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Odessa Jenkins built a professional women's tackle football league before anyone believed the market existed.On this episode of Dear FoundHer, host Lindsay Pinchuk talks with Odessa Jenkins, known as OJ, founder and CEO of the Women's National Football Conference. Her story carries a lesson female founders everywhere need to hear. You don't wait for permission to build something new. You describe your vision so clearly the right people see it before a single game is played. That's how OJ won over ten teams and two major sports brands while the league was still an idea on paper.This is the kind of conversation women in business rarely get to hear. OJ worked a full-time job while selling the league. She convinced her wife to leave a corporate career and build alongside her. Bootstrapping kept the lights on for five years and profit didn't arrive until year three. None of those details show up on a TV broadcast, yet every one of them shaped what the WNFC has become. Sixteen teams, 900 athletes, and a championship game airing live on ESPN2.Female founders will recognize themselves in OJ's honesty about startup funding, partnership marketing with brands like Adidas, and the unglamorous work behind a bold mission. Her message cuts through the noise. Ready isn't real. Ask for what you need. Stop choosing the hardest path when an easier one exists.If you're drawn to real founder stories with heart and grit, this episode will stay with you long after you press pause.Episode Breakdown:00:00 Female Founders Who Build Before the Blueprint Exists03:05 How Odessa Jenkins Started the WNFC08:26 Getting Adidas and Riddell to Back a League That Didn't Exist Yet11:13 Bootstrapping, Profit, and the Real Timeline14:43 How the Public Responded in Year One22:41 Fan Growth, Streaming Numbers, and National TV24:53 Flag Football, the Athlete Pipeline, and What's Coming27:55 Why the Timing Is Right for Women's Sports Right Now31:17 Championship Weekend at Ford Center34:28 Three Things Every Woman Starting a Business Needs to HearConnect with Odessa Jenkins:Follow OJ on InstagramFollow Women's National Football Conference on InstagramSubmit your most pressing business questions for our Q+A Substack on Thursday: https://form.jotform.com/260218655668062 Subscribe to The FoundHer Files Follow Dear FoundHer on Instagram Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chuck Todd opens on the surreal split-screen of a president desperate to manufacture a legacy: in the same stretch of days, Trump announced a "deal" with Iran, and hosted a UFC fight on the White House lawn. He argues the Iran deal is barely a deal at all — it's an agreement to begin a new negotiation, the diplomatic equivalent of trying to salvage a tie from a war that was always an own goal. The stated goal was to dismantle Iran's nuclear program; instead Iran never capitulated, will see roughly $24 billion in assets unfrozen along with oil export relief, and is essentially being paid off by the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz it closed in the first place. Chuck’s verdict is blunt: Iran didn't win the war outright, but it absolutely humiliated the United States, the deal looks far closer to an Iranian victory than an American one, it pointedly excludes Iran's proxies and effectively bails out Hezbollah, and it may actually increase Iran's incentive to pursue a nuclear weapon down the line — assuming the whole fragile arrangement doesn't simply fall apart by Friday. The biggest loser of the entire episode, Chuck argues, is Bibi Netanyahu, who alienated a generation of Democrats and thought he could manipulate Trump only to get burned, much as Trump assumed Iran would fold as easily as he believed Venezuela would. He gives Trump exactly one piece of credit — at least he knew when to fold, because the outcome could have been far worse — before pivoting to the deeper, sadder story underneath all of it: a president obsessed with celebrating himself and desperate for lasting recognition, who wants to define popular culture, slap his name on the federal government the way he does his golf courses, and who threw himself a grotesque UFC-fight birthday party on the White House lawn that's terrible politics. Then, Daniel Alegre — CEO of TelevisaUnivision, the largest Spanish-language media company in the world — joins the Chuck Toddcast for a genuinely revealing conversation about the single most misunderstood bloc in American politics: the Hispanic vote. Alegre's central argument is one both parties keep failing to internalize — the Hispanic vote is now an issues vote, not a reliably Democratic one, and Latino voters have become measurably more engaged precisely as they've started shopping their vote across abortion, democracy, the border, the economy, and immigration enforcement. He's blunt about 2024: the Trump campaign communicated with Hispanic voters far more effectively than Democrats did. Alegre offers a striking data point from Texas — James Talarico outspent Jasmine Crockett 8-to-1 on Hispanic outreach and won that demographic by roughly the same margin — and notes that Ted Cruz never actually won the Hispanic vote until he put in serious, sustained effort to reach them. The tactical lessons are sharp and counterintuitive: campaigns have to communicate with Hispanics differently than the general population, white politicians attempting to speak Spanish get a mixed reception at best, and sending a Spanish-speaking surrogate in your place is actually worse than not showing up at all. The conversation digs into the rich complexity beneath the catch-all term "Hispanic." Alegre explains that political leanings differ dramatically by country of origin (the network's biggest constituencies are Mexican, Cuban, and Venezuelan), that there are significant differences between first- and second-generation Latinos and the third and fourth generation, and that in more heavily Hispanic cities many families are actively maintaining their heritage rather than assimilating — even using AI now to translate content for the genuinely different variations of Spanish across Latin American communities. He shares polling that should reshape how candidates pitch themselves: two-thirds of Hispanics say they're barely getting by, 80% are lending money to family or community, and yet over 90% still want to live the American dream — which is exactly why optimistic messaging resonates with Latinos while doom-and-gloom falls flat. Alegre addresses the perennial accusations of bias against his network (he argues it moved not to the right but to the center after the Jorge Ramos era, with a goal of providing information and letting the audience decide), reflects on Mexico electing a Jewish woman in Claudia Sheinbaum, and explains the network's massive sports footprint — it broadcasts 70% of soccer games in the U.S. and holds major World Cup rights. His closing message is one neither party can afford to ignore heading into the midterms: Hispanics are the swing vote in America now, and any campaign that treats them as a monolith — or worse, as a constituency it already owns — is going to lose them. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit June 17th, 1994… when OJ Simpson was chased by police in his white Ford Broncos. He argues that news executives learned that sensationalized news coverage could create a large, reliable viewership… and this would change the news business forever. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. Protect your family with life insurance from Ethos. Get up to $3 million in coverage in as little as 10 minutes at https://ethos.com/chuck. Application times may vary. Rates may vary. Refresh your wardrobe with Quince. Go to https://Quince.com/chuck for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 03:30 Trump announces deal with Iran, 04:00 Trump hosts UFC fight on White House lawn 04:30 White House lashes out at the Weather Channel for storm forecast 05:15 Trump is trying so hard to leave his mark on history* 05:45 Deal is basically an agreement to begin a new negotiation 07:15 The Iran war was an own goal by Trump, can he salvage a tie? 08:00 Goal was to dismantle nuclear program, Iran hasn’t capitulated 08:45 Iran says that $24B in assets will be unfrozen & oil export relief 10:00 Trump is basically paying off Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz 10:30 Iran didn’t win the war, but they did humiliate the United States 11:00 The deal didn’t include proxies, and bails out Hezbollah 12:00 Deal looks closer to an Iranian victory than an American one 14:00 Iran will now be more incentivized to get a nuclear weapon 16:15 There’s a real chance this deal could fall apart by Friday 17:30 The biggest loser from the war/deal is Bibi Netanyahu 18:00 Bibi has alienated a generation of Democrats 19:00 Bibi thought he could manipulate Trump & it burned him 21:15 Trump thought Iran would be easy like Venezuela 22:00 At least Trump knew when to fold, outcome could be worse 24:00 Trump is obsessed with celebrating himself 24:30 Trump is desperate for lasting recognition 26:30 Trump wants to define popular culture himself 27:15 Like his golf courses, Trump wants to put his name on the government 28:30 Workers hid scaffolding when taking Trump’s name off Kennedy Center 30:00 The UFC fight at the White House just feels gross 30:30 The UFC fight is terrible politics, people don’t like it 31:30 Trump threw his own birthday because nobody else would 40:00 Daniel Alegre (TelevisaUnavision) joins the Chuck ToddCast 42:45 Distinctions between Telemundo and Univision post-merger? 44:30 Priority now is to create content that resonates with all hispanics 45:45 Adding English content doesn’t work when targeting spanish speakers 47:30 “Spanglish” is different for different Latin American communities 49:00 Using AI to translate for different variations of Spanish 50:30 Many overdubbed American media used same Spanish voice actor 52:00 Does instant translation tech diminish need for learning 2nd language? 53:00 People still want to connect with own language and community 55:30 Are politicians finally realizing they need to diversify their pitch to Latinos? 57:15 The Hispanic vote is now an issues vote, not a Democratic vote 58:15 Abortion, democracy, border are all key issues for Hispanics 59:15 Economic issues & immigration enforcement also key for Hispanics 01:01:30 Campaigns must communicate to Hispanics differently than general population 01:02:15 Trump campaign communicated to Hispanics much better than Dems in ‘24 01:03:30 Talarico outspent Crockett 8:1 communicating to Hispanics, won by same margin 01:04:30 Ted Cruz never won Hispanic vote until he put serious effort into reaching them 01:05:30 Over half of Latino vote in Los Angeles mayoral is still undecided 01:06:45 In a bilingual home, if parents switch to Spanish something serious happened 01:07:30 Significant differences between 1st-2nd gen hispanics and 3rd-4th gen 01:09:00 In more hispanic cities, many are maintaining heritage & not assimilating 01:11:45 Political leanings differ based on country of origin 01:13:00 Influx of immigrants at the border frustrated latinos in south Texas 01:14:15 Hispanics generally are very faith and family focused 01:15:45 Campaigns would do well to target the predominant section of hispanic vote 01:16:30 How well are white politicians received when they speak Spanish? 01:17:30 Sending Spanish speaking surrogates is worse than not showing up 01:19:00 Which candidates have impressed you with outreach to hispanics? 01:20:45 Trump campaign bookended messaging around Telemundo town halls 01:21:30 2/3rds of polled hispanics say they’re barely getting by 01:22:30 80% of people polled are lending money to family or their community 01:23:00 Over 90% want to live the American dream 01:24:30 Optimistic messaging resonates with Latinos rather than doom & gloom 01:27:00 Would a Latino presidential candidate overperform with Latinos? 01:28:15 As they’ve become issues voters, Latinos have become more engaged 01:29:45 Which community attacks your network the most over “bias”? 01:31:00 Jorge Ramos’s politics became defining for the network for viewers 01:32:15 The network moved right… to the center, not the right 01:33:30 Goal is to provide the information and let the audience decide 01:34:00 Mexico elected a jewish woman in Claudia Scheinbaum 01:35:15 Biggest constituencies for the network are Mexican, Cuban & Venezuelan 01:36:15 Have World Cup TV broadcasts in Mexico, and radio rights in U.S. 01:38:00 70% of soccer games in the U.S. are broadcast on the network 01:39:30 Hispanics are the swing vote and can’t be ignored 01:43:00 ToddCast Time Machine - June 17th, 1994 01:44:15 The OJ Bronco chase overshadowed the Knicks NBA Finals 01:46:30 The news business learned people came back for OJ coverage 01:47:30 OJ coverage became a format for the TV news business 01:48:30 Newsrooms felt financial pressure and OJ delivered ratings 01:49:00 The OJ chase got Super Bowl level TV ratings 01:49:45 The courtroom TV kept audiences coming back 01:50:45 The trial became like a daytime soap opera 01:51:15 CNN’s ratings exploded during the trial, made huge money 01:52:15 Fox & MSNBC launched after seeing CNN’s revenue 01:53:15 News viewership became a daily ritual for millions 01:55:45 Media sensationalized other stories the way they did OJ 01:57:30 Coverage began amplifying divisions & nationalized them 01:59:00 The trial led to the Kardashian’s becoming a media empire 02:00:00 Trial created the attention economy that Trump mastered 02:04:00 Ask Chuck 02:04:15 Why are votes counts released before the final tally? 02:07:30 Rick Jackson buying a crazy amount of TV spots? 02:12:15 Could war powers vote give Trump an offramp for Iran? 02:14:30 Why do our older leaders keep holding on to power? 02:20:15 Are there dividing lines in the college sports bill?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chuck Todd opens on the surreal split-screen of a president desperate to manufacture a legacy: in the same stretch of days, Trump announced a "deal" with Iran, and hosted a UFC fight on the White House lawn. He argues the Iran deal is barely a deal at all — it's an agreement to begin a new negotiation, the diplomatic equivalent of trying to salvage a tie from a war that was always an own goal. The stated goal was to dismantle Iran's nuclear program; instead Iran never capitulated, will see roughly $24 billion in assets unfrozen along with oil export relief, and is essentially being paid off by the United States to reopen the Strait of Hormuz it closed in the first place. Chuck’s verdict is blunt: Iran didn't win the war outright, but it absolutely humiliated the United States, the deal looks far closer to an Iranian victory than an American one, it pointedly excludes Iran's proxies and effectively bails out Hezbollah, and it may actually increase Iran's incentive to pursue a nuclear weapon down the line — assuming the whole fragile arrangement doesn't simply fall apart by Friday. The biggest loser of the entire episode, Chuck argues, is Bibi Netanyahu, who alienated a generation of Democrats and thought he could manipulate Trump only to get burned, much as Trump assumed Iran would fold as easily as he believed Venezuela would. He gives Trump exactly one piece of credit — at least he knew when to fold, because the outcome could have been far worse — before pivoting to the deeper, sadder story underneath all of it: a president obsessed with celebrating himself and desperate for lasting recognition, who wants to define popular culture, slap his name on the federal government the way he does his golf courses, and who threw himself a grotesque UFC-fight birthday party on the White House lawn that's terrible politics. Finally, Chuck hops into the ToddCast Time Machine to revisit June 17th, 1994… when OJ Simpson was chased by police in his white Ford Broncos. He argues that news executives learned that sensationalized news coverage could create a large, reliable viewership… and this would change the news business forever. He also answers listeners’ questions in the “Ask Chuck” segment. Link in bio or go to https://getsoul.com & enter code TODDCAST for 30% off your first order. 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Timeline: (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements) 00:00 Chuck Todd’s introduction 03:30 Trump announces deal with Iran, 04:00 Trump hosts UFC fight on White House lawn 04:30 White House lashes out at the Weather Channel for storm forecast 05:15 Trump is trying so hard to leave his mark on history* 05:45 Deal is basically an agreement to begin a new negotiation 07:15 The Iran war was an own goal by Trump, can he salvage a tie? 08:00 Goal was to dismantle nuclear program, Iran hasn’t capitulated 08:45 Iran says that $24B in assets will be unfrozen & oil export relief 10:00 Trump is basically paying off Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz 10:30 Iran didn’t win the war, but they did humiliate the United States 11:00 The deal didn’t include proxies, and bails out Hezbollah 12:00 Deal looks closer to an Iranian victory than an American one 14:00 Iran will now be more incentivized to get a nuclear weapon 16:15 There’s a real chance this deal could fall apart by Friday 17:30 The biggest loser from the war/deal is Bibi Netanyahu 18:00 Bibi has alienated a generation of Democrats 19:00 Bibi thought he could manipulate Trump & it burned him 21:15 Trump thought Iran would be easy like Venezuela 22:00 At least Trump knew when to fold, outcome could be worse 24:00 Trump is obsessed with celebrating himself 24:30 Trump is desperate for lasting recognition 26:30 Trump wants to define popular culture himself 27:15 Like his golf courses, Trump wants to put his name on the government 28:30 Workers hid scaffolding when taking Trump’s name off Kennedy Center 30:00 The UFC fight at the White House just feels gross 30:30 The UFC fight is terrible politics, people don’t like it 31:30 Trump threw his own birthday because nobody else would 36:45 ToddCast Time Machine - June 17th, 1994 38:00 The OJ Bronco chase overshadowed the Knicks NBA Finals 40:15 The news business learned people came back for OJ coverage 41:15 OJ coverage became a format for the TV news business 42:15 Newsrooms felt financial pressure and OJ delivered ratings 42:45 The OJ chase got Super Bowl level TV ratings 43:30 The courtroom TV kept audiences coming back 44:30 The trial became like a daytime soap opera 45:00 CNN’s ratings exploded during the trial, made huge money 46:00 Fox & MSNBC launched after seeing CNN’s revenue 47:00 News viewership became a daily ritual for millions 49:30 Media sensationalized other stories the way they did OJ 51:15 Coverage began amplifying divisions & nationalized them 52:45 The trial led to the Kardashian’s becoming a media empire 53:45 Trial created the attention economy that Trump mastered 57:45 Ask Chuck 58:00 Why are votes counts released before the final tally? 01:01:15 Rick Jackson buying a crazy amount of TV spots? 01:06:00 Could war powers vote give Trump an offramp for Iran? 01:08:15 Why do our older leaders keep holding on to power? 01:14:00 Are there dividing lines in the college sports bill?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
"Jack Riccardi ranges from raging mobs of this week to smug leftists to German soccer fans enthusing over Buc-ees, remembering the OJ murders, the best talk show caller ever and The Dish."
Have a full life? "Son of Man"? Ireland and Texas situations: OJ flashback. "Mama" father vs real love.
Soccer, Baseball, Hockey, and more! Lots of sports! We determine if there will be another OJ chase.
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If your face hurts from watching the news this week, Jimmy Failla knows exactly how you feel — and he's got the jokes and the receipts to prove it. The Fox Across America host joins Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge for the most entertaining and brutally honest seven minutes in conservative radio this Wednesday. Graham Plattner had a Nazi tattoo for 20 years, claimed he didn't know what it was — then won the Maine Democrat primary and gave a redemption speech the very next night. Jimmy compares it perfectly to OJ's "If I Did It" book. Then California's ramen lady keeps pulling 40% of every mail-in ballot drop while Spencer Pratt gets zero — and Jimmy already fired off the tweet of the year about her voters not being alive to see her comeback. Pete Hegseth got grilled for a Christian tattoo while Maine Democrats just nominated a Nazi. The hypocrisy is breathtaking — and Jimmy Failla is the only man in media funny enough to make you laugh through the outrage. Don't miss a second of it on the Marc Cox Morning Show. HASHTAGS: #MarcCoxMorningShow #JimmyFailla #FoxAcrossAmerica #GrahamPlattner #MaineDemocrats #NaziTattoo #CaliforniaElection #VoterFraud #SpencerPratt #ElectionIntegrity #ConservativeHumor #ConservativeRadio #AmericaFirst #MAGA #PatriotRadio #MorningRadio #WakeUpAmerica #TruthMatters #FoxNews #MissouriConservative
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Elisabeth Ellidotter är högt uppsatt S-tjänsteman. Samtidigt håller hon i seanser. Snart uppstår en frontalkrock mellan andarna och politiken. Elisabeth är beredd att satsa allt. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Reporter & ljuddesign: Jonatan Loxdal.Producent: Gustav AsplundSlutmix: Astrid AnkarcronaVerkligheten görs av produktionsbolaget Filt.UTSKRIFT AV DOKUMENTÄREN:– Jag såg liksom döda människor. Andar som stod bredvid. Tänk att man kan vara så, jag säger ond. Elisabeth är tjänsteman hos Socialdemokraterna. Men vid sidan av det håller hon i seanser – där hon säger sig få kontakt med de döda. Nu uppstår en frontalkrock mellan andarna och politiken, där Elisabeth är beredd att satsa allt. – Jag skulle aldrig utge mig för att vara någonting som jag inte är. De vill ju att du ska göra något. Och det var då jag bestämde mig. Du lyssnar på Verkligheten med mig Jonatan Loxdal och det här är Elisabeths berättelse. –––Jag minns när nyheten först kom om Elisabeth Ellidotter. Den som slog ned som en bomb i det andliga Sverige. Det handlade om en politisk tjänsteman som pratar med andar. Nyhetsrubrikerna talade om en sällan skådad rättsprocess. ”S-tjänsteman fick inte vara spiritualist – stämde partiet” (Aftonbladet)”Elisabeth stämmer S – pekades ut som 'medial risk''' (Expressen)“Får man vara precis vad som helst utom andlig? Det vi ser är en modern häxprocess” (Aftonbladet Debatt)Bakom de där orden anade jag en större berättelse. en arbetsplatsthriller, en konflikt mellan byråkratin och hjärtan som är hungriga på något större. Vad händer när gråsossesverige krockar med spiritualism? Och varför är en andetalare beredd att stämma sin arbetsgivare? Är hon en bluff – eller en kämpe för religionsfriheten? För att få svar på mina frågor har jag tagit mig till stormens öga – Elisabeth Ellidotters kontor där hon jobbar som medium, i hälsans hus på Södermalm i Stockolm. Först hittar jag inte Elisabeth. En kvinna jag möter i korridoren försöker hjälpa mig rätt. Och till slut ser vi varandra i ögonen, jag och Elisabeth. Elisabeth visar sitt kontor, där högar av böcker om tarotkort tronar intill religiösa motiv. Jag vill att Elisabeth ska läsa av mig. Hon blundar en stund och tittar mig sen i ögonen. Det hon säger stämmer, men skulle nog lika gärna kunna handla om henne. – Jag känner att du har stort behov av Att få vara i lugn och ro. Du tycker inte om att folk ska tala om för dig hur du ska göra. Det är viktigt för dig att du får säga din mening. Att du inte blir avbruten. Det är viktigt för dig att. Göra det som känns värdefullt. För när det inte finns, när det inte är värdefullt så känns det som att. Då känns det som en tomhet. Du vill göra saker som är på riktigt.Elisabeth ser ut som vilken medelålders kvinna som helst. Men hon bär på ett mysterium. Hon påstår att hon varit medial så länge hon kan minnas. Hon säger sig få kontakt med andar – och kan se de döda. Något som senare totalt kommer att krocka med hennes andra kall. – Jag upptäckte att jag kan se döda människor. Några exempel från Elisabeths liv. När Elisabeth är liten, ska familjen hyra ett hus i finska Vasa på semestern. Inför resan får Elisabeth en vision av en död kvinna i huset, säger hon.– Jag såg henne ligga i en säng och jag såg hennes ansikte och vad hon hade på sig. Och så väldigt detaljerat.När familjen kommer fram får hon veta att husets ägare mycket riktigt har dött – i huset. – Så mycket sådana där varsel fick jag som liten. Och det var ju kanske inte alla gånger så roligt och inte någonting som jag kunde direkt prata med någon om. Så det var. Både fascinerande och obehagligt. För jag var ju ett barn. Elisabeth har fler berättelser. Som tonåring får hon på känn att hennes farbror är döende – hon ser begravningen. sen får hon veta att han har cancer. Men hon möter också döda öga mot öga, säger hon. Som i ett semesterhus familjen hyr, där anden från en död man stör Elisabeth och hennes syskon på natten. Han spelar piano och går runt med ett träben på vinden.– Så då gick jag upp och nu räcker det. Vi försöker sova.Såg du honom gå runt där med sitt träben? – Ja, jag ser så att jag såg honom. Ja, jag skulle bli jätterädd om jag såg döda personer gå omkring. – Ja, jag hade väl inte förstånd nog att bli det då. Jag var inte så gammal.Många som hör det här skulle nog inte tro på det du säger, de tror inte på att man får budskap från andar. Vad säger du till dem? – Jag kan förstå att det kan verka väldigt konstigt, men jag är helt övertygad, jag har haft med mig det hela livet. Det finns fler andligt sökande i Elisabeths släkt. Hon minns att hennes farmor hade en egen kristallkula. Men Elisabeths föräldrar är med i Jehovas Vittnen, en rörelse som inte accepterar andar från något annat håll än Gud. Elisabeth gör bäst i att hålla tyst om vad hon ser när hon befinner sig i kyrkolokalen, Rikets sal. – Då trodde man att den som då gick upp och pratade, den som kallades för äldste, att den gick upp och pratade trodde jag att det var Gud. Och då var det ju så att om man då ägnade sig åt någonting som inte var rumsrent, det sa de ju inte så. Men man förstod att det inte var. Man pratade inte om det, skulle vara tyst.Det är tufft att ha för barn. – Det är tufft att höra för ett barn. Och det får sina konsekvenser att man blir. Att man får bära någonting. En gåva som man har som man inte kunde prata om. Men Elisabeths upplevelse av att tala med andar, kommer inte att försvinna. Tvärtom – den blir starkare. Som vuxen, utbildar sig Elisabeth åt ett helt annat håll. Hon är teoretiskt lagd. Bor i Stockholm, väljer att plugga ekonomi och , och jobbar med personalfrågor. Hon kommer in i den fackliga världen och jobbar på olika förbund: LO, kommunal, IF metall. – Jag jobbade med statistik och gjorde välfärdsrapporter, statistiska beräkningar och så. Jag tyckte det var väldigt intressant och spännande att se de här klyftorna i samhället och hur man kunde beräkna det och få ut information.Och en dag får Elisabeth tips om att söka jobb hos Socialdemokraterna i riksdagen. Elisabeth är tjänsteman, inte politiker. Men hon har inget emot att jobba med partiet – som chefsassistent. Hon får jobbet.– Och då började jag som assistent till gruppledaren för gruppledaren för socialdemokraterna i riksdagen. Och då var det Anders Ygeman som var gruppledare. – Jag har ju jobbat väldigt mycket i alla mina jobb, så det har inte varit någon semester när man har jobbat, utan man har jobbat hårt. Jag är väldigt ambitiös och plikttrogen Det är alltid mycket att göra i Sveriges största parti, på riksdagen på Helgeandsholmen i Stockholm.– Hade hand om nomineringar till utskott. Det var väldigt mycket ansvar. Vi riggade stora konferenser. Det är en tuff miljö att jobba i. med korta deadlines. Och det är ju det. Den ena dagen är inte den andra lik. Så det är ju väldigt mycket som man måste.Vilka politiker Elisabeth jobbar för beror hur det går för Socialdemokraterna i valen. Till slut blir Elisabeth chefsassistent under toppolitikern Mikael Damberg. Hon skulle kunna låta det här viktiga jobbet i partiet, och sin andliga sida vara helt separerade.– När jag har varit på mitt arbete så har man varit full kontroll på det som är i huvudet då. Sen har jag haft haft andligheten vid sidan av. Men då händer något som kommer göra Elisabeths mediala sida mer offentlig. Elisabeth är med om en fruktansvärd händelse. Hon befinner sig med sin make i ett hus ute i skärgården när hon får en obehaglig känsla. Hon säger att det knakar och rör på sig i huset. Och hon får en omedelbar aning av att något har hänt en ung släkting till henne. – Och då började det. Dörrar öppnades och det gick i trappen och det var. Täcket rycktes bort. Då sa min man att det måste ju vara någonting som har hänt. Och då så sa jag namnet på den här anhöriga. Så sa jag. Men det är det. Du har hänt någonting, sa jag. Elisabeth kontaktar mamman till släktingen.– Och så försökte jag ringa då till den som är mamma till honom. Jag försökte ringa henne och hon svarade inte, men sen ringde hon upp mig och när hon ringde så förstod jag. Släktingen har dött , alldeles för ung. Det är en stor sorg förstås. Men inte bara det. Efter dödsfallet upplever Elisabeth att hon inte blir lämnad ifred av andevärldens oväsen. Hennes liv präglas av andarnas närvaro.– Det var ju allt som händer runt omkring hemmavid. Så var det att det knackade stod. Jag såg andar som stod bredvid. Min morgonrock flög i luften som min man sa. Men hallå Elisabeth, nu får du göra något åt det här. Det är ju de vill ju att du ska göra någonting. [00:34:42][17.8]Nu känner Elisabeth ett kall. Hon vill förstå det hon upplever som sin spirituella förmåga. Hon ska utbilda sig. Hon får kontakt med en kvinna som utbildar medier. Enligt Elisabeth är det ingen enkel utbildning. – Så det var ju höga krav så man kan ju inte bara. Det var ju inte som att du går en helgkurs och sen är du klar utan hennes utbildning var i tre år. Men eftersom hon tyckte att jag kunde så mycket så gick jag två år med så mycket hemarbete och också mycket övningsklienter för att kunna bli certifierad. När Elisabeth är färdig börjar hon själv ta emot klienter. Klienter som exempelvis vill ha kontakt med döda anhöriga. För den tjänsten tar hon 1000 kronor, för en sittning på 45 minuter,ett pris ungefär som för ett psykologbesök. Hon skaffar en hemsida, där skriver hon “Det är en stund för återförening, vägledning och förmedling av budskap i ljus och kärlek”.– Som ett klart vetande.Historien är full av bluffmakare som har tagit betalt för att tala med döda, men de har bara bluffat. Hur vet man att du inte är en sån? – Jag skulle aldrig utge sig för att vara någonting som jag inte är. Som i alla branscher, det finns charlataner och de som verkligen brinner för det här.Samtidigt sliter Elisabeth i maktens korridorer i Sveriges riksdag. Elisabeth säger att hon inte pratar öppet på arbetstid om sin sidoverksamhet, men att hon är ärlig om någon frågar. En dag frågar hennes chef.– Ja, vad ska folk tro? Så försökte jag förklara vad jag gör och vad det innebär. Att det inte inkräktar alls på mitt arbete som chefsassistent till Mikael Damberg.Arbetet som medium är blygsamt när det kommer till inkomster, men eftersom det räknas som en bisyssla måste Elisabeth ansöka om det. Det gör hon, och sen följer en lång tids väntan. Till slut har dagen kommit. Elisabeth blir inkallad till chefens kontor. Hon ska få veta om hennes bisyssla som medium är godkänd. – Det är ett vanligt riksdagsledamots rum, så det är då, när man är chef som riksdagsledamöterna har en soffa, ett skrivbord, en bokhylla.Och hon har har vissa förväntningar. Hon som gör ett så bra jobb, tänker hon, borde inte få problem.– Jag tänkte nog faktiskt att det här går nog bra, för de vet ju att jag verkligen gör precis allt. Jag ger allt för mitt jobb, att jag är lojal. Och så sa hon. Men det blir inte godkänt. Då får jag fråga Varför sa jag nej? Det anses som en medial risk det du gör.Det blir ett nej. Elisabeth får inte fortsätta med sin verksamhet. Hon anses vara en medial risk – kanske i dubbel bemärkelse. Beskedet kommer som en chock. Elisabeth säger att hon försöker lirka fram kompromisser, att exempelvis plocka ned sin hemsida. – Och då försökte jag. Men om jag skulle tänka att jag gör så här, att jag kan göra si eller så. Jag försökte förklara mig. Om jag kan. Nej, men det är bara att gilla läget. Och då sa jag att jag är medium. Att jag har en andlighet. Jag tror på en Gud. Jag är en spiritualistiskt medium. Det är en religion. Men din uppgift är att se till att Socialdemokraterna vinner nästa val. Då sa jag, jag är ju inte livegen. Jag har ju rätt till min fritid. Elisabeth lämnar mötet med en mycket dålig känsla. Det var inte så här det skulle bli.– Jag var så sårad och så kränkt så det var i flera samtal så att när jag gick därifrån skakade jag för att man var i hela kroppen, för att man var så ledsen. Men blev du verkligen förvånad? – Jag blev förvånad av att jag blev så hånad. Men kan du förstå att de känner att det är olämpligt att någon som har som bisyssla att tala med döda, jobbar åt Socialdemokraterna på hög nivå?– Jag kan förstå att de kan tycka att bisysslan var olämplig. Men det var ju inte bara det det handlade om. Det handlade ju om min tro. För Elisabeth handlar det nu om religionsfrihet. Hon kan acceptera att bisysslan avslås, men vill kunna vara offentlig med att hon är ett medium, exempelvis på olika mässor. För henne är det inte konstigare än att vara aktiv i en kyrka. Och själv har hon börjat tycka att partiet, där hon jobbat i åratal, är något av en sekt. – Jag vet när jag var med på någon konferens första gången att vi skulle sjunga Internationalen och ta armkrok. Oj, det här är creepy, tänkte jag. Men det du säger om att hålla armkrok och sjunga Internationalen. Det är också en slags andlighet. – Ja, så här i efterhand så kan man väl säga att det är väl en sekt. Är det så? Det är grovt. – Det är grovt, men det är en sanning. Hurdå?– För om man inte passar in i normen, om man går emot då blir man ju bestraffad. Ja, det var väl då som jag tänkte att det här är att jämföra med en sekt, eftersom jag har erfarenhet av en sekt. Elisabeth upplever att stämningen på jobbet är svår när konflikten pågår. Hon känner sig utfryst, säger att cheferna undviker att över huvud taget prata med henne. Efter varje arbetsdag känner hon sig dränerad på energi. – Jag satt på mitt rum för jag satt jag avskilt bakom en glasdörr, så det var inte någon som gick där. Så det var väldigt ensamt. Men jag gjorde ju mitt jobb. Det var ingen som kom till mig till sist, utan jag fick vara helt isolerad. Totalt utmattad. Är helt slut. Så ibland så var man ju så trött att det var. Man orkar knappt gå till tunnelbanan eller till bussen för att kroppen var så trött av anspänning.Elisabeth blir sjukskriven och känner sig till sist tvungen att själv säga upp sig. Elisabeth går nu till en advokat. De kommer överens om att hon ska stämma sin forna arbetsgivare Socialdemokraterna – i Arbetsdomstolen. – Ja, det blev en stämningsansökan. Vi försökte lösa det på annat sätt. Att få till ett samtal och så, men det gick inte utan det var verkligen tvärhanden. I stämningsansökan skriver de att Socialdemokraterna har diskriminerat Elisabeth genom att missgynna henne på grund av hennes religiösa övertygelse. Diskrimineringen har bland annat bestått i vägran att godkänna bisyssla, kränkande uttalanden samt andra ageranden. Samtidigt har storyn börjat synas i tidningar. Man kan läsa om hur Elisabeth föklarat krig mot sin arbetsgivare Socialdemokraterna, som hon jobbat hos i nio år. – Det är inte roligt. Men jag gör ju det här för min rätt. För jag vet ju att jag har rätt. Jag vet ju min sanning och de vet vad de har gjort. Men kände du någonsin att det kanske är bäst att bara inse att vi funkar inte ihop? Nu går jag vidare utan att göra någon sak av det här. – Ja, visst har den tanken kommit upp, men då hade du ju redan gått till domstol. Så tänker jag att vi fortsätter väl ett tag och så. Advokaten sa också att det är ett starkt case. Det är ett politiskt case. Om man ska vara lite kategorisk. Socialdemokraterna, et är liksom ett betongparti. Jättestort. Raka rör, inte så andligt. Kan du fatta att det inte funkar att jobba åt dem som är liksom betongsossar och att tala med andar? – Nej, jag kan faktiskt inte det. Alla ska med, alla lika värde. Det är ju då inte allas lika värde. Om jag då som spiritualist inte anses det anses inte att jag passar in i normerna.Elisabeth har gott hopp om att vinna den rättsliga striden. Och hon känner hela tiden att hon har andevärlden bakom sig. Även om hon står ensam mot en stor organisation.– Så jag har litat på processen att det som sker av en anledning. Det som har varit så. Så andarna står inte på socialdemokraternas sida? – Det kan jag väl inte säga att de. Det kan jag inte tänka mig att de gör, i alla fall inte de som är med mig.Men Socialdemokraterna, de köper inte Elisabeths inställning. De vill inte gå med på någon förlikning. De kommenterar inte detaljerna i ärendet, men säger sig vara redo att möta henne i rätten. Elisabeth, som redan känner sig pressad, vill samtidigt inte bli skuldsatt för livet. – Det var som att få en kniv i bröstet, att betyder inte mer. Mina nio år jag har jobbat, slitit, vara anträffbar, semestrar, kvällar och helger. Då tänkte jag att det gjorde faktiskt ont. Och blev jag riktigt ledsen tänker jag. Ja, tänk att man kan vara så jag säger Ond. För jag tycker faktiskt det är. Det handlar inte om någonting annat. Och då kände jag att ska jag riskera att stå där, att få betala rättegångskostnaderna, deras rättegångskostnader, socialdemokraternas. Hur ska jag göra? Men då tänkte jag att nej. Jag blev pressad till att tacka ja till förlikning.Elisabeth drar tillbaka stämningsansökan. Socialdemokraterna skriver i mejl till Verkligheten att man generellt inte kan kan ha bokningsbara tider för en bisyssla under arbetstid som anställd hos Socialdemokraterna. Elisabeth förnekar att det varit så. Frågan om att sluta med bisysslan men “vara öppen i vissa andra sammanhang” har aldrig varit uppe för diskussion, skriver de. Detta säger Elisabeth är ren lögn. Vidare menar Socialdemokraterna att de inte gör någon skillnad på någon som har en andetro och någon som går i en kyrka. De betraktar frågan som ett avslutat kapitel. På ett sätt tar historien slut nu. Det blir en dyr historia. Elisabeth uppskattar att hon hunnit lägga ned 250 000 kronor på advokatkostnader. Men på ett sätt har ett nytt kapitel i hennes liv börjat. För nu kan hon göra precis vad hon känner för. – Den utveckling som jag har fått gå igenom under den här tiden. Den har ju verkligen vridit och vänt på. Vem är jag? Hur vill jag vara? Hur vill jag leva mitt liv? Vad är viktigt i livet på riktigt? Så att det finns? Det har varit mycket. Var det väldigt mycket frågeställningar så det var bra. – Jag tar emot klienter här. Ja, det stämmer. Är det en ikon där?– Ja, det är energier, så är det i andlighet. Elisabeth Ellidotter visar runt på sitt kontor. Där tar hon emot för andlig och medial vägledning. Hon håller bland annat i seanser där hon söker kontakt med döda anhöriga. Hon, utbildad ekonom, som jobbat med HR och som tjänsteman i Socialdemokraterna, har släppt alla sarger – hon ska vara medium på heltid. – Ja, jag har ju inget annat jobb nu så jag har satsat på det på heltid. Jag har sökt andra jobb också, men det är lite svårt när man ser i media vem jag är.Vi går genom Hälsans hus och de olika verksamheterna som finns där. – Helande händer. Ja precis. Det är klangmassage. Så här är det. Biodynamisk kran och kraniosakralterapi vet jag inte riktigt vad det är, men det finns och det är många psykologer och psykoterapeuter.Men då kanske det här passar mycket bättre för dig än att jobba på ett parti? – Ja, det gör det ju. Men jag insåg det kanske väldigt sent i livet. Men nu är jag här. Jag tänker på konflikten mellan den hårda politiken och den fluffiga andligheten, om det verkligen måste vara en så tuff gräns – åt båda hållen. Så jag frågar Elisabeth om hon har något förlåtande att säga om sin gamla arbetsgivare. – Nej, jag har inget förlåtande, men jag har ingen bitterhet. Jag lämnar det bakom mig och de vet vad de har gjort. Det har du ingen bitterhet för. Du låter ändå. Du säger att de är onda och det känns som att det är något som hänger kvar. – Ja, men det är ju det ju. Om jag ska beskriva vad som jag har råkat ut för så är det. jag har ingen bitterhet, för då skulle jag ha en bitterhet. Då skulle jag gå och bära på det här resten av mitt liv. Och det är jag inte intresserad av, utan jag vill vara fri och få vara den jag är. Och en bitterhet är ju en energi som är lågfrekvens, och jag vill vara i höga, rena frekvenser och vara i min sanning.
You can trace a skate scene through its spots, but you understand it through the people who built it. We sit down at Kona Skate Park in Jacksonville, Florida with Rick Andrade, a longtime skater born and raised in Austin, Texas, who started skating in the summer of 1986 and carried that energy everywhere his Navy career took him. From backyard mini ramps and ditch sessions to the influence of Bones Brigade and classic skate videos like The End, Rick explains why he always leaned toward going fast, going big, and making it look right. Then we get into the real Jacksonville skateboarding history: Skate Asylum days, Kona memories, road trips, and the DIY grind that turns a tight crew into something bigger. Rick breaks down how Legacy Skateboards comes together, from blank decks and hand-cut stickers to contests, demos, and the “Legacy crew” reputation that followed them across Florida. Along the way, we swap stories about growing up, getting hurt, finding balance, and what it feels like to return to skating after life shifts into marriage, kids, and a career that demands you move. We also nerd out on skateboard setups for anyone who cares about what actually works under your feet: board sizes, wheel sizes, OJ vs Spitfire vs Bones, Independent trucks, risers, and bushing combos that help you stay stable at speed. Finally, we tackle the big question about modern skateboarding media: did Instagram and instant clips “break” skateboarding around 2013, or did it open the door for more skaters and smaller brands to get seen worldwide? If you're into skateboarding culture, skate history, Kona Skate Park stories, or the intersection of a military life and a lifelong skate habit, this one hits home. Subscribe, share this with a friend who still talks about VHS premieres, and leave a review so more skaters can find the show.
Arrancamos de nuevo el Seat 131 Supermirafiori que dejamos aparcado en Ayna, en Albacete. Gonzalo, el técnico, nos ha puesto una nota en el parabrisas que dice: "Prohibido pisar Andalucía". Se ve que le deben dinero en Despeñaperros o algo. Así que, con el volante bloqueado para no girar hacia el sur, tiramos hacia el sureste. Recorremos unos 90 kilómetros por la CM-3203 y luego la A-30, para adentrarnos en la Región de Murcia, concretamente en el precioso Valle de Ricote. Y tras sortear limoneros y palmeras, llegamos al municipio de Ojós. Ojós, que no "Ojos" sin tilde, ni "Ho-Ho-Hos" como Papá Noel. Ojós. Este municipio cuenta con 522 habitantes según el INE, y su gentilicio es ojeño u ojeña. Un gentilicio que te obliga a estar siempre atento. "Ahí viene un ojeño", y tú te pones a buscar. La etimología de Ojós viene del árabe Oxox, que no es un beso y un abrazo en el Messenger, sino que significa "huertos". Y es que este valle es un vergel. Los romanos estuvieron por aquí, por supuesto, porque donde hay agua y se puede plantar algo, un romano ponía una villa. Pero la verdadera salsa de la historia de Ojós la pusieron los moriscos. El Valle de Ricote fue el último reducto de los moriscos en España. Cuando en 1609 Felipe III (el de la plaza mayor de Madrid) ordenó su expulsión, los moriscos de Ojós y alrededores se hicieron los locos. Aguantaron hasta 1613, siendo literalmente los últimos moriscos de España en ser expulsados. Y muchos volvieron de extranjis porque se habían dejado el huerto a medias. En cuanto a su patrimonio, destaca la Iglesia de San Agustín, que es una iglesia del siglo XVI, construida, cómo no, sobre la antigua mezquita. Tiene un estilo que podríamos definir como "murciano adaptativo". Pero lo verdaderamente flipante de Ojós, el plot twist que nadie se espera en un pueblo de 500 habitantes, es que tienen el Museo de Belenes del Mundo. Sí, amigos. Una colección de más de 700 belenes traídos de los cinco continentes. Belenes peruanos, belenes africanos, belenes de cristal... Si te gusta la Navidad, en Ojós vives en un bucle temporal infinito de villancicos. También hay que ver el Lavadero Público, que era el Twitter de la época, donde las ojeñas iban a lavar la ropa y a actualizar el timeline del pueblo. Sus fiestas patronales son a finales de agosto, en honor a San Agustín y a la Virgen de la Cabeza. Aquí las tradiciones incluyen lanzar pólvora y hacer procesiones donde se suda la gota gorda. Y para reponer fuerzas, la gastronomía de Ojós es canela fina. Literalmente. Tienen un dulce típico llamado "bizcochos borrachos", que son unos bizcochos que han pillado una cogorza de campeonato a base de almíbar y licor. Te comes dos y das positivo en el control de la Guardia Civil.
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¡MÁS CARRETERA, PEGATINAS Y CINE! | Zafarrancho Vilima ¡Bienvenidos a un nuevo cañonazo de Zafarrancho Vilima! Prepara el equipaje y ajusta el retrovisor, porque el viaje de hoy viene cargadito de nostalgia, curvas y mucha guasa. En este capítulo vas a encontrar: La España Barbaciada – Destino: Ojós (Murcia): Nos adentramos en el Valle de Ricote para descubrir los secretos, la historia y el encanto de uno de los pueblos más singulares de Murcia. ¡Ojós, que no te lo cuenten! El Tema Central – ¿Qué pegatina llevabas en el coche?: Hacemos un viaje en el tiempo a la época dorada de las carreteras españolas. Analizamos la fauna de pegatinas que decoraban las traseras de los coches: desde el mítico toro de Osborne y el indalo, hasta el "Bebé a bordo", Penélope, las marcas de discotecas o aquellos destinos de vacaciones que eran auténticos trofeos familiares. ¿Cuál era la tuya? Las Grandes Biografías – Robert Duvall: Rendimos homenaje a uno de los tipos más duros, carismáticos y camaleónicos de Hollywood. Repasamos la trayectoria del inolvidable Tom Hagen en El Padrino o el teniente coronel Kilgore en Apocalypse Now. Un actor de los que ya no quedan. Las Vilimadas: Cerramos el chiringuito con nuestro desternillante concurso. ¿Quién se llevará la gloria vilimera esta semana y quién morderá el polvo?
on this episodei have a r etrospectivec onversation with my younger self. I break down the Drake albums and another strange hip hop fued. The NBA finals are set and more on this episode, and I tell you where "OJ" came from....... RIP TJ Bogan
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It is almost June, and that can only mean one thing: the NBA Finals are here. On this episode of Running It Back, Mike Palmer and Tarlin Ray sit down to process the immaculate, unexpected vibes of a New York Knicks squad that has defied expectations to play for basketball's ultimate prize. Why is Knick Nation so uncharacteristically quiet right now? Because they know exactly how fragile a postseason run can be. The guys break down how this team evolved from the top-down, starter-heavy grind of the Tom Thibodeau era into a selfless, 10-deep "Voltron" unit under head coach Mike Brown]. With the Knicks boasting top offensive, defensive, and net ratings in the playoffs, the conversation shifts to their potential Western Conference opponents: will they face a resilient but banged-up OKC squad, or the "Godzilla" presence of Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs? But it wouldn't be Running It Back without a detour through sports culture, personal milestones, and a healthy dose of perspective. Before diving deep into the hardwood strategy, Tarlin opens up about getting beat in HORSE by his daughter following his hip surgery, launching an unofficial injury rehab support group, and executing a passionate corporate takedown of Starbucks' existential mobile-ordering crisis. Whether you are a die-hard member of the blue-and-orange faithful or just love elite sports storytelling, this episode captures the exact blend of nostalgic history, advanced-stat breakdowns, and authentic banter you need. What's Inside the Episode The Starbucks Living Room Rant: Tarlin calls out why hanging drapes and plants can't fix a business model completely dominated by mobile-ordering robots. 1994 vs. 1999 vs. 2026: Mike looks back at the heartbreak of the Patrick Ewing era—complete with the infamous June 17, 1994 OJ Simpson chase interruption—and contrasts it with the collective, selfless basketball of the current "Nova Knicks". The Mitchell Robinson "Granny Shot" Campaign: How a broken pinky might force Mitch to go full WWE Cowboy Bob Orton with a heavy hand club, and why MSG is ready for a Rick Barry-style free-throw revival. The Mike Brown Masterclass: A look at how Brown's player-coach mentality empowered Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns while keeping the starters fresh for the fourth quarter. Generational Finals History: Celebrating Jalen and Rick Brunson as they become the sixth father-son duo to reach the NBA Finals. Episode Timestamps 00:00 - Welcome to June: The Knicks are Finals bound. 01:00 - Tarlin's quick hitters: Memorial Day HORSE matches and driving tests. 02:00 - Creating an injury support community and calling out Starbucks' identity crisis. 04:00 - Assessing Knick Nation's quiet confidence and the scars of past postseasons. 05:00 - Mitchell Robinson's broken pinky, WWE clubs, and the legendary "granny shot". 06:00 - Scouting the West: Banged-up OKC vs. Victor Wembanyama's Spurs. 07:00 - Nostalgia lane: The heartbreak of '94, the OJ chase, and the '99 miracle run. 09:00 - Deep dive into the numbers: #1 ratings and a 10-deep rotation. 14:00 - Top-down vs. Player-empowered leadership: From Thibs to Mike Brown. 16:00 - The "Nova Knicks" chemistry, KAT's defense, and 2014 Spurs-style ball movement. 22:00 - All-NBA slights, media potshots, and the "team of destiny" narrative. 27:00 - Rick and Jalen Brunson join rare father-son Finals history. 29:00 - Bandwagons, 30th college reunions, and non-alcoholic beer survival tips.
Deze week zijn Kirsten, Thibault, Otto-Jan en Lennert van de partij, want in de maand juni ligt de focus iets meer op de mensen die op festivals werken. We bespreken de dj-battle op Gladiolen die niet bepaald werd gewonnen door Lennert en OJ. Kirsten biedt haar excuses niet aan, ondanks haar kwetsende woorden van vorige week. Er worden enkele vragen besproken en we blikken vooruit op een schitterende festivalzomer.
Hampus, Viktor, Johan och Jacob debriefar avsnittet med Robert Bergqvist, och pratar om den amerikanska statsskulden som hela tiden når nya höjder. Plus DOGE, Ray Dalios skuldcykler, historiska penningexperiment och hard vs soft money. I veckans avsnitt medverkar: Jacob BursellHampus BrodénViktor FritzénJohan Isaksson TIDSSTÄMPLAR 00:00 Introduktion: USA:s externa statsskuld passerar 100% av BNP 00:02 Varför DOGE misslyckades – mandatory spending äter upp budgeten 00:06 Moodys nedgradering av USA och vad 30% räntekostnader 2035 innebär 00:10 Återblick på Robert Bergqvist-avsnittet: debatten om penningmängd och inflation 00:12 MV=PQ förklarad: penningmängd, omsättningshastighet och prisnivå 00:14 Historiska experiment: conquistadorernas silver och Iraks dubbla valutor efter kriget 00:18 Hur banker skapar pengar ur tomma intet – och vad det innebär för penningmängden 00:20 Finanskrisen 2008: varför centralbankernas sedelpressar inte skapade inflation 00:24 Kvantitativa lättnader (QE) förklarade: hur centralbanker trycker ner långa räntor 00:28 Varför inflationen uteblev under nollränteåren – Kina och outsourcing som deflationsmotor 00:34 Ray Dalios skuldcykelteori: korta och långa cykler på 70–80 år 00:38 Var befinner vi oss nu? Slutet på den långa skuldcykeln – med Japan som föregångare 00:40 Scenarion framåt: "beautiful deleveraging", monetisering eller default 00:42 Guldet kopplar loss från realräntan – ett marknadssignal om något nytt? 00:44 Treasuries tappar sin "safe haven"-status i börskrascher 00:46 Stablecoins som ett sätt att exportera dollarn och hantera statsskulden 00:50 Kan centralbankerna acceptera AI-driven deflation? Distinktionen mellan bra och dålig deflation 00:56 Kommunikationsutmaningen: vad händer med tvåprocentsmålet? 00:58 Lynn Aldens "gradual print"-tes 01:00 Stablecoins i Turkiet och varför dollar vinner som betalmedel 01:04 Ray Dalio och historien om fiat och hårt pengar – ett evigt pendel 01:08 Storkrisen 1929: varför centralbanker faktiskt räddat oss från upprepning 01:10 Ojämlikhet och bostadsarv: samhällskontraktets sprickor 01:14 Bitcoin och "Fix the money, fix the world" 01:16 AI som produktivitetssprång – vägen ut ur skuldfällan? OM PODDEN Marknaden är en podd om börs, ekonomi och finans. Vi som gör den är Hampus Brodén, Johan Isaksson, Petter Hjerstedt, Viktor Fritzén, Lars Jörnow och Jacob Bursell. Följ oss på X: https://x.com/marknadspodden Hör av er till oss på jacob@monopolmedia.se #marknadspodden #ekonomi #statsskuld #inflation #centralbank #penningpolitik #raydalio #stablecoins #bitcoin #AI #deflation #QE #guld #skuldcykel
McMaster is wearing a hoodie for some reason, we talk about punch cards, OJ, and more!
How We Seeez It! Episode 337: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 2, Episodes 13–16 “If it's guilt you're looking for, Buffy, I'm-I'm not your man. All you will get from me is my support... and my respect.” — Rupert Giles We continue our watch and discussion of the series this week with Episode 13, “Surprise”; Episode 14, “Innocence”; Episode 15, “Phases”; and Episode 16, “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.” The show is getting good and starting to hit its mark. Is it enough for our first-time watcher to become a fan? Join us for our discussion, and don't forget about our cocktails for this episode. There should be some good ones. As always, mix a drink, have a listen, and let us know what you think — or tell us about something you watched that we might enjoy, or a can't-miss series. Also, please rate and review the show on all your favorite podcast apps. Drinks for the episode: "Draam Sequence" 1½ oz Isle of Raasay The Draam single malt 2 oz horchata ½ oz espresso ¼ oz Mr. Black coffee liqueur Pinch of salt 1 dash chocolate bitters Garnish with: Dusting of cinnamon Crumbled animal crackers Cherry stem, sans cherry "Seize the Day" 1 muddled strawberry 1.5 oz Griffo Gin 1 oz Aperol .5 oz lemon juice .25 oz lime infused simple syrup Shaken and poured into chilled glass. Topped with Orange flavored energy drink Garnished with 3 Swedish Fish “Surprise Cocktail” 1 oz grenadine in the bottom of a rocks glass. Add ice and OJ until 3/4 full. Combine 1-1/2 ounces light rum with 1/2 oz blue curaçao in a separate glass then add over a spoon to float on top. "The Judge" 1.5 oz Brandy .5 oz white Creme de Menthe .5 oz Simple Syrup Shaken over ice and served up Beer Mission Brewing Shipwrecked Show links: https://hwsi.podbean.com/e/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-season-2-episode-13-to-16/ HWSI LinkTree HWSI Facebook Link HWSI Instagram Link HWSI Youtube link You can also email the Podcast at the.HWSI.podcast@gmail.com
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In which Jorge and JT crank up the Alanis Morissette, bust out the Macarena moves, and settle in for the OJ trial as we take the stainless steel hearse to 1995.LINKSFind us on Letterboxd!Skull logo by Erik Leach @erikleach_art (Instagram)Theme: Netherworld Shanty, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 LicenseWe'd love to hear from you!
The NIL economy is built on a lie. [1:09]The bogus system is outed. Name That… Song, movie, or person. [20:42]Rick Perry. OJ. Al Pacino. Bum.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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I vårt mest långsiktiga avsnitt hittills går vi igenom varför krig ofta tar en stund innan de kommer igång. Och varför det är viktigt med långsiktighet. Och varför långsiktighet är svårt. Du hör, det blir mysigt.Per inleder med att beskriva andra världskriget som en längre period av stiltje, vilket det var för svenska skattebetalare om man utgår ifrån perspektivet ”Oj! Frankrike föll! Men visst fan, jag ska hantera barnen, länsman är efter mig och patron driver in skulder”. Mattis är lite mer materialistisk och går igenom vikten av lager – både vad beträffar män och materiel – samt varför dessa är svåra att skapa och upprätthålla både i fred och i krig. Patroner får som vanligt våra manus och i slutet kan det finnas en poäng att ta en titt på dem för att hänga med i Mattis sifferrabblande.Dessutom: hämta/lämna-problematik under brinnande världskrig, stridsvagnen ingen ville ha, tyska missräkningar, Maj-Lis martyrium, exakt alla siffror, IB 66 äreräddas, vapenbeställningar som rann ut i sanden, en småstressad Per-Albin, och mycket mer!Support till showen http://supporter.acast.com/krigshistoriepodden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
OJ had to pick one of the top grossing movies of last year so he picked the James Gunn directed hit, Superman. Is this the movie that will revitalize the DC Universe? Tune in and find out!!!!
Samurai vintner, Wine for the aged, Long live taurine, Boozy scurvy cures, An indictment of OJ, Scientific tea sabotage, Champagne history. Jennifer, Angie, Way, and Bradley discuss a variety of curated links from the archives. Please consider supporting this ad-free content on Patreon.
This week OJ and a much more refreshed Kayle finally get around to talking about the newest album from Converge, Love Is Not Enough!
Munetaka Murakami got to double digits in the HR column on the road in Arizona and leads the league in Home Runs. Sox Optimist joined the crew to discuss Antonacci in LF, Bob Nightengale news on Roch Cholowsky, and a potential Vargas trade. Tune into OJ breaking down the Ozzie Sr & Alex Cora news!
This week a very mentally and physically burnt out Kayle and a mostly normal OJ listen to the completely bizarre collaborative album from Napalm Death and Melvins, Savage Imperial Death March.
On this episode of The Futures Rundown, Mark Longo breaks down a fascinating week where equities are hitting all-time highs and the VIX is facing a serious "bloodletting." We dive into the "Dark Side" to see what's crashing (looking at you, OJ and NatGas) and flip the script to find out why Silver and Cocoa are finally finding some love. In this episode, we explore: The Trading Pit: Why a 200k contract day feels like "watching paint dry" and what's leading the volume (hint: it's the Micros). Energy & Metals: Crude oil's threat to par, the Brent/WTI spread, and the "classy" move in Aluminium. Crypto Corner: Ether and Bitcoin's year-to-date struggle vs. this week's "inhale." The Leaderboard: Why Heating Oil is the king of the mountain (+75%) while Cocoa remains the year's biggest loser despite a weekly bounce. Check out tastytrade - THE brokerage for active traders
Send us Fan MailFor our next Sequel Month The Sequel movie, Shawn and Colin welcome back Brian Christensen to chat about the sequel comedy classic 'Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear'. We discuss all those important things like favorite lines, topical humor that has aged like fine milk, the OJ of it all,.the endless charm of Frank Drebin, and so very much more. Is this a sequel that surpasses the original? What did we think? Tune in to find out!5 Star reviews help drive us up the charts. Please take a minute and review us.If you would like to contact or donate to us: iusedtolikethisone@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/iusedtolikethisoneWebsite: www.iusedtolikethisone.comInstagram: @iusedtolikethisoneTwitter: @iused2likethis1Facebook: I Used To Like This OneBluesky: @iusedtolikethisone.bsky.socialSpecial Guest: Brian Christensen (@TheBChristensen)Created/Produced/Hosted by: Shawn Wells and Colin StewartEdited by: Shawn WellsOriginal Music by: Lindon Carter (look for his band 'Carter & the Capitals' on all music streaming platforms)Official Substitute Co-hosts: Aaron Knowles (@TheShortBoxHero), Chris Goffredo. Sponsorship Corner sponsored by movieposters.com *****With over 100,000 titles to choose from, movieposters.com is the #1 destination for posters from your favorite films + stars. Use LIKETHISONE at checkout for 15% off your purchase. *****Special Thanks To: Tracy Sheremeta, Lindon Carter, David Son, Aaron Knowles, Chris Goffredo, Kris Wells and Graham Wells for their contributions to the show.Hear more content from Shawn with his other podcast 'In Front Of The Yellow Line'.Buy friend and sometimes co-host Aaron's Book! 'The Algorithmic Frontier: Exploring the Power of AI in Social Media and Content Creation' https://a.co/d/1gIpsgQ©️2026 And Sometimes Why? Productions.
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On the episode this week: Nate and Aaron argue about sportsketball. Aaron plans some OJ trickery. Nate gives Allie updates. And 50 free books, listen until the end. Nate and Aaron talk to returning guest Michael Leahy. Michael brings his expertise to the topic of AI. By listening to this podcast, you will be one of a small minority that is educated on the good and bad of AI. There have been incredible break throughs and harmful dystopias. Michael shares how to reduce unhealthy risks for you and your family and how to become an Apocaloptimist. Listen along as technology advances rapidly. Links: Brave Hearts The AI Doc Top 10 AI Threats List and Mitigation Guide Books: Porn Nation: Conquering America's #1 Addiction, by Michael Leahy Walk With Me: Staying Human in an Age of Artificial Companions, by: Nate Larkin NEW Samson Community App (Apple store) NEW Samson Community App (Google Store) June 5-7, 2026 Italian/International Samson Retreat Oct 23-25, 2026 U.S. Samson Summit Send mail to: Pirate Monk Podcast/Samson House PO BOX 1656 Columbia, TN 38402 If you have thoughts or questions and you'd like the guys to address in upcoming episodes or suggestions for future guests, please drop a note to piratemonkpodcast@gmail.com. The music on this podcast is contributed by members of the Samson Society. For more information on this ministry, please visit samsonsociety.com. Support for the women in our lives who have been impacted by our choices is available at sarahsociety.com. The Pirate Monk Podcast is provided by Samson Society, a ministry of Samson House, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. To enjoy future Pirate Monk podcasts, please consider a contribution to Samson House.
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Kamēr skaidrības, kas tālāk notiks Tuvajos Austrumos, sākam ar ziņu apkopojumu no turienes. ASV prezidents Donalds Tramps turpina runāt par drīzām karadarbības beigām, tajā pašā laikā draudot īstenot Irānā sauszemes operācijas. Pašās Savienotajās Valstīs viņa politika kļūst arvien nepopulārāka. Ungārijā jau pēc divām nedēļām būs parlamenta vēlēšanas. Spriedze ar partneriem Eiropas Savienībā pieaug, un Briselē neslēpj, ka Viktora Orbāna atkārtotas ievēlēšanas gadījumā meklēs risinājumus, kā mazināt viņa destruktīvās rīcības ietekmi uz kopējo Eiropas politiku. Spriedze pieaug arī Čehijā, kur daļā sabiedrības vairojas neapmierinātība ar Andreja Babiša vadītās valdības darbu. Nedēļas nogalē Prāgas ielās izgāja simtiem tūkstoši protestētāju. Aktualitātes komentē vēstures zinātņu doktors Ojārs Skudra un portāla LSM.lv ārzemju ziņu redaktors Ģirts Kasparāns. Kamēr karalis karā… Irānas kara ratiem ieripojot otrajā mēnesī, konflikta iespējamais fināls joprojām paliek sprādzienu dūmos tīts. Savienoto Valstu un Izraēlas aviācija kopš karadarbības sākuma esot veikusi pavisam 11000 triecienu pa Irānas teritoriju, šobrīd aktuālākie mērķi esot ieroču ražotnes un noliktavas. Tikām arī irāņu raķetes un lidroboti turpina trāpīt mērķos Irānas kaimiņvalstīs otrpus Persijas līcim. Vakar, 31. martā, tika ziņots, ka debesīs virs islāma republikas pirmoreiz parādījušies amerikāņu stratēģiskie bumbvedēji B52. Tas, acīmredzot, ir mājiens Teherānai, ka Donalda Trampa draudi bombardēt elektrostacijas un nu jau arī ūdens atsāļošanas iekārtas ir ņemami nopietni. Šobrīd ultimāta izpildes termiņš teorētiski pagarināts līdz 6. aprīlim, turpinās Pakistānas un citu reģiona valstu vidutājības mēģinājumi, bet nekas neliecina par ajatollu režīma gatavību piekāpties viņiem izvirzītajām prasībām. Netiek izslēgta arī iespēja, ka Teherānā nav tik viegli organizēties kādam sarunu procesam, jo daudzi agrākie varas nesēji ir likvidēti, bet atlikušie baidās pulcēties lielākā sastāvā, lai nekļūtu par kārtējā gaisa trieciena mērķi. Irānai izvirzīto prasību galvenie punkti ir Hormuza blokādes pārtraukšana, pilnīga atteikšanās no urāna bagātināšanas, nozīmīgi ierobežojumi ballistisko raķešu skaitam un darbības rādiusam un atbalsta pārtraukšana Irānas satelītspēkiem reģionā – kustībām „Hamās”, „Hezbollah” un Jemenas hutiešu nemierniekiem. Tikām vakar, sarunā ar žurnālistiem Baltajā namā, prezidents paziņojis, ka Savienotās Valstis izbeigšot karadarbību, kad būšot skaidrs, ka Irāna vairs nav spējīga izgatavot kodolieročus, pie tam kāda vienošanās ar Teherānas režīmu šādā gadījumā neesot obligāti nepieciešama. Savukārt „TruthSocial” ierakstā, uzrunājot NATO sabiedrotos, Baltā nama saimnieks paudis, lai šie paši saņemoties drosmi un ejot atbloķēt Hormuza šaurumu – amerikāņi viņu vietā to nedarīšot. Tā nu tagad globālajā publiskajā telpā aktīvi tiek apspriesta iespēja, ka Savienotās Valstis varētu pamest pusratā visu, kas ievārīts, lai Persijas līča un Eiropas partneri, tā sacīt, mēģina izstrēbt. Tikmēr pašās Savienotajās Valstīs un arī šur tur citur pasaulē 28. martā risinājās akcija „Nē karaļiem 3”, kad, pēc organizētāju ziņām, 3300 demonstrācijās piedalījās pavisam astoņi līdz deviņi miljoni protestētāju, kas varētu būt vēsturisks rekords. Tiek ziņots, ka protestu ģeogrāfija izvērsusies arī tradicionāli republikāniskajās pavalstīs un ārpus lielajiem urbānajiem centriem, apliecinot, ka arī tur spēkā pieņemas nepatika pret administrācijas politikas izpausmēm – pašreizējo karu, kas izraisījis cenu kāpumu, imigrantu ķērāju patvaļu, kam jau ir upuri, un visu pārējo, kas tiek raksturots kā neadekvāta varas lietošana un virzīšanās uz autoritārismu. Kliedzošā Prāga mazākumā Sestdien, 28. martā, Prāgā, Letnas parkā, pulcējās kārtējā daudzskaitlīgā demonstrācija. Pasākuma rīkotāju, kustības „Miljons mirkļu demokrātijai” iepriekš lēstie četrsimt tūkstoši gluži nē, bet vairāk nekā divsimt tūkstoši noteikti. Iemesls ir Čehijas sabiedrības daļas neapmierinātība ar pagājušā gada nogalē izveidotās premjera Andreja Babiša valdības un tās pārstāvētā parlamenta vairākuma politiku. Babiša labēji populistiskā partija ar nosaukumu „JĀ 2021” pagājušā gada oktobra vēlēšanās ieguva nepilnus 35% balsu un lielāko parlamenta frakciju. Valdības izveidē bloķējoties ar galēji labējiem nacionālistiem, partiju „Brīvība un tiešā demokrātija” un tāpat labējo un populistisko „Automobilisti paši sev”, kuras kredo, kā liecina nosaukums, ir auto īpašnieku intereses. Viena no protestus izraisījušajām koalīcijas iecerēm ir sabiedrisko raidorganizāciju finansēšanas modeļa maiņa, atceļot līdzšinējās abonēšanas maksas, kas, protams, ir pa prātam daļai sabiedrības. Tā šie mediji kļūs atkarīgi no varas finansiālas labvēlības un tos var mēģināt pakļaut politiskai kontrolei vai vājināt un marginalizēt, kā tas jau noticis kaimiņvalstī Slovākijā. Tur pēc premjera Roberta Fico valdības reformām sabiedriskās televīzijas auditorijas daļa ir sarukusi līdz nepilniem 12 procentiem, kamēr populārākajam komerckanālam tā ir lielāka par 30 procentiem, otram populārākajam – lielāka par 20 procentiem. Citi protestu motīvi ir plānotā atbalsta samazināšana Ukrainai, tendence konfrontēt ar Briseli bēgļu politikas un vides politikas jautājumos, gatavotais ārvalstu aģentu likums, kas paredzētu ārvalstu finansējumu saņemošām nevalstiskajām organizācijām obligātu reģistrēšanos. Vēl viens sabiedrību saniknojis parlamenta vairākuma solis ir imunitātes noteikšana premjeram Babišam un parlamenta apakšpalātas priekšsēdētājam Tomio Okamuram. Pret Babišu šobrīd izvirzītas apsūdzības lietā par krāpnieciskām darbībām ar Eiropas Savienības subsīdijām apmēram divu miljonu eiro apmērā, savukārt pret Okamuru – par naida runu. Tomēr šobrīd nešķiet, ka pie varas esošie grasītos piekāpties sabiedrības spiedienam. Valdošo partiju reitingi, salīdzinot ar vēlēšanu laiku, nav īpaši kritušies, un Babišs un viņa līdzgaitnieki var noraudzīties uz protestētājiem kā uz skaļu mazākumu. Viņa valdības drošie balsti šobrīd ir laucinieki, pensionāri, seniori, mazāk izglītotā un sociāli mazāk nodrošinātā sabiedrības daļa, kurā zeļ nepatika pret imigrantiem, Eiropas zaļo kursu un visādiem „progresīvajiem”. Budapeštas – Kremļa ļoti karstā līnija Ungārijas līdera Orbāna un viņa demokrātiju traumējošā režīma īpaši „siltās jūtas” pret Kremli jau sen nevienam nav nekāds noslēpums, taču nesen atklājušās detaļas liecina, ka šīs attiecības ir bijušas nepiedienīgi karstas. Gadiem ilgi par runāto Eiropas Savienības ārlietu ministru sēdēs Vladimirs Putins, domājams, nereti ir uzzinājis agrāk nekā dažs labs savienības valsts galva. Viņa informators bijis Ungārijas ārlietu ministrs Pēters Sijārto, kurš agresorvalsts ārlietu resora vadītājam Lavrovam operatīvi zvanījis šo sanāksmju pārtraukumos. Tagad, kad šī nelāgi dvakojošā patiesība beidzot uzpeldējusi izdevumā „Washington Post”, atklājas, ka citu valstu ministriem bijusi vismaz diezgan skaidra nojauta par Budapešatas kolēģa infonoplūdēm. Tāpēc jau kopš kāda laika iedibinājušies šaurāki formāti, kuros apspriest svarīgākos drošības jautājumus bez Ungārijas: t.s. Veimāras formāts – Vācija, Francija un Polija; E3 formāts – Vācija, Francija un Lielbritānija; E4 – visas četras iepriekšminētās valstis; līdzīgi savu tradicionālo formātu šim nolūkam sācis izmantot Ziemeļvalstu un Baltijas astotnieks. Vakar. 31. martā, jaunas krāsas Ungārijas ārlietu dienesta un visa Budapeštas valdošā režīma ārpolitiskās degradācijas stāstam pievienoja ungāru neatkarīgā izdevuma „VSquare” publikācija, tapusi sadarbībā ar vēl vairākām izmeklējošās žurnālistikas komandām, tai skaitā „Delfi Estonia”. Izrādās, Ungārija pēc Kremļa lūguma atsvabinājusi no Eiropas Savienības sankcijām vairākas personas, tai skaitā uzbeku izcelsmes Krievijas oligarha Ališera Usmanova māsu. Procesam piesaistīta arī Slovākija, tomēr ar pašu Ališeru, kā arī vēl vienu krievu oligarhu Mihailu Fridmanu šis gājiens nav izdevies. Pasūtījumu no Sergeja Lavrova pieņēmis, jau atkal, Sijārto. Visas šīs atklāsmes nāk Viktora Orbāna valdīšanai visneveiksmīgākajā brīdī – tieši pirms 12. aprīlī paredzētajām vēlēšanām, kad varas partija „Fidesz” reitingos acīmredzami atpaliek no galvenā konkurenta – jaunā politiskā spēka „Tisza”. Uz skandālu režīma vadoņi reaģējuši īsti savā garā: Sijārto paziņojis, ka šāda sazvanīšanās starp ārlietu resora vadītājiem esot parasta lieta, bet pēc tam viņš, Orbāns un citi valdības pārstāvji mēģināja pavērst situācijas vērtējumu pretējā virzienā, ceļot brēku par to, ka ministra telefonsarunas pārtvertas. Pret „VSquare” žurnālistu Sabolču Paņi ierosināta krimināllieta par spiegošanu Ukrainas labā. Savukārt, kā aizvakar vēstīja izdevums „Politico”, Briselē jau gluži atklāti spriež, kā neitralizēt Orbāana faktoru, ja šis autoritārists paliks pie varas arī pēc 12. aprīļa. Tiek apcerētas dažādas iespējas, sākot ar „dažādu ātrumu Eiropas” modeļiem, beidzot ar hipotētisku Ungārijas izslēgšanu no savienības. Tiesa, neviens no šiem variantiem nav viegli un vienkārši īstenojams. Sagatavoja Eduards Liniņš.
In this episode, Gary Jenkins, retired intelligence detective, sits down with veteran true crime authors Frank Gerardot and Burl Barer to examine their book Where Murder Lies, a case that intersects Russian organized crime, Italian mob connections, and a troubling claim of wrongful conviction. At the center of the story is Jimmy Kitlas, a young man who struggled with learning disabilities and instability after aging out of a rehabilitation facility in Los Angeles. Facing homelessness and limited options, he gravitated toward individuals connected to the Russian mob, seeking protection and belonging. Instead, he was drawn into criminal schemes—including check fraud and drug trafficking—engineered by experienced mob figures who exploited his vulnerabilities. Frank and Burl provide historical context on the rise of Russian organized crime in the United States, particularly in neighborhoods like Brighton Beach. Unlike the rigid hierarchy of traditional Mafia families, these groups often operated through looser networks, engaging in lucrative scams such as gas tax fraud alongside Italian crime figures. The authors explain how these alliances blurred lines between ethnic crime groups and created new power structures within the American underworld. The discussion then shifts to the murder that reshaped Jimmy's life. What began as manipulation and grooming evolved into betrayal, jealousy, and ultimately violence. The authors detail how Jimmy's arrest followed a carefully orchestrated narrative that shifted blame onto him while shielding more powerful figures. Through examination of court records and transcripts, Gerardot and Barer argue that investigative failures and prosecutorial decisions compounded the injustice. 0:02 Introduction and Guests 0:47 Wrongful Conviction Discussion 4:26 Kelly Lee’s Influence 6:33 Russian Mob Background 12:28 Jimmy Kitlas’ Journey 18:47 Investigative Challenges 22:58 The Murder Plot 26:45 Russian Mob Operations 28:29 Geographic Control in LA 31:29 Trust and Collaboration 35:03 Daniel Patterson’s Role 37:10 Conclusion and Book Promotions Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwire Click here to “buy me a cup of coffee” Subscribe to the website for weekly notifications about updates and other Mob information. To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent ‘Brothers against Brothers’ or ‘Gangland Wire,’ the documentaries click here. To purchase one of my books, click here. [0:00] Hey, all you wiretappers, good to be back here in the studio of Gangland Wire. This is Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Intelligence Unit detective, and I have two guests today. Frank Girdo. Is that correct, Frank? Girdo? That’s pretty good. Gerardot. I’ll take it. Gerardot. Gerardot. Just don’t pronounce a T at the end, right? Yes, sir. [0:24] And Burl Barer. Is it Barer, Burl? Yep, that’s close enough for government work. Joe’s enough for government work. That’s the story of my life, as everybody knows. I like to get it close. And we never let the real facts get in the way of a good story either. So let’s just get going here. We like to tell stories on this channel. That’s what my guys like is stories. [0:44] Stories about the Russian mob and maybe a little bit about the Italian mob. And we also got a story about a wrongful conviction, which is a kind of a hot topic right now. We’re seeing a lot of different things in these true crime shows about wrongful convictions. And there’s been, I think a lot of them have been uncovered. In the last few years because people started paying attention to that a little more than they used to. When I was a policeman, they didn’t pay any attention. Never heard of a wrongful conviction. I really congratulate you investigators and authors and true crime diggers out there that see these things and then go take a look at them because they need to be taken and given a look at. So Burl Baer is an Edgar winning author and two-time Anthony Ward nominee. He’s got a lot of experience in reporting. I see you’ve been in the Hollywood Reporter, even the London Sunday Telegraph, New York Times, USA Today. [1:38] You’ve got, I believe you’ve got some other, what else do you do, Burrell? I watch a lot of TV, watch a lot of movies. What kind of shows have you been on? You’ve done other investigations here. Yeah. I did almost, Frank and I have done most of those shows. Deadly Women, Deadly Sins, Behind Mansion Walls, you know, all. [1:57] Do you name them and claim them? We’ve probably been on them. All right. And Frank Gerardot, you’re a journalist, radio host. You’ve authored several true crime nonfiction books, co-author with Burl on A Taste for Murder, Betrayal in Blue. And you did one with somebody else named Byrne. Oh, that was about John Orr. And I read that book. Actually, I read that book, that John Orr. That was a hell of a story, man. That was a hell of a story. Several years ago. So that’s a, it’s a crazy thing. And that, that, that book really tells the story of John Orr through his daughter’s perspective. Ah, okay. And, and I don’t remember which one I read. I read one. I listened to a podcast about the whole thing all the way through guys. That was the LA County was an LA County fireman, fire investigator who was sat in his own fire all up and down in California. Oh yeah. He would go up North. He was in Southern California. He would go up north to a fire conference and he’d set fires on the way back. It was crazy, craziest story I ever read. And after he got arrested, the number of arson fires in California declined by 70%. I’ll be darned. I’ll be darned. He set brush fires, just all kinds of fires. It was crazy. Name of that book is Burn, Guys, if you’re interested in that by Frank Cardo. That’s the French pronunciation. Yes, sir. Yes. [3:18] So these two guys, they have their publicist, God Hold Me, and they introduced me to this book, Where Murder Lies. It is a fascinating look, and they did a real great examination of the Russian mob, a little connection to the Italian mob in New York City as part of this investigation into really a wrongful conviction case, a wrongful conviction of a kid who was, I guess we don’t use the word retarded anymore. He was mentally disabled and retarded in some manner. I’m not sure exactly how to describe that anymore. How would you guys describe him? So, yeah, I think he’s differently abled. We’ll say that. He’s actually a pretty smart guy. He speaks a lot of languages. He read this book in a night. [4:01] He just, I think more of his problem is that he’s maybe learning. He had learning difficulties. And as you’ll see when we get into the book here, he had a lot of physical and emotional trauma growing up. Okay. Jimmy Kittlis was his name. Yes. And a woman named… Kelly Lee. [4:22] A woman named Kelly Lee got you guys interested in this story. It’s a wrongful conviction story that strays into this mob ties. Who was she? Now, who was Kelly Lee? [4:32] I could tell you about Kelly Lee. She was one of the first people I met when I came to Los Angeles in November of 2003. Three, she was doing intake at Teshuvah, which is a Jewish community kind of rehab for people with all-matter recovery issues. I’d just been through a bad patch, et cetera. He needed some help. She did my intake. Wound up becoming friends with her and her husband. And a few years later, we’re having dinner together. She says, oh, Pearl, you’re a true crime writer. I go, duh, yeah. And she pulls out a handful of court transcripts that are difficult to get nowadays. Thank you. Says, take a look at this. She was, at the time this murder took place, what I would term an unlicensed pharmaceutical supplier on the streets of West Hollywood. Correctly. Gotcha. Marijuana, primarily. Yeah. And she had six arrests for selling pot, which now would probably get her a community service award here. Yeah. Times were different. And when Jimmy Kittlis ages out of the facilities or whatever down in Lake Elsinore. When he turns 18, they just put him on a bus with a ticket to West Hollywood. Goodbye. [5:49] And he gets off. He meets her. She’s a very compassionate person. She can see that this kid is really childlike. Babe in the woods or babe on the street, he’s really going to get taken advantage of. She takes him under her wing like a surrogate mom and tries to tell him and teach him how to survive on the street. And then she said, he’s like a child. Could be really eager to please, super polite, has the intentions man of a goldfish. Oh, look, there’s a castle. Oh, look, there’s a castle. It’d be very easily used. [6:28] It had a lot of sexual energy. He needed a girlfriend. He got one and got her pregnant. And she really tried to help these kids, But she couldn’t be with him 24-7 And she certainly raised her eyebrows When she saw who was spending a lot of time With this couple And that was a well-known fellow In the Russian mob, Yeah, I read that So let’s talk a little bit about the Russian mob So you guys really went in the background When they first came to Brighton Beach Tell the guys a little bit about that background. [7:02] Yeah, sure. As the Soviet Union began to crumble, a lot of Russian Jews found their way to New York, and they found their way to Brighton Beach. And they set up a sort of black market trading system among themselves and within the community with all the sort of standard features of mafia, right? Protection, extortion, sometimes murder, certainly dealing in black market stuff like drugs. [7:32] Clubs, prostitution, just about every kind of crime you can think of happening in a neighborhood that’s protected by a mafia. These guys were controlling in this neighborhood of Brooklyn called Brighton Beach. What I thought was interesting, and readers will probably find interesting too, is that there’s not a real setup like a commission or families. The Russian mob really operates more like Ronin. There’s guys that just independent operators and build up their business based on their relationships and how many people they can pull into a scheme. What we also found is that these guys were pretty adaptable and they picked up on a scam that the Lucchesis and the Gambinos were operating. And that was to get gas, steal it, take it from places where it wasn’t really tracked and put it into gas stations, sell it for maybe a penny less than the guy across the street, but capture the tax, the federal excise tax money and pocket it. And this was a multi-million dollar scheme And to the fine-tuning of it The Russian mob, Worked with guys like Michael Francesi To really extract as much as they could from it One of the guys in our book. [9:00] Meyer Ida, who was in Brighton Beach and operating there, came to Los Angeles in the mid-90s and started up the gas tax scheme. But the feds were pretty wise to it at that point, and he got caught up in the sting. Interesting. If I remember right, some of them were, they couldn’t steal it, but they would set up companies, shell companies, and then buy gas and then sell it a little bit cheaper. And it was up to them to collect the tax and then pay the state. And they do this for a certain period of time. And then they just declare file bankruptcy or just walk away from that shell company and create another little LLC and do the same thing. So just like run after you just couldn’t catch up. You bust out of one and move on to the next one. And that’s what they and you could they change the laws for gasoline purchase changed as a result because you could just go buy it. You can make up a company today, buy it tomorrow, sell it on Thursday, collect the tax on Friday, and bail out on Saturday and start all over again next week. Wow. Wow. There’s a scam. There’s a mob that’s willing to take advantage of a loophole like that. It’s crazy. So they moved out to LA. What other kind of scams? Go ahead. Go ahead, Brett. I was going to say that the Russians were so good at this type of scam, far ahead mentally of the American Mafia. [10:29] They were the best people they ever worked with. They were geniuses. They knew how to do this unlike any other. And in fact, the gas tax scam, the biggest moneymaker for the Russian mob and eventually the American mafia than any other form of income, billions of dollars. Interesting also is that if the former Soviet Union, should probably know, they factor in the Russian mob in their economy. I believe the last figure was 63% of the GNP of Russia was crime. They actually give a figure for it. Here we go. In America, this percentage of our federal income is from crime, but in Russia, they do. 63%. I don’t know what it is in America, But we talked to this Stan, who’s never going to pronounce his last name. And he had been in the Russian mob ever since he was a kid, raised in it. [11:32] And so that’s just what we were brought up with. We didn’t think there was anything unusual. If you were a girl, you were going to be a sex worker. They were respectable. If you were a guy, you were going to do this. And it was never as bad or as evil as the Americans said it was. It was always, the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. coming. It’s so scary. I noticed you had a chapter titled Glassnose Gangsters. [12:00] I thought that was a pretty tricky title. I also read once that in Russia, they were so used to dealing with corrupt officials and running different scams that were in and around governmental agencies, like the tax collecting thing. They were so used to that, that they really refined this to a fine point than Americans could, because we’re not so used to dealing with corrupt officials. We have some, but not like Russia. Russia was an art in Russia. [12:28] Yeah, and they just took the template and brought it right over here and started earning pretty quickly. So now, how does Jimmy Kittlis, he’s a street kid. He’s one of these, what I call throwaway kids. We have this group of kids on the streets that are 18, 19, 20, use drugs. And lots of times these older men who are gay want to pay him for sex or bring him in and take care of him. Was he one of those kids? Did he get into that kind of a lifestyle? [13:02] He’s a homeless kid. He’s a runaway. And the place that he goes to, Hollywood and West Hollywood, is full of people that want to exploit young boys. Yeah. The lifestyle that he got into, though, was I think he recognized that there would be, people there who were stronger than him and smarter than him and want to take advantage of him. And so he sought out ways to hook up with mobsters because he figured that if he was connected, that would protect him from some of the bad stuff that might happen, especially like sexual exploitation. [13:41] When he goes into a homeless shelter, he peripherally knows about Mark. He asks around about Mark, who’s a Russian mobster. And the homeless shelter introduces them and says, oh, hey, yeah, Jimmy here would like to do some work with you. And so he falls into doing work with Mark and let the scamming begin, as they say. Interesting. Yeah. I read the book how he was, he had such a facility to learn language that he learned Russian pretty quick. And he had other languages. Just one of those people that just could start picking that up. Me work like hell, and I can’t have one conversation, but somebody like that, they just pick it up. I understand he picked up Russian pretty quick, too. Very quickly, and to this day, speaks it pretty well. And that got him some cachet. [14:30] But that only goes so far because, Gary, these guys that come in at a low level and aren’t Russian are really just mules. And that’s really what Jimmy was. He was a mule. Mark’s specialty was Czech forgery. and check washing. And he taught Jimmy how to take envelopes and get checks out of them, change who the check was written to or the amount that the check was drawn for, and go to various banks and cash those checks. And Mark was a pro at it. He had equipment to do it. He knew how the scam worked. He knew that you don’t go to the same bank three days in a row. You go to a couple of different banks and that’s how they got by day to day. [15:18] Interesting. Yeah, I worked one of those little scams once, a little group of people that were doing that. They could have a process that can wash some of the ink off of a check and then put and change the amount and those kinds of things. They’d work, they’d go to grocery stores on paydays. People used to take their grocery, their checks to put grocery stores on paydays plus banks. So it’s a pretty good moneymaker that needs little guys like this to go out and cash the checks while the bad guy sits back and provides the checks and takes most of the money. So it’s interesting. Yeah. And that’s exactly what Jimmy was, the little guy that cashed the check. [15:57] I want to interject something here. Now, Mark was, as Jimmy said, he looked like a Russian mobster. He was a Russian mobster. However, what Jimmy didn’t realize is that the whole family, or most of the family, was involved. Mark’s uncle, Meyer ITF, also known as Mike, was a very prominent figure in the Russian mob in Los Angeles. The fans were very aware of him. He was, shall we say, a big shot. He was the godfather of Plumber Park here. He was the guy. Jimmy didn’t know that. He just knew about Mark. As you know in the book, sooner or later it becomes a situation involving a fortune in gold and smuggled MDMA that puts Meyer in federal custody. Meyer wants out of federal custody. Mark not only is a Russian mobster doing bank fraud, he’s also an FBI informant and a DEA informant and an informant of the Pasadena Police Department. [17:07] Frank says, according to the menu at a Chinese restaurant, going from column A to column B, how do I get my uncle out of prison? Solve a murder. Oh, what’s the easiest way to solve a murder? Plan it. Set it up. Blame it on someone, like maybe Jimmy. Final result, I’ll tell you, Meyer got out of prison. Jimmy went to prison. [17:36] Wow, that’s a hell of a story. Frank can give me more insight on that process, but that’s the short form on how this all winds up fitting together. Yeah, and you guys, when you went back, you had to go back. Could you be able to pull she had transcripts from the court so you could find out who testified were able to get any more information police department’s notorious for not allowing reports to go out i can’t even get them out of my own but and i bet it was really bad on that how did how’d you go about that how’d you start digging into this and get your first clues that you can tell you about trying to talk to the items about this yeah yeah so it’s like an onion i i look at it like that and we had early on kelly shared with us some of the trial transcripts so that’s pretty good yeah there’s a lot of information in there and it and within the trial transcripts there’s names and and dates and so we started picking at it and early on you know we couldn’t get cooperation from any of [18:40] the mobsters yeah we didn’t get cooperation from the fbi or the dea We were able to do some digging. [18:48] And I think the digging led to a congressional hearing on the Russian mob back in the early 90s. And Meyer Itev’s name pops up in that hearing. So from there, I started digging through federal court files using PACER and came across all kinds of court documents involving Mike and then his nephew for various scams they were involved in. [19:21] And then taking those court documents and continuing to research and talk to people and figure it out, we were able to lay it all out. It took us six years to do this, but lay out a narrative of who’s Mike, who’s Mark, who are they involved with, and what kind of things were they operating when Jimmy got involved. And where was everybody when this murder took place? And what we found out was that Mike was in federal custody and had been charged with involvement in a scheme to steal gold from a place in Massachusetts. And how the scheme worked is Mike and his buddy posed as government scientists who were building a nuclear reactor facility in a run-down apartment in Pasadena, California. And they were able to put in purchase orders for the gold and have it delivered to this apartment. And only when one of them misspelled sergeant on the P.O. And sent a fake check did the government catch on and arrest him. [20:37] When they brought him in and charged him with this, the first thing that these guys wanted to do was figure out how they could get out of it. They hooked up with a guy in Hollywood who was involved in a scheme. Yeah. To dissuade a reporter from writing about the actor Steven Seagal. And this guy, his name is Alex Proctor, went to Meijer and another man in our book, Daniel Patterson, and said, listen, can you help me? I need to knock off this reporter. [21:12] Daniel, as you’ll see from reading our book, is a pretty well-connected guy. He’s done some pretty interesting stuff, but murder was the limit of what he would do for anybody. He began to peel back some of the layers of that onion for authorities in that case. And that led to Meyer being in custody. And that was the catalyst for Mark and his other uncle, Gary, to try to figure out how can we get him out? And they believed that the government would let Meyer out of custody if they could inform on a big enough crime. Big enough crime probably wouldn’t be a burglary or a low-level assault or a battery. It had to be something significant. And then this murder happens. Wow. How did they choose this victim? I don’t know necessarily that they chose him, but this guy lived in the neighborhood where Mark and Jimmy hung out, and they essentially manipulated him into believing he was going to have sex with Jimmy’s girlfriend. And then manipulated Jimmy into thinking that, hey, this guy’s going to have sex with your girlfriend. Aren’t you upset by that? Doesn’t that piss you off? Don’t you think you should be a man and do something about it? Yeah. [22:39] Hormones, jealousy, rage, greed. It’s like there’s everything like comes together in this one moment. And we end up with this guy, Alex, who’s a school teacher, just ends up dying. [22:55] So they got motive and means and opportunity. They can manipulate Jimmy into providing all those for the investigated officers. Yep. Yeah. Wow. And, you know, and what, and what really the thing that really, I think, so there’s this event that happens and there’s a, there’s like part of this, there’s a locked door mystery that investigators encounter. But the other part of it is how after the crime, Jimmy was arrested. [23:27] Manipulated into going to a hotel as a hideout that was arranged for him by Mark and Gary Iteve. And as soon as Jimmy’s in the hotel, they park themselves outside and guide the police to the hideout where they arrest Jimmy and his girlfriend. I think I read that initially, after the school teacher was dead, they got in, was it Pasadena? One of the police departments got an anonymous call giving up the body, where it was, the murder, and the suspect. Only one anonymous call. And then they, and then, oh, my God, this was heinous. Let’s mention that locked door. Let’s mention this locked door. This was heinous, heinous. When the police get to the scene of the crime, and they noticed that the apartment does not show any forced entry. Living room, everything, it’s fine. Get to the bedroom, however. The door had been locked from the inside. Jimmy said when he left, he locked the bedroom door from the inside. This is now after the fact. Someone shows up and tries to get in. They can’t because the door’s locked. They want to get in real fast. And they finally get in, practically ripped the doorknob off to get in. [24:50] At the same time, let’s assume it might be the same person, Mark ITM uses the dead man’s telephone to call his lawyer to say, I want to report a murder that we could use to get my uncle out of prison. [25:07] Using the dead guy’s phone. Then after they arrange that, he cuts the wires and leaves. Also wiping the door, the doorknob clean. His fingerprints are in there because he acknowledges he was in the bedroom earlier when Jimmy put the unconscious, still-breathing fellow on the bed. [25:29] He leaves. Mark left, went out and told the girl. Jimmy killed the guy. But when he left, the guy was alive, breathing on the bed. He says, come down after in a minute. So then he tells the girl, we got to go because we’re going to get in trouble with the cops. What are we going to do? So it was a real mess. So to say, who killed this guy? Jimmy had to take full responsibility because he confessed to protect his girlfriend. Also, he felt bad about putting the guy to headlock and throw the old drunk guy to the ground anyway. But then again, how did Mark make a phone call to his lawyer and the dead man’s phone after all that happened? And after the doors ripped open in the apartment to the bedroom. Did he find the guy already dead? Or did he have to help finish the process? Legally, he was found not guilty. Mark was. Just like OJ was. Because did OJ do it? Did OJ not do it? Did he cover for his son? Whatever. But legally, he was not guilty. Same thing with Mark. Not guilty. Jimmy, guilty. Whether we killed him or not. [26:45] We can’t say. We weren’t there. Crazy. Crazy, isn’t it? [26:52] What other kinds of things was this crime family, this Russian mob family? It’s like a family. I’ve read about these. They’ll have that one strong man, and then you’ll have a group that kind of emanates out from that, but yet they’re not part of some larger group. They stand on their own. And so what else, what other kind of crimes were they involved in? Was this talking about MMDA being smuggled into those that’s a party? Rave kind of clubs yeah they one of the things that they did was make a counterfeit viagra one of the guys had a uh an idea to he bought some viagra and he had a plan to set up pharmacies where he could like order viagra through the pharmacy and like with the gas tax right don’t pay anybody have the viagra and sell it and then one of the other guys said that’s a waste of time I got a pill press. Just all we got to do is get the chemicals or some chemicals and put them together and press a bunch of Viagra pills and then we can sell thousands instead of tens. [27:54] And then the gold scheme, which we mentioned, and the MA, the list goes on and on. And within the community of the Russian diaspora, extortion, loan sharking, gambling, prostitution, all those means of making money were on the table and being used. They were familiar with the casinos here in LA, familiar with the how to operate prostitution rings and advertise the services. Very sophisticated group of guys. [28:29] Did they have a geographic area in which they were kind of like the ruling group? [28:35] So that’s the funny thing about LA. And we talk about this a little bit in the book, that LA’s never really had like a mob family. There’s no five families here. If you go back to the 1940s and 50s, there was a guy named Mickey Cohen, who was a mobster here in LA and with help started the casinos in Vegas. But there’s no turf here In LA, if you’re going to set up an operation You’ve got to find a way to work with some of the other mobs In Los Angeles, the Mexican mafia is very prominent And their operation is run out of the jails That’s where their leadership is in the jail and prison system And the soldiers are on the street And that’s where the drugs and prostitution are distributed at street level, operated from the jails. Guys like Meyer or people operating within those turfs, they got to work with the Mexican mob to make sure that they’re not crossing lines. And we chronicle some of that, especially with the MDMA smuggling in the book. [29:44] Interesting. Wow. Yeah. LA’s not really had that, like you said, that five families each has a geographic territory or even had one family, a guy named Jack Dragna, but it was really, it was open. LA was open city. We had a guy from Kansas City went out there in the 50s and fell in with some people out there. And, of course, from Tony Splatro and that Jimmy Fradiano, Jimmy Fradiano, these people from Chicago had some action going down in L.A., but no one mob family controlled L.A. And it’s spread out that you’ve got these neighborhoods over the place that I just wonder if they’re like a Brighton Beach kind of a place that where a lot of Russians had settled in. That was their neighborhood, at least where they did. They all live in one neighborhood. So, yeah, West Hollywood has a Russian enclave. And then there’s a park there called Plummer Park. That’s a gathering place for Russians in the neighborhood to get together and play chess and talk about what’s going on. I live in a neighborhood that has its own little enclave of Armenian mobsters. And their hangout is a donut shop. Yes, I’ve seen that here I have I was at a Starbucks up by the airport And I see these guys all ganged up together And they look like. [31:03] They’re Italians. They look like down at the social club down in the North End. I was retired by then. So I look at these guys. I call a friend of mine back down the intelligence unit. I say, I see these guys and here’s one of their license plates and it’s some kind of a limo service. And so, yeah, that’s our Albanian gangsters. They all hang out there at that Starbucks and then they go to the airport. They have these different things. They haul drug dealers back and forth. We are on to them. [31:29] That’s great interesting people ask Frank and I how is it that you get guys from the Russian mall or the fact with Betrayal in Blue who was a drug cartel guy or guys from the American mafia how do you get them to cooperate with you when you write these books I would like to stand whose name I can never pronounce with a whole section about the Russian mob, where he talks openly about it. And he says, because they trust us and anybody else, they want their story told truthfully. This is their legacy. They don’t want a bunch of BS about them in a book. If it’s been over seven years, they could talk about it. Unless it’s bank robbery, then it’s 10 years. We always tell them, don’t talk about anything you can be arrested for. Although, we’ll appreciate this because you’re doing this podcast. I was doing one, had this guest on, and all of a sudden he’s just talking about killing somebody. [32:35] I said, you can tell I’m kind of getting upset. Turns to his lawyers, he goes, what’s the statute of limitations on murder? Murder. Oh, my God. There isn’t one. Shut up. I have told guys that. I said, I’ll tell you something, dude. Do not tell me something I can’t live with. You can talk to me, but do not tell me something I can’t live with. You cannot trust me if you tell me something I can’t live with. And that’s the main one right there. Fortunately, they trust, People learned that they could trust Frank and I to be honest with them, direct with them, protect them if they need protection. I don’t know about the protection part. I’m not going to protect any. I’m with Jerry. Don’t tell me anything. Well, that’s what I mean. You tell them, don’t cross this line. That’s protection. Please tell them where the guardrails are. Yeah. It’s an interesting thing that we do. I’ve got some guys here and some guys around the country I’ve dealt with. And they reach out to you and they want to tell their story. I wish I could get more of them to want to tell their story. And they want to tell one thing I get criticized for. And it’ll be somebody that’s on YouTube, obviously in the know, and they’ll tell me how I got something wrong. [33:47] You deal with what you got. You deal with the newspaper articles and old court cases and things like that and try to get it right. But you can’t totally get it right. Of course, you don’t get it right as the way somebody else sees it, too. Everybody has a different take on the right story. I found out long ago, if you only rely on law enforcement, you’re not going to get the whole story. No, you got to go. Well, then you’re doing stenography. That’s what I always said. Yeah. Yeah. But it’s hard to get those people to open up, too. Man, it’s. Yeah. I was a reporter for a long time, so I’ve had some practice at it. And I’ve interviewed guys in prison. I’ve interviewed people who pre-arrest, during arrest, post-arrest. [34:26] And I’ve developed a way to talk to people that makes them comfortable. With Adam Diaz that Burrell mentioned in our book, Betrayal in Blue, this guy is a South American cartel member dealing cocaine in the United States. He went on the record and talked about his life doing that. [34:47] And the same thing in this book with Daniel Patterson. Daniel is quite a colorful character. And I interviewed him over five or six weekends about everything that he was involved in, up to and including the stuff that he did with the ITEVs. [35:04] Now, Daniel Patterson, explain who he was to the Russians. Sure. He’s basically a conduit for the Russians. He’s a guy who knew how to make money more legitimately than they did. He had the pill press. he explained the gold scam how to operate the gold scam how to write po’s how to like add a veneer of legitimacy to their business and and make more money by doing that yeah it’s like the scam emails you get you see the misspelled words they greet you in some archaic way this is a scam this guy could take all that out of it and right i always love it without warning people i want to worm. If the woman on the dating site says, I am so-and-so by name, they’re Nigerian. But if you tell them that, then all the Nigerians will stop telling them, I’ll stop using that. But if it says, I am Sally by name, they’re Nigerian. Even if they say they live in your hometown, they’re Nigerian. Good clue. Good clue. You guys hear that out there? [36:12] Yeah listen closely when you trip to one of these emails or one of these online things and you start talking to them they say my name is sally my name is nigerian hang up, how’s everything in nigerian click yeah. [36:31] Guys, I didn’t expect to get that kind of a great clue for my guys out there, but that’s a good one. I didn’t really realize that one myself. Yeah, I am Sally by name. Here’s your clue. Watch out. I was talking to a guy once, a friend of mine. He was talking about some girl that he met online, of course, through Facebook. And he said, she told me she just thought I looked interesting and sounded interesting from my Facebook. And I said, what’d she do? He said, I think she’s legitimate. I said, what’d she do? She’s an entrepreneur. I said, dude, dude. On. Dude. Model and entrepreneur. Yeah. [37:10] Okay. This has been great. Frank Girardeau and Burl Baer. B-A-R-E-R. Yes. And guys, I’ll have links to these books, all of their books. This book is A Taste for Murder, and they have Actually, this book is Where Murder Lies. Oh, I’m sorry. Okay. Oh, yeah. All right. Let me start. I’ll edit this. Their book is Where Murder Lies. And they also have one called A Taste for Murder, Betrayal in Blue, and Burned. So those are all three great true crime books. And I will have links to them in the show notes, guys. Thanks so much. Merle and Frank, I really appreciate you coming on. It’s really interesting. And Owen, if you buy the book, review the book. Say something nice about it. If you don’t like it, keep your mouth shut. Don’t give me one of those one-star reviews or I’m coming for you. You can’t trust those. [38:08] Thank you, Gary. All right. Thank you. All right. I’ll send, I don’t know, do I have your emails or do I have the publicist’s email? I got somebody’s email. Sometimes I never get your guys’ email. You got Vine, you got Frank, you got them both. All right. I’ll send you a link whenever I get this. It’ll probably be a month or more before I actually get this up. I would stay way ahead. Okay, good. Okay. All right. Talk to you soon. Same thing I can ever do for you here in Kansas City while you get on these stories or something. Hey, I’m in Missouri. I haven’t used to Missouri. I’m in Houston, Missouri. You what? I’m in Houston, Missouri. Oh, are you? Yeah, Texas County, Missouri. Oh, Texas County. Yeah, that’s way down south. That’s down south. I’m in the Ozarks. Yeah. Okay. That’s why I grew the goatee. Okay. All right. All right. Thanks, guys. Bye-bye. Bye.
Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. welcome John Starks to the show to talk March Madness, the Knicks, and the OJ chase. BREAKING NEWS: Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and will be out for an extended period of time. We play Who Said It which looks back at famous shots in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UnSportsmanLike Moments of the Day: Jonathan Kuminga made a full court shot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. welcome John Starks to the show to talk March Madness, the Knicks, and the OJ chase. BREAKING NEWS: Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and will be out for an extended period of time. We play Who Said It which looks back at famous shots in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UnSportsmanLike Moments of the Day: Jonathan Kuminga made a full court shot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On Thursday's ENN, Starks on OJ chase. Mostert on McDaniel. Matt Leinart's retired jersey. Brady v WWE superstars continues. Drop Madness results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. welcome John Starks to the show to talk March Madness, the Knicks, and the OJ chase. BREAKING NEWS: Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and will be out for an extended period of time. We play Who Said It which looks back at famous shots in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UnSportsmanLike Moments of the Day: Jonathan Kuminga made a full court shot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. welcome John Starks to the show to talk March Madness, the Knicks, and the OJ chase. BREAKING NEWS: Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and will be out for an extended period of time. We play Who Said It which looks back at famous shots in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UnSportsmanLike Moments of the Day: Jonathan Kuminga made a full court shot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Evan, Michelle, and David Dennis Jr. welcome John Starks to the show to talk March Madness, the Knicks, and the OJ chase. BREAKING NEWS: Cade Cunningham has been diagnosed with a collapsed lung and will be out for an extended period of time. We play Who Said It which looks back at famous shots in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament. UnSportsmanLike Moments of the Day: Jonathan Kuminga made a full court shot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OJ's 1998 live meltdown exposed: Chris Myers recounts the chilling "Are you capable of killing?" question, OJ's evasive pivot, defensive slips, and moments that made him look guilty AF! Rare insider breakdown w/ Kato Kaelin.OJ's infamous 1998 ESPN "Up Close" interview—where he got agitated, defensive, and appeared straight-up guilty under intense live questioning—is dissected in this exclusive Tom Zenner Scandal episode. Chris Myers reveals the tension: the fiery "Are you capable of killing?" exchange (OJ: "no... but if danger to my kids"), domestic violence photo reactions (veins popping, weird excuses like "full of beans" and bad lighting), the "if I did it... because I loved her very much" hypothetical slip, OJ's charm attempts (golf invite mid-break, sarcastic exit), and how he prepared with detectives, lawyers (Petrocelli, Bugliosi), and Bill Murray's advice—calling it "chilling" and one of his toughest.We break down why this rare post-trial live sit-down made OJ look more guilty than ever, despite denials. Viewers decide: Did he crack under pressure? Order Chris Myers' book "That Deserves A Wow": http://chrismyersSports.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/one-degree-of-scandalous-with-tom-zenner-and-kato-kaelin--6258576/support.
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