Podcast appearances and mentions of Sarah Kaufman

How can upgrading your verbs transform flat writing into vivid, page-turning prose? Why do so many writing problems turn out to be verb problems — and how can you fix yours? Sarah Kaufman explores the art of the verb and shares practical tips for making your writing stronger, clearer, and more alive. In the intro, writing as a caregiver and grief [Stark Reflections; The Creative Penn episode]; Beyond Bookshops — Bulk Sales, Gifting and Alternative Distribution [Self-Publishing Advice]; list of money books; London walk along SouthBank; Bones of the Deep: AI-Assisted Artisan Author webinars. Today's show is sponsored by ProWritingAid, writing and editing software that goes way beyond just grammar and typo checking. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with writing software, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. Check it out for free or get 15% off the premium edition at www.ProWritingAid.com/joanna This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn Sarah Kaufman is a Pulitzer Prize–winning critic, an award-winning author, and a writing teacher. Her latest book is Verb Your Enthusiasm: How to Master the Art of the Verb and Transform Your Writing. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why verbs are the most versatile and underrated tool in a writer's toolkit How to replace flat, explanatory sentences with vivid, action-driven prose The power of physical and metaphorical verbs to show emotion instead of telling it When passive voice works, and when it's hiding something Balancing beautiful language with the demands of storytelling and deadlines How to broaden your writing expertise into a sustainable portfolio career You can find Sarah at SarahLKaufman.com. Transcript of the interview with Sarah Kaufman Jo: Sarah Kaufman is a Pulitzer Prize–winning critic, an award-winning author, and a writing teacher. Her latest book is Verb Your Enthusiasm: How to Master the Art of the Verb and Transform Your Writing. Welcome to the show, Sarah. Sarah: Thank you so much. I'm delighted to be with you. Jo: This is such a great topic, but first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing. Sarah: I got into writing in a backwards way, I guess. The romantic, wonderful thing about writing is the freedom that it gives you, right? That's what we all think about—this freedom to address the world. Then the practical, wonderful thing about writing is developing a focal point, which I had to do in order to write in the first place. I'll explain a little bit about that. I became a dance critic, which is what I did at the Washington Post for 27 years, to have something to write about. That was necessary because, though I've always known that I wanted to be a writer ever since earliest childhood, I just didn't really find things to write about when it came time to actually try to make a living at it. As I was approaching leaving college as an English major, I was getting very anxious about what I was actually going to do, and I didn't have this burning desire to write about any certain thing. I happened to be working as a full-time secretary at a ballet school because I had been a ballet nerd all through my youth. I knew quite a bit about doing ballet, about the steps and about the lingo, so I was a suitable candidate to work at a ballet school. I was learning so much from the teachers there—who had all been professional dancers—about the aesthetics of ballet and how you shape the steps into art and into a performance. I was getting more and more interested in dance. One day the director took me out to lunch and she said, “You should write about dance.” I had seriously never considered that before, but she knew that I was an English major, that I wanted to write. She said, “Look, you know so much,” and she really encouraged me. So I said, “Well, okay, I'll give it a go,” because I had been reading dance criticism. I just started picking it apart and seeing how critics put their reviews together, called up a local paper, took on some freelance assignments, and did a lot of freelancing for years and eventually landed at the Washington Post. So the point I want to make is that I had that thing to write about. Now I had a focal point, and my books grew out of that. The first book I wrote is The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life. That was an exploration of aspects of grace stemming from physical grace, which I knew about from dancers, and looking at connections there with social grace and spiritual grace. Then this verbs book likewise grew out of my work as a dance writer because my goal in writing about dance was to capture the experience of it. I didn't want to be a scholarly type of critic, though I do love that kind of criticism and I read it and learn so much from it, but I knew that was not going to be my style. I wanted more to primarily recreate the experience for the reader, as well as then coming in with analysis of it. I was just so fascinated by the look and the feel of what I was seeing on the stage. I wanted to be able to share that with the reader. So I had to lean on verbs to capture the action, and people occasionally would say, “Oh, you're so good with verbs, Sarah,” which I thought was kind of interesting. It's like, oh, so this is a strength I had developed. I didn't really realise it. Then that, coupled with my teaching experience, is what led me to think I have some things to talk about regarding verbs. I'd like to share with the world because, as a teacher, I often see that writing issues my students have are actually verb issues. They get into a corner with a lot of explanation or clauses on top of clauses, and they get lost. Where is the point that you want to make here? What is the meaning? What is it you want me to take away from your work? Well, if we pare that back and look at the verbs and try to get some direction in the sentences, that often brings clarity. Suddenly the student will say, “I was thinking more about adjectives and nouns. I didn't realise that verbs were really something to focus on.” I thought that would be an interesting challenge to bring that out. Jo: It's so fascinating. I love how your career has emerged and that you've leaned into different things. It has a kind of dance to it itself. We're going to come back to your career, but let's start with that, because you mentioned that with many of your students you are reading their work and you think, “Oh, we can fix this with some verbs.” Let's get into that because you talk about weeding and this verb-first editing process. Most of the listeners will have some kind of writing already—either they've got a lot of books or they've got a draft in progress. This is the kind of thing we struggle with: how do we make our work stronger? Talk about why you are so obsessed with verbs some tips for making our work stronger. Sarah: Yes, I am obsessed with verbs. I will cop to that. They're so interesting and I felt like they were a little underrated as a writing tool. Verbs, as we learned in school, drive your sentence forward. They're the engine. Really, I feel like they are the secret soul of language, because they're so versatile, they're so essential. First of all, they hold it all together. They're the only part of speech that in itself is a full sentence. You can have a full sentence that's a verb. “Watch.” “Look.” “Continue.” You could go on and on. That is a full grammatical sentence. You can't do that with any other part of speech. They're so essential. The word “verb” itself comes from the Latin verbum, which means “a word.” So verbs became that name for all words. Our literary ancestors understood this—that they're really the beginning and the end as far as words go. They can add to your work when you start thinking about verbs in this way, and you start thinking about how can I elevate my writing—well, verbs are very efficient and very evocative. They can add not only clarity to your work, but a kind of elegance. They can say so much in such a little amount of space. For example, say you have something like this: “The cook was facing the dinner rush, and so she decided to put together something quick and easy so no one would know how nervous and unprepared she was.” In that sentence, I'm doing a lot of explaining and describing. I'm just explaining to you the situation, but I haven't really brought it to life much. A better way to do it might be something like this—and you can see it comes a little bit more active: “The dinner rush pressed upon her. To hide her nerves, she whisked eggs and milk into omelettes, shredded parsley with her bare hands and flung it all onto plates like Jackson Pollock splashing his canvas.” I show you what her nerves and the pressure resulted in. I show that manifesting. Or you could even shorten it and just say: “Dinner rush loomed. She whisked and whipped, chopped and dripped and masked her nerves with glistening omelettes.” There are stylistic differences there, but it's just to give an example of how you can take something that, on the face of it, sure, it makes sense—it's perfectly fine as a sentence—but it just lies there. It's flat. Maybe it's not very exciting. It doesn't really move the story forward. You can bring it to life by showing us. You show us with the action. Jo: You haven't really specifically said what a verb is in that sentence you just had around “whisked” and all of those things. Those sentences were actually quite different in a lot of the different words you used. You didn't just swap out for stronger verbs. Could you just point out what the verbs were, in case people are confused about which words are which? Sarah: Right. Great. In the first, inferior example I have: “The cook was facing the dinner rush.” So then I amended it to: “The dinner rush pressed upon her.” I'm giving the dinner rush itself a verb—”press.” It weighed on her, it pressed on her. Also, in the third example—”the dinner rush loomed”—so that's even shorter. “Loom” is a wonderful verb. I love it because it conveys a sense of threat. That's what I mean by verbs being so efficient and evocative in one word. “A storm loomed.” “The dinner rush loomed.” You convey the emotion around the whole event. “To hide her nerves, she whisked eggs and milk into omelettes, shredded parsley.” So “hide”—she's hiding her nerves rather than just saying she felt nervous. You give it a little bit more action, you give her a little bit more character by saying she's doing this to hide her nerves. Then whisking the eggs, shredding the parsley, flinging it onto plates—that shows how she's being creative and surmounting this problem, right? Instead of simply describing—”So she decided to use her expertise and create a nice dinner”—you show that in motion with things like whisking and shredding and flinging it onto plates. That's an example of how you can slide in upgraded verbs to lend a sense of energy and life. Jo: I think this idea of motion is so great, and you tie this in a lot to your work. You've written a lot about physical action, and in the book there is a chapter on physical action. I think this is so important because many authors will say, “Use the word ‘said'” without thinking about dialogue within a pattern of action. Your chef there could say something as she flung the parsley on the plate, rather than “the chef said this.” Get moving as she flung the stuff onto the plate. The action verbs are so important. Could you talk a bit more about [action verbs] and the physical action side of it? Sarah: Yes, and that's so right. When you have a scene really rolling, you don't need to do so much explaining about the way a person says something with those dialogue tags. It's very interesting. I feel like words are alive—they're living, breathing things—and the more that we let them come to life on the page, the more you can draw your reader into the story. The reader gets a sense of that life and wants to come into the story with you. You've really created a scene that your reader feels immersed in. And that's so exciting as a reader to discover. Writing about movement is part of that. Of course writing is very vast—it's hard to say, “Well, you should always write about movement.” That would be silly. If we think about movement and action and action verbs as being effective not only for the actions that we see around us, but for inner actions—the subtle feelings, thinking, non-action, but internally what's going on—that's also space for effective verbs. For churning emotions, for metaphors about fright and what that feels like in the body. Or despair. Or regret. I have a lot of examples of that in the book. It's another beautiful use of verbs where, instead of explaining what someone is feeling, you can show it through metaphorical verbs and actual physical changes—things roiling inside the body. Jo: For example, someone in their draft has “she was afraid”— How could they make that much stronger and use a lot of those things you were just talking about? Sarah: That's an excellent question. Instead of “she was afraid,” you might say something like: “She felt her chest fill with ice, freezing her lungs and choking her breath, and her heart bashed around as if to tear itself from her body.” We could get very dramatic about it, but you can play with that. What I like to encourage readers to do is open their minds and open their imaginations. When you have a pretty standard phrase like “she was afraid” or “she felt too frightened to move”—well, put yourself in that position. What does that feel like? What does that really feel like inside when you're too frightened to move? Is it an icy feeling or is it a burning? Is it a numbness? And what verbs might help with that? Is it thrashing? Is it raging? Is it paralysing? How can that type of expressiveness fill in the picture and make it palpable to the reader—what it's like to be in the room with this person? Jo: Do you recommend using a thesaurus? I try to do this myself, and I often use Power Thesaurus, which I just find so useful, because as writers, when we are writing novels or books in a similar genre, we often reach for the same words. Are you a big thesaurus user? Sarah: I am a huge thesaurus user. I have a stack of actual book-type thesauri, but I do like, as you mentioned, Power Thesaurus. I like OneLook, which is an interesting resource. I think it's OneLook.com and you can go in the other way—you can use it as a thesaurus, but you can also use it to find one verb that combines a couple of words. Like “walk clumsily,” for example. You could put that into OneLook and it would come up with lists and lists. And among them might be “hobble” and “limp” and other words to say what a weak verb plus an adverb can say. Online resources are wonderful. I like Merriam-Webster.com—that's what I rely on a lot. Cambridge too. A thesaurus is wonderful. Now, the caution with the thesaurus, however, is that I would like to urge people to be mindful about just swapping in one word for another, or one verb for another, because even though they may appear in the same groupings, there are going to be subtle differences among them. I find it fascinating to really investigate the subtle difference between, say, “limp” and “hobble” and “stumble.” Those all mean slightly different things. So the finishing tip is just to make sure the word you choose is going to be right for the context. Jo: And also perhaps the audience. I mean, you are a Pulitzer Prize–winning critic, which is amazing, and you were writing for an audience who wanted dance pieces. The audience for dancing in terms of the words you would use—I'm not really into it myself, but I would know the word “pirouette.” I imagine there's a ton of words that you would know and use in your writing that wouldn't be so relevant for a wider audience. So we have to think about the audience as well. Sarah: Yes, absolutely. We want to be very thoughtful in our choice of words. If you distilled my book down to one single message, it is to think carefully. Not in the first draft, perhaps, and certainly not when we're speaking, because we speak so spontaneously. But in writing, where you put your thoughts down and then—hopefully, if you're not under too much deadline pressure—you can come back, give it another look, shape it, refine it, and really make sure that you've chosen your words with care. I feel like that's really what writing is all about—communicating one mind to another through this magnificent medium of language. Language is intentional, and having that intention in mind about what you want to share and what you want to communicate and how you want your readers to approach your work—well, that's up to you. That's the freedom I hope to be able to present to people who check out my book: here are some ways, here are some suggestions, here are some techniques and tips for issues that can arise. Really, once you've taken these in, I hope to fire your imagination and inspire you with being able to communicate what it is that you really have inside that you want to share. Jo: I think it is a book for falling in love with the joy of words again. You did mention deadlines, though, and the pressure. Especially for those of us who write genre fiction series, which is a lot of people listening, sometimes we might feel that we don't have the time for that. Do our readers appreciate it, or do they want story first? Sometimes is it too much? Where do you come down on balancing getting story over words? How long can we spend on finding beautiful words when we are writing another 70,000-word book? Sarah: I think that's an excellent point. I think story comes first. That's probably what first drives you to your desk—telling a story. Although it may not. The realities of writing are so vast and unlimited that it's very hard to come out with rules, and I don't write about rules. I really want to give suggestions and examples and insights, but I do think that story is absolutely tops. And that's the power of verbs, in fact. They can help us tell the stories with clarity and with efficiency. I do want to make sure that I'm being clear. I'm not advocating that before you ever sit down and write, or you write one sentence, you then go back and check every single word, because that wouldn't make any sense at all. The idea is to free yourself, free your imagination. These are ways to open your imagination up that maybe you haven't thought about before. But storytelling is primary, and the way that you tell it is going to be individual to every writer. It's useful to bear in mind that there are a lot of avenues one can take in terms of creating a scene or building a character and even evoking the landscape and the atmosphere, and we can look at verbs to help us do that. Jo: One of the biggest problems, I think, especially for new writers, is the passive voice versus more active voice. Can you give some examples of passive voice? Often in editing we're told to get rid of passive voice, but of course you do need it sometimes. Sarah: Yes. There's understandably a lot of confusion about passive voice. Just to have a tiny tidbit of grammar nerdery here: the voice of a verb refers to a very specific construction. It doesn't simply mean that the writer is expressing something in a boring way or taking on a dull subject. The voice of the verb tells you how it relates to the subject of the sentence. When the subject does the action—when it's doing the verb—then you have a verb in the active voice. But when the subject of the sentence is receiving the action, then it needs a verb in the passive voice. Here's an example. If I said, “Hey, Jo, guess what? My grandmother walked on the moon.” That's active voice. “My grandmother walked on the moon”—it's interesting, right? But if I said, “Hey, Jo, guess what? The moon was walked on.” You might be left thinking, “What? What am I supposed to take away from that? Is there more to the story?” “The moon was walked on”—well, that's the passive voice construction. There's no subject who did the walking. I haven't told you, and yet the subject was actually pretty important. My grandmother was the one who walked on the moon. So that's the frustration that often comes when we read the passive voice. We don't know the full story, and we might suspect: are they hiding something? Do they not really know who did the thing? It brings up a lot of questions. Especially in official situations. The classic example is “mistakes were made.” Officials love to say that because it puts nobody on the hook. Nobody is responsible. “Mistakes were made.” Well, who were they made by? They're not telling us. I heard this just recently, by one of the representatives here. This phrase is still being used: “Mistakes were made.” I think most people understand there's a bit of obfuscation. There is something being hidden. Now, there are times when the passive voice is perfectly fine. It's not necessary to say who did the action. If you say, “Joe Blow was arrested and charged with murder,” you pretty much have the full thing there. You don't need to say, “The police arrested him. The prosecutor filed the paperwork.” It's kind of assumed. If you just want to get to the point—he was arrested and charged with murder—that's sufficient. Maybe further down in the story you'll explain the circumstances, but you don't need them right there. Or say, “Fires are still being reported throughout the region.” In a news story, that's perfectly fine. We just need to know that fires are still happening. We don't necessarily need to know who's reporting it. More details may come later in the story, but right then it's perfectly fine. In news reports, in historical situations when we're giving a history, in scientific data and scientific reports, you often see the passive voice. It can be a perfectly good and oftentimes even more efficient way to tell something, but you don't want to lean into it and overuse it because it becomes very dull. When you don't have someone doing an action, it becomes very dull. Jo: As you've mentioned the legal side of things, and I'm reading a lot of academic papers at the moment. I'm doing another master's degree, and goodness me, I feel like sometimes it's designed to turn you off. Sarah: You are exactly right. I've come to that feeling too, and especially in seeing student work, where I feel like there is so much of that in academic writing, which students are reading and digesting. It naturally comes out of them, and it's a kind of cycle that's hard to break. Jo: Do you think it's a form of hedging? “Mistakes were made”—or anything legal—you are hedging it so it can be ambiguous. Whereas a strong verb—and you mentioned “your grandmother walked on the moon”—you are really making it very clear. If you want to hedge things, then using passive voice might be more appropriate. If you want to make it stronger, the activeness is important. Sarah: Yes. And it makes such a difference. I discovered this in my own work. I would read other critics, for example, and I would think, “I feel like the piece I've just written is kind of flat. It doesn't really have the effect I want, doesn't have any zip.” I would go and read other critics—not just dance critics, but other critics. It's so useful to just read other people in any type of writing that you're doing. I advocate doing a lot of reading. I would see that the pieces that really touched me, that really inspired me, had a lot of active voice constructions. They're not turning things around passively, which I think, as a young critic, I may have been doing because I was a little bit afraid to take a stand. Jo: Mm. Sarah: I think I see that in student work, that sometimes we don't want to take a stand, and so we hedge. But writing is intentional, and readers can pick up on that hedging. If you don't intend to hedge—in many cases it can be perfectly appropriate to be fuzzy for an effect that you want, or something like that in the context—but if you are hedging and you're trying to get away with it, like you don't want anyone to notice that you don't really want to give an opinion on this matter, it's going to be very clear. So it's better to address something directly. Jo: And make it stronger. I also wanted to ask you more about the writing career, because I, perhaps like many people listening, was like, I didn't even know you could make a career as a dance critic. Now I know you are not at the Washington Post any more, and it's possible that that role no longer exists—like a lot of writing roles. How has your writing career changed over the years? Do you have these various aspects of a portfolio career? We often talk about multiple streams of income on this show and how, as writers, we can't necessarily rely on one thing. Sarah: Yes, exactly. It's true, there is no longer a dance critic at the Washington Post. The position was eliminated. It's a shame, and it's happening to critics in all fields, in all media organisations, sadly. That's where, for me at least, having that focal point was very key. A thing that I became comfortable writing about, that I could then spiral out and use the eyes and the brain that I had developed from writing about this certain focus for a while. Where can I take that? Oh, athletes. They also move. I began writing stories and pieces and essays about athletes that moved beautifully, beyond racking up statistics about winning. They were just gorgeous to look at, just so pleasurable to watch. I started writing about the body language of political candidates in debate situations and so forth. Using my focal point to then widen my lens, to mix a metaphor, I guess. Having that subject matter and then broadening it out beyond the limits of the actual subject matter, broadening it out imaginatively into where I could find other places to use this perspective. That was really key for me. Say you are writing historical fiction or you're writing thrillers. I would imagine that you would develop a kind of expertise in things that I would find very difficult. Suspense, maybe, or political or police procedure, or what exactly was the weaponry in seventeenth-century France. How can you take that expertise and use it either in an aesthetic way or an actual factual way to address other topics? I think there are so many people that would be interested in what writers who have knowledge and expertise in anything can then use to show us something that we've overlooked. Something we always thought we knew, but that really, when you look at it this way, is reminiscent of how the scabbard was used in seventeenth-century France—or whatever it is, in whatever way. People are craving a new perspective on something they've overlooked or taken for granted. And that's where writers who have a body of work, or are interested in pursuing a certain topic. That's the promise that they have. They can work towards being able to enlighten us on so many other things that maybe only have a tangential connection, but they can make that connection for us. Jo: Fantastic. Where can people find you and your books online? Sarah: I am at SarahLKaufman.com. That's my website. My books are available on any website or bookshop that you want to order them from. Verb Your Enthusiasm comes out April 28th. I am not much on social media at the moment, but I do enjoy hearing feedback from readers, and there are ways to do that on my website. Jo: Well, thanks so much for your time, Sarah. That was great. Sarah: Thank you very much. I've enjoyed it.The post Verb Your Enthusiasm: Transform Your Writing With Stronger Verbs With Sarah Kaufman first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Transport is one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions, and in cities around the world it is also one of the biggest daily frustrations. Congestion, pollution and long journeys to work affect millions of people every day.In this episode of The Climate Question, Jordan Dunbar explores how cities can move large numbers of people more quickly, cheaply and with fewer emissions. With most urban journeys still dominated by private cars, the challenge is how to shift people towards more efficient forms of transport.He speaks to Dario Hidalgo, a transport expert based in Bogotá, where a system known as Bus Rapid Transit has helped transform how millions of people travel. By giving buses dedicated lanes, larger vehicles and faster boarding systems, cities can move more people using fewer vehicles, cutting both congestion and emissions. Variations of the model are now being used in cities around the world.Jordan also hears from Sarah Kaufman, Director of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation in New York, about why similar systems can be harder to implement in dense cities, and how measures like congestion charging are helping to reduce traffic and fund improvements to public transport.While electric cars are often seen as part of the solution, both experts say reducing the number of cars on the road altogether is key. From buses to bikes, they explore how cities might redesign transport systems to be cleaner, faster and more efficient.Guests: Dario Hidalgo – Professor of Transport and Logistics, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá Sarah Kaufman – Director, NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, New YorkGot a question or comment? email us at theclimatequestion@bbc.comProduction team: Grace Braddock, Diane Richardson, Nik Sindle, Melanie Stewart-Smith Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Mike Regaard Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown Editor: Simon WattsImage: Guillermo Legaria/AFP via Getty Images

This week, One Church continues its pause on the current series to hear some pastoral thoughts from Sarah Kaufman. Sarah shares from the life of King David to talk about perspective and markers of remembrance that help enhance our perspectives. Psalms 42:1-11. For more information about One Church, check out our website, becomingone.squarespace.com . Follow us on Facebook or Instagram: @onechurchville

Sarah Kaufman in the cage---pray or prey?

Sarah raced at the UCI Elite level from 2007-2021 and has been coaching since 2012. She uses her experience as a racer to combine a holistic, personal approach with science-based design. She works with athletes from all backgrounds and levels of experience, from new riders to pros and juniors to masters racers. She works with XC, endurance XC, ultra-endurance, enduro, road, gravel, touring, and cyclocross athletes. Sarah is a member of the Utah High School MTB League, board of directors. Sarah is a USA Cycling and TrainingPeaks Level 2 Certified Coach. She began riding bikes when a torn ACL sidelined her from Nordic ski racing. Initially racing on the road, Sarah then transitioned off-road, racing in events from XC to endurance and ultra endurance, enduro, stage racing, cyclocross, and gravel from 2007-2021. She has raced around the world and as high as the World Cup Elite level. Sarah uses her vast racing experience to inform her coaching, alongside cutting edge technology and analytics to dig into training data and customize coaching plans. She has coached riders to podiums at UCI elite and junior MTB and road events, NICA, Pro XCT, and State and National Championships. She has guided riders along the journey from amateur to contracted pros. She lives in Salt Lake City where the trails are abundant and the roads climb quiet mountain canyons. https://kcyclingcoaching.com https://www.strava.com/pros/9354487 https://www.dnacyclingteam.com sarah@kcyclingcoaching.com

Meet Cst. Sarah Kaufman one of the 5 new recruits in Class #170.  Sarah is a former 5X World Bantamweight MMA Champion, she had an impressive 17 year career in the MMA fight world.  Sarah originally went to University to become a cardiovascular surgeon but later decided that working in a laboratory wasn't going to be for her.  During Sarah's fight career she spent a lot of time teaching young kids martial arts skills to help them prepare for life!Moving to a policing career became the new challenge for her and with her self-confidence and need for structure and upholding rules she committed to getting hired.  Sarah has a great attitude and arrives to VicPD as a mature recruit with lot of life experience.  Police use of force training has evolved over the years and due to the increase of MMA training amongst the general population, police officers need to be properly prepared.Sarah is looking forward to a diverse policing career but admits she'll never be a K-9 handler!  In her spare time Sarah is an avid jig-saw puzzler and enjoys the challenge of difficult puzzles.  Sarah will continue to participate in the BC Law Enforcement Memorial “Run to Remember” and encourages others to join her on Saturday 23 September for the last 11 kilometers in support of Fallen Police Officers.https://bclem.ca/5th Annual BC Law Enforcement Memorial Run to Remember – West CoastSound editing done by Todd Mason.More about the Victoria City Police Union (VCPU): - Tweet us at https://twitter.com/VicPD_Union - Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vicpd_union/ - Find us on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/truebluevictoria/ - Visit our website for information at https://truebluevic.ca/ - Email us at media@vcpu.ca for any media inquiries or requests to be on the True Blue Podcast

In this special episode of Slant Podcast, host Dana Tai Soon Burgess is interviewed by Felipe Oyarzun Moltedo (Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company lead dancer) in celebration of the publishing of Dana's memoir, "Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly." Dana has been referred to as the "poet laureate of Washington dance and a national dance treasure" by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Sarah Kaufman. He is a leading American choreographer and a cultural figure whose artistic focus explores the idea of cultural "confluence" and the "hyphenated person" – someone who is of mixed ethnic or cultural heritage – as well as issues of belonging and societal acceptance.Throughout their conversation, Dana and Felipe discuss Dana's life, his work as a dancer, choreographer, and founder of Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company, and his upbringing as an Asian American Gay male. In this episode, Dana Tai Soon Burgess reflects on his life and career in the arts and shares insights on the power of dance to promote cultural understanding and unity.

This week we're joined by Sarah Kaufman of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Sarah joined us in Miami at the RailVolution conference to talk about autonomous vehicle policy, acceptable safety levels, what happens to the NYC Taxis and the lessons from Superstorm Sandy for transportation infrastructure. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

A transcript of this episode is available here: thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-137Visit/add to the Dance Media Events Calendar: dancemediacalendar.comGet the latest dance news direct by subscribing to our free newsletters. Find the ones that match your interests: dancemagazine.com/subscribeLinks referenced in/relevant to episode 137:-People story on the death of Stephen "tWitch" Boss: people.com/tv/stephen-twitch-boss-dead-at-40-Playbill article on "KPOP"'s abrupt closing: playbill.com/article/broadways-kpop-sets-abrupt-closing-date-NPR piece on proposed "Nutcracker" boycott: ualrpublicradio.org/npr-news/2022-12-09/ukraine-is-calling-for-a-boycott-of-the-nutcracker-ballet-companies-arent-budging-List of 2023 YoungArts award winners: youngarts.org/winners-Ballet Herald "Gargouillade Gate" explainer: balletherald.com/gargouillade-gate-abt-dnb-Gia Kourlas' New York Times essay on the "Wednesday" dance: nytimes.com/2022/12/09/arts/dance/wednesday-dance-jenna-ortega.html-Washington Post story on the paper laying off dance critic Sarah Kaufman: washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/01/sarah-kaufman-laid-off-Kaufman's last review for WaPo, with a farewell note at the end: washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/12/01/dona-peron-evita-ballet-hispanico-Marina Harss' Dance Magazine essay on the reality of dance journalism today: dancemagazine.com/dance-journalism

This week on week on  Sex & Violence with Rebel Girl, we talk to a German professional mixed martial artist who's competed in bantamweight & feather weight divisions.Katharina Lehner previously fought in Bellator MMA & in Invicta FC where she fought Sarah Kaufman for the Invicta Bantamweight title in the main event of Invicta FC 29.She was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter (Season 28-the female featherweights) and currently hold a 7-3 record.The 32 year old is originally from Cologne, Germany & currently living in Denver,Co where she's training & following her dreams.We talk about: 

Two teens from the same street in Brooklyn, New York are murdered and dismembered a year apart. A dozen years later, the lead suspect was a neighbor. Has he done this before? Did he have more victims?RESOURCES“Metro Briefing | New York: Brooklyn: Body Parts Found Near Subway Tracks” by Michael Wilson, New York Times (February 18, 2005)“Worker Finds a Partial Torso in a Brooklyn Recycling Plant” by William K. Rashbaum, New York Times (February 24, 2005)“Man Sought in Killing and Dismemberment” by Jennifer 8. Lee, New York Times (February 19, 2005)“Body Was Cut Up Expertly, Police Say” by William K. Rashbaum, New York Times (February 26, 2005)“A Year After a Teenager Was Dismembered, Still No Answer” by Kareem Fahim and John Koblin, New York Times (February 13, 2006)“A MOTHER'S FIGHT FOR FINDING HER SON'S KILLERS” by Indrani Basu, The Brooklyn Ink (January 20, 2014)“‘You piece of s–t!': Murder victim's family tries to attack suspect in court” by Emily Saul, New York Post (November 17, 2016)“Breakthrough in Brooklyn Teen's 2004 Murder Like 'Opening a Fresh Wound Once Again'” by Sarah Kaufman, Patch Media (November 21, 2016)“Accused Killer of Bushwick Teen Says He's Being Framed” by Gwynne Hogan, dnainfo.com (December 5, 2016)“Cold Case 'Killer' Arraignment Delayed After He Refuses to Be Fingerprinted” by Gwynne Hogan, dnainfo.com (February 22, 2017)“Obscure 2004 ‘cold case' may have led PIX11 — and the NYPD — to a serial killer of teens” by Mary Murphy, PIX11 (February 22, 2017)“Man Held in Cold-Case Death of a Brooklyn Teenager Is Accused in a Second” by Alan Feuer, New York Times (February 22, 2017)“Brooklyn man arrested in 2nd cold case killing” from Associated Press (February 22, 2017)“A Dozen Years, 3 Cold-Case Killings and an Arrest in Brooklyn” by Alan Feuer, New York Times (February 26, 2017)“Alleged Murderer Mouths ‘You Know I Love You' to Victim's Mom at Arraignment” by Erica Byfield, NBC New York (March 3, 2017)“'Cold-Case Killer' Signed His Victim's Funeral Guest Book, DA Says” by Trevor Kapp, dnainfo.com (March 3, 2017)“Snakes, a Life of Crime and Eventually Two Murder Charges” by Alan Feuer, New York Times (March 6, 2017)“Is This Brooklyn's Jack the Ripper?” by Kelly Weill, The Daily Beast (April 11, 2017)“Man convicted of 2004 cold case murder of 17-year-old Bushwick girl” from Brooklyn Daily Eagle (August 22, 2018)“Bushwick man gets 25 to life for 2004 murder of 17-year-old girl” from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (September 7, 2018)“Girl's killer tells judge he lost a cousin — who he's also accused of murdering” by Emily Saul, New York Post (September 7, 2018)“Suspected serial killer gets 25 years to life in 2004 slaying of Brooklyn teen” by Mary Murphy, PIX11 (September 7, 2018)“25-to-Life for Rashawn Brazell's Alleged Killer in Separate Murder” by Duncan Osborne, Gay City News (September 7, 2018)Kings County court records (May 15, 2019)“Defense Questions Key Evidence in Rashawn Brazell Murder” by Duncan Osborne, Gay City News (August 14, 2019)Music by ZaharValaha, HarumahiMusic, GioeleFazzeri, Ashot-Danielyan-Composer, MichaelKobrin, Coma-Media from PixabaySupport the show

Guardsman Boris Dragonheart and his best friend Travis rush to stop the robbery of a mansion belonging to two of the Guard's biggest benefactors. But Boris's pursuit is halted when the robber unearths a secret dungeon beneath the house. With a promotion on the line, how will Boris handle the shocking discovery within? Content Warning: This episode features some explicit language, a few intoxicated characters, the threat of child endangerment, and characters who occasionally make (quickly corrected) inaccurate assumptions about other characters' genders. Credits: The Reality Shaper: A Musical Podcast is based on The Reality Shaper books by Sarah Kaufman and directed by Sarah Kaufman & Shane Dittmar. Book and Music by Sarah Kaufman & Shane Dittmar with Lyrics by Sarah Kaufman and Additional Lyrics by Shane Dittmar. Orchestrations and Music Direction by Shane Dittmar. The pilot features performances by Drew Coleman, Chloe Chappa, Jake Gluckman, Jimmy Schumacher, Kaylee Robinson, and Sarah Kaufman. Additional voices were provided by Natalie Myrick and Shane Dittmar. Special thanks to Angela Strauman, Chloe Chappa, Lucas Kaine, Kai Bonacorso, Kaitlin Dittmar, and Thomas Chappa. Episode Transcript: https://www.therealityshaper.com/episodes/trspilot/transcript.txt

August 12, 2022, wherever podcasts are found, tune into the pilot episode of The Reality Shaper, a dnd-inspired fantasy musical podcast by They 'n Them. Credits: The Reality Shaper: A Musical Podcast is based on The Reality Shaper books by Sarah Kaufman and directed by Sarah Kaufman & Shane Dittmar. Book and Music by Sarah Kaufman & Shane Dittmar with Lyrics by Sarah Kaufman and Additional Lyrics by Shane Dittmar. Orchestrations and Music Direction by Shane Dittmar. The pilot features performances by Drew Coleman, Chloe Chappa, Jake Gluckman, Jimmy Schumacher, Kaylee Robinson, and Sarah Kaufman. Additional voices were provided by Natalie Myrick) and Shane Dittmar. Special thanks to Angela Strauman, Chloe Chappa, Lucas Kaine, Kai Bonacorso, Kaitlin Dittmar, and Thomas Chappa. Episode Transcript: https://www.therealityshaper.com/episodes/trspilot-trailer/trspilot-trailer.txt

The UFC returns to the ABC network for this Saturday afternoon's UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodriguez card.  In the first half of this week's show we preview the card, including the main event between UFC Featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Yair Rodriguez, as well as the return of Miesha Tate. Then in the second half of the show we discuss the results of UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev. Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to mid-August 2012, including the Ben Henderson vs. Frankie Edgar rematch, this Max Holloway kid, and Ronda Rousey vs. Sarah Kaufman. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, or find @SteveJeffery on Twitter

In 2016, the much-anticipated Second Avenue Subway line opened in Manhattan, New York. It took nearly a century to finish, and it was the most expensive per-mile subway project… ever — a rare new addition to one of the largest and the oldest subway systems in the world.By contrast, half a world away, Tokyo has a sprawling web of commuter trains—boasting the 50 busiest train stations in the world. Yet today, even the busiest lines in Tokyo only experience a yearly average delay of 20 seconds — and minimal incidents.How did Tokyo manage to avoid the friction common in the transit systems of other megacities? In this episode, we examine how officials in post WWII-Japan created one of the most efficient examples of scaled infrastructure in the modern world — and what cities around the world can learn from them.Special thanks to Alon Levy, Sarah Kaufman, Alex Forrest, and Junichi Sugiyama.For a transcript of this episode, visit press.stripe.com/public-transit-transcriptFor more on Beneath the Surface, visit press.stripe.com/beneath-the-surfaceFollow Stripe Press on Twitter @stripepress

Segment 1 - 00:00 Segment 2 - 11:37 Segment 3 - 21:17 Segment 4 - 30:51 On Monday's edition of In Focus Dr. Sarah Kaufman, Clinical Assistant Professor with the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine joined us to discuss the importance of pet health insurance. Kansas State University Meteorologist and Mesonet Manager Chip Redmond spoke with us about the windy spring so far and a weather outlook for the remainder of the summer.

The ability to drive in Manhattan has long been an informal benchmark for autonomous driving. But as the first AVs begin testing in the Big Apple they face an even bigger challenge: proving that they genuinely enhance mobility for everyone. This week Sarah Kaufman of NYU's Rudin Center for Transportation joins the show to discuss her work to ensure that AVs are good citizens of this great city.

A Nice Jewish Girl--in a Cage

This week, Josh and I are breaking down the top five female fighters in Strikeforce history! While there isn't a sizable list of fighters that competed in the women's divisions, the ones that did tended to make a big impact...not just on the promotion at that time, but on the future of the sport. Marloes Coenen, Sarah Kaufman, Miesha Tate, Cris Cyborg, Ronda Rousey...we break them all down, chatting through their accomplishments and impact both in and out of the cage. Finally, we battle over who is #1...check it out! All our links can be found here: https://podfollow.com/inside-the-hexagon/view. Download and subscribe, and connect with us on Instagram and Twitter...@TheHexagonPod. Make sure you check out Evergreen Podcasts at www.evergreenpodcasts.com. Also, please don't forget to rate and review! We appreciate your support! Sources: Tapology, Sherdog, MMA Weekly, MMA Junkie, Figure Four Weekly Special thanks to Joseph McDade for our theme song: www.josephmcdade.com #Strikeforce #UFC #Bellator #MMA #Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the MMA Talk Show, Maxime Karabine and I recap the two incredible nights of action we attended live on November 19 and 20.We begin with the Samourai MMA 1 card where we saw two incredible title fights and a highlight reel knockout in the 3 final bouts of the evening! Then, we move on to the BTC 13 where we got to see the beginning of the 10 000$ Bantamweight Tournament and some other great performances.Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code MMATALK at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod00:00 Intro01:35 Samourai MMA04:50 Kyle Prepolec vs Michael Dufort15:43 Alex Morgan vs Maged Hammo19:10 Strahinja Gavrilovic vs Jonathan Bosuku22:23 Frederik Dupras vs Patrick Connors28:19 Maxime Poulin vs Guillaume Fortier30:44 Pierre Thivierge vs Yassin Nasri36:06 Manscaped38:53 BTC 1339:35 Binaebi Otoru vs Nate Ledger41:31 Cody Chovancek vs Josh Martiniuk43:34 Albaraa Atmeh vs Seth Connor44:44 Vinny Dias vs Alejandro Sosa45:49 Ariel Zuniga vs Harley King48:03 Izzudeen Atmeh vs Nate Small51:19 Teshay Gouthro vs Kristian Bouchard54:30 Gabe Sagman vs Matt Dawson59:46 Xavier Nash vs Thomas Glot1:03:58 Sarah Kaufman vs Jessy Miele1:05:08 Anthony Romero1:06:24 Loopy Godinez1:08:48 Outro

Grace is a way of making others feel at ease. Like hospitality, good manners, cultivating a sense of fashion, and putting your best foot forward when it counts, grace is an ongoing effort and cultivated habit of making the world less stressful and more pleasing for those around us.For these reasons, grace is something like a virtue or a paramount “first principle” of social interaction. In this sense, grace is a courtesy; a respect for others. Grace reflects an awareness of being situated in something larger than ourselves, whether that's a relationship, a community, or a society. Yet grace is overlooked. In my own lifetime, it seems to have eroded considerably. I remember fondly back to my childhood, a time when nobody received calls after 7pm - a social convention that respected family and personal time and recognized a need to collect oneself, move at a slower pace, and wind down for the day. I remember a time when politicians showed at least some deference to decorum, especially a head of state. I even grew up in a small town in the foothills of Berkshires where vestigial organs of a bygone etiquette would make the occasional appearance: antique ideas that children might refer to their parents and grandparents by “sir” and “maam,” that one ought to ask to be excused from the table, or that any plateware left behind by a guest ought not be returned to them empty.Grace is an outward orientation, and as such it's a bit anemic in a modern culture with such inward-oriented messaging that encourages us to prioritize our own happiness, our own boundaries, our self care, our self expression, our feelings, our self-reliance, and our independence. To try and understand what grace is and where it fits into modern life, we're speaking today with Sarah Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dance critic at the Washington Post. I read her book “The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life” years ago and it's had a lasting impact on me. It takes the reader on a search for grace, occasionally looking at some pretty surprising and educative examples. It's not only a pleasure to read, it's an inspirational call to action. At OSCILLATIONS we're all about the inspirational and the visionary - the imagining of new, more creative and beautiful worlds. The book gently encourages us to imagine a world where we are generally better to each other and collectively contributing to a sort of beautification project. For most of us, life is hard enough without having to suffer through its trials surrounded by slumped shoulders, shuffling feet, and morose dispositions. I came away from the book with a strong desire to fashion myself into a graceful person as a matter of virtue and civic responsibility. Let's just say it's a work in progress. We couldn't be more honored and excited to speak with Sarah about grace, culture, art, dance, civics, and science. And so with that, we bring you Sarah Kaufman."Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly SillsJoin the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share.subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon 

With UFC Vegas 37 and Bellator 266 just hours away, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon are joined by former Strikeforce and Invicta champion Sarah Kaufman to break down the top storylines ahead of Saturday's doubleheader, including the light heavyweight main events between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann at the APEX, along with Phil Davis vs. Yoel Romero in San Jose. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With UFC Vegas 37 and Bellator 266 just hours away, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon are joined by former Strikeforce and Invicta champion Sarah Kaufman to break down the top storylines ahead of Saturday's doubleheader, including the light heavyweight main events between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann at the APEX, along with Phil Davis vs. Yoel Romero in San Jose. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With UFC Vegas 37 and Bellator 266 just hours away, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon are joined by former Strikeforce and Invicta champion Sarah Kaufman to break down the top storylines ahead of Saturday's doubleheader, including the light heavyweight main events between Anthony Smith and Ryan Spann at the APEX, along with Phil Davis vs. Yoel Romero in San Jose. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Heck hosts the BTL title match between MMA Fighting's Jose Youngs and bantamweight fighter Sarah Kaufman as they react to the news of Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal 2 headlining UFC 261 in front of a packed house in Jacksonville, the ending to the UFC Vegas 21 main event between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad and discuss where both fighters go from here, Megan Anderson parting ways with the UFC and what that means for the women's featherweight division, and preview UFC Vegas 22 and the main event between Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland.  Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Heck hosts the BTL title match between MMA Fighting's Jose Youngs and bantamweight fighter Sarah Kaufman as they react to the news of Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal 2 headlining UFC 261 in front of a packed house in Jacksonville, the ending to the UFC Vegas 21 main event between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad and discuss where both fighters go from here, Megan Anderson parting ways with the UFC and what that means for the women's featherweight division, and preview UFC Vegas 22 and the main event between Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland.  Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Heck hosts the BTL title match between MMA Fighting's Jose Youngs and bantamweight fighter Sarah Kaufman as they react to the news of Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal 2 headlining UFC 261 in front of a packed house in Jacksonville, the ending to the UFC Vegas 21 main event between Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad and discuss where both fighters go from here, Megan Anderson parting ways with the UFC and what that means for the women's featherweight division, and preview UFC Vegas 22 and the main event between Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland.  Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It takes much more than talent to get what you want!  This guy fought Saturday and was back to work on Monday doing what is needed to pay the bills and keep the journey moving.   Coming off an impressive win this weekend, we spoke with Russ McCumber about the fight itself and his camp leading up to it.  We covered fight anxiety, why he does it and the importance of his team at ZUMA including the experience of both Sarah Kaufman and Adam Zugec.  A carpenter by day, fighter by night with alot of experience who just got his first pro win!  Much needed after a tough decision loss at the Canadan National Amateur Championships in 2019!  A great listen, powered by our friends at  Highland Nissan!  Enjoy

Join us for a conversation on a newly published book American Roulette: The Social Logic of Death Penalty Sentencing Trials by Dr. Sarah Kaufman, associate professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Trinity University. The songs in this podcast are licensed under: CC BY-NC-ND Artist: Ketsa, https://ketsa.uk, from the album The Lost Files. Songs: Astral Travel, Strung-Low, Twilight, and Underlying. No changes were made to featured samples. Music obtained via the Free Music Archive.

With UFC Vegas 20 in the books, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon are joined by UFC, Strikeforce, PFL and Invicta veteran Sarah Kaufman to break down the top storylines from Saturday night's event at the APEX, including the results of the heavyweight main event between Ciryl Gane and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With UFC Vegas 20 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon are joined by UFC, Strikeforce, PFL and Invicta veteran Sarah Kaufman to break down the top storylines from Saturday night’s event at the APEX, including the results of the heavyweight main event between Ciryl Gane and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With UFC Vegas 20 in the books, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon are joined by UFC, Strikeforce, PFL and Invicta veteran Sarah Kaufman to break down the top storylines from Saturday night's event at the APEX, including the results of the heavyweight main event between Ciryl Gane and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Each of us needs a coach in the various roles and responsibilities we play in life. Someone from the outside to see the things we are missing.  Coaches can keep you accountable and on task. Doug Brower found coach Sarah Kaufman during the summer of 2019 - this podcast explores their history.  Doug and Sarah share how their relationship started and what changes a coach can implement in an athlete's training schedule. It's 40:00 minutes of coaching 101.    Sarah also spends some time sharing her top 3 tips for the winter of 2020-2021:  1) Not too much and not too little - this depends entirely on the athlete. Some people take the winter off (mistake). Some people do too much (also mistake) and are burnt by spring. It's my job to know who will do what and use that to bring out the best in them. A break at some point is needed. 2) If you are time crunched, focus on tempo and sweet spot. If you have time (and climate) long hours.  3) Address body composition and lingering injuries, aches, and pains. Connect with Coach Sarah: 

For this episode, Sarah Kaufman joins José Youngs and E. Casey Leydon to discuss some of the hot topics in MMA. Some topics include: The fallout from UFC's first month on Fight Island; Khamzat Chimaev's TKO over Rhys McKee , a preview of UFC Vegas 5, which is headlined by a middleweight fight between Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan, Joanne Calderwood's co-main event against Jennifer Maia, and the recently announced lightweight title unification fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje in October. Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Show Less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this episode, Sarah Kaufman joins José Youngs and E. Casey Leydon to discuss some of the hot topics in MMA. Some topics include: The fallout from UFC's first month on Fight Island; Khamzat Chimaev's TKO over Rhys McKee , a preview of UFC Vegas 5, which is headlined by a middleweight fight between Derek Brunson vs. Edmen Shahbazyan, Joanne Calderwood's co-main event against Jennifer Maia, and the recently announced lightweight title unification fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje in October. Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Show Less Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this episode, PFL lightweight Sarah Kaufman joins José Youngs and Petesy Carroll to discuss some of the top story lines in the world of MMA. Some topics may include the rumored UFC 249 card on May 9, featuring title fights between Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje and Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz, the recently suspended 2020 PFL season, and more. Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Petesy Carroll: @PetesyCarroll Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this episode, PFL lightweight Sarah Kaufman joins José Youngs and Petesy Carroll to discuss some of the top story lines in the world of MMA. Some topics may include the rumored UFC 249 card on May 9, featuring title fights between Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje and Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz, the recently suspended 2020 PFL season, and more. Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Petesy Carroll: @PetesyCarroll Follow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarah Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For this episode, PFL lightweight Sarah Kaufman joins José Youngs and Petesy Carroll to discuss some of the top story lines in the world of MMA. Some topics may include the rumored UFC 249 card on May 9, featuring title fights between Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje and Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz, the recently suspended 2020 PFL season, and more.Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungsFollow Petesy Carroll: @PetesyCarrollFollow Sarah Kaufman: @mmasarahSubscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgHCheck out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLiVisit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvMLike MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z

Commute times have an impact on prices and the hunt for affordable housing means people are living further from their jobs. Host Emily Myers and guest, Sarah Kaufman of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, talk about some of the city's transit challenges—and surprising recent improvements. Plus, what it means to be a smart city, how New York is competing, and what public data collection can do for your housing goals.

In this exclusive SBN MMA Feature, Bloody Elbow Interviewer, Shakiel ‘Shak’ Mahjouri speaks with top-ranked MMA stars Urijah Faber, Tito Ortiz, Jon Fitch, Sarah Kaufman and more; they break down the highly-anticipated return of Conor McGregor vs. Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at UFC 246. Timestamps: 0:24 - Tito Ortiz 1:14 - Jon Fitch 2:21 - Alexa Grasso 2:36 - Urijah Faber 2:43 - Sarah Kaufman 3:13 - Kajan Johnson SBN MMA is a mixed martial arts YouTube channel presented to you by SB Nation MMA websites Bloody Elbow & MMA Mania; give us a “thumbs up”, share & subscribe to get the latest in MMA News, Video Features, Live Play-by-Plays of UFC events, Post-Fight Shows & More!

Your hosts ‘Shak’ Shakiel Mahjouri & former UFC fighter, Kajan Johnson are here each Wednesday as “MMA’s most colorful and entertaining personalities”. They will present you a half hour or so of MMA content, varying from fighter interviews to discussions on current MMA Topics. Sarah Kaufman returns to the "Pull No Punches" podcast. Kaufman talks about getting comfortable in her new weight class, the issues surrounding fighters missing weight in PFL, scoring a faster submission than rival Kayla Harrison and more. Timestamps: 0:48 - Hygiene Tips 3:28 - Sarah Kaufman's transition to lightweight 7:00 - PFL fighters missing weight 14:00 - Future PFL brackets 16:25 - Placing higher than Kayla Harrison 18:00 - Who will headline PFL finals? 19:45 - Sarah Kaufman's newfound success 22:42 - UFC Mexico fallout 27:10 - The secret of feints in MMA Poll: Who do you think wins the PFL women's lightweight tournament? (Sarah Kaufman, Kayla Harrison, Other) You can follow the guys on Twitter: Shak - @ThisIsShak, Kajan - @IamRagin and follow the pages for the @PNPShow on twitter, Instagram, or facebook. Plus, you can watch for articles from Shakiel Mahjouri right here on Bloody Elbow as well. If you enjoyed our show, "heart" us here on SC, or give us a “like”, share & subscribe over on one of our other BE Presents Podcast Channels: YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCFoX81d3fNHrcUckyQdRzLQ iTunes & Apple TV: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blood…&i=1000421882228 Google Play: play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#…m6qmvqn4yqvivru74 iHeartRadio: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-Blood…Presents-30639274 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/55S2dpKYVqn…ESkWZigLNnEg1ugn Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/bloody-e…esents?refid=stp TuneIn: tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Re…-Presents-p1190843/ OverCast: overcast.fm/itunes984162015/bloody-elbow-presents Player FM: player.fm/series/bloody-elbow-presents ... whichever one happens to be your listening platform of choice. While you’re there, don’t forget to subscribe to Bloody Elbow Presents; that way you’ll always be the first to get all of BE’s daily MMA offerings. For previous episodes of the show, check out our playlists on all of our BE Presents channels.

Aaron discusses the ugly incident this past weekend involving fans in Mexico City and Jeremy Stephens, what could headline the next pay-per-view of the year, whether there are any good matchups for Jon Jones and John Kavanaugh suggesting that Conor McGregor should face Frankie Edgar next. This week's guests: Sarah Kaufman and Yorgan De Castro

Aaron discusses the ugly incident this past weekend involving fans in Mexico City and Jeremy Stephens, what could headline the next pay-per-view of the year, whether there are any good matchups for Jon Jones and John Kavanaugh suggesting that Conor McGregor should face Frankie Edgar next. This week's guests: Sarah Kaufman and Yorgan De Castro

The UFC returns to Sacramento, California for UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd, and they're pulling hometown hero Urijah Faber out of retirement for the occasion. In the first half of this week's episode we preview his return fight against Ricky Simon, the UFC Women's Bantamweight contenders fight between Germaine de Randamie and Aspen Ladd, and the rest of this tightly matched event. In the second half of the show we discuss last weekend's excellent UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos, John Lineker finding a new home in ONE Championship, the official announcement of Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya, Sarah Kaufman's default tournament win, Tito Ortiz vs. Alberto Del Rio, and Dillon Danis' nightclub altercation. You can find us Wednesday nights at 6:30pm on CFMU 93.3 FM, and online at http://www.thehammermma.com, The Itunes Store, Stitcher, MMAPodcast.com, Player.FM, find @SteveJeffery on Twitter, or just email us.

Aaron Bronsteter discusses Junior dos Santos returning to the championship mix at heavyweight during his recap of UFC Fight Night in Wichita, Conor McGregor gets arrested in Miami Beach, a UFC London preview and we are joined by Ian Heinisch, who faces Tom Breese this Saturday and Sarah Kaufman to discuss her decision to join the PFL's women's lightweight tournament.

On this episode of The MMA Hour, we talk to Dustin Poirier, who returns to the show to discuss his UFC 230 fight against Nate Diaz, and Israel Adesanya, who faces Derek Brunson on the mega UFC 230 New York card. We speak to Sarah Kaufman on our Monday Morning Analyst segment to review the action from UFC 227 and preview some of the big fights on the horizon. We also answered your tweets and voicemails regarding the latest news in MMA and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ariel Helwani speaks to Joanna Jędrzejczyk (00:08:15), Sarah Kaufman (00:28:36), Justin Willis (00:57:02), Jorge Masvidal (01:20:59), Muhammed Lawal (01:44:26), Paul Daley (02:07:16), Junior dos Santos (02:27:55), Neiman Gracie (02:47:09) in studio, Cody Garbrandt (03:28:56) in studio, Josh Emmett (04:22:03), and NewYorkRic for The MMA [After] Hour featuring Ric's Picks (04:46:40) and the answers to your questions (05:16:32). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Featuring Phil Davis, Hector Lombard, Max Holloway, Gian Villante, Jessica Rakoczy, Sarah Kaufman, Stephane Patry, and Shaun Al-Shatti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Birthday Adam! For the birthday show, ahead of his match-up with Dan Henderson at UFC 173, Daniel Cormier stops by to talk with the guys. Then, TJ Grant and Sarah Kaufman discuss the latest in their UFC careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wonder what does through a fighter's mind when they lose? Adam finds out when he talks to Sarah Kaufman fresh off her loss against Jessica Eye. Then he talks to The Ultimate Fighter contestant Sara Moras before her upcoming fight versus Julianna Pena, finally, John Dodson talks about stepping in for Ian McCall against Scott Jorgensen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices