Podcast appearances and mentions of Richard Fletcher

Take a trip to Sheffield, Vermont with Katie and Liz on this week's episode of True Crime New England as they discuss the tragic fate of well-loved grandmother of nine, 78-year-old Mary “Pat” O'Hagan. In September of 2010, a group of three men decided they were going to break in and rob Mary's home for money and pills. Richard Fletcher, Keith Baird, and Michael Norrie were high on methamphetamines when they came up with this plan, and ultimately agreed that no harm would be done to the victim. Unfortunately, Norrie shot Mary in the back of the head, and the three men disposed of her body, only for it to be found nearly a month later. Tune in to hear the details of their individual trials and their ultimate punishments. 

Hey Strangers, #openai #meta #tech Very few people are regularly using "much hyped" artificial intelligence (AI) products like ChatGPT, a survey suggests. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries, including the UK, with only 2% of British respondents saying they use such tools on a daily basis. But the study, from the Reuters Institute and Oxford University, says young people are bucking the trend, with 18 to 24-year-olds the most eager adopters of the tech. Dr Richard Fletcher, the report's lead author, told the BBC there was a "mismatch" between the "hype" around AI and the "public interest" in it. The study examined views on generative AI tools - the new generation of products that can respond to simple text prompts with human-sounding answers as well as images, audio and video. Generative AI burst into the public consciousness when ChatGPT was launched in November 2022. ======================================= My other podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKpvBEElSl1dD72Y5gtepkw ************************************************** Article links: https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-announce-chatgpt-product-improvements-monday-2024-05-13/ for you sinners lol https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511x4g7x7jo https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-identifies-networks-pushing-deceptive-content-likely-generated-by-ai-2024-05-29/ ====================================== Today is for push-ups and Programming and I am all done doing push-ups Discord https://discord.gg/MYvNgYYFxq TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@strangestcoder Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@codingwithstrangers Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/CodingWithStrangers Twitter https://twitter.com/strangestcoder merch Support CodingWithStrangers IRL by purchasing some merch. All merch purchases include an alert: https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/merch Github Follow my works of chaos https://github.com/codingwithstrangers Tips https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/tip Patreon patreon.com/TheStrangers Timeline 00:00 intro 00:19 What are we talking about 3:35 Article 12:40 My thoughts 14:53 outro anything else? Take Care --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coding-with-strangers/message

24th February 2024 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 347: Richard Fletcher SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Richard Fletcher, Isle of Man TOPICS: LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.ternbicycles.com https://twitter.com/CarltonReid https://www.cycling.im https://www.bikestyle.im https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru1PYzU1k_w https://www.visitisleofman.com Carlton Reid 0:13 Welcome to Episode 347 of the Spokesmen cycling podcast. This show was engineered on Saturday 24th of February 2020. For David Bernstein 0:29 The Spokesmen cycling roundtable podcast is brought to you by Tern bicycles. The good people at Tern are committed to building bikes that are useful enough to ride every day and dependable enough to carry the people you love. In other words, they make the kind of bikes that they want to ride. Tern has e-bikes for every type of rider. Whether you're commuting, taking your kids to school or even carrying another adult, visit www.ternbicycles.com. That's t e r n bicycles.com to learn more. Carlton Reid 1:04 The plan was to record this interview while riding to Laxey on the Isle of Man with cycle guide and event organiser Richard Fletcher, pointing out the roads long used by fellow Manxman Mark Cavendish, but then weather! I'm Carlton Reid, and I was on the Isle of Man for the AGM of the British guild of travel writers. members could choose a one day fam trip activity. And while others chose spa and yoga retreats or cookery sessions, all indoors, I had asked to go cycling. I brought my road bike on the Steam Packet ferry from Heysham and was eager to hook up Richard with a radio mic and then chat, as we pootled along. The driving rain put paid to that idea. And after a bitterly cold two hour ride, we drip-dripped into a Douglas bike shop. Right. And I've just seen a photograph of you there that I took on the road, and you're smiling. But there's sleet. There's rain, there's basically we're riding through it almost a river coming up through to Douglas. So that was pretty grim out there. Richard Fletcher 2:23 Yes, as bad as it gets over here. But yeah, you're out on your bike. And there's the worst places to be. So as long as you don't do more than an hour and a half in that sort of that sort of weather, then it's fine. Right? Carlton Reid 2:35 So warmed up, we had a cup of coffee, and a bit of cake in Noa's bakery, and that's Noa. And next door to that is Bike Style. The bike shops who are now sitting on very nice sofas here, in in a nice bike shop. I'd like to say overlooking, you know, the scenic wonders of Douglas, but we can't actually see a great deal. And when we were out riding this morning, you you basically you took me out to some scenic places, but we didn't actually see anything. So just describe the ride that we did this morning. What would we have seen if it would be a beautiful day? Because we're kind of going towards Snaefell, weren't we? Richard Fletcher 3:12 Yeah, well, the hills, the route, we went on the hills all around it, basically. So and yeah, on a clear day, that's what you see. You can you can see the island from sort of side to side and top to bottom only when you're out it's particularly if you get some height. But today, because it's hilly, you get white-out effectively. So yeah, there's quite low cloud and you don't see a lot. But yeah, it would have been a nice ride if our view wise if it had been clear. Carlton Reid 3:42 Because we did get pretty damn cold out there today. So the route you were originally planning to take me on would have been towards Laxey Richard Fletcher 3:52 We'd have gone north of the east coast of the island. And you get some stunning views on the East coast. Well on all the coastal routes on the island, and the island basically has villages and towns dotted around the coastline. So as soon as you come in from the towns, you start climbing, and you go either over a hill into a valley and over another hill and back to the coast. The island is only 12 miles wide and it's been its widest point, and 36 miles long. So you can cross from coast to coast or top to bottom in a day. But there's lots of minor roads. I think some of the roads we went on. They were most of them were single carriageway roads to the benefit that is the nicer island because they're quiet, very little traffic. But yeah, it's just today was a rough day for it. Carlton Reid 4:42 So if we had done that ride, which we're planning to do towards Laxey would have basically written past Cav's house, yeah? Richard Fletcher 4:51 Well, he's born and brought up in Douglas and Laxey still has a house in Laxey. And Laxey's got a lot of history from it was an old mining village years ago not a big population there. It's people have a possibly have an impression of Cav that because he's a sprinter the same of the Tour de France with a sprint train that he's a rider for the flatlands but the he was born and brought up over here where you there are hills everywhere you go. And in his amateur racing, I think you see that that he's used to coping with that type of terrain. Carlton Reid 5:29 And tell me about Dot Tilbury because Dot Tilbury you're talking about basically before when we're in the coffee shop about a big funnel of riders. Then at the bottom, you would spit out these well known riders that we've all heard of. Richard Fletcher 5:42 Yeah, I mean, I've been cycling for 40. More well, more than 40 years and until Dot came around, and the cycling tended to be quite insular. And people would get into cycling because their parents had all their brothers or sisters. Dot started a children's league on a Tuesday night, more than 20 years ago now. And it started attracting more and more children into it, who weren't anything to do with the normal cycling scene. And within a relatively short space of time, it got to the stage where she was getting 200, then 250. And now 300 kids would turn up on a Tuesday night and be introduced to cycling as an activity. And that's been going on now say for over 20 years. And I'd say for a small population out the Isle of Man 86,000 people, that's the most directly cause of of the high standard of cycling because you use the word then there is a sort of wide funnel of kids becoming involved in cycling. And yes, there's when they get to 14, 15, 16. And all the distractions come around or other activities come around, particularly in this day and age where there's so many alternatives to to spend your time still a larger number drop out at the bottom of the funnel than would have if she didn't run that league. And I think she's the most direct link to the success of of elite cycling over here. I remember when did that exactly set that up? I don't exactly 20, 20 something years ago be more than 20 years Carlton Reid 7:20 Where Where does she where's that is it's just like an off road circuit? Richard Fletcher 7:24 It's on a perimeter road around the National Sports Centre. So it's about half a mile round pan flat. And it's like an oval, like a 600 metre version of an athletic track effectively, but it's tarmac. And they race round there on a Tuesday night, they start when they're almost just off balance bikes then through to when they're 16. And they that's where they get into cycling, and then as they get to the older age groups, and they then move into the more sort of traditional cycling. Dot also takes them away on trips. So they go to places like a day on the Manchester Velodrome they take part in the youth series that British Cycling runs. And we run around with that over here. So they get to perform on home soil as well. In fact that is coming up in April, this year, there'll be over 200 kids come from the UK, the best 200 Kids in the UK will come over to ride in the Isle of Man. And about 50 of Dot's kids will be in those races as well. Carlton Reid 8:32 Because you're one of the organisers of yeah, they used to it Richard Fletcher 8:36 I recently do, the youth has been running for 14 or 15 years now. And last couple of years, the organisers sort of change over time, became involved and become involved. So Emma Dyer who has been involved for many years and organising it Rob Holden, ex professional cyclist and myself are the three main organisers but it's a big team of people that put it together and it's closed roads Yeah, we get Road Club full road closure which is one of the USPS if you like of them coming to the Isle of Man that the kids aren't used to riding on closed roads they used to running on closed circuits around parks and things like that. And we get the national escort group guys come over so it's quite a an atmosphere for the kids the it's not to to France but it's sort of to ride on closed roads with national escort and we bring Tony Barry's neutral service cars over as well so they've they've actually got a almost like professional experience that they get and I think that's why I like coming over for it. Carlton Reid 9:39 And one of the ways you're able to close the roads is the Isle of Man government is pretty well used to closing roads for the TT so is that part of it? You can you they are used to closing roads? Richard Fletcher 9:53 Yeah, they are and there's an acceptance by the public there's always some resistance to close. as roads, whatever it's for, and we try and minimise that. But yeah, the sort of structures and the policies and laws are in place to help you do that. The TT happens has happened for 100 years. 1907. Yeah. That that's an established thing over here. What people probably don't know as much about is that at this, the bicycle TT started in the 30s. And it was, again, it was because they couldn't do it. on the Isle of Man; in the UK rather. So you had the I don't know, whatever the governing body of cycling was then. And you had a breakaway group called British League of racing cyclists. And they, they got together with the Isle of Man. And we ran one of the first big mass start races over here in the 1930s last century. And that for a time that became the biggest race in Britain for cycling, so you had top names like Tom Simpson, and all the big riders at the time came over and race the Isle of Man, the International, before in this sort of following the Second World War, Carlton Reid 11:12 when there was no nothing like that everybody was time trialling, yeah, famously and alpaca Yeah, you know, black alpaca going out in secret in the morning Richard Fletcher 11:20 Yeah, so the road racing scene was established, cycling was established then right, and then became Manx International Cycling Week, which ran through till 2003, which was a week long festival where we close roads for two the whole week for cycling. That went into decline mainly because people's habits changed. And they didn't want to take a week off from their work holidays to come to Isle of Man for cycling when Majorca and other places were, were beckoning. So now we tend to have smaller scale races, we had the we've had rounds of the British National series for seniors. So the premier calendar, we've hosted the national championships. And consistently we've run the National Youth and junior two sets around the British youth series and around the British Junior series, the Peter Buckley series, which it's still I still call it that. Peter Buckley was actually from the Isle of Man. And when the Commonwealth Games gold medal, and you're from the Isle of Man too, so you're a born and bred Manxman Yeah, I spent a little bit time off the island but mainly on the island. Yeah. My wife's from the UK. And my dad was from the UK. So it's, but yeah, it's been my home is here. Carlton Reid 12:40 And tell me a little bit about how you sort of semi funded Cav's early career with some cash, but indirectly. Richard Fletcher 12:51 Yes, that's my claim. And I don't think Mark would want to know about it or agree with it. But Mark's mother. For many years, Adele ran a dance workshop, not far from this shop, actually. And both my daughters did ballet. So I spent quite a lot of money on pointe shoes over the years with with Adele. And so I say that and that was about the time Mark was getting into cycling. So yeah, I must have contributed in a small way to Yes, Carlton Reid 13:16 yes. And he of course had a dance background at first. Richard Fletcher 13:19 I believe so. I think I think a lot more is made of it than that. But yeah, when I think he was nine or 10 or 11, I think he did some ballroom dancing. So I wouldn't be surprised if in the next three or four years, he appears on Strictly or something like that. Be a good candidate. Carlton Reid 13:37 And he's got a house, you said at Laxey. He's got houses dotted around, but one of them. One of them is certainly here. So he would be a known figure here. And I'm here, obviously for the the AGM of the Travel Writers Guild, and even you know, the top big wigs. And when we had our gala dinner, they mentioned Mark Cavendish. Yeah, you know, so he he's a known figure, quite apart from in the cycling scene, but he will appear and he will do local, local, right. He Richard Fletcher 14:10 He comes up frequently to see his Mum and Dad, who both live on the island. And yeah, when you see, he goes out with the local lads on both training rides, and you'll he'll, he'll pop up and do events as well. I run a sportif each year, and I haven't had any contact with him. But the British Cycling entry system that was used, the entries pop up in your email inbox and there's one M Cavendish OBE, who just paid his entry fee and rocked up like any other rider to it to just make a big thing about you made the day because he's turned up and he was late getting to the start and we sportifs quite relaxed. But when he got to start on when went round with the lads who were strong enough to ride with him, and he because he was They started you went past everybody in the event and it made the event all you could hear in the sort of coffee shop afterwards was because Cav passed me on this hill or Cav passed me here. So it's great, but he does. He just slots in. And I think I think I don't know, you have to speak to him. But I think he enjoys the fact you can just behave normally over here and go about his business without getting accosted for this, that and the other. So, Carlton Reid 15:23 So we're about on the roads before most of the people were getting with this wide berth. But we had a couple, and it was such atrocious weather. And they were coming past at speed. Yeah. And that wasn't that wasn't very nice. And you might have told one of the drivers they shouldn't have been doing. And that was it was a horrible close pass. So how much respect do you generally get? And could it be some of it down to you've got that funnel of riders, and you've certainly got somebody as famous as Mark Cavendish, that, you know, the big wigs talk about him? So might there be some, even if it's just a small bit of people's brains? Like why can't you know, close past those cyclists; one of them might be Cav and then I'm in the national news? Richard Fletcher 16:10 It's a bit subjective, my gut feel, because I do do quite a lot of riding off the island is my gut feeling. I think the drivers over here are a little bit more considerate than elsewhere in the in the in the British Isles is a bit subjective. But generally speaking, I think the overall rise in popularity of cycling, whether it's here or in the UK, has also contributed to maybe people being a bit more aware. I don't I don't think it's it's not malice of people in cars. I think it's it's ignorance of, of the fact they're inside us. steel box, and you're not. So it's not something that would ever I mean, I've been cyclists for many years, it's not going to put me off cycling anyway. But I think it is the it's still the main barrier to people taking up cycling who aren't experienced cyclists. So it's a bit of culture change people's personalities change when they get in the car. And then that's, I see to unbonded really, but no, it's not too bad over here. And the roads themselves because they're not big roads, people have to drive with a bit of care and attention most people to give you plenty of room. Carlton Reid 17:23 So, okay, well, a few seconds ago you said British Isles rather than the UK. So Isle of Man isn't in the UK isn't in the EU, ever. It's but it's part of the British Isles, and it's a crown dependency. There are different rules here. Because if you've got your own government and one of those rules, or lack of rules, is you can go as fast as you want in a car on certain roads. And that's partly maybe a legacy of the, the TT that's been going on. So if you've got this TT circuit, and even on Ordnance Survey maps, it says, you know, this is the TT course. But these are public roads. These are these are not not closed circuit at all apart from when it's running in June, and the roads are closed. So at those roads being no speed limits, means some drivers, not all of them for some drivers are going to be going crackers on those roads, because then you can overtake a policeman, police car 200mph nand they can't do anything about it. So does that mean cyclists avoid that, that course, that road? Richard Fletcher 18:31 There's only one section that most cyclists avoid. That's the what's called the mountain road. It runs through Ramsey over alongside Snaefell the only mountain on the island and drops down into Douglas. So whereas 20, 30 years ago I used to commute over that road. Most people would avoid it now and I would avoid now is because and there's a number of reasons for that. One is that yes. A lot of drivers do put the foot down when they get on a mountain road. There are safe passing places on the mountain road. If you were doing excessive speed and you took a police car, they would still pull you in because it's below there's no speed limit. It's allowing us to do art drive. Um, I'm not sure the legal definition but in a safe manner effectively. So it's not unlimited speed, it's driving to the road conditions and if you overtook them at 70 and it was misty, they put you in so it's them. There's there is some control over it. But particularly motorbikes because of the history. They like to really push it over the mountain. And it's so I wouldn't go up there on a bike now for two reasons. One, you can although we've got terrible weather today, and even in on a summer's day, the mountain in patches can be misty. So you could set off from Douglas or Ramsey in bright sunshine. And once you get above 1000 feet or whatever in the mist, and the speed differential between a car even not absolutely ragging over the mountain, and the bicycle going uphill is such that you be at risk of being hit from behind. Because the driver just wouldn't see you in time, Carlton Reid 20:17 Do motorists avoid it, do they also seem motorists to go I'm not gonna get that because Richard Fletcher 20:22 I mean, I say I lived in Ramsey and commuted to work in Douglas, for 20 years. And I could, I could probably drive the mountain road blindfold. But I do know some drivers and even taxi drivers who don't like riding, because the because it's the TT course there are no cat's eyes in the middle of the road. So it's actually quite a difficult road to drive in the mist. You need to know where the roads going up ahead. So yeah, there are some motorists avoid, as well. Carlton Reid 20:54 So that's a 37 mile stretch of, in effect, a triangle of roads that are marked on the OS map as the as the TT course. But the island has something like 688 miles, all other roads. So we're talking, you know, 640 Odd miles of other roads. Yeah. So that's something that right, avoid them. You don't have to sometimes use that road to link up with other things, you can always avoid it. Richard Fletcher 21:23 And the funny part is that the when we have bike races or their motorcycle races, there mountain road, because it's very, there are maybe three businesses on the mountain, or I think you went to one victory cafe, that they were allowed actually to close the mountain road with very little resistance, because they're alternative routes around the island for motorists. And there's not many people live in the mountain road. So it's it's actually a lot, it's a road you wouldn't use when the roads are open, it's for an event, you can often get a road closure on the mountain road quite quite easily because of that. But now the other road, most of the active cyclists, they wouldn't use a TT course because they are effectively the island's equivalent of sort of arterial roads. Most of the traffic is on those roads. But it means the roads the side I mean, we went on some of them today can't learn without being able to see where we were. But they're the roads that run alongside or crisscross those roads. And the traffic is fairly light. Still, we didn't have a chance to go up to the north of the island where it's the northern plane is flat. But that's where virtually all the local racing takes place. Now because there's very little traffic it's mainly just farmland, but farms and fields. Carlton Reid 22:48 At this point we'll cut to a break. Take it away, David, David Bernstein 22:52 This podcast is brought to you by Tern bicycles. The good people at Tern understand that while a large cargo bike can carry oodles of stuff, many of us prefer something a little more manageable. That's why they've come up with the HSD e-cargobike for folks with big aspirations to go car free, delivered in a compact size, with its rear shock, 280 kilos, and a combined hauling capacity of 180 kilos. The robust new HSD is stable and easy to manoeuvre, even when under load. And with its Bosch eBIKE SYSTEM tested and certified to meet the highest UL standards for electric and fire safety you'll be able to share many worryfree adventures with a loved one whether it's your kiddo or Nan. Visit www.ternbicycles. That's te r n turn bicycles.com to learn more Carlton Reid 23:52 Thanks, David. And we are back with Isle of Man Mr. Cycling, Richard Fletcher. So describe where maybe Kev or Pete Kennaugh where they would have ridden where would they go? Do you think would they have a standard training ride? Or would they mix it up? Richard Fletcher 24:09 No, they mix it up and I know Cav's thing that he doesn't like to repeat the same road on any training ride. I think he covered that when he did a piece over here with Matt Stevens. But they ride the ride all over basically. And you can it's for small island, there are a lot of roads, you can you can mix it up. And you tend to look at the weather and see which way the winds blowing and decide a new route then rather than have a planned route, but they will know both those two and any boys have been involved in cycling over here you get to know every road on the island basically. So Carlton Reid 24:51 you would link it up in your head and then just kind Richard Fletcher 24:54 of criss cross and go where the coffee is really Carlton Reid 24:59 and then Then on this trip, maybe they're just pulling our leg I don't know. But the bus driver everybody who's been talking to us on this trip has been stressing the folklore element of the Isle of Man, which I wasn't really terribly familiar with at all. So everybody is stressing, you know, you've got to when you go across the Fairy Bridge, you've got to say hello to the fairies. How much of this is would you tell that to the tourists? And how much of that is no people on the island genuinely, you know, believe in this stuff. Richard Fletcher 25:36 I don't know if I believe in it. A lot of a lot of the people buy into it. Carlton Reid 25:42 And why? Richard Fletcher 25:44 Because I'm I'm not one of those I'm not a superstitious person. But there is. I mean, there is a big Celtic background the history of the Isle of Man is interesting. So don't buy into all the folklore stuff. The background history of the island where the Vikings were heavily involved in the Isle of Man if you look at it geographic on a map, you can see that if you're military strategist, where would you base yourself if you want to rape and pillage all over the British Isles, you got the Isle of Man because you can bet your base here and strike out and hit violent Wales England or Scotland from it. So the Vikings were have a big influence on the islands. Longer history. And then because of that, the Scottish Lords got rid of the Vikings and then the Lords of Darby took over from the Scots. So there's a lot of not folklore that but there's a lot of good, meaty history about the island. The the other stuff? I don't know, I think it's it's the stuff about mythical creatures and fairies is, is probably because you then you've got a small island race basically. So you get myths and things from a an environment like that. But yeah, it's uh, it's, it sells a lot of gin. Yes. Carlton Reid 27:17 Definitely good stories. Yeah. And we've been given, you know, books of folklore. And so you've got to say, hello to the fairies Richard Fletcher 27:25 doesn't mean the other Celtic nations have similar things. So Irish, Irish methylene and Welsh and Scottish as well. That so there is quite a strong Celtic presence here. And there are quite, there's quite a lot of exchanges between, particularly in the arts around the Celtic side, so you've got them Normandy, Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and they do get together, particularly in the art side and, and share the same sort of music and poetry and everything else. It doesn't overlap as much in into sport. Although we've got a really interesting event coming over here in July this year, called Pan-Celtic, which is like an ultra endurance event. And I was amazing guy, I didn't know anything about the event until earlier this year. And the guy who organised a guy called Matt Ryan, who lives in north Wales, the opening entries for it and had to close them within 48 hours later because he'd filled the field and it's people from all over the world coming. We completely coincidentally bumped into a German couple on a cycling holiday and they said Are you from Alabama? We're coming for the pan Celtic this year. And so they're flying in, mins booked to Gatwick and Gatwick to here to do this event that starts does 100 mile loop around the Isle of Man and they're getting on the ferry and they go off to Scotland right around there. Carlton Reid 28:59 You know the route and what they what are they doing loose route Richard Fletcher 29:03 it's about like it's about 1500 miles in total. It's one of these ultra distance the other man is strange and it's been set as the because we got very right it's been set as the first stage they've been classed as a time trial. It's not it is a race and it isn't a race it's a it's a race where nobody wins anything is the way that if the organisers describes it, but it's a personal challenge thing so when the clock starts normally on the pan Celtic it doesn't stop until you get to the very end whereas for this year because the argument is being used the first stage they don't do a ride through the night here and then get their morning ferry over to patient and then ride I think they go north then and ride around Scotland for the rest of it. But I'm seeing the rest of the room Carlton Reid 29:48 because normally on the pan Celtic it's if you get to the ferry port late well you're gonna get the ferry the next day and that's that's added to your time. Yeah, where is this one? And usually they're gonna stop the times there is like a time drive. Richard Fletcher 30:04 Yeah, because it's a three to four hour journey over I think so yeah, they're they've got they've got a big enough window the starting at seven o'clock on Saturday evening and they've got to do better thing is boundary and five miles. So the very least 8.45 next day so I can't see anybody missing that that they should have a little bit sleep actually Carlton Reid 30:27 do what route they're doing actually on yeah went Richard Fletcher 30:30 through the route with the organiser because he we've actually got another big cycling event the next day. So we needed to avoid clashing with that. And it basically does a big loop of the island round round the perimeter mainly but they cut into they've got the participants left some interesting clients did it as well they go burn the client pool faulty will, which is effectively going up the mountain it's not the mountain road TT causeway but it's the it's a, it's a nicer if you can have a nice climb, it's a nicer climb than the TT course one Carlton Reid 31:07 and they are avoiding the TT course completely. There's not not not hitting it at all Richard Fletcher 31:11 on it for about a mile. And that's it because when you get to the top of that climb, you actually go backwards along with TT good for you then go back into the interior. But that's that's fine. It's then it's the middle of summer it'll be the middle of the night when they get there as well. So there won't be a lot of traffic on that road. Carlton Reid 31:31 So that's it as you're saying before there's there's there's no cat size on that road. So that's a road that maybe people avoided that night anyway. Richard Fletcher 31:37 Um, yeah, this well. There are alternative routes. So yes, you will, they will fit in on if there's not misty then you would go that way. Because the quickest way from north to say, most direct way. But generally speaking in nighttime, it's quiet anyway. Carlton Reid 31:55 So last night, we had a talk from Milky Quayle. Who's one of these guys who who averages 186 miles an hour on his motorbike as he's going around the corner, sometimes hitting 200 miles an hour. And he was one of the questions I asked him was, you would die if you hit a pothole at 30 miles an hour, nevermind 200 miles an hour. So the local authority, the government must be pumping a huge amount of money into keeping that road. absolutely pristine. And there's never going to be a pothole on that road. However, does that mean that other roads, the roads, maybe the cyclists are on? Does that mean they're getting short shrift there because they're getting roads where there's gonna be potholes, and then all the money has been pumped into that mountain road? Richard Fletcher 32:46 The don't know the answers are so the there's a perception certainly that the TT course will not upset from the TT course it has a priority. And it is always, as you say, perfectly maintained. And it has to be actually sculptured sometimes to accommodate the motorcycling. So the the course has probably got faster over the years, because it's been improved. There's a on the mountain road section, there's a couple of places where the road is actually been that not banked. But is lends itself to is certainly not off camber for it that way. So that there is a lot of money spent on the TT course. But that's justified by the fact that the TT races are revenue generating. So whether the, whether that means it whether that's to the detriment of other roads is a moot point. Some people locally would say, definitely, whether it's financial or just resource wise, in terms of the time spent. And generally speaking, I think our roads are fairly good. I tend to ride a gravel bike now anyway, so on You seek out rough road sometimes. So it's not as I don't think we certainly don't think we're the roads elsewhere. The roads outside of TT girls over here are certainly not any worse than UK roads now. And I'd say overall, slightly better than a lot of areas of the UK. So be it as much the time I think is nCn calm the isn't more than the money you've got limited resources to do road maintenance. So if you're spending quite a lot of that time on a TT course you've you've a limited timeframe. Carlton Reid 34:40 By the same token, you probably got some pretty good experts who are probably using some pretty good scientific equipment to spot potholes forming and that might benefit. Richard Fletcher 34:52 Maybe not seeing that but we've got the we've got reporting so you can report potholes and they do that for very quickly to them when you report them. When it's inevitable, you'll get where and turn around. Look at the weather today. It's there'll be, I'm sure when this week is out, there'll be a lot more potholes than they were last week. Carlton Reid 35:15 So, so far, we've talked about road cycling, and you've talked a little bit about gravel cycling there. What about mountain biking? Richard Fletcher 35:22 Mountain biking is is a growing thing. It's been under exploited. I think Carlton Reid 35:26 in that get in the bank shop here. I'm just turning my head. It some of this road bikes over there. But there's a tonne of mountain bikes. Yeah. Richard Fletcher 35:33 I mean, the there are 26 plantations over here Carlton Reid 35:37 are found they are what we would call Forestry Commission. Yeah, yeah, Department Richard Fletcher 35:41 of the Department of Government that looks after them and uses them for growing trees, basically, and harvesting those trees. But within those plantations, a lot of them have had over the years. sanctioned and unsanctioned trails built, they tended to be built, historically, they've tended to be built. And then forgiveness, asked afterwards, rather than permission to go and build the trails. And the government, the barn has been quite friendly in that respect, in that they generally want to encourage access to those plantations. The we tried to formalise that in the last couple of years and recognise that we've probably got as many trails and the quality of those trails and the accessibility Australia is just as good as some of the sort of identified cycling parks in particularly in Wales, Scotland and Ireland more recently, but we've never really produced a a tourism product that, and we've never really joined them all up. So there's been quite a big effort in the last two years to do that. And there's a there's a scheme, just kicking off at the moment government agreed funding in October last year, to produce effectively a, an Isle of Man trail Park. And that's taking a cluster of seven plantations that are quite close to Douglas, and joining them together, they're about they're only about four road crossings to join them together, because they either abort each other or they're, there's a road crossing to get into the next one. So that's a project that's, that's starting now. To join those up. And then I think it will be used as a as a tourism product, but also be of great benefit to local population. And then you're involved in that. Yeah, the I'm involved in advising the government on it. The the rise of gravel cycling as well, because a lot of it. Within those plantations, you have forestry, roads, fire fire roads. And so we're going out from this bike shop actually, on Saturday and on a gravel ride, and we'll take in at least two of the plantations during that if the weather improves. Carlton Reid 38:03 So the government is pumping money into into these plantation rides. It recognises all the big wigs recognise Mark Cavendish, or they use Mark Cavendish as something to talk to a general audience and there's not wasn't a noise of scientists at all. It's an audience of, of just general travel writers who they were talking to. So is their awareness that cycling is important to the economy and potentially could become even more important in future. Yeah, Richard Fletcher 38:35 it's growing thing that the Isle of Man's tourism product has changed over the years. If you go back to my childhood, it was a bucket and spade tourism, where the the mill towns of the Northwest would shut down for a week and the there was Scottish week, there was Irish week. And it was that type of holiday that fell away when the trips to Spain and things like that came about. So that was one section. Then it it moved on to basically in more niche tourism, such as around the heritage railways and things like that. And that became very popular. More recently, so last three, four years. All the studies and reports that have been done around the future tourism on the island says actually that generation is these strong say flatlining because that flood that is declining. The new demographic, a tourism want the outdoors and that's what the Ironman has got in spades. So, the activities such as I think the government does now realise that activities particularly such as walking, cycling, golf as well, there are numerous golf courses over here. And then anything, the more sort of general, outdoor and active type of activities are they will be the future tourism on the island. So cycling and walking in particular are being focused on we've got some I'm not a hill Walker at all. But the the that is as an asset over here this does access all around us there's an 82 mile coastal path, go the route route fall on them that is under use is it's not known about really, but it's there. And it doesn't need a lot of work to make it a top rate tourism product, like some of the the Pennine routes that you have in the UK. And cycling wise. Yes, the there's mountain biking has been absolutely recognised and the see the money has been allocated to do that. And I think that will become a product and I think gravel and sort of lead you into road as well. So I mean, the challenge that mean chance, I think is is for cycling is getting a bike go via Carlton Reid 41:02 the ferry. I mean, some people might fly but the ferry it's a brand new ship. Yeah, Richard Fletcher 41:07 they use those pretty friendly with the bikes. I mean that there's room yeah, there's actual Carlton Reid 41:12 room where you put your bike? Yes, and you hang them up. And it's like what most varies, even in fact, I don't know any ferries where there's a room where you put your bike? Well, that's come about Richard Fletcher 41:20 because I say about three or four years ago, there was a recognition that the future lay in those niche, outdoor active elements, the various brand new so we did a gap analysis effectively. And what's the difference between the Isle of Man and an established cycling destination to take the weather out of it because if you comparing, say Croatia to the Isle of Man or basically to the weather booked the other things, the more the more basic things are the same. It's they're having cycling friendly accommodation, which can be the most basic thing where you don't get looked at as if you're from a different planet when you turn up in lycra with a bike through to the proper cycling friendly hotels, which would have secure bike storage, maybe a little workshop, side tap to clean your bike, that type of thing. So looking at the combination in the Government Department concerned has now a registered recycling friendly hotels and gives them advice as to what they need to do. In terms of that. The very youth was another one where back in my day, the crew were really friendly, but you'd roll up down the ramp and it says sticky bike over there mate. And it'd be just put against the side of the deck where all the cars work. Now as you see the new ferry the Manxman has got a dedicated cycle storage park so it's that type of messaging if you like people coming over that actually cycling is welcome here the big ticket items are things like putting together a proper trail Park product the route became in on blinded by rain in the last couple of miles went past what's called a nunnery estate which is an older stately home and been in talks with the owners of that put a close road title circuit in it. And they're quite keen on that funding won't be an issue. But but that so there is recognition particularly around so I think that it's it's a it can become an an important tourism product. Carlton Reid 43:31 And when people are laughing they because maybe not in February Richard Fletcher 43:36 no I don't think and there's a big push to try and encourage visitors to the island in what they call the shoulder periods. But no if I was I'm blunt about these things when people ask about the Ironman and cycling cyclists more enjoyable in good weather. It's as simple as that. So yeah, you would come in the not this year the high season but he come between April May June July August September. I wouldn't I personally wouldn't do a trip outside those months I'd be them a lot of people would say well there's no such thing as bad weather just blanket but Carlton Reid 44:14 we had some good kit on today and we still got cold I Richard Fletcher 44:18 know yeah the the sort of you were you can tweak the sides a bit on now are around mountain biking because you what we tend to do with the locals anyway. On a day like this, if you were going to go out you go on a mountain bike in the plantations and you don't hear the wind and basically So building that mountain bike trail Park product could actually extend the season because yes, you still gonna get money, but you don't get score and worse because you there's just no wind in plantations. That's where I would probably do my gravel riding or mountain biking Not quite not quite as bad as this but you can extend it a little bit in that respect I think Carlton Reid 45:05 so people listening to this they thought right definitely not in February but in the months that you've just recommended summer basically they want to come across they want to see this this fantastic very with its dedicated bike room they want to do the same roads that cab has done and other top local riders they want to do the plantations maybe on a mountain bike How did they find out about this and how do they find out about you? So what social media and what websites can they go look at will the Richard Fletcher 45:41 there is a cycling website we're trying to build up quite a lot now called https://www.cycling.im and that will become hopefully one of the main portals to visit Isle of Man website as well has quite a lot of information. But nowadays a loop it's not totally reliable you can easily find on Strava or rider GPS routes on the island that aren't somebody's commuter route, but they are actually a decent ride. So it's quite so much easier nowadays I think to find you yourself new routes or or you can you can hire a guide but it's small enough Island to find your way around. What where it's more difficult I think and that's why we're putting the work into is on the mountain bike side. I go out with mountain bike I'm because I'm mainly road cyclists. I'll go to mountain bikers and I'll go trails I never would have found if I hadn't gone out with the group that did the old time. So the idea with trail Park is that it will just be on trail forks are one of the products like that it will actually be very well signposted. So that you can the the network we've designed is it's about 64 kilometres of trails. And we agree right start the project actually although it might seem cosmetic, the most important thing is the signage. So people can without a guide or or necessarily GPS files that they can find their way around and find the know where the coffee shop or the toilet block or whatever on their ride. So that's it's probably going to take 18 months to complete it but the aim is we'll have that a credible product for people wanting to do that for the start of the 25 season. Carlton Reid 47:38 So famously Majorcar is a destination without cycling product and clearly part of the attraction of of New Yorker is nice weather yeah early season well yes or late season one and but also beautiful road but the certainly the nice weather is a is a is a pool, but here could become a cycling paradise could become either a cycling paradise in many ways already, but could become even bigger in the future, especially with like short haul stuff you having to be necessarily, you know, in the future, we're gonna have to start basically holiday much closer to home. Yeah, I don't like climate change and not flying everywhere. And taking a ferry is much more ego than flying to Majorca. So cyclists could come to the Isle of Man and not go to Majorca Richard Fletcher 48:33 and I think to say the weather is important factor. But yeah, it is more the hassle of I mean, I've done it all my life cycles since I was 15. Taking your bike on a plane is a faff, it's now because I'm old and grumpy when I go I do still do a lot of cycling outside of the UK. But it was hired by want to do that. Now if I go to France of France, alright, well, France is different. Unfortunately I've got a friend lives in France with a house and I leave a bike there. But I'm gonna go anywhere else Spain or Italy or further afield I was hired by because I don't like the faff of going through airports and boxing it up and unboxing it and wondering whether we'll get there. The ferry is a lovely way to do that you can just literally ride on the boat. So yeah, that that is the best way for cyclists to get the Isle of Man is to bring it to bring their bike on the ferry. That and yeah, I think it is a viable alternative is going it's going overseas without going too far. Carlton Reid 49:38 You're going out of the UK, Richard Fletcher 49:41 You are going out of the UK and the rod. There are a variety of road to get here is quite fun. That to me. The sweet spot for a visitor is about a three or four day trip. And then you can ride different roads every day and enjoy them in that way. Say they it's been record week, we spoke to a few of the tour on cycling tour operators because one of the other things in sort of gap analysis that was done is it the Arman is not on in the portfolio of a lot of tour operators. Some like there's a company that I've done some work with bikeadventures.co.uk, they, they've got the Isle of Man because I did a trip for them, basically, and, but a lot of the larger ones don't have the Ironman as a destination. So we need to convince them that the Ironman should be a destination on their portfolio, and then put together the trips for them to do. So that's another sort of initiative that needs to Carlton Reid 50:42 get across here before those companies put it on and they become saturated. And it's another Majorca. Yeah, Richard Fletcher 50:48 it's we've got we've got lots of space that we could handle. Carlton Reid 50:53 Thanks to Richard Fletcher there and thanks to you for listening to Episode 347 of the spokesmen podcast brought to you in association with Tern bicycles. Show notes and more can be found at the-spokesmen.com. The next episode will be about the bike navigation app Komoot, but it soon veers off to a discussion of a round the world cycle trip. That show will be out at the beginning of March. Meanwhile, get out there and ride ...

20th February 2024 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 346: Monica Garrison SPONSOR: Tern Bicycles HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Monica Garrison of Black Girls Do Bike TOPICS: LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com/ https://www.ternbicycles.com https://www.blackgirlsdobike.org https://twitter.com/CarltonReid TRANSCRIPT Carlton Reid 0:13 Welcome to Episode 346 of the spokesmen cycling podcast. This show was engineered on Tuesday 20th of February 2024. David Bernstein 0:29 The Spokesmen cycling roundtable podcast is brought to you by Tern bicycles. The good people at Tern are committed to building bikes that are useful enough to ride every day and dependable enough to carry the people you love. In other words, they make the kind of bikes that they want to ride. Tern has e-bikes for every type of rider. Whether you're commuting, taking your kids to school or even carrying another adult, visit www.ternbicycles.com. That's t e r n bicycles.com to learn more. Carlton Reid 1:03 I'm Carlton Reid and today's episode is a half hour chat with Monica Garrison of Black Girls Do Bike a Pennsylvania nonprofit now in its 11th year of group rides and more for black women and girls. And yeah, I should have checked out the weather map before I asked the first stupid question. Have you been riding today? Monica Garrison 1:28 Oh, no! There's snow everywhere. We had a big storm yesterday. Yeah, yesterday. Carlton Reid 1:35 I should have checked your weather. Okay. So how much of the year can you not cycle in Pittsburgh? Monica Garrison 1:43 Pretty much November to March is pretty snowy and rainy, and cold. So we have a nice big offseason here, though some folks ride through the winter. I'm not one of those people. Carlton Reid 1:57 So you kind of come say March, April, you're kind of really desperate to get out on your bike, that kind of thing. Monica Garrison 2:05 Oh, yeah, the mid March The weather seems to shift and and cyclists return full force and and then we're good. I mean, we get pretty hot in August and July, you know, it's a bit unbearable and humid. So there's some time there where it's not so pleasant to be out on the bike, but pretty much yeah, the rest of the year we're riding. Carlton Reid 2:27 So I really should have checked the weather. Because that was such a stupid question, wasn't it if you're deep in snow, and of course. That's okay. So the rest of the year. tell me about the rest of the year in Pittsburgh. What's it like riding in Pittsburgh? Monica Garrison 2:43 So Pittsburgh is notorious for its hills. It's a very hilly city. So it's not for the faint of heart. Literally. I think over the last 10 years, we've had a really good programme, Bike Pittsburgh is our local Bike Ped organisation. And they've done a really good job of creating infrastructure that connects. So there are large parts of the city that are interconnected for commuters and everyone else on bikes. So that's nice. We have what we call the gap trail here, which is a Great Allegheny Passage. And it starts here in Pittsburgh, and you can ride it all the way to Washington, DC. So a lot of local cyclists put that on their list of things to do in the spring and summer, before it gets too hot. And our we have Port Authority, which is our local bus transportation here. And they made an effort a few years ago to outfit all of the buses with bike racks on the front. So no matter where you're headed, you can take your bike with you Carlton Reid 3:52 Now, we're very jealous. When when we see Americans with, with buses with that on the front, we get very jealous, we've got very few services that will will do that. So I've seen photographs on your, on your website, where it's like the media images where you can get these the photographs you're allowed to use. And there's you and your kids, and there's a bike lane in Pittsburgh. So I can visualise extremely well, the bike lane that you were talking about there, but your kids. So not only are you getting women of colour, and you're getting people just generally onto bikes. You're we'll talk about your chapters in a minute, but you're getting your kids onto bikes. That's something that you wanted to do. That's something that just happened what so how have you managed to get your kids on bikes? Monica Garrison 4:46 I mean, when I was a kid, I loved riding my bike, so I just assumed that they would too. And I you know happened to me correct. But what I did was honestly I started them riding really early like my son and daughter for probably pedaling bikes at the age of four. And so the earlier you get them in, The more consistent you are with them wearing helmets, then it just becomes a part of their life. And so you know, when, when Black Girls Do Bike started, it was a time where I was riding my bike a lot more than I had in the past. And so I just invited them to come along, and they they kind of got bitten by the bug. I will say my, my daughter, my son is probably the one who goes with me the most these days, we'll load up the bikes and drive to like our downtown area and spend a couple hours riding around when the weather's nice. And that's really fun to do. So yeah, it's just a no, no, it's, it's a fun thing to do as a family. Cycling is great for me as a solo sport. But I also like bringing folks along and you know, showing them how fun it can be. Carlton Reid 5:55 So you have all these chapters across I mean, this one is the one that's in London, is that still going? Monica Garrison 6:01 it's still going but we have, we have a leadership vacuum, there we are our leaders who started the group stepped down to do another project. So we're actually looking for someone to kind of step in and, you know, rejuvenate the chapter. Carlton Reid 6:17 Tell me about the chapters in in the US than them and how big did they get? Which are the biggest ones? What's the chapter story? Monica Garrison 6:25 Sure, we have 103 chapters here in the US. So as you can imagine, pretty much every major city here has a chapter every almost every state has has at least one chapter. The smallest chapters are, you know, a few 100 ladies and our largest chapters have anywhere from 1500 to 2000 members. I will honestly say that I we've never gotten 2000 out on a bike at once. But generally our rides are, you know, anywhere from five ladies to maybe 40 to 50 ladies. Carlton Reid 7:04 Is it a kind of Facebook private group organised is that? Is that how you get in touch with everybody? Monica Garrison 7:10 Yeah, I think Facebook's been the easiest way. I mean, we're 10 years into this journey. So Facebook was a lot more robust 10 years ago, but it's still the best way to kind of organise people. And yeah, so each each chapter has its own Facebook, private Facebook group. And then so folks who are interested can go to BlackGirlsDoBike.org and then they can click on chapters, and then they can find the nearest chapter for them. Carlton Reid 7:36 You've got very, very strong, bold graphics. Is that something that was there from the get go? Or is that something that evolved? Did you have members who are graphic artists? How have you managed to be really bold and distinctive? Monica Garrison 7:53 That's a good question. So it was always the intention from the beginning. Or I should say soon after, there'll be an increase. So the plan really wasn't to have chapters and have t shirts and jerseys and all this, these things all came organically as people began to ask for them. But, but once we started to design gear, I yeah, I think, you know, I was a business major. So I have a little bit of insight into, you know, what makes for good advertising. I'm also a photographer, so I'm visually built to, you know, built to appreciate things and design. I do most of the design myself, I usually just have an idea, and then I'll collaborate with artists who can bring it to life. And I just, I There are a couple of reasons, I think, because as a Black woman, I know that, you know, our skin tone, generally looks really nice with bright colours, it's kind of they complement each other. So I never shied away from bright colours and in, you know, variety in that respect, but also in terms of getting the message out, I think, you know, if someone's wearing a shirt, and it's visually appealing, and it catches the attention, then you're more likely to spread your message and have people ask, what's this about? You know, I've never seen this before. So I do think the the visual part of it is a huge part of our success. Carlton Reid 9:20 And I kind of guessed why I kind of surmise that you're a photographer because you've got your credit on some of the photographs. And there's obviously a studio lights going on there. There's some serious photography going on behind the scenes there. That's like some pretty impressive stuff. Monica Garrison 9:36 Thank you. Yeah, I think that's been one of my favourite parts of this process is I've been able to flex my photography and video videography muscles a little bit. And, you know, in terms of like posting on our social media, that's that's it's a nice way for me to be creative and not get too caught up in the day to day things. Carlton Reid 10:01 So before that 2013 You've been going now this is your 11th 11th. Yeah, yeah. So So back, it was 2016 There was an article in bicycling it was by Elly Blue. Elly was the person who had the idea for bikenomics. So that's me and Elly have spoken a lot over the years. So I know who Elly is. But there's, there's a quote in there, which I'd like to quote back to you. I mean, it is 2016. I'm not expecting you to remember this. But I just want you to riff on this really. And that is, so this is a quote and this is from you "know that my journey to riding may be completely different than yours. Know that my experience while riding, and even how I am perceived, while riding will be different to yours." So Monica, clearly I cannot even start to imagine what it must be like for you as a Black woman on a bicycle because it bicyclists famously kind of like we're out there sometimes when we're not the most favourite people have lots and lots of what can I outcasts in many respects, even now. So you kind of take that, and then you take the fact that you're a woman. And then you add on you're Black. So you're, you're really stacking it against yourself here. So so kind of riff on what you said there about how the perception, your perception of you when you're riding is going to be so so? Monica Garrison 11:44 Yeah. Yeah, thanks for kind of breaking that down. It's, so I do remember the quote, now that you read it, it's, it comes back to me, I still believe it to be true. So you have a couple of things. So most women who are women of colour even plus size women, which is a category I fit into, we're not expected to be cyclist, right. No one expects us to pull up on a bike. So you the first thing you overcome is the expectation of from the outside world, like, where did you come from? And what are you doing on the bicycle? And we could also have those internalised things just from our community. When folks say, Well, you know, why, why do you own a bike? Or how'd you get how'd you get into that? So there's expectation. And you mentioned drivers on the road. That's a big thing. For me, I prefer not to ride on the road, I try to ride on the trails as much as possible. But that's just it's a comfort level thing. And I think it varies from city to city and because all cities aren't the same, but you know, as a woman cyclist you have, you might have men catcalling you, drawing attention to you physically when you're on the bike from from a car, as a cyclist of colour. I know some cyclist, I can't speak for all but some cyclists of colour feel less safe on their bikes. Because you know, the person behind the will, could have ill intentions for you. And, you know, an automobile always wins that contest, right? So if someone does want to do your do you harm or at least intimidate you, you know, you could be in a vulnerable, a more vulnerable position if someone doesn't appreciate you being on the road as a cyclist, but then also has a problem with the colour of your skin. So I feel like I feel like most cyclists of colour feel that pressure as well. Carlton Reid 13:46 Sorry, sorry. If you're in a car and you experience racism, you're in a car, you've got locked windows, you can you can kind of hide. But if you're on a bicycle, you can't hide, your skin is out there, you're really like making sure that people know you're there and that must be very vulnerable. Monica Garrison 14:06 It does feel very vulnerable. It's almost like you feel like a sitting duck, right? So if you put yourself in that position, I imagine you want to feel like you are equipped maybe to escape right? So physically, you may want to make sure that you have the strength, the stamina to get out of a tough situation. But yeah, when it comes down to it, as I said, the automobile is always going to win. So if someone does want to do you harm, not a whole lot you can do and that's the scary part, as a cyclist and a cyclist of colour. Carlton Reid 14:46 And then nothing all that I'm going to assume here that that's one of the reasons why you would want to ride in a bunch of women, Black women together because you are not going to you want to get like there's a group of you? You're no longer alone? Monica Garrison 15:03 Yeah, sure, safety in numbers. If you're on the road, and they're, you know, 10, 15 of you, then you're drawing attention in the way of all the cars are going to see me. Right. So safety, but also there's strength in numbers. So if something does happen, then you have folks there who are witnesses to report it. Hopefully, the the fact that there are multiple women, or people will deter someone from doing something, you know, negative. But yeah, certainly that I mean, there are many reasons why riding together is great and there are positives, but I think that's definitely one of them. Carlton Reid 15:40 At this point, we'll cut from Monica to a short ad break. Take it away, David. 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Monica Garrison 16:56 Yes, Sheroes are women across the country who have volunteered their time to organise at least one monthly ride. They moderate the Facebook pages that we talked about earlier. And they keep you know, they keep it exciting. They also are plugged in, I'm plugged into the sheroes. So they let me know what folks are asking for or what things we need as an organisation or even get their opinions on, you know, designs, for instance, for cycling gear. But they're just really enthusiastic women who who our boots on the ground, they're doing the work that keeps the organisation moving forward. And they are really amazing. They're like super fans of Black Girls Do Bike for the most part. And I'm very grateful to have them working on our side. Carlton Reid 17:48 Now, how's the industry been with you? Because famously, the industry is pretty white, is generally male. It's kind of tech bro, but for bikes. So how has the industry? How does the industry perceive you? How is the industry maybe funded? You supported you? How have you done with the industry? Monica Garrison 18:13 Sure. The I think in general, the statement would be that the industry has been very supportive. I was my first like introduction to the cycling community was the National Bike Conference in Washington DC many years ago. And I was really well received there. And then over the years, we've managed to have partnerships with probably Trek Bike was our first like manufacturer that would that partner with us for a couple of years. And they you know, they help support our national meet up one year and we all went to trek headquarters and participate in the Trek 100 we've been partners with REI, who's a big outdoor supplier store here in the US. I don't know if they're overseas, but they've been a really nice strategic partner, not in terms of monetary support, absolutely. But also, you know, behind the scenes, finding out where our pain points are as an organisation and also connecting us with other orgs who are operating in the outdoors for minority groups. And, you know, for other activities like hiking and running and things like that. And then just along the way we we've had a number of other just companies who have stepped up from year to year to support us in different ways. But so yeah, overall, I think it's been amazing. I've been in rooms that I never imagined I would be, you know, answering questions and helping with things like plus sizing for women in merchandise. You know, even even with designing bikes, I've given input with that. Notoriously women have Black women have issues getting cycling helmets that fit over their natural hairstyles. And I've been involved in, you know, some folks who want to change that. So I think overall, it's been great. I've done lots of interviews through the years. And I think our message has, at least within the cycling community, I think our message has gotten out there. I think a lot of people are aware that we exist and know that we need support. Carlton Reid 20:28 So imagine, you know, go back to 2013, when when this first kicked off, and now, have you seen any systemic changes? So you see, have you seen anything like, oh, wow, that's so different to 10 years ago? Or is it this is going to be an uphill struggle? How do you how do you think it's gone up? There's 10 years? And how much of a difference maybe have you made? Monica Garrison 20:52 Yeah, I think we've made really good strides. I think, when you when you show up to a bike event, now versus 10 years ago, there are a lot more women and people of colour at those events. I think I think obviously, we have a long way to go. But I definitely want to acknowledge the progress that we've made. And I hope that Black Girls Do Bike has been central and you know, letting people know of the concerns and issues that face our community, uniquely. But beyond that, I think, the most important thing, if you know, if we're here, 10 years from now, still doing this work, is kind of the pain point has always been having people of colour in the decision decision making chairs, right, working at companies working in the industry, whether it be racing, whether it be you know, even other types of cycling, BMX, all of all the genres of cycling, I think we don't have enough people of colour, who are working in those jobs, who can affect change from the inside. And as always, we'd love to see more bike shops that are owned by people of colour, which is a rare thing here in the US. Carlton Reid 22:09 Monica, it's gonna be a tough one to answer but but why is that? What Why? Why do you have to do what you do? Why Why isn't it just normal for a black person to get out of bicycle? What's what's, what stopped black people from doing this? Monica Garrison 22:27 That's a good one, I think, well, I'll speak for myself, but then I'll go a little bit more broadly into it. So when I was a young person, I didn't, there were no women in my family who rode bikes, I've never seen other than in my adult life, as a young person never saw my mom, you know, just casually get on a bike and ride it. So there's that there is just not a norm in our community. Beyond that, I think you won't really ride regularly, unless you have a bike that you enjoy riding that's comfortable. And to get to that point, you have to spend some money, right to get a bicycle that is, you know, essentially fit to your body and, and is comfortable to ride. And so it could be just a matter of making the investment, there are a lot of sports that black people aren't in because the barrier to entry be economic. And so here in the US, that's, you know, the, there are a lot of black people below the poverty poverty line, who will never be able to enter some of these sports. And, and I think some people are just intimidated to walk into a room where they're the only person that looks like them. Not everyone but but I think that is that can be a characteristic of people of colour, Black people. So you know, if you you may not want to show up to a ride, when you aren't going to know anybody you anticipate it's going to be all white guys who you may or may not have anything in common with, you don't know how competitive the rides gonna be. So there are a lot of unknowns. And I think that alone is enough to keep you from trying something new. So that's kind of where we come in, right? We we are pushing cycling as an activity that everyone can enjoy. But we're also giving you a safe space, for lack of a better word, to to enter into it and to try it and see if you like it. You may try it and not like it never come back. But for some people, they show up they ride and they find that it's you know, enjoyable and they and they continue to come and they discover something new. So we try to get that image intimidation factor out of the equation. Carlton Reid 24:47 trying I'm trying to think if I have know the answer here, but in the Netherlands, where it's a societal norm to ride a bike, Black people ride bikes. Asian people ride bikes, you know, Muslim women in their hijab ride bikes. It's because it's a cultural norm to ride a bike, because you were saying there before about, you know, you didn't see your mom ride a bike. Well, in the Netherlands, all people will see their mom, their Auntie's, their grandmother, the bank managers, everyone on bicycles. So there's no real huge split in, in like a colour thing at all. It's just it's a cultural thing. And so, on the one hand, I'm asking you a question about being Black on a bicycle. But that question could be just as easily have asked of white people, generally, white people generally in the cultures, you know, in Britain, and in America and not in the Netherlands, but where we were out, it's not a cultural norm to be on a bicycle. So that's why people are on bicycles. And there is the colour aspect to it, of course, but it's just generally, people aren't on bikes. At the end of the day, and we are Monica, we are kind of weird. Monica Garrison 26:03 No, you're right, you're right. It's, it's not a cultural norm to ride a bicycle in the United States, maybe with the exception of a few cities. I think, and I've heard this argument made, and I, for now, I agree with it until I hear a better one, which is, and I don't know if this is true in the UK, as well. But here the infrastructure here is built around cars, right? So it's car centric. So there is really a safety concern with being on a bicycle and on a lot of major roads in the US. And secondly, we value as a culture, individualism and we lead tie status to our car. So it's the bicycle is secondary. The funny part is there was a time when bicycles were the main form of transportation here, right, and, and roadways were actually built a many of our fundamental roadways were built so that cyclists could get around and then at some point that that shifted, but I honestly don't think we'll ever move away from that maybe in 100 years, when, you know, cars are self driving, and it's a lot more safe. And, you know, folks, their, their definition of success has changed. But for now, with a car centric society, I think cycling will always be a second class citizen, Carlton Reid 27:29 just to end really, and that there's a quote, another quote, I'm going to pick up from the Elly Blue article again, this is this is Monica by you. And I'd like you to riff on this a bit if you if you can. So, you said the cycling spectrum is a beautiful one. So what do you mean by the cycling spectrum? Monica Garrison 27:46 I mean, the spectrum of personalities, and literally the types of people who ride bikes, I find as a as a general bunch, cyclists are extremely kind, gentle people. And, you know, anyone who appreciates the, you know, the value of getting on a bike and in finding that relaxing, I'm willing to be a friend to that person. But yeah, and even just a cycling in general, there are many types of cycling. So you can kind of there's a phrase here you get in where you fit in. So once you decide that you like riding a bike, there's so many things open to you in terms of the kind of cycling that you do, whether it's long distance like cross country rides or cyclocross, gravel, BMX. You know, there's so many things that you can get into. Carlton Reid 28:40 Monica, it's been an absolute pleasure to talk to you. Can you please tell people where they can? I'm definitely going to plug the fact that you're looking for London people, but just where can people get more information? About Black Girls Do Bike, I'm kind of giving it away back is going to be a bit anyway, just give us the URL? Monica Garrison 29:02 Sure. Blackgirlsdobike.org is the best way to find us. And from there you can link to as it's pretty easy to navigate so you can link to our shops, check out our gear, you can link to our chapter page and see all the cities that we're in. Carlton Reid 29:18 Thanks for listening to Episode 346 of the spokesmen podcast brought to you in association with Tern Bicycles. Shownotes and more can be found at the-spokesmen.com The next episode will be a fireside chat on the Isle of Man with Richard Fletcher. That's out at the weekend. But meanwhile, get out there and ride ...

In this episode of our #DNR23 podcast we look at how important news audiences feel public service media is, both for themselves and wider society. In this episode of our #DNR23 podcast we look at how important news audiences feel public service media is, both for themselves and wider society. We explore how this correlates with use of public service media and other news media, as well as other factors like age and education. Richard Fletcher is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute. He is primarily interested in global trends in digital news consumption, comparative media research, the use of social media by journalists and news organisations, and more broadly, the relationship between technology and journalism. He is the author of a Digital News Report chapter on attitudes towards the importance of public service media. Our host Federica Cherubini is Director of Leadership Development at the Reuters Institute. She is an expert in newsroom operations and organisational change, with more than ten years of experience spanning major publishers, research institutes and editorial networks around the world. A full transcript can be found here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2023-episode-6-importance-public-service-media-individuals-and

In this episode of our #DNR23 podcast series we explore people's attitudes towards algorithmic selection of news and the correlation with attitudes towards editorial selection. In this episode of our #DNR23 podcast series we explore people's attitudes towards algorithmic selection of news and the correlation with attitudes towards editorial selection. We explore how people's self-reported news behaviours and trust in news influence attitudes towards how news is selected, and we look at concerns about missing out on news due to algorithmic selection. Richard Fletcher is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute. He is primarily interested in global trends in digital news consumption, comparative media research, the use of social media by journalists and news organisations, and more broadly, the relationship between technology and journalism. Our host Federica Cherubini is Director of Leadership Development at the Reuters Institute. She is an expert in newsroom operations and organisational change, with more than ten years of experience spanning major publishers, research institutes and editorial networks around the world. A full transcript is available here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2023-episode-4-attitudes-towards-algorithms-and-their-impact

Ed dreams of land and JD defends Captain Von Trapp. Then, Ed gives an update on Libero Milone lawsuit against the Holy See and the case's potentially catastrophic implications. JD gives Ed an informal lesson on revivals and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Links: The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity by Richard Fletcher - https://www.amazon.com/Barbarian-Conversion-Paganism-Christianity/dp/0520218590 Black Hearts: One Platoon's Descent into Madness in Iraq's Triangle of Death - https://www.amazon.com/Black-Hearts-Platoons-Descent-Triangle/dp/0307450767 Matt Maher at World Youth Day in Rio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZa6spYqHsA Support The Pillar! Become a paying subscriber today - https://www.pillarcatholic.com/#/portal/signup - This episode of The Pillar Podcast is sponsored by Decided Excellence Catholic Media, a print media company that specializes in Community and Parish magazines. Parishes nationwide have partnered with Decided Excellence Catholic Media to publish their own parish magazine. Visit https://decidedexcellence.com/parish/ to learn more.

Episode Summary Marketing coach Richard Fletcher knows that the world of business can be hard work. His journey proves that you find yourself flourishing when you least expect it. Always continuing to learn and grow, highlights from this venture will educate and inspire those feeling a little listless in the current job climate to spring forth and whip up a bit of their Magic Sauce. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats, and before his life as a coach, he has been a professional gambler, a dating coach, and a volunteer in a pet rescue center. In this episode of The Six Figure Entrepreneur Podcast, Richard shares how he started as an entrepreneur and one simple client accusation strategy that has worked well for him, which doesn't require him to build a fancy funnel or have any VSL. Richard is an expert in using Facebook to land high-ticket clients, and on this episode of The Six Figure Entrepreneur, he shared the simple way he has been using Facebook to land high-ticket clients. Links Mentioned Richard's Website Ricard's Flagship Program - The Automated Salesman Connect With Richard on Facebook Follow Richard on Instagram Connect with Richard on Linkedin Free Resources 1. Get a free copy of my book – The High Ticket Podcast Sales System, and learn how to use a 20 to 30 minutes podcast interview to fill up your sales pipeline with high-ticket clients without paying for ads, creating content, cold emailing, building a funnel or posting on social media. >> https://www.TheSixFigureEntrepreneur.com/Book 2. Have you got a podcast, and would you like to learn how to turn your podcast into a sales machine? Get a copy of my book – The Figure Podcast, to learn how you can use your podcast to land your dream clients and make more money from your podcast without any audience or email list. >> https://www.TheSixFigurePodcast.com/Book Episode Notes Have a business that sells a high-ticket product or service, and you will love having more high-ticket clients? Want to use a podcast or a book to build and grow your business? If this is you, then you are at the right place. Welcome to The Six-Figure Entrepreneur At The Six Figure Entrepreneur, I believe so much in using two tools – a Six Figure Podcast and a Six Figure Business Book to land more high-ticket clients without the hassle of doing stuff that is either not reliable, like running paid ads, webinars, building funnels, referral marketing or scalable like posting on social media, creating endless contents, networking, etc. These are the same two tools I used to build my businesses to profitability within the first month without any audience, no email list, and no connection. Curious to know how? Here are two ways I can help you: 1. If you want to help turn a podcast into a client accusation machine that consistently fills up your sales pipeline with your dream clients. Book a callto see how my team and I can help you get started. >>> https://www.thesixfigurepodcast/Schedule-Startegy-Call 2. If you have always wanted to write a book that will bring in more leads for your business, amplify your reach, make you become an instant authority, and build your credibility, book a call with me to get started with creating your Six Figure Business Book. >>> https://www.thebookcot/Consult

In this episode we will be listening to the CEO of SMS4Dads, Richard Fletcher. SMS4Dads is simple but powerful. Text messages are sent straight to dads phones – with tips, information and links to other services to help fathers understand and connect with their baby and support their partner.

In this episode we look at findings from our DNR22 on news audience polarisation in four countries and whether there's been a shift since 2016. In this episode of the series we'll discuss findings from a Digital News Report chapter focusing on polarisation in news. We'll look at whether news audiences really are as polarised as some may think, whether there has been any change since 2016, and how people perceive polarisation in their countries' news environments. Richard Fletcher is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute. He is primarily interested in global trends in digital news consumption, comparative media research, the use of social media by journalists and news organisations, and more broadly, the relationship between technology and journalism. He is a co-author of Our host Federica Cherubini is Head of Leadership Development at the Reuters Institute. She is an expert in newsroom operations and organisational change, with more than ten years of experience spanning major publishers, research institutes and editorial networks around the world. Find a transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2022-episode-6-have-news-audiences-become-more-polarised-over

Richard Fletcher, an online coach who's helped people to get an extra 20k of business ultra fast, using a combination of ingenious positioning and clever copywriting. Let's put him to the test today, and see how he can help our unique market of entrepreneurs using his magic sauce.   Connect with Richard Fletcher: Website: https://magicsaucemarketing.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richardgrahamfletcher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardfletcherofficial LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/richardgfletcher   Gift: The 11 Step Sales Letter The simplest, fastest way to create a high converting sales letter. A $997 self-study course sold for $27 https://magicsaucemarketing.com/tas Coupon code:  NICEGUYS   Nice Sponsors: Net Profit CFO https://www.netprofitcfo.com   From Guest to Gold, Monetizing Your Podcast using Your Guest Seat www.TurnkeyPodcast.com/gold https://turnkeypodcast.mykajabi.com/guest-to-gold   How to Make Money, Grow Your Tribe, and Build Influencing Podcasting (Doug and Strick will be hosting the Masterclass) https://djdoug--turnkeypodcast.thrivecart.com/register/   Get your free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift Check out the "Entrepreneur's Toolkit" Giveaway   Check out Headliner to create social media posts with video easily- make.headliner.app   Simplecast is the easiest way to set up your podcast hosting- Simplecast.com   Zoom is the easiest way to schedule meetings and record your podcast interviews- Zoom.us   Acuity is the easiest way to schedule your podcast interviews, meetings, and life. Acuityscheduling.com   See how The Nice Guys want to make your life easier? You can thank us later.   Reach The Nice Guys Here:  Doug- @DJDoug  Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz    Nice Important Links:   Subscribe to the Podcast  website: Niceguysonbusiness.com  Book Doug and/or Strick as a speaker at your upcoming event.  Doug's Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First.     Partner Links:  Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast.  Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments Simply the best VO guy in the business- https://steveobrienvo.com/   TurnKey Podcast Productions Important Links: The Ultimate Podcast Launch Formula  www.turnkeypodcast.com/ultimatelaunchformula  FREE workshop on how to "Be A Great Guest." Free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift     No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 worries that every entrepreneur has   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.   

Richard Fletcher, an online coach who's helped people to get an extra 20k of business ultra fast, using a combination of ingenious positioning and clever copywriting. Let's put him to the test today, and see how he can help our unique market of entrepreneurs using his magic sauce.   Connect with Richard Fletcher: Website: https://magicsaucemarketing.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richardgrahamfletcher Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richardfletcherofficial LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/richardgfletcher   Gift: The 11 Step Sales Letter The simplest, fastest way to create a high converting sales letter. A $997 self-study course sold for $27 https://magicsaucemarketing.com/tas Coupon code:  NICEGUYS   Nice Sponsors: Net Profit CFO https://www.netprofitcfo.com   From Guest to Gold, Monetizing Your Podcast using Your Guest Seat www.TurnkeyPodcast.com/gold https://turnkeypodcast.mykajabi.com/guest-to-gold   How to Make Money, Grow Your Tribe, and Build Influencing Podcasting (Doug and Strick will be hosting the Masterclass) https://djdoug--turnkeypodcast.thrivecart.com/register/   Get your free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift Check out the "Entrepreneur's Toolkit" Giveaway   Check out Headliner to create social media posts with video easily- make.headliner.app   Simplecast is the easiest way to set up your podcast hosting- Simplecast.com   Zoom is the easiest way to schedule meetings and record your podcast interviews- Zoom.us   Acuity is the easiest way to schedule your podcast interviews, meetings, and life. Acuityscheduling.com   See how The Nice Guys want to make your life easier? You can thank us later.   Reach The Nice Guys Here:  Doug- @DJDoug  Strickland- @NiceGuyonBiz    Nice Important Links:   Subscribe to the Podcast  website: Niceguysonbusiness.com  Book Doug and/or Strick as a speaker at your upcoming event.  Doug's Amazon #1 Best selling book Nice Guys Finish First.     Partner Links:  Amazon.com: Click before buying anything. Help support the podcast.  Acuity Scheduling: Stop wasting time going back and forth scheduling appointments Simply the best VO guy in the business- https://steveobrienvo.com/   TurnKey Podcast Productions Important Links: The Ultimate Podcast Launch Formula  www.turnkeypodcast.com/ultimatelaunchformula  FREE workshop on how to "Be A Great Guest." Free E-Book 5 Ways to Make Money Podcasting at www.Turnkeypodcast.com/gift     No time to get to this, but you can read the blog here: 12 worries that every entrepreneur has   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.   

In our latest Electronic Specifier Insights podcast, we spoke to Richard Fletcher, Managing Director at Ignys all about how to tackle chip shortages 

Two weeks ago we talked with New Zealand Film Commission CEO David Strong about the challenges - and some rewards - facing the whole industry. But what's it like at the sharp end? One of our most successful production companies is Libertine Pictures, set up by writer Neil Cross and producer Richard Fletcher. Right now they specialise in TV co-productions. So how hard is it making a big-budget TV series under Covid restrictions? Libertine is riding on two big successes. The Rebecca Gibney romcom Under the Vines, co-produced with Acorn TV, is about to start shooting Series Two in Otago. And family action-adventure Mystic made with the BBC and based on Stacy Gregg's popular books Pony Club Secrets is currently shooting Series 3 in Auckland. Simon Morris talks with Libertine Pictures producer Richard Fletcher.

This week Jo and Zoe will be joined by Richard Fletcher. Richard is an up-beat, down to earth coach, who helps people make more money without spending a lot of money. When Richard claims to make his clients richer, he isn't joking or talking about small sums here and there. It's not unusual for Richard's clients to make between 10K and 20K in a couple of weeks, by implementing Richard's tailored plans and advice. On this episode we discussed: How content marketing can be as simple as writing one post for Facebook each day which is relevant to your audience How to overcome fear of showing up online How to respond to comments from trolls - if you ever are as unfortunate to receive this kind of feedback How even negative comments are helpful for your content Why it's important to know your ideal client How to choose the right platform to market your business Whether you need an ideal client avatar How knowing some things about your ideal client will help you refine your content. Connect with Richard Fletcher on Facebook or listen to his podcast Five Minute Marketing Daily. Join us in the 6 Figure Bookkeepers' Club at 6figurebookkeeper.club Did you know, we have a book coming out in 2022? Be the first to know, register your interest at https://www.6figurebookkeeper.com/book

This week we replay one of the most popular episodes of The Marketing Guide and our very first guest interview last year with Richard Fletcher of Magic Sauce Marketing.Richard is an absolute genius when it comes to using Facebook for business and in this episode, we talk about using your personal profile for business, the four types of posts you should be creating, should small business use Facebook ads and so, so much more. This episode is jam-packed with really great content and not to be missed!Find Richard Online:Richard Fletcher, Magic Sauce MarketingWebsite: MAGICSAUCEMARKETING.COMFacebook Personal: FACEBOOK.COM/RICHARDGRAHAMFLETCHERFacebook Group: FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/MAGICSAUCE/Links from the show:Sponsor - Free ebook:https://lauraomahony.com/episode1/FlodeskEmail Marketing Free 30 Day Trial (No Credit Card) & 50% off Monthly Subscription. https://flodesk.com/c/6SYNAZLeave a review on Android:https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-marketing-guide-1185324Leave a review on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marketing-guide/id1512499643?ign-mpt=uo%3D4Got Questions? DM me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/lauraomahonydotcom/

When it comes to learning best parenting practice, women tend to be the ones to buy the book, or turn up to the event. That's according to research by Richard Fletcher and Emily Freeman. Further research by the Movember charity found that 42% of men are anxious about whether they are a 'good father'.So if men aren't reading books or going to events, but they are worried about their parenting abilities, where do they go to learn about parenting? A new online platform is attempting to give men what they want. Professor Mark Dadds is a leading psychologist and child behaviour expert at the University of Sydney. He was also involved in the research and implementation of a new parenting website designed specifically for men; Family Man. Mark explains how the portal is tailored to men, and the difference it can make when dads are engaged.

The inside story of how the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit took on Wall Street, sending shares in the struggling retailer GameStop skyrocketing… until they crashed back to earth.Content warning: strong language and mentions of suicide.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guests:Caitlin McCabe, financial markets and retail trading reporter for the Wall Street Journal.Richard Fletcher, business editor, The Times.Simon Dixon, co-founder of Banktothefuture.com and an investment banker.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: WSJ, CNBC, CBS, Sky News, CNN, Bloomberg, Twitter, YouTube, Hollywood Life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

RICHARD FLETCHER:Can you rise to the 10K challenge? Coach Richard Fletcher wants to add some magic sauce to your business! Richard Fletcher is an up-beat, down to earth coach, who helps people make more money without spending a lot of money. When Richard claims to make his clients richer, he isn't joking or talking about small sums here and there. It's not unusual for Richard's clients to make between 10K and 20K in a couple of weeks, by implementing Richard's tailored plans and advice. However, Richard's favourite success story is the wedding photographer that was able to up their prices from £1500 to £15000 within one day – and get clients happy to pay a premium for their services.The driving force of Richard's desire to make money without working too hard, is sheer laziness plus of a love of interacting with all types of people. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats, and prior to his life as a coach, has been a professional gambler, a dating coach and a volunteer in a pet rescue centre. However, when Richard finally found his niche, his earnings exploded in a short space of time.http://magicsaucemarketing.comThe Douglas Coleman Show now offers audio and video promotional packages for music artists as well as video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details. http://douglascolemanshow.comIf you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.https://ratethispodcast.com/douglascolemanshow

RICHARD FLETCHER:Can you rise to the 10K challenge? Coach Richard Fletcher wants to add some magic sauce to your business! Richard Fletcher is an up-beat, down to earth coach, who helps people make more money without spending a lot of money. When Richard claims to make his clients richer, he isn't joking or talking about small sums here and there. It's not unusual for Richard's clients to make between 10K and 20K in a couple of weeks, by implementing Richard's tailored plans and advice. However, Richard's favourite success story is the wedding photographer that was able to up their prices from £1500 to £15000 within one day – and get clients happy to pay a premium for their services.The driving force of Richard's desire to make money without working too hard, is sheer laziness plus of a love of interacting with all types of people. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats, and prior to his life as a coach, has been a professional gambler, a dating coach and a volunteer in a pet rescue centre. However, when Richard finally found his niche, his earnings exploded in a short space of time.http://magicsaucemarketing.comThe Douglas Coleman Show now offers audio and video promotional packages for music artists as well as video promotional packages for authors. Please see our website for complete details. http://douglascolemanshow.comIf you have a comment about this episode or any other, please click the link below.https://ratethispodcast.com/douglascolemanshow

In this final Future of Journalism podcast of the year, members of our senior leadership team reflect on this momentous year for journalism and what we can perhaps look forward to next year 2020 has been a year like no other. World-changing events including the COVID-19 pandemic, the movement for racial justice, a fractious U.S. presidential election and the continuation of the Brexit process, have impacted swathes of our society and economy. Journalism has not been exempt. In this final Future of Journalism podcast of the year, members of our senior leadership team reflect on this momentous year for journalism and what we can perhaps look forward to next year. Find a full transcript and more information on our website: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review?review_types=14&filtered=Filter Our host is Eduardo Suárez, Head of Communications. Our guests are: Rasmus Nielsen, Director; Meera Selva, Director of the Journalist Fellowship Programme; Federica Cherubini, Head of Leadership Development; Richard Fletcher, Senior Research Fellow and Team Leader

I got to interview Richard Fletcher. Richard Fletcher is an online coach who’s helped people to get to 20k of business within a week or two, just by tweaking their social media. We talked about: 00:56 Journey to now. 5:42 Appealing to one specific area of the market rather than everybody. 15:46 Understand principles rather than looking at techniques. And much more. This episode is sponsored by Nova Zora Digital experts in digital marketing. *Disclaimer: The views and opinions on Roman Prokopchuk's Digital Savage Experience are those of the guest's alone as their own, and the host's alone as his own. Information provided by the guest is fact checked to the best of our abilities. By providing background information to the show, the guest acknowledges that it is as accurate as possible. The show does not endorse, promote, or is in association with the guest's business interests.*

Richard Fletcher held many roles through his career - from volunteer in a pet rescue to Dating Coach and professional gambler before moving on to found his company - The Magic Sauce Marketing for Online Marketers. Once Richard found his niche, his career exploded. Richard now successfully helps online business owners stand out from the crowd. He is living the life he always dreamed of while teaching his clients how to get paid a lot more money for their services.  His story provides great insights into what is needed for finding and keeping continuous success in life. Learn from Richard's story here.RICHARD'S CONTACT INFO WEBSITE: MAGICSAUCEMARKETING.COM E-MAIL: RICHARD@MAGICSAUCEMARKETING.COMFACEBOOK PERSONAL: FACEBOOK.COM/RICHARDGRAHAMFLETCHERFACEBOOK GROUP: FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/MAGICSAUCE/ LINKEDIN: LINKEDIN.COM/IN/RICHARDGFLETCHER/ INSTA: INSTAGRAM.COM/MAGICSAUCEMARKETING/

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Federica Cherubini speaks with Rasmus Nielsen and Richard Fletcher, two of the authors of a recent report about the coronavirus communication crisis in the UK. Federica Cherubini speaks with Rasmus Nielsen and Richard Fletcher, two of the authors of a recent report about the coronavirus communication crisis in the UK. The report stresses that a large minority of the population is at risk of being misinformed or uninformed about the pandemic and includes useful lessons for journalists and policymakers worldwide. Federica Cherubini is Head of Leadership Development at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. She is an expert in newsroom operations and organisational change, with ten years' experience spanning major publishers, research institutes and editorial networks around the world. Dr Richard Fletcher is a Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, and Team Leader of the Research Team. He is primarily interested in global trends in digital news consumption, comparative media research, the use of social media by journalists and news organizations, and more broadly, the relationship between technology and journalism. Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Professor of Political Communication at the University of Oxford, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Press/Politics from 2015 to 2018. His work focuses on changes in the news media, political communication, and the role of digital technologies in both

The driving force of Richard Fletcher's desire to make money without working too hard is sheer laziness plus the love of interacting with all types of people. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats and prior to his life as a coach has been a professional gambler, a dating coach and a volunteer in a pet rescue center. However, when Richard finally found his niche, his earnings exploded in a short space of time. Please welcome Richard Fletcher, an online coach who has helped people to get to $20K of business within a week or two, just by tweaking their social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I have something a little bit different for you it's the first in our series of guest podcasts so far it's been a solo show with just me but this week I am bringing on our first guest Richard Fletcher of Magic Sauce Marketing. Richard is an absolute genius when it comes to using Facebook for business and in this episode, we talk about using your personal profile for business, the four types of posts you should be creating, should small business use Facebook ads and so, so much more. This episode is jam-packed with really great content and not to be missed!Find Richard Online:Richard Fletcher, Magic Sauce MarketingWebsite: MAGICSAUCEMARKETING.COMFacebook Personal: FACEBOOK.COM/RICHARDGRAHAMFLETCHER Facebook Group: FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/MAGICSAUCE/ Links from the show:Sponsor - Free ebook:https://lauraomahony.com/episode1/FlodeskEmail Marketing Free 30 Day Trial (No Credit Card) & 50% off Monthly Subscription. https://flodesk.com/c/6SYNAZLeave a review on Android:https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-marketing-guide-1185324Leave a review on Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marketing-guide/id1512499643?ign-mpt=uo%3D4Got Questions? DM me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/lauraomahonydotcom/

Richard Fletcher, an online coach who’s helped people to get to 20k of business a week or two, just by tweaking their social media ​Over the last 15 years, he's sold a vast number of products online - from physical products to info products, to high ticket coaching programs and was even a dating coach for men QUESTIONS: What was your first business or side hustle (not necessarily online)tell what is a dating coach - people would ask you how to date or find a date?How much competition is there in dating coaching?How did you get into selling physical products and where were you selling?how did you jump from the $500 coaching to your $5K courseTell me a little bit about your business What is “magic sauce”?What makes you qualified to tell people how to run their business?How do you actually make money then? Tell us about the 10K in a week guy?What about the photographer? Who even pays fifteen grand for wedding pictures? LINKS to Richard Fletcher's content https://magicsaucemarketing.com FACEBOOK PERSONAL: FACEBOOK.COM/RICHARDGRAHAMFLETCHERFACEBOOK GROUP: FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/MAGICSAUCE/LINKEDIN: LINKEDIN.COM/IN/RICHARDGFLETCHER/INSTA: INSTAGRAM.COM/MAGICSAUCEMARKETING/

RICHARD FLETCHER Can you rise to the 10K challenge? Coach Richard Fletcher wants to add some magic sauce to your business! Richard Fletcher is an upbeat, down to earth coach, who helps people make more money without spending a lot of money. When Richard claims to make his clients richer, he isn’t joking or talking about small sums here and there. It’s not unusual for Richard’s clients to make between 10K and 20K in a couple of weeks, by implementing Richard’s tailored plans and advice. However, Richard’s favorite success story is the wedding photographer that was able to up their prices from £1500 to £15000 within one day – and get clients happy to pay a premium for their services. The driving force of Richard’s desire to make money without working too hard is sheer laziness plus of love of interacting with all types of people. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats, and prior to his life as a coach, he has been a professional gambler, a dating coach, and a volunteer in a pet rescue center. However, when Richard finally found his niche, his earnings exploded in a short space of time. MAGICSAUCEMARKETING.COM FACEBOOK PERSONAL: FACEBOOK.COM/RICHARDGRAHAMFLETCHER FACEBOOK GROUP: FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/MAGICSAUCE/ LINKEDIN: LINKEDIN.COM/IN/RICHARDGFLETCHER/ INSTA: INSTAGRAM.COM/MAGICSAUCEMARKETING/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pressplayinspired/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pressplayinspired/support

My guest on today's programme is Richard Fletcher; he is an online business coach who has found the magic marketing sauce. But like many people, it was a journey to get there with lots of different jobs. From a professional gambler to a dating coach. What is interesting about Richard is that he worked out very early on in life that the success model we were all sold didn't work. He could not see the possibility of working or holding onto a simple job for so many years in order to retire well. It didn't fit there had to be a better solution he spent some time in the corporate world while working on the side hustle. He did the usual journey through the multi-level marketing systems, drinking their Koolaid and he discovered online marketing however it took many years to make that work as it does for all of us. The driving force of Richard's desire to make money without working too hard, is sheer laziness plus of a love of interacting with all types of people. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats. This is a little bit of a fireside chat between two marketing guys, the story is good, and Richard has a lovely voice. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Richard Fletcher And that was life passion and business with Paul Harvey and my guest Richard Fletcher if you would like to reach out to Richard you can find him on Facebook that's his social channel. Also find that his website  https://magicsaucemarketing.com/ I will be back on Sunday when will be covering the next question in the podcast journey the story of success

Now more than ever, our health coaching practice needs to thrive online. Sure, there are technical skills that are necessary to put your businesses in a better position, but the basics are vitally important to establish in order for a business to survive and thrive. To go over these essential skills, we invited Richard Fletcher on the show. Richard shares his tips on how health coaches can gain the skills to position themselves in an evolving market and create an online platform that attracts ideal clients. 

Richard Fletcher is an up-beat, down to earth coach, who helps people make more money without spending a lot of money. When Richard claims to make his clients richer, he isn’t joking or talking about small sums here and there. It’s not unusual for Richard’s clients to make between 10K and 20K in a couple of weeks, by implementing Richard’s tailored plans and advice. However, Richard’s favourite success story is the wedding photographer that was able to up their prices from £1500 to £15000 within one day – and get clients happy to pay a premium for their services.

We're chatting with Online Coach Richard Fletcher, who shares with us the art of Marketing, the importance of standing out from the competition, and his struggles in the early days of growing his own business.  Tune in to hear some of Richard's amazing marketing insights, and the transparent truth in what happens if you listen to the "Head Trash".To learn more about Richard, visit his website, magicsaucemarketing.comHe can also be found on:

In this episode of the Road To Growth podcast, we are pleased to introduce you to Richard Fletcher. Just over a year ago, Richard was in a steady job living a comfortable life in the North of England with his beloved wife and cats. He was content, and that’s what mattered to him. However, unforeseen circumstances led to him being made unemployed without any warning. This turn could have been devastating for him and his family, but he had his diamond in the rough. Forging ahead without a livable income, Richard poured his new found time and passion into to a new opportunity – helping people grow their online coaching businesses. After weeks of graft and polishing, the diamond was shining, as was Richards smile. Within weeks Richard was earning more than ever before. At present, it’s not unusual for him to earn between 20-33k in a single week. He values any opportunity to encourage others in the UK to insure themselves against such a crisis he and his family faced. His story embodies that some side projects can feed your heart, such as his voluntary work at the cat shelter, and others can feed your family. Learn more and connect with Richard Fletcher by visiting him on Linkedin: @richardgfletcher on Instagram:  @magicsaucemarketinghttps   Be sure to follow us on Twitter: Twitter.com/to_growth  Facebook: facebook.com/Road2Growth  Subscribe to our podcast all across the web: Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Cdmacc iTunes: https://apple.co/2F4zAcn Castbox: http://bit.ly/2F4NfQq Google Play: http://bit.ly/2TxUYQ2

Matt Chorley speaks to Tom Whipple, The Times' science editor, about what we know (and what we don't know). Plus specialists Rosemary Bennett, the education editor, Graeme Paton, the transport correspondent, and Richard Fletcher, the business editor, on the effect of the lockdown on schools, travel, the economy, and life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard Fletcher, an online coach who’s helped people to get to 20k of business within a week or two, just by tweaking their social media. This is a great chat about the RIGHT and the WRONG way of doing business/outreach and marketing online! 4 steps of Snagging Your Magic Sauce: https://magicsaucemarketing.com/watchvidv2/

Richard Fletcher is a former professional gambler who now shows online coaches how to create, package and sell a high ticket coaching program. Only within 2 weeks - all using their Facebook profile without spending any money on ads. He spent 15 years learning to market effectively online BEFORE he even considered offering his services as a business coach. *** Links Website: https://magicsaucemarketing.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/magicsaucemarketing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richardgrahamfletcher LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardgfletcher/ Instagram username: @magicsaucemarketing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/failcoach/message

TMT Talk continues to be your guide for business-critical trends in the Technology, Media, and Communication sector. In this episode, we delve into the impact of COVID-19 on the key tax considerations of businesses worldwide. Kate Alexander is joined by Richard Fletcher and Tamara Levin for a deeply engaging discussion on how tax provides opportunities and creates potential major pitfalls in the advent of the pandemic.

Richard Fletcher, an online coach who’s helped people to get to 20k of business within a week or two, just by tweaking their social media ​Over the last 15 years, he’s sold a vast number of products online – from physical products to info products, to high ticket coaching programs and was even a dating… Read more

Richard Fletcher is an up-beat, down to earth coach, who helps people make more money without spending a lot of money. When Richard claims to make his clients richer, he isn’t joking or talking about small sums here and there. It’s not unusual for Richard’s clients to make between 10K and 20K in a couple of weeks, by implementing Richard’s tailored plans and advice. However, Richard’s favorite success story is the wedding photographer that was able to up their prices from £1500 to £15000 within one day – and get clients happy to pay a premium for their services.

In this program we look at the successful career of Richard Fletcher, an outstanding but under-rated director. For a full track listing of the music played in this podcast please visit www.mrdemillefm.com (http://mrdemillefm.com/tracklists/?podcast=richard-fleischer)

Is the concern around filter bubbles in news use warranted? Richard Fletcher outlines the evidence.

At our 2019 Spark Conference we hosted a leaders in learning panel with Richard Fletcher, Talent Development Executive at Krystal, Kathy Watkins, SVP of Operations at Johnny Rockets, and Megan Daniele, Director of Learning and Development at Logan's Roadhouse. Topics include: finding the ROI in learning development and how training has evolved through the years.

Is it possible to increase your income by up to 20k of business, within a week or two, just by tweaking your social media? Today’s guest, online coach, Richard Fletcher says YES!In fact, he has living, breathing proof in the form of many happy clients shouting about him online and in this episode, he reveals his strategy. Find out more about Richard here https://www.facebook.com/richardgrahamfletcher

Is it possible to increase your income by up to 20k of business, within a week or two, just by tweaking your social media? Today’s guest, online coach, Richard Fletcher says YES!In fact, he has living, breathing proof in the form of many happy clients shouting about him online and in this episode, he reveals his strategy. Find out more about Richard here https://www.facebook.com/richardgrahamfletcher

 In episode 46, we talk to Sameer Padania about Philanthropy & Journalism. We ask why the media is looking to philanthropy as a source of funding; why philanthropic funders are interested in supporting journalism; and what challenges and opportunities this might bring. Including: Why has journalism come to the attention of funders and philanthropists recently? How are funders and CSOs using journalism to further their causes? How many funders see journalism and a free press as an important public good in and of themselves, and are thus willing to fund general journalism? What role could philanthropic funding for news media play in addressing problems like targeted online misinformation and the erosion of public discourse online? What should we make of the rise of non-profit newsrooms like ProPublica? Is the reader voluntary subscription model taken by the Guardian etc. is better than relying on a single major donor? What approaches are philanthropic funders taking to supporting news media? Is there a challenge in maintaining editorial independence when receiving philanthropic funding? Is the way in which philanthropic funding can take pressure off news media outlets to generate revenue a good thing, or is there a danger that it will lead to them losing focusing on what is of interest to an audience, and thus become less sustainable in the long term? Does philanthropic funding of news media undermine journalism’s ability to hold philanthropy itself to account (as many feel it should)? Can ownership of news outlets exacerbate the distorting effect that philanthropy already has on democracy? Is there a danger that in encouraging philanthropic support for news media, we make journalism a “charity case” and thus undermine people’s willingness to pay for it in the long term?   Related links Sameer’s paper for Ariadne Network “An Introduction to Funding Journalism and Media” A recent report from the Reuters Institute on "Polarisation and the News Media" The paper by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Richard Fletcher questioning the truth of online filter bubbles: “Are People Incidentally Exposed to News on Social Media? A Comparative Study” My Alliance magazine article (co-authored with my significantly better half, Fran Yeoman) on why “Philanthropy should fund the media for its own sake” The Cairncross Review  

Luke Hatfield is joined by Matt Wilson and Richard Fletcher for the latest episode of the Baggies Broadcast! This week, the trio discuss the 1-0 defeat to the Blades, and try and figure out Albion's poor form at home. They also take a look at Albion's run-in and do their best to predict every result for Albion to see if they could secure automatic promotion. The guys also look ahead to Friday night's game against Leeds and answer all of your burning questions. Music: www.purple-planet.com

Richard has discovered - somewhat by accident - that he has  a talent for finding the 'Magic Sauce' (that is, the thing which makes people stop in their tracks) for pretty much any business, no matter how seemingly mundane that business may appear to be.  The Magic Sauce For Online Marketing Host Richard Fletcher Whether you need to learn how to create a course, market your business on Facebook or LinkedIn or finally quit your 9 to 5 and start coaching full time, we have an exciting show to help you in your journey.

Richard Fletcher is an Associate Professor at the Family Action Centre at the University of Newcastle. For years now he's been interested in the mental health of dads, particularly new dads. He says postnatal depression is something health professionals need to be more equipped to deal with, and he's working out strategies to reach dads in trouble.

Civilizations's greatest monster–the terrible specter that haunts comfortable and prosperous societies–has always been the barbarian. That's the creature that arrives and destroys all that comfort and prosperity, that leaves ruins behind; that forces people to question whether all that comfort and prosperity was worth it, and whether they should have been barbarians themselves. Today I discuss the concept of the barbarian in Greek and Roman societies with Erik Jensen, author of (helpfully enough) Barbarians in the Greek and Roman World. To define barbarians as "those not like us" is to also define "what we are." So Erik and I spend a lot of time talking about what it meant to be Greek, and what it meant to be Roman. We also discuss how the impoverished and backward Greeks could view the dazzlingly rich and talented Persians as barbarians; what the Romans ever did for us; why barbarians are just so damn attractive; and why the worst barbarians are always seen as those born within civilization. For Further Investigation Political ambitions create a barbarian: Ariel Helfer, Socrates and Alcibiades, Plato's Drama of Political Ambition The Original Grumpy (and shrewd) Old Man: Tacitus, Annals and Histories Friends, Romans or Countryman? What came afterward: Richard Fletcher on The Barbarian Conversion: From Paganism to Christianity Poetic meditation on our need for the barbarian: C.P. Cavafy, "Waiting for the Barbarians" Is "Non-state actor" just another term for barbarian?

Philip Hammond heralded the beginning of the end of austerity, blowing a multi-billion pound windfall on tax cuts and extra spending. But what was hidden in the small print, does it make an election more likely, and who will actually have more money in their pocket?Matt Chorley is joined by Anne Ashworth, The Times money and property editor, Oliver Wright, The Times policy editor, and Richard Fletcher, The Times business editor, to answer these questions, and others sent in by Red Box newsletter readers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard Fletcher described how he carried his six-year-old daughter from the 16th floor of the tower. Mariko Toyoshima-Lewis, who uses a wheelchair, waited 45 minutes to be rescued from the 3rd floor of Grenfell Tower. Today she described her experience. Also, housing expert, Richard Blanco, explains who is responsible for the upkeep, refurbishment and safety of residential tower blocks where there are multiple landlords and tenancies. Producers Kate Lamble and Elisabeth Mahy Researcher Olivia Beazley Contact us via email: grenfellpodcast@bbc.co.uk

In this week's episode Nic Newman, Visiting Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, takes us through his and Dr. Richard Fletcher's latest report, entitled 'Bias, Bullshit and Lies: Audience Perspectives on Low Trust in the Media' - http://bit.ly/2juSyAZ In the news round-up, Peter and Esther discuss the pivot FROM video, BuzzFeed's e-commerce proposition, and YouTube's plans to eat the music industry. They begin with fully 30 seconds of snow puns. We're reading: • ‘You have to love the complexities’: Publishers confront challenges in growing events, via Digiday - http://bit.ly/2z0PvVT • The decade of display that wasn't, via Medium - http://bit.ly/2AK8Rhd

Richard Fletcher, Business Editor, Philip Aldrick, Economics Editor, and Sam Coates, Deputy Political Editor, urge business leaders to speak out forcefully to protect jobs, investment and the economy Hosted by: Robert Miller See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Captain Richard Fletcher of the Northwest Metro Police Department joined us to discuss safety tips during the holiday season... but first, explaining down ballot candidates and how to make educated decisions in the voting booth about people, offices, and questions you've never heard of... can't miss episode!

Richard Fletcher, Business Editor, Nic Fildes, Technology & Communications Editor, and Robin Pagnamenta, Energy Editor, discuss what the sale of Arm means for Britain and what to expect from BP and Shell's results. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How will the referendum vote affect equity and currency markets and what will it mean for London's standing as a global financial centre? Richard Fletcher, Business Editor, Philip Aldrick, Economics Editor, and Katherine Griffiths, Banking Editor, chew it over. They also discuss - with all due respect - Sir Philip Green's grilling by MPs over the collapse of BHS. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

MPs to grill Arcadia chiefs and BHS pension trustees. Richard Fletcher, business editor, Deirdre Hipwell, retail editor, and Alex Ralph, markets reporter, discuss what to expect from the evidence to Parliamentary committees, the possible outcome for bidders of BHS stores, and likely outcome of results at M&S. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What went wrong at BHS? What happens now? And what is Sir Philip Green, its infamous former owner, really like? Richard Fletcher, business editor of The Times, Simon English, deputy business editor, and Deirdre Hipwell, retail correspondent, joined us to discuss all this in a special edition of our Business podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Business editor Richard Fletcher, Economics editor Philip Aldrick and Banking editor Katherine Griffiths look at how the measures have been received and how they stack up. Listen to the podcast here, download it from soundcloud here or subscribe to it on iTunes here. Times subscribers can also sign up to the Times Business morning and lunchtime emails to keep up to date with the news, wherever you are. You can follow @fletcherr, @PhilAldrick, and @KGriffithsTimes on Twitter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Osborne's Budget runners and riders. Business editor Richard Fletcher, Financial editor Patrick Hosking and Personal Finance and Property editor Anne Ashworth discuss the chancellor's options. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is considered one of the most important conferences in the world, with the world’s leading chief executives, politicians, celebrities and economists descending on Davos in Switzerland for the world economics forum. But what’s it like being there trying to cover it as a lowly journalist? Richard Fletcher, the Times Business Editor, explains why Davos is the most class-ridden event in the world, and why the most important thing for to think about is what shoes to wear, not to mention why you should never mess with security. Deirdre Hipwell, retail correspondent for The Times, discusses why the Hollywood movie star Leonardo DiCaprio will be found among the bankers and business chief executives this year, and what it’s like trying to get a quote from Angela Merkel at Davos. Meanwhile, Alex Ralph, The Times’ market reporter, explains why the words China and oil will be on everyone’s lips and why the biggest party of the conference will be the one hosted by Google. They all join presenter Robert Miller... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week’s podcast is a special look at how the retail sector has fared over the crucial Christmas period In the space of a few days, Marc Bolland had announced he would step down as chief executive of M&S as the retailer reported another ‘disappointing’ Christmas in its clothing sales, and Sainsbury’s made a £1 billion bid for Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos. So is the British retail sector in turmoil? Richard Fletcher, Business Editor of The Times, tells us why he thinks M&S will be in safe hands with Marc Bolland’s replacement, the chain-smoking Millwall fan Steve Rowe. “He’s not your typical image of a chief executive, but he’s loved by his troops, he loves the business and the people and I think he’s the right person for the job.” Meanwhile, Deirdre Hipwell, retail correspondent, explains why Home Retail Group is so desirable for Sainsbury’s after the success of Argos concession in the supermarket’s stores. And why supermarkets are struggling to find ways to fill excess space. But with... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's podcast is all about George Obsorne's Autumn Statement and what further cuts we can expect from the chancellor. The Times' Economics Editor Philip Aldrick argues that being dogmatic over cutting £19 billion from unprotected departments could inflict enormous damage on public services and thwart George Osborne’s leadership ambitions, as the full impact of the cuts becomes apparent just as rivals mount their charge. But are these dramatic cuts driven by necessity or ideology? Times' columnist and leader writer Oliver Kamm says its all about politics and explains why. Richard Fletcher, Business Editor and presenter of the podcast, asks whether it is a mistake of the chancellor's to ringfence spending in certain government departments and discusses whether the controversial cuts to working tax credits will be amended. Finally, find out what it's like to be in the Treasury on the night before the Autumn Statement from Kathryn Hopkins, once a spokeswoman for the Treasury and now economics... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Retailers across the UK are bracing themselves for Black Friday but are any of them are actually looking forward to this mad whirlwind of bargains? Asda said it will “step back” from the Black Friday brink after camera crews invited into its Wembley store last year captured unsavoury scenes, as bargain hunters scrapped (literally) for cut-price televisions. And it is far from alone. In this week’s podcast Richard Fletcher, Business Editor, asks whether this American import will be a bit of a turkey or a Christmas cracker for the UK high street. Deirdre Hipwell will share some of the lessons learned from last year’s chaos whilst Alistair Osborne concludes it is, “one of the stupidest things retailers have imported from anywhere”. They are joined by Alexandra Frean, US business editor, who will dial in from New York before she braves the bargain hunters to report on how Black Friday is faring in its spiritual home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marks & Spencer reports its half year results next week. Richard Fletcher, Business Editor of The Times, talks to Deidre Hipwell, retail correspondent, about what to expect from the retailer that she says the British people are “obsessed” with. Will M&S have managed to find the fashion pulse of the nation, especially in their womens’ clothing range? And why has their food always done so consistently well, even during the recession? There are also full year results from the owners of Primark. Deirdre discusses how the retailer is doing abroad and also gives tips on the best to find a quiet Primark to shop in. Meanwhile, BT has been given the green light by the competition watchdog for its takeover of EE. Nic Fildes, Technology & Communications Editor, explains why BT’s chief executive, Gavin Patterson, will now fight “tooth and nail” to make sure Ofcom does not try to split off its Openreach division. And have they got some unlikely defenders in the form of bankers? Finally, Kathryn Hopkins, Economics... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are we finally fixing the roof while the sun shines? Is the deficit coming under control? Philip Aldrick, The Times Economics Editor, thinks things are looking rosy for the UK's public finances. There also some good news for the Eurozone, where consumer confidence is picking up. But is the recovery just being fueled by the central bank? And what next for Japan? Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, claims to be half way through his turnaround programme,, known as 'Abenomics', but is it actually working? The doubters are increasingly made their voices heard. On the corporate front, there is no end to the M&A activity. Next week we'll find out if Zurich is snapping up RSA and all the cards will be on the table for Betfair and Paddy Power. But are M&S deals destructive? Are there just a way for the City to earn their fees? Deirdre Hipwell, The Times M&A Correspondent, remembers the AOL/Time Warner merger which is now regarded as the worst deal in history. And there is even an apology from Richard Fletcher... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Within a week the US could have its first interest rate rise in nine years. The US Federal Reserve is meeting to discuss whether or not to pull the trigger and start tightening its monetary policy. In this week's podcast, we take a look at whether or not the Fed will raise rates and whether or not it should. Alexandra Frean, The Times US Business Editor, Philip Aldrick, The Times Economics Editor and Patrick Hosking, The Times Financial Editor are divided on what the Fed's next move will be but are united in what they think the central bank should do. If the Fed does raise rates, what will it mean for markets and what does it mean for a UK rate rise? And if they don't raise them this month, when will they make the move? There is never going to be a perfect moment, so should they just do? The team join guest presenter Richard Fletcher, The Times Business Editor, to give their views on the next step for the world's largest economy. You can find out all the news and reaction on our Business Now live... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ahead of next week's Bank of England interest rate decision (at which no change is expected), Philip Aldrick, The Times Economics Editor, as whether or not Mark Carney, the Bank's governor, is losing credibility? Nearly 18 months ago he was warning households to prepare for a rate rise, but lift off is still not expected for at least another six months. Are there signs that the UK recovery is coming off a bit? On the corporate front there is a smorgasbord of retail results out. Deirdre Hipwell says the one to watch will be Morrisons. Has the new(ish) chief executive David Potts got everything under control? And what of Next? Often seen as a bellweather of the high street, how will it be affected by the weather? And then there is Sports Direct updating the market. While Mike Ashley is a great retailer, says Richard Fletcher, The Times Business Editor, should he be running a listed company? You can find out all the news and reaction on our Business Now live blog: thetimes.co.uk/tto/business Times... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is the Federal Reserve waiting for a “perfect moment” that will never materialise to raise interest rates? That’s the view of Alexandra Frean, The Times US Business Editor, who says the Fed is in danger of missing their moment. She tells us why the upcoming Fed meeting on interest rates is seen as so important to investors and also explains the effect China has on the possibility of a rate rise. Do US voters care that much about the economy though? Not if the Republican nominations is anything to go by, she argues. Meanwhile Kathryn Hopkins, The Times property correspondent, tells us why she has started to sound like a broken record when it comes to housing supply and demand in the UK. Safe as houses? Think again. Richard Fletcher, The Times Business Editor, quizzes Kathryn on whether changes made by the Chancellor to buy-to-let mortgages means trust is ebbing away from brick and mortar as a safe investment. They all join presenter Robert Miller in this week’s podcast from The Times’ Business team.... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Did George Osborne’s 5:2 diet affect his thinking when he set the country’s export targets? That’s the view of Kathryn Hopkins, The Times property and economics correspondent, in this week’s podcast. She and Phil Aldrick, economics editor, explain why the Chancellor was mad to set such a high target for 2020. But with the UK’s GDP in the second quarter set to show a pick up from the first quarter, Phil Aldrick tells Richard Fletcher, Business editor and presenter of the podcast, why the UK economy is starting to look a lot more positive. A stronger economy could push the Bank of England towards rising interest rates however. That’s the only thing that will stop house prices from rapidly rising, argues Kathryn Hopkins, who says house prices could be as much as 25 per cent higher within five years. One bank that will be keeping a keen eye on the mortgage market is Lloyds. The Times’ Banking editor Katherine Griffiths explains why, and also talks us through the upcoming results for Barclays and RBS.... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two-part special: First up Bruno Waterfield, The Times Brussels Correspondents, takes a close look at Greece and all the drama of the last couple of week's which finally saw the country and its creditors reach a deal. But it was only a deal to open talks. So what next. Bruno also talks us through that excruciating 17-hour summit and explains how he got through it. Next up Nic Fildes, The Times Technology & Communications Editor, and Richard Fletcher, The Times Business Editor, answer the question of whether or not the tech sector is over-valued and in a bubble. They also take a look at Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo! who all report next week. What can we expect? They join Robert Miller, the presenter, in this week's podcast. You can find out if all the predictions were right as the news breaks on our new look Business Now live blog, which pops out so it is easier to read: www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business Subscribers to The Times can also sign up to morning and lunchtime business emails, so you can keep up... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Earnings season kicks off next week in the US, with four of the big banks on Wall Street reporting, along with KFC and Pizza Hut owner Yum! Brands. Alexandra Frean, The Times US Business Editor, talks us through what to expect. Investors will be looking for reassurance, having been tossed around in recent months, as markets get hit by Greece and now China. Will they get it? Back in the UK, a couple of big retailers will be reporting full-year results. Sports Direct has given investors a roller coaster of a ride with the share price swinging hugely over the past year. Dixons Carphone has continued to defy those critics who said their merger was like "two drunks propping each other up", Can they both continue their strong sales and profit growth? Richard Fletcher, The Times Business Editor, explains. They are joined by Rebecca Clancy, Breaking News Editor and presenter Robert Miller in this week's podcast. You can find out if all the predictions were right as the news breaks on our new look Business Now... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Richard Fletcher and Roger Boyes to discuss Greece and its future in the European Union. Subscribe via iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/did-you-read See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week the government will deliver its first budget since it won a majority government in the latest general election. Traditionally the first budget after an election has been fairly painful to allow for more generous giveaways when the next election comes round. This one will be no different. But which sections of society will it be painful for? Richard Fletcher, Business Editor, Philip Aldrick, Economics Editor and Kathryn Hopkins, Economics & Property Correspondent join presenter Robert Miller to look ahead to what we can expect. What does it mean for business? What, if any, will be the rabbit out of the hat? And what will Osborne order for takeaway the night before? (Kathryn used to work at the Treasury and gives us her insights). You can find out if all the predictions were right as the news breaks on our new look Business Now live blog, which pops out so it is easier to read:www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business. Subscribers to The Times can also sign up to morning and lunchtime business emails... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The markets barely moved when US first-quarter GDP was downgraded last week. The revision, from growth of 0.2 per cent to a 0.7 per cent contraction, wasn’t as bad as expected and many blamed the unusually cold winter. But could US shoppers hold the key to another reason? Next week we get retail sales, and given that consumption makes up two-thirds of the American economy, Alex Frean, our US Business Editor, discusses if shoppers have been spending or saving their money. She also talks about the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Back in the UK, and Richard Fletcher, our Business Editor, examines whether or not we are seeing the death of the supermarket, with Tesco and Sainsbury’s updating the market next week. Finally, Robert Lea, our Industrial Editor, asks if Flybe, the regional airline, can survive or if it will be “bullied” out by the big boys. He also looks at whether FirstGroup should be split up. You can find out if all the predictions were right as the news breaks on our... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interest rates, the Bank of England inflation report, your average weekly earnings and what's next for the house builders all covered in this week's Times Business podcast. Joining Robert Miller this week to discuss all these topics are Richard Fletcher, business editor, Philip Aldrick, economics editor and Kathryn Hopkins, property correspondent. The latest interest rate decision is out on Monday, delayed because of the election, and while nothing is expected, we could be offered a clue as to when a rate hike might occur in Wednesday's quarterly Inflation Report. As Andrew Sentance, for MPC member wrote for The Times last month, when the central bank does raise rates it should be gradual, both to avoid a big hike in the future and to provide scope to cut interest rates at some point, if needed [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/columnists/article4404480.ece]. We'll also get a snapshot of unemployment which could see the rate fall further from last month's 5.6 per cent, and there could also be... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the Times Business podcast we take a look at the biggest stories coming up in election week. Joining our presenter Robert Miller are Richard Fletcher, business editor, Philip Aldrick, our economics editor and Andrew Clark, our deputy business editor. It’s impossible to avoid the topic of the election and with the state of the economy playing a central role in the parties’ electioneering, focus will turn to the PMI data for the private sector, which could provide the last throw of the dice, but for which party? You can find out if all the predictions were right, as the news breaks, on our Business Now live blog: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business Times subscribers can also sign up to the Times Business morning and lunchtime emails so you can keep up to date, wherever you are. Sign up here: https://home.thetimes.co.uk/myNews See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Richard Fletcher, Philip Aldrick and Janice Turner for a Budget special, plus a look at George Osborne the Chancellor and the man. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Richard Fletcher, business editor, and Philip Aldrick, economics editor, as they discuss recent events in Davos and Greece. Plus, our political sketch writer, Ann Treneman, joins the president of YouGov, Peter Kellner, to discuss the state of UK politics. Subscribe via iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/did-you-read See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Laura Pitel and Richard Fletcher. Hugo Rifkind: "Mansion taxes, higher council taxes and rises in stamp duty are all opposed by many affluent homeowners, and often with good reason. They should realise that property in Britain is a time bomb they cannot escape. If measures are not taken soon to make more housing available to more people, then, twenty years from now, there will be such an appetite for savage taxes on homeowners as to make them inevitable." Laura Pitel: "Nigel Farage likes to say that UKIP is no longer a one-man band. But he is still the party's biggest draw and its key decision-maker. If he quit tomorrow it would descend into chaos. UKIP is on a roll right now, but it is hard to see it surviving in the long term." Richard Fletcher: "The hostile rhetoric surrounding immigration has spooked big business. Capping EU immigration is not the answer, warns the CBI. But will big business be heard in a post crisis environment where politicians will... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Philip Collins, Richard Fletcher and Melanie Reid of The Times join Tim Montgomerie for this special edition of Did You Read?, where they discuss the Scottish Referendum result, the consequences for the entire UK as well as ask which party leader has come off worst? Subscribe via iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/did-you-read See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Alice Thomson, Richard Fletcher and Daniel Finkelstein. Alice Thomson discusses the moral implications of singer Gary Barlow's tax footing. Is it difficult to sympathise with the Take That star? Richard Fletcher puts forward the argument that the decision of a corporate acquisition should be left to shareholders and executives rather than MPs. And Daniel Finkelstein argues that England's expectations in World Cup competitions are far too high considering the size of the country. Has the national team over-achieved in the past? Subscribe via iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/did-you-read Subscribe to The Times: www.thetimes.co.uk Follow The Times Opinion pages on Twitter: @TimesOpinion See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this show, Richard Fletcher and Doug Samuels will discuss what's new in the programming offered by the Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD this year, along with what is staying the same. Richard Fletcher/Zaxby’s Richard Fletcher, CHT is Sr. Director, Learning and Organizational Development for Zaxby's Franchising, a franchisor of gourmet chicken restaurants with 550+ […] The post Richard Fletcher and Doug Samuels with Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

FrequencyCast Show 64 takes a look at the future of the Internet. The upcoming changes to the Internet in the form of IPv6 continues to be a hot topic of discussion with our listeners, and in this show, we have an exclusive interview with Richard Fletcher, boss of Internet firm Plusnet to see how the changes affect us all. Pete and Carl discuss the dangers of Internet filters creating a Bubble around online netizens, and look at changes to TalkTalk and Skype. Plus news on BBC HD, Apple announcements, and the mobile web, and your questions on DRM and Karotz. Links and transcripts at https://www.frequencycast.co.uk/cast64.html

In May 2011, FrequencyCast secured an exclusive interview with Richard Fletcher, the Chief Operating Officer of UK Internet Provider Plusnet. We discuss the upcoming changes to the Internet as a result of IPv6, look at the challenges facing ISPs, and talk about what we can expect to change over the next 5 years. Richard also outlines the Plusnet unlimited overnight download policy. For a transcript of the interview, go to https://www.frequencycast.co.uk/plusnetinterview.html

This past week Freemasonry figured prominently on Good Morning America. How did we do? We'll explore what GMA had to say and our answers to their questions. Also we'll conclude our interview with Bro. Michael Toth. He is the Writer/Director of The Freemasons: The Mystery Myth and Legend. In the next show we will take a look at a very important paper. Published by a special task force of the Masonic Information Center Steering Committee, this paper address the problem of public awareness and Freemasonry and what we must do to succeed. I believe this is a great opportunity for us to take a look at some very useful and important ideas. You can download a PDF of the paper at The Masonic Information Center page. Look on the right hand side for the download link. I recommend you read it before you listen to the next episode as we will be looking at this paper in depth. Think of it as your first X-Oriente homework assignment! ;-)Show Notes:00:00 Intro: help us spread the word!01:10 Good Morning, America! Masonic Skullduggery?03:30 Richard Fletcher's comments on GMA06:00 Brent Morris on why Freemasonry's numbers are declining07:50 My take on the GMA segment08:23 A homework assignment and shout out to Pythagoras Lodge No. 1464 in Athens, Greece (errata: I said in the show that Pythagoras was No.1461 not 1464. I regret the error. Sorry Pythagoras!)10:11 Geek out! The hardware and software I use to create X-Oriente14:19 Continuing the interview with Michael Toth16:30 The impact that film has had18:50 Technical aspects of making the film24:05 Challenges in making the film28:00 Freemasonry in the US. and in other countries33.12: Taking Masonry Seriously34:40 Portraying Masonic ritual in the film35:35 The documentary style41:00 Dreaming of a Masonic feature film44:15 How to get the film46:00 Wrap up46:55 Outro (enhanced)If you would like to order a copy of The Freemasons, The Mystery Myth and Truth you can get it on DVD (All regions NTSC) for $24.95 + $4 shipping at their web site. (Note: International shipping may be more...contact masondvd@freemasonsfilm.com for more info)Music:Theme music by Charlie Crowe"Honolulu Shuffle" by KaimokuMusic of the Spheres by Music of the Spheres, available at Magnatune.comOutro: Joy, by Charlie Crowe