Soviet imperial tyranny. Today, Wendy Lesser is offering the same defiance in her new book Berlin Before and After. Only Lesser offers a cautionary mirror for our times of not just post-Soviet Putin but also wannabe-tyrants like Trump. Lesser's loving portrait of Berlin is of a free city. She reminds us that even in Germany's darkest hour, Berlin never actually went Nazi. The city voted left up to and including 1933, so Hitler had to abolish democracy to take it over. Nor, Lesser argues, was Nazism a reaction to Weimar Berlin's Cabaret-style nightlife, any more than Trump is a reaction to wokeness. Economic forces, not cultural ones, she insists, enable dictators. Today's Berlin, as a city that memorializes its own crimes, offers America an urban lesson in acknowledging historical guilt. That's what makes Berlin such a defiant beacon of freedom in our authoritarian age. There are more urbane cities than Berlin, but none quite as dedicated to freedom. Go there and/or read Berlin Before and After. Today we should all be Berliners. Five Takeaways • Our Own 1929 — or 1932? The book began as a love letter to the Berlin Lesser adopted in 2003 — the everywhere writer of Berkeley, New York, and Berlin, against Lampedusa the ultimate somewhere, who never left Sicily and carried Shakespeare through the coffee houses of Palermo. But as she wrote, America's condition worsened: “We were not only in our own 1929, but perhaps in 1930, '31, or even '32 — verging on our own descent into frightening dictatorship.” Hence the subtitle's cautionary mirror — though history, she insists, never exactly repeats itself, and the American analogies came unforced, surfacing every thirty or forty pages without hammering. Being an everywhere, she says, doesn't make you write better — Lampedusa proves that — “but it improves your life,” and it gave her the subjects her native California never could.• Berlin Never Went Nazi. The episode's revelation: the city of Weimar flamboyance never gave the Nazis a majority — Berlin voted left up to and including 1933, and “Hitler had to abolish democracy to take over Berlin.” From which follows her sharpest argument: Nazism was not a backlash against Berlin's sexual and artistic freedoms, “just as I do not see the election of Trump as a reaction to so-called wokeness or trans rights. Cultural manifestations do not cause such government changes. Economic forces do” — wealth gaps, regional deprivation, the east feeling second-class, then and now (the AfD's heartland). The direct equivalences are rhetorical: America's poisoned-blood language on immigrants comes “straight from the Goebbels playbook,” and the rights that flowered in twenties Germany were “instantly squished” in the thirties. As for today: the AfD polls high before Berlin's September city elections, but the firewall holds — and the party is formally flagged by German intelligence as constitutionally dangerous. Andrew's question stands: any vaccines for this thing?• 1929: The Year Everything Premiered. Why that year: Grosz, Sander, and Otto Dix at their peak; Brecht and Piscator both premiering; All Quiet on the Western Front, the underrated Grand Hotel, and Berlin Alexanderplatz in the bookshops — plus Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician, the novella that predicted fascism; Billy Wilder still a weekly-paper journalist shooting his first film; and Christopher Isherwood arriving on the first visit that became Goodbye to Berlin and, via Broadway, Cabaret. “Only in retrospect do we see these things as major.” The culture flourished beside economic and political chaos — “having a terrible government is not inconsistent with producing good culture. Look at nineteenth-century Russia” — and when the chaos won, the exiles washed up in the German ghetto of Los Angeles: Brecht (on the beach, per this week's Baerwald episode), Döblin, Mann. Many went back — Brecht in 1949, Piscator after — because in Hollywood and New York they “couldn't live on the thin slice of culture,” a homesickness Lesser saw again in Berkeley's own Czesław Miłosz, watching Americans like children playing in a sandbox.• After Means 1989. The title's twist: the After is not the Nazis' arrival but the Wall's fall. The dark half-century — twelve years of Reich, then “with barely a pause to take a breath” the divided city — is deliberately skipped: “the city is going to tell you what happened,” through what its monuments confess, like Bebelplatz's memorial to the burned books of May 1933. Berlin now wears its freedom knowingly: graffiti flourishes precisely because speech was twice policed; May Day's bottle-throwing is tolerated and swept up; Freiheit arrives like the choral finale of Beethoven's Ninth — Andrew's analogy, which she embraced with irony, since “nobody is totally free these days.” The Wall's hothouse island remains separate from Germany half a century on. And the city stays cinematic to the point of unreality — Wings of Desire's angels in the actual Staatsbibliothek (“I thought it was just a set”), Babylon Berlin's set-choosers clearing away the present — with a thriller shelf to match: Deighton's Berlin Game (freshly reread on his death), le Carré's Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Herron, McEwan, Schneider's Wall Jumper.• A Mirror That Might Become Useful. Berlin's deepest lesson is for after the fall: it is the city that acknowledges its bad deeds — monuments and plaques saying this is where we did it — while America “likes to brush it all aside and act like we're always the heroes.” Andrew's pushback landed: Montgomery, Bryan Stevenson's lynching memorial, the African American Museum — “You're right. I'm not being fair.” But the qualification sharpens rather than sinks the thesis: “we do not have a history yet like Holocaust Germany or even Berlin Wall Germany… It's a mirror that might become useful if the worst comes about.” Meanwhile Berlin models the livable city: rent control the voters wanted to push all the way to expropriation, transit worth “ecstasies,” and a constitutional welfare clause promising a dignified existence — economic rights our Bill of Rights never mentions. The book ends aboard the M29 bus, top deck, regular fare, from the Maybachufer's twice-weekly market (running since before 1929) across the old West to Grunewald. “Maybe you're going to be made into a Berlin angel.” “A great fate.” About the Guest Wendy Lesser is the founding editor of The Threepenny Review, the celebrated Berkeley literary quarterly, and the author of a novel and twelve works of nonfiction, including You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn (winner of the Marfield Prize), Why I Read, and Scandinavian Noir. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, she has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the NEH, the Cullman Center — and the American Academy in Berlin, where her love affair with the city deepened. Berlin Before and After: A Cautionary Mirror for Our Times (Harper, September 2026) is her portrait of the city in 1929 and now. She divides her time between B...
The timeless art of boat building is alive and well in Essex at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum! Now, the museum's offering a unique opportunity for you to learn the very same skills and traditions that have been revered for generations on the North Shore. By the end of the class, you'll have your very own boat to enjoy for years to come, made with your own two hands with help from experts. Executive Director K.D. Montgomery joins Nichole this week to talk about the museum's storied history and this special chance to join their mission to preserve this historic art.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tonight at 8:30pm CST, on the Flyover Conservatives show we are tackling the most important things going on RIGHT NOW from a Conservative Christian perspective! China controls a major share of America's pork industry, Brazilian-owned companies hold enormous influence over the beef market, and just four companies control roughly 85% of U.S. meat processing. Could America's dependence on foreign interests and corporate giants become a serious national security threat?Former Army Ranger and Valor Provisions founder Patrick Montgomery joins David and Stacy to expose the vulnerabilities hiding within America's food supply. He explains how misleading labels such as “grass-fed,” “pasture-raised,” and “Product of the USA” can exploit regulatory loopholes—and why the disappearance of independent American farms should concern every family. Patrick also shares practical ways to find trustworthy food, support American farmers, and help protect our nation's food independence.TO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONTENT: www.theflyoverapp.com Follow and Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFlyoverConservativesShow Experience Your Own Healing Using Frequencieswww.wavwatch.com/flyoverUse promo code FLYOVER for 15% off► Receive your FREE 52 Date Night Ideas Playbook to make date night more exciting, go to www.prosperousmarriage.comPatrick MontgomeryWEBSITE: https://valorprovisions.usGet Your Own Washington Book: https://a.co/d/0bCpHsgp INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/valorprovisions.us/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567300500273YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@ValorProvisionsUS TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@valor.provisions Patrick Montgomery is a former Army Ranger, entrepreneur, rancher, and the founder of Valor Provisions. After serving multiple combat tours, he earned a degree in animal science and an MBA from the University of Missouri. He founded KC Cattle Company, a veteran-owned American Wagyu beef company that grew from one heifer into a nationally recognized brand. Patrick later launched Valor Provisions to connect consumers directly with trusted American farmers and strengthen the future of independent agriculture. He is also the author of George Washington: Before He Crossed the Delaware, the first book in his Forging Valor children's series.-------------------------------------------
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This week we are continuing the story of Anne of Green Gables, written by L. M. Montgomery. Enjoy this classic with us every week on Thursday, with your favorite story reader, Amanda Weldin! Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look like, and then tag us in it on instagram @storiespodcast! We'd love to see your artwork and share it on our feed!! If you would like to support Stories Podcast, you can subscribe and give us a five star review on iTunes, check out our merch at storiespodcast.com/shop, follow us on Instagram @storiespodcast, or just tell your friends about us! Check out our new YouTube channel at youtube.com/storiespodcast. If you've ever wanted to read along with our stories, now you can! These read-along versions of our stories are great for early readers trying to improve their skills or even adults learning English for the first time. Check it out.
AlabamaSen. Tuberville says crime in Montgomery is impeding its economic growthMeta Tech company settles with AGs in lawsuit over lax safety measures on social mediaCongresswoman Sewell says Trump EO on mail in ballots is attack on democracyAL Dept. of Revenue changes taxation policy on non resident workersRanchers in Mobile County push back at Trump's decision to import foreign beefNationalHorrific natural disaster in Nepal and Tibet wipes out entire villagesFederal judge lifts injunction on Trump order on mail in ballotsUS Pentagon finds more documents on Afghanistan withdrawal of 2021Three Secret Service agents under investigation for misconductFederal judge says TX does not have to extradite ICE agent to MN for chargesBlood Moon Eclipse to happen this Thursday night
What if the thing founders are proudest of in diligence — "AI wrote most of our code" — is actually the reason investors should worry? Jim sits down with Jason Gill and Kirby Montgomery of Code & Co. to talk about what happens when vibe coding meets private equity due diligence, why every diligence summary suddenly looks identical, and why the old scars (custom integrations, undocumented paths, the stuff nobody wanted to deal with) just became the most valuable thing a company owns. We break down the one question that separates real engineering from AI smoke and mirrors and lay out their approach to Quality of AI (QoAI). To learn more about Code & Co., check out their website (https://www.codeandco.com/) or visit them on LinkedIn (codeandcogroup.
Voters Right Act, Chicago Tribune, Slate, NY Times On the Eve of the 2026 March on Washington, we reflect back to August 6th, 1965 the Voting Rights Act was Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. C.T. Vivian, a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement, was violently attacked by Sheriff Jim Clark while attempting to escort a group of African Americans to register to vote. Steve Fiffer is a New York Times Bestselling Author. His Book is "It's in The Action": Memories of a Nonviolent Warrior, Rev C.T. Vivian's Memoir.Reverend Vivian was a Major Force in the Fight for Civil Rights & Voters Rights in the Twentieth Century till he Passed July 17th, 2020.Regardless of Social Status, Party Affiliation or Belief, Race: Libertarian, Democrat, Progressive or Republican or Other, All Americans Should Have the Right to Vote!Senator Barack Obama, speaking at Selma's Brown Chapel on the March 2007, anniversary of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches, recognized Vivian in his opening remarks in the words of Martin L. King Jr. as "the greatest preacher to ever live."Studying for the ministry at American Baptist Theological Seminary (now called American Baptist College) in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1959, Vivian met James Lawson, who was teaching Mohandas Gandhi's nonviolent direct action strategy to the Nashville Student Movement. Soon Lawson's students, including Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, James Bevel, John Lewis and others from American Baptist, Fisk University and Tennessee State University, organized a systematic nonviolent sit-in campaign at local lunch counters.Vivian helped found the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference, and helped organize the first sit-ins in Nashville in 1960 and the first civil rights march in 1961. In 1961, Vivian participated in Freedom Rides. He worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. as the national director of affiliates for the SCLC. During the summer following the Selma Voting Rights Movement, Vivian is perhaps best known for, Vivian challenged Sheriff Jim Clark on the steps of the courthouse in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 during a drive to promote Black people to register to vote."You can turn your back on me, but you cannot turn your back upon the idea of justice," Vivian said to Clark as reporters recorded the interaction. "You can turn your back now and you can keep the club in your hand, but you cannot beat down justice. And we will register to vote, because as citizens of these United States we have the right to do it."Vivian conceived and directed an educational program, Vision, and put 702 Alabama students in college with scholarships (this program later became Upward Bound). His 1970 Black Power and the American Myth was the first book on the Civil Rights Movement by a member of Martin Luther King's staff.On August 8, 2013, President Barack Obama named Vivian as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.Steve's own Memoir is "Three Quarters, Two Dimes, and a Nickel". His work has appeared in Chicago Tribune. & Slate. He's also a Guggenheim Fellow© 2026 All Rights Reserved© 2026 Building Abundant Success!!Join Me on ~ iHeart Media @ https://tinyurl.com/iHeartBASSpot Me on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yxuy23baAmazon Music ~ https://tinyurl.com/AmzBASAudacy: https://tinyurl.com/BASAud
A live conversation with Tabitha Montgomery of Flourish Placemaking Collective, whose work reimagines what public space can be when it's built with— not just for — the people who live there. If service is what we're called toward, how can we make it a way of living beyond simply one-off events we participate in?
How's the real estate market in Greater Philadelphia? In this episode, I break down the numbers that actually matter for buyers and sellers across Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties. Through July 2026, Greater Philadelphia closed sales are down just 1% year over year, while the median sales price is up 2.6% and active inventory has increased 12.4%. But the suburbs remain tight, with Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties all sitting below two months of housing supply. My biggest takeaway is that the market is stabilizing. Inventory is improving, local sales are showing some growth, prices continue to rise, and mortgage rates have remained relatively steady. I also explain why sellers shouldn't assume the market shuts down after August, what the typical post-Labor Day bump could mean, and why buyers should focus less on perfectly timing rates and more on finding the right home with a payment that fits their budget. Every neighborhood is different, so if you're considering a move, make sure you're looking at the data for your specific township, school district, and price range.
En 1961 y 1973 Nina Simone hizo dos viajes a África, dos viajes profundamente significativos. Entre el primero, a Nigeria y organizado por la AMSAC (polémica, cuanto menos) y el segundo, el autoexilio en Liberia, Simone vivió la primera línea de la lucha por los derechos civiles, fue amiga íntima de Malcolm X y participó en la marcha de Selma a Montgomery. Tras los asesinatos de los líderes civiles, decidió marcharse para siempre de los que llegó a llamar United Snakes of America.Escuchar audio
In April 1963, civil rights activist William Lewis Moore set out alone on a 320-mile walk from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, carrying a letter for segregationist Gov. Ross Barnett. On April 23, the 35-year-old postal worker was found shot to death in northeast Alabama.In this episode of Southern Mysteries, we explore Moore's life beyond his final walk, the family he left behind, the threats and warnings he encountered along the road, the investigation into his killing, and the questions that remain more than 60 years later. Join the Community on Patreon: Want more Southern Mysteries? You can hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries
Today, a logistics veteran and Making Safety Happen author, Brian Fielkow, gets down to the bottom line of trucking safety and why it is a massive competitive advantage in today's market! We dive into the realities of the post-Montgomery logistics landscape, breaking down exactly why freight brokers and shippers can no longer afford to skimp on carrier vetting if they want to protect their supply chain from nuclear verdicts. Brian shares how to shatter the silos between operations and safety, build a bulletproof safety culture where frontline drivers can report hazards without fear of retaliation, and turn proactive risk management into a heavy-hitting sales tool. It is time to stop treating safety like a compliance checkbox and start using it to win better freight, so tune in, and let's get after it! About Brian Fielkow Brian L. Fielkow is a recognized business leader, board director, and advisor known for transforming how organizations manage safety, risk, and performance. Previously, as CEO of Jetco Delivery, he built one of North America's most admired logistics companies, earning national recognition for its safety culture. Brian recently released his book Making Safety Happen. Connect with Brian Website: https://brianfielkow.com/ Making Safety Happen on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Safety-Happen-Productive-Profitable-ebook/dp/B0GX2ZXGFY
Welcome to Country Proud Living "Where Nurturing Spaces Empower Your Life and Everyday Feels a Little More Like Home." What if some of the best people who will ever be part of your life are people you haven't even met yet? ✨In this heartfelt episode of Country Proud Living, LoriLynn explores friendship in midlife, meaningful connection, intentional living, and finding purpose in the season you're in now. After choosing connection as her word of the year, she shares how one small decision—starting a local Coffee Klatch Connection—has already opened the door to new friendships, ideas, opportunities, and community.If you've been longing for deeper friendships or wondering how to meet new people as an adult, this episode is your encouragement to stop waiting for connection to find you. Sometimes we have to be brave enough to extend the invitation, pull up another chair, and create what we wish existed.Country Proud Living is a podcast for women who want to create nurturing homes, live with greater intention, embrace personal growth, and cultivate a life they're truly proud to live.
On this week's Extra Serving, NRN editor in chief Sam Oches and executive editor Alicia Kelso discuss the latest restaurant industry news, including Taco Bell's nostalgic menu, Jack in the Box's CEO-in-waiting, and Chipotle's Gen Alpha influencer partnership. First up is Taco Bell, which never lacks for menu news. The brand introduced three new energy drinks — the Pineapple Citrus Energy Refresher, Strawberry Tropics Energy Refresher, and the Pineapple Citrus Energy Freeze — as well as the Chicken Enchilada Nacho Fries LTO. But it also reintroduced its Decades menu, honoring the nostalgia of 2016 with an LTO menu that features the Naked Chicken Chalupa, Meximelt, Beefy Crunch Burrito, and Caramel Apple Empanada. Sam and Alicia unpack the menu additions and especially dig into the idea of nostalgia, noting how Taco Bell and other brands are leveraging it to attract young customers in particular.Next they discuss Jack in the Box, which hired Taco Bell's chief brand officer Taylor Montgomery as president. The company announced that Montgomery would be promoted to CEO within the next 12 months, and Sam and Alicia discuss that strategy and how it might incentivize Montgomery to score some quick for a brand that sorely needs them.They tackle McDonald's next, and specifically how the Golden Arches has been losing lower-income consumers for the past seven years. Recent data from Numerator shows that the share of McDonald's guests who make less than $50,000 has been shrinking since 2019, with the firm estimating that it has cost the company $310 million in sales. Sam and Alicia talk about why that's a problem for McDonald's, but also about why there are other economic warning signs suggesting that lower income consumers are pulling back on their discretionary spend broadly — and how it could negatively impact restaurants. They shift their attention next to Chipotle, which partnered with Gen Alpha influencer Salish Matter on the Salish Matter Meal — a Kid's Cheese Quesadilla with white rice, black beans, guacamole, kid's chips, and chocolate milk. Aside from making Sam and Alicia — both parents of Gen Alpha kids — feel old, it also gives them a chance to talk about the spending power of kids today and how their opinions are increasingly shaping where their parents dine out. They close things out with Quick Fire round of headlines, including Panera's new tiered loyalty program, Starbucks' latest round of layoffs, and California Pizza Kitchen's new vending machines. For more on these stories: Taco Bell's latest Decades Menu inspired by 2016 nostalgiaTaylor Montgomery named Jack in the Box president, and likely next CEOChipotle's new collab highlights the growing influence of Gen Alpha
Why Caen's ‘slow' liberation actually won the Battle of Normandy.Historian and battlefield guide Ben Mayne joins https://historyrage.com to dismantle one of the most persistent myths of the Second World War: that the British and Canadians were “too slow” to break out from Caen after D-Day.Drawing on years of battlefield research, veterans' testimonies and deep study of Operation Charnwood, Ben argues that the fighting around Caen unfolded exactly as Bernard Montgomery intended. Rather than a failed advance, Caen became the crucial “anvil” that trapped and destroyed the bulk of Germany's Panzer divisions while the Americans prepared their breakout across Normandy.We explore why the city proved so difficult to capture, the role of the Hillman bunker complex, the impact of Operation Fortitude, and how attritional warfare shaped the wider Normandy campaign. Ben also explains why the RAF bombing raids before Charnwood were never intended to flatten Caen — and how post-war narratives unfairly painted British and Canadian troops as passive or ineffective.This episode dives into:Why Caen mattered so much to Allied strategy after D-Day The real purpose of Montgomery's Normandy campaign plan How German SS Panzer divisions concentrated around Caen The brutal fighting faced by British and Canadian infantry Why Operation Charnwood deserves far greater recognition The truth behind the “drinking tea while waiting” myth How logistics, manpower and attrition shaped the liberation of Normandy If you enjoy military history, Normandy battlefield analysis, D-Day history, or debates around Montgomery's leadership, this episode is essential listening.Follow Ben Mayne:X/Twitter: https://x.com/BattlefieldBen Liberation Route Europe UK: https://www.liberationroute.com/uk Liberation Route Europe App: https://www.liberationroute.com/app Related listening:James Holland on the Italian Campaign and the “D-Day Dodgers” Jack Bowsher on why the Burma Campaign was far more than infantry warfare Support History Rage:Website: https://historyrage.com Substack: https://historyrage.substack.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/historyrage Follow History Rage on social media and subscribe for more military history podcasts, historical myth-busting, and expert interviews every week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
“MK Confidential” begins with the crime that will connect investigators to the D.C. snipers: a liquor store robbery in Montgomery, Alabama. Two women close up shop on September 21, 2002, and step into the parking lot. Two shots ring out and take the women to the ground. One will live the rest of her life with an implant to manage the pain; the other, dies within hours. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo are to blame. Megyn Kelly reveals how the snipers pointed authorities out of Montgomery County, Maryland to Montgomery, Alabama, in an attempt to prove their credentials. A throwaway item at the crime scene unmasks Malvo, and, in turn, Muhammad. That leads them to the 1990 Chevy Caprice, and a public that is finally looking for the right vehicle. Police arrest Muhammad and Malvo without firing a shot. With victims spread across state lines, there's a tug-of-war for where the shooters will stand trial. But is the evidence strong enough to convict? And what kind of punishment fits the crime of holding the nation's capital hostage? This is Episode 5, the conclusion of the Beltway Snipers story. Lean: Discover why LEAN is becoming the choice for real weight‑loss results—shop now at https://TAKELEAN.com use code KELLY OneSkin: Get 15% off OneSkin with the code MEGYN at https://www.oneskin.co/MEGYN #oneskinpod Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/MegynKelly Twitter: https://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: https://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: https://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
A century of conventional farming has left our planet with sick soil, accelerating the interlinked crises of food security, biodiversity loss, water pollution, and climate change. In his new book, ReGen: A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health, David R. Montgomery lays out a practical and productive vision for recovering soil health and safeguarding the future of food. The answer: soil-building regenerative farming. In exploring this much-needed turning point for agriculture, Montgomery marshals more than a decade of research, interviewing innovative farmers and seeing firsthand how they restored degraded farms around the world. Breaking down common myths around conventional and organic farming, animal agriculture, and plant-based diets, the book frames ten policy recommendations for sustainably nourishing the world. As Montgomery shows, reducing tillage, laying off synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, growing a diversity of crops, and getting livestock back on the land can reverse centuries of soil degradation and harvest nutrient-dense food. Succinct, accessible, and urgent, ReGen points the way to a healthier, more resilient world. David R. Montgomery is a professor at the University of Washington and a MacArthur Fellow. He is the author and coauthor of several previous books about soil and agriculture, including Dirt, Growing a Revolution, and What Your Food Ate. Buy the Book ReGen: A New Future for Farming, Food, and Health (Hardcover) Elliott Bay Book Company
Heidi Harris fills in for Mark Reardon and talks about a win for people fired by former St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery. Brad Young, 97.1 FM Talk's Legal Analyst and a Partner with Harris, Young and Kayser joins to discuss Lindsay Clancy trial the woman who killed her three children and Karmelo Anthony re-trial hearing in Texas. Brandon Arnold, Executive Vice President of the National Taxpayers Union joins to talk about the national debt reaching $40 trillion and why congress must act immediately. Finally, guidelines for fans at BMW Championship and training dogs.
COLOMBO AND COMPANY 0:00 SEG 4 James Knowles - City Administrator of Troy & Former Mayor of Ferguson James and Tony break down a major announcement from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concerning former St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery, known for his gold dice games. What does this mean for the city—and for Montgomery himself? 19:21 SEG 5 Continuing the conversation with James Knowles Tony and James tackle breaking news: Chief Justice John Roberts has given the green light—at least for now—for Trump’s ballroom construction to proceed. They also dive into the heated debate over Flock cameras, questioning whether rebranding them as "security cameras" might ease public concerns or simply mask deeper issues. 34:58 SEG 6 Continuing the conversation with James Knowles FRIDY FUN Friday Fun Time brings a wild batch of bizarre headlines—from polyester turning into the latest insult to the tooth fairy shelling out record cash. FOLLOW TONY - https://x.com/tonycolombotalk 24/7 LIVESTREAM - http://bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTREAMS RUMBLE - https://rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On May 14, the Supreme Court handed down one of the biggest trucking decisions in a generation — and most small carriers still haven't heard about it. Montgomery v. Caribe Transport. Nine to zero. Freight brokers can now be sued in every state in the country for negligently selecting an unsafe motor carrier. The federal shield that protected them for years is gone. Every headline called it a broker problem. Bryan Nelson will tell you the truth — it's about to become your problem. Because when brokers carry that kind of exposure, they don't absorb it. They push it down. Tighter vetting. Deeper background checks on your authority, your scores, your insurance. Rewritten agreements with indemnification language designed to make you hold the bag. Monitoring you've never dealt with before. And carriers with conditional ratings, rough inspection histories, or brand-new authority are about to find doors closing that were open six months ago. Bryan has spent his career on both sides of this table — years as general counsel inside a broker, a motor carrier, and a TMS, and now a partner at a transportation law firm defending trucking companies. He breaks down what the Court actually decided, what brokers are changing right now, the contract language headed for your inbox, and the exact moves that protect your authority, your assets, and your access to freight in the new landscape. Your safety scores just became your sales resume. Your paperwork just became your armor. This episode shows you how to build both. Follow The Long Haul Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dale Earnhardt Jr. sets out to learn more about his father as he sits down with longtime Earnhardt confidant and former MLB catcher Jody Davis. Jody had an MLB-record setting career as the man behind the plate, spending time with the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves before retiring in the early 90s. It was during his time on the Cubs that he'd meet Dale Earnhardt Sr., through a connection with Wrangler Jeans. He'd find himself at the 1986 NASCAR Cup season finale at Atlanta, where coincidently Dale Sr. would win his second championship. The two quickly bonded over their love of the outdoors and made off-season plans in Montgomery, Alabama to go hunting. Dale Jr. and Jody reminisce about Dale Sr.'s competitive and daring nature. They also discuss the time Jody spent on the road with the famed No. 3-team as an over the wall pit crew member. The conversation also covers Jody's career through the minor leagues after being drafted as a freshman in college, his memorable seasons with the Cubs, and his post-playing career as a team manager all over the world. Check out Dirty Mo Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DirtyMoMedia Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
AlabamaUNA now under scrutiny by 2 US House committees re: programs with ties to CCP and ChinaSen. Tuberville not afraid to tell the truth about future of Social Security so that a fix can be foundSoS Wes Allen applauds US Treasury decision that removes red tape for small businesses2 members of a Montgomery funded program to reduce violence have run into trouble with the lawMobile City council approves purchasing 2 drones to be used by cityAmtrak reaches one year mark since launching the Mardi Gras ServiceNationalUS Census Bureau crosschecking effort shows 24K non citizens voted in 2020Trump endorsed Byron Donalds wins GOP primary in Florida governor's raceAn associate of Dr. Fauci during Covid 19 reaches plea deal with Feds for conspiracy to defy Federal Records ActA MN man is sentenced to prison for fraud scheme within Child Nutrition programThe AG for MN wants to extradite an ICE agent for charges after illegal alien is shot during immigration operationsMI sheriff Dar Leaf makes referral to DOJ after discovery of illegal aliens being registered to vote
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The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.In When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (Henry Holt & Co.), award-winning plant biologist Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees—as well as the cotton shrub—are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer. Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research has been focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success. You can find her at her website. Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies
The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.In When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (Henry Holt & Co.), award-winning plant biologist Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees—as well as the cotton shrub—are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer. Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research has been focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success. You can find her at her website. Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.In When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (Henry Holt & Co.), award-winning plant biologist Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees—as well as the cotton shrub—are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer. Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research has been focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success. You can find her at her website. Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Ivy Zelman recently made headlines by saying there is no housing shortage in the U.S. — but here in Greater Philadelphia, the numbers tell a very different story. In this Tom's Take, I break down why national housing headlines can be misleading when you're trying to buy or sell locally. I look at current inventory levels across Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, where supply is growing but remains extremely tight in many of our suburban markets. I also explain why new construction, price point, school district and even township-level data matter more than broad national statistics when determining what's really happening in your market. If you're thinking about buying or selling in the Philadelphia area, make sure you understand the local numbers before making a decision based on a national headline.
The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.In When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (Henry Holt & Co.), award-winning plant biologist Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees—as well as the cotton shrub—are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer. Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research has been focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success. You can find her at her website. Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies
The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.In When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy (Henry Holt & Co.), award-winning plant biologist Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees—as well as the cotton shrub—are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer. Beronda L. Montgomery, PhD, is a writer, researcher, and scholar who pursues a common theme of understanding how individuals perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Her primary laboratory-based research has been focused on the responses of photosynthetic organisms (i.e., plants and cyanobacteria) to external light cues. Additionally, Beronda pursues this theme in the context of effective mentoring and leadership of individuals, and the role of innovative leaders in supporting success. You can find her at her website. Subscribe, like, follow, and rate Additions to the Archive with Sullivan Summer on Instagram, Substack, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history
Reasonable & Ordinary Care: A Broker's Guide to Carrier VettingYou asked for it, so we're delivering! Join me for an exclusive webinar featuring Jeohn Salone Favors, GenLogs' In-House Counsel. In this session, we unpack the pivotal Montgomery decision and Justice Kavanaugh's guidance that brokers “just have to hire carriers that actually have a reasonable policy” and “the broker is not going to have a problem if it's asking the hard questions of the carrier.” Or as I like to describe it: Open the flood gates, but tell the water to flow slowly.Drawing on decades of shared experience, from CIA service through Harvard Law, corporate litigation, and Jeohn's tenure as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeohn will walk us through how these judicial expectations are reshaping broker liability and carrier selection. GenLogs has translated that guidance into the Reasonable & Ordinary Care standard: a rigorous, practical hard questionnaire that systematically evaluates whether a carrier maintains truly reasonable policies. Learn more about the standard right here. Whether you are a broker seeking to strengthen your risk posture, a carrier looking to demonstrate compliance, or an industry stakeholder interested in elevating safety and accountability, this webinar delivers actionable insight into the new baseline for reasonable care, and how GenLogs is making it accessible to everyone.This program is brought to you by DAT Freight & Analytics. Since 1978, DAT has helped truckers & brokers discover more available loads. Whether you're heading home or looking for your next adventure, DAT is building the most trusted marketplace in freight. New users of DAT can save 10% off for the first 12 months by following the link below. Built on the latest technology, DAT One gives you control over every aspect of moving freight, so that you can run your business with speed & efficiency.This program is also brought to you by our newest sponsor, GenLogs. GenLogs is setting a new standard of care for freight intelligence. Book your demo for GenLogs today at www.genlogs.io today!
Your professional expertise could become a scalable asset that generates revenue without requiring more hours from you. In this episode of Sharkpreneur, Seth Greene interviews Justin Montgomery, Founder of The Elite Nurse Practitioner, who shares how he went from working as a nurse practitioner to building cash-based medical practices and an eight-figure online education company. He explains how professionals and entrepreneurs can turn specialized knowledge into continuing education courses, build an audience, and create a scalable marketing engine. Justin also reveals why valuable content, strategic outsourcing, and separating income from personal time are essential to building a business that supports financial and location independence. Key Takeaways:→ Business ownership does not automatically create freedom if the owner must personally deliver the service.→ Cash-based business models provide owners with greater control than those dependent on third-party payers. → Early failures can provide the experience and insight needed to build a successful, repeatable business model.→ Building an audience before launching a course creates a stronger foundation for generating initial sales. → A scalable education business can create financial independence, location flexibility, and a lasting impact on customers and their families. Justin Allan Montgomery is the founder of The Elite Nurse Practitioner, a thriving business he launched in 2019 to teach nurse practitioners unique clinical and business skills, empowering them to start their own practices and break free from traditional work environments. With a background that includes a bachelor's in biology and chemistry, a bachelor's in nursing, and a Master of Science in nursing, Justin scaled his business to 7-figure annual revenue in just three years. By providing valuable content and addressing a major issue in his profession—lack of autonomy and underpayment—he built a scalable online course business that helped him achieve an 8-figure net worth. By working part-time while still seeing patients, he achieved financial independence before age 40, demonstrating the power of automation and passive income. Connect With Justin:Website: https://procoursestart.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574146510784LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/procoursestart/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ProCourseStart
In 1980, Betty and Allan Gore and Candy and Pat Montgomery seemed to have much in common. They were raising young families, active in the same small Methodist church, and navigating the pressures of marriage, careers, and parenthood in the growing suburbs north of Dallas. This three-part series follows the relationships that developed between the two couples, the affair that changed all of their lives, and the investigation and trial that became one of the most talked-about murder cases in Texas history.Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lovemarrykillToday's snack: Texas sheet cake
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TABLE OF CONTENTS, THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW, 8-12-2026Michael Bernstam: Michael Bernstam discusses a critical shortage of refined products such as diesel and gasoline, noting that global supply has dropped by 8.3 million barrels per day. While crude oil is available, refining capacity in the US and Europe has declined for decades. Recent Ukrainian drone strikes have further crippled Russia's refining capabilities, forcing it to import fuel. These disruptions, along with Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, contribute to a daily deficit of 2 million barrels. Bernstam warns that consumers worldwide will face higher energy and food prices indefinitely as a result. (1)Michael Lucchese: Michael Lucchese explores the history and modern return of isolationism within American politics, particularly the Republican Party. He characterizes isolationism as a short-sighted avoidance of global affairs that often coincides with political extremism. Lucchese argues that the West is currently in a civilizational contest against an axis of revisionist powers including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. He critiques recent administrations for showing a lack of civilizational confidence, which he believes has encouraged adversaries to be more aggressive on the world stage. (2)Captain James Fanell: Captain James Fanell reports on China's escalating campaign to annex international waters east of Taiwan. For the first time, Chinese vessels are interrogating ships on the high seas, an outrageous violation of maritime norms. This aggression occurs as the US Navy is severely overstretched, with carrier deployments extending to nine months and the arsenal of democracy being depleted by conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Fanell urges the US and partner navies to conduct joint maneuvers with Taiwan to counter Beijing's comprehensive national power strategy. (3)Mark Clifford: Mark Clifford discusses the ongoing detention of British citizen and entrepreneur Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. While China recently released a Protestant pastor, Xi Jinping reportedly remains determined that Lai, a fervent Catholic and advocate for Western values, will die in prison. Clifford suggests Xi's animosity is personal, rooted in a belief that the survival of the Communist Party is paramount and that any dissent is an existential threat. Despite the UK's new leadership focusing on domestic issues, Clifford hopes the government continues to pressure Beijing for the release of its citizen. (4)Charles Burton: Charles Burton provides insight into the annual Beidaihe retreat, where Chinese leaders meet secretly to decide the party's direction. This year's focus is on a failing domestic economy, including a collapsed housing market and crushing local government debt. Burton notes that Xi Jinping's limited international travel may indicate internal instability. Additionally, the discussion touches on escalating trade tensions between Canada and the US over potential tariffs and disagreements regarding the financing of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge. (5)Peter Huessy: Peter Huessy examines the fragile state of nuclear deterrence as Russia conducts drills for tactical nuclear weapons. He warns that the US is behind the eight ball regarding theater nuclear options, possessing only gravity bombs while Russia maintains thousands of short-range weapons. Huessy fears Putin may use these weapons for blackmail if he perceives a conventional loss in Ukraine. He advocates for the rapid modernization of the US nuclear triad, specifically calling for sea-launched cruise missiles to restore a credible deterrent against reckless adversaries. (6)Cliff May: Cliff May argues that Islamism is not being studied with the rigor that communism once received during the Cold War. He observes that many university Middle East studies departments, funded by foreign interests such as Qatar, have become Islamist adjacent. May highlights a recent Senate hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood where most senators failed to attend, fearing accusations of Islamophobia. This willful determination to ignore history allows the red-green alliance of far-left activists and Islamists to grow, posing a significant threat to democratic values. (7)Admiral Mark Montgomery: Admiral Mark Montgomery details the growing cyber and hybrid warfare cooperation within the axis of aggressors: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. This cooperation often involves criminal actors sharing attack techniques and technology to target critical infrastructure. Montgomery warns of new generation warfare, including terrorist acts, jamming, and disinformation. He specifically points to China's Volt Typhoon program, which has installed malware in US rail, water, and energy systems. Montgomery urges an all-hands-on-deck approach to secure essential systems, as attribution for these ghost-like attacks remains difficult. (8)Simon Constable: Simon Constable reports on rising commodity prices, with Brent crude reaching $89 per barrel and European gas prices surging 18 percent. He discusses the recent change in UK government, where new Prime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to focus almost exclusively on domestic issues. Constable also touches on the results of a longevity quiz, noting that average life expectancy in the US has reached 79 years. Finally, the conversation addresses unusual political rhetoric in Britain regarding the monarchy and the impact of extreme weather and wildfires across Europe. (9)Bob Zimmerman: Bob Zimmerman discusses the progress of commercial space ventures, highlighting Rocket Lab's new contract for its reusable Neutron rocket. He explains how companies such as SpaceX are developing recoverable capsules for in-space manufacturing, including pharmaceuticals. Zimmerman also notes a recent Chinese rocket failure, which was transparently reported only because of local live-streamers. Additionally, India is attempting to transfer control of its spaceports to the private sector to foster competition. Despite opposition from fake environmental activist groups, Zimmerman remains optimistic about the future of private-sector space exploration. (10)One correction applied: the raw had "Vault Typhoon" — the PRC infrastructure intrusion campaign is Volt Typhoon. Also still open from the prior batch: Hu Chunhua and Mohammad Reza Tavakoli.Across both batches, four threads run through nearly every segment.The axis as a working system, not a slogan. Chinese and Russian materiel moving to Iran (Holt), Iranian resupply of the Houthis (Fitton-Brown), Hezbollah's Syrian pipeline (Daoud), and Montgomery's cyber cooperation among all four — the same four capitals appear in Lucchese's civilizational contest and Montgomery's shared attack techniques. The story is no longer four separate adversaries but one logistics and learning network.Pauses as rearmament. Haqqani, Daoud, and Fitton-Brown independently report Iran boasting that ceasefires are for restocking. Sayeh supplies the domestic mirror: executions spike precisely when negotiations are underway. Ben-Ur gives the Gaza version — Hamas distributing rifles while the disarmament deal is being signed. The diplomatic interval is the adversary's production cycle.American absence, and who fills it. Haqqani's "helpless giant," Fitton-Brown's elephant in the room, Fanell's nine-month carrier deployments and depleted arsenal, Huessy's theater nuclear gap, Bernstam's lost refining capacity. Chang and Holt argue the reticence is a gambit; the guests closer to the ground read it as depletion. Haqqani's line is the sharpest: China wins by saying nothing.Xi's brittleness. Collier's $7.7 trillion in hidden bad loans, Burton's Beidaihe meeting on a collapsed housing market and local debt, Xi's shrinking travel schedule, Holt's factional rival. Clifford's Jimmy Lai segment is the same material in personal form — the vindictiveness of a leader who treats any dissent as existential. External aggression from Fanell sits directly on top of internal weakness from Collier and Burton, which is the more interesting juxtaposition than either alone.Two smaller pairings worth an hour break: Bernstam and Constable both on energy and food prices as the civilian bill for all of the above, and Araújo/Peña Esclusa's hemispheric shift as the one segment where the trend runs the other way — Petro out, De la Espriella in, Lula isolated.If you want a running order argument: Collier and Burton to establish the weakness, Fanell and Holt for the aggression it produces, then the Iran arc from Haqqani through Sayeh, with Bernstam and Constable as the price tag.
Admiral Mark Montgomery: Admiral Mark Montgomery details the growing cyber and hybrid warfare cooperation within the axis of aggressors: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. This cooperation often involves criminal actors sharing attack techniques and technology to target critical infrastructure. Montgomery warns of new generation warfare, including terrorist acts, jamming, and disinformation. He specifically points to China's Volt Typhoon program, which has installed malware in US rail, water, and energy systems. Montgomery urges an all-hands-on-deck approach to secure essential systems, as attribution for these ghost-like attacks remains difficult. (8)
This week, in Montgomery, Minnesota, when a man is horribly murdered, while sleeping in his own living room, detectives think someone must've been out to get him. That is, until they start to look at the evidence, and realize that whoever the killer is, they were inside the house. This leads to an unlikely confession, and something even stranger; absolutely zero regrets. As a matter of fact, the killer is happy with what he's done, and is even "relieved"! What will happen to this happy killer??? Along the way, we find out that a "kolacky" sounds delicious, that you can only push people so far, and that buying a loaf of bread is not something that's worth yelling at someone for 2 hours!! New episodes, every Wednesday & Friday nights!! Check us out on VIDEO Wednesday and Friday evenings on Netflix! www.netflix.com/smalltownmurder Donate at patreon.com/crimeinsports or at paypal.com and use our email: crimeinsports@gmail.com Go to shutupandgivememurder.com for all things Small Town Murder, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions! Follow us on... instagram.com/smalltownmurder facebook.com/smalltownpod Also, check out James & Jimmie's other shows, Crime In Sports & Your Stupid Opinions on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!!
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