Podcasts about National Park Foundation

Dave Marchick is the Dean of American University's Kogod School of Business and a seasoned leader with experience across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. He spent over a decade as Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where he served on the management committee and advanced the firm's sustainability and diversity efforts. In government, he held senior roles in both the Biden and Clinton administrations, including leadership positions at the State Department, the White House, and the Development Finance Corporation. Dave directed the Center for Presidential Transition during the 2020 cycle and later launched the Transition Lab podcast and co-authored The Peaceful Transition of Power. A dedicated advocate for civil rights and historical preservation, he has served on the boards of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the National Park Foundation. Dave holds degrees from George Washington University, the LBJ School at UT Austin, and UC San Diego.In this conversation, we discuss:How Dean Dave Marchick is helping to infuse AI across the curriculum at American University's Kogod School of Business.The resistance and cultural shifts required to get faculty on board with AI adoption.How students are learning to prompt, critique, and collaborate with AI from their first semester (and how it's reshaping classroom dynamics).Why professionalism, communication, and negotiation are now prioritized as “skills of the future”.How Kogod is thinking about measuring the real-world impact of AI education beyond the classroom.Lessons from U.S. presidential transitions and what they reveal about leadership during critical moments.Resources:Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work Newsletter: https://aiandwork.beehiiv.com/subscribe Connect with Dave on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-marchick/ AI fun fact article: https://www.psu.edu/news/campus-life/story/cheat-thon-contest-explores-ais-strengths-and-flaws-higher-education On what it was like to co-author a book with ChatGPT: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bob-rogers-ai-expert-physicist-author-and-ceo-of-oii/id1476885647?i=1000606108950 Other episodes mentioned in the show:Episode with George Sivulka [Hebbia CEO]Episode with Tom Wheeler [Former FCC Chairman and author of Techlash]Episode with Chris Caren [Turnitin CEO]Read Dave Marchick's book: The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History of America's Presidential Transitions 

Send us a textNote: Audio Only, please see video for visual treats on my Youtube Channel...Our public lands face serious threats from staffing cuts across National Park Service, Forest Service, and BLM as a former ranger explains actionable steps we can take to help preserve these treasured spaces regardless of political stance.• Contact congressional representatives through congress.gov to express concern about public lands protection• Support non-profit partners like National Forest Foundation and National Park Foundation through donations or volunteering• Practice Leave No Trace principles including proper waste disposal, respecting wildlife, and minimizing impact• Purchase annual passes like America the Beautiful ($80) that provide access while supporting land management agencies• Consider supporting specialized organizations like International Dark-Sky Association or regional wilderness advocacy groups• Volunteer directly with land management agencies to contribute time and effort to conservation projectsUntil next time, we'll see you out on the trail.Support the show

VR and tabletop game designer from Small Rice Studios, Doug joins Ben this week to talk about the recently released cozy card game ROAST, which he designed along with his brother Nick (who Ben had the pleasure of meeting at PAX West 2024). Ben had some questions about the design, development, and testing of ROAST—all of which Doug is more than happy to elaborate on and discuss. They also spend some time reminiscing about the board, card, arcade, and video games of their youth. And don't forget to stay tuned after the interview for an outtake followed by Ben's review of Rendering Ranger: R² [Rewind]! *** 00:00:50 - Doug introduces himself and their first published game, and what is coming next 00:02:31 - Collaboration with a sibling, Doug's love of games, and the times before UNO  The UNO was originally developed in 1971 by professional barber Merle Robbins in Reading, Ohio. The Robbins' family raised the money to have 5,000 copies of the game made, which he sold from his barbershop. Merle Robbins later sold the rights to UNO to a group of friends headed by Robert Tezak, a funeral parlor owner in Joliet, Illinois. Tezak formed International Games, Inc., to market Uno until company was purchased by Mattel in 1992. 00:05:04 - The ROAST design idea, living off the grid, connections, and roasting marshmallows 00:06:55 - Testing tabletop games, getting constructive feedback, and finding the best strategy 00:09:50 - Micromanaging your math, opinions of Balatro, and variety is the spice of something 00:12:15 - Remembering Magic the Gathering, from chess to golf, and more about frame-rates 00:18:23 - Pinball machine legality, real-time strategy games, and it's more than a full-time job   00:24:32 - Learning about game players, and the art of community building—online AND offline 00:26:18 - Becoming more comfortable, and donating sales to the National Park Foundation  00:27:55 - Pets doing things with intent, reconnecting with others, and climates are changing  00:32:26 - Being productive and constructive, Ben babbles, and cardboard costumes in SoCal 00:36:03 - Being a card, being odd, Democrats ruined weird, and Doug's parting sales pitch 00:38:30 - Curated social spaces, break out the ban-hammer, THE Dug, and names as verbs  BONUS material 00:41:09 - The Marshall Mathers outtake  00:41:55 - Ben's review of Rendering Ranger: R² [Rewind] Ben's FINAL VERDICT for Rendering Ranger: R² [Rewind] DO BUY if… ...you want a health dose of smoothly animated, SuperNintendo nostalgia ...you want an incredibly challenging experience with excessively long levels DON'T BUY if… you're looking for a casual, arcade style experience *** Follow Small Rice Studios and Doug on… On their website: https://www.roast-game.com On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smallricestudios On Discord: https://discord.com/invite/GSyxdBN2A7 On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DougSmallRay On YouTube: https://youtube.com/@smallricestudios And their TREE o' LINKS: https://linktr.ee/smallricestudios Follow Two Vague on… Our website: https://www.twovaguepodcast.com On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/two_vague_podcast On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@twovaguepodcast On Substack: https://twovaguepodcast.substack.com/ On Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twovaguepodcast.com For show appearance and other inquiries, contact us at: twovaguepodcast@gmail.com -AND-  …for all of your PRI and 2VP merch check out the Partly Robot Industries store at TEEPUBLIC! https://www.teepublic.com/user/partly-robot-industries *** References, Links, and Tags For more information about the classic Super Famicom / SNES port of the Manfred Trenz designed game Rendering Ranger: R² [Rewind] from Ziggurat Interactive, follow the link below. https://www.ziggurat.games/game/rendering-ranger-r2 #Podbean #DIYPodcast #ApplePodcast #VideoGames #Trivia #Comedy #Talkshow #2VP #TwoVaguePodcast #PodernFamily #InterviewShow #GamersofThreads #Gamer #PartlyRobot #PartlyRobotIndustries #TeePublic #SmallRiceStudios #RenderingRangerR2Rewind #ZigguratInteractiveInc #ManfredTrenz

"Nothing gets done without partners. And in fact, it's way more fun when you get to do it with other people." Philanthropy is a powerful tool that often goes unnoticed in the world of park management. I have the privilege of diving deep into this with Sarah Unz, Vice President of Community Partnerships at the National Park Foundation, and Ryan McClure, Executive Director of Gateway Arch Park Foundation and Board Chair of the Friends Alliance. Read the blog for more on creating world-class experiences and preserving our natural treasures for future generations. Notable Moments 00:00 Reimagining the Arch Experience 03:49 Embracing Environmental Partnerships 08:17 "National Park Friends Alliance Collaboration" 12:58 "Philanthropy's Role in National Parks" 14:30 Urban Parks: Unique Role & Philanthropy 19:13 Historic Courthouse Renovation Art Project 23:32 "Parks Fundraising Campaign Launch" 26:09 Proud National Park Campaign Collaboration Resources Gateway Arch Park Project National Park Foundation Friends Alliance www.parkleaders.com https://parkleaders.com/about/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theparkleaders/  

I'm putting a meme in the show notes. It's my second meme ever, so I'm clearly on a roll. As you can see, it's a picture of two kids taking a test; and the one kid is cheating off the other kid. It's a How to Do Spread Pricing test, and the kid with carrier has his eyes all over the PBM kid's test. For a full transcript of this episode, click here. If you enjoy this podcast, be sure to subscribe to the free weekly newsletter to be a member of the Relentless Tribe. Look, this is a thing now, medical spread. And similar to how PBM spreads adds up to millions, billions of dollars, medical spread is not change in the couch cushions. Did you see the lawsuit against Cigna? Cynthia Fisher mentions it in the conversation that follows. Spoiler alert, here's the numbers: Self-insured employer paid $4 million for a claim. In this case, there's a slide on this Cynthia Fisher gave me, by the way, if you want to see all this written out. So, the employer pays $4 million. The provider was paid—drumroll, please—$876,000. I'm pausing so that sinks in: $4 million paid by the employer; $876,000 of that makes it across the trench to the provider. What happened, you may be wondering, to the $3.2 million in the middle there that the self-insured employer wrote a check to their carrier for? If I'm the employer, I think I would sort of want to know where the $3.2 million went, because … yeah. I think anyone would be hard-pressed to explain how a prudent fiduciary is managing to pay millions of dollars of its plan members' money for services that actually cost a fraction of that. And this is just one claim. But you came here for a show about transparency. Why, you may be wondering, am I talking about medical spread pricing? It's not a super far leap, so many of you are probably there already; but let me quote Chris Deacon. She wrote, “As these conglomerates expand control over healthcare delivery and administration, radical transparency is our only bulwark. Patients and employers deserve to know exactly what they're paying for, without hidden fees disguised as care costs.” I don't think anyone would say that transparency alone is sufficient to transform healthcare, but it's definitely a start for sure. So, yeah … transparency. The reason why lawsuits about overpayments, big ones—and there's a bunch of them afoot right now, not just that Cigna one—but the reason that these are going down in the first place is because hospital prices and carrier prices are now somewhat available. And we have some plan sponsors—the ones who are worried about fiduciary duty, at least—these plan sponsors are able to cobble together the math to catch a glimpse of how much money is vanishing. Dollars they and their members are paying for medical claims that never make it to the care team providing the care. And who is shocked? Are you shocked? I'm not shocked. Let me read a sentence from a carrier contract that Justin Leader sent me the other day. Section 6.3: “Claim administrator's compensation for its services under the agreement shall include the difference between the net claim payments reimbursed to the claim administrator by the employer and the net amounts paid to providers by the claim administrator.” Translation: We are allowed to add spread pricing. We are able to arbitrage. We are able to mark up (or whatever you want to call it) by any amount we want, and you, plan sponsor, just signed up to pay for it. So, that happened. Listen to episode 433 with Justin Leader, by the way. The show is called “The Mystery of the Weekly Claims Wire,” otherwise known as the Not Transparent Weekly Claims Wire. So, look … transparency: We can talk about it in terms of medical prices. We can talk about transparency in terms of contracts. And actually also in terms of quality, but we don't get into that today. Bottom line, plan sponsors need enough access to billing data and hospital prices to calculate how much the middle folks are taking in spread, which is, as aforementioned, quite a thing. For more actual data on the magnitude of spread pricing goings-on, ask Dan Ross. That's my suggestion. He's got spreadsheets he can show you of how much plan sponsors are paying and how much providers are charging and how much is going missing in the middle. For even more on this, read the recent Owens & Minor lawsuit that just got filed, which is just a case study in how hard some of these middlemen/carrier entities are working to obscure and hide what they are doing. Because, yeah, sunshine is a great disinfectant, and that's what transparency is. Sunshine. Here's another interesting link from Chris Deacon. I say all this to say, this is the kind of transparency that Cynthia Fisher and I talk about in the show today: contract transparency, bill charges transparency, and hospital or medical price transparency for plan sponsors. We do not get into today consumers or patients using price information to shop, just FYI. We also do not get into, really, price convergence, which is what happens when hospital and carrier prices become available in a market and is often brought up on or about conversations about transparency. Okay, I will say just one thing about price convergence. There was some chatter in anti-transparency press releases from parties mostly that didn't want to be transparent at all, no way no how. But there was some talk a couple of years ago that if contracted prices became transparent, the healthcare industry would raise their prices to match the highest in the market and the result would be rising healthcare prices and greater total costs. That turns out, it seems, to be false. There's a study that shows that the bottom of the market (those with the cheapest prices) do, in fact, raise their prices but not as much as the top of the market lowers theirs. So, there is actually net savings. Read about the Turquoise Health study and an article that Forrest Xiao and team posted that shows this, and it's the first study of its kind, at least that I have seen. Okay, so contract transparency, data transparency, that's what's on deck to discuss today with Cynthia Fisher, as I have mentioned several times already, who has a long history as an entrepreneur in the healthcare space. So, Cynthia Fisher gets U.S. healthcare, and she gets being a plan sponsor and a fiduciary. She is founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, as well as Power to the Patients. Her focus is on ensuring that all healthcare shows prices up front so that we can have accountability and integrity in billing and at any point of care. Cynthia has said early and often that transparency protects the ultimate purchasers of healthcare—meaning plan sponsors, plan members, and patients—from overcharges, spread pricing, or otherwise. Where there's mystery, there is margin, as Anthony Ciaccia has said often. Cynthia's call to action is as follows, but listen to the show to hear her say it more eloquently. C-suites, CFOs, in-house counsel use purchasing discipline that your company probably uses elsewhere in the procurement of health benefits.  Cynthia Fisher also says as part of the call to action, refuse to sign blank checks to the healthcare industry and refuse anti-audit provisions. She also has a call to action for the accounting industry to stop ignoring auditing the health plans. And this matters just given the bald-faced fact right now that overcharges are party sized. Let me wrap up with this: There's a lot of brute force tactics out there being deployed by some plan sponsors that effectively keep plan members from getting the care they need because they are functionally uninsured. I've done multiple shows on this, and I link to some of them below. I just can't help to think, some of this brute force, you know, high-deductible health plans and some pretty savage cost containment strategies, might be unnecessary if middleman excess profits were eliminated. Well, I say this with some evidence, actually. Andreas Mang (EP419) was on the pod. He talked about saving 15% or more by being smart about contracts and plan assets at the financial and purchasing level. Brian Uhlig … was talking to him the other day. He was telling me he saved $80 million just doing contracts right. Also Claire Brockbank (EP453) talks about this; Cora Opsahl (EP452), too, from 32BJ. Those are two recent shows, again, about how much money can be saved by only signing contracts that ensure transparency. Also mentioned in this episode are Patient Rights Advocate, Chris Deacon, Justin Leader, Dan Ross, Forrest Xiao, Anthony Ciaccia, Andreas Mang, Brian Uhlig, Claire Brockbank, Cora Opsahl, Mark Cuban, and Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company.   You can learn more at PatientRightsAdvocate.org.    Cynthia A. Fisher is founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, a nonprofit organization seeking healthcare price transparency, giving power to American consumers—patients, employers, and unions—to lower their costs of care and coverage through a functional marketplace and choice. Cynthia is best known for her pioneering work as founder and CEO of ViaCord, Inc., a leading price-transparent umbilical cord blood stem cell banking company which she started in 1993. In 2000, she co-founded and was president of the cellular medicines company ViaCell, Inc., of which ViaCord became a division. ViaCell went public in 2005, was acquired by PerkinElmer, and exists today under the ViaCord brand. Cynthia also serves on the public company boards of the Boston Beer Company, Inc. and Easterly Government Properties, Inc. She serves on the Florida Council of 100 and the board of the National Park Foundation, and she previously served on the board of directors of Water.org. Cynthia holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's and honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Ursinus College.   09:03 What is the goal of PatientRightsAdvocate.org? 10:28 Is American competitiveness being affected by healthcare spend? 13:47 Why is transparency a root cause to healthcare costs? 15:11 What's going on across the country to empower transparency in healthcare? 19:31 “I think people are fed up.” 21:22 The Cigna lawsuit in California. 26:36 How do employers navigate contracts against anti-steering? 28:54 EP419 with Andreas Mang. 29:33 EP452 with Cora Opsahl and EP453 with Claire Brockbank. 29:45 EP433 with Justin Leader.   You can learn more at PatientRightsAdvocate.org.   Cynthia A. Fisher of @PtRightsAdvoc discusses #medicalspreadpricing and #contracttransparency on our #healthcarepodcast. #healthcare #podcast #pharma #healthcareleadership #healthcaretransformation #healthcareinnovation   Recent past interviews: Click a guest's name for their latest RHV episode! Stacey Richter (INBW40), Mark Cuban and Ferrin Williams (Encore! EP418), Rob Andrews (Encore! EP415), Brian Reid, Dr Beau Raymond, Brendan Keeler, Claire Brockbank, Cora Opsahl, Dan Nardi, Dr Spencer Dorn (EP451)  

Evan is the co-founder of Canyon Pickleball and a proud corporate dropout. In early 2024, he left the corporate world to create a mission-driven pickleball brand focused on getting outside, staying active, and giving back. https://bit.ly/EvanKuterbachPodcast Canyon Pickleball donates a portion of its sales to the National Park Foundation and ships all paddles in sustainable packaging. The brand is building a lifestyle movement that's not only transforming the pickleball community but also inspiring others to embrace change in their own lives. Canyon Pickleball is a small business driven by passion and a desire for something different. After experiencing burnout in the 9-to-5 grind, Evan and his co-founder decided to take a bold leap. They combined their love for the outdoors, commitment to giving back, and newfound enthusiasm for pickleball to launch the brand. Despite starting with no e-commerce experience, the company has experienced remarkable growth in a short time. Their journey demonstrates that with the right mindset, a willingness to learn, and the courage to seek support, anyone can turn their passion into something extraordinary.

Members Matt Carins and Ryan Henderson hit the LifeMinute Studios to tell us all about their latest full-length album, Nothing to Lose

Members Matt Carins and Ryan Henderson hit the LifeMinute Studios to tell us all about their latest full-length album, Nothing to Lose

Welcome to The Business of Giving. I'm your host, Denver Frederick. America's National Parks are some of the most iconic and cherished landscapes in the world, and their preservation requires constant care and innovative thinking. My guest today is someone who has played a pivotal role in protecting these treasures. Joining me is Will Shafroth, President and CEO of the National Park Foundation. As Will passionately shares, “We help the Park Service do things more creatively or innovatively, which as a nonprofit we're better able to do sometimes than a government agency.” In this episode, we'll explore how Will has transformed the Foundation's approach to fundraising, fostered partnerships that enhance the visitor experience, and worked to make National Parks more inclusive for all Americans. Stay tuned for an insightful conversation about the future of these incredible spaces.

It was back in 1967 when the Congress chartered the National Park Foundation to serve as the official charity of the National Park Service, and over the decades it has raised millions of dollars for the parks.   The Foundation is in the midst of its Campaign for National Parks, a billion-dollar campaign that has already raised $815 million. A big chunk of that total came from a recent $100 million grant that greatly moved the foundation closer to its billion-dollar goal.   To discuss the campaign, how the money is raised and where it's being spent, we're joined today by Will Shafroth, the president and CEO of the National Park Foundation.

Episode Notes Columnist Colin Nagy believes a growing number of luxury travelers are looking for depth instead of hyper glitz. With that in mind, he provides his list of this summer's biggest innovators in travel as well as information about more than a dozen noteworthy trends in the industry. Nagy writes his list is inspired by brands that build and execute with integrity and vision. He praised Belmond, his choice for hospitality brand of the year, for embracing the idea of slow luxury. Nagy also commended the Mandarin Oriental for showing a deep respect to Oman's culture in the opening of the company's newest property in the country. In addition, Nagy cited Sri Lanka and the Pacific island nation of Palau as destinations he's paying close attention to.  Next, the National Park Foundation recently received a $100 million grant to help combat overtourism at the country's national parks. Global Tourism Reporter Dawit Habtemariam lists three ways national parks are looking to manage visitor numbers.  More parks are requiring visitors to make a reservation for peak periods. Glacier and Mount Ranier National Parks have implemented vehicle reservation systems for popular entrances while Yosemite reinstated its requirement that visitors book their visits in advance during certain periods.  The National Park Service also plans to implement a uniform permit application process for tour operators. In addition, some parks — including Zion and Glacier — have raised camping fees to cover maintenance costs, while others have submitted proposals for fee increases next year. Finally, Trip.com Group reports that China's senior citizens are spending a large amount of money on travel. So the company is taking more steps to appeal to that growing segment of China's population, writes Asia Editor Peden Doma Bhutia.  Trip.com Group recently launched the Old Friends Club, which is geared toward travelers older than 50. The company said Chinese senior citizens have spent more than $224 million on its platform this year. CEO Jane Sun said during its earnings call this week that seniors are showing a growing interest in customized tours.   Bhutia notes China's population is aging rapidly, with 28% of Chinese projected to be older than 60 by 2040. Producer/Presenter: Jose Marmolejos Connect with Skift LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skift/ X: https://twitter.com/skift Facebook: https://facebook.com/skiftnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skiftnews/ WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAL375LikgIXmNPYQ0L/ Subscribe to @SkiftNews and never miss an update from the travel industry.

This month on Conversations from the Pointed Firs host Peter Neill sits down with Lucas St. Clair. Lucas was born in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine and spent his childhood in a hand-built log cabin with few amenities and a focus on living in harmony with nature. After graduating from high school Lucas immersed himself in outdoor wilderness adventures: hiking the Appalachian Trail, paddling the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, and fine-tuning leadership and technical skills with the National Outdoor Leadership School in Patagonia. He then pursued an interest in organic and sustainable food, and graduated from the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School in London. Following his graduation he worked in the food and wine industry for nearly a decade in New York City, Seattle, and Maine. Lucas is an avid fly fisherman, boater, and mountain climber. Lucas is now the President of Elliotsville Foundation, Inc., a private operating foundation in Maine whose mission is to advance the dynamic relationship of innovative land conservation and community-based economic and community development in Maine. On August 24th, 2016, Elliotsville Foundation completed a multi-year campaign to establish Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument with an 89,000-acre donation of land to the National Park Service. Elliotsville continues to support the Katahdin Woods and Waters as well as conduct work to build more outdoor recreational infrastructure in Maine. Lucas is a former congressional candidate in ME-2 and now serves on the boards of the Quimby Family Foundation, Maine Conservation Voters, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters, Maine Public, and the Northern Forest Center. He chairs the National Board of the Trust for Public Land and serves on the National Park Foundation's National Council. He lives in Falmouth, Maine with his wife, Yemaya, and their two children.

In the first Pride Mix of Season 6, Mike and Dusty sit down with Te'Ana Boone to hear about her work in Saguaro National Park and beyond with the Queer Inclusion Conservation Crew. They chat everything from trail maintenance to work with invasive species to tarantulas and rare birds.This program was made possible by the National Park Foundation. To learn more about the programs from the National Park Foundation, visit natiionalparks.org.Instagram: @GazeAtTheNationalParksFacebook: Gaze at the National Parks#gazeatthenationalparks#hikeearlyhikeoften#adventureisoutthereHosted by Dustin Ballard and Michael RyanEpisode Editing by Dustin BallardOriginal Artwork by Michael RyanOriginal Music by Dave Seamon and Mariella KlingerMusic Producer: Skyler FortgangOur listeners can get 20% off ANY Moon Travel Guide at Moon.com. Use offer Code GAZE24 at checkout. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gaze-at-the-national-parks/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The National Parks Foundation was founded in 1967 to support the unmet needs of our national parks.  Recently, an anonymous donor donated $40 million for employee housing at Yellowstone National Park.  This was the result of the tireless effort of Will Shafroth, president and CEO of the National Park Foundation and his team.As President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Park Foundation, Will Shafroth leads the organization's work to protect our national parks and connect people to these great places. Will oversees a staff of more than 125 that work to raise and deploy funds to support programs and projects in national parks. Will works closely with National Park Service leadership to ensure our missions remain aligned. He reports to a 30-member board of directors with whom Will remains closely connected to advance the organization's mission.

Mike and Dusty sit down and chat with Lise Aangenbrug of the National Park Foundation and here about their work with the National Park Service and the intersectional programming they create for community groups. To find our more about their work, visit NationalParks.orgInstagram: @GazeAtTheNationalParksFacebook: Gaze at the National Parks#gazeatthenationalparks#hikeearlyhikeoften#adventureisoutthereHosted by Dustin Ballard and Michael RyanEpisode Editing by Dustin BallardOriginal Artwork by Michael RyanOriginal Music by Dave Seamon and Mariella KlingerMusic Producer: Skyler FortgangOur listeners can get 20% off ANY Moon Travel Guide at Moon.com. Use offer Code GAZE24 at checkout. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gaze-at-the-national-parks/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Today's Mistake- I was a stunt woman at Universal Studios and ended up in the hospital. Travel Advice:  Always pack a bathing suit.   Today's destination: National Park Foundation and Service   I support the National Park Service in the USA by purchasing a yearly wall calendar. The images are beautiful. I also have a Senior Pass, which you can get for your lifetime, starting at age 62. Buy it at any park or online. Don't lose it. It's worth a lot for your traveling. Membership has its perks! That includes free admission.   Have you been to Yosemite? Yellowstone? Are there any other parks? Which are your favorite? Here are some tips on getting in and having a great visit.   Making reservations and listening to park guides will help. You might even want to get a job working at a national park someday.  National parks offer many experiences, from serene hikes through lush forests to breathtaking vistas atop rugged mountains. To begin your journey, it's essential to establish communication with the national park you're interested in visiting. Most national parks have dedicated websites with comprehensive information about park amenities, activities, and contact details. Additionally, you can contact park authorities via phone or email for personalized assistance and guidance. The show notes have websites to visit. When contacting the park or websites, consider inquiring about the following: Accessibility: As a mature traveler, it's crucial to ensure that the park's trails and facilities are accessible and accommodating. Inquire about wheelchair accessibility, availability of senior-friendly trails, and any other amenities tailored to older visitors. Health and Safety: Prioritize your well-being by seeking advice on health and safety measures within the park. Ask about potential hazards, such as steep terrain or extreme weather conditions, and gather recommendations for staying safe during your visit. Lodging and Accommodations: Depending on the duration of your stay, you may require lodging within or near the park. Explore your options for accommodations, including campgrounds, lodges, cabins, or nearby hotels, and make reservations in advance to ensure availability. Activities and Attractions: National parks offer many activities catering to diverse interests and physical abilities. Whether you're keen on leisurely nature walks, scenic drives, photography, or wildlife observation, seek recommendations for activities that align with your preferences and mobility. Guided Tours and Programs: Consider joining the park's guided tours or educational programs to enhance your experience and gain insights into its natural and cultural heritage. These tours often cater to individuals of all ages and provide informative commentary from knowledgeable guides. https://www.nationalparks.org/explore/parks In addition to seeking guidance from park authorities, here are some general travel tips. Pack Wisely: Be mindful of the weather conditions and pack appropriate clothing, footwear, and gear for outdoor adventures. Consider carrying essentials such as water, snacks, a first-aid kit, sunscreen, and insect repellent. Plan Your Itinerary: While spontaneity adds charm to travel, having a rough itinerary can help you make the most of your time in the park. Prioritize your must-see attractions and activities while allowing flexibility for serendipitous discoveries. I planned my visits the day or two before for most parks, but if you are heading to a trendy destination like Yosemite or Yellowstone, you must plan months ahead. Stay Hydrated and Rested: Maintaining hydration and adequate rest is crucial, especially when engaging in physical activities at higher altitudes. Pace yourself, take breaks as needed, and listen to your body's signals to avoid exhaustion or dehydration.I love my rest time. You should build it into your day, even if it is just to read your notes for the next day's adventures. Embrace Nature's Pace: In the serene tranquility of the wilderness, time seems to slow down, allowing for introspection and appreciation of the natural world. Embrace the slower pace of nature, savoring each moment and immersing yourself fully in the present experience. I keep track of the animals I learn about, the geology, and even the smells of the air and flowers. Capture Memories: Don't forget to capture the beauty of your surroundings through photographs or journaling. These souvenirs will serve as cherished reminders of your adventures in the national park for years to come. Even solo, you can still take a selfie with you and your favorite tree, flower, or campsite at the park. Share your memories on our Dr. Mary Travelbest Private Facebook Group pages. Safe travels, and may your exploration of America's national parks be filled with wonder and discovery. Today's Mistake- stunt woman at Universal Studios, California I ended up in the hospital. I was offered a role in a fake movie we would make on the tour. I was given instructions on what to do, wear, and act. We were bank robbers, and we jumped into the raging river. Only I jumped in and hurt my foot on the bottom of the river because it was about 4 feet down. I was unable to walk, so I was given a wheelchair and brought to the nearby hospital for a check-up. I did not want to stay there, so I asked to leave, and my friends drove the car home for me. That's the only time I went to Universal Studios. If you are asked to be a stunt woman, think twice before you raise your hand. Today's Travel Advice-Always pack a bathing suit. It's the most miniature outfit you will pack; you never know when you need one. Buying one on the road is hard, especially in a National Park. 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The National Park Service participated in two SXSW panels & I got to go & “report” on the discussions and attend a few days of SXSW (a tech, music, film & culture conference in Austin, Texas each year) -- truly a dream come true!This episode documents the two panels plus some fun tidbits and takeaways from my experience meeting National Park Service folks and folks across other governmental agencies and partners (like L.L.Bean & the National Park Foundation). With me documenting both the panels & my experience, this episode stands unique in comparison to superintendent interviews. Want to learn how the park service is ensuring they are at the forefront of the challenges both the government and the national park service are facing?  Want to get a feel for who I am & my heart behind Who Runs This Park? Listen in!!As always, you can follow Who Runs This Park on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, can email us at info@whorunsthispark.com or check us out online at whorunsthispark.com. Who Runs This Park is hosted and produced by Maddie Pellman, with music by Danielle Bees.

Versatile Education Leader Excels Behind the Lens Paulette Donnellon, a Board member of the San Diego County Office of Education, chats about her experiences as a board member; her work as a key account manager for LEGO Education; and her passion as a renowned nature and wildlife photographer. Donnellon's photography work has earned her the California Wildlife "photo of the year," as well as the grand prize in the National Park Foundation's competition, where her photo will be the image on the 2024 National Park "America the Beautiful" Pass.

How do you raise nearly $100,000,000 per year to protect and conserve America's 420+ National Park Sites?  Sites important for recreation, education, and the conservation of endangered landscapes, natural communities and species.  We discuss this, amongst many other things, with Lise Aangeenbrug.  Lise is the Chief Program Officer at America's National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service charged with generating the funding needed to protect the National Park Sites.  In the podcast we talk about the network of National Park Sites in the US, and how the foundation uses storytelling to raise the profile, and the funding needed, for conservation activities.  We also discuss the diversity of roles within the conservation sector, and what it means to be a Chief Program Officer.  Lise also shares her career path along with her advice for people like you who might be seeking to follow in her footsteps.  It's a   Wildlife-funding, national-park-storytelling, pod-chat.  Enjoy. 

Lise is Chief Program Officer of the National Park Foundation, leading program and partnerships teams responsible for delivering more than $89 million in grants and other support to national parks. We talk about the NPS' overall economic impact on communities and regions, keeping a healthy symbiosis between public and private interests, combatting overtourism, and hidden gems in the park system.National Park FoundationLeave No TraceRecreate ResponsiblyNPF Instagram

Travel Gluten Free Podcast Season 09 Episode 17 Traveling Gluten Free in Our National Parks   Here's the 411 on National Parks, activities to do, when to go and how to navigate the park you choose to visit. I'll also take you on a brief tour of the National Park Service website and tell you about the National Park Foundation, why you want to purchase a National Park Pass, why you want to bring gluten free food inside the parks, and how to reserve a camping spot!   National Park Activities   So, what can you do in a national park? What do you want to do? Find out about local geologic features? How about the history of how our country's government formed? Or maybe you want to learn about the ecosystem of the Everglades? Sound overwhelming? Why not start at the National Park website where you can search by activity, find out about ranger-guided hikes, tours, and presentations and also see if the park you are visiting has the Junior Ranger Program for kids.   When you visit the National Park website, you can: Search for National Parks by state see what parks, monument and national lands are in the state find out what activities each individual park has to offer Purchase a National Park annual pass (highly recommended!)   Eating Gluten Free in National Parks   Unfortunately, this has proven almost hopeless as the parks only provide mostly fast food. Every once in a while, you can find an upscale lodge with a dining room that can accommodate Celiac disease, but overall, plan on bringing your own food with you to be safe.   Gluten Free Resources   Journey safely with The Guide to Traveling Gluten Free which walks you through planning your next gluten-free travel adventure! Get the best tool for traveling gluten free with Equal Eats Cards Get the PracMedic Travel Medicine Bag. I just picked one up from Amazon, and I'm excited to travel with this handy medical bag. Looking for a warm getaway this year? Find your next vacation on Airbnb! Get Your Travel Gluten Free discount with a $40 credit towards your stay! Follow me on Social Media via Facebook, Youtube, Pinterest, or Instagram Spread the love of Travel Gluten Free podcast and share this episode with a friend   National Park Foundation National Park Week Donate to the National Parks Service Sign up to get National Park news here Hidden gems: parks off the beaten path

Have you heard these myths about coaching for personal and professional growth? Myth 1: Coaching is only for people who are struggling. Myth 2: Coaching is a sign of weakness or incompetence. Myth 3: Coaching is a luxury that only top executives can afford. In this episode, our guest LaTresse Snead will debunk these myths and share the truth about the value and benefits of coaching for professionals in leadership positions seeking growth.  LaTresse's impressive career journey boasts leadership roles at major organizations like the American Red Cross and the National Park Foundation. With over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, she recognizes the pressing need for coaching, consulting, and recruiting services in today's demanding professional environment. As the CEO of Bonsai Leadership Group, LaTresse answers this need, helping countless organizations optimize their performance and potential. Through her distinct perspective on time and energy management, she inspires leaders to nourish their inner strengths, leading them toward success without compromising their well-being. In this episode, you will: Grasp the critical role of boundary setting and energy management in fostering a healthier workplace environment. Delve into the distinct challenges confronted by Black fundraisers shedding light on the need for better inclusion in the fundraising field. Ascertain the overwhelming benefits of adopting coaching strategies for the development of your personal and professional life. Rethink negotiation as a path to shared success, challenging the classical view of winner-take-all. Realize the empowering potential of negotiation skills in revealing your own authority and amplifying your influence. Get all the resources from today's episode here.  Many thanks to our sponsor, Overflow, for making this episode possible. This all-in-one platform features some of the lowest cash processing fees in the industry. Check out Overflow to help make your donations go further this holiday season. Learn more and get started at overflow.co/mallory Connect with me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthefundraising_ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthefundraising YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@malloryerickson7946 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/mallory-erickson-bressler/ Website: malloryerickson.com/podcast Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-the-fundraising/id1575421652 If you haven't already, please visit our new What the Fundraising community forum. Check it out and join the conversation at this link. If you're looking to raise more from the right funders, then you'll want to check out my Power Partners Formula, a step-by-step approach to identifying the optimal partners for your organization. This free masterclass offers a great starting point

You're never going to believe how Miranda convinced Mel's son to pee in the woods. Also, learn some fun activities for your Summer camping trips, and how to stay safe from poisonous plants! Spotlight - www.nationalparks.orgNational Park FoundationThe official charity of America's national parks, the National Park Foundation raises private funds that directly aid, support and enrich America's 419 national parks and their programs. Chartered by Congress as the nonprofit partner of the National Park Service they focus on promoting programs and projects that protect precious landscapes and wilderness, historical sites, and places of cultural significance. They work to keep trails clear through their service corps programs and raise and allocate critical funds to keep our national parksSources - Mel - https://www.aad.org/public/everyday-care/itchy-skin/poison-ivy/touch-plant https://www.webmd.com/allergies/ss/slideshow-poison-plants https://www.sunnysports.com/blog/5-common-poisonous-plants-look-summer/ Miranda- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/g27287900/best-camping-games-activities/ https://www.growingplay.com/2023/03/family-camping-activities-2/ https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/10-family-camping-activities.htm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Across the National Park System, there are incredible sights that explore American history. There's a robust mix of cultures reflected in the parks, and breathtaking vistas that, well, will take your breath away. But there also are seemingly countless needs, from backlogs of maintenance projects, interpretation for history, wildlife and science that needs to be crafted, and unique issues that can range from climate change impacts to helping inner city youth visit a park. Helping the National Park Service tackle these myriad issues and challenges is the National Park Foundation, which Congress created back in 1967 to be the official charitable organization for the parks. Through the years, this organization has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for the parks. Today, with National Parks Week underway, we're joined by Will Shafroth, the Foundation's CEO to discuss not only the needs of the park system, but the successes the Foundation is recognizing in tackling some of them. 

These days the news is saturated with stories of tragedies from all corners of the world. Because of this, it's sometimes difficult to have an optimistic attitude about the future. It's easy to forget the leaps and bounds we have already made. Centuries of progress and advancements in science and technology feel insignificant when faced with a mountain of modern day issues. But rest assured, we have made progress, especially when we reflect back on the horrific stories that unfolded within Gettysburg National Military Park. Book Recommendations:   Bullets & Bandages: The Aid Stations and Field Hospitals at Gettysburg by James Gindlespreger Too Much for Human Endurance: The George Spangler Farm Hospital and the Battle of Gettysburg by Ronald Kirkwood Healing A Divided Nation: How the American Civil War Revolutionized Western Medicine We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you're listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon to gain access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch, and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website. Thank you so much to our partners, check them out! Miracle Brand: Use our link and code NPAD to save over 40% and get 3 free towels. Alo Moves: Use code NPAD to get a free 30-day trial plus 50% off an annual membership. Mosh: Use our link and save 20% off plus FREE shipping on your first 6-count Trial Pack. Sources: National Library of Medicine, NPS, National Park Foundation, Bullets & Bandages by James Gindlespreger, History Tavern Podcast, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Wikipedia, American Battlefield Trust, YouTube

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In this episode, we celebrate the national park in our backyard by speaking with  Deb Yandala, President and CEO of the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and Donté Gibbs, VP of Community Partnerships. The Conservancy is the non-profit partner of Cuyahoga Valley National Park and its biggest supporter. Its 85 staff work to protect and promote the Park while managing its three stores, volunteers, cultural events, educational programs, and the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center.  Deb and Donté talk about the park's origins and what it means to be one of the few cities in the country with a national park in its backyard. How can we not only enjoy the park but also support it, grow it and help make it accessible to everyone in the region?  With its 32, 570 acres, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park offers countless opportunities for residents of Cleveland and Akron to enjoy and learn from nature. Come with us and explore. Guests:Deb Yandala is the President and CEO of the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. In her role, Deb oversees the many ways the Conservancy helps connect the community with the park, including managing the park's education, volunteer, and cultural arts programs; operating three stores; managing events in the park, and raising money for park projects. Deb is also involved with the National Park Foundation and is a violist with the Cleveland Philharmonic and other local orchestras. Previously, Deb was the director of the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center. Donté Gibbs is the VP of Community Partnerships for the Conservancy. He works across departments, implementing community initiatives, building partnerships, and developing internal and external engagement strategies. Through this role, Donté helped create Skylight Park at Tower City and launch the Rhythm on the River summer concert series in Howe Meadow. Donté brings deep community connections to his work and has been instrumental in leading Conservancy to be more deeply embedded in the community and a national leader in park equity. Resources:Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National ParkMeet Lisa Petit, CVNP Park Superintendent Become a member of the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National ParkVolunteer for CVNPUpcoming Events at CVNP Skylight Park at Tower CityTeddy Roosevelt and other Presidents that shaped our public lands Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/ecospeaksclehttps://www.instagram.com/ecospeakscleContact us:hello@ecospeakscle.com

Today, we are setting the table with a brand new book, The Creative Vegetable Gardener, written by a Tennessee Author, Kelly Smith Trimble. 60 ways to cultivate Joy, Playfulness, and Beaty, along with a bounty of food. Kelly also shares a recipe for carrot top pesto. This book offers a different take on backyard gardening, encouraging us to rethink the rules of vegetable gardening. Breaking out of perfectly straight rows or boxy raised beds, Kelly suggests planting in circles, spirals, or labyrinths and encourages us to grow herbs with our flowers and vegetables - mixing perennials with annuals and creating a meditative sanctuary and pollinator paradise. Kelly Smith Trimble is the author of Vegetable Gardening Wisdom. A lifestyle editor for over 20 years, she has worked with HGTV, Southern Living, Lowe's, Bonnie Plants, and the National Park Foundation. A Master Gardener with degrees in English and environmental studies, she grows vegetables, herbs, and flowers in her backyard in Knoxville, Tennessee. And a note, Kelly does not advertise on this show. Kelly also has a book launch on February 28th on the release date of this new book at Union Avenue Books in downtown Knoxville at 5:30 P.M. I'll be there interviewing Kelly live about her book that evening. This ticketed event is free with registration from the Union Avenue Bookstore website.⁣ Blue Stem Hollow is now in full swing of their CSA signup for full or 1/2 shares, delivered weekly or bi-weekly. Blue Stem Hollow offers catering, pasture-raised beef, eggs, charcuterie, and sustainably raised fruits and vegetables. These fruits and vegetables are sustainably grown right on the farm. Each week's CSA Box includes an email of what's in the box and a video from Chef Robert Allen (formerly of Citico's) with seasonal cooking tips for what's in the box. They also offer weekly add-ons such as honey, desserts, eggs, charcuterie, and pasture-raised beef. Weekly delivery locations include Greenback, Maryville, and Knoxville.

In this episode, we pass the mic to Kim Lopater to discuss overcoming challenges. Kimberly is an associate in the Casualty Department where she handles matters involving Personal Injury Protection (PIP) within the Fraud/Special Investigation Practice Group. In May 2015, Kimberly received her Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University, with a double major in Political Science and International Affairs. Kimberly earned her juris doctor from Stetson University College of Law, where she gained experience handling mortgage foreclosure and bankruptcy disputes as a judicial intern at the Sixth Judicial Circuit in St. Petersburg and the United States Bankruptcy Court in Tampa, and veterans' appeals to the Department of Veterans Affairs for disability benefits at Stetson Law's Veterans Law Institute. Currently, Kimberly is an active member of the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers (HAWL) and serves as a member of HAWL's inaugural Leadership Academy. She also participates as a pro bono attorney for the Wills for Heroes program with the Hillsborough County Bar Association and for the Defending Best Interests Project with the Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar and the Guardian Ad Litem program. Fun fact- Kim became a monthly donor to Tampa Humane Society, Wounded Warriors, and The National Park Foundation after she graduated law school because I wanted to make sure I always had a way to support charitable causes even if I could not commit my own time to help. www.journeytoesquire.com info@journeytoesquire.com @JourneytoEsq --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/journey-to-esquire/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/journey-to-esquire/support

In this episode, I am sharing a conversation I had with Stephanie Yeldell. Stephanie Yeldell serves as the education integration lead for NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She manages a portfolio of projects and partnerships engaging students and the academic community in NASA's space technology development and missions, with a focus on supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across the agency.She was awarded the NASA Headquarters Unsung Hero Award for her contributions to NASA STEM engagement in 2020 and previously received two NASA Headquarters group awards for innovation and teamwork. Prior to joining NASA in 2018, Stephanie worked in corporate partnerships at the National Park Foundation as well as development and public programming at the White House Historical Association. Throughout her career, Stephanie has focused on impactful storytelling and public private partnerships. She has a bachelor's degree in art history from Furman University.CHECK OUT THE SHOW AND EPISODES ON ITUNESThe show is on Spotify!TOPICS WE EXPLOREWho is Stephanie Yeldell?How did Stephanie end up at NASA? What is/was her learning journey?Power of Identity and Language...NASA is for everyoneFirst Woman Graphic Novel and interactive appPower of storyHow to listen and build connetions?How do Stephanie and her team work to identify problems worth solving?What makes her team so great to work with?YOUR CHALLENGEShare ideas you gathered from the conversation with us on the socials.Share how you are creating a sense of belonging in your spaces.  RESOURCE MENTIONED IN SHOWFirst Woman Graphic NovelNASA Artemis MissionOur current survival NASA project with a session with Stephanie

On this episode, Jason shares his thoughts on the Federal Government's response to inflation through an iconic Milton Friedman quote and a recent grant established by the National Park Foundation to increase the attendance of Black patrons at National Parks. Then, Jason brings on the stupid, highlighting a recent $5,000 donation to Governor Ron DeSantis' (R-FL) PAC, from Governor Gavin Newsom's (D-CA) in-laws. Later, Jason sits down with the Anchor of FOX News Channel's Fox News @ Night, Trace Gallagher to illustrate the career journey that led him to this remarkable role. He looks back to his upbringing in San Diego, CA and the blind date that introduced him to his wife. Trace also emphasizes the importance of authenticity while in pursuit of your dream career. Keep up with Jason on Twitter: @jasoninthehouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief Dr. Todd Votteler talks with Dr. Andrew Sansom, Founder of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, about using water markets as a tool to protect environmental flows in Texas. Dr. Andrew Sansom is one of Texas' leading conservationists. He is the Founder of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. He is a former Executive Director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Executive Director of the Texas Nature Conservancy. For his commitment to the management and protection of natural resources, he is a recipient of the Chevron Conservation Award, The Chuck Yeager Award from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, The Pugsley Medal from the National Park Foundation, the Seton Award from the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nature Conservancy. Dr. Sansom is a Distinguished Alumnus of Austin College and Texas Tech University.

If you've spent time in the National Park System, you've seen a mix of conditions in terms of a park's infrastructure. Some are in great condition, some not so great. Recently my wife and I had the opportunity to stop by Grand Teton National Park and the Jenny Lake area. The trails that lead around the lake and up onto the flanks of the Tetons are in wonderful condition. But it wasn't always so. When the Civilian Conservation Core built the original trails and overlooks, they weren't expecting millions of feet to pound them each year. Fortunately, the Grand Teton National Park Foundation stepped up to help the National Park Service raise millions of dollars to pay for projects at the Jenny Lake area as a gift for the National Park Service's centennial. But that's just one example of how the Foundation has been able to help Grand Teton National Park. This year is the foundation's 25th anniversary, and we have president Leslie Mattson with us to discuss the work the foundation has accomplished.

My guest today is Kelly Smith Trimble, an editor, writer, and gardener living in Knoxville, TN. Her book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom, a collection of seasonal advice and inspiration for edible gardeners, was released in April 2019 by Storey Publishing. Kelly is the senior digital editorial director for HGTV. She answers vegetable gardening questions in a social video series called Dig It, with more than a million views collectively. She has also been a writer and editor for Southern Living, the National Park Foundation, and Bonnie Plants. Her vegetable garden was featured in the June 2020 issue of Southern Living magazine. She was born in Knoxville and has spent her life in various parts of southern Appalachia. Today we hear about Kelly's book, her gardening perspectives, and her thoughts on growing collard greens. In Fred Sauceman's “Potluck Radio” series, he features “Soutissa sausage” with a recording he made in 2018 with the Waldensian community of Valdese, North Carolina. Dee Dee Constantine shares a recipe for sautéed trout with spinach and roasted red bell peppers from the Tupelo Honey Cookbook.

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Brief summary of episode:Susan Dorsey is an artist and educator inspired by the constant iteration, evolution, expansion, overlapping, and layering of systems in the natural world. Using drawing, collage, and painting, she emphasizes its complexity to inspire creative dreams; the building of worlds that push beyond structures which hold our imagination captive. She combines her art and science backgrounds as a means of storytelling within her work. Her aim is to share nature's blueprints for positive futures that support collective growth, lessons she applies to her education practice. Because of her unique contributions to the education field, Susan was named a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow with Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. She received the 2019 Eastern Region Museum Educator Art Educator Award, and the 2017 Maryland Museum Art Educator of the Year Award. Susan is a consultant on education projects with the National Park Foundation and the National Park Service. The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.Mentioned in this episode:Susan DorseyTo find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory.Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode ★ Support this podcast ★

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Dale Blasingame, an assistant professor of practice in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Texas State University, joins the Big Ideas TXST podcast to discuss National Parks, State Parks and incorporating these outdoor treasures into higher education. A founder of the Study-in-America program at Texas State, each semester Blasingame oversees a class of students who travel to public parks across the U.S. to hone their journalism skills and learn to tell stories with substance and relevance. Students benefit from the experience of studying beyond the traditional classroom setting, much like studying abroad. Blasingame is an avid hiker and traveler. In 2014, he visited all 95 state parks in Texas in one year. He's now almost halfway through his mission to visit all 400+ national park properties. Dale's dog, Lucy, joins him on trips and loves to hike and climb rocks. Blasingame and Lucy were included on Texas Highways Magazine's list of Extraordinary Texans for 2016, and his stories have been featured on TV, radio, digital and in magazines. He's been able to marry his passions of technology and our parks by creating a course called Mobile Storytelling in the Park, in conjunction with Texas Parks and Wildlife, where students produce social video content at state parks. In 2017, Blasingame received a grant to develop the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's first Study in America course, where he took students to do similar work in national parks. The program is now in its third year. Blasingame is a member of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, National Park Foundation, National Parks Conservation Association and The Trail Foundation. He's also a licensed commercial drone pilot. Before joining the Texas State faculty, Blasingame was a television news producer. He spent nine years at WOAI-TV in San Antonio, where he won two Lone Star Emmy awards and was nominated for a third. Before that, he was a news anchor and sports reporter for KTSA-AM in San Antonio. Blasingame is a member of the Online News Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Further reading: Study-in-America: Journalism Students report from state, national parks as they create content for digital and social media outlets Digital Media Innovation Dale Blasingame on Instagram Lucy And Her Leash

Dr. Lane Windham moderates a discussion with Dr. Rosemary Feurer and Josephine Ong, M.A. examining the ongoing struggle to create new memorials to labor organizer Mother Jones and the history of worker organizing that led to the construction of memorials to Filipino Revolutionary leader Apolinario Mabini within War in the Pacific National Historical Park. They also explore connections between marking labor's past and contemporary organizing campaigns. Co-sponsored with the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University and Women Innovating Labor Leadership (WILL) Empower.  Excerpted from a longer program presented in December 2021 as part of the Monumental Labor series exploring the memory of work and working peoples in National Parks and affiliated sites through their representation in monuments and memorials. The series was organized by NPS Mellon Humanities Fellows Dr. Eleanor Mahoney and Dr. Emma Silverman, and was made possible by the National Park Foundation with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. On Labor History in 2:00: The year was 1894; that was the day the American railway union led by Eugene V Debs voted to support the boycott of Chicago's Pullman palace cars...the year was 1934; that was the day 1400 workers at the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company launched a four day strike. Got a questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Hosted and produced by Chris Garlock.  #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @WomenLeadLabor

This month we take a trip back to Olympic National Park and get to know Jane Constantino – a young women who lived life to the fullest. Her adventures and subsequent brushes with death led her to Washington state, all in the hopes of checking off an item on her list. Perhaps driven by an ominous premonition, Jane explored the world and experienced life while she still had time. Time, that was cut short – just as she thought it would be. We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you're listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon to gain access to ad-free episode, bonus content and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook , and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website.  Thank you so much to our partners, check them out! Reel: Use code NPAD for 30% off your first order plus free shipping BetterHelp: Get 10% off your first month of online therapy by using our link Apostrophe: Save $15 off your first visit with code NPAD AirlyFoods: Use our link and code NPAD to get 25% off   Sources: A Rage To Kill – Ann Rule, National Park Foundation,  WTA, Wikipedia (1), Wikipedia (2)

Someone threw a bomb into the police ranks, who then opened fire on the unarmed crowd, creating a melee of blood and bullets. Within five minutes, the calamitous event was over. “The calamitous event” was the 1886 Haymarket Square Massacre – or the Haymarket Riot, depending on who you're talking to. As part of the virtual public event "Monumental Labor: Justice Denied, Injustice Remembered," Dr. Melissa Dabakis examines the history of the Haymarket Square bombing. The series was organized by NPS Mellon Humanities Fellows Dr. Eleanor Mahoney and Dr. Emma Silverman, and was made possible by the National Park Service in part by a grant from the National Park Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. On Labor History in 2:00: The year was 1937. That was the day animators struck Fleischer Studio in New York City. It was the industry's first strike.   Music by Jay Kulstad: Haymarket Massacre.   Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Hosted and produced by Chris Garlock.  #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @NatlParkService @elbertscube

Yennie Solheim leads the social impact work at Niantic, finding ways to create real world impact through the technology Niantic creates. Notable projects include an annual Earth Day campaign, hundreds of hyper local community events around the world, and partnerships with organizations such as UNICEF and the National Park Foundation. In addition, she works on Niantic's corporate development. She has spent the last 10 years at Niantic, working across marketing, operations, and business development. Prior to Niantic, Yennie ran a small energy consulting firm. She's a University of California - Davis alum and lives in San Francisco with her two young daughters.

We are back heading after a week off heading into draft week. Some unfortunate news surrounding the team this week and a walk through some possible scenarios for next week's draft.  the National Park Foundation is the spotlight charity this week. Check them out at https://www.nationalparks.org/ As the offseason continues, make sure you head to www.buffalowdown.com for all things Bills and follow us on all our social platforms and our page! Go Bills! Website: https://www.thebuffalonerd.com/ Podcast Link: https://pod.link/1552644747 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebuffalon... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebuffalonerd Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebuffalonerd TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebuffalonerd Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnQdzqJ77Jls4cco2_ntvQg/     Support the show: https://www.thebuffalonerd.com/donations/support/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The team sits down with Gardner Grady Hall, Writer and Director of "Winter Ball."WINTER BALL is the debut feature film of writer-director Gardner Grady Hall. A former professional baseball player, Hall was a first round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox and is a member of Northwestern University's Athletic Hall of Fame. He wrote and directed the short film Fencing Miss Morality that starred Harry Lennix and Marc Blucas. He also worked with Morgan Creek Productions as part of the development and pitch team to turn the film franchise "Major League" into a television series, which was bought by FOX. He is the creator and writer of the children's book series, On the Trail With Seymour the Snail, which was developed in partnership with the National Park Foundation.Fandor is a proud sponsor of Sonoma International Film Festival.Fandor on Social Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fandorTwitter: https://twitter.com/FandorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fandorfilmsTikTok: tiktok.com/@fandorfilms Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women's History Month is celebrated in March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8. On this week's show, the Ballot Blocked podcast focuses on the role of Irish American women in the suffrage movement. Many of these women were already veteran organizers. They had led strikes and fought for labor unions in cities across the country. They had also campaigned for land reform in Ireland and for Irish independence. Dr. Tara McCarthy, a professor of history at Central Michigan University and the author of Respectability and Reform: Irish American Women's Activism, 1880-1920, reflects on the activist history of Irish American women, and how this set them apart from many other suffragists. Ballot Blocked is produced and hosted by Dr. Eleanor Mahoney. Dr. Sylvea Hollis conducted research and interviews and helped plan the podcast. Drew Himmelstein is the producer and editor. Music is by Podington Bear. The project was made possible through the National Park Service in part through a grant from the National Park Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Also on today's show, the Heartland Labor Forum's Judy Ancel tells us about Sarah Lloyd Green -- suffragette, feminist and fiery labor organizer, whose story, like so many women's, has been all but forgotten. On this week's Labor History in Two: Francis Perkins named Secretary of Labor (1933). Questions, comments or suggestions welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com Labor History Today is produced by Union City Radio and the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. Hosted this week by Mel Smith, produced by Chris Garlock.  #LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @NatlParkService @elbertscube #IrishAmerican #womenshistory @Heartland_Labor Additional music clips from: Sufferin' Till Suffrage, Etta James; Women's Suffrage movement, Schoolhouse Rock.

Sarah Gardner is the Director of Marketing at Joovy, a global leader in premium juvenile, toy, and sporting goods products for babies through toddlers. Sarah is married to the founder and CEO, Rob, and they have three children together. For the last 16 years, Sarah and Rob have raised a business and family together. She's worked in almost every area of the company over the years and is now leading the marketing team. Sarah spent her early years hiking the mountains of New England, where she fell in love with the outdoors. She grew up with parents that instilled in her that she could do anything and everything she set her mind to do. She held numerous scholarship pageant titles as a teenager, worked for the World Cup Organization, and has been the driving force behind Joovy's mission to be good to each other, good to the world, and good to the environment. Joovy's new initiative with the National Park Foundation brings awareness to the endangered animals living in the parks, especially the value of teaching our kids to connect to animals. Our kids are the next environmental stewards and as parents, we can empower them to have empathy and concern. Did you know that the greatest threat to endangered animals is the destruction of their habitat? The best way to help is through education about these animals and their habitat. Please help support endangered animals by shopping Joovy's National Park Collection. They will donate 5% of your purchase to the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks and nonprofit partner to the National Park Service. It's never too early to start teaching kids to love animals and the outdoors. Jill Devine invited Sarah to come on the podcast to talk in more depth about Joovy's new initiative. Two Kids and A Career Website: https://www.jilldevine.com/ Two Kids and A Career Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jilldevine/?hl=en Two Kids and A Career Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillDevineMedia/ Thank you to our sponsor: Evoke Creative

Join Emerging Revolutionary War as we chat with Tom Hand, founder of the blog, Americana Corner. Tom is a West Point Class of 1982 graduate and serves on the boards for the American Battlefield Trust and the National Park Foundation. His motive behind the blog, Americana Corner was a "desire to help spread the American Word, a positive message of America's incredible founding and first century of expansion." We chat with Tom about Washington, Adams, and the Revolutionary War era.

Cynthia A. Fisher is the Founder and Chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, a nonprofit advocacy organization representing American healthcare consumers – patients, employers, unions, and workers – seeking to greatly reduce the cost of healthcare and coverage through systemwide price transparency and creation of a functional, competitive marketplace in healthcare. Cynthia is a public company Director of The Boston Beer Company (SAM) and Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (DEA). Cynthia founded the pioneering cord blood stem cell banking company, ViaCord, Inc., in 1993 and served as CEO, offering the novel biomedical service with price, quality, and outcomes transparency. In 2000, Cynthia co-founded the cellular medicines company, ViaCell, Inc, of which ViaCord became a division. She served as President and on the Board of Directors. ViaCell went public, was acquired by PerkinElmer, and exists today under the ViaCord brand. Cynthia co-founded and is Chairman of FitMoney.org, providing schools and teachers curriculum for K-12 financial literacy. She is a Director of the National Park Foundation and formerly served on the Board of Water.org. She is the former Speaker of the House of Representatives' appointee to the federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee. Cynthia holds an MBA from Harvard Business School as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Science and BS in Biophysics from Ursinus College. Unlock Bonus content and get the shows early on our Patreon Follow us or Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Amazon  | Spotify --- Show notes at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/85 Report-out with comments or feedback at https://rxforsuccesspodcast.com/report Music by Ryan Jones. Find Ryan on Instagram at _ryjones_, Contact Ryan at ryjonesofficial@gmail.com  

Ep. 101: Will Shafroth – National Park Foundation, CEO & President || Proper land use and natural resource management on public lands is a mechanism to foster greater planetary stability.  Joining as guest of episode 101 is the President and CEO of the National Park Foundation, Will Shafroth.  Throughout the 45 minute conversation we explore how exposure, experience and immersion into the US National Parks changes mindsets for the better. We hear how enlightenment, empathy and environmental consciousness is presented each and every year to over 330 million visitors in 422 National Parks. Spanning all 50 states, the parks encompass 84 million acres, 2400 historical sites, 17K miles of trails and 43K miles of shoreline – available to us all as a public service. The vast majority of the National Parks are untouched wilderness. This wilderness combined with smart land use and proper natural resource management will help stabilize a planet under threat by coming at it from a few different angles.  Not only will these public lands (with a collective footprint about the size of Montana) clean water, sequester & bank carbon, and nurture biodiversity, but the National Parks offer a living classroom for deeper understanding and appreciation for the all important Nature-Based Solutions to climate change. Ultimately, reconnecting more of us with natural order is a required next step in (climate) action to mitigate climate change. Wallace Stegner famously called the National Parks “America's Best Idea”. Will Shafroth and his team at the National Park Foundation (NPF) believe that this best idea should be common grounds available to each and everyone of us no matter background or history. Under Shafroth's leadership, the National Park Foundation has spawned numerous initiatives to foster inclusion for all audiences and to cater to those who have been often overlooked in previous generations of visitors. Owning “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” of National Parks and US History, Shafroth looks to the wide array of Parks, Sites and Monuments as learning laboratories and living classrooms that will progress social and environmental solutions for decades to come. In feeding our souls by reconnecting us with Nature, and with each other, the public lands of our National Parks can teach us a bit more about who we were, who we are now, and what we can become if we strive for a more just and balanced future. www.SourcingMatters.show

In today's episode of Paranormal Mysteries, I'll be covering some of the strangest phenomena experienced in our national parks, including missing people, bizarre deaths, odd creatures, glitches in the matrix, and much more. TELL YOUR STORY: Email: paranormalmysteriespodcast@gmail.com Voice Message: https://www.speakpipe.com/paranormalmysteries Website: http://paranormalmysteriespodcast.com Forum: https://tinyurl.com/4z4v6rm3 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon Donation or Membership: https://www.patreon.com/join/paranormalmysteries? BuyMeACoffee Donation or Membership: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/paranormal SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paranormalmysteriespodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paranormalmysteriespodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParaMysteryPod PODCAST SOURCE: https://www.spreaker.com/show/paranormal-mysteries-podcast EPISODE REFERENCES: “Strange experiences in Yosemite National Park.” * Reddit: https://bit.ly/3oc7hOu * Story by: edups-401 “The Bizarre Disappearance and Death of Charles McCullar at Crater Lake National Park” * Mysterious Universe: https://bit.ly/30gfCZg * Author: Brent Swancer “Undefined humanoid mimic encounter in Big Bend National Park.” * Reddit: https://bit.ly/3BY0Jb9 * Story by: relativelyfunkadelic * David Paulides: https://www.canammissing.com/missing_411.html * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChXKAI83IuqSneWe92F97jQ * National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/index.htm * National Park Foundation: https://www.nationalparks.org/ STOCK MUSIC & MEDIA PROVIDED BY: AndianMusic / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/andianmusic dauzkobza / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/dauzkobza ElectricMoments / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/electricmoments FicusProsound / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/ficusprosound#1/2064 FinalVersionStudio / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/finalversionstudio hitwizard / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/hitwizard#1/2064 LeChuckz / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/lechuckz lynnepublishing / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/lynnepublishing miksmusic / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/miksmusic#1/2064 Miracle Forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__iDig5NKcA&list=PLjbSDRHeNjFs5WCK-UypYie-XD2YZ8i2e&index=1&t=1856s RickyValadez / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/rickyvaladez#1/2064 Sound of Muses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUer-Tto1ZA Sungep / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/sungep#1/2064 TRWorkshop / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/trworkshop#1/2064 zacnelson / Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/artist/zacnelson#1/2064 © Copyright Paranormal Mysteries Podcast, 2021. All rights reserved. Any reproduction or republication of all or part of this audio is prohibited.

Mindy Stearns, "Don't Confuse Kindness with being Nice", Chief Kindness Officer for Kind Lending, shares her story on Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind with Michael Valdes Podcast #197 Mindy Stearns is the Chief Kindness Officer for Kind Lending. It is a title that she holds very dearly, as she creates the culture for one of the largest lending companies in the country, which she runs with her husband, Glenn Stearns, who has also been on this show. This two-time Emmy winner went from a successful career in entertainment to the lending business. Mindy has inspired others with every step. It was an honor to have her on my show. More About Mindy Stearns:  If there's one thing you need to know about Mindy Stearns, it's that there's no single way to describe who she is – from being a wife and mother to an on-screen entertainer and national parks proponent, Mindy has lived a fascinating life. Now, she's inviting you into her inner sanctum as she and two of her long-time best friends launch their podcast called, “Friendsome and Then Some!” The cock-a-doodle-doo that started it all. Discovered when making animal noises as an audience member of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Mindy began her foray into media. Nicknamed “The Rooster Lady” by Oprah, it wasn't long until Mindy (Burbano) was hired to co-host what became the #1 morning drive radio program in Saginaw, Michigan. After leaving her long-time career as a dental hygienist, Mindy's on-screen appearances began to snowball as she seized opportunities to serve as a red-carpet reporter for Entertainment Tonight,acting roles in film (The Princess Diaries) and television (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), and as a reality TV star (The Real Gilligan's Island). Mindy has been widely honored for her talent and work as a philanthropist and activist. Her many awards include: Being named Woman of the Year by California State's 70th district Assemblyman Don Wagner in recognition ofher tireless efforts to bring awareness to various charity organizations throughout Southern California Recognition as a Soroptomist International Woman of Distinction Appointed by the Secretary of Interior to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Park Foundation appointed by the Secretary of Interior Appointed by the Secretary of Interior to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Park Foundation appointed by the Secretary of Interior Received a Golden Mike Award from the Radio & Television News Association of Southern California Earned two Emmy nominations from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences A cause near and dear to Mindy are the national parks, where she serves on the Board of Directors for the National Parks Foundation, the official charitable foundation for the National Parks Service. The nonpartisan philanthropic fund works to raise private funds to support America's national parks. But out of all the awards and recognition she's received, Mindy is most proud to serve as CFO for the Stearns family. In her role as Chief Family Officer, she manages a blended family that includes two young daughters, four stepchildren and two granddaughters. About Michael Valdes: Michael Valdes is the President of eXp Global. He is currently the only Latino President of a publicly traded real estate company in the country (Nasdaq: EXPI). In his first year of joining, he has led a team that has opened 12 countries in 12 months without ever getting on a plane which is a feat that has never been done in the industry. This model has successfully touched the lives of thousands of people across the globe and given them an opportunity to change their lives. Michael was the former Senior Vice President of Global Servicing for Realogy Corporation. In that role he oversaw the international servicing platform for all Realogy brands including Century 21, Coldwell Banker, ERA, Better Homes & Garden, Corcoran, Climb and Sotheby's International Realty in 113 countries. He had been with Realogy in a variety of roles for 15 years. Prior to that, Mr. Valdes was Director of Private Banking at Deutsche Bank for a decade where he oversaw a book of business of just under $1 billion. He has the distinction of being the first Director in the United States of Latino descent. Mr. Valdes is the Chair of the AREAA Global Advisory Board and co-host of the 2020 AREAA Global Luxury Summit. He is also a current member of the NAHREP Corporate Board of Governors. Additionally, he is a the Executive Chair of eXp Latino and former member of the Realogy Diversity Board as well as the Executive Chair of the ONE VOZ, Hispanic ERG. He is a former Board Member of Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach as well as the Shanti Organization in San Francisco. Michael was also a Board Member of Pink & Blue for 2, an organization started by Olivia Newton-John to promote breast and prostate cancer awareness. Michael is also the host of "The Global Luxury Real Estate Mastermind" podcast which focuses on interviewing global leaders in the industry. It is currently distributed in over 90 countries and has over 10 million impressions. He is also a current member of the Forbes Real Estate Advisory Council. He currently resides in New York City and has a home in Miami.

SPECIAL GUESTS Rob Gardner is the founder and CEO of Joovy, a global leader in premium juvenile, toy, and sporting goods products for babies through young children that have grown by listening to parents. Rob is married to Sarah, who is the director of marketing at Joovy. Together, they are raising three children to be good humans by sharing their love for the outdoors with them and their message to be good. After many family trips to national parks, Rob and Sarah became inspired to support the national parks. “Not only did we get excited about the parks and what they meant to our family, but also about how we could inspire other families.” Through their partnership with the National Park Foundation, they hope to make a difference. They’ve developed a collection of family gear products featuring endangered animals and the national parks they call home. They live in Laguna Beach, California, and spent time this summer visiting national parks meeting families along the way. LEARN MORE! https://joovy.com https://joovy.com/inside-joovy/partne... https://www.instagram.com/joovy https://www.facebook.com/joovy ENGAGE WITH US!

Still with us after episode 10?! Gee, thanks! In this episode, we are catching up on important events in September: Latinx Heritage Month and September 11th. First, Laurel talks about the life, love and art of Mexican icon Frida Kahlo. KT follows up with the tale of the brave individuals on United Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001. **Content Warning** Both of our stories contain some very specific themes and content that might be triggering or upsetting to some listeners. The Frida Kahlo story discusses suicide, depression and frequent mentions of miscarriages and medical abortions. The United 93 story recounts the details of the September 11th attacks and hijacking of the flight. Listener discretion is advised. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Mentioned In The Stories Frida Kahlo-- Frida's Pencil Sketch of the Bus Accident Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky United Flight 93-- List of Passengers and Crew United 93 Memorial including Tower of Voices United 93 (Movie) Ground Zero/World Trade Center Memorial *~*~*~*~*~*~ Sources Frida Kahlo-- Biography.com Editors. “Frida Kahlo Biography.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 22 Apr. 2020, www.biography.com/artist/frida-kahlo. “Frida Kahlo.” Scandalous Women: the Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women, by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon, TarcherPerigee, an Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016, pp. 239–247. Frida-Kahlo-Foundation. org Editors. “Biography of Frida Kahlo.” Frida Kahlo Biography | Life, Paintings, Influence on Art, www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/biography.html. FridaKahlo.org Editors. “Frida Kahlo and Her Paintings.” Frida Kahlo: 100 Paintings Analysis, Biography, Quotes, & Art, www.fridakahlo.org/. Graham, Beckett and Vollenweider, Susan. “Episode 42: Frida Kahlo.” The History Chicks. 9 September 2013, http://thehistorychicks.com/episode-42-frida-kahlo/ Tuchman, Phyllis. “Frida Kahlo.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Nov. 2002, www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/frida-kahlo-70745811/?page=1. United Flight 93-- “Flight 93 National Memorial.” National Park Foundation, https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/explore-parks/flight-93-national-memorial. “Flight 93.” Google, Google, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/21st-century/flight-93. “United Airlines Flight 93.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Sept. 2021, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laurel-rockall/message

Still with us after episode 10?! Gee, thanks! In this episode, we are catching up on important events in September: Latinx Heritage Month and September 11th. First, Laurel talks about the life, love and art of Mexican icon Frida Kahlo. KT follows up with the tale of the brave individuals on United Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001. **Content Warning** Both of our stories contain some very specific themes and content that might be triggering or upsetting to some listeners. The Frida Kahlo story discusses suicide, depression and frequent mentions of miscarriages and medical abortions. The United 93 story recounts the details of the September 11th attacks and hijacking of the flight. Listener discretion is advised. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Mentioned In The Stories Frida Kahlo-- Frida's Pencil Sketch of the Bus Accident Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky United Flight 93-- List of Passengers and Crew United 93 Memorial including Tower of Voices United 93 (Movie) Ground Zero/World Trade Center Memorial *~*~*~*~*~*~ Sources Frida Kahlo-- Biography.com Editors. “Frida Kahlo Biography.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 22 Apr. 2020, www.biography.com/artist/frida-kahlo. “Frida Kahlo.” Scandalous Women: the Lives and Loves of History's Most Notorious Women, by Elizabeth Kerri Mahon, TarcherPerigee, an Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016, pp. 239–247. Frida-Kahlo-Foundation. org Editors. “Biography of Frida Kahlo.” Frida Kahlo Biography | Life, Paintings, Influence on Art, www.frida-kahlo-foundation.org/biography.html. FridaKahlo.org Editors. “Frida Kahlo and Her Paintings.” Frida Kahlo: 100 Paintings Analysis, Biography, Quotes, & Art, www.fridakahlo.org/. Graham, Beckett and Vollenweider, Susan. “Episode 42: Frida Kahlo.” The History Chicks. 9 September 2013, http://thehistorychicks.com/episode-42-frida-kahlo/ Tuchman, Phyllis. “Frida Kahlo.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Nov. 2002, www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/frida-kahlo-70745811/?page=1. United Flight 93-- “Flight 93 National Memorial.” National Park Foundation, https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/explore-parks/flight-93-national-memorial. “Flight 93.” Google, Google, https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/topics/21st-century/flight-93. “United Airlines Flight 93.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Sept. 2021, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_93 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laurel-rockall/message

Rob and Sarah Gardner are the creators and operators of the consumer product brand, Joovy. Joovy is known for their strollers and "move It" products that are for parents to use during and beyond stroller days. As enthusiasts of the outdoors, Sarah and Rob have a partnership with the National Park Foundation, using their products to promote awareness about endangered species. The husband and wife duo are also committed to using the sales to donate 200,000 dollars, in an effort to support the National Park and their preservation efforts. During this episode, the Gardners shared how the brand Joovy was conceptualized and more information about their products! Joovy National Parks Product Collection --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Pierwszy odcinek drugiego sezonu Queerstorii został zamówiony przez naszego Patrona, który chciał dowiedzieć się, czy matriarchalne społeczności cechują się większą inkluzywnością i akceptacją dla osób niecisheteronormatywnych niż te patriarchalne. Można też sformułować odwrotne pytanie: czy to patriarchat jest winny homofobii? Próbując odpowiedzieć na te pytania, opowiadamy o historii matriarchatu i odbywamy podróże do kilku społeczności matriarchalnych w różnych czasoprzestrzeniach. Napotykamy m.in. na osoby o dwóch duszach wśród Irokezów, małżeństwa chodzone w społeczności Mosuo czy matriarchat kompletny wśród ludności Khasi. Na okładce widnieje figurka Wenus z Willendorfu.Chcielibyśmy też bardzo serdecznie podziękować naszej nowej Patronce, Dagmarze Hadynie! Zachęcamy też inne osoby do wspierania nas na Patronite. Każde wsparcie bardzo wiele dla nas znaczy!Last but not least, ogromne podziękowania dla naszej serdecznej znajomej, Aleksandry Piotrowskiej, za stworzenie dla nas tego kosmicznego dżingla! Bibliografia: Bratkowska K., Nowicki F., “Matriarchat” w: „Encyklopedia Gender. Płeć w kulturze”, Wydawnictwo Czarna Owca, Warszawa, 2014. Kiereta, A., „Matriarchat istniał naprawdę. Gdzie do dziś rządzą kobiety?”, 2021.(https://www.focus.pl/artykul/matriarchat-istnial-naprawde-gdzie-do-dzis-rzadza-kobiety)Madaus, S., “6 Matriarchal Societies That Have Been Thriving With Women at the Helm for Centuries”, 2019. (https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g28565280/matriarchal-societies-list/) Roscoe, W., “Sexual and gender diversity in native America and the Pacific Islands” w: “LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History” red. Springate, M., National Park Foundation, Washington, 2016.Stacey J., “Unhitching the horse from the carriage: love and marriage among the Mosuo”, “Journal of Law and Family Studies”, [S.l.], vol. 11, nr 2, 2009.

TW: Graphic Content Jen starts off this episode with a different kind of science news... Then Megan takes us through the much-requested, 127 hours Aron Ralston spent in the Blue John Slot Canyon. This episode contains graphic content about self-amputation. Organization to Support: https://www.nationalparks.org/connect/explore-parks/canyonlands-national-park National Park Foundation - Canyonlands National Park Foundation As the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation generates private support and builds strategic partnerships to protect and enhance America's national parks for present and future generations.

Rob and Sarah Gardner are parents and outdoor enthusiasts who have a passion for our national parks. After many family trips exploring the parks, they wanted to find a way to support these national treasures. Through their baby gear company Joovy, they have partnered with the national park foundation to bring awareness to families about the importance of these spaces, and more specifically about the endangered animals that call the parks home. I'm excited today to talk more about our national parks and how we can help our children grow up to be environmental stewards, to cultivate a connection between them and the land, and the animals that live there. Find a national park to visit: FindYourPark.com Joovy's National Parks Collection: https://joovy.com/national-park-collection/?orderby=date More about the National Park Foundation: https://www.nationalparks.org/ Free National Park Pass for 4th graders: https://everykidoutdoors.gov/ Acoustic/Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic​Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/acoustic-folk-instrume...​Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8

Sarah Gardner is the director of marketing for Joovy. She talks about Joovy's partnership the National Park Foundation and the importance of teaching our children about the importance of taking care of the environment. https://joovy.com/national-park-collection.Marshall Stevenson, comic, dad and owner of the NY Beer and Brewery Tour, talks with Michelle about her daughter's experience with other four year olds in her class and camp. How to teach them to stand up for themselves and interact with others.

This week Kristin and Sofia discuss the wonderful US national parks! First, Kristin discusses her plans for Alaska, and Sofia recounts a terrible situation she found herself in this week. Then we go over WHY everyone should visit and enjoy the national parks of the United States. Sofia and Kristin share their favorite national parks and why they think they're so special. We also discuss the most and least visited national parks and why this matters. Then we go over the many many activities you can do in the parks, as well as etiquette tips for recreating safely and consciously in the outdoors. We also share a few non-profit organizations that work with/for the national park service. Lastly, we discuss the America the Beautiful park pass and all of its benefits.    Visit the National Park Service website > https://www.nps.gov/index.htm Visit the National Park Foundation website > https://www.nationalparks.org/ Visit Alt National Parks Foundation website >https://altnps.org/ Purchase an America the Beautiful Pass > https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm Read more about Leave No Trace Principles > https://lnt.org/   Visit The Cauldron's website (restaurant from beginning of episode) > https://www.thecauldronbar.com/ Follow us on Instagram: @catchflightsnotfeelingspodcast, @thekristinolivieri & @sofiasamarah  Send us a listener submission telling us your travel stories, asking for advice, or giving a travel tip! hi@catchflightspodcast.com

Today on the podcast I talk with Rob and Sarah Gardner from Joovy. Joovy has partnered with the National Park Foundation to raise awareness about endangered species. Joovy has also committed to giving back to the National Park Foundation by donating $200,000 through the sale of their National Park edition products.    During our discussion, Rob and Sarah share the inspiration for their partnership. They also share information about endangered species within the parks system, and what we can do to help these animals.  See the National Parks Collection from Joovy: https://joovy.com/national-park-collection/?orderby=date Read about the partnership with the National Park Foundation: https://joovy.com/inside-joovy/partners/national-park-foundation/  Find a park to visit near you! https://findyourpark.com/park-finder  Use code OUTDOORSY15 for high quality outdoor kids gear from Reima! https://us.reima.com/  Follow Outdoorsy Families on Instagram.com/outdoorsy.families  - and share your adventure with us by using #outdoorsyfamilies  Check out the website! outdoorsyfamilies.com     

Prior to starting the outdoor lifestyle brand Parks Project, Keith was one of TOMS earliest employees. He was initially struck by discovering the overwhelming backlog of much-needed funding to complete projects in parks, and uncovered a need to educate the next generation of advocates. With that in mind, and taking key learnings from his previous ventures, he started Parks Project to show consumers that conservation can be cool and stylish. All of its products give back to specific conservation efforts focused on protecting our national parks. In only six years, what started as one t-shirt has now grown to dozens of apparel and home goods, and more than $1.3 million in donations to more than 50 conservatories that ensure the projects they're committing to make the biggest impact. Parks Project's mission is to protect and preserve our parklands for generations to come by educating, advocating, volunteering, and activating park supporters to get involved in conservation. To date, Parks Project has contributed over $1,200,000 to help fund vital projects in parks, paying it forward so we can leave it better than we found it. It's inspiring to see the results of Parks Project's work—2,822 native species planted in Muir Moods; 20,647 kids funded to visit a national park through the National Park Foundation; 58,800 meters of trail restored in Yosemite. Their goal is to fund 100 projects and log 100,000 volunteer hours in the next decade. ** Use Code: INMYHEART for 25% OFF! http://www.revo.com ** Use Code: TREATYOURSELF20 for 20% OFF! http://www.beyondfresh.com ** 10% OFF your first order! http://www.cloudwaterbrands.com

Joining Marcus this week are Courtney and Hunter Howland and they are the owners of 2% Certified, Little Forest Creations. The group talks about the organic way in which the company was started and why they decided to start making wax melts. With the company just launching less than a month ago, they have made the commitment to giving back to wildlife right from the start. Courtney and Hunter have a love for our National Parks and have plans to visit all of them in time, which is why they are donating back to the National Park Foundation. If you're looking for a way to freshen up your home or office, be sure and check them out! Average Conservationist is Powered by Simplecast

Joining Marcus this week are Courtney and Hunter Howland and they are the owners of 2% Certified, Little Forest Creations. The group talks about the organic way in which the company was started and why they decided to start making wax melts. With the company just launching less than a month ago, they have made the commitment to giving back to wildlife right from the start. Courtney and Hunter have a love for our National Parks and have plans to visit all of them in time, which is why they are donating back to the National Park Foundation. If you're looking for a way to freshen up your home or office, be sure and check them out! Average Conservationist is Powered by Simplecast

Joining Marcus this week are Courtney and Hunter Howland and they are the owners of 2% Certified, Little Forest Creations. The group talks about the organic way in which the company was started and why they decided to start making wax melts. With the company just launching less than a month ago, they have made the commitment to giving back to wildlife right from the start. Courtney and Hunter have a love for our National Parks and have plans to visit all of them in time, which is why they are donating back to the National Park Foundation. If you're looking for a way to freshen up your home or office, be sure and check them out! Average Conservationist is Powered by Simplecast

Mannnnnnn, hol' up! Creased Pod is on Episode 51 and going strong, just like the NBA Playoffs! After getting into an unusually happy L-Meter and the Kicks of the Day, the duo breaks down some of the best kicks on court for the first couple days oft he postseason. Continuing in Fresh Out the Box is Foot Locker closing one of their top entities and a few Jordan 1 updates that you won't want to miss! #ItsLit In Order Confirmed, Adidas' National Park Foundation collab is highlighted as well as an overseas Asics launch and New Balance dropping another version of their highly coveted 550. A shoe back from the legal dead kicks off Tracking Order, while DTLR's "DC" collab may have something to say come the awards at the end of the year. Last but certainly not least, Mr. West closes out episode 51 with the uber-popular Foam Runners and a new 380. You thought episode 50 had diversity, wait til you get through episode 51! The Creased Pod has all of your sneaker updates but if you ever think we missed something or just want to say what's up, hit the IG: @creased.podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

About this episode My guest this week is Keith Eshelman, co-founder and CEO of the Parks Project. The Parks Project is a social commerce company in that they have created some of the most comfortable clothing you will ever wear AND they have donated over 50% of their profits to over 50 partners such as Yosemite Conservancy, Sierra Club, the National Park Foundation, and many more. After a weekend volunteering in the Santa Monica Mountains in 2014, Keith and his co-founder, both TOMS employees at the time, were struck by the challenges facing America's underfunded and underappreciated National Parks. They set out to harness consumer power to help support the enormous backlog of underfunded projects within the national parks system ​by creating collections of apparel and accessories that would further connect consumers with the parks they love. Within this episode you will hear quite a bit about the influence that Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS, had on Keith's journey. And that's the beauty of entrepreneurship…it's not a solo journey. It's also not an overnight journey, and more times than not…it's decades in the making. In this episode, you'll hear: How Keith was born in northern California and grew up around career professionals. He had a conventional path pursing education that would lead him to a successful job. He shares as a child he wanted to be a doctor and went to UC San Diego Medical School but left after sophomore year as he couldn't consume the detailed information required for med school. He graduated with a management science degree, minor in Spanish that allowed him to travel. He shares his love for Brands, but not only for their products but the whole company, and how he wanted to help companies that were making a difference. Before he joined Toms, we worked in London with Puma and OMD, usually in product marketing. When working at TOMS he experiences how a purchases can not only for fill the customer but help people and charities in need. Like Toms theory of purchasing a pair of shoes can give another child a pair for shoes. Keith shares how TOMS allowed him to have his first taste of entrepreneurship by being allowed to run popup shops. Keith explains his passion for recycling plastic in clothing like board shorts and wanted the product to have its own story. He shares how he found his problem and why he pursued founding Parks Project, and what he is doing to fix it. How he started his company from his garage and has been growing his team ever since. How Parks Project is empowering the next generation, and their mission is to leave it, as you found it. Keith shares how his company is here to build and innovate the product with useful recycling. Resources from this episode Join Grindology: https://grindology.com/ ExpressVPN: Get 3 Months Free → https://www.expressvpn.com/startupstory Get Emails: https://app.getemails.com/referrals/newaccount?ref=R18HWW5 The Startup Story Inner Circle: https://www.thestartupstory.co/vip The Startup Story on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thestartupstory The Startup Story is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jamesmckinney The Startup Story on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestartupstory Park Project https://www.parksproject.us Hint Water Give Away https://mailchi.mp/thestartupstory/hint Share the podcast The Startup Story community has been so incredible sharing our podcast with others, and we thank you! We do have more stories to tell and more people to reach. There are three ways you can help. First, the most powerful way you can support this podcast is by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Second, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to share your favorite Startup Story episodes with your friends and on social media. Tag or mention @thestartupstory.co so we can give you a virtual high five and a thank you! Lastly, share the podcast on LinkedIn. The Startup Story podcast is for entrepreneurs. Don't underestimate the power of sharing on LinkedIn so other entrepreneurs can discover us. With your support, we hope to further our reach in encouraging and inspiring the founders of today and tomorrow. Thank you! EPISODE CREDITS This episode was made possible due to the support of our sponsor Grindology. Visit https://grindology.com/ to obtain founder-direct tactics and strategies.

Today we are setting the table with gardening wisdom. My guest today is Kelly Smith Trimble an editor, writer, and gardener living in Knoxville, TN. Her book Vegetable Gardening Wisdom, a collection of seasonal advice and inspiration for edible gardeners, was released in April 2019 by Storey Publishing. Kelly is currently the senior digital editorial director for HGTV, where she answers vegetable gardening questions in a social video series called Dig It, with more than a million views collectively. She has also been a writer and editor for Southern Living, the National Park Foundation, and Bonnie Plants. Her vegetable garden was featured in the June 2020 issue of Southern Living magazine which is some serious “Southern Woman Credibility right there” She was born in Knoxville and has spent her life in various parts of southern Appalachia. Today we hear about Kelly’s book, her perspectives on gardening, and also her thoughts on growing collard greens. In Fred Sauceman’s “Potluck Radio” series, he features “Soutissa sausage” with a recording that he made in 2018 with the “Waldensian” community of Valdese, North Carolina. Dee Dee Constantine shares a recipe for Sautéed trout with spinach and roasted red bell peppers from the Tupelo Honey Cookbook

Join us in a wide-ranging discussion with Professor Steve Mattox! Dr. Mattox is a professor at Grand Valley State University, where he has taught for many years. Dr. Mattox had a very diverse career before going the faculty at Grand Valley, and we discuss his career path, how he became interested in the Geosciences, and what he thinks of the future of geoscience. Dr. Mattox has led several very interesting research projects surrounding geoscience and society. These include quantifying the number of news articles that relate to the geosciences, studying the tools that teachers used, and developing what is effectively an Advanced Placement Geology course for high schools in Michigan. Teaching is very familiar for Dr. Mattox and he has won numerous awards for his teaching acumen. Most notable among them are the Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year Award in 2020 and the Michigan Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award in 2012. See below for a summary of Dr. Mattox's experience and a link to his personal website! TEACHING EXPERIENCEAssociate Professor, Department of Geology, GVSU, 2003 to present.Assistant Professor, GVSU, 1998 to 2003.Lecturer, 2001, University of the Philippines College Baguio, Baguio City, Luzon, Philippines.Post-doctoral Research Volcanologist, University of North Dakota, 1995-1996.Lecturer, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 1991-1996.Visiting Lecturer, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1991.WORK EXPERIENCEExploration Geologist (east Java, Indonesia), Golden Valley Mines NL, West Perth, WA, 1997.Exploration Geologist (Kimberley), Precious Metals of Australia, West Perth, WA., 1996-1997.Consulting Geologist, Belt Collins & Associates, Honolulu, HI, 1993.Geologic Investigation Contractor, Utah Geological Survey, 1989-1990.Geologic Mapping Contractor, Utah Geological Survey, 1984-1989.AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTSGVSU Alumni Association Outstanding Educator Award, 2009.Michigan Science Teachers Association, College Teacher of the Year, 2008.Pew Teaching Excellence Award for the Science and Mathematics Division, 2002.National Science Foundation, co-PI, Volcanology for Earth Science Teachers, 1994-1996, $315,000.National Park Foundation, to write "A Teacher's Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park", 1993-1994, $21,000.TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTSCollaborating with undergraduate students in writing/presenting innovative teaching materials.Establishing a state-wide "AP" geology exam in Michigan.Completing "Geology Underfoot in Michigan" for Mountain Press.Learning paleomagnetism as a research method.https://www.gvsu.edu/geology/mattox-steve-r-29.htm ——————————————————Instagram: @planetgeocastTwitter: @planetgeocastFacebook: @planetgeocast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ_A82nOMu0nIvZto6zMPqgEmail: planetgeocast@gmail.comWebsite: https://planetgeocast.buzzsprout.com/

What figures and ideas have shaped the way we understand the "great outdoors" in the United States? And how have established narratives about the great outdoors obscured privilege, racism, and BIPOC histories while celebrating conservation and wilderness? In Episode 2 of our first season, hosts Hannah Kasun and Norma Behrend-Martinez explore the complicated legacies of figures like John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, Henry David Thoreau, and Theodore Roosevelt, whose influence extends to the present. To deepen this discussion, Episode 2 features two special guests: Midy Aponte, who is a communications specialist and former Executive Director of the American Latino Heritage Fund of the National Park Foundation; and Sheamus Johnson, PhD student and teaching assistant at UW–Madison who has taught a variety of environmental studies courses.

Marshall Stevenson, comic and owner of the NY Beer and Brewery Tour, and Michelle share their thoughts about their preschoolers going back to school. Joovy's Sarah Gardner discusses what it's like to work with her spouse as partners in the business as well as their partnership with the National Park Foundation. www.joovy.comMichelle introduces the new series, "From Ordinary to Extraordinary: How Moms Impact a Family's Health. In the first of many episodes, Amber Lynn Vitale, an educator for Garden of Life, discusses how we as moms take on the world and shares healthy hacks to help us keep everyone in our family happy and healthy. www.gardenoflife.com

Josh Weichhand is the Marketing Director at Chaco. In this episode, we chat about doing work you believe in and not giving up on the path to doing so.  We also talk about Chaco's use of their brand voice during the Bears Ear protection rollbacks and about Josh's own journey of finding his voice and doing work he believes in. For many, the journey to finding a good fit in a career is not without challenges along the way. For Josh, it took 6 unpaid internships, a summer fishing in Alaska, and a 9-month road trip to finally find his place at a company he had been a customer at since summer camp. From the episode: "All of a sudden Chaco found itself on the front lines of this very important conversation in real-time and had some credibility to it because we're an established partner of the National Park Foundation." "There's something about having this one really great pair of sandals that have been with me through it all and then getting to share it with people professionally."       

Learn all about the National Park Foundation & how to better enjoy the National Parks.

Direct marketing is an important part of any social good organization's strategy, but it's critical that the program is well designed and reaches the right people with the right messages. Have you found yourself asking how to better use analytics to help drive your direct marketing strategy and measure results? That's what today's guest is here to talk about.  John Wilburn, director of direct response for the National Park Foundation, joined guest host Christine Newman at bbcon to talk about how being data-driven and open to innovation has helped him develop a successful direct marketing program at the organization. Listen in to hear what John has to say about deciding which marketing ideas to test out, choosing which metrics to follow, and getting others in the organization on board with your ideas.  Topics Discussed in This Episode: What is direct marketing? How to decide which ideas to test Examples of ideas that worked well for the National Park Foundation Experiments John tried that didn't work well How John uses analytics to drive strategy and measure results How to choose what metrics to follow Getting started using analytics Advice for getting the buy-in from others in the organization  Resources: John Wilburn Article: What Fundraisers Can Learn from Direct Marketing The Next Generation of American Giving Quotes:  “If you start seeing it enough from different nonprofits, that might be a good idea to try for yours.” “For us, national parks really are the capital N capital P parks across the big vistas such as Grand Canyon, Yosemite.” “I think big data's sort of gone away in terms of the lexicon, it's more about smart data, and that can be actually small data can be a smart data point.”

On this week's episode of The Worn & Wound Podcast, Worn & Wound Managing Editor Ilya Ryvin and co-host James Helms have the great pleasure of chatting with Steve Laughlin, a mainstay in the independent, enthusiast-brand scene. From his days with Benarus to his current endeavor with Raven, Steve runs down his career making no-frills tool watches, the challenges he's faced over the years, why he's no longer interested in homage watches, and a whole lot more.  This week's episode of The Worn & Wound Podcast is brought to you by Alpina and their AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch. A robust and highly-functional outdoor companion, the AlpinerX is water-resistant up to 100M and features altitude, barometer, and temperature displays, a compass, connected GPS functionality, UV indicator, and a world timer. The AlpinerX also seamlessly connects to your smartphone via the AlpinerX app to track activity, receive notifications, and adjust watch settings. Alpina recently entered into a three-year partnership with the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service. A portion of Alpina's support will be behind the National Park Foundation's effort to protect and enhance America's rivers and trails in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Trails and National Wild & Scenic River systems. To learn more about the AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch, or to learn more about their work with the National Park Foundation, please go to us.alpinawatches.com. Show Notes Steve's wrist check - Raven Solitude James' wrist check - W&W x Stowa Flieger Verus Grau LE Ilya's wrist check - Nomos Metro Raven Watches MK II Northeast Watch Works Benarus Raven Vintage review on W&W Jason Lim of Halios on The Worn & Wound Podcast Wes and Cullen of Nodus on The Worn & Wound Podcast Seiko Ladies' Diver Finch Knife Company

The National Park Foundation’s President and CEO, Will Shafroth and VP of Corporate Partnerships, Stefanie Mathew discuss the organization’s rapid growth over the past few years and provide insight for those in the not-for-profit space.   Since the National Park Service Centennial launch in 2016, the National Park Foundation has wowed industry leaders with its... Read More The post The National Park Foundation Talks Fundraising & Partnerships appeared first on Phil & Co..

The secondary market is playing an increasingly important role with regard to how people buy and sell watches, and nobody knows more about the secondary marketplace than Tim Stracke, the co-CEO and Founder of Chrono24. With over 3,000 verified dealers and 20,000 private sellers moving 400,000 watches at any given time, Chrono24 is the world's largest specialized market for watches, so we wanted to get Tim on the podcast to talk about how his platform is different from others in the space, how consumers use it to get their dream watches, and how brands are reacting to this burgeoning space. This week's episode of The Worn & Wound Podcast is brought to you by Alpina and their AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch. With the AlpinerX, Alpina brings over 135 years of watchmaking experience to a modern, connected sport watch. A robust and highly-functional outdoor companion, the AlpinerX is water-resistant up to 100m and features an altitude, barometer, and temperature display, a compass, connected GPS functionality, a UV indicator, and world timer. The AlpinerX also seamlessly connects to your smartphone via the AlpinerX app to track activity, receive notifications, and adjust watch settings. To learn more about the AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch, or to learn more about Alpina's work with the National Park Foundation, please go to us.alpinawatches.com. Show Notes Chrono24 Chrono 24 Watch Collection Tracking Tool Chrono24 NYC G2G

In this week's episode of The Worn & Wound Podcast, Zach, Blake, and Ilya discuss Timex's recent American Documents series and the state of American watchmaking. Zach also talks about his recent trip to Arizona, where he met with the team behind FTS Ameriquartz, who are working towards their goal of producing movements in the America. This week's episode of the Worn & Wound podcast is brought to you by Alpina and their AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch. With the AlpinerX, Alpina brings over 135 years of watchmaking experience to a modern connected sport watch. Alpina has drawn on this rich history of watchmaking to develop the AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch. A robust and highly-functional outdoor companion, the AlpinerX is water-resistant up to 100M and features altitude, barometer, and temperature display, a compass, connected GPS functionality, a UV indicator, and world timer. The AlpinerX also seamlessly connects to your smartphone via the AlpinerX app to track activity, receive notifications, and adjust watch settings. To learn more about the AlpinerX Smart Outdoors watch, or to learn more about their work with the National Park Foundation, please go to alpinawatchesusa.com. SHOW NOTES Blake's wrist check - Mercer Madison Zach's wrist check - VERO 36 Automatic LE Ilya's wrist check - Grand Seiko Elegance GMT Ref. SBGM221 Review Timex American Documents Collection VERO Vortic Weiss Watch Company RGM Pelton Schon DSGN J.N. Shapiro RT Custer of Vortic on The Worn & Wound Podcast Hodinkee: FTC Takes Action Against Shinola, Suggests 'Where American Is Made' Slogan Be Dropped Hodinkee: The Federal Trade Commission Takes Action Against Deceptive Marketing Practices In The American Watchmaking Industry ADPT Straps Fine Timepiece Solutions Brings Movements Back to America

Episode #46 Happy National Park Week!   Welcome to the Travel Gluten Free Podcast, where you, my friend, listen in on how to lead a gluten-free lifestyle with more fun and ease!   This is Elikqitie and I founded Travel Gluten Free for you! I want to be a resource, contributor and support to you on your gluten-free journey!   Happy National Park Week! National Park Week officially starts April 20th, but I'm celebrating a bit early this year. There's no better way to learn about America's heritage than through a journey into a National Park. Did you know there are 84 National Parks preserving over 400 million acres of land? I've always loved going to National Parks - it's one of my favorite places to travel! I've never gone to a national park and have been disappointing. No matter whether they are big or small, the national park system will wow you every time! In this episode, I'm going to give you the 411 on National Parks, activities to do, when to go and how to navigate the park you choose to visit. I'll also take you on a brief tour of the National Park Service website and tell you about the National Park Foundation. Let's dive in and chat about the National Park Service. I'm not going to bore you with a bunch of information about history history of The National Park Service; but I do want to give you some basics about the heritage of the national Park system. By the Act of March 1, 1872, Congress established Yellowstone National Park in the Territories of Montana and Wyoming "as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people" and placed it "under exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior." The founding of Yellowstone National Park began a worldwide national park movement. Today more than 100 nations contain some 1,200 national parks or equivalent preserves. On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established. This "Organic Act" states that "the Service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments and reservations…by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purpose of the said parks, monuments and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations." An Executive Order in 1933 transferred 56 national monuments and military sites from the Forest Service and the War Department to the National Park Service. This action was a major step in the development of today's truly national system of parks—a system that includes areas of historical as well as scenic and scientific importance. Congress declared in the General Authorities Act of 1970 "that the National Park System, which began with the establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872, has since grown to include superlative natural, historic, and recreation areas in every region…and that it is the purpose of this Act to include all such areas in the System…." So, what can you do in a national park? What do you want to do? Find out about local geologic features? How about the history of how our country's government formed? Or maybe you want to learn about the ecosystem of the Everglades? Sound overwhelming? Why not start at the National Park website at NPS.gov Here you can: search by state see what parks, monument and national lands are in the state link to the specific park find out what activities each individual park has to offer Kids stuff: you'll never see a bored child at a national park. My kids LOVED going to national parks and completing the junior ranger programs! In this episode, I'll give you the what's up on why you should get an annual pass what to expect at a park what to pack before you go to a park (especially if you're gluten-free)   Listener Shout-Out! Bonnie.Frank Online Visibility Expert Get Seen-Heard-Paid #MDMC19 speaker   Resources | Links National Park Service Plan Your VisitJunior Ranger for Kids   National Park Foundation National Park Week Donate to the National Parks Service Sign up to get National Park news here Hidden gems: parks off the beaten path   Looking for a Great Travel Deal? Visit my Travel Deals page on my website! 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 is a Swedish director and photographer based in San Francisco. He’s developed a following as an adventure photographer and is the founder of the Art Ranger, where 100% of print proceeds go directly to the National Park Foundation. He leads workshops for photographers across California and is sponsored by Sony Alpha.

The longest government shutdown in American history has ended, and as we all know, it took its toll on our National Parks. Many people are looking for ways to help, so on this episode of RV Miles, we brought Robert Mathias, Chief of External Affairs with the National Park Foundation, on to talk about their organization's efforts, including the new Restoration Fund and volunteer opportunities.  We also talk in this show about our RV travel plans for the year — it's going to be a big one! Plus, a great tip for finding an exhaust leak in your car, truck, or motorhome. All that, a new brain teaser, and more, on this week's RV Miles!

Description: In episode 11.2 Danielle, Bryan and their daughters talk about their trip to Biscayne National Park in Southern Florida. This is part 2 of the trip report. In Part 1 (episode 11.1), they talk about visiting Everglades National Park during the government shutdown.    Discussion includes the following:  · Support the National Park Foundation’s Park Restoration Fund (0.45) · About Biscayne National Park (2:25) · Boca Chita and other tours through Biscayne National Park Institute (6:05) · Limited accessibility to explore park (7:14) · Fishing (12:23) · Jetty Trail to Colonial Bird Protection Area near the picnic area at the Dante Fascell Visitor Center (13:03) · Adams Key, Elliott Key (islands) that make up Biscayne (14:33)  · Kids’ impressions of Biscayne National Park (17:00) · John Pennekemp Coral Reef State Park (27:57) · Thank you to Park Chasers for listing Everybody’s National Parks on their list of Best National Park Podcasts to Listen to in 2019 (34:24) Resources: National Park Foundation's Parks Restoration Fund National Park Service: Biscayne National Park Biscayne National Park Institute Florida National Parks Association National Park Planner: Jetty Trail John Pennekemp Coral Reef State Park Park Chasers - The Best National Park Podcasts to Listen to in 2019   Actions: Subscribe to our podcast from our website https://www.everybodysnationalparks.com/ Tell your friends about Everybody’s National Parks Support us on Patreon   Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook Please tag us from the parks you are visiting at #everybodysnationalparks

Marya Skotte serves as project lead for a new national network for national park partners and supporters at the National Park Foundation (NPF), the official charitable arm to the National Park Service. This key project of the National Park Foundation aims to transform park visitors into committed park stewards. Marya was selected as an Emerging leader in Conservation at the 2017 SHIFTx Festival for her work at NPF. Prior to joining NPF, Marya was an AmeriCorps VISTA in Oakland, CA where she served as a financial coach to refugees and asylees resettling in the Bay Area. In this episode, Marya talks about the story behind her nickname, her love for outdoors and how nature makes us more creative and thoughtful. Consider becoming a Listener Supporter. Be a part of the Afflatus community and enjoy exclusive membership rewards. Full details here: https://bit.ly/2PFDUS8 Subscribe here: https://anchor.fm/theafflatus/support Follow The Afflatus: www.facebook.com/aalok.rathod www.facebook.com/unciafilms www.instagram.com/al_rathod Follow Marya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marya-skotte-89b04885/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theafflatus/support

David French is the President and Chief Marketing Officer of the newly formed nonprofit The Memphis Brand Initiative. The organization has been launched to lead Memphis brand stakeholders in well-coordinated, best-in-class brand, marketing and communications practices, which spark civic pride and attract talent, tourists and business investment to Memphis. Prior to this role, Mr. French was Senior Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Corporate Partnerships at the National Park Foundation where he was responsible for overseeing the strategic brand development and key fundraising businesses. This included the Foundation's corporate partnerships and direct marketing programs, which generated millions of dollars in support, as well as leading the Foundation’s overall marketing and communications strategic planning and operations. In 2015, Mr. French also served as the Foundation’s Interim President & CEO, leading the National Park Foundation through a successful leadership transition. Mr. French joined the Foundation in May of 2009, and was responsible for growing the National Park Foundation community into the millions, introducing new audiences to the work of the organization through strategic brand initiatives, multi-channel marketing campaigns, nationally televised events, new online platforms and social media campaigns. He created several formidable partnerships across media, corporate, government and non-profit institutions to strengthen America’s national parks through collaboration. Notably, Mr. French lead the “Find Your Park/Encuentra Tu Parque” public engagement campaign for the National Park Service Centennial, credited with driving park visitation to all-time records of more than 305 million in 2015 and 325 million in 2016. Prior to joining the Foundation, Mr. French was Vice President of Communications for MTV: Music Television, where he directed the network’s day-to-day communications operations, spanning programming, events, public affairs, ad sales, partnerships, social media, digital, research and more. During his tenure Mr. French oversaw successful communications strategies for landmark programming such as “TRL,” “Punk’d” and “Pimp My Ride,” along with global media events including the “MTV Video Music Awards” and “MTV Movie Awards.” Mr. French also oversaw the launch of mtvU, MTV’s college network, and was responsible for communicating key pro-social initiatives including “Choose or Lose,” “Fight for Your Rights” and “Break the Addiction” among others. French graduated cum laude from Villanova University. He is an instrument-rated private pilot and a drummer, having recorded two albums. He loves to travel with his wife Melanie, daughter Josephine, and their dog Jackie, especially to America’s national parks! His family now proudly calls Memphis home. WeAreMemphis is powered by the Memphis Brand Initiative, a collection of organizations and individuals – people from every background and every aspect of our community excited to tell our story – together. Working as one, we utilize best-in-class marketing and communications strategies and tools to have a catalytic positive impact on our entire community. In 2019, our community will experience a unique moment: celebrating the past through our 200th anniversary while embracing the next 100 years. More than an anniversary, we extend an invitation to people locally and globally to join us as we honor our story, and the powerful next chapter that is about to be written. That story is profound, yet simple. Memphis has changed the world… and we’re not done yet. We are a city of doers, dreamers and believers. We create, we invent, we experiment. That’s what drives this unstoppable city. Learn more at https://www.wearememphis.com or https://www.mem200.com

We are in the office of David Rubenstein talking about what his life is like and how he achieves his own optimal health. We talk about how David stays healthy and strong to change the world in only the way that he can. In case you aren't familiar with David, he is one of the three billionaire founders of The Carlyle Group a private equity investment firm located in Washington, D.C. David is a philanthropist who has joined with other wealthy individuals like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have pledged to donate more than half of their wealth to charity and philanthropic causes. Some of his charitable contributions include an $18.5 million gift to the National Park Foundation for restoration of The Lincoln Memorial. David is an extraordinary human being, and we hope you enjoy this glimpse into his life.

We are in the office of David Rubenstein talking about what his life is like and how he achieves his own optimal health. We talk about how David stays healthy and strong to change the world in only the way that he can. In case you aren’t familiar with David, he is one of the three billionaire founders of The Carlyle Group a private equity investment firm located in Washington, D.C. David is a philanthropist who has joined with other wealthy individuals like Bill Gates and Warren Buffet who have pledged to donate more than half of their wealth to charity and philanthropic causes. Some of his charitable contributions include an $18.5 million gift to the National Park Foundation for restoration of The Lincoln Memorial. David is an extraordinary human being, and we hope you enjoy this glimpse into his life.

In 1921 a schooner ran aground on the treacherous shoals off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. When rescuers climbed aboard, they found signs of a strange drama in the ship's last moments -- and no trace of the 11-man crew. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll examine the curious case of the Carroll A. Deering, which has been called "one of the enduring mysteries of maritime history." We'll also experiment with yellow fever and puzzle over a disputed time of death. Intro: Benoni Lanctot's 1867 Chinese and English Phrase Book is not a model of cross-cultural comity. In 1916 a bank director mailed 15,000 bricks to establish a new bank in Vernal, Utah. Sources for our feature on the Carroll A. Deering: Bland Simpson, Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals, 2002. Edward Rowe Snow, Mysteries and Adventures Along the Atlantic Coast, 1948. David Stick, Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast, 1952. David H. Grover, "Baffling Mystery of Cape Hatteras' Twin Ship Disappearances," Sea Classics 40:6 (June 2007), 42. David Grover, "Bedeviling Mystery of the Vanished Conestoga," Sea Classics 42:4 (April 2009), 42-49. National Park Foundation, "The Legend of the Ghost Ship: Carroll A. Deering," Oct. 28, 2015. National Park Service, "The Ghost Ship of the Outer Banks," April 14, 2015. Richard Seamon, "Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals: The Mystery of Carroll A. Deering," United States Naval Institute Proceedings 128:11 (November 2002), 82-84. "3 U.S. Ships Vanish at Sea With Crews; Reds Blamed," New York Tribune, June 21, 1921. "Piracy Suspected in Disappearance of 3 American Ships," New York Times, June 21, 1921. "Ghost Ship Met Foul Play, U.S. Charges," Washington Times, June 21, 1921. "Bath Owners Skeptical," New York Times, June 21, 1921. "Schooner Deering Seized by Pirates Off the North Carolina Coast, Is Belief," Great Falls [Mont.] Tribune, June 22, 1921. "Deering Skipper's Wife Caused Investigation," New York Times, June 22, 1921. "More Ships Added to Mystery List," New York Times, June 22, 1921. "Divided as to Theory About Missing Ships," New York Times, June 22, 1921. "Are Pirates Afloat in North Atlantic? Is Question Asked," Union [S.C.] Times, June 23, 1921. "Skipper's Daughter Holds Pirate Theory," New York Times, June 23, 1921. "London Isn't Thrilled by Ship Mysteries," New York Times, June 25, 1921. "Soviet Pirate Tale Declared a 'Fake,'" New York Times, Aug. 26, 1921. Shaila Dewan, "A Journey Back in Maritime," New York Times, July 4, 2008. Alyson Cunningham, "Schooner's Voyage Ends on Carolina Coast," [Salisbury, Md.] Daily Times, Feb. 26, 2014, 40. "The 'Ghost Ship' Mysteries Yet to be Solved," Telegraph, Jan. 23, 2014. Engineer James Steel took the above photograph of the Carroll A. Deering from the deck of the lightship off Cape Lookout, North Carolina, on Jan. 28, 1921. Listener mail: Wikipedia, "Self-Experimentation in Medicine" (accessed May 4, 2018). Wikipedia, "Max Joseph von Pettenkofer" (accessed May 4, 2018). Wikipedia, "Jesse William Lazear" (accessed May 4, 2018). Kiona N. Smith, "The Epidemiologist Who Killed Himself for Science," Forbes, Sept. 25, 2017. Neil A. Grauer, "'The Myth of Walter Reed,'" Washington Post, Aug. 26, 1997 Karin Brulliard, "Could a Bear Break Into That Cooler? Watch These Grizzlies Try," Washington Post, Nov. 29, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdOcrUtE-UQ This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listeners Neil de Carteret and Nala, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music or via the RSS feed at http://feedpress.me/futilitycloset. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to Ed Riegert, retail marketing manager for Brooks, and Kristin Finton, footwear merchandising manager for REI, about the National Parks Collection, an exclusive line of shoes and tees being sold at REI that celebrates five iconic national parks and benefits the National Park Foundation. On the show, Megan, Ed, Kristin, and Joe discuss: How the National Park Collection got started by Brooks. Other cause programs REI and Brooks have worked on. How the program works. How many shoes are involved? How many parks? How much money is being raised? Why Brooks decided to create a custom line of shoes for the National Park Foundation. Is branded footwear the future of footwear marketing. Why REI got involved as the exclusive sales partner in the program. The response so far from consumers and employees. How the collection highlights Brooks' commitment to trail shoes. The business benefits of the campaign. Is there a special place for the collection in REI stores? Links & Notes The National Park Collection at REI

In episode 71, Kestrel welcomes Gordon Seabury, the CEO of Toad&Co to the show. An outdoor industry lifestyle brand, Toad&Co has a bold mission: “To lead with integrity and weave optimism into everything they do; To create meaningful change through socially and environmentally smart business; and To inspire people to live their fullest lives”. Toad&Co has a motto: “Dirty is the new clean. Wear more. Wash less.” Studies suggest that 58% of the energy and 45% of the water that goes into a garment happens post-purchase, so we recommend that you wear your clothing multiple times before washing to save on both natural resources and prolong its life. -Toad&Co Throughout this chat, Gordon shares insight on how Toad&Co approaches the triple bottom line, when it comes to their materials and the manufacturing throughout their supply chain. In 1997, Toad&Co cofounded Planet Access Company (PAC) to positively change the lives of adults with developmental disabilities by providing them with job training and work opportunities. Gordon explains how this project has evolved over the years, and led to the creation of the Outdoor Access for All Tour in 2016. In collaboration with the National Park Foundation and Wilderness Inquiry, Toad&Co helped get 1,000 adults with disabilities into national parks in 2016. For Gordon and Toad&Co, people are simply integral to building a business not only their customers, but their employees as well can feel proud to be part of. Fabrics Gordon + Toad&Co have said NO to: Rayon Acrylic Bamboo Resources / Companies Gordon mentioned: Renewal Workshop: Listen to our episode with their cofounder Nicole Bassett. Planet Access Company: a social enterprise that ships hundreds of thousands of products each year, including those of Toad&Co. Along the way, adults with disabilities ensure items are stored, packaged and shipped properly.

National Park Foundation President & CEO Wil Shafroth discusses the National Park Foundation efforts to reach minority groups and millennials, as well as 100th Anniversary Of The National Park Service Commemorative Coins being offered currently. The National Park Service turns 100 on August 25, 2016. More information are available at http://www.nationalparks.org/.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATES! The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy's commencement ceremony with keynote by Austin Beutner. In addition to celebrating our graduates’ many accomplishments, we were excited to welcome this year’s commencement speaker, Austin Beutner. Austin Beutner is the former Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, and the first Publisher to serve in both roles. Earlier in his career, he worked at The Blackstone Group, and at age 29 became the firm’s youngest partner. He left Blackstone to serve in the U.S. government, where he led efforts to help Russia transition to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He went on to found Evercore Partners and as President and Co-CEO built the firm into one of the leading independent investment banks in the world. In 2010, he accepted a $1 annual salary to serve as First Deputy Mayor and Jobs Czar for the City of Los Angeles. He currently serves on the Boards of CalArts, The California Nature Conservancy, The Los Angeles Fund for Public Education, the Mammoth Mountain Community Foundation, the National Park Foundation, the Pacific Council on International Relations and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation; and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2012, he created Vision To Learn, a nonprofit that provides free eyeglasses to children in low-income communities in California, Delaware, Hawaii and Iowa.

Meredith Hahn – VP Corporate Social Responsibility for American Express, and Susanna Pollack – President of Games for Change, discuss the new mobile game that benefits the National Parks Service. Available on iOS (FREE!), “Save the Park” is designed to galvanize the public, particularly the next generation, to volunteer in the preservation of their national parks. The American Express Foundation will make a $1 donation to the National Park Foundation for each download of “Save the Park” occurring on or before December 31, 2016, up to $50,000.

Presented by the Minister of Information of Punk the National Mall and Punk Life Zine. The Eddiegate Basement Tapes from the Ronald Reagan International Trade Building with Freedom of Information Act recordings from the National Park Service and Trust For the National Mall related to the unethical and deceitful actions perpetrated on the American People by the so called "guardians" of the National Mall. Also featuring emails from Caroline Cunningham, now former President of the Trust for the National Mall, where she lets the world know what she thinks of the National Park Foundation and Seth Hurwitz of IMP and the 930 Club. Not to be left out is King Weasel, Bob Vogel, now Director of the National Capital Region of the National Park Service too. We also have real life interviews with Freshman Rep. Mark DeSaulinier (D. 11th District, CA) and as close to live interview as possible with 13 term Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D. DC). Not cool Ms. Norton. Finally step back into history and listen to the 1984 Supreme Court Oral Arguments of the Clark v. Creative Community of Non-Violence and the repeated transgressions of the National Park Service against the American People in the name of stewardship of our National Parks. (Please remember CCNV this holiday season) Thanks to Kim Stryker, Save the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Positive Force DC,  Jim DeRogatis, Scott Higham, and Steve Kiviat for their help and encouragement.  

Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to Scott Welch, Global Corporate Relations Manager, at Columbia Sportswear Company about their national cause marketing program with the National Park Foundation called Find Your Park.

     Stephanie M. Landing is the Vice President for Construction/Environmental at A. Harold and Associates, LLC.  She is responsible for profit and loss for the multi-million dollar division and the Joint Venture effort focused on Base Operating Support projects.  With 10 years project management experience and 5 years focused on Federal Government contracts, she ensures the construction division is running efficiently by overseeing operations, staffing, business development opportunities and coordinates proposal team efforts.   She started with A. Harold and Associates, LLC as a project manager for the USACE with project oversight for the $50 million Everglades Restoration project. Stephanie is also founding Executive Director of the Florida 8(a) Alliance. She has over seven years of project and grant management experience and brings to the role her non-profit experience as a previous Grants Manager for the National Park Foundation with responsibility for manaing a number of grants awarded from $10 to $29 million over 3 years.  In her role as Executive Director of the Florida 8(a) Alliance, she ensures that program activities and operations are following standard processes and that quality services are delivered to the small business community. She coordinates the webinar series, training sessions, newsletter, web portal and conference planning and works closely with external stakeholders for delivery of success programs.   She holds a B.S. in Biology from Dickinson College and an M.S. in  Environmental Science & Policy from the John Hopkins University. Contact: smarquardt@florida8a.org Register for the Annual Florida 8(a) Conference  

To answer the question, "How does one financially support the National Parks?" Mike and Dusty give you all the details about the National Park Foundation, the official nonprofit partner of the National Park Service, and many of their current programs and initiatives. Website: GazeAtTheNationalParks.comInstagram: @GazeAtTheNationalParksFacebook: Gaze at the National ParksTwitter: @GazeAtTheParks #hikeearlyhikeoften#adventureisoutthere#gazeatthenationalparks Hosted by Dustin Ballard and Michael RyanEpisode Editing by Dustin BallardOriginal Artwork by Michael RyanMusic Producer: Skylar FortgangSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/gaze-at-the-national-parks/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.