Podcasts about My Way

A chaque fois que j'entends des gars ranger Plastic Bertrand dans la catégorie des artistes qui ont fait un tube et puis plus rien, ça m'énerve. C'est vrai, comment ignorer qu'après le phénomène planétaire de Ca plane pour moi qui a détrôné les Sex Pistols dans l'imaginaire que le grand public avait du punk, il y a eux cinq autres tubes, en France et en Belgique, en moins de trois ans.Vous connaissez sans doute l'histoire racontée par le créateur de la chanson, feu Lou Deprijck, alors la voix du Two Man Sound, qui connaissait aussi un succès considérable dans le monde. Et ben oui, la firme de disques veut un successeur à Ca plane pour moi. Et un album. Et comme il est du sérail, du monde des producteurs, et que c'est le pactole, ben, Lou ne va pas dire non. C'est donc la raison pour laquelle si vous avez connu l'époque, vous connaissez inévitablement cette chanson Super Cool, et celle-là, Sentimentale-moi, et puis … Houla Hop, et encore Téléphone mon bijou, et puis aussi cette improbable collaboration avec un membre de Telex … Tout petit la planète … Ah on est bien loin du punk, là. Il est vrai que le punk, en tant que musique et mouvement, et surtout le son, tout le monde s'en est vite éloigné, il suffit d'écouter la discographie des Clash ou Police pour s'en convaincre.Pourtant, le duo pygmalion Deprijck Plastic Bertrand remet le couvert devant toutes les caméras de télévision et sur les radios. Car si Ca plane pour moi a été le grand N°1 de l'année, son successeur a été N°4 et a aussi traversé les frontières de la Belgique et de la France, et pas seulement grâce aux longues ondes.Pour ceux qui s'en souviennent, quand on l'a entendu, on ne l'a pas cru, puisque c'est une reprise électrique et speedée d'une chanson de Dalida. Dalida ! En 1978, alors que Téléphone secoue la chanson française, Dalida et le punk, c'est l'eau et le feu. On crie d'autant plus au casse-cou que le successeur d'un immense tube est celui qui, en cas de réussite, lance définitivement la carrière d'un artiste, celui qu'il ne faut pas manquer car sinon, c'est les oubliettes.Mais ça marche ! Qui y a vu une référence à Johnny Hallyday qui faisait d'une chanson de Dalida son premier tube au premier single ? … T'aimer follement … il avait d'ailleurs remis ça avec un Petit Bikini … Alors pas sérieux le Plastic Bertrand, si le taulier l'avait déjà fait ? Et quand on sait que quelques mois plus tard, le bassiste des Sex Pistols reprendra My Way de Frank Sinatra … En tout cas, c'est un carton, et Plastic Bertrand devient une vedette, un copain d'une nouvelle époque. Et si Bambino figure aujourd'hui au Paradis des tubes oubliés, qu'est-ce qu'on l'a entendu à la radio et vu à la télé.

We're joined today by Commissioner Nancy Skinner. Skinner is serving her first term on the California Energy Commission after serving as a state senator at the California State Senate from 2016 to 2024 and as a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014.  if Skinner is a newbie to the CEC, she is no stranger to energy policy issues, having authored AB 2514 which created requirements for electrical corporations to implement energy storage systems. If you have noticed that the state now has less "rolling" blackouts, AB 2514 is a big part of the reason why. She spoke with us about the Trump Administration's opposition to California's climate goals, the challenges (and opportunities) presented by Data Centers, and her landmark Name Image and Likeness legislation, SB 206, which changed college sports across the country. And, with the Primary behind us, a long list of candidates for Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics. 3:59 E bike bills 5:36 Nancy Skinner 7:38 Art Rosenfeld 10:01 California's climate goals 11:09 "Texas is ahead of us" 13:52 Data Centers 16:27 The multi-state grid 18:43 The Federal position 24:13 Energy costs in the campaign for governor 28:36 Name Image and License legislation 36:51 Title IX 37:41 Energy storage bill 39:29 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Eine neue Route lernen, sich in einer fremden Umgebung orientieren, selbstständig von A nach B kommen – für blinde und sehbehinderte Menschen steckt dahinter oft mehr Aufwand, als eine Standard-Navigations-App leisten kann. MyWay Pro, eine App des Schweizerischen Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverbands, geht dieses Problem gezielt an. Im Gespräch mit Entwickler Matthias Wüst erfährst du, was MyWay Pro von gängigen Lösungen wie Google Maps oder Apple Karten unterscheidet und warum gerade der Navigationsmodus mit Kompassfunktion und sprachlicher Wegbeschreibung für viele Nutzerinnen und Nutzer einen Unterschied macht. Außerdem spricht Matthias darüber, welche Neuerungen die für diesen Sommer geplante iOS-Version bringen soll. Die App ist für iOS und Android verfügbar und auch außerhalb der Schweiz nutzbar zu Preisen, die überraschen dürften.

"Se você não cuidar de si mesmo, ninguém fará isso por você". Esse é um dos conselhos mais repetidos na nossa cultura. Ele soa como liberdade, mas ironicamente tem nos levado a uma epidemia de solidão e ansiedade.Neste 7º episódio da série Evangelho Segundo Satanás, o Pr. Filipe Breder desmascara a mentira do isolamento e do individualismo extremo. Com base em Filipenses 2, descobrimos que não fomos criados para ser "átomos" soltos ou ilhas isoladas. A verdadeira cura para a nossa alma não é nos fecharmos no "eu", mas termos a mente de Cristo: Aquele que se esvaziou da Sua glória, assumiu a forma de servo e abriu mão de Si mesmo por amor a nós.Gostou deste episódio? Siga o nosso podcast para acompanhar toda a série!▶️ NAVEGUE PELA MENSAGEM (CAPÍTULOS):00:00:00 - A Mentira do "Pense Mais em Você"00:04:40 - A Música "My Way" (Frank Sinatra)00:11:41 - Charles Taylor e o "Eu Encapsulado"00:14:36 - O Homem Curvado Sobre Si Mesmo00:20:17 - A Epidemia de Solidão na Sociedade00:32:21 - O Esvaziamento de Cristo00:42:51 - O Risco de Amar (C.S. Lewis)▶️ CONECTE-SE COM A IGREJA ESPERANÇA• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esperanca.igreja/

Marci Villanueva is a Washington State scrapbooker with a colorful, symmetrical style and a genuine love of embellishments. As the June 2026 featured artist at Simple Scrapper, she joins us for this My Way episode to share what keeps her coming back to her craft room in a season of life that also includes going back to school for a master's degree in graphic design.

Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads" [0:00:00] Rev. H.L. Parker and the First Baptist Choir of Pratt City, AL - "All I Own" [0:04:08] Rev. H.L. Parker and the First Baptist Choir of Pratt City, AL - "I Didn't Have No Doubt" [0:08:57] Gospel White Stars of Montgomery, AL - "What You Need God's Got It" [Recorded by Brother Jeff Kreines c.1976 at WXVI-AM 1600 Montgomery, Alabama] [0:13:57] Gospel White Stars of Montgomery, AL - "I'm Rolling" [Recorded by Brother Jeff Kreines c.1976 at WXVI-AM 1600 Montgomery, Alabama] [0:18:03] Unidentified Group - "Jesus Will Never Say No" [Recorded by Jeff Kreines at the Spiritual Singers building c.1976 during a gospel program in the Newtown neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama.] [0:20:43] Stars of Faith of Alex City - "The Lord Did Something for Me" [0:23:23] Southern Faith Singers - "Trouble in My Way" [0:31:33] Twin City Silvertones - "Walking By Thy Side" [0:33:22] Mighty Kings - "Make It All Right" [0:37:34] Roanoke Rapids Jubilee Singers - "What Would You Give" [0:39:45] Mighty Superior Quartette - "Before This Time Another Year" - Tell the World [0:42:13] Michigan Sensational Voices of Faith - "God Will Answer Prayer" [0:45:51] Larry Pierce and the Sons of Faith of Roanoke Rapids, NC - "Steal Away" [0:49:41] Kenny Davis and the Dynamic Melodyaires - "Kingdom Land" - Kingdom Land [0:52:20] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/164742

Nas Filipinas, a canção “My Way” deixou de ser apenas um clássico de Frank Sinatra para ganhar uma fama sombria nos karaokês: a música que tantos cantavam como símbolo de orgulho e vitória passou a aparecer no centro de brigas, humilhações públicas e mortes tão absurdas quanto reais.Produção: Crimes e Mistérios BrasilNarração: Tatiana DaignaultEdição: Tatiana DaignaultPesquisa e Roteiro: Tatiana Daignault Música de Destaque: Midside Notes de Martin Landstrom por Epidemic Sound

Hello to you listening in Leeds, Yorkshire, UK! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga. Once upon a time the wise fool and teacher Nasruddin Hodja was asked: Master, what's the secret to happiness? Nasruddin replied, The secret to happiness is good judgment. Yes, Master, but how do we get good judgment? Nasruddin replied, Good judgment comes from experience. Yes, Master, but how do we get experience? Ah well, replied Nasruddin, that would come from bad judgment. Growing up I had to do it my way! No matter who told me, No! I was determined to find out for myself. I touched fire to see if it was hot. Rode my two-wheeler bike down the steepest hill in town, no hands. No matter how much my intuition said, “When in doubt, don't!” I did. Over time I learned that fire is hot, they do cut off your favorite shirt in the emergency room, and my intuition demands respect.   But, what if my bad judgment was the experience I needed to acquire the secret? What secret? Maybe not happiness but surely adventure! Question: What good secrets have your bad judgments taught you? You're always welcome: "Come for the stories - Stay for the magic!" Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, share a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, bring your friends and rellies, and join us! You will have wonderful company as we continue to walk our lives together. AND!  Stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website during reconstruction, email me [info@quartermoonstoryarts.net] to arrange a no-obligation Discovery Call, and stay current with me as Quarter Moon Story Arts on Substack. Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts Music: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music ALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.  If you found this podcast episode helpful, please consider sharing and attributing it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source.

California's Top Two Primary, also known as a Jungle Primary, was approved by voters as Proposition 14 in 2010. Prop. 14 was promoted by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado and endorsed by most major newspapers as a way to lessen partisanship and reduce gridlock by encouraging compromise. (We'll leave it to readers to decide if it has had the desired effect.) official opposition to Top Two was wide, if not deep: All of the state's registered political parties, from GOP to Greens, were opposed, as were organizations as diverse as the California State Firefighters, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and the United Nurses Associations. The Amendment passed by 8 points. Sixteen years later, California voters are beginning to sour on Top Two. Fears of a GOP - or Democratic - lockout in this year's race for governor have led many to call for a change. Recent polling by Capitol Weekly found the 79% of respondents wanted to revise or repeal the jungle primary.  Longtime Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio has heeded that call, filing a ballot initiative proposing to repeal Prop. 14. Maviglio is no newcomer to this fight - he led the opposition to the 2010 amendment. He joins us today to talk about the race for governor, the legacy of the Top Two and why it needs to change. :34 Op-eds 5:21 Polling on Top Two 7:32 Steve Maviglio 10:10 A problem for smaller parties 10:58 Could Republicans be shut out in November? 12:27 Top Two has not worked as advertised 13:43 Other options? Ranked Choice Voting? 14:28 The opposition: Steve Peace and the Independent Voter Project 17:29 Paid influencers 21:18 Will this campaign be relevant in 2028? 25:37 What about nonpartisan elections? 30:04 Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics?   Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

"Tome as rédeas da sua vida e seja o protagonista da sua própria história." Esse conselho de autoajuda é um dos mais populares do nosso tempo, mas carrega uma mentira perigosa: a ilusão de que temos o controle absoluto sobre os nossos destinos.No novo episódio da série Evangelho Segundo Satanás: Parece boa nova, mas não é, o pregador Regis Fontes desmascara a ditadura do protagonismo. Navegando por Tiago 4 e por conceitos como a Soberania de Deus e a Responsabilidade Humana, descubra por que tentar escrever o seu próprio roteiro de vida gera ansiedade e frustração. A verdadeira liberdade não está em ser o ator principal do seu pequeno palco, mas em submeter a sua vida (que é passageira como uma névoa) ao roteiro eterno do Criador.Gostou deste episódio? Siga o nosso podcast para acompanhar toda a série!▶️ NAVEGUE PELA MENSAGEM (CAPÍTULOS):00:00:00 - A Arrogância do "Hoje faremos isso ou aquilo"00:08:00 - A Ilusão da Música "My Way"00:11:00 - O Mercado e a Cobrança por Protagonismo00:16:03 - A Soberania de Deus00:21:40 - A Responsabilidade Humana00:31:00 - Você Não Pode Salvar a Si Mesmo00:43:20 - O Poder da Frase "Se Deus Quiser"▶️ CONECTE-SE COM A IGREJA ESPERANÇA• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/esperanca.igreja/

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Our guest today is Emmy Award winning journalist, producer, documentary filmmaker and podcaster Soledad O'Brien. O'Brien got her start in broadcast TV in 1991, and has held a wide variety of positions, ranging from on-air reporter, to anchor, to producer. Her work has been recognized with four Emmy awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards; she has also received the Gracie Award, which honors women in media.  O'Brien joined us to talk about the state of journalism today.  :58 The final debate 3:17 Paul Mitchell shout out 5:05 Ballot initiative to eliminate Top Two 13:28 What's new at Capitol Weekly 14:59 Soledad O'Brien 16:00 The state of media 19:26 Approval rating of mainstream media 24:36 "Vast right wing conspiracy" 26:47 Bias 29:58 The 24 hour news cycle 31:20 "I think audiences are smarter than we give them credit for" 36:04 Roots 44:27 Financial literacy advocacy 47:04 Starfish Media 53:11 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jeff Randle has been one of the Capitol community's go-to political campaign strategists for decades. He has been a top advisor on five gubernatorial campaigns as well as serving as deputy chief of staff to Gov. Pete Wilson from 1991-1998. This year his firm Randle Communications celebrates its 25th anniversary so we figured it was a great time to have him joins us to share his perspectives on this year's gubernatorial races and perhaps to share a war story or two.   3:55 Jeff Randle 4:55 “Chaotic” gubernatorial campaign year 5:49 Dramatic campaign spending 7:00 Advertising in evolving media landscape 10:50 “Boring used to not be such a detriment" 12:02 Paying micro influencers? 13:33 “There's going to be 50 governor's races between now and the primary.” 17:07 Evolution of Republican candidates 21:45 Importance of endorsements in modern campaigns 27:39 “A wild ride” - 25 years of Randle Communications  31:42 Arnold's campaign 36:24 Advice for the modern media landscape 39:50 Worst Year in California Politics    Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/   Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hello to you listening in Rabat, Capital of Morocco! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga. As the story goes I refused to transition from toddler diapers to toddler big girl pull ups the traditional way. No matter what they promised I was not going to sit on the Little Human pot. I wanted to sit on the Big Human's porcelain throne.  Maybe my mother saw genius in my independence or maybe she was just harried with more babies coming along behind me every 18 months or so. She gave in. I did potty training my way. But doing it “my way” didn't happen nearly as often as the story seems to foretell. That little girl's voice got shut down and ignored in the din of other voices, voices of authority, duty, church, obligation, and responsibility. And yet, her voice wasn't gone; it was just gone missing. In time she went looking for it. Named it and claimed it as her own voice. Now she helps professional women change their narrative so they are seen, heard, understood, and listened to. Story Prompt: Somewhere in the long ago you realized that there is no other voice like yours. When did you choose to use it? How did you decide to do it your way, with your voice. Write that story and share it out loud!     You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe, share a 5-star rating + nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to: ✓ Arrange a no-obligation Discovery Chat, ✓ Stay current with Diane on Substack Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts Music: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music All content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.

To celebrate the big 250, we're joined by special guest and part-time Phil of the Future historian, Ian from Slay! A Queer Buffy Podcast. We discuss the episode "My Way" where Phil shrinks down to help Keely live her pop star fantasies, and Pim has to raise a flour sack with a junior Republican. Plus, our thoughts on Hocus Pocus 3 getting announced, Hayden Panettiere and Joshua Bassett's memoirs, and Sabrina at the Met Gala. ----- Follow The Time Mousechine: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ian: Slay! A Queer Buffy Podcast Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Carolyn Murray is a recently retired scrapbooker from Mississauga, Ontario, who has been creating colorful, photo-forward 12x12 layouts for more than 22 years. As Simple Scrapper's May featured artist, she joins us for this My Way episode to share the systems and creative habits that keep her crafting nearly every day.

Affordability has become the buzziest of buzzwords around the California Capitol and beyond. It has become a major talking point for lawmakers, candidates for every office and even a certain governor with lofty ambitions beyond the Golden State. On this week's podcast we share a lively and very candid discussion on affordability between two of the Capitol community's most notable members – longtime political strategist, author and commentator Mike Madrid and former Assemblymember and current president of the California Federation of Labor Unions Lorena Gonzalez.   1:15 Introductions 2:00 Thoughts on the gubernatorial primary in terms of affordability 6:45 Insinuated promises 10:30 “There is no monopoly on good or bad ideas.” 15:37 “How many of these things are actually within their control?” 21:20 A lot of things could help 22:30 “In the digital age the most valuable commodity we have is our data” 26:21 “The old model doesn't work” 29:15 Billionaire tax  36:20 Thoughts on the Insurance Commissioners race 41:30 Audience question - Responsibility of Labor in effecting affordability? 46:40 Audience question - Is this issue going to go away anytime soon?   Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of No Grey Areas, Pat McCalla sits down with RJ Johnson, a former teacher and coach whose life took a devastating turn—leading to a 20-year prison sentence from a single choice.RJ opens up about hitting rock bottom, the lasting impact of one decision, encountering God in the darkest places, and how God can use anyone no matter how broken. His journey is intense, from being transferred between facilities, facing real threats on his life, and spending time in isolation… to experiencing God in a way he never expected.This is a story of accountability, consequence, and a radical transformation that can only be explained by faith. Today, RJ leads a ministry bringing the gospel into prisons, reaching the very people he once feared.Whether you're wrestling with your past, questioning your purpose, or searching for hope, this conversation will challenge the way you see grace and how God can use anyone for Kingdom impact. Connect with RJ or hear more about his ministry here: https://www.notmywillministries.com/CHAPTERS:00:00 Intro01:14 Attempting to End it All07:11 How my dad saved my life13:34 How I almost got murdered in prison18:30 The lowest part of my prison sentence20:37 My Way isn't always the best way25:07 How they were gonna murder me in prison and how survived30:06 A calling from God35:18 From enemies to brothers in Christ - a redemptive story39:25 Did I learn my lesson?42:58 I felt freer in prison...45:51 Time is running out...learn to live in the moment50:11 The best decision you could make for your life51:35 Connect with RJ Johnson52:13 Two Truths and a Lie55:23 OutroWEBSITE: https://www.nogreyareaspodcast.com/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/nogreyareas_gagliano/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/NoGreyAreasTIK TOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@nogreyareasgaglianoEMAIL: info@nogreyareas.comNo Grey Areas is a motivational podcast with captivating guests centered around how our choices humanize, empower, and define who we become. This podcast is inspired by the cautionary tale, No Grey Areas, written by Joseph Gagliano. Learn more about the truth behind his story involved with sports' biggest scandal at https://www.nogreyareas.com/

Our guest is Darcy Totten, Executive Director at the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. The Commission on the Status of Women was established by the legislature in 1965 for the purpose of developing recommendations “which will enable women to make the maximum contribution to society.” In 1971 Governor Reagan made the Commission a permanent, independent agency. Totten joined us to talk about the history of the organization, the challenges women and girls face today and what the future might look like. 1:04 Telematics story 2:04 Cardroom regulations and impact on local governments 3:13 Affordability 8:40 Darcy Totten 11:41 Temperature check 15:09 The federal picture 18:17 Radical solidarity 21:01 The Girls' Agenda 26:15 'How do you bake gender equity into every system?" 30:33 What about the CA legislature? 36:05 Regulating AI or social media 38:07 "Sometimes you need the bigger change" 44:59 Statewide blueprint 45:44 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

One of NZ's best-ever band exports is Split Enz.  Formed in the 70's, Split Enz' intelligent pop music made them one of our top bands for over a decade, and still beloved today. We look at how they got started and some highlights of their career and recordings.  We also talk about our annual trip to Bali, where we discovered a local band that played Pink Floyd's  “Wish You Were Here” (yes, really!!)  Radiohead's “Creep”, Johnny Cash's “Ring of Fire” and a stack of other songs straight from our episode playlists. Yep, sure surprised us!  Our “Album You must Hear Before You Die” is Penguin Cafe Orchestra's self-titled album from 1976 – an experience for an open mind!    References:  Bali, Pink Floyd, “Wish You Were Here”, Johnny Cash, “Ring of Fire”, The Bee Gees, “To Love Somebody”, Nick Cave & Shane McGowan, “What a Wonderful World”, Radiohead, “Creep”, “Love is all around us”, The Troggs, “Love Actually”, Bill Nighy, Jonny Greenwood, Michael's Bar in Legian,  “Wedding songs, and other disasters”, New Zealand, Auckland, Split Enz, Coachella 26, David Lee Roth, Teddy Swims, Justin Bieber, Robert Dimery, 1001 Albums you must hear before you die, ”Penguin Cafe Orchestra”, Simon Jeffes, Steve Nye, Eno, Obscure, “Music For a Found Harmonium”, “The Sound of Someone you Love Who's Going Away And It Doesn't Matter”, 101ers, Joe Strummer, Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, "My Way", The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle, Tim Finn, Phil Judd, APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time, Finn Brothers, Crowded House, Neil Finn, Paul Hester, “The Mullanes”,  Countdown, Michael Jackson, MTV, “Mental Notes”, Phil Manzanera, “Second Thoughts”, “In Every Dream Home a Heartache”, “The Swingers”, “Counting the Beat”, ENZSO, “Six Months in a Leaky Boat”, Aotearoa”, Māori, Falklands crisis, The Wiggles, “Wiggly Version”, REM   Playlist – all the music & artists we talked about in this episode Send us a message, so we know what you're thinking!

Most folks rightly recognize the New Deal as the collection of Great Depression-era government programs implemented under the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1930s. But there is another much more current NewDEAL out there as well, an organization that just turned 15 years old focused on bringing together center-left politicos from around the country with the specific goal of addressing and finding solutions for some of the country's most pressing problems. NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan has spent more than three decades in Democratic politics and public policy, including 15 years at the Democratic Leadership Council, including serving as National Political Director and Chief of Staff, helping shape strategy for state and local elected officials across the country. We spoke with her on today's show about NewDEAL and her work with leaders like San José Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Matt Mahan and Senator Alex Padilla, as well as a national network of leaders focused on pragmatic economic policy and opportunity.    2:30 Capitol Weekly Interns Jasleen Kaur & Chris Ramirez 7:25 Profiles on Assemblymembers Lurie Davies & Jessica Caloza 11:30 Debbie Cox Bultan 12:58 “The best kept secret in Washington” 15:15 What makes a NewDEAL leader? 17:25 What does joining NewDEAL offer? 21:52 “Democrats are going to to have to stand for something” 25:54 Focusing on kitchen table issues 28:17 “Democrats need to provide an on-ramp” 29:27 How did you get into this work? 30:57 A labor of love 33:02 "Politics is so disconnected from the reality of life” 37:25 An honorable profession 41:45 “They want something that's going to deliver a result” 44:00 #WWCA 52:25 Affordability Conference   Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

GET 10% OFF ON SHILAJIT FROM DR. KAUFMAN WHEN YOU USE CODE WAM10 HERE: https://medauthentica.com/discount/WAM10?redirect=/products/authentica-shilajit%3Fsca_ref=10867124.wrNV3jkYSaMg9 GET HEIRLOOM SEEDS & NON GMO SURVIVAL FOOD HERE: https://heavensharvest.com/ USE Code WAM to save 25% plus free shipping! GET YOUR WAV WATCH HERE: https://buy.wavwatch.com/WAM Use Code WAM to save $100 and purchase amazing healing frequency technology! BUY GOLD HERE: https://firstnationalbullion.com/schedule-consult/ Avoid CBDCs! HELP SUPPORT US AS WE DOCUMENT HISTORY HERE: https://gogetfunding.com/help-keep-wam-alive/# Josh Sigurdson reports on the continuation of the Iran War following the predictable collapse of the Iran/Israel/US "ceasefire." President Trump has resumed calls for the annihilation of Iran following a collapse in ceasefire talks in Pakistan. As we've predicted from day one, the "7 Country Plan" doesn't magically evaporate into thin air after decades because "Trump says so." This war was planned a long, long time ago. Shots were fired by US forces at an Iranian commercial vessel today and Iran has also fired warning shots at a French vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. Weirdly, President Trump wanted to "open" the Strait of Hormuz after Iran "closed" it. Now, he's "closing" the Strait of Hormuz as Iran attempts to open it. Simultaneously, global trade is collapsing the supply chain is dramatically restricted which will once again lead to massive price hikes and shortages, all by design. All of this is done at the command of the Israeli government of course. US forces are boarding Iran-linked vessels currently and taking control of them. Trump wrote on TruthSocial, "No more Mr. Nice Guy" as if blowing up a school and killing 170 children was "being nice." President Trump also posted several other concerning TruthSocial posts including Frank Sinatra's "My Way" claiming the end is near as well as calling for support for FISA 702 which means the surveillance of all Americans under the guise of "stopping terrorism." So President Trump ran on ending wars (he's now started 10), cutting spending (he's dramatically increased spending), releasing the Epstein Files (he claims now they're a hoax) and stopping mass surveillance. He's now building one of the largest surveillance systems the United States has ever seen including facial recognition cameras on the highways, Palantir drones, social media monitoring and social credit systems connected to AI. As Turkey is targeted as the next "enemy of Israel," Lebanon is being leveled. According to the Israeli government which had its own "ceasefire" with Lebanon considers bombing a country to not interfere with said ceasefire. Netanyahu continues to threaten Europe and President Trump continues calling for a "reset." Of course this was always about the "Great Reset." The shift from the west to the east and under the guise of "emergency orders" the introductions of digital IDs, CBDCs and forced rationing. This is only just the beginning. Stop with the hopium. People will call us "blackpilled" or "negative." We are simply just acknowledging reality. It was always obvious the "ceasefire" was not real. The Iranian government even claimed there was no ceasefire. Just as we said with the original fake "ceasefire" in June of 2025. People claimed we were being "negative" for pointing out the obvious. The war will go on as was scripted. Trump didn't "end the war and bring peace to the world." This claim is absurd. The line in the sand keeps getting pushed further and further out in this inconsistent "MAGA" movement. This isn't about making American "great again." It's about propping up Israel and the Great Reset agenda. Stay tuned for more from WAM! Get Your SUPER-SUPPLIMENTS HERE: https://vni.life/wam Use Code WAM15 & Save 15%! Life changing formulas you can't find anywhere else! Get local, healthy, pasture raised meat delivered to your door here: https://wildpastures.com/promos/save-20-for-life/bonus15?oid=6&affid=321 USE THE LINK & get 20% off for life and $15 off your first box! DITCH YOUR DOCTOR! https://www.livelongerformula.com/wam Get a natural health practitioner and work with Christian Yordanov! Mention WAM and get a FREE masterclass! You will ALSO get a FREE metabolic function assessment! GET YOUR APRICOT SEEDS at the life-saving Richardson Nutritional Center HERE: https://rncstore.com/r?id=bg8qc1 Use code JOSH to save money! PayPal: ancientwonderstelevision@gmail.com FIND OUR CoinTree page here: https://cointr.ee/joshsigurdson PURCHASE MERECHANDISE HERE: https://world-alternative-media.creator-spring.com/ JOIN US on SubscribeStar here: https://www.subscribestar.com/world-alternative-media For subscriber only content! Pledge here! Just a dollar a month can help us alive! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=2652072&ty=h&u=2652072 BITCOIN ADDRESS: 18d1WEnYYhBRgZVbeyLr6UfiJhrQygcgNU World Alternative Media 2026

My Way of Life is a deep, soulful house music podcast. This is great for anytime you want to sit back and chill. Please give this a listen and enjoy. Artist names and song titles are in order they were played... RUZE-JOURNEY, SAISON-THIS IS MY HOUSE, ICARO MANA-COME GET IT, HOUSE ARREST NYC-SUNRISE, ICARO MANA-I NEED YOU, JEROME SYDENHAM-THIS AND THAT, ENLERY & MEDIMAN-BE READY, CHEMARS-ALL ABOUT THE GROOVE & SOUL, CRACKAZAT-FIRE DRIFT, THE PHILLY ALL STARS-LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, RHANO BURRELL-MY LOVE IS MAGIC, D STONE-TOTAL UNISON, THE LAB RATS-MUSIC IS MY WAY OF LIFE, MARC COTTERELL-FEEL THE GROOVE, ICARO MANA-ANOTHER DAY, KERRI CHANDLER-SO LET THE WIND COME, ICARO MANA-HOW CAN I FEEL. End. Thanks for listening to Ken Steele Music.

Please let us know what you think of this podcast.World Voice Day podcast notes For World Voice Day 2026 RCSLT President Nick Hewer met with two people with voice difficulties, Margaret Stoddart and Jono Organ. They chat about their voice conditions, the difficulties they have faced, how speech and language therapy has supported them and what life is like now.  About the speakers:Margaret Elvis Presley fan, registered nurse and grandmother of six, Margaret Stoddart works as cath lab coordinator in the Cardiology department of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. For the past six years she's experienced a voice disorder called Muscle Tension Dysphonia and Spasmodic Dysphonia.  Margaret is area contact leader for Dysphonia International, an organisation  dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by spasmodic dysphonia and related voice conditions through research, education, awareness, and support. She also hosts her own podcast ‘My Voice, My Way.' Jono Jono Organ is married with four children and 11 grandchildren, a self-employed health and safety consultant and trainer, working in the construction industry. He used to enjoy cycling and running before being diagnosed with head and neck cancer. Since his laryngectomy operation in 2023, he's shifted his focus to awareness raising.  Jono is a governor for the Royal Marsden hospital and sits on panels there, as well as at Great Ormond street Hospital. He is an ambassador to The Throat cancer foundation and also Oracle head and neck UK. In January this year he also set up a laryngectomy support group charity, ‘Life After Lary'. Nick Hewer: Nick Hewer, former presenter of iconic television programme Countdown, holds the role of RCSLT President. He is passionate about raising awareness of communication and swallowing difficulties, and helps to promote the message of the RCSLT to the general public. His ongoing work with the RCSLT has earned him an honorary degree from Plymouth Marjon University. Nick is also a published author, and he has previously worked as a public relations consultant and as Lord Sugar's right-hand-man on The Apprentice. He is also patron for several charities, including Fairtrade, Hope and Homes for Children, Pancreatic Cancer Action and Street Child Sierra Leone. Useful links: Find out more about World Voice Day 2026, which takes place on April 16: https://worldvoiceday.org/  ‘My Voice, My Way' podcast hosted by Margaret: https://myvoicemyway.buzzsprout.com/  ‘Life After Lary': https://www.lifeafterlary.co.uk/news/2942375_new-uk-charity-dedicated-to-supporting-people-after-laryngectomy What is the RCSLT? https://www.rcslt.org/about-us/Please be aware that the views expressed are those of the guests and not the RCSLT.

There was an old ad slogan for a well-known brokerage firm: When EF Hutton talks, people listen. The sentiment survives today, with a slight modification: When Fiona Hutton talks, people listen. Fiona Hutton runs one of the state's preeminent public affairs firms, with a score of employees handling strategic planning, research & insights, media relations and more for a host of high-powered clients. Fiona Hutton and Associates celebrates their 25th anniversary this year, and Hutton joined us to talk about her early years as a one-woman (and a baby) shop,  what it's like to do this work in LA, and the challenges of being a woman in this business.  Plus - Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics. (You might have a guess....) 1:15 Affordability 4:05 Capitol Briefs 4:51 Asm. Jessica Caloza 5:07 Experts Expound 5:43 Fiona Hutton 7:45 90% of businesses in California are small businesses 8:50 In the beginning 10:16 "My water broke on a conference call with a client" 12:55 What does a public affairs firm do? 16:46 What is it like being a woman in this space? 20:13 Generational approach 26:06 "Do not look at your to-do list - go check on your team first" 26:52 What has changed in 25 years? 28:54 Working in LA 35:26 "There is no down-shifting" 38:35 What next? 40:52 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

After 70 years in the music industry, Paul Anka has more than 900 songs to his credit. The prolific Canadian songwriter is also the only artist in history to have a song on the Billboard Top 100 during seven consecutive decades. In the new HBO documentary Paul Anka: His Way, Paul recounts his life as a teen idol in the '50s, writing some of the most memorable songs for artists like Buddy Holly and Frank Sinatra, and how he's managed to evolve through the trends of each passing decade. A few months ago, Paul joined Tom Power to talk about his life in music, having a good cry after he wrote My Way, and meeting the Beatles back when they were a cover band.

Today's guest is Sacramento Bee reporter Lia Russell. Russell covers the governor for The Bee's Capitol Bureau, and was part of the team that broke the story of Dana Williamson's arrest last year.  We asked about that story, covering the capitol, and what it was like to cover politics in their earlier gigs in Bangor, Maine and Baltimore, Maryland.  :47 Affordability 2:00 What's on Capitol Weekly 4:16 Lia Russell 6:09 The race to replace Gov. Newsom 8:20 "Whether they like it or not..." 10:15 View from Maine 16:37 Working for the Baltimore Sun 18:37 The Dana Williamson story 23:45 Reading indictments 26:16 Origin story 32:04 The tattoos 33:43 Asm. Matt Harper mention 38:06 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Was läuft schief in einer Gesellschaft, in der Menschen durch alle Raster fallen und kaum jemand hinschaut? Wohnungslosigkeit ist kein Randthema, sondern Teil unserer Realität. Allein in Berlin leben zehntausende Menschen ohne eigene Wohnung und viele von ihnen tauchen in keiner Statistik wirklich auf. Trotzdem bleibt das Thema für viele unsichtbar oder wird bewusst ausgeblendet. My Way arbeitet genau dort, wo Systeme versagen. Die Organisation unterstützt wohnungslose Menschen konkret im Alltag und schafft neue Perspektiven, wo es sonst oft keine gibt. In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Marco Schulze, einem der Geschäftsführer von My Way, über die Realität hinter Wohnungslosigkeit, über strukturelle Missstände und warum viele Ansätze nicht ausreichen. Es geht um persönliche Einblicke, um gesellschaftliche Verantwortung und um die Frage, was sich grundlegend verändern muss, damit es besser wird. Es wird Zeit hinzuschauen. Eine Produktion von MAKIKO* für die Viva Equality gemeinnützige UG Gastgeber: Julius Bertram Mitarbeit: Tilman Perez Produktion: MAKIKO*

Membership in California labor unions grew by over 100,000 members between 2024 and 2025, and California union membership currently stands at 2.4 million - the most of any state. These gains come in the face of strong anti-labor policies put in place by the Trump Administration. Our guest today is one of the reasons for those gains. Former Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez is the President of the California Federation of Labor Unions, AFL-CIO, which is made up of more than 1,300 unions, representing 2.3 million members. in the Legislature, Gonzalez was one of the most respected - and feared - members.  She has brought her patented take-no-prisoners approach to the Labor Fed, getting arrested at protests and sparring online with foes ranging from Elon Musk to centrist Democrats. We spoke with Gonzalez about the status of the labor movement, the threat - and opportunities - of AI, and the impact of Cesar Chavez' sudden downfall.  1:26 Capitol Briefs 2:18 Jacqui Nguyen 3:21 Remembering Sam Kieth 6:27 Lorena Gonzalez 8:53 Where is the governor on AI bills? 10:52 And the gubernatorial candidates? 14:13 "Everything is AI enabled" 16:04 What are the big issues for Labor in 2026? 17:25 "Labor grew in California last year by 100,000 members" 19:29 Quad endorsement 22:08 More union members voted MAGA in 2024 - where are they now? 25:47 Are the Dems hearing the Labor message? 29:00 The impact of the Chavez revelations 38:10 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Last week's spectacular downfall of Labor icon Cesar Chavez was unprecedented. The New York Times' bombshell report on allegations of sexual abuse of young girls by Chavez, coupled with UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta's disturbing story of rape at his hands toppled the legacy of one of the most significant figures in California history. If Chavez' exposure was a surprise, the general content of the stories was tragically familiar. The revelations come as America is roiled in controversy over Jeffrey Epstein's crimes against women and girls, and nine years after the We Said Enough moment exposed rife sexual harassment - and worse - in the Capitol Community. Our guest, POLITICO Melanie Mason reported extensively on We Said Enough as that story broke, and joined us to reflect on the Chavez allegations, abuse of power and the difficulties survivors face in coming forward. Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Get the brackets! https://tinyurl.com/madness2026 Consider supporting us at https://buymeacoffee.com/whiskeytangent Whiskeys: Stranahan's Blue Peak American Single Malt • Bushmills 12 Year Irish Single Malt • 15 STARS Triple Cask II Bourbon • Jack Daniel's Heritage Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey • Kinsey Cask Strength Cabernet Finish Whiskey • Bardstown Bourbon Co. Single Barrel Bourbon • Nulu Toasted Single Barrel Bourbon • Blue Run Emerald Rye Madness: Everyone's back for the second round featuring the four number 1 seeds! • The Bushmills has a triple wood • Candy: Artificial and cloying, but not bad • There's a reason Ed invites Gabe to the podcast • You just like my sticky buns • It's always Ed's fault • Gabe threatens the entire tournament • Woohoo! x 3 • Wait, we tasted Blue Run before?! • You like heat on your B • Most ice cream is frozen cancer • #umlautswork • BBC v. MGP • Apparently, “bubble gum stuck to a tree” is a tasting note now • Scott doesn't (and then does) get extra credit • Swedish crickets! • Gabe can't splash • Multi-fisted-ed • The podcast is just the right amount of gay • Ed feels ostracized Music Credits: Fight Back, My Way, Fever Dream, and Retribution courtesy of Neffex from https://www.youtube.com/user/neffexmusic • Sports News and Sports News 2 by Sascha Ende from https://filmmusic.io

Cassie Wiscarson is a Washington State scrapbooker with a graphic, colorful, photo-focused style and a genuine love of everyday moments. As our March 2026 featured artist, she joins us for this My Way episode to share the projects and perspectives that keep her coming back to her craft room, even in a season of life that has required some intentional prioritizing.Cassie's roots go back to film photography, including a DIY darkroom in her in-laws' basement, and that love of capturing small, joyful moments still shapes how she scrapbooks today.After joining a digital design team, she discovered that printing her own hybrid supplies made her more intentional, and she shares how that fits alongside her 12x12 layouts and 6x8 monthly recaps.Her new magnetic glass mat changed everything about her mixed media practice, and she makes a pretty compelling case for it.Cassie also opens up about stepping back from design teams to care for her mom, and how reclaiming Saturday as her own became essential for her mental health.Links MentionedCassie on Instagram: @cassiewiscarsonPear Tree Cut FilesScrapbook GenerationHeart and Home Collection from Cocoa Vanilla Studio (*)xTool Diode Laser (*)Week In The LifeProject LifeDecember DailyTraci ReedGlass Board Studio Magnetic Glass Mat (*)Tim Holtz mixed media mat (*)Tim Holtz Distress Oxides (*)Elle's Studio Monthly KitsPosca Pens (*)Crafty Maven Getaway*Affiliate links help to support the work we do, at no additional cost to you.

Local journalism in the United States is in crisis. Almost 40% of all local newspapers in the US have vanished since 2005, leaving "news deserts," areas that lack consistent local reporting. Many of these areas now have no local reporting; in others, legitimate news outlets have been replaced by "Pink Slime" - partisan "fake news" websites masquerading as independent local news. What can be done to stop the collapse of local news? Two years ago, Arizona State University launched NEWSWELL, a nonprofit organization that offers comprehensive wraparound services - including fundraising - to their newsroom partners, helping them build sustainable business models. NEWSWELL now has a string of 15 news outlets, including 11 in California. We're joined by Nicole Carroll, Executive Director of NEWSWELL and a professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She shares the vision behind NEWSWELL, explains the ASU connection and looks at what indie news needs to survive. 2:06 Billionaires tax 3:01 Litigation around card rooms 3:29 Insurance Commissioner candidates 5:56 Nicole Carroll 7:29 The California Connection 9:09 Plight of local news 11:09 The Cronkite School 11:57 ASU internship program 13:27 Capitol Weekly internships 14:11 New study: Media Impact Founders 21:33 The Pulitzer Committee 24:00 Leisure time? 25:43 3WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Noch vor wenigen Jahren gehörte Prinz Andrew zum innersten Kreis der Monarchie. Der zweitgeborene Sohn von Queen Elizabeth II., ein Royal mit Privilegien, Titeln und direktem Zugang zur Macht. Heute ist davon kaum noch etwas übrig. Titel aberkannt, öffentliche Auftritte gestrichen, Ermittlungen im Umfeld des Epstein-Skandals – und ein Königshaus, das sichtbar auf Distanz geht. Kaum ein Mitglied der Windsors ist so tief gefallen wie Andrew. In dieser Folge BRITPOD – England at its best spricht Alexander-Klaus Stecher mit Tanja May, stellvertretende Chefredakteurin und Unterhaltungschefin der BILD. Sie berichtet von ihren Eindrücken aus Windsor Castle beim Staatsbesuch des deutschen Bundespräsidenten - von der Atmosphäre im Schloss, der festlichen Banketttafel und Begegnungen mit König Charles, Königin Camilla sowie Prinz William und Prinzessin Kate. Und sie sprechen über das Thema, das das Königshaus überschattet: die neuen Ermittlungen rund um Prinz Andrew, seine Verbindungen zu Jeffrey Epstein, den und dem Umgang des Palasts mit dem Skandal. Warum fordern William und Kate offenbar eine klare Linie gegenüber dem gefallenen Prinzen? Wie reagiert die britische Öffentlichkeit auf den Absturz? Welche Rolle spielt König Charles in dieser Krise? Und wie sehr kann der Fall Andrew das Ansehen der Monarchie erschüttern? BRITPOD – England at its best. WhatsApp: Du kannst Alexander und Claus direkt auf ihre Handys Nachrichten schicken! Welche Ecke Englands sollten die beiden mal besuchen? Zu welchen Themen wünschst Du Dir mehr Folgen? Warst Du schon mal in Great Britain und magst ein paar Fotos mit Claus und Alexander teilen? Probiere es gleich aus: +49 8152 989770 - einfach diese Nummer einspeichern und schon kannst Du BRITPOD per WhatsApp erreichen. BRITPOD – England at its best. Ein ALL EARS ON YOU Original Podcast.

Housing remains the hottest topic in California policy, and our guest today is Sanjay Wagle, who heads up the Governmental Affairs team for the California Association of Realtors. The Realtors' Gubernatorial Forum was a hot ticket in Sacramento last week, and we discuss the topics raised there, and many others. And, of course we tell you who had the Worst Week in California Politics. 1:32 CAR Gubernatorial Forum 6:55 Single Stair reform 7:58 Insurance Commissioner's Race 9:53 Ticketmaster 11:43 TV picks? 17:06 Sanjay Wagle 18:05 The state of the housing market 20:30 Home prices: California vs. rest of US 23:03 You need an average income of $213K to afford a home in CA 24:35 How many houses does California need? 30:28 Cost of permits and fees is a de facto block on housing 34:58 Insurance 38:52 Impact of Fire Hardening on curb appeal 42:40 Housing bond 43:48 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Johnny Mac discusses mixed-to-negative reviews for Bill Lawrence's new HBO comedy “Rooster,” starring Steve Carell and John C. McGinley, citing Daniel Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter) and Variety. The LA Times previewed a one-night, untelevised, unrecorded, sold-out March 21 SoFi Stadium show with Jo Koy and Gabriel Iglesias, expected to run four hours with special guests and major production. Hindustan Times recapped Gianmarco Soresi's India trip, and a field interview with Jeff describes Soresi's “Theater Adult” cabaret at Joe's Pub featuring audience participation and Ben Platt. He also highlights a New York Times praise piece on Chris Fleming's special and notes Jimmy Fallon's first Late Show guest appearance, ending with Fallon's personalized “My Way.”00:00 Daylight Savings Rules00:37 Cabinet Firing Jokes01:07 Rooster Review Roundup03:53 SoFi Stadium Comedy Event06:22 Gianmarco Soresi in India07:09 Trivia Guys Field Report10:23 Chris Fleming Special Praise12:18 Fallon Colbert Crossover13:12 My Way Parody FinaleBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/daily-comedy-news-with-johnny-mac--4522158/support.Daily Comedy News is the number one comedy news podcast, delivering daily coverage of standup comedy, late night television, comedy specials, tours, and the business of comedy.COMEDY SURVIVOR in the facebook group.Contact John at John@thesharkdeck dot com For Uninterrupted Listening, use the Apple Podcast App and click the banner that says Uninterrupted Listening.  $4.99/month John's Substack about media is free.This is the animal sanctuary mentioned in the February 10 episode.

Bruno Mars is back with a new album called The Romantic, his first solo release since 2016's 24k Magic. At first listen, the lead single, “I Just Might,” sounds like an outtake from 2021's collaborative album with Anderson Paak, the Philly soul-inspired An Evening with Silk Sonic. Listen closer though and another element emerges: a fast-paced conga drum line. The rest of Mars's nine-track confection chases that Latin influence. This is not just another retread of 70s funk and soul. In fact, The Romantic makes the case that Mars is pop's great counter-programmer, finding styles of the past that no one else has yet mined. Charlie and Nate break down all the new territory covered by Mars, from Latin boleros to Cuban cha chas, Nuyorican boogaloo to a mariachi “My Way.” The results may not change your mind about Mars, but they might make you appreciate the finer points of what is sure to be an omnipresent new release.  Links: ⁠Newsletter⁠, ⁠YouTube Songs discussed: Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile ROSÉ, Bruno Mars - APT. Bruno Mars - Risk It All Eydie Gormé, Los Panchos - Sabor a Mí Frank Sinatra - My Way  Bruno Mars - Cha Cha Cha JUVENILE, Soulja Slim - Slow Motion Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin - I Like It Young-Holt Unlimited - Soulful Strut Bruno Mars - I Just Might Redbone - Come and Get Your Love Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing Junior Senior - Move Your Feet Bruno Mars - God Was Showing Off Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones Bruno Mars - Why You Wanna Fight? Bruno Mars - On My Soul Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up Bruno Mars - Something Serious Willie Bobo - Evil Ways Santana - Evil Ways Santana - Oye Como Va Tito Puente - Oye Cómo Va Bruno Mars - Nothing Left Bruno Mars - Dance With Me Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

MEET THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND THE WAY, MY WAY This week on the podcast I am delighted to be sharing a conversation I had with two very talented and Camino-spirit filled people, Bill Bennet and Jennifer Cluff. [See their bios below.] You may know Bill as the director and lead character of the film The Way, My Way, and the author of the book of the same name, which tell the story of his pilgrimage on the Camino Francés. You may know Jennifer as the actress who played Bill's wife in the movie, but what you may not know is that Jennifer is also Bill's real-life wife and they are solid partners in their creative endeavors. And what a delightful and insightful pair they are.  Let's see where this conversation goes . . .  In this episode I am trying a new format: a "live" audience asking questions of our guests. Let me know what you think!  HAVING TROUBLE BRINGING YOUR CAMINO HOME? Join us in La Terraza, where pilgrims gather to share in the spirit of the Camino. MEET BILL BENNETT Bill Bennett studied Journalism at the University of Queensland before joining the ABC as a journalist. He moved into documentaries and stayed with the ABC for twelve years before going freelance as a documentary filmmaker. During this time he won two Logies, (Australia's equivalent of the Emmy)for Television Reporter of the Year, and Most Outstanding Television Documentary of the Year. He then moved into feature films. He's made 17 feature films as writer, producer and director. He's won Australian Film Institute Awards (Australia's equivalent of the Oscar) for Best Film and Best Director and been nominated a further twelve times. He's had two films in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival and four films selected for the Toronto Film Festival. In 2024 his movie The Way, My Way became the third highest grossing Australian film of the year. It was based on his best-selling Camino memoir of the same name. In 2025 the Spanish Government awarded Bill the 8th annual Malaspina Award for his outstanding contribution to furthering cultural ties between Australia and Spain through his book and film, The Way, My Way. As an author, Penguin Random House has published his YA supernatural thriller trilogy, Palace of Fires. MEET JENNIFER CLUFF Jennifer Cluff is a producer of feature films and a dramaturge who has taken her skills from theatre into literature and film. She began her career as an actress, at the tender age of 17, starring in the classic ABC TV series, SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS. Then followed more TV, some movies, and theatre – at the Sydney Theatre Company and the Queensland Theatre Company. During this time she worked with playwrights on the development of their material. She later script edited Bill Bennett's first feature screenplay for the film A STREET TO DIE, which was nominated for five AFI Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. As Bill's partner, she subsequently script edited all his screenplays, including the multiple AFI Award winner KISS OR KILL – a film which she also produced with Bill. Jennifer has since produced, along with Bill, 10 feature films, all of which were released theatrically.   #youonthecamino #caminodesantiago #firsttimepilgrim #thecaminoexperience #caminopodcast

Greg and Ryan check in for an update on the 2026 Popping Collars Pilgrimage Project and have a chat about the Australian Camino de Santiago film, THE WAY, MY WAY. Are you working on summer travel plans? Let us know where you're going at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your ideas on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd

Our guest Jennifer Barrera has been President and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce since 2021. The venerable institution - founded in 1890 as the California State Board of Trade - advocates for pro-business policies and investments. Barrera is well known and well respected in the capitol community, and has been an effective messenger for the CalChamber's many causes, including reform of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). She spoke with us about the Chamber's approach to the state's affordability crisis, the increasing calls to tax the ultra-rich and a ballot measure to reform CEQA.  1:27 What's on Capitol Weekly? 4:00 February 25, 1942: The Battle of Los Angeles 5:30 Jennifer Barrera 6:08 Thoughts and expectations for 2026 8:10 Affordability 10:28 CEQA ballot measure 19:29 Ballot measure process 24:39 PAGA reform 31:49 AI - Boon or bubble? 35:42 Taxing the ultra-rich 41:13 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang  "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Send a textWe attend Marc Anthony's new show, "Vegas, My Way." We loved it! We discuss our fun night out at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The salsa vibes were flowing. The cocktails were too. We also have details on the March Mania events happening at Bleau Live Theater. Plus, Circus Circus opened a new Bingo Hall. It's old-school with paper boards and dabbers. You won't believe how affordable it is and how much you can win! Demi Lovato spends time at Resorts World, Wayne Newton is filming a documentary, and we go to the premiere of "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert" inside the Westgate where Elvis actually performed his record breaking residency.VegasNearMe App If it's fun to do or see, it's on VegasNearMe. The only app you'll need to navigate Las Vegas.  VegasNearMe App If it's fun to do or see, it's on VegasNearMe. Support the showFollow us on Instagram: @vegas.revealedFollow us on Twitter: @vegasrevealedFollow us on TikTok: @vegas.revealedWebsite: Vegas-Revealed.com

Today we welcome Clint Kellum, the new (as of November 2025) Director of the California Department of Cannabis Control.  The CDCC licenses and regulates cannabis businesses, including regulation of cannabis growers, manufacture of cannabis products, and sales, transportation and tracking of cannabis goods. Kellum took the helm just after Governor Newsom signed AB 564, a bill to reset the state's cannabis excise tax rate at 15% until 2028, giving California's struggling legal cannabis market hope after a rough few years. Kellum explains what AB 564 means for the industry and the state, and looks at challenges and opportunities ahead. And, as always, we tell you who had the Worst Week in California Politics.1:03 Bill introductions and lobbying reports3:42 The Top Two Simulator6:04 Clint Kellum6:45 AB5648:09 The taxation environment12:42 Complexities of descheduling13:30 Startups?15:02 Illegal cannabis seizures19:46 Direct to consumer sales21:54 Biggest challenges and opportunities25:49 How did you get into this?29:03 #WWCAWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

This week we're joined by lobbyist Jennifer Fearing of Fearless Advocacy.  Fearing was a key player in the negotiations to pass SB 54, a landmark bill that regulates plastic waste in California. Governor Newsom signed the bill in 2022, but as we all know, passing legislation is one thing, implementation is another. Fearing walks us through the bill's complicated journey, and gives us an updates on it, and other environmental actions in the state.  Plus - Who had the Worst Week in California Politics.:42 Sports tix for electeds7:06 Jennifer Fearing8:55 Regulating SB 5412:13 How often do regs change?13:50 SB 54 has legs outside of California16:57 The steps19:39 Some environmental good news24:54 "Deals are a bunch of trades"26:21 Recycling: not a new idea29:01 #WWCAWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Joe Piscopo guides listeners through a nostalgic retrospective of Frank Sinatra's 1971 retirement concert and his subsequent 1973 comeback. The program highlights the emotional weight of Sinatra's temporary departure at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where he performed iconic standards like "My Way" and "Angel Eyes" before an audience that believed they were witnessing his final bows. Piscopo transitions from the somber tones of that supposed farewell to the lush, hopeful sounds of the "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back" album, emphasizing how these recordings rejuvenated the singer's career with new classics such as "There Used to Be a Ballpark." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The race to replace Governor Gavin Newsom has taken up most of California's political oxygen so far this year, but there are other statewide races coming up, including Lt. Governor, State Insurance Commissioner, and - potentially - a slew of Ballot Measures. Capitol Weekly Editor Rich Ehisen, reporter Leah O'Tarrow and podcast co-host Tim Foster take a look at the 2026 ballot. Plus - Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.1:42 Gubertorial debate3:23 Not talking about the Governor's race5:46 Top Two: Republicans for Governor?10:01 Lt. Gov's race12:32 Tim Myers17:25 The Insurance Commissioner's race24:20 Ballot Measures28:21 Polling - the Herding Effect30:16 Auto accident liability payouts32:27 Child safety - AI and smartphones34:43 Liability for rideshare companies40:30 Gratuitous Alex Vassar mention44:43 #WWCAWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Bill Scherkenbach, one of W. Edwards Deming's closest protégés, and host Andrew Stotz discuss why leadership decisions shape outcomes far more than frontline effort. Bill draws on decades of firsthand experience with Deming and with businesses across industries. Through vivid stories and practical insights, the conversation challenges leaders and learners alike to rethink responsibility, decision-making, and what it truly takes to build lasting quality. Bill's powerpoint is available here. TRANSCRIPT 0:00:02.2 Andrew Stotz: My name is Andrew Stotz, and I'll be your host as we dive deeper into the teachings of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Today, I'm continuing my discussions with Bill Scherkenbach, a dedicated protégé of Dr. Deming since 1972. Bill met with Dr. Deming more than a thousand times and later led statistical methods and process improvement at Ford and GM at Dr. Deming's recommendation. He authored the Deming Route to Quality and Productivity at Deming's behest and at 79, still champions his mentor's message: Learn, have fun, and make a difference. The discussion for today is, I think we're going to get an answer to this question. And the question is: Where is quality made? Bill, take it away.   0:00:44.9 Bill Scherkenbach: Where is quality made? I can hear the mellifluous doctor saying that. And the answer is: In the boardroom, not on the factory floor. And over and over again, he would say that it's the quality of the decisions that the management make that can far outweigh anything that happens on the shop floor. And when he would speak about that, he would first of all, because he was talking to the auto industry, he would talk about who's making carburetors anymore. "Nobody's making carburetors because it's all fuel injectors," he would say. And anyone who has been following this, another classic one is: Do you ever hear of a bank that failed? Do you think that failed because of mistakes in tellers' windows or calculations of interest? Heck no. But there are a whole bunch of other examples that are even more current, if you will. I mean, although this isn't that current, but Blockbuster had fantastic movies, a whole array of them, the highest quality resolutions, and they completely missed the transition to streaming. And Netflix and others took it completely away from them because of mistakes made in the boardroom. You got more recently Bed Bath & Beyond having a great product, a great inventory.   0:02:51.4 Bill Scherkenbach: But management took their eyes off of it and looked at, they were concerned about stock buybacks and completely lost the picture of what was happening. It was perfect. It was a great product, but it was a management decision. WeWork, another company supplying office places. It was great in COVID and in other areas, but through financial mismanagement, they also ended up going bust. And so there are, I mean, these are examples of failures, but as Dr. Deming also said, don't confuse success with success. If you think you're making good decisions, you got to ask yourself how much better could it have been if you tried something else. So, quality is made in the boardroom, not on the factory floor.   0:04:07.9 Andrew Stotz: I had an interesting encounter this week and I was teaching a class, and there was a guy that came up and talked to me about his company. His company was a Deming Prize from Japan winner. And that was maybe 20, 25 years ago. They won their first Deming Prize, and then subsidiaries within the company won it. So the actual overall company had won something like nine or 10 Deming Prizes over a couple decades. And the president became...   0:04:43.5 Bill Scherkenbach: What business are they in?   0:04:45.5 Andrew Stotz: Well, they're in...   0:04:47.0 Bill Scherkenbach: Of winning prizes?   0:04:48.7 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, I mean, they definitely, the CEO got the distinguished individual prize because he was so dedicated to the teachings of Dr. Deming. And he really, really expanded the business well, the business did well. A new CEO took over 15 years ago, 10 years ago, and took it in another direction. And right now the company is suffering losses and many other problems that they're facing. And I asked the guy without talking about Deming, I just asked him what was the difference between the prior CEO and the current one or the current regimes that have come in. And he said that the prior CEO, it was so clear what the direction was. Like, he set the direction and we all knew what we were doing. And I just thought now as you talk about, the quality is made at the boardroom, it just made me really think back to that conversation and that was what he noticed more than anything. Yeah well, we were really serious about keeping the factory clean or we used statistics or run charts, that was just what he said, I thought that was pretty interesting.   0:06:06.7 Bill Scherkenbach: Absolutely. And that reminds me of another comment that Dr. Deming was vehement about, and that was was the management turnover. Turnovers in boardrooms every 18 months or so, except maybe in family businesses. But that's based on the quality of decisions made in the boardroom. How fast do you want to turn over the CEOs and that C-suite? So it's going to go back to the quality is made in the boardroom.   0:06:50.0 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, and I think maybe it's a good chance for me to share the slide that you have. And let's maybe look at that graphic. Does that makes sense now?   0:07:00.9 Bill Scherkenbach: Sure, for sure.   0:07:02.2 Andrew Stotz: Let's do that. Let's do that. Hold on. All right.   0:07:15.8 Bill Scherkenbach: Okay, okay, okay. You can see on the top left, we'll start the story. I've got to give you a background. This was generated based on my series of inputs and prompts, but this was generated by Notebook LM and based on the information I put in, this is what they came up with.   0:07:48.6 Andrew Stotz: Interesting.   0:07:50.1 Bill Scherkenbach: Based on various information, which I think did a fairly decent job. In any event, we're going to talk about all of these areas, except maybe the one where it says principles for active leadership, because that was the subject of a couple of our vlogs a while ago, and that is the three foundational obligations. And so the thing is that quality, even though Dr. Deming said it was made in the boardroom, one of the problems is that management did not know what questions to ask, and they would go, and Dr. Deming railed against MBWA, management by walking around, primarily because management hadn't made the transition to really take on board what Dr. Deming was talking about in profound knowledge. And that is, as you've mentioned, setting that vision, continually improving around it, and pretty much absolutely essential was to reduce fear within the organization.   0:09:25.9 Bill Scherkenbach: And so management by walking around without profound knowledge, which we've covered in previous talks, only gets you dog and pony shows. And with the fear in the organization, you're going to be carefully guided throughout a wonderful story. I mentioned I was in Disney with some of my granddaughters over the holidays, and they tell a wonderful story, but you don't ever see what's behind the scenery. And management never gets the chance because they really haven't had the opportunity to attain profound knowledge. So that's one of the things. I want to back up a little bit because Dr. Deming would... When Dr. Deming said quality is made at the top, he only agreed to help companies where the top management invited him, he wasn't out there marketing. If they invited him to come in, he would first meet with them and they had to convince him they were serious about participating, if not leading their improvement. And given that, that litmus test, he then agreed to work with them. Very few companies did he agree to on that. And again as we said, the quality of the decisions and questions and passion that determine the successfulness of the company. And so.   0:11:40.0 Andrew Stotz: It made me think about that letter you shared that he was saying about that there was, I think it was within the government and government department that just wasn't ready for change and so he wasn't going to work with it. I'm just curious, like what do you think was his... How did he make that judgment?   0:12:00.0 Bill Scherkenbach: Well, it wasn't high enough. And again, I don't know how high you'd have to go in there. But quite honestly, what we spoke about privately was in politics and in the federal government, at least in the US, things change every four years. And so you have management turnover. And so what one manager, as you described, one CEO is in there and another one comes in and wants to do it their way, they're singing Frank Sinatra's My Way. But that's life….   0:12:49.3 Andrew Stotz: Another great song.   0:12:50.7 Bill Scherkenbach: Another, yes.   0:12:52.1 Andrew Stotz: And it's not like he was an amateur with the government.   0:12:57.5 Bill Scherkenbach: No.   0:13:00.3 Andrew Stotz: He had a lot of experience from a young age, really working closely with the government. Do you think that he saw there was some areas that were worth working or did he just kind of say it's just not worth the effort there or what was his conclusions as he got older?   0:13:16.9 Bill Scherkenbach: Well, as he got older, it might, it was the turnover in management. When he worked for Agriculture, although agriculture is political, and he worked for Census Bureau back when he worked there, it wasn't that political, it's very political now. But there was more a chance for constancy and more of a, their aim was to do the best survey or census that they could do. And so the focus was on setting up systems that would deliver that. But that's what his work with the government was prior to when things really broke loose when he started with Ford and GM and got all the people wanting him in.   0:14:27.0 Andrew Stotz: I've always had questions about this at the top concept and the concept of constancy of purpose. And I'm just pulling out your Deming Route to Quality and Productivity, which, it's a lot of dog ears, but let's just go to chapter one just to remind ourselves. And that you started out with point number one, which was create constancy of purpose towards improvement of product and service with the aim to become competitive, stay in business and provide jobs. One of my questions I always kind of thought about that one was that at first I just thought he was saying just have a constancy of purpose. But the constancy of purpose is improvement of product and service.   0:15:13.6 Bill Scherkenbach: Well, yes and no. I mean, that's what he said. I believe I was quoting what his point number one was. And as it developed, it was very important to add, I believe, point number five on continual improvement. But constancy of purpose is setting the stage, setting the vision if you will, of where you want to take the company. And in Western management, and this is an area where there really is and was a dichotomy between Western and Eastern management. But in Western management, our concept of time was short-term. Boom, boom, boom, boom. And he had a definite problem with that. And that's how you could come up with, well, we're going to go with this fad and that fad or this CEO and that CEO. There was no thinking through the longer term of, as some folks ask, "what is your aim? Who do you think your customer base is now?" don't get suckered into thinking that carburetors are always going to be marketable to that market base. And so that's where he was going with that constancy of purpose. And in the beginning, I think that was my first book you're quoting, but also, in some of his earlier works, he also spoke of consistency of purpose, that is reducing the variation around that aim, that long-term vision, that aim.   0:17:19.2 Bill Scherkenbach: Now, in my second book, I got at least my learning said that you've got to go beyond the logical understanding and your constancy of purpose needs to be a mission, a values and questions. And those people who have who have listened to the the previous vlogs that we've had, those are the physiological and emotional. And I had mentioned, I think, that when when I went to GM, one of the things I did was looked up all the policy letters and the ones that Alfred Sloan wrote had pretty much consistency of three main points. One, make no mistake about it, this is what we're going to do. Two, this is why we're going to do it, logical folks who need to understand that. And to give a little bit of insight on on how he was feeling about it. Sometimes it was value, but those weren't spoken about too much back then. But it gave you an insider view, if you will. And so I looked at that, maybe I was overlooking. But I saw a physiological and emotional in his policy letters.   0:19:00.7 Bill Scherkenbach: And so that's got to be key when you are establishing your vision, but that's only the beginning of it. You have to operationalize it, and this is where management has to get out of the boardroom to see what's going on. Now, that's going to be the predictable, and some of your clients, and certainly the ones over in Asia, are speaking about Lean and Toyota Production System and going to the Gemba and all of those terms. But I see a need to do a reverse Gemba and we'll talk about that.   0:19:49.6 Andrew Stotz: So, I just want to dig deeper into this a little bit just for my own selfish understanding, which I think will help the audience also. Let's go back in time and say that the, Toyota, let's take Toyota as an example because we can say maybe in the 60s or so, they started to really understand that the improvement of product quality, products and service quality and all that was a key thing that was important to them. But they also had a goal of expanding worldwide. And their first step with that maybe was, let's just say, the big step was expanding to the US. Now, in order to expand to the US successfully, it's going to take 10, maybe 20 years. In the beginning, the cars aren't going to fit the market, you're going to have to adapt and all that. So I can understand first, let's imagine that somebody says our constancy of purpose is to continuously improve or let's say, not continuously, but let's just go back to that statement just to keep it clear. Let's say, create constancy of purpose towards improvement of product and service with the aim to become competitive, stay in business and provide jobs.   0:21:07.2 Andrew Stotz: So the core constancy in that statement to me sounds like the improvement. And then if we say, okay, also our vision of where we want to be with this company is we want to capture, let's say, 5% of the US market share within the next 15 years or five or 10 years. So you've got to have constancy of that vision, repeating it, not backing down from it, knowing that you're going to have to modify it. But what's the difference between a management or a leadership team in the boardroom setting a commitment to improvement versus a commitment to a goal of let's say, expanding the market into the US. How do we think about those two.   0:21:53.6 Bill Scherkenbach: Well as you reread what I wrote there, which is Dr. Deming's words and they led into the, I forget what he called it, but he led into the progression of as you improve quality, you improve productivity, you reduce costs.   0:22:33.6 Andrew Stotz: Chain reaction.   0:22:34.5 Bill Scherkenbach: Yeah, the chain reaction. That's a mini version of the chain reaction there. And at the time, that's what people should be signing up for. Now the thing is that doesn't, or at least the interpretations haven't really gone to the improvement of the board's decision-making process. I mean, where he was going for was you want to be able to do your market research because his sampling and doing the market research was able to close the loop to make that production view a system, a closed-loop system. And so you wanted to make sure that you're looking far enough out to be able to have a viable product or service and not get caught up in short-term thinking. Now, but again, short-term is relative. In the US, you had mentioned 10 or 20 years, Toyota, I would imagine they still are looking 100 years out. They didn't get suckered into the over-committing anyway to the electric vehicles. Plug-in hybrids, yes, hybrids yes, very efficient gas motors, yes. But their constancy of purpose is a longer time frame than the Western time frame.   0:24:27.1 Andrew Stotz: Yeah, that was a real attack on the structure that they had built to say when they were being told by the market and by everybody, investors, you've got to shift now, you've got to make a commitment to 100% EVs. I remember watching one of the boardroom, sorry, one of the shareholder meetings, and it's just exhausting, the pressure that they were under.   0:24:55.2 Bill Scherkenbach: Yep, yep. But there... Yeah.   0:25:00.0 Andrew Stotz: If we take a kid, a young kid growing up and we just say, look, your main objective, and my main objective with you is to every day improve. Whatever that is, let's say we're learning science.   0:25:17.3 Bill Scherkenbach: You're improving around your aim. What is your vision? What are you trying to accomplish? And that obviously, if you're you're saying a kid that could change otherwise there'd be an oversupply of firemen.   0:25:38.5 Andrew Stotz: So let's say that the aim was related to science. Let's say that the kid shows a really great interest in science and you're kind of coaching them along and they're like, "Help me, I want to learn everything I can in science." The aim may be a bit vague for the kid, but let's say that we narrow down that aim to say, we want to get through the main topics of science from physics to chemistry and set a foundation of science, which we think's going to take us a year to do that, let's just say. Or whatever. Whatever time frame we come up with, then every day the idea is, how do we number one improve around that aim? Are we teaching the right topics? Also, is there better ways of teaching? Like, this kid maybe learns better in the afternoon and in the morning, whereas another kid I may work with works better in another... And this kid likes five-minute modules and then some practical discussion, this kid likes, an hour of going deep into something and then having an experiment is when we're talking about improvement, is the idea that we're just always trying to improve around that aim until we reach a really optimized system? Is that what we're talking about when we're talking about constancy of purpose when it comes to improving product and service?   0:27:14.4 Bill Scherkenbach: Well there's a whole process that I take my clients through in coming up with their constancy of purpose statement. And the board should be looking at what the community is doing in the next five years, 10 years, where the market is going, where politics is going, all sorts of things. And some of it. I mean, specifically in the science area, it's fairly well recognized that the time of going generation to generation to generation has gone from years to maybe weeks where you have different iterations of technology. And so that's going to complicate stuff quite honestly, because what was good today can be, as Dr. Deming said, the world could change. And that's what you've got to deal with or you're out of business. Or you're out of relevance in what you're studying. And so you have to... If you if you have certain interests, and the interests are driven... It's all going to be internal. Some interests are driven because that's where I hear you can make the most money or that's where I hear you can make the most impact to society or whatever your internal interests are saying that those are key to establishing what your aim is.   0:29:25.7 Andrew Stotz: Okay. You've got some PowerPoints and we've been talking about some of it. But I just want to pull it up and make sure we don't miss anything. I think this is the first text page, maybe just see if there's anything you want to highlight from that. Otherwise we'll move to the next.   0:29:43.0 Bill Scherkenbach: No I think we've we've covered that. Yeah, yeah. And the second page. Yeah, I wanted to talk and I only mentioned it when the Lean folks and the Agile folks talk about Gemba, they're pretty much talking about getting the board out. It's the traditional management by walking around, seeing what happens. Hugely, hugely important. But one of the things, I had one of my clients. Okay, okay. No, that's in the the next one.   0:30:29.4 Andrew Stotz: There you go.   0:30:30.7 Bill Scherkenbach: Okay, yeah. I had one of one of my clients do a reverse Gemba. And that is, that the strategy committee would be coming up with strategies and then handing it off to the operators to execute. And that's pretty much the way stuff was done in this industry and perhaps in many of them. But what we did was we had the operators, the operating committee, the operations committee, sit in as a peanut gallery or a, oh good grief. Well, you couldn't say a thing, you could only observe what they were doing. But it helped the operators better understand and see and feel what the arguments were, what the discussions were in the strategy, so that they as operators were better able to execute the strategy. And so not the board going out and down, but the folks that are below going up if it helps them better execute what's going on. But vice versa, management can't manage the 94%, and Dr. Deming was purposely giving people marbles, sometimes he'd say 93.4%. You know the marble story?   0:32:37.5 Andrew Stotz: I remember that [laughter]. Maybe you should tell that again just because that was a fun one when he was saying to, give them marbles, and they gave me marbles back.   0:32:45.7 Bill Scherkenbach: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, he said there was this professor in oral surgery that said there was a an Asian mouse or cricket, whatever, that would... You put in your mouth and they would eat all of the... Be able to clean the gums of all the bacteria better than anything. And described it in detail. And that question was on the test. Okay, please describe this mouse procedure. And he said all of the people, or a whole bunch of people except one, gave him back exactly step by step that he had taught. And one said, Professor, I've talked to other professors, I've looked around, I think you're loading us, that's what Deming said. And so he made the point that teaching should not be teachers handing out marbles and collecting the same marbles they they handed out. And so to some extent, he was testing, being overly precise.   0:34:12.8 Bill Scherkenbach: He wanted people to look into it, to see, go beyond as you were speaking of earlier, going beyond this shocking statement that there perhaps is some way that that really makes sense. So he wants you to study. Very Socratic in his approach to teaching in my opinion. And any event, management can't understand or make inputs on changing what the various levels of willing workers, and you don't have to be on the shop floor, you can be in the C-suite and be willing workers depending on how your company is operating. Go ahead.   0:35:12.0 Andrew Stotz: So let me... Maybe I can, just for people that don't know, Gemba is a Japanese word that means "the actual place," right? The place where the value is created.   0:35:23.8 Bill Scherkenbach: Sure.   0:35:26.2 Andrew Stotz: And the whole concept of this was that it's kind of almost nonsense to think that you could sit up in an office and run something and never see the location of where the problem's happening or what's going on. And all of a sudden many things become clear when you go to the location and try to dig down into it. However, from Dr. Deming context, I think what you're telling us is that if the leader doesn't have profound knowledge, all they're going to do is go to the location and chase symptoms and disrupt work, ultimately...   0:36:02.0 Bill Scherkenbach: Get the dog and pony shows and all of that stuff. And they still won't have a clue. The thing is...   0:36:08.6 Andrew Stotz: So the objective at the board level, if they were to actually go to the place, the objective is observation of the system, of how management decisions have affected this. What is the system able to produce? And that gives them a deeper understanding to think about what's their next decision that they've got to make in relation to this. Am I capturing it right or?   0:36:40.2 Bill Scherkenbach: Well there's a lot more to it, I think, because top management, the board level, are the ones that set the vision, the mission, the values, the guiding principle, and the questions. And I think it's incumbent on the board to be able to go through the ranks and see how their constancy of purpose, the intended, where they want to take the place is being interpreted throughout the organization because, and I know it's an oversimplification and maybe a broad generalization, but middle management... Well, there are layers of management everywhere based on their aim to get ahead, will effectively stop communication upstream and downstream in order to fill their particular aim of what they want to get out of it. And so this is a chance for the top management to see, because they're doing their work, establishing the vision of the company, which is the mission, values and questions, they really should be able to go layer by layer as they're walking around seeing how those, their constancy, their intended constancy is being interpreted and executed. And so that's where beyond understanding how someone is operating a lathe or an accountant is doing a particular calculation, return on invested capital, whatever.   0:38:47.5 Bill Scherkenbach: Beyond that, I think it's important for management to be able to absolutely see what is happening. But the Gemba that I originally spoke about is just the other way. You've got the strategy people that are higher up, and you have the operations people that are typically, well, they might be the same level, but typically lower. You want the lower people to sit in on some higher meetings so they have a better idea of the intent, management's intent in this constancy of purpose. And that will help them execute, operationalize what management has put on paper or however they've got it and are communicating it. It just helps. So when I talk about Gemba, I'm talking the place where the quality is made or the action is. As the boardroom, you need to be able to have people understand and be able to see what's going on there, and all the way up the chain and all the way down the chain.   0:40:14.4 Andrew Stotz: That's great one. I'm just visualizing people in the operations side thinking, we've got some real problems here and we don't really understand it. We've got to go to the actual place, and that's the boardroom[laughter]. It's not the factory line.   0:40:31.7 Bill Scherkenbach: Yes. Absolutely. And if the boardroom says you're not qualified, then shame on you, the boardroom, are those the people you're hiring? So no, it goes both ways, both ways.   0:40:46.8 Andrew Stotz: Now, you had a final slide here. Maybe you want to talk a little bit about some of the things you've identified here.   0:40:53.4 Bill Scherkenbach: Okay, that's getting back to, in the logical area of this TDQA is my cycle: Theory, question, data, action. And it's based on Dr. Deming and Shewhart and Lewis saying, where do questions come from? They're based on theory. What do you do with questions? Well, the answers to questions are your data. And you're just not going to do nothing with data, you're supposed to take action. What are you going to do with it? And so the theory I'm going to address, the various questions I've found helpful in order to, to some extent, make the decisions better, the ability to operationalize them better and perhaps even be more creative, if you will. And so one of the questions I ask any team is, have you asked outside experts their opinion? Have you included them? Have you included someone to consistently, not consistently, but to take a contrarian viewpoint that their job in this meeting is to play the devil's advocate? And the theory is you're looking for a different perspective as Pete Jessup at Ford came up with that brilliant view of Escher's.   0:42:47.1 Bill Scherkenbach: Different perspectives are going to help you make a better decision. And so you want to get out of the echo chamber and you want to be challenged. Every team should be able to have some of these on there. What's going to get delayed? The underlying theory or mental model is, okay, you don't have people sitting around waiting for this executive committee to come up with new things, time is a zero-sum game. What's going to get delayed and what are they willing to get delayed if this is so darn important to get done? Decision criteria. I've seen many teams where they thought that the decision would be a majority rule. They discuss and when it came down to submit it, they said, "no, no, this VP is going to make the decision." And so that completely sours the next team to do that. And so you have to be, if you're saying trust, what's your definition of trust? If the people know that someone is going to make the decision with your advice or the executive's going to get two votes and everyone else gets one, or it's just simple voting.   0:44:35.3 Bill Scherkenbach: The point is that making the decision and taking it to the next level, the theory is you've got to be specific and relied on. Team turnover, fairly simple. We spoke about executive turnover, which was a huge concern that Dr. Deming had about Western management. But at one major auto company, we would have product teams and someone might be in charge of, be a product manager for a particular model car. Well, if that person was a hard charger and it took product development at the time was three and a half years, you're going to get promoted from a director level to a VP halfway through and you're going to screw up the team, other team members will be leaving as well because they have careers. You need to change the policy just to be able to say, if you agree that you're going to lead this team, you're going to lead it from start to finish and to minimize the hassle and the problems and the cost of turnover, team turnover. And this is a short list of stuff, but it's very useful to have a specific "no-fault policy."   0:46:20.6 Bill Scherkenbach: And this is where Dr. Deming speaks about reducing fear. I've seen teams who know they can really, once management turns on the spigot and says, let's really do this, this is important, the team is still hesitant to really let it go because that management might interpret that as saying, "well, what are you doing, slacking off the past year?" As Deming said, "why couldn't you do that if you could do it with no method, why didn't you do it last year?" but the fear in the organization, well, we're going to milk it. And so all of these things, it helps to be visible to everyone.   0:47:23.0 Andrew Stotz: So, I guess we should probably wrap up and I want to go back to where we started. And first, we talked about, where is quality made? And we talked about the boardroom. Why is this such an important topic from your perspective? Why did you want to talk about it? And what would you say is the key message you want to get across from it?   0:47:47.1 Bill Scherkenbach: The key message is that management thinks quality's made in operations. And it's the quality of the... I wanted to put a little bit more meat, although there's a lot more meat, we do put on it. But the quality of the organization, I wanted to make the point depends on the quality of the decisions, that's their output that top leaders make, whether it's the board or the C-suite or any place making decisions. The quality of your decisions.   0:48:28.9 Andrew Stotz: Excellent. And I remember, this reminds me of when I went to my first Deming seminar back in 1990, roughly '89, maybe '90. And I was a young guy just starting as a supervisor at a warehouse in our Torrance plant at Pepsi, and Pepsi sent me there. And I sat in the front row, so I didn't pay attention to all the people behind me, but there was many people behind me and there was a lot of older guys. Everybody technically was pretty much older than me because when I was just starting my career. And it was almost like these javelins were being thrown from the stage to the older men in the back who were trying to deal with this, and figure out what's coming at them, and that's where I kind of really started to understand that this was a man, Dr. Deming, who wasn't afraid to direct blame at senior management to say, you've got to take responsibility for this. And as a young guy seeing all kinds of mess-ups in the factory every day that I could see, that we couldn't really solve. We didn't have the tools and we couldn't get the resources to get those tools.   0:49:47.9 Andrew Stotz: It just really made sense to me. And I think the reiteration of that today is the idea, as I'm older now and I look at what my obligation is in the organizations I'm working at, it's to set that constancy of purpose, to set the quality at the highest level that I can. And the discussion today just reinforced it, so I really enjoyed it.   0:50:11.2 Bill Scherkenbach: Well, that's great. I mean, based on that observation, Dr. Deming many times said that the master chef is the person who knows no fear, and he was a master chef putting stuff together. And we would talk about fairly common knowledge that the great artists, the great thinkers, the great producers were doing it for themselves, it just happened that they had an audience. The music caught on, the poetry caught on, the painting caught on, the management system caught on. But we're doing it for ourselves with no fear. And that's the lesson.   0:51:11.8 Andrew Stotz: Yeah. Well, I hope that there's a 24-year-old out there right now listening to this just like I was, or think about back in 1972 when you were sitting there listening to his message. And they've caught that message from you today. So I appreciate it, and I want to say on behalf of everyone at the Deming Institute, of course, thank you so much for this discussion and for people who are listening and interested, remember to go to deming.org to continue your journey. And of course, you can reach Bill on LinkedIn, very simple. He's out there posting and he's responding. So feel free if you've got a question or comment or something, reach out to him on LinkedIn and have a discussion. This is your host, Andrew Stotz, and I'm going to leave you with one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Deming, and it doesn't change. It is, "people are entitled to joy in work."

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