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Higher Ed AV PodcastEpisode 265Pure gold with every answer! Michael Gunderson, ITS Support Specialist at Highland Community College in Northwest Illinois joins the show to discuss his role as a one-man band at the school. He also talks about his career trajectory and what he gets out of shows like InfoComm. Oh, and wait until his takeover minute! Take a listen! Connect with Michael Gunderson:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gunderson-cts/ Connect with Joe Way: Web: https://www.josiahway.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiahway X (Formerly Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/josiahway Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josiahway Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josiahway  

Double T Mornings is the morning show on 96.7 The Eagle in Rockford, Illinois. Not only does Double T play Rockford's favorite Classic Rock each day, he's also joined by many fascinating guests including music legends, comedians, pro athletes, and his own stable of experts on random subjects. Plus, it's a local show, so he's all in for Rockford.

This week Mike Fitzgerald informs us on the Derecho throughout eastern Iowa and Northwest Illinois. He also gives an update on hog fundamentals. 

Sasha Armstrong is a world-renowned canine behaviorist and Dog Shaman.  She's an industry leader and innovator who optimizes the human-to-canine relationship through her proprietary process, The Inner Alpha Method™. Serving as an experienced educator, she guides us into a more intimate, holistic and natural relationship with our canines by helping us embody the essence of an Alpha.Through observing wolves and researching the ancestry of the domesticated dog, Sasha discovered her innate ability to both understand their language and create deep connection. Mastering her craft for more than twenty years, Sasha has helped thousands of humans meet the needs of their dogs by bridging the communication gap, restoring healthy modern pack dynamics and uncovering details about both dog and human energies. She helps all ages of two and four legged friends by opening the door to deeper connection between human and animal and has been featured in Reader's Digest, USA Today and as an expert on top podcasts and television shows. Sasha lives on a 60-acre farm in Northwest Illinois with her family of a pack of six dogs and six horses. Connect with Sasha here:Website:  https://www.caninestateofmind.com/aboutPick up a copy of my book Finally Thriving or purchase my audiobook here:https://geni.us/FinallyThrivingJoin my Finally Thriving Group Program waitlist here:https://www.finallythrivingprogram.com/waitlistPurchase Finally Thriving Here! Get my Finally Thriving book here!Finally Thriving Program Are you ready to get out of a reactive survival mode and step into your natural state of thriving?Finally Thriving Audiobook Purchase the Finally Thriving audiobook here!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showFollow me on Instagram:@allisonpelot_Subscribe to my YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/AllisonPelot

Another new music venue?! Potawatomi Hotel & Casino is proposing a 200 million dollar venue that will sit up to 6,000 people at one time. The reporter who broke the story on the Journal Sentinel, Dan Bice, joins the program to discuss the plan. Poto competes with more than just music venues, but other casinos in the state as well as Northwest Illinois. Dan talks about what the city will need to do, if anything, with this new venue, if its sustainable

Trying new ideas on the farm, especially those that involve innovative approaches, will not always be easily understood by neighbors or other people who drive by. But for those willing to follow their own curiosity, the benefits can far outweigh the costs. Illinois farmer Gary Asay talks about his farming system that combines no-till, cover crops and hog manure. Gary farms in Henry County in Northwest Illinois. There's a lot of hard-earned wisdom in Gary's path to getting into no-till, and the impact that has had on his farming operation.   “A lot of people look at what I do and … they think I'm crazy. You know, it can't be done. We want to tell people it can be done. No-till cover crops is not easy. A lot of people expect just to go out there and have a prescription, you do this at a certain time and everything works just right. With cover crops you gotta manage even better. So it is a challenge and it takes time, but I do believe the benefits are good enough to keep working at it.” -Gary Asay Soil erosion and maintaining the soil's nutrition along with less need for equipment have motivated Gary to incorporate these practices. He has been in continuous no-till for over 20 years and started incorporating cover crops in 2010. He began raising hogs as a kid in 4-H, and after many years he finally sold his hog operation to a young farmer getting into the business, but he still uses the manure from that operation as a major source of his fertilizer.  “I feel more and more that it is very important to keep that microbiome in the soil healthy and working for you...every time I dig in the soil, I was turning up earthworms and seeing the holes in the soil from the earthworms that they leave. It tells me that, you know, there's a lot going on underground and the microbiomes are a part you can't really see but they have added benefits there too.” - Gary Asay This Week on Soil Sense: Meet farmer Gary Asay from Henry County in Northwest Illinois Discover how Gary incorporates no-till, cover crops and hog manure in his operation and his journey to that end Thank you to the Soy Checkoff for sponsoring this Farmers for Soil Health series of the Soil Sense podcast. This show is produced by Dr. Abbey Wick, Dr. Olivia Caillouet, and Tim Hammerich, with support from the United Soybean Board, the University of Missouri Center for Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Health Institute. If you are interested in what soil health looks like in practice and on the farm, please subscribe and follow this show on your favorite podcast app, and leave us a rating and review while you're there. Check out the Farmers for Soil Health website at FarmersForSoilHealth.com. 

It's Day 3 of Pro Farmer Crop Tour 2023 and East leg director Brian Grete is in Northwest Illinois. He joins us to discuss yesterday's results and what changes he's seeing in the fields today compared to previous crop tours. Chip Flory, West leg director on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, is in Woodbury County, Iowa and he shares perspective on yesterday's findings plus some concerns over what he's seeing in the fields today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode Summary Brooke and Margaret talk about every thing that went wrong this last month, and some good things. Sort of. They talk about more chemical spills, storing water and water filtration, tornadoes, more news on anti trans bills, inflation, super fun fungi, not fun at all guy Trump and his indictment, and how a drone (or satellite phone) could save your life and also make you a vampire. Host Info Margaret can be found on twitter @magpiekilljoy or instagram at @margaretkilljoy. Brooke can be found on Twitter or Mastodon @ogemakweBrooke. Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org, or on Twitter @TangledWild and Instagram @Tangled_Wilderness. You can support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Transcript This Month in the Apocalypse: March, 2023 Brooke 00:16 Hello and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying ,your podcast for it feels like the end times. This is the March]April installment of our segment This Month in the Apocalypse. I'm Brooke Jackson and with me today is the infamous Margaret Killjoy. Margaret 00:30 I'm infamous now, what did I do? Brooke 00:33 Well known for being famous? Oh wait, that's not what that word means. Margaret 00:37 No. It means famous for bad. Brooke 00:41 Well, bad means good. [Laughing] Brooke 00:46 You're bad. This podcast is a proud member of the Channel Zero network of anarchist podcasts. Before we dive into today's episode, we'd like to share a little jingle from another pod on our network. Brooke 01:08 And we're back. Margaret. How are you feeling today? Margaret 01:11 I have a toothache and I'm grouchy. How are you? Brooke 01:15 I'm doing okay. I have intermittent sunshine. Margaret 01:19 Oh, does that mean it's almost not Pacific Northwest winter? Brooke 01:25 Well, it's intermittent with like super heavy rains and or hail. Margaret 01:29 Oh. The weather is much nicer where I'm at. Brooke 01:32 Yeah, it's Oregon doing its 'hold my beer' weather. Margaret 01:37 Well, do you wanna hear about some shit that happened this this month? Brooke 01:43 I definitely do. Margaret 01:44 A ton of shit happened this month. It's always funny to do these, because there's like all of these huge events. There's like one huge event a week and then it's like they're already out of our collective attention spans. So, on March, 26th, a pipe broke at the Trensio PLC chemical plant near the Delaware River. This is the the Philadelphia spill, right? It spilled ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, and butyl acrylate into a creek called Otter Creek. Between eight and twelve thousand gallons of this stuff that is used...It's basically synthetic latex or it's like the precursors, I believe, to synthetic latex. Brooke 02:21 That's a lot of 'lates' spilled. Margaret 02:24 Yeah. And one of them is double meth. But, it actually has nothing to do with meth. I'm sorry. So, it ended up not being....well, it was a big deal. But, it was almost a big deal as in like the entire city of Philadelphia or rather the eastern half of Philadelphia and like millions of people were going to be like completely fucked and out of drinking water. And so we had this fun scare. Not me. I'm not in Philadelphia. People had this fun scare where the city of Philadelphia sent out like, "Oh shit, don't drink the water alert." And then later, they sent out a, "Wait, it's okay to drink it until midnight on Monday. You better fill up some jugs." And it was just like...but during the OH SHIT scare, right? Like there was just like, no fucking bottled water on any shelves immediately. Right? And in the end, the city's water was not impacted. And this isn't like a coincidence. It wasn't like, "Oh, oops, our bad, nothing was actually wrong." It was actually like credit where it's due, it was the coordination of the Department of Public Works and some other folks. And they like got their shit together. And they closed off the water treatment plant that was bringing in water from the river and all that shit. And do you want to know how to get butyl acrylate out of your water in case you have to? Brooke 02:38 Do I want to know? Margaret 03:44 You can't. Brooke 03:48 Okay, so I already know how. Margaret 03:49 I mean....Okay, I'm gonna say you can't and then I'm gonna go into more detail. Because water filtration is something I did a bunch of research about this week. And it's something that's like always been sort of on my radar as a weird prepper. Chemical contamination in water is one of the hardest things to filter out. The way it's handled on an industrial level, is some shit with some fucking little tiny goober plants that eat the chemicals or whatever. I don't have the name of it in front of me because I'm not good at my job. And it's not something that people are doing on a home scale. There are other ways that people can minimize the chemicals in their water. Overall, when you're trying to filter water, chemical contamination is the hardest thing to get rid of. It is much easier to get rid of heavy metals. It is much, much easier to get rid of protozoa, bacteria, viruses, all kinds of things, right? You're not boiling away your butyl acylate. And, you're not filtering it out directly. However, through the process of adsorption, which is absorption but backwards. 'Ad' instead of 'Ab.' Basically, the charcoal filter that are like in your like fucking Brita water filters and stuff like that, that is closest to the DIY version. They are not rated to do this. Do not drink this shit thinking it's safe because some girl on the internet said....Well actually I said it's not safe. But overall, removing chemicals from water of the various DIY filtration methods, passing things through an activated carbon filter is more effective, because more of the various particles stick to that than like most of the...it's kind of funny, because overall, like the kinds of filters that you usually want for like hardcore stuff are not home filters, they're like, like camping filters and stuff, but it's just like not actually the case with chemical stuff. But overall... Brooke 05:46 Okay, but what if I doubled Brita it? If I just if I just pour through the Brita filter twice? Is that? Is that enough? Margaret 05:52 Like, if I was going to die of thirst, and I had some water from the Delaware River, what I would do is I would filter it over and over again, maybe through different charcoal filters. And then I would hope that...and I would only do this because dying of thirst is more immediate of a problem than dying of like whatever poison that you're getting through this shit. But, there is like some advice that I want to throw out there about how to prepare for this kind of disaster. This is obviously not the first time some of these similar acylates. I can't remember which of these ones. I can't remember if it was butyl acrylate or ethyl acylate was one of the main things that spilled in Ohio. So, it's something that is like increasingly on people's threat analysis, right? The main way is to have water stored ahead of time. The main ways to find different sources of water. And so, one thing that's like worth knowing is that water does not really in and of itself go bad. Water, like, has stuff in it, that goes bad, right? But if water is like, correctly treated and sealed properly, it does not itself go bad. What I would recommend to people is if you're lazy and easy go get several gallons of bottled water and just keep it around. So, like worst case scenario of some drinking water during time of crisis. Because you can't boil advisory this shit, right? And then the other thing is, if you want to store your own water....oh, and then that water you get, you should replace every two years or so. Just because even though it doesn't go bad, the plastic that it's in tends to degrade. They tend to be clear bottles, and you keep it out of heat and sun and it'll last longer. Go ahead... Brooke 07:31 Is it not just refilling the containers? Because I have like a bunch of one gallon water jugs that I'll you know, put on the garden and then refill. But should I replace the jug itself too in those cases? It's not a long term jug. It's like the whatever store brand in a gallon jug. Margaret 07:52 Well, so it's funny, because a store brand gallon if you never open it and don't fill it yourself and it's sealed, is a reasonable thing to store for several years. Especially if you keep it out of the sun, and you keep it in a cool place, because then the plastic degrades less into the water. But if you're filling up your own jugs, especially if they're clear jugs, and especially if you've ever drank out of them, like directly, you just replace the water fairly often. And you like look for smells and growth and all that shit and keep it in a cool dark place. I don't keep store bought water, I keep five gallon jerry cans, and then I refill them. People say to do it every six months or a year. I do it closer to every year. But just having enough to have like emergency drinking water on hand during the time of a crisis where it takes time for water to come back online, or for you to set up a way to get it from elsewhere is something I recommend to people. That's what I got about the Philly spill. Unless you have other questions about water storage? Brooke 08:54 I feel like we could do a whole thing on water right now, but I'm not going to dump into it. I do have several kinds of different water storage. I have some of the little one gallons from the store and I have some, you know, five gallon heavy duties. And I have some big barrels of water and a whole set up. But, I'm curious if....You mentioned something at the very beginning about a like boil water advisory or something like that. And is that a common thing for other people? Because I feel like that's a common thing for me where I live, that we have those often enough that I've had to deal with it and learn how to do that on a regular basis. But, in other places, is that normal? I guess probably not. Margaret 09:32 No, it happens a lot in the US now. It either didn't used to, or it used to be more insulated from it. But, I've been in a bunch of different cities where they've had boil advisories for various lengths of times. If the boil advisories around like bacterial stuff, which I think is what most of them are, I am now speaking off the cuff. You can also filter it, but not with your Brita. You can filter it with a camping style filter if it's a protozoa are bacterial worry, as long as the micron size is like .2 or so, you're fine. If it's a viral worry, which is almost never the case in the continental United States, your micron size needs to be .02. Instead of .2. Maybe it's .01. It needs to be rated for viruses, which is rarer, and mostly camping filters don't do that. Brooke 10:25 Yeah, okay. That makes sense. Well, speaking of water stuff: air. Margaret 10:35 We need that. Brooke 10:36 Yeah, we do. Just all the elements. Weird weather. Have you heard about the tornadoes that that were happening over this last weekend? Margaret 10:45 Yeah, there's too many of them. Brooke 10:47 Yeah, It's kind of wild. So, as we're recording this, it's early April. We just got through the first weekend of April and there were at least 50 separate tornadoes that hit the American Midwest, South, and parts of the East Coast. They hit like a bunch of states, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. There were four separate tornadoes in New Jersey alone, which I don't think of New Jersey as being a tornado prone state. But, maybe that's just me not knowing things. But, they're also expected to have more tornadoes coming up by the time you hear this they hopefully have come and gone. But, they're supposed to affect as many as 16 states and all in the next couple of days. With the most serious risks two parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa and Northwest Illinois. [Said like "Ili-noise"] I watched a video.... Margaret 11:42 What was the last state? Brooke 11:44 Illi-noise. Margaret 11:47 Never heard of that state. Brooke 11:48 Ilii-noooise. I refuse. Also, I'm sorry, I said Arkansas wrong. It's Ar-Kansas, Ar-Kansas. Tornadoes. So sorry for my mispronunciations there. [Laughing]. Margaret 12:05 Our-Kansas as compared to the Their-Kansas. Brooke 12:10 Yeah, I watched a fun video of there's someone who was trying to film a tornado with her phone. And the tornado came up and slammed into the building that she was in. And the phone kept filming, but it was just like, debris and shit flying around and just total chaos. Margaret 12:29 We might have different definitions of the word fun. Did she survive? Brooke 12:33 Yeah, she did. Margaret 12:34 Okay. Brooke 12:35 Okay, I think she got pretty well banged up and bloodied and stuff, broken glass and all that. And she posted to whatever social media, the video, and the comment of "If there's a tornado coming, don't try and film it. Get cover. I had to learn it the hard way." Margaret 12:53 Yeah. Brooke 12:53 Which makes you feel like it's not someone who's maybe in a tornado prone area, because I get the instinct like, "Oh, I'm gonna film that tornado." But not a great idea. Margaret 13:01 I mean, it's funny because like, after selfies became such a thing, like more national parks, we're seeing more...or like more hiking places were seeing more falling deaths as people climbed to try and get selfies on precarious rocks and all that stuff. And I'm not above all of that. Like, I can't tell you that I wouldn't try and film a tornado. I don't know. I can tell you it's not a good idea. But, that doesn't relate one-to-one to what I would do. Brooke 13:25 There was documentary that came out in like the 90s. And there was some really famous people who did it. It was all about tornadoes, and they chased them around and we're trying to catch data or something like that. Margaret 13:35 Twister? Brooke 13:36 Oh, yeah, that one. That one. It's a documentary, right? Margaret 13:39 Yeah, sure. Tornadoes aren't real. It's funny that people keep spreading this theory of tornadoes, but I've never seen a tornado. Have you seen a tornado. Brooke 13:52 I've seen some little dust spinneys. Margaret 13:55 Yeah, no. Tornadoes are fake. You heard it here first. Brooke 14:00 But wait, then Margaret. How did all the houses get destroyed and all of the things that are left in the wake of so called tornadoes? What did it. Margaret 14:09 Did your parents not raise you right? Like, do you not know what the Big Bad Wolf is? Brooke 14:14 So, all the damage is fake too? Margaret 14:15 No, it was done by the Big Bad Wolf. Brooke 14:19 Oh! Margaret 14:20 Who huffed and puffed and blew all the houses. Yeah, this is.... Brooke 14:24 I didn't think he was that big. I didn't think he was big enough to blow over apartment buildings and stuff. Margaret 14:29 Yeah, I mean there's no reason why her couldn't. There's like a bunch of them. They stand on each others' backs. Brooke 14:34 But, he couldn't blow down the brick house that the smart pig built so.... Margaret 14:38 No, correct. Brooke 14:39 So, I feel like he shouldn't be able to knock down all the concrete buildings and stuff that we see. Margaret 14:45 Well, actually okay like, to go back to actually believing in tornadoes, brick houses and concrete houses are like remarkably more resilient against.... Brooke 14:54 Did you just waffle on tornadoes? Was that just a giant tornado waffle? Margaret 14:58 Yeah. I did. I couldn't keep the bit up, because I got really excited about the fact that brick houses and concrete houses are remarkably more weatherproof than other houses, which it's one of the things that matters about understanding tornadoes, right, is that, like a lot of things, they impact poor people substantially more and most of the...it takes a much more powerful tornado. I've spent a while this week reading about tornado classifications. It takes a much more powerful tornado to tear down stick built house...What's the word I'm looking here for? Drywall, and two by fours and shit, then taking down like a trailer, right, that a lot of people don't have as much money live in. Those are easily destroyed by tornadoes. Drywall and studs, are a little bit harder. And then when you get into like brick houses and shit, you start getting houses that are like substantially more weather resistant. And, there's going to be remarkable class things about that. And like the most damage you hear, and the most deaths you hear about during tornadoes tend to be like trailer parks and shit. And it fucking sucks. It sucks that it impacts poor people more. Brooke 16:02 Yeah, for sure. One small happy story that came out of the tornadoes from last weekend anyway, is that there's more than half a dozen Ukrainian refugees who were living in Minneapolis, who when they heard about the tornado damage, volunteered to drive down to Mississippi and help out with the tornado relief efforts. Margaret 16:22 That's nice. That's better than... at the start of the story I was expecting it to be like, they left the war zone and then died in America from climate change weather. Brooke 16:35 Nope, they're here and they're refugees of the war, and they're going to help Americans. So that's pretty dope of them. Margaret 16:43 Well, speaking of good things...nope. I was just gonna talk about trans bills. There's really nothing good here. Brooke 16:50 Trans people. Trans people good. Margaret 16:52 Yeah, I can give you the trans report. I'm still here, still gay. The war on trans people continues. It will probably be about as successful as the war on drugs in that we had a war on drugs and now you can't buy drugs anymore. Or, it'll be like successful war on drugs and lots and lots of people have their lives ruined by it and nothing will be impacted. Well, in this case, to me, there's like literally nothing wrong, like trans people aren't doing anything wrong. Obviously, individual trans people are doing things wrong in the same way that individual everyone is doing something wrong. As of...this is a couple days old. So, already people are going to be like, like I wrote this two days ago and now by the time y'all hear it, who fucking knows. Kentucky's Congress just overrode their governor's veto of one of the worst anti trans bills in the country. Trans kids can't use the right bathrooms in school. Trans kids are forcibly detransitioned. Shit like that. North Dakota's governor...this is actually really interesting to me, these governor people vetoing things are interesting because they are across party lines. Off the top of my head, and again, I wrote this a couple days ago, I think Kentucky's governor's a Democrat and North Dakota is a Republican. And North Dakota's Republican, again, could be a different state, i could be messing all this up, just like knows trans people. So, he was just like, "I can't...What? I can't in good conscience sign this bill that like fucks over my friend." or whatever, you know. So, North Dakota governor vetoed a similar bill and as of...and it's gonna be overridden. And, in North Dakota, teachers can't use the kids correct pronouns unless the kid has a note from their parents that is cosigned by an administrator of the school. And government agencies can't require people, like who work for them, to correctly pronoun their co workers. And so it's just this like government oversight of everything bill that's just like "No, no one's allowed to be like." Like no workplace is able to be like "We're a trans accepting workplace," you know. And then, West Virginia passed a law prohibiting gender affirming care for trans youth. It does have more work arounds than many similar bills. Two doctors and parents all have to sign off before puberty blockers and all those things can be prescribed. So, it's less of a ban and more of like, lots of roadblocks. And it's interesting to me, because in many ways, this is like way better than an outright ban. However, it will be harder to...if we get this like wave of people defeating these trans bills, these ones are going to stick around longer. These ones that are not outright bans. They're much harder to challenge in court, is the theory that I learned from asking someone about it. Brooke 19:43 Yeah, so they put up roadblocks or speed bumps more than roadblocks. Margaret 19:48 Yeah. And a 2017 study says that West Virginia has the highest per capita rate of trans youth in the country. And another study says--and this is the dark thing behind all of this about like denying health care to children---another study says that West Virginia trans youth are three times more likely to attempt to kill themselves than their cisgender peers. So, God forbid we do the thing that all the Medical Association's agree ends that risk. Stopped Clock, the Libertarian Party, is standing up for trans people in some situations. Like some of the state libertarian parties, which tracks, but then again, you also see individual libertarians going on about like, "Well, I'm not paying with my taxpayer money for this degeneracy." And I'm like, "You're not a libertarian. Fuck you." And I'm like, I'm not even...like, whatever. It's just fucking conservatives calling themselves that. Brooke 20:41 I mean, I get why libertarians would come out against all the trans bills because small government. Margaret 20:48 Yeah, yeah, totally. Brooke 20:50 It's consistent with what they believe. But, allegedly, Republicans also believe in small government, but that never pans out that way. Margaret 21:00 That's the state of trans bills. It's bad. That's the state of it. And it's gonna get worse. Brooke 21:04 How much effort and money is being wasted into worrying about trans youth and trying to block that as opposed to real issues that we have going on? Margaret 21:05 I mean, okay, so like, from my point of view, and I think it's a wedge issue. It is specifically designed to...like, the sports thing is designed...it's not because people care about that teenage cis girls get to compete with only teenage cis girls. It is designed to make people angry at trans people. And then that is used as a wedge to then have trans people themselves be the wedge to pull off from LGBTQ, right, and get left with LGB. And you can already see that they like want...in the same way that like Roe v Wade. It's like they're going to come for...and they are already trying to come for birth control and all kinds of other shit too. You know? And they want...probably eventually, they'll get the sodomy laws back and premarital sex and whatever. You know? Handmaid's Tale shit. Brooke 22:08 Let's hope not. Margaret 22:09 And so, but there is this theory that they're gonna die on this hill, because the trans thing doesn't really win elections, because like, most people kind of don't give a shit what other people do with themselves. Like a lot of people give a shit, right, enough that there's all these bills being passed. But like, there's still a majority of United States-ian's who support access to trans health care, including for teenagers. And I won't say across party lines, because the majority of Republicans are opposed to it. But like, overall, you still have this, like people are kind of like "What the fuck is going on? Like this makes no sense?" Like, even the like it kind of icky people. So yeah, that's trans bills. Hooray. Brooke 23:03 Yeah. I just like, I don't want to jump off that topic, because it's so important and affecting so many people that I love, and, you know. This queer person, that is some of the other letters in that acronym is not gonna let go with a T. Trans people are staying here in this alliance. Margaret 23:24 And like, and I think it is worth understanding that like, it is already directly affecting large numbers of people. Entire families are leaving states with anti trans laws that are forcing the detransition of youth, and have to move to other states in order to access health care that keeps their kids alive. And so we're going to see an increasing amount of that. Whereas I would guess, a slightly higher percentage of adults, one aren't as...Trans adults aren't as directly affected yet. And also they might have more agency about staying and fighting. And I want to like just continue to say that I think it is absolutely worth offering full support to both people who choose to stay in dangerous situations to fight and people who choose to leave those situations, and full support to all people who are making either these decisions Brooke 24:13 And to help the people who want to leave the situation, but don't have whatever means or opportunities to do so. Well, I don't know if this is any less evil, as we talk a little bit about our old friend inflation. Margaret 24:34 That's where suddenly money's worth more, right? Brooke 24:38 Close. Really close, Margaret, but the other direction Margaret 24:42 We're worth more as more money. Brooke 24:43 We'll go back to our friend the banana example. Bananas.... Margaret 24:53 I know what inflation is. I'm just being a dick. Brooke 24:57 That's alright. We forgive you. Yeah. All right, inflation is where you can buy fewer bananas with your buck than you could before. Margaret 25:07 But, I want more bananas. Brooke 25:09 Yeah, they're gonna cost you more money. The same bananas are gonna cost you more money. Margaret 25:15 I guess bananas are still dirt cheap. I mean, how much could have banana cost? What? $5? [Margaret laughs] I made a meme. I said a meme. Brooke 25:24 Do you know that you're quoting a thing? Margaret 25:25 Yes. I'm smart. Brooke 25:28 I think she actually says $10 or $20. Margaret 25:30 I dunno, my pop cultural literacy is as literate as she is about finance. Soon enough, it's just gonna be accurate. People are gonna look back at that and be like, "Yeah, no, that's about how much of banana costs. What do you want?" Brooke 25:44 It's funny, because I think it is $10. And that was like 2003, so 20 years ago. So, it's a little less obscene now than it was when she said it. Margaret 25:55 Bananas are the cheapest fruit. This is why I like them so much. Brooke 25:59 I don't think I knew that. Well, your bananas are gonna cost more money or have been costing more money. I had to look it up for one of my other jobs the other day, so I just felt like doing an update on it. So, prices right now, compared to one year ago, are up about 5.5%. And I realize we haven't necessarily talked about what normal inflation looks like. Inflation is is a normal thing that happens in our society. There was a time in history when inflation was not normal, when things did not rapidly increase in price, or really have much of an increase. But that's a normal part of society. And normal inflation is closer to like 3% in a given year. So we're at close to double that with 5.5%. Margaret 26:44 Isn't that still down from what inflation was a year ago? Brooke 26:49 Yeah. So if we compare it from the last two years, so where prices are right now, compared to two years ago, they're up 13% when when we would have only seen maybe a 6% increase under normal inflation or less. So, still more than doubled. But it also depends on which things you look at. Like food is up more like 18% over the last couple of years. Margaret 27:12 Okay. But not important stuff? Brooke 27:16 No, not things that we need to survive, Margaret 27:18 Like TVs? Brooke 27:20 Yeah, of course. And, it's really interesting when I look at the charts of where the inflation is, because it's summer 2020, you know, like, right, as the impacts of all the pandemic shutdowns and supply shortages are starting to hit is when those prices start to do a clear difference in the way inflation hits, you know, goes for being that normal 3% rise to boom, much sharper. Margaret 27:45 What can people do about inflation? Get all their money out of the banks, put it in a cash envelope and put it under their mattress? Brooke 27:51 You know, that's actually going to be the opposite of what you want to do. Margaret 27:54 Yeah, I went that was on purpose again. Brooke 27:56 I know. Yeah, anything you can you can do with your money to have it earn at least some amount of interest, you know, if your bank offers a savings account that has a slightly higher rate of interest, and you could put some more of your money in there, or filter it through maybe a different type of checking account at your bank that perhaps offers a little bit of interest. Generally, interest rates never keep up with inflation. Like I just bought a CD that I think, is at four and a half percent or something like that over the next year? Which Margaret 28:33 What band is it? [Brooke laughs] What's a CD? Brooke 28:42 Yes, people don't know what either kinds of those are anymore. Certificate of Deposit. It's like a really short term investment that's with a guaranteed return on it. It tends to be a very small return. Generally doesn't keep up with inflation, but it's better than not getting any kind of interest. So, unlike a savings account you can't touch, or you can but then you get penalized, you don't get your interest on it. Margaret 29:11 Can I tell you my 'it sounds like a joke,'but is actually my financial strategy? Brooke 29:16 Oh, boy. Sure, you can. I can't promise I won't tease you about it Margaret 29:20 During times of high inflation, feast or famine. The thing that you want is not going to be cheaper tomorrow than today. Brooke 29:28 This is true. Margaret 29:28 So ,holding on to cash right now, I hold is less useful as an overall strategy than investment in the material goods that you expect to be using, whether it's the material goods that you use for your art to turn into things, whether it's like you know, shit you're trying to turn around and sell, or whether it's just tools or even fucking experience....like, kind of in that same way that like nothing's better later. And we're all gonna die one day and we can't control when, I feel like it's like extra true during a...like smoke if you got them, right? But ideally it's like....like I do consciously think about this where I'm like, "Well you know what, a table saw is going to stay useful to me many years from now if I take care of it, and the amount of money that that table saw will cost me is going to be 25% higher in three years," or whatever, you know. But that's only I mean....I don't know. Don't listen to me. I mean, I guess that's the point of the podcast is to listen to us. But don't. Brooke 30:42 You know what's interesting, though, is the economic theory, the economic textbook and stupid fucking Keynesian economics, would would agree with you there that your money is going to become less useful, so you should you should go ahead and spend it now. Margaret 30:53 Hell yeah. But I'm gonna write an economics book called "YOLO." Brooke 30:58 No, Keyne's already did. And should be ceremonially shot in the head. But yeah, I guess. Go ahead and go out and spend all your...No, no, no, I'm not even going to finish this. That's terrible financial advice. Margaret 31:14 I mean, like, hold on to like not die. But like, I don't know. Like, I don't have retirement fund. And I'm not saying like, no one should have a retirement fund. I'm saying I made some decisions in my life about how I was going to live that did not prioritize having a regular job. And I'm like, but I will have a table saw Right? Like, I don't know. Brooke 31:34 There is something to that though, to consider about, you know, purchases you might be making, you know, medium sized purchases, not super large purchases, like cars and whatnot. But yeah, if you need a table saw it might be a better idea to get it sooner rather than later. And it is a durable good. So it's not it's not as consumable. Margaret 31:56 Yeah, four Lamborghinis. Brooke 31:59 Probably not? I don't know what the resale value is on a Lamborghini, but that's probably not going to be worth it. Margaret 32:05 I know a Lamborghini is a car. That's all I got. Brooke 32:11 Okay, all right. Anyway, yeah, inflation continues to suck. Buy some shit, if you have some money to spare because prices are going up. Margaret 32:20 Okay, well in other fun...We really need to get better at having some intentionally positive things in this show, because for This Month in the Apocalypse, but in other fun news--actually, this one is like almost fine, right? Like there's a super fungus going around called Candida Auris. Brooke 32:40 Super fun. Can't spell super fungus without super fun. Margaret 32:44 I know. That's right. Or Gus. Don't trust anyone named Gus. Is Gus short for something? Gustav? I'm going to ask the next Gus I talk to. I know a Gus. So there's a new fungus. It's been around since 2009. Basically, it's just like there's this like kind of like constant war on...like the same way that like antibiotics are like an arms race where we like we get the new upgraded penicillin and then the biotics, the bacteria, is like, "Whatever, fuck you. I'm like penicillin resistant." So we're like, "Well, now we've got [mutters nonsense word]," and then you know, we're like, "Well, we're [nonsense word] resistant." And that happens in the fungal world as well. Candida Auiris. It was first noticed in 2009. It came to the US in 2016. I'm mostly saying this to say this is not worth freaking out about. This is a thing that like some news articles are telling us about--and I don't think it's bad for news articles to tell us about, right? But, it is not worth freaking out about unless you're in very specific situations, in which case it is worth paying attention to, and I don't mean to disparage, it is mostly currently in hospital settings. It is mostly affecting immunocompromised people who are in hospital settings. If you get it, it's sketchy, right? It has a very high mortality rate. But, it's not airborne. It is surfaces and direct contact. Most people...when I say 'get it,' I mean like get it and it creates its effect, its disease thing, and basically people start worrying about because it was antimicrobial resistant. And that's why people started freaking out about it because it was resistant to like, off the top of my head, I want to say, two of the three main things that were treating other forms of Candida...fungal problems, yeast problems. But, already since this has become a problem, two new anti fungal drugs that are effective on it have been passed by the FDA. So, I guess I'm saying this one to be like, this is a thing that people are like, most than use articles about it are like on your like local news station, you know, like the ones that want to tell you about smiling dogs and about how we're all going to die. Again, it's still worth understanding and keeping an eye on. But it's not worth freaking out about right now. What do you got? What's next? Brooke 35:21 It is kind of positive news, because it is a super fungus, but then they found some things that actually do work on it. Okay, well, I want to I want to insert another short happy thing, since we're talking about happy things. That I read. And this is universal. Scientists discovered, I think just the last couple of weeks, that the rings around the planet Saturn actually help to warm the atmosphere of the planet. Yeah. Just a happy scientific discovery. Margaret 35:57 So, in order to solve climate change... Brooke 36:01 Oh, boy. Margaret 36:02 We need to blow up the moon. It's gotta be worth just a couple of degrees. Brooke 36:10 You know, I think that's gonna fuck up some other things that we don't want to do. Margaret 36:15 I didn't read a whole novel called "Seven Eve's," by Neil Stevenson about what would happen if the moon blew up. Brooke 36:20 Yeah, also as an indigenous person, and the moon is considered our grandmother, I have some feelings about blowing up my grandmother. Margaret 36:28 Everyone dies. Brooke 36:30 I'm gonna. I'm gonna pass. Margaret 36:31 All the people die. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, everyone. I have a tooth ache. I'm sorry. Brooke 36:39 How about some other great news that will make you really happy? Okay, about our former president, Ruffled Dumpagins? Margaret 36:45 We put him on the moon and then we blow it up. Brooke 36:48 Hey, okay, that...I might consent to blowing up my grandmother in that regards. Margaret 36:54 All right, all right. Maybe just put him on the moon, and just let them see what happens. And then your grandmother could take care of them. We don't have to get rid of the grandmother at all. Brooke 37:02 There we go. That's an even better plan. My grandma will definitely take care of Donald Trump. Margaret 37:07 Okay. All right. Brooke 37:09 So, as we're recording this, the former president was indicted just last week by a New York grand jury on more than 30 counts of stuff. And we don't know exactly what the various counts are. That's being kept secret. But, we know that it surrounds the hush money payment that was made to the former porn star--or maybe she's still a current porn star, I don't know which, but good on her way either way--Stormy Daniels, which, in case people don't realize this, paying the hush money isn't actually illegal. It's the way it was paid that was bad. Because it was filtered through the campaign. And yeah, the Dumpikin's former attorney, Cohen, I think was the one, has already been found guilty on this and is serving jail time over it. So, definitely illegal shit happen. What they're trying to argue now is whether Trump himself knew about it, and how involved he was in the illegal activity. So by the time you're listening to this, Grumpikins has already been arraigned, and he's probably gone back to Florida, and he's probably back to campaigning. So you'll have more news on this than we do. But it's that happy thing that I want to mention. An unhappy part of it is that in the three days following the announcement from the grand jury that he was going to be indicted is the disgraced former President raise $7 million in campaign funds for his current presidential bid. Brooke 38:09 You say million or billion? Brooke 38:43 Million. In three days. So, yeah, not a bad return on $130,000. But the payments... Margaret 38:54 Okay, so I have a new way that we can make money. Nope, sorry. Go. Ahead. Brooke 38:57 Yeah, there we go. I mean, and I'm okay if I get to hang up some porn stars too. That'll make me happy. Margaret 39:03 We can become right wing grifters. Brooke 39:05 No, Can we be left wing grifters? Margaret 39:10 Okay, let's find out. Everyone who's listening, send us $10. And then you become an official Live Like the World is Dying host, who can then get other people to send you $10, of which you will turn around and send us $5. But, don't worry, because the people under you will be earning... Brooke 39:28 No, no, no, no. You're describing something that's shaped roughly like a pyramid, which I'm pretty sure is... Margaret 39:34 It's devil worship. Triangle is devil worship. Margaret 39:34 No, it's a triangle. It's the strongest shape in nature. Margaret 39:41 It's the A-frame. It's the a-frame financial model. Brooke 39:48 The former president is also facing other legal challenges, which haven't brought forth charges yet but some of them certainly will. He's under investigation for things including the January, 6th attack on the US capital. Federal election tampering in Georgia, mishandling of classified documents, a civil lawsuit for fraud in New York against the Trump Organization, and a defamation lawsuit, amongst other things. Margaret 40:10 What a good guy. Brooke 40:11 Yeah, super awesome. Margaret 40:14 I do love all the like...You know, it's like the like, the prison abolitionists, anarchists who are too good for electoral politics like, myself and many other people, but it's like, I feel like there's just like a little bit of like, "Alright, well, we can still take some fuck that guy." Like, fuck that guy. I don't care. Yeah. You want to hear some some list of stuff? Brooke 40:38 What else is going on out there, Margaret? Margaret 40:40 Well, there's a diesel spill in West Virginia from a derailed train. I spent a while trying to look up how you filter diesel out of water. But, unfortunately, most of the information is about how to filter diesel out of water...how to how to filter water out of diesel cause people want the diesel. Brooke 40:58 As long as you capture the water, that might not be the worst. Margaret 41:01 Well, it's like, because the water that they're pulling out might some diesel and they don't care. They're getting rid of that water. They're probably throwing it in the fucking creek or on the ground. But like, because you don't want to put watery gas or diesel into your engines order, but the way that people do it is that water is denser than diesel so it sinks to the bottom of the container. So I guess if you're a life or death....I'm not even going to make that advisory. Like don't drink diesel water. Artificial sweetener erythritol, one of those--I think it's one of the alcohol sugars--seems to be linked to heart problems. Doubles your chance of bad shit. It's in some vegan ice cream. So beware. Brooke 41:35 Oh, good to know. Hey, before we go too far from the train derailment. Margaret 41:38 Oh, you wanna do the train thing. Brooke 41:40 Well, just there was another train derailment that made me think of in Montana just over this last weekend. And they were carrying a lot of... Margaret 41:48 Ice cream? Brooke 41:49 Coors Light, and another brand of beer that's similar to that. Margaret 41:57 That's just funny. There's no. Okay. Hell yeah. Brooke 41:59 So, you don't need to filter the beer out of the water. You can just go ahead just drink it. Margaret 42:04 Yeah, it's really good for you. It hydrates you more effectively than water. Brooke 42:08 Its water beer in the first place. So. Margaret 42:11 Okay, that's fair. Speaking of Oregon, we weren't, but a guy who was trapped in the snow, managed to get an SOS out on this phone. This is like a survival tip. This is not a survival tip that applies to almost anyone. He attached his phone to his drone, and flew his drone up until it got enough service and the message sent and he was saved. And that rules. Brooke 42:35 That's fuckin rad. Margaret 42:37 That said, in terms of getting out emergency signals, one way--satellite communicators are a more effective method and cheaper than drones. Not a lot cheaper than drones. I'll be real. There in the like, $300-$400 range, however, and I bet more and more phones will do this. The newer iPhones. I don't have one. But, the newer iPhones have built in satellite communication SOS systems. Where the satellite communicator is like more like what like people hiking in the backwoods and stuff have and it like lets you like text. It's a little bit slow. But like, no matter if you can see the sky, you can get a message out with satellite communicators. Brooke 43:15 You have one of those, don't you, Margaret? Margaret 43:16 I do. I spend some time in the backwoods. And so it's nice to have, Brooke 43:24 Well I have a drone. So, I'm just gonna take my drone and just follow that guy's success. It's like a $300. Drone. It's not a special drone. Margaret 43:33 Yeah, you gotta keep that in your car at all times. You will literally die if you don't have that in your car at all times. Brooke 43:42 Will I not die If I haven't my car? Will it protect me in other situations? Margaret 43:45 I think we're getting off topic. Margaret 43:45 In this specific situation that this man was in, he's immortal now. Because the the signal was interrupted by some vampires. And they came over. He's not allowed to see the sun anymore, which is like a heavy price to pay. Right? And he consumes blood and there's like a lot of like, ennui attached to that. He's a vampire now. Margaret 44:06 So, here's a list of worst air quality in the United States listed from 1 to 10: Bakersfield, California. Congratulations. You've the worst air quality in the United States. Los Angeles, Chicago, Northwest Indiana and the industrial areas like Gary, Indianapolis, Houston, St. Louis, a bunch of rural Pennsylvania managed to like really come in hard for the rural areas. I'm glad to see that rural representation. These are mostly localized to a few hotspots, because you're like in the mountains and there's a factory there and they don't care about you because you're poor. You'll notice that a lot of these places are poor. Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama. I'm sorry. Finland is joining NATO, so Putin's weird war is having the opposite of the desired effect, and I don't really have an opinion about that, but it's like worth noting. Most of the current like prepper news you can go out and read is gonna be like, "Today, World War III is about to happen tomorrow." And it's like the same person will say this like over and over and over again. And they always have like some reason, as we like inch closer, and they're not even usually like wrong about their reasons. Like the China, US. and Russia are like playing a fucking crazy game right now, you know? And there's like nuclear capable planes from the US like flying near that little weird part of Russia that isn't attached to Russia that's like, south of the...the like Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, you know, there's a tiny piece of Russia under there. And then like, US planes are like, playing a like 'not touching, can't get mad,' game about nucular war. And that's like, not great. But, I'm not like those...I know, I'm now saying the thing that I just said don't worry about, but like, it's...I don't know. I don't feel like we're any more likely to have nuclear war tomorrow than we were yesterday. Personally. Brooke 45:58 We're all going to die anyway. Margaret 46:00 Yeah, except for that guy who sent his drone up to talk to the vampires. Brooke 46:06 Vampire man. Margaret 46:07 Metformin taken during COVID is looking like it's reducing long COVID cases. At least according to some studies. I'm not giving you medical advice, but it's like promising, right? What's promising is that there's more and more information about how people are handling long COVID, which is also really promising because there's a lot of long viral problems like Lyme and things like that, that have been ignored and the people who suffer from them have been mistreated by the medical establishment for decades. And I am optimistic that the research into long COVID--Because long COVID can't be ignored because of the scale at which it's happening--will help people who suffer from these other viral infections. That is my hope. The far Right government in Italy has stopped registering children born to same sex couples. I think it's basically like same sex couples were going to other countries in order to have kids via surrogates. And then now they're like not able to come back to Italy. I don't have the absolute details about...Italy's being fucked up and homophobic. Brooke 47:13 They can't like get a birth certificate? Margaret 47:15 It's something like that, Brooke 47:17 Wow. Margaret 47:17 The the news article was clearly translated and not incredibly well. That was the best I could figure. China is on track to destroy American exceptionalism and become the number one cause of climate change. So, we're gonna have to step up our game everyone. Brooke 47:32 No. Margaret 47:35 On--well, we are stepping up our game because--on March 13th, Biden approved...this could have been a whole separate topic. But, Biden approved a project called Willow and I am offended because "Willow" is an amazing movie and an amazing tree and not a oil development on federal land in Alaska that's the size of fucking Indiana. Brooke 47:54 Yeah, I heard about that. Margaret 47:55 It is key habitat for polar bears and caribou. It fucking sucks. It is like, absolutely a spit in the face to any pretense that one of the most powerful nations on the planet would possibly stick to what it claims about the--not deindustrialization--but de fossil fueling and or whatever... Brooke 48:15 Yeah. Gross. Margaret 48:17 Positive environmental news that is no longer in positive environmental news is electric cars were getting a $7,500 subsidy from the federal government. Except it's a big confusing mess. And no one can tell...like not even the car companies know whether you have to lease, if you can buy, which ones you can buy. And it all has to do with this like pissing match thing where they want all of the...the subsidy cars have to have a certain percentage or maybe it's all of it, I'm not sure, of the components made within the United States. But, at the moment, all of that is a nightmare mess. So people don't know which electric car they can get $7,500 subsidy on. Brooke 48:53 But, there is a $4,000 federal subsidy that is more straightforward and not all fucked up and confusing. Margaret 49:03 That's good to know. Like Virginia recently passed a gun law that makes a lot of sense to me. I'm not opposed to all gun laws, I guess, except in the abstract way or I don't like law as a system, but they passed a thing that's just like subsidies for people to get gun safes. It's not a requirement. It's not a like safe gun lock up requirement, although I think that that should exist, but maybe not in a law way but in a cultural norm way. But yeah, like if you want people to change an economic system, and we do. We need a different economic system, or a different...Well, we did a lot of different things to be changed, but whatever. I don't know. Okay, so Finally, my small thing is that the Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC released a new report. We're fucked. I mean, we're almost certainly going to overshoot the Paris Agreement, of capping climate change at 1.5. C [degrees Celsius change] And 1.5. C is where you start getting runaway feedback loops, at least according to...I mean, everyone's given different numbers. Some people, I've heard 2 C [degrees Celsius] or whatever, but like, yeah. It's bad and things need to change more dramatically than I believe the current system is capable of changing things. So as much as I'm like, "Oh, money for electric guitar," Guitars? Electric guitars for everyone. Because then if you're all vampires, you can like [makes guitar note noises] like, the Crow. But I think that fundamentally and dramatically shifting the way that our governmental and economic systems work is a more likely way to stop climate change than convincing our current governmental system to effectively address it. Brooke 50:49 Right there with you. I bet our friends over It Could Happen Here will probably read that report and talk about it in depth. I know they did last year when that report came out. And that was pretty good info they distilled down there and so hopefully they'll do that again for us. Margaret 51:04 They're not our friends. We hate them. We're starting beef with....No. They're all so nice. They're also, they want to...I also work for them. But yeah, okay. Margaret 51:16 They play games with us. We like them. Margaret 51:22 Yeah. What else? We're coming up on an hour. We got anything else? Brooke 51:27 Oh, that was my list. Margaret 51:30 Okay. Well, I think we can change things fundamentally. And I also think we can build the systems by which to mitigate the worst effects of the changes that are going to happen. And I think we can do that by building together in community minded preparedness ways. Brooke, do you want to start a podcast with me about how to do individual and community preparedness? We can make it be weekly. Give it some name, like Don't Die Weekly or.... Brooke 52:07 I feel like Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness already produces something like that. And we might be on it right now. Margaret 52:17 Whoa. Brooke 52:18 I know. You can listen to it starting weekly, starting right now. Margaret 52:24 Whoa. Yeah, Brooke 52:26 It's actually called Live Like the World is Dying and Margaret, you do most of it. Though, I think the toothache is making you forget. Margaret 52:34 The Vampire Cast. Brooke 52:37 Come to Oregon. Become a vampire. Or not. Margaret 52:39 Yeah, it's true. Oregon's could still hang. I mean, my toothache is fucking me up. I'm not even on drugs for it yet. I'm just excited to finish so I can take ibuprofen. Brooke 52:50 Well, how can we finish? Brooke 52:57 Thanks so much for listening to the latest installment of This Month in the Apocalypse. We come to you as members of the Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness publishing collective. We produce three, soon to be four other podcasts, create zines and publish books. You can check out that great stuff on our website, Tangledwilderness.org. We're also on some social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. Margaret 53:20 And Vampire Freaks. Brooke 53:23 We are able to do these rad things because of our Patreon supporters. Margaret 53:27 Myspace. Brooke 53:34 You make this Friendster. Do we have Friendster? Margaret 53:38 We only add you on Friendster if you support us on Patreon, I'm sorry, them's the rules. Brooke 53:44 Our patrons make this work possible. And if you're interested in supporting our work, please check us out on patreon.com/strangersinatangledwilderness. Those who support us that $20 a month level get a special shout out at the end of every podcast. Margaret 53:56 They're in our top eight. Brooke 53:58 Top eight? Margaret 54:01 Were you not a MySpace kid? Brooke 54:03 I was but I don't...Oh! Yeah! The little the board thing with the squares. Yes. 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Tomorrow we are profiling an agricultural entrepreneur using multi-level marketing to leverage his knowledge of farming to create his off-farm income.  I thought that my interview with Megan Dwyer from 2018 when we talked about all the different entrepreneurial endeavors she and her husband were involved in to support their farm would be a great tie in.  The original show notes are below. SHOW NOTES KEY IDEAS:  Our guest today is from a serious, farm family.  Megan Dwyer and her husband, Todd, are determined to make it in farming.  They both farm with their parents.  Her with hers, his with his and vice-versa.  They have their own farm as well and are striving to build a life in which farming is their primary occupation and it can be passed along to their children. To support their farming endeavors, Megan and Todd have started a number of farming related businesses.  This brings in supplemental income from off the farm.  It also gives them multiple streams of revenue so they do not become overly reliant on the farm in the case that commodity prices sink or input prices skyrocket. The services they provide through Ag Authority include: Providing 360YieldCenter SureFire Ag Systems Precision Planting product lines Wyffels Seed VR recs Tile repair and fabrication They serve Northwest Illinois and are building great reputations in the agricultural community.  Megan is also a certified crop advisor, giving her the knowledge and credibility she needs to serve their clients well. ADVICE FROM MEGAN: TRUST YOUR TEAM: You need somebody to partner with that you can trust. STRENGTHS: Focus on your strengths.  Too often we give our attention to our weaknesses and only bring them up to mediocre.  Why not give attention to your strengths and make them even stronger. SMALL: Start small and grow slowly.  It you go too fast or try to do it all at once, you increase risk the possibility of business failure. PERSONAL HABIT THAT MAKES MEGAN SUCCESSFUL: MENTAL REHEARSAL: Megan does something that is very useful for all of us, in or out of agriculture.  Before talking to a customer she mentally rehearses how she will handle different situations if they come up.  This is something that I used to do as a police officer, and I was impressed that this is something that Megan does in her business as well. BEST BUSINESS ADVICE EVER GIVEN TO MEGAN: BE THE EXPERT: "If you're not their #1, be their #2".  This was a profound statement.  You cannot win every time. When you don't, make sure you keep your position as #2 in the case that something ever changes with their #1. CONTACT INFORMATION AND LINKS: Ag Authority's Facebook Page: LINK Megan's Email: agauthorityinc@gmail.com More Places You Can Listen to Off-Farm Income And Matt Brechwald:    

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Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com.Good morning. And welcome again to Mosaic. If you're new, my name is Shane, I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic, and we're so glad to have you with us this morning. We would love to connect with you. And if you would like to connect with us, we mentioned this earlier, we do that through a little connection card in your worship guide, you can fill that out and just drop it in the little white box back there at the back of the room. We have a little gift we'd love to send you in the mail. Or if you turn it in at the welcome center out front, we have another gift that we'd love to give to you just to thank you for being our guest here this morning. We can get you some more information about the church there if you're interested in that as well.Last weekend, my family did the stereotypical New England fall drive. We went out across Massachusetts, up to Vermont and around and saw all the colors and that. And really the highlight of the trip though was along the way we came across some sky divers. And they were actually pretty low, they were kind of coming in for a landing and we're all looking, watching out the window as they're coming in. All of a sudden I hear my daughter Nora, from the back set just scream out, "Why on earth would anybody do that? That's so dangerous." And I'm like, "Okay, that's fair enough." I don't know, what's the most dangerous situation that you've ever been in? Have you ever been in a situation where the distance between you and death was thin, thin like the string attached to your parachute, thin like the foothold that you take when you're peering over the edge of a cliff and you get that kind of uneasy feeling in your stomach?My friends and I in college, we were kind of thrill seekers. We liked to go snow boarding and rock climbing. But one of the things that we really got into early in college was spelunking. You know what spelunking is? You put on helmets and knee pads and headlamps, and then you crawl and you climb and you sometimes even swim to go through exploring these underground cave systems. And really, normally, usually in order to explore an actual wild cave, a cave that hasn't been commercialized for the public, you're supposed to belong to an official caving organization. And you have to oftentimes go downtown to the city hall and they'll have a key that lets you get access to the property that the caves are on. We weren't in one of those. But my friend somehow this one mythical place in Southern Indiana that was completely off the grid, under the radar.So we made this trek from Northwest Illinois to Southern Indiana. And we get there and you're going down this country road, all of a sudden you hit this T intersection and there's just some woods and a small little opening in the trees, just big enough to drive your car through. And so we drive it down this old dirt road until we get to this rusty metal gate and next to the gate, there's a box and a sign and the sign says basically, "Drop $20 in the box, sign this piece of paper and enter at your own risk. If you die, you die." And as college students, this sounded amazing. This was the adventure that we were looking for.And so we go, we set up a little campsite and we spend a couple days exploring these caves. And some of them had these big, big, beautiful openings, like stereotypical caves. I've got a picture of one of them. Most of them were really just a hole in the ground. If you weren't looking for it, you could easily walk right past it and not even know that they were there. You'd come across this hole just barely big enough to shimmy your way down inside and then you'd army crawl for 10, 20, 30 yards. But then eventually they would open up into these big cavernous rooms and literally inside there would be miles of tunnels to explore.And so what's the point? The point is, I remember a moment when we were probably over a mile deep into one of these caves and it really finally hit me. I knew it going in, but it hit me in a real way, that if for some reason the batteries on our headlamps were to die, then we were to die. The only light that we had was the light that we had brought in with us. And if we were to lose that light, we would be lost. We would be left to grope through the darkness, never knowing if we were getting any closer to where we were going or only further and further into the darkness. It's a dreadful feeling, which is why we brought extra headlamps, extra batteries, extra everything just to be safe. But the danger was real.We have been going through a sermon series on 2 Corinthians. And Paul has been repeatedly pleading with this church to remember the darkness that they were saved out of, that they were lost, dead in their sins, lost in the darkness and pleading with them not to go back into that darkness. A couple weeks ago in chapter four, he told them this, he said, "Listen, the God of this world...", 2 Corinthians 4:4, "... has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness.', has shown our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.""Corinthians, remember you were in that darkness, you had no light. You had no life. You had no hope. And you got yourself into that darkness with no way of getting yourself back out. But while you were lost, while you were dead in your sins, blinded by the false God of this world, the true God of this world, because of the great love with which he loved you, he sent us to you with the light of the gospel to save you out of darkness. Now, whatever you do, don't go back." This is his plea. Why? Because some of them were. What we see is that false teachers, unbelievers were creeping into the church, gaining influence over people's hearts and minds and like wolves in sheeps' clothing, they were leading them away from their savior, away from the safety of the flock and ravaging the church.If you have your Bibles, open up to 2 Corinthians, chapter six, we're going to be looking at 2 Corinthians 6:14 through to 7:1 And what we're going to see is that Paul is again, he's giving us a warning to not return from where we came. He's giving us a reminder of who we are and he's giving us a vision of where we're going. So if you have your Bibles, you can open up. If not, the words will be up here on the screen, but would you please look at our text with me this morning? This is 2 Corinthians chapter six, beginning in verse 14."Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an believer? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of living God. As God said, 'I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you and I will be a father to you and you shall be sons and daughters to me.', says the Lord almighty.' Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion and the fear of God."This is the reading of God's word for us this morning. Would you please join me in prayer for our sermon today? God, we thank you for your word. Your word is holy. It is an errand. It is infallible. It is authoritative. It is a light for our path. It is a lamp for our feet. I pray that you would write the truth of your word upon our hearts to know it, to understand it, to believe it, to love it and to apply it to our lives in obedience and faith. My father, I pray that you would give me grace now and the power of your spirit to speak as I ought to faithfully preach, and to teach your word to your people this morning. I ask this in Christ's name, amen.Three points today. Point number one, completely cast off the yoke of slavery. Point two, completely take up the yoke of salvation. Point three, get completely yoked with your savior. Arm pump emojis all around, we're going to talk about what that means in point three. But point number one, Paul begins right off the bat, verse 14, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." Four, what partnership has righteousness with lawness or what fellowship has light with darkness? What a court has Christ with Belial, with the worthless one, with Satan? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of with idols?"This metaphor of being yoked, it's used in a few places throughout scripture, but there's only two other places in the New Testament where it's used in this negative sense. The New Testament uses it a few times literally. Jesus uses it one time as a positive metaphor. And we're going to talk about that later. But it's only used three times in this negative sense. It's used here and it's used in Acts 15 and it's used in Galatians 5. And we're going to take a look at these two other passages because they help us to understand what Paul is talking about and give us a good commentary on what this means. But in summary, both of these passages, they're addressing two things.On the one hand, both of these other passages, they are warning the church to not be yoked to false teachers and to false teachings that were telling them that in order for you, Gentile Christians to be saved, you first need to be circumcised and to keep the Mosaic Law. Not just the moral law, but the ceremonial law and the civic law as well. And it's warning them that that you don't need to earn your righteousness through works of the law. And it's warning them there on the one hand. But on the other side, both of these passages also come with a warning against being slaves to the flesh, of living in immorality and sexual immorality and idolatry, as you did in your former lives as pagans. And so Acts 15, this is what we see.We see in Acts 15:1 that some men came down from Judea and they were teaching the brothers unless, "You are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." And so verse six, the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and he said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God made a choice among you that by my mouth the Gentile should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us. And he made no distinction between us and them having cleansed their hearts by what? By works of the law? No, by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither are fathers, nor we have been able to bear, but we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus just as they will." And so, in response to this at the end of the chapter, the apostles decide they're going to send a letter to this church to clarify their stance on the issue.And this is the letter in Acts 15:23, it says this, "To the brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourself from these things, you will do well. Farewell."So he's saying, "You don't need to earn your righteousness through these works of the law. You don't need to be circumcised to be saved. But this is also not giving you a license to continue to live in your former pagan lifestyle." These things at the end, they're describing practices of idolatry and sexual immorality. We see the same thing in Galatians, chapter five and Galatians 5 is just such a great commentary on this issue that I'm actually going to read this entire chapter, because it really helps us to grasp the fullness of what Paul is talking about.And this is how he begins Galatians chapter five. He says this, "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law." If you think that that is going to save you, you need to keep the entire law perfectly. He says, "You were severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law. You have fallen way from grace. For through the spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision or uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love."You were running so well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and that the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case, the offense of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettled you would emasculate themselves." That's a Bible verse."For you are called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one in word, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. But I say, walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh, for the desires of the flesh are against the spirit, and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh. These opposed to each other to keep you from doing the thing you want to do. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law."Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires."You see, both. On the one hand, you can't save yourself through the law. And the other hand, this grace that we have in Christ does not give us a license to continue living an unchanged life in the flesh, continue practicing the idolatry and the immorality of our former lives. He's saying, "You once lived in that darkness." But then the gospel came and the light of the gospel revealed that salvation comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in the work of Jesus Christ alone, to the glory of God the Father alone. So therefore do not be yoked to anyone who teaches you that you need to add anything to the work of Jesus in order to be saved. And do not be yoked to anyone who says that your freedom in Christ is a license to sin and to live an unchanged life as a slave to your flesh. And do not be yoked to anyone who practices or promotes permits idolatry in any form. That's who we are not to be yoked to.Now, what does that mean? What does it mean to be unequally yoked to these things? Well, Paul gives us five descriptors in the text. And he frames them in these five rhetorical questions. "What partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?" It's a rhetorical question. There is none. "What fellowship has light and darkness?" They can't exist in the same place at the same time. "What accord has Christ with Belial??" It means the worthless one. He's talking about Satan, the devil. "What portion has the believer with the unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of God."James 4:4 says this, "You adulterous people. Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." What's going on here? What does this mean? Does this mean that we as Christians need to completely separate ourselves, cut off every we have with every unbeliever in our life? That we need to just completely isolate ourselves from the world? Does this mean that Mosaic needs to go buy some property in rural Pennsylvania and build a homestead with a lake and a garden? And the longer I live in Boston, the more I think I'd be a really great monk. I'd be a married monk, but still. Is that what he's talking about?No, if that's what he was talking about, James would be contradicting Jesus. Paul would be contradicting himself. Jesus says this in his high priestly prayer. He's praying to the father in John 17. He says, "I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake, I consecrate myself that they also may be sanctified in the truth.Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians addressed this issue as well. 1 Corinthians 5:9, he says this, "I wrote to you in my letter..." His former letter, 1 Corinthians is actually kind of 2 Corinthians, but we don't... The first letter was not part of scripture, it was not part of canon. We don't have that. But he's referring to a previous letter that he'd written the church. "I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. Not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and the swindler or the idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler, not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church who you are to judge? God judges those outside. Purge the evil person from among you."And so it is not commanding us to leave the world. He's not telling us that we need to cut off all relationships with unbelievers. We need to reach them with the gospel. But he is saying that Christians need to remain sanctified, set apart and utterly distinct from the world around us. The church needs to be in the world, but the church can't allow the waves of the world to creep into the church, into the lives of believers. We talked about this a few weeks ago. This is not our home. We don't belong here. We are ambassadors here for Christ's kingdom. Our citizenship is in heaven. God has placed us here and called us here to change the world, not for the world to change us.And so what that means is that as we carry out this ministry, we can't build the kingdom of light using the tools of darkness. We can't fight the good fight using the enemy's weapons. We can't ,arch into battle allied with the enemy's soldiers. It's not that we're fighting against them, we're fighting for them. We want them to be saved, delivered from that darkness. But we're not on the same team. We can't partner in the gospel with those who have yet to repent and receive that gospel. And I believe that is primarily what Paul has in mind here when he says, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers."Now, most of you, if you have heard this passage before, if you're familiar with it, you've heard it used in what context? In the context of marriage, right? This is why a believer can't pursue marriage to an unbeliever. Now, is that what Paul is talking about here? And when you read the text, this text has nothing to do with marriage on the surface, but it has everything to do with marriage when you properly understand it. Because what Paul is talking about here is a partnership in ministry and marriage is ministry. If you don't understand that, you don't understand marriage. Marriage, Christian marriage, is a missional covenant between one man and one woman in submission to one God. It is two people coming together to say that from this day forward, we until, death do us part, are going to be partners in gospel ministry together. Marriage is a commitment to work together toward the shared goal, of building a relationship, building a family, building a home that glorifies God, and that intentionally reflects the gospel out into the world around us.And we see this very clearly in Ephesians chapter five. And read this chapter with this in mind, and look at this, Ephesians 5:22, "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands." Why? To give the world a glimpse of the gospel, to reflect the truth of the gospel to the world around us. Likewise, "Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing that, she might be holy and without blemish."In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes it and cherishes, it just as Christ does the church, because we're members of his body." Husbands cherish your wives, lay your lives down for the sake of your wives. Why? To give the world a glimpse of the gospel. He roots this in the gospel. He also roots this in creation, that this is how it was meant to be from the beginning, verse 31, this is quoting Genesis, "Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I'm saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."And then he continues, "Children...", in chapter six, "... obey your parents and the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, this is the first commandment with a promise, that it may go well with you and you may live long in the land. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." This is God's purpose, this is God's vision for marriage and family. And so therefore, before you yoke yourself to someone for the rest of your life, the most important question that you need to be asking and answering is, "Is this person going to help me plow in that direction?" If not, you need to take off that yoke. You need to break off that relationship.Now, one caveat here, does this mean that if a Christian is for some reason already married to an unbeliever that they need to seek a divorce? No. Paul made that clear in 1 Corinthians, you can look up instructions for that. It's 1 Corinthians 7:12-16. But the big idea is that going into marriage, that this is God's desire, this is God's vision, it should be ours as well that marriage is ministry, ministry to one another, ministry to our children, and ministry to the world around us. So while the text is not talking about that, it is a proper application of the text. What are some other ways that this principle of being unequally yoked applies to us? The most direct application of this, that Paul is talking about primarily in the text, has to do with ministry in the church.He says, "You are the temple of God. And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?" Paul's writing to a church that had been deceived. They'd begun yoking themselves to false teachers and false ideas. And he wants them to see that behind these false teachers, these false ideas were false gods, were false idols. And so some of them were embracing legalism, a self righteous works righteousness. Others were tolerating paganism. Most of them were probably mixing the two together. And Paul wants them to see. As good as these teachers might look on the surface, they come to you and say, "Oh no, we're just trying to help people be more holy, or we're trying to make sure that people are really committed, and that's why we're demanding these works of the law. Or we're trying to be more tolerant, we're trying to make things more palatable so that more people will come."He says, "However good. It might look on the outside, inside these teachers and these teachers aren't just different, they aren't just bad, they're demonic." And he gets to this later on, we'll get here eventually in 2 Corinthians chapter 11, but just to give us a glimpse of where he's going, this is what he says. He says, "Such men are false apostles." An apostle is someone who's sent, so if these are false apostles who sent these apostles? They're, "Deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it's no surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds."The New Testament warns us over and over and over against the deadliness of false teaching and false teachers. Because they so often come to us in disguise. They don't always appear as these hideous demonic forces on the surface. They come and it almost seems good if you don't have discerning eye, if you aren't looking through the eyes of faith. But it warns us because we need to keep these false teachings, these false teachers out of the church. Don't give them a platform, don't give them influence, don't give them any kind of foothold. This means we need to know God's word and understand where it is that Jesus, our good shepherd, is leading us.We need to avoid partnering with these false teachers, but we also need to understand the positive side of this as well, what the application is there for, what you should be doing is you should be partnering yourself. You should be yoking yourself with other believers who you know are going to pull strong and straight and steady after the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is why church membership is so important. This is why we take church membership very seriously here at Mosaic. It's people coming together and committing and saying, "We are committing together to pull strong and straight and steady after our Lord Jesus Christ. And if one of us wanders to the right or one of us wanders to the left, we're there to encourage and to correct and hold each other accountable to staying on this straight and narrow path." If you're interested in a membership, we're actually having a membership class next week, you can get signed up for that. But that's how this applies inside the church. There needs to be purity inside the church.But where else does this apply? Because obviously ministry happens in the church, but ministry happens in all areas of our lives as well. And so we read this passage, we begin to think, "What are some of the other ways that this is fleshed out in our lives?" And this is where things get a little more dicey. This is where you got to really rely on the Holy Spirit and have a discerning mind. And there's so many variables involved that it's hard to give a one size fits all response to, "How do we apply this in all the other areas of our life?"I'm going to give a few examples, but before we do just, we need to start by just asking ourselves honestly, in your friendships, in your relationships and in your partnerships at work, at school, wherever life takes you outside of the church, is there something there that is pulling you away from Christ? Are you there as an ambassador, bringing the values of Christ's kingdom into the world? Or if you're honest, is the world winning? Is the world instilling its values in you?So college students, many of you are paying a lot of money to sit through courses. And some of these courses are education. Some of these courses are indoctrination. Are you discerning enough to know the difference? And are you strong enough to stand firm in what you believe? If you're going to a school, if you're sitting in a class where you are always being told what to think and never being taught how to think, if you're going to a class, to a school where it's not safe to ask questions about God, about origins, about purpose, about destiny, about morality, where everyone is expected to hold this same opinion and terrified to speak their mind, you're not in a classroom. You're in a cult. A very expensive cult.Now be honest. How is your soul? Are you there as a light in the darkness? Or are you becoming one with the darkness? If you are yoked to an institution, a person, idea, anything that is pulling you away from Christ, you either need to be strong enough to pull back and stand your ground against that at force or you need to be wise enough and humble enough to cut your losses to cast off that yoke before it drags you away. Parents, you need to ask questions of your kids. What are they hearing? What are they seeing? What are they feeling? What are they reading? What are they being told in the books that they read and the TV shows and the movies that they watch? Even at school.Our son was four years old the first time he had to stand his ground against a teacher at school. He was in a classroom of 19 boys and they were told it was time to play dress up. And Owen said, "I don't want to play dress up." The teacher said, "Why?" "Because all of the costumes are for girls, and boys shouldn't wear dresses." And his teacher scolded him. Now, if you know Owen, he's a very thoughtful and sensitive kid. He took this really hard. He felt ashamed. He thought he had done something wrong. So we talked about it that night at dinner. We assured him that he did the right thing, and we talked about why.We talked about why boys need to present themselves as boys and girls need to present themselves as girls, because God made us different, that those differences matter. And that as a son of God, God calls his sons to stand up to defend and to make sacrifices for his daughters, just like his son, Jesus Christ, did for his church. It matters. And so we told him, "The next time that this comes up, you look at your teacher and you say, 'Miss teacher, the facts don't care about your feelings.' And then take a long drink out of your mug of leftist tears." No, we said, "You tell this teacher, 'I love you, but we don't agree.'"Within a week, it came up again and he did exactly what we taught him. And you know what he found out? His teacher didn't get mad this time. He found out that actually I think he caught her totally off guard and we noticed a change in her, that from that day forward, she looked at him with a new respect. And she actually voiced that to us at some of our conferences. But when he said, "Teacher, I love you." He meant it. And when he said, "I don't agree." He meant that as well. But as it turned out, she turned out to be one of his favorite teachers. But the point is your kids need to know what they believe and they need to know why they believe it. And they also need to know how to lovingly, but firmly stand their ground. And so as parents, you need to ask questions, you need to debrief and you need to disciple your kids. You need to shepherd their hearts and you need to sharpen their minds or the world will do it for you.What about the workplace? When I read this passage, that's one of the things that comes to mind, because there's partnerships that are formed in work, in career. And how does this play out? Well, there are some occupations and some organizations that are so at odds with Christ's kingdom, that a Christian cannot patronize, cannot partner with them in any way at all, period. But by God's grace, most work can be done to the glory of God as it contributes to the common good under God's common grace. And so assuming that that's the case, if you're the boss, praise God, I hope you're tithing. I know you are. I don't even need to say it.But your goal as the boss, hopefully, is you're trying to build a business and an organization and a culture that honors Christ. And so therefore you need to be careful about who you hire, who you partner with, who you yoke yourself to, who you give leadership and influence to. Because if you want to build a business that honors Christ, you need to be yoked with people who are going to help you pull in that direction and not pull things off course.Most of you aren't the boss, and maybe you don't have much say or sway at work. Some of you might be asked in the workplace to push forward to support agenda, immoral, unethical agendas that conflict with the agenda of Christ. Are you going to be able to stand up in those moments and speak for what is right, even if that means risking your position, your promotion, even your presence in the workplace? What does it profit a person if they rise to the top organizational hierarchy and yet forfeit their soul? We need to be careful about what we attach our hearts and our goals and ourselves to in this world, to make sure that we are pulling after Christ and that these things aren't pulling us off course.So we need to completely cast off the old yoke of slavery, that's point number one. But in order to do that, we need to completely take up the yoke of salvation. Now, verse 16, "What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said, 'I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them and I will be their God and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord almighty.'" To completely take up the yoke of salvation is to completely understand God as a father, a father who loves you, has loved you, has loved you to such an extent that he paid a price. He sent his son to redeem you out of slavery and to adopt you into his family. When you understand this, it changes everything in your life.We called this series Prodigal Church, because the Corinthians had so much in common with the two brothers from The Parable of the Prodigal Sons. I say prodigal sons, because the point of Jesus' parable is really that both sons were lost. Both sons had recklessly abandoned the love of the father. The younger brother abandoned the father to pursue sex and drugs and pagan parties. The older brother abandoned the father, he didn't abandon the father physically, but he abandoned the father in his heart. He honored the father with his actions, he was a slave to the father's laws, but his heart was far from him. And both sons were miserable. Both sons were yoked to a false understanding of God. They knew him only as a force to either be avoided or to be appeased. And they failed to see him for who he was, which was a father to be loved and embraced.Now, Jesus calls out in Matthew 11:28, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yo upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." To completely take off the old yoke, you need to yoke yourself to Christ. In Christ, you are no longer a slave to sin. You are no longer a slave to the law. You are a son, a daughter adopted into the family of God. And so you need to take up that new yoke, take up that new identity.And then Jesus says, "And learn from me. Learn to follow my lead. Learn to pull in the direction that I am going in every area of your life." So whether you're more like the younger brother or more like the older brother, Jesus is the better brother. Jesus is the brother who was sent to find us, to save us and to bring us back home to find a father who was waiting, not to scold us, not to cast us away, but to embrace us and to welcome us home with open arms. So completely cast off the yoke of slavery, completely take up the yoke of salvation.Point number three, get completely yoked with your savior, arm pump emoji. This is chapter seven, verse one. "Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God." People cringe at this idea of holiness. But deep down, everybody wants it. Everybody wants holiness. Everybody wants people to treat them that they would want to be treated. Nobody wants people to lie or to cheat or to steal or to sin against them. Deep down, everyone wants holiness for others. Just not so much for themselves.Now as Christians, this cannot be the case. We desire holiness and we desire holiness because holiness is our destiny. As Christians, we look forward to an eternity without sin, no selfishness, no pride, everyone is working in the best interest of others. People are humble, selfless, they're full of peace, full of joy, no rivalry, no jealousy, just happiness for one another and the Lord. We look forward to that, that is our destiny, and therefore that holiness is our desire. To take that glorious future that we are waiting for and to do what we can to make it a reality right now. And so read that verse again, "Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion and the fear of God." Bring holiness to completion. In other words, we all are going to be completely holy. We're going to be spiritually yoked in eternity. Therefore, start working out right now.What do I mean? I mean if holiness had muscle, if holiness had mass, then God's desire would be for all of his children to be completely yoked like professional baseball players. Not like today's professional baseball players, like the players of the 1990s when steroids were still mandatory, that's what we're talking about. When people look at your spiritual gains, they should say, "There's no way that's natural." Because it's not. You're not natural. You're supernatural. You are a new creation in Christ. The Holy Spirit of God lives in you. Therefore, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of the body and spirit, not just the outside, but the inside as well, and bring holiness to completion in the fear of God.The reason that Jesus could say that his yoke was easy and that his burden was light was not because there wasn't a heavy burden to bear. There was. But he took that burden alone. What was the yoke that Jesus took? What was the burden placed on his back? It was the cross of salvation for sinners to be saved. Long before Christ was born, the prophet Isaiah looking forward to that day, he wrote an Isaiah 53, "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our inequities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."We all like sheep have gone astray/ we've turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Jesus took the soul crushing weight of our sin upon himself. And he carried that to the cross. He did that for us. And now he invites us to come, to take his yoke, to take up our crosses daily and to follow after him. Not because we need to bear the burden of our salvation again, not because there's more atonement yet to be made for our sin, but in order to bring holiness to completion and to carry this good news of his cross to the ends of the earth.If you are a Christian, you're here this morning, are you yoked fully to your savior Jesus Christ? And if you're not, if you've been trying to carry this burden, if you've been trying to prove yourself through your own righteousness or run from God into slavery, to sin, come and lay that burden at the foot of the cross. Take the yoke of Christ upon you and know that he loves you. He died for you so that you could be saved. You can do that today. Just repent, put your faith in him. Let's pray.Jesus, you are the light of the world. You are the light that will never grow dim, the light that will never go out. Your words says that you shine in the darkness and that the darkness will not overcome you. And you've also told us, you have called us the light of this world, a city on a hill that cannot be hidden. God give us the grace and the power to shine this light without compromise, without fear. God give us the grace to be the holiness that we long to see in the world. Fill us as beacons of light, the beacons of your hope to a world that is run by darkness.God, I pray that you just help us to grasp the gravity of what is at stake, so that we're never tempted to run from this responsibility or to try to push forward in the works of our own flesh, but to rely fully on you, on your spirit, every step in submission to your word. God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your spirit. We thank you for your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, our savior. It is in his name that we stand before you and pray. Amen.

Audio Transcript: This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com. Good morning. And welcome again to Mosaic. If you're new, my name is Shane, I'm one of the pastors here at Mosaic, and we're so glad to have you with us this morning. We would love to connect with you. And if you would like to connect with us, we mentioned this earlier, we do that through a little connection card in your worship guide, you can fill that out and just drop it in the little white box back there at the back of the room. We have a little gift we'd love to send you in the mail. Or if you turn it in at the welcome center out front, we have another gift that we'd love to give to you just to thank you for being our guest here this morning. We can get you some more information about the church there if you're interested in that as well. Last weekend, my family did the stereotypical New England fall drive. We went out across Massachusetts, up to Vermont and around and saw all the colors and that. And really the highlight of the trip though was along the way we came across some sky divers. And they were actually pretty low, they were kind of coming in for a landing and we're all looking, watching out the window as they're coming in. All of a sudden I hear my daughter Nora, from the back set just scream out, "Why on earth would anybody do that? That's so dangerous." And I'm like, "Okay, that's fair enough." I don't know, what's the most dangerous situation that you've ever been in? Have you ever been in a situation where the distance between you and death was thin, thin like the string attached to your parachute, thin like the foothold that you take when you're peering over the edge of a cliff and you get that kind of uneasy feeling in your stomach? My friends and I in college, we were kind of thrill seekers. We liked to go snow boarding and rock climbing. But one of the things that we really got into early in college was spelunking. You know what spelunking is? You put on helmets and knee pads and headlamps, and then you crawl and you climb and you sometimes even swim to go through exploring these underground cave systems. And really, normally, usually in order to explore an actual wild cave, a cave that hasn't been commercialized for the public, you're supposed to belong to an official caving organization. And you have to oftentimes go downtown to the city hall and they'll have a key that lets you get access to the property that the caves are on. We weren't in one of those. But my friend somehow this one mythical place in Southern Indiana that was completely off the grid, under the radar. So we made this trek from Northwest Illinois to Southern Indiana. And we get there and you're going down this country road, all of a sudden you hit this T intersection and there's just some woods and a small little opening in the trees, just big enough to drive your car through. And so we drive it down this old dirt road until we get to this rusty metal gate and next to the gate, there's a box and a sign and the sign says basically, "Drop $20 in the box, sign this piece of paper and enter at your own risk. If you die, you die." And as college students, this sounded amazing. This was the adventure that we were looking for. And so we go, we set up a little campsite and we spend a couple days exploring these caves. And some of them had these big, big, beautiful openings, like stereotypical caves. I've got a picture of one of them. Most of them were really just a hole in the ground. If you weren't looking for it, you could easily walk right past it and not even know that they were there. You'd come across this hole just barely big enough to shimmy your way down inside and then you'd army crawl for 10, 20, 30 yards. But then eventually they would open up into these big cavernous rooms and literally inside there would be miles of tunnels to explore. And so what's the point? The point is, I remember a moment when we were probably over a mile deep into one of these caves and it really finally hit me. I knew it going in, but it hit me in a real way, that if for some reason the batteries on our headlamps were to die, then we were to die. The only light that we had was the light that we had brought in with us. And if we were to lose that light, we would be lost. We would be left to grope through the darkness, never knowing if we were getting any closer to where we were going or only further and further into the darkness. It's a dreadful feeling, which is why we brought extra headlamps, extra batteries, extra everything just to be safe. But the danger was real. We have been going through a sermon series on 2 Corinthians. And Paul has been repeatedly pleading with this church to remember the darkness that they were saved out of, that they were lost, dead in their sins, lost in the darkness and pleading with them not to go back into that darkness. A couple weeks ago in chapter four, he told them this, he said, "Listen, the God of this world...", 2 Corinthians 4:4, "... has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness.', has shown our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." "Corinthians, remember you were in that darkness, you had no light. You had no life. You had no hope. And you got yourself into that darkness with no way of getting yourself back out. But while you were lost, while you were dead in your sins, blinded by the false God of this world, the true God of this world, because of the great love with which he loved you, he sent us to you with the light of the gospel to save you out of darkness. Now, whatever you do, don't go back." This is his plea. Why? Because some of them were. What we see is that false teachers, unbelievers were creeping into the church, gaining influence over people's hearts and minds and like wolves in sheeps' clothing, they were leading them away from their savior, away from the safety of the flock and ravaging the church. If you have your Bibles, open up to 2 Corinthians, chapter six, we're going to be looking at 2 Corinthians 6:14 through to 7:1 And what we're going to see is that Paul is again, he's giving us a warning to not return from where we came. He's giving us a reminder of who we are and he's giving us a vision of where we're going. So if you have your Bibles, you can open up. If not, the words will be up here on the screen, but would you please look at our text with me this morning? This is 2 Corinthians chapter six, beginning in verse 14. "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an believer? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of living God. As God said, 'I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you and I will be a father to you and you shall be sons and daughters to me.', says the Lord almighty.' Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion and the fear of God." This is the reading of God's word for us this morning. Would you please join me in prayer for our sermon today? God, we thank you for your word. Your word is holy. It is an errand. It is infallible. It is authoritative. It is a light for our path. It is a lamp for our feet. I pray that you would write the truth of your word upon our hearts to know it, to understand it, to believe it, to love it and to apply it to our lives in obedience and faith. My father, I pray that you would give me grace now and the power of your spirit to speak as I ought to faithfully preach, and to teach your word to your people this morning. I ask this in Christ's name, amen. Three points today. Point number one, completely cast off the yoke of slavery. Point two, completely take up the yoke of salvation. Point three, get completely yoked with your savior. Arm pump emojis all around, we're going to talk about what that means in point three. But point number one, Paul begins right off the bat, verse 14, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." Four, what partnership has righteousness with lawness or what fellowship has light with darkness? What a court has Christ with Belial, with the worthless one, with Satan? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of with idols?" This metaphor of being yoked, it's used in a few places throughout scripture, but there's only two other places in the New Testament where it's used in this negative sense. The New Testament uses it a few times literally. Jesus uses it one time as a positive metaphor. And we're going to talk about that later. But it's only used three times in this negative sense. It's used here and it's used in Acts 15 and it's used in Galatians 5. And we're going to take a look at these two other passages because they help us to understand what Paul is talking about and give us a good commentary on what this means. But in summary, both of these passages, they're addressing two things. On the one hand, both of these other passages, they are warning the church to not be yoked to false teachers and to false teachings that were telling them that in order for you, Gentile Christians to be saved, you first need to be circumcised and to keep the Mosaic Law. Not just the moral law, but the ceremonial law and the civic law as well. And it's warning them that that you don't need to earn your righteousness through works of the law. And it's warning them there on the one hand. But on the other side, both of these passages also come with a warning against being slaves to the flesh, of living in immorality and sexual immorality and idolatry, as you did in your former lives as pagans. And so Acts 15, this is what we see. We see in Acts 15:1 that some men came down from Judea and they were teaching the brothers unless, "You are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." And so verse six, the apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and he said to them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God made a choice among you that by my mouth the Gentile should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us. And he made no distinction between us and them having cleansed their hearts by what? By works of the law? No, by faith. Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither are fathers, nor we have been able to bear, but we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus just as they will." And so, in response to this at the end of the chapter, the apostles decide they're going to send a letter to this church to clarify their stance on the issue. And this is the letter in Acts 15:23, it says this, "To the brothers, both the apostles and the elders, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings. Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions, it has seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We have therefore sent Judas and Silas who themselves will tell you the same things by word of mouth. For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourself from these things, you will do well. Farewell." So he's saying, "You don't need to earn your righteousness through these works of the law. You don't need to be circumcised to be saved. But this is also not giving you a license to continue to live in your former pagan lifestyle." These things at the end, they're describing practices of idolatry and sexual immorality. We see the same thing in Galatians, chapter five and Galatians 5 is just such a great commentary on this issue that I'm actually going to read this entire chapter, because it really helps us to grasp the fullness of what Paul is talking about. And this is how he begins Galatians chapter five. He says this, "For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look, I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law." If you think that that is going to save you, you need to keep the entire law perfectly. He says, "You were severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law. You have fallen way from grace. For through the spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision or uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. "You were running so well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and that the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case, the offense of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettled you would emasculate themselves." That's a Bible verse. "For you are called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one in word, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. But I say, walk by the spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh, for the desires of the flesh are against the spirit, and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh. These opposed to each other to keep you from doing the thing you want to do. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law. "Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires." You see, both. On the one hand, you can't save yourself through the law. And the other hand, this grace that we have in Christ does not give us a license to continue living an unchanged life in the flesh, continue practicing the idolatry and the immorality of our former lives. He's saying, "You once lived in that darkness." But then the gospel came and the light of the gospel revealed that salvation comes by grace alone, through faith alone, in the work of Jesus Christ alone, to the glory of God the Father alone. So therefore do not be yoked to anyone who teaches you that you need to add anything to the work of Jesus in order to be saved. And do not be yoked to anyone who says that your freedom in Christ is a license to sin and to live an unchanged life as a slave to your flesh. And do not be yoked to anyone who practices or promotes permits idolatry in any form. That's who we are not to be yoked to. Now, what does that mean? What does it mean to be unequally yoked to these things? Well, Paul gives us five descriptors in the text. And he frames them in these five rhetorical questions. "What partnership has righteousness with lawlessness?" It's a rhetorical question. There is none. "What fellowship has light and darkness?" They can't exist in the same place at the same time. "What accord has Christ with Belial??" It means the worthless one. He's talking about Satan, the devil. "What portion has the believer with the unbeliever? Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of God." James 4:4 says this, "You adulterous people. Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God." What's going on here? What does this mean? Does this mean that we as Christians need to completely separate ourselves, cut off every we have with every unbeliever in our life? That we need to just completely isolate ourselves from the world? Does this mean that Mosaic needs to go buy some property in rural Pennsylvania and build a homestead with a lake and a garden? And the longer I live in Boston, the more I think I'd be a really great monk. I'd be a married monk, but still. Is that what he's talking about? No, if that's what he was talking about, James would be contradicting Jesus. Paul would be contradicting himself. Jesus says this in his high priestly prayer. He's praying to the father in John 17. He says, "I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth. Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. And for their sake, I consecrate myself that they also may be sanctified in the truth. Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians addressed this issue as well. 1 Corinthians 5:9, he says this, "I wrote to you in my letter..." His former letter, 1 Corinthians is actually kind of 2 Corinthians, but we don't... The first letter was not part of scripture, it was not part of canon. We don't have that. But he's referring to a previous letter that he'd written the church. "I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. Not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and the swindler or the idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler, not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church who you are to judge? God judges those outside. Purge the evil person from among you." And so it is not commanding us to leave the world. He's not telling us that we need to cut off all relationships with unbelievers. We need to reach them with the gospel. But he is saying that Christians need to remain sanctified, set apart and utterly distinct from the world around us. The church needs to be in the world, but the church can't allow the waves of the world to creep into the church, into the lives of believers. We talked about this a few weeks ago. This is not our home. We don't belong here. We are ambassadors here for Christ's kingdom. Our citizenship is in heaven. God has placed us here and called us here to change the world, not for the world to change us. And so what that means is that as we carry out this ministry, we can't build the kingdom of light using the tools of darkness. We can't fight the good fight using the enemy's weapons. We can't ,arch into battle allied with the enemy's soldiers. It's not that we're fighting against them, we're fighting for them. We want them to be saved, delivered from that darkness. But we're not on the same team. We can't partner in the gospel with those who have yet to repent and receive that gospel. And I believe that is primarily what Paul has in mind here when he says, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers." Now, most of you, if you have heard this passage before, if you're familiar with it, you've heard it used in what context? In the context of marriage, right? This is why a believer can't pursue marriage to an unbeliever. Now, is that what Paul is talking about here? And when you read the text, this text has nothing to do with marriage on the surface, but it has everything to do with marriage when you properly understand it. Because what Paul is talking about here is a partnership in ministry and marriage is ministry. If you don't understand that, you don't understand marriage. Marriage, Christian marriage, is a missional covenant between one man and one woman in submission to one God. It is two people coming together to say that from this day forward, we until, death do us part, are going to be partners in gospel ministry together. Marriage is a commitment to work together toward the shared goal, of building a relationship, building a family, building a home that glorifies God, and that intentionally reflects the gospel out into the world around us. And we see this very clearly in Ephesians chapter five. And read this chapter with this in mind, and look at this, Ephesians 5:22, "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands." Why? To give the world a glimpse of the gospel, to reflect the truth of the gospel to the world around us. Likewise, "Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing that, she might be holy and without blemish. "In the same way, husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes it and cherishes, it just as Christ does the church, because we're members of his body." Husbands cherish your wives, lay your lives down for the sake of your wives. Why? To give the world a glimpse of the gospel. He roots this in the gospel. He also roots this in creation, that this is how it was meant to be from the beginning, verse 31, this is quoting Genesis, "Therefore, a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. This mystery is profound, and I'm saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband." And then he continues, "Children...", in chapter six, "... obey your parents and the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, this is the first commandment with a promise, that it may go well with you and you may live long in the land. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord." This is God's purpose, this is God's vision for marriage and family. And so therefore, before you yoke yourself to someone for the rest of your life, the most important question that you need to be asking and answering is, "Is this person going to help me plow in that direction?" If not, you need to take off that yoke. You need to break off that relationship. Now, one caveat here, does this mean that if a Christian is for some reason already married to an unbeliever that they need to seek a divorce? No. Paul made that clear in 1 Corinthians, you can look up instructions for that. It's 1 Corinthians 7:12-16. But the big idea is that going into marriage, that this is God's desire, this is God's vision, it should be ours as well that marriage is ministry, ministry to one another, ministry to our children, and ministry to the world around us. So while the text is not talking about that, it is a proper application of the text. What are some other ways that this principle of being unequally yoked applies to us? The most direct application of this, that Paul is talking about primarily in the text, has to do with ministry in the church. He says, "You are the temple of God. And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?" Paul's writing to a church that had been deceived. They'd begun yoking themselves to false teachers and false ideas. And he wants them to see that behind these false teachers, these false ideas were false gods, were false idols. And so some of them were embracing legalism, a self righteous works righteousness. Others were tolerating paganism. Most of them were probably mixing the two together. And Paul wants them to see. As good as these teachers might look on the surface, they come to you and say, "Oh no, we're just trying to help people be more holy, or we're trying to make sure that people are really committed, and that's why we're demanding these works of the law. Or we're trying to be more tolerant, we're trying to make things more palatable so that more people will come." He says, "However good. It might look on the outside, inside these teachers and these teachers aren't just different, they aren't just bad, they're demonic." And he gets to this later on, we'll get here eventually in 2 Corinthians chapter 11, but just to give us a glimpse of where he's going, this is what he says. He says, "Such men are false apostles." An apostle is someone who's sent, so if these are false apostles who sent these apostles? They're, "Deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it's no surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds." The New Testament warns us over and over and over against the deadliness of false teaching and false teachers. Because they so often come to us in disguise. They don't always appear as these hideous demonic forces on the surface. They come and it almost seems good if you don't have discerning eye, if you aren't looking through the eyes of faith. But it warns us because we need to keep these false teachings, these false teachers out of the church. Don't give them a platform, don't give them influence, don't give them any kind of foothold. This means we need to know God's word and understand where it is that Jesus, our good shepherd, is leading us. We need to avoid partnering with these false teachers, but we also need to understand the positive side of this as well, what the application is there for, what you should be doing is you should be partnering yourself. You should be yoking yourself with other believers who you know are going to pull strong and straight and steady after the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is why church membership is so important. This is why we take church membership very seriously here at Mosaic. It's people coming together and committing and saying, "We are committing together to pull strong and straight and steady after our Lord Jesus Christ. And if one of us wanders to the right or one of us wanders to the left, we're there to encourage and to correct and hold each other accountable to staying on this straight and narrow path." If you're interested in a membership, we're actually having a membership class next week, you can get signed up for that. But that's how this applies inside the church. There needs to be purity inside the church. But where else does this apply? Because obviously ministry happens in the church, but ministry happens in all areas of our lives as well. And so we read this passage, we begin to think, "What are some of the other ways that this is fleshed out in our lives?" And this is where things get a little more dicey. This is where you got to really rely on the Holy Spirit and have a discerning mind. And there's so many variables involved that it's hard to give a one size fits all response to, "How do we apply this in all the other areas of our life?" I'm going to give a few examples, but before we do just, we need to start by just asking ourselves honestly, in your friendships, in your relationships and in your partnerships at work, at school, wherever life takes you outside of the church, is there something there that is pulling you away from Christ? Are you there as an ambassador, bringing the values of Christ's kingdom into the world? Or if you're honest, is the world winning? Is the world instilling its values in you? So college students, many of you are paying a lot of money to sit through courses. And some of these courses are education. Some of these courses are indoctrination. Are you discerning enough to know the difference? And are you strong enough to stand firm in what you believe? If you're going to a school, if you're sitting in a class where you are always being told what to think and never being taught how to think, if you're going to a class, to a school where it's not safe to ask questions about God, about origins, about purpose, about destiny, about morality, where everyone is expected to hold this same opinion and terrified to speak their mind, you're not in a classroom. You're in a cult. A very expensive cult. Now be honest. How is your soul? Are you there as a light in the darkness? Or are you becoming one with the darkness? If you are yoked to an institution, a person, idea, anything that is pulling you away from Christ, you either need to be strong enough to pull back and stand your ground against that at force or you need to be wise enough and humble enough to cut your losses to cast off that yoke before it drags you away. Parents, you need to ask questions of your kids. What are they hearing? What are they seeing? What are they feeling? What are they reading? What are they being told in the books that they read and the TV shows and the movies that they watch? Even at school. Our son was four years old the first time he had to stand his ground against a teacher at school. He was in a classroom of 19 boys and they were told it was time to play dress up. And Owen said, "I don't want to play dress up." The teacher said, "Why?" "Because all of the costumes are for girls, and boys shouldn't wear dresses." And his teacher scolded him. Now, if you know Owen, he's a very thoughtful and sensitive kid. He took this really hard. He felt ashamed. He thought he had done something wrong. So we talked about it that night at dinner. We assured him that he did the right thing, and we talked about why. We talked about why boys need to present themselves as boys and girls need to present themselves as girls, because God made us different, that those differences matter. And that as a son of God, God calls his sons to stand up to defend and to make sacrifices for his daughters, just like his son, Jesus Christ, did for his church. It matters. And so we told him, "The next time that this comes up, you look at your teacher and you say, 'Miss teacher, the facts don't care about your feelings.' And then take a long drink out of your mug of leftist tears." No, we said, "You tell this teacher, 'I love you, but we don't agree.'" Within a week, it came up again and he did exactly what we taught him. And you know what he found out? His teacher didn't get mad this time. He found out that actually I think he caught her totally off guard and we noticed a change in her, that from that day forward, she looked at him with a new respect. And she actually voiced that to us at some of our conferences. But when he said, "Teacher, I love you." He meant it. And when he said, "I don't agree." He meant that as well. But as it turned out, she turned out to be one of his favorite teachers. But the point is your kids need to know what they believe and they need to know why they believe it. And they also need to know how to lovingly, but firmly stand their ground. And so as parents, you need to ask questions, you need to debrief and you need to disciple your kids. You need to shepherd their hearts and you need to sharpen their minds or the world will do it for you. What about the workplace? When I read this passage, that's one of the things that comes to mind, because there's partnerships that are formed in work, in career. And how does this play out? Well, there are some occupations and some organizations that are so at odds with Christ's kingdom, that a Christian cannot patronize, cannot partner with them in any way at all, period. But by God's grace, most work can be done to the glory of God as it contributes to the common good under God's common grace. And so assuming that that's the case, if you're the boss, praise God, I hope you're tithing. I know you are. I don't even need to say it. But your goal as the boss, hopefully, is you're trying to build a business and an organization and a culture that honors Christ. And so therefore you need to be careful about who you hire, who you partner with, who you yoke yourself to, who you give leadership and influence to. Because if you want to build a business that honors Christ, you need to be yoked with people who are going to help you pull in that direction and not pull things off course. Most of you aren't the boss, and maybe you don't have much say or sway at work. Some of you might be asked in the workplace to push forward to support agenda, immoral, unethical agendas that conflict with the agenda of Christ. Are you going to be able to stand up in those moments and speak for what is right, even if that means risking your position, your promotion, even your presence in the workplace? What does it profit a person if they rise to the top organizational hierarchy and yet forfeit their soul? We need to be careful about what we attach our hearts and our goals and ourselves to in this world, to make sure that we are pulling after Christ and that these things aren't pulling us off course. So we need to completely cast off the old yoke of slavery, that's point number one. But in order to do that, we need to completely take up the yoke of salvation. Now, verse 16, "What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said, 'I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them and I will be their God and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord almighty.'" To completely take up the yoke of salvation is to completely understand God as a father, a father who loves you, has loved you, has loved you to such an extent that he paid a price. He sent his son to redeem you out of slavery and to adopt you into his family. When you understand this, it changes everything in your life. We called this series Prodigal Church, because the Corinthians had so much in common with the two brothers from The Parable of the Prodigal Sons. I say prodigal sons, because the point of Jesus' parable is really that both sons were lost. Both sons had recklessly abandoned the love of the father. The younger brother abandoned the father to pursue sex and drugs and pagan parties. The older brother abandoned the father, he didn't abandon the father physically, but he abandoned the father in his heart. He honored the father with his actions, he was a slave to the father's laws, but his heart was far from him. And both sons were miserable. Both sons were yoked to a false understanding of God. They knew him only as a force to either be avoided or to be appeased. And they failed to see him for who he was, which was a father to be loved and embraced. Now, Jesus calls out in Matthew 11:28, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yo upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." To completely take off the old yoke, you need to yoke yourself to Christ. In Christ, you are no longer a slave to sin. You are no longer a slave to the law. You are a son, a daughter adopted into the family of God. And so you need to take up that new yoke, take up that new identity. And then Jesus says, "And learn from me. Learn to follow my lead. Learn to pull in the direction that I am going in every area of your life." So whether you're more like the younger brother or more like the older brother, Jesus is the better brother. Jesus is the brother who was sent to find us, to save us and to bring us back home to find a father who was waiting, not to scold us, not to cast us away, but to embrace us and to welcome us home with open arms. So completely cast off the yoke of slavery, completely take up the yoke of salvation. Point number three, get completely yoked with your savior, arm pump emoji. This is chapter seven, verse one. "Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God." People cringe at this idea of holiness. But deep down, everybody wants it. Everybody wants holiness. Everybody wants people to treat them that they would want to be treated. Nobody wants people to lie or to cheat or to steal or to sin against them. Deep down, everyone wants holiness for others. Just not so much for themselves. Now as Christians, this cannot be the case. We desire holiness and we desire holiness because holiness is our destiny. As Christians, we look forward to an eternity without sin, no selfishness, no pride, everyone is working in the best interest of others. People are humble, selfless, they're full of peace, full of joy, no rivalry, no jealousy, just happiness for one another and the Lord. We look forward to that, that is our destiny, and therefore that holiness is our desire. To take that glorious future that we are waiting for and to do what we can to make it a reality right now. And so read that verse again, "Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion and the fear of God." Bring holiness to completion. In other words, we all are going to be completely holy. We're going to be spiritually yoked in eternity. Therefore, start working out right now. What do I mean? I mean if holiness had muscle, if holiness had mass, then God's desire would be for all of his children to be completely yoked like professional baseball players. Not like today's professional baseball players, like the players of the 1990s when steroids were still mandatory, that's what we're talking about. When people look at your spiritual gains, they should say, "There's no way that's natural." Because it's not. You're not natural. You're supernatural. You are a new creation in Christ. The Holy Spirit of God lives in you. Therefore, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of the body and spirit, not just the outside, but the inside as well, and bring holiness to completion in the fear of God. The reason that Jesus could say that his yoke was easy and that his burden was light was not because there wasn't a heavy burden to bear. There was. But he took that burden alone. What was the yoke that Jesus took? What was the burden placed on his back? It was the cross of salvation for sinners to be saved. Long before Christ was born, the prophet Isaiah looking forward to that day, he wrote an Isaiah 53, "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our inequities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed." We all like sheep have gone astray/ we've turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Jesus took the soul crushing weight of our sin upon himself. And he carried that to the cross. He did that for us. And now he invites us to come, to take his yoke, to take up our crosses daily and to follow after him. Not because we need to bear the burden of our salvation again, not because there's more atonement yet to be made for our sin, but in order to bring holiness to completion and to carry this good news of his cross to the ends of the earth. If you are a Christian, you're here this morning, are you yoked fully to your savior Jesus Christ? And if you're not, if you've been trying to carry this burden, if you've been trying to prove yourself through your own righteousness or run from God into slavery, to sin, come and lay that burden at the foot of the cross. Take the yoke of Christ upon you and know that he loves you. He died for you so that you could be saved. You can do that today. Just repent, put your faith in him. Let's pray. Jesus, you are the light of the world. You are the light that will never grow dim, the light that will never go out. Your words says that you shine in the darkness and that the darkness will not overcome you. And you've also told us, you have called us the light of this world, a city on a hill that cannot be hidden. God give us the grace and the power to shine this light without compromise, without fear. God give us the grace to be the holiness that we long to see in the world. Fill us as beacons of light, the beacons of your hope to a world that is run by darkness. God, I pray that you just help us to grasp the gravity of what is at stake, so that we're never tempted to run from this responsibility or to try to push forward in the works of our own flesh, but to rely fully on you, on your spirit, every step in submission to your word. God, we thank you for your word. We thank you for your spirit. We thank you for your son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, our savior. It is in his name that we stand before you and pray. Amen.

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Michael Lubelfeld, Ed.D., currently serves as the superintendent of schools in the North Shore School District 112 in Highland Park, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. Mike earned his doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University of Chicago, where his published dissertation was on effective instruction in middle school social studies. He is also on the adjunct faculty at National Louis University and Loyola University Chicago in the Department of Educational Leadership. Mike earned an IASA School of Advanced Leadership Fellowship and he also graduated from the AASA National Superintendent Certification Program. He was the 2017 Lake County Superintendent of the Year. He can be found on Twitter (@mikelubelfeld) and is the co-moderator of #suptchat— the superintendent educational chat on Twitter. He and Nick Polyak co-authored the 2017 Rowman & Littlefield book, The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today and he, Nick, and PJ coauthored the 2018 Rowman & Littlefield book, Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable and the 2021 book The Unfinished Leader: A School Leadership Framework for Growth & Development. Mike and his wife Stephanie have two children and they live in suburban Chicago.  Nick Polyak, Ed.D., is the proud superintendent of the award-winning Leyden Community High School District 212. He earned his undergraduate degree from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois; his master’s degree from Governors State University; and his Ed.D. from Loyola University Chicago. Nick has been a classroom teacher and coach, a building- and district-level administrator, a School Board member, and a superintendent for the past twelve years in both central Illinois and suburban Chicago. 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Flyover States Podcast Ep. #117–Elizabeth Priller Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” My guest for this episode is Elizabeth Priller. We talked about her life and business ventures as a Heath and wellness advocate, her newly authored book The Migraine Method, and how growing up in a small Midwestern town uniquely shaped our lives. For more information follow the link below. Www.ElizabethPriller.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #freeport #hometown #goforit #themigrainemethod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #116—Rt. 20 Ramblings Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” Join me as I drive across the beautiful landscape and bumpy roads of Rt 20 in NW Illinois. Just a quick check in and couple notes from the last few weeks. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #freeport #hometown #goforit Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep.#114—Jon Palmer Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” The guest for this episode is Jon Palmer. He is the owner of Top Notch Tonsor, a barbershop in Freeport, Illinois. www.styleseat.com/topnotchtonsor Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #freeport #hometown #goforit #barber #barbershop Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep.#113—Grant McCarty Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” The guest for this episode is Grant McCarty. He is a small farm and home gardening educator for the University of Illinois Extension office. His office covers JoDaviess, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties in northern Illinois. I invited Grant on the show to give us some of his information about growing your own fruits and vegetables at home. Very informative episode and I hope you enjoy it. https://extension.illinois.edu/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #goforit #gardening #learntongarden #growyourownfood #greenthumb #UofI. #UofIextension Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep.#112—Rayce and Chad Mullen (Speed Raycen’ Motorsports) Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” The guests for this episode are Rayce and Chad Mullen. Rayce is a young dirt track racer and Chad is his father. We talked about how they got into racing, early success, moving up in racing class, looking for sponsorship, and much more. https://www.facebook.com/SpeedRaycenMotorsports/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #goforit #racing #EPC #gokartracing #dirttrackracing #speedraycenmotorsports Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

There is no shortage of advice for teaching and teachers. Among the recommendations, some are duds, some are cliches, and some are invaluable gems. In the episode, we discuss the best teaching advice we’ve received in our careers. Follow on Twitter: @EmilyGolightly3 @cseroyer @JennyVo15 @MCUSDSupe @larryferlazzo @bamradionetwork, @Jonharper70bd Emily Golightly has taught for the past 17 years in NC, serving as a classroom teacher in grades K-3, a reading specialist, an ESL teacher, and most recently, a media coordinator of a K-5 library. She enjoys her role as an ESL mentor teacher. She is also passionate about literacy and has served on her local and state-level reading associations. She is a member of the North Carolina English Learner Advisory Council and the NC EL Teacher Network. Chelonnda Seroyer began her educational career as a high school English teacher in Madison, Alabama. She used Dr. Wong’s book, The First Days of School, as an “instruction manual” to set up her classroom. At the end of her first year of teaching she was awarded the “Bob Jones First Year Patriot Award”. At the end of her second year of teaching, she was awarded the “Patriot Award.” This award is given to a faculty member in recognition of valuable contributions, dedication, and service to the educational community. PJ Caposey is an award-winning educator, keynote speaker, consultant and a best-selling author of eight books who currently serves as the Superintendent of Schools for the nationally recognized Meridian CUSD 223 in Northwest Illinois. You can find PJ on most social media platforms as MCUSDSupe.

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #111—Haley Grim Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” The guest for this episode is Haley Grim. She is a brand partner for Sassy Clothing, local Alderman, and insurance underwriter. She recently partnered with this clothing company and I wanted to give her a platform to help promote their product. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #goforit #lanark #EPC Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #110—Ghostwood Distilling Co. Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” The guests for this episode was Lachlan and Lucas Perks. Lucas is the Master Distiller and owner of the company, and Lachlan is his father, and Brand Manager. We discussed the creation of Ghostwood Whiskey from concept to distribution, and some of the stories behind the brand. Great episode and great whiskey! Thanks for listening! www.ghostwoodwhiskey.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #goforit #distiller #whiskey #craftwhiskey #ghostwood #ghostwoodwhiskey Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #109—Chloe Zuberbuhler Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. Highlighting those that embody the spirit of “Going For It” The guest for this episode was Chloe Zuberbuhler. She is running for Freeport Township. They have also bought and are currently renovating a building in downtown Freeport. New to the political scene, i wanted to give Chloe a platform to introduce herself. Hope you enjoy it Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #goforit Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google podcasts https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjI2NzYzMzA5MS9zb3VuZHMucnNz/episode/dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvOTY0NjIzMDQ5 Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #108—Walter Hayward Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode was Walter Hayward. He is running for mayor in the city of Freeport Illinois. We talked about his decision to run for mayor, some of his ideas behind the campaign, and I asked him a bunch of questions. New to the political realm, I wanted to give him a chance to explain who he is. I hope you enjoy it. Facebook: @walterhaywardforcitymayor Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Podcasts: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #107—Mike Meade Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois, Southwest Wisconsin, and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode was Mike Meade. He owns a few buildings in downtown Freeport, Il. and renovates them for new tenants. He also had the idea behind the downtown “Wings” mural. We talked about how he grew up, vending machines, whiskey, construction and renovation, and many other topics. MeadeLTD@aol.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Podcasts: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #106—Dustin Curtis Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode was Dustin Curtis, Lead Brewer at Generation Brewing Co. We talked about his journey into the brewery, some stories from growing up, musical interests, and many more topics. www.generationsbrewing.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Podcasts: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #105—Zoom Calls #1 (Dan Obert, Bar Room Movies Podcast, Adam and Casi White) recorded 11/10/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. I recorded a series of Zoom calls with various guests for this episode. Dan Obert-Illinois Monarch Project www.illinoismonarchproject.org Matt Bowen, Brady Curtis-Bar Room Movies podcast Adam and Casi White-Awesome Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #104—Jeff Kohl (Kohl Painting) recorded 11/04/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was Jeff Kohl. My good friend Jeff joined me in the studio to talk about his painting business, the crazy election process, life as a tradesman, becoming a father, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #103—Keith Schubert recorded 10/20/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was Keith Schubert. This is his third visit to the podcast. We talked about covid, masks, elections, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #102—Fät Hasankolli recorded 10/13/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was Refat Hasankolli. Owner of Rt. 73 Brew and Chew in Pearl City, Illinois. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #101—Tiffany King recorded 09/08/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was Tiffany King. She is a friend and Exe. Dir. of the Mt. Horeb Chamber of Commerce. #rulefollowers www.mounthorebchamber.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #100—Jennifer Musser recorded 08/23/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was my wife Jenni. We talked a bunch of shit. That about sums it up. A very unique and special episode for celebration of the 100th episode. Enjoy!! Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #husbandwifepodcast To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #99—Tim Connors recorded 08/05/2020 Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was Tim Connors. We talked about the cancellation of Pretzel City Brewfest, returning to school with covid concerns, Freeport’s BLM rally, and his “Timbo In Limbo” series. Twitter: ConnArtist99 Instagram: ConnArtist99 Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois # Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #98—Drifltess Quality Wear Recorded: 07/28/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode was Clayton Lieb. Co-owner of Driftless Quality Wear, a clothing brand and outdoor guide service, based out of the NW Illinois, NE Iowa area. For more information visit their website www.Driftlessagc.com I also discuss my thoughts on a recent local news topic. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois # Driftless #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #97—Brewfest During a Pandemic Recorded: 07/15/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. In this episode I explain the plan of action for the 2020 Pretzel City Brewfest. Also crazy news from the Hanover area, and Illinois adult use cannibis numbers. Follow the links below for more info. https://www.GreaterFreeport.com/ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-2020-tickets-111840718600?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #brewfest #pandemicbrewfest To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #96—Port Tubing Recorded: 07/07/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guests for this episode is Chandra and Ginger from Port Tubing. We talked about how they started the business, what to expect as a customer, struggles with negative comments, an much more. Follow the links below for more info. https://www.facebook.com/Port-Tubing-100850501687937/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #10 Guest: Christy Sosnowski (The Freeport Club) Recorded 04/30/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guests for this Shelter In Place Series was Christy Sosnowski. She is the general manager at The Freeport Club golf course. We talked about how the new rules for social distancing and public safety will be implemented when golf opens up to the public on May 1st in Illinois. www.freeportclub.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #downtown #supportsmallbusiness #golf To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #9 Guest: Doug Walker(Country Financial) Recorded 04/27/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guests for this Shelter In Place Series was Doug Walker from Country Financial. He joined the show to promote his First Responders Appreciation Dinner. We also talk about how his business has changed during the covid-19 crisis. Also my good friend Chris joined to talk about a certain sky phenomenon. https://m.facebook.com/Douglas-Walker-Country-Financial-1496782140595877/ www.douglas.walker@countryfinancial.com https://www.logansfreeport.com/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #downtown #supportsmallbusiness To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #8 Guest: Kevin and Tia Heimerdinger Recorded 04/21/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guests for this Shelter In Place Series was Kevin and Tia Heimerdinger. We talked about the effect that the Coronavirus has had on the agricultural markets with Kevin, and how life has changed being a teacher at Aquin Catholic School. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #downtown #supportsmallbusiness To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #7 Guest: Steve Winter (Generations Brewing Co.) Recorded 04/16/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guest for this Shelter In Place Series is Steve Winter. He is the owner of Generations Brewing Company in Freeport, Illinois. We talked about how the brewery is maintaining its operations during the shelter in place orders. www.GENERATIONSBREWING.COM Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #downtown #supportsmallbusiness To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #6 Guest: Nate Peterson (Wishful Acres Farm and Brewery) Recorded 04/15/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guest for this Shelter In Place Series is Nate Peterson. His family owns Wishful Acres Farm and Brewery in Lena, IL. We talked about what his business is doing to provide their beer during the shelter orders. WWW.WISHFULACRESFARM.COM Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #downtown #supportsmallbusiness To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #5 Guest: Mike Marten (Mort’s Bar and Grill) Recorded 04/13/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guest for this Shelter In Place Series is Mike Marten. He is general manager of Mort’s Bar and Grill in Downtown Freeport Illinois, a member of local punk band Flaccid Pickle, and former podcast guest. (Ep. 62) We talked about how they continue to operate during the shelter in place orders for Illinois and the effect it has had both positively and negatively. https://www.facebook.com/MortsFreeport/ https://www.facebook.com/flaccidpickle/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/6I64tPOzlGiHujoX1b314c?si=IjqZ0LA5SNurMVdQmGY6fg Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #downtown #supportsmallbusiness To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #4 Guest: Jaime Heddinger (Rafters Restaurant and Catering, Lena Brewing Company) Recorded 04/09/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guest is Jamie Heddinger from Rafters Restaurant and Catering, and the Lena Brewing Company. We talked about their process for ordering food for curbside pickup and delivery. We also talked about the operations at the brewery for purchasing beer and getting growler fills. They have also converted operations for creating a large amount of hand sanitizer for those on the front lines of healthcare and other essential workers. Follow the links below for more information: www.raftersonline.com Rafters phone #(815) 369-5330 info@raftersonline.com www.lenabrewing.com brewery phone # (815) 369-2588 Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #3 Guest: Miles Anthony (ServPro of Rockford, Sewing Masks For The Stateline) Recorded 04/08/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guest is Miles Anthony from Servpro of Rockford, and Sewing Masks For The Stateline. We talked about how a sanitation and cleaning company has been dealing with the pandemic. Also talked about his involvement with the local volunteer group Sewing Masks for the Stateline, and information on how to get involved. Follow the links below for more information. SERVPRO of Rockford: Rockford, IL Water, Fire & Mold ...www.servprorockford.com Stephenson County Health Departmentwww.co.stephenson.il.us › health Facebook Pages Servpro Of Rockford Sewing Masks for the Stateline Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #servpro #sewingmasksforthestateline #volunteers To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Flyover States Podcast Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #2 Guest: Katie Gentz (Greater Freeport Partnership) Recorded 04/07/2020 FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle in general. My guest is Katie Gentz from the Greater Freeport Partnership. We talked about the FB page for Food pickup and delivery in freeport and surrounding communities, how the partnership is dealing with possible upcoming events, and the bright spots of this dark time. for more information follow the links below www.greaterfreeport.com On Facebook search Stephenson County Pick-up & Delivery Freeport, Illinois Area Nightlife Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Shelter In Place Series #1 Recorded: 04/06/2020—FSE Basement Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The global coronavirus pandemic has caused many people to shelter at home including myself, and my family. In an effort to give a platform to local people, businesses, and organizations. I am starting this SIP series. The focus will be on connecting with members of our community to answer questions, give out needed info, and honestly... fight the boredom with some humor and conversation. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #hilldale #hilldaledeli To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #95—Sarah Raymond Recorded: 03/09/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode is Sarah Raymond. She owns the Hilldale Deli in downtown Freeport. We talked about Hilldale, local topics, relationships, bowling, and many other topics. Follow the links below for more info. https://www.facebook.com/878878032202441/ https://instagram.com/hilldale_deli?igshid=rw57wzd4kx6z https://hilldaledeli.com/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #hilldale #hilldaledeli To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Google Play: Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #94—Kevin “Bummy” Baumgartner Recorded: 03/02/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. My guest for this episode is Kevin “Bummy” Baumgartner. We talked about his Bummyfest 2020, growing up in Pearl City, school years, cheap beer, PodDecks, and many other topics. Follow the links below for more info. www.facebook.com/kevin.baumgartner.370 Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #bummyfest To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #93—Will Clark Recorded: 02/25/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. In this episode I talk with Will about his business 815 Natives. He does video production, focusing on internet and social media based commercials for businesses. We talked about how he got into video production, some of the gear he uses, how it became a business, air soft wars, and many other topics. Follow the links below for more info. https://www.facebook.com/815natives/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaRypF1yg29HilHd2yqZcY https://instagram.com/815natives?igshid=1dgj1m3qt09si 815.natives@gmail.com 
 Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown #videoproduction #online #commercials #localbuisness To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #92—Mary Kaufman Recorded: 02/18/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. In this episode I talk with Mary Kaufman about buying a house, her professional life, health, dating, did some poddecks questions, and many more topics. 
 Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #90—Sad Super Bowl Recorded: 02/04/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. In this episode I talk about SB 54, Kobe, and a sad day in my friend circle. Later in the show we talk to my friend Chad Mullen, who is a Kansas City Chiefs fan. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #pearlcity #hometown To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Emily Legel, Executive Director at the Northwest Illinois Economic Development Group, joins the program to discuss the efforts that they are making to boost their regional economy, and what makes Northwest Illinois a great place to work and live. She also shares tips for both job seekers and business owners. 

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #88—Fät Hasankolli Recorded: 01/13/2020—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is my friend Fät from Route 73 Brew and Chew in Pearl City, Illinois. We talked about life as a business owner, bands, family, Illinois legal marijuana, visiting his family home in Albania, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #rt73brewanchew #pearlcity #hometown #legalweed #umlaut Route No. 73 Brew & Chew KillBourn 2guys1cup roosterocks blackholesunrocks To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #87—Tiffany King Recorded: 12/16/19—FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Tiffany King. Good friend, return guest(63), and professionally the executive director of the Mount Horeb, WI. Chamber of Commerce. We talked about our home life, her career, how to progress the podcast, Carl Sandberg lockdown, and a few cards from Poddecks. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #86--Year In Review Recorded: 12/11/19--FSE Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. 2019 was a great year for the podcast, my business , and personally through vacations that changed my perspective on life. Join me as i talk about the events of 2019 and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #84—Malasia Jordan Recorded: 11/19/19—Flyover States Entertainment Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Malasia Jordan. Former guest from episode #33, we talked about her dance business, becoming a co-host for a local radio show, dairy products, DM sliding, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #85—Flaccid Pickle Recorded: 11/18/19—FP’s practice space Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is the band Flaccid Pickle. They are a punk band out of Freeport They are releasing a NEW CD at a release party the night before thanksgiving 2019. We talked about how they came together as a band, recording the new music, the CD release party, and many other topics. Flaccid Pickle - Home | Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com › Pages › Public Figure › Musician/Band https://open.spotify.com/artist/6I64tPOzlGiHujoX1b314c?si=iHfjJi0dTLyK2FT2nHu8QQ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Apple Podcasts: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:267633091/sounds.rss Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2JNSNeEAysNk1dUaV8vwFr?si=kU9ommXEReqGYFAo9sNj0Q Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #83—Daniel Tajlili Recorded: 11/05/19—Flyover States Entertainment Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Daniel Tajlili. Owner of Relentless Photography and former guest.. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #photograpy #photographer To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #82--Keith Schubert Recorded: 10/06/19—Flyover States Entertainment Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Keith Schubert. He made his return to the show to talk about pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. We also talked about beards, things that are annoying, looking ahead to the election season, and many other topics. Links from the show: www.Marchofdimes.org www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #81—Val Hood (Five Spotted Fawns Boutique) Recorded: 09/17/19—Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Val Hood. Owner of Five Spotted Fawns Boutique and studio in Downtown Freeport, Illinois. We talked about the store, how it got started, moving to the Freeport area, family, dogs and many other topics. https://www.facebook.com/cccphotography5/ https://instagram.com/valhood5?igshid=pj8d2dzhmmkv Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #smallbusiness #entrepreneur #boutique To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Our guests have been on both sides of applying for a teaching position. Join us as they share their best insights about how to land the right teaching job. @larryferlazzo @MCUSDSupe @valruckes @Mrs_C_Hines @SaneeBell @Bamradionetwork Candace Hines is an elementary educator with the Achievement School District in Memphis. She has taught for eight years and presents professional development. Val Ruckes is a First Grade Teacher at McGregor Elementary. Dr. Sanée Bell is a middle school principal and an adjunct professor in Houston, TX. PJ Caposey is an award-winning educator, author of six books and is the Superintendent of Schools for Meridian CUSD 223 in Northwest Illinois.

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #79–Miles and Casey Anthony Recorded: 08/27/19—Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Miles and Casey Anthony. We talked about the upcoming pretzel city brew fest, local topics, and much more. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #pretzelcitybrewfest #beer #beerfest To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #78--Tim Connors Recorded: 08/27/19—Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Tim Connors. Freeport High School's director of theatre and speech team coach. Also fellow Pretzel City Brewfest member. We talked about the PCB, growing up stories, getting into teaching, becoming Stephen Douglas, life as a theatre director, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #pretzelcitybrewfest #fhs #lincolndouglas #theatre #director To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #77—Danielle Rogers(610 Music Fest) Recorded: 08/16/19—Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Danielle Rogers. She joined me in the studio to talk about the 610 Music fest and the Eats and Beats fest. Both events take place locally in Freeport, Illinois. We talked about the fests, I tell the Killers story, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #610musicfest #reddirt #indiecountry To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #76—Liz Walker and Brittany Price(2023 Dance Company) Recorded: 08/05/19—Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guests for this episode are Liz Walker and Brittany Price from 2023 Dance Company in Monroe Wisconsin. We talked about how they grew up, school, getting into dance, competition dance, starting a business, and many other topics. https://www.facebook.com/2023dancecompany/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #2023dancecompany #Monroe To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Instagram: @Flyoverstatespod Twitter: @flyoverstatepod YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #75—Ross Vehmeier and Jamie Heddinger (Lena Brewing Company) Recorded: 07/28/19—Mobil Studio @ Rafters restaurant in Lena IL Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode are Ross Vehmeier and Jaime Heddinger from Lena Brewery. We talked about the history of the restaurant, Starting a Brewery, business of brewing, I asked my 6 brewery questions, and many other topics. www.lenabrewing.com www.raftersonline.com Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #Lena #Lenabrewery #craftbeer #beer #ridetherooster To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #74—Steve Winter(Generations Brewing Co.) Recorded: 07/16/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Steve Winter owner of Generations Brewery in Freeport IL. We talked about how he grew up, getting into brewing, his musical past, how he started a brewery, and many other topics. http://www.generationsbrewing.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GenerationsBrewingCo/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #generations #generationsbrewery #craftbeer #beer To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #73—Nate Peterson(Wishful Acres Farm and Brewery) Recorded: 07/08/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Nate Peterson. Nate and his wife Penny own Wishful Acres Farm and Brewery. We talked about where he grew up, sports, family, getting into brewing beer, starting a brewery, and many other topics. www.wishfulacresfarm.com www.facebook.com/wishfulacresfarm Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #podcast #wishfulacres #wishfulacresbrewery #craftbeer #beer To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #72—Kirk Wedig and Matt Bowen Recorded: 06/24/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. This episodes guests are Kirk Wedig and Matt (Bobotron) Bowen. They are 2/3 of the hosts for their podcast “Bar Room Movies”. Where they watch and review movies that have low ratings. Wether deserved or not. Lots of pop culture talk, spoiler alerts, getting shawshanked, and many other topics. for more information go to: bobotronnetwork@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/flaccidpickle/ https://www.facebook.com/theApollotheatreac/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife #barroommovies #podcast To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Support for the show come from these places. 2019 Pretzel City Brewfest On September 14th in Downtown Freeport, IL. Use the promo code “podcast” to receive 5$ off a GA ticket. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pretzel-city-brewfest-tickets-56051280890?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listinghttps:// www.facebook.com/PretzelCityBrewFest/ Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #71—Lee Clark and Ryan Clark Recorded: 06/11/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guests for this episode are Lee Clark and Ryan Clark. We met during our years as musicians, and they are most well know for their time in “Killing Abraham”. We talked about life in small towns, sports, getting into playing music, band life, writing and recording, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast #smalltown #smalltownlife To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #70—Grace Midwest Recorded: 05/20/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Grace Midwest. Her actual name is Grace Schirmer and she is a tattoo artist who works out of Freeport Illinois. We talked about growing up in a small Midwest town, her decision to become a tattoo artist and the process, marketing as an artist on social media, some memorable moments from her career, and many other topics. For more information about Grace Midwest follow the links below. https://www.facebook.com/gracemidwest/ https://instagram.com/gracemidwesttattoos?igshid=cytczgslhzl7 Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #69—Danielle Rogers Recorded: 04/30/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Danielle Rogers. She was formerly a guest on Ep. 11 and made her return to the show. We talked about her music related business, building a music fest, her sons book, her article of 50 Things To Do in Freeport list, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSmPsOGG1SfSq8aDGpsSlg Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #66—Missy Lyons Recorded: 03/28/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Missy Lyons from Tyler’s Justice Center for Children. We talked about their upcoming fundraiser the Men Who Cook event, what TJC does, how she got into working with TJC, how she grew up, a strange encounter walking in Dubuque, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. #freeportillinois #stephensoncounty #northwestillinois #815 #midwest #midwestlife #flyoverstates #flyoverstatespodcast To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyover-states-podcast/id1205811786?mt=2 Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #65—Danielle Bissell PCHS 99-#8 Recorded: 03/25/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Danielle Bissell. Fellow PCHS Class of 99 graduate. We talked about our lives since HS, kids, relationship issues, a fun story about how she was born, and many other topics. Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyov…d1205811786?mt=2 Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #64—Brian Borger Recorded: 03/18/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Brian Borger. We talked about his classic and custom car appraisal business, his experience owning a small chain restaurant, business plans, and many other topics. For more information on Brian’s business check out http://ragtopappraisals.com/ Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Ragtopappraisals/ Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyov…d1205811786?mt=2 Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Flyover States Podcast Ep. #63—Tiffany King Recorded: 03/11/2019–Flyover States Podcast Studio Welcome to the Flyover States Podcast. Featuring real conversations about the people, places, and events happening in Northwest Illinois and the Midwest lifestyle. Based out of Freeport, Illinois. The guest for this episode is Tiffany King. We talked about her position as the Ex. Dir. of the Mt Horeb WI chamber of commerce, diet and exercise, family, anxiety, growing up, dog adoption, and many other topics. For more information on events in Mt. Horeb follow this link WWW.MTHOREBCHAMBER.COM Thanks for listening and please help the show by spreading the word. Share a link, comment, Rate, review, and follow on social media. To email the show for questions or booking contact Flyoverstatespod@gmail.com www.facebook.com/flyoverstatespodcast Soundcloud www.soundcloud.com/flyoverstatespod Itunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flyov…d1205811786?mt=2 Flyover States Entertainment www.flyoverstates.net www.facebook.com/flyoverstatesentertainment

Let's face it, we never have enough time to educate our students as we would like. This is particularly true for principals. Join us as we explore the best use of administrator's time. @larryferlazzo @MCUSDSupe @Principal_Brant @redhdteacher @Bamradionetwork Stephanie Brant is the proud principal of Woodfield Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. PJ Caposey is an award-winning educator, author of six books including Teach Smart and Making Evaluation Meaningful, and the Superintendent of Schools for Meridian CUSD 223 in Northwest Illinois. Megan Allen, NBCT, EdD, is the 2010 Florida Teacher of the Year and Director of Partnership for the National Network of State Teachers of the year.

If you are an educator who feels that you have a book inside of you waiting to get published, this segment offers some sage advice from educators who understand the process well. Follow: @alansitomer @JBEducation @MCUSDSupe @larryferlazzo @bamradionetwork Marjorie McAneny has fifteen years of experience in the publishing industry, where she has focused on rights, licensing, and editorial for the technology, business, and education markets. PJ Caposey is an award-winning educator, author of two books (Teach Smart and Building a Culture of Support), speaker and an education consultant. PJ currently serves as the Superintendent of Schools for Meridian CUSD 223 in Northwest Illinois. Alan Sitomer is a California Teacher of the Year Award winner who has written 17 books to date with publishers such as Disney, Scholastic, and Penguin-Putnam.