Podcasts about Parliament

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg explains how Britain, which has a combat ready military force about half the size of New York's police department, must prepare for war with Russia. (00:00) What Is This War and Why Does Britain Need to Fight It? (19:40) Is There Majority Support for War With Russia? (26:18) Is Using Nuclear Weapons Accepted in Christianity? (33:15) Was WWII Good for Britain? (39:08) Is Ukraine a Sovereign Country?Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg is a British politician and broadcaster who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 2010 to 2024. A prominent advocate for Brexit, he held senior government roles including Leader of the House of Commons and Business Secretary. He now hosts State of the Nation on GB News. Paid partnerships with: Angel Studios: Watch The Brink of War at http://angel.com/TC American Financing: NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org. Average savings based on borrowers who save over $199.99. Call 800-685-5696 or visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Tucker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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EPISODE SUMMARY Dillin deals with the strange happenings in the One Shot studio by calling in to, and bothering, a late-night radio host. SHOW NOTES The Cryptid Show One Shot News & Updates One Shot Patreon One Shot TWITCH Follow the cast here! Dillin Apelyan - Dillin Apelyan Robin Ekberg - Noah ----------------------------------------------------- ICE Watch Find and call your representatives and be heard (US) Find and call your members of Parliament and be heard (Canada) Find and call your members of Parliament and be heard (UK) ---------------------------------------------------- Music Used in This Episode New York Strut, Braeden Rangno Ghostfire, Alsever Lake Honey, marigolde More Than One Way To Go Home, Amherst Never Be The Same, Shells By The Sea Editing and sound design by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shaghik Manè. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norway's parliament has opened public hearings into Jeffrey Epstein's connections with Norwegian politicians and diplomats after newly released U.S. records exposed a wider web of relationships between Epstein and members of the country's political and diplomatic elite. The parliament's scrutiny and constitutional affairs committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. Former foreign minister Børge Brende, who resigned as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum after revelations about his relationship with Epstein, is also expected to testify. Brende has said he did not know about Epstein's criminal past when they first met in 2018 and has expressed regret that he did not investigate him more thoroughly.The hearings are part of a much broader reckoning in Norway, where several other prominent figures with Epstein ties are under police investigation on corruption allegations, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, former minister Terje Rød-Larsen and former diplomat Mona Juul. All three have denied criminal wrongdoing. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has also apologized for her friendship with Epstein, though she is not part of the parliamentary hearing. At the same time, parliament has created an external commission of academics and legal experts to examine more than 30 years of Norwegian diplomatic history and determine how these relationships developed, with the stated goal of restoring integrity and transparency in government institutions. The commission is expected to report its findings in early 2028.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Norway's parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomats

A two-year-old think tank backed by Adani just got 14 of its suggestions, some of them word for word, written into a law passed by Parliament. That law opened India's nuclear sector to private players for the first time in history. Months later, Adani floated a new subsidiary to enter the same field.The think tank is called Chintan Research Foundation. It started in a South Delhi cafe. It calls itself independent. And it's now one of the more visible and contested players in Delhi's policy world.So what exactly does Rs 100 crore buy you in India's policy ecosystem?Also listen to: Friday Roundup: Adani goes nuclear and AI's talent exit ( https://the-ken.com/podcasts/daybreak... )*This episode was originally published on May 6th 2026Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India's first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.

Norway's parliament has opened public hearings into Jeffrey Epstein's connections with Norwegian politicians and diplomats after newly released U.S. records exposed a wider web of relationships between Epstein and members of the country's political and diplomatic elite. The parliament's scrutiny and constitutional affairs committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. Former foreign minister Børge Brende, who resigned as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum after revelations about his relationship with Epstein, is also expected to testify. Brende has said he did not know about Epstein's criminal past when they first met in 2018 and has expressed regret that he did not investigate him more thoroughly.The hearings are part of a much broader reckoning in Norway, where several other prominent figures with Epstein ties are under police investigation on corruption allegations, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, former minister Terje Rød-Larsen and former diplomat Mona Juul. All three have denied criminal wrongdoing. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has also apologized for her friendship with Epstein, though she is not part of the parliamentary hearing. At the same time, parliament has created an external commission of academics and legal experts to examine more than 30 years of Norwegian diplomatic history and determine how these relationships developed, with the stated goal of restoring integrity and transparency in government institutions. The commission is expected to report its findings in early 2028.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Norway's parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomatsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Send us Fan MailThis week Jonny Ball sits down with Helen Maguire who has been Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell since 2024. Before entering politics, Helen served in the British Army with the Royal Military Police.Helen commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where she went on to serve in Bosnia on a Stabilisation Force mission, and in Iraq to help rebuild the Iraqi Police and provide on-the-ground counter-insurgency policing support to infantry.After leaving the army, Helen worked as a personal fitness instructor and founded a fitness company. She became a chartered fundraiser in 2016 and later ran a fundraising consultancy business.Maguire received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to the community. She lives in Surrey with her husband and three children.In 2024 Maguire was appointed by Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey as the party spokesperson for Defence as part of his Frontbench Team and now serves as the spokesperson on Primary Care & Cancer.To find out more about Helen, see here: Helen Maguire MPSupport the show✅Support The Show Help Us Grow! Help us reach more veterans by donating the cost of a cup of coffee today...

What if one of the biggest pressures facing parents is something money cannot buy: time and energy? Singapore is putting more support behind families, from greater financial help and cheaper preschool to more childcare leave. But amid the latest push to make parenthood more manageable, are we paying enough attention to how exhausted parents actually are? On We Are Family!, Elysa Chen, Executive Director of CampusImpact and Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC and Teng Yi Ling, Perinatal expert and Founder of Baby Planner SG, where the pressure is coming from, and what needs to change at home, at work and across society to give parents more breathing room. Join Neil Humphreys & Audrey Siek LIVE every Tuesday and Thursday at 7.20am for We Are Family!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

COSATU is lobbying Parliament for the immediate passing of the Second Special Appropriation Bill to unlock ten billion rands in emergency fuel relief. The federation wants the funds directed straight to the Central Energy Fund's Equalisation Fund to cushion consumers against volatile international oil markets. For spoke to COSATU's Parliamentary Coordinator, Matthew Parks.

Norway's parliament has opened public hearings into Jeffrey Epstein's connections with Norwegian politicians and diplomats after newly released U.S. records exposed a wider web of relationships between Epstein and members of the country's political and diplomatic elite. The parliament's scrutiny and constitutional affairs committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. Former foreign minister Børge Brende, who resigned as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum after revelations about his relationship with Epstein, is also expected to testify. Brende has said he did not know about Epstein's criminal past when they first met in 2018 and has expressed regret that he did not investigate him more thoroughly.The hearings are part of a much broader reckoning in Norway, where several other prominent figures with Epstein ties are under police investigation on corruption allegations, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, former minister Terje Rød-Larsen and former diplomat Mona Juul. All three have denied criminal wrongdoing. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has also apologized for her friendship with Epstein, though she is not part of the parliamentary hearing. At the same time, parliament has created an external commission of academics and legal experts to examine more than 30 years of Norwegian diplomatic history and determine how these relationships developed, with the stated goal of restoring integrity and transparency in government institutions. The commission is expected to report its findings in early 2028.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Norway's parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomatsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Five weeks out and nobody can call this election, with the declining major parties tied and minor parties surging.It's proving a "very, very tight race" for Parliament, so five weeks out, The Detail sits down with two political journalists to look at who is safe, who is vulnerable, and who is set to lose their job.Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZGo to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In the swing seat of Hutt South, a cabinet minister's career is potentially on the line this election. National's Chris Bishop won the seat by just over 13-hundred votes in 2023, having lost it to Labour's Ginny Anderson in 2020. But with National's party vote low - keeping his seat could be key to him remaining in Parliament. So what's the electorate thinking? Mary Argue talked to some locals.

Thursday Headlines: Officials investigate possible terror attack on Israel-bound flight House prices drop for sixth month in a row Banks pass on interest rate rise David Shoebridge named new Greens leader Nathan Cleary wins the Dally M from his dad's couch Deep Dive: One Nation has booted the ABC and The Guardian from press conferences across the country, sparking calls for better protections for journalists and media organisations. Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom wants to see a Media Freedom Bill introduced, forcing Parliament to protect it like any other human right. In this episode of The Briefing, executive director of the Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom Peter Greste joins Sacha Barbour Gatt to talk about how Australian media can be better protected. Further listening: What falling house prices mean for you Follow The Briefing: TikTok: @thebriefingpod Instagram: @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @TheBriefingPodcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MPs are heading to Parliament today for a new session and the one of the items they are expected to debate is the National Conservation Amendment Bill; plan for a sharp increase in mosquito activity; and Cayman Airways President and Chief Executive Officer Fabian Whorms will retire in December.

This week on Gen C, we sit down with Tara Roos; political analyst, journalist, commentator, author and self-identified "Girl with five jobs"Tara's obsession with politics started at home, growing up in a family where the news was always on, opinions were always flying and her dad would quiz her on current affairs. Today, she's gone from watching the news to helping make it, reporting from Parliament and breaking down South Africa's political landscape for everyday people.We get into the big questions facing South Africa: Why do young people feel disconnected from politics? Why ordinary South Africans care more about the price of bread and petrol than GDP and fiscal policy? Are our existing policies actually enough to tackle youth unemployment? And why does starting a business involve so much red tape?We also unpack the experience of being a young coloured person in South African politics, the stereotypes that come with it, and the complicated relationship Cape Town has with the rest of the country.Tara shares her thoughts on the DA, non-racialism, democracy, nation-building and political division, while Rizaan has a few things to say about Helen Zille. We also dive into Tara's book Where To From Here, where she breaks down political concepts like populism and hyperfragmentation, and asks whether South Africans actually have more in common than our political parties would have us believe.And of course, we end things with a very Gen C-style game: WINNERS, LOSERS & SURVIVORS - inspired by Tara's book.From Cape Town politics to youth unemployment, Parliament, identity, democracy, finance, travel and the future of South Africa, this is a proper conversation about where we are - and where we go from here.Follow Tara Roos IG - https://www.instagram.com/_tararoos/?hl=enTara's Takes Substack - https://tararoos.substack.com/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@blogsaredead The Bill Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QuQ5QzSnF4

Former Parliament Speaker Adrian Rurawhe died this morning following a short illness, as confirmed by his family. He became an MP in 2014, and Speaker in 2022 and 2023, then retired from politics last February. Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Jacinda Ardern, Chris Luxon, and current speaker Gerry Brownlee have all paid tribute, and Parliament flags will be flown at half mast for him. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Ian Cameron, the chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, has a very blunt response to President Cyril Ramaphosa's latest address to the nation in which he outlined measures to deal with gender-based violence: “The president lied”. One “blatant lie” was increased police visibility in Kempton Park where there has been a spate of femicide. Cameron describes the horrific level of disfunctionality he found on an unannounced oversight visit yesterday to the Kempton Park Police Station. He also has harsh words for Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi who had announced the lockdown. “Him and the minister are speaking about lockdown operations. They can't even lock down a police station.” Meanwhile, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu's special leave has cost taxpayers R3.2 million. “(and) he still enjoys VIP Protection...per minister they spend more or less R8 million rand annually on their VIP Protection…(which) gets nearly R900 million more per year than Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences units…That they say it is getting the relevant attention, is simply a lie.” Lastly, Cameron reveals the finding of the postmortem of Sky, the arson-detection dog found with horrific injuries in a cage at the SAPS veterinary facility.

Member of Parliament for Old Tafo and Ranking Member of Parliament's Youth and Sports Committee, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has accused Ghana Football Association President Kurt Okraku of destroying Ghana football

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: voters get their last look at the books, will strategic voting help or harm National, plus Opportunity's bottom linesThe big reveal is over and the economy might well get a lot better a lot more quickly than thought, but might it be too late for voters doing it tough?Today, the Raw Politics panel discusses what we can read into the pre-election economic and fiscal update. Its current numbers are positive but its near future risks and worries are not, and unlikely to pierce the electoral gloom before November 7.Join associate editor Sam Sachdeva and political editor Laura Walters at Parliament and Newsroom co-editor Tim Murphy in Auckland as we ask if Labour is about to run smack, bang into a difficult fiscal reality and if its promises could be unaffordable.The panel also analyses calls for people on the right to vote strategically – for National in the electorate vote and for Act or New Zealand First for the party vote – to theoretically enlarge the total size of Parliament and ensure the centre right wins more than half of it.Our third topic is the Opportunity Party and its five bottom lines announced this week. Its leader Qiulae Wong left off its two biggest policy planks, a universal basic income and land tax, but the panel thinks that's understandable; there's always a need to eat the electoral elephant one bite at a time.Finally, we offer recommendations for you to read, watch or listen to over your weekend:Tim: A column we ran here on Newsroom, with public health expert Dr Boyd Swinburn assessing NZ First's health agenda as “more vibes and vitamins than actual evidence”Laura: Parallel Newsroom analysis on the National and Labour Party campaign launch events, from Sam and Tim. National's taxing campaign to hold the throne & Labour launches with a Wahs-like vibe and a student surpriseSam: Adam Pearse's pitch-perfect NZ Herald dispatch from the campaign trail in Auckland, complete with Simeon Brown getting stranded at a pedestrian crossing and Christopher Luxon asking a young boy to shake his mullet.Raw Politics will be available wherever you get your podcasts at the end of each week, and to watch on YouTube.

On September 15, the Senate voted down a Coalition bill to amend the Sex Discrimination Act with definitions based on biological sex. The push, led by Liberal senator Michaelia Cash, follows similar moves in the US and UK that have excluded trans and gender diverse people from legal recognition. An open letter, signed by 100 civil society groups and coordinated by Equality Australia, has urged Parliament to keep rejecting changes like this. The letter claims that such policies are not only discriminatory, but also impractical and risk jeopardising decades of case law.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1700 the Stuart Dynasty was out of heirs, save one, Princess Anne. Parliament studied the royal family tree to determine who was next in line. The problem was they were all catholic. The succession skipped over 41 closer relations until they got to the nearest living Protestant, Sophia, Electress of Hanover. The Act of Settlement of 1701 declared that all future British monarchs must be her descendant. She ended up dying before Anne and the throne went to her son, George I. But who were the 41 royals skipped over? French Princes, Italian Kings, A Queen of Spain and a couple of Holy Roman Empresses, let's meet the fascinating potential British Monarchs that never where. This succession uses the rules of male-preference primogeneture, the law of the land at the time. And only looks at dynasts who were alive in the year 1701. Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on the 29th September 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

Australia's crypto rules are changing. AUSTRAC already requires many crypto service providers to register for anti-money laundering and financial crime oversight, while ASIC is pushing affected digital asset businesses into Australia's financial services licensing regime.In this episode, Peter breaks down the difference between AUSTRAC registration and an Australian Financial Services Licence, what ASIC's 30 September 2026 transition deadline means, and why the bigger Digital Asset Platform framework starting in April 2027 is focused heavily on custody.The key message for Australian crypto holders is simple: you do not need a licence to own Bitcoin, ADA or other crypto, and self-custody is not being banned. But if you use an exchange or custodial platform, it is worth checking who you are dealing with, whether they are registered with AUSTRAC, whether they need an AFSL, and what entity actually holds your assets.Chapters:0:00 Australia's crypto rules are changing0:55 AUSTRAC registration vs ASIC licensing1:59 What ASIC regulates2:40 The 30 September 2026 AFSL deadline3:23 Why not every exchange needs an AFSL today3:53 Digital Asset Platforms from April 20274:25 Custody and not your keys5:20 What this means for Australian crypto holders5:50 Check AUSTRAC and the exchange entity6:34 What if your exchange has no licence?7:21 Regulation does not remove risk7:38 Self-custody trade-offs8:26 Is this good or bad for crypto?9:39 Practical checks and final thoughtsWhat you'll learn:- AUSTRAC registration and an Australian Financial Services Licence are different checks, and crypto users should understand what each one does.- ASIC's no-action transition period for affected digital asset businesses ends on 30 September 2026, but that does not mean every exchange without an AFSL instantly becomes illegal.- Australia's new Digital Asset Platform framework is due to apply from 9 April 2027 and focuses heavily on platforms that custody customer crypto assets.- Australian crypto holders do not need a licence to own Bitcoin, ADA or other crypto, and the new rules do not make self-custody illegal.- Users should check the AUSTRAC Virtual Asset Service Provider Register, ASIC professional registers, and the legal entity behind the exchange or platform they use.- Regulation can add rules and accountability, but it does not remove exchange failure, hacking, counterparty or self-custody risks.Links & References:Search the AUSTRAC Virtual Asset Service Provider Register (check your exchange is registered):- https://link.learncardano.io/nc865jSearch ASIC's professional registers (check for an Australian financial services licence):- https://link.learncardano.io/j8BqkTVirtual asset service provider register goes public (AUSTRAC, 30 June 2026):- https://link.learncardano.io/67E1k9Virtual asset service providers overview (AUSTRAC):- https://link.learncardano.io/yfukY2Final call for firms to act before ASIC's digital asset licensing deadline (ASIC, 2 September 2026):- https://link.learncardano.io/RWaniNASIC extends no-action position for digital asset businesses to 30 September 2026 (ASIC, 25 June 2026):- https://link.learncardano.io/wbUosFINFO 225 Digital assets: Financial products and services (ASIC):- https://link.learncardano.io/08CbJcASIC's roadmap for digital assets law reform implementation (ASIC, 20 April 2026):- https://link.learncardano.io/OwcMIyCorporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026 (Federal Register of Legislation):- https://link.learncardano.io/JTKvQ4Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025: progress and documents (Parliament of Australia):- https://link.learncardano.io/pGocSrBills Digest: Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025 (Parliamentary Library):- https://link.learncardano.io/N1RTB6New digital asset laws to unlock innovation and safeguard investment (Treasury Ministers, 26 November 2025):- https://link.learncardano.io/lewfr3Crypto assets (Moneysmart):- https://link.learncardano.io/81m1X8Crypto scams (Moneysmart):- https://link.learncardano.io/t9lvGzWebsite: https://link.learncardano.io/bQ68RcX/Twitter: https://link.learncardano.io/3a1QtvDisclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Nothing constitutes financial advice.DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including private or future allocations. All views are my own, based on public information. Always do your own research and consult a licensed advisor before investing. Crypto investments carry high risk, and past performance is no guarantee of future results. I am not responsible for any decisions you make based on this content.

Elizabeth May is a fierce, dogged critic. No matter the government. Mark Carney's Liberals are no exception. I wanted to know what she's actually seen and heard, because even though Elizabeth May has been pissed before, host Noor Azrieh is sensing a rage she hasn't seen before.Plus, after a long hiatus, Parliament reconvened last week. And Mark Carney's Liberals wasted no time tabling their Building Canada Strong Act. So, what is it?Host: Noor AzriehCredits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)Guests: Elizabeth May, Nick Taylor-Vaisey,Background reading:Bill C-39 Introduction – Government of CanadaPoilievre dismisses Bill C-39 as all talk, no action at outset of Commons debate – The Globe and MailFive things to know about the Liberals' new Building Canada Strong Act – Toronto StarCarney's Bill C-39 overhauls environmental reviews and Indigenous consultation – The NarwhalLiberals table bill to speed up major project approvals, avert labour disruptions – CBC NewsWhy a plan to end strikes impacting ‘national interest' is drawing criticism – Global NewsSponsors:Douglas is giving our listeners a FREE Sleep Bundle with each mattress purchase. Get the sheets, pillows, mattress and pillow protectors FREE with your Douglas purchase today at douglas.ca/canadalandVisit fizz.ca to learn more about Fizz mobile and its long list of added-value features, and activate a first plan using the referral code CAN25 to get 25 off and 10GB of free data.If you're ready to hear the ‘CHA CHING' of your first sale today, head over to SHOPIFY.COM to start your free trial today!Did you know we have a monthly supporter exclusive show?Last week, Canadaland's senior producer James Nicholson took over Off The Record and asked you about all the interesting stories happening in small towns across Canada.That episode comes out Oct 1st!If you want to hear that (or if you want to catch up on all the great episodes of Off The Record you've missed!) become a supporter at canadaland.com/joinIf you value this podcast, Support us! You'll get premium access to all our shows ad free, including early releases and bonus content. You'll also get our exclusive newsletter, discounts on merch, tickets to our live and virtual events, and more than anything, you'll be a part of the solution to Canada's journalism crisis, you'll be keeping our work free and accessible to everybody.Make sure you're up to date on our upcoming events by going to canadaland.com/live!Can't get enough Canadaland? Follow us @Canadaland_Podcasts on Instagram and @Canadaland_Media on TikTok! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rodney Hide entered Parliament as a list member of the ACT Party in 1996. He became ACT Leader in 2004, and following the 2008 election he was appointed Minister for three portfolios; Local Government, Regulatory Reform and Associate Minister of Commerce. His degrees in science and economics lent credibility to his commentary in other fields like climate change. It has been interesting following his philosophical journey since leaving parliament in 2011. And ...for the first time we talked for two full hours. As a result we have split the wide ranging discussion into two podcasts… part two next week. And we finish up in The Mailroom with Mrs Producer. File your comments and complaints at Leighton@newstalkzb.co.nz OR Carolyn@newstalkzb.co.nz Haven't listened to a podcast before? Check out our simple how-to guide. Listen here on iHeartRadio Leighton Smith's podcast also available on iTunes:To subscribe via iTunes click here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My guest today is Taj Uppal, an animal rights activist and lawyer. We recorded this conversation while Taj was facing two felony charges and more than six years in prison for rescuing two baby goats from an industrial dairy farm in California. Since recording, a judge has reduced those charges to misdemeanours. The case is not over, but the most serious threat discussed in the episode has now been removed, which is great news. Nonetheless the consequences for Taj have been substantial, including losing a job offer at a major law firm and potentially putting his legal career at risk. In this episode, we have a pretty personal and reflective conversation about civil disobedience and open rescue and the role these tactics have in helping animals. Taj explains why he no longer sees direct action as a silver bullet, but still believes that the sacrifice it involves can generate dialogue, give activists credibility and be a deeply transformative, even spiritual, experience.We also discuss when civil disobedience is most likely to work, why it should often come after other campaigning methods have been exhausted and the legal, practical and community infrastructure needed to support people taking these risks. We even reverse the interview for a while, with Taj asking me about my own experiences with Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rebellion. This is a topic very close to my background, so I really enjoyed having this conversation with Taj, and thought it was a pretty interesting and even coverage of some of the benefits and risks of taking more high-risk action.A quick plug, unrelated to this great conversation with Taj: A group I volunteer with, UK Voters for Animals, is hosting a mass lobby day on the 10th of November, where we're bringing over 100 people to Parliament to meet their MPs about ending frankenchickens, which is a cruel fast-growing breed of chicken. We had over 100 people come last year, with 30 meetings with MPs, which was a huge success for the first-ever mass lobby day for animals. This year, we want it to be even bigger, so if you're in the UK and want to come along, you can sign up here.Chapters:(00:00:00) Introduction(00:08:24) Facing trial for open rescue(00:10:19) The other personal impacts of rescue(00:17:39) Why this farm? Why these goats?(00:22:17) Why sacrifice matters(00:35:06) How the hardship has shaped Taj(00:39:49) James' civil disobedience story(00:45:24) Taking action despite uncertainty (00:52:28) What can we learn from Ridgeland farms? Resources:Taj's Substack: https://tajblog.substack.com/Taj's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taj__uppal/“How Long? Not Long” by Dr. KingWhy we can't wait - MLKMoral Ambition by Rutger BregmanWith thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!Note: My (James') views here are my personal opinions and don't represent those of Coefficient Giving.If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - it means a lot to us!

Plus: Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Vancouver, set to make a major announcement related to the energy industry. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Albertans need to stay Canadian. Ukrainians who survived Russian captivity are thanking Canada for its advocacy and for funding programs to help children heal from trauma. Canada will mark its 5th National Truth and Reconciliation day on September 30th, a new digital book is exploring how generations of Indigenous artists have responded to the Indian Residential School System and its ongoing legacy. We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us: Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or @thebigstory.bsky.social on Bluesky Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Labour's leader is confident their numbers add up when it comes to paying for their policies – including reversing pay equity changes. The Government's books were opened yesterday in Treasury's Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update. It revealed the planned 2028/29 surplus will be nearly $2 billion bigger than forecast, and the Crown will borrow less. Treasury thinks unemployment's peaked, and inflation's predicted to be back where it should be next year. Chris Hipkins told Mike Hosking they'll show there's room for pay equity in their fiscal plan, but won't have a specific line item on it. He says you don't tell the other side what's in the envelope when you're going through a bargaining process, and that's never been done with pay equity. Hipkins is also still coming to terms with the news that former Speaker and Labour MP Adrian Rurawhe has died. Rurawhe was MP for Te Tai Hauāuru from 2014 to 2023, was the Speaker in the last Labour Government's second term, and was a Labour list MP from 2023 until early this year. The 65-year-old will lie in state at Whangaehu Marae, south of Whanganui, until his burial at Ngā Puketuurua Ratana Pa. The Labour Leader told Hosking Rurawhe was well-respected across Parliament and did a great job as Speaker, and his death will come as a shock to everyone. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of On The Line, host Matt Gurney is joined by Stephanie Levitz of The Globe and Mail's parliamentary bureau to tackle four big questions about life in Ottawa under prime minister Mark Carney.This episode is brought to you by BioCanRx. We've been partnering with federally-funded Canadian not-for-profit BioCanRx to learn how made-in-Canada immunotherapies offer new ways to beat cancer. This September we're focusing on the "made-in-Canada" part.Unlike other G7 nations, Canada lacks an anchor company and patient capital with pockets deep enough to pay for the lengthy process of bringing drugs to the Canadian market. Not for profits like BioCanRx are stepping in, but if the government decides to inject funding into the pipeline, how can we be sure money is going to projects with a real chance to succeed? Performance monitoring is essential, because if you're going to fail it's better to do it quickly. BioCanRx checks on all its funded projects every six months. Advised by a group of international experts, project milestones are tracked and, if necessary, funds can be cut.Government departments won't have the technical expertise to scrutinize researchers that closely, but by leveraging partners with the necessary expertise they could make sure taxpayer dollars are being invested wisely. Thanks to BioCanRx for continuing to help us tell this story. Visit BioCanRx.com to learn more.First: what is Carney actually doing? Matt and Stephanie look at both his day-to-day activities and the larger mission taking shape around his government. They also dig into the legislative agenda now before the House of Commons, including major economic legislation the government has made a centrepiece of the fall sitting. Can Carney get it done? The opposition may not be able to stop him — but what about divisions within the Liberal caucus?This episode is also brought to you by the Forest Products Association of Canada. Every budget season brings endless ideas for how Ottawa should spend. But some of the best ways to strengthen Canada's economy don't require a massive price tag.For Canada's forest products sector, real growth starts with dismantling made-in-Canada barriers: cutting regulatory duplication, fixing supply chain bottlenecks, securing predictable, cost-competitive access to fibre, and creating more certainty for investment.We can't control every global challenge facing our industry, but we can remove the barriers created right here at home.Discover how smarter policy drives economic growth at FPAC.ca.Next: what has happened to Parliament itself? After the strange final stretch of the Trudeau era, there's a new boss in town. Dress codes have changed. The workers are back in their cubicles. And the opposition is still figuring out how to respond (we assume). Who is going to hold Carney accountable when the inevitable screw-ups happen? And why might the answer be … Quebec?This episode is also brought to you by Cardus. For years, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was one of the most famous atheists in the world. Then she converted to Christianity. Now she argues that faith is the key to renewing Western civilization. Hear her make the case live in Calgary, October 8th, at the 2026 Ian Shugart Lecture, hosted by the think tank Cardus. Get your tickets at Cardus.ca/ayaan.Finally, a vibe check. What does Parliament Hill actually feel like these days compared with recent years? Stephanie jokes that she and her colleagues are all having to learn an entirely new line of reporting. They're all business journalists now.Check out our main page at ReadTheLine.ca. Like and subscribe. #OnTheLine #CanadaPolitics #MarkCarney #ParliamentHill #Ottawa #LiberalParty #HouseOfCommons #CanadianPolitics #StephanieLevitz #GlobeAndMail #QuebecPolitics #MattGurney

Before you give the government new powers, try the Munger Test: cross out "government" and insert the name of the politician you trust least. Then see if you still like the idea. In his 52nd EconTalk appearance, Mike Munger talks with host Russ Roberts about public choice, politics without romance, and why treating government like a loving family (or your family like a business), ends badly. Along the way, they talk about why Edmund Burke's famous defense of legislators voting their conscience cost him his seat in Parliament, how a group lunch explains politics, and why voters rationally know so little.

Lavinia Taumoepeau joins Dr. Sandie Morgan as they trace how three young women who left Tonga for what they thought was a new life in China, and walked into marriages they never agreed to, became a viral video, then a police investigation, then a week of trafficking policy meetings across an entire country.Chapters(00:00) - Why It Was Called a Marriage Dispute (01:31) - Three Women, a Viral Video, and an Embassy Call (04:51) - Trafficking Indicators and an Open Investigation (09:27) - Bride Trafficking and Why Social Media Mattered (14:48) - Royal Support, the Five Ps, and Gaps in the Law (19:07) - Helping Media Report Without Doing More Harm (23:03) - Training Counselors and the Technical Working Group (28:12) - Referral Pathways and What Success Looks Like About Lavinia TaumoepeauLavinia Taumoepeau has served as Political Assistant in the POL/ECON section at the U.S. Embassy in Nukuʻalofa since February 2025, researching Tongan domestic politics and supporting embassy engagement with local authorities and NGOs. She writes the embassy's congressional reporting on trafficking in persons, and served as control officer for this visit. Before the embassy, she spent nearly two years as Tonga's first Safety and Protection Cluster Coordinator at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, building the standard operating procedures for disaster cluster response and managing $300,000 in international recovery funding. She holds a master's degree in international emergency and disaster management from Georgetown University, and two bachelor's degrees from the University of Utah in political science and international studies. She is a U.S. Fulbright Alumni Ambassador, has trained with UN Women and UNITAR on gender and disaster response across the Pacific, and contributed research for a Parliament for Women report through the Office of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.Key Points• Framing a case as a transnational marriage dispute instead of trafficking moves the blame onto the women. In Tonga it produced open victim-blaming until people learned the legal definition.• Run the action-means-purpose test before arguing about labels. Recruiting and obtaining the women was the action, fraud about a new life and money sent home was the means, and servile marriage was the purpose.• A relative's social media post can do what official channels do not. An aunt went online asking for help, and the video broke a silence that had held for years, pulling in the embassy, the State Department and the police.• Prevention training belongs with migrant workers before they travel. Tongans work abroad in large numbers, and the diaspora is the practical safety net in countries where few Tongans are around to help.• An investigation stalls where the law is narrower than the facts. Tonga's case is still open partly because what was identified as trafficking has to be matched to policy and legislation that still has gaps.• Brief journalists on how to cover a case without interviewing survivors. Tonga's reporters shifted to the people who assisted, which let the coverage create no harm while still moving public understanding.• Ask who is missing from the table. That one prompt in the first policy roundtable sent the technical working group looking for stakeholders it had not yet connected with.• A national action plan does not fund itself. Until each ministry writes trafficking into its own annual plan it stays an afterthought, and referral pathways stay unclear to everyone outside the technical working group.Resources• U.S. Embassy in Tonga• Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) Tonga• Tonga Launches First National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons with IOM Support• 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report: Tonga (U.S. Department of State)

We're starting our show today talking politics .. and a possible plan to get an overhang. Political commentator Bryce Edwards has written a piece for his Substack, The Democracy Project, about moves to get parties more seats in Parliament without needing to actually win any more party votes. Such strategies are totally legit under MMP .. but are they ethically sound? Bryce Edwards joins Jesse to explain.

The English Civil Wars are among the most traumatic and consequential events in British history. What began as a struggle between Crown and Parliament over power, money and religion tore England, Ireland and Scotland apart, leading many to refer to the period as the Wars of Three Kingdoms. It was a conflict bitter enough to split communities, turn neighbour against neighbour, and tear families to shreds. By the time it is over, thousands are dead and the victors have exacted a revenge so shocking that many fear they have insulted God himself. But what disagreements triggered the political crisis that eventually collapsed into open war? How did Charles' leadership fan the flames of rebellion? And once England goes to war with itself, who will dominate in the struggle to shape the country's future? This is a Short History Of The English Civil Wars, Part 1 of 2. A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Mark Stoyle, Professor of History at the University of Southampton, who specialises in the English Civil War. Written by Sean Coleman | Produced by Kate Simants | Production Assistant: Chris McDonald | Exec produced by Katrina Hughes | Sound supervisor: Matt Peaty | Sound design by Oliver Sanders | Assembly edit by Dorry Macaulay | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw Unlock the next two episodes of Short History Of… right now by subscribing to Noiser+. You'll also get ad-free listening and early access to shows across the Noiser podcast network, including Real Survival Stories and Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed, or head to www.noiser.com/subscriptions to get started. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

United with Christ Jonathan Parnell Download 1 Corinthians 1:26–31 (KJV),For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. And it was this passage of God's word — along with many other passages from God's word! — that changed the life of John Bunyan. I read from the King James because they are the exact words that Bunyan himself read. He lived from the year 1628 to 1688, and he spent pretty much his entire life within a ten-mile radius of Bedford, which is an English town about 50 miles north of London.And Bunyan's story is different from both Augustine and Luther in that there was not a single passage of Scripture that changed everything for him. But instead, it was more like there were dozens of passages over years that impacted him.He wrote a memoir about his conversion titled Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. It's an amazing story about how he came to Christ, but nowhere in the book does he say “This was the precise moment!” There were lots of moments. Lots of turning points. Lots of breakthroughs. And a lot of valleys in between.For Bunyan, his story is not this nice arc, but it's more like a zig-zag. And I think that's helpful for us because, if we're honest, that's a lot of us in this room. We've got messy stories! And that's okay because it's not how you start that matters most, it's how you finish.For the last two weeks, we've looked at some awesome starting points, but today we're gonna look at a journey. A journey is the best metaphor to use when we think about the life of John Bunyan — and I know he'd agree with that! I want to tell you the story of his journey in four episodes (and I'm gonna title each episode with a little quote from his memoir).Episode 1: The Ungodliest FellowBunyan was born in 1628, during one of the most unstable times in English history. This is a lot to explain, but in short, King Charles I and Parliament did not get along, and the English Civil War erupted in 1642. Bunyan joined the Parliamentary Army when he was 16 years old, and he served as a solider for about three years. Bunyan doesn't say a lot about his time as a soldier but we know that God spared his life and he got married right after he finished his service. He was 20 years old, he was married, and he was “a wretched man.” That's how he described himself.When he was a boy, he was the worst kid in his town. He said that he would curse and swear and lie, and blaspheme the name of God — and he did it so much it was like second nature to him. He had a very foul mouth, and the issue was not simply that he used a few un-choice words, but it was the whole way he engaged people. His entire talk was filthy and vile. And he knew it. He said that even as a kid, he would have nightmares about God's judgment, but he still carried on in his sin, in open defiance to God. Now, Bunyan's wife was a Christian, and she had some influence on him. He went to church with her, and on one occasion, he experienced some conviction from a sermon, but then he shook it off. He admitted he was miserable in his sin, but said that if he forsook his sins he still wouldn't be good enough to be a Christian. So he made this calculation: I'm damned if I don't, and damned if I do.He wrote: I can but be damned, and if I must be so, I had as good be damned for many sins, as to be damned for a few. (15)You can hear what he's saying: if he's damned so matter what, he might as well sin as much as he can, and so he did.He said “I went on in sin with great greediness of mind” until one day … he was out in the town talking with some friends, standing in front of a shop window …He said he was “cursing and swearing and playing the madman” — he was raising Hell — and there was a ‘woman of the house' who overheard him (she was most likely a prostitute), and she told Bunyan that he cursed and sweared at a fearful rate so much that it made her to tremble. Bunyan wrote about it and said: she told me “that I was the ungodliest fellow for swearing that ever she heard in all her life, and that I, by this doing, was able to spoil all the youth in a whole town.” (16)That's rich coming from this woman. And it hit Bunyan hard. And his response to this is fascinating. Keep in mind at this time he's an enemy of Christ. He's defying God. But listen to what he said about this experience. He wrote:“While I stood there, and hanging down my head, I wished with all my heart that I might be a little child again, that my father might learn me to speak without this wicked way of swearing.”I don't know about you, but that's sad. And it makes me think: I know that there's a range of emotions that we should feel toward hell-raisers (like how Bunyan was), and one of those emotions should be pity. He admitted that beneath his rough exterior, he was a man who wished he could be a little child again. He just wanted a fresh start. That's a lot of lost people. A lot of people, if they're honest, they just wish they could do it over. And like Bunyan, they despair, because they think it's too late for any kind of change.Episode 2: “Most Fit for a Wounded Conscience”Bunyan thought it was too late for him to be any different than how he was, but around this time in his life, he decided to try some “outward reformation.” His wife probably influenced him here. So he cleaned up the way he talked, he got sober, and this kinda became the buzz of the town. People noticed he was different … but, he said it was all outward; it wasn't real; there were some sins that he would not let go … until one day, he's in the town of Bedford, on the streets again, and he overhears a conversation between four women. They were just sitting outside in the sun, just talking. And the names of these four women we will never know, but they were talking about their faith. It was a glorious unsupervised conversation. Bunyan was eavesdropping. And he said they talked like they had a real relationship with Jesus, and he had never heard anything like it before. He wrote:… methought they spake as if joy did make them speak; they spake with such pleasantness of Scripture language, and with such appearance of grace in all they said, that they were to me, as if they had found a new world … (20)Isn't that amazing? These women were just talking. They had no idea Bunyan heard them. And it was was a turning point for him — it drove Bunyan to read the Bible, and really, he started to devour the Bible! He said this is when the Bible became very precious to him. And I think it was at some point around here that he was born again. And one evidence of conversion was that he started struggling with doubts. He started doubting that he had faith. (And in general, only people who have faith doubt it — we can't doubt a faith we don't have.) And Bunyan had all kinds of doubts, and over and over again, he'd have a crisis and then, a verse of Scripture would bail him out. And it was seldom that this happened while he was actually reading the Bible. Often, he'd be going about his day, plagued with doubts, and then a verse, he said, would “break upon my mind.” Or he said, “a Scripture would come upon me.” I could mention several examples:Once it was Luke 14 where Jesus tells the story of the great banquet. The master of the house wanted a big party, but the first people he invited didn't show up, so the master told his servant to go out into the city and invite “the poor and crippled and blind and lame.” And the servant did and he told the master, “still there is room for more.” That one sentence filled Bunyan with so much hope. He knew Jesus had room for him.Another time it was 2 Corinthians 12:9, where Jesus tells Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you.” Another time was John 6:37 where Jesus says, “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” Bunyan saturated his mind and heart with Scripture, and the words of Scripture became useful in his battles. The Bible helped him on his journey. … And there was another book that helped him around this same time.I want you to hear him talk about it. He writes: “Well, after many such longings in my mind, the God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand, one day, a book of Martin Luther; it was his commentary on Galatians — it was so old that it was ready to fall piece from piece … [this would have been the early 1650s; Luther's commentary was translated into English in 1575 — so the book was around 75 years old].Bunyan said:“I found my condition, in [Luther's] experience, so largely and profoundly handled, as if his book had been written out of my heart … I do prefer this book of Martin Luther upon the Galatians, excepting the Holy Bible, before all the books that ever I have seen, as most fit for a wounded conscience.” (52)This is key background info. Bunyan had been steeping in the theology of Luther, and namely, Luther's teaching on justification by faith alone in Christ alone. Episode 3: “Gold Was in My Trunk”Now it was also around this time, in the early 1650s, that Bunyan started attending a small Baptist church in Bedford pastored by a man named John Gifford. Gifford was a guide for Bunyan, which he needed, because he still struggled with all kinds of anxiety and doubts. He went through one dark valley after another, and then one day … he had another bail out, another breakthrough — and if this wasn't his conversion, it at least confirmed his conversion.He tells the story that one day he was walking through a field, and his conscience was weighed down and plagued by fear — he dealt with this all the time — and he said:… suddenly this sentence fell upon my soul, Thy righteousness is in heaven; and methought withal, I saw, with the eyes of my soul, Jesus Christ at God's right hand; there I say, as my righteousness. … I also saw, moreover, that it was not my good frame of heart that made my righteousness better, not yet my bad frame that made my righteousness worse; for my righteousness was Jesus Christ himself …Then he said:“Now did my chains fall off my legs indeed, I was loosed from my affliction and irons, my temptations also fled away …”And when he got home, he ran to his Bible to try to find that sentence that came upon his soul, and he landed on 1 Corinthians Chapter 1, verse 30 — the King James says:“But of him [of God] are ye in Christ Jesus.”God has made us to be in Christ.God, by his Spirit, has brought us into union with Jesus through faith, and that means that Yes, Jesus is our righteousness, and more than that! — Paul says Jesus is our wisdom and our righteousness and our sanctification and redemption. In other words, Paul is saying Jesus is everything to us. All that Jesus is becomes ours because God has united us to him. And it was here that Bunyan said “the Lord did lead me into the mystery of union with the Son of God.” Up to this point, he said it was like he had been walking around with pocket change, only to discover that all along “gold was in my trunk at home.”Union with Christ was gold to him.Union with Christ is the central wonder of the gospel that unlocks all of its other benefits. Every saving gift we receive in the gospel, we receive by our union with Christ … … so for our imagination's sake … we should not think of ourselves as somehow standing apart from Jesus, and then Jesus merely hands us the gifts of the gospel. Sometimes, in my mind, I can think that way: like the Father is here, and Jesus is here, and I'm here …and the Father is just funneling gifts through Jesus to me over here.Wrong image. Instead, it's more like the Father has given us to Christ! He's united us with Christ.So it's not that Jesus is here and then we are over here. But it's that we are interlocked together in the center. And now every deed of Christ, every merit of Christ, every victory of Christ, belongs to me because I am in him. I have union with Christ!And now all we can do — when we understand this — all we can do is to glory in Christ. This is why we boast in Christ alone. Because every saving gift we have is only found in him. All glory be to Christ!This is where we surrender everything to him … because once we truly surrender to Jesus all the glory, what's left to withhold?Episode 4: “I Will Venture for Thy Name”Bunyan was baptized as a believer and became a member of the Bedford church, and that's where he started preaching. He explained it pretty simply: he said he just wanted to show other Christians what God had shown him in the word. He starts preaching around 1655, at his church and in the area, and he starts writing some Christian books, but then on November 12, 1660 he was arrested because of his preaching ministry.Things had changed in the English government. Charles II was now King, and he and the Parliament were against any dissenters from the Church of England. So they arrested Bunyan the Baptist in the middle of a church service.He was 31 years old; his first wife had died two years earlier, and now his second wife, Elizabeth, was at home caring for his four young children, one of whom was blind. Elizabeth herself was pregnant, but not long after Bunyan was arrested, she went into preterm labor and the baby died.And Bunyan spent the next 12 years of his life in that prison, and he suffered. He spent 12 years of his life in prison for preaching the gospel, and he also battled depression and he constantly feared execution. He very much expected in those first years of his imprisonment that he would be put to death … because that happened a lot in those days. 11 years earlier, his side in the Civil War beheaded the King! They also beheaded the archbishop of the Church of England! Bunyan thought that he was going to the gallows.He writes about this, that the thought of impending execution triggered all kinds of doubts for him. It was spiritual warfare. Bunyan said Satan constantly attacked him, and he became afraid that in the moment of his execution he would not feel comforted by God.That was his issue. He was not afraid of death, he was afraid of the experience, that in his final moments he would not experience assurance. He was afraid that Jesus would feel distant to him. He writes about this in his memoir — and it's one of the most powerful things I've ever read. Because Bunyan really wrestled with this. He said “I tossed for many weeks and knew not what to do.” It was a weight upon him. But then he comes to this amazing conclusion: He says that if God gives him a feeling of comfort before his death, that's God's prerogative. But God does not owe it to him. And even if God does not give him a feeling of comfort, Bunyan said he would trust Christ anyway. Bunyan realized that his faithfulness to Christ is not based on his felt comfort from Christ, but it's based on Christ's word. He said it doesn't matter how I may feel, it's my duty to stand on the word of Christ. [So] I am for going and venturing my eternal state with Christ, whether I have comfort here or not … Lord Jesus, if thou wilt catch me, do; if not, I will venture for thy name.Sometimes I wonder, in our Christian lives, if we withhold a deeper trust in Jesus because we think we've not felt enough comfort, or that we've not experienced enough peace. We might think that if Jesus just made us feel more blessed then we'd have more trust — basically, we try to determine our devotion to Jesus based upon our feelings. But, what if we got to the place — feelings aside — where we just staked everything on Jesus because he's worthy. This is when we are in the furnace of fire and we say: “I know God can deliver me from this, and he can make me feel better, but even if he doesn't, I'm still with him.” I'm still with Jesus. I'm still gonna trust in Jesus because Jesus deserves my trust. Look at him! Look at who he is! Look at what he's done! Get your eyes off yourself, and look to Jesus Christ! We trust him because he's worthy.John Bunyan is a help to us. His journey is an example, and may our lives honor Jesus the way his did.That's what brings us to the Table. The TableJesus is everything to us. That's the message of this Table. We take the bread and cup to remember the gospel — that Jesus has died for us and has been raised from the dead for us, and we are united to him. That's our only hope. It's not our righteousness. Not the best obedience of our hands. But it's Christ and Christ alone.If he's your hope, if you trust in Christ this morning, we invite you to eat and drink with us, and give him thanks.

What if you could bring a piece of science fiction into the real world to make parenting just a little bit easier? Would you choose a Star Trek holodeck, a robotic helper like Rosie from The Jetsons, or perhaps sneak a little fantasy into the conversation with Hermione's Time-Turner from Harry Potter? Those are just a few of the possibilities Charles and Joe consider in another wildly nerdy episode of Wise_N_Nerdy: Where Fatherhood Meets Fandom! The episode kicks off with the Question of the Week: “What item from sci-fi would make parenting so much easier?” Charles and Joe explore the parenting possibilities of futuristic technology and fictional gadgets, with several science-fiction favorites making an appearance—and a couple of fantasy items sneaking into the discussion. Because when you're talking about making parenting easier, apparently the rules about what counts as sci-fi can get a little flexible! Then the Roll of the Dice sends the dads straight into some spectacularly terrible Bad Dad Jokes. The dice have spoken, and unfortunately, there is no technology in existence capable of preventing the groans that follow. Next up is “What Are You Nerding Out About?”, where Joe introduces Charles to a new LitRPG he's been checking out: The Grand Game. Naturally, one LitRPG quickly turns into a much larger conversation as they discuss other popular titles in the genre, including The Primal Hunter and Dungeon Crawler Carl. If you're a fan of progression fantasy, LitRPG adventures, dungeon crawling, leveling systems, and stories where characters get increasingly ridiculous abilities, there's plenty here to fuel your reading—or listening—list. Meanwhile, Charles has something completely different to nerd out about: Dragon Con. After experiencing the convention, Charles shares his excitement about everything that makes Dragon Con such a unique celebration of fandom, from the incredible atmosphere to the people and experiences that make the convention memorable. The dice then bring us to the “Parliament of Papas”, where Charles and Joe react to a discussion about Dragon Con badge ribbons and Swag n Seek. Are convention ribbons and the hunt for swag creating problems, or are they simply another part of the fun and culture surrounding Dragon Con? The dads dig into the debate and consider the different perspectives surrounding convention etiquette, collectibles, and the sometimes chaotic nature of fandom. Finally, the episode wraps up with “Daddy, Tell Me A Story”, where Charles shares some exciting news about what's coming next in his professional life. He's getting ready to take on a new role as a teacher at an EMT training center, opening up a new chapter that combines his experience and knowledge with the opportunity to help train the next generation of emergency medical professionals. From futuristic parenting technology and terrible dad jokes to LitRPG recommendations, Dragon Con adventures, convention debates, and a major professional change, this episode is packed with the kind of unexpected twists and nerdy conversations you've come to expect from Wise_N_Nerdy. Whether you're a parent, a sci-fi fan, a LitRPG reader, a Dragon Con attendee, or just someone who enjoys a good dad joke, there's something here for you. Find your FAMdom and join Charles and Joe for another adventure where fatherhood meets fandom! Wise_N_Nerdy: Where Fatherhood Meets Fandom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Regency novels are always fun, but Jenelle Hovde takes them a step further in The Light of Stars by taking us to India!  Listen in as she shares the story (marriage of convenience!) and history. note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Talking to Jenelle is such a delight. I love her heart for the Lord and His people. YAY! The Light of Stars by Jenelle Hovde An arranged marriage. A powerful company tainted with corruption. Two souls caught between obligation and a longing to find their true calling in this Regency romance set in glittering London ballrooms and Calcutta street markets. When Kitty Grenville's grandfather announces her engagement to Sebastian Sinclair, she's appalled. She barely remembers the boy she met once as a child—and now he's a man tied to the East India Company, the very organization that tore Kitty and her brother from their mother and home in Hyderabad years ago. Unwilling to relinquish her dream of a love match or her passion for astronomy, Kitty is determined to refuse the marriage and find freedom in her own way. Sebastian Sinclair carries the weight of duty and regret. To atone for past sins, he complies with his grandfather's orders to return to England, fulfill a long-standing betrothal, and defend the maligned East India Company before Parliament. Though Kitty makes her disinterest clear, Sebastian is drawn to her intellect and spirit. As Kitty navigates her first London season, her opinion of Sebastian begins to shift, especially when he shields her from scandal. When he's abruptly called back to India, Kitty stuns everyone by marrying him and going with him, hoping to escape her grandfather's control—and to find her mother. But the challenges that await in India are greater than imagined. Together, Kitty and Sebastian must confront the legacy of family and empire—and discover if a marriage born of obligation can grow into a love strong enough to endure. Learn more about Jenelle on her WEBSITE and follow her on GoodReads and BookBub. Like to listen on the go? You can find Because Fiction Podcast at: Apple Castbox Google Play Libsyn RSS Spotify Amazon YouTube and more!

The rebellion is over in three weeks. Wat Tyler is dead, the charters are revoked, John Ball is executed, and by every measure that historians usually use, the Peasants' Revolt failed completely. Except that the tax that started it was never levied again in the same way for a hundred and thirty two years. The next general poll tax in England comes in 1513, under Henry VIII, and even then the government moved carefully. For four generations, the memory of 1381 sat in the room every time Parliament talked about taxing ordinary people. In this final part of the series we go to Smithfield on the 15th of June, 1381, and work out what actually happened between Wat Tyler and the fourteen year old king. Then we follow Richard II to Waltham, where the chronicler Thomas Walsingham puts a speech in his mouth that is quoted in almost every book on the revolt, and which one of the best modern historians of 1381 thinks was made up. We go through the reprisals in Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk, and then we ask the question the whole series has been building toward. They lost. Did they also win? Serfdom in England is not abolished by an act of Parliament. It drains away. And in 1574, Elizabeth I signs a commission to free the last serfs on the crown estates, which tells you both that villeinage had almost disappeared and that it had not quite.

It's Friday, September 25th, A.D. 2026. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 140 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com.  I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Adam McManus Sudanese officials take away church property In Sudan, Africa, a 97% Muslim country, the battle for the soul of the church is not only fought with guns. It's also fought with court papers, administrative orders, and calculated division, reports International Christian Concern. For years, successive authorities in Khartoum, the capital, have pressured church leaders to comply, and then moved to seize control of church properties. One church now at the center of this struggle is the Sudanese Church of Christ, Marzouq Branch, established in 1982. The Sudanese government is now moving to sell or transfer control of the property.   The pastor said, “When a church that has stood since 1982 is suddenly told it no longer belongs to the people who prayed and sacrificed for it, the wound goes deeper than the loss of a building. It tells every believer that even the house of God is not safe.”  Isaiah 10:1 says, “Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees.” Write a polite, 4-sentence note to the Sudanese Ambassador to America,  Mohamed Idris, asking him to urge the Sudanese government to stop illegally seizing church properties. Send it to 2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008. Voters may be unhappy with Trump, but know Democrats are worse Appearing on CNN, Republican political strategist and commentator Scott Jennings argued that voters can be unhappy with President Donald Trump without believing Democrats are the better alternative. Listen. JENNINGS: “It's going to be possible for people to have some problems with the current administration or have some issue with the way things are going, and still vote for the party in power, because they don't want to vote for the other party. “Because the other party in the election might be proven to have worse ideas, or to have been judged to have put us in this hole in the first place. That's really the case that the Republicans are going to wind up making.” Judge restores CNN, MS NOW and Politico access to White House On September 18, President Donald Trump had announced that he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House premises over their publishing sensitive or classified information. The White House said such behavior presented risks to national security. On September 24, federal Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a temporary restraining order against the government ban, reinstating access for all three media outlets, reports The Epoch Times. North Carolina church baptizes 458 people in a single day In Acts 2:38, we are commanded to “repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.” Well, on Sunday, September 13th, 458 people did just that in one day at Biltmore Church, a multisite church in Fletcher, North Carolina, as part of its annual Outdoor Baptism event, reports The Christian Post. Biltmore Pastor Devin Goins and the pastoral team baptized them in a nearby lake. He explained, “In the days before Outdoor Baptism, anyone interested was personally contacted by our staff to confirm that they knew Christ personally as their Savior and were ready to take this next step of obedience as a Christ-follower.” Overall, Pastor Goins said that seeing so many people get baptized creates "an opportunity to celebrate and praise God for being at work in our midst.” Amazing Grace movie re-mastered for 20th anniversary, available free And finally, WILLIAM WILBERFORCE: “Remember, God made men equal.” That's a soundbite from the movie, Amazing Grace, which tells the true story of William Wilberforce, the British parliamentarian who led the decades-long fight to abolish the slave trade. Elected to Parliament at just 21, Wilberforce seemed destined for a life of comfort and influence—until a profound spiritual awakening and a life-changing encounter with former slave Olaudah Equiano compelled him to take up a far greater cause. Driven by faith and an unshakable sense of justice, he builds an unlikely coalition to challenge the most powerful economic and political forces of his time. Alongside mentor and slave-trader-turned-abolitionist Rev. John Newton, Prime Minister William Pitt, and activist Thomas Clarkson, Wilberforce faced fierce opposition in a relentless campaign to end one of history's greatest injustices. A story of courage and conviction, Amazing Grace shows how one man stood firm for the truth that all souls were created in God's image. On the twentieth anniversary of the movie, Amazing Grace, produced by Walden Media, it's now available to stream for free on the Focus on the Family App through Google Play or The App Store. If you've seen it before, experience it again, now remastered in 4K! Through special links in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com you'll get access to: A 25-page discussion guide to spark meaningful conversations about the film's major themes The Plugged In movie review to read before watching with your family. Historical information about the song “Amazing Grace” and its inspiring message through the Focus on the Family website. The Worldview hopes this film encourages your family to consider how each of you can courageously use your voice and influence to make a difference for God's kingdom. Watch the Amazing Grace movie trailer. Close And that's The Worldview on this Friday, September 25th, in the year of our Lord 2026. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music, or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com.  Plus, you can get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

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Could the way you're marketing your rental properties be costing you weeks of vacancy? In this episode of the #DoorGrowShow, Jason Hull sits down with Kori Covrigaru, co-founder of PlanOmatic, to discuss how professional listing media can help property management companies lease properties faster, reduce vacancy costs, and attract more owners. Kori shares what he's learned from more than two decades in real estate photography, including why professional photos, floor plans, and 3D tours can make such a difference in today's competitive rental market. They also discuss how outsourcing photography can save your team hours of driving and administrative work, allowing you to grow your portfolio without adding unnecessary overhead. If you're looking for ways to fill vacancies faster, improve your property management brand, and give your team more time to focus on growing the business, this episode is worth a listen. You'll Learn [02:14] Kori Covrigaru's Story and PlanOmatic [04:18] Why Professional Photos Help Properties Lease Faster [06:36] How Better Listings Attract Property Owners [10:03] Scaling Your Business Without Adding Overhead [12:28] How PlanOmatic Works and Integrates With Your Software [15:30] Photography Pricing and Who Pays for It [17:36] How AI Virtual Staging Improves Rental Listings [23:58] Providing Photography Services Across Different Markets [28:31] Building a Client-Focused Business Through Communication Quotables "But the biggest reason why it actually makes sense and there's a high ROI for our customers to use us versus what you described as properties with professional photos lease faster." — Kori Covrigaru Pasted "You attract who you are." — Jason Hull  "It's better to know that nothing is happening than to not know that something is happening." — Kori Covrigaru Resources DoorGrow and Scale Mastermind DoorGrow Academy DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrowClub DoorGrowLive Transcript Jason Hull (00:01) Five, four, three, two, one. All right, we're live. Hey everybody, I'm Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow. We are the world's leading and most comprehensive coaching and consulting firm for long-term residential property management entrepreneurs. We've been doing this for over 18 years, roughly about now, and we have brought innovative strategies and optimization to the property management industry.   We are on a mission here at DoorGo to transform property management business owners and their businesses. We want to transform the BS or eliminate the BS, transform the industry, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, help the best property management entrepreneurs win. And we're particularly genius at three key things: rehabbing property management companies so they make more money, optimizing their growth engines so they add more doors without having to waste money on digital marketing. And we help them figure out and get their ops dialed in so they get more freedom.   Now let's get into the show. Alright, today's guest hanging out with me here is Cory. And Corey, say your last name for me. I'm gonna try it. Kavrigaru. That is an A. Really? What how do you say it? It's Kovrigaru. Kovrigaru. It could be Kovrigaro. It's Roman.   Kori Covrigaru (01:07) That is an A. You got an A. Yeah, it's covrigaro. But you know what? It could be covrigaro. It's Romanian.   I don't speak Romanian. My father and his family were born in Romania. Means bagel maker in Romanian. Yeah, you nailed it. We're off to a good start.   Jason Hull (01:21) Interesting. Okay. He's runs bagel you know, meets bagel maker in Romanian. Okay. All right. Very cool.   Yeah, my brother Bryant actually he runs a property management business. He actually was a Mormon missionary in Romania. So he speaks Romanian. So   Kori Covrigaru (01:37) Wow.   Buona di miniatso. That means good morning. That's about, yeah, the count of 10. We can do it again. That's...   Jason Hull (01:40) There you go. That's more than I ever knew. So now everybody knows. Thank you. All right, cool. So   so Corey is the the co founder of Plan O Matic. And   Kori Covrigaru (01:54) Yes.   Jason Hull (01:55) we're gonna discuss today how high quality listing media can help properties lease faster, reduce vacancy costs, and create a better experience for both owners and prospective residents.   Corey's going to share insights for more than two decades of building one of the nation's largest real estate photography companies and what today's property manager should know about standing out in a competitive rental market. And it has gotten tough to get leasing handled in some markets right now. They've got a lot of inventory, the market shifted, it can be difficult. So we're going to get into that. All right, cool. So   Corey, give us a little background on you so those that are listening can understand what how did you get into entrepreneurism and decide to be crazy like the rest of us and start a business? And like how did this lead to Planomatic? I think it was the short answer is by necessity. I realized early.   Kori Covrigaru (02:48) I think it was the short answer is by necessity. I realized early on   that it was unemployable and in order to provide an income for myself and eventually my family, had to figure   Jason Hull (02:56) And eventually my family.   Kori Covrigaru (02:58) out how to start a business. So I got into Planomatic. I was an entrepreneur major at the first school. I attended SUNY Buffalo my freshman year. played soccer there and transferring to Western Michigan. They didn't have an entrepreneurship major there, but I kind of continued upon that path for myself. And then at some point,   Jason Hull (03:05) Buffalo, my freshman year, I played soccer there, I ended up transferring to Western Michigan. They didn't have an entrepreneurship major there, but I kind of continued upon that path for myself. And then at some   point in college I met someone who had written software or decreased work plans quickly on site, started helping him with his business, and then eventually licensed that software, started my own business, brought my co-founders on board, and then eventually we started using other software, of course. That's how I kind of got into it.   Kori Covrigaru (03:17) In college, I met someone who had written software to create floor plans quickly on site, started helping him with his business, and then eventually licensed that software, started my own business, brought my co-founders on board. And then eventually we started using other software, of course, but that's how I kind of got into it by happenstance.   Jason Hull (03:34) I knew that you know A O B was probably not for   Kori Covrigaru (03:34) But I knew that, know, J-O-B was probably not for me. And   that's what led me to the path I'm on. 22 years.   Jason Hull (03:42) Twenty   two years planomatic. Very cool. Very cool. So cool. So what is Planomatic? Yeah. So Planomatic provides professional photography, floor plans, three D scans, AI virtual staging, and more services to the single family rental property management industry nationwide at speed and at scale. So that's kind of like   Kori Covrigaru (03:50) Yeah. So Plan-O-Matic provides professional photography, floor plans, 3D scans, AI virtual staging, and more services to the single family rental property management industry nationwide at speed and at scale. So that's kind of like our...   you know, if you're familiar with EOS or traction, that's our, that's our elevator pitch. We provide professional photography floor plan, 3D scans, AI virtual for single family rental specifically. We did use to service the for sale by agent space or the traditional real estate agent that sells homes. And we actually pivoted a hundred percent to the single family rental property management industry in   Jason Hull (04:09) You know, if you're familiar with EOS or traction, that's our that's our elevator pitch. We provide photography floor technology scans for single family rentals specifically. We did use to service the for sale by agent space or the traditional real estate agent that sells homes and we actually pivoted a hundred percent to the single family rental, property management industry.   Kori Covrigaru (04:32) 2020, 21, sort of around that time.   Jason Hull (04:36) Okay, okay, got it. So three D scans, pro photography, speed, scale. So for property managers, why is it important to do this stuff well? Why can't they just send out one of their team members that's got an iPhone and just sort of wing it? Okay. Well there's there's a lot are a lot of reasons why that's not the optimal solution.   Kori Covrigaru (04:57) Well, there's a lot. There are a lot of reasons why that's not the optimal solution. Now, look,   I'm not going to say that, you know, it's the same for every property manager and every price range and every market across the U.S. That's not the case. But generally speaking, windshield time is what really cuts into profits.   Jason Hull (05:05) same for every property manager and every price range and every market across the US. But generally speaking, windshield time is is what really cuts into   Kori Covrigaru (05:18) And so what we're able to do is reduce that windshield time. That saves money and makes you more efficient.   We also save a lot of the back office having to download, upload photos, color correct them, download them, sort them, upload them to that folio, build them, rent, find wherever your PMS is. And so we save a ton of time by being integrated with your property management software. But the biggest reason why it actually makes sense and there's a high ROI for our customers to use us versus what you described as properties with professional photos lease faster.   Jason Hull (05:31) Upload photos, color correct them, download them, sort them, upload them, tab folio, building, random, wherever your PMS is. And so we save a ton of time by being integrated with your property management software. But the biggest reason why it actually makes sense and there's a high ROI for our customers to use us versus what you described is properties with professional photos leads   faster.   Kori Covrigaru (05:55) So   we're   able to get out to your property often same day or next day and deliver those assets the day later. So that's like an average of two and a half days from order to delivery when you can have professional leasing photos up on the Zillow platform, up on apartments.com or wherever else you   Jason Hull (05:56) Yeah. We're able to get out to your property often the same day or next day and deliver those assets the day later. So that's like an average of two and a half days from order to delivery and then you can have professional leasing photos up on the Zillow platform, up on Parliament.com, or where   Kori Covrigaru (06:11) may advertise your single family rentals. so by reducing the windshield time and the time it actually takes to get those photos on, we can reduce the time by about 14 days.   Jason Hull (06:12) else you may advertise your scene family rentals. And so by reducing the the windshield time and the time it actually takes to get those photos up, we can reduce the time by about 14 days   and lease that property about 10 days faster once it hits the market with those pro photos.   Kori Covrigaru (06:22) and lease that property about 10 days faster once it hits the market with those pro photos.   Jason Hull (06:27) So two weeks two weeks less. Two weeks less. On average it takes about two weeks from rent ready to get professional listing photos up on the portal. We can do that for you in two to two and half days.   Kori Covrigaru (06:30) Two weeks less on average, takes about two weeks from rent ready to get professional listing photos up on the portal. We can do that for you in two to two and a half days. And   then we can also save your team time so that they're not dealing with going out to   Jason Hull (06:39) And you can also save your team time so that they're not dealing with   Kori Covrigaru (06:42) a property and taking photos and uploading them in the background and doing all that stuff. They can focus on tenants or maintenance issues or communicating with owners or just not have to grow your staff as fast as you grow your business.   Jason Hull (06:47) tenants or maintenance or or communicating with owners or just not have to grow your staff as fast as you grow business.   Got it. So it this gives you leverage, especially during times where leasing gets heavy like the summer and there's an increase in workload and workflow happening, then you can just outsource this piece and get people get really somebody else handling this, which is planomatic, get get photos handled, you know, quickly and get things, you know   Get the property leased a lot faster. Leased a lot faster. I mean it's really at this point it's table sticks, right? In this environment especially.   Kori Covrigaru (07:17) Lease a lot faster. I mean, it's really at this point, it's table stakes, right? In this environment, especially where everything   is so competitive, it's taking a lot more to lease a property. You actually, you need professional   Jason Hull (07:25) Yeah,   Kori Covrigaru (07:28) photos to compete out there. And I really, didn't even mention there is another layer to why it's important to market your properties professionally. That's because that's the first impression that potential owners that may want to hire you see online. I mean, you're dirty laundries out there, right? Like they see how you treat your existing portfolio, your existing.   Jason Hull (07:30) And I I really I didn't even mention there there is another layer to why it's important to market your properties professionally, and that's because that's the first impression that potential owners that may want to hire you see online. Your your very laundry's out there, right? Like they see how you treat your existing portfolio, your existing   Kori Covrigaru (07:47) and the doors that you manage, and they're going to envision their property being in that same spot on your listing page or on your website. And so   Jason Hull (07:47) clients and the doors that you manage, and they're gonna envision their property being in that same spot on your listing page or on your website. Right.   Kori Covrigaru (07:55) you can really elevate your brand and brand yourself professionally by hiring a professional to do your professional property manager. It's like the same reason why you wouldn't recommend an owner or manage their own property. It could work, but it doesn't make sense as far as your time value and what you value, like what's your full-time job.   Jason Hull (07:56) you know, you can really elevate your brand and and and bring yourself professionally by hiring a professional to do the your professional property manager. It's like the same reason why you wouldn't recommend an owner or manage your own property. It could work, you know, it but but it doesn't make sense as far as your time value and what you got you know what's your what's your full time job, right? Let a professional go let them   do it better. That's kind of the way we see it.   Kori Covrigaru (08:16) Let a professional do let them do it better. That's kind of the way we see it.   Jason Hull (08:20) I I think that's a really good point. If you're a property manager listening to this and you're thinking, Well I could just do that myself   You are exactly the problem that frustrates you. These are the investors that are like, I'll just do it myself. You have to have a mindset that it makes sense to outsource to get a better quality product, that it makes sense to get an expert brought in to do expert work. And I love the idea because either you're at the top of your market and you're positioning yourself as the best and you're the best branded and you have the best photos and everything you do is the best, or you got to be the cheapest because in the middle is where you die.   Kori Covrigaru (08:56) Exactly.   Jason Hull (08:56) And that playing the game of being the cheapest and trying to do everything low cost is a great way to have a business that makes you miserable, that isn't fun to run, and isn't very attractive to the best clients. It's gonna attract cheapos. You attract who you are. And so if you want to position yourself mentally, and I coach a lot of clients on this, and if you want to position yourself mentally, you got to get graduate from being a cheapo to maybe a more normal type of buyer. And then you got to graduate from being a normal type of buyer to a premium buyer. And then you can attract everything that you want.   But if you have enough premium buyers, normal buyers, you may turn down or fire a lot of the cheapos and not even work with them. Because the people that care about having nice photos and things looking good also care about things being done well and they probably have more money to spend. They're not   Kori Covrigaru (09:41) Exactly.   Jason Hull (09:41) looking for the cheapest, ugliest option to just get it done. You don't want to be cheap. especially in an area that kind of reverberates across   Kori Covrigaru (09:45) So, yep, I agree. You don't want to be cheap. And especially in an area that kind of reverberates across the   internet that everybody can see your existing clients as well as potential clients. You just don't want that to be your brand's thing. It's like,   Jason Hull (09:54) the internet that everybody can see your existing, you know, clients as well as potential clients. You just don't want that to be your brand's thing.   Kori Covrigaru (10:03) I'm going to cut corners when it comes to marketing your properties, for example. So that's just like the elevate your brand, kind of keep your existing owners, attract new owners. That's one component of the reason why.   Jason Hull (10:07) So that's that's just like to elevate your brand, kind of keep your existing owners, attract new owners. That's one component why.   Yeah, I love it. I mean, nicer photos is nice, but I think for me the benefit as a business owner really is freeing up my team to focus on higher level tasks. They're not being sent out to go be a half ass photographer. So it because it's drive time, going out to do things, they could be getting stuff done, helping onboard new clients, getting the   things done in the office rather than just driving around taking photos. And if they're not really great at it, let an expert do it. So seems to be a no brainer. I'm a business owner   Kori Covrigaru (10:43) And again, I'm a business owner too.   Jason Hull (10:45) too.   Kori Covrigaru (10:46) You might be able to, again, not scale your people as you scale your business. I mean, that's every entrepreneur's dream, right? It's how do I keep my overhead the same as it relates to the revenue, but increase that top line in order to generate more   Jason Hull (10:49) scale your people as you scale your business. I mean, that's every entrepreneur's dream, right? So how do I keep my overhead the same as it relates to revenue, but increase that top line in order to   Kori Covrigaru (11:00) profits, right? So not having that, that, overhead, that permanent W2 employee that's driving around, insured, buying gas while they're, you know, could be doing other things.   Jason Hull (11:02) Not having that that overhead, that permanent W two that's driving around insured, buying gas while they're you know   doing other things, not doing anything at all is is   Kori Covrigaru (11:12) doing anything at all is a high cost.   Jason Hull (11:14) high costs. Yeah. yeah, yeah. You know, like our cars are often just sitting in the driveway, right? Not really doing a whole lot for us, and then we use it occasionally. And but in business you don't want team members, they're just sitting like a car in the driveway. You want them   be productive, getting stuff done and focus on the right things. And so yeah, if you have seasonal work, if photos are just something that happens occasionally, you know, or even pretty regularly, you want to be able to scale without having to just go out and hire. Hiring is one of the most costly things you will ever do. One bad hire usually costs business owners, I find, when we really dig into it, minimum 10 grand. It's 10 grand in opportunity cost, 10 grand in loss   money that's been spent on this team member for about three months before you figure out they're just not going to cut it. And so the less you have to get involved in the hiring piece and you can use a system with experts just when you need it, that is a lot more ideal. Even if it's more expensive to get that thing done, there you don't have that sunk cost of having a team member all the time that you're paying. Exactly. Keep it variable if you can cool. Business in general you can keep   Kori Covrigaru (12:20) Exactly. Keep it variable if you can. In business in general, if you can keep it variable, keep it variable.   Jason Hull (12:24) it variable   Yeah, you you mentioned table sticks. You're talking about the game where the it's who grabs the sticks first? No, it's kind of   Kori Covrigaru (12:32) No, it's kind of like poker,   you know, like required to pay if you're to play the game.   Jason Hull (12:37) Pay if   you're gonna play the game. Okay. Got it. Okay.   Kori Covrigaru (12:41) You up. It's not, you know, if you're playing poker, you have to   ante up. If you're in property management, you have to treat your listing.   Jason Hull (12:47) Got it. I'm obviously   a really seasoned poker pr player. Just kidding. So right, actually, you can tell me if I say it aloud, so I'm looking   Kori Covrigaru (12:51) I hope I get that right. Actually, you put me totally, I say it a lot. So I'm going to look that one up afterwards.   Jason Hull (12:56) at it. All right, cool. So yes, I missed the reference. All right. So very cool. So I I these are some of the benefits. How does Planomatic work? How does this how does this work? G paint the picture. Somebody signs up with you. What's the process? How are they able to leverage you and use you? How does this go?   Kori Covrigaru (13:17) There are a number of ways we are integrated with AppFolio, Buildium, and RentFine. So I integrated what I mean is you register as a Planomatic client, and then you integrate with your property management software. Your portfolio then syncs with our system so you can see   Jason Hull (13:22) Build DM and Redfine. So by integrating what I mean is you register as a priomatic client and then you integrate with your property management software. Your portfolio then syncs with our system.   Kori Covrigaru (13:33) your properties in our system, see what's for rent, what's not for rent, what has professional photos, what doesn't, and make your buying decisions that way with one click. Order photos, order photos, order photos.   Jason Hull (13:36) Rent what has professional photos, what doesn't, make your buying decisions that way with one click, order photos, order photos, order   photos. Yeah. We either dispatch our photography either same day or next day, go out, capture the content, have that content processed and photoshopped, etc., by our team and some tools that we use, and then we sync those assets back with your property management software so you can go ahead and with one click syndicate that property.   Kori Covrigaru (13:43) We then dispatch our photographer either same day or next day, go out, capture the content, have that content processed and photoshopped, et cetera, by our team and some tools that we use. And then we sync those assets back with your property management software so that you can go ahead and with one click syndicate that property as far   as the marketing photos are concerned. They appear in your account ready to go, right sort order with the right captions, the right size.   Jason Hull (14:04) Far as the marketing photos are concerned, they're appear in your account, ready to go, right? Sort order with the right captions, the right   size, etc. And so that entire process from order to delivery is average, you know, averages about two and a half days. and you don't have to download a single thing, like everything just kind of like goes the way it goes. There is another that we've just launched. Actually, this is kind of big news for us, but we've launched the ability to receive work orders now through either property meld or   Kori Covrigaru (14:11) Etc. And so that entire process from order to delivery is average, know, averages about two and a half days. And you don't have to download a single thing. Like everything is kind of like goes the way it goes. There is another way that we've just launched. Actually, this is kind of big news for us, but we've launched the ability to receive work orders now through either property meld or, or   at folio ability and rent finds. So we can actually receive work orders from our customers, just like you order a plumber.   Jason Hull (14:33) Folio ability of our device. We can actually receive work orders from our customers. Just like you order   a plumber to come out to the property, you order Planomatic to shoot photos, we receive that work order, we digest that order automatically, and then two to two and a half days later, you'll find those assets synced with your property management software ready to syndicate in the most ways that we work with our customers. And we do have larger owner operator customers that own their their rentals as well as manage them and those   Kori Covrigaru (14:38) to come out to the property, order PlanoMatic to shoot photos, we receive that work order, we digest that order automatically, and then two to two and a half days later, you'll find those assets synced with your property management software, ready to syndicate immediately. Those are the most organized that we work with our customers. And we do have larger owner operator customers that own their rentals as well as manage them. And those are kind of like we call   them enterprise clients, institutional investors.   Jason Hull (15:04) Clients, institutional investors,   Kori Covrigaru (15:06) They integrate with us in a bit of a unique way. They directly integrate with our platform versus going through property management software because they're typically on either Salesforce or Yardi or some sort of proprietary platform. So those customers have a more direct integration with us. That's pretty much, it's really easy. Just register and go ahead and integrate. You don't have to integrate. You can also just go out and place an order and we'll be there.   Jason Hull (15:07) they integrate with us in a bit of a unique way. They directly integrate with our platform versus going through property management software because we typically want either Salesforce or ERB or some sort of proprietary platform. Okay. Just register and go ahead and integrate. You don't have to integrate the just go out and place an order. Okay. Very cool. And   so if they place an order and you go out there and maybe the tenant   left something or wasn't quite ready. like there's a trash bag in the kitchen or there's something's missing or whatever. The Photoshop guys can kind of get it s that weird thing out or take care of that. It's just AI the thing and it's gone. We don't charge for something like that. We charge for object   Kori Covrigaru (15:44) But as we know today, that's kind of a lasso situation. You just kind of lasso that item. We get rid of those items, and we don't charge for something like that. We charge for object removal that's   bigger. Like if there's a car in the driveway for some reason, or there's a big trash bin, we may charge a little extra   Jason Hull (16:00) Yeah.   Kori Covrigaru (16:00) for that, because that's a little more heavy. But as long as the is vacant, we can take the photos. We can clean up a little bit of a mess.   Jason Hull (16:03) Got it. Okay.   Kori Covrigaru (16:07) It's no big deal. We can do a lot more. can AI virtual stage images, too, but declutter.   Jason Hull (16:12) Okay.   Cool. Got it. I I'm sure people listening to this are like, this sounds great. This sounds really cool, but what is the cost? Is that something you can tell talk about? Yeah, the cost in and right now we we do have a membership program, so it it does impact that and we do have a prepay and save, but Okay. But the cost is a la carte. You don't have to pay like this, you know, per month subscription. It's like literally you have an   Kori Covrigaru (16:23) Yeah, the cost in right now, we do have a membership program, so it does impact that, and we do have a prepay and save, but the cost is a la carte. You don't have to pay like this per door per month subscription. It's like literally you have an order to place with   us. Great. Go on, place one order for photography only. Our minimum there is 10 photos. You can also place an order for photos and 3D tour and a floor plan.   Jason Hull (16:40) place with us, great. Go on place one order for photography only. Our minimum there is ten photos. you can also place an order for photos and three D tour and a floor plan.   Kori Covrigaru (16:50) I believe that photos, know, everything's like for, for 15 photos, a 3d tour and a 2d floor plan. We're talking under 300 bucks per property setting. 270. It's like off the rack, 15 photos, 3d.   Jason Hull (16:51) Okay. I believe that photos, you know, everything's like for f for fifteen photos, a three D tour and a two D floor plan, we're talking under three hundred bucks. Okay. Awesome. Two seventy it's like off the rack.   Yeah, that's great. And this would be easily be something that you could   offer as part of your packages or your offerings and have the owner pay for as part of the leasing process. I was gonna backtrack and say it's free. Right. Right. You should be tweaking your owner and you should be probably marking that up for all the coordination just that you do. I mean it's transparent, but we don't really support the kickbacks or or charging more and saying, you know, tell them it was more or whatever it is, but   Kori Covrigaru (17:19) I was going to backtrack and say it's free. It's free to the property manager, right? Because you should be choosing your owner and you should be probably marking that up for all the coordination, just like you would mark up in the work that you do. mean, of course, transparently, we don't really support kickbacks or charging more and saying, you know, tell them it was more or whatever it is. But yeah, this   is something that most property managers that we work for are starting to change their process, change their owner agreement to make sure that that owner   Jason Hull (17:40) Yeah, this is something that most property managers that we work for are starting to change their process, change their owner agreement to make sure that that owner   Kori Covrigaru (17:49) pays for those marketing photos and it makes sense, right? Because once that owner picks up and leaves and takes their door with them, those photos are then obsolete, right? for the property manager. it makes a lot of sense. And a lot of owners are like, yeah, of course we need professional photos to market my property.   Jason Hull (17:50) pays for those marketing photos and it makes sense, right? Because once that owner picks up and leaves and takes a vote with them, those photos are then obsolete, right? So for the for the property managers. So it makes a lot of sense. And a lot of owners are are like, Yeah, of course we need fashion for this.   Kori Covrigaru (18:04) It's my property.   Jason Hull (18:04) Yeah, obviously.   And then if they can explain everything you just explained about the benefits of this, then to their clients, the then the owners will say, Yeah, no brainer. I should do this. I'll pay the extra money.   I'll pay and mute.   Kori Covrigaru (18:16) That should be in the agreement. mean, that's something, yeah.   Jason Hull (18:20) Got it. Okay, very cool. What else do people typically ask about Planomatic or what what else are am I are we missing? Those that are listening that might usually be curious about.   Kori Covrigaru (18:30) I you know, I don't want to call it a silver bullet because I don't   know that I believe necessarily in silver bullets. Are you, are you with me on the silver bullet thing? All right, good. Just making sure. So AI virtual staging has, has provided us with significant data that shows that it works almost like a silver bullet. mean, properties with AI virtual staging just lease faster. get more showings, more, more.   Jason Hull (18:35) Silver bullets? Are you are you with me on a silver bullet thing? Yeah, yeah. So AI virtual staging has has provided us with significant data that shows that it works almost like a silver bullet. I mean, yeah. Properties with AI virtual staging just lease faster. They get more showings, more   more applications, and it's been kind of wild.   Kori Covrigaru (18:59) and it's been kind of wilder.   That's something that we've seen from our institutional folks. They take a lot more time to research ROI on specific products that we offer. one of the...   Jason Hull (19:02) That's something that we've seen from our institutional folks. They take a lot more time   to research on RLI on specific products that we offer. So everybody knows kind of what staging is, right? If you're selling a home and it's usually a more expensive home, you call a company a staging company and they'll bring a big U-Haul with a bunch of furniture and they'll come and they'll drop it off and they'll put it in, and then you'll have your listing photos taken, right? Because listing photos look so much better.   Kori Covrigaru (19:12) Yeah. So everybody knows kind of what staging is, right? If you're selling a home and it's usually a more expensive home, you call a company, a staging company, and they'll bring a big U-Haul with a bunch of furniture and they'll come and they'll drop it off and they'll put it in. And then you'll have your listing photos taken, right? Because listing photos look so much better with   furniture. Well, for the longest time, we've been able to virtually stage real estate photos. We've had to do it with a human being and that costs a lot. You know, that costs a lot.   Jason Hull (19:32) furniture, well for the longest time we've been able to virtually stage real estate photos. We've had to do it with a human being and that's cost a lot, you know, that   costs a lot more money. But today the advances of AI and we see it all you know commercials on TV and everything, we can virtually stage and by virtual stage I mean s like take a a photo of a vacant room. Yeah. Go go to our staging vendor, a software company, click a button, choose   Kori Covrigaru (19:42) But today, with the advances of AI and we see it all over commercials on TV and everything, we can virtually stage. And by virtually stage, mean, take a photo of a vacant room, go to our staging vendor, a software company, click a button, choose between   Jason Hull (20:00) between various different styles for staging. Okay. And then it actually places that furniture in the image and and you and it looks like s it's scary how real   Kori Covrigaru (20:00) various different styles for staging. And then it actually places that furniture in the image and it looks like it's scary how real it looks.   Jason Hull (20:09) it looks. Right, yeah. And so when you have when they have properties that are are staged or virtually staged, and we label them virtually staged just   Kori Covrigaru (20:11) And so when you have, when you have properties that are staged or virtually staged and we label them virtually staged just to make sure that.   Jason Hull (20:18) to make sure that you've got the virtual staging in the photos. Does this show up in the three D tour or stuff like that? It doesn't show up in the three D tour. It does however show   Kori Covrigaru (20:25) doesn't show up in the 3d tour. does, however, show up   in the photography carousel, of course. And we typically have like a before and after. It allows for the potential renter to envision their lives in that, versus seeing it as an empty box. So naturally there's been more, we've all looked for real estate before and we've clicked through properties and when the photos are bad, it's you kind of move on. Cause like you don't stuff in that mess, right?   Jason Hull (20:31) Got it. I mean we have like a before and after. It it it allows for the potential renter to envision their lives. Right, they can imagine it. Versus seeing it as an empty box. So naturally they're gonna spend more we all looked for real estate before and we've clicked through properties and photos of that it's you kinda move on. Yeah, yeah. You don't withten that mess,   right? When it's nicer photos you stop and and so the the furniture really helps the potential rent to stop spending more time   Kori Covrigaru (20:53) When it's nicer photos, you stop. so the furniture really helps the potential renter stop, spend more time on that listing   and eventually get more showings and more applications.   Jason Hull (21:02) Sure. Yeah. I've moved into places and you know, seeing how they had it decorated before or seeing photos how they decorate it gave me an idea of, we could do something like this, or here's what I want to change. Because you're not starting with just this blank slate and trying to be creative. And so yeah, I think it helps people's imagination so they can picture their life in there. Okay,   Kori Covrigaru (21:23) Yep. It just cause you to stop, you know.   Jason Hull (21:25) cool. And there's you you were citing there's evidence.   that virtual staging significantly increases the results as well. So not just having good photos, but also good photos that are virtually staged, you're now maximizing the the return on this. And the and the virtual staging that that's   Kori Covrigaru (21:41) And the virtual staging, that's really inexpensive.   I think it's 36 bucks for three rooms, if I'm not mistaken.   Jason Hull (21:46) It's thirty six bucks for three rooms. Yeah.   Kori Covrigaru (21:49) So it's like a huge ROI   Jason Hull (21:51) Cool.   Kori Covrigaru (21:52) to order virtual staging on top of your professional photo.   Jason Hull (21:54) Sure, a lot cheaper than real staging.   Kori Covrigaru (21:58) Where'd you go?   Jason Hull (21:59) So yeah, got it. Very cool. anything else that we're missing about Planomatic? Sounds very cool. Yeah.   Kori Covrigaru (22:05) Yeah, no, I mean, I'm again, been an   entrepreneur for about 22 years. We have a high focus on, on client communication and client support. So that's one thing that's like paramount for me. I always tell my team, it's better to know that nothing is happening than to not know something is happening, meaning keep the customer updated. You know, even if we don't have the resolution yet for you, like we'll figure it out or we're working on it. So when you work with us, you really understand those, that's part of our core values. really.   Jason Hull (22:10) we have a high focus on on client communication and client support. So that's one thing that's like paramount for me. I always tell my team it's better to know that nothing is happening than to not know something is happening. Meaning keep the customer updated. Yeah. You know, even if we don't have the resolution yet for you, like we'll figure it out or we're working on it. So what when you work with us, you really understand those that's part of our core values. It   really emulates through the entire organization. So that's really important to us. Our integration, of course, is is really important and allows for   Kori Covrigaru (22:30) emulates through the entire organization. So that's really important to us. Our integration, of course, is really important and allows for our customers to   be able to transact with us. Again, business 101, make it as easy as possible for your customers to transact with you. So we've tried to make that a reality. And then, know, we're business owners, we're a small business, just like you all are, you know, just like you are, Jason, just like our property management clients are. And we just want to...   Jason Hull (22:39) To be able to transact with us, make our business one on one, make it as easy as possible for your customers to transact with you. So we've tried to make that a reality. and then you know, we're we're business owners, we're small business just like just like you all are. We're not just like you are, Jason, just like our our our property management clients are. and   we just wanna be successful in helping our clients make more money and and gain more market share, and and that's what we strive for every day. So we have the same   Kori Covrigaru (22:59) be successful in helping our clients make more money and gain more market share. And that's what we strive for every day. So we have the same struggles,   but same successes that every business owner does. We're not PE-backed or VC-backed.   Jason Hull (23:08) Same struggles, but same successes does with the RP backed or PC backed on P back back.   Got it. So I know there's a lot of people listening that are gonna think, because I hear this all the time, even with with what we do at DoorGrow, will this work in my market? I'm in a big city, will this work in my market? I'm in a small town. How do you source photographers? So before you answer that, I'm gonna share a quick word from our sponsor. So our sponsor today is Vendoroo. So if you're working with   Door grow, you're growing doors, right? And that means you have to keep figuring out how to keep up with the maintenance. So instead of doing that, we recommend that you use Vendoroo to have maintenance figured out for you with AI. Some of our clients are getting 85%, 95% of their maintenance coordination handled by Vendoroo, which is amazing. Vendoroo brings the best practices, workflows, and AI intelligence. They've developed across hundreds of property management operations and puts it into work, into your business.   It's an AI that answers the phone. It troubleshoots with residents. It coordinates vendors. It does follow-up. It drives the work order all the way to completion. It could probably work with Plan O Matic, right? So as you add doors, you don't have to keep reinventing maintenance. Let Vendoroo build your maintenance for you. Like so many of our DoorGrow community members have already done. You focus on growing your doors. Build an AI-first maintenance department that will scale with you forever.   Use Vendoro. Cool. All right. So tell us how do you handle photographers? Because some people are thinking, well, this might be hard in my town. They who do they know in, you know, Podunksville, you know, wherever I'm at, you know. Or they might think I'm in a really big city and maybe photographers, there's challenges with getting good ones and they're so expensive or w whatnot.   Kori Covrigaru (25:01) You hire a team to, you know, to   Jason Hull (25:02) You hire a team to to you know.   Kori Covrigaru (25:04) onboard, to hire, to onboard, maintain these contract photographers nationwide. That's kind of what we've   Jason Hull (25:09) Yeah.   Kori Covrigaru (25:09) done. we've perfected that, almost perfected that. I think one really important thing to note about us is we try to make it as simple as possible for our photographers to work with us from all the software. And it hasn't historically been that way and we're getting closer to it, but what software do they have to download and register for on our system?   Jason Hull (25:13) Almost almost perfected that. Yeah. One really important thing to note about us is we try to make it as simple as possible for our photographers to work with us from all the software and and and it hasn't historically been that way. We'll get any closer to it, but what software do they have to download and register for on our system?   Yeah. what specifics, like how are the instructions given out? What about access to to you know these doors and and I'm not talking about just one method. It's like there are so many different methods.   Kori Covrigaru (25:30) What specifics, like how are the instructions given out? What about access to these doors? And we're not talking about just one method. It's like there are so many different methods. I'm trying to key   box, so there's a key hidden. There's this, there's that. Call this number, get this code, right? So it's just a lot. I mean, we've been doing this since 2004. We've been in the SFR space since 2012, handling hundreds of shoots a day.   Jason Hull (25:41) trying to key box so there's a key hidden there's this there's that call this number get this code right so it's just a lot I mean we've been doing this since 2004 we've been in the SFR space since 2012 handling hundreds of shoots a   day for larger companies and smaller companies and so there's a lot a lot of its experience of just like okay here are all the you know here are all the edge cases this is what you do in this case and also just being available for them to pay them of course enough to make it make sense but we have   Kori Covrigaru (25:56) for larger companies and smaller companies. And so there's a lot of experience of just like, okay, here are all the edge cases. This is what you do in this case. And also just being available for them. You have to pay them, of course, enough to make it make sense, but we have to pay them enough   for the business to operate, right? So it's a very delicate, it's the hardest thing that we do is find quality photographers, educate them, onboard them, maintain them, and then keep them happy.   Jason Hull (26:11) good enough for the business to operate, right? So it's a very delicate it's a har it's the hardest thing that we do is is find quality photographers, educate them, onboard them, maintain them and keep them happy. Yeah. it's   Kori Covrigaru (26:25) It's as tough as it sounds. And it doesn't matter if it's a small market or a huge market. Huge markets with a lot of people have their own challenges. There's traffic, there's cost of living, it's higher. Small markets, you don't have all that, know, it's to find quality people   Jason Hull (26:26) it's as tough as it sounds and and it doesn't matter if it's the small market or a or a huge market, but you huge markets with a lot of people have their own challenges. There's traffic, there's cost of living to hire small markets, you know, have all that you know, hardly fine   Kori Covrigaru (26:41) in the specific industry. it's just, hire the right people to take care of our great network of planet tech.   Jason Hull (26:40) quality people in the specific industry. So it's just hire the right people our great network with planetary. Yeah.   This is some of the magic that you've spent a lot of time dealing with. And I'm sure people that have tried going and getting a photographer, tried doing it themselves, tried editing photos, like that is just so time intensive, so much work. And if you're a business owner doing this stuff, that's the dumbest trade you could ever make. You should offload that, get that off your plate because the speed of you is the speed of the business and the team.   And you should calculate your time as worth the the top line revenue of the company and what that comes out to per hour. And so you should not be doing this stuff. So now another challenge that people deal with, and I don't know if there's a way your system addresses this, but there's been a lot of challenges with scammers stealing photos from people's listings, putting up other listings elsewhere, tricking people into giving money. Is there any way we can combat that through   Kori Covrigaru (27:37) No.   Jason Hull (27:38) the photography?   Kori Covrigaru (27:39) You know, I think with general awareness around how sort of the internet works and how, and the general awareness of what AI   Jason Hull (27:40) But I think with general awareness around how sort of the internet works and how to t and and the general awareness   Kori Covrigaru (27:46) is capable of, I think people are more skeptical these days. I don't think everybody's just sending out checks and routing numbers and checking numbers. Cause we hear, I'll be honest, we hear less noise about it lately. And I think it's around the awareness. Historically, you know, we, we watermark photos. can watermark photos, however you, you know, property   Jason Hull (27:48) skeptical these days, right? Yeah. Everybody's just sending out checks and routing numbers and 'cause we hear we hear less noise about it lately and I think it's awareness. historically, you know, we we watermark photos, we can watermark photos   Kori Covrigaru (28:05) manager wants to watermark photos.   AI today, you can get rid of those watermarks in like a half a second, Free AI account. So man, it's changing rapidly right now. I don't have a recommendation that will just solve all of those problems. think that you have to be very careful. I would still watermark. You have to be careful where you put your images. There are applications out there like...   Jason Hull (28:08) Photos with AI today, you can give rid of those watermarks. Yeah. Yeah. So man, it's it's it's changing rapidly right now. I don't have a a a recommendation that will just solve all of those problems. I think that I mean you have to be very careful. I s I would still watermark, you have to be careful where you put your images. there are there are applications out there like   Kori Covrigaru (28:34) invisible watermarks that you can kind of track across.   Jason Hull (28:35) invisible watermarks and you can add it. Yeah,   I've heard about the invisible watermarks lately. Claude and some of these tools   Kori Covrigaru (28:40) Yeah.   Jason Hull (28:40) are adding invisible watermarks to stuff, to text, to images, to things that are created. So people will go, this was created by AI. Here's where it came from. I think it's a matter of educating your your potential renters. I think it's a lot a lot it's you know still   Kori Covrigaru (28:48) Yeah. I think it's a matter of educating your potential renters. think it's a lot of it's, know, Zillow has to make it,   has to educate their users, right, to make sure that people aren't just going and sending random checks out and putting it all over the listing media and all over your brochure and description. I think it's really important. If you're a renter, don't go on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace. Stick to the internet listing services that are, you know, tried and true, I think.   Jason Hull (29:11) stick to the listing services that are you know tried and true.   Kori Covrigaru (29:19) I think that's the most important thing is like just watch where you put your listings, make sure it's reputable.   Jason Hull (29:20) Think that's the most important thing. It's like just watch where you put your listings, make sure it's reputable. Very cool. Love   it. So, Corey, tell us a little bit about the philosophy that you try to instill with your company, with the people that are in your business, like maybe the values that that you guys espouse. Give people a feel for what the culture is like at Planomatic. We are exceptionally client for meaning, I don't like to say no.   Kori Covrigaru (29:41) We are exceptionally client forward, meaning I don't like to say no to clients. I like to ask   more questions and I don't like giving an update without a resolution that's coming up. And I get copied on a lot. I drive my team nuts, Jason. I mean, I drive work because I'll reply to a random support ticket or response from our team. I'll just, I'll.   Jason Hull (30:00) Yeah. I'll reply to a random support ticket or or response from our team and I'll just   Kori Covrigaru (30:08) I'll reach out to that team member and I think there's a better way we could have handled this reply. And if I'm the customer, like, when are you getting back to me?   Jason Hull (30:08) I'll I'll reach out to that team member and say, hey, I think there's a better way we could have handled this reply. If I'm the if one of the customers are like, when are you getting back to me?   Kori Covrigaru (30:15) Right. And I think that's like most important again, it's, better to know, like everybody hears it from me. It's better to know that nothing is happening than to not know that something is happening. And so we have this, we have this phrase we use, we hold the client at the center of the organization, no matter what. one thing I haven't talked about recently, but I think it's really cool. And it's something that we've kind of put in place in 2020 or 2021 is we have personas.   Jason Hull (30:17) And I think that's like the most important. Again, it's it's better to know like everybody hears it from better to know that nothing to not know that something is happening. So we have this we have this phrase we use, we hold the client at the center of the organization no matter what. one thing I haven't talked about recently, but I think it's really cool and it's something that we've we kind of put in place in twenty twenty twenty or twenty twenty-one is   Kori Covrigaru (30:37) our customers, they're real names, right? So we started out with Emma. Emma is our enterprise client. Emma is typically a   Jason Hull (30:37) percent of our customers. They're real names, right? So we start out with Emma. Emma is our enterprise client. Emma is typically   Kori Covrigaru (30:46) single family rental owner operator. Emma raises money through institutional capital, whether that be publicly traded on Wall Street or private equity money or pension plans.   Jason Hull (30:47) A single family rental owner operator. Emma raises money through institutional capital, whether that be publicly traded on Wall Street or private equity money or pension plans.   Emma is usually a customer that uses his own software and integrates directly with our platform. Emma has this National Rental Home Council, Emma Emma. So   Kori Covrigaru (30:57) Emma is usually a customer that uses her own software and integrates directly with our platform. Emma has this National Rental Home Council, Emma, Emma, Emma. And then we have Paul.   Jason Hull (31:09) these are your customer, you've got customer avatars so that when you are building out your products and services.   you are have them in mind and you know these categories of clients or buyers of your services will, you know, maybe perceive it a certain way and the product's geared towards these personalities. That's exactly right. And we we   Kori Covrigaru (31:27) That's exactly right. And we, we talk about   Emma and Paul all day long. It's just natural. Like I'll, I'll be talking to. So Paul, Paul is when we got into,   Jason Hull (31:33) Tell us about Paul. Who's Paul?   Kori Covrigaru (31:37) servicing the third party property manager that manages,   Jason Hull (31:40) Well you're breaking up a little bit. Say that again.   Kori Covrigaru (31:43) when we, when we started servicing the third party property manager, you know, a smaller business that, that manages 50 to up to, you know, a thousand doors.   Jason Hull (31:45) When we when we started servicing the third party property manager, you know, a a smaller business that that manages fifty to up to you know a thousand   doors, that persona was so different, and we named that persona Paul, Paul the property manager. Okay. Paul uses folio or building arm or or rent client or rent manager, right? Paul doesn't own their properties, they have clients. Paul's typically smaller, Paul's usually regional. Paul goes to the n national rental.   Kori Covrigaru (31:55) that persona was so different and we named that persona Paul, Paul the property manager. So Paul uses Azzolio or Bildium or Rentvine or Rent Manager, right? Paul doesn't own their properties, they have clients. Paul's typically smaller, Paul's usually regional. Paul goes to National   Association of Residential Property Management conferences, NARPAM.   Jason Hull (32:15) National Association of Residential Property Management Conferences. Not that   and and so those are important to like know what each customer wants. The real value is that we've like humanized our clients. Yeah. It's no longer client or or you know ACE property management company wants this. No, it's it's Paul. It's it's it like we have these personas, we have these images of what Paul might look like and what Emma might look like. And so it really helps the team   Kori Covrigaru (32:19) And so those are important to know what each customer wants, but the real value is that we've humanized our clients. It's no longer the client or Ace property management company wants this. No, it's Paul. We have these personas, we have these images of what Paul might look like and what Emma might look like. And so it really helps the team   humanize the customer and realize that we're talking to human beings.   Jason Hull (32:44) humanize the customer and and realize that we're we're talking   to human beings. These are real people not just folks behind the screen or whatever it is. Yeah, I love it. Every every small small examples of things that we've done, one of our core values is we create genuine relationships, right? Our customers. We love we love that core value. So everything that we do, it's just like the longer you're in a business, the more you realize that communication and support, how you   Kori Covrigaru (32:48) real people, they're not just folks behind the screen or whatever it is. And so every small examples of things that we've done, one of our core values is we create genuine relationships, right? With our customers. We love that core value. So everything that we do, it's just like the longer you're in business, the more you realize that communication and support and how you, it's not how you   treat the customer when things are going well, it's how you.   Jason Hull (33:13) It's not how you treat the customer when things are   going well, it's how you treat the customer, communicate to the customer when things aren't ideal. How you get back on track. Get the client to say, you know what? That got screwed up really, but they took such good care of me so quickly and they gave me this and they got out back for property that. That's what brings customers back more and more. It's not it's not, you know I I believe. Actually that's what keeps me buying from the same, you know, vendor or from the same board is if I'm treated.   Kori Covrigaru (33:16) treat the customer and communicate to customer when things aren't ideal. How do you get back on track? You get the client to say, you know what, that got screwed up royally, but they took such good care of me so quickly and they gave me this and they got out back to the property that, that's what brings customers back more and more. It's not, it's not, you know, I believe actually that's what keeps me buying from the same, you know, vendor or from the same, or as if I'm treated   with respect and communicated with respect and that's what   Jason Hull (33:45) Yeah, I love that. I think that's a great tip for those listening to map out your ideal customer profile or your ideal client profile. Map out the avatars that you tend to serve. There's usually a small category of clients that are the ones you're really going after that you're serving. this is true in any business. And the more clear and the more you humanize them and the more you realize what their strengths, what their challenges are, what their pains, their frustrations, their concerns are.   And you map this out, the better you're going to be able to do marketing, target them, create your sales presentation, scripts, pitches, whatever you're doing to be more effective and to teach your team about them so they understand these different avatars. And so yeah, we've done the same thing at DoorGro. We have very clear avatars that we target and that we focus on. And yeah, and we gear our products towards directly towards those avatars and what their challenges are. So love that. It's a great tip to share.   and I love the the I the the focus on relationships, which I think is is paramount. So cool. Well Corey, great stuff. Really appreciate you coming on, telling us about Planomatic. How can people find Planomatic and how can they get started? the easiest way is just planomatic.com, just like it's spelled. you can   Kori Covrigaru (34:59) The easiest way is just planomatic.com, just like it's spelled. You can email me always   at k-o-r-i at planomatic.com. You can also find us in the marketplace on Atfolio's marketplace, Buildium's marketplace as well. We're all over Narpoem, so if you come to our show, come find us. We're usually in one of the bigger booths because we're preferred partners with Narpoem. So it's not too hard to find us. Go to our website, check us out, reach out to me. Always happy to hear from classic.   Jason Hull (35:13) in this marketplace as well. We're all over Narbum. So if you come to a show, come find us. we're usually in one of the bigger booths because we're for partners with Narbum. So it's not too hard to find us. Go to our website, check us out, reach out to me.   Always happy to hear from class prospects as well as existing clients. Any feedback anybody has that's another things we ask for.   Kori Covrigaru (35:27) Prospects as well as existing clients any feedback anybody has that's another things we ask for a hell of a lot of feedback often   too much But yeah easy to find and we welcome everybody   Jason Hull (35:36) But yeah, easy to find. Cool,   awesome. Tell them that you heard about them from the DoorGro Show podcast if you see this.   Kori Covrigaru (35:42) Talon, DoorGro, I've got a special coupon if you tell me you heard about us   from the DoorGro show. I'll hook it up.   Jason Hull (35:49) Cool.   Awesome. We appreciate that. So that he'll give you a special deal. All right. Very cool. Well, Corey, thanks for being here. Appreciate you coming on the DoorGrow show. For those that are enjoying this or watch our show, if you've ever felt stuck or stagnant, you want to take your property management business to that next level. You've been hitting a wall. You've been frustrated for a while. You've tried different marketing channels. You feel like you're just getting sold a bill of goods sometimes. You're just you're frustrated.   Reach out to us at doorgrow.com, we can help. So for a free training on how to get unlimited free leads, text the word leads to 512-648-4608. Also join our free Facebook community just for property management business owners by going to doorgrowclub.com. You can also join that by going to getting our DoorGrow Hub app that is in the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store.   And if you want tips, tricks, or ideas and to learn about our offer, subscribe to our newsletter by going to doorgrow.com/slash subscribe. And if you found this episode even a little bit helpful, don't forget to subscribe and leave us a review. 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Step into the restless, glittering and deeply unequal London of 1904 with author, screenwriter and director Mario Theodorou, creator of the Felix Grey Mysteries.Mario joins Hazel to explore the Edwardian capital behind his historical thrillers: a city of political power, royal intrigue, rapid technological change and growing demands for social reform. At the heart of the novels is Felix Grey, an idealistic and inexperienced young Prime Minister drawn into dangerous mysteries of abduction, conspiracy and corruption.Together, Hazel and Mario travel across Edwardian London—from Downing Street, Parliament and Buckingham Palace to Fleet Street, the Savoy, the Tower of London, Bow, Old Kent Road and Sailortown. They discuss gentleman's clubs and imperial power, the changing character of the capital, workers' rights, the Bryant & May matchwomen, suffrage, the press, secret passages, and the tension between the old Victorian order and a more modern, uncertain future.Mario also shares how his film background shapes the sensory world of his fiction, from the smell of ink on Fleet Street to the energy of the docks, and why he hopes readers will begin to see London as a lived-in city of overlapping stories rather than simply a tourist destination.A richly atmospheric conversation for anyone who loves Edwardian London, historical fiction, political intrigue and the hidden histories beneath the city's streets.London History Podcast Website

The 54th Parliament has adjourned, and politicians have been let loose on the campaign trail. Before they fled the building, political reporter Giles Dexter sat down with the parties and asked what the public could expect from them over the next six weeks.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

In this week's podcast: Electoral fraud allegations, complex coalition building, Candy Crush maker faces strike action, and how do Swedes say 'Digestive biscuit'?Negotiations between the centre-left parties are ongoing after they won a wafer thin majority in last week's election.But now a voter fraud scandal involving the Left Party threatens to derail the whole process.Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the election of a Left Party Member of Parliament in the Dalarna region. What do know about the allegations so far? And could the scandal lead to a revote?Host James Savage is joined this week by panelists Emma Löfgren and Richard Orange. Not yet a member of The Local? Join now with this special offer for podcast listeners.Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:Electoral fraud scandalSwedish Left Party leader finally speaks on election fraud allegationsSwedish Election Authority criticises ballot paper systemNewly elected MP steps aside amid Swedish electoral fraud probePoliticsEXPLAINED: What needs to happen for Sweden to get a new prime minister?Behind closed doors, Sweden's Left and Centre parties are still miles apartWorking in SwedenUPDATE: Strike threat lifted as Candy Crush maker signs collective agreementMore unions join pending strike at Swedish Candy Crush makerQ&A: Why Swedish unions are launching a strike at the games maker KingZara Larsson clip credit: Heart RadioThumbnail photo: Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar. Magnus Hjalmarson Neideman/SVD/TT Become a member at https://www.thelocal.se/podcasts/podcast-offer?tpcc=padlock. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The European Union just offered Canada something that does not exist yet: the first-ever EU associate membership. Prime Minister Mark Carney stood in the European Parliament and said Canada welcomes this ambition. Nobody has published the terms.Kelsi Sheren, Canadian combat veteran and host of The Kelsi Sheren Perspective, asks the questions that should come before anyone celebrates. What would associate membership mean for immigration and youth mobility, defence integration, regulation, financial obligations, provincial authority and Canadian sovereignty? And when Parliament gets its vote, what exactly will it be voting on?Buy me a coffee! -Kelsi SherenDO NO HARM? How the Healthcare Industry Legalized Murder.  BUY HERELet's connect!Youtube: YoutubeSubstack:  SubstackRumble -RumbleInstagram -  InstagramSUPPORT OUR PEOPLE - - - - - - - - - - - -Ketone IQ- 30% off with code KELSI - Ketone IQGood Livin - 20% off with code KELSI - Good LivinBrass & Unity - 20% off with code UNITY  - Brass & Unity

As the far-right Alternative for Germany wins another regional election, wiping out the ruling Christian Democratic Union in former Chancellor Angela Merkel's own backyard, will Friedrich Merz face the same fate as Keir Starmer and lose his job? New polling shows that just 15% of people in rural communities think Labour cares about them, so how does the party deliver "growth in every postcode" to the countryside? With 70 seats in Parliament and the Tories in electoral trouble, why haven't the Liberal Democrats gained more traction in the week of their party conference? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more. __________ Enjoy Rory and Alastair's interview with Gordon Brown by searching ‘Leading' on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube. Go deeper into the world of The Rest Is Politics by signing up for our free newsletter ⁠HERE⁠, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and weekend reads from Alastair and Rory. Join The Rest Is Politics Plus. Start your free trial at ⁠therestispolitics.com⁠ to unlock exclusive bonus content – including Rory and Alastair's miniseries – plus ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, exclusive newsletters, discounted book prices, and a private chatroom on Discord. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Stop overpaying for energy. Switch at ⁠fuseenergy.com/politics⁠ and get a free TRIP+ subscription.

This episode of The Trombone Corner, featuring trombonist, band leader and recording artist Fred Wesley, is brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass and The Brass Ark. The Trombone Corner is now on video! You can watch this episode on our YouTube channel here: "Fred Wesley: Trombone Funk and a Legendary Career" And, find the expanded show notes, transcript and more photos here --- He's one of the trailblazers of funk, the man who helped define the sound of James Brown, Parliament and Funkadelic, working with Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins, amongst so many more. But he didn't set out to be known as "Funky Fred." In fact, the funk came to him very much by accident. Jazz was his first love: JJ Johnson, Kai Winding, Carl Fontana, Miles Davis - Fred knew every note Kind of Blue. Fred Wesley joins Noah and John to talk about his path from a musically rich childhood in Mobile, Alabama to becoming one of the defining trombone voices in funk and jazz. We learn about the early gigs that shaped him, the demands of touring with Ike & Tina Turner, James Brown and George Clinton, and how he later returned to jazz and big band work. Along the way, Fred learned tons of practical advice that he shares with younger players: learn your instrument, learn the business, and show up prepared. Fred continues to record and tour, including shows this fall in Europe and Australia, and he shares the recent work with his Fred Wesley Generations Trio featuring Leonardo Corradi and Tony Match. Truly an inspiration to generations of musicians, and a man who put the trombone on the map! About Fred Wesley:  Fred Wesley is one of the defining voices of funk trombone. As a key member, arranger and musical director for James Brown and the JBs, his playing helped shape some of the most important records in funk  history. Fred later joined George Clinton's Parliament Funkadelic, and also  brought his sound into jazz with the Count Basie Orchestra.   Over a career spanning more than six decades, Fred has performed and recorded with artists including Ray  Charles, Maceo Parker, Bootsy Collins, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Van Morrison.  He has also continued exploring jazz through projects like the Generations Trio, alongside Leonardo Corradi and Tony Match. Today, Fred continues to perform, record, and tour, carrying  forward one of the most influential trombone voices in modern music. Episode Links: https://www.funkyfredwesley.com/ with tour dates Generations Trio https://www.funkyfredwesley.com/generationstrio The Fred Wesley Quartet, To Someone KNKX Public Radio Studio Session, great set! Bob Reeves Brass Events and Appearances: Virtuosity Music, October 9-10, Boston, MA Signup link NCMEA Conference, November 8-9, Winston-Salem, NC Greg Black Mouthpieces, November 10, Mount Holly, NC Podcast Credits: Theme Music: The Trombone Choir Arrangements of Jay Friedman, Vol. 1 Audio Engineer – Ted Cragg Cover Photo Credit – Henirch Buttler Blog Photo Credits - Dino Perrucci, Ingrid Devlaming, Marcos Hermes, Stevens Drean, Jan Van Hecke Podcast Hosts – Noah Gladstone & John Snell

1940 BLACKOUT PARLIAMENT    Parliament Challenges King Charles During CrisisJonathan Healey, author of The Blood in Winter: England on the Brink of Civil War, 1642, Part One: In October 1641, King Charles I backed "The Incident," a failed plot in Edinburgh to arrest Scottish Covenanter leaders Argyll and Hamilton, forcing Charles to make major constitutional concessions to the Scottish Parliament. Returning to London, Charles confronted the Long Parliament, which had forced the execution of his key minister, the Earl of Strafford, via a Bill of Attainder under intense crowd pressure. Power shifted toward the parliamentary Junto led by John Pym in the House of Commons and Lord Mandeville in the House of Lords. Pym skillfully managed debates and coordinated reformist strategy alongside Puritans who opposed Charles's High Church religious policies and arbitrary taxation. Tensions peaked during late-night debates illuminated by candles over the Grand Remonstrance, a document detailing royal misrule. Despite fierce royalist opposition, Parliament passed the Remonstrance to rally popular public support. (1)

1642 HOUSES DURING CHARLES IRoyal Arrest Attempt Triggers English WarJonathan Healey, Part Two: On January 4, 1642, King Charles I attempted to arrest five MPs and Lord Mandeville for treason. Pushed by Queen Henrietta Maria, Charles personally entered the House of Commons with armed cavaliers. However, Lady Carlisle had leaked the plot, enabling the members to escape by boat down the Thames into London. Hostile crowds surrounded Charles's coach, throwing pamphlets with the biblical call "To your tents, O Israel." Fearing for their safety, Charles and Henrietta Maria fled Whitehall for Hampton Court. The Queen departed for continental Europe to raise funds and troops, while Charles established a royalist court in York. Parliament passed the radical Militia Ordinance without royal assent, claiming sovereign control over the military. When the governor of Hull barred Charles from accessing his armory, both sides began mobilizing armed forces, plunging England into civil war. (2)

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