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Often as introverts and sensitive folks in a loud, outward-focused world, we have needs that get overlooked or make us feel weak or “too much” in some way.  Whether it's a need to leave early from a social situation when we're tapped out, or to retreat to private space to ride an emotional wave, or to have less work tasks in a day to ease overwhelm and fully focus on each, those needs matter. We are allowed to set up our businesses and our work around the needs we have as sensitive introverts. The problem happens when all we see are leaders who are “on” all the time, who answer messages instantly and engage vigorously online, who manage 20 clients and five offerings, who always have the loudest voice in the room, who go from meeting to meeting without needing to take the rest of the afternoon off to recharge, who are direct and bold and decisive and fast.  When those are the leaders getting most of the airspace, we may think it's not possible to be a successful introverted, sensitive, deep processing or quiet leader without changing who we are or living at our depleted edge all the time.  But that's not the case. It IS possible to do business the way your body & soul need it to be. You just might need to see examples of people like you who are already doing it to understand that it's possible.  To recognize… “Ahhhh, there IS a way.”  “Oh, I get it. This is what that looks like.” That's where modeling comes in.  As in Role Models. Specifically Quiet Messenger Role Models.  So how do we find more models of quiet leadership that represent us?  That's what today's episode is all about.  Listen in. Deeper support from me: What's your Messenger Archetype? Take the quiz. Grab your free Message Clarity Kit.  The Quiet Messenger Mastermind is an intimate circle of women leaders and deep feelers who like cozy spaces for connection, growth and processing and who want to feel solid, confident & consistent in their messaging to grow a movement that matters ~ both to the world and to their business' bottom line. Resources for Quiet Messengers  PODCASTS Quiet Messenger – Adria Sophia (me!) The League of Extraordinary Introverts – Katherine Mackenzie Smith The Quiet Rebels Podcast with Mai-kee Tsang The Chronicles of an Introverted Black Woman – Jeanette Hendrix Unapologetically Sensitive – Patricia Young TED TALKS Sarah Corbett – Activism Needs Introverts  Susan Cain – Blueprint for a Quiet Revolution  Marwa Azab – Are You Too Sensitive? Should You Change?  Nikki Ling – Quiet Confidence: Follow the Introverted Leader  BLOGS Introvert, My Dear – introvertdear.com/ The Quiet Revolution – quietrev.com/  What's your favorite resource for introverted leaders or sensitive souls? Let me know over on Instagram. Warmth, Adria

After an unexpected hiatus, hosts Jane and Ellen return with a down and dirty episode about soil. Jane reveals her childhood experiences with a DIY mud spa before digging into the agricultural and geological definitions for soil. They discuss the four main components of soil: inorganics, organics, water, and air or gas. They talk about how to identify soil texture and soil structure. They also discuss soil profile and soil horizons (which are similar to cake layers, but less delicious). They review the processes and factors that form soil. And finally, they explain the 12 basic soil orders used for soil taxonomy by USDA scientists. Note: this dirty, filthy episode is approved for audiences.Our main source for this episode is: The Nature and Properties of Soils (14th ed.), Nyle C. Brady, and Ray R. WeilMusic for It's Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

Today is Bereaved Mother's Day. We hope your heart feels close to your babies on this bittersweet day. Grief is like waves at the beach. Sometimes you'll want to wade back in the water. Timestamps: 00:00 Announcement 00:55 A Brief Note on Grief: Waves of Grief SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more birth stories from families who have experienced a stillbirth or infant loss. We're grateful that you're part of our community! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfv_ZeqPi9o-0clf_1528Mg DONATE $5 (aka "buy us a coffee/hot cocoa") to support the continued production of these stories. We appreciate all the help toward production and hosting costs. Or if you want to purchase an "Always a Part of Us" Legacy Gift for $20, you'll be providing to one of these families that shares their story, full transcriptions, mp3s, and mp4s of the recordings of their baby's birth story and advice episodes for their family history records. You will also get a shout-out on an upcoming episode. Thank you! Donate here: Ko-fi.com/stillapartofus SUBSCRIBE to our podcast Still A Part of Us, wherever you find podcasts: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/%E2%80%A6/still-a-part-of-u%E2%80%A6/id1473594556 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JzwyLpsUrciSyVsUmJHp Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9zdGlsbGFwYXJ0b2Z1cy5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw%3D%3D&hl=en&fbclid=IwAR1bPTrSXxRvN3l-J2agBvs3QMrUOISqqG8BZurOwYb7YssPyPHeaR_8qbg Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=63606689 Links: Website: http://stillapartofus.com/ Share Grief Support Groups: https://nationalshare.org/ Music: Music - "Sleep Well, My Dear" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/​​. #bereavedmothersday #stillbirth #infantloss #grief #bereavedmother #lossmom

My Dear friend Jan Wassenaar passed into the arms of Jesus this past Thursday. Jan was prepared for heaven. I was so very blessed to know this man of God. I had the blessing to meet Jan a couple of times when I would return to Windom, Minnesota to do Revival services. One time Jan invited me to his apartment and I heard his life story! (Picture above of Jan speaking to me and Shari Johnson of West Virginia who took part in the Revival Services) So fascinating! What a wonderful family based on the Word of God. I was friends with Jan’s son Rudy and daughter Rita in high school. Rudy passed away at a young age in a farm accident. Rita wrote this to me after Jan passed away, “In cleaning out his clothes, he had a Gideon Bible and a track in each pocket.” What do you carry in your pockets? What do you share with the world? Do you share JESUS with everyone? Jan carried out THE GREAT COMMISSION until the day the LORD called him home. I am sure those that cared for dear Jan at the end of his life surely have heard a lot abut JESUS! How about you and me? This is one of the key reasons I adored Jan, he was not bashful about sharing Jesus, and he did it in a loving way. Jan’s life preached to me! True servanthood. What Jan did in his life is eternal works for our LORD. Nothing else matters.

Welcome to the Turntable Round Table!Here’s what the crew were into this past week.  Give ‘em a listen and see what you think!Shawn’s PickMarvin Gaye – “Here, My  Dear” from Here, My Dear (1978)Craig’s PickOutrageous Cherry – “Beginning Of The End Of The Night” from Meet You In The Shadows (2018)Don’s PickBaxter Dury – “Carla’s Got A Boyfriend” from The Night Chancers (2020)Tom’s Pick Linda Ronstadt – “The Long Way Around” from Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969)Kevin’s PickThe Fleshtones – “You Gotta Love, Love” from Face Of The Screaming Werewolf (2021)Mark’s PickRoy Eldridge – “Yard Dog” from The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions (1950-1960)Juan’s PickAnimal Collective – “Chores” from Strawberry Jam (2007)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/SchizoMusic)

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 14 - Sri Narasimha Saraswati Rescues Sayamdeo & chapter 15 - Holy Places of Bharat by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 14: Sri Narasimha Saraswati Rescues Sayamdeo This chapter narrates how Sayamdeo, the village-officer of Vasar Brahmeswara, was protected by Guru Nath from being killed by the Muslim Nawab. Chapter 15: Holy Places of Bharat In this chapter, Guru Nath's instruction to his disciples regarding the merits of doing pilgrimages and the places which they should unfailingly visit is described. After sending most of his disciples on pilgrimage, Guru Nath lives in seclusion (invisible to others) at Vaijnath. The Siddha Yogi was the only disciple who was retained by Guru Nath with him at Vaijnath. (The mere study of his chapter with faith and devotion, is believed to confer on the reader the very merit of doing the pilgrimages himself. For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 13 - Narasimha Saraswati’s Healing Toucha by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 13: Narasimha Saraswati’s Healing Touch This chapter describes the visit of Guru Nath along with his disciples to his parents at Karanjapuri. From there he again sets out on his itinerary. At Vasar Brahmeshwar, Guru Nath cures the chronic stomach –ulcer of a Brahmin, who was about to kill himself, being unable to bear the excruciating pain of the ulcer. For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 12 - Narahari Taking to Sanyasa by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 12: Narahari Taking to Sanyasa In this chapter Narahari, Amba’s son gives spiritual instruction to his mother; he blesses her that she would have two more sons within a year, and one more son and daughter later. After the birth of the two sons(twins), Narahari leaves home for Kasi. He was hardly nine years old at that time. At Kasi, he took initiation into Sanyasasrama from Krishna Saraswati and took the name of Narasimha Saraswati. After that, he went to Badarikasrama and visited many holy places. For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 12 - Narahari Taking to Sanyasa by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 12: Narahari Taking to Sanyasa In this chapter Narahari, Amba’s son gives spiritual instruction to his mother; he blesses her that she would have two more sons within a year, and one more son and daughter later. After the birth of the two sons(twins), Narahari leaves home for Kasi. He was hardly nine years old at that time. At Kasi, he took initiation into Sanyasasrama from Krishna Saraswati and took the name of Narasimha Saraswati. After that, he went to Badarikasrama and visited many holy places. For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 10 Sripada Sri Vallabha’s Blessings after His Mahaprasthan and chapter11 Birth of Sri Narasimha Saraswati by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 10: Sripada Sri Vallabha’s Blessings after His Mahaprasthan* In this chapter, an account is given of how Sripada Sri Vallabha, even after the withdrawal of his avatar(i.e., even after Mahaprasthan), continues to manifest and shower his grace on his devotees. An illustration is given of how Sripada Sri Vallbha protected a Brahmin devotee by bringing him back to life after he was killed by dacoits. The same grace continues to be showered even now, on whosever seeks it. Chapter 11: Birth of Sri Narasimha Saraswati This chapter describes the advent of Sri Narasimha Saraswati. He was born as a son of Amba in Karanjapuri as per the promise made to her in her previous life by Sripada Sri Vallabha. At birth, he could chant the Omkar. He was otherwise ‘dumb’ till his Upanayana was performed. After Upanayana, he bursts into the recital of Vedic mantras and begins to glow with knowledge and wisdom. For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 09 Sripada Sri Vallabha Blesses the Washer-man by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 09: Sripada Sri Vallabha Blesses the Washer-man In this chapter, Sripada Sri Vallabha gives a boon to his devotee, a rajak, that he would be born in a Nawab family and would be a ruler in his next birth and would also have his darshan but in his new avatar(i.e., when he would reappear as Sri Narasimha Saraswati). Siddha Yogi narrated another incident which took place during Sripada's stay at Kuravpur. https://youtu.be/oRDjDpNf7Qc For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

Hosts Jane and Ellen finish each other’s… sandwiches in this “Frozen” episode about glaciers. Glaciers are a body of moving ice that has been formed on land by the compaction and recrystallization of snow. They take forms like valley, ice sheet, or outlet, because, really, who’s going to tell them not to. Learn why glaciers are more likely to form at the equator than at 30 degrees latitude north and south, and find out how glacial budget has its pluses and minuses. Let it go and enjoy this frosty episode.Our main source for this episode is Process geomorphology (5th ed.), Ritter, Kochel, & Miller.Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

Attempting a live link-up with Sean 'Bom Dia, My Dear' Maguire in Central Portugal this morning to look at a marvellous value, charming property with huge potential. This may begin a feature ... 'Through the Quinta Keyhole' or 'Show Us Yours' as we find out more about Portuguese places and properties that will turn heads and delight bank balances!Carl 'Your man in Portugal' Munson is available for one-to-one consultations as part of Expats Portugal's Ask Our Expats team - https://expatsportugal.com/ask-our-expats-portugal/ABOUT EXPATS PORTUGALWe are an online community-driven website and forum offering help and advice to the English speakers already living in Portugal or planning to move here. We have been servicing our community since 2005. You will find articles, member benefits, real estate advice, events and more.Visit our site: https://expatsportugal.comSupport us by becoming a Premium Member: https://expatsportugal.com/upgrade/To be kept up to date with future webinars visit: https://expatsportugal.com/calendar-whats-on/View our forum: https://expatsportugal.com/community/Check out our English-friendly business directory: https://expatsportugal.com/business-directory/Proud to use Streamyard - https://streamyard.com?pal=4668289695875072

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 07 Sani Pradosha Vrata Mahatmya by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 08: Sani Pradosha Vrata Mahatmya In this chapter, Sripada Sri Vallabha teaches about the Sani Pradosha Vrata Mahima to Ambika, who in a state of desperation, came to the river with the intention of drowning herself along with her blockheaded son. He narrates how a shepherd-woman was born as Yasoda in her next life through the merit earned by her by merely watching the Sani Pradosha Puja, and becoming the (foster) mother of Lord Sri Krsna. Sripada Sri Vallabha also blessed the blockheaded son of Ambika and endowed him with all shastric knowledge and wisdom. In this chapter is also described the emergence of the Mahakaleswar Jyotirlinga as a result of the Sani Pradosha Puja done with deep devotion by the shepherd-boy.ra https://youtu.be/e388udHZefg For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 07 Gokarna Sthala Mahatmaya by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 07: Gokarna Sthala Mahatmaya Chapter 07: Gokarna Sthala Mahatmaya This chapter describes the Gokarna Kshetra Mahatmaya. Gokarna had so much sanctity that Sripada Sri Vallabha chose to visit and spend some years there. A visit to this holy place burns off all sins however much grievous they be and earns for the person Kailasha-pada. Gautama Rishi narrates to King Mitrasahu who was under a curse, how a Chandala woman, with sins galore on her head, earns Kailasha-pada by the mere coincidence of her dying at the holy Gokarna. Chapter 08: Sani Pradosha Vrata Mahatmya In this chapter, Sripada Sri Vallabha teaches about the Sani Pradosha Puja Mahima to Ambika, who in a state of desperation, came to the river with the intention of drowning herself along with her blockheaded son. He narrates how a shepherd-woman was born as Yasoda in her next life through the merit earned by her by merely watching the Sani Pradosha Puja, and becoming the (foster) mother of Lord Sri Krsna. Sripada Sri Vallabha also blessed the blockheaded son of Ambika and endowed him with all shastric knowledge and wisdom. In this chapter is also described the emergence of the Mahakaleswar Jyotirlinga as a result of the Sani Pradosha Puja done with deep devotion by the shepherd-boy. https://youtu.be/H4_l5LtNAJc For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 07 Gokarna Sthala Mahatmaya by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 07: Gokarna Sthala Mahatmaya This chapter describes the Gokarna Kshetra Mahatmaya. Gokarna had so much sanctity that Sripada Sri Vallabha chose to visit and spend some years there. A visit to this holy place burns off all sins however much grievous they be and earns for the person Kailasha-pada. Gautama Rishi narrates to King Mitrasahu who was under a curse, how a Chandala woman, with sins galore on her head, earns Kailasha-pada by the mere coincidence of her dying at the holy Gokarna. https://youtu.be/TCd_S_OMDHA For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

In this Guru Charitra Discourse, we cover chapter 06 Gokarna Mahabaleswar by Shree RajShree Maa. Watch Full Parayan: http://bit.ly/gcbyraj Chapter 06: Gokarna Mahabaleswar This chapter describes the birth of Gokarna Mahakshetra. Ravana, by the merit of his great penance, earns the Atma Linga from Lord Siva. How the Atma Linga happened to get grounded at Gokarna is described in this chapter. Namdharak prayed to Siddha Yogi to tell him about the Gokarna Mahatmya. He said it must have had great significance as it was a place chosen by Sripada Sri Vallabha, in preference to all other holy places in Bharat, for his sojourn and stay. Siddha Yogi began the narration of the birth of Gokarna Atma Kinga, as originally related by Lord Ganesa. https://youtu.be/EC6e3dL62wI For more: https://krsnaknows.com ►Subscribe to us on Youtube: https://bit.ly/krsnaknows Our Playlists: ►Spiritual Quest: http://bit.ly/spiritualquest ►Narada Bhakti Sutra: https://bit.ly/nb_Sutra ►Bhagavad Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/bgsatsang ►Uddhava Gita Exposition: http://bit.ly/uddhavgita ►Srimad Bhagavatam Exposition: https://goo.gl/GRrE7j ►Guru Charitra Exposition: https://goo.gl/Z2UKKs & https://bit.ly/gcbyraj ►Shri Sai Satcharita Exposition: https://goo.gl/ZwTcdT ►Spiritual Teachings In Short: https://goo.gl/6Rf4rq Podcast Portals: Apple: http://apple.co/359tJ1T Google: http://bit.ly/2L1KzJh Amazon: https://amzn.to/3b5J0on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3pFBEf8 Android: http://bit.ly/3b5avOJ iHeartRadio: http://ihr.fm/3893jiO Stitcher: http://bit.ly/3ogczXO Blubrry: http://bit.ly/3rQkehH JioSaavn: http://bit.ly/3oe4YJl TuneIn: http://bit.ly/38YdfL9 Gaana: http://bit.ly/358ud8n Podchaser: https://bit.ly/2MsgYsJ Email: http://bit.ly/3hHUIXe RSS: http://bit.ly/3pKnzgz Books by Master: Flute of Truth: https://amzn.to/2YvuJI8 Ask Away, My Dear!: https://amzn.to/2YsccwI Gear We Use: Canon EOSM50: https://amzn.to/34Zn73S Canon G7 Mark II: https://amzn.to/2RDpdkt GoPro Hero 7 Black: https://amzn.to/2J9aIky Storage Case: https://amzn.to/2X2mO8I Sony 4K: https://amzn.to/2xb8hZa Tripod: https://amzn.to/2X2kKNZ Tripod: https://amzn.to/2xcy57c RODE mic: https://amzn.to/2IBzESt Zoom H1: https://amzn.to/2ZQtUdm Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2JbV1Jd Glory to the all-merciful, the omnipresent and ever-responsive Guru Nath! || Jai Shree KrsnaGuru ||

Do you think about what others are thinking about you? You're about to learn some TRUTHS that'll set you FREE...while adding incredible value to your life, and the lives of others. It’s an ongoing topic of discussion in my S.O.L. DATE SISTERHOOD, as well as with my coaching clients, and all the coaching I do. It’s the topic of worrying about what others think about YOU. You’re so concerned about what “THEY” are thinking about YOU…but is it possible that YOU’RE actually thinking that about YOURSELF (at some level?) Yes, it’s true! OWN IT, my dear! Stop trying to own everyone else’s opinions about you. Instead, OWN YOURS. What would that look like for you? What would your life look like for you to own your own opinion? The 4 Levels of OPINION OWNERSHIP Are… 1. No ownership. It’s like you’re homeless…and you feel helpless. You don’t own your opinion, nor do you own your responsibility. There’s no work. And I’ve got news for you…It doesn’t work! Everyone’s opinion of YOU is important. Or so it seems. 2. Renting. Think of it as leasing…or is it “pLEASING”… People pleasing. That’s right, you’re a genuine (although inauthentic) People Pleaser. You try to please everyone, while not really pleasing anyone…especially yourself. You also try to own everyone else’s opinion of YOU. You blame them for thinking about you in the way that they do, when honestly…YOU are the one who BELIEVES these things about you (at some level.) OWN IT, MY DEAR! 3. Own/Occupy.  When you own your own business…and you’re not in others’ business. You finally own the fact that others’ opinions of you are none of your business, and you don’t make it your business. You can think of this as a new form of “entrepreneurialism.” 4. Own/Landlord. YOU’RE PAID FOR YOUR OPINION. You own your opinion of YOU. You don’t blame others’ opinions of you on them. You own your OWN opinions of YOU. Others’ opinions of you are not your business. Your opinion of you is your business. And now, others actually ask (or pay) for your opinion. You can think of this as the ultimate form of ENTREPRENEURIALISM.  You care more about people, and what they care about, then caring about their opinion of YOU. You help them to believe in themselves by sharing the TRUTH with them. Imagine what this would look and feel like in your life… Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.) TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP: Where right now in your life are you worrying about what others are thinking, or saying, about you? How are YOU doing that to YOU? Own it. Make a commitment to YOU and owning your opinion of you. Whatever opinion you have of yourself, ask: “Is it true?” If so, keep it. If not, let it and YOU go… Set yourself free today, my dear. Thank you for being here, and allowing me to Sip On Life with you. Request a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well — The Best-Selling 12 Engagements Of Becoming The Great Lover Of Your Life (all you'll pay for is shipping.) www.dateyourselfwell.com  I’m going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line. If you've received value from the podcast, please let me know. I'd LOVE to hear from you — please email me at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com AND PLEASE TELL YOUR BESTIES AND INVITE THEM TO SIP ON LIFE WITH US. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there... And learn about an incredible opportunity for a select sacred group of 25 women who are ready and willing to RISE UP AND BE THE WOMAN. If you’ve been feeling like you’re stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you’re drowning, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at drshannon@doctorshannon.com Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/ By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.  Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING. I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com) 

We're joined by Lianna Holston and Siena Jeakle of Frankly, My Dear, a podcast where two people who don't watch movies watch their way through the AFI Top 100. Given that we're British, we thought we'd subject them to something from the BFI Top 100, instead, so here we are: Ken Loach's classic slice of social realist drama, Kes.

Welcome to Episode 12 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this special bonus episode, I talk about the pitfalls and pratfalls associated with collecting foreign records. In particular, I discuss a pair of albums I thought were Christmas albums but turned out not to be. This episode was completely unplanned. I’ve had the idea to cover this topic for a while, but it’s not something I had added to my schedule. However, when I finished the Jun Fukamachi episode, I found that I’d gone over the size limit on my hosting plan. Rather than re-edit the episode and leave something out, I decided to bump my plan up to the next level. With plenty of storage to spare, I figured I ought to try to put out another episode. That brings me to twelve episodes for my first season. I don’t plan on doing this often. It takes a lot of time and effort to research some of these albums, and there’s only so much time in a month. If I do additional bonus episodes in the future, they’ll likely be along these lines. In other words, records or topics that don’t fit in with the normal theme of the show. It could be anything from Korean, Indonesian or Finnish Christmas music, or possibly non-Christmas Japanese music, and likely with less background information to go along with them. As for the albums I cover in this episode, despite them not being Christmas albums, I do have a bit of fondness for them. The research I did on them was frustrating at the time, but it helped me get better at finding new music and tracking down information about some of these albums and artists. Tropical Winter was also responsible for exposing me to more Japanese artists, and led to me discovering what is now one of my favorite albums, Mayo Shono’s Ai Ai Ai. I had a lot of fun with Ladda Sriworanan’s Oh, My Dear just because it was such a challenge. I greatly appreciate the help I received on it. I was glad to finally find more details about her life. That really helped round out the whole experience. For the record, I don’t intend to post any full pictures of the album cover, as this is a family-friendly podcast. While I didn’t spend nearly as much time researching this episode as I normally do, I did uncover some facts about the artists I wasn’t aware of before. The biographical information about Ladda Sriworanan was the biggest find, but I also found a lot of details about the Japanese singers that I hadn’t heard before. Hopefully, that kept this episode somewhat interesting. Tropical Winter images and videos: Kumiko Yamashita - Sekidou Komachi Doki Mayo Shono – Jungle Kong Hitomi “Penny” Tohyama – SFO-Oakland Bloody Mary – Shock’n Roll Summer Juicy Fruits Jenny – Wa Gokigen Naname (Jenny in a Bad Mood) Mayo Shono – Fugitive Kumiko Yamashita – Koi No Midnight DJ Shigeharu Mukai – Pineapple Rain Penny Tohyama – Baby, Baby, Baby   Oh, My Dear videos: Dearest Wishing Parents Evil Debt The Dominion of Heart Thanks for listening, and I hope you were able to have a little fun with this episode. This wraps up my initial season and, thankfully, puts an end to 2020. For those of you who have been listening, I want to offer my sincerest thanks and best wishes for a better 2021. Remember to join me back here on the 25th of each month, and if you have any suggestions or recommendations, feel free to send them my way. Any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If you’d like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line at hollyjollyxmasu@gmail.com and let me know. Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. Any donations received will be put towards purchasing new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Merry Christmas, and have a wonderful New Year!

If the children are our future, then Holmes Elementary is our time machine! Educators Darryl Funk and Barbara Abercrombie welcome their colleagues each week to compare curricula on Elementary, My Dear. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We’re devoting this episode to the season’s most dreaded stocking stuffer, coal. Travel back in time to the Paleozoic era, where coal starts as rotten plants. Add heat, pressure, and time, and quick as a wink from old Saint Nick - you’ve got coal! And like Santa’s naughty or nice list, learn how coal is graded into four types: lignite, sub bituminous, bituminous, and anthracite. Return to the present, where coal provides 38.5% of the world’s electrical power, and glimpse at the future of alternative fuels. BYO hot chocolate. Sources:How is Steel Produced? by the World Coal Association: https://www.worldcoal.org/coal/uses-coal/how-steel-producedAnnual Energy Review by the US Energy Information Administration: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/ How Much Do You Consume? by the US Department of Energy: https://www.energy.gov/articles/how-much-do-you-consume Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

We're queer, my dear! In this episode, your hosts Martyr (@dragthemartyr) and Cate (@ctepper) have their second international guest from South Africa, Shenay O'Brien! We discuss the inspiration behind her name, her award-winning YouTube show, and her time on Idols (South Africa). Later Martyr and Cate get a lesson on South African culture! Follow our queen! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shenayobrien/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shenayobrien?s=20 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thiartlishenayobrien We're Queer, My Dear: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZd4URyXGcTCC1lIGBRv4Xg/featured ~ Follow the pod on Instagram and Facebook @wiggingoutpodcast and on twitter @wiggingoutpod Thots, comments, and dick pics? Please send to dragthemartyr@gmail.com Cover art: @glitterbabyonline Music: “Club” by Andrew Huang (www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcemy56JtVTrsFIOoqvV8g) under Creative Commons. Edits by Martyr

What’s big and deadly, and travels faster than a jet plane? It’s a tsunami. Hosts Jane and Ellen explain how ocean waves become tsunamis. They talk about the basic properties of waves, and the differences between tidal waves and tsunamis. They also talk about some famous tsunamis. (Spoiler alert - don’t expect a happy ending.)Sources:Introduction to Oceanology by Paul Webb, offered online by Roger Williams Universityhttps://rwu.pressbooks.pub/webboceanography/chapter/chapter-10-waves/ Japan Revives a Sea Barrier That Failed to Hold by Norimitsu Onishi for The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/world/asia/japan-revives-a-sea-barrier-that-failed-to-hold.html Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 by Kenneth Pletcher for Encyclopedia Brittanica Onlinehttps://www.britannica.com/event/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011Tsunami alert twitter feeds from the US National Weather Service:https://twitter.com/NWS_NTWC https://twitter.com/NWS_PTWC Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

Jane interrupts our scheduled discussion of tsunamis to take us on a Magic Schoolbus-like field trip to Missouri’s Elephant Rocks State Park. Along the way we learn a bit about Missouri’s history, and culture (mort importantly the three Bs of St. Louis: Beer, Blues, and Barbeque). We also learn cool stuff about the geology of this Gateway to the West state. Granite domes & tors abound! And in the immortal words of Miss Frizzle, “Seatbelts, everyone!”Our sources for this episode are:Process geomorphology (5th ed.), Ritter, Kochel, & Miller.Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th ed.), by Tarbuck & LutgensThe Missouri State Parks page for elephant rocks state park: https://mostateparks.com/park/elephant-rocks-state-parkField Trip No. 6: Rapakivi Granites and Related Rocks in the St. Francois Mountains Southeast Missouri by Kisvarsanyi and HebrankGeologic Wonders and Curiosities of Missouri, 2nd ed, revised by VineyardMusic for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

So you think you’ve got problems… imagine what happens when the earth’s crust is under stress and strain. Learn about the forces that cause earthquakes, and how structural geologists measure them. This episode is guaranteed to give you the shimmy shakes. (Guarantee not legally enforceable, but it’s still pretty cool.)Our main source for this episode is Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th ed.), by Tarbuck & LutgensMusic for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.

How do you write a novel about the First World War without resorting to cliché? This month, Angus, Chris and Jessica speak to novelist Lesley Glaister about her new book, Blasted Things, set in the aftermath of the war. Along the way we discuss family history, what it feels like to hold historical documents, the medico-legal definition of PTSD and how to capture the register of a place and time effectively. References: Lesley Glaister, Blasted ThingsLesley Glaister, Little EgyptLesley Glaister, Easy Peasy Anne Powell, Women in the War Zone Rebecca West, Return of the Soldier Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End Aldous Huxley Rosamund Lehman Virginia Woolf May Sinclair Agatha Christie, Witness for the Prosecution, adapted by Sarah Phelps Louisa Young, My Dear, I Have Something to Tell You Sarah Waters Dorothy Whipple, High Wages Wendy Gagen, (2007) ‘Remastering the Body, Renegotiating Gender: Physical Disability and Masculinity during the First World War, the Case of J. B. Middlebrook’, European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, 14:4, 525-541,DOI: 10.1080/13507480701752169 Oliver Wilkinson, British Prisoners of War in First World War Germany, Cambridge University Press, 2017. Joel Morley, ‘Dad ‘never said much’ but… Young Men and Great War Veterans in Day-to-Day-Life in Interwar Britain’, Twentieth Century British History, Volume 29, Issue 2, June 2018, Pages 199–224, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/hwx063 Michael Roper, ‘Re-remembering the Soldier Hero: the Psychic and Social Construction of Memory in Personal Narratives of the Great War’, History Workshop Journal, Volume 50, Issue 1, AUTUMN 2000, Pages 181–204, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/2000.50.181      

In this episode, we learn that some rocks have more than a killer attitude — they’re actually deadly. Lock all the doors and turn down the lights as hosts Jane and Ellen tell spooktacular tales about the many horrible ways rocks can kill you. Whatever you do, don’t listen to this episode…alone! Bwahaha! ☠️Our sources for this episode are:Killer Clothing Was All the Rage in the 19th Century, by Becky Little for National GeographicArsenic Pills and Lead Foundation: The history of toxic Makeup, by Becky Little for National GeographicSmithsonian Handbooks: Rocks & Minerals, by Chris PellantMusic for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.WARNING: In this episode, we talk about minerals that are dangerous to human health. If you choose to handle or experiment with them, you do so at your own risk. If you do, we recommend handling them in a lab setting under the supervision of a trained professional.

In this episode, we learn about all things volcano: where they’re found, how they’re formed, and even how volcanologists use them for cooking. We also learn that the Tectonic Plate struggle is real, and that volcanoes are some of the evidence. Crank up the A/C and get ready to go with the lava flow in this sizzling episode.Our main source for this episode is Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th ed.), by Tarbuck & Lutgens.Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

This week, we’re wrapping up the third installment of our mini-series on lefty ideologies by closing with what I suspect is the most radical, uncompromising horizon of revolutionary politics: anarchism. As I’ve said on every single episode of this three part mini-series, don’t take my word on what you’re about to hear. I’m biased. I am an anarchist because I reckon that anarchy is the most dangerous and powerful idea in all of human history and that it is a material philosophy that has the potential to eradicate unnecessary human suffering and institute full communism for all living beings on this planet. Also, if you think it would be helpful, you can check out the PowerPoints for each of these introductory philosophical episodes.  PowerPoints: Socialism Communism Anarchism Notes: Support Coffee with Comrades on Patreon, follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website. Coffee with Comrades is a proud affiliate of the Channel Zero Network. Coffee with Comrades is a proud part of the Rev Left Radio Federation. Our logo was designed by Sydney Landis. Support her work, buy some art. Music:  Intro: "I Ain't Got No Home in this World" by Woody Guthrie  Interlude: "Proudhon in Manhattan" by Wingnut Dishwashers Union  Outro: "Anarchy, My Dear" by Say Anything

This episode talks about geomorphology, the study of the Earth’s landforms. This includes the physical makeup of the earth’s crust, the movement of the pieces that make up the Earth (plate tectonics), and the origin and evolution of topographic (and bathymetric) features created by physical and chemical processes, and operating at or near the earth’s surface.Our main source for this episode is Process geomorphology (5th ed.), by Ritter, Kochel, & Miller.Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Send us your pics/question about geomorphology, or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

We explore the final frontier, starting with the Big Bang Theory, followed by the creation of our solar system, then the humble beginnings of our planet, including a rough encounter with the moon about 4.5 billion years ago, and ending with a discussion of what Earth looked like in its nascent state.Our main source for this episode is Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th ed.), by Tarbuck & Lutgens.Music for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

Welcome to the world of geology! In our first episode of It’s Sedimentary, My Dear, we introduce ourselves, talk about the different types of rocks and minerals, and tell you our favorites. We think you’ll dig it!Our main sources for this episode are:Mineralogy and Optical Mineralogy (1st ed.), by Dyar, Gunter, & TasaEarth: An Introduction to Physical Geology (9th ed.), by Tarbuck & LutgensMusic for It’s Sedimentary, My Dear is provided by Solar Sleighs.Tell us about your favorite rocks and minerals or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact us through our website sedimentarymydear.com.

Are curious about your home — your home planet, that is? Welcome to the podcast that explains it all, It’s Sedimentary, My Dear. Every other week, hosts Jane and Ellen “dig deep” into the secrets buried in the rocks and minerals that make up planet Earth. Whether you want to learn more about geology, geomorphology, and climatology, or just enjoy terrible rock puns, it will be gneiss to have you join us. (See, the bad rock puns are already getting started.)- - - - - - - - - - - -Twitter: @sedmydearpodInstagram: @sedmydearpodWebsite: sedimentarymydear.comEmail: sedimentarypodcast@gmail.com

Hello, My Dear listeners! How are you? Welcome to episode 12 of the show, coming to you from Washington, DC on this blistering, corona-raging summer day. Be honest-- when you think of a country music-loving, Republican man, chances are you picture a white male. But our guest today not only breaks outdated stereotypes, but also broke with the Republican party and became a Democrat.  I am talking about Project Lincoln Senior Advisor, Kurt Bardella. Bardella is a former Congressional spokesman who is an MSNBC contributor to Morning Joe. He's also a contributing writer for USA Today, and the creator and publisher of the country music industry publication, Morning Hangover. And he joins us today on Spilling Chai!

Former Motown Producer Arthur Stewart was a record producer, sound engineer, and composer who has worked on many Motown recordings. He worked on the Blue album by Diana Ross, and recordings by Teena Marie, including her "Wild and Peaceful" album, released in 1979. With Marvin Gaye, "Trouble Man" album, he has worked on the "Let's Get It On" album, "Here, My Dear" album, and Gaye's birthed from London his original "Dancing Lady" turned to "Got to Give It Up" featuring numerous musicians including Johny McGee on the guitar parts. He has also worked with Rick James on his Motown debut album "Come Get It!" and his second Motown album, Bustin' Out of L Seven. For more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comRadio Sponsor: DOCUmation is a family-owned technology solutions company that provides IT, print, and software-managed services to business and other organizations throughout Texas. Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, our company has been serving customers for nearly 30 years.https://www.mation.com/who-we-are/Podcast Sponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188The Dear Agency specializes in helping you understand your coverage BEFORE you need it!We offer all lines of personal and commercial insurance, including Auto, Home and Life.Contact Dawn Dear at 210-507-2169 and visit us at 7529 N Loop 1604 in Live Oak, TX or farmersagent.com/ddearSupporters:Sanctuary of HopeA Place of RefugeSanctuary of Hope provides a caring and nurturing environment to single expectant mothers ages 12-22 and their children.Every Life CountsPregnant and not sure what to do? You are not alone. Learn more about how we can help you.Be a part of the inspired visionPlease consider joining efforts with the Sanctuary of Hope to help set a positive course for single young mothers and their unborn children.https://www.sohcares.org/ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

Former Motown Producer Arthur Stewart was a record producer, sound engineer, and composer who has worked on many Motown recordings. He worked on the Blue album by Diana Ross, and recordings by Teena Marie, including her "Wild and Peaceful" album, released in 1979. With Marvin Gaye, "Trouble Man" album, he has worked on the "Let's Get It On" album, "Here, My Dear" album, and Gaye's birthed from London his original "Dancing Lady" turned to "Got to Give It Up" featuring numerous musicians including Johny McGee on the guitar parts. He has also worked with Rick James on his Motown debut album "Come Get It!" and his second Motown album, Bustin' Out of L Seven. For more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comRadio Sponsor: DOCUmation is a family-owned technology solutions company that provides IT, print, and software-managed services to business and other organizations throughout Texas. Headquartered in San Antonio, TX, our company has been serving customers for nearly 30 years.https://www.mation.com/who-we-are/Podcast Sponsors:Rockafellas Barber Shop San AntonioRico Rodriguez (Owner)www.facebook.com/Rockafellas-Barber-Shop-105026620034718/?ref=page_internal1733 BabcockSan Antonio, Texas 78229Phone: (210) 782-5188The Dear Agency specializes in helping you understand your coverage BEFORE you need it!We offer all lines of personal and commercial insurance, including Auto, Home and Life.Contact Dawn Dear at 210-507-2169 and visit us at 7529 N Loop 1604 in Live Oak, TX or farmersagent.com/ddearSupporters:Sanctuary of HopeA Place of RefugeSanctuary of Hope provides a caring and nurturing environment to single expectant mothers ages 12-22 and their children.Every Life CountsPregnant and not sure what to do? You are not alone. Learn more about how we can help you.Be a part of the inspired visionPlease consider joining efforts with the Sanctuary of Hope to help set a positive course for single young mothers and their unborn children.https://www.sohcares.org/ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly.www.facebook.com/engagesaProsperitus Solutions is headquartered on the Southwest side of San Antonio, Texas and serving the Department of Defense since 2011. Prosperitus employs more than 100 staff nationwide with footprints in over 8 states.Mission Statement: To attract and ignite talent resulting in prosperous solutions for our customers and community.Our skill-sets cover:• Medical Services• Information Technology• Logistics• Finance• Marketing• Human ResourcesWe have put together a Lean Experienced Corporate staff with one mission, to provide Exceptional Service to our customers and foster long lasting profitable partnerships with our teaming companies.www.prosperitussolutions.com/prosperitusI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioningwww.allsportsfitness.netAll Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.com

Do you think about what others are thinking about you? You're about to learn some TRUTHS that'll set you FREE...while adding incredible value to your life, and the lives of others. It’s an ongoing topic of discussion in my S.O.L. DATE SISTERHOOD, as well as with my coaching clients, and all the coaching I do. It’s the topic of worrying about what others think about YOU. You’re so concerned about what “THEY” are thinking about YOU…but is it possible that YOU’RE actually thinking that about YOURSELF (at some level?) Yes, it’s true! OWN IT, my dear! Stop trying to own everyone else’s opinions about you. Instead, OWN YOURS. What would that look like for you? What would your life look like for you to own your own opinion? The 4 Levels of OPINION OWNERSHIP Are… 1. No ownership. It’s like you’re homeless…and you feel helpless. You don’t own your opinion, nor do you own your responsibility. There’s no work. And I’ve got news for you…It doesn’t work! Everyone’s opinion of YOU is important. Or so it seems. 2. Renting. Think of it as leasing…or is it “pLEASING”… People pleasing. That’s right, you’re a genuine (although inauthentic) People Pleaser. You try to please everyone, while not really pleasing anyone…especially yourself. You also try to own everyone else’s opinion of YOU. You blame them for thinking about you in the way that they do, when honestly…YOU are the one who BELIEVES these things about you (at some level.) OWN IT, MY DEAR! 3. Own/Occupy.  When you own your own business…and you’re not in others’ business. You finally own the fact that others’ opinions of you are none of your business, and you don’t make it your business. You can think of this as a new form of “entrepreneurialism.” 4. Own/Landlord. YOU’RE PAID FOR YOUR OPINION. You own your opinion of YOU. You don’t blame others’ opinions of you on them. You own your OWN opinions of YOU. Others’ opinions of you are not your business. Your opinion of you is your business. And now, others actually ask (or pay) for your opinion. You can think of this as the ultimate form of ENTREPRENEURIALISM.  You care more about people, and what they care about, then caring about their opinion of YOU. You help them to believe in themselves by sharing the TRUTH with them. Imagine what this would look and feel like in your life… Please grab your SACRED S.O.L. D.A.T.E. JOURNAL (Daily Action To Engage yourself.) TODAY’S SACRED S.O.L. STEP: Where right now in your life are you worrying about what others are thinking, or saying, about you? How are YOU doing that to YOU? Own it. Make a commitment to YOU and owning your opinion of you. Whatever opinion you have of yourself, ask: “Is it true?” If so, keep it. If not, let it and YOU go… Set yourself free today, my dear. Thank you for being here, and allowing me to sip on life with you. I’m going to be inviting listeners onto the program. If you have a story you'd like to share — a song to sing (but not a Poor Me Story) — send me an email at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com and put SHARE MY STORY in the subject line. If you've received value from the podcast, please let me know. I'd LOVE to hear from you — please email me at: drshannon@doctorshannon.com AND PLEASE TELL YOUR BESTIES AND INVITE THEM TO SIP ON LIFE WITH US. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @doctorshannon! See you there... Go to YOU BE THE WOMAN NOW to learn more about our next 4-Week YOU BE THE WOMAN Program. Apply today.  And learn about an incredible opportunity for a select sacred group of 25 women who are ready and willing to RISE UP AND BE THE WOMAN. If you’ve been feeling like you’re stuck, overwhelmed, or perhaps you still feel like you’re drowning, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d be more than happy to schedule a Discovery Call with you to see if Healing Life Coaching is a good fit for you. Email me at drshannon@doctorshannon.com Come over to the WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE S.O.L. MOVEMENT Closed FB Group and Join the MOVEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WSOLMovement/ By the way, if you haven't already listened/downloaded my new song (EPISODE 291), you can also listen to it here: letsnottalkaboutex.com, and cast your vote for your favorite version.  Visit WomenSippingOnLife.com for more free resources, including my CHECKLIST FOR CHANGE, Engagement Checklist + Evaluation Rating, Six Sacred S.O.L. DATE Secrets…and a FREE copy of my best-selling book, Date Yourself Well. You can also check out my Dr. Shannon Facebook Page for more daily S.O.L. TRAINING. I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow. Please invite your best girlfriends to come and join our S.O.L. PARTY. xo Dr. Shannon. Inspiring minds that want to grow and hearts that want to know, so you can love you, your life, and your life’s work well. ONE SIP AT A TIME. A special thanks to the following souls for helping me launch our WOMEN SIPPING ON LIFE podcast… Intro/Outro done by UNI V. SOL  Outro music by Jay Man: Mind Over Matter (www.ourmusicbox.com)  Podcast cover design and web site done by: Pablo Aguilar (www.webdesigncreator.com) Podcast cover photo by Kate Montague of KM Captured (www.kmcaptured.com) 

Christmas is *gasp* less than one week away, so that means you have just under seven days to enjoy one of the best parts of Christmas: the music!  On this week's episode of the Biscuit CLT Podcast, producer Andy Goh talks to long-time Charlotte jazz musicians, pianist Noel Freidline and singer Maria Howell. Having played together for a decade since meeting at the Jazz at the Bechtler series, Freidline and Howell have begun recording and performing together under the moniker "Noel and Maria." After having released an album of American standards in 2018, Noel and Maria have released a Christmas album called, Merry Christmas, My Dear.  Hear Noel and Maria talk about Maria's Gastonia roots and having a show-stealing scene in The Color Purple, the ins and outs of musicianship, and the feeling of playing a set to a standing ovation.

Canadian pop singer, Chantal Kreviazuk, joins us on this episode of The Adamantium Podcast. We discuss her recently released Christmas album, “Christmas is a Way of Life, My Dear,” and the sentiment of living an aware and charitable life year-round. We also talk about her Moon v Sun project with husband Raine Maida, music debates in the Kreviazuk-Maida household, and her current initiatives with War Child.

Ruby, My Dear is a lyrical tale of star-crossed lovers told in three acts with music by Omar De Col (@oooomes)

Ruby, My Dear is a lyrical tale of star-crossed lovers told in three acts with music by Omar De Col (@oooomes)

Ruby, My Dear is a lyrical tale of star-crossed lovers told in three acts with music by Omar De Col (@oooomes)

There are plenty of love albums out there and plenty of breakup albums, but apart from Marvin Gaye's fascinating Here, My Dear, how many romantic spite albums can you think of? It's a tough balance to strike, but Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle has created likely the ideal such creature on Tallahassee: a schadenfreude- and gin-sodden indie-rock epitaph for the Alpha Couple, two characters he'd been working with for years and whose relationship only got less healthy with time. Join Will, Dan, Rich, and returning guest Brent Heard, won't you, as we don our emotional headlamps and rotgut-protection boots and investigate the open throat of the Alpha Couple's cellar door? WARNING: This album contains mature subject matter and also there are a few bad words, so listener discretion is advised. Cohosts: Chris Willie Williams, Rich Bunnell, Dan Watkins, Brent Heard Complete show notes: https://discordpod.com/listen/037-the-mountain-goats-tallahassee-2002 Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/discordpod

Back in the fall of 2017, our producer Megan Lubin went for a stroll near her house, popped in earbuds, and heard a song that’s stuck with her ever since: “Si Tú Supieras Compañero” (“If you only knew, my friend”), by the Spanish pop star Rosalía. Since then, Rosalía’s star has continued, especially after the 2018 release of “El Mal Querer,” Rosalía’s genre-blending album of R&B and flamenco.  On this episode, we dig into Rosalía’s sound to try and figure out what stopped Megan in her tracks back then, and what keeps us coming back. With the help of New York Times Magazine writer Marcela Valdes, we break down key elements of the flamenco tradition, like the hard-to-define magic of duende, and count out some of the diabolical rhythms that keep us dancing.  Songs Discussed Rosalía - Si Tú Supieras Compañero Rosalía - BAGDAD (Cap.7: Liturgia)  Rosalía - PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ (Cap.3: Celos) Episode Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4zRce31m3RhCjVwmSSMz2Q Read “Rosalía’s Incredible Journey from Flamenco to Megastardom” by Marcela Valdes: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/08/magazine/rosalia-flamenco.html Watch Rosalía performing “Me quedo contigo”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32d1bq-kG5c More coverage of Rosalía from The FADER magazine: https://www.thefader.com/artist/rosalia **A previous version of this episode claimed that Alicia Key's "Fallin'", Aretha Franklin's "I Never Loved a Man", "Marvin Gaye's "Here, My Dear" and Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" were all written in 3/4 time. That was in error, and we've edited the episode to reflect that. CORRECTION After airing this episode, listeners informed us that many Romani people consider the term “gypsy” to be antiquated, discriminatory and derogatory. We apologize for airing this this word in the episode, and will avoid its usage in all forgoing work. See the NOW foundation’s explanation for further detail: The “G” Word Isn’t for You: How “Gypsy” Erases Romani Women Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello everyone, we are here trying out a new thing with @jglez85 and the one and only @ish_trappod also known as Highlighter. The guys team up to just give you some free convo and end it up with sharing some oldie but goodie music. The boys start off with some West Coast artist to some East Coast artist, check out the full episode and for all the music check towards the end (start time for music is "37:28"), hope you all enjoy the new content. Tracks that play are the following: Terrace Martin - Roll Up (feat. Wiz Khalifa and Overdoz) From the mixtape "Here, My Dear by Terrace Martin & Devi Dev. Damani - You Ain't My Lady (feat. B.J. the Chicago Kid) From the mixtape "Congratulations Playa" Kendrick Lamar - Faith (feat. B.J. the Chicago Kid) From the mixtape "Kendrick Lamar EP" Joell Ortiz - Devil in a Blue Dress. You can find this track by googling or just looking it up on datpiff. Big L - Ebonics. From the album "The Big Picture" RZA (AkA Bobby Digital) - You Can't Stop Me Now. From the album "Digi Snacks"

Beth was a certified financial counselor for 14 years and her life changed when she discovered mindset work and began incorporating it into her counseling sessions a few years ago. Since then, Beth has written 2 books, and her newest one released 8/28/2019 which is called Dust Yourself Off, My Dear: 9 Lessons for Living Your Best Life. This book goes beyond finances and helps women drop the guilt, let go of the past and co-create the life of their dreams. Chapter 1 freebie: https://pages.convertkit.com/41b3beaca2/e777eefb45 Budget form freebie: https://pages.convertkit.com/628dc1af2f/0c32b621c8

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. bears witness to the cold-blooded rhythm and blues of Marvin Gaye's musical reckoning of his divorce in the form of the 1978 album Here, My Dear. For guest playlists, new music influenced by this album, and full show notes, go to The500podcast.com. Join the movement.

Welcome to episode thirty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. This one looks at “Only You” by the Platters. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. —-more—- Resources As always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode. This episode ties into several others, but in particular you might want to relisten to the episode on Earth Angel, which features several of the same cast of characters. There are no books on the Platters, as far as I know, so as I so often do when talking about vocal groups I relied heavily on Marv Goldberg’s website. For details of Buck Ram’s life, I relied on The Magic Touch of Buck Ram: Songwriter, a self-published book credited to J. Patrick Carr but copyrighted in the name of Gayle Schreiber. Schreiber worked for Buck Ram for many years, and both she and Carr have put out multiple books with similar writing styles and layouts which heap fulsome praise both on Ram and on his assistant Jean Bennett. Those books are low on text and high on pictures from Bennett’s personal collection, and they give a version of the story which is very slanted, but they also contain details not available elsewhere. This long YouTube interview with Gaynel Hodge was interesting in giving Hodge’s side of the story. Some of the court case documents I read through to try to understand the legal ownership of the Platters name: Paul Robi and Tony Williams vs Five Platters Inc Martha Robi v. Five Platters Inc, Jean Bennett, and Buck Ram Martha Robi v. Herb Reed Herb Reed Enterprises v. Jean Bennett, Five Platters, Inc. and Personality Productions, Inc.   There are many cheap compilations of the Platters’ hits. There are also many cheap compilations of rerecorded versions of the Platters’ hits sung by people who weren’t in the Platters. This is one of the former.   Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript The story of the Platters is intimately tied up with another story we’ve already talked about — that of the Penguins and “Earth Angel”. You might want to relisten to that episode — or listen to it for the first time, if you’re coming to this podcast for the first time — before listening to this one, as this tells a lot of the same story from an alternative perspective. But in both cases Buck Ram ends up being the villain. As I mentioned in that episode, there was a lot of movement between different vocal groups, and the Platters were very far from an exception. It’s hard to talk about how they formed in the way I normally would, where you talk about these three people meeting up and then getting a friend to join them, and their personalities, and so on, because none of the five people who sang on their biggest hits were among the six people who formed the original group they came from. The Platters started out as The Flamingos — this isn’t the same group as the more well-known Flamingos, but a different group, whose lineup was Cornell Gunter, Gaynel Hodge (who was also in the Hollywood Flames at the same time), Gaynel’s brother Alex Hodge, Joe Jefferson, Richard Berry, and Curtis Williams. But very quickly, the Flamingos started to lose members to other, more popular, groups. The first to leave was Curtis Williams, who went on to join the Hollywood Flames, and from there joined the Penguins. Richard Berry, meanwhile formed a band called the Hollywood Bluejays and got Cornell Gunter into the group. They recorded one single for John Dolphin’s record label, before renaming themselves the Flairs and moving over to Flare records: [Excerpt: “She Wants to Rock”, the Flairs] Cornel Gunter would later go on to join the Coasters, and we’ve already heard some of what Richard Berry would do later on in the episode on “The Wallflower”. So the Flamingos had produced some great talents, but those talents’ departure left some gaping holes in the lineup. Eventually, the Flamingos settled into a new lineup, consisting of Gaynel Hodge, Alex Hodge, David Lynch (not the same one as the film director), and Herb Reed. That lineup was not very good, though, and they didn’t have a single singer who was strong enough to sing lead. Even so, the demand for vocal groups at the time was so great that they got signed by Ralph Bass, who was currently working for Federal Records, producing among other artists a singer called Linda Hayes. We’ve heard quite a bit about Linda Hayes in this series already, though you might not recognise the name. She was one of the people who had tried to cash in on Johnny Ace’s death with a tribute record, “Why Johnny Why”, and she was also the one who had replaced Eunice in Gene and Eunice when she went on maternity leave. We find her popping up all over the place when there was a bandwagon to jump on, and at the time we’re talking about she’d just had an actual hit because of doing this. Willie Mabon had just had a hit with “I Don’t Know”: [Excerpt: Willie Mabon, “I Don’t Know”] That had reached number one on the R&B chart and had spawned a country cover version by Tennessee Ernie Ford. And so Hayes had put out an answer record, “Yes, I Know (What You’re Putting Down)”: [Excerpt: Linda Hayes, “Yes, I Know (What You’re Putting Down)”] Hayes’ answer went to number two on the R&B charts, and she was suddenly someone it was worth paying attention to. As it turned out, she would only have one other hit, in 1954. But she introduced Ralph Bass to her brother, Tony Williams, who wanted to be a singer himself. Williams joined the Flamingos as their lead singer, and their first recording was as the vocal chorus on “Nervous Man Nervous” by Big Jay McNeely, one of the all-time great saxophone honkers, who had previously played with Johnny Otis’ band: [Excerpt: Big Jay McNeely, “Nervous Man Nervous”] Shortly after that, the Flamingos were due to have their own first recording session, when a problem hit. There were only so many names of birds that groups could use, and so it wasn’t surprising that someone else was using the name “the Flamingos”, and that group got a hit record out. So they decided that since records were often called “platters” by disc jockeys, they might as well call themselves that. The Platters’ first single did absolutely nothing: [excerpt: The Platters: “Hey Now”] They put out a few more recordings, but nothing clicked, and nobody, Ralph Bass included, thought they were any good. Gaynel Hodge finally got sick of splitting his time between groups, and left the group, to continue with the Hollywood Flames. The group seemed like they might be on the way out, and so Tony Williams went to his sister’s manager, Buck Ram, and asked him if he’d be Williams’ manager as a solo singer. Ram listened to him, and said he was interested, but Williams should get himself a group to sing with. Williams said that, well, he did already have a group. Ram talked to Ralph Bass and took the Platters on as a project for himself. Ram is unusual among the managers of this time, in that he was actually a musician and songwriter of some ability himself. He had obtained a law degree, mostly to please his parents, but Ram was primarily a songwriter. Long before he went into music management Ram was writing songs, and was getting them performed by musicians that you have heard of. And he seems to have been part of the music scene in New York in the late thirties and early forties in a big way, having met Duke Ellington in a music arranging class both were taking, and having been introduced by Ellington to people like Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, and Ellington’s publishers, Mills Music. Ram’s first big success as a songwriter was “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, which had been a hit for Bing Crosby and would later become a standard: [Excerpt: Bing Crosby, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”] The story of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” was a rather controversial one — Ram had written, on his own, a song called “I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Tho Just In Memory)”, and had registered the copyright in December 1942, but hadn’t had it recorded by anyone. A few months later, he talked to his acquaintances Walter Kent and Kim Gannon about it, and was shocked when Crosby released a single written by them which bore a strong resemblance to Ram’s song. His publishers, Mills Music, sued and got Ram credited on future releases. Buck Ram would end up fighting a lot of lawsuits, with a lot of people. But while that biggest credit was the result of a lawsuit, Ram was also, as far as I can tell, an actual songwriter of great ability. Where other managers got themselves credited on songs that they didn’t write and in some cases had never heard, to the best of my knowledge there has never been any suggestion that Buck Ram wasn’t the sole author of the Platters songs he’s credited for. I’m so used to this working the other way, with managers taking credit for work they didn’t do, that I still find it difficult to state for certain that there wasn’t *some* sort of scam going on, but Ram had songwriting credits long before getting into the business side of things. Here, for example, is a song he wrote with Chick Webb, sung by Ella Fitzgerald: [Excerpt: “Chew Chew Chew Your Bubblegum”, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald] He spent several years working as a songwriter and arranger in New York, but made the mistake of moving West in order to get into the film music business, only to find that he couldn’t break into the market and had to move into management instead. But making music, rather than managing it, was his first love, and he saw the Platters as a means to that end — raw material he could mould in his own image. Ram signed the Platters, now a four-piece consisting of Williams, Alex Hodge, David Lynch, and Herb Reed, to a seven-year contract, and started trying to mould them into a hit act. The first single they released after signing with Ram was one which, rather oddly, featured Herb Reed on lead vocals on both sides, rather than their normal lead Tony Williams: [Excerpt: The Platters, “Roses of Picardy”] They still had the problem, though, that they simply weren’t very good at singing. At the time, they didn’t know how to sing in harmony — they’d just take turns singing lead, and often not be able to sing in the same key as each other. This didn’t have much success, but Ram had an idea. In the forties, he’d managed and written for a group called the Quin-Tones. There were several groups of that name over the years, but this one had been a white vocal group with four men and one woman. They weren’t very successful, but here’s one of their few surviving recordings, “Midnight Jamboree”, written and arranged by Ram: [Excerpt: the Quin-Tones, “Midnight Jamboree”] Working with the Quin-Tones had given Ram a taste for the particular vocal blend that comes from having four men and one woman. This had been a popular group style in the 1940s, thanks to the influence of the Modernaires — the vocal group who sang with the Glenn Miller Orchestra — but had largely fallen out of favour in the 50s. Ram decided to reform the Platters along these lines. The woman he chose to bring into the group was a singer Gaynel Hodge knew called Zola Taylor. Taylor had been recording as a solo artist, with little success, but she had a good sound on her recordings for RPM Records: [Excerpt: Zola Taylor, “Oh! My Dear”] With Zola in the group, Ram’s ideal vocal sound was almost complete. But they hadn’t quite got themselves together — after all, there was still an original member left! But Alex Hodge wouldn’t last long, as he was arrested for marijuana possession, and he was replaced by Paul Robi. Gaynel Hodge now claims that this wasn’t the real reason that Alex Hodge was sacked – he says that Ram and Herb Reed conspired to get rid of Alex, who in Gaynel’s telling had been the original founder of the group, because he knew too much about the music business and was getting suspicious that Ram was ripping him off. Either way, the last original member was now gone, and the Platters were Tony Williams, Zola Taylor, Herb Reed, Paul Robi, and David Lynch. This would now be the lineup that would stay together for the rest of the 1950s and beyond. Before that change though, the Platters had recorded a song that had sounded so bad that Ram had persuaded the label not to release it. “Only You” was a song that Ram had written with the intention of passing it on to the Ink Spots, but for whatever reason he had never got round to it, though he’d written for the Ink Spots before — they’d released his “I’ll Lose a Friend Tomorrow” in 1946: [Excerpt: The Ink Spots: “I’ll Lose A Friend Tomorrow”] He later said that he’d decided against giving “Only You” to the Ink Spots because they’d split up before he had a chance. That’s not accurate — the Ink Spots were still around when the earliest recordings of the song by the Platters were made. More likely, he just didn’t like the song. After he wrote it, he stuck the sheet music in a box, where it languished until Jean Bennett, his assistant, was moving things around and the box fell apart. Bennett looked at the song, and said she thought it looked interesting. Ram said it was rubbish, but Bennett put the sheet music on top of Ram’s piano. When Tony Williams saw it, he insisted on recording it. But that initial recording seemed to confirm Ram’s assessment that the song was terrible: [Excerpt: The Platters, “Only You” (original version), including the incredibly bad ending chord] During this period the band were also recording tracks backing Linda Hayes, and indeed there was also a brother-sister duet credited to Linda Hayes and Tony Williams (of the Platters): [Excerpt, Linda Hayes and Tony Williams, “Oochi Pachi”] And again, Hayes was trying to jump on the bandwagons, recording an “Annie” song with the Platters on backing vocals, in the hope of getting some of the money that was going to Hank Ballard and Etta James: [Excerpt: Linda Hayes and the Platters, “My Name Ain’t Annie”] But none of those records sold at all, and despite Ram’s best efforts it looked like the Platters were simply not going to be having any recording success any time soon. Federal dropped them, as it looked likely they were going to do nothing. But then, the group got very lucky. Buck Ram became the manager of the Penguins, another group that had formed out of the primal soup of singers around LA. The Penguins had just had what turned out to be their only big hit, with “Earth Angel”, and Mercury Records were eager to sign them. Ram agreed to the deal, but only on the condition that Mercury signed the Platters as well. Once they were signed, Ram largely gave up on the Penguins, who never had any further success. They’d served his purpose, and got the group he really cared about signed to a major label. There was a six-month break between the last session the Platters did for Federal and the first they did for Mercury. During that time, there was only one session — as backing vocalists for Joe Houston: [Excerpt: Joe Houston, “Shtiggy Boom”] But they spent that six months practising, and when they got into the studio to record for Mercury, they suddenly sounded *good*: [Excerpt: The Platters, “Only You”] Everything had fallen into place. They were now a slick, professional group. They’d even got good enough that they could incorporate mistakes when they worked — on an early take, Williams’ voice cracked on the word “only”, and he apologised to Ram, who said, “no, it sounded good, use it”. And “Only You” became one of those songs that defines an era. More than any of the doo-wop songs we’ve covered previously, it’s the epitome of 1950s smooth balladry. It was a massive hit — it spent thirty weeks on the R&B charts, seven of them at number one, and twenty-two weeks on the pop charts, peaking at number five. Federal rush-released the awful original recording to cash in, and Ram and Mercury took them to court, which eventually ruled in favour of Federal being allowed to put out their version, but the judge also said that that decision might well turn out to be more harmful to Federal than to Mercury. The Federal version didn’t chart. The follow-up to “Only You”, also by Ram, was even bigger: [Excerpt: The Platters, “The Great Pretender”] And this started a whole string of hits — “The Magic Touch”, “Twilight Time”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”… most of these weren’t quite as long-lasting as their first two massive hits, but they were regulars at the top of the pop charts. The Platters were, in many ways, the 1950s equivalent to the Ink Spots, and while they started off marketed as a rock and roll group, they soon transitioned into the more lucrative adult market, recording albums of standards. But having emulated the Ink Spots in their biggest hits, the Platters also, sadly, emulated the Ink Spots in the way they fell apart. Unfortunately, the only book I’ve been able to find that talks about the Platters in any depth is written by someone working for Buck Ram’s organisation, and so it has a very particular biased take on the legal disputes that followed for the next sixty years. I’ve tried to counter this by at least skimming some of the court documents that are available online, but it’s not really possible to get an accurate sense, either from court filings from 2011 or the mid-eighties, or from a self-published and self-defensive book from 2015, what actually happened between the five Platters, Ram, and Ram’s assistant Jean Bennett back in the late 1950s. What everyone seems to agree on, though, is that soon after the Platters were signed to Mercury, a corporation was set up, “Five Platters Inc”, which was controlled by Buck Ram and had all the members of the Platters as shareholders. The Platters, at the time, assigned any rights they had to the band’s name to this corporation. But then, in 1959, Tony Williams, who had always wanted a solo career, decided he wanted to pursue one more vigorously. He was going to leave the group, and he put out a solo album: [Excerpt: Tony Williams, “Charmaine”] Indeed, it seems to have been Buck Ram’s plan from the very start to get Williams to be a solo artist, while keeping the Platters as a hit group — he tried to find a replacement for Williams as early as 1956, although that didn’t work out. For a while, Williams continued in the Platters, while they looked for a replacement, but his solo career didn’t go wonderfully at first. He wasn’t helped by all four of the male Platters being arrested, allegedly as customers of sex workers, but in fact because they were sharing their hotel room with white women. All charges against everyone involved were later dropped, but this meant that it probably wasn’t the best time for Williams to be starting a solo career. But by 1961, Williams had managed to extricate himself from the Platters, and had been replaced by a young singer called Sonny Turner, who could sound a little like Williams. The record company were so convinced that Williams was the important one in the Platters, though, that on many of their recordings for the next year or two Mercury would take completed recordings by the new Platters lineup and overdub new lead vocals from Williams. But one at a time the band members left, following Williams. And as each member left, they sold their shares in Five Platters Inc. to Buck Ram or to one of Ram’s companies. By 1969 Herb Reed was the only member of the classic lineup still in the group, and then he left the group too, and Buck Ram and his companies continued putting out groups with no original members as the Platters. Now, this doesn’t mean that the real members stopped touring as the Platters. After David Lynch left in 1967, for example, he formed a group called “The Original Platters”, and got both Zola Taylor and Paul Robi into the group. Tony Williams, Herb Reed, and Sonny Turner all also formed their own groups which toured under the Platters name, competing with the “official” Buck Ram Platters. There followed forty years of litigation between Ram’s companies and various Platters members. And the judgements went both ways, to the point that I can’t make accurate judgements from the case documents I’ve been able to find online. As best as I can understand it, there was a court ruling back in 1974 that the whole purpose of Five Platters Inc. had been to illegally deprive the band members of their ownership in the band name, that it was a sham corporation, and that Buck Ram had illegally benefited from an unfair bargaining position. Shortly after that, it was ruled that FPI’s trademark in the Platters name was void. But then there were other cases which went the other way, and Five Platters Inc. insisted that the band members had mostly left because they were alcoholics who didn’t want to tour any more, and that they’d given up their rights to the band name of their own free will. Meanwhile, over a hundred fake Platters groups with no original members went out on the road at various points. There have been almost as many fake Platters as there have fake Ink Spots. The band name issues were finally resolved in 2011. By that point Buck Ram was long dead, as were all the members of the classic Platters lineup except Herb Reed. A judge finally ruled that Herb Reed had the rights to the name, and that Five Platters Inc. had never owned the name. Just before that ruling, Five Platters Inc., which was now run by Jean Bennett, announced that they were going to retire the name. Herb Reed died in 2012, shortly afterwards, though the company he licensed the name to still licenses a band to tour as the Platters. Gaynel Hodge, however, is still alive, the last surviving member of the original Platters, and he still performs with his own Platters group, performing songs the Platters recorded after he left. His website hasn’t been updated since 2005, but at the time its most recent newsflash was that he had co-written this song with Dr. John for Shemekia Copeland: [Excerpt: Shemekia Copeland, “Too Close”] Gaynel Hodge was a major figure in the California music industry. He’ll be turning up in all sorts of odd places in future episodes, as he was involved in a lot of very important records. And we’ll definitely be seeing more of both Richard Berry and Cornell Gunter later as well. And meanwhile, somewhere out there are multiple groups of people who’ve never met anyone who sang on “Only You”, singing that song right now and calling themselves the Platters.

Welcome to episode thirty-one of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs. This one looks at “Only You” by the Platters. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. —-more—- Resources As always, I’ve created a Mixcloud streaming playlist with full versions of all the songs in the episode. This episode ties into several others, but in particular you might want to relisten to the episode on Earth Angel, which features several of the same cast of characters. There are no books on the Platters, as far as I know, so as I so often do when talking about vocal groups I relied heavily on Marv Goldberg’s website. For details of Buck Ram’s life, I relied on The Magic Touch of Buck Ram: Songwriter, a self-published book credited to J. Patrick Carr but copyrighted in the name of Gayle Schreiber. Schreiber worked for Buck Ram for many years, and both she and Carr have put out multiple books with similar writing styles and layouts which heap fulsome praise both on Ram and on his assistant Jean Bennett. Those books are low on text and high on pictures from Bennett’s personal collection, and they give a version of the story which is very slanted, but they also contain details not available elsewhere. This long YouTube interview with Gaynel Hodge was interesting in giving Hodge’s side of the story. Some of the court case documents I read through to try to understand the legal ownership of the Platters name: Paul Robi and Tony Williams vs Five Platters Inc Martha Robi v. Five Platters Inc, Jean Bennett, and Buck Ram Martha Robi v. Herb Reed Herb Reed Enterprises v. Jean Bennett, Five Platters, Inc. and Personality Productions, Inc.   There are many cheap compilations of the Platters’ hits. There are also many cheap compilations of rerecorded versions of the Platters’ hits sung by people who weren’t in the Platters. This is one of the former.   Patreon This podcast is brought to you by the generosity of my backers on Patreon. Why not join them? Transcript The story of the Platters is intimately tied up with another story we’ve already talked about — that of the Penguins and “Earth Angel”. You might want to relisten to that episode — or listen to it for the first time, if you’re coming to this podcast for the first time — before listening to this one, as this tells a lot of the same story from an alternative perspective. But in both cases Buck Ram ends up being the villain. As I mentioned in that episode, there was a lot of movement between different vocal groups, and the Platters were very far from an exception. It’s hard to talk about how they formed in the way I normally would, where you talk about these three people meeting up and then getting a friend to join them, and their personalities, and so on, because none of the five people who sang on their biggest hits were among the six people who formed the original group they came from. The Platters started out as The Flamingos — this isn’t the same group as the more well-known Flamingos, but a different group, whose lineup was Cornell Gunter, Gaynel Hodge (who was also in the Hollywood Flames at the same time), Gaynel’s brother Alex Hodge, Joe Jefferson, Richard Berry, and Curtis Williams. But very quickly, the Flamingos started to lose members to other, more popular, groups. The first to leave was Curtis Williams, who went on to join the Hollywood Flames, and from there joined the Penguins. Richard Berry, meanwhile formed a band called the Hollywood Bluejays and got Cornell Gunter into the group. They recorded one single for John Dolphin’s record label, before renaming themselves the Flairs and moving over to Flare records: [Excerpt: “She Wants to Rock”, the Flairs] Cornel Gunter would later go on to join the Coasters, and we’ve already heard some of what Richard Berry would do later on in the episode on “The Wallflower”. So the Flamingos had produced some great talents, but those talents’ departure left some gaping holes in the lineup. Eventually, the Flamingos settled into a new lineup, consisting of Gaynel Hodge, Alex Hodge, David Lynch (not the same one as the film director), and Herb Reed. That lineup was not very good, though, and they didn’t have a single singer who was strong enough to sing lead. Even so, the demand for vocal groups at the time was so great that they got signed by Ralph Bass, who was currently working for Federal Records, producing among other artists a singer called Linda Hayes. We’ve heard quite a bit about Linda Hayes in this series already, though you might not recognise the name. She was one of the people who had tried to cash in on Johnny Ace’s death with a tribute record, “Why Johnny Why”, and she was also the one who had replaced Eunice in Gene and Eunice when she went on maternity leave. We find her popping up all over the place when there was a bandwagon to jump on, and at the time we’re talking about she’d just had an actual hit because of doing this. Willie Mabon had just had a hit with “I Don’t Know”: [Excerpt: Willie Mabon, “I Don’t Know”] That had reached number one on the R&B chart and had spawned a country cover version by Tennessee Ernie Ford. And so Hayes had put out an answer record, “Yes, I Know (What You’re Putting Down)”: [Excerpt: Linda Hayes, “Yes, I Know (What You’re Putting Down)”] Hayes’ answer went to number two on the R&B charts, and she was suddenly someone it was worth paying attention to. As it turned out, she would only have one other hit, in 1954. But she introduced Ralph Bass to her brother, Tony Williams, who wanted to be a singer himself. Williams joined the Flamingos as their lead singer, and their first recording was as the vocal chorus on “Nervous Man Nervous” by Big Jay McNeely, one of the all-time great saxophone honkers, who had previously played with Johnny Otis’ band: [Excerpt: Big Jay McNeely, “Nervous Man Nervous”] Shortly after that, the Flamingos were due to have their own first recording session, when a problem hit. There were only so many names of birds that groups could use, and so it wasn’t surprising that someone else was using the name “the Flamingos”, and that group got a hit record out. So they decided that since records were often called “platters” by disc jockeys, they might as well call themselves that. The Platters’ first single did absolutely nothing: [excerpt: The Platters: “Hey Now”] They put out a few more recordings, but nothing clicked, and nobody, Ralph Bass included, thought they were any good. Gaynel Hodge finally got sick of splitting his time between groups, and left the group, to continue with the Hollywood Flames. The group seemed like they might be on the way out, and so Tony Williams went to his sister’s manager, Buck Ram, and asked him if he’d be Williams’ manager as a solo singer. Ram listened to him, and said he was interested, but Williams should get himself a group to sing with. Williams said that, well, he did already have a group. Ram talked to Ralph Bass and took the Platters on as a project for himself. Ram is unusual among the managers of this time, in that he was actually a musician and songwriter of some ability himself. He had obtained a law degree, mostly to please his parents, but Ram was primarily a songwriter. Long before he went into music management Ram was writing songs, and was getting them performed by musicians that you have heard of. And he seems to have been part of the music scene in New York in the late thirties and early forties in a big way, having met Duke Ellington in a music arranging class both were taking, and having been introduced by Ellington to people like Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, and Ellington’s publishers, Mills Music. Ram’s first big success as a songwriter was “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, which had been a hit for Bing Crosby and would later become a standard: [Excerpt: Bing Crosby, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”] The story of “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” was a rather controversial one — Ram had written, on his own, a song called “I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Tho Just In Memory)”, and had registered the copyright in December 1942, but hadn’t had it recorded by anyone. A few months later, he talked to his acquaintances Walter Kent and Kim Gannon about it, and was shocked when Crosby released a single written by them which bore a strong resemblance to Ram’s song. His publishers, Mills Music, sued and got Ram credited on future releases. Buck Ram would end up fighting a lot of lawsuits, with a lot of people. But while that biggest credit was the result of a lawsuit, Ram was also, as far as I can tell, an actual songwriter of great ability. Where other managers got themselves credited on songs that they didn’t write and in some cases had never heard, to the best of my knowledge there has never been any suggestion that Buck Ram wasn’t the sole author of the Platters songs he’s credited for. I’m so used to this working the other way, with managers taking credit for work they didn’t do, that I still find it difficult to state for certain that there wasn’t *some* sort of scam going on, but Ram had songwriting credits long before getting into the business side of things. Here, for example, is a song he wrote with Chick Webb, sung by Ella Fitzgerald: [Excerpt: “Chew Chew Chew Your Bubblegum”, Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald] He spent several years working as a songwriter and arranger in New York, but made the mistake of moving West in order to get into the film music business, only to find that he couldn’t break into the market and had to move into management instead. But making music, rather than managing it, was his first love, and he saw the Platters as a means to that end — raw material he could mould in his own image. Ram signed the Platters, now a four-piece consisting of Williams, Alex Hodge, David Lynch, and Herb Reed, to a seven-year contract, and started trying to mould them into a hit act. The first single they released after signing with Ram was one which, rather oddly, featured Herb Reed on lead vocals on both sides, rather than their normal lead Tony Williams: [Excerpt: The Platters, “Roses of Picardy”] They still had the problem, though, that they simply weren’t very good at singing. At the time, they didn’t know how to sing in harmony — they’d just take turns singing lead, and often not be able to sing in the same key as each other. This didn’t have much success, but Ram had an idea. In the forties, he’d managed and written for a group called the Quin-Tones. There were several groups of that name over the years, but this one had been a white vocal group with four men and one woman. They weren’t very successful, but here’s one of their few surviving recordings, “Midnight Jamboree”, written and arranged by Ram: [Excerpt: the Quin-Tones, “Midnight Jamboree”] Working with the Quin-Tones had given Ram a taste for the particular vocal blend that comes from having four men and one woman. This had been a popular group style in the 1940s, thanks to the influence of the Modernaires — the vocal group who sang with the Glenn Miller Orchestra — but had largely fallen out of favour in the 50s. Ram decided to reform the Platters along these lines. The woman he chose to bring into the group was a singer Gaynel Hodge knew called Zola Taylor. Taylor had been recording as a solo artist, with little success, but she had a good sound on her recordings for RPM Records: [Excerpt: Zola Taylor, “Oh! My Dear”] With Zola in the group, Ram’s ideal vocal sound was almost complete. But they hadn’t quite got themselves together — after all, there was still an original member left! But Alex Hodge wouldn’t last long, as he was arrested for marijuana possession, and he was replaced by Paul Robi. Gaynel Hodge now claims that this wasn’t the real reason that Alex Hodge was sacked – he says that Ram and Herb Reed conspired to get rid of Alex, who in Gaynel’s telling had been the original founder of the group, because he knew too much about the music business and was getting suspicious that Ram was ripping him off. Either way, the last original member was now gone, and the Platters were Tony Williams, Zola Taylor, Herb Reed, Paul Robi, and David Lynch. This would now be the lineup that would stay together for the rest of the 1950s and beyond. Before that change though, the Platters had recorded a song that had sounded so bad that Ram had persuaded the label not to release it. “Only You” was a song that Ram had written with the intention of passing it on to the Ink Spots, but for whatever reason he had never got round to it, though he’d written for the Ink Spots before — they’d released his “I’ll Lose a Friend Tomorrow” in 1946: [Excerpt: The Ink Spots: “I’ll Lose A Friend Tomorrow”] He later said that he’d decided against giving “Only You” to the Ink Spots because they’d split up before he had a chance. That’s not accurate — the Ink Spots were still around when the earliest recordings of the song by the Platters were made. More likely, he just didn’t like the song. After he wrote it, he stuck the sheet music in a box, where it languished until Jean Bennett, his assistant, was moving things around and the box fell apart. Bennett looked at the song, and said she thought it looked interesting. Ram said it was rubbish, but Bennett put the sheet music on top of Ram’s piano. When Tony Williams saw it, he insisted on recording it. But that initial recording seemed to confirm Ram’s assessment that the song was terrible: [Excerpt: The Platters, “Only You” (original version), including the incredibly bad ending chord] During this period the band were also recording tracks backing Linda Hayes, and indeed there was also a brother-sister duet credited to Linda Hayes and Tony Williams (of the Platters): [Excerpt, Linda Hayes and Tony Williams, “Oochi Pachi”] And again, Hayes was trying to jump on the bandwagons, recording an “Annie” song with the Platters on backing vocals, in the hope of getting some of the money that was going to Hank Ballard and Etta James: [Excerpt: Linda Hayes and the Platters, “My Name Ain’t Annie”] But none of those records sold at all, and despite Ram’s best efforts it looked like the Platters were simply not going to be having any recording success any time soon. Federal dropped them, as it looked likely they were going to do nothing. But then, the group got very lucky. Buck Ram became the manager of the Penguins, another group that had formed out of the primal soup of singers around LA. The Penguins had just had what turned out to be their only big hit, with “Earth Angel”, and Mercury Records were eager to sign them. Ram agreed to the deal, but only on the condition that Mercury signed the Platters as well. Once they were signed, Ram largely gave up on the Penguins, who never had any further success. They’d served his purpose, and got the group he really cared about signed to a major label. There was a six-month break between the last session the Platters did for Federal and the first they did for Mercury. During that time, there was only one session — as backing vocalists for Joe Houston: [Excerpt: Joe Houston, “Shtiggy Boom”] But they spent that six months practising, and when they got into the studio to record for Mercury, they suddenly sounded *good*: [Excerpt: The Platters, “Only You”] Everything had fallen into place. They were now a slick, professional group. They’d even got good enough that they could incorporate mistakes when they worked — on an early take, Williams’ voice cracked on the word “only”, and he apologised to Ram, who said, “no, it sounded good, use it”. And “Only You” became one of those songs that defines an era. More than any of the doo-wop songs we’ve covered previously, it’s the epitome of 1950s smooth balladry. It was a massive hit — it spent thirty weeks on the R&B charts, seven of them at number one, and twenty-two weeks on the pop charts, peaking at number five. Federal rush-released the awful original recording to cash in, and Ram and Mercury took them to court, which eventually ruled in favour of Federal being allowed to put out their version, but the judge also said that that decision might well turn out to be more harmful to Federal than to Mercury. The Federal version didn’t chart. The follow-up to “Only You”, also by Ram, was even bigger: [Excerpt: The Platters, “The Great Pretender”] And this started a whole string of hits — “The Magic Touch”, “Twilight Time”, “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”… most of these weren’t quite as long-lasting as their first two massive hits, but they were regulars at the top of the pop charts. The Platters were, in many ways, the 1950s equivalent to the Ink Spots, and while they started off marketed as a rock and roll group, they soon transitioned into the more lucrative adult market, recording albums of standards. But having emulated the Ink Spots in their biggest hits, the Platters also, sadly, emulated the Ink Spots in the way they fell apart. Unfortunately, the only book I’ve been able to find that talks about the Platters in any depth is written by someone working for Buck Ram’s organisation, and so it has a very particular biased take on the legal disputes that followed for the next sixty years. I’ve tried to counter this by at least skimming some of the court documents that are available online, but it’s not really possible to get an accurate sense, either from court filings from 2011 or the mid-eighties, or from a self-published and self-defensive book from 2015, what actually happened between the five Platters, Ram, and Ram’s assistant Jean Bennett back in the late 1950s. What everyone seems to agree on, though, is that soon after the Platters were signed to Mercury, a corporation was set up, “Five Platters Inc”, which was controlled by Buck Ram and had all the members of the Platters as shareholders. The Platters, at the time, assigned any rights they had to the band’s name to this corporation. But then, in 1959, Tony Williams, who had always wanted a solo career, decided he wanted to pursue one more vigorously. He was going to leave the group, and he put out a solo album: [Excerpt: Tony Williams, “Charmaine”] Indeed, it seems to have been Buck Ram’s plan from the very start to get Williams to be a solo artist, while keeping the Platters as a hit group — he tried to find a replacement for Williams as early as 1956, although that didn’t work out. For a while, Williams continued in the Platters, while they looked for a replacement, but his solo career didn’t go wonderfully at first. He wasn’t helped by all four of the male Platters being arrested, allegedly as customers of sex workers, but in fact because they were sharing their hotel room with white women. All charges against everyone involved were later dropped, but this meant that it probably wasn’t the best time for Williams to be starting a solo career. But by 1961, Williams had managed to extricate himself from the Platters, and had been replaced by a young singer called Sonny Turner, who could sound a little like Williams. The record company were so convinced that Williams was the important one in the Platters, though, that on many of their recordings for the next year or two Mercury would take completed recordings by the new Platters lineup and overdub new lead vocals from Williams. But one at a time the band members left, following Williams. And as each member left, they sold their shares in Five Platters Inc. to Buck Ram or to one of Ram’s companies. By 1969 Herb Reed was the only member of the classic lineup still in the group, and then he left the group too, and Buck Ram and his companies continued putting out groups with no original members as the Platters. Now, this doesn’t mean that the real members stopped touring as the Platters. After David Lynch left in 1967, for example, he formed a group called “The Original Platters”, and got both Zola Taylor and Paul Robi into the group. Tony Williams, Herb Reed, and Sonny Turner all also formed their own groups which toured under the Platters name, competing with the “official” Buck Ram Platters. There followed forty years of litigation between Ram’s companies and various Platters members. And the judgements went both ways, to the point that I can’t make accurate judgements from the case documents I’ve been able to find online. As best as I can understand it, there was a court ruling back in 1974 that the whole purpose of Five Platters Inc. had been to illegally deprive the band members of their ownership in the band name, that it was a sham corporation, and that Buck Ram had illegally benefited from an unfair bargaining position. Shortly after that, it was ruled that FPI’s trademark in the Platters name was void. But then there were other cases which went the other way, and Five Platters Inc. insisted that the band members had mostly left because they were alcoholics who didn’t want to tour any more, and that they’d given up their rights to the band name of their own free will. Meanwhile, over a hundred fake Platters groups with no original members went out on the road at various points. There have been almost as many fake Platters as there have fake Ink Spots. The band name issues were finally resolved in 2011. By that point Buck Ram was long dead, as were all the members of the classic Platters lineup except Herb Reed. A judge finally ruled that Herb Reed had the rights to the name, and that Five Platters Inc. had never owned the name. Just before that ruling, Five Platters Inc., which was now run by Jean Bennett, announced that they were going to retire the name. Herb Reed died in 2012, shortly afterwards, though the company he licensed the name to still licenses a band to tour as the Platters. Gaynel Hodge, however, is still alive, the last surviving member of the original Platters, and he still performs with his own Platters group, performing songs the Platters recorded after he left. His website hasn’t been updated since 2005, but at the time its most recent newsflash was that he had co-written this song with Dr. John for Shemekia Copeland: [Excerpt: Shemekia Copeland, “Too Close”] Gaynel Hodge was a major figure in the California music industry. He’ll be turning up in all sorts of odd places in future episodes, as he was involved in a lot of very important records. And we’ll definitely be seeing more of both Richard Berry and Cornell Gunter later as well. And meanwhile, somewhere out there are multiple groups of people who’ve never met anyone who sang on “Only You”, singing that song right now and calling themselves the Platters.