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Connections with Evan Dawson
Director and producer Lynn Novick on visual storytelling and "The U.S. and the Holocaust"

Connections with Evan Dawson

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 51:19


Documentary producer Lynn Novick is known for her work on a number of projects that have aired on PBS. In 2017, she and filmmaker Ken Burns were guests on "Connections" discussing their series, "The Vietnam War." This hour, she returns to the program to talk about "The U.S. and the Holocaust" series. Novick will be in Rochester for an event with Monroe Community College, but first, she joins us on "Connections" to explore the power of visual storytelling. Our guest:Lynn Novick, director and producer of "The U.S. and the Holocaust"

Liberec
Výlety: Jeskyně Kostelíček v Šemánovickém dole na Kokořínsku bývala díky skalnímu převisu dokonalou skrýší

Liberec

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 3:02


Chráněná krajinná oblast Kokořínsko ve středních Čechách je známá díky pískovcovým skalám, které se díky postupnému zvětrávání přeměnily do nejrůznějších tvarů a jeskyní. Díky snadnému opracování pískovce si lidé, kteří měli hluboko do kapsy, ve skalách hloubili příbytky. Ty pak bývaly využívány nejen jako obydlí, ale také jako skrýše. A nebyly to jenom skrýše loupežnické. Jako tajný úkryt fungovala jeskyně Kostelíček, která se nachází v Šemánovickém dole.

Tales of Three
C1 E40: The Queen and Consequences

Tales of Three

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 76:14


Tales of Three Campaign OneArc 2.0: The SeelieEpisode 40: The Queen and Consequences – Part 1Elara and Véres meet the queen and head to the infirmary to have Véres' wound looked at. Queen Titania allows Ivy to decide how to punish Arias and Novick. Content Warnings: Blood, Descriptions of wound treatment, Medical Gore, and ProfanityIf you like what you hearplease tell your friends about us & consider giving us a 5 star review! It's a quick and easy way to show your support for small creators whose contentyou enjoy! Find our socials ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!  Want to chat with the cast, talk spoilers, play games, and make new friends? Join our ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠!  If you want to help keep the podcast running and get access to bonus content check out our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠!Buy us a coffee on ⁠Ko-fi⁠! Special thanks to ⁠⁠SG ⁠⁠forthe theme music, ⁠⁠Chris ⁠⁠for the logo, ⁠⁠Fenn ⁠⁠&⁠⁠Ely ⁠⁠for the character art! Background music and SFX by ⁠⁠EpidemicSounds⁠⁠ & Monument Studios

The Two Cities
Episode #271 - Judaism: A Guide for Christians with Professor Tzvi Novick

The Two Cities

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 64:01


In this episode we're joined by Professor Tzvi Novick, who is Abrams Jewish Thought and Culture Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, and the author of the book that we're discussing in this episode, Judaism: A Guide for Christians (published by Eerdmans). Over the course of our conversation we talk about why Professor Novick wrote this book to correct misconceptions and misrepresentations of Judaism for a Christian audience. Along the way we discuss such topics such as supersessionism, Zionism, and philojudaism. Team members on the episode from The Two Cities include: Dr. John Anthony Dunne and Dr. Logan Williams. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9021OMG
9021One-On-One: Jill Novick

9021OMG

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 28:05 Transcription Available


Actress Jill Novick played Brandon's love interest slash News Anchor for the 'California University' TV station, but you won't believe what it took to get the job!Jill joins the OMG team and dishes on the THREE roles she auditioned for until she landed the part of 'Tracy Gaylian.' Plus, how many episodes did she actually sign up for? And what did she REALLY feel when her story arc ended.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KYO Conversations
Bridging Luxury and Spirituality: Paige Novick's Journey in Jewelry and Wellness

KYO Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 48:21


I sit down with Paige Novick, a visionary jewelry designer and spiritual teacher. Paige shares her unique journey from an internship at Chanel with Karl Lagerfeld to establishing a successful fine jewelry and lifestyle brand in New York City. She discusses the integration of luxury design with spiritual wisdom and her transformative six-month period of meditation which took her business to new heights. The conversation also delves into Paige's practices for maintaining creative flow and her perspective on balancing business and spiritual alignment.   ****   How Prepared is Your Team for the Next Big Disruption? Future-proof your team with Malosiminds.com * Get your copy of Personal Socrates: Better Questions, Better Life   Connect with Marc >>>  Website | LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter  Drop a review and let me know what resonates with you about the show! Thanks as always for listening and have the best day yet! * A special thanks to MONOS, our official travel partner for Behind the Human! Use MONOSBTH10 at check-out for savings on your next purchase. ✈️ * Special props

Fire & Beer
The Vision Behind Lita and La Otra w/ Scott Novick and Danny Mcgill

Fire & Beer

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 55:22 Transcription Available


The Fire and Beer podcast, hosted by Marcel Gomez, returns after a long break with exciting news and new co-hosts, Dan Holway and Zach Ross from Marlowe Artisanal Ales. The episode takes place at Alternate Ending and features special guests Scott Novick and Danny McGill, discussing the unique concept behind Lita, a restaurant rooted in Iberian cuisine. The conversation highlights the inspiration behind Lita, particularly a research trip to Spain that influenced its dishes and service model. Lita's approach blends kitchen and front-of-house roles, fostering equity among staff while enhancing the dining experience. The discussion also covers La Otra, a cocktail bar attached to Lita, featuring imaginative drinks and a more casual yet equally intentional atmosphere. Guests rave about signature dishes like the Iberico pork and clam dish and the innovative cocktails at La Otra. The team shares insights into hospitality, teamwork, and their vision for creating a world-class dining destination in Aberdeen, New Jersey. They emphasize the importance of passion, collaboration, and surrounding themselves with the right people to bring their vision to life. The episode concludes with excitement about Lita's recent James Beard Award nomination and the team's unwavering focus on delivering a memorable dining experience.Support the show

Tales of Three
C1 E35: Beatrice Come Back

Tales of Three

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 75:00


Tales of Three Campaign OneArc 2.0: The SeelieEpisode 35: Beatrice Come BackIvy, Elara, Arias, and Novick fight to free Bea and get more than they bargained for in the water. Ivy has a flashback and we learn more about her past life and love, Beatrice.Content Warnings: Being Restrained, Drowning, Emotional Distress, Fantasy Violence, Grief, Profanity, PTSD FlashbacksTales of Three is an all-queer, dark fantasy D&D podcast where your 3 Game Masters are also your 3 Main Characters   If you like what you hear please tell your friends about us & consider giving us a 5 star review! It's a quick and easy way to show your support for small creators whose content you enjoy!  Find our socials ⁠⁠here⁠⁠!   Want to chat with the cast, talk spoilers, play games, and make new friends? Join our ⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠!   If you want to help keep the podcast running and get access to bonus content check out our ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠! Buy us a coffee on ⁠Ko-fi⁠! Special thanks to ⁠⁠SG ⁠⁠for the theme music, ⁠⁠Chris ⁠⁠for the logo, ⁠⁠Fenn ⁠⁠& ⁠⁠Ely ⁠⁠for the character art! Background music and SFX by ⁠⁠Epidemic Sounds⁠⁠ 

Human & Holy
Where Do Women Belong? | Laurie Novick

Human & Holy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 97:57


A thorough conversation about women's roles, the beauty and significance of Jewish law, and the lived experience of women's Judaism.This episode is dedicated by Schwartzie's daughters in honor of the 8th yartzeit of their father, Shlomo Yitzchak Ben Moshe, aka Schwartzie. Do a mitzvah in his honor.Today's episode explores questions like:What is the ideal definition of a Jewish woman's role within Judaism?Do we have an impossible vision of what a Jewish woman is?Should we meet women's desires for more spiritual engagement with suspicion?Do women belong in shul?What does it mean for the Jewish woman to be the heart of the home? Has Laurie ever struggled with Jewish womanhood?What is the halachic significance of women's mitzvot?Laurie Novick is the Director and Head Writer of Deracheha, a comprehensive resource for women and mitzvot. She has worked as a Yoetzet Halacha since Fall 5763 and teaches at Migdal Oz. Laurie is also a Yoetzet Halacha Fertility Counsellor, a member of a pilot cohort of Yoatzot Halacha who have received advanced training in fertility issues and Halacha and taught for many years at Nishmat. She has degrees in Bible, Jewish Education, and Talmud and has also done graduate work in Counseling.Contact Laurie here: novicklaurie@gmail.comLink to Deracheha here: deracheha.orgLink to the piece that includes discussion of Rebbitzen Bayla Falkhttps://www.deracheha.org/concepts-introduction/Episode Partners:TOVEEDO: An online children's streaming subscription featuring exclusive Jewish content created and sourced by Toveedo. Use code HH10 for 10% off at Toveedo.com.ZELDA HAIR: A wig company that champions the holistic process of hair covering for Jewish women. Shop Zelda Hair at zeldahairshop.com and discover the heart behind the brand on Instagram @zeldahair.Email us at info@humanandholy.com00:00 Introduction00:00:30 Toveedo Sponsorship00:01:00 Zelda Hair Sponsorship00:01:28 Host's Introduction00:03:00 Welcome Laurie Novick00:05:25 Developing a Personal Interest In Women and Halacha00:07:30 Every Jewish Woman Deserves Access to Sources On This Topic00:10:00 Does Exploration of this Topic Have to be Motivated by Discontent?00:12:24 All Topics of Torah Are Interconnected00:13:00 We Used to Learn About Jewish Womanhood From Our Mothers00:17:00 The Lived Experience of Judaism Begins in the Home00:19:20 Deepening Our Experience of Judaism Through Study00:20:00 How Would You Define a Woman's Role?00:23:40 Do We Have an Impossible Vision of what a Jewish Woman is?00:28:00 Honing in On Your Personal Values00:29:45 Is The Woman the Heart of the Home?00:34:38 Honing in On What Each Holiday Means to You00:36:48 When Your Spiritual Yearnings as a Woman Are Met With Suspicion00:40:00 Trusting Your Desire To Do Mitzvos00:42:38 Eating In The Sukkah as a Woman00:43:30 How to Channel Your Desire To Be More Engaged00:46:00 The Halachic Significance of Women's Mitzvos00:47:27 This Is Not a Problem, It Is An Opportunity00:47:55 Women's Relationship to Shul & Torah Reading00:51:00 There Are Many Women Within Each of Us00:52:50 Shutting Down Our Channels of Connection00:54:15 Is This for the Sake of Heaven?01:01:16 What Is Halacha?1:05:29 Jewish Law is Responsive to Life's Nuances1:07:30 Why Learning the Backstory to Halacha is Important1:10:40 The Variety of Halachic Opinions1:12:36 The Lived Experience of Jewish Law1:17:00 The Significance of Learning Halacha From a Woman's Perspective1:20:23 Women's Halachic Obligations Reveal the Fundamental Definition of Mitzvos1:22:00 Women Should Not Be a Footnote1:25:22 Has Laurie Ever Struggled with What It Means to be a Jewish Woman?1:27:50 Questions Are a Healthy Part of Our Spiritual Paths1:28:22 Making Simchas Torah More Woman Friendly1:31:00 What Has Torah Study Given Laurie As a Person?1:31:31 Jewish Role Models1:33:20 What Does It Mean to be a Jewish Woman?

The Property Pod
How Gidon Novick is ‘rocking the retired life'

The Property Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 19:11


No, Novick who's best known for his ventures in the SA airline industry, is not retiring just yet. But he has ventured into the retirement real estate market, with an innovative enterprise called Circle Senior Living. Podcast series on Moneyweb

Padre y Decano Radio
Viernes 27/12/2024

Padre y Decano Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 58:22


Viene Terans, se va Novick, Mazza come, Wilson trabaja

Big Technology Podcast
What's the Right Amount of Tech to Give Our Kids? — With Dr. Rona Novick and JinJa Birkenbeuel

Big Technology Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2024 59:06


Dr. Rona Novick is a clinical psychologist and Dean Emerita of Yeshiva University's Azrieli School. Jinja Birkenbeuel is CEO of Birk Creative, and a parent of three children. They join Big Technology Podcast to discuss the right amount of technology to give to kids and how it impacts the developing brain. Tune in to hear their insights about pandemic-era screen time, the creation vs. consumption debate, how parents should approach digital supervision, and why schools are struggling to manage phones in classrooms. We also cover AI chatbots, Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation," and practical solutions for families. Hit play for an essential conversation about protecting kids while preparing them for an increasingly digital world. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here's 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com

Listening Lyrics
Nico Novick of Acme Theatre, on Listening Lyrics, Nov. 29, 2024

Listening Lyrics

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 58:00


It was an honor and privilege to have Nico Novick (pictured) on the show today. Listen in as she explains the mission of the Acme Theatre, its upcoming production (The Curious Incident) and a few of her favorite songs. The Acme Theatre Co. is a youth-led theater group run for and by young people in 9th to 12th grade,  based in Davis. It says its mission is to present plays of excellent literary and artistic quality, while providing opportunities for young people to learn acting, technical theater, and leadership skills through peer and adult mentorship, in an environment of mutual trust, respect, and responsibility.

Badass Bitches Tarot by Cardsy B
Season 4 Episode 40: The One with Paige Novick and Healing Tools for Sagittarius Season

Badass Bitches Tarot by Cardsy B

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 50:53


This week crystal healer, meditation guide and master at designing and adorning women with beautiful healing jewelry, Paige Novick joins us to dive into healing tools for Sagittarius season. All Things Paige Novick: www.paigenovick.com https://www.instagram.com/paigenovick/ contact paige directly: paige@paigenovick.com --------------------------- Cardsy B Black Friday Sale: Now through Midnight on Nov 30th 25% off Readings with checkout code : BLACKFRIDAY https://www.cardsyb.com/book 25% off giftcards with checkout code: BLACKFRIDAYGIFT https://www.cardsyb.com/gift-cards Buy One Get One Gift Cards with checkout code BOGO (*limited! only 10 available*) https://www.cardsyb.com/gift-cards    

Bulletproof Screenplay® Podcast
BPS 388: Hemingway and the Art of the Documentary with Lynn Novick

Bulletproof Screenplay® Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2024 76:12


I am a huge fan of today's guest. Since seeing one of her first documentaries, I was transfixed by her power of storytelling. Our guest is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker, Lynn Novick---a formidable and respected PBS documentary filmmaker with thirty-plus years of experience in the business.Her archival mini and docu-series documentaries bring historically true events to the big screen alongside her filmmaking partner, Ken Burns. You've most likely seen some of her landmark documentary films. The likes of Vietnam (2017), TV Mini-Series documentary The Civil War (1990), College Behind Bars (2019), eighteen hours mini-series, Baseball (2010), and many more.All are available on PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel.Just this year, the pair premiered their latest co-produced and co-directed three parts documentary on PBD---recapitulating the life, loves, and labors of Ernest Hemingway. The series explores the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters. Novick is an experienced-learned documentary filmmaker. In the mid-1980s, she applied to film school but did not pursue that lane when she couldn't find a documentary filmmaking-specific program. Instead, she sought out apprenticeships. Starting at the PBS station in New York City WNET, for six months.And then worked for Bill Moyers as an assistant producer on a series of projects, including her debut production in 1994 with Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth, followed by A World of Ideas with Bill Moyers, etc. The Civil War is a comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.Novick's decades-long collaboration with Ken Burns emerged in 1989 and has led to the co-production of a number of renowned docu-series. First, there was the highly acclaimed ‘The Civil War' which traced the course of the U.S. Civil War from the abolitionist movement through all the major battles to the death of President Lincoln and the beginnings of Reconstruction. Her vast experience as a researcher comes in handy on these kinds of projects, she explains during our convo. She won an Emmy Award in 1994 for producing the Baseball documentary and won a Peabody Award in 1998 for her co-directing and co-producing of Frank Lloyd Wright's documentary. Baseball covers the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations, and the resilience of the game.Other must mention include multi-Emmy nominations documentary ‘Prohibition', The Vietnam War, Jazz, and Novick's first solo directing, College Behind Bars (2019). College Behind Bars explores urgent questions like What is the essence of prisons? Who in America has access to educational opportunities? Six years in the making, the series immerses viewers in the inspiring and transformational journey of a small group of incarcerated men and women serving time for serious crimes, as they try to earn college degrees in one of the most rigorous prison education programs in America – the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI).Novick is one of those filmmakers who have combed through an obscene amount of knowledge and understanding of documentary films. I have a feeling you will enjoy this chat as much as I did.Enjoy my conversation with Lynn Novick.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/bulletproof-screenwriting-podcast--2881148/support.

Software Engineering Daily
GemFire with Ivan Novick

Software Engineering Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024


Tanzu GemFire is a distributed, in-memory, key-value store that performs read and write operations at fast speeds. It offers highly available parallel message queues, continuous availability, and a scalable event-driven architecture. It was developed to have sub-millisecond response times and accordingly found early application in automated trading environments on Wall Street. Ivan Novick is the The post GemFire with Ivan Novick appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

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Tanzu GemFire is a distributed, in-memory, key-value store that performs read and write operations at fast speeds. It offers highly available parallel message queues, continuous availability, and a scalable event-driven architecture. It was developed to have sub-millisecond response times and accordingly found early application in automated trading environments on Wall Street. Ivan Novick is the The post GemFire with Ivan Novick appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Insta Crime Podcast
Oldřich Konrád - vrah z Klánovického lesa

Insta Crime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 33:55


Recidivista Oldřich Konrád se dlouhé roky vkrádal do rodinných domů, ze kterých si odnášel šperky, peníze nebo zlato. Svůj poklad si uložil na pečlivě vybrané místo v pražském Klánovickém lese. Pravidelně se chodil ujišťovat, že je jeho lup v bezpečí. Až do osudného 11. června roku 2014, kdy se s detektorem kovu do Klánovického lesa vypravil amatérský hledač Denis B...

Hipster Baseball Podcast
Ep. 155 - Special Guest Steve Novick

Hipster Baseball Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 36:21


The St Louis Cardinals fans give Paul Skeens a standing ovation; (1:49) The frustrating Yandi Diaz and Tampa Bay Rays; (4:22) and Special Guest Steve Novick, Candidate for Portland City Council District #3, talks Montreal Expos and Public Transportation. Drink: Witty Wittle Wit Witbier (Hazy Belgian Style Witbier) from Keg & Lantern Brewing in Brooklyn, New York Steve's website: https://www.novickforportland.com/ Last Call Baseball merchandise: lastcallbaseball.creator-spring.com/ Last Call Baseball Instagram: Last Call Baseball Last Call Baseball Twitter: @LastCall4040 Intro and Outro Music: DeCarlo Podcast Logo Artist Instagram: regan_vasconcellos

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed
The Learning Curve: Sheldon Novick on Henry James, American Women, & Gilded-Age Fiction (#194)

The Ricochet Audio Network Superfeed

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024


This week on The Learning Curve co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and DFER’s Alisha Searcy interview Henry James biographer Sheldon Novick. Mr. Novick discusses the complexities of Henry James' life and writing career, highlighting his significant literary contributions, the influence of his family’s intellectual legacy, and the realistic portrayal of social tensions in his works. Novick explores Henry James' life experiences that shaped his novels like The […]

The Learning Curve
Sheldon Novick on Henry James, American Women, & Gilded-Age Fiction

The Learning Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 37:09


This week on The Learning Curve co-hosts U-Arkansas Prof. Albert Cheng and DFER's Alisha Searcy interview Henry James biographer Sheldon Novick. Mr. Novick discusses the complexities of Henry James' life and writing career, highlighting his significant literary contributions, the influence of his family's intellectual legacy, and the realistic portrayal of social tensions in his works. Novick explores Henry James' life experiences that shaped his novels like The Portrait of a Lady and The Golden Bowl. He shared more on James' important friendships, particularly with the novelist Edith Wharton, emphasizing James' enduring influence on modern fiction. In closing, Novick reads a passage from his biography Henry James.

Jazz and Blues Affinity
Melodies and Mastery: Creative Living with Billy Novick

Jazz and Blues Affinity

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 51:23


Join us for a conversation with jazz musician Billy Novick. He shares seasoned wisdom for creatives, discusses the art of performing traditional music, and makes us privy to tips for maintaining resilience in an arts-focused career.Learn more about Billy Novick:http://billynovick.com/Learn more about Jazz and Blues Affinity:https://jazzandbluesaffinity.com/

The Creative Soul Podcast
Ep 120: ft. Brooke Novick on Plant Medicine and Microdosing with Intention

The Creative Soul Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 56:25


Brooke Novick is a licensed psychotherapist and graduate of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has worked for a psilocybin retreat company, assisted a shaman during Ayahuasca ceremonies, and has years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups.In this episode, we talk about:Integrating therapy and medicine workCultivating your intuition on when to work with plant medicineWorking through fear before and during a ceremonyAllowing integration to be part of the medicine experienceHow to start an intentional microdosing practiceCreative Resources:How To Change Your Mind by Michael PollanFantastic Fungi (Documentary on Netflix)The Last Shaman (Documentary on Amazon Prime) Connect with Brooke:Website: https://axismundiceremony.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/axismundiceremony/Learn more about The Poetry of Plant Magic: https://leyavandoren.com/the-poetry-of-plant-magic

Týdeník Respekt • Podcasty
Střelec z FF UK je podezřelý z dvojnásobné vraždy v Klánovickém lese

Týdeník Respekt • Podcasty

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023


Výtah Respektu: S Ondřejem Kundrou o vyšetřování masové střelby na Karlově univerzitě

ČT24
UK: Vražda v Klánovickém lese

ČT24

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 11:17


Host: Andrej Drbohlav, etoped a psychoterapeut, Ibsaro – Institut behaviorálních studií Pořadem provázela Jana Peroutková www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1096898…3411000371219/

Psych2Go On the GO
7 Things To Avoid When Depressed

Psych2Go On the GO

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 5:07


Enjoying our content and want to support us directly? Join our premium subscription for access to our podcasts, bonus content, merch discounts and more! Visit: www.psych2go.supercast.com Depression is associated with persistently negative feelings, significantly affecting your thoughts and behaviour. It's important to educate yourself on matters of depression, to sift through the misconceptions and avoid doing anything that might worsen the symptoms for you or those around you. Here's a video we also did on signs of concealed depression: https://youtu.be/kYunYTrA6Ks #depression Credits: Writer: Chloe Avenasa Script Editor: Rida Batool Script Manager: Kelly Soong VO: Amanda Silvera Animation: Evelvaii YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong References: American Psychological Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 5th Ed. Washington, DC, USA: APA Publishing. World Health Organization (2019). An Overview of Depression. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression Lin, N., Dean, A., &Ensel, W. M. (Eds.) (2013). Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, Academic Press. Hoong, S., Hasche, L., &Bowland, S. (2009). Structural Relationships Between Social Activities ad Longitudinal Trajectories of Depression Among Older Adults. The Gerontologist, 49 (1), 1-11. Srinivasan, J., Cohen, N. L., & Parikh, S. V. (2003). Patient Attitudes Regarding Causes of Depression: Implications for Psychoeducation. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 48(7), 493-495. Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (2018). Depression Statistics. Retrieved from https://www.dbsalliance.org/education/depression/statistics/ Novick, D., Montgomery, W., Vorstenbosch, E., Moneta, M. V., Dueñas, H., & Haro, J. M. (2017). Recovery in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD): results of a 6-month, multinational, observational study. Patient preference and adherence, 11, 1859

Understanding VC
Why solo capitalists are winning with Itamar Novick from Recursive Ventures

Understanding VC

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 64:26


In this episode you will learn:00:00 - Introduction01:21 - Who is a solo capitalist?03:42 - What are the merits of being a solo capitalist?07:50 - How is a solo capitalist helpful for a founder?15:20 - Do solo GPs offer better founder friendly terms?17:30 - Can solo capitalists be a bad deal for some founders?22:10 - Why are LPs interested in backing solo GPs?24:20 - Do solo capitalists charge lower management fees than LPs?29:00 - Is there an upper limit to the fund size for solo capitalists?30:08 - What are the challenges of being a solo capitalist?35:40 - How should solo capitalists look at their succession?36:40 - How can solo capitalists stay on top of their game while maintaining work-life balance?38:50 - How do solo VCs and traditional firms differ in terms of diligence, sourcing, portfolio risk management, etc?41:40 - How has being a solo capitalist become a ‘trend' in the last five years?47:50 - Are solo capitalists born out of the evolution of scout programs and super angels?51:00 - Do founders' agile fundraising strategies match the support provided by solo capitalists?56:00 - What is the next step in the evolution of solo GPs?57:15 - Will solo capitalists operate like traditional firms when it comes to managing reserves?01:00:00 - How will the relation between traditional VC firms and solo capitalists evolve?01:03:33 - ConclusionAboutItamar is a solo capitalist and the founder of Recursive Ventures, a pre-seed fund focused on fintech, AI and emerging tech startups. Itamar has been on all sides of the startup table: as a founder and executive, an institutional VC, and an angel investor. He has supported over 50 successful startups, including Deel, Honeybook, Placer, Credible (IPO), MileIQ (acquired by Microsoft), Automatic Labs (acquired by SiriusXM), Tile (acquired by Life360), SafeGraph, and Armory. He's been recognized by Business Insider as a Top 100 global seed investor. As an operator, he helped take Life360 from Seed to IPO, scaling the business to over $250m in revenue. Before that, Itamar was a founding team member and head of Product at Gigya (acquired by SAP). He holds an MBA from Berkeley Haas and an undergraduate degree in computer science from the Tel-Aviv Jaffa College.

Don't Touch My Podcast
Don't Touch My Politics: Summer Series with School Committee-At-Large Candidate, Tracy O'Connell Novick

Don't Touch My Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 26:07


Over the summer, Don't Touch My Podcast says, "Don't Touch my Politics" as we sit down with political candidates running for the Worcester City Council and School Committee seats.  About Tracy: Tracy O'Connell Novick is the mother of three children, two Worcester Public Schools alums, one a rising Burncoat High senior; a former Massachusetts public school teacher; a licensed Massachusetts school business administrator; and a longtime education advocate. Professionally, Tracy is in her seventh year as a field director with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees, where she manages social media and focuses on school finance. Tracy is seeking her sixth term on the Worcester School Committee.  During her time on the Worcester School Committee, Tracy spearheaded the Committee's adoption of in-district transportation;  played an active role in the successful search for a new Worcester Public Schools superintendent; has actively reviewed district policy for overdue updates; and has continued to work to direct dollars to the classroom, successfully proposing FY24 funding be moved for a paraprofessional in every kindergarten classroom and an increase in the per-pupil funding for supplies. This continues Tracy's track record of working to get a nurse into every school, to increase facilities funding, and to boost the time and attention on lunch and recess for students. Tracy has continually also been active both on and off the Committee at the state level in advocacy, particularly in equity in school funding. Her online social media is considered the place to keep up with what is happening in Massachusetts education policy by many. Tracy was tireless as an advocate, as a resource, and as an educator in the passage of the Student Opportunity Act, the decades-overdue overhaul of state education funding now bringing billions in state aid to local school districts, and millions to Worcester. Now greeted by "We know: Burncoat" by those at the state level, Tracy continues to press for a new Burncoat High School. Understanding that new high schools only serve some of our students, Tracy also proposed the successful advocacy for the restoration of MSBA Accelerated Repair funding, which has provided millions of dollars in roofs, windows, doors, and boilers to the Worcester Public Schools. She ceaselessly notes that the Worcester Public Schools need and deserve greater capital funding support. While Tracy left the classroom when she had children, she continues to "presume competence," believing that public goods like education are far too important for anyone to be left out, and applies this to discussions of school finance, accountability, curricular standards, and regulations. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donttouchmypodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donttouchmypodcast/support

Tank Talks
Standing with Israel - A discussion with Itamar Novick of Recursive Ventures

Tank Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 71:23


There are moments that can make your day-to-day life come to a halt. What happened in Israel on 10/7 is the sort of public tragedy that stops the normal course of life, it also creates an impact of devastation that will go on for years to come.These events have struck a chord with us personally as members of the Jewish community. Many of our investors and partners share this connection, whether directly or indirectly, and are being impacted by these unspeakable events.As a firm, we want to clearly state that we unequivocally stand behind Israel and its right to defend itself and its people against terrorism. In the face of terrorism or any acts of violence against our fellow communities, we will remain resolute in our support.We are grateful for the messages of concern and solidarity that we have received from both Jewish and non-Jewish founders and VC colleagues who have reached out to inquire about the safety of our family and friends during these events.In times like these, we all need to support one another.Today we welcome Itamar Novick, an operator, investor, and Israeli who founded Recursive Ventures, a firm based in Berkeley, CA.We spoke about the news he is getting from the ground in Israel and his views on what the future might hold for the country and the world. We also have John Ruffolo on to discuss the current headlines making news around the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit tanktalks.substack.com

Live Like the World is Dying
S1E84 - Michael Novick on Antifascist Struggle

Live Like the World is Dying

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 67:50


Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, Inmn is joined by author and activist, Michael Novick. They talk about just how horrible fascism really is. Thankfully, there's a simple solution, antifascism. Michael talks about their work with Anti-Racist Action Network, the Turning The Tide newspaper, and his newest book with Oso Blanco, The Blue Agave Revolution. Host Info Inmn can be found on Instagram @shadowtail.artificery. Guest Info Michael (he/they) and The Blue Agave Revolution can be found at www.antiracist.org If you want to take over the Turning The Tide newspaper, find Michael at antiracistaction_ la@yahoo.com 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 Live Like the World is Dying: Michael Novick on Antifascism Inmn 00:15 Hello, and welcome to Live Like the World is Dying, your podcast for what feels like the end times. I'm your host Inmn Neruin and I use they/them pronouns. This week we are talking about something that is very scary and, in terms of things we think about being prepared for, something that is far more likely to impact our lives than say, a zombie apocalypse. Or I mean, we're already being impacted by this. It is actively killing us. But, if I had to choose between preparing for this and preparing for living in a bunker for 10 years, I would choose this. Oh, golly, I really hope preparing for this doesn't involve living in a bunker for 10 years, though. But the monster of this week is fascism. However, there's a really great solution to fascism...antifascism. And we have a guest today who has spent a lot of their life thinking about and participating in antifascism. But first, we are a proud member of the Channel Zero Network of anarchist podcasts. And so here's a jingle from another show on that network. Doo doo doo doo doo. [Singing the words like a cheesy melody] Inmn 02:00 And we're back. And I have with me today writer and organizer Michael Novick, co founder of the John Brown Anti Klan Committee, People Against Racist Terror, Anti-racist Action Network, the TORCH Antifa network and White People For Black Lives. Michael, would you like to introduce yourself with your name, pronouns and kind of...I guess like your history in anti-racist, antifascist struggles and a little bit about what you want to tell us about today? Michael 02:34 Sure. Thanks, Inmn. So yeah, Michael Novick. Pronouns he or they. I've been doing anti-racist and antifascist organizing and educating and work for many many decades at this point. I'm in my 70s. I got involved in political activism in kind of anti-war, civil rights, student rights work in the 60s. I was an SDS at Brooklyn College. And I've been doing that work from an anti white supremacist, anticapitalist, anti-imperialist perspective. And I think that particularly trying to understand fascism in the US context, you have to look at questions of settler colonialism. And, you know, people sometimes use the term racial capitalism. I think that land theft, genocide, enslavement of people of African descent, especially is central to understanding the social formation of this country. I was struck by the name of the podcast in terms of "live like the world is ending," because for a long time, I had an analysis that said that the fear of the end of the world had to do with the projection of the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie feels that its rule is coming to an end and therefore thinks the world is coming to an end, but the world will get on fire without the bourgeoisie and the rulers and the imperialists. Except that because of the lease on life that this empire has gotten repeatedly by the setbacks caused by white and male supremacy and the way it undermines people's movements, the bourgeoisie is actually in a position to bring the world to an end. I think that's what we're facing is a global crisis of the Earth's system based on imperialism, based on settler colonialism, and exploitation of the Earth itself. And so I think it's not just preparing for individual survival in those circumstances. We have to think about really how we can put an end to a system that's destroying the basis for life on the planet. And so I think that those are critical understandings. And the turn towards fascism that we're seeing across the...you know, Anti-Racist Action's analysis has always been that fascism is built from above and below and that there are forces within society. I think particularly because settler colonialism is a mass base for fascism in this country, as well as an elite preference for it under the kind of circumstances that we're looking at, in which, you know, as I said the basis for life itself has been damaged by imperialism, capitalism, and its manifestations. And so the need for extreme repressive measures, and for genocidal approaches, and exterminationist approaches are at hand. So, I think that, again, I think that the question of preparation is preparation for those kinds of circumstances. I think we're living in a kind of low intensity civil war situation already, in which you see the use of violence by the State, obviously, but also by non state forces that people have to deal with. So I think that that's the overall approach that I think we need to think about. And that comes out of, as I said, decades of doing work. I think that there are a few key things that we have to understand about this system, which is that it's not just issues that we face, but there is an enemy, there is a system that is trying to propagate and sustain itself that is inimical to life and inimical to freedom. And that if we want to protect our lives and the lives of other species and if we want to protect people's freedom going forward, we have to recognize that there's an irreconcilable contradiction between those things and between the system that we live in. So that's kind of a sobering perspective. But, I think it's an important one. Inmn 06:20 Yeah, yeah, no, it is. And it's funny, something that you said, kind of made a gear turn in my head. So, you know, normally, yeah, we do talk about in preparing to live like the world is dying, we do usually come at it from this context of that being a bad thing that we need to prepare for bad things to happen. But, the way you were talking about like fascism and empire and stuff, I suddenly thought, "Wait, maybe we should live like that world is dying and like there is something better ahead." Because, you know, we do like to approach the show from...I feel like we like to talk about the bad things that are happening and could happen but also the hopefulness and like the brighter futures that we can imagine. Michael 07:15 I think that's right. And I think it's really important to have both of those understandings. I think that, you know, people do not actually get well organized out of despair. I think they do, you know, you want to have...You know, there used to be a group called Love and Rage. And you have to have both those aspects. You have to have the rage against the machine and the rage against the system that's destroying people, but you have to have the love, you have to have that sense of solidarity and the idea of a culture of not just resistance but a culture of liberation and a culture of solidarity. And I think that, you know, there's a dialectic between the power of the State and the power of these oppressive forces and the power of the people and to the extent that the people can exert their power and to the extent that we can free ourselves from the, you know, the chains of mental slavery is...[Sings a sort of tune] you hear in reggae, you know, that actually weakens the power of the State and the power of the corporations. And they [the State] understand that sometimes better than we do. So there is, you know, there's some lessons I feel like I've learned and one of them is that every time there is a liberatory movement based out of people's experiences and the contradictions that are experienced in their lives, whether it's the gay liberation movement, women's liberation movement, or Black liberation and freedom struggle, there's always an attempt by the rulers to take that over and to reintegrate it into, you know, bourgeois ways of thinking. And, you know, people talk about hegemony and the idea that ruling ideas are the ideas of the ruling class, and I think that, you know, I've seen it happen over and over again with different movements. And so, you know, I was involved with the Bay Area gay liberation in the 80s and, you know, one of the things that happened there is that you saw very quickly a different language coming up and different issues coming up. And so suddenly the question of gays in the military was put forward, or we have to be concerned about the fact that gay people have to hide when they're in the military, and the question of normalizing gay relationships in the contract form of marriage came forward. And those were basically efforts to circumscribe and contain the struggle for gay liberation and to break down gender binaries and stuff within the confines of bourgeois conceptions of rights and bourgeois integration into militarism and contractual economic relationships. And you saw that over and over again in terms of the Women's Liberation Movement, and then all of a sudden you've got bourgeois feminism and white white feminism. And I think that that's really important to understand because it means that there's a struggle inside every movement to grasp the contradiction that...and to maintain a kind of self determined analysis and strategy for how that movement is going to carry itself forward in opposition to what the rulers of this society--who rely heavily on, as I say, white supremacy, male supremacy, settler colonialism, and its manifestations--to try to contain and suppress insurrectionary...And you see the same thing within the preparedness movement. There's the dominant politics of the preparedness movement I think that I've seen over many years are actually white supremacist. They're maintaining the homestead of settler colonial land theft. So you have to understand that that's a contradiction in that movement that has to be faced and overcome and struggled with. I think having an understanding is critical to really trying to chart a path forward that will kind of break...create wedge issues on our side of the of the ledger, so to speak, and begin to break people away from identification with the Empire, identification with whiteness, identification with privilege. And, you know, one of the issues I've had over a long time, for example, what I struggle for is people's understanding about the question of privilege. You know, I come out of the...as I said, there were struggles in the 60s and early 70s about what we called white skin privilege. And I think that it's critical to understand that privilege functions throughout the system all the time. It's not a burden of guilt, it's a mechanism of social control. And anything you have as privilege can be taken away. Privilege is a mechanism of actually obtaining consent and adherence to...You know, parents use privileges with their kids to try to get their kids to do what they want. Teachers use privilege with students to get the students to do what they want, Prison guards use privileges with prisoners to get the prisoners to follow the rules and stay incarcerated. And so, you know, that's a mechanism of Imperial domination, of settler colonialism, and certainly within that context. So, it's not an illness or a...It's not something to be guilty about. It's something to contend with and deal with and understand that if there are things you have as privileges that you think are used by right or by merit, you're deluding yourself and you can't actually function facing reality. So when you understand that they are privileges, you understand that they're there to obtain your consent and your adherence, and your compliance, your complicity, your complacency, and then you have to actually resist those privileges or turn those privileges into weapons that you can use to actually weaken the powers that be. And I think that that approach is important to understand that, you know...I used to do a lot of work with people in the Philippines struggle, and they talked about the fact that, you know, on some of the...outside the US Army bases that were imposed in the Philippines, there was a rank order of privilege, like where people could dig in the garbage dumps of the US military to get better quality stuff that was being thrown out by the military. And so that kind of hierarchy and sense of organizing people by by hierarchy, by privilege, is how the system functions at every level. In the workplace they find different privileges that people have to try to divide workers from each other and get people to struggle for privilege as opposed to actually struggle for solidarity and resistance and a different world. And I think that having that understanding begins to free people. Steven Biko was the leader of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa that really helped propel it moving forward. One of the things he said is that, "The greatest weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the minds of the oppressed." And, you know, I think to the extent that we can start to free our minds of these structures, we can actually begin to weaken the oppressor and strengthen the struggling and creative powers and energies of people to really build a different world. Inmn 14:00 Yeah, yeah. Sorry, this is gonna seem like a silly question because it feels very basic. But, I love to kind of break things down into their base levels. But, what is fascism? Michael 14:11 Yeah, good question. I think that an important analysis of fascism that I came across is from Cesare Amè. And what he said is that, "Fascism is the application in the metropole (of the colonizing power) of the methods of rule that have been used in the colonies." I think that that has a critical understanding because, as I said, the US is a separate colonial system, so elements of fascism have always been present within the political, economic, and social structure of the United States because they're internally colonized people and stolen land. So, if you're looking at elements of fascism, there's hyper masculinity, there's hyper nationalism, there's obviously slave labor, there's incorporation of a mass base into kind of a visceral identification with a leader. And all of those things really have manifest themselves in US history before we used the term, "fascism." And so, the US is based on land theft, on genocide, on exterminationist policies towards the indigenous people, the enslavement of African people, and also on the incorporation of a mass base based on settler colonialism and the offering of privileges to a sector of the population to say, "Okay, you know, we're going to participate along with the rulers in this system." And so I think that it's important to get that understanding because people often think that fascism is an aberration or it's a particularly extreme form of dictatorial rule or something like that. But I think that it's really a way of trying to reorganize people's personalities around their role within an empire and within, you know, it's trying to control the way people think, and control the way people see themselves in relation to other people. And so, you know, that's why I think that idea that fascism is built from above and below is important because we do see fascist elements that have some contradictions with the state. And we've seen, for example, in January 6th. You know, the government has gone after certain of these elements because they have moved too quickly. Or, the same way that there were premature antifascists during the World War II period and they went after the people in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Sometimes there are sort of premature proto-fascist in this society that have contradictions with the State, and they're operating somewhat independently. So, you know, I think that it's important to understand that and that there are elements in the State and within the different sections of the State that have their own operative plan. So, you know, when you look at the question of police abuse and police brutality, there's one approach to it that certain elements in the State take, which is about command and control. They want to make sure that they control the police forces and that individual officers are not acting independently but are carrying out cohesive state strategies. At the same time, there are elements within law enforcement that are trying to organize individual cops for organized white supremacy. And, it's the same thing in the military. And so there are contradictions there that we have to be aware of, but at the same time, they're operating within a framework of settler colonialism, of organized white supremacy, So, one of the things that's come up recently, for example, is this idea that there...how can there be non-white white supremacists? And, you know, I think it has to do with the fact that it's not just your identity, or your racial identity that's there but who do you...What's your identification? Are you identifying with the Empire? Are you identifying with the bourgeois? Are you identifying with the settler colonial project that has shaped, really, the whole globe over the course of half a millennium? Or, are you identifying with the indigenous? Are you identifying with the struggling people? And it's less a...It's not a question of your particular skin color but which side of the line are you on? Inmn 18:12 How does attempts by the State or by society to kind of like assimilate various oppressed people into the Empire? Like, how does that kind of factor factor into this? Michael 18:24 Well, if you look at the history of, let's say, Central America is one case in point, that there were fascist forces in Central America and their base was not really within their own society. Their base was within the Empire. And so, you had death squads operating, you had mercenaries operating, you had contras [counter revolutionaries] operating in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, carrying out genocidal policies, in many cases, against indigenous people and people of African descent within their own societies. And so, you know, that's not exactly fascism in the same way, but it certainly is aspects of police state and death squad activity that has to be resisted. So I think that, you know, when you see Enrique Tarrio and some of these people that are, quote unquote, "Hispanic," operating as proto-fascists with the Proud Boys or these other formations in the United States that's a manifestation of the same thing, that there are people who have identified themselves with a system of white supremacy and a system of domination, a system of exploitation, and they're trying to make their own individual piece with it and they have collective mechanisms that reinforce that. And they see...So, you know, I think that the fascism has presented itself at times as a decolonizing element in Latin America and Asia and other places where...For example, when the Japanese Empire was trying to strengthen itself and formed an alliance with Italian fascism and German Nazism, they also presented themselves in Asia as liberators of Asia from European colonialism. And, you know, then they carried out atrocities of their own in China, Indochina, and Korea. So, I think that nobody is exempt from this. It's not a genetic factor. It is what ideology...What's the organizing principle that people are operating under to form their society and generate their power? If that's militaristic, if it's hierarchical, if it's exploitative, then regardless of what the skin tone of somebody carrying that out is, it can be fascistic in its nature. Inmn 20:44 Yeah, I like something that you said earlier, which I think is an interesting frame. So, I feel like people in the United States, you might hear people like, talk about the rise of fascism, or the like, emergence of fascism, as if it's this new thing, you know? And I like how you read it, in the formation of the United States as a nationalistic identity with this idea that fascism has always been here, fascism has always been a part of the settler colonial project of the United States. Michael 21:27 Well, I was gonna follow up that is if you look at the countries in which fascism came to power in Europe, they were mainly countries where they felt they were not adequate empires in their own right. In other words, Spain, even Portugal, France, England, you know, had empires. Germany came late to imperialism. And even to the formation of a German state, the German bourgeoisie was not able to really unify all the Germans into a single nation. Same thing with Italy. Italy was, you know, a bunch of kind of mini states and city states and came late to the formation of a national sense of Italy. And so I think that fascism presented itself as a overarching ideology that could galvanize a nation and launch it into an imperial mode where it could compete with other empires. So the US context is a little different because, as I say, from the very beginning it had that element of settler colonialism and cross-class alliance in which not only the bourgeoisie but even working people could be induced to participate in that project of land theft and genocide. There's a famous book called "How the Irish Became White" by Noel Ignatiev who talked about, you know, how white supremacy affected Irish workers. And what he didn't really look at was that there was some Irish involved right from the very beginning and trying to overturn the land relationships between settlers. They wanted, you know, there was a land theft and a land hunger that they had, and so, for example, even before the question of relation between Irish workers and Black workers came up, there were Irish in the United States that wanted to overturn the agreements that had been reached in Pennsylvania between the Quakers and the indigenous people in Pennsylvania. The Irish wanted land and they wanted to participate in taking that land from the native people. And then that had repercussions back in Ireland itself because that the US Empire and those land thefts then affected the consciousness of the Irish within Ireland itself and weaken the Irish struggle for independence from British colonialism because there was a safety valve of the US Empire. And so I think that it's critical to look at these things because it gives us a sense of what is at stake at different times and what's at issue. And I think that looking at the question of decolonization, looking at the question of solidarity and unity, is the flip sides to this. If we only look at the power of the bourgeois, if we look at the power of the fascists, it can be intimidating or overwhelming or depressing. And I think that that's the...You know, when you talk about preparedness and some of these things, you're talking about what are the generative powers of the people themselves because Imperialism and Capitalism are based on a kind of parasitical relationship. They're extracting wealth from the Earth itself and from the labor of people and turning it into a power over the Earth and over the people. And I think that understanding that actually all that wealth that the system has, all the power that the system has is actually coming out of the people who are oppressed and exploited in the land gives us a sense of what our own powers are and what our own capacity to be creative and generative are. To the extent we exercise those, it weakens them. And I think that that's a critical understanding. Inmn 25:16 Yeah. Are there ways that fascism is currently manifesting that feel different from say, I don't know, like 40 years ago? Michael 25:29 Well, I think the whole phenomenon of social media and the way in which they very effectively organized these Neofascist forces through the gaming...hypermasculine gaming stuff and, you know, I think...We talked a little bit about the..I think the reason that people approached me to do this podcast had to do with my essay in "¡No Pasarán!: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis." And so that's a piece where I talked about, you know, some of this history of different struggles and how they...what lessons to extract from them. But the other book I've been working on and put out recently, is called "The Blue Agave Revolution: Poetry of the Blind Rebel." This was a book...I was approached by Oso Blanco, an indigenous political prisoner here in the United States who was involved with actually robbing banks to support the Zapatistas in Mexico, and he was getting "Turning the Tide," the newspaper I've been working on for many years that we send free to prisoners, and he approached me. He wanted to work on a book and he said he wanted me to work on the book with him. And he had..."The Poetry of the Blind Rebel" is a story arc and poetry arc of his work that is a story about the Mexican Revolution of the early 20th century, the 1910s-1920. It's kind of magical realism. But, he asked me to write some fiction. And so I wrote kind of a short story cycle of a three way fight between vampires, zombies, and humans. And the vampires are basically--I mean, it's Dracula--but, you know, there's one point where there's a woman who has been trying to grapple with this and she forms a cross with two wooden tent stakes and he kind of laughs and says, "Oh, you bought that old wive's tale. We totally integrated into the church and into the State," you know. Basically, the vampires represent the bourgeoisie because they [the bourgeoisie] are vampiric and parasitic and they have powers. The zombies in this story are a group of incels that have captured a vampire and they think that they can create a potion from vampire blood that will give them power over women and make them...you know...And instead, they turn themselves into zombies. And so then there's a sort of three way fight between the bourgeoisie on the one hand, these vampires, the fascists from below, these sort of incel zombies that have to eat brains, and then the humans who are trying to deal with both of them. And I think that that's an important understanding that, you know, there are contradictions between the vampires and zombies but they're both our enemy. And so, I think that that's an approach that we have to understand that they're....You know, it's not a simple linear equation that's going on. There's a lot of things happening. I think that the fascists from below have contradictions with the fascists above, and we can take advantage of that. And then...but, we have to understand that their, you know, it's not...I think there are weaknesses...[Trails off] Let me go back to this. You know, historically, people have talked about antifascism and anti-imperialism, and there's been an element in both of those of class collaboration. A lot of people in the anti-imperialist movement think, "Oh, well, there's a sort of a national bourgeoisie that also doesn't like the Empire and wants to exert itself. And we have to ally with them. And a lot of people in antifascist movements have thought, "Oh, well, there's, you know, bourgeois Democrats who also hate fascism," and I think that those have been weaknesses historically. And also the contradiction between people who concentrate mostly antifascism, the people who concentrate mostly on anti-imperialism has weakened people's movements. I think having a kind of overarching understanding that fascism is rooted in Empire, particularly in settler colonialism, and that there isn't a contradiction. We have to find the forces of popular resistance that will overturn both fascism and imperialism...and capitalism. And, that we have to, you know, have a self determined struggle for decolonization and recognize people's self determination in their own struggles and their own capacity to live in a different way and to begin to create, you know, the solidarity forever, we say, you know, "Build a new world from the ashes of the old." And, I think that in terms of my own work, I've tried to--although, you might think I'm aging out at this point, but I've been involved at every point that there's an upsurge in struggle. I've tried to participate in that as part of Occupy LA. And more recently, I've been involved with some of the dual power organizing that's going on. And I don't know how much your people are familiar with that, but it is a conception related to, let's say, Cooperation Jackson, in Mississippi, where they're trying to figure out ways of organizing themselves economically and also resisting the power of the State. And so I was at the Dual Power Gathering that took place in Indiana last summer and there's one on the West Coast that's coming up in the Portland area. Inmn 31:06 Yeah, could you explain what--for our listeners--what is dual power? Michael 31:11 Yeah, so dual power is the concept that we have a power and we can exercise that power, and within the framework of this contemporary society, which is so destructive, we can begin to generate and exercise that power, and that there's, as I said, a kind of dialectic between the power of the people and the power of the State, and the corporations, and the power of the fascist, and that the different prefigurative elements of the kind of society we want to live in in the future can be created now. And, that as we exercise that power, it weakens the power of the State. It weakens the power of the bourgeoisie and the power of the imperialists. I went to that Dual Power Gathering in Indiana--I mean, it's not my bio region, but I did used to live in Chicago--and I felt some affinities with it. You know, they were...To talk about the idea of, you know, what's the relationship between dual power and our three-way fight, with a different conception with what the three-way fight is, that we are having to contend with two different enemies, you know, these fascists from below and the fascist from above, the State, and corporate power, and then also right-wing elements. And I think that in terms of both of those, we have to understand what are the powers that we have to organize ourselves to, as they say, to apply the generative and regenerative powers to...So that people have a sense of what they're fighting for. It's not just anti-this and anti-that. So for example, the newspaper I've worked in for many years, "Turning the Tide," originally, we called it the "Journal of Anti-Racist Action," or "Anti-Racist Action Edcuation & Research," and then we changed the subtitle a few years ago to, "The Journal of Intercommunal Solidarity," in the sense that you have to say what you're fighting for? What are we trying to build? What are we trying to create? What are we creating? And how does that give us the capacity to continue to resist and continue to shape the future, not just react always to what they're doing but actually have a proactive, generative stance. And so, you know, people's creative cultural expressions, people's capacity to do permaculture in urban environments or many other things like that, that say, that we want to restore the biological diversity, you know. We want to restore the capacity of the soil. We want to restore the clarity of the water and the air in the process of struggling for our own liberation. And that, you know, those are things that can happen and must happen now. We can't wait for some revolution that will happen in the future in which you know, we'll create a better world. We have to start in the context and the interstices of the system in the place that people are being pulverized. And so, you know, in Los Angeles, people are involved in various kinds of mutual aid work and working with the homeless, working with people being evicted to take over homes and restore them. And I think all those manifestations, that's the question of dual power there. We're looking at the incapacity of the people ruling this society to actually meet basic human needs and we're trying to figure out how to meet them. So, I think that's where it coincides with this question of preparedness is that I think that is a sense that people have to rely on their own resources, their own energies, and understanding that there's a contradiction between the system, the way it functions, and its implications and impact on us. And it's incapacity, its powerlessness, to really protect people from the kinds of calamities it's creating, whether it's flooding, or firestorms, or, you know, all the other manifestations of this global crisis of the Earth's system that is growing out of Capitalism. We have to deal with that now. We can't wait, you know, till sometime in the future when we have, you know, "power," quote unquote, you know? We have the power to start to deal with it. Inmn 35:17 Yeah, and, I feel like there have been different ways that people have tried to do exactly that in the past. And I don't know, like, I'm thinking of a lot of the stuff that the Black Panthers were doing, like creating communities that they...like, declaring that they had power and that they had the power to build the communities that they wanted and to preserve those communities. And then they faced an incredible amount of repression, like, as much for arming themselves as for giving kids lunch and breakfast. And I'm wondering, in what ways does the State try to like...or in what ways has the State tried to destabilize dual power movements in the past? And what can we kind of expect them to do now? Or what are they doing now? Does that make sense? Michael 36:35 Yeah, I think there's always a two-pronged approach by the state. And, sometimes it's referred to as, "The carrot and the stick." You know, it's co-optation ad coercion. And so they always attempt both to control as they modify people's thinking and try to create bourgeois alternatives to liberatory thinking and liberatory organizing. And then simultaneously, they have the repressive aspects, the criminalization of those efforts. And so in relation to the Black Panther Party, for example, they were simultaneously pushing what they called Black Capitalism, and saying, "Oh, yes, you know, we'll give you, you know, we'll find the sector of Black community that can integrate into the system." And then, along with that, they were carrying out COINTELPRO, which was a war strategy of creating contradictions inside Black Liberation organizations, setting one against the other, trying to execute and/or incarcerate people who were not willing to compromise their principles. So I think we have to be aware that you're seeing the same thing go on around policing issues. You know, they constantly want to put forward different reforms and accountability measures and ways that people can participate in civilian oversight mechanisms that really don't do anything. And at the same time, they're, you know, attacking people who are doing Copwatch or groups like the Stop LAPD Spying Network, which has exposed a lot of stuff about this constantly being targeted. So, I think that those, that the two-pronged approach by the State is something we have to be very aware of. It's not only coercion and criminalization and repression, but it's also co-optation and, you know, giving people individual solutions and mechanisms that are...they call it the nonprofit industrial complex, you know, this whole mechanism of structures that are set up to get people involved in grant writing and looking to philanthropists to somehow support them in their work. And I think that trying..You know, one of the things the Black Panther Party did was it had its own self generated funding by going to the base community they were trying to organize in, talking to small shopkeepers, and talking to churches, and trying to integrate that into these Liberatory efforts. So, I think that, you know, looking at that model, when I started doing, for example, People Against Racist Terror, there were a lot of small anti-racist groups around the country and a lot of them ended up going the route of looking for grants and looking for nonprofit organizations that they could fold themselves into, and I think that that kind of denatured them. They became, you know...As opposed to being grassroots, they became board and staff organizations, and individuals would create careers out of it. And I think that that mechanism of transforming popular movements into nonprofit organizations or nongovernmental organizations that accommodate themselves to existing power structures, existing economic realities, is one of the things that we need to try to avoid happening in this current period. Inmn 40:18 That makes that makes a lot of sense. Yeah, it's, it's funny, because I feel like I'm seeing a lot of groups involved in mutual aid, who are, I think, taking that lesson of the nonprofit industrial complex but are also trying to access larger swaths of money than the communities that they're part of can provide, like this model of, it's important to involve your community base in those things and to generate those things ourselves, but there is this problem sometimes of like, you're passing the hat and the same 20 people are kicking into the bail fund. And I don't know, I think maybe this is just me being hopeful, but I'm seeing a lot of mutual aid groups kind of dip into grant writing or dip into utilizing nonprofit statuses more so than structures in order to access funding and things like that. But what I'm seeing is people coming at it from like, hopefully, what is a different perspective of taking these lessons of the past and being like, "Well, we don't want to become some horrifying, large nonprofit, but we do want the State to give us 10 grand so that we can build infrastructure. Like I guess my question is, are there ways to responsibly interact with that? Or is this a trap? Michael 41:57 I guess I'd have hear more details. I think it's imperative that it has to come from below and from the grassroots. I think that, you know, I've been involved with the opposite, for example, Pacifica Radio, and Pacifica is listener sponsored radio and is a constant struggle about how much can we accept cooperation of broadcasting funding. They cut us off some years ago and we're trying to get it back Or, there's struggles about trying to get some underwriting. It depends who you're accountable to for the money that you're getting. Are you accountable primarily to the funder? Are you accountable primarily to the people who are using that money and the people who are self organizing for community power and community sustainability, and, you know, some of the things we're talking about of self determined strategies. And, you know, I do think that what happened to a lot of the 60s movements is that there was an ebb in the mass movement. And then people made their separate peace. People were like flotsam and jetsam as the tide of people's power movements were negatively impacted because of white supremacy, male supremacy, COINTELPRO, and an inadequate response to deal with it. Then, you know, people ended up in labor unions where they were doing some good work, but basically they became part of a labor bureaucracy where they ended up in government social services/ They were doing some good work, but they became part of that mechanism. So, I think the critical thing is trying to keep control of what's going on in the hands of the people who are actually organizing themselves and their communities. Inmn 43:55 Yeah. No, that makes sense. What are strategies that we should be embracing for countering this current current escalation in fascist tendencies? Michael 44:10 Well, you know, I've done a lot of work over the years, and as I say, "Turning the Tide" is a newspaper, we send a couple of thousand copies almost every issue into the prisons and we're in touch with a lot of stuff that's going on in the prisons. And I think that that's a critical place to look for some understanding about how to deal with this because we do see under what are essentially very naked fascist conditions of domination inside the prisons, which are very hierarchical. There's a lot of negative activity within the prisons themselves. There's the power of the guards and the wardens in the system and yet you find struggles going on against racism, against sexism, for solidarity against the solitary confinement of people who have been victims of torture are organizing themselves. And I think that understanding of that capacity and looking at that, those are some of the leading struggles in the United States. There have been hunger strikes, there have been labor strikes, the Alabama Prisoners Movement [Free Alabama Movement] here in California and elsewhere. And I think that sense that people under the most severe repression are actually capable of making human connections among themselves and beginning to actually, in a self critical way, look at how they incorporated toxic masculinity and racism into their own approach to reality, and by beginning to purge themselves of those things, they can begin to create multiracial solidarity among all prisoners to actually resist the conditions of incarceration and resist enslavement. So I think that that's very important to look at. I think that here in Los Angeles, there are, as they say, organizations like LACAN, that are working among homeless people and with homeless people to organize themselves to have street watches. They have a community garden on the roof of a building. They have cultural expression. They have theatrical groups...coral...You know, it's like all those things connect people's love and rage, as I say, people's ability to generate creative cultural expression and to use that to strengthen their solidarity and their unity and their ability to resist the coercive power of the State or the police sweeps or to expose what's going on and begin to put out a challenge to the way that society is organized. So I think that those are some critical things. I think that having the capacity to defend ourselves, both physically and also legally is very very important. I think that if you look at stuff like the Stop Cop City struggle that the escalation of repression and the use of charges of terrorism on people that are obviously not terrorists is indicates that the State sees this as a very, very serious threat and is trying to eradicate it and is trying to intimidate people. And I think to the extent that we can turn that around and use it to say to people, you know, "Is this the kind of State you want to live in? Is this the kind of society you want to have?" is a way to begin to change minds and hearts of people who have been going along with the system. I lived through a whole period where we freed many many political prisoners. We freed Bobby. We freed Huey. We freed Angela. And, you know, even the Panther 21 in New York, you know, it's like the jury met for about 30 minutes and acquitted them all because the power of those organized forces affected the consciousness of the jurors. And I think that understanding that we actually have the power to begin to shape not just own consciousness, to ways that struggle with people, to, "Which side are you on?" and to give people a sense that there is a side that they can identify with and become part of, and transform their own lives, and transform society in the process of doing that. So, I think, you know, for example, the stuff around preparedness is vital that, you know, we're living in a world in which there are incredibly destructive wildfires, floods, tornadoes, and it's very clear that the state is incapable of even dealing with it after the fact, let alone preventing it. And so I think that gives us an opening to talk to very wide sectors of the population in cities and in rural areas as well. I think that, you know, for example, Anti-Racist Action Network in its heyday had hundreds of chapters around the country in small towns because young people were, in their own high schools and music scenes, were suddenly faced with this threat of fascism and said, "Hey, we have to get organized." And so I think that, you know, we need to see these things as opportunities to really very massively begin to engage with people and begin to offer an alternative way of thinking about the world that gives some hope and some prospect of dealing not just with the crises and the repression but a way forward for people. Inmn 49:48 Yeah, yeah. And that kind of ties into--I love that you use this phrase. We've had this phrase come up lot with Cindy Milstein, who we've interviewed on the podcast before and who we've published their newest book last year, "Try Anarchism For Life," and they talk a lot about prefigurative organizing and prefigurative spaces. And I think this kind of ties into what you're talking about, but I was wondering if you could kind of give us your take on the importance of building prefigurative spaces? Michael 50:31 Yeah, I think that we have to find ways to bring people together and to give people a sense, as I say, of our own power and our own creative and generative capacity. So I think that that says that whether it's free schools, or it's breakfast for children, or any of the things that the Black Panther Party did and that many other people of color movements did in a certain period are here at our disposal. I know that, for example, there's a crisis in childcare and child rearing that's going on and so organizing people into childcare collectives and people jointly taking responsibility for each other's children and creating trust relationships that make people feel comfortable with that would be one example of that. In food deserts, organizing people to break up some sidewalks and grow some food and I think they're...One of the things that I've come to understand from doing this work for a long time is we live in a kind of fractal or holographic world in which the same contradictions are shot all the way through the system. It's at any level of magnification in fractals. If you look at the coast of Norway, something in the fjords, you know, it's the same pattern is reproduced at every level. And, you know, in a holographic image, any piece of the hologram has the whole hologram in it. So, I think that any area that people want to choose to struggle in, I think as long as they understand that they're struggling against the entirety of the system in that area and that there's an enmity built into that relationship between the system and we see what they're trying to do, I think that's the critical understanding. So if people are engaged in, you know, community gardens, as long as they understand that that's a piece of a larger struggle to create a world in which nature has, has space to reassert itself, and that people can eat different food and better food. And any area that you know, whether it's the struggle over transgender, nonbinary, or anything else, once people see that it's the same system throughout that they're struggling with, it lays a basis for solidarity, for unity, and for a struggle on many fronts simultaneously that says, you know, sort of the "War of the Flea," [A book on guerrilla warfare] the system is vulnerable in a million places because the system is in all those places simultaneously and, you know, they have a lot of money, a lot of power to deal with that, and they're organized in these systems of command and control and artificial intelligence and all the rest of it to keep track of everything, but we're in all those places simultaneously as well because we're everywhere. And trying to coordinate those things, I think, is very important. Inmn 53:51 This is a little bit of a backup that I remembered that I wanted to ask you about it. So, like, we're currently seeing like a pretty horrific and intense wave of legislation against against trans people and against queer people, and nonbinary people. And, yeah, I'm wondering what your take on that is as a kind of indicator, if we have to imagine like fascism as a spectrum of where we could be going, like what is that kind of legislation and repression an indicator of? Michael 54:38 Yeah, you know, I think that obviously fascism always tries to target the people they think are the most vulnerable. And also, as I say, I think they want to create what they see as wedge issues that they can use to divide people and segment people off. And so I think, to the extent that we can reverse that and we can try to unite people around a different conception. You know, one of the things that struck me is that you saw that they sort of had this victory with controlling the courts and overturning Roe v. Wade, for example. And, what that revealed was actually how narrow that really was, the forces that were pushing for that. Because then, you know, Nebraska and Kansas and these various states suddenly had electoral reinforcement of abortion rights happening. And I think the same thing can happen here. I think that there's so many families that they're concerned about their own kids or...and the parental rights. It reveals that these fault lines go through the whole system. That's what I'm trying to say is all of their power is based on repression and exploitation, and to the extent that people begin to see that and how it impacts on them, it opens up the vistas of possibility to say, you know, if you're concerned about your child's right to get the medical assistance they need, why is the State coming in to prevent you from doing that? And what are the interests that are trying to pick this as a threat to the stability of society? Inmn 56:46 And, yeah. Michael 56:48 So, you know, I think that since every crisis is an opportunity, I think the other thing I did want to talk about a little bit was the whole Covid pandemic, you know, going back to the prepper thing. I think you saw, again, you know, a lot of right-wing exploitation of that issue. And I think that the extent that we can get out ahead of that and look at...Okay, for example, in a society like Cuba, which had a completely different relationship to this because they're organized in a different way and, you know, they actually have a public health system and they actually created their own vaccines, not the ones from big pharma here in this country, and begin to get people to think about that and why Cuba is stigmatized by this society? Why are they embargoing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, all these countries? You know, the connection to a global sense of what are the possibilities in the world? What are the prefigurative formations that are happening inside imperialism by countries that are actually resisting it? And so, if you look at, you know, the medical care system in Cuba, for example, you know, they have...Every neighborhood has a doctor that lives in the neighborhood--and nursing staff and other people--and [the doctor] works door to door with the people in that neighborhood to be concerned about their health and their well being not just, you know, responding to a particular medical crisis, and they have that systematized and they...So in that context, they were able to vaccinate people, not through coercive measures but through trusted people that were part of their community that could reassure them about the fact that they developed the vaccines themselves and that the Cuban pharmaceutical industry came out of their effort to deal with chemical and biological warfare by the United States. The US was like putting in swine fever as a way to destroy pigs that every family in Cuba had their own little pig to raise and, you know, supplement their food. And so they developed animal vaccines first to protect those animals and then they work their way up from there. So I think that that sense of, you know...I had a good friend recently who passed away from complications of diabetes and the Cubans have developed treatments for diabetes and to prevent amputation of limbs and other stuff. And all of that is unavailable to us because of the US imperialist embargo on Cuba and blockade. And giving people a sense that, you know, there actually are people living in the world in much better conditions. The United States is number one in incarceration, number one in many social ills, number one in overdose deaths, and, you know, on and on and on...number one in evictions. And we can begin to, you know, really give a sense to people that this system has nothing to offer them but destruction and that we have the capacity to create something different. Inmn 1:00:13 Yeah. Thanks. I have only to say that...yes. Yes to all of that. We are nearing the end...of the recording, not of the world. [Said as a dry joke] And, yeah, is there any any kind of last things that you want to say before--I'll ask you to plug anything that you want to plug at the end--I mean, that was such a beautiful wrap up, I feel like. But, if there's anything else you want to talk about, that we haven't talked about? Michael 1:00:45 Well, you know, years ago, I was part of a group in Berkeley that took over the California College of Arts and Crafts to create an anti-war poster making facility during the Vietnam War. And out of that group, there was a singing group called the Red Star Singers, and they had a song called "The Power of the People's the Force of Life." And I think we really have to have that sense. It's, you know, it is a dialectic. That's what I think the main thing I want to try to convey is that, you know, to the extent that we can build the people's power, it actually weakens that system. And, you know, just that sense that all the power that they have is actually derived from their exploitation and oppression of people. And that's our power, you know, manifest that against us. And if we take our power back, it actually does weaken them and increases our possibilities of struggling to for a different world. So, I will do the plugs. I, for 35 years, I've been working and I actually wanted to sort of break the story here. I'm looking for a collective that will take over "Turning the Tide." I've been putting it out for a long, long time. Volume 35 # 2 is just about to come out. It's up on antiracist.org. You can reach me at antiracistaction_ la@yahoo.com. But, you know, like I say, I'm 76. I'm currently the interim general manager of KPFK radio in Los Angeles and it's a huge time commitment. And I want I want to see the paper, you know, become, in some way or shape, institutionalized, to continue to meet, you know, send out the 1700-1800 copies to prisoners. And so, if anybody's interested in taking over that project and fulfilling that commitment, I'd love to hear from them. And then, as I say, I have a chapter in "¡No Pasarán!: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis" edited by Shane Burley from AK Press. And I contributed a lot of material archival stuff and was interviewed extensively for "We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action" from PM press. Two really, really important books and well worth reading. And then I did, self published and co-authored "The Blue Agave Revolution: The Poetry of the Blind Rebel" with Oso Blanco, Byron Shane Chubbuck. And you can get that again from Anti-Racist Action. So it's PO Box 1055, Culver City, California 90232. And online, just Antiracist.org. Inmn 1:03:27 Wonderful, in "The Blue Agave Revolution," is that Is that where we can find your short story about the three-way fight between vampires, zombies and humans? Michael 1:03:37 It's a kind of a novella. There's about seven chapters of a longer thing. And there's also a shorter one about a group of teenage mutants called Black Bloc, that they have these kind of minor powers. One of them can, you know, it's Jackpot and Crackpot. Crackpot can kind of break out of anything and Jackpot can just affect the odds slightly in their favor and a bunch of other young people, nonbinary and so on. But they're also some different essays of mine in there and a lot of poetry and, yeah...Just the mathematics of the enormity of social economic inequality. People don't understand exactly what it is, but essentially, about 45% of the US population has the equivalent of 50 cents in assets. You know, people don't understand exactly what the class divide and the contradictions inside the society are, you know. We're we're duped into thinking that this is the richest country on the face of the Earth and the most powerful, you know. There's an enormous, hidden social cost and pain behind that and we have to figure out how to galvanize that into the power that actually those people possess and the creativity that they have. Inmn 1:05:03 Yeah. Great. Well, thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Yeah, of course. And I'll we'll drop links to all the things that you mentioned in the show notes for people to find. And yeah, thank you. Michael 1:05:23 Okay. Take care. Have a great day. Inmn 1:05:25 You too. Inmn 1:05:26 Thank you so much for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, then go out and live like the Empire is dying. And then tell us about it. And if you'd like to support this podcast, you can do so by telling people about it. 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Meet The Doctor
Nelson Novick, MD - Dermatologist in New York City

Meet The Doctor

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 39:25


Dr. Nelson Novick is known for developing highly customized facial rejuvenation treatment plans within the realm of neuromodulators and injectable fillers. Using his expertise in facial anatomy, he knows what causes aging changes from the skin, to the fat pads, to the bones and how to address each with the goal of a younger appearance.An initial appointment with Dr. Novick is a comprehensive education on conditions, causes, and treatments. He gets to the bottom of patients' concerns and uses his breadth of expertise to recommend the treatments that will give them the best results. Dr. Novick's passion for problem solving and education spans beyond his office in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. He was also a developer of the 10-minute eye lift and field subcision for acne atrophy and teaches medical dermatology as a clinical professor and attending physician at Mount Sinai.To learn more about Dr. Nelson NovickFollow Dr. Novick on InstagramABOUT MEET THE DOCTOR The purpose of the Meet the Doctor podcast is simple. We want you to get to know your doctor before meeting them in person because you're making a life changing decision and time is scarce. The more you can learn about who your doctor is before you meet them, the better that first meeting will be. When you head into an important appointment more informed and better educated, you are able to have a richer, more specific conversation about the procedures and treatments you're interested in. There's no substitute for an in-person appointment, but we hope this comes close.Meet The Doctor is a production of The Axis. Made with love in Austin, Texas.Are you a doctor or do you know a doctor who'd like to be on the Meet the Doctor podcast? Book a free 30 minute recording session at meetthedoctorpodcast.com.

Speechie Side Up
Apraxia Connect: Fostering Friendship and Self-Advocacy in Children with Apraxia with Samantha Novick [Podcourse]

Speechie Side Up

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 64:51


This podcourse is part of the Apraxia Connect. Apraxia Connect is an online event where leading experts in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) were brought together to discuss the latest research, diagnosis, and treatment strategies. The sessions explored supporting families with children with CAS, fostering friendships and self-advocacy, and empowering parents and caregivers. In this episode, I am joined by Samantha Novick. Samantha is a Speech Language Pathologist who graduated from the University of Florida and earned her Master's Degree at Nova Southeastern University with high honors. She is PROMPT trained and is an ILR Level 2 in American Sign Language. Samantha is also part of the Apraxia Kids, National Aphasia Association, and is a LAMP Certified Professional. She is passionate about philanthropy and spends much of her time giving back to our community to provide equitable opportunities for all. She believes in a compassionate, results-driven approach to therapy and loves supporting families on their journeys. If you want to earn 0.1 ASHA CEUs for this episode or up to 0.6 ASHA CEUs for all of the episodes, plus the perks like handouts, video playbacks, discount codes, then grab the chance to register using this link: ⁠https://tasseltogether.com/courses/apraxia-connect-general-information/⁠

Marietta Daily Journal Podcast
Man gets 15 years for Cobb shooting

Marietta Daily Journal Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2023 15:00


MDJ  Script/ Top Stories for June 17th Saturday Publish Date: June 16th Friday   Commercial:  Henssler :15   From the Henssler Financial Studio, Welcome to the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast    Today is Saturday June the 17th and happy 47nd birthday to country star Blake Shelton ***Shelton*** I'm Dan Radcliffe and here are the top stories Cobb is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia Man gets 15 years for Cobb shooting Motorcyclist hospitalized in Wednesday Marietta crash And North Cobb Christian School announces Dan Novick as new middle school principal Plus All of this and more is coming up on the Marietta Daily Journal Podcast.   Commercial : CUofGA   STORY 1 15 years   Octavious Ricardo Ward, a man from Union City, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during a felony. The charges stem from a shooting incident that occurred in south Cobb in May 2022. Ward followed the victim home from work, demanding access to the victim's mailbox key. When the victim refused, Ward shot him twice in the back before fleeing the scene. The victim suffered serious injuries, with the bullets still lodged in his spine. Ward was apprehended two days later, and evidence, including the weapon and clothing, was found in his vehicle. The judge characterized the crime as an unprovoked and unnecessary attack. Read more about this at mdjonline.com     Story 2: hospitalized   A motorcyclist named Brian Jackson from Marietta was involved in a crash on Wednesday night that resulted in life-threatening injuries. The incident occurred on Powder Springs Street when Jackson's motorcycle collided with the side of a Dodge Ram pickup truck. The pickup truck had pulled out of a parking lot and entered Jackson's path while making a left turn. Jackson, who was riding an eastbound 2022 Kawasaki ZX636, struck the driver's side of the pickup and was ejected from his motorcycle. He was then transported to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital for treatment. The Marietta Police Department is conducting an ongoing investigation into the crash and requests anyone with information to contact Officer N. St. Onge…..for more on this story, visit mdjonline.com   (ON-jee)     Story 3: ncc   Dan Novick has been appointed as the principal of the middle school at North Cobb Christian School (NCCS) starting the next school year. With 23 years of experience in education, including 16 years in secondary administration and 15 years as a high school coach, Novick emerged as the top choice after a nationwide search. He most recently served as the principal of John Sedgwick Middle School in Washington, where the school achieved notable accomplishments. Novick's leadership skills, passion for working with middle school students, and commitment to Christ-centered education were highlighted during the selection process. Novick's wife, RandaLyn, will also join NCCS as a member of the Admissions team. Novick expressed excitement about joining NCCS and being part of a great team dedicated to creating a positive educational environment..….we'll be right back   Break:   ESOG– Dayco   STORY 4: School board   During a Cobb Board of Education meeting, questions were raised about changes to a rule regarding teacher leave. Darryl York, the district's policy and planning director, clarified that while specific religious holidays are not recognized in the school calendar, teachers can take personal days for any reason, including religious holidays. Board member Becky Sayler expressed concern that requests for leave around holidays close to school breaks might be denied. Nichelle Davis, another board member, inquired about the process for selecting administrative changes. York explained that administrative divisions review their rules annually, and changes are made when required by legislation or other factors. The Student Code of Conduct was also discussed, including updates related to Title IX. York differentiated between board policies and administrative rules, emphasizing that the latter are proposed by administrators for transparency and are not subject to board voting.     STORY 5: vision   Vision To Learn has added eight July dates to its summer break calendar for mobile clinics at Cobb County Public Library locations. The program provides free eye exams and prescription glasses to students aged 5-18. Last year, nearly 400 exams were conducted, resulting in over 250 students receiving glasses. Registration is required, and space is limited. The clinics are a collaborative effort between Vision To Learn, Cobb County Public Library, and Learn4Life. The dates and locations for the July clinics are provided, and interested parents and caregivers are urged to act quickly to secure appointments. Funding for the clinics was approved by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners. For more information, visit cobbcat.org, visiontolearn.org, or l4lmetroatlanta.org.   Story 6: unemployment   Georgia's unemployment rate increased slightly in May to 3.2% after remaining at 3.1% for the previous nine months, according to the state Department of Labor. However, Georgia's jobless rate was still half a percentage point lower than the national unemployment rate of 3.7%. Despite the uptick, the number of jobs in the state reached an all-time high of 4.9 million, with sectors such as private education and health services, leisure and hospitality, and financial activities setting records. First-time unemployment claims decreased by 6% from April, but were up 43% compared to May 2022. Over 122,000 job listings were available online, with healthcare, sales, and business management among the top occupations listed.          …………we're back, in a moment   Break  Drake – Ingle's 10 - Elon   Story 7:  riverlands   The Chattahoochee RiverLands project aims to transform the Chattahoochee River into a connective tissue that brings communities together. Walt Ray, the Trust for Public Land's Chattahoochee program director, presented the plans for the project, which aims to create a network of parks and trails along a 100-mile stretch of the river. The project's goals include creating a safe and connected corridor, a shared space for everyone, an ecological refuge, and a legacy for future generations. The initial phase, a three-mile demonstration project from Mableton Parkway to Veterans Memorial Highway, has a budget of $44 million, with $18 million being raised privately. The project has received support from elected officials and aims to be completed by 2026. The project is expected to bring economic development while preserving the natural green spaces and wildlife along the river.   8: saboor   Marqavious Saboor, safety for Kell High School, announced his commitment to the University of Cincinnati and the Big 12 Conference. Saboor, weighing 170 pounds and standing at 6 feet tall, had multiple offers from Power Five schools, including Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Kentucky. He chose Cincinnati and will join the Bearcats under coach Scott Satterfield. Saboor expressed his gratitude towards his family, friends, and coaches in a video announcing his commitment. Despite his commitment, he remains focused on his upcoming senior season at Kell, aiming to help the Longhorns win their first-ever state championship.     9:  fisher   Kennesaw Mountain High School has hired Brian Fisher as its new boys basketball coach. Fisher, a former graduate of the school, has been working as an assistant coach at Allatoona for the past two seasons. He replaces Eric Blair and will be the third head coach in the program's history. Fisher, who played Division I basketball at Winston-Salem State University and had a professional career overseas, is excited to give back to the community and work with the student-athletes. He aims to establish a defensive identity, build structure, and focus on both on-court success and the personal development of his players. Fisher will also be teaching special education at Kennesaw Mountain.   We'll have closing comments after this.   Ted's - Henssler 60 Signoff- Thanks again for hanging out with us on today's Marietta Daily Journal podcast. Read more about all our stories, and get other great content at MDJonline.com. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Make sure you join us for our next episode and be sure to share this podcast on social media with your friends and family. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home Briefing and be sure to like, follow, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.   www.cuofga.org www.henssler.com   www.ingles-markets.com   www.esogrepair.com   www.daycosystems.com   www.elonsalon.com   www.drakerealty.com       See omny.fm/listener for privacy information.

TheTop.VC
Inside the Mind of a Solo Capitalist; Itamar Novick, Managing Partner of Recursive Ventures

TheTop.VC

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 13:24


Introducing TheTop.VC podcast, where host Adam O'Donnell has an exciting chat with Itamar Novick, founder of Recursive Ventures. They discuss how Itamar invests in early-stage startups that revolutionize industries like financial services, insurance, and real estate by leveraging data and machine learning. He also talks extensively about his investment experiences with promising companies like Tomato AI, Clarity AI, and Claire AI. The discussion covers Itamar's successful approach in evaluating startups, go-to-market strategies, and the critical issue of fake content, along with market discovery for deep fake solutions. Listening to this episode will give valuable insights into the world of venture capital and startup investments - perfect for the entrepreneur looking for strategic investment opportunities or anyone interested in business development. Don't miss out on this exciting conversation between Adam O'Donnell and Itamar Novick, both legends in the investment and startup industry!

The Jews Next Dor
12. Child Safety – Bullying – Dr. Rona Novick (1/5)

The Jews Next Dor

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2023 51:38


How can we recognize that our child is being bullied? What is the best way to react to bullying? How to help your child stay safe and avoid bullying?  Welcome to our next topic of our parenting hierarchy - child safety. In this topic, we will explore all of the areas that effect a child's safety, and talking with leading experts in the field. In this first episode, we have the great pleasure to talk to Dr. Rona Novick, the Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education. While she worked as a Clinical Professor of Child Psychology at the North Shore LIJ Medical Centre, she developed The Alliance for School Mental Health and authored the B.R.A.V.E. bulling program. Dr. Rona Novick is an expert in behavior management, child behavior therapy, and bullying. We will hear some exceptionally valuable advice on how to recognize, handle, and prevent bullying, as well as how to teach your child to stay safe and react properly.  [00:00] The definition and types of bullying [08:35] Clues that a child is being bullied [11:00] How to react to bullying [14:38] How to teach children social skills [17:44] Pretending is a way to stay safe [19:27] What can a parent do when a child is bullied [27:41] How to handle an imbalance in your child's friendship [31:07] Temperamental traits as a factor in becoming a victim or a bully [34:49] How to react as a parent when your child is a bully [36:22] Peer pressure and building refusal skills [37:50] Witnessing bullying and strategies to stop bullying [43:55] Advice to parents   *** This episode has been sponsored by jKaraoke, a great way to have good kosher family fun singing all of your favorite Jewish songs with karaoke. You can subscribe monthly from just $4.99 or yearly from $49.99, and in honour of their US launch, jKaraoke are now offering their best deal yet! Grab a yearly subscription plus a Karaoke Kit for just $99.99 plus use coupon JewsNextDor for an additional 10% off!! Check out jKaraoke.com today and let the fun begin!” --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yair-menchel/message

Outliers
Joshua Novick - +20 años en Internet, muchas crisis y un exit

Outliers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 53:33


No sabemos realmente si fue el primero en vender por internet en España, pero ya en 1996 Joshua Novick escaneaba corbatas para el site de de e-commerce que él mismo programaba. A partir de ese momento, dos etapas en el negocio de la publicidad digital, la primera de crecimiento de locura en la cual casi muere, y una segunda empezando de cero y haciendo crecer de forma rentable durante 20 años su empresa Antevenio hasta finalmente lograr un éxit de 30 millones. Sobre estas experiencias, opiniones muy potentes de los paralelismos entre el ecosistema emprendedor del 2000 y el del 2022, así como recomendaciones que hoy en día parecen muy útiles sobre cómo superar los baches cuando el capital infinito desaparece. Hoy en día se dedica al M&A de empresas tech con Bondo Advisors, así que también hablaremos de cómo se compran y venden empresas de tecnología. Sigue el perfil de Linkedin del podcast para novedades: https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierspodcast/? Escucha Problem Solving, el podcast de consultoría de Outliers: https://open.spotify.com/show/4N02LXWe32Ju0xXOwaB4m4?si=ab6bdad5958f4832 Créditos Musicales - Jahzzar: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar

Voice of FinTech
Investing in FinTech in challenging times with Itamar Novick, founder of Recursive Ventures (USA)

Voice of FinTech

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 30:07


Itamar Novick, Solo Venture Capitalist at Recursive Ventures spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about lessons learned from his years of investing in FinTech, especially in challenging times.Here is what they talked about: Itamar's background Recursive Ventures - what does it do? Where are you based? Are you US-focused or global? How much money have you raised since inception, and for how many start-ups? How many investors? What kind of start-ups have you invested in, and what kind of FinTechs have you invested in?  What's your investment approach?  What are your best tips for aspiring founders to start and grow their companies? What is your view on the immediate and long-term outlook for FinTechs? Where do you see the most promising opportunities? Can you share success stories of the start-ups for which you raised funds (exited)?  Any lessons learned? What would you have done differently as an investor? How do you find them? How do scouting and due diligence work? What are your selection criteria? Favorite business book: The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz The best way to connect

The Light Within
97. Sacred Medicine for Healing with Brooke Novick

The Light Within

Play Episode Play 26 sec Highlight Listen Later Mar 13, 2023 42:42


In this episode, Brooke Novick of Axis Mundi shares about her journey with intentional medicine use, how it helped her heal and how she's spreading this message to others through her company Axis Mundi. I am so excited to have Brooke on the show as she is one of MY teachers and has truly changed the way I work with mushrooms and the way I'm sharing my own work with the world. MORE ABOUT BROOKE:Brooke is a licensed psychotherapist and graduate of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has worked for a psilocybin retreat company, assisted a shaman during Ayahuasca ceremonies, and has years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups. Brooke is committed to helping others access their inherent worth, power, and beauty, so they may heal and open more fully to love.Connect & Learn more: WEBSITEINSTAGRAMTRAININGS - If you sign up for a training - say you heard about it from Leslie Draffin & The Light Within podcast Connect with Leslie on Instagram:@lesliedraffin@thelightwithinpodcastEmail: hello@lesliedraffin.comNEW OFFERING: cyclical microdosing consultations - learn how to intentionally microdose safely and explore the option of working with Leslie 1-on-1.Having period problems? Grab my self-paced course Cycle Codes now, it's perfect for anyone looking for help starting their cyclical living journey. Learn how to have a better period by Spring! You can find out more HERE.LINK TO MY FREE CYCLE TRACKERLINK TO THE SUPPLEMENTS I USE(USE MY PRC CODE 676502 FOR A DISCOUNT!)

Founder Storiez
Itamar Novick GP Recursive Ventures | Solo GP | Scaling from $0 to IPO

Founder Storiez

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 39:35


Some of Recursive investments include Deel, Cherre, Credible, Honeybook, and many others. 

Talk of the Commonwealth
WSC Member Tracy O'Connell Novick on the financial ties between OSV and the WCA Charter School

Talk of the Commonwealth

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 3:14


Worcester Scool Committee Member Tracy O'Connell Novick on the financial ties between Old Sturbridge Village and the Worcester Cultural Academy Charter School (02/27/23 @ 7:00am) Photo from Allan Jung/Worcester Telegram

The Mystic Rebel Podcast
Plant Medicine Healing and Integration with Brooke Novick

The Mystic Rebel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 46:16


This week Zoey is joined by Brooke Novick of Axis Mundi. Brooke is a licensed psychotherapist and graduate of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has worked for a psilocybin retreat company, assisted a shaman during Ayahuasca ceremonies, and has years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups on exploring their consciousness in service of healing, growth and evolution. Brooke is committed to helping others access their inherent worth, power, and beauty, so they may heal and open more fully to love.   Zoey and Brooke discuss her personal experiences with plant medicine, microdosing, who and what to consider when working with psychedelics, how plant medicine aids in both healing and manifesting, the importance of integration and what it means, and much more. Connect with Brooke: https://axismundiceremony.com/ https://www.instagram.com/axismundiceremony/ https://axismundiceremony.com/courses   Connect with Zoey: www.merhipsy.com www.instagram.com/the_merhipsy www.tiktok.com/the_merhipsy Schedule a 1:1 session with Zoey

Podcast Business News Network Platinum
6477 Steve Harper Interviews Debbie Novick Sole Proprietor and Founder Novick Integrated Medicine

Podcast Business News Network Platinum

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2022 28:20


Steve Harper Interviews Debbie Novick Sole Proprietor and Founder Novick Integrated Medicine -- www.novickintegratedmedicine.comhttps://onlineradiobox.com/search?cs=us.pbnnetwork1&q=podcast%20business%20news%20network&c=ushttps://mytuner-radio.com/search/?q=business+news+networkhttps://streema.com/radios/search/?q=podcast+business+news+network

The Money Show
SAA deal in the balance as Gidon Novick reigns

The Money Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 88:28


  Gidon Novick, co-founder at Lift Airline on his reasons why he left the board of Takatso consortium, which is SAA's equity partner.    Andrew Woodburn, managing director at Amrop Woodburn Mann on why faking your qualification as a senior executive is pervasive in South Africa.    Then actress and television host Lerato Mvelase spoke about her finances in Other People's Money. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wellness For The Hot Mess
45. The Power of Plant Medicine With Brooke Novick

Wellness For The Hot Mess

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 58:40


Welcome friends, we are so excited for you to hear this episode. Full of tips, insight, and advice around microdosing. What it is, what benefits it can have, and how to approach it. We are lucky enough to have a guest that is an expert on all of these things. Brooke Novick is a licensed psychotherapist and graduate of the Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She has worked for a psilocybin retreat company, assisted a Peruvian shaman, and has years of experience working with individuals, couples, and groups. Brooke is committed to helping others access their inherent worth, power, and beauty, so they may heal and open more fully to love. Brooke's website: https://axismundiceremony.com Brooke's IG: https://www.instagram.com/axismundiceremony/ Let us know what resonates with you! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Came to the show notes looking for that perfect night's rest, GIRL SAME! Use the link, https://glnk.io/wq58/kristinmcgrath or head to shopbeam.com and use the code KRISTINM15 for 35% off of a subscription of Beam Dream Powder plus 20% off of every following order! Only the best for our listeners, because you deserve a peaceful sleep every single night! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Want to be friends? Have a question you'd like answered on the pod? A topic you'd like us to talk about? Our DM's are always open! Insta - @wellnessforthehotmess / @kristinmcgrath / @lexi.rodriguez.smith Email - wellnessforthehotmess@gmail.com Music by MiniSants - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wellness4thehotmess/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wellness4thehotmess/support

The Borscht Belt Tattler

We're back (finally) and chatting with Comedian Joey Novick.Joey Novick is a professional stand-up comedian with appearances on MTV, Comedy Central and Rascal's Comedy Hour. He's appeared at hundreds of comedy clubs across the US and Canada, and opened in concert at comedy clubs for Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Klein, David Brenner, Lewis Black, and Paul Reiser. You can seem Joey next at Catskills on the Delaware, his monthly show at The Borscht Belt Deli. Get your tickets HERE. Love what we're doing? Want to help? Here are the top 5 things you can do right now:  Follow us on socials! Instagram | Facebook | Twitter Subscribe! It's free!Rate and review!Share your Borscht Belt Story and use #borschtbelt in your posts. Buy us an Egg Cream and support future episodes of the showSupport the show

Boston Public Radio Podcast
BPR Full Show: "The U.S. and the Holocaust"

Boston Public Radio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 164:30


We began the show by talking with listeners on the war in Ukraine and media coverage. Kate Bronfenbrenner and Rafi, a Starbucks barista and active member of Starbucks Workers United, talked about the wave of unionization efforts, what workers are fighting for and the struggles ahead. Bronfenbrenner is the director of Labor Education Research and a senior lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and the co-director of the Worker Empowerment Research Project. Ken Burns and Lynn Novick talked about their latest documentary, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” which examines the country's unwillingness to accept refugees during World War II and American public figures who espoused antisemitic and anti-immigrant views. Burns is an award-winning documentarian. Novick is an acclaimed director and producer of documentary films. “The U.S. and the Holocaust” airs on GBH 2 on Sept. 18-20, starting at 8 p.m. Andrea Campbell joined us to discuss her Democratic primary win in the race for Massachusetts Attorney General, how she could be the first woman of color to hold the office, controversy over endorsements and her motivation behind running. Campbell formerly represented District 4 in Boston City Council. We ended the show by returning to some of our favorite conversations, including: Jelani Cobb on his book "The Essential Kerner Commission Report," filmmaker Ken Burns on his PBS documentary "Benjamin Franklin" and an edition of The Afternoon Zoo with naturalist and author Sy Montgomery.

Haaretz Weekly
Why British Jews loved the queen, and how the U.S. failed Anne Frank

Haaretz Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 28:40


When Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein began work on the documentary series “The US and the Holocaust” together with acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, they, like other Americans, shared the common belief that America only rescued a small fraction of Europe's Jews because it was unaware of the systematic Nazi extermination in real time.  But, as they tell Allison Kaplan Sommer on Haaretz Weekly, an abundance of research shows that this myth has little basis. Among those “desperately” trying to seek refuge in the United States - and failing - was the family of Anne Frank, one of the Holocaust's most famous victims.  “We could have done so much more,” said Novick. “And that idea is very much in conflict with Americans' sense that we hold ourselves to a higher standard.”  Earlier on the show, Haaretz English editor-in-chief Esther Solomon reviews the life and legacy of Elizabeth II, and explains why so many British Jews revered the monarchy: “There is a strong connection between the welfare of a minority community like the Jewish community, and a stable political entity, of which the queen was the ultimate symbol.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SpyCast
“POW's, Vietnam and Intelligence” – with Pritzker Curator James Brundage

SpyCast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 62:54


Summary James Brundage (LinkedIn; Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss prisoners-of-war and intelligence. He is the Curator at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in Chicago.  What You'll Learn Intelligence The intelligence dynamics of “prisoners-of-war” Tap codes and other ways to covertly communicate Using POWs for propaganda Debriefing POWs after their release  Reflections Comparing across time (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, etc.) Comparing within time (German/Japanese/American POW camps during WWII) And much, much more… Episode Notes What intelligence questions are generated when we discuss “prisoners of war”? The prisoner's side asks: what happened? Are they alive? If so, where? What did they know? Can they compromise operations? Can we get them out? The other side asks: what do they know? Can they tell us anything we don't know? Are they misleading us? The prisoner asks: where are we? Are there any friendlies? Can we share information to escape?  To answer these questions, this week's guest is James Brundage who curated the May 22-Apr 23 exhibit, “Life Behind the Wire: POW” which explores life in captivity. He is a public historian who has also worked at the Obama Presidential Library, the Chicago History Museum & the James Garfield Historic Site.  And… Jeremiah Denton Jr. was shot down while leading an attack over North Vietnam in 1965 and the title of his memoir, When Hell Was in Session, gives you an idea of what he endured during his captivity. As part of a propaganda campaign, the North Vietnamese arranged for him to be interviewed by a Japanese reporter. Hi blinked T-O-R-T-U-R-E in Morse code. Needless to say, the intelligence community took great interest in the video footage. He passed away in 2014.  Quote of the Week "So roughly 1% of the POW population perished in Europe at the hands of the Germans versus in Japan…the death rate was almost 40%. A lot of that was the conditions of the camp…in Vietnam, of the more than 700 American POWs, there were 73 who perished in POW camps in North Vietnam, which is roughly 10%." – James Brundage Resources *Andrew's Recommendation* The Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account, E. Lomax (Norton, 2014)  A powerful, powerful memoir. Lomax had nightmares about his WWII experience for over half a century. *SpyCasts* Operation Chaos – Matthew Sweet (2018) Eavesdropping in Vietnam – Tom Glenn (2012) Studies & Observations Group – Donald Blackburn (2012)  Intelligence Lessons from Vietnam – Rufus Phillips (2009) *Beginner Resources* The Vietnam War Explained in 25 Minutes, The Life Guide (n.d.) ([video]  Intelligence in the Vietnam War, Vietnam War 50th [posters] POW's: What You Need to Know, ICRC (2022) [webpage] Books Spies on the Mekong, K. Conboy (Casemate, 2021) War of Numbers, S. Adams (Steerforth, 2020) Tap Code, C. Harris & S. Berry (Zondervan, 2019) Articles Meet the Hero: Douglas Hegdahl, Milliken Center (n.d.) OSS's Role in Ho Chi Minh's Rise, B. Bergin, SII 62/2 (2018) Intel. Support to Comms. with POWs in Vietnam, G. Peterson & D. Taylor, SII 60/1 (2016) Takes on Intelligence and the Vietnam War, C. Laurie, SII 55/2 (2011) Documentaries The Vietnam War, K. Burns & L. Novick (2017) The Fog of War, R. McNamara (2003) Hearts & Minds, P. Davis (1974) Oral Histories Veterans History Project Vietnam POW Interviews, U.S.N.I. Primary Sources POW/MIA Closed Briefing, DD CIA (1991) Report on US-Vietnamese Talks on POW/MIAs (1985) Causes, Origins & Lessons of the Vietnam War (1972) The POW Scandal in Korea (1954) *Wildcard Resource* Interestingly, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Paul Sartre, Paul Riceour, Emmanuel Levinas and Louis Althusser were all POWs – now, the impact this had on their thinking would be one hell of a rabbit hole to go down!

Social Capital
353: Eating Natural and Being Natural - with Steven Novick

Social Capital

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 27:42 Transcription Available


Meet StevenSteven Novick is the CEO & Founder of Farmstand. Farmstand cooks & delivers fresh, fast, healthy, and affordable meals to businesses and consumers that they personalize. Their website is http://www.eatfarmstand.com/ (www.EatFarmstand.com). Steven previously built 2 billion-dollar businesses & climbed seven summits (including Everest - the very top). Beating cancer made him passionate about food and the environment, and growing up working class made him appreciate affordability and convenience, which is why he started Farmstand. With so many meal delivery services out there, how is Farmstand better?Like you said, there's certainly a tremendous amount of meal delivery services out there. And how we distinguish ourselves is really in four ways: we're affordable, we're fast, we're healthy, and we're also zero waste. So we describe the Farmstand formula as: we're $7 a meal, five minutes to heat, zero added sugar in zero ways. So it's “seven, five, zero zero”. To add a little bit more to that, we think, ultimately, we're 10 times better than the competition. Firstly, as much as we do a direct-to-consumer service, and we deliver directly to homes, what makes us highly unique is that we have large contracts with Office caterers and large institutions. But what makes us 10 times better than the competition is we're fresh, versus frozen or a meal kit. So we're ready to eat. We're 50% less expensive. We're 90% faster to cook, and we have 100% personalization. And oh, by the way, we take up 90% less fridge space than a HelloFresh would. You're not available in the US at the moment, correct?Yeah, at the moment, we're just in the UK. We cover the UK nationwide. But a contract that we've signed with a food service provider called ISS and the UK's largest bank, Barclays, that contract, although it starts in the UK, is a subscription agreement (because we're a subscription-only business) allows us to expand into Europe and the US. And so our hope is to be in the US starting on a B2B basis as early as the first quarter of 2023. You've previously built two billion-dollar businesses. How have you done that and what's important to get right from the very beginning?Yeah, so prior to starting Farmstand, I co-founded an investment firm that now manages about $2 billion invested in private companies. And then prior to that, I was head of business development at a health tech business that raised about $50 million in venture capital. We scaled to $20 million in revenue, and it filed for an IPO of $650 million valuation, which in today's dollar might be about a billion dollars, and then that business was acquired. So I think the fundamental thing is like, when we started Farmstand, I think that the foundation of everything is our values, behaviors, and ultimately what you stand for as a business. In any business you start or you join, I think you have to be very values-driven. And so for us at Farmstand, that's been a real big driver. And so one of our big values that we really centered around, especially in the environment we're in, is making sure that what we're doing has zero food waste, zero packaging waste. We're a B Corp certified business, just like Patagonia or Ben and Jerry's. So these are kind of some of the things that are really important. I think that if you don't have the right foundation when you start a business, you can't grow from that. So it comes down to what you believe, that's going to help attract the type of people that align with your thinking and philosophy?Yeah, I think that's right, and ultimately your customers are going to follow you and get excited based on what you do. So we ultimately want people to take a stand – and take a Farmstand for that matter. So it's on affordability; you know, healthy meals shouldn't just be for the wealthy. And you ultimately want these meals to be healthy. So no added sugar is a really important thing. I mean, 73% of the US population now is overweight or obese,...