Podcasts about Parkfield

The AgNet News Hour welcomed former National Cattlemen's Beef Association President Kevin Kester for a wide-ranging discussion on some of the biggest issues facing the U.S. cattle industry, including New World screwworm, wolf depredation, historically low cattle inventories, and new USDA assistance for beef processors. Kester, a fifth-generation California rancher from Parkfield, said rebuilding the nation's cattle herd will take time. With U.S. cattle numbers sitting at their lowest levels in decades, he expects meaningful expansion to remain several years away. "Just by Mother Nature and the biology of a beef animal, we're probably at least three years out, and five years could be very possible before we start building up numbers," Kester said. The conversation also focused on the continued threat posed by New World screwworm. Kester emphasized that while the parasite presents a significant challenge for livestock producers, it is not a food safety issue for consumers. He explained that USDA, working alongside the State of Texas, is investing heavily in eradication efforts through sterile fly production. Existing facilities in Panama and Mexico are already releasing approximately 100 million sterile flies each week, while a new USDA production facility under construction in South Texas is expected to dramatically expand that capacity. Kester said researchers are also making progress on genetic technologies that could make future sterile fly production even more efficient. Another major concern for Western ranchers remains wolf depredation. While federal officials are pursuing actions that could remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves, Kester noted California producers continue to face challenges under the state's endangered species protections. He said ranchers continue experiencing livestock losses while compensation remains limited. "We still have the state listing, so that does not really solve the issue for those of us here in California," Kester said. The interview also covered USDA's recently announced Supporting Processor Investment in Rural America (SPUR) Program, which will provide up to $500 million in temporary assistance for small and mid-sized beef processors. Kester explained that while larger packing companies have the financial resources to weather the current cattle shortage, many smaller processors are struggling with reduced throughput as national cattle supplies remain tight. The federal funding, he said, is intended to help those facilities remain operational until cattle inventories begin recovering in the coming years. The discussion continues in Part Two, where Kester addresses beef imports, international trade, and the long-term outlook for the U.S. cattle industry. Listen to the full interview below or on your favorite podcast app.

In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down AI distillation, the teacher-student technique frontier labs now lean on to train smaller, cheaper models. He also covers GPT-5.6’s government-vetted rollout, Claude Sonnet 5 landing on AWS, Maryland’s two-year data center pause, and Microsoft’s climbing carbon numbers. Finally, he wraps with Apple’s $30 billion Broadcom deal, Meta’s tamper-proof recording light, Michigan’s parasite outbreak, and a simulation that erased a super El Niño. – Want to start a podcast? Its easy to get started! Sign-up at Blubrry – Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the show. Subscribe to the Newsletter. Email Ray if you want to get in touch! Like and Follow Geek News Central’s Facebook Page. Support my Show Sponsor: Best Godaddy Promo Codes Get 1Password Full Summary Cochrane opens with a quick personal update. Longer days have him outdoors, including a float trip on the Sandy River at Dabney State Park, where he found clearer water, clay-like sand, and easy footing. Next week brings both a move and a trip home, so he is stocking up on Trader Joe’s “Power Berries” and IKEA bags at his mom’s request. Then he turns to the lead story. AI Distillation Explained: How Frontier Models Teach Each Other Cochrane’s featured story comes from Hugging Face engineer Sergio Paniego. Distillation is teacher-student training for AI: a capable model generates the training signal, and a smaller student learns to match it. The classic off-policy version compresses giant models into cheap students, either through soft labels or piles of worked answers. Google’s Gemma models and DeepSeek’s R1-Distill line were built exactly this way. However, the industry is now converging on multi-teacher on-policy distillation, or MOPD. Labs build reinforcement-learning specialists for math, coding, and agentic work, then have them grade a single student, word by word, as the student generates its own answers. DeepSeek-V4, MiMo-V2-Flash, and NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Ultra all run versions of the recipe, and the Qwen3 team reported better results at roughly a tenth of the GPU hours of raw reinforcement learning. Finally, self-distillation lets models like Cursor’s Composer 2.5 learn from better-prompted versions of themselves. Sponsor: GoDaddy Economy hosting $6.99/month, WordPress hosting $12.99/month, domains $11.99. Website builder trial available. Use codes at geeknewscentral.com/godaddy to support the show. GPT-5.6 Arrives With a Government-Vetted Rollout OpenAI shipped GPT-5.6 as a three-tier family: Sol, Terra, and Luna. Sol costs five dollars in and thirty dollars out per million tokens, half of Claude Fable 5’s rate. The benchmarks split: Sol Ultra wins Terminal-Bench at 91.9 percent, while Claude Fable 5 still leads SWE-Bench Pro. Notably, the API launched in limited preview to roughly 20 partners vetted by the U.S. government, though the model went live in Microsoft 365 Copilot on day one. Claude Sonnet 5 Lands on AWS, Plus Quick AWS Wins Claude Sonnet 5 arrived on AWS through Bedrock, pitched as top-tier intelligence at Sonnet pricing. Additionally, Amazon WorkSpaces for AI agents reached general availability, enabling agents to drive full desktop applications securely. OpenSearch gained a log-analytics engine claiming four times the price-performance, and SageMaker now scales inference about twice as fast. Cochrane also flags that Kendra and Q Business move to maintenance mode at the end of July. Anthropic Wants You to Reflect on Your Claude Habits Anthropic launched Reflect, a beta feature that analyzes your past Claude conversations and visualizes how you actually use the assistant. It requires Memory, excludes incognito and health-related chats, and keeps its insights inside the tool. Cochrane loves the idea. He reviews his own transcripts to extract prompt patterns and turn them into reusable skills, and he suggests listeners simply ask their AI to do the same. AlphaEvolve Goes GA on Google Cloud Google made AlphaEvolve generally available to Google Cloud customers on the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The agent acts as an evolutionary collaborator: provide a baseline algorithm and your goals, and it searches for better, human-readable code. BASF, JetBrains, and Kinaxis are the named early adopters. Meanwhile, Cochrane renews his standing wish that DeepMind release AlphaGo as a playable teacher. Google Adds “How This Ad Was Made” AI Labels Google is adding a “How this ad was made” section to My Ad Center across Search, YouTube, and Discover. Ads built with Google’s own AI tools automatically get the disclosure, backed by invisible watermarks. However, ads made with outside tools rely on advertiser self-declaration. Cochrane points out the limits of voluntary disclosure in an AI-flooded content economy. Microsoft’s Carbon Emissions Climb 25 Percent Microsoft’s new sustainability report shows emissions up 25% in 2025, driven by a data center construction spree. The gross figure is 34 million metric tons before offsets, while other coverage puts the net figure at around 20 million. Water consumption also jumped thirty-four percent, even as Microsoft claims its first water-positive year. Cochrane argues regulation needs to catch up, since Google and Amazon report similar increases. Prince George’s County Pauses Data Centers for Two Years Prince George’s County adopted a two-year moratorium on new data center development, the longest pause in Maryland so far. The resolution blocks new applications, including hyperscale projects, until the council passes real regulations. Water and energy impacts remain open questions the county intends to study. Cochrane gives kudos to residents for making their voices heard. Apple and Broadcom Ink a $30 Billion U.S. Chip Deal Apple is expanding its partnership with Broadcom with a multiyear agreement expected to exceed $30 billion. The deal covers custom silicon and wireless components, with more than fifteen billion chips to be made on American soil. Broadcom’s Fort Collins, Colorado plant anchors the work with a $1.5 billion equipment expansion. Tim Cook framed the deal as accelerating Apple’s commitment to American manufacturing. MSI and Intel Ship the First Arc G3 Extreme Handheld Intel detailed how it co-engineered the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+, the first handheld on the Arc G3 Extreme processor. Highlights include a heat-spreading board layout and game-tuning loops that Intel says run Cyberpunk 2077 up to thirty-seven percent faster. The device is on sale now in void purple for around $1,500. At that price, Cochrane jokes he would rather buy a computer. Meta’s Glasses Get a Tamper-Proof Recording Light Meta answered the most common privacy questions about its AI glasses. Photos stay private on the device until the wearer imports or shares them, and a white capture LED blinks during any recording with no off switch. Moreover, newer glasses disable the camera if the LED is blocked, tampered with, or destroyed. Cochrane reminds listeners these claims are Meta grading its own homework, but the blink signal is worth recognizing in public. Michigan’s Parasite Outbreak Tops 1,200 Cases Michigan’s cyclosporiasis outbreak reached 1,251 cases since June 22, with roughly forty hospitalizations along the way. Northwest Ohio adds more than five hundred cases. The parasite typically spreads through contaminated fresh produce, and investigators still have not found the source. Cochrane’s advice: wash your produce, and get tested if your symptoms fit. AI Finds the San Andreas Fault’s Silent Slips Researchers paired AI with borehole strainmeters to detect dozens of hidden slow-slip events beneath the San Andreas Fault’s Parkfield section. Each silent slip releases stress within hours and is reliably followed by low-frequency earthquakes. Together, the findings support a continuous spectrum from silent creep to destructive quakes. The study appears in Nature Communications, and Cochrane hopes it will lead to better earthquake prediction. Cloud Brightening Erased a Super El Niño, in a Simulation Finally, a Science Advances study simulated marine cloud brightening in response to the 1997 and 2015 super El Niño events. Seeding clouds over the eastern Pacific erased the events entirely inside the model. Real deployment would take roughly 2,400 ships spraying continuously, and the simulations showed side effects like extra warming over Europe and Asia. Cochrane finds the weather-machine concept fascinating, yet he questions the consequences of altering cycles the planet runs for a reason. The post AI Distillation: How Frontier Models Teach Each Other #1870 appeared first on Geek News Central.

The October 31 edition of the AgNet News Hour brought a spirited mix of Halloween humor and serious ag talk as hosts Nick Papagni and Josh McGill welcomed Kevin Kester, former National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) president, to discuss Argentina trade tensions, beef pricing, and the high stakes of Proposition 50. Kester joined from his family ranch in Parkfield, California, where recent early rains have sparked some optimism. “We've got green grass already — that hasn't happened this early since about 1995,” he said. But much of the discussion turned to national issues after comments by former President Donald Trump about importing Argentine beef rattled cattle markets. “We completely support President Trump and all he's done for ranchers,” Kester said. “But some of his statements about tariffs and Argentine imports were just factually incorrect, and we had to push back.” He explained that while Trump's remarks were aimed at lowering consumer prices, they triggered a temporary futures market dip and confusion among producers. “He's trying to help, but when you insert yourself directly into the market, it sends shockwaves all the way back to the ranch.” Still, Kester stressed that this disagreement is “unfinished business, not division.” Comparing the relationship between cattlemen and the Trump administration to a football team, he said, “It's like a quarterback and an offensive coordinator — you argue about the play, but you both want to win.” He called for fair trade deals that give U.S. ranchers equal footing: “Argentina sent $800 million worth of beef here in five years, while we only exported $7 million to them. We just want balance.” The conversation also touched on consumer labeling, with Kester supporting “Product of the USA” but warning that price ultimately drives purchases. “People say they'll pay more for U.S. beef, but at the grocery store, pocketbooks often make the decision,” he said. Even so, he noted that demand remains strong. “Even with record prices, consumers are still buying American beef because of its quality.” As the interview continued, Kester discussed the ongoing threat of the New World Screwworm near the Texas–Mexico border, saying that USDA teams are “doing heroic work” to contain outbreaks. He also warned that Prop 50, if passed, could devastate rural representation and drive up food costs. “It's political redistricting disguised as reform,” he said. “If it passes, Central Valley agriculture loses its voice.” Looking ahead, Kester predicted continued strength for the cattle market in 2025 and 2026. “Prices will level out, herds will rebuild, and consumers will keep getting the safest, highest-quality beef in the world.” Papagni closed the show calling Kester “one of the great voices in California ranching,” while McGill agreed: “When Kevin talks, every farmer and rancher listens.”

The October 1 edition of the AgNet News Hour featured a wide-ranging conversation with Kevin Kester, a fifth-generation rancher from Parkfield, California, and former president of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association. Hosts Nick Papagni and Josh McGill highlighted Kester's experience in both California ranching and national policy, bringing listeners a candid look at the future of cattle in the Golden State. Kester described the uphill battle of running cattle in California, where land values, estate taxes, and regulatory costs far exceed most other states. “People wonder how we can even stay in business,” he said, pointing to California's high costs and thousands of state-specific rules. Despite these challenges, the state still maintains 35 to 39 million acres of grazing land, underscoring the importance of cattle to California's ag economy. The conversation turned to the alarming wolf problem in the Sierra Nevada, where ranchers reported 77 documented wolf kills in just 90 days. Kester warned that California's stricter protections compared to federal listings make the situation even harder to manage. “It's going to take the loss of human life before anything will be done,” he said grimly. Kester also spoke about his time at the White House, standing with President Trump and working on trade agreements, including opening markets for U.S. beef in China and Australia. He credited federal policies with helping offset some of California's burdens but said the fight is far from over. He urged farmers to push for common-sense policies and to stay engaged in policy discussions that affect their livelihoods. Looking ahead, Kester stressed the importance of FFA and youth engagement in agriculture. As someone who served as an FFA officer himself, he sees the program as vital to ensuring a sixth generation continues his family's ranching legacy. “We do this to keep ranches intact and viable for the next generations,” he said, noting his six grandchildren are already helping on the ranch. From wolf predation to estate taxes and international trade, Kester's message was clear: California ranchers face enormous pressure, but with policy reforms and youth leadership, the industry can survive and thrive. Listen to the full interview with Kevin Kester on the AgNet News Hour by clicking below, or on your favorite podcast app!

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In celebration of the National Day of the Cowboy, we're taking you to the “cowboy side of California” — the small town of Parkfield — where the Varian family has spent generations stewarding the land, building community, and sharing the values of ranch life. Located in the Cholame Valley, the V6 Ranch is more than a working cattle operation. It's a living legacy of conservation, hospitality, and heritage.In this episode, host and CEO, Michael Delbar, sits down with Jack, John, and Lauren Varian to share the story of their ranch. They discuss what it means to protect the land through a conservation easement with the California Rangeland Trust, and how they open their gates to the public through cattle drives, trail rides, and cowboy academies. Together, they talk about what it means to live with the land, to honor the past while preparing for the future, and to keep the spirit of the West alive.If you want to learn more about how you can get involved in the work that we do, visit rangelandtrust.orgWant to learn more? Chat with us!Support the showLearn more about the work the Rangeland Trust does by following us on social media @rangelandtrust!

Dave Schwartz joins First Look with Andy Morris to talk about this years Parkfield Bluegrass Festival.

Masked raiders have stolen £100,000 worth of stock from a wholesalers in Medway.At least eight people are thought to have cut their way into the industrial estate unit in Chatham in the early hours of last Wednesday. Hear from reporter Sean McPolin who has been covering the story.Also in today's podcast, a woman who was tied up during a violent robbery in Sevenoaks has described it as an "horrific experience".A man armed with a gun stole nearly £1.5 million worth of jewellery from a property in Parkfield near Wildernesse Golf Club last June.The work and pensions secretary's confirmed personal independence payments won't be frozen following a backlash from Labour MPs.Liz Kendall's also announced changes to the eligibility for universal credit from 2028. Hear the response from shadow minister and Faversham MP Helen Whately.A Kent pub chain boss has warned fewer part-time jobs will be available and prices will rise as major tax changes come in next month.The amount employers have to pay towards national insurance is to increase after being announced in last autumn's budget. We've been speaking to Phil Thorley from Thorley Taverns in Thanet.Work to clear woodland near Ashford of tonnes of illegally dumped waste is due to get under way next week.The Environment Agency's confirmed equipment will start to be moved onto Hoads Wood and removing the rubbish will take more than a year. We've got reaction from Sally Smith from Kent Wildlife Trust.And, Bedgebury Pinetum have announced a program of events to celebrate their 100th anniversary.Since 1925, the site has grown from a tree collection into an internationally significant conservation centre which welcomes more than half-a-million visitors each year.

Episode: 2204 Earthquakes and Volcanoes remember, while hurricanes forget.  Today, our guest, geologist Peter Copeland tells us about rocks, air and memory.

Ne najpomembnejša, vsekakor pa zanimiva dejstva za zvedave poslušalce, ki morajo izmed petih trditev izbrati napačno. Tokrat najbolj nenavadna dejstva o potresih. Izmed spodnjih trditev poiščite tisto, ki ne drži. 1. Potres, ki naj bi povzročil izumrtje dinozavrov, je imel neverjetno teoretično izračunano magnitudo 13. Trditev je resnična 2. Več kot pol (od skoraj 200) žrtev potresa v Christchurchu na Novi Zelandiji (2011) se je zgodilo v stavbi televizije CTV. Izkazalo se je, da je novozelandski gradbeni nadzornik te stavbe ukradel identiteto nekega strokovnjaka iz Velike Britanije. Trditev je resnična 3. Po najhujšem potresu na svetu v zadnjih 100 letih, v Čilu leta 1960, sta dva moška bogovom darovala petletnega dečka. Med sojenjem se je izkazalo, da sta otroke darovala že ob dveh večjih potresih v Čilu pred tem. Trditev je izmišljena 4. Bazen Univerze v Arizoni se je ob potresu v 2 tisoč kilometrov oddaljenem Michoacanu (Mehika) zaradi tresenja izpraznil. Trditev je resnična 5. Parkfield je mestece v Kaliforniji. Znano je po mostu, katerega skrajna konca stojita na dveh različnih tektonskih ploščah, pacifiški in severnoameriški. Trditev je resnična

Join us for a conversation with lifelong Parkfield resident and rancher, Kevin Kester where we discuss the towns of San Miguel and Parkfield, the second oldest bar in California and the ranching benefits of commercial drones.

Ayns Goll as Gaccan ta Phil Gawne leeideil shin trooid idiomyn as raaghyn elley ass 'Lessoonyn Toshee 'sy Ghaelg'. Eisht ta daa chabdil elley er-nyn-son ass yn choontey scruit ec Shorys y Kneale mychione 'Marrinys Feeagh Odin', as she David Fisher ta lhaih magh shen. Ta shin clashtyn paart dy hennaghys 'sy Ghaelg ayns Claare ny Gael y cheayrt shoh, mychione lhong enmyssit y 'Parkfield'. V'ad gra dy row ee ny lhong smoo stoamagh va rieau troggit 'syn Ellan ec y traa v'ee lhunnit, 8oo Jerrey Geuree 1833. Atreih, shennaghys giare v'ec y lhong shoh, va brisht er Conister moghey 'sy voghrey 3ss Toshiaght Arree y vlein cheddin. Va dy chooilley pheiagh er ny hauail, agh shoh va'n cheayrt s'jerree va'n Reejerey William Hillary ny oltey jeh skimmee baatey sauaillagh Ghoolish. In Goll as Gaccan Phil Gawne conducts us through more idioms and phrases from 'First Lessons in Manx'. Then there are two more chapters for us from the account written by George Kneale about 'Voyage of the Odin's Raven', and it's David Fisher who reads that out. We hear some history in Manx in Claare ny Gael this time, about a ship called the 'Parkfield'. They were saying that she was the finest vessel that was ever built in the Island at the time she was launched, 8th January 1833. Unfortunately, there was but a short history of this vessel, which was broken on Conister early in the morning of 3rd February in the same year. Everyone was saved, but this was the last time that Sir William Hillary was a member of the Douglas lifeboat crew. 

In celebration of Noo Breesha, St Bridget, we hear about the custom associated with households vying to attract the saint to lodge with them overnight, which would bring good luck on the household for the rest of the year. We hear an abridged version of the story as told by Kathleen Killip, read by Ian Cottier.  In Manx, we hear the short history of what was reckoned to be the finest vessel ever launched in the Island up to that point, the Parkfield - launched 8th January 1833, left Douglas at 9.00pm on Friday 2nd February, returned to Douglas because of a sudden storm, but was driven on to Conister. It was another stirring rescue by Douglas lifeboat, including, for the final time, Sir William Hillary. All souls were saved, but the Parkfield was lost on Saturday 3rd February 1833. As nyn giaull : RICHARD TRETHEWEY & CAMBORNE YOUTH BAND - Geevor lads RIOGHNACH CONNOLLY - Nil se na la SONERIEN DU - Laride an la mineur KATE REID - The flower of Fochabers YWS GWYNEDD - Drwy dy lygid di MANX YOUTH BAND - Manx youth BRENDA WOOTTON - Dus tre DONAL LUNNY, COOLFIN & FRIENDS - Dulaman CARLOS NUNEZ, DAN AR BRAS & BAGAD KEMPER - Aires de Pontevedra

In this special episode of the California Now Podcast, host Soterios Johnson revisits highlights from interviews conducted across the center of the state. Follow along as Johnson travels up the Central Coast, learning about the hidden gems of Ventura County, getting a taste of the bounty of Paso Robles wine country, sampling Julia Childs–approved bites in Santa Barbara, and discovering where to find an unforgettable cattle-wrangling adventure. Johnson also gets the inside scoop on how to make the most of a trip to the world-renowned Monterey Bay Aquarium. After that, the episode heads east into California's Central Valley, where our host gets a taste of the Bakersfield Sound at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace. The episode wraps up with a personal tour at Fresno's subterranean marvel, Forestiere Underground Gardens.

Episode: 2204 Earthquakes and Volcanoes remember, while hurricanes forget.  Today, our guest, geologist Peter Copeland tells us about rocks, air and memory.

Chloe is joined by a host of eCommerce experts to answer the question What is your top tip for growing an eCommerce business in 2020? The answers are VERY wide ranging from delivery to international, lots of marketing tips, and much more. The answers will help you work out your plans for 2020. Our experts include Chris Dawson from Tamebay; Ian Hammersley from Smartebusiness, Lucy Bloomfield of 10,000 Customers; Rachel Jacobs from eCommerce Partnerships, Ria Fiscina from Parkfield, Alex O'Byrne from WeMakeWebsites AND Rytis Lauris from Omnisend. There's so much in this episode you're going to listen more than once! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

Chloe is joined by a host of eCommerce experts to answer the question What is the most important thing we learnt in eCommerce in 2019? The answers are VERY wide ranging from delivery to DTC, from radical transparency to mobile domination. The answers will help you work out your plans for 2020. Our experts include Chris Dawson from Tamebay; Ian Hammersley from Smartebusiness, Lucy Bloomfield of 10,000 Customers; Rachel Jacobs from eCommerce Partnerships, Ria Fiscina from Parkfield, Alex O'Byrne from WeMakeWebsites AND Rytis Lauris from Omnisend. There's so much in this episode you're going to listen more than once! This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

The debate surrounding Parkfield school in Birmingham and wider discussion on the role of sex and relationship classes  within educational programmes, are just the latest incidences of schools becoming a battlefield for the culture wars.  Starting with developments in the 1870s when the state intervention in schooling in England & Wales became more pronounced, James Tooley explores the impact of the ethos of state control over education right up to today’s controversies over Relationship and Sex EducationLecturer James Tooley, professor of educational entrepreneurship and policy, University of Buckingham; author, The Beautiful TreeTalking Points in this podcastIn the 1870s, private non-profit and private for-profit schools made up nearly all the educational establishments, educating 95 per cent of children.State intervention in education reflected a desire to push forward a particular set of values, creating an early instance of the education culture wars.Schools were used to also keep the working class in their own station as opposed to increasing their social mobility.An affordable grassroots private school movement that would create schools of high quality at half the cost of state education is possible.BibliographyThe Beautiful Tree: a personal journey into how the world’s poorest people are educating themselves, James Tooley, Cato Institute, 2013Education and the State: A Study in Political Economy, Edwin G West, 3rd revised edition, 1994THE ACADEMY 2019In the context of today’s instrumental approaches to knowledge, The Academy summer school is a modest attempt to demonstrate the value of scholarship, and of the worth of the university as a place of free enquiry dedicated to the pursuit of truth.IDEAS MATTER PODCASTIdeas Matter is a podcast that takes the most important issues of our times and explores the ideas and intellectual trends that have shaped where we are today.You can subscribe and listen to Ideas Matter on iTunes, Podbean or SoundCloud.  For full details of all episodes, visit the podcast page on our website  Keep up-to-date with Ideas Matter and all the initiatives organised by the Battle of Ideas charity by following us on Twitter and on Facebook.Email us at info@theboi.co.uk

The guys discuss the Parkfield shooting and What’s expended of civilians with a CCW. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/banquetbros/support

This week, host Sam Wise addresses the continued protests over LGBTQ inclusive education in the U.K. and taking the decision to cancel a planned counter protest and the harassment faced by LGBTQ advocates online. Our LGBTQ music artist of the week is Cameron Hawthorn, who has released a music video 'Dancing in the Living Room' with an LGBTQ theme. We also speak with Pastor Bailey Brawner from the United Methodist Church about asexuality and how the church still has a long way to go in terms of equality. And Bryan Kvitek joins us to discuss his coming out journey and the challenges he faced growing up in a religious community. Plus: Sam talks about some worrying develops in Brunei for the LGBTQ community there, an award that Being LGBTQ has been nominated for and how Democratic 2020 Presidential hopeful, and openly gay Mayor, Pete Buttigieg has been making waves again continuing to call out Vice President Mike Pence's terrible record of LGBTQ rights.

On Being LGBTQ episode 8 we speak to Melissa Georges a transgender woman from Chicago Illinois who joins us the talk about her journey from first realising she was transgender at an early age. Elizabeth Graham from Aces NYC, a group based in New York City for those who identify as asexual gives us a master class in asexuality and talks about what the group has planned for World Pride in June. And - our LGBTQ Artist of the Week this week is John Flanagan, who talks about his latest projects and allergies to Dinosaurs and Popsicle's. Also: Sam gives an update on the debate around LGBTQ inclusive education in the UK.

This week we debate Pride festivals, how they’ve changed and if they’re overly sexualised with LGBTQ writer Ben Thompson, as the debate over what Pride means in the modern era continues. Also – we start our road to the 2020 US Presidential election coverage, we’re joined by Emma Ramos from Eudaimonia to discuss all the latest news, including who has decided to run for the Democratic nomination, including Mayor Pete Buttigieg the openly gay Mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Later on we are joined by the Gay Agony Uncle, our life and relationships guru and very own Mary Poppins to discuss body image and how we can be happier within ourselves. And Sam gives an update on protests against LGBTQ inclusive education outside a Birmingham (England) school and reveals the results of a poll which asked if Extra-terrestrials visited Earth and gave you the chance to relocate to a different planet, would you go?

This week on Being LGBTQ Sam talks about recent protests at Parkfield School, a local school in his area which has faced protests from parents, who are against LGBTQ inclusive education. Karen from Karen and the Sorrows is our LGBTQ music artist of the week and Rafaella Gunz from Gay Star News joins us to talk about STI stigma. Sam talks about launching SAFC LGBTQ, a supporters club for LGBTQ people and allies who support Sunderland Football Club in the United Kingdom. Sam talks about the number of LGBTQ supporters clubs now operating, why they are important, and then chats to former professional footballer for Sunderland AFC (and equality campaigner) Kieron Brady. We also have a review of 'Captain Marvel' and its message of female empowerment on International Women's Day!

As an assistant headteacher, Andrew Moffat has introduced a policy promoting diversity at Parkfield community school in Birmingham. His No Outsiders message teaches children to welcome those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender as well as people of any race, colour or religion. It’s been a huge success - parents, teachers and governors support Andrew’s work despite 98% of the school’s pupils being Muslim. In this episode Will and Chris travel to the school to meet him and learn how his efforts to spread LGBT awareness and understanding haven’t always been appreciated: Andrew left his previous school after parents complained about him telling the children he was gay. He tells Will and Chris what he learned from this experience and how he convinced Parkfield’s parents that children can be taught about Britain’s anti-discrimination laws without undermining their religious beliefs. Plus - listeners tell us their memories of school, Chris has been finding out about surrogacy and Will remembers a very awkward evening involving a video of Neighbours and a dog basket. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Official episode 1 of BMPodcast. We traveled to Park Field Ca and talked about our trip. Enjoyed the scenery and hope our listeners are intrigued to visit the "Earthquake Capital of The World". USGS, Park Field Cafe

Ep 13 Geoff Tuck & Christian Mayer: The People Sunday, March 16, 2014 The People with Insert Blanc Press Editor and Publisher Mathew Timmons and Insert Blanc Artist Ben White. The People features the voices and ideas of The People that make up the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, the west coast, and beyond on KCHUNG 1630AM every 3rd Sunday at 3pm. The People is me, The People is you, The People is we, and You Can Too! … like a Broken Record magically repaired. Geoff Tuck is a writer and artist, and is the publisher of the online journal, Notes on Looking. He, with his husband David, organizes retreats in Parkfield, CA. He has had two shows recently, Your Shell is Made of Air at the Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, and was featured at the launch for the journal baumtest. Christian Mayer is an artist, musician and publisher from Vienna, Austria. He is here in Los Angeles on an artist's residency, The Schindler Residency at the MAK Center. He has work in a show with the current MAK center residents at the Mackey Apartments. He also recently had a show at the Belvedere in Vienna, Musis et Mulis, which translates to For the Muse and the Mules. He is represented by Galerie Mezzanin in Vienna and Galerie Nagel Draxler in Berlin.