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Ep. 70 - From Raleigh PD to True Crime Author: Cameron Santana on his law enforcement career and the Virginia Olson Cold Case. Cameron has 20 years in law enforcement. He started with Raleigh PD in 2005. In our conversation, we jump right in with his first call straight out of the academy – a violent murder scene. Cameron talks about what it's like hitting the streets with no real world LE experience, being surrounded by chaos and relying on the direction of his Field Training Officer. Then, within short two years, Cameron would go from having an FTO to being an FTO and later Taser Instructor. In all, he trained more than 30 officers.Cameron later joined Raleigh PD's Strike Team the goal of which was to aggressively address the city's problem areas through proactive policing. The unit's focus was on violent gang offenders, street level drug sales, and prostitution. The team also conducted surveillance during spikes in burglaries. After about 13 years on patrol, Cameron transitioned to School Resource Officer because the set schedule would allow him to spend more time with his family after his daughter was born with special needs. School Resource Officer was a role he never expected he would want, much less come to love. Throughout our conversation, Cameron shares funny, often wild stories of police work, as well as the painful calls that all of you respond to in this profession, calls that live with him to this day.Cameron has co-authored a true crime book with his brother Brian, an English professor. The book, “A Murder on Campus: The Professor, the Cop and North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case,” investigates the 1973 unsolved rape and murder of 19-year-old Virginia Olson, a student at University of North Carolina Asheville. It is the first book to thoroughly investigate her story and attempt to find answers to solve this now 52-year-old cold case. The book has led to Cameron's launching his own podcast “Santana True Crime” on the Failure to Stop network. As well as a podcast called “Free Daniel Holtzclaw” with Eric Tansey of Failure to Stop. Available on all podcast platforms. Links below.I want to thank Cameron for coming on the show, his commitment to law enforcement, and his mission to not only find justice for victims, but also to make sure the rest of us know the story of their lives beyond their incident. Santana True Crime on SpotifyFree Daniel Holtzclaw on SpotifyYou can find Cameron on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/santanatruecrime/https://www.instagram.com/santanabrotherstruecrime/https://www.instagram.com/freeholtzclaw/The book is available wherever books are sold. You can get it here on Amazon.Thanks for listening to On Being a Police Officer. YOU are what keeps me going.Find me on my social or email me your thoughts:Instagram: on_being_a_police_officerFacebook:

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BRIAN and CAMERON SANTANA join Burl and Mark for a fascinating investigation into the 1973 murder of Virginia Olson.On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered the body of 19-year-old drama major Virginia Marie Olson on a trail near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The scene was horrific. Olson had been bound, raped, and brutally stabbed to death. The murder shocked the Asheville community and set off an investigation that would span three generations of detectives.A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case by Brian and Cameron Santana is the first book to present the story of law enforcement's dramatic efforts to find Virginia Olson's killer and bring him to justice.Readers will experience the obstacles and confusion that the Asheville Police Department and the North Carolina SBI navigated, from the 1974 abduction of a UNCA student on the first anniversary of Olson's murder to a second rape and murder victim found feet from Olson's crime scene just as campus life returned to normal in 1978.For more than 50 years, whispers about the killer's identity have circulated throughout Buncombe County—from an escaped mental health patient from nearby Highland Hospital, to one of North Carolina's most notorious serial killers, to a mysterious prime suspect whose wealthy and influential family kept his identity secret from the public … until now.

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I'm joined by Brian and Cameron Santana in this interview episode. The American brothers are a duo with a unique skill set - Brian, an English professor and Cameron, a police officer - who joined forces to crack one of North Carolina's most infamous cold cases.On April 15, 1973, 19-year-old Virginia Olson's body was discovered near the University of North Carolina-Asheville, sparking a decades-long investigation filled with twists, dead ends and chilling theories. For 50 years, law enforcement pursued the truth, sifting through connections to other crimes and a notorious serial killer.Brian and Cameron's meticulous research, blending academic analysis with investigative expertise, sheds new light on this haunting case. Join us as we discuss their journey, the obstacles they faced and the shocking revelations uncovered in

Special Guest: Tracy George – Lecturer of Psychology and Health Sciences, Mindfulness teacher, Health educator, Yoga Instructor, and Leadership coach Show Highlights Dr. James Cooley and Co-Host Dr. Michael Mantell have a sit-down discussion with Tracy George – Lecturer of Psychology and Health Sciences, Mindfulness teacher, Health educator, Yoga Instructor, and Leadership coach What is Health Psychology and why is it an important subfield of Psychology? Why is health behavior change so hard? How does mindfulness practice support behavioral change? What does it mean to "be scared and do it anyways"? Biography Tracy L. George, MPH CHES CYT is a Lecturer of Psychology and Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where she teaches courses on health psychology, physical well-being, mindfulness and meditation, and health behavior change. Tracy is also an experienced mindfulness teacher, health educator, and leadership coach with a proven track record of working with individuals, organizations, and educational institutions. She co-created and directed Yale University’s first student wellness center, where she led mindfulness programs and provided coaching to students managing stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. Tracy has worked with a wide range of clients, offering tailored workshops and coaching in mindfulness, emotional well-being, and holistic health practices to improve individual and organizational well-being.Tracy is a certified health education specialist (CHES), yoga teacher (CYT), and certified mindfulness instructor with expertise in motivational interviewing, mindful inquiry, and evidence-based mindfulness strategies. She has extensive experience in community health program development and has led wellness initiatives at the university level and in corporate settings. Tracy is available for coaching, professional development workshops, and speaking engagements, specializing in helping organizations foster healthier, more productive environments through mindfulness and well-being practices. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracylgeorge/ Consulting website: www.tracygeorgewellness.com Brought to you by the J.C. Cooley Foundation, "Equipping the Youth of Today for the Challenges of Tomorrow."#ItsYourLife #Talkshow #Podcast #Radio #tracygeorgewellnessSupport the show: http://www.cooleyfoundation.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

True Crime Tuesday presents: A Murder On Campus: North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case w/ Brian & Cameron Santana! On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered the body of 19-year-old drama major Virginia Marie Olson on a trail near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The scene was horrific. Olson had been bound, raped, and brutally stabbed to death. The murder shocked the Asheville community and set off an investigation that would span three generations of detectives. A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case by Brian and Cameron Santana is the first book to present the story of law enforcement's dramatic efforts to find Virginia Olson's killer and bring him to justice. For more than 50 years, whispers about the killer's identity have circulated throughout Buncombe County—from an escaped mental health patient from nearby Highland Hospital, to one of North Carolina's most notorious serial killers, to a mysterious prime suspect whose wealthy and influential family kept his identity secret from the public … until now. On today's TCT, Brian and Cameron Santana join us to break down this cold case, cover the different suspects and motives, explain why the solution to this case was described as easy by police, yet so difficult to solve, and if this case will ever have a resolution! Get your copy of "A Murder On Campus... " here: https://wildbluepress.com/murder-on-campus-true-crime-santana/ PLUS: DUMB  CRIMES AND STUPID CRIMINALS WITH JESSICA FREEBURG! Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and order her new books:  https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ and check out Jess on Tik Tok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicafreeburgwrites There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! . check out the Darkness Radio Store!   https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #briansantana #cameronsantana #amurderoncampus #wildbluepress #theprofessorthecopandnorthcarolinasmostnotoriouscoldcase #virginiaolson #virginiamarieolsonmurder #asheville #northcarolina #UNCA #highlandhospital #terryhyatt #jamesgoure #johnreavisjr #judyneedles #forensicevidence #murder #rape #stabbing #truecrimebooks #serialkiller #coldcase #1970s #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #sexcrimes #dumbcrimes

True Crime Tuesday presents: A Murder On Campus: North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case w/ Brian & Cameron Santana! On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered the body of 19-year-old drama major Virginia Marie Olson on a trail near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The scene was horrific. Olson had been bound, raped, and brutally stabbed to death. The murder shocked the Asheville community and set off an investigation that would span three generations of detectives. A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case by Brian and Cameron Santana is the first book to present the story of law enforcement's dramatic efforts to find Virginia Olson's killer and bring him to justice. For more than 50 years, whispers about the killer's identity have circulated throughout Buncombe County—from an escaped mental health patient from nearby Highland Hospital, to one of North Carolina's most notorious serial killers, to a mysterious prime suspect whose wealthy and influential family kept his identity secret from the public … until now. On today's TCT, Brian and Cameron Santana join us to break down this cold case, cover the different suspects and motives, explain why the solution to this case was described as easy by police, yet so difficult to solve, and if this case will ever have a resolution! Get your copy of "A Murder On Campus... " here: https://wildbluepress.com/murder-on-campus-true-crime-santana/ PLUS: DUMB  CRIMES AND STUPID CRIMINALS WITH JESSICA FREEBURG! Check out Jessica Freeburg's website and order her new books:  https://jessicafreeburg.com/books/ and check out Jess on Tik Tok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@jessicafreeburgwrites There are new and different (and really cool) items all the time in the Darkness Radio Online store at our website! . check out the Darkness Radio Store!   https://www.darknessradioshow.com/store/ #crime #truecrime #truecrimepodcasts #truecrimetuesday #briansantana #cameronsantana #amurderoncampus #wildbluepress #theprofessorthecopandnorthcarolinasmostnotoriouscoldcase #virginiaolson #virginiamarieolsonmurder #asheville #northcarolina #UNCA #highlandhospital #terryhyatt #jamesgoure #johnreavisjr #judyneedles #forensicevidence #murder #rape #stabbing #truecrimebooks #serialkiller #coldcase #1970s #dumbcrimesstupidcriminals #TimDennis #jessicafreeburg #paranormalauthor #floridaman #drugcrimes #foodcrimes #stupidcrimes #funnycrimes #sexcrimes #dumbcrimes

Police officer Cameron Santana and his brother Brian Santana join the show to talk about North Carolina's most notorious cold case. The book A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case is a true crime investigation that unveils the shocking story behind the brutal 1973 murder on campus of 19-year-old Virginia Marie Olson. On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered Olson's body near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The cold case that followed would span over 50 years, involving three generations of detectives and the Asheville Police Department and North Carolina SBI as they worked tirelessly to uncover the truth. Olson's murder was horrifically violent-she had been bound, raped, and stabbed to death, leaving the Asheville community in shock. Whispers about the killer's identity have circulated for decades, with theories ranging from an escaped mental health patient to one of North Carolina's most notorious serial killers-until now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On April 15, 1973, the body of Virginia Olson was discovered near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville in an area known as the Botanical Gardens. She had been raped and stabbed to death in horrifically brutal fashion. Police would investigate this crime for decades, and even hone in one one particular suspect, but it still remains unsolved today. My guests are brothers Brian Santana, a professor, and Cameron Santana, a police officer. They combined their skills and experience to write "A MURDER ON CAMPUS: The Professor, The Cop, And North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case". In our interview they walk us through the case, share some of their research challenges, and discuss a number of possible suspects, including a well-known serial killer living in the area at the time. A link to the authors' page through WildBlue Press: https://wildbluepress.com/murder-on-campus-true-crime-santana/ X/Twitter for Brian: https://x.com/bsantana84729?s=21 The brothers' joint Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/santanabrotherstruecrime/profilecard/?igsh=MWZhN2J6aDZrZTgydQ%3D%3D Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Weatherwise, July 2024 was a doozy.Palm Springs hit 124 degrees. Alaska had the wettest July on record. Washington DC tied its record for the most consecutive days with temperatures over 100. Hurricane Beryl became the earliest category five hurricane in history. And a Chicago derecho spawned 32 tornadoes in single day. “All of that happened just in July, which is just astonishing,” says Josh Ward, field meteorologist for Washington State University's AgWeatherNet.Last year was another year for weather extremes in the United States, Ward notes. As of November 1, the nation experienced 24 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion each in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Global warming is contributing to the increase in weather-related disasters. Ward graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville in May and moved to Eastern Washington in September. Had he stayed in Asheville, he would have witnessed the catastrophic flooding in western North Carolina that followed Hurricane Helene's September 26 landfall in Florida and the storm's destructive path through the Southeast.Looking ahead for the Northwest, Ward says the weak La Niña developing will mean a cold, snowy winter.Meanwhile, NOAA has reported that fall 2024 was the warmest on record for the United States. “Another record broken,” Ward says. “We are in the decade of breaking records for weather, I do believe.  So be on the lookout for that in the future.”---Sign up to receive Washington state weather updates from WSU's AgWeatherNet.Support the show______________________________________________________________________________Want more great WSU stories? Follow Washington State Magazine: LinkedIn @Washington-State-Magazine X/Twitter @wsmagazine Facebook @WashingtonStateMagazine Instagram @WashingtonStateMagazine YouTube @WashingtonStateMagazine Email newsletter How do you like the magazine podcast? What WSU stories do you want to hear? Let us know. Give to the magazine

Thirty-first Episode: Brian is a Partner with CDI Global LLC, an international M&A firm. A former Assistant Professor at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, he designed, developed, and taught in the Entrepreneurship Program and is a Fellow of its Institute for Achievement and Learning. He also led classes at the Watson Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Boulder, Colorado, consulted with The Advisory Board for the University of North Carolina Asheville's Department of Management and Accountancy in its development of a Center for Organizational Innovation, and served on the Advisory Board for Academic Innovation and Strategy at Palm Beach State College and Stetson University's Disruptive Leadership Program. Brian is a former Golf Teaching Professional at the Stratton Golf University in Stratton Mountain, Vermont. He holds a Ph.D. in Leadership from Concordia University Chicago, an MBA and a BA from Lynn University, and graduate level Finance Certifications from Cornell University and the University of Miami. Please join us for what surely will be a wide-ranging conversation. Video Version: https://youtu.be/K8o-8Btt4fk?si=TWVBPF9LEEj__gYD Learn more about Mark here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4cXoftnMYJ7bREYG-K9eng https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-anxious-voyage/about/?viewAsMember=true https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095313165139 https://www.linkedin.com/in/markobrien/ https://www.facebook.com/MarkNelsonOBrien https://www.facebook.com/MartinTheMarlin/ mark@obriencg.com

Episode produced by Gurpreet Bedi, Madeline Loman, & Sully Nessa We have all seen bees. We have all heard bees. But how much do we actually understand these buzzing pollinators and the relationship we have with them? In this episode, we took a slightly different approach to our fuzzy friends' crisis by focusing on the narrative, the story, and the relationships. We decided to speak to Dr. John Wood, a storyteller and anthropology professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He is also a former professor of one of our hosts, Madeline, who interviews him for the majority of this episode. The interview covers everything from dairy farms to living in Africa and focuses on our interactions with nature. The takeaway is about noticing that the world around us, that our lives are intertwined with the lives of other beings, and their challenges, especially the plight of productive pollinators like bees, are very personal to our own. In Dr. Wood's words, “And we're part of a kind of family and that if we start to cultivate that capacity of thinking of ourselves, as in relationship to that world, then we're more likely to look out for it, and to be careful in our own behaviors with it.” References: Berenbaum. M.R. (2014). Bees in crisis: colony collapse, honey laundering, and other problems bee-setting American apiculture. American Philosophical Society. 158 (3) 229-247 Cruz & Grozinger (2023). Mapping student understanding of bees: Implications for pollinator conservation. Conservation Science and Practice, 5(3), e12902. Johnson et al (2014) Bee-wild about pollinators! An interdisciplinary study introduces primary students to the importance of bees. Science and Children. 52(4) 44-48. MacInnis et al. (2023). Decline in wild bee species richness associated with honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) abundance in an urban ecosystem. PeerJ (San Francisco, CA), 11, e14699–e14699 Pope et al. (2023). The expansion of agriculture has shaped the recent evolutionary history of a specialized squash pollinator. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(15). Van Vierssen Trip et al. (2020) Examining the public's awareness of bee (hymenoptera: apoidae: anthophalia) conservation in Canada. Conservation Science and Practice. 2(12) 1-12.

Today's episode is a mostly onsite podcast from Chattanooga, Tennessee, where BioScience Talks was graciously hosted earlier this spring by the Association of Southeastern Biologists at their annual meeting. Our guests represent a broad range of exciting research and career stages. The meeting was striking in its emphasis on providing a welcoming environment for students. Learn more about ASB here (https://www.sebiologists.org), and be sure to attend a meeting. Our guests included: Amy Allen, Lee High School; Barbara Comer, Georgia Southern University; Skyler Fox, Georgia Southern University; Heather Joesting, Georgia Southern University; Chinyere Knight, Tuskegee University; Howard Neufeld, Appalachian State University; Jeremy Rentsch, Francis Marion University; Jennifer Rhode Ward, University of North Carolina Asheville; and Ashleigh Woods, Wesleyan College.

 The sisters are thrilled to chat with Asheville, North Carolina's Lyndsay Pruett.   Lyndsay Pruett is a freelance violin/fiddle player and teacher based in Asheville, NC. She grew up inJacksonville, FL where she studied classical music extensively. She then wenton to get a degree in Commercial Music Performance from Belmont University inNashville, TN. Lyndsay worked as a session musician in Nashville andtoured with Futureman and the Black Mozart Ensemble for a few years before shemade the move to Asheville, NC in 2009. She's been a member of the Jon StickleyTrio since 2011 and is currently a faculty member at Academy for the Arts andUniversity of North Carolina Asheville.      Check out Lyndsay here:  IG: thisishowwepruett    Asheville folks, check Lyndsay out every Tuesday night at 5 Walnut Wine Bar 5Walnut.com  Jon Stickley Trio:  Website: jonstickleytrio.com  IG: jonstickleytrio  Facebook: JonStickleyTrio  YouTube: @Jonstickleytrio  Other sites to check out:  Bassandgrass.com  

I got to Asheville and met a friend, that I made in Chiang Mai, and her sister. We had some outstanding food and crashed a party at a bankers convention. Back in Greensboro, I went to the International Civil Rights Center and Museum and bumped into the CEO, John L. Swaine. He tells me the story of how the Sit-In Movement started by four students right here and changed history all over the USA. See pictures and read the blog post here: https://www.theradiovagabond.com/091-north-carolina/

I denne episode skal du med til den lille skønne by Asheville i den vestlige del af North Carolina. Her møder jeg, Andrea, en ven fra Chiang Mai og hendes søster. Sammen får vi noget fantastisk mad og “party crasher” en fest i forbindelse med en konference for bankfolk. Du skal også med til The International Civil Rights Center & Museum, som ligger på stedet, hvor Sit-In bevægelsen startede i 1960. Jeg møder direktøren, John Swaine, der fortæller historien om stedet. Se billeder og læs blogindlægget her: https://www.radiovagabond.dk/125-north-carolina/

"We are all emotional beings."I'm going to be a vulnerable here...even though I am feeling better overall than I have ever felt before, I have had a difficult history with my emotions. My frame before was that emotions happen to me. They drove the bus. What I have learned since is two primary things, 1) that emotions are information (not truth) and 2) we can influence our emotions through movement. Thankfully, I have a lot more say over my emotions today thanks to working with Laura Bond and her approach. We can choose how we feel to a greater degree than we think.My guest today is Laura Bond, the creator of the Emotional Body Method. Her work has helped me to understand my emotions through a curious, compassionate and play approach that is a perfect complement to Feldenkrais and other embodiment work.The Emotional Body Method aims to help people understand their emotions, be more comfortable with themselves, and improve their expression and presentation skills. Insecurities and old habits can interfere with how we express ourselves. In fact, we often operate in a mix of emotions. When we don't have clear expressions of emotions, other people don't understand us as well, they get mixed messages or confused, and we can feel powerless.The method focuses on the 6 primary emotional patterns that we all are born with. The patterns are explored on all levels: posture, facial expression, breathing and vocalization. Through mixing within this simple palette of 6 comes the rich rainbow of all human expression. Another thing I really like about the Emotional Body Method is that it doesn't go into difficult stories or psychological concepts. Instead it's physical explorations. In this episode expect to hear:The scientific origins of the Emotional Body.What are the 6 emotional patterns.What is emotional regulation and the importance of calming the nervous system.On unlearning old habits through repetition and variation.Why is does the Emotional Body use a letter and number system? (1a,1b,2a,2b,3a,3b)The 7th pattern, zero, and it's use for finding emotional neutrality.How Feldenkrais Method inspired the Emotional Body.Entanglements with our emotions, where two or more emotions are unconsciously mixed.About Laura BondLaura Bond is an internationally recognized master instructor and teacher trainer in the emotional effector patterns, and the Emotional Body® courses. She is a master teacher of Alba Emoting™, having studied an intensive teacher-training path in Chile with its founder, Susana Bloch. Laura is a full professor at the University of North Carolina Asheville and a certified master teacher of the Estill Voice™ technique. She teaches physical emotion regulation methods in university classes, private lessons, and through national and international workshops. She is the author of two books: TEAM for Actors: A Holistic Approach to Embodied Acting, and The Emotional Body: A Method for Physical Self-Regulation.www.emotionalbodymethod.comAuthor Page on AmazonRoutledge Press Book Chapter Contribution: "The Emotional Body: A Somatic and Trauma-Informed Practice for Cultivating Expressive Capabilities for the Actor and the Individual," in a new book titled, Trauma and Embodied Healing in Dramatherapy, Theatre and Performance published by Routledge Press. Available for pre-order Feb 19th and shipping by March 11th!About the PodcastHi, I'm Jeffrey. As a Feldenkrais and somatic movement practitioner I help you get in touch with your body so you can unravel old sticky patterns and make way for greater creativity, power and joyful play.Want to put the ideas in this podcast to work?You can book a free 30 minute call to find out if we're a good fit for 1:1 coaching. Learn more here.Join the newsletter to be the first to hear about future opportunities to work with me.Download my free lesson: Effortless Freedom in MovingDownload my free guide: 9 Surprising Benefits of the Feldenkrais MethodGet Your Questions Answered!Submit your questions! I will answer them on a future episode of the podcast.I'm directing a documentary film about Feldenkrais. Check out the Teaser Trailer. Follow me on Instagram: @expandyourabilityHad an Aha? Let me know: jeffrey@expandyourability.comStay connected and subscribe to the podcast. 

⚠️Dear Listeners, I encountered challenges with my video conferencing app, leading to frequent crashes during recording. If you noticed any delays in my responses, it was a result of these technical issues. Join us now as our special guest, Ryan, unfolds his journey. Graduating from the University of North Carolina Asheville in 2016 with a focus on literature, Ryan is currently carving a path in behavioral health as a resilient peer support specialist.Despite grappling with severe schizophrenia, depression, ADHD, and anxiety, Ryan stands self-supported, both financially and otherwise. Clean for 15 years, he maintains a remarkable closeness to his family. His recovery journey credits the encouragement of numerous individuals, from nurses and social workers to counselors, doctors, sponsors, and fellow AA members.Explore Ryan's work on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Twilight-York-One-Ryan-Gray/dp/B0CKS6F9XK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=BZ5W6T6HO8PZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MdMTKe8iRwp5qjwJClzgZ1nofhKAdR3gN4SH23rUSE1glQkexyXMcE192kgb1Kt-wEYBDkHJ9hbRQ82Bggp3Mg.WaFXRx21nIW59NxkBqNbQ9PGrWdJGCM20vPdeazeN9g&dib_tag=se&keywords=twilight+in+york+ryan+gray&qid=1704937560&sprefix=twilight+in+york%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1).Visit Ryan's website: www.twilightinyork.comFor our incredible listeners, Elisha eagerly awaits your connection. Join his WhatsApp channel here: [whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaEwVd27oQhWqdp9XP0y](https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaEwVd27oQhWqdp9XP0y). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christina Weaver Follow Clyde, North Carolina Christina Weaver (b. 1987) paints flowers and foliage from life. Her work celebrates the changing nature of living subjects through the study of color, shape, form, and light. Christina has a bachelors degree in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington. She has received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for artists who work representationally and was recently a resident artist at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has taught art in a variety of settings and currently teaches drawing and painting at University of North Carolina Asheville. Her paintings are exhibited nationwide, collected worldwide, and her work has been featured in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Christina lives near Waynesville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. show less www.christinaweaver.com@_christinaweaver_

Christina Weaver Follow Clyde, North Carolina Christina Weaver (b. 1987) paints flowers and foliage from life. Her work celebrates the changing nature of living subjects through the study of color, shape, form, and light. Christina has a bachelors degree in painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington. She has received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for artists who work representationally and was recently a resident artist at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has taught art in a variety of settings and currently teaches drawing and painting at University of North Carolina Asheville. Her paintings are exhibited nationwide, collected worldwide, and her work has been featured in The Artist's Magazine, Southwest Art, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Christina lives near Waynesville, North Carolina, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. show less www.christinaweaver.com@_christinaweaver_

Growing up in rural Kentucky, John Brock comes from a long line of unsuccessful farmers. As a young man, he fell in love with his best friend (a handsome young man) and quickly realized that Kentucky was not a safe place, so he moved to New York.  After five years, John moved to Atlanta for the vibrant gay community. John served as the commissioner of Hotlanta Volleyball and participated in Gay Games 1990 and 1994. At the same time, John attended graduate school at Emory University and later worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a toxicologist. After working way too hard for 10 years, doing research in 17 countries, and sitting in traffic far too long, John moved to Asheville in 2001 to be a professor and create a nurturing home life. John now teaches at the University of North Carolina Asheville and consults on a national study of birth defects. John lives in a loving web of people but, oddly, is currently single. He would like to date (hint hint). He is currently raising his nearly perfect adopted 16-year-old son who will soon go off to college. He also is raising a sweet, somewhat neurotic dog, who will not. Asheville is John's home base but he dreams of living in other countries, one or two month a year, and some new adventures.·       Asheville is a city located in the western part of the state of North Carolina, United States. Here are some quick facts about Asheville:·       Population: As of the 2020 Census, the estimated population of Asheville was 97,317.·       Geography: Asheville is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. The city sits at an elevation of 2,134 feet (650 meters) above sea level.·       Climate: Asheville has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and mild winters. The average high temperature in July is 83°F (28°C), while the average low temperature in January is 28°F (-2°C).·       LGBTQ Community: Asheville has a vibrant LGBTQ community and has been recognized as one of the most gay-friendly cities in the country. The city has numerous LGBTQ-owned businesses and hosts several LGBTQ events throughout the year, such as the Blue Ridge Pride Festival.·       Crime and Safety: According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Asheville has a crime rate that is higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low violent crime rate. Like any city, it is important to take precautions and be aware of your surroundings. ·     Cost of Living: Asheville has a cost of living that is slightly higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low cost of housing compared to other cities on the East Coast. The cost of living can vary depending on the neighborhood you live in and your lifestyle. Support the showIf you enjoy these podcasts, please make a donation by clicking the coffee cup on any page of our website www.wheredogaysretire.com. Each cup of coffee costs $5 and goes towards bringing you these podcasts in the future.If you or you know someone who is interested in being a guest on the podcast, please contact me at mark@wheredogaysretire.com. Thank you so much for listening!

Growing up in rural Kentucky, John Brock comes from a long line of unsuccessful farmers. As a young man, he fell in love with his best friend (a handsome young man) and quickly realized that Kentucky was not a safe place, so he moved to New York.  After five years, John moved to Atlanta for the vibrant gay community. John served as the commissioner of Hotlanta Volleyball and participated in Gay Games 1990 and 1994. At the same time, John attended graduate school at Emory University and later worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a toxicologist. After working way too hard for 10 years, doing research in 17 countries, and sitting in traffic far too long, John moved to Asheville in 2001 to be a professor and create a nurturing home life. John now teaches at the University of North Carolina Asheville and consults on a national study of birth defects. John lives in a loving web of people but, oddly, is currently single. He would like to date (hint hint). He is currently raising his nearly perfect adopted 16-year-old son who will soon go off to college. He also is raising a sweet, somewhat neurotic dog, who will not. Asheville is John's home base but he dreams of living in other countries, one or two month a year, and some new adventures.·       Asheville is a city located in the western part of the state of North Carolina, United States. Here are some quick facts about Asheville:·       Population: As of the 2020 Census, the estimated population of Asheville was 97,317.·       Geography: Asheville is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains and is surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest. The city sits at an elevation of 2,134 feet (650 meters) above sea level.·       Climate: Asheville has a humid subtropical climate, with hot summers and mild winters. The average high temperature in July is 83°F (28°C), while the average low temperature in January is 28°F (-2°C).·       LGBTQ Community: Asheville has a vibrant LGBTQ community and has been recognized as one of the most gay-friendly cities in the country. The city has numerous LGBTQ-owned businesses and hosts several LGBTQ events throughout the year, such as the Blue Ridge Pride Festival.·       Crime and Safety: According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Report, Asheville has a crime rate that is higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low violent crime rate. Like any city, it is important to take precautions and be aware of your surroundings. ·     Cost of Living: Asheville has a cost of living that is slightly higher than the national average. However, the city has a relatively low cost of housing compared to other cities on the East Coast. The cost of living can vary depending on the neighborhood you live in and your lifestyle. Support the showIf you enjoy these podcasts, please make a donation by clicking the coffee cup on any page of our website www.wheredogaysretire.com. Each cup of coffee costs $5 and goes towards bringing you these podcasts in the future.If you or you know someone who is interested in being a guest on the podcast, please contact me at mark@wheredogaysretire.com. Please join our Where Do Gays Retire Facebook group at Where Do Gays Retire? | FacebookThank you so much for listening!

Learn about Boas of the West Indies: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501765452/boas-of-the-west-indies/#bookTabs=1 Transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/3JA4ImNEDi8KJNpbLofa90KHtY0?utm_source=copy_url This episode, we speak with Graham Reynolds, co-author of the new book Boas of the West Indies: Evolution, Natural History, and Conservation. Graham's co-authors of the new book are Robert W. Henderson, Luis M. Díaz, Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera and Alberto Puente-Rolón. Graham Reynolds is Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville, an Associate at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, and a National Geographic Explorer. He is coeditor of The Amphibians of Tennessee and The Reptiles of Tennessee. You can follow him on Twitter @CaribbeanBoas. We spoke to Graham about how he and his fellow researchers and co-authors have helped to significantly increase the level of knowledge and understanding of the biology of boas in the West Indies, how they hope their new book will draw new researchers into the field, and we'll hear Graham share some interesting behind-the-scenes stories during his time studying boas. If you'd like to purchase the new book, use the promo code 09POD to save 30 percent on our website: cornellpress.cornell.edu. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

Christopher Oakley, Associate Professor, UNC- Asheville Associate Professor Christopher Oakley is a former Disney and DreamWorks animator who teaches Animation in New Media at University of North Carolina Asheville. Since 2013, Christopher has been leading an undergraduate research endeavor called "The Virtual Lincoln Project," in which he and his students are creating a digital photo-real Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. His lecture Placing the Platform: Using 3D Technology to Pinpoint Lincoln at Gettysburg explores Christopher's digital research that has led him to determine where Lincoln was actually standing when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.   Support the Show by:  Becoming a Patron- https://www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg  Grabbing some merch- https://www.addressinggettysburg.com/shop  Getting a book- https://www.addressinggettysburg.com/books  Joining our book club. Email addressinggettysburgbookclub@gmail.com     Supporting Our Sponsors:     Mike Scott Voice- https://www.mikescottvoice.com  The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides- https://gettysburgtourguides.org/  Seminary Ridge Museum- https://www.seminaryridgemuseum.org/  For the Historian- Mention us for 20% off retail sales (in store) plus free shipping (online)- https://www.forthehistorian.com  The Badgemaker- https://www.civilwarcorpsbadges.com  Civil War Trails- https://www.civilwartrails.com 82 Cafe Use "HANCOCK" for 10% off your order https://www.raggededgerc.com/  Buy Billy Webster's Music- Billy Webster arranged and performed the rendition of "Garryowen" that you hear at the end of the show. https://billysongs.com     Music possibly by:  "Garryowen" by Billy Webster  Camp Chase Fifes & Drums and our website is https://www.campchasefifesanddrums.org  California Consolidated Drum Band check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/CCDrumBand Kevin MacLeod www.incompetech.com   

Ranger and Chief of Interpretation at Gettysburg National Military Park is back with an update for you on what programs you can expect during the Winter of 2023, including the Winter Lecture topics. The list is below.    Gettysburg National Military Park Winter Lecture Series 2023 Saturdays and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. January 7 th through February 26 th , 2023 Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center Featuring some of the best Rangers, historians, and authors from across the country, the 9-week Winter Lecture Series will once again return to the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center in 2023! The Winter Lecture Series is held at 1:30 p.m. on weekends in the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center from January 7 through February 26, 2023. Free tickets will be available day of at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Sat. Jan. 7 - Intelligence Gathering at Culp's Hill Troy Harman, Gettysburg National Military Park Did the Southern Army investigate Culp's Hill before attacking it? It is imagined the Southern Army attacked Culp's Hill for two days without knowing what they were walking into, or how impossible the task. It is generally presumed that if some forethought and investigation of the ground and circumstances had been carried out earlier, the 12 hours of combat there may never have occurred. How much truth is there to hastily attacking the hill without prior knowledge of Union strength, location, and morale? Troy Harman will explore and explain through multiple vivid accounts, illustrations, and maps. Sun. Jan. 8 – George Dewey and the American Civil War Karlton Smith, Gettysburg National Military Park This program will explore the Civil War career of future admiral and victor of Manila Bay George Dewey. Join Ranger Karlton Smith and track Dewey's experiences from his time at Annapolis to the end of the Civil War, and uncover how that pivotal period would shape his post-war activities. Sat. Jan. 14 – John Hunt Morgan: Thunderbolt of the Confederacy Matthew Atkinson, Gettysburg National Military Park Known today as one of the great cavalry raiders, Morgan struck fear among the Northern population wherever his command roamed. His swift and daring raids across Kentucky and Ohio are some of the most daring undertakings during the Civil War. Join us for a lecture featuring romance, battle, prison escape, and even bank robberies. Sun. Jan. 15 – If These Things Could Talk: Artifacts from the Collection of Gettysburg National Military Park Tom Holbrook, Gettysburg National Military ParkExplore the museum collection at Gettysburg National Military Park with Ranger Tom Holbrook and discover some of the fascinating stories each object tells. From the simple to the extraordinary, each piece offers a window into the story of the American Civil War. Sat. Jan. 21 – Little Round Top: The Vision Place of Souls Christopher Gwinn, Gettysburg National Military Park It is the most famous hill in American history. For 160 years Americans have been captivated by the story of Little Round Top and the desperate fighting that took place there on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. Ranger Christopher Gwinn will examine the story of the battle, the myths and legends that still hover over its rocky slopes, and detail how Little Round Top became a “vision place of souls.” Sun. Jan. 22  - The Great Reunion of 1913 John Heiser, Historian In the summer of 1913, Pennsylvania invited thousands of Union and Confederate veterans to come to Gettysburg to observe and celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, what many considered to be the "High Water Mark the Rebellion". The response from veterans of the Blue and Gray was overwhelming - over 54,000 old soldiers journeyed to a battlefield skillfully transformed by a government commission into a memorial park, where the armies of both North and South would forever be memorialized. Critics scoffed that old enemies could never get along, the divisions that caused the war in 1861 having not been forgotten. But America was changing at home and abroad and those who chose to ignore this commemoration were surprised at its outcome. Was this "Great Reunion" finally the signal of national reunification so many had hoped for fifty years after the final shot had been fired? Sat. Jan. 28 – From Second Manassas to Gettysburg: - The True Story of a Texas Brigade Officer and a Union Artillerist Wayne Motts, Gettysburg Foundation Join historian, author, and battlefield guide Wayne Motts as he explores the true and unique story of Benjamin F. Carter of the 4th Texas Infantry and Captain Mark Kerns of Battery G, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery and how these two men, fighting on opposite sides during the war, are connected through kind acts. From the battlefields of Virginia to the fighting on July 2, 1863 at Gettysburg, Wayne will present some new information about this moving story. Sun. Jan. 29 - From the Iron Brigade to Chief Joseph: John Gibbon's Military Career Karlton Smith, Gettysburg National Military Park This program will look at the military career of Brig. Gen. John Gibbon, focusing on his Civil War service, especially Gettysburg. It will also look at Gibbon's post war service on the frontier and his attitude concerning the Native Americans he encountered. Sat. Feb. 4 - Reading Between the Lines: Soldier Accounts from the Gettysburg Battle Troy Harman, Gettysburg National Military Park Several solider letters and accounts will be examined from the battle, not only for surface level descriptions, but also for patterns to soldier observations, underlying clues to soldier psychology, and deeper cultural messages. This lecture will draw attention to the hidden meanings below the surface. Sun. Feb. 5 – What the Ground Lay Bare: Archeology at Little Round Top and Devils Den Erik Kreusch, Gettysburg National Miliary Park Gettysburg National Military Park has been rehabilitating both the Devil's Den as well as the Little Round Top. Archeologists have been conducting metal detector sweeps of areas where ground disturbance was anticipated. The archeological findings have the potential to shed light on the activities of individuals during and immediately following the fight. The program will highlight some of the current findings. This coupled with firsthand narrative accounts allows the park to enhance our understanding and interpretation. Sat. Feb. 11 – “First in '61:" Nicholas "Nick" Biddle and Pennsylvania's Forgotten First Defenders   John Hoptak, Gettysburg National Military Park On the evening of April 18, 1861, less than 72 hours after the surrender of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln's subsequent call-to-arms, the very first Northern volunteer soldiers arrived in the nation's beleaguered capital. Although long overshadowed in history by the more famous 6th Massachusetts Infantry, these soldiers composed the ranks of five companies of Pennsylvania militia who later became known as the "First Defenders." Attacked by a pro-secessionist/pro-Confederate mob in Baltimore on their journey south to Washington, these First Defenders shed some of the very first blood of what would become the country's bloodiest conflict. Included among those injured was Nicholas "Nick" Biddle, a sixty-five-year-old African American man who had escaped from slavery, and who now wore the uniform of one of the Pennsylvaniacompanies. Join John Hoptak for a look at the fascinating life and story of Biddle, and the history of these lesser-known companies, their prompt response, and their place in American Civil War history. Sun. Feb. 12 (Superbowl Sunday) – No Program Sat. Feb. 18 – Robert E. Lee - The Antebellum Years Matthew Atkinson, Gettysburg National Military Park Lee stands today as one of the most influential military leaders in world history. But what were his upbringing, education and experiences that molded the man? Join Ranger Matt Atkinson and explore Lee's life before the Civil War. Sun. Feb. 19 – Placing the Platform: Using 3D Technology to Pinpoint Lincoln at Gettysburg Christopher Oakley, Associate Professor, UNC- Asheville Associate Professor Christopher Oakley is a former Disney and DreamWorks animator who teaches Animation in New Media at University of North Carolina Asheville. Since 2013, Christopher has been leading an undergraduate research endeavor called "The Virtual Lincoln Project," in which he and his students are creating a digital photo-real Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. His lecture Placing the Platform: Using 3D Technology to Pinpoint Lincoln at Gettysburg explores Christopher's digital research that has led him to determine where Lincoln was actually standing when he delivered the Gettysburg Address. Sat. Feb. 25 – A Crusade for Peace--Eisenhower and the Korean War Daniel Vermilya, Eisenhower National Historic Site 70 Years ago, Dwight D. Eisenhower ascended to the presidency at a time of great unrest and conflict. Nowhere was that conflict greater than in the Korean peninsula, where Americans had been fighting and dying by the thousands for several years. Join Eisenhower NHS Ranger Dan Vermilya to explore Eisenhower's crusade for peace in Korea, America's forgotten war. This program will provide special Gettysburg connections to the Korean War by highlighting stories in Gettysburg National Cemetery, and will also feature the newest addition to the Eisenhower NHS museum collection, the parka that President-Elect Eisenhower wore during his visit to Korea in December 1952. Sun. Feb 26 – Gettysburg and the Civil War: From County Seat to National Symbol Barbara Sanders, Gettysburg National Military Park Residents of Gettysburg and Adams County were not just passive observers of the 1863 battle.  Its citizens included men who fought on both sides of the conflict, women who took in or traveled to the wounded after the battle, African Americans who dug the graves for the dead, and generations who worked to support the community from its modest time as county seat of government, to the site of a major battle, host of veterans' reunions, and creation of a National Park.  Stories of its most noteworthy townspeople will illuminate this ever- changing community as a microcosm of a nation moving forward from immense conflict to create a universal symbol of freedom, sacrifice, equality and democracy. Sat. Mar. 4 – Rain Date if Needed Sun. Mar. 5 – Rain Date if Needed Seating is available on a first come – first served basis. Free tickets at available day of at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center. Schedule is subject to change. Gettysburg National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service that preserves and protects the resources associated with the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg National Cemetery and provides an understanding of the events that occurred there within the context of American history. For a complete listing of all of the free ranger programs, please visit our website at www.nps.gov/gett. For additional information visit www.nps.gov/gett

Fair property tax systems are crucial to developing a financially strong community, as property taxes represent a large source of public revenue for most local governments. In today's episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck Marohn talks with Joe Minicozzi from Urban3 about Buncombe County and the property tax inequities within Western North Carolina that are currently being investigated by the Just Accounting For Health (JAfH) consortium.  A few months ago, Minicozzi presented some compelling disparities in the data on the assessment process to the North Carolina Ad Hoc Appraisals Committee—only for his presentation to be cut short by defensive audience members. In this podcast, Minicozzi shares that data he presented to the Ad Hoc Committee and talks about the historical practice of redlining, and how it has contributed to our current, broken property tax system.  JAfH is a consortium partnered with Urban3, Strong Towns, the University of North Carolina-Asheville, and the Racial Justice Coalition. The team has been rigorously researching property tax inequities specifically in relation to Western North Carolina, as well as exploring implications of this system across the nation. Along with exposing the arbitrary data within the opaque property tax system, JAfH is answering the question, “How do systemic biases in local property tax policies and practices influence health equity in Western North Carolina?” In this podcast, Minicozzi shows Marohn some slides from his original presentation to the Ad Hoc Committee. To view the slides, check out the accompanying video to this podcast on YouTube. Additional Show Notes Learn more about Just Accounting for Health. Sign up for emails to stay up to date on JAfH findings. Joe Minicozzi (Twitter). Charles Marohn (Twitter).

Have we discovered everything in the animal kingdom already? Graham Reynolds, associate professor of biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville, explores Hispaniola to find out. Dr. R. Graham Reynolds is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina Asheville. His research is focused on characterizing vertebrate biodiversity, particularly in the […]

Alan speaks with Dr. Rebecca Helm, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Asheville and co-author of the study. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's easy to get a COVID vaccine in the U.S., but how about elsewhere? Deena Burris, associate professor of management at the University of North Carolina Asheville, examines the process who gets access. Dr. Deena Burris is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She received a Ph.D. in International […]

On University of North Carolina Asheville Week: What can Bruce Springsteen teach is about economics? Leah Greden Mathews, professor and chair of economics, listens in to find out. As an applied environmental economist, Dr. Mathews’ research focuses on estimating the value of those things you can’t buy on grocery store shelves like water quality, scenic […]

On University of North Carolina Asheville Week:  How do disrupt the education gaps that exist in public schools? Tiece Ruffin, professor of Africana Studies and Education, looks into a few ways to do so. Tiece Ruffin received her Ph.D. from Ohio University in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in Special Education and cognate in […]

On University of North Carolina Asheville Week:  Programs for helping low-income residents get a home of their own is a crucial course of action. Patrick Bahls, professor of mathematics, looks at a failed program to see what we can learn for the future. Patrick Bahls was born and raised in Helena, Montana. He stayed in […]

On University of North Carolina Asheville Week:  Formal land agreements with Indigenous communities can lead to some healing. Trey Adcock, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, explores how they are viewed in these populations. Trey Adcock (ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ, enrolled Cherokee Nation), PhD, is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Director of American Indian & […]

On University of North Carolina Asheville Week:  Human rights protections are a good step, but are not always followed around the world. Mark Gibney, Belk distinguished professor of humanities, analyzes this gap. Mark Gibney is the Belk Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina-Asheville and an Affiliated Scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in […]

Kelly Dobeck is a broadcast meteorologist with CBS-affiliate WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio. Kelly's forecasting background has taken her many places. From forecasting Orographic Lifting snow in the Carolina Mountains, working for NASA, and ice storm forecasting in the south. She has her degree in atmospheric science and meteorology from The University of North Carolina Asheville. Her first television job covered parts of South Carolina while working at CBS-affiliate WRDW-TV in Augusta, Ga. This week, we're also joined by Candice Jordan, who in addition to being friends and a classmate of Dobeck is also the Planetarium Administrator at the Schiele Museum in Gastonia, North Carolina. On this week's episode of the Carolina Weather Group, we discuss with Kelly studying in Asheville, forecasting for the Masters Tournament in Augusta, lake effect snow in Cleveland, women in STEM, and her dog, Thunder, who is a social media star all of his own. Joining the Carolina Weather Group this week, is James Brierton in Charlotte, Scotty Powell in Morganton, and Jared Smith in Charleston. This episode was made available to the Carolina Weather Group Patreon supporters. Thank you for your support. LEAVE A $$ TIP: https://streamelements.com/carolinawxgroup/tip SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://patreon.com/carolinaweathergroup VISIT OUR WEBSITE: https://carolinaweathergroup.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carolinaweather/message

Wiley Cash is a NC-based writer whose new novel is called When Ghosts Come Home. It's the story of a NC sheriff named Winston Barnes who is forced to reckon with a complicated and strange murder investigation on the NC coast that is instigated by a mysterious plane crash. Cash's previous award winning fiction includes A Land More Kind Than Home, The Last Ballad and This Dark Road to Mercy and he has received numerous awards including the Southern Book Prize, The Thomas Wolfe Book Prize, The Appalachian Writer's Association Book of the Year, among many other prestigious awards. He's been a fellow at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, and he teaches fiction writing and literature at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, where he serves as Alumni Author-in-Residence. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, photographer Mallory Cash, and their daughters.In this conversation, David chats with Mr. Cash about the books that mean the most to him. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today I'm joined by Scott Walters and Heather Lobe Johnson. And the three of us talk about what it means to actually see people, how the Holy Spirit impacts the character development of Peter, and what radical prayer and generosity looked like in the early church.Scott Walters is Professor Emeritus of Drama at the University of North Carolina Asheville, where he taught theatre history, play analysis, and directing for more than 20 years. He is the author of several articles in American Theatre Magazine, co-authored Introduction to Play Analysis and most recently edited and published Mark Twain & Me: Unlearning Racism by his mentor and friend Calvin Pritner. In addition to teaching at UNC Asheville, he also spent many years teaching in prisons near Asheville. Since retiring in 2020, he has been contemplating continuing his prison teaching and prison ministry.Heather Lobe Johnson is a writer, speaker, and worship leader who believes God can redeem the most broken parts of our stories. She hosts the Take These Ashes podcast, loves a good chai latte, and lives in the mountains of Southwest Virginia with her husband and two boys. Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-these-ashes/id1529645880Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherlobejohnson/If you enjoyed our discussion, I'd love if you would rate + review on your favorite podcast player. This helps more people to find the show and learn with us. Then come on over to social media and let's talk about it! You can find me on Instagram @kateboyd.co and on Twitter @thekateboyd. And don't forget to check the show notes to find and follow today's contributors as well. Thank YOU for joining us, and I'll see you next time.If you're a Messy Middle Christian like me and you're looking for a safe space to explore your faith, then the Messy Middle Christian patreon is the way to go. If you've listened to the show before, you know we like bunny trails and rabbit holes related to the Bible, Christian history, and how faith and life collide in unique ways. In this patreon community, you can get access to weekly bunny trails - curated content to explore something new - and monthly rabbit holes where I or some friends teach you about the many sides you can take on a Christian doctrine, themes and fun facts about books of the Bible, and deep dives into topics or concepts from the Bible or church life today. Plus you get the safety of a community doing the same thing right beside you. You can join for as little as $5/month and get curated adventures to discover more about what it means to follow Jesus in the messy middle. Learn more at patreon.com/messymiddlechristians

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Wiley Cash about his newest novel WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME. Wiley Cash is the New York Times best selling author of When Ghosts Come Home, The Last Ballad, A Land More Kind than Home, and This Dark Road to Mercy. He currently serves as Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He lives with his wife and two young daughters on the coast of North Carolina.

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Wiley Cash about his newest novel WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME. Wiley Cash is the New York Times best selling author of When Ghosts Come Home, The Last Ballad, A Land More Kind than Home, and This Dark Road to Mercy. He currently serves as Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He lives with his wife and two young daughters on the coast of North Carolina.

On the latest episode of Now, Appalachia, Eliot interviews author Wiley Cash about his latest novel WHEN GHOSTS COME HOME. Wiley Cash is the New York Times best selling author of When Ghosts Come Home, The Last Ballad, A Land More Kind than Home, and This Dark Road to Mercy. He currently serves as Alumni Author-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He lives with his wife and two young daughters on the coast of North Carolina. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eliot-parker/support

On this podcast, we'll explore southern Appalachian culture through the life of a family of farmers, musicians, and bear hunters. The Clark family in East Tennessee are relics of the region's past. Clay also interviews national expert, Dr. Daniel Pierce of the University of North Carolina Asheville, who will take us a on a guided tour of the regions storied past, helping us understand both fact and fiction. You'll hear some bluegrass music, and we'll even talk about Dolly Parton. This is part one of a two part series on Appalachian Mountain culture. You're going to enjoy meeting the Clarks! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Gil Jackson is a North Carolina native and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee with 50 years of teaching experience. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty and lecturer at the University of North Carolina – Asheville and Stanford University teaching the Cherokee language with a goal of helping students develop strategies for maximizing learning of his native language. In 2021 Gil was recognized by UNC Asheville for his unique teaching style that energizes and inspires his students, while helping to preserve the premier indigenous language of Western North Carolina. Gil has also served as the Executive Director of Snowbird Cherokees Traditions since 2014, where he helps plan after-school and summer language programs for Cherokee youth. Prior to that he served as the Kituwah Immersion School Administrator for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians for nine years managing and meeting all Tribal, State and Federal licensing requirements, while supervising and planning staff development and staff evaluations. Find out more about the Snowbird Day School in this video interview with Trey Adcock, UNC Asheville. Click here to watch a video about the preservation and the exploration of Cherokee language through a tribal immersion school the Kituwah Academy. (Video produced by Our State magazine and PBSNC.org (former UNC-TV) Keeping The Language Alive, visitcherokeenc.com Fading Voices of the Snowbird Cherokee Festival video Trail of Tears Walk June 19, 2021, Robbinsville, NC registration link Trail of Tears Walk 2021 Facebook Page Connect with Heather Robinson at https://linktr.ee/HeatherRobinson To be a guest on TELL THE PEOPLE, email Heather at WellHelloHeather@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/heather-robinson2021/message

Red Hoffman is an acute care surgeon in Asheville, North Carolina who is board certified in general surgery, surgical critical care and hospice and palliative medicine.  She serves as the surgical clerkship director for the University of North Carolina Asheville campus and also works as an associate hospice medical director for CarePartners Hospice.  She is a writer whose work has been featured in JAMA, General Surgery News, KevinMD and Doximity.  She is the creator and host of the Surgical Palliative Care Podcast and the co-founder of the recently formed Surgical Palliative Care Society. In this episode we discuss the unfortunate death of her father by a Islamic fundamentalist when she was 19 years old and how this pivotal event and grief journey shaped her.  She has a disposition where she sees the glass as half full and did not turn to anger.  She somaticized her grief and a naturopath helped in her healing process.  Through processing her emotions she became interested in mental and physical health, which eventually lead her to trauma/critical care and eventually to hospice and palliative medicine.  Then, her long term partner fell off a ladder and had a traumatic brain injury which made her question everything she knew.  Unlike sudden death, this ongoing process of suffering has pushed her limits of resiliency.  Her openness and candidness will engage you in her journey and the lessons she has learned along the way.  You will not want to miss this heart felt episode.

About Today's GuestsMichelle MageeMichelle Magee serves as the Private Grant & Development Coordinator at Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region. In her role, Magee manages a portfolio of more than 60 grants annually that help support the organization's $27 million budget. Prior to joining Habitat Charlotte Region, Magee spent nearly a decade in the nonprofit sector working with local organizations and served in various capacities, including program management, volunteer coordination, and events. Magee graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a bachelor of arts degree in Creative Writing.  Michael Delarosa Michael Anthony Delarosa is the Director of Habitat for Humanity International's Veterans Build program. Since joining Habitat for Humanity in 2017, Michael has played a pivotal role in designing and cultivating some of the most innovative partnerships, including collaborations with veteran organizations, federal, state and local government entities, and other non-profits to create sustainable impact for active, transitioning and veterans deserve a safe, decent, and affordable place to live. Michael served as a U.S. Marine in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, and Hurricane Katrina.Links Mentioned In This EpisodeHabitat for Humanity International's Veterans Build Initiative Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region PsychArmor Resource of the WeekThe PsychArmor resource for this week is resource of the week is the PsychArmor Course Understanding Why Collaboration Is Important In Supporting The Military Affiliated Population. This course is designed for community leaders interested in exploring some key components to a successful collaborative journey. You will learn how collaboration can provide the structure needed to impact the lives of military members, veterans, their families, and their caregivers. Watch this course to assist in your collaborative journey as well as hear examples of how others have used collective impact principles to better their community. You can find the course by following this link https://psycharmor.org/courses/why-collaboration-is-so-important-in-supporting-military-members-veterans-their-families-and-caregivers/  This Episode Sponsored By:This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations.Join Us on Social Media PsychArmor on TwitterPsychArmor on FacebookPsychArmor on YouTubePsychArmor on LinkedInPsychArmor on InstagramTheme MusicOur theme music Don't Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com

A collaborative, community-based learning program organized during the pandemic aims to be a catalyst for education justice. It's called REGAL -- which stands for Relevant Education Grows All Learners. It's a framework designed to support students of color by offering an inclusive learning space, led by adults in their own community. University of North Carolina Asheville professor Dr. Tiece Ruffin is one of the collaborators behind the effort. "The REGAL framework disrupts the foundations of education that was built on the assumption of Black inferiority, and centers on education that is rooted in Black humanity, self-determination, community agency, and community cultural wealth and assets," Ruffin said. Those assets largely come in the form of caring, empathetic leaders who live in the communities they serve. Cicely Rogers and Toshia Sitton are the leaders of the REGAL Pod at Pisgah View Apartments. Every day, they guide and support a group of about six students from Asheville City

This episode features a conversation with Rob Tatum, an economist that has been doing some interesting writing about theology and economic policy. The paper we discuss in some detail here recently came out in the new Journal of Economics, Theology and Religion. The title of the article is “To What Ends for Theology-Oriented Economic Policymaking.” The article is available for free on the journal website, and I encourage you to check out the article, and the whole inaugural issue of the journal, which is excellent. What is great about this paper is that it dives into an important but difficult area of interdisciplinary work. That is, Tatum uses the historical Social Gospel movement to examine how eschatology can influence the kinds of goals we aim for in economic policy. Eschatology has to do with the “end times” but also with the more general direction that history is heading. While theologians often make connections between eschatology and ethics, most of us who are not theologians or bible-scholars get scared off by debates about pre-millenial vs. post-millenial theologies, and leave eschatology alone. You might not agree with the overall perspective that Rob brings to the topic, but he wants to take scripture seriously, and he does a nice job thinking about a difficult topic. Rob current holds the Cary Caperton Owen Chair in Economics and is Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He has published research on international trade, teaching, economic development, and, as we discuss here, a series of papers on theology and economics. Rob Tatum's University Profile (https://www.unca.edu/person/robert-tatum-ph-d) “A Theology of Economic Reform” Faith & Economics, 2017. (http://christianeconomists.org/2017/08/02/a-theology-of-economic-reform-tatum/) “To What Ends for Theology-Oriented Economic Policymaking.” (https://j-etr.org/2020/12/14/to-what-ends-for-theology-oriented-economic-policymaking/) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/faithfuleconomy/support

We are proud to present a special Drawing edition of Suggested Donation Podcast, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Asheville. As part of their 12th Annual International Contemporary Drawing Exhibition, we recorded a conversation with our friend and one of our favorite artists, Peter Van Dyke.

Join us this week as we dive into an unsolved cold case from Asheville NC. The University of North Carolina Asheville takes center stage this week as we tell the tragic story of Virginia Olsen. Follow us on all the things!Facebook: Mountain Mysteries: Tales from AppalachiaInstagram: Mountainmysteries.appalachiaGmail: mountainmysteries.appalachian@gmail.comSources:http://thebluebanner.net/virginia-olson-murder-never-forgotten-by-unca-and-close-friends/http://thebluebanner.net/remembering-virginia-olson-a-forgotten-murder-on-campus/https://mountainx.com/news/community-news/071812truth-trackers/

Dr. Ben McDonald is a postdoctoral scholar in the Swager group at MIT, utilizing synthetic chemistry to develop new functional organic materials for chemical-warfare agent responsive surfaces and dynamic biphasic emulsions. Dr. McDonald earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina Asheville in 2012 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University in 2018. There, as a NIH predoctoral fellow he explored the total synthesis of polyphenol natural products and the development of new chemical methods for small molecule synthesis. Ben is an aspiring academic who beyond his scientific work, seeks to normalize intellectual inquiry in young students of color. In his free time, he enjoys biking, rock climbing, and woodworking.

In this episode, we are talking all things nutrition with Hannah Anderson. She is the Registered Dietician for the dining program at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Hannah wears many hats with this role and really enjoys working with students around wellness. In high school, she developed an interest in healthy eating, exercise, and experimenting in the kitchen. She discovered that she could study Public Health in undergrad and became fascinated with the nutrition aspect during a project researching chronic illnesses. The class found that all chronic diseases had a direct correlation to obesity and diet. During the same time, she developed a chronic illness that took over her life. She began noticing gastrointestinal symptoms that she later found were related to the long term use of antibiotics prescribed by her doctor. She later struggled with environmental allergies and sinus issues and then diagnosed with uveitis, an auto-immune disorder that presents like pink eye and can eventually lead to blindness. After exhausting her options with traditional medicine and finding little relief, Hannah started working with a Functional and Integrative medicine practitioner. She describes Functional and Integrative medicine as a modality to help find the underlying causes of disease for optimal health. These modalities believe in the body's innate ability to heal itself. Hannah reports that 50% of adults in the United States have been diagnosed with 1 chronic illness. Most find little relief in traditional medicine and are just told to deal with the symptoms or given a prescription for the pain associated. Hannah goes into depth for understanding of the microbiome as it is a part of the entire picture of health. She says our body is home to trillions of micro-organisms(bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc) that all have a placement and purpose. The gut microbiome are the ones residing in the digestive system and can weigh anywhere from 2-5lbs! These organisms help regulate hormones, create neurotransmitters, among other purposes. A healthy gut microbiome has a delicate balance between the two and can be thrown off by medication, lack of sleep, and environmental factors. A dysbiotic state is when there are more bad bacteria than good and commonly called "leaky gut." "We can't just look at our diet alone without looking at our sleep, and our social relationships, and our stress management, and our connection with nature. All of these things really do such a profound job at impacting how our gut functions and in turn they way we are able to prevent disease or not." Hannah discusses how food and nutrition is just one part of the overall picture and that other areas are worth exploring as well. She talks about balance with sleep, stress management, movement, and diet. She talks about the "Standard American Diet," or S.A.D. that is made up of mostly processed food or food that lacks the nutrients we need by the time it reaches the table. Many people are deficient in Vitamin D, which could look similar to depression, B12 which causes fatigue, memory loss, and depressive symptoms. Adults need 8-9 hours of sleep and are not getting that which could cause insulin resistance, cardiovascular and immune issues, hormonal imbalance, and mood swings. Effective and regular stress management can lower inflammation. Moving the body consistently can increase insulin sensitivity, brain health, and enhance detoxification. Some suggestions Hannah offered: be your own "Health CEO" buy from local farms eat more whole foods in their natural state and a large variety pay attention to packages; reading labels for ingredient(fewer is better, ones you can pronounce) and check for added sugar which is pro-inflammatory add more fiber utilize adaptogens(class of plants that can reduce stress response in the body). Mushrooms(lions mane, rishi), Ashwagandha, Ginseng, and Maca, to name a few. Other resources Hannah recommended: Dr. Mark Hyman(Website, Instagram, Podcast, "Food Fix") Dr. Jeffrey Bland(Website, Instagram, Podcast, "The Disease Delusion" ) McKel Kooienga(Website, Instagram) Erin Holt(Website, Instagram, Podcast) Chris Kresser(Website, Instagram, Podcast) "The Healthy Deviant" by Pilar Gerasimo Documentary mentioned: "The Biggest Little Farm"

In this Episode we talk to Dr. Duane H. Davis a professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina Asheville.  He specializes in Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy - especially Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology, Existentialism, and Hermeneutics.  He also works in Recent French Philosophy as well as Social and Political Philosophy.  This was a fabulous conversation and consideration for the human condition existentially -  and how we are all measuring ourselves against this global pandemic.  We get deep on this episode and consider a future that is about our process forward - not necessarily the clear results.

VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known pianist/organist/composer Michael Kocour for more than a dozen years. A nationally-renown educator, Mike is the Director of Jazz Studies at Arizona State University. Additionally, he is a recording artist for Origin Records, releasing a solo piano album, East of the Sun, on that label’s OA2 imprint earlier this year. In early summer, Mike sat down with Russ to record a Q&T podcast. Their far-ranging discussion was engaging and abundant, so much so that the conversation has been split into two separate podcasts, the second of which will be made available later. But in this, the first of two podcasts together, Mike and Russ addressed the potential dangers a sabbatical can bring, talked about an unlikely mentor for the study of Brazilian music, and even found a point at which Oscar Peterson and Johnny Costa intersect. Learn more about Michael Kocour here: http://www.michaelkocour.com/ https://herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/profile/michael-kocour Listen to Michael Kocour (solo piano) perform his composition Winter’s Spell here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3ceKy9Y0aU Listen to Michael Kocour (organ quartet) perform his composition Chunky here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXXrTByxyI&list=OLAK5uy_nftb9Vv4HNX37Li27g2dv1_aiCC6ItNHw Purchase Michael Kocour’s recordings for the Origin Records/OA2 label here: http://originarts.com/oa2/artists/artist.php?Artist_ID=138 Learn more about some of the artists and/or concepts mentioned in the podcast here: John Campbell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Campbell_(jazz_pianist) Tony Caramia – https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/caramia_tony/ Johnny Costa – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Costa Joe Daley – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Daley_(musician) Bill Evans – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Evans Red Garland – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Garland Don Grolnick – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Grolnick Ian Hobson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Hobson Toninho Horta – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toninho_Horta Antonio Carlos Jôbim – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim Wynton Kelly – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynton_Kelly Jim McNeely – https://www.jim-mcneely.com/ Nicole Pesce – http://www.nicolepesce.com/ Oscar Peterson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson Bud Powell – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell Marlene Rosenberg – https://www.marlenemusic.com/ Akio Sasajima – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Sasajima Wayne Shorter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Shorter Art Tatum – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum McCoy Tyner – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayburn_Wright Schillinger System (or Schillinger Method) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schillinger_System Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative and VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.valleyjazz.org/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ? Thanks for listening! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE! Website: Link - valleyjazz.org Social Media: Facebook - @ValleyJazzCooperative New Here? Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman. The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known jazz composer/arranger/educator/trombonist Paul Ferguson for 35 years and has recorded with him off and on for the past two decades. Paul is the Director of Jazz Studies at Case Western Reserve University. He is also the Artistic Director of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, one of the leading professional big bands in the Midwest. Paul is a nationally-renown writer for large and small jazz ensembles, and is a former recipient of the Gil Evans Fellowship in Jazz Composition. In the midst of performing a series of concerts together in Arizona in mid-April 2019, Paul sat down with Russ to record a Questions and Tangents podcast. (Paul also recorded a second podcast, joined by trumpeter Tito Carrillo, which will be released at a later date.) Their free-flowing discussion encompassed the emotional heft of musical memory, the serendipity of finding the right teacher at the right time, and even consideration of the overriding cultural ethos permeating northeast Ohio. Learn more about Paul Ferguson here: http://www.clevelandjazz.org/About/Meet-the-Orchestra/Name-of-Person https://music.case.edu/faculty/paul-ferguson/ http://paulfergusonmusic.com/ Listen to the Paul Ferguson Jazz Orchestra perform his composition Fortune Teller here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS9BPgIpYHA&list=PLeGvpurj2XRDNOYHKUfBosheV9tpN8DPD&index=10&t=0s Purchase Paul Ferguson’s Encounter recording here: https://www.amazon.com/Encounter-Paul-Ferguson/dp/B00NR85C9G/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1558478876&refinements=p_32%3APaul+Ferguson&s=music&sr=1-6 Learn more about some of the artists and/or 19th century German philosophers mentioned in the podcast here: Bill Dobbins – http://sonsofsound.com/artist/bill-dobbins/ J.J. Johnson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Johnson Sergei Rachmaninoff – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SergeiRachmaninoff Jack Schantz – http://www.clevelandjazz.org/About/Meet-the-Orchestra/Jack-Schantz Maria Schneider – https://www.mariaschneider.com/ Arthur Schopenhauer – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArthurSchopenhauer Gunther Schuller – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuntherSchuller Igor Stravinsky – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IgorStravinsky Billy Strayhorn – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillyStrayhorn Bill Watrous – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BillWatrous Rayburn Wright – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RayburnWright Lyric Opera of Chicago – https://www.lyricopera.org/ Porgy and Bess (review of 2014 LOC production) – https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-lyric-opera-chicago-porgy-bess-review-20141118-column.html Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative here: https://www.valleyjazz.org/ Listen to music by VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuao1b7Ztc7JNpUTzyorXDQ? Purchase recordings by Russell Schmidt here: https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Schmidt/e/B001LHCGMG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d Thanks for listening! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE! Website: Link - valleyjazz.org Social Media: Facebook - @ValleyJazzCooperative New Here? Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman. The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

"VJC Q&T podcast host Russell Schmidt (Director, Valley Jazz Cooperative) has known jazz trumpeter/composer/educator Tito Carrillo for more than twenty years and has had the privilege of sharing a bandstand with him periodically during that time. Tito is a leading musician on the Chicago jazz scene and an Associate Professor of Jazz Trumpet at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In the midst of performing a series of concerts together in Arizona in mid-April 2019, Tito sat down with Russ to record the very first Questions and Tangents podcast. Their wide-ranging conversation delved into the relationship between performing and teaching, the importance of musical communication, the nature of creativity, and even the value of liner notes in this digital age. Learn more about Tito Carrillo here: https://music.illinois.edu/faculty/tito-carrillo Listen to Tito Carrillo perform Thelonious Monk’s Rhythm-a-Ning here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5xNdzbFM5g Purchase Tito Carrillo’s debut recording, Opening Statement, here: http://originarts.com/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=82603 Learn more about some of the artists mentioned in the podcast here: Clifford Brown – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown Ryan Cohan – http://ryancohan.com/ Celia Cruz – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Cruz Miles Davis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis Paquito D’Rivera – https://paquitodrivera.com/ Jon Faddis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Faddis Kenny Garrett – http://www.kennygarrett.com/ Adolph “Bud” Herseth – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Herseth Freddie Hubbard – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard Wynton Marsalis – https://wyntonmarsalis.org/ Nicholas Payton – http://www.nicholaspayton.com/ Tito Puente – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito_Puente Claudio Roditi – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Roditi Woody Shaw – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Shaw Willie Thomas – https://www.jazzeveryone.com/ Immanuel Wilkins – http://www.immanuelwilkins.com/music Miguel Zenón – https://miguelzenon.com/ El Gran Combo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%C3%ADn_Rodr%C3%ADguez#El_Gran_Combo Purchase recordings by Russell Schmidt here: https://www.amazon.com/Russell-Schmidt/e/B001LHCGMG/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d Thanks for listening! PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & RATE THIS EPISODE! Learn more about the Valley Jazz Cooperative here: valleyjazz.org Listen to music by VJC Q&T host Russell Schmidt here: YouTube Social Media: Facebook - @ValleyJazzCooperative New Here? Pianist/composer/educator Russell Schmidt has performed with such celebrated artists as Carl Allen, Michael Brecker, Eddie Daniels, Joe Lovano, Gerry Mulligan, Lucas Pino, Arturo Sandoval, and Clark Terry. He has also served as a keyboard soloist with more than 30 professional orchestras, including performances with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and the San Francisco Symphony. Among his recordings as a leader are Anachromysticism (2012), which highlights Russell’s wide-ranging efforts as a jazz composer, Jazz Triptych, Volume I – The Sacred (2018), a collection of hymns and spirituals reimagined in the jazz language, and his most recent recording, the companion album Jazz Triptych, Volume II – The Secular (2019). After a distinguished career in academia, Russell joined Music Serving The Word in June 2014 as Coordinator of Education, founding MSW’s Valley Jazz Cooperative program in 2016. Previously, he served as Director of Jazz Studies at Bowling Green State University and the University of Utah. He also held faculty appointments at Northern Arizona University, the University of North Carolina–Asheville, and the Eastman School of Music, where he co-conducted the Eastman Studio Orchestra. A student of Rayburn Wright, Russell holds two degrees from Eastman. The Questions & Tangents podcast is produced by Caleb Kilian for the Valley Jazz Cooperative, an outreach of MSW Ministries, a 501(c)(3) organization.

Town-Gown Community Building - As Asheville faces a range of critical challenges and decisions, we take a look at how the city and its university interact. Our guests are Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Dr. Nancy Cable, Chancellor of the University of North Carolina - Asheville. They discuss the need for a very open and honest collaboration between the two large institutions and the progress that's been made to address major issues facing the community.

Study Evolution To Gain Better Health. Today's Health Podcast is with Dr. Stephen Hussey and we discuss Balance vs Imbalance:Dr. Stephen Hussey is a board certified Chiropractor and Functional Medicine practitioner. He has a bachelor’s degree in Health and Wellness Promotion from the University of North Carolina Asheville as well as a Masters in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and a Doctorate of Chiropractic both from the University of Western States. He is the author of two books on health; The Health Evolution: Why Understanding Evolution is the Key to Vibrant Health and The Heart: Our Most Medically Misunderstood Organ. Quote: "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs it people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman Dr. Hussey is passionate about the natural world and applying the natural sciences of ecology and evolution to understanding our chronic disease epidemic. He has worked with many people over the years and has seen the power of food, lifestyle change, and personal environment modification transform lives every day. He coaches people across the world back to health in an online coaching setting at ResourceYourHealth.com. When he is not working he enjoys time outdoors as well as reading, playing sports, and spending time with his wife and their three cats.   Top 3 Hot Points:Balance vs Imbalance Evolution Studies Be a Health Participant   [spp-tweet tweet="Study our health evolution, become your own health participant. You Too Can LIVETHEFUEL! @DrStephenHussey "]   Resources:Get The Book on Amazon: The Health Evolution: Why Understanding Evolution is the Key to Vibrant Health - https://amzn.to/2Y6S0zM https://www.resourceyourhealth.com https://www.facebook.com/DrStephenHussey https://www.instagram.com/drstephenhussey https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stephen-hussey-ms-dc-664b4489/ https://twitter.com/DrStephenHussey   Final Words:Someone doesn't have to be formally trained in something to apply it to life. I think that a lot of people think that I'm not an evolutionary biologist. You're not traditionally trained in nutrition, but our life experience has given us the knowledge to apply that to our lives and help people in different ways to apply that to theirs. I would encourage people to not be so narrow-minded when it comes to accepting advice from people. Let's listen to their story, listen to how they got there. Take from them what you will learn and try to learn something from them. Even if you don't end up doing what they recommend, you can take what you can from their story and what they learned. See if you can apply it to your life.   On This Episode You Will Hear:[spp-timestamp time="00:30"] Introduction [spp-timestamp time="12:00"] When we have an injury, your body learns a new way of functioning to protect or get around that injury. When the injury heals, or say you had the surgery, things get a little bit more back to normal function. The body doesn't necessarily unlearn that way of functioning. [spp-timestamp time="20:00"] Consumers were not getting health insurance because it was too expensive, or they weren't using it. That was throwing a wrench into the whole system. This whole for-profit system goes between practitioners, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies. They did this thing to protect the whole system, which made everybody have to get mandatory health insurance. [spp-timestamp time="31:00"] I've developed an initial consult that, this sounds kind of bad, but kind of weeds out the people that aren't ready to make the changes necessary. Lots of people come to me expecting that I can give them something they can take. They sometimes expect that I can do something to them that will cure them. However, then they can go back to living their life the exact same way. [spp-timestamp time="40:00"] Interesting thing about...

Study Evolution To Gain Better Health. Today’s Health Podcast is with Dr. Stephen Hussey and we discuss Balance vs Imbalance: Dr. Stephen Hussey is a board certified Chiropractor and Functional Medicine practitioner. He has a bachelor’s degree in Health and Wellness Promotion from the University of North Carolina Asheville as well as a Masters in… The post LIVETHEFUEL (https://livethefuel.com) .

Imagine being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 9 years old. After 10 years of trying to successfully manage your condition to no avail you end up in a freshman biology course that finally helps you understand WHY you developed an autoimmune disease and why chronic disease rates are rising rapidly. And most importantly, WHAT you need to do to feel better than you ever have in your life. This is what happened to this week’s podcast guest, board certified chiropractic and Functional Medicine practitioner, Dr. Stephen Hussey. Dr. Hussey has a bachelor’s degree in Health and Wellness Promotion from the University of North Carolina Asheville, a Master’s in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine and a Doctorate of Chiropractic both from the University of Western States. He is the author of The Health Evolution: Why Understanding Evolution is the Key to Vibrant Health and The Heart: Our Most Medically Misunderstood Organ. Dr. Hussey is passionate and super nerdy (in the best possible way!) which made for a fascinating conversation! Here are some of the fascinating tidbits you’re in for... What he did to manage his autoimmune condition The food group that was wreaking havoc on his gut health The 4 principles of evolution that explain the rise in chronic disease The 5 imbalances that cause chronic disease What 3 things TRULY cause heart disease Why I used to pass out in high school And so much more! I hope you listen in and feel ENLIGHTENED and EMPOWERED, and then share this important information with everyone you know and love. Thanks for listening!

Auburn basketball defeats UNC-Asheville in Game 8 of 2018-19. Auburn basketball for the 2018-19 continues! Kyle Loomis and Clint Richardson review the Tigers eighth game of the season against the UNC-Asheville Bulldogs! Auburn defeated them by the score of 67-49 at home in Auburn Arena. Offense came at a premium in this game while defense reigned supreme. All this and more on this episode of Inside the Jungle, covering Auburn men's basketball for 2018-19. Listener Feedback: Which Auburn player will score the most points against Dayton? Reminders: Want to join the team? Email us at the address below. Remember to check out other shows on the network. Join us for E2C Live: Auburn Fan Chat- 8 ET/ 7 CT on Facebook Live every Monday night! Listener Feedback and Connection: Subscribe: iTunes, Google Play, and all other podcatchers. Please leave reviews there. Connect with podcast: See links below. Website: www.e2cnetwork.com Email: e2cnetwork@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/E2C_Network Facebook: www.facebook.com/E2CNetworkAU Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCAZwqXc8I3H7s8ocuCaM7fg Support the shows: http://www.e2cnetwork.com/support/ Teepublic Store: https://www.teepublic.com/user/e2cnetwork Thank you to the Auburn Uniform Database! As always thank you to E2C Network and Auburn family for tuning in every week! War Eagle! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/e2c-network/support

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of Hinduism and probably the one most familiar and popular in the West. The moral problem that motivates the text – is it right to kill members of one’s extended family if they are on the other side in a war? – leads to an extended discussion of such themes as rebirth and reincarnation and the personal paths to unity with the universe through the yogas of action, knowledge, and devotion. In Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic 2018), Keya Maitra presents a new translation aimed at those who are interested in themes that cross-fertilize with Western philosophical debates regarding the nature of morality, the relation between body and self or mind, the roots of character, and the goal of a well-lived life. Maitra, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, aims at a middle ground of accessibility with recognition of the multiple and context-dependent meanings of Sanskrit terms, and the philosophical themes are elaborated with the aid of questions that are appropriate for both Western and non-Western approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of Hinduism and probably the one most familiar and popular in the West. The moral problem that motivates the text – is it right to kill members of one’s extended family if they are on the other side in a war? – leads to an extended discussion of such themes as rebirth and reincarnation and the personal paths to unity with the universe through the yogas of action, knowledge, and devotion. In Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic 2018), Keya Maitra presents a new translation aimed at those who are interested in themes that cross-fertilize with Western philosophical debates regarding the nature of morality, the relation between body and self or mind, the roots of character, and the goal of a well-lived life. Maitra, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, aims at a middle ground of accessibility with recognition of the multiple and context-dependent meanings of Sanskrit terms, and the philosophical themes are elaborated with the aid of questions that are appropriate for both Western and non-Western approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of Hinduism and probably the one most familiar and popular in the West. The moral problem that motivates the text – is it right to kill members of one’s extended family if they are on the other side in a war? – leads to an extended discussion of such themes as rebirth and reincarnation and the personal paths to unity with the universe through the yogas of action, knowledge, and devotion. In Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic 2018), Keya Maitra presents a new translation aimed at those who are interested in themes that cross-fertilize with Western philosophical debates regarding the nature of morality, the relation between body and self or mind, the roots of character, and the goal of a well-lived life. Maitra, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, aims at a middle ground of accessibility with recognition of the multiple and context-dependent meanings of Sanskrit terms, and the philosophical themes are elaborated with the aid of questions that are appropriate for both Western and non-Western approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of Hinduism and probably the one most familiar and popular in the West. The moral problem that motivates the text – is it right to kill members of one’s extended family if they are on the other side in a war? – leads to an extended discussion of such themes as rebirth and reincarnation and the personal paths to unity with the universe through the yogas of action, knowledge, and devotion. In Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic 2018), Keya Maitra presents a new translation aimed at those who are interested in themes that cross-fertilize with Western philosophical debates regarding the nature of morality, the relation between body and self or mind, the roots of character, and the goal of a well-lived life. Maitra, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, aims at a middle ground of accessibility with recognition of the multiple and context-dependent meanings of Sanskrit terms, and the philosophical themes are elaborated with the aid of questions that are appropriate for both Western and non-Western approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of Hinduism and probably the one most familiar and popular in the West. The moral problem that motivates the text – is it right to kill members of one’s extended family if they are on the other side in a war? – leads to an extended discussion of such themes as rebirth and reincarnation and the personal paths to unity with the universe through the yogas of action, knowledge, and devotion. In Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic 2018), Keya Maitra presents a new translation aimed at those who are interested in themes that cross-fertilize with Western philosophical debates regarding the nature of morality, the relation between body and self or mind, the roots of character, and the goal of a well-lived life. Maitra, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, aims at a middle ground of accessibility with recognition of the multiple and context-dependent meanings of Sanskrit terms, and the philosophical themes are elaborated with the aid of questions that are appropriate for both Western and non-Western approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of Hinduism and probably the one most familiar and popular in the West. The moral problem that motivates the text – is it right to kill members of one’s extended family if they are on the other side in a war? – leads to an extended discussion of such themes as rebirth and reincarnation and the personal paths to unity with the universe through the yogas of action, knowledge, and devotion. In Philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: A Contemporary Introduction (Bloomsbury Academic 2018), Keya Maitra presents a new translation aimed at those who are interested in themes that cross-fertilize with Western philosophical debates regarding the nature of morality, the relation between body and self or mind, the roots of character, and the goal of a well-lived life. Maitra, who is Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, aims at a middle ground of accessibility with recognition of the multiple and context-dependent meanings of Sanskrit terms, and the philosophical themes are elaborated with the aid of questions that are appropriate for both Western and non-Western approaches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wiley Cash in the New York Times best selling author of A Land More Kind Than Home , This Dark Road to Mercy , and his latest, The Last Ballad . Cash is a North Carolina native and current writer-in-residence at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. He, his wife and two daughters live in Wilmington North Carolina. The Last Ballad has just been issued in paperback.

In this forty-fifth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast, we interview Dr. Brian Butler of the University of North Carolina Asheville. We talk with Brian about two applications of the idea known as "democratic experimentalism" that have been at the heart of his work. One application concerns Constitutional law. The other involves the history of Black Mountain College, an experiment in democratic experimentalism applied to higher education, where art was central to education in the college. Dr. Butler is the Thomas Howerton Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at the UNC Asheville. He recently published his book, The Democratic Constitution: Experimentalism and Interpretation, with the University of Chicago Press. He was also the Project Director in 2010 for a large grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’s “We the People” Grant program, which focused on “Black Mountain College: An Artistic and Educational Legacy.” Black Mountain College was founded in 1933 in North Carolina as was an experimental college with a central role for art in liberal arts education. John Dewey's philosophy of education was a fundamental inspiration for the college. Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

For a 59 minute long, radio clean version for syndication purposes, please visit the archive.org collection. Interviews UNCA Radical Rush In this two parter episode, firstly we chatted with Beck, a University of North Carolina Asheville student and fellow organizer this year's Radical Rush Week, which builds off of the model of the UNControllables of UNC and their Disorientation. The hope of the event is to introduce opportunities to spark conversations and relationships to radical organizing initiatives on campus and introduce new students to local projects around the Asheville area. You can find more about this on fedbook by visiting “UNCA Radical Rush”, and find flyers for the week of events at UNCA and around the community including: Tuesday, the 19th Radical Reflections of Students Past; Wednesday, the 20th Tranzmission Prison Project & Asheville Prison Books Program packaging event; Thursday, the 21st Sex, Drugs & Self Defense; Friday, the 22nd Marathon of TROUBLE mini-documentaries; Saturday, the 23rd Herbalism as a Tool for Resiliency and Resistance; Saturday night DACA Solidarity Benefit Show Supporters of Comrade Malik Washington Secondly, our comrade and sometimes contributor Disembodied Voice shares several short interviews with members of politicized prisoner Keith Malik Washington's support team. Comrade Malik, as he is known to his friends and supporters, is currently in solitary confinement in Texas at Eastham Unit, where he was placed as retaliation for coordinating a work stoppage during last year's nationwide prison strike on September 9th. In addition to his work around the End Prison Slavery movement, Malik is a member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee of the IWW and the Deputy Chairman of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party prison chapter, and is active in the Fight Toxic Prisons campaign. Malik has an extensive network of support nationally and even internationally, both within and outside of the anarchist community. The interviews we will share today show the diversity of backgrounds, motivations, and stories that go into forming a support network for those engaged in revolutionary struggle while incarcerated, which is to say, from behind enemy lines. The conversations cover a wide range of topics, including a look at the range of issues prison activists like Malik work around; the kinds of relationships prison activists form with their supporters on the outside; the importance of being in solidarity across identities and political labels; and what a revolutionary abolitionist movements means to the people doing this work. As Malik would say: DARE TO STRUGGLE. DARE TO WIN. ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE. You can view Malik's work at comrademalik.com and write to him directly at: Keith ‘Comrade Malik' Washington TDC#: 1487958 Eastham Unit 2665 Prison Road #1 Lovelady, TX 75851 The audio for these interviews is a bit rough because the interviews were done somewhat on the fly. Stay tuned (look for?) a transcript of these interviews in order to make comprehension a bit easier! It should come out sometime within the next two weeks. B@d News! Dear listeners, we would like to invite you to give a listen to the newest edition of the International Anarchist Radio Network's monthly podcast, B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World, fresh for September 2017.  This 4th episode, available at our website, is about 45 minutes of updates from projects based in the UK, Chile, Greece, the Aegean Sea, Germany, El Salvador and from us! Additionally, Feel free to give a listen to ARadio Berlin's Charlottesville reportback episode, done with none other than your host William Goodenuff. This was geared toward an international audience, so the news may not be new to a US based listening crowd, but if you want to hear why one of your hosts has been a lil absent for a sec, this is why. Everything's fine tho, and I'll be back to opine over the airwaves next week. Show playlist is here.

Jason Bernagozzi is an Assistant Professor of Art in Electronic Arts at Colorado State University starting this fall. He is also the co-founder of the experimental media arts residency program Signal Culture. Victoria Bradbury is a new media artist, a researcher @CRUMB and Assistant Professor of New Media at University of North Carolina Asheville.

This thirty-sixth episode of the Philosophy Bakes Bread radio show and podcast features an interview with Cole Nasrallah, talking with co-hosts Eric Weber and Anthony Cashio about the paper that she gave at the Future of Philosophical Practice seminar at the University of North Carolina Asheville in July of 2017. Cole’s paper was on “The Elements of High Value Philosophy and Audience Accessibility.” Cole is a philosopher, an author, and a teacher, as well as an artist and photographer. She teaches philosophy at a private girls academy and at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cole has written for the public, studied bioethics, and has been a professional photographer. She has a knack for speaking and writing in accessible and clever ways. For one example, in this interview, she explains that “YOLO,” which stands for “You only live once,” is “the poor man’s carpe diem!” We had a great time talking with Cole in Asheville and since then on social media. Listen for our “You Tell Me!” questions and for some jokes in one of our concluding segments, called “Philosophunnies.” Reach out to us on Facebook @PhilosophyBakesBread and on Twitter @PhilosophyBB; email us at philosophybakesbread@gmail.com; or call and record a voicemail that we play on the show, at 859.257.1849. Philosophy Bakes Bread is a production of the Society of Philosophers in America (SOPHIA). Check us out online at PhilosophyBakesBread.com and check out SOPHIA at PhilosophersInAmerica.com.

Allan Combs, PhD, is a consciousness researcher, neuropsychologist, and systems theorist at The California Institute of Integral Studies where he is the Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies. In 2012 he was named the Navin and Pratibha Doshi Professor of Consciousness Studies at CIIS and elected to the Board of Directors of Nalanda International. He also holds appointments at the Saybrook University and is Co-Director of the MA in Consciousness Studies at the Graduate Institute of Connecticut. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. In this episode, with will be part 1 of our conversations, we are talking about a whole variety of things, the CIIS, systems theory, states and attractors, drugs and life after death ... stay tunes for part 2!

Host: Kathy King, RDN Osteoporosis treatments most commonly focus on drugs, hormone replacement therapies, and mineral supplements. But are there other effective ways to build bone vitality? On this episode of NutritionEdge, Kathy King speaks with Dr. Amy Lanou, Professor and Chair of Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Dr. Lanou is author of the book Building Bone Vitality: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Prevent Bone Loss and Reverse Osteoporosis—Without Dairy, Calcium, Estrogen, or Drugs.

Host: Kathy King, RDN Osteoporosis treatments most commonly focus on drugs, hormone replacement therapies, and mineral supplements. But are there other effective ways to build bone vitality? On this episode of NutritionEdge, Kathy King speaks with Dr. Amy Lanou, Professor and Chair of Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Dr. Lanou is author of the book Building Bone Vitality: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Prevent Bone Loss and Reverse Osteoporosis—Without Dairy, Calcium, Estrogen, or Drugs.

Host: Kathy King, RDN Osteoporosis treatments most commonly focus on drugs, hormone replacement therapies, and mineral supplements. But are there other effective ways to build bone vitality? On this episode of NutritionEdge, Kathy King speaks with Dr. Amy Lanou, Professor and Chair of Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Dr. Lanou is author of the book Building Bone Vitality: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Prevent Bone Loss and Reverse Osteoporosis—Without Dairy, Calcium, Estrogen, or Drugs.

Host: Kathy King, RDN Osteoporosis treatments most commonly focus on drugs, hormone replacement therapies, and mineral supplements. But are there other effective ways to build bone vitality? On this episode of NutritionEdge, Kathy King speaks with Dr. Amy Lanou, Professor and Chair of Health and Wellness at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. Dr. Lanou is author of the book Building Bone Vitality: A Revolutionary Diet Plan to Prevent Bone Loss and Reverse Osteoporosis—Without Dairy, Calcium, Estrogen, or Drugs.

With the start of the college basketball season just days away, we revisit last's years 1.Q with UNC Asheville Athletic Director, Janet Cone. In her interview, Cone reviews the camaraderie of the NCAA Men's Basketball Selection Committee, modern technology in college sports, plus more. 

Miss Native American USA 2015-2016 is 26-year-old Kristina Lynn Hyatt of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians from Cherokee, North Carolina. Hyatt was crowned on August 8, 2015 at our annual 4th Annual MNAUSA Pageant in Tempe, Arizona. A former Miss Cherokee titleholder, Hyatt holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management from the University of North Carolina - Asheville and received an Associates Degree in Applied Science - dental hygiene from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. She is a dental hygienist at the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Children's Dental Program and her mission is to educate the Native American communities about the importance of dental hygiene. She is the daughter of Lavon and Gloria Hyatt of North Carolina.   www.MissNativeAmericanUSA.com