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The offseason is in FULL SWING, and so are we. West Alabama QB Spencer Arceneaux joins the program to talk about their new Head Coach in Scott Cochran who comes to UWA with some awesome experiences, as well as the 9-2 Tigers taking the next step in 2025. Jack Warren joins the show later on to also break down the new Coach for the Pioneers at Lewis & Clark, along with being the first All-American for the Pioneers in over a decade. Finally, Kobe reacts to some new hires across the D3 landscape at Cortland, Muskingum and Lewis & Clark. TAP IN!Video Chapters:0:00 Episode Overview2:31 Spencer Arceneaux - West Alabama QB22:37 New D3 Head Coaches34:30 Jack Warren - Lewis & Clark DL

Bad college football, like that place in Ypsilanti with the ashtray for a football field. It's Short Time Shots. I'm Jason Bryant.Wilmington's program hasn't been back that long, but the Quakers picked up a competitive 27-26 criteria win over Muskingum in what was decided by the FOURTH criteria. Can you name the fourth criteria without looking it up? Most can't, so don't be down on yourself. It's most near fall points. The teams were tied in wins at five, tied in six-point victories with three each and tied with match points at 33 apiece. So it was Wilmington's 10 nearfall points to Muskingum's seven that was the difference.But when I wrote that first line, it got me digging. Coach Chris Basford is in his second year there and he started last season inheriting a roster of four guys. He ended with six. He's got 20 now and trying to create some type of positive culture there.“This was a total team effort. It was a great win for our young program... the first in 6 years. It was priceless to see the faces of the guys getting their first college win to go along with a team win. They did a great job battling and picking each other up,” said Basford. So when was Wilmington's last official dual win? Best I can find using the internet and all its archives - January 5, 2010 … which was a 25-22 win over Baldwin Wallace, which, was NOT good then.Speaking of Baldwin Wallace, they blanked Heidelberg 51-0 and what was dubbed MUSTACHE MANIA! I don't know what Mustache Mania was, but it didn't really matter what it was for Baldwin Wallace as they had four techs and three falls among their bonus victories. The fastest fall came at 197 pounds from Carter Lloyd, who got the match-ender at 1:50. In case you're wondering, Coach Gibbs' Baldwin Wallace team came into the season ranked third.Zac Stray's major decision at heavyweight completed a large comeback by Otterbein as the Cardinals upended Mount Union 20-18. Otterbein was down 15-3 after four bouts and 15-6 halfway through the dual. North Central beat Carthage 44-3.Saint Vincent's return to competition after 50 years away from the sport came up short as Penn State-Behrend bested the Bearcats 26-17 in Latrobe. The first win in the program's revived history came from 133-pounder Ryan Klingensmith out of Kiski Prep. Behrend's Matthew Caldwell's tech fall at 197 sealed it for the Lions - yes, pretty much all of the Penn State branch campuses are Lions or Nittany Lions or Roaring Lions or Tea Sipping Lions or something. In Division II, Coker edged Emmanuel 21-20 in a Conference Carolinas dual, with Coker heavyweight Hamilton Cooper getting an 8-0 major decision at 285 pounds to give Coker the win. But the win actually didn't come on the extra bonus point. Emmanuel was docked a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct, so instead of the major sending the match to criteria, Coker won outright. And here's the gut-punching kicker - Emmanuel would have won on the third criteria, most match points, 48-47. Uffda.Also in the conference, Newberry beat Emory & Henry 51-6. The Wolves picked up five falls in the victory over the Wasps, who are transitioning from Division III to Division II.McKendree beat Kentucky Wesleyan 42-12. Quincy beat NAIA Missouri Baptist 32-20.In the NAIA, St. Ambrose heavyweight Jeremiah Morris picked up a 6-3 win over Sam Fleming lifted the Bees past host Graceland 18-17. On the women's side, North Central's women also beat Carthage, coming away with a 38-3 win in CCIW action. Fastest fall of the night came at 130 pounds where two-time All-American Amani Jones got the touche in 41 seconds. The Cardinals are 8-0 already to start the season. Missouri Baptist's women beat Quincy 30-14.A metric crap ton of news, much more than this, can be delivered to your inbox daily. Just today, there were 58 stories, ranging from these small college results to international news from India, the IOC and high school Hall of Famers and where are they nows. Get that for free at mattalkonline.com/news, sign up free today. That's as always, delivered by our longtime friends at Resilite.

Cedar Point and Six Flags MergeCedar Fair, the parent company of Cedar Point and Kings Island, is merging with Six Flags Entertainment, the world's largest regional theme park operator. The goal is to create a stronger operating model and enhance revenue and cash flow. The combined company will have a diverse portfolio of assets and intellectual property, providing a wide range of entertainment experiences across 27 parks in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The merged entity will operate under the name Six Flags, with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, and significant operations in Sandusky, Ohio. Richard Zimmerman, Cedar Fair's CEO, will lead the combined company, while Selim Bassoul of Six Flags will serve as executive chairman of the board.Spectrum To Spend 1.25 Billion to Update Services.Spectrum, the cable and internet company, announced a $1.25 billion investment to expand and accelerate services in Ohio. Nearly $750 million will expand Spectrum's fiberoptic network, bringing broadband to over 60 Ohio counties, including unserved areas. The investment, supplemented by nearly $200 million in federal, state, and local grants, aims to provide broadband to approximately 140,000 previously unserved homes and small businesses. Spectrum has already extended broadband to thousands of underserved locations in counties like Tuscarawas, Vinton, Muskingum, and Clinton since June. Despite this initiative, Spectrum has filed a complaint against AEP Ohio, accusing the power company of delaying applications for access to AEP poles for Spectrum wires.Akron Winterblast DetailsDowntown Akron is set to host the WinterBlast festival, featuring the state's largest outdoor ice skating rink. The festival kicks off with the Welcome Santa Holiday Parade on November 24, followed by the Downtown Akron Partnership Tree Lighting Celebration and fireworks. The Huntington Ice Skating Rink will offer ice skating, ice bumper cars, and ice bikes from November 24 through February 19. Skating hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. The rink, temporarily relocated between the State Street bridge and Canal Park Stadium due to construction at Lock 3 park, will charge $3 for those with their own skates and $5 for skate rentals. Rentals for heated igloos and fire pits are also available for a fee. A live Rendition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is coming to the CivicRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical is coming to the Akron Civic Theatre on December 13th at 7:30 PM. Don't miss this holiday classic live on stage! Ticket information.City of Akron Launches Updated WebsiteThe city of Akron has launched its redesigned website at www.AkronOhio.gov. The updated site includes interactive search functionality, quick links to popular pages, translation options in multiple languages, and an accessibility menu. A new 311 platform powered by Rock Solid is introduced for citizen service requests. Mayor Dan Horrigan emphasized the user-friendly interface, enhanced functionality, and modern design to improve resident interaction and provide a streamlined platform.Feedback on the site is welcomed and can be sent to press@akronohio.gov. The site will be continuously improved as feedback comes in. Check the Battery In Your Smoke DetectorWith daylight savings time being last weekend, it's time to check your smoke detector batteries. Don't have a smoke detector? Check out these detectors on Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from...

Geno Ford is a basketball lifer. Practically raised in the gym by his father and legendary Cambridge (Ohio) High School coach Gene Ford, Geno was Ohio's Mr. Basketball in 1993 and went on to an outstanding career at Ohio University. He played briefly overseas before beginning his coaching career. His coaching stops include stints as an assistant at his alma mater, Ohio University, as well as Kent State and Stony Brook. He also served as head coach at Shawnee State, Muskingum and Kent State before logging four years as head coach at Bradley. He was named Mid-American Coach of the Year while at Kent State in 2010 and 2011, both times as a result of the Golden Flashes winning the league championship.  Please enjoy my conversation about Basketball and Life with Geno Ford. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jon-cook0/support

I welcome siblings who are both head coaches of women's collegiate soccer teams. Dani Gunderson is the head women's soccer coach at Muskingum University in New Concord Ohio. Her brother, Jamie Gunderson is the head coach of the Christopher Newport University women's soccer team in Newport News, VA. Our discussion delves into some deeper topics as well as recruiting.SummaryThe conversation covers topics such as favorite teams in the World Cup, empowering young women, representation in the LGBTQ+ community, developing leadership and confidence, assumptions and myths in recruiting, and the transfer experience and finding the right fit. In this conversation, Jamie and Dani Gunderson discuss their experiences as college soccer coaches and offer advice to recruits. They emphasize the importance of doing thorough research and making sure the school is the right fit academically and socially. They also highlight the value of the college experience beyond soccer, such as building lifelong friendships. When evaluating players, they look for those who stand out on the field and demonstrate good character and teamwork. Overall, the Gundersons stress the significance of finding the right balance between athletic and personal development.TakeawaysThe US women's team is a favorite in the World Cup, but England, France, and Australia are also strong contenders.Coaches play a crucial role in empowering young women and helping them develop confidence and leadership skills.The US women's team has been vocal about social issues, including equal pay and LGBTQ+ rights.Creating a supportive and inclusive environment is important in sports programs to help athletes feel valued and confident.In the recruiting process, it is important for athletes to find the best fit for themselves, considering factors such as team culture, coaching staff, and academic programs. Do thorough research and make sure the school is the right fit academically and socially.Consider the value of the college experience beyond soccer, such as building lifelong friendships.Stand out on the field and demonstrate good character and teamwork to catch the attention of coaches.Find the right balance between athletic and personal development.Chapters00:00 Favorite Teams in the World Cup03:06 Empowering Young Women10:12 Representation in the LGBTQ+ Community15:22 Developing Leadership and Confidence22:13 Assumptions and Myths in Recruiting29:28 Identifying Competitiveness in Players42:30 Transfer Experience and Finding the Right Fit46:56 Advice for Recruits49:12 Considerations for Choosing a School52:16 The Value of the College Experience54:44 What Coaches Look for in Players58:30 Closing Remarks

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In this SimpleCoach to Coach Interview I head to Ohio and have a conversation with Corey Kirk, newly appointed Head Men's Coach at Muskingum University. We cover the season and a range of Division III soccer topics. For information on the Men's team, you can find it here https://fightingmuskies.com/sports/msoc/index If you are looking to be recruited, fill out the form here - https://fightingmuskies.com/sports/msoc/recruitform Twitter - @FightingMuskies @MuskieMSoccer @MuskingumUniv Thanks to Coach Kirk for the time and great conversation!  #DefendtheM --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simplecoach/support

At the root of it, data analysis is an attempt to find a pattern within, or correlation between different data points - and from there we can draw insights and conclusions. So join us as we interview Adam Shilling about how he makes a difference in his organization and community with specific decision-making principles, and the relationship to data. With us today is Adam Shilling. Adam currently serves as the CEO of the Buckeye Valley Family YMCA. They serve more than 22,000 individuals from across Licking and Muskingum county and receive more than 30,000 volunteer hours of service each year. Prior to his role as the CEO, Adam helped lead YMCA Operations in Grand Rapids Michigan, and has also worked at YMCA's national headquarters in Chicago, where he was responsible for measuring the impact that YMCAs had in communities. His career with the YMCA started in Pittsburgh, PA, where he was born, raised, and later received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees.   What you'll learn: The Role of Data in business and decision making. And the importance of cleaning, translating, and understanding it. Using personal connections to collect data. Avoiding data for the sake of data. If you're going to do something with it, gather it. If you're not, then don't gather. Disclosures, the importance of accuracy, and data-driven conversations. Connect with Adam and the Buckeye Valley Family YMCA: Adam Shilling | LinkedIn Buckeye Valley Family YMCA | Website Buckeye Valley Family YMCA | Facebook

On today's episode, we have Midwest Top Gun co founder Dan Leff and Muskingum assistant coach Mike Jablonski. Coach Leff is a Long Island native now spear heading the growth of lacrosse in Kansas and Nebraska with his Midwest Top Gun club program. We examined his early days in Kansas, the development of the club program, their approach to tournament selection and recruiting, and his coaching responsibilities for his spring school team Blue Valley Southwest. Coach Jablonski has been at Muskingum since summer 2019. We covered his recruiting philosophy, how the box game has influenced him, and spring goals for Muskingum. Following a playing career at Wheeling Jesuit, he was elevated from graduate assistant to interim head coach which we also discussed. The Lacrosse Playground Podcast Network is presented by Epoch Lacrosse.  Website: https://lacrosseplayground.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaxPlayground Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lacrosseplayground/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LacrossePlayground/ Discount code: PLAYGROUND15 to save 15% on your first order from Rhoback

In this final episode of Muskingum Rising, I sit down with Coach Gunderson on this past season and where the program grows from here. It was wonderful following the team and Coach Gunderson throughout the season! If you are interested in learning more about Muskingum Women's Soccer, you can start here - https://fightingmuskies.com/sports/wsoc/index You can start by filling out the recruiting form here - https://fightingmuskies.com/sports/wsoc/recruitform The MU Fighting Muskies YouTube Page - https://www.youtube.com/@MuskingumUniversity/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/simplecoach/support

Intro, Akron Zips basketball, College Football Playoff preview, Around the Roo, bowl games discussion, and more (1:20-26:06)World Cup Update, UFC 282 recap, notable prelims, and judging errors (26:11-1:00:05)NBA headlines, Cavs week in review, and we answer all your questions from our Twitter page @WZIPSports in Hot Mic (1:00:06-1:22:52)Baker Mayfield's performance on TNF, Browns-Texans recap, Browns-Bengals preview, Week 14 NFL Pick Em's, and more (1:22:54-1:54:33)

The Far Middle episode 81 arrives amidst the holiday season, with Hanukkah and Christmas just around the corner. Someone you wouldn’t want to see around the corner, if you were an NFL wideout in the 50s and 60s, is Hall of Fame cornerback Dick “Night Train” Lane—this Far Middle’s dedication. Nick transitions from trains to rivers and lands at Marietta, Ohio. Marietta, which sits at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, is the setting of this week’s episode as Nick reviews three recent presentations he delivered last week while in southeastern Ohio. The first two talks were delivered to students at Marietta College, followed by a third address to members of the Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley. Listen as Nick reviews the rich history of Marietta before delving into his question-and-answer session with students. “You’re going to be me in 30 years,” Nick explained to the young adults in attendance, telling them to expect twists and turns along their career journeys. Next, Nick summarizes his remarks given to a class on ethical leadership. “The way I approached this opportunity was to talk about baking a cake, and the cake we’re going to bake is how you build ethical leadership within a team, or a company, or an industry,” describes Nick as he walks through the steps and “ingredients” to baking a cake of ethical leadership. “Make your values come alive each and every day through your decision-making.” Finally, Nick looks back on his address to the Economic Roundtable of the Ohio Valley, entitled, “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore. And therein lies the problem.” Nick’s address reviewed six commonsense recommendations to broadly improve American society and our economy, concepts he first offered on The Far Middle in October 2021. Nick asks if we’ve made progress on these proposals this past year, or rather regressed, and then closes by tying them to Milton Friedman.

Intro, Akron Zips basketball, recap Marshall game, preview Muskingum game, Akron Zips football, recap Buffalo game, and more (1:20-32:33)CFB conference championship recap, top 4 teams debate, winners and losers, Around the Roo, reverse NBA power rankings, and more (32:40-59:30)Cavs recent success, FIFA World Cup update, and we answer all of your questions from our Twitter page @WZIPSports in Hot Mic while reacting to the college football playoff selection show (59:37-1:27:21)Browns-Texans preview, expectations of Deshaun Watson, Week 13 NFL Pick Em's, and more (1:27:28-1:53:31)

In this week's episode, we are joined by Craig Holycross, Vance Outdoors Pro Staff Member and Muskingum University Archery Head Coach. We talked about how he started hunting and fishing, how he got his start in competitive archery, and explained the different types of classes. Lastly, we introduced Muskingum University Archery and discussed how he and his team are laying the building blocks for the years to come.Follow Craig:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craig_holycross/Muskingum ArcheryWebsite: https://www.fightingmuskies.com/sports/archery/indexInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/muskie_archery/Watch this episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/PL8L4IkvA5cFOLLOW US HERE:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanceoutdoorsincYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/vanceoutdoorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanceoutdoorsincTwitter: https://twitter.com/vanceoutdoorsWebsite: https://www.vanceoutdoors.com/pursuitpodcast/Email: pursuitpodcast@vanceoutdoors.comJordan Unternaher | www.instagram.com/unternaher/Benjamin Johnson | www.instagram.com/ben_j/

After the end of the Revolutionary War the land north and west of the Ohio River was organized by Congress into the Northwest Territory.  Soon settlers began to move into the eastern part of the territory (the future state of Ohio) and form new towns, including Marietta, at the junction of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers. One of these new settlers was an Irish nobleman, Harman Blennerhassett, who built a fine estate on an island in the Ohio not far from Marietta.  There he entertained the rich and famous, and that, folks, led to his downfall. Today we tell the story of Harmon Blennerhassett's ill-fated venture with a former vice-president, Aaron Burr. You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audacy, Stitcher, TuneIn, Goodpods, Audible, or on your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening and for sharing our stories!

Marietta, Ohio was the first permanent white settlement in 1788 was thought of as the Western frontier of the "Old Northwest".  Founded by early settlers from the Ohio Company, who had received land from the United States after their service in the American Revolution, they were not the first people to call the confluence of the Muskingum and the Ohio home. The large and mysterious mounds that dot the landscape tell the early white settlers that others were here before. Including the 35 foot mound named Conus by those settlers buried their own dead around, where heroes of the American Revolution lie in the shadow of the huge earthwork. Invisible Ground dives into the rich history of this important sacred space by talking with Scott Britton and Wes Clarke from The Castle, a historic home and museum a few blocks away,  and Andrew Weiland from the Hopewell Culture National Historic Park in Chillicothe. Athens, Ohio's poet laureate Wendy McVicker reads from a well-known piece from Daniel Everett, buried here, a poet, writer, and newspaper owner and editor. This episode is sponsored by Just A Jar Design Press in Marietta, Ohio.Invisible Ground Theme: "Rain Spring" by Todd JacopsMusic (in order of sound appearance)Todd Jacops - "Rain Spring"OYO - "My Kind"Keith Hanlon - "Dressed in Red and Yellow"Daniel Bachman - "Long Nights I"Weedghost - "Luxury Umbrella"Weedghost - "Live at The Shire in Yellow Springs 8/15/10"Brian Harnetty - "Tecumseh Lake"Keith Hanlon - "Rushed to Reach the End"Brian Harnetty - "Moonshine Festival"Todd Jacops - "Bath Tub Gin and the Sailors Myth" 

The podcast is back!!Gregg & Mark bring the show back with 2 special guests! Bishop Hartley senior, Muskingum commit Milayna Williams & Brandon Buchanan drop into the studio to discuss sports injuries, enduring the rehab, the mental side of coming back, playing sports through a pandemic, and much more!

In this episode, Brady and I are joined by well-known Jordan Harbeck of Fairmont, discussing the 2020 covid-filled high school basketball season, and reaching to areas on the sides of coaching and some of his involvement with the Dayton Elite AAU program, founded by Muskingum commit Will Homan

Cedrick Smith So the disruptive part for me is the white supremacy, the white supremacy, and the microaggression is the microaggression of outright racism, to be quite honest with you, that I've had to deal with and I think that's what people don't realize is what we're bringing to the workplace before we even hit the door, before we even have to deal with some of the I want to say normal disruptive events that we all have.   INTRO   This is the first in a two-part series about the challenge of working in a world where whiteness is supreme.  And if you don’t know what that means, if that previous sentence put your teeth on edge, then this episode is probably one that you especially need to hear.   My guests are Dr. Cedrick Smith and Tosca Davis, two Black activists, professionals, and, most recently, filmmakers.  Their film, To Be Us, is making the film festival circuit, receiving accolades for telling the stories of Black professionals whose primary disruptive life event is living and working in a world that does not value divergence from the norm of whiteness.  The question that they ask all of their interviewees is, “What is your working while black story.”   I am giving it two episodes not because it is easy listening, but because it is essential listening.  I’ve seen the film; it is both powerful and necessary and I am eager to be a part of exploring the themes in our next two episodes.    We began our interview during election week in November of 2020.  The whole nation was tense, but I was especially struck by the physical uncertainty for Cedric and Tosca in Texas.    - Tosca Davis Friends walked into the apartment building and this white guy said, what are you doing here inward? And, you know, I was like, OK, it's already starting. So regardless of who wins as a black body, there's going to be terrorism stuff. We're going to feel it. So it doesn't have to be physical. I'm always going to be very protective of my body and I'm already conscious of where I am as a black person. I've already been socialized to be conscious of my body at all times, regardless of where I am.   This is Tosca Davis, an activist, mystic, a storyteller, and the co-CEO of To Be Us Productions.  We will hear more from her soon.   - Tosca Davis But as far as feeling safe, I wouldn't say you would find too many black people who are going to feel safe in either.   - Cedrick Smith In fact, back then to that, we already won and family members are still like that, we have text groups that are like, hey, look, if you are by yourself, be very aware where you are. Be very aware of your surroundings. You know, go with somebody, gas your car up in the daytime. These are literal things that we're texting to one another during this time. So, yeah, like Tosca, we don't never feel safe.   This is Dr. Cedrick Smith, he is an activist, an athlete, a writer, a comic book collector, and a physician.  Very much a Renaissance man and a co-CEO of To Be Us Productions.   - Cedrick Smith I just don't think that I was at my country club the other day hitting balls and we have a practice area and there was a guy's house and he's always trying to police. And I put that in quotes, police the practice area.   - Cedrick Smith So every time I come out there, he's always like, hey, you replace the divets? Are you doing it? I'm playing golf since I was seven years old. I'm fifty. And so I'm like, yeah, I'm doing all of that. But he's he's like surveilling and policing. So he he comes out of his house when he's walking toward me. And I was like, OK, who wants to do walking toward me? So I just kind of moved away from it, first of all, because the would not want to be close to him, but he was going to get one of the golf carts.   - Cedrick Smith And I said, I hope not coming out here, police me like you always try to do with people that have the driving race. And I'm not really trying to please you. So that's what you always kind of do when I'm out here just trying to get golf balls. And so we kind of got into it and it ended up this kind of a back and forth ended up with him at some point saying like, well, how to get my gun and shoot you.   - Cedrick Smith It got that elevated, you know, and I mean, so you like, OK, this is you know, I'm just trying to tell you, I don't I don't need you to police me. Let me hit my golf balls and enjoy it. That's why I'm out of here and about. And you leave me alone.   - Liesel Mertes Well, and I imagine that that there's no way that that feels like just an empty threat that is easily passed off, like, you know,   - Cedrick Smith He knew what he was doing. He noticed that. I mean, you know, I don't think he was going to go get a gun and shoot me. I didn't. But again, you know, just the fact that you went there, you know. Right.   - Liesel Mertes Well, and if you're a member of a community where actually that sort of violence is not even an aberration like that, deep in the psyche to be like, yeah, people make threats and that happens to black. Yes.   - Liesel Mertes Well, that's it is it is a nationally happy moment, but I hear in both of your voices a level of concern for physical safety and well-being. That is not part of my experience. And, you know, it feels draining just to live my experience. I cannot imagine having all of those other levels of care on top of that, which is one of the things that we'll be discussing some in today's episode.   As you just heard, Cedric loves to golf.  He plays many sports:  football, basketball, tennis, ping-pong.  He was the QB for the Dallas Carter Cowboys the year before the won the title.  But it is golf that is his passion.    - Cedrick Smith And the thing I love about golf is there's a there's a singularity to it. There's a. Not having to rely on, you know, other teammates, which I enjoy that part of team sports, but in golf it's really about you versus the course, you versus your feelings, your anxieties.   - Cedrick Smith You're feeling the pressure and having to hit a particular shot at a certain time. I tell people all the time there's I happen to have played golf at a very high level. I played college, golf. I was an all-American two times. And I tell people all the time that there, for me, there was no feeling greater than winning a golf tournament.   - Cedrick Smith I don't care if it was with 10 guys or with a tournament where I won out of, you know, 50 to 100 people winning a golf course. There's a there's a habit I get that I can't really explain.   - Cedrick Smith When you look back at all the work that you did to improve, to get better, all the failures you had, where you were in contention and you got third place because you missed a shot here or you mismanaged the last three holes or you couldn't manage your emotions well or you didn't win. The shot was called for. You weren't able to pull it off.   - Cedrick Smith And it's disappointing. And then getting up from that and learning from it and going back out and executing it and winning, there's no feeling like that.   - Cedrick Smith Even the feeling of being in contention, you kind of know where other people are at that level.   - Cedrick Smith And for me, there's just there's just no feeling like it. I cannot explain it. I can explain to people. I just. The joy that it is giving me, the pain is giving me the learning lessons it's given me is just an incredible sport, incredible sport. And I'm glad my dad was able to teach me the teach me the game.   Cedrick hasn’t had much time for golf recently.  He works in preventative health and has been hit hard by COVID.     - Cedrick Smith Early on, we were seeing patients were really, really sick and not knowing exactly what was wrong with them. And so. With that, as a medical director, you're trying to come up with protocols and real time for your staff, you're trying to balance family members who are not quite as aware you as you are with what's going on, telling friends, warning them of what what is to come.   - Cedrick Smith It's been a lot more strenuous in that regard.   Cedrick has also been busy with his activism work and his film-making, which we will hear more about later on in the episode. But I also want to introduce you to Tosca Davis, Cedrick’s co-CEO at To Be Us Productions.    - Liesel Mertes Tosca. What are some things that fill your time right now that give you joy?   - Tosca Davis Oh, thank you for asking that question. I really appreciate that what brings me Joy right now, several things. So first of all, I'm going to be honest, I love watching TV. I love watching movies. I you know, that's my escapism. My belief system is that most people have a drug and my drug of choice is storytelling. And so I like it in the form of, you know, visuals and 3-D. And so that's why I love streaming services and I can watch anything that I want to watch.   - Tosca Davis Sci fi fantasy, romance, rom com and fantasy are my two favorite genres. I was born in the 70s and I grew up on big gesture rom coms.   - Tosca Davis I've even tweeted Tom Hanks and let him know that he ruined my romantic life because I that my life would be that way because I grew up on great rom coms with great soundtracks. And so that is bringing me joy right now. It would bring me joy regardless if there were if there were a pandemic or not.   I just loved TV and film.   - Tosca Davis The other thing that brings me joy is, well, I already talked about that. I love storytelling. So within that I love mythology. So under the umbrella of mythology and storytelling and symbolism, I study astrology. I study tarot. I'm now taking classes to be an herbalist. So, you know, some people may call me strange and I rather love that. I love that moniker. I love to be called strange, but I kind of like to do things that are that are unique.   Tosca is imbued with deep curiosity and an omnivorous intellect.    - Tosca Davis I think I don't really have I don't think I had a problem being strange. I knew that I was strange early on as a child.   - Tosca Davis Even my family has called me strange, but I've never I've never was made to feel bad about that, really. And not that I didn't have. You know, it's not that I have didn't have a you know, I had an upbringing that was a little traumatic, but still, I was never that was never told that I was abnormal or strange.   - Tosca Davis But I knew I was because I knew I had different belief systems and different interests than other children.   - Tosca Davis So, for instance, I when I was when I was smaller as a I guess maybe around eight, nine years old, I want to be an architect. And so I wanted to I spent hours drawing floor plans and reading better homes and gardens and checking out drafting books and mechanical drawing books. No other child was doing it, but nobody told me that I couldn't do it. So I. I don't feel like I was made to feel bad.   - Cedrick Smith And, you know, one of the things Tosca talks about with her being, quote, weird and strange and an open toast is very she the openness that she has is she has this talent of freeing people of of you know, she always talks about. People being given the permission to be who they are or having a belief system that may change, or you may have thought this one time, but hey, if that doesn't fit with your inventory now, when you do your yearly inventory, you can change it.   - Cedrick Smith And that was one of the things with her that I must say with me was very freeing. I mean, there are there are a lot of similarities that we have to go into something that was healing, which is medicine. She did social work. So there are some commonalities there.   - Cedrick Smith But also, I must say, I was inspired by her in regard to how free she was in navigating this world that was very harsh and harmful and very rigid at times.   - Cedrick Smith But her saying that you can do this, you can be this.   - Cedrick Smith If you feel like doing this, you can do it.   - Cedrick Smith You know, so there's a there's a permission quality that she has that is very endearing and and much, much, much appreciated. She has definitely inspired me in so many different ways.   - Cedrick Smith And I couldn't have thought of anyone more to to that I would have enjoyed more than working on this project of creating a film production company that's so out of the blue for both of us,   - Tosca Davis I know that. Thank you, Cedrick. I feel so honored. I appreciate all those words.   Tosca began her studies pursuing architecture.   - Tosca Davis And then I took one psychology class and that changed everything. So everything became about human behavior. And that's when I made it a social work and psychology and became a social worker.   - Tosca Davis And then I'm not a social worker anymore because of what I've learned. As someone who's very intuitive and can be very empathic and sensitive, people like me tend to go into the helping field or the social work field where it will definitely it will wear us out because we feel everything. So because I felt everything, I decided to leave social work, but I still want to help people.   - Tosca Davis So I went into nonprofit and so I worked for the United Way. I work for Children's Aid Society. I work for Planned Parenthood, I work for some major nonprofits and I work for the Sickle Cell Association. And that's where I met Cedrick.   Cedrick was on the board and Tosca was an employee at the Sickle Cell Association.  This was 15 years ago, in 2005.    - Liesel Mertes What were your first impressions of one another?   - Cedrick Smith I guess for me, I was a board member and I just remember Tosca had really big hair. And no, I mean, at that time, I think she had kind of like a reminder there was a movie kind of came from that movie by M. Night Shyamalan with Samuel Jackson as Mr. Glass.   Yeah, I care about my mother and broken or something like that. Yeah, unbreakable. Unbreakable.   - Cedrick Smith And I just remember one day, seeing as I was a board member living across the sea. And the thing that struck me was this kind of like in the movie, Mr. Glass had this kind of like hair that was like their signature and our hair was big in that way. And then from there, I remember, I think at the time I was working on a book. And I didn't have a computer at home here.   Cedrick was co-writing a book with a friend, coming into the office to work.   - Cedrick Smith And so one day, Tosca and I got into a conversation and she said, "Well, Cedrick, what where did you work on the book?"   - Cedrick Smith And I said, I'm working on it at work, on the computer, at work. So why don't you work on another computer work? Because I don't have a computer at home.   - Cedrick Smith And she started laughing and she's like, What do you mean? And what, you don't have a computer at home? And so I was like, no, I don't. I just work on it and, you know, it at the job. And so after hours.   - Cedrick Smith And so she said, no, you should have a computer.   - Cedrick Smith And I said, OK, all right. Well, look, look, you give me the money, I'll go back if you and set it up for you. And that's kind of where. You know, our friendship took off. Got to set it up in my house, and from there we just developed a very good friendship.   Five or six years ago, Cedrick began getting more involved in activism spaces, especially after the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Jordan Baker.  - Cedrick Smith And so with that, I found myself going to various groups, sitting down, listening, being quiet. It doesn't matter that you, a doctor in those kinds of settings, sitting back in the back, being helpful and learning what it's like to advocate, learning what it's like to be organizing people and protesting and what is to come and what is to be expected. Learning from organizers locally of how to have specific asks and executing that and trying to get incremental change in this big system that you're trying to fight and get rectified and change.   - Cedrick Smith But we would find ourselves going to a lot of these black spaces dealing with black issues that was in regard to uplift or liberation or what have you, dealing with police brutality, economic disenfranchisement, whatever the the the oppressive ism was at the time, we were dealing with these things at these meetings and what we came away with many times and not every time, but many times was that the culprit in the room was not addressed.   - Cedrick Smith And so for us, there was this sense of, yes, you're doing the work, but we felt like you can't do the healing.   - Cedrick Smith You can't get to the crux of the issue or to the solution until you have. Gotten to what is the cause and the cause in these situations was. White supremacy, and no one was saying that no one was talking about the actual system that is the culprit.   - Cedrick Smith So with that fast forwarding, one day we're in a car which is driving.   - Cedrick Smith And I just was I think I was going to pick up a trophy from a golf tournament that I just won like the week prior. And course, I wasn't able to play in this particular time because I was injured.   - Cedrick Smith But we were talking I was like, you know, Tosca I'm just I'm just frustrated when I go because I just come back from another incident where it didn't go in on the culprit of the situation.   - Cedrick Smith And I said, I'm just tired of coming away feeling as though we're not dealing with the culprit.   - Cedrick Smith And as we talk back and forth, I said, look, why don't we just start a production company and we'll make films that we want to make to get the message out, that we want to get dealing with the issues that we want to deal with and we're going to go from there.   - Cedrick Smith And that's kind of how it literally started. And so fast forward, we try to come up with a name. As you can imagine, Tosca has many names of trying to name a company and she had astrological names. I was more binary in my head, my approach to coming up with a name. And then I just lean back one day. And I said, you know what? I just want people to understand what it's like to be us.   - Cedrick Smith And I say, just like that. And Tosca looks at me said, and that's it. That's that's the title of the company. And I was like, What do you like to be us? To be US productions?   - Cedrick Smith And we were like, we talked about him a little bit. And it was like, that's it. And then I'm there. Now you're trying to figure out what you want to do with regard to making a film and. We decided to do a walking while black story with stories that are coming from from different storytellers, because we knew that one work is universal to talk, we'll probably get a little later.   - Cedrick Smith She had a personal experience. You had a disruptive experience in our own life in regard to working on Black Story.   - Cedrick Smith And three, we knew that we would be able to find content. The only challenge was what would would we be able to get the people to tell their stories on film?   - Tosca Davis You will be amazed or maybe not. How many people have never been asked to do something? I've never been asked to participate or engage in a project outside of their family or their business or work. But I do believe that when you ask people something, they think about it and they say, well, OK, then no one's ever asked me that before, but Cedrick did a lot of good research and one on one face to face with people.   - Tosca Davis And I would like for him go into how he did that.   - Cedrick Smith I would go to restaurants where I knew that black people frequented. I would go to other black spaces, lounges and hangouts and, you know, odd spaces where black people were with this little literally black book that I had with a pen and sit down and kind of intrude a little bit as much as I could and ask them, hey, you know, I'm doing this research project.   - Cedrick Smith Would you mind if I could talk to you for about five or ten minutes? Many people were receptive, and they would tell their stories. And I would say, you know what, driving while black means, right? And I was like, yeah, oh, yeah, you know, that is that's where you deal with the police brutality and stop by the cops and so forth. One black person doesn't know that. And then I would say, well, what about working while black?   - Cedrick Smith And to a person, you know, if I was talking to a group of four people, three people would immediately say, yes, I do have a story. I know exactly what you're talking about. I do have an experience at work where this happened or that happened.   - Cedrick Smith But invariably, what would also happen, that fourth person who said they didn't have a story, they would say, you know what, after hearing their stories, I do have one. I knew then we were on to something.   - Cedrick Smith I probably have 40 stories literally in this black book that I have where, you know, some of the people are actually in the film. Most of them aren't.   - Cedrick Smith But, you know, from the film and the story us that we got, we were quite pleased and shocked and surprised and amazed by how well they told their stories and just we were humbled and humbled by their stories.   - Cedrick Smith So that's, that's kind of how we got. The people to come in was just basic guerrilla interviewing tactics and going to churches and so forth and just asking people, hey, we're doing this, could you come and tell this on film?   - Liesel Mertes Yeah, and you know, someone who has seen the film, they do tell their stories with. With vulnerability and openness and, and they're you know, they are divergent to an extent, you know, it's they're different manifestations, as you said, of the same theme of feeling silenced and marginalized.   - Liesel Mertes And you are you are both obviously care and tell the story as well. But especially for this, I guess I'd like to ask you both the question that you ask in your film Tosca. What is your working while black story?   - Tosca Davis Well, as as someone said in the film, I have several working well black stories, but the one that stands out the most would be the most recent one, which was a catalyst for the film   I need to interject here as a podcaster.  It is very important to Tosca, to Cedrick, to the very ethos of To Be Us Productions to hold individuals and organizations to account.  Part of this truth-telling is directly naming names.    I believe this is incredibly important…but it also puts me in a potentially legal space as a podcaster.  So, here I am, caught between my resonance and my potential liability.  As a sort of half-measure, I am editing out the names that Tosca said, but I am linking a Facebook post by To Be Us that specifically names both the organization and the individual that are players in Tosca’s working while black story.    Tosca was working for a very well-known, national non-profit that specializes in women’s health (more specificity is available in the link in the show notes).  It was 2014, her last year working there,   Tosca Davis And I was called into the office of my manager, who happens to be the vice president of Human Resources, and she asks me and she shows me screenshots from my Facebook page, my personal Facebook page.   - Tosca Davis And she said, Tosca, just want to make you aware of this. And I want to ask if you you know, if you were OK with taking these down. Somebody reported that they feel if they feel offended by these posts and the post was they the post was about white supremacy and racism, oppression, whiteness.   Tosca was surprised, shocked, especially since the national wing of the organization had just sent her to a training on bias, racism, and white supremacy.  Tosca wondered, was it a volunteer that had reported her?  No, it was a co-worker.  You can find her name and role in the link in the show notes.  This co-worker had taken a screen shot of the post and turned it into the VP of Human Resources.  The co-worker felt offended that Tosca would feel a particular way towards white people.    - Tosca Davis And I immediately told my manager that I was not going to take it down and they were going to deal with it.   The VP of HR wanted to set up a meeting to discuss the incident, which Tosca thought was absurd.    Tosca Davis When it was time to have the conversation. She was treated as though she was the victim and I was the aggressor, as she just really felt offended and she felt like I was being racist and she knows I was being racist.   - Tosca Davis And if we need to be brought up, that they need to have some type of training. And if she is, she knew people who could train us in all kinds of whiteness, all kind of white madness. This is what I call it. And so I quit that day or the next day, I can't remember. But I definitely was not going to stay in an organization that claims to help women, just not black women, especially if you look at the the C Suite, you know, it is all white people except for one black person, one that's not even the stakeholders.   - Tosca Davis That's not the community that they're serving. And none of them were child bearing age. So, again, you're talking about white women who should give up their positions to people who actually like the community. So all of that live to.   - Liesel Mertes Do you use that?   - Liesel Mertes Let me just jump in unison and evocative term white madness. I tell me a little bit more about that because I feel like it it bears unpacking. I feel like there's probably more there.   - Tosca Davis OK, a white madness to me is the is kind of the audacity of white people to feel offended and the performance of it all, because that's what that's what I was getting. I was giving a giving a performance, especially from someone who claimed to be a white feminist. It was is the performance of being outraged and having the audacity to even challenge the whiteness or challenge someone who assumes that they are better than I am, are so that I am not not as knowledgeable as they are.   – Tosca Davis So that they are the norm and I am the person on the outside, so that's how I describe madness, is that it's a performance that I've seen white people do and honestly, more specifically, white women. And I can go into more detail about what I think is white women, because they are trying to move, you know, in a parallel position of white men, white men. Typically, they already have that position. So they don't really do a lot of performing.   - Tosca Davis A lot of their violence comes in in a very silent undercover way. The white women, they tend to be very performative when it comes to their violence towards women, especially toward black folks, especially in the workplace. That makes sense.   - Liesel Mertes Yeah, thank you for taking the time   - Tosca Davis so that so that was my working while black story and I'm especially offended and I wanted to to say for two reasons, again, because this is a nonprofit and non-profits typically get away with this type of violence and trauma toward their black employees.   - Tosca Davis It's I've heard it is been discussed so many times in circles about, about this type of treatment. And personally, I can tell you that I did dabble in for profit and corporate before I worked in oil and gas. I never had any incidents of sexism or racism in that. And this is the Fortune 500 company.   Now, I'm not saying that it didn't happen, is just I didn't experience it. I think the Non-profit is very relaxed. And because they help people, quote unquote, like I said, they get that they can get away with doing these types of things.   - Tosca Davis So that's my working while black story. I still remember it again is one of the reasons why we made the film, because I just didn't want anyone to get away with that anymore.   The stakes felt especially high for Tosca.  From her perspective, this co-worker was out to get her fired.    - Tosca Davis And if you're going to get me fired, that means I'm not going to be to pay my mortgage. I'm not going to be able to eat.   - Tosca Davis I'm not going to pay my car. Note that is a that is a violence and a trauma that black people feel. You are putting my livelihood at risk because you are fragile. So that's why I keep using the words violent and traumatic and terrorism. I'm not trying to be hyperbolic at all. That is exactly how black people feel. We feel terrorized. We feel traumatized. We feel abused when white people feel like they have been offended by something.   - Tosca Davis So that, again, that's the most interesting part is that I literally have left a conference on all of these topics and and dare to post anything on my Facebook page about it. And so that's the white man is right.   - Liesel Mertes And yeah, we I think especially white America, wouldn't we love to think that it could all just be taken care of in a three day conference and then we would never have to talk about it again? Because what you said of the feeling of. It's it's a powerful and can be a powerfully oppressive thing, white discomfort, and I feel like, you know, I I as I continue to grow and avail myself to different stories, I just realized that the unwinding from me will be a lifelong task that I can, you know, either keep pushing to the side or be able to embrace, even as it makes me uncomfortable, because frankly, I mean, it's my discomfort is not on the same level as, you know, someone's livelihood or the safety of their bodies.   - Liesel Mertes And I think that there is especially for for for me as a white viewer of your film, you know, there were places where I was like, I have done something like that. I have been on the other side of perpetrating you know, there is one one guest talked about a dismissiveness towards Black History Month, you know, as far as people were talking. And I thought, oh, like I know as a kid, you know, for whatever mix I was a part of, I talked about like Kwanzaa and why did we have to talk, you know, and like it was Christmas.   - Liesel Mertes And I thought, like, I could see myself in those stories. And and there there is something to seeing the pain that is inflicted. Like it's it can't we cannot continue to imagine that they're just passing comments and feel like I'm just I'm just talking.   - Liesel Mertes And so, yeah, that I think there is there's a powerful thing that white viewers need to see with the spirit of inquiry of where am I in these stories, because there are enough that we will find ourselves there. And it's important.   MUSICAL TRANSITION   I want to take a moment to thank our sponsors.  Our first sponsor is FullStack PEO, a benefits firm that comes alongside entrepreneurs and small businesses, helping them navigate the complex and time-consuming world of benefits choices.  Let FullStack PEO take care of your benefits choices so that you can give attention to running your business.  And, as a side note, I know the crew at FullStack personally and they just a lovely group of people.   We are also sponsored by my company, Handle with Care Consulting.  2020 has been like a train wreck that got hit by a hurricane…and it has been really hard to keep people engaged as they are going through sickness and homeschooling and general uncertainty.  Empathy is THE leadership skill of 2020.  You need it and you can learn it.  Handle with Care Consulting can help.  With keynotes, certificate programs, coaching options, and other creative solutions to meet your needs, let us help you make work a place that people want to come to when life is hard.   MUSICAL TRANSITION    - Liesel Mertes Cedrick, what is your working while black story?   - Cedrick Smith Oh, man. I mean, where do even begin? I mean I mean, yeah, I'm a practicing physician. You know, I've gotten anything from one in particular I talked to said, you know, how many stories are out there? I mean, I could go ad nauseam with that one in particular.   - Cedrick Smith So one day when I'm on medical assistant is crying in the break room and I went over and asked, or it's not something that we're going to sit and just kind of play like it doesn't exist. I'm going to sit down as the medical director and say, hey, look at you, OK, what's going on?   - Cedrick Smith She said, Dr. Smith, I'm tired of this. I'm like, well, what's what's happening is I'm tired of when patients come in and they ask, is it Dr.   - Cedrick Smith White or black? I'm like, OK. And I'm like, well, what what do you like? Well, he's black and then the patient will go, Well, is there a white doctor I can see? Was there another doctor I can see? And so I'm like, OK.   - Cedrick Smith I said, look, I mean, yeah, you're going to get that is excuse me is not the first time that I've experienced racism in the setting of being a doctor who happens to be black, you know, being a black doctor, but seeing the pain on her face, knowing how hard we worked to have the types of ratings that our clinic gets, like, you know, you probably Google Review us were like four point seven out of five.   - Cedrick Smith And we really take very much pride in that. And they know that it comes from all of us working very diligently and hard and making sure that the patient is treated well.   - Cedrick Smith And she, she also mentioned how she notices how when the patients come out from the visit with me, how happy they are, how they end up saying, like, wow, you know, he was really into my diagnosis. He really showed a lot of empathy and care, you know, and even gave me his card and said, like, you can call me 24 hours a day, you have a problem. These are types of things. It's just natural what we do and how we execute our patient care.   And so she see, so this doesn't happen to be a woman.   - Cedrick Smith She happened to see this kind of dichotomy between how they are when they first come in, when they're prejudging to having the actual visit to leaving and seeing this kind of duality of the racism on the front end and then having this wonderful experience with the doctor that they didn't want to see in the first place.   - Cedrick Smith And the only reason that they didn't want to see him was because, well, not knowing that the doctor was he or she knowing that this doctor was black. And so that that and I remember that date. I remember going into the restroom after I talked to her and I remember I cried. I just remember I was like because I didn't realize the kind of the micro trauma that even my staff was going through as they were trying to, quote, protect me or, you know, having to deal with this.   - Cedrick Smith And it just happened to the point for this particular person where, you know, it broke them. They were tired of seeing because they know what they mean to me.   - Cedrick Smith They know how hard we all work and how hard I work to to practice my craft. And so that's one. I mean, I remember being in a room one time, you know, I have my white coat on. Is this, you know, medical director, all the big name, everything. I'm talking to this guy and he I mean, literally for like five minutes, ask him questions about his.   - Cedrick Smith No problem. You know, what medications are you taking? Blah, blah, blah, going through the whole rigmarole. And he looks and says, wait, when is the doctor coming in? And I'm like, Mom, he wasn't blind yet.   - Cedrick Smith Twenty twenty vision. I'm like, I'm the doctor. And he just had this look on his face like, oh, and so I mean, I had one time where this one, this really hurt this, this was all of them hurt.   - Cedrick Smith But this is really painful because it was a child I was seeing a kid came in. The kid must have been three, four maybe, and was with the mother and nothing to get out like a sore throat.   - Cedrick Smith I was reading a chart kid, a little sore throat. So I walk in any time I know children are going to be in the room. I kind of want to come out a little more animation. You know, I'm kind of like big kid at heart. I love seeing children when they come in. I rarely see them in our urgent care setting. They typically take them now to urgent care pediatric locations, not ours. But occasionally I gets on well, anyway, this walk into the room and the little child goes, Mom, there goes a nigga like that.   - Cedrick Smith And and I and it the shock of my face.   - Cedrick Smith As I looked at the mom, I remember I kind of turned to when I said where, you know, trying to be funny, trying to diffuse it, trying to deal with it at the same time. And then the mom just looks at me like I don't know where she got that from.   - Cedrick Smith And so I went through the visit professionally. I saw the patient obviously treated her for her strep throat or otitis or earache.   - Cedrick Smith I'm sorry not to use medical terms or earache and treated, but I just remember going home that day and I just I just cried like a baby. In her I mean, now that was piercing that a three year old or four year old child that was, you know, you know, saying that I've worked all this way hard to get to where I am.   Cedrick Smith And at the end of the day, this is what I was reduced to from a three year old so that I   - Tosca Davis Don't forget about the symbols.   - Cedrick Smith I want to make sure you talk about, you know, when people, you know, undress and you see certain symbols on your body. Oh, yeah.   - Cedrick Smith No, I mean, I've had to see people who come in and have swastikas, you know, on it, just because you know what? I have to do a physical exam. I believe in doing a very thorough physical exam.   - Cedrick Smith We do it a little differently now because of COVID, because the touching and I may see 30 patients a day. We're little more different. If if it really doesn't want me doing a hard exam on this patient. I don't do it now just because we've got to use your stethoscope so many times and clean it off and you can miss something in, you know, transfer corona to somebody else.   Cedrick Smith I'm not going to do that.   - Cedrick Smith But in the normal setting, you know, I'm very thorough about doing examinations and people I've seen that. I remember one guy came in and he had a swastika around his chest. And I remember when he opened his shirt or opened his his gown for me to look at it. And it was like this moment of like he knew I saw it.   - Cedrick Smith You know, he knew you know, he knew that I knew exactly what it was, and it was just that moment of pause where I still had to stay professional.   - Cedrick Smith But, you know, a little bit of me was like, you know, you know, this this joking.    - Cedrick Smith You know, he I mean, I don't want to curse on the show, but, you know, every every bit of me had to be like, I can just put a rating on it or not not work.   - Cedrick Smith He didn't want me to, you know, look at him and take him out behind the building.   - Liesel Mertes Well, and and you one of one of the interviewees was I think at that point he was a doctor, but he was reflecting on his residency and talking about just even the denial of the, the title, like the purposeful way that that was withheld from him. You know, like there they call me by my first name or they'll call me mister. And these these things that, you know, like they're, they're signaling they're signaling something that is profound. And this is this is something I'm asking out of not out of my experience, but out of my intuition.   - Liesel Mertes I feel like the workplace is like it's generally a complex place to display sadness or grief.   - Liesel Mertes Anger oftentimes by white men is acceptable in, you know, even like you're saying, with a cursing, like it's acceptable in certain circumstances. But to be emotionally flooded in a way of anger, sadness, I'm I'm struck that it's it's hard in general. I feel like there are particular unspoken rules as to how black men and women are, quote unquote, allowed to feel angry or sad, like there are some pretty swift penalties or judgments that are placed on them.   - Liesel Mertes I’d love you to speak on that. If that has been your experience and if it has been to expand upon it or feel free to tell me I'm crazy if that hasn't been.   - Tosca Davis Well, yeah, I mean, I think that atrocities like. I was just going to say that, I mean, I know you asked and I know your podcast is specifically about the workplace, but, you know, we've been we've been taught that since birth. I have been very aware that I can't have certain behaviors.   - Tosca Davis I can't express certain feelings. I can't do things that, you know, the dominant white culture is allowed to do out in the open and free. I am in a place where I'm learning all of that. You're learning things because I'm learning things. Black people. You know, I my my plan is to to have full liberation. And so I am unlearning the oppression I'm learning. So I am when I'm loud, I'm loud. You know, as a child, you were told not to be loud or don't act like that in front of the white.   - Tosca Davis Folks don't do that in front of white folk. You know how white people look at you if you do that.   - Liesel Mertes And so, you know, can you tell me a little bit more about that? Just to flesh that out? Like what what were you hearing as a kid? Like, you know, that will get you in trouble?   - Tosca Davis Well, I won't. I'll say from my personal experience, I wouldn't get in trouble. And I and I want to be specific that that was my personal experience. I do know that there were certain families that you did have to act a certain way and you did get in trouble. But it was it was it was always I was always taught to kind of make yourself small.   - Tosca Davis That's what black people do. We make ourselves small so we won't be seen. So we won't be in the way. And then if you're a black woman, is the the, the teaching is supposed to be invisible. Don't be seen. Don't be heard. Make sure your hair is not wow. Which again, I go against everything which said I already told you when he first met me, my hair was big. I work in corporate America as someone with my natural hair.   - Tosca Davis I was one of the very few black women who who actually had the hair grow out of my scalp as the hair that I presented. And that is one of the things that when I was younger, we were taught to relax our hair to make sure that it was not big or not high. So everything all of that we're unlearning as adults. But but getting back to your point that definitely, you know, will bleed into the workplace. I remember reading about this lawyer who was he was he was a lawyer.   - Tosca Davis He was he was a big black bald guy. And just his body alone was intimidating. So he had to make sure that he was not loud, that he did speak. And this is an attorney where you need to be loud. You need to get into people's faces. You need to be aggressive. You need to tell people the law. And he had to make sure that he did not intimidate the white people, make sure that he was a scary to the white people.   - Tosca Davis So my entire life is making sure that I am that seen, that I'm not heard. And so, as as I've gotten older, I have released that. And you're going to get me I'm not going to code switch. And code switching is using a vernacular are using grammar that is more palatable to white people. I typically don't use that either. I talk the way I talk with black people because I'm not good at all. Of this is exhausting.   - Tosca Davis So you may be able to imagine if I have to change my speech, I have to make sure that I'm small and to make sure my hair is straight. I have to make sure all of these things are presentable and palatable to white people. How exhausting that is. So I stopped doing it. I have no longer doing any of that. You're going to get black Tosca and you've got to deal with it.   - Liesel Mertes That sounds exhausting on so many levels.   - Cedrick Smith Yes. And no, yeah, just to piggy back on it, I mean, it's the same way growing up is kind of like you don't really you don't really know how to process it when you're 10 or seven or five.   - Cedrick Smith You just know that it feels different that when we go over someone's house and have to be white folks, that mom was like overly or dad was like overly like, you know, when you get there, you can't do this, but you better sit still.   - Cedrick Smith But it just so it was always this kind of couching being couched in this whiteness.   - Cedrick Smith And in retrospect, you look at it as you're twenty five or thirty or whatever, you start and you start saying, like, man, that was so weird.   - Cedrick Smith You know, I want to be who I was. I could even dream like I want to dream, you know, it was almost like there's only to a certain point. I mean, you talk a lot in your podcast and regard to disruptive events and we all go through them as humans. That loss of a spouse, illness, sickness, whatever the case may be, whatever that disruptive, even the loss of a child or a child with a disability, whatever the case may be.   - Cedrick Smith But when you get the disruptive event in my life and I can speak for me is white supremacy, because when I look back at every stage of my life from being for you, from being in the fourth grade and and our teacher saying, hey, look, let's partner up.   - Cedrick Smith And you're thinking you're going to partner with one of your friends and you just kind of see the guy and and, you know, everybody's kind of grabbing hands.   - Cedrick Smith And then one kid leaves with white kids, says, you, I'm not part up with you. And you're like, wow, you know, we call it together. We do math problems together. And he looks at you and says, I'm not doing it because you're black. And you're sitting there in the fourth grade going what you like. How do you process that then in the seventh grade, you want to you're the best golfer in the junior golf in the area and you live a block away from the country club that you can join, that you can walk to every day and hone your game.   - Cedrick Smith You look in the fence, you see people playing golf and you're happy.   - Cedrick Smith You want to go do that. But you have friends who are members there. And you guys, hey, look, I like to come play the course and they just say, now you can't come play like we play basketball together.   - Cedrick Smith We play football together. We hang out together, going to ride our bikes together. Why can I come over here?   - Cedrick Smith And he looks and he said, what was my father's membership? And, you know, we can't have you there and you're in the seventh grade. You're 12, 13 years old. So again, it's this reboarding again.   - Cedrick Smith And when I'm 18 and when I'm 20, going for this interview, for this job and when I'm this, I get told so it doesn't end. So the disruptive part for me.   - Cedrick Smith Is the white supremacy, the white supremacy, and the microaggression is the microaggression of outright racism, to be quite honest with you, that I've had to deal with and I think that's what people don't realize is what we're bringing to the workplace before we even hit the door, before we even have to deal with some of the I want to say normal disruptive events that we all have.   - Cedrick Smith I have to deal with how my blackness is is is viewed. I have to make myself smile.   - Cedrick Smith I'm 6’4. I have to be a pretty good-looking guy, you know. But I do remember times where I had to make myself smile or my passion for a project or my passion for defending my workers and trying to get them raises or whatever the case may be, is seen not as being impassioned, but being angry.   - Cedrick Smith And being written up for that, do you like wait a minute, I mean, I've written up because, you know, you all did this to this coworker of mine and I'm just kind of fighting for them to get what they just deserve, being a part of an elite center, being a part of a team that does excellent work.   - Cedrick Smith So it's those types of instances I did a I did a presentation, I went to a conference, I saw the conference, I said, you know what? I'm sitting on the ice. And like, I can I can do a presentation here. If they're doing presentations like this, I know I can do one.   - Cedrick Smith So the following year, I want to do a presentation that happened to be on bias and happened to be on how to connect better with patients kind of using some of the tools that I use to help the other doctors understand, hey, this is how you can make your bottom line better by, you know, being more sticky with your patients, if you will, making them want to come back and being your marketing tool for you as they go out and tell how you need to go see Dr.   - Cedrick Smith Smith or go see Dr. Johnson, because they do this, this, this and this.   - Cedrick Smith Well, they put me on at five o'clock, which is the last presentation. And I said, OK, that's fine. I'm still going to do a great presentation. I end up doing a great presentation. No one left typically. Do you know about these conferences? People, if you've got a presentation at five o'clock, people are trying to run out the door, do the presentation when all of the the ratings come out. My presentation was rated number one at the highest ratings of all the presentations.   - Cedrick Smith So, after that, they had like a no excuse me. They after that they had a like a a gathering of all the doctors who presented and kind of like a social hour, happy hour type deal with drinks and so forth, little light bites. And when it the first thing when I walk in, one of the people were at the thing that was kind of over. It was kind of like, oh, here's the shining star, here's the Mister Presenter.   - Cedrick Smith But it was done in a very reductive manner. It was done with the sarcasm. Not like you really did a great job. That was awesome what you did. It was this kind of backhanded.   - Cedrick Smith You can't give me all the love that I know you would have given had Muskingum and white and I was blond hair and blue eyes and looked good. As I look. I know I wouldn't like all the star. No. And I was also told, hey, when you get back to your region, I want you to do that presentation in your region.   - Cedrick Smith Do you think I ever did that presentation? Do you think the guy that was over me let me do the presentation? He never did.   - Cedrick Smith He never did.   - Cedrick Smith And those are the types of things. That's the exhaustion. That's where you just sit back and go, hey, man, you know, what do I have to do?   - Cedrick Smith You know, how do I get rid of this this this being less than. And so it's a good thing, and that's what you see in the film   MUSICAL TRANSITION   This is the part of the show where I offer three key takeaways from the conversation.  And I’m still going to do that, but I want to remind you that this is just the first of a two-part series on working while black.  In our net episode, Cedric and Tosca will go deeper into the stories of the film, pulling back the layers on the many levels of exclusion that Black Americans face daily in the workplace. You can find out more about their film, the production company, and the details of Tosca’s story in the show notes.    Here are three key takeaways from my conversation with Cedric and Tosca… There is power to just listening to someone’s story.That is what empathy is all about, giving another person’s story weight and space.  The stories that Cedrick and Tosca are telling are not what I daily experience in the workplace of America.  Which means that it is even more important that I listen carefully, without judgment and “what-abouts?” and second guessing.  If you are White, be aware of what was going on in you as a listener.  What sort of responses or defensive postures were coming out in you?  Full disclosure, they were happening in me too.  This is because we don’t like to hear that the world is not how we want it to be.  The next question, for me and for other White listeners, is to ask where these messages might originate from? The marginalization of Black Americans is not a one-off that just happens every now and then.As I listen to Cedrick and Tosca and the many, many participants in the To Be Us documentary, I hear how much of their life experience has been marked by the long shadow of normative whiteness.  The pain is deep and real.  And, as I mentioned in the interview, if you are White, you have contributed to the problem.  I have been dismissive of Kwanzaa.  I remember dancing with a really handsome Black boy at a party and asking him, “So, you must be good at football.  Aren’t all of you good at football?”  These microaggressions create a cumulative weight. If you are Black and listening to this episode, I hope that there is a heightened sense of community.  One of Cedrick and Tosca’s aims is to let Black people know that they are not alone and that they are not crazy.  Their film captures this ethos powerfully and I look forward to sharing more of it with you next week in Part 2 of this series on Working While Black. OUTRO   For more info on Tosca’s Working While Black Story:  https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=1052380424956777&story_fbid=1460604034134412   Learn more about To Be Us Productions:  https://www.tobeusproductions.com/  

Episode 5- Join Host Kristy Burns as she talks with Kelly Ashby, Director of the Zanesville-Muskingum County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Listen as Kristy and Kelly talk about great ways to Explore Muskingum County, their tourism perspective of the Coronavirus effects, upcoming Christmas Events, and easy to apply tips for Economic Development! For more great information, tips, and favorite finds in Zanesville- Muskingum County Click Here! Season 1 with 10 Episodes and Bonus Episodes launched on October 14th, and will post a new episode every Wednesday. If you would like to receive My Town's Podcast and Articles about Small Towns in your email, Click Here to Sign Up for our Newsletter. Season 2 will begin March 17th, 2021. If you would like to be a guest or sponsor of the show to showcase your small town or experience, email us at: podcast@mytowntravels.com If you would like to receive My Town's Podcast and Articles about Small Towns in your email, Click Here to Sign Up for our Newsletter. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mytowntravels/support

Travis Schwab is entering his 6th year as the head men’s basketball coach at Muskingum University. Schwab coached Marcus Dempsey who was named the Academic All-American of the Year for Division III men's basketball in 2019-2020 and was a two-time Academic All-American (First Team 2019-20, Third Team 2017-18) Schwab arrived at Muskingum after a highly successful eight-year tenure at Wittenberg University. Under Schwab’s tutelage, numerous Tiger student-athletes were honored with All-NCAC accolades. Prior to Wittenberg, Schwab was assistant men’s basketball coach at Kenyon College during the 2006-07 campaign. He helped lead the Lords to double-digit wins for the first time in more than a decade and developed multiple student-athletes who were recognized with All-NCAC honors. Schwab started his collegiate coaching career at Heidelberg University as a graduate assistant coach from 2004-06. Schwab, a 2004 Ohio Wesleyan University graduate, is one of only two only players in NCAC history to be selected first-team all-conference four consecutive years during his career in the Ohio Wesleyan program. Following his senior season, Schwab was named to the prestigious National Association of Basketball Coaches All-America Team. Schwab's 1,985 career points rank second on the Ohio Wesleyan career scoring list and third on the NCAC's all-time list. He also holds the NCAC Tournament record for points in a game with 40 against Wooster in the 2004 semifinals. Don’t miss our free Hoop Heads Pod Webinar Series on Thursday nights at 9 pm EST.  If you miss a live webinar you can buy lifetime access to any of our previous webinars for $4.99 on the Hoop Heads Pod website.  If you’re focused on improving your coaching and your team, we’ve got you covered! Visit https://hoopheadspod.com/webinars/ (hoopheadspod.com/webinars) to get registered.  Make sure you check out our new Hoop Heads Pod Network of shows including https://thrive-with-trevor-huff.captivate.fm/listen (Thrive with Trevor Huffman) , https://beyond-the-ball.captivate.fm/listen (Beyond the Ball), https://coachmayscom.captivate.fm/listen (The CoachMays.com Podcast), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/players-court/id1528381758 (Player’s Court), https://bleachers-boards.captivate.fm (Bleachers & Boards) and our team focused NBA Podcasts:  https://cavalier-central.captivate.fm/listen (Cavalier Central), https://grizz-n-grind.captivate.fm (Grizz n Grind), https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knuck-if-you-buck/id1528874607 (Knuck if you Buck), https://305-culture.captivate.fm/ (The 305 Culture Miami Heat Podcast) and coming soon Blazing the Path.  We’re looking for more NBA podcasters interested in hosting their own show centered on a particular team.  Shoot an email to info@hoopheadspod.com if you’re interested in learning more and bringing your talent to our network. Grab your notebook and take some notes as you listen to this episode with Travis Schwab, Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. Website - https://www.fightingmuskies.com/sports/mbkb/index (https://www.fightingmuskies.com/sports/mbkb/index) Email - tschwab@muskingum.edu Twitter - https://twitter.com/Coach_Schwab (@Coach_Schwab) https://twitter.com/MuskingumHoops (@MuskingumHoops) Support this podcast

Sean Strickland is the associate head coach of the Muskingum women's basketball program.  Strickland was previously at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. In his seven years as the leader of the men's program, Strickland coached 12 All-AMCC performers, including an AMCC Conference Player of the Year and an AMCC Newcomer of the Year. Off the court, his Bobcats earned 22 AMCC Academic All-Conference Team awards and attained the highest team GPA in men's basketball program history. Strickland also coached seven of the 12 1,000-point scorers in school history. Strickland's 2015-16 team is the most decorated team in the history of the Pitt-Greensburg Men's basketball program. Strickland's college coaching career started at Baldwin Wallace University where he served as the top assistant women's basketball coach and head women's golf coach. Strickland was a member of the men's basketball team at Penn State Beaver from 1989-91. He scored over 1,000 points in his two seasons at PSB.  Strickland owns Strick Hoops, LLC which runs camps, clinics, and does skills training for players in the area.  It was great having Sean on to give insight on finding balance, getting recruited, and talking wings!!! Coach we appreciate you!!! Twitter - https://twitter.com/coach__strick (@Coach__Strick)

Kim Kroh, executive director of the American Red Cross of Heartland, Stark and Muskingum Lakes is joined by disaster program manager Tim Reichel and volunteers Tom Johnson, Dan Best and Brook Harless, who tells a compelling story about the reason she became a Red Cross volunteer.

GrassRoot Ohio host Carolyn Harding with Charlotte Owens, Alaina Swope and Katie O'Neil, SE Ohio progressive women candidates Running to WIN. Charlotte Owens is the Democrat running for Ohio House District 78, which includes all or part of 6 counties extending from Circleville to South Zanesville. In order to serve the people, and not big money, she's pushing for an end to the corruption under Republican leadership at the state level. She supports and will work for workers, families and small businesses to survive the pandemic. She stands for affordable access to healthcare, supporting and improving public education, and bridging the digital divide. www.owensforoh78.com Katie O'Neil is grateful to be the democratic candidate for Ohio House District 94 on the centennial year of the 19th Amendment to our United States constitution. She has a bachelor of history and the environment, master of energy regulation and law, and juris doctor of law. She is dedicated to a plan that creates 100% renewable energy, economic sustainability, restorative justice and a clean and healthy environment. She was raised in a public service family in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and believes that you help those in need, care for those who are sick, and work for the greater good with integrity. “My family always believed that once I moved to Athens, Ohio I would stay for a lifetime and they were right.” www.ohiohouseoneill.com Alaina Swope is a working-class progressive running for State Representative in OH-97. She is a published researcher, organizer, and educator and she's running to give this seat back to the people of Muskingum & Guernsey counties. For decades, her district has been represented by men who are completely out of touch with the people and it shows. The 97th is facing an affordable housing crisis, they haven't seen any economic growth in decades, and a third of the people are living in poverty. When elected, Alaina will fight for higher wages, affordable housing for all, and campaign finance reform. www.Swope2020.com. GrassRoot Ohio w/ Carolyn Harding - Conversations with every-day people, working on important issues here in Columbus and all around Ohio! There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back! Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org We now air on Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station. Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cinublue/featured?view_as=subscriber Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8

I was a Poli-Sci and History major in college. My senior year, I made the decision to obtain a teaching certificate. I wasn’t certain what I was going to do, so I decided that I could teach a few years while I sorted it out. One of my first Education classes was Audio Visual Resources. We learned such mystical skills as using a laminator, threading a movie projector, producing copies on a mimeograph machine, and manipulating a film strip. Even at the time, these technologies seemed dated. I couldn’t believe that I was paying tuition for this. That was an easy A. I had other Education classes that were relevant and challenging, but I secured my teaching certificate without too much sweat and promptly forgot about my preparation experiences once I got my first teaching job. Many educators have similar stories. I’ve heard many a colleague describe their teacher preparation majors as a series of irrelevant hopes that they had to jump through. And this, dear reader, is where Dr. Traci Tuttle makes a dramatic entrance. Traci is the Education Department Chair at Muskingum University. Traci totally understands frustrations with educator preparation programs. She experienced them too. Consequently, she's highly motivated to create a different experience for the Education majors at Muskingum. In this episode she talks about this some, but what really motivates her is her objective to foster partnerships with K-12 educators. I believe she gets this because she spent many years as a K-12 teacher.You’re going to enjoy this convo and hopefully it will inspire you to seek out a partnership with an institution of higher learning.

Episode 105: Brody Hahn, a 3-year starting quarterback for Episode 105: Brody Hahn, a 3-year starting quarterback for Muskingum University, has decided to transfer to Ohio Northern University for his senior season. He joins the show to discuss why it was in his best interest to continue his football career elsewhere and why ONU was the best fit for him to make an impact in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Great conversation! Enjoy, and thanks for listening!

Well, for at least the next 2 weeks, I’m forced to teach my class in a virtual fashion. All teachers in the great state of Ohio are in the same boat. A few years back, Columbus State Community College commissioned me to create an online version of one of their history classes. It was a tremendous learning experience. When I embarked on that journey, I kept reciting a mantra, Make lessons impactful and engaging. I was able to achieve this throughout the creation process and it’s guiding my efforts over the next few weeks. I learned last week that Muskingum, like all higher ed institutions in Ohio, would be closed until the end of March. My experience creating online content gave me a dose of confidence that I could weather this storm. In this episode, I’ll share my template. This template is grounded in Bloom’s Taxonomy and you can use it every week until the crisis eases and we get back to normal.

It’s #GivingTuesday and I want to implore you to consider contributing the the Mat Talk Podcast Network. This is more than just podcasts. This show, Short Time Shots, is just a glimpse at what type of news I provide, for free, to the wrestling community at an almost daily basis. Why almost daily? I’ve got a wife and kids, too.  At the end of each episode, I normally make a plug about contributing. This show and the daily wrestling newsletter is a value for value model. If you find it of value and worthwhile to you, consider making a one-time or small monthly contribution to what you think this is worth to you. If you like it just fine and feel like you’re spending enough on wrestling subscriptions and online offerings, that’s absolutely fine. If you think this is actually worth something more than your time, hey, give that a shot too. You can modify your contribution at any time. Go to mattalkonline.com/contribute to see the various ways you can help out. I’ve got a staff of 10 - fingers. Thanks to Pat Fitzgerald, Trent Kroll, John McCarty and Craig Scharer for their contributions this Tuesday.  That’s it for the sales pitch, because THIS is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily recap of the scores and more in and around the world of wrestling, I’m Jason Bryant and in the morning, I’m off to Canuckistan! I mean, Canada. In case you’re wondering, yes, I’m announcing the Canadian Olympic Trials. Yes, they hold them in December. They’re in Niagara Falls, which is actually SOUTH of where I live. Why do they set the team so early? Well, I’ll have an investigative, expose, The World In Crisis. Double gold star if you catch THAT reference.  Dual Meets:  I’d say Mount Union was pretty pumped up about their win on Tuesday. The Purple Raiders social media accounts quickly tagged me on Twitter (@jasonmbryant) to let me know No. 6 Mount Union beat No. 7 Baldwin Wallace 31-9 in the Yellowjackets own gym. Mount Union head coach Josh Malave with quite the conundrum, having to X out the M in Mount Union’s name all week. The only matchup of ranked foes saw Jordin James, ranked No. 1 at 141 for Mount Union, beat No. 9 Charlie Nash 11-4. Lenny Reich shout out as well! Elsewhere in the Ohio Athletic Conference, No. 21 John Carroll picked up its first shutout in three years, topping the Fighting Muskies of Muskingum 43-0. Fastest fall of the night came at 165, where Canton, Ohio native Luke Reicosky picked up six in 64 seconds.  Otterbein improved to 5-2 on the season after beating Ohio Northern 30-15. Top-ranked Drew Kasper picked up another W at 285 for the Cardinals, improving to 14-0 on the season and registering his sixth fall of the year.  And while I’d like to give Mount Union the graphic on Twitter and Instagram, that honor goes to Division II Kentucky Wesleyan. The Panthers won its first dual in school history, topping NAIA Midway 26-19 in Midway, Kentucky. Last year, Kentucky Wesleyan went 0-10 in its maiden season. Kairus Washington’s fall at 285 sealed the deal.  Sticking with some Division II action, Indianapolis shutout Urbana 48-0.  In the NAIA, Williams Baptist beat Hannibal-LaGrange 39-15. Anyone get ZZ Top stuck in their head anytime they hear the name Hannibal-LaGrange? No? The Eagles picked up five falls in the American Midwest Conference win.  In an odd scheduling note, there were two women’s duals initially scheduled on Tuesday, but the North Central-UW-Stevens Point dual was moved to February 18, and the Emmanuel-McKendree dual was canceled. Which can be spelled with one L or two. Cancelled. See. I didn’t get a red underline when I typed it, but you … can’t actually see that.  Notables on the Docket: Division II Lander will host its first dual in school history as the Bearcats welcome another first-year program, fellow Division II member and conference mate Mount Olive. Mount Olive won its first dual as a program last week - this is the first time Lander is stepping on the mat for a dual, ever. Kentucky Wesleyan will try to win two in a row as they visit NAIA Thomas More. There will be no more Elisabeth Shue references. Well, there might be.  In Division III, we have a five duals involving teams from D3 and all five of them are in-state battles. Pitt-Bradford faces Thiel, Southern Virginia faces the new NJCAA program at Southwest Virginia Community College, Fontbonne takes on Westminster, NAIA Lincoln faces Millikin and UW-Stevens Point faces UW-Platteville.  The NAIA mostly follows suit, as Truett McConnell faces Life, Central Christian takes on Ottawa and Arizona Christian faces Embry-Riddle. Grand View and Baker gotta screw it all up by being from different states.  Fontbonne and Westminster are scheduled to go there on the women’s side as well, while Saint Mary (Kan.) heads to wrestle Missouri Valley.  FROM THE DWN: The University of Iowa announced on Tuesday that four-time All-American Brandon Sorensen has begun undergoing treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. There are numerous outlets with information on this, including the Daily Iowan, Trackwrestling, The Cedar Rapids Gazette, the Quad City Times … after this kind of news, there really isn’t much I want to promote here today. Thoughts are with Sorensen, his family and the entire Iowa wrestling family.  The only good news really coming from Iowa today was the Hawkeyes did come in as a unanimous No. 1 in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Slight movement, nothing major.  No major changes in the NJCAA Team Rankings as Western Wyoming is still No. 1 there.  From the Asbury Park Press, Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale gives a mighty endorsement for the football program bringing back Greg Schiano as head football coach. Apparently, Goodale was a pretty good tosser of the pigskin back in high school. Not quite like Uncle Rico, but good.  Cuban Olympic medalist Alexis Vila was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in arranging a murder. Yikes.  Cronkite News, which we’ve discussed on the show before, drops another solid wrestling piece, this time Sarah Farrell profiles Marlee Smith, the lone woman on the Arizona State wrestling team. There’s even a quote from your sometimes-humble host, that’s me.  The Cuban Greco-Roman wrestling team is leaving Iran, according to the Mehr News Agency. The Cubans were training in the run up to the Greco-Roman World Cup, which was postponed by United World Wrestling last week. The Iranian contingent is adamant they will put on the event, passing off alleged safety concerns in the country.  This was posted yesterday, but since there was no Shots, I repeat such info here. The Japan News reports that four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho has not entered the All Japan Championships set for this weekend, effectively ending her chances at winning an unprecedented fifth Olympic wrestling gold medal. She’s the only human being who has ever walked the planet to win four Olympic gold medals in wrestling.  On The Network Kyle Klingman and Andy Hamilton go On The Mat with the Director of Wrestling and the head men’s wrestling coach at Presbyterian College, Mark Cody.  WarUP on The WPIAL with Jeff Upson and Greg Warnock chat about things related to Waynesburg Central in Western Pennsylvania.  Keep an eye out for a new show coming this week on the network called State of Wrestling. It’ll be an organizational podcast coming from the NWCA. I’ll host it and the first guest will be NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer. Little background on the organization and some insight on what’s happening to grow the sport there.  You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. 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Remember, you’ve always got time, for Short Time.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS (Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device).   Short Time Episode 582 - December 3, 2019

[powerpress] I’m Jason Bryant, and this is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily look at the scores and more from around the world of wrestling. My wife’s asleep, so I’m doing something different and recording this using the Backpack app on my phone. I’m standing in my 44-degree garage. And of course, this is now the second time I’m recording it, since stupid me tested it, changed a setting, but didn’t re-test it. So now I’m back in the garage. This isn’t my initial script, so screw it.  Dual Meets:  As noted in the Monday episode, there was a dose of Division III wrestling in Ohio where No. 4 Mount Union beat Muskingum 54-0, highlighted by seven falls from the Purple Raiders, including a 10-second fall from returning All-American and top-ranked Antwon Pugh. No. 1 Jordin James, last year’s national champion at 133, picked up one of the other six falls. John Carroll beat Heidelberg 25-15, No. 9 Baldwin Wallace beat Ohio Northern 28-6 and No. 15 Otterbein beat Wilmington 53-0. Of note with Wilmington, this is the second year the team has been active since reinstatement, but with no home duals last year with an abbreviated schedule, Tuesday was the first home dual in seven years for the Fighting Quakers - yes, I say again, Fighting Quakers. All-American heavyweight and top-ranked Drew Kasper had a fall in 94 seconds there for Otterbein. In the NAIA, Baker beat Graceland 32-12. Returning national champion Lucas Lovvorn picked up a major decision at 174 pounds over Brennan Swafford of Graceland. Lovvorn was No. 1 in the preseason at 174, while Swafford was No. 2 at 165 in the NAIA preseason rankings.  GET A FREE MONTH OF PODCAST HOSTING WITH LIBSYN There are approximately 66 active wrestling podcasts out there, with 20 of them on the Mat Talk Podcast Network. I get asked all the time about what people need to start a podcast. One of the most important things is a podcast host. I firmly believe in quality comes at a cost and with Libsyn, my podcast host of choice, that cost is super affordable. Sign up for Libsyn, at L-I-B-S-Y-N.com and use the promo code MTO to get your first month of podcast hosting for free when you sign up. That means you get the rest of THIS month and NEXT month free. They’ve got plans as affordable as $5 a month. They’ve been the backbone of this network and if you don’t reach out to me for technical advice, at least hear me on this one – Libsyn.com, use promo code MTO and get your free month (and a half!) TAKEDOWN CANCER It's time again to think about hosting a TakeDown Cancer event at one of your home meets, tournaments or youth events. TakeDown Cancer raises money for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund where over 91 percent of all money goes directly to research doctors and other cancer related projects. TakeDown Cancer is an all volunteer group with no paid salaries. TakeDown Cancer has raised almost $250,000. Please consider hosting an event. Go to www.takedowncancer.org for information or contact Mark Neu at mneu@shakopee.k12.mn.usLet’s TakeDown Cancer! - No one fights alone! Notables on the Docket for November 20: No Division I duals on Wednesday, but here’s some of the things I’ll be watching. In Division III, Wartburg hosts Simpson, while UW-La Crosse will face UW-Eau Claire and UW-Platteville will face UW-Whitewater. In Division II, it’s a PSAC tilt with Millersville heading northeast on Route 222 to face Kutztown, passing a few places in Ephrata where I used to throw darts. St. Cloud State opens up the Northern Sun slate by hosting Southwest Minnesota State. In the NAIA, Briar Cliff heads to Northwestern (Iowa), while on the women’s side, Texas Wesleyan heads north to face Oklahoma City.  FROM THE DWN: As teased on Monday’s episode, there were some major shake-ups in the NWCA Division I Coaches Poll. Virginia Tech moved up to No. 4, tied with Wisconsin, while ironically, Lehigh is now tied at No. 7 with Oklahoma State, the same squad they beat by criteria on Saturday. I mean, it was a tie-breaker that decided it, right? Rider also entered at No. 20, while three teams who beat ranked teams - Stanford, Illinois and Michigan State, were just outside the rankings this week. As far as the individual rankings go, each site puts them out Monday or Tuesday. As I said last week, those individual rankings won’t be linked in the newsletter because some sites put them behind paywalls, while others update the same page weekly, which makes for sharing links difficult because it thinks its a repeat. Whatever. That’s one shortcoming I can’t quite overcome here. I’m going to share them all, or I’m going to share none. Gotta keep it fair, right? Bo Nickal’s going to do some grappling thing. I’m not much of a grappling guy, so take of it what you will.  Five Point Move tells you what you need to know about Nolan Baker. And this is something you need to know.  Nick Forrester talks with Kyle Snyder about his move to the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club in a feature on TeamUSA.org. Nick’s been covering the Olympic beat for a while at a few different places.  Division III Adrian College brought wrestling back a couple of seasons ago. Now the Bulldogs will honor the school’s winningest wrestling coach on November 21 against Manchester. Check out the information on Paul MacDonald Night.  PA Power Wrestling released its annual Top Incoming Freshman report. Why is this relevant? Well, PA is the best high school wrestling state in the country, so when there’s hammer freshmen in the Keystone State, you’re going to hear about them. Yes, I said PA is the best high school wrestling state - don’t @ me.  You want some serious don’t @ me stuff? Read Kyle Klingman’s piece focusing on Terry Steiner and why he believes the U.S. should embrace freestyle over folkstyle.  Inside CO Wrestling features Fort Collins in Episode 21 of the site’s Border to Border series.  I typically don’t even acknowledge the existence of Barstool Sports, but former Kent State wrestler Kyle Bauer has been on their staff for over a year and he has put out his something-another All-cauliflower ear team. One guy who made the squad was Dalton Robertson, the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week. You’ll want to go to the show notes and click on the link of Mr. Robertson. The name … is Dalton.  USA Wrestling announced that Loves Park, Illinois will be the host of the 16U National Duals, aka the Cadet Duals. Where is Loves Park? I had to Google it. It’s just outside of Rockford. Ok then.  InterMat’s Craig Sesker wrote a feature on Luke Pletcher.  On The Network On The Mat talks with Wisconsin coach Chris Bono, but there’s a pretty cool discussion with Doug Waggoner, the man behind QuantWrestling, a new wrestling analytics site trying to provide stats and analysis based on actual performance data. Bono is entertaining as always.  The ODU Monarch Matcast revisits ODU’s loss at No. 9 NC State last weekend. Coach Daryl Thomas believes the match was closer than the score indicated. ODU is one of the charter schools on the network, as is Virginia Tech, which I record on Wednesday.  You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. Sign up for free at mattalkonline.com/news and get the day’s top wrestling stories from around the world delivered to your inbox for free every single morning.  The Mat Talk Online Daily Newsletter is sponsored by Resilite.  If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research. You can support this program and the Network by making a small monthly contribution or one-time donation by going to mattalkonline.com/jointheteam.  Venmo, PayPal, Buymeacoffee.com or Patreon, but here’s the perk with a monthly Patreon contribution - you get the cool perks like branded shirts, glasses, hats, digital preview guides, shout outs on the show and even a chance to be on Short Time!  The Short Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly outfitted by Compound Sportswear. Remember, you’ve always got time, for Short Time.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS (Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device). Short Time Episode 547 - November 19, 2019

It was Monday. It didn’t snow. That’s all you need to know. This is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily look back at the scores and more from the world of wrestling, I’m Jason Bryant. Oh, I bought a standing desk today. I’ll put it in the office when that finally gets done. Ever seen The Money Pit? Yeah, two weeks.  Dual Meets:  Six teams pulled notable upsets over the weekend, with Rider pulling the biggest, going into Minneapolis and beating No. 6 Minnesota 21-17. Even with some controversy over skin checks, No. 10 Lehigh knocked off No. 4 Oklahoma State 21-20 on criteria. No. 11 Virginia Tech went into Columbus and beat No. 3 Ohio State 21-15 and one that was overlooked by many was Michigan State beating No. 20 Oklahoma 21-16. Stanford topped No. 17 North Carolina 21-11 and No. 21 Northwestern scored a modest upset over No. 14 Northern Iowa 24-20. While behind the paywall at Flo, David Bray tracked down all the upsets he could find and counted up 38 individual upsets, including 11 wrestlers in the top 10 going down. Again, while I don’t link to the paywalled content from any outlet, if you have a FloPro subscription, that feature is worth reading, even if you like another outlet’s rankings.  Also finally expect some shake-ups in the NWCA Division I Wrestling Coaches Poll this week as we’ve finally got some duals to shake out who’s legit and who’s just tough on paper.  Tournaments One tournament of note saw Penn State win four titles, but Army West Point won the team title. The Nittany Lions wrestled half their starters, the Black Knights wrestled a ton of their roster. I get annoyed when I see tournaments “score” opens, but this was an invitational. Should the fact Penn State entered a team-scored tournament and not win it be relevant or should, as Clay Sauertieg puts it, have an asterisk?   International Wrestling The U.S. finished second to Japan, losing 7-3 at the Women’s World Cup in Narita, Japan over the weekend. Japan showed its depth by using a number of athletes who have seen success at the age-group levels, but were more or less, senior-level unknowns. Adeline Gray, Jacarra Winchester and Tamyra Mensah-Stock were absolute beasts. As Americans, we are fortunate to be in a generation that’s seeing amazing growth in women’s wrestling and we currently have three dynamic athletes leading the charge on the senior level.  Bill Farrell happened. Want to know what happened? It’s covered everywhere, so I don’t need to rehash it here. By the way, literally everything in the Short Time Shots is actually covered by a story that’s included in the Daily Wrestling News. I hit the key topics here, but the best way to be the most educated fan in the block or at the bar, is to go to mattalkonline.com/news and wake up every morning with the news of the day.  GET A FREE MONTH OF PODCAST HOSTING WITH LIBSYN There are approximately 66 active wrestling podcasts out there, with 20 of them on the Mat Talk Podcast Network. I get asked all the time about what people need to start a podcast. One of the most important things is a podcast host. I firmly believe in quality comes at a cost and with Libsyn, my podcast host of choice, that cost is super affordable. Sign up for Libsyn, at L-I-B-S-Y-N.com and use the promo code MTO to get your first month of podcast hosting for free when you sign up. That means you get the rest of THIS month and NEXT month free. They’ve got plans as affordable as $5 a month. They’ve been the backbone of this network and if you don’t reach out to me for technical advice, at least hear me on this one – Libsyn.com, use promo code MTO and get your free month (and a half!) TAKEDOWN CANCER It's time again to think about hosting a TakeDown Cancer event at one of your home meets, tournaments or youth events. TakeDown Cancer raises money for the Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund where over 91 percent of all money goes directly to research doctors and other cancer related projects. TakeDown Cancer is an all volunteer group with no paid salaries. TakeDown Cancer has raised almost $250,000. Please consider hosting an event. Go to www.takedowncancer.org for information or contact Mark Neu at mneu@shakopee.k12.mn.usLet’s TakeDown Cancer! - No one fights alone! Notables on the Docket for November 19: Tuesday is a typical dual meet day for the Ohio Athletic Conference and this Tuesday is no different as four duals take place there, all in Division III. Heidelberg, which you should know their nickname by now, takes on the Blue Streaks of John Carroll, Muskingum, they’re the Muskies, face Mount Union, which are the Purple Raiders, the Yellow Jackets of Baldwin Wallace, now sans hyphen, heads to Ohio Northern to face the Polar Bears, because that’s what you think of when you think of Ohio. Lastly, Otterbein, which is the more traditional Cardinals, will face the Fighting Quakers of Wilmington.  In the NAIA, Graceland will face Baker, while Simpson (Calif.) will take on Lassen of the California Community Colleges. That’ll be the last dual officially scheduled for the teams out in the California Community College system as the state dual meet championship gets underway this weekend.   FROM THE DWN: Andy Hamilton of Trackwrestling follows up the competition from the Bill Farrell Memorial with a Writing Time feature on who the man Bill Farrell was and his unique background and history in wrestling and sporting goods.  Tom Housenick of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania writes about the loss of a Nazareth wrestling family’s home in a fire. A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family of DeShawn Farber, with putting their life back together after losing pretty much everything.  Just about every wrestling and MMA site has been covering this story, but two-time NCAA champion, four-time All-American and 2008 Olympian Ben Askren announced he was retiring from MMA today on Ariel Helwani’s MMA show.  We just had a Greco-Roman event, which means Tim Hands from FivePointMove.com is on the case. Actually, it’s Monday, so that means Tim Hands from FivePointMove is on the case with his Monday Roundup, which he posts every Monday, as the name implies. I had this in Monday morning’s Daily Wrestling News, but it bears repeating here on the show, since TheMat.com also posted the announcement from the Sparta Independent that Sussex County Community College will be adding wrestling. They’ve hired former Centenary wrestler Chris Burdge as the first head coach. Burdge was a four-time Division III All-American from 2011-2014. Keeping things Jersey, NCAA champions Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault of Rutgers will be part of NCAA Collegiate National Champions day in Washington D.C. In other words, they get to go to the White House. You may now start your banter about the nation’s politics, but do that on your own time - I don’t care.  Wartburg will honor the late Kenny Anderson, a three-time Division III national champion who passed away earlier this fall on November 20 in the Knights dual against Simpson College. Wartburg’s won 30 straight against the Storm.  The weekly load of Wrestlers of the Week are starting to drop. You can get a ton of them in Tuesday’s newsletter.  Finally, Dan Gable is the big cheese. Or in this case, he’s made of big cheese. File this under things you really don’t need to know, but you need to see, Go Iowa Awesome, a snarky, but often hilarious sports blog covering Iowa, shows us what Dan Gable looks like when he’s carved out of cheese. In Minnesota, it would have been butter.  On The Network Nothing coming out other than this show on Monday, but the rest of this week, we’ll have shows from On The Mat, Rocked Up, ODU Monarch Matcast, Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and possibly something from Hall of Fame Legends, but that might have to wait until the lull over Thanksgiving. If you don’t already know, the entire library of shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network are at mattalkonline.com.  You can get to read those stories and more from Mat Talk Online’s daily wrestling newsletter. Sign up for free at mattalkonline.com/news and get the day’s top wrestling stories from around the world delivered to your inbox for free every single morning.  The Mat Talk Online Daily Newsletter is sponsored by Resilite.  If you'd like to SUPPORT THE SHOW and all the on-demand audio offerings, free newsletters and historical research. You can support this program and the Network by making a small monthly contribution or one-time donation by going to mattalkonline.com/jointheteam.  Venmo, PayPal, Buymeacoffee.com or Patreon, but here’s the perk with a monthly Patreon contribution - you get the cool perks like branded shirts, glasses, hats, digital preview guides, shout outs on the show and even a chance to be on Short Time!  The Short Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly outfitted by Compound Sportswear. Remember, you’ve always got time, for Short Time.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHORT TIME WRESTLING PODCAST Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Podcasts | Spotify | iOS App | Android App | RSS (Editor's note: This is always a rough draft of the script of the show, there may be minor errors sprinkled throughout and no, it's not in APA style or anything that resembles a journalistic published work. Some shows will also be devoid of show notes, as they're done on the road from a mobile device). Short Time Episode 546 - November 19, 2019

I once had a veteran colleague lament about the state of teaching. He meditated, WIth all the that they're making us do, if I was in college today, there's no way I'd major in Education. Apparently, he's not alone in this sentiment. If one searches "Decline in Education Majors", one will find plenty of evidence that many undergrads feel exactly as my colleague expressed. Here's a link to 2019 Forbes article which relies heavily on data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Over the past decade, Education has suffered the largest exodus compared with other majors–a decline of 19%. While I'm sad that declining numbers of young Americans consider teaching a wonderful career path, this phenomenon does create wonderful opportunities for potential teachers. In the future, jobs may be easier to secure. Teacher pay may have to increase because of supply. This episode will feature one of these aspiring teachers–Joce McBurney-Buell.Last summer, I traveled to Muskingum University to meet with the my dear friend the outgoing Department Chair Rae White. In the midst of our day, she invited me to lunch in the gymnasium which was hosting freshmen students who were also being oriented to campus. Rae and I plopped down at a table full of young people to break bread. Seated beside me was a young woman who seemed to know a lot more about Muskingum than an incoming freshman. As you probably guessed, Joce was my table neighbor and was about to embark on her junior year. She was on campus that day to help ease freshmen with their significant transition from home and high school. As we interacted, I was thrilled to learn that Joce is an Education major. As I observed her and interacted with her, it became quickly apparent that this young women had it going on. I just knew–and it's been confirmed by future interactions, that she was destined to present to my Intro to Education students, which she did last week, and appear on my podcast, which is this episode.We'll discuss her goals and motivations, but what really excites me is what Joce represents. Students such as her point to a bright future in American education. The young people that I interact with in the Education major are excited, driven, and passionate about the calling. Don't get too discouraged about the Forbes article. There are some magnificent young teachers on the horizon.

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski talks with Tyler Walker, defensive backs coach, special team coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Muskingum University (Ohio). Prior to arriving at Muskingum, Walker was an assistant coach at Catholic Central High School (Mich.), where he worked primarily with the receivers and helped lead the Shamrocks to 14-0 overall record that was capped off by a Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 state championship. Walker joins the podcast today to talk about the 4-1-6 defensive scheme as a whole, specifically in regards to the secondary. Show Notes: 1:15 Coaches experience during his first year at Muskingum 2:39 What did the staff do to change the culture at Muskingum 5:02 What were their defensive philosophies 8:36 4-1-6 10:20 Which RPO is easier to plan for 12:00 How they dictate who gets the ball in the RPO game 14:00 Similarities between his front and tight front 15:50 What kind of hybrid players is coach looking for 17:40 What problems do big body offenses give to this defense 19:58 Preparing in camp 22:50 Secondary responsibilities 26:03 Meg adjustment 28:29 Safety run support 30:12 Installation and drill plans 32:41 Efficient game planning 36:38 Matching up tempo offenses 39:37 Balancing his duties as special teams coach with his defensive responsibilities 46:25 Winning Edge Connect with Coach Twitter: @CoachTWalker Related Content: https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7017/podcast-match-quarters-and-hybrid-defenders-cody-alexander https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7365/up-tempo-defenses-becoming-the-norm https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/4162/rpo-how-to-defend-the-run-pass-option

This week I'm joined by my friend, Brodie Moran. We discuss what it was like growing up at the dirt tracks, his dad winning a $1 MILLION race at Eldora Speedway, upcoming events at Muskingum County Speedway, and our time bartending together. All that and so much more! View the full experience: https://youtu.be/OQH59kAg6IY

In the 2nd edition of our "Coaches Spotlight" shows we welcome West Muskingum Head Coach Josh Whetstone. We have an in depth discussion about how Josh plans to turn around and change the culture of a struggling program. Coach Whetstone breaks down his off-season preparation and what to anticipate with this 2018 Tornado squad. Check out this very special episode from an extremely talented young coach!!Opening and closing music credit toRock Angel by Joakim Karud @joakimkarudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/K8eRXvLL7Wo

Hey folks, it’s been a while. I’ve had a trip to Virginia, an appearance on a radio station that once fired me after five hours and of course, SNOW! But it’s a Tuesday night, the Bartz Brothers here in New Brighton have unveiled a new snow sculpture and I’m back to give you a rundown of the scores and more from January 16, 2018. This is Short Time Shots and I’m your host, Hall of Fame wrestling writer, broadcaster and announcer, Jason Bryant. Stellar Top 10 dual in Division III as unbeaten and fifth-ranked Loras -- the DUHAWKS! -- beat ninth-ranked Central College 25-12. Loras won six of the 10 bouts, but bonus points were the word of the day as four of the six wins picked up some extra sumpin’ sumpin’ -- even with an injury default at 133 where Michael Triplett was up 10-1 on All-American Cam Timok before Timok was forced to injury default. No, that’s not quite a nod to Lagunitas -- or is it Lagu-nit-as -- asking for a friend, right Richard Immel? North Central topped Wheaton 33-9 in a matchup of Top 25 teams. Wins were few and far between for the Thunder, who came in No. 25 in the most recent Division III rankings. Mount Union improved to 9-1 and picked up a second OAC win with a 39-9 win over Muskingum in Alliance, Ohio on Tuesday. Michael McIntire registered the quickest fall of the night for the Purple Raiders at 1:18 at 157 pounds. Greensboro comes off the Virginia Duals and picks up a 28-24 win over Southern Virginia. Time for your semi-irregular Student Princes update. Yes, the Student Princes of Heidelberg evened its record at 6-6 with a 23-12 win over Otterbein, that action taking place in the OAC. In Division II, Pitt-Johnstown got a technical fall from heavyweight D.J. Sims lifted the Mountain Cats past Seton Hill 21-17. UPJ also picked up a crucial win at 165 pounds as Devin Austin earned a 5-4 win over Zach Voytek. Cody Law’s fall at 157 wasn’t totally unexpected, but the bonus points were needed down the stretch. Mixing up some divisions, which is what we’re about to do, we saw Drury University of Missouri pick up its first dual meet win of the season. The Panthers topped Arkansas’ University of the Ozarks, a Division III school headed up by former Junior world teamer LeRoy Gardner. We had him on The Ice Hour last year -- he’s got a story about Uzbekistan, but doesn’t everybody? Extra credit: coach James Reynolds wrestled at Adams State. Speaking of Panthers! Up in Michigan, bumping away from Kyle Nixon was a bad idea! What happened up in the mitten, well Davenport University won three of the last four matches to move past Division III Alma College 24-21. In case you’re wondering where the heck Davenport is -- it’s in the home of Bloodround -- Grand Rapids, Michigan and they’re reclassifying from the NAIA to Division II. And yes, they are the Panthers, too. By the way, the aforementioned Mr. Nixon DOES have a podcast. Gold star when you find it. In the NAIA, Grand View won again -- and this just in, snow … is cold. The Vikings won for the 62nd time in a row and the 91st time in the last 92 duals. Lyon and Hannibal-LaGrange were canceled due to inclement weather -- the real reason according to Julia Salata is because Southerners are soft. No tickets if you keep that up, pal! Barton Community College swept three duals at the Barton Duals. The Cougars -- GO COUGARS -- beat Colby 55-0, Cowley 42-6 and Northwest Kansas Tech 28-13. No report on the other scores, since most junior colleges don’t really update their athletic websites the night of a road dual in the middle of Kansas. Just how it is.   The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Clothing. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on iTunes. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn Google Play Music | iOS App | Android App | RSS GET DAILY WRESTLING NEWS! You like wrestling news, right? Of course you do. Did you know you can sign up for FREE to subscribe to the Mat Talk Online DAILY WRESTLING NEWS e-mail newsletter that's published EVERY morning with the previous day's top news stories from outlets all around the globe. It's free and it's a great way to start your wrestling day. Almanac Time! Get the Cadet & Junior Nationals All-American Almanac, a 250-page digital download. It's available now and if you use the promo code "JB" you'll save $5 off the cover price. It's got every All-American EVER in Fargo (and the locations that were before Fargo) and every breakdown by year and state. Oh, you know this guy who says he placed at Juniors? Fact check him or her quickly by buying one now! Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

One of the giant indoor playgrounds reopened tonight. You want to know stress? Take a couple hundred kids under the age of 6 and cramp them all into an indoor playground and watch your blood pressure rise. This is Short Time Shots, a quick look back at the day’s wrestling scores and more, I’m your host, Hall of Fame wrestling writer, broadcaster and announcer Jason Bryant. While this isn’t an every day show, it typically breaks when there’s at least 10 dual meets or events that are worth discussing. That’s just kind of a loose guide. Some days, there might be 3-4 really good ones I want to give you the scoop on. Others, there are a few matches or the results from some of them weren’t reported by the time I sat down and hit record. Before we start, want to thank the latest contributor to the Mat Talk Podcast Network, Ralph Wetzel from Pennsylvania. Thank you kindly sir. You are entered into the drawing for the $150 prize pack from Compound Clothing. Before we get to the scores, the big news today was Presbyterian College, a small Division I school in Clinton, South Carolina is adding a men’s and women’s wrestling program. I had a chance to talk to AD Danny Sterling today for about 40 minutes to talk about the additions and that will be on the next full Short Time Wrestling Podcast on Monday. Presbyterian had a team in the 1940s and 50s. The last team in Division I that started from scratch and wasn’t a quick reinstatement? Utah Valley in 2003. Kind of hard to call Presbyterian a “reinstatement” since they haven’t had a team since Truman. Only one Division I dual on the docket on Thursday and it wasn’t close as No. 19 Wisconsin opened up its Big Ten schedule by smashing Maryland 32-6 in Madison. Big one for the Badgers came at 141 pounds where Eli Stickley majored NCAA qualifier Ryan Diehl of Maryland 14-1. Maryland heavyweight Youssif Hemida was sharp in helping the Terrapins avoid the shutout with a first-period fall over Ben Stone. That dual was live on BTN, so go ahead and check out the Badgers who earned major decisions from Andrew Crone at 157, Evan Wick at 165, Ryan Christensen at 174 and Hunter Ritter at 197 pounds. In blustery Minneapolis where the match time temperature at Si Melby Hall was 18 degrees. This one was a romp for Augsburg, which came in ranked second in Division III. The Division II Dragons made it a match early, trailing 16-9 after five bouts but the Auggies rolled in the final five weights with four bonus victories including Lucas Jeske’s 13-5 win over Weston Dobler. No. 8 Loras, which is fresh off its win over Augsburg over the weekend, rolled past No. 18 Augustana -- yup, the Illinois one, 32-9 in Rock Island. Second-ranked Jimmy Davis earned a technical fall at 149 pounds, while we had a nationally-ranked battle at 285 as top-ranked All-American Adarios Jones of Augustana knocked off sixth-ranked Quin Gilliam 2-1. These rankings from the NWCA Division III Coaches Association. Our man Andy Vogel at D3wrestle.com has more rankings over there. Eric Van Kley’s Central Dutch -- again, fitting a school named the Dutch is coached by a guy with a Dutch name -- topped the Prairie Wolves of Nebraska Wesleyan 42-3. The Prairie Wolves are a second-year program in Lincoln, Nebraska coached by Virginia native Brandon Bradley. He went to Henrico. Ty Owens coached right there. Central improved to 2-1 on the year and picked up falls from Cam Timok, Tristan Clark, Lane Rumelhart and Daniel “not Harry Potter” Radcliffe. As my wife’s family says, if you ain’t Dutch, you ain’t much. In a battle of New York teams, Don Murray’s College at Brockport Golden Eagles -- hey I wore their hat today as a matter of fact -- topped Rochester Institute of Technology, or RIT 35-12. Top-ranked 125 pounder Jonathan Haas picked up a fall in 4:05, while Dillon Stowell, Sean Peacock, and Triston Engle also recorded falls. Don Murray started coaching when Richard Millhous Nixon was President. In other action, No. 24 Waynesburg beat Muskingum 33-12, while in the NAIA we saw Lindenwood-Belleville top Missouri Baptist 27-22. Missouri Baptist would win the nightcap over first-year St. Mary of Kansas, coached by former Oregon head coach Chuck Kearney. Keeping things in the NAIA, York College of Nebraska, they’re the Panthers, not the one in Pennsylvania, topped Kansas Wesleyan 42-5. On the women’s side, Missouri Baptist’s women defeated Lindenwood-Belleville 29-12 and St. Mary 37-10. No theme tonight. Just a solemn salute to people like my late Granddaddy Otis “Plug” Abbott who served in World War II and was on the second wave of Normandy years after what today’s anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack is remembered as. December 7, 1941 was a day that according to President Franklin Roosevelt, that will live in infamy. I never had the pleasure of serving this nation, but my family did in numerous branches of the military. My father was in the Army, so were both my grandfathers. I’m not sure where my paternal grandfather was at the time, but Otis was in Europe, where he met my soon-to-be grandmother. My mother was born overseas to an American GI. God Bless America and those who serve and protect her.   JOIN THE TEAM And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. 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It’s Short Time Shots recapping the scores and more from November 16, 2017 … and just to let you know, the worst band I’ve ever paid to see on purpose perform live? R.E.M. I’m Jason Bryant, let’s get to it. Light night in Division I with just two duals including Indiana escaping 19-18 against host Bloomsburg. Hoosier heavyweight Fletcher Miller was the hero, earning a victory in overtime to give Indiana its first win of the year. Bloomsburg put up a fight, with Willy Girard knocking off NCAA qualifier Elijah Oliver 12-5 at 125 pounds. The score tells two different stories here. Indiana, from the Big Ten, struggled to get past a team that coming into this season had only won FIVE of its last 52 dual meets. The Huskies can see some positives here. They’re 1-2 on the season and coach Marcus Gordon can use this for some badly-needed program momentum. If you’re the Hoosiers, you shouldn’t be this close to a team that went 4-17 last year with its only wins coming over Davidson, Sacred Heart and a couple of non-Division I teams. In Fairfax, Virginia, the Frank Beasley era began with a thud as Oregon State ventured across the country and topped George Mason 32-9. Oregon State won eight of ten matches, but forfeited 125 pounds. So that meant no Ronnie Bresser. Also out of action was All-American Canadian Amar Dhesi. In his place, Oregon State’s Cody Crawford rallied from an early 4-1 deficit to beat Matt Voss 9-5. #15 Coe-#13 Central The best dual of the night came, not surprisingly, from the Iowa Conference where 15th-ranked Coe College knocked off 13th-ranked Central College 23-15 in Cedar Rapids. Central jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead thanks to wins by All-Americans C.J. Pestano and Cam Timok, but Coe All-Americans Cole Erickson and Jake Voss -- hrm, a second Voss reference today -- earned major decisions to highlight the Kohawks performance. It came down to heavyweight and Coe’s Brennan Koerperich pinned Holden Miller to give the host squad the modest upset. D3wrestle.com Wrestler of the Week Jordan Newman was the fastest man on the mat on Thursday, picking up a fall at 197 pounds in 95 seconds as No. 12 UW-Whitewater went into Stevens Point, Wisconsin and pounded UW-Stevens Point 33-3. Ned Shuck’s Warhawks improve to 2-0. Elsewhere in Division III, Manchester topped Adrian 25-21, while NAIA Lourdes knocked off Muskingum 38-12. Natural segue to the NAIA where Oklahoma City shut out Lyon 50-0 and No. 12 Montana State-Northern topped Warner Pacific 34-12 Some news you can read about by subscribing to Mat Talk Online’s Daily Wrestling Newsletter at mattalkonline.com/news -- Tiffin University hired Brittney Gadd as its new women’s coach. The school will start a women’s program next season. -- Flowrestling did a list of the top wrestler celebrations. Fuddy-duddies need not read. -- The World Wrestling Resource Podcast I hosted on Thursday featured coach Dan Gable and our topic was Dave Schultz. Lots of great stuff can be mined out of that one -- I’m looking in your direction Wrestling Quoter. -- Cool story on past NCAA finalist Kyle Ott, who’s now Dr. Kyle Ott. -- The saga of Indian’s Sushil Kumar continues. Can this guy just retire already? And Cole Schrupp doing awesome stuff as always with Through the Lens with Zach Sanders. All that and more at mattalkonline.com/news. You’ll get it probably before you listen to this. Stay shiny and happy, people.

https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Wisdom-Trek2800.jpg () Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 424 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom 15 Practical Guidelines to Live By Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 24 of our trek, and today is Motivation Monday. Every Monday we hike the trails of life that will encourage and motivate you to live a rich and satisfying life this week. Today we will explore 15 Practical Guidelines to Live By. https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Monday-motivation3.jpg () We are broadcasting from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The day this episode originally airs will be Labor Day in the United States, which is a day set aside to remember the working class laborer who has been an integral part of the building our country. We will also be heading back to Marietta today for a week. Paula is having a few of her Charlotte area friends up to The Big House for a quilting outing and to watch the fireworks at Marietta's annual Sternwheel Festival. Since Marietta is built on the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, sternwheelers and river traffic have been a big part of the town's heritage. The fireworks display on Saturday night rivals the best displays anywhere. We usually try to make it to the festival when possible. It is great to be able to get together with friends and family and share life together. This is usually fairly easy to do for most of us. What is not as easy is to treat other people well who may not like or who do not treat us well. As I was thinking about this, it brings to mind what the words that Jesus spoke that we refer to as “The Golden Rule,” and it motivated me to list some tips that may help all of us. As we break camp and head out on today's trek let's look at… https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Golden-rule.png () 15 Practical Guidelines to Live By As part of Jesus's teaching one principle that is hard for all of us to grasp is to love those who do not love us, and yet as much as humanly possible we should endeavor to do so. In Luke 6:27-31 Jesus said, “But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also. Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don't try to get them back. Do to others as you would like them to do to you.” The last verse, “Do to others as you would like them to do to you,” is considered “The Golden Rule,” and all of us like to think we follow it. But do we follow the verses that precede it? I love the simplicity of the Golden Rule, and a closely related verse that sums up the entire Bible, which is Galatians 5:14, “For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” Do to others as you would like them to do to you.Tweet This It's true. The rule of treating others as you would want to be treated in their place will ultimately lead to your own happiness. Let's say that you apply the Golden Rule in all of your interactions with other people, and you help your neighbors, you treat your family with kindness, you go the extra mile for your co-workers, you help a stranger in need, you even help those who have not been kind to you. Now, those actions will undoubtedly be good for the people you help and are kind to…but you'll also notice an interesting result. People will treat you better. Beyond that, though, you will find a growing satisfaction in yourself, a belief in yourself, and knowledge that you love yourself properly and are making an impact on your world as you are creating a living legacy. The truth is, on a day-to-day basis,...

In this episode, I am privileged to talk with Dr. Jim Burson for the third time.  Here is the link to the two previous interviews. Dr. Burson is the Owner of Solution-Based Basketball, Author of The Golden Whistle & The Daily Nugget, retired collegiate basketball coach, and consultant to Nike Basketball and 94Fifty. To listen to the show, click on one of the following: Itunes Stitcher Like on Facebook  Here were some highlights from our discussion: what Coach Burson can provide through his coaching program his tips on delegation and core values how to balance outcomes (winning) and process servant leadership potential book project with George Raveling how to keep things in perspective Coach Burson's contact information website: http://jimburson.com/ email:  jim@jimburson.com twitter: https://twitter.com/JimBurson  

For episode 38, I had the pleasure of interviewing James Sturtevant, a 31-Year Teacher extraordinaire at Big Walnut High School and Author of the book You've Gotta Connect: Building Relationships That Lead to Engaged Students, Productive Classrooms, and Higher Achievement.  Mr. Sturtevant was referred to me by previous guest Jim Burson (Jim Burson Interview 1 & Interview 2.  You will love his energy and commitment to serve his student. Connect with the Outstanding Ohioans show on Facebook, Itunes, or Stitcher James has been around great teachers his whole life.  His father was a history teacher at Muskingum College (now Muskingum University).  He graduated from Muskingum with his bachelor's degree and then Ohio State with his master's degree.  He is married to Penny, the principal at Big Walnut Middle School. Here were some of our discussion points: his tipping point were he made up his mind the teaching profession was his path how to connect and to engage all types of students The influence of Daniel Pink's book A Whole New Mind and TedTalk, as well as John Hattie's Visible Learning for Teachers:  Maximizing Impact on Learning why it is important to move beyond "nostalgia" and embrace the present and future the classroom value of acceptance, communication, non-verbal communication, safety, enjoyment, & advocacy sharing stories the impact he hopes he has made and thoughts on serving others in his future Connect with James Sturtevant on his website or contact form. Thank you for listening.  

In this episode, I am privileged to conduct a second interview with Dr. Jim Burson.  Click here to hear the previous interview with Dr. Burson. To listen to the show, click on one of the following: Itunes Sticher Your computer or mobile device Like on Facebook In our first interview, we shared Dr. Burson's incredible journey and discussed his recently published an extraordinary book The Golden Whistle:  Going Beyond:  The Journey To Coaching Success.  His career included teaching academic classes, playing and coaching a variety of sports at the collegiate level, assisting fellow Ohioan Bob Knight with the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, being featured in Sports Illustrated as the "Great Disseminator" of the famed Princeton Offense, serving as president of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and serving as a consultant and business owner continuing to serve the game.  Dr. Burson has a book coming out soon called "Daily Nuggets", which is a way readers can engage the ten golden nuggets on a daily basis.  Dr. Burson talked about how The Golden Whistle has increased his connections and opportunities to speak and coach. We went into extensive detail about how important it is to be a continuous learner and some strategies on how to apply what a reader learns. Here is Dr. Burson's contact Information Website:  jimburson.com Email: jim @jimburson.com Facebook: You’ll find me in 2 different places. Please “Like” me at Solution-Based Basketball & “Friend” me at James F. Burson. Linked In: Jim Burson Twitter: [at] JimBurson Purchase the book The Golden Whistle:  Going Beyond:  The Journey To Coaching Success here or from jimburson.com Muskingum College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee Former President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches 94 Fifty company in which Dr. Burson is a consultant

This show brings the audience great things Ohioians are doing to make their communities, the state, the region, and the world a better place as entrepreneurs, leaders, historical and popular culture figures.       Dr. Jim Burson show notes   Contact Information Website:jimburson.com Email: jim [at] jimburson.com Facebook: You’ll find me in 2 different places. Please “Like” me at Solution-Based Basketball & “Friend” me at James F. Burson. Linked In: Jim Burson Twitter: [at] JimBurson Purchase the book The Golden Whistle:  Going Beyond:  The Journey To Coaching Success here or from jimburson.com Muskingum College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee Former President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches 94 Fifty company in which Dr. Burson is a consultant