Podcast appearances and mentions of Ralph Lewis

It's a Lick the Plate family affair kicking us off for Season 3! WHAT'S ON THE PLATE: Melissa Nettleford (2:46) – No Expenses Spared. Sergio's Italian. Asian Fusion. Food Fuelled By Love.Milton Lopes (5:12) – Portuguese Birthday Song! Wine Memories. Chateauneuf du Pape. Cote du Rhone. England Is Not A Wine Country.Ricardo Castro (12:20) – Brazilian BBQ Delights. Rice with Feijoada. Vance LaRoy (14:04) – Show Me Good BBQ: Gates BBQ! Slabs With Good Edges. The Bernie Mac. Burnt Ends.Sweet & Mild BBQ Sauce.Alexis Dionne (16:03) – Buddakan Asian Fusion. Tatiana's NYC.Kevin Fullinck (18:00) – Venezuelan Food! Chicken & Waffles.Carl Dusu (18:53) – Chicken Tagine. Moroccan Flatbread and Tea. Dominos Pizza Party!Sharon Rose (23:06) – Greek King Prawn Linguine with Green Sauce. Cocktails!Mitchell Zhangazha (24:36) – Seafood Boils. Hot & Juicy Shrimp in Dulwich. Angry Crab Shack. Durrock Knox (25:58) – Salmon Cakes with Yum Yum Sauce & Hot Sauce. The Final Word Cocktail.Sian Deia (28:03) – Food For Every Occasion. Cheesy Chips. Red Leicester, Mature Cheddar, Mozzarella.Simeon Montague (32:29) – Tacos & Margaritas! Home Cooked Food Made From Love. Hibachi! Sushi.Toyan Thomas-Browne(36:44) – More Birthday Songs. CAKE! Hummingbird Rainbow Cake Remixed. Carrot & Red Velvet Cake. Cream Cheese Frosting. Sprinkles!Jazz (39:31) – Japanese Food. Chargrilled Eel Sushi. Lamb, Rice & Peas and Coleslaw. Oreo Milkshake. Anything But Cake. Alcohol!Ash, the Travelling Sensei (42:57) – No Birthday Cake. Swahili BBQ On A Water Safari. Family Time. Mum's Sausage Casserole. Grandpa's Jerk Pork.Kyle Cox (46:08) – Full English Breakfast. Bacon! Red Velvet Cake. Ole & Steen's Cinnamon Social Log. Steve Warwick (50:26) – Laughs and Good TimesDujonna Gift (51:18) – Funeral Food. Curry Goat, Rice & Peas, Coleslaw. Fried Chicken. Curry Chicken.Ralph Lewis (51:57) – Exploring the Alternatives & Newness. Enjoy Life!Kimberly Nichole (52:48) – Birthday Love & Appreciation!Taofique (53:09) – And Sometimes We Fast! Red Velvet Cake Request. Replenishment. Lick the Plate's Instagram and TikTok: @licktheplatepodcast Cameron's Instagram and TikTok: @cbjarts licktheplatepodcast@gmail.comInstrumentals, mixing and mastering of the theme song "Lick the Plate" courtesy of Adam Farrell. @farrell33a on Instagram Additional background music provided by https://slipstreammusic.comTrack: "Differences", xander.Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/IWrZvIListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-xander Track: "Beaming", Johnny MooreDownload / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/mgVEM5Listen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-johnny-moore Track: "Mild Evenings", Johnny MooreDownload / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/IXwJ07Listen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-johnny-moore Track: "Process for Us", Johnny MooreDownload / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/G4mqBQListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-johnny-moore Track: "Gymnastics"Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/Zvaavu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Oct. 14. It dropped for free subscribers on Oct. 21. To receive future episodes as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoRalph Lewis, General Manager of Pleasant Mountain (formerly Shawnee Peak), MaineRecorded onSeptember 9, 2024About Pleasant MountainClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Boyne Resorts, which also owns:Located in: Bridgton, MaineYear founded: 1938Pass affiliations: New England Gold Pass: 3 days, no blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Cranmore (:33), King Pine (:39), Attitash (:46), Black Mountain NH (:48), Sunday River (:53), Wildcat (:58), Mt. Abram (:56), Lost Valley (:59)Base elevation: 600 feetSummit elevation: 1,900 feetVertical drop: 1,300 feetSkiable Acres: 239Average annual snowfall: 110 inchesTrail count: 47 (25% advanced, 50% intermediate, 25% beginner)Lift count: 6 (1 high-speed quad, 1 fixed-grip quad, 2 triple chairs, 2 surface lifts – total includes Summit Express quad, anticipated to open for the 2024-25 ski season; view Lift Blog's inventory of Pleasant Mountain's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himPleasant Mountain is loaded with many of the attributes of great - or at least useful - ski areas: bottom-to-top chairlifts, a second base area to hack the crowds, night skiing, a nuanced trail network that includes wigglers through the woods and interstate-width racing chutes, good stuff for  kids, an easy access road that breaks right off a U.S. highway, killer views, a tight community undiluted by destination skiers, and a simpleness that makes you think “yeah this is pretty much what I thought a Maine ski area would be.”But the place has been around since 1938, which was 15 U.S. presidents ago. Parts of Pleasant feel musty and dated. Core skier services remain smushed between the access road and the bottom of the lifts, squeezed by that kitchen-in-a-camper feeling that everything could use just a bit more space. The baselodge feels improvised, labyrinthian, built for some purpose other than skiing. I would believe that it used to be a dairy barn housing 200 cows or a hideout for bootleggers and bandits or the home of an eccentric grandmother who kept aardvarks for pets before I would believe that anyone built this structure to accommodate hundreds of skiers on a winter weekend.American skiing, with few exceptions, follows a military/finance-style up-or-out framework. You either advance or face discharge, which in skiing means falling over dead in the snow. Twenty-five years ago, the notion of a high-speed lift at Alta would have been sacrilege. The ski area has four now, including a six-pack, and nobody ever even mentions it. Saddleback rose from the grave partly because they replaced a Napolean-era double chair with a high-speed quad. Taos – Ikon and Mountain Collective partner Taos – held out for eons before installing its first detachable in 2018 (the mountain now has two). One of the new owner's first acts at tiny Bousquet, Massachusetts was to level the rusty baselodge and build a new one.Pleasant needed to start moving up. Thirteen hundred vertical feet is too many vertical feet to ascend on a fixed-grip lift in southern New England. There are too many larger options too nearby where skiers don't have to do that. Sure, Magic, Smuggs, and MRG have fended off ostentatious modernization by tapping nostalgia as a brand, but they are backstopped by the kind of fistfighting terrain and natural snow that Pleasant lacks. To be a successful city-convenient New England ski area in the 2020s, you're going to have to be a modern ski area.That's happening now, at an encouraging clip, under Boyne Resorts' ownership. Pleasant was fine before, kept in good repair and still relevant even in a crowded market. It could have hung around for decades no matter what. But the big passes aren't going anywhere and the fast lifts aren't going anywhere and ski areas need to change along with skier expectations of what a ski area ought to be. That's happening now at Pleasant Mountain, and it's damn fun to watch.What we talked aboutAt long last, a high-speed lift up Pleasant Mountain; why the new lift won't have a midstation; why the summit triple had to go; taking out the same lift at two different mountains decades apart; when the mountain will sell old triple chairs, and where the proceeds for those will go; will the new lift overcrowd the mountain?; why Pleasant doesn't consider this a used lift even though its bones came from Sunday River; being part of Boyne versus being an indie on an island; Pleasant Mountain in the ‘70s; building Bear Peak at Attitash; returning to a childhood place when you're no longer a child; the Homer family legacy; Boyne buys Shawnee and changes the name back to “Pleasant”; “the big question is, what do we do with the land to the west of us?” as far as potential ski area expansion goes; how Pleasant interacts with Boyne's other New England ski areas; why Pleasant hasn't joined the Ikon Pass like all of Boyne's other ski areas; the evolution and future of Pleasant Mountain on the New England Pass; whether the Sunnyside triple is next in line for a high-speed upgrade; night-skiing; snowmaking; and potential baselodge expansion. This pod also features some of the coolest background noise ever, as we hear the helicopter flying these towers for the new summit lift:Lewis sent me some photos after the call:Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewBoyne came in and went to work doing Boyne things. That means snowmaking that can bury a brontosaurus. More parking. Food trucks. Tweaks to the trail network. Better grooming. Access to the Maine bigsters with a Pleasant season pass. And a bunch of corporate streamlining that none of us notice but that fortify the bump for long-term stability.But what we've all been waiting for are the new lifts. Or lift. It would always be the Summit Triple that would go first. The other chairs gathered around Big Jim (as he was known around the yard), and delivered their eulogies on that day three years ago when Boyne bought its fourth New England ski area. They all had stories to share. Breakdowns and wind holds. Liftlines and rainy days. Long summers just sitting there, waiting for something to do. Better to hear the tributes before the chairs stopped spinning, before they were auctioned off and sent to sentry backyard firepits from Portsmouth to Farmington, before the towers were scrapped and recycled into steel support beams for a Bangor outlet mall. Then they gathered round to listen.“What's it like to have a midstation?” asked Pine Quad.“Did you have electricity in the ‘90s, or were you powered by a woodstove?” asked Rabbit Run Triple, born in 2014.“Is it true that from the top of North Peak at Loon, you can see four Canadian states?” asked Sunnyside Triple.“In Canada, they're called ‘metric states,'” Summit Express Triple answered sagely. And they all nodded in awe.And then Boyne sawed the whole thing into pieces and trucked a better lift down from Sunday River to replace it. The whole project probably took a bit longer than Pleasant Mountain locals would have liked, but hey Boyne restored the ski area's original name in the meantime which was a nifty distraction. And now the new lift is here and it isn't new but it looks new and was rebuilt like a ‘60s muscle car so that the garaged version you see today is better than anything you would have seen on the street when CCR was new and cool.I don't know what Boyne's going to do when they run out of lifts to upgrade. Right now it's like 10 every year and each of them sleek as a fighter jet and nearly as expensive. But impactful, meaningfully changing how skiers experience a mountain. The new tram at Big Sky feels like a rocket launch to a moon landing. Camelot 6 at The Highlands – 487 vertical feet with bubbles and heated seats – is so over the top that riders travel from Michigan to Austria on the 42-second ride. Even the International triple chair at Alpental will blow the sidewalls off one of the best pure ski mountains in the Pacific Northwest, humble as a three-person chair sounds in this itemization of megalifts.Pleasant Mountain's new Summit Express – which replaces a Summit Express that was actually a Summit Regular-Speed Fixed-Grip Lift – will transform the ski area. It will change how skiers think about the place and how they experience it. It instantly promotes the mountain to the 21st century, where New England skiers expect detachable chairs anytime a lift rises more than a thousand vertical feet. And it assures the locals that yeah Boyne is in this. They've got plans. And we're just getting started here.What I got wrong* There were a bunch of times that I called the ski area “Shawnee” or “Shawnee Peak.” Yes I got the memo but I don't know names are hard.* I said the six-state New England region was “like half the size of Colorado,” but the difference is not quite that dramatic. New England covers 71,988 square miles (nearly half of which – 30,843 square miles – is Maine), compared to 103,610 square miles for Colorado. I feel like I've made this mistake, and this correction, before.* I made the keen observation that Pleasant Mountains was “Loon's” fourth ski area in the region and third in the state of Maine. I meant “Boyne's.”Why you should ski Pleasant MountainPleasant Mountain fits into this odd category of ski areas that you only visit if you live within an hour of the parking lot, and only if that hour is east-southeast of the ski area. There's too much Conway competition west. Too much Sunday River north. Too easy to get to Loon if you're south. Which is another way of saying that Pleasant Mountain is an overlooked member of New England's ski area roster, a lost-unless-you're-from-Portland afterthought for skiers distracted by New Hamsphire and Vermont and Sugarloaf.That's not the same thing as saying that this is not a very nice ski area. Nothing stays in business for 86 years by accident. Skiers just don't think about it unless they have to. Pleasant isn't on any national multimountain pass, isn't particularly convenient to get to, isn't a bargain, doesn't harbor a pocket of secret hardcore terrain.But you should go anyway. Even if all you do is ride the lift to the summit and stare out at the water below. The views are primo. But the ride down is fun too. Twisty narrow New England fall lines at their playful, unpredictable best. The pitches aren't overly steep, but they are consistent. This is one of the more approachable thousand-plus-footers in the country. And Maine is one of the more pleasant states in the country (no pun intended). Good people up there. A nice place to break your leg, I'm told. I'll take any excuse to visit Maine. You can go ahead and see that for yourself.Podcast NotesOn Pleasant having one of New England's highest vertical drops with no high-speed liftPleasant Mountain is one of the last New England ski areas with more than 1,000 vertical feet to install a detachable lift, but there are still a 11 left. Twelve if you count Dartmouth Skiway, which I will because I suspect their reported vertical drop may be more honest than some of the ski areas claiming 1,000-plus:On Boyne rebuilding old detach quadsBoyne has rebuilt quite a few high-speed quads over the past half-decade:Loon GM Brian Norton delivered an excellent breakdown of his mountain's rebuild of Kanc/Seven Brothers in his 2022 podcast appearance.On early-70s Pleasant MountainLewis recalls his 1970s childhood days skiing Pleasant Mountain. The place was a fairly simple operation in 1970:Within a couple of years, however, the trail footprint had evolved into something remarkably similar to modern-day Pleasant Mountain:On Pleasant's claim to having the first chairlift in the state of MainePleasant appears to be home to Maine's first double chair, a Constam make named “Old Blue,” that ran from 1955 to ‘84. According to New England Ski History, a now-defunct operation named Michaud Hill installed a single-person chairlift for the 1945-46 ski season. The lift only lasted for a couple of years, however, before being “possibly removed following 1947-48 season, with parts possibly used at [also now defunct] Thorn Mountain, New Hampshire.”On Sunday River as a backwaterI've covered this extensively, but it's still a trip to look at 1980s trailmaps of a teeny-tiny Sunday River:On ASC's rosterLewis spent time as part of American Skiing Company, which at its height had collected a now widely distributed bundle of mountains:On Bear Peak at AttitashLewis helped build two of the largest modern ski expansions in New Hampshire. Bear Peak, installed between 1994 and '95 on the proposed-but-never-developed Big Bear development next door to Attitash, more or less doubled the size of the ski area. Here's a before-and-after look at the American Skiing Company mega-project:On Sugarbush's Lift-tacular summerThose American Skiing Company days were wild in New England, marking the last major investment surge until the one we're witnessing over the past five years. One of the most incredible single-summer efforts unfolded at Sugarbush in 1995, when the company installed six chairlifts: Super Bravo Express, Gatehouse Express, and the North Lynx Triple on the Lincoln side; North Ridge Express and the Green Mountain Quad on the Mt. Ellen side; and the two-mile-long Slide Brook Express (still the longest chairlift in the world), linking the two.Current Sugarbush GM John Hammond, who occupied a much more junior role at the mountain in the mid-90s, recalled that summer when he joined the podcast in 2020.On vintage LoonLewis eventually moved from Attitash to Loon, where he found himself part of his second generational expansion: South Peak. Here's Loon around 2003:Expansion unfolded in phases, beginning in 2007. By 2011, the new peak was mostly built out:Loon actually expanded it again in 2022:On Loon busynessWhile it's difficult to verify skier visit numbers exactly, since ski areas, for reasons I don't understand, lock them up as though they were the nuclear launch codes, they occasionally slip out. And all available evidence suggests that Loon is, by far, New Hampshire's busiest ski area. Here's a dated snapshot gathered by New England Ski History:On Loon being the best of New HampshireI claim, without really qualifying it, that Loon is New Hampshire's “premier ski area.” What I meant by that was that the ski area owns the state's most sophisticated snowmaking and lift system. That assessment is a bit subjective, and Bretton Woods Nation could fight me about it and I wouldn't really have much of a counterargument.However, there is another way to look at the “best,” and that is in terms of pure ski terrain. Among the state's ski areas, Cannon and Wildcat generally split this category. Again, it's subjective, but on a powder day, those two are going to give you the most interesting terrain when you consider glades, steeps, bumps, etc.And then you have a bunch of ski areas in Vermont, and a handful in Maine, that are right in this fight. And since New England states are roughly the size of suburban Atlanta Costcos, it makes sense to consider them as a whole. Which means this is a good place to re-insert my standard Ski Areas of New England Inventory:On Booth Creek's rosterLoon was, for a time, one of eight ski areas owned by Booth Creek:Today, the company's only ski area is Sierra-at-Tahoe.On the Homer family and “Shawnee Peak”Pleasant Mountain's somewhat bizarre history includes its purchase by the owners of Shawnee Mountain, Pennsylvania in 1988. Per New England Ski History:Following the 1987-88 season, the owners of Pleasant Mountain found themselves in financial trouble. That off season, they sold the ski area to Shawnee Mountain Corp. for $1.4 million. Pleasant Mountain was subsequently renamed to "Shawnee Peak," the name of the owners' Pennsylvania ski area.Current Shawnee Mountain CEO Nick Fredericks, who has worked at that Pennsylvania ski area for its entire existence, recalled the whole episode in detail when he joined me on the podcast three years ago.Out-of-state ownership didn't last long. New England Ski History:Circa 1992, the parent company decided to divest its skiing holdings, resulting in banks taking control of Shawnee Peak. After a couple of season on the bubble, Shawnee Peak was purchased by Tom's of Maine executive Chet Homer in September of 1994. Though Homer considered restoring the ski area's original name, he opted to keep the Shawnee Peak identity due to the brand that had been established.In 2021, Homer sold the ski area to Boyne Resorts, who changed the name back to “Pleasant Mountain” in 2022. Chet's son, Geoff, recently acquired the operating lease for the small Blue Hills, Massachusetts ski area:On expansion potential to Pleasant Mountain's westPleasant Mountain owns a large parcel skier's left off the summit that could substantially expand the mountain's skiable terrain:Boyne has been aggressive with New England expansions over the past several years, opening a massive new terrain pod at Sugarloaf, expanding South Peak at Loon, and adding the family-friendly Merrill Hill at Sunday River. Boyne has the resources, organizational knowhow, and will to pull off a similar project at Pleasant. I'd expect the new terrain to be included whenever the company puts together the sort of long-term visions it's articulated for Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Loon, Boyne Mountain, The Highlands, Summit at Snoqualmie, and Big Sky.That expansion will not include these trails teased skier's right of the current Sunnyside pod in this 52-year-old trailmap – Pleasant either donated or sold this land to a nature conservancy some years ago.On Pleasant's slow expansion onto the New England PassHere's how access has evolved between Pleasant Mountain and the remainder of Boyne's portfolio since the company's 2021 acquisition:* 2021-22: Boyne purchased Pleasant in September, 2021 – too late to include the ski area on any of the company's pass products for the coming winter.* 2022-23: New England Pass excludes Pleasant as a full partner, but top-tier passes include three days each at Pleasant and Boyne's other ski areas across North America; top-tier Pleasant passes included three days to split between Sugarloaf, Sunday River, and Loon, but no access to Boyne's other resorts.* 2023-24: New England Pass access remains same as 2022-23; top-tier Pleasant Mountain passes now include three days each at Boyne's non-New England resorts, including Big Sky.* 2024-25: New England Pass holders can now add a Pleasant Mountain night-skiing pass at a substantial discount; Pleasant Mountain access to remainder of Boyne's portfolio remains unchanged.Since Pleasant Mountain's season pass remains so heavily discounted against top-tier New England Passes ($849 early-bird versus $1,389), it seems unlikely that adding Pleasant as a full pass partner would do much to overcrowd the smaller mountain. Most skiers who lay out that much for their big-time pass will probably want to spend their weekends at the bigger mountains up north. Pleasant's expansion, whenever it happens, will also increase the chances that Pleasant could join the New England or Ikon Passes.The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 65/100 in 2024, and number 565 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

We have the perfect show to share with all of our theatre and history buffs! On the latest Whisper in the Wings from Stage Whisper, we were joined by performers Zero Boy and Ralph Lewis, who stopped by to talk about their upcoming piece, Memoriam: Astor Place Riots 1849. This was such a great time, and the only thing better than the conversation we had is the show itself. So make sure you tune in and get your tickets now!Frigid New York and Peculiar Works Project PresentsMemoriam: Astor Place Riots 1849Friday, May 10th at 5:30pm@ Under St. MarksTickets and more information are available at frigid.nycAnd be sure to follow our guests to stay up to date on all their upcoming projects and productions:Ralph: peculiarworks.orgZero: zeroboy.com and @zeroboynyc

This year, "There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia" is looking back on decade milestones from the last hundred years of cinema--and we're kicking things off with a hot-button review of Dante's Inferno from 1924!Henry Otto's contemporary update of Dante's famous tour through Hell stars Ralph Lewis as Mortimer Judd, a wealthy and very, very cruel businessman who may be the template for every greedy bad guy you've ever seen in a movie. Judd becomes so wrapped up in reading Inferno that he begins to see visions of Dante and Virgil's descent into punishment--all while his real-world personal life begins to unravel at a rapid pace.In this fiery but mostly peaceful discussion, Ian and Pat talk about Otto's brilliant decision to weave concepts of 20th Century fiscal morality into the vivid nightmare scenarios of Dante's epic 14th Century poem. But when Pat brings up one of the film's brief-but-oh-so-"problematic" use of blackface...well, let's just say the episode becomes something else entirely!Subscribe, like, and comment to the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel, and check out kickseat.com for multiple movie podcasts each week!Show LinksWatch Jonathan Simpson's restoration of Dante's Inferno (1924) on YouTube (the version we watched for the show):Listen to Ian and Cole Rush's "Late Screening" review of Blazing Saddles.Watch Ian discuss the Charlie Chan film Dark Alibi on The Spoiler Room (mentioned in the show).Keep up with Pat at HollywoodChicago.com.Listen to Pat's movie reviews on the radio at STAR 96.7.

Unreleased footage from Season 1, Episode 11: Potluck Ponderosa (feat. Ralph Lewis & George Obiya):Brazilian Rodizio in the Portuguese Mall. All-Inclusive Holidays and Food Quality. Nigerian Food in London. Diner's Choice Continued. The Perfect Dinner Party. What's Your Essence?Tequila Mockingbird (London) www.tequilamock.comRalph's Instagram: @historyofralph2George's Instagram: @muscleministryLick the Plate on Instagram and TikTok: @licktheplatepodcastInstrumentals, mixing & mastering of the theme Song "Lick the Plate" courtesy of Adam Farrell: @farrell33a on InstagramAfter Dinner Mint variation on the theme song, using Adam Farrell's instrumentals, remixed by Cameron Bernard Jones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bloopers! Outtakes! Mistakes & Imperfections. Laughter. Spontaneity. Seasoning. A Kiki in the Shade. Featuring: Ricardo Castro. Ash, the Travelling Sensei. Siân Deia. Toyan Thomas-Browne. Michael Ahomka-Lindsay. Mitchell Zhangazha. Paramjit & Bruce Nagra. Vance Ashworth. Melissa Nettleford. Ralph Lewis & George Obiya. Lick the Plate's Instagram and TikTok: @licktheplatepodcastInstrumentals, mixing & mastering of the theme Song "Lick the Plate" courtesy of Adam Farrell: @farrell33a on InstagramAdditional music provided by https://slip.streamTrack: "Tape Rewind 05"Free Download / Stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/6345badd-19bb-46f9-9620-180a5503ca43?utm_source=attributionTrack: "Record Scratch Drum Beat Backspin Fast 02"Free Download / Stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/63d6a80c-26ba-46f1-8532-912f937f861a?utm_source=attributionTrack: "Wine Glass Different Clink Soft 02"Free Download / Stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/321a50dc-3bc1-44ba-85a5-0ca8db1b3819?utm_source=attributionTrack: "Frying Pan Sizzle 01"Free Download / Stream: https://slip.stream/tracks/7b806ee1-2e70-4d0b-8cd0-7ace47a45764?utm_source=attributionTrack: "Organs Of Love", Neo NylonFree Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/98bIT7Listen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-neo-nylonTrack: "Thinning", Solar Jazz NetworkFree Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/tTbmvkListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-solar-jazz-networkTrack: "Fog Party", Neo NylonFree Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/aMGOvRListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-neo-nylonTrack: "thang", seazinFree Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/PdCGwIListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-seazinTrack: "Differences", xander.Free Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/IWrZvIListen on Spotify: https://go-stream.link/sp-xanderTrack: "To Tha Max", Neo NylonFree Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/hObOQk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Old Compton Street Food. Coffee & Mimosas. Lisbon Reflections. Pounded Yam & Gari. Egusi Soup. Okra Soup. Ogbono Soup. Yam v Sweet Potato. Abacha. Macaroni & Cheese. Peach Cobbler. Everyday Rice. American Gravy vs West African Stew. Atlanta Soul Food. Food & Personal Fitness. Luxury Meals In Luxurious Places.Ralph's Instagram: @historyofsirralph2George's Instagram: @muscleministryLick the Plate's Instagram and TikTok: @licktheplatepodcastInstrumentals, mixing & mastering of the theme Song "Lick the Plate" courtesy of Adam Farrell: @farrell33a on InstagramAdditional Music & Sound Effects - Music provided by https://slip.streamTrack: "Djembe Jack"Free Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stream/rVJMknSourceshttps://www.africanfoods.co.uk/gari.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to die? Is there nothingness, do we cease to exist? Or maybe we are all bound for paradise (except maybe that one guy).Everyone will die, that is something we all have in common. But death is not the end. For some of us this life is only a vapor and there is so much more to look forward to.Join the conversation on Twitter @TeleiosTOr, email us at teleiostalk@gmail.comCheck out our book "Six Good Questions" https://a.co/d/bCtOzajThanks for listening!

Ralph Lewis, Owner of the celebrity-filled, 3 generations strong Okeechobee Steak https://www.okeesteakhouse.com | Twitter | IG | shockingly discusses how China has grabbed a strong hold on some of the biggest meat & fish vendors who to this day distributors to some of the most well known nationwide steakhouses & restaurants. So much so that Ralph opened Okeechobee Prime Seafood but had to close, surely not for lack of business. Ralph, living in South Florida, had such a hassle finding fresh non-populated seafood that, had to close. Yet another disaster eye-opening story that is never heard of mainstream, yet so serious. The way the agenda has put farmers in a binder, etc., is just unbelievable. Ralph has had 67+ TV appearances, NBC, FOX, ABC, and Cooking Channel to name a few, even the Long Island Paper! Also, the owner of the Famous Lewis Steakhouse, no matter what, never changed his root traditions. Originally founded as Okeechobee Drive-In in 1947 by the Lewis family. In 1974, son Curtis Lewis changed the name to Okeechobee Steakhouse to align itself with the restaurant's main dishes and showcase the establishment as a true steakhouse. True to its roots, Okeechobee Steakhouse is still located in its original location. The family selected the once remote, wooded site as its location because the original Mr. Lewis predicted correctly, eventually, everything would have to move west of downtown West Palm Beach. This three-generation business takes pride in its legendary service and unforgettable hospitality. The Lewis family believes in their staff and trains everyone from the ground up. Their daily goal is to continue the impeccable service and preparation that the establishment has been providing for seven decades. Ralph, what a great guy! Check out Ralph Lewis: Okeechobee Steakhouse: ⁠https://www.okeesteakhouse.com⁠⁠ | Twitter: @okeesteakhouse⁠ | Lewis Steakhouse⁠ : ⁠https://www.lewissteakhouse.com⁠ ⁠ | IG Prime Meat Market https://www.okeeprimemeats.com | IG Please support the show. Sponsors: ➔Manscaped: Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code MSCSMEDIA at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Manscaped.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : Hormone levels falling? Use MSCSMEDIA to get 25% off home test: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://trylgc.com/MSCSMEDIA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➔ ZBiotics: 15% off on your first order with code: MSCSMEDIA  Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://zbiotics.com/MSCSMEDIA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ➔Fiji: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Fijiwater.com/mscs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ $5 off free shipping Unleash ➔Monster Energy:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.monsterenergy.com/us/mscs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   ➔Aura: See if any of your passwords have been compromised.    Try 14 days for free: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://au⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ra.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MSCS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thank you to Aura

What can I say? Ralph is one of my favorite people, able to explore and articulate the non-dual nature of being with authority, honesty and humility - and a great sense of humor full of love. In joy, enjoy!!

Another enlightening conversation about oneness, self-compassion plus a hilariously failed duet! Bonus inclusion of Ralph's first fb flow and another attempt at the diet with my daughter at the end :) Originally recorded 6 June 2021. As mentioned in our conversation, https://www.ilsacomte.com/meet-ilsa As always, in joy, enjoy!

WATCH: https://youtu.be/wChDT2oTKVs Ralph Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a clinical psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Lewis writes a popular blog series, Finding Purpose, hosted and promoted by his hospital and publishes regularly on Psychology Today. He has published articles on a psychiatric understanding of belief and purpose in Skeptic magazine and the Human Prospect. He has also written a best selling book: "Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If The Universe Doesn't". EPISODE LINKS: - Ralph's Website: http://purposewithoutgod.com/ - Ralph's Blog: https://health.sunnybrook.ca/mental-health/finding-purpose/ - Ralph's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Purpose-Godless-World-Universe/dp/163388385X#byline_secondary_view_div_1645691160720 - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/contributors/ralph-lewis-md CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/podcast - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (1:15) - Evolution of purposiveness (5:09) - Religious/Cultural evolution (8:47) - Atheism, physicalism & reductionism (16:14) - Psychiatry, consciousness & disordered minds (30:00) - Religious beliefs vs delusional beliefs (41:30) - Evolution of belief systems & ideologies (54:03) - Medicalizing the human condition? (1:03:44) - Biologizing mental illness? (1:07:05) - Evolutionary basis of ADHD (1:19:12) - Ralph's history (1:37:00) - Michael Shermer, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stuart Kauffman etc. (1:44:02) - Free will (1:49:59) - Existential angst & finding purpose in a godless world (1:59:45) - Questions from listeners (2:06:20) - Conclusion Website · YouTube · YouTube

WATCH: https://youtu.be/wChDT2oTKVs Ralph Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is a clinical psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Lewis writes a popular blog series, Finding Purpose, hosted and promoted by his hospital and publishes regularly on Psychology Today. He has published articles on a psychiatric understanding of belief and purpose in Skeptic magazine and the Human Prospect. He has also written a best selling book: "Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even If The Universe Doesn't". EPISODE LINKS: - Ralph's Website: http://purposewithoutgod.com/ - Ralph's Blog: https://health.sunnybrook.ca/mental-health/finding-purpose/ - Ralph's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Purpose-Godless-World-Universe/dp/163388385X#byline_secondary_view_div_1645691160720 - Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/contributors/ralph-lewis-md CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com/podcast - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (1:15) - Evolution of purposiveness (5:09) - Religious/Cultural evolution (8:47) - Atheism, physicalism & reductionism (16:14) - Psychiatry, consciousness & disordered minds (30:00) - Religious beliefs vs delusional beliefs (41:30) - Evolution of belief systems & ideologies (54:03) - Medicalizing the human condition? (1:03:44) - Biologizing mental illness? (1:07:05) - Evolutionary basis of ADHD (1:19:12) - Ralph's history (1:37:00) - Michael Shermer, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stuart Kauffman etc. (1:44:02) - Free will (1:49:59) - Existential angst & finding purpose in a godless world (1:59:45) - Questions from listeners (2:06:20) - Conclusion Website · YouTube

On this episode I am joined by my podcasting mentor, Alex Williams, and we talk about his experience becoming an atheist and some of the misconceptions that he faces as an atheist. Links: https://polytropos.fm/ Social Media: @alexwilliamns The Art of Manliness: https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/behavior/rise-of-the-religious-nones/ The Creation Stories: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-creation-stories/id1585070563 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3RewzCGOpRN2EcBYKRkl7i?si=O2kX8nmhS8m_3kEas8tRiw Books: Free Will by Sam Harris The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins Finding Purpose in a Godless World by Ralph Lewis & Michael Shermer --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

(DISCLAIMER… THIS IS JUST AUDIO FOR THE MOST PART … WE HAD SOME AUDIO ISSUES, BUT WE GOT THE POINT ACROSS! IT'S NOT THAT BAD.) ON TODAYS PODCAST I SPOKE WITH RALPH “COACH RALP” LEWIS. WE SPOKE ON HIS UPBRINGING, MENTORSHIP, BEING A COACH AND MAKING IT TO THE CHIP AND MUCH MUCH MORE. TUNE IN AND SHARE LIKE SUBSCRIBE AND COMMENT. ALL CONTENT IS UP ON SPOTIFY, GOOGLE AND WHEREEVER YOU LISTENING NEEDS ARE AT. VIDEO IS UP ON YOUTUBE PER USUAL. THANK YOU. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hey Clerk Commuters - time to start off the psychiatry block series. Mental status exam is significant for thought process being clear and succinct and thought content being advice! We have the privilege of asking for advice for this block from two UofT psychiatry residents, Drs. Sabrina Botsford and Dr. Rachel Carr, and two psychiatry staff, Dr. Ralph Lewis, affiliated with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Dr. Mary Preisman, staff psychiatry consultation liaison at Mount Sinai Hospital. 

With the COVID-19 pandemic coming to an end and theaters gradually reopening, there remains several questions about what’s in store for the future of live theatre. Among them are what plays will be produced, how the pandemic and government restrictions will affect the industry in both the short-term and the long-term, and what role - if any - will live-streaming and virtual theatre continue to play. In this 2nd of three special episodes, Anthony spoke with Sara Fellini, Laura Caparrotti, Ralph Lewis, Devanand Janki & Dennis Coris to hear the director's perspective on the future of theatre in the emerging post-COVID era of theatre. Listen to the full conversation now! Watch the video edition now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8yTxytA_18 Follow us on social media for updates on future episodes Facebook – www.facebook.com/indiearttoday Twitter - @indiearttoday Instagram - @indiearttoday Learn more about purchasing advertising space on our podcast by visiting www.fiverr.com/ajpiccione/promote-your-business-or-non-profit-on-my-podcast Music: “Ethereal Dream” by Dox --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/indie-art-today/support

Harry Partch (1901-1974) enjoyed an extended residency at the University of Illinois from 1956-1962, where he continued his work to invent new instruments and compose new music for them. His work has  inspired student composers at Illinois for generations.  In this episode Kerrith Livengood introduces three student compositions written for one of Partch's best known inventions, the adapted viola. Selections heard in this podcast:When This Fire Dies, Our Shadows Roam for adapted guitar and adapted viola, by Stephen Caldwell Piece for adapted viola by Joshua Iyer"Gabriel Thomas" from  Night Partches for adapted viola and intoned voice by Ralph Lewis. Performed by Luke Fitzpatrick. Harry Partch Estate Archives, 1918-1991 Finding Aid at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.

This show originally aired October 4th 2018. Ralph LewisRalph Lewis, MD, joins Eldon for a discussion setting theistic beliefs against the atheistic perspective. In his newest book, Finding Purpose in a Godless World, Lewis argues that religious beliefs are not necessary, indeed often even foolish, to find true meaning and purpose in life. He uses scientific findings to suggest how mind emerges from brain, how religious notions often disappoint believers, how evolution explains life itself, and more. Dr. Lewis obtained his medical degree in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996, followed by a two year fellowship in neuroimaging research and a Master of Science in Neuroscience, both at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook since 1998. To learn more about Ralph Lewis, go to www.purposewithoutgod.com

Dr. Lewis obtained his medical degree in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996, followed by a two year fellowship in neuroimaging research and a Master of Science in Neuroscience, both at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook since 1998. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

This is officially the first episode of the podcast where I got to sit down and talk with someone I have not personally met! I discovered Robin through her YouTube page when I was searching for certain flute techniques while writing Approaching Cyrrhus. After subscribing to her channel, I started following her on other social media and saw the frequency with which she posts content. So much of what she does it dedicated and in service to composers, and I could not think of a better reason to have her on.Some of the things we discuss:Creating long-term music projects for YouTube.52 Weeks of Flute and 365 Days of Flute as a resource for composers.“The biggest thing composers don’t get is performer feedback...”Ralph Lewis’s “YouTube piece that uses the algorithm”Things composers need to stop doing.“Contemporary techniques for Composers” and “Contemporary Techniques 101.”How to reach out to Robin and what NOT to say.The validity of having a career on the internet.When it comes to improvisation, “practice being uncomfortable.”

Ralph actively engages in “dying before he dies” i.e., ending identification with a personal-separate-sense-of-self and living in the world as the Oneness he knows himself to be, before the physical body expires. To this end, he uses all the tools he has acquired that aid in releasing false beliefs and conditioning through sincere and radically honest self-discovery and self-inquiry. He is writing his first book, Bringing Light to the Heart of Matters, which conveys his experiences and perspectives of both duality reality and Oneness, and shines the Light of Awareness on our separation conditioning.

According to medical and mental health experts, people really do have the ability to change. Three types of changes:A change of process -e.g. 2 stage authentications on phone apps, covid-19 restrictionsA change of mind – e.g. different location, different relationship, different careerA change of circumstances – e.g. home ownership, adopt a puppy, promotion to leader, reduced salary, reduced headcount, isolation from peers, marriage, loss of family member. A popular framework used by psychologists to explain how humans experience change is the Kubler-Ross 5 stages of grief. E.g. Facebook announces they are going to make location marking on images mandatory...we could experience the following:Stage 1: Denial. “They won’t do that, it’s fake news.”Stage 2: Anger. “How dare they, that’s an invasion of privacy.”Stage 3: Bargaining. “Check the fine print for opt out/out in options.”Stage 4. Depression. “I’m over Facebook, I hate it.”Stage 5. Acceptance. “I’ve opted out so I’m OK with it all really.”The feelings experienced in each of the Kubler-Ross stages may be fleeting or drawn out…there is no hard and fast rule here – just an acknowledgment that they do exist. The Kubler-Ross model has traditionally been associated with unplanned changes.Ralph Lewis and Chris Parker, in their article ‘Beyond the Peter Principle – managing successful transitions’ describe a 7-stage evolutionary process that can help explain what happens to us during planned or unplanned changes, negative or positive changes.Using the example of the feelings experienced when a person gets promoted into a leadership role above their peers, Lewis and Parkers’ research concluded the following 7 stages:Immobilisation – pleased yet shocked that they got the job. A sense of overwhelm.Denial of change – minimising or trivialising the size of the change or the effort put in to obtain the changeIncompetence – flat performance, frustration, difficulty in copingAcceptance of reality – letting go of the past (skills) and accepting the situationTesting – trying new approaches, mostly new ways of communicating, reshaping self-imageSearch from meaning, internalisation – a reflective period with an attempt to understand all that has happened. Accepting your new self-imageIntegration – incorporating new meanings into new and enhance behaviours. Consolidating your new self-image.Individuals can move more easily through a change if they are:Self-aware – which phase of the change process am I inAccepting of the change and the change process.Employing a coach is beneficial as they can help you reflect, acknowledge, accept, innovate, practise and mould successful behaviours and ways of thinking. What happens if I find myself in an untenable situation…how do I make the change?Four options model (with examples of someone who isn’t satisfied with the role they find themselves in following after an organisational restructure).Leave the organisation.Change the situation. Take on extra responsibilities (of interest to you).Put up with the situation. Stay in the job and continue to feel dissatisfied.Change yourself or how you feel about the temporary situation. Acknowledge this is a temporary role and you will do as good a job as you can whilst looking for the next step in your career -this may help dispel feelings of dissatisfaction.NB. Changing yourself is different from merely putting up with the situation since your thoughts, feelings and behaviour are different in the two cases.  References:Bridges, W. (1991). Managing transitions: making the most of change. Reading, Mass, Addison-WesleyHyde, Peter. (2014). Personal transitions. Available: http://peterhyde.co.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2013/09/Personal-transitions.pdf. Last accessed February 2016.Kubler-Ross, E. (1969). On death and dying. New York: Macmillan.Parker, Chris Lewis, Ralph. (1981). Beyond the Peter Principle, Managing Successful Transitions. Available: http://www.ralphlewis.co.uk/Change_files/Beyond%20the%20Peter%20Principle.pdf. Last accessed August 2020.

Ralph Lewis, MD, is a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada; an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto; and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. He works primarily as a clinician in a time-intensive hospital-based practice. He is the author of the book Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even if the Universe Doesn’t and a blogger for Psychology Today.Dr. Lewis obtained his MD (MBBCh) in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed residency training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996 and went on to do a two year clinical research fellowship jointly at Sunnybrook and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (formerly the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry), with a concurrent Master of Science in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook and his faculty appointment at the University of Toronto since 1998. Ralph, his wife Karin and their three children try to live purposeful, inspired lives in a godless world—appreciating the random, precarious, and precious nature of life and knowing that while the universe doesn’t care, people can and do care.

Ralph Lewis, MD, is a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada; an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto; and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. He works primarily as a clinician in a time-intensive hospital-based practice. He is the author of the book Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even if the Universe Doesn’t and a blogger for Psychology Today.Dr. Lewis obtained his MD (MBBCh) in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed residency training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996 and went on to do a two year clinical research fellowship jointly at Sunnybrook and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (formerly the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry), with a concurrent Master of Science in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook and his faculty appointment at the University of Toronto since 1998. Ralph, his wife Karin and their three children try to live purposeful, inspired lives in a godless world—appreciating the random, precarious, and precious nature of life and knowing that while the universe doesn’t care, people can and do care.

Sunday 5th January 2020 Message - New Every Morning Speaker: Rev. Ralph Lewis

Sunday 17th November 2019 Message - Be Like Him... Trust Speaker: Rev. Ralph Lewis

How To Defeat Failure, Message from Sunday 20th October 2019 Celebration. Speaker: Rev. Ralph Lewis

Sunday 22nd September Message - What Does Loving Jesus Look Like Speaker: Rev. Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis, MD, joins Eldon for a discussion setting theistic beliefs against the atheistic perspective. In his newest book, Finding Purpose in a Godless World, Lewis argues that religious beliefs are not necessary, indeed often even foolish, to find true meaning and purpose in life. He uses scientific findings to suggest how mind emerges from brain, how religious notions often disappoint believers, how evolution explains life itself, and more. Dr. Lewis obtained his medical degree in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996, followed by a two year fellowship in neuroimaging research and a Master of Science in Neuroscience, both at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook since 1998. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to www.provocativeenlightenment.com

Ralph Lewis, MD, is a psychiatrist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada; an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto; and a psycho-oncology consultant at the Odette Cancer Centre in Toronto. Dr. Lewis writes a popular blog series, Finding Purpose, hosted and promoted by his hospital. As of June 2018 he has also been blogging for Psychology Today. He has published articles on a psychiatric understanding of belief and purpose in Skeptic magazine and The Human Prospect, and delivered presentations on these topics at the James Randi Educational Foundation's TAM conference, Institute for Science and Human Values, and Canadian Association for Spiritual Care. Dr. Lewis helps people seeking meaning in the face of severe and tragic adversity, in addition to extensive experience with complex and subtle psychiatric and psychological conditions. He is interested in the unreliability of intuition and subjective perception in shaping our explanations and beliefs, and the neural basis of motivation and purposiveness. Dr. Lewis obtained his MD (MBBCh) in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed residency training in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996 and went on to do a two year clinical research fellowship jointly at Sunnybrook and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (previously the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry), with a concurrent Master of Science in Neuroscience at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook and his faculty appointment at the University of Toronto since 1998. Ralph, his wife Karin and their three children try to live purposeful, inspired lives in a godless world—appreciating the random, precarious, and precious nature of life and knowing that while the universe doesn't care, people can and do care.

Dr. Lewis obtained his medical degree in 1990 at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he grew up. He completed specialty training in psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996, followed by a two year fellowship in neuroimaging research and a Master of Science in Neuroscience, both at the University of Toronto. He has held his present staff physician appointment at Sunnybrook since 1998. To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to http://www.provocativeenlightenment.com

In this wide-ranging conversation Michael Shermer talks with the author of the new book Finding Purpose in a Godless World: Why We Care Even if the Universe Doesn’t, Dr. Ralph Lewis. Dr. Lewis is a psychiatrist at the University of Toronto who works with cancer patients and others facing death. They often face existential crises, so Dr. Lewis—himself an atheist—has developed techniques to help people cope that do not depend on any one religion. His new book is about how human purpose and caring, like consciousness and absolutely everything else in existence, could plausibly have emerged and evolved unguided, bottom-up, in a spontaneous universe. He and Shermer discuss how a random world is too often misconstrued as nihilistic, demotivating, or devoid of morality and meaning. Drawing on years of wide-ranging, intensive clinical experience as a psychiatrist, and his own family experience with cancer, Dr. Lewis helps listeners understand how people cope with random adversity without relying on supernatural belief. In fact, as he explains, although coming to terms with randomness is often frightening, it can be liberating and empowering too. This remote Science Salon was recorded on July 2, 2018.  

Ralph Lewis of Peculiar Works talks about dusting off the forgotten American classic, Androbourous and the challenges and joys of producing site-specific theatre.

Are you wondering what a producer has to do or curious about producing yourself? We've got an episode chock full of interviews of interest to you. Cara Reichel and Peter Mills talk about their production company, Prospect Theatre company, their fantastic growth, and areas you need to look out for when creating a company. Seth Sklar-Hein discusses his job producing and associate directing for Cameron Mackintosh North America as well as his working relationship with arguably the most successful producer of the modern theatre. Ralph Lewis of Peculiar Works talks about dusting off the forgotten American classic, Androbourous and the challenges and joys of producing site-specific theatre. Peter Bogyo, General Manager for too many Broadway Shows to mention, talks about his numerous duties and his new book, aptly titled, "Broadway General Manager". Finally, Eleanor Speert, buyer for the Drama Book shop comes in to talk about the resources they provide everyone in celebration of 100 years of doing business. She also talks about writing your book... because face it, you know you want to write one. All of this, after this.

In honour of their upcoming induction into the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame at the Bluegrass Music Museum we salute Hazel Dicken and Alice Gerrard! We have birthdays and new music to celebrate as well as a memorial two song remembrance for the late Ralph Lewis.

Ralph Lewis served as Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC from 1939 to 1987. In the reading of this article from the Rosicrucian Digest October 1956, he extols the courage and convictions of two great defenders of the Rosicrucians of the early 1600s—Robert Fludd of England and Michael Maier of Germany and explores Francis Bacon's connection with the Rosicrucians of that time. Running Time: 21:23 | 51.3 MB Podcast Copyright © 2014 The Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. All Rights Reserved. Posted by Rosicrucian Park @ 2/1/2014

Ralph Lewis served as Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC from 1939 to 1987. In the reading of this article from the Rosicrucian Digest October 1956, he extols the courage and convictions of two great defenders of the Rosicrucians of the early 1600s—Robert Fludd of England and Michael Maier of Germany and explores Francis Bacon's […]

The Lux Radio Theatre. May 15, 1944. CBS net. "Action In The North Atlantic". Sponsored by: Lux. A rehearsal recording. A good war story about a Victory ship fighting off Nazi subs and planes while trying to bring its cargo through to Murmansk. Julie Bishop, Cecil B. DeMille, Bill Martel, Bob Young, Charles Seel (doubles), Cliff Clark, Ed Emerson, Edward Marr, Griff Barnett, Herb Lytton, John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Leo Cleary, Louis Silvers (music director), Norman Field, Ralph Lewis, Regina Wallace, Stanley Farrar, Tyler McVey, John McIntire, Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), John Howard Lawson (screenwriter), W. R. Burnett (additional dialogue), A. I. Bezzarides (additional dialogue), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), George Raft, Raymond Massey, Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). oldtimeradiodvd.com

Piney Mountain Boys perform John Fogerty's "Proud Mary" This is one of the earliest known examples of Newgrass or Progress Bluegrass music.

Piney Mountain Boys perform the Jake Landers' song, "My Last Request"

Musical Concert performed by Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (Featuring Ralph Lewis) in Osaka, Japan in December 1974. The music was recorded from the sound board and is of highest quality possible.

Martin Lewis tribute song to his Uncle Blanco Lewis

Legendary musician Ralph Lewis gives a brief interview in which he speaks about this brother Blanco Lewis.