Podcasts about New Jersey Turnpike

Shoot us a Text.Episode #1060: Steve Greenfield sounds the alarm on rising repair and insurance costs, Tesla loses its charger deal on the New Jersey Turnpike, and Meta doubles down on AI-generated advertising—even as trust from brands wavers.Show Notes with links:Collision repair costs are skyrocketing and insurance premiums are following suit. At ASOTU CON, Steve Greenfield broke down the challenges facing OEMs and dealers as vehicles become more complex, harder to repair, and more expensive to insure, saying “this has me more worried than anything else right now.”Tesla is pulling its chargers from the New Jersey Turnpike after the state awarded an exclusive deal to another provider. The decision led Elon Musk to cry foul, but the change seems more about contracts and control than conspiracy.Tesla built 64 Superchargers across 8 Turnpike stations under a 2020 agreement.NJ Turnpike Authority chose not to renew, awarding exclusivity to Applegreen.Tesla calls the move disappointing but says it has 116 alternative stalls ready nearby.Elon Musk called the decision “corruption” despite providing no supporting evidence.Applegreen will now supply EV charging at all 21 Turnpike service areas.Meta is leaning hard into artificial intelligence, announcing plans to let brands generate entire ad campaigns with AI by the end of next year. While the potential for automation is high, many advertisers are questioning the transparency and reliability of Meta's growing ad-tech empire.Meta will allow brands to create full ad campaigns from a single product image.Meta's AI will personalize ads in real time based on user location and environment—e.g., showing a sneaker on a city street for urban users and on a hiking trail for rural ones.This dynamic rendering aims to increase relevance and engagement, particularly for smaller advertisers with limited creative budgets.Advertising made up 97% of Meta's revenue in 2024, with much of it being reinvested back into AI.Ad executives remain skeptical, with one saying, “No clients will trust what they spit out.”Join Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/

Contestants: Jonathan Mishory, Raghuveer Mukkamalla, Jack Rousseau, S. A. ShenoyJoin me and four brave playtesters — including one Zooming along the New Jersey Turnpike (not behind the wheel!) — who said "yes" to NO.  Learn about a dizzyingly wide variety of filmmakers, from a professional pickleball player to the mother of rapper-turned-politician "Young Cardamom" to the man who invented the notion that zombies eat brains AND learn about my favorite stupid joke, my favorite Jeopardy! compliment, my favorite mystery novel that is better than either of its movie adaptations, and the director whose marriage I shall never forgive.  All that, plus documentaries by Oppenheimer and about Barbie (sort of) and a final question in which I pronounce eight French names in a row!NOTE: I did use editing to fix a factual error within a question.  Try to figure out which one, and then listen to Ewan Munro et al play this set as a Patreon exclusive to see if you were correct!As always, if you like what you hear, consider donating via Ko-fi or Patreon and remember to leave a review and/or rating on iTunes!https://www.patreon.com/recreationalthinkinghttps://ko-fi.com/recreationalthinking

The bye week drama with Diontae Johnson. The misses and head of Justin Tucker. And three games coming in 11 days coming for the Baltimore Ravens, who headed to Exit 16W on the New Jersey Turnpike this Sunday as prohibitive favorites. Luke Jones and Nestor reset the Ravens' bye week and prepare for a perilous holiday with Steelers and Texans waiting to determine their January destiny. The post Luke Jones and Nestor reset Ravens bye week and prepare as huge favorite against Giants at Meadowlands first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

Someone recently asked Bishop Caggiano: “How can I become a faithful witness?” As he reflected on this in the car on the New Jersey Turnpike, Bishop realized there's no simple answer. The recipe is like minestrone soup – it has many ingredients! So on today's Let Me Be Frank, using the many feast days that kick off the month of October as a guide, is Bishop Caggiano's minestrone soup of faithfully witnessing to the faith. Buon appetito!

I Become A Dad!by Sénor Longo. Listen to the  ► Podcast at Connected.I drove south until I was able to get onto I-78, following that through Jersey City to the New Jersey Turnpike. We moved along at a steady pace and fairly quickly due no small degree to the E-Z Pass I'd kept after moving from New York to North Carolina. We didn't have to stop to get a ticket or to pay at the southern terminus of the Turnpike, nor did we have to stop in the long lines at either the Delaware Memorial Bridge or at one of the toll booths on I-95 in Delaware.Our first stop was about two hours after leaving, around 11:20, at the last rest stop on the Turnpike. I needed to put Lady out for a walk and Jenny and I needed a bathroom break, too. By now we had our routine down pat. Jenny walked into the restroom while I took Lady onto the lawn. I had already poured water into her bowl on the sidewalk when Jenny reappeared with unwanted attention from a guy who looked to be in his late thirties. Twice I saw Jenny try to walk away from him and twice he grabbed her arm to stop her. Bad move; Lady also saw him. I let go of her leash and she was bounding down the walkway less than a second later.Lady stopped when she reached Jenny, but even 100 feet away I could see her anger at his touching her mistress. The hair on the back of her neck was up and I could see other travelers back away cautiously. Jenny calmly took Lady's leash and it was clear to all that Lady was only a second away from taking down Jenny's admirer. She was in attack mode; rear legs bent and ready to spring, fangs bared; a low guttural growl coming from her throat. Only her rigid discipline and training saved that man's life. I could see Jenny explaining that to the man as she turned away, leading Lady back to me.“Thanks, darling; he was making a real ass of himself. He stopped me on my way in and ignored my telling him that I was a very happily married woman. I couldn't believe that he was still there when I walked out of the ladies' room. What on earth did he possibly think; that I'd jump into a car with a total stranger for a quickie? Eew! Thank you, too, Lady,” she said as she ruffled Lady's ears.I left to use the facilities, and on the way some guy told me that I had a dangerous dog. “Yes and no,” I replied. “She's a danger to anyone who tries to hurt either my wife or me, but she's extremely well trained. That man was a fool, but he was in no real danger unless he put his hand on my wife again. Neither my dog nor I would have accepted that a third time.” I turned away to enter the building. We stopped for gas before continuing. Gas prices in New Jersey are relatively low and there's always an attendant to man the pump and wash your windshield. Jersey was the only place I knew of where that was the norm. We stopped again around one that afternoon for a quick lunch and again around four before stopping for the night around 6:30. For the first time since getting Lady I had trouble with the motel's registration. The clerk absolutely refused to allow us to register with Lady. “Have you ever heard of the ADA; the Americans with Disabilities Act,” I asked. “That's why you have ramps and bathrooms that are handicapped accessible. Part of the federal law covers service dogs like Lady or dogs for the blind. You'd better check with your manager or owner. I'd hate to have to sue you for being turned away.”He did phone the owner and from the little I heard he wasn't too happy about what he was told. He tried repeatedly to argue his point, but apparently got nowhere.Eventually, he hung up the phone and reluctantly told us, “I've been advised to apologize and offer the room on the house.” Instead, Jenny and I said, “No thanks,” turned away and walked out. We stayed instead at a Best Western just down the road. Not a word was said about our service dog.This trip would normally take about ten hours. With Lady, I figured about twelve because of all the extra stops we had to make. That was why Jenny and I had driven almost eight hours that first day. We wanted to get home by noon so we could hit the supermarket. Other than the occasional can and a jar of peanut butter, there was nothing much in the house to eat.That's almost exactly what happened. We turned into the driveway at 11:43, remembering just in time to press the remote for the gate. I doubted that either of us was as happy as Lady. She ran around the back yard and in and out of the garage aimlessly until Jenny and I had removed everything from the SUV. I had to admit that the BMW was a good investment. It rode well and got great gas mileage, even if it needed premium fuel. Jenny told me that both her car and mine were twin-turbocharged, whatever the hell that means. I know a lot about computers, but almost nothing about cars.We shopped most of the afternoon, spending hundreds to fill our refrigerator and pantry. Once we were done Jenny insisted we go to the range. I threw the clubs into my trunk and Lady climbed into the rear seat. The first time we'd taken her she raced out onto the range the instant I hit, thinking apparently that this was a game; some kind of fetch. Today she simply sat by our clubs watching and protecting us from the occasional vicious squirrel.That night after grilling a thick steak that we ate with a salad I retreated to my study. There was something I needed to check on. I had a program that, when opened, showed a screen of text; not words or sentences, but line after line of random letters and symbols. When a certain password is entered the text dissolves leaving a series of email addresses and their corresponding passwords. Why go through all of this, you ask? Because as I mentioned earlier I've had some shady clients; clients on the wrong side of the law; and I can't afford to be caught communicating with them. Once you go online you should always assume that everything you do is public and subject to scrutiny from the government or anyone else who might be interested.Sitting at my keyboard I accessed my home page on the internet. From there I typed in the URL for the University of Chicago and from there a university in New Zealand. Most universities have decent security, but anyone like me can get through it without too much difficulty. Should anyone inquire it would appear as though someone in the University of Chicago library had hacked into the University of Auckland. From there it was safe to access the email I'd used to contact the motorcycle gang.There was a message and several photos I thought Jenny would find interesting. I had no idea how they had managed to get a camera inside a state prison and I wasn't about to ask, but here in all his glory was a severely beaten former sheriff from Waterloo, Iowa. I was laughing so hard as I called Jenny that I could barely get her name out.She came in wondering what was going on so I explained then I showed the photos of her stepfather with his two black eyes, bandage on his forehead, and his arm in a cast, bandages wrapped tightly around his torso; a sure sign of bruised or broken ribs. She took one look and joined me in laughter. “This was you, wasn't it? Some friends or contacts you have?”“I cannot tell a lie, but I do plead the fifth; a person does not have to testify if his answer might incriminate him.”She leaned down to kiss me then whispered, “Thanks.” Then she kissed me again. I scrolled down the screen to read the text again; “What a complete fucktard this asshole is. He thinks he is still a hot shit, trying to boss everyone around. He has pissed off all the prisoners who have met him and more than half the guards. He'll be lucky to live out his sentence. Doubt he will. Thanks for the upgrade. It's working great. A friend” After deleting the message I went to join my beautiful wife on the deck.Jenny and I spent the next three weeks having fun; going to Bird Island on the southern end of Sunset Beach in the boat with Lady, or playing golf, or going to the beach. The only other thing we did was prepare for our visitors. There were no direct flights to either Myrtle Beach or to Wilmington, North Carolina, roughly fifty miles north of us so I phoned Executive Jet to make the arrangements once I had checked with Toni for dates and times. I insisted that the attendant be a woman to make the girls more comfortable. Take-off was scheduled for 9:00 Saturday morning so Toni and Charlie had their daughters at the Newark Airport General Aviation terminal at 8:20, giving them plenty of time to meet the captain and crew and double-check the arrangements before departure. Two hours later they were safely in Myrtle Beach, riding in Jenny's SUV with Lady seated between them and they were talking nonstop. I grinned toward Jenny, but she was into the conversation as much as the girls.They ran into the house and up the stairs to the bonus room closely followed by Lady. She jumped and capered, playfully nipping at their feet, as they put their clothes into the dresser and closet. I couldn't help but laugh. This was going to be some visit!I grilled hot dogs for lunch and then we took them to Bird Island in the boat. We liked Bird Island for several reasons. First, we could take Lady, even in the summer. She loved the beach and often scampered in the waves with us. Dogs were restricted from the town beach between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Also, Bird Island was on the Little River Inlet so we had a choice of the waves in the ocean or the calm water where we and others parked our boats. Bird Island had ceased to be an actual island decades ago when the narrow inlet between it and Sunset Beach had silted in. Still, it was more than a mile from the nearest road so it was virtually deserted even on the busiest weekend. The only practical way to get here was by boat. We'd brought the Blasi's here on their first visit and they loved it as much as we did.Lady raced back and forth when I pulled her Frisbee from the beach bag. The many holes from her teeth showed clearly how much she enjoyed playing with it. I reminded Andrea and Allison about the heat and Lady's need to rest and drink then sent them off to the ocean side which was completely deserted while Jenny and I set up our umbrella and beach chairs.Jenny was five months into her pregnancy so her baby bump was obvious. She'd bought a new swimsuit, telling me how much she hated seeing women's bare abdomens when obviously pregnant. “Some things should be private, don't you think?”I'd never given the idea much thought, but I could understand her reasoning. Some things should be private.The girls and Lady returned after about a half hour. They hadn't been in the ocean; not yet; because our rule was not to swim unless one of the adults was present. I'd red and heard of many idiotic things done by people at the beach. One of my roommates at Harvard had worked as a lifeguard at a state park near my home. I cringed at the stories he'd told me; how parents endangered their own children through things they'd never consider doing at home.We sat under the umbrella enjoying a Coke from the cooler and some fresh sliced veggies with a cup of ranch dressing. We dug in, eating and laughing until we'd had our fill. We went for a swim, staying fairly close to the shore. There was a lot of boat traffic farther out in the channel, some of it involving fairly big ships, so there was danger in swimming out too far. We all jumped into the water at the same time; all of us, except Lady. Dogs can swim, but they tire quickly. The dog paddle is a very inefficient stroke, using a lot of energy to go nowhere. Jenny had red of several dogs drowning at one of the local beaches. I always forced Lady to “stay” under the umbrella. Yes, dogs can get sunburned, too. We picked up our mess around four for the twenty minute trip home. I had the boat on the hydraulic lift, washing it carefully while Jenny and the girls carried the umbrella, chairs, and beach bag up to the house. I followed a few minutes later, carrying the cooler. We were ready to go out for dinner by 5:15, driving into Calabash for pizza.We were back about ninety minutes later and I fed Lady, noticing how quiet things were in the living room. “Everything okay in here,” I asked.“Jenny, could we ask you something? It's kind of personal.”“Okay, Andrea; go ahead.”“Mom told us that you ran away from home.”“That's right; did she tell you why?” Andrea shook her head “no.” “You're so lucky to have wonderful loving parents. You should thank God for them every day. I had a wonderful father, but he died in an industrial accident when I was ten. My mother remarried almost two years later. She wasn't married even a month when my stepfather; the county sheriff; made his first nighttime trip to my bedroom. I screamed the entire time he raped me, but my mother ignored me. I screamed every time he did it; two to three times a week; for the next five years. I hated that man; I still do. I hated him so much that I ran away when I had the chance. Anything was better than having to lie under his fat sweaty body almost every other day. I knew that I'd have to have sex with some of the men who picked me up, but most of them were nice decent people who just wanted to help me.“I had sex with lots of other men, but I've only made love with Doug. Do you understand the difference?”“I think so,” Allison said. “Dumb animals can have sex, but they don't make love.”“That's true,” Jenny told them. “For me; I would lie down and allow men to use my body, but I was somewhere else. I never had an orgasm and I didn't want one. With Doug I'm always an active participant because I love him. I want it to be good for him just as he wants it to be good for me. Are you guys ready for Monday at the doctor?”“Oh yeah, Jenny; we're looking forward to it,” Andrea replied eagerly. Jenny had realized that she had an appointment for a sonogram scheduled for the week they would visit. She presented three options to Toni: cancel the appointment; take them, but leave them in the waiting room; or take them in to experience the test with us. I wasn't surprised when Charlie and Toni said they'd accept whatever we wanted to do, but thought that seeing a real sonogram would be an excellent and interesting learning experience for their daughters. Jenny and I agreed. Monday would be the day; a big day for all of us.Sunday morning Jenny and I drove them to church and then to brunch at a nice restaurant in Myrtle Beach. We spent the afternoon at Farmstead hitting balls and practicing our putting. Andrea did quite well, especially considering that they didn't have their own clubs and hadn't practiced since their last visit. Allison, however, smoked the ball. “Gee Allison,” her sister commented, “watching you makes me wonder if Daddy is really your father.” Allison howled in laughter then she went to the putting green and smoked everything under eight feet. Jenny and I must have given her a dozen high fives and even more knuckle bumps.Everyone seemed more than a bit nervous at breakfast the following morning. We were in my car before any of us had even spoken. It was Allison who broke the ice. “I bet you're hoping for a boy, Doug.”After laughing, Jenny replied for me. “You'd lose that bet, Allison. Doug wants a girl.”“That's right,” I joined in. “Girls tend to stay close to their families even after getting married although Jenny is an obvious exception. Boys don't generally have much choice because their wives have made it for them, just like almost every other decision.”Jenny laughed and the girls joined her. Then Jenny ended the conversation with, “And don't you forget it!”“Yes, boss!” Jenny giggled then leaned across the console to kiss my cheek. Thirtyminutes later we were in Dr. Cullen's office, sitting nervously until we were called then I thought the nurse would have a cow. I guess she'd never had such a crowd follow her into the exam room.Jenny was handed a gown and pointed toward the restroom. “You've got to be kidding,” she told the nurse. “Why would I want to hide a body like this?” She took off her top and bra and pulled the gown over her arms. I tied a bow behind her neck, but left the other undone as Jenny removed her shorts and lay on the exam table.She was there about fifteen minutes when Dr. Cullen entered with a smile. “I heard this was going to be a theatrical production.” I introduced Andrea and Allison and Dr. Cullen told them where they should stand in order to get the best view. She rubbed some gel on Jenny's abdomen and asked what we were hoping for.“Doug wants a girl,” Allison blurted.“How much do you girls know about sonograms?”“We went online to Google when our mom told us about being here for Jenny's test,” Andrea replied.“Yeah, we must have red six or seven articles about it,” Allison added.“And I bet we looked at four or five videos,” Andrea added. I just laughed; Jenny smiled. We loved their enthusiasm.“Well then, can you tell me what we should look for to determine the sex?”Allison giggled, but Andrea came straight out and answered, “A penis, but sometimes the umbilical cord gets in the way or is confused for a penis.” Dr. Cullen joined Jenny and me in laughing, but did ask if the girls were looking for work. “I'm hiring; I'd bet you know more than most of my staff.”Then Dr. Cullen got down to business. She applied the sensor to Jenny's skin, rubbing it into the gel, and all of us paid the closest attention. We could see the baby's body and head. The umbilical was obvious, but we never did see a penis. “Well, girls, what's the sex?”“It's a girl,” they shouted together.“Another correct diagnosis; are you sure you've never done this before?” We shared a laugh then Dr. Cullen checked Jenny's lungs and heartbeat, reviewed her diet and exercise regimens and told us things couldn't be better. We were out the door five minutes later, laughing and hugging each other before I treated to lunch.We encouraged the girls to call home every day and they did, usually around 5:15 so their dad would be home from work. Every day after they'd spoken Charlie would ask to speak with me and he'd ask how his daughters were behaving. Every day I'd give him the same answer; the way I'd want my daughters to behave. Today's conversation was more elated yelling and screaming than anything else. Andrea began with, ”IT'S A GIRL, MOM! A GIRL!! WE SAW HER INSIDE JENNY. IT WAS INCREDIBLE.” Then Allison added that I had wanted a girl and the yelling started anew.Once they had calmed down Charlie took the phone for his daily question. “Excited,” I replied, “and a bit noisy today, but that's to be expected. It's been an exciting day.” I ended the call and drove everyone down to Myrtle Beach to Captain George's, an excellent seafood buffet where the food was almost as good as in a high end sit-down restaurant.We spent the rest of their visit either at the beach or on the golf course or shopping for baby clothes and accessories. We were actually sorry to see them leave on Sunday; the day before Labor Day. We went shopping in earnest for furniture that week. One of the things we decided was that we wanted to buy a quality set that would last through her entire childhood. We decided on a dresser and crib with a matching twin headboard and desk (can't plan too far ahead if you're a nerd) in a washed blonde maple finish. We'd put the headboard and desk away for now in an air-conditioned storage facility about two miles away until it was needed.The rest of Jenny's pregnancy was uneventful, but she pouted something awful when Dr. Cullen told her to stop penetrative sex in her seventh month. “Don't worry, Jen; I can still take care of you with my mouth and fingers.”My Jenny kissed me then led me to

Wayne Cabot and Paul Murnane have the morning's top headlines from the WCBS 880 newsroom.

Jonathan Zaslow and Ian Fitzsimmons talk to Chris Carlin from the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike. Plus, the Lakers 'parade of lies' continues and Aaron Judge continues his historic season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Zaslow and Ian Fitzsimmons talk to Chris Carlin from the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike. Plus, the Lakers 'parade of lies' continues and Aaron Judge continues his historic season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. They were killed in a horrible collision with an impaired driver. The impaired driver reportedly had multiple prior offenses for driving while impaired. She recounts the tragic events, how she found out, her life afterward, and her mission in life. She also talks about the continuing problem with impaired and distracted drivers and how she has become an advocate and instructor for Police Agencies. On February 22, 2016, the impaired driver exited the Holland Tunnel from New York City and drove southbound on the New Jersey Turnpike extension toward the toll booths at Interchange 14C in Jersey City, according to court records. At the same time, Timothy O'Donnell was also driving southbound. He had stopped at the leftmost toll booth to obtain a toll ticket, with his five-year-old daughter, Bridget, in the backseat. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. Listen to this for free in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms. Suddenly, the impaired driver's car crashed into O'Donnell's vehicle, pushing it into oncoming traffic, where it collided with an ambulance. O'Donnell was pronounced dead at the scene, and Bridget died en route to the Jersey City Medical Center. The tragic deaths of Timothy, 48, and his daughter, Bridget, resulted from this accident at Interchange 14C of the New Jersey Turnpike when Hahn rear-ended their car as it approached the toll booth. The impaired driver was sentenced to 37 years and one day on May 23, 2019, and is currently serving his sentence at East Jersey State Prison in Rahway. However, he is challenging the court's decision. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms. Pam described her husband, Tim, a beloved science teacher at County Prep High School in Jersey City, as passionate about science. She said, "if there is such a thing as a perfect marriage, we had it. We loved each other. We respected each other. We talked about everything. Any issue—we talked it out. We were a partnership. We were a team." From an article in NJ.com. Pam remembered Bridget as fun, delightfully mischievous, and incredibly compassionate. During Pam's cancer battle two years earlier, Bridget cared for her devotedly, waking up every two hours at night to help her mother take her medication. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. You can listen to this in Apple Podcasts, our website, Spotify or most major podcast platforms. Operational Police Protective Services, provides professional, safe and effective security services in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. And will be expanding to other States soon. Get more details at www.oppsprotection.com. Colonial Metals Group, helps with the goal of protecting your financial future. Being at the whim of the stock market or the current Administration doesn't not make many people feel safe, or secure. But having a self-directed IRA where they can safely store gold and silver, assets that have stood the test of time, no matter what the economy or the government policies are, makes sense. Colonial Metals Group helps create a Self-Directed IRA where people can have direct access to their assets. Learn more about a special offer for our audience - click on the link in the description below or call the special 800 number and you'll receive a safe and up to $10,000 in free silver. Call 800 898 1841, 800 898 1841, that's 800 898 1841 or go online to www.colonialmetalsgroup.com/letradio Follow us on MeWe, X, Instagram, Facebook. Be sure to check out our website. Listen to this for free in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms. Get the latest news articles, without all the bias and spin, from the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast on the Newsbreak app, which is free. Background song Hurricane is used with permission from the band Dark Horse Flyer Find a wide variety of great podcasts online at The Podcast Zone Facebook Page, look for the one with the bright green logo. Daughter and Husband Killed by an Impaired Driver. Her Story and Mission. Available for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website or most major podcast platforms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A temple dedicated to Alexander the Great at the Mesopotamian site of Girsu has us asking questions. Was this the meta-crossover event of the century or just some guys in an office making some plaques for a foreign chump passing through? Our contestants disagree but give a special shoutout to Molly Pitcher, heroine of the New Jersey Turnpike!

Confidence Hack #77: The true stories of those who survived 9/11 due to schedule interruptions. I'm sure we all have, but try to remember a time recently when you got so frustrated over the slightest mishap in your schedule. Let me introduce you to the ‘unknown near-miss experiences.' September 11th, 2001, is a day that will live in infamy in United States history. Everyone who was alive can remember precisely where they were on that day. A woman was late because her alarm clock didn't go off on time.  Another man survived because it was his turn to bring donuts to the office.  Someone else was delayed due to being stuck in a long traffic jam on the New Jersey Turnpike.  One person's car simply wouldn't start.  That morning, a man wore a brand new pair of shoes, got a blister, and had to stop at a pharmacy for a plaster. Those are all true stories of people who unknowingly avoided death. I doubt they look at the minor annoyances of their days the same way most people do. They know they are on borrowed time. And that's the thing: we are all on borrowed time. Today's confidence boost comes from taking a minute to think about the truth—there have been many situations where we could have very easily expired, but we didn't. And that alone can give us a new sense of joy and perspective.  Gain confidence knowing that God is protecting you even from the things you don't know and even when they might seem like burdens at the moment. Burdens can be blessings in disguise. Hey! If you love this show, share it with family and friends! It's the best way to help get this info into the hands of people who want to grow and become the most CONFIDENT LEADERS they can be! And please throw us a 5-star review! To get these hacks and other AMAZING information straight to your inbox, go to davidnurse.com and sign up for the FREE newsletter!

Bruce Willis is getting a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike named after him.

4:33:37 – Frank and The Three Weasels (and Jefferson) in Pennsylvania and NJ, plus the Other Side. The Three Weasels (Peter (Joker Weasel), Bryan (Phantom Weasel), and Frank (Shellshock Weasel)), are joined by Jefferson for another adventure! Topics include: Molly Pitcher Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike, picking up Jefferson, arrived at Bryan’s, hawthorne balls, vegan […]

4:33:37 – Frank and The Three Weasels (and Jefferson) in Pennsylvania and NJ, plus the Other Side. The Three Weasels (Peter (Joker Weasel), Bryan (Phantom Weasel), and Frank (Shellshock Weasel)), are joined by Jefferson for another adventure! Topics include: Molly Pitcher Service Area on the New Jersey Turnpike, picking up Jefferson, arrived at Bryan’s, hawthorne balls, vegan […]

Today we head up the New Jersey Turnpike for more Best of 2023 picks. Urb Fernandez (NJ) gets us started with music from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit and Lilts. Jason Goebel (NYC) takes it from there with selections by The Revivalists and Bully.  Rockin' the Suburbs on Apple Podcasts/iTunes or other podcast platforms, including audioBoom, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon, iHeart, Stitcher and TuneIn. Or listen at SuburbsPod.com. Please rate/review the show on Apple Podcasts and share it with your friends. Visit our website at SuburbsPod.com Email Jim & Patrick at rock@suburbspod.com Follow us on the Twitter, Facebook or Instagram @suburbspod If you're glad or sad or high, call the Suburban Party Line — 612-440-1984. Theme music: "Ascension," originally by Quartjar, covered by Frank Muffin. Visit quartjar.bandcamp.com and frankmuffin.bandcamp.com.

Op zondagavond tien januari 1999, vandaag 25 jaar geleden, zag Amerika voor het eerst een grote man met een dikke sigaar van New York via tolweg The New Jersey Turnpike naar zijn huis in New Jersey rijden. De camera niet op hem gericht, maar op wat hij vanuit zijn raam ziet: van industrie, pakhuizen, verloederde winkels tot de meer groene suburbs en uiteindelijk zijn eigen riante villa. Pas daar ziet de kijker maffiabaas Tony Soprano helemaal in beeld. Zo'n intro, dat op zichzelf al een heel verhaal vertelt, was compleet nieuw in die tijd. En ook op veel andere manieren zou deze serie een revolutie in televisieland betekenen. The Sopranos bestaat een kwarteeuw en in deze podcast vertelt journalist Anke Meijer hoe de schrijvers en acteurs het genre van de tv-serie tot een kunstvorm maakten en hoe ze grote invloed hebben gehad op grote series die daarna kwamen. Anke Meijer schrijft over tv-series en maakt er ook de podcast Skip Intro over, en benadruk ze, intro's skippen doet ze bijna nooit - en zeker niet in het geval van The Sopranos. Reageren? Mail dedag@nos.nl Presentatie en montage: Elisabeth Steinz Redactie: IJsbrand Terpstra

Raoul Peck became known for his filmmaking and fight for racial justice with the released of his Academy Award-nominated film I Am Not Your Negro which attempts to complete James Baldwin's unfinished book about the assassinations of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, and Medgar Evers. It was followed by another documentary series, Exterminate All the Brutes. In his latest film, Silver Dollar Road, Peck completes his trilogy about the economic injustice Black people face worldwide.Silver Dollar Road closes the circle with a look at a modern-day family's fight to keep the land they purchased soon after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Notes From America Executive Producer, André Robert Lee sits down with Raoul to discuss how he came across the story in his latest film, and why he feels compelled to make these movies today.  Plus, we hear how Assata Shakur Became one of America's most wanted in 1973 when state troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike pulled over her and two members of the Black Liberation Army. Tragically, guns were fired, people were killed, and in the aftermath, a political standoff between Shakur and state law enforcement began. Tell us what you think. Instagram and X (Twitter): @noteswithkai. Email us at notes@wnyc.org. Send us a voice message by recording yourself on your phone and emailing us, or record one here. Notes from America airs live on Sundays at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts.   

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Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the (almost-)week of September 13-18, 1987. Topics of discussion include:“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan making his return to the WWF after his firing for the New Jersey Turnpike arrest and how he was presented.“Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase's hatred of children.Randy Savage being upset at The Honky Tonk Man as his babyface turn is kicking into gear.Richard Belzer officially filing his famous personal injury lawsuit against Hulk Hogan and the WWF.NEW Leaders vs. NOW Leaders is going strong in New Japan even though Akira Maeda is being phased own.Corporal Kirchner debuts in Stampede.Big hair and mask matches in Mexico.Robert Fuller becoming the new Tennessee Stud in Continental.Week Two of WHEEL OF TORTURE in Memphis.The Iron Sheik debuting in a desolate World Class territory.Buddy Landel debuting in the AWA and lasting exactly one TV taping before quitting.The main Jim Crockett Promotions roster takes the week off for a company trip to St. Martin for the annual NWA convention.The status of the CWF and UWF TV shows and how much Dave Meltzer hates them as they (temporarily, as it turns out) shift towards a magazine.All that and much much more on an extremely fun BTS, so check it out!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 WWF1:11;36 Int'l: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, All-Star, Ontario, Stampede, EMLL, UWA, & WWC1:43:12 Classic Commercial Break1:47:32 Halftime2:09:17 Other USA: Deep South, Continental, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, Central States, AWA, Portland, & Lisa Mavia3:20:51 Jim Crockett Promotions: JCP proper, CWF, & UWF4:02:49 Patreon Preview: A very revealing sworn affidavit about racism in WCW from longtime stage coordinator Moses WilliamsTo support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!If you're looking for the best deal on a VPN service—short for Virtual Private Network, it helps you get around regional restrictions as well as browse the internet more securely—then Private Internet Access is what you've been looking for. Not only will using our link help support Between The Sheets, but you'll get a special discount, with prices as low as $1.98/month if you go with a 40 month subscription. With numerous great features and even a TV-specific Android app to make streaming easier, there is no better choice if you're looking to subscribe to WWE Network, AEW Plus, and other region-locked services.For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.And if you'd like to support us while checking out the various promotions available on FITE TV, including their FITE+ subscription service, like BKFC, GCW, our friends at AIW and Black Label Pro, and more, you can sign up at TinyURL.com/BTSFITE.To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Kris and David are guestless as we discuss the (almost-)week of September 13-18, 1987. Topics of discussion include:“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan making his return to the WWF after his firing for the New Jersey Turnpike arrest and how he was presented.“Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase's hatred of children.Randy Savage being upset at The Honky Tonk Man as his babyface turn is kicking into gear.Richard Belzer officially filing his famous personal injury lawsuit against Hulk Hogan and the WWF.NEW Leaders vs. NOW Leaders is going strong in New Japan even though Akira Maeda is being phased own.Corporal Kirchner debuts in Stampede.Big hair and mask matches in Mexico.Robert Fuller becoming the new Tennessee Stud in Continental.Week Two of WHEEL OF TORTURE in Memphis.The Iron Sheik debuting in a desolate World Class territory.Buddy Landel debuting in the AWA and lasting exactly one TV taping before quitting.The main Jim Crockett Promotions roster takes the week off for a company trip to St. Martin for the annual NWA convention.The status of the CWF and UWF TV shows and how much Dave Meltzer hates them as they (temporarily, as it turns out) shift towards a magazine.All that and much much more on an extremely fun BTS, so check it out!!!Timestamps:0:00:00 WWF1:11;36 Int'l: AJPW, NJPW, AJW, All-Star, Ontario, Stampede, EMLL, UWA, & WWC1:43:12 Classic Commercial Break1:47:32 Halftime2:09:17 Other USA: Deep South, Continental, CWA/Memphis, WCCW, Central States, AWA, Portland, & Lisa Mavia3:20:51 Jim Crockett Promotions: JCP proper, CWF, & UWF4:02:49 Patreon Preview: A very revealing sworn affidavit about racism in WCW from longtime stage coordinator Moses WilliamsTo support the show and get access to exclusive rewards like special members-only monthly themed shows, go to our Patreon page at Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets and become an ongoing Patron. Becoming a Between the Sheets Patron will also get you exclusive access to not only the monthly themed episode of Between the Sheets, but also access to our new mailbag segment, a Patron-only chat room on Slack, and anything else we do outside of the main shows!If you're looking for the best deal on a VPN service—short for Virtual Private Network, it helps you get around regional restrictions as well as browse the internet more securely—then Private Internet Access is what you've been looking for. Not only will using our link help support Between The Sheets, but you'll get a special discount, with prices as low as $1.98/month if you go with a 40 month subscription. With numerous great features and even a TV-specific Android app to make streaming easier, there is no better choice if you're looking to subscribe to WWE Network, AEW Plus, and other region-locked services.For the best in both current and classic indie wrestling streaming, make sure to check out IndependentWrestling.tv and use coupon code BTSPOD for a free 5 day trial! (You can also go directly to TinyURL.com/IWTVsheets to sign up that way.) If you convert to a paid subscriber, we get a kickback for referring you, allowing you to support both the show and the indie scene.And if you'd like to support us while checking out the various promotions available on FITE TV, including their FITE+ subscription service, like BKFC, GCW, our friends at AIW and Black Label Pro, and more, you can sign up at TinyURL.com/BTSFITE.To subscribe, you can find us on iTunes, Google Play, and just about every other podcast app's directory, or you can also paste Feeds.FeedBurner.com/BTSheets into your favorite podcast app using whatever “add feed manually” option it has.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

 Discover why is it better to copy something that's been working rather than being original Learn the advantages of having a swipe file and how can use it to write a star-seller copy Understand why looking for copywriters in-house isn't always the best solution to your bad sales Resources/Links: Want to learn more about how to write copy that drives sales? Click here: bly.com Summary Do you want to learn how to write a copy that actually sells without the stress? Writing copy isn't supposed to be difficult if you have the right people and techniques for the job. An effective copy can be modeled from something that is already working, rather than original. Robert Bly is a freelance copywriter and author of 100 books. Grab a pen and take down notes as Robert talks about what differs from a copy that's just good from one that works and actually sells. He also shares how you can write your own A-level copy that guarantees engagement and sales! Check out these episode highlights: 02:21 - Robert's ideal client: My ideal client is twofold. Number one, I only work with clients that are direct response or direct marketers that could be online. It could be multi-channel. 03:41 - The problem he helps solve: The standard answer would be getting more sales, more clicks, or conversions. But the problem that clients really have is they tell me I can't get a copy anywhere that's right. 04:55 - The symptoms of the problem: The two symptoms. One is the obvious-- bad numbers. They say, "I ran this Google campaign." "Send it to my landing page." And it's like zero or it's very low! 05:58 - Clients' common mistakes before consulting Robert: Here's what I think a lot of clients quite naturally, and I think it's fine, will inhouse. They have staff or employees who will write their own copy. 07:18 - Robert's Valuable Free Action (VFA): If they want to write better copy and do it themselves, or have someone on their staff do it, that copywriter should keep what we used to call in the good old days, I don't know if you use this today, a "swipe file". 08:58 - Robert's Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Want to learn more on how to write a copy that drives sales? Click here: bly.com 10:02 - Q: How do you get from B-level copy to A-level copy? And really stand out as a copy. A: I think the quick definition of A-level copy is it's a big idea. In other words, it's not "seven reasons to buy a garden hose". Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “It's better to model after something that you know is working than to be brilliantly creative and original.” -Robert BlyClick To Tweet Transcript (Note, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast) Tom Poland 00:10 Welcome, everyone, to another edition of Marketing the Invisible. I'm Tom Poland beaming out to you from the Sunshine Coast in Australia. I'm joined today by Robert Bly, a.k.a. Bob. Welcome, sir! A good day from Down Under. Where are you hanging out? Robert Bly 00:22 I am hanging out, as I always do, in New Jersey, on the east coast of the USA. Tom Poland 00:27 New Jersey Turnpike, they've been John Malkovich. Right? Robert Bly 00:30 That is one of our major roads. The Turnpike, and the parkway, Tom Poland 00:35 Not a fun place to get dropped out onto the sidewalk, probably, but anywho! So how do you- I mean, in New Jersey, you're really close to New York, right? Robert Bly 00:42 Very close to New York. And if there was no traffic, it could literally be a 15-minute drive. But, these days, there's always traffic. Tom Poland 00:51 So is New York like a big brother to New Jersey? Is that sort of chip-on-the-shoulder thing between the two that sometimes there's a sibling rivalry? Robert Bly 00:59 Yeah,

Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Rory Cooper. He's a partner at Purple Strategies, a corporate reputation and advocacy agency in Alexandria, Va., a former George W. Bush and Eric Cantor aide, and a longtime Republican strategist. He's on Twitter at @rorycooper.Rory's Music Pick: Simon & GarfunkelIf you enjoyed Political Beats' episode on the solo career of Paul Simon with Rory Cooper from a year and half ago, then kick right back after the Labor Day weekend and start feelin' groovy while listening the epic George Lucas/Peter Jackson prequel extravaganza that is our discussion of Simon & Garfunkel! Yes, Rory has returned to discuss a pop duo formerly known as “Tom & Jerry,” whose music dominated both American and U.K. airwaves in the late Sixties. With three #1 hits, nine more top 20 singles, two #1 albums, and their names attached to one of the decade's most beloved films, we think it likely that you're already somewhat familiar with Simon & Garfunkel. But this, like our Paul Simon episode, is the rare episode in which neither of your two esteemed hosts were actually deeply familiar with the albums (as opposed to the radio hits). How could this have happened? All is explained while we are rejoined by Rory Cooper, a guy who knows all the stories and loves Paul Simon's music so much he named his kid after one of these songs. In this episode, we explore the origins of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel as schooldays choirboy friends in Queens, their brief “teen idol” phase as Tom & Jerry, and their -- rather awkward -- rebirth in the early Sixties as folkies on a Greenwich Village scene that resolutely disdained them for purported inauthenticity. Simon & Garfunkel's 1964 debut album flopped so badly that Simon went to England and Garfunkel simply went back to school, until a Columbia producer desperate for a hit overdubbed electric backing onto a forgotten song from that debut called “The Sound of Silence.”And the rest is history. Simon & Garfunkel's career resumed in a haste as “Sound of Silence” hit the top of the charts in January 1966, and what followed was a series of increasingly assured acoustic folk/pop/rock hits that culminated by the late Sixties in immortal and gnomic songs like “Mrs. Robinson,” “America,” and “The Boxer.” From being a pale imitator of Bob Dylan's “intelligent folk” music, Simon & Garfunkel had evolved into a different, singular sound, anchored around Garfunkel's peerlessly pitch-perfect high tenor voice and Simon's insistently rhythmic sense of guitar-work and arrangement.Although the pairing did not -- and could not, for many reasons -- last long, it ended in a supreme achievement: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), a record whose commercial dominance and omnipresence in its day has been exceeded only by its subsequent critical reputation. And that was it; Garfunkel left for an acting career, and Simon for a solo one. (A brief reunion in the early Eighties went nowhere.) And that was for the best: They will forever be remembered for going out on the highest possible note. What happened next has already been discussed, but for now, enjoy the groovy Sixties and Paul Simon's orthogonal, acutely self-conscious place within them as we count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, all gone to look for America. 

In this Boles.tv live stream highlight, David Boles shares the details of a road scam that some families are running to get free gas and a "donation" from you to ensure their better life on a distant road. Here's how to identify the scam, and then avoid the scam!

There are markers along the road in every harpist's development, signposts that indicate you're making progress. These are like those highway signs that tell you how many miles you are from the next town or city, like “New York City - 90 miles.” No matter how long it's taken you to get to that point and regardless of the traffic jam ahead of you on the New Jersey Turnpike, New York City is now only 90 miles away.  Graduating from three-note chords to four-note chords is one of those markers I talk about often. Another one is fluent hands together playing. Fluent may not be the best word to describe my meaning. It's more a comfort level, the point at which hands together playing is not any more difficult for you than playing hands separately. Many harpists develop fluency playing hands separately and then are frustrated when that fluency doesn't translate to their hands together playing. What they don't realize is that the processing of information that is required for hands separately playing is very different from what is required for hands together playing. It's a harp version of the saying “What got you here won't get you there.” My students have all heard me talk about this before - and often. It's painful to me to see harpists struggle with music learning and slow progress simply because they never were shown a better way. In this episode I will detail how to put hands together in a way which is faster, easier and will yield massive results, not just in the long-term but almost immediately. And while there are a lot of angles we could touch on today, I want to focus on three things you could do today to improve - or develop, if you feel like you're starting from scratch - your hands together skills. I also will tell you about two things you are likely doing now which you must stop immediately, today. So get out your notebook or your practice journal and your favorite pen and be ready to take notes. Or just listen now and come back to this episode later to be sure you capture all the info you need. You're going to want it all, trust me. Links to things I think you might be interested in that were mentioned in the podcast episode:  Join me for the Summer Sizzler Technique Camp  Related resource 3 Skills Essential to Sight Reading blog post Harpmastery.com Get involved in the show! Send your questions and suggestions for future podcast episodes to me at podcast@harpmastery.com LINKS NOT WORKING FOR YOU? FInd all the show resources here: https://www.harpmastery.com/blog/Episode-113  

Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: A local group demands an assault weapons ban, Governor Kathy Hochul commemorates the tragic one-year anniversary of the Buffalo grocery store shooting that killed 10, and get ready for toll hikes on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway in 2024.

A deadly encounter fifty years ago between the New Jersey State Police and a group of Black activists turned Assata Shakur into a cultural icon – and an enduring political villain.  In May 1973, activist Assata Shakur and two members of the Black Liberation Army were pulled over by state troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike. Tragically, guns were fired, people were killed, and in the aftermath, a political standoff between Shakur and state law enforcement began.  On the fiftieth anniversary marking the incident, WNYC reporters Nancy Solomon and Tracie Hunte share their reporting with host Kai Wright. They explore the many unanswered questions it raises and what this moment means in the history of Black self-defense movements. Companion listening for this episode:  The Week That Changed America's Cities (4/13/2023) On the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, one journalist examines the 1968 Holy Week which he calls one of the most consequential weeks in U.S. history. “Notes from America” airs live on Sunday evenings at 6pm ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts. To catch all the action, tune into the show on Sunday nights via the stream on notesfromamerica.org or on WNYC's YouTube channel. We want to hear from you! Connect with us on Instagram and Twitter @noteswithkai or email us at notes@wnyc.org.  

The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe the famous 2001 potentially UFO lights in the sky above New Jersey in the USA. Or were they birds with flashlights? Mr Moonwalker may be one of only two people in the world wise enough to come up with that theory. This, or these, things in the sky, have a lot to answer for because their fifteen minutes of fame may have interrupted other planned events… Federal Aviation Administration data may held to help some light on this one. Whilst probing these most unusual lights with similarities to the Phoenix Lights, we also ponder… Was the sighting of this event inspiration for a certain Mario Kart 64 course? Is getting pooped on by a bird really lucky? Really? Is it really? All that and more on this week's file.     Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butitwasaliens   Store: https://butitwasaliens.co.uk/shop/     Probe us: Email: butitwasaliens@gmail.com Instagram @ ButItWasAliensPodcast Twitter @ ButItWasAliens Facebook: @ ButItWasAliens - join Extraterrestrial Towers     Music:  Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people. As we discussed Toad's Turnpike, there was a section of Mario Kart 64's Toad's Turnpike theme courtesy of Nintendo (and composed by Kenta Nagata). Also from Nintendo of the Super variety, you of course will have heard us close out to Hero of Sound Kōji Kondō's much loved (by us) Staff Roll aka credits theme from 1990-1992's Super Mario World.     New Jersey Turnpike Lights 2001 YouTube video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6e0XuxvzrS8

The Freelancer is back and has a list of mass casualty events on his docket but not to assassinate someone as his typical MO.  Why is he on the rampage and how does it tie into Wujing.  Plus if you are in New Jersey, say hi to Red on the turnkpike?!?! Support the Show! Be sure to #FillTheFedora on Patreon. Case Profile for The Freelancer Part 2 Three weeks ago men from Wu-Wu's (yes that is what we are calling him forever now in honor of the late Robert Vesco) from Wujing's team met with a team of Mercs that helped out Marvin last season in his war with Red.  They won't join forces with Wu-Wu unless they have proof that Reddington has betrayed them and is working for the FBI.  So Wu-Wu calls upon The Freelancer to stage some high profile catastrophes in order to draw out Red and the Taskforce. A photographer that snapped a photo 6 years ago of Red, Dembe, and Rojellio is back and taking pictures of the task force arriving on the scene of Freelancer's handiwork, in order to get the proof Wu-Wu needs.    Meanwhile Ressler is one year sober and about to become a sponsor for a fellow in the same line of work he is. Red is traveling the New Jersey Turnpike picking up snacks for Agnes who apparently likes a boy at school.  Cooper never saw himself as a family man but is really becoming attached to Agnes, and Herbie pays a visit to the Post Office.   Be sure to answer our profiling question of the week: Is the guy Ressler is helping a plant? Visit our feedback page to leave a response or call +1 (304) 837-2278.  Music For The Freelancer Part 2 During the cold open this week as The Freelancer goes to work on the engine room of the ferry we hear “Time is Off” a collaboration by Flash Sendeic and Neoni. While the ladies are tending to the Egyptian cotton sheets as Red arrives at Rojellios place we hear “Rondo Alla Three” by David Stienberg. Finally as Ressler and Dembe question the 9th floor after the building fire we hear “Smile With Your Teeth” by the New Mystics.  You can hear these songs via the official Blacklist playlist on Spotify or the same playlist recreated by us on Apple Music.  The Freelancer Part 2 in Pictures Here are a just a few of our favorite scenes from this week. Keep Connected Each week of The Blacklist Exposed will take a deep look at both the minor and major plot lines to this fantastic series. Be sure to subscribe and review us in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or through whichever podcast app you prefer. Also check out our other Golden Spiral Media Podcasts. A special thanks to Veruca Crews for creating our podcast cover art. If you love it, be sure to check out the rest of her Blacklist and other artwork on her tumblr page. Thanks for listening! We'll talk to you soon. In the meantime, be sure to keep yourself off, The Blacklist.  Send Us Feedback: Check out our Feedback Form! Call our voicemail: (304)837-2278 Email Us Connect With Us: Facebook Community Twitter Instagram Tumblr Troy's Twitter Aaron's Twitter Subscribe to The Blacklist Exposed: Apple Podcasts,  Google Podcasts,  Spotify,  Pandora,  RSS Feed

STEPHANIE SENDAULA, PANELS HOST: A librarian and writer from New Jersey, Stephanie currently works in community engagement and outreach for LibraryLinkNJ. ANGUS KRESS GILLESPIE is a professor of American Studies at Rutgers University. His many books about the cultural implications of civil engineering include Looking for America on the New Jersey Turnpike (1989), coauthored with Michael Aaron Rockland, recognized by the New Jersey State Library as one of the ten best books ever written about the state. MARK NONESTIED has lived in East Brunswick for most of his life. In 1987 at the age of 15, he pedaled across town on his bicycle to the East Brunswick Museum to learn about the town's history. He never left, having served for almost 35 years as a volunteer researching and writing about the town's history. ETHAN REISS is co-author of the upcoming new book, East Brunswick: Through the Years. Having lived in East Brunswick for most of his life, he has worked under Middlesex County's Division of Historic Sites and History Services at East Jersey Old Town Village, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees at the East Brunswick Museum. He is best known for sharing rare and historic East Brunswick photographs through his various Facebook groups and pages. NEAL STOFFERS: Retired Newark Fire Captain Neal Stoffers earned a BA and MA in Asian Studies from Seton Hall University, writing about NJ's first Chinese community for his MA thesis. He has produced 11 books based on his oral history project of the Newark Fire Department, has given 3 book talks on his work, & has also written middle grade, young adult, & adult novels about the fire service, the Amer-Asian experience, Multiple Sclerosis, & the Chinese in 19th Century NJ. Originally recorded on October 16, 2022 as part of EBPL's Local Author Day.

As America begins to settle in for Thanksgiving, the original crew of DSR talks about what world leaders should be thankful for. Rosa Brooks of Georgetown moderates as David Rothkopf is stuck on the New Jersey Turnpike and it joined by Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, and David Sanger of the New York Times. Hear their takes on Presidents Xi, Putin, Biden, and Zelensky. Don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As America begins to settle in for Thanksgiving, the original crew of DSR talks about what world leaders should be thankful for. Rosa Brooks of Georgetown moderates as David Rothkopf is stuck on the New Jersey Turnpike and it joined by Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, Ed Luce of the Financial Times, and David Sanger of the New York Times. Hear their takes on Presidents Xi, Putin, Biden, and Zelensky. Don't miss it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this day in 1973, a mix of fog and smoke blanketed the New Jersey Turnpike, setting off a chain of deadly collisions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

First, we're aware that Jim sounds like he called in from a pay phone on the New Jersey Turnpike. But just like a lot of other teams in Week 1, we're getting our kinks out so let's not overreact! We break down our games, cover the best and worst of Week 1, and preview Week 2. Welcome back, we are DTF!

Paul Murnane and Wayne Cabot have the top stories from the WCBS newsroom, including an uptick in West Nile Virus-positive mosquitoes in the area, the COVID guidelines for public school students in New York City, and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy weighs in on the widening of the New Jersey Turnpike entrance into the Holland Tunnel.

  This week we sit down with musician/podcast host/movie afficionado Sam Hoyos of the band Playing Dead.  We talk about his music projects, movies, and the time he narrowly avoided getting electrocuted on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike while attempting to interview Phil Anselmo.  Cheers! Playing Dead on Spotify Red River Podcast Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/nubreed_podcast/ Email:  Nubreedpodcast@gmail.com Twitter:  https://twitter.com/nubreed_podcast Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/nubreedpodcast/ Tim Twitter:  https://twitter.com/timLSD Jay Twitter:  https://twitter.com/horsecow Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlK456FML4jtXN1YF7fxHg Spotify Playlists:  https://open.spotify.com/user/o0f47xzeolb7nk7yuq1by3rry/playlists  

David Trumpp on New Jersey's new celeb rest stops, director Paul Haggis' new rape allegations, biker Colin Strickland breaks his silence, Alex Murdaugh hates jail, Sami Sheen's OnlyFans, a beer recall, and we check in with Neighbor Marcus to celebrate Juneteenth.Someone noticed that James Gandolfini has been honored by the New Jersey Turnpike. You know who we have to call for comment.Melissa Beyrand is Miss Michigan after rocking the Final Countdown on the violin.Happy Juneteenth! Some people have the day off, but a lot don't. We check in with BranDon's neighbor Marcus to see if/how he's spending the day.We've graduated from out USA listener map (only missing Utah) and have moved to our World Map Spectacular. If you live or knows someone who lives in a different country let us know.Kate Bush is roaring back in the charts thanks to Stranger Things.The latest polls show Americans feel Donald Trump should be charged for the January 6th Capitol breach.We have no idea why Charlie Sheen's daughter has "fans".Amber Heard was spotted shopping at TJ Maxx... by paparazzi... that she probably called.Chris Kattan is really angering Trudi. Turns out Andy Dick may be the reason.Former Scientologist and film maker Paul Haggis has been arrested in Italy on sexual assault charges. This leads to a replay of Million Dollar Baby Cliff Notes Theater.Grab your EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal by going to nordvpn.com/dams or use the code dams to get a HUGE Discount off your NordVPN Plan + 1 additional month for free + a bonus gift! It's completely risk free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee!Ben Stiller is in Ukraine for some reason.No banging at the World Cup because Qatar hates pre-marital sex.A Coors and Keystone recall will hopefully not cause a beer shortage in the nation.Kamala Harris watched an airplane land with baby formula in it. Good job, Kamala.Hank Winchester always gets the job done.It's going to be a fun flying summer.JLo wants you to know her daughter's pronouns. JLo also wants you to know her mother abused her. JLo additionally wants to pretend that Ben Affleck is the best father ever.Cyclist Colin Strickland breaks his silence with The Sun and he sounds like a complete jerk. Kaitlin Armstrong remains on the run.Britney Spears remains OFF Instagram as her father gears up to depose her.Tom Mazawey reveals the May winner of the Legacy gift card! Congrats to _____________!!! Christina Gennari makes a surprise cameo appearance.Marc took his family to the Spam Museum.Listeners are emailing and calling the Bonerline to tell us the dumb things they thought when they were little kids (à la Drew believing Mount Rushmore was a natural phenomenon).Alex Murdaugh prison phone calls have been released. He's not having fun, but he finally has his own TV remote.Phillip Jablonski totally jerked off during his confession tape.Check out Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet on Netflix. Tyler Barriss is a turd.Naomi Osaka bails on Wimbledon.Something called Matt Fitzpatrick won the 2022 US Open.Trudi loves making her phone fart.Enjoy an encore of a classic Drew and Mike fart debate.Social media is dumb, but we're on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew and Mike Show, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels and BranDon).

Sarah McCombie describes herself and her husband, Austin, as “old souls.” They like old things, old people, and old songs. It's no surprise then, that many of the songs on their new album, If You See Me Riding By, feel timeless. This record has kept me good company this spring, and it's exciting that as of June 3, it's out in the world for everyone to hear. We had a wonderful chat a couple of months back as Sarah and Austin braved the New Jersey Turnpike on a spring tour. Take a listen and check out the new record!Interview by Ken TempletonEdited by Brian Carroll

A meandering stream of consciousness inspired by the slings and arrows of daily life in our crazy world. Topics: everyday life, socioeconomics, existential dilemmas, homelessness, rationalization, slang, social media, senselessness of modern world, dominant minority hoard wealth, stress, disposable income, money and motivation podcast, everything numbered, alternative social movements in the near future, strength, Nothing But Trouble, New Jersey Turnpike, Dan Aykroyd, Jimmy James Fan Club, Pennsylvania, paranormal and spiritualism, The Burbs, Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon aTime in Hollywood, foot fetish, 70s, Lara in Spain

Bob Johns, VP Media & Marketing at BOLDSITE Media, talks about the American Dream Mall's network of screens and its ability to create immersive brand experiences.BOLDSITE Media, is a destination media company that creates boundless brand environments. They are motivated to design unparalleled immersive and integrated brand stories.Takeaways Out-of-home has an amazing ability to connect to people throughout their daily lives.The American Dream has 138 displays inside that are synchronized on one network. This allows brands to foster unique, immersive brand experiences across the property.The American Dream is a premiere destination that attracts and influences a variety of audiences across the Tri-state area. The opportunities are endless between the 12 million visitors, screens that face the MetLife Stadium parking lot, and drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike.There is not a specific bucket that American Dream fits into. Depending on the brand it is either destination, playspace, or mall media.Mall media is not what it used to be since the pandemic. Traditional malls have had to redefine themselves into a destination medium.Destination media is defined by the way that audiences have the opportunity to interactive with displays in an environment, such as American Dream, to create a brand experience.LinksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-johns-2079634/Email: bobjohns@boldsite.comCompany: http://www.boldsite.comWays To Tune InSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/30yI5WJKPTmH1ttOT92stjApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ooh-insider-show/id1483489943Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/The-OOH-Insider-Show/dp/B08JJT1GC5Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-OOH-Insider-Show-Podcast/B08JJPQ8HFStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-ooh-insider-showListen Notes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-ooh-insider-show-tim-rowe-GqAoaXnLVlx/iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-ooh-insider-show-51761700/Podbay: https://podbay.fm/p/the-ooh-insider-showSupport the show (http://oohswag.com)Powered by OneScreen.ai OneScreen.ai is the first free, public-access directory for all things Out of Home. Support the show (http://oohswag.com)

Today on the Zeoli Show, the rising prices in gasoline is causing everyone to find solutions to the problem. Including a bill to allow New Jersey residents to pump their own gas to bring down costs. Give everyone the choice of pumping their own or being provided full-service at gas stations, we can't be restricting choice to supply at times like this.  6:05-NEWS 6:10-Biden announces ban on russian oil imports without consulting Congress 6:15-The world isn't ready for green energy  6:37-Jersey shore is already struggling to hire workers 6:44-Russia is going to be fine economically because of China 7:01-NEWS 7:06-Harry Potter author JK Rowling under fire against for anti-trans rhetoric yesterday on International Women's Day  7:15-Competing based on your biological gender 7:31-Former Editor at Russian Today media outlet fears we're on the brink of nuclear war  7:37-New York removes indoor mask mandate but not for early learning students 7:40-Product downsizing is causing a "shrink-flation" for common goods 7:46- CUT SHEET | Elizabeth Warren supports more economic sanctions against Russia to make it painful for Putin | Warren doesn't want profit margins for oil companies to go up | We must go after crypto | Oscar co-host Amy Schumer will 'burn every bridge' at the Oscars this year |  8:00-Sal Risalvato, Executive Director of the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store and Automotive Association, joined Rich to discuss a proposal to allow New Jersey residents to self-pump their own gas and hopefully relieve some stress on the rising gas prices.  8:21-NEWS 8:39-Governor Wolf and several Governors support Congress to enact a "gas tax holiday" to help relief at the pump  8;43-Callers on pumping gas  8:47-MSNBC's Katy Tur says it's insane that the US is depending on authoritarian countries for oil  9:01-NEWS 9:05- New Jersey Assemblyman Hal Wirths joined Rich to discuss the budget proposal yesterday by Governor Phil Murphy which includes a waive on driver's license and marriage license fees starting this year for residents  9:15-Governor Ron DeSantis confronts reporter on the so-called "don't say gay" bill in Florida  9:43-CUT SHEET  | CNN reporter goes to the New Jersey Turnpike to hear Americans are okay paying higher gas prices to hold Russia accountable | Joy Reid thinks we only care about Ukraine because they're white | President Biden knows we have a lot of questions but he's not answering them yet | Biden warns of continued rise in gas prices and emphasises need for clean energy  9;55-Final Thoughts  

Zeoli Show Hour 4:  In the final hour of the Zeoli Show, Rich discussed President Biden cutting off Russian oil imports to the U.S. and admitting it will likely cause another rise in oil prices here at home. Yet, he still will not offer solutions outside of clean energy that is years if not decades away.  9:01-NEWS 9:05- New Jersey Assemblyman Hal Wirths joined Rich to discuss the budget proposal yesterday by Governor Phil Murphy which includes a waive on driver's license and marriage license fees starting this year for residents  9:15-Governor Ron DeSantis confronts reporter on the so-called "don't say gay" bill in Florida  9:43-CUT SHEET  | CNN reporter goes to the New Jersey Turnpike to hear Americans are okay paying higher gas prices to hold Russia accountable | Joy Reid thinks we only care about Ukraine because they're white | President Biden knows we have a lot of questions but he's not answering them yet | Biden warns of continued rise in gas prices and emphasizes need for clean energy  9;55-Final Thoughts   Photo by: Win McNamee / Staff

Chris closes the NFL season by accounting the many tales of Super Bowl LVI, from make-up calls to poor pass blocking to miracle babies, and giant men riding off into the sunset. He also discusses the stories between the stories, including how the Chevy Silverado essentially gave us an exit map of the New Jersey Turnpike. Outside of football, he takes on the Harden-Simmons trade, Sidney Crosby's 500th goal, the still ongoing doping among Russian Olympic athletes, and the Canadian-American battle for women's hockey supremacy.

There were Dangerous Uprisings in New Jersey on May 15.  John Corrigan attended UWA Elite for the first time, making the trek to the South River VFW for a fun outdoor show. While cruising back home on the New Jersey Turnpike, Corrigan reviewed his wonderful experience.  UWA Elite's 20th Anniversary Show takes place June 12 at the South River VFW in South River, NJ. For tickets and more information, visit https://www.uwaelite.com/ You can watch all of UWA Elite's past events on the UWA Elite Network. Follow UWA Elite on Facebook Twitter Instagram. John Corrigan, editor-in-chief of The Wrestling Estate, brings weekly pro wrestling talk to Reckless Airwaves Radio. Corrigan's Corner features interviews with the biggest names, up-and-coming independent talent and fellow wrasslin' diehards. Follow @TheWrestlingEst 

History was made in many ways at the 25th annual Super 8.  While driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, John Corrigan and Dan the Man review what they consider to be the best wrestling show they've ever been to.  Killian McMurphy taking home the trophy, Matt Vertigo becoming the first Territory Champion, the return of Crowbar and most importantly, Mr. Ooh La La dethroning that scoundrel Joey Ace! John Corrigan, editor-in-chief of The Wrestling Estate, brings weekly pro wrestling talk to Reckless Airwaves Radio. Corrigan's Corner features interviews with the biggest names, up-and-coming independent talent and fellow wrasslin' diehards. Follow @TheWrestlingEst   

1492: An Italian, funded by the Queen of Spain, sailed west to find the east, discovered a small island in the Caribbean, decided it was India, and sailed home to share the happy news. Ponce de León, Balboa, Cordoba, Cortés, Coronado and 24 other conquistadors were sent from Spain to bring home whatever they could find. 1562: France sent Laudonnière on 3 expeditions to South Carolina and Florida, but Spanish Admiral Menéndez slaughtered the French in 1565 and built the fortress city of St. Augustine, Florida.  1620: Religious misfits from Holland and England boarded a ship called the Mayflower, crossed the Atlantic in 66 days, landed at a place called Plymouth Rock, met some friendly natives and celebrated Thanksgiving with them, presumably on the last Thursday in November. 1662: A Dutchman named Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island from a group of local Indians for merchandise worth 60 Dutch guilders and built a thriving community there. It is considered to be the greatest real estate deal in the history of the world. Two years later, the English showed up with cannons and announced that they would now be in charge. The Dutch asked, “Can we keep our houses and our businesses and all of our stuff?”  The English said, “Sure, no problem. You just have to let us be in charge.” The Dutch smiled and said, “Welcome to America.” In the decades that followed, the sons and daughters of Spanish conquistadors and French explorers and religious misfits and Dutch traders and English soldiers were joined by tens of thousands of optimistic adventurers and entrepreneurs and families who dreamed of a better life. They came from everywhere. And then slave traders arrived with shiploads of captives for sale. But no one smiled at the captives and said, “Welcome to America.” In fact, these dark-skinned newcomers were not allowed to keep houses or businesses or anything else, not even their own children. July 4th, 1776: A new nation was born when everyone got tired of the English being in charge. And as this baby nation grew, her people began to sing. 1886: The song of Ellis Island, the song of the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” – Emma Lazarus 1904: The song of a Century of Progress. I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy, a Yankee Doodle, do or die. A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, born on the Fourth of July. I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart, she's my Yankee Doodle joy. Yankee Doodle came to London just to ride the ponies, I am the Yankee Doodle boy. – George M. Cohan 1968: The song of our Wandering Years. “Kathy, I'm lost”, I said, though I knew she was sleeping, “I'm empty and aching and I don't know why. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, They've all come to look for America…” – Paul Simon 1980: The Song of Celebration Everywhere around the world, they're coming to America. Every time that flag's unfurled, they're coming to America. Got a dream to take them there. They're coming to America. Got a dream they've got to share. They're coming to America. They're coming to America. They're coming to America. They're coming to America. They're coming to America. Today… today… today… today… today! – Neil Diamond   2010: Lady Liberty no longer lifts a torch, but a toast to the newcomers. “So raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways, all my underdogs! We will never be, never be anything but loud and nitty gritty, dirty little freaks. Won't you come-on and come-on and raise your glass? Just come-on and come-on and raise your glass!” – Pink   Sitting in the back corner of the classroom, a silver-haired gentleman was the last to stand and introduce himself. He cast...

In this episode we take a look at this cult comedy. Puppeteer Craig Schwartz and animal lover and pet store clerk Lotte Schwartz are just going through the motions of their marriage. Despite not being able to earn a living solely through puppeteering, Craig loves his profession as it allows him to inhabit the skin of others. He begins to take the ability to inhabit the skin of others to the next level when he is forced to take a job as a file clerk for the off-kilter LesterCorp, located on the five-foot tall 7½ floor of a Manhattan office building. Behind one of the filing cabinets in his work area, Craig finds a hidden door which he learns is a portal into the mind of John Malkovich, the visit through the portal which lasts fifteen minutes after which the person is spit into a ditch next to the New Jersey Turnpike. Craig is fascinated by the meaning of life associated with this finding. Lotte's trips through the portal make her evaluate her own self. And the confident Maxine Lund, one of Craig's co-workers who he tells about the portal if only because he is attracted to her, thinks that it is a money making opportunity in selling trips into Malkovich's mind after office hours for $200 a visit. Craig, Lotte and Maxine begin to understand that anyone entering the portal has the ability to control Malkovich's mind, which also alters his entire being. This experience makes Maxine fall in love with a composite. This ability to control Malkovich's mind begs the question of the ultimate psychedelic trip for Malkovich himself, who begins to feel that something is not right in the world as he knows it.

Join me as I interview Muse Broker, Blanche Baldwin over some sweet potato fries. We were at Lester's Bar and Grill off of the New Jersey Turnpike at Exit 14. She has a Creativity Jukebox you might want to know about.  Find out what it plays. Subscribe where most podcasts are found. Stay safe, Jill BadonskySubscribe to my newsletter from prompts related to each episode. Here's one for this podcast.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Jillbadonsky)

Ken Vennera is a man of many hats.Wharton educated, corporate lawyer, and mentor, he is also involved with Warrior Rising as Chief of Staff — a veteran nonprofit that helps veteran entrepreneurs get off the ground and positioned for success. Show Notes For more: LinkedIn | Warrior Rising | Operation Homefront | Vets2Industry Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn 0:01 Hello, hello. Hey everybody. Our guest today is a man of many hats. Wharton educated. He's a lawyer, also involved with Warrior Rising as Chief of Staff, veteran nonprofit that helps veteran entrepreneurs get off the ground and get to where they need to be. Give it up for my friend, Ken Vennera. Brian Schoenborn 0:25 My name is Brian Schoenborn. I'm an explorer of people, places and culture. In my travels, spanning over 20 countries across four continents, I've had the pleasure of engaging in authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories, on location and unfiltered. Presented by 8B Media, this is Half the City. Brian Schoenborn 0:52 So what's up, Ken, how's it going? Ken Vennera 0:54 Much Brian, thanks for having me on the show. Brian Schoenborn 0:56 Yeah, no problem, man. So listeners where we're sitting You're on location in Philadelphia, beautiful Philadelphia Ken Vennera 1:03 City of Brotherly Love. Brian Schoenborn 1:04 That's right. And we are. We're in the peak of the coronavirus madness, but we're not going to talk about it. We're going to give you guys something else to talk about. Ken Vennera 1:14 Thank you. Brian Schoenborn 1:14 Yes. So can tell me a little bit. Um, one of the things I like to do is kind of discuss origin stories a little bit. Ken Vennera 1:22 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 1:22 You know, how people that have been that have seen a lot of success and things like that, how they got to where they, where they got, so maybe you could maybe you could start with like, just a little, maybe a little bit more of an in depth intro than what I provided, what you're up to. And then we can go back and like kind of dig in like how you got from point A to point B? Ken Vennera 1:40 Sure. Sounds good. So I as you mentioned, I have a bachelor's degree from the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania, my undergrad, for that. I have a law degree, JD, from Widener University School of Law, which Used to be the Delaware School of Law, and also have a master's degree in law in taxation from Villanova University. Brian Schoenborn 2:07 Oh, wow, okay. Yeah, a lot, a lot of time in class. Ken Vennera 2:10 a lot of time in school for sure, for sure, much too much time as my grandmother would probably. I've been involved in a lot of veteran nonprofit space. You know, we could talk about that a little bit later, if you like, as well. But, you know, currently Chief of Staff with Warrior Rising. A super, super organization that, as you mentioned, you know, helps veterans who are looking to start businesses, you know, and accelerate them. You know, and earn, basically, you know, their future. And you know, a few others as well. I'm involved with Vets2Industry, sit on the foundation board for them, and others that I've been involved with along the way. You know, I can give you a little bit more background about that. I'm on the advisory board of Operation Homefront of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, for example, Brian Schoenborn 2:13 What is Operation Homefront? Ken Vennera 2:58 So Operation Homefront was founded probably about 15 years ago, roughly, I want to say, to provide sort of emergency assistance to active duty military while they were deployed in order to keep their families stable and things like that. You know, they've since changed, not change their mission, but morphed their mission a little bit more, you know, they help with, you know, veterans that need housing. They still help with some mergency financial assistance and things like that. I mean, they're nationwide. But they're all about, you know, really maintaining the families for the military, you know, in times of, you know, crisis and things like that. Brian Schoenborn 3:38 Gotcha. Ken Vennera 3:38 They've expanded out a little bit towards, you know, National Guard space and things like that, and some veterans up to a certain point, but, you know, some some great work. Yeah, as I mentioned, I was I was very active many, many years ago with them probably during the height of deployments from about, you know, 2006 to roughly 2010 or so. I was chairman when they had independent chapters did a lot to really grow the Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey chapter into an actual, you know, operating entity from what it was. And, you know, proud to say that it's still successful. I mean, national national organization is nationalized all of the chapters now into basically field offices. But some of the people, you know, some of the key people that I put in place like Pete Stenson, for example, who was chapter president under me, is now a regional director for them. So you know, his territory pretty much covers all the way from Maine down to Maryland. Brian Schoenborn 4:44 Oh, wow, okay. A huge chunk. Ken Vennera 4:46 Yeah. So, you know, so there's that, you know, try and do you know, what I can, I mean, not having served myself. I mean, it's pretty important for me to, you know, help out, you know, the military. There's large military presence in my family as well. And a lot of friends of mine and things and Brian Schoenborn 5:01 yeah, so I mean, I'm a veteran, obviously, and I appreciate everything you've done that you do for us. Just curious. I mean, where does where does all that come from? Like, the desire to? Ken Vennera 5:13 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 5:13 You know? Yeah, so be more respect, you know, be with as involved with the military and vets as you are. Ken Vennera 5:19 Um, you know, I'd say a lot of things. My grandparents were, you know, an immigrant generation, you know, coming from Italy. But, you know, they left Italy because there was not opportunity. I don't mean to sort of sound cliche about it, but that's really, you know, the truth of it. You know, they came to this country, and we're extremely, extremely proud of it. My grandparents themselves, were the sort of oldest of their generation so and they came from very large families. So, the younger members of the family were born here, and were proud to have served in the military. I had a great uncle, my grandmother's brother that, among others, I mean, others of her brothers served in World War Two as well. But her youngest brother just passed away about six months ago now. Yeah, and he was in the Battle of the Bulge and you know, he's 95, 96 years old when he passed away. So, there was a, there was a huge patriotic feeling in the family even though you know, again, they came from, you know, a different background, you know, ethnically, etc. but very, very much in support of, you know, the military in this country, etc. And so, you know, very much loving the country and what, you know what was done. My grandmother, it was very funny, saved my uncle's letters when he would write them from every place. From like, France, from Belgium, from Germany, Brian Schoenborn 5:35 That's cool. Ken Vennera 6:24 Even uncle Yeah, and I still have them to this day because she cherished you know, like every one of those letters that you know, he wrote. I think their last stop To be honest, he And after that being, you know, part of the Battle of the Bulge. Their last stop in Germany was Fürstenfeldbruck, which is right near Dachau concentration camps. So I'm sure that, you know, they're probably involved in liberation, you know, Dachau as well, Brian Schoenborn 7:14 That's amazing. Ken Vennera 7:14 Yeah, it's pretty awesome. Brian Schoenborn 7:16 You ever pull out those letters and like, read them, like, get an idea of like, Ken Vennera 7:19 I've looked at him with friends. You know, it's very funny to see, like that first perspective and know that it's sort of a family member that experienced that, you know, you know, you see things from like that era. And you think, again, you know, it's a little bit cliche, but, you know, there's there's mentions of, you know, we really have Hitler's boys on the run now and things like that. Yeah. And it's just, you know, just crazy to think that they were experiencing that firsthand and relating it, you know, back as best they could, you know, back in those days, there was no internet or things like that. You couldn't even really pick up the telephone call family or anything. So Brian Schoenborn 7:55 It's literally just letters and who knows how long it took a day and some of them on a ship or whatever else, right? Ken Vennera 8:01 And some of them worst are centered, you know, things like that as to what was said, so that you weren't giving away like locations and things like that, while they're removing, I mean, it's pretty, it's pretty cool. I mean, you know, to feel like that part of history and things like that. So, you know, even subsequent to that, I mean, my father's generation, you know, I've uncles that, you know, served in Korea, and then thereafter, you know, mementos that they brought back from, you know, Japan and other places and so forth, you know, from their, from their tours. You know, a lot of friends of mine, served in the military as well. Both, you know, ahead of me and even slightly younger than me, you know, and I just have a great respect for them seeing what you know, they were dealing with while they're in and, you know, the sacrifices that they made, being away from family, crucial times and things like that in places that they didn't necessarily want to be to do what they had to do, you know, so, it bred a lot of respect, you know, for that, but the real sort of impetus to help me, and I'm sorry if I'm talking too much. Brian Schoenborn 9:04 No, no, please. This is for you man. Ken Vennera 9:06 I appreciate that. Brian Schoenborn 9:07 This is for you to talk. Listen, it's all good. Yeah. Ken Vennera 9:10 So I was working in Manhattan when 911 happened. And, you know, to tell you it was, in all honesty, one of the most impactful kind of situations I ever been involved with, I mean, Brian Schoenborn 9:25 How close were you to ground zero? Ken Vennera 9:27 so I wasn't thankfully, you know, at the World Trade Center site or even, you know, close to it in lower Manhattan, but, um, you know, it's still extremely traumatic. I actually was coming in on the train that day. And, you know, the first tower, we were coming up along the Meadowlands you know, areas like you know, in the train pretty much comes up at lower Manhattan right at the tip. So you're facing right at the World Trade Centers and World Trade Center and the first tower at 8:48 was already on fire. You then take a turn And start going up along Manhattan before you turn into the tunnel and Penn Station. Yep. But so you know, we probably hit that point at nine o'clock so as you know, at 9:02 the second tower was hit so we literally saw the second we didn't see the plane itself. But yeah, we saw the second tower explode man. And I can recount to you Brian, in all honesty, every word that was said on that train by everybody around me as to what was going on. Things like that the confusion, the the craziness of not understanding, thinking that it was a rogue plane and a pilot problem and all that kind of stuff all the way to, you know, no, we're at war and things like that. And then getting into a city, you know, one of the largest cities, you know, on the face of the earth and having it completely abandoned. I mean, I don't even want to talk about coronavirus but it's like a lot like that. Ken Vennera 10:56 Apocalytic. You know, scenes of streets that are using Full of, you know, hundreds and thousands of cars like completely devoid of cars and people and all that kind of stuff. And then, you know, just the horror of you know, the towers falling. You know, these are like, they were largest buildings, the tallest buildings in the world at one time. And here they are collapsing with thousands of people that you knew were trapped, you know, just the horror of that and, you know, everything that that came from that us not being able to leave the city. Now that feeling of being told that you can't leave somewhere. I mean, it's not like being in prison, but it's very much a traumatic thing. Brian Schoenborn 10:56 Yeah yeah yeah, mmhmm. Brian Schoenborn 11:37 It's unsettling, for sure, yeah. Ken Vennera 11:38 Like to say, you know, you can't leave you can't go home. You know, it's it's, it's very odd feeling and then, you know, having, you know, fighter jets flying over overhead that you don't know that, you know, you can't see from the ground that they're necessarily US planes, you know, not knowing. Yeah, right. What's going on and? Brian Schoenborn 11:56 It's like Pearl Harbor all over again. Ken Vennera 11:57 Oh, yeah. Like really, I mean, like it was, you know, trauma after trauma like experiences, I mean, there were a Grand Central Station was at the end of 44th Street, which was the street in which my office was you know, there were bomb scare so they would get evacuated and you would see hundreds of people running down 44th Street, which is a very narrow street, two lanes, but, um, you know, to see people running for their lives, man like it's a strange feeling. And then, you know, to cap that off. You know, we were finally able to leave Manhattan that day. And, you know, not until about three o'clock in the afternoon the George Washington Bridge finally opened up. Brian Schoenborn 12:38 Hmm. Ken Vennera 12:38 We it took us about three hours to get from where the parking was all the way up to the George Washington Bridge, which was only about 70 blocks. Brian Schoenborn 12:48 Yeah. Ken Vennera 12:49 But literally just got across the George Washington Bridge and a van had pulled onto the lower deck and they closed it down again. So it was that kind of day where it was like you literally felt like you were trying to escape, you know what was going on and then to see hundreds, hundreds Brian, I'm not even exaggerating, but hundreds of rescue EMT, ambulances parked in the center lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike all the way down almost to lower Manhattan. I mean, it's just the, you know. Brian Schoenborn 13:21 The first responders. Ken Vennera 13:22 Yeah, the first responders from areas that were even further south than Philadelphia have, like my areas that I like to recognize names of, like to realize the kind of response it you know, was drawn by the horrible things that were happening that day. I mean, it was just, it just was a tremendous, you know, and I managed to come back into the city Two days later, you know, 911 was on a Tuesday. That Wednesday, nobody was allowed back in, but that Thursday, I made a journey back just to see what was going on to check in on you know, clients or just to get some handle on the chaos and you Imagine being on a 10 car rail train and you know, the the total number of people on those all 10 cars was probably 20 people you know, and and Brian Schoenborn 13:37 It was a ghost town. Unknown Speaker 14:15 it just totally was crazy and you know, I distinctly remember the car that I was in there were four other people on that car with me and they had photographs of family members that they were going to try and go find now this is two days later, Brian, and all I could think to myself is like oh my god, man. Like it's two days later like you know, if they're in trouble or like they're they're gone right like and but like feeling like in that position of like, if that were me going to try and find loved ones two days later. I mean, like, how horrible would that be? You know what I mean? Like so again, like if just trauma after trauma in terms of in those kinds of things, I mean, Bryant Park and others big gathering, you know, open areas and things like that would have huge pieces of plywood joined together with hundreds of photos on them, like in makeshift memorials like all over the city man, like it was just, it was just crazy. And then, you know, you would go back to like Penn Station and you would see firemen that like days after were covered in soot and stuff like that and just collapsed on the ground pretty much from exhaustion. You know, and seeing National Guardsmen in the station with machine guns and things like that. I mean, it's just not things you're used to, in this country man, and to have all of that happen at one time was, you know, fairly impactful to me. And that, you know, that was Brian Schoenborn 15:41 That changed everything, man. Ken Vennera 15:42 Yeah. And you know, and so that was the genesis for me of like, understanding why a lot of people would want to sign up, you know, after seeing those kinds of things. You know, I was a little bit past probably, maybe the waiver age, you know, even at that time, but still was interested in doing some way to try and help You know, and like I said, and then supporting friends of mine that were in because of it. You know, it just changed my outlook as to how I could play a part, you know, and helping out and things like that. And so, Brian Schoenborn 16:11 You know, I, I was active duty when 911 happened. Ken Vennera 16:15 Yeah? Brian Schoenborn 16:15 Yeah, I was, you know, 50 caliber machine gunner. active in the Marine Corps. I was stationed in Camp Pendleton, so I was in San Diego. Ken Vennera 16:22 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 16:23 I'll never forget, you know, eating morning chow. I was in the chow hall eating breakfast. I'm sitting at this table by myself. I had already had PTSD at this point. So I was in the process of being medically discharged. But I was sitting there by myself. And I looked up, you know, there's these, you know, TV screens, right monitors or whatever, up in the corners. And usually there's like the news or something on, right? And I'm like eating I'm eating an omelet and green pepper onion, and cheese omelet. Ken Vennera 16:54 Nice. Brian Schoenborn 16:55 And I look up and then the computer screen or on the on the TV screen, rather, I see these two buildings that are burning? And I'm like, What the fuck? I'm like this guy just like a commercial, like a movie trailer or some shit like that. Right? Ken Vennera 17:06 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 17:07 And then then the entire chow hall got quiet. And I looked up again and it said, CNN on one corner and live on the other one. Ken Vennera 17:15 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 17:15 The trade. The Trade Towers have been hit. Ken Vennera 17:17 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 17:18 And it was at that point, you know, like I said, everyone got all quiet. Finished my, I finished my omelet. And as I left to go back to my barracks and get ready for formation, I heard this guy just screams just goes, we're going to war. Ken Vennera 17:34 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 17:34 And I was like, you know, like, my patriotism shot through the roof at that point, man. Ken Vennera 17:37 Of course. Brian Schoenborn 17:37 Like, you know, if I wasn't already dealing with my PTSD, I would have been Ken Vennera 17:44 deployed Brian Schoenborn 17:44 more than more than ready, willing and able to be deployed. Ken Vennera 17:47 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 17:47 In fact, you know, my unit was the first to go to Iraq after after 911. Yeah. And they fought in Fallujah, stuff like that. Ken Vennera 17:55 No doubt. Brian Schoenborn 17:55 It really tore me up for a long time actually, afterwards that I couldn't be there for my brother's. Couldn't be able to protect and defend Ken Vennera 18:02 pretty common Brian Schoenborn 18:03 our country and, or retaliate for it. Ken Vennera 18:05 Sure. But you find other ways to do it. I mean, that's sort of, you know, me to a much lesser extent, obviously, in you. I mean, you're already wearing, you know, the cloth of the country that point. But, you know, you try and find other ways. I mean, that's sort of what it's all about, you know, being part of a team, you know, you you make do with what you can do. Brian Schoenborn 18:24 Yep. Ken Vennera 18:24 You know, so. Brian Schoenborn 18:25 So, so that's what led you to doing Ken Vennera 18:28 a lot of military involvement Brian Schoenborn 18:30 philanthropic work and stuff like that Ken Vennera 18:31 Yeah, with that military, you know, direction. Sure. Brian Schoenborn 18:35 Mm hmm. So, you were Ken Vennera what? Corporate lawyer, corporate hack? Ken Vennera 18:40 Corporate lawyer. Not corporate hack. Thanks a lot, Brian. Geez. Corporate lawyer, for sure. Brian Schoenborn 18:47 okay. Sure. Okay. And then you started moving into this doing some of those volunteer or Ken Vennera 18:53 totally on the volunteer side. I mean, anything I was doing even with operational front at that time was all volunteer time. I still working full time. And, you know, taking care of other things. I mean, I'm involved very much in my local community, you know, as well like my HOA and things like that. But yeah, just doing it on the side and, you know, trying to make a difference as much as possible. Brian Schoenborn 19:15 How do you have time for all that? That's my question. Ken Vennera 19:18 I don't sleep much. I don't sleep much. You know, you guys in the military, you probably understand this more so right, is that, you know, sleep asleep enough when I'm dead, right. Brian Schoenborn 19:27 That's what the old gunny says, for sure. Ken Vennera 19:29 That's it. So you know, I kind of living proof of that. So, yeah, I just try and do as much as I can, you know, and I'm pretty efficient when I do things, you know, for sure. When I have the sport to be able to do it. Brian Schoenborn 19:41 But so So tell me a bit about I'm gonna keep talking about this veteran stuff for sure. Tell me a little bit about Warrior Rising. So I know a little bit I've gotten involved with warrior rising about six months ago, roughly. Ken Vennera 19:53 Yep. Brian Schoenborn 19:54 Something like that. That's how we met actually. Ken Vennera 19:55 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 19:56 But for the listeners, maybe you can kind of give a little high level view and then You know, I can talk about our involvement how how we got connected as well. Ken Vennera 20:03 Absolutely. So, Jason van Camp, he was a major in the US Army, he was Green Beret and Ranger. Brian Schoenborn 20:12 Yep. Ken Vennera 20:14 He was, you know, medically retired from the military, but still, you know, fairly young guy and said, you know, look, I have a lot of life ahead of me, got involved in starting a business himself, because that's what a lot of his peers that had gotten out were doing. And quite a few people that were colleagues of his would, you know, want to sort of emulate what he was doing and you know, got the idea of asking you know, him for assistance and he said, Well, you know, maybe it's a good idea to create a an organization or program whereby, or program within an organization, whereby we could help veterans who are looking to start their businesses and support themselves basically, you know, and and reestablish the purpose that existed in the military, reapply that ambition etc that existed there. Restore, you know, sort of that dignity of being, you know, receiving benefit from what you know their own hands and their own work and things like that. So he did you know, he created about five years ago, back in 2015, stood it up, put together a program. At first it was live instruction, but then converted to video instruction, etc. And basically, the program is evolved into a four pillar program that provides instruction, mentorship, funding opportunities, and then last part we're a community, which recognizes the fact that even coming out of the military, one of the things most people miss is that sense of team that existed around the military people. So it's reestablishing that being the local face of you know, Warrior Rising in locations throughout the country. You know, the organization is really, really prospered you know, quite a bit. Thanks to, you know, a lot of what, you know, Jason and the team have put together. They are getting or we're getting approximately, you know, last year, over 1000 applicants. Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 22:13 That's huge. Ken Vennera 22:13 Yeah. And, you know, pretty steady clip of, you know, 20 to 25 applicants every week. Brian Schoenborn 22:18 Wow. Where are they coming from all over the country? Ken Vennera 22:22 All over the country. Yeah, I can tell you probably the top five states. Number one absolutely is Texas. There's a good 13% of all the applicants are coming from Texas. Brian Schoenborn 22:33 It's a big veteran state too. Ken Vennera 22:34 Sure, sure. And and they all follow pretty much that pattern as well. California is second, probably with like close to 9% of all come from California. Florida is probably a close third with about you know, 7% and then of course, you know, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, believe it or not. You know, but, you know, as of last count, I think we had applicants from all All all but one state I think we had 49 states that we had applicants from. Vermont being the lone holdout of all places. Brian Schoenborn 22:57 Really? Vermont? Ken Vennera 23:07 I know, Vermont, I know you would figure you think it'd be like Alaska or Hawaii. No, Vermont was the lone holdout. Although, you know, that that might have that gap might have closed since then. I mean, this probably a month or so two ago. But yeah, so, you know, the organization really, you know, it focuses on being a full lifecycle. I mean, there's lots of organizations that do parts of it that are very similar, you know, mentoring and things like that, as well as government programs through the SPDC or SBA programs and things like that as well. But, you know, Warrior Rising, really proud that prides itself on being a full lifecycle for that so that somebody comes in at any given stage, whether it's concept or whether, you know, they're further along as well, they could have, you know, being an MBA program even, it pretty much looks at that individual and says, here's where you are, here's where you need to be to move on to the next step. And then we'll shepherd you, you know, through all those stages, whether it's funding, whether it's again, maintaining that community on the back end, you know, etc. It's not just sort of a one and done, you know, yeah, we mentor, no, we're doing everything, you know, that's part of that program to make sure that people are feel like they're treated, you know, individually, you know, with what their needs are, and then where they need to move on to to achieve you know, viability, sustainability, which are to pill, you know, to guidestones, guideposts sorry, and, and be able to sustain themselves, you know, in business so. Brian Schoenborn 24:34 I'll tell you guys, you guys got me man, I, we had this discussion The other day you and I did and I forget, I forget exactly how I came across Warrior Rising but I but I did, right? I came across it and I put in my application, you know, so I had to submit my business plan. I submit my pitch deck, right, that kind of stuff. You know what kind of funding I'm looking for. And you had me when you got a hold of me and you said Brian, I think you're one of the most prepared guys I've ever seen. Ken Vennera 25:00 Yeah, it's true, though it's true. You know, I see a lot of applicants for sure. Yeah. And listen, you know, even those that aren't as well prepared. I mean, we do our best to try and you know, help them as well. Brian Schoenborn 25:10 Well, that's the thing though, cuz I mean, like, I get nervous because, you know, I don't want to fly by the seat of my pants. Ken Vennera 25:14 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 25:15 I want to make sure that I'm gonna do something that I'm gonna put all my heart and soul into it. Ken Vennera 25:18 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 25:20 Especially given some of these other opportunities in the past that I'd gotten the short end of the stick on. Yeah. I want to make sure that I built my, my media company, on a solid foundation. Ken Vennera 25:32 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 25:32 Right? But it's, I think it's good to have that. But you also have to recognize at what time are you ready to take the leap and start executing? Ken Vennera 25:38 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 25:39 Right? So like for me, I had plan and plan and plan and plan and I recorded some interviews and you know, stuff like that. And I was nervous to hit submit. Ken Vennera 25:48 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 25:49 Right? It wasn't until a friend of mine she she put a big boot in my eyes and said fucking do it. Do this, Brian. Submit right? Ken Vennera 25:58 Do it. Do it exactly. Brian Schoenborn 25:59 No more. There's no more pussyfooting around what I you know, like, just do it. And so I have, yeah. And you know, it's been going all right. But um, you know, but the point being is that, you know, there's other applicants out or entrepreneurs in general, veteran entrepreneurs that that well, even just regular entrepreneurs, like in general veteran or otherwise, you know, there has to be a point in time where you have to say, okay, let's execute. Ken Vennera 26:24 Yeah, I'll tell you the biggest two problems, Brian, that I see. And, and it's pretty typical, as you mentioned, across the board, whether military, you know, ex military or not, is, you know, people either follow one of two routes, and that is they either plan and don't execute, or they execute without planning. Brian Schoenborn 26:42 Yes. Ken Vennera 26:42 Which is also a big problem as well. Brian Schoenborn 26:44 Yeah, they could both be recipes for disaster. Ken Vennera 26:46 Yeah. And they and they are because you know, they executing without planning is definitely a recipe for driving off a cliff. Brian Schoenborn 26:51 That's where you're just making shit up. Right? Ken Vennera 26:53 Yeah. Exactly. Just it doesn't work. It might work for a short time. Yeah. But you know that and that's why all You know, we strive for, again, its viability and sustainability, right, like viability meaning, you know, will it work and sustainability, you know, will it last, you know, kind of thing. Because they're very, they're they're both very important. You can't have one without the other. Brian Schoenborn 27:13 Yep. Ken Vennera 27:14 Yeah, it's a little bit hard. I will tell you sometimes especially, you know, trying to have people who put a lot of their effort into something and they've worked very hard, either in the military or, you know, in trying to stand up their business, you know, it's hard to tell people that are entrepreneurially minded, and a little bit of ego, you know, behind it, that, you know, where they have gaps and identify, you know, where their flaws. You know, that sometimes is a stumbling block, because people take it as criticism, but it's never intended that way. It's really just intended to say, look, you know, we don't need to help you where you're strong, but we need to help you where you have gaps, you know, where you're missing things. And, yeah, it's a little bit hard, but I think once people understand that, they don't see it then as criticism. They see it as, you know, helping you in the areas where you're weak, you know? And that's what a team does, right? I mean, that's what your teammates do is they pick you up where you're weak, you know, and help you Brian Schoenborn 28:08 Talk about egos man, because not only not only are these people entrepreneurs, so they believe in themselves enough that they have something that people want to buy. Sure. But they're also veterans, which means they've gone through hell and seen a lot of things that other people haven't seen for sure. Ken Vennera 28:24 Yeah, sure. So it is hard. It's hard to tell somebody like here's what you don't know. Brian Schoenborn 28:30 Yep. Oh, no. I mean, even in our first couple of conversations, I'm like, What the hell, I'm like, you don't know what you're talking about, Ken. Just like, you know, you're kind of like, you know, talk to me off the ledge a little bit, you know, shit like that. So I want to know, um, so you mentioned I just want to talk a little bit about your partner Jason are, you know, the leader of this? Ken Vennera 28:49 He's Executive Director, I work for him. Brian Schoenborn 28:50 Right. Right. Right. He's the leader. Yeah. Jason van Camp. So you're saying he's a Green Beret officer? Ken Vennera 28:58 He was he was a major major. Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 29:00 Nice. I wonder if he knows my or if he knows my friend Chris. I bet he does. He was a lieutenant colonel Green Beret. He was 30, 30. Ken Vennera 29:06 What's his last name? Brian Schoenborn 29:07 Schmidt. Ken Vennera 29:08 I don't know possibly. Brian Schoenborn 29:09 He was a an army in the army for like 30 years and 18 of it as a Green Beret. Yeah, pretty long, significant career as well, that asides and I'm just kind of mumbling out about that. But I'm just curious. Like, what if any types of values or frameworks, maybe that Jason got from his time in the Special Forces does he carry over? Ken Vennera 29:37 That is well, it's not if any, there's certainly certainly a lot of them I mean, that's that could be probably show but our program all by itself, Brian, to be honest with you. Brian Schoenborn 29:46 It'd be awesome to get him on. Ken Vennera 29:49 Definitely. He definitely should. I'd highly recommend it, man. I'll tell you what, you know, Jason is one of the most, you know, inspiring guys that I've ever cross, you know, come across in my life. He looks at things with that, you know, intense drive towards, you know, success. I mean, you know, he he will tell you no, no rush, you know, don't rush to failure, you know, you know, he's very selfless guy very interested in helping other people. You know, even when he you know, he just wrote a book, Deliberate Discomfort, which, you know, is now out on Amazon, etc. But you know, even doing that, I mean, you know, there's people out there, especially in the military community that write books and other people, you know, people have different opinions about former military people that write books and things like that. But I can tell you, you know, in all honesty, I mean, Jason is definitely a guy that is about helping people, you know, like, it's, it's first about, you know, teaching and driving you to be a better person, before even himself. I mean, he's definitely a guy that's you know, about team creating that you know, sort of team spirit and you know, his concept of, you know, deliberate discomfort, you know, from Special Forces times, you know, his training, etc. revolves, you know, around that whole idea of, you know, putting yourself into situations where you're not comfortable and getting used to that and making yourself a stronger person. Brian Schoenborn 31:19 Hell yeah. Ken Vennera 31:20 Um, and, you know, I can tell you, I mean, that's the theme of his book. He tells it through stories of individual, you know, individuals in different situations to, you know, as examples and then gives you sort of the science behind it. I mean, it's a tremendous, tremendous book. I mean, there's a lot of great lessons, you know, that he has there, but he as a person, man. It's, it's way beyond even what's you know, in that book, I mean, he is definitely the type that inspires people to do better. Which is obviously one of the main characteristics of you know, being a leader. Brian Schoenborn 31:54 Yep. Ken Vennera 31:55 You know, again, it's all about creating something above himself. Putting himself out there all the time. I mean, I can't even tell you all the sacrifices, I could tell you. But again, it would probably be its own show. All the sacrifices that he makes, I mean, you know, he's got his own business, running, you know, Warrior Rising, he's got a family, a young family, you know, besides that, you know, requires and demands, you know, his attention and things like that. And he really gives his all to all of those things. And it's just amazing. It's just amazing to me, you know, how he's able to do you know, that stuff. And like I said, I mean, you know, I'm a pretty smart guy. I have a pretty solid background myself, but I definitely consider Jason one of the most, you know, inspiring and admirable guys I've ever come across, you know, in terms of having those qualities of leadership but also that side that, you know, cares about people, you know, things like that. I mean, he's definitely not the typical hard nosed military, when it comes to the interpersonal side, but surely, in terms of the values and characteristics that he carries over from his training that you asked about. He's definitely, you know, all about, you know, carrying them over in the best way possible to help people be better people, you know, kind of thing, so. Brian Schoenborn 33:10 That's, that's interesting. I want to talk a little bit about the, the concept of deliberate discomfort. Ken Vennera 33:16 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 33:17 I think I think he and I kind of share that ethos. Now for years. I've said about getting comfortable outside your comfort zone. Right? So we word it a little bit differently. But I you know, I consider myself very comfortable. being uncomfortable. You know, it's the things that are unfamiliar the things that you don't know you haven't done, you haven't eaten. People you haven't interacted with, whatever. You know, it's part of the reason why I dropped everything in New York and moved to China. Right? Ken Vennera 33:47 There you go. Brian Schoenborn 33:47 I didn't know anybody. I just never been there. Ken Vennera 33:49 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 33:50 I didn't know what to expect. You know, nevermind the language, right? Ken Vennera 33:54 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 33:55 But until you until you get out there and do something, you know, like getting getting in that discomfort zone or getting outside of your comfort zone. I mean, that's, I feel like that's where you that's where the learning happens. Ken Vennera 34:09 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 34:09 That's where the growth happens. Ken Vennera 34:11 Exactly. Brian Schoenborn 34:11 Like that's where, you know, you and there's nothing wrong with like staying in your little bubble your entire life either necessarily I mean some people can live nice comfortable lives. Ken Vennera 34:22 Different strokes, different strokes for different folks, you know, as they say, right but you know, the real genesis of creativity comes from, you know, stressful situations, unfortunately, you know, I mean, I know you didn't want to talk about Corona virus, Brian Schoenborn 34:36 but whatever we can talk about it. Ken Vennera 34:36 But not too much. Thankfully, there's too much talk about it as it is. But, you know, the thing I find is that, you know, innovation comes from stressful sit, you know, from problems, you know, like, look at all the inventions that were throughout history has created, you know, a lot of innovation has come from, you know, technology and things like that have come from, you know, being in those kinds of situations. We're like, look, we have to do something about this. You know, whereas people are just comfortable they're never really going to look outside, there's no, there's no reason to look outside their comfort zone, as you mentioned, like their little bubbles. So, I would look at that discomfort kind of concept as being the genesis for creativity and innovation, you know, for sure in society. So, you know, it's the force to move, you know, past where somebody might exist at any given time. And certainly, you know, as I said, I mean, you know, that's the credo that that Jason follows, you know, for sure. Brian Schoenborn 34:37 What was the thing you're telling me? So we went for a walk earlier today. Kind of, you know, meeting of the minds kind of shit. Ken Vennera 35:41 Two philosophy, two philosophers walking along. Brian Schoenborn 35:44 It was a little philosophical. Yes. Good. Walking meeting. But you were talking something about? There's like a loop like a cycle. Ken Vennera 35:53 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 35:53 About that good people are strong people. Ken Vennera 35:56 Yeah, so the saying goes that weak men make bad times. Bad times make strong men. Strong men make good times. Good times make weak men. So yeah, that's pretty much the cycle. I didn't originate that, obviously. But clearly, it's pretty accurate. Brian Schoenborn 36:14 But that stood out to me because I'm like, it's you know, it's all about the hustle, right? It's about the struggle, the struggle is real, right? Like, um. Ken Vennera 36:20 For sure. Brian Schoenborn 36:21 For example, I was basically homeless for two years. And I was out surfing, fucking. I was living in a hostel for the last six months and just got into my own place. You know, fighting with the VA trying to get my disability benefits and all that shit. And it took me like they were just sitting on it, man, like it took me going into the VA triggering the shit out of myself. I was I was so triggered. I was like, convulsing in this place. Ken Vennera 36:45 Shame. Brian Schoenborn 36:46 If I wasn't struggling like that. You know what? I was doing all that while I'm building a company. Ken Vennera 36:51 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 36:51 You know, while I'm managing a restaurant, right? Shout out to Chipotle woot. You know, keeping myself extremely busy. Do you like sure working like 100 hours a week? Right? Ken Vennera 37:02 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 37:02 You know, but still taking myself into a place of extreme discomfort. Ken Vennera 37:08 Yep. Brian Schoenborn 37:09 Where I was extremely triggered and I had to go there numerous times over the first month or so, just to make sure that the paperwork was right. You know, I'm getting they understand my situation, right? Finally was able to get some some VA treatment, which I've been denied for for so long. Started getting that thing going. If it wasn't me taking that action when I was struggling, I would not have seen any sort of success. Ken Vennera 37:40 Mm hmm. Brian Schoenborn 37:40 Right? As a result of me going there and taking matters into my own hands. It sped the process along. Ken Vennera 37:46 Sure. Yeah. And Necessity is the mother of invention. You know, like they say, I mean, it's unfortunate but you know, that's what spurs on that creativity to want to get out of that situation, right. Like most people if they're in a good situation. Don't look for ways to get out of it. Brian Schoenborn 38:01 Right, exactly. I mean, I think about I think about the innovations, it'd be interesting to see a study and innovations between people coming from cold weather versus people coming from, like the tropics. Ken Vennera 38:13 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 38:13 You know, it's like a beach life, man. That's Ken Vennera 38:15 Right! Who wants to leave San Diego right? Brian Schoenborn 38:18 Got a coconut. You got a beach. Ken Vennera 38:19 exactly what do I need to go anywhere? It's for sure. Yeah, yeah, it was funny. You mentioned you go into China, you know, and speaking, you know, not knowing the language very well or things like that. I mean, being placed in completely foreign culture, you know, etc. You know, I often think it just reminds me of hearing you say a few those things that you know, one of the things I admire most about my grandfather, my dad's dad, was, you know, he left you know, Italy at 17 years old to come to this country. Did not Brian Schoenborn 38:53 That's a bold move, man. Ken Vennera 38:54 Totally a bold move without his family. But not didn't even have. I mean, if you have a certain level of education, even if you're still not educated in that language, you understand how it is sort of get around a little bit better, how to ask different questions, etc, that might help you in that situation. But, you know, he hardly had any education in Italy came here at 17 years old, you know, started a family, um, you know, within two generations, you know, here I am going to an Ivy League school, you know, and then law school, you know, even beyond that. So, I mean, it's real, a real testament again, to, you know, that pioneering spirit or, you know, putting yourself like you said, and, you know, or as Jason would even say, you know, in that situation of discomfort, you know, and then forcing yourself to excel, you know, to to get yourself out of it. Brian Schoenborn 39:42 Well, that's the dream right? Move to America. You know, work hard, work hard, and hopefully your children or your children's children can see, the fruits of the labor. Ken Vennera 39:52 As long as that as long as that element of sacrifice is there. Absolutely. Brian, I mean, I think in some ways, though, what's been lost on many a younger generation than you and I, is people want immediate gratification. Brian Schoenborn 40:05 Sure. Ken Vennera 40:06 And that's the thing that I think has changed the most. Brian Schoenborn 40:08 They don't want to work for it. Ken Vennera 40:10 Yeah, or they're there. It's not even so much, they don't necessarily want to work for it. They're not willing to sacrifice their own gratification for the benefit of future generations necessarily. So in other words, they're not willing to postpone their gratification in order to set the, you know, children that the, you know, the future generations up for that success. And I think that hurts because my grandfather's generation, in and of itself, you know, yeah, they would be considered successful maybe by the standards of where they came from, etc. But they wouldn't be considered necessarily successful in this country. I mean, they were blue collar factory type workers in this country. I mean, my, my grandfather worked in an asbestos plant, you know, which, who would take a job in an asbestos plant today, like you would never do that, right. So it wasn't like He, you know, in his own generation was successful. But you know, in a way, that mentality of sacrificing, you know, for the benefit of, you know, his children and then their children, you know, and so forth, creates that opportunity. And I think that's what's you know, gotten lost a little bit is, you know, it's, it's not that people don't necessarily want to work hard. I think if people understood that how things worked a little bit better, they probably would be more willing to do that. But I think what's gone is the putting off, you know, the self denial kind of aspect in favor of, you know, helping the future generations kind of thing a little bit so, Brian Schoenborn 41:38 Yeah, I kind of I kind of waffle on that one. I mean, no, cuz I mean, cuz I, in one sense, I agree with you. Right? I think that sounds fairly accurate. And the other side of that coin, it does sound a lot like, you know, millennial bashing. Ken Vennera 41:55 I didn't make any group. Brian Schoenborn 41:56 I know, but I'm a millennial. I'm an elder, millennial. Ken Vennera 42:01 but but actually that's in favor of, you know millennials and the generation because that's one of the things if you look at a lot of commentators, they'll say like, you know, the millennials or generation without hope of doing those things. Brian Schoenborn 42:13 And I think they're also saying they're spending all their savings on avocado toast. Ken Vennera 42:17 And that wasn't me. That wasn't me saying that. Brian Schoenborn 42:19 I know. Ken Vennera 42:20 I don't think that I think, you know, I think that a lot of people, if they're guided in the right direction, you know, will do the right thing. I mean, I think, I don't think anybody wants to be lazy or do bad things or anything like that, you know, by far. I think that was the appropriate kind of direction, though. And it's like anything else, I mean, you know, to sort of go back to where you're rising a little bit. Again, you know, you have people that are talented, sort of, you know, former military in a certain direction. He needs need the guidance in other directions to, you know, create that analogy to create that bridge sometimes, and you need people willing to do that and You know, kudos to, you know, people like Jason that are willing to, you know, sort of show that path to people. You know, I think that's what's really important. I think that's what's missing very often, you know, in today's society. Brian Schoenborn 43:12 Yeah, I hear that. So I hear that, you know, it can be hard to connect all the dots. Sure. Quick, quick question. How did like how did you guys, how did you two come into like Ken Vennera 43:23 Contact? Brian Schoenborn 43:23 How did you how did you come into being? Ken Vennera 43:25 so very funny, like I said, I was doing a lot of, you know, veteran related activities and things like that. I was doing a lot of sort of freelancing on the internet in terms or on LinkedIn, specifically, helping guys find jobs, because when I went into, you know, more of an advisory board role with Operation Homefront, I was really looking for an organization that would help former military find, you know, jobs. To be, you know, again, sustainable you in that way. I couldn't really find at the time a group that I thought was Being very effective in that regard. I mean, there were lots of groups that were trying to educate, you know, employers about how to hire military and all kinds of things, you know, around surrounding sort of that but, but never anyone that was really sort of directly doing that. So, I was trying to help people as I could with, you know, mock interviewing or looking at the resumes and all these kinds of things, and, you know, made friends with a lot of people along the way. In particular, one guy, former Navy guy, you know, he said to me one day, he's like, you know, you should really get in touch with this guy, Jason van Camp. And see what Warrior Rising is all about, you know, that they're helping guys, you know, start businesses and I thought about it for quite a bit and said, you know, that's probably even better than trying to find people jobs because you start a business I mean, you can possibly employ a Brian Schoenborn 43:27 It's multitudes of jobs. Ken Vennera 43:42 Right, exactly. It's a force multiplier, you know, kind of thing in a way and I'm like, you know what, like, maybe I haven't been I've been narrowing my focus too much. In that, you know, going into this arena of helping, you know, military start start businesses is actually probably even a better thing and, you know, got involved with Warrior Rising got involved with Jason and you know, I'll tell you like I said, you know, Jason's charisma man like his drive towards you know what he's doing i mean you know again you look at like traits of leadership man you know if people inspire that's one of the key traits of being a good leader and Jason definitely inspires me. Clearly inspired me to, you know, want to put my efforts towards doing what you know what Warrior Rising's doing and making it into a success. So yeah, that's that's pretty much how it came about. Well, so two years now almost just about a couple months short, but pretty close. Brian Schoenborn 45:46 Nice. Ken Vennera 45:46 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 45:47 Um. Sorry. I kind of bounced around a little bit but a Ken Vennera 45:50 Bounce all you want. Brian Schoenborn 45:51 Yeah. I just you know, as you're speaking things are things trigger, right. Ken Vennera 45:56 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 45:57 Because I connect dots as well, right? Ken Vennera 45:59 Yes. Brian Schoenborn 45:59 Reminds me of, you're talking about helping people connect the dots, helping helping entrepreneurs get going that kind of stuff. Veteran entrepreneurs reminds me, the weird thing is like, when you're in the military, everything's laid out for you. Right? You're part of this machine. And you do, as you're told, and you know, but you know, by the time you get through boot camp, or basic training, or maybe your school afterwards, you pretty much know how to conduct yourself and what is expected basically every day. Ken Vennera 46:29 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 46:30 Right. So you're in this Ken Vennera 46:33 Mode? Brian Schoenborn 46:34 Sure. That's what's the word I was thinking. Whenever you're in this, you're in this fucking mode, where every single day you know exactly what you have to do. Ken Vennera 46:42 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 46:43 On the entrepreneurial side, every day, it's a blank slate, right? It's a clean slate. Like you you got to figure out everything that you're doing. You know, you write the script, basically, right. It reminds me when I went to grad school, when I went to business xchool the first day of orientation. One of our think she was a career services. Barbara Hyle, shout out to Barb. She wrote two words on the board on this white board said embrace ambiguity. Ken Vennera 47:15 Flexibility, name of the game for sure. Brian Schoenborn 47:17 That's something that's kind of stuck with me. That's kind of what what it made me think of there when you're like, Oh, you know, helping people connect the dots and the circles and stuff because you're, you know, again, when you're when you're going from something where everything is regimented, like that's, that's the whole reason that term is there, right? It's regimented routine, basically every single day to what the hell am I doing? I'm creating something out of nothing. Right. That can be a big change, man. And people Ken Vennera 47:42 Well, so I think, you know, again, and forgive me for characterizing, you know, never served in military myself, but I think a lot of what you're talking about in the military is not necessarily that overall, everything is regimented. Right, what's regimented? His training right and whenever you're in a and execution to a certain extent, like certain operations, right? But that's because like in life, you can only control the things you can control. Brian Schoenborn 48:12 Right. Ken Vennera 48:14 I think the thing again piecing together from a military perspective that people they understand when they're in that that situation but then don't understand it necessarily once they get out because they're not within that framework is that that basis right that foundation for that kind of regimented training, etc. And that following orders in a certain way following you know, standard operating procedures, etc, is because eventually in many situations, especially in combat, you end up not seeing, you know, the the regimentation, right. In other words, you end up seeing the things that go off the reservation, right, like, Brian Schoenborn 48:54 You're living life in the margins, on the battlefield. Ken Vennera 48:56 So you know it What's that expression that you know, no place survives first contact with the enemy, you know kind of thing right? Brian Schoenborn 49:02 Like Mike Tyson said, everyone has a plan to get punched in the face, right, like so. Ken Vennera 49:09 So, you know, but that's the whole idea is that it's, it's, you know, one of the beautiful things about military training is saying, like, Look, we're going to create this foundation from you. So that when you're placed into these situations where you're not sure, again, going back to the whole, deliberate discomfort, you know, concept, you know, Jason, you know, it's training yourself to constantly react in a certain way so that when you're faced with that ambiguity, when you're faced with that uncertainty, when you're faced with, you know, the enemy in your face, it's, you know, 50 meters, you know, kind of thing, you're now able to deal with that because of all of that muscle memory, regimentation, etc. Like, you know, calming yourself down thinking in a certain direction. You know, is is extremely valuable, you know, it's extremely valuable when you're facing You know, uncertainty and things like that. I tell people very often, you know, if I asked you, for example, to navigate from your bedroom door of your house to your front door, you're gonna be like, not a problem, right? Piece of cake. But, right, but but all of a sudden, if you're blindfolded and it's dark, right, you know, you're gonna start employing tactics that you know about your training, right, you're gonna put your arm out and reach certain distance and feel around to get your bearings for what your environment holds. Again, all of these things from training, etc. to understand, like, I need to know what my environment is, I need to know what the weather is, I need to know assess the situation. All those things for training come in handy now, because what you're doing is reducing the number of variables down to the minimum number so that you have the best chance, you know, an opportunity of success. Ken Vennera 50:49 You know, the other analogy I use a lot when like mentoring is that it's a lot like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. You know, when you first start out with a jigsaw puzzle, you know, you dump the box. Have 1000 pieces and they're all over the place summer the backside, you know, that's all brown without the picture and summer, the you know, the the picture side, you have edge pieces, etc, you know. So the first thing you do is turn all the pieces over. So you can see that, you know, they're all facing the same way. Why again, reduce those numbers of variables of unknowns and things like that you have to, you know, smaller number, then what do you do you put all the edge pieces together first, why? Because there's a clue with the edge pieces that all the other pieces don't have and that is they have an edge. Right? Brian Schoenborn 51:33 Right. Ken Vennera 51:34 So you you again, you put them all together and now you've reduced the variables down, you know, to a smaller number, then you start to put like pieces with like pieces, right? Again, utilizing as much information as you possibly have to reduce those numbers of variables and so forth. And little by little man, you put those things together and you end up with a complete, you know, picture from that. Brian Schoenborn 51:55 Hell yeah. Ken Vennera 51:56 And that's what it's a lot like i think you know, so yes, there is that aspect of regimentation in the training and always go into battle. So you develop that muscle memory, but it's the application of that in those situations like in combat or otherwise, where you're facing unknowns, and very much so like when you're in business, you know, of course, the consequences aren't quite as dire as being in combat, but you know, you're facing pretty, you know, dire consequences if your business is going to fail and things like that. And you have to support your family well, and and your employees if you haven't, right, and your employees lives, etc. So, you know, there's a lot of situations like that, I mean, look, look at all of the things that come up in business where, you know, all of a sudden, there, you know, a regulation is passed, for example, that you didn't have to do X, but now you have to do it, and that's gonna cost you three times as much, and possibly, you know, you don't have a margin left anymore, you know? Or look at what's going on with this. Sorry, like the coronavirus. And I know he didn't want to talk about that. I'm so sorry. Brian Schoenborn 53:01 That's all everyone's talking about. It's all right though. Ken Vennera 53:03 But but it's such a good example. And because if you think about it, you know, what, who was who was planning for this in their business three months ago? Brian Schoenborn 53:11 Oh, nobody. Ken Vennera 53:12 Right, who was creating that reserve to carry them over this, you know, situation three months ago? And and that's this, you know, that's the kind of stuff it's like, what do you do when something hits you that you really didn't expect? Well, now you revert back to your training, your muscle memory, your things that like, you know, work in these kinds of situations to help guide Brian Schoenborn 53:32 Sanitize your hands. Ken Vennera 53:33 Right, wash your hands. Brian Schoenborn 53:34 Not traveling on an airplane, Brian? Ken Vennera 53:36 Right. So, I mean, but it's all of those things, then help the situation reduce the number of variables make it more manageable, I mean, nobody has a crystal ball, right? Nobody has a crystal ball ever, you know, kind of thing. So what do you do man, you reduce the number of things, the unknowns down to a manageable level, you know, and you do that, you know, by utilizing that training and so forth. So, so I agree with you I mean there's a lot of regimentation etc to the military but it's there for a reason. Brian Schoenborn 54:05 Yeah it's for a purpose for sure. Ken Vennera 54:06 Exactly and and the same reason that it is there you know in the military is the same reason it's effective and useful even in the business world or in life in general, you know, in terms of developing ways to cope with situations and the unknowns and so forth so. Brian Schoenborn 54:23 Huh. Habits. We are habitual animals. Ken Vennera 54:27 Good habits well good habits developing good habits you know for sure and that's again training right in the military develop good habits right you know and do things the right way all the time you know what I mean? Brian Schoenborn 54:36 Getting up at 06, creasee cammies, spit-shine shoes, you're cleaning a rifle every second you get. Ken Vennera 54:44 Sure. Responsibility, dedication and all those factors that again, will get you through tough situations. You know? Brian Schoenborn 54:50 Focus. Ken Vennera 54:51 Focus exactly. Brian Schoenborn 54:52 Laser like focus. Ken Vennera 54:53 Yep. Brian Schoenborn 54:54 Yep, do it for sure. It's been a pretty good chat so far. Ken Vennera 54:58 Think so I listen. I enjoy talking man, I can talk to you probably for another three hours if you wanted to, but Brian Schoenborn 55:02 We could, we could filibuster this shit. Ken Vennera 55:07 And it's been good man I really love you know, being on the show for sure, man, I love I love the thoughts, you know, that we're talking about, you know, because I think it'll help a lot of people, you know, it helps a lot of people to hear, even if they already know it, it helps to hear sometimes. Brian Schoenborn 55:20 I think, you know, I think one of the important things is, this is a this is a podcast, so it's not visibility, but you know, what I mean, like accessibility, maybe like when people have an opportunity to hear or see things that, you know, they might not know, they might not know otherwise, or to see it again, maybe something they haven't thought about in a while. Ken Vennera 55:40 Reinforcement. Sure. Brian Schoenborn 55:40 Reinforcement. Ken Vennera 55:41 Yeah. Brian Schoenborn 55:42 You know, I could help a lot of people and that's to be honest like that's why that's why I get people on that have interesting stories and are doing are doing some really cool things sure of yourself. But that's also why I'm so like, open and vocal about like, you know, my like my PTSD experience and stuff like that, know? Because the more you can talk about things, the more people can understand. Ken Vennera 56:05 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 56:06 And the more people can understand things, the more people can be helped. Ken Vennera 56:10 Absolutely. Brian Schoenborn 56:10 You know, because whether whether you have like a like a thing like a mental illness like PTSD, or whether you're running a business, right? A lot of times you can feel like you're on your own. Ken Vennera 56:21 Sure. Brian Schoenborn 56:22 Being an entrepreneur, it can be lonely man. Ken Vennera 56:23 It can be, for sure. Brian Schoenborn 56:25 You hear other people's voices and hear that there's support out there. And there's resources, Ken Vennera 56:31 Absolutely. Brian Schoenborn 56:31 you feel a little bit less, less lonely. Ken Vennera 56:34 You know, I'll tell you to Bri just to, you know

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