Podcast appearances and mentions of Pierre Thomas

Learning about Tim Walz; ABC's Pierre Thomas' personal and painful ancestry journey; Healing and rebuilding Maui; Google antitrust lawsuit; FDNY's first female commissioner steps down; Olympic moms; Backstage with Terry Marshall; Pandas arrive at the San Diego Zoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learning about Tim Walz; ABC's Pierre Thomas' personal and painful ancestry journey; Healing and rebuilding Maui; Google antitrust lawsuit; FDNY's first female commissioner steps down; Olympic moms; Backstage with Terry Marshall; Pandas arrive at the San Diego Zoo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandra Lee talks 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship'; Dr. Ian Smith talks new novel, 'Eagle Rock'; Pierre Thomas shares personal journey with 10 Million Names Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandra Lee talks 'Blue Ribbon Baking Championship'; Dr. Ian Smith talks new novel, 'Eagle Rock'; Pierre Thomas shares personal journey with 10 Million Names Project Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

--Breaking down day 2 of training camp. --What will Chris Olave be in this new offense? --How has Pete Werner looked like in camp? --The latest injury report from day 2. --Is Kendre Miller the next Antonio Pitman and Jordan Mims the next Pierre Thomas? For more Saints news, analysis and podcasts at https://neworleans.football Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pierre Thomas sits down with The Justice Department's second-in-command, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, for a wide-ranging interview on domestic terror threats, heightened political rhetoric and the immigration debate. Then, Pierre interviews Republican Senator Lindsey Graham about rising domestic threats, tensions in Congress over immigration policy and former President Donald Trump's 2024 bid.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like Darren Sproles, Reggie Bush, Pierre Thomas and Mark Ingram before them, New Orleans Saints RBs Alvin Kamara, Jamaal Williams and Kendre Miller are an imposing trio. The archetypes are already set and their skills sets are already being developed to fit a major need for the Saints as the offense looks to rebound in 2023.Pete Werner is not getting the respect he deserves despite a Pro Bowl-worthy start in 2022. Can he, beside Demario Davis return to that form in 2023? It's important he does so.JOIN SUBTEXT: https://joinsubtext.com/lockedonsaintsFollow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 

Like Darren Sproles, Reggie Bush, Pierre Thomas and Mark Ingram before them, New Orleans Saints RBs Alvin Kamara, Jamaal Williams and Kendre Miller are an imposing trio. The archetypes are already set and their skills sets are already being developed to fit a major need for the Saints as the offense looks to rebound in 2023. Pete Werner is not getting the respect he deserves despite a Pro Bowl-worthy start in 2022. Can he, beside Demario Davis return to that form in 2023? It's important he does so. JOIN SUBTEXT: https://joinsubtext.com/lockedonsaints Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… 

G. Downs, Ya Boi Shad, & Twockupp is back with a hilariously ignorant episode of Bad Speakers Podcast. On this episode they first talk about the Ja Morant situation with him showing a gun again on instagram live. After that they gave y'all an in-depth conversation about the nba playoffs and the 76ers collapse and wether or not it was Doc Rivers, Joel Embiid, or James harden fault for the loss. After that they talked about have Anthony Davis ever been the best big man in the NBA. Then they talked about the back and forth between NBA Youngboy, Lil Dirk, and I guess you can say Soulja Boy. They also talked about why the industry hates Youngboy. They also spoke on a man claiming that Jay-Z is his father and if its motives to him coming out now after 30 years with these accusations. They also spoke on the alleged snitch rumors on Quality control CEO Pierre Thomas. and finally they talked about Savannah James recent comments about why she stayed behind the scenes and supported her man. https://www.youtube.com/c/BadSpeakersTV https://www.instagram.com/badspeakerspodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@badspeakerspodcast https://twitter.com/BadSpeakers https://www.facebook.com/badspeakerspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pierre Thomas, Chief Justice Correspondent for ABC News, speaks about his work for the network, which he joined in November 2000. Thomas reports for “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “Good Morning America,” “Nightline,” “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” and all platforms including ABC News Radio and digital.

Patrick Spadrille reçoit Marie-Pierre Thomas et Stéphane Clor pour nous parler du spectacle "Mémoire". Improdcast, le podcast du théâtre l'Improviste, premier théâtre de Belgique entièrement dédié à l'improvisation. www.improviste.be Musique : www.bensound.com   NB : Toutes nos excuses pour le volume de l'ambiance environnante dont nous avons sous estimé l'importance. 

The dominance of Atlanta's hip-hop scene has been discussed often, but not in the way Joe Coscarelli covered it in his new book, Rap Capital. Joe, a New York Times music reporter since 2015, spent four years and interviewed over 100 sources to get the contemporary story about Atlanta's culture-defining music scene.Characters are what move the story forward in Joe's book, not discography, record sales, or cultural relevance. Lil Baby is featured prominently, as is his mom. Joe's relationship with the hit rapper dates back to 2017 when Lil Baby was still a mixtape artist. Another recurring character is Quality Control Music's Kevin “Coach K” Lee, who has deep-rooted ties with the city's most well-known artists across eras.Joe came onto the show to take us through the book's journey — both for him to write it and the characters themselves. Here's what we covered:[2:40] How the book came together and finally clicked[6:42] Role of Quality Control's Coach K in Atlanta story[10:11] Lasting effects of pandemic on music industry[12:38] Which era of Atlanta hip-hop to focus on? [14:09] How streaming helped launch Atlanta rap into the mainstream[16:10] Building trust with his sources despite racial differences[18:10] Did Joe receive any pushback while reporting?[20:19] Evolution key to Atlanta rap's longevity [25:05] Adapting Rap Capital into a movie[29:45] The crumbling of mainstream culture Listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | SoundCloud | Stitcher | Overcast | Amazon | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSSHost: Dan Runcie, @RuncieDan, trapital.coGuests: Joe Coscarelli, @joecoscarelli  Sponsors: MoonPay is the leader in web3 infrastructure. They have partnered with Timbaland, Snoop Dogg, and many more. To learn more, visit moonpay.com/trapital Enjoy this podcast? Rate and review the podcast here! ratethispodcast.com/trapital Trapital is home for the business of hip-hop. Gain the latest insights from hip-hop's biggest players by reading Trapital's free weekly memo. TRANSCRIPTION[00:00:00] Joe Coscarelli:  I wanted to tell the story through characters, through people, not just, you know, you can run down the discography of all the amazing Atlanta musicians, right? You can go through the label history, read the reviews. But I always want to sort of pull back like, who's behind these people? Who's behind that person? So that's why I think, you know, mothers were huge, fathers, you know, friends, people who are around these artists growing up, I wanted them to be human characters, and I wanted the side characters to be as big of a part as the famous people 'cause I think they're as crucial to the equation. [00:00:30] Dan Runcie: Hey, welcome to the Trapital podcast. I'm your host and the founder of Trapital, Dan Runcie. This podcast is your place to gain insights from executives in music, media, entertainment, and more, who are taking hip hop culture to the next level.  [00:00:58] Dan Runcie: Today's guest is Joe Coscarelli. He's the author of Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, and he's a culture reporter at The New York Times. And this book that he wrote, Rap Capital, I cannot recommend it enough. If you listen to this podcast, if you read the newsletter, if you watch any of the clips from our conversations or any of the posts on social media, this book is made for you. It's a street-level epic about the most consequential music culture today, Atlanta Rap. Joe put so much thought and care into how the book came together and tying everything from the Atlanta murders that happened decades ago and how that shaped the rap culture and the broader culture for black folks in Atlanta that we see today, and how that led to someone like Lil Baby, how that led to someone like Coach K having such an influence over hip hop music and the culture for decades now. This book was a great opportunity as well to have a trip down memory lane. A lot of us understand how influential Atlanta's been, but it was great to have it be told from a unique way. We also talked about broader trends happening in the streaming era right now in music, what a movie or film or TV show adaptation could look like for Rap Capital, and more. Here's our conversation. Hope you enjoy it. All right. Today we had Joe Coscarelli, the author of Rap Capital: An Atlanta story and read the book, really enjoyed it, and I got to ask because I was going through the synopsis and you said this was four years in the making, and I got to imagine with a book like this, there was some point when things started to click in that four-year process. When did you feel like things were coming together for you? [00:02:40] Joe Coscarelli: So I knew that there was a book in this stuff because I had done a handful of stories through my day job at The New York Times about Atlanta. I started this beat in late 2014. So., You know, my first couple years on the job, streaming was really taking over and specifically rap music and streaming. So I just found myself over and over again talking to the same group of people, right? I did a Migos Story, did a QC story that featured Lil Baby, one of his first interviews. I wrote about Drew Findling who's a lawyer in the book that's all over the news these days in various capacities. So I knew from those stories that there was something here. But I didn't know what it was going to be. I knew I wanted to not just tell a history, but follow characters in real-time as they tried to make it. That's something I always want to do in my work. You know, so my favorite art ever is like Hoop Dreams or a music documentary like Dig!, which follows two bands across a long period of time. One of them makes it, one of them doesn't make it. That's always what I want to bring to my reporting is this idea of a journey, right? And it doesn't even matter what the destination is, but following, specifically artists and musicians as they're trying to make something out of their lives, that to me, is just a timeless tale, right, of ambition and dreams, and so I knew I had a handful of characters that I wanted to go on this trip with, but I didn't really know how it tied into the broader story of Atlanta until a real marathon brunch interview with Lil Baby's mother, Lashawn. He was, you know, he and I had a rapport at that point. I'd interviewed him a few times. I did talk to a lot of people around him, and he was kind enough to set me up directly with his mom. And, you know, we sat down at a brunch place outside of Atlanta. And, you know, she said, I asked him, I asked Dominique, her son, we're like, what do I tell him? And he told her tell him everything. And she really did, her whole life story became part of the book, especially the foundation of the book, in the first part. And she had such an incredible life on her own. You know, I hope she writes a memoir someday. But when I learned really that she had been friends in school with an early victim of the Atlanta child murders, which were happening on the west side of Atlanta in the late seventies, early eighties, that she had a firsthand relationship to that historical event that I feel like really left its mark on the city. And she was open. She said it sort of affected the kind of mother that she became, and I think ultimately helped set Dominique, Lil Baby, on his path. And all of that could be traced to, like, something she went through as a kid that also spoke more broadly to Atlanta and the way it has developed socially, politically, culturally, especially Black Atlanta over the last 40, 50 years. So that was a real breakthrough moment for me, and I knew that I could start with her story, which in many ways was also the story of Atlanta in the last, you know, half a century. [00:05:30] Dan Runcie: And in reading that first piece, too, I could see how much care and thought was put into it from your perspective of going through what happened with those murders and then how that traces directly to someone like Lil Baby because it's hard to tell the story of Atlanta hip hop without doing all of that. And that's something that I think is often missing with so much of the discussion about Atlanta's run, which is why I feel like your book does stand as its own and is able to have a unique voice and perspective on this.[00:05:58] Joe Coscarelli: I appreciate that. Yeah, I wanted to tell the story through characters, right, through people, not just, you know, you can run down the discography of all the amazing Atlanta musicians, right? You can go through the label history, read the reviews. But I always want to sort of pull back like, who's behind these people? Who's behind that person, you know? So that's why I think, you know, mothers were huge, fathers, you know, friends, people who are around these artists growing up, I wanted them to be human characters, and I wanted the side characters to be as big of a part as the famous people 'cause I think they're as crucial to the equation. [00:06:31] Dan Runcie: And of course, Lil Baby is one of the central characters. Another one is Coach K, who's one of the folks leading up Quality Control Music. Why was it important for him to be a central character in this too? [00:06:42] Joe Coscarelli: So Coach K is amazing because you can tell basically the last 30 years of rap music only through his career, right? When I said I wanted to be able to trace characters back through the years to artists and eras, like, Coach has seen it all, right? This is a man who was passing out Church fans to promote Pastor Troy and the congregation in the mid-nineties. Then he goes from that to representing all these producers who were, you know, crucial to founding the trap sound, someone like Drama Boy. And then he's working with Young Jeezy, right, as the Snowman mythology takes over and, you know, Def Jam South and the explosion of trap music on a national scale. Coach is behind that, right? You know, there's a moment I talk about in the book where they put the commercial on the radio right, in Atlanta, when the Jeezy's mixtapes, Trap or Die are coming out, right, and it's All Traps Closed today, like National Holiday, you know, like these are the things that Coach was cooking up behind the scenes. Then he works with Gucci Mane, right, who was blood rivals with Jeezy. And then that brings you up to the present day, and in 2013, he and P, his partner Pierre Thomas, they founded Quality Control, and then they have Migos, right, and then they have a Lil Yachty, and then they have Lil Baby. And through Coach K, you could talk about every single one of those careers and so many more that he was on the periphery of, even if he wasn't the main executive or manager involved. So I just think, you know, there's nobody more crucial to that ecosystem at this moment and through the last couple of decades than Kevin Lee, Coach K. [00:08:14] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think one of the things that stands out about their run, too, is that it wasn't just one artist and they faded and rose with that artist. And I think that's what we've seen a lot in the streaming era, frankly, from a lot of the record labels that have rose up. They had the runs, and even when one star started to fade from a group that was the hottest group in the moment, they had others that came through, and you're seeing that infrastructure. I feel like that's one thing that sets them apart from a lot of the others at this moment. [00:08:42] Joe Coscarelli: Totally. For them, it's all about artist development, right? Like, I remember being around them in the office, you know, in late 2017 and they were talking about whether they should have gone after Bhad Bhabie, you know, the Cash Me Outside girl. And like they would see little things pop up and think like, oh, should we get in on that viral moment? And then they would be like, No, that's not what we do. We build artists, we build careers, we build brands. And something that's so special about Quality Control and why they were able to, you know, be the backbone of this book is because they are invested in that sort of old school Motown-esque record business thing of I'm going to pluck someone who might not even think they're a musician, and we're going to believe in them, and we're going to back them, and we're going to build it from the ground up, right, and we're going to build it Atlanta first. Whereas so much in the viral marketing, streaming world of today is going top-down, right? It's a TikTok hit, then it's a major label deal, and this person's probably never even played a show before. They're still very invested in the grassroots bottom-up approach, and I think that's worked for them so many times now that the playbook is, you know, you can't deny it.[00:09:48] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think that also that goes with something that I've seen you talk about even outside of the book as well, just some of the challenges that a lot of the artists and labels have right now in terms of now that the pandemic has, at least in this stage that we're in right now, there's still some lasting effects in terms of how that's shaping the charts, how that's shaping how music's released. What have you been seeing there from that perspective? [00:10:11] Joe Coscarelli: I mean, you know, a lot of people have been writing this year, yourself included, about the sort of stagnancy of the charts, how, you know, there aren't a lot of new breakout hits, especially in rap music, which had been so dominant for the last decade, essentially, as things started to move online and towards streaming. And I think you're right that a lot of that is pandemic hangover, right? Like, people were not outside like they used to be. Artists were not sort of feeling that energy, that creative energy. They were creating often, like, in a little bubble. I'm sure you get projects like a Beyoncé's RENAISSANCE that comes out of that pandemic moment and maybe speaks to some people's hopes and dreams for what the next few years will be, a little freer. But you don't have any chance for that sort of grassroots development, right? So we saw a lot of things come off of TikTok, but as I was getting at, like, those people, they haven't had the opportunity to touch their fans, right, to speak to the sort of ground swell of support. So you get a lot of things that feel fleeting and then you have something massive, right? Bad Bunny or like Morgan Wallen that's just like lodged up there at the top of the charts 'cause I think those guys had a fully formed thing going into the pandemic and were able to ride it through. You know, when you think about a lot of rap, especially regionally, that's bubbling now, there's a lot of drill, right? Like, you think of the stuff coming out of Brooklyn and the Bronx and that sound traveling all over the country. And I think, you know, since Pop Smoke, we haven't really had a sort of mainstream emissary for that sound. And it is such a local, such a hyper-local, such an underground phenomenon that you haven't really had someone translate it for the mainstream, you know, maybe that's going to be Ice Spice, maybe that's going to be Fivio Foreign, and like, you know, maybe it's going to be someone younger. But I think we're still waiting, right, for what that next wave, especially in rap, is going to be. You see the sort of sun may be setting on the trap era that's described in the book in the rise of drill as the default of what a rap song sounds like, but again, that hasn't really crossed over quite yet. [00:12:11] Dan Runcie: Yeah, it's been fascinating just to see how the streaming era has shaped things, specifically with how much you focused on it in the book. And with a topic like Atlanta hip hop, there are likely so many sectors that you could have dove in on, and of course, Lil Baby being a central figure did lend itself to the streaming era. But how did you decide which era to focus on? Because there's so many time spans that you probably could have done and equally deep dive on.[00:12:38] Joe Coscarelli: I always knew I wanted to tell a contemporary story, right? Like, I'm more of a reporter than I am a historian. So I'm not a musicologist, I'm not a music critic. You know, I've never really written criticism in terms of album reviews or show reviews, things like that. So I knew I wanted to be able to witness as much as I could firsthand and write about that because that's what I love to do in my work, getting back to this idea of, you know, being a fly on the wall for someone's journey, for someone's rise, for someone's fall even. So it was always going to be contemporary, right? And I feel like you have to tell a little bit of the history, right? You have to talk about Freaknik, you have to talk about OutKast, and the Dungeon Family, and LaFace Records, and So So Def to be able to get to this moment. But I think for me, like, I'm not someone who writes about music nostalgically. Sure, I love the stuff I grew up on, but I'd rather look forwards than backwards. And I think, character-wise, I just want to stay with the cutting edge, right? I want to see what's next. I want to see who's changing things, who's, you know, who's moving things forward. And that's just what I seek out in my life and in my job. So I think it was always going to be as contemporary as possible. [00:13:46] Dan Runcie: Yeah, that makes sense. I think that streaming also allowed us to see more growth from the areas that I think, in a lot of ways, were a bit held back from gatekeepers controlling everything. And I think Atlanta's a perfect example of that, even though they had the massive rise, you know, nineties, early 2000s, it went to another level this past decade. [00:14:09] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. And I think you know that sort of in-between time, right, when you think about post-Napster and file sharing, post-CD crash in the early 2000s. But pre-streaming, like, a lot of what became the go-to playbook for streaming was happening in the underground mixtape scene, especially in Atlanta and in the South. And you think of things like DatPiff or you know, sites like that where free mix tapes were coming out and it was all about quantity, right, in a way that really set these artists for the streaming era, right? You think of Lil Wayne's mixtape run, Gucci's mixtape run, and then Future's mixtape run. It was just about music, music, music, music. And so Migos sort of got in at the tail end of that and they released, you know, whatever it is, 5, 7, 10 mixtapes before they put out a proper debut album. And then when they finally hit with something like Culture, their second proper full length, the world had finally caught up to them and the rest of the Atlanta artists. And yet there's this whole group in between that gets left behind, right? Like, I'd love to read a book about Travis Porter and Rich Kidz and you know, these Atlanta rappers who are really, like, laying the groundwork for a lot of this, even like Rocko or you know, early career Future. Like these guys, I think if they would've come out once Spotify was as big as it is now, they would've been huge national and international stars. And instead, they sort of get caught in this in-between zone. So, you know, I think, I love to see when art lines up with the technology of the moment, and I think these Atlanta rappers were in the perfect place at the perfect time to take advantage of that explosion. [00:15:39] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I agree. And then even reading it too, and thinking about this conversation we're having, so much of you framing this as you're a reporter, you're capturing what's happening contemporary, and given the insights and the things that people are sharing with you, the amount of trust that you were needed to develop with them, and we talked a lot about the aspect of race and how that plays in. How did you navigate that yourself as a white man and trying to tell this black story and making sure that you're capturing it in the best way possible? [00:16:10] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. You know, obviously, I thought about this a lot in the reporting, in the conception of the book, and certainly in the writing and the editing. I think the job of any journalist, right, is to be like a respectful, humble, open-minded guest in other people's worlds, right, and to be well aware of what you know and what you don't know. Like, that goes for when I'm interviewing a female artist, a trans songwriter, reggaeton star. I think, like, to navigate spaces where you're not an insider, like, it's best to come prepared and engaged and curious. Like, I did my research, I knew what I was talking about to the extent that I could, but I also was eager to, like, defer to people who are the experts, right? I made sure that everyone from artists to managers, family members, like, they knew that I wanted to take whatever platform I had with the book and with my work at The New York Times, and sort of take their work seriously to shine a light on it, and recognize it as important as it is, right, this cultural product that has this immense influence and impact. So I wanted to really preserve these moments to the best of my ability for the history books. And I think that my subjects got that right away. You know, I don't think it took a lot of time for them to spend with me to see that I was really dedicated in that mission, that I was going to be respectful of their time and space, interested in the work that they were doing and the lives they were living. And then, like, your credibility travels, right? One person can vouch for you with another, you know, with a collaborator, with a family member. And I just wanted to just defer to them and their experiences. And I think I took that with me in the writing of the book. You know, of course, there's analysis, there's observation, but I really wanted people to speak for themselves. The book is very quote-heavy. I really wanted to capture people as they are, do an accurate portrayal of what it is they've been through. Hopefully, I think the quality speaks for itself. But I wanted to, you know, give these people whatever, spotlight, whatever platform I can offer. And then tell the truest version of how they relate it to me. [00:18:03] Dan Runcie: Yeah, I think that's the best and the most fair way to do it. Along the way though, did you receive any pushback or any type of challenge as you were doing this?[00:18:10] Joe Coscarelli: There's very little. I think I'm fortunate enough to, you know, have an institution like The New York Times behind me. I think, you know, people take that name seriously. It opens a lot of doors, whether or not I was a good reporter. And I think when you can open the door and then when you show up, and you're thorough, and you're accurate, you know, I'd written a lot about these people before the book, I think that the trust just grows and grows. And I was also finding people really at the beginning, right, of their careers in a lot of cases, like Lil Baby, like, you know, he may not be able to spell my last name, but he knows that I was that guy with him listening to his mixtape tracks as they were deciding what was going to be on, you know, his second, his third mixtape. And he's seen me for years along the way, supporting that journey, you know, engaging with the work, like I said. And, you know, meeting people at the beginnings of things, they remember, right, who was there with them and who was supportive and who got it. And I think that that went a long way for me with my subjects. I think the other thing is like, you know, in the music industry, whether it's rap, you know, southern rap, regional street rap, like, there's always a white guy around, you know. I talk about this in the book, whether it's a dj, a producer, a manager, you know, this is a trope, this is a tradition. And I think, you know, sometimes it goes well, sometimes it goes poorly. But I try to always be above board and respectful in my dealings. But I think, you know, when you're riding around in Atlanta, with a rapper and you look like I do, you know, someone's just going to assume that I'm either from the label or I'm from The FADER, you know, something like that.[00:19:41] Dan Runcie: Exactly. Exactly. But no, I think that, given this, as you mentioned, yeah, there's plenty of precedent for people having done this before. And yeah, I think the care that you bring into it with the book is clearly shown. And thinking about that, as you mentioned, just you driving around Atlanta, getting a feel for the vibe of the city and everything else, spending so much time there, how do you feel about the run that Atlanta's currently having and how this will continue? Because I think that like anything, people are always thinking of what is the next thing. How long does this last? We, of course, saw the east and west coast rise and fall. What do you feel, like, the next decade or so it looks like for Atlanta in hip hop? [00:20:19] Joe Coscarelli: I mean, the thing that's been so amazing about Atlanta, the reason it can be the subject of a book like this is because every time you would think it was over, they would just come up with a new thing, right? So like, you know, you think back to OutKast, you think back to So So Def, you know, you have the run of Ludacris, who becomes, you know, this crazy mainstream success story, you have Gucci, and Jeezy, and the rise of trap, and T.I., you know, becomes this huge crossover star. And then you think that that's over. And then you have crunk, and you have Lil Jon, and you think that's over. And then here's comes Waka Flocka Flame coming up from under Gucci, you know. Even someone like Gucci, he's helped birth three, four micro-generations of Atlanta rappers. And, you know, someone like Young Thug comes out and you're like, oh, like, this is too eccentric. This is never going to happen, right? Like, this is only for the real heads, only for people listening underground, and then all of a sudden he's on SNL, right? And he's in Vogue. And just over and over again, you have these guys sort of breakthrough with something that seems like it's too outre. It's too avant-garde. You know, even Migos and their sort of like punk repetition, you know, people heard Bando and said like, oh, this is annoying. Like, this is going nowhere, and then all of a sudden the whole radio sounds like that. So there's a part of me that does feel like, you know, this book is sort of capturing a contained era, right? The first 7, 8, 9, 10 years of streaming and the intensity and the tragedy of the YSL indictment. Like, maybe that's a hard stop to this era. But I think you can never count Atlanta out, right? So like, you might not know exactly what's coming next, but there's always more kids like this, like coming up with something new, taking what came before them, putting like a twist on it, and then all of a sudden it's on the radio, right? So like, even me, like, I see like a real post-Playboy Cardi, you know, sort of experimental streak in a lot of these rappers. I think there's some drill influence coming into Atlanta. And I don't think the next generation has really revealed itself yet, but I'm very confident that based on the infrastructure that's there, based on the amount of talent, the artists who call it home, both from there and not, like, I really think there'll be another wave, and there's just always another wave, in a way that even New York, you know, has struggled to bring the championship belt back that many times, you know? But I think, you know, Atlanta's regeneration has always been sort of its calling card. [00:22:41] Dan Runcie: Yeah, and I think one of the things that stands out about Atlanta too, and this is a bit of a sad way to frame it, but they've been able to withstand the jail time or the charges that happen for a lot of the rappers that are in their prime. Of course, we saw that happened with the West Coast in the nineties, Death Row, and you know, everything with Suge Knight and Tupac. I think we saw that a bit with the East Coast as well. But Atlanta, unfortunately, whether it's T.I., Gucci, like, a lot of them have served time, but the city still has been able to still thrive in hip hop because there was always someone else coming through. And I think even more recently now with Gunna and Thug, dealing with the RICO case and everything, who knows how that'll end up. But I think the difference for them and the city now as opposed to other areas is that even if you know, let's say that they may not be able to make music or this hinders their rise, there are other folks that can continue to have the city continue to rise up in the music around it.[00:23:38] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, and I think so much of this music, right, the music that's come out of Atlanta in the last 30 years, like, it comes from struggle, right? It comes from necessity. And the things you're describing, whether it's, you know, violence, death, you know, the criminal justice, the weight of the state on these young black men, mostly. And they do tend to be men, especially in this scene, though that's changing too. You know, I think when people feel backed into a corner, like, art can come from that, right? So whether it's YSL directly or it's the people, they influence, the people from their neighborhood who are going to fill that void. I think, you know, the people hear the urgency in this music, right? They hear the, whether it's the joy or the pain, you know, there's a lot of feeling here. And I think, yeah, the tough times, people bounce back out of that. And trap is so much about that in general that I think it'll just continue to happen.[00:24:29] Dan Runcie: Definitely. And in the beginning of this conversation, you talked a little bit about how Hoop Dreams and that type of story was definitely an inspiration, and of course, that was nearly a three-hour long movie, if I remember correctly, the timeframe there. In terms of this book, already reading it, maybe through the first few chapters, I was like, oh, this is going to get turned into some type of TV or series or a movie or something like that. I could already see that happening. Was that in the back of your mind as you were thinking about what this could look like? Obviously, I'm sure you're so focused on the book, but were you, as you're thinking about the inspiration, were you thinking about multimedia adaptations? [00:25:05] Joe Coscarelli: You know, I wasn't as much as I should have been, right? Otherwise, I would've been recording my audio better to turn it into a podcast, to then turn it into a doc series or whatever it is. I'm very much like a print writer, right? Like, I'm a newspaper reporter. I don't even think about images really as much as I think about words. And yet, like, so much of my influence, like, you know, Hoop Dreams was always the sort of the north star of this, but, like, I'm a huge consumer of television and film and stories of all kinds. So I knew I wanted the scope of the story to at least have that potential, right, to feel grand, to feel cinematic, to feel like it was about a time and a place and characters, which I think, you know, is often easier to do in a visual medium. So I had it in mind. But I was really too focused on just getting the words down on the page and getting the material I needed. I hope you're right and that now that this thing exists, right, this big book, like you said, Hoop Dreams is a three-hour movie, and this is like the book equivalent of a three-hour movie. It's almost 400 pages, so it has that sort of epic quality. And I think there is, you know, hopefully, more to mine there, not necessarily in recreating the stories that I've already captured, but in that essence, in that spirit and the way that Atlanta sort of goes in waves and goes in cycles. I hope there's a way to be able to capture that visually as well. [00:26:23] Dan Runcie: If you could handpick any director you would want to lead a project on Rap Capital who'd you pick?[00:26:29] Joe Coscarelli: Oh, man. All time. I mean, that's a tough one. Look, I mean, what Donald Glover and Hiro Murai have done with their Atlanta series, you know, it's much more surreal than this. It's fictionalized, but the parts of it that are based, you know, more on earth and more in the music industry, like, are just captured so well. I think, Hiro, as a director specifically, was able to, you know, all the aerial shots, like the highways, the roads, the woods, like that version of Atlanta is really seared in my mind. And, you know, I know they've done their version, but I think there's more to do. But then there's like the younger generation, right, of video directors and stuff that I'm just waiting to be able to see their worlds on a larger scale, you know, someone like Spike Jordan or someone like Daps who have their hand in, or, you know, Keemotion, like people who have their hand in a lot of the visual representation of this music on YouTube. And I think I would love to see what they would do, right? I would love to see the present-day music video directors' version of Belly, right, in Atlanta. Like, Belly, one of my favorite, you know, top five favorite movies ever, and has that sort of that music video quality to it in a lot of ways, but then blown up for the big screen. Like, I want some of those guys to have a canvas like that to paint on. [00:27:42] Dan Runcie: Yeah, that's a good answer because I think that, especially the Hiro one, because I think that Atlanta, as a TV show, does capture so much of it. And you're right, the episodes that are set in earth and not the surreal, you know, messages. But yeah, the ones that are set in earth do capture a lot of the intricacies about the music industry and I think the reality, which is I think something you do in the book as well. I also think that some of the newer music video directors, too, just given the world that they're capturing, do so much of that well, too, and I think having that is key because, of course, some of the more established names have a picture of Atlanta, but it may be more relevant to that, you know, LaFace era of Atlanta, which, while very impactful, isn't what your book is about.[00:28:27] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, I think there's a new wave, right, and the people who are responsible for the iconography of this wave. You know, even the crazy run of Young Thug videos, I think the director Be EL Be, is that his name? You know, just super, super surreal sort of dream world stuff. But I want to see what those guys can do with the present day, given the budgets, you know, if they were given a Hollywood-size budget instead of a rap video-size budget.[00:28:53] Dan Runcie: Well, I will definitely be keeping an eye out for that because I feel like it's one of these inevitable things and it'll be fun to watch for sure. [00:28:59] Joe Coscarelli: Fingers crossed. Yeah. [00:29:00] Dan Runcie: Yeah. All right. Well, before we wrap things up, I do want to go back to one thing about the music industry because you had tweeted something out, I forget how long ago it was, but Punch from TDE had, shoutout to Punch, he had asked a question about when did the personalities become bigger than the music, and you had responded and said, well, there's some nuance here. Look at someone like Rod Wave who is, you know, selling multiple times more than someone like Megan Thee Stallion. And I think Rod Wave is someone that, unless you know the music, you're not necessarily tapping in, versus Megan who's someone that's performing at all the big award shows and has a lot of the big features, how do you make sense of that dichotomy between those examples and maybe what it says about where we are in the industry and how to make sense of it?[00:29:45] Joe Coscarelli: I think there's just been a real crumbling of the monoculture, right? Like, before. You would expect, if somebody had a number one hit, if somebody had a number one album, everyone would know who they were, right? I would know, you would know, your mom would know, my grandma would know. They would at least have some vague idea, right, of who Shania Twain was, or you know, Katy Perry, whoever it may be, even Ed Sheeran, to name one of the last, I think, monoculture stars. Whereas today everything is so fragmented, right? You write about this in your newsletter, whether it's streaming TV or movies or music, like, everything finds its own little audience, and it's sometimes it's not even that little, you know. Jon Caramanica, the pop music critic here at the Times, and I collaborated on a piece, you know, I think probably almost four years ago at this point, saying like, your old idea of a pop star is dead. Your new idea of a pop star is, you know, it's Bad Bunny. It's BTS. It's Rosalía who's not selling a ton of albums, but can pack out two shows at Radio City Music Hall without saying a word of English, basically, you know. And people are finding these artists on their own, right? You think of NBA YoungBoy, another one who's like, basically, the biggest rap artist we've had over the last five years, and he gets no radio play. He's never been on television, he's never played SNL. He has, you know, maybe one magazine cover, national magazine cover in his past, that happened when he was, you know, 16, 17 years old. And yet, like the numbers on YouTube are bigger than Ariana Grande's, for instance, you know. So I think these audiences have just splintered. And there are a few people who permeate, right, personality-wise, you know, Megan Thee Stallion or whatever. But often the music is somehow divorced from that, right? Like, I think there's far more people who know these next-generation stars from being in commercials or, you know, Bad Bunny in a Corona commercial or whatever it is, then can sing one of their songs word for word. And I think that's fine. You know, I think that a lot of artists have found freedom in that, right? I keep coming back to artists who sing in Spanish primarily. Like, before I would be that to cross over, you had to change, right? You had to start singing in English, at least somewhat, like a Shakira or whatever it is. But now, that's no longer a prerequisite because your audience is going to find you on Spotify, they're going to come to your shows, they're going to buy merch. And even if you're not getting played on Z100 or, you know, Top 40 radio, you can still have as much of a footprint. It's just not in that same everybody knows the same 10 people way, you know? [00:32:10] Dan Runcie: Yeah. I think that the fact that someone like Bad Bunny has an album that's not in English, that has been on the top of the US charts for, what, 30%, 40% of the weeks of the year is incredible. [00:32:24] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think that he is a celebrity, right, he is in films, he's in Bullet Train, he's in commercials, whatever. But I still think if you, you know, maybe it's different in New York, but if you went on the street and you asked, you know, your average 42-year-old white woman who Bad Bunny was, or to name a Bad Bunny song, it might not happen. But he's still selling out Yankee Stadium, you know, so it's this weird give and take of, like, what makes a hit these days, what makes a superstar. I think, you know, to bring it back, like, Lil Baby is in this boat too. Like, he's as close to, we have, I think, in the new school as a mainstream superstar, right, headlining festivals, you know, he's performing at the World Cup. He is sponsored, you know, Budweiser sponsors him. He's in, you know, all sorts of commercials, and he is really moved into that upper echelon. But he is still not a celebrity, right, in the way that a 50 Cent or a Jay-Z is to everyone. But he is to a certain generation. So it'll be interesting to see if he can sort of push past that last barrier and become a household name. But he doesn't need it, right? He doesn't have to be a household name to be the biggest rapper in the country. [00:33:28] Dan Runcie: Right. I think the part that I'm really fascinated by, too, is how this separation of, yes, you can be someone that is more known for personality than music, how that will translate to the labels they're assigned to, which of course are in the business of people actually streaming and listening to your music, and they're not necessarily in the business of selling personality or selling brand deals, right? Like, they're not getting the Pepsi deals or they're not, like, that's Pepsi doing that, you know what I mean? So it'll be interesting to see what that looks like 'cause obviously I know that there are legal challenges and transgressions with maybe why someone like a Rod Wave or like an NBA YoungBoy may not be getting asked to perform at the Grammy's, right? Like, I think that's pretty easy to understand. Or even someone like a Summer Walker who I think that does very well from a streaming perspective, but I think, you know, personally, just isn't the personality type to want to be all out there, right? [00:34:21] Joe Coscarelli: Yeah, has no interest in being a celebrity, but I think it's almost healthier, right, for some of these artists to be able to say, like, I've seen what happens on the fame side, and I don't want that part. I just want to make my music and play for my fans. Like, I think that's becoming maybe more and more of a possibility, where you can speak directly to your fans and not have to play the game, right, with the gatekeepers that might not actually be turning into anything at this point other than mind share. So, yeah, there's a lot of different kinds of stardom right now, and I think, like, the cult star, the, like, mass cult star, Tyler, the Creator, you know, the way he built up his career. You've written about this over so many years. Like, he doesn't have a smash hit, he doesn't have an Old Town Road, you know, or a Call Me Maybe, or whatever it is. He doesn't have that defining record or pop cultural moment. He just has years and years and years of solid growth, and people respond to that, and that you can pack arenas on that just as easily as you, and maybe even more effectively than you can on the back of one or two massive hits.[00:35:25] Dan Runcie: Yeah, definitely. Yeah, definitely now, for sure. It'll be fascinating to watch and I'll be looking out for your continued reporting and thoughts on this, yeah, such a fascinating time in the industry. But Joe, it's been a pleasure, man. Hey, if anyone listening, if you are a fan of this podcast, believe me, this is a book. I can't recommend it enough. You'll enjoy it. But Joe, for the folks listening, where can they get Rap Capital? [00:35:47] Joe Coscarelli: Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story, out October 18th, available wherever books are sold, Amazon, Barnes & Noble. Get an audiobook, should be out soon at your local bookstore. Yeah, hopefully, you'll be able to find it. Rap Capital. Thanks so much for having me. [00:36:00] Dan Runcie: Awesome. Thanks for coming on and great work again. [00:36:02] Joe Coscarelli: It was really fun. Thanks. [00:36:03] Dan Runcie: Really good.[00:36:04] Dan Runcie: If you enjoyed this podcast, go ahead and share it with a friend. Copy the link, text it to a friend, post it in your group chat, post it in your Slack groups, wherever you and your people talk, spread the word. That's how Trapital continues to grow and continues to reach the right people. And while you're at it, if you use Apple podcast, go ahead, rate the podcast. Give it a high rating and leave a review. Tell people why you liked the podcast. That helps more people discover the show. Thank you in advance. Talk to you next week.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Blake fills in for Bo talking SEC football and Arch Manning in the first hour of the show live in the BankPlus Studio. Blake discusses the latest domino in the Arch Manning recruitment saga as Alabama, a believed frontrunner in the Manning sweepstakes, has received a commitment from another top 10 quarterback recruit. Blake talks about what that means for Ole Miss and the other programs in the running to land the coveted top overall prospect. In the SEC Insider Hit, Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo and Blake talk March Madness and the NFL in the first hour of the show live in the BankPlus Studio. Blake gives his thoughts on the rumors surrounding quarterback Deshaun Watson and his potential trade out of Houston, and the chance that he ends up with the Saints. With the NCAA Tournament starting this week, Blake discusses the OOBShow Bracket Challenge on ESPN.com for listeners to win prizes from some of our great sponsors. In the SEC Insider Hit, Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Super Bowl champ Pierre Thomas joins John DeShazier and Erin Summers on the New Orleans Saints podcast to talk about the Saints Super Bowl win and the upcoming Super Bowl.

Bo and Blake talk college football and the NFL in the first hour of the show live in the BankPlus Studio. The guys preview the day and their interview with Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas, who Bo met years ago. Bo takes an odd stance on MSU baseball attendance and gets the Bulldogs fans riled up. The guys preview the slate of SEC basketball games tonight as both Ole Miss and MSU are looking to pick up important conference wins. The guys talk Super Bowl and the NFL Playoffs to this point, as Joe Burrow and the Bengals are taking the country by storm. Bo gives his thoughts on coaching changes for MSU and Ole Miss football as both Mike Leach and Lane Kiffin have had to make some changes to their assistants. The guys get into other college football coaching changes, including the potential of Jim Harbaugh leaving Michigan for the NFL. Finally, the guys have fun with a wild story out of Pennsylvania that saw two families brawl over a steak shortage at Golden Corral.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bo and Blake talk college football and the NFL in the second hour of the show live in the BankPlus Studio. The guys have fun talking football coaches and sweater vests as the guys discuss the potential of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh leaving for the NFL. Bo gives his thoughts on the last teams standing in the Playoffs as the Rams and Bengals get set for Super Bowl 56. In the SEC Insider Hit, Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saints running back and Super Bowl champion Pierre Thomas joins the show on the Bucked Up Energy guest line talking Sean Payton. Pierre shares some incredible stories from his time with the Saints, from being an undrafted free agent to becoming a focal point of the most dynamic offenses in NFL history. Pierre gives his thoughts on what playing with future Hall of Famer Drew Brees was like, and how his presence impacted the locker room. Pierre talks about the unique relationship Payton cultivated with his players and how that helped change a losing culture in New Orleans. Pierre talks about a special moment from the Super Bowl that helped shape not only his legacy but Sean Payton's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clip: Pierre-Thomas Brun "On Pushing The Boundaries Of Soft Robotics Field" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Pierre-Thomas Brun "Viewing Undesirable Functionalities As Positive Ones For Clever Design" by Marwa ElDiwiny

With Thanksgiving travel expected to return to pre-pandemic levels, Martha Raddatz goes one-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci about the latest on boosters shots, tips for safe holiday gatherings, and concern over new rising cases. Following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in the Kenosha shootings Byron Pitts, Terry Moran and Channa Lloyd join Martha to discuss the polarizing case and its future implications on self-defense and gun rights cases. With the holiday season approaching, Martha reports from Kansas City on the rising cost of goods -- plus analysis from Deirdre Bolton and Diane Swonk on the jump in inflation. With cyberattacks on the rise, Pierre Thomas reports from inside the National Security Agency and interviews Gen. Paul Nakasone about how the spy agency is responding to those increasing threats. And Jon Karl, Averi Harper, Laura Barrón-López and Jonathan Swan join the Powerhouse Roundtable to discuss what's next for Biden's Build Back Better agenda and the state of the economy as inflation surges.

Pierre-Thomas Brun "Bubble Casting Soft Robotics" by Marwa ElDiwiny

Clip: Pierre-Thomas Brun "Bubble Casting Soft Robotics And Instabilities" by Marwa ElDiwiny

With an FDA advisory panel recommending Pfizer booster shots only for those over 65 or at high risk, Martha goes one-on-one with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the latest setback for the Biden administration in its booster plan push. After the Pentagon admitted a drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians was a mistake, Martha interviews Adm. Mike Mullen on the tragedy and Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley's calls to China in the final months of the Trump presidency. Following a powerful day of testimony from U.S. gymnasts on the sexual abuse they suffered by team doctor Larry Nassar, Pierre Thomas and Christine Brennan join Martha to discuss the FBI's failure in handling the case and what comes next.

Saints Hall of Fame running back Pierre Thomas opens up about the behind the scenes details of an NFL team and how injuries are dealt with, why his relationship with Saints fans is special, why many players struggle to transition to life when their career ends, the biggest key to his transition going smooth, and much more.

Hurricane Ida devastated Louisiana and the northeast, causing flooding and killing dozens of people. ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos goes one-one-one with White House Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond about what types of federal emergency assistance President Biden is prepared to authorize. The Supreme Court voted not to block a Texas law that would make it illegal to have an abortion after six weeks. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy spoke with George about the decision from the Supreme Court, and relief efforts in Louisiana. The nation will mark 20 years since 9/11 as the country absorbs more harrowing scenes from the chaotic exit out of Afghanistan, and George speaks with ABC's Martha Raddatz, Pierre Thomas, and retired ABC News broadcaster Charlie Gibson about that fateful day.

“I ask you to ask yourself simply, very simply, this question: where is the honor which I am due as a father? Does it exist? Does it exist enough? Do I enforce it enough, these rights which I do not have the right to touch because they are the rights of divine fatherhood which I represent?” Happy Father's Day! We're continuing our series of works honoring St. Joseph throughout this year of St. Joseph, with this remarkable reflection on fatherhood. The English translation of this work appeared in the Winter 2018 Issue of Dominicana Journal, a publication of student friars of the province of St. Joseph, in formation at the Dominican House of Studies. The focus of this particular issue was “Christian Manliness”, presenting a positive view of manly virtue and masculine perfection. Pierre-Thomas Dehau, OP (1870-1956) was a priest of the Dominican Province of France. Blind from a young age, he was never able to write books. Instead, Fr. Dehau devoted himself to preaching and giving retreats. The works of his available to us today come from notes of his lectures, homilies, and conferences. This text is an excerpt from a series of conferences given by Fr. Dehau on the family, considering each member of the family - father, mother, and child - and reflecting upon their counterparts in the Holy Family. Links Dominicana Journal: https://www.dominicanajournal.org/ Follow this link to join the Online Great Books VIP waiting list and get 25% off your first 3 months: https://hj424.isrefer.com/go/ogbmemberships/tmirus/ Go to http://www.catholicculture.org/getaudio to register for FREE access to the full archive of audiobooks beyond the most recent 15 episodes. Donate at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: 2 Part Invention, composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.

It’s Day 100 for the Biden Administration. Last night, the President made his pitch for going big with a package of legislative fixes for everything from our crumbling infrastructure to poverty and unemployment. He did not shy away from addressing how to pay for his multi-trillion-dollar proposals, following-up on a campaign pledge to raise taxes on people who make more than $400,000 a year, saying that they and American corporations have not been paying their fair share. He couched his proposals in the context of proving that American-style democracy works — domestically, and as we compete with autocracies like China. The President will visit with former President Jimmy Carter in Plains, Georgia, today, as he begins a ramped-up travel schedule to sell his ambitious plans. Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting the M&T Bank Stadium mass vaccination site today in downtown Baltimore. The President spoke to a reduced group of members of Congress and other dignitaries, chosen by lottery and limited in size because of COVID. His 70-minute address covered a lot of ground. Joining Tom with analysis is Pierre Thomas, Chief Justice Correspondent for ABC News. He connects with us on Zoom… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Louise, 22 ans et Léna Kollmeier, 28 ans sont soeurs, et elles pratiquent le piano à quatre mains, ou le deux pianos. A la naissance de Léna, l'aînée, leur papa offre un piano à leur maman, en guise de cadeau de naissance. Forte de la présence de l'instrument, Léna se met au clavier dès l'âge de 5 ans, suivie à 6 ans d'intervalle par Louise, sa cadette. " Enfants, et étant l'aînée ", raconte Léna, " Je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher de donner des conseils à ma petite soeur ! Aujourd'hui, ce serait plutôt l'inverse ! " Le piano a ainsi toujours fait partie de leurs vies de soeurs. Cela étant dit, nos deux invitées n'ont rien de jumelles siamoises, et elles n'ont par exemple pas étudié dans les mêmes écoles. Louise termine ainsi son cursus de Master 2 à l'IMEP à Namur, avec Roberto Giordano. Quant à Léna, elle a fréquenté le Conservatoire de Liège auprès d'Etienne Rappe, puis le Conservatoire de Bruxelles, dans la classe de Daniel Blumenthal. Mais le Maître qui les réunit, et qu'elles admirent par-dessus tout, c'est Pierre Thomas, merveilleux pianiste et formidable pédagogue, il suit nos deux invitées depuis longtemps. Il est pour Louise et Léna, une référence, entre autre dans la discipline du 4 mains, et elles projettent d'ailleurs de faire du 6 mains avec lui, et qui plus est, avec quelques unes de ses compositions. Aujourd'hui, en dehors de leurs carrières respectives (ndlr.: qu'elles construisent peu à peu), Léna et Louise consacrent le plus clair de leur temps au piano à quatre mains, et au répertoire pour deux pianos. A la question de savoir quand cette aventure a commencé, les deux soeurs sont bien en peine de répondre, parce qu'aussi loin qu'elles s'en souviennent, elles ont toujours joué à 4 mains. Mais bien sûr, ce qui avait longtemps été un amusement est devenu aujourd'hui une discipline professionnelle qui a débuté à l'été 2018. Un travail qui a déjà porté ses fruits, puisqu'en 2019, elles ont remporté un prix au Concours "Gran virtuoso" aux Pays-Bas, et en 2020, c'est au Concours "Pietro Argento", une compétition italienne que les deux soeurs se sont illustrées. " Le quatre mains...", nous confieront les deux pianistes, " C'est une question d'intimité, de complicité, d'amitié, et de connivence. Tout s'est toujours fait très naturellement, spontanément, et intuitivement entre nous, et nous pensons pouvoir dire que nous nous connaissons bien... ! " Côté répertoire, Léna et Louise Kollmeier s'intéressent aux grands classiques du 4 mains que sont ceux de Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, ou encore Brahms, mais aussi à la création contemporaine de compositeurs de chez nous. Le saxophoniste franco-belge Tom Bourgeois, ou la pianiste Virginie Tasset, amie de Léna Kollmeier font partie de ce cercle qui a composé pour Louise et Léna. Deux compositeurs qui s'intéressent tous deux à la musique de films, mais aussi à d'autres techniques comme la musique spectrale, pour ne citer ici que quelques unes de leurs nombreuses influences. Dans le même esprit de découverte, le compositeur luxembourgeois Camille Kerger fait également partie de ces créateurs qui ont écrits de la musique pour les deux jeunes femmes. Artistes à la sonorité généreuse, et à la technique solide, Louise et Léna font preuve d'un bon sens désarmant, d'un sang-froid digne des plus grands, et d'une intelligence musicale toute au service de la Musique. Deux artistes passionnantes, et deux jeunes femmes aussi subtiles qu'attachantes ! Bonne écoute ! Réalisation et présentation : Laurent GRAULUS

Louise, 22 ans et Léna Kollmeier, 28 ans sont soeurs, et elles pratiquent le piano à quatre mains, ou le deux pianos. A la naissance de Léna, l'aînée, leur papa offre un piano à leur maman, en guise de cadeau de naissance. Forte de la présence de l'instrument, Léna se met au clavier dès l'âge de 5 ans, suivie à 6 ans d'intervalle par Louise, sa cadette. " Enfants, et étant l'aînée ", raconte Léna, " Je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher de donner des conseils à ma petite soeur ! Aujourd'hui, ce serait plutôt l'inverse ! " Le piano a ainsi toujours fait partie de leurs vies de soeurs. Cela étant dit, nos deux invitées n'ont rien de jumelles siamoises, et elles n'ont par exemple pas étudié dans les mêmes écoles. Louise termine ainsi son cursus de Master 2 à l'IMEP à Namur, avec Roberto Giordano. Quant à Léna, elle a fréquenté le Conservatoire de Liège auprès d'Etienne Rappe, puis le Conservatoire de Bruxelles, dans la classe de Daniel Blumenthal. Mais le Maître qui les réunit, et qu'elles admirent par-dessus tout, c'est Pierre Thomas, merveilleux pianiste et formidable pédagogue, il suit nos deux invitées depuis longtemps. Il est pour Louise et Léna, une référence, entre autre dans la discipline du 4 mains, et elles projettent d'ailleurs de faire du 6 mains avec lui, et qui plus est, avec quelques unes de ses compositions. Aujourd'hui, en dehors de leurs carrières respectives (ndlr.: qu'elles construisent peu à peu), Léna et Louise consacrent le plus clair de leur temps au piano à quatre mains, et au répertoire pour deux pianos. A la question de savoir quand cette aventure a commencé, les deux soeurs sont bien en peine de répondre, parce qu'aussi loin qu'elles s'en souviennent, elles ont toujours joué à 4 mains. Mais bien sûr, ce qui avait longtemps été un amusement est devenu aujourd'hui une discipline professionnelle qui a débuté à l'été 2018. Un travail qui a déjà porté ses fruits, puisqu'en 2019, elles ont remporté un prix au Concours "Gran virtuoso" aux Pays-Bas, et en 2020, c'est au Concours "Pietro Argento", une compétition italienne que les deux soeurs se sont illustrées. " Le quatre mains...", nous confieront les deux pianistes, " C'est une question d'intimité, de complicité, d'amitié, et de connivence. Tout s'est toujours fait très naturellement, spontanément, et intuitivement entre nous, et nous pensons pouvoir dire que nous nous connaissons bien... ! " Côté répertoire, Léna et Louise Kollmeier s'intéressent aux grands classiques du 4 mains que sont ceux de Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, ou encore Brahms, mais aussi à la création contemporaine de compositeurs de chez nous. Le saxophoniste franco-belge Tom Bourgeois, ou la pianiste Virginie Tasset, amie de Léna Kollmeier font partie de ce cercle qui a composé pour Louise et Léna. Deux compositeurs qui s'intéressent tous deux à la musique de films, mais aussi à d'autres techniques comme la musique spectrale, pour ne citer ici que quelques unes de leurs nombreuses influences. Dans le même esprit de découverte, le compositeur luxembourgeois Camille Kerger fait également partie de ces créateurs qui ont écrits de la musique pour les deux jeunes femmes. Artistes à la sonorité généreuse, et à la technique solide, Louise et Léna font preuve d'un bon sens désarmant, d'un sang-froid digne des plus grands, et d'une intelligence musicale toute au service de la Musique. Deux artistes passionnantes, et deux jeunes femmes aussi subtiles qu'attachantes ! Bonne écoute ! Réalisation et présentation : Laurent GRAULUS

Playing with HOF QB Drew Brees! Sharing RB duties with Alvin Kamara, Pierre Thomas, and Mark Ingram. We discuss playing in the Superdome during the playoffs!! Hear it all from Former Saints RB Travaris Cadet

Saints Hall of Famer Pierre Thomas joins the show to recap the Saints 21-9 Super Wild Card weekend win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

Je m'appelle Pierre Thomas et je vais vous raconter comment j'ai intégré Ubisoft. Je pense que la découverte d'une ouverture sur le monde peut permettre de trouver sa voie. C'est comme cela que je conçois la richesse des échanges. J'ai profité de mes années à l'EM Normandie pour partir en Australie et en Nouvelle-Zélande. Avec 10 années de recul, je vois une vraie valeur ajoutée à ces expériences internationales. C'est de cette manière que j'ai été approché pour rejoindre les équipes d'Ubisoft.

Just two days before the election, George goes one-on-one with Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller and Biden campaign senior adviser Anita Dunn who both bring their candidates’ closing arguments. Jon Karl and Mary Bruce report on the sprint to the finish, and Tom Llamas and Nate Silver break down the latest polls and FiveThirtyEight forecast. Plus, Pierre Thomas, Dan Abrams and Kate Shaw take a closer look at the most pressing election security concerns, and the Powerhouse Roundtable weighs in on what to expect from this historic election. See it on “This Week” Sunday.

After traveling through battleground Pennsylvania speaking to voters just over a week until Election Day, Martha Raddatz anchors a special edition of “This Week” from Philadelphia. Powerhouse Players Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel analyze the homestretch of the campaign, and Dr. Jen Ashton and Tom Bossert discuss the alarming surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. Plus, Pierre Thomas and Kate Shaw report on the latest threats to the integrity of November’s election. See it all on “This Week.”

Patrick Spadrille reçoit Marie-Pierre Thomas et Stéphane Clor pour nous parler du spectacle "Mémoire". Improdcast, le podcast du théâtre l'Improviste, premier théâtre de Belgique entièrement dédié à l'improvisation. www.improviste.be Musique : www.bensound.com   NB : Toutes nos excuses pour le volume de l'ambiance environnante dont nous avons sous estimé l'importance. 

Quality Control has been at the forefront of Hip Hop the past several years with superstar acts such as Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby and more. Founded by Pierre Thomas a/k/a CEO P, the label is ascending to heights that can put them in the pantheon of legendary imprints that have left a lasting impact on the culture. Recently, CEO P’s very own nephew, 2J The Richest, has emerged as a buzzing new talent. Having already had an affinity for music since a child, 2J knew his passion can be a reality when he attended a Lil Yachty performance years ago and was invited onstage by famed manager/executive Coach K. This was the ultimate conviction for the youngster to pursue a career in rap.

This episode we discussed Megan Thee Stallion, 6ix9ine, Lira Galore and Pierre Thomas plus more. 

This episode we discussed Lira Galore, CEO Pierre Thomas, Rihanna,Russell Simmons, Oprah, NBAYoungboy and Iyanna Mayweather.

In this bonus episode, Ralph chats with Scott Prather, program director at 1420 ESPN Radio in Lafayette about Pierre Thomas and the Saints 2019 season.This episode is free because of Blue Chew & My Bookie but... If you want full access to Daily Saints Happy Hour, it's just $7 bucks a month!Also every person who is Patreon Member at the $3.28 Tier and above gets FREE BEER KOOZI and cool Saints Schedule wallpaper!Drunk Saints History Archive!GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES!Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for chance to win free t-shirt!

Ross answers questions from the Locked on Saints Facebook Group! Who will win the RB and TE battles? Would you add Deuce McAllister or Pierre Thomas to this roster? How can the Saints maintain their stars with $20/year to MT?Follow Ross on Twitter @RossJacksonASCJoin the Locked on Saints Facebook Group! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ross answers questions from the Locked on Saints Facebook Group! Who will win the RB and TE battles? Would you add Deuce McAllister or Pierre Thomas to this roster? How can the Saints maintain their stars with $20/year to MT? Follow Ross on Twitter @RossJacksonASC Join the Locked on Saints Facebook Group! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys are on vacation but you still get shows!! Andrew and Ralph are talking their favorite Saints players. Today the guys give Pierre Thomas his due. Ralph explains while most fans LOVE PT, they don't appreciate or remember that Thomas was magnificent vs Vikings in 2009 NFC Title and had one of iconic days in Saints History. This episode is free but...    If you want full access to 7 Minutes of Saints, it's just $7 bucks a month!   Also every person who is Patreon Member at the $3.28 Tier and above gets FREE BEER KOOZI!   Email the show at saintshappyhour@gmail.com Drunk Saints History Archive! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for chance to win free t-shirt! REMINDER TO ALL PODBEAN PATRONS: Switch to being Patreon Member at the $3.28 Tier and above and get FREE BEER KOOZI! Patreon is better listener experience. Do it now and move over to Patreon. 

Check out our "BEST OF" episode with Mike Nabors & Scott Shanle as we look back at the highlights "so far" with Zac Strief, Jim Henderson, Deuce McAllister, Roman Harper, Mike Tripplett, Marques Colston, Lance Moore, Jon Stinchcomb, Thomas Morstead, Larry Holder, and Pierre Thomas.  

Your latest episode with Mike Nabors & Scott Shanle has another special guest----Pierre Thomas who talks his unusual road to the Saints & offers great perspective on the fallout of his injury in the 2011 playoff game at San Fran & much more

Moment of Kluth is a podcast by Chicago based sports and entertainment reporter, Meghan Kluth.    Kluth sits down one-on-one with athletes, entertainers, chefs, politicians, and other leading members of the media in a candid format. The goal of the podcast is to have honest conversations with each individual, while discussing news worthy topics and sharing hilarious anecdotes along the way. 

Laurent Cadet reçoit Marie-Pierre Thomas. Improdcast, le podcast du théâtre l'Improviste, premier théâtre de Belgique entièrement dédié à l'improvisation. www.improviste.be Musique : www.bensound.com

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Jen Segrist, Kelsey Crowe's Aunt, Updating us on that case. Pierre Thomas explains the background on James Fields, Mark talks politics. Amy Wags and Simply money

The boys break down all the latest Saints news including:Mark Ingram resigning and Ralph being completely wrong about free agent running back marketCap IssuesPierre Thomas getting releasedIs Pierre Thomas' 2009 NFC Title Game Performance Top 5 in Saints HistoryCurtis Lofton and David Hawthorne get sent packingRalph melts down over fans demanding Drew Brees take a pay cutRalph's wife celebrates Dolphins signing Ndamukong Suh Beastie Boy Style Twitter QuestionsPS: Donate and the audio quality stays awesome and we have a podcast. Don't forget to download our Iphone app! Itunes.

Week 7 left many fantasy football teams with running back troubles.  Fred Jackson, C.J. Spiller, and Pierre Thomas were among those injured last week - should fantasy owners be looking to replace them with Denard Robinson, Bryce Brown, Anthony Dixon, Tre Mason, or someone else? Tune in to tonight's 4th & Inches show as we help you sort things out and make our start/sit recommendations for the 15 Week 8 games.  Let Jana and the Sherpa guide you to victory!   Now in its fifth season, tune in to the 4th and Inches Show with Jana & The Sherpa Wednesday evenings from 9:30 to 10:30pm Eastern!

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The NFL is back and so is the Inside Slant. Join Fleeger and Briggs as we take a look at all the action to come with headlines, start/sit, game predictions, and your questions.Today, we spend a lot of time talking Cam Newton, learn that Justin Blackmon is still stupid, and bring you the most Pierre Thomas talk in the history of radio. Also, Scott Fish joins us to answer all of your questions and we meet our favorite new caller.....Weird Herold.

After the boys make fun of Ralph driving a mini Andrew and Kevin discuss Pierre Thomas' future, Jimmy Graham contract update, Sean Payton's trade value and our obsession with acquiring draft picks. Should Ralph be traded to the Falcoholic podcast? Is the combine useless?They continue their off season position break down with the wide receivers. Ralph explains his love of Harold Ramis movies and the boys pick their favorite Ramis film.Plus your Twitter questions like what would you prefer: Graham signs with the Falcons or Sarah Palin is elected President?Andrew goes on a rant about the Pelicans being ruined.

The boys recap the Saints big win in Atlanta. Kevin wonders what Pierre Thomas needs to do to be the greatest running back in Saints history. Andrew is feeling good about the offensive line going to Seattle and explains how Rob Ryan can protect Corey White.Kevin doesn't care about the Seahawks PEDS and only cares Seattle will be missing cornerbacks. The boys discuss if people even care about football players and steroids and ramble about Breaking Bad.  The boys officially are in love with Cam Jordan and Akiem Hicks. Andrew breaks down their awesomeness. Kevin breaks down the smiley face on Rob Ryan's defensive play chart.Dave explains why the Seattle game could determine the rest of the 2013 season.The boys answer you Twitter questions, discuss the best and worst Thanksgiving dishes, and make Seattle game predictions.

085-11.02.2013New Orleans Pelicans & SaintsOnline radio show focused on Pelicans and Saints news.Today's episode contains the best interviews from Week 15 including Pacers TV analyst Quinn Buckner, Pelicans TV analyst David Wesley and Saints running back Pierre Thomas.35

080-10.28.2013New Orleans Pelicans & SaintsOnline radio show focused on Pelicans and Saints news.Today's special guests include Saints running back Pierre Thomas plus game reactions from Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham, Kenny Stills and Sean Payton.41

Ralph, Kevin, Andrew, and Dave break down the Saints 5-0 start. Ralph wants to know why 83% completions doesn't get Drew Brees an A+ from Andrew Juge. Why is Chicago allowed to have a cow pasture as a field? Dave wonders if more Pierre Thomas carries will be a regular thing from now on.Kevin debates whether Pierre Thomas is a Saints Hall of Famer. Is Jimmy Graham the best non quarterback offensive player in the NFL? Ralph wonders if the fact the Super Bowl might be played in a blizzard makes correcting the running game more important? The boys then answer your Twitter questions!Does the Media get it wrong about Rob Ryan being some sort of crazy blitz happy coordinator? Ralph wonders if they need to make adjustments to the Rob Ryan Big Fat Chart of Fun. Dave has great fun reading the Falcoholic game open thread and the boys lose their @#%^ as the Jets take the lead.Kevin and Ralph bath in the warm hatred they both have for the Patriots. Andrew explains why going to New England might be the biggest test for the offensive line so far.Dave wonders if Mark Ingram will ever carry the ball again as a Saint? Will Ron Rivera and Greg Schiano be employed on Christmas? Plus, the worst Tweet of the Week.  Oh and Saints-Patriot game picks. 

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009-08.01.2013New Orleans Pelicans & SaintsOnline radio show focused on Pelicans and Saints news.Today's special guests include Andy Tanner, Pierre Thomas and Seneca Wallace27:1

Dave and Kevin stop by and the boys discuss what they think Sean Payton's reaction to Drew Brees' clock screw-up against Atlanta was. Let's just say Kevin's thoughts on Payton's reaction isn't fit for children. In discussing the Drew Brees' failures the last two weeks Dave comes up with perhaps the coolest rule change in the history of football. We call it THE BLUE FLAG RULE. Kevin calls out Ralph's hypocrisy on whether the Saints can still make the playoffs. The boys then get way off topic and discuss the Hornets name change to Pelicans, New York Pizza, and Tulane to the Big 12. Kevin gets things back on track with a brilliant take on the coaches use of Pierre Thomas and compares Dave to Lawrence Taylor. Oh and they do get around to talking about the Giants.

Andrew Juge of the Saints Nation makes his weekly visit to break down the film from the loss to the 49ers. Ralph thinks the Saints might be closer to the playoffs even after the loss. Andrew explains why before Drew Brees' first interception the Saints had played their best half of football all year. He also thinks it's time to reevaluate how good Cam Jordan can be. Andrew gives a completely rational and simple reason why Pierre Thomas didn't play much at all. Ralph tries to figure out how the Saints can remain explosive on offense if they have to start their fourth string right tackle. The boys preview the Atlanta game, debate if the Falcons are a fraud, and decide which defender needs to have a big game. And Andrew asks if Ralph is willing to do something truly awful if it meant the Saints would beat Atlanta three times this year.

On this week's show, the guys tell you where to look to find the next Pierre Thomas or Steve Slaton. That's right, we are checking out backups. Although they are easy to overlook and dismiss, backups can become important on the waiver wire, and may mean the difference between the your Super Bowl or the Toilet Bowl. Don't miss this in depth look at some backups that could be playing a prominent role at some point this season.

On this week's show, the guys tell you where to look to find the next Pierre Thomas or Steve Slaton. That's right, we are checking out backups. Although they are easy to overlook and dismiss, backups can become important on the waiver wire, and may mean the difference between the your Super Bowl or the Toilet Bowl. Don't miss this in depth look at some backups that could be playing a prominent role at some point this season.