Podcasts about Ocilla

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale tell the story of what happened to Tara Grinstead. Tara was a high school history teacher from Ocilla, Georgia, who went missing on October 22, 2005. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles SOURCES: https://www.crimelibrary.org/criminal_mind/forensics/tara_grinstead/1.html https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/what-happened-to-tara-grinstead/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Grinstead_murder_case  

El 22 de octubre de 2005 ocurrió algo terrible en la localidad de Ocilla, ubicada en Georgia, Estados Unidos: una profesora de tan solo 30 años desapareció sin dejar rastro. El crimen mantuvo en vilo a los pobladores, que no podían entender cómo algo así había ocurrido en un lugar tan tranquilo y acogedor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a road trip to Louisiana's small towns and a special episode about the Georgia Flex Program created in Fitzgerald, Georgia, we are back to featuring small towns in Mayor Matt's home state. In the newest episode of Small Town Podcast, we visit a small town just south of Ocilla, GA, that has seen recent turnovers in leadership that risked some disruptions in the community. We talked to a new city manager who wasn't sure if he wanted to live in the place where he grew up, but later left a successful career in business to contribute new energy to his small town home. Go with #MayorMatt to talk to City Manager Hayden Hancock in Nashville, Ga. For more information about Small Town Podcast, visit www.smalltownpodcast.com

We covered computer and internet copyright law in a previous episode. That type of law began with interpretations that tried to take the technology out of cases so they could be interpreted as though what was being protected was a printed work, or at least it did for a time. But when it came to the internet, laws, case law, and their knock-on effects, the body of jurisprudence work began to diverge.  Safe Harbor mostly refers to the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, or OCILLA for short, was a law passed in the late 1980s that  shields online portals and internet service providers from copyright infringement. Copyright infringement is one form of immunity, but more was needed. Section 230 was another law that protects those same organizations from being sued for 3rd party content uploaded on their sites. That's the law Trump wanted overturned during his final year in office but given that the EU has Directive 2000/31/EC, Australia has the Defamation Act of 2005, Italy has the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000, and lots of other countries like England and Germany have had courts find similarly, it is now part of being an Internet company. Although the future of “big tech” cases (and the damage many claim is being done to democracy) may find it refined or limited. That's because the concept of Internet Exceptionalism itself is being reconsidered now that the internet is here to stay. Internet Exceptionalism is a term that notes that laws that diverge from precedents for other forms of media distribution. For example, a newspaper can be sued for liable or defamation, but a website is mostly shielded from such suits because the internet is different. Pages are available instantly, changes be made instantly, and the reach is far greater than ever before. The internet has arguably become the greatest tool to spread democracy and yet potentially one of its biggest threats. Which some might have argued about newspapers, magazines, and other forms of print media in centuries past. The very idea of Internet Exceptionalism has eclipsed the original intent. Chris Cox and Ron Widen initially intended to help fledgling Internet Service Providers (ISPs) jumpstart content on the internet. The internet had been privatized in 1995 and companies like CompuServe, AOL, and Prodigy were already under fire for the content on their closed networks. Cubby v CompuServe in 1991 had found that online providers weren't considered publishers of content and couldn't be held liable for free speech practiced on their platforms in part because they did not exercise editorial control of that content. Stratton Oakmont v Prodigy found that Prodigy did have editorial control (and in fact advertised themselves as having a better service because of it) and so could be found liable like a newspaper would. Cox and Widen were one of the few conservative and liberal pairs of lawmakers who could get along in the decisive era when Newt Gingrich came to power and tried to block everything Bill Clinton tried to do.  Yet there were aspects of the United States that were changing outside of politics. Congress spent years negotiating a telecommunications overhaul bill that came to be known as The Telecommunications Act of 1996. New technology led to new options. Some saw content they found to be indecent and so the Communications Decency Act (or Title V of the Telecommunications Act) was passed in 1996, but in Reno v ACLU found to be a violation of the first amendment, and struck down by the Supreme Court in 1997. Section 230 of that act was specifically about the preservation of free speech and so severed from the act and stood alone. It would be adjudicated time and time and eventually became an impenetrable shield that protects online providers from the need to scan every message posted to a service to see if it would get them sued. Keep in mind that society itself was changing quickly in the early 1990s. Tipper Gore wanted to slap a label on music to warn parents that it had explicit lyrics. The “Satanic Panic” as it's called by history reused tropes such as cannibalism and child murder to give the moral majority an excuse to try to restrict that which they did not understand. Conservative and progressive politics have always been a 2 steps forward and 1 step back truce. Heavy metal would seem like nothin' once parents heard the lyrics of gagster rap.  But Section 230 continued on. It stated that “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” It only took 27 words to change the world. They said that the people that host the content can't be sued for the content because, as courts interpreted it, it's free speech. Think of a public forum like a hall on a college campus that might restrict one group from speaking and so suppress speech or censer a group. Now, Section 230 didn't say it wasn't allowed to screen material but instead shielded providers from being held liable for that material. The authors of the bill felt that if providers would be held liable for any editing that they wouldn't do any. Now providers could edit some without reviewing every post. And keep in mind the volume of posts in message boards and of new websites had already become too much in the late 1990s to be manually monitored. Further, as those companies became bigger business they became more attractive to law suits.  Section 230 had some specific exclusions. Any criminal law could still be applied, as could state, sex trafficking, and privacy laws. Intellectual property laws also remained untouched, thus OCILLA. To be clear, reading the law, the authors sought to promote the growth of the internet - and it worked. Yelp gets sued over revues but cases are dismissed. Twitter can get sued over a Tweet when someone doesn't like what is said, but it's the poster and not Twitter who is liable. Parody sites, whistleblower sites, watchdog sites, revue sites, blogs, and an entire industry was born, which each player of what would later be known as the Web 2.0 market could self-regulate themselves.  Those businesses grew far beyond the message boards of the 1990s. This was also a time when machine learning became more useful. A site like Facebook could show a feed of posts not in reverse chronological order, but instead by “relevance.” Google could sell ads and show them based on the relevance of a search term. Google could buy YouTube and they could have ads on videos. Case after case poked at the edges of what could be used to hold a site liable. The fact that the courts saw a post on Reddit as free speech, no matter how deplorable the comments, provided a broad immunity to liability that was, well, exceptional in a way.  Some countries could fine or imprison people if they posted something negative about the royal family or party in charge. Some of those countries saw the freedom of speech so important as a weapon that could be used against the US in a way. The US became a safe haven in a way to free speech and many parts of the internet were anonymous. In this way (as was previously done with films and other sources of entertainment and news) the US began to export the culture of free speech. But every country also takes imports. Some of those were real, true ideas homegrown or brought in from abroad. Early posters of message boards maybe thought the Armenian Genocide was a hoax - or the Holocaust. A single post could ruin a career. Craigslist allowed for sex trafficking and while they eventually removed that, sites like Backpage have received immunity. So even some of the exceptions are, um, not. Further, extremist groups use pages to spread propaganda and even recruit soldiers to spread terror.  The courts found that sites were immune to suits over fake profiles on dating sites - even if it was a famous person and the person was getting threatening calls. The courts initially found sites needed to take down content if they were informed it was libelous - but have received broad immunity even when they don't due to the sheer amount of content. Batzel v Smith saw a lawyers firm ruined over false reports she was the granddaughter of Nazi Heinrich Himmler and the beneficiary of Nazi art theft, even though she wasn't - she too lost her case. Sites provide neutral tools and so are shielded from defamation - even if they're neutralish you rarely see them held to account. In Goddard v. Google, the Google Keyword Tool recommended that advertisers include the word “free” in mobile content, which Goddard claimed led to fraudulent subscription service recruitment. This was machine learning-based recommendations. The court again found provided the Keyword Tool was neutral that advertisers could adopt or reject the recommendation.  Still, time and time again the idea of safe harbor for internet companies and whether internet exceptionalism should continue comes up. The internet gave a voice to the oppressed, but also to the oppressors. That's neutrality in a way, except that the oppressors (especially when state sponsored actors are involved) often have more resources to drown out other voices, just like in real life. Some have argued a platform like Facebook should be held accountable for their part in the Capitol riots, which is to say as a place where people practiced free speech. Others look to Backpage as facilitating the exploitation of children or as a means of oppression. Others still see terrorist networks as existing and growing because of the ability to recruit online.  The Supreme Court is set to hear docket number 21-1333 in 2022. Gonzalez v. Google was brought by Reynaldo Gonzalez, and looks at whether 230 can immunize Google even though they have made targeted recommendations - in this case when ISIS used YouTube vides to recruit new members - through the  recommendation algorithm. An algorithm that would be neutral. But does a platform as powerful have a duty to do more, especially when there's a chance that Section 230 bumps up against anti-terrorism legislation. Again and again the district courts in the United States have found section 230 provides broad immunization to online content providers. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in. After that, billions of dollars may have to be pumped into better content filtration or they may continue to apply broad first amendment guidance.  The Supreme Court is packed with “originalists”. They still have phones, which the framers did not. The duty that common law places on those who can disseminate negligent or reckless content has lost the requirement for reasonable care due to the liability protections afforded purveyors of content by Section 230. This has given rise to hate speech and misinformation. John Perry Barlow's infamous A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace in protest of the CDA was supported by Section 230 of that same law. But the removal of the idea and duty of reasonable care and the exemptions have now removed any accountability from what seems like any speech. Out of the ashes of accountability the very concept of free speech and where the duty of reasonable care lies may be reborn. We now have the ability to monitor via machine learning, we've now redefined what it means to moderate, and there's now a robust competition for eyeballs on the internet. We've also seen how a lack of reasonable standards can lead to real life consequences and that an independent cyberspace can bleed through into the real world.  If the Supreme Court simply upholds findings from the past then the movement towards internet sovereignty may accelerate or may stay the same. Look to where venture capital flows for clues as to how the First Amendment will crash into the free market, and see if its salty waters leave data and content aggregators with valuations far lower than where they once were. The asset of content may some day become a liability with injuries that could provide an existential threat to the owner. The characters may walk the astral plane but eventually must return to the prime material plane along their tether to take a long rest or face dire consequences. The world simply can't continue to become more and more toxic - and yet there's a reason the First Amendment is, well, first. Check out Twenty-Six Words Created the Internet. What Will It Take to Save It?

The County Commissioners began to advertise for a county manager...the Board of Education names Dr Joi Williams the new principle of CHS...and a man out on bond for murder is arrested in Ocilla after fleeing from the police there....Each week the Adel News Tribune brings you the latest news from around Cook County, just like we have for over a century. And now that everyone is busier than ever, it's more important than ever to stay connected to what's happening NOW.  That's why we've created this new WEEKLY podcast, giving you the news you need to know…faster…this podcast is one of the first of its kind in Small Town Journalism

In October 2005, 30-year-old Tara Grinstead disappeared from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. For years, the case went unsolved, until the podcast Up and Vanished brought the case back into the headlines. After two arrests and two trials, would we finally get answers as to what happened to Tara? Please subscribe to our new podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer here - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/civil/id1634071998?i=1000569582156 Sponsors in this episode: Freshly - Right now, you can get $125 off your first five orders at freshly.com/COURT. Progressive Insurance - Visit Progressive.com to get a quote with all the coverages you want, so you can easily compare and choose. Jordan Harbinger Show - Search for The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Post-Production for the show is provided by Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. This episode was researched and written by Law & Crime staff. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie

In October 2005, 30-year-old Tara Grinstead disappeared from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. For years, the case went unsolved, until the podcast Up and Vanished brought the case back into the headlines. After two arrests and two trials, would we finally get answers as to what happened to Tara? Please subscribe to our new podcast, CIVIL, which covers civil cases and trials. Listen to the trailer: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/civil/id1634071998 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2t0u9w6Ese6sEotrhlvE5a?si=886f9f0266d14f0b Sponsors in this episode: Pair Eyewear - Get glasses as unique as you are. One pair, infinite style. Starting at just $60. Go to paireyewear.com/COURT for 15% off your first purchase. Progressive Insurance - Visit Progressive.com to get a quote with all the coverages you want, so you can easily compare and choose. Credit Karma - Ready to apply? Head to creditkarma.com / loanoffers to see personalized offers. Shopify - Go to Shopify.com/courtjunkie for a FREE 14-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features. Post-Production for the show is provided by Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording Co. This episode was researched and written by Law & Crime staff. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie to receive ad-free episodes. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie

The Up and Vanished team is back on the ground in Ocilla for the highly anticipated trial of Ryan Duke. Phil Holloway sits down for a Q&A, answering your questions about the case and trial. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished team is back on the ground in Ocilla for the highly anticipated trial of Ryan Duke. The jury has reached a verdict and the judge sentences Ryan Duke. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished team is back on the ground in Ocilla for the highly anticipated trial of Ryan Duke. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished team is back in Ocilla to cover Ryan Duke's trial. After years of delays, we may finally get the answers to some of our burning questions. Join us for trial coverage in partnership with Court TV. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished team is back on the ground in Ocilla for the highly anticipated trial of Ryan Duke. Enjoy this conversation between Nina Innsted and Phil Holloway discussing the highlights of the trial. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished Team is on the ground in Ocilla reporting on the State's case against Ryan Duke for the murder of Tara Grinstead. The long awaited audio of Ryan's confession to GBI Special Agent Jason Shoudell is played in court.  For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished Team is on the ground in Ocilla reporting on the opening day of Ryan Duke's trial for the murder of Tara Grinstead. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Up and Vanished team is back on the ground in Ocilla for the highly anticipated trial of Ryan Duke. Jury selection begins and the trial kicks off. For ad-free listening and for Payne's exclusive Friday recap episode, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ on Apple Podcasts or visit www.tenderfootplus.com for more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we cover the disappearance and murder of Tara Grinstead, a teacher and former beauty queen. We take a deep dive into the case right as trial starts for Ryan Duke at the Irwin County Courthouse in Ocilla, Tara's alleged murder. We also explore why this might be a case of a false confession after Ryan was possibly setup by his own friend Bo Dukes.  We also recap some of the highlights from CrimeCon in Las Vegas, such as hearing from John Ramsey and meeting The Prosecutors. 

At 30 years old, the teacher-beauty queen met her untimely end in the hands of two people who studied in the same high school where Tara worked – her former students whom she taught and helped prepare to face the future. This is a story of a woman who seemed to have everything, but in the end, she was unjustly left with nothing.

Jack Lingenfelter recently interviewed Tyler Harper, Georgia State Senator for District 7 - covering the largest senate district in the state.  Harper lives in Ocilla and is a lifelong resident of South Georgia. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Engineering and holds an associate's degree from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.   First elected to the Georgia State Senate on November 6, 2012, he currently serves as Chairman of the Natural Resources and the Environment Committee and Vice Chairman of the Public Safety Committee.  He is also a member of the Appropriations Committee and Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee.  The two discuss Harper's leadership roles in the state of Georgia, importance of agriculture and his current run for Ag Commissioner.

Pastor Nathan Bartell was born and raised in Ashburn, Ga. He graduated fromEureka High School of Ashburn, Ga. He is a member of Emmery Chapel A. M. E.Church, Ashburn, Ga. A Pastor of Mount Olive AME church of Ocilla Ga.He has been married to his lovely wife Janie for 43 years. God blessed them withfive children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grand.God called him into the ministry in February, 2008. He began Pastoring in 2009 atSand Hill A. M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. He served there for six years.From there he was assigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church Fitzgerald, Ga. which heserved for two and a half years.Today he is presently Pastoring at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, Ocilla, Ga.Where he has been faithfully serving for seven years.This man loves to preach and teach Gods word. He will preach, he can preach,don't mind preaching, know how to preach, and he loves bringing souls to Christ.He is also the Manager and CEO, of Rev. Nathan Bartell and Reality Gospel Singersof Ashburn Ga.

Pastor Nathan Bartell was born and raised in Ashburn, Ga. He graduated fromEureka High School of Ashburn, Ga. He is a member of Emmery Chapel A. M. E.Church, Ashburn, Ga. A Pastor of Mount Olive AME church of Ocilla Ga.He has been married to his lovely wife Janie for 43 years. God blessed them withfive children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grand.God called him into the ministry in February, 2008. He began Pastoring in 2009 atSand Hill A. M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. He served there for six years.From there he was assigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church Fitzgerald, Ga. which heserved for two and a half years.Today he is presently Pastoring at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, Ocilla, Ga.Where he has been faithfully serving for seven years.This man loves to preach and teach Gods word. He will preach, he can preach,don't mind preaching, know how to preach, and he loves bringing souls to Christ.He is also the Manager and CEO, of Rev. Nathan Bartell and Reality Gospel Singersof Ashburn Ga.

Pastor Nathan Bartell was born and raised in Ashburn, Ga. He graduated from Eureka High School of Ashburn, Ga. He is a member of Emmery Chapel A. M. E. Church, Ashburn, Ga. A Pastor of Mount Olive AME church of Ocilla Ga. He has been married to his lovely wife Janie for 43 years. God blessed them with five children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grand. God called him into the ministry in February, 2008. He began Pastoring in 2009 at Sand Hill A. M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. He served there for six years. From there he was assigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church Fitzgerald, Ga. which he served for two and a half years. Today he is presently Pastoring at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, Ocilla, Ga. Where he has been faithfully serving for seven years. This man loves to preach and teach Gods word. He will preach, he can preach, don't mind preaching, know how to preach, and he loves bringing souls to Christ. He is also the Manager and CEO, of Rev. Nathan Bartell and Reality Gospel Singers of Ashburn Ga.

Pastor Nathan Bartell was born and raised in Ashburn, Ga. He graduated fromEureka High School of Ashburn, Ga. He is a member of Emmery Chapel A. M. E.Church, Ashburn, Ga. A Pastor of Mount Olive AME church of Ocilla Ga.He has been married to his lovely wife Janie for 43 years. God blessed them withfive children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grand.God called him into the ministry in February, 2008. He began Pastoring in 2009 atSand Hill A. M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. He served there for six years.From there he was assigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church Fitzgerald, Ga. which heserved for two and a half years.Today he is presently Pastoring at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, Ocilla, Ga.Where he has been faithfully serving for seven years.This man loves to preach and teach Gods word. He will preach, he can preach,don't mind preaching, know how to preach, and he loves bringing souls to Christ.He is also the Manager and CEO, of Rev. Nathan Bartell and Reality Gospel Singersof Ashburn Ga.

Pastor Nathan Bartell was born and raised in Ashburn, Ga. He graduated fromEureka High School of Ashburn, Ga. He is a member of Emmery Chapel A. M. E.Church, Ashburn, Ga. A Pastor of Mount Olive AME church of Ocilla Ga.He has been married to his lovely wife Janie for 43 years. God blessed them withfive children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grand.God called him into the ministry in February, 2008. He began Pastoring in 2009 atSand Hill A. M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. He served there for six years.From there he was assigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church Fitzgerald, Ga. which heserved for two and a half years.Today he is presently Pastoring at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, Ocilla, Ga.Where he has been faithfully serving for seven years.This man loves to preach and teach Gods word. He will preach, he can preach,don't mind preaching, know how to preach, and he loves bringing souls to Christ.He is also the Manager and CEO, of Rev. Nathan Bartell and Reality Gospel Singersof Ashburn Ga.

Pastor Nathan Bartell was born and raised in Ashburn, Ga. He graduated from Eureka High School of Ashburn, Ga. He is a member of Emmery Chapel A. M. E. Church, Ashburn, Ga. A Pastor of Mount Olive AME church of Ocilla Ga. He has been married to his lovely wife Janie for 43 years. God blessed them with five children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grand. God called him into the ministry in February, 2008. He began Pastoring in 2009 at Sand Hill A. M. E. Church, Dawson, Ga. He served there for six years. From there he was assigned to Bethel A. M. E. Church Fitzgerald, Ga. which he served for two and a half years. Today he is presently Pastoring at Mount Olive A. M. E. Church, Ocilla, Ga. Where he has been faithfully serving for seven years. This man loves to preach and teach Gods word. He will preach, he can preach, don't mind preaching, know how to preach, and he loves bringing souls to Christ. He is also the Manager and CEO, of Rev. Nathan Bartell and Reality Gospel Singers of Ashburn Ga.

The largest global power during the rise of intellectual property was England, so the world adopted her philosophies. The US had the same impact on software law. Most case law that shaped the software industry is based on copyright law. Our first real software laws appeared in the 1970s and now have 50 years of jurisprudence to help guide us. This episode looks at the laws, supreme court cases, and some circuit appeals cases that shaped the software industry. -------- In our previous episode we went through a brief review of how the modern intellectual property laws came to be. Patent laws flowed from inventors in Venice in the 1400s, royals gave privileges to own a monopoly to inventors throughout the rest of Europe over the next couple of centuries, transferred to panels and academies during and after the Age of Revolutions, and slowly matured for each industry as technology progressed.  Copyright laws formed similarly, although they were a little behind patent laws due to the fact that they weren't really necessary until we got the printing press. But when it came to data on a device, we had a case in 1908 we covered in the previous episode that led Congress to enact the 1909 Copyright Act.  Mechanical music boxes evolved into mechanical forms of data storage and computing evolved from mechanical to digital. Following World War II there was an explosion in new technologies, with those in computing funded heavily by US government. Or at least, until we got ourselves tangled up in a very unpopular asymmetrical war in Vietnam. The Mansfield Amendment of 1969, was a small bill in the 1970 Military Authorization Act that ended the US military from funding research that didn't have a direct relationship to a specific military function. Money could still flow from ARPA into a program like the ARPAnet because we wanted to keep those missiles flying in case of nuclear war. But over time the impact was that a lot of those dollars the military had pumped into computing to help develop the underlying basic sciences behind things like radar and digital computing was about to dry up. This is a turning point: it was time to take the computing industry commercial. And that means lawyers. And so we got the first laws pertaining to software shortly after the software industry emerged from more and more custom requirements for these mainframes and then minicomputers and the growing collection of computer programmers. The Copyright Act of 1976 was the first major overhaul to the copyright laws since the 1909 Copyright Act. Since then, the US had become a true world power and much as the rest of the world followed the British laws from the Statute of Anne in 1709 as a template for copyright protections, the world looked on as the US developed their laws. Many nations had joined the Berne Convention for international copyright protections, but the publishing industry had exploded. We had magazines, so many newspapers, so many book publishers. And we had this whole weird new thing to deal with: software.  Congress didn't explicitly protect software in the Copyright Act of 1976. But did add cards and tape as mediums and Congress knew this was an exploding new thing that would work itself out in the courts if they didn't step in. And of course executives from the new software industry were asking their representatives to get in front of things rather than have the unpredictable courts adjudicate a weird copyright mess in places where technology meets copy protection. So in section 117, Congress appointed the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, or CONTU) to provide a report about software and added a placeholder in the act that empaneled them. CONTU held hearings. They went beyond just software as there was another newish technology changing the world: photocopying. They presented their findings in 1978 and recommended we define a computer program as a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result. They also recommended that copies be allowed if required to use the program and that those be destroyed when the user no longer has rights to the software. This is important because this is an era where we could write software into memory or start installing compiled code onto a computer and then hand the media used to install it off to someone else.  At the time the hobbyist industry was just about to evolve into the PC industry, but hard disks were years out for most of those machines. It was all about floppies. But up-market there was all kinds of storage and the righting was on the wall about what was about to come. Install software onto a computer, copy and sell the disk, move on. People would of course do that, but not legally.  Companies could still sign away their copyright protections as part of a sales agreement but the right to copy was under the creator's control. But things like End User License Agreements were still far away. Imagine how ludicrous the idea that a piece of software if a piece of software went bad that it could put a company out of business in the 1970s. That would come as we needed to protect liability and not just restrict the right to copy to those who, well, had the right to do so. Further, we hadn't yet standardized on computer languages. And yet companies were building complicated logic to automate business and needed to be able to adapt works for other computers and so congress looked to provide that right at the direction of CONTU as well, if only to the company doing the customizations and not allowing the software to then be resold. These were all hashed out and put into law in 1980. And that's an important moment as suddenly the party who owned a copy was the rightful owner of a piece of software. Many of the provisions read as though we were dealing with book sellers selling a copy of a book, not dealing with the intricate details of the technology, but with technology those can change so quickly and those who make laws aren't exactly technologists, so that's to be expected.  Source code versus compiled code also got tested. In 1982 Williams Electronics v Artic International explored a video game that was in a ROM (which is how games were distributed before disks and cassette tapes. Here, the Third Circuit weighed in on whether if the ROM was built into the machine, if it could be copied as it was utilitarian and therefore not covered under copyright. The source code was protected but what about what amounts to compiled code sitting on the ROM. They of course found that it was indeed protected.  They again weighed in on Apple v Franklin in 1983. Here, Franklin Computer was cloning Apple computers and claimed it couldn't clone the computer without copying what was in the ROMs, which at the time was a remedial version of what we think of as an operating system today.  Franklin claimed the OS was in fact a process or method of operation and Apple claimed it was novel. At the time the OS was converted to a binary language at runtime and that object code was a task called AppleSoft but it was still a program and thus still protected. One and two years later respectively, we got Mac OS 1 and Windows 1. 1986 saw Whelan Associates v Jaslow. Here, Elaine Whelan created a management system for a dental lab on the IBM Series One, in EDL. That was a minicomputer and when the personal computer came along she sued Jaslow because he took a BASIC version to market for the PC. He argued it was a different language and the set of commands was therefore different. But the programs looked structurally similar. She won, as while some literal elements were the same, “the copyrights of computer programs can be infringed even absent copying of the literal elements of the program.” This is where it's simple to identify literal copying of software code when it's done verbatim but difficult to identify non-literal copyright infringement.  But this was all professional software. What about those silly video games all the kids wanted? Well, Atari applied for a copyright for one of their games, Breakout. Here, Register of Copyrights, Ralph Oman chose not to Register the copyright. And so Atari sued, winning in the appeal. There were certainly other dental management packages on the market at the time. But the court found that “copyrights do not protect ideas – only expressions of ideas.” Many found fault with the decision and  the Second Circuit heard Computer Associates v Altai in 1992. Here, the court applied a three-step test of Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison to determine how similar products were and held that Altai's rewritten code did not meet the necessary requirements for copyright infringement. There were other types of litigation surrounding the emerging digital sphere at the time as well. The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act came along in 1986 and would be amended in 89, 94, 96, and 2001. Here, a number of criminal offenses were defined - not copyright but they have come up to criminalize activities that should have otherwise been copyright cases. And the Copyright Act of 1976 along with the CONTU findings were amended to cover the rental market came to be (much as happened with VHS tapes and Congress established provisions to cover that in 1990. Keep in mind that time sharing was just ending by then but we could rent video games over dial-up and of course VHS rentals were huge at the time. Here's a fun one, Atari infringed on Nintendo's copyright by claiming they were a defendant in a case and applying to the Copyright Office to get a copy of the 10NES program so they could actually infringe on their copyright. They tried to claim they couldn't infringe because they couldn't make games unless they reverse engineered the systems. Atari lost that one. But Sega won a similar one soon thereafter because playing more games on a Sega was fair use. Sony tried to sue Connectix in a similar case where you booted the PlayStation console using a BIOS provided by Connectix. And again, that was reverse engineering for the sake of fair use of a PlayStation people payed for. Kinda' like jailbreaking an iPhone, right? Yup, apps that help jailbreak, like Cydia, are legal on an iPhone. But Apple moves the cheese so much in terms of what's required to make it work so far that it's a bigger pain to jailbreak than it's worth. Much better than suing everyone.  Laws are created and then refined in the courts. MAI Systems Corp. v. Peak Computer made it to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1993. This involved Eric Francis leaving MAI and joining Peak. He then loaded MAI's diagnostics tools onto computers. MAI thought they should have a license per computer, but yet Peak used the same disk in multiple computers. The crucial change here was that the copy made, while ephemeral, was decided to be a copy of the software and so violated the copyright. We said we'd bring up that EULA though. In 1996, the Seventh Circuit found in ProCD v Zeidenberg, that the license preempted copyright thus allowing companies to use either copyright law or a license when seeking damages and giving lawyers yet another reason to answer any and all questions with “it depends.” One thing was certain, the digital world was coming fast in those Clinton years. I mean, the White House would have a Gopher page and Yahoo! would be on display at his second inauguration. So in 1998 we got the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Here, Congress added to Section 117 to allow for software copies if the software was required for maintenance of a computer. And yet software was still just a set of statements, like instructions in a book, that led the computer to a given result. The DMCA did have provisions to provide treatment to content providers and e-commerce providers. It also implemented two international treaties and provided remedies for anti-circumvention of copy-prevention systems since by then cracking was becoming a bigger thing. There was more packed in here. We got MAI Systems v Peak Computer reversed by law, refinement to how the Copyright Office works, modernizing audio and movie rights, and provisions to facilitate distance education. And of course the DMCA protected boat hull designs because, you know, might as well cram some stuff into a digital copyright act.  In addition to the cases we covered earlier, we had Mazer v Stein, Dymow v Bolton, and even Computer Associates v Altai, which cemented the AFC method as the means most courts determine copyright protection as it extends to non-literal components such as dialogue and images. Time and time again, courts have weighed in on what fair use is because the boundaries are constantly shifting, in part due to technology, but also in part due to shifting business models.  One of those shifting business models was ripping songs and movies. RealDVD got sued by the MPAA for allowing people to rip DVDs. YouTube would later get sued by Viacom but courts found no punitive damages could be awarded. Still, many online portals started to scan for and filter out works they could know were copy protected, especially given the rise of machine learning to aid in the process. But those were big, major companies at the time. IO Group, Inc sued Veoh for uploaded video content and the judge found Veoh was protected by safe harbor.  Safe Harbor mostly refers to the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, or OCILLA for short, which shields online portals and internet service providers from copyright infringement. This would be separate from Section 230, which protects those same organizations from being sued for 3rd party content uploaded on their sites. That's the law Trump wanted overturned during his final year in office but given that the EU has Directive 2000/31/EC, Australia has the Defamation Act of 2005, Italy has the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000, and lots of other countries like England and Germany have had courts find similarly, it is now part of being an Internet company. Although the future of “big tech” cases (and the damage many claim is being done to democracy) may find it refined or limited. In 2016, Cisco sued Arista for allegedly copying the command line interfaces to manage switches. Cisco lost but had claimed more than $300 million in damages. Here, the existing Cisco command structure allowed Arista to recruit seasoned Cisco administrators to the cause. Cisco had done the mental modeling to evolve those commands for decades and it seemed like those commands would have been their intellectual property. But, Arista hadn't copied the code.  Then in 2017, in ZeniMax vs Oculus, ZeniMax wan a half billion dollar case against Oculus for copying their software architecture.  And we continue to struggle with what copyright means as far as code goes. Just in 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in Google v Oracle America that using application programming interfaces (APIs) including representative source code can be transformative and fall within fair use, though did not rule if such APIs are copyrightable. I'm sure the CP/M team, who once practically owned the operating system market would have something to say about that after Microsoft swooped in with and recreated much of the work they had done. But that's for another episode. And traditional media cases continue. ABS Entertainment vs CBS looked at whether digitally remastering works extended copyright. BMG vs Cox Communications challenged peer-to-peer file-sharing in safe harbor cases (not to mention the whole Napster testifying before congress thing). You certainly can't resell mp3 files the way you could drop off a few dozen CDs at Tower Records, right? Capitol Records vs ReDigi said nope. Perfect 10 v Amazon, Goldman v Breitbart, and so many more cases continued to narrow down who and how audio, images, text, and other works could have the right to copy restricted by creators. But sometimes it's confusing. Dr. Seuss vs ComicMix found that merging Star Trek and “Oh, the Places You'll Go” was enough transformativeness to break the copyright of Dr Seuss, or was that the Fair Use Doctrine? Sometimes I find conflicting lines in opinions. Speaking of conflict… Is the government immune from copyright? Allen v Cooper, Governor of North Carolina made it to the Supreme Court, where they applied blanket copyright protections. Now, this was a shipwreck case but extended to digital works and the Supreme Court seemed to begrudgingly find for the state, and looked to a law as remedy rather than awarding damages. In other words, the “digital Blackbeards” of a state could pirate software at will. Guess I won't be writing any software for the state of North Carolina any time soon! But what about content created by a state? Well, the state of Georgia makes various works available behind a paywall. That paywall might be run by a third party in exchange for a cut of the proceeds. So Public.Resource goes after anything where the edict of a government isn't public domain. In other words, court decision, laws, and statutes should be free to all who wish to access them. The “government edicts doctrine” won in the end and so access to the laws of the nation continue to be free. What about algorithms? That's more patent territory when they are actually copyrightable, which is rare. Gottschalk v. Benson was denied a patent for a new way to convert binary-coded decimals to numerals while Diamond v Diehr saw an algorithm to run a rubber molding machine was patentable. And companies like Intel and Broadcom hold thousands of patents for microcode for chips. What about the emergence of open source software and the laws surrounding social coding? We'll get to the emergence of open source and the consequences in future episodes! One final note, most have never heard of the names in early cases. Most have heard of the organizations listed in later cases. Settling issues in the courts has gotten really, really expensive. And it doesn't always go the way we want. So these days, whether it's Apple v Samsung or other tech giants, the law seems to be reserved for those who can pay for it. Sure, there's the Erin Brockovich cases of the world. And lady justice is still blind. We can still represent ourselves, case and notes are free. But money can win cases by having attorneys with deep knowledge (which doesn't come cheap). And these cases drag on for years and given the startup assembly line often halts with pending legal actions, not many can withstand the latency incurred. This isn't a “big tech is evil” comment as much as “I see it and don't know a better rubric but it's still a thing” kinda' comment. Here's something better that we'd love to have a listener take away from this episode. Technology is always changing. Laws usually lag behind technology change as (like us) they're reactive to innovation. When those changes come, there is opportunity. Not only has the technological advancement gotten substantial enough to warrant lawmaker time, but the changes often create new gaps in markets that new entrants can leverage. Either leaders in markets adapt quickly or see those upstarts swoop in, having no technical debt and being able to pivot faster than those who previously might have enjoyed a first user advantage. What laws are out there being hashed out, just waiting to disrupt some part of the software market today?

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: Republican state legislators across the country are passing laws to micromanage the history that gets taught in schools and make it seem like racism doesn’t exist. For some reason the party of bigoted white men is touchy about this particular subject. Meanwhile, forecasters are predicting another year of intense storms and wildfires. So it’s rather concerning that FEMA’s workforce is reportedly stretched to the breaking point. And lastly, after eleven days of fighting, Israel has agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza. The work of rebuilding is urgent, as Palestinian medical facilities are overwhelmed. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: The curriculum wars continue. CBS News reports that this month, Idaho Governor Brad Little became the first Republican governor to sign into law a bill that restricts educators from teaching a concept called critical race theory. And more could follow: Nearly a dozen states have introduced similar Republican-backed bills that would direct what students can and cannot be taught about slavery in American history and the ongoing effects of racism. But critics say the legislation isn’t aimed at what children are learning in the classroom. Idaho’s law prohibits teaching that individuals are responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same sex, race, religion, et cetera. A proposal in Rhode Island would prevent teaching that the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist. However, proponents of critical race theory say it does not teach that any race is inherently racist, but how race is ingrained in our history. Jazmyne Owens, of the think tank New America, told CBS that the wave of legislation is; "aimed at erasing and whitewashing American history." For example, Owens pointed to a Texas bill that just passed in the state's House that bans discussion of privilege and white supremacy. The state bills have similar goals as two executive orders Donald Trump introduced, one that called for patriotic education and a one that sought to ban diversity training for federal workers. President Joe Biden has revoked both. But at this rate, Republicans will soon be pushing to ban schools entirely. FEMA Workers Are Exhausted This report on essential worker burnout comes from the New York Times. Workers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been scouting shelters for migrant children. They’ve been running coronavirus vaccination sites in Colorado, Massachusetts and Washington. And they are still managing the recovery from a string of record disasters starting with Hurricane Harvey in 2017. On the cusp of a destructive season of hurricanes and wildfires, just thirty eight hundred of the agency’s nearly fourteen thousand emergency workers are available now to respond to a new disaster. That’s twenty nine percent fewer than were ready to deploy at the start of last year’s hurricane period. FEMA has seldom been in greater demand – becoming a kind of 911 hotline for some of President Biden’s most pressing challenges. And the men and women who have become the nation’s first responders are tired. Deanne Criswell, Biden’s pick to run the agency, identified employee burnout as a major issue during her first all-hands FEMA meeting, according to Steve Reaves, president of the union local that represents employees. According to the Times, the shortage is severe for some categories of workers. Among the agency’s senior leadership, just three out of fifty three are currently available to deploy. Other specialized personnel have less than fifteen percent of their workers available. In interviews, current and former FEMA employees described twelve-hour days, canceled vacations, and not enough time to recover between assignments. Sounds like they should hire and train more staff and create some good-paying government jobs. Gaza Ceasefire Takes Effect At last, a breather. Al-Jazeera reports that Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire yesterday to halt eleven days of fighting in the Gaza Strip. A statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the security cabinet had unanimously accepted an Egyptian initiative for an unconditional ceasefire. Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad then confirmed the ceasefire in a statement. At least two hundred and thirty two Palestinians, including sixty five children, have been killed. On the Israeli side, twelve people, including two children, have been killed. Following the announcement of a ceasefire, Egypt’s representative at the United Nations announced to member states that it will fund efforts to rebuild Gaza. And there is much rebuilding to be done. According to the Associated Press, the Gaza Strip’s already feeble health system has been brought to its knees. Hospitals have been overwhelmed with waves of dead and wounded from Israel’s bombardment. Many vital medicines are rapidly running out in the tiny, blockaded coastal territory, as is fuel to keep electricity going. Two of Gaza’s most prominent doctors, including the Number Two in Gaza’s coronavirus task force, were killed when their homes were destroyed during barrages. Just as Gaza was climbing out of a second wave of coronavirus infections, its only virus testing lab was damaged by an airstrike and has been shut. Health officials fear further outbreaks among tens of thousands of displaced residents crowded into makeshift shelters after fleeing massive barrages. And absolutely none of this needed to happen. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: The Wall Street Journal reports that prosecutors in the case of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with abetting Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd told an appellate court yesterday they are considering adding a third-degree murder charge against the three men. Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are expected to stand trial next March. They could have stopped Chauvin, but didn’t. According to the Houston Chronicle, Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed legislation that bans abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy and, in a first, would give nearly any Texan the ability to sue providers who they believe have broken the law. It is one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the nation and is certain to face legal challenges. Strike it down on the double! The Intercept reports that the Department of Homeland Security will be shutting down the controversial immigration prison in Georgia where dozens of women were subjected to nonconsensual gynecological procedures, including hysterectomies. The Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, run by LaSalle Corrections, was the focus of criticism last fall when a nurse alleged pervasive medical misconduct. Good riddance. The Guardian reports that relations between the US and Russia have taken a tentative step forward after the Kremlin welcomed a decision by the Biden administration not to impose sanctions on a Russian pipeline delivering gas to Germany. Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, also reacted positively. Let’s everybody just hug it out, okay? AM QUICKIE - MAY 21, 2021 HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

Tara Grinstead, a High School teacher, cheerleading coach, beauty pageant winner, and all-around sweet Georgia girl, was well-loved and respected in the small town of Ocilla. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2005, Tara attended the Miss Sweet Potato Beauty Queen Pageant as a coach and mentor and then went to a barbecue dinner party at the home of her boss. Around 11 pm, she said goodbye to her friends at the party, drove the four blocks home to try to get some sleep, and was never seen again. What followed was over a decade's worth of twists, turns and a long list of suspects ranging from resentful ex-boyfriends, jealous former students and clandestine lovers. The case went cold and it seemed as if Tara would never be found...until 12 years later an anonymous tip led to the arrests of the most unlikely of individuals. Show Notes: Up and Vanished, Season 1:https://open.spotify.com/show/5FqJcvfGMLledCODGqV4J9

Chad Whittle, host of The Chad Whittle Podcast meets with Mayor Matt to discuss his podcast, "Small Town Podcast." Mayor Matt speaks about the challenges and success of being the Mayor of Ocilla, Georgia. They also discuss the how and why he started Small Town Podcast.  

Chad is joined by the Mayor of Ocilla, Georgia, Matt Seale to discuss his podcast, "Small Town Podcast." On his program, he talks to other small town officials to discuss their stories and the stories of their small towns. Learn more and hear episodes of the Small Town Podcast here. Subscribe to The Chad Whittle Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, and listen at ChadWhittle.com. For a full list of available podcast platforms to listen to Chad's podcast, visit https://chadwhittle.com/ Chad on Substack: Subscribe to Chad's newsletter to receive podcast updates and his weekly articles. Follow Chad on Twitter @CWhittleMedia and Facebook.com/CWhittleMedia --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chadwhittle/support

In this episode, Aysha Gardner speaks about her article published by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University addressing health equity for vulnerable populations, exposing the practice of gynecological surgeries being forced on women in ICE camps in Ocilla, Georgia that was widely reported in the NY Times. Recognizing that this is a much bigger issue in healthcare than just one instance, she shares what healthcare providers and leaders can do from her perspective to help stand up against these and other unethical practices. Ms. Gardner is a health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, the Jesuit university in Silicon Valley. Aysha Gardner on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aysha-gardner-43b386b4/ Further Reading https://theintercept.com/2020/09/14/ice-detention-center-nurse-whistleblower/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/us/ICE-hysterectomies-whistleblower-georgia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/ice-hysterectomies-surgeries-georgia.html https://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OIG-ICDC-Complaint-1.pdf https://projectsouth.org/ Music Credit: Jason Shaw from www.Audionautix.com Transcript: A transcript for the show can be found via the closed captions for each episode on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6_S4bBlaMyyC00kKGAsFg.

Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast host Matt Seale stays close to home in his very own small town of Ocilla, Ga, and talks with the current members of the Ocilla, Ga City Council. They discuss the rewards and challenges they face as City Council members and how they came to serve in their community as they did. For more information, visit www.smalltownpodcast.com

Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast host Matt Seale stays in his own small town of Ocilla, Ga, and talks with former Mayor Lamar Royal and Police Chief Billy Hancock. They discuss the joys of small town living in Ocilla and how they came to serve in their community as they did. For more information, visit www.smalltownpodcast.com

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: More details emerged about forced hysterectomies at a prison for immigrants in Georgia. At least seventeen women may have been subjected to the procedures by one doctor, though the full scope is yet to be revealed. Meanwhile, low-income students are giving up on college as a result of the pandemic. Experts fear a new lost generation in higher education. And lastly, there were some big wins for progressive candidates in Delaware this week. A social worker won an upset victory over a forty-year incumbent in the state senate. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Democrats demand hysterectomies investigation New information emerged yesterday regarding the unsettling account of forced hysterectomies at a for-profit immigration detention center in Ocilla, Georgia. Washington State Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal released a statement after meeting attorneys for the women who were subjected to the sterilization procedure. Jayapal said QUOTE It has become clear that the initial reports are likely part of a horrific pattern of conduct. There may be, at minimum, seventeen women who were subjected to unnecessary procedures from just one doctor, often without appropriate consent or knowledge, and with the clear intention of sterilization ENDQUOTE. Jayapal added that it's possible there are similar cases for individuals who were already deported. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also demanded an investigation yesterday, calling upon the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General to inquire into what she called QUOTE a staggering abuse of human rights ENDQUOTE. More than one hundred and sixty Democrats signed a letter demanding that the I.G. investigation begin immediately. In the meantime, other details about what has been happening at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility emerged from Jayapal’s preliminary Congressional investigation, which she pledged to continue. As Jayapal said: One woman, who was nearly deported, consulted the doctor simply about her menstrual cycle. She was put under for what she was told would be a simple procedure, only to wake up and find that the doctor had removed part of her reproductive organs without her knowledge or consent. Another woman, already deported, apparently went in to see the doctor for a simple condition related to diabetes and ended up having gynecological surgery. Two additional women apparently were shackled to the bed, reported to have had surgical procedures including a hysterectomy. The new details add substance to the whistleblower account we told you about yesterday. All information has so far come through attorneys for the women who have been victimized, but the public hasn’t yet heard from those women directly. Nor have we seen any documents or other evidence about the nature and scope of the procedures. It will take time to get all the answers, but we haven’t heard the last on this story, that’s for sure. Poorer students dropping college Across the country, low-income students are dropping out of college. Others are making the decision not to enroll at all. According to the Washington Post, some one hundred thousand fewer high school seniors completed financial aid applications this year. What’s more, an August survey by the US Census found that students from families annual with incomes under seventy five thousand dollars are nearly twice as likely to cancel all their plans to take classes this fall, compared to students from families with incomes over one hundred thousand dollars. And tuition deposits are down down eight point four percent among families making less than sixty thousand dollars a year. Enrollment trends so far show especially steep drops among Black students and rural white students. While some students are adapting to the situation by applying to lower-cost colleges, enrollment at community colleges seems to be hard hit. The drop in enrollment is unique to the pandemic, the Post says. During the 2008 Great Recession, college enrollment grew, as is typical during economic downturns. Bill DeBaun, data director for the National College Attainment Network, said the ultimate fear is this could be a lost generation of low-income students. A number of students told the Post they couldn’t justify the expense of full tuition in order to take online classes, without the benefits of college attendance such as access to a library and other facilities. Progressive upset in Delaware Political primary season is over. And there were some stunning results this week in Delaware’s state primary, which concluded on Tuesday. In the thirteenth district, social worker Marie Pinkney, a political newcomer running on a progressive platform, defeated the powerful and long-serving Senate President Pro Tem David McBride. According to the Associated Press, McBridge joined the Delaware state senate in 1980 and hadn’t faced a primary challenger since 1986. Pinkney advances to face Republican Alexander Homich in the general election. Pinkney was one of four Delaware candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party to win seats this week. The others were Larry Lambert in House District Seven, Eric Morrison in House District Twenty-Seven, Madinah Wilson-Anton in House District Twenty-Six, and Shané (SHAW-NEIGH) Darby for Wilmington City Council district two. All minus Morrison are people of color. There was another result worth mentioning: Lauren Witzke, another Q-Anon kook, won the US Senate Republican primary, and will challenge incumbent Democrat Chris Coons in November. According to the Daily Beast, Witzke has also endorsed the idea of Trump becoming a lifelong king of the United States, and said she believes that the earth is flat. Fortunately, Coons is favored. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Hurricane Sally, a storm that meterologists said seemed to come out of nowhere, slammed Florida and Alabama yesterday. It was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall, but it still brought massive and destructive flooding. Georgia and South Carolina are in line to be hit by the center of the storm today. Batten your hatches, folks. Attorney General Bill Barr last week suggested to federal prosecutors that they might charge some protesters with sedition – that is, the crime of conspiring to overthrow the US government. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news yesterday, as well as the fact that some federal prosecutors were taken aback by Barr’s suggestion. As well they should be! Michael Caputo, the Health and Human Services spokesman who posted an unhinged Facebook Live rant about left-wing insurrectioninsts in his department and called upon Trump supporters to stock up on ammunition, will be taking a leave of absence. According to the New York Times, Centers for Disease Control director Robert Redfield told a Senate panel yesterday that he was deeply saddened by Caputo’s comments and said his remarks about government scientists committing sedition were false and offensive. To say the least. Decolonization news: the country of Barbados announced it would remove England’s Queen Elizabeth the Second as its head of state. The move toward full sovereignty will take effect next November, when Barbados celebrates fifty-five years of independence. Per CBS News, both Buckingham Palace and the British Foreign Office said the matter is up to Barbados, which, historically speaking, is a big step forward for the Brits. That’s all for the AM Quickie. Join us this afternoon on the Majority Report. Sept 1, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Corey Pein PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

No music, no call to action, just RAGE!!! This news is HUGE, if true- The worst kind of assault is being alleged against a private detention center. Major news outlets are reporting that DHS is investigating a detention center in Ocilla, GA, for allegations of inhumane conditions and forced sterilizations. My app was giving me issues, so I had to run this without an edit (sorry). Let me know what you think of this bombshell report from the NY Times' Caitlin Dickerson! TCBYTB@gmail.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/true-crime-by-the-book/exclusive-content

Welcome to Majority.FM's AM QUICKIE! Brought to you by justcoffee.coop TODAY'S HEADLINES: A shocking whistleblower complaint reveals that an ICE detention facility has been performing a staggering number of hysterectomies on immigrant women, effectively practicing eugenics on a vulnerable population in the government’s care. Meanwhile, the city of Louisville, Kentucky settles with the family of Breonna Taylor, who will receive $12 million. But there’s not dollar price on death, and her killers have yet to face justice. And lastly, Israel signs two landmark agreements to normalize relations with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. But the newfound cooperation will do little to change the suffering of the Palestinian people. THESE ARE THE STORIES YOU NEED TO KNOW: Eugenics at ICE Facility A new whistleblower complaint filed Monday reveals one of the most depraved practices normalized by this country’s barbaric immigration system. The complaint specifically names the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, which houses ICE detainees but is run by a private prison company. It was filed on behalf of several detained immigrants as well as a nurse, named Dawn Wooten, and has multiple women alleging that hysterectomies were overly frequent among detainees. One woman said she’d met five other women who had hysterectomies while being detained in a two-month period between October and December in 2019. What’s worse, the woman told a Georgia nonprofit that the inmates were often sent to see one particular gynecologist outside of the prison. She said quote: “When I met all these women who had had surgeries, I thought this was like an experimental concentration camp. It was like they’re experimenting with their bodies.” endquote. The complaint phrases these incidents as quote “jarring medical neglect.” But what it easily sounds like to a layperson is straight-up eugenics. A hysterectomie is major, life altering surgery that permanently removes a woman’s ability to have children -- and in some cases, the complaint alleges that women weren’t even sure why they were having the procedure, according to Wooten, the Irwin nurse who helped file the complaint. She said quote: “We’ve questioned among ourselves, like, goodness, he’s taking everybody’s stuff out. That’s his specialty, he’s the uterus collector. Everybody he sees, he’s taking all their uteruses out or he’s taken their tubes out.” Endquote. The shocking reproductive violence in the complaint makes its other abuses seem almost mundane. According to Wooten, the inmates’ protections from coronavirus are woefully lacking as well. In a statement to Vice News, ICE deferred questions to the Office of the Inspector General, but said that quote “anonymous, unproven allegations” endquote should be treated with skepticism. It’s probably best to take that statement with a healthy dose of skepticism as well. Breonna Taylor's Family Wins Settlement The city of Louisville will pay a $12 million settlement to the family of Breonna Taylor, who was murdered in her bed by police officers. Money does not buy justice, but some kind of remuneration for the shocking crimes committed by the Louisville Police Department is the least the city can do. The agreement was reached quickly, at least in relative terms for this sort of wrongful death suit, coming six months after Taylor was killed, and after over three months of sustained protests throughout the city and country. The city was not required to acknowledge wrongdoing in the settlement. That says about all of it. If you needed more evidence that there’s no real justice here, take this: the New York Times reports that legal experts don’t think there will be any legal charges brought against the officers who killed Taylor. That decision comes from the fact that Taylor’s boyfriend fired a weapon at officers first, believing them to be home intruders, as they burst into the apartment in the dead of night. Lexington’s leadership has agreed to a series of police reforms, many of which are procedural fixes as to how warrants are approved and served. It’s pretty apparent that these are all just a bandaid, like the $12 million in blood money paid out to wash away the crime of another black life lost at the hands of police. Bahrain, UAE, Leave Palestinians High and Dry The Arab world is slowly normalizing its relationships with Israel. On Tuesday, representatives from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates signed agreements with Israel to establish diplomatic relations and other economic ties. These are the first such agreements Arab countries have made with Israel since Jordan in 1984, but what unites the two groups isn’t exactly an altruistic desire for peace. You can tell that immediately by the fact that the Palestinian people have been almost completely left out of the equation. The agreements only mention the long running apartheid system in Israel in brief, saying they wish for a quote “just, comprehensive and enduring resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.” endquote. In response to the news, Palestinians and their supporters held a hundreds-strong rally outside of the White House. One demonstrator told Al Jazeera that the new accords were a quote “stab in the back” for the Palestinian people. The Trump administration is hailing this as a tremendous victory, of course. Given the relationships in the region, Saudi Arabia could eventually take similar steps, which would be a huge development. But what’s clear is that the wealthy rules of these Gulf states have decided that the economic gains of working with Israel far outweigh their desire to advocate for a just future for Palestinians. AND NOW FOR SOME QUICKER QUICKIES: Donald Trump’s Justice Department is coming for John Bolton, and while it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy, it still sets a dangerous precedent. The Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation as to whether Bolton’s recent book disclosed classified material. As his poll numbers with Latino Voter continue to slip, Joe Biden pulled out his cell phone and played a snippet of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” during a campaign event in Florida. That’s sure to get ‘em, Joe! The New York Times reports that the U.S. Military is pressing for new authority to drone strike terrorists in portions of eastern Kenya, which would mark a new expansion of the forever-growing, forever-lasting war zone we’re fighting in across the globe. The Delaware primary was Tuesday night, and though votes are still being counted as of script time, it looks like Sarah McBride will win the Democratic nomination for a State Senate seat in a safely-blue district, making her the country’s highest ranking openly transgender politician. McBride said quote: “My hope is that this result can help reinforce for a young kid trying to find their place in this world, here in Delaware or anywhere else in this country, that this democracy is big enough for them, too.” That’s it for the Majority Report’s AM quickie today. Stay tuned for the full show. Sept 16, 2020 - AM Quickie HOSTS - Sam Seder & Lucie Steiner WRITER - Jack Crosbie PRODUCER - Dorsey Shaw EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Brendan Finn

30 year old high school teacher Tara Grinstead vanished from her home in Ocilla, Georgia on October 22, 2005. The circumstances were strange:  a latex glove was found in her yard, a business card from a local cop was wedged in her door. She was a young woman beloved by the town and who lived in close knit community, but nobody saw anything? WHERE. THE HELL. IS TARA?

Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast Host Matt Seale stays safely in his own small town of Ocilla, GA, and talks via Zoom with Larry Hanson, the Executive Director of the Georgia Municipal Association, and Deb Brown of SaveYour.Town who sits in her own small town of Webster City, IA, and works with small towns across the country. The conversations focus on how small towns are doing during the pandemic from a local government perspective, and how these unprecedented circumstances might accelerate trends that were already benefitting rural communities. For more information, visit smalltownpodcast.com.

Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast Host Matt Seale stays in his own small town of Ocilla, GA, and holds Zoom conferences with several previously featured small town Mayors and Officials in Louisiana. In this episode, Mayor Matt checks in with Mayor Peggy Adkins of Serepta, Mayor John “Sonny” Dumas of Winnsboro, Mayor Adam Holland of Oak Grove, Mayor Eugene Foulcard of Franklin, Former Mayor Tim Kerner of Jean Lafitte, Mayor Mike Kloesel of Kaplan, and Mayor Bob Zabbia of Ponchatoula, to see how their small towns are faring during the COVID-19 Pandemic. For more information, visit smalltownpodcast.com (http://smalltownpodcast.com/) . 

Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast Host Matt Seale stays in his own small town of Ocilla, GA, and holds Zoom conferences with several previously featured small town Mayors and City Officials in Georgia. In this episode, Mayor Matt checks in with Mayor Matt Donaldson of Twin City, Genuine Georgia owner Cynthia Smith of downtown Greensboro, Mayor Mike Young of McRae-Helena, Mayor James Eubanks of Pelham, and Mayor Jason Weaver of Screven, to see how their small towns are faring during the COVID-19 Pandemic. For more information, visit smalltownpodcast.com. 

Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast Host Matt Seale stays in his own small town of Ocilla, GA to talk with local Dr. Howard McMahan. The 2 discuss how Dr McMahan chose the life of a small town family doctor. They also discuss the challenges of rural healthcare in general, as well as in the face of a global pandemic. For more information, visit www.smalltownpodcast.com.

On October 21, 2005, local beauty queen, Tara Grinsted vanished from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. 12 years later, two men were arrested for her murder. This was thanks in part to Payne Lindsay's popular podcast by the same name. So Payne is here to take us through the events surrounding her disappearance and the arrests. He and his team are not convinced the police got it right. And the are going to GET. TO. THE. BOTTOM. OF. IT. YOU GUYS WE'RE GOING TO BROADWAY!!! (https://cart.2st.com/true-crime-obsessed/2267?_ga=2.9610037.1609385445.1582578353-216236744.1581368928) THAT'S RIGHT, TCO WILL BE THE FIRST PODCAST EVER TO PLAY THE GREAT WHITE WAY! This one-night only event is happening June 1st. We're being joined by our fancy Broadway friends, we're recapping the bonkers 2018 documentary "Frank Serpico" AND WE WANT YOU TO COME MAKE HISTORY WITH US! There are only a handful of tickets left! Get your tickets here! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) , you'll find over 100 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) WE LAUNCHED A NEW PODCAST! (https://www.obsessedwithpod.com/) "Obsessed With: Abducted In Plain Sight" is a 4-part podcast series hosted by Patrick Hinds and Skye Borgman, the director of Abducted in Plain Sight. The podcast takes you behind the scenes of the smash hit documentary by sharing new interview with Jan and her parents, deleted scenes, AN INSANE PLOT LINE THAT LEFT OUT OF THE FILM THAT YOU WON'T BELIEVE, and audio journal recorded by the kidnapper himself and later recovered by the FBI. BINGE ALL 4 EPISODES NOW WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS!

The life of Irwin County Head Football Coach Buddy Nobles was celebrated in Ocilla this past weekend. Nobles died after a battle with cancer. Hosts Tommy Palmer and Jon Nelson looked back on his legacy with two of Irwin County's high school football voices: Andy Paulk and Kelly Wynn.

Crime Soup's first full episode! In 2005 a beloved high school teacher named Tara Grinstead went missing from the town of Ocilla, Georgia. For more than a decade, Tara's case remained unsolved. In the recent years, new light has been shed on Tara's case revealing the involvement of two men; but to this day, some questions still remain unanswered. Hosted, Edited and Produced by Julia Gallucci Music Credits | Intro Music & Background Music: Joseph McDade: Glacial Waves https://www.fesliyanstudios.com

 Tara Grinstead was a south Georgia beauty queen and high school history teacher who disappeared from her home in Ocilla in Irwin County, Georgia, in 2005. This episode includes testimony from the second day of the trial of Bo Dukes,

 Tara Grinstead was a south Georgia beauty queen and high school history teacher who disappeared from her home in Ocilla in Irwin County, Georgia, in 2005. This episode includes testimony from the second day of the trial of Bo Dukes,

 Tara Grinstead was a south Georgia beauty queen and high school history teacher who disappeared from her home in Ocilla in Irwin County, Georgia, in 2005. This episode includes testimony from the second day of the trial of Bo Dukes,

The tables are turned on Ocilla Mayor and Small Town Podcast host Matt Seale as he is interviewed by Adrienne Andreae of the podcast Small Town Sunshine. In this episode we learn about Mayor Matt and how he came to live in Ocilla, what made him run for Mayor and what made him want to start Small Town Podcast. For more information, visit www.smalltownpodcast.com.

Episode 13: Rhett Roberts, the owner and founder of the Rhett Roberts Company in Ocilla, Georgia. Road Sales for Growth. Knocking on One Door at a Time. Family Believing in Your Products. Being Your Family's Best Chef.   Hosted By: Deborah Michas (IG: @deborahmichas) & Justin Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)   Episode Notes: 1) Listen to your relatives and believe in yourself because you may be an entrepreneur in hiding. 2) Get feedback from everyone you can on your products as feedback leads to better products. 3) Always appreciate your mothers because mothers often believe in their sons and daughters when sons and daughters need it the most.  4) Expanding your brand one product at a time as the opportunity knocks is important.  Do not be afraid to promote your products one door at a time. 5) Set long term goals so you can live your dreams...from brand to store...from store to road side restaurant.   Website: www.unclerhetts.com IG: @unclerhetts FB: @unclerhetts   Special Mentions: Flavor of Georgia Contest: Website: http://flavorofgeorgia.caes.uga.edu  IG: @flavorofga   Stay Tuned for Episode 14 on Friday, where we interview Lou Thomann, the owner and founder of the Yaupon Wellness Company in Savannah, Georgia.  Website: www.yaupontea.com IG: @yauponteacompany   Stay Tuned for Episode 16 on Wednesday, where we interview Cecil Rhodes, the co-owner and co-founder of the Nash & Proper #foodtruck in Sacramento, California. Website: www.nashandproper.com IG: @nashandproper   Free Podcast.  No Advertisements.  The stories of Food Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business.  What does the future have in store for the food entrepreneur?   JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Email: justin.bizzarro@gmail.com Instagram: @justinandthefoodentrepreneurs ( #foodentrepreneurs )   All music is scored by host or royalty free. 

Episode 12: Motivational Monday - Lucille Ball. All You Need is Love. Loving Oneself Better. Give More Hugs. Business Success with Love and Hugs.   "Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." - Lucille Ball   Hosted By: Deborah Michas (IG: @deborahmichas) & Justin Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)   Guest Host: Mark Shortt (IG: @markjshort) of the Mark Explains #podcast (IG: @mark.explains)   Episode Notes: 1) Spiritually, you can not love your neighbor if you do not love yourself. Loving oneself is a challenge.  2) Self examination to see the parts of you or your past is necessary to bring the things you do not like about yourself to light.  3) Hugging helps give love and helps one feel loved. Give hugs instead of hand shakes after we get to know people. Create an open heart policy at your business instead of an open door policy.  4) Be loving and soft with your family, with your friends, and as an entrepreneur or business person.  5) Social Media is not the way to love yourself unless you are putting the real you out there. Ask yourself what is the real you?   Stay Tuned for Episode 13 on Wednesday, where we interview Rhett Roberts, the owner and founder of Uncle Rhett's in Ocilla, Georgia. Website: www.unclerhetts.com IG: @unclerhetts   Stay Tuned for Episode 14 on Friday, where we interview Lou Thomann, the owner and founder of the Yaupon Wellness Company in Savannah, Georgia.  Website: www.yaupontea.com IG: @yauponteacompany   Free Podcast.  No Advertisements.  The stories of Food Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business.  What does the future have in store for the food entrepreneur?   JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Email: justin.bizzarro@gmail.com IG: @justinandthefoodentrepreneurs   All music is scored by host or royalty free. 

Episode 11: Josh House, the co-owner and co-founder of Pickles and Bones Barbecue in Milford, Ohio. From Food Truck to Brick and Mortar. Minimizing Food Loss through Menu Ideas. Good Food from Good Farms. Marital Entrepreneurial Partnership.   Hosted By: Deborah Michas (IG: @deborahmichas) & Justin Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)   Episode Notes: 1) The story of going from food truck to brick and mortar. How good food, good business sense, and great food education can lead to your dreams coming true.  2) Falling in love with and marrying the teacher...then becoming food entrepreneurs. Understanding risk together as a married couple helps lead to success. 3) Reusing food that is normally waste can save your business and produce profits.  4) Producing everything from scratch gives authenticity and ownership to your food and business. 5) Locally sourced and sustainable farms are the key to the new food and beverage entrepreneurial world.  Local farms to local restaurants or food and beverage businesses help customers feel good about the food and beverages they are buying.  Website: www.picklesandbones.com IG: @picklesandbonesbbq FB: @picklesandbones   Special Mentions:  Carroll Creek Farms Adam and Jess Campbell Website: www.carrollcreekfarms.com  IG: @carrollcreekfarms   Loveland Bakehouse Shannon Kurup IG: @lovelandbakehouse   Avril-Bleh Meats & Deli Len Bleh Website: www.avriliblehmeats.com  IG: @avril_blehmeatmarket   Stay Tuned for Episode 13 on Wednesday, where we interview Rhett Roberts, the owner and founder of Uncle Rhett's in Ocilla, Georgia. Website: www.unclerhetts.com IG: @unclerhetts   Stay Tuned for Episode 14 on Friday, where we interview Lou Thomann, the owner and founder of the Yaupon Tea Company in Savannah, Georgia.  Website: www.yaupontea.com IG: @yauponteacompany   Free Podcast.  No Advertisements.  The stories of Food Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business.  What does the future have in store for the food entrepreneur?   JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Email: justin.bizzarro@gmail.com Instagram: @justinandthefoodentrepreneurs ( #foodentrepreneurs )   All music is scored by host or royalty free. 

Episode 10: Melanie Wade, the owner and founder of Cultured South Fermentation Co., Golda Kombucha, Atlanta Fermentation Festival, and Pure Abundance Food in Atlanta, Georgia. Reinvesting in Your Business. Benefits of Being First. Seeing Opportunities to Grow. Being a Business Woman.    Hosted By: Deborah Michas (IG: @deborahmichas) & Justin Bizzarro (IG: @justinbizzarro)   Episode Notes: 1) The true brilliance in profiting off of Grandma's recipe.  2) Reinvest the profits back into the business, into acquisitions, or into your own new startups.  3) Build brands that compliment your existing brands. 4) Being the first into that business segment in your geographical area has benefits.  5) Figure out ways to market and sell your food and beverage products outside of the normal grocery outlets.  Website: www.culturedsouth.com  IG: @culturedsouth ( #cultureliveshere ) Website: www.goldakombucha.com  IG: @goldakombucha ( #goldakombucha ) Website: www.atlantafermentationfest.com  IG: @fermentationfestatl ( #itsfineunderthebrine )  Website: www.pureabundancefoods.com  IG: @pureabundancefood   Special Mentions:    Treehouse Milk IG: @treehousemilk ( #drinkmorenutmilk )   Revolution Gelato IG: @revgelato ( #revolutiongelato )   Piedmont Provisions IG: @piedmontprovisions   Honeysuckle Gelato IG: @honeysucklegelato ( #honeysucklegelato )   Doux South IG: @douxsouth (#eatwithasouthernaccent )   Georgia Sourdough Co. IG: @georgiasourdoughco    Stay Tuned for Episode 11 on Friday, where we interview Josh House, the owner and founder of the Pickles and Bones Barbecue in Milford, Ohio.  Website: www.picklesandbones.com IG: @picklesandbonesbbq   Stay Tuned for Episode 13 on Wednesday, where we interview Rhett Roberts, the owner and founder of Uncle Rhett's in Ocilla, Georgia. Website: www.unclerhetts.com IG: @unclerhetts   Free Podcast.  No Advertisements.  The stories of Food Entrepreneurs and how their failures led to the successes in their lives and in their business.  What does the future have in store for the food entrepreneur?   JUSTIN AND THE [FOOD] ENTREPRENEURS Email: justin.bizzarro@gmail.com Instagram: @justinandthefoodentrepreneurs ( #foodentrepreneurs )   All music is scored by host or royalty free. 

It’s been a while since Payne and his team visited Ocilla, Georgia and Tara Grinstead's case. Between Ryan’s hearings, the upcoming trial, and developments that no one saw coming, it's time to delve back in to the Season 1 case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 34 of my podcast walks through the 28th example of how I organize a digital marketing strategy for local business owners that are unsettled and confused by digital. This time is V2.1 for Irwin Animal Clinic in Ocilla, Georgia. This thought exercise works quickly through my strategic planning procedure which I've been iterating for the past 3,173 days and counting. Get the full episode: jasonhobbsllc.com/example-28/ The full episode includes all of the following: Full video episode Full audio episode Link to the website demo Slidedeck And my story explaining why I chose the POV

Episode 32 of my podcast walks through the 26th example of how I organize a digital marketing strategy for local business owners that are unsettled and confused by digital. This time is V2.1 for South Georgia Lube Center in Fitzgerald and Ocilla, Georgia. This thought exercise works quickly through my strategic planning procedure which I've been iterating for the past 3,173 days and counting. Get the full episode: jasonhobbsllc.com/example-26/ The full episode includes all of the following: Full video episode Full audio episode Link to the website demo Slidedeck And my story explaining why I chose the POV

Episode 27 of my podcast walks through the 21st example of how I organize a digital marketing strategy for small business owners that are unsettled and confused by digital. This time we revisit my local veterinary clinic, Irwin Animal Clinic in Ocilla, Georgia. This unresearched thought exercise works quickly through my strategic planning procedure which I've been iterating for the past 3,149 days and counting. Get the full episode: jasonhobbsllc.com/example-21 The full episode includes all of the following: Full video episode Full audio episode Link to the website demo Slidedeck And my story explaining why I chose the POV

Episode 26 of my podcast walks through the 20th example of how I organize a digital marketing strategy, this time we revisit my local tire and lube center, South Georgia Lube Center in Fitzgerald, Georgia as well as Ocilla, Georgia. This unresearched thought exercise works quickly through my strategic planning procedure which I've been iterating for the past 3,149 days and counting. Get the full episode: jasonhobbsllc.com/example-20 The full episode includes all of the following: Full video episode Full audio episode Link to the website demo Slidedeck And my story explaining why I chose the POV

Episode 6 of my podcast walks through my 4th unresearched example of my strategic planning procedure for digital marketing. This time from the perspective of my local tire and lube center in Ocilla, Georgia. This unresearched thought exercise works quickly through my strategic planning procedure which I've been iterating for the past 3,101 days and counting. Get the full episode: https://jasonhobbsllc.com/example-4 The full episode includes all of the following: Slidedeck Full video episode Full audio episode Link to the website demo And my story explaining why I chose the POV

Tara Grinstead /// Part 2 /// 216 Part 2 of 2    www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Saturday night, October 22, 2005.  Ocilla, Georgia.  30 year old Tara Grinstead, a popular high school history teacher and former Miss Georgia contestant, attends a BBQ with friends at the home of the former Ocilla school superintendant Dr. Troy Davis and his wife Missy.  The party has gathered to watch the Georgia football game, socialize and enjoy some Southern barbecue.  At approximately 11 pm, Davis walks Tara to the door as she gets ready to leave.  She tells him that she is heading home.  She gets into her car and drives away.  That was the last known sighting of Tara Grinstead. What happened to Tara that night?  How could she have just disappeared into thin air? Over the years there have been several strong persons of interest, but in 2017 this case took a twist that no one saw coming.   Beer of the Week - Sneaky Wheat by Scofflaw Brewing  Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tara Grinstead /// Part 2 /// 216 Part 2 of 2    www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Saturday night, October 22, 2005.  Ocilla, Georgia.  30 year old Tara Grinstead, a popular high school history teacher and former Miss Georgia contestant, attends a BBQ with friends at the home of the former Ocilla school superintendant Dr. Troy Davis and his wife Missy.  The party has gathered to watch the Georgia football game, socialize and enjoy some Southern barbecue.  At approximately 11 pm, Davis walks Tara to the door as she gets ready to leave.  She tells him that she is heading home.  She gets into her car and drives away.  That was the last known sighting of Tara Grinstead. What happened to Tara that night?  How could she have just disappeared into thin air? Over the years there have been several strong persons of interest, but in 2017 this case took a twist that no one saw coming.   Beer of the Week - Sneaky Wheat by Scofflaw Brewing  Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tara Grinstead /// Part 1 /// 215 Part 1 of 2  www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Saturday night, October 22, 2005.  Ocilla, Georgia.  30 year old Tara Grinstead, a popular high school history teacher and former Miss Georgia contestant, attends a BBQ with friends at the home of the former Ocilla school superintendant Dr. Troy Davis and his wife Missy.  The party has gathered to watch the Georgia football game, socialize and enjoy some Southern barbecue.  At approximately 11 pm, Davis walks Tara to the door as she gets ready to leave.  She tells him that she is heading home.  She gets into her car and drives away.  That was the last known sighting of Tara Grinstead. What happened to Tara that night?  How could she have just disappeared into thin air? Over the years there have been several strong persons of interest, but in 2017 this case took a twist that no one saw coming.   Beer of the Week - Sneaky Wheat by Scofflaw Brewing  Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tara Grinstead /// Part 1 /// 215 Part 1 of 2  www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Saturday night, October 22, 2005.  Ocilla, Georgia.  30 year old Tara Grinstead, a popular high school history teacher and former Miss Georgia contestant, attends a BBQ with friends at the home of the former Ocilla school superintendant Dr. Troy Davis and his wife Missy.  The party has gathered to watch the Georgia football game, socialize and enjoy some Southern barbecue.  At approximately 11 pm, Davis walks Tara to the door as she gets ready to leave.  She tells him that she is heading home.  She gets into her car and drives away.  That was the last known sighting of Tara Grinstead. What happened to Tara that night?  How could she have just disappeared into thin air? Over the years there have been several strong persons of interest, but in 2017 this case took a twist that no one saw coming.   Beer of the Week - Sneaky Wheat by Scofflaw Brewing  Garage Grade - 4 out of 5 bottle caps     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On October 22, 2005, local beauty queen Tara Grinstead disappeared from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. Despite strong suspects early on, little progress was made in the investigation for 11 years. But has the case finally been solved? Do we know the whole truth about what happened to Tara?

The case against Ryan Duke for the 2004 murder of Ocilla, Georgia, teacher Tara Grinstead is built largely on what his roommate Bo Dukes told investigators. Dr. Maurice Godwin, the private investigator hired by Tara's family, now believes it was Bo Dukes who did the killing. Godwin talks to Nancy Grace about the latest in Grinstead case in this episode.

In this Bonus Episode we learn more about the aftermath in the small town of Ocilla, GA.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Payne talks true crime podcasts with Crimetown creator/host Mark Smerling. On a trip to Ocilla, he also visits Marcus Harper's mother.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

began working on Searching For Ghosts in the fall of last year. I started by scouring the internet, trying to find anything I could on this case. As far as official reports, the information on the web was pretty much that initial story of how Cindy , , Cayce’s mother, found the house that night. There were a few stories done by WMCTV Channel 5 out of Memphis covering vigils that were held on the anniversary of Cayce’s disappearance, but that was pretty much it. Some of the sites that I found looked like they hadn’t been updated since 1996. Remember how the internet used to look? With the awful graphics and cheesy font? Yeah, this was my main source in the beginning in which to make a podcast.   Then I decided to reach out to The Milan-Mirror Exchange, Milan’s local newspaper. Back in 2005, I was a reporter for one of the papers owned by the same guy who owns the Mirror Exchange . So I had an in.   The editor of the paper, Victor Parkins, was very helpful. He gave me two names of people to contact that he felt sure would talk to me. He even let me use audio from a video interview done a few years back of Cayce’s best friend, Amber, who has been the main person to keep Cayce’s memory alive over the years. It’s her voice that you hear in the Searching For Ghosts teaser. She was one of the two names that he gave me.   I knew that I had a hard row to hoe ahead of me. I’m not from Milan. Strike One. I’m not an investigative journalist. Strike Two. I’m a musician. Strike Three.   So I tried reaching out to Amber through social media.  And I waited. I think she even deleted my friend request. So I contacted a friend of mine who had gone to high school with her. I asked him to reach out to Amber and grease the skids for me. And that’s what he did. He vouched for me and explained that the past two years of my life had been documented in Left Of Nashville, so if she wanted to know what I was about, there was basically an audio diary of mine online. I got Nothing.   This among other things caused me to shelve the project. I felt that if I couldn’t get Cayce’s best friend to talk, a friend who was with her the night she disappeared, then I had no shot of getting anyone in the family to talk. And with hardly any information about the case available to the public, I knew I didn’t have a podcast without friends and family.   But this case kept gnawing at me. I couldn’t let it go entirely. Especially after stumbling on a podcast by Payne Lindsey called ‘Up And Vanished.’ Lindsey is a filmmaker in Atlanta and his podcast is about the eleven year-old missing persons case of Tara Grinstead in Ocilla, Ga.    Like me, Lindsey wasn’t an investigative reporter. He wasn’t even a podcaster. And Ocilla, Ga is about half the size of Milan, Tn, so he was having even more trouble getting people to talk. But he went ahead with the podcast anyway. And just a few weeks ago, the GBI made two arrests in the cold case, no doubt, in large part due to Up and Vanished. I had no excuse at this point.   So i decided to go ahead and launch this thing. I put together the introductory episode and wrote a press release. I sent it out.  And within two hours, the daily paper  in Jackson Tn, The Jackson Sun, had it up on their website and the following day, it was on the front page of the paper, above the fold.    And THAT’S when Amber contacted me. She apologized for not responding earlier and explained to me why she had reservations. She then followed up with an offer to help in any way possible.    So this is Cayce Lynn McDaniel’s best friend and her first hand recollections of August 16th and 17th of 1996.   I’m Brandon Barnett. And this is Searching For Ghosts.   According to Amber, she remembers that it was initially  handled as a runaway case, which is understandable, especially since it involved a teenager. But Amber never believed that Cayce was a runaway.   The story of how Cayce’s mother found the house that night is attached to every news report that can be found about this case. It is THE STORY. And the thing that jumps out to almost everyone who hears it and the question that I have been asked the most since airing the teaser last fall is “Who waits ten hours to call someone?   I thought that there might be an explanation after Amber described the dynamics of their friendship. We’ll discuss this in more detail at the end of this episode.   So if Cayce did tell her mother she was spending the night at Amber’s, wouldn’t this more in line with a runaway situation than an abduction? Amber still doesn’t buy it.   I asked Amber if she could remember Cindy’s demeanor as they were riding around looking for Cayce.   Which leads us back to the story. You know, THE STORY.   While Cayce spending the night at Amber’s might explain Cindy’s calm demeanor the following day and possibly why she waited ten hours to call anyone, it still doesn’t mesh with the story of how the scene looked at the house.   There is even one news report where a relative states that Cayce’s favorite brand new pair of shoes were found in her room. There is no evidence that she left that house dressed to go out.     Searching For Ghosts Website     Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (iTunes)   Brandon Barnett-Behind The Scenes (Amazon)     Brandon Barnett-Man Who Tries (iTunes)   Brandon Barnett-Man Who Tries (Amazon)

The biggest lead yet takes us underneath a home in Ocilla. We learn more about this mysterious fire on Snapdragon Road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We learn that everything isn't always what it seems in this case. New figures emerge, and the people of Ocilla are finally talking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices