Podcasts about normal rockwell

In which conservative Sun Belt retirees and progressive urbanists agree on a nostalgic but radical revolution in city design, and Ken does a Normal Rockwell impression. Certificate #34959.

EPISODE #75: This week, we take a look at how podcasts are shaping this years election. Our guest this week, John Coogan, called this out months ago when predicting election season. But has it actually been a net positive for the candidates? Polymarket has been heavily favoring a Trump victory. However, there's something here that everyone is missing. Trump visits McDonald's in an Americana scene out of a Normal Rockwell painting. Liberal women cope and seethe after men no longer protect them in major cities (see: Daniel Penny). And we tell you why cyclists are the worst people Featuring Mike Solana, Brandon Gorrell, Riley Nork, John Coogan We have partnered with Polymarket! Download the Polymarket: Election Forecast app https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polymarket-election-forecast/id6648798962 - Disclaimer: Not Financial Advice, For Entertainment Purposes Only. Sign Up For The Pirate Wires Daily!  https://get.piratewires.com/pw/daily https://piratewires.co/free_newsletter Topics Discussed: Pirate Wires Twitter: https://twitter.com/PirateWires Mike Twitter: https://twitter.com/micsolana Brandon Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandongorrell Riley Twitter: https://x.com/rylzdigital John Twitter: https://x.com/johncoogan TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Welcome Back To The Pod!

Comedian Raanan Hershberg joins the program to discuss his favorite problematic artists and why he doesn't respect Jackson Pollock. Watch Raanan's new special, BRAVE. "The Connoisseur", by Normal Rockwell. "When You Are Old", by W.B. Yeats. Produced by G34 Productions. Filmed at Grove 34 in Astoria, Queens.

Are those pussy willows? Mark welcomes two Maryland boys and John Waters fans on the show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the cult classic comedy Serial Mom! Graphic designer Brandon from Zombae Brando Designs (in his first podcast episode!) and Jesse Krempel from the Cult Circle Cinema podcast agree that Kathleen Turner playing the iconic Beverly Sutphin is cinematic perfection. With a solid cast, fun death scenes, hilarious dialogue, obscene phone calls that would make Ghostface blush, and morals everyone can root for, this 1994 movie is a "twisted Normal Rockwell" and "a feel-good movie that probably shouldn't be." RIP Suzanne Somers! Plus, we give All That a shout-out for its 30th anniversary as well, and of course touch on the popular docuseries that's been making waves, Quiet On Set.Follow the guests on social: @zombae_brando_art_design & @cultcinemacircle

Rachel talks about her favorite writing program and shares writing samples from her children's stories and papers.Institute for Excellence in WritingFix It! GrammarMaryanne WolfThe Runaway by Normal Rockwell

Ever been tempted to take a shortcut? Sure, they can give you a quick hit of dopamine and temporarily magnify efficiency, but beware, they can be a double-edged sword.  Shortcuts not only stunt creativity but also breed bad habits and perpetuate mediocrity. Tune in as we delve into the pros and cons of shortcuts in the kitchen, and elsewhere.And hey,  famous painter Normal Rockwell enters the chat too, as the discussion turns to how to settle into the sometimes painful, but always noble, path of growth...the long way.  So, buckle up, Buckaroo Banzai,  join us on this journey, and let's explore these intriguing concepts together. Don't forget to share your thoughts and help us reach our 1000 subscriber goal for a special chef reveal!To find out more about working with me, go to the website to find out more about how life and creativity coaching can work for you.You can also find me on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and Threads.Watch the episode on YouTube as well! You can drop me a comment or question at: paul@paulsilvacoaching.com

We are so stoked to have Marcel Ardans of the Lessons With Marcel YouTube channel as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Marcel Ardans is a guitarist, teacher and YouTuber active in the Raleigh music scene. His time in the bluegrass scene began in the Pacific Northwest, where he wood-shedded and gigged extensively with local and regional acts. Rightfully earning the nickname “The Biggest Baddest Billy Goat In The Barnyard”. In 2015, he started the online business Lessons With Marcel. The goal was to bring flatpicking and bluegrass guitar to those who wanted instruction but lacked local resources, essentially trying to make bluegrass more accessible, to grow the community.We chop it up with Marcel about:His experience of living with hearing loss as a musician and trying to get into music school.His deep love and obsession with Bluegrass music and why it's a Normal Rockwell painting.His reasons for wanting to play music and teach music later on in life.Why he decided to bring the history lessons back to the YouTube channel.His take on both traditional and the new grass styles.How learning the roots of a thing only deepens your experience with it.His new podcast "Podcast With Marcel' and how that came to be.How he has dealt with a growing community.... and much, much more!Head over to his YouTube Channel 'Lessons With Marcel' and his website www.lessonswithmarcel.com for more info, lessons, music, and more!INTRO MUSIC PROVIDED BY - WILL HANZA OF ESCAPER-FREE SHIPPING from Shop Tour Bus Use The PROMO CODE: nosimpleroad-Make Sure to visit our friends at Fire On The Mountain for some amazing food at one of the 3 location in the Portland area or one of the 2 location in the Denver area!-CHECK OUT THE NSR EXCLUSIVE BETA PREVIEW OF www.venuellama.comMUSIC IN THE COMMERCIALS BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:CIRCLES AROUND THE SUNOUTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:CHILLDREN OF INDIGONo Simple Road is part of OSIRIS MEDIA. Osiris Media is the leading storyteller in music, combining the intimacy of podcasts with the power of music.We inform and delight music fans by creating shows with leading artists, telling untold stories, and working with brands to craft compelling narratives that bring music to life.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is trouble 'til the robins come... David Lynch rebounds from the disaster that was Dune with something much more akin to his debut film Eraserhead. It's weird, it's moody, and it's intensely personal. Kyle Maclachlan and Laura Dern star in a film that's part Hitchcock, part Normal Rockwell, and part nightmare. It's a return to form for Lynch. THIS is the filmmaker we know and love. It's beautiful to see, and we break it down this week!

Let's draft off the energy of Yom Kippur. We are back in person on Shabbat morning. Please join us for coffee, conversation, and community as we discuss a Norman Rockwell Sukkot. One of Norman Rockwell's classic paintings—it commands its own room in the Norman Rockwell Museum in the Berkshires—is a family Thanksgiving feast entitled Freedom From Want. Follow this link. A family gathered happily together. A turkey ready to be gobbled up. Fine china. Fine stemware. Big smiles. Warmth. Home. Safety. Security. Plenty. There is only one problem. The year of the painting is 1943. America is in the middle of World War II. After Pearl Harbor. Before Omaha Beach. By the way, the Holocaust is happening. How are we to think about this family's feast in the middle of World War II and the Holocaust? Is their celebration of plenty the right move morally, or the wrong move? What impact should the war and the Shoah have had on their feast? Should they have feasted as if World War II and the Shoah were not occurring (which seems to be the case)? Look at the easy smiles on their faces. Should they have canceled their feast due to the sorrows of the world? Should they have had their feast, but done some readings to acknowledge the war and the Holocaust that were both happening that very day? This theme—how do you do daily life when the world is in tumult—is a recurrent theme for Norman Rockwell. A companion painting, also a classic, entitled Freedom From Fear, shows parents putting children to bed, domestic tranquility, parents grounding their children in the serenity of home and hearth, while the father holds a newspaper that has headlines about the war. Follow this link. Roll the film forward to 2022. Roll the film forward to Sukkot which begins Sunday night. If we sit in our Sukkah smiling and enjoying our festival meal, eating our fine food, drinking our fine wine, making pleasant conversation, is that a problem given the problems of the world? As just one small example, the New York Times Daily catalogues the infinite misery engulfing Pakistan as a result of biblical-like floods that are causing death, devastation, and hunger on a massive scale. How do we think about enjoying our holiday when there is so much pain in the world? What do Jewish sources teach us about navigating this tension between the world in grief and our world as sanctuary from the world in grief?

Alex Jones's "judge" is worse than I knew! W. Bush VP smears Trump for his anti-J6 daughter Liz! RINOs call Viktor Orban "bigoted" for normal view of marriage.  The Hake Report, Friday, August 5, 2022 AD: No description today; Hake is trifling! //  MUSIC: "If These Scars Could Speak" - Zao - liberate te ex inferis (save yourself from hell) (1999, Solid State Records) // "You Can't Fail" - Density and Time - YouTube Audio Library (Hassan selection) //  CALLERS (no descriptions)  Keith in Illinois  Shane in Newfoundland, Canada  John in Kentucky  Bobby in Texas  TIME STAMPS 0:00:00 Fri, Aug 5, 2022 AD 0:02:15 Hey, guys! BOND tee 0:05:10 Joker 2 with Lady Gaga 0:11:46 Liberal 'Judge' Maya 0:35:49 KEITH, IL: Boycott the Devil 0:46:12 Ruby Bridges, Normal Rockwell! 0:52:49 Nancy Pelosi, Tsai Ing-wen 0:56:11 Dick Cheney anti-Trump ad for Liz 1:04:05 "If These Scars Could Speak" - Zao 1:08:01 Hake talks during great music 1:11:28 Supers: Lady Gaga, awesome band 1:13:03 SHANE, CANADA: 'Fearless women' 1:18:35 Romans 1: 16-32: Senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless 1:22:28 JOHN, KY: You're evil, siding with Alex Jones 1:31:52 Viktor Orban, Hungary PM at CPAC 1:40:08 ART, OH: We're not with 'US' establishment 1:47:22 BOBBY, TX: Thanks, Putin! Emmett Till info 1:54:51 "You Can't Fail" - Density and Time Also see Hake News from JLP.  HAKE LINKS VIDEO: YouTube* | Facebook | Twitter | ARCHIVE Odysee | Rumble | BitChute | LIVE Odysee | DLive | Twitch*  PODCAST: Apple | Spotify* | Podplayer | Castbox | TuneIn | Stitcher | Google | iHeart | Amazon | PodBean  SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | Odysee | EXCLUSIVE SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Teespring  CALL-IN: 888-775-3773, LIVE M-F 9-11 AM PT (Los Angeles) thehakereport.com/show  *NOTE: Liberal platforms commonly censor Hake's content.  BLOG POST https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2022/8/5/liberal-judge-maya-rino-dick-cheney-fri-8-5-22 

David asks: what about brushing your teeth and things that don't have immediate gratification, necessarily, but you have to do them over and over again? How do you motivate yourself to do them? It's preventative-you don't see what you save, you don't know what Past You did for Future You when you've brushed your teeth. David's answer is to outsource a lot of decisions that he doesn't want to make to ritual, and the world of pain is part of everything we have to do. He just does it because it's the routine (like getting up) even though it is so hard, so very hard, to do the things we don't want to do. The fact that we can feel this much pain helps us want to prevent other's pain, makes us think creatively. David might be willing to bet that a lot of technology and innovation that makes things more efficient and helps us skip the boring tedious parts is perhaps invented by folx with ADHD. For folx with ADHD, you are tested in fire all the time, and it does things—there is negative stuff (sucks experiencing rejection, sucks making mistakes, sucks not being perfect, sucks being found out)—but our ability to think outside the box because we've had to struggle our whole life is something he doesn't want to surrender. Isabelle names that it feels that David saying that expressed compassion to the part of her that didn't get that before. She thinks about how in trauma work there's this mythology around the trauma making you stronger, but also—you could've been great without the trauma, thank you. Isabelle didn't really give herself credit for the strengths, and often assigns the strengths and things that she has achieved to good fortune or luck, while taking full ownership of the blame, shame, and mistake-making parts. It has taken her a long time to not just jump straight to “I got so lucky!” And recognize that maybe she had something to do it with—and wonders if she's the only one? David names that this is so relatable—it is so hard to acknowledge that our strengths are coming from the same place our vulnerabilities are. It's so easy to say we got lucky or it was chance, because we don't get to refine the skills to know we did more than get away with something. We don't fit in the Normal Rockwell image of how things appear and so we don't think about doing things the same way others do, either. David names how a part of him would be ashamed about getting ready for a school presentation in ten minutes—instead of practicing every night for twenty minutes, like he thought he should. Never mind that he still got an A, was able to speak with great energy, that the fact his tone of voice was a little more engaging—all of those things are ADHD. David is just thinking he got away with it, because he's not counting all the times he thought about doing the thing and then didn't, because they were ‘dumb anxious thoughts,' never mind that he got it done and got a good grade, he was still a fraud because he was different. Now he can look at it in a balanced way, it's all ingredients to who we are. In the real world, you're not in trouble if you get it done too fast. Isabelle convinced herself people would think she cheated if she was honest about how she did something. We encounter so much pain, we don't need any help seeing the fault of our actions, David is really good at that—but we all need someone to remind us of what we're really good at. Folx with ADHD are used to calling out ADHD behavior when something is not going right; getting use to calling out ADHD behavior when things that are happening that are excellent, and would not be happening if not for a person's ADHD. There's so much pain, let's honor the great things. Isabelle thinks about how she was at the park with her kid on a playdate and had a snack bag and thermos with tea. She proceeded to leave this tea everywhere and put the tea everywhere, on slides, wherever, forgetting she had it, circling back, and meanwhile, her kid is playing and pushing their amazing boundaries. She always thinks someone has come in and moved something, like the realization in the film A Beautiful Mind that someone's hallucinations are so real to them they feel like reality. David calls Isabelle on calling this a delusion: somebody did move it. It was you. And you don't remember it because you didn't make a memory because you were busy doing ten other things. The whole thing is accurate. Isabelle laughs so hard and thinks she might need to get that tattooed on her: “Somebody did move it, and it was you,” Memento-style (see below). Isabelle notices that over time she is much more open and discloses more quickly that she has ADHD, in an attempt to normalize it and make it a safe conversation for the other person, too. And she notices that in the past she would maybe make it more of an apology or an explanation—don't mind me not keeping track of the tea mug, my working memory is shot—but she realizes this added dimension, that while she is beating herself up inside for losing the tea mug so often, she is also really relaxed and happy and playing with her kid, and that's an ADHD strength. David asks how often she will be upset with people for making mistakes? Isabelle names never, and may even be forgiving to a fault, it takes a lot for her to take a mistake personally. David asks: do you realize that is an existential superpower? We make more mistakes before breakfast than other people do all year; if I can make you feel better about the mistake you just made, I feel better! If I make a mistake, I'll beat myself up, but if you do, I'll find every way to preserve your self esteem and integrity. Isabelle wonders if existentially, this resonates with so many traditions and theories around the idea of not taking things so personally, witnessing the thing instead of personalizing the thing. And David names that it cannot be to a fault, you'd never knock someone for having such a worldview. And our ability to remove pain in the absence of more information is impressive. David names that our superpowers often connect to how ADHD works in us. For David, he can't remember what he just said (working memory) but he retains something he saw on a screen once that was a fun fact…forever (did you know most polar bears are left handed? That coca-cola's original color was green? That Hong Kong had the most Rolls-Royce's per capita in 1992?). Some people can recite whole movies verbatim to the character. To not have the delay in gratification skills and response cost awareness to really recognize the consequences of someone's failure, and instead be the healing they need by being understanding: this is a magic. We're good at creativity, problem-solving (not good at avoiding problems, but good at solving them), adaptability. David goes down a tangent of Kierkegaard, a philosopher who wrote a lot about anxiety being complex and connected to how much you know yourself, the more you know yourself, the more you know what to do in life. But more than that, he also named that freedom means having lots of choices at all times—something that someone with ADHD can relate to—things I can do in a given moment, how can I pick what to do? Paralysis by analysis, being stuck by so many options, how the heck do you pick something? In order to pick, when you have a lot of options, is a leap of faith (he means it more religiously, but David means it more colloquially)—leap of faith based on who you are. For example, I don't like hurting people, I like laughing, I don't like inside all the time—I might have 30 options in front of me, but only four fit that criteria. And even more than that, how do you pick amongst the four? Take a leap of faith, because you only get to know yourself through the decisions you make, not the decisions you make perfectly. Memento (the movie David and Isabelle agree is such a great movie, all about memory)Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher that's been on David's reading list latelyFact checking David's facts: "Did you know most polar bears are left handed?" -- a common myth, but actually they're found to be ambidextrous"That coca-cola's original color was green?" -- another common myth, perhaps linked to Coca-Cola appearing in green bottlesThat Hong Kong had the most Rolls-Royce's per capita in 1992? -- not sure about 1992 but this appears to still be the case in 2021DAVID'S DEFINITIONSResponse Cost: a neurological skill that helps you know the consequences of your actions later on down the road. This is a forebrain skill that is often harder for folx with ADHD.Delay of Gratification - receiving the reward or win, well after the behavior occurs. This is another forebrain skill that is often harder for folx with ADHD.Leap of Faith: Taken from Kierkegaard, what you do when you've narrowed down which choices fit your values--while Kierkegaard meant this in a more religious sense, David means it in a sense of knowing who you are and trusting that you're only going to learn who you are through your decisions, not the decisions you make perfectly. For lecture slides, full show notes, and more, check out our website!-----Cover Art by: Sol VázquezTechnical Support by: Bobby Richards

How are you this week, my friend? We've made it to December (!)...and this year that's no small thing. This ongoing pandemic is taking a toll and I just want to take a quick moment here to say: yay, you're doing it! Well done you.

ABC's Derrick Dennis reports that the judge denied all motions for acquittal for the three men at the center of trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Defense attorney Kevin Gough gave his opening statement, attempting to separate his client, Roddie Bryan's actions from those of the McMichael co-defendants. He painted a “Normal Rockwell” picture of someone simply working on his house when Arbery ran by his  home and he went to see what was happening. He claimed he wasn't running Arbery down, but just “keeping him in view” during the chase. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode spotlights Tracey Robertson, a nonprofit leader and community organizer who was tired of hearing her neighbors repeat stereotypes she knew were not true. She figured that to change the narrative, people needed to be able to see each other more clearly, as complex individuals each with a story to share. In this episode, we learn about a project called Color-Brave that evolved from conversations in a coffee shop to a traveling exhibit and book. You'll meet Mushe and Shawn, featured in Color-Brave, and the photographer and museum curator who made it possible.Voices in this episode:Tracey Robertson co-founded and directed Fit Oshkosh, Inc from 2014-2020. Fit Oshkosh, Inc. was a non-profit social justice organization with the mission to promote social transformation, race equity, and justice through Color-Brave conversations, education, advocacy, and research. Tracey specializes in anti-racist curriculum development and has delivered workshops to clients across the United States and Canada. Her 2017 TedX Oshkosh Talk, “Black Girls Aren't Magic,” received a standing ovation and has been viewed worldwide. She is currently a trainer with Quad Consulting DEI Consultants.Colleen Bies was born and raised in Wisconsin. Prior to her role as Regional Project Director for Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), Colleen served in the Army National Guard, worked in finance, and created 2 businesses as an entrepreneur. Married for 14 years and a big believer in community, her work is dedicated to servicing her community and supporting her family. You can find Colleen's 2019 TEDxOshkosh talk on Why Children of Immigrants Work so Hard here and her photography here.Mushe Subulwa is the Director of SEPO Zambia, a non-profit dedicated to sustainability, education, and progress in western Zambia. Subulwa received the Daisy Frazier Social Justice Award in 2019 for his work with SEPO Zambia.Shawn Anthony Robinson, Ph.D. is a leading scholar on African American boys with dyslexia. Dr. Robinson has over 40 publications and is a public speaker, consultant, and educator. He is affiliated with Wisconsin's Equity & Inclusion Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison Area Technical College, American University, and an active Board member with the International Dyslexia Association. His goal is to change the narrative around dyslexia. His website can be found here.Aaron Sherer has served as the Executive Director of the Paine Art Center and Gardens since 2002. Sherer leads a varied exhibitions program, including shows by artists such as Dale Chihuly, Normal Rockwell, and Ansel Adams, as well as lamps by Louis Comfort Tiffany and costumes from the television show Downton Abbey. Sherer also initiated the annual Nutcracker in the Castle holiday presentation, now preparing for its 15th year, and he has overseen more than $10 million of historic preservation and capital improvements to the historic estate. Sherer lives in Oshkosh with his husband and four sons.

It's a Wonderful Life or White Christmas - who has experienced a holiday season that lives up to those perfect pictures of love, family and humanity? Normal Rockwell sets the bar pretty high, yet we still try to measure-up year after year. Add the trauma alcohol brings when mixed with unavoidable holiday stress, and it's the most terrifying time of the year. In this episode, Sheri and Matt discuss the holiday seasons of his active alcoholism, and also the recent years when alcohol has left the marriage. The holidays are no longer traumatizing, but they are still hard (but they're getting better). Recovering a relationship takes on a whole new meaning at the holidays. If you are the loved one of an alcoholic, and your recovery could benefit from connection with people who understand, please check out our Echoes of Recovery program. Echoes of Recovery

Normal Rockwell, we ain't: We talk about the pressure — external and internal — to have a portrait-worthy holiday and our attempts to bring expectations down to snapshot size.

PJ Rockwell has held a broad spectrum of jobs spanning a quarter century of theatre work. First introduced to CSz in 1992 as both Field Manager and Mr. Voice, PJ would go on to play music, run the lights, perform sound effects as well as Voice, and act as stage manager—all simultaneously. In this episode we discuss the importance of a proficient production team, and their unsung ability to take CSz matches to the next level.***The ComedySportz Podcast is an independent production made by CSz players. The views and opinions expressed by the podcast host and any guests are their own and do not represent the views and opinions of any CSz location or CSz Worldwide. Vocabulary used by the host and guests is not necessarily representative of the CSz brand.

The Republicans want to privatize the Postal Service!  Or do they?  We take a look at the USPS, their evolving role in society and their financial picture.  We also explore the topic of a rent strike and the challenge many people will be facing paying their rent during this pandemic.  We also discuss Justin Amash’s potential run for President and much more. We get into a wide range of people and topics including Bernie Sanders, Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, Bill Murray, Groundhog Day, California Missions, Donald Trump, Libertarian Party, 10th Amendment, shelter in place, US Postal Service, Post Office, Postal Annex, BMEU, DMV, postage rates, direct mail advertising, junk mail, advertising mail, FedEx, UPS, pensions, Poway, Poway Unified, PUSD, Normal Rockwell, Social Security, Medicare, Chicken Little, Food Bank, Grubb Properties, Clay Grubb   #JohnRileyProject #USPS #USPSBailout #RentStrike #RentRelief JRP0126     Our Sponsor:   PowayStore.com:  https://powaystore.com/     John Riley Project Info:   Bookings? Inquiries? Contact me at https://johnrileyproject.com/   Sponsorship Inquiries: https://johnrileyproject.com/sponsorship/   YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJSzeIW2A-AeT7gwonglMA   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnrileyproject/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnRileyPoway   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnrileypoway/   iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-riley-project-podcast/id1435944995?mt=2   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3llrMItpbx9JRa08UTrswA   Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/john-riley-project   Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9qb2hucmlsZXlwcm9qZWN0LmNvbS9mZWVkLw   Tune In: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/John-Riley-Project-Podcast-p1154415/   Listen Notes: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/john-riley-project-john-riley-2l4rEIo1RJM/   Music: https://www.purple-planet.com  

The Mowgli's have returned with "Fighting With Yourself", a single that finds Katie Earl taking the lead in the band for the first time after a lineup change. She and guitarist Josh Hogan jump on the phone with Kyle Meredith to discuss a band that's been in flux a few times before, the feelings of starting over, and how it all relates to the new track. The three also discuss their early 2019 EP American Feelings, "Normal Rockwell", writing the Big City Greens theme song, and guesting on Sesame Street Helpsters. Earl also gives us the scoop on their next single, an upcoming song called "Wasting Time", and touring with New Politics and Plain White T's. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

A dialogue project brings together people from Massachusetts, South Carolina and Kentucky to talk about race and racism. In this episode of NEXT, we'll learn how the conversation is going between these very different parts of our country. We'll visit a school that is working to help kids deal with hardship, and we'll also go looking for the oldest trees.  Plus Norman Rockwell's doubts...and the man who helped him through them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The satirist who doubles down is saying, in effect, that the presupposed norm is real. It is transcendentally grounded. It is fixed and cannot be moved. It was written in the spangled stars above us, before any of us were born, and the inscription read, “Thou shalt not allow trannies into the girls' restrooms.” This is because the satirist is centered. He has a sense of the absurd. But he can only have a sense of the absurd if he knows and loves what plain old surdity is. You know, the normal. A red-checked tablecloth. An apple pie cooling on the window sill. A Winchester over the fireplace. Mom and dad holding hands to say grace with the kids. Norman Rockwell teaching a Sunday School class."

"The satirist who doubles down is saying, in effect, that the presupposed norm is real. It is transcendentally grounded. It is fixed and cannot be moved. It was written in the spangled stars above us, before any of us were born, and the inscription read, “Thou shalt not allow trannies into the girls’ restrooms.” This is because the satirist is centered. He has a sense of the absurd. But he can only have a sense of the absurd if he knows and loves what plain old surdity is. You know, the normal. A red-checked tablecloth. An apple pie cooling on the window sill. A Winchester over the fireplace. Mom and dad holding hands to say grace with the kids. Norman Rockwell teaching a Sunday School class."

Alex Grand and Jim Thompson interview Tim Sale, discussing his life and career in a second of a 2 parter which covers his work from his Marvel Color series and his involvement in the Heroes TV show in 2005, Superman Confidential with Darwyn Cooke, the Captain America White series which changed the way he and Jeph Loeb worked together, his run ins with various pop cultures figure like Joss Whedon, his artistic influences like Steve Ditko, Alex Toth, Neal Adams, Normal Rockwell, Mark Chiarello and more! Music - Standard License. Images used in artwork ©Their Respective Copyright holders, CBH Podcast ©Comic Book Historians. Artwork ©Comic Book Historians. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorianSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/comicbookhistorians)

The first Christmas came to some unlikely characters: poor newlyweds, disgraced senior citizens, disreputable shepherds. To name a few.  Not exactly Normal Rockwell, once you get up close.  This Christmas, many look up-close at their marriage, or family, or their own reputation - and they don’t see Rockwell either.  You may think, “I’m not who I want to be!”  This week, Pastor David shows us how Christmas enters into who-you-are to give you HOPE for a purpose behind all this pain. For more on this series, go to capitalchurchny.org/thrillofhope

We got to talk to rising star Deborah Roberts in maybe? her first long interview about process, the world through the eyes of little girls, Tanner and Normal Rockwell, getting called "African", being fierce, hungry collectors, Roland Barthes as the Beastie Boys of critical theory, how Skechers just needs to stop making shoes, Good Times and Rudolph, the boy in grade school she became an artist to impress

In true rebel farm(ish) girl style, I thought I should let you in on a little secret: We don't use chick starter at our farm (for chickens or pheasants) and we haven't for the last four years. Wondering why? Pull up a chair. (Don't want to read all the words? This blog post is also a podcast—just press the triangle play button on the little black bar at the top of this post!) Reasons we don't use chick starter: the guy at the feed store told us we didn't need to. This journey started several years ago. We went to the feed store to grab a few bags of chick starter, but the feed store was low on supply. A gent who worked at the store pulled me aside and said, "You know, you don't actually have to use starter." My heart rate elevated. Here this dude was telling me something different than what I'd read in all the blogs and books I'd used for solid research. How dare he? I filed his advice in my brain...and kept buying starter. But then I started talking to more people. Reasons we don't use chick starter: 50 years ago, chick starter wasn't a "thing". Research online doesn't give any easy answers about when the practice of feeding chick "starter" began, but I can tell you that the more long time farmers/homesteaders I talk to, the more I get the impression that a good majority of them regard chick starter as more of a "thing" than a nutritional requirement. It seems to me that as time goes on and research is done, the proper care and feeding of chickens becomes more complicated instead of less so. While working on this piece, I came across several articles that stated chicks should not eat layer food, layers should not eat chick food, and rooster companions to egg-laying hens should be eating a completely different feed of their own. In a real-life, multi-age, free range flock—the kind we think of when we picture Normal Rockwell-esque farms—I'm not sure how this segregated feeding is even possible. All I'm saying is that I'm pretty sure Ma Ingalls wasn't sending Pa to the store for different kinds of feed.Click To Tweet Reasons we don't use chick starter: when chicks follow Mama Hen around, they eat what she eats. When our chickens were free range, we would often have a lot of surprise hatches. I did not (and still don't) separate mama and her babies from the rest of the flock - 99% of the time we've seen mama prove she can hold her own. Those little fluffballs follow mama wherever she goes, doing what she does, and eating what she eats. I have never had a chick die from eating layer feed. Ever. I've never had a chick starve from not being able to process layer feed. Ever. As it turns out, I'm not the only one... A survey of fellow homesteaders revealed there are many farmish folk who don't use starter. One homesteader commented their local feed store doesn't carry non-medicated starter, so they just opt not to use starter at all. Another homesteader said she simply doesn't have the room to store several different kinds of feed, and so her whole flock gets the same kind. Yet another homesteader commented that the protein difference in the starter and layer crumbles available in her area is a "whopping" 1%, so she figured it was easier to buy the layer feed for everyone and be done. If you don't use chick starter... Some people don't use chick starter, and worry about the size of the crumbles in adult chicken feed. There is a solution for that! You can grind the adult feed for the chicks using a coffee grinder. (Just make sure you use that grinder only for feed!) For instance, the game bird grower we buy for our pheasants is pretty large, so we will grind it for the babies for a couple weeks. Some people argue that you don't even have to do this, and that the chicks will be just fine pecking at the large crumbles. If you don't use chick starter and you're worried about lower protein by not feeding a chick starter, realize there are many ways you can supplement pr...

Van Gogh, Renoir, Rembrandt, Picasso, Dali – famous and classic fine artists.  Andy Warhol, Normal Rockwell, Dr. Seuss – famous illustrators.  What is the difference between fine art and illustration?  What is the difference between illustration and graphic design?  Illustrations and designs are all around you every day.  Posters or signs on the street or...

On this week's local news roundtable, we discuss a plan for an opioid-recovery campus at Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain, vandalism at a Dorchester tennis club, the death of the east-west rail proposal and how Chelsea's landscape will change if its iconic red-and-white water tower is torn down. Guests: Seth Daniel, senior reporter for the Independent News Group, and Mike Deehan, Massachusetts Statehouse reporter for WGBH News.

WELCOME TA EARF! We were joined this week by our good friend (and local comic), Rob Pierce! He graced us- not only with his presence- but with a truly enjoyable second-class gem: Welcome to Planet Earth. Our story begins with Joseph! Having just inherited his deceased mother’s boarding house in a dangerous urban neighborhood, he’s short on cash and desperate to find some tenants as soon as possible. Lucky for him, that very evening Charlie, Rhonda and their daughter Daphne show up on his doorstep- looking like they just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting, and needing a place to rent. At first it seems too good to be true, rich white folks with money to burn, who are all too pleased that Joseph wants to bang their daughter. But are they what they seem? Or are they aliens vacationing on Earth, here to take in all the sights and vigilante justice the inner-city has to offer? Only time will tell! Welcome to Planet Earth stars George Wendt and Shanna Reed, and is truly a bizarre and unique film. We discuss this movie’s oddly adept social commentary and clever dialogue, the sexiness of violent women, and why Joseph’s mom loves singing in the graveyard. Listen up!

Laurie Moffatt, the leading expert on Norman Rockwell and the director of the Norman Rockwell Museum led a discussion on her inspirations for the special exhibition.