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West Virginia just passed a bill acknowledging that parents are the rightful ones in charge of their child's healthcare. This gave parents the right to choose vaccines for their kids. However, among those in the legislative hearing was Dr. Mike Maroney, who strongly opposes the bill and called it “an embarrassment” to be a part of. There is clear contempt for parents' right to choose what is best for their children.  Joining me today is friend and sponsor David and Nancy Flynn, founder of Warrior Essentials. David and his wife Nancy founded Warrior Essentials in response to the COVID-19 vaccine's effects and also because of their life experiences with their own son's vaccine injury.  We talk about how the COVID-19 vaccine has left its mark on all of us in one way or another and how the Spike Protein Detox Support System will rid the body of the toxins from the vaccine and restore health to those suffering from the effects.  Warrior Essentials graciously offers its Spike Protein Detox Support System to our Turley Talks family at recoverwithturley.com*. Resources:  Restore your health today! Get your Spike Protein Detox Support System from Warrior Essentials here: recoverwithturley.com* https://www.breitbart.com/news/west-virginia-lawmakers-ok-bill-drawing-back-one-of-the-countrys-strictest-child-vaccination-laws/ Don't let Big Tech WIN by staying connected to Dr Steve and joining the movement to reclaim our freedoms at: https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club=podcast   *The content presented by our partners may contain affiliate links. When you click and shop the links, Turley Talks may receive a small commission.*  Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/ Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! https://advertising.turleytalks.com/sponsorship If you want to get lots of articles on conservative trends, sign up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts: https://turleytalks.com/subscribe/. 

Get the book, The Principal's Backpack: Tips and Tools for Managing Yourself (So You Can Manage Everything Else)  Visit the LeadersHike website About the Author Nancy Karlin Flynn, EdD, has been an administrator in the Saint Paul Public Schools for twenty-four years, serving as an elementary, junior high, and middle school principal. She is passionate about coaching, mentoring, and reflecting on leadership practice with aspiring principals as well as those with all levels of experience as school leaders. Based on the ideas in her new book, Nancy created LeadersHike!, a professional learning workshop for school leaders that combines her passion for coaching and her love of nature and hiking. Flynn has written for LeaderTalk, Educational Leadership, Leading and Learning With Technology, and other technology-related journals. She holds a doctorate in educational administration and policy from the University of Minnesota.

[1:29] What's included with the critique of your writing sample. [3:14] The most common writing mistakes by employers. [8:50] Best practices for pronouns. [15:44] ABCs of writing. [20:12] The inverted pyramid style of writing. [21:54] Biggest capitalization and punctuation mistakes that get made. [24:26] When you need to capitalize board. [25:36] Is it ever okay to use exclamation points in business writing? [27:26] Get to know our presenter, Nancy Flynn. In this week's episode Nancy Flynn covers some common editorial problems and questions she got asked after her webinar, Business Writing Boot Camp, Including Critique of Your Own Writing Sample. Register and learn more here: https://fin-ed.info/3FksMos Podcast listeners can also use coupon code BUSINESSWRITING for 10% off this timely webinar. This coupon is valid through December 2022. Check out these links for more info! Webinar Registration: https://fin-ed.info/3FksMos Speaker's Website: http://www.epolicyinstitute.com/ Questions? support@eewebinarnetwork.com Follow us on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/hhwn Like us Facebook: http://facebook.com/hhwnwebinars Tweet us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HospiceWebinars Read our blog: https://hospice.eewebinarnetwork.com/blog

Welcome to the Credit Union Overtime Podcast, produced and presented by the Credit Union Webinar Network, powered by FinEd. Today we have Nancy Flynn with us to discuss her webinar Business Writing Boot Camp, Including Critique of Your Own Writing Sample. Find Business Writing Boot Camp, Including Critique of Your Own Writing Sample here: https://cuwebtraining.com/business-writing-boot-camp-including-critique-of-your-own-writing-sample Business Writing Institute: http://www.businesswritinginstitute.org/ Find Nancy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyflynntraining Find us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cuwn Give us a like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cuwebinars Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cuwebinars

What's Yuletide? What's the difference between Yuletide and Christmas? What is Celtic Christmas music? Plus, hobbits show up in my latest Christmas single. It's all on Pub Songs & Stories #246. WHO'S PLAYING IN THE PUB TODAY Welcome to Pub Songs & Stories. This is the Virtual Public House to share stories and inspiration behind music with your host Marc Gunn. Subscribe to the podcast and download free music at PubSong.com. 0:25 -  WHAT'S NEW? The kids got to decorate a Christmas tree yesterday. It was not ours. Which seemed kind of an odd thing to do. Maybe it's my solitary nature. I never thought of tree decorating as a communal experience. But then again, I've never had friends quite like those I have living in Georgia. Hopefully, our tree will be up by the time this goes live. Because I also need to get some pictures and videos to promote the holiday season. Today's show is brought to you by my Gunn Runners on Patreon. Thanks to my newest Patron: Brian Petty. I can't begin to thank you enough for your support. I'm getting closer to releasing my new song “Blink” over on Patreon. More than just a video. I also recorded “Come Adventure With Me”. That's the next single for In the ‘Verse podcast. And very soon, I will share my plans for 2022. They will include a big change to this podcast and other things I do. What are you doing while listening to Pub Songs & Stories? I'd love your thoughts and feedback. So take a picture of yourself or where you are or what one of these stories reminds you of. Post it on social media. Use the hashtag #pubstories so I can find it and share your story. What song would you like to hear more about? 1:46 - WHAT IS YULETIDE? Here's some of what Wikipedia has to say about Yule: “Yule is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Much like Christmas, it has pagan roots. Scholars connected the original celebrations of Yule to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin, and the pagan Anglo-Saxon Modraniht. Later departing from its pagan roots, Yule underwent Christianised reformulation, resulting in the term Christmastide. Some present-day Christmas customs and traditions such as the Yule log, Yule goat, Yule boar, Yule singing, and others may have connections to older pagan Yule traditions. The Saga of Hákon the Good credits King Haakon I of Norway who ruled from 934 to 961 with the Christianization of Norway as well as rescheduling Yule to coincide with Christian celebrations held at the time. The saga says that when Haakon arrived in Norway he was a confirmed Christian, but since the land was still altogether heathen and the people retained their pagan practices, Haakon hid his Christianity to receive the help of the "great chieftains". In time, Haakon had a law passed establishing that Yule celebrations were to take place at the same time as the Christians celebrated Christmas, "and at that time everyone was to have ale for the celebration with a measure of grain, or else pay fines, and had to keep the holiday while the ale lasted." Scholars have connected the Yule period to the Wild Hunt (a ghostly procession in the winter sky), the god Odin (who is attested in Germanic areas as leading the Wild Hunt and bears the name Jólnir), and increased supernatural activity, such as the Wild Hunt and the increased activities of draugar—undead beings who walk the earth. Modraniht, an event focused on collective female beings attested by Bede as having occurred among the pagan Anglo-Saxons on what is now Christmas Eve, has been seen as further evidence of a fertility event during the Yule period.” You can read more about Yuletide on Wikipedia. Now I've heard it said that JRR Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, in part, to give England its own folk tales. So one of the things I love about my first story is that Yuletide better encapsulates the hobbit winter celebrations than say Christmas. At least in name. 4:55 - STORY OF YULETIDE During live shows, I talk about the little hobbit village that happens every three years in Kentucky. It's called ALEP, A Long Expected Party. A gross of Tolkien enthusiasts gather together at the Shaker Village to celebrate all things Lord of the Rings. Not just celebrate. To Create. Folks who go to ALEP become a part of the world Tolkien created. Yes, there are amazing stories we get from Michael Drout. But also, there's art, and writings, and costuming, and music. All by people who love Lord of the Rings so much that they create their own art. Nancy Flynn is one of those people. She enjoys my music and sends me lyrics now and again. She wrote the lyrics “The Smial or the Tree” from my CD, Sci Fi Drinking Songs. In 2012, she sent me lyrics to two Christmas songs: “Christmas in the Shire” and “Yuletide”. I loved the lyrics for both. “Christmas in the Shire” was the first song that I set to music. It's also still my favorite Christmas song that I love to hear. I love the melody. But it is nothing without the wholesome down-to-earth lyrics that accompany it. That's one of the things I love about hobbits. It's just down-to-earth. Or down-to-middle-earth as the case may be. The other song, “Yuletide” sat on my shelf for quite a bit longer. The lyrics are again down-to-earth. It's a song about how hobbits celebrate Yuletide. There are invitations to friends. There's dancing and eating. There's decorations and drinks. It's like a sneak peak at hobbit holidays. While many of the celebration examples that she uses are kind of universal for our modern day celebrations, I feel like there's something distinctly hobbit about them. That's what I wanted to capture with the music. I wrote several melodies over the years. Sadly, I didn't have a recording for any of them. So I started from scratch this year. This song was written with the vocal melody first and foremost. I feel like basic hobbit music is a hornpipe rhythm. It's fun and bouncy in 4/4 time. It's the type that you can easily sing without an instrument and still get people up dancing. So that's how I wrote the melody. I sang it. I added my autoharp. Then Nathan Deese brought the song to life with a mandolin and whistles. 7:49 - “Yuletide” by Marc Gunn from Single and Christmas Drive Playlist 10:18 - FEEDBACK: How do you celebrate Christmas and Yuletide? 10:34 - SUPPORT WHAT YOU LOVE The musicians on this podcast are happy to share their music freely with you. You can find their music on streaming music sites. But streaming is a way to sample the music. If you hear something you love, these artists need your support. Please visit their website, sign up to their mailing list and buy something. You could buy digital downloads, a shirt, a sticker, a pin, a songbook, jewelry, or even the classic physical CD. Your purchase allows them to keep making music. And if you're not into the physical stuff, many artists accept tips or are on Patreon. So please support the arts. If this show made you happy, then you can also join the Gunn  Runners Club on Patreon. Your support pays for the production and promotion of my music and this podcast. If you have questions or comments, drop me an email.  Save 15% with an annual membership. 11:19 - NEXT TIME - PLANS FOR 2022 I was debating whether I would release more of these episodes.  But time is just not my friend. So I decided that this is the final episode of 2021. I will be back in 2022. However, I'm gonna do things a bit differently. I don't yet have a start date for the new year. But as I strategically plan. I *think* it won't begin until February. But I hope to start recording episodes in January. And just build a catalog of episodes that I can release. Just like I plan to do with Coffee with The Celtfather. If you're a member of the Gunn Runners Club, I'll break down my plans a little bit more on Patreon. 12:16 - STORY OF WHAT IS CELTIC CHRISTMAS MUSIC? In 2014, I recorded a podcast called Celtic Christmas Greetings. It was a short podcast series designed to promote my then brand new album of Christmas music with the same name. Listening back to the series, I realized it is very much like this show. So I thought I'd replay that podcast here for those who might've missed it. The first episode tells the story of how and why I fused Celtic music and Christmas music to create a CD. 25:04 - “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Kilted Kings from Flower of Scotland Pub Songs & Stories was produced by Marc Gunn. The show is edited by Mitchell Petersen with graphics by Miranda Nelson Designs. You can subscribe and listen wherever you find podcasts. You can also subscribe to my mailing list. You will get regular updates of new music, podcasts, special offers, and you'll get 21 songs for free. Welcome to the pub at www.pubsong.com! #godrestyemerrygentlemen #yuletide #celticchristmasmusic

Today, I review the success of the Pub Songs & Stories changes. I offer tips on promoting your podcast. And I tell you about two new songs coming soon. It's all on my monthly update, Celtfather Music & Travel, show #286. The podcast is brought to you by my amazing Patrons in the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon. I have some new subscribers, and I hope to make this an even more important part of my general promotion in the weeks ahead. 0:33 - SHOWS PLANNED FOR THE COMING MONTH NOV 3: Playing Favorites on Coffee with The Celtfather @ 11 AM EST NOV 5-7: CONjuration, Atlanta, GA NOV 10:  Coffee with The Celtfather @ 11 AM EST NOV 12: Interstellar Ginger Beer & Exploration Co., Alabaster, AL @ 8-10 PM NOV 13: Haeuser House Concert, Robert, LA NOV 17: Coffee with The Celtfather @ 11 AM EST WEDS: Coffee with The Celtfather, YouTube (Season 9) @ 11:00 AM EST   CELTFATHER MONTHLY UPDATES 1:30 - PODCASTS Pub Songs & Stories is coming along. I'm getting more interest in the show from musicians. I feel like I should be good for stories for a while. Though I will continue to need to hunt down more stories. In fact, if you'd like to help me to do that, I'd love to have Pub Stories producer. I'm changing the logo a tiny bit more for the podcast too. I'm redoing my business cards. I found some cool marketing ideas. But I feel like the current logo is a bit of a distraction... well, the title is. PUB Songs & Stories. Pub in the title is ultimately irrelevant. It's about the Songs & Stories. But I'm not gonna rename it. If nothing else, PUB differentiated it from other shows. So I'm making some minor changes before I add that logo to my new business cards. I've decided my next business card design will return to being a billboard for my music and the podcast. Finally, I'm moving the release date to Tuesdays. That's so I can hopefully release it early to Patrons (ideally on Thursday, but worst case Monday) before it goes out to the public. 5:31 - PUB SONGS & STORIES CHANGES SUCCESS OR FAILURE? 7:26 - 3 PODCAST PROMOTION TIPS Create intros for each episode. Find something intriguing tidbits from the show to use as a teaser to make people really want to listen. Share those teasers along with unique graphics (or Video) BEFORE the show comes out. That gets people to actually subscribe to the podcast. Use a unique URL to get mailing list subscribers AS WELL AS podcast subscribers to the show. 11:59 - PODCAST UPDATE CONT. I got ahead with the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. As always happens, I lose that lead with each month as I make room for other things I need to work on. So it's time to produce more podcasts before the next big holiday. The In The 'Verse podcast launches the first episode of season 2 this Saturday. Mikey and I wrote songs inspired by the Doctor Who episode "Blink". I LOVE my new song. It's another that makes me feel like I'm becoming a better songwriter. I still need to write more songs. But this is a great start. The Celtic Christmas Podcast will release a new episode soon. Well, sort of new. I'm actually fundraising for a fully new episode. At this rate, I won't get it. But if nothing else, I'm gonna add the Celtic Christmas episode of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast to the feed as a promo for the podcast. Admittedly, I've had ZERO new patrons for that podcast. I'll post again next month. But it's looking like that podcast may not get a new episode this year. We shall see... Brobdingnagian Bards put out a new Bards podcast this month too. I actually had to re-release it. I was informed that the first version I released was actually an earlier Bards podcast. Not sure what Andrew did when he mixed it. But he sent it to me. I uploaded it without checking. So about two weeks later, the actual episode came out. I feel like this was a REALLY good month for the Gunn Runners on Patreon. I started releasing all of the MP3s that I record for Pub Songs & Stories exclusively to Patrons. So that means there are three new recordings PLUS the ones I've been releasing from the Virtual Public House CD. I debating how. But my current plan is to compile ALL of the Pub Songs recordings onto a USB that will be released next year, along with maybe my new CD, Selcouth. 18:46 - VIDEOS I made a big decision at the beginning of October. I decided to move the date of Coffee with The Celtfather mid-season. I hate doing that. But I kept having problems attending the Thursday show. Either work-related, family-related, whatever. Thursdays just seemed to be problematic. So starting in November, Coffee with The Celtfather will be on Wednesdays at 11 AM Eastern. Mark your calendar. There are no new public videos available. But I did record a first version of my song "Blink" for Patrons. I am hoping to do a bit of promotion for my Genetic Counseling Song for Genetic Counseling Awareness Day in November. I WANTED to release a single, but oh well. At least... 20:34 - IN THE STUDIO Selcouth is finally done! It took far too long. But Mitchell and I finally finished it up. I sent it to the printers. It should arrive by the start of November. I did finally sit down to start tracking two new songs this week: "Blink" and "Yuletide". "Blink" is my new Doctor Who song. I'm gonna try to track all of my songs in the future. That means, I'll record individual tracks for better editing. "Yuletide" is some lyrics I got from Nancy Flynn about the same time as I got "Christmas in the Shire" from her. I hope to have it ready for the holiday. The autoharp is done for both so far. 21:23 - MERCH I worked out a new merch strategy at MultiVerse this month. It needs some testing. But it involves selling more than just CDs at my merch table. There will be CDs, lapel pins, download stickers and songbooks. All have digital downloads attached to them. I'm not sure if this is a good strategy or not. But I'm gonna give it a shot. Remember, subscribe to my mailing list, you get a discount code to save 15%. Patrons save 25%! 24:23 - WEBSITES I made a special page for people who take my business card and use the QR code. It'll be interesting to see if this works. But the basic idea is the card will give you a quick link to listen to music, subscribe to my podcast and mailing list. It's similar to what you'll find at Celtfather.net but even more focused. I updated lyrics for the Irish Song Lyrics website, including: https://pubsong.com/how-dragon-con-saved-irish-music-238 25:08 - STATS Mailing list subscribers = 1151 is up from 1142 Celtic Music Magazine = 4087 is up from 4072 YouTube Subscribers =  5552 is up 29 from 5533 Facebook Likes = 3817 is down from 3824 Instagram = 1900 is up from 1896 Spotify followers: 1869 is up from 1854 # Number of listens on Spotify: 3153 is up from 3120 Latest Spotify Single Stats: Latest Spotify Album Stats: Most-popular songs on Spotify: "The Widow and the Devil" (2.5K), "Doctor of Gallifrey" (610), "Hobbit Hornpipe" (577),  "A Working in the Garden" (353), "Don't Go Drinking With Hobbits" (234), "Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster" (194), "Hero of Canton" (184), "Reavers Malcolm Reavers" (148), , “O'er the Way” (140), “The Hobbit Journey Home” (101) Most-popular songs on Amazon Music: "Doctor of Gallifrey" (468), "Hero of Canton" (332),  "The Widow and the Devil" (125), "I'm a Rover, Seldom Sober" (61), “St Patrick Never Drank” (46) Top albums on Amazon: Sci Fi Drinking Songs (752), As Long As I'm Flyin (549), Kilted For Her Pleasure (357), Scottish Songs of Drinking & Rebellion (326), Don't Go Drinking with Hobbits (223) Last year's playlists from this time last year: Top Irish & Celtic Music: 602 is up from 600 Sci F'Irish Music: 13 is down 14 Nagians Only: 21 is down 1 Celtfather Experience: 31 (same) Hobbit Drinking Songs: 5 (same) Firefly Drinking Songs: 138 up 1 Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers: 80 (same) Jedi Drinking Songs: 33 (same) Marc Gunn Songwriting: 3 down 2 Joyful Celtic Christmas Music: 110 up 1 Fun Christmas Songs for Kids & Families: 1941 is down 6 30:08 - PATREON Patreon Subscribers: 165 down 2 Patreon Monthly Income: $1286 down from $1305 Thanks as always for supporting my music. Streaming music gives you a quick and easy way to sample all of my music. Digital sales keep my business running. Tips and CD sales allow me to tour. Kickstarter funds physical products like CDs, shirts, pin and other merch. And Patreon funds my songwriting! Join the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon to support my songwriting. You will step behind-the-scenes with new music, bonus podcasts, videos, and live concerts. 31:31 - NEW PODCAST TITLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Thank you for supporting Sci F'Irish music at Celtfather.com! #CFMonthly div data-pm-slice="0 0 []" data-en-clipboard="true">

Welcome to Essential Insights: A Podcast for Healthcare Professionals. Hosted by Sidnie Kane, Program Coordinator for the Hospice & Homecare Webinar Network (HHWN). This week's episode is a clip from HHWN's on-demand webinar Marijuana HR Policy & Best Practices: Handling Employee Medical & Recreational Use that covers federal vs state law, definitions of cannabis, marijuana, THC, CBD, and hemp, including illegal CBD and legal hemp. It will also review state-by-state examples of marijuana laws. Register and learn more here: https://fin-ed.info/3xG7jBe. Podcast listeners can also use coupon code PODCAST10 for 10% off this timely webinar. Our speaker Nancy Flynn is a recognized expert on workplace policy, communication, and compliance. She is the founder and executive director of The ePolicy Institute, Business Writing Institute, and Marijuana Policy Institute. Nancy is a professional trainer, policy writer, and consultant who helps employers worldwide minimize potentially costly electronic risks, including lawsuits and regulatory fines. Check out these links for more info! Nancy's Website: https://www.marijuanapolicyinstitute.com/ Questions? support@eewebinarnetwork.com Follow us on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/hhwn Like us Facebook: http://facebook.com/hhwnwebinars Tweet us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HospiceWebinars Read our blog: https://hhwnbulletin.medium.com/

Welcome to Essential Insights: A Podcast for Healthcare Professionals. Hosted by Sidnie Kane, Program Coordinator for the Hospice & Homecare Webinar Network. My goal is to bring the listener, the essential worker, the latest information and high-quality education on critical topics that healthcare professionals are facing on a daily basis. The 19th episode is a webinar clip recorded on 3/30/21 and covers Communicating Your Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Creating Effective Policies & Procedures. Our speaker is Nancy Flynn. Nancy is an expert on workplace policy, communication, and compliance, she is the founder and executive director of The ePolicy Institute, Business Writing Institute, and Marijuana Policy Institute. She is a professional trainer, policy writer, and consultant who helps hospice and home care employers worldwide minimize potentially costly electronic risks, including lawsuits and regulatory fines. Be sure to check out Nancy's latest webinar that the audio was clipped from called Communicating Your Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Creating Effective Policies & Procedures. Register and learn more here: https://fin-ed.info/3syDJKZ. Podcast listeners can also use coupon code PODCAST10 for 10% off this timely webinar. Check out these links for more info! Latest webinar by Nancy on Updating Policies: https://fin-ed.info/3syDJKZ Nancy's website: http://www.epolicyinstitute.com/ Questions?: support@eewebinarnetwork.com Follow us on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/hhwn Like us Facebook: http://facebook.com/hhwnwebinars Tweet us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HospiceWebinars

Welcome to Essential Insights: A Podcast for Healthcare Professionals. Hosted by Sidnie Kane, Program Coordinator for the Hospice & Homecare Webinar Network. My goal is to bring the listener, the essential worker, the latest information and high-quality education on critical topics that healthcare professionals are facing on a daily basis. The 9th episode is a webinar clip recorded on 1/6/21 and covers Updating Electronic Policies for Work from Home Staff. Our speaker is Nancy Flynn. Nancy is an expert on workplace policy, communication, and compliance, she is the founder and executive director of The ePolicy Institute, Business Writing Institute, and Marijuana Policy Institute. She is a professional trainer, policy writer, and consultant who helps hospice and home care employers worldwide minimize potentially costly electronic risks, including lawsuits and regulatory fines. Be sure to check out Nancy's latest webinar (available now to view in the recorded webinar + free digital download format) that the audio was clipped from called Updating Electronic Policies for Work-from-Home Employees: Best Practices for Email, Web, Mobile & Social Media Compliance. Register and learn more here: http://fin-ed.info/3sgIBoX. Podcast listeners can also use coupon code PODCAST20 for 20% off this timely webinar. Check out these links for more info! Latest webinar by Nancy on Updating Policies: http://fin-ed.info/3sgIBoX Nancy's website: http://www.epolicyinstitute.com/ Questions?: support@eewebinarnetwork.com Follow us on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/hhwn Like us Facebook: http://facebook.com/hhwnwebinars Tweet us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HospiceWebinars

Greetings Gunn Runner A new season of Celtic Christmas music and a new format to Pub Songs Podcast. Hallelujah and The Hero of Christmas and a Black Friday Sale. It's all on Celtfather Monthly, show #271 0:11 - PODCASTS It was a good month for podcasts. I planned ahead and recorded several Irish & Celtic Music Podcast episodes. I'm also getting ready to finishing up episodes so I can put out the Celtic Top 20 during the last week of December. I am liking the direction of the Pub Songs Podcast. It requires a lot more planning. I also feel like there are more open loops. That's because I have multiple sections. It includes a short interview, a CD feature, and some facts about any trad Celtic songs. I have to figure out how to better streamline that. But I still feel more flexible. For instance, I had the idea of releasing an episode at the end of December with Auld Lang Syne and what not. But it would lack many of those sections. And happily I was okay with that. I'm keeping my mind open and flexible with the format. That's tough for me. Ultimately, I tossed that show idea, but only because of lack of time. Not because of the show idea. The Celtic Christmas Podcast is in full swing. Two episodes in 2020. A third will be out before the end of the month. I also started a bonus podcast featured called "Hang the Holly". That is sort of a new podcast where I share details about artists in the latest episode of the Celtic Christmas Podcast. The idea started because I was expecting the show to be booted from Spotify. And I wanted to keep it on there. You see, last year, Spotify was the #1 player of the podcast. But Spotify is rejecting any podcast that is primarily music. The Irish & Celtic Music Podcast was kicked off last spring. Now I have Hang the Holly promoting the latest shows. Or at least that's the hope. Admittedly, the listens are so few so far, that I'm not sure I will continue this feature. But we shall see. I'm not really sure how to measure the success. But it will continue through Christmas at least. 2:46 - VIDEOS Season 7 of Coffee with The Celtfather is coming to an end. The first two episodes in December are Christmas music shows. And on Thursday, December 17, the season ends with who knows what kind of music. Maybe I should do a poll. What were your favorite new songs in 2020? I definitely played a lot of new music. December 17 is also the next Celtfather Live concert. I am feeling good about those shows. If you're following, I changed the way those shows worked. Basically, tickets are $8 or you can spend $15 or more in my store and get a ticket. In November, I made the show available to all my Heroic Patrons who pledge $10 or more on Patreon. Overall, sales were down from October. But only by $23. So that's pretty fantastic. Plus, I saw a bunch of new Heroes in the Gunn Runners Club. I say bunch but like 2 or 3 is just a lot in general and as you'll see in the stats, it greatly affects my income. So again, I call that a HUGE win. Now as a sort of Christmas gift, the December show will be available to every member of the Gunn Runner Club plus the ticketed people. But that's one month only. Well, unless I see some major rise in Gunn Runner memberships at the $5 level. We shall see how it works out. I had a LOT of video singles made this month. ONE of the reasons I moved Coffee with The Celtfather back to YouTube was to streamline the video single creation process. I was having a lot of trouble recording video singles of me singing songs. But if I just record a show on YouTube. I can pick the best performances and turn 'em into videos to promote my music. This month was great for those videos. I'm releasing one new video per week. This month was "Bright Side of Everything", "Bring Me Home, Boys", "Hallelujah", and "Close Your Eyes (aka The Demon Lullaby)". "Hallelujah", in particular, is doing exceptionally well. It's getting a higher than normal number of views. It felt like a really fantastic performance when I sang it on Coffee at the beginning of November. 6:41 - IN THE STUDIO I got a little bit more time back in the studio this month. I finally recorded "Genetic Counseling Song". I also sent it to some musicians, including Matt Hughes, who's on the next Pub Songs Podcast. And my friend Rimbo laid some bass for the song as well. I did some practicing for some traditional Irish tunes I want on the CD. Sam Gillogly recorded the fiddle part. But I just did not know how to play along. I'm working on that. I also started a secret recording with a daughter. I will say no more about that. Also in November, my engineer, Mitchell sent me a recording of "Wherever I May Roam". It was the final... version... Well, that's what I thought. Shortly after telling him we were done, I told him, we were not actually done. I'll be talking about that on #221 of the Pub Songs Podcast. In a last minute move, Mikey Mason and I are officially releasing Browncoat Christmas on December 1st. This is a 4-song EP of Christmas songs inspired by Firefly, including our newest single release, "The Hero of Christmas". I also have lyrics by Nancy Flynn that I want to record this season. We shall see if I have anything for Gunn Runners in the next month. 8:16 - MERCH I feel like merch should be a greater priority in a musician's career. It's one of the best ways for biggest methods for us to make money. Alas, I just don't do it. It's lowest on my priority list behind creating music and podcasts and a dozen other things. Oh well. I did at long last put A Celtic Christmas in my Mage Records store. This is a compilation CD I released in 2013. It's a great album with a lot of fun Christmas songs by Celtic musicians. Nevertheless, I did create a Black Friday sale, of sorts. And it's good until the end of November. You can buy Any CD in my store. You'll get a second copy of that CD to share with a friend for free. Then you can pick one more CD from my store and get that one doubled as well. Basically 4 CDs for just $20. Oh! If you're subscribed to my mailing list, you still get a discount code to save 15%. 9:27 - CELTIC TRAVEL I have my first invaders for the Celtic Invasion of Scotland. And I'm happy to see there are vaccines coming out. That's a good sign for the 2021 invasion. I suppose it's time to do some serious planning. 9:41 - WEBSITES I updated lyrics for the Irish Song Lyrics website, including: “Barnyards of Delgaty” “Genetic Counseling Song” “Hero of Christmas” “Galway Shawl” “Maid Went to the Mill” “Wild Colonial Boy” “Wreck of the Bold Lady Jean”  - SHOWS PLANNED FOR DECEMBER THURS: Coffee with The Celtfather, YouTube (Season 7) @ 12:00 PM EST End of Season on December 17. Season 8 will start on January 7. DEC 4: The Lost Druid in Avondale Estates, GA @ 7:00 - 9:00 PM ET. Free. DEC 17: Celtfather Live on YouTube @ 8:00 - 9 PM EDT. Tickets $8. 11:15 - STATS Mailing list subscribers = 1194 is down from 1196 Celtic Music Magazine = 4021 is up from 4001 YouTube Subscribers = 4891 is up from 4853 Facebook Likes = 3752 is down from 3755 Instagram = 1856 is up from 1851 Spotify followers: 1670 is 16 up from 1654 # Number of listens on Spotify: 3265 is up from 2532 Latest Spotify Single Stats:  "Hobbit Hornpipe" released Aug 26: 447 is up from 399  "Whiskey in the Jar" released Sept 8: 17 is down from 73  "Brandywine River Reel" released Sept 22: 19 is down from 75 "O'er the Way" released Oct 1: 20 is down from 85 "Together (KrabbeConnect) released Oct 7: 52 is down from 257 "October Waltz" released Oct 14: 103 is up from 54 "Tough Times" released Oct 21: 163 is up from 28 "Wild Colonial Boy" released on Nov 3: 63 "The Hero of Christmas" released on Nov 17: 148 Most-popular songs on Spotify: The Widow and the Devil (1.5K), "Christmas in the Shire" (493), Doctor of Gallifrey (483), Hobbit Hornpipe (447), Slainte Mhaith Christmas (403), A-Working in the Garden (330), Frosty the Irish Snowman (268), Hero of Canton (187), Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (172), Tough Times (163) Most-popular songs on Amazon Music: Doctor of Gallifrey (379), Hero of Canton (342), The Widow and the Devil (117), As Long As I'm Flyin' (84), Jedi Drinking Song Prequel (82) Christmas playlist starting nov 14 = 1762 is up from 1743 18:34 - PATREON Patreon Subscribers: 158 is up from 157 Patreon Monthly Income: $1221 is up from $1208 Thanks as always for supporting my music. Streaming music gives you a quick and easy way to sample all of my music. Digital sales keep my business running. Tips and CD sales allow me to tour. Kickstarter funds physical products like CDs, shirts and other merch. And Patreon funds my songwriting! Join the Gunn Runners Club on Patreon to support my songwriting. You will step behind-the-scenes with new music, bonus podcasts, videos, and live concerts.  - RANT Before I conclude, I want to send a HUGE congrats to President-Elect Joe Biden. America definitely spoke with a landslide victory. At least by Trump's past definition of a landslide. Except Biden won definitely won the popular vote AND the electoral college vote. America wanted kindness back in the White House. We got it! I thought about not mentioning this at all because I know a lot of people in our country voted for the incumbent president. Our nation has a lot of healing to do. But I spent the last couple o' months promoting Biden. I firmly believe he is the best person to not only actually make America great again, but to heal our country. No. I don't expect a smooth transition. Trump has already corrupted our democracy by declaring voter fraud, without ANY actual evidence that stands up in a court of law. yet, millions of Americans believe that lie. But the fact is Trump lost the majority of American votes, again. He lost the popular vote. He lost the electoral college. Joe Biden definitely won the presidency. And I'm proud that America stood up for what is right. There's obviously more to talk about. I was shocked by how many people did vote for Trump. After all the verifiable lies, after all the attacks on decency, and the intentional inflammation of division, I'm curious why. I believe in balance. Trump tipped the country into extremism and corruption. Why would good people continue to support him? I just don't know. Hopefully, I can ask that question in the future and try to understand how we can better unite our country. Until then, I'm thankful that we have a new president coming in January bring a more principled character as the leader of our country. Congratulations President Elect Joe Biden and definitely a big congrats to America's first female Vice President, first Black and Asian woman VP, Kamala Harris. This is a BIG step for a better America. Thank you for supporting Sci F'Irish music at Celtfather.com! #CFMonthly

Christmas is a time of celebration with family. One of my many families extends outside of my personal one and goes to The Shire, a magical place that appears in central Kentucky every three years. It's there that I met Nancy Flynn who wrote the final song on my Celtic Christmas Greetings album. Celtic Christmas Notes I […]

Four guests this week! Tune in!  POSTURE MAKES PERFECT CEO of AlignMed Bill Schultz faced spinal fusion surgery ten years ago, and set out to avoid it. He found the spark of an idea and then spent the next ten years perfecting his shirts. The USGA has approved the shirt for tourney play and when the Lakers' Dwight Howard suffered a torn labrum, he played a dismal first half of the season. After given an Alignmed posture shirt by the Lakers' one and only head trainer, Gary Vitti, Howard immediately played better. Learn more on the show today!  HEADLOCKED Mike Kingston is best known as the writer/creator of Headlocked, a gritty coming-of-age drama set in the world of professional wrestling. It's the first comic that is actually about wrestling. With pro wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry “The King” Lawler as the permanent cover artist, almost all of the Headlocked art is done by actual wrestlers. Kingston talks to us about his Kickstarter campaign! WINTER SAFETY TIPS It's that time of year! Snow is on the forecast this weekend in New York and Jaime Quinn, DPT, Regional Clinical Director from Professional Physical Therapy will discuss stretching and preparing for cold weather activity (raking leaves, walk-a-thons, shoveling snow). SHE'S BACK! Oh, we've missed her so! Nancy Flynn of the ePolicy Institute is back to talk about athletes and social media. She was recently interviewed by BusinessWeek magazine! 

My friend Nancy Flynn emailed me some Christmas lyrics a couple years ago. We both love JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings. The lyrics were inspired by A Long Expected Party, a hobbit gathering that happens every few years in Central Kentucky. It's a magical place and the lyrics do it justice. After returning from this year's ALEP and recording the song, I realized the song needed one of our famed Hobbit Choirs to join me the chorus. My fellow ALEPers were up to the challenge and recorded the beautiful voices you will hear in this recording. As with all of these Christmas songs, this one will be on my Celtic Christmas Greeting Cards and CD. I'm currently raising money on Kickstarter to pay for the album and cards. Please show your support and make a pledge at http://celticmusic.org/CelticChristmasGreetingCards .

Join us today as we talk to author James Graham about his book, "Victura: The Kennedys, a Sailboat and the Sea." Many families sail together, but the Kennedys’ relationship with Victura, the 25-foot sloop purchased in 1932, stands apart. James tells us more on the show today!  And giving back is a huge part of Sports Palooza, so we have TWO athletes who stop by and talk about what they are doing to give back to their communities:  Leigh Bodden: He spent 9 years playing as an NFL Cornerback for the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and most recently the New England Patriots. He also supports the educational dreams of DC-area youth through the Leigh Bodden Foundation (founded in 2010). Major League Baseball player Roy Smalley used the lessons first learned from his father and uncle and as a Little Leaguer® at Westchester National Little League in Los Angeles, Calif., to become a professional athlete, a successful businessman, broadcaster, and advocate of youth baseball and softball through his work as the President of Pitch in for Baseball. To recognize those achievements, Mr. Smalley has been named the 2014 recipient of the William A. “Bill” Shea Distinguished Little League® Graduate Award. He stops by to talk about the organization and the importance of little league baseball! And, of course, we welcome back Nancy Flynn of the ePolicy Institute as she shares our social media faux pas of the week!  It's a great show! 

Today we welcome our newest sponsor, Connie Allen, author of The Casino Through a Dealer's Eyes! "The Sports Doc" Christopher Stankovich, Ph.D, talks about the impact of the World Cup on the future of soccer. Nancy Flynn of the ePolicy Institute chooses her social media gaffe of the week and we replay our interview with Malcolm Freberg ("Survivor") who is now host of Wayfaring Live, a great interactive travel show. We also talk World Cup, WWE, the All-Star game and much more!  

Join Lisa & Ej for another big show full of great guests and interviews at 1 PM Thursday Eastern Time. Bernard Pollard ~ Pro Football safety and Super Bowl champion comes to talk to us about his career in the NFL and his off field product 'Style Pro 31'. Gage Gay ~ Our first professional bull rider let's us know how he got started at such a young age, what keeps him going, and what his future is in the PBR! Kelenna Azubuike ~ Former Kentucky Wildcat and NBA'er with Golden State, Kelenna now takes the plunge to movie producing after making the movie Midrange. Mara Miller ~ Mara is a two-time U.S Cycling National Champion and she is also a sought after coach for triathletes and marathon runners. She will talk about her career and all she does to give back to help people after all her success. Our own Nancy Flynn brings us the gaffe of the week, and highlights the best and worst of social media. Enjoy the show!!

Join Ej and Lisa once again for another segment of guests and interviews at 1 PM Eastern Time. Liliana Kligman developed Fit as a Pro and is the Creator of Café Oscuro Films. She comes on to talk about her career and film history which recently came in the form of the thriller 'Dark Awakening. Erik Compton, Pro golfer, comes to talk to us on the heels of his 2nd place finish in the U.S Open, and his involvement with organ donation after receiving not one, but 2 heart replacements in his life. Donatelife.net/ Nancy Flynn is back once again to give us her social media 'gaffe of the week', and talks with us about how to use social media in a more positive light! We had a last second call in from Christopher Daniels who came to promote his PPV Appearance on Ring of Honor Sunday June 22nd.

Join Lisa & Ej for another top-notch list of guests Thursday at 1PM. Christopher Klein, author of "Strong Boy, The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America's First Sports Hero", discusses his deep historic knowledge of not only the state of illegal prize fighting from its roots, but also the captures the Irish/Boston connection of the 1800s which helped shape New England's history. Holly Schmidt & Allen Penn, authors of "Weiners Gone Wild", discuss recipes that take hot dogs and sausages to another level! Since we have tried some of the recipes ourselves, we can now vouch that they are yummy! Mary Nemetz, CEO of tix4cause, talks about her site where revenue goes to buyer's choice of charity. It’s an opportunity to support a good cause when doing what you're doing anyway – buying or selling tickets!! Corey Roberts of Major League Fantasy Sports (.com), discusses the state of sports fantasy leagues, his Class-A website, and how to compete, win and be the best fantasy league manager you can be. He and Ej will also discuss the new Sports Palooza Fantasy Radio Show. Nancy Flynn of the ePolicy Institute gives us the social media 'Gaffe of the week' dedicated to the people who probably should have not pressed ‘send’ on their tweet or Facebook post. Enjoy the show! 

Ej and Lisa have another big show for our listeners today at 1 PM WWE Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett comes on to talk about his career and what it took to get to the WWE and stay there for years. Michael Osacky of baseballintheattic.com comes on to talk about his sports memorabilia and his encounter with Whitey Ford. Dr Chris Stankovich (The Sports Doc) will come on to talk about the psychology of recovering from sports related injuries. Nancy Flynn, founder of the ePolicy institute and author of the social media handbook, comes on to discuss the sports media 'slip up of the week'

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