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Patrick explains why Rock Ridge is his favorite high school, gives his assessment of the Timberwolves and Gophers men's basketball and shares his thoughts on the challenge system MLB is using for balls and strikes in spring training. He also weighs in on the Twins' ownership situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patrick explains why Rock Ridge is his favorite high school, gives his assessment of the Timberwolves and Gophers men's basketball and shares his thoughts on the challenge system MLB is using for balls and strikes in spring training. He also weighs in on the Twins' ownership situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patrick explains why Rock Ridge is his favorite high school, gives his assessment of the Timberwolves and Gophers men's basketball and shares his thoughts on the challenge system MLB is using for balls and strikes in spring training. He also weighs in on the Twins' ownership situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Patrick explains why Rock Ridge is his favorite high school, gives his assessment of the Timberwolves and Gophers men's basketball and shares his thoughts on the challenge system MLB is using for balls and strikes in spring training. He also weighs in on the Twins' ownership situation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pollyann Sorcan v. Rock Ridge School District

The Strasburg Rams host Moorefield tonight after a huge win over Rock Ridge last week. Josh talks with Rams Head Coach, Tripp Lamb ahead of their matchup tonight. Stay tuned for more High School Sports coverage to come on The Kirby on Sports Podcast. A huge thanks to our sponsors! PM+ Reserves Shenandoah Primitives Transformative Alignment Group Mark Francis with ICON Real Estate Barrett Pest and Termite Services Mark Lynch with Guild Mortgage Shenandoah Music www.kirbyonsports.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thekirbyonsportspodcast/support

Strasburg hosts Rock Ridge after a shutout victory over Broadway last week. hear from Rams Coach, Tripp Lamb ahead of the Rams matchup with Rock Ridge. Stay tuned for more High School Sports coverage to come on The Kirby on Sports Podcast. A huge thanks to our sponsors! PM+ Reserves Shenandoah Primitives Transformative Alignment Group Mark Francis with ICON Real Estate Barrett Pest and Termite Services Mark Lynch with Guild Mortgage Shenandoah Music www.kirbyonsports.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thekirbyonsportspodcast/support

The Clarke County Eagles are getting set to make the trip to face a big test in King William. Josh talks with Eagles Head Coach, Casey Childs after their big win over Rock Ridge and preparing for King William. Stay tuned for more High School Sports coverage to come on The Kirby on Sports Podcast. A huge thanks to our sponsors! PM+ Reserves Shenandoah Primitives Transformative Alignment Group Mark Francis with ICON Real Estate Barrett Pest and Termite Services Mark Lynch with Guild Mortgage Shenandoah Music www.kirbyonsports.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thekirbyonsportspodcast/support

The Clarke County Eagles are getting set for a Thursday Night matchup at Rock Ridge. Hear from Eagles Head Coach, Casey Childs ahead of their Week 1 matchup to kickoff the High School Football season! Stay tuned for more High School Sports coverage to come on The Kirby on Sports Podcast. A huge thanks to our sponsors! PM+ Reserves Shenandoah Primitives Transformative Alignment Group Mark Francis with ICON Real Estate Barrett Pest and Termite Services Mark Lynch with Guild Mortgage Shenandoah Music www.kirbyonsports.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thekirbyonsportspodcast/support

We travel up north a bit to chat with Rock Ridge high School's Gunnar George! The finalist for Class A athlete of the year talks about the challenges of not having club swimming nearby, being a multisport athlete, and plans after high school.

Brought up by Klaatu on GnuWorldOrder.info Media size 4.7Gb DVD - Actual capacity: 4.377Gb What is the actual storage capacity of a dvd disc A disc with a 25GB capacity is the equivalent of 23.28 gigabytes Normally rated at 50GB, in practice they can record about 46.57GB of data What is the maximum capacity of a blu ray disc Generate ISO image from directory genisoimage -U -R -allow-lowercase -allow-multidot -o mydvd.iso "$1" Alternative is mkisofs -U Allows "untranslated" filenames, completely violating the ISO9660 standards described above. Enables the following flags: -d -l -N -allow-leading-dots -relaxed-filenames -allow-lowercase -allow-multidot -no-iso-translate. Allows more than one `.' character in the filename, as well as mixed-case filenames. This is useful on HP-UX, where the built-in cdfs filesystem does not recognize any extensions. Use with extreme caution. -R Generate SUSP and RR records using the Rock Ridge protocol to further describe the files on the ISO9660 filesystem. [Wikipedia - ISO 9660](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9660#SUSP "Wikipedia - ISO 9660") Corrected command genisoimage -R -o mydvd.iso "$1" Burning data to a DVD or Blu-ray Note: Make sure that the medium is not mounted when you begin to write to it. Mounting may happen automatically if the medium contains a readable file system. In the best case, it will prevent the burn programs from using the burner device. In the worst case, there will be misburns because read operations disturbed the drive. So if in doubt, do: umount /dev/sr0 growisofs has a small bug with blank BD-R media. It issues an error message after the burning is complete. Programs like k3b then believe the whole burn run failed. To prevent this, either format the blank BD-R by dvd+rw-format /dev/sr0 before submitting it to growisofs or use growisofs option -use-the-force-luke=spare:none Archwiki - Optical disk burning Burning an ISO image to CD, DVD, or BD To burn a readily prepared ISO image file isoimage.iso onto an optical medium, run for CD: cdrecord -v -sao dev=/dev/sr0 isoimage.iso and for DVD or BD: growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr0=isoimage.iso for CD, DVD, BD: xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/sr0 -dao isoimage.iso Other reading Archwiki - Optical disk drive Archwiki - Optical disk drive Debian - Gensisoimage man page Debian - Gensisoimage man page Debian wiki - genisoimage and xorrisofs Debian wiki Archiving data on Blu-ray discs Archiving data Mount an ISO file and Burning it to CD-R/DVD-R/BluRay in Linux Mount an ISO file and Burning What is the size capacity of my DVD, Dual Layer DVD or Blu-ray disc? What is the size capacity of my DVD Wikipedia ISO9660 Wikipedia ISO9660

With a week to go before the Sept. 1 season opener at Rock Ridge, Virginia, Brunswick High football coach Jerry Smith is this week's guest on The Final Score podcast. Smith tells host Greg Swatek why he feels this could be his best team at Brunswick as he heads into his seventh season at the helm at his alma mater. The Railroaders bring back most of a team that reached the Class 1A state semifinals last fall. He talks about the development of junior quarterback Ethan Houck, now a three-year starter at the position, and how senior running back Ben Wells has gotten bigger and improved over the course of the offseason. Smith also addresses what could be one of the most underrated parts of the team, which is their offensive and defensive lines, featuring 6-foot-7, 330-pound senior Andrew Racosky. Prior to that conversation, FNP sports writer Alexander Dacy joins Greg to share his early observations from preseason football practices. The two discuss the FNP's Preseason Top 5, as well as next week's big debut for girls flag football as a varsity sport in Frederick County.

Liam discusses the places he went and the cards he got during school vacation week. A box of 1989 bowman baseball and a bunch of singles. 

John Millea thanks refs, tells us about this week's Most Valuable Teammate, and paints the scene from the girls' state hockey tourney.Thanks to Minnesota Propane Association (https://discoverpropanemn.com/) & Pizza Barn in Princeton, MN (https://www.PizzaBarnPrinceton.com). 

John Millea thanks refs, tells us about this week's Most Valuable Teammate, and paints the scene from the girls' state hockey tourney.Thanks to Minnesota Propane Association (https://discoverpropanemn.com/) & Pizza Barn in Princeton, MN (https://www.PizzaBarnPrinceton.com). 

We talk about some purchases we recently made at Rock Ridge and we also discuss a competition about which card will increase in value by the start of Baseball season. 

We had the pleasure of exploring this location in Northfield, MA. Tons of unopened wax boxes, binders and boxes full of cards from any sport or hobby. 

Curious why that title? Listen in and see. The title was given to Vanessa in 2017 for her work for her social change efforts when she was presented with an award with the same name.   Vanessa now resides in Bellingham, Washington although she was born and raised primarily in the East until she graduated high school.   By choice, she has spent much of her life alone. She has been an avid explorer of life and speaks out when she feels social injustice exists. She is passionate about bringing about social change especially for youth having experienced her own personal challenges in school while growing up.   Vanessa is the author of two books. She will tell us about them Currently she is working on a third book which she would like to see published next year.     About the Guest: Her social change memoir, Can't Stop the Sunrise: Adventures in Healing, Confronting Corruption & the Journey to Institutional Reform earned a 5-Star Review for Politics & Current Events at IndieReader in 2020. Her second book, Sex Education for Girls: A Parent's Guide, was released in early 2022. Vanessa Osage was celebrated as a “champion of change” by the Boston Herald in 2019 for her daring efforts to advance gender justice institutional reform. She won the Kickass Single Mom award in 2017 for her work in youth empowerment and sexual health. As a Certified Sexuality Educator, she has taught hundreds of young people ages 6 & up, supporting diverse youth and families for over twelve years. Vanessa Osage has been the founder and leader of two nonprofits, Rooted Emerging, for puberty rites of passage and The Amends Project, to bring healing and transparency to private education through The Justice CORPS Initiative. As an organization leader, she has gathered dozens of people to collaborate for a new vision of positive social change. She hosted over a dozen community events in her hometown of Bellingham, Washington, from 2010-2019. Most beloved was the April Fool's Day storytelling celebration, Love's Fool, with tellers ages 22-90 sharing tales of their foibles in early romantic love on stage.  She has been a featured speaker at nearly thirty events and gatherings throughout the Pacific Northwest. Vanessa has also been a guest on eight unique podcasts, a repeat guest on live, CBS-broadcast radio, and a featured entrepreneur on television at BizTV. Her early work as a small town newspaper reporter helped inform her interactions with the media and shape her ability to tell a compelling story. Most recently, she traveled to a Northern California youth organization to speak, provide training, and lead Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshops. Vanessa is also a Certified Professional Coach, CPC, with a private practice consulting and coaching adults in emotional health and personal empowerment for twelve years. Recent offerings include Transforming Conflict, Truth to Empowerment, and The Turning Point Package. Her speaking, coaching, and educational services can all be found at Love & Truth Rising. She is currently working on her third book, an exploration of narrative nonfiction, self-help, nature writing, and diverse voices. It is set for release in late 2023. You can reach Vanessa Osage on LinkedIn, Instagram, or through her author website, vanessaosage.com   Social Media Links:   Vanessa Osage, author website LinkedIn Instagram Can't Stop the Sunrise at Audible Love & Truth Rising   About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson  01:20 Well, here we are once again. And yes, it is time for another episode of unstoppable mindset. And today, we get to interview someone who has some very unique attributes. The most important one it seems to me is that she has been given an award as the kick ass single mom. So we're gonna hear about that she's a professional life coach. She has written two books and is working on another and I'm sure we're going to hear all about that stuff. So Vanessa Osage Welcome to unstoppable mindset.   Vanessa Osage  01:52 Thank you, Michael. It's good to finally be doing this with you.   Michael Hingson  01:55 Yeah, we've been working at this a while haven't we? Yes. Well, let's start it. I love to with just kind of learning about you, early life and all that growing up and anything that you want to tell us about being a kid and any of that kind of stuff.   Vanessa Osage  02:09 So, okay, so I'm 26 years ago, I left the East Coast. So I grew up north of Boston, and kind of a small town, New England. Very Catholic, little town pretty charming. You know, it's very old with a town center and we could walk what, what town? I grew up in Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Okay,   Michael Hingson  02:30 I know where that   Vanessa Osage  02:32 is. All right, people know Lowell. And I was I was born in Concord, which is right by Walden Pond. So that's some historical reference. There   Michael Hingson  02:39 you are. Yeah.   Vanessa Osage  02:41 So I grew up there. I'm one of five kids within six years, which is pretty wild. And I was very much what they call the tomboy, you know? So I was, I feel fortunate to even just generationally that I was I grew up as in a time where like, I spent the bulk of my time outside, like climbing trees playing in the dirt. I had three brothers, so I was skateboard with them and you got to run my hurt. My first love was horses. So I found a way to, you know, be around horses as a young person. And yeah, that was, that was my childhood in New England.   Michael Hingson  03:16 But you don't have that Massachusetts accent.   Vanessa Osage  03:19 I don't. Like I said, it's been 26 years I've been on the West Coast. Now. I live up in Bellingham, Washington near the Canadian border. And my folks were from the south. And so every once in a while, I'll meet someone and they hear a little bit of southern accent. But I have some of the East Coast sensibility. I think a little bit of that, like straight talking. tell it like it is. There are things I try to hold on to from the East Coast. You know,   Michael Hingson  03:44 so do you miss the snow?   Vanessa Osage  03:47 No. Well, we get snow here in balance some   Michael Hingson  03:49 Yeah, that's a bit. Yeah. Yeah.   Vanessa Osage  03:53 I love living here where there's some season, you know, I lived up and down California and, and that got strange to not have the seasonal markers of time. So I like I do like having some season. Definitely.   Michael Hingson  04:05 I like the snow. The ice was more of a challenge after the snow was there and froze just from a walking standpoint, but I love the snow. Yeah, it was it was totally different. For me. I had experienced a little bit of snow in California, but not a lot. And so when I lived in Winthrop mass for three years, and spend time in Boston before them in Back Bay, I did experience a lot of the snow and of course, all the walls of snow part set up along the streets when they were plowing the streets and navigating those. So it was fun, though.   Vanessa Osage  04:43 Yeah, it's a way of life. It's skills that are worth having. For sure.   Michael Hingson  04:46 Yes, absolutely. It's good to have lots of experiences. So you, you went to high school and everything back there and did you go on to college?   Vanessa Osage  04:56 So I had a pretty poignant high school experience and I write about this in my first book can't stop the sunrise. I, you know, I almost ran away when I was nine. And then I brought me back home. And then I almost left when I was 17. And I ultimately decided to stay until I was 18. graduate high school, and then I ran away to California. So I did go to high school in Massachusetts. And right, so all my, my later schooling up and down California, little bit in Oregon as well.   Michael Hingson  05:29 Where did you go to college?   Vanessa Osage  05:31 You want the seven schools?   Michael Hingson  05:34 Whatever you want to say, sorry?   Vanessa Osage  05:37 Yeah, let's see. You're trying to think how much backstory you all want. So it took me 12 years to earn my Bachelor's degree because I spent the bulk of my 20s driving back and forth across the country. And, you know, that story, I won't go into it, because I've told times that other people are curious, you know, it's can't stop the sunrise, it's my memoir, it's in print. It's also an audiobook. So I, the quick version is that I was sent away for speaking up about an obvious injustice. And that was a real turning point in my life, you know, had to call into question the, the right order of adults and right and wrong. And, and so when I left home, it wasn't just the kind of going off to pursue my education. It was like, getting away from my own inner survival. And so I did all this time traveling around the country, back and forth, living out of my car, then to all 48 contiguous states and parts of Canada. And so I had a rhythm where I would pick a town in California that had a junior college, and then stay there, you know, eight, nine months to a couple of semesters, I also paid my own way through college, which was really satisfying. And then I would get the urge and I would just go and travel the country. I'll give you those colleges. So I went to Sierra College and Rocklin, which is north of Sacramento, Ventura College, which is on the coast north of LA, Sierra Ventura, College of the Redwoods in Eureka was where I earned a 50th in social science. I went to Humboldt State University Science and Environmental Resource engineering, I went to the University of Oregon and studied sociology. And then I guess it's six I was I was seven. There's a college and or there was a college called New College of California, in San Francisco. And in this Mission District, they were able to take all of my credits, and let me put some life experience to it. And I got a Bachelors of Arts and Humanities, with gender and ecology being the focus. So that was 12 years, earned and paid by myself, no debt, which is really a nice footing to start on. But I was 30 years old when that degree came in the mail. So it's not the path for everybody. But for me, it was a really sweet balance of like, kind of theoretical study of what the world is, and then real experience and encounter with what I could see of the world. Well, there   Michael Hingson  08:07 doesn't need to be a defining path. You know, it's everyone does things in their own way at their own time. So that certainly sounds like it makes sense to me.   Vanessa Osage  08:16 Okay, yeah, it worked for me. And there was there was value in it, for sure.   Michael Hingson  08:21 Well, so what did you do with all of that, that knowledge? And I mean, the knowledge isn't just what you got in terms of a degree, but you had 12 years with lots of exposure to lots of different things. And I gotta tell you, I'm a little envious, but what did you do with all that knowledge?   Vanessa Osage  08:39 Yeah, you know, it's interesting. There's thing about that concept of being envious, you know, I, I gave myself all the time to see all I needed to see and so what I've done with that knowledge, I was a birth doula in my 20s. So I assisted women in childbirth. And then after I had my own child at 30, I was pregnant when that degree came in the mail. It's kind of cool, good thing that's done. And so I have this vision to do kind of what like a doula program go support for the the puberty and sexual maturity transition. And it wasn't like I sat down and said, I'm going to start a nonprofit. It was more than I had a vision, and I was committed to making it happen. And really, it does correspond to my degree. So I created what became a nonprofit called brooded emerging. And we did puberty, vitae passage programs, just a lot of awareness raising, to like I put on a dozen events and it was really satisfying to gather all these amazing people, you know, therapists and educators and wilderness guides and, and create this experience for young people to bring them from childhood into adolescence with this message of like, you can trust your body you can know your body and, you know, there's a lot to be gained in this time. And so that was a beautiful story. for about a decade, and that was my first nonprofit. And I've also trained as a sexuality educator, and I've taught hundreds of people young and old, and comprehensive sexuality education.   Michael Hingson  10:13 What's been if you were to find that you have one, what would you say your biggest challenge has been? Through the years?   Vanessa Osage  10:22 Yeah, um, I think as I was just saying it, like, that experience of being sent away for speaking up was really a turning point in my life, you know, such a loss to like lose connection and faith in society. And, but I think the bigger thing and because you know, your show has a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, I do want to speak to this experience, that I'm kind of part of an invisible minority, and that I'm estranged, or what I like to think of is emotionally liberated from my original family. And you don't hear a lot about it, but we're out there. And so I have a colleague in his 70s. And we work together and they use rite of passage programs. He also had this experience, and he later he was actually fostered by the local knock tack knock sack tribe here in Washington. He told me that about one in 10, young people have the experience where neither parents is, you know, reliable or trustworthy enough that a child can, you know, stay at home or stay in relationship. And so yeah, so that's, that's been, it's not so much that it's a challenge in itself. It's, it's a way I moved through the world that as like, like I said, we're kind of invisible, right? Like, I don't have that net, to fall back on. And this has been true from something like 2030 years. So I don't have that to fall back on. And it's also kind of tough, because people assume that I have the majority experience, which is that, you know, part of the family is there. So when things happen, you know, when life experiences or life events come up, people just assume that I have, oh, that you'll do that with your family. And that's hasn't been the right choice for me for a long time.   Michael Hingson  12:15 You said that one in 10, your colleague says one in 10 Children kind of fit somewhere in that mold. Why do you think that is?   Vanessa Osage  12:23 Why do I think it exists? Or why do I think the numbers are what they are? Maybe a little bit of both? Yeah, well, so I think what he talked about, what he and I have talked about is, usually there's some combination of addiction, or mental illness or violence. And, you know, kids get to the point where they just recognize it's not going to be a safe or healthy place for them to grow. And, ya know, it's also, it's, like, if the state doesn't get involved, you've got people who just grow through that, and are in the world and who have adapted to the world without that structure around them. Yeah, you know, people, and I think part of I can say, too, I think part of what that is, is we just have so much that we're recovering from over the generations, you know, you've got wars or racial hostilities, or religious persecution, you like any of these things, that, that people suffer and have to recover from the effects of those into how people can and can't, you know, be in relationship and raise families well, and sometimes those equate to, you know, some limitations within family structures. I do have lots of thoughts about it. So it's not a lot that you don't hear about it a lot. Because it kind of challenges a social structure, which is like, you know, you honor your father and mother, and you'd be a dutiful son or daughter. And, and I think people just don't want to believe that it can go that poorly. And so, in my experience, it's, it's fairly misunderstood. Like, on the one hand, you have people like I've had people say to me, like, oh, well, I, you know, went away to college when I was 17. Or 18, you don't actually don't relate to that, because there's a difference. For me, there's a difference between like, being delivered from one secure structure to another, and then knowing that you have to leave kind of for your own well being and not having something that you can go back to. And then on the other side of it, there's kind of this like, minimizing of that conclusion. Like, oh, come on, it can't be that bad, but that your family, you know, and, and I think the key piece about that, is that, you know, there's something to be said, well, the biological urge to go to a parent for protection and support and nurturance that's really strong, like it's primal. And so, I've met some people who have this life experience. And when someone gets the point where they say like, I actually have to really stat just for my own well being, it's a last resort. You know, I would want people to understand that. And I think there's something to be said for believing kids. And even when kids grow up, right, the Yeah. Experience?   Michael Hingson  15:20 Well, the the concept of family, I think, overall has been accepted as being pretty important. And I'm not hearing you say you disagree with that. But there are times when things may go sideways, and not really be exactly what one would expect a, quote, normal family to be.   Vanessa Osage  15:40 Yeah, I appreciate that. Yeah. I mean, the concept of family is beautiful, and pretty fundamental and huge. And I think because we've got all these generational things that people are, you know, reeling from and recovering from it, there's this opportunity to redefine what that means. Yeah, and I, and I can say to it, because I've put some thought into this is like, there are a lot of rewards in that path, you know, much as it's challenging. And I could name those, just because I know you, I don't know if you got listeners who have this. But yeah, I think the primary one would be like growing through that experience. It's like, I know, I can rely on myself. And I can count on myself to meet my needs and be resourceful. And it does lead to this worldview. Like, it causes me to see the world as a very wide place full of possibility and you know, resourcefulness. And it's a certain stance toward the world, but I think has benefits, right that like, like, I don't look to a small group of known people to, to meet my needs or to feel at home, it's like, it's a much wider gaze. And then also, we have so much choice in who we become. And, like these qualities of reliability, and trustworthiness and loyalty, like, I've chosen to cultivate those in myself. And I get that feedback from the people in my life. And then when I encounter it in the world, it's like I, I know the value of it. And there's beauty in that, right, because I've seen how rare it can be. Yeah. And then it also doesn't like, if I decide somebody's not welcome in my life, it doesn't cancel out the fact that I can hold all kinds of gratitude in my heart for what they were able to give. And, you know, the benefits that I received, you know, even when things weren't quite right. And the last thing, I'm just kind of roll through the top five benefits is that this beautiful thing happens as I get older, right? Like, I'm in my mid 40s. And like, this has been how I moved through the world for about 2030 years. And as I get older, you know, both my parents were living and I keep a distance by necessity and choice. But when I looked to them now, as human beings, it's like, they're not the primary figure. It's like it the way I experience it is, it's kind of like a folding the pages of a coloring book. Like they're a fifth year, but I opened it up. And around them, I see all this context, right? Like, over time, like, oh, look, there's the impact of poverty. Like, there's the impacts of shame over being indigenous. And I see them kind of with my heart, I see them in a, in a bigger picture. Like it doesn't change who they are the choices they made, or how I'm going to relate or not relate. But there's something about what that does to, to my ability to love in all aspects of my life. That's really sweet as I get older.   Michael Hingson  18:53 Do you do you have any interactions with them anymore?   Vanessa Osage  18:56 No, it's my parents now.   Michael Hingson  18:59 Well, and, you know, you've said a number of things that are really interesting, and that that connect with me, I think probably the most important is in the way I worded is life's an adventure. And we really should take full advantage of what it has to offer. And as you said, the world is a very large place and it opens lots of choices. And we should explore those choices, which for a lot of people doesn't necessarily mean they won't deal with family and they don't go back to family. But if we close ourselves off from opportunities to view other choices and experience things, that's a problem too.   Vanessa Osage  19:42 Yeah, I appreciate that feedback. Right and when I when you said I like It's like chose closing yourself, the risk is closing yourself to the possibility of greater health. You know, like, I think there along the way there there are these trade offs, right, like, do I want security or do I want the past ability of a healthier environment. And as I've gotten older, I've had to keep moving toward the possibility of healthier and there's grief in that, you know, when there's unsteadiness in moments and sadness, or you know, there are all sorts of things. But when you look at the trade offs of the ways to live, you know, the trajectory of my life has pushed me toward always pointing toward health. There's something else that you said that sparked something in me Oh, it's, you know, I think a big part of the way I strive to live, it's like, reminding myself, it's not what you get. And it's not what you encounter, like, like Biden eat corruption at six 916 at my former high school, or, you know, I happen to have parents who struggle in these ways, that it's not what you get, it's what you do with it, you know, and like the what you do with it is, I think, the adventure that you're speaking to.   Michael Hingson  20:51 Right? Yeah. Well, moving, moving, as you said, toward health and in what you view that as being as opposed to security, maybe of a smaller family. It doesn't seem to me that they're mutually exclusive, because opening yourself up to making choices. Yes, there's risk in that. But there are so many more rewards, five open by opening yourself to being able to make choices and exploring new things. Because you learn so much more. Because if you just stick with family, or with a small group of people, let's not just say your family, but a small group of people. And you don't look beyond that. We all miss so much by that happening.   Vanessa Osage  21:44 Yeah, well, sad, right? It's like, the trade off is like going with the known versus moving toward the unknown, right? You're saying? And I? Yeah, and I think that, right, like we were saying the concept of family, and, and home, and connection, like those things can exist in so many beautiful forms. And again, it doesn't cancel out, you know, people who brought me here Are always the people who brought me here, like what they gave is always there. Like, it's this, this, this balance of like, hold, like I said, holding the gratitude in my heart. And what I think I hear you saying is like optimizing the time that we have alive on this in this amazing place, to say like, what, how am I going to craft the life that's possible for me? So yeah,   Michael Hingson  22:34 that's exactly it. I know. I had choices to make growing up. And I had a very loving family and a very supportive family. But yet, coming out of college in 1976, I had the opportunity to accept a job. And literally on one Sunday, fly from Southern California to Boston, where I've never been, never been anywhere close to Boston, fly alone, and essentially start a whole new life with a job that I had no idea exactly what all was going to happen, because it was really defining a new process and a new project that I became a part of, but the value of it was so immense, who could resist even though there were a lot of scary parts to it, just go into a new place. And as I said, getting used to the snow in Boston and experiencing the for the first time when it when it happened, that there were sidewalks that had these mounds of snow or walls of snow along the sides of them between them in the street, and finding that little pathway to then go out into the street and cross the street was fun was an adventure. And it was daunting, but still, I wouldn't trade the experience for the world.   Vanessa Osage  24:04 Yeah, yeah, that's beautiful. Right? But like what it takes to step into the unknown. And I, I, you know, it's this moment of acknowledgement for the courage of the levels of unknown that you navigate, you know, and with the limited sense that you have to write, draw on all this courage to, like, move through spaces that have these phenomena that just make that challenging. Yeah, but the other   Michael Hingson  24:31 part about that is that I had 26 years and eight months, if you will, before or seven months before taking that step, to learn the tools, the techniques and the processes that helped me make that step successfully. So it wasn't such a risk. Because I had already learned the tools that allowed me to be able to do that. Whether I was doing work, close to home, or 3000 miles away, and I think that's really the important part about it is that we need to recognize this the tools that we learned and how we learned to put those tools to use. So in a sense, it wasn't nearly the risk that it could have been. Because it didn't matter whether I needed to cross the street in Irvine, California, or Boston, Massachusetts, and more was an issue of putting the tools to use calming down, stepping back, and recognizing that, Hey, how is it really so much different here? Other than a lot of people said that the people who drive in Boston and Massachusetts are as crazy as the people out here, which is probably more true today than it used to be.   Vanessa Osage  25:50 Wow. Yeah. I mean, it's been, it's beautiful. But I hear you saying is like, there's almost this template that you reinforce in yourself when you're navigating the unknown. And, like the lived experience of taking a moving through the unknown can be applied in other places that sound like what you're speaking to,   Michael Hingson  26:12 whether you're living in one place, or that you're used to or another place, what's the difference of the two, you're used to one and not the other? But you also had to get used to that place originally. So is it really all that different if we remember and learn and use the techniques that we have gathered along the way?   Vanessa Osage  26:33 Yeah. Yeah. And that's a positive reinforcement, right? You, you figure it out something once you navigate in the unknown. And so, right, it can be done again, and again. And again.   Michael Hingson  26:46 Yeah, that's nice, all that magical. It doesn't mean that there aren't challenges. But it isn't all that magical. If you remember, you've already been through those challenges, and you can move on. Right? Well, in your life today, what is the one thing that maybe you're kind of the most proud of accomplishing to date?   Vanessa Osage  27:09 Yeah, I know, I went, the first things that come to mind have to do with character, you know, I just pay a lot of attention to the choice in what we cultivate. And I think what I'm most proud of, is that I've become somebody who's, you know, solid and loving and uplifting to so many people in my life, and that my life has so much loved in it. I mean, it's probably the primary one. And, you know, there's, I have all this energy and excitement for what I'm still wanting to accomplish. And I feel satisfied that they've been able to pull so many amazing people together, and create a structure for ways that we can make the world better together. And that's been a satisfying accomplishment. I also get a lot of good feedback that the books that I've written, just help people so much, like inspire them and affirm them. And so it's sweet to know that something that I've devoted time and energy into, continues to, yeah, positively impact people. That's, that's sort of the secondary accomplishment.   Michael Hingson  28:14 Well, you say you've brought a lot of people together. Tell me more about that. What what does that mean?   Vanessa Osage  28:20 Yeah, that first nonprofit with the puberty rites of passage? No, I had a girls program and a boys program. And all of these events are all for youth empowerment and sexual health. And so it would mean like, yeah, it would mean collaboration and creating offerings. And, you know, and then just kind of some board meeting discussions about how can we improve this aspect of life for young people. So we're just gonna get that there was about a decade that I think about that. And I, as I reflect over it quickly, I just see all like the incredible strength and heart and the people that came together and that I was able to create this outlet for doing something with that is satisfying. And then second, I also founded the amends project for reform and private education. And it has waves to it like, and who knows what, I'm in this nice place of release of like, I don't know exactly what the future holds with that work. But when I reengaged, that in 2016 1718, people from around the country reached out and were so happy that I was no kind of naming the unspoken truth that there was all this energy, they want to contribute to making things better. And I was able to create this initiative for transparency and oversight. And yeah, I think be the spokesperson for what's possible as far as transforming systems. And even if you know the initiative isn't running fully, it's like just being able to craft a solution and let people contribute to that the hope that gives This is something that I'm glad to have, you know, made possible for people to use.   Michael Hingson  30:05 Can you tell us a little bit more about the initiative, what it is and what you do or what you did with it?   Vanessa Osage  30:12 Yeah. So I want to be succinct as well, is that, you know, the Boston Globe revealed in 2016, that there have been hundreds 1000s Most likely, you know, just these abuses of young people, by staff AND, and OR clergy in the church, right, like the Boston Globe in 2001, expose the Catholic Church for all this abuse of children by authority figures. And then in a similar vein, I guess this knows a better word. But in a similar power structure, I think, elite boarding high schools, you know, we're kind of abusing the same dynamic with young people. And so is this intricate system, you know, people staying silent and wanting to get the rewards of belonging, and, you know, affluence, and in the case of elite high schools. And so the issue really was that it wasn't just the people were doing this abuse of young people, it was that there was all this strange pressure to be silent. And, you know, that was the thing I was sent away for was when the when that popped up at my high school, and I said, Well, this is wrong, of course, you know, something has to be done. They didn't want that. Right. Like, they wanted me to just be quiet about what I'd seen, and I wasn't willing. So they, again, can't stop sunrise, the whole story, the initiative has to do with creating a group of people to receive those reports that aren't the police, because the police are scaring, but you know, generally to young people, and especially to people of color, you know, it's like we've seen that that's just, it's a space, that's hard for a young person to bring vulnerable information to, right. So if you only have the police, and or the staff and faculty of these schools, as people to receive information, when the kids are probably unlikely to go to them, right. Like if your options are police or your teacher, you're probably going to choose your friend or nothing, or your parents if you've got that backup. And so the initiative is called the Justice Corps, the committee to oversee the rights and protections of students and the model is, and people can go to the amends project by to the justice corps initiative. But the idea is to create this other entity of volunteer non affiliated adults who are trained in you know, mandated reporting, to just track and receive these reports not to judge right or wrong, or this happened or doesn't didn't happen. But just to create this database of like, this is the information that we're gathering of what young people are saying, and, and let that be accessible to parents, when they're choosing whether or not to send their kids to these schools. There's so much I can say about it, I presented it to the association of Title Nine Administrators Conference in 2020. And I think what's happened so far is I just spent the past year consulting with a school in the Bay Area, because they were reckoning with, you know, a young person who had grown up with that experience and was coming back for legal action, or restorative action. So I worked with them for a year, and I just flew down there to do professional development with their staff and faculty, to talk to parents, and then to also work with students, because I've been a sexuality educator. I've opened that door for that it was beautiful work, you know, they've really met this with a lot more courage and honesty than any school I've seen so far. And I had a lot of collaboration with the press in 2018, back East. So it had some exposure. But I worked with them for a year and then got to go down there just recently did a dei assessment, diversity, equity inclusion assessment at the school as far as safety for, you know, equality and the rights of young people. And I left the door open for them, you know, it's like is this if this is a model you want to take on? I'm here. And I think pushing too hard, has not been a way that I want to proceed. And we'll see it tends to go in waves, right, like waves of reckoning. So hopefully that gives you kind of an overview and a sense of how I've tried to channel that into something more positive.   Michael Hingson  34:29 Can you or would you give us a story of maybe someplace where the database really helped resolve or deal with an issue, you know, you you're keeping a database, and that's great, but what is it done? So what's the story where it really was very successful in your eyes?   Vanessa Osage  34:52 I wish I had that story. I'm not quite there yet. So really, what I'm asking schools to do is take a huge step. and no one has officially taken the step yet. And so what it could, what I see being possible is that it's basically an acknowledgement of like, Hey, this is a problem. And it's been a problem across the country for decades. I mean, yeah, I give a lot of credit to the internet for making what was hidden, no longer hidden. But the idea would be that a school instead of trying to keep things quiet, and brushed, you know, confidentiality agreements, and all of these moves that lawyers especially will encourage a school to do to keep themselves safe, to keep the institution safe. But instead of doing that, they make it available for public review, not just whether it happens, but what the response is. So, yeah, I look forward to the day when I can tell you that story. But yeah,   Michael Hingson  35:54 let me ask the question in a slightly different way, because I would think you have some of this, do you have any stories of where say a parent used your database and made some decision that they really, then were very positive about because they made the decision that history proved them? Right, because they made the decision using your database? Maybe you don't hear those? I'm just curious.   Vanessa Osage  36:20 Yeah, yeah. And again, I think close, you know, like, if you look at that process, say like phase one of the process is, bring, like, in the amends project has got the three steps like bring the truth to light, hold leaders accountable, enact lasting positive change, I was really engaged with this, you know, 2016, to 19. And so, if the first step is bring the truth to light, and reveal what's really happening, can't stop the sunrise has a number of stories. Of course, my former high school, Lawrence Academy in Groton, Massachusetts, is the one that I've gotten most insight with, and most engagement, you know, trying and doing, like the first phase one, bring the truth to light kind of reveal what everybody's work to keep hidden. There was a lot of revelation of things happening there. And a mom. So when the, you know, it reengaged in the school offered kind of this this thing, too, because it's such a long story, I chose instead of suing my former high school for $2 million, they wanted me to agree, they basically said, we didn't do anything wrong, and you can't talk about it. But we can settle this in court. And that wasn't acceptable to me, because that only reinforces the problem. So because I wasn't willing to take that route with them. I then went to the press. And what was really sweet was one, here's the maybe the the kind of story you're you're requesting is it was a long and difficult road because they really didn't want they wanted to invalidate everything I was saying because it pointed to a really pleasant truth about how things happen there. So I got an anonymous letter in the mail, and it's 2019 from a mother and her children, I think either were almost graduating or had graduated high school. And she basically wanted to thank me like they had been trying to get the Lowell sun, that paper near the Boston Globe. They were trying to get the little sun to expose this pay attention to it. But they weren't going to put their names on it. So the sun didn't print anything. And so she Yeah, she wrote to me say how grateful she was that I was one that I wasn't willing to be bought by the system that silences people, and that I was willing to speak out and try to make things better for young people. So there were there were a number of those people. When I went had that article in the little sun in 2018. I was amazed at the way people found me. Like even with the last I'm not putting this petition I had created. People just found me through my first nonprofit, and we're so eager to have that relief of like, oh, you're saying that truth that they tried to bully us into keeping quiet. So you know, whether they chose to send their kids to school or not, or that that still kind of played out with this, but it's really, it's really energizing for people when someone names the formerly unspeakable and I got to witness a lot of that really, back then.   Michael Hingson  39:31 And that's what I was asking about. You you've had and seen those experiences and that's my point is that people value what you did. Well, your first nonprofit, is that still going on?   Vanessa Osage  39:47 No, I essentially it kind of had a natural it was tapering off. And so 2019 was the switching year, like read it emerging my first one you know I let that go slowly. And then 2019, I filed articles of incorporation for the immense project to be a Washington State, nonprofit. So I basically said wanted to be other.   Michael Hingson  40:13 So you did that in 2019. And, and you're, you're keeping busy with that,   Vanessa Osage  40:20 you know, it's kind of an evolving process. So 2019 I was doing that I presented in 2022, the title nine folks. And then, you know, pandemic, march 2020. And there was always that question of, you know, there's that for me, that was the balance because I wasn't fully funded. It's like, how do I support myself and contribute to this work? That's, you know, what parents called? Oh, hey, Michael, I gotta tell you and your listeners. It actually just started snowing here in Bellingham right now.   Michael Hingson  40:50 There we go. We have snow in Victorville, but they're saying we're gonna get some, we probably won't get snow in Victorville, but we will get rain later in the week. So thanks for sending it down this way when you're done with it.   Vanessa Osage  41:04 Yeah, it'll warm up in California. I just view out my office window. I was like, wait, no. Um, yeah, so the pandemic early 2020. I was just kind of like, go no, and go on how do I get this initiative going, and allies and, and then everything got quiet. And it was such a blessing. Because I've always been a writer first and foremost, you know, like, I was 10 years old. And it was like, this way of life. For me, it was a lot of it was a lot of things, what kept my inner world healthy and alive as a young person, to the pandemic shut everything down. And what, march 23, I think Washington did stay home stay safe. And then I, it was so clear to me what to do, like I had a position disappear. And so by April 1, I was writing full time. And I wrote my memoir can't stop the sunrise in about six months. And it was really a chance to like pause and say, like, Okay, what is the long history of this issue? I want to get a record of everything I've been doing, because I was so engaged, you know, just interacting with the school and lawyers and not lawyers. And so I had the book, ready in time for my presentation to the title nine minutes, administrators. In October, it was a whirlwind. But it taught me that I can really hunker down and write a book. And it's been a really powerful tool to keep that message spreading. And yeah,   Michael Hingson  42:30 did you did you publish the book yourself? Or did you find a publisher?   Vanessa Osage  42:34 So especially for two reasons, I so here's the truth, stone and feather press is my publishing company. I have all these businesses, so I just, you know, added a training stone and feather press and it's got, you know, a mission about advancing human and civil rights through powerful storytelling. So I could publish books through there if I choose to now. But uh, you know, I, I had had so much experience people trying to keep me quiet and not say things and I didn't want I was I was ready to take all of the risk. And I mean, ultimately, some reward. Yeah, I talked to my attorney friend, a guy who went to high school with me. And I was like, hey, people are telling me to be careful that I don't get sued, you know? And he was like, Well, here's the thing. You know, the ultimate defense of libel is the truth, you know. And so he read the book, he was one of my six readers to review it. And he was like, you know, if they try to sue you. So he's basically said, because they have done all these really terrible things to try to get me to go away, which is sort of a decade's old dynamic with my former high school, unfortunately. He's like, if they sue you for anything you put in your book, you just countersue them for all the things that they've done in the last two years. You know, and I don't, I don't like seeing the world through that lens. But I was willing to, you know, it was it was very much worth doing. And it was satisfying because I got in the reader gave it a five star review for politics and current events. And then recording the audio book was really satisfying. Yeah, so my first book was essentially through my publishing company.   Michael Hingson  44:15 So I'm, I'm presuming maybe I shouldn't but they didn't sue you.   Vanessa Osage  44:22 Not yet. No, I'm just kidding. No, they have not.   Michael Hingson  44:25 And what's happened as a result of publishing the book and concerning them? Well, you're aware.   Vanessa Osage  44:34 Yeah, I think I still feel a heavy heartedness if like, I wish I had anything close to positive to say about how they handled me. Sure. So I sent a copy of the book to the current headmaster, you know, and I do reveal in the book something that he worked really hard that he would also like to keep quiet. You know, I think that's why I so value characters like I've watched too many adults. Opt for I don't know Comfort over character. I sent a copy of anyway, I sent a copy to him. And so I just wanted you to see this, you know, and here's to a brighter future and no comment. The sad thing I can share, you know, as reminded of this when I went to that school in the San Francisco area recently, because I tried my former school that tried to arrest me on campus when I went to open house, just really absurd. And you know, the stories then can't stop the sunrise. My 25th reunion came up during pandemic, and all of these former students had been reengaged, right, because I was working with the press, and they wanted to see some accountability and positive response. So the tragic thing to me is that all these former classmates of mine tried to get me invited, everybody gets an invitations to a reunion. But even despite the efforts of at least two of my former classmates, I never got an invitation to my high school reunion. Just all these ways, and I the thing is, I actually know it's not specifically personal, you know, it's what I recommend, like I represent the person who's not willing to be quiet about what they do that harms young people, because I don't I'm not looking for what they're offering, you know, like, anyway, yeah, I don't have anything positive to report there. But the future is open. You know, like, I don't know what that looks like. I always hold an open heart, for there might come a day when there's acknowledgement, I let go of any money. You know, I just I like, there are ways to make things right, that don't involve me sacrificing my dignity. And if if one of those pops up down the line, like, may we walk it, you know, but I've just had to say like, there are ways for me to focus on positive change that don't hinge on them doing the right thing. So   Michael Hingson  46:56 ultimately, you don't have control over what they do. That's their choice or their choices. How do you keep from becoming bitter, though, when you don't see acknowledgement about? What, what they they haven't done to address anything?   Vanessa Osage  47:15 Yeah, that's a great question. Um, so a couple of things, you know, I was, in preparing for this, I was reminded of this kind of life philosophy that I laid out five years ago, which is before all of these things. reengaged in 2016, that wasn't five years ago, I don't think. But some years ago, I laid out a personal philosophy, and three points. The first one is to embody health, you know, everything starts with that. And I'm sure when I put your question through that filter, like, hearing about how it's impacting me, and who I become, is really one of those screens. Anyway, the first piece is embody health, the second one is love better. And, you know, it's kind of uncomfortable looking at them through that lens. But I think a way is sort of like, okay, this is the severe limitation that they're still operating under. And I think loving well, is to say, like, you are firmly planted in that limitation. And I see that that's where you are, and letting go kind of what you were just saying. The third piece, I think more directly applies to this. And to any social justice work that I engage in, is to create meaningful beauty. Like, these are the three things I strive for in my life, and body health, love better, there's always a way to love better, and create meaningful beauty. So I can create something meaningful in social justice work, which is how I look at this kind of institutional reform. If I'd let go of the beauty part, I run the risk, like you're saying, of, you know, meeting, what the staying with the same, right they handle me with disdain, because I an out of the pale of, of their world and how things work. And if I respond with disdain, then I'm not creating meaningful beauty. I'm creating potentially meaningful disdain, you know, and it is a challenge, right? Because   Michael Hingson  49:15 and it's a health issue too. Because if you're meeting with disdain and anger, that hurts you.   Vanessa Osage  49:23 Yeah, it's a journey, you know. And I think as a woman, in my experience, anger can be very chastise and women. And there's a function for that, like, I have a lot of reverence for, for anger, and it has a powerful place in my life. And I see it as like, it's the energy to do what you need to do to honor to protect what's important to you, you know, so I always leave a place for anger. But when it goes to bitterness, or a certain darkness, yeah, definitely have to watch for that. And then it kind of comes back Yeah, like you're saying comes back to embody how? So yeah, how do I not stay fitter? And I think panning back, you know, and spending more time with the school on the west coast and collaborating with people who do have willingness to look with honesty and, and humanity at the situation like that's been really healing for me as well. It's like, there are different ways for institutions to respond. I'd rather put my energy into working with this other school that I had no connection with prior. And she found me because of the headmaster found me because of an article I had written. But yeah, it's it's a discipline that you have to watch. And those three criteria at help, you know, keep me on track.   Michael Hingson  50:45 Do you find that schools are more open? And less like the schools that you went to in the east? Do you find them more open in the west at all? Or do you think it's pervasive all over?   Vanessa Osage  51:00 I'm smoking because, you know, just so much of my life, like more of my life is on the west coast now on the East Coast. And I do, I've done so much contemplation on, you know, the East Coast versus West Coast. And open mindedness would be something I definitely place on the west, on the west coast side of strength. The sad truth is that the issue is nationwide, you know, and I think international as well, I had an interview with a gentleman in the UK years ago. And so the issue, the West Coast isn't immune to the issue, as the tragedy of it, right. The response? You know, yeah, I mean, my data set is small, you know, like, I have a number of East Coast schools. And then, you know, my book is one of the three books about the whole boarding school, they all came out around the same time to Lacey Crawford wrote a book about a school in New Hampshire. So just, you know, 2030 minutes in my school. Anyway, I believe the West Coast has a lot more open mindedness. And I could say, you know, I have all thought all sorts of thoughts about why we just the spread of puritanical ethos on the in New England, and even how sexuality is regarded in the Northeast versus how it's regarded on the west coast. So yeah, yeah. I've just had the one school that reached out to me for help in San Francisco, but so it's not a whole lot to go on. But yeah, given my East Coast, West Coast life experience. Sure.   Michael Hingson  52:40 It seems to me that perhaps one of the reasons for your perception is that things are so much newer out here, and maybe haven't, or didn't get the opportunity, if you could put it that way to settle into such rigid kinds of things that we find on the East Coast. And I've seen some of that too, in different ways. There are some things that I see that are the same in terms of some attitudes, the attitudes about blindness that people have run the course from positive to not, and it goes all over the country all over the world. But I think a lot of things are a little bit more open out here, because they're newer, that is the whole institution system is newer. Maybe that helps. I don't know.   Vanessa Osage  53:37 Yeah, I think there's definitely something to that, you know, and the part of me, that's part indigenous has to say like, well, the, you know, the United States of America experiment is newer. And, but yeah, I think also, like somebody was saying, This, to me is like, the, the seller, you know, the European colonial settlers on the West Coast are also the ones that were, you know, they were pioneers that thought out this mythological wilderness. And so, you know, it's not that many generations ago. Yeah. So, it is totally intriguing to me, and I'm appreciating that right? You have the California and the Boston perception as well. And, yeah, I lived in California for seven years, up and down. And so yeah, those are some pretty stark cultural contrasts there, you know, even though it's still the United States, there's a lot to be said.   Michael Hingson  54:30 And unfortunately, we do have some cultural perceptual racial kinds of issues that that do go across the board, which is unfortunate. And we need to, to deal with that. Maybe one of the advantages of technology, social media, or, or at least the electronic media is that over time, more of the challenges will come to light. So that people People will learn to deal with them.   Vanessa Osage  55:02 Absolutely. Yeah, you know, I was a late adopter, your all things technological I and I didn't foresee how grateful I would be to the internet for, you know, bringing things out of the shadows that really need to be aired. So yeah, I absolutely agree. Does that?   Michael Hingson  55:21 Well, I've always regarded the internet as a treasure trove. And I understand there are lots of issues with different parts of the internet. And there are a lot of things that are not so good. But overall, such a tremendous way to get access to so much valuable information and what a great learning experience it is. Which is kind of hard to beat. Yeah. So tell me about your second book.   Vanessa Osage  55:54 So that was really sweet. I got an email one day out of the blue, I was getting all this great press, we can't stop the sunrise and I got an email from Callisto media, saying, you know, we're really impressed with your work with sexual health and young people. And would you write a book for us, you know, and at first, I was like, Is this for you? And yes, it is, you know, they have their Rock Ridge press, which released some great books about sexuality. And so it was I it's just a rhythm. So pretty quickly, I, you know, did that contract with them. And sex education for girls, a parent's guide, is a lot shorter than my memoir. But you know, a very practical book that I looked over their outline, and just realized, you know, how culturally inclusive and you know, open minded, we're saying, the content they needed me to create was, so I was happy to work with them on that. And a similar timeline, like, we got that book out, and about six months, maybe seven months with a chapter added. So that came out in early 2022. And that's been really sweet, too. For me, it was kind of a retrospective of a decade of sexual health work, you know? Yeah, just to kind of put everything I gathered from working with young people and families into it an accessible little guide, kind of as I move away from sexual health work was, was really sweet. So yeah,   Michael Hingson  57:21 that's yes. Is that going to be an audiobook to?   Vanessa Osage  57:25 They have not asked. And I can almost see why they really try to make the format accessible for parents, you know, lots of little paragraphs. And so yeah, it hasn't come up. I believe it's an ebook. So yep. But   Michael Hingson  57:40 well, ebooks may or may not be accessible, which is kind of the reason I asked. And so just to formally put it in so, so worth exploring, well, what did you write when you were 10 years old, by the way?   Vanessa Osage  57:54 I remember this so well, um, I talked about it in an article. But it was just so sweet. So out, we're sort of in the 80s. And I write, like I said, I loved horses. So I found this horse barn, I could ride my bike to and make money, you know, cleaning out the stalls, and I came home from the horse barn, and I had a little blue typewriter. So I set it up in front of my window, and just really wrote about my day, and I got to this really calm and meditative place. And, you know, it wasn't like I wrote anything profound, right? But it was, there was something profound in the experience that I could go quiet and let something come through me, and just capture my experience in a way that I could then look at it and make sense of the world. And, yeah, it was like, this huge door opening for me. And so it was really thrilling to discover that outlet at that age.   Michael Hingson  58:51 So what are you doing? Now? You're obviously you have amens and so on, but what are what are the things are you doing? I know, you've talked about coaching and so on. So tell us a little bit about that.   Vanessa Osage  59:02 Yeah, the coaching turn page on my big notebook here. The, the coaching has been a really sweet part of my professional work because it just kind of grew naturally, like putting on events and programs and being the spokesperson and people would come to me, you know, for support. So at love and truth rising, I have a number of coaching packages. I put together one and transforming conflict, just like I see how important it is for people on the one on one scale to have skills to you know, meet each other in a restorative way. So working with people and in their intimate relationships and how they do conflict and personal empowerment. So it's been a nice stream throughout my work just getting to work with people one on one and I do have space now for one, maybe two new coaching clients. So that's how you know that's has stayed with me for about a decade and I got certified as a Professional coat in 2018 because I was working with so many adults one on one. So that's there. And, yeah, I'm letting the immense project, like I said, kind of rests after this wave and seeing who comes toward me now to adopt that initiative goes, Yeah, and you know what you're talking about, like, staying unstoppable. I think a big part of it for me is like, in, I have this appreciation for like in the cycle of creating something meaningful, like, uncertainty and doubt. I just accept that that's part of it. And they don't let that stop me. But yeah, just also trusting that like, there are moments when it's, it's healthier to step back and see what, what was vibrant. So did you want me to talk about my, my next book? Well, I   Michael Hingson  1:00:57 was just going to ask you about that. Yeah. So you're gonna do more writing?   Vanessa Osage  1:01:01 Yeah, I'm, I'm kind of on a rhythm now that it's not quite once a year, right. It was 2020 I released can stop the sunrise, and then by 2022, sex education for girls a parent's guide. And yeah, it's really sweet for me. So a couple of people in my life. Were basically like, you know, they love the travel riding and can't stop sunrise and some person I had an interview with was like, you know, I think there's another book in there. And so yeah, I was on a run one morning with the dog. And all of a sudden, this whole concept started coming to me. And so I ran home work quickly, and got out my notebook. And I've just, I've done so much moving in my life, both like the traveling and then I just moved residences a lot, a lot. That's part of how I keep my priorities where I want them. Yeah, so this, I decided October 1, I think it was to just meet that book and give it when I can to bring it into being. So. Yeah, so part of what are you know, I'll say for your listeners, I want to tell you, but I think you found me on LinkedIn. Right? Correct. Right. Yeah. Which is still my favorite social media, just a little plug for LinkedIn. And so yeah, I I realized, like, I've done essentially the self publishing route, you know, and then I did contract book writing for a publishing company. And I'm ready to go the traditional publishing route and work with an agent and a publisher. So I learned about making a book proposal and he didn't need and so yeah, I was I october first settled in to, to that. And then just last week, I think it was just last week. I sent off a 58 page book proposal to my top 10. Agents. Yeah, I'm excited to see, you know, who, who will take the bait and I don't know how quickly this conversation goes live. But yeah, I'm looking for the right person to bring that message.   Michael Hingson  1:03:04 Well, and then the spirit of John Steinbeck maybe you should call the book travels with Vanessa. I mean, travels with Charlie worked really well. Nothing wrong with if it worked once, they'll love it the second time. I don't know that I've ever read travels with Charlie. It's about John Steinbeck traveling across the country with his dog.   Vanessa Osage  1:03:23 Oh, my goodness. I never even heard of that one. Well, there you go.   Michael Hingson  1:03:26 So okay, we do to read.   Vanessa Osage  1:03:30 Yeah. Oh, did you? Okay, no, go ahead. I was just to say if it's not just a book about my travel, writing, but it's really that I've got this unique way of seeing the world through the different kinds of motion. So I understand. Yeah, so it's like, it's narrative nonfiction, and self help, and nature writing. So I use like metaphor in nature, about the different ways we move. And then I'm gonna gather diverse voices. So basically, stories from people around the country about times that they've moved in similar ways. And, yeah, it's really this framework for seeing how we move and how we can, you know, individually and collectively evolve through that framework.   Michael Hingson  1:04:13 Well, cool. Well, if people want to reach out to you and learn more about what you're doing, and maybe we'll even help find an agent or something. Who knows. So how can they how can they reach out to you? Can you give us info about that?   Vanessa Osage  1:04:28 Yeah, thanks for asking. Again, LinkedIn is my favorite. A little note about why folks want to connect is always useful. I do have Instagram. So people want kind of like a more casual, private message there. And then I definitely welcome email. So hello, Vanessa Osage.com. That's my author website. People can.   Michael Hingson  1:04:50 Vanessa Osage has spelled is   Vanessa Osage  1:04:52 So Vanessa is V A N E S S A and then Osage is O s a g e

Dana and Tom discuss one of their mutual favorite comedies, Blazing Saddles (1974): directed by Mel Brooks, story by Andrew Bergman, starring Clevon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, and Alex Karras. Plot Summary: When the new railroad route must change and go through the town of Rock Ridge, the conniving Attorney General Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman) looks for a way to drive out the town residences so he can snatch the land. Moreover, Lamarr talks the Governor into appointing the first black sheriff, Bart (Clevon Little), hoping to cause further chaos and disorder. When Bart arrives in town, he is anything but popular. However, he soon teams up with the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder), a washed-up gunslinger, who becomes his deputy. Will the people of Rock Ridge be able to stand against the scheme of Lamarr or will he get the last laugh? You can now follow us on Instagram, Twitter, or TikTok (@gmoatpodcast) or find our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100081916827044 (Greatest Movie of All-Time Podcast). For more on the episode, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/blazing-saddles-1974 (https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/blazing-saddles-1974) For the entire list so far, go to: https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list (https://www.ronnyduncanstudios.com/post/greatest-movie-of-all-time-list)

Bart jobbar som slavdriven järnvägsarbetare men blir, via lömska profithungriga strategier, utsedd till sheriff i staden "Rock Ridge" med tanken att, som svart man, skrämma iväg stadsborna och låta Hedley Lamarr riva ner staden och bygga järnväg istället. Frågor på det? Håller den? Manus: Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman Regi: Mel Brooks I rollerna: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman m.fl. I studion: Martin Soneby, Erik Broström, Fanny Agazzi, Ola Aurell

It's a new year, and there's a new sheriff in town! Join us for a hoot and a holler in Part 1 of 3 of our review of 1974's "Blazing Saddles"!We'll start as we normally do, discussing how we were introduced to the film, wrastle up about two pages of Sean Facts, and dive straight into the plot -- just about to the introduction of Bart to the town of Rock Ridge.Saddle up!Jen's recommendations this week:The After Movie DinerInvasion of the RemakeHave some feedback for us?  Email us at shockedandapplaud@gmail.com or visit these fine Web establishments: Become an Applauder with Patreon Facebook and Twitter updates Our HomepageWe're part of the Frolic Podcast Network! You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts.Support the show

Can Bart save Rock Ridge? Can Jim regain his title as the Waco Kid? Does Mongo really get a Candy-gram?All these questions (and more) are answered in our latest episode reviewing "Blazing Saddles"!Follow the boys on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/letstalkaboutflixTwitter: https://twitter.com/talkaboutflixInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/letstalkaboutflix/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCubeWTDulScwrk1mjV1WOQWebsite: https://letstalkaboutflix.buzzsprout.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkaboutflix)

It's a new year, and there's a new sheriff in town! Join us for a hoot and a holler in Part 1 of 3 of our review of 1974's "Blazing Saddles"!We'll start as we normally do, discussing how we were introduced to the film, wrastle up about two pages of Sean Facts, and dive straight into the plot -- just about to the introduction of Bart to the town of Rock Ridge.Saddle up!Jen's recommendations this week:The After Movie DinerInvasion of the RemakeHave some feedback for us?  Email us at shockedandapplaud@gmail.com or visit these fine Web establishments: Become an Applauder with Patreon Facebook and Twitter updates Our HomepageWe're part of the Frolic Podcast Network! You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts.Support the show (https://patreon.com/shockedandapplaud)

Pop/rock singer/guitarist Ken Block began performing professionally at the age of 12. In 1993, he helped form the acoustic jangle pop band Sister Hazel in Gainesville, FL. The group's self-titled debut album, featuring numerous songs co-written by Block, was released independently in 1994, and then Sister Hazel signed to Universal Records, which released ...Somewhere More Familiar in 1997. The album went platinum, buoyed by the Top 20 success of the single "All for You," co-written by Block. Sister Hazel followed up with 2000's Fortress, which was not as much of a commercial success, and returned to independent status with Chasing Daylight (2003), released by Sixthman, the band's own label. That album and its successor, Lift (2004), reached the charts. With 2006's holiday collection Santa's Playlist, Sister Hazel moved to the Rock Ridge Music label. While remaining a member of the group, Block released his debut solo album, Drift, on Rock Ridge on December 9, 2008. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dadcastco/support

Jason Hoisager former President of Rock Ridge Royalty and President of newly formed Mustang Ridge Minerals joins the podcast. On the heels of the recent combination between Rock Ridge Royalty and Desert Peak Minerals in the Delaware Basin, Jason walks through the Rock Ridge Royalty story and what his team has planned in the future for his next venture, Mustang Ridge Minerals.

Jeremy and Jared sat down with Lucas Mashtare, VP of Marketing & Communication at Rock Ridge, to discuss all the Rock Ridge brands. Those brands include: Buck Fever, The Grind, Rogue Ridge and Dead Ringer.

The PatMan returns in Rock Ridge. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intelligenthumanvoice/message

In learning about how The Addams Family found popularity after its initial professional mountings, I wanted to dig one level deeper. Thanks to Jim Hoare at Theatrical Rights Worldwide, I had learned why the show was a popular choice for amateur and student groups. Beyond all of the reasons a school would choose The Addams Family, I wanted to know about their experience producing the show: How did their mountings vary from the professional production I had heard about, both those in the U.S. and around the world? And were these students able to experience a kind of joy working on the show that I didn’t experience in the Broadway company? Luckily, Jim himself was able and willing to connect me with one of the first high schools to produce an amateur production of The Addams Family: Rock Ridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia. A thriving theatre program with not one, but two full time theatre teachers, Rock Ridge produced the show as its fall musical in the 2017-2018 school year. And lucky for me, I was able to speak to both of those theatre teachers about how their students experienced the show... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cathy talks to three women who own boutique retail businesses in the Rock Ridge neighborhood of Oakland, CA:Joyce Gardner, Owner of Fit Clothing BoutiqueJohnelle Mancha, Owner of Mignonne DecorAndrea Serrahn, Owner of Serrahna BoutiqueThey share their experiences operating local retail businesses in the midst of a pandemic, and how they’re tapping into their creativity to find new ways to serve their customers and generate revenue. Whether you’re a business owner yourself or looking for ways to support your local businesses, you’ll find their tenacity and commitment to their community and customers inspiring. For show notes and important links, visit: https://curtisfinancialplanning.com/2020/08/26/episode-7-the-challenge-of-running-a-small-retail-business-during-covid/

TL; DR, Episode 2 “Why are we gonna eliminate books as access to dirty or explicit material, when we have access to the internet?”- Conner McGovern, 12th For our episode today, senior Conner McGovern and sophomore Sam Mers, both members of our staff, chime in their thoughts on the diverse classroom libraries, and their introduction to Rock Ridge. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-blaze/message

Dominion takes down Rock Ridge 20-7 for their first win of the year on Homecoming.

The episode opens with Hedley Lamarr remarking about the stuntwork of Douglas Fairbanks, who had such small feet. He falls over and into what appears to be fresh concrete. The Waco Kid notes Bart shot the bad guy. They look down and see Hedley has written his name in the fresh concrete and added a dollar sign. They both decide to go into the theater to check out the rest of the movie. We immediately shift back to the town of Rock Ridge, circa 1874. Howard Johnson implores Sheriff Bart to stay. Bart says his work there is done and he's needed elsewhere. The whole town then call him on his BS. Our guest today is author J.W. Webb. J.W. Webb is an English writer living in Georgia. Mostly be writes fantasy, though sometimes diverts into even stranger directions. His epic saga titled, The Legends of Ansu, blends the mystic grandeur of J.R.R. Tolkein with the gritty realism of G.R.R. Martin. Webb's characters are three dimensional and flawed; their world a tapestry of vivid color and constant motion. All the books feature beautiful bespoke sketches by the late Tolkien illustrator, Roger Garland. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private Listener's Group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride! 

The episode opens with Buddy Bizarre pulling his foot out of the water and swearing under her breath. He then instructs the dancers to get into places and roll cameras. As the music kicks in and they film another take, the side wall crashes down. The riot from the streets of Rock Ridge spills into the closed set. The fighting continues for a moment before Buddy yells, "CUT!" Everyone stops for a moment. As he begins to chastise them, Taggart walks up to him. He tells him, "I'm working for Mel Brooks." Just as he is about to throw the punch, Buddy begs, "Not in the face!" So, Taggart winds up and hits Buddy in the gut. Buddy thanks him for that and falls to the ground. Our guest today is Autumn Fischer. Autumn, being the true dynamo that she is, can be found every Monday through Friday 9PM-12PM on the Von Haessler Doctrine on WSB radio, on a pop culture podcast called Radio Labyrinth with Tim Andrews, and her newest podcast with Greg Russ called One Topic. She also loves to bake, crochet, and is currently raising two human children. Autumn is so happy to have been asked to speak on this particular part of the film. She hopes you enjoy her minutes! We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private Listener's Group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode continues with the crane shot moving from the back lot of Warner Brothers and zooms toward a pair of sound stages. The music shifts from the Ballad of Rock Ridge to a 1940's era song and dance number. Inside the sound stage, dozens of male dancers are dressed in top hats and tails. They are spread across a multi-tiered set complete with fountains and a water moat. The playback starts and they begin to dance the French Mistake. On the closing line, singing, "You're doing the French Mistake," one of the dancers has his cane slip and he stumbles, ruining the take. Buddy Bizzare screams into his ear, "WRONG!!" He then attempts to show them how to do it. His final pirouette, however, has him plunging his leg into the pond. Our guest today is Autumn Fischer. Autumn, being the true dynamo that she is, can be found every Monday through Friday 9PM-12PM on the Von Haessler Doctrine on WSB radio, on a pop culture podcast called Radio Labyrinth with Tim Andrews, and her newest podcast with Greg Russ called One Topic. She also loves to bake, crochet, and is currently raising two human children. Autumn is so happy to have been asked to speak on this particular part of the film. She hopes you enjoy her minutes! Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The minute opens with the bad guys trying to get out of the fake Rock Ridge just as the good guys arrive. Let the battle begin! The brawl spills throughout the streets with several vignettes laced throughout. Reverend Johnson knees a villain in the crotch then lifts his arms to the Heavens and cries, "Forgive me, Lord!" We see Gabby Johnson finish a swig, grab a ruffian and exhale in his face, making his pass out. Harriet Johnson demonstrates a great right-cross. Jim accidentally hits Bart and immediately apologizes. Then, just as the crane shot starts to rise and pull away, we see Mongo punch and then stalk Gabby Johnson! Our guest today is Niall McGowan. Niall is a man who respects a mighty fine hat and could at one point bake a mean loaf of bread. He's one of the hosts of Bat Minute, wherein he somehow has tricked people into listening to him and his co-host enthusiastically talk guano about the Burton/Schumacher Batman films minute by minute (which kind of sounds like another show we know…). Being born and raised in Ireland, Niall has never seen anything approaching the American West in real life, but understands its in a westerly direction. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private Listener's Group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode opens with Taggart yelling for everyone to hurry up or they'll never get to Rock Ridge. As we shift to Bart and Jim overlooking the fake town, we spend time discussing a large outtake. The Governor is on a press tour and makes a stop in the fake town of Rock Ridge. Afterwards, Taggart and his men are next on scene. Jim comments they are buying it. As the bad guys are shooting up the town, Bart pulls up the handle on a plunger to ignite the dynamite down below. Unfortunately, the plunger doesn't work. Van Johnson realizes the bad guys are going to figure out it's a fake town any minute. Bart looks to Jim and asks, "Think you can squeeze off a little shot from here..." But, we don't get the rest of the line as that is where the episode ends. Our guest today is Eric Nash. Eric is a co-host on the Watchmen Minute and has been a guest on other movies by minutes podcasts, including DCEU Minute – Dawn of Justice minutes, Point Break Minute, Tarantino Minute and the Galaxy Quest Minute. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private Listener's Group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The minute opens with Bart whispering into Jim's ear. The Waco Kid laughs and we dissolve to he, Bart and Mongo admiring some kind of wooden structure in the middle of the prairie. As the scene dissolves, we see Lamarr's army charging toward the camera. As they close in, a gate closes and they all come to a halt. The reverse shoot shows it is a toll booth. Taggart reads aloud, "Lepetomane thruway!?" He realizes they will need to pay the new toll. He yells, "Somebody's gotta go back and get a sh*t load of dimes!" As the minute comes to an end, we see Bart, Jim and the citizens of Rock Ridge gathered on the top of a rocky hill. It looks like someone is handing Bart a plunger used to ignite an explosive charge. Our guest today is Stephanie Harris. She has been in the Radio/Voice field for over five years. Stephanie is an Atlanta native and enjoys spending time with her family and her dogs, working out, enjoying a good book or concert and relaxing with a great movie. She's guilty of the occasional binge-watch session and loves college basketball playoffs. Oh, and she's a bit of a News junkie! We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode opens with Hedley Lamarr correcting the pronunciation of his name. He continues through the pledge he is making his gang take. He then ends with a twist on an old Cole Porter lyric. He says, "Now go do, that voodoo, that you do, so well!" They all go riding off, shooting their guns in the air. We immediately transition back to the fake Rock Ridge. Bart holds up his hands and tells everyone they have a problem. Olson Johnson catches on and realizes there are no people. Bart reassures the citizens they can get it done in time. He instructs them to get to work while he asks Jim and Mongo to help him with an idea to delay the attackers to a crawl. Our guest today is Stephanie Harris. She has been in the Radio/Voice field for over five years. Stephanie is an Atlanta native and enjoys spending time with her family and her dogs, working out, enjoying a good book or concert and relaxing with a great movie. She's guilty of the occasional binge-watch session and loves college basketball playoffs. Oh, and she's a bit of a News junkie! Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode opens with the camera pulling back to show an exact replica of the town of Rock Ridge. The townsfolk and the railroad workers all begin to celebrate at their accomplishment. We then cut to Hedley Lamarr's camp where he is about to give a speech. We point out a big continuity error with the German soldiers. Hedley opens his speech about stamping runaway decency. He then reminds everyone that they are only risking their lives. He is risking an almost certain nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He then gets them to take the beginning of the pledge to himself. Our guests today are Doug Greenberg and Jason Hanes, hosts of Rocky Minute, which is a proud member of the Dueling Genre Production Network. Doug has also been a guest on Jay and Silent Bob Minute, Dark Knight Minute, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Days and Austin Powers Minute. Doug is a lifelong resident of New Jersey and is married with two wonderful sons. He is an avid New York Yankees and New York Giants fan and former baseball player himself. Other than podcasting, his hobbies include jiu jitsu and weight lifting. Jason also lives in New Jersey, is married and has a son who likes to burst into podcast recording sessions and run rampant throughout the house. When he gets the chance, he likes to run along the beach in super-short shorts, hoping for a hug-fest in the waves with his best friend. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We open still in the midst of the discussion over giving the railroad workers some land of their own. Olson Johnson decides they will give land to everybody. Suddenly, the divide between the two groups is filled as they join together with cheers and laughter. Reverend Johnson asks if they can complete their task in one night? Or are they just jerking off? The scene dissolves to the next day and we are outside of a miniature of the town of Rock Ridge. We then cut to a shot of them on Main Street. The shot is a fantastic, close-up dolly shot across the main players all admiring the work they have accomplished. Our guests today are Doug Greenberg and Jason Hanes, hosts of Rocky Minute, which is a proud member of the Dueling Genre Production Network. Doug has also been a guest on Jay and Silent Bob Minute, Dark Knight Minute, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Days and Austin Powers Minute. Doug is a lifelong resident of New Jersey and is married with two wonderful sons. He is an avid New York Yankees and New York Giants fan and former baseball player himself. Other than podcasting, his hobbies include jiu jitsu and weight lifting. Jason also lives in New Jersey, is married and has a son who likes to burst into podcast recording sessions and run rampant throughout the house. When he gets the chance, he likes to run along the beach in super-short shorts, hoping for a hug-fest in the waves with his best friend. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We open the episode with Bart telling Charlie to say goodbye. As soon as Bart and Jim leave, Charlie begins to wake up the other railroad workers and tells them to start gathering supplies. The scene dissolves to an open area of prairie in the middle of the night. Bart addresses the folks of Rock Ridge. He says he knows they must want to know what they are doing out there in the middle of the night? In unison they all say, "You bet your a_s!" He's hip with them and then conveys his plan. They are going to build an exact replica of Rock Ridge overnight. Our guests today are Doug Greenberg and Jason Hanes, hosts of Rocky Minute, which is a proud member of the Dueling Genre Production Network. Doug has also been a guest on Jay and Silent Bob Minute, Dark Knight Minute, National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Days and Austin Powers Minute. Doug is a lifelong resident of New Jersey and is married with two wonderful sons. He is an avid New York Yankees and New York Giants fan and former baseball player himself. Other than podcasting, his hobbies include jiu jitsu and weight lifting. Jason also lives in New Jersey, is married and has a son who likes to burst into podcast recording sessions and run rampant throughout the house. When he gets the chance, he likes to run along the beach in super-short shorts, hoping for a hug-fest in the waves with his best friend. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

With Bart having been discovered masquerading as a Klansman, he decides it's time to leave. He announces his next impression, Jesse Owens! Jim and Bart flee in rapid fashion. Hedley demands his men catch them while Taggart yells to head them off at the pass. We then spend some time discussing scenes that were shot and inserted in the television release. Additionally, there was discussion over content from the script that was never shot. The episode ends with Jim and Bart sneaking into the railroad camp to speak with Charlie. They tell him to gather the men and supplies and meet three miles due east of Rock Ridge at midnight. Our guests today are the brother and sister podcasting team of Tyler and Chandra Boudreau. They are behind the movies by minutes podcast The Fantastic Mr. Fox Minute. Both of them are pursuing their collegiate degrees and were great to have on the show. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

As the rest of the railroad workers surround Bart, Charlie does his best to keep their hands off of him. There is some discussion about keeping hands off of Bart's vines. Then Taggart, Lyle and company come riding up to the crowd. Taggart recognizes Bart and demands to know why he's wearing a tin star, calling him, "boy!" Bart immediately responds with, "Watch that boy, sh*t, redneck. You're talking to the sheriff of Rock Ridge." Taggart then laments about having slaughtered every last Indian in the West, but for what? In the midst of the minute, the hosts spend a good deal of time discussing how to know if a word or phrase if offensive or derogatory. After a lengthy discussion, they all agree you have to factor in the intent of the person before you can even know the context. Our guest today is Gordie “the Mailman” Adams lives in Saint Helena, CA and has been roaming the streets for 30 years, moving the mail. Growing up in the seventies with a steady diet of movies, music, monsters, TV, comic books, drawing cartoons, history, collecting baseball cards and following all sports Pittsburgh (though born in San Francisco), his brain is FULL of all things important and trivial. Having many hours on his route allowed him to fall in love with podcasts, enough to jump in the game many years ago. Nowadays, his own ‘cast THE GORDCAST, is on a bit of a hiatus, but he loves to guest on any podcast that'll have him. Somewhere down the future is a variation on the MxM thingy, called… ZAR-DOZEN MINUTE!    Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!  

The episode opens with Charlie thinking he's seeing a mirage. Two men on horseback are approaching; one is white and the other is black. Charlie throws water into his face to make sure he is not dreaming. It is Bart riding into camp and he is overwhelmed with joy. He immediately runs to meet him, shouting words of excitement and disbelief. He says to Bart, "They said you was hung." Bart replies, "And they was right!" As they exchange a few more words, Charlie asks about Bart's badge. Bart explains he is the new sheriff of Rock Ridge. Charlie's demeanor becomes serious as he reveals the railroad is heading that way. Bart and Jim exchange glances as the rest of the railroad crew realizes Bart is back and they all drop their tools to encircle him with their own shouts of joy. Our guest today is Gordie “the Mailman” Adams lives in Saint Helena, CA and has been roaming the streets for 30 years, moving the mail. Growing up in the seventies with a steady diet of movies, music, monsters, TV, comic books, drawing cartoons, history, collecting baseball cards and following all sports Pittsburgh (though born in San Francisco), his brain is FULL of all things important and trivial. Having many hours on his route allowed him to fall in love with podcasts, enough to jump in the game many years ago. Nowadays, his own ‘cast THE GORDCAST, is on a bit of a hiatus, but he loves to guest on any podcast that'll have him. Somewhere down the future is a variation on the MxM thingy, called… ZAR-DOZEN MINUTE! We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Our episode continues with Hedley Lamarr rolling his eyes in the back of his head. He says to Lily, "I love it when you talk dirty." Bart and Jim find their way to a table as we hear the piano playing a version of, "I'm tired" to the gathering crowd. In the dressing room, Hedley has his hands all over Lily's sides but it has no effect on her. She finally demands he get to the point. Hedley wants her to seduce and abandon the sheriff of Rock Ridge. He asks if she can do it? She responds with, "Is Bismarck a herring?" We then return to the stage of the saloon where the emcee comes out to introduce the Bavarian bombshell herself. Today's guest is Tina Rogers. Tina is the co-founder and sometime presenter and reviewer of film on www.60minuteswith.co.uk  Born and bred in Wales, UK, she left to live in LA for several years, working in the rock music industry. On her return to Wales (after wearing out Motley Crue), she taught small children about history and science. Tina is a vivacious, voluptuous, red head and dreams that one day Westworld will be real so she can dress up as Lily, be a gunslinger and shoot as many baddies as possible. Yeehaw! Blazing Saddles is her all-time most favorite funny film. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We continue with The Waco Kid trying to sooth the hurt feelings of Sheriff Bart. He reminds Bart the people of Rock Ridge are simple farmers; the common clay of the new west. Then he adds, "You know, morons!" This does the trick and snaps Bart out of his stupor. Unfortunately, the moment does not last as a rumble announces the approach of Mongo riding a bull. Everyone in town begins to scream and scatter at the approach of the man-beast. Today's guest is Ross Seymour. Ross joined us in the midst of season two and chose to become one of our top-tier patrons! Because of that, he was guaranteed at least one guest spot during the season. Ross currently works in Information Technology for Health Care and lives in Southern California. His passion is the Entertainment Industry and Ross has worked in Television and Movies as an Actor and Stuntman and has Produced and Directed as well. You can find out more about Ross at www.Rosssss.com  or  www.Rossdseymour.com. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Today's episode picks up from where we left off yesterday, with Taggart heading over to Mongo. He has to beat Mongo several times before Mongo recognizes him. During this we notice a disappearing and a reappearing biscuit in Mongo's hand. When Taggart asks Mongo, how'd you like to mutilate that new sheriff, Mongo laughs with simple delight. To celebrate, Taggart gives him a cigar. Mongo promptly lights it and his head on fire. The scene dissolves to the following day in the town of Rock Ridge. Today's guests are Tim Andrews and Jeff Leiboff. Tim has been involved in both broadcast radio and podcasting for years. He can be heard as one of the Doctrinaires on The Von Haessler Doctrine, weekdays from 9AM-12PM on News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB in Atlanta. He is also a co-host on the podcast, Radio Labyrinth, along with Jeff Leiboff and others. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We begin today with one of the most talked about and iconic scenes in cinematic comedy. Mel Brooks famously told novice actor Burton Gilliam on the day of the campfire scene that he was going to make him famous. The first known instance of men farting on screen broke as much new comedy as the men themselves were breaking wind. As the scene unfolds, Taggart asks for a volunteer to kill the new sheriff of Rock Ridge. Lyle says, "Why don't we give him to Mongo?" The men all cackle with laughter at the thought. Today's guests are Tim Andrews and Jeff Leiboff. Tim has been involved in both broadcast radio and podcasting for years. He can be heard as one of the Doctrinaires on The Von Haessler Doctrine, weekdays from 9AM-12PM on News 95.5 and AM 750 WSB in Atlanta. He is also a co-host on the podcast, Radio Labyrinth, along with Jeff Leiboff and others. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

As Jim takes a drink it is now his turn to get some background. He asks Sheriff Bart how a dazzingly urbanite like him, wound up in a rustic setting like Rock Ridge. As Bart begins to tell his story, the music swells and we get the Blazing Saddles theme done as full orchestra with a heavy western motif. A long line of wagons is heading west along the prairie. Bart explains that in '56, he and his family were part of that wagon train. He then corrects himself. He explains they were not so much a part of it. He says, "You might say we was bringing up the rear." Suddenly, the entire Sioux nation was riding down to attack them. Today's guests are Sean German and Dave Pallas. Sean is a host on the Spinal Tap Minute, Groundhog Minute and Five Minutes of Mime and has been a guest on the Indiana Jones Minute and several other movies by minutes podcasts. Dave is the host of 5 Minutes of Mystery covering the 1999 super-hero ensemble, Mystery Men, and is co-host of Groundhog Minute. He likes Jersey food and board games where you lie to your friends. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode opens with Harriet Johnson taking to the stage to read the letter she has written to the governor. As she begins, it is hard to hear her soft voice. When the citizens complain, she apologizes for her lack of public speaking experience. She then bellows to the point that everyone nearly jumps out of their seats. She expresses the town's displeasure at the governor's choice for their new sheriff. As she finishes, she is greeted with a round of applause and a herd of cattle running through the back of the church. As the minute comes to an end, Bart is hanging some wanted posters up on the wall of the jail when he hears a noise from cell number two. Today's guest is broadcaster Jackie Hatcher. Jackie is a podcaster who, along with her friend, Lori, produces a show called, Opinions in Black and White. As a black mom, she and her co-host, a white mom, discuss life and child rearing in today's world, often focusing on the silliness of judging people by their skin, upbringing or nationality. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode opens with the continuation of Sheriff Bart taking himself hostage. He continues to yell for help, but the citizens are powerless. Once inside, Bart gives himself a hug, congratulating himself. He decides he is so talented and they are so dumb. We dissolve to the citizens of Rock Ridge meeting at the church for a town meeting. After a short discussion about Nietzsche and chaos, Harriet Johnson is invited to discuss the feeling the town has about the new sheriff. Today's guest is broadcaster Kevin Karel. Kevin is the radio play-by-play voice for the Rome Braves, the single A minor league team for the Atlanta Braves.  He is also the voice of Berry College basketball. He is part of the Rome Radio Group, working at 99.5 The Jock on WGJK AM and FM where he is their sports director. Kevin considers himself a family man, coffee lover and baseball enthusiast. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode opens with Bart deciding he needs to also point a gun at himself. Taking on two personalities, Bart issues a threat to the people of Rock Ridge. He says the next man makes a move and the gets it. People begin to lower their weapons. Now playing the part of a stereotypical slave voice, he begs for everyone to listen to his captor. As Bart backs himself down the stairs and across the square the citizens can only stand back and watch, powerless to help. Today's guest is broadcaster Kevin Karel. Kevin is the radio play-by-play voice for the Rome Braves, the single A minor league team for the Atlanta Braves.  He is also the voice of Berry College basketball. He is part of the Rome Radio Group, working at 99.5 The Jock on WGJK AM and FM where he is their sports director. Kevin considers himself a family man, coffee lover and baseball enthusiast. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

While the band is playing, Gabby Johnson looks back through his telescope. This time, the image of Bart is clearer and he can see he is a black sheriff. Gabby tries to inform the citizens of Rock Ridge that the sheriff is a... Unfortunately, the church bell happens to GONG just as he says the word. The welcoming committee wonders what he is saying. One suggests that the sheriff is near. Gabby, infuriated over being misheard, utters some authentic frontier gibberish and tries to tell them a second time. Again, the bell gongs just in time to prevent us from hearing the racial slur. As Sheriff Bart rounds the corner, the band suddenly stops playing and the citizens are aghast. Howard Johnson isn't watching and begins to read his speech, looking up only in time to utter a racial epithet. Just as Bart comes to a stop, the welcome sheriff sign suddenly rolls itself up as the citizens continue to stare. Fr. David Mowry is a Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois and teaches as professor of homiletics and preaching at Mundelein Seminary. He is the chaplain of the Movies-by-Minutes community and has made guest appearances on Star Wars Minute, Indiana Jones Minute, DC Cinematic Minute, Bat Minute Returns, The Shining 2:37 Podcast, and Mean Girls Minute. For years he was fascinated by the VHS cover of Young Frankenstein before his parents ever let him see it. It was totally worth the wait. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Bart finishes his ride across the open prairie as Count Basie and his orchestra end their tune with a flourish. We cut to the center of downtown Rock Ridge where the townspeople are preparing for their new sheriff. Olson Johnson runs in with a telegram saying the sheriff will arrive by noon. Howard Johnson needs to practice his speech where he wants to deliver a laurel and hearty welcome. Samuel Johnson signals to Gabby who is on a rooftop to ask if he sees anything. Using a telescope, Gabby can see a rider approach. He yells the sheriff is coming. Reverend Johnson commands the church bells to ring while Howard yells to strike up the band. The band begins to play as the minute comes to an end. Our guest today was Robert E. G. Black. He is a father, a college professor, a film enthusiast and sometimes an opinionated fool. He has seen Groundhog Day over 400 times and has the blog to prove it, has two podcasts under his belt and dreams of many more. And, every other Sunday he pretends to be an 11-year-old girl with serious emotional issues and a penchant for killing things, because D&D, podcasting, and movies are really close to all one needs in life. Current projects include the Michael Myers Minute and Dave Made a Minute. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We continue today where we left off from yesterday as Hedley yells, "Lepetomane!" The governor hits his head against the wall but realizes it will never work. He tells Lamarr that the folks in Rock Ridge will kill him in just one day. Hedley remarks that one day is all you'll need to be forever remembered for what he did. As Lamarr begins to parade the governor around his office, singing Hail to the Chief, Lepetomane starts to recite the Gettysburg address. Suddenly, Miss Stein opens the curtains and asks if he is going to come back to her? The governor tells them he must put the affairs of state ahead of the affairs of state. As Hedley and Bart leave, Lamarr says he will take care of all the arrangements. The governor quips, especially the funeral! Our guest today, Paul Tien-Shih, has been listening to podcasts since 2005, and Movies by Minutes podcasts since The Empire Strikes Back era. He is an active participant in many MxM listeners' groups, and guested on The Princess Bride Minute (Steve and Jonathan didn't know what hit them). If he ever gets his act together, he'll do his own MxM show. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

The episode starts with Hedley trying to adjourn the meeting, but realizes he is overstepping his bounds. The governor then decides to pass around the paddle-balls for everyone to use. As the scene dissolves, we are back in Lamarr's office. He is contemplating his dilemma. He is tasked with finding a new sheriff of Rock Ridge. However, law and order is the last thing he wants. As he ruminates, he literally looks at us through the fourth wall to ask for our help. Our guests today are the guys responsible for the movies by minutes format, Pete “The Retailer” Bonavita and Alex Robinson, of the Star Wars Minute. After a decade working at NYC's world-famous Forbidden Planet, Pete is now a podcaster and all-around digital media guy. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Ella and their two children. Alex is the co-host of the Star Wars Minute and Godfather Minute podcasts. He is also a cartoonist who has produced several graphic novels, including Box Office Poison and Too Cool to Be Forgotten, all of which are available from Top Shelf productions. He currently lives in Portland, OR with his wife, their cats Tic-Tac and Cookiepuss and their dog Filbert. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We begin with a near Marge Simpson-like growl between Hedley and Lepetomane. After helping the governor sign the bill, Hedley needs to also help get the pen back in its holder. It seems the meeting is about to conclude when Miss Stein says she has an urgent telegram she received last Friday. It is from the citizens of Rock Ridge. When the governor hears the letter, he immediately jumps up and says they all need to protect their phony baloney jobs. Almost everyone gives the governor a harumph save for one lone staff member. The governor calls him out and Hedley demands he give the governor a harumph. As the minute comes to a close, Hedley is in the midst of saying that a suitable sheriff will be found. Our guest today is Dave Dalessandro. Dave is an Engineer from Mentor, Ohio. He is the editor and co-host of Seinfeld Minute with his girlfriend, LeeAnn. They are the proud parents to a baby boy, Cooper, born Christmas 2016. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!  

Today's episode opens with the conclusion of the Ballad of Rock Ridge, which turns into a church-sounding hymn stating the town is turning into excrement. As Reverend Johnson asks everyone to be seated, he presents his position on the matter. He reminds them all of the events of the past few days. The sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded and cattle raped. He says to them that the time has come to act and act fast! Suddenly, he tells them he's going to leave and immediately exists the frame. Gabby Johnson jumps up saying, "You get back here you pious, candy-ass, sidewinder!" We then turns and continues to address the congregation saying he was born and raised in Rock Ridge and he plans to die there. He then begins to throw out some additional frontier terms, but the minute ends in the midst of his sentence. We continue with our special guests today. Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west. Thank you so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!  

We continue the raiders doing their dirty work in the town of Rock Ridge. As we go through each of the moments, we break down what is real and what is not. We discuss the difference between jumping through candy glass and putting your hand through a real glass window. The discussion moves to a strange platform with feedbags that seems to serve no purpose other than for a stunt. Alan and Walt also discuss one resident of Rock Ridge who has a bullet proof hat and that a three-sided phone booth shower did not exist in the Old West. Next we discuss the old woman being beaten and how she breaks the fourth wall to ask the audience if they have ever seen such cruelty? Amidst the discussion, there are several scenes in the script that are not in the film. The episode ends as the song transitions into a church hymn just as we are moving inside a prairie church with the town participating in a Sunday service. We continue with our special guests today. Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We begin today's episode with a fade in to a day in the life of Rock Ridge. We also get the Ballad of Rock Ridge being sung to help advance the story. We get a kind of montage sequence to go along with the lyrics being sung about the town. The discussion moves to how each movie studio had their own Western town set for filming Westerns, but they were only shallow facades. Once an actor steps inside a building they would then move to a sound stage for interiors. While discussing the inside shots, we learn the bar, though decorated appropriately, is too big for what would have been typical for a Western town at this time. Moreover, cattle would not have been allowed and the idea that Anal Johnson kept things nice and clean by spitting into the cups is absurd and hysterical. By the end of the minute, Taggart and his ruffians begin working their number six on the good people of Rock Ridge. We have two special guests today. Jim Dunham started his career in Hollywood doing cowboy stunt shows and has been a cowboy at heart ever since. He is a historian, artist, poet and performer as well as being a quick draw specialists and a trick gun artists. He currently works at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate world class museum in Cartersville, Georgia. Dwayne Towns is a black cowboy, a Buffalo Soldier reenactor and an aficionado of black cowboy history in the old west. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We begin the episode continuing with Taggart complaining about being hit on the head with a shovel. He then pleads for a favor and asks Hedley to hang Bart by his neck until dead. Hedley returns to his window and speaks with Boris the Hangman once more. He asks if there is a way to work in a special. Boris laments he is so busy he will not be able to work him in until Monday. While this conversation is taking place, we are about to see a man and his horse being hung. Hedley returns to his office, banging his head again on his window. As the episode comes to a close, Taggart assures Hedley Lamarr that when he and his men get through, the people of Rock Ridge will feel like a chicken that's been caught in a tractor's nuts! As the two laugh at the image, we hear the sudden bang of the gallows and Taggart jumps into Hedley's arms. Hedley comforts him, telling him it's just a man and his horse being hung. He then begins to shush him followed by humming a lullaby. Our returning guests today are the voices of the B.K. on the Air radio show, heard on AM 1450, FM 100.3 and online using the TuneIn Radio app or going to TuneIn.com. Their show is also uploaded weekly to SoundCloud for on-demand listening. Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Today's episode begins with Hedley trying to think of a way to scare off the people of Rock Ridge. Initially, Taggart has an idea, but Hedley mistakes it as a need for him to use the restroom. Taggart instead suggests he knows how to rid the town of its residents. He suggests they kill the first born male of every household. Hedley considers the idea for a moment but then declares it as too Jewish. After a moment, Taggart enthusiastically suggests a number 6. Hedley isn't sure of what that is so Taggart explains. It's when he and his men go riding into town, beating every living thing within an inch of its life, except for the women and the children. Hedley then asks, "So, you spare the women and the children?" Taggart then says they actually rape the sh*t out of them at the After Number 6 Dance that follows. When Hedley remarks it's a brilliant idea, clasping Taggart by the temples, it's only then he notices the bandages. He asks what happened and Taggart begins to say, "Oh, that uppity ni..." but that's when the episode ends. Our returning guests today are the voices of the B.K. on the Air radio show, heard on AM 1450, FM 100.3 and online using the TuneIn Radio app or going to TuneIn.com. Their show is also uploaded weekly to SoundCloud for on-demand listening. We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

We open with the continuing discussion between Taggart and Hedley Lamarr regarding the railroad. Taggart keeps reminding Lamarr the railroad has to go through Rock Ridge. As they are discussing the matter a sudden crashing sound scares Taggart. Hedley goes to the window to reveal a gallows below with Boris the Hangman hard at work. Hedley asks him to keep it down and Boris promises to try but he has two men home sick with the flu. He then adds, it is utter chaos down here. Boris then lurches over to a well-dressed older man in a wicker wheelchair with a noose around his neck. Boris tells Lamarr that this one is a doozy! Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Today we continue with Bart and Charlie pulling themselves the rest of the way out of the quicksand. They are tired and gasping for breath after drudging through the mire. Taggart, now noticing the two lying on the ground, derides them for lolly-gagging and trying to get a tan. He tosses a shovel down and tells them to put it to good use. Bart, unable to take it anymore, graps the shovel. Charlie tries to convince him to not do it! However, there is not stopping Bart who whacks Taggert on the back of the head as he is dictating a telegram to the main office. The minute ends with Taggart, his head in bandages below his hat, telling Hedley Lamarr about the need for the railroad to go through Rock Ridge. Our guest today is professor Robert E.G. Black. By day he teaches classes in communication, while at night he is behind podcasts such as Michael Myers Minute, Dave Made a Minute and The Room Minute.  We hope you enjoyed today's episode. If you have not done so already, take a moment to leave us a rating on your pod-catcher of choice. Also, be sure to leave us a short comment. The comment actually does give more weight to your rating and it will then help others to find our show. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, swing by our website. We are also on Facebook, where we also have a private listener's group, Twitter and Instagram. So like or follow us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!  

Alan and Walt continue breaking down the opening title credits of Blazing Saddles. They do take some time to discuss the career of the film's cinematographer. They also discuss several secondary characters, the opening theme song and the Ballad of Rock Ridge. As the minute continues, they discuss the writers, the story of how Mel Brooks was introduced to the script and how the writing sessions went. Finally, the hosts discuss the films producer and his body of credits, which leads to a discussion of Catherine Zeta Jones and Zorro. Thanks so much for tuning into today's episode. Come back tomorrow for another exciting episode of the movie, Blazing Saddles. In the meantime, don't forget to give us a rating and leave us a comment on your pod-catcher of choice. You can also follow us on Facebook, where we have a private listener's group, and we are on Twitter and Instagram. To learn more about us, our guests or to look through a list of all of our previous episodes, feel free to swing by our website. So bookmark, follow or like us everywhere and feel free to reach out to us anytime on this Wilder ride!

Billy Madison (Netflix)Man-child Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) has been a spoiled rich kid all his life, and spends his days drinking and partying. When his father, hotel magnate Brian (Darren McGavin), becomes fed up with his son's irresponsible ways, he issues an ultimatum. Since Billy passed all his schooling thanks to his father's influence and bribes, he must retake and pass every grade in 24 weeks. Otherwise, the business will be turned over to Brian's conniving associate, Eric (Bradley Whitford).The NeverEnding Story (Netflix)Bastian Balthazar Bux is a shy and outcast bibliophile ten-year-old raised by his widowed father, teased by bullies from school. On his way to school, he hides from the bullies in a bookstore, interrupting the grumpy bookseller, Mr. Coreander. Bastian asks about one of the books he sees, but Mr. Coreander advises against it. With his curiosity piqued, Bastian seizes the book, leaving a note promising to return it, and hides in the school's attic to read.The Devil's Advocate (Netflix)Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) accepts a high-powered position at a New York law firm headed by legal shark John Milton (Al Pacino). As Kevin moves up in the firm's ranks, his wife, Mary Ann (Charlize Theron), has several frightening, mystical experiences that begin to warp her sense of reality. With the stakes getting higher with each case, Kevin quickly learns that his mentor is planning a far greater evil than simply winning without scruples.Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Hulu)When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine Hepburn) are wealthy liberals who must confront the latent racism the coming marriage arouses. Also attending the Draytons' dinner are Prentice's parents (Roy E. Glenn Sr., Beah Richards), who vehemently disapprove of the relationship.Once Bitten (Hulu)A centuries-old vampire, the countess (Lauren Hutton) has kept her youthful look by drinking the blood of male virgins. Since she finds this prey challenging to come by, she is thrilled when she meets young Mark Kendall (Jim Carrey), who wants to lose his virginity, yet has a reluctant girlfriend, Robin (Karen Kopins). After luring Mark away from a club, the countess drinks his blood, but the hapless guy isn't sure what has happened until he starts exhibiting unusual symptoms.Robocop & Robocop II (Hulu)In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.Blazing Saddles (Netflix)In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the people of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new leader. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.Valley of the Dolls (Hulu)In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke (Paul Burke). Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke), whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson (Joey Bishop) and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North (Sharon Tate). The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.The Green Mile (Netflix)Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) walked the mile with a variety of cons. He had never encountered someone like John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan), a massive black man convicted of brutally killing a pair of young sisters. Coffey had the size and strength to kill anyone, but not the demeanor. Beyond his simple, naive nature and a deathly fear of the dark, Coffey seemed to possess a prodigious, supernatural gift. Paul began to question whether Coffey was truly guilty of murdering the two girls.The Blair Witch Project (Hulu)Found video footage tells the tale of three film students (Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams) who've traveled to a small town to collect documentary footage about the Blair Witch, a legendary local murderer. Over the course of several days, the students interview townspeople and gather clues to support the tale's veracity. But the project takes a frightening turn when the students lose their way in the woods and begin hearing horrific noises. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Sundilla Radio Hour for the week of 10/23/2017 featuring: Moors & McCumber “Caged Bird” Live from Blue Rock (Moors & McCumber 2016) 4:56 Austin MacRae “The Mill Song” Keeper (Austin MacRae 2017) 4:10 Clara Baker “January” Temporary Things (Clara Baker 2015) 4:04 Davey O. “To Buffalo” A Bright Horizon Line (H30 2017) 3:14 Crowes Pasture “The Champ” Edge of America (Crowes Pasture 2017) 3:57 Dan Weber “Hank and Jesus” Ash and Bone (Highway 142 2012) 3:57 KC Groves “Universal Lullaby” Happy Little Trees (KC Groves 2017) 3:11 Eliot Bronson “Stranger” James (Rock Ridge 2017) 3:17 Shawna Caspi “Devil's Rolling Pin” Forest Fire (Shawna Caspi 2017) 3:13 Joe Crookston “The Letters of Florence Hemphill” Joe Crookston 2017 (Milagrito 2017) 3:52 Kate Campbell “Greensboro” The K.O.A. Tapes (Vol. 1) (Large River 2016) 3:44 Trout Fishing in America “Give Me the Wheel” The Strangest Times (Trout 2017) 3:21 Folkapotamus “Dear Rose” Middle of Nowhere (Phatcat 2017) 3:29 Charlie Mosbrook “Freight Train” Hear Me Callin' (Omr 2017) 2:35

This week, we saddle up with The Next Picture Show's Keith Phipps to look back at the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy classic Blazing Saddles! Equal parts raunchy and deliciously subversive even today, Blazing Saddles is a beautifully acerbic parody of the classic Western, following a black sherriff (Cleavon Little) tasked with defending/offending the puritanical town of Rock Ridge, while scheming huckster Hedy ("Hedley!") Lamarr (Harvey Korman) plots the down's demise. It's a drop dead hilarious movie that still holds up today, and is a wonderful testament to one of comedy's greatest filmmakers. Check out our episode along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!) Related links:  Get tickets to The Nerdologues Presents Your Stories: At the Movies!

The county's bus plans leave out a sleepy little place we call Ashburn; the Rock Ridge graduating class has completed 140 years of college credit.

Plenty of room on the Zip bandwagon, and RichRod is the mayor of Rock Ridge.

Early Life and Political Career Part 1 of 4 In part one of the four-part Biographical Conversations with James B. Hunt, Jr. series, North Carolina Governor James Hunt takes you from his childhood on his family’s Rock Ridge, N.C., farm through his political beginnings as president of the Wilson County Young Democrats Club.