Podcast appearances and mentions of Ron Hawkins

In this 1697th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Ron Hawkins and Lawrence Nichols from Lowest of the Low about their favourite LOTL songs, the new album, finding the balance live in concert, and whether BuffaLOW is SOL while Trump is in office. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball, Yes We Are Open, Nick Ainis and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

Ron Hawkins of Lowest of the Low talks about the state of the recording industry, the bands new album and their upcoming mini tour / We talk about the weather too much / Listener email / The Retirement Sherpa / Trump's apparent mental illness / Dan Duran the anchorman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode #1085 It's time once again for UMFM's Pledge-O-Rama, the one week of the year where we ask for your help. In order to keep the station functioning the way we'd like and to make necessary improvements, we need an infusion of money that we hope you will be willing to help provide. More importantly for me, however, it's the one week where I get to learn some of the names of the people out there listening in. We truly have no idea who's listening or how many of you there are unless you let us know directly, and this is the best way to find out. Your donations, large or small, all show that what we do is important to you, and that means a whole lot. I adore putting together this show every week, and I'd gladly do it just for myself, but knowing that it means something to you is very rewarding and it helps motivate you to make the best show possible. As usual, the show includes a bunch of new music, memories of a truly great concert last night and we look ahead to a busy week of shows here and elsewhere. We also spin some classic Winnipeg music that doesn't get played anywhere other than on campus & community radio. We've also got a new interview with one of the greatest songwriters in Canada and one of my true heroes, Ron Hawkins, all about the new album from The Lowest of the Low, which is truly exciting. We've even got some tracks from the upcoming album to debut! Thanks for all of your support. If you didn't get a chance to donate during the show, Pledge-O-Rama is on all week and you could help us get to our station goal. Join me Friday morning from 6-9 am for Mudge in the Morning! Pledge-O-Rama info: https://umfm.com/news/pledge-your-support-for-great-radio-in-winnipeg-2025 Incentive merchandise & prizes: https://umfm.com/donate/incentives Make a donation: https://umfm.com/donate playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-gto

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Episode #1084 It's our pre-Pledge-O-Rama episode, so a look ahead at next week's PoR spectacular, which will feature an all-new interview with Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low and music from their incredible upcoming album, Over Years and Overnight! We've also got a preview of next week's Carter Felker show, a bunch of great new music, a whiteout celebration in honour of our Winnipeg Jets, classic Winnipeg music, songs for Sara, and some Easter tunes! Come see Carter Felker! facebook.com/events/933275555564877 Support UMFM's Pledge-O-Rama: https://umfm.com/donate/pledgeorama playlist: https://wp.me/p1lizT-grL

How do organizations not only attract talent but ensure they have the right talent? What does modern training curriculum look like? How do you get employees/members to want to seek it out?To answer these questions, SDM spoke with: Candice Aragon, chief experience officer, PSA Network; Elli Reges, Ph.D., director of learning & development, SIA; Ron Hawkins, director of industry relations, SIA; Rebecca Bayne, president, Bayne Consulting & Search; and Kyle Gordon, executive vice president, sales, marketing & commercial excellence, AMAG Technology. 

This episode Rave & Drool returns to Toronto to chat with Ron Hawkins, lead singer and songwriter of Lowest of the Low. He talks about what the Low are up to currently, his time in the '90s & takes deep dives on songs from Shakespeare, Hallucigenia & his solo work from the decade.So, please give it a listen and if you want more '90s CanRock content, find us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and follow our official playlist on Spotify and Apple! Also, if you want to support the podcast, visit https://www.patreon.com/ravedrool, subscribe/follow the podcast wherever you're listening to this and give us a positive rating and review! https://www.twitter.com/RaveDrool/https://www.facebook.com/RaveDrool  https://www.instagram.com/RaveDrool/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtw_jN4pSaz1pystngg0_w/featured https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qsfgN0vkbyJ9FShN9rLie?si=2b92d8aeb2984bb8https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/rave-drool-a-chronicle-of-90s-canrock/pl.u-8aAVXpehxELMaW  Support the show

Friends, countryfolk and city scoundrels; hello. This was an extra special cake and ice cream episode of Graventown because I got to talk with someone I deeply respect and admire (and whom I have such a lovely conversational shorthand with)  - Ron Hawkins. He's not just a sweet musical pal, incredible painter and past touring partner of the Gravenator. No, no, friends. Don't box him in. Ron Hawkins has long been revered as one of Canada's greatest contemporary singer-songwriters. As lead singer/multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter of Canada's legendary Lowest of the Low, Ron Hawkins has enjoyed many accolades through the years: In 1996, 2000 and again in 2005, Chart Magazine honoured the group's 1991 debut album, Shakespeare My Butt, with spots in the top 10 of the Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time. In 2000 and once again in 2015, Hawkins was voted Songwriter of the Year by NOW Magazine's reader's poll.  Also in 2000, Ron received Toronto station 102.1 The Edge's Lifetime Achievement Award. And in that same year, Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails won album of the year at The Indie Awards, for their album Crackstatic. In 2008 The Lowest of the Low was inducted into the Canadian Indie Rock Hall of Fame and awarded gold records for Shakespeare My Butt. It was a delight to roll around in the wild grey matter of this  multi-project/multi-faceeted lovely guy's brainpan for almost an hour. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did chatting with the ever-soaring/ever-seeking Hawkman.Catch me in a town near you (as I head out on tour soon with Stephen Stanley from The Lowest of the Low and The Stephen Stanley Band) by visting my website to see where I'm playing. If people can hate for no reason, I can love for no reason - and I love you. Thanks for stopping by Graventown. Yer always welcome here. As a full time independent artist, you can support me by joining my SUPER RAD subscription service at https://ko-fi.com/gravencanada

Every major city with a healthy music scene will have hometown heroes….that band or artist that the locals love and wish the whole world knew about. One of those bands is Toronto's “The Lowest Of The Low”. Welcome to episode 118 of See Hear. The Lowest of the Low started in the early 90s as a follow up to the band punk band, Popular Front. Ron Hawkins had previously written overtly political songs, but for the debut album Shakespeare My Butt (one of the best album names ever), he wrote songs about ordinary people facing everyday pressures – so still political in its way. The history of the band is not an uncommon tale – friends get together based on common musical and ideological points of reference, members have “differences” and they split apart, years after the fact they reunite remembering the spark that got them started. However, their tale is still fascinating because they were true independents and were never going to sell their ideals downstream for a quick buck. Big companies came calling, but LOTL dictated terms all the way. Kerry was away, but Tim and I spoke with musician, tour manager for many Canadian bands, and film director Simon Head about his documentary “Subversives: The History of Lowest Of The Low”. As well as talking about the film, we spend time devoted to discussing the Toronto music scene of the early 90s and where it is now, friendship, Weddings Parties Anything and Billy Bragg, and Toronto as a film character.  A huge thanks to Simon for joining us. As I mention in our discussion, I perceive from watching the film that the story of the wider Toronto scene was reflected in the Melbourne scene of the 90s….watch the film or listen to our conversation and see how it reflects your own city's live music environment. The film is now available to stream on Apple TV or you can get a blu ray with a bunch of great extras. If you've been enjoying the show, please consider giving us a favourable review on iTunes and let your friends know that our show exists. If you don't enjoy the show, tell your adversaries to tune in. We don't care who listens..... See Hear is proudly part of the Pantheon Network of music podcasts. Check out all the other wonderful shows at http://pantheonpodcasts.com. Send us feedback via email at seehearpodcast@gmail.com Join the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/seehearpodcast You can download the show by searching for See Hear on whatever podcast app you favour (except Spotify). You can also find the episode at https://seehearpodcast.blogspot.com/2024/08/see-hear-118-interview-with-simon-head.html Proudly Pantheon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every major city with a healthy music scene will have hometown heroes….that band or artist that the locals love and wish the whole world knew about. One of those bands is Toronto's “The Lowest Of The Low”. Welcome to episode 118 of See Hear. The Lowest of the Low started in the early 90s as a follow up to the band punk band, Popular Front. Ron Hawkins had previously written overtly political songs, but for the debut album Shakespeare My Butt (one of the best album names ever), he wrote songs about ordinary people facing everyday pressures – so still political in its way. The history of the band is not an uncommon tale – friends get together based on common musical and ideological points of reference, members have “differences” and they split apart, years after the fact they reunite remembering the spark that got them started. However, their tale is still fascinating because they were true independents and were never going to sell their ideals downstream for a quick buck. Big companies came calling, but LOTL dictated terms all the way. Kerry was away, but Tim and I spoke with musician, tour manager for many Canadian bands, and film director Simon Head about his documentary “Subversives: The History of Lowest Of The Low”. As well as talking about the film, we spend time devoted to discussing the Toronto music scene of the early 90s and where it is now, friendship, Weddings Parties Anything and Billy Bragg, and Toronto as a film character.  A huge thanks to Simon for joining us. As I mention in our discussion, I perceive from watching the film that the story of the wider Toronto scene was reflected in the Melbourne scene of the 90s….watch the film or listen to our conversation and see how it reflects your own city's live music environment. The film is now available to stream on Apple TV or you can get a blu ray with a bunch of great extras. If you've been enjoying the show, please consider giving us a favourable review on iTunes and let your friends know that our show exists. If you don't enjoy the show, tell your adversaries to tune in. We don't care who listens..... See Hear is proudly part of the Pantheon Network of music podcasts. Check out all the other wonderful shows at http://pantheonpodcasts.com. Send us feedback via email at seehearpodcast@gmail.com Join the Facebook group at http://facebook.com/groups/seehearpodcast You can download the show by searching for See Hear on whatever podcast app you favour (except Spotify). You can also find us on https://seehearpodcast.blogspot.com/ Proudly Pantheon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"The Demands of Being a Disciple" with Pastor Ron Hawkins. 10 AM Sunday, July 14, 2024. 

"You Got This!!" with Pastor Ron Hawkins. 11 AM Sunday, July 14, 2024.

Talking about it helps… finding support peers, groups, mentors, and loved ones helps…      ⁃    Anxiety Disorders(GAD, worry & fear, panic, PTSD)     ⁃    Mood Disorders(depression, bipolar, substance abuse)      ⁃    Psychotic Disorders(schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder) In this episode, we culminate our May Mental Health Month series as we talk about some immediate ways to calm ourselves or others in those moments of strong attack or onset- some natural ways & of course spiritual ways.  We also talk about having a plan for getting help in moments when things aren't easy to communicate- A Crisis Plan. Resources:  https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/how-to-cope-with-anxiety (https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/how-to-cope-with-anxiety) https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/how-to-fight-depression (https://www.healthline.com/health/depression/how-to-fight-depression) https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/psychosis/self-care/ (https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/psychosis/self-care/) Book:  Biblical Counseling  by Dr. Tim Clinton and Dr. Ron Hawkins

‼️Awareness is key when trying to put words to feelings, emotions, and mental health struggles. This week, we learned the names and definitions of some of the most common issues targeting our minds, and we discussed what these disorders look like played out in daily life.  It's ALWAYS helpful to arm yourself with tools and resources to help you and others with MENTAL HEALTH matters Reference: Biblical Counseling by Dr. Tim Clinton and Dr. Ron Hawkins

In this episode of the Security Insider Podcast, we look at the Security Mega Trends for 2024. Our panel of experts provide an overview of the state of the industry and shares key takeaways from new Security Industry Association research on the global security market and the security integrator market. Topics covered include the impact of real estate optimisation in catering to an increasingly remote workforce, the impact of mega-tech companies entering the security industry, and what AI governance might mean for security.Our panel for this podcast includes:Ron Hawkins Director of Industry Relations at the Security Industry AssociationNaill Jenkins, Principal Consultant, Principal Consultant, Physical Security and Building Technologies at OMDIASoren Norgaard, Event Director for the Security ExpoFor more podcasts like this one, visit www.asial.com.au

Hello friends - it's been a few buckets  of hot seconds since I've been in the podverse. I found some time between touring to get some shiznit uploaded for your lovely selves and I have a few more on the way. Today's theme is anxiety  - and how remembering a simple mantra  during times of heaviness and stress (and redirecting your focus and energy) can be helpful.  I hope it finds you well. Catch me on tour with Ron Hawkins this month  in Buffalo, Toronto and two nights in Burlington. I love you.

Jessica Carr, a young entrepreneurial woman who created Girls Gotta Eat Good, Asian Bakery. Knoxville's first Asian bakery. Jessica turned her love of baking, many of her mother's recipes, and a daring leap of faith after prayer into an innovative business, and she is seeing good results. An inspirational story. In Fred Sauceman's potluck radio series, he visits with Ron Hawkins of Hawk Nest Farms, a wagyu beef farmer located in the Greene-Washington County area of Tennessee.

The Stephen Stanley Band's is happy to introduce their new album, Before The Collapse Of The Hive (Wolfe Island Records). It's an album brimming with raw, unflinching urgency, steadfast observation and soul-searching storytelling that highlights Stephen's immediate world: those he loves, and those he's lost.  Recording the album on on Wolfe Island became an integrated life experience. Start and stop times were not regimented. “Often, we'd go and play a set at the Hotel Wolfe Island (co-owned by album producer and album contributor, Hugh Christopher Brown) and recording would just take place around the timing of the show.” Except for Kate Fenner, Michael Blake and Ron Hawkins, outside of his band, everyone who played on the new record lives on Wolfe Island. A wonderful stable of players and singers, deeply affected the sound of this new work, produced again, by Hugh Christopher Brown. The Stephen Stanley Band's internationally acclaimed record, Jimmy & the Moon (2017), saw Stephen and his band going into the studio with a clutch of songs they had spent a long time pre-producing. Before The Collapse Of The Hive was very different. Due to long periods of time where no one could get together, six songs on this record were entirely new, starting off with acoustic guitar and vocals and building the songs from there. If Jimmy & the Moon was loosely written about Toronto and the changes the city has gone through in his time, this album looks deeper at our collective place in a world seemingly falling apart. It's a continued conversation between Stephen and his close friend and beloved radio enigma, Dave Bookman, whom Stephen shared the loss of, just prior to starting to work on these songs – two of which are in honour of that friendship and reflecting on the time spent finding the words for such an unexpected goodbye. “‘Before the Collapse of the Hive' – man, that title means so many different things to me as I write this. Some of which will be obvious, others which are mine alone. Bandcamp: https://continentalrecordservices.bandcamp.com/album/before-the-collapse-of-the-hivewebsite: https://stephenstanleyband.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sstanleyband This episode is brought to you byGo to BETTERHELP.com/apologue for confidential online counselling.use the code word Apologue for a 7 day free trial Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologueShop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop Go get the 1 hour mini Documentary on Lowest of the Low's Classic Album Shakespeare my Butt at https://thelowdoc.gumroad.com/l/SMB

In this 1361st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Lowest of the Low's Ron Hawkins and Lawrence Nichols about their new album Welcome to the Plunderdome, the CFNY 1993 New Music Search contest they lost to hHead, Art Bergmann, the new LOTL documentary Subversives and more. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, Electronic Products Recycling Association, Raymond James Canada and Moneris. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at mike@torontomike.com

Ron Hawkins talks about Lowest of the Low, a new album and how the record industry has changed / We're getting fat again / Fred's butter tart creation / Heart attack or cardiac arrest / It's Charlie's birthday / Underwater rugby / Dan Duran the anchorman Humble and Fred is proudly brought to you by Bodog, The Chambers Plan, The Retirement Sherpa Tim Niblett, Electric Vehicle Network, Palma Pasta, StretchLab and Boron One.

RADIO CRYSTAL BLUE 7/11/23 The Shadows "Apache" The Shadows "Wonderful Land" Jeff Beck "El Becko" - There and Back Joe Satriani "Summer Song" - Surfing With The Alien Tangerine Dream "Too Hot For My Chinchilla" & "Riding Down Cahuenga" - The Private Music Of Tangerine Dream Jan Hammer "The Trial And The Search" - Escape From Television ************************* William Prince "Goldie Hawn" - Stand In The Joy https://www.williamprincemusic.com/ Le Vent Du Nord "Ameriquous" - 20 Printemps www.leventdunord.com Julian Taylor "Wide Awake" - Beyond The Reservoir www.juliantaylormusic.cs Owen Walsh "Is Paris Burning" - On My Way owenwalshmusic.com Jake Ybarra "Call Me By Ny Name" - Something In The Water www.jakeybarra.com Adam Klein "Wait 'Til They Come Knockin' " - Holidays In The US www.adam-klein.com Ron Hawkins "One Horse Town" - Trash Talkin' At The Speed Of Sound www.ronhawkins.com Deni Bonet "Off The Record" - www.denibonet.com The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams "Solve It All Dali" - A Very Unusual Head www.slambovia.com ************************ Frenchy & The Punk "Gear Geist" - Zen Ghost www.frenchyandthepunk.com A Projection "Regenerate" In A Different Light" - www.aprojection.com Blitz Union "Freak Anthem" www.blitzunion.com Transmission Suite "Part Of The Problem" www.facebook.com/transmissionsuite Kasador "RIP Me Down" - Youth www.kasadorband.com Sandra's Wedding "Running Joke" - The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service https://www.facebook.com/sandraswedding JW Paris "Leave It Alone" https://www.facebook.com/jwparismusic/ Dead Groove "Ghost" www.deadgrooveband.com Johnny O'Neill "Take Me Down" - Brand New Day www.johnnyoneill.com Silverstein "Cold Blood" - Misery Made Me www.silverstein.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiocblue/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radiocblue/support

The Godfathers are back, and they've got stories to share! Hear about the adventures (and misadventures) from their trip to Buffalo last week when they went to see The Trews. Mr Tidwell decided to do everything in his power to see if they could get arrested, and somehow they survived.Donnie and Tid discuss that night, and welcome Derek Hamel to the show. Derek was tasked with the responsibility of filming everything that happened. Derek joins this week to share a few short clips a talk about his experience with The Godfathers on the road. Then it's time for our featured interview.As a teenager, Lowest of the Low was one of the bands Donnie used to listen to on repeat, so he was thrilled this week when front man Ron Hawkins joined us for a chat. Ron even graced the boys by performing a new song "Brave New World" off his yet to be released album. Check it out!

The promises of the Lord are truly so comforting to me. One of my favorites includes the promise found in Isaiah 43 where God promises that He will always be with us. No matter what we are going through, no matter if it's a hill or a valley, He is there. He says in Isaiah 43:2, when we pass through those dark waters He's still there, and when we walk through the blazing hot fire, He has everything under control. Why? Because, God doesn't want us going through this life alone. He wants us to constantly be reminded that we are never alone, and I believe this reminder is best done the power of community and relationships with others. God loves to use others as messengers or conduits through which He can produce change in someone else's life. Today, we will be hearing from a man who has many accolades and has served in countless leadership positions, but one of his greatest joys is seeing others in their time of need and reminding them of their worth, value, and potential. Joining us is Dr. Ron Hawkins who currently serves as the Chairman of the National Advisory Board for us here at the American Association of Christian Counselors. Before his time with us at the AACC, he served in numerous academic positions including Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Liberty University, he started out his career as a Pastor, he's been a Seminary President, he's a Licensed Professional Counselor, and he is simply a man of great wisdom who leaders continue to look to for sage and timely advice. However, in today's episode Doc shares with us a pivotal moment in his life where someone became the hands and feet of Christ, choosing to see Him through the eyes of God in a time of need and stepping up and into the moment to breathe some life and fight back into him. The cool thing? You have the opportunity to do that very same thing for someone today and every day. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” Our challenge to you throughout today's episode: See others in their time of need. Be willing to step up and into that moment. Provide them with the comfort you have also received from the Lord.

In this 1172nd episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Gina Kennedy and Devon Lougheed about all things Altered By Mom, their relationships with Skye Wallace, Ron Hawkins, Monowhales, and others, and Gina's voiceover career. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Yes, We Are Open, The Advantaged Investor, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

Graventowners and Bright Eyes Turn-Arounders - what's the ham hock? This weeks brand new season 2 episode is all about someone who has become a big chef in the country kitchen mess hall of Camp Graven; Mister Tom Thompson. Being born in Toronto and never really fitting in in high school, Tom had his consciousness blown wide open when he went with his sister to see U2 at Maple Leaf Gardens on the Unforgettable Fire tour. Having similar experiences at shows ever since, the once mod and metal-obsessed Tom has morphed into a sonic mainstay in the Ottawa music scene and has probably played on an album that your friend released. Having made magical sounds with epic acts like Toque, That's The Spirit, Orienteers, Still Winter Hills, Jim Bryson, Kathleen Edwards and of course yours truly (Graven),  Tom has had the chance to open for and share stages with The Flaming Lips, 54/40. Kim Mitchell, The Grapes of Wrath and just recently Stephen Stanley and Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low and Chris Brown from Bourbon Tabernacle Choir. Tom is also a  podcast producer for Library Archives of Canada and now runs his own deep dive music podcast called TNT's Hit Songs from Mars. It was a pleasure to chat with this lovely human today.And you can catch Tom and I on tour this weekend, as the gritty Graven duo:DEC 9: Linsmore Tavern - Toronto, ONopening for Stephen StanleyDEC 10: Hotel Wolfe Island - Wolfe Island, ONopening for Stephen StanleyInfo, tickets and times here.#graventownpodcast#TomThompsonTheToneAdmiralCatch me in a town near you by visting my website to see where I'm playing. If people can hate for no reason, I can love for no reason - and I love you. Thanks for stopping by Graventown. Yer always welcome here. As a full time independent artist, you can support me by joining my SUPER RAD subscription service at https://ko-fi.com/gravencanada

The guys are joined by repeat revisitor Ken Yates to discuss Kurt Vile's “Wakin On A Pretty Daze.”  Plenty of discussion about Ken's new album “Cerulean” (Ben can't pronounce it), sleepwalking grooves, searching for light, Ron Hawkins & Trews & why don't Canadian bands translate better to the States, “this song is really 6 minutes long,” left handed smoke shifters, good tambourine and bad accordion (see previous episode), the Air Bud movie franchise, and vibe!Check out Ken Yates at: http://www.kenyates.com/Check out Kurt Vile at: https://www.kurtvile.com/Check out other episodes at RecordsRevisitedPodcast.com, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Castbox, iHeartMedia, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Additional content is found at: Facebook.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast or twitter @podcastrecords or IG at instagram.com/recordsrevisitedpodcast/ or join our Patreon at patreon.com/RecordsRevisitedPodcast

In this 1112th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike is joined by Ron Hawkins, Stephen Stanley and Hugh Christopher Brown as they discuss Lowest of the Low, the Bourbon Tabernacle Choir and more. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.

“And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him." The Bible is a Book of Hope! So, it should be no wonder that as we come to the last two chapters of the Bible, here in the Book of Revelation, we find the great promises of God concerning the future that is filled with tremendous blessings and hope! As I began doing this chat today, I couldn't help but think about how we live in sin cursed world that has left us all broken! The world is full of broken people, broken families, broken communities, broken institutions, broken governments, and even broken churches. Everything and everyone feel the effect of the curse. One of my college professor friends, Dr. Ron Hawkins, put it this way, “We live in a profoundly fallen world, with a profoundly fallen people!” I know at the moment of my salvation that I received a brand new nature. I became a “new creation in Christ Jesus” and the Holy Spirit of God lives in me! But like Paul said in Romans 7, I also know that “in me, that is in my flesh there dwells no good thing”. I realize and must acknowledge that my heart is still “deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it” (Jeremiah 17:9). All of this is because of the “curse of sin”. Solomon reminds us that the “wicked walk in darkness and they do not know at what they stumble” (Proverbs 4:19). Yes, we live in a sin cursed world with brokenness all around us. But thank God we have the hope and promise that a time is coming when “there will be no more curse”! And also, even today, we can be empowered by the indwelling Holy Spirit to be filled with the presence of Jesus Christ and His love, His life and His light in the midst of all this brokenness. When we yield to His control in our lives, we can and will enjoy the fruit of the Spirit and radiate to others, “His love, His joy, His peace, His longsuffering, His kindness, His goodness, His faithfulness, His gentleness and His self-control” (Galatians 5:22-23). Paul goes on to tell us how this can happen: “And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.” (Galatians 5:24-26). Did you also notice that the last part of the verse in Revelation 22:3 says, “And His servants shall serve Him”. This is awesome! We are not going to be sitting around in heaven for eternity on a cloud, playing a harp, singing songs! For sure we will be worshiping and singing, but at the same time we will be serving! I'm not sure, because we are not told, what this totally means, but we will have the privilege of serving the King of kings, no doubt in a variety of ways for eternity. Today we are to serve and be stewards of “the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10). Today, we have the wonderful and awesome responsibility to be “ambassadors for Christ” to this broken world around us. We literally stand “in Christ stead and beseech the broken people around us to be reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:18-21). I like what one great pastor said, “We are practicing now for eternity”! Today, may the Lord help us to quit living selfish, self-centered lives, and by His grace “crucify our flesh with its passions and lust”, so that we might faithfully serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we should! Broken people everywhere desperately need Him! God bless!

Toronto's Elephant and Stars are a hard-working and hard-rockin' band with a penchant for a variety of great rock music! Citing loves from as varied as KISS, The Dead Kennedys, and the Goo Goo Dolls, to CANCON royalty like The Doughboys, Change of Heart, and Lowest of the Low, Elephants and Stars bask in their love of all things rock n' roll! Their second EP Last Chance Power Drive (due to be released July 22) is produced by past (and future) Sound Affect Guest Ian Blurton, with artwork by the Ron Hawkins of Lowest of the Low! In this episode listen to their always gregarious and charming frontman Manfred Sittmann as he tells us about the inspiration of Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American on his music.

Today, we are setting the table with Asian baked goods and Tennessee Wagyu beef. My first guest is Jessica Carr, a young entrepreneurial woman who created Girls Gotta Eat Good, Asian Bakery. Knoxville's first Asian bakery. Jessica turned her love of baking, many of her mother's recipes, and a daring leap of faith after prayer into an innovative business, and she is seeing good results. An inspirational story. In Fred Sauceman's pot luck radio series, he visits with Ron Hawkins of Hawk Nest Farms, a wagyu beef farmer located in the Greene-Washington County area of Tennessee.

Canadian singer-songwriter and The Lowest of the Low front man, Ron Hawkins, joins us again on The Adamantium Podcast. We discuss their new double live album, Taverns And Palaces, the significance of those gigs, and the elements of a really good live recording. We also talk about the background to their single, “When She Falls,” the 30th anniversary of their debut album Shakespeare My Butt, and the honour of being affiliated with some of the most legendary venues around Toronto.

. Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low talks about their latest album and upcoming shows / Phil sticks to take out / The Buffalo Bills blow it / We're getting too old for a lot of things / Andy Palalas from Canacabana / Dan Duran the anchorman / Drake snubs the Grammys.

Mike catches up with Ron Hawkins and Lawrence Nichols of Lowest of the Low, spinning a few jams and talking Art Bergmann, Don Smith, Taverns and Palaces and more.

Lowest Of The Low lead singer Ron Hawkins stops by the show to talk about their upcoming Record Store Day vinyl release, painting through the pandemic and the 30th anniversary of their album Shakespeare My Butt.   Be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter! www.twitter.com/TheMYAMPodcast

In September 2019 we introduced you to the Eisenhower Series College Program (ESCP). Though we are approaching life as we remember it pre-COVID, travel limitations significantly limited the ESCP from visiting colleges and universities, interacting with audiences often unfamiliar with members of the U.S. Military. It is our hope at WAR ROOM to bring you a glimpse of what some of those presentations might have looked like via A BETTER PEACE. In the second episode of academic year 2021 our podcast editor Ron Granieri is joined by War College students and ESCP members Ron Hawkins, Abdul Sami and Kate Sanborn. This time the conversation turns to the concept of soft power versus hard power. What do three War College students have to say about tackling the topic of soft power at the School of Strategic Landpower? Quite a bit. Each with a career's worth of experience in the Department of State, the Pakistan Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, respectively, they have many examples where China has outpaced the United States in recent years. They each offer a hopeful view of how the United States has and must continue to engage nations around the world with diplomacy and all the tools in the soft power tool bag before ever resorting to the use of military force. Transcript: https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/21-087-STUDYING-SOFT-POWER-AT-THE-WAR-COLLEGE-EISENHOWER-SERIES-Transcript.pdf

Today we talk about track 4 off of album 2, Pamphleteer. Mike also interviews Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low and various other bands. Officially welcome our new co-host as well!

Ron Hawkins sings of "a wounded soldier from the bad old days," in his song Peace and Quiet, which Tim Thompson wove together with archived footage to create his acclaimed ode to the Toronto Maple Leafs. That lyric rings true when examining the tenure of former captain Rick Vaive. A prolific scorer, he was named team captain at the age of 22 and netted three-consecutive 50-goal seasons while enduring a circus-like atmosphere and futility during the Harold Ballard era.   At his peak between 1980-87, he achieved great personal success on the ice, but it also marked a time when the franchise’s legacy to past glory was fully severed.  It was a paradoxical experience as a professional in a life that through various contributing circumstances, “left him on the edge of the limelight.” Catch 22 is the title of his memoir which he wrote with journalist Scott Morrison and it was released on Nov. 17.  Here is Vaive, in his own words.  

First up this week, Mike chats with Ron Hawkins (2:50), an icon of the Canadian indie rock community and incredible songwriter who fronts The Lowest of the Low and Ron Hawkins & The Do-Good Assassins. Ron chats about recording the new Do-Good Assassi... First up this week, Mike chats with Ron Hawkins (2:50), an icon of the Canadian indie rock community and incredible songwriter who fronts The Lowest of the Low and Ron Hawkins & The Do-Good Assassins. Ron chats about recording the new Do-Good Assassins album, 246, on a vintage analog four-track recorder, shunning the option to release the album on a major label, the pros and cons of indie and major labels from his experience, the difference between good and bad political songwriting, and more. The second interview this week is with Peter Katz (36:00), an acclaimed artist and public speaker, who tells Mike about writing his new, poppier album, City of Our Lives, while recovering from a gruesome injury that nearly took away his ability to walk. Peter also discusses the decision to stagger the digital and physical releases of the album, finding an appreciation for the craft of pop music, making his online performances more interactive and engaging, his impressive livestreaming setup, how he got into motivational speaking, and more.

Mike chats with Elephants and Stars singer-guitarist Manfred Sittmann about his band Elephants and Stars, working with Ron Hawkins and Ian Blurton, dealing with family members who still support Donald Trump, and the only band that matters.

Mike chats with Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low about The Barricade, why his next vote's with a brick, why his music is not for Trump supporters and his new album 246 with the Do Good Assassins.

Singer / songwriter Ron Hawkins zooms in / Humble loves TikTok / Your air conditioning solution / Sean gets his dream job / Dan Duran weather / The Retirement Sherpa / Restaurants are still ina tough spot / Masks are can be a real bitch / Andy Palalas from Canna Cabana.

Ron Hawkins is not who you think he is. He has released 18 albums, including five solo records, as well as with bands Lowest of the Low and The Do Good Assassins. With the latter, they are putting out the new album 246, which was recorded on a 4-track cassette and includes a stop motion animated video for the single Teenage Insurrection. Ron also talks about his work as a painter and his love of Billy Bragg. Subscribe to Endeavours on Spotify, Apple, Google, Overcast, Breaker, Radio Public. Social @EndeavoursRadio web: www.endeavoursmedia.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dan-mcpeake/message

Ron Hawkins is the principal song writer and lead singer of Lowest of the Low as well as The Do Good Assassins. Ron has been writing and releasing music since the Late 80's and found some great success in the release of "Shakespeare my Butt". And album that has become the soundtrack of many peoples lives. Shakespeare my Butt was the highest sold independent album in Canadian history until the Barenaked Ladies took the record with their self release Yellow Cassette. Both bands were actually on the same label at that time. Strange right? Ron's next release will be "246" which is an album recorded on a Cassette 4 track recorder. Also strange.Anyways, Ron has always been a great guest when he has been on the show. And this one is his forth time being a great guest and supporter of this show. Thanks Ron, Great to see you again! LINKS:Lowest of the Low FacebookDo Good Assassins FacebookLove is a Poison Thing (acoustic)Midnight Mary-Ann (acoustic)Chrome (Acoustic) Brought to you by AIXdsp Shop now and get up to 50% off on all plugins.Website: HERE Shop with amazon.ca, amazon.com and amazon.co.uk  Bookmark the link and support the show!!Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologueShop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop/

Mike chats with Ron Hawkins about a variety of interesting subjects from Lowest of the Low to the Do Good Assassins and The Rusty Nails. Then, I play three covers of his songs and get his reaction.

Sunshine personified with guitar and voice and sweet rootsy blues sass all rolled into adventurous original performances both LIVE and on record.  Introducing the young and incredibly creative artist Madison Galloway from Southern Ontario, Canada, who barely into her twenties has a full length album out that she co-produced with Ron Hawkins (Lowest of the Low).

January 12, 2020,Sunday Morning with Ron Hawkins.

It's a very important episode of HaHaHamin as we head north of the border to talk with Toronto Independent Rock Legend Ron Hawkins, the lead singer and songwriter from Lowest of the Low. Bin Hamin is honored to sit and talk with a musician and lyricist that has kept him company throughout his decades of performance, and travels up and down the road. Ron gives us some inside scoop on: the New Weakerthans Tribute Album, the Copper and Iron Album he is producing, his die hard Low Life fan base in the Toronto to Buffalo corridor, and the early days of Lowest of The Low in an incredible Toronto rock scene. It's a side track from comedy to honor an artist who's work is the soundtrack of my Sordid Fiction life. Check out Lowest of the Low / Do Good Assassins / Ron Hawkins on tour now: www.lowestofthelow.com http://www.ronhawkins.com/

Guest Bios Show Transcript Liberty University president, Jerry Falwell Junior, is in hot water after several exposes charging him with nurturing a culture of fear and self-dealing at the evangelical school. But the charges against him were mainly made by anonymous sources. This week on The Roys Report, a former dean at Liberty University who's never before spoken to the press will join me to discuss the allegations. And he'll be going on the record, as opposed to remaining anonymous. What's true and what's not? I really hope you can join us for The Roys Report, this Saturday morning at 11 on AM 1160 Hope for Your Life and on Sunday night at 7 on AM 560 The Answer! Show Transcript Segment 1 JULIE ROYS:  Jerry Falwell, Jr., the president of Liberty University is in hot water, following a series of reports alleging self-dealing, mocking students and staff, and nurturing a culture of fear. But are these reports true? Welcome to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And if you follow the news, you've likely heard a lot about Jerry Falwell and Liberty University lately. Last week, Reuters publishes several emails by Falwell where he speaks disparagingly about those at the college. In one, he calls a student “retarded.” And in another, he calls his police chief a “half-wit.” But earlier last week, Politico published an article with much more serious charges. It alleged that Falwell used Liberty to make deals and loans to enrich his family and friends. For example, Falwell reportedly hired his son, Trey Falwell to manage a shopping center that the school owns. And Liberty loaned a construction company, owned by Falwell's good friend Robert Moon, a quarter of a million dollars to start his company. Then, according to Politico, Liberty awarded Moon's company more than 130 million dollars in contracts. Of course, if Liberty were a private business, owned by Falwell, that would be his prerogative. But Liberty is a non-profit university, funded in part by donations. And using a non-profit for personal enrichment is strictly prohibited by the law. The Politico article also alleged that administrators and faculty at Liberty are terrified of speaking out against Falwell. One current high-level employee reportedly called it a dictatorship. Another employee reportedly said “Everybody is scared for their life. Everybody walks around in fear.” But a major problem with the Politico article is that it relied heavily on anonymous sources. The author, Brandon Ambrosino, said he talked to more than two dozen current and former high-ranking Liberty University officials, and close associates of Falwell, yet none went on the record, supposedly because they were all too afraid. Yet that's a huge problem in an age where there've been major scandals involving media outlets inventing stories and sources. That's not okay. But today, on this program, I have a former Dean at Liberty, who's going to speak on the record publicly for the very first time. And I should clarify, this former Dean has never before spoken to the press about this issue. So he's not one of the anonymous sources in the Politico article. His name is Mark Tinsley. He's currently a pastor at Amelon United Methodist Church in Madison Heights, Virginia. But from 2012 until 2017, he worked at Liberty University—first as a department chair, then as an Associate Dean and finally as the Dean of the College of General Studies. So, Mark, welcome! It's a pleasure to have you join me. MARK TINSLEY:  Good to be here, Julie. Thank you for having me. JULIE ROYS:  Absolutely. And also joining me today is another former Liberty employee who actually has spoken on the record to the press. His name is Brian Melton. And he is quoted at length in a Washington Post story that published in July called “Inside Liberty University's Culture of Fear.” Brian taught at Liberty for 15 years as an Associate Professor of History. He also served for a time as the Chair of the Curriculum Committee and Moderator of the Faculty Senate. He resigned in 2018 and now is a senior lecturer at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. Brian thank you so much for joining us all the way from Poland! Appreciate it. BRIAN MELTON:  Thank you very much for having me. I appreciate it. JULIE ROYS:  Well, I should also mention that I reached out to Scott Lamb. He's the Vice President of University Communications at Liberty. We spoke on Friday. And I invited him or President Falwell to join us today. Scott asked me to text him back at his cell phone and I did that. But he did not respond to that. So I'm assuming that Liberty does not want to be part of this but we did invite them. And in fairness, I always do that. I always reach out to anybody who's part of the discussion to see if they want to join us, especially when it's of this kind of nature. However, Jerry Falwell has responded to the reports, by saying in some other reports to the press, that he's a target of an illegal smear campaign. Falwell says that some of the emails that were leaked to the press in the Politico article were technically University property. And he says he's called the FBI to investigate. He also says he's going to sue anybody who did that in civil court. He also says this is a part of an attempted coup against him. And these charges aren't true. It's just the smear campaign and then attempted coup. So Brian and Mark, I should just ask you. Did you leak any emails to the press? Are you part of any of that? BRIAN MELTON :  No, I myself I …absolutely not. JULIE ROYS:  Okay. So you're not a part of that. MARK TINSLEY:  Yeah and Mark, I'm not either, so. JULIE ROYS:  Okay. But they may have an uphill battle. According to the AP article, they quoted a cyber-crime expert, Nick Ackerman, who said Falwell's assertion of a criminal conspiracy—he called it totally insane. He said that ex-board members and employees can share emails with reporters as long as they have authorized access to them and didn't hack into someone else's account. So, we are not going to talk about, I don't think, any of the self-dealing because as I talked to you, Brian and Mark, before this show, you said that's not something that you had knowledge of. And what I want to talk about is what you have firsthand information of. What were you an eyewitness to? Because what I want to do is get to the truth. And are some of these allegations in these articles, can you corroborate them? And it seems like that self-dealing isn't one. And as far as knowing Falwell personally, Brian have you ever met Jerry Falwell, Jr. personally? BRIAN MELTON:  No, not really. As we discussed before the show, my closest encounter with Jerry Falwell, Jr. is actually one day after a doctor's appointment ran over late. That was rushing into a building to try to get to my class. And he saw me coming and thought I was a student who was running late. And he asked me if I wanted an excuse to get into class. And I told him, as I rushed past, that no I'm the professor. And he got a kick out of that. And I made it to class only a few minutes late. But no, I have no personal knowledge of Jerry Falwell. And I have nothing to add to that and I have added nothing to that. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah, probably not the way you want to meet the President of your University if you're a professor. But (laughter) it is what happened. And Mark, what about you? You were a Dean at the University. Did you have any contact with Jerry Falwell, Jr.? MARK TINSLEY:  No, the only contact ever I had with him was at a gathering at the football stadium, several years back, and I passed by him. I may have shaken his hand. I can't remember. But that is the only contact, only time I've ever been in the same room. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah and Liberty is a massive school. How many students there? MARK TINSLEY:  It's over a hundred thousand right now, combining online and residential students. Gets them around 12,000 residential students right now. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah—very, very large school. But as we talked a little bit—how involved—we were talking about this Mark. How involved is Jerry Falwell, Jr., as a president, in the running of the school from your perspective as a Dean? MARK TINSLEY:  Well, I think I can speak from the perspective of the academic side of the University. And I would honestly say, and this is an objective statement, in my experience and I think in the experience of most of the folks in the department where I worked, he was really a non-presence. He rarely attended faculty meeting, faculty get-togethers. We didn't see him around the offices, places of work. He didn't walk the campus. His dad had a great reputation of walking the campus, Jerry Falwell, Sr. And going by the departments and talking to people. I remember one occasion when Jerry Falwell, Sr. came by the seminary when I was working there. And he talked to us about what held the seminary was the rudder of the University. And it was really an inspiring thing to have the President of the University to say those things to you. But we never say Jerry Falwell, Jr. in that way. And yeah, he was just a non-presence on campus. We didn't see him on a day-to-day basis at all. JULIE ROYS:  So, what we're going to be talking about today then, isn't something where you've had first-hand experience with Falwell, but more about how the school operates and its particularly this culture of fear at the school. And we only have about a minute or so before we have to go to break. But let me throw that to you, Brian. You've talked a little bit about tenure or there not being tenure. And how the school kind of uses that with professors. Can you, briefly, just kind of get us started on that? BRIAN MELTON:  Yes. Very much in nutshell. Liberty has always operated on one-year contracts. The original idea behind that was so that they could stop left-ward drift. So that was the problem in places like Harvard and Princeton had had. That once tenured professors had gotten in, you couldn't get them out. And then they would take the University farther and farther away from its Christian roots. But starting about 2007 and really hitting the fan about 2014, 2015, after Jerry, Jr. became slowly in control of the University. You did, it really became a method of control. Everyone was reminded, very, very often, that you're on a one-year contract that just does not have to be renewed. And that if you, not in so many words, but if you step out of line, if you do something that makes someone unhappy with you then you're– that's going to be it. JULIE ROYS:  That's it. (Laughter). I get it. Okay, again that is Brian Melton, a former Associate Professor of History at Liberty University. Also, Mark Tinsley, a former Dean at Liberty joining me today. I'm Julie Roys. You're listening to The Roys Report. We will be right back after a short break. Segment 2 JULIE ROYS:  Well, are the reports about Jerry Falwell and Liberty University true? Or are they simply a result of an attempted coup and an illegal smear campaign? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And joining me today is a former Dean and former Associate Professor at Liberty. And I'm asking them about numerous reports that have been published about Liberty and Falwell. These reports have accused Liberty President, Jerry Falwell, Jr., of berating employees and students and of cultivating a culture of fear and self-dealing at the school. But the most explosive expose which was published last week in Politico relied heavily on anonymous sources. So today what I've done is I've two sources who are willing to go on the record with their first-hand experiences. By the way, you can join the conversation about this show online by going to Facebook.com/ReachJulieRoys. Or you can reach us on Twitter by using our handle @ReachJulieRoys.  Well joining me today is Mark Tinsley, a former Dean of the College of General Studies at Liberty University. And Brian Melton a former Associate Professor of History and also part of the Faculty Senate. So, gentlemen, before the break, Brian, you were explaining about how there's no tenure at Liberty. Instead, every year, it's a one-year contract. And you're saying that this was used by the administration to get control over the professors. And frequently, you're told get in line or else you're going to lose your contract. What's the impact that has on the faculty when you have a system like that? BRIAN MELTON:  Well, I think probably one of the best ways to sum it up is something that Jerry, Jr. himself said. I think it was in The New York Times, when he said the big victory was “taming” the faculty. Which, of course, using an analogy comparing the faculty to animals that are beasts of burden. And that really does have that kind of chilling effects on peoples' ability to speak out. Especially given the fact that for conservatives, in general, and conservative Christians in particular in academics, jobs are very hard to come by. And so, if you lose a job at a place like Liberty, then there's a very strong probability that you will not be able to find one that either for years or again. So, the idea of losing that one ability to feed your family, it's a very serious threat. And it's something that the administration definitely used to keep the faculty in line. JULIE ROYS:  Well, and when you're saying that though, when you're saying keep them in line. There's probably a lot of sympathy with people listening to keeping faculty in line who are drifting left on doctrinal issues, for example. I think some, a lot of us are frustrated when we see that at colleges that that's allowed to happen and continues to happen. But is that really the kind of thing that it was, I mean, what was stepping out of line at Liberty? BRIAN MELTON:  Yeah, that was certainly the way it began. It was not what it became. Stepping out of line was complaining about academic quality in the classes, asking too many questions of a particular administrative set of goals or program or plan. It can also be grading too harshly. If you didn't have a certain success rate even if the students were not performing to the level that you would expect of a college level course. Then, you could lose your position or, at least, lose your load over that. There were absolutely no guarantees. JULIE ROYS:  So, let's talk about turnover now and kind of the culture among the administrators. Mark, you told me about something that I haven't really seen reported on and that is a huge shake up in the Provost Office around, what was it, 2016, 2017? So tell me about that? MARK TINSLEY:   Yes. So in around November of 2016, things were truckin' along at the University in the College of General Studies like they had always been. And business as usual. And suddenly, I was the Associate Dean of the College (inaudible) at the time. I reported to the Dean of The College of General Studies, at that time, Emily Heady, who also served as a Vice-Provost in the Provost's office. So, she had dual hats. And I remember the day. It was November the 15th, 2016. I'd been having correspondence that morning with Emily about matters in CGS. The mood had been light. We in our emails, we had a few jokes here and there in the emails. And when I emailed her at 11:30 am that morning after several email already that day. I got a reply back that said something to the effect of I'm not at the University right now. If you have any questions, contact the Provost, Dr. Ron Hawkins. I thought that was interesting. So, we went on and I called and talked to Dr. Hawkins. Got a lot of non-answers. One thing led to another and by December the 9th I got an email from Emily Heady saying I no long work at the University. Very much a stressful time for all of us. I sought answers from the Provost also saying and got none. The answers were it's something we can't talk about. You don't need to know. Continue to lead the College of General Studies, we'll get back to you. That kind of thing. So, one thing led to another there. It really caused a stir within the College and within the entire University because Emily was such a beloved person. A beloved administrator. All expected her to become the next Provost when Dr. Hawkins retired. It was assumed later that year or maybe in the next year or two. But things really started to snowball at that point. We started to get word that my, the other Associate Dean in the Department with me, that he was going to get sacked by the Provost Office. Presumably for being too close to Dr. Heady. I warned him of that and he went on and resigned. I went on soon thereafter and resigned myself. Not wanting to be associated with these types of underhanded tactics. I knew Emily Heady very well. I knew her character. I knew the person that she is today still. Certainly was at the time. So, in the matter . . .  JULIE ROYS:  So, did you talk with her? Did you talk? I'm guessing you talked to her. MARK TINSLEY:  Oh yes. JULIE ROYS:  I don't know how much you're at liberty to share but I mean, what was your sense? MARK TINSLEY:  Well, she wasn't at liberty to say a whole lot because she was under, they had somehow forced her to sign a non-disclosure agreement. So, we talked about, you know, her future and a lot of those things. But the sense that you get in any of these conversations, and talking to someone, they don't have to say, you know the person well enough to know their character. And I knew that she had not done anything underhanded or deceitful and she made the statement to that, you know, that everything was she didn't do anything wrong, you know. And so, I knew that things were fine with her and her character and all of the. The month that followed that, the resignation that, her being, well, she resigned. I mean she resigned under a non-disclosure. And then the other Associate Dean resigned. I resigned. And then in the months that followed, at least four other faculty members and staffers resigned as well. And so in a matter of six to eight months, ten months or so, you had about 7 to 8 faculty members and some staffers that, because of matters of integrity and not wanting to work in an environment and culture of fear any longer, decided to walk away and move on to other things. JULIE ROYS:  So, you really felt in a real culture of fear intimidation. This isn't something where Politico is just making it up. You're saying, yeah, it was real. MARK TINSLEY:  Oh absolutely. It was absolutely real. People regularly talked about the fear that they had in formal and informal ways. I mean, as Associate Dean, and Dean, I had people come by my office at times, and talk about their fears, especially when contract time was coming around. Talking about fears of non-renewal and those type of things. We were always having to address those kinds of issues with the faculty.  JULIE ROYS:  And so, you had to be loyal. Was this a culture where loyalty is the top, loyalty to Jerry Falwell, Jr., is the top goal, or the top value? Or what is driving it? MARK TINSLEY:   I don't know that any of us felt it was absolute loyalty to Jerry Falwell, Jr.. But we did feel that it was absolute loyalty to the institution. You didn't feel at liberty to, as Brian said earlier, to make any statements adversely towards the university or the curriculum or any of the executive offices. Or anyone. I mean it had to be – I always called it an environment of hyper-loyalty. It was loyalty without question. It was blind loyalty really. It's what folks felt was expected of them. And it seemed to be expected because when anyone stepped out of line and made any kind of critical comment, they were let go.  JULIE ROYS:  Well, that's Mark Tinsley, a former Dean at Liberty University. Also joining me today, Brian Melton, a former Associate Professor of History and Moderator of the Faculty Senate at Liberty. I'm Julie Roys and you're listening to The Roys Report. And when we come back, we're going to talk about a situation where Mark was pressured by the Administration to do something that he didn't want to do. We'll be right back after a short break. Segment 3  JULIE ROYS:   Is Jerry Falwell Jr. the target of an attempted coup and an illegal smear campaign? Or, are the accusations against his administration true? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And today we're discussing a very hot topic in the news right now. As you've likely heard, there were 2 explosive reports published last week. An article by Reuters included emails from Falwell in which he called a Liberty University student “retarded” and an employee a “half-wit.” But, the more serious allegations were reported by Politico. That article included multiple examples and documentation of alleged self-dealing at Liberty. For example, the article mentioned that Falwell hired his son, Trey Falwell, to manage a shopping center owned by the school. And Liberty loaned a construction company owned by Falwell's good friend Robert Moon, a quarter of a million dollars to start the company. Then, according to Politico, Liberty awarded Moon's company more than 130 million dollars in contracts. Again, Liberty is a non-profit university, so using the university for any personal enrichment is prohibited by law. But Politico, that article, also included numerous anonymous sources claiming that Falwell nurtured a culture of fear at the school. The article says people were too scared of Falwell to go on the record. But it claimed that the sources that were cited in there were current and former high-ranking employees of Liberty University and associates of Falwell's. In response, Falwell has claimed that he's the target of an attempted coup and a smear campaign at the school. And he's announced his intentions to sue those who have spoken out against him or leaked these emails. So, are the allegations against Jerry Falwell Jr. true or simply this result of a smear campaign.  Well joining me today are two former employees with first-hand knowledge of this situation at Liberty. And unlike the politico sources, they're not appearing on my program anonymously. Their names are Mark Tinsley, a former dean of the college of general studies at Liberty University. And Brian Melton, a former associate professor history and chairman of the faculty senate at Liberty. Mark resigned from Liberty in 2017 and Brian resigned last year. And by the way, if you're just joining us and missed the first part of the show, the entire audio will be posted soon after this broadcast to my website JulieRoys.com. I also want to mention that I did invite Jerry Falwell or another representative from Liberty to appear on this show, but they didn't respond to my invitation. So, gentlemen, let me just ask you this because, okay, Brian, you're in Poland now, so, I'm guessing you're feeling you're outside of the reach of Jerry Falwell Jr., but Mark, you're right there in Virginia. And I know in this Politico article, it was saying people are afraid, not just those who are employees of the college, but just living in the town because of the power and the reach of the Falwell family. Do you feel afraid. MARK TINSLEY:  No, I don't feel afraid. And that's not a cavalier attitude at all. You know, I think Brian would feel the same way. We just see a lot of our friends and former colleagues that are undergoing a lot of stress right now. They're in a place that many of them don't want to be. They're being oppressed right now. They live in fear. And I think for me, I'll speak for myself, I'm just tired of people taking courageous stands, in one sense, but not putting their names to it in another. My mom and dad raised me to, if you're going to say something about somebody, have, you know, put your name to it. Now I'm not criticizing the people that went anonymous. I know they're reasons than that. But for me, it's an obligation. I have some things that might be inspiring to our faculty that would see and hear me and Brian and would say, “You know, there's a voice out there. There's someone who does care and someone who will put their name to this.” And then secondly, you know, I preached on Isaiah 41:10 just this past Sunday. And it says, “Do not be afraid. For I am with you. Do not be afraid. For I am your God. I will strengthen you. I will help you. I will, I have called you with My victorious right hand.” And if I truly believe that passage of scripture, then I should stand up and not be fearful. JULIE ROYS:   Amen. And there's a freedom, isn't there, when you speak out? And you take the consequences, whatever they are. And you just move on with life. But there's a freedom to speak your mind and to say what you feel and what you believe. Brian, let me throw this to you real quick. I know I said before the break that we're going to talk a little bit about a course that was dropped and there was kind of this pressure around that. And I want to talk to Mark about that. But first, you had mentioned, just real briefly that there was something said, what was it, at faculty orientation every year? BRIAN MELTON:  Oh yes, I think one of the best examples of sort of how this culture was passed along and emphasized in such a way almost involving the sort of typical Christianese where I'm encouraging you but I'm kind of threatening you. There was this announcement they always used to give where they ended everything by saying, “Now we just want you to know, and this is not a threat, we're not threatening you, but there are hundreds of people lined up for your job. And even though we get resume's all the time, we're very happy to say that we don't want you, we've got the people we want. Now this is not a threat.” And of course, you look at that, and every faculty member that I knew looked at that and they're like, “No, that is a threat.” Nobody in their right mind would not take that as a threat. And, in fact, it was a very special kind of threat. It insulted your intelligence as much as it threatened you. And I joke sometimes that I wonder why they hired me to teach college history if they thought I was so stupid that I would fall for that. And surely you want someone smarter than that. It was a good example of ways they found to remind you of how temporary you were. And how even though, like Mark said, they expected so much loyalty from you, once you got beyon the dean level, there was none toward you. JULIE ROYS:   Well let me ask you Mark, this situation that happened, we probably won't have time to tell that much in this segment, but we'll get to it in the next segment too. But what happened? Somewhere there was a course that was a favorite of yours and one that seemed to do very well, but the school wanted to get rid of. MARK TINSLEY:  It was an introductory level freshman seminar type course. But it taught andragogy-adult learning. And we had run this course for a couple of years and gotten some wonderful data on it. And students who took it had better retention. And the university students who took it score better in their subsequent classes at the university. I mean, all of the data was showing, “Hey, you want your student to take this course.” However, some folks on the other side of the college—in enrollment management on the business side of the college—didn't like the course because it was another course students had to take. It was another required course. So, for a long time the course had stated that if a student came in with 60 credit hours—half their degree done—they didn't have to take this course. So that was a bit of a win for the business side of the university because some students didn't have to take it. However, the university wanted us to drop that down to 45 credits. JULIE ROYS:   And yet, this was communicated to you in a meeting with one of the administrators, correct? MARK TINSLEY:  Well, it had been communicated in several meetings. It had been a thing that had been discussed for a while. JULIE ROYS:   Well hold that thought. We're going to need to go to break. When we come back from break, we'll continue this whole store about this course. And it'll give just sort of an insight. I think it's an interesting window into how things operate there at Liberty. And I know this is a school both for you Brian and for you Mark that you still love. That you still want to see thrive. And I know that's part of why you're speaking out. Again, you're listening to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. Joining me today Mark Tinsley, a former dean at Liberty University and Brian Melton, a former associate professor of history. We will be right back after a short break. Segment 4 JULIE ROYS:   Are the allegations against Liberty University President, Jerry Falwell, Jr. true? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys and today I'm exploring the recent allegations against Falwell that were published in both Politico and Reuters last week. These accused Falwell of mocking employees and students, using the College to enrich his family and friends, and nurturing a culture of fear. And by the way, if you're just joining the program and want to listen to the entire broadcast, or if you just want to share it with friends, the entire audio will be available shortly after this broadcast at JulieRoys.com and then you click on the podcast tab. Again, joining me today are two men with first-hand knowledge of the culture at Liberty. Until 2017, Mark Tinsley worked at Liberty as the Dean of the College of General Studies. And until 2018, Brian Melton worked as an Associate Professor at Liberty and the Chairman of the Faculty Senate. So Mark, we talked just briefly about what was happening about this one course, where the administration wanted you to get rid of this course. You didn't want to get rid of it. Tell me how this showdown came to blows.  MARK TINSLEY:  Well, it wasn't that they wanted to get rid of it but they wanted to reduce the credit hour requirement for it. So, originally it was 60 hours. If you came with 60 hours of credit as a transfer student, you didn't have to take this freshman seminar course that had been shown, again, to have a positive impact on student success. They wanted us to drop that down to 45 credit hours so that even fewer students would have to take it. We didn't agree with that because the course was showing so much success. And so, in order for that to happen, the College of General Studies had to vote, in its general studies committee, for that change to occur in a process called—the FIO process “For Informational Only” Process. And it's kind of a weird title but we had to vote then. Well, we went into the meeting to vote, and I've got, this is how the culture of fear works, Julie, is that we took minutes, like you do in meetings, but we also took alternate minutes. And I'm going to read from the alternate minutes from you that are unofficial. But these are the ones that we took to say what really happened in that meeting. The first vote that occurred got one yes vote, one no vote, in a group of about 10-12 persons. All the others abstained. Then one of the faculty members said, “Well, is this going to, if we vote no to this change is this going to hurt Mark and our other Associate Dean, or the Associate Dean and is it going to put them at risk?” Another faculty member stood up and said, “It absolutely will.” He said, “I don't agree with this change but I'm going to vote yes for it to protect our leaders. Because if we do not protect them, who knows who we're going to get. Who's going to replace them? Who's going to come down here to lead us?” So, we voted again and it passed that time and so we sent it on and, of course, the change was made. But you know, it was just amazing. I mean, I stood there in awe as the moderator of this group, because I had told them from the beginning, you guys vote your conscience. Don't vote, vote your conscience. And their conscience was—abstained, one voted yes, one voted no. When we went back and voted what we knew they wanted, then the vote came out the right way. And the thing is, I failed to mention this, is prior to this meeting, I had a visit from one of the Vice-Provosts, in my office, where he sat down, closed door, just him, me. And he said, “We need this to pass. This will pass.” And he sent me an email prior to that, Julie, that didn't say in those words but you could read between the lines in the email. And see he said, “We need this to be done in 21 days or less.”  You know, read between those lines and, you know, get this done. So, and that was how, they advised this change without consultation of the General Studies. This came in an email. They had re-written the FIO. JULIE ROYS:  So, they're really, they're not asking for a vote. They're telling you to vote, right? MARK TINSLEY:  They're telling you what to do.  Yeah and so, that was unfortunate.  JULIE ROYS:  Tell me, too, about the, you said in the vice, in the Provost's Office, we've talked about a shakeup. Then you had this situation happen but then there were a bunch of other Provosts that came through in a very rapid-fire manner, wasn't there? I mean, there was like, what did you say, no less than 5 turnovers in the Provost's Office within . . . ? MARK TINSLEY:  No less than 5 changes, in, since mid-2017. And the changes are still occurring. I mean, recently the current Provost, there was recently a second Provost added, another Co-Provost situation. Where they now have a Provost and Chief Academic Officer for the residential side and an online Provost. So, that office is continually in flux, it seems. JULIE ROYS:  I mean are you telling me that there's so much turnover this is such a crisis at this point? That, I mean, is this sustainable? At the same time the school is doing well. I mean, enrollment is extremely healthy. I talked to parents. I talked to some faculty. And, I mean, beautiful faculty. The students, from what I hear, there was a protest on Friday. Instead of it being contrarian, like the two sides apparently starting talking to each other and debating it politely. And I mean these are beautiful people at this school but what you're describing—that kind of turnover. That's hard to sustain a school. MARK TINSLEY:  It is and it makes for a lot of chaos and uncertainty. And all that of that uncertainty and chaos adds to the culture of fear. Yeah, so it's a very volatile situation. JULIE ROYS: Do you think it will last? I mean, or do you think there needs to be a change in the administration? Or, if there's not, and when I say administration, I mean everybody seems to be pointing the finger at the top, at the President. MARK TINSLEY:  Right. Well, I think something has to change. You can't sustain this kind of turnover indefinitely. This won't and it's going to start to hurt their accreditation. You can't have this kind of turnover consistently and the accreditors not see that and ask questions.  JULIE ROYS: Well and the self-dealing allegations, I mean, that's very serious. And I know accreditors look at that sort of stuff, too. So, and that, I would say, the Politico article had so much documentation. That was probably the strongest part, I thought of the entire article. The anonymous sources, not so much. The documentation for the self-dealing and that's a very serious charge. That was much stronger. Both of you gentlemen have told me about something that exists, Mark, you have a name for it, you call it like “the underground”. Tell me a little bit about this because this is really stunning to me about this whole underground and how it operates.  MARK TINSLEY:  Well, the name “the underground” comes from a former, a friend of mine, who's a former employee as well. I'll give him credit. I won't name him but it's an unofficial network of current and former faculty and employees, of the university, that are constantly talking. The interesting thing about this is, I don't know how big this network is but it's got to reach back into the top executive levels. Because I told you before the show, Julie, that every prediction that I have heard through this underground network has come true. Every one of them. We knew about Provosts that were being moved and going to be sacked. We even knew about one of the Provosts who went to another school. We heard that he was going to be fired from that school, before he was fired, before it came out in the news. All of the things that we've heard through this network have come true, 100%. And so, it's got to reach back to the highest levels. JULIE ROYS:  So, yeah, this shows that the discontent, you're saying, is rife. Not just among the faculty which, Brian you spoke to. Not just among, you know, the deans, kind of the level of the administration you were at. But to have that level of knowledge of what's going on, we're talking pretty high up at the school, there seems to be people who are speaking.  MARK TINSLEY:   I would think. And, you know, I only know about 8 people in this unofficial underground network, but each of my 8 contacts probably has 8 or 10 contacts and each of those has 8 or 10 contacts. I can imagine that this network is huge. JULIE ROYS:  But you don't know everybody that's in it. Brian, you're in this network? BRIAN MELTON:  I assume so. I also heard the news about the Provost getting sacked from the other school before it actually happened. And, personally, I think that a lot of it has to do with someone, one of the anonymous sources in the Politico article said that this isn't a Christian thing. This is a right or wrong thing. And frankly, I think, I have to strongly disagree with that and say that I think it is a Christian thing. And I think that a lot of the very strong Christians, who are at the university, are seeing these things and deploring them. And feeling that even if they can just do nothing, other than pass information to someone else, or give them some encouragement, that it's something that's very much worthwhile.  JULIE ROYS:  Gentlemen, we have just enough time, I think, to touch on one other thing that you talked to me about. And it was these courses that were called, what were they called, “S” courses? Is that right? MARK TINSLEY:  Oh, you're talking about completion rate.  JULIE ROYS:  Completion rates, yeah, okay. So tell me about these completion rates, Brian or Mark, maybe you're the best one to speak to that.  MARK TINSLEY:  Well, completion rates are how many students complete a course by passing. The difference between pass rate and completion rate but essentially the completion rate is students who get a “C”, I think it was, or higher. It was either a “C” or higher or a “D” or higher in a course. They were considered  to have completed the course successfully.  JULIE ROYS:  Okay, but there was a lot of pressure at the school. MARK TINSLEY:  A lot of pressure to keep that rate at 80%. You know, they wanted 80% in all courses, 80% in all courses for completion rate. And the story, I shared with you was that I went to the Provost's Office one day to make my report of our completion rates and I was all excited because our General Studies Math was at a completion rate of 70%. Well, at the time, the national average for completion of freshman level, General Studies Math was 50, I think 55% or somewhere in that range. So we were 15, at least 15 points above that. I was so excited. I go in there and report this and I'm immediately shot down and told, well that's too low. I said, “Well, that this was 15 points higher than the national average.” And the response I got was, we need it at 80%.  JULIE ROYS:  So are you saying there's pressure then to pass students who shouldn't be passing?  MARK TINSLEY:  There's pressure to get those rates up and how that's translated by the individual Deans, departments, and professors, you know, that's it's going to be different for each one. But you can only assume that some people are going, to save their jobs, as Brian was saying earlier, they look at these completion rates not just per course but per professor or at least they did when we were there. And there's pressure to have your numbers, so, higher than 80%. JULIE ROYS:  Okay let me throw that to Brian because we just have a little bit of time. Can you corroborate that, did you feel that too? BRIAN MELTON:  Oh, absolutely and I can say on the online side I saw that. Got that feeling talking to other professors. Because in the online side, it's as simple as we're just not going to give you another course. We don't even have to not renew your contract; you're just not going to get another course in the future. We'll give it to someone who will have a higher completion rate. That makes them want to grade much more easily. And then also for the course creators. Because the people who create the courses, if your course fails too many students, then you don't have a high enough completion rate, you may lose your job as an SME. And so there's constant pressure there to lower the standards on the courses and make the assignments easier.  JULIE ROYS:  Really briefly because we just have about a minute. What's your hope for Liberty, Brian? BRIAN MELTON:  My hope for Liberty? Well, I truly hope that Liberty realizes its original mission and rights itself. At this point I'm kind of afraid it's going off the rails. Harvard and Princeton went off the rails to the left. Liberty doesn't seem to know where it's going. I would really like it to get back to Jerry Falwell, Sr.'s B.H.A.G., as he called it—a Big Hairy Audacious Goal of being that true Christian University where you study the Biblical worldview from the ground up and everyone takes it seriously. JULIE ROYS:  Well, Brian, thank you so much, and I hate to cut you off but we are running out of time. But it's always sad when we talk about corruption or about Christian behavior that seems un-Christian. And a lot of people say, well why are we doing that? I mean there's so much bad PR in the secular press why would we do that on Christian radio? Well, I'll tell you why we need to talk about it. For one, judgment should start with the house of God. But secondly, Ephesians 5:11 says, “Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness but rather expose them.” Of all people, Christians should be the most committed to cleaning up their own house. So, I hope you've been challenged by today's program. If you'd like to read the article cited today, I put an article on my website at JULIE ROYS, Roys spelled R-O-Y-S dot com. It has links to that and again at Julie Roys.com you can get audio of this program. Again, thanks to my guests Mark Tinsley, Brian Melton. I hope you have a great weekend and God Bless.  Read more

Ron Hawkins is a singer/song writer, the lead singer of Lowest of the Low and Do Good Assassins, producer and general all round mensch. Lowest of the Low had their beginnings in the early 90's with the iconic release "Shakespeare my Butt". The album has since achieved certified Gold status in Canada and is one of the most influential Canadian Albums/Band to date. Their newest Album "Agitpop" was produced by David Bottrill who has worked with some amazing artists like Peter Gabriel, Tool and more. Agitpop was released on Warner Brothers records in 2019 and can be purchased where good music lives. We got down to the nitty gritty with little to no old-guy-get-off-my-lawn talk. always a great hang and conversation! Agitpop: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4uAxsaUY36qU8AqQmO0LgKiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lowest-of-the-low/30898761Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowestofthelowFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LowestOfTheLow/ Shop with amazon.ca, amazon.com and amazon.co.uk  Bookmark the link and support the show!!Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologueShop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop/

Fresh from the recording studio, rising indie rock stars, Oakridge Ave., hit the couch to chat with John and Riley about their forthcoming record and new single, and what it's like working with legendary producer, Ian Blurton. Riley catches up with Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low about the band's new album and why they keep coming back to play Kingston. Then, Tanya and Céline from Velours Sessions – a content creation firm exclusively for musicians – share their secrets and stories working with bands and artists to elevate their image, and propel their success. Hosts: Johnny San john@kingstonlive.ca Riley Jabour riley@kingstonlive.ca Links: Oakridge Ave.: http://www.oakridgeave.com/ Lowest of the Low: https://lowestofthelow.com Velours Sessions: https://www.facebook.com/VeloursSessions/ Kingston Live Music Listings: http://www.kingstonlive.ca Kingston Events, Accommodations & More: http://www.visitkingston.ca Feedback: Your suggestions, ideas and criticisms are important and encouraged. Please let us know what you think by commenting here, or by email at podcast@kingstonlive.ca

His career would begin with an album that would place top 10 in the Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time – the 1991 Lowest of the Low album “Shakespeare My Butt”. His songs sound at home alongside Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg. Songs that are stories, odes, laments, celebrations and revolutions!  Ron Hawkins in conversation and acoustic performances from his latest band album. https://www.audible.ca/pd/Radio-Records-Rockstars-Audiobook/B07JGF7PS7

Canadian singer-songwriter and frontman of The Lowest of the Low, Ron Hawkins, joins us on this episode of The Adamantium Podcast. We discuss the release of their box set collection “Shakespeare My Box,” being an independent artist in Toronto for three decades, giving the middle finger to corporate music, and violent 80s gigs. We also talk about his second calling as a painter, his previous job shovelling rats out of a bottling plant, and admitting your not a fan of “must like” Canadian music.

Highlights from the week for the cockles of your heart / Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low from our archives / Slow eaters, a timeless conversation / Backed by listener demand, the no no no incident.

Ron Hawkins is the lead singer, principle song writer and guitarist for Canada's own "Lowest of the Low". LOTL have been around the Canadian scene since the early 90's. the album "Shakespeare my Butt" had a short-lived title as Canada's best-selling independent release in Canadian history. The Barenaked Ladies took the title a while after. Ron releases a new album every year which is an incredible task. A task that is welcomed by his loyal fanbase. LOTL have signed a two album deal with Warner Brothers. Their first release is "Shakespeare my Box" is a box set of every album released as well as unreleased and live recordings. Yours truly had a hand in the live recordings part. Ron Hawkins and Lowest of the Low are staple points in Canadian music history and I am proud to have Ron on the show for a 2nd time. Be sure to check out the yet to be released LOTL song that's on my YouTube channel. Link is here  Band Website: https://lowestofthelow.com/ Ron Hawkins Website: http://www.ronhawkins.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LowestOfTheLow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lowestofthelow Pre-Order the boxset: Boxset Unreleased new LOTL song: https://youtu.be/Ab-y4KPkD5c Brought to you by http://www.betterhelp.com/apologue Affordable, private online counselling anytime, anywhere Shop with amazon.ca, amazon.com and amazon.co.uk  Bookmark the link and support the show!! Pledge monthly with Patreon https://www.patreon.com/apologue Shop Apologue products at http://apologue.ca/shop/ Like the show on FaceBook and subscribe on iTunes Check out my new 3D printing store. Go to www.insightrecorders.com/3dprints

Ron Hawkins, Vice Provost and former Provost of Liberty University in Virginia, talks with host Taylor Berglund about the virtues of one of America's largest Christian schools and how it continues to thrive under Jerry Falwell's leadership.

Various interviews of note combined with interesting Extra segments / An extra performance, and thoughts from Montreal with CAVEBOY / A caller from Memphis is turned on by everything Humble and Fred says / Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low / Humble yet famous guitarist Jesse Cook / Humble yet funny famous comedian Jeremy Hotz

In advance of The Lowest of the Low’s new album Do The Right Now dropping this Friday, September 8th — and the Low launching said album with a concert at the Danforth Music Hall on Saturday September 9th — occasional soundtrack composer and full-time musician Ron Hawkins stops in to talk about The Third Man, that all-time … Continue reading Ron Hawkins on The Third Man →

Ron Hawkins, front man to Lowest of the Low, Rusty Nails and the Do Good Assassins joins us to talk about his double bill - Planet of the Apes and Night of the Hunter. Okay - so, we’re playing this one a bit early. Lowest of the Low is getting back together to perform at the Hillside Festival in Guelph July 14 and they’re releasing a long awaited Low album, Do The Right Now - and in terms of publicity — we should hold off on this podcast until then. But waiting is a lot to ask of any a Hawkins fan especially with two odd and edgy classic films tapping into a history of gangsters, bank robbers and a band that actually thought jogging and abstinence might be a good formula for creativity. Don’t worry, Ron. We’ll be repeating this one in time for the album, guaranteed.

Mike chats with Tim Thompson about his innate ability to marry music and sports, his time producing montages for Hockey Night in Canada, his abrupt end at Rogers Hockey, his work with Ron Hawkins from Lowest of the Low and Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip, his Olympics montages and his friendship with Eric Lindros.

Mike chats with Lowest of the Low lead singer and songwriter Ron Hawkins about Shakespeare My Butt, success for which you're unprepared, Gord Downie, the perfect marriage of Peace and Quiet and Tim Thompson's Maple Leafs montage and much, much more.

Just how did Wintersleep get Rush's Geddy Lee to perform on their brand new album, The Great Detachment? Wintersleep frontman Paul Murphy tells us about that and a lot more about their stunning new collection. We also catch up with Ron Hawkins, who in addition to his work with The Lowest of the Low has recorded some very impressive solo releases, the latest of which is Spit, Sputter & Sparkle. Finally, Kim & Kevin Sinclair of SpinCount, a CBC Searchlight Career Booster Partner, tells us about their world of radio tracking and promotions.

Please join me and my exceptionally talented guest, Ron Hawkins, this Friday @ 11:04am EST. Ron has long been revered as one of Canada's greatest contemporary singer-songwriters. Chart Magazine Honoured Ron & his band with spots in the Top 10 of the Top 100 Canadian Albums of ALL TIME (1996, 2005). Voted songwriter of the YEAR by NOW Magazine's reader's poll - received Edge's Lifetime Achievement Award. Hall Of Fame Inductee - Rock Hall of Fame. Sold out Performances. The List goes on..... Treat yourselves - tune in - and learn more about this amazing human being! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NOW Magazine's song writer of the year for 2015 is evidence that Ron Hawkins is still a talent to be reckoned with. As a founding member of Lowest of the Low, Ron found huge success in the early 90's with the bands first release "Shakespeare my Butt." Because of the band's do-it-yourself (DIY) ethics, they were able to basically write their own distribution deal with a major label based on the success of the first release. Since then Ron put together other bands including "Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails" and "Ron Hawkins and the Do Good Assassins" and has been releasing albums for over 20 years. His recent release it with the Do Good Assassins called "Garden Songs." In the podcast we talk about the days of old and the days of new, life, kids, music and whatever came up in Ron's basement studio. Check out: www.ronhawkins.com/ or www.lowestofthelow.com/ to find out more about all things Ron Hawkins. Help the podcast out by pledging on Patreon,  www.patreon.com/apologue Brought to you by fetchclass.com Shop with amazon.ca, amazon.com and amazon.co.uk  Bookmark the link and support the show!! Also brought to you by Musicians Friend Pick up a shirt http://apologue.ca/shop/  

Sean and Mark welcome musician Ron Hawkins into the Seanpod.Check out Ron's website at www.RonHawkins.comFollow Lowest of the Low on Twitter @LowestoftheLowCheck out www.SeanCullen.com Follow The Seanpod on Twitter @TheSeanpod Follow Seán on Twitter @MrSeanCullenJoin his Facebook fan page www.facebook.com/ComedianSeanCullenThis episode is brought to you by Ironhead clothing. Visit them at www.ironhead.com Click Here to Sign up to Seán Cullen's emailer to be updated on the latest Seánpod episodes, Seán Cullen news, and appearances.The Seanpod can now be heard on SiriusXM's Canada Talks - channel 167 - every Thursday at 9am/12pm, Saturdays at 4pm, Sundays at 3pm.

Ron Hawkins was first introduced to Canadian music fans in 1991 when his band Lowest Of The Low released their first record Shakespeare My Butt. That record went on to be one of the biggest selling independent albums in Canada and is still seen as a milestone in the history of Canadian rock and roll. Since then Ron Hawkins, The Lowest of The Low frontman, has kept busy. Ron's latest band is called the Do Good Assassins and they rocked the Drive studio for this session.

All the cool kids are releasing new albums on vinyl these days, and the coolest of the cool put out limited edition coloured vinyl versions, so that nerds like me can bring a bunch of them down to play on the radio, like I did today. We also listened to a few tracks featuring producer/player Sam Kassirer, who heads to Winnipeg this week to make a new record. We heard some folky songs, some rockin’ tunes, some dedications, and some songs inspired by the Neighbor’s Dog.

All the cool kids are releasing new albums on vinyl these days, and the coolest of the cool put out limited edition coloured vinyl versions, so that nerds like me can bring a bunch of them down to play on the radio, like I did today. We also listened to a few tracks featuring producer/player Sam Kassirer, who heads to Winnipeg this week to make a new record. We heard some folky songs, some rockin’ tunes, some dedications, and some songs inspired by the Neighbor’s Dog.

Things are finally slowing down on the concert calendar, so not a lot to look forward to, but we did have a few fine shows to relive. That left us with some time for some classics, some new stuff, and a few we just plain felt like playing.

Things are finally slowing down on the concert calendar, so not a lot to look forward to, but we did have a few fine shows to relive. That left us with some time for some classics, some new stuff, and a few we just plain felt like playing.

We're on a roll with great guests as of late, and this week is certainly no exception. First up, a chat with probably the most important songwriter in my life, Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low. He's coming to town opening up for Billy Bragg, and he's got a heck of a great new album to play for us, so we'll chat about the past, present, and future. As if that weren't enough, joining us live in studio is a band we'd never tell to go home, Sunparlour Players. They are without a doubt one of this country's best live acts, and it won't be long before they get the huge following they so rightly deserve. This week we'll prove that we knew them "back when..."

We're on a roll with great guests as of late, and this week is certainly no exception. First up, a chat with probably the most important songwriter in my life, Ron Hawkins of The Lowest of the Low. He's coming to town opening up for Billy Bragg, and he's got a heck of a great new album to play for us, so we'll chat about the past, present, and future. As if that weren't enough, joining us live in studio is a band we'd never tell to go home, Sunparlour Players. They are without a doubt one of this country's best live acts, and it won't be long before they get the huge following they so rightly deserve. This week we'll prove that we knew them "back when..."