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SBS Kurdish was invited by the Australian Kurdish Society (AKS) to Newroz celebrations. While attending the event, we engaged with participants and asked the about the significance of Newroz in their lives. We spoke with writer Hamid Rashid Zarza, Shahla Saedi, Nejiba Talabani, Rebwar a Peshmerga veteran, Cemal Ismaili, writer Ashti Ibrahim Efendi, Nader Gariban - president of AKS, Sudabeh Fard and singer Serdar Qadir. - SBS Kurdî ji alîyê Civata Kurdên Australya (Australian Kurdish Society - AKS) ve bo ahenga Newrozê hat vexwandin. Em bi beşdaran re axifîn û me derbarê Newrozê û wateya Newrozê bo wan çî ye pirsî. Em bi nivîkar Hemîd Reşîd Zarza, Şehla Saedî, Necîba Telebanî, Rêbwar, Cemal Îsmaîlî, nivîskar Aştî Ibrahîm Efendî, Nader Xerîban - serokê AKS, Sûdabêh Fard û stranbêj Serdar Qadir re peyîvîn.
Saed is 27 years old and lives in Gaza. He is bravely going on the record to tell us what its like inside of Gaza. This podcast is made by Henrik Beckheim, Lena Salzbank NBC, and Michael Hudak from WSVN. Recorded march 18th 2025 on Henrik Beckheim Podcast. -henrikbeckheim.com
I dagens avsnitt så gästas vi utav Danilo Al-Saed!Danilo som precis skrivit på för AIK pratar om hans förhoppningar inför denna säsong, hur det är att spela för Iraks landslag, tiden som utlandsproffs och självklart mycket mer! Glöm inte att gilla, prenumerera & kommentera vad ni tyckte om videon!Socials:https://www.tiktok.com/@frirollstudion https://www.instagram.com/frirollstudionhttps://x.com/frirollstudionContact: frirollthepodcast@gmail.comCredits:Animation Video by Burak Kiraz from Pixabay.
Årets fotbollsdeal är här! TV4 och Studio Allsvenskan har just nu ett samarbete där du för endast 249 kr/månaden får TV4:s Sportpaket (Allsvenskan, Superettan, Serie A, LaLiga, Svenska Cupen, Sveriges herrlandskamper plus massa mer). Ordinarie pris är 349 kr/månaden så detta erbjudande innebär 100 kr rabatt varje månad! Gå in på https://www.tv4play.se/kampanj/studioallsvenskan för att ta del av erbjudandet!Vi välkomnar Danilo Al-Saed till Studio Allsvenskan!Det blir en lång genomgång av Danilos brokiga väg till elitfotbollen.När gav han upp, och varför? Och hur hittade han tillbaka till glädjen igen?Succén i Norge, varför det inte funkade i Holland, och vad som lockade mest med AIK.Plus mycket mer.Studio Allsvenskan finns även på Patreon, där du får ALLA våra avsnitt reklamfritt direkt efter inspelning. Dessutom får du tillgång till våra exklusiva poddserier där vi släpper avsnitt tisdag till fredag varje vecka. Bli medlem här!Följ Studio Allsvenskan på sociala medier: Twitter!Facebook!Instagram!Youtube!•TikTok! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Hoy escuchamos: H.e.a.t - Disaster, Avantasia- Against the wind, Mantric Momentum- The highest mountain, Pyramaze- Taking what´s mine, Judas Priest- Invincible shield, Labyrinth- Welcome twilight, The Ferrymen- Mother unholy, Bonfire- I will rise, Tierra Santa- Inmortal, Saedín- Un sueño más, Sôber- Diez años, Bleed from Within- A hope in hell.Escuchar audio
Lunes musical disfruta de los temas de: Saedín -Un sueño más Melifluo - Calavera Six Burning Knives - Gallows Hermana Furia - Turbo Dakles - Mamá dime Bourbon Kings - Tonight Lino Suricato - Todo palante ya Injector - Warning blast Etreum - El despertar Legado De Una Tragedia - La llamada de Cthulhu Disfruta del contenido completo en nuestra web: nekoeteurythmia.com. Conviértete en nuestro mecenas y recibe recompensas exclusivas a través de nuestro Patreon: patreon.com/NEKOETEURYTHMIA.
Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Lunes musical disfruta de los temas de: Saedín -Un sueño más Melifluo - Calavera Six Burning Knives - Gallows Hermana Furia - Turbo Dakles - Mamá dime Bourbon Kings - Tonight Lino Suricato - Todo palante ya Injector - Warning blast Etreum - El despertar Legado De Una Tragedia - La llamada de Cthulhu Disfruta del contenido completo en nuestra web: nekoeteurythmia.com. Conviértete en nuestro mecenas y recibe recompensas exclusivas a través de nuestro Patreon: patreon.com/NEKOETEURYTHMIA.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de NEKO ET EURYTHMIA ®. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/632772
For more of my latest content, subscribe to my YouTube channel, 'Dark Asia with Megan.' Head over to www.youtube.com/@DarkAsiawithMegan and join our awesome community. Your support means everything, and I can't wait to share more Asian cases with you! - Megan On Other Platforms TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@darkasiawithmegan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkasiawithmegan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkasiamegan/
As a huge Tim Burton fan, Walles Hamonde was thrilled to be cast in the new ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' movie alongside stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder. A former competitive figure skater, Walles is now a familiar face on screen, perhaps best known for his character Rich in Armando Iannucci's hit HBO show 'Avenue 5'. He also played Sheik Al Jamain in the ground-breaking Netflix animation 'Captain Fall'; Doctor Saed in the controversial 2023 New Year's episode of 'EastEnders'; and the lead Auror in the seminal Harry Potter spin-off 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'. In addition, Walles has starred in dozens of high-profile audio dramas, video games and animations. Follow Walles on Instagram @whereswalles Follow host Daron Jenkins @thedaronjenkins --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/conversationswithdaron/support
A casual Saturday night of drinking and dancing at a club in Edmonton unfolds into a senseless and horrific mass shooting. While Edmonton Police track down two of the shooters, the third mysteriously disappears into the night. Seeking justice for the heartbreaking loss of a 28-year-old , the hunt for suspect Saed Osman continues. CRIMESTOPPERS - https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/index.php For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/tag/crime-beat/ Subscribe to Crime Beat TV HERE: / crimebeattv Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #CrimeBeat #CrimeBeatMostWanted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For more of my latest content, subscribe to my YouTube channel, 'Dark Asia with Megan.' Head over to www.youtube.com/@DarkAsiawithMegan and join our awesome community. Your support means everything, and I can't wait to share more Asian cases with you! - Megan On Other Platforms TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@darkasiawithmegan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkasiawithmegan/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkasiamegan/
Saed Madanat is 37 years old and started playing Chess when he was 4. He's been the Champion of Jordan on multiple occasions for age categories (under 12, under 16, under 20).He joined Kitch and Neeil to discuss his love for the game and also, what the future holds for the game of Chess.Instagram: Kitch/.Instagram: Neeil/.Instagram: Producer Pranav/.Instagram: Producer Errol/.Instagram: Producer Vandana/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Repasamos la 6 temporada (pt1.) Los temas que suenan hoy en el programa son de C. de Ramos, Sons OF Steel, Descendientes, Sami Jewel, Saedín, Último Eco, The Bering, Ankhara, Reeper, Reino De Hades, Deshonra, Erik Cruz, Empire Of Disease, Sylvania y Skullmania. Saludamos a nuestros mecenas Alejandro Lombardo, Sergio López e Irene Villalba Podéis escucharnos en nuestras plataformas oficiales de lunes a domingo. Los viernes sonamos en templariaradio.com a las 21:00 (Uruguay) Si quieres apoyarnos y disfrutar de las ventajas de los mecenas, por 1,49€ al mes nos estás ayudando un montón. Sólo tienes que darle al botón apoyar de nuestro canal de Ivoox. Suscribete en nuestro canal de ivoox https://www.ivoox.com/support/632772 Si quieres apoyarnos y disfrutar de las ventajas de los mecenas, por 1,49€ al mes nos estás ayudando un montón. Sólo tienes que darle al botón apoyar de nuestro canal de Ivoox. Visita nuestra web sonsofmetal.es
Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Repasamos la 6 temporada (pt1.) Los temas que suenan hoy en el programa son de C. de Ramos, Sons OF Steel, Descendientes, Sami Jewel, Saedín, Último Eco, The Bering, Ankhara, Reeper, Reino De Hades, Deshonra, Erik Cruz, Empire Of Disease, Sylvania y Skullmania. Saludamos a nuestros mecenas Alejandro Lombardo, Sergio López e Irene Villalba Podéis escucharnos en nuestras plataformas oficiales de lunes a domingo. Los viernes sonamos en templariaradio.com a las 21:00 (Uruguay) Si quieres apoyarnos y disfrutar de las ventajas de los mecenas, por 1,49€ al mes nos estás ayudando un montón. Sólo tienes que darle al botón apoyar de nuestro canal de Ivoox. Suscribete en nuestro canal de ivoox https://www.ivoox.com/support/632772 Si quieres apoyarnos y disfrutar de las ventajas de los mecenas, por 1,49€ al mes nos estás ayudando un montón. Sólo tienes que darle al botón apoyar de nuestro canal de Ivoox. Visita nuestra web sonsofmetal.esEscucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de SONS OF METAL ®. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/632772
Join Counterpunch Radio contributor Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt, in conversation with activists and community organizers, Alakaʻi Kapānui and Fatima Abed, to discuss the Palestinian Solidarity movement in Hawai'i. From being the first “state” to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, to the #CancelRIMPAC campaign against the world's largest Navy exercises, Hawai'i organizers are drawing deeper connections between the military occupations of Hawai'i, Palestine, and the Israeli apartheid state. Decades of Native Hawaiian-led demilitarization efforts and current Palestinian and Jewish-led grassroots community are finding ways to collaborate towards genuine security. Alakaʻi Kapānui is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi and Jewish activist and community organizer. She is the poʻo (head) of Kona 4 Palestine and co-founder of Huliau o Nā Wahi Kapu both of which focus on the demilitarizations and deoccupations of Hawaiʻi and Palestine. She has been a Hawaiian Kingdom and sovereignty activist since 2018 through Hui Aloha ʻĀina and with a heavy focus on cultural reconnection and practice. She is a kiaʻi o Mauna a Wākea, Mākua, Kaloko Loko ʻIa, and Pōhakuloa. As the head of Kona 4 Palestine, she has been able to begin to reconnect to her Jewish heritage and since started working with other pro-Palestine organizations by hosting a series of teach-in events that directly address Palestine and global imperialism. And as a co- founder of Huliau o Nā Wahi Kapu, she has been able to focus on the ends of military leases and occupations such as Pōhakuloa Training Area, Mākua Valley, and the parallel military occupation of Palestine. Aloha ʻāina ʻoiaʻiʻo. Fatima Abed (she/they) is a Palestinian and Puerto Rican human rights and animal activist residing in Hawaiʻi. She is the founder of Rise for Palestine, a grassroots organization focused on lobbying for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a free Palestine. Spearheading the campaign to adopt a ceasefire resolution in Hawai‘i at the “state” level, Rise for Palestine hosted teach-ins and film screenings, led rallies, and mobilized nearly 26,000 emails and phone calls to elected officials from residents throughout the islands. Once resolutions were given hearings, Rise for Palestine led the effort to mobilize testimony, helping to secure more than 1,600 pages of written testimony and numerous, powerful verbal testimonies in support of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza in the State House and Senate. These efforts led to Hawai‘i becoming the first “state” in the nation to adopt a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire resolution for Gaza, with 72 of Hawai‘i's 76 elected legislators voting in support. Fatima has also led events to support Sulala Animal Rescue in Gaza, the only animal rescue still operating under fierce bombardment. You can follow Sulala and Saed on instagram: @Sulalaanimalrescue Fatima is currently traveling the continent, gathering the stories of Palestinian-Americans, and activists and students who are fighting for a free Palestine. She is headed towards the DNC as an elected “Uncommitted” delegate for the “state” of Hawai'i. Here she will uplift and echo all of the voices of the activists she encountered during this genocide in Gaza to US media and elected officials. Follow her journey and support here: https://gofund.me/8c8b0b1e And on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RiseforPalestine Follow Rise for Palestine on Instagram: rise_for_palestine If you know anyone interested in sharing their stories you can contact her at rise4palestine@gmail.com. More The post Alakaʻi Kapānui and Fatima Abed appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
Mientras nos rellambemos de las ultimas costiellas del Festival Vidiago Rock, ultimamos los detalles de la 517ª Noche de Lobos que empiza a medianueche con todo este matu: Soulbane, SÖAX, Asociación Unirock, Maizu Rock, La Inquisición, Tygers of Wrath, Involucion, Los Ruidos, Whisky Caravan, Sukyband, Saedín, MetalKrüsa, Deep Purple, The HU, Savage Lands, KOMA Oficial, Grima, William The Conqueror, Ribanos y Bob Seger Todo ello de 00:00 a 02:00 de la madrugada en los diales de la RPA para todo Asturies, o en www.rtpa.es/radio desde cualquier lugar del ancho mundiu.
Mientras nos rellambemos de las ultimas costiellas del Festival Vidiago Rock, ultimamos los detalles de la 517ª Noche de Lobos que empiza a medianueche con todo este matu: Soulbane, SÖAX, Asociación Unirock, Maizu Rock, La Inquisición, Tygers of Wrath, Involucion, Los Ruidos, Whisky Caravan, Sukyband, Saedín, MetalKrüsa, Deep Purple, The HU, Savage Lands, KOMA Oficial, Grima, William The Conqueror, Ribanos y Bob Seger Todo ello de 00:00 a 02:00 de la madrugada en los diales de la RPA para todo Asturies, o en www.rtpa.es/radio desde cualquier lugar del ancho mundiu.
Hoy escuchamos: The Golden Lips- Nuevo veneno, Rage Behind- The hands of revenge, Sunbomb- Unbreakable, Anette Olzon- Rapture, Orion Child- Reaching for the stars, Bihotza- Noches frías, Vértize- Punto de collision, Saedín- Desátame, Wheel- Empire, Verikalpa- Tuomio, Synlakross- Bunnies and bows, My Dying Bride- Her dominion.Escuchar audio
This week on "1 Of A Kind With RVD", Gangsta Mustafa Saed joins the show to talk his history with RVD + he and Rob field questions from the fans!Presented by Get Blitzed! THC Lit-Aid that's legal in ALL 50 states. Head to https://www.get-blitzed.com/ and use promo code RVD to get 15% off your order!Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code RVD at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. That's https://www.BlueChew.com, promo code RVD to receive your first month FREE. Download the RVD singlet template to color and submit - RVD could be wearing YOUR design. Head to https://www.robvandam.com/☯️ Subscribe & Rate 5⭐️
Le riz est présent dans toutes les assiettes sénégalaises mais pour la grande majorité il s'agit de riz importé d'Asie. Cette céréale est pourtant cultivée localement, avec la pluie dans le centre et le sud du pays, et par irrigation fluviale dans le nord. Un programme d'autosuffisance en riz a même été lancé en 2014, des efforts sont faits pour mécaniser la production, mais de nombreux défis persistent. Avec notre envoyée spéciale à Richard Toll, Juliette DuboisÀ Richard Toll dans le Fouta, la période des semences a commencé. Des saisonniers jettent des poignées de semis dans l'eau. Mouhamed Diop loue 100 hectares de terres, mais il se bat chaque année contre les oiseaux qui viennent picorer ses cultures.« Aux champs, nous les cultivateurs, on fait bien notre travail, se défend-il. Ce sont les oiseaux qui nous fatiguent trop et font baisser la rentabilité. Par exemple, si je devais avoir 100 sacs et que les oiseaux en mangent 30, il y aurait moins de production. »Des machines peu adaptéesIl faudrait donc récolter rapidement pour échapper aux oiseaux, mais le manque de machines handicape les producteurs comme l'explique Mouhamed Diop : « Je n'arrive pas à avoir ce que je devrais récolter à cause des oiseaux, mais aussi du manque de matériel agricole. Là où la récolte devrait se faire en une semaine, si tu n'as pas de matériel, ça peut prendre jusqu'à un mois. »Certains cultivateurs ont pu acheter des moissonneuses batteuses grâce à des subventions de l'État. C'est le cas d'Ousseynou Ndiaye. Sa machine récolte quatre hectares par jour, un énorme gain de temps. Mais selon lui, le changement climatique la rend déjà obsolète : « Avec les pluies précoces, on a des difficultés pour que cette machine qui est équipée de pneumatiques parfois n'est pas en mesure d'assurer la récolte parce que les périmètres sont humides et inondés. Là, il nous faut des machines à chenilles. »En plus des inondations, les germinations se font trop tôt, et les sols sont de plus en plus salinisés. Ousseynou Ndiaye estime les pertes l'an dernier dans la région à près de 200 000 ha et 100 milliards de FCFA.Nécessaire adaptationAutre conséquence : les producteurs prennent du retard dans l'exécution des travaux et l'objectif de deux récoltes par an n'est pas atteint. Pour Ousseynou Ndiaye, qui est aussi président du comité interprofessionnel de la filière riz, des mesures doivent être prises pour mieux gérer ces effets du changement climatique. « Il faudrait aussi assurer la qualité des semences avec un bon crédit adapté aux semences. Il faut aussi veiller à l'assurance agricole qui doit être généralisée. Il faudrait mettre en place un fond de calamité », détaille-t-il. Un comité scientifique a été mis en place avec la SAED, la Société d'Aménagement et d'Exploitation du Delta du Fleuve Sénégal. Aboubacry Sow en est le directeur : « les conseils que l'on donne, c'est d'essayer de voir comment mettre en place les semis le plus tôt possible pour permettre donc peut-être la récolte au mois de juin au plus tard au mois de juillet avant que la saison des pluies ne s'installe. »À terme, l'objectif est d'arriver à généraliser la double culture et d'enfin s'approcher de l'autosuffisance en riz. Le Sénégal importe encore un million de tonnes de riz par an.À lire aussiRiz sénégalais: le pays est toujours loin de son objectif d'autosuffisance
Chaque année, un Sénégalais consomme 100 kilos de riz. Mais le pays est toujours loin de son objectif d'autosuffisance, malgré un ambitieux programme lancé en 2014. La production a augmenté, mais le pays importe toujours la majorité de son riz d'Asie et la filière locale fait face à de nombreux défis. L'autosuffisance en riz, annoncée pour 2017, puis 2019, n'est toujours pas en vue et les progrès demeurent modestes au regard des ambitions. La production augmente bel et bien dans la zone irriguée au nord du pays, et la zone pluviale au sud : selon les chiffres officiels, elle a triplé en 10 ans, passant de 469 000 tonnes au niveau national en 2012 à 1,5 million en 2023.Mais les besoins de consommation sont immenses et augmentent rapidement, et le Sénégal importe encore 60% de son riz. Plusieurs facteurs favorisent encore le riz importé : d'abord les coûts de production élevés du riz sénégalais et la compétitivité des céréales importées d'Asie qui fragilisent les cultivateurs locaux. Dans la vallée du fleuve, des aménagements importants sont nécessaires pour permettre l'irrigation fluviale.Côté taxes, le riz importé n'est pas soumis à la TVA, alors que les investissements des producteurs locaux le sont, comme le gasoil et certains intrants. Un effort a été fait du côté de l'État sénégalais qui subventionne désormais le kilo de riz local à hauteur de 30 francs CFA par kilo.Les goûts des consommateurs entrent aussi en jeuBeaucoup de Sénégalais préfèrent le riz brisé asiatique auquel ils sont habitués, et considèrent le riz local comme moins pratique parce qu'il nécessite d'être longuement lavé. Niveau prix cependant, il faut noter qu'en ce moment, le prix du riz sénégalais est en dessous du riz importé, à moins de 400 francs CFA le kilo contre 500 francs CFA le kilo.Le potentiel du Sénégal est encore sous-exploitéSur le département de Dagana, dans la vallée du fleuve, la Saed, société d'aménagement du delta, parle de 340 000 hectares disponibles pour la culture du riz, mais seulement 98 000 sont emblavés. Les producteurs font face à de nombreuses difficultés, comme des nuées d'oiseaux qui mangent les récoltes, le changement climatique avec des pluies précoces qui noient leurs champs, ou encore des problèmes d'accès au matériel et au crédit. Par exemple, les cultivateurs ont dû l'an dernier faire venir des moissonneuses-batteuses à chenille de Mauritanie pour pouvoir récolter leurs parcelles inondées.À cause de toutes ces difficultés, l'objectif de deux récoltes par an dans cette zone irriguée au nord du pays n'est donc pas rempli. L'horizon pour l'autosuffisance est désormais fixé à 2030. Et le Sénégal dit avoir besoin de 1 500 milliards de francs CFA pour l'atteindre.
Host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Stacey Saed, the visionary behind Annestasis, Inc., to explore the dynamic and often overlooked world of relocation services.Stacey, with her deep understanding and innovative approach, has led Annestasis, Inc. to become a key player in helping both individuals and businesses navigate the complexities of relocation.Throughout our conversation, Stacey sheds light on how personalized relocation services can significantly affect employee performance, satisfaction, and overall well-being. She walks us through the unique challenges of relocating for work, the thorough assessment process Annestasis, Inc. employs, and the collaborative efforts with moving companies to ensure seamless transitions.We dive into success stories that highlight the profound impact of their services and discuss how businesses can benefit by including Annestasis, Inc. in their benefits package.Stacey also touches on the role of technology in their services, the trends shaping the relocation industry, and the future direction of Annestasis, Inc.For anyone considering a move or businesses looking to support their relocating employees, this conversation with Stacey Saed offers invaluable insights and reassurance that with the right support, a move can be more than just a change of address – it can be a positive new beginning.Learn more: https://www.annestasis.com/
Never mind learning, debating and meeting like-minded peers: in 2023, UK universities and colleges require students to conform to a government narrative, or else. Expelled for thinking, Saed sacrificed his education for his beliefs and principles. Read the write-up at: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/prevented-education-controlling-the-narrative-in-colleges-and-universities
Saed Nuh Ahmed, MPH, B.Pharm. is Chairman of the Medicines Regulatory Authority, Ministry of Health Development (MoHD), of Somaliland ( https://mohd.govsomaliland.org/ ) and National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordinator. Saed has also served a a member of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Commission of the International Pharmaceutical Federation ( https://www.fip.org/antimicrobial-resistance ). Saed has his M.Sc. in Public Health (MPH) - Epidemiology, from Amoud University, Hargeisa, Somaliland, his B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, from International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan, and has spent over a decade working as a public health professional with a focus on epidemiology, vaccination programs, and regulatory affairs. Support the show
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Please do not spend any money unless you feel you need them or that they will help you with your goals.Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)Michael: All right. It's time to talk with our featured guest, Dr. Saed Shaha. Budin. Saed. How's it going? Syed: It's going well, man. I'm blessed. Blessed to be here. Thanks for having me, Michael: man. What do we gotta do to get one of them shirts?Syed: It's a tough uh, a tough ask man. That's where I got 'em from. Oh, Michael: nice man. Syed: Nice. I like that bunch brand new materials, man. This is just the beginning. This is, this is just the beginning. Yeah. Studio Michael: 88 made that for you, right? Syed: Studio 88 did the logo for me. Yeah. So I can't take any credit. I chose it. So I guess that takes some work, but yeah.Michael: Yeah. That's a big decision. Yeah, no, that's true. But also say, can you tell us a little bit about your past, your present, how'd you get to where you are today? Syed: Sure man. I'd love to. So, I grew up in Chicago land, Chicago land area, about 40 minutes west of city of Chicago. In the suburbs. You know, one of the only brown kids in my entire class.Always had a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, always had some prove, you know, grew up. I wanted to always be I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Weird thing for a kid to want to be, but my uncle was a psychiatrist and I just saw the kind of respect that people gave him. He had his own business and I knew that he talked to, you know, his business was dealing with people and talking to people, and I loved that.And that's really kind of what I wanted. Started a little, learn a little bit more about that and decided, nah, actually that's not what I wanna do. The field isn't what I thought it was. You know, you're kind of just pushing pills more than anything. But I, I can say that my sister's like psychiatrist have, at the same time that I was like, you know, late high school I was getting braces.My orthodontist, I don't know how, what kind of language I could use on this. But he wasn't a very, like, he wasn't, he was nice, but he was kind of like full himself. So he I mean, I would go in and I'm a 16 year old kid, and this guy was just your typical uh, like Indian guy who always wishes that he wasn't Indian, he wishes he was white, you know, one of those guys.So I have vivid memories of going in there and him just bragging about his life and where he is and where, how he got there. You see that girl up front? That white girl, that's my wife. And I'm like, okay. he pulled out his appointment book. He goes, look at all these patients. They all pay me $200 a month.And I'm like, okay. He's like, see that car up there? That's mine anyway. Full of himself. Right? And I was like, man, this guy, I never wanna, I don't wanna be this guy. But when he would talk to me about why my mouth was the way that it was, I had some crazy issues. You know, I looked like a vampire canine teeth coming in weird ways.He would talk to me about why my mouth did that, how my teeth got to where they were. And I just thought it was like, I thought that was so cool. And I was fascinated. So I was like, I wanna do this butt be this guy. So, that started my fascination with dentistry, man. You know, fast forward through college, I thought about nothing else.I didn't have any backup plans. If I didn't get to dental school, I was gonna be a hand model in California or something. I didn't have anything. I had nothing planned. So, yeah, man. Went to dental school in Indiana. I feel weird just talking this long by myself, man, by the way. But Michael: you're like, I've never done.You feel like you're orthodontist guy. Yeah, Syed: man, man, we're going full circle here. That's crazy that Michael: he was like that though, that he was real quick. Backspace a little bit though. Psychiatry. When was the pivoting point where you're like, Nope, nevermind. Syed: Good question. I, I just started to learn more about it and it was late.And I just like, sat with my uncle and asked him like, what's, you know, what's like your life? Like, what's the day in the life like for you? And it's a lot less, I mean, what I realized is that I wanted to be something more of like a counselor or like a psychologist rather than a psychiatrist, because you spend like a couple minutes with the patient, I would hear him on phone calls and a phone call goes like this.You know, this is Dr. Whatever. Dr. S. Yeah. What's going on? Okay. That medication's not working for you. Okay, let's try this other medication. I'll call it in for you. That's like mainly your conversation with patients. Sometimes it's like, okay, and they're very like, just deadpan. Okay. Yeah. You're thinking about hurting yourself.Okay, let me get you started on this other medication. And that's all it is. It's a lot less of like, you know, Tell what, what's your, how are you feeling and what all that kind of stuff. I dunno, the, the connection isn't really there the way that I thought it would be, at least not for adult psych. Mm-hmm.You know? that was the pivot when I was just like, it's kinda, you know, it's not what I thought. Yeah. It's not what, so you've always kind of had like any psychiatrist out there. If you're a psychiatrist, man, do your thing. I can't do it. Michael: I can't, you know, you've always kind been, or it sounds like, I dunno if you've always, but like, You wanted to help, but more like on the internal, you know what I'm talking about?Syed: Yeah. Michael: Yeah. So why, why did, why did dentistry Syed: have, how did that happen? I was fascinated by the science of it. My parents were typical Indian parents. We barely went to the dentist, like barely ever. But I just was like, I know I wanna do something, help. Because I wanted to make people feel better.But I also wanted to have that connection. So like general medicine was kind of in the back of my mind, but then I started looking into dentistry as well. And I dunno, there, I think there was a website or something that I saw and it's talked about pros and cons of being a dentist and all that jazz.So I was looking into this, you know, looking into, started looking into it and I was like, this is it. Own your own business, which is a big thing as well. I wanted to do. Big, huge part of wanting, wanting to be a dentist, and you build connections with people and you can make them feel better pretty easily.So yeah, man. Michael: Okay, nice man. So then fast forward and then you decided to open up your practice. How long were you an associate or working for an Syed: associateship? Yeah, good question, man. There's a story there, but Graduated in 2017. I worked for Heartland Dental, big Corporate.Mm-hmm. Dentistry they're like almost double the size I feel like, than they were when I started working with them. Worked with them for four years and then moved back to Chicagoland area. When I was working for them, the first, I really only had a plan to work with them for like a year, and I'm like, I'm just gonna work with them for a year, maybe learn some things, get my speed up, and then I'm go do my own thing somewhere.I lost track of the vision. the vision was I wanna have my own business. I wanna be a leader. I wanna have my own practice throughout dental school. This is what I was thinking. And I'm like, you know, everything that I was learning at dental school, additional CE and stuff that I was doing in dental school, additional leadership, things I was learning was all to set me up for that.But when you work for a place like like Heartland, again, I'm not trying to throw shade, but you drink the Heartland Kool-Aid, everybody tells you there's no way out of this corporate thing. You gotta work with us and this is the best option. All these people who have practices, they're gonna be gone.We're gonna buy them all out, all that jazz. And it was just, you know, I was just listening to it and I should have paid no money to it, you know? So I lost track of the vision, when I was working for them. Michael: Okay, so when did you snap back into reality, I guess you can say, and been like, nah, man, like, I'm gonna do my own thing.Syed: That's a good question, man. You're a good interviewer. Can we just take a second? AppreciateMichael: that'll. I'll Venmo you somebody later. Yeah, yeah. Cool, cool, cool. Syed: Corny, I did a happiness exercise. My wife and I did a happiness exercise. This is what the exercise is, and I always advise everyone to do this Wherever you are in life, whether you've already started working, or you haven't started working, you haven't even thought of your profession yet, here's the exercise.Sit down, think very, very deeply about everything that you need in life to be happy. Everything that. Money, what kind of money you wanna make? What kind of material things do you wanna do? You want a Ferrari? Are you okay with a Corolla? What kind of house do you want? What kind of life do you want? Do you wanna have free time?Do you wanna go and travel? Do you wanna have time with your family? You wanna live close to family? All of that jazz, literally everything. And take like a full day and just do that. And then you have a vision. You have a life that you've built out for yourself in the future. You've decided these are the things that are gonna make me happy and just never compromise on those things. What happens is you get caught up in the chase. I'm sure that you know, you can sympathize. I'm sure that a lot of you guys can sympathize.You get caught up. This other person, this other, this friend that I went to dental school with is now they have three practices and I'm still here as an associate or whatever it is. You know, my friend who was went into, didn't even go to college, is driving a freaking Maserati and I'm out here with my whatever, it's, the chase clouds you here and it's it's dangerous because it keeps you from again, You lose track of your vision.What's gonna keep me happy? What do I need to be happy? So, in that list that I wrote up was living close to my family. I didn't live close family when I was working with Heartland, having my own thing, I would, that wasn't the case for me. So just a whole list of things, Michael: you know. That's interesting. besides that, besides owning your business and living close to family?What were some of the things that you needed or you need to be happy? Syed: I need to be fulfilled in what I'm doing, and part of that involves just providing like a great patient experience that, I can only do if I'm doing my own thing. So that's one thing is being fulfilled, you know, in my job, I'm not even gonna mention the the money thing because I'm making my less money right now and probably will be for a year than when I was working with Heartland, probably for the next three years, to be honest with you.But I had a number in mind and it's actually, it doesn't cost that much to, to keep me happy. Personally. I wanted to be stress free and be able to spend time with my wife, like a lot of time with my wife and not just like two, three hours in a day. I needed to be close to my parents.there's a lot on the list, but Yeah, I dunno. Okay, Michael: man. No, it's good. Its good now. No, it's good. It's good. Like, uh, right now, does your wife work with you or no? Yeah. Okay. So you're close, right? Yeah. Like it's good. Yeah. And then so the other stuff is I can't get away from her, you know?You don't want to either, man. It's nice like, yeah. Yeah. That's good. It's good that you're, you know what I mean? You did a happiness test and like realized and pivoted. How easy has this process been? So let me ask you like, When did you start looking for locations? Syed: I started looking for locations. It would've been around like May, June last year. Officially started like, kind of like looking at locations and turning off the idea of buying a practice and then turned to the idea of starting out my own. Oh, so you were looking Michael: for an acquisition first?I was. did you not find one that you were looking for or? Syed: yeah, partly that is part of the thing. For the longest time. So I'm really risk averse. I mean, this is the biggest risk I've ever taken in my life. I really try to make calculated decisions and I play it safe.Like I play it really safe. So my first thought was if I'm gonna have, if I'm gonna buy, if I'm gonna get a, have a practice of my own, I want something that's already established where I already know it's gonna be successful. I already know there's a guaranteed income already coming in. There's patients already there.So, I started looking into different brokers and talking to them about what kind of practice did they had and nothing was it, you know? and then I started realizing, as I talked to like more and more people outside of brokers, the way that the dental market is the, for offices, there's a couple of people, especially if you're in a big city like I am, Chicagoland.There's a couple of people who have, the brokers have them on speed dial because they're gonna offer the best price. And Heartland Dental's one of them, all these corporate places, you hard to compete with those people. If you don't have that kinda capital, you don't have anything to really show for it, you know?So, the only other option really was to then hit up dentists who are gonna retire or people practices that I liked, and then tell them, Hey, when you retire, would you be open to me buying this practice? Okay, when are you gonna retire? Two, three years? Two outside of my time zone, you know, it was like it was gonna take too long.Had a conversation with a friend of Farhan. I'm gonna shout. He was gonna start up a practice and I was gonna buy a practice. We had that conversation and we flipped. He bought a practice and then I started up my own practice. Mm-hmm. Cause he was just like, these are the, here's the pearls for having a practice, start a practice.Like you can set everything. That sounds really good. That sounds awesome. It's gonna take some time, but it's my own thing and I made every decision and it's a startup and it's something I'm always, I mean, it's sounds like it's a lot of fun. And he just realized like, I don't think I wanna do that. I think I just wanna buy something more established.It was weird. We did this 180 thing, both of us, but Michael: So then you found the location, you, was it immediately the first location you found, or were you like, Syed: no.Yeah, I worked with I worked with a couple of real estate brokers here. Dental real estate brokers. Mm-hmm. Actually not just dental, but health. Joe Ross and Associates. I gotta give him a shout out. They gave me kind of like a list of all the places that were sort of available and I went and checked out a bunch and I was like, okay, sure.Yeah. Maybe this one. Maybe this one. They checked some of the boxes. They weren't checking all of them, but I was like, I have to. And then I just went on a drive one day and I just found this spot here and it's the perfect size widthwise that I wanted. And it looked nice. Like it relatively new built like 10 years ago, I think, 19 years ago in the location that I wanted.before we scouted locations, my wife and I made dental appointments at a bunch of offices. Like in the area, and I was like, okay, I know what my competition is now. Yeah. Hold on, hold on. Michael: Why'd you do that? Why'd, why'd you, what was the point of that? Syed: The point of it was to, I'm always trying to learn.I'm always trying to improve. I picked up little things here and there from some of these places. Like, a little thing that I put into the patient experience here, but mostly to see, okay, what is my real competition care if I open up? Is there somebody down the street who's gonna do a better job than I'm?And if that's the case, I can't have confidence in myself and if I can't have confidence in myself, how is anybody else? But, so that's, that was kinda the reason why I did that. did you go, Michael: you went to these locations and got the, Syed: my wife and I did. Yeah. What were some of the things you Michael: picked up?Syed: One of the places that I went to wasn't even in the areas that I was looking at, but they're a huge name in Chicago, land area. I won't say their name. Mm-hmm. But they're a huge name here and you've probably heard of them and everybody probably has. their design was incredible. It was impeccable.Whoever is designing those offices, freaking kudos to you. And there was a lot of stuff like, they're really like one of. Cool offices, you know, so they had little, little things that I was like, that's, that's a thing that I'm gonna try to put incorporate later on, you know? But then there was things about the patient experience that I didn't enjoy.And the sad reality is that, single location practices are kind of few and far in between. That I have found, at least in the big city like Chicagoland, even that place that I'm talking about has like seven locations. They're opening their seventh and eighth location, and when that happens, man, the patient experience just falls by the wayside because the owner of the practice, the, the person who has the most stake in that business is not in the practice.And when that's not the case, then who's overseeing this? Somebody that you just pay. An office manager or somebody, they don't have the same stake in the practice as you do as a practice owner. So yeah, that stuff just falls by the wayside. And then you, you know, because the patient experience is suffering, now you gotta, now you've gotta compromise on cost for things.You gotta compromise on the time you spend with patients. It's all related. Mm-hmm. It's all related. So then you gotta change the vision for your whole practice and. I'm just gonna start thinking now mold seven, eight locations and just getting my profit that way versus just honing in on that one practice and providing the best experience.That's just kind of what I have seen working with the corporate places that working with Heartland that I, you know, I did for four years and then just kind of looking around and being like, look, there's a practice here quarter of a mile down the way, literally two minutes you turn here and there's another practice there.Three on the street over here. There's like so many practices that are around here, and every single one of them is one of X locations, and the patient experience is not there, you know? Mm-hmm. So that was my vision now then was to, I'm just going to hone in on that and that's what's gonna be, that's what's gonna be our shake.It's gonna take us a little time to get there. In terms of, success, let's call it. But if my patient experience is the way that I have envisioned it and the way that my team has envisioned it, we've come up with it together, people will be happy So then Michael: when it came to the specific things like the design, what was it like? You're like, I'm gonna, what was it, what was it and the design that you're like, I'm gonna take that, and what was it where you're like, dang, they're patient experience cause of this specific thing sucks. Syed: Design was the way that they engaged, like social media was a thing.Mm. I was like, I wanna do that. Cause people want that. People would love for their dentist to have that. So this is the way that they engaged with their audience was good. Like, there were hashtags things, there were QR codes everywhere. Why are my teeth bleeding? QR code? It takes it to a video of theirs.You know, it was like that kind of stuff. Mm-hmm. So that's down the line. That's where I'm going. That's where I would like, I would love to have that kinda thing. The list of things that I picked up that were negative is way longer. as simple as when you walk in, are people even noticing you?Mm-hmm. Are they taking you for granted as a patient? Do they appreciate you as a patient or are they just like, yeah. we're here and it's a priv, it's your privilege to be here and have an appointment with us. It's really the opposite. I mean, our field has changed. It's more customer service oriented and you have to have the mindset because it's true that it's our privilege to treat any of these people.It's our privilege. So that they let the, that they let us put our hands in their mouths and, for even to have 'em sit in the chair, we spend the money to get them in. so you have to realize that it's a privilege to see patients. And I didn't treat, I didn't, I wasn't treated that way when I was at these places.Like I walk in nice. Two gals at the front, none of them acknowledged me. I went up and I'm like, Hey, they're like looking up to me bored and not fulfilled with their jobs. So they're just like, yeah, can I help you? I'm like, yeah, I got an appointment. what do you mean? What do you think I'm doing over here? selling you watches? Like what do you think is happening I have an appointment. My name looks like it might beha. Just do your little research, you know? Little things like that, There was just no clarity on who's gonna even see me and who's gonna do my cleaning.Like Mm. Just it was clear that it was the male, you know? And then after I come in, there were like 10 people who came in after me. People were waiting. Wow. Michael: so then you mentioned something you're like, I'm gonna keep doing, I want to hone in on this, which is the patient experience, right.Until you reach success, what's success look like to you? Syed: Great question. Success for me is we are able to provide care for a lot of people and not compromise on our patient experience. That's success to me. And I pay my bills. pay my bills and I keep myself happy and my wife happy. and that's really it.That's success to me is being able to provide patient experience, enough that I am happy and my staff is happy and my patients are happy. That's vague. I know. And I'm sorry, but, I don't know if I have a number in mind, you know, but what's your, what's your breakeven number? there's some things that I spent a lot of money on.There's some things I did not spend a lot of money on, but, per month it's around like $35,000 would be breakeven. Michael: Okay. Okay. So Syed: it's for a seven operatory location, 2200 square feet. Uh, Around there, you know, that's including, that's the loan, that's everybody's salary and included, excluding mine, Which, yeah, I mean, I saved up some money. I'm not paying myself really a lot. Yeah. I pay myself a little bit, but I'm not paying myself a lot. Yeah. I'm paying myself, my wife and I on the same salary. Michael: Okay. Gotcha. Gotcha. When it comes to, uh, what you spent a lot on, in little on, what was that? Syed: I don't even say a lot.I spend money on things that when people come into the office, it's the things that they talk about. I got a massage chair. Mm-hmm. Um, It's not a lot. It's $1,600. One of my, one of my chairs is $7,000. My dental chair at $7,000. So like what's $1,600? Anybody who comes in? The UPS guy. Anybody who delivers anything.My cleaning people when they come in, Patients when they walk in, they walk when we're giving them the tour, I don't even point out to massage chair. They walk by and they, they walk like this and then they go, what is that? And they do a double take I'm like, well massage. What is that about?I'm like, if you have to wait a long time, I don't want you to have a bad experience. You can sit in the massage chair or even after today. Why don't you sit right now? And I give 15 minutes in massage chair and walk out and. where do I sign up? It's small things like, dude, I, I have sat in my chair, massage chair like once, but and it's a great one, but it was just an Amazon massage chair.It's nothing special. But one of the things I learned is that if you just go, if patients expect this, you just gotta be just right, just right above that and they're gonna be minds blown minds. Mm-hmm. You know? Thousands of dollars on 3D printers and all of this stuff. Some of it to market to patients.I mean, if you're gonna use it, do your thing. I mean, I'm probably gonna get one too eventually. But they just like spend all this money on things that, for the patient experience that patients never pick up on. Like if ate a chair. Mm-hmm. Chair, it's not me. If you do it, that's cool. A deck. No shade, but I just didn't feel like patients ever cared.I've been in offices where there were eight egg chairs and patients never mentioned it once, but my cheap chair has a $500 massage in it. And patients comment on that all the time. Yeah, just like these little balloons that rise and fall behind you, like right here. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They just love it.They love it, man. So, the things I spent a lot of money on were, I didn't even, I negotiated. Tenant improvement. I didn't even negotiate rent. I was like, whatever your rent number is, that's fine. I'm probably paying a lot for this area. It's gonna be like rent and my maintenance stuff in by close to $9,000.Mm-hmm. So I don't know if that's a lot or not, but I I feel like it's, Michael: yeah. $9,000. Yeah. Yeah it is. Okay. So then these are some of the things I like that the, the cook for marketing, the massage chair. Right. Like, you know what I mean? Yeah. It's really, really interesting. Yeah. When it comes to um, the, well, actually, let me rewind a little bit.How much was your build out? Syed: Build out was, I just wrote the check yesterday, the build out, the final one. 300, like 34, 30 5,000. Michael: So it was three around $335,000. How was the construction process? Syed: You know what, man? I hear some horror stories out there.I did not have that. Thank God. you know, the guy that I went to, he builds a bunch of offices around here. I know several people who, he was definitely quick. But he was quick, but I had no idea when he was gonna do what, like there was no schedule. So it was kind of like unpredictable.But I'm grateful to be where I'm, where I am. We started, we broke around in October and then we were built out mostly February. like, I had equipment and it people come in. So, you know, like four or five months I hear some horror stories where it takes people a year, I think if you're gonna go through that process, that's an important question to ask of contractors is how many projects do you have going on right now?How long does it usually take for you to build out an office from where it is right now to the final, you know, thing? So that's a question I asked everybody. He was like, I take four months, just write, like, just right off the bat. And I was like, oh, okay. Other people were like, ah, it depends, you know, this, this, so he took four months.He did a great job. There were small things that I wish I had more input in. It definitely wasn't a thing where we sat down and came up with the vision for the practice. He is like, yeah, okay, we gotta layout together. He just started doing it and I was like, wait, wait, wait. What about uh, this? He's like, okay, I guess we can do that if you wanna do that.And I'm like, well, you already did the whole other thing. Let's just go that route. Michael: Yeah. Yeah. What were some things that you wish you had more input on? Syed: Man. Design stuff. It's all just finishes mostly. Mostly finishes. The floor plan I had input on, we sat, we, we did as something. We sat together and were like, this is where I want these ops and all that jazz.I want them this big. But design stuff like, you know, we have a sink in the hallway and he just put up this blue tile and this ugly gold little border. And I was like, dude, this looks like my mom designed it, but. I mean, yeah, it would've been nicer if I could have found a better thing. To be fair though, now that everything's built, it actually looks pretty nice, so, ok.He knows what he's doing. I don't, but, you know, no, that makes, Michael: makes sense. Right Now, how many employees do you have? Syed: Four, including myself. When did you open this week? Michael: wow. Wow. Syed: Okay. Okay. Technically this week. So we I mean we had a soft opening. we've been technically seeing patients for like two weeks.That's just been friends and family. We started seeing our outside patients this week. Technically Thursday actually, but last Thursday. Okay. Okay. It was an accident, but yeah. Michael: Lemme ask you, lemme ask you what, are you open? Did you feel like. At the end of the day, once your first opening day or once this weekend, would you like we were prepped, we were prepared, or were you like, I forgot this, I forgot that.Or I should have thought about this, or We should have done this. Syed: Yeah, no, I mean, we're prepared. Okay. We're good. I don't, we're not like, we're not crazy. Busy, busy. So there are things that I wish I had done earlier, which is where a schedule would have, I think helped. You know, a schedule for my contractor, but I wish, I wish I started marketing efforts earlier.I wish I started ground marketing earlier. I wish I did all these things earlier, but, it is what it is. So, like, you know, that first day we saw, like we saw three patients, the appointments, there's I do something called a tour appointment that I got from spear. Education. basically it's like a 90 minute appointment and I take them on a tour of their mouth.I take photos of my DSLR camera, we take an interoral scan, we do a bunch of stuff. so that's like a 90 minute appointment. And we had three of those first day. And then the next day it was like, you know, a couple, this has been a couple every day. It's not like I'm packed. No, I get, we have the time.I to also just sort of. It's not like we're slammed and we're like burnt out, I'm still going home at six every day. We close at six, we go home at like six 15 every day. But it's because I put in a lot of prep work. We started training like I hired in January and for the first week, We were just at home just learning stuff for the software.We, we use Cares Stack. Mm-hmm. So we were just learning Carest Stack for a full week and then we spent a good month training outside of the office on our vision. We spent two days just getting to know each other, learning new personality types and all that stuff. We went an escape room together. But basically just coming up with the vision for the practice together.I needed my everybody to buy into the vision of the practice, to buy into the experience, to buy into what kind of things we're gonna be doing for people. And they really did. I'm so grateful we, I did that because now anything that's going up on our social media is them. Anything that, any new ideas that we have, marketing wise, it's them.It's not me. I'm not great at that stuff, you know? Mm-hmm. So, they really bought in and made it theirs. It's been awesome to see. I'm proud of them. Nice man. Michael: That's good. What are you guys doing for marketing and advertising then? Syed: Good question. We so Studio a, d a, you would mentioned them. So they built out my website.I have SEMO share doing my online marketing, SEO and ads and stuff like that. We just started like maybe a month ago with that stuff, ask me in a couple months how it's going. But and then we've got MVP mail house. We're using them for print marketing and your ground marketing course.Have you started ground marketing or no? Yeah, so we did. We did, but so many people were asking, are you guys open yet? And we're like, we have to say like, no, we're not yet, but in a month, check this out. Ha ha. They're like, oh, ok ha. And then you can see them just the interest just weighing down. And part of that is to us, we probably could have done better things during the, during our scripts, but now, like next week, we're gonna hit it very hard.You know, we're gonna hit ground marketing very hard every day. We're going as we have a couple hours planned. Yeah. And we're just gonna be on the community. We're doing a couple of things here and there. Like next week we have a middle school, we're going to a career fair, so we're gonna have a spin wheel.I think it's gonna be cool. We've done a couple of daycares and sent home some stuff with the kids, you know, being like, Hey, we're three 11 dental to their parents. So we've done a couple of things here and there. We're gonna be at farmer's markets and all that stuff. So yeah, we had meetings where we decided this, we're gonna hit up this event, we're gonna be at this event, we're gonna be at this event.That's what we wanna be. We wanna be that office that is very active in the community and that like, you know, you're a little annoyed with because of how much they, they're in your face. Yeah. We're not gonna do a billboard or anything, but I wanna be out there, you know? Michael: Yeah. No, that's good. So hold up real quick.Rewind. You didn't get their information when they're like, are you open yet? Syed: We did. And then some of those people when we called back, we got some people scheduled. It's not like, yeah, half the people that we have scheduled were from those lists. But a lot of them were like, oh no, I need to find somebody like right now.And I was like, you can't just wait. They can't wait like a month. You can't wait. Well, you know, two months actually. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Some of them are like, yeah, you know what uh, call me back at this time. You know, call me back in a couple months where you guys are. So we have called those people back. We're gonna hit up those businesses again.Yeah. It's not a big deal. We're gonna get it again. You know? Yeah. Now that everything is built out, now that this place is like, it looks so nice. I'm trying to be aggressive with getting people into the office and meeting us. Cause we're on conversion there. Who much and us. it's good.So we're trying to be aggressive. So, at first I was like, I don't know if I should offer free whitening. Sounds like it's gonna cost a lot per patient, but now I'm like, yeah, whatever. I mean, whatever gets people in I'm confident that they'll stay. Yeah. Michael: Okay man. Yeah, I mean, remember like as long as you're following up and calling them right and following up or, you know, you can text too.They feel like people reply faster with text now, but however you wanna do it, like keep it up man. You know what I mean? When it comes to these leads. Cause they, they were interested in you. They're like, yeah, gimme my information. They already do that first transaction, Syed: you know? Right, right. Yeah. Michael: So do you have, are you doing that or is it your, somebody in your team doing that or?Syed: It was me and my team. My wife would be answering calls. Sh she wouldn't be with me. She's also not like a crazy people person, but my front desk assistant and my dental assistant, they don't think they are, but they are. Yeah. So, I take them with me and we go, and sometimes I just send them, you know, they have different conversations that they had, they can have with people when I'm not even there.Sometimes I just send Syed Shahabuddin DRAFT-cm: them Michael: out. Okay, man. That's good. So then, sorry, throughout this process, I guess from the moment you decided I'm gonna do my own practice, right? Maybe you were still in Heartland, but you decided it. Right. So today, what's been some of your biggest struggles or fails or pitfalls?Syed: From the moment that I decided, just believing. In myself. And like I said, I'm risk averse. I don't take big risks. So overcoming that and being like, if you have a set vision and if you believe in yourself, you believe in the experience that you provide, what's gonna stop you?Sure. It'll take a little time, but you'll be good. You know? Mm-hmm. That's just, just having confidence. That's kinda the biggest thing. I mean, I'm confident in my clinical ability, and I'm confident when I talk to people and case acceptance wise, that kind of stuff, I'm confident there.But, you know, as far as like the business goes and then going out into the community and getting people and. Having a brand of your own to be proud of and to be confident in is kind of a different thing. So, it didn't take me long though, to be honest with you. Mm-hmm. It took a couple, it took just some, some time just to think about myself and my wife and just talking about it and what really sped that up was going to these other offices and being like, okay, you know what, nah, I think we're fine.Yeah. You know, That was my biggest pitfall, I would say. But I mean, it's just small things here and there. Every day there's a new pitfall, there's little things every single time, you know? Yeah. Like, you know, we, we, we had got these hip out bins for organization and putting those things together was like a freaking pain and a half.It took whole day, went back and forth to Menards, got the wrong thing, those stupid little things like that. I'm grateful. It's been nothing big. Yeah. Getting was an issue. That was kind of a big issue, but you know, I don't know if you want me to talk about that, but Yeah, Michael: no, we, we, we can dive into that a little bit.I just wanna back to the confidence thing. Yeah. You still feel like you struggle Syed: with that?I'm gonna sound like a douche bag. No, I don't. Yeah. I don't, I'm Michael: what helped. What helped? Because it sounds like maybe you don't struggle with that part of the confidence, but when it comes to like, I dunno, ground marketing or anything else, you're a hundred percent confident or Now I am. Syed: Okay. Why? Because I've seen what's out there.I've seen what's out there. I've gotten a couple of patients in and they're, I, I see what they enjoy and I just see the look on their faces when they walk into an operatory and it says, Hey, Saed. And there's a customized thing to them based off of a menu that they filled out, you know? Mm-hmm. And I just hear the comments from people, things like I walked in and I didn't, I thought I was in the wrong place.I didn't know it was a dental office. That inspires confidence. people who are like, okay, for instance, like my, one of my assistant's moms with my, my first patients here has been a little afraid to go to the dentist for years. Came in, met me, saw the place. She needs some extensive treatment and she's excited about the treatment.Now after having gone through this whole experience here. So that inspires confidence. I mean, it's just little things like that, you know? I think the lack of confidence was, are people going to enjoy it? Are I spent so much time building up this vision, building up this experience, picking little tiny things, you know, I spent all this damn money on this place.Are people gonna enjoy it enough to. am I gonna be able to pay these bills? So, seeing how people come in and seeing what's out there, what's around me in terms of like, you know, the other offices that are here, they're all corporate. That inspires confidence. The phone calls that we get, listen to them and then people being like, I just came from this other office and bike.I don't know what they're doing, but that's they, the whole thing just went downhill. I was a patient with theirs for years, and now I feel like I'm a number, Yeah. I mean, I'm kind of being kinda redundant, but all of that expires confidence for me. Michael: honestly say, I feel like you kind of had always, or you've had that hope, and then once you met it here halfway, they were like, Yes.They, they confirmed your hope, right? They confirmed your faith or your, or whatever you wanna call it, confidence, right? And then boom, right. Confidence. You're like, I thought this was gonna happen. This is happening, right. Kind of thing. Yeah. That's a good, Syed: yeah. You should be a psychiatrist, dude.You needed Michael: medicine. And uh, yeah. So then one of the last questions I wanna ask you is, throughout this process, how is it affecting your personal life? Syed: You know what? My wife works with me. It's not, if anything, it's improving our relationship, honestly. I mean, like I said, we talked about the happiness, my happiness I dunno what you wanna call it.That dude the exercise, the happiness exercise. Mm-hmm. She was a big part of it. We went through that together, so, it's improved my personal life as far as my wife is go. I don't see friends. Yeah. Like at all anymore. I haven't met up with friends for a long time. I used to meet up with them on the weekly, you know, and I, we used to be fairly social, but in the past six months, Yeah, I can count on my hands the number of times I've hung out with people.Family, you know, I try to see family on the weekly. I see my parents at least, but I definitely see them a lot less. But I know that that's temporary and that's right now, but my wife was the biggest part of my life. Mm-hmm. I see her every day. That's great. I mean, I see her for hours. I see her every single second pretty much.Yeah. Yeah. You know, which I advise if you can make that happen and you like the person that you were married to.You? Yeah. Good. Cause this sucks, man. When I started working and when you first get outta dental school, you know nothing. So I spent, I would come home from work and you'd already be burnt out. And then I spent three hours on spirit online education, just learning stuff for like five months. I did that and then, you know, and my, my wife is just, She's working as well.But then, you know, there, we didn't spend much time together and we were relatively young in our marriage. Like three years in when I, that was happening. I spent five months doing that. And then even still, I come home after that and it's three hours and two, three hours. I'm burnt out, I'm tired. It's like, are we gonna talk about now?It's just watch TV and go to sleep and just repeat. Mm. You know? And so I just didn't like that. Yeah, I don't Michael: at all. Yeah, it's not a good way to, you know what I mean? There's no Syed: communication. Yeah, but that's the average, that's your average marriage, right? I mean, think about it nowadays, but nowadays people are working from home and maybe it's different, but um, this is before Covid, so I mean, that's just your average marriage and it's just you have the weekend and you have some evenings to each other if you're not burnt out, and then that's when communication fails and all of that stuff, Yeah, we're really getting into more marriage counseling here, but, Michael: No, no, but it's good man. It's good. It's, that's why I asked the question about how it affects your personal life, right? It's of course cause um, yeah. It's a good thing. But some, I guess some people are like, oh man, you know, it, I'm, I spend less time with my family.All this does cause my startup, but it's also a good side to it, right? it doesn't have to be that way where you spend less time with people, right? Yeah. You can be spending more time with people. Yeah. So it's really, really good. Awesome side, man. Yeah. If you can, can you tell our listeners where they can find you if they have any questions or they wanna reach out to you or anything like that?Syed: Sure. Well, if you're in Chicago land, just come, just come check me out, dude. I'm at Bowling Brook Southwest Chicago Land. Come check with the office. That'd be awesome. I'd love, I'd love to show people I take pride in it. You can tell. you can just reach out to me by email three 11 Dental fam like family gmail.com.If you have any questions, I'd be so happy to help. Michael: Awesome. So like guys, that's gonna be in the show notes below. And sai, thank you so much man, for being with us. Before we sign off, any last piece of advice or favorite quotes you wanna share with us? Syed: Any last pieces of advice? Man, I've been talking for a long time.The biggest piece of advice I have is do that happiness exercise. If you have not done that, when people give you advice, take it with a grain of salt. Even when I give you advice, take it with a grain of salt.Do your own research. Learn things on your own and take a little bit from everyone and never just take just one person's word for everything. I've had to do that. Michael: Awesome. Awesome. So thank you so much for being with us. It's been a pleasure. Yeah. And we'll hear from you soon.Syed: Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
“We're different adults, this is a different situation, and you don't have to be that child anymore. You can be, for that child, what you needed when you were their age. And we can do that now. And we can do that differently. That's how healing happens.” - Saed Hill Ever Forward Club's Ashanti Branch is joined by Saed Hill. Saed is a Counseling Psychologist, and the Assistant Director of Prevention and Masculine Engagement at the Center for Awareness, Response, and Education (CARE) at Northwestern University. There, he develops and implements strategies to improve masculine engagement in the prevention of violence. Aside from what Saed sees while working with Northwestern students and with clients in all kinds of industries, Saed has done a lot of self-reflection about his own background. And today, he and Ashanti are granted the space to share - both where they have come from and where they are headed… (0:25) Ashanti's introduction. (4:20) Saed introduces himself, his work as a counseling psychologist at Northwestern University, and his overall passion to help people feel free from the structures of conventional masculinity. (7:50) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - serious, caring, work-a-holic - and both men connect over insecurities about laziness and rest. (13:05) Saed shares the front of his mask - funny, reflective, curious - and he looks back on his immigrant childhood. (17:45) Ashanti and Saed discuss how they get past the pleasantries when asking, “How are you doing today?” (19:45) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - fear of losing mom, worry, desire for a legacy - and what he's been thinking about when looking at his family tree. Then, Saed reflects on what it's been like to not be a father while many of his friends are having children. (29:55) Saed shares the back of his mask - lonely, numbing, not enough - and how he experiences vicarious trauma in his profession. (35:00) Saed and Ashanti discuss burnout culture, and how the systems in place make it difficult for us to appreciate simply being human. (43:35) Saed shares more about what he teaches and how he works with college students. (51:05) Saed shares how you can get in touch with him. --- Connect with Saed Hill: Website: dynamiccooperative.com/about LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/saed-d-hill-phd Instagram: instagram.com/papercutrhymesphd Create your own mask anonymously at millionmask.org Email us questions and comments at totmpod100@gmail.com --- Connect with Ashanti Branch: Instagram: instagram.com/branchspeaks Facebook: facebook.com/BranchSpeaks Twitter: twitter.com/BranchSpeaks LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashantibranch Website: branchspeaks.com ---Support the podcast and the work of the Ever Forward Club: anchor.fm/branch-speaks/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branch-speaks/support
What does it feel like to be FREE? To be free and liberated from constricting and rigid definitions of manhood, especially for young men? Brandon and Saed unpack concepts around constrictive masculinity, liberation and violence prevention in working with young people on college campuses. How can we use experience, language, and practice to help us connect with fuller versions of ourselves?Saed D. Hill is the Assistant Director of Prevention and Masculine Engagement at the Center for Awareness, Response, and Education (CARE) where he develops and implements strategies to improve masculine engagement in the prevention of violence. Saed's work focuses on leading collaborative efforts at Northwestern in men's engagement programming and education around healthy masculinity which includes serving as the advisor for the Masculinity, Allyship, Reflection and Solidarity (MARS) peer education group as well as the management, implementation, and curriculum development of the NU Men program each quarter. Saed also serves as a confidential survivor advocate and support for students impacted by sexual violence, relationship violence, and stalking.Learn more: Dr. Saed Hill at Northwestern - Learn more at the American Psychological Association's Study for Men and Masculinities - Learn moreSupport the showAdditional Resources: Subscribe/Rate/Review on iTunes ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: >>>HEREEnroll Here
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Join us for Episode 206. Masculinity and Caregiving with Dr. Saed D. Hill. Explore the ideas of masculinity, caregiving, prevention of violence, and inviting and celebrating vulnerability in male caregivers. This is a must listen!Follow Dr. Saed on linkedin - Saed D. Hill as well as instagram - PapercutrhymesPhD. Folks can also visit his website for workshop requests. Dr. Hill is part of a larger consulting group that does social justice trainings/programming - https://www.dynamiccooperative.com/ Compassionate ChildcareEmail us at hello@compassionatechildcare.comFor free resources and to learn more about coaching and classes, visit us at https://compassionatechildcare.com/Be sure to follow Compassionate Childcare on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CChildcareLLCAnd Twitter: https://twitter.com/CChildcareLLCAnd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cchildcarellc/ Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/chroniclesofnannya. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this latest episode, the guys meet with Dr. Saed Hill, Assistant Director of Prevention and Masculine Engagement for Northwestern University's CARE program. The conversation covers Saed's upbringing, the NU Men's program, sexual consent, prevention vs. engagement, smoked meat, restrictive masculinity and more...Learn more about Dr. Saed Hill, and his NU Men program, a critical examination of masculinity.This episode is brought to you by Half Acre Brewery. Check out the wonderful beers here on Half Acre's website.
Today I am joined by villager Scott say he's been playing poker for about 20 years started in my hometown of Atlanta, has lived in Colorado for the last 11 in in the mountains with his wife and three dogs. He owned his own business as a glassblower for 13 years. He went back to school for a degree in economics and philosophy graduating very shortly.
In this episode of A Dose Of Positivity, Saed and I have an incredible discussion about our past and how it can play an important role in who we are in the present moment. We talk about the stories we all create from the things we have experienced and how at any time we can change our lives and the story we tell ourselves if we want to.
In this episode Saed and I have a great discussion about daily rituals. Like any of these episodes, remember we are just giving suggestions, some of the things we said may work for you and some may not. I hope you guys enjoy the episode!
On this episode of A Dose of Positivity, I pull one of my favorite conversations from the vault. I sat down with my good friend Saed Albasha on his podcast Access to Success and we had a great discussion about motivation. Saed and I talk about the importance of having forward and away motivation when you set goals and how to stay on track when you don't feel inspired to get moving and live your best life.
Saed D. Hill is the Assistant Director of Prevention and Masculine Engagement at the Center for Awareness, Response, and Education (CARE) where he collaborates with Northwestern University to develop and implement strategies to improve masculine engagement in the prevention of violence. Saed shares with us about how "traditional" masculinity puts boys and men in restrictive boxes, causing them to see relationships as transactional - which in turn can also lead to gendered violent acts. He also explains how each of us can help address harmful and restrictive masculinity in our own spheres, while promoting real connection and granting permission towards healthy masculinity. If you'd like to learn more about the incredible work Saed is doing or have him speak to your community, you can email him at: saed.hill@northwestern.edu If you are a male victim of sexual violence, visit 1in6.org for more resources.
In this episode of A Dose of Positivity, I sit down with a good friend Saed Albasha. In this episode, we all talk about how to manage and break our fears. I hope you enjoy the podcast.
Saed Alami is a a health coach who specializes in wellness transformation with a passion. Born to transform the health and wellness industry, Saed is dedicated to elevating everyone he works with to create real energy, vitality, and personal health, through a process he coins “Body alchemy”. Transforming unhealthy beliefs, and habits into a uniquely designed personal way of living. His ultimate vision is to inspire people to embody their authentic selves and live healthy and meaningful lives in harmony with others and the planet.In this episode, I talk to Saed about where we are with masculinity, how did we get here and how can men and women start understanding each other better.About the guest:Saed's LinkedInSaed's Instagram—About Emily:Emily's WebsiteEmily's InstagramEmily's Projects: Mental Muscle Website | Mental Muscle InstagramTackling Minds Podcast Website | Tackling Minds Instagram___How to support the podcast:PatreonApple Ratings and Review Spotify RatingsSubscribe to the Podcast★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Laura Dodsworth, author of the fantastic book: "A State of Fear: How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic" joins the show to discuss masks and how global governments used fear to ensure compliance with mandates. You can find Laura’s Substack here and her incredibly important book here. You can also follow her on Twitter here.The podcast is also available through Apple Podcasts and Spotify.Full transcript is available from the web version of Substack.Ian Miller (00:00):Hello, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the unasked podcast. We've got another very special guest today. Her name's Laura Dodsworth she's the author of the book, a state of fear, and she writes the Laura Dodsworth Substack. Everybody should go check that out. But so Laura, welcome. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.Laura Dodsworth (00:17):Oh, thank you for having me. I can't think of a better podcast really you know, fit wise for me. So it's fantastic. I loved your book.Ian Miller (00:26):Yeah. Well, thank you. And I, I really enjoyed speaking with you, so I'm glad we're getting to do this again. My, my first question for you was kind of about your initial reaction to it. And, and you wrote about it in the book that the virus you were initially seemingly were a little concern because it's something new you weren't familiar with and, but you kind of seemed a little bit more, fairly measured in your response, but then when Boris Johnson gave his speech saying everybody needs to stay home, we're locking down. That's you know, we're moving in that direction in terms of policy, it seemed like you kind of reacted a bit more viscerally. So why do you think it was that his speech in particular kind of do that way? Maybe even more so than the virus did?Laura Dodsworth (01:06):Mm, yeah, isn't it funny? I think that there was just a lot of fear in the air and really everybody was subjected to some fears. It's just which fears you yourself are susceptible to. Now, I did have some fear about the virus and, you know, I remember up on tined food, I'm a, a single parent. And I thought, well, if I'm, if I'm terribly ill, how will my children cook? Because we were being told we couldn't leave the house at all. Mm-Hmm . And so the sort of normal recourse to help like family and friends wouldn't be available. So I had some nerves and my children still tease me about the fact that I asked them to wash hands when they came indoors for the first couple of weeks. . But my my approach is often to sort of deep dive and research and, and look things up for myself.Laura Dodsworth (01:56):And from very early, I was reading up on different epidemiologists and scientists, views of the virus. So rather a lot of unknowns at the beginning, there were also very respected voices urging caution on the IFFR for instance professor Johnny and Artis and contextualizing epidemics and pandemics. And I don't think I had an out of scale fear of it. And you see here in the UK, the initial response was that we would cocoon the elderly and a certain amount of herd immunity would build up. And then there was this sudden U-turn and I think I found the U-turn discombobulating. I just couldn't believe the address to the nation. On the 23rd of March, it was very stern. It was really going for a wartime vibe, you know, war on a war, on a virus. And for some reason I fast forwarded mentally very quickly, not that night, but very quickly into what the consequences could be.Laura Dodsworth (03:06):And to be honest, watching those fears become fulfilled, you know, to see them on furl over time has been quite horrific. So the longer lot I went on it was, it was obvious that we would have high inflation because we were quantitative easing our way through this. I was surprised that people were so adamant that children were resilient and children would be okay, and shutting schools and masking children would be fine because clearly it hasn't been. And I felt very frightened about the consequences of the very extreme, absolutely unprecedented actions we were taking. I think what confounded that as well was, as soon as you stepped outside your, your daily allowed exercise, people were really different with each other, just, you know, where I live just semi country side. They would hop to the side of country lanes or pavements to avoid each other.Laura Dodsworth (04:06):And it, it created that additional fear in the air. So for me, the fear wasn't of the virus, I thought it was strange that people were so frightened of a virus out in the open. For me, the fear was how easily fear was communicated and how manipulated people could be and what the effect of lockdown would be. And I did, I did feel it viscerally that first night of the speech. I had that freeze response. I felt everything drained from my body. It was, it was a very, very wobbly, shaky feeling. I've always thought I've got the most useless fear response. this is not the first time this has happened to me, that I drain and become, become useless. And interestingly, there is a lot of shame with this fear response because you know, it's people feel like they should have been able to run away or, or to fight, I guess I'm a freezer.Ian Miller (05:03):Hmm. Did you also mentioned in the book about a section about his body language during that speech, and did you know, is that something that you noticed as well that he, it, you know, I think it was phrased something like that. It was almost like a hostage situation. Was that something that you noticed when you were watching it or was that something that just kind of came up with in conversations with people?Laura Dodsworth (05:24):No. The whole thing felt completely weird to me and it threw me and it is part of what scared me. His words about the virus did not scare me the extreme semi Churchillian and authoritarian language SC me. And it was that combined with this very staccato, peculiar body language, there was something about it that just felt off. And that's why I thought it would be a good place to start the book. So I consulted with forensic psychologists, somebody who interviews people who have lied to the authorities and tried to cover their traces and somebody who also works with body language to see what they made of it. And actually it's more that their professional opinions concurred with the feeling that I'd had that is his body language. Wasn't congruent with his words. There are parts when he's more relaxed, cause he, he appears to believe what he's saying. And there are parts where he's not comfortable with what he's saying at all, what that means exactly. Who knows whether he was lying, whether he just felt uncomfortable, maybe with delivering some very bad news to the nation. This is a man who likes to be liked and to deliver the news about lockdown would be a very difficult message for any statesman.Ian Miller (06:45):Yeah, it's interesting. And it's, it's one of those like important moments of history and, and it's really important I think, to kind of go back and look and see and what they were thinking and saying at the time and how they, how they were saying it. Another thing I think that we, we kind of both bring up a lot is what a poor job the media has done with with regards to COVID. And, and I know you wrote about it, how they kind of gave a lot of softball questions to, to Boris Johnson or to other health leaders which was definitely the case of the United States as well with certain governors that were not Ron DeSantis from Florida. So why do you think that that was a consistent feature across both countries? Like what, what was it about the journalism profession that was so ready and willing to go along with, with lockdowns and all these other policies?Laura Dodsworth (07:29):Oh, it was just so depressing. I had to stop watching the press briefings, cause I felt like shouting at the TV to, you know, tell the journalists off for not asking more probing questions. We had questions like, do you think we'll be able to have Christmas? Or can we hug our relatives? It was truly pathetic. all the questioning came from within the framework, not outside of the framework. So things like the, you know, the, the assumption to the model weren't challenged, the ingests were never questioned the data wasn't questioned. The presumptions weren't questioned. The only question was, are we doing enough? Are we doing it early enough? Hard enough, soon enough. I think that there are it's multifactorial. There are probably a number of reasons for this. I think activists, journalism is a real problem. The response to COVID has been very partisan among journalists.Laura Dodsworth (08:25):You know, if Trump said something had to be wrong, you know, orange man, bad wrong. And here, you know, there's also a lot of Tory bashing. So anybody who doesn't like the conservatives or didn't like Brexit might taking opposing position and give their conservatives a hard time for their handling. Also, you know, it was a pandemic, things were happening fast. There isn't a lot of time in newsrooms to consider things carefully. It's been obvious to me as well that some journalists aren't very Nuer or scientifically minded. Now I'm not saying that I'm especially Nuer or scientifically minded. I had to work harder to it. And where I didn't understand, I I've asked maths with friends to help me with, with stuff. And I think there's a big problem about click bait, journalism fear, fear cells, better than sex. It turns out, and there is a way in which remuneration is very, at least subtly connected to those clicks. There is one there's one broad sheet journalist I interviewed anonymously who explained that there remuneration is linked to the success of their articles. So, you know, the most lurid headline, the most fear driven headline will also generate the most clicks and views. And then journalists are compensated for that. Everybody likes their likes on, on Twitter. You know, Twitter's an important habitat for journalists too. And you'll see that you'll see broadcasting, print, journalists break their thoughts and stories on Twitter.Ian Miller (10:04):Yeah.Laura Dodsworth (10:05):So I think, I think it's multifactorial and, and there's another really important aspect, which is off com that's the the regulator for broadcast media here to guidance saying that broadcast journalists should be careful not to go against the government advice cause it might create public harm.Ian Miller (10:29):It's, it's crazy. It, it's insane to think about that. That a regulator was telling journalists not to question the government. I mean, that's just mind boing. It's, that's literally their whole job, you know, it's seemingly that's their whole job. But you, you mentioned how the fear seems to sell and, and that was a section I really enjoyed of your book was where there's a lot of these quotes that you, you bring up from the media with these kind of outrageous, at least looking back, they're outrageous headlines that are very obviously fear driven. And it, it seemed like, and let me know if I'm wrong, but it seemed like the vast majority of people, especially in the UK and in the us bought into that would you have, have expected that people would buy it pre COVID or were you surprised that people weren't skeptical? I, I mean, I, my personal sense as an outsider is that a lot of, you know, Britain, there's a lot of skepticism towards these things, but it seemed like that kind of went away recently.Laura Dodsworth (11:17):Oh no, I think we've got a very, he healthy, skeptical community here. I'm gonna have to say, but I think you can't underestimate something like this off con guidance. You know, it really chilled the inclination of the media to explore theories. And the broadcast media is very important and also big tech were sensory views that went against the world health organization or governments. And we gotta to remember that their positions changed on things. Now, if you know, social media like say YouTube or Twitter, we we're going to hold up the world health organization view at any one given time think about things they said during this pandemic, there's no human to human transmission. That's one thing world health organization said or it didn't originate from a lab or it's not airborne. Well, you know, the, the advice and the, the thoughts change constantly.Laura Dodsworth (12:08):So it's very, you know, you have to have debate and allow questions. And this is, this is part of, of science to, to ask questions and challenge hypotheses. There shouldn't be a faith in it. You know, the situation we had here is where the, the state broadcast or the BBC and other broadcasters couldn't really challenge the state orthodoxy because of off con guidance. So that's, you know, that's part of the, the media landscape. Now publications, which have had a, a good epidemic were probably more skeptical, such as the Telegraph and the spectator. They've both seen their subscriptions grow substantially during this time. And they, they have online subscriptions as well. They have a subscription model, which personally I, I'm a really big fan of, you know, you're gonna pay for your news one way or the other you're gonna pay via ads or sponsorship or the sale of your data, or you're gonna pay through individual copy sales or subscription.Laura Dodsworth (13:05):I think subscription is a really good model for providing sound journalism. So we have had a, a mix and, you know, that chapter referring to my book that is called headlines. So it's really some of the very worst examples. It, I mean, it was horrific in a way, keeping the tally of it through the year. People were told to be frightened of literally everything from ice cream to semen. There wasn't anything you couldn't catch COVID from. And there wasn't any aspect of your health that could, it could damage. I dunno how much people believed it all. I, I mean, I really don't know in my own little bubble, I, I brought quite a lot of skepticism to it, but I think there's something about Britain, you know, where we're definitely at home of liberal thought and I nation, and I, I think there's actually been a lot of pushback in this country about things such as vaccine mandates, for instance, and vaccine passports, a very successful political pushback and some political rebellion. And I think overall there has been a good amount of skepticism, but it's very difficult to know in your own bubble. And of course, this is one aspect of, of lockdown where atomized we talk, you know, during those really crucial peak times, we didn't talk to other people as much in real life. Whereas you might settle some ideas in the par or, you know, by the water cooler at work. We were all at home and really engaging with our screens a lot more.Ian Miller (14:30):Mm-Hmm . Yeah. and so you, you brought up kind of the vaccine mandates and, and that there was a little bit, it, more of a success successful pushback. And I did want to ask you about that as well, because you, you recently wrote a SubT stack kind of to talking about how masks were essentially the idea was to soften the public up for plan B, which was essentially vaccine passports among other things. But it seemed like they, you know, were, were, do you think that they were successful in that attempt to soften people up, but, or did, were they, were the people willing to kind of fight back against, was that like a bridge too far for them at that point?Laura Dodsworth (15:03):No people dawned their masks again. See, that was very interesting. That's some, somebody who works on a COVID task force within government contacted me to say they would like to talk to me anonymously about developments and they, they shared some documents with me and we talked, and that was a report of that conversation really. And the reason those contacted me is I'd written about this already in the Telegraph, one of our national newspapers, when the government brought out its its winter plan, it had plan a and plan B. And for me it was obvious that the, the whole point of these plans were to, to lay the groundwork for what they really want to do. And the government advice were saying, yes, that's correct. Masks have been reintroduced to soften you up for the next stage. It's it's like a, you know, a form of psychological technique.Laura Dodsworth (16:01):And the interesting thing about that person that contacted me and really some of the most severe criticism of the government is it has come from government advisors. You know, some, some quite shocking accusations, really. I mean, one of the, one of the behavioral psychologists who spoke to Mely anonymously did warn about creeping authoritarianism in government, that the pandemic can be used to grab power and drive things through that wouldn't happen otherwise. And another told me that psychology is, is a, is a weapon without a psychology without vaccine psychology is your best weapon and said, psychology has had a really good epidemic actually. And another told me that the use of fear had been dystopian. And I think this is part of the reason that the works and it's had such a good audience it's because there are people who are close to government who report with the techniques with the psychological with the games, with the behavioral psychology approach. And that's why they wanted to talk to me anonymously to, to help expose it.Ian Miller (17:12):Yeah. Well, I I'm, I'm glad that they did because it is, I think it's very, very important, but you know, I, I, I focus a lot on mass. We're just kind of talking about it. And so I wanted to, to get your thoughts, you know, what was, what did you think of mass as the mandates started to roll out in the UK and especially there, because I feel like early on maybe even more so than the us, a lot of the, the kind of health leaders in the UK were downplaying masks and saying that they weren't going to make a difference and what gonna work.Laura Dodsworth (17:41):Oh, that's exactly right. I mean, you had Fauci, didn't you say that masks wouldn't actually prevent transmission. They might just stop a few droplets. And we had the, the, the same here from multiple public health officials, senior public health officials. And then there was this U-turn wasn't there. Now, one of the MPS I interviewed for the book told me that the sec of state for health and social care told the MP that masks were introduced to encourage confidence when the first lockdown ended. The problem was that the high street didn't bounce back. When the lockdown ended, people didn't go and hit the shops and hit the high street in the way the government had expected. And so masks were supposedly reportedly introduced as a way to give people confidence. The problem is they turned people into walking billboards for danger, and it became obvious that masks offer another kind of signal known a select committee hearing.Laura Dodsworth (18:48):That's when MPS get to ask experts for their almost like witness statements for their opinions David Halpin, who is the head of the behavioral insights team, that's the nudge unit referred to masks as being a signal that masks be useful as a signal, as well as the underlying evidence that they reduced transmission. I think it's really important to note that there are people in government ministers, the head of the nudge unit and behavioral psychologists science for my book who referred to masks primarily as serving the purpose of being a signal. Now, how did I feel about it? I hated it. I couldn't actually believe that the uptake was as high as it was mm-hmm cause it was clear that there wasn't any new scientific evidence to justify the use of cloth and surgical masks in the community to reduce transmission. And I think it's incredibly onerous to make a law, to compel people, to dress a certain way without evidence, because really without evidence, it is just a form of dress.Laura Dodsworth (19:54):It's not PPE mm-hmm . And I think over time, the symbolism of masks has really changed while they were signals to indicate that we were in a pandemic, they've become something else. It's, it's fading now it's receding now, but they've really become signals of morale and virtue, you know, good compliant, virtuous people wear masks, your mask shows you care for other people. And if you don't wear a mask, what does that mean? That you don't care? And so that's, that's the thought behind it. Now, there also was quite a lot of shaming attached to masks. Don't CRE to Dick who's the head of the, the met police said that police wouldn't be enforcing the mask mandates and shops. And instead she was trusting on the public to shame each other for not own masks. Now in this country, we did actually have exemptions.Laura Dodsworth (20:45):For instance, let's say you had a physical disability that might prevent you from wearing a mask or even if the idea of wearing a mask could cause you significant stress. You didn't have to wear one. So you can imagine that could in, that could include perhaps people who have been raped, who might commonly have a problem with stomach covering the mouth or veterans with post-traumatic stress to I've spoken to two veterans with PTSD that make masks very difficult. There's lots of reasons people could have for not wearing a mask. So we always had exemptions. So the idea that we had the head of London police saying she wanted the public to shame each other was quite staggering. Going back to, again, the head of the UK's nudge unit, he also talked about the, that the British public would do most of the heavy lifting in socially enforcing masks. And this is all part of the behavioral psychology approach to use that kind of herd mentality so that we are really policing each other and making, you know, enforcing the mask querying.Ian Miller (21:45):Yeah. And, and the nudge unit thing I wanted to, to ask you about as well, because, you know, I think in the us, most people listeners are probably in the us. That's not something that we've been familiar with. I mean, I've read about it obviously because of your book and, and other sources, but you know, can you explain to people what exactly the nudge unit is and, and how they've been operating during the pandemic?Laura Dodsworth (22:07):Yes. Sure. So you will also have nudge in the us, you do, you just don't have something called a nudge unit. you need to find out where your nudges are lodged within government, because nudge is really part of how governments do their business now. So the nudge unit is the col political term for the behavioral insights team. And that was set up in the UK in, oh, I'm gonna get the date right now. I hope 2011 under the David Cameron department. And originally it was part of strategy and policy. And then it spun out to become its own unit. And it was one third owned by the government. It's one third by an organization called nester and one third by the nudge unit directors. So that's lovely set up a expense, but it's ended up making some of them really quite rich and the idea behind behavioral psychology and nudge is that it's all about helping us to become better people and model citizens without having to resort to new laws.Laura Dodsworth (23:17):In fact, there's a great quote from cast Einstein, who you probably have heard of as he, he held from your side of the pond mm-hmm and he said, let think I got the quote just here. Yes. So Kas Einstein is a famous behavioral psychologist, scientist. He's a famous behavioral scientist. And he said by knowing how people think we can make it easier for them to choose what is best for them, their families and society. So isn't it great. There are people who know what's best for you. Now, cast Einstein was quite close to the Obama administration. I believe he still works for the us government now. So behavior, the behavioral insights team of it exported their company around the world. They have offices around the world, but other, other countries too, have nudge units embedded in government. And even beyond the nudge unit, there are behavioral scientists in other government departments too. I believe there are 54 in the treasury, in the UK governments and also in government agencies, you know such as the UK HSA and also the NHS in the cabinet office itself, they're everywhere.Ian Miller (24:34):Hmm. That's in, it's very interesting and it's kind of scary and that's, that's, I also wanted to, to get your thoughts on that because you know, do you think that this is something that will, the public will be more aware of now? I mean, it it's obviously been around for 10 years or a little more, but you know, this, it feels like this was the most concerted effort to, to deploy that kind of behavioral psychology to get people to comply with, with lockdowns and mandates. So do you think the population will be more aware of it and more skeptical towards these kinds of, of ideas now? Or is it gonna be continued and, you know, accepted going forward?Laura Dodsworth (25:06):I think it's interesting that well, I do, I do think, I like to think, I hope that my book has moved the dial. I mean, it was out early, it was out in may 21, and it was really important to me to, I mean, in a way, lay ego aside and get it out early so that it would move the dial because I, I could have turned out a more, a more complete and more perfect book had waited another year, but I really wanted people to be aware. And they obviously are. Now there was a poll that was conducted this week in the UK by a grassroots organization called recovery. And, you know, they used a, a reputable polling company to do this with a representative sample of the British public. And they were fi they were trying to find out what people think of the COVID inquiry terms of reference.Laura Dodsworth (25:54):So the government is gonna hold an inquiry into its handling of the pandemic, but there are quite a few things missing from the terms of reference, you know, most, most famously people talking about the fact that children aren't specifically mentioned in the inquiry mean, obviously we have to look at what lockdown and school closures did specifically to children. Now, this poll by recovery found that 42% of the British public want the inquiry to consider the use of behavioral psychology in influencing public behavior. And I think that's incredible because before the I before the pandemic, the issue of nudge rarely, rarely hit the headlines. And although my books had some very favorable press and media coverage in certain outlets, it's been completely ignored by others. So it was on the Sunday times best sell list for four weeks. It's sold really well. It's had reviews from really respect to public figures, such as law assumption.Laura Dodsworth (26:55):Number of times it's been mentioned by the BBC, or I've been invited for interview zero, you know, it's, it's interesting, there's been a real I really tend to ignore nudge and the fear Mon growing on use behavioral psychology in some areas, but not in others. So the fact that 42% of British people want this specifically to be looked at in the inquiry, I think is incredibly hopeful. It's the best news I've had for ages in . However, I don't think the government will want to look at it. Cause I think the enactors are the policy, you know, that plans deliberately frighten people to make them comply with the lockdown is a really difficult charge to answer. Yeah, most people would say that frightening people beyond the scale of a threat is quite egregious. It's quite sinister, quite insidious, and it's also anti-democratic to subliminally influence people and frighten them in to doing what you want them to do. You know, furthermore, they're still nudging all the time. You know, depending how much time we got to send this interview, but there are other areas where nudge is being applied now to not just towards policy goals, to soften us up for tough, tough policies. It's incredibly convenient and effective for government rather than passing laws and having all the tricky and convenient debates.Ian Miller (28:08):Mm-Hmm , if you can get people to do what you want without having to force them to do it, it's theoretically it's better for them. And it's kind of the implications of that are really, really horrifying when you think about it in detail mm-hmm I did wanna ask you one, one more thing about kind of a data related question and it was, it was mentioned, I believe in your, in your Subec about masks making the comparison between England and Scotland and, and I've done this recently with, you know, you can post the charts showing that England without mandates is doing better than Scotland with, with mask mandates in place. And you show, you said it was, you know, essentially the trial and it showed that really matter. So how are people able to kind of continue to get away with ignoring these comparisons? It just, it feels inarguable at this point, doesn't it? Laura Dodsworth (28:56):Oh, in you'd think so. I wish I had an answer to that because literally just today there, there were calls for mask mandates to be in IED because cases are so high in England. And like you I'm thinking, excuse me, would you look at Scotland? They haven't dropped their mask mandates and they've had higher case numbers in England. Yeah. So although there might be other confounding factors, there's no clear argument in favor of masks here. It's ridiculous us. And you know, the number of cases has recently just peaked and it's peaked despite the fact that we haven't reintroduced masks or lockdowns or any other restrictions. So that kind of illusion of control that people might have been, you know, hanging onto before it's got to be dispelled by the fact that a wave has, has peaked and is declining all on its own.Ian Miller (29:51):Yep. Yeah. It's it seems so obvious, but it, it's still so hard to get people to to accept that. BecauseLaura Dodsworth (29:59):There's such vision reminders. That's the thing, because it seems to be common sense. It's covering your mouth where you breathe or you cough, you know, it feels intuitive and it feels like common sense for people. Plus it's something that they can do. It gives them the illusion of control, which is why they were introduced in the first place.Ian Miller (30:17):Yeah. But it,Laura Dodsworth (30:19):An illusion,Ian Miller (30:20):It is an illusion, but it's very hard to convince people of that. And ironically, you know, they can't use the nudge unit to convince people that it was all an illusion in the first place. Laura Dodsworth (30:28):Well, absolutely. Now I, I have had an MP say to me, do you think we need a reverse nudge plan? I said, no, I couldn't possibly agree with that. What we need is a honesty from now mm-hmm and forever not gonna happen. But the, you know, the, the problem with using fear is how you reverse from it. You do see some signs of reverse nudging now. So a little bit of challenging of the data. So while a year ago, you would not have been able to challenge or drill down on hospitalization easily, not without insight sources, which, which I had, and some journalists that the Telegraph had, and you were kind of breaking the story that the overall hospitalization figure we had was including people who were admitted hospital with COVID and had symptoms. It also included people who went to hospital with something entirely different and were tested and found to have COVID.Laura Dodsworth (31:21):And it also include people who called COVID hospital. So it's important to know about all of those subgroups people, but the reason the number was presented as one big number was for effect mm-hmm . Now what they've done this year is say, ah, but this number includes incidental hospitalization. So you have people who hospitalized with COVID and from COVID and they're different things. So this is what I'd call a little reverse, nudge, a little bit of honesty about the granular detail of the data in order to start dispelling fear, because you can't go back and say, well, we were exaggerating before.Ian Miller (31:57):Yeah. Well, do you, and do you think that part of that also was, was to show, okay, well, you know, we've had this incredible vaccination roll out huge amount of uptake. If hospitalization numbers are so high, people are gonna start doubting how well these are working and not potentially going to get a booster or a, you know, they're rolling up four shots now, or fish shots down the road. Do you think that that played a part in that as well?Laura Dodsworth (32:20):Yeah, I mean, absolutely because I think people oversold what the, what the vaccines could do and were four at the beginning which I think is very unfortunate. There was never any evidence in the trial data that they would stop death or reduce transmission. Those were hopes there was an evidence. But you know, indeed if they have reduced severity of symptoms and reduced hospitalization, then that has to be shown in the figures. Otherwise it would look like it hadn't worked. So you're right. The data has to correspond, although have been enormous amounts of inconsistencies in data at various times.Ian Miller (32:57):Yeah. looking at, at the UK's reports on those occasionally it's it's you can see there's a shift when they started putting in a little add-on there saying, you know, we we've calculated vaccine efficacy ourselves. So look at our numbers. Don't go look at the rates that we've posted down further on. Those are those can't be interpreted properly. That that was very entertaining. Well,Laura Dodsworth (33:16):I mean, that, that is difficult because the HSA has published really transparent data about vaccine efficacy. And it's quite hard to know what it means. Cuz for instance, at the moment, if you look at the report, it would appear that the triple vaccinated are much more likely to be effective COVID than the UN vaccinated. But this is, it depends which population estimate you use. Cause there are different ways of estimating the overall population. And so that's what all those disclaimers are about. I would have personally, no idea mm-hmm which population estimate is the right one to use and therefore what it shows about vaccine efficacy.Ian Miller (33:52):Yeah. It's it is a really hard question to answer. I don't think we'll ever get a, a perfect answer and it might be totally different between different populations even as well. So but I wanted to ask you as well you know, the UK has pretty much dropped almost every restriction and, and it kind of seemed like it happened pretty quickly after going from, you know, mass mandate or softening up to plan B to almost essentially back to normal, just a matter of months. Mm-Hmm so do you think that kind of Boris Johnson's political issues that happened around that timeframe that kind of came up the party gate, things like that, did that play a part in it? You think?Laura Dodsworth (34:26):Yes. Two things party gate was an absolute gift. I mean, nobody E everybody likes fair play don't they, nobody likes hypocrisy. So the idea that while people were suffering really, really strict restrictions, which came enormous personal that the number 10 Downing street was hosting parties was so unpalatable and that had to has in the end of the restrictions here, but also Omicron. So although our own public health officials didn't want to concur with the view coming out South Africa, that it was milder and needing to feel of hospitalizations. Ultimately it has proven to be milder and like, so I think it's the combined effective party gate massive gift and on micron.Ian Miller (35:14):Yeah. Well, I guess we have one thing to be grateful for with being hypocritical about not follow our own rules. So what, what's the end game for kind of the opposite side of the coin, which is countries like, you know, Australia, New Zealand and others, you know, Chinas and these incredibly strict lockdowns now and they're, they seemingly are okay with having kind of endless pandemic policies. You know, what, what do you think is the end game for those places?Laura Dodsworth (35:40):They'll have to reverse out of it because it's not sustainable. The, the social, the health, the economic destruction can't be, can't be sustained. You can't keep countries lodge down. I think, you know, zero, zero, that zero COVID is being revealed as the absolute nightmare that it was, it was always going to be cause funny people don't talk about Sweden much anymore. Do they? Yeah. You know, Sweden was in the news all the time, all the time when they were branching out on their own and following existing pandemic policy. But look how well it's worked out for Sweden.Ian Miller (36:19):Yep. That'sLaura Dodsworth (36:20):Good. So yeah, I, I, I I'd say it can't be sustainable because if it is all that will be all that will remain is to salt the earth in those countries.Ian Miller (36:28):Yeah. I was gonna say that's exa and that I listened to an interview with one of the Swedish epidemiologists at the time who was saying, you can't sustain these policies forever in democracy. You just, you can't do it. But some, some, some places are still trying. Your latest sub was about something other than COVID, which I think is, is also good to have reminders of there are other issues in the world.Laura Dodsworth (36:50): andIan Miller (36:51):, it was kind of about how ignoring biology is, is impacting the NHS in a real way in, in, and and it's become a hot topic here in the us as well with the we've had this, the, the transgender swimmer that has been swimming in these, in female sports competitions. So I wanted to ask what you think about this topic and you know, where does it go from here with these kinds of policies?Laura Dodsworth (37:12):Mm, well, it's been quite hot topic in the UK for several years because the conservative government proposed to reform the gender a recognition act, which would mean that somebody would change their gender just on self identification. They wouldn't need to go before a medical panel or have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. They certainly wouldn't need to embark on any kind of medical treatments. And there have been concerns that that would impact single sex spaces and single sex rights and the most obvious examples of sport. Like your you're just saying with Leah Thomas also prisons, we have had a transgender male sexually assault women in a, in a woman's prison here in England. But also, you know, this, this issue with the NHS is just arisen and it's kind of incredible really because the NHS waiting list has gone from 4.2, 4 million, the outset of the pandemic to 6.1 million in January, 2022.Laura Dodsworth (38:04):So the NHS has got some big problems on its hands and with the hidden backlog, that's going to grow millions more that's people who avoided elective outpatients or elective procedures. So it was just astonishing to find out that thanks to advice from the society of radiographers that some hospital trusts are asking everybody man, or woman, if they could be pregnant before they have cancer treatment or scans involve radio. Now, obviously it's essential to protect unborn babies from radiography. You know, patient safety is paramount, but it's normally quite obvious whether somebody could be pregnant or not based upon their sex. And there will be times when it's not in the case of say a pregnant trans man, but these case are quite rare. And you would think that in those cases, a question might suffice or even referring to the patient notes. But in fact, the NHS doesn't record biological sex anymore.Laura Dodsworth (39:06):It records gender identity, and it could record both, but it's not it's recording gender identity. So it just seems incredible that where, you know, in the exact place where biological facts and data are really important, they're not being recorded. So my article was to draw attention to that. We've got the NHS asking very silly questions of elderly men, whether they're pregnant before they have an x-ray. And at the same time you know, journalists are asking politicians here, you know, what's a woman, what's a man because they hot topic and some of foundering unable to answer. So we've got the NHS asking silly question and politicians completely unable to answer them.Ian Miller (40:00):Yeah. I mean, do you think that this continues just to get worse as far as these, these kinds of obvi things that seem very obvious that don't make sense? Is that just gonna get worse or is it, do you think that there will be some pushback and get better?Laura Dodsworth (40:14):Oh, there's lots of pushback. And there has been, there has been here for a while. So I think ultimately truth always wins. Sometimes it just takes time, you know accommodating people's identity and rights is one thing, but denying biological reality is ultimately going to be futile. And you know, it's a bit like zero COVID, it's not, it's not gonna work long term. I don't think.Ian Miller (40:44):Hmm. I hope you're right. And so my last question for you is, is back to COVID because, you know, what else are we gonna talk about at the end of the day so I just wanted to, to get your idea of the future of pandemic policy in the U. Okay. And, you know, specifically with COVID and or if they're a future pandemic. So, you know, I mean, do you think mass vaccine passports that they, that there's the political capital for them to come back there at some point? Or are they gone permanently and then, you know, down the road there's another pandemic or severe flu or something like that will lock downs become kind of a permanent feature now of societies.Laura Dodsworth (41:18):Yeah. I think there's a real danger that some people would exert muscle memory and want to go back into lockdown and also masks. And I just pray that the inquiry will be independent, will be robust and dispel any remaining ideas that they're scientifically proven. I think that the vaccine passport isn't going anywhere, it's just quiet at the moment because Saed, Jat made a speech at a digital transformation summit and he was talking about the NHS app and saying, it's been, you know, it was the most downloaded free iPhone app in England. And, and that would've been unthinkable just, you know, just a little while ago, couple of years ago now he said he wants to keep the momentum going. And he would like by March 20, 24 for 75% of adults to have the NHS app. So he actually said he wants the app to be life, not just for COVID now using the app as a way of interacting with the NHS.Laura Dodsworth (42:28):I remain to be convinced whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. I haven't looked at that. And it doesn't mean it's the same past sports being required for entry into civic, social and, and economic life, but it's not actually going away. There's clearly some plan to retain it. So I think that's something to be aware of. There is at the moment, a lot of bad press right now about some of the effects of the pandemic things, which, I mean, honestly, they're, they're kind of enraging. I, I barely have words to express how I feel about what's being done to children. You know, it's coming increasing that children have got social development and language issues from having been surrounded by masks in their early years. And not having had normal social interaction and not going to school. And I, I think this has been an explosion of drugs, bullying and depression among teenagers.Laura Dodsworth (43:20):You know, I have teenage sons and I've, I've seen this for myself. So there is gonna be more and more coverage, I think about the harms of lockdown. And I hope that will make people pause for thoughts in the future, but what we've seen kind of an ideological split in people where, you know, the difference between left and right left and white wing, isn't really the main thing anymore. It's about authoritarianism and, and Liberty. And we've seen, there are a lot of people who want to lean into that sort of strong on government into the government, making decisions for them and into this authoritarian response. And that is, that is still what frightens me. It frightens me. It frightens me when I wrote the book and, and it frightens me now.Ian Miller (44:02):Yeah, well, hopefully you know, the, the inquiry and another kind of pushback will hope get, get these policies out of the, the public view of as being acceptable. You know, we gotta stop thinking of them as something that could even be tolerated at any point. Cuz like you say, the harms are tremendous Lu Laura, thank you so much for coming on the show. I really appreciate all of your input and everybody you can follow Laura on SubT stack, Laura dot SubT stack. The book is called a state of fear, how the UK government weaponized fear during the COVID 19 pandemic you can also follow follow Laura on Twitter at at bear reality. And again, and thank you so much Laura for doing this. This was great.Laura Dodsworth (44:39):Oh, it's an absolute pleasure. Thanks for having me. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ianmsc.substack.com/subscribe
CW: Childhood SA, A, Asian hate crimes, Violence. This week on Hairy butthole Chansophalla Nop and Oak Laokwansathitaya discuss childhood trauma and how the recent spike in Asian hate crimes encited trauma responses from both of them. They discuss how their response to violence and harrassment might seem confusing or inappropriate to people who have not had a background of abuse. Chan discusses a scar on her face she received as a child and recently discovering the traumatic backstory. Oak discusses the strained relationship he has with parents. Youngmi discusses how her son reacted to overhearing Chan's story and how it dawned on her that children should not know about these abuses. Lots of crying and laughter.
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Langston Hughes, the American poet, and leader of the ‘black renaissance' visited newly emerged Soviet Uzbekistan in the early thirties but not much of his written work has been left public for the international audience. Zohra Saed, an American researcher with a complex family history from Turkestan talks about her dissertation based on Langstone Hughes' archival notebooks, poems, and photos from that trip. The episode highlights the personal story of Zohra as an inside-out researcher and her positioned investigation of Hughes' legacy.Recommended literature:Hughes, Langston. 1934. A Negro looks at Soviet Central Asia. Moscow: Co-operative Pub. Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R.Langston Hughes: Poems, Photos & Notebooks from Turkestanhttps://www.centerforthehumanities.org/lost-and-found/publications/langston-hughes-poems-photos-notebooks-from-turkestan?fbclid=IwAR0ebaXSmPZW4aYaFU8hAFSLrQ8S-jTFZnHhUQv6T1Ef-E4AV4iCWZL4sLo
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