Podcast appearances and mentions of Paul James

Before we all race off to pick up the Nintendo Switch 2 this week, my friend Paul James slides in to share his hands-on impressions from a massive 4-hour session with Mario Kart World!We dive into all the new details — including every game mode from Grand Prix to Knock-Out Tour and Free Roam, plus exciting new gameplay changes, mechanics, and more!►Paul's Socials: https://x.com/pauljamesgames?s=21►Dev Diary: https://tr.ee/tferTyLEly►Patched: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/patched/id1449800819►Behind The Play: https://tr.ee/hAgL-_gWW4►Player 2.net: https://tr.ee/OfPZL4V98a► Watch the video version at https://youtube.com/@idrewby►Support iDrewby on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iDrewby► Follow Drew on X: https://twitter.com/iDrewby

Switch 2 Welcome Tour has gotten a bad rap for not being included with the console at launch—but is it still worth picking up on day one?I'm joined by Paul James, who spent over an hour with the Welcome Tour, to share his hands-on impressions and discuss whether the included games make it a must-have or a missed opportunity.►Paul's Socials: https://x.com/pauljamesgames?s=21►Dev Diary: https://tr.ee/tferTyLEly►Patched: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/patched/id1449800819►Behind The Play: https://tr.ee/hAgL-_gWW4►Player 2.net: https://tr.ee/OfPZL4V98a► Watch the video version at https://youtube.com/@idrewby►Support iDrewby on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iDrewby► Follow Drew on X: https://twitter.com/iDrewby

What do Paul, James, and Peter have in common? What happened to transform these men who once persecuted the Lord, rejected the Lord, and denied the Lord? 

An unexpected power outage. A juvenile detention center plunged into darkness. Doors click unlocked, and a young incarcerated teen seizes the opportunity to run. But what does it mean to be free when the world outside is just another kind of prison?In this episode, we talk to filmmaker Paul James about his short film What Freedom, a raw and powerful portrait of a teen navigating the juvenile justice system.

In a rut? Today we will give you a story on how to get out of it.

Welcome to the Problematic Pub Podcast, where we dive deep into the hilariously awkward and absurd aspects of life!

Join us as we delve into Acts 15, where the early church faces its first major doctrinal dispute: How is one saved? Understand how the church leaders, including Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and James, debated the necessity of Jewish law for salvation and ultimately confirmed that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone. Learn about the cultural and religious tensions and how the early church addressed and resolved critical theological issues, setting a precedent for doctrinal clarity and church unity. Turn to Acts 15 to follow along.

A decade has passed since the events of Twin Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Adventure. After successfully unraveling the mystery behind NASA's disappearing generation ships, heroic pilots Colin and Chris have entered quiet lives of retirement. But the copious data they brought back from their remarkable journey has been fully studied, and shadowy government figures are […]

A decade has passed since the events of Twin Breaker: A Sacred Symbols Adventure. After successfully unraveling the mystery behind NASA's disappearing generation ships, heroic pilots Colin and Chris have entered quiet lives of retirement. But the copious data they brought back from their remarkable journey has been fully studied, and shadowy government figures are […]

Join Ben as he brings together pensions expert Paul Gordon and accountant James Gransby to explore the recent changes in NHS pensions. They discuss the aftermath of the age discrimination case and its consequences following the government's loss, which has resulted in revised pension statements for many NHS members. The discussion delves into the complexities of NHS pension figures and annual allowance returns, highlighting the challenges faced by both individuals and practices. They emphasise the importance of using medical specialist accountants to ensure accuracy in submissions. Join Paul and James for this dynamic discussion and how to prepare yourself with the knowledge to tackle these pension challenges, and those dreaded brown envelopes, with confidence. To join the session Paul & James are running at 8am on the 31st October, the invite can be accessed here. Meeting ID: 372 708 777 60 Passcode: UHL7CW Introduction (00:09)  The update (00:57)  Updated statements (02:09) Making a choice.. (04:00) Rollback? (05:12) Why is it not available on the website? (06:28)  The brown envelope (07:29)  What do you need to do? (08:37) January deadline.. (10:48) What's happened since the brown envelope delivery? (11:28) Changing schemes.. (15:31) Summary.. (16:30) The inside scoop.. (18:01)  Budget breakfast & how to attend (24:11)  The HMRC tool mentioned by James, ‘Calculate your public service pension adjustment', can be accessed here.  To contact James directly, his email can be found here, or visit James' bio on the Azets website here. For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

In this episode of 'The Actor and the Engineer,' Paul James and Josh Knapp delve into the complexities of Yorgos Lanthimos's 'Kinds of Kindness.' They discuss the balance between humor and existential dread in the film, its three distinct vignettes, and the thematic elements of control, belief, and absurdity. The conversation also touches on the deliberate choice of visual elements, such as color schemes and costume design, as well as the controversial aspects of screenwriting and character decisions that challenge viewers on multiple levels.

Join Josh Knapp (the broadcast engineer) and Paul James (the actor) as they delve into the Mad Max saga. From Josh's newfound appreciation for Mad Max: Fury Road to analyzing the impact of various characters and films, this episode covers it all. They discuss the evolution of the series and character arcs across the series.  This engaging discussion also considers the broader context of dystopian movies and the challenges of filmmaking.   00:00 Introduction and Hosts 00:16 Diving into Mad Max: Fury Road 00:40 First Impressions and Rewatching 02:05 Comparing Mad Max Films 05:38 Furiosa: A Critical Look 14:56 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Discussion 17:20 Analyzing the Mad Max Universe 19:10 Furiosa's Character and Future 38:21 Furiosa's Backstory and Initial Questions 39:06 Defending the Green Place 41:07 Tom Hardy and On-Set Conflicts 41:55 The Pressure of Being a Leading Actor 43:55 Michelle Pfeiffer's On-Set Interaction 51:33 Chris Hemsworth's Performance in Furiosa 56:02 Comparing Villains in the Mad Max Saga 01:02:11 Dystopian Films and Their Impact 01:05:45 Mel Gibson's Hamlet and Accents in Mad Max 01:07:19 Concluding Thoughts on the Mad Max Saga 01:09:22 Final Remarks and Outro

On this week's episode of Behind The Play, Paul James sits down to chat with @CARDMAN22 about his love of footy and his experiences of being an AFL YouTuber.

Episode 71 This episode Josh is joined by a video game reviewer and Deputy Editor for Player 2. They also produce a number of podcasts including the Dev Diary Podcast and the Hoops Crew - it's Paul James! Chapters:⁠⁠0:00⁠⁠ Intro/Ice (Climber) Breakers⁠17:05⁠⁠ What we've been playing⁠⁠28:24 Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door⁠⁠1:04:21⁠⁠ Nintendo acquires Shiver 1:10:40⁠ NSO Game Boy Update⁠⁠1:13:00 Weird Nintendo⁠⁠ You can find Paul and all of his work at: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/pauljamesgames Player 2: https://www.player2.net.au/author/paul-james/ Dev Diary Podcast: https://tr.ee/tferTyLEly X/Twitter: @PaulJamesGames Support Us!If you would like to support NintenVania, please consider giving us a 5 star rating on Spotify/Apple Podcasts and click on the Linktree below to see our Patreon, Rebbubble store and socials: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/NintenVania?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=fc8bacb7-31f9-432c-b416-6ae058a39477 Join our Discord for free: https://discord.gg/zAsxm53f ⁠⁠⁠Patreon! For monetary help please check out our Patreon page. We have multiple tiers with varying perks, including exclusive discord access, advertising and opportunities to contribute questions and topics to upcoming shows. All Patreon tiers also give you access to the new podcast collaboration between Josh and Drew (from The House of Mario), called 'Heaps Good'. Every month the two will talk about things other than Nintendo with a few episodes already out! We've also introduced a tier that gives you access to our Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack Family Account (plus access to our discord and show shoutout). So if you haven't got Nintendo Switch Online yet do consider checking this out as it's cheaper than buying an individual membership. Limited spots so get in quick. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/NintenVania?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=fc8bacb7-31f9-432c-b416-6ae058a39477 About NintenVania!NintenVania is a fortnightly, Nintendo-focussed podcast. Each episode Josh is joined by a special guest and they chat about what they love about Nintendo, and the special ways they show their passion. The host, Josh, has been a lifelong Nintendo fan who grew up on playing Nintendo consoles and handhelds. He has great memories of playing local multiplayer games with his brothers and friends and enjoys the pure fun that Nintendo brings to gaming. Josh enjoys Nintendo gaming so much that he created this podcast to force people to join him and chat about it!

On this week's episode of Behind The Play, Paul James sits down with Brendan and Bianca Vella to discuss their love of the Geelong Cats.

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The latest from our monthly ecommerce mini-series, where experienced ecommerce consultants James Gurd and Paul Rogers step back to summarise what's been happening with ecommerce technology in January. Ecommerce is a fast-paced industry, with constant change, new market entrants and incumbents updating their products with new features and fixes. James & Paul spend a lot of time looking at technology, talking to agencies and technology vendors, so this series is a digest of what they've found interesting, what is worth ecommerce teams thinking about, as well as highlighting interesting stories and cool tools they come across in their day-to-day work.

Here are the communities that I am called to: “A number of ways to categorize types of community have been proposed. One such breakdown is as follows: Location-based Communities: range from the local neighbourhood, suburb, village, town or city, region, nation or even the planet as a whole. These are also called communities of place. Identity-based Communities: range from the local clique, sub-culture, ethnic group, religious, multicultural or pluralistic civilisation, or the global community cultures of today. They may be included as communities of need or identity, such as disabled persons, or frail aged people. Organizationally-based Communities: range from communities organized informally around family or network-based guilds and associations to more formal incorporated associations, political decision-making structures, economic enterprises, or professional associations at a small, national or international scale. Intentional Communities: a mix of all three previous types, these are highly cohesive residential communities with a common social or spiritual purpose, ranging from monasteries and ashrams to modern ecovillages and housing cooperatives. The usual categorizations of community relations have a number of problems:[28] (1) they tend to give the impression that a particular community can be defined as just this kind or another; (2) they tend to conflate modern and customary community relations; (3) they tend to take sociological categories such as ethnicity or race as given, forgetting that different ethnically defined persons live in different kinds of communities—grounded, interest-based, diasporic, etc.[29] In response to these problems, Paul James and his colleagues have developed a taxonomy that maps community relations, and recognizes that actual communities can be characterized by different kinds of relations at the same time:[30] Grounded community relations. This involves enduring attachment to particular places and particular people. It is the dominant form taken by customary and tribal communities. In these kinds of communities, the land is fundamental to identity. Life-style community relations. This involves giving primacy to communities coming together around particular chosen ways of life, such as morally charged or interest-based relations or just living or working in the same location. Hence the following sub-forms: community-life as morally bounded, a form taken by many traditional faith-based communities. community-life as interest-based, including sporting, leisure-based and business communities which come together for regular moments of engagement. community-life as proximately-related, where neighbourhood or commonality of association forms a community of convenience, or a community of place (see below). Projected community relations. This is where a community is self-consciously treated as an entity to be projected and re-created. It can be projected as through thin advertising slogan, for example gated community, or can take the form of ongoing associations of people who seek political integration, communities of practice[31] based on professional projects, associative communities which seek to enhance and support individual creativity, autonomy and mutuality. A nation is one of the largest forms of projected or imagined community. In these terms, communities can be nested and/or intersecting; one community can contain another—for example a location-based community may contain a number of ethnic communities.[32] Both lists above can be used in a cross-cutting matrix in relation to each other.” -Wikipedia. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support

Our discussion of Mine to Possess includes all the trigger warnings! This novel takes us on a journey through the turbulent reunion and uncovering of long-buried secrets of Clay, a leopard changeling with a troubled past, and Tally, a human with deep emotional scars and a mysterious connection to the Psy.   Grab your copy of Mine to Possess here: https://amzn.to/40SBchm  Sign up for author Nalini Singh's newsletter to receive fan service here: https://nalinisingh.com/ Want the official Psy-Changeling Reading Order? Click here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/ Check out the books from Leslye's four book deal: https://amzn.to/3trkGbY   Check out Ines' constant rereads: Marrying Winterbourne: https://amzn.to/3sZ307f  Bet Me: https://amzn.to/49VBqIH    Watch Lessons in Chemistry to see Leslye's brother Paul James (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482818/): https://tv.apple.com/us/show/lessons-in-chemistry/umc.cmc.40yycssgxelw4zur8m2ilmvyx   Want to learn worldbuilding from Leslye? Sign up here: https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/ Want to learn story structure from Ines? Sign up here: https://ineswrites.com/PTP Get ready for Hostage to Pleasure, coming in 2 weeks! Grab your copy to read alone: https://amzn.to/47M2BUy    Find the hosts online at L. Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/  Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

Notre histoire John S. Williams vs Clyde Manning: La pensée magique veut qu'après l'abolition de l'esclavage, la communauté afro-américaine était enfin libre. Mais l'homme prêt à tout pour arriver à ses fins, a cette fâcheuse tendance à taire les hontes de son histoire. Mettant en vedette: Paul James, Olivier L'Heureux, Benoit Mercier, Guillaume Chapnick, Mathieu Niquette, Etienne Forest Correcteurs: Janie Benoit et Philippe Saindon ArsMoriendiPodcast.ca

Actor PJ Corrigan drops by to talk about his latest role in Tally's Blood as well as starring in Aberdeen's HMT panto Sleeping Beauty. The post Paul-James Corrigan appeared first on Putting it Together.

“Faith & Works”James 2:14-26“Faith without works is dead”James “vs.” Paul:* James 2:17 & 24* Romans 3:28 & Ephesians 2:8-92:14-17: The problem2:18-19: The objection2:20-26: The examplesQuestions to consider: How would summarize the similarities and differences between how Paul and James talk about faith and works? Why is James so passionate about faith expressing itself through action? How do you evaluate your own life when it comes to how you express your faith in action?

When it's fall, leaf colors change from green to vibrant shades of red, orange, and yellow. But why does that happen? Paul James, a gardener from Tulsa, Oklahoma known as "The Gardener Guy," and the former host of "Gardening by the Yard" on HGTV explains what happens when the amount of sunlight decreases and temperatures change. He also discusses the variation in fall foliage in different tree species and where you can see some of the best color. We want to hear from you! Have a question for the meteorologists? Call 609-272-7099 and leave a message. You might hear your question and get an answer on a future episode! You can also email questions or comments to podcasts@lee.net. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Kirsten Lang: Welcome to the across the sky podcast, a weather, climate, and science focused podcast for a general audience. We are so glad that you're here with us today. I'm Meteorologist Kirsten Lang, and I'm joined by my fellow colleagues Matt Holiner in Chicago, Sean Sublette in Richmond, and Joe Martucci in Atlantic City. And together we make up the Across the Sky weather team from Lee Enterprises. Lee is a publication company with over 70 properties in cities across the United States. We're talking today with Paul James about fall foliage and those changing colors. And the interview with him is great. I love listening to what he has to say about that. He's very knowledgeable in the entire subject. Matt Holiner: Well, I brought it up in our top Ten Things to know about Fall episode. One of the reasons I like fall so much is because of the fall foliage, which was disappointing growing up in San Antonio. But once I left San Antonio and moved to places like Richmond, Virginia and Cincinnati, Ohio, and now that I'm in Chicago, oh, man, just some beautiful color. And I've been up in the Northeast in October and seen the beautiful fall color there. So if you live in a place that doesn't have good fall color, make it a trip sometime to go to some place that does, because it is one of the joys of fall, for sure. So it was good to chat with Paul all about it. Joe Martucci: And as Paul said, come to New Jersey for fall foliage. And we'll hear about that, in the pod. Sean Sublette: Yes, this pod apparently was brought to you by the state of New Jersey, New Jersey, and you perfect together. Just ask. I like hey, I like my colors here in the Commonwealth of Virginia. We get those beautiful Fruity Pebbles colors along Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway. And we're getting very close to peak here, in the mountains of Virginia. But the other thing I liked about this, about Paul was so many times we're asked as M meteorologists, well, what. Makes for good fall color? And he's. Like, okay, good. I feel a lot better now. Kirsten Lang: All right. And with that, let's get onto our interview with Paul James. Kirsten Lang: Well, today we have on Paul James, an American gardener who may be best known as the gardener guy from his long running show on HGTV Gardening by the Yard. He now lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, semi-retired, but that's how I got to know him. And he works for Southwood Garden Center, where he continues to educate the public about all things that are related to gardening, flowers, yards, and trees. And that's where we're going to pick up with him today, is the science behind the changing colors and all things fall. So, Paul, welcome on. We are so happy to have you today. Paul James: Thank you. I'm thrilled to be know we wanted. Kirsten Lang: To talk a little bit. This is very timely of course, we wanted to talk a little bit about the science behind changing leaves. So I kind of wanted to just jump in with the broad question, as to why it is that a leaf actually changes its color. And why do you see some yellows, and then you see some orange and some red? Why do they all, vary in colors when they change? Paul James: It all has to do with pigments. They are chemicals that are in the leaves. And what we see primarily throughout the growing season is an abundance of chlorophyll in leaves, which is a pigment that makes them green. But when that chlorophyll production is shut off, and we get into that in a moment, when that's shut off, then the other pigments that are there begin to show themselves. So you have keratinoids is a type of pigment, and those are responsible for orange and yellow. You have xanthaphils that will give you they're not quite as colorful, but they'll still give you some color. And then the anthocyanins, which give you the beautiful reds, sometimes even purplish colors. So that's what happens. The chlorophyll, which is there in abundance, gets shut off and all those other pigments have an opportunity to really show themselves. Joe Martucci: So Paul and Joe here. So I guess what you're saying is the chlorophyll, right? It's the dominant, I guess, pigment, you could say. And why is that? Paul James: It's the dominant pigment throughout the growing season by virtue of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis, where plants basically, leaves are eating photons from the sun and producing that abundance of chlorophyll. So that's why virtually all plants that we're familiar with have green leaves throughout the growing season. Joe Martucci: M, but just to follow up on that, right, so photosynthesis, then you're saying, is the king above. All right, so whatever's happening with the photosynthesis is number one. But I guess I'm trying to dig out maybe I'm getting too deep here. But why is that the primary thing? Why isn't it just a different kind of pigment that's primary? Paul James: Because that's the pigment that is responsible for growth and producing energy and helping the plants survive. Yeah, got it. Joe Martucci: Ah, comes with the territory. Paul James: Yes. Joe Martucci: Got you. Okay, cool. Sean Sublette: Yeah, and I get that, on my tennis shoes all the time when I'm cutting grass as well, with all that chlorophyll on the tennis shoes. Sean Sublette: another question for you about the changing leaves. My understanding is that as the nights get longer, we have longer bits of nighttime. That's kind of the key or the trigger for most plants or most of the, trees to say, okay, well, it's time to shut down for this season. But what other kinds of phenomenon out there, whether it's weather, drought, heat, anything like that, can affect how the leaves look or when they actually change by. Paul James: A few weeks here or there in the botanical world, we actually explain it in the reverse. We say that days get shorter, rather than the nights get longer. So as the days get shorter, that triggers a chemical response in the trees, wherein the little I don't want to get too technical either, but it's called a pettyol. You got the leaf and then you've got this little stem, that's known as a pettyol and that's attached to the main branch or limb of the tree. So when those days get shorter, that triggers what's known as the obscision layer, which is where that Petio connects to the main part of the tree. It triggers it to just shut off and that prevents any additional chlorophyll production. So the chlorophyll disappears and all those other pigments rise to the surface. Now, there's a gazillion different variables here. It can be somewhat challenging to, actually, there's not a ton of research to substantiate a lot of the claims, such as to what extent does weather play a part? Are, temperatures really that critical to the change? Is moisture level in the soil that critical a factor? I think you have to look at it in its entirety. I think all of these conditions have an effect on m our fall color, whether it's going to be spectacular or ho. but without a doubt, first and foremost, the most important consideration is genetics. Because if the tree does not have the genetics in it, if it's not hardwired to produce good fall color, then it's not going to well, one more. Sean Sublette: Thing, ah, about those other environmental things. Because I've been working in weather for 30 years, I hear the same thing, like, oh, this obviously affects it and this obviously affects it. I'm like, that's not the way I understand it. I hear there's a bunch of stuff in there that kind of is all wibbly wobbly timey whimy, as they say in Doctor Who. but is it fair to say if a tree is stressed, whether it is drought or maybe overly wet, that might, force it to kind of change a little earlier? Or is that not just fair to say at all? Paul James: I'd say it's likely. But again, despite the enormous interest in fall color, and by the way, the United States has some of the best fall color anywhere on the planet. Despite the interest in it, the level of research that's been done is really kind of lacking. It's almost too bad, because I don't think it would be that difficult to do experiments that would help us understand better why some years are better than others. It just hasn't been done to any great degree. Matt Holiner: I guess what also complicates things is all the different species of trees out there and how they are going to respond differently to drought conditions or excessive rain. Because I know growing up in San Antonio and there's a good chunk of Texas, until you get in maybe the far northern parts of Texas, fall color is not really a thing. You go from green to brown, you don't get all those beautiful shades of yellow and orange. So is there anything about specific species of trees that are just well known for their vivid fall colors? Are there some trees that are just extra special when it comes to fall color? Paul James: To use a San Antonio example, for instance, live oaks don't really have a whole lot of that pigmentation that I was talking about. They have very little. Whereas the red oaks that are abundant in my part of the country are loaded with those pigments. So, yes, even within a particular genus, be it oaks, there can be a tremendous amount of variability in fall color. Kirsten Lang: Okay, so just paul, where have you seen, in your opinion, the most beautiful color here in the country? Paul James: New Jersey. I have a particular favorite. Kirsten Lang: Jersey. Paul James: Jersey has great fall color. Joe Martucci: See, I wasn't. Paul James: No, are you kidding? It's the garden state. Joe Martucci: Of course. Paul James: I've seen spectacular examples all over the country, particularly the northeast, also the Carolinas and throughout much of the Midwest. But one of my favorite single images of fall color has to be the quaking aspens in Colorado. I mean, to me, when you see those enormous groves of aspens and they're ablaze in it's just it's astounding to. Kirsten Lang: Me, yeah, it is beautiful. I lived in Colorado for a couple years, and you better believe, on my days off, I made sure I was going up there and hiking and seeing some of that, because it was beautiful. It was beautiful. Okay, well, we're going to take a short break, and we'll be back after, the break here with Paul James. Kirsten Lang: All right, we are back with Paul James. Paul, we were talking all about, fall colors, how vibrant they are, in some spots of the country, and then, of course, the contributing, factors to making maybe one season better, than another due to soil moisture, drought. but the other thing, too, that, like I said, it may be an obvious answer, but in case someone's listening and just curious, can you explain why it is that the peak of fall foliage will start north and then just filtrate south through the country throughout the months of October, November? Paul James: Well, there again, that's, changes in day length, but that's where you almost have to conclude that temperature is playing a role as well, because it's starting to get cooler sooner in the Northeast, typically. And you see that progression from the north to the south and the changes in the know. The drought issue, though, is one that I think is interesting. It's pretty clear to me that during seasons where we've had considerable drought, that we have less spectacular fall color. That's really anecdotal, but I'm sure that at some point, we'll figure it out on a more scientific level. But I've witnessed that myself, and not just here, but throughout the country where even places in the Northeast occasionally have droughts. So that factor again, we go back to all those things. The other thing in the Northeast is that they also typically have a greater variety of hardwood trees than a lot of other parts of the country. So there's so much more species diversity that you'll typically see a lot more color. The ones that stand out, of course, are like maples. The red and maples is just unbelievable. It's so gorgeous. But there are also oaks that produce great reds. Around here we have the Chinese pistache, which can be the color can be highly variable due to its genetics. Some of them are much more colorful than others. One that I've always loved, that is kind of our own aspen is the ginkgo, which is, to me, also an underplanted tree. But the sad thing about the ginkgo is it gives you this enormously, beautiful yellow foliage, but then overnight, typically within one night, all the leaves drop. It's kind of sad. Matt Holiner: Yeah, Paul, I was going to actually ask about that because I imagine that it does vary by species. How long this process of the leaves changing and falling takes. Is there an average overall that you can look for? Is it really across the gamut? Like how long this process takes for each different species of trees? Paul James: Wind can certainly play a big role in that. I think we're going to be up to about 40, 45 miles an hour today. So I think, we may lose a few of the leaves that are just slowly beginning to not change color. But that obscision layer I talked about before is starting to weaken. But no, I don't know that. There's a timeline for each species. I'm not aware of one. It may exist, but I'm not aware of one. Matt Holiner: But I imagine that yeah, as that abssion layer gets a little bit weaker and weaker, it's more likely that a wind, it'll take less and less wind to actually blow them off of the tree so early on, it's going to really take maybe the 40, 45 miles per hour winds. But as you get later into the fall and those leaves are getting a little bit more wilted in the color, perhaps a little bit transitioning from that yellow to red, at least in some species, I guess it's more likely it's not going to take as much wind to blow it off. So that has a big, impact. Paul James: Sometimes it could be as calm as can be. And you'll still see the leaves, right? Yeah. Joe Martucci: Hey, Paul, I want to go back to something matt briefly touched on the first half. And as a lifelong Northerner, I still kind of fail. Paul James: Where are you? Joe Martucci: You know, some people tell me New Jersey. Every once in a while, they tell me I'm from New Jersey. Sean Sublette: I like to tease him that he sometimes lives in Central Jersey. Joe Martucci: Well, that's another story. Right? Paul knows about Central Jersey because his son went to Princeton smack dab in Central Jersey. I mean, he's pretty much an expert on this. Paul James: Lawrence Township. Elizabeth. Yeah, I know the area well. Joe Martucci: I grew up in the town next to Elizabeth Union, New Jersey, right down Broad, street over there. But anyway, maybe I'm asking this on behalf of all of our northern listeners, you know, down in the south, and I'm talking like, San Antonio or, maybe know there I've been down there in even January, and I still know leaves on the trees, or I've been there and they haven't. It just seems very finicky down, like far down south to me. How does that process work? Because obviously you're not getting the temperatures that you're getting up in the north, and you still have longer days as you go into October and November compared to places up north. So what determines the foliage process there? And when can those or do those leaves, if those leaves come off the trees? Paul James: I can't say with certainty, Joe. I can only conclude that, again, it's genetics. Weather certainly may play a role, but I would tend to think that genetics is the principal factor in those, Joe Martucci: Just because I feel like here in New Jersey and again, I'm not just saying New Jersey because I'm from New Jersey, but in the northeast. By about Christmas, these leaves are off the and then but in some places, I know when I've gone south, they're not off the trees. By maybe, you know, like you said, probably genetics. I don't know. I'm just asking the question. I'm genuinely curious, so I appreciate the answer. Paul James: We have years where on oaks in particular around here, where the leaves remain for months and months, well past what you would ordinarily expect to be the drop time. To me, that suggests that weather plays a role. I just don't know what that role truly is. What's particularly bad is when a lot of the trees hold their leaves for a longer period of time, and then we have an ice storm. Joe Martucci: Yeah, those early season ice storms are very impactful. Sure. Paul James: Yeah. The weight on those trees is just enormous. Joe Martucci: I mean, I'll even share something. We had, Superstorm Sandy come through in October 29 of 2012. As you could probably imagine, that's pretty close to peak foliage here. And the amount of just leaves I remember the day after it hit or two days after walking on my street, and it was just covered in leaves because everything got ripped off with the wind that we had gusts in the for hours on end. Paul James: Yes. The yeti brother. Joe Martucci: I knew I liked it. Paul. I mean New Jersey. We got the Yeti mugs. Life's good. Sean Sublette: Everybody loves the yeti mug. For sure. Paul James: they should be sponsoring the Dang podcast. Joe Martucci: Hey, Yeti, if you're listening, listen, we're all big fans here. And all the people who have New Jersey ties have the Yeti mug, including Sean. Sean Sublette: That's where I got it. I got it when I was in Jersey and it's lasted this. Joe Martucci: Know, they do say what Trenton makes the world takes Trenton being right next to yeah, I've seen that. It's a it's a very cool bridge, but I'll digress. I don't want to bore our listeners with Trenton, New Jersey. Kirsten Lang: This has turned into a Jersey pod, is what this has turned. Paul James: It. I like know there are places throughout the world where there is no fall color. I mean, if you've ever been to England in the fall, you will rarely see any fall color. Joe Martucci: Really? Paul James: in fact, one of the plants this is true one of the plants that is intentionally planted at the base of trees to provide fall color is poison ivy. Because it does produce spectacular fall color. Kirsten Lang: Really? Joe Martucci: I guess it better be good for something. Paul James: So what color does poison ivy turn magenta? It's really pretty. Wow. Kirsten Lang: Really? Even here? Paul James: Yes. Kirsten Lang: Really? Sean Sublette: Yes. Kirsten Lang: That's a dead giveaway because I've always gone by the leaves of three. Let it be or whatever it is. But if it's just turning magenta, well, then that's her giveaway not to touch it. Paul James: it's quite beautiful. I mean, if you're itching to plant it. Go ahead. Joe Martucci: I see what you did there. Kirsten Lang: Pun intended. Paul James: Sorry, there aren't that many gardening joke opportunities. Kirsten Lang: I want to ask a little bit. This is not quite as much fall foliage. That word always trips me up, but fall foliage related. But we talked once about leaf scorching here, and with overnight lows this happened when was it? Last summer. Overnight lows in particular were just so warm, and they were staying above 80 degrees here in Tulsa, and we were seeing leaf scorching that was happening. Can you explain a little bit about that and if that would impact the fall color in the coming seasons? Paul James: Yeah, the scorching can be the result of a couple of things. First of all, just intense sunlight can cause scorching. But what you're referring to is when our overnight temperatures at 11:00 at night, it's still the 90s. That can be devastating for plants because they need a chance to cool off at night. Cellular growth in plants actually takes place at night, so they need an opportunity to rest and chill, so that that cellular growth can take place. when it's that warm, it just doesn't happen. And a lot of people don't understand that. And there's nothing you can do about it, unfortunately. But, it can do a number on plants. We have a lot of plants here that are killed as a direct result of overnight temperatures being excessively warm. And it's really a drag to be out on the patio at 11:00 at night when it's 90 degrees. Kirsten Lang: I know. It's not like that today, though, in Tulsa, no, feels great. Did that, have any effect then, on the color that following fall? Paul James: It would almost certainly have to, simply because it is causing a disruption in cellular activity. So things won't be normal with that plant, and it could take it a full year to recover, if it recovers at all. So, yeah, I would think that would have a, negative impact on its ability to produce good but fall color. Matt Holiner: And Paul for people who have, trees in their yard, and they want to get the best color out of them possible. Have you come across any researcher in your years of gardening? Things people can do to help care for the trees, to perhaps give them a little bit of a boost to help that fall color a little bit? Paul James: No. Joe Martucci: We love being honest here. Kirsten Lang: Poison ivy. Poison ivy. Paul James: Maintaining good health in the tree means you're going to have to water routinely unless rains do the job for you. Fertilization is another component that is important to maintain good cellular growth, not disturbing the root system. Roots are key. All those things are going to combine to produce a healthier tree. And a healthier tree is more likely to do what you want it to do in fall, and they may produce that great color. Matt Holiner: I've heard some, talk about putting vitamins in your trees. Like they're things that you can be inserted around the base of the tree that supposedly gives them a boost. In addition to fertilizer, this was something that was occurring in San Antonio when I was growing up, how it improves the health of the trees. These, like, vitamin supplements for trees. Do you know anything about that? And does that really have an impact, or is that just more one of those things, like just something to get money out of people's hands? Paul James: Vitamins, I would suggest, are pure nonsense. But there is a fungus, a beneficial fungus. When gardeners hear the term fungus, they usually think, oh, no, it's terrible. No, there's some very beneficial fungi out there, in particular the mycorrhiza, of which there are numerous strains. But mycorrhiza are essential to plant growth and can really if you add mycorrhiza to your soil, it can go a long way toward helping any plant that grows, whether it's a tree or shrub or flowers. And what that is, it's a fungus that attaches itself to the roots and enables it's a symbiotic relationship. It helps the roots absorb nutrients more effectively. The vitamins are snake oil. Matt Holiner: That's good to know. One less thing to spend money on. I'm okay with that. Paul James: Yeah. Kirsten Lang: Well, Paul, thanks for joining us, today. We had a great time talking with you about leaves and about Jersey, because we got a lot of that in today. So thanks so much for being on. We really appreciated it. Paul James: I, thank you so much. This was a lot of. Kirsten Lang: Right. Paul James, you know, had so much information to give us just on the science behind changing leaves, how weather may or may not contribute to that, as well. But I agree with he's and I know Joe, you're going to say that he favored Jersey, but he did when we asked him the question, he did say what what was his favorite place? Joe Martucci: Colorado. Kirsten Lang: Colorado. I know. And it's so pretty out there. It really is. Joe Martucci: During the is it is. I just think in Colorado, right? Isn't it like mostly the yellow? Like there's not like a lot of oranges and reds, right? Isn't it mostly yellow out there? Kirsten Lang: There's not a lot of reds. I'm m with mainly I think those yellows from the aspens is what. Sean Sublette: You that's where my brain immediately goes is to the yellow gold aspens. Joe Martucci: Yeah. Which is nice. Kirsten Lang: Joe's getting defensive. Joe Martucci: I'll just stop it. It's nice. It's nice. Matt Holiner: I think one of my big takeaways is know, there's still a lot we don't know. There needs to be more research, especially as the climate is changing now we're seeing that temperatures aren't as cold as they used to be in the fall and we're experiencing more excessive rain events and drought events. And how do different species of trees respond to that? Because it seems to be not only different by region, but even the species of trees in those regions are impacted differently. So it's just an area that needs a lot more research. And again, it's one of those things that everybody talks about fall color and there's so much interest in it, but there's still a lot we don't know. So we look forward in the years to come to learning more and understanding more. Kirsten Lang: All right, and so what we've got coming up, next know, just kind of staying on this whole topic of seasons. We're going to talk a little bit about the winter weather outlook and what you can expect for the cold months coming up. So that's coming up next week. And Joe, if anybody wants to contact us and ask us questions, we would love to answer them. Joe, can you give them that contact information? Joe Martucci: Totally. So you can drop us a voicemail at 609-272-7099. That's 609-272-7099. And in the break offline, Matt was telling us that his mom is listening to the podcast. So hello to, I don't know, Renee. Matt Holiner: Renee. Joe Martucci: Renee. So hello to Renee. So, Renee, if you're listening and you want to give us a call 609-272-7099. It doesn't have to be Renee, it can be anybody. But we will. Sean Sublette: By the way, Renee, Matt is doing just the best job. We're so proud of him. Joe Martucci: Yes, we are. Matt Holiner: Thanks every day. Kirsten Lang: Such a smart kid. You did great. Is there an email too, Joe, in case someone feels like they want to email instead? Joe Martucci: Yeah, sure. That would be, podcasts@lee.net again. Podcasts, at lee L-E-E net. Kirsten Lang: Well, guys, thanks for joining us this week on across the sky. We loved having you, and we hope to see you back here next week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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SPOILERS! Now that the reviews are out, its time to get super spoilery! Thanks to PlayStation Australia, Ryan and Max are once again joined by Paul James from Player2.net.au to go no holds barred spoiler man. You have been warned.There is nothing left off the table in this deep dive into the story, characters, villians, […]

SPOILERS! Now that the reviews are out, its time to get super spoilery! Thanks to PlayStation Australia, Ryan and Max are once again joined by Paul James from Player2.net.au to go no holds barred spoiler man. You have been warned. There is nothing left off the table in this deep dive into the story, characters, villians, missions, and potential plans for the future. Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they fight to save the city, each other and the ones they love, from the monstrous Venom and the dangerous new symbiote threat. Explore an expansive Marvel's New York with faster web-swinging and the all-new Web Wings, quickly switching between Peter and Miles to experience different stories, epic new abilities and high-tech gear. Wield Peter's symbiote abilities and Miles' explosive bio-electric powers in battle against new and iconic Marvel Super Villains – including an original take on a symbiote-infused Venom, the ruthless Kraven the Hunter, the volatile Lizard, and more from the Marvel Rogues' Gallery. Feel the true power of Spider-Man in your hands! - Haptic feedback: experience the full force of Peter's and Miles' new abilities at your fingertips with responsive vibrations. - Adaptive triggers: master acrobatic moves, execute thrilling combos, and discover the breathtaking excitement of web-swinging traversal. Live the Super-Hero life! - Tempest 3D AudioTech: pinpoint the sounds of webs, bio-electric powers, bustling traffic, responsive New Yorkers, and dangerous enemy attacks.* - Stunning visuals: explore beautifully vibrant new environments and locations, including Brooklyn and Queens – as well as locations like Coney Island. Have a question PlayStation or gaming related you want Ryan and Max to discuss? Head on over to www.thepopculturists.com/questions and submit away. You can always comment below too! With over 40 years combined PlayStation gaming and over 5 years in games coverage, Ryan and Max felt that they would be perfect to throw their hats in the ring and join the greater PlayStation discussion. This weekly show will allow us to discuss the ins and outs of Sony's hardware, software, and relationships. Many thanks to PlayStation Australia, POEM Group, and the many other publishers and PR teams for their continued support of For The Players: The PopCulturists' PlayStation Podcast. Their support of the show allow us to get hands on with games, early access, event invites, and many things we require to make this the show that it is. Feel free to add the guys on Twitter: Ryan - HaggardMC Max - bepossessed101 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO PODCAST ON iTUNES and Spotify: iTunes: https://apple.co/2lEQhng Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2lDwqVA Want to subscribe? - https://goo.gl/DoHVzr Follow us: Patreon - www.patreon.com/thepopculturists Website - thepopculturists.com Facebook - facebook.com/ThePopCulturists Facebook Group - facebook.com/groups/ThePopCulturists Twitch - twitch.tv/thepopculturists Discord - https://discord.gg/sMKb6Vy Twitter - twitter.com/PopCulturists Instagram - instagram.com/thepopculturists Email - mail@thepopculturists.com #PlayStation5 #PlayStationPodcast #SpiderMan2PS5

As the saying goes, history often repeats itself. Could that also hold true when looking at the current state of the climate and where we may be heading? On this episode, the team talks with Dr. Michael Mann, the director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media and one of the world's leading experts on climate change. They discuss his new book, “Our Fragile Moment,” that examines Earth's climate history. Mann explains why the climate change we're currently experiencing is unique, why the next decade is so critical to our future climate, and what could happen to life on Earth if no action is taken. We want to hear from you! Have a question for the meteorologists? Call 609-272-7099 and leave a message. You might hear your question and get an answer on a future episode! You can also email questions or comments to podcasts@lee.net. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Sean Sublette: Hello once again, everybody. I'm, meteorologist Sean Sublette, and welcome to Across the Sky, our national Lee Enterprises weather podcast. Lee Enterprises has print and digital operations in more than 70 locations across the country, including in my home base in Richmond, Virginia. I'm joined by my colleagues from across the sky, Matt Holiner in Chicago, and Joe Martucci at the Jersey Shore. Kirsten Lang is out this week. Our very special guest this week is Dr. Michael Mann, director of the University of Pennsylvania Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media, and the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science. His latest book came out a couple of weeks ago called Our Fragile Moment. It goes through Earth's climate history to illustrate how we know what the current warming climate is without precedent in Earth's history. There is so much good stuff in this book. I could go on and on, but I really like the way he goes into paleo climate and helping us understand why we are at this moment in time and why he calls it Our Fragile Moment. And as a quick aside, in the book, he kind of alludes to, the police, the band The Police, and the, extinction of the dinosaurs and walking in your footsteps. So those of us of a certain age who remember that a good part of, you know, sting was the lead man of the police, and, Fragile was another song that Sting wrote. So this all kind of ties back into me. Here I am showing my age. but, guys, this is such a great conversation. What did you kind of take out of this? Joe Martucci: I think, you know, and just take a step back. I mean, Mike Mann is, I would say, one of the people who really put climate science on the map to the general public. So this is really a big interview that we have here. And, when you're listening, sometimes we're getting into the weeds, sometimes it's big philosophical questions. In fact, at the end, we talk about his thoughts on where our position as the human race is in the universe just by writing this book. So, it was a nice interview, and good to be with, Mike here. Matt Holiner: Yes, there are few people that are a bigger expert on climate change than Mike Mann. And so, yeah, we're honored to have him on the podcast. And what I like is how he talks about paleo climate, which is something that's starting to get a little bit of buzz now. I think everybody's accepted that, okay, the climate is changing now, but hasn't it changed in the past? And he does dive into that. Yes, it has changed, but what he points out is the change that we're undergoing right now is unique, and he. Joe Martucci: Points out why that is. Matt Holiner: And I really liked his discussion of that. Sean Sublette: Yeah, there is so much good stuff. So let's get right to it and start up with our interview with Dr. Michael Mann. Mike Mann, it is so good to have you on the across the sky podcast. Dr. Michael Mann writes a new book about climate change called ‘Our Fragile Moment' Sean Sublette: I want to jump right into this on this book, Our Fragile Moment. This is the 6th book. What I loved about this one is that it goes a lot deeper into understanding paleo climatology. For us real science geeks out there, it really gets into depth about how we know how we got to this fragile moment. So I wanted to start on the big picture. What motivated you to write this book now? Dr. Michael Mann: Yeah. Thanks, Sean. It's great to be with all of you. All three of you know, it's interesting, this is sort of where I got my start as, a climate scientist, Paleo Climate, the hockey stick curve that my co authors and I published. it's hard to believe now, but it's, two and a half decades ago, that graph became sort of this iconic symbol, in the climate change debate. And that's really how I sort of entered the fray. And so now, two and a half decades later, I decided, well, let's do a deeper dive, because the hockey stick only went back a thousand years. That's really shallow time, as we say in Paleo climate. We've got four plus billion years of Earth history to look at and let's see what we can learn from it. And so it's sort of a return to my roots, in a sense. I hadn't really written a book about paleo climate, even though it's where I started as a scientist. And there's another sort of driving force here as well, which, relates to my last book, The New Climate War, which is about sort of the challenges we face now as climate denial becomes almost untenable, because we can all sort of see the impacts of climate change playing out. Bad actors are using misinformation to delay transition off fossil fuels Dr. Michael Mann: But there are other tactics that bad actors are using to sort of delay the transition off fossil fuels. and one of them, ironically, is doom mongering. If they can convince us that it's too late to do anything about the problem, then why bother? And so I was seeing Paleo Climate, something that I hold dear. I was seeing paleo climate science. Weaponized. Now in the same way that climate deniers used to weaponize misinformation. I was seeing climate doomers weaponizing misinformation about paleo climate to convince us it's too late, that we're experiencing runaway warming. We are going to it's yet, another mass, extinction that we've set off that's unstoppable and we will all be gone in less than ten years. There were players out there, serious protagonists who have pretty large followings, who have been spreading that sort of misinformation. So I decided, let's reclaim paleo climate. Let's look at what the science actually says. And that was the purpose of the book initially, was to address some of those misconceptions that have been used to feed climate doomism. But in the process, I realized, well, no, there's a whole lot more to talk about. there are all sorts of lessons in 4 billion plus years of Earth history. Let's see what we can learn from it for sure. Sean Sublette: Before I turn it over to the other guys for questions, I want to talk a little bit more about that doomism concept. It's important to walk a line between urgency and agency, as you like to talk about, but get away from doomism. I'd like to point out I was actually talking to a Rotary Club earlier today, that there has been progress. Right. clearly there needs to be more, but I like to point out we're starting to phase out coal globally. So there are things going how do you walk that line in terms of this is important, we need to stay on it, showing that there's progress and not succumbing to doomism for folks who are kind of depressed about it. Dr. Michael Mann: Yeah, no, absolutely. And there's sort of two pieces to it. First of all, there is just the science. Like, does the science say that we've triggered unstoppable warming and nothing we do to reduce carbon emissions is going to make a difference? No, it doesn't. And I wanted to make that very clear. And no, the paleo climate record doesn't support that. the best available science, in fact, tells us now that the planet stops warming up when we stop adding carbon pollution to the atmosphere. So there's this direct and immediate impact, on the climate of our efforts to act here. There's another piece to it, though, which is sort of there's another sort of component to doismism, which is like, we're not going to get our act together. And you could argue that remains to be seen, that's at least Arguable, the science doesn't support runaway warming. It doesn't support that sort of side of doomism. But will we garner the will to tackle this problem? Only the, future will tell. But it's interesting because you mentioned Rotary Club. There are lots of reasons for optimism. Lots of reasons. Things that we can look at, where we can say we're making real progress, rotarians have really taken a leadership role on this issue. I've spoken to some Rotary Clubs, groups in the past, and the Youth Climate movement, right. I mean, just, there is all of this energy. I see. know I teach at the University Of Pennsylvania. Climate is probably the number one issue to these students today, to these gen zers. Now, some of them fall victim to climate anxiety and climate doomism. So it's really important for them to understand the agency part of that urgency and agency duality. But yeah, the science certainly doesn't support the notion that we can't do something about the climate crisis. And the paleo climate record certainly doesn't support that either. Joe Martucci: Hey, this is Joe and just want to thank you so much for coming on again. We really appreciate it. And best of luck to you and your, book here, Our Fragile Moment. More journalists are reporting on extreme weather events linked to climate change Joe Martucci: My question does partially relate to what you said about gen zers. And some people do have climate anxiety. And if you're young, you're impressionable you're getting content from a variety of different sources, right? More than ever before, when we talk about extreme weather events and parlaying this into climate change. Right. I feel like in the past five years, maybe three years, we've seen a lot of this recently. And I think, personally, from my perspective, it's good. It's always a good teaching moment to talk about the facts and to forecast the climate science. How do you feel, though, about journalists reporting on this, as opposed to meteorologists who are experts in their field? There's many great journalists all across the country. We know that. But just like I don't know everything about maybe astronomy, right. Journals may not be completely in sync with what's happening with some of these events. Dr. Michael Mann: I don't know if you could kind. Joe Martucci: Of give us where you fall on this and how you would like to see these extreme weather events being parlayed into coverage as we go forward. Dr. Michael Mann: Thanks, Joe. It's a great question. And, you were talking about young folks, and, I used to think of myself as a young person, and then today I realized that David Lee Roth is 69 years old. I finally forced to accept the fact that I am now old. But you're right, there is this, energy and passion, among young folks. And another part of what's going on is we're seeing the impacts of climate change now play out in a profound way in the form of these extreme weather events. And there's always sort of this delicate balance in the way we cover those events. You'll often hear people say, well, you can never blame any one, weather event, on climate change. and the thinking there has evolved quite a bit. We have detection and attribution. We can characterize how likely an event was to occur in the absence of climate change and how likely it was to occur. When we consider climate change and when we see that there's a huge increase when an event is a thousand year event without climate change, and it's suddenly a ten year event when we include climate change, then we can say, hey, the fact that we saw this is probably because we've warmed up the planet and we've made these sorts of events, these extreme heat waves, heat domes that we've been reading about, wildfires floods, superstorms. So there's this scientific machinery now that allows us to sort of characterize the impact that climate change is having on these events. But you're right. When you have trained meteorologists and climate experts who are familiar with that science, they're able to sort of frame it that way. When you have just sort of say, political journalists, journalists from other fields covering, the science, it's a quandary. It's very complicated because they're hearing conflicting things. They're hearing this. You can never blame any one event on climate change, but now they know that there is a way to try to characterize the impact that climate change is having. So I think there's some confusion among in the journalistic community right now. you also sometimes see it overplayed, right, where, like, every extreme event was caused by climate change. We can't say that it's like a loading of the dice. Sixes are going to come up anyways. The fact that they're coming up so often is because we've loaded those dice, by the warming of the planet. So it is a complicated topic, and it's difficult to even trained climate and meteorology, specialists, even for us, it can be sort of challenging to explain the science and how we're able to quantify the impact climate change is having on these events. And that means that it often gets very confused in the public discourse. And at the same time, I would say that we are seeing the signal of climate change now emerge from the noise in the form of these extreme weather events. And it's a lost opportunity for certain if we don't explain that to the public. And so I personally think that there has been sort of a shift towards journalists in general, recognizing that there is a relationship and mentioning that when they talk about these events, not as often as we might like them to do, but we do see much more of that now. Climate change is part of the conversation here. And that's a real game changer, because that's where the rubber hits the road. When people realize, oh, man, it's these devastating fires. I have a friend who lost a house, or I have people, I know who got flooded, by that storm. When people start to know people who have been impacted or who have been impacted themselves, when people have their own climate story to tell, it really changes the whole conversation. And I think we're seeing that shift. Matt Holiner: Hey, Mike, it's Matt, and I think you're right about the climate change just becoming a term that everyone is familiar with now. But I think the term that people aren't as familiar with that. Matt Holiner: You mentioned your book is Paleo climate. So when you're talking about paleo climate, how far back are you looking and what are you looking at to determine what the climate was thousands or millions of years ago? Dr. Michael Mann: So it's a matter of perspective, right? If you ask my daughter what's paleo climate LBO is like, those winters when you were growing up, that's paleo climate, to me, those 1970s winters. so it's always a matter of perspective. One person's paleo climate is another person's sort of recent, climate history. I focused a lot of my early work on the last thousand years where we could pull together all sorts of types of information to try to reconstruct in some detail how the climate had changed. but there are ways to go much further back. There are sediment cores. We can look at ancient, oxygen isotopes and reconstruct what ocean temperatures were and what, sea, levels were. so there's all of this wealth of information. And so what paleo climate really means, technically, it's anything that predates the historical era of the last couple of centuries where we actually have thermometer measurements or rain gauges measurements or what have you. Anything farther back than that, where we have to turn to indirect measures of climate like tree rings or corals or ice that becomes paleo climate. And so 1000 years that's paleoclimate. But a million years is paleoclimate and a billion years is paleoclimate. And the stories are so different on these different timescales. And the puzzles are all different. And each of these intervals, there are all of these events in Earth's climate history that I talk about in the book, and we can learn something from each of them. Snowball Earth. Yes, the Earth was once entirely covered in ice and unpacking. That tells us a lot about the dynamics of the climate system. the faint early sun. The great Carl Sagan recognized that the Earth should have been frozen 4 billion years ago, when life first emerged in the oceans. And we know it wasn't because there was liquid water, there was life. And he realized because the sun was only about 70% as bright back then, the Earth should have been frozen, but it wasn't. What, what's the explanation? How come there was an even stronger greenhouse effect? And it turns out that, gets us into sort of the Gaia hypothesis because there's this remarkable story where as the sun gradually gets brighter and the Earth should have got hotter and hotter, but it didn't because the greenhouse effect got weaker over time. And in just such a way that the planet's climate, with some exceptions, like snowball Earth, stayed within habitable bounds, within bounds, that are habitable for life. Why is that? that's a really interesting puzzle. And it turns out life itself plays a role in stabilizing the climate, the global carbon cycle, the oxygenation of the atmosphere. There are all of these things that life itself did to change the composition of our atmosphere and to change the dynamics of the planet. And amazingly, life works in such a way as to help keep the climate, Earth's climate, habitable for life. And so that's an interesting puzzle. There's a lot to learn from that as well. And that's a good thing, right? There are stabilizing factors within the climate system that helps us. There is a certain amount of resilience. And that's one of the arguments against doomism that we're getting some help from the behavior of Earth's climate. There's a m safety margin. There's a margin, where we can perturb the climate, and it will stay within habitable bounds. The problem and what makes this such a fragile moment is we're now sort of at the edge of that envelope of stability. And if we continue with business as usual, we continue to pollute the atmosphere with carbon pollution, we will leave that moment behind. We, will depart from the sort of climate upon which all of this societal infrastructure was built to support now a global population of more than 8 billion people. And that's the real threat today. Sean Sublette: All right, so we're going to take a quick break. We'll come back with a couple more key questions with Michael Mann on the across the sky podcast. Stay with us. Michael Mann talks about the chemistry that helps us reconstruct past climate Sean Sublette: And we're back with Dr. Michael Mann on the across the sky podcast. The new book is our fragile moment. It is a very deep dive, as they say, into paleo climatology, and why this particular moment in time is so crucial in the climate going forward. Mike, your expertise, obviously, is in paleo climates and all these things that we use geologically to reconstruct climate. A lot of us are familiar with the ice cores. also, these oxygen isotopes, those for the weather folks, are not quite as complicated. But, what I'd like to talk about a little bit, explain some of the chemistry that's involved, that help us tell us what the climate was like. When we look at ocean sediment cores, these are things that aren't classic atmospheric proxies, right? These are much more in the rocks, geological proxies, those stalagmites, stalactites, those kinds of things. Can you talk about what are we doing with these things in terms of chemistry that tell us what we need to know? Dr. Michael Mann: Yeah, so it's amazing. There are these paleothermometers, we sometimes, call them, and you think about ice, right? Ice is frozen water. That's h 20. And so there's an O in there. There's oxygen, atoms, in that ice. And it turns out that the ratio of heavy to light isotopes of oxygen there are two main stable isotopes of oxygen oxygen 16 and oxygen 18. And the ratio, of them is a function of, the temperature. And when you form precipitation, when you condense water vapor into a droplet, there is what we call fractionation, where the heavy and the light isotopes behave differently during that process. That's true for evaporation, it's true for condensation. And so if you think about what's going on an ice core, you're drilling down in the ice, and that ice got there because it snowed at some point. And that snow was condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. And that water vapor originally came from the evaporation from the ocean surface. And so at each stage, we have what's called a fractionation, where you're getting some sort of separation between the behavior of oxygen 16 and oxygen 18. The bottom line is, because of that, we can say things about ancient sea level from oxygen isotopes in sediment cores. We can say something about temperature from oxygen isotopes in sediment cores. We can say something about temperature from ice in ice cores on land. And it isn't just oxygen. We can look at carbon isotopes because there's carbon twelve and carbon 13, two different stable isotopes of carbon. And that allows us, for example, to figure out, what happened with carbon dioxide, and what happened with ocean acidification, how much CO2 there was, dissolved in the ocean. In fact, if you really want to get into it, we can estimate the PH of the ocean from other isotopes, boron isotopes. And I'm not going to get into the chemistry of that. But the bottom line is there are all of these amazing we call them proxy data. It's almost like nature provided us a way to sort of solve this puzzle of what happened in distant past. Almost like we were given, clues. It's like, well, I'm going to give you these isotopes, and if you're smart, and if you figure out the chemistry and the physics, you will be able to figure out what happened to sea level, what happened to ocean temperatures, what happened to the amount of ice, what happened to the acidity of the ocean. All of these things that are very relevant to how carbon pollution is impacting our environment today. Matt Holiner: And Mike, I think we've reached a point now where everybody acknowledges that the climate is changing. It took us a long time to get here, but I think we've reached that point. But what people are pointing out now is that, as you're talking about with paleo climate, the Earth's climate has changed many times over the years, warming and cooling. So what makes the climate change that we're experiencing now unique compared to the past? Dr. Michael Mann: Yeah, it's a great question, because we can certainly find times in the distant past when carbon dioxide levels, greenhouse gas levels, carbon dioxide being the main sort of greenhouse, gas that varies over time. They were higher than they are today, and global temperatures were warmer than they are today. During the Early Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were wandering the polar regions of the planet. There was no ice on, the face of the Earth. We've seen Earth go from ice covered to ice free. So we know there are times when it's been much colder than today. And there are times when it's been considerably warmer than today. So then the question is, all right, well, then what makes climate change such a problem? Because even if we warm the planet, with carbon pollution, we're not going to get up to those Early Cretaceous levels. Well, actually, if we tried really hard, we could. If we extracted every bit of fossil fuels we could find, we could do that. Why? Because all of that carbon that was in the atmosphere slowly got deposited beneath the surface of the Earth in what we today call fossil fuels, ancient carbon, organic carbon that got buried in soils or shells that fell to the bottom of the ocean. Carbon that was in the atmosphere, got buried beneath the surface of the planet and came down from those very high early Cretaceous levels, over 100 million years. Due to those natural processes, carbon dioxide levels came down. Well, what we're doing now is we're taking all that carbon that got buried over 100 million years beneath the surface and we're putting it back into the atmosphere, but we're doing it a million times faster. We're taking carbon that was buried over 100 million years and we're putting it back up in the atmosphere over 100 years. And so I sometimes say if I was going to write a slogan for this, it would be, it's the rate, stupid. We all remember, it's the economy, stupid. I think we're old enough some of us are old enough to remember that was sort of a political sort of logo. Well, it's the rate, stupid. Which is to say it's not so much how warm the planet is or, what the CO2 levels are. It's what climate are you adapted to and how rapidly are you moving away from that climate. Because we have developed this massive societal infrastructure over a 6000 year period. Civilization, I talk about sort of the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia, 6000 years was the first true civilization. And it turns out global temperatures were remarkably stable for six, seven, 8000 years during which we developed all of this infrastructure that supports eight plus billion people. And we are dependent on the stability of that climate and its ability to continue to support that infrastructure which we've created. And if we're rapidly changing the climate and moving out of that window of variability during which we created civilization, that's a real threat. If the warming exceeds our adaptive capacity and it exceeds the adaptive capacity of other living things, life has learned to adapt to, climate changes that take place over tens of millions of years. That's pretty easy. Adapting to climate changes of similar magnitude that take place over tens of years, that's much more difficult. And again, what makes it so fragile, such a fragile moment for us is that we have leveraged the number of people who can live on this planet, what we call the carrying capacity of the planet. We've probably leveraged it by a factor of ten. Through our technology, through our infrastructure. We can support eight plus billion people because we have all of this infrastructure, agricultural infrastructure, engineering. But it's fragile, right? Because if the planet warms dramatically and that infrastructure no longer remains viable, then we can no longer support that elevated carrying capacity. Then we revert to the natural carrying capacity of the planet, which is maybe a billion people. And you think about that. The planet without our infrastructure, without our technology, probably can't support more than a billion people. We've got more than 8 billion people. That's why we can't afford to destabilize the infrastructure that supports human civilization today. And that's what dramatic warming, that's what unmitigated climate change will do. How does studying Paleo climatology make you see our place in the universe? Joe Martucci: John said, I had the last question here, so I'll wrap up with this. how does studying Paleo climatology and maybe even writing this book make you see our space or our race as humans in this universe? Because a lot of what you're talking about, you said Fragile Rights, the name of the book. How do you see our place in the universe, given what you've studied over the decade? Dr. Michael Mann: Thanks. It's a great question. and it's something I get into a little bit. Have some fun. At one point, we do some thought experiments. Some thought experiments, like, what if in one of the chapters, which is on, an episode of rapid warming, and by rapid warming, we mean, like, over 10,000 or 20,000 years rapid on geological timescales. Nothing like what we're doing today. But there was this period of relatively rapid warming, about 56 million years ago. We call it the PETM. Stands for the Paleocene eocene thermal maximum. It just rolls right off the tongue. And it was this period during which there was a massive injection of carbon dioxide into the system. Obviously, there weren't SUVs, and there weren't coal fired power plants. This was a natural input of volcanism through unusually intense volcanic eruptions, centered in Iceland, that tapped into a very carbon rich reservoir and put a very large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over a relatively short period of time. And so it turns out that you can ask the question, can we rule out the possibility that there was an intelligent civilization back then that went on this massive fossil fuel burning spree and basically extinguished themselves? And my good friend Gavin Schmidt, who's the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has written a paper and has written some popular, essays about this idea because of the Silurian hypothesis. and it's basically imagine lizard people who existed 56 million. How can we rule out that that's what happened? And I grew up watching the land of the lost. And, Gavin, around the same time he was in Britain, and I think it was Dr who had a similar that's where the Silurian there were, like, these reptile beings, that basically destroyed their environment. And so it's a really interesting question. Can we rule that out? And in the process of trying to rule that out, it actually raises some really interesting questions about, what are the conditions for life? Do intelligent civilizations extinguish themselves naturally? this is sometimes called the Fermi paradox. it was something that Carl Sagan thought about if the universe is teeming. With life? How come we're not hearing from them? How come we're not getting radio signals? And it turns out you can look at all of the different how many planetary systems are there in the universe? You can sort of try to do the math and figure out how many intelligent civilizations you might expect there to be in the universe based on various assumptions. And it turns out the defining problem, all the uncertainty comes down to when intelligent civilizations emerge, how long do they persist for? Do they extinguish themselves? And that would be one explanation of Fermi's paradox. Obviously, it's very personal to us. We don't want to think that, we are on our own way to self caused extinction. So there's some deep questions there. When you look at Paleo Climate and you look at some of these past episodes, you can start to ask some larger questions that tap into these deeper philosophical questions about our place in the universe. is there life elsewhere in the universe? The thinking that you go through turns out to be very relevant to the thinking that you need to go through for, Know. And the punchline is, Adam. I'm going to draw a blank on his, so, he's a well known astrophysicist, and writes about the search for extraterrestrial life. Adam and I'm drawing a blank on his last name, which is very embarrassing. I'm, sure he'll watch this and be very upset at me. but, he actually came to Gavin because he was interested in the search for extraterrestrial life and asking some questions about climate change and climate change on other planets. and could that explain why we're not hearing from other civilizations? Because they cause climate change and they extinguish themselves. And, Adam Frank is his name, and he's a well known sort of, science communicator, astrophysics search for extraterrestrial, sort of continuing the legacy of Carl Sagan and the Planetary Society and the sorts of questions that they were asking. So he came to Gavin, who's a climate modeler, and know, I want to work on, know, figuring out if climate change could have been what caused these other potential civilizations elsewhere in the universe to extinguish themselves. And then Gavin says, how do we know that that didn't happen on Earth? And they go through this amazing sort of thought experiment, and it turns out it's hard at first blush to rule out that that's what happened. For example, the PETM. It takes quite a bit of work to convince yourself that it couldn't have been ancient lizard people that burned, fossil fuels. and so, yeah, so there's a lot you can learn from what are seemingly silly thought experiments that actually start to get at some pretty deep questions about us and our place in the universe. Sean Sublette: We know not all questions are silly. What plate tectonics has only been around for about 100 years or so. And everybody kind of thought, well, that was silly at the time. Dr. Michael Mann: Mike, we're going to stickers stop plate tectonics bumper stickers. Sean Sublette: Yeah, we're going to let you go. But, again, the book is our fragile moment. Social media is a mess nowadays, but where's the best place people can find you digitally and online? Dr. Michael Mann: Well, they can still find me on, what are we calling it this day? X. that's what it's called this week. But, I've sort of diversified. You can find me pretty much on all of the major social media platforms now. I'm still on Twitter. X, and, Instagram and mastodon and Blue, sky, and I'm forgetting threads. It's like, now we've got to be so diversified because we're no longer confident we can rely on the one that we were all relying on for so long. But, yeah, I'm out there and people can find me at WW Michaelman Net. So, yeah, it was great talking with you guys and I, hope to do so again. Sean Sublette: Mike, appreciate it so much. Take care. travel safely. Good luck promoting the book. and it's great. I mean, I've read it. It's just wonderful. And also, I will say this publicly. Thanks for the little shout out at the back, my friend. Dr. Michael Mann: Thank you, my friend. It was great talking with you guys. Sean Sublette: Those are some very deep answers, guys. where is our place in the universe and this concept of lizard people from 50 OD million years ago. and the things you will go down the road you will go down when you start doing these thought experiments. But for me, the importance here, I think what Mike said is the pace of the warming is without precedent. What we're doing is happening so fast, it is going to be difficult to adapt. Some things are going to adapt more easily than others. And that's why this moment in time is so particular. Yeah, it's been warmer in the past, but our civilization, which is increasingly global over these last 2000, 3000 years in particular, last couple of hundred years, where the population has just blossomed, really kind of dependent on the climate that we have out there now. Guys, what do you think? Joe, what did you kind of take away from? Joe Martucci: Well, you know, anytime we talk about our place in the really, I don't know, just really focused on the topic because it does make you think about in some ways, how small we are relative to everything. And not just even planet Earth and the spec of the universe, but also human life in the span of the Earth's long, long history. And like he also said a few minutes before that question, it's the rate of change of the warming that's unique. I say this a lot of times when I do public talks. I said, listen, yeah, we've been warmer than we've been before, we've been colder than we've been before. But barring like an asteroid or some cataclysmic event, this is the only time we're really changing at such a rate. and there's facts and forecasts, and then there's what to do or not to do about it. And that's where your beliefs come in. But there's no denying that the rate of change, a lot of this is significant and something we haven't seen really in the scope of human history. And beyond that, the Earth's history, again, minus the early millions, billion, two or four years, when the Earth was really trying to just get itself together, for lack of a better word. And in some of these asteroid or supervolcano events, it happened as well. Matt Holiner: I would say this was a humbling conversation, because also at the end, when he was talking about why haven't we encountered other intelligent life? And then the comment that stood out to me is like, maybe it has existed, but because of their actions, resulted in their own extinction, and are we headed down that path? And is that why we haven't encountered intelligent life? And then, the other comment that he made is when he was talking about carrying capacity, and now the Earth has a population of 8 billion. But you take out our technology, and what we could see if we continue on this path, if the climate continues. To the rate the change that it's. Matt Holiner: Experiencing now, that carrying capacity could drop to a billion. And then you think, you think about going from a population of 8 billion people to 1 billion, 7 billion people disappearing. That makes the hair stand your, arms and to think about could we result in our own extinction by our actions? And when you hear that, you want to say, let's not make that mistake, let's do something about this. Because again, the other comment was it's the rate stupid? And he talks about, yes, climate has changed in the past. And that's what some people keep coming out. It's like, well, what's the big deal if the climate has changed the past? We're just going through another cycle, but it's never changed at this pace and. Joe Martucci: We can't keep up. Matt Holiner: He also talked about the planet has taken care of itself. When the sun became stronger, the greenhouse effect decreased. And so there has been that the Earth has all these protections in place to kind of keep the climate in balance. But we're breaking that. We're breaking these natural protections. That's why he calls it our fragile moment. Because if we continue at this pace, the Earth isn't going to be able to heal itself. And so we have to take action to make sure we don't lose 7 billion people. So, again, we don't want to talk about the doomism. So it's a fine balance, though, because we absolutely have to take action, but know that we can take action. This is not hopeless. We still have time to fix this. Problem, so let's get on it. Sean Sublette: Yeah, as he says, there is urgency, but there is also agency. So I think that that's the quote that I like from him, most of all. So as we look to some other episodes coming down the pike, a little bit less heady. coming up next week, we've got Paul James of HGTV. We're going to look at the science of changing leaves. We are thick into, the fall right now, the leaves changing from north to south across the country, and we're also working in the background to bring you a broader winter forecast. We're still turning a couple of knobs on that, but we're working on that. I'll be talking to Neil degrasse Tyson in a few weeks. We'll bring that to the podcast. also I've talked to a couple of colleagues, the fifth national climate assessments coming out, and we're going to say, well, what does that mean and why should we care? We'll answer those questions. we've got one more, Joe. you've got somebody coming in from Ohio State, right? Joe Martucci: Yeah, we do. That's coming up in a couple of weeks. That's for your, November 6 episode. We're speaking with Dr. Lawrence Sutherland, and it's tips prepare older loved ones in case of natural disasters or extreme weather. I've covered this topic a, number of times for the press of Atlantic City, where I'm based out of shout out to everybody listening Jersey, but talking about, some of the challenges our senior citizens are having when there are these kind of extreme weather events. so that should be really good. I'm looking forward to that one, too. And that one comes out on November. Sean Sublette: So we have got a lot of good stuff in the pipeline in the weeks ahead, but for now, we're going to close up shop. So for Joe Martucci at the Jersey Shore. Matt Hollner in Chicagoland. I'm meteorologist Sean Subletz at the Richmond Times dispatch. We'll talk with you next time. Thanks for listening to the across the sky podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thanks to PlayStation Australia, Ryan and Max have been lucky enough to spend time with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 before release. They are joined by Paul James, from Player2.net.au, to chat about Insomniac Games’ latest incredible release. Spider-Men Peter Parker and Miles Morales face the ultimate test of strength inside and outside the mask as they […]

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We all use weather forecasts to help get us through our days and plan ahead. The same is true for corporations. Whether it's for planning outdoor maintenance or business continuity, weather forecasts play an important role in day-to-day operations. Mark Elliot, the principal meteorologist for AT&T, has his hands full helping a major telecommunications company maintain operations in any conditions. Before joining AT&T, Elliot spent the first two decades of his career as an on-camera meteorologist at The Weather Channel. Though different, it turns out the two jobs have a lot in common. In this episode, Elliot shares stories about his time at The Weather Channel, discusses what he does in his current role for AT&T, and explains why meteorologists are becoming an essential part of more and more companies. We want to hear from you! Have a question for the meteorologists? Call 609-272-7099 and leave a message. You might hear your question and get an answer on a future episode! You can also email questions or comments to podcasts@lee.net. About the Across the Sky podcast The weekly weather podcast is hosted on a rotation by the Lee Weather team: Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. Episode transcript Note: The following transcript was created by Headliner and may contain misspellings and other inaccuracies as it was generated automatically: Joe Martucci: Welcome back, everybody, to another episode of, the Across the Sky Podcast, a Lee Enterprises podcast. We appreciate you listening, whether it's on your favorite podcast platform or on your favorite local news website. We are talking about the phone companies in weather. Believe it or not, phone companies hire meteorologists. And we thought there would be no better person to talk to than then Mark Elliot, who is the principal meteorologist for AT&T, of course, one of the country's biggest phone companies here. He's also been on the Weather Channel for nearly 20 years. You can still see him there on occasion. And join with me to interview him. We have Matt Holiner in the Midwest and Sean Sublette down in Richmond, Virginia. Kirsten Lang is out for today. Guys, how's it going? Matt Holiner: Going pretty good. Yeah. Matt Holiner: I really enjoyed this interview because I got to reconnect with Mark a little bit. I actually got a chance to work with him in my, brief summer internship at the Weather Channel in the summer of 2013. And, he was typically in the afternoons. I was most often in the mornings, but I got to work all the shifts, so I did get a chance to work with him there. It was good talking about the experience of being at the Weather Channel because it is just an amazing place if you're a meteorologist to work at. But also hearing why he made the shift from being at some would call it a dream job at the Weather Channel to working for At T, and the change that came with that. It was a really interesting conversation. Sean Sublette: Yeah, I like that as well. The things that he learned at the Weather Channel, how he was able to apply those and his new job and the rationale for making the jump and just trying to understand, well, why does AT&T need a meteorologist? And once you stop to think about all the hardware that's scattered all about the country and it's outside, then it all begins to add up. But, yeah, so he has a lot of interesting things to say about that. So it's a good episode. Joe Martucci: Yeah, good episode. We're excited to show you here. So let's dive into it. Mark Elliot is principal meteorologist at AT&T Joe Martucci: You're listening to Mark Elliot on the across the sky podcast. We are here with our special guest for today on the across the sky podcast. Mark Elliot, principal meteorologist at at and T, which we're going to talk plenty about. You may know him from the Weather Channel, where he has spent nearly 20 years in front of the camera talking to audiences all across the country. He's still doing some freelance work. Now, he is a graduate of Rutgers University, which I might just say is the best university on the planet. But we'll let other people decide that one. And got his master's of science at, Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech. Mark, thanks for coming on the podcast. We appreciate it. Mark Elliot: My pleasure. Thanks for the invite, guys. Joe Martucci: Yeah, no, absolutely. We're looking forward to diving into everything. Corporate meteorology is a growing, exploding part of the field Joe Martucci: But I do want to ask this, because and I'm even thinking about this know, if I put my non weather hat on. Why would AT&T need a meteorologist? What are you doing there? I, know it's important work, but can you explain what's going on? Where did the motive to have a meteorologist at AT&T come? Mark Elliot: And, you know, even stepping back from, like, not necessarily anything specific to my current job at AT&T corporate meteorology is a growing, exploding part of the field. That these companies are realizing that it is a strategic advantage, it's a monetary advantage to have forecasters, to have meteorologists with experience that can talk about these complicated patterns, complicated science, and put it onto the company level, talking about how weather will directly affect them. It's slightly different from what you'd get from, the National Weather Service or from a National Weather Channel. It's more those places, while they have access to where the weather will be, don't necessarily have the same access to the company's internal data of where their stuff is, what's there, what's important, how are each one of those assets affected by the weather? And once you start thinking about it that way, it makes a lot of sense for companies big and small to have some sort of weather connector, weather service of some kind that is giving them information, and AT&T recognized that as well. Joe Martucci: How many people work? Are you the only meteorologist there? Do you have a team? How does that work? Mark Elliot: We're a small but mighty team. I'm not the only one, but, it's one hand or less that is, making up, the lot. We do a lot of work with just a small number of people. We're talking about United States, Mexico, areas around the world where there might be data connections under the ocean. Yeah. It's a global reach, as you can imagine, for a company with that name. Sean Sublette: Yeah, for sure. Mark, one of the things, and again, I don't want you to give away any kind of secrets or anything like that, because I think in our own minds, we can understand. Okay, well, anything from space weather, of course, affects communications, as well as heavy precipitation, or any other kind of thing that affects telecommunications. That's kind of where my mind is. And as you alluded to, this is becoming a growing field. We already know that this has happened a lot in the financial industry, in the energy industry over the last ten to 20 years. In particular, use that information to leverage your position against your competition. How does the weather affect a telecommunications company like AT&T? Sean Sublette: what other kinds of things, without you giving away too much, how does the weather affect a company like AT&T or any telecommunications company? over what I kind of mentioned. Mark Elliot: Yeah. And you're right. you're right and more right. Almost every type of extreme weather could have an extreme impact. And so it's our job to basically forecast the risk. It's not necessarily a weather forecast, it's a risk forecast. And then we have other teams that go out there, and they are trying to take that information and mitigate or minimize that risk as much as possible. So, first things first. It's about for these companies, companies big and small, that have corporate meteorology. It's about protecting the people, right? You want to make sure your people know what they're getting into day by day. So first on the list is people. Second is probably places the assets that are fixed and are out there, whether those are buildings, whether those are communication towers. In my case, any type of weather that could affect something sticking up into the air, whether that's a building or a tower or anything else. And obviously, you don't need me to tell you what that might be. Lightning, tornadoes, extreme wind, flooding, all really important to those fixed assets. And then there's mobile assets, things that are moving around. Whether it's company fleets, they need to know what they might be driving into. it's really far and wide, I would say. I think a lot of corporate meteorologists and AT&T included, we focus a lot on Tropics because they are such big players when they come into an area. But also wind in general, strong wind can have an outsized influence. Tornadoes, while really important, as we know, are really small scale. And so they often can be really troublesome and problematic and destructive in those local areas. But for a national scale, they might not be as important, right? It's all about perspective and what that individual company needs at the time. How do you handle the lightning situation with all these cell phone towers? Matt Holiner: And Mark, I'm curious about the lightning, because I would imagine the most common thing that you might have to deal with are just general thunderstorms. Not necessarily severe thunderstorms, but just regular thunderstorms that have lightning and all those cell phone towers. So what goes into the forecast? And, are there any special preparations to try and protect those towers ahead of time? And then what happens when those towers inevitably do get struck by lightning? How do you handle the lightning situation with all these cell phone towers sticking way up in the sky, certainly attracting some lightning, right? Mark Elliot: They're big, tall, pointy objects. And it's what we've always said, like, don't be the tallest object out in the field, and yet that's what towers are. That's what our buildings are. and so we use the same technology that any tall building would have. There is lightning, mitigation on top of these tall, pointy objects, just like the Empire State Building is struck multiple times a year, and yet the building is still there. A lot of these towers have lightning rods of some kind in order to ground them. So that the charge can flow through and not destroy everything. But there's also always all kinds of alerts that go off if things go wrong. And so then the tech teams can go back out there and figure out what went wrong and fix it up. Meteorologists are constantly monitoring the weather across the country Joe Martucci: So this sounds to me is this like a 24/7 kind of job where you guys are always looking out for what's happening across I'm assuming the whole country, right? Mark Elliot: The weather doesn't really stop right for that's true weekends and holidays and you know what you're getting into when you sign into this field. We are not really staffed 24/7, but we're also not staffed either. I mean, when it's a big event, we're going to be up watching it anyway. So we might as well be helping the company through it, kind of thing. US meteorologists, we get not excited, but we study this. We want to see what's happening when big weather happens. And so if we were going to be up watching it, we're going to be forecasting for it, kind of thing. If people in the business are interested enough in it, you better believe the meteorologists in the business are interested in it too. But what I will say is that a lot of our work happens very early. I'm not a morning person by nature. I don't know if you can see it in my eyes or hear it in my voice. But we start roughly 05:00 A.m. Every day in order to get the bulk of our forecasting work and risk analysis done before other decision makers get up and start making their plans because the weather affects those plans. And so my busiest time of the day is often that five to eight a M Eastern time frame. And yet the company doesn't work on those hours. And so there will still be meetings and special projects and all kinds of stuff for someone on the West Coast after their lunchtime and next thing you know it you've hours. You know, it's it's not a job that has fixed nine to fives. It's not an easy role to slide into if that's the goal. Are you doing longer term climate risk also as a company? Sean Sublette: So let me jump in next we talk about those short term threats, whether it's a, ah, winter storm, ice, snow, wind, lightning, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, all that stuff. But are you kind of evolving also into a longer term climate risk? Like, hey, we've got these assets on the coastline or near the coastline. Are we worried about those for 10, 15, 20 years? Are you doing kind of this longer term climate risk also? Mark Elliot: As a company, yes. As me, not as much. I'm involved in some of those discussions. But there's an entire other team that is looking at long term climate risk. In fact, there's some great partnerships with AT&T and argum National Labs putting out publicly available climate risk down to the location. So it's called Climar Climber Climmrr. And it's publicly available. It's from AT&T Labs, basically At T's Innovators and the Argon National Laboratory. And you can put in, an address if you have a building, if you have your home, and you want to know what the climate risk may be there, for that location in the years to come. We've made it available because we think that should be a public good, as AT&T made that choice to put that out there for everybody. And then, of course, we use that data both in short and long term ways. We can use it in the short term to be kind of an extra data point. If we're looking at flooding, like, will this cause flooding to our assets? Well, we can take one more piece of data. Know, you have the Ero from the Weather Prediction Center. You might have the flood risk from FEMA as part of your decision making, but maybe you also bring in the Argon National Laboratory. And it's saying in 50 years there's pretty much no risk here because of local elevation or because of small scale changes that might be even more fine tuned than your FEMA data. That can help us lower or raise even a current day's forecast of risk at a location. So we're using it. And then, of course, for long term site picking, if you had a choice of putting a new building here or here, and one of them is saying, this is going to be underwater in 20 years, and one is saying it's not. That's an added piece of data that you can start to use the data. Part of this is really important in the long run. Mark Elliot: Trying to communicate risk in Mexico was a challenge for me Matt Holiner: So, Mark, besides the early mornings and the occasional long hours, what would you say is the most challenging part of your job? Mark Elliot: Oh, challenging part. I mean, I didn't do a lot of international, forecasting at the Weather Channel. Right. It was very much us. Based. Trying to figure out the right way to communicate risk in Mexico was a challenge for me because I'm not a Spanish speaker. if you're doing forecasts internationally, you don't have the same kind of available data that you would be used to using if you were looking at a front approaching the US. Or coming through the US. Watching typhoons in the West Pacific was not really in my day to day, and now it, was, I'd argue, interesting and a new challenge because of it. Matt Holiner: And is there any part of the world that AT&T is not concerned about? Or do you literally have to look. Mark Elliot: Across the whole globe? Matt Holiner: Or is there some area that you can say, you know what, we can skip that part of the forecast. Mark Elliot: It's different. we care about it differently. I'm not spending a lot of time in, say, Central Europe, but we know those patterns influence what happens downstream, and eventually it comes to us anyway. So if you're not at least paying attention to where there's big pattern changes know, really life threatening weather. Communication is life saving. And so if we have the ability to help a community because of destructive weather, AT&T is probably going to be there in some way. And once our people are there, we're forecasting spot forecasts for wherever they are. So if the weather gets bad enough and our people are going to help, whether it's reestablished communication or whatever the case may be, we're also involved so that while they're there, they're getting spot forecasts from, us. Joe Martucci: Awesome. Well, we're going to take a brief break here and we'll come back on the other side with more from Mark Elliot on the across the sky podcast. Mark Elliot started at The Weather Channel right after graduating from Rutgers Joe Martucci: And we are back with the across the sky podcast hosted by the Lee Enterprises weather team. I'm here with Matt Holliner and Sean Sublick. Kirsten Lang could not be with us today. Mark Elliot is with us here. He is our guest for today principal, meteorologist at AT&T and longtime meteorologist at the Weather Channel. We'll dive into this a little bit, so, and correct me if I'm wrong, Mark, I think you started at The Weather Channel right after Rutgers. Is that true? Mark Elliot: It is, pretty rare. Joe Martucci: That's what I was going to get into, because from my perspective as a meteorologist, the Weather Channel is like the I just, it always feels like something you work towards for a while and you get that moment. I mean, it's great you started there right off the bat, but I have to ask, how did you do it? Mark Elliot: Yeah. So, it's a combination of really hard work and a little bit of luck. I mean, let's face it, it requires a little bit of both. Joe Martucci: Yeah. Mark Elliot: I will credit Rutgers as you should. Go ahead, Joe, jump in there. Joe Martucci: All right, we got an R. We got an. Mark Elliot: Yeah. Joe Martucci: Yeah. Mark Elliot: I will credit Rutgers and Rutgers meteorology for really giving me the opportunity to be able to be seen by the Weather Channel. So here's how this went in kind of a short form version. So at Rutgers, and I guess before and after I was a bit of an overachiever, I did the double major program at Rutgers, which meant that my electives were things like organic chemistry for fun. Joe Martucci: I'll tell you why, you know, as well as imark organic chemistry at Rutgers is not an easy class. I know a lot of people who took it and did not do so well on the first go around on that. So that's a toughie at Rutgers. Mark Elliot: Non a grades at Rutgers. I, mean, it wasn't too far down, but I had a, huge GPA, I had two different majors, and I did all of these internships while at Rutgers. At Rutgers sanctioned and helped organize. So I had a TV internship at News Twelve New Jersey. I had a National Weather Service internship at Mount Holly at the New Jersey office. I was doing research within, or at least data collection and analysis. I don't know if I'd really call it research, looking back on it, but for the Rutgers Pam site, so the photochemical assessment, monitoring. So I was getting into field work and figuring out what the big profilers did and what they meant and all this and that was all through Rutgers at the same time. The Rutgers Meteorology Club and kind of my year and right around my year, of being there were the first ones to really organize and start sending student groups to the American Meteorological Society conferences and the student conference in particular. So I saw a table at a conference for the Weather Channel for student internships, and I gave them my resume, which also had know, Weather Watcher, right? The Re weather watcher program, which is TV. It had radio experience from WRSU because I worked, on there and was doing their news team weather reports occasionally. So I had all this stuff on the resume, and I handed it into a summer internship, thinking like, oh, my gosh, ah, this is going to be so amazing. And I didn't even hear a no, right? And I didn't get a yes no, much less a yes. I heard nothing. And I'm like, well, I got nothing. And I'm about to graduate senior year. And I am internally, and rather externally, I think, also panicking. my friends were signing up for grad schools. They knew what they wanted to research. They were getting job offers. They were moving. And I was just applying to job after job after job and not even hearing no's, still nothing. And I applied to National Weather Service Puerto Rico. I was like, I'll learn Spanish. That's not what they wanted, right? But I was applying to anywhere because I liked all things weather. I didn't have a focus. I think that actually hurt me a little bit. I wasn't like, I'm only looking at tropical things. I'm going to go to grad school for tropical meteorology, and I'm going to work at CSU and do long range forecasting. There wasn't a goal like that because I just wanted to be in the field. I just wanted to do something weather. So I was about to graduate, and my in room dorm phone rang. and my roommate answered, thinking it was a joke or a prank or whatever, because somebody called saying they were from the Weather Channel. And once he realized it was real, he changed his tone a bit and got me the phone. And it was for a because I had Rutger's Radio, the WRSU experience, on my resume. it floated around the building for, I think, about a year and a half. And somebody was going on maternity leave. And they said, do you want this job? It starts in August. There is no moving expenses. There is no help finding a place to live. It goes from August to November. It is four days a week max. It is 35 hours a week max. There is no benefits. You cannot work at the month of December or else it triggers you to be full time and you're not allowed to be. So it's literally this, do you want it? And I said yes, I do. And so I went to the Weather Channel for a part time job in radio and stayed 18 years, is the long and short of it. Joe Martucci: Wow, that's incredible on a lot of fronts there. Because even still, even with the WRSU, which is great, I feel like, to get it, as I'm sure a wide pool of applicants, is a big testament to your skills and everything you've done. And obviously, you made a very long career out of it, being there for 20 years, and even still freelancing there now, what's it like working there? I've never been there. I know where it is, but I've never been there. When you're there, does it just feel like, special? Because for the people who are listening, for a lot of us meteorologists, you grew up watching The Weather Channel because you didn't really know anybody who was interested in weather growing up. That was the same for me. I knew nobody that was going to be a meteorologist in their career until I went to Rutgers. So when you get there, is it just like, wow, I made it? Is that how it feels? Mark Elliot: In many ways, at least I always did. I always got that thrill putting on the blue jacket, right? There was something about I didn't care what time it was when I went into the field, you put on that blue coat and you're walking down the hallway of a hotel with no power, and you're like, you got a strut, right? You got a different feel about it because everyone knows that brand. It's one of the most well and well respected brand. It wins the most respected news brand year after year after year after year. But away from that, in the building, it is very mission driven. But people you see on air, on air, because they have mission and purpose, and they're trying to communicate this science and keep people safe. You're soaking up so much weather knowledge communication knowledge Mark Elliot: They look at it, and I looked at it as someone listening right now, we could save their life if we give them the right info, if we give them the right information that they can use and react to the right way or not do the wrong thing, which I think is often more often the case. So that mission, and purpose was very apparent. Like, people knew why we were there. And then you're surrounded in a room of other meteorologists like you. How where else can you go where you have a severe weather question? You can go up to Dr. Forbes or you have a hurricane. that's coming up. And you can go to a director of the National Hurricane Center. You could just be like Rick first name, right? forget Dr. NAB. Joe Martucci: Dr. NAB, tell me what's up. Mark Elliot: What's with this question? That's awesome, having that kind of knowledge base. And then you have the people that we all know that have been there since we've all been watching, right, since it started in the early eighty s, more or less. And you can have a question for Jim about broadcast, or Mike Seidel about field work, or Kelly Cass name, the broadcaster, the longevity of the people there. And, the skill that comes from that is really impressive. And so you're just a sponge. You're soaking up so much weather knowledge communication knowledge. Weather communication knowledge, which is its own little, microcosm of interesting. And it's not just meteorologists, right? You have producers and directors and news gatherers and they're all the best of the best in that room putting a show together. And you're part of that team. And so you're learning how that works and you're learning how it goes, and you're the expert, because it's not just the News channel, it's the Weather Channel. And so your knowledge is important and they value it. So it was really a special place and, it was not something I didn't enjoy anymore. Right. So that wasn't the motivation for leaving there. I still go back. Right. That says something. How many people leave their jobs and still go to hang out because it's still fun for them? Joe Martucci: Yeah, I understand. Did you feel like you missed out by leaving local weather to go national? Joe Martucci: Let me ask you this too, because I do feel like a number of people who are working on the Weather Channel, they might start in local news and then work their way up to the Weather Channel. Did you feel like you missed out maybe by not taking working in that local news setting and going right to national? Or is it something that, hey, I'm at the Weather Channel, I love it here, I'm here. Mark Elliot: A little of both, maybe. I feel like it would be difficult for me to have left the Weather Channel and gone to local because there have been many who have done that. And so I might not know enough to be able to speak to it, right. Because I wasn't in that world long. An internship, is not the same as being a chief meteorologist at a local spot. But I was used to following the weather and my ship changing no matter where the weather was that day. So I would go where the weather could kill you. I would jump around to the middle of the night, I would be in the evenings because there was lots of severe weather. I'd occasionally move to the afternoons and then back to the overnight. I would follow the weather. You don't really do that in local. You've got your set time frame. The weather might be boring for a long stretch in one location, whereas if you're looking nationally, there is always a weather story somewhere. And so for me, it was always like, man, if I had to just look at one market, what would that feel like after looking at a national scale for, as long as I did? You guys can tell me I'm wrong and be like, local, best. And it's super interesting. And we get to do the school talks, and we get to be part of the community, and I would find all the things that I would love about that. But it's very different from looking at a national scale and talking about where the big story is only well, I'll. Joe Martucci: Say as somebody who literally just came from a school visit to talk to you right now, Mark, it's always good to be a part of the community. I do like it that way. But, I mean, hey, listen, again, when you're at the weather mean, you made it. I mean, you're so I know, Matt, you had a question, so, god, I don't want to take up too much. Mark Elliot: Not I'm not putting down local by any stretch. I think I love being in a community that way and being really focused and that kind of thing. but your original question was, do I feel like I missed out on not starting in that route? And I think I did some of those local feel type things at the national network. Right? I came in through radio, and so I was on local radio stations, some of them live and part, you know, people that were listening didn't know I wasn't in their sound booth with their board radio board in front of me. Right. We tapped into it virtually and digitally, but I was kind of part of those local communities. And then again, I'm dating myself a little bit, but video on the Internet was a new thing, and so I was doing local forecasts on your local on the eigth page, I think they actually called it that. How weird is that thinking, back on the days of weather.com, in the early 2000s or so, where kind of mid 2000s, probably when video was coming out on weather, but your local page had a video of just the New York City forecast that was new. And so that was me. They didn't have the full on air people doing that shift all the time because they had their full on air shift to do. So I would be jumping in. So I got some of that trial by fire local TV and local Feel experience at the national network, which was different, but pretty cool to be able to say I did it that way. Matt Holiner: Yeah, Mark, I know exactly what you're talking about, because when I was interning at the Weather Channel, I mean, at the time, it was really cool to me. But I got to do some of those. Joe Martucci: Local web forecasts. Matt Holiner: They let me do it near the end of my internship. I had to do a few sample videos for it to make sure I was good enough. And boy, when my first thing showed up on weather, it was just amazing. As, somebody who is in college to be on weather, it was fantastic. It was certainly not the same as being on the actual Weather Channel. Being on the website was pretty cool. And I felt the exact same way about being at the Weather Channel. Being in that building, and just the knowledge, the immense knowledge of the TV business, but also the forecasting business, meteorology be around, all those other meteorologists. It was a fantastic place to work. When was the moment that you realized you need to make a change? Matt Holiner: So my question for you is, when was the moment that you realized you need to make a change? What caused you to make the shift from being at the Weather Channel, for some people, their dream job, to then switching to a very different role at AT&T? Mark Elliot: I don't know if I did realize it just kind of happened. A lot of it was on a whim. So the real answer is, I was doing my CCM certification, the certified consulting meteorologist, through the, AMS. And I had a mentor who was encouraging me to do that project. I was doing it on my off time, it was COVID time. And so shifts were really strange at the Weather Channel. Times were moving around, some people were working from home, I was working in the studio. But more often than not only at the times of extreme, severe weather, right? Dr. Forbes had stepped away, mostly retired. And I was certainly not taking that role as the severe weather expert, but I was on the expert staff at that point, and often being told to, follow where the severe weather would go, but there isn't severe weather every day. So I was using some of that time to really think about what else was out there and what else was happening. And I was like, I think basically I'm a consultant. I come in now and I talk about just the most extreme weather, and I have to be able to make that digestible, but you have to be able to communicate differently. And you're doing some post analysis reporting, and a lot of things that a consultant would be asked to do. So I'm like, okay, this is different. This is not just a broadcast seal anymore for me. I'm going to try for the consulting meteorologist seal, which the process was epic, some will argue harder than getting the master's degree that I have to get the I won't necessarily swear by that, but it was a long process. It's doable, and it's fulfilling, and it's important. So if you're thinking about doing it, you should for people that are listening. But it's not quick. really by answering one of the questions that comes in the written exam, if you will. I wound up on a wormhole on the AMS site. And I stumbled into this job post for a tropical expert meteorologist that could do communication, and kind of briefing style communications that, could help lead a team to some degree and focus on the big weather stories of the day. And I was like, can do that, can do that, can do that, can do that, can do that. Do you ever see a job post and you're like, is this written about me? And then the kicker was, and it's in Atlanta where I was already living. And I was like, and I don't have to move for it. And so basically it was a thought experiment. And I was like, okay, well, what would it be like if I took a two decades broadcast resume and tried to make it sound like I was doing all these other things? Because I really was. But that's not what you're thinking about when you're doing broadcast meteorology. And there are so many skills that translate from broadcast meteorology to corporate meteorology and many other big data science or communication or PR type jobs. And so I basically said, okay, let's see, I'm going to use this next day. And instead of working on this or that, on my off time, I'm going to redo my resume. It's time to refresh it anyway. I basically was like, this will be fun. What else could I do today? And I applied to this job and I got an interview. And then I wound up getting the job. And then I had a really tough decision because again, I didn't dislike what I was doing. And I didn't necessarily sit there and say, I need to find something else. I don't like this anymore. I'm not interested in this anymore, or I'm not learning more. I'm not making a difference here. It was none of those things. It was a shiny new toy. And after a lot of reflection with myself and my family and asking, could this be a better work life balance for us? Could this be better for my young kids? Because again, I was bouncing around. I didn't know where I was going to be, right? That, could be sent out quickly. I didn't know what shift I was going to be on. I would miss events with the family. It was hard to plan stuff. And we said, okay, maybe this will have a little bit more regularity to it. It's a corporate world after all, and it is different in that way. And so I took the risk. Ah, so again, it wasn't like, I'm going to switch. It was like, I guess I'll switch. So hold on. Joe Martucci: Let me go puke in the corner. Mark Elliot: Because, yeah, it was frightening. It was a big change. I'm still not used to being the new guy. I'm surrounded by people that have 20 to 60 years of experience within at and t, and now I'm here, like. Joe Martucci: I have a year and a half. Mark Elliot: It's very different, but not necessarily in a bad way. Sean Sublette: No, I think you're right. A lot of those skills you do in broadcast do come back, or they're applicable in so many other areas. Communications of risk of scientific principles. You take a very complex situation, and you need to distill it into actionable information. Sean Sublette: One of the things that I've really admired about the weather channel is doing that this is submersive mixed reality stuff, that they continue to do, and I know you had some involvement in some of those as well. take me through as much as you were involved in production and actually recording the things, because I know any of us who have done broadcast meteorology, you're used to standing in front of a green screen and looking at something off camera and getting your bearings, kind of. How is that, in terms of doing IMR and producing and all that? How big is the team for that? For one thing? Mark Elliot: Yeah, there's a lot of questions there. And I guess I'll start with, I was doing some pieces there that were basically IMR before it was called that. Right. So there's a whole series of what was weather wizards that started as, could we open up a kitchen cabinet and do some sort of experiment at home with kids, or for yourself, and learn about the weather through cooking it up in front of you? And so we did a whole series of those, and basically started running out of good ideas. And that was a small team. I came up with a lot of, them. We had one producer, she would come up with several of them as well. We'd script it out. We'd think about what kind of graphics might pop up next to us, but it was mostly filmed handheld down in an experiment that you were doing. And we said, okay, what if the wizardry was not because of dry ice anymore and food coloring? It was because graphics would show up in front of you in the real world. And so we started doing these outside weather wizards that the graphic would be part of the environment that you were in. Thunderstorms would happen next to you, or you'd pan up, and suddenly you'd be up in the cloud, and you'd watch a raindrop change. Snow, sleet, rain kind of thing, as it went back down, and then landed back where I was, next to my shoe, stuff like that. And that technology kept evolving and kept growing all the way up to what's now classic, I guess not classically, but now known as IMR. That immersive mixed reality, where the entire room around you, more or less, is a green screen, and everything can be changed, whether it's the floor, the background, the walls, all of it. When it was a smaller thing, I was writing a lot of them, right? We won tele for the safest room piece, which is basically walking through a house and almost like, what if I was mayhem today? And I just stood back and all this stuff would happen around me, to the house, to the outside, and show people where you really need to be and why. So that won all kinds of awards and really kind of, I would argue, cemented the weather channel on going down this graphically heavy path. Because it is, I remember it, it. Sean Sublette: Was really well done. Mark Elliot: Yeah, I wrote most of that with a team, right. And really the graphics guys on that who are still buddies of mine, they did incredible stuff, like two x fours that would crash through a wall and when I bent under a two x four that wasn't actually there, a shadow would go across. Right? Like those little things that really make an IMR feel like IMR. So now it's done mostly back inside. But you've seen some of these things where walls of water come into an actual town and show you what that actual town could look like if storm surge happened or if a flash flood happened. You can't feel what that's like without that, you're not going to go there when that's happening. And so it's those graphical entries into that world that are really effective communication tools. Like 9ft of storm surge. Okay, who cares? That's not the right answer. But 9ft is suddenly above an actual building and you've seen that building and you know how high that is. That's a totally different communication thing. So as those have got more and more elaborate and more and more people were doing them, the teams got bigger and bigger. Lots of graphic artists, lots of writers. I only did a couple of those official IMRs. The whole staff was then brought in to do more of them because they were epic, right? And everyone wanted a chance to be able to be in that room and they should have been. And I'm glad that we all were. They're really great communication, tools. I think Stephanie Abrams did one with wildfire. Like, you're not going to be in a forest to see what it's like when a wildfire goes a football field a second, but we were able to show that with graphics and her standing there on the little silver disc. And then a lot of those ended with a climate story. Like how is this type of extreme weather changing as the world is changing? Are we getting more of these, less of these? Is things happening faster or slower? You can't show that without a graphic. And so to have that graphic happen around you was really epic. they're really cool pieces. When we have hurricanes or snowstorms, how do you guys determine who goes where? Joe Martucci: Mark, I want to ask you one more and then we'll get you out of here. Because this is maybe I'm just curious about this myself, but when we have hurricanes or snowstorms, how do you guys determine who goes where? How does that happen? Are you in the meeting for that? Who's deciding that? Is it a lot of discussion? Is it pretty easy? Mark Elliot: It is a war room. There's a whole bunch of people yeah, from the very higher stuff, people, that are in charge of TV, in charge of storytelling, to the people that are in charge of scheduling and VPs of talent. And then meteorologists are in the room, producers are in the room. I mean, it is a whole fleet of people. And the meteorologists have a say, as well. even all the way down to, like, you're sent here and you're there and you're like, I think the storm is changing. I think we need to be mobile to be here. All of that is still like, you're in constant communication. And the best part of being at a place like the Weather Channel for field work is that you have a building worth of people watching your back, that you have people back there that are focused on safety. And if you ever said, like, I can't do this broadcast, I'm not safe here, or for security reasons, for weather reasons, for anything, it was never a question. It was always like, yes, we'll do something from the studio, we're not doing it live. it was never asked, why you were never pushed to do something where you said, it's not safe here. Joe Martucci: interesting. I always love seeing the map where it shows everyone, like, your face and everybody's faces and where they are on the coast for a hurricane or snowstorm. Mark Elliot: I thought that was always real on a weather. I always think it's interesting when meteorologists talk about how they got started Joe Martucci: Anything else you'd like to add before we wrap it on up? I mean, this was great. We love hearing from you. Mark Elliot: I mean, I always think it's interesting when meteorologists talk about how they got started or what made them interested in weather. And, so many people I've talked to about this cite, a tree falling. I know that is tied to my experience. I don't know if you guys have any of that in your kind of origin story, but I think if you're the right age kid and something that seems permanent, like a giant tree can fall in front of you, or near you or hit something, you know, that also should have felt permanent as a young kid. I think it does something to our brains. Like, I never looked back, after watching a tree ball for why I wanted to do weather. It was always my answer, what do you want to be when you grow up? And it was weatherman. And the second part of that is my dad was involved in national preparedness, emergency preparedness for the VA hospital system, which in recent times, has turned into more like cybersecurity and terrorist act and stuff. But back in the early eight, late eighty s and early 90s, that almost exclusively meant where could weather disasters happen? And so he would be sent into areas that had weather problems. And I would watch the Weather Channel because there was a channel on that was talking about where my dad was. And so I just never stopped. I still haven't stopped. I still watch it as a viewer, even when I'm not there every day. So, yeah, I think that the origin story of trees falling or family connections are really important to young minds and how they get into the science of weather. How'd you get into weather? We should have asked that earlier Joe Martucci: Yeah, and we should have asked that earlier, and I apologize. How'd you get into weather? I say this all the time. I said it when I was at school earlier. It's something that for a lot of people, you know, at a young age, and you definitely are in that category, and it's hard to just fall into weather. I feel like I don't really see too many people who just fall into weather as a career. Mark Elliot: Well, I wasn't sure what I wanted to major in, and I took an Elements of Meteorology class and I just kept going. It's usually not that Elements of Meteorology because I had to fulfill my one science requirement and I never looked back. Right. Or I always wanted to be a meteorologist. I guess I should have followed that. People actually make careers of this. or, I am a meteorologist and I've known since I was yes. Joe Martucci: Yeah, that was me. I mean, really, one of the first things I ever remember in my life was about wanting to be a meteorologist. Anyway, Mark, we really appreciate the time, really insightful. We got to hear about your AT&T career, your Weather Channel career, more about you. So thanks a lot, we really appreciate it and we'll chat with you soon. Mark Elliot: Yeah, thanks for having me. Anytime. If you, come up with more questions again, I used to talk for a living, so I'll talk some more. Joe Martucci: Well, keep that in mind. For sure. Companies are realizing the value of having a meteorologist Joe Martucci: Awesome interview with Mark Elliot. He has many stories, as you would if you, worked for the Weather Channel for 20 years and working at the one of, if not the largest phone companies I know, I always see the commercials about is it AT&T or Verizon? Or is it T Mobile sprint. Now, I'm not too sure, but point is, his job is very important at T, like Sean said at the know equipment and tech all across the globe. It's a big, you know, I'm glad that he's enjoying it. So, Matt, what'd you think? Matt Holiner: Yeah, when you're working for a big international company like AT&T, what stood out to me was when he mentioned that one of the most challenging parts of his job is not just forecasting for the US. Anymore, which he had plenty of experience with at the Weather Channel. But that's all the Weather Channel has to worry about is the US. But AT&T, this is a global company, and they have assets across the globe. And so they're going to be concerned about the weather happening all over the planet. So a huge mean in some ways. His job almost got even bigger. Now he has to look the entire planet worth of weather. That is just a huge responsibility on him. But you know that I think this is also I always bring this up. I think we need more meteorologists, and I think we're seeing that. I think companies are realizing the value that having a team of meteorologists working for especially these really big companies, because they know specifically what they want and what weather information they need, and then they can go to their meteorologist. Rather than having to contact the media or the National Weather Service, they have a team working on what they know is most important for them and where their assets are located and getting these really specific forecasts. So I think this is something that we're probably going to see more and more, especially starting, of course, with these really big companies, but maybe even more medium sized companies actually thinking about getting some meteorologists because the weather has an impact on so many businesses. So I think this, isn't going to be an exception, these companies having their own meteorologists. I think we're going to see more. And more of it. Sean Sublette: Yeah, I agree. This kind of comes under the umbrella of weather risk management. The forecasting has gotten so much better in the last 20 years. But there is an overload of data, right? So you need a professional to go through the data that's important. Distill the most critical information to your business, and help those decision makers within a business manage risk. be sure your resources and your hardware are safe, and that's not something you can get. I love my brothers and sisters in broadcast meteorology, but you're not going to get what you need in a two and a half or three minute weather forecast if you've got a lot of assets that need protecting. So I think that, there's a lot of growth in there and the whole weather risk and ultimately climate risk management as well. So it was really nice to hear Mark talk about that as well, share some of those Weather Channel stories. Joe Martucci: Thanks again, Mark. We appreciate it. Always good to have another Rutgers guy on the podcast, too, if I may end. Across the Sky has a full slate of podcasts coming up on Mondays Joe Martucci: All right, so we have a full slate of podcasts coming up for you on the following Mondays. Sean, do you mind if I turn it over to you to talk about next Monday's episode with Mike Mann? Sean Sublette: Yeah. So a, very special episode we've got we're going to record next week, drop it, a week or so after that. Mike Mann. world famous climate scientist. He has written several books. The most recent one is called Our Fragile Moment. I had a chance to preview it a couple of weeks ago. It's an exceptional book. If you've always wondered, how do scientists know what the climate was like, 1000, 100,000, 10 million years ago? He walks through all of that in a very nice, easy to digest book. So we're going to talk to him about that book, and what else he's working on in the podcast next week. So very excited to have Mike Man on. Joe Martucci: Yeah, we're happy to have him on. And then on the 23rd, we're going to have Paul James from HGTV Fame here to talk about the science of changing leaves. And I think we're going to have a winter forecast for you on the 30 October as well. November 6, we're going to have, someone talk about tips to prepare older loved ones for extreme weather. That's with Dr. Lauren Sutherland from Ohio State. And then we got another big one. Sean keeps landing all these big podcast guests for us. Sean, this is the first time I've. Sean Sublette: Said this publicly, so I think most people who are into science have heard of Neil deGrasse Tyson. He likes to say your personal astrophysicist. He's got his podcast, he's got the Star Talk thing. He's got cosmos. He's all over the place. He's going on a book tour. He's going to be down here in Richmond. And I have scored a 15 minutes interview with him. It's going to be a little ways away. I'm going to do it in November. But we will turn that into a podcast as well. So I am uber excited about that one. Joe Martucci: We're over the mood. Sean Sublette: I am over the mood and the stars excited to talk to him. I only have 15 minutes, so I got to make it count. Joe Martucci: If he's going to talk for 15. Matt Holiner: Minutes, I'm sure we'll have plenty of commentary and plenty to digest from that 15 minutes because he is fantastic to listen to. Sean Sublette: Yeah, I, went through his new book when I think you all knew I Went to Italy. I read his new book on the flight over and back to Italy. And I will tell you all this because your meteorologist first chapter of his new book talks all about, the lowest, layers of the atmosphere. So he talks all about the atmosphere first. The book is called To Infinity and beyond. So he basically starts with the ground and works up. So, of course, you've got to start in the atmosphere before you get to outer space. So we talked about that, which I thought was just terrific. So, yeah, it's a couple, ah, three, four weeks away. Joe Martucci: yeah, that'll be our November 13 episode right now. So you can circular your calendar for that one. And of course, all the other ones we have coming out on mondays, too. So for John Sublette, Matt Holiner and Kirsten Lang, I'm meteorologist Joe Martucci thanks again for listening to the Across the Sky Podcast. We'll be back with you next Monday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The House of Mario! The South Australian Nintendo podcast that is backed by a 120 Power Star Rating!Good friend of The House of Mario, Paul James, joins me (Drew) to discuss writing about video games and to have an overdue catch up!The doors are open!SUPPORT PAUL'S WORKLinktree

There are some important management issues facing home gardeners this season including bud burst and leaf curl. Paul James shares his expertise with ABC Talkback Gardening.

Lisa McGee, Paul James & Susan Joanne join Silk to discuss their request for Oath Of Office documents. Writ of Quo Warranto Sponsors: Use Promo Code: DIAMOND or TRUMPWONDiamondandSilk.com1. https://DrStellaMD.com2. https://TWC.Health (Spike Protein Support)3. https://CardioMiracle.com4. https://GiveSendGo.com5. https://MyPillow.com/TrumpWon6. https://TheDrArdisShow.com/shop-all/7. https://www.Curativabay.com/?aff=18. http://MaskDerma.com9. https://www.KattsRemedies.com/shop/?aff=3 Follow Diamond and Silk on https://FrankSocial.com/u/DiamondandSilk See Us On: LINDELL TV, CTVA.TV, RSBN, GETTR LIVE, RUMBLE LIVE, FRANKSPEECHSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eddie Vigil V in conversation with film director, and founder of Dreamotion Studios, Paul James Houghton living in Seal Beach, CA.   Watch full conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GRG5XzYbnpc   Follow Paul: Paul's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pauljamesmovies/ Paul's website: https://www.dreamotionstudios.com/   Follow Eddie Vigil V: Eddie's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eddievigilv Eddie's website: https://www.eddievigilv.com/

After a trio of guests the 3 hosts; Peter, Paul & James reconvene to discuss recent learnings & takeaways from episodes & working with real clients day to day.

Paul James, Operations Manger of WMRN Radio in Marion discusses the big event on Friday and what is going on up there

The next episode of Video Game Book Club series is here! This episode sees Australia's Jono Pech and Player 2's Paul James tackle Square Enix's action RPG that originally debuted way back in 2007 on the PSP, Crisis Core.----------VGBC is a show that revisits classic titles from previous generations, replaying and discussing/re-reviewing them to see if they're still just as special today as they were when they were first released.Keep turning those pages.----------A big thank you also goes out to Bandai Namco for providing review copies of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion on PlayStation 5.Let us fill your ears and warm your heart.Be sure to follow us on Twitter:AllyBrendanJonoPaulATEBITFollow us on the socials:DISCORD | INSTAGRAM | TWITTERVisit our WEBSITE and official WEBSTORESupport us on Ko-fiBuy yourself the best in audio equipment from our friends at Audio-TechnicaMuch love, #stayhumble and #stayhungry

Marcus Paul James - He has been seen in “MOTOWN: The Musical,” “In The Heights,” and “RENT.” Starting next Tuesday, December 13, anyone in LA will be able to catch the smash-hit Broadway musical “Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations.” He joins Tavis for a conversation about the story of this legendary group and shares his thoughts on preparing for the role of Otis Williams

Michelle is doing Sober October (why?); Chef Scott is falling apart, why Hallmark Channel is the best; remember Paul James? and Michelle gives a preview of Birdfest with the Steep Canyon Rangers, South Carolina Waterfowl, V.I.P. Experience in Charleston SC. Plus, Scott shares how The Fishmonger is now famous, how Ranch America is coming along (they've all converted to cowboys) and shooting season 7 (or 8?) of Dead Meat from afar.  Get Scott's recipes at http://sportingchef.com Follow Scott on Instagram http://instagram.com/sportingchef Follow Michelle http://instagram.com/ladysportsman 

PAX Australia 2022 is only a week away! I invited over my mates Buddy & Paul to discuss our past PAX experiences and what we're looking forward to this year! The doors are open! FOLLOW BUDDY! https://twitter.com/BuddyWatson12 (https://twitter.com/BuddyWatson12) FOLLOW PAUL! https://twitter.com/PaulJamesGames (https://twitter.com/PaulJamesGames) REACH OUT! https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/www.twitter.com/idrewby (@iDrewby on Twitter) https://twitter.com/TheHouseOfMario (@TheHouseOfMario on Twitter) https://www.facebook.com/TheHouseOfMario/ (The House of Mario's Facebook page) https://my.captivate.fm/dashboard/podcast/drew@thehouseofmario.com (eMail) LISTEN TO MY OTHER PODCASTS! https://drewstory.captivate.fm/listen (A Drew Story (A Conversational Interview Podcast)) https://crackinfurphys.captivate.fm/listen (Crackin' Furphys (Crackin' lies among true stories)) https://thehouseofmario.captivate.fm/listen (The House of Mario (A Nintendo Podcast)) SUPPORT MY CONTENT! Gain access to Secret Recordings & get your name in the credits all while helping me achieve my goal of making 1 working day a week free to create podcasts! https://www.patreon.com/iDrewby (Patreon.com/idrewby) WANNA START A PODCAST? Captivate. FM is the hosting platform I use for all my podcasts! With simple yet powerful tools, an in-built marketing suite and plenty of tips to better your show, I believe this is the best podcast hosting platform on the internet! https://www.captivate.fm/signup?ref=drewagnew (Use our Affilate link for a 1 week free trial and if you sign up you help support the show!) INVITE TO OUR DISCORD COMMUNITY! Join the community to chat with awesome people like Mettadox, Ash, Luke, Jamie, Sam, Deejaayy, Delfino and others! https://discord.gg/ggnde9S (Invitation to The House of Mario discord community)

Joining Casey as co-host is Bitch Sesh fave and the recently betrothed Matt McConkey (now Grassi!) who gives us a window into the wedding of the century. They are joined by the hilarious and gorgeous Paul James (I Love That For You) who currently struggles with both Covid and Marlo - only one of which he will recover from. The gang is still reeling that LEGEND Melissa Ethridge was subjected to the horrors of Beverly Hills. Why couldn't Asher have been waiting to sing behind that strange curtain???!!! Melissa doesn't deserve that. But we do! Enjoy!

   We have the man that needs no introduction, multiple time world champion, George Digweed MBE and Paul James, director of Gamebore UK on with us to talk about a variety of topics.   George has won world championships across 5 decades now, and has amassed more titles than anyone in the history of the sport.  Everything that he has won since 1984 has been with Gamebore ammunition!  Paul James has been very instrumental on bringing Gamebore to the forefront in clay target sports and no other brand has won more world titles than Gamebore. It only made sense to have both George and Paul on at the same time.  The conversation is not strictly about Gamebore though! We cover a variety of topics with both guests and get their opinions.   But hold on to your pantyhose! Both George and Paul drop some very big teasers of things to come!   Not to be outdone, we also feature a Rhino chokes segment with young Kagan Boone and a RE Ranger segment with Ben Shelly!  This is an episode you will not want to miss !!!- Woolley Shooting Inc -https://www.woolleyshooting.com- Folded Wing Apparel - https://foldedwingapparel.com- OtoPro Hearing Service- https://otoprotechnologies.com- Rhino Chokes - https://rhinochokes.com- RE Ranger- https://www.reranger.com- BAREPELT- https://barepelt.com- GAMEBORE US- https://www.gameboreus.com- ATLAS TRAPS- https://www.atlastraps.com- NEGRINI CASES- https://negrinicases.com/the-dead-pair/- White Flyer Targets - https://whiteflyer.com- Chad Roberts-email- bpsipro@gmail.com

Join me as I squeeze on a dry suit, don a snorkel, and jump into an icy mountain river.“That's what I'm amazed by, that a little tiny stream, not even knee deep, is a whole world if you get under there with it.,” that's what CWU professor Paul James told me as we snorkeled our way through the fast moving current.Dr. James is surveying the number of fish in the river after a recent restoration project. Gold Creek is an important tributary to the Yakima River and serves as a breeding ground for many fish that are important to the Yakama Nation.Joe Blodgett learned how to fish from his father. He mastered the technique of dipnetting a fish out of the Yakima River, the traditional kind of fishing for the Yakama Nation.“We were directed by our leadership to make it like it was before we started destroying their habitat and before we started destroying the flows,” Joe told me. “Make it like it was as a directive from our tribal council years ago.”Easier said than done when you are facing a generation of infrastructure changes to the landscape and waterways. But this story is about just that, the mission to restore a watershed -  starting with a single river - to truly ‘make it like it was.'The WILD is a joint production of myself and KUOW Public Radio. One way to support this vital work and become part of THE WILD community is through small monthly contributions to my wildlife organization, Chris Morgan Wildlife. You can find more information at Patreon. Thank you!Follow us on Instagram @thewildpod and @chrismorganwildlife 

Sheriff Kimbrough shares the table with Paul James, III, Public Defender, 21st Judicial District, who represents 85% of defendants in our community. The two discuss the recent events in Elizabeth City, the need for transparency, and why video can be the best evidence in law enforcement situations. Paul voices his opinion on the Fourth Amendment, defunding the police, and the need for better resources for those experiencing mental health crises. Paul firmly believes “the criminal justice system can be better if we have more people to reflect the people we are representing by being more diverse.”

Paul James and Jon Buscemi are the team behind those sandwiches, that merch, and the brand bringing a much needed New York energy to Los Angeles. Jordan sits down with the fellas to discuss how it all started, NY vs LA Italian, BEC rules, Travis Scott, salad pizzas, opening in Studio City, and Jordan's top 5 Uncle Paulie's sandwiches.

Official Website: https://www.lawabidingbiker.com In this episode, we talk about the Mission King of Baggers Motorcycle Race Series.  The series started in 2020 with just one race at Laguna Seca.  The sponsor of the 2020 race was Drag Specialties with 14 teams competing.  Only twelve bikes started the race (a couple of teams couldn't get over the border from Canada because of COVID).  Tyler O'Hara won on the S&S Indian Challenger. 14 teams signed up for the 2020 series on a mix of Harley-Davidsons and Indians Alloy Art – Maker of custom motorcycle products Arlen Ness - Designer and custom part maker Barnett Tool & Engineering – Clutches and cables Bassani – Motorcycle exhaust systems Feuling Parts – Performance products for Harley-Davidsons Legends Suspension – Front and rear suspension products MJK – Innovators of aftermarket products Roland Sands Design – Bike builder, aftermarket parts, and apparel Performance Machine – motorcycle brakes and wheels Saddlemen – Motorcycle seats and saddlebags S&S – American motorcycle engines and parts SLYFOX Performance – High-performance motorcycle parts The Speed Merchant – Custom motorcycle builder Trask – Maker of the motorcycle turbo kits Vance & Hines – Manufacturer of motorcycle exhaust and performance products SUPPORT US AND SHOP IN THE OFFICIAL LAW ABIDING BIKER STORE The debut of King of the Baggers was a success and led to a 2021 season consisting of three races.  Mission Foods took over as the primary sponsor. 2021 Race Winners Race 1 First was Tyler O'Hara on an Indian Challenger, and Second was Kyle Wyman on a Harley-Davidson Road Glide Race 2 Coming in first Kyle Wyman on a Harley-Davidson Road Glide, and coming in second Travis Wyman on a Harley-Davidson Road Glide Race 3 Number one was Kyle Wyman on Harley-Davidson Road Glide, and number two Tyler O'Hara on an Indian Challenger Kyle Wyman was crowned the 2021 Champion.  He had a plate in his elbow from a crash six weeks prior!  CHECK OUT OUR HUNDREDS OF FREE HELPFUL VIDEOS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE! For 2022, the series consists of six races with Mission Foods staying on as the primary sponsor.  The series opened up at the Daytona Speedway during Daytona Bike Week.   Indian motorcycles finished first, second, and third 1 - Jeremy McWilliams Jeremy McWilliams (born 4 April 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland), is a motorcycle road racer. Until Scott Redding's win at the 2008 125cc British Grand Prix, he was the only rider from the British Isles to win a race or pole in an FIM MotoGP World Championship class in the 2000s. 2 - Tyler O'Hara Tyler O'Hara is a veteran racer, but relatively new to cruisers. Tyler O'Hara knows how to race a motorcycle. He started riding at age 5 and began racing professionally in 2005. 3 - Bobby Fong Bobby Fong (born October 25, 1990) is a professional motorcycle road racer who currently competes in the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship for M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. Bobby moves back up to Superbikes in 2020 after winning the 2019 MotoAmerica Supersport Championship with 6 wins and 20 total podium appearances. Harley-Davidson had some engine issues on the Wyman's bikes Kyle Wyman - Owner and Operator of Kyle Wyman Racing (KWR), Wyman formed KWR at the age of 21. KWR is a race team competing at the highest level of professional road racing in the United States. KWR has competed in Harley-Davidson, 600 Supersport, and Superstock 1000 and now competes at the premier level of MotoAmerica Superbike. Travis Wyman - Travis Wyman is the owner of Travis Wyman Racing, based in Las Vegas. He is currently also competing in MotoAmerica Stock 1000, Honos Superbike, and Superbike Cup. The 29-year-old racer finished the 2020 MotoAmerica season in second place in the Superbike Cup and third in the Stock 1000 championship. New Free Video Mentioned:  Harley-Davidson Front Fork Rebuild Kit & New Suspension Tutorial Video From Daytona, the series heads to Road Atlanta in Georgia on April 22 through 24.  This is where last year's opening round was held. The next stop is June 3 through 5, when King of the Baggers arrives at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.  Iconic WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca (site of last year's finale) will play host on July 8 through 10. Finally, the last two rounds of the 2022 series will be at tracks that have just been added to the King of the Baggers schedule. Brainerd International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota, the home state of Indian Motorcycle, will host the event on July 29 through 31, and New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey, is where the final race takes place on September 9 through 11. The King of the Baggers series and Harley-Davidson owners modifying their baggers inspired the all-new Street Glide and Road Glide ST.  Check out Law Abiding Biker Podcast Episode 295 where we talk with Paul James, Eric Buckhouse, and Bjorn Shuster from Harley-Davidson Sponsor-Ciro 3D CLICK HERE! Innovative products for Harley-Davidson & Goldwing Affordable chrome, lighting, and comfort products Ciro 3D has a passion for design and innovation Sponsor-RickRak CLICK HERE The Ultimate Motorcycle Luggage Rack Solution Forget those messy straps and bungee cords Go strapless with a RickRak quick attach luggage system & quality bag Sponsor-Butt Buffer CLICK HERE Want to ride longer? Tired of a sore and achy ass? Then fix it with a high-quality Butt Buffer seat cushion? 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Official Website: https://www.lawabidingbiker.com In this episode, we talk about the new Harley Davidson Street Glide and Road Glide ST models. These bikes were released to the public on January 26, 2022, when Harley released a video launch of the entire 2022 model line-up. SUPPORT US AND SHOP IN THE OFFICIAL LAW ABIDING BIKER STORE We had the opportunity to talk with Harley representatives, Paul James, Bjorn Shuster, and Eric Buckhouse of Harley- Davidson. Paul James has worked in powersports his entire career, working as a journalist in the snowmobile industry, in marketing at Arctic Cat, Inc. (snowmobile, ATV, and PWC) and for the past 23 years at Harley-Davidson. Paul has held a variety of roles at H-D, including Marketing/PR, Events, Product Planning, and Go-to-Market. He is currently Sr. Manager Public Relations and is an avid motorcycle rider and racer. Eric Buckhouse, Engineering Technical Lead, has worked for Harley-Davidson for 25 years in various roles in engineering and Parts & Accessories, with the majority of time in full vehicle product development and in Custom Vehicle Operations. He graduated from Marquette University with Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He served as Project Engineering Lead for more than 35 different motorcycles, including Cycle World Best Cruiser awarded motorcycles – 2005 CVO Fat Boy and 2016 Low Rider S. CHECK OUT OUR HUNDREDS OF FREE HELPFUL VIDEOS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND SUBSCRIBE! Bjorn Shuster, Styling Manager, has been with Harley-Davidson for 6 years. He has worked in the design industry since 2006, and his first motorcycle design experience was with Cobra as a freelancer in school. He worked in automotive design at GM in the exterior design studios of both Cadillac and Hummer, then transitioned to motorcycle design in 2011 when he moved to Austria and worked for the design agency which handles KTM/Husqvarna (Kiska GMBH) as well as supporting several other motorcycle brands. He also worked a stint at Polaris for motorcycles and ORVs before joining Harley-Davidson in 2015. If you want to learn everything there is to know about the new Harley Street Glide and Road Glide ST then listen in to this podcast episode.  New Free Video Mentioned:  How to Install 444 Progressive Touring Shocks on a Harley Davidson & Adjust Sag Sponsor-Ciro 3D CLICK HERE! Innovative products for Harley-Davidson & Goldwing Affordable chrome, lighting, and comfort products Ciro 3D has a passion for design and innovation Sponsor-RickRak CLICK HERE The Ultimate Motorcycle Luggage Rack Solution Forget those messy straps and bungee cords Go strapless with a RickRak quick attach luggage system & quality bag New Patrons: Rudy Eckerman of Rowlett, TX Trent Lindberg of GWINNER, ND  Mark Kenny of Liverpool, New York Jamie Jenkins of Elkwood, VA Marc Fuentes of San Jose, CA Shawn King of Festus, MO Gary Neff of Cleveland, Georgia Howard Dennis of Sandy Hook, Connecticut Al Hill of Mukilteo, WA If you appreciate the content we put out and want to make sure it keeps on coming your way then become a Patron too! There are benefits and there is no risk. Thanks to the following bikers for supporting us via a flat donation: Felipe Campos of Deltona, Florida William Edmonds Charles "Richard" Loyd of San Angelo, Texas ________________________________________________________ FURTHER INFORMATION:   Official Website: http://www.LawAbidingBiker.com   Email & Voicemail: http://www.LawAbidingBiker.com/Contact   Podcast Hotline Phone: 509-731-3548 HELP SUPPORT US! JOIN THE BIKER REVOLUTION! #BikerRevolution #LawAbidingBiker